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- -V - THE OREGON SUNDAY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND. v SUNDAY ' ftaygryirre, ' APRIL, 15; f?CS OUR . BOYS . AMD GIRLS essies Ht5Q?i?i . . - , v . , . . , ,, , , a . ... ,- . . , . . , . '-4-- ' . t ' fTiOMORKOW (Easter Monday), if ths . I weather permit, thouaanda of . boys and jrirls will gather on th grounds of ths Executlv Msnsion to n- , gag in tha egg-rolling, which la the an nual privilege of Vashlngtou young- "preparation began yesterday, when , moat of the eggs wera purchaeed. To dsy moat of them are doubtless being , cooked, perforated and dyed; and many beautiful baaketa are bains made, to be Ailed with tha eirgs.' ".','' Children are, intie democrat. Not a i boy. not a girl, will care a anap of hi finger tomorrow whether he la soiling ggs with tha child of a Cabinet mem- ." ber or the child of a bricklayer. All will Degooa rnenas. frt nt.l. Unnu niarA will lfWltc Ml and am lie, giving them free range on the around. They may trample on tha (ran anywhere they pleaae In every nook and every cranny. ican N -ADDITION to our well-known . national flag ws hav a host of oth er United States flaga, which are scarcely known St all outside of . nr.. navy ' and State circles. - For each branch ef our government, for very high gov ernment official ..i tnr nun vraat oocaalons there la a Special flag. Each ta mors rr leas Ilk the old Stara and Strlpca, but differs from It In ono way or another. Perhaps . one lacks the etripee, another the stars, another th red color, eta ' Ther Is a special flag for tha Presi dent and a special one for ths Vic President. Thla flag la displayed when over they appear in an army poet, on a national ship or on any great . occa sion. ... Ths President's flag has a round sun--burst above a pur whit eagle'a head, the raya bursting from a circle of stars. On form of this flag Is 14 feet by JOH in dlmenalona; another form, called '.colors," is tV, by 4 feet. It is always entitled to a salute of twenty-one gun. Tba Secretary of War's "oolors" are f acarlet silk, (V by 4 1-1 feet, em broidered with a golden brown eagle and In each corner a ttar embroidered In white. Hie flag la similar, only- much larger. . At United States army posts -yon will See several klnoa of flags. There la the "post" flag, au by 16 fee In pleaaant weather; the "atorm" flag. U by 4 1-4 feet, for bad - weather; the "garrlaon" flag, M by 20 feet, for great occaalona; tha regimental colors tor cavalry, in fantry, artillery and engineering corps. ':':'--lsr " Mini in 1 1 im tfws tU!MV0Ml respectively, uaed on parade yellow bs-" ing im cavalry polar, blue the infantry., and red the artillery, and the castle be ing the distinguishing mark on the en- . glneer' eclora. ' Then ther are the smaller company, troop and fine colors and all aorta of guidona and pennants for all branches of military service cavalry, artillery, scout, etc. Some ara swallow-tailed, others square. The Indian acouta' guidon, . for In stance, la a ecarli '.-colored one, - cut square and decorated with two whit ' arrow crossed. the rame "IT. S. Scouts'' above them, and the letter of the troop and nam of th service below them. Probably most of you boys and girls have watched the exercise called "col ors." which ta on the programme, both morning snd evening, at every aimy post Great ear la always taken not to permit th flag to tout h the ground of our land or th deck of a ship. ' etMriamaf Every on approaching the national flag Is acrupulous to salute It, for otberwla lie would be guilty qf a serious military Offense. To show publio grief, tha national flag Is placed at half-mast, and In funeral erocaaalona It ta draped. But on Decora on Day this Is not don. - Th Union Jack Is exclusively a ship's' : fag.. It has a blus field, spangled with stars. Our men-of-war slao carry tha . flaga of forty-tbre other natlonawhluh tbey fly when giving salutes ef honor. The Secretary of th Navy's flag Is entitled to a salute of fifteen guna, th admiral's flag to on of eeventeen guns, viae admiral' to fifteen guns, and g rear admiral's to thirteen guna. lww!! j , mUMUbuerf win arrive at about sunrise HtUo atreet araba. perhaps. Then little girls carefully oonduoted ' by their nuraea and governesses, then whole famlllea armed with fascinating , looking lunch baaketa. then tba chil dren of wealth and luxury In car rlages with gorgeous baakeU filled ;v with wonderfully colored eggs. Two hundred children atart - their '' erg at once from tba top of tba Bill. Some roll .straight and true for tha bottom. Othere begin to wobble, and - their owners ..shriek with dlamay aa " they come 'to grief halfway down. Then tha good eggs reach tha bottom. . and ahouta of joy com from their owner and tbelr owner1 friends. v Meanwhile, If the President and hi - famHy are at home, they will vary likely Invite In oumeroua frlende. who . will snjoy tha ' spectacle with them '. from the white Houee windows. And - perhapa tha Prealdent'i children will take part !n the egg-rolling. Captains of ths navy havs a peculiar long pennant many of them (6 and 70 feet long which are knbwn aa coach whips. They seem to say: 'Take no tice 1 Ws can whip anything In sight!" , There Is a host of leas Important flags used In the navy which ws havs no Urn to describe. -Centuries and centuries ago ships be gan the practice of communicating with each other by tneana of flag algnala. Ther la now a splendid 'International" 'system whereby messsges can be ex changed between any ships of any na-j. tion. And. besides that, every navy has Its own secret code. -For signaling purposes a ship carries two sets of flags. On comprises tsn flags, numbered from 1 to 10; th other - tk : l . 7. i ' aryoanjmosAk comprises twenty -one flags, named after letters of ths slphabet. If every word had to be spelled out, however, signaling would be slow work. and In battle especially ths work muat be dons quickly. So, th code provides number signals to ".stand for many words. For example : - kbit, provisions-': 17K, "news;" 1135, Two shlus msetlnc at sea firat show their flaga. Then they rata signals tail ing theli numbers tfor svery ship baa Its number recorded In a book which tells all ths information one captain would wish to know about another captain's ship). A United States ship, If shs wished to converse with another ahip, will then ahow her ensign and under it tha pen nant which means "A." Suppose eha wants, then, to ssyi W sre in distress. Juelp . ua." Sh will raiae the signal flag U above the flag B. For "I muat abandon my vessel" tha captain will rals ths flag N abovs ths flag D. - ihe other ship may-rals flag H above F, meaning, "Coming to your assist-' ance." Or perhapa It ha , to rale flag , M over flag 8, meaning "Can't help you. Do the beat you can." ijur aeorai navy aoue ta carefully lua. d'.n In a book bound In metal so heavy that if necessary t can be thrown over board and sunk at once. This Is ons of th flrst things a captain would do If hs found himself worsted by an enemy. Ths Oremt Brown Owl. . Ths brown owl sits In ths Ivy bush. And shs looketh wondrous wise. With a horny beak beneath ber cowl And a pair of larger, round area. She eat all day on th self-same spray From sunrise till sunset. And the dim, gray light it was all too bright For th owl to see in yet "Jenny-Owlet. Jenny-Owlet," said a merry little bird. . ' They aay yvu'r wondrous wise. But I don't think you see, though you'r looking st MIS, - . With your large, round, shining syss,. ' But night cams soonV and ths pal, . ' ; white moon - .. , Rolled high up in th skies. And ths great brown owl flew away in her cowl. With her round, large, shining eyes. - r- MRS. HAWKSHAWB. -s . XhsVlolst. - Down In a green and shady bed A modeat violet grew. - It stalk waa bent. It bung its bead, ,- . . As If to bids from view. T - - And yet tt wss a lovely flower; ... No colors bright and fair , It might have graced a rosy bswor inateaa oi maing mere. . ' . Yet, there It v-e sontsnt te bloom, Y ' In modest tints arrayed; - And there diffused Its sweet perfume . Within the silent shads. Then let ms to ths valley go, , ' 1 This pretty flower to a, That 1 may also learn to grow - In sweet humility - . : . Jan Taylor. Jnlag Oignais AVE you boya and girla ever tried any experiments in tnai auppoa edfy almplo thing called shadow DloturlnaT If not.- rou will greatly enjoy the experiment I aak you to try with bio tola very evening or aome other evening thla week. Tou will agree, on a little thought, that the intensity, of light reflected by two lamp on a tranaparent acreon or a eheet will vary according to their re spective diatancea . from the screen or -sheet. . . Thla la tha principle upon which wa will conduct our experiments.' - - ACBttN . SPECTATORS- c UT along the Unas that divide the hv ald of tola gg- Take a aba of ither oa It In the form of aa animal which of tan apoaaa oc aa an iinr nii Conundrum. ' 1. How much wood would a woodehaek . Chuck U a wood chuck could chuck wood? L How can you be aura that a lady know how to klit . i t. Does Chloagof . ' 4. Why la a aplnster not Ilka a tomato? (. Why la It vulgar ta auig ana play by yourself? 4, What ta that which touches ess bat , unites two? 1. Why Is It better to be burnt than ta have your bead out offf twhy la a noblsman like a book? Why la a blacksmith Ilka a ear steed? - Is. Why Is a photographer quite uaotvllt Curious Epitaph. Over the grave ef Elilnor Baohsllor, a eld Pye woman, stands a a ton bearing the fol? lowing epitaph. So If you caa read it la the form of rhymed verse: Bene A. Ihln Thed r.tl HKMO. Old y JU D. C. RU8TOI Fnel B. Aeh El Lor. Lat KI.V. Wa. g. abeve K. W. Bow Ass I XilTd . i. n. t. m. Ear T. Bofp. I. Escu, gtar. D. gaa DT Art. Ban D. K. N. BL W. L Ver To K Oft He ove N. W. liana be . 'Dll VDU on geno TJg H g bm A. D. E he B, la Sip. Ut fa ., - . ' ytj- B, T. he, R. hu . B. Ban V. 11. Vchpra la 'D. No. Whares Bedot H. I. L e. Tom A. Kead L R. T. P. I sin hop Ssthathe it. C. hltfT WILL B. Era U'ui Puzxla Latter. Row many boys and girls caa read the fol- lowing puzals no jew it tar? jmanoa Blr, rrtanda atand your dlsposttloai . I bearing a man la con tempt tha world jrbJlsOh. rtdlmil. ambitious are , Puzzling; Inscription. By Inserting a certain vowel seventeen times In this rhymed couplet you can mske good aense out of It. It waa found carved on tba oommunloo table In a church, and re H , ------- 'i . : . j- J . ti 5 V V gJ II - .1 1 Sooci Sames for the Sftoys THE gams of shul-a-ruL Is great fun. Tou muat havo the boys and girls stand In a circle and " each hold In his hand a sackful... Of beans or haselnuts. Each in turn muat take some of tha beans or nuts In his hands, turn to his Isfthand aelghwos and repeat ths following rbyms: . "Shul-s-rul, Two handa full; Plck-a-penny, Oueaa how many?" . Tha neighbor makes a guess. If he guesses too little, the other ons must supply enough beans or nu i to make th correct number. Suppoa the num ber Is 10. and hs only guesses 8. Us muat bs given S to make It 10.' But If he guesaes too many, hs must supply enough to make the number come up to his guess. Suppose the number Is 10, but hs guesses 13, Hi' must givs X to make It 11. Another good gams Is called Copen hagen. All ths boys and girls take hold of a rope and stand la a circle. Inside the circle stands one player who Is called ths DANGEROUS DANE. It Is ths object of the Dan to dart toward .. ; ; V . .r , - '---iw2r . f v ' r-',CZ Take a table and ptac two lamp on tt In tba poaltlona Indicated on -the dia gram. Arrange on one lamp -a wire hook to which you will be able to at tach -any object cut out of cardboard. While you are making your prepara tion, aak your mother or somebody alee to out out ana color black aev erai animal Ilka a rat, cat, lobster, spider, etc Now If tha lamps are in exactly cor rect poaltion, the rays of lntsnaeat light wiUsirlka the s c r s n aa ahown In tha diagram. The rays from lamp B will croaa tha raya from lamp A and will atrlks tha screen in precisely - the aama apot aa A's. (You can Increase the Intenalty of tha light by placing a -reflector In poaltion behind each lamp flue.) Tha audience, of oouraa, are seated on tha other aide of tba screen. Now take your atand midway between lamp A and tba aoreen, ao that your bead Is exactly In Una between tha flam of tha lamp and the centra of reflection ', on the screen. Tba audience will Imme diately observe tha shadow of your pro file caat upon the screen. Next, attach ona of tha cardboard anlmala upon tha - wire hook In auch a poaltion that tt la well In line between -the flam of lamp ferred to the Commandmenta. Woo esa solve this puiileT PKSVRXR"CTMlf . YKKPTH IFRCfmH Answers to April 8 Puzxlas. " Polly' Ivans pusala, "Ha laughs beat whs laugbe laet." Shepherd Puzzla. Re had seven sheepi i?-tJsr,iJo, Flv Arab Proverb. t .Heading the first and aaeond set of words alternately: "Never tell all you may know, for be who tells everything be knows, often tells more than he knows.'" t First and third alternately! "Never at tempt all yju can do," eto. somebody and slap his hands befor they can be drawn away from the rope. Whoever gets caught must take ths place of th Dana. The gam of Grammar Is- very erfjoy able. One plays teacher and the others pupils. Ths teacher says. "Writ a list uwuna. 1 ne pupils get to warn and 1 the teacher watches their lists. Tha ono who. flrst makes ths mistake of writing They Bors th Earmarks. ' One day In summer, after new pota toes wera In the market, my little sis ter was told to go down cellar and bring up the potatoes that were left over from .last fall. Whan she cams up ah was naked, "Did you get the old potatoes?" Shs answered promptly, "I guess so, they have whiskers on them", (sprouts). A Short Cut Frankls, aged 4, put on Us . older brother's overshoes. He got the right shoe on his left foot and ths left shoo on his right foot. Looking up, hs said: "My feet will be going cross-lots." B and ths centra of reflection on the screen, and that its shadow will . be caat in profile. Tha audience will, at one observs ths. shadow of ths rat or cat, or whatever tt Is, apparently dinging to ths shadow of your head. By gently moving the wir hook thla way and that the animni'a ahadow can be mads to move thla way and that on tha ahadow of your head. .much to the amuaement of tha audience. , Thla is only a suggeation a flrat step in tha experiments that you can con duct for yourselves In shadow picturing. If any of you produce Interesting and' curious results with three, four and more lam pa, . rl te Tom Tit all about ltl and send dlagrama and directions. Writs In cars of Polly Evans. , I. First and fourth alternately: "Never be lieve all you may hear," ato, t First and fifth: "Never lay out," eto. Firat aad -Ixthi "Never doolde upas. eta. Conundrum, L Because It was never i safer. a. A naif-penny. - a. Because It becomes a woman. i Because It never takaa back its notes, siatrl-mony. a.-HeesMaa sash a-thlag aevs eateted his bead before. 1. Dentls-try (tree). t. When the prodigal made a home-run. t. Because It would be fewl-lancuacew. 10. Because It Is In firm. Elddl. A looking glass. and Serfs . down something which Is not th "nam of anything" (I a., a noun) has a bad mark set down againat him. - Than "verbs" are required, and th am procedure follows. Next "adjectives," next "adverbs,' te.. until all are ready to quit. The "blaehmark" pupils should then .m' . t?.Pay forfeits in order to wlp out their black marks. Mot Too Much for Two. Ons day Gladys wss sent to th store, with har friend. Has, to buy three, lemons. , . 'D, ,70u suppose you caa remember them? ' asked her mother. "I don't know," said Gladys,' "but Hasel can remember on and I caa re- ' member two." , Bells for a Bainy Day. Seeing Aunt Jennie sally forth with- ' out "an umbrella on very rainy day. Baby Wilbur called out: "Auntie, you've forgot your rain -bell I" Little Chronicle. 1 a ii ii , , , BESSIB knew that It was going to be ths most lonesome Easter ab had aver spsnt, because mamma i . w" wsy. Mamma never had left her before, but aha had been quite atck. and the doctor aaid ah muat hav an ocean voyage, ao ahe had gone away across tha water to old England. Be la 1 alwaye called. It old England to distin guish it from New England, where she Jived. Hhe Jaa. Ilttla Bn.tnn a-lrl. Kaater Sunday waa only a week off, but though Beasle had a pretty new hat and dreaa to wear, and though tha pots of hyaclntha in the.aunny sitting, room windows wars getting ready for a beau tiful spring opening all their own, ths little girl who tended them wssn't a bit happy. Nothing, shs thought, ' could make up for mamma's absence. - Easter Day waa bright and warm, even In chilly New England, where .spring la. sometimes so late that ahs forgets to come at all. Beanie went to' church with papa In tha morning. Ths muslo, the flowers and ths dear little canaries in their gilt cages,' banging amid ths greenery, and singing sweetly, made the servic something to be re membered all the raat of the year. In tha afternoon papa Invited her to go with htm to the Public Gardens to sea the flowers. " Ths spring " blossoms look their prettiest about-jJaster tlms -there. - ' , , Bessls thought they bad never been so pretty before. But, then ahs thought that ovary year. - They walked all about, -looking at each bright or fragrant bed . turn. One waa filled with red tulips, with a border of yellow; on had purpl . hyacinths; another, white onea; another, pink. Finally, they cams to a bed' Jhoss border waa made up entirely of Uttl Sngliah daialaa, with their pink bloaaoma and green leaves. ,J?di th.en -PP, did ths' strangest stooped down by ths flow srs, and motioned Bessls to do the flame, Then- ha tnnlr l.x.. .... . w'"ra?.OCtoe.?.Pi:?4 " - Vh,n B i. .. llBh dailea m the PubUo Uaxdena on ifr.?in f I" lorln Easter greeting, and givs her a kiss for ma." .Than papa bant over and klsssd his i'V i1'1-'''. Bessls1; tyiTtl toll f happy tsars as thsy VaUad Story of iho ONE fin Juns morning Aunt Betsy and th children atarted for a iiiJr'i lo th country, and as they n k-i. V alon tne rod loading from andr.wm,,i U,.VUU"' 1-unsrl.Tg her. cSlldrerwVr: u- duatlgnw'ay' . "Chlldien," said Aunt Betsy, "yon 11 1 U know that in ancient Egypt thou f u go this sams funny tumblebug that you find so amusing' to. y .w" revered as ths emblem of im- -"ortsllty and worshiped as a god. Th history of Egypt is full of ra mlnder of his greatneaa, for his familiar v Shan la a V ir.wh.r. mnn v - m n.n , hieroglyphics engraved in the rock or een on crumbling papyrus. But it la ' specially In connection with death and -the tomb that ha la most In evidence. - "Th light of the explorer In th dark mortuary passages hewn out of solid rock hundreds of feet under th earth, " where Ua th mummied remains of aa ancient people, discloses the suggestive . figure of this beetle engraved upon th walls and painted in brilliant colors upon ths sarcophagus, th mummy caae , within and finally upon ths wrappings of ths mummy. What other Insect can lay claim to such distinction or has bean so ' Immortalised V . -1 "Oh. bow interest In gr exclaimed Marl. "And to think w hav seen these funny black beetles year after ' 'year, and never knew all this be fore!" "But tall us. Aunt Betsy." said Da vis, "what are they going to do with this ball which they ar busily roll In gr - - .; "Well, they hav a purpose and 'method In their work, aa all Insects have. - Thla small mass of manure, whlohby rolling "In ths' dust they havs mads round and firm, contains an egg, and now Monsieur and Madame Turablebu are trying to , ; z find a suitable place to bury It They ara very hard to suit In this mattar, as you wiu aee. If you watch them any'length of time." "It is certainly comical to see them In their desperate efforts at Tolling their precious ball, and they seem so perfectly aimless," said Maria, "Tea. now Just watch the foolish bugs," said Davie; "instead of rolling it down ths hill, which would bs so much easier, they are trying to push and pull it up th hllL" "How they seem to stand on their heads In their f rantlo efforts to get . It over ths rough placesi" exclaimed Davie. "Tes, they apparently prefer to bump , Jt along over the clods, instead of se lecting in smootn patn to th ilgb' left," said Aunt Betsy. - "They will per haps play aa tt seems to us with this Jtbout ths EirdrUhai Can JJalK PEOPLE ussd to think that It was -necessary to cut th nerve of blrda tonpuss In order to mak talkers out of them. But It is well un derstood now that such cruelty Is quit -unnecessary. , . 1 Th raven, on account of ths sis of Its tongue, can articulate words quits well. Ravens and Jays (which repeat alngl words after people) are favorite peta with tha peasant of ths Thuringian ; JToreet in Uernrany. In order to 'speak distinctly birds must ' havs thick, rounded tongues, and th muscle must be loose. Parrots' tongue, answer these requirements best... banc-. they are the beat taikera. Next to mero -com raven, Jackdawa and Jay a. Tba hooded crow and the carrion orow can also be taught to speak. Ths red and blue maccsw Is ths finest and most expensive variety of talking parrot, as well ss ons of ths largeat varieties. Th whiskered parrot and gray-brastd parrot are also good talk ers. Ths cockatoo 1s not so much a good talker as a most Intelligent variety of parrot, so that It can bo trained to obey all sorts of commands, thus mak ing a good show bird. Ths ash-colored parrot of Africa . makes a delightful pet. It talks, whis tles and makes gesturss when care fully trained. It has an astonishing memory for faces and words. Ons par rot Is reported to repeat tha whole of th Apostles' Crsed. Another Is said to havs risen to an emergency on on occaalon on board a vaaael at Sea and recited a prayer and repeated th ro sary to th aallor. Th moat agreeable Household com. panlons, however, ar th blue-capped 'lories. -Xbese ar squaled by th away. How swsst It was to get saoa a messags from' mammal It waa )us Ilk her and papa to give it to har la titat way. She would always remem ber thla Easter Sunday. - 1 And from that time until shs earn home again, well and strong, when ever Bessls saw ths English daisies shs felt that mamma waa not so vary far awav. after all- Vumbte $?uy precious ball for an hour or mora bs for they find a spot that Just exactly suits them. It w could understand their bug talk, wa might know why they are ao hard to pleas In aal acting a place to bury their treasure." "I wiah w could see thm bury It- -said Davla. - . . . . "Yea; if wa had time we might watch them. But aa I havs aeen them do it, I can tell you all about It," aaid Aunt Betsy. "Having eel acted the spot, tha ' beetles first rummage around th ball, aa though trying th ground, with th harp edge of their black, ahoval-ahaped -f acsju. - And now Madams Tumblebug herself doea the work of excavating and burvlna- tha baJL- while Monsieur looks on and approves. This shs doea by scooping out a circular well with her mola-Uke digging feet; and th ball ' gradually sinks by Its own weight and an occasional pull, to the depth of aav- ' ral Inches. When satisfied with -her work, tha beetle plows her way to tha -surface." "And what of th banr asked Marie. . "Oh!" said Aunt Betsy, "th gj with in It soon ha tehee, ths larva finding just enough nourlabment to carry it to full growth, when It Is transformed to a chrysalla, and later to a beetle Ilk Its parents. Then, with his powerful front feet. Instinct tells him to work his way to ths surf sea, where soon he, with hla mate, is keeping the ball rolling just as his parents did befor him. And now, her we ara at horn just la tlm for luncheon." . ."Oh! Aunt Betsy," said Marls, "what a lovely walk we havo had: and I know we shall all have more respect for tha -tumblebug sine you ha told us such) Interesting things about them." JESSIE BOWLES FISHER. Good Delusion. Two boys ' or girls csn get up a THrsf-cTaaa flelualor." f,w 1 oTTb wTrlaTTnit the Idea pictured here. Try It and see wnat your friends say, - -. black-capped lories, but they ara not so numerous. , Other good varieties ar th white fronted parrot of Mexico and tha ima. ' son parrot of South America. Aside from the parrot and th other . birds already mentioned, ws must not .forget th. bullfinches, they canaries," the rose-ousels, the blackbirds and tha starlings, all of which can ba taught : to speak at least a fsw words. - Cry Without Stopping. . i A little girl, while reading, came t th word- "stop." shs could not remem ber how to pronounce It, and the teach- - . er, wishing to Impress the word mora forcibly upon th child's mind than by, -merely telling It to her, said: "If you were walking along th road and would com to a creek which yon could not cross, what would you dor' : "I'd cry," promptly responded th lit ' tl on. . ' No Family semblanca. ; "Is there any dlfferenc between fair. . Ics and elfins?" aaked ths teacher. A pupti replied, "Tea." ....... "Well, then," said th teacher, "what la the difference?" - . "Oh," said th boy, "tha elephant Is much bigger than ths fsiryr. , 7 Why Hs Waa Qensroua. A third-grade teacher was conducting a class In fractions. After having, aa she supposed, roads th work clear, shs said: "Robbie, would you prefer one-eighth or one-twelfth of an apple?" "One-twelfth." replied Robbie. "Why?" asked (ha teacher. In dismay. "Because," replied Robbie, don't Ilk apples." Little Chronicle. El II
