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TITE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN, PORTLAND, APTtHj 19, 1914. 7 t LITHE 0MS mm when he crawled to the house. He could scarcely move, but when he saw Helen he began to meow and so she took him on her lap. She held him while her mother washed him and dressed his wounds and then he was put In his little cra dle with a bottle of milk. He fell asleep quickly and seemed to sleep so soundly that we did not disturb him and In the morning we found that instead of being asleep he was dead. He had put up a brave fight against the dog- but it had taken all of his strength and when he got borne safe In his little bed he went to sleep and was so tired that he forgot to wake up. Motor Goose Rhymes THE TORTOISE'S FALL. There was once a boy In olden times who had a dream that he could write verses, and the dream came true, and he became a very famous writer. And' the way It happened was that this boy. whose name was Aeschylus, fell asleep one day while sent to watch the grapes In a vineyard. He dreamed that Bac chus, the god of the vine, cam and told him that he could write poetry. Imme diately he awoke and tried, and to his delight he found out that it was true. He kept on writing, and afterward became very famous. In those days prizes were given for the best trage dies, and at the age of 41 he won his flrse prize. He wrote, also, many won derful plays, and for many years was esteemed one of the greatest of tragic poets. . . When quite, an old man he was sit ting la a field, plunged in deep thought. An eagle, which was flying overhead, mistook his bald head for a stone and ' dropped a tortoise which it was carry ing In Its claws to break Its shelL The force of the blow killed the famous poet and warrior, for be had fought In the Battle of Marathon and received great, honors for his bravery a well as 13 prizes for his tragedies. He might have written a great many more If the Jack, be nimble! Jack, be quick ! Jack, jump over the candle stick ! Jack jumped when some thing struck his wheel, For his candlestick was an Automobile. rHE following is a story which chll dren SO years ago were told: Near a small settlement lived negro who played the fiddle very when the little kittens were two weeks old the old cat died. The little kittens eagle had not dropped the tortoise, had. just got their eyes open and we " ' didn't know how thy could get along without their mother, and we were afraid t bey would die, too. Helen's mother put warm milk In medicine droppers and would squeeze a HAPPV FHEXCH CHILDREN. In France if the new baby la a girl the . parents begin at once to -save a' little money for her "dot," which is a sum of money every French girl has In this new age the motor rage is spreading near and far. So Mother Goose said, "What's the use? I've got to have a carl If here you seelr each coming week, you'll learn a thing or two, and read a verse, however terse, on what Mother Goose can do. wM Th. .!. 7. .s. ....lZm aw droD lntft ta kittens' mouths, but ""ra -"i money every x well. The people in the settlement often took a Ion time so a kind of when ho eta married YmA Ti.Ha at rK. iiia 1B tooji a long Time, so a Kina 01 had parties at which the negro always played for the dancing. Now one Saturday a big party was to be held and the negro had been asked 'to play. He started quite early from his home as 'he had a long way to go through some dense woods which he did not care to travel through in the dark. He was almost through when he heard a faint cry. He heard still an'' other in the distance, and so he started to run. Suddenly he looked back and aw a wolf quite a ways behind him. TTjk 1ftn fnstol nnA f oHtar Vin t nt looking round again he saw a whole pack of hungry wolves running after him like mad. Presently he got out of the woods, but the wolves ran so quickly that they were almost up to him when, In his excitement, he dropped his violin. In dropping It something hit the strings and they made a loud noise. To his great surprise all the wolves etopped short. Before they had time to move he picked up the fiddle and started to run In the direction of an old deserted cabin he remembered. The wolves quickly started in to chase him again, but he got to the cabin, and running in, slammed the door. . He thought then that he was safe, but to his horror he discovered one trying to climb in the window, which was without glass. He saw others pushing behind this first wolf, so he1 took up his fiddle and as soon as he started to play they all fell back again. Then he decided to find a safer place, bo he climbed up on the beams. As he was climbing up there the, wolves burst open the 'old door and those that did not get in through it climbed in through the windows. He started to play again and once more they became quiet. But as soon as he stopped they started in their howling again. . . He knew that he could not play much longer as he was very cold, so in order baby bottle was made out of medicine bottle. small The French farmers think that if a baby takes its first, step behind a Soon the kittens learned how to get rle8t h w111 lay be lucky and the milk out of this bottle. After a sewing and dressmaking. Of course, some are sent to private schools and these study at home and only go to school to recite, perhaps twice a week. never be bad, so when he is old enough Whenever the girls go ' out their while they learned to He on their backs to wallt he Put behind the priest and mother or the governess goes with and hold the bottles with their paws. 11 n takes even a nine step nis par- mem, dui Doys are jet go aione. Soon they rot io big and ate so ents are very happy. , . In schools most of the recitations much that they had to be given away. Christening Is a very Important are written and instead of gymnastics. Helen cried so that they let her keep event and sometimes several families rencing Is taught. Great attention is one and she made a great pet of him. will club together to have a big also given to children's manners. They She would put him in her doll bed christening and often a dozen babies are taught to say kind and agreeable and cover him up. Then she would win be baptized at the one time. All things. When children are 16 and 18 give him a bottle of milk and pretty the relatives go with them and there they receive diplomas from the French soon he would go to sleep.' great rejoicing:. government. To get these all boys and She was very fond Of the kitten and Little girls used to be taught at girls have, to go to Paris and be ex It nearly broke her heart when one home or In convents, but now there amlned. Without these diplomas it day he was badly hurt by. a wicked are public schools for girls, too, where is very bard to get a business positTon. dog-. He was all - cut and bleeding they are taught, besides their lessons. Every Thursday artemoon is a nan- holiday. The children have many long recesses, too, and sometimes the teach er takes them to one of the old palace gardens to play. In some of the schools hot soup Is served at noon, "but each pupil brings his own napkin and bread. The games they play are very like ours. They play tops, marbles, ball, hide-and-seek, blindman's buff, battledore and shuttle cock and many others. to practice fencing. Among the French farmers the chil dren are hatd workers. The girls help tend cows and sheep, and geese and turkeys, and knitting much of the time, for even the little children can knit. In some parts the boys pack sardines and In grape sections all help with the tary parades. They celebrate historic grape gathering. All boys, when they events, and Christmas, and at New grow up, have to serve three years In Tear's give many gifts, the French army. In some parts of France "Mother The first communion Is the big event Goose Day." Is observed on the day of the child's life. For many days be- after New Tear's. Tou know Mother fore the children gather flowers to make wreaths. They trim the houses with white and the church with flow ers. On that day the children ask for- They also like giveness for everything wrong they . have ever done. The girls are dressed In white an have long veils; the boys have white ribbons tied around their arms and all march through the streets to the church. The French have many holidays and parties. They celebrate all birthdays and church events ad have many mill- Goose was a real woman, who lived In the eighth century. Some other time I will tell you about her. M. D. T. HE story of the Crazy Mountain School is one for the little boy or girl who has to be urged and driven to go to school In a fine big schoolhouse, to read and ponder over. The Crazy Mountain Sohool has per haps the poorest schoolhouse in the United States. It is a mere shack 10 by 12 feet, abandoned by a homesteader in Park County, Montana, but It was the only building available for teach- "JfiBe Crazy MoUNTjjHooL Tjr-rV- , " 1 ' ' ' - ' " Tl 1 to be safe he climbed on the pointed Bteaders, who had not yet proven up roof through a small hole. There he on thelr Government claims and were took up his violin and played as hard unable to provide anything better. Into as he could. Every little while ha .v.- v.i .,., - .rv, niri.a An. would have to stop and then the wolves g6llne Barker as teacher, and nine pupils had no books. But they all went ed: "Of course we can!" and the race would jump and yell and almost drive pupils. to work to do the best they could. was on. Flowers were gathered from fvr 2 fright. Tn6 bunding was lighted, by three One day a premium list of the Mon- the mountains and the lowlands; were xa ujo meiiuum, ai me party every- inv windows. The StoveDloe hole In tana State Fair, which is hel at Dressed in books and maaazines: In THE ntMMI.Mi BIRD'S COAT. A long time ago there lived a little humming bird. It was not a pretty bird, for its feathers were dark brown, but it was a happy bird. It had a kind heart and was happy when It was in the garden among the flowers. Sometimes it wished it was beautiful, but it would think how happy it was and foset all about its looks. x It would fly around the garden and think how fortunate it was. It would say: "I am happy In the sunshine and among the flowers. At night the stars shine down at me, the wind talks to -me and I sleep in this beautiful gar den. The rose 'Whispers sweet dreams to me and in the morning I wake up . to a pleasant day." But soon the Winter came the flow era died, the sun shone seldom, the rain came and it was very cold. Then the little bird didn't know where to go. Now Fairyland was under that gar- , den, but this the bird didn't know. There it was always Summer and tiow ers bloomed continually. , One day a little fairy came up to see what this world la like and was walking through the grass, when he met a large black spider. Now fairies are much afraid of spiders, for fairies can resist the fairies' power. The poor little fairy could not move as the hor rible thing drew nearer and nearer and no help was at hand. Suddenly there was a whlr-r-r of brown wings and a long bill pecked the Insect until It was dead. The fairy was so grateful to the bird for saving Its life that it took the bird back to Fairyland to spend the Winter. In the Spring, when the bird went to the garden again, he wore a inrenious expedients, utilizing trunks, school. When one of the leading mer bureaus and even the leg of a bed In chants saw It, he said: "Go and tell whlph aduita vara ilMinlnz. in order the neonla of Park County that boys that the necessary amount of pressure and girls who will do work like that beautiful suit of silvery purple and and better equipment, and tell them that as soon as they get the school house they can come to my store and get anything In It without money or wihtout price; for the best business might be obtained. Finally the best specimens were se lected and the entire collection of 68 wild flowers was sent to the State De partment of Education, to be entered at the fair. When the judges gave their decision it for him. Since then all humming birds have worn this kind of a suit. on them and carried them home for pressing:. One boy placed two sacks of flour on the books, another a tool chest, while a third said the heaviest thing he could find was the large "bucket" In which his father cabled the feed to the pigs. The girls resorted to Just as prize, the blue ribbon and the $5, for the best collection of wild flowers from any school In the state. On the day of the prize award the rural inspector stood In the little booth How the Big Red Balloon April -Fooled the JPtissy Cat one was getting anxious, for they tne roof was so large that rains put Helena each year, came to this little the absence of a press the pupils sat Mountain School had won the first Anew io iiaaier coma always be de- tne fire out and the floor had cracks school. Both teacher and pupils began tended on. When some little time had baif an incn wide, the desks were pro- to read to see what, there was they passed and there was no sign of him cured from a neighboring school which could do. "Best kindergarten work"; some of the men started to look for had thrown them away as useless, the they knew they could not do that. tlm- seats were planks held up by sticks of "Best shop work"; that sounded even When they had gone a long way they wood and empty boxes. Miss Barker's more hopeless. "Best collection of wua Iheard the . sound of some music, then desk was a plank nailed to two sticks flowers, pressed and mounted with a silence, then animals howling, then and set against the wall. Most of the description of five"; everybody shout- music again. They did not know what , to think, but hurried on. Soon they got to where they could see the frightened negro, almost ex hausted, on top of the old shack, and , all around it were hungry wplves, yeldlng and jumping. The men fired their guns and killed some of the wolves and the rest ran quickly away. Then the fiddler came down to the ground and the men took hliu home, for it was so late there was no more party that night. DO YOU KNOW 1 What American ship first sailed ariund the globe? 2 Wha Americans first crossed the 1 Roky Mountains? 8 Why1 the John Day River was so I narAed? ! 'Wherl is Table Rock? 5 Who Was Jo Meek? What Was the first paper published in Cteg-on? ' "What tountries. claimed Oregon? 8 After -vihora was Baker named? 8 Where Was gold discovered in Ore-', gon? ! 10 When were the first emigrations to Oregoa? How did they come? I ' ' f 1 1 ss.ia ' HELEN'S PET, One Sunda when Helen came home from Sunday-school she found that her Maltese Cat had five little babies. She was delighted and I don't know who was prouder bf the kittens, Helen or tne car. THB SCOUT COMPUT. BY DAVID CORY. was found that the Crazy men. as well as the best school men. Qne ijttj0 Boy scout beating a tat-too A little comrade heard the call then there were two. and called the attention of the bankers clety, of Brooklyn, N. T., Is equipping and business men to the splendid ex- the little school with the Stars and hibit and to the pictures of the little Stripes and with, a real library- realize that boys and girls who do faithful work with what they have will make the men and women who will do good work when the time of Two little Boy Scouts cllmglng up a large opportunity comes to them." tree; And now the American Patriotic So- Along came another one then there were three. t Jt . Oh, what is that? I am sorry jto have to tell yotf that Said Pussy Cat.-" TV r- : r-jr IV 1-1 r-l I Three little Boy Scouts standing by the door: Running out they met a Scout then, there were four. Four little Boy Scouts In the water dive; Another one swam up to them then there were Ave. Five little Boy Scouts doing lots of tricks; Their captain called out "Shoulder arms!" then there were six. Six little Boy Scouts looking up to heaven; An airship brought another down then there were seven. Seven little Boy Scouts got to school quite late; They found a scholar In the room then there were eight. Eight little Boy Scouts dressed up very fine; They caught a little ragged one then there were nine. Nine little Boy Scouts chased a speckled hen; They bumped Into another Scout then there were ten. Ten little Boy Scouts yelling "Hip. hurrah!" This Is all there Is to tail these . a, all there are! A funny thing Tied to a string; "It wants to fly Up to thesky 7 - Well, I'll just seize The thing and squeeze. Pop! Bang! Crash! Wow! Oh, isn't that Help, help, meouwl" ..Wi.'A frightened cat? To be important is one thing; to look Important is another thing but to feel important! There you have the fellow who enjoys his own society. March Smart Set.