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7 -rA A . . ' ' AND fN TT "TTV TT ' . ' -; "hT T mm lilJZZLE M OST boy, and Hal girls, .too. ilk tu ma halilne-. - lit tb busy I -""hour, after school starve, fiat L ' nlay la about the Only daV on can really have for th's Una outdoor port, for In the United State wa are not allowed to Hah on Sunday. However, - there are attll four Saturdaye in Septem ber when Polly vana' little nsbern.cn can t"'. ut on creek or river or bay ' on evea on the ocean, whichever la near r their homes, toJ -n what they can- catch. i . There ara soma fish, though, thai may not be caught in September. This la be oaus tbe men who make la we for ua know that though w say. "As number. hH as the nsb In the sea," when wa " want to apeak of numbers greater than wa can count, yet our nab would aoon . die out II we caught them all the year : round, especially In the spawning sea . eon; that la. whan th flab ara laying . tb-lr eggs, ..... . ".-.w - a his am, when we must not try to catch certain fish 1. called th "closed season."- It were well for each little fisher to know what flab, he la forbidden to catch In. different months, for sometimes fa tbers might have to pay much money to the Stat., even, though -boys -and .. girls did aot know they . were doing . ...wrong. ..- - - There hav been fishermen ever sine th world began. t-the" Bible, ana so fond of fish I i mous book about It. - 8e If you can I guess hia same iron, una picture. . Generally, boys and girls fish from th shore; but whan they do fish from th water they want to- be very sura their boats havo holes to leak. Girl fish ermen do not Ilk horrid wet boats,' even if hoys do not care, and If th bolea gat too big- It Is very dangerous. Here Is -what ona man did who was unlucky enough to find bola In th ride of bis boatt , Ha had nothing to mead It with but 'spleo of wood two feet six Inches square, - with bole all over tt Ilka this: - " . d o o o' o;o:o;cr ood :o Ooro'O Ha managed, however, to cut from ft A, piece of wood on foist aquare, with out any boles. With this bo mended Uis boat ' ' - What little nshermen can tell Polly Xvana tb answers to . th following 'questions? . -.. t; - 1. How did tho unlucky fisherman get the wood for his boat? Take a piece of . wood or pasteboard two feet six Inches , square, pierced Ilk th plctur. and . work It out. ' 1 What four fishermen ar mention- ; ri In the Bible? Who la tha great Kn liahmsn who wrote about fishing? and what waa tha nam of bis book? ft. What fish that la very wary or hard to catch, very dellcioua to eat and la to be found chiefly In mountain strcj cannot oa caugni in Beptemoeri : A Dancing Highlan How many of Polly Evar.s' friends know hw to make a Dancing High lander? It la very easy, yet you can have lots of fun with It. - Take an old glove and cat eff tbe flrst two fingers down to tbe seoond Joint; " iso get s pair of baby's socks, snd paint-u-ra In bright plaids. Then And a plc tur or a Scutch Highlander. Cut It out f cardboard, paint It and pest en tb 1 of th glove. . - r t ut on tha glove, en the first twe fin ' tt place the socks, padding th first " l1 u ot "igth with the ond. These mske the al- mA ,k- -re rria vi me rnriri mmm i supposed mm we read or them la.r" " v"- "vni-n - n old Knglianman was '"'?"""" " """ .. . old woman who lived In m. shoe? ' sue-. ..i ih. .-nl.h ur. ,f K an s- hot s.V. .r if s taak a aobsr gcotchmaa tit. " i- i-- v ' - '---- ""' t'-1 i i - i . ' , V PART I. EEP OUT! cents fin for troodcrtl" This was the tnhos ' pttaUa algn that hung ' all of one rainy day oa th play-room door at Greenwood, Man . "alon. . "H'rat W n d r ' whet's .. odT" e: runted Major Hobbs. who had omt Up to the ' piay-roora for a jouy romp witn tna ' ' children. - He put Ms hand Into his pock . et for a nickel. Than h changed, hla mtnd. -. , . ... - .. .It's awfully hard tat be kept out of th secret." said h to himself, "but the youngsters II not Ilk it If I peek." Bo - he sauntered down to the wide, vine covered plssxa. dropped Into a com fortabl lounging chair, and prepared to ' smoke while walUng patiently foe th .' secret to come out. - ' Greenwood Mansion was a delightful -' summer boarding house, that hau had - aa guests th same families for several . . summers' In succession. These families -. the Hobbeea, the Oeara, the McGregors ' and the Updegraffs hsd aver so many . children. The Lpdegrsffs hsd two, Percy . ' and Dorothys the McGregor had four, . Bessie, Benjy, Caaale and Tom; the . Hobbsea had three, Herbert. Cecil and. - Jack; and the Gears had most of ail- thre boys, Billy, Harry and Uavtd, and - four girls, Flossie, Grace, Beatrice and Baby Helen j Just -fancy, sixteen chll- ' dren. not ona of them over 11 years old. tnav owned th Mansion, converted the attio Into th fine, large playroom, no on was more thankful, you may be sura, than Mam, tna Gear. ,'' , -"That playroom Is a great help, I tell ' you." the Major heard her remark to th other three mammas aa they vat (com fortably talking) around -th corner of the plaua. "Lsf summer a quiet rainy day waa something I at least never - "Nor I.- chimed In Mumsejr. McOreg her "Deary me,, my four children are fidcetv enouch en sunshiny da re. but on rainy days!" and sha aighed gently at ' . ' the recollection first, Bessie, perhaps, v weeping and walling, 'Mumsey, Mumsey, , Benjy hit me I' And no sooner waa Bessie-comforted and Benjy punished than her, very likely, would com Tom and - Caaale, ' their nice, white afternoon dresses sollbd all over, making excuses In both my distracted ears -at once) -That's Just th way, things used to go - all day long." ' "But rainy days this summer,' put In' ' Mrs.- ITpdegraO, "our sixteen. ara pretty .. nearly angelic, I must say, tQanka to that playroom. 110 will read gom music fcr r urn aeir oia Mr. ijjwa. m uu in : ' rrnf .-f even tha very little, students who only know the letters on ' tho staff can try. - It represents two verses from a well-known poem that every American boy, or girl, especially if from New England, shonld have heard. ,f-- - ' ""Sy.-.. .. ; . .,.- It is not iialf so har,d as it looks. . ; . - T :- Tr? ' m 7 -J--.. 11 MV7 (f3 4 V--ia.HIM' V-SB-Z ; t . " " Square Word, ; e e x nobleman. e X plant kiktng Ske ;.: e e -A girl's nan.. . ee a Te guide. t V -Vor the Big Word User. ' . . O geel ' , -. . !-Si '-'1: '-' - V ,; to. :y;v.,'-. ;: ... ':'-7- Changed Letter, Puzcle.-i. V 1. When Mamma sent to remind th hoys of Iay, she said, "Do nut by th way, as 1 want you ta bring me a ' for my earxl party. ' t. 1 I" crlrd ., a sn-all - k whose pasa had BoushC blm a aw s. Johnny foe bu birthday ree-lved a v roan of whlMi be took good - . 4. The made, a pie lor Kitty which he to srhool In ths same bag as bar r-adlng - gbs a la the pie at rtcesa la a A Polite Puzzle. : I'ot six streisbt lines to these ciphers snd r Slid out what a v-ry pollta little h was sfrsW of doss, said W Tlae waea be Jumped up on blm. r .. . ... ' ,:-7:" -Queer Bubetractlon, H ' tske one hundred and Are ' from nln-iain hundred and ve aad leave twe tboussnd? . - -. t . J-JLa A Cnarade. My It rat ta addition Is met. ds bouasV. i - my esoonq mafiaim t un Whamonthr ""A coneonaat. , A shrub whose bud are pickled. Idle talk. . , L'npollshed. A chief salnleter f state. . '. A watered material. Aa Insect. A eon-onant. e e The" central letter from top to bottom snii a levss. ssonui uti vrwr evr w, - a, ' Enigma. . ; '- - - 1 Ml CMIIBO-M M . l My , a, u le the ees of my whole. - -.- - l lf I tVu 14 u a ship who de- ruction ehowed my whole's sr-atnws. - , t Ky ar i a t u va pi-aw was sspv jaw Tm . 1 . . .. -t iwltk aa apoatrnpho) befel the destrorers. . My is. S. , 14 is a ooll-, where ssy J"?! .' W BlfVOfTtTfPr ' ' " ' ' m w ..J is ew , mrr m,!S Mmtt kr - oi aluAvSria. ano mourne sy ' - "'. :, t " '" 7 ' 7 . ft ., . .... . ., - i 5 ' .. 777: n 7777 -777 m'-;c in- ' . - V :;: - ; , r .-A. 7:7- -" A 1 tiCwV:T.A' 77 Th Major- beard no mora of tho con- .,ctns aowll th. atUo but Beasla her- rswaisilna . 4ssei than wa Ik . k-sl wima elf. sobbing. "Mumsey, Beajy's mean to . ma." ' Then came Benjy, pouting and tearf uL waa mean to me,' he cried. And behind Benjy eama all the ' remaining fourteen all, that Is. except baby Helen, who - was sound aslsep In the Gear nursery down they eama pell mell to take etdea In the trouble be tween Bessie and Benjy. ' f Benjy started being mean to Bessie," cried several, while tha others did their beat to drown these volrea out with their counter testimony, until there was such a chorus of shouting and boo-hoo- Ing that it waa all the four mothers " ?ould do to bear their own voices, "Ha! ha!" laughed the Major, alyly. tnWJounglnghaljjl Tolly Evahsf H6ff are four tigf 'Answers to Last Week's Puzzles and Problems Answers to Oeographlcal Puzzles. -CTsp Horn. I) lack 8a, Manitoba. Answers to Transposition Puzzle. . CTPRTJ8. " Charles, Torkshlre, Plnsspple. Rbeds, Vmplrs, Simon. .. ' Answers to Address Puzzle. 1. Thomss Webb, Ksq., Msyor of Andover. M sssachuMtts. Mrs- A. t. Flags, ttSt-Cbestnat sfreet. t Philadelphia. . Muter James Scenes. 11 Wasbiagtoa , avenue, Milwaukee, wis. - Answers to Anagrams. Anagrsm." Wst-rproor. Shakespeare, v -.... yunlahmenf. gtalrcsas. . Answer. to Diamond PubzI.' - "T-8TnYt ' . HTLK ' ' v ' -7 . TON - v, . v . . ' .- .... . -- ... HERE Is a little game you might .. try. boys snd girls, when you feel Ilka being noisy. Any num- chosen, will tell each one to anaeaa, one after the other, to see who makea tha ' -" W , mm Wing . ..A- rru- kl- i-. - ' "Ju "V.i. w w V u wm.pw, words like bosh, as, hoosh, cha, chee ' choo, ona to each child or group of children If th party la large. Tell each to say bis word as loud as possible when you count four. Keep it aa a eur -prise.' that all way their worda at once, n lha raaiilr will ha ttia no.lat-.at. tfim. - 1 ..- . . 1 hi waa lusi a cissr in m cisar do. 11 a.nawara to Jumbla4 Girls' Vam -From a large square pasteboard oox. . . In church, first became a great nm were -mur. -th panrwy to Dlnan. I TTT.T mBa w,nT "-. covered with brown paper and stamped Sindif the labortn t.i " tlwtheart by her mamma. , , , "Whan I I. me hst l.nushsd ths draw . I 4i?. . ?. a.taiyjrKr!5Jpg.'" buddi, ,-boy -of tttwg-wu. , ."vu: ,2 z", zxnrT'..- rtst?iiU!UHPji-sm-j ; , .iargaisU.JWtb Tnnlr, .V'Co-kJmVOnT SZ&jTZtZi shV wVT rty.h.'ST- '. - - ,V -.. Tv "..' iTttla openings for tb ye and a small i, "6. ' f -lt l imi Ki.r? b,re"r aha would drag big bun- . "Den I heard a big ger brf-brfbriV J x . Answers, to Charades. -- nt for th mouth told that a boy waa - ftbw-: '.J!! 2 lVh dl" around all day long-bundle so big 7fot It awful funny, 'taue dere wasn't , Tbou-aaad. Season. Oala-sav " within. On the pointed top waa pasted 2XJ sTmi !a ; aha could scarcely hold them. .ya toffe der. I d round and dround. v - -Answer to Biddle-Xe-Bee. wi"? ihTi- yaiiow CMt ,nd ,ho, that in thla :--tmlSttf.tA'tl and louder. u.,- .--. , uH ' M&?Srt. D.l He eln't In Itr Sp cttL hWJlltotmJbut . t.m. id and tld, -Law. , .7. V . . Thla proposal mads so mucn excite ...- j .... sstva honev; what's dat dera nalaar . I ; ' : . a A Sh, , 'LuTai altnoit erld With disappoint- reont that tteumdg, !ms Jurms m v li" ittv' foto .' :' " 'it's d toffe mill.' I ald. -r I blest snees you ever h-r.-Th- reader "av vary tb gam by giving different moTit ,und jjh, ,nM1iDg,' .O ; 'fc.; . ;;...,- j. i . f ' a - -.-".. DOfiV THEY CAME TO TELL THEIR TROUBLES are pretty nearly angelio oa rainy days, ara theyr Then- -ha-neara hia wile s vole raised above tha hubbub of shouts . and sobs. "Shoo I shoo! Herbert, Cecil, Jack, get straight out of here; and all th rest of you except Bessie and Ban, 'Jy go at once!"' Thua reproved, the' children reluctant ly departed for the playroom, e-y ear old Cecil, who waa tha last, causing tha 1 Major to break nto a, smothered burst 'of laughter, for just as he, was about to ao he turned to Mrs. UoaeKraff. who. as the stateliest of tbe ladies, waa sup- ', posed to appreciate good manners in ( littlo boys and airls. and said. "Plei excuse me,". Just-as if ha had not been summarily ordered out Of th place onlji the moment, before. - . - How all th mothers laughed! And Joined In so heartily tJIGI waa sad at heart -What was to be . done for tb dear mother and little Beppo, Mlchele and Felice, who though " still too young to work, yet could eat., oh, so ' much? What, could a boy of -M" do -to help - , them in this - great - strange land? It waa long montha now sine Luigl Glor n a fmm wtt H hla father Oluseppe, hia mother - Leonora and th dear brothers and. be by sister to the far country across the water.. where they had heard all men wer rich Antl-.soia suonseverswnere. so. wmig nwa wora. Hwdte-wttt-irsfrtmtther hopes, Lulgl's brown eyes grew pitiful aa ha thought of "bella NapoU." True, they were sometimes hungry . there. ' But what matter when tbe bills wer i so green and tha aky ao blue? They were merry In 'bella NapoU. Tha children laughed and danced and sang from sunup to sunset. What gay tsles they heard from old Paolo, tha ; cobbler, ever mending sboea tn tha aun by hla doorway. Kven luigi's donkey that ha drove for tba aged Arlco, which waa so hung with fresh-cut grass that . only -lie head and feat could bo seen, . joy an mirth seemed to know when a boy felt lull 01 A.nd the color! Kverywhere deep reds ana yellows, purples sna ' greens. Nothing waa dull and sombre aa In this gray land, with its houses shutting out the sky. Tha "Blessed Virgin" herself wss surely nearer - at "bella NapOIL ' She did not seem to bear a boy's "aves" In America. - f 1 As I.ulgl thought of it all and of tha men who came with marvelous tales of -the land across tb seatale that were -so -mtmny fame a great wave 7 of -bomeslckneaa brolight the tear. But iAilgl wa an American now. Ha . muat b. brave -for the sake of others, . : for the good God . bad taken Father . Giuseppe not a month ago. ' For weeks be had been working, oh, . so hard, in a great, bar cigar factory , ptcklngT picking, picking tha strong smelling brown leavea hour after hour; ', But the money came slowly, and next week there would be no boma for tbem all if tha rent could not be paid, What waa to be done? Perhaps thav "Holy Mother" would show a way; and Luigl reverently drew out his beads. Hark! What waa that tha boss was saying? "You klda are to march In tha parade on Labor Day, and tha on who has th best maka-up will get a prise Of $10." - .- -v ; . Ten dollars! It mesnt a fortune to tuigi. ( " Ho did not . understand what saint's day it was, thla American Lbor Day; but -he knew well about tho fancy dress, for had there not been alwaya tha Mar- . dl Graa In the home land I Perhaps this American saint will help v him to win; and Lulgl prayed many : time to the unknown saint. La bora. No ona aaked Lulgi wbat he would . wear.- "Tba llttl dago ain't got no -chance," aald tha other boys aa they ; talked for hours of the offered prise, Hearing this, J.u!gl waa saader than "be for. " -; . ' " Th great Monday came at last. Karly were tha bqya on band, their feet beating-' time to tha muslo of tha bands. Wonderlul were th costumes., and A.U-,. lgl's heart sank for be had bad no money to put Into a gay dress. . tie was just a cigsr in m cigar oos. M.fll There was a sudden hush. Tn great man w be owned the factory was com ing. ' Blewty the visitors went down tha line. -They whispered together.' A moment' " death-Ilk etllineea.. oen ine greai man . aaia: -Tl orlgli ha orlse of $10 for th best and most original make-up la awarded to Lulgl -Giordano. He can call at the ofllae for the money after the parade." Do you think there wa a happier boy In all the world that dsy than Lulgl? Ha ' InnmmA . mora fur the festss of sunnv Jmlrr-fnrh-TrTar-rBry--nrougiit him : To-morrow snouin any such Joy a this great American hoU- is Labor Day, anyway? day-Labr Day? . little friends must tell tk .:;',.-: - r ' ; .... . ' . - I , -. . .--.:"'.'' : ". ' Italy, fnf wnrTTllBa n-y nrougni mm ; s. s .r -A m --w m 't v . ' Ail that they forgot all -about their. lttl ' xusa, ana : ran off to Join th other chil dren. . , -.-. - . Not until noonday at the dinner table did the Major learn what tha secret waa. -Then Percy- Updegraff. who was " the oldest of tho children and their, spokesman, got up and announced: - . "Ladiea and gentlemen, if th weath er clea re np, an entertainment will be given this evening on Greenwood ptaa aa by tha renowned quartette known aa th 'Four B s,' asslated by a troupe of C rat-rat performer. - If It Is still rain Ing, tbe audience will pleas adjourn to the playroom. There Will be no charge. " and you are all Invited." - ' -.' ' Fathers. Updegraff, Gear and McGreg '. or were down la the city, and would not ; be bom until o'clock, so th Major waa th -only gentleman present. With 1 - z - - - ' ' .C"2C ' - 'There ar twelve months .throughout LJ"t ear " From JanuarV ta December And tba prlmest month of all th twelv Is th merry month of Septemberl ' :'. ' Then spples so red . Hans over head. . And nuts rtpw-brown . - . .. There are flowers-enough in tbe sum mertime, 1 More flowers than I can remember; But none with th purple, gold-end red That dyea the flowers of September! Tha gorgeous flowers Of September! POLLT ETANS thinks her boys and girls should know 1 something of the writer of thla pretty poem. The autbor waa Mary Howilt, an Englishwoman, who died ln HAS when SO years old. She loved children, and ' wrote many poems and stories for them. Among other things, she was a friend of - Hana Christian - Andersen." whoa fairy stories all children love, and-was . the first person to turn them Into Eng lish from tba Danish, in which tbey were written. Mary- had a strange childhood. ' She - waa a little Quaker girl, named Both am, whose parents were very strict and . religious. They believed In little girls being quiet; and Mary and her sinter 7 ,eiopDcune.r -gg-Sag' 1 ----- - WrV were ken mn in aii tha iim. that uttivho used ta.-wander, around-1 "Anna, whan 4 yeara old, had to bo sent to school to learn to talk. Tbey would ' make up names for the most everyday ' things, - because they bad haver beard the real names. . . -. - Though Mary's parents were so Tell glous, sha had a very bad nurse, "who used to swear at her, tell her naughty stories and teach her to play cards, which tha Quaker thought very-wicked. fT O-MOftROW will be lAbor Dar. I Lota of boys and girls look for- . I '' ' ward to thla day for montha. If , AW they are. llttl workera, per ha pa 'they parade. At any rata, they love to , watch th parade, with ita floats and . sign and hundreda of bends. Or, per hsps, soma take Labor Day for a holi day, and go off for a happy, tlm at tb seaside or In the country. Yes. Labor Day Is a fine holiday,- aad wa all like It Yet bow few know when or why It was -started, Polly' Evans will try to tell you. - . There was once a poor Welsh- boy named Robert Price, who went to work In the coal mlnea In Wales, when only . came to America, where every working man haa a chance. . Over here he was a wlnatrrstnetHiaylyania and Mary- - ,IdIrJ?."tl'-iK.,.!!i h n .moimi .hnniin. im.H ' "What do you Intend to call this dayf aald Mt. Powderly, when he -eould be beard above the nolse. .. r .;, "Labor Day," exclaimed Robert Price, ' without waiting a minute. - Thua started this great day which has become a legal holiday In nearly every -American State. In ISM Congreea ap pointed the first Monday In September as Labor Day for "the District of Columbia,- thus. In a way, making It a national holiday, and soon every State changed Ita celebration to the same time. i o-morrow nnoum inj mi nnn,. tbem all about It, I Xahor VaM A just tha least little twinkle In his aya he -made a profound bow to Percy and ;o th . rest of tha alxtften, and said, 'Thank you: I am sure we shall all b -moat happy-to attend your entertain- menf -, . ... - . "Yea. Indeed, " said all th mothers. -.. And then th children trooped happily nrf to tha playroom for g rehearsal; and presently th grown fo. .fitting on th . piassa.or playing croquet on tbe lawn, .'could hear faint sounds of singing? ana reciting and other doings floating 4wn ".: -' from the playroom. . ir.imptiy at f o clock earn tne carryait -- from tn station, bringing the three ab sent fathers, each of whom, to hla mild -. astonishment, found himself beset fore: and aft by so many children that he -" could have sworn there were twlee slx - - teen of them, all of them shouting at , - once: "We're going to g r-" "You're, In " ' "give an enter "Invited!' ' talnment" Kven little Helen, wiae awake and ravishing In hsr dainty pink frock piped at tha top of her voice. OO .had not the slightest Idea what all the excitement was abour. ' , t "I, too, ehf laughed bar father, catch-. ' Ing her up for a kiss, and then giving . : her a rid on hia shoulder all th way up ' to her mother's room'. '. v. Excitement took away tha children's - appetites and It waa aH tha four mothers could do to persuade them to eat at all, . until Mrs.- Updegraff grimly auggested . that tbe . evening's entertainment . b ' called off. "Oh, no. no! walled Percy and Doro- ' hv.-v"wa!tl eat. won't we. children" and after mat tney consumea iooa m auth an alarming rat that th mothers - apeedlly relented and even excused them I . if rom tarrying Jor dessert, "You'll com right out to the plassa as soVm as you are through?" called Percy ' anxiously from tha door. "It's lovely out ; ""'Yes, we'll be onVhand." 'said hll ; father, and true to hla promise, ha soon . . led tha way from tho tea table to th - plassa, where tbe four gentlemen lighted their cigars, and tha four mothers ac- , cepted tha chairs that Percy, Benjy and . Herbert hastened to offer them.-' .. "Well, this Is really k pretty sight!" exclaimed aiotner . hodds, -.naeeu y Is!" assented tbe others, - S - There In the centr of th plassa stood a group of palma and all over th palms . . . were candleg that had been found In tha. w attic relics, no doubt; of one "of ..Mr. Lowe's Christmas trees long ago, when ' his wife waa living and hla children were littleand In a semi-circle, not very far away from the palms, wer th chairs -occupied by th audience. - - "Well, well," snid Papa McGregor, , "this speaks: well for all th children. "Hum !. srrunted Father Gear, "my three boys never labored as hard over their . lessons aa they have over .this ahow. I'll wager! Ah! bars comes Mr. Lowe; he'll enjoy this." ' . -. - Continued 'naxt-wek.)'., ; 1 . . Atid the sun looks through' a. clearer blue. Andb moon at nlgt - - Sheds a rlearer light On th beautiful flowers of Septemberl - The poor too often go scant and bars;' ' , But it glads my soul to remember -That 'tis harvest tlm throughout -th - mr- . In the bountiful month of September! Oh, tbe good kind month of Beptsmber It giveth th poor . - , The growth of th moor, . 1 f And young and old 'Mong sheavea of gold . L', Go gleamiug in rich September. . MAR 7 HO WITT. , v. Even after aba was a woman Mary Howitt remembered her first day at . school. -All tb other girls bad pretty, -bright gowns, and Mary was so ashsm- . . ed of bers tbat aha cried. Sha wore a s plain brown pinafore, hooked down the front, because her parents thought but-" ' tons a, sin, -and a drab bonnet ao ugly . that even tb Quakera made fun of it. -When only IS Mary slopped school. . But later ah studied bard, learning to paint flowers and do many other things which Quakers then thought wrong. , When still quite a little girt sha taught . poor children In a school fitted up la her father's stable. - " - Mary bad , a funny old grandfather, try hunting herba to our head achea; wane ner iuuer ana mower nrsx cams to lov on another because they were both so fond of nuts. - . After Mary married a young Quaker ' named William Howtt, who also wrote atoriea, and had HUM girls and boys of her own. ah did everything' to give them a good time, because her childhood waa so sad. . , ....-.- - .HAT la :' your . pussy's ; name, d a a rr asked Aunt Susetta of little Toto, almost crushing a tiny maltese kitten with f hugs. - - - r "Toffee Mill,' said Toto, "because It purrs ,! - Just Ilka a toffee mill." Waa not that a funny ham for a cat? Almost f Mtu ',rLi"iut tr.'DD! nVltbeVwaa a! IV.fniml ' " r'"0;t called Maria Louis by her m" who thought French sounds for and Aoon veryong sis called her tbat, too. . - . " ' As for "Toffe Mill." th pusay, her real nam wad Datntyeuch a cutejluf fy gray ball of a kitty waa aha. Who hated to be dirty. Toto only called her Coffee Mill sometimes when she want ad to surprise people. "Why, Toto, what a strange nam for your pussy. How did you happen to call her that?" said aunty. "I'll tall you, aunty; only i'se pltty tired jeet now.' Tired ara your monkaf T-Ohlf-HrUdTban to male baa atop twy ma, 3 Jump right up in my lap and - - "Wasn't -that funny thing for my tal nice talk, I fgncy. ; .pussy to d. Aunty Data why I tail ved aunty's lap.lor generaUy.. .her 'Toff Mill.' " . , . enough to have a res Tote loved '770 -7:m a -aV HERB U plctore of a droll Bttla -man who died iT7 yeara ago to dsy. Don't yon think he haa a,, ; Strang flat noes, a queer mous ' tach and odd clothes T No wonder po . via laughed when they saw him befor be even said a word, 4 . . , " . Klchasd Tarlatan, for that. waa his name, though ha was always called Diok. waa a very poor little English boy wha father kept an Inn, or country win' ln.fhda'r.-ut,, Eabth. -While still a boy, Dick used to make all ' . th guests laugh by mimicking every one he saw, and Joking. Singing, and -dancing all day long. . Byand by Dick went 'ta London to keep-n Inn htmself ; but aa people can not live on fun alone, be did not auceeed very well, ao he went out In th street r . and mad money by singing merry bal lads about funny things ha saw. . Soon Queen Elisabeth heard of Dick, -nd took blm to live with her at th -. court, that he might amuse bar as she ate her -supper.. - . Can't you just see "tha Virgin Queen," . a she waa called, shaking with laughter aa Dlckdreaaed -In fantastio clotbss, -playing a little tabor, or drum, in on - . hand and with a nip In his mouth, danced and shuffled and aklpped around ' In a Jig, all tha time singing funny. - songs? We are told that Dick cured fee .. Queen's sadness better than all the doo- " tore. . . . - -..... . Sometimes Dick would fene for the - Queen,-and then, while h was playing hla aword hla queer look mad people laugh more than rr. -:v When Dick grew still older h want on in stage in tna v;urtana xneatra, - . " Shoredltcb, and becam a famous comio- - actor that all tha people loved. Some times tha audience would laugh tor a whole hour at bis looks before ae could begin hia part. 'r Poor, merry Dick did not live to be very old. H Is supposed to have died ' of a dreadful disease eailed-he plague, - J b made hta wlH, died and waa burled all In the same day. Dick made so many people laugb that they did not forget him In London for ver a. hundred yeara. The old men . and women. used to talk about blm to their great-grandchildea, and many . things were named after him, and bis -okee wer printed In a book. Bom of these Jokes the people of to-day do not , think very funny, so Pick's queer looks ' must have done most - to amuse bis -friends. , ,. '-- ,. - In this picture, which wss drawg while Dick was alive, we see blm daae tng one of hla Jigs. ; ' 1 - ;. . ys - ,r " " ' " ! -T " -' , . EomeJtade Tops. . tfr- OTS of boys and girls would rather play with soma toy tbey have. ' - made tbemselvea than with th ' handsomest games that can be bought. . Kver so many articles for play can be ' constructed by children who take a lit tle time and trouble. - Polly Evans will to-day tell yon of a toy that even her vary small sst friends - ' can make. " t. ik big. empty eononsoooxrand paint them In bright eolora. Than . pound into them atumpa of lead pen clla or round etlcks, leaving about half . an Inch at the bottom. Sharpen thla into a point, and you have a One ton. If yu wish, you can put short, fluffy " aktrta on tba spool and make a tiny bat ; or bonnet : for th part of tbe pencil . tbat sticks out above, and you will have . a ballet-dancing top. . ... . ,MW i w il JW, ' she eould find some candy tn her pock- . , at. or else some lovely charms en her - ""chair. .-. . .' -' - - '-fr- Soon She" was nestled all - "comfy,' ; telling how pussy got her name. -J'Dinah,-our-took, only likes little dirts," began Toto. , "Sha don't like pus sies at all, and when 'Dainty runs Into ," tha tltchen wit m ah always shoos , her wlf a - broom and mat my pussy twy. - - -" , 1 . '" , 'T don't like my pussy to twy, and so vrhan I want to mate, pies and tatea wlf . Dinah 1 Jest - runs ' sway v from my ' puaay "n Dlnh- rlnA th toffee mill for her. It waa awful hard. ad a big nolee-'Br-br-br,' -Just dat De drawer was an fulled wlf toffee, so I toot at out and toot It Into "Den Dinah aha Jest tame and pulled, . dat drawer out. And what da you fink? "Dere, Inside; Waa my clean pussy, all ' tovered wlf dirty, brown toffee) . "Bit didn't mind It at all, utwe purring aver so loud. " . "But Dinah-was so mad and stared she Jest yelled and yelled, till mamma -and papa and drandma and John, th toachman, and Norah and Sally all tama runnln' In to eee what wa se mat ter, and Jonn nad to put water...