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. THE OREGON SUNDAY ; JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY ' MORNING,. DECEMBER V i3. 190
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The Wizard of
Games
DEKP in thought were both Carl
and Ella,
"I say, Ella," finally exclaimed
Carl, "I think I've found a way out of
the trouble. You remember our trip
through the old mirror to the Game Fac
tory? Of course you do; no one could
EVER forg.it that. Why not go there
again and get pome good Ideas for a
Christmas party?"
Ella was joyfully sinking her head
ys, when suddenly a volte interrupted:
"There's really no grrat need to go so
far. Inasmuch as the Wizard of Games
is h.?re before you."
Sure enough, there WAS the Wizard
who conducted the Came Factory and
who had provided games for boys and
girls and grown-ups, too for many and
many a century. Perched upon the
man:el. with his legs curled up under
him, his long, white beard reaching
"PERCHED UPON THE MANTEL"
below the mantel ledge, he winked at
them, comically.
"Befora I tell you of new games," sug
gested he, "suppose J relate how some
of the old games originated.
" 'Snap dragon.' you know. Illustrates
the ordeal of Ore in the middle ages, the
tire worship of Druid priests in ancient
Britain, the horrllile sacrifice of children
to the god Moloclf, and even the legend
wherein Is -.told how Hercules slew the
flaming dragon of Hysteria, which dined
upon eternally burning fruit In an en
chanted orchard.
"Do you play 'Oranges and Lemons'?
I Invented that a long time ago. Chil
dren choose sides, elect captains and go
all through a medieval buttle, even
down to the xecution of prisoners.
"The Christmas Tree 1 suggested to
men centuries ajo for the worship of
their god Woden, who was said to show
er down gifts from the forest trees upon
favorites who wander-?d beneath their
branches. And the Yule log I gave them
for the worship of the god Thor.
'Bltndman's Buff' Is taken from an
old play portraying Diana and her
nymphs, while 'Puss-ln-Corner' came
t fxoru the same source."
Then. Just as Carl and Ella were be
ginning to gather ever so many sugges
tions for their party, didn't some one
have to enter the room! Of course, the
W izard of Games disappeared like a
flash, and the boy and girl decided that
perhaps, after all. they would have to
rav another Visit to fee him In his Qame
Factory.
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTKRf"
DONALD Bt'KLOVV, a lid vt about,
H, is taken from hl home In New
York city to live f.ir awhile with
his t'nele Hubert. In Nova Scotia, there
to gain health and enerity. Uncle Hubert
decides to take the lail with htm on a
hunting and fishing excursion 'Into the
woods. Camp Howlinur Wolf l established
In the forest, am! Ronald trains the study
pf woodcraft. He gcwi tt-lrouttng. Later
his cousin Douglas , nmes to camp for a
dav. and together with 1'nele Hubert the
three so after snipe and woodcock. Doug
las returns home.
(.CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.)
CHAPTER VI
HUNTING THE BEAU.
TOHN tells me he has come
I across signs of bear," said fit
le Hubert, one morning not
long after Douglas' vlsiij "and
although this is not the very best time
of the year to hunt Bruin. I think we
might as well have a crack at him.
Bears are most plentiful in the early
autumn, when they tan have their fill
of the rich lulccg of ripe huckleberries
and blueberries."
Immediately after breakfast. Undo
Hubert and Ronald, accompanied by
John, set forth on their hunt for bear.
Kach carried a large-callbered rifle.
They tolled northward for several
miles until they ratne to a succession
of little plateaus raised one above
Bid
Ar ffillfiix Trick
M
OST slyly the mischievous elf
glanced around
To where good old Santa was
working.
JSo better a chance could there ever
be found
The elf was not one to be shirking.
With deftness h changed every label
in sight
Each gift with a name was so
' marked; (
What fun." said he, gleefully. Til
kava tonight; '
' I'll have really ana truly skylarked."
Pest ways to-CTake i&eflevfeS
AUNT HETTY could make splendid
games of make-believe, not only
for the tiniest of tots, mind you,
but lor grown folks as well. So
perhaps It was altogether to be "expected
that 11-year-old Marjory should ap
proach her "most three weeks before
Christmas with the request:
"Auntie. I want the very best make
believe game you can think of for my
Christmas party. You'll have to think
mighty hard If you wafit to beat the
last party you had for me. which was
Just too nice for anything!"
"Well, my dear," replied Aunt Hetty,
"the very beet form of entertainment Is
sometimes the most simple. I think a
masquerade would be the nicest one you
could have. But, remember. It must be
a real masquerade. In most parties now
adays one has no difficulty in recogniz
ing the person in costume. Why don't
you say in your Invitation for a mas-"
querade party that every guest must be
REALLY disguised? And. shortly after
all the guests arrive, gather thorn to
gether and havo .each write on a slip of
paper containing a list of names of the
characters represented what each be
lieves to be tin? names of the masquer
aders in the different costumes. Then,
if all are well disguised, it will be a
hard task for any one to guoss all the
boys and girls correctly. Th? one who
makes the best guess should be given a
lirlxe." i
"That's a splendid idea, Auntie. You'll
help, won't you, to make ME so's no
one can possibly I Ml who 1 am."
Aunt hetty agreed, and then assisted
Marjory In preparing the Invitations for
the party. On the day of this event
Marjory was all excitement. Her im
patience knew no bounds until Aunt
Hetty at last announced stv? was ready
another. As they ascended soon they
came upon tracts of grouird where
the forest had evidently been swept
by fire. Blackened and twisted trunks
of pine, fir and hemlock were round
about. Here, where the ground be
came finite rocky, berries grew in
profusion.
By noon, however, they had sight
ed not a single bear, although as John
pointed to the broken limbs of a
choke-cherry tree, which Bruin h:id
pulled down with his claws In order
to feed, he ohsrved that there were
many traces of the animal. At length
they retraced their steps, inasmuch
as Uncle Hubert explained that after
the first few hours from sunrise the
bear took refuge in sheltered ra
vines, sometimes along watercours
es where he could 1p shfltered by
the close-growing trees and where hs
could recline at ease among the conl
mosses at the bases of their trunks,
line he would remain until the late
afternoon.
Still Bruia kept himself hidden from
view, ami it wps decided to return to
ramp for s-imothing to eat. before mak
ing a try some hours later.
Just as they wero about to enter
ti e ileaving, Ronald caught a glimpse
And that Is how Teddy: Jones found
a pink shawl
When he looked In his stocking
next morn.
And Margaret Smith saw In hers a
football1.
While her sister drew forth a big
norn! V .. "
Oh. gifts were all twisted and Jum
bled and mixed. ,
And those rlgrhtly left were so few,
The matter could never no, nlver
be 'fixed; 1
I think him a mean elf, don't youT .
(Chief
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THERE WERE PURITAN DAMSEI
to "make up" the little girl. You see.
Aunt Hetty had taken part In real the
atricals and knew all about "making
up." In response to the little girl's In
quiries, she told something about this
art.
There are, said slie, two ways of mak
ing up. One Is to make use of colored
powders dry. The face is first rubbed
over ve'ry carefully with vaseline. Then
the powders are put on wth a puff, and
the colors blended with a hare's foot.
In the other method the same powders
are used mixed with grease, and known
as grease paint. Deeper and more mel
low tints can be had through the use of
grease paint, which comes in dlffercnt
slzed sticks or pencils, and which, when
once applied, will not come off until
the face is washed with vaseline or alco
hol. In color the pencils range Trom the
palest pink hue of u baby's face to the
copper-brown of the American Indian,
and every tint between may be obtained.
Before using the sticks the face should
be thoroughly rubbed with cold cream.
Next a stick of grease paint of the flesh
color Is dabbed upon the face at four
InLowIm
THE BEAR HAD ROLLED
of the cabin through the trees.
"Look at that!" he exclaimed, In
such a surprised tone that the others
halted in their tracks. Following tho
direction of the boy's finger, they saw
a great black bear rolling over and
over in a pool of molasses, dozing
from the bunghole of a barrel which
the animal had no doubt lugged from
the cabin.
But the bear seemed to have scented
bis enemy at about the same time they
discovered him. With astonishing rapid
ity he dodged behind the cabin and
with a lumbering trot was lost in the
woods before the hunters had recover
ed from their astonishment.
Without thought of refreshment, the
three plunged Into the forest after the
bear. Soon, however. Bruin was lost to
view. And It was not until his pur
suers came to the summit of a clump of
rocks high on a hill that they dis
covered the animal's . whereabouts.
From here they saw.talm, movipg In the
distance among the evergreens like a
Mack speck, and apparently feeding in
unconcern.
"You stay here and signal us the
course he takes," Uncle Hubert Instruct
ed John, while he and the lad proceed
ed to stalk the bear.
It was well that this precaution was
taken, otherwise the two would soon
have lost the direction of the bear.
But they could' always see the guide
upon the rocky height, and obeyed his
directions to travel to the right or left.
All at once Uncle Hubert motioned
to Ronald to stop, at the same time
cautioning him against' making the
slightest noise.
Peering from behind a thicket, they
saw the bear In a clearing beyond,
feeding upon the white acrid fruit
of the wild-willow. His sleek black
coat shone lustrously in the sun while
he rustled the branches, 'fleeing among
them with his tawny snout.
Uncle Hubert stepped quickly Into
the open, raised his gun and fired.
Hut at the same time Bruin moved
his body, so that the bullet, flyln
wide, chipped a rock close by. Im
mediately ha stared viciously In the
North American Company.)
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or five places. This Is rubbed over the
face until the entire surface Is evenly
colored.
Then red paint is applied. If ths flesh
tint to be obtained Is brunette, the stick
should be carmine; If blonde, a brlck-
' dust hue. Iri applying this stick to the
face, the deepest color should be laid
about the top of the cheekbone, and
lighter and lighter down to thee Jaws.
Under each eye a blue line an eighth
of an Inch wide la drawn with a dark
stick of grease paint. The eyelashes and
( eyebrows should be blackened and then
given the desired shape. Close to the
corners of the eyes small spots of red
should be added.
Only with red, blue and black pencils
can the attempt be made to alter the
features. To disguise the face, if a nose
is "pug" or tip-tilted, a white line is
drawn down its center to. the very
tip. If the cheeks are too plump, the
lower half of them should be darkened.
If cheekbones are high and the cheeks
hollow beneath them, the former are
whitened and the Latter reddened.
Wrinkles are made with a greass paint
OUT A BARREL OF MOLASSES
direction of the hunters with his shif
ty, piglike eyes, and snapping his
great teeth together viciously, cme
straight toward Uncle Hubert, evi
dently bent on mischief. Not far did
he come on this course, however, for
a bullet from Uncle Hubert's rifle
struck the animal In the breast with
the dull, soft thud which betokens
a fatal shot. Down dropped the ani
mal, threshing about In his death
struggles. John now put In his appearance, and
swiftly divested Bruin of his black
ccat. He then cut the choicest parts
of the meat into small pieces, folded
the bearskin with the meat within,
and tied the whole with bands of
witherod, afterward securing It across
his shoulders as a pack.
Highly pleased with the successful
outcome of their stalking, the three
again turned toward camp.
"The old fellow meant business by
that wicked look in his eye, uncle,"
observed Ronald.
"Yes." replied Uncle Hubert. "I
shouldn't have liked to have been
within reach of that powerful paw.
But. really, the bears are quite peace
able now, as compared with their
ferocity In March, when they have
just come from hibernation. Then
they are lean and hungry. Instead of
plump and sleek like our late friend,
and they have to work hard for their
living, scooping fish from streams,
eating ants from tree stumps and
foraging for other food, which Is
sometimes difficult to obtain. But no
bear is a pleasant customer to meet
when he is as angry as this fellow
"Uncle, do you think X. might have
a chance to shoot bear this season.
I'd like Ho ever so much," -pleaded
Konald, wistfully.
"I don't know whether we shall
meet many bf them this late In the
season," replied Uncle Hubert, "but I
promise you that If we do, I shall let
you have a shoe at Bruin." ,
(CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.)-
a wbif
or the color known as ox-blood, al
though a blue or black pencil may be
employed.
The ears should be brushed with a
hare's foot filled with dark," -flesh-colored,
or perhaps darkest red. pow
der. Carmine pigment Is used to red
den the lips..
Aunt Hetty explained that thers are
also face washes, made in many tints
of flesh color, which may be used
instead of grease paints or powder.
"Now, dear, you will be able to
'make up' quite as well as I, won't
you?" she asked.
"Not quite so rapidly, anyhow,"
laughed Marjory, for by this time
Aunt Hetty was making the finish
ing touches.
A few minutes later, when the lass
was fully "dressed in her quaint cos
tume, no one would have believed
her other than a geisha girl from Ja
pan. Indeed, her "make-up" was the
most convincing of all those at the
party, although there were' Puritan
girls. Colonial dames, mademoiselles
from the French court, dashing cav
aliers, cowboys, Indians. Pierrots and
Pierrettes, and any number of other
fanciful costumes.
When It was all over. Marjory ad
mitted to Aunt Hetty. "You were,
right, Auntie, a masquerade Is the
best way to make believe. You know
you want to make believe In such
fashion that people can't tell you
ARE making believe; and there was
hardly one who knew me in my Jap
anese dress."
ettys Christmas (Sfuest
WHAT had the good Kris Krln
gle In his pack for her this
year? Betty wondered. Inas
smuch as it was Christmas Eve, she
had a perfect right to wonder. And
then she began to dream- about the
ancestors. Would they come, as they
did on Christmas Eve a year ago, and
tell her many Interesting stories
about Christmas-tide In years gone
by? But no. since the pirate ances
tor had fought savagely with the
cavalier ancestor when she last saw
them, it did not seem likely that any
of the ancestors would pay her an
other visit.
And probably because Immortals are
such contrary beings. Betty had no
sooner decided that she would see
nothing of them this year when a
strange, mist-like shape floated In
upon the moonbeams through the
dormer window and became station
ary before Betty's cot. In a trice the
shadow had resolved Itself Into the
ravalier"'ancestor, who now stood
bowing before' the lass In his usual
courtly manner.
"Ten thousand pardons. La '
ty," murmured he, "for lntrt: t
such an unseemly hour. But .
portant Is the news I have t ,.,l
thee that I made bold to come v.ith
out Invitation."
"Why. what is the matter!" ex
claimed Betty, much alarmed by the
cavalier's excited utterance, so un
like the gay, airy speech she was acV
customed to hear.
"Of a truth. Lady Betty, sad things
have I to Impart. Thou knowest the
little difficulty I had with thy pirate
ancestor. Sorry. Indeed, was I to mar
the happiness of our little party upon
that evening:
"Naught came of our desperate en
TrsubksnAmbilwsEar
in spite of all his troubles great.
While tampering with cruel Fate,
3te little, fear r.o .warning took
And for contentment would not look.
A woeful wish he uttered then.
Nor had he time to count to ten: -It
was like rolling off a log
So quickly he became a dog. .
But innocent and timid quite -
Souvenirs From
Banana-Skins
WHEN Nan and Dan gave their
Halloween party, you remem
ber what pretty souvenirs,
made from nutshells, they presented to
their guests.
So popular did these gifts prove that
for a Christmas party Dan promised to
devise other souvenirs Just as nice.
After thinking upon the matter, he de
cided to experiment with fruits. How
well he succeeded you may kpow from
these drawings, which show some of
the wonderful novelties he constructed
from banana skins. Nothing was used
save the peels, a few matchsticks and
a little cardboard.
You can easily make every one of the
souvenirs pictured, while there are ever
so many more attractive novelties you
will readily think of. Why not hava
fruit souvenirs for YOUR party?
In the Drawer.
His mother tucked 4-year-old John
away in the top berth of the sleeping
car. Hearing him stirring in the middle
of the night, she softly called;
"John, do you know where you are?
"Of course, I do." he returned. "I'm
In the top drawer."
counter, because spirits may not be
Injured, ituch trouble, however, have
I had with the scurvy fellow since
then. It seemeth that he hath one
desire that of doing unkind, villain
ous tricks. This night was I deter
mined to see that he worked no harm,
so I have followed the rascal since
early eve. But, alas, my efforts have
been of no avail!"
"What what did he do!" gasped
Betty, more alarmed than ever.
"What did the villain do but follow
his old pirate instincts. No less a
person than Santa Claus himself has
ho robbed. Stopping tho reindeer
coach as it flew over housetops,
quickly did he rob the kindly Santa
of every toy, of every present. Ana
now Kris may not be comforted, be
cause all his friends among tho chil
dren wlll.be disappointed on the mor
row!" The cavalier shook his head
aggrlevedly.
Betty was dumfounded. Was not a
single stocking to be filled by Kris?
Somehow she could not make herself
believe. Before her astonishment
would let her speak the cavalier had
faded away.
The next thinsr Betty knew it was
morning. She rubbed tier eyes in be
wildermentthen she remembered.
Without pausing to dress she sped
swiftly to the stairway and hurried
do wo tho steps, her heart filled with
a great fear.
At the door she paused an Instant,
almost too much afraid to look upon
what fate held In store for her. Then
a quick, nervous glance and she gavo
a shout of joy!
"Why. I must have dreamed It!" she
cried, examining with delight the
treasures which Kris Krlngle had
left, after all.
Was this wee dog; he couldn't fight '
Or with the others hold his own, ,
Frightfully bit, he died alone., . .
THERE remains one more chapter Of
the sad adventures of the Ambl- 1
tious Pear. And' next Sunday's
instalmentwill be Illustrated, as usual,
with the simple drawings' which llit'e
, boys and girls can easily copy for them
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