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■M* leskkd U xbbU plMauMr. "Pauli m>4 I ara fOiat to raacr famoua al(ht> to«tar.<* ah* ; MKtrMd qotto u thooark bar « cot apokaa. “I ttilnk «• ahatl visit tha Tovar of Loofloo,

» Bow. Wa may a ran asa tha S ,<5 ana Quaan in a wotrtarfW cant " «rawa -by coal black hortaa a

com* Slant wtth o»r r^n 0 h "*j r^i "h.jjfr W*r-" ■»« **»y Acnta went. *** °7*V y B*1a wslk.a alony anfl . vjTS^w? < *** r - te ? .

i ltnta* maalc, aa^a atoppad to llatan. , -r wUh l cstdd rfay Uka afd Slate. •“Toil conifl." nodded tha boy. “If yon practiced hours and hoars aach weak tha way I do.

for tha President, for they call tha'Boy Wonder.' It was vary ales meet him and his wife In the Whit* House and to sea all the slfhta In Wadhlntton. Ha thanked bm sod tdld me to be careful of

my haalttCao that I

I cmyld gt in poant u

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'Tket'a aplei.dld." beamed My daddy talks jost Ilka that He tarsi most eat plenty of veyetable* and sat lota of sleep and b« Erotic and wall If I aaa to amount to anythin*. Good-bye, Bor-Who-Played-

( STRANGE FRIENDS )

R OW, thil la a true story of ons of the funniest little dots yon ovor saw, and a poor little crippled baby chick. It apponod Just as I tail It, and If you ware bora I could show pan the little dop, at be Is still Brin*, and does not Jook angMildap than,

bo ever did,

Ho':ltvas\with. the people who raised him,from a pup. and thv Ions btm as moph as if he ware on# of the family. Ha never bad any

One day an old cat caucbt a baby chick, and before It could bo rescued, the little fussy thine was host In one Up, so that the lep dranted When It walked. Pup’s mistress doctored the wounded lap, and tied it up with a clean cloth with lota of hoe tint salve on it; and aba put It In a shoe box with cotton for It to rest on. and fed it every day. After a while the little biddy pot wall enouph to

‘om. Now comas f the story. Pup

She wheeled Paula on down the it. and suddenly her attention

caupfst by a low eob.

looked all around but. didn't anyone nutH tha peered ddWn'tbe cellar-way stairs of an empty

Sure enourh. there waa a frlphtmad. lost little baby boy who had ■rendered or tumbled Sown there! Elsie was not ion* rosoulni iBha didn’t Quite know ■wbr.t <

_ _ .. . _‘l w..^ her “find. ” for eh* deubUd U ■BPs outy **«*«®w] bsr mother would erelcoroean --- ‘ child. Vur soon she met «

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Hoils a littto bit of a thin*, hot looser than a pit ear of end as Bis tall U only about

tha Queer part

took charpe or in* chick, and followed It weut. and would not lot anythin* trouble It H* would stand by wh«n tha chickens ware fed. and eee that It sot Its full share, and If tha old rooster happaned to stop on It Tup would bite at his Up, so that he would move his foot When nlpht camr and the other uhlofcan* went to roost Pup would

Anna playlop school with tt

“domes. Anna wears a PINK . (use jobd llpbOyf frock. It has YELLOW collar- and • cuffa Her shoes are YELLOW, tom •Paddy hear wears a dark PURPLE Jacket and U*ht GREEN pants. Teddy U BROWN with

YELLOW eyas and bettona tha sailor pelt, has

BROWN hair and hla suit la dark

her . bonnet is PINK a her shoes. Dolly-Dear LOW hair like Anna's, UkoPolly’a. Deny BLUB drum and ’Sael her shoos are BLACK A, B, Ce out of a RED

: foAsoon( ttol polerj, cecktte- latterlnp on the hook Is YELLOW. Paint all tha dolls’ cheek* PINK id their Ups BED like you will

Ions Uttle turned-up mustache that partly hides his round, black noee. His hair stands up In little tufts, and no two of thorn Ho In the asme direction, In fact It make# you think of a frim

t aad the wall light GREEN. The v-rtll and the chalr-t - — 1 be colored BROWN. Ton can color the border ol ir plctrre YELLOW and have tha rT ~ ’ * RED.

take the mothorlem chick to bed wtth him. and hold It cloee lo that ould keep warm. As ha did not have a win* to put over It. he would pull It back under hla neck, and cuddled up there it would sloop as warmly as If tt were n After a while Pup and hla little

*1 declare,” he exelalmed. “that must bo the very child the woman la- crying about up at the police •alien right now. Where did you find hlmf* Elsie explained and waa much

around London with b she felt it was Urns to start on her return journey. Nothin* happened until aha came i the hi* monument In the Uttle irk, and there was Annie oomln* along with tha all-day sucker In her mouth. •Tm Just coming home." Elate greeted her joyously. “Bee, there's tha Statue of Liberty.” "It's no such thing.” scoffed Annie “Jhat'a a r.ionumsnt of General Bevs.ru. Lncte Tom tolf me about U. Ha bought Alaska and people called tt *8oward‘a loo Now It’s where a lot of gold and coal and fish and furs c< Elsie wsan't listening. "I've found somethin*.' she claimed, and aura enough eh* had.

FAIRY FRIENDS

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BLAKTING AlflSlALS Take the first letter of the first word, the eeeond letter of second word, the third letter of the third uoVd. and they will epeU the name

vehicle Period of t eavy weight Tenth end Loiter . ADD A LETTER I -a.u a part of the head, add a letter and I become a fruit Change the addadr ^B*>*. and X tcoe.>e a term of. gCMtlun. Chengs again end I am a wild

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Change again end I am twelve

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^hango again and I am not far.

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ll am compemd of three ATUables: 1. On equal Meeting

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j. A steed / My wkol* is supreme

T think,” she volunteered, “that i poor old lady up at the corner belongs to this pocketbook. for aha be hunting for someth tag.” In a minute Elale was at die old lady’s side. “Oh deary me," waited the aged woman, “I’m miles from home and I’ve Jos’ tny money.* “Don’t worry.” urged Elsie, “her# Is! I meet be going now for we’re Just about to land.” The old woman ataredathar for, of course, she didn’t qulta underjust a few steps around •he corner and EUle’s mother stand tag In the doorway. I’ve been to London^’ said Elsie, ’’and I’ve had some wonderful advent area.* ’’Bhe’e Just walked-around block.” contradicted Annie, ’’and I as far as she did and I dldn’ have any adventures at all.'' believe .you both,” smiled Elsie's mother. •

take another look. No, he we# far from being beautiful. hut ha has such a big, warm haart, and dnes so many funny things, and la so good nstared, that you Just can't heap from levtag him. Sometlmao the children ware rather rough with Pup. and played wtth him Just as they would with a toy dog. picking him Uf — the most convenient ban He, that an 'ear, f o»t or tail But master how mm* It hurt, never gets mad. or trie* to htta. He may give a sharp little yelp, hut that te all. He te alwuya reedy to play, and tt matter* not to him. whal plays with; anything will answer from a toad frog to a rose bush, or a flower pot. He oven bites »nd plays wtth Nancy's hind Nancy te the horee. you know he could find a black bug crawling In the grass he will have the time of hie life, pushing it along with hla foot, and then putting hla foot on It If It seems about to get away. And If htf pan find one of the children's shoes, he will l.e down with. It for an hou- at a time, mouthing and fondling 1L

• Quite often when pcrpisxwJ or gnrveJ they eoegbt tl Who alwayt Bear the vdUgt in a cave** ha4 hit home. Whan errata* Ultad wan «W bnoath the wing moon. The beye «J»fis «««U eteal away -o a* eonwpromtscd boon. Aui eeUon <M thay a* • van the gifts within the pow’r OfwiUiag dvts. who grsatsd that regwntt within the hour.

A Poor Han Who Befriended the Pftor

AN AFTKBNOOS'A FUN C HB first gams is called Hunt The Fox. Partners are-chosen and stand In two Unas, partera opposite The Fox at the head .arts and ruse down the Uua and back, pursued by hla partner, the Hunter. He oaa pass through the and In and ouvbut the Hunter i follow him. When caught the couple take their pisses at the foot

of the lino.

. The nett game 1a To# And No. A player thlnkt of some pereone or thing and the others ask him queetlons shout It to all. of which he answers only YBR or- NO. The Inquirers must guess from hie an(were what he U thinking of. Shrewd question# will soon lead id the discovery. This le a good game and well adapted to follow one In which there ts much physical

LI THU GOLDgMITH. tbs thor of the ’'Vicar of WahefleUI.” lived a tl»e of poverty

and hardship. He takes hla place the ranks Of tha poor boys who came famoua, and thte hs did through hla own valiant efforts and appealing writings. The story U told that at one time Goldsmith practiced medicIna. Hla patients

poor tt not poorer than and any money that Dr.

Goldsmith wteaed usually went Into the pocket of a poorer client. On# day he visited a poor patteat whom he knew tu be very proud. RealIstaff that the pattern needed food more than any medicine. Goldsmith wrapped what UUU money ha had In a plaoa of paper end saying "Here, take tbit a* needed. 1 think tt will help you," hurriedly left th* house, imagine the tMtlnge of the poor patient upon beholding the gift so kindly-given and knew that It meant food and renewed healUi. Goldsmith's cducatlan use pain-, fully earned. His effort# to obtain work were tattle, sad ho Hved In a.garret In the dlreot poverty, lie pawned hit clothe# at oaa time to pay hie landlady and spent hla time writing, hoping to make a little money la ibis fashion. Ills literary efforts won him fame, bat not fortune and he died a poor man. When he was burled the building was filled with the poor and forsaken whom he had befriended, and today hla monument Is In the Poet's -Corner of Westminster Abbey, which U the greatest honor that could bo bos towed u*or him

In England. "Ho conquered 1 world by ha*d work, klndnees a a gentleness as beautiful as 1

genius was great”

with each other, and that wmi funny. The chick would reach up and pretend to'pack hla «o r *a; Pup would make out aa If ha i going to hits It sad a take 1U whole .head In ate m but waa mighty careful not to hurt

it

When Pup got tired of thte game, the chicken would tty to posh Its head In his mouth anyway. Sometimes they would ■ each other aa If they were playing tag. The funniest part of It was when they vere playing they both looked so solemn, as chickens and pupplss can’t oven smite to say nothing of laughing, yon know.

still the boat of friends, and you never eee on# without seeing ti other, aa thay stick closely togsthi all day. and sloop together every night. But wo are wondering what Pup la going to dc when hla Uttle friend grows up to be a big rooster, wtth a beautifully drooping tail, a groat, red comb on hla head, and apura on hla legs?

f HE lake was like a mirror 1 f Out in ti* paii today, !( - And on itt akimag water

He hold hk head up promBy, J-Jr He was a pwtty «y»t A* on and on hr floated, i graceful and so white. And. wstdtmg, I rawmbetud A story mother read About the “Ugly DuckEag* From whom all creature* Sei 1 The one that was a Granger, ' ' A i tr anger in his beme. I And had such grief and trouble IJ That ha was forced la i

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TheHANDY BOXAF’HQE^E BY CHARLES A.’KINQt . * STALE NORMAL SCHOOL. PLVnOUTn'M.H.

LOOKING FORWARD The gardener who waits until next spring to do certain things will be out of luck for some boy or girl will hare a garden full of flowers when hla seeds are Just sprouting. On* of the things to do In 1st* summer le to low seeds of hardy annuals, but you must not delay, for th**# should be In the ground bofars a heavy frost. Aanual Larkspur If sown within the next few days will give you earlier bloom than seed eown next spring. The single end double varieties are both attractive and all tha colon are good. Rut a ten-cent packet of Mixed Tall Double Stock Flowered larkspur. sow th# seeds where they wtl! not bo disturbed, not too close to each other and cover with about a half Inch of earth. After the : ground la frosan—not before— i cover the tiny plants which should I be showing above the (round by this time with manure or leaves C. M. B.

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'Handr Bov* man ■ought about this project he ••lied hla first venture In ae. When about twelve yean of .age he broke a light of glass we other boys have done; hla first thought waa baaed upon the probaMa reaction of hte father to the result* of a oaroioasly thrown boll and ho realised straightway '.hat something had m be done at once. He had often watched "Billy", the popular glaster In a not far sway sash and door factory M ha deftly oat tha glass In aoah- of fttt atees and kinds and was persuaded that he could do It hlaiaelf. If not aa well the expert, at leaat well enough for present purposes With the moral eupport of a chum-the glass was measurod. th* (4» UJh> t»iotv made, th> gJjA*,

puttv gnd points purchased wtth I money saved for the approaching “Fourth." and a putty knit* borrowed from Billy. The sash was removed, the old glass and putty cut out with an old chisel, the new |.l*ss bedded by placing vary eoft putty in Ah* rabbet on each otde.of tha opening aa at a. Th* gteas waa laid upon th* bedding and' preae-d lightly until the putty aqueesed out under, nvath oa at b upon all' aides of th* glass. Next, two glazier's point* o war* driven upon each aid* with the old chisel os Indicated and allosred to protect no mare than ono'iah to hold tha glass in p But the hardest part, th* placing of th* putty upon the outside of tha glass waa yet to oome, soft *««* V%» jAgJfe «***»

rived ha tefw newly sat pataft,

with the thumb as at d and ’’rua down" with the putty kntf* held aa at a; this required several trial* before the knack wae acquired, after which tt was not a matter of

great difficulty.

When father arrived mediately saw the new!

of gtesa; In th* reeulttag tnveeftgn*' Uon, hie commendation of JuveoiU. akin and Initiative greatly outweighed tho corrective meosttreat' In fact arid* from a rentte o'vtteu nothing more waa done aboil It.. The writer soon began t >, pMfc up odd dimes by eel tin* g'aftl loa, tho neighbors and various aqfttealaate from other boys who wan ta the seme predicament. Th* fteal word U that any boy of the upper' grade# with an ordinary awaunt of mechanloal gumption afcaul* h*.

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