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Evening star., 1923-08-19
Brave Boy Ruler.

when Charles XII was crowned
King Of Sweden. in 1897, the country
feared fer its safety. for Charles was
ONLY fifteen. and the people knew
that Denmark. Russia and Poland
would think 1t a good time to try to
seize the Swedish possessions. The
new king was a healthy boy VINO
loved outdoor life and adventure.
When he was eighteen, the enemies
gathered their forces and advanced
on the Swedish provinces. To the
great Joy of his people. Charles was
reused to action. He rode to the
head of his army, cheered his soldiers
with his enthusiasm. and led them
against their antagonists.
Charles soon proved that he was
not only brave, but that he was a
military genius as well. Denmark was
defeated. and then Poland. In his
first attack on Russia, although he
was outnumbered three to one. he
gained a victory. AS he advanced
farther into Russia, suffering great
hardships and losing many men. he
was finally defeated by Peter the
Great.
He was forced to zee to Turkey.
where he tried unsuccessfuilS for
five years to regain what he had lost.
He would not give UP his country s
cause. He was not the weak, indif-
ferent ruler that his people had
thought he would be. When he was
thirty-six he led all attack against
Denmark. II was midwinter and
very cold, but he worked hand in
hand in the trenches with his SOL
diers. where n shot from the enomy
struck him. and he died with his hand
on his sword.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Written and Illustrated by Edward
McCandlish.

Written and Illustrated by Edward
McCandlish.
0NE morning Ma Turtle was very
~ busy making cherry and rasp-
berry pies. Pop Turtle was doing in
the chimney corner. Susie Turtle was
helping her mother by seeding the
cherries with her teeth1. Little Billy
Turtle was amusing himself making
mud pie outside the Turtle dwelling
and Tommy Turtle sat perched upon
stool in the doorway, wondering
how he could get hold of one of those
pies.
Tommy watched the pies being
formed. one by one, and placed on the
stone oven. which was built into the
clay bank. to bake. A most delicious
odor came from the oven. and Tom
my's mouth began to fairly water.
Tommy knew that the pies would
be stored away after cooling. to be
eaten at some future time. and so
presently lie slipped off OF the high
stool he had been sitting on. and
amhled down to the Point of Land,
where he felt sure he would find
Molly Cottontsil exploring the point
for water crosses
Tommy spied ball of white fur
among the bushes. and soon he saw
Molly Cottontail nibbling at some
water plants.
''Howdy do, Molly Cottontail." said
Tommy. taking off his hat How'd
you leave Mister Rabbit. and all your
'leyen children" said he
Molly Cottontail stopped her nib
bling just long enough to say that
, her leven children were all pretty
well. and her husband also
Tommy stood shifting from one
foot to the other and finally he said:
Molly Cottontail. how d. you like
fried greens and hominy?''
Il likes 'em tolably we'll. Tommy
Turtle" replied Molly.
How d. you stand on fresh peas
and onions?" Tommy asked.
IL dotes on EN- replied Molly,
beginning to get curious about what
Tommy was driving at.
what say you to some nice cherry
and raspberry pies said Tommy,
nice. crisp and brown
"Ies' show um 10 me. that's all.
said Molly Cottontaii. licking her
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Sleeping Beauty.

THIS la the fourth of series of
/ six articles about the popular
marionette show. The way TO work
the strings on the marionettes was
described In the third article. For
each doll actor there should be some
one behind the curtain to pull the
strings and speak the lines. The same
marionette may be used for the Old
Witch and the Spinner by changing
costumes The same may be done
for the King and the Prince.
Act J. The Palace.
tThe stage is set with a doll table
and chairs and dishes Enter the
King and the Queen);
King: So this Is the day for the
christening feast of our little daugh.-
ter.
Queen: Yes. and here comes the
Good Fairy We invited. She will make
good wih for our child tThe
Good Fairy enters.}
King: Good Fairy. welcome. We
have set a golden plate for you at
the feast
Can Old Fairy comes in}
Old Fairy: Where is my place at
the christening? You forgot to in
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Well. one day. Albert and joe
those was their names-Went out
rowing. and when they got quite a
distance from home it began TO look
as if storm was coming up. They
started back to their boat landing.
the country cousin. Joe. rowin' along
sort of sulky-like. because his city
cousin had just got of good one
on him. and Joe was wishin' he could
retaliate. which means get even.
ITO make haste, they cut through
Il channel with many snags and rocks.
through. but Joe was managing first
rate. with Albert yeiiin every min
ute. Look out. We're goin' to hit
one until all of sudden they did
hit one for sure. The water began
rushing in. and the city boy. Albert.
cried. We've got a leak. What shall
we do?
They wasn't very far from the
shore. easy to swim out, SO Joe hand
ed him the oar and said, Here. punch
a hole in the back of the boat and
let the water out"
tThe&e stories were gathered from
an old fisherman in the great north
woods by A. S. Childs. formerly a
Wisconsin game gardcn)
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Tyrant of the Waters, the Pike.

A real pickerel has the same fight
Ing characteristics Of The pike. Ills
body Is long, deeper than il is wide,
with a scaly head which is naked on
the top. The lower jaw is notice
ably the longer. and his mouth is ter
ribly armed with teeth of unequal size
The banded pickerel il found east
of the Alleghanies from Massachn-
site to Florida and a little pick
erel is fshed for in the Mississippi
valley. Eastern pickerei have q Arm
flesh of fine flavor. though some
what dry.
The shark Of the fresh waters. tho
muskellunge. a magnificent game fsh
IL the largest member of the pickerei
family. 1t preys on any living thing
ID can swallow. Because it i attract
ed by a moving object, il will bite at
bright metal spoon a. II is towed be-
hind a bout.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Little Docs Hands.
The physician had hopes fer his son
To continue the work he'd beoun.
The sacrifice made,
Lte son

The physician had hopes fer his son
TO continue the work he'd begun;
The sacrifice made,
His son has repaid,
great thino the young doctor has done.
DILL was Doc Marston's only child
Doc was the best beloved man in
all the country and every one was
crazy about Little Doc" too. That's
what we all called Phil. Those two
were the greatest old pals you ever
saw.
Almost every morning you could
see the two of them riding out the
Burbank road. They had two of the
finest riding horses in the country
and the father and son surely made
splendid picture as they galloped
along.
From the time Phil was a tiny
baby it was always agreed that he
would some day be a great surgeon.
Doc had never had the chance. hut
he was determined that his son
| should. Look at those hands" he
would say. proudly pointing at Lit
| tie Docs hands. real surgeons hands
| they are" Doc was ALWAYS very
careful of those hands Why can
| RENE nber once when Phil broke q
finger playing base ball. ] actually
believe Doc felt worse than he would
| if it. had been the boys leg All his
hopes were wrapped up in those
| small hands
! One evening Doc and Phil were
riding alone. when suddenly a run
away team came up behind them.
| Phirs horse was frightened It was
high spirited animal. II reared and
threw Phil. Luckily the boy fell at
the side of the runaway. Only his
hands outstretched in front Of him
to protect him in the fall were in
danger They lay right in the path
of the big wagon wheels.
| Doc must have taken the situa-
ton In at glance. Like fash he
threw himself from his horse and
protected his boys hands with his
own body.
Phil came out unhurt, but for a
while we all thought that Doc had
been killed A big doctor was called
down from the city and after that
| Doc gradually began to get better.
But they said he would never be able
to walk again. His legs were both
paralyzed.
After the accident Phil's future
calling became almost a passion with
/ Doc The boy seemed TO grow up
over night. 1t was then that we all
stopped calling him Little Doc" No
one ever worked harder than Phil did
! for the next eight years, and I knew
that his crippled father was a great
help to him.
| his special course and then he came
back home and began working hard
er than ever. I don't know just when
the began talking to his father first
about an operation. But l do know
that Doc would never have consented
| to let any one else operate on him. HI
knew enough about his injury t.
lknow that 1t was practically hope.
LESS.
1 But / guess Doc would have let tn
| boy cut his head off IL he had wante.
to. 1t turned out that Phil had made
special study of his fathers injury
| all during his course. The operation
was great success. 1t was the talk
Iof the whole state and stili is for
that matter. yesterday Doc walked
down town for the first time on pills
arm. Proud! He was 50 proud he
neis.ly burst Hes goin' to Chicago,
he beamed at me. Hes been called
there to a big clinic. That one oper-
alton was all he needed to make him
famous. 49,.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
THE STAR VEGA
Falling Eagle of August Night Sky

The north pole is not stationary,
as you might imagine, but IL turns
around very slowly in circle, which
takes 25.S00 years to complete. Dur
ing this period of turning. every
bright star that lies near the circum-
ference of this circle becomes in turn
the pole star.
The star Alpha, in Draco, had .
turn at being the pole star forty
seven centuries ago. Polaris is now
the star closest. being a little over a
degree from the pole. During the
next two centuries Polaris will con-
tinuo to approach the pole until II
becomes within a quarter of a degree
of it. then its distance from the pole
will begin to increase again. About
10000 years hence Vega will he the
most brilliant and beautiful of all
pole stars.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
said the lion: "i'm wise as can be-
monkey there answered: "Weri see!"
Then the sly little guy,
Hit him straight I'm the eye
With the fruit Of the cocoanut tree.


Then the sly little guy,
Hit him straight In the eye
win the fruit Of the cocoanut tree:
HTM the wisest animal in the jun
gle" boasted the lion proudly.
"Oh-ho: Is that so?" demanded the
merry monkey from his perch in the
"ocoanut palm. A well aimed cocoa
nut flew through the air hitting the
lion square I'm the eye. "Ha! Ha."
laughed the monkey in great glee.
You're not so wise as you think you
are" $50.
I'll get YOU. "aroared the lion, howl
ing with pain. You just wait. I'll
pay YOU for this. I'll get you when
you come down cut of that tree il
] have to wait here all day
The monkey laughed so that the
lion would not see that he really was
worried. There was no telling what
had heard that he even ate monkeys
right down when he got angry
enough,
We'll, he'll have tn wait long
time sighed the monkey It's a
good thing this is cocoanut palm
stay up here all day Tie pulled "A
rocoanut and calmly began eating il.
At the sight the lion ragged worse
than ever. Pacing back and forth in
his anger. he Growlsd out terrible
threats that made the poor monkeys
blood run cold. Eut the wise little
fellow gave no outward sign of his
fear. He sat perfectly still and calm
Evening star., 1923-08-19

A BEAUTIFUL blush white star
one OF the brightest in the
heavens, is Vega. in the small constel-
'stion i.yra. which means Tyre or
harp. Vega is what is called first
magnitude star, for stars arc rlassed
according to the hriliance of their
light into bodies "f tho rrst. second
and or to fifth or sixth magnitude
1.yra. in which Vega may be found
is group cast of Hercules and a
little southeast of the head Of Draco.
You may obtain an idea OF the dis
tance of Vega from the earth when
you learn that it takes the light from
Vega something like forty years to
travel to the earth. II our own sun
were at the distance OF Vega it would
not appear as bright as even faint
star.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

GrTYRANTS of the wat'ry plains"
i says a famous poet in describing
the pike, or pickerel as smaller species
of this Ash are called, II liz much
priced as food in North America.
Caught on the end of Your hook he
makes a stubborn struggle. for he
is tenacious fighter: consequently.
10 be able to exhibit a pickerei makes
the sportsman proud indeed.
The pike terrorizes the smaller fish
that dwell along the same shores.
for he SO enjoys tn kiu that he harms
more FISH than his great month can
deyour. although his appetite Is re-
markable.
The English pike. found in the
Great Lakes and small lakes of the
Mississippi valley. sometimes grows
20 four feet in length. He is COM
monty known as the pickerel. though
this name is more correctly applied
only to smaller fish OF the family.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

whiskers a. the mere thought of any
thing so delicious. Then Tommy told
her about the crisp pies being baked
at the Turtle Clay Bank.
How are we gwine to get en-"
Molly asked.
We'll" replied Tommy. you run
past the house and bark like a dog,
and I'll run in and grab the pies.
Let's hear you bark" said he. So
Evening star., 1923-08-19

and tissue paper. from which to
make the gay party hats.
Then. wearing their fancy head
gear, the girls enter the dining room
door under the sign. "Ye Sweetmeat
Shoppe." IL has been made to look
like really truly tearoom with
little tables and chairs. and there is
the maid in the heart shaped cap and
apron, to take the order.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

Molly Hare harked as much like a
dog as she could
"ow, Wow, WoofI Woof, Woof"
That's fine" said Tommy, lets
co."
SO Molly and Tommy crept along
the bank of the Big Pond until they
were quite near the Turtles house,
and then Molly Hare tore past the
Clay Bank barking like dog, and
kicking up as much dust and racket
Evening star., 1923-08-19

THE dining room has been turned
i into a tea shop. where the guests.
in crepe paper hats, sit at tiny tables
and order surprise sundaes from
menu book. There is heart-aproned
maid to serve and a cashier who
takes heart-shaped money in pay
ment Of the check >
When the girls first arrive at this
party the hostess gives them crepe
Evening star., 1923-08-19
That's Stretching IL.

Did any OF you fellows lose roll
OF bills with rubber band around
it,"
Chorus of voices: Il did.
Well I found the rubber.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Success!

She-Have any of your boyhuud am
bitions been realized?
Old Man--Yes, when my mother
used to cut my hair l often wished |
might be hald-headed.
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Exception to Every Rule.

Optimist-I can see good in all
things.
Pessimist--can YOU see good in the
dark?
Evening star., 1923-08-19
Try aud Oct lt.

Clerk-Here's your molasses, little
boy. Where's your money?
Little Roy-Plsase. sir. In the bot
tom of the lar.
Evening star., 1923-08-19

The menus contain tempting things
"a sweetmeat special and delights
named for the various guests. Each
orders different thing, and while
waiting for their sweetmeats the
girls nibble on heart candies. When
ferent. though. in truth, 1T is a SIM
pie matter to make them so by gar
nishing ice cream with chocolate and
marshmallow and strawberry and
nuts
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
STRUNK NEARS END
OF BIG LEAGUE CAREER

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. II. -
Amos Strunk, for years one of the
leading outfielders of the American
League, may pass on to other
scenes. The once fleet outfielder
and still effective batsnan, was
left in Chicago when the White Sox
came to this city, and rumor has 1t
that Gleason will shortly declare
him a free agent.
There are thousands of fans who
will regret the passing of Strunk,
if he goes this season. He was n
great ball player, he is the prince
of good fellows.
Moreover, Strunk was wise in his
generation. He has fine home,
money in the bank and a thriving
business. Baseball has been kind
to Strunk, and he gave his best in
exchange.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
1t Was a Fair Bout.

It was fair ring contest from
every angle save those sob sis
tiers recruited from the dra-
matte, book-reviewing, Sunday and
general news departments of the
New York newspapers.
1t is unfortunate that so many
reams of perfectly good white
paper went to waste carrying the
effusions of the sob sisters for at
least three weeks before the bout.
It is too bad that so much will be
wasted on them for the next three
weeks.
Thousands saw the fastest ring
conflict perhaps ever staged be-
tween heavyweights anywhere.
They saw an entire lifetime
crowded into less than five min
utes. They saw it under almost
ideal conditions. Only the pro-
fessional reformer finds cause for
complaint, and he does that as
matter of business.
So far as we can see, the only
folks with a good kick are those
who paid $22 for so-called "rinp-
side" seats and saw nothing be-
cause everybody stood up in front
of them. They have a good kick
coming for having missed the
greatest heavyweight scrap ever
staged in a ring anywhere.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
MUST
REBUILD GRID
ELEVEN
Depleted Banks Forces Yost to
Issue Early Call for
Candidates.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept. IT,
OF the twenty-one letter men last
year on the University of Michigan
football team, ten will be missing
when the 1923 squad starts practics
Saturday. Seven of these ten who
win not report were selected to
start the Ohio State Michigan game
last year and were regulars through.
out the season.
Captain Paul Gcebel ana the late
Bernard Kirk, Michigan's two star
ENDS in 1922; Jackson Keefer, one
of the best backs ever developed
at Michigan; Franklin C. CapEon,
one of Michigan's greatest FULL
backs; Douglas F. Roby, 185-poI.nd
halfback, and Robert T. Knoke. who
ably filled Kipke's place in the
Michigan-Illinois game last year
when Kipke was on the sick list
are lost to the squad this year, as
are William J. Van Orden, s. NJ.
Garfield, r. F. Rosatti and George
Punleavy, who played in the Ohio
State-Michigan game last fall.
Realizing the difficulty of secur-
ing men to take the places of
1AADSC AOSt' ASIolHS II. 1OSL, vet
eran coach, has invited the largest
squad in the history of Michigan
to return for early practice.
Michigan, facing one Of the hard
est schedules that a Wolverine team
ever attempted. will be represented
this year by a team largely chosen
from these man, fifty-five in all,
and many Of the places vacated ty
the. ten absent letter men will have
to be filled with green material that
has never proved it's worth under
fire.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
KING, INJURED,
MAY BE LOST
FOR SEASON
Georgetown Squad Works Out
at Hilltop First Time
on Wednesday.

.'Wiggy'' King. right end on the
Georgetown varsity eleven. is prob
ably out Of the game for the season.
x-ray pictures of his injured knee
show severe dislocation and he
has been ordered to rest for several
weeks. at least. He suffered from
this knee last season and may be
unable to play any more football.
While racing down the field at
Garrett Park Saturday afternoon
under a punt. Kings knee snapped
out. Immediately he crashed to the
turf and had to be assisted off the
field. At the time, his knee was
supported by a steel brace and
heavy tapping, but despite all pre-
cautions the bone skidded out CT
the socket.
Kings knee was severely twisted
and dislocated at American League
Park last fall in the tilt with
Cincinnati. He was given a long
rest at the time. then rejoined the
squad But the injured member
caused him repeated trouble and he
was rarely able to finish UP a game.
This year it appeared that he
w9uld have no further trouble, but
Trainer Pike Aipaugh proceeded
to keep the joint lightly bandaged
during all workouts. However. the
torn tendons refused to hold up, and
the first time he cut loose the SEEM
ingly inevitable occurred.
King is q product of Andover
Academy, where he starred in foot
ball and track. OF a rangy, power
full build, he seemed ideal material
for a flankman and lost little time
in winning name for h1mself when
he joined the Hilltoppers. For two
years he has worked as running
mate for Paul Florence, giving the
Blue and Gray one of the finest sets
Of ends in the East. His loss is a
distinct calamity to the Hilltoppers
and serves to enhance the pes
simism caused by the loss OF eight
members of last seasons first
string lineup.
The HilItoppers suffered other
casualties over the weekend, but
none so serious as that of King.
Ray Haas, member of the varsity
track team and brilliant prospect
for the backfield, is out of uniform
and confined to his room with a
badly-twisted ankle. Jerry Minihan,
a leading contender for the pivot
fob, was Knocked cold yesterday
afternoon and is likely to be on the
sidelines for the greater part OF the
week.
Eddie Smell is slowed UP as re-
suit of a blow in the kidneys, but
is able to engage in the workouts.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
AS in the Pictures.


GLOW motion pictures of that
- first round are said to show
seven knockdowns for Firpo
and two for Dempsey. AS an indi-
cation OF the speed of the mixup, the
pictures show that Firpo, in driv-
ing Dempsey back about a dis
lance of eight feet, landed exactly
nine of his terrible hammer blows
to Dempsey's head and face.
The eighth of his awful success
sion landed on Dempsey's jaw, fol-
lowed almost Immediately by an
other. Dempsey's knees sagged
under thai eighth and the last one
shot him under the top rope out
among the newspaper men.
Crawling back into the ring,
Dempsey took the full count of
nine and, rising, fell into clinch.
Firpo had not gone into neutral
corner after knocking Dempsey
through the ropes, but what of it?
Before clinching, Dempsey re-
ceived thirteen of those awful
rlght-hand blows on the jaw and
head. BY that time he had worked
his way inside of that failing
right and was trading his own
short hooks and jolts. Indeed,
when the bell sounded Dempsey
was driving Firpo back along the
ropes with his blows to the BODY.
So great was the bedlam inside
the ball park that few heard the
gong, though it was a big one.
sounding like a railroad rail fall
ing distance upon another.
Referee Gallagher hustled toward
the men, but Dempsey was shoot
ing fast and three blows may have
have landed after the bell. What
of it?
The Washington times., 1923-09-17

AS to what happened during
that first wild three minutes,
there are many diversified con-
illusions. AS to what took place
in the next forty-eight seconds,
while some agree, still others are
again at odds,
To our humble way of thinking,
not one of us looking at that
clash expected to see what was
offered US. It is not within rec.
ord that heavyweights meet with
all the glorious abandon of fly
weights or bantams. Their
poundage initiates against them.
But Dempsey and Firpo fought
like flyweights, once the opening
bell sounded.
Our own best idea of that clash
likens the two boxers to men
fighting for a woman somewhere
on the fringe of civilization, each
man armed with a knife and moth
ing more.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
YANKS CLOSE DEAL
FOR WESTERN STAR

DES MONIES, Iowa, Sept IT,
Announcement has been made by
the local Western League baseball
club of the sale of c. r. Pat"
Olsen to the New York American
League team. The amount of money
involved was not disclosed. Olsen
will report to the Yanks next spring.
This is Olsen's first year in pro-
fessional baseball He came to
Des Moines from the Texas A. and
NJ. College.
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
MY PLAY TO CONTEST IN
GRAW FEATURE

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. Sept. 17.-My Play four.yearod
brother Of Man War; the of the handicap
va 1920 and the American racing has produced
coming this way for the Havre de Grace handicap $4,000 gal
Top OF mile and furlong
Inc HaVre de Grace handicap will be the Agricultural
and Breeders Associations feature getaway
three $4,000 specials the course Of the ten davs
begins Wedn
The Washington times., 1923-09-17
Do You Remember

When the old power house at
the foot of Four-and-one-half
street burned?
When frankie Mann paid
Marlboro a visit of almost two
weeks?
When Willie Hoppe gave an
exhibition before President
Taft at the White House?
When the boys with the white
aprons used to strut up and
down the aisles at Kernan's?