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Show X. THE Kauj-- - iixvE TRIBUNE, GAMES' i; I SUNDAY MORNING, APRELT20, 192U STORIES RIDDLES AND PUZZLES A -- ., mJ EDDIE COLLINS v AnEasteFGfeeting-ear- d for You to Color t,,!4,iptDY0UNGARABBIT tie boys. .hate to have their ears washed. Mrs. Molhe RabbrtJound hen she tined Op her seven - children for daily inspection Six of them usually had to be spanked on their cottontails for beThe seventh one, ing careless. Benny Rabbit, was her pride and joy, for he was always spotless. The reason for Benny's keeping his ears neat and sweet was vanity. They were the most beautiful ears onq ever saw not a faded pink like ltiost rabbits ears, but a deep carnation pink. Benny had a habit of keeping his beautiful ear cocked for compliments and he often heard the remark that he was the handsomest little rab in the vicinity. It all went to his head a great deal and after a while he got in the habit of sneaking away for a daily walk just to show off those ears. One day as he was making the rounds of the neighborhood, Benny's heart simply turned green with envy at sight of a new rabbit sitting inside a yard with a fence around it. The newcomer not only had pink ears, but was pirfk ail over. Face, fur, feet all were pink. Benny tried to hop the fence to get a better look at the lovely creature, but thq wire was too high. But seeing him at a distance made Benny suddenly .dissatisfied with having only pink ears. He wanted to be pink aft over. After watching a minute, Ben- -, ny had an 'idea. He hopped into the garden nearby and returned carrying a bouquet of' fresh new carrots with a ruffle of tender cabbage leaves around the edge. Making a bow, Benny said, Kindly accept a gift from me and if you dont A U5 wer&Boys .Baseball Questions i, It Base Stealing a Lost Art? By Eddie Collin (Written Exclusively for This Page.) -A Jong as baseball has been plajed, I guess the thing a ball player tikes best is a base hit. I am no exception to this rule But along with tiave seen the time I thoilght as much of a stolen base Before the ball, as far back as 1911, base stealing introduction Of the was a most important part of the game Many a game of ball wks won by a stolen base at a crucial time McGraw claimed his team stole their "lively ball, way to a pennant in 1911 With the advent of the batting became more of a deciding factor- - The magnates maintained the deluge wanted. with fans what the increased hitting was Naturally, of base hits that began in 1919, runs came much easier. Where several years before the average total for a game was 4, it jumped to 8 or more. Whyttake a chance stealing when you ran wait on a base and be driven in Asa result base stealing has not become a lost art, simply a discarded one, and until runs are at a premium again I think base stealing will be more or less neglected. itl cork-cent- How Do You Steal a Base? The primary requirement to steal A player is a big lead should observe closely and memorize carefully the actions of the opposing pitiher and learn to distinguish between his movements in delivering a ball to the plate, or to the base, '.o catch the plaier napIn this wav he will know ping how far he can venture off the base and be able to obtain as big a lead as possible. Ability to start quickly, getting the jump so to speak, is fifty per cent of base stealing. The next most important requirement is ability to slide. Many a steal is completed successfully by an elusive slide when the basepiatt has the ball in his possession at the hag, even before the runner arrives. Practice sliding both to the right and to the 'left, as a runper must be guided by what foot he will touch the bag with ft? the position the baseman assumes in receiving the throw. Speed naturally is essential, but no more so than the aforementioned Lots of fast men are not good base stealers because they requirements. have not the knack of getting a good break when the pitcher pitches, (This ia the third of a series of ten baseball talks by Eddie Collins. Next week Eddie will tell how it feels to play in a World Series.) a base -- w permission ! WHERE NOTHING SEEMS QUEER ' THE MONGOLIAN EASTER EGG This i what happens when you get fresh with an elderly Prof. Sherman Shovelfoot, the n explorer, discovered he thought was a dinosaurs egg in the Mongolian desert. Eggs were his favorite dessert so be proceeded to tap at it trying to open it A d prehistoric hen must have laid thus egg, thought Sherman, and just then he found the combination and the whole thing cracked Tha tsiUan, Puebla, Is malrina belts la turquatM bstilt lor ItrinfU(. open with a bang. WhocMshl up shot a strange creature a sort of Jack in the box, on a spring. In fact, jt was a Spring Jack Rabbit, feeling full of pep, and grateful to Sherman Shovelfoot for letting him cellence, namely the diamond, sapout phire, ruby and emerald, is still of Happy Easter" said Jack, "It's been awful lonesome in there all sufficient value tc brmg a good these millions of years. Thanks for hatching me out price. - The various ' But I haven't any hatchet, said Sherman, Ive peoples who have got Oh, what a bum jokel" interrupted Jack, and he started chasing been particularly fond of turquoises curious superSherman Jo the Eastern coast of China, thus originating Sherman's have attached most stitions to them. - The opaque blue March to the Sea . and green color of the stones is sians and Egyptians carried them in the, desert, to bring good Juck s for the finding of an oasis where they migh be refreshed on the journey. The Persians fastened them to the tails of their horses, mules well-know- hard-boile- The Easter Greeting card above which ahow-- the old favorite custom of having a colored egg hunt on Eastern morning will be a very nice remembrance for one of your friends if you mount and color it. Cut it out, then paste it on cardboard the same size. s When you Color press lightly on your crayons so the, colors will be dainty. Make the small flowers in the corners pale pink and blue with green stems. Make the ground in the picture green and the sky light blue. The little girl in the foreground has a lavender dress. The and camels. In Europe it was once believed that the word turquoise meant vicBecause the torious, or fortunate. turquoise frequently ehanges color, turning from a sky blue shade to a paler greenish hue, people fastened a superstition to it, saying that the stone shone when the air was pure, but became dim when ill fortune was about. Turquoises, when worn, were considered insurance against a person's being struck by lightning or being drowned. flowers in her KSir should be lavender and yelldw. Then color the dress of the little girl in the dis- tance pink. The boy with her should be given a yellow suit Make the baskets brown and the eggs ail sorts of gay colors. SOME SIGHTSEEING TRIPS WITH THE BIRDS Three ' A ' ,h One-Re- el Yarn raid. fot. the railroad ticket which was to take him home for the spring holidays and got back nickel m change. It was all he had. As he ran to catch the tram he recalled that he hadn't had any breakfast and here it was almost noon. He was frightfully hungry and a nickel wouldn t go far to ward buying a lunch. I can t stand this much longer thought Bob. He looked for a peanut man on the tram, but there seemed to be none. By asking the conductor Bob found out that ai - the next big town the tram made a atop of five minutes and that there was a lunch counter m the station. Bob was ready to swing off the train when irpulled into the town He hurried into the lunch room, bis, castings eye around for something filling but inexpensive. Sudface his denly lighted with pleasV hat looked ure. to be enormous buns covered with icmg were piled on a platter. A sign above them said, Five cents each. Gee, . what luck! cried Bob. natching one and tossing his nickel at the man behind thet counter He ran back to h:s train. It began to move as he took his seat With a sigh. Bob took a big bite of bun. Then a queer expression crossed his face. . Its a cream puff, he groaned. Nothing but a shell of pastry all hollow inside. This wouldnt satisfy a I Guess Ill have to go hungry till I get home at four o clock. ld (Copyright, 1934, Associated Editor. Tne-- J HeVO. K. Has. that mule of yours got a pedigree, bam5" No Mih No indeed y. aint nuffin matter with this He am perfectly sound, suh." The Finch family includes a most Utiusual variety of birds from the several dozen species of small sparrows to the more colorful members, the Goldfinch, the Cardinal, the Buntings of brilliant blue d and the Grosbeaks. To, describe the different S' of and tell of iheir habits Sparrows take several issues of the paper. The article today will have to be confined to the members of the family which are most outstanding for their beauty, The Cardinal looks like a lively But the black dismasquerader. guise he wears on his face would never deceive any one, for the brilliant color of his costume makes him easilv recognized. As though a beautiful coat of red were not to make him enough highly prized, he has also a lusty voice, two characteristics which account for his being much sought after as a cage-bir- d He is not a migrant, but winters here in the spends hi southern states where he is the a whistler next to the mocking bird s He always succeeds in building his nest in such an inaccessible thicket of brush or willows that, m spite of his color, he cannot be seen. But when he best-kno- A Hidden Animal Puxzle Concealed in this picture is the head of the bear Sam shot. See if you can find it Cousins Who Belong to the Finch Family Bright-Colore- d bird gayly-painte- Guessed Wrong Slight Difference is an epistle? asked a Where did you absorb those fine Sunday school teacher. There was prmcipirs of vours? At your a pause and then a tiny hand went mothers knee up. No, over my fathers. "I know, teacher. Well, tell us, Dick. He Ate It The wife of an apostle. Mother- - Where s the paper plate I gave you under your pie, dear? Jack: "Was that a plate 1 THE NICKEL LUNCH thought it was the lower crust Stories of Turquoises ntiiul m Mexico that the Aztec ndians used thousands of them in masks -- which they wore for their religious ceremonies. Big ones, little ones were cemented together over a cedar frame to make a cowering Jor the face. - The teeth end eye were inlays of mother of pearl. Some say turquoise or turkis is named after Turkey from whence came the atones that were used in old European jewelry. Really the finest ones came from Persia, but that was before of the blue end green stones of America had been commercialized. Long mind I should like to knfiw how ago the Apache and Pueblo Indiana Vou got your delicious pink coat" of the Southwestern United State Then he hurled hia present over used them in quantities, for turthe fence right at the feet of the quoises, unlike most stones, do not stranger. Without even so much hive to be mined, but appear on as a Thank you the receiver sat the surface of the ground in bright greenish-blu- e staring straight ahead. He didnt spots and stains. The n Indians used to gather the turquoiseven bat an eye. lenny was furious. He doubled es and rub them down into the up his paw and shook it shouting, shape of beads which they wore in me. long strings. Imagine how teach you to high-broIll costly as Bennyl thundered a voice be- such a string would be today when one small stone, while it does not hind him. Why are rank in value with the gems par ex. at that candy rabbit turned to find his mother standing there with a big stick in her hand. What kind? whimpered Benny, taken aback. That silly candy rabbit that some child left in the yard. Now I must say, of all my children, you may be the most beautiful, but you're also the dumbest," exclaimed Mrs. Rabbit. Now you march your pink ears straight home, young man, and don't you ever take a walk again without your mother's IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND HERES SOME FUN FOR CARTOON MAGICIANS The magician who can draw a rabbit out of an empty hat is very smart. But who ever saw a magician draw a hat out of a rabbit? Notice above the back view portrait of an Easter bunny. Now its fitmple matter to add s few lines to itindtliereby change il to a"hat. A if ni prove that the conjurer isnt the only one who can perform tt tricks. There are lots of other things you can make using the rabbit outline. Turn it ao you see U from every angle, then draw what it to yott The rabbit shape was a starter for the two picturessuggests at the top. Study them, draw your own. Now youre a magician yourself with a lead peneil for your wandl What PRECIOUS JEWELS inches long of an blue His hard, brilliant voice reminds one of the canary He is a tireless songster, found pouring forth his notes from a second growth hedge or meadow, and sometimes even singing on the wing. The female is a dull hirdamdeven-4he- male's feathers take on a brownish tinge mingled with blue in autumn when the time comes to depart to Central America for the winter. A gliding flight with an unusually cheerful call as he dips and rises again is the chief characteristic of the Goldfinch. While in summer his eftstnme is pure . golden, it changes in winter to a yellowish-oliv- e which is the color of the female both summer and winter. Goldfinches are late house builders, not nesting until late in June when the three (o six pale blueish white eggs are laid in a bed lined with The Goldfinch lives plant down. in winter in very fifcarly the samo in which it live in sum locality mer. Sy2 ultra-mari- e- UO The Goldfinch la only abouf five inches in length. Color him pure gold with your yellow crayon. sings! he makes no attempt to hide his fiery pitrmesL selecting a conspicuous perch on the top of a tree The mate, who wears Quaker gray garments, also sings, but not with so much volume Her eggs, laid in April, are three or four in number and are white speckled with brown. , The Indigo Bunting is a small Very Simple Sadly Changed deference, my boy, Waiter! think our English custom at the Yes. sir. telephone is better than saying Whats this? Hello!' as you Americans do. What do you say in England? "Its bean soup." We say- Are you there? Then, No matter what it has been, if of course, you are not there there the question is: What is it now? in conis no use going on with the Withjll due - versation. A r Bright Child Mother Alice, it is bedtime. All Clerk: Now, see here, little boy. the little :hi:lier.i have gone to I cant spend the whole day show- bed." ing you penny toys,' Do you want Alice: Wes, mamma, and so has the earth with a little red fence the hen. around it for one cent? Little Boy: Let me see it." , A Help in Banking Entirtly in Favor Shell Never Tell Did you favor the honor system Banker: Do you know anything about checks and drafts? Mrs. Glenn: Loretta, run over at the recent election? Yes, sir, Ive run our and see how old Mrs. Brown is I sure did; I voted for it five Applicant: furnace for years, times. today. Bargain-Hunte- Self-Ma- d Brudder has done Shinpaw mighty well, ain't he, sah? He must be wuth all of $200. Yassah! And I was "quainted wid dat genleman when he didn't know whuh his next chicken wss cornin fum." Old Partners ' Messenger: Whos the swell y wuz talkin to, Jimmie?" Awl Him an Newsboy: worked together for years. He been editor o one o my papers." nei PUBLISHED OCCASIONALLY BY EPHRAIM OWL THE ANIMAL NEWSPAPER SPECIAL 1924 OFFERING A YEARS SUBSCRIPTION FREE RANDY RIDDLE SAYS Why are ones eyee TOPNOTCH ADVERTISING EASTER. RABBIT BGDK5 YOU WILL ENJOY STUMBLES BUSINESS FOR "OURTDESCENT ADVERTISING SPEED pCURACY , If a man smashed a clock could he be convicted of killing time? Amw to today' riddle: are Ska an acidemy lor one find, pupil Eye, then: not if the dock .truck first. FR.0M THE MONKEY "Jjrfe Mrs. J hare r SCAPES, INJURY BY MERE HARE'S BREADTH! all-wo- ol cot-to- n Shop Assistant (confidentially)1: That, madam, it to deceive the moths, USE THE SYSTEM TONIC wife:!? this is an rug, why is it libeled Young NUTSHELL USE Nobody Home , the car? demanded Diggs. Dear me! ejaculated Professor Did I Jake the ear out?" Diggs. A STORY A IN POR FALLING FUR. an like academy? ' Wen, Who Would? TeaeherjJAVhat is the. plural of hippopotamus ? 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