Show THE TOUGH OF SPRING 18 U A TOUCH of ot spring in III the Before Defost we THERE T know hang mew it the tile peg green win w I he be creeping up the tile mount skies sides The Tb be merry marry chirp of ot the tM robin is ta heard In la the land and a satire nature tare is Ii preparing pre to waken from her Mr winters winter rest The TIle young mans fang fancy te is lightly turning to thoughts of figuring oat out a method of some new lavender laTender trousers t along with the other fixings that are associated In Ia the mind of the youth with Ith the gentle springtime Such Bach of the vacant IoU Iota as are 18 drying up ap are now lOW under un 1111 under der the alert eye of the small boy boT He has baa put pat away awa his bis bistod sled tod sad and Us his at skates While their season scans lasted he be enjoyed them It If he lie was a small boy Mat but he be is ill going coins to enjoy e his hili sprig spites treasures lust Jut u as such much aeo the hum bom of his top win will make sweet t music for him the thet festive t game came of marbles will wUl delight Mm him and aM the glorious game came of baseball win will be a source of ot never tailing joy Of coarse we realise that these theM reflections on spring will seem to some people rather premature Two or three days of mild weather do cIo not make a springtime any an more m than thaD two or 01 three swallows wallowa make a bath It is ba e entirely tin IT pot pohle that when these words OI appear in print it will be toe beIt snowing It to le almost certain that tUt a day daF or 01 two later at most moat welt well be lie worrying ourselves sick the fur tur furnace nace maee t furnish enough p heat t to keep the Ute baby from foss 4 catching cold Then too the gentle springtime furnishes ell a great many nT opportunities for catching ca cold We go oat out without an aa overcoat or 01 without overshoes a and ancI the first thins thing we know we are talkie through our oar doses 4 and it would either gad ged warb or Dard such weather any anyway anyway I way Bud Bod well have han to 10 stad ste d it JI just jt the tho Babe sabe Oh Ob yes yea spring has its tu drawbacks as well as Its Ira compensations hat But it has baa more of the latter titan than the former for |