Show V the dog tl dogs a inn animal hind the while hile I 1 ie e A aca ea lie wears his smile behind th quite i paradoxical quite baggi h ou mon wont t tall fall to note I 1 rowe oin e i cr ir r a vinine s sm am ie iq just a tall tail I 1 used to know a I 1 atle log wl WI 0 sm led on me each night when I 1 cretu ned f om my days woi k ills tall tail magged with delight he was a joyous happy dog I 1 chronicle with mith p biln tin the tact fact he lost lot his tall tail one da he ile rever smiled agil agit VL oli children all be good to dogs and to m wa ning I 1 a 1 k don t taa twi I 1 t heir tails nor drown drom n their pups a w rong to areck a ba k don dent t look a big do in the e ei e your co age idl fall 10 lo 10 learn if he thinks t ell of iou ou avat h it he wag hs h s tal ta 1 houston Ti post some queer cradles A cradle well perhaps sou might not call it that but the little lapp baby is quite satisfied with it not oab his nights bit his days as mell a ell are spent in this funny cradle which N X it 3 Is really only a i ece of mow hoi hol lowed out and shape I 1 III e a boat he ile has nothing but dry moss to lie on and no clothes wh whatever ateer to cover his little naked bode but he is as cozy as possible under the soft moss and warm reindeer skin which his careful mother spreads over him generally he is hung up by cords to the side of the hut or rather his cradle is but sometimes it is tied on his mother mothers s bad when the fam fare 1113 start on a journey it is swung oa om the horns of a reindeer and the baby has a good time and sees all the sights the little eskimo lives and sleeps in his mother s fur hood he too wears no clothes but Is quite w N arm in the soft fur when he becomes stronger ho he crawls up and peeps out some russian cradles are made ot of wood or braided rushes lined inside and out with skins these have lids which are left open in summer and closed in winter baby might smother in these quarters were mere it not for the little skin coveted hole in the top mahich the mother opens once in a m hile to let in the Pe cessar fresh air there are other kinds hinds of russian cradles some like baskets may be set on the gound others hang on the walls malls and still others the mothers carry about the fields as they do their work these last have haie canopies over them to shade them from the sun the little comanche has only a straight piece of bearskin laced up with a little piece sewed into the toot foot to spend its first days in yet it never complains the little sioux has a much finer resting place but even less comfort able in my opinion it is a wooden frame painted bellow ellow and studded with brass nails to this he is strapped down domn tight above him is hung a wooden hoop with little bells feathers bright pieces of tinsel and rags these are his playthings A great turtle shell is the cradle tor for some south california babies when a few months old the baby is placed astride its mothers shoulders its legs hanging down in front with bottle and goblet tell your company that you have a bottle and a goblet both full to the brim ot of water and that you are go ing to empty the goblet by means of the bottle without taking a drop ot of water from the latter this Is the way to prepare for it with a red hot wire bore two holes through a cork and into them insert two straws one of them extending above the cork as high as the goblet I 1 la deep the other about twice as high now with a little kneaded bread or wax cloe clo 1 e the upper end of the shorter straw and then force the cork into the mouth of the bottle until the water spurts out through the longer straw meanwhile you have the goblet ot of water en cn the table near you and also a basin or bowl and a pair of scissors hold the goblet over the basin with your left hand and with your r turn the bottle upside down domn putting the shorter straw inside the goblet As you do this have some one take the scissors and cut off the closed end of the shorter straw water will at once begin to run out of the longer straw into the basin and will con dinue to run until the goblet Is 1 empty you must of course hold the bottle so that the short straw will reach down to the bottom of the goblet this Is simply the operation of a siphon game of hen ch akens and hawks As many boys and girls as choose can play in this game at one time one player is picked out to act as hen ben another of the same size and weight Is selected to be the hawk the representing the hen puts a red handkerchief around his head if he can get one or in absence of such a thing he trusses his coat up behind with a piece of string to rep resent the short perky tail of a hen the he who represents the hawk covers his I 1 ead with a black or white handkerchief and sl ivings his arms during the game to represent the hawks s pinions all the other players represent chicks and children of all ages may 0 join oln all the chicks get behind the ben mustering just as chicks do in a barnyard and a i kee keey aba r eyes ea om the hawl he must approach the chicks to try to carry off one at a time the hen must try to head him off whichever ay ar he may come the chicks must dodge the hawk in every possible way but they must also try never to run from behind the shelter of the hen rhe hawk naturally tries to cut out one of the chicks and chase it am away ay from the hen then the hen still trying to keep all the other chicks behind her trips tries to save the fleeing chick by interposing inter there is lots of chance here for clever trici s and shift sw ift play the more nearly the players copy the actions of real haw hawks and chickens the more in te resting the game will mill be S tt ng down to be polite the first time I 1 met a merchant in java says a traveler I 1 was embar tr fr tor for the moment I 1 accosted him he squatted right down in the street and sat on the calves of his legs for a moment I 1 was puzzled as to whether or not I 1 ought to do the same for the sake of good manners but I 1 decided to stand before long I 1 learn ed that to squat down the moment they are addressed is the way the japanese have of showing politeness whenever a stranger goes through a village it is good breeding for all the people who meet him to sit right dom down n women are more polite even than the men for they not only sit down but turn their backs because it Is considered rude to stare at strangers the fisher the players all seize a tablecloth or similar sheet by the edges the one who is chosen as leader says I 1 fish for all kinds of fish when I 1 say let go you must hold fast when I 1 say hold fast aou ou must let go then the leader begins to speak saying anything that comes come into his head until suddenly he says let go or hold fast at a time when he imagines that he can catch the others off their guard those who are caught must pay a forfeit pretty valentine idal R Rod marlon V hat I 1 sever kv a I 1 ve ed adors fre art ma a mean to cef boezi co my barf A na raab co the j me 9 rf seal wandered far inland while going the round of his hirsel a short time ago john macdonald glendale scotland shepherd to the congested districts board discovered a seal high up among the hills and at a d stance of about a mile from the nearest arm of the sea the animal which was mas exceptionally large and spotlessly white resented the inter of the shepherd and his canine fol followers lomers A fierce combat ensued and as the seal persistently refused to surrender the brave was re luct antly obliged to give it the happy despatch what induced the clumsy ami amphibian hibian to wander mander so far from its native element it is difficult to sur raise mise it Is hinted that the presence 0 ol 01 such an unusual visitant among he I 1 insular hills i portends some grave pub lie calamity or revolution game of bird dealers the game of bird dealers Is play ed as follows the children stand in a row leaving two outside these two represent the bird dealers each child represents rep a bird one being a crow another a crane another a canary and so on one bird dealer says to the other I 1 wish to buy a bird what kind of a bird asks the second dealer A bird that can fly fast says the first dealer very well m ell answers the other deal er take what you wish then says the first dealer I 1 will take a robin As soon as the word Is out of his mouth the robin must leap from the row and run around it to escape it if the dealer catches the bird he puts it into a cage where it must stay till all the other birds are caught not so pard A D can iou ell draw this pentagon and its diagonals without taking up your pen ell and without retracing a single linee queer tibb ts how many of you have ever tasted cakes of antsu ants 9 no not fie lie f kind made by aunts aunt but with ants the children of other countries are as fond of cakes made of these ir IT acts as the new england boys an earls gl als are of crullers in africa the natives wash the ants and fry them in butter very much as we would mould fritters these cakes are regarded as great delicacies and in that land are said to taste like nuts in india ants are mixed in a batter and baked like cookies in brazil ants are grilled and the people eat thea them like marrons barrons chestnuts the romans gathered white worm worms from the leaves and trees of the acacia plant and cooked them these worms we were re eaten alive by some aus tribes who say they taste ilk eggs the chinese fatten the white worms found on cabbage by feeding them apples and bananas this diet is supposed to give them a better flavor little peasant children in remote parts of europe catch bees pull them apart and suck the honey they think it if candy is flying about in the air they might as well help themselves to it magnanimous victor this Is a story of a spelling class in china the youngest oun gest of 0 the children had by hard study contrived to keep his place so long that he seemed to claim it by right of possession growing too self confident however he relaxed his efforts and one day missed a word which was immediately spelled by the boy standing next to him the face of the victor expressed the triumph he felt yet he made no move toward tal ing the place and when urged to do so firmly refused saying no me not go me not make ah ali funs heart solly that was even better than the apol ogy agy by whittlers little friend who was sorry she spelled the word and hated to go above him but went golden rule A VALENTINE TO PAINT is Y y I 1 I 1 little courtier presents his lady love with flowers on st valentines day paint the whole valentine as dainta ly as aou ou can the ribbon around tre edge may be colored differently on the two sides cut it out and paste on a larger sheet of paper or card board and you have a valentine any one v ill be delighted to get |