THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL : PORTLAND, SUT03AY 7-IORNINC. 1 OCTOCZR 27, 1903; '
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Oil TO ROYS ARID fSI CiKsttocl W F
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EAR BOYS AND GIRLS:
If you 'will look up John
' O. Wblttler'e poems snd read
. that verse of hia beginning:
"I know not wlwrt liia
Islands lift
Their fronded palms In air.
you will read what Polly
Evans had In her mind as
our steamer sighted Koko
Point, sailed along the 'south;
em coast of ths Island of
Oahu, slowly rounded Dia
mond Head and then came
suddenly Into run .view
Honolulu and lis "fronded
BeauUful
it is only about i Vise, and Jacky
Is jrtlU sleeping, but Polly b-vans has
risen to get this letter off to her boy
- and girl friends in "the States.
, This is tho "Territory of Hawaii as
you know a fact very honl t -remise
when one has come through M miles i of
ths Pacific Ocean to see It. But by t:vj
tim Jacky and hla auntie had visited
the post office and posted all their
steamer letters with Uncle Ham s own
familiar two-cent .stamps, and had csriv
n along ths street of the city and view
ed th many, many United States Hags
flown from -ths -residences of cltlsens,
and finally seen the electric street cars
ss Ilk Philadelphia street cars as two
, peas they needed no more evidence thst
Hawaii Is Indeed tho' far away from
Jier sisters. Artsnn. New M-xIco and
Oklahoma a, very American Territory I
Tha landing from the atenmer was
very Interesting, tf Polly Evans and
Jack had only tarried long enough to
watch It from beginning to end. But
they were In haste to loin their friend,
so they stopped only to watch tha meet
ing between a swarthy-faced, beautiful
voiced Hawallaa-Chlnese girl and her
parents. There on the dock waa her
mother a full-blooded Hawaiian
dressed In a flowing "Mother Hubbard."
s ws would call U tbut hers they
apeak of It as a ttoloku), and there was
her father part Hawaiian and part
Chinese dressed all in whits duck,
quite a handsome gentleman, with hla
lung grayish moustache; there they
were, smiling up toward our lofty deck,
while ths gangplank was being put In
place. - Then whii the daughter finally
went down the . gangplank, oh! how
happy they- were to .see her. Father
and' mother, in turn, kissed her, and.
then mother placed a great wreath of
beautiful flowers around daughter's
neck. And off they went for home!
Oh. see. Auntie!" cried Jacky. "a lot ,
f tha men have wreaths on their hats."
"Yes." explained a Honolulu gentle- "
man. who was standing at our side.
"That is one way for you to know a
Hawaiian when you see htm. Almost
very Hawaiian wears flower wreaths
In some shape or form." '.
By this time Jacky and his Auntie
bad spied their frtenda on the dock, and
it waa only a few momenta to deacend
-the - gangplank themselves and join
them. Oft then on the electric cara for
thetr frtenda' home. What at revelation
It waa! A beautiful hyblscus hedge
fronting the street, full of purple blos
soms; lofty cocoanut -palms towering on
either aids of the approach to the bouse.
OTHER, MOTHER.;
won t you please hurry.
, We'll miss the train If
we don't soon start."
shouted Charles Car
roll, aa he pranced Im
patiently up and down
the front porch one
, clear, frosty October
morning.
"My dear boy,
thst train does not
start for a full hour. You surely would
not have your poor, old mother go
breakfastless. and be t headachey all
day. would you?" laughed Mrs. Carroll.
''But, mother dear," said Lucy,
"couldn't you eat Just a little bit less?
. If we should miss that train, and not
gret to the fair at all, Charles and I
would Just die."- t
Whey Had Their Fortunes .Told
- "My, my, chicks, that would be a ter
rible fate," exclaimed father. "How,
sad It would be to read on your tomb-
stones: . . , ..:.'.,..
'"Here lie Chertee and Lucy,
KJII4 by a drMdrul blow, -,
Their crutL cruel mother .
. W ltkoil bnmUut wauld f Sbt J.
"Oh. father," jtlggled
Lucy, "you're
always making fun; but I don't care,
H would be perfectly awful to-, miss the
talr, where, maybe, we might get a
prise." .
"My dear children. I hope you are not
counting on a prise." said mother.
Just try to" remember how many
'rained gardeners are entered against '
u, I should so bats you to be disap
.nted."
iMwnite the children'! fears, ths Osr- .
roll lamily were at the station In plen
t of time to start Ut Uic irtAt llrt
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with bunches of . ripening cocoanuta
Deeping out from tha bases) of the
leaves; huge palms of the same va
riety as tnose you sew in imurauw.,
only ever so much larger; banana, treea
with real bunrhea of luscious fruit
hanging from them; orange treea full of
fruit; breadfruit treea groaning under
their load of fruit; alligator pear trees
(alligator peara are so expensive In the
"States" that even aa nearby as San
Francisco they are "three for a. dol
lar' Jacky knows, because he priced
them): even the grass is different from
the grass at home! . .
But wo had no time to exclaim over
the wonderful foliage, for there waa
something to do that morning! Guess
what It was? Oh, but you can't guess.
Yes. you might guess what It waa too.
but you could never, never guess what
it waa like! No more than Jacky and
his Auntie could! ' -
A short csr rtde-krWn to the Moans.
Hotel (which means Ocean Hotel), and
a little time spent getting into bathing
suits, and then came for Polly Eyana
and Jacky' the time of their lives! If
you. too. could only have been "there!
A couple of full-blooded Hawaiian
'young meOiTTStrong of muscle, keen of
'eye-brougrft a curious-looking canoe,
long and deep, up to the beach. Polly
Evana was Invited to. take the feat of
honor (!. In front ;.Jckywaa bidden to
atand on the seat behind her'and hold
hla arms tight around her neck: a cou
: pie of gentlemen took the two seats
behind- Jacky.- And back of them. In
. the atern on tha canoe, sat the native
' Hawallans. ,
!. A NEW KIND OP BATH ;
What a queer boat!" exclaimed ...
Jacky, And so it waa, Only the Ha
waiian people know how to make It a
' long, deep, strongly constructed canoe.
. with a strange sort of outrigger on one
side to keep It steady.
All our men had paddles, and soon we
. were msklng straight out for the surf..
At flrst there were only slowly rolling
waves, but gradually the wavea came .
t In- higher and stronger; and every time
our boat rose to meet one down went
Polly Kvans' end of 1t, kerplunk! on the
other Side in a way to take her breath
away almost. And ahe and Jacky got .
quite excited over It. thinking they were
now eniovina the experiment. .
But they soon learned differently. The
boat waa by now far out from shore.and
off In the seaward distance they could
see a great on-coming wave.
"Hooka! Hooka!" (pulU pull!) shouted
the native Hawaiian. Instantly - the- .
'boat was turned -with hernose pointed '
shoreward. The four paddlea were piled
"like mad." The boat shot forward
like an arrow: we felt a powerful lift
upward from behind and then! then!
Well. Polly Evana and Jacky might
aa well have been picked up by a '-,
marie hand and plunged Into the
whirlpool of Niagara. That could not '
have surprised them more than this.
A terrific volume of surf foam struck
' them, seethed snd churned, and slopped
them from head to toe such a volume
of it that to take the merest breath .
meant a dose of salt water.
.Each year Charles and Lucy looked
forward to the fair as the great event
-of the autumn; but this season It was
particularly exciting. Last spring they
hsd started a garden of their very own,
and their father had allowed them to '
enter a pumpkin of their own raising
In the prise contest.
Lucy, who was learning to be a fine
little cook, had also entered - a pie, .
which ahe bad made all herself out of
- one of their own pumpkins.
Bo many of their young friends were .
on the train that the two hours' Jour
ney to the fslr grounds passed quickly.
"Oh, Charles, isn't this greatt I can
scarcely wait to get through the gates."
cried Lucy, standing on tip-toe to see
over the beada of the crowd. "Let's go
right off to look at our own pumpkins;
don't let us even stop to got our pop
corn." .,
The big building devoted to farm
produce woe a wonderful sight. There
were polished red and yellow apples aa
big as your head; giant scarlet radishes
and deep red beets; great white onions;
beautiful green quinces and hard wln-,
ter apples, and potatoes, some with
thin, pinkish skin, others dark brown,
so big they might almost be taken for
young rocks.
Aa for the pumpkins! When the chil
dren saw that great mass of all sixes
and every shade, from delicate straw
color to deep orange, their hearts sank.
"We'll Just never find our pumpkin '
In such a lot," said Lucy.
But. there it was, marked clearly.
"Exhlbit A; raised by Charles snd
Lucy Carroll, aged 14 and 12 years."
Even among all those other pumpkins
It appeared very well: so big and solid
end such a tich, beautiful yellow.
TO HELP THE BLIND
"Lucy, doesn't it look splendid?"
whispered Charles. "Do you think
any -of the others are much better,,
even If they were raised by grown peo-'
pleT"
"No, -I don't."' replied Lucy; "but I
Just can hardly wait till 11 o'clock to
see what the Judges aay. I'm afraid,
Charles, even If mother, said not to be,
I will be a little mtlradisappolntnd If
thosy men don't think our pumpkin the
best.
. "I'm sure. If they knew how hard we
worked, and that we wanted to give,
the money to poor, blind Nat, so that
he can have his eyes fixed, they would
'Klvo the prlte to us. Now, let's go see
my pie." '---' a
A gentleman, who had been listening,
looked earnestly lafter the eager chil
dren; then he went over and spoke to
' several other men, who were carefully
, examining the fruit and vegetables.
At 11 o'clock a great crowd gathered
. to hear the awards announced. By
. the time the pumpkins, which were far
down on the list, were reached, Charles
and Lucy were wildly excited, though
mother kept aaylng: "Romember.
oeara, there Is ri-ally no chance for "
you.'
The children could scarcely believe
they heard aright, as tho chairman an
nounced: "The first prise for pumpkins has
been given to Charles and Lucy Car
roll. While their exhibit Is not the
largest here. It is such a fine specimen,
and wss raised by such careful gsrden-
Ing and by such young gardeners, that '
the committee hss derided that It has
fairly won the 125 offered."
Almost crsty with delight were the
children. Charles Jumped up and down
and shouted; but Lucy, with a beaming
face, said. "Oh, mother, perhaps nor
St09K Hit will soon
a sasr
p;
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Oh. how . tight Jacky clunr to hla
Auntie! How tight ahe clunr to the sides
of the canoe! How low both Jacky and
his Auntie held their facea In the ef- .
fort to escape some of. the surf! -'And '
at what racehorse speed, meanwhile, .
was the canoe being carried shoreward -by
the surf!
' It waa all. over In minute. But It
seemed many minutes. Then you should .
have beheld Jacky and hla Auntie
soaked Is no word for it. They were
simply dripping salt water from nose,
eyes, ears and mouth. But fun! What
fun It had been! '
So they had to have It all over again,
and the second time waa greater than
the first. Then a third time, and that
was better than the second. And so on
until they had repeated the experience
five times. By that time, Jacky, being
a amall boy, waa rather exhausted, so .
they decided the fun must cease. And
perhaps it waa just aa well.i for they
were not accustomed to the tropical
climate of Honolulu, and were In some
danger of over-exerting themselves.
The moment they reached their
friends' house, maybe they were not
ready to fail to and devour the good
dinner that waa awaiting them, and
then after that how aweet It waa to
drop down and enjoy a siesta. ".
Next you will have a letter or two
written from the Island of Marie, In
.As for Mr. and Mrs. Carroll, they
were almost as glad as Charles and
Lucy.
Just then Florence Tilton ran up.
"Oh, Lucy, It's too nice for anything
you won; but come over here quick.
I've something fins to show you."
. Fine it was!
There on top of Lucy's pie plate waa
a blue honor badge. The Utile girl's
pie had not won first place, .but tha
crust was so light and flaky and the
custard -such a delicate golden brown
and ao dellclonsly seasoned, the Judges
gse It honorable mention. .
"Oh! I didn't think I could be any
gladder, but I am. Father, I'll feed you
on pumpkin pie all winter, so next year
I can win the flrst prise."
"I see." said father; "I'll have to
make another epitaph:
"Here lies Mr. Carroll. , ' .
Who had a little daughter,
So greedy to win prises
That'wlth pie she did him slaughter." '
The rest cf the day passed gloriously.
d, Centlematk Looked
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Charles and Lucy saw the races, rods
alx limes on the flying horses, scream
ed over the scenic railway, laughed
merrily at one another in the mystlo
maze, and had as - much popcorn and
candy and lemonade as they could
stow sway more thsn was good for
them, according to mother.
They also had their fortunes told
three times; but. as each 'fortune was
different, it was somewhat bewilder-,
Ing.
"We'll Just believe the nicest." said
Lucy; "the one that said we'd both win
prises next year."
Ons Thins; Wanting.
ONE day little Barry was gaxlng
Intently into a drug store win
dow, wrapped In admiration of
a mechanical device to advertise a
tooth . wash a woman brushing her
teeth. The child could not be coaxed
away, but kept looking and looking at
the figure. At last he turned and said
eagerly: , "Mamma, when does she
spur' .
Not Afraid.
LITTLE 1-year-old Marlon was the
most daring child Imaginable. He
waa afraid of nothing, and kept
hla parents in constant dread by his
rash exploits. - One. day, after he had
run up and put hla baby arms around
a very cross dog. his frightened mother
remarked in low tones to his father:
"I don't believe that child would be
afraid of the very Old Nick."
Marion, who heard, rammed hla little
hands in his pockets, threw back bis
head, and aald defiantly:
"I'd shoot de delibtl!"
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'Earnestly at ' XJuni
the Hawaiian group.
jour geogrspnies.
FOLLY EVANS.
Jf 2o's &oa
GIRLS, don't you think It Is about
time to consider your doll daugh
ter's winter wardrobe? If you
do not look out. frost will get them
to shivering In their thin summer
gowns. . . -j. ,
A good thing to have ready for ths
first cold daya Is a boa. They are to
be all the rage thla year, and dolly will
be quite unfaahionable without one.
Polly Evana will tell you how to make
a lovely boa'.- it is so simple that even
the very little doll mothers can do It.
Take a flat piece of wood, about ten
inches long.... three wide and two or
three thick. Two Inches from each end
put In two long nails, the longest you
can buy,- with tha points up. This frame,
when it Is to be used, can be fastened
on a table by clamps.' such aa are used
for meat choppers, or you can have
your father make you a little hook out
of stout wire, as In the picture. The
former will be more simple.
Now take two yards of white baby
ribbon and an ounce of soft white wool
floss. Wind the yarn la a ball. . Place
the frame on the table. Exactly be
tween the nails lay the ribbon across
the wooden strip so that the ends of
the ribbon on each side are of exactly '.
equal length. Fasten the end of the
yarn loosely to one of the nails. Turn j
wrap It around the nails eight tlmea in
the shape of the flgu-e S. Cross the
ends of the ribbon over the top of the
yarn and tie single tight knots. Wrap .
the yarn eight times as before, tie stub,
ribbon, and continue till ths nails are '
full.' - -' ,' , . ..
Remove the work from the nails and
put last loops over pins for a nsw start, :
continuing -.until boa Is th.e desired
length. . . ...
Shskf thoroughly, trim off tho ends of
ribbon and you nave a very cunning
ioe for your doll.
These can be made In any color, the
light blues and! pinks being especially
pretty. - . ' .
Earliest Mention of Bella.
Ths earliest mention of bdlls, as ap-
filled for purposes of Christian worship,
s by Polydore Vergil, who states that
Paulinos. Bishop of Nola, a city of Cam
pania, in Italy, first adapted them to his
eiiarcb Ja the rear sVO y
OT AND DOT were tha
best of friends.
Now, you would not
Jinuiit tney wouia oe.
friends.- they were so '
very unlike; In fact, the -difference
between them
was so great that their
mothers, wno were next
V - great friends also, were
once much alarmed for fear they never
would agree. Indeed, fr a long time
Tot's mother did not allow her child to
meet Dot at all.
'At last Dote mother said: To-morrow
I shall bring Dot over to meet Tot. '
Our children really must become ac'
dualnted. It's a risk, but since we love .
one another so much,' thry must, too, '
Whither they wsnt to or not."
"But. suppose they fight." said .Tot's
mother. "What shall 'we doT"
"Well, they must be taught' better
manners," replied Dot's mother. "Real
ly polite children never quarrel, aa we
must tell them both. If our children are
ever to be friends, they must meet while
they are young."
"Oh. my! 1 suppose they must, but
my darling Tot ic so dainty and gentle, '
I don't know what ahe would do. If Dot
'were rude to her.- Where shall we have
the meotlngT"
"Dot's give them tt party under the big
apple tree In tho orchard. They'll have .
to be good at a party. You tell Tot
about Dot. and I'll tell Dot about Tot.
and we'll tell them both they aball not '
have any supper at the party unless .
they are very, very good.
"I hope It will turn out well," aaid
Dot's mother. "I feel I couldn't stand
it. If our children were not friends; but
your Lot is so nig and rough and clumsy,
I'm much afraid."
. "You mean Tot Is so little and sly and.,
cross.' answered Dot's mother. "I know
my child will be polite."
"Well. I hope so, but I must say It Is
not her nature."
The two mothers were .beeamin a tit.
tie, tiny bit cross themselves, aa you ,
can ace; and thrre'a no.tolllna; what
might have happened. If Dot had not
- Just then .called loudlv.
The daj of the party was bright and
unny.
l "N wa" dressed early In her
. beat bib and tucker. Little Tot was all
In white, with bowa of blue ribbon; but
Dot, strange to say.' wore black, which ,
.was a very odd party dreaa for one so
young. Perhapa. aa she wss so large for
her age. her mother thought black might
reduce her alse. Hsd it not been for a
touch of scarlet ribbon at the neck. Dot
wou)d have been very sombre.
"Dot, darling, don't disgrace me,"
. aald her mother, as they started for the
party.
"Tot. mv nreclntia. dn Imi nn wnn- Mil .
.behavior, and don't, I beg of rou, be
naughty and aplt at Dot."
The two families reached the apple
tree at the eame time.
Tot." aald Dot's mother. "I want you
to meet my dear Dot. You must be good
friends, for your mother and I love one
another so dearly!"
My! my! For a minute It krakej as
If everything would go wrong. Tot, who
was shy, forgetting her mother's en-
Grandma's lost her glasses.
Where do you 'sposa they are?
I'm most sick of lookln' ,
. At It most an hour.
All the boys Is flVhln' '
I must stsy right hers
Jest to hunt those glasses.
Ain't It mean? Oh, dear!
Jest because I grumbled.
And slammed down my book,
When my grandma asked me
If I'd take a look.
zzles and Problems
1 11 & z
A Mournful Ditty.
Oat for a la the sunset ,
Jsne and her in canoe did r
While they drifted - they whispered
That for thsm Levea dream would act
prove a .
But where ripples in the rivers
It began to with a flurry of :
There waa no eae la sight te take them
m ,
Or even a friendly rope to -. -But
a great bis aa black as a ,
And and poor Jane and her i
Lie under the sod where the daisies .
Every blank rhymes. Bee if you can All
them out and learn the au late of
Jane. z
Two Charades.
To flcht my flrst men a business make,
' My second's houss Is an ocean or lake;
When on my second my flrst Is found,
" Fright and horror at ones abound. :
Yet my wholes snl purpoee Is Just te All ,.
With my first my second, despite Its will. ,
Mr flrst Is to skin or to put ) flight,
A kick or a random blow;.
Mr second's a general who ended a flgbt
a Juat forty odd years aito.
My whole Is notorious and eeandaloua, toe,
It dsth nsvsr a virtue portray,
X'ea a or 1ms tt makes worse when eoa
i neetsd thereto,
la a truly grammatical way.
' Defectira ProTsrb.
sur hll rsa" 1K f '
- An Outline Piotura.
. Here la another outline picture, ' It repre
sents a meeting that Is far from acreeabie
to the left-hand picture. Draw lines
through the dots to discover what It Js.
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treaties, started to do her naughty spit,
ting trick at Doc This naturally made
Dot angry, and ahe began to mutter and
scold in a low tone. -
The two mothers were la despair.'. '
Then, no one ever knew why, Dot re
membered . her manners. "That is a
very rude person," she thought, "but I
must not disgrace my mother."
With this she walked tver to the table
and picked up a bowl of milk and car
ried It over to rude, rude Tot, putting It
down right In front of her.
Tot was so surprised she stopped her
naughty spitting snd began to drink her
good milk. Dot standing Uose by UU tha
last drop was finished.
How delighted the two mothers were.
. And no wonderl .
.For Tot waa a white Angora pussy
eat and Dot a big bi -k Newfoundland
dog.
from that day they were the best of
menus; Indeed, Dot often let Tot ride
on his baek when they went for a
walk with their two mothers.
t How Tkty Became Friends
Grandma said, "No matter"
But my mother said:
"Certainly, he'll find em:
Else he'll go to bed."
Wouldn't eren let mo
Take that ten cents, next, v
That my grandma offered
If Td find her specs. .
I've been under tables.
Up and down the stairs)
Hunted In her cap box;
Moved 'bout twenty chairs.
Went In all her pockets;
Felt her Bible through;
Jest Believe she ate rem;
Hops they hurt her. too. .
Don't care! I can't find em
Looked 'most everywhere;
Think I'll Why! grandma!
They're stuck In your hair!
ItsntaJ Nut to Crack. .
. 1-. A boysold a cow for fso.ia twnght It
for S7 and reenld It for JUL What
did he make oa the transection?
t. A dreesmaksr had a sister; the sister -mad.
aad the woman who died bad an sis
ter. 'Answers to Last Week's
Puzzles and Problem
TJlrldod Lettazn.
Dogs, area, Xing, Whip. '
' ' . What Bird ' ,' " ''. ""
Belted Kingfisher. ;
. XUminatlona. '
Crumb, cub; crust, out; ' drown. Deal
fraud, fad; grasp, gap: grsba. ri guard,
gad; houss, bus; mould, mud; paint, pit;,
shout, sol. ... . - -
Enlgnuk
Trumpet,
: Doublo Acrostic ;
Oeerge Eliot. Mlddlemareh. ' 1. OatanW
I. Elite. I. Order. 4. Ruddy. (. CrjllrT.
Enemy. ?. Ksmss.. t. Lean. a, Idrla.
J. Oesur. U. Tshaa. . ,
Latter Plurals, '
' Pa (pass), bVfbees), I's (eyes), e's (eassV
t'S (tease), b'S (beas, y's (wlss), n'S (use),
I's (ells), fs (lays), c's (sslse. aa (oneuas),
e's ttwal, m s (ems).
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