T ITTLE PRINCESS By DAVID CORYW ILLFUL

It whs h lovely bo nraer mornlns as tlie little wilful princess and lier pi". Inonk^•' • "ood at the window in the high ejistem turret ar.d lookvd across the land. The rising sun threw ft: and away over the greensward lone hraad shadows of the big. silent to’ est that bordered the winding road leading over the hills and through the valleys. Yonder lay the aea. purple and amber In the floods of morning splendor. The house of Michael the garden, r stood darkly out against the sky. The blue smoke from the rude stone chimney went spirally op until It was lost In the clear expanse above. The castle frowned fron the rocks, rnd scattered here and there, the humMe cottages of the peasants nestled In the wooded nooks. The meadows below the royal gardens we-r starred with golden flowv rs. while from every hedge and thicket came the carols of the Joyous birds. The swallow* gleamed like mail-clad warriors as they chased the burnished Insects through the air. how nuslc was heard in the grass, too. as the grasshopper beat his drum urd the cricket tuned his pipe. “It seems just like a holiday with all this music." said the princess. “It is. Indeed." replied the monkey: “we the flags and banners Hying in the town below." Surely It must have beer, a galaday there, for at that moment along I nr highway hurried a throng of peo pie. various in dress and manner. r.any of them laden with merchandise for the fair. "There goes old Lord Crusty!" laughed the little princess as a chariot and four amid a great cloud of Jus* passed by. "Why does such a dls••greeahl.- thing as he want to go to a fair this Jolly morning?" "Perhaps he thinks he may find a cu-e at on.- of the booths.” suggested the monkey: "who knows?" “I*et us go. you and I." of n sudden cried the princess, and suiting her actions to her v orda. she ran off to give orders for her pony to be saddleo sr.d one for her pet monkey, also. The village square was thronged with people when the Utile princess and her pet monkey arrived, sc thronged that they h.-jl some difllculty in making their way. although the jicoplc pressed back to let them pass as soon as they recognized her small highness and her devoted escort, whose fame had reached the po5" peasants for many miles around. "Why so much excitement?" asked the princess, lookin’, curiously about to find the cause. "Yonder gallant knight." answered the monkey, pointing to a stalwart horseman, armed cap-a-pie. who at that moRinnt rode through the crowd. As he passed her by th- princess lu ard him say to hi* squire: "Wind a blast upon your bugle ho.n. and ptoclaim to the assembled people that here In the market place I hang my shield In order that all who are no disposed may come and see themselves reflected in It." Sweet and mellow the bugle notes rang out in the clear air, and when a rpace had been cleared in the center of the throng, the shield of the gallant knight was placed there, a burnished disc of silvery radiance. In which were reflected the pafs.ug events as in a mirror. But even mote was shown from toe magic reflector. For every one who looked at his image in the shield saw something he had never Been before. Curious It was to watch those who looked ana passed on. There came a pretty slip af girl, who posed In a vain altitude before It. But In a moment, with blush, she turned quickly away. Quite soberly she walked hack to ter place in the crowd and awaited with Interest the next who should venture before the telltale minor. Presently the crusty old lord, whose chariot Wheels had raised such a dust upon the road to the discomfiture of the merrymakers on th’elr way to the fair gazed upon his image In ihc shield. He grinned and frowned at it. wondering at first what ft was. but when I' grinned and frowned back at

knight, looking keenly at the monkey, "the shield hanneth none.” So saying, he led the princess before the burnished mirror and withdrew to one side, while her little hlgh-m-ss looked Intently into it. At first h“ reflection of herself was the same .s that which bad always met her eyes when she had gazed Into the oyal mirror of the castie. or her own private one In her beautiful boudoir. But gradually the face changed, slowly but surely much of the beauty 11 appeared. The light In the eyes •new hard, and the lines that came about the mouth changed It no 'bat •.cars came to the eyes of the Uttle princess. "Oh. how wilful!" she thought, r-be look out her small handkerchief md wiped her eyt®. Forgetting where she was for the moment, the drew closer. "Can It be possible." -he whispered, "that this is -eally tr.r raceT' and again she wiped away the teara. Little princeaa.” said the monkey, looking over her ahoulder. "come, let a go.” She turned and without a ord. followed him. Then the *Ulwatt knight advanced and lifted up Ms shield, and bracing It once more upon his arm. rode on stately through he town. On reaching the broad highway, he paused to watch the little princess and her small escort ascending the hill to the castle Just th<n the sun. striking the window in th^ eastern turret from which that very morning the Uttle princess had looked Cswn. made it as bright as the shield upon his arm. "Oh look, dear monkey." cried the tittle princess, speaking for the first time. "1 am almost persuaded that the shield of the knight has beer, transported by some miracle and Iiuur upon our castle." “No. little princess," be replied Your own little mirror Will answer In the future." But the princess did not reply, for she was wondering greatly fit the wisdom of her pet monkey.

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French Fried Potatoes To cook French frieu potatoes, boll the potatoes In their Jackets and then peel end cut and fry. 11 using raw potatoes, pare and cut and wash, then dry and let lie fn a warm room to dry ofl. then fry. You will have better success using a vegetable oil in place of the lard. laird can not be heated to a high temperature without burnFrench fried potatoes require temjierature of 360 degrees Fahrenheit hlch temperature Is much too hot for lard. Sour Rabbit Cut the rabbits and then place In a china bowl and add One cupful of chopper onions. One bunch of potherbs. One teaspoonful of sweet marjoram Rlx cloves. Five allspice. Two bay leaves. Now cover, using a mixture of two parts vinegar and one part water, in a cool place for thiee days, turning the rabbit over every day. then put in a casserole dish or stewing pan and cook until tender Thicken the gravy. Serve potato dumplings with this dish, or j: may be eaten cold. Chicken a la King Cut the breast of e cooked chicken Into one-inch pieces and then place cue and a half cupfuls of thick cream sauce In a saucepan and add one cupful of mushrooms that have been peeled and cut in pieces, and then parboiled for six minutes in boiling water, and also One green pepper, diced fine and par-boiled. Add: Yolks of two -em. Juice of one-half lemon, t me-qnarter teaspoonful of must One and a half teaspootifuls of s One teaspoonful of paprika. oaiwi chicken, the mushrooms then green pepper. Hoat until

moderate oven ;ln_two_K’,ers for >0 minutes. Filling One cupful of milk. Six level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch. Dissolve the starch in the milk and bring to a boil and cook for five minutes. Now add: One-half cupful of sugar. One well-beaten egg. One teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat to thoroughly mix and then cool and spread between the cake layers. Ice the top with water icing or spread with Jelly and then cover aith cocoanut. Cheese Capane Mince one onion fine and cook unt'! i-oft in one lableepoonful of batter. Now add three ounce sof cream cheese t rotten In bits and season. Spread on eight finger-widths of toast and garnish with paprika. Tartar Sauc Yolk of egg. One teaspoonful of mustard. One tea spoonful of sugar. One-half teaspoonful of paprika, fine tea»poonful f lemon Juice. Mix well and then add slowly onehalf cup of salad oil. Add one teaspoonful of small sour pickles chopped fine. Tomato Salad One-half cupful of salad Ml. Four tablespoonfuls of vinegar One teaspoonful of salt. On? teaspoonful of paprika. One-half teaspoonful of mustard. Blend until creamy and then prepare the lettuce. Lay on platters onehalf of a tomato on lettuce and cover with dressing. Four medium-sized matoes weigh about one pound Biscuit Two pounds of flour. Ore and one-half ounces of salt Two ounces of baking powder. Place in a bowl and alfl twice. Rub in. One-half cupful of shortening. Mix to a dough with One and one-half cupfuls of milk. One and one-half of water. Kneati in the bowl to blend well 'nd then-roll out one Inch thick on well-flou-ed board. Oat and brush the tops with milk and bake In a hot < for eighteen minutes. This makes about fifty iuIpcuIU. l_ET THE CHILD HELP •F Every normal child, even one as ycung a' eight or less, can he Interrated in something which will-be to her benefit if the mother will cast about a Uttle and find her natural Inclination. It Is really only an appllci tkn of the kindergarten theory. The ijea is not to deprive the child cf on* hour of p!ay: It Is merely to guide part of Its recroatior. into useful chan i.els. Through accomplishment a ch'ld ill ha v e a higher opinion of her ability, gain confidence and be spurred cn to tnrther effort. Does a child who Is anxious to sew get more plociidre from running stitches in a bit of muslin which she knows win be cast into the scrap bask--' or from sewing on two sides of muslin into a bag In which her mother promises «o put the washed lettuce on the lc~? Her labor, ttirial as It might have been, has resulted In an object of some concequence. ard she Is accordingly gratified and encouraged.

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Origin of Famous Songs j The author of "Kathleen Mavourneenhad at first Uttle notion of in* worth of the song. and. Indeed, would have disclaimed all responsibility therefore had It not been for a Utile strategy on the part of a friend. Micbolls Crouch, the composer In question had written the song to amuse a railway Journey to Plymouth, whither he went on business for a commercial firm. I! so happened that in that town, he bad rendered the composition to a Mr*. Rowe, who greatly admired it and requested that Crouch sing It _t a concer* she soon to give In Plymouth. Crouhh declined the invitation, and thought no more of "Kathleen" umU one morning, glancing through the window of his loom at a Plymouth Inn, he ■ amazed to observe a big poster on bill board opposite announcing Mta. Rowe’s concert whereat he was listed to give "Kathleen Mavourneen." But fee a lovers’ quarrel, overheard by the composer, another famous song "Darby and Joan"—would never have been given in the world. The Star Spangled Banner," as everyone knows, was actually composed during the heat of battle, the author. Francis Key. having Jotted It down as he watched the bombardment by the British forces at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore. The grumbling of a negro groom led to the composition of the Immortal •Old Polks At Home " While waiting for a change of horses at a Kentucky hostelry, the composer. Stephen Foe- \ author of so many beloved darkey melodies, heard a melancholy negro murmur, as he threw a set of harness to the ground. "Iso sick an’ tired o’ dN life. I wisfct I was hack wif de ole folks at home." "Where may that be. Sam?" as Fostaj. ’■Oh." answered the darkey. "’’ down on de Suwannee River." The result was the song we Lave today. A British nnny bandmaster wr.s the Inspiration fir "The Girl I Lett Behind Me.” U appears that this gen-tler-•n was a bit of a male coquette, and that, as result of his flirtations he we* ever bidding good-bye at the station, on occasions when his regiment was being transferred, to some young woman who had f-Uen a victim' to his charms. Finaly, the tradition runs, a member o( the band, in a spirit of s-rcasm. wrote that famous song which would be played by the band whenever the bandmaster rejoined the reglntenh -So In time. It got to be the "tnarchlng-oiit" tune of the whole British army. It pays to advertise.

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