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IVj M * M f The Doings m t!ie Dollivers the dollivkks attend the C1KCTS. T'Y tJRACK MsoOyWAN (VKIKK. ~*:.e Dollivers are a family of dolls. The country they live In Is I lie nursery. It is a very flat country, and the land Is rich or poor according to the figures on the car pet?some of them are faded, you know, and some have bright colors. The house they live in Is a little low cupboard, and that makes an upstairs and a downstairs for the Dolliver family. The nearest run ning water Is the w.ishstand, away and away o\-er In the corner of the nursery, where If nurse turns on the faucet there ts a raging cataract and a large lake. The Dollivers love to picnic over near this nat ural curiosity. I suppose that all children know that when we go to sleep dolls wake up, and live their little lives, and have their little pleasures and their little pains as we do, but In the night time, when there is nobody to see them or to know It. The king?or rather the queen?of the coun try in which the Dollivers live Is Ethel, the dear little girl who owns them. They love her. but she often does things which dis tress them dreadfully, and these stories of the doings of the Dollivers will tell you all about It. It wis a wonderful, wonderful time for the Dollivers when the Noah's ark came to ! anchor right at the corner of their house. I Such delightful people, the Noah family, I and such a variety of animals in the ark. Doily Dolliver went down town the very first day. and she was soon nursing the ele phant In her lap? she mistook It for the cat?and chatting away to Mrs. Noah as though they had all been friends tor years. The only thing which interfered with the pleasant Intercourse between the Dollivers and the Noah family was that the Noahs were rather small?and their animals also. Tommy Dolliver was the one that pro posed the circus. He si*id that while they had the ark there, and so many animals, there was no reason in the world why they .shouldn't have a circus. Dolly Dolliver pointed out the difficulty about the small size of the Noahs and the animals, and Tommy offered to go and visit the fairy who lived on top of the clock, and get her to change the Noah people and their anlmal3 to a larger size?"for one night only." So the thing was done: a circus tent was contrived from the center table and its cover, and a ring was laid out on a round braided rug. Everybody brought his own chair, or box. or bench, and as there was no admission charged, nobody complained. Mr. Noah was ring-master. Shem and Ham and Japhet were clowns, and assisted the real toy clown from the toy closet. Their wives were the riders and trapeze performera. Mr. Noah stood in the middle of the ring and cracked his whip. Then the whole pro cession came In?such a procession as no circus In the world ever had before. Eor the dog walked beside the cow. and was Just the same size. The elephant was pair ed off with an animal-cracker elephant, which Mr. Noah announced through his. spieler's horn as "The sacred white ele phant of Slam." The camel had lost a leg. but he ambled along on three legs Just as comfortably as he would on four. The sheep and the wolf walked side by side. The leopard and the rabbit (also Just of a size) followed, and after them came the hyena and the gazelle (on the best of terms), and the tiger with the mouse (the mouse being somewhat big- I ger and rather fiercer looking than his I partner, the tiger). The birds?not any par ticular kind of bird, you know, they were junt birds?flew along almost anywhere. They were half as large as the elephant, and, being made of wood, people were rather afraid to have them flying through the air, lest some one get a thump on ttie hod; so that they were Anally asked to walk in the procepslon, which they very obligingly did. The performance was well under way when \\ hich and Tother appeared with all th. ir mother's cups full of plr.k lemonade. The Dolliver family and the Noah family had never seen pink lemonade, but the pa per doll professed an old acquaintance with that pleasing drink. Oh. yes, she said, "It Is the same as the red Ink that Queen Ethel uses to color some of the reople whom she cuts out of the magazines, who have been born black ami white. Instead of colored like me " She rustled very elegantly as she said It, and took a cup of the lemonade and drank It with a very aristocratic air. The Dolli vers and the Noah family felt obliged to do the same, though. In fact, they thought It particularly nasty, which probably It did, for it was. Indeed, as the paper doll bad said, a drop of red Ink In water ^ No?h J>H upon a very line Idea for getting rid of his cup of red Ink and water. He declared himself so devoted to the ele phant that he felt obliged to share any thing good which he had with that Intelli gent beast. The convenient and obliging elephant drank the pink lemonade as though he had been brought up on It, and It was as good as any part of the perform ar-ce to see him do so. The Japanese prince had come In and was dclng some Juggler's tricks, walking across a slack rope, balancing himself as he went with a tiny umbrella, and all the while throwing some little balls Into the air. ><iu never would have known to look at those balls that they were simply green ptaf. All the company was deeply Interested In these things, when there came a scream of pain from the elephant. He had been at tempting to steal some more pink lemon ade, and Which and Tother had run a small pin in his trunk as he poked it over ai nig the cups Mr. Noah said he thought this was a very 111.kind way to treat his elephant. It was plain that he would have been glad to have Which and Tother spanked?os part of the perf>rmance. But since Mr. Dolliver was a lame man and Mis. Dolliver had the baby sewed into her r?m. it always took them ruite a time to get around to anything, and by the time they had made up th*Jr minds that Which and Tother abculd be punished the twins had run away. 1 Nobody notloed U?t U coin* WbUfe ?a4 K PACjI FOR^TJ :/iILDR] Tether Tiotl left the whole bucket of pink lemonade. Nobody noticed when they came Mealing back to watch the antics of the Japanese prince on his slack rope. But suddenly the elephant, who hml filled his trunk full. oh. very full of that pink lem onade, charged upon those unfortunate twins and blew it all over them in a great stieam like a garden hose?at least, it was l'ke a garden hose to people the size of Which and Tother They squeaked, as th^y always did. Tother whimpeicd: "Oh. Whichy, are you killed?" And Which answered: "Yes, Tother. 1 believe I is. The pink lemonade's all in my eyes. 1 wouldn't mind if 'twasn't for my eyes. Oh, yow?yow?yow! Eee-? owr Ah?ooh!" "That's always the way," sighed Mrs. Dolliver. "If we have any opportunity for eltgant diversions (Dolly, this is elegant diversion, isn't it?) Which ant" Tother are sure to be partially destroyed in the course of it." And she rose up to go and get her offspring and take them home. "Pray don't disturb yourself, madam," said Mr. Noah, very pleasantly, "I think we are all enjoying the spectacle of those two young prisons in their present condi tion. I know the elephant is; why. just look at the dear creature?he is positively laughing!" And this was true. The elephant was so delighted that he not only laughed, but biouRht out a forgotten accomplishment of his to please ti e pe >ple and danced a horn pipe for them. He had once belonged to a sailor, and no doubt the sailor taught him to dance the hornpipe. If you hav* never seen an elephant dance a hornpipe, you don't know how amusing it is. Considering the fun they got out of see ing the twins drenched with pink lemonade, and this elephant's dance, the persons who attended this circus agreed that it was the best they ever saw. Which was undoubtedly true, as it was certainly the only one they ever saw. Contrary. It's queer how in the <faytlme. When the sunshine is so bright. Ami 1'ui so hard s playing. I wish (lay would last all night. It's funny, when I'm dreamiug And 1 hear my nursie say. "Whip up. it's morning. Teddle," I want night to stay all day. I want the winter to be hot. The summer to be cold. M.v grandpa wishes he was young. And I wish I was old. God's Gift to Flowers. Now the snow la falling down, A dazzling, dazzling white. Over meadow, woods and town; A lovely, lovely sight. We love to see this gift of God, This blanket for the flowers. Who did tbelr work so faithfully During the summer hours. By MIRIAM FRANC (Age 11), 736 5th ?t. n.w., Washington. D. C. NEW? P0ZZLEJ RHYMING ENIGMA. My first and my second are lwth in insure; My third is in wound, but never In cure; My fourth, fifth and sixth are all three in l>est. And my whole is something we see iu the west. HIDDEN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING. 1. I wish that I enjoyed studying. 2. M a 1 >e 1, tell me the time, please. 8. This hoe seems dull. 4. This cocoa tastes somewhat better. DIAMONDS. A.?1. In la^e. B.?1. A consonant. 2. A leverage. 2. A piece of fur. 3. Bright. 3. Dwelling. 4. A part of the body. 4. To question. 5. A consonant. 5. In style. PROPS. The number* will tell how many additional let ters are needed to form the words described. 1. Prop (2)?drives forward. 2. Prop <2)?is correct. 3. Prop (4)?is owned. 4. Prop ilj-foretells. 5. Prop (G)?is highly favorable to sucreM. WORD Sgl ARFS A.?1. A form of inedlclue. B.?1. A man's name. 2. Oplulon. 2. Part of a roof. 3. A chureh season. 3. Ho be It. 4. Tardy. 4. A bill of fare. ADDITIONS 1. I mean to buza; put a letter liefore and one after me and I turn into a part of the hand. 2 I mean c<junl value; put a letter before and one after me and I turn Into to give up. 3. I mean skill; put a letter before and one after j me and I turn Into that on which we live. v 4. I am a prououn; nut a letter before and one ! after me and I turu Into a session of a judicial j assembly. 5. 1 am a number; put a letter before me and I turn into altitude. fl I am au animal; put a letter before aid one after me and I turn Into a dark aspect. DOUBLE ACROSTIC. 1. AgilE 2. FrtU 8. Re aR 4. IndlgO 3. ClaaP 0. AbldE Africa?Europe. RHYMING ENIGMA. Seashore. ADDITIONS. 1. O?rat?E. 2. G?rsp?E. 8. 8?can?'T* WORD SQCARE8. A.-l. HOME. B.?1. NEAT, ft. OVER. ft. EACH. 8 MESS. S. AC 4. BRST. 4. TRANSPOSITIONS. 1. Evil, rlla, vail. ft. Tins, mite, emit. Ropa. pore. 4. Pear, reap. $. f CH ABA DBS. 1. Bob?o?llAk. ft. Caa?ada. i. PLAYING INDIAN. ! "Bald Eagle" TtlU ?f Mr. Ernest Thompson Setoo'i "Wo?dor?fUr?." It was a happy thought that came to Mr. Ernest Thompson Set on when he decided to tell us boys and girls something of what he knows about the woods and the wild folks who live th<?re; ind happier still that he put so much of it in the form of Playing Indian. For there isn't any better sport going, and Mr. Seton himself Is intensely enthusiastic about It. Anyone who lins seen him camp ing. whether putting up the teepees and making things comfortable, or engaging in the deer hunt, or telling "Injun" stories around a roaring Are, will bear witness to his knowledge of woodcraft and to nis gen uine love of it. For the Information of those who may not know much about woodcraft and its sport, it may be said that there are hundreds of tribes all over the United States, organized with chiefs, councillors, medicine man and s<. forth, who camp in teepees In true indian fashion, who use bows and arrows in place of fire pirns, who kindle their council fire with tubbing sticks Instead of matches, who use eagle feathers for prizes In ath letic contests, and who are learning a great deal about birds, animals, plants, trees and the like, in their native haunts. It Is great Fi.ort. Mr. Reton or Chunka-Sapa (Black Wolf), as we should call him. wants to create as many woodcrafters as possible. He is the big medicine man of the whole nation, and is Interested in hearing about new tribes wherever they are formed. But there is nothing exclusive about it. Wherever a tribe cr band is formed It becomes a member of the whole nation by just sending in the name and address of the chief and the name cf the tribe. And membership doesn't cost a penny. Another good thing Is that a tribe may be large or small. One boy who is crippled and therefor* cannot go to the woods to camp is a very devoted player. Another boy wrote that he lived on the ground where the Lennl I.enape Indians once lived, and that he had formed a tribe by the same name. However, there were no boys near by that he could camp with, and so he Is the whole tribe himself?chief, brave and medicine man. Other tribes number any where from two or three up to thirty or forty members. As Air. Seton says, the first thing Is to get your boys together. He also favors tribes cf squaws, and tells about a tribe where the mother of one boy was the medi cine man of the tribe to which the boy be longs. It very often happens that mothers and other friends are much Interested in the play, and frequent visitors at the camp. In choosing chiefs and leaders care should be taken to select those who are best fitted for the various places. The head war chief should be plucky and brave and strong. He should slso be popular, for he has to en force the laws and keep order in the camp. The Importance of this ought to be under stood before the voting for chief begins. One band out in Illinois had a course of games betore the officers were chosen. They fitted out their camp Just as any group of boys would. and then had some of their con tests. The boy who wen the most honors was unanimously elected head war chief. The important thing just now is to make up your mind to play Indian. Even If you already have other outing plans made, re solve to put as much woodcraft in them as possible. Keep this in mind, It is not nec essary tc go away far to play Indian. Many a band this summer will have its wig wam lisjht in a backyard at home. Of course in such a place the swimming and boating and deer hunting will be lost, but you will have provisions near at hand, you can play many 01 the woodcraft games, you can camp out more or less all summer, and thus save the expense of a trip. There Is room here for just a word to tell what tome of the woodcraft sports are. The b?st game Is the deer hunt, and for that there should be wood3, or brush of some kind. After this athletics, nature study, archery, photographing and the like all come in. There are walking, running and jumping contests, throwing stunts, bicycle races, difficult or clever tricks with a cam era sucn as good pictures of wild animals In their i.atlve places, exploits with the bow end arrow, and knowledge of the custom and habits of birds and animals. As prizes feathers are given, and these may be made into a war bonnet that will show the achievements of every brave. The prizes as well as the requirements are graded according to the age of the players, for there are enthusiastic woodcrafters from 31 x years old all the way to fifty. Next week we will talk about teepees and camping utensils. BALD EAGLE. Mailt Sharp aniMtjsJMnr Luke BT BAM PtWKINS. In the end, playing savers wasn't as much fun as the Sharp Troy had thought it would be. Most likely, the seven-year-old shipwrecked sailor. .Luke Sharp, would have lost his life In the forbidden stream had not Cousin Leonard happened along just in time, as a real ll/e saver. The drip ping youngsters received more than one cuffing before Cousin Leonard got them home. Aunt Lizzie puf them both to bed and promised to keep them prisoner, the rest of their summer vacation. At the end of three days Aunt Lizzie was as tired of the Jail business as the twys -themselves were. The young rogues had been out on the piazza roof, and would probably have tried to *hin down the porch columns, but when they were put in Jail Aunt Lizzie had taken their clothes to the kitchen to dry, and had not brought them It was with many promises to get Into no more mischief that the repentant boys were released next morning- Aunt Lizzie made them say over, after her: "I will not go farther away than tlie garden or the barn yard." So she kept them under her eye ail day The relief from their Imprisonment was' so pleasant that they were happy any way, even in a small playground. The most fun they had was playing gypsy in the big, covered spring wagon. They took a light lap robe and pinned it up before the front so that the top was all Inclosed. They made a tent near by out of two stable ?blankets they found in the barn. Suddenly Mark Sharp thought of a bright scheme, and putting his arm around Luke s neck took him to a dark corner in the barn and whispered it to him: "Lukey, we can have Joads of fun playing gypsy. Let's be as good as we can all day. and go to bed real early. Soon as Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Henry go to bed we can steal softly down stairs and go out to the big wagon to play gypsy. We'll take a pillow and a blanket and a candle and some matches. Won't it be fun!" "It'll be just bully. Ij^ark." replied Luke. "Nobody will ever know we were out of bed, and nobody will guess there are gypsies in the big wagon." continued Mark. When the boys went to bed early, and were so very quet, Aunt Lizzie felt certain they would give her no more trouble. She looked into their room as she was going to her own room and thought they were both sound asleep. Indeed, Luke was asleep, and Mark was near it: but when he heard Aunt Lizzie s door close he jumped up and roused his brother. "Come on. Luke, slip on your pants, grab a blanket, and keep close behind me. I'll take the candle and matches." So they tip toed down stairs, unlocked the door and went out into the darkness. They were both afraid, but taking hold of each other's hand they mustered up courage enough to reach the wagon. The lap robe was still fastened up in front as they had left it. And when they had lighted the candle and spread down the blanket they were delighted. Their little four by six foot bed room was more 1 cozy than any they had ever slept in before. Mark made up ever so many things about the way gypsies do, and told them to Luke. With wide, wondering eyes Luke watched his brother and drank in every word. But even this was not enough to keep him awake long. He went to sleep white Mark was talking Then Mark threw him self down, too, drew one corner of the blanket over him and was soon asleep. The candle burned low, finally flickered, and went out. Before Long Luke became restless. Half awake, he snuggled up to Mark and said he was cold. The floor of the wagon was hard. Mark also grew restless and chilly, and soon both boys were wide awake and about as uncomfortable as they could be. Luke was shivering, as he said: "Can't we go back to bed. Mark? I'm so cold. It Isn't fun any more to play gypsy." Mark agreed with him, and they groped their trembling way back to the house. Fancy their dismay when they fc*ind the door locked. They did not know that Cousin Leonard had been to the village and had come home late. What should they do? They shrank from going back to the chilly, hard-floored wag on. Luke was for screaming until Aunt Lizzie heard them, but Mark opposed that. "No, sir." he said. "We'll climb the porch pillar, Lukey, and Aunt Lizzie will never know what has happened." Luke thought he couldn't do it, but Mark said he must. And with much boosting from Mark the youngster did get up. Mark himself found it difficult enough with no one to boost him. But he was desperate. Bad as the climbing was, he dreaded more the anger of Aunt Lizzie if she should catch them in any more pranks. At last the heroic effort succeeded. A minute he rested, and then very quietly began to open the window which would let them at once into their room. Somehow things did not seem quite as the boys had left them, but they felt around in the gloom until they reached the bed. , j "Help! Fire! Thieves! Murder!' cried Aunt Lizzie, as she ducked her head under the covers. Naturally, this awakened I nele Henry. Sitting up, he reached out in the darkness and caught hold of a squirming youngster, asking at the same time, in a harsh voice. "Who's here?" a ? . . . Luke had begun to cry, and Mark whim pered, "We got into the wrong room, Un C^IH?d think you did!" thundered Un cle Henry. "I wonder what kind of a place you two Sharp boys will get Into next ' Just then Cousin Leonard came with a lieht to see what the trouble was. And when he found that they had left some of their bedclothes out at the barn he made both of them walk Spanish all the way there and back. A Two-Sided Joke. A few thousand years ago very frisky young chaps dwelt on the banks of the his toric Irrawaddy. They were forever giving each other stunts and challenges, and they were great practical Jokers. They really lived upon opposite sides of tho river, but this was no obstacle to their sport, for they were both adept swimmers. Besides, though the Irrawaddy has a width worth talking about, these playmates could 11 ? .1). sit on opposite banks of the river and bel low their Jokes across at each other with out the least Inconvenience. You understand, of course, that this was ages and ages before Adam. It might l>? mentioned, also, that these two chaps re sembled young elephants more nearly thau anything else that can be thought of. One of them was nearly the sire'of a grown elephant, the other was not more than eleven-sixteenths as Urge. But what the smaller lacked In size he fully made up In agility. If he had lived In the twentieth century he would have geen known as the Irrawnddy sprinter. One day these two playfellows were sun ning themselves on a sandy spot when a swim was proposed. No sooner said than ofT came their skins and they were rolling, puffing and snorting, blowing water Into each other's faces and trying to hold each other under water. It was rough-and tumble play: but it was good-natured until thrt little fellow got squarely on the big fellow's back and held him under a long, long time. Then giving himself a push he swam a few yards away to see the victim of his Joke come up. Instead of coming up with a jump and a fling the big chap came up very slowly. He seemed to have barely strenjfth to lift his head for breath. Another minute and there would have been one elephant less in the jungles and one more in the Irra waddy. The air that soon restored the big fellow to his usual activity did not restore his good humor. There was anger and ven geance written all over his brown counte nance. The small chap saw it and wisely headed for shore. Looking back as he climbed out of the water the sight of his enraged pursuer smote him with terror. Hastily picking up his hide he took to tl.e tangled forest. His one thought was es cape, for he knew of the two he was the better runner. It was near nightfall when he stopped. Not until then did he think of putting on his skin. Shades of his fathers! He had the wrong h'de! Should he go back? He dared not. He must seek a new home and new fric-nd*. Oh. the awkwardness and the chagrin i.o felt when he put the skin on and saw how it hung in loose, ugly folds about htm. Suddenly he thought of the big chip try ing to get into a skin much too small for him, and he roared with laughter till tho Jungle shook. Hujv could he help exclaim ing: "That's one on him!" Yet. there were two sides to this J >ke. The little fellow could not keep the skin in place over his head, so he cut a hole .ust In front of his eyes, and ran the end of his trunk up through It. In time this end be came hardened from being held in one por tion. and when it turned to bone they cailed the chap a rhinoceros. Trees Survive Baltimore Fire. | From the Baltimore American. In the burned district there are two trees which, though having been sub jected to a heat which melted iron and caused strong buildings to crumble and fall, are still standing and are apparently uninjured. One is on Frederick street near Baltimore street. Just opposite the site of the Odeon Theater, and the other is in the rear of the ruins of the Southern Klectric Company's place, on Fayette street near Calvert street. The tree on Frederick street is in remarkably good condition, and does not In the least show the effects of fire, although the heat at that point must have been intense, as not a building in that section was left stand ing. The limbs and branches of the other tree were burned to some extent, and it was almost completely buried beneath a great pile of debris. Pindertoy. The Pindertoy is a very simple and amus ing toy which can be made In two minutes. , Cut out the pieces, and with one pin fasten [-all together. The head piece belongs In ' front. If you have a cork to pin it on, the result will please you. Play Ball. Nov all the boys are playing ball; The diamonds are alWe With nine*, professional aixl scrub. Like t>ees about a hire. And even where there la hut one To pitch and one to bat And one to catch, they still play ball Not base, but one old cat. The following answer to the puzzle of "A Visit to the Zoo." published last Saturday, has been received from Frances Brown of Tenleytown. D. C.t a little girl In the fifth grade: (1) Chimpanzee, (2) hare. (3) door mouse, (4) hedgehog, (5) Hons, (6) lynx, (7) polecat, (8) reindeer, (9) raccoon, (10) por cupine. mmm bi a piife TflECfiEtKtp In yo days of ye knight and ye faire layde there lived a famous old magician who set every one guessing with a most aston ishing problem In folded paper. Duels were fought over It, dominions lost and crowns ruthlessly torn from royal heads. To this day no one ever solved the Pussle of the Mystic Square, and It must forever toe a mystery unless a wise head unravels It. A large crow is here shown, cut Into many angles and squares. Cut out this square and fold the paper Into such a shop* ?a to produce a new cross, smaller la slM. but perfect, ths square* forming It to be of alternate white and black, AMY'S BACK YARD BY MAY C. RINGWALT. Amy was the happiest child in San Fran cisco, for Bess, "her country twin," had cpme to visit her. Summer boarders at Cloverdale had com plained of country loneliness, but when Amy moved to town she was sure that a city was the loneliest place in the world. True, on the ranch, she could not always play with Bess, but. living as she now did In a top flat, she could no longer Iwve any pets. As she thought of Arabella, who whinnied at her approach: of Shep. who fol lowed her everywhere; of purring Topsy and her cunning kittens. It seemed that her heart would break. Then, one morning. Nora coaxed her to go marketing, and the expedition proved a fairy wand, transform ing the dreary city life for the little country girl. "Get your hat, Bess!'' cried Amy. as they left the breakfast table. "I want to show you my back yard." "I thought you hadn't any!" exclaimed Bess. Amy laughed. "But I have?one a mils long!'' Her eyes twinkled. "The dearest pets live in it, too!" Instead of turning toward the avenue, where the large houses were. Amy led the way in the opposite direction. "Can't we go on the avenue?" protested Bess, remembering a beautiful walk past "palaces" the day before. Amy shook her head scornfully. "The avenue's for afternoons, when we wear gloves and play we're princesses. Now we're just children." At the lirst cross street Amy halted, cry ing: "Here it is?my dear back yard!" Bess stood, puzzled and disappointed, for she saw only an ugly street with stores on both sides, and cars and wagons whizzing up and down in the middle. "You'll see how nice it Is." whispered Amy. mysteriously. She tiptoed ahead, then came excitedly running back. "Beatrice Clarissa is at home," she announced. "She's sitting In the parlor. We can have a chat, while Nora buys eggs next door." The children stopped before a window filled with mended shoes, while in front, beside a red slipper, was curled a white AllgUI tt "I don't know what he calls her, con flded Amy. signifying a queer old man within the shop, "but I've named her Beatrice Clarissa. She's deaf and dumb, poor dear." "You don't say so!" cried Bess. Almy solemnly nodded. "We use the sign language?watch us talk." She merrily thumped on the window with her fingers, and Beatrice Clarissa answered with her paws, until their "conversation was interrupted by Nora's reappearance. "Now we must cross to the other side or the street," said Amy, "for my next pet Is Vegetable Bobble." "Where's my Bobblklns? She called In a coaxing voice, when they had entered the provision store. i "Meow!" replied an enormous pussy, crawling out from behind potato b*J8s. "Meow!" He was an exquisitely marked yellow cat. . "Bobble once lived at the tobacco shop The Enchanting Pig. T oSt week The Star offered three prizes of $1 each for the best three short rhymes by Children about the above picture of The Enchanting Pig " . , The following are the prize winners. Little plggl*. be was sick. Savs I'apa Pig to me. I won't be p>tie a minute. I'll buy some eake and tea. It smelled so good be took a bite Just one?but very big. I guc-sa he could not help It?cause. You know.h* ?^j!fORO KKKXAX. Said Mr. Enchanting Pig to bis wife, My breakfast I will eat. Then I'll run, catch my car. And you bet I'll *eeP_the?d There was an enchanting pig from Cork, Who ate without knife or fork. Until this greedy old pig Became so awfuUy big That he's now sold in the market as pork. ?DORIS BRADLEY, Aged 11. Ben's Rainy Day. BY S. A. MOST. Sometimes I like stormy days, sometimes X don't. I never like them unless I can play what I choose. Today I- played boat with a trunk tray. We sailed over the sea and back. Then I cut out a lot of pictures for my scrap book. Nurse always requires me to pick up the things I scatter about, which X never like to do. There la no fun in that, and I tell her so. When nurse wasn't looking I climbed up on the end of her bed and dived oft In the middle of It. That is much nicer than jumping on the floor. Then I attacked nurse with pillows. She asked me to stop, of course, so I had to turn somersaults. Mamma says because I am her only little boy I.should not be so reckless; I might break my neck turning somersaults, but I never do. I found a gas stove and some rubber tubing. Then a large fire broke out. I was the fireman and tried desperately to put out the Are. When the window of my room was op su ed I pulled my hat low down, took my gun anil pretended I was in a fort shooting at the enemy. A new chair came for me by express. I put It on nurse's bed. Then I took my gun and sat on the chair and sailed away to shoot porpoises. What do you think! Sister called me a 3e by this morning. I told her If she ever Ud that again I would certainly have to lght her. 8he should know better. When [ ride on the cars 1 never get on the sea** irlth my feet or my knees like children do. Ken never do that. ? ? At f fltoioek I sapper on my own lit on the opposite corner." explained Amy, "A big black cat belonging to this vege table man fought him whenever be cromrt the street, but the day after the black clt'n death. Bobbie moved over for gi>od and for all." While she was relating his biography. Bobble ceased his caressing, suddenly dull ing Into a back room. 'Quick:" cried Amy to Bess. 'Nora's buying corn." On the floor in the back room was a heap of sunlit green. Over It stooped Nora; beside her stood the vegetable man. and at his feet purred Bobbie, his watching eyes as big as saucers. The man pirked up the com, ear by ear. pulling down the pretty green "wrappings" to show Nora that the grains were full. Now and then, he hit an ear against the wall, and something fell curling to the floor. Bobbie spring to de vour It. "Corn-worms." whispered Amy. "He loves them. I didn't think It nice of him at flret." she admitted, seeing Bess" disgust, "but we eat raw oysters, so I suppose Its a matter of tnste. "Nora, dear." inquired Amy as they left Bobbie* licking his chops, "haven't >ou a paiu somewhere" Nora declared she felt like "the top of the morning without a toe ache." but Amv looked so disappointed that she remembered an imperative need of a parous plaster, so the three entered a drug store. On the counter sen ted with great dignity upon a big op-n twv>k containing prescrip tions, was a line tiger cat. wearing p.n im pressive collar "My country twin, let m? Introduce Ad miral Dewey." said Amy. bowing low. The admiral solemnly held out a paw. "Dewey, I'm shocked!" cried Amy. "Your right hand always!" The admiral meekly put down his left paw, and gave Bess bis right. "Present arms!" commanded Amy And Dewey at once stood on his hind legs and pawed the air. A block from the drug store Nora went Into a grocery to buy some coffee, and while it was being ground the two children had an exciting play with a darling Maltese kit ten. "That ends my cats." sighed Amy. "A great many more live in my back yard, but I ve never Introduced myself because of Nero." In front of a bakery, a shaggy yellow dog sat on Ihe alert. At sight of Amy ha bounded to her. .lumping on his hind legs, wagging his tall and Joyfully barking. "Every day he goes to the butcher's with us after a bone." Amy stopped and bugged the little dog close. "You see." she slid, plaintively, "in this home he has no pet ting. and in my home I have no doggie, so we make a line com-bi-nation!" Before reaching the butcher's they stopped once more in order that tender hearted Amy might give the morning lump of sugar to a poor Chinese laundry horse, who looked as If he had been fed on left over washboards, so prominent were his ribs. "We've come to the end of my back yard." said Amy. regretfully. "There's the fence." She pointed to the track of a cross line of cars. "Oh. goody!" she suddenly cried, "we can ride home on the hay wag on!" With a Jolly pulT an automobile drew up at the curb, and a moment later grandpa was flying through Amy's back yard, a de lighted girl on each side of him. tie table in the nursery. Then nurse read to me until she said It was bedtime. Be fore she could catch me I climbed up on a chair and turned out the gas. Then I quietly hid under the bed. Nurse said: "Goodnight. Johnny Bear. You may stay in your den all night." That wasn't so much fun. so I came out and let her un dress me. My crib has very high sides. When I was small they had to help me In. Now 1 climb in alone right over the highest end to let them see how brave I am. I climb out the same way in the morning. After I was in bed nurse read fables to me. I had many questions to ask. and sha told me at last she would read no more. I begged for Just one more, and when she read It I told her how I loved her. Slio thanked me and I told her she was wel come. What Every Schoolboy Knows. From the Providence Journal. At a recent examination of young men in England three of the answers to the question, "What Is the Monroe doctrine?" were: "The religion of America taught by Dr. Monroe on the transmigration of souls;" "The doctrine that people may be married several times." and "One that has to do with vaccination and smallpox; It was brought out by Prof. Monroe." This Is very funny, of course; it stirs curiosity to know what would be the results of an unannounced submission of the same ques tion to the pupils in American high schools. One dacy I het>xd mr ! my " lAoTher sin^1? 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