1 4. I - V' . ILL ' ' V, "" ' ' '' 1 II I I I I 7 I i t 1 4 r 3 I' 1 5 1 V FRE.NCH UVCLB AL stayed in France a long time helping Code Sam win the war. While be tu in Parli he learned come tricks from a real magi cian. When he came back he did some of them for his little niece, Alice Wat eon. "How wonderful. Uncle AL I wish I could learn some. Do you suppose r could r asked Alice. Now, ever eince his retern Cncl Al bad noticed a great change In the twins, Alice and Albert. They were still polite and fairly accommodating, but it seemed to him that they Bid their kind deeds merely from habit, because they were scouts, of because1 they had to. "Anyhow, the pep ha gone out of them,'' he said. Be now be answered Alice: "Certainly, dearie. When my locker comes I have something that will help you to work magic, only ybd mast be careful to obey strictly." The locker attired next day and Cn cle Al's gift to Alice waa a pair of dear little French boots, khaki colored and with silk tassels in front. "Made to order la Paris, thy dear," said Uncle Al "Pay strict attention to the initials Inside. Tou think 'A. W.' stands for your name AliceWatson but don't forget these are magic boots.' The letters mean Always Willing. Re member this when you wear them miracles will happen." Alice put the boots it the foot bf her bed that night and could hardly wait for morning to put them cm. When tomorrow came it wait lots bf tan to lace the strings around the lit tle metal hooks just like t'nclg Al's And there shone the two gold letters, A. W., that stood for Always Willing. But as the passed mother's room she heard a little moan! She knew what that meant! Mother bad a headache! O, how she wanted to get to school WterM Cr Prlftiwc Co . m t, " A 7 - I Am the LAUGHING Ol'LL. and live hear the water. They call me the Laughing Gull because my vol-e is kind tit i hoarse cackle which sounds something like a very old man's laugh. When a great bunch of us are together we make quite a noise when we all happen to "laugh" at the same time. Atltough I can swim very well and like the water, t seldom swim, unless com pelled to do so and then hover get very far from land, as my rouains the see gulls do. You know they will follow a ship on the ocean for thounsnds of miles and when they get tired Just hop on the water and bob along with the watts. ;-;' Now you are ready to draw me. I'm sure, so take a pencil, and starting at dot number 1, continue to draw a line through dots I, 3. 4, and so on back to dot 1. and you will find that yeu htve drawn my outl'nr. I hope )ou will like mc for your coU Ict tiob of Pencil Pictures, MAGIC X 91 X very early to show the magic boots before the bell rang! Of course Daddy could fix mother's tea and toast Then, Magic Boots made her think of their motto. Always Willing. She tiptoed In, kissed mother, went Quietly down stain, prepared and brought up a dainty tray. But there Was not much time for the schoolgirls to admire the boots before Chapel! During first perlbd teacher asked: '"Who knows the way to the car barer Alice understood. Teacher needed car checks, and soma little girl al ways volunteered to go for th&ra. Alice knew the way, too, but ft meant cross ing many muddy streets, ahd ehe re membered her pretty new boots. Then the remembered the boot again, they aid Always Willing! f went her band "I do let me go," she piped eagerly. tM may, dearie, ahd watch fof passing Vehicles," teacher cautioned, giving Alice the money. Alice skipped merrily there and "WW 4 J.fQ " '4 - - 3 " j? - 10 trior vegetables standing it a tine, A rabbit ate tht carrot, then then 9. 9 little vegetables waiting for thrtt fatt, A worm borei through tht cabbage, then there Vert 8. 8 little vegetables' thinking earth a heaven, A small boy bought the onion, then there were 7. 7 little vegetables, standing straight as sticks, , A chicken picked the lettuce, then there wee 6- back, golBg Mdwly flrf crossings, the boot wkre hot splUhed one, toil at recess bad hews awaited bet! While sfce wai twit a real French magician Bad Visited the i6hool. The cBlldren had been called to chapel again to see him perform his tricks. "He took rabbits out of his hat, bor rowed our rings, fired pistols at them, handed them back with pink roses tied to them, and everything," relat ed the happy children. Sure enough, there were the roses pinned proudly to dress and lapel. "And t would have enjoyed htm more than anybody," sighed Alice. After icBOoi she loitered home. Tht blue, blue ocean bids us come, Juil hear him prance and roar Hi tinjt Song, his merry, hum ti heard along the short. He seem Id idy : "Come in and sPldih POLLY PESSIMIST. But Potty is a pessimist. Or one who's always blue; She sees the darker side of things, Tht sadder point of view. Shi always thinks that it will rain When thi goes out to ride, Pot goodness sake, don't be lik her. Look on the brighter tide, Harvey Peakt. TO MR. bOtGB.UT. Good morning, Mr. Doughnut I'm mighty glad to meet yoii, You're just the friend I'nt Idokitig for, Most kindly I wil' treat you Indeed, there's no one lovel ydtl inbfe, And so I'm going to Cat yob t . , EAST LOtlttlJGI. One time J ssw a farm boy asleCS Upon a haystack coveted deeft. ' For pillows sheets arid blankets gay, All that boy had wf ofily liny! When morning came he waked his pup, Bet aerir Ha4r that hay bed up! - ' 14 iil'i'f 'ii,,, . 4 '! Uc i-Ku Uv;l u 1 i 3 h 6 little vegetable, Wry msir, dive 4 iff vegetables, laughing, at a bee, A baby seised tin raJish, that there t lit bet sltit potato, then there Weti S. xrtre S. S little vegetables, wondering more and 3 MtlP vtjHobles, looking somewhat more, blufi A woman bought the hihi'.f, then Inert A WON illirA Iht tttiHthber, then there were 4. ttrrl i. f"i :t -n - mw u.f SOT AFBAID OF IM. "Let me have 'em hard, I say! I'll catch the hottest ones today." And swim in best of form I Come on, dear kiddies, make a dash, The water's nice and Harm. "Along my bedik thrift loli of tani For kiddie! wee It dy Cowir on and make t city grani Why Stories ttflf THE wirt Sl'OEE nasi. (A feuptian legefii) OSCE to th Wry long ago I hus band end wife lived IH Venice and both, as It chanced, were very obstinate. Said fteppo bn day to his wife I "Ltl s have Som fritters t8 tat." "What shall w do for fryihg pan?" asked ftosa. "florrow One front rhjr godrhbtiier," replied fceppd. "I'll go for the pan, but you must carry It back," said Rosa. "We'll see about that," said Beppo, "when we have eaten our fritters." The pan wis borrowed, the fritters cooked ahd Cater) and laid Bcppo: "Let US make i bargain (hat whoever speaks first thai! carry the pah back to mjf godmother." "Very welt,'' laid Rdia, 'I'll agree id tliat." "We will go on with bur usual work," said llcppo. 'That will be all-right, Mid ttdsij I'll sftin and you make the shdel." Beppo was a shoemaker sd dowiih: sat and began to draw hisr thread, say ing nothing but "LtnlCro, lenlcro," as he drew the thread back and forth. Rosa sat at her wheel spinning away and murmuring as she did so in a kind of croon, "Piccici, piccids" So llicy sat hour after hour, he with his "Lehiero" and she with her "flc Clcl," but not I word would they say to one another. lit the coutse of the Jay in came a soldier and said to Bcppo: "Cut me i stout leather girth for my horse '." Bcppo never even looked at him. 2 Itlllt WHAblri, thinking Ihey would The hi IMId rotted, then Ihcr: M 1. t llttlt. vigelahtt can't have any fu, St Ml Mptr bnrsted, then thrre wat . on$. Harvey Peake. Mother' shutters wire closed she still bad her headache, it would be. I dreary boiise. i3ut at the front doof stood" frnci at. Smillr,g and taking her books hi asked: "Hat! ye heard the good news? Mother is better, she Is only resting now, for we are to hav a guest for supper a French magician, my friend from Paris. He stopped over to see me. I hear he rislted your school this morning, but he will per form for us again tonight' "Always Willing does work mir acle," said happy Alic that night pinning to Uncle Al's lapel the pink rosebud the magician bid tied to her ring. . for me to wish away. "And every merrj Ihtid and man, When vatil6n i&ys ate done, Will take from me a coot of ton And memories of much fun." William A. Robert,. 0LL1E OPTIMIST. An optimist is one who smiles No matter what occurs, From getting clean tlothis muddied up To seats on cocklt burs. And this boy Hevef fails to smile, His temper ii; Htblimi l)i you Hoi wish Ihdt jfdu were like Hit Oliie all thi timet Hiney Peak. only continued drawing his thread backward ahd forward and Intoning, "Lenlcrci, iHllefBl" The soldier looked at RoSa. "What's up?" he asked. But Rnia merely Jr jit on turning htr wheel and crooning, "Piccifcl, blccici!" "Ate yblt both crajy?" said the soldier, arid he sliotited tc Bepprt: "Cut me a stout leather girth for my horse I" But Bcppo paid no heed Otlly con tinuing his "Lenlcro" accompanied by Rosa's "I'iccici." The soldier became very angry and, drawing out hit nword, Belted the shoemaker and was about to cut off his head when Rosa, who could not stand WHAT MARTHA DID 14 MARTHA was 2 and Felix was . Martha wai not very certain on her feet and would wobble a great deal, so that Felix often had liU hands full when he walked with her down to the gate. Some times he wa cross about it and told her Hint she should not cling to hit hand. One day Felix was in a better mood than Usual and took her for a long walk, and they went intd S little park and sat down. Felix stood bit lop seeing her husband killed, cried out : -"Spare him, good soldier! Do not injure Bepbo, my dear husband!" And ficptki cried out: "(Jood, good) yoli have spoken first and back froU shall carry the pan, while 1 cut e leather girth fur the soldier." 0 A Tlttnght tor the Dsyi NetH trouble trouble till' trouble tfrlubics you. HIDDEN SKETCHES yjm) isVmjS TR Mill Msi It a li.ll ,.( ... list bate a 4t in Ihrsa.. Tfce ant lain, jus U Ike itlcturr A a "Ureal aatrlfR" will aaaeai m of the scat and jumped down, and if Martha could. have climbed up on the seat the would have jumped down, for she always wanted to do whatever Fe lix did. White she was wondering it she could do It Felix came down with a thump and, losing his balance, fell sprawling. It htlrt, but he laughed, and then he found llint he could hot get up His inkle ws hurt end he could hot stand OH it "This Is a pretty flx," he said. "I guess my inkle U sprained, and how shall 1 get hornet 1 can't walk and you can't find your way home to tell them." "Yes, 1 o, laid Martha. "Come barlt," be tried to her; "you don't tttlow the way, arid you will get lost." rlul Martha was hurrying on, ' falling dotvn and gelling up and hurry ing at long as she was In tight Felix begad to cry, for the pain end the fear that Martha was lost wert too hiuca for hint. It seethed hour while h waited, and no one came to that part of tiio park. Then, when ho had de rided in his own mind that no one would ever rind him and that Martha was lost, he saw his mother With poor, tired little Martha Id her afms, and ttid then tilings happened. Mis mother left Marihe with hint and Hurried in (lit direction in which the had Hen some park meh, and presently Felix as in i taxi ind oh the way to the doctor's while MaHha lay fast asleep beside him Ih her mother's arms, and the was Idling Felix how Martha made them understand that brother was hurt. Her dmt was torn and dirty, and so was her face, but Felix did not care ts he behl to kiss the brave, tired little girl. I. . .....n ..j all I. ii.. res. paw HAND Mt my Pipe YES, Paw paw COME OH WiTH rut fIP YES, PAW PAW HEY, DID YOU LOSS . YfR LEGS YES. PAW PAw WHAT MEAN tHErV GiMME ' YES. MOVIE OF MA66Y. HIS OUVf CHEElLO. r r M4GGV yes.. PAfc PAW JS-v - v: yrck 11' v m r