The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06

suppose I'm about as squabby q
looking baby ms you could find. un-
less you found my twin sister, thats
Eir ovrf yondcr dressing. We are
both big. mushy and awkward, with
precious few feathers as yet but just
wait until we get about six months
old. and have our fun plumago and
you viii see hs fine n pair ot poll-
cans RH there ~ In the state OF Flor
ida but right now. I'll have TO nd-
NIT that we are anything but pretty
as baby prettiness goes.
I don't believe people would rave
much over me, n were all dressed
up Ia dainty white with a wide blue
SASH and riding IN one OF those $50
wicker go.cartss one reason why
I'm not nice TO look at, II because
my feathers are Just coming through
the skin, and make me look as II my
body we're stuck fun OF little blue
black shoepegS And then, my skin
is not pink and fresh like II haby's
should be. and In old and wrinNled
looking. considering I'm just two
weeks old today, and then. too, II
does not ~ an well as II might. My
mother did not forget that ~ was
my birthday and brought me a
beautiful toy fish ON wheels as
present. She could get but one,
so sister didn't get any, But when
I get tired OF mine, and when the
wheels come off maybe III let her
play with It, too, II she's good
As soon as daylight comes we all
wake up, and mother goes Tapping
Off To her fishing grounds for our
breakfast. While she is gone. and
som etimes II seems that Ehe is gone
an awfully long tlmo, sister and my
self waddle down to the water, take
a partial bath. and so through tho
m motlonB OF oiling our feathers,
though they are just breaking out
In spots. like the measles. But II Is
well to learn now, for when our
feathers are grown, that is some
thing we must do every day as the
oil Keeps them from getting wet
Right down on our backs, at the
jumping Off place, is n funny little
bump, that looks something like "A
nose, In fact children call !; the
parsons nose" and by pressing Il
with our bills, a tiny drop Of oil
oozes out, and that's whore we get
the oil for greasing our feathers. its
n lot cheaper. and a lot more con-
venIent than having TO go to n gar
age for IL, and having to pay tho
man money for II besldos. That's
what we are doing In The picture
| oiling our makc-holieNo feathers.
| when we get through with this
/ morning duty, VIC ait down on the
| warm sand, and wait for mother 70
! come. After awhile, We see her
I away off over the water coming MS
! fast as she can, but that's not very
fast, M she's a slow flier, and we
! know that breakfas is going to be
served shortly. This Is how she
feeds us: She first catches n lot OF
little fish. and swallows them, and
while she ls Fishing, ana the time II
takes her to fly home, they are be-
ing partly digcstcd and when sh'
gets here they are soft and Just like
we like them. SO she opens her bill
az wide as she can stretch IL, anc
we run ours down as.far as they
will go, and help ourselves. Oul
breakfast Is served IN the shape o.
very thick soup, and. oh. my! IT,
good. when we have eaton all there
Is TO eat. she leaves us, and flap
away 10 where the fish live, as sh'
hasn't had her own breakfast yet
Then We take a nap until sh'
comes back with lunch. which u
usually about 10 o'clock when w
get older and can take stronger food
she brings us fish that have neve
bcen swallowed. but aye right fresl
out OF the water. Don't KNOW wheth
er you noticed u or not, but she ha
"A curious pouch under her bill, tina
looks like big. double -Ctin, or