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Show ADVENTURES OF TSE TWINS I TV OLIVE ROBERTO HART Of ia&irT' I "People who Inure nnIiBag to cat bul roaets ami cake nnd fruit and fiuo sauces live In those cUls.1 Nancy aud Nick and the .Magical Mushroom listened In amazement at the Moon man's story. "You .see. my dears,'' said Mr. 1'eOr-about. 1'eOr-about. the Man-ln-the-Mooii. a. he leaned back comfortably in his rickety rick-ety old chair and stroked his beard, "the moon Is different from the earth 'The things you value on the earth wo moon people don't care about at all. and the things you throw away, down there, we prize highly. "Take our cities, for Instance that you think are so wonderful, ono built of white l.c blocks, another of white marble Inlaid with Jewels and one of Ivory and pearl "They mlpht be called handsome on earth, but up hero they are slums where the poorest people live. People who ha e. n"thi ng to cat but i o,ut s and cake and fruit nnd fine sauces, uti'l nothing to wear but velvets and satins and embroideries and handsome furs live in these, cities. It is very sad about them but we can do nothing about It. Tho poorer the j " ' get the more servants and automobiles they have and the more gold rolls into their counting rooms it's hard to tell when it will stop." "But what do tho rich people have then?" Nenoy couldn't help but eay- "Nothlng at all. You eee, I am th richest man In the moon and I have nothing at all. Poverty la the most valued thing here and 1 linvo that." The Tw ins understood now why Mr. Peerabout had aald they were as welcome wel-come as poverty. ) "Don't you have anything to eat, even ." asked Nick. ili yea, Yes, indeed! For breakfast. break-fast. I have crackers and milk, for luncheon I have mackers and crtlk I change the name Just for variety Won't you have some''" After that 1 11 show you around " (To lie. Continued.) 1 (Copyright. 1922. NEA Service) |