Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
NOT WORRIED BY RISE
IN LIVING EXPENSES
To Be Exact Certain Favored Class
Sees No Difference
in Cost.
Nuts and Milk Choeo1ate Principal
Diet Of Denizens Of the
City Parks.

While the two-legged inhabitants Of
Washington are feeling the effects of the
high cost of living. thhe squirrels of the
city are living In blissful ignorance Of
such worries. The rise in beef prices,
shortage in meat animals, sudden adj
vance in sugar and other foodstuffs do
not trouble the squirrels.
Nuts have not gone up. They are
coming down. And as fast as they come
down. Mr.. and Mrs. Squirrel and all the
little squirrels gather them in and hide
them away. Nuts are the staple food
stuff OF Squirrel-land, and Squirrel-land
is everywhere in Washington where
parks are. Every park has it's family of
these bushy-tailed rodents. and every
family has its foodstuffs to garner be-
fore the winter sets in.
THE autumn cometh,' says old
Granddaddy Squirrel. who sits beneath
the bushes in Lafayette Square. whisk-
ing his tail; 'the autumn cometh, and
the cold winter when nuts are no more
Let US. therefore. little squirrels. gather
nuts while the sun shines, that we may
have plenty when the grass fadeth.
Nut-Gathering Progresses.
Accordingly, all the little squirrels
gather the nuts like the dickens. You
Can see lHei1l ANY udy, III dhS Pal
fayette. Franklin, Dupont. Lincoln. STAN
ton. Farragut and all the rest-gathering
nuts for all they are worth. What care
they about the price of sugar? What
means a meat famine to squirrel?
What squirrel cares whether the wheat
crop is a bumper" or not? Chewing gum
may slide up and down the scale as it
will. but the squirrels should worry! They
don't chew chicle. They don't eat wheat
unless they find it. They hunger not
after beef. and ''smothered in onions"
has no charm for them.
Rather give US our daily nuts" Choir
tie all the little squirrels
Paddy the Turnover. our old friend
who somersaults in Lafayette Park, is
still on the job these days. turning for
dear life when he isn't hunting for
nuts or getting his sustenance from the
hand OF some man-animal seemingly
providentiaily equipped with two paws
with which to dispense food to all hungry
squirrels.
Come along In the park some day. when
you haven't anything else to do. and
sit down on bench and give the old
whistle for Paddy. The best place to
find him is the third bench from the
right as you turn to the left after COM
Ing down the second path leading from
the statue in the southeast corner to the
statue in the northwest corner.
Fond Of Milk Chocolate.
Sure. that's right. That's the best
place. And you want to be provided
with foodstuff. Paddy especially appre-
ciates these strange delicacies known as
milk chocolates" Have cake of this
along and Paddy will smell you the min
ute you come into the park. Next to a
nut there is nothing SO appreciated by
squirrel as nut with some milk
chocolate.
Sit down on the bench carefully and
whistle for PADDY When Won zee him
coming give him the high sign. and
begin carefully to unwrap the choco-
late. Take the paper off bit by bit, let
ting the odor thereof trickle out grad
ually- This will make Paddy turn
double somersaults to the square
inch.
After the chocolate is all unwrapped
hold it up in the air as If admiring
will now turn three sommersaults at
once. Now whistle to him kindly; he
approaches.
Hold out chunk of the chocolate
most, and don't try any side movements
or thanking tactics. Paddy Is good
natured little fellow. all right. but
there is just one thing no respectable
a man animal to deceitfully proffer
foodstuffs with one hand and caress
with the other. No, stree.
There is a time for everything" de-
in the park meath the old tree where his
father lived and died. None of this dou-
BILE entente for me-"
No Deception, Please.
Though your intentions are of the best,
though a monumental chunk Of gloriously
sweet chocolate decorates your right mitt,
IL your left hand reaches out to stroke
Paddy on that bushy tail-good night
Those sharp front teeth that would
have been buried n the chocolate will be
buried In your finger. Clear through. too
Some bitter is Paddy. He doesn't like
the taste of your finger little bit. He
would a great deal rather have chewed
the chocolate. But you tried a flank
movement. like a Greek bearing gifts
and you must stand the consequences
and the teeth.
Clear through to the bone" says the
doctor. bandaging it.
'.Nice little sauirrel-bah.' you murmur.
Over in Lafayette Square Paddy is
turning somersauits as of old and gath
erfng in the nuts while vet it iS day.