The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-24


Copyright. 1917. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
es%. .s,g s,Fn': ;sms'f:. s1:,
and Wen drill some more" said
-, Uncle Wiggily Longears, the rab-
DIV gentleman captain soldier. as he stood
IN tfont OF his tent near the hollow stump
bungalow and watched the animal boys
march past one day.
oh. Uncle wissiiy," lcried Susie Lit
tletail, tho rabbit sirl.
What Ia IT," asked the bunny. for,
now that the practice march. or drill
was over he could talk IKE a regular
rabbit. What do you want, Susie"
oh II you please. Uncle wisGily
cant some OF US girls do something In
tie n' rnSSl SSsGnc .. var nne csiS%nt ssa The and Ind
Lulu and Aiics WibbIewobble. the ducks.
and Arabelln Chick-we all want to do
|aSnsthlns. too"
And so you shali'' cried the Jolly rab-
Dit. I'm glad you feel that way about
II. You. also may come 10 the drill to.
thing TO Susie and the other animal girls
that made HIN smile.
''Oh, we'll be here" they all said.
Nurse Jane FulSy Wussy. the muskrat
lady housekesper for the bunny rabbit
Gentleman. cooked his supper In the hol:
brought II out TO him IN his tent. For.
though Uncle Wiggily was studying to be
soldier. and training. or drilling. the
animal boy chaps the same way. he some
times let Nurse Jane cook for him.
Though nearly ns. ~; Away: hs Eot his % own
real soldier.
Tomorrow" said Uncle wisgily to
Nurse Jane. II shall drill the animal
boys and have them practice with nets."
Tennis nets or fish netsr' asked the
muskrat lady.
Neither one" answered the bunny.
'rn give them mosquito nets, and III
see how many OF the bad, biting bugs
they can catch. This 10 to be real war"
Then III Get a tot OF talcum powder
and witch basel ready, said Nurse Jane.
FOR some OF your soldier chaps may be
Exactly So" agreed Uncle wissily.
That is what Susie Littls,ai. the
duck girls and other animal iassies are
coming for-to he Red Cross nurses. And
they are going TO give the boy soldiers a
~ "a !, ,y,.,, S.,., ,in. How nice whA, s'Od~
"A lollypop treat" said Uncle wissily
with a laugh. II gave Susie Littletail
the money to buy than. and shell bring
them here whom she and the other girl
animals come to watch the drill tofnor.
nurses will invite the soldier boys into
my tent and treat them 10 ice cream,
sassafrss and sliced orange lolypops
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msrSneu sho ur'ieu wn"e tommy.
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su.yn-oot Iuo s-uuuI uuV. u'uin.
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some long -ha nd,e1 nets Nurss Jane hst
mnds Tor the boys They took than
rushed 10 the svam mn where the mosauit,
enemy lived and caush, hundreds OF then
in the nets, shutting the bad, biting bus,
up In ny trsps.
"oh. hut I'm bItv suddsnly cried Gam.
min ilttlet.ii the rabbit hoy
500 am said piiiI. punhy,si, IN,
squirrel WV
Now 1. your ch.nr. Red cros,
nurses" .a,a can,.,n w,,ri,y Ionsssrs
and sus,e and ths other sn,msi siri,
nut witch hazel and ,aicum powder on IN,