HIE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, OCTOBER 1 f , 1903
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Kitao Dines Like
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KITAO composed himself to sleep. '
True, he had not dined, but h
was' contented, for all that Had
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, ths poort Surely, hs would eeln much ,
wore ood from It In uus way man
bs oaten It. .
But his companion, Matou, too cat.
lollies
in
(Copyright, 1506, by Ths North American Company.)
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, WENT PLACIDLY TO"8LEEP
V
:.WM dissatisfied. The. Idea of taking a
nap while hungry wu not at all sttract
Ive to her. She determined to hunt for
aoma tempting morsel In which aha
could ljury her teeth. ,
She had gone not mora than a hundred
yards from the cottage of her master,
however, before . aha- met several
naughty boys, who wickedly tied a huge
aucepan to her tall. Terrified by thia
great thing, which banged and clattered
Catching the
r Robber I
M R BROWN looks Into the great '
pox. aunk deep la the, ground,
which stood near hla house. The
longer ha gused ths mom wrathful ha
became. Hera, you see, ha had stored
the apples plucked front the choicest
trees in hla orchard j and mow some thief '
had made great inroads Into the supply.
As ha muttared what ha would do if
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. FASTENED THE SAUCEPAN
after her, Matou Wped helter-skelter
along the byways,
8o great was her fright that she did
not realise what she was doing when
she ran against the royal cook, who
prepared the' viands for the emperor'
himself. Now. the cook waa carrying a.
pullet, which had Just been cooked (or
his majesty, and when ha fell, tripped
by the atring attached to Matou's sauce-
there Is nothing to disturb
today. ' I can now devote
the time necessary to finish
this portrait"
Thereupon. Isabey. the great painter
of the" French court, applied himself
to his work with renewed energy.
But not long waa he to remain In this
contented frame of mind. Some one
knocked loudly at the door. With a
grunt of irritation Isabey turned the
handle, to find himself confronted by
an equerry In the royal uniform.
"Tour presence, sir, is desired at the
Tulllerles Immediately," said the messenger.
THE A-RTIST QUICKLY ARRANGED TBI WONDERFUL. DOLLS IN A PROCESSION BEFORE NAPOLEON
"Isabey." aald he, "you know that my
coronation takes place In two days,
nvell, I want you to begin work thia
hour upon two water colors, reproducing
exactly the event which will take place
on that day.' I wish to have these
paintings completed by the day I am
crowned emperor."
The painter murmured, "Yes. sire."
and then found himself dismissed. Back
to his house ho walked, with his mind
all befuddled. How In the world could
ha finish two water colors, demanding
great care. In Just forty-eight hours T
Isabey knew the task set him was im
possible. It would have taxed the abll-
do the work." he reflected.
Ail at once an idea came to him. Not
only was he clever at painting, but he
could devise splendid costumes with rer
markable speed. Mme. Isabey was wit-
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DROPPED THE PULLET
pan, ha dropped tho- chicken. -'
And this dainty fell right Into the
saucepan tied to the cat's tail. Away
fled Matou. more frightened than ever.
This time she made directly for the
home of her master,
KItao wag astonished, indeed, when
Matou appeared, drawing behind her the
pullet in a saucepan.
"J?he gods have provided me with dln-
nefl" cried he. And as he proceeded to
r .Hit- .BJ nrt .
though it were a doll factory. Puppet
after puppet . was completed, however.
Yet Isabey never ceased from his la-
bors.
On the eve of Coronation Day Isabey
was admitted to the presence of Na
poleon. Accompanying , him was the
painter's valet, bearing a mass of paste
board boxes. -
"What are all these parcels for?" de
manded Napoleon. "Surely two water
colors cannot occupy' ao much space." -
Without replying, Isabey proceeded to
unfasten the cords which bound, tho
boxes, And to place upon the floor a
multitude of puppets, exactly resem
bling the noted personages who were to
"I regret, sire, that Z could not
cute your command better, but J trust
that this substitution for the water
colors will be acceptable."
And Napoleon,, thoroughly amused as
well as astonished at the painter's mar
velous skill in designing the procession,
replied:
"I am satisfied. Isabey and sur
prised." .
While Josephine, wife of Napoleon,
added, with enthusiasm:
"You do very well as a court painter,
Isabey, but I would that you were my
cos turner!"
( Isabey acknowledged this compliment
and the praise bestowed upon him by
GREAT WAS HIS WRATH
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he caught the rascal, Mr. Brows beard
a smothered laugh. Turning his hes4
ha observed a boy peering through the
hedge and grinning mischievously.
"Then is my robber V cried Itr.
Brown, starting to run after he boy.
But the boy ran much faster than did
the stout man. After stumbling over
an obstacle, and falling heavily to the
SERVANTS BROUGHT UNDRESSED DOLLS AND RICH FABRICS
Wonddjlng for the necessity of such
great haste. Isabey hurried to the pal
ace, whore he gained admittance at
once. Napoleon greeted him kindly, and
then referred to the matter which had
' caused him to send for the artist.
Ity of an artist who worked at a rapid
fire rate; and it so happened that Isa
bey, though a skilful artist, alwaya
painted with much deliberation.
"But since Napoleon has commanded,
I must at least make some attempt to
SUMMONED BY NAPOLEON
sess to hla skill In designing elaborate
robes exquisitely decorated.
Once having made up his mind, Isa
bey made hurried plans to put the
scheme Into execution. Servants were
dispatched to buy numbers of undressed
dolls; others were sept to shops to buy
rich fabrics and gay tinsel of gold and
silver.
Then the painter set to work. First,
he painted the faces of the dolls to rep
resent tlhe features of those who were
to take part In the pageant. Then
from the heap of costly cloth he cut
pieces and deftly fashioned them Into
beautiful robes, exact counterparts of
those to be worn at the coronation.
Hours passed, but the flying Angers
of the artist fairly kept pace with them.
Round him now- lay masses of dresses
and cloth and dolls and scraps as
FELL HEAVILY
ground, Mr. Brown gave up tho chase.'
But he did not give) up his plan for
punishing the boy. He was even mors
angry than before.
When he had thought deeply for aoma
time, ho decided what to do. Just be
neath the lid of the box he concealed a
powerful spring. As he retired to bed
that night It was with a chuckle, for ha
felt sure of catching hla prey the next
day. And it happened exactly as ho ex
pected It would.
Early next morning Mr. Brown arose,
ISABEY S ROOM LOOKED LIKE A DOLL FACTORY.
take part in the coronation on tho mor
row. V
In the space of a short time he had
arranged a complete procession. Then
he turned to Napoleon, bowed, and
said:
courtiers and ladles.
The water colors were afterward fin
ished, as Napoleon had first command
ed, but it is said that the emperor was
not more pleased with them than he was
with the wonderful group of dolls.
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PROVIDED WITH A DINNER
enjoy this feast he remarked, with
guto:
"This pullet is fit for a king to dine
wpon."
Little did he know with what truth
he had spoken. Had he done so, per
haps, bo would not have eaten the
pullet so calmly, nor so gratefully
shared it with Matou.
A Fair Exchange
N
'EVER before had Willie been In
the country. He fell into rap
tures fx deJight. over many
things, but above ill did : he admire
a Jersey calf.
"J'd like to buy it," he said to the
owner.
"But what would you give in ex
change for it?" was the response.
"My baby sister." gravely answered
Jhe boy. "We often have a new baby,
;! and we've never had a calf."
Himself the. Enemy
AN OLD Noras legend tells of one
of the kings of Northland who
was a mighty warrior, and so
strong that none other could stand
against him in combats There was no
man living whom he feared.
But one dark and cloudy night he
was set upon by an enemy who seem
ed to know In advance his every de
fense, and who was able to forestall
all his moves and grips and thrusts.
In vain the king sougnt to tree niro-
He felt that no was oeinB
choked to death.
Then, as the clouds parted ror a mo
ment, the king caught a glimpse of
his enemy, and. lo! he saw his own
face. So It was he found that he was
his own greatest enemy.
Natural Motives.
Teacher-When the war broke out
mil the men who could leave tnelr
homes enlisted In the army. Now,
can any of you tell me what motives
took them to the front?
Bright Boy Locomotives, teaeneri
interesting Khstimes of Nan and Dim
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PLANS REVENGE
Bowing tho shutters of his window, he
peered through a crack down to where
his precious apples were stored. He had
not Ion to wait before the boy appear
ed. After looking closely about him. to
see that no one was near, the naughty
fellow stole toward the apples.
Then, as he released the staple which
fastened the lid of the box, a Strang
thing happened. The lid flew backward
Hncess' Mildness
to
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J OT long fo a motor-car in wtich tbs PriDcesj of Walee was riding
killed a fox-terrier pvppj belonging to the children of ilr. Eobert
Ldwvnd, cf Kickxasi worth.
This son dent so distressed the priocess tist -ha ant another nappy
is tit cliJJrrn to rnt!se XelJr." wbt bad been killed Tfce children
i ied the fcew dr 12cjtl rrioce." You can ixagine bow they prize their
tt x.d bow ihtj gfprecista tbs Lindneu of ths princess.
TRICK THIMBLES
f" TURRIEDLY unfolding the note
I I which Nora had Just brought
her. Nan read:
"To Her Majesty Queen Nan:
"With the permission of your most
gracious majesty the court magician
will perform In the queen's audience
chamber at the hour of 3.
'MAGICIAN DAN."
The little girl clapped her hands In
glee. It was very, very nice of Brother
Dan to help amuse her, while her
sprained ankle still kept her confined to
the house. She settled herself more
comfortably on the couch, to await the
coming of the "magician." Dan could
do such wonderful tricks that she well
knew a treat was In store.
Promptly at the hour appointed Daa
appeared at the doOT of the sitting
room, and bowed profoundly to Nan.
Then he left the room for a moment,
returning with materials for his trick a
Raisins two thimbles la the sir. he
announced: ,'
THE FEBFOR21AJTCX BEGIJTS
Tour majesty,' the performance win
begin with a myetifytn thirablo trick.
Tou will observe tbs thimbles are n
tirciw nni)(. Kor I shall alaoa a cork
pellet ob the table before me. and aver
It I shall plaea oaa of the thimbles. The
other thimble I pat sa top of the one
which covers the pellet Presto,
change!"
Daa waved his tnagte wand to , the
a few snysterioo gestaras
HOW THE COIN DISAPPEARS FOLDING THE HANDKERCHIEF GOBLETS FILLED WITH "INK"
and then announced:
"I have now made the pellet travel
from underneath the lower thimble to
the Inside of the upper thimble."
Sure enough, when he raised the top
thimble, there was the pellet, while the
bottom thimble was empty.
OTHER ASTONISHING FEATS
Amid greet applause Dan went on
with his next feat, on the table he
laid a square piece of paper and upon
It placed a coin. Over the coin he .
placed a glass. Then over the glass
he slipped a cylinder of pasteboard.
Raisins both the glass and the cylin
der together, he showed that the coin
had disappeared from the table. But
when he laid the glass and cylinder
again upon the table, and removed the
cylinder, the coin rested on the square
piece of paper under the glass as be
fore. The magician bowed low In acknowl
edgement of her majesty's approval, be
fore going on w,itb another trick. This
time he borrowed a handkerchief from
his royal audience, spread It oat flat
upon the table and placed a cola ex
actly In the middle. Afterward fee
foldJ the comers of the handkerchief
toward the center. Then, with a few
passes of his wand, ha flattered the
handkerchief la the air. The cola was
gone I
I sKall eoeelade my perfanaaaca
with the most rVmarkabis feat kaowa
to masters the Art of Kagte," rar
ly said Paa. as he produced a glass
filled almost to the rim with ink. To
prove that it was really ink. he dipped
a visiting card Into the fluid; but when
he threw a handkerchief over the glass
)ie muttered a few magic words, and
then slowly drew the handkerchief
away and, instead of Ink, the glass
contained clear water, In which swam a
tiny goldfish.
Nan gasped with astonishment. Nor
did she hardly recover sufficiently to
thank the magician for his kindly en
tertainment, as Dan bowed himself o'ut
the door.
"Lonly'wish I knew how he did those,
splendid tricks," she murmured to her
self. Perhaps you would like to know Just
how Dan DID accomplish these feats.
Ia the thimble trick, the bottom thim
ble A) bad a piece of cork Inserted la-;
side, with a needle point extending si- ,
most to the level of the rim. So that
when the cork pellet was placed under
tt tha aeadls penetrated the cork, and
when the thlmblt. was raised tha pellet
earn up with It. There was lso a cir
cular pieca at cork (d) Inside tha upper .
thimble (B. This pieca had a little kola '
In tt (e Just large enough for a second
cork pellet (O to be dropped through it.
This second pellet rested ea tbs Barrow
ledga (a) abovt tha ho. Great ears
bad to be takes to hold the thimble la
aa tacUaad poelUoa while placing tt
ver tha first thimble, la order that tha
petlet anight act rail through tha hole
(a) la tha cork ledga. Of course, after ..
the upper thimble was In position. It
. was a simple matter to turn tha thim
ble so that the pellet would roll out
The second trick was accomplished by
having a circular piece of pasteboard
(I) with exactly tho sams circumfer
ence ss the mouth of the glass resting
upon the square bit of paper CD- Tha
coin l) waa laid on the pasteboard.
Then the rim of tho glass (h) was stuck
with mucilage. Of course, the glass war
fitted exactly upon the edges of the piece
of pasteboard, to which It adhered.
When the glass snd cylinder (k) were
. raised together, tha cylinder was big
enough to cover the glass and the pasts
board upon which tha cola lay.
COIN CLINGS TO BREAD '
Before beginning the handkerchief
trick, a moist piece of bread was stuck
oa the corner of the handkerchief. This
corner waa pressed npoa the coin first la
folding. Tha cola naturally adhered to
the bread, and the performer when un
rolling the handkerchief turned toward
his audience tha aide of tl)S handker
chief opposite to thai upon which tha
coin clung. , ..-..
Ink really waa not vsed ta the last
'experiment. The inside of tbs glass wsa
lined wfth a piece of black cloth com
ing ap to the exact arret of the water.
Tbs Card, was inked oa aae side before
kaad. Cpoa drawing the aaadkerchief
awsy from the cevrea glass the per
former reached dowa and also drew
evt the Mack cloth, aoaceaUag tt wltiua
the handkerchief.
THE BOY SHOT UPWARD J
snd he was shot upward through tha
air, right into the hands of ths angry
gentleman who was waiting to receive
him.
The spring had dons Its work faith
fully, and you may also be surs that
Mr. Brown did what hs believed to be
his duty. He lay the boy firmly across
his knee and well, you can guess what
happened without a great deal of trou
ble, can't youf
A Watch as a Compass
VRT few of you, perhaps, 'have
observed' ths fourth hour ea the
dial of a dock is marked "Uli"
Instead of "IV." This was doe to a
mistake of Charles V of France, un
der whose direction ths first watch
was made.
A watch may also be ased readily
for a compass. Point the hour hand
to the sua. and the south is exactly
halfway etweea the hour ami the
figure XII on tbs watch. For lastaaee.
supposing that It Is 4 o'clock. Point
the hand Indicating foar to ths ssa,
and II aa ths watch is exactly seats.