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Show ..Our Boysand Ms.. Edited by Aunt Busy. This department Is conducted solely ta the Interests Inter-ests of our girl and boy reader Aunt Bu. is glad to hear any time from the r.leces and nephews who read this page, and to eive them all the advice and help m her pc-we? Write on one side of the paper only Do not have letters too long. Original stories and verses will be gladly received end carefully edited. smuiy received fc.Trheturnnend.USCriP3 COntr,butio t accepted will J?b S.AUnt BUS- mtermountaln AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY Kan- Nieces and Nephews-Aunt Busy has two ti. w numbers lor her "frood morning" dub this wr-oK. and she is sure that the POod morning" Hubs throughout the country are flourishing from all the reports she has received. One dear girl m.-t Aunt Busy recently and told several of her noes one Particular grief being her trouble, with Ln1in Weil. st,id Aunt Busy (who had iron-i.l. iron-i.l. s herself in ihe long ag0 with Latin), Vhat is 'bo ma t tor with Latin?" ' -Oli. T cannot tand the teacher," said the dear -nl. "She is quite the meanest woman I know nuilnng ever pleases her; she just picks mc out to -.-ild and ridicule," etc. Aunt Busy took her spectacles from her funny ..ld nose, readjusted her funny gray wig, and said hi her i tinny old voice: "Do you say 'good morning" morn-ing" to your teacher (" "Do 1 say what?" replied Miss Girlie in a very .1-tonishod voice, and Aunt Busy, with her funny ..1.1 .o-tacles, funny old wig and funny old voice v-peatod the question. Xo. indeed. I donot,v was the reply. "1 never s ;.k to her only when absolutely necessary. Aunt Busy said: "Say 'good morning' to. the ro.-s Latin teacher all next week, little girl, and nport to Aunt Busy on Friday." So last Friday evening a pretty young school pirl fairly ran to Aunt Busy's office with the news 'hat the Latin teacher was. "perfectly lovely."' She ;'..imd time during the week to have a little-chat irh the teacher as the result of first bidding her a cheerful good morning. The conversation led v. to the "Latin" question, and soon the teacher knew how discouraged the. young student felt. Xov. this Latin teacher had troubles one time her-!k her-!k If with the same study, all of which she duly told jo The pupil, and now teacher and pupil understand .lie another at last, after several weeks of mutual misunderstanding. All on account of two cheery words spoken for only five days, too! Take heed, now, all ye pupils with Latin trou-Mc-. mathematic troubles and all kinds of school troubles ! If Aunt Busy's remedy does not help out, hc will try to find another recipe. Lovingly AUNT BUSY' LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ' Albuquerque, X. M.. Oct. 8, 1006. Dear Aunt Busy As I have never seen a letter from Albuquerque, I am going to write you a few lines to tell you I have joined your "'good morning"' class. I am a Kentucky girl. I have lived in this city but two years and Attend St. Vincent's Academy. Acad-emy. I will be in the first communion class this year. Expecting an answer from you, dear Aunt - - Buv, I remain, your loving niece. MARY GOODIX. A glad welcome, dear little niece! Aunt Busy is delighted to find another member for the "good morning"' club Yrite often to Aunt Busy; she "ill be anxious to know how you will succeed with vour catechism. All Hallows College, Salt Lake. Oct. 12, lOuO. Dear Auntie Buy I am going to All Hallows ."ollegc and hearing of your "good morning" club would like to join. My two brothers and I are going go-ing to California at Christmas time, and we will write you from there. I am nine years old, and in 'lie preparatory class here. Hoping to see this in print next week. I am vour nephew. XELSOX IICXJAX. If Aunt Busy were a boy. a real nice live boy fund he wishes she were"), she would throw her hat ;n iho air. say "Oh. golly,"' and whoop real loud L.-citUM- she has discovered a really, truly boy who Mollys to her "good morning'S-lub. Do you know. X -bou, that you arc the first boy to join? Aunt 'u-y is proud of you. and she is sure you are a f,i..riic with your teachers. Aunt Busy hopes to h- ar from you often. Xelson. Write her about viii- football team. She likes to hear about foot-I'.-dl and baseball. She heard the other day that ir new coach is a "each." and she has been won't. won-'t. -ring over since what the boy meant who so de--ciii... his athletic director. Do you know? ALONE. (Dolores Watts.) ! -he went away Tii. hours have forgotten their jeweled song. Ai d the autumn days are drear and long. An ! ihe years seem like a dream gone wrong. !: -he went away. :!. -Ik- went away Th nii'ht winds forever mutter and moan. A- 1 it and listen in tears, alone, alone. i;d .ov sad heart calls out for her, my own. vn ' she wenl away. vi !;.- -he wen! away 1 !i' river's song is sad and low. i'h.- whi-pering pines bend murmuring in woe. And ..n-cr and longer the evening shadows grow, ; h,. weni away. The Boy Princes of Europe. bit lie princes lead very simple lives. The Ai ,. ricin, bov, however, is apt to picture a boy I'fii.n. iis very gorgeously attired, surrounded by "iiduin given all manner of toys and sweets. '"I verv generallv indulged. But if the truth be "..-wn. there arc a great many American boys who v,. amid far more luxury than do royal princes m ;':'ir youth, for n Spartan simplicity is usually !i wed in the bringing up of royal boys. hi their feelings and ambitions they an 'J"-'k- uv other boys, though it may seem difficult -.me not to imagine them of quite a aitterent ' A g,fat manv royal boys are now brought up in !' .-mmtrv and on a farm, vhorc tlwy enter into j "!! manner of simple sports when they are not . -.king. It is not all playtime with ipnnojj r i i-y are made to do all manner of difficult things All the German princes are brought up on -nn,s i iv,ical old-fashioned farm houses suott I- peasants use, furnished in iho simplest fash-i-u. The sons of the Emperor of (.ermW 'oi allowed any servants in attendance, did 1 cooking and cleaning in the old farm nous., t kitchen, and had a gay time over it. These young royal boys even raised the vegetables used on the table at the royal palace at Berlin, and the Emperor Em-peror examined each barrel of vegetables as it arrived ar-rived to see how his boys were doing their work. These boys planted, weeded and harvested the vegetables veg-etables themselves, without assistance of any sort. The royal princes of Sweden are given a thorough thor-ough course in carpentry and masonry, and- when he is 17 or 18 years of age each royal boy is capable capa-ble of building a house all by himself. Besides this, the Swedish princes are taught to cook and scrub and mend and make their clothes, ' in addition to all their studies, which are far more numerous than those of other boys, for they are obliged to learn many languages. The two princes of Portugal have always spent six months of the year on a farm, where they are allowed to run about freely with the farm hands, and are not pampered in the least. In winter they are taught engineering and navigation. The older of the two was obliged to earn all of his spending money, and he did this by making small wooden packing boxes, which were sold to a denied without the latter knowing they were made by a royal prince. The King of Spain, who is now a man. was a real boy. He always had a great love for outdoor sports like gunning and fishing.- Every year he spent a month camping out and roughing it like any boy. helping to cook coarse meals, and sleeping, under a lean-to. or rough tent. He had many narrow nar-row escapes from accidents, as he wa a very daring dar-ing hoy, always wanting to do perilous things. The two little Italian princes of Aosta and the litlte royal prince himself, son of the King, are all as yet too young to start, out upon the experiences of boy life, but even as babies they are not at all pampered, their toys being of the simplest kind and very few in number. American boys are allowed al-lowed to have a great many more playthings than these- liltle royal boys. who. indeed, are not allowed to eat candy even till thev are 10 vears old. Tl lore is probably more curiosity felt about the little Egyptian prince than any other, for his mother is never seen without a veil covering her face-, and never attends any public place, for that is against the cuslom of her country. ' Little Prince Mohammed Abdul Monem is a very happy, contented little boy. He walks every dav with his father, and has a great many playmates play-mates among the sons of the English officers who live at. Cairo, which is his home. He is a very bright little fellow, and his father, the Khedive, has subscribed to an American boys' magazine, so that his little son may become familiar with the ways of American boys. He. speaks English perfectly, as well as German, French and Italian. He is shown in his pictures in his dress-up suit of velvet, but when he plays he wears overalls of blue jeans, 'which his father had sent from an American city, because Mohammed Abdul saw that so many American boys wear them. It is a well-known fact that little English princes lead the simplest lives, having their tasks and duties to perform, and working hard to earn the right to play. Little Prince Henry of Wales has a donkey, which he is patiently training to do tricks. lie lias doubtless studied and worked hard to gain this privilege, as he is just a healthy, happy boy like pood American boys. American Boy. THE CARROLL TWINS. The Carroll twins were a pretty pair of little boys "who looked so much alike that their mother had been known to mistake one for the other. There was one wee difference, however the difference differ-ence of a dimple. Because of this they were called the 'Twin With a Dimple" and the "Other Twin," and people would. make them laugh in order to tell which was which. One day they went on an errand across the city. A cherry tree hung over the sidewalk, and the Twin With a Dimple gave a jump, and his hand came down with a cluster of bright red cherries in it. Then he heard a little noise the other side of the hedge, and he darted round the corner. The Other Twin was not quick enough to escape es-cape a, long ami that reached right through the hedge and clutched him. Then a tall, thin woman peered over, and said sharply: "So it is you that's been stealing my cherries, is it?" "Xo, ma'am,' answered the Other Twin, tremblingly. trem-blingly. The woman stared at him. There were no cherries cher-ries in his hand, no stains on his lips. It was strange, '"The fact I saw above the hedge looked exactly like yours." said the woman. "Are you sure you didn't pick any f "Yes. ma'am," replied the Other Twin, and he seemed so honest that the woman believed him. "Was there another boy?" she asked. "Yes. ma'am," came truthfully from the frightened fright-ened twin. "Well. I wish I'd caught the right one." ssud the woman, and then she let the Other Twin go. When ihe Twin With the Dimple heard his brother's story, he told him he must do the errand alone, while he would go back and explain to the cherry woman. So the Twin With a Dimple said to the woman: "I am sorry' T picked that bunch of cherries. I did not stop to think that they belonged to anybody. I will pav for them as soon as I can earn some pennies." pen-nies." ' "But you just told me it wasn't you who did it !" exclaimed the cherry woman. "Xo, ma'am yes. ma'am.' I mean," stammered the Twin With a Dimple, "that was my brother." "Oh, it was your brother who took them, was it?" "Xo. ma'am," and the Twin With a Dimple struggled hard not to show it. "I mean I picked the cherries. My brother has gone on the errand, and I have come back to tell you how sorry I am." "But didn't say so?" she asked. 'Because 1 wasn't here. It wasn't I before." and hisdimple showed prettily now. "You see, we look just alike." "I declare. Are you the Carroll twins?" "Yes. ma'am, we are." "Well, well! You are a real little gentleman to come and own up. I wonder if you wouldn't pick some, cherries for me. If you will, you may have all you can eat." So. when ihe Other Twin came back he found his brother up in the tree, and for the first time they had all the cherries they wanted. The Leader. Obey Orders. The safest way is to obey orders implicitly. Some think they can improve on their instruction. A young man told his intended that as the next day was her birthday he would send her some roses, one for each year. He sent a note ordering the delivery deliv-ery of twenty roses. The florist, thinking to please the good customer, threw in ten more for good measurement. When the young man called he was nearly thrown out. Catholic Universe. t ! A PLAp pOR BOYS. What can a boy do 'at'1 here can a boy stay If he is always toldltj P't out of the way ? ' He cannot sit here, -""'! he rnyst not sit there. The cushions that v'r T'at fine rocking chair Were put there, of ilourso, to be seen and admired A boy has iio bush ess to ever be tired. The beautiful roses that bloonJ On the floor of the ilarkened a ,d delicate room Are not made to walk on at oast not by boys The house is no place, anyway for their noise. A place for the boys, (le;ir nun ier. T pray As cares settle down round 0U; short earthly way. Don't let us forget by our kin, . loving deeds To show we remember their p a sure and needs. Though our souls may be ve. d with problems of life. And worn with besetnients an, foiling and strife. Our hearts will keep young. r- vour ,jm beart and mine If we give them a place in 'their innermost shrine. And to life's latest hour 'twill be one of our joys That we keep a small comer. a vacc for t10 boys. The Leader. How One Man Chooses Boys. A gentleman who has charge of 200 boys in a I large department store loves to talk about boys. "How do you choose your boys?" was asked. "My first question is: "Who is tho boy?' You see, it all depends upon the l,0y himself. You can judge the boy better from his appearance, his manner, man-ner, his dress and the way he comes into an office than from any description uf him. Character shows forth in little things: you can't hide it. I take boys by what you might almost term first impressions. im-pressions. I have 'sized him up' before he enters the office, the respectful and self-respectful way i:i which he meets my look and questions giving me an idea of his bringing up and the stuff he has in him. As to appearances. I look at once for these things: Polished shoe?, clean clothes and clean fingernails. fin-gernails. Good clothes are not requisites. A boy's clothes may be ragged, his .-hoes may have holes in them, yet his appearance may still give evidence of a desire to be neat. I will not employ a cigarette cigar-ette smoker if I know it. As for reference, a boy's teacher is the best reference i hat he can have. The recommendation which a good boy in our emplov gives n boy applying for a position always receives marked consideration. A cash boy's first advance is to stock boy, office boy or cadet. A stock boy attends to the work of whatever stock he is in. A cadet, is general utility boy. An office boy works around some one of the office of the house. We promote according to menh, length of service, or combined. Whenever possibkvwe try to give otir oldest employes preference, buiT i', another boy who has not been here as long as aino'ier shows greater fitness for a vacancy, in jus tile :o the house and the boy, he gets it. A cash bo;-V-vts $-."0 a week; when he has been here three ml jibs. $3; if he has shown marked ability, $3.50. f I 4 J |