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‘ her rlriintv dress:
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girls: were quiet. Ham-u,
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' -.i nmrii mthcr have my bob--
:;’1il clot-hes. I'll confess.
eter’s Visit to
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curls,
I think that grandpa must have been
A most unhappy boy,
With his long pants and clicked-up hair
He surely had no joy.
I pity him, for look at me
In all my comfy clothes,
But then, he lived in ignorance
Of such things, I suppose.
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Fw‘i the Korth “ind.
" asked the North Wind.
‘I that so? I am sorry I mrdlin-l
“' i'i‘l 11"“ m" \"i‘." your llonl‘. but I can not restore, boon
it is something I nm-rl' ko‘p
no hon/l; but I'll give you SUlllflnllll:
v is’u. as you are so very poor, Her"
m a Inblocloth that, will give. you
:oml m“fll whenever you say. "Cloth
1’, My
night at an inn. and was inadvertent
enough to let the covetousdnnkeeper
see him provide a fine meal for him-
self from his magic tablecover. '
When Peter fell asleep. the crafty
landlord stole away the cloth, nub-
stituling another in its place, unsus-
pected by the boy.
“‘hen Peter reached home. his
mother was overjoyed to see him;
but. when the cloth was ordered to
produce a good dinner of course it
failed to do so.
“I have been robbed!" said/Peter,
"and it must have been iut‘lhe inn
where I had to alCI’l on my wayhome.
l was so tit-ml and such a dreadful
storm arose." ‘
Next day Peter set out again for
the home of the North Wind, eager to
tell him of his loss.
The North \Vind laughed when
l’emr told aim what had happened,
and said: fir ‘
“More. Peter, take this cane. which,
as~ soon as you call out, “Cane.
sli‘ikc.’ “ill l-nmmcl roundly anyone
you Wish. I think you'll know how
to recover 1hr: tnhlrwlothl"
Thanking Ihv l'indly North “'ind
mnrt gralrfully. l‘nler hastened on
till hu reached this inn.
In the evening: lm lay down, ap~
lurmrtly holding the cane
clasped in his luo arms.
The innkcr‘por guessed at once
that his friend had given another
matir‘ :éfl in Parr; so he placed an~
n'llm' mnr‘ in the boy's arms and
gently druw nuay the magic staff.
instantly l"vt(‘r. who had merely
feignin: .-sloep, called' out.
"('jnnr, slrll‘n.”
Thn lane Mrm-k and fill‘l'lCI-é, over
and our again. until the thieving inn-
anion-p,
it keeper “1'43 imploring mercy.
' ”Stop it." il" called. "I'll give you '
out , Towfi
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Her name, like her eyes, is
color Violet's clothes in your fiver-its colors. Then past
tabs and cut a slit in ouch hut-long the dotted line;
ready to try on Violet's dresses.
Violet. Her
TRICKS EVERY GIRL-a AND no? WILL
. WANT To TRY
Ojierce a nickel with a needle,
especinlly if the needle be a
very fine one. seems difficult,
if not a}: insoluble problem. it is.
nevertheless. a. very simple feat.
To succeed. insert a needle in a
cork so that-‘the point is just appar-
ant. and if the needle projects at the
other and snap off the remainder
with a pair of shears. '
mogt‘ every hmgfihold has a. supply
of camphor. -
To L131: 15 MntChes With 01:9.
On a match we will call A place 14
other matches, B. astride, as though
on horseback. with their tips in the
air. and the other ends resting on the
table. These ends Should alternately
point left and right. If you are ask ‘
to lift both A and the B set, holdi
o-o-a------
out
for
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matches B and along the angle
formed by their interlacement place
one last match. C. Now we can lift
A safely by its extremity. The
matches B will take an oblique po-
sition, embracing C within their
angle.
Cutting a Thread Hung in a Bottle.
Show your friends an empty bottle
tightly corked. Under this cork you
have fixed a. bent pin, to which is at-
tached a piece of thread: A shoe
buttOn or other body of light weight
suspended to the thread will make it
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Eight little paper dolls
Full of many
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Twowmtorncparlr—
Then there were six.—
sproad yourself and bring me your
very host meat and drink!"
"Thank you. very much." said the
grateful Peicr. who now went hap—
pily hommvard.
0n the way back he stopped over-
hark your iableco'er; only make
this terrible stick lop!"
called Peter. and,
taking his tablecovernnd cane with
him, he went merrily horde to his
now happy mother.
“Stop. cane!"
The Disaster in Gin ‘bl th
(1 i ' #17716 Town thou -ht that. a disaster as tern . 6 35 e .
. TM skvacrapors Emma}; and dwellings qmvered and as a. result Windows, chimneys
. -. ' tossed up a tree and hung there-until
' ".‘erc all crooked.
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'. 1:11;»: in the oven.
‘ .9 my could rescue llim.
video of the trouble was
ODS ginger man was
gerbrend 7T own , ‘
Japanese earthquake had surely
that cook stubbed her toe just as she was about to'xput an
. —" simple and very inexpensive, a. c1-
3;,
GlQQmIf S~ ..
Glide“
Now piece your nickel on a. couple
of wooden blocks and strike a sharp
blow with a heavy hammer on the
prepared cork that you have placed
above it. or it will do if the nickel
in simply laid upon 9 single block of
soft wood.
The needle. being unable to bondin
either way—41min to the friendly"
support of the cork—ls forced to so
one way and will pierce the nickel or
even fin silver qwter with the Elia-F
eat eiie, for, as we know, the steel
of the needle in .hurder than the
bronze or silver of the coin. - Q
A Captor Scorpion.
Place on the surface of some. wtfi
ter in a. basin or beaker about a.
couple of hundred irregular lump:
and grains of campbor. some lute
and Ionic 5:11:1me them in
the form of some creep!“ thing—4‘
scorpion or centipcde, for instance.
After a little the scorpion will begin
to move across the, built of itself
out will wave its club as though it
were trying to swim and in: its tail . .
convficivelyl —
fill amusing experiment is very
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only one extremity of A, it seems
clear that the 14 matches will tum—
ble to the table by virtue of the force
at gravity. But here is a way to ren-
der the operation feasible: Above the
hang straight.
Announnce to the spectators that
you are going to cut the thread with-
out touching either the cork or the
bottle, and to prevent the least sus-
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mother made her pretty dresses and trimmed the hats
e the paper on thin cardboard /and cut
fold and paste the platform and stand
or table!
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to matéh. With your crayons,
the pictures. Fold back all the
theTwinkle'l'ot, mdyouaronll
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picion of fraud seal up the cork and
neck of bottle with wax.
You leave the room a minute with
the bottle and return with it in your
hand. showing that the thread is cut
clean through, and with the end
thereof lying in the bottom, together
with the button attached to it.
This trick can not be done at night
or on a. cloudy day. You will, by
means of a converging sunglus. con-
centrate the ray. of the sun on one
point of the thread, and, in order to ‘
facilitate
thread.
operations. use black
The Jumping Coin.
Place a. coin on the table and ask
one of your friends if he can tlkc it
up withom. touching either the coin
\
To perform this feat, place your
hand half open at a. little distance
from the border of the table, near
which the coin is placed, and blow
suddenly on the table at about two
inches from the coin. The air, com-
pressed by your lungs, will pene—
trate below the coin. and lave elastic
force to mcke it jump from the table
into your hfind. With a little prac-
tice I am sure you can do this.
“That's a pretty ancient office cont
you're wearing, Benson."
"Yes, sir—part of : suit I bought
when I got my last rise!"
_ mun book upside down
She would read with a frown, **
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A BLACK CAT FOR
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fortunes. and who had scarceb m
thing Loft of her once goodly inherit:
' tnce but a black cat. '
graciously and invited himtb dine
with him. ’
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EUCK ..
HERE was once. a. pounwomfll
liz§ng in Shel‘ai, whose son!
“ere all away seeking their ~
One day a captain who was In-
tending to sail to India askgttho'
DOOI‘ widow {or a gift.
Nothing had she to give but tho
cat, which she duly-presented to
contain. 1
He cast anchor after scilingmuny
days in an Indian Port and 7' goinz
ushore
for the monarch of the territory.
asked for an audience. ‘
laden with costly presents
The monarch received hing mod
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Gladly the captain accepted, but
was surprised to see that a servant,
holding an iron rod stood guard over.
every dish on the table. '
He had no need to ask the reason
for this, for ha soon perceived bun-Q
dreds
of mice scampcring‘ about
ready to pounce on the food if m
servants did not continually belt
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!
them off with‘ the iron rods. , :
The next day the captain wan
again invited to take dinner with”
monarch. '
Accepting again. he took the at
with him in a cage. _ ,
The king and all in the palm; ,
were much interested in the at. for.
.
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never had they seen such an my;
nor even heard of it.
When the captain opened the egg.
door. out bounded the cat eager to
attack the mice. and the mound}
and his courtiers looked on her not!”
work among the mice with delight”;
astonishment. ' ’
The captain then gave timed: big
the monarch. telling him abbut m;
poor old widOw who had given it b:
him for good luck on the voyage.
The king ,wna so pleased finch.
sent the widow enough money’s!!!
jewels to enrich her.
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A day may be shining. a day may It.
wet. p ’
But the dear little cricket is com
yet;
Don't trend on this friend, a true 09-,
timist.
Once gone his cheer would surely be
missed. -
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