Show why leae for the why evening shadows the duties of early daya why grudge until bleak december tl e kindness we owe to may 1 time for the bud and blossom when skies are serene and blue who howeth in ch lly autumn reaps harvest of b ater rue thy frown or thy unkindness As bitter as draught of gall may sting thee as scourge of nettles ere lowers night s sable pall beware lest thy tardy kisses fall madly on 1 ps of clay or heart tho tl Is morn comfort be ere close of da be kind while life d morn sti I 1 1 angera thy love and thy helpful hands shall be as the founts of water to wanderer er desert sands A word from the heart in kindness may pierce the gray mists of pain and arch the hills e ernat the rainbow of hope mary E killilee in new york sun A speedy sailboat th boat that is here shown ft as designed especially for a boy who had no patience tools or skill he a anted a boat and one that would go fast A board with a sail stuck up on it was not to his liking and so this entirely original affair was produced nothing in the boat w s of value except as kindling wood but the making and sailing cf similar boats afforded many an hour s enter day when the wind nas blowing off shore one or more of these boats were set adrift in long island sound off they would go like catamarans sometimes at an angle with the wind but always out of sight never to return once in a while one would be adjusted just right and then it was hard to keep up with it by rowing it would go so fast the seas would go over them but they had no deck on they would go it was found after awhile that too short a boat would not steer very well A long boat on the other hand would keep pointing about right so that they were made from two to eight feet long the best way to build the boat was to find a board about tour feet long and six or e inches wide this was sawed deagon ally across the center and the angle made on each piece was made the bow these two pieces were held side by side eight inches apart and two narrow strips were nailed across bow and stern an extra piece having a hole in it was nailed on the bow strip and a stick about a toot long was stuck in it for a mast the best sailboats construction und of masts were made of dowels sticks one quarter inch thick to be found at lumber yards and hard ware stores on the mast was fastened a cross arm just as wide as the boat A piece of sheeting made an excellent sail and after it was fastened on the arm with a thread and needle the efto lower corners were fastened se aurely to the sides of the boat the sail was put as far forward as pos sible in the bow of the boat for it helped steer and no rudder became necessary without any doubt the boy who ih es near the water and can find some odd pieces of lumber some nails and a piece of cloth will find in this boat making enough to amuse him off and on halt the summer boston herald truss ng game the trussing game Is played by two persons each of whom tries to overturn the other after both have been tied or trussed as follows the player seats himself on the floor his hands placed palm to palm are bound together at the wrist with a handkerchief and his legs are tied in like manner above the ankles the knee are then drawn up the arms placed over them and a stick about four feet long pushed over one arm under both knees and out again over the other arm the player can now move no part of his limbs except his toes if he Is overturned the ends of the staci prevent his falling on his side but he cannot right h without aid two players trussed in this way are placed opposite each af the room their toes just touching the object of each Is to tp obrent over by means of his toes and he who first does th s is the winner if either of the pla era falls over he must be placed in pos tion again by the spectators the humm ng rd one of tha prettiest and most inter esting of Is to tie eye Is the humia 1 s bird it Is so very little and dainty and goes about its work with such an air of authority that one loves horbatch tor Batch it as it flits in and out of the leg one must be very still for the slightest noise fright ens it awa it has very gorgeous coloring the upper parts are shining green the wings and tall are quite dark and the throat is a blazing red in the winter it goes aiom southern florida to central america the nest Is a very cute structure it is made of plant down then covered over with moss lichens and small plant fibers and Is usually built in orchard trees or oaks the eggs are two in number and of a beautiful pure white its d sh Is the honey and small insects which it discovers in the flowers that it frequents tent made on a rope A tent can be made by children very easily and qu akly without outside help get three old sheets or knawls a rope and some safety pins and tol low this p and description tie the rope between two trees so that ou may walk under it without touching your head throw a sheet or shawl over it tie four strings as long as 0 o irsell to each corner of the sheet one on each corner on the the tent in position end of each string tie a pointed stick drive these sticks into the ground as far from the rope as you cin c in the sheet w ill now make a good roof two more sheets are now used for the sides of the tent each sheet makes an end and one side use safety pins to pin up these sides the hole at each end of the tent under the roof is necessary to keep it cool and comfortable most tents are very stuffy and hot but this teat is as satisfactory an arrangement as can be made turks and russ ans turks and russians Is a game play ed by tw persons with slate and pen cil about a quarter of the slate Is marked off by a line at each end and in each of the compartments marked off are made a number of dots about the size of a pinhead those at one end representing turks and the other russians the number of turks and russians may be large or small as agreed on but must be equal at one end of each compart ment is a small square which serves as a battery fach player in turn places the point of his pencil in his own battery and then draws a line quickly in the direction of his enemy s men this line must have no angles in it but must be straight or curved those dots through which the line passes are considered dead men and he who first kills all of the enemy s men Is the winner some times the players are required to shut their eyes or turn away their heads when drawing their lines games for ra ny days lots of fun can be had with a pea nut tournament have four people at each table and in the center of each have a large bowl of peanuts and a pair of tongs s ian as come in candy boxes each person must try to re move the peanuts one at a time with out st the other nuts at the end of twenty minutes a bell is rung and the one having removed the larg est number of peanuts is awarded a simple little prize another simple but amusing pastime is to have a ring hung from the chan delier at a convenient distance the floor each child must walk dl erectly up to the ring and without hes stating try to run a pencil through the ring this sounds very easy but it you try it yourself you will be sur how difficult it really Is the bean hunt the bean hunt is an entirely new game originated at one of the chil dren s biesh air homes and has proved a great favorite with the little ones the children all line up the boys on one side and the girls on the other now I 1 m going to throw those beans out into the grass one by one says the leader hold ng a handful of beans before them and I 1 want you to watch each one as I 1 throw it and see where it goes after they are all gone and the leader says the word do ou know tl at ou can roll a hoop backward 7 that is start it roll ing in one direction and have it sud stop and then start rolling in exactly the otner d well you can and very easily too and that Is only of the queer things one can do with hoops A vaudeville performer used to amuse large audiences by making hoops roll in lots of queer ways turn ing corners chasing each other in cir cles ind acting generally as it they were alive and were playing tag game of their own it takes a lot of practice 11 be able go everybody starts to see how many he or she can find for every bean found the leader gives a penny remember she says ou must not start until I 1 say the word go As each bean is thrown out every one counts together one two three the children repeat in chorus each number as the leaders scatters the beans in the green when the leader calls out they are all in but three four or some other mall number the fun becomes more md more exciting until they are all to ind it Is important to mark each apan in some way so as to identify it when redeemed as it would be very easy to substitute beans other than those thrown out boys sometimes try to prepare themselves with a sup ply in their pockets beforehand A pencil mark is all that is necessary to distinguish them this makes i first class game tor any occasion where children are and it can be varied by offering prizes a first second and third prize to those finding the greatest number of beans instead of giving them pennies it la not only a good exercise and training for the children but is a game full of life and merriment some of the children watch a tain bean the entire time with the hope of finding it first while others are looking at them all as they disappear in the grass the excitement in creases with every additional bean and there is danger that some of the players will overstep the starting line keep back off that line now shouts the leader and alt until I 1 give you the signal before you start tw enty three twenty tour twenty five go off they go like a flash turn bling over one another and running in every direction like a lot of wild indians in their efforts to discover a bean everything Is confusion between the shouts you can hear the voices crying out with delight ive found one ive found one and one by one they come bringing their bean to be redeemed the single rope swing sometimes a rope will be found lying about the barn or back of the house which could be used to make a swing but it Is not quite long enough for the purpose that is the time a single rope swing may be made which will furnish enough fun to last all summer the end of a doaa box makes a i good seat bore a hole in the mid die of a board pass the rope through and tie a knot in the bottom tie the other end around a branch of a tree as far away from the trunk as pos sible let the board be not more than six or seven inches wide A good athletic boy can have gret fun with such a swing there is a knack in handling it but when once mastered he can swing back or forth perfectly straight in any direction grasp the rope as high as you caa reach stand tar back and with a quick jerk lift yourself off the ground and straddle the swing the board should be far enough from the ground to let the toes touch then by touch ing the ground occasionally it is pos sible to keep going straight and not revolve if some one is near by to push you can be pushed in a circle like a merry go round there is enough variety in this style of swing to make it worth while to make it ROLLING THE BALKY HOOPS it revolve toward you the hoop will stop and then roll toward you pas ing you it you have given it a strong enough twist when you have mastered this as you will at your very first trial you are ready foi a very pretty little pas time get one of your friends to provide himself with a hoop and have a backward race ft ath you draw two lines ten ards or thirty feet apart and standing on one line throw your hoop past the other line at the same time ahing it the backward twist your object Is to make it roll toward you to pass you and roll as tar behind you as it will then your play throwing the hoops across the line to do thlu altho gh a little twist of the n ast does it all but it takes little or no practice to arake a hoop roll bad ft ard take the hoop in your right hand your finger ends on the inner side and our thumb pressed firmly on the out side now give it an underhand pitch a vav from ou at the same time turn ing your hand swiftly over so that ir fingers are above and i our thumb below this will make the hoop re volve toward ou although the force of yo ir v carries it a little way in the other d in an instant this force will be overcome by the force ot tl t at v i gae it mabes mate tries his hand and tries to make hi hoop roll back farther than yours did this sounds very simple and easy but it is not at all so for after a hoop has rolled backward for a little way it will usually roll in a circle and it vou are not careful it will after passing you roll clear around you and stop between the lines in front of you after all it takes a lot of nice judgment and a very delicate sense of touch to make a hoop roll straight backward till it drops and you will find that this pas time mill call forth as mi ch skill as marbles or eav 11 |