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Show A BOOK OF PiarPRES. municAnLB chances seen in SOME ILLUSTRATIONS. rtlf Tli.l rnfIH " lMnlalll. n.y ,,j contnlixl Ills Hunarva rll..r. tti.rsal.r. Tht Aw" I.l.n.l.. VV.rOr.lM. Papa. asked th "J-, looking op (Wni bis bock, "can a man (-row a real Vnl In ono lr" MI shoaiM Mjr not, answered tho tither cnMo'l7i being mindful of tho lut that within a vrrolc tlie Iwjr hail pot to Win tbts question "Why ttot a srirman vral!: on ber heels In crowing n.nUr street," and vrLen ho answore 1 tl it lio did not know, the boy bail said. -To Bet across." Hat lliero wai no sell ili mt the iiiliftlon tho boy oakcl, uof aloot tbo neat ono, which was thlii Can a man get laid In ono nl-jhtr "Hernlplit In an Indian country," an fxr red tbo father, whercnrwn tlero was illcncoforallttlo tlnio. Then tho boy lopatteotlr "'' . I don't nndentan 1 them rilelnreaat all Kverylicly In them leejis cbang' lag around, and 1 don't know vrholf -.ho, and I dont too liow they know ii h other half a day running. Tbo book was "Tb Burin Tamlly noWnron," and tho till, page ileclnred that tber wero "100 lllnatratlons." It m worth wbllo to follow tba "family" tfcn ash tbo jrlcturrt. letting aildo a colorod front!, piece jhlcra depleted n Inity bareleggnl boy en a rock, with a polo cap crowning a ihock of yellow hair I artel In the lack, a bow In bit hand and bit oyis filed on a ipontlng wbalo that looked like a anr cine sneezing violently, tbo panortrat ereneJ with tho "family" kneollng In (ntefol payer for ita tacapo. Thj father, with head bal 1 on top, smooth shaven faca and long locks of wblto U( filllag en bit ahonldera vai tho c-ntrsl figure, and mado au Ideal vicar of Wakclleld. Fritz, tho eldeit ton, wore a long coat an I long troourf,aud rnnx, tho yonngest, waa distinguished ty a largo button on hla coat lu tbo mall of tbo back, Thi.wu la tho fore noon. uonnrtri cimoo. A few Lours later, lu tho afternoon, tehold thocbangel Tho fatberbad grown fine, cloaely trimmed si U whiskers, and hiindulsionshadcliangedlhelratralght lake for crl.ply cnrllng lialr. From a ttntlo faced Madonna tbo mother bad breii changed Into a vivacious looking Jisre-a, and, itratigont of all, two Et. llcrnardi In tho flrat plctnro had becomo trim Inlldogi, v.lth orery apiearanco of Ulni able to inako n good fight. Then then enme a llnhtnluj change. Ia five ralnutet their father' whlikeri bad grown an Inch or two, KrlU an 1 ha bid gotten Into knickerbockers, tcrrul tine I In tho father'a caao In Lino to.k-lojri to.k-lojri and bncklod shoe,, both of them billotttbo curl out of their balr, and one of tbo bulldoga had been roetamor lAoaeJ Into a aetter aundlng over a nil-lab nil-lab brown rabbit that waa declared In tba text to bo an agouti. , -Voon, the neat day, and tho father and Frltl wtro again prcaeuted, aeatod this time Ly a brook, but conveniently near a tone jag that might havo bild molaue nj might not. Tba father looked Ilka Highlander In a fanner's elothee, and Frita, who hal grown threo or four ysva older, was dressed llko Uanton when tint gentleman wao of aomo con erquinco lu i'arla and lookod 1IV him. One of tho doge had becomo a King Cbirlci tpanlcl. Tho other dll not ap I-.r, but waa probably In aoclntlon, kt tling on tlu breed In which lia would neit appear. Thopalrweroon a hunting eicnnlon on lUIr doeertcd I.Ian L A fow lionn later Frlta had gotten hl (hock of j el-low el-low hair back, and traded Ids Dantou I cntuiae for knloktrbockers, blue stork. lo,rs and a sack coat, whllobfs father li J somowhero picked up a Jtuaslan liens va s drei, and grown a full brown beard, and tho Klu z Cburlea ha 1 becomo a utter. .TloJugluiddlMpprared, 1 EKSOIAI, ArrElHltCE, Tint night Iho father shared himself down to tho sldo whiskers, dyed bia own snd Frlti'a lialr black, put A sailor shirt on himself and n pair of striped lawn teams trouscra on Frltl, and Iho tieit tairulngucnt out sailing. While they were absent tho Jiiwlth faced mother changed her countenance for n subdued IrUb, arrayed herself In a dark Mud gown that dlsclo-ed a red petticoat, and put a jillow handkerchief on her hen I Tsklng Jack, ono of her other sous, and Citing a trim polo rap on his yellow is, tho two, uccompanlid iy ono of lUht. llemariis, went out fornunlk. A day or two later tho father liad gotten got-ten bark his full, jillow bta-d, which U seemed to v ear with hla piasant cus toine, ami one of tho dogs hal changed lain a hounl. Dut If you liopol tho filhcr would stay that way long enough for you to got acquainted with him, ill-Veit ill-Veit your tnlnd of that thongbt. Ikfoto U.bt ho had relun.c.1 to his trim sldo wtdtkers aud curly lialr, nhllo 1 rlti bad lirack In length, bro.tdi.ned lu girth, sad i ut on long trou.-ri that were too start for him and henry shoes. And o thoplcturiarun. Tho father cban ges his clothes, hla beard and bis hair ltlut once, and of leu t oor threo times a day, Friti Is good second In this kaleldiMcopIo performance, tho mother facially runs through all tho races and iihlUu a bewildering numbtr of dllfer est costumes, tho llttlo bu)sinuat Iiaio been brundcil or their jarentswoull nr have len ablo to keen (rack of tktm, so citraordlnary wcro tho changes they underwent, aud tho dogs offered jnoogh rarletlef to hare glviu a capital brnchshow, Tho "ono hnndrrd illustra tlons" n tro altogellur tho most entertain-log entertain-log things nbout tho copy of "Iho bwlw I smlly Itobliison" over which tho boy lJI and tho boy a father laughed. w York Tlmis. |
