| Show V A Ys the chr atmas fellows gettin close to christinas christmas an IOU ou hear em every day how long Is 1 it away how ilow long Is it amab aw as how flow long Is it away awaya they re th akin ot of the runn n oz 0 the reindeer with mith the sleigh how long Is it away till christmas bless em little fellows with the rosy cheeks of 0 may how long Is it away how long Is it away there is no sweeter language that the shiny ang angels e N say H how ow long is ft away till christmas an the old folks get to thinkie with furrowed brows an gray how long it seems away how long it seems away an they are as I 1 atle children as for those they love they p ay god keep the little fellows fellos to their christmas atlanta constitution waste soapsuds young folks must learn to to keep their eyes open it if they expect to win in the battle of life here is what the quality of being wide awake did for one bright frenchman in the county of yorkshire england there are hun deeds of cloth weaving factories which use many tons of soap every year tor for scouring the wool before it is spun the owners of these factories were very much surprised when a french chemist came along one day and anol of to buy all the soapsuds which had been allowed to run to waste into the sea they gladly sold it to him and let him put in pipes to run it into huge vats when the vats were full the frenchman would mould turn acid into tha vats and wait mait in a day or so all the fat that had been used in the soap collected at the top of these vats and from this fat the frenchman made a fine lubricating oil which he sold to these same factories to oil their ma e chinery he made a fortune from this oil and he deserved it A twelfth night arty or the feast of the star was an old en time merrymaking merry making which is mod for for twentieth century children in the bool of children a parties the chief feature of the twelfth night revels was the choosing of the king and queen and their court by means of c cards ards on which pictures es were drawn and colored to represent the different characters such cards the hostess provides beforehand and as the children arrive each girl draws one from a tray on which are placed face downward cards representing the queen and her ladies each boy takes a card from another tray which con bains those for the king and his lords in n waiting in an adjoining room the hostess to whom each child in turn is sent dresses him in the property or bit of costume belonging to the char acter which his card bears it is a gay little court king and queen with gold paper crowns jester in parti ell ored cap and tinkling bells the herald with trumpet and the lords and ladies in waiting with their wands tipped each with a golden star fortunately their dignity ia Is laid aside tor for they will not need it in the merry game of air ball two bright colored paper balls are provided tor for his bis game also two palm leaf tans fans tied k b 4 A 1 A il i L A with ribbons of the same colors two captains are elected who choose sides and colors A goal is arranged at each end of the room by placing two chairs or footstools a lard ard apart A chair is also placed halt way between the goals in the middle of the room each team takes possession of a goal and the ball and fan in its colors two placers at a time contest one from each side each stands in front of his goal fan fail in hand his paper ball at his feet at a signal from the hostess who acts as umpire each child fans his ball toward the opponent opponents s goal the object is to send the ball between the legs of the chair in the center of the room and through the goal of the opposing team the players are not allowed to touch the ball which is moved by the breeze of the fan alone the team that scores the most is rewarded with mith a bouquet of flowers which is divided by the captain among the players after other jolly games there is a supper which includes individual star shaped cakes with a jing ying j ing baked in one EASY MAGIC not only boys but clever girls have found simple teats feats in magic to be the best of all entertainments for parlor use and for the benefit of those who care to mystify their friends a few easy tricks will be given under the above title on this page from time to time alme only one trick will be given at a time so to that one can be thoroughly earned learned and practiced before the kemt ove n appears te tie young magician must remember tha ha everything depends i i pon the care and neatness with which tricks are done dond the ones that will be given here will all be easy but it well done they will seem as mysterious as those given by professional Der ver formers the elusive penny put mucilage all around the of a wineglass paste a sheet of whit while paper over ove r the mouth of the glass and when dry cut awal awa the edges ol 01 the pacer padee close to the glass make A pi m per cone to fit over the glaas and bour our trick Is now ready have the glas standing mouth downward on a large sheet ot of white paper borrow a penna from tone of 3 our audience and lay it on the sheet of paper close to the glassb glass t naw fit the paper cone over the glass and lift cone and glass together placing them over the penny command the penny to disappear lift up the paper cone and the penny will seem to be gone in reality it will be hidden by the paper you have rat ed over the mouth of the glass but no ff on will suspect that to make the penn seem to come back place the paper cone over the glass lift off gla glass glas s and cone and the penny will be there candle trick how would you arrange with a room roomi full of people place a candle in such a position on that all but one would seem it and that person must not be blindfolded place the candle upon the head ol 01 the person who Is not to see it should there be a mirror in the room and this one person should make use of it he does not see the candle but only its its reflection the hang ng ring I S A simple but amusing past pastime lipe Is to have a ring hung from the charf Chaffo deller leller at a convenient distance from the floor each child must wak walk directly di erectly up to the ring and without hesitating try to run a pencil through the ring this sounds very easy but if you try it yourself you will mill be surprised how difficult it really is ft rr so J I 1 thoughtfulness lor for oth others era and ur selfishness ness are great beautifiers beautt flers for all perfection of skin affel feature m v on t make up for an unlovely ex pres slon and such an expression can only come from a sweet nature ays christine terhune Her Acte in the philadelphia north american we are not all of us born with pretty aces boutwe but awe ca can n all of I 1 us try to I 1 ath and there Is some satisfaction in working on oil pney a T disposition oyo I 1 may not be able to alter the shape of your nose or to make large melting el ees es out of a pair of optics mhd tha are good for tor little except seeing adt if you cultivate cultivate an interest in thoe tho e about you if ou try to make the world m orld happier tor for those with whom you are brought into association you v m III not fail fall before long to get a pleas ing expression that will make the physical defects be forgotten or to seem charms because they are part of a lovely and generous personality try if IV and at the same time keep up the care of your body the polar bears bear s bath polar bears enjoy a bath for the sake ake of cleanliness as well as tor for swimming and as a hunting ground at a certain zoological garden when the old polar bears bath was being filled with fresh water it would stand with its mouth open letting the water run through its paws and when the bath mas as full would play all kinds of tricks reveling in the water mater one of its an ties tics was to float on its back in the water and then catch hold of its heels with its forepaws and roll over back ward on the edge and fall in with a resounding splash detroit free press effect of smoking coffee two old men in blue uniforms vet erans attending the soldiers reunion sat on a bench in boston common what was your hardest week dur ing the war wara said the first veteran my hardest week the other an was the one when I 1 had no tobacco never forget that he paused to light a cigar then he went on do you know what we all smoked during that week why sir air we all smoked coffee we ground up our coffee coarse and smoked it in our pipes the other veteran looked interested how did it tasted he said taste why it ta ted about like you d think it would smelt good I 1 bet you yes smelt all right any bad effect from if it gorry yes took the ekin skin off oft all our tongues philadelphia bulletin great beautia ers eran probably worlds world s oldest letter what Is i probably the most ancient letter in the world has been dincov ered in some excavations being made in the province of attica greece 11 wilhelm Wll helm secretary apt pt the th austrian archaeological institute there wo mao has succeeded in deciphering it as aerts that it was written four cen before christ it Is engraved on a leaden leaf folded in two and it bears on the outside the following ad dress to the porter of the market at pods to be delivered either to nau sias or to Thrasi cles or to their sons the text of the letter Is as follows sends his greetings to those in the house and informs them that he Is in good health please send me a blanket or same some sheepskins sheep skins if J possible of the ordinary kind without ornaments As soon as the occasion offers 1 I shall return them t i poor dragon the dragon is a very much abused beast in every country in the world but one he is looked upon as a fire b breath reath ing monster that likes nothing better than to eat all the people in a village set fire to the housea housed and take a na nail 4 4 00 1 saving the tender oung loung babies and the pretty little girls tor for dessert tha one country in the world where this kind of monster Is given credit tor for his good heart Is in china and that is the dragon a home so they ought to know something about him one day a mere trifle of 2 years ago so the chinese legends say while the emperor fahsl fu was walking beside the river lo 10 a ellow dragon roso from the water and taught him the art giving him an alphabet so that the chinese could record their history and make out laundry tIc tickets kels and for this the chinese worship the dragon to this day even the em perot a throne is still called the drag on e seat the dragon which la is shown here was drawn by the chines chinese artist and shows the fabled monster rising amid flames from the river 1 lo 10 with the pearl of mystic powers bi between its claws of course there never was a real dragon it is only a mythical beast the first stories of which probably arose from descriptions handed down from father to son of those ancient days when the earth was the home ol 01 the and other terrible creatures with no less terrible names concealed sentences concealed in each one of these is a sentence that expresses exactly the same thing in a much better way transpose the words so that you make a new and more simple sentence being careful to use every word that Is in the or original linal sentence vastly different are the ways right and wrong of saying things try again try it if you don dot it t at first succeed cheerless over hills of gray that brief december day rose the sun everything Is worth doing well that Is worth doing thou sluggard go to the ant be wise and consider its ways fear makes all of lis o 0 cowards gave riders a bath an incident Is related of a horse kind intelligent and good natured but as full of fun as a person might be as will be seen by the joke he played upon some boys they were tour four of the lads ads and one day they undertook to ride the horse bareback all at once dobbin gave no warning of his anten alons but walked off apparently al most asleep until he reached a stream of water into which he walked and laid down emptying all the tour four boys into the water and then turning gal loped home THE RACE OF THE dictionaries the D jockeys riding their horses there are hurdle races trotting races auto races bicycle races and a score scare of other races but whoever heard of a dictionary race raced most simple thing in the world by looking at the picture you will get an idea ot of how this very singular race is conducted the contestants take tho the position shown each with his dictionary jockey a straddle him and at the word ge go move themselves feet first toward the goal line which aney may see by looking between their knees over the dictionary the one who reaches the line first and Is still mounted by his learned jockey wins the race this Is no easy matter for ahe motion a boy creates while in this strange position keeps his stomach working up and down and the faster he goes the more apt he Is to slide fie vie dictionary jockey off it which instantly ruts atts him out of the race school dictionaries are plenty large enough indeed 1 ride 0 d it would be next to impossible for the average boy to ride under such a heavy ter as the unabridged but you need not confine the race to dictionaries alone think of the other books for instance there a the ahr three 00 R s handicap the participants in this race are those studies keadin represented b by Y tj the 1 se school h 1001 reader bitin rep represented reser eted by a copy bouli and arithmetic Rith represented by an arithmetic and it Is a real handl handt cap race because the reader and the arithmetic are so much harder to keep in position da anan rl the licht flexible copy book besides being very tunny funny these unique races prove something el else 0 t too 0 0 s in a way for by them you an and y your 0 u ir frien friends dacan can literally see how fast you get on kith with 3 our book boli |
