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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, PHOENIX, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1921 PAGE TWO (Section Two) THE KEEPER KIDS THE TURTLE T ii ' - i -m-. i 1 TTi , - i France Is Sad By Ripley TOJIGHT ; 1' . From Eight to Ten f' lost : . .f , rr i-.r?' - '?? -i CARPENTiER, trJ ' ' V lM ' ttl Knocked out V-Iv l - i V ' U-C::::d II 1 . I Tom Taggart, keeper at a New York zoo. Is mocking this turtle with a tld. bit at meal time. . This la a young turtle, being Just 350 years old, or thereabouts. When it grows up It will bo too wise to let. the keeper play such jokes. Mttte Stories For Bedtime BY THORNTON W. BURGESS PAODY THE BEAVER GIVES WARNING Grandfather Frog sat on his big green lily pad In the Smiling Pool. It seemed to him thatnever before had the hearts of the lilies been so golden, or the sky so blue, or the laughter of the Laughing Brook so merry, of the ripples of the Smiling Fool so charming. On another lily pad near him sat Spotty th Turtle. Billy Mink and tittle Joe Otter were stretched out on the bank, and lazily swimming Just in front was Jerry Muskrat. Grandfather Frog was telling them of his adventures and what he. thought of the Great World. "I have always told my cousin, old Mr. Toad, that the Smiling Pool is a much better place than the Great World. I was sure of It before ever I went out to see for myself, and now I know It." said Grandfather Frog. Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter be gan to laugh. Grandfather Frog looked at them severely. "What are you laughing att" h demanded. 4 "Much you know about the Great World! -, Why you haven't seen a tiny corner of it," laughed .Billy Mink, who, you know. Is a great traveler. Grandfather Frog drew himself up proudly and replied in his most digni fied way, "I will have you to under stand, Billy Mink, that I have seen the Great World, and It is no place for honest people to live in." ' "Did you visit Farmer Brown's dooryard?" asked Little Joe Otter. Q n tM om 00 CJweeds I "Hoot Mori! Ye 'dinna ken tha beauty o9 these bon ' ny new tweeds 'twill ye see them on yerain' sel Ye can fairly hear the pipers playin9 an9 see in yer min's9 eye the crags and lees o bonny Scotland Jier sel. I'm tellin9 ye there's no ithers like them." "Ye'lt see a9 the sma9 laddies wearin9 them this fa9.' They're made only by the Hoose o9 Stratford, and every laddie kens who9 that means. We've put them ' in our windows and ye should a' get yer eyes on them tonicht." Braw, Sporty Hats an Caps o th' same bonny new Tweeds to' go ivi' th Suit ye'll be wearin. t Reception and Fashion Showing Tonight rrnTSrSTTF irnr n mmm luj o) 18-20 West Washington The new Fall and Winter Styles are now on display -Oh his garden?" asked Billy Mink. "Or the heart of the Green Forest?" "Or the old Pasture?" "Or the Big River?" -Or the Purple Hills To each of these questions Grand father Frog was forced to shake his herd. It was rather mortifying to have to admit that after all he had In question was not worth more than J2. Perusal of the laws regarding the payment of the bounties showed that the man could not have collected The claimant received 12 compensa tion. , . A woman In Los Angeles mailed to a friend in Milwaukee a necktie she had made herself. The tie was lost and the woman made a .claim for $10. She said that the material was worth $4, that she had spent twelve hours In making the tie and that her time was worth so cents an hour. Inquiry at a leading furnishirur store showed that the most expensive neck ties handled there cost 18. . The woman was allowed that much. A man in Rockfortl. III. to whom two boxes of cigars were shipped by Milwaukee concern, complained that all the cigars had been crushed. The Milwaukee postoffice had the postmaster at Rockford investigate, and he reported that only one cigar had been crushed. Moral: . When trying to get easy money tackle a Scotch banker, but leave Uncle Sam alone. . . o MARITZBURG, S. A. Mayor Daniel Sanders of Petermaritzburg haee been re-elected for -the sixth time. The term is for two years. "Dli you visit Farmer Brown's door yard?" asked little Jos Otter. been but a very little way out into the Great World, and he was trying to think of some sharp reply when Jerry Muskrat suddenly shouted: 'Here comes my big cousin, Paddy the Beaver! Hello, CousJn Paddyl Where have you been all summer?" Everybody turned to look in the di rection Jerry was pointing. There, sura enough, was Paddy the Beaver swimming out from the Laughing Brook. Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter stared. They had never seen him before. Grandfather Frog and Spotty the Turtle bowed politil.-. They had met him the time of the great trouble in the Smiling Pool and the Laughing Brook when the water had nearly stopped running because way up in the Green Forest Paddy had built a dam across the Laugh ing Brook. He had torn it down when his cousin had told him how he had spoiled the Laughing Brook and the Smiling Pool. "I've come to give warning,' said Paddy as he drew near. Warning of what?" asked Grand father Frog. That I'm going to make my home up in .the Green Forest,' replied Paddy. "Hurrah! I'm so glad I" cried Jerry Muskrat. who was very proud of his big cousin. "But I don't see what you mean by a warning." Paddy's eyes twinkled. "Well, you see I have got to make a pond up there," said he, "and to do that I have got to take the water of the Laugh ing Brook." Everybody's face felt. They remem bered how dreadful it had been be fore when there was so little water in the LauIing Broi'.c and the Smil ing Pool,' and Paddy noticed it. . "It will be for only a little while," said he. "Just as soon as my pond is made the water will run back in the Laughing Brook and fill the Smiling Pool Just as liUs now. I wanted you to know what is going to happen, so that you will not be worried, and so I have come to give warning. I hope vnn TI-1 1 1 nnt harf 1, Kll 1 , H NEXT STORY AIT IMORTANT MEETING AT THE POOL. CANT FOOLUNCLE SAM A woman flounced into the Innulrv office of the Milwaukee postoffice. at which reports of lost parcel post pacKages are maae. "1 sent an electric lamn to a friend out in the state, and it arrived so damaged that it is a total loss," she saia. Investigation showed that the lamp was in the condition described and the woman was asked what she had paid for it. She said the cost had been $25. A clerk asked where the lamp had been bought and the worm an named a large department store. The woman was required to give a description of the lamp. When the description was read to a representa tive of the store the latter said lamps of that kind never sold for more than $8.50. When this statement was called to the attention of the woman she said she must have been mis taken in the store in which she had bought the lamp, but insisted that sne bad paid $25 for it. The woman was asked if she would be satisfied if the lamp were dupli cated. She said that she would be, and a lamp was bought for $8.50 and given to her. Others who have attempted to "put something over" in the same way have had aimilar experiences. Uncle Sam, when it is a question of settling tor a lost or damaged parcel post pacKage, is "from Missouri." A fox skin which a man in the nortnern part or tne state had ship ped by mail to a furrier to be moun ted was lost. The man made a claim or $8, plus the amounts of the coun ty and state bounties which he said he could have gotten if he had not decided to have the skin mounted Inquiry dieted the information The fashion show will be on in full bloom at Arizona's leading "House Furnishing Store" and a most cordial invitation is extended to the Gen eral Public to come in and inspect our beautiful array of furnishings for the "Home." - . . ; Individual exclusiveness reigns supreme in the .following three dis plays and when you see them you will heartily agree, that we are "Lead ers in our Line" : . "."'".' .' Window No.'l We -have on display a beautiful three-piece parlor suite upholstered in gray plush. This suite was made up in our own work room and is truly a work of art and merits your attention. Window No. 2 We have on display one of Berkey & Gay's master pieces. It is a handsome eight-piece mahogany dining room suite in cluding the buffet, table and five chairs and the carver. You will want to . . buy this when you see it. "We did." , Window No. 3 In this window we are featuring a chaise lounge uphol stered in old rose damask. This is entirely hand made and is also a product of our work rooms. In this same window we are showing some of the new fall drapery. and curtain materials. . Inside the store we will have a 4-room apartment includinjg kitchen, dining room, bedroom and living room completely furnished and also an elaborate display of Whittall rugs, draperies, floor and stand lamps, together with our general line of furnishings. FURNITURE COMPANY IKG! L ' I d. - Fashions of Wondrous Beauty Portraying in JS y' . ::::::: Sumptuous Materials the New Versions of SmsJL the Autumn Vogue At Prices as Low as 1914 FASHIONS so original in conception, widely di vergent in style and so individualized as to in geniously express every Fashion ideal of the dis criminating woman or miss who is to wear them. Appealing to those of ultra-fastidious taste who favor the most fashionable and the very smartest apparel and footwear, these captivating models of chic and verve follow the tend encies foreshadowed for Fall and Winter styles. Q Woman's apparel and footwear from the Popular is a guarantee of correct style, superb workmanship and extra ordinary good value. "its WBfa. THE POPULAR DRY GOODS CO. 1 a . ' 136 East Washington' Street j& i i I that a raw fox skin of the variety