La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1917-03-01
AT HOME" WITH THE BIRDS
by Emma Mayhem Whiting

We have been very studions all
this winter and deserve relaxation. +"
Accordingly, under the announce
ment of the subject. Birds" for her
evening with her pet club. appeared
the mysterious letters, -. F. F."
When the guests arrived each maid
was given misfit quotation. AS
soon as she decided where it should
be divided, she seized the scissors
and shipped her paper in two. reserv-
ing whichever part she chose for her.
self, passing the other half to one
OF the young men, who Immediately
sought to find his correct half of the
quotation. Needless to say, the hilar-
ity began AS soon as the misfits were
passed out They read like this:
Two birds in the bush flock to-
gether"
A bird in the hand is worth the
bird with broken pinion."
The eagle singeth all night long"
As her club numbered twenty-four,
Emily used the following quotations,
which are easily twisted in such a
way AS to make whimsical combi-
nations of misfits.
|, A bird in the hand is worth two
birds in the bush.
,. Birds of a feather flock to-
ge,her
?, Killing two birds with one
stone,
4, The sky is as birdless as In
bleak December.
5. The bird is to him but a winged
symbol of divine unrest.
6, A bird in the solitude singing.
7, The bird OF dawning singeth
all night long.
s. o, cuckoo, shall l call thee
bird?
.. Sweet is the breath of morn.
with charms OF earliest birds.
10. The eagles suffer little birds
to sing
IL. by shallow rivers to whose
falls melodious birds sing madrigals.
= The bird with a broken pin
ion never scars so high again.
After the quotations had been du-
ly completed, the couples. thus
mated, were invited TO 20 bird hunt
Ing in the next room. where had
been hung twenty-seven unnamed
pictures of birds. Each pair OF guess
ers was provided with a pencil. and
the following list, from which they
were to find the appropriate book
which the name of each bird on the
vail expressed or for which II stood /:
|. The Rosary. .. Pride and Preju-
dice, 3, Chantecler. & Burglars In
PARADISE. 3. Trilby. Lady Balti-
more. I The Whirlwind S. The
White Mice, 9. Autobiography of u
Baby. 10. The Wogder Clock II.
Looking Backward, ~. Hoosier
school Master. 10. w. II. Taft. Amer
lean. IA Dr. Cooks own Story. Is.
Around the World in Eighty Days.
10. Figures of the Past.
The pictures of the birds were not
numbered to correspond with the lis,
Of books, OF course, but they aro
given that way here for convenience,
/. Hawk or any bird OF prey
tprayD 2. swallow 3. Grow. 4 Rob.
bin irobbingl Q. Warbler. g. Oriole
Z. Bluobird tblewl. s. Catbird g.
Creeper 10 Cuckoo. II. Tern
tTurm. i2 Thrasher. IL. whip,
poor-Wiil % IA Tyre Bird uiarJ
10. Swift. 10. Passenger Pigeons
After the guessing was over and
the correct list read aloud, all were
invited into the dining room. there to
chat and swallow the tempting vi.
ands appropriately served. and In
GLIDING. OF course. Ice cream In spun
sugar nests. A unique feature was
the place cards on which. instead OF
names, appeared tiny water-color
OF n bird that In some way, by ones
vocation. name. appearance. or fad
might best represent him. Thus. al
Miss Matthews place. appeared the
Teacher Bird: At Miss Martins. the
Martin: at Jacks and James, Jays;
NJ Williams. the crossbili; at EN-
ily's own. III. Red Head.
Later. pencils were given In requi
sition to name the following Birds,
The answer TO each In word con
tsining u syllable having the SOUND
OF bird"
!. The heaviest bird7 Burden,
2. a bird that Is n weed7 Bur
dock.
3. A bird that's not forgotten' Re
membercd.