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IN THE COASTING CARNIVAXi ; PARADE THE BOTS DRAW THE GIRLE' 8LKD8
- arERRIBST of tlmas -have folk In
M . the' valley of Upper Enradlne,
, Switzerland, during- the lone
winter. Skeclng, aledglngr, tobogganing,
iSkatin, slelghlng'-all manner of out
door sports are favorite pagtltnea. But
the merriest time of all to Ralph and
Jii alster LJljltfn -was tha children's
coasting carnival. , -. '
; Several mortha before this season' the (
.bUaceaJMtd, C.roa aerasa AbAjw4a JipoflL
a visit to Switzerland. The last few
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Jage of Collexlna," among tho thick to-J
per Engadine, Many nice ' playmates
liad they found 10 the boys and girls pf
the town,. The lads were jnanly fellows, .
and - their elstera -wera; as' fond as they--of
vigorous games and play out-of-doors.
, . During the schooldays the little folk of , .
Collerina began ' thalr studies as early
as 7 o'clock. Some' Journeyed miles over
rugged mountain paths, to -reach tho'.
echoolhouse. 'Jfow, .' however, -studies
were put aside for a while, and the big
winter fete f for-children "waa begun. .
"Ralph, I've a pleasant ' surprise for
you,". eaW the boya father on the morn
ing that the coasting- carnival was to
take place. ', ' ' .
Of course, Ralph', could hardly finish
his breakfast after hearing this news.
As soon as the meal was over he rushed ,
eagerly into the next room, to Inspect
bis present.
"Oh, ifa the nicest sled I've ever
seen! Thank you ever so much,
father!" exclaimed the boy. when ha
aw the splendid coaster which his .
'father had so thoughtfully purchased (or
him.
"You may know,'" added he. "how use
ful it will be today."
Thus saying, Ralph sped from the
house to show his 'prise to his friends.
All praised the handsome aled very
much. ' They asked him If he had tested
Its "going" qualities. ' . ,
take one hill after an-
realised how far from
was tempted to
other before lie
home he was. -
"By George! I can never get back in
time," he muttered. He turned atfonce
and tramped back as fast as he could.
But the distance seemed miles and
miles, He surely could not reach the
town and Join in the parade.
Just then from the . wood there ap-
HOW TO PLACE MATERIALS
lamp chimney, pome cord, two sticks
of macaroni, a basin and a candle.
Insert a stout cortc into one end of
the chimney. Through two holes
bored In the cork put the macaroni
' tubes, having first bent them, by
heating, into the form shown in tne
picture.
Suspend tha chimney by means of
the cord 'over the basin, in which Is a
tumbler containing a lighted candle.
Pour water into the lamp chimney.
This will spin around as the water
runs through the macaroni tubes. And
the water, falling In spray about the
glass tumbler, Is lighted by the candle
into a shower of flame. The sight is
a very pretty one indeed.
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THE DEER ARB FED IN DUKE , OUNTHER S PARK
Foreot deer are often given things to
eat by nice folk. . Wild turkeys pick up
grain scattered, for them. In big parks,.;
' like that' owned by Duke Ernest Gun
. tberj of Schleswlg-Halsteln, in Prussia,
shelters are built for .the pheasants and
, food given them. ' 'Little boys and girls
do their share of good by giving bread
crumbs to wandering birds.. Hunger'
makes all the wild creatures quite tame,
you know. ', Ak. ";
Winter passes very quickly for soma
animals, because they sleep either all or
part of the time. Most of the creatures .
who thus sleep sra vegetable eaters,
more or less. Grain-storing animals are
active all the winter, or else sleep only
from time to time. r ? i .
Nearly all the rodents that burrow in
the ground take. the long winter sleep.
There is the woodchuck, for instance."
And tho porcupine goes to sleep, A num- '
ber of animals slumber a great deal,' but
A. Iokc ontnc Jrroressor
IS EDINBURGH. Scotland, there used
to live a nice old gentleman named
Professor Blackte. His hair was
long and gray and he always wore,
Scotch plaid over W shoulders when he ,
walked about the streets. .
One day, as he was walking along, a '
little bootblack called out to htm, "Shine
yer boots, sir?" Professor Blacklo saw
that the boy's face wa very, very
dirty indeed, so he said:
"I don't want a shine, my hoy. But
if you'll go and wash your face I'll give
you sixpence." - ,
"All right, sir," said the boy. And he
went at once to a water fountain near
by and washed his f ace untir it was
quite clean. Then he went back to the
professor and held out his hand for the
sixpence. ' "
"Well, my " boy," said Professor
Blackle, "you have , earned your six
pence. Here It is." J?ui me uu
"I dinnawant It!
get yer hair cut!"
"DRAWN BT THE 'HORSE"
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"No, answered Ralph,' "but I'm going
to right away."1 As he started for the
top of the nearest hill. Lillian shouted
after him: ...
"Don't go too far, Ralph. Remember,
the parade begins in a very little
while." :
But Ralph did not hear. Already he
had made a run and a "flop," and now
was whlwslng down the long slope. The
hills extend for long distances An this
region of mountains and glaciers. Ralph
lumbermen on skees, who were on their
way to work. Ralph saw his chance at
once... ..
"Won't you please pull me along,
too?" he asked. '
The men cheerily invited him to catch
hold of a rope which the last man tied
to hia arm. Then they urged the horse
to a quicker pace, so that Ralpharrived
at the village Just half an hour before
the parade was ready to start.
''Well, if you aren't a great one," cried
Lillian, reproachfully, as he darted into
f the house. There was no time for re
r ply, however. Ralph already was busy
donning the fancy costume he was to
wear. .
And when the band of musicians led
the procession through the streets of the
village, with fantastically garbed boys
drawing sleds on which were seated
quaintly dressed girls. Ralph and Lillian
were In Jine. , ,
But Ralph admitted that he had come
very near missing the beginning of the
coasting carnival. "And I wouldn t have
had that occur for anything," said he,
emphatically. Lillian sniffed scornfully
as she replied! . ,
"TViat rpniiv ouent to leacn yuu a
son in carerulness, Mr. .naipn;
know it won't."
but I
Tim North Wind dolh blow.
And we shall hava now,
And wht will poor Kobin do then?
or skunks live rather far nnrth. thev
: further south," they do not sleep, quite
so long, and if they dwell still further
south, they do not sleep at all. Certain
kinds of mice seem queer,-inasmuch as
they sleep.whlle' their near relatives do
not. ',' ,-J.:- . -
Lots of winter, homes are made by
fit ting, up beds of dry grass, and autumn
leaves. Animals use hollow trees, caves
and ' all sorts of burrow , for winter
quarters.' -'."'''.'',:,
Land reptiles and related creatures
bury themselves in the around below
the frost line. Here they stay until
spring comes. Many , snakes crawl into
cracks between rocks or . hollows be
neath stumps, or even find resting
places in burrows, several or them may
wrap themselves, up Into a tangle.
some naties sleep, too. cnuo, carp
minnows and eels He in the mud at tha
Will hide bii head under bis .Wing.
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tIEN. ,the cold winters, come, , in
countries where they-, do come,
how will the "poor" beasts and
birds and fishes keep themselves' warm
and comfy? Mother G0090 seems to
have settled this question for Robin
(though robins must: be. different now
from what they were in Mother Goose's
time). But what will the other creatures
do? ' .- . ,.;;'-"!.. v. i'- :
Sometimes kind ' people help. ; them.
. . winter. " On warm days in winter the
English squirrel, the hedgehog and the
morning-cloak .butterfly . are often
awake..'.;.:':;.,' '''"'. -;'
Of - the northern brown, black "and '
polar bears . only the lady beans sleep
" all the lme. Mr. , Bruin takes a good
long nap, then out he goes to search for
something to eat. f: ;..- ." ; , .s ;..;.
Whether some animals sleep or, not de
pends. entirely upon the . kind of ; coun
try in which they ,.ive. If prairie dogs
coldest weather. -Among insects, tha
smaer niaes unaer-nieces or baric or
- otner. Droieciea niaceo. Ana mere ai
Insects like the caterpillar that nass tha
cold. months in comfortable cocoons.'
Birds hava it the nicest of all. be
cause thev don't hava. to stay in a cold
Diace unless- mey so wisn. iney can
fly awav. vou see. to almost anv land
thev mease. If I had to- make a choice
:or oemg some sucn creature. ininK x
be a bird. Wouldn't you?
ye can keep It to
' rnki .,..r.ri.j nrnfMinr ia.usrhed very
loudly at the boy's Joke, d afterward
he told many friepds how a little boot
black had made fun of him.
MIX A FOLLOWS THE BIRD
SKATERS ; glided here and there
upon tha smooth ice. But for tha
blue, purple and orange of scarfs'
and cloaks the girls, with their huge
niiiffa, toques, peckpiecea and ooat trim
ming, would have seemed like furry
animals dancing hitter and thither. And -
1 ne Doys, wun nrnTy coau ana gaum-lt-ta
and cfa, DID ivawnble bara.
Along the banks some of the older folk"
ir gathered. Servants raa about with
t-razWs containing live coals, to '
th bunds of fine iadlea. Cakes
.vunrtej and hot spired wiaa aipcd
mm t iia to time by tbeaa oalaokera.
Aa the hauls of laughter1 raa ut
otr mn onfortenata tumble Herr -roo
1 that it waa a merry scan. Tfe
t it of h;a wife. Fr van Tos-
!-!'. 1 ur-4 a mom la ttefr dtrking
. i'j Wkf-d p Trom ber ktriturg ta .
. v 1 ... ji mum HMtwiw a HI 1 f vora
t a r'-iy
1 t cm Tecrea had tke gmit mnj
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so THEY were indoors. However, tha
window gave a splendid view, and soon
Herr von Toppen waa dreaming pleas
antly, over hla pipe, of the days when
he himself waa tha champion skater of
the villare: and Frau von Toppen was
thinking of tha time when aha waa as
nimble a skater as any girl in town.
"I do wish our daughter would learn
to skate. 8he has worn, bar beautiful
filver skates only tha once tha time she
fell and gave ber head such a nasty
bump." Herr von Toppen - shook his
head in disapproval.
Then the Hps of Frau von Toppen
were pressed together determinedly. -I
say that Mina SHALL leant to skate.
said she. "Mina! Mlna! Coma this very
tnstaat! Ton are to put on your silver
skates, and t quit alt foolishness. To
-think that the; daughter of Herr von
Toppen does not yet know bow ta skate!
Tis a disgraca!"
- In ebedirac to this sharp summons
little goden-haIred. Mua-eyed Mlna ap
peared la the doorway, dreaetd ta fur
to withstand tha cold, and carrying tha
aiTver skates in her band. As aha glanced
: oat of tha window at tha skater ehe
shrank quickly kick and grew pale." A
frill, tiny girt aha waa afraid of rough
outdoor sporta.-
. Tatkr! Mother!" aha appealed. t!nv
Mly. woat you pieaae let ma practice
by ssyseif? m try hard the to learn.'
Bat I'm afraid af tha Mg crowd yo
Herr vn Toppea roughad snaCy, hot
Fraa voa Tcrrpea frowaed, and ha ,
fio-ael away lit head aa sbe r -
Xa! Oot ra g a tara whea there
are twpla ta ta yar
, 1ra Mtna crrrt mmlar to tha dike, "
wkare, artkJeg tXa quUlest Jar aa
could find, sha slowly strapped on her
skates. Fearfully she pushed her way
from the embankment, shuddering as
each skater whizzed by and almost
blown off ' her feet by every gust of
wind.
All at once a great white bird, Ilka
an albatross, appeared in the aky above.
Aa little Mina watched it. entranced, it
poured forth' a wonderful "melody that
comforted poor, little, distressed Mlna
and made her love the fclrd with all ber
heart. Then, wheeling high in air, tha
good white messenger took its flight.
Now gone was Mina's fear. Instead,
a great longing to possess the beautiful
Nrd came to her. She forgot all else. To
the wonderment of a gaping crowd, who
felt sure the timid little girl could not
skate, swiftly Mina sped in tha direction
taken by the white bird. Nor could any
skater catch up to her.
On and on went Mina. Her skates
seemed to possess, wings. From dike to
stream, from stream to pond, from pond
to lake ehe flew, always guided by the
beautiful white bird that flew on before
her. She passed through hamlets and
towns and cltlea. where folk stopped to
gas at her by day and looked wonder-
ingly after her from,-their windows at
night. But Mlna never paused. Always
forward she traveled, until she reached
the sea.,,
Herr von Toppen and Frau von Top
pen never sat at their window again to
look out upon the skaters. For they
would have been reminded of their
cruelty to Mina, the daughter who has
never returned from pursuit of the beau
tiful white bird. '
About Birds and Animals.
' Bees are geometricians. Their cells
are so constructed as with tha least
quantity of materials to have. the larg-
est-slzed apaces and the least possible
loss of interstices. 1
The mole is a meteorologist. Tha bird
called a niceklller is an arithmetician,
and also the crow, tha wild turkey and
soma other birds. The torpedo, the ray
and the electric eel are electricians. Tho
nautilus is' a navigator; he, raises and
lowers hla sail, casta and weighs anchor
and performs ether nautical acts.
Grinds His Own Meal.
"Pa. what is a dentist?"
"A dentist, my son, is a man who uses
other peopie'a teeth to feed himself."
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"GURGLES" OUT FOR AN AIRING "WITH PATST
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FROGGIE -skipped blithely into tha
room where the other "district
messengers., sat '. awaiting their
calls. As he confronted tha boys. Frog
gie drew a big half dollar from his
pocket and spun it In the air, while ha
winked merrily. Thus the .messengers
knew that he had received a "tip.'
Where'd yuh make the haul V: en
viously asked Reddy Mullin from his
seat on the end of tha long benci
"Funniest old geezer," chuckled Frog
gie; "made me scratch his back, for
half an hour, then gimme this extry.
"That's no thin" to Dude Barton, who a
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AiicntLoryx! Look pteasditplease;
urn out your iocs - do nt shdke vour jUvtSl
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let J-cr a Tmornent.ouiie. .
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on the. night shift, an' who often has
to take a lady to the theater and back,
an she won't have nobody but him. an'
" she t always . gives im , a dollar tip."
Shorty Dugan chimed in. ' ' -' - vY
Then- tha . messenger boys swapped
stories of , strange calls they ha4 an
swered and of queer tasks undertaken.
Whirey - admitted that once he had
washed a French poodle. And it wasn't
a nice Job, either, because the poodle
was cross and bit him; although h ot
T5 cents for a tip. There was tha lady
who always wished to take with her
the articles she bought while shopping,
' and who , almost . smothered Jimmy
Trude with bundles upon one occasion.
And Willi Burt ance bad to aecom- .
pany a fat man to a basebalt gama. be
cause, aa the fat man said, be liked to
-have soma on along, and as ha waa a
stranger in town ha thought ha would
-calij for a messenger. . " i..
So they chatted until a story bad been
contributed by every, on save Patsy,
i "Come. Patay; tell us tha funniest
thing you've bad to do lately," , de
manded Frog gle.
Patsy slowly crossed and then on-
crossed Ms long, fprewtlng lega. His
fara flushed for an Instant and then
settled Into a gtootny frown. Tie waa .
tha oldest and tha bitreet of tha mee
aengers. they waited refpfully Tor
lira t begin.
"It might- strike yoa fnmry to hear
about Ourgl." said be, at la. "It
did rra. st first, aa I didn't dare tn
yon feliera. because yoa'd hare tha Joke
a m. Bot aow I dm t ferl that wsy." ,
psty atrrri a moment and tsllnkd
rapwiiy r-fora h aked la a low vic-,
Kr. w. bd yvh ih:nfc of a
fnir ho'a f t"' down ar ut jus'
-m ( pnmdjr babr that ais t o re
lation f- him haa d-d? He s a
aii t t"T"
if th lads UatJgtt ao. they at least
said nothing. All stirred uneasily, and
with one accord looked everywhere but
at Patsy. He continued: . -
V "Well. I fess I'nv the . feller. Bout
a nienth ago I got a call to mind a
baby; The kid's ma was goln out, ah
, she didn't want to leave it alone. I was
,-told to feed It from , some sort of av
bottle every .once in a . while, an to
wheel it out In the coach at a certain
' lime. ' It seemed a cheese, of a Job, an
T made up me. mind I wouldn't .be in a
hurry to tell any one about It
; "It wasn't a bad kid. Though X was
mad at bavin to be nurse, I found tha
Job wss essy. The kid slept most of
tha time,' 'cept when I gave it some
milk. An . when it didn't, it Jus
grinned all over. Its face and grabbed
at mv fingers an1 pulled my hair sort
o playful. I ain't much on babies,
but this one did seem kind o' cute. '.
"The ma came back an' said I'd dona
fine. Tou can guess, though, I wasn't
much anxious to be nurse again. But
not long afterward I waa called (o tha
aame house, an had. tba same thing ta
do. over again. - Tou see, tha lady got
my number an' pTioned that she wanted
, me. ... ' , ' -
: "Well, to cut it abort, I had to thlnd
the kid a lot o times after that. . It
rerer cried, an" it aeemed to take to
-ma' right off. FacW the- lltHe-thlnc
seemed real glad to see ma every time
I Wowed in. An' spite o myself, I
kind o' hegaa to like IU I stopped
beln mad when I got thg same rail,
though there wasn't much la tha way
a tips. - -
Ten a long time come when I wasn't
called In. I got te thlnkin about "Gur.
ales' that's ITm name I railed tba kM.
an It arways laogtwd when I called
It- 80 yesterday I heppeaed to pa
tba hue. aa thought 1 might drop 'a
an ak the ma how the kid i
There wasn't any wt doln ao, 'cm j
well. Gurg)eaAdled a week ago. May
be yoa think I'm a bahy la ba la a
furk Jjf over that; hut I"W own Bp.
f!ir. that tblrg alaf sraad Hf)t
siaea. - - " " "
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