El Paso 4.1.18

Published March 22, 2025 at 599 × 863 in Animal Antics for April Fools’ Day

Transcription: “You want to look out for yourself this morning, Uncle Wiggily,” said Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper, as the old gentleman rabbit came down to his breakfast in the hollow stump bungalow one day. “Look out for yourself!” “Why, is that skillery-scalery alligator, with the double jointed tail, scrouching under my chair?” asked the bunny as he tossed his orange up to let it bump its nose against the electric light. “No, but today is April Fool day,” went on the muskrat lady, “and the animal children may play all sorts of tricks on you.” “Oh, ho! So that’s it, eh?” laughed the bunny. “Well, I’ll be careful.” And then, as he sat down to eat the fried carrot pancakes with oatmeal sauce sprinkled over them, he slyly tasted the sugar to see that Nurse Jane hadn’t put any salt in it for April 1. But she had not, I’m glad to say, nor was there any sneezing pepper in the bunny gentleman’s napkin, or lemon juice in his glass of water. Everything was all right in the hollow stump bungalow.

Detail of El Paso Herald (Home Edition), April 1, 1918, page 7. El Paso, Texas. Accessed via Chronicling America.