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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. "
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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
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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.' -
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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.
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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
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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
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'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...