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The Washington times., 1919-06-24
HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY
Acting Secretary of State and Mrs Polk to Entertain
For BraziPs President Elect

FESTIVITIES in honor OF DR.. Epi-
r tacio Pessoa, President-elect of
1 Brazil. who is bringing his visit
to Washington to a close tomorrow.
will have a brilliant climax in the re-
ception at the Pan-American Build
ing which the Acting Secretary OF
State and Mrs Frank l.. Polk are
giving tonight The list of guests
invited includes official society, the
Diplomatic Corps. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Folks intimate friends among the
resident set, and the function prom
ises to be a gala event.
DR.. and Nine. PesSoa will receive
with Mr.. and Mrs. Polk in the Hall
of the Americas. The Marine Band
will play during the evening, and
supper will be served on the terrace
overlooking the beautiful Aztec Gar
den, which will be Illuminated for the
occasion.
Preceding the reception, Mr.. and
Mrs. Polk will entertain at dinner at
their home in Sixteenth street in COM
pliment to DR.. and Nine. Pessoa.
Members OF the Cabinet and other
prominent officials will be in the
company asked to meet them. Miss
Laurita Pessoa and the President
elects secretary, Mr.. Pessoa de Quei-
rcz, will also be among the guests.
The rest Of the Brazilian party will
dine with the Third Assistant Secre-
tary OF State and Mrs. Breckenridge
Long before attending the reception
at the Pan-American Building.
William c. Redfield, Secretary Of
Commerce, was host at an official
luncheon at the willard today, enter
tanning in honor of DR.. Pessoa. The
company asked to meet him included
Carter Glass, Secretary OF the Treas
ury; Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy: Frank L. Polk, Acting Sec
rotary OF State; Senator Duncan L.
Fletcher, William Phillips, Assistant
Secretary Of State; Breckenridge Long,
Third Assistant Secretary of State;
Congressman Thetus W. Sims, Con-
gresham Joseph w. Byrns, Admiral
William +. Caperton, Mai Gen. Jo-
seph E. Kuhn, Alberto de Ipanema
Moreira. charge d'affaires of Brazil;
Edward n. Hurley, William B: Colver,
Henry NJ Robinson, Charles S. Ham
lin, Edwin NJ. Sweet. Assistant Secre-
tary Of Commerce; Clarence Woolley.
Wilbur J. Carr, G. Cornell Tarler, Jor-
dan Herbert Stabler, Thomas w. Page.
Burwell S. Cutler. Hallett johnson,
and Captain BurlamaqUi. Mr. Pessoa
de Queiroz, Mr.. BOroso, Lauro Muller.
jr-, and Mr.. Catta Preta, of the Presi-
dents staff
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de Sibour is capain Of both the basket
ball and the baseball teams.
RedheId Returns.
The Secretary Of Commerce re-
| turned to. Washington last evening
from New York, where he went with
Mrs. Redfeld last week, and she will
join him here today.
The Countess of Reading. wife OF
| the lord chief Justice Of England and
former ambassador from Great Brit,
ain TO this country, who has been
seriously ill at her home near London
following an operation. is reported al
the embassy t. be improving
slowly.
Alexander NJ. Thackara. American
consul general at Paris. is in Wash
ington visiting his son-fn-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic
Caldwell.
Mr.. and Nine. AkscI Chr. ?. Wick
field have postponed their departure
for Europe owing to the illness Of
Nine. Wickfcld's children. who are
now recovering. They now expect to
sail about the middle OF July. and will
visit in England. in Denmark with
Mr.. Wickfeld's relatives. and in Paris
with Lieut.. and Nine. Henri Mar
quisan. Mr.. WickfeId was until re-
Gently attache Of the Danish legation
at Washington.
Mrs. George Howard is occupying
MIS-. Guy Norman's cottage at New
port for the summer.
BradIeys on to Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. who
have been at their apartment in New
York following a stay Of several
weeks at their Tuxedo Park estate.
started today for the Thousand
Islands.
Mrs. Snowden Andrews. Of BaIti-
more, has joined her daughter, Mrs
Gibson Fahnestock. at her Newport
villa and will remain through tho
summer. Mrs. Fahnestock will also
have her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus stokes, jr.
with her for part OF the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick T. Frolinr-
huysen. OF New York, who made their
home in Washington during the war.
will join the summer colony at New
port this summer. having leased one
Of the Pinard cottages.
Mrs. Robert Taft has gone 20 New
York and is staying at the Chatham
Hotel
The marriage Of Miss Louise Adder
and Floyd Bronson OIcOtt will take
place tonight at 5 o'clock at the home
or the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jules Adder, on University place The
Rev. William J. Mems. of the Union
NJ. +. Church, will perform the mar
rage ceremony. which will be fol-
lowed by reception. Miss Rose
Adder will attend her sister Is maid
or honor. and George Foster will act
as best man. Mr.. OICott will take his
bride 10 Philadelphia. where he IS on
duty in tho inspection service or the
United States navy. Miss Adder is
kinsWoman or the President Of
Switzerland.
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"CRACKERS" SPRING A-LEAK.

CHICAGO. June Max Stern and
his wife shipped a consignment Of
crackers" into Michigan. Tho
crackers" sprung leak. Mr.. and
Mrs. stern are being entertained by
Federal officials.
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Miss Nancy Lane. daughter Of the
Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs.
Lane. will start on Tuesday for Cali
fornia- where she Will spend the sum
mer. She Will make the trip West
with Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar
Miller.
Mr.. Lane, who is IN New York, is
expected back in Washington in a
day or two.
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Named Envoy TO Peru.

William f. Gonzales, Of Charleston
:. g.. now minister 10 Cuba. has been
nominated by President Wilson for
the post OF Ambassador to Peru. sue
ceiling Benton Q. Mcmillan Mr.. Nc
MILAN will be minister to Guatemala.
and Boaz Long, formerly minister TO
salvador and at present serving as
chief OF the Latin-American division
Of the State Department. will be
minister To Cuba
The appointment Of Mr.. Gonzales A
ambassador 10 Peru is in accord with
the agreement between that country
and the United States TO raise the
rank OF their diplomatic representa-
tlves.
Niscount and Eiscountess J. Henri
ne SIbour have concluded 2 visit TO
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Johnson at New
port, having gone on to attend the
prize day exercises at st. George
School. where their sons, Honorc and
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Joseph r. Wilson, brother Of Presi-
dent Wilson, who has been a patient
at Union Protestant Infrmary, in
Baltimore. expects to Join Mrs. Will
son at their apartment at the Wash
InEton in Baltimore this week. Mrs.
Wilson will leave shortly for White
sulphur Springs. ". Va. to visit her
son-in-law and daughter, the Rev.
Mr.. and Mrs. MCElroy. M. Wilson
viii join them later in the summer.
The Rev. Mr.. McElroy is pastor OF
the Presbyterian Church at White
sulphur. He and Mrs. McEIrov, who
were married in the White House last
year. are planning to go 10 the Orient
in the autumn, where he will engage
in missionary work
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Secretary of the Trea.urr Host.

! DR.. Pessoa was entertained at din
ner last evening by Carter, Glass. Sec
rrtary of the Treasury, who invited a
distinguished company to meet the
| President-elect of Brazil The dinner
was given at the willard. The guests,
were: Newton D. Baker, Secretary Of
! War, Mr.. MOreira. charge d'affsires
\ of Brazil; Senator F. s. Simmons, SEN
ator D. L. Fletcher, Albert Strauss. of
the Federal Reserve Board: Charles
s. Hamlin, OF the Federal Reserve
Board: John Shelton Williams Comp
troller OF the Currency; William Phil
lips, Assistant Secretary Of State:
! Breckenridge Long, Third Assistant
Secretary of State: DIR. L. S. Rowe,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury;
+. c. Leffingwell, Assistant Secretary
OF the Treasury; Major George S. Bar
nett, Maj. Gen. Jos. L. Kuhn, Admiral
William Caperton, Rear Admiral J. S
Mexican, John Barrett, Director Gen
eral Of the Pan-American Union; Rob
ert NJ. Montgomery. of the Court of
Customs Appeals: George ". Norris,
Farm Loan Commissioner: Angus Nc
Lean, Director OF the War Finance
Corporation; John Burke, United
States Treasurer; J. H. Stabler, Ghief
of the Bureau OF Latin-American At
fairs; DR.. c. +. Mcclure, Captain
Burlamaqui, Lauro Muller, jr.. Mr.
Barroso, Mr.. QUeiroz, G. c. Tarler,
Mr.. Sampaio and Mr.. Catta Preta.
At the request of Secretary Glass.
William G. McAdoo has consented TO
represent the International High
Commission at the reception to Presi-
dent-elect PcssOa. OF Brazil, on his
arrival in New York from Washing
ton. Mr.. McAdoo was. while Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. chairman Of the
International High Commission and
president OF the central executive
council OF the commission. AS Sec
rotary he presided over the Pan
American financial conference in 1915. /
and rs chairman OF the commission
attended the sessions held in Buenos
Aires in 1916.
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The members OF the Brazilian en-
bassy STAFF entertained informally at
dinner last evening at Wardman Park
Inn in compliment to Nine Pessoa.
Miss Laurita Pessoa and the other
ladies in Dr. Pessoa's party. Several
or the younger secretaries and at.
taches or the Presidents suite were
also included in the company. which
remained afterward to enjoy the
dancing
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Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Davies will
leave Washington Saturday 10 motor
20 Pittsburgh, Pa. where they will
join their eldest daughter. Eleanor
Davies. and Miss Neville Johnson.
daughter OF Dr. and Mrs. Loren John
son. who arc visiting Mr. and Mrs
James oliver there. Mr.. Davies and
the young girls viii motor from Pitts
burEh out in their home in Madison
Wis. while Mrs. Davies and the other
children will 20 To Wisconsin from
Pittsburgh by train. Miss Johnson
will be the guest OF Miss Davies in
Wisconsin for about "A month Mr.
Davies viii return 10 Washington
shortly but will join his family in
Wisconsin later in the summer.
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Will Motor To Connecticut.

Col. and Mrs. James 4. Drain. &C
companied by their daughter. Miss
Gertrude Virginia Drain, and their
Young son. James 4. Drain, jr.. Will
leave Washington tomorrow for a
motor trip to Connecticut. They will
visit the Taft School. which heir son
will attend next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. BTittOn Browne have
gone to Cape May. where they have
taken cottage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Payne Mere
dith will leave Washington the first
OF July for Cape May. y. J.. where
they have taken a cottage for July
and August.
Mrs. George F. MahooI. formerly
Miss Marjorie HeImbold. has gone to
Pittsburgh 10 spend several weeks
with her cousins. Mr.. and Mrs. \. W.
Thompson.
Major Philip II. Torrey. L. :. NJ. g..
and Mrs. Torrey are being congratu-
lated upon the birth of daughter.
RebeCca BrIttOn. on June 10. at ma
rine barracks. QUantico. Va. where
Major Torrey is stationed. Mrs Tor
roy was formerly Miss Elizabeth
Worthington TrcscOt.
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Blaise de Sibour, are students. Honore
de Sibour is capain Of both the basket
ball and the baseball teams.
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Advice to the
LOvelOrn
By Beatrice Fairfax.
A Case of Fickleness.
DEAR MISS MAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS MAIRFAX:
I am twenty-three and have been
going about with a beautiful girl
for over three years.
We were TO be married as soon
as l vas discharged from the navy,
but upon my return from Siberia,
l called upon my sweetheart, and
she told me she no longer loved me.
] have called repeatedly. but
each time l was informed that
she was not at home; until last
week l met her. and asked her to
explain the sudden COldness, to
which she replied that she was
tired Of me.
Now, Miss Fairfax, when I am
earning $500 a month and in
position to marry, do you think it
advisable for me to try and win
her back, as I dearly love her and
there never can be any other?
EX-SAILOR-
NY dear Sailor Boy, while it may
be difficult for you to realize your
blessings, while smarting under the
lash of this girls strange conduct.
you are really TO be congratulated
on having escaped a girl OF this
type for your wife.
Young women given to these un-
accountable vagaries seldom make
desirable life partners. l should
lose no time in forgetting her as
speedily as possible.
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By Rita Stuyvesant.

ATEVER before were bits Of
N black satin utilized so pret-
THY as this season. One ex-
elusive shop on the avenue is show
ing how the ingenious designer has
created lovely pillows, odd Chinese
scarfs that breathe Of the Orient,
interesting matinees and numerous
other things from ODDS and ends OF
black satin and gay-colored worsted.
To give that delightfully."- foreign
touch TO your living room or
boudoir or perhaps to grace the
fancy table at your charity bazaar,
you can easily make some Of these
fascinating bits of finery.
A long banana-shaped table run
ner Of black satin was one Of the
most interesting novelties / have
discovered in a long time. Cut
double, il was stitched and turned
inside out and pressed. The edge
Of the runner was outlined with
crude overcasting about a quarter
of an inch apart and was worked
in Chinese blue wool. A chubby tas
sci Of the wool was suspended from
either end and there were queer
bulbs and lilies in jade, amber, blue
and violet strewn over the surface.
This runner is unusually simple to
make and lends a charming note TO
a dull room.
Any chaise-lounge or divan would
revel in a round pillow Of black
Frightened with fanciful figures.
One pillow of this kind recently
displayed was OF black satin with
orange green and scarlet peacoCks
cut from cretonne and appliqued
with fine buttonhole stitch. SILK
was favored for the stitching. Any
bits Of cretonne will supply enough
figures for a pillow, and various
designs can be introduced to good
advantage.
To place under a vase OF peach
blossoms there is small melon
shaped doiIie Of black made gay by
tiny colored flowers and soft fringe.
Salmon pink and French blue was
the color scheme and small daisies
were the chosen flowers. The dOilie
was lined with self material. turned
inside out and pressed. Wool fringe
about an inch deep edged the doilies
and was a charming addition to this
simple piece.
Short mandarin coats that may
be worn over milady's pajamas are
also made Of black satin and the
odds and ends OF wool from the
knitting bag. Or, one might use
rope silk in the pastel tints for
decoration. These delightful little
coats are very simple to cut with
sleeves and body in one. OF course,
the neck IS collariess in true Chi
800 -'.-'- ~--' S~--~f'r--os ths en-
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CHAPTER XIII.

Letters From a Little Girl.
NeeIand had several letters from
Ruhannah Carew that autumn and
winter. The first one was written
a few weeks after her arrival In
Paris:
Dear Mr.. NeeIand:
Please forgive me for writing to
you, but ! am homesick.
] have written every week to
mother and have made my letters
read as though I were still mar
Tied, because il would almost kill
her il she knew the truth.
Some day I shall have to tell her,
but not vet Could you tell me
how you think the news ought to be
broken TO her and father?
That man was not on the steamer.
I was quite i'll crossing the ocean.
But the last two days ] went on
deck with the Princess MistChenka
and her maid, and I enjoyed the
sea
The princess has been so friendly.
I should have died, think, with
out her, what with my seasickness
and homesickness, and broOding
over my terrible fall know il is
immoral TO say so. but / did not
want 10 i've any lOuBcI. lIulg
didn't. I even asked TO be taken.
] am sorry now that ] prayed that
way.
Well. 7 have passed through the
most awful part Of my life. think.
] feel strange and different, as
though / had been very sick, and
had died, and as though II were an
other girl sitting here writing TO
you, and not the girl who was in
your studio last August.
1 had always expected happiness
some day. Now / know ! shall
never have il. Girls dream many
foolish things about the future.
They have such dear. silly hopes.
All dreams are ended for me! all
that remains in life for me is to
work very hard, so that I can learn
to support myself and my parents.
] should like to make q great deal
Of money, so that when I die I can
leave to charity. I desire to be
remembered for my good works.
But. Of course, shall first have to
learn how 10 take care of myself
and mother ard father before / can
aid the poor. I often think OF be-
coming a nun and going out to
nurse lepers. Only I don't know
where there are any. Do you?
ITO M COW rH.-,,-'''' F..
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home for a good, big feed, dinner
with six boys from over there.
Ny friend. Mrs. Steele, was not a
wealthy woman. In fact, just now
every dollar was especially hard to
get
How much is That leg OF lamb
inquired Mrs. Steel as the tired
merchant weighed the meat
Three fifty"
We'll, it's more than care to
pay" said Mrs. steele pleasantly.
will you show me something else
mutton, perhaps"
The butcher stopped for a mo-
ment and looked Mrs. Steele square
in the face.
Madam" he said, "it's 10 o'clock
at night. We opened at this
morning, and you arc the first lady
1 have waited on today"
And OF course, he took the time
and trouble to get Mrs. Steele the
best value for her money.
Sometimes the housewife, in her
distracted efforts to econOmize. for
gets that courtesy costs nothing.
A housewives discourtesy to her
tradesman, just as a trademans
discourtesy to the housewife, gains
for either, nothing.
If a housewife feels that mer-
chants price is too high for her
purse, it is undoubtedly her priv
ilege to refuse TO buy. But TO
waste words abusing him 2vails
nothing. There are other mer-
chants. And good will between
housewife and merchant surely
pays.
For. after all, human nature Is
human nature the world over.
When there are two customers
both seeking a choice bit. you, who
have worked in shops-you know
who gets il, the courteous or the
discourteous customer.
Courtesy to our trademen re-
fleets itself. 1t is the exceptional,
the undesirable merchant who re-
pays courtesy with discourtesy.
One can be firm without being dis
courteous. And the wise housewife
will help herself by establishing
and maintaining good will between
H~rs '" I'D heh tradesmen. =
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along anybody
NOW America belonged!
living with this minute
Red She
around puttees and drive Ambulance for She
She mundon
the Nor aarmsrete IN Smoek and
kno her as 70 Ceopatr8's hr1ousI
brilliant, ongdead modsrnigI
melted band boredom she lived
CHILDREN and speak
BRLNKLBX,
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POlitenesS
An Asset
By Loretto G. Lynch.

y nee. when I lived in San Fran
cisco. was greatly amused
in one Of the best known
Chinese shops. A woman, unused
10 the business methods OF the
West. was trying to purchase a
souvenir. She was, maybe, forty.
and had probably been a housewife
some twenty years. She and her
husband had come to the Fair.
From years perhaps of bartering
and bargaining, she was decidedly
worn. She wanted to purchase a
bracelet handbag. She studied the
array in the show window, and
finally entered the shop.
Even a soulless pessimist who
never could see art Cwould have to
admit that these bags were un-
usually beautiful. She picked out a
BLACK one-black satin with q won
derful golden dragon with sparkly
eyes and huge mouth of uncertain
friendliness.
inquired the prospective purchaser.
"Thr-ee-dOl-lars fifty" said the
stole Chinaman.
" tAAS NhNdp lOOhlnB Dab Win
no work at all on IT you want three
fifty? Why, I'd give you two dol
lars for ii and not a cent more-I
wouldn't care If il was particularly
beautiful, but it isn't"
While the woman raved fever
ishly on. she was looking or rather
walking toward the door She had
not bean noticing Sing Lou. But
when she struck an oasis in her
abuse Sing Lou was just disappear
ing from view into his living rooms
in the rear. But had watched.
At the first warning of onslaught
Sing had carefully put away in the
case the bags. He would not show
them again to the discourteous, un-
appreciative female. For would a
good Chinaman want 10 sell some
thing that a customer had declared
unlovely?
Sing knew the woman was lying
when she said the bag was not
beautiful. He, too, knew that. it
was really cheap at three dollar
fifty" He was not TO be bartered
with and insulted. This woman had
not met his kind before
The amusing little incident came
back to me as 1 stood in a large
meat shop in an Eastern city re-
Gently. 1t was almost 10 o'clock
and accompanied a friend who
had received some Iast-minute news
that her husband. twice reported
dead. had landed and was coming
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notice either Brandes or Venem any
further; Broadway completed the
story for it's own edification, and, b.
degrees. arrived at its own conclu-
sions. Only nobody could discover
who was the young girl concerned,
or where she came from or what
might be her name. And, after a
few days, Broadway, also, forgot
the matter amid the tarnished tinsel
and raucous noises Of its own mean
and multifarious preoccUpations.
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gsI MINT q va -essas s,.,,

WI HEREVER Ne spirit Cleopatra Jealous
w worlds daily
10, you-in shocking little modernst;
curious seeking BRAIN slender darky delicate woany body
ambition while
cruelty-H tales
We all
aliens
boredom
partridge dadem
Maybe melted
lady Montana polcewoman
chin darkbue
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BY David Cory.

CCTHIS is just like q vaudeville
show" cried Puss Junior,
as Jack again disappeared
in his house "First we see the
House that Jack built, then he
Malt. then the Rat, then the Cat
and now the Dog"
What comes next?" asked Tom
Thumb, 1--WE forgotten my Mother
Goose, 1t seems" Before he could
answer Jack himself opened ;hs
door and ran down the front stOpa-
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Got It Bad.

The young man about town had
Just been accepted by 1.-The one girl
in the world" who, nevertheless,
was a member of a forty-strong
beauty chorus.
$50 you think you love herr"
smiled his father.
"I know I love her" swore the
infatuated youth.
"Are you sure you love her as
much as you think you do?"
I'm sure OF more than that l
love her as much ps she thinks
/ do 90
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Bits of Black Satin

riot OF cOIoring that is both bizarre
and artistic. Brilliant red pOppies
and nastuTtiums are interesting and
one chooses this type OF flower
rather than the dainty rose or sweet
pea for the Oriental lounging
Jacket
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PuSs in Boots, T.

''Hello, Puss Junior! Hello, Tom
Thumb. Hello, all the rest Of you
Glad to see you! Cone With me 20
the stable. I want to show you the
Cow with the crumpled hovn-'
This is the Cow
With the crlnmpIed hem,
That tossed the Dog.
That worried ths Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
That Jack built"
But goodness me! The Cow with
the Crumpled Horn was . very
meek-looking animal. she stood
close to the old rail fence chewing
her cud and flicking the hies with
her tail
"I don't know much abSEt eOWL"
said Puss Junior, who had. d3s-
mounted from his Good Cray Horsa.
going up to the Cow and rubbing
her cold, wet nose with his paw.
THE only Cow whose acquaintance
I ever made was the one Who
Jumped over the moon.
'T never was much OF q Jumper"
said the Cow with the Crumpled
Horn. I'm more handy with NV
horns than 1 am with my legs. I
certainly gave the Dog that woF-
ried the Cat a good high toss!" and
she laughed at the thought OF II.
where is he now?" asked Tom
Thumb
"strl up in the SKY. i dare saw
she answered. IT only tossed him
up a few minutes before you came.
You see. he was worrying the Cat
That Killed the Rat, and Jack, while
he was fond Of him, didn't like to
have him annoy pussy So he said
to me. quietly. that IL ever got
the chance, to give him \ good
toss-and I did"
Just then q dark object was seen
n the sky overhead.
There he is now" said the Cow
with the Crumpled Horn, no must
be coming down" And sure enough
he was. For when Puss looked up
to the sky he could Just see the
figure OF . dog against the back
ground Of white clouds. 1t was
truly wonderful the way be man
aged to come down Instead OF
falling like a stone and hitting the
ground with q thud, he landed
lightly on the grass, and without
stopping to even look at anybody
he ran of toward the house
tCopyr!Eht, 1S19D
ITO Be Continued.)
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