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Evening star., 1923-09-02
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Tommy Turtle brought up at a spot
near the Big Forks.
"You stay out in d. bushes, Brother
Wood Thrush" said Tommy. 'an' I'll
go in and sort Of get d. lay of d. land"
said he.
So Brother Wood Thrush took his
post among the bushes, and Tommy
waltzed in and shook hands with the
folks all around-especially Brother
Jack Rabbit.
Coin to whistler" they all asked
him.
Yes" said Tommy. Il aims to
whistle, but I'm a bashful man, an
not used to 'pearing' in public. l
Graves to do my whis'lin out in d.
bresh."
All the other folks puts their heads
together over this, but they agreed
that-while his request was strange
it was understandable coming from
musician.
So Tommy scurried back into the
bushes where Brother Thrush was
waiting.
Whistle yo' best. and whistle yo'
Ioudest, when 1 give d sign" said
Tommy. Brother Jack Rabbits ex-
pectin' his lady friend to whistle for
him out in d. bresh, an IL he comes
foolin' around here 1 allow I'm goin'
TO land on him in yo' behalf" said
he.
Pretty soon the whistling contest
began Brother Jack Rabbit had
hastily swallowed several green per-
simmons, on his way to the forks. and
now he blew himself up as big as
| bullfrog, and grew red in the face
but not a whistle could he whistle.
Just then Tommy Turtle gave the sign
and Brother Wood Thrush piped up
and just noturally out-whistled them
| all.
When the contest was over, Tom
| my Turtle stepped out of the bushes
amidst a great deal of applause for
| his wonderful whistling. and received
! the hand embroidered coffee cooler,
and then he just lit out and made
| bee-line for home.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
U0mWS7 T@GTb[3 R3A
Written and illustrated by
EDWARD McCANDLISH,

TOMMY TURTLE had rugged up a
l. sort of fishing tackle with a piece
of string he had found, a bent pin,
and a willow stick. and he sat perched
pond, making believe that he was
fishing. Tommy was making be-
lieve" because everybody around the
big pond knew Tommy Turtle well,
and no fish would ever think of biting
at his fishing hook.
While Tommy was amusing himself
in this way, he heard Il great patter
of footsteps on the big road just
back of him, and pretty soon here
came Brother Jack Rabbit galloping
down the road like dogs were after
him. Tommy Turtle waved his hat.
and Brother Jack Rabbit brought up
short, like a circus horse, and passed
the time of day.
What make you go hurryin' by so
fast. Brother Jack Rabbit" asked
Tommy. How come you go tearin'
around like a wild powollopus wild a
tin can tied to his tail?"
"Pressin' business. Brother Snappin'
Turtle" said Brother Jack Rabbit.
''Pressin' business. We-all got
whis'lin contest on dis evenin', down
at the Big Fawks Winnah gets a
hand embroidered coffee coolah. All
the folks of impawtance is attendin'
dis evenin', and l aims to get d. prize"
What time is the contest?" Tom
my inquired.
'Contes' begins as soon as all d.
contestants is present" said Brother
Jack Rabbit
Want to know how to whistle like
a spring wawbler, Brother Jack Rab-
bit?' said Tommy.
Deed 1 does" said Brother Jack
Rabbit. How you go about it?"
Wrap a piece of red flannel around
yo' throat" said Tommy. 'and then
eat a green p'simmon."
Il got a flannel shirt on" said
Evening star., 1923-09-02
About Music

no you love music? But of course
IL you do. only some of you may
be afraid of it. Now, l want to tell
YOU there is really nothing at all to
be afraid of in music. only for several
hundreds of years some people have
been telling US music was hard and
that only the musically gifted ones
could make 1t.
Now, any sensible person can see
this is foolish, because from the time
the first man began to sing men
have been making music of one kind
or another Before men were
civilized. and even now with the In
dians and other half-civilized people,
music was used by all the men, women
and children to show their feelings.
Mostly, of course, it was made by
beating things like tom-toms, or
drums. and by a kind of singing called
chanting. and they showed their feel
ings by some sort of dance. But you
see one person was not called more
musical than another; they all made
music and used music.
OF course the music of uncivilized
people was very different from ours,
because it was used for different rea-
sons There was the war dance with
drum-beating and chanting-such as
you may hear American Indians still
doing-the medicine dance, the dance
to the Great Spirit and many other
dances. And have you ever noticed
how much alike are the dances and
music of all half-civilized peoples?
hn 0fNry-
lized, there were many ways for them
to show their feelings. and, besides,
they were learning to hide their feel
ings. So that. except for parties and
village festivals, they no longer got
together to sing and dance about
everything that happened. And as
men learned more, they learned more
about music. so that while most peo-
| pie were perfectly happy in making
the music they knew, others went
ahead and learned more and more
about it. AS they learned more. these
were the ones to show off, and the
time began when a few people made
all the rest of the world believe that
| music was too great for them, and that
God had given it as a special gift
/ TO just h lew. 1Hc SHY pdlL VI II
was that the world let them do it,
and they have kept on doing it for
| hundreds Of years.
But now, at last. we are getting
back to what music really is meant
| for. It is for every one of us to
use and be made happy with. and
especially for children. Every little
girl or boy has a right to make music
in one way or another, and today
there are wonderful rev ways-and
one very wonderful way is ahead of
Ill the rest-for teaching them easily
md happily, without all the sitting
till and pounding and practicing that
made children hate music. After all,
though, that kind was not really
music, for music is beautiful and
simple. just like letting your own in
,ide self out with wings. Music
hows our. real selves much more than
words do. Music brings us very near
TO God. MARY N. S. WHITLEY.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
no you know" said Our Fisher

"Do you know" said Our Fisher
- man, 81 always strive to be
truthful in the fish stories repeat, as
well as modest, but if you don't OBJ
ject to what might appear to be
little braggin' on my part, I'll tell
you a story that sort of overlooks the
virtue of not bein' proud of your own
success.
"One day there was some city folk
down on old Juniper Diggs' ferry
when 1 was ridin' across. This old
Diggs fellow reckoned he was about
as good as any one could be in the
fishin' line, and had a jealous feelin'
for me. On this day some one sug-
gested that Diggs and I have a little
story tellin' contest and they called
on me to begin.
T scratched my head and then
told the one of the boy 1 saw sittin
on the bank of a fish hatchery with a
roIe in his hand. Here says I, you
boy, you can't fish in the hatchery
I ain't fishin, mister says he; Tn
just teaching this angle worm to
swimv
THAT drew a fair laugh, then
Uncle Juniper began.
at rem amber 1 was fish'n' out
there one day. said he, and felt a
terrific jerk on my line. 1 pulled it
in and there was a fish that weighed
eighty pounds. Yessir, eighty pounds"
How do you know it weighed that
much if it got way?' he was asked.
BY the scales on the fish, was his
answer.
sNowr the crowd seemed to think
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Said an old organ grinder one day:
"My monkey, he have run away;
Thes' bad little Capo
He try to escape.
-; u
Without him my bes'ness no pay"

without MIN my bes'neSS no pay
TAPO had decided that he would
~ run away and go into business
for himself. For years now he had
been working for Tony and he hadn't
a single one Of the little copper cents
that he had so often picked up out of
the dust to show for 1t. Every day
he danced and danced until his little
feet burned, while all Tony did was
to grind away at the organ. Then
Tony stood and smiled and bowed at
the people, taking all the credit to
himself, while poor Capo had to
scramble quickly around and grab
up the money before the bad boys
got it.
1t wasn't fair. For some time Capo
had felt abused. and so at last he
had decided to run away. He would
go clear to the other side of the city
and dance for the people there. They
would give him money and Tony
would not be there to take it all
away from him.
Very early in the morning. while
Tony was still sleeping, Capo got up
and quickly slipped on his little red
jacket with brass buttons and his
blue trousers with gold stripes down
the sides. He ran and ran as fast
as he could, never stopping once un-
til he was so far away that he was
sure Tony would never be able to
find him.
Then he stopped on the street cor
ner and started to dance. 1t was hard
dancing without any music, but he
did the best he could. After he was
through he passed his little hat to
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Capo Monkey Goes Into Business

the people that had gathered to
watch him and got few pennies. 1t
wasn't as much as he and Tony usu-
ally got, but just to think that it was
all his own to keep! He moved on
to the next corner and danced some
more. Business wasn't very good.
Capo admitted that he ought to have
an organ. But still he was able to
keep every cent he made, and that
was something.
However, now that he had it, Capo
didn't know what to do with his
money. His little hat was almost full,
but he had no place to put it. He
began to worry over what he would
do when there was no more room in
his hat.
Being in business for himself wasn't
so much fun, after all. There were
lots Of things to worry about. Capo
hadn't had anything to eat that day,
and he was getting TERRIBLY hungry.
Tony had always fed him. Capo had
no idea where to go to get something
to eat Then there was the worry
about the organ. He would never be
success in business without an or
gan. He almost wished he had never
run away. What good was all that
money anyhow?
Just then there was a familiar
sound behind him and Capo turned
to see Tony coming down the street
with his grind-organ. At the sight
of Capo his dark face. frightened: he
ground out the beloved music faster
than ever. He called to the little
black monkey and held out a whole
sack of peanuts for him.
1t was too much for little Capo.
Throwing his hat full of coins into
the street, he ran for Tony and the
old organ and the peanuts. He had
gone out of business forever.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Antarctic Bravery.

IN a hot day it is a good time to
" think OF a story of the antarctic
regions, of DIR. Douglas Mawson,
whose struggles through snow and ice
at temperature of twenty-eight de-
grees below zero were brave ones.
With two companions DIR. Mawson
discovered the south magnetic pole
on an ice cap 1000 feet above sea
level. The party carried three sledges
and seventeen dogs with LOO pounds
Of provisions.
One day Lieut.. MINIS, one of the
explorers, fell through a crevice in
the ice. With him went the sledge
containing the remainder of the pro-
visions. The two other men let down
ropes, but they did not reach, SO there
the explorer perished.
The other men turned back toward
civilization, but before many days,
DR.. Mawson's other companion, DR..
Mertz, died of exposure. DR.. Mawson
was left alone, 800 miles from the
nearest outpost, without food, except
for the dogs which he killed. He
could make only five or six miles a
day. as his feet were so bruised from
cold.
Finally, after three weeks Of bare
existence, he stumbled upon a cairn
containing q bag of food, left by a
rescue party which was looking for
him. Inside was a note telling him
the location of the rescue ship. And
so DIR. Mawson was saved.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

THE life story Of the salmon is a
L strange one. There are about a
hundred species of this fish which
belongs to the same family as the
trout. most Of which are salt water
inhabitants, though only about six
are generally known to the public.
The marine salmon is hatched in
fresh water, probably in the Column
bia river, and continues to live a
few miles back from the ocean until
he is nearly two years old. Then he
goes to the sea where his residence
for the next two or three years is
not usually more than twenty miles
from the river of his birth.
In the fourth year he returns to
the river, fighting his way upstream.
advancing against rapids. climbing
cataracts, either landing in the waters
above or dying in the struggle. His
victorious ascent is ended in a quiet
pool above the rapids where he
Evening star., 1923-09-02

The ripe fruit was luscious and sweet,
But pickers could have none to eat;
One boy tried to trick,
And thus became sick,
He no longer thinks peaches a treat.
UNH, yes, 1 guess I'll come" Tom
" lazily swung his bucket as he
strolled down the path to the gate.
But I'll tell you this much; I
wouldn't go a step if there was any
thing else to do. Mr.. Forrest is
such an old tightwad he doesn't de-
serve to have his peaches picked. I
worked my fool head off yesterday
and then only earned 65 cents. 1t
wouldn't be so bad If we could eat
one once in awhile. But gee"'
Ed laughed as he fell into step be-
side his chum. 1T must be pretty
hard when you're as crazy about
got some good news for you. Mr..
Forrest won't be there today. You
can eat all you can hold and there
won't be any one to stop you. He
was called to the city for the day"
"Oh. boy!" Tom licked his lips in
anticipation. Il see where 1 make
up for that measly 65 cents. I'm
going to eat every other one 1 pick"
The peaches were lovely and Tom
set to work as though he were be-
ing paid for eating instead of pick
ing. All morning long he poked
the big juicy fruit into his mouth
with one hand while he tried to pick
with the other. BY noon he grad
ually slowed up on eating and pick
ing both. The hot sun beating down
on him made him feel a little queer.
He was very glad when the time
came for the pickers to stop for their
noon hour.
When Ed whistled for Tom to go
back for the afternoon Mrs. Lean
came to the door. tom isn't going
to pick this afternoon" she said. THE
hot sun this morning was too much
for him. I can't imagine what is
the matter with him. 1t never af-
fected him like that before" She
looked worried. Il can't get him to
eat thing"
Ed had his private opinion of what
had brought about Toms illness.
"Ill stop in and see him on my way
home" he said.
Tom was no better when Ed called
that evening Hes in bed" his
mother explained Just go on up
I think I'll go call a DOCTOR
Gee, it sure is a shame you
couldn't go to work this afternoon
Ed began. "Mr. Forrest got back and
he'd had a change Of heart. for sure.
What do you think? He raised our
wages, And he said we had done
such fine work picking while he was
gone that he would give us each
bushel of fruit as bonus. L call
that real decent Of him, don't youG
It's a dirty shame you got left out
when you like peaches better than
any of US. I'll tell you what, I'll d.
vide mine with you. You've earned
them. Here. 1 have some OF them
with me-"
"oh." Tom groaned, turning his
face to the wall. don't! Take them
away. 1 never want to see peach
again as long as live"
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Three Foolish Brothers.

(This is the last of d series of
Here is a show to put on. There are
five characteristic king, his three
sons and a rich bride.)
EOR each doll in the play there
should be a puppeteer to work
the strings from above.
Act 1.-The Palace.
When the curtain rises the king
sits on throne, center stage. His
three sons, John, Julius and Jerome,
enter.
King: 1 have called you together,
my sons, to tell you the serious
financial state of our kingdom. The
knight of the Adding Machine tells
me. unless we find way to obtain
more money, that thirteen years from
now all the copper beans in our
counting house will be used up. (Sons
throw up their hands and shake their
heads Sadly.)
King: Now 1 will test you to see
if you are foolish or if You are wise
I will give you each a day in which
to get me bushel of glittering
guineas. The one that is successful
inherits my throne. (The sons bow
and departD
Act ia Garden.
(Julius enters.)
julius l know a rich young girl
who keeps her bag of gold hidden
in this garden. She will be glad to
marry a kings son, and then | will
give the money to my father. CAS-
he departs, John enters. wearing a
mask.)
John: SO my brother julius is 60
ing to marry the rich girl and get her
Evening star., 1923-09-02
C'MON, LET'S co FISHING.

chooses a mate. After few days of
spawning or depositing eggs, the par
ent salmon start to float downstream.
their tails first and before long they
die.
The Quinnat salmon. also called
the Chinook or King salmon. is most
popular for marketing. Usually the
meat is darker red near the head and
lighter toward the tail, or the flesh
is streaked light and dark.
The catch in the Columbia river is
largely Quinnat, which weighs an
average of twenty-five pounds. The
Blue Back caught in the Columbia
river is only third the weight of the
Quinnat, seven or eight pounds. 1t is
a bright blue color above and silvery
underneath. The Silver salmon is a
greenish color above with faint black
marks on the back and weighs from
three to seven pounds.
The salmon catch on the Pacific
coast amounts to $20,000000 a year
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Otto Learns to Float

threatened to put stone around his
neck and drown him he had cried
and they had hooted at him and said
that tears were the only thing that
would ever wet his bathing suit He
shivered again at the recollection.
The water was cold. 1t was deeper
than he had expected, too. oh, dear.
he did hope that none of the fellows
came. They would drown him sure.
But Otto was almost as afraid Of
his father as he was of the fellows.
And his father had said that he must
learn to swim. He set to work where
the water was shallowest, splashing
away. filling his mouth and eyes with
the dirty water. He padded away
as hard as he could He believed
he was actually learning something.
His father had told him how he might
learn to float. For q while he forgot
all about the fellows in his interest
in keeping afioat.
well, if it isn't sister" Otto
looked up to see two of his worst
tormentors on the bank. And he's
got his mammals bathing suit all wet
Otto was too frightened to turn over.
He kept right on padding, lying fat
on his back Suddenly he realized
that he was out over the deepest part
of the pool He was go afraid of
drowning that he forgot all about
the fellows yelling to him from the
bank. He padded like mad. 1t
seemed to him that he was not NOV
ing at all. But yes, he was gradually
coming closer to the other bank. At
last he let his feet down cautiously.
Quickly he scrambled up the bank.
Across the pond the fellows were
still yelling at him. Heb, Bud" they
called. 1--WE didn't know you had it
in YOU Teach US how to do it,
Evening star., 1923-09-02

turers used it for purposes little bet
ter than those of tin. Cooking uten-
sils of platinum, platinum umbrella
handles, even platinum buttons on
policemen's coat fronts were common
in that country.
A few years later, when the supply
of platinum was almost exhausted,
its use as material for jewelry-mak-
ing was begun. The material was so
hard to find that it was, of course,
very expensive. A wholesale jeweler
in this country decided to send buyers
to Russia to purchase quantities of
the articles for which platinum had
been used. The men sent out were
unsuccessful, for the Germans had
been there first and bought up every
available bit of platinum, and as one
man wrote back: There is not even
a platinum stovepipe left"
Evening star., 1923-09-02

Brother Jack Rabbit. Maybe l can
cut a piece off n de tail. But where
at am 1 gwine to get my green p'sim-
mon?"
Jus go along down the big road"
said Tommy. "and pretty soon I'll
catch up wild you, an fetch along a
green p'simmon."
So Brother Jack Rabbit went on
down the road. and Tommy made a
bee-line to Mister Wood Thrush's
house. On the way. he stopped and
filled his pockets with green persim-
mons. When he reached Brother
Wood Thrush's house. he raped on
the door. and Brother Wood Thrush
Evening star., 1923-09-02

This tells the tale Of Otto,
Learn to Float" That was his motto,
Two boys beside
Scoffed, Jibed and cried
In q way they "hadn't ought to!"
.nUSK had settled down over the
II old swimming hole when the
bushes parted and a slim, little, dark
head was thrust through. Otto
wanted to be perfectly sure that all
the other fellows had left before he
put in his appearance. Seeing that
the place was deserted, he drew a
long breath of relief, cautiously came
out. and seated himself on the bank
Quickly and nervously he drew
off his clothes and put on a new
bathing suit. At every little noise
he gave frightened start. He did
so hope that none of the fellows
would come back to the swimming
hole after supper.
Otto had been in the country a
little over a week. His father, who
had spent most of his boyhood in
and around the old swimming hole.
had sent him the bathing suit with
to see Otto swim the length of the
pool when he came down the last
of August.
Once before Otto had come to the
swimming hole. 1t had been in the
middle of the afternoon and all the
fellows were there. He would never
forget the horrible experience. He
trembled now at the thought of it.
They had laughed at his new suit
and asked him If it was his mothers.
Then they had thrown his clothes in
a tree where he couldn't reach them.
1t was a good thing he hadn't gone
into the water, as he had to go home
in his bathing suit. When they had
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Stove Pipes of Platinum! !
TT seems unbelievable to us that

TT seems unbelievable to us that a
i metal of the value of platinum, of
which the most expensive and
choicest jewelry is made. and which
at present is the most popular ma
terial for wedding and engagement
rings, should a few years ago have
been employed in the composition of
the most ordinary household articles.
When a deposit of platinum was
discovered in the Ural mountains in
Russia, about fifty years ago, the
Russian government mined it and at
tempted the use of it in Russian coins.
But it met with little enthusiasm and
1.-THE coins at last were discarded. The
deposits were so extensive that the
material was very cheap. Manufac-
Evening star., 1923-09-02

invited him and offered him a chair.
Brother Wood Thrush" said Tom
my. leone to ask you have you
heered the repo'ts Brother Jack Rab-
bit done been passin' around about
your
Brother Wood Thrush allowed he
hadn't.
Then go down to the Big Fawks
with me. dis evenin', an I allow
you'll hear news about yo'self whatll
take d hide off'n a rhinosrus"
Brother Wood Thrush just reached
up and got his hat and walking stick,
and it wasn't long before he and
Evening star., 1923-09-02

you leap from third-story windows?
Can you faint gracefully"
Tactful answers to these questions
will no doubt land you a leading part,
so you pass on to the costumer, who
fits you in clothes appropriate to your
character. On you go to the makeup
man who paints cherry lips, arching
eyebrows or villainous mustaches.
The party guests engineer the
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Rapid Fire.
From Harper's Magazine.

Pat and Mike went hunting with
shotgun and only one shell. They
came upon squirrel, and Mike was
taking careful aim with the gun
when Pat cried:
Don't shoot, Mike, for tho Lords
sake; don't shoot. the gun aint
loaded
But Mike replied: II got to, Pat;
the squirrel won't wait"
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Best He Could Do.

Hearing a commotion in the street
a woman looked out of window and
saw a Chinaman beating poor horse.
Haven't you any humanity
mo, madam. nothing but Vege-
tables and fruit today.
An.v.r IA tsday's riddle: Perhaps because
it cannot chew.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
There's Truth in That.

Scientists say mosquitoes weep.
Is it true?'
Probably: I have seen-a moth ball.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
How CrueIi

ear" said the hungry man in a res
taurant.
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Not the Right Kind.

BilI-with such a good job yo,
ought to be hred with enthusiasm"
Phil-That's-th trouble. I was
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Jungle Diving Beauty.

Teacher exhibiting picture of
zebra)-Wkat is thisf
Pupil-.A horse in his bathing suit.