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THE CHILDREN * Go Shopping

•.&g afur tftrr h«4 »:hpSr »•* hMR- to Hi < toelisd and I

U»jr foand a *Jor» whrr* th«jcaald act the email tklor* whlrk r mother vratad. and they

» them, tor akc aaitod and

■ and there «

■ for

*»;:.pored Otree-C and the tMr m at hnok honaca There they had *« ta the bid ttty. •hlainc brightly

6 -.d they tci

••Uttle lad lea. why dent yon go dom and eta the bird# la the t Toaderful

Neca waa qatte Melted. T want ta go an* mc the btrda' •he pleaded. •TM** go. Jody "

in going down the broad ctatrwar whlth the pretty »«Jm girl pointed OB*, do Judith, etl!! hnidlcg S.tc'. band. Teat dycra etalra. end eec-ugh. there crcra doaenc of I ly lorety bird* In beaatlfnl ci

•pria* and ! Thera •>• a bit creen parrot

lor | that elt.ac to the wires of tu ea«e wtlk Its feel, and *.i«n the children •topped and Jady (aid. -folly

wants

ker— (be

angrily back at them. Thareh a wbolr eliuap of thcr. > home! Oo home! Oo keme!nyht dewy, by the fencer Jodllh started a bit guiltily. Her "And took at the Hula b!IJ» I mother was WeHIltg for the Uttle where wt <mr aside la the W1 .tar!"! parcels In her poeketo. They really

i. the

they were ready fori It wa. t Uttle and Judith wa# much I Judith that the br

t leaned whet, bar me I her asked ! right in front of t her If eke thought she -ould find ; expected to turn • store and buy a tew things for i tack and find it. And w ter whtok ah* needed eery mark, j children reached the top

Halm.

erown-up Indy.

bewilder!og to id etaiiraae was Hn. for she had

md and go

» dc things Ilk. nd she always felt

:pplng.

And Mesa didn't like

Mad. oo ako teased to go too. “l"oltow the walk down to the romer." directed their mother. "and that srtll being you to Main Street. Then tarn to the right end

r away.

was a door and the etreet out- . and refther of I etn realised a minute that they had gone .ugh the store and up a different

They turned to the left when

they should have ’urned to the right, and the farther they went.

•e cor.fused they became,

time to get them j They were on the point of tears ready, and Judith carried the; and asked several to leU them tbs money and the list of things she I way to •Tbs Friendly Lodge." but needed In the Ill’s red pocket-book all of |he people shook their heads which matched her red hat. She i and said they had never beard of lb -cpt Nava firmly by the hand, and | They met an old gentleman with .faey had no trouble finding Main • « kind face and very white hair fitreat. | who was walking slowly, but he They enjoyed gssing Into the;fa*d never beard cf “The Friendly •tore window* greatly. Many poo- j Lodge” cither. Pie lot-kcc at the children and "Whafe your father’s nstnsT” In•mlled. for with their bright eyes. I ijulrwd the old gentle man. cle.r pink end white romptexleua. { Hie name I* Stoea." mid Judith •nd My It* little hats and costa. -Xurver cslts him Daddy and so they mad- a pleasing picture. j do we “ Informed Neva.

T Puzzle Corcierlf

T\i Back-Swimmer

■ by when t know you n. •equal matter

t on the hank and

ng ti e wt

» r.»h won't bite. I wt have made the

little round

w

Playing Soldiers

HCN dorray wtndi ara blowing and it's raining hard outuda We play at snidwry io die house and battle far and wide.

. pair

j oar-like legs that w I derful didoes on the .urfnce. as If j doing it tor your mcrtslniBOgt. (The water must be perfectly still to tempt then-, oat. as the least little ripple will fnehlsT. them away A fever!'- ;..vw for their etnas!ng denes Is Just below a sudden lend In the stream, where the back water forms a deep, stil! pool shaded by bvsr-har.gi r.i t u-hsa. end safeguarded hy a etsep b«nk that slopes sharply down to the

TUI mother, cook and geeryone jail tiuak tbr faghtmg'l title. But sometirres when tbr battle rages up to mother'* door. And down the ball with many a heltlr cry die soldarry poor, Without a word of w aramg mother luddeniy pops out Afid ungle-handed, quite unarmed, puts ail of Ui to root.

ater.

They r

t be eocisM

* fe|.

itself, but they always ".n-.e in swarms, and they keep together r.o

matter whet happens. Hr.

t they

ty scatter la every direction. , to wheel around and gaih- r

central bunch again.

A curious thing about thenthat they never swim In stisl Mnea but alwaya tn the meet gr ful curvwa. Sometlmee. with any seeming reason one will : out from the floating cluster. !■ Instantly followed by the other-

a differ

t dire

end ail by the most hew;:.'!,

bur curves. They croee each other* paths ul scary angle, and at alm<.’ lightning speed, end how the« manage It without conialuns. la one : of the myslertea that has never been solved. After keeping up this fantastic dance for a while, they once more. gather In a compact mass, only to repeat the diaay per-

formance time and again.

If you catch one which la about as hard s» putting your linger ->n an up-and-dcing flea, you will find

tHIS la the month that If It

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goea out like a Lamb. Bo tore wc have a picture of both Mr. March Lion and dainty Laly

Lamb.

I'alnt the Lion a TAN fuse BROWN and YELLOW mixed).

1^ be OKREK am

shoeld have a RED mouth e a dark BLUE aul: with t pretty ’ I'INK (urn RED lightly

flower with a OREEN leaf la hla coat lapel. Hla tie ta RED. Color lady Lamb light BROWN about the nose, where It la shaded, the real of her face and has- la

a light FCKPLE dram that has a rude of YELLOW lace about the neck and the lace Is pined with a Urge GOLD pin. Tlie pin baa a GREEN atone In the renter and

the buttons o

her drt

s match the

The background Inaide the two oval! can be colored RED and the lit tie edging about the frames can be colored GOLD. The ros.y-willows hays long BROWN branches and light BROWN cape on the I It! Is GRAY (use BLACK lightly) pussy-wit-

Paint the lettering GREEN.

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The old gentleman frowred. "I'm afraid 1 don’t know hlm.” be said. "What docs ha do for a

living J-

shoea.” cried Neva. ■Tots and loU of ’em. They go In big boxes on the train, and people boy them.” Ah. I know now.” smiled the o old man. "Como with me and take you over to the shoe factory. U isn't far from hare, and e’U Bud out from Mr. Austin what ■partment your taihcr la In.” The children didn't quite understand all Ihli, but they *«re aurs troubles were over, a nloe old genUnnan turned right arc.and and led lbs way. He didn't do any more talking except ' once in a while to aay. "This way. ! nearly there."

> took t

ce of a man ho called i Mr. Austin, who listened to the bier

old »:t-mU:mar v

''No,” caclaimed Mr. Austin ; "SIosui lao't here. He’a the new : man who has Just come to town i and to going to bailld a factory of hla own. I am told, and fur my ' part. J don't like the Idea cf It i Why, U’e all I can do to get bust- I nsaa enough to keep going. Tbs. man must be cragy:'* "Mr daddy Isn't cragy, and l! don’t like anybody who says be to.’" !

• wlftneae. one stroke of! --Ilk.: legs sending them end thalr playground out ■ n water. To the human '.ink It looks as If they

i they

.rough the Rgur*

their .

can:-.) .• : with which they avoid runnlnr - each other. Is something that even a traffic cop does not understand. Why they Indulge

■ all •

work.

and no on- kr-.uwq whether they arc running flown their UMy, or Just doing It f< r fun. Bn’ whatever It is. th-y do It vith their whole hearts, and with a vim and dash that makie you want to Join

i the

that they have a pleasant odor, rescmbtlng the mellow smell of a rtp.I apple, aa the countrg children cal! them "mellow bugs". j They are never etui, even when [they corns together In a duster. - lh.- mass has a trembly. Jelly-like j quiver. They must be very harpy, las they always seem to be havl: g the time of their lives as they romp and frolic together. thoy skim arrow the water with

the queers# • part of It ail to. they do all their swimming on their barks. Their uudrraldca are flat, while their backs are convex. Tike the bottom of a boat, ao the entire tribe has adopted bark - swimming as a means of locomotion. But how they can see where they- are going, and how they manage to dodge each other, when all the time they are easing straight UP In the eky. to Jim a UUJ« more

that a mystery.

It Is known that they faed on

They an armed with a be. • that tapers down to a needle-like point, with which they can Inflict a prtoll (hat to quite painful—though I hfitto ‘ 9 < flee had them tn tny hand they never let me know they had a •ting. They are aa expert at diving as swimming, and can stay under water for a ronsIderahU time, hot in diving they do not play exactly fair, aa they carry down with than: a film of perfectly good air among the liny hairs that covers the body, and they breatM this while pretending It- be dtolnf la the usual way. In fact they carry ao much air when they g? under, that they become ao buoy, ant that they have to hold on tc something, or they would bob rtgi.t up again. As tar as to known they never leave the water, anl who* the summer days get shorter «r* shorter, and when the nights c U too cool for comfort, they <la - down tc the bottom and wort! themaelvea under the mud, and •leep until another summer cornea, when they rise to the surface, orrsnise another rotllllon club and take up the daaoe a.

happened.

The HANDY BOY AT HOME

BY CHARLES A. KING.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.PLYMOUTH.N H.

"And 1 don't either.” challenged Judith. “He’s a nice Daddy, you’d like him If you saw bin "Thera, there.'' soothed the old j friends. " gentleman. "We.’I! eee If are -cn Then lh* dd find him. i uu,, Mr mi<1 , •1 rather think." raid the old | over the shoe grntleiuan. turning to Mr. Austin, [was only ihs b "thst he to up at the bank I Just j a *a r , j, ,

•dlth Held >

• a I Irmly By The Hand d told her always to j and fan-Jly of Ms o ier -iwn family and [out to "Friendly Lodge' t ; and liked nothing better gentleman proposed , tell the story with s twltil sit down and talk j eye. of the day when

md 1 : that

i good deal abou

4'ntEa)NioRcooKy

First Spring Thoughts 1 GUESS k'» pretty early lie blowing c f the unit 1 o be thinking of a kilt. Makes a fell ; Or playing ball or marWev _ Cause it got to warm tail taghl; • reel ii m my finger* ! Hut tlill bow can you help it? And I know it'i no! tbr frosl; In the very mkiit of wow ‘ to cslch a batcbali i Thai «ow other feW. tomedl

file (now'i ail right fur ilcishmg.

U hcn u'imc it today Ilf to

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