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Show Basing Interesting' Entertainment for Boys and Girls Who Are QuickV'OatohOn." lTlt HAS A EEAL LIVE VISITOE sl Entertains Her Aunt Jane Instead 0f Dolls at Afternoon Tea Ific-Nacks. littT had her ovrn -tt le or fcLdolls, and nerer thought ofaueh LgM having a real lire visitor. But J.wsnt up stairs to find on. yf her doll ildren and when aha came back there Aunt Jane sitting by the Are warm- her feet- 14 was a lon8: waIk rom her 'Land the day was cold. "Good af ternoon, Aunt J ane," said Kitty. Youre just in time. Come and take tea -Dwrme, I can't!" .aid Aunt Jane. "I ircoid. I must ait by the fire." lit Kirrr's afternoox tea. "Oh, Aunt Jane," said Batty, "of course ball bring it to you. Mother's away, ndlsm so glad to have a real visitor!" "Oh, I'm sorry your mother's out," said tut Jane. "Well, there, I think it would jt me to have some tea." Kitty pours carefully. It seems to be it. I see the steam. But this tea was made for Kitty and the ilk It is not such tea as Aunt Jane rinks. It is what people call "cambric 9" made of milk and hot water with a at deal of augar in it. I am afraid ant Jane will feel disappointed, and think will not "rest" her much. The foregoing story was first told for the neflt of Little Men and Women by imela M. Cole. A Day at Coney Island. Off to Coney Island! OH to spend a day On the breesy sea shore, With wind and waves to play I Four pairs of bright eyes; Four pairs of hands Oh, what fun we're going to have Digging in the sands I We'll build a house for dolly, We'll send our ship to sea. And none at Coney Island WQi have such good times as wa We never shall grow tired, I know, Of such a Jolly place, Where all sort of happy time - ( Await each happy face. Back from Coney Island, t As tired as tired can be, Come four as sleepy children As ever you did see. The fish laugh in the water, And the gulls cry overhead, "See the sleepy children Who ought to be in bed!" We've had a very nappy day With the wind and waves and sand, With the playthings that the ocean Gently lays upon the land; But of all the pleasant places The dearest and the best b the home to whteh we're going, Full of peace and quiet and rest, Harper's Young People. Game of tha Walt Cat. This is a lively game, and is a new ver-Ju ver-Ju of the old game of puse-in-the-corner. good sized room being a little cleared of furniture, the players take possession die corners, while the white cat stands the center. The players are then bound change corners with their neighbors as ?quently as possible, the white cat striv- ; g to gain one of the corners in the Inter-' ik In any case the cat retains the office, it when one of the other players is caught it of her or his corner that player is 'ed to retire from the game. That raw is then considered "stopped," and no longer be used. If any one unduly un-duly enters a stopped corner that player mt also retire. The game is continued itU all the players have thus been caught placed in banishment. Two or more ayers may occupy each corner at the , mmencement of the) game. ; j I Sound Waves. "on a time I knew a lad about the siie of my maU brother, mB7thing his teacher said went to one ear "i out the other. Wide Awake. Discipline In a Boyal Nursery, wday, go the story goes, the emperor rtrmany, busied in his own room, heard Went disturbance in the nursery, and ly made his way to the scene of tu-I tu-I When he entered the crown prince - Prince Eitel drew themselves up and 'Jta their father in the military f ash-was ash-was their wont. i is all this noise about?" asked 'Peror. 'A alight dispute, aire," said his eldest 1 &nd I was obliged to let my brother 5 who is crown prince in this establish- 'Good," said his majesty; "I see what "jean, and now I think it will be as I let you know in the same way emperor in this particular family!" forthwith administered a punisa-nt punisa-nt which impressed itself on the mind , n the body of the crown prince. |