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Show l 0ur Eoy$ and ri$ st Edited by Aunt Busy. hi BABY-LAND. 'a I "How many miles to Buby-land"' id I "Any on? can tell; at I lP one flight, j I To the rlsht; I rieusf.- to ring the bell.- - t. I . ; ''IMiat ran you see in Baby-land y s, i Little folks in white ii. !1 Downy head, Cradle-beds. Faces pure and bright." 'What do they do ir Baby-land 9, I "Dream and wake and i-lay. j Laugh and trow, , f Shout and grow; 1 I Jolly times have they';" e I "What do they say in Laby-lan t I h", the oddeFt thhigp; I Might as well ; Try to tell 1 "What a birdie sings.' 1 ' "Who is the Que:;i of BaLy-land?" "Mother, kind and sweet; And her low, Horn above. Guides the little feet." OH, WHAT A GRAND PLAN". TVar Xiocos and Xej.hws: Aunt Busy has hart J 'lf'r '"'"inking cap' on her funny old ry head J lr'r I'aft month trying to discover sonn- now v " -oim-c of inliTfst fur the girls and boys who aro :-o dear 1o her. She thought, and thought, until her funny old "u-ad was. like iho famous Duh-hhnmV. "going roundt, and round t and roundt." After many hours :f "thinkings'' she decided to try another prize offering. Of course, she had to discus the matter with the editors and managers of The Jntermountain Catholic, and this i the result: The management offers a prize f a handsome watch, to he given 1o f;vt-ry niece and nephew who gets live subscribers 1o The Tntertiiuun-tain Tntertiiuun-tain Catholic The watch is very j handsome and. what is more im- i portant. is well guaranteed. j Of course, every girl and hoy j would love to own a watch, and j really one is necessary in these days, when the j iM'hool hours are divided into so many periods. When Aunt Busy was going to .school, of course i over so many years ago, the bell rang at 8:30 in , iho morning and at noon; this was one period, and j the next period was from the ringing of the hell at . . '. 1 until another ringing at i o'clock. Any girl or j boy who failed to hear the period hells 'saw "per- j iod.," for the remainder of the day. Aunt Busy often saw what she considered "stars," because she regrets that she was, indeed, a very bad little girl sometimes. I But, to return to the prize watch. Aunt Busy ' wants the children to understand fully what her subscription club means. The tirst thiug is to get 3ive new subscribers and receive from each 2 (iho price of subscription to the paper). Of course the subscriptions must be, strictly cash. For every en ($10) dollars sent in, the watch will hi ;.ivon free as a ym.o. Xow, Aunt Busy herself offers a prize of a lobar bill to the niece or nephew who gets the tirst five subscribers. Aunt Busy does not like to use slang, but she hopes to be pardoned this once, when she says: - "You will have to hurry.' So hurry, now, and pro- f we a handsome, dainty, serviceable timepiece. I Your loving ' AUXT BUST. TO THE LITTLE JOHNNY-BOYS. "Who:- your mamma says you mustn't Pull the little kitten's tail; Tells you not to slngrt its whiskers, Nov in do 1180 it in the 1'aii; Tills you not 'to tease your sister, -or to make the baby cry, Mnldr.g' funny sort of faces. Never stop and aslc her why. T"h n she tHls you that you mustn't Knek the apples off the trees, Mustn't ta'co a stick and just for Fun kv poke the hive of bees; Tells you not to rob the birds' nests li: the cherry tree so high; It fs better to obey her. Never stop and ask her why. Wh'd some day you've been ia swimming. And come home all mud and dirt. "With your trousers torn, and ttockings, And your toes and fingers hurt; f-iie looks a l you sort of straight-like, With u sober kind of eye; And says: "Bring- me in a switch, sir:" Never stop and auk her why. Fiom Indian Summer, by Jnms Courtney Challis. LETTERS AND ANSWERS. Ogden. Xov. IS, 1903. My Dear Aunt. Busy: I heard you were organizing organ-izing a club and wanted your own dear, children to soloM a name. 1 have, thought of a few "The Little Working club ""Helping Hands,' "Children's Aid society," "St. Patrick's Busy dub." This last ought to 1m- the name. I agree with the O'Connor children and feel that the editor of the Herald (will judge rightly and say "St. Patrick's Busy j club" is the name. ! You are a charming old lady io write FUch beautiful thing about the Ogden children. God bless Aunt Busy, and the editor' of the Herald if ho names it "St. Patrick's Busv club." Your i"Tl'"w. .lOIIX CKTOX. Aunt Busy would like to hear very often from John Prion. She 1 hanks you for the very nice words you write about her. She hopes you will , f join her subscription elub .Mid win a beautiful 1 watch. Ogden, Xov. IS, 1005. Dear Aunt Busy: This morning I feel like the 'Lord High Fiddlesticks." Oh, dear! that I could go into a room and laugh by the hour, and get .11 the fun out of me! The boys and girls here are wild with anxiety to know who is to win Aunt Busy's prize. Dear souls, little they suspect it might 1; my humble self. Aunt Busy, please name your club "St. Bernard's," alter me, for-I believe 1 am the prettiest chap in the school, and if you don't believe, it, why let the whole school have their pic-lures pic-lures taken and send them to you, and tho editor of the Herald will quickly name the one everlasting beauty. That's me. I have a secret 4 o tell you, hut I dare not just now. Love from all. Your hand-pome hand-pome nephew, BEXABD BAUCHMAX. Dear Bernard, Aunt Busy would dearly love to see the ''prettiest chap' in the school. Of course you are a dear boy or you would not be an Ogdcu kd. Aunt Busy hopes that you will try to win a watch, by joining her subscription club. Split Bock. Wyo., dan. 2S, 1904. !My Pear Aunt Busy: 1 should, have told you that I live in the country, sixty-live miles from any town and no other girls nearer than eight miles, hut I would like to .send a little letter to the club from myself and sister. "We go to school at home. We have ' a nice teacher. ' ' . "My mamma takes The Iniennoumain Catholic j 1 and I like Aunt Busy's Corner. j D not put this letter1 in the; paper, it is too long, but I. wanted 'to tell you we live on a ranch o you will know I could not. get many in a club. 1 send my love to all the little ''Sunbeams"': also the large "Sunbeam" yourself. I send you $1 for the club. Your loving niece, EVA SUX. The dear little niece from Wyoming is indeed welcome into Aunt Busy's Sunbeam club. You write an excellent hand, Eva, and Aunt Busy will always be happy to hear from you. Why not form a club of two, just your little sister and yourself Think of how much sunshine can exist' between you! Dear little Sunbeam, Aunt Busy hopes to hear many lovely reports from you. Koinember that the club does not mean giving charity alone, but sunshine all the time. Picture two wee girls who love each other very dearly; never quarreling, never crying. Picture them always sweet and obedient to their parents. Picture them tender and kind to the animals about the ranch, from the wee I "kitty-puss" to the great, patient horses at the i plow. Do not tell Aunt Busy that you cannot have j a Sunbeam club, dear. Indeed, you can. and Aunt I Busy is certain that true sunshine can be found in .your home, Eva. from only two but precious "Sun-j "Sun-j beams.' Aunt. Busy has given your donations to j the . St. Anthony's guild here, but he really must request you not to send any more monev to her, little Eva. I Kemember that she appreciates the kindness of j your young heart, but your letters will be sunshine "HADN'T YOU BETTER PROMISE, TOO?" I here is a girl of our acquaintance for whom i we are feeling considerable admiration. She is a j girl who seems determined to help circulate what j may be called gossip. Xot long ago several girls ! were in our home, when, after a furious ringing : of the bell, another one of their mates joined thorn. I Before she removed her wraps we heard the now-! now-! comer cry. breathlessly: i "I've just heard lhe most awful thing about Xellie Graham, and I've run all the way to get here to tell you about it. But you must every one promise not to breathe it to a living soul!' As . good as her word she proceeded to make each girl make the promise strictly. It was then, much to our amusement, we heard the girl who so dislikes gossip say quietly: "We've all promised faithfully not to tell the story, Edith; now. hadn't you better' promise, too?" At this we had to laugh, aud the girls, hearing j the laugh, joined in it. it was unnecessary to add I that the story was not. recounted. As Ave joined the group the would-be recountcr said uoucha-i uoucha-i lantly: "I gue.-,s Kate's right. We'll all promise until we know for sure if there, is anything in it."' SAYINGS OF THE CHILDREN. "Francis," said the little girl's mamma, who was entertaining callers in the parlor, "you come downstairs so noisily that yo-i could be heard all over the house. You know how to do it better than that. Xow, go back and come down the stairs like a lady." Prances retired, and after the lapse of a few " minutes re-entered the parlor. ''Did you hear me come downstairs this time, mamma P "Xo, dear. I am glad you came down quietly. Xow, dou't let me ever have to tell you again not to come down noisily, for I see that you can come j down quietly if you will. Xow, tell these ladies how you managed to come down like a lady the second time, while the first time you made so I much noise." "The last time I did down the banisters," explained ex-plained Frances. ' k |