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ABBIE AN' SLATS

BEIN' AS YOUR PROFESSION (5 GAR: BAGE, MR. BUCKETS, AND MINE IS PIG-.

N-NOT AT ALL WE ALWAYS TALK

FARMIN= MAYBE WE COULD WORK WSETHER\. BUSINESS AT D LIKE TO MAKE YoU A PROROSITION-THAT IS:

IF BATHLESS’S

FRIENDS

DON'T MIND US TALKIN’

| ~By Raeburn Van Buren

(*~ BUT GOOD GRIEF WHAT A 8USINESS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AT DINNER”)

BUCKETS.” ILL PAY YOU

4 ALL CARTIN' EXPENSES AND RICHEST FINEST CARGOES COME FROM THE WEST SIDE. IT OUGHTA

TEN DOLLARS ‘A WEEK T'BOOT IF YOU'LL DELIVER ALL YOUR CARGOES FROM THE SIDE O' TOWN TO MY PIG FARM NIGHTS

TEEN A WEEK

HMM--ALL MY

BE WORTH FIF-

DOLLARS

ARE PLAYIN' UP TO BATH LESS AND GIVIN' HIM DINNER PARTIES LIKE THIS ONE. WHY THE CARGO ILL GET FROM THIS SHINDIG ALONE TOMORROW, OUGHTA BE WORTH FIFTEEN

MEBAGPIPE'LL BE _ PAYN' GOOD MONEY FOR HATS LEFT,

TODAY'S SHORT STORY |

. CRIB-AGE GAME

By MARY DRAKE

+ “MILDRED IS worrying herself

“away to a shadow,” Mamma said to Father that Saturday afternoon

+ when he came home from the of- ¥ fice. Aunt Mildred had been visit-

. ing for three days already. Helene could tell by the way Aunt Mildred

.. looked that she wasn’t happy, and

_if someone only a year old could

2 tell—

»- his nice face serious. w~ Mamma on the

*”

“I think it’s foolish,” Father said, He patted shoulder softly. _ “After all, you can appreciate Hal's position about this marriage busi-

"© ness. He finally got a job after

« months and months

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of idleness, sure. But it isn’t what he wants,

£ something good enough to carry

5. Wise.

family responsibilities just now!” Mamma bit her lip, but she was “Mildred has waited three years for Hal to pop the question,”

3. she said, coming over to the crib “ and smiling at Helene.

“She’s going on 25, you know. A girl doesn't

:. get younger!”

“You waited longer than that for me, until I got out of engineering school and wangled a job that would keep us, pet!” Father smiled.

~ &° Mother frowned at that, because ~ Pather always teased her and said “> that she only waited’ because she

. didn’t expect any other offers, which was naturally foolish.

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” “THAT WAS DIFFERENT,” she said with feminine logic. “I know just: how poor Mildred feels—and of - course mere men wouldn't realize - about things like that! But you'd

best hurry up, mister!” She pushed

him toward the bedroom with a playful shove. Father chuckled. “Don’t give the baby ideas, pet!”

% he joked. “She'll be learning to * =- ghove me around soon enough with- . out your help! And what’s all the

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rush?” Mamma sighed. “Just a date for

- 18 holes with the Rogers. Remem-

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ber?” Father remembered. “But the baby. . .. I thought you

. couldn't get a nurse girl to take

. care of her. Or is this one of your

= miracles?”

“It’s not a miracle, but a coinci-

~ - dence. Hal is coming over to visit

~ Mildred, and I thought that if she . stayed here to take care of Helene

=. and get the dinner started, we could

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" dinner. You know what I mean?” And so little Helene found hergelf entertaining Aunt Mildred and Hal. Hal was a nice young man, she _ decided, and one that Aunt Mildred Just suited somehow.

He wasn’t gooey, for instance—he|

didn’t treat you like a little baby

+= who didn’t know anything at all. He 2 stood at the end of the crib and

looked at you with a nice smile,

* but not a pretended smile, close to

- Aunt Mildred. He talked to you just

% gs though you could answer him

. about such things as what a nice

= air ‘ribbon you had and how did £ it feel to be such a pretty little

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fan

lady. Stuff like that, mostly. «“Isn’t she the perfect dear, Hal?” Mildred said finally. “I think it’s time for her bottle now. Will you be a sweet and get the formula from

~~ the refrigerator and heat it in the

“enamel saucepan that’s standing, with the sterilizing equipment on the mixer table in the kitchen?” Hal blushed a little as Aunt Mildred said very calmly, “Then. you can get up the folding dressing table

~*~ and we'll change her before she gets

- her supper.” 2 ”

2 “SURE, HONEY,” he told her a . bit. dubiously, but he went out into . the kitchen. When he came back the two of them worked together _ and changed her and gave her the - bottle and afterward some spinach and potatoes and cereal out of the divided dish. Hal kept looking at

Aunt Mildred out. of the corner of|y

his eye, but she didn’t catch him

at it. 5 © “you're handling the little darling like a veteran,” Aunt Mildred said ter the supper was finished. “I think you've been holding out on e—a talent such as you have de-

notes experience!” She smiled when | she said it so that Hal could see

that it was a joke. He laughed, but he didn’t say anything clever back to her. He was pleased by the

; Back in her crib, Helene looked with big blue eyes at the two mentors. They looked vic-

It made little Helene sad to see n ‘so happy about taking care of together, but not brave enough get married so that they could of De mee a, take tedly and: with

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“Watch your thumb prints when you serve his soup—he’s in the intelligence division!” ;

THIS CURIOUS WORLD

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SAYS OSCAR DELL SMITH, SPEARFISH, SO.DAK..

: By William Ferguson.

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ARE THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD IN DESIGN/ ANCIENT SOUTHWEST INDIANS USED THE IDEA © IN THEIR COMMUNAL HOUSES.

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MANY BUTTERFLIES NEVER EAT AT ALL DURING THEIR. LIFETIME.

With Major Hoople THAT'S FLWNNY! 2 THE BLANKETS CAME BACK FROM THE CLEANERS NESTERDAY 4 AND T PUT ONE IN EVERY. ZA A ROOM wn? ON. - =_ Org

OUR BOARDING HOUSE : MRS, HOOPLE, JA IT WAS Yf HMP/ MODERN XA DO WE HAVE G0 COLD 4 COMFORTS HAVE TOWAIT FOR | LAST NIGHT } RENDERED You ¥ THE FIRST /) T HEARD A LADS EFFEMINATE! | PENGUIN BUSTER ¥} «~T RECALL AN BEFORENOU J) TALKING § ARCTIC EXPEDITION DEALOUT XJ LAPLAND } WHEN TSLEPT LIKE <Q THE WINTER'S INHIS ¢/ A TOP WITH NOMORE A RATION OF, I SLEEP! 1 COVERING THAN THE ¢ SHADOW OF THE

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OUT OUR

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OH, THEM - SURVIVOR ‘YOUVE PICKED LPP. THEY SURVIVED TH’ WRECK, BUT DO YOU THINK

LISTEN, NOW=--WE AIN'T GOT Ls NO STATE ROOMS|=3} ON HERE FER /

J. WILLIAMS TOUGH MEDICINE 9-0

—By Al Capp

’ WwIF TH Ge ul A AVIN Oo’ ALL DOSPATEH — EXACTLY $1000.00 RIGHT ? *

R-RIGHT /- CGULL) TT ALL

Li YO’ WENT OUT A MISTAKE! i INVEST TH’ IICKEL! 7 $999.95 SHREWOLY ) NICKEL fOO T/ BRING IT ony rich

THASS "_ AN'M_ NO LOONY=IMMATERIAL? TICK. AH COULDNT =e TH NICKELLAR LOST ALL TH’ MONEY INSTEAD/~TAKE.

ME. OFF T’ TH’ JAIL-HQUSE” A

ACK ALL YO'HAD 'NIGKELF-ONE MAININ’ IBLE

TH PENALTY IS TWENTY YARS, LI'L. ABNER— T-TWENTY YARS:

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—By Bushmiller

MY MOUTH IN ~ THIS SHAPE!

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GIRL SAY MOTHER RDERED, THEN °, INTUM, SHERIFF mn

(ow TELL DE Tow "OLR BOTHER RE 13 Fn

WASHINGTON TUBES II

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=KILLING EVERY I “a LIVING THIN "IT FINDS!

AN' GUESS WHAT! MR. STRUTT CALLED ME INTO TH' OFFICE, CAROL. HE \D HE HAD HIS EVE ON ME... AND PROMOTED ME FROM HAIRPINS 70 COLLARBUTTONS!

1 BOY, 0BOY! | LookiT THAT... | A$2 RAISE ¢

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

HOW WONDERFUL! 1 BET WE'RE THE HAPPIEST COUFLE ALIVE, HONEY. ILL BET ~—

HI YA, FOLKS ¢ JUST DROPPED IN BETWEEN PLANES... CANT STAY BUT 4 A MINUTE

(1 KNOW 1 SHOULONT HAVE LED JUNE ON---8UT SHE'S SO PPosoNED

1 KnOW---THE 3 SAME 2 FRECKLES

“Is something sticking her?” Hal asked, worried, but of course there wasn’t. “Maybe what she had for supper just now didn’t get down properly,” he guessed. “Maybe, but I hardly think that’s it,” Aunt Mildred replied, her own face getting frowny. Little Helene cried harder. “I'll get the baby book and see.” 8 8 8

TOGETHER they hunted through the*-book for a clue to the wailing, their two heads close together. Nothing seemed to be in the book to fit the occasion. Helene. wailed afresh. “Here!” Mildred said determinedly, coming over and picking the baby out of the crib and holding her in her arms. She made cuddly sounds and her face looked pretty, almost as pretty as mother’s did when she held you. Hal looked at two of them like that. He came over close and his arm went around Aunt Mildred. “If I thought you could bear to manage on a measly $30 a week until I got set,” he said, his voice all trembly like. Aunt Mildred looked up, her face shining. . “You never asked me if I thought I could, Hal,” she reminded. “And, of course, I never had the chance to Say 1a love to!” : s Helene stopped ce . Neither Aunt Mildred nor Hal moss listening. Anyway, how could Aunt Mildred hug Hal if she had a baby in her arms? It just didn’t make sense! \ Tomorrow: Only on the dance floor were these two perfectly mated. “Rhumba Rhythm,” by James O'Hara. ;

COLLEGIAN EDITED BY BUTLER FROSH

Today is Freshman Day as far as the Butler Collegian is concerned since today’s issue of the Butler University daily paper was prepared entirely by first-year students. Associate editors for the special edition were Misses Marjorie Schutte, Ione Colligan and Marjorie Ann Hukreid. : Others of the freshman staff were: Betty Stonebraker, makeup editor; Marilyn Behymer, society

editor; Clyde Holder, feature edi-|

tor; Morris Sacks, business manager; Jack Patterson, sports, and Joseph Greenberg and Ruth Ann Guick, also feature editors.

NEW RABBI TO SPEAK BEFORE LOAN GROUP

Rabbi David Shapiro, new rabbi at the Knesses Israel Synagog, will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Hebrew Free Loan Society Monday at 2:30 p. m. in the Neustadt Rabbi Talmud Torah School, 749 Union St. : Also on the program will be musical selections by Edward Lavinsky, violinist, ‘and Miss Esther Cohen, pianist.

PASTOR TO SPEAK . The Rev. William A. Mulford will speak to members of the Women's Division of the America First Com-

| mittee at a meeting at 1:30 p. m. ii ow at America First head

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IN THIS WE SEE HOW OUR AMAZING HERO GOT THAT WAY... HE HAS ACQUIRED A DINOSAUR FOR A STEED AND THUS PUTS HIS FOOT ON THE FIRST RUNG OF THE LADDER OF FAME