Show 4 L. L l 1 By v frank aum I I I. I Dorothy Receives the Guests G I 1 J When Ozma Ozina t asked the Wizard to tog I g- g give gc c them an exhibition of his magic he gladly assented He took eight tiny white hite piglets from an Inside pocket t and nd sot them thern on the table One Oneas was as dressed like a clown and performed performed per per- formed funny antics and the others leaped over the spoons and dishes and ran around the table table- lik Jik racehorses race race- horses borss and turned handsprings and were so sprightly and amusing that they kept the company In one roar of ot merT merry laughter The Wizard had trained these pets to do Co 0 many curious things and they were so little and so cunning and soft that Polychrome loved to pick pic them up as they passed near her lier place and nd fondle them as if they were kittens It was late when the entertainment ended and they separated to go to their rooms Tomorrow said Ozma my mv in invited invited invited in- in guests will arrive and YO you will find among them some interesting and curious people I promise you The next day will be my birthday and the festivities will be held on th the broad green Just outside the gates of the City where all my people can assemble without being crowded I r hope the Scarecrow wont won't be belate late said Dorothy anxiously Oh he is sure to return tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row answered Ozma He wanted anted new straw to stuff himself with so he went to the Munchkin country where straw is plentiful With this the Princess bade her guests good night and went to her own room I Next morning Dorothy's Dorothys breakfast I was served in n her own pretty sitting room and she sent to Invite Pollyand Pollyand Polly and the shaggy man to Join her and I Button Bright at the meal meat They came gladly and Toto Tote also ha had breakfast breakfast break break- fast with them so that the little party party party par par- ty that had traveled together to Oz Os was once more mere No sooner had they they finished finished eating than they heard the distant blast of man many trumpets and the sound of or a abrass abrass abrass brass band playing martial music so they all an went out upon the baloney This was at the front of ot the palace and overlooked tho the streets of ot tho the City helne her hiher than the wall that shut in the e if lace grounds rounds They saw aw ap approaching approaching ap- ap preaching down the street a band of or musicians playing as hard and loud loudas as they could while the people of ot the tho Emerald City crowded the sidewalks s and cheered so lustily that they al almost almost almost al- al most drowned the noise of th the tho drums and horns Dorothy looked to see what they were cheering at and discovered that behind the band was was' the famous Scarecrow riding proudly upon the back bad backof of ot a n wooden Saw horse which pranced along the street almost tS t s gracefully g as if It had been made of flesh Its hoofs or rather the ends of Its wooden legs less were shod with plates of ot solid gold and the saddle strapped to the wooden body was richly embroidered and glittered with Jewels As he lie readied reached the tho palace tho the Scarecrow Scarecrow Scarecrow Scare Scare- crow looked up and saw Dorothy Doroth and at once waved his peaked peal hat at bierin herIn her bier herin in greeting lie Ho rode up to the front door and dismounted and the band stopped playing and went away and the crowds of ot people returned to lo their dwellings By the time Dorothy and her friends had re entered her room the tho Scarecrow Scarecrow Scare Scare- crow was there and antI he be gave the girl girla a hearty embrace and shook tho the lands hands of the others with his own sq squash squash- asb hands which were white gloves filled with straw The shaggy man Button Button Bright and Polychrome stared hard at this celebrated person who was acknowledged acknowledged edged to be the most popular and most beloved man In all the Land of O Oz Os Why your our face has hall been newly I painted exclaimed Dorothy when when the first greetings were overT over J T 1 had it touched up a bit 1 by tho the Munchkin farmer fanner who first t made me rue answered the Scarecrow pleas pleas- antly My complexion had become a abit abit abit bit ray Tay and faded you know and the tha paint p peeled ted off ott ono one end of my mouth so I r. r couldn't talk taI quite i 1 o t I I iJ e h 4 p 1 JI J- J I If f a cp c k i e ec c I I- I i rz r- r p z i King ing Dough the Head and Para Bruin I straight Now I feel like myself again and I may say without immodesty that my body is stuffed with the love- love Hest straw oat in all Oz He pushed against his chest Hear me he asked Yes said Dorothy you sound fine Button Bright was wonderfully at attracted attracted attracted at- at by the and so was Polly The shaggy man treated him bUn with great respect because he wasso was wasso so 50 queerly made Jellie Jamb now came to Py ay say that Ozma wanted Princess Dorothy to receive tho the invited guests in the tho Throne-Room Throne as they arrived The Ruler was herself busy ordering the preparations for the morrows morrow's feStivities festivities so she wished her friend I to act in her place Dorothy willingly agreed being the theon on only I other Princess In the thc the I Emerald City so she went wont to the great Throne Throne- Room as they arrived The Ruler was herself busy ordering the preparations preparations preparations prepa prepa- rations for the morrows morrow's festivities so she wished her friend to act in her place Dorothy will willingly I agreed being tho the Princess In the tho Emerald only nl other Throne- Throne to the great went City so she Room and satin Ozma's seat placing Polly on one side of her and Button- Button Bright on the other The Scarecrow stood at the left let of ot the throne and tho the Tin Woodman at the tho right while the Wonderful Wizard and end the shaggy man stood behind Tho The Cowardly Lion Lion And the Hungry Hun Hun- with bright new in jr gay gry Tiger came cama bows of ribbon on their collars and tails After Atter greeting Dorothy Doroth affectionately the tho huge bets beasts lay down do at foot of tho the throne While they wAited the Scarecrow who was as near the tho little bo boy asked Why y are Bre you called Button- Button Bright 4 S Dont know was the answer Oh Ob yes CSt you do dear aal said Dor Dor- oth othy Tell the tho Scarecrow how host you got sot your name Papa always said I was bright as asa asa asa a button so mamma always called me rae Button-Bright Button announced the boy Where Is your mamma asked the Scarecrow Dont know said Button Where is Js your homo home asked the Scarecrow Dont know said Button Bright Dont you want to find your mamma mamma mam mats ma again asked the Scarecrow Dont know said Button-Bright Button calmly The Scarecrow looked booked thoughtful Your papa may have been right he observed but there are many kinds of buttons you see seo There are are- silver slIver and gold buttons which are highly hight polished and glitter slitter brightly There are pearl and rubber buttons and other kinds with surfaces more or less bright But there is still another sort of ot button bullon which is covered with dull cloth and that must be the tho sort your papa meant when ho lie said you were bright as a button bulton Dont Don't you think so Dont know said Button Bright Jack arrived wearIng wearing wearing wear wear- ing a pair pall of ot new white hile kid gloves and ho he brought a birthday present present for for Ozma consisting of ot a n necklace of pumpkin seeds In each seed was set eel a a. sparkling which is considered the rarest and most beautiful gem gets that exists The necklace was in a R. plush cue case and Jelila Jamb put it on a table with ith the Princess Ozma's other present pres pres- ent Next ext came d a tall tan beautiful woman clothed in a splendid trailing gown trimmed with wilh laco lace as fine a as cobweb cob This Thill was waR tho the important Sorceress Sorceress Sor Sor- ceress known as Glinda the Good who had bad been of or great assistance to both Ozma and Dorothy There was no about her magic you may be I sure lure and Glinda was as us kind as she was wa-s powerful She greeted Dorothy most lovingly and kissed Button- Button Bright and Polly and smiled upon the shaggy man roan after atter which Jamb led tho the Sorceress to one of the most magnificent rooms of ot the royal palace and appointed fifty servants to wait upon her The next lext arrival was Mr H. H M. M Bug Bug T. T E E- Ethe the H IL M. M M mean mean ing HI Highly Magnified and the theT T E. E meaning Thoroughly Educated The Bug was head professor at atthe atthe the Royal College of ot Oz Os and he had I composed a fine Ode in honor of ot Ozma's birthday This he wanted to read to them but the Scarecrow I wouldn't let him I Soon they heard a clucking sound and a chorus of ot cheep cheep and anda a servant threw open the door to allow and her ten fluffy chicks to enter the Throne Room As the Yellow Yellow Yel Yel- Yellow low Hen marched proudly at the head of her family Dorothy cried Oh i you lovely little things and ran down from her seat to pet the little yellow I downy balls baIls wore a pearl i necklace and around the neck of ot each i chicken was a tin tiny gold chain holding a locket with the tho letter D engraved upon the outside Open the lockets Dorothy Doroth said The girl obeyed and a I picture of ot herself in each locket They were named after you my dear continued continued continued con con- the tho Yellow Hen so I wanted all my chickens to wear your picture Cluck Cluck Cluck-cluck cluck come here Dorothy Dorothy- this minute she sho cried for the chickens chickens chick chick- ens were scattered and wandering j allaround all allaround allaround around the big room They obeyed the call at once and came running as s fast tast as as' as they could fluttering their fluffy wings in a laughable laughable laughable laugh laugh- able way It was lucky that gathered the little ones under her soft sott breast just then for tok Tik-tok came in and tramped up to the throne on his flat copper feet I am all aU wound up and work-ing work ly fine said the clockwork man to tol Dorothy I can hear him tick lick declared Button You are quite the polished gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man man- said the he Tin Stand I up here beside the shaggy man Tik- Tik tok and help receive the company Dorothy placed soft ort cushions in a corner for and her chicks and had Just returned to the Throne and seated herself when the playing of ot the royal roal band outside the palace an announced announced an an- the approach of distinguished guests And m my how they did stare when the High Chamberlain threw open the doors and the tho visitors entered the Throne-Room Throne 1 First walked a a. gingerbread man neatly formed and baked to a Jovel lovely brown tint lint He wore a n. silk sIlle hat and carried c. a candy dandy cane prettily striped I with red and yellow v. Ills his shirt-front shirt I and cuffs were white frosting and the buttons on his coat were licorice drops Behind the gingerbread man came a a. achild achild child with flaxen hair and merry blue blueeyes I eyes eye dressed in white pajamas with I 1 sandals on the soles of its pretty bare feet The Tho child looked around smiling I and thrust its hands into the pockets of the pajamas Close after it came crne e a abig abig abig I big rubber bear walking erect on hind feet The Tho bear had twinkling black eyes and its Us body looked as if it had been pum pumped d full of ot air Following these curious visitors were thin men and two short fat men all four dressed in gorgeous uni- uni Ozma's High Chamberlain now hurried forward to announce the tho names name I of the new arrivals als calling out in a aloud aloud aloud loud voice Gracious and Most Edible Majesty King Dough the First Ruler Rule of ot th the Two Kingdoms of or Hiland and und Loland Also AIlo the Head of his Majesty t kno known n as Chick the tho Cherub Che Che- rub and their faithful friend Para Brute Bruin the robber bear ext week you shall shaH hear hoar who these strange guests really a are and of other Important Arrivals Arrival for the tho Princess Ozma's birthday party The part The Editor r |