Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-07


What was he thinking SO earnestly:
And WHAT was he looking at:
He was doing a problem DER aud Ger:
BUStly thinking was he
How many nuts for his winters store
Could he hide ii the hollow tree.
lie SAT 81 still in the swaying bough
Nou might have thought him asleep.
oh, no: ne was trying to rrckon now
The nuts the babies could cat.
Thcu suddenly he frisked about.
Aul down the tret' he ran:
The best way Ia de, without Il doubt.
Is 80 gather all / can"
Normal Instructor,
n Bear Story.
Come. boys and girls and you shall
have Il story-what shall il be: About
bears? Well, let it hc real Ike bear
story then. once upon Il timr-oh ever
50 long ago, before any hnyS az girls
lived on this great round world Of ours
the animals roamed through the big for,
cStS and had everything all Ia them
Svivcs
Now. near ledge of high rocks lived
Mr. and Mrs Brain with their one little
sen. Chubby, who was rs nicely be-
haNed bear aS one would wish Ia meet
He was the idol of his parents aud was
always pointed out as a model of filial
| obedience by all the mother kangaroos,
oraug outangS. chimpanZees and other
mammaS too numerous Ia mention.
New Mrs. Rruin could not find IL in
her heart to deny Chubby anything thar
| he wished or asked for. He had only
| to stand an his hind feet aud his desire
was granted. Poor Mrs Bruiu had
| spent long hours in trying to teach him
this wonderful feat, and was overjoyed
when at last her patience was rewarded.
| In l.,nl Il,
with contempt upon all four-tooted beasts
who were compelled To walk with their
! faces toward the earth. He argued that
! il was Il sign OF inferior Intelligence, and
no Selt-respecting animal would he CON
| tent to always look down aud not up.
In fact, Mr.. 8ruin gave himself such airs
| that most all other quadruppdS stunned
him. They argued that any animal that
could walk erectly mast have 4 very.
very small amount of brains in his head,
which accounted for its being 50 light.
| Now we must remember. boys and girls.
| that man had not been created yet, 50 we
can readily see how such IN error could
arise.
| Now, things had assumed rather a Sc
| IiouS aspect, and friends of both sides
We're taking their respective stands. when
| Chubby began pleading with his mother
| To allow him to give a party to some
of his friends. After long Goa .;ultatiou
| Mr.. and Mrs. Rruin consented. but the
question which now confronted them was
! this: Whom should they invite? There
must be some tests ny which Ia deter
mine who should I've hidden aud who
| should be rejected, some line must lac
drawn, but where should ii hr%
| Well after mature delheraiiou, Mr.
| Bruin decided that all animals who could
| walk uprightly should lie invited. and
| those who could not were not to he con
| 81 { lar i,k
| Oh, what connection was raised in the
jungle! Every animal within Il radius of
! a mile made frantic endeavors to stand
| np0n his hind feet. hut many of them
| had to give il up and have never since
| attempted il. Some wept over their fail
ure aud TO this day the gazele has tears
| in his eyes because he could net do II.
| At last the list WAS ready. and | give
it TO you, boys and girls. as II was made
| out: MIR. and Mrs. Kangaroo. with their
two children; Mr.. and Mrs. Ghimpanzee
ard their little Chimp Miss Orang-
outang. the Misses Monkey. Mr.. Gorilla
and the little Miss Squirrels.
Now, the next question to consider WAS
the best place for holding the party, but
it was settled by Chubby himself. who
| suggested the big ledge of rocks, known
as THE bear rocks" Now this certain
ledge WAS almost circElar in shape. and
| had but one entrance which was Just
| !.
| At length the evcutful ening arrived,
and the guests came in twus and threes,
| all dressed in their very best. Mrs.
| Kangaroo was guwned in gray, with Il
long train. which some of the vulgar
| persons who were watching the arrival
If the guests said looked like ii tail.
| Her lovely costume was the only one
having pocket. and many were the en-
vious 2ianccs cast toward il. Mr. Chin
ranzcc had Il new walking stick in honor
nf the occasion. but some Of his enemle,-
said it was 4 club taken from a tree, and
| WAS carried really to assist him in keep
| ing his eduilihrium. Miss OraugGutamg
| came unattended. but some spiteful per-
sons said they saw her come ON all tours
part Of the way This she strenuously
| denied and was admitted. but was looked
upon with suspicion thc rest of the even
ing The Mic Monkey were clad in
monkey jackets. and their presence real
| Is gave eclat to the reception. Mr.. Go
| rlla came with his teeth So highly pol
iShed that his FOES accused him of having
! had lamb chops for supper and using
| sheep wool for securing purposes. The
| little Miss squirrels were arrayod in
| striking gowns, two in red. and two in
gray. trimmed down the back in stripes
! Of white
The decorations were very much adj
mired. Large ferns, oh. larger than any
we have ever seen. boys and girls. were
used to bcautify the rocks
Now. 10 the meantime. where were the
other animals of the forest thoS" who
were net invitcdT Let us see. Well,
| they had met in solemn cGuclayc early III
the evening. and concluded ii would he
great fun rs gather round the outer edge
Of the ledge of rock and peep over. In
order to accomplish their ends, am sor-
~ To say. they had hired about half tn
| lircbugs, which had been secured to fnr-
uish the light. To remain away, In the
>emi-darknoss they could then peep over
unseen by those inside.
| All things were going well and Mr.
Gorilla had Just been invited 10 roar for
the entertainment Of the guests, when
something dreadful happ"nrd--a terrible
2rowl was heard from Chubby u growl
uf mingled rage and pain. All eyes were
! turned in his direction, and his mother
who happened 10 bp standing near him
| caughu sight of paw thrust through an
opening IN the rocks. and her darling
! Chubby tail was dangling in it's awful
claws, Another wall Of pain AT this mo-
InoHt snotp their ears. and when the cX-
riirmcnt died down somewhat they found
| fHp Giraffe had gtrptghpd big neck r.. 1iisb