Evening star., 1932-09-15

Fat and saucy, the Big One, the Lit
tie One and the Middle-Sized One are
swimming around in the Jones water
lily pool as If Winter were not on
the way.
When Winter comes, these three gold
fish will be installed In the aquarium
II the best laid plans Of Templeton
Jones turn out well.
The fish have no suspicion, ev1-
IDENTIFY. of what Fate, in the shape OF
T. Jones, esq, has in store for them
This fate is not what might be
called intentional, for an indoor
aquarium Is the last thing in the world
Jones desired.
The depth of the pool, however, de-
termined it.
Being but one foot deep. over all.
the pond contains six inches Of earth
and sand.
This leaves half q foot of water, the
proper habitat Of the Big One. the Lit
tie One and the Middle-Sized One
And It is not enough for Winter
These relative sizes have been faith
fully maintained by the creatures since
their installation last May.
Day by day they have grown longer
and fatter In every way, but always
the Big One has remained largest. the
Little One the smallest, and the Mid
dle-Sized One just halfway in size.
For a time. during the month OF
July, it looked as If the latter might
overtake the Big One, wrestling away
from him the invisible crown of growth
BY the time the middle of August
had arrived, however, no observer could
doubt for an instant that Big One had
held his position.
He still was the longest, and the
fattest. and possessed quite the larg-
est mouth In fact, when he opened
it, especially when fishin' worm hit
The water, 1t seemed to observers as II
his entire head were opening.
Those interested in the health of fish
in small garden pools might like tC
know what the diet of these creatures
has been. And no time have they had
with few exceptions, anything other
than certain prepared food and
angleworms. These have furnished the
staple diet of the trio. day in and
day out. Just how great a part the
worms played must be left to those
more expert in fish feeding
TempletOn Jones believed that the
f1jhin' worms had great deal to dc
with the health Of his finny friends. He
couli see no reason for denying the
goldfish the right Of likes and dislikes
these granted, it became evident that
they actually liked their worms.
The way they came to the surface oi
the pool the moment fishing worm
was thrown into 1t, left no doubt in the
world. In the mind of fair observer
that they liked nothing quite so well
And if digestion waits on appetite. as sc
often has been said, Jones was willing
to apply the saying to fish as we'll as tC
men: he believed that his own trio OF
goldfish got more real kick" out OF
their worms than they did from any
other sort of food
Yet the prepared food. doled out tc
them in parsimonious pinches every
other day, furnished the bulk Of their
food.
Three pinches, three times a week
kept them active and growing. II
seemed marvellous that so little food
could suffice living creatures aggregat-
ing, between them, at least foot OF
length.
Perhaps it was just another instance
Templeton Jones told himself. OF the
lesson which Nature necessarily tries to
teach mankind. and which mankind as
persistently attempts to refute. or, at
least. to disregard.
Man needs but little food, as gen.
eral proposition, and he surely does not
| need it in the variety which he accords
himself every chance he gets. But as
long as human beings get the chance tc
pamper their appetites they pamper
them, need it be added? Especially dc
they do SO on Sundays and other rest
days" especially during "the holi-
days" at Christmas and New Year.
Sunday, with many persons, ought to
be called "eating day." for that is just
what it is The idea of day of rest Is
changed until even its own grandmother
wouldn't know II. 1t becomes day tt
eat as much as one can hold, espe-
cially of candy and the like. To nibble
at cookies, and partake Of roast! The