rHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY HORPnNG. JULY 2 r903
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ONDER who will carry the
bunner?" observed Tommy
Hakombe to his comrades.
(. sS they came from the cricket field.
: " All knew to what Tommy referred.
Ko other banner could be meant than
, ha- oub carried at tho head of the
sjchool children's procession on Em
' jure Day. This holiday, Hist held to
' commemorate Queen Victoria's birth
' day, was celebrated with much splen-
dor at Islington. But It was the pro
cession that pleased the boys most of
all, for this was o their own making.
"And a great honor came to the boys
- who carried the banner at the head of
. the parade. These were always the
. most popular boys at school and were
chosen by their fellows.
"Don't know," replied Jack Dalford
1 to Tommy's query; "but I do know
' that we'd better be thinking of our
cricket match with the 'Blues' in
stead of Empire Day."
The others admitted that Jack was
undoubtedly right, and they fell to
discussing their chances of winning
from the "Bluesv"
But the match itself! Ko one will
ever forget It. Never before had
there been such a struggle. Handl
, capped by the loss of two of their
best bowlers, who were 111, the "Reds"
got along badly. Finally, in his des
peration. Captain Rob decided to give
JIttle Ralph Barncroft a chance.
Ralph was a quiet chap too quiet to
How the
E REALLY didn't intend to
ave a race. Aunt Lillian was
i merely posing us for a kodak
picture. Freddy and I were on don
l T keys, Clara on her bicycle and the
twins on Nero and the pet ram. And,
,'Cf course, Freddy didn't mean it when
I lie suggested, "Wouldn't it be fun to
'ee who would win out In a race?"
i We did have a race, however, an
I exciting one, too. For some unac
i" f countable reason, Biily, the ram, gave
V one Jump and then started on a run
fin
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OT always were milestones
obliged to stand immovable at
measured d;tances from each
thtr a!on the roadside. The time
-Was, ever so long ago. that a: nlght
. fall, when wayfarers seldom Journey
ed abroad, milestones were given op
portunity for recreation. But mile
stone then were different from the
milestones of today. They were
snerely elves, ho. by order cf in
Fairy took their Etands by the
.wayside and placard hanging shout
their necks directed travelers.
Whom freed from duty at night they
fastened to Join tbe fstriet In their
frolics. At dawn the elf milestones
. Ceased their reveling and returned to
their poets,
Olte Bight, while tbe elves wtr
fearing aa snnsuallr rnerry time, a
rrrtata e'f suggested to bis feilow-
frl'.esteaes:
"Let as aero some fan en the mor
rew tr exebeaglag placards with one
aetaer."
Sx altkoagB e-rery milestone elf
knew targtiljr well tbe wrong be
was delrg. tbe seat day found tfcem
a .-" tbe reedsido. wtta tbe placards
rr ip tced la sad way. . Weary
traveler weuhUcttroe to tte Cret elf
acd mi: rYad tpoa the placard:
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THE PROCESSION
gain much favor with his fun-loving
playmates. He really deserved a place
on the team, but as he never put for
ward claims for a place, others filled
the position which should have been
his.
Ralph did himself proud that day.
Accompanied by the cheers of the
"Reds' " sympathizers, he began to
bowl out one after another of the op
posing players. And he saved the
match for the "Reds."
No sooner had Ralph howled out the
last man than he toppled over in a
faint. His teammates, in consterna
tion, ran to his aid. He offered no
excuse for his weakness when re
vived, but the doctor told them after
ward that the boy had played with
one of the bones of his wrist broken.
Tou can Imagine what a hero Ralph
became now. Of course, h had won
glory In saving the game, but the
fact that he had mentioned not a
word of the accident to his wrist that'
mo:.iing and his gameness In play
ing despite the injury, endeared him
to his fellows as no other act could
have done.
Ralph was chosen first of all to
carry the banner on Empire Day, nor
was there one who did not approve
of tlie choice. And truly, Ralph felt
proud as he could be when he led the
procession. He appreciated the honor
all tho more, inasmuch as It had come
as such a great surprise to him.
Babies Won
through tie woods, with Baby J.e
clinging with all his might to the
wool. The next instant away cart
ed Nero in pursuit. Freddy's donkey
followed, starting so quickly that
F'reddy was thro-wn off into the
bushes. Clara and I. anxious to see
what end t!ii.s mad froilc would !ia!,
rode fa.st along the route taken by
the party.
How the babies ever Muck on I
don't know, and I K;ip;.o.e you'll
hftrdly believe it when I tell jou that
both weie satfd when the ram, after
CHANGED TO STONE
-Th!mbltoirn-i mile." Coming to the
nxt mi!etor.e rlt. thy would reaa:
Thimbletovrn I Miles." This, of
course, greatly puiiled them, sod
they were still more dismayed when
they found the placard cf the mile
stone elf pit in order bore tbe In
scription: I himblton Milee."
And as the people peeeel by tbe
elves weald bold their aides with
Broke the Silence
T
!M had been especially cautioned
not to disturb the guests at din
ntr by chattering. And aa he re
garded It a big privilege to alt In a low
chair suuh as grown (oiks used, he
promised his mother and himself that he
would be very good. Indeed.
It was no hardship for Tim to keep
silence nt first, for his mouth was very
close to his plate, by reason of the low
ness of the chair, and Tim found that he
could eat an enormous lot In an ex
ceedingly short time. But when des
mrt whs reached., he could restrain bis
pntlence no longer.
"Father." said he, "you can't guess
what I've got under the table."
Tho father, who had been quite pleas
ed with Tim's silence, now rewarded
the lad by asking kindly:
"And what have you under the table,
my boy?"
"An orful stomach-ache," sadly re
piled Tim.
Politeness
MARY
hand
Just
ART looked shyly up at the
handsome gentleman who had
been railing on her father
and who now stopped to talk for a
moment with the little maid. Evi
dently iiary wished to say some
thing, but somehow found It hard to
speak. At last she pleaded desper
ately and with a troubled air:
"Please don't think me impolite, sir;
but would you mind doing me a fa
vor?" "With the greatest pleasure, little
Kirl." returned the man.
"Then," said Mary, "I wish you
wouldn't lean on that gat) post.
Father Just had It painted this morn
ing, and I don't think he'd want to be
troubled having it done over again."
Changing 30,000 Names
NOT long ago Dr. Charles Eastman
made a trip to the Pine Ridge
Reservation. South Dakota, for
the sole put pose of renaming 30.000 Sioux
Indians. Dr. Eastman, who is himself
a full-blooded Sioux, had the task of
-changing such cumbrous names as
"Afraid-of-a-Bear," "Blg-Black-Kaven-W"ith-t
he-White-Eyes," "Many-Lightnings,"
"Thunder-in-the-Clouds" and
many others Just as long, to plain
John. Walter, Edward, ' and so on.
Somehow It seems a shams to part with
these splendidly sounding names for
such ordinary ones, doesn't It?
That Indefinable Air.
"There's no use talkln'," said Farmer
Cointossel, as he knocked the ashes out
of his corncob and laid It on the mantel
piece, "there's something about a collog
education that does give a young feller
polish."
"Do you think our boy Josh Is Improv
ed?'' "Yep. He kin smoke a pipe in a way
that miikes it look real stylish."
the Race
completing a big circle through ti e
woods, returned to the starting point.
Nero, with his baby rider, was right
at his neck. The rest of us trailed in
a moment later.
You may know how relieved we
were when we found that no accident
) ad happened to the twins. Then we
ajl laughed quite heartily at the
thought of the babies winning the
race. We did so wish Aunt Lillian
could have taken a snapshot of us In
action'
;AFAIRTAL
laughter. To them It was a most
o.-nk-al sight. To look at the man
vi 1 o would pass the one-mile post
with a merry smile, the eight-mile
post with a savage frown and the
live-mile post with an utterly bewil
dered stare, seemed the best Joke In
the world.
Tbe Fairy Queen, however, cou'dn't
tee that It was funny at alL So vexed
was the with the elves' breach of
r-le that she ordered them to msrch
direct to their ttatlont. No sooner
were they pouted than every one of
them she changed into stone. Upon
these stones were then placed the
reading formerly carried by the plac
ards. Never more could the el vet
Join st nighttime the Joyous gamtt of
tbe fairies.
Her Prayer.
"Oh. grandma!" eiclalmed lltt'e
Mildred. "I atked God last night lo
Five ut a nice, clear dsy. and see bow
fine it !!"
tirindmt smiled st the little girl at
she responded. "I am fond of r.tn:
weather, too. my child Now c, t
you pray that it may be warmer to
marrow, so that my rheumatism tr.sy
b better?"
Mildred promiH. and thst r.lrkt she.
added to her praiers this request.
-Oh! God. please make it hot for
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'Copyrlirrit 198, br TIie Is'orth Amer,cn
British Girlies in Delightful Fete
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seems to me that boys and girls
know much better than do grown
ups the true meaning of generosity
and charity. Grown folks don't have
the scorn a boy or girl has for a "stin
gy," nor do they have such keen pity
for the unfortunate.
No one among the little English miss
ies, who took part In the delightful
fete held the other day at Clarldge's Ho
tel, London, ever lacked food or clothes;
yet their sympathy was none, tho less
great for poor boys and girls who did
suffer want, and all that was earned at
the fete would be used for charitable
An Object of Interest
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T IS told of a certain English bish
op that he was visiting a friend,
when he noticed that the' son of
his host, a lad of about S years old,
seemed much interested In him. This
rather pleased the bishop, as he was
fond of children. He looked at the
hny with Ills very best smile and
asked:
"Don't you think we shall be good
friends?"
"Oh. you're all right." replied the
boy, slowly.
Then, glancing down at the bishop's
knee breeches, he added. "But, say
won't your mother let you wear long
trousers yet?"
N
OT often of late had Betty vis
ited the old-fashioned attic which
contained so many of her treas-
uresespeclaily her wonderful Dream
Book, the diary of that other little
Betty who had lived years and years be
fore. Betty, you know, delighted to Im
agine herself the other Betty, and. In
deed, she seemed so like her ancestress
in many things that this was not at all
difficult. But her dream self belonged
mostly to the attic, therefore she never
even brought -the diary to her ow n room.
And now that her comfy seat among the
branches of the old apple tree was so
inviting, the attic saw little of her.
One day, however, the sky clouded
over. Soon the ram fell and the apple
tree castle was no longer habitable.
Betty found her wa to tire attic, there
to enjoy herself as best she might.
Of course, oy this time the little girl
knew by heart almost every word con
tained in the diary of her ancestress.
Today one passage in the little book
set her thinking. It told how this other
Betty wondered just what Jier ances
tors were like.
"I certainly have the advantage of
her there," mused Betty, " cause last
Christmas when I thought 1 fell asleep
In the Httlc all my ancestors came In
such a funny way and told me all about
themselves. There was tho dear old
''im terf- LITTLE WELSH MAID ' - 4 -.Vi "1 -..t.'l
H 'm ij J ptoses. w
I: J Work done by such laborers, and In IqgAf ZJJk-
I I such a cause, could not help meet wltn . :, . :: ''.,K.::i'j
if i to '111 I wispif mm
t i v lie irlv i j-vy , xt,'t"M ;V!
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SEEMS ss though I csn't help rpendlng
All my time Juit mending mending!
Mending clothes thst rarelets Dolly tears;
Put I shouldn't dream of shirking
Tasks like these, I den t mind working
Working on the garments Dolly wears.
No doll's drepwe last fsrever,
TheVigh at mending yoa be clever
Clever, too. In cleaning them betimes;
eees my patterns I 11 ,be taking'
And Fll practice toy tfressmakiag
. . Kaklsg clothes U trapse Ua making rhymes.
Company.)
purposes.
Work done b such laborers, and In
such a cause, could not help meet wltn
ducccsa. The audience enjoyed itself im
mensely. And well it might, for was
trere not a little playlet, "The Three
Wishes," and lots of merriment besides
alt provided for Us entertuintnent ?
Then the costumes! They were charm
ing, and of so many different kinds that
it kept you busy examining them. Una
of the pictures shows you Miss Beatrice
Byrne in the dress of a little Welsh
girl; another shorts a tiny fellow who
attended the fete garbed as Robin
Hood. Mlsi Felicity Tree and Miss Kllz
fllieth Asqulth. principals in "The Three
Wishes " are pictured in their quaint
costumes.
How Old Are You ?
H
OW old are you on your tenth
birthday? Ten, of course, you
will answer. But see If I can
not piove jou wrong. Jn fact, you
are only 9. Your first birthday was
on tho day you were born, your see-,-'
ond birthday on the day you wero 1
yeur old, and so on, until the tenth
birthday, when you are 9 years old,
tho age always keeping one year be
hind the number of the birthday.
Onion as Weather Indicator.
Place twelve onions in a row on
Christmas Day, name each after a
month and put salt on their tops. Those
on which the salt Is melted Inside of
twelve days will be wet months.
"USING AN OLD CHEST"
Puritan lady, the handsome Cavalier,
that wicked pirate great-great-grand-uncle
"
Here Betty shivered at the recollec
tion of the bloodthirsty appearance of
her pirate ancestor.
"Oh, I know what I'll do now!" ex
claimed Betty with sudden decision.
"I'm going to have an Ancestor Party,
and I'll Invite all of them to come
here again and Wb 11 have a perfectly
lovely time, I'm sure."
Using an old chest as a desk, the girl
i X "jf
Everybody had a great deal of fun.
Tou see. there's no end of happiness In
doing good to others. It's especially ru
ling, too. thut boys and girls should help
other boys and girls.
Uncomplimentary.
Bobby examined rather critically the
face of tho baby his friend Edna was
wheeling about.
"Well," said he. finally, "I don't
think he's very pretty; but I guess It's
the kind of face that grows on you"
Edna retorted Indignantly, "It's hot
the sort of fare that ever grew on
you. You'd be nicer looking If it
was."
The Big Lion
SIR OL
land's
look i
iIR OLIVER LODGE, one of Eng-
's most learned men, on first
seems to be rough and un
kind, but upon acquaintance with him
jou learn that he Is the contrary. In
deed, a child-friend described him as "a
great big lion with a white satin heart."
Sir Oliver likes to talk as simply as pos
sible. On one occasion in lha class
room, he asked a student how to do
an experiment in which tho raising of
water in a tube was necessary. Tho
btudent endeavored to explain with
many long words. While he was still
floundering among these "tpngue
twisters." Sir Oliver cut him short
by saying bilefly, "Suck the thing."
began to write out neatly the invitations
to her ancestors. All at onco she paus
ed, knitting her brow thoughtfully.
"I do wonder whether I'd best Invite
that plrato uncle or mine."
But she didn't have the heart to keep
the wicked old fellow away; and, be
sides, she thought that If she didn't in
vite him he might come anyway, and
that would be very unpleasant.
At last the Invitations were written.
"Now. how in the world shall I send
them:'' Betty asked herself.
Thfn, It seemed, a voice whispered in
her ear: "t.'se the old candlestick."
"That's Just tho thing!'' exclaimed
Tictlf, clapping herhands together.
Swiftly she sped downstairs, returning
presently with a candle. This sho plac
ed in the antique candlestick. In the
light she burnt one message after 'an
other, and she Imagined she saw the
phosts of the messages rise after the
paper was burnt and float away toward
the far end of the attic.
When nothing but ashes remained, she
seated herself expectantly on the chest,
murmuring:
"I hope It won't be long before some
thing happens."
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)
Try it Yourself.
A man once declared he could move
an ordinary brick attached to two
miles of cord along a level road. He
failed to move the brick. It Is esti
mated that the friction of the cord
on the road made the weight of the
brick and cord not far short of a ton.
Wanted the Soft Kind.
Little Boy I want a nice brush, sir.
Druggist Any special kind?
Little Boy Kr-I think I'd like one
with a soft back, If you have it.
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NK day as Fontaine, the great
writer of fables, was passing
along a street of Paris a maid
threw a bucketful of scalding water
from a window above. It struck full
upon the head of Fontaine.
Fortunately, his wig protected him
to such extent that he waanot burned.
With the aid of several passersby
who recognized hlrn he succeeded In
wringing the water from his clothes.
Then, fiercely rat-a-tapplng his cane
alor.g the street, Fontaine speedily
betook himself to his lodgings.
At tiiat time Fontaine lodged at the
house of his friend. Madame de la
Sabliere. He passed into the drawing
room, where a number of visitors
were gathered. I'pon beholding the
famous writer In such wretched
plight they crowded around him. de
manding what had occurred. Fontaine
explained briefly.
"And are you not going to lodge
complaint against this miserable
woman?" cried madame.
"I trust yoti have at least reprl
msnded the msld for her carelessness.-
sdded another lady.
-Reprimanded the woman r respond
ed Fontaine. "Indeed, I thanked her."
Thanked herr all assembled cried"
In astonishment.
Fonulaa smiled. uletiy as be re
plleej - r - i.
Prince Humbert
H
ERE is the photograph of an
other prince. This is Humbert,
prince of Piedmont, and son of
King Victor Emmanuel III and Uueen
Helens of Italy. He ! crown prince, so,
in case of his father's death, he will at
tend the throne of Italy. Quite a aerl-
yyt,,,.,,,.,,,
ous prospect. Isn't It. for a little, fellow
who Is not yet 4 years old I
Humbert shouldn't be nearly as
"lonely as the little prince of Spain,
because he has three little princess sis
ters, Iolande, Matalda and Giovanna.
And they aro all as pleasant-looking as
the prince himself.
In the World of Curiosities
THIS strange looking animal, with
huge, ghost-like eyes, is related to
tho lemur family. He makes his
home in tho islands of Celebes, Su
matra, Borneo and the Philippines,
where the natives regard him with great
dread.
L4vlng entirely In the trees, he feeds
mostly1 on insects and sri.all reptiles.
Ho takes his food after the fashion of
the squirrel. The little fellow moves In
a aeries of remarkable Jumps, some-
what like a flea, leaping from bough to
bough In successive Jarky leaps.
This lemur isn't nearly as horrible as
he rooks. Indeed, he Is quite, harmless
and inoffensive. Although there would
be no especial advantage for any of
us to be strikingly ugly, the appear
ance of the specter lemur is his best
safeguard, inasmuch as it protects him
from the natives.
Was His Puddle.
Quite severely the dignified gentle
man commanded the boy who was en
joying himself in the middle of the
street, "Hey there, boy, feet out of
that dirty water."
But the boy merely stared, and, feel
ing himself secure, sljputed:
"You go and find a mud puddle of
your own! You won't steal this one
from me!"
Couldn't be Published.
A schoolgirl, who had to write an es
Bay about motoring, submitted the fol
lowing: "My uncle bought a motor car. He
was riding in tlie country, when it bust
ed up a hllL I guess this makes about
fifty words. The other two hundred are
what my uncle said when ha was walk
ing back io town, but they are not nt
for publication."
"Nothing New Under the Sun.
The niol ' l-In-the-slot machine dates
back to Egypt's halcyon days, when
an automatic receptacle which sold holy
water was placed at the doors of the
temples In which the Egyptians wor
shiped daily. A coin was dropped Into
the basin and immediately a certain
amount of sweet holy water was
ejected.
FELL ON HIS HEAD
Tea. I fnanked her. She could hare
let fail a heavy bucket upon my
head, whereas aha was content only
to throw upon me scalding water.
Should I not have thanked bet foe?
saving me a broken erewnH