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they had discussed and to what con clusions they had come.
 ''It happened one night about { dozen of the Giraffe family met in ons of their matched cottages to discuss the best ways and means of avoiding sore throat; most important matter as you can see, in view of the length of their necks. But Ostrich imagined they were talking of something very. very thrilling and secret. And he was miserable.
 Up and down outside the cottage he prowled. treading softly so as not to alarm the inmates. Finally, when his curiosity could stand it no longer. he crept quietly up to the rear wall, pecked a hole in 1t and stuck his head through. That is, not all the way through; but just far enough to see and hear.
 Sore throat The idean old Grand pap Giraffe was saying, Why, in my days we never even thought about it! But you young fellows are so delicate and-and-who's that looking in Right up therel See those shiny black eyes-!
 Pandemonium broke loose. All eyes were turned to the rear wall, and all eyes caught sight of Ostrich's small, beady, shiny black ones looking in at them. Instantly every Giraffe present flew into a rage.
 Catch him! Catch the eavesdrop- per! It's Ostrich It's Ostrich! Watch for the glitter in his eyesr
 And they piled out of the door. pell mell, after Ostrich who, you may be sure. took to his heels without a moments hesitation. He lodged into thicket close by and tried to hide. but discovered that he was a mighty big fellow. However, the night was as black as the inside of an ink bottle and Ostrich hoped this would shield him. s
 Watch for his eyesl Watch fo, the glitter in them!' yelkdf Grandpap Giraffe, running arouR1d among the ex- cited Giraffes saRsas Attempting to in- still some sysy<ern in the search. Don't look on tbae ground for him--you can see hiS4 eyes shining in the dark H1lTrs4 Look'
 rs"And the Giraffes instantly scattered in every direction. holding their heads high in the air and peering through the dark night for a pair of glittering eyes.
 "Ah-a!" thought Ostrich, with a sigh of relief. "I can fool them now Why all l have to do is to shut my eyes-but no, they might see my long neck. Ill-let me see-yes, that's it I'll just stick my head down in the sand and then I know they won't bt able to see my eyes! Aha! Thatl fool 'em'
 And he did. Moreover, his ruse
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" AS there ever grandmother who wasn't simply adorable and who didn't just spoil one W and do everything possible all the while to make one have a good time? Somehow, all grandmamas are like that. And especially little -.r- thurs.
 Every now and then his Mamma would let him visit her for several days had been back home so much as a single day Mamma would exclaim:
 Goodness me. Arthur! There's simply no living with you after you've been visiting your Grandmother-she spells you for weeks and weeks after wards."
 But Arthur did not think so. In- deed no. He thought Grandmama was just the very best and dearest of all grandmothers in the world. Not be- cause she spoiled" him-oh. dear no. but it was kind of nice to know that all he had to do was to suggest some thing and straightway Grandma would hasten to get it for him.
 And there were so many, many strange and delightful things he could do when visiting her. Not that they were wildly exciting or particularly venturesome. But they were things he could never have done at home.
 First of all, Grandma always per mitted him to make molasses taffy. Now just why Arthur should have found that sticky process an extreme pleasure, not even he himself could explain. But it was. Grandma would draw up her chair by the kitchen win dow and knit while Arthur got out the pots and pans and the sugar and the molasses and just messed every thing up'' as Grandma expressed it, to his hearts content. And always. no matter if the taffy was so burned that you couldn't even taste the mo- lasses, sirandma would declare it the best she had ever eaten.
 Another thing which little Arthur loved to do--yes. he was a peculiar little chap-was to iron. Grandma would set up the ironing board on the backs of two chairs, then place an- other chair for him to stand on, see that his iron was hot and the old shirt sprinkled just as it should be-and then stand by while he ironed away for dear life.
 But the greatest fun at Grandma's &
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him flat and destroyed his drum. But he. miraculously unhurt, leaped to his feet and began blazing away with his sawed-off gun. His brave example put heart into the soldiers
 ''It was at the battle of Chicka- mauga, however, that he earned his greatest glory and the title of Drum mer Boy of Chickamauga-' The fight had been long and fierce and finally a portion of the Union army was retreat ing. Little Johnny, because of hls short legs, could not march as rapidly as his fellow-soldiers: SO. presently. he was left behind.
 The brave Confederate soldiers were pursuing and soon few of them came upon Johnny. A Confederate Colonel rode up to him and, with a laugh at his size, commanded him to surrender. But there was no surren- der in little Johnny. Instead, he quickly raised his sawed-off musket and shot the Colonel Then he ran for safety and managed to escape.
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The Drummer Boy of Chicamauga

EXT Saturday Is Memorial Day.
 Dorothy" said Mamma the
 other night just before she un- U A dressed her little daughter for bed. Some people call 1t Decoration Day. But. either way. it is the same the occasion each year when we deco rate the graves of the brave soldiers who fought and died in the Civil War.
 And can think of no more appro- priate story to tell tonight than that of The Drummer Boy of Chicka- mauga.' He was a brave, brave little lad indeed, as you shall presently see And the fact that he fought on the Union instead of the Confederate side surely cannot keep anyone from ad- miring his courage.
 When that dread war broke out he was a little bit of shaver only ten years of age. All around him men were enlisting in the army and drill ing that they might become good sol diers. Presently, he. too -- everyone called him Johnny then-was thrilled by the call of arms and wanted to go to the front.
 "Of course he was too young to en- list, but twice he ran away from homo for that purpose. The first time his father brought him back; but on the second occasion he managed to get away and join a regiment of soldiers leaving for the front.
 When he offered to enlist the re- cruiting officer laughed at his youth and told him 1t was impossible. But still Johnny persisted. He simply went along with the regiment without being enlisted; and presently the soldiers be- came so fond of him that they gave him an, old, made-over uniform and a drum and raised his pay out of their own pockets.
 And brave little fellow he was in battle, too; for he seemed to be abso- lutely without fear of a flying bullet or bursting shell. Without 80 much as a flicker of an eye-lash toward the rear and safety. he would beat out the commands and particularly the Charge'-on his drum. Often. too. he would throw aside his drum. snatch
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Other Memorial Days

~HOUGH we cannot help but feel
 that the custom of decorating
 the graves of our brave soldier
 dead every year is all our own. the truth, is that many, many years ago other nations had their Memorial days.
 Centuries ago the ancient Druids be- lieved that when a wicked person died his soul went into the body of some animal. So. each year, generally in the month of November, they brought flowers and gifts and laid them on the altar of their god Saman. the lord of Death. in order that he might be pleased and release the souls of their dead loved ones from the bodies of the animals.
 Way, way back in the time of the Romans, eight days in every February were set apart in which to do honor to their ancestors. During that time all temples were closed and even the richest and most powerful men in the Empire dressed in the commonest of clothes.
 Then. on the eighth day, the graves of their dead were visited and deco rated with violets and roses and other flowers. Also jars of wine, milk, honey. salt and baskets of eggs, bread and fruit were set beside the graves as a mark of respect for the dead ones.
 In still another part of Italy, the people would set their tables with the choicest of things to eat and drink and then spend their entire Memorial day in church, leaving the doors to their houses wide open so that the spirits of their dead ones might enter and eat. They seemed to overlook en- tirely the fact that many thieves
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proved effective, for the stupid Gi- raffes wandered and wandered about for an hour at least with their heads high in air peering around for a pair Of shiny black eyes. At last, though, they gave up the search and returned to their meeting.
 But here is the strange part of it, Donald, and the part which shows you why ever afterwards we of the Jungle always called Ostrich silly. Only the very next day, while walking along one Of the Jungle paths he happened to hear voices behind thicket and inn pudently. poked his head right
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prowled about on that day and en- Joyed the good things set forth.
 In Greece wreaths were always laid upon the graves once a year, and to- day in France on their Memorial day wreaths of the little flowers called im- mortelles are placed on the graves of loved ones.
 But the most unusual Memorial day. perhaps, is to be found in number of little Alpine villages. There. wreaths of evergreen and other noun tain shrubbery are placed on the graves and, in addition, a tiny lamp is put at the foot of each grave. Then the people kneel, each by the grave of his loved one. and pray for the re- pose of their souls.
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up his musket and fire away at the en- emy. He was so short that the sol diers had to saw off the barrel of his gun, else it would have been far taller than he was.
 Many times did little Johnny have narrow escapes from death on the bat tlef1eld. His bravery so impressed his officers that they finally enlisted him and he was only eleven years old, too. At the terrible battle of Shiloh. when his fellow soldiers were all but ready to throw down their arms and flee, little Johnny kept right on beating away on his drum where the bullets were thickest.'
 "Once an exploding shell knocked
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H10 ELL. well, Donald, it's been a
 long time since we've seen each other, hasn't it?" And
 :" there followed a series of chuckles that Donald knew could come from but one person-his queer little friend. the old Man of the Woods.
 ''Oh it's you, is it" exclaimed Don aid joyfully. 'I am so glad to see you, MT. old Man. And I want you 10 tell me a story. Nurse Is over there on the bench busy with her sewing, and I've been sitting here in front of the ostriches and just wishing and wishing you would come. I've had a bad cold for several weeks you know, so Mamma wouldn't let Nurse bring me out to the Zoo"
 "A story" interrupted the Old Man, with another chuckle. "Of course I'll tell you one--and it will be about an ostrich, too"
 He was such a funny looking little fellow that, unless you had seen him as many times as Donald had, you would either have been very much frightened or would have laughed un- til your sides ached.
 Te begin with, he was no bigger than a minute. His head was as shiny and bald as a billiard ball, and his face was old and wrinkled and lined. His sharp dancing little eyes looked at you, all crinkly and smiling, ana anyone could see he was merry It. tie fellow despite the two ferocious horns that stuck up from his head, one just above each ear.
 His trousers were of bearskin and his cloak was cunninely fashioned of the wings of hummingbirds. Alto gether he was queer indeed.
 "Once upon a time" said he, set ting himself upon the soft green grass, right beside Donald. when l was Lord of the Jungle and all the animals and the birds were ruled by me, there was an ostrich that proved a very foolish fellow indeed. In fact, after the experience l am about to relate. we all called him Silly ostrich. And from that day to this all 5striches have been just as silly as he-on one point at least, as you shall see presently.
 Now this ostrich was a very cdE rious fellow always bothering about other peoples business and prying in- to their affairs. Just let any of the animals of the same specfes in the Jungle assemble to talko over a few matters in which thsy were interested and poor, curious Ostrich was simply miserable until he had found out what
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" u AS there ever a grandmother AA who wasn't simply adorable and who didn't just spoil one
 i" and do everything possible all
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through to see who. was there.

through to see who. was there.
 "Of course he was espied instantly by Papa Giraffe and Mamma Giraffe and several of their friends who were having nice, quiet little chat They leaped at the intruder to punish him for his impudence and-and-wha do you suppose that silly Ostrich did?
 Why, after shouting derisively Come on and find me if you can!' he simply stuck his head down in the sand. confident that he was complete ly hidden from view. Of course they found him. And what is more, they belabored him with their strong hind legs until Silly Ostrich-who evidently
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imagined that just so his eyes were closed and dark it must be dark all around-ran screaming with rage and pain.
 After all, Donald, that foolish Os- trich was not unlike some people who do petty. mean things and imagine they can avoid detection simply by assuming bland expression and an air of innocence when-mercy me, here's Nurse coming for you I dare- say she'll insist that you've fallen asleep again and that there is no such person as poor little me. Oh, we'll Goodbye, Donald'
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|T PUZZLE CORNER.
TRANsPOSITTONS.

l. Transpose an animal and get a plant with a hollow jointed stalk. 2. Transpose a vessel used in cook ing and get the highest part of any thing.
 3. Transpose portions of an article and get long strip of leather. 4. Transpose to plunder and get an Instrument.
 PRINTERS PI. The following are large birds when sthe mistakes are corrected: 1, Geeal; 2. Trueluv; 8, Htosric; 4 Korts; 5, Rondoc; 6, Ncrae; [, Guinnpe; 8. Nacpeil.
 ANIMAL PUZZLE.
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you hurt?" cried Papa. taking In the situation at glance.
 III don't know, Papa" replied Robbie sturdily. q guess you'd bet ter take me into the light and-and see for yourself!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24

The answer to this puzzle is the name of well-known animal. If you add and subtract correctly according to the pictures you will have the an- swer.
 Answers.
 TRANSPOSITIONS l, Deer-reed; i; ?. Pot-tOp; 3, Pdrts-strap; 4. Loot-tool. PRINTERS PI:. l, EdOle; VuI- fuye; 3, Ostsfch, 4, St0rk;; 5. Condor; 6, Cyane,; z. Penguin; 8, PeHcan. Rjng P0rin0-inO P0r + Cup ~ Poyc.p # tcine = Porcup,0ins = " .~P0rcNpfsc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15
CAPITAL WOMEN JOIN
PENWONEN' SLEAGUE
Mrs. John B. Martin, Mrs. Mary
Blackburn, and Mrs. Virginia
SpeeI Elected Members.

Three women Of this city have Just
-ecn elected members of the League OF
morican Pcnwomen. They are, Mrs.
Ilis Barnes Martin, special writer, and
.raIua critic famous for stories o.
Mexico, Mrs. Mary ST. Clair Blackburn,
IthOr Of the Outline of the American
.'s Olution. and Mrs. Virginia White
-pecl. known bv her pseudonym, "Nir-
mia Dare.
Facts about other members of the
.sazuc were reported at a recent
meeting al the Public Library. Mrs.
scrrha HiTsch BaruCh. has returned
q Greenwich. Conn. after many years
.ssideuce Ia California; Ida Vera ST.
a'ufyu Is about TO embark on another
rip 10 Africa to get atmosphere for
book. The Great White Eye,
hfch she is now writing: Butterfly
babies and Earth Children" are
NO new books from the pen Of Mrs
.llzab,th Gordon. OF Chicago; lisa
Maud llscu. friend Of Thomas l.. Edi-
IN is touring the West and writing
r book of her experiences as an as
Instant to the Wizard" and Mrs.
florence HaiUcS Reed is writing
hoto- yla s-unc Of which. the "Madon-
20 Of the Moon. Is about ready for
.olcssc. with four others to follow
gvu.
katherine CIcmmous. d niece Of
i4rk Twain aud member Of ia" Lon
.HrI society OF " omen jour nGH~fS. u
a. reported al tho meeting, Is doing
zZazin' work. ...... .-
Two artists of Washington. members
. the PonwUm"u League, Mis- Ella
s-HItt now Mrs. Blackburn. special
-rit artist Of tho Department OF AErI-
gltIrc. and Miss Loretta I.nwenstcin,
. doing work Of note. Mrs. Black
urn has Just accepted 4 commission
rom The department; Of Dgmo'pgv Of
lr University OF California to model
nd paint the fruits % Lhc Pacific
cast and Miss Lowenstein is exhibit
z al Brcntano's illustrations for child
Ten'F stories.
TeNar members arc active. Mrs. Henri
90 T. German has many poems nd ar
..irs iu Fraternity. and other pcriodi-
ais Mr. Cora =. Cross has in print
number If poems and articles and
rr- Moore Murdoch is editing the
ira. Book
Is Christmas party al to, home cf
Hrs r. J.. Fcustis. at the heneSaE. will
ne gwen members OF the league .oIncr-
.uW evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15
WOMEN ADMITTED
TO CITIZENS LEAGUE
Northeast Washington ASSOCia-
ton Votes to Extend Its
Membership.

The question whether women are
eligible for membership in the North
cast Washington Citizens Association
Vas decided ia the affrmat tive last night
on meeting in Northeast Temple
Twelfth and II streets northeast.
The motion to admit the women was
Do ado by Secretary Roscoe jenkins. who
HOlut'd cut that the views of the women
would BE- helpful. particularly a. re-
-ara'nE the welfare of the children. and
~u-gCslcd that members invite their
wives TO the rcNt meeting. After con-
-iaora5lc discussion the motion was
.IIricl
b. II. Tucker. president. pointed out
.Dmc of the hardships that would result
from the enactment Of the Johnson
amendment to the District appropTta-
ION bill. which was yesterday passed
~ tho House. He expressed the belief
hat the Scnatv would strike the John
-ou rider from the bill.
The association Went on record as ia
'0TinE such drastic measures by the 10
90, and the employment OF such adj
H.IlOral men rs may be necessary to
lamp out organized vice in Washing
ION \ resolution commencing the 20
lice for their work in this direction, Of
cred by W. VI. Bronson, was unani-
ucusly adopted
7. J. Gates. of No. Engine Company.
pP"ared before the association in be
. ali OF the firc-ncn Of the District. and
sktd its support of the campaign 10
ave the pensions placed on a more
~tapie basis. The matter was referred
70 the committee on fire protection.
Through the courtesy of J. |. keefer,
intern slides showing the topography
e Germany ard SONG of her asricul-
tural and manufacturing industries were
exhibited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15

riding with Dryden in the latt"r's auto
mobile at the time OF TIC accident, is Mt
the EmcrgcnCv Hospital suffering from
laceration Of the scalp and nor
injuries. His condition IS not serious.
Dryden may have fracture Of the
asc of ;hc skull. according To Or.
William Cline Borden. the surgeon who
WIS summoned into consultation con
corning his injuries. III examination
will be made later today to determine
whether an operation will be necessary.
The accident in which DrydcS and
Conner were injured occurred as the
big touring car in which they were re-
\: IrninG from MI Pleasant struck the
tear Of n Capital Traction Company
car while making the turn at Massa-
Chusetts avenue and Thomas circle.
The touring car had been following
the street car for several blocks down
Fourteenth street. As the machine and
the street car collided DRYDEN and Con-
ner were thrown out. The automobile
was badly damaged
Dryden was picked up by Or. -. W.
Cook. whose office is in Thomas circle.
and taken to the hospital Conner was
placed In an automobile belonging to
John W. Day. of 1910 y stree; north
west, and taken to the Emergency Hos
pital Dryden has wife and a child
Until recently he was connected with the
real estate firm of Boss & Phelps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15
improvements Asked
By Hillsdale Citizens

I..proycments desired by Hillsdale
~,tizeYs include the condemnation and
ACQUISITION Of the streets in what is
known As Barry Farm. and the placing
= . sewer over Stick Foot branch. This
was decided by the association last night
.n odd Fellows Hall i'm Sumner road,
~uut beast. with \. r. jackson, president,
900 jne chair. 4 bill to acquire the streets,
which are privately owned, is pending
.4 congress.
Allotment Of part of the reclaimed
are Of the Anacostia flats for use Of
pupils ~ the Birney school for the study
= tLricuiturc will be asked.
congress viii be asked TO pass law
-H fai hid assessments on property own
ad ivr contemplated improvements until
,n. improvements have been begun At
teHtIur Wa called to the fact that about
'E' resrs ago a road was laid out along
rt, shore 'iUc Of the river Improvement
wH-. and the abutting and nearby prop
rrtr"wney~ were assessed for benefits.
A. Vet nothing has been done toward
rgr-li uctiuS this highway.
To association will endeaVor to Sc
cur" ground for a playground in the
SabuTj.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15

To have taken action to maiutaiu it's
I'.uir=lity IN tho situation grow iu- Uuj
Of the arrival OF the Dresden at Arenas
The Government viii register vigorous
protest If the Dresden is attacked in
Si.lc tho tr-'"-miir limit
Tho captain OF the Dresden has in
formed tho German consul at Punta
Arenas that the British fleet, which at
tackled the Germans OF the FalklandS.
included Two battle cruisers Of tho in
'inciblc type and SIX cruisers. These
vessels. the CaTIain stated, were the
'aInG~vnn. the Cornwall, Essex. Bristol.
Defence. and Glasgow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15
Denies Petition of Man
Indicted for Gambling

The supreme Court Of the United
states has denied a petition for a
writ Of ccrtiorari by Porter l.. Payior.
The case is one IN which Fa,lcr was
vndcr Indictment for betting on horse
races m violation of Section 80 OF the
code OF the District.
II was represented by the petitioner
that the person with whom he made
the wager was On accomplice and that
he could not ba convicted on his I'M
co-roborated testimony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15
SHIPS LIE IN
WAIT FOR DRESDEN

BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 1.-Two Brit
lsh cruisers are today reported in. the
Straits OF Magellan. of Punta Arenas,
where they are waiting for tho GCI-
man cruiser Dresden. the sole survivor
of the squadron of Admiral Won spec.
which engaged the Briush fleet or Vice
Admiral Frederick SturdCc, Off the
Falkland Islands.
Reports are mostly from pro-G6-man
sources. since the British have cut Oft
wireless communication with the Falll-
lands These prO-GeTman reports de-
clare the two British vessels have IN
dictated their intention not 20 respect
the neutrality laws IN regard TO the
Dresden. The vessel. the British ships
are said 10 have asserted. must either
come out and fight or surrender.
The Chilean government - reported
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-15

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