By Thorton W. Burgess

MRS. SKIMMEB INSISTS iher eggs on anything but a feath- ‘er bed. What is moic, those feath- be his. He ran to bring her the

KW-"V Whl‘ 3'0‘-| Win‘. Mid thBn'ers must be white. 01' course I baby's towel and face cloth from 1"-5135 ‘leather is a feather whatever the the {OM31 pack, Thu, he wnchcd

On it. and conipmmise resist. .color. But Mrs. Skimmer wanted

The Tiny Folk

(A real story of real children

the

_ as Linda had her head washed. —Ml’5- Sklmmﬂ‘-‘ivhite feathers. and no other color and dried. Then she sat in the

, Iwould do. tub, gurgling. cooinx. and laugh-

There “I” peace buwee“ the Now white feathers were hard mg as she tried to wash her ye]. ther wasn't pleased, but he did

"""°w5 and me bluebird‘ I" to find. There were no white hensilow duck with the cake of soap. 1101 k|'|0Wn Why-

Farmer Brown’: dooryard. Farnt-‘in the mjghborhoom no: ‘Nye were

Soon she was all bathed. and

er Br°“'n"" B°y Md W" upiany white ducks or turkcys. The dressed. Laurie loved to see her-iiﬂR7" She liked H0551)’.

'1n°m" house espgcmny ‘or Skim":svt'allovv folk are wonderful flyers.iin her little white dress with its met “‘° Tr“ s““”°“' and M”‘.You know they spend much of tiny pink rosebuds. and her little _ pink sweater. She always smelled “me ,1“ “"0"?” ’‘‘"'3' “°"‘ ”"’;ni'.'id flying long distances as some’so sweet and clean. that he just bluebird home to make sure thalliomer birds would have minded. wanted to hug her. "Brubba, ba. dce." she gurgled. henyard without finding a whiteiher little dimples flashing in her feather. Then they flew to the pink cheeks as she reached out jnearest neighbor's and had no bet-‘one chubby hand to Laurie's head. “Sit still. here," laughed her mo-

skIm"‘"' He had placed 1‘ °" ‘,their time in the air. So they didn't

"_I1"'" “'°”ld be l’°a"'- .They searched Farmer Brown's i

i

.ter luck there. Skimmer brought-

the nest. When Mrs, Skimmer re-

ineedn‘t bring home any more dark; ‘feathers!’ I "But, my dear. there aren't any‘

-_ , /,.,__ iround," said Skimmer. . "Well vou can just go look some "A I the f th . id h . ,, ' ‘ y . . 1 ..wh“"MnI:'S;lm°;""is fl “:”'y‘niore. rctorted Mis. bkimmer._

. . “There must be some white fcnih-‘ ‘ . . E:"_u_"'_; dun‘ ““‘’__._°'’‘ and. crs somewhere. We may have to fly

la ii a‘the to in them. but

The house was c.\‘a("tly like theV“hla[”?‘ ralmﬂe (,x“.a‘d“ymR-_,-- ‘ “M w‘”5°’“° “Id M” w‘”5‘""‘i Skinuner brought home a feather B“.‘Eb”d were °”,upymg' Thﬁpartly white. Mrs. SI(iltim(‘l' tossed Sk”n_m‘°”’ “uv;/9. is p‘ea“‘:h“ 1:1“. mlthat away. She wanted \\ holly white ;“':w“°’_°m° ‘’;’°':e‘ “’ ,1 91”‘ feathers and she wasntgoiiig to

3’ ’"‘med’‘‘"°y 33”“ m“mg “ibe satisfied with anything else.

’“’5‘~ M’-‘- S‘‘”“"‘" ‘°°“ ‘‘“‘‘‘'5‘’ Meanwhile, Mrs. Winsome Bluebird “I the WON" W5‘ ‘"5 M” Wm‘ had been using some colored feath-

ioff looking for a white feather-.|your play pcn you go while I go ‘Skimiticr put that dark feather iniup 10 make the bf-‘d5-"

lturned ‘she threw that dark feather'S0ll€d clothes. put away the bath ____j_______:

‘insisted on having white ones and‘ Skimmer was doing his best tO‘(:utc as baby Linda does after

‘white feathers. I've looked all a- “M mm“

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some had done with her nest. Straws and soft grasses we:'e used.| Because that nest was inside a] house there was no need for a lot of material. But there was one,‘ thing that when the time came‘ Mrs. Skimmer insisted on. Thati test must be lined with feathers. She u.ouldn‘t be s.tiisfied to lay‘

crs in her nest. She wasn't fussy.

‘That nest was completed all but

"A feather’: a feather." said she. “What Mrs. Skimmer is so fussy about I don't understand. A white feather won't make any better bed than ii dark feather."

Still Mrs. Skimmer persisted.

the feather bed. So far she had

Keep in touch with the

Protect young children

months of age. Four inoculations are

fore one year of age.

IMMUNIZATION CLINICS

FOR INOCIILATIIINS and SMALLPOX VAGIIINATION

WILL BE HELD IN ALL RURAL SCHOOLS THIS SPRING

Trustees for the date of the first clinic.

in: rough and tetanus. Start the inoculations at 3

three in the Spring and one in the Fall—then a re- inforcing dose at regular intervals.

Vaccination against smallpox is required for at- tendance at school. Have the children vaccinated be-

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & WELFARE

teacher or Secretary of

against diphtheria. whoop-

necessary the first ycar——

SPECIAL DANCE

ROLLAWAY CLUB TUESDAY, APRIL 27th, 1954 9:30 till 12:30 Downiowners Band In aid of All Stars Bowling Tram ADMISSION 50 CENTS

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Tuesday, April 27. 1954 tub. and went to do her upstairs work. She was so busy for a while (M. "U ,0“. ‘human, that she did not notice how quiet

cverytlung was down in the kit-‘ Mrs._ Pane was ‘hurrying about chen. "I'd better see what Laurie] ' kitchen. letting thing; to. is into." she thought. “He's too gcther for baby Linda‘: bath_ quiet in be good." Laurie was playing with Ginger and Panda on the couch, and talk- ing to Linda in her high chair at the same time.

He watched his mother fill the little blue bath tub that used to

She tiptoed do\vn the stairs and peeked into the kitchen. There, in the middle of the floor. sat Laurie with the baby’: bath tub in front of him. But oh my! what was he doing? He had put clean water into‘ the tub, and now he had Ginger in it, busily scrubbing him with 3 face cloth well filled with soap!

“Lauric." exclaimed his mother.

Laurie looked up. He knew by

the tone of her voice that his mo- NP IT NAPOLEON-’ GETGF V4095-'1’VE GOT WORK ‘IO W.’

“What do you think you are do-

"I'm just giving Ginger 1 bath. Isn't that all right? He was getting C dirty and I wanted to make hi clean. Baby Linda looked so c after her bath, I just wanted Gin-‘ gcr to look pretty too." His face began to look as if he might cry.

"All right, dear. But you should have asked me first." said Mrs. Page. “Now let me finish it pro- ihome a dark-colored leather It ther, “I want to brush your curls. Pf-‘i‘I.\’. alld 1'11 hﬂﬂl him UP I0 ‘was such ii nice feather he thought You jump around as much as in. would do. Mrs. Skimmer was‘Susan's kitlcn. There now, into

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If you had looked in fifteen min-

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