Show ff The The e Sandman StoryS Story S J. J FOR TONIGHT I WHY Y ELEPHANTS HAVE TRUNKS IHY Once upon a time millions and lions Ions of years ago when the world was that it was still fresh and green green there was a a. big herd of elephants elephants ele ele- roaming about in the Jungle pin I In this herd was one old mother elephant elephant elephant ele ele- known as Moa and with her fumbled along her great h husky sky son Moo Moo 1 like many young sons thought he knew more than his parents parents parents par par- and did such a a. lot of bragging hat at none of the other elephants liked tolba in his company at all Moo was continually gadding about getting Into fusses and running home mother with great tales about how bow low badly he was treated H Now Moo said his mother one day If Jf you will stay at home an and pot not wander about so much in other homes omes mes you OU will not get tet Into trouble But I get tired of home and I want to play with the other fellows complained com corn pained lamed Moo Now Now at t that time elephants had only a a. short snout like a a. big pig The Thelong Thelong Thelong long trunk which you see on them to today today to- to day pay had not been made so it was as quite different looking animal that Moo taw paw aw In his reflection in the water to the he one A look Jook at In the zoo when you ou visit the park But Moo was very proud of his nose His was short abort and andreal andreal andreal real pink and Moo thought it the prettiest in the world and so did his mother Every morning he washed It and at night he rubbed It with oil to keep It soft so there was nothing In the world of which he wasso was wasso wasso so proud as of his wrinkly snout Now at the river bank was a a. big cross old alligator who had bad a favorite pond In which he lived The mud was slimy but warm and here he lived with his wife and dozen small chil chil- dren The baby alligators played Inthe In the sand while the mother slept on the shore and the father hunted for food But If anyone came peeping Into fl Ills his pond the that old ore fellow l grot got angry So one day Moo thought he would peep just to be mean Ma alligator was snoring the kids were also sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing in the sand while pa alligator sunned himself on a a. log Moo 1 stuck his pink nose around a big tree Who is that poking their nose into my home asked pa alligator angrily Only Just me replied Moo In fright You should learn how to speak correctly correctly correctly cor cor- snorted pa alligator And you should also get into the habit of keepIng keeping keeping keep keep- ing out of other peoples people's business I dont don't want you nosing around get around get out Just then one of the little alligators called their father to dinner Moo smelled an odor of fish soup My h but that seems good he exclaimed ex ex- exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed poking his nose even farther around You must be having something something something some some- thing good for dinner Let me see what it is He pushed still farther and farther till he got his head in full sight of the pond Then old man alligator got mad in earnest He grabbed Moo by his tiny snout and pulled Moo scared to death pulled back and the alligator pulled forward till Moos Moo's snout had stretched Into a long long trunk At last the alligator loosened his hold I and poor Moo ran home with his pretty snout turned Into an ugly long gray trunk which trunk which is the way all l i elephants have it to this day Which Is Js the punishment Moo got for sticking sticking sticking stick stick- ing his nose into others' others affairs Copyright 1919 by the McClure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate New York City Youve You've heard about the the Chicago soldier soldier sol sol- dier whose life was saved saed by a cootie biting him just in time to make him bend down to a a. scratching job while a a. ashell ashell shell whizzed over him Well Vell heres here's heresa a a. story of a soldier who saved a a. cooties cootie's life A top sergeant called the doughboys doughboy's attention to a cootie crawling up the front of ot his coat The doughboy carefully picked the animal off and placed It inside his coat Get inside you little fool said the private Want Vant to catch pneumonia Ladies monia-Ladies monia Ladies Home Journal Judge at Redwood City Cal Cat has ruled that it is all right for the hand hana that rocks the cradle to spank the child which doesn't add a bit to that Judges Judge's popularity in in the Juvenile world |