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. \ SPORTS GAMES PUZZLES A PAGE COR. 'BOYS2xGIRL "JOKES ~ STORIES RIDDLES TRIPS WITH BIRDS "FAMOUS JENNY WREN EDDIE COLLINS ANSWERS BOY'S BASEBALL QUESTIONS Jenny Wren, or Kitty Wren, as|. she is sometimes called, has always been a favorite in story and song. There used to be a legend in Eu- rope that the wren, though one of the smallest birds, was chos- en king of all animals, win- ning over the ponderous elephant in in election which the animals eld. The different species of wrens in America are very unlike in their choice of haunts. The House ren must be provided with a dwelling, though he will sometimes live in old barns or in the eaves un- der your roof. When the House Wren has sought a warmer clim- ate, the Winter Wren comes to live in fallen trees or old stumps in the woods. 'Fhe Carolina Wren is another which seeks a woodland home. Marsh Wrens prefer a mead- ow or wet boggy place where cat- tails grow. In general, the wrens have a scolding song. Sometimes they sound like tree-toads fussing away in theewoods. The Carolina Wren ia the most powerful singer of the group. E. Schuyler Mathews, the bird writer, says he sings "Lost m' teakettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea- kettle, teal" The Short-billed Marsh Wren's song has been de- scribed by Ernest Seton as a. ser- ies of "chaps," running into "chap- r-r-rrr." His close cousin, the Long-billed Marsh Wren's rippling song is much like that of the House - Wren, who begins his song by mak- ing a series of grating tones that sound like pebbles being rubbed Jogether Then he utters a high trilling note followed by others which «tumble down the scale to a low tuding. It sounds like the babbling of a brook, for the notes are short and uttered in quick suc- cession. The Carolina is the brightest wren in color, being a rich brown- ish-orange. It-is the largest as well. ost wrens are speckled EDDIE COLLINS Famous Second Baseman Has Written a Series of Ten Articles Especially for the Boys Who Read This Page--The First One Ap- pears Today. EDDIE PLAYS FOOTBALL AS WELL AS Eddie Collins, captain of the Chicago White Sox and the world's can't be kept down, either by baseball teams or his own boys. But Pa Jr., who is Six, Soh Wecp bia from getting up, above. Mrs. Collins and a dog complete the family. especially when Dad is on the diamo All of them and that's what they're Yolng en BASEBALL Tam ne twelve, an ie, a the football picture in are usiastic baseball fans, brown and only about four inches in length. . "HOW DID YOU too. So Eddie has picked out the ones most often asked him to ask, and will answer them' here. GET INTO THE BIG LEAGUE?" BOYS ASK COLLINS During Eddie Collins' eighteen years of big league playing, boys have asked him hundreds | |of questions about the game. Eddie likes boys and is always willing to answer these questions. There are thousands of you boys who read this page who would like to ask him questions, » perhaps the very ones you'd-like The fitst one, the one many an ambitious young ball-player has asked, is this: HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE BIG LEAGUE? Here is Eddie Collins' own answer--the answer he wouldgive if you asked him] "In the spring of 1906, when I|member of the Plattsburg, N. Y., was still a student at Columbia Uni- versity, Bill Lauder, one time Giant . | third baseman, then coach of our col- lege team, said to me one day, 'How would you like to pick up some fmoney this summer playing ball?' .| The idea rather appealed to me. truders will not inside to the nest of feathers where the mate er evenly speckled pink- PRECIOUS JEWELS How Cameos Are Cut Some of the old Greek cameos are so intricately chiselled that we are led to think the ancient cameo- cutters spent months working on a single stone. Yet the hours they pat in were put to good advantage, of a well-carved cameo is a per- manent thing. There are cameos in existence which were fashioned hundreds and even thousands of years ago, but which are as pesfect as though they were done yester- da; 5 i was very stylish a few cen- turies ago for a person to Wear a cameo likeness of his face. Men ° and women both wore them. Queen Elizabeth had several with her head on them. One of the best, the Bar- bor cameo, was made in horor of her for the mercy she showed for a man condemned to die. William Barbor had been ordered burned to death by Queen Mary who was England's ruler at the time. He was in prison awaiting the day of] . his execution when the news came that Mary had oted away. The few queen, izabeth, pardoned Barbor. To show his thankfulness, he presented her with a cameo bearing her picture. Two kinds of engraving are done on stones: intaglio, which means cutting down into the stone, and relief, such as cameo-cutting. Onyx, chalcedony and sardonyx are among the popular stones used for cameos because they have layers. Some of 13 33 Fg 3 Bg Ei Sg J si] 5 5 I was working my way through col- lege, so that in July I became a team in the so-cilled Northern League, under the leadership of Billy Lush, ex-Cleveland outfielder. "Yuder his diligent tutelage I im- proved enough to attract the atten- tion of one of Connie Mack's scouts, who eventually persuaded me to come to New York to talk to Connie himself. The manager of the Ath- _IN SNOPPYQUOP LAND "int hora [these are the opinions of a veteran en o> In F - tralia fequire that every purchaser 'of license. showing. that THIS BUGE Have you. ever been bleachers back: in this count: under the microscope. loves for 'wings, bats for'legs e's a popular guy about this He bites rich and poor alike: He L i bitten by this animal? All the people in the of him have been--hundreds of thousands of people are bittén by him every year. Examine him carefully how he's made--a baseball for a body, a base for a head, a mask on his face no, he's not a masquerade ball), chest protector; cap and spiked shoes. time of the year--the Baseball Bug. look through knotholes in fences and go to their grandmothers' fu- nerals now and then on warm afternoons, the bug that makes Babe Ruth hit homé runs--the most famous bug in is the bug that makes little ,| scribes " EDDIE COLLINS AT BAT Last year he batted 360. His average for the last 16 years is 329. In 1923 he stole more bases than any other man. The older be gets, the faster he can run. letics was fine to me when 1 ex- lained to him I desired to com- lete my college work before enter- ing upon a professional baseball career. 'I'll tell you what you de,' were the words he used to me. 'You've about three weeks before your college starts.' (It was then about Labor Day.) 'You take this Western trip with us, see how you like it, and if satisfactory I'll sign you up for next year to report when you have graduated. . "I readily consented, liked my brief experience that fall, and re- and have been in the bi since." rs [Toke a tip from the editor. I. you clip and save these articles eac week yow'll have aot the end of the series one of the best collections of baseball talks a boy could hove, for show ever the game. Read next week what ollins says about the greatest pitcher he Als éver faced. He'll also tell you who he considers the best all-around baseball player.) . oreign Countries Réecerit radio regulitions 'ih Kus of a receiving set must; present, 40 k 7 he has sub- scribed to the service of the, sta. n to which he wishes to 'hstéw in. When the instrument is bought, the wave length is adjystedl to the station to which 'the mer sub- If he wishes to listen in potted the first day of June, 1907, the radio goods dealer a certificate) WHAT CAN YOU DRAW FROM THIS LINE? g A STORY OF A BOY AND FROG "Good evenin', Mis' Smith," said Mammy Chloe, setting her basket of freshly-laundered clothes in the door, "I'se a bit4ate bringin' home de washin', but I had for to stog in my deliverin' to chastise dat boy ob mine." "Why what's Nick been doing now?" Mrs Smith asked. Heler and Billy who were listening cried "Tell us about it!" "Well, ma'am, he's been triflin® wid a bullircs. tryin' to give him a voice like Nature never intended what he should have. Seem like dat young un think of mo' trouble than two white chillun," complains ' ed Mammy. "Yqu see, 's like dis: It done rain , ever' day so fur in de month of April. And when my Nick want to'go outside to play I! says, 'Caint go out today on ac< count it be too damp atmosphere, but termorrer come de sunshine and out you go." Den nex' day it rain again, an" still he haf t' play inside. / "Now 's afternoon, it seem like dat boy can't stan' de indoors no longer, an' when I git my back turned, what do he do but go bustin' out in de downpour. Old rain come splashin' all ovah his clothes, &oze up in. his shoes, till he's 'bout as soaked up as a spopge, Den he come trailin' in '1 n' puddles wherevah he stan' an' come t' fin' out, he ain't got no voice lef'! All he kin do's open 'is mouf and make a noise like a bullfrog in de holler.) 1 say, 'Who tole Jou not go out in dat shower?' an' he cain't make no answer 'cause de rain done drown out his speech. "Den doctah him up wid = mustard plastah, spread it smooth ovah his little chest wid hot flan nel on de top. Nick he wrigglgan' cry an' kick his heels, 'cause he feel hot 'nuf to break out in a blaze, but I say to him 'Jes' you stop dat hoppin'l Pretty soon hha s'prised! to find op ait cro in bo mo') but si ike a gentleman!' ] "Wh n evenin" come and de rain' stop, I goes out for to git Mis John< son's clothes. I tells Nick to stand dar at de winder and not budge till I gits back. W'en I leave he's a standin' calm and peaceful-like watchin' a green frog who's a-set< tin outside in de grass by a water uddle, boomin' away like a fog rn on de river boat. "But when I gits home, what da I find? I opens de door to find] dat frog inside, half-craszy, jump} in' up an' down an' aroun' sos) you'd most die laughin' t' see his long legs unfoldin', Seem like hel done lose his mind he's so agitated. 'Bout then I sees he got somepin white tied on his front. I look to 1 in': 'Ain't no_use hoppin' 'round, Mr. Frog. De mustard plastahy you got on bufn you up now, but after while croakin' soun' go "way! an' you speak like a gen'leman. RANDY RIDDLE SAYS-- | With what may a thief erase his tracks on a rainy night Where does one find horses with wooden legs in great numbers? What a Relief Student: "Why don't you laugh' at the profs jokes?" Silent One: "I don't have to, I am getting kicked out next week. Very Careful Doctor: "Have you taken every precaution to . prevent spread of contagion in the family?" Rastus: "Absolutely, doctah, we've even bought a sanitary cup and we all done drink from it. Speed Fiend: A, I'm afraid that train will beat us to the cross- ing." Sassenger: "That's not what T am afraid of. It might be a tie." Fault of the Printer "Waiter! I have found a needle in! my soup!" The cartoonist who. drew the three pictures above started with the same line every time, - You can see which line it is because it is marked mote heavily than the rest. In the center of the page is the same line ) Waiter: "Beg pardon, sir, t i phical error. It should how grap a noodle." s------ Answer to today's riddles: A thief ma with space around it in which you may draw a picture. You do not wel to draw a pal player, as persofi or "thing you like. cartoonist bas done, but any animal, Srase his tracks oo 2 Jainy Bight wit rubbers. nds horses w rounds. legs on merry-go- on other stations, 'he must an additional sum for. the Soy Sealing devices are yed _to see that radio fans do not overstep government Tights, Ta In Mexico City broadcasting' sta: tiohs are taxed 100 pesds a: year and receiving stations five 'pesos a year. There are three broadcasting stations in the city. , ne He Hopes to Be | a3 Ambitious Stude: "Say, mister, have you been a street sweéper atl the world! your life?" Street Sweeper: "Not yet." hort don't know?" lone?" "45 a fre t IY ged rs. nigan." Boy o fhank 'Hivin for the color, | MIS. Left the Ache with Tt . Matter of Taste : "Does your topth still , Albégt: "I. doh't know." Baul: "What do you mean by I Albert: "I left it at the dentist's." v ; se . the policeman, True .to His Country "Winat did he die of, Mrs. Ma- » We by % » we was a burglar." [Bre tence] ADRMISS 10 w.%.00 BASEBALL Game A woman engaged a new maid, with whose appearance and man- ner she was greatly pleased. Wheén the terms had been agreed upon, the mistress said, "Now, my last maid was much too friendly with I hope I can trust rr Eh, Tam_sht rep "I caii't r icemen. I) . i " was brought up to hate the very|' Oh," replied little brother, "they sight of them. You see, my father Love-ly Game Little brother was missed by his sister, who was supposed to be tak- | ing care of him. When he reap peared he said that he had been playing postman. ¢ "Where did 'you get the. letters to give to our neighbors?" asked' his sister. were nice ones tied up with ribbon in your bureau" & 7s