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Show 1. j LETTEB-WKITIN-G TIBECTIONS. j rite on one side of paper only. J lo riot have letters $00 long. , Adurc.-s all letters to "Aunt iJusy." la- I tuni'jui.tain Catholic. I THE GAME OF MUMBLE PEG. ! ; I u-'ii t like to loiter ". nr. the hillside in the spring i U'h-i ! af an bud an' all o' that f I M ikr lurk and linnet plug. I ' Jhv' ! .T;jLT'n' the Fhady side : 1 if h-ech an' other trees. I I Ar .- 'ntin' sweet perluntertes i l"iK.t Hunted with the breczJ. .Vn .ins' layin' there an' idlin', T ; Kiiiiii-r rtstin' on one leg i An' '( yin' that old boyish game i The game of mumble peg. i ' Riht down the mossy ridge a piece, 3 Tli- way I used to po, Tin1 dogwood spread its petals like i !iiir-riii flakes t-nov,, ,ii' lazily an' dreamily. ; Hedged ill the pretty shrine ; J is-d to often loiter with A dear old friend of mine: I Ju layin' 'round an' idlin', j Kinder restin' on one lejj. An playin" that old boyish game I The game of mumble peg, ' I . J S"f'ly from the memories - of all the yesteryears, '! pather smiles, an' laughter, an' j Km mostly mostiy tea.s v 1 ri like to loiter once again When leaf an' bud an' all o' that ,; Make lark and linnet sing, f An' jus' layin' 'round an" idlin". Kinder res tin' on one leg. Jus' play once more with my old friend 1 A game of mumble peg. M AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. j j Pear Nieces and Nephews: j f Aunt Busy is receiving pome very V interesting replies to her Jl.OfiO ques- m tinn. She has heard at last from Eu- ' ; reka and from her dear children, the 1 little "Manteys, from Carr Station. I one thing: in all the letters received i that has impressed Aunt Busy is the i spirit 0f generosity that seems to be '! in your hearts. You nearly all express a wish to help the poor, and this w ish is nv'st praiseworthy, even if you are . ; m)y figuring on $1,000 that you do not nvn. Aunt Busy would like to hear J;wn Park City soon, .ana men tne I opden boys have not written yet. How ihout the Montana lads! They surely 1 wand a chance of having $1,000 some ; day. They live in such a wealthy state. ' If Aunt Busy does not hear from you . j all soon she is going to start another l J subject, wTiich will be, "What should be f ; done to the nieces and nephews who :!glect to write to Aunt Busy?" Then j you careless ones, you will wish you i had remembered your loving I AUNT BUSY. . LETTERS AND ANSWERS. ? Eureka. Utah, March 2D. j Pear Aunt Busy I thought I would I rite you a letter. It is too bad that j you have to ask the Eureka nieces find nephews so many times to write to I you. Please excuse us, because we are I very busy preparing for confirmation ? in .lune. f If I had $1.000 well. Aunt Busy, I I want a piano so much, I think I would 3 sp.--nd part of the money for one, and i f 1 would give the rest to the poor little j I children in St. Vincent's orphanage at ! ; Penver to buy them new Easter dresses I t. replace the ones lost in the fire. ti I read in the paper that they felt j s.i sorry for their new dresses to be burned up. I hope you won't think me I selfish for wanting to spend some of I the money for a piano, for I do love J nnisii . 1 am taking lessons this year. I 1 am 10 years old and go to St. Jo- 'i s' ldi's school. " t Hoping my letter is not too long. I I i-niain. vour loving niece, I IRENE HANLEY. I If the little niece in Eureka knew I l:ow her letter pleased Aunt Busy she j ""u!d write very often. Aunt Busy I thinks you are a little girl with a very I i-:;der heart, when you sympathize I vitii the little ones of the St. Vincent's I orphanage. They certainly did feel I "fry about t'lieir new dresses, but the j t i people of Denver will care nobly i atid well for thv children. It will not :: .. long until they have a nice home I '-gain. Aunt Busy hopes to hear some day you have a piano. Until then. f Mudy night reading. This can be done I v :th.iut a piano and you will become '! musical. 4 I.iamondville, "Wyo.. March I'S. J I'.'ar Aunt Busy I thought I would 3 " ii;f. to you to tell you tliat it is so j : i.'iddy here that we can't get out. I Aunt Busy. I have not any more news at I can it-member. Eove. to you and !"nle Bitsv. Your loving nephew, j ARTHUR A. KAVANAUGH. I ll'-re. you dear fellow, while you are I -;ii' k in ihe mud up there, just write i ;nat letter telling wnat you would do I v T Jl.too. Aunt Busy has been ex- i !'-.-ting to hear from you and your I l.:..the,- on this $1,000 question. f'arr Station. Colo.. March 24. Pear Aunt Busy If I had $1,000 I v "uld buy a big bucket of candy and -ive some to the poor children and to "" papa and mamma and to Joe. I ' oiiij give papa and mamma a big Hie. This is all that I think I would f'". I am vour loving nephew, DIONYSIUS MANTEY. Hear boy. Aunt Busy thinks that a l ;,rt of the $1,000 would have to go to a few doctors, who would come with castor oil. ugly black medicines, etc., to save young Dionysius from dying, "fter eating a bucket of candy. You j , would be very generous in giving it 1 r away, but even so, Aunt Busy, shivers j vhen she thinks what would happen 1 to her dear nephew if he had $1,000. 1 Carr Station, March 26. I Pear Aunt Busy: It has been a long lime since I wrote you and as you have asked your nieces and nephews j K'hat thy would do with $1,000 I want j " tell you that 1 would buy a piano and 1 would give some to the poor and 1 I would keep the rest for myself to spend as I pleased. Well, good bye, Aunt Busy. Your loving niece, ' ANASTASIA MANTEY. Aunt Busy is finding out that she has many nieces who are very fond of music. She hopes that you will some day own a very fine piano, Anastasia. Carr, Colo.. March 25. Dear Aunt Busy: I haven't written to you for a long time. If I had $1,000 I would buy some clothes and lots of traps and guns. I would travel as long as my money lasted. Your loving Aunt Busy thinks you a very sensible fellow, Leo. You would certainly spe.nd your money well if you traveled. Travel educates as ve!l as school; but Aunt Busy does not approve of buying guns. She detests guns, pistols, etc. Of course she is not a boy. Carr, Colo.. March 23. 1 Dear Aunt Busy: Aunt Busy if I had $1,000 I would buy furniture to furnish i my home, food to eat and clothes to wear. And I would give some to the little orphans in Denver because their home was burned down last week. Joseph, Leo. Anastasia and I were out duck hunting. We got four ducks. Dionysius took two home, then Joe killed two more. My school will soon be opened again JITlH Ibon T 1-rn't liflvs v.-.llr.h (imo tn 1 write, my dear Aunt Busy, because I have lots to do in school. I think I am going to have my same teacher this year. With love and best wishes I am your loving niece. AGNES MANTEY. You are a very sensible little girl, Agnes, and also a kind-hearted child. Aunt Busy hopes that you will spend a very profitable school year. Do not forget to write and tell her how you i get along. Mind Reading; An Indoor Game. A game that is mystifying, and at the ! same time interesting to play, is mind j reading. Any number of people can I join in the fun, but the more there are I the better. A ring is formed, all join-j join-j ing hands, and there must be two sitting sit-ting next to each other who Tcnow the secret of the game. Let us call these two Alice and May. Alice, who is introduced in-troduced as a "professional mind reader," leaves the room, and those remaining: re-maining: choose any word, a short one. preferably. The object of the game is for Alice, who is ignorant of the word, to guess it, and this may be done by a simple little trick so that it attracts no attention whatever. All are told to close their eyes and think hard of the word chosen. Then Alice is called back and sits down in the circle, taking hold of her accomplice's hand, as well as that of her neighbor's on the other side. Then very quietly May taps Alice's palm with her fingers, the taps signify- incr tho lfttf?- the first tan mpanine "a," the second "b," and so on, for instance, in-stance, supposing the word was cat. May would tar Al'ce's hand three times, c being the third letter in the j alphabet, and then pause for an instant, in-stant, so that Alice might understand i that it was the first letter. Then one tap and a pause would mean "a,"' and j since "t" is the twentieth letter in the alphabet, Alice would easily under- j stand twenty taps for "t." Thus any i word may be spelled out, and it is al- j ways a long time before the uninitiated i "catch on." How to Make Silhouettes, J With a little cleverness and skill you I can easily make what is termed a sil- houette picture the outline of a per- j son's face In black painted on white j paper. Procure some sheets of paper having a blac k surface on one side and white on the other. Pin a sheet of this i paper to the wall with the white sur- j face outward, and then get the party desiring the profile to stand between ; the lamplight and the paper, with the j injunction to keep perfectly still. Draw the outline of the resulting black shadow with a soft pencil or crayon, after which carefully cut out the pic- j ture by closely following the lines, j Having done this, reserve the picture ! and paste it on a piece of white cardboard. card-board. A most excellent likeness may thus be obtained, added to which is j the amusement and instruction gained. The term "silhouette" is derived from the name of the French minister of finance in 1759 Etienne de Silhouette. What God Gives a Boy. j I A body to keep clean and healthy, as a dwelling1 place for his mind and a temnle for his soul. A pair of nands to use for himself and others, but never against others for himself. A pair of feet to do errands of love and kindness and charity and business, but not to loiter in places of mischief or temptation or sin. A pair of lips to speak true, kind, brave words. ; A pair of ears to hear music of bird, tree and human voice, but not to give heed to what the serpent says or to what dishonors God or his mother. |