| Show i it the letter they lit the fire tire and fairies came to dance in flying cloak K ot of name flame the drew the curtains and the day entered the room divine and gay still in her rainbow dawn disguise with robe of 0 rose and amethyst ai at d silver hood 0 of morning n let drawn down to hide her golden ees and there was gnp on came in with nith her white winged a dainty n estenger esq es enger A I 1 tie page from love s own ourt and love lovel new news of ou he brought my airy fairy prince 0 o far awa a a bo far away aay from fairyland I 1 find it I 1 ard to i understand that I 1 hall shall bet ee 3 our face to daa da the morning only welts waits for vou to make it perfect how boyk that blue unclouded color of the kle reminds me ot of your our greet great blue ee and hat that red rose cup full of rain wakes dreams of your dear mouth and there the light ii golden I 1 ke ko v vo r ha r oh miracle of jo and pain to hola hold veu vou in mi arm arma agai a gal from rainbows nain bows b bi e C stance mu mus c from bottles for bos boys and girls ho have a good ear for music here Is a novel inspru ment thai that they may easily make and one that will cause no end ol 01 wonder irid and talk strange to aay say you make it of IS the bottle organ empty wine bottles and two old broomsticks I 1 a ay one stick on the backs of two chairs and the other on the seats which will III leae leave 18 or 20 inches apace space between them the chairs must be placed w N ith their backs toward each other and nearly as far apart AS its the broomsticks are long now nov suspend the bottles from the ticks nine bottles from each by b means ot of strings tied to the neck more or less water Is 14 then poured into the bottles to make each give a note in the music scale and that is where the good ear for in is c comes in when the bottles have been tuned proper properly the instrument win will be ready to be played on and this Is done by means of drumsticks glass tumblers are sometimes used jn ju a similar way but the bottle device is decidedly decide dl more novel and striking the notes are exquisite exquisitely soft and melodious and the music they make la Is delightful of chirse arse the inspru ment must be made and play blaed ed by come some one who has a knowledge of music D sc ac puzz e who can arrange these twelve discs in six straight lines so that the num bers on the discs in each of the six ka 0 lines will add up to just jut 26 where the six lines cross each other the disc it at the point of crossing is of course counted as being in both lines A little jai jar in school do you ou know how many letters the japanese alphabet contains 9 forty seven think of it and besides there are ever so many word signs some standing for a word and others for a whole sentence which the little japanese boy or girl must learn to know perfectly when the young jap goes to chool in the morning he leaves his sandals outside the door then he goes in bov s i ery cry low to the teacher and tal es his place basi ie le the ether other children that Is he squats lown upon a floor mat and begins to study with a book on his knee A very queer book you ou would think it if you could see it for it begins at the back bach instead of the front and the lines run up and down the page instead of across as yours do the letters are ciau too joa very 13 arv characters we aea on it lack packages ages ot of tea when he larna lo 10 write he does not use a pen but a small brush with a fine point neither Is his ink like 0 irs rath er or it is what we call india ink it Is quite hard and comes in a long stick to use it he be first pours water upon a flat stone and rubs his ink in it then he dips in his br ansh ish and copies the letters which the teacher has made upon the blackboard his paper is not smooth but quite ro agh and porous he has a very easy time when he cornea comes to arithmetic he tie does not have long tables of pounds shillings and pice bauce anil and he knows nothing about avoirdupois and troy weight he ile does everything by tens and he counts upon his fingers etoen too he has the and lie ke does all his sums on it it Is a great frame with wires running from top to bottom on the wires are large wooden buttons and it ie Is only feces sary to kovs these about to do any he wishes chicago chronicle skates made of glass P inventors have been ei peri on skates tor for years put past and one of the latest results is a sl ate made of glass hardened by a recently discovered process to the consistency sa f ife c I the entire skate is of thit sub brame the i i art z esema dinv inv slipper onen ouen beh n nl I 1 kith a split plit leather lace up heel cap among several everal advantages stated are that bey they are much faster than steel it ades and so extremely slippery that they ill run almost equally well over rough snow cohered covered ice as upon smooth and also algo glide easily over in equalities broken twigs and other ob they are ma nia ie le very sharp and owing to their extreme hardness it is impossible to bl int them and unlike steel skates they never want grinding and cannot rust these crystal skates are really artistic in appearance being nearly transparent the substance has bas aleo also while in the liquid state been previously colored they have been privately tested A famous skating champion tried a pair reent recently ly at a london rink using ma bogany colored ones to avoid notice the time being hardly ripe for exhibit lion tion A private trial was ras made in I 1 aris at an ice rink exclusively hired fr the occasion several ladles among them a celebrated lady con tin skater taking part their el sl ates were colored blue crimson b 0 own n ac to match their costumes A pretty party trick the old fashioned da clay pipe has a little knob on the underside of the stem near the bowl what this is for no one seems to know and perhaps it if 30 i have such a pipe to blow bubbles with ou will want to get rid of the useless csele knob as soon as pos now if you tr try to knock it off with a hammer you kill ill probably smash the pipe and leave the knob fast to the biggest fragment the proper way is to ask a friend to insert his finger into the bowl and to hold the pipe with the stem slightly inclined and the mouth end testing on a smooth table then lay la an iron rod or a piece of pipe stem two or three inches long on the table 60 that it points to and along the stem of the pipe and projects a little be bond ond the edge of the table then strike the short rod or pipe stem smartly with your hand and send it avei the table and up the stem ot of the pipe until it strikes the th knob and knocks it off lou I 1 ou may not succeed the first time b it keep on until you do it is easier them it looks and makes a very pretty parlor trick v A darting dragon to make this amusing toy get a number of pieces of thin wood each one three or to ir inches long halt half an inch wide ide and not much thicker than the wood of a cigar box arrange them as in the picture pivot them with a shott nail with a large head bead and arrange the dragon made out of a large piece of thin wood as shown by putting the thumbs nto the hole shown at the other end and work vork ing these handles as vou iou would a pair of scissors the dragon ifil M N dart back and forth the end en pieces or handles must be large eno agh to permit of making the boles holes for the thumbs as shown A body bode to the dragon may be ma mai I 1 of light colored cloth or cal ico the nails for the pivots must be malleable so thea the will bend over after being driven hen and mouse A new kind it A i t mouse trap is told about in a recently re centi pointel story the trap is alive and consists of a hen in a certain barnyard that is 19 very active in catching mice around the barn and henho ise me she would spring on a mouse carry it off in her beak play with it just as a cat does and finally peck it to death junco is true snow bird fhe name of snow bird is applied to a variety of birds which appear in winter in the colder climates the real snow bar birl I 1 however is the junco its breast is a soft gray with the un white the head neck and back are slate color and the outer tall feathers white it Is a beautiful lit ua creature and Is the beet best known of 0 any bird to which the favorite name of snow bird Is given git en our so called white snow bird is really the snow bunting or asnon flake which thu tho reau calls the true spirit of the snow storm they are so closely close associated in the mind with nith the whirling driving snow sno t R abon trick i it we fasten a ribbon as shown in aa the cut abo above e and bold hold the ends in the hands it will be apparent that the gela scissors sors will not be able to cut the tie but the teat feat may be easily accomplished b by passing the loop B info into the ring 0 and then slipping it along the scissors the ribbon will come within the range of the cutting sur faces and the band will be divided after a little practice the trick may e 2 G be easily performed instead of get ting any one to hold the ends of the ribbon they may be fastened to the table or to a chair shadow buff this game it if well play placed ed is great fit tun A large white sheet is first hung securely on one side of the room and on a table some distance behind a very bright lamp must be placed then the players fake it in turn to sit on an a stool facing the sheet while the rest pass pas behind between him and the lamp As the shadows are thrown on the sheet the sitter has to guess who the shadow represents this is more difficult than many people imagine because you may dis guise oui self in any wa way or male mate absurd grimaces or gestures which makes the guessing tar far haider A few word don ts here is a list of words and phrases in common use that boys and girls should avoid they mav may be easil easily remembered pon t say guess for suppose or think fix for arrange or pre pare ride when you ou mean drive real good for really good not as I 1 know for not that I 1 know try an expert ment for make an experiment she don t read v w ell for she doesn doean t read well part party for person posted tor for in formed depot for station stopping for staying like I 1 do for as I 1 do conundrum conundrums what is the best string to lead a lady witha A string of pearls when is love like a chicken bone when hidden in the breast why does our christmas dinner rep i ebent As aa a beca because ise it gil ches es us tur tor key nv why hy are confectioners so much sou sought for because they serve kisses plisses what tradesmen are always on garike stone cutters ia when hen are forts like griddle cales when battered huge chinese top in astoria or amuse themselves with a huge top made out of an empty white lead keg A square open opening ing is cut in the side and it takes three men to spin it one to hold the top and two to pull the string with a stick which sets it in motion while spinning it sounds like the whistle of a steamer and can be beard heard three blocks away sizing him up haskitt what is 3 our private opinion of that man knoett he reminds me of an agg ashett oh a bad egg eh eha knoett not necessarily but he hes s full of himself to hold anything else LETS SNOWBALL GRANDPA FIND HIM U 14 f C C it ike i V 4 A L A it L |
