Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1913 — YOUNG CROW HAD TO LEARN [ARTICLE]

YOUNG CROW HAD TO LEARN

Veteran Seaman Draws Moral From Fattl of Bird Who Refused to Listen to Its Eiders. “There’s nothing like experience,” said Captain Robert C. Warr of the Campania, who has retired from sea life after 49 years’ service. “When the young and enthusiastic and bold sneer at the caution of old age I think of two crows. “‘Look at that beautiful woman in the cornfield there!” a young crow cried. ‘Beautiful woman! Nonsense! retorted the old bird. ‘That’s a scarecrow.’ “‘But how do you know it’s a scarecrow?’ 1 % ‘Because there’s no man about ’Do you suppose a beautiful woman would loaf all day long in one place if there wasn’t a man somewhere near to admire her?* “‘l’m sure it’s a beautiful woman,' insisted the young crow. ‘And there, too, is a man’s figure behind the oak. I’m going over to size her up.’ “And the young crow flew off, and a gun banged, and a few minutes later he came limping back with a broken wing and a hole in his leg. “‘Aha,’ sneered the old crow, ‘you youngsters are all alike—think you know more about women than your elders!”’