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cl^eOyork^done by the t. p. c. c. members WINNERS OF PAINT BOOKS IN FIFTH WEEK'S CONTEST ROBBIE C. ANCARROW, Otterburn Springs, Amelia county, Va. GEORGE A. BRUCE, 408'/., North Eighth Street, city. HAZEL K. DILLARD, 2304 East Broad Street, city. WORD OF QREETINQ AND CONQRATULATION. The editor wishes to tell tlie members of tlie T. D. C. C, in strict confldcnce, \iint the Children's Pago in Tho Timcs-Dispatcli of Inst Sunday could only be ex lelled by the pngc which appcars to-day, the hnndsoinest through its fine illus bations and rcntling matter of nny yet publisbcd. It is clenrly eviclcnt tlmt the club Is working out ils motto in good fnith and riving a prnctical exemplifieation of tlio truth that wltnlover is wortli doingis K-orth doing well, for ils midsumnier record in tho incrcaso of mimbcrs nnd in? terest is. surprising, even to tbe editor. ? With the beginning of next month, tbo first of tbe nutuinn senson, some new, .triking nnd original features will be introduced for the beneflt of tbe little ocoplc nncl tbo editor, who is happy to be eonsiderod tbe seiiior member of tho ilub. In the mean time, there is only tho plcnsnnt tnsk of congratubiting young aitists nnd autbors, whose producUons spenk best iqv themselves as a delightful feuture of to-day's Timcs-Dispatcli. The steady incrensc in the number of originnl clrawings sent in is most grati fving And mnny of them posscss decided nrtistie merit. It is a matter of rogret tiiai somo of the best clrawings contributcd lmve to bc enst nside each week bo c.mse a pencil or otlier thnn black ink is used. Please bemr in raiiicl lhat 110 drow jrig can bc used unless made with BLACK ink. Neitber blue. black nor nny other tint will do._ PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIFTH CONTEST. Adam, Ellzabeth Denby, Vjrglnla Ancarrow Robblo C. Do Shazo^ XV. r. Arnold, Clnrence C. Dukc, J. Clnrlon Alle, Annle L. Dillard, Hazcl K. Arciicr, Lady M, Dudloy, Biirton, Churlotto Davldson. Mlnnlo iriwnhpth KlHott. Hnrvey Bowman, Ellzabeth ^^ vinll.m. Baker, Mlldred Baltz, Willle Lambr T. Carroll ' Vin'cont, ' Will.e Lowry, Bontflco Smith, Charles F. Llpscomb, Madellne Smithson. Ruth B Bass, liydln E. Bawsel, Bcssie Blrd, Allce \V. Booth, Somervllle Lewis, Benr.etl Mcndc, Rcubon Miller. .Ellzabeth Mlnor, Carl Mlnnr, Ophclla McKenny. Androw Firesheets, C. C. Jr. Mercer, Mny Flrcsheets, L. I. Morton, Alla II. ??...?. - Green, Lucy A. W. Maddux, .T, Paullne Tallafcrro, Lucy N Giiylo, Preston B. Morton, James R, Taylor, Lcroy Moseley. Mary A French, Holland Stnples, Harrls D. Sledd. .T. H? Jr, Shackclford, William St. Clalre, Ellon Sutton, Loulso Shnughnessoy, L011I3 Stone, Percy B. Somervllle. Glassoll Brndsiiaw, John P. Gregory, Anne C. Blair, Martha XV. Guy. Frank L. Gaylo, Ellls D. Garde, Reglnnld C. Murdock, Charles Miller, Mnggle Bradley, Loulso Bradley, Lllllo Bruce, Georgo A. Bruce, Marguerllo Bloomberg. C. L. Barclay. Virginia Maupln, Wllliam Newman, Mninle Nuokolls, Peck, Nnnnle Greathcart, J. M. Gnyle, Jcsslc M. Gentry. Mnrlon Howlson, Ellon M. Pfaff, Lucllo Horgrove. Gladys V.Parkor, E.lith Harrlson, Evolyn Payne, Edlth C Baldwln, Frank N. Harrls, Vlrglo L. Pnyne. Helen Tnylor, Mary FJ. Tnylor. 13, M, Taylor, Mnry A. Terry, Edgar Taylor. Josoph W. Tyler. Mnrgarct J. Taylor. Marguerlte Todd, Marle Taylor. Jnmes Tuckor, L. C. Jr. Tyler, Pleitrinnt Cross, Emlly Cowles, Harold Clopton, Mary E. Clierry, Ruth T. Cecll, Jsancs ?.., Clarke,- Mavls Cohen, Louis Corner, Mary L. Coplon, Mlchaei Cowhord, Edwlnla Crane, Rena Crumpler, Bossle Henry Dora M. Penrson, Mlnnls E. Wall. Martha B. Hughes'i Charles B. Prince, Willle M. Wnlford, J. Bon Huteheson, John G. Pound, Mnudc Warren Eyalcta Hlll, John II. Hooper, Loulso T, Hooper, Frnsfcr Jarrelli Ispccl loncs, Bland S, Jordan, I-Inlllo M, Jones, Loulso King, Thomas Kelly, Mnry A. Currie, Floronce L.ICont, Hugh McK Davenport, C. XV. Lovlng, Jullette Quarles, Harry Wntson, Grace Robards. Hosslo H. Wost, Marlon Rntrle, Mary R. Wlngncld, Cury Ratrle, Julla M, Weavcr, Frances Rothschlld, Ilc-rma Wnrwlck, L, *H. Rldonour, Louis Watson. J, Wllbur Rhoads, Mary K. Walthnll, Warren Rothschlld, Sylvan Wclnbt-unn, Carl Slgnnlgo. Miss M. T.Wndo, John Smith, Nnnnle Wlldo, Cnrolyn Seay. Mlnnle Whnrtoni Joseph. Davldson, A^no C. Larkln. Waller H. Schaal, Alfred Wiltshlre. W. W. Jennie's Christmas Eve. It wns Ohrlstmns Eve. The busy streets of New York were crowdbd wlth Ghrlst rna? shoppers who were preparlng to make glad many hearts on that glad Amldst tho happy throng a little rnggod walf stood wlth her little thln>' white faco pressed agalnst the shop window. The unow was falllng fast, and her little bnre feet were numb wlth bltlng cold. Bhe wns Imrc-hended. and a thin plald shawl was thrown around her shoul ders. Sho was an orphan. Six ChrlstmniH dnys had pafesed slnce her father and mother were luid to rest In the Uttlo church yard In Boston. Her grnndmoth or, u very poor old Indy, who llved In one of the .slde stroota ln New York, wns . her only rehitive; nalurully thu child was sent to llvo wlth her. On this Ohrlstmns l-vu JennlO, for thls was her?.ianio, went oul to try to get somethlng for her grnildmother's Hiipp.r. Sho wns uttrncted lo the shop window by Its brlght llght, aud by thc sound nf children slnglng Chrlslamg carols. Jonnlo hnd seen nothlng but poverty Blnce hor parents dled. but sho was not entirely Igiior.uit of Iho Hlblu, for Iicr griiud mother waa " plous old indy -and had t-nght her much of Ihe Christ child. How slic longci for that doll wlth Ihe blg brown eyes, hut good old Santa Claua never Vislted Jennie's old tumblt-down . he' wns attrac.ed by tho kind fncos of iin- ahoppors, who passed io nnd fro Wllh thelr iirm- full of little pncknges. As Ihe nlghl woro on iho alr bccnino polder und coidcr aud littlu Jonnlo turn? ed hur steps linincwiinl to llie littlu little room where tlu- north wlnd ? whlsiled through the wide crncks. Sho Ihoughl of licr o|d strnw mnliress on whlclj lny i.i-i- poor, old, slck gr.-iinimothor, who would be disappolnted by lu-r fallure to brlng her -omeililiig to i-at. un her wny she ciune io the steps of tt hand aome renld-iicl; here ahe aauk down half fi'"zeii. About nn hmir aftcrwnrds a tuii, siniriy looklng genlleman, returning home from hls olllcc, sliiinbh-l over Ihu little form. He struck a tnatcl.d, to bls horprise, found Ujlg lllilu glrl. Tho glnrii of ihe llght awakened hor nnd HllO loolted up lnto liis kind eyoa pleadlugly. "i hope yoy wlll not Bcold inc. slr," aald Jcunle, "I was so cold and tlr.d." Thc kind l)r, Evcret, struck wlth her intc-lllgi-nt face, carrled ber into a large. comloilithli. lOOKIng roiv'ii. Here Ji-nnle _nw roar |l| tle stockingM hitnglng ln a n>w upon the in-ntol anq she kiifcw by Ihls llw.t four llt lle children were .xpecllng Kiintn Chins that nlght- How ro.iifor..-l>le sbe felt ?when phe was uicked snugly away in u jaice warrn bed. _'?,'?-, ?, Ti_e next morning when Jcnnlu awoke, tho sun was shining in very brlghtly at tho lnrgo window. nnd ahe saw thnt nnother Btocklng hnd ben nddetl to tho four, nnd a largo yellow orange was poep lng out at top. About tbat timo tho nurse cnmo ln nnd dressed Jeniilo ln some nicn clothes. Sho then hnd a nlco break? fast wlth thc children., who mado hor fool vory mucli nt case, "I am very happy here," snld Jonnlo, "but granny wlll bo wondcrlng whero I hnvo beon nll nlght, nnd sho wlll hnve no ono to glvo hore her brenkfnst." After brenkfnst. nurse nnd the flve Ut? tlo glrls nnd boys went to see Jennlo's grundmother, nnd carrled her u blg basket of good thlngs nnd mnde ber very com fortnblo, ln n largo, wnrm bed. Tho doc By MARY E. CLOPTON, Onk Treo, Va. tor wns s?nt for and she was cnrc-ftilly nuisod by Mrs. Ev.-tct nnd J.-itnlo. lu M.iic "f lier good nnr?IPB, lhe kind old lady. in u few diiys. passed away from thls world, 1(1 lhat lu.mn wli.-ro there ls no mo|'e paln und suffering, Little Jcnnle tbe" made her hmnn wlth Mrs, Ever.t. She grow to bo a strong, happy glrl, the sunshino of tho lioi.ua hold. Mr.'-. Kveret's and iho doctur's gicaicst comfort. Furinvlllc. Va. M1NNIE 13. llLANTON. DRAWN BY A. B. 0. WINNERS OF MOTHER GOOSE PAINT BOOKS. MISS ANNIE DAVIS, Stovall, N. C. A Rabbit's Advice. One bnliny 'Mny dny, soon nfter the trees hnd put fort.li a beautlful green folinge, there snt under somo small pines sur roundod by grass, a venerablc and very gray rnbbit quletly dozlng, peeplng now and then nt tho green thlngs around hlm nnd llstenlng for the sllghtest sound. Soon, from across tbe old plaiitatlon road nenriiv, there came a sound as of somo ono gently tlpplng, tlpptng forwnrd. iho old rnbbit was nll alert In a second, bul settled quletly, back agaln when he -saw onlv a small rnbbit hop up nnd tako a seat by hlm. Arouslng hlmself from nls nap .hc lnfprmi5.\.-th?^>iiiigstor.:.l.o w-as golng to glvVl.lhi V 'Kfrtory; of hW own life. whlch ho thought would proflt the young ono very much. So ho began; "1 was born one blcnk Fcbrtiftry morn? ing In n, large hollow of an old fallen tree. The flrst thlng 1 saw was a nunntlty ot cahbngo lenves, turnlps, roots nnd other oatablos laylng around. Bul It wus^o cold I dld not cnre about catlng. unc mlj nestlert clb'-or lo my brothers nml slstors. Whonever my mother went for food she would leave the Injuiictlon for us to keep close to tl.e tree. The forest was .dark nnd sccluded, whero never a huntei oi bound did ronm. As we grew oldei a frlendlv fox offered to teach us to t>e cunning, so we went to him; and 1 ad vlse you to go tea fox; yoji .wlll flnd lt ^"All1' that summer we VonmecV about evorywhere, havlng a good ??ggg?2? autumn-lt wns ono night ln OAOMM* 1 wns golng through tlie woods, smelt nnples, and found one on n stlck neai me; I was very hungry. but. remepiber Intr the fox's ndvloe, I turned and trotted off ln tho opposltb directlon. ^thout doubt lt was a snnrc. nnd probably mm TV.??^ By ROBBIE ASTROP, Surry, Va. somo poor rabblt fell prey to t that nhrht, 1 wni'n you iiever ^ \ouob.an<WPlo found in tho woods llko, tl nt. But ln Novombor, hoodless to fr.cnd Ke>n'? ? mivk" i vent ln an old log tpy^H\*Atf to calinly awalt my-'vf'lto. iifte' trylnB " valn to got out. Fortunuioly, a boy ot Mx or "ovon years camo to tako me outltlpj next mornlng. Not knowlng ?W^f about lt, ho caught mo by my loro foot. As soon as I was out J gavo him thi co pnwciful scratches with my nlnd foot 10 turnlng tno loose, set up a tcirlbo buwllng, Oh-o-o-o-n-o!!!. The, last,-thlng 1 heard as 1 bnundod away through Iho t'orosl was his bnwllng. That wlnter wns one of tho Hoverost within my' iwi nnls or anv othor rnhblt thal I heard Hpvnk on tbo subject. Tbo jicxt feoptini ber 1 fell in wlth bad compnny, l horn again advise you noYcr, no, nqvorl to go with bad I'onipnnions; they will get you ln trouble ns siiio as my imme.iM Hllly Cottontail and wear a gray conl. They noiHUticlod mo to go wlth them to '' llno noar OlChurd, when- we hnd no eurthly business; but, nnyhow, wo wenl, nnd run ilijlil Into a pock of bouuils. My frlends Kcatlored ovorywhpl'o, but l mado slnilgbl for tbti near.Ht miirsh, plQSBly ptiiHiu'd bv 11 mun und dog, li> tho nrirsh Ih ii l)0g, Wllh ber.) nnd thero Inrgo I'oekH. I minngcl to osoipo "ii Ihose whllo llu* dog booaine stpek iu tlie mlre. and I lefi tho mon publng hltn OUt, Von mny bo Htire I nnvcr went wlth thoso frlends ""Woll next"?but hero ho was forced to illseontlnun hls narratlve, lor lhe young rni.bii hoppe.i oit iu anotbor (llreaiion, b.'iving pvtdently become tlred. "ir you wero my boii 1 wquld nursuo you with a Hwlleh. but, boing only n frlend, und Htrnnsor at ?l11"' ' ,wl'1 loayo you to your "Wn course " H'lld the rabbli, as bc iiuletly do/.cd off iiguln into :i gontle .lumiwr.j- -j. ^yj^jjijR watson, I'lutthum. Va. An Acrostic, My ilrst Is ln vitii, but not ln rlm; My second Is In slt, but not in snt; My thlrd l* In rjiio, but noi ln plnc; My fourth Is ln gtim. but not suin; Mv ilfth Is in pilich, bui not lu lyuch; My Kl_lh |s in nlc, but not ln plc; My Bevonth U ln mU'O. hut not ln lyre; My ('Ighlh is In mnn. hut nn! In men; My wlnd.:' ls the Stato In whlcb I |lvo, aud mv name. VlltlilNIA 11. PI'Gll, JMadisunv.'llc, Cliurlotiu countj, ya. LEWIS N. C. BOWERS, Hlghland Springs, Va. Visit to Stratford. Edltor of Times-DIspatch: ' Dear Slr.?I received your T. D. C. C. bndgo nnd prlze it very .hlghly. Now I wunt to tell my Rlchmond friends nbout my vlslt lo Stratford, Loo'b blrthplace, a few days ago. Wo went ln two blg farm wagons nnd carrled lunch, which we nte under the heech trees. Dr. Stuart, the present owner, was very nlce in showing us the house. The opthouses, whlch were used ns servants' quarters, ns well ns tho mnln dwelling, nre bullt- of lmported brlck. Brond stone steps lead to a lnrgo reception hall, whlch ls furnlshed ns General Lee left lt. A largo plcture nf our genernl hungs on thls wall. There aro wide lialls and from ono of these a fllght of stops leads.to a flsh pond on the roof. Tho parlor is very handsotnely furnlshed nnd I especinlly admired the piano. There was a sun-tHnrin tho yard nnd not far from the houso Is a sprlng of ilellcious wnter. We enjoyed our vlslt very much, and brought homo horse chest nuts as -ouvenlra. _. _. ,__.,__,__ JESSIE WALBER. Foneswood. Va, Mind Your Steps. George caught slght of n blg brown but terlly. "I'll havo that fellow." said Ocorge. So off ho started after tho but terfly, hat in hand, Down in the hollow ever tlie inwu. away ho went at full speod. -Now l'vo got you sald George, mnklng a swoop wlth hls hnt. Well, George dld not get tho butterfly. T wonder If tho butterfly laughed to seo hlm sprnwllng on the ground. If buttci 11108 can laugh, l thlnk thls one did; for it looked on vory sauclly whlle George picked hlmself up. _.__,ARL p0J{NS0N ?*y&cp4 Our Dog Beauty. Bonutv is n black'dog and can c.teh rnta line. Ono Sunday about one immih ngo wo ciiuglit soveii rotB ln a rnp papa mnde, niul sho killed ovoryo c Sho ls -?ry Dhivl'ul nnd Joves my little slster b. ter i inyTofaiS, Wp. hnvo had hor ., vear 'md would not Ulko nothlng for her. " Sho la u llne wntcli dog JAMES 19. JOHNSON, 010 Buchannn Stroet, city, I plii Th Nl .luck ,1 the other from n? ' ',"? . ni marks llie spot of J uf th a tomb, Iclocted by Bouis . olien, __l Nurth.l-veu.ee.ith Street. clty, MISS EDWINA M. COWHERD, Palmyra, Va. "Butter." (A True Story,) Wo havo a llttlo cnlf. HIh namo ls Butter. You may wonder why ho has thls name. Ono of the two reasons :s he buts hls mother when she wlll nnt let the milk out fast enough to sult him, and when sho lets ll out too fast ho buts her nll the harder. The grentest reason ls whon I go to tho barn 1 flnd him btit tlng the chlckcns. nnd when I go to milk he always buts tho milk bucket over. J. II. SLEDD, JR. Out Camping. (A Truo Story.) In July of tho year 1902 about a dozen boys went out camping. Wo hired a hock and a buggv to tnko us up there. We had decidod to go to Cllff Sprlngs. We had a lot of fun on tho way; we carried along v.'th us two tents, a lot of canned goods and blankets, When we arrlved there wo pltched out tents and made everything homelike. Thero was n creek not fnr from our camp, nnd also large mountains around us. We hunt'od sflulrrols In them. We also seined and went bathlng in the crc-ok. Whon tho othor boys went-. (Ut we left two at the camp to cook our dlnner. Ca-to Kjl&A. By LOUISE SUTTON, Rlo Vlsta. ? . ' Wo did not want to go homo when the tlm? Cam0, JOHN W. CARTER. JR., . Martinsvllle,. Ya. the Farm. I nm a little glrl ancl I llve In the coun? try I spend the summors ,wlth my grandpn nnd my aunt, A branch runs through tho farm and I and my frlend go down and catch flsh nnd paddlo ln the iirnncb My nrandpa 'has a lar?e dOBi hls'na.ne ls "iftb BoWui" and he M ows mo ovorywhero I go nnd he ls a blg 1 ro toctor for me, He is very fond of nhll drc.,. Wo havo a nlco tlme see-suwlng. Direct the badge to pj^RA RKDp . , Suthorlin, Va, Home in the riountnins. 7~| lohn and hls fathor llved ln tho moun ta s ln a lonely oottuge. One dny Iho her went to town to buy .some cjothes. Aftor a whlle John ran ouldoors to pull loine wlld nowors whlch grow by ho house when an eaglo llow down and tilert nintPh ihe bov. Fortunntoly some hun lors came and saw lhe eaglo and shot at 1',^toVn(awhll^J?b",? father came hprno i vlnnUnd tho mon for snvlng hls boy. and thankeci *!)ft,^^jp JOHNSON, Rlchmond, Va. sonqoFthe qrass "Peenlng, peoplilS. bere and thero, lo lawn and nieadows ovorywhere, Comlng UP 'to flnd the sprlng, A?-? far tho rob n redbreast alng; arce. ing. u der cbllclron's feet, Gan'cngaMhoylolessweot, SlTlftf 'dainty'mea^w ilowors; ^au- but thlnk amlntile, Of a world wlt^ ^^fK'-VlllLER, Some Letters Received From Boys and Qirls Dear Edltor,?I received . the beautlful palnt book ___d badge. for whlch 1 thonk you moro than 1 can express. They were delnycd In comlng ns they had to t? forwnrded to me from Bl. ??k.loiiu, Va. My grandmothcr llve's there and we go there to see her, but my homo Ib In Norlh Cnrollnn. My dear grandfnthor, Mr. W. P. Webb, dlod thoro n few weoks ngo. There'was an account of hls death In your good paper. I thlnk yoii aro very good to gtro tho children so much pleasure In your paper. Wo enjoy lt so mu.-.h. My slster Nottle got one of thc pilnt boxes last wlnter and I trled, too, but failed. I send you my p.?oto, but It ls not, a vory good one. Bast wlnter my little brdther com? menced school. Ho llstened to us roclte our geography, and bo ono nlght ho said: "Mnmma, I know whero tho Norlh Bo:* Is!" and mmnm- -sald: "Well, B.esloy. tell us where lt ls, ? and he sald: "lt is |" whlle place on the map." I reckon that is aa much ns nnybody knows. Your Uttlo frlend, ANNIE DAVIH. Stovnll, N. C, August IS, 1903. Edltor Children's Page! Dear Slr.-I would Mkn to Joln the T. D. C C. I have been wrltlng a story. but have not flnlshed It yet. Tho name ->f the story Is. "Karl's Advonture. or A Blfe Upon the Plalns." I have written twelve (12) chapters already; I do not know how long It will bo. If you wish to publlsh It l will flnlsh It and send It to you. Send mo a badge, ploaso. Yours vory truly. JOHN W. CARTER, Jr.. Box 1S9, Martlnsville, Va. Dear Slr,?I would llko to become a member of you society. 1 have wTote one story, nnd I hopo thla wlll wln me a badge. Yours truly, JAMES E. JOHNSON. Denr Edltor.?I received the bndijo, mnny, mnny thanks for lt. I thlnk it la beautlful. KATE O. CONN1C. Dnnvllle, Va. Basley, Va? August 18, 1IXB. Denr Mr. Edltor: Please tell me what to do to become a member of your club. I received the bndge, and thlnk lt ls bo protty. Do you havo to pay anything a montn, or whnt to do? Respectfully,, B. GERTRBDE RDSSON. Thoro Is no mcmbershlp fec chnrged to becomo a member of tho T. D. C. .'C. club. Any Uttle glrl or boy wlll be wol comed as a member, nnd wlll bo sent a badge, scndlng hla or her name and ad? dress to the edltor qf the Chlldren'B Pago. Hlghland Springs, Vau To the Bditor of Children's Columns: The pleasure the Mother Goose book give mo you cnn linaglne. 1 went stralght up to have mv plcture taken to send you. I wlll wear my badgo, too. Thank Ing you for notlclng niich n small boy, I am Vory respectfully. L.liX\ IS N. C. BOWERS. August, 18th dny. Edltor Children's Page: Denr Slr,?I received my bndge, and wns very glad to get It. I thank you verv much for It. so I'll send another plcture whlch 1 hope wlll be good enough for mo to get n prlze. Yours truly, ROBERT E. DUVAE, 4<A North Kenney Street, clty. It wnB a cold dav ln Jnnunry. When Bessle looked out of the window lt woa snowlng as fast as lt could. She stood j nnd wns Ju.it thinklng about her- lltllo cousin.i. when tho brenkfnst bell rnng. I After breakfast she put on her clonk and ] hat and went but to play wlth her frlend. Mury. She played out most of the morn ? Ing. About dinner tlme when she went j in her room, she saw a blg beautlful dull She asked who gave lt to her. Her mother told her who gave It to hor and Bhe waa very glad. I wlll not wrlte any more for fenr it wlll be too lons. Yours truly. ____j I.L.TH TATE CHEBRY. The Flight of the Snow. The life of man Is nn arrow's nlght, Out of darknoas lnto llght And out of llght lnto dnrknose agaln, PcrhapB to pleasuro, Porhaps to pain There must be .omothlng Above or below, Somewhere unseon, ? ? A mlghty bow, A hand that tlres not. A sleeplo.s eye. That seenis the arrows Fly and fly. One who knows Why we live and dle. ?___,.___ ?_-,?,.. Solected by BOUIS COHEN. Thc Kind Fniry, There was a kind falry, who llved In a beautlful foreat, Sho wns a frlend of the By NANNIE HAUU, frlpndlops, And everybody inyed her. be ca.uie ahe waa so good nnd tynd'u'L...rt saw poor people lmr_. at work, she would glvo them money, food and clothln... But wlne. sho would not.give them anytlilng, We must spend our monoy to do good, lf wo are wlv. BB ^upnUX. .In the Public Garden." When Bessle wns three years old she was walking one day ln the Publlc Gar don ln New York wlth a-grown up frlend. "I wnnt to slt down," sho sald. "I'm so tlred!" lt was so late in thc senson that all th* seals anu benchea had been laacn away. But there was^an empty ilower vu.ie neur, and her fri.nd Ilfted her into lt. "You can slt here and rest," sald her frlend. "Now," rald Bessle, "I'm n little ilower." Aftor waiting awhllo her frlend asked: "Snan't wo walk along now? Aren't you rested?" "Walk along.'" repeatcd Bessle. "Why, don't you see I'm a little ilower growlnif In a vnse!" . . _ "Very woll, If you aro a Uttle flowor I wlll plck you and tako you home." "Oh," crlod Bessle, "but you are forbld den to plck llowers ln the Publlc Gar den, you know!" _ .__ MARIE ADEBBE TAYBOR, 307 N, Twenty-slxth St.. Rlchmond. Hunting Experience. .-Ono day last fall I thought I would go . quirrel huntlng. so. I shouldered my gun nini wnllt-d down to Bell's farm, went dpw'n lnto tho woods and sat down on the fenco that ran through the woods a Uttlo whlle. Prase. tiy I hoard hlckory hulls futllng. I went on down thoro and k, t down on a Uttlo treo that had lallen down; nnd the Bouirrols commepcod bark ln?! Aftor n little whlle I saw hls eye through the lefcvos. 1 leveled my gun and biuught hlm down. Ho hnd a plece of h'ckory In hls mouth. I plcked hlm up and went on home very well p cnjed ftllhoush I had crunod my neck tlred. niinuuB" KOBERT ASTROP, ' ?' Sui ry, Ya. Misfor.unps of a Litlle Girl. 1 know a Uttlo glrl that novor knows whero to flnd her thlngB, Hor stocklngu nnd slws h'de awny and she bcglnn io cry for hor mother, to look for fhem. Her dress hldos away In a muss, Tlien she'hns to dress her little brother and she cnn't flnd hls. By tho tlme sho gets all together, mother says lt ls tlme to go I to hcti. Thls ls a losson for you to lenrn tn put your thlngs in tho right nlaco. No ovenlng sport for you. Its ?ory, cr>', "Oli, manimn, lot me go out!" "Noi You must go to bed." z z zzza _.oi iu. jiEATKICE LOWBY, The Winged Pansy. Out ln the garden. wee Elsle, "Tl Was gathellng flowers for me, "O ninmnin," sho crled, "hurry, bprry, llcru's somethlng I want J'ou to see," l went tn the window beforo her A velvnt wlng butter flow, And the baii.ios thomselves were not brlghter, , . Than the be'autUtil orenture ln hne. "Oh! lan't lt pretty?" crled Elsle, ' Wlth oager nnd wondorlng eyes, Aa she watched lt soar lazlly upward, Agalnst the soft blues of tho akles, ., "1 know what It |s. don't you. m_mm_T" "Oh, the w(Bdom of these Uttle thlngs. When the ?oul of .a poet ls ln them-'" "It's a pansy?n par.sy wllh wlngs." . ua a l"." * . '^ByauN meaX??