Show 12 THE OODEN (UTAH) Burgess Bedtime STANDARD-EXAMINE- WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 23 1952 Italy's Population Offers Problem to World Italy is one o the thickly set- tied countries oi jLurope According to late census figures it has 38 persons to the square mile A few other countries in Europe have morej persons to the square mile but Italy's problem is The Belgians of a special kin4the British and th Dutch have colonies which help to meet the needs of their rising numbers but j Italy is limited During the years of Mussolini Italy had colonies in northern Africa Those colqnies had a large area hut were hardlv fit for much snow-cover- s - in allowing for growth of population Italy may geti back certain colonies in coming years but if that takes place it will help only a little Thanks to better public health work Italy has a lower death rate than it had 12 years ago The birth rate is about tWice the death rate and this means a growth in population m!-If th country has too tn the dhnare mile morw now What will happen in the fu ture ' xnat is a problem 'for the United Nations Many persons say that misery can bring about communism in a country If 'people suffer too much they are likely to turn to something else and jin the case of Italv that might be Communism - AWW' COLICS THOU6HWR TH6M THIS T- YOUR WHM6N vnU VE BOU&HT of the deep snow tney were prisoners in their own yard That yard had been made by trampling down the snow Outside of it the snow was too deep for even folks with such long legs as the Deer folk have to get about The twins didn't like it Being young they wanted to be roaming about visiting new places seeing new things having new adventures Young folks are like that They actually pitied themselves because they had to stay there day after day in that yard trampled in the snow They didn't realize how fortunate they were to have that yard to move about in and in which there was food enough within reach This night as they watched the two young Mice playing in the moonlight they really envied them You see the snow was lightly crusted and those Mice could run about on it as they pleased Of course anyone as big as the young Deer By Thornton W Burgeas A Dreadful Thing Happens The thing-tha- t dreadful seems to you May mostly be your point of view —Old Mother Nature Moon was making the Mistress Green Forest almost as light as it would have been had jolly round bright Mr Sun been in her place Playing on the snow just outside the yard of Lightfoot the Deer were two young Mice They were having a wonderful time Watching them were two twins young Deer Lightfoot's This was their first winter and Uncle Ray's Corner ed cent stamp to Uncle Ray PublishBoyhood home of Christopher Coers Syndicate 30 North LaSalle lumbus in Genoa im Chicago 111 South America has a great deal To some of room for immigrants extent this has helped to solve the problems in the past but it is a question as to whether South America can provide the complete answer for Italy Farming is the chief industry About half the people of Italy live on farms Olives make up a big crop more olives are grown in Italy than in Spain and Portugal combined Other important Italian crops include wheat barley rye sugar beets and grapes There is a fairly good dairy industry in the northern part of the country but it fails to provide enough milk and butter for the whole nation Instead of using butter or lard millions of Italians use olive oil s - a fat for cooking and other purposes A special kind of wheat is grown widely in Italy This wheat is excellent for making macaroni and spaghetti For Travel section of your scrap-boo- k would have broken through It Once the voice of Hootv the Owl biggest of all the Owl family had sounded from not tar away in- -' stantly those pretty little Mice had disappeared But Hooty didn't hoot again and presently the two were playing tag and chasing each other just as if nothing had happened and there was no such thing as danger in all the Great World "Just look at them" said one of the young Deer "They can run about as they please they are not prisoners as we are It isn't fair Why should they be free to do what they want to do to go where they want to go and we have to stay here all the time?" "Don't ask me" said the other "Just see what a good time they are having I guess they like the moonlight Presently a third Mouse joined the others This one also had dainty white feet and a white waistcoat You see they were Wood Mice and all Wood Mice have white feet Ten illustrations by Frank C Pape appear in the picture leaflet "Africa's People and Customs" If you want a copy send a envelope bearing a three- - 'l 'jl - ! jl ii 'l ek Si J ( H ETHNOGACHV: I W7 - ' l Ij M II ' l' rffocf omoF WtWM Jl- VEH' WELL NOW WHAT'S WRONG WNT THAT DOCTVLOOK LIKE VJUST t JUST tXXXYJ GOT CUPPED BY GOSH OOP I THINK I HAVE BEEN ANYHOW I JUST LET MYSELF IN FOR A LOAD OF HEAVY READING SEE PETE TONIGHT- J i C CO WSmW : E A STUDY OF THE DtS-TRtfSUTIQN OF MAN By I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH DARLING- - 1 ALWAYS WILL! 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MV OTAES AMOS HOW LOOK ELBE RT WHY Funny Business UNCLE RAY Tomorrow: The City of Naples Sometimes they are called Deerxwaa Two of them reached placeaxthere he swallowed the Moum he Mice because their little fur coats of safety The other was caught had caught remind folks of the coats of the In sharp claws for that seeming To the two Deer f nl k shadow wijj Spooky the Screech m it was a young Deer looking "Those little fellows are so small Owl He Tlew up in a tree and course it was a dreadful thing for the Mouse but to Spooky thing they can hide under next to nothit would said one of the young Deer nave been a dreadful thing not to ing" as he watched the three Mice playhave caught that Mouse The little '1 guess they ing was very very hungry For jwn don't have to worry much They two nights he had had poor hunt-to- g always have a place handy to hide and he was almost starving in if there is danger" Catching that little Mouse had The three Mice continued to play saved his life Yes sir that little about and have a good time Two Mouse had saved Spooky s life It or three times they even squeaked just so all over the Great World aloud from sheer joy in living and the point of view is what makes a playing The two young Deer conthing dreadful or not tinued to watch them and envy Spooky had done nothing dread them own y68- - or in the BrJ&J? Then without warning a dreadof Old Mother Nature It was eyes in ful thing happened What seemed tended that he should catch Mice like a small moving shadow drifted tor food just as it is intended that Welcome Robin shall kill and eat through the moonlight making no sound whatever It seemed to drift worms above the playing Mice Suddenly The next story: Spooky and the three darted in three direcBlacky Meet tions They had seen that moving Suddenly the three darted in r Copyright 1952 by shadow and had known what it three directions Thornton W Burgeas) TO s HIMJUD1TH! 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