Evening star., 1950-01-31
This and That
By Charles E. TraceweH

Can you find happiness from the toss of
crumb?
An Arlington woman can, and here is how
she does it; but you have to get up early, she
says:
1.-The red glow of dawn. split fan-fashion
with strips of blue and white. made a giant
half-section rose window in the cathedral of
the sky.
"Over the earth was pink light which
caused the FROST busted trees of the hillside
to stand out in strange perspective. like
mammoth stage setting.
"It was beautiful just haven't the words
it was gone too quickly, but it was bene-
diction to my birds, my squirrels. and me.
eff had the words, could write book
about these little ones of God.
They bring so much pleasure and beauty
to the world.
''To those who are weary or bored, I say:
Look up, look out, get IN touch with the
universe.
open door or window and listen.
Find happiness from the toss of crumb.
X X
What really prompted this was the clown
ing of one Of my squirrels.
"The more 7 laughed, the more he showed
off
He was burying peanuts say burying.
but all he did was pull dried leaves over
them-in small circle not two feet from
where 7 threw them.
"He stopped long enough to eat a piece
of Swedish roll, but Immediately set to
again, and with a flourish. like hopping
bunny, jumping up and swapping his feet out
at birds that weren't there.
'"They were perched on the fence and
high wire watching the performance"
From Falls Church, O. E. C. tells what to
do with coconuts:
II have small coconut which has served
me in four or five ways, after it was sawed
in half the hard way, which operation in
itself Is no small feat, If you've had no
experience in this work previously
1.-The milk was extracted by punching
through the three holes at the stem before
the saving operation. The meat was pried
loose with sturdy grapefruit knife. Peeled
and ground it furnished enough for my
neighbor and me.
Then the peelings and refuse were placed
back in the shell and 1t was anchored in the
dogwood tree for the birds and squirrels.
However, the half on which the eyes
appear was filled with good soil and an
African violet planted therein to add to the
other four which have been thriving for
several months
Il think 1t is sensational to see colored
flowers growing in rustic shells. also propa-
gate my Christmas cact in such shells
Plants seem to prefer coconut shell to a
clay pot.
my birds prefer the small round jelly
mold tin with hole in the center as drink
ing pan.
a "My old hair nets serve as excellent con-
tainerS for suet"
K. F. is having pigeon trouble.
Please help me- for am positively des-
perate!
How can feed the little birds without
those greedy pigeons grabbing everything?
oh. yes, know pigeons get hungry, too
but not mine, for I buy them special pigeon
feed and give it to them every morning
'The small birds feed Cor try to- under
the bushes and shrubs. But every day those
horrible beautiful pigeons gobble up all their
own food in about minutes and they fly
right in and devour all the wild bird seed,
too.
II bought an expensive bird feeder, think
ing to fool them. 1t had all-glass sides,
with one little space for the small birds to
go in.
did that stop them?
mo sir. They fooled around the feeder
so much they finally knocked out two of the
glass panes and broke them.
Then they went to work on the feed
inside But I'm going to fool them If it is
the last thing I do"
The pigeon problem is a real one to those
who feed the birds. Pigeons are birds, too,
and rather clever ones. II any reader has
any solution of this problem-one that
does not harm the pigeons--we will be glad
to pass 1t on to K, r.