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IX the churches the first day of No
vember is called "All-Saints' Day,"
and from this the day before, which is
the 31st day of October, gets the name
Of "Holy Even," or, as we call it, "Hal
low E'en." . .
Long ago this night was kept as an
Important religious festival by the
Druids, queer heathen priests, who
taught the Cefts, people who lived in
certain parts of England. Germany and
France.
The Druids and their followers wor
shiped the Bun and three times each
year they built large bonfires in its
honor. On the first of May they lighted
one so the sun would protect the plani
ine of seeds: on June 21 the second
fire was made to insure everything
ripening well, and on the 31st of Octo
ber the final one was made, so that
the harvest might be successful.
In different parts of the country
were large mounds of stones and on
top of each of them the Baered fires
were lighted and kept going steadily
until the night of October 31.
On that night, around each sacred
mound, the white-robed priests and the
client people gathered. The priests
prayed for a good harvest and then
iput out the sacred fire; As soon as
they could make it, another fire was
started and the wanting people would
then give shouts of Joy, for they be
lieved that this made everything lucky
for another year.
As each family left this celebration,
the father, or head of the family, would
take a little of the holy fire to start
a new fire in his own house, for be
fore he went to the ceremony all fires
In his own home were put out. This
new fire was supposed to bring for
tune and good luck to all the r.'amily.
It was not until the Celts were con
certed to Christianity that November 1
was made into "All-Saints" day," and
this was done to drive the thoughts
of the Celts away from such heathen
customs as sun worship.
No one seems to know just where
the habit of playing foolish tricks on
this night came from, but it is known
that long ago this was thought W be
the night that witches and evil spirits
were abroad, and some thought that
people were influenced by them to do
mischief, while other people thought
things that w oerlook because you
are always looking about. Will you
come home and live with us, and for
give us for aalling you Longnose?"
"Yes," said Longnose, "I will come
home, but I shall not mind the name
of Longnose any more; you can call me
that If you will promise to help me
with the garden I found, next year."
All the goblins said they would be
glad to help, and so Longnose went
bad to live with them, and the next
year, early in the Spring, they went to
work on the sisters' garden, and when
they went to plant it they found the
goblins had done all the work.
"It is the goblins who are helping
us," said the sisters; "we will never
want again."
(Copyright, 1914, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate, New York City.)
PUZZLE PICTURE FIND THREE HUNTERS
LittleFlying Squirrels
H1PPITY. HOP.
HIPPITT, HOP.
Hippity hop to the barber shop,
To bay a stick of candy;
If I'm a judge,
Their maple fudge
Is simply fine and dandy. '
I OVINCr by airships would be no
more dangerous for a boy than is
the plight of the young flying squirrel
when its' parents decide to plane down
to a lower tree.
First there is a spring from the tree;
then there is a stretching of the paws,
so that the projecting skin forms a kite.
No wonder the little baby squirrel is
" 'most too scared" to try the jump
alone!
It's all very well to be a flying squir
rel when mother does the flying, but
there are so many things that are liable
to happen to a little wee kite when he
tries to plane "all by his lonesome" for
the very first time.
So the baby puts off the trial trip
until mother comes to the conclusion
that it Is high time the baby should
learn to travel alone.
And so, one day, when Chappy thinks
he's all safe and snug on mother's back
for a trip "down town," mother will
suddenly dip, and wee Chappy finds
himself floating free. It's a case of
sink or swim, and the baby generally
decides to swim, and after that no
more "plggie-back-rides" for baby boy,
as he Is considered quite too grown up
to be carried about.
Just at first he sadly misses his "per
ambulator," but by and by he is skip-
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With the Romans the first of No
vember was a first day to Pomona, the
goddess of fruit and nuts. People
thought that she kept all the orchards
locked, and to please her so that she
The Good Goblin.
LONGNOSE was a goblin who lived
all alone in a rock. Goblins usu
ally live in companies, but Long
nose had quarreled with his brothers
and sisters one day because they told
him he always wanted to see every
thing first and was so inquisitive.
Then they named him Longnose, and
that was too much, so Longnose (the
name still clung to him) took to' his
heels and ran away from his home
rock.
He often saw his brothers running
about, but Longnose always took good
care to hide himself under a leaf or a
piece of moss, and they never even
caught sight of him again.
One night he was running over the
roof of a libuse when he .thought he
heard a sound of weeping, so he hopped
on the sill of the window from which
the sound seemed to come and looked
in.
The moonlight was streaming In
through the window, and Longnose saw
in the bed two little girls. Then he
listened, for you remember he was an
inquisitive fellow, and this Is what he
heard:
"Oh, what shall we do, sister; we
have no food and it is almost Winter,
and there is no wood to be had without
paying for it, and we have no money.
What shall we do? What shall we do 7"
"Perhaps the fairies will help us, sis
ter," said another voice. "You know
they do help poor children sometimes."
"I am afraid they will never find us
would open her orchards a grand feast
"was made to her on this day. The here."
feasts of nuts and fruits on Hallowe'en "I guess they never heard of gob-
and also the games with' these foods lins," said Longnose to himself. 'The
have come from the Roman celebration fairies will not help them, because I
of November 1. found them first. I will help them, and
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Darling dimpled Betty-kins
And youthful Aunty May
Went one happy Saturday
To the matinee.
Betty sat up very straight
And watched with shinning eyes
As the pretty play revealed
Many a surprise
But a mimic thunderstorm
Rolled down upon the stag-e.
Blotting out the painted scene
With its gloomy rage.
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When she heard the thunder rear
And saw the lightning play
Betty turned a worried face
Up to Aunty May.
'Dear, it's only make-believe,"
Said Aunty, with a smile,
"It will all be gone away
In a little while."
Betty smoothed her frilly frock.
Her manner anxious yet;
"Will a make - b'lleve rain," she
asked,
"Get you very wetT
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this time it proved a good thing that I
was inquisitive."
Longnose crept into a shadow and
pointed his long fingers toward, the
bed, saying in a voice so low that it
sounded like the sighing of the wind:
"Little sisters, go to sleep.
Close your eyes and do not weep;
When you see the morning light.
Trouble will hav taken flight."
When Longnose crept out of the win
dow the sisters were deeping soundly
in each other's arms, and Longnose
ran down the side of the house and
went into the kitchen.
He looked into the pantry and into
the wood box, and then he shook his
head. "Not a bite to eat or a bit of
wood to burn," he said, and then he
took off his little jacket and went to
work.
First he went Into the pantry and,
beginning at the top shelf, he filled
them with all sorts of goodies. There
were cakes of all kinds, cookies and
jellies, and he did not forget to leave
meat and flour, as well as sugar and
eggs.
Then Longnose went to the wood
shed, and when he left it was filled
to overflowing with wood all cut and
ready for the fireplace. Out he flew
into the garden, and when he came
back he said. "That is the cause of all
their trouble the garden did not
grow the vegetables for the next year.
I will look out for this, and for the
Winter they are well supplied. I won
der if they have nice, warm Bhoes and
dresses for the Winter Just to make
sure, I better leave two dresses and
some shoes." '
The moon went into a cloud just
then, and when It again shone in
through the window two warm dresses
hung over a chair and two pairs of
shoes were on the floor beside them.
"I will light the fire," said Long
nose. "It will Lon be time for the
sisters to come downstairs."
The fire was burning brightly and
the room was warm when the sisters
came into the kitchen, then stopped
and looked about them and then ran
to the chair where the dresses were,
laughing for joy.
"Who could have left them?" they
asked, as they put them on; "and tha
shoes, too; they Just fit."
"I think the fairies did it," said the
sister who had trusted the fairies the
night before.
"Perhaps It was a goblin," said the
other sister. "I have heard that they
are kind sometimes to poor people."
"Well, If it was a goblin who did all
this, then next year our garden will
grow, for they can make things grow
wherever they like," said the other.
When they saw the closet they
danced for joy, and the shed full of
wood brought more smiles.
' "Whether it was the fairies or the
goblins, we wll thank them both, and
if they are hiding anywhere they will
know we are grateful," said one sis
ter. Longnose was hiding behind a blind
on the outside, and he beard all they
said, and while he wished he could tell
the sisters he did it all alone, he felt
repaid for all his work.
He was late getting home, and just
as he was entering his room someone
called:
"Oh, Longnose, Longnose; wait; we
want to speak' to you."
Longnose turned, and there were his
brother goblins running toward him.
"We are sorry we called you names
and said you were inquisitive," said
one. "We know now that you find out
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WHAT is good;
"What is the real good'
I asked in musing mood.
Order, said the law court;
Knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
Freedom, said the, dreamer;
Home, said the sage:
Fame, said the soldier;
Equity, the seer
Spoke my heart full sadly,
"The answer is not here."
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
"Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness la the word."
John Boyle O'Reilly.
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The Sleeping Apple
A LITTLE red apple hung fast asleep
high up in a tree in the orchard.
A little girl was playing under the
tree and. seeing the pretty apple,
wanted It; so she called to it to wake
up and come down to her.
Although she begged for a long time,
it did not stir, so the little girl asked
the sun to waken tha apple. He said
he would be glad to. but, although he
shona brighUy on it and kissed it. It
did not move.
Then a little bird perched on the
branch and sang sweetly, but still the
apple slept.
After all these had failed, along came
tha wind, which shook the tree hard
and frightened the little apple so that
it woke up and fell right down at the
little girl's feet.
THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN.
There was a little man,
And he had a little gun,
And loud he cried, "All birds
and beasts BEWARE !"
The birds all flew away,
The rabbits left, they say,
And all he got was just one Teddy bear.
About Successful
People
JONAS CHICKERING, the piano mak
er, was the son of a blacksmith.
Andrew Carnegie began as a bobbin
boy at $1.20 a week.
Ellas Howe, inventor of the sewing
machine, was the son of a farmer and
was a mechanic.
John Ericson, of Monitor fame, was
a poor boy "and in early life worked
in the iron mines in Sweden.
John Jacob Astor was the son of a
butcher and worked for his father un
til he was 16. When he had worked
for himself for three years he had
saved only 1 7 5.
Henry Wilson, tha statesman, was
the bod of a laborer. He started at 10
to work on a farm. At 21 he was a
shoemaker.
Collls P. Huntington, the railway
magnate, started to support himself
when he was 14.
John Roach, the famous shipbuilder,
arrived In this country penniless, at 14.
Samuel Colt, the firearm manufac
turer, went to sea as a boy, and after
wards worked as a dyer and bleacher
in his father's factory.
James Harper, who founded tha
great publishing house, was tha son
of a farmer and was apprenticed to
a printer.
"explained himself" by such a woeful
wail.
"Oh," said tha Boy-Upon-the-Garden-Wall,
and "Oh!" said Peggy.
A disappointed little boy walked
down the steps and up the path, eyes
to the front, but blinkin" fast.
And a disappointed little girl went
taggln' on behind, and. though she
blinked, she "couldn't keep 'em back,"
and then the kindly currant bushes
hid them both from sight.
The cricket hiding in the grass
would never tell just how It came
about, but long before the sun went
down, two little children played at
ball, and when the tea time came at
last dear, faithful Bridget baked two
tarts, and set them side by side to cool
upon the pantry shelf.
LEGEXD OF IfARCISSTJS.
Narcissus and his sister were two
beautiful beings who were so much
alike that people could scarcely tell
them apart. They both had blue eyes
and wore long yellow curls and dressed
just alike.
They were together most of the time
and were happy only when they were
in each other's company. They played
all day in tha woods and were espe
cially fond of hunting. Narcissus had
taught his sister how to shoot with the
bow and arrow and she used them
nearly as well as he did.
But the sister died and poor Narcis
sus would not be consoled. He would
not play or hunt, but wandered sadly
around mourning his lovely companton.
One morning he bent over a spring
of water to get a drink and there ha
saw what he thought was his sister's
face. He had never seen his own face,
so he did not know that this was only
his own shadow.
He called to her and. putting out his
Arms to her, reached down to the water,
but. to his dismay, tha face disappeared.
He drew away from U water alto
gether and then, leanlngoftly forward
he looked again and saw the sweet
face looking at him once mora
Ha begged her to come and be his
companion again, but he received no
my little mother.
I'm glad my mother's little,
'Cause I'm' so little, too.
And if she were so awful tall.
Whatever would I doT
My arms and legs are all so short.
That when I take a nap
I'd fall asleep before I climbed
Away up to her ,lap.
Her face would be so far away.
If she was very tall;
I love to have her seem so near,
'Cause I'm so very small.
VI yn Johnson.
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OVER THE GARDEN WALL.
Speaking Literally.
(Judge.)
A famous sculptor was seated at a
It was such a big garden for a little dinner next, to a fair but frivolous
boy to play in all alone, and everything young lady, and it was soon evident
seemed new and strange. No one made
a. noise, and when you laughed and
ran about, it somehow sounded very
queer. .
In fact, there were a great many
queer things that puzzled little Jim.
He wondered why it was when yards
were big no little children came to
play; yet when the garden patch was
small children grew Just everywhere.
Now, if the little girl next door had Ductal With tke Leaves,
only been a boy. but she would never The leaves are falling all around,
want to play with balls and tops and Bright spots of color on the ground,
things like that. And so wee Jimmy They make a rug of gorgeous hue
never smiled at Peggy living Just next Underneath the sky so blue.
dor- . , I'll dance upon this rug so gay
Somehow Peggy a nose was out of And ,hout with Joy j. Autumn day.
joint, on, yes, it was. ji course, All nations clothed in bright array
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that he was not very favorably im
pressed by her Idle chatter.
"What kind of a figure do you most
admire in a woman," she inquired, with
the air of one angling for a compli
ment. "Almost any kind, as long as she is
not a figure of speech," ha replied
briefly.
answer. After this he would sit many
times and watch and coax the beautiful
girl to coma and play.
He watched a long time without food
or water and became very weak. His
face got white and his cheeks sank in.
Soon he had not strength to sit up, but
lay by the side of the water and then
there was no face in the spring.
The gods were so sorry for him that
they changed him into a beautiful
white flower which grows besides
streams of water and which Is called
Narcissus.
you
new
didn't show, but Just tha same
dis-lo-cated.
"If you'll not laugh, I'll tell
why," said Peggy. "There's a.
baby at our house, and It's a boy."
Just why Peggy objected to boysSsbe
couldn't say, but. anyway, they jvera
not very sociable; at leaet. boy
on the garden wall" neVer miled, and
he did so want him to come and play.
But she didn't know his name, and,
anyway, .p'raps he wouldn't want to
play with" girls and dolls, and, some
how, every time she walked that way
she couldn't think of a thing to talk
about. But now come to think about
it tha baby might be used toy some
purpose.
Down the garden patch flew Peggy,
and, after much mental agony and
physical wriggling, tnformed the boy
that "there's a boy at our house.""
Fearful of the consequences of her
rash act Peggy sped away with never
a backward glance to see how he took
the news.
"A boy in the next house," thought
Jimmy; now the garden would not be
too big. for what garden was ever
large enough for two boys?-
Almost before Peggy had reached
the house the boy had followed her up
the path- with his ball clasped tightly
in his handa
"Can your brother come over to my
house and play catch V said he.
Poor Peggy's previous shyness was
nothing compared to the panic which
seized her now.
The boy would laugh, and, oh, how
could she explain!
But just at that moment when every
thing seemed lost, baby brother took
the matter into his own hands and
twas Come,
little leaves, and with me playl
-William A. Roberts.
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When the kitten is meowing because
her tail is pulled.
And our dog is yelping loud as
loud can be;
Then mother goes a-hunting, with a
rattan in her hand.
Not the kitten nor the doggie, no,
just me.
When the pantry door's left swing
ing, and jam is smeared about.
They never think of blaming mice,
you see.
and
But someone sets a wily trap.
catches in the act,
A sticky little urchin, that's just
me.
At night with curly head ensconced
all safe on pillow hill,
A dreaming little darling fair to
see.
With mother's kisses, daddy's, too,
still warm upon my lips.
That laddie, would you believe it?
is Just ma
A. E. Hughes.
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