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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
HOMEOPATHY SESSION
WILL OPEN TUESDAY
Initial Institute Meeting to BE De-
voted TO Business.


Sixty sixth annual meeting OF the
Indiana Institute of Homeopathy
will be held at the Columbia Club
Tuesday and Wednesday.
First session. opening at $50
Tuesday morHing, will be devoted
to reports OF institute officers and
committees, election of new menu
bers, and other business matters.
Annual banquet will be held at
$50 Tuesday night. DR.. Thomas
A. Mccain of Dayton, o., will be
the speaker.
Programs Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday morning will include
papers on various phases of prac-
tice.
OfFicers will be elected at noon.
Present officers of the institute
are: j. M. Hicks, Huntington, presi-
dent; DR.. L. G. Dill. Logansport,
and DR.. Frank Beardsley. Frank
fort. vice-presidents; DR.. Lotus NJ.
Slabaugh. Nappanee, secretary, and
DR.. Soils Runnels, Indianapolis.
treasurer.
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ward Baking Company declared q csvi-
iend OF 81 on preferred stock. against 81. 70
rrevtoueiv
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BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered BY police
bsfonr 20.
paul RAMSEY. $40 North Meridian street
Art Il Chevrolet coupe. found IN rear Of
s1t West TEkntv-nrSt street.
FORD Tudor no license plates. piece q
card board IN rear bore number M-10o,
found al Lincoln and East streets.
John Cole r. n. .. BOX SIS @. Chrvsler
sedan. found In aiiey at rear % 57e East
MrCartv street
Ncla Iockhart. SAT WEST Twenty eighth
ntreet Nuntinrton. W. Va Wllivx-Knlrht
rdan found IN allev between Spann and
Fletcher avenues. vest OF Laurel street
william Samptcn. 1914 North perxhing
avenue Cidsmohlle sedan. found a. Ala
Rama and Mlchigal streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13

Cd aUr IUUICf UEFIN ......s l.UV"
tier. common and medium 2.00G
CALVES AND VEALERS
Receipts, 7O0; market, steady.
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bUyu 0IIIlSple an
ton, respectively.
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SMOOT FIRES
OPENING BLAST
IN TAX DEBATE
Speedy Senate Action to
Revive Business, Demand
of Finance Chairman.
BY LYLE WILSON
United Press stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 13.-Chair-
man Reed Smoot Of the senate
finance committee today opened the
81, 900, ooo, 900 tax bill debate in the
senate with a plea for speedy en-
actment to end business uncertainty
and fear. He warned the senate
that every day OF delay costs the
treasury 100000 in uncolected
higher taxes.
Smoot advocated a generar sales
tax as the fairest and most eff
Gent form Of taxation. but con-
coded reluctantly that the attitude
Of the house made enactment OF
such = tax highly improbable"
Veteran Of Senate
The veteran chairman and senior
member OF the senate-he was
sworn in this chamber March 4.
1903-spoke from his aisle seat He
read from manuscript in voice
which often failed to carry to the
listening galleries.
From that conspicuous position in
the very center OF the chamber.
where in the past he proudly told
OF vast treasury Surpluses or pros
pective tax reductions, the chair
man spoke today OF deficits and
"credt facilities that refuse or fail
TO function"
Conceding somewhat to the storm
OF snti-tariff criticism which beats
around the bill, Smoot said that
with the exception OF consideration
OF tariff items, the work had been
nonpartisan.
Cites Immediate Need
The duty OF congress. he in
sisted, is to provide Immediately
adequate federal revenue and safe
guard public credit.
Federal expenditures for the fis-
cal year of 1888. are estimate TO be
81. ,0O0, 900. The deficit al
ready is more than $4,000 .0c0, 900.
Smoot called for united sdministra-
tive and congressional action TO
obtain economy.
Smoot indicated he saw small
prospect Of reducing OUTLAWS, for
veterans.
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L Miller & Sons Iac. In year ended
FEB. 7e. 1882. showed net loss OF 81. as. 6e4
after charges. against net loss OF s5eo.9et
II fourteen months ended FEB. ~. 1881.
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ByUnited Press

EAST BUFFALO. May i3-Hogs-On
sale. $500: active 10 packers. sn i0c over
Thursdays average. good 10 choice 80 =
$40 lbs. So sod ! 90: $50 lbs. and pigs
s3.75: few 275-lb. butchers. $3.50. Cattle
Receipts. $50: rather slow; steady at mid
ers. $3.50: fat cows. ssG5.2s: cutter
grades t1S0d72s: medium bulls sz4s
down: calves. receipts. 5000; yeaiers un-
changed: demand only fair: good Il
choice. ssGe50: common and medium
S3.SoG4. Sheep-Receipts. 500. lambs. IN
even but mostly steady. good 70 choice
clippers. ss.7SH6.75: one load eioSely
down. fat ewes. siGi.So: few nstiv,
springers, ss6s.So.
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CINCINNATI. May 5-HoRs-Receiuts.
$500. including 900 direct: held over 500:
uneven. about steady: better grade. l60-230
lbs. $500 3.65; mostly 1888 on 720 lbs.
down. some interests stopping at 30 lbs .
10000 lbs. s325m350: 275-30O lbs. s3G
3i5: l20-i50 lbs. SO 40: sows 50 2562 So
Cattle-Receipts. 525: calves 400: generailv
common and medium steers and heifers.
s4.25G $50. some better finished kinds.
s5.75M6. few yearlings s625; Def COWS.
si.75G3; bulls 50. so down: vealers uneven:
average about steady; better grades largely
s5.501 SIS: choice. IS; lower grades IS
down. Sheep-Receipts. 600: spring lambs
weak to mostly 25c lowr. quality in gem
ersl not very desirable: q few better
grades S7.7SGe mostly: best ouotabie I'D to
Ss.2s: common, and medium. S6d7; sheep
steady 10 weak; fat ewes. sidi.5o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
The City
in Brief
SATURDAY EVENTS

cAIbhUA1 IfENth
Acacia annual state banquet. &,
Scottish Rite cathedral.
Indians Council on international Re-
lations conference, all day. Ciaypooi.
Engineering Society luncheon, Board
of Trade.
Alliance Franchise luncheon, wash
inKton.
DIR. Harry ID. Gideonse, profess
sor of economics at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, who is in the city
to speak before the Conference OF
Indiana Council on international
Relations, addressed members of the
Exchange Club in the Washing
ton today on Preparations sno
Interallied Debts in 1882"
Members and alumni Of Sigma
Delta Kappa legal fraternity will
attend the annual spring dance at
9 Friday night at the Wayside inn
Forty-second street and keystone
avenue. Members OF the committee
in charge OF the dance are: Edwin
Shea. chairman; Jerald Senelon
Palmer Padgett and Paul Piazza.
Quarterly inspection of the local
recruiting station of the navy, 217
Occidental building. was made
Thursday Afternoon by Captain j.
S. Abbott of Chicago. The station
is in charge Of Lieutenant r. j.
! Townsend.
Mothers Club will give card
bunco party in the Fountain Square
theater building Saturday night.
Literary Club No. 3 will meet to-
night in the English where G. S.
Wikoh, candidate for United States
senator, will speak on How We Can
Return Prosperity"
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PITTSBURGH. MAY i7-Hogs-Re
z SEQ: market ioGisc higher: 10000 his
s3gSN4. 2f0-240 lbs S350ms7S. 25o-32o
lbs. s3iS6s.40: iOo-i50 lbs. ss.35G3 so:
packing sows mostly s115G7.5o. Cattle
Receipts. 10: market nominal; good steers
quoted AZ seG6.T0, medium grade down.
ward TO s5.iS. medium 70 good heifers.
s4.35ns.S0. Calyex-Receipts. 200. market
steady. good and choice vealers. s4.75n6.
Sheep-Receiptx 600. market about steady.
good and choice shorn lambs. f4.7S1s. 50:
spring lambs. se.soGe.so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
BY RICHARD L. GRTDLEY
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK, May 13.-Persistent
weakness in railroad stocks con-
tinued TO depress the stock market
today. but weakness was by no
means as apparent as in the pre-
vious session.
Many important railroad shares
slipped to neew record low levels
but toward noon a better tone de-
veloped and the entire market re-
covered part Of its moderate early
losses.
The usual crop Of rumors &C
companied the new decline in the
rail issues, but there was little tan
gible excuse in the days news "a
account for unloading of carrier
issues. Pressure was heaviest on
Union Pacific. which fell d points
70 49,; Atchison. which fell 2
points 70 81 and New York Cen
trsl. which lost nearly a point tc
1l7z.
Among the Van Sweringen issues
Missouri Pacific preferred lost near
" 2 points TO new record low al
"a.
Bond Values Drop
On the bond market. securities oi
the Allegheny Corporation. Var
Sweringen holding company. sold al
z cents on the dollar.
Figures made public today by the
interstate commerce commission
showed aggregating net operating
income of 167 steam railroads in the
first quarter Of this year at s66,02s.-
474, against sl08.533, 156 in the cor
responding period Of last year.
Rail weakness bore heavily on the
remainder Of the list. United States
Steel declined to more than poini
10 275s, but later recovered slightly
American Telephone crossed q
after reaching a new low OF 96ss
and similar comebacks took place IN
the other sections. The market al
noon, however, still was below pre-
vious closing levels.
Market News Scarce
News developments were scarce.
About the only important influence
was the prospect Of increased Dor
rowing power by the government
owned reconstruction finance cor
poration, which was interpreted
bearishly in speculative quarters.
United States government bonds
however, were able to make small
gains, aided somewhat by news that
the federal reserve banks had pur-
chased an additional sl0O,OO0,O00 Of
these securities in the last week in
its easy money policy.
Railroad bonds. however. were
weak in sympathy with their re-
spective stocks. Pressure on the
commodity markets lifted some
what, both cotton and grains hold
ing steady.
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BIZ Times Special

LOUISVILLE. MAY -Cattle-Receipts.
l25; slaughter classes in negligible supply:
ouotable steady with weak undertone
common and medium slaughter steers and
heifers. Sz.50m5.25; few. s5.50N5.75. beef
cutters and cutter cows. Sl.256250: most
light stockers S4.50d5.25. Calves - Re-
ceipts. 500: steady; good and choice veal
down. Hogs-Receipts. 700; l0c higher
l70-220 lbs. Sass: 225-255 lbs. s2.s5: 2s0-
295 lbs, $3.50: 500 lbs. up. s2.l0: i4O-165
alas. Sheep-Receipts. 600: not fully
established: early bidding mostly steady:
quality and sorting considered indications
bulk Springers. $3.50 to mostly So; one lot
strictly choice, So so: better light lambs
and throwouts. s5.eoGe: old crop lambs SIS
down: fat ewes. 81. Thursdays shipments
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
DEMOCRATS LAUNCH
UNEMPL0 YMENT STUDY

senate Committee Named 70 Form
General Relief Policy.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May l3.-Senate
Democrats today appointed a spe-
cial committee tosstudy the question
Of unemployment relief and formu-
late a general policy to be passed
on by the party in its efforts TO
combat that problem.
The committee will include Sena-
tors Wagner IN. ". Walsh CMonD
Pittman New, Buckley co. and
Minority Leader Robinson.
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ceipts. 1000; market. i0d isc higher: TOP.
$3.50: bulk l5o-23o lbs. SO soaked; 746-
900 lbs. s3.3563.45: io0-i4o lbs. salsa
$50, sovs. S2.S0G255. Cattle-Receipts,
400: calves. receipts. 500; market. moder-
ately active in cleanup trade. with al
classes generally steady; a few steers in
good flesh. S6d6.7s. two cars Texas grass
ers Szss: mixed and helfers largely
s450I $50: COWS S2.75d3 so; low cutters
s11S1l.75. top sausage bulls So. good and
choice vealers $3.50. Sheep-Receipts
1900: market. spring lambs opened steady
with THURSDAYS decline: bulk - CITY
butchers early. Ss-75d7.z5: no action en-
others, asking steady
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STOCK ISSUES
RALLY AFTER
EARLY SLUMP
Rail Group Under Pressure
During Morning, Firms
Up at Noon.
Average Stock Prices

Average OF thirtv inoustrlals for Thurs
csv s. OF al. Average u twenty
n.s rs 4 "a os A sTsrsr. o. Of T for,y
hnndt % IS. OF 80.
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BgTniicd Prr,,

500: holdover. none: mostly steady: tor
Toe higher at $3.50: only ieo-7ie lbs
sorts. talking at less on i4o-1so lbs. mix
lures: 10000 lbs. kinds. ss.506 $50. pigs.
medium light steers, S5.25G5.3s: scatter
ing upwards 70 s5.e5: COWS and bulls
scarce. calves. receipts. 500. active. steady:
bulk. $50: top 81; little under. IS. sheep
Receipts. 900. fully. steady: nearly good
70 near choice clipped lambs. s57sG 8 so:
throwouts s7d4.50: few medium to good
springers. t7Gs.
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Other Livestock
BVTnifed Press

TOLEDO. Nav i3.-Hogs-Receipts ESQ:
market. iog zoe higher. TOP: 50 ,4oG3 so:
catile-Reeeipts. light; market. slow
calyes-Receipts. light: market strong and
soc higher: choice 10 extra. S6ds.S0: fair
10 good. s5d5.5o Sheep and lambs-Re-
ceipts. light; market steady; spring lambs.
sSN7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Local Wagon Wheat

CITY grain. eleva tors are paving l2c for
No. red wheat. an 42c for No. hard
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
$185 SPENT IN BENCH
RACE BY CHAMBERLIN
Amount Includes Payment Of $50
10 Committee.

Amount Includes Payment OF Sl5O
10 Committee.
Primary campaign expenses Of
Judge Harry o. Chamberlin, Repub-
lican renominated for the circuit
court post, totaled $185 and includ-
ed a $3.50 contribution to the county
committee, an account on file today
with County Clerk Glenn Ralston
revealed.
In his race for the legislative
nomination, Newell w. Wood, Re-
publican, spent SCI, contributing
s25 to an anti-Conin organization.
Others who filed accounts are:
Austin H. Todd. for coroner, $50; Her
man L. Carter, for legislature, S34.3e. Re
publiesns, and the following Democrats:
Carl 3. Wood, for circuit court Judge. se7.
William J. ROLES, for commissioner, Third
district. $3.50; John Shelby for state
representative. $3.50; Leo K. Smith. for
state representative. $3.50 and Thomas ?.
Ryan, for state representative s7.T9.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
The Rev. Give Mcclure TO Preside
At Institute

Annual institute for teachers and
superintendent, sponsored by the
Marion County Council Of Reli-
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BIZ United Press

TOLEDO. May 12.-orain in elevators.
Size corn-No. 2 yellow. 34@s5c. oats
No. 2 white, 76hd27ise. Rye-No. 2.
45d46c. Track prices. 7slzc rate: Wheat
MUM: No. red. is@3c discount; No. 4
red. 2l314e discount; ccrn-No: 2 vel
low. 2s1zG3oc: No. yellow. eizG2ee:
white, 22iad23Izc. Cloyer-Prime. 80: al
syke. cash. ss7s. Butter-Fancy creamery
prints. isaac. Eggs-Extras. 1liznl2e.
Hay-Timothy per cwt., soc.
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BIZ United Preas

bV UNfItu FTtNs
CHICAGO. May 12.-Cash grain close;
hard. 5sG56ikc: Ne yellow. hard. 56c;
No. northern. 5sd5szc: No. mixed,
55lae. Corn-No. z mixed. 32c: No. 4
low. 57ise: No. 3 yellow, 3id5isac: No. 4
yellow, 3fc; No. 2 white. 32132izc: No, 4
white. sac Oats-No. 4 white. 74634izc;
s sSi ise. !TTimotSy-ss,Tsas. clover
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New York Curb Market
Csv Thomson & McKinnon,
Net Changes

81 United Press
NEW YORK. May 12.-Closing
prices and net changes on princi-
pal stocks traded on the New York
Stock Exchange today:
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Jnifed Press

LAFAYETTE. Ind. May lam-Hog-
s. so: 2oo-2io lbs. S. 90: 7io-32s lbs. ssIs;
225-235 lbs. 1910: 235-25O lbs. So o5: 250-
lbs. $3.50: l40-iso lbs. IS: i7o-l40 lbs.
$3.50. fo0-l20 lbs. s275. roughs. 81 so
down. TOD calves. So. TOD lambs. IS. spring
lambs 81
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DOW-JOneS
Summary

ward Baking Company declared a c.yl:
dend OF 81 on preferred stock. against 81. 70
quarterly, previously
Great Northern March net less
amounted 10 81 .ses.tfe sitter eharres.
arsinst net los 81 s9as.saS IN March.
1891: ahree months ret los totsIed
IS .sss.s 80. against sS.Sts,0ss.
Associated Oil Company In March quar-
ter reported earnings At ~ cents a share
against Al cents IN March, 1891. quarter.
net loss Of 81. $50 after charges.
against net income Of sSeo.09s in March,
1881, quarter.
Wheeling a Lake Erie In March GUAR
ter reported net income totaIinE ss1.f75
after charges. against f15l,s3a In March.
1881. quarter.
I. Miller 4 sons. lac, In year ended
FEB. ~. 1881. showed net loss OF 81. 42e. 6e4
after charges. against net loss OF s3eo.9e6
IN fourteen months ended FEB. 70. 1881.
Tide Water oil Company in March
quarter reported earnings s a. cents =
against net loss OF sl.i45.344 IN March. 1881.
quarter.
Consumption Of crude rubber By manu-
faeturers In United states IN April
tofaIed e5.S5S long tons, against 27.s2s
in previous months, = decrease Of 9 7-10
per cent: domestic stocks Of crude rub-
Der on April 30 was estimated At 343,0es
IonK tons. against 3Sf.s6s on March II;
April stocks show an increase o. 2 $40
per cent above previous months and
80 e-10 per cent above April 30, 1891.
Brokers loans during week ended MAY
II decreased SCI COO. 900 TO &43s. 900 600
non brokers loans OF 50. 900 900: federal
reserve system ratio 6S.6 against $50 a
week ago and s4s year ago. New York
reserve hank ratio SIS against S6.7 ana
90 Fespectfveiv
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United Press

Fl. WAYNE. Ind. May i3-Hogs-Mar-
ket. steady; pigs and light lights. s3n3 IS:
hezvies. s5n3.i5: roughs. s2G375: stays,
$3.50; calves, s5dS5o; lambs, sS65.so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-13
Produce Markets

Delivered in Indianapolis prices: Hens.
heavy breeds. lie. leghorn hens. i0c;
broilers. colored springers. los. and up.
i7c IA TO lbs. l3c: bareback and part
ly feathered, loe; leghorn and black. u
horn cocks. &C. Ducks. large white. fun
feathered and fat. &c; small. Sc. Geese:
fun feathered and fat. Sc. Young and
old guineas. i5c Eggs. No. l current re-
cepts. l0c. Butter IS TO 27c; undergrades
q to Use. Butterfat 22c. These prices
for healthy stock free from feed BY the
Wadley Company.
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Bn United Press

NEW YORK. May l3.-Petatoes-Ma
active: southern, s4ds per barrel; Idaho.
per barrel: Maine. si.1OT225 per barrel.
Canada. sl35d2.50 per barrel. Sweet po-
tatoes-Market. steady; Jersey baskets,
Flour-Market. dull: spring patents,
s4.2064.40. Pork-Market. quiet: mess.
si6.75. Lard-Market. easier: middle vest
ket. quiet: special 10 extra. ssG2ssc
Dressed poultry-Market. quiet: turkeys.
l4n soc; chickens. i5G27c: broilers. i5n
island ducks. 49, Gi5c Live poultry
Market. quiet: state whole milk fancy
70 specials. io'zG isi7e; Young America,
IftznI2I-c
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
sD0m't Quote Me-
By United Press !.

tanning the package and the news
papers planted firmly on the back
of Whitney's chair. BY craning
forward he brought his face we'll
around. In that position this un-
famed, unknown representative of
the great American public peered
with fixed gaze into the face of the
man who symbolizes Wall street.
Nothing happened until the lit
tie fellows newspapers accidentally
scraped Whitney's back. There
upon one of Whitney's staff, which
had been cycling the little fellow
rather sharply, pushed him back.
The little chap smiled apollo
getically. In two minutes he was
back leaning on the chair as be-
fore.
Then from some mysterious
quarter a chair appeared and one
of the faithful staff pushed the
stranger into it. But no sooner
had he got his overcoat, papers,
package, hat and cane all stacked
on his lap than a senate attendant
tapped him on the shoulder and
motioned him to get up. The chair
had been placed there for Senator
Schall (Rep) Minnesota, who, not
a member of the committee, wished
to listen as a spectator few mo-
ments. The little fellow did not
seem to mind being thus routed
out and patiently gathered up his
impedimenta and made way for
the senator.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-12
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright 1928. By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

Weasel and the Bob Cat, coming
closer and closer up behind Uncle
Wiggily, were laughing as they
saw the rain coming through the
umbrella wetting him.
soon he'll be soaked and then
We'll get him." chuckled the Bob
Cat.
"Sure!" hissed the Weasel. But
I get first nibble, mind you!"
What am I to do?" though poor
Uncle Wiggily. Here I am out in
the rain with an umbrella full of
holes and I'm getting soaked. If
there were only some way TO mend
the holes I would be all right"
Just then, all of a sudden, lot
of birds came flying through the
woods. They were birds which
Uncle Wiggily often had fed as
they hoped around his bungalow.
One bird, looking down and seeing
the rain pelting through the holes
in the bunny's umbrella. said:
Brothers and sisters, we must
help Uncle Wiggily keep dry"
How can we?" asked another
bird.
by mending the holes in his
umbrella" said the first bird.
quick Each one of us must pick
from a tree, with his beak, a leaf
On the leaf rub some of the sticky
gum that oozes from this pine tree.
The gum will make the leaves stick
over the holes in the umbrella ami
Uncle Wiggily will not get wet!'
Then, before you could count
one, two, three, each bird picked a
leaf, put on it some sticky pine
tree gum and plastered the leaf
over a hole in the umbrella. In a
moment there wasn't a hole left
No more rain came in and, being
only little wet, Uncle Wiggily
could hop on very fast through the
April shower.
Thank you, birds!" called thi
rabbit gentleman as he hoppe
along so fast that the rain-soakec
Bob Cat and Weasel were left fan
behind. Thanks for mending my
umbrella"
1--WE were glad to do it!" sans
the birds. SO the rabbit didn't ge;
nibbled, but the Bob Cat anc
Weasel got so wet they caught colo
and almost sneezed their heads off
But it served them right.
And if the cellar door doesn't
get so stylish that it wants to sit
on the front porch and play with
the milk bottles, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Bunty;
cold.