Evening star., 1938-10-30
Pet Banished
AS Result of
SnnartneSS
Ability to Catch
Chickens Leads
To DOWNFALL.
BY PHILIP H. LOVE,
Junior Page Editor,
Remember Jo-Io?

REMEMBER JO-1O?
Well. she's the 6-year-old sister OF
Jacqueline Monroe. 10, the Burke (Va)
yoolngster whose varied activities won
her some mention on the Junior Page
recently as the busiest girl" to come
TO our attention. And Jo-jo has sent
us very interesting letter about her
dog-so interesting. in fact. that it
might have drawn prize, except for
this postscript:
i couldn't write all this myself,
SO my sister Jackie had to do il for
me. Does that count? 1t is nv story
ana l told her what to write. I hope
you like it,"
We do like it-and that's why we're
gong to recount it here, even though
II isn't eligible for prize And we
appreciate Jo-jo's acknowledgement
OF her sisters secretarial services. She
has learned early in life that hon.
esty is always the best policy, and
she's bound to go far.
The pet was black fox terrier
named Tykey and the childrens
father brought him home in his over
coat pocket last Christmas. He soon
learned TO speak when he wanted
TO come into the house and to speak
pretty for something to eat" Jo-io
said. And when mother would tell
him to Wake up Jo-jo," she added,
he would jump on the bed and pull
all the covers off, so I would have to
| get up"
Jackie's 10th birthday anniversary
came on September %. and Mrs Mon-
roe decided to prepare IAN extra spe-
cial good dinner"
so mother went out in the chicken
| yard and tried to catch two Young
roosters to fry Jo-jo continued. But
when she would almost have hold
Of them out they would fly from
| under her hand
Finally, she called Tykey to come
and help Smart old Tykey lust
| Jumped right up and caught the
roosters. Mother was so pleased, she
brought Tykey in and gave him a
fried egg and told him what a good
| dog he was"
Next morning Tykey strolled non-
! chalantly into the kitchen, dropped
a chicken on the floor, then barked
as if to inquire, Where's my fried
egg?"
The fowl wasn't injured, but-well
it belonged to neighbor, and Mrs.
Monroe had to return it.
But that didn't discourage Tykey.
During the next three days. he brought
home one chicken after another, and
Mrs. Monroe was kept rather busy
returning them.
When he brought home the fifth
chicken Jo-jo went on, "the lady
to whom it belonged saw him. and
mother said she couldn't whip him any
more, and she didn't want to keep
him tied up. So Dad took him to
work one day and gave him to his
boss, who has little boy. I hope
he is good to Tykey and remembers
he likes fried eggs"
Now Jo-jo, whose real name Is
Josephine. has another pet, a fox
terrier four weeks old
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Junior jottings:
It's surprising how many Junior
Page readers like to write verse. We've
been all but swamped by poems Of
all kinds-especially Halloween poems.
We've published as many of them as
We could find room for, and the
Others we're sorry to say. just had to
be left out. . Unusually good ones
were received from Orlando Boccabello,
IA. of 1885 North Capitol street, and
Gladys Arnold. II. of Monrovia, Md,
but they came after the page was
filled. and We had to forego the
pleasure of printing them We
hope, however. that Orlando and
Gladys-and also all the other corre-
Spondents who missed out this week
Will try again. The mystery Of
the unsigned letter, reported in this
column last week. has been solved.
The letter was written by an 8-year-
old girl. and we've promised to keep
her name secret so her playmates
won't tease her. &. And speaking
OF poets, as we were moment ago,
Madeleine Labofish's attitude, al
though unusual, is not unique. Many
famous writer's have destroyed their
work because they weren't satisfied
with it. . Rudyard Kipling. for
instance, Is said to have been on the
verge Of tearing up one of his greatest
poems, because he considered it mere
literary rubbish" when his wife