El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-15

ourls, or maybe some carpenter shaw
ings that I could fasten on my head
around the place where my ears ought
to be-" thought Alice. Then I would
be real proud and stylish like, and
they might grow there among my
feathers as Tessie's curls grow on her
head"
So Alice looked and looked. but she
found no dandelion curls in the fields,
and there were no carpenter shavings
in the woods.
on and on went the duck girl and
then, all OF a sudden. she found an old
bed mattress that Mother Goose had
tossed out Of Mother Hubbard's cup
board. The mattress was stuffed with
curled hair, and as soon as Alice saw
it she quacked:
"Oh. that will be the very thing for
my curls- III fasten some OF this
criukly hair around my neck. and all
the girls viii think have real curlsl"
And that's what Alice did she
twisted and twined the curled hair
from the old mattress around her
neck. and she thought she looked very
fine indeed. and very stylish, proud
and proper
I am not going 10 tell you what I
think. I am just going 70 wait and
see what YOU think
After Alice had fastened on her ar
tificial curls. she thought she would
like to see how they looked on her
III 90 to the duck pond ocean and
take a swim" thought Alice The
water would be like a looking glass,
and can see how my curls dangle-
So off she waddled. thinking moth
ing Of the nice. real, little, honest-to-
goodness curl in the end OF her tail
All she thought OF we're the make be-
lieve curis OF mattress hair around
In a little while Alice reached the
duck pond ocean, which was near her
own house, where Uncle WigEily, the
bunny rabbit gentleman and Nurse
Jane were staying on a visit
III Just swim up and down.
thought Alice. Then everyone will
see my new curls and the girls will
wish they had some like mine.
Alice plopped into the water and be-
gan swimming about At first none
her, but finally Grandfather Goosey
Gander said:
What's the matter with your neck
Alice2 Have you a boil on it,"
"a boil Indeed nott' quacked Alice.
Those are my new curlsi"
"Oh. excuse me" said Grandpa
Goosey. Il can not see very well, I
took Il for a bolt Curisi Ahemi D
duck with curlsl Well the new
fashions are certainly beyond mer'
Alice swan on. feeling quite proud
and clipper like. and as she came near
a group OF ducks, among whom was
her sister Lulu. it entered into the
mind Of Alice TO show Off" as the
boys say.
She padded around, and then she
stuck her head down under water, as
all ducks do. 70 get some sweet weeds
off the bottom. Deep down under
water Alice thrust her head and the
curls on her neck. She managed 20
get a bill full OF watercress. but when
she wanted TO raise her head again
she could not Her curls had become
tangled in something under the water
and her head was held there.
"Oh. helpi helpi" quacked Alice; but
her bill being under water, only made
a bubbiv sound.
Then she stuck her tail t1n in the air
and waved that and she Tapped her
felt. and then the other ducks saw
that something was the matter.
"Oh. look at Alice" cried Lulu
shes stuck under water and she'll
drown" cried her brother Jimmie.
They all tried to get Alice loose, but
the curled hair on her neck held her
fast, and something dreadful might
have happened II Uncle Wiggily had
not come along just then.
The rabbit gentleman quickly Waded
out into the pond and, by poking IN
der water with his red, white and blue
striped rheumatism crutch. he man
aged 10 get the head OF Alice loose
from where the curls held It fast IN
the mud.
Dear me. Alicei I wouldn't wear
such long curls II were you" said
Uncle Wiggily, as he Waded TO shore
with her.
I'm never going TO wear any mora
curls at ALL" Quacked the duck girl.
The one in my tail is good enough
for me-" And she threw away the
mattress hair.
Then everybody was happy. And n
the rice pudding doesn't try to jump
out OF the oven when the raisins
tickle il TO make It turn brown, III
tell you next about Uncle WiEgily and
Jimmie's ump-ups--Copyrigh 1920.
BY the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.