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Show ! ..Our Boys ana..rl$ I Edited by Aunt Busy. This department Is conducted solely in the interests inter-ests of our girl and boy readers. Aunt Busy is glad to hear any time from the nieces and nephews who read this page, and to give ; them all the advice and help in her power. Write on one side oi the paper only. Do not have letters too lone. ! Original stories and verses will be gladly received and carefully edited. j The manuEcrips of contributions not accepted will be returned. c. t6v'e T1CltrS to Aunt Bus'. Ir.termountain , Catholic. Salt Lake City. AUNT BUSY HAS. HER SAY. Jlrnr Nicecs ami Xojihows: I Aunt Ihisy ua, just al.,ut to write snjne advice I to tit" sirls and l.oys, vlic-n Aw. foun.l tho i'ollow- pto.l "lit lie talk" in the Homo Journal and Vws. Am will not preach this lime: "Somf of our boys and -iris an; about t. Ptsh1u- atr, or to "quit soliool.' Tlicy will -o 1o" work. I M"-1 oi tboso will tako any job thoy can find. Tixy ; allow till).; and accident 1o so-l their trade. This i- a niista.'A-. ( Wult your talents, your last-, and S .-.-k employment that gives you agreeable and in i ilio did rotitaMo employment. Do not. work :ic;iin-t llie grain.' You will ho shifting about all 1 vour lifetime. Your tah nts will Ik- wast-d or hid- 1 11. and you will never realize the satisfaction and j Ik ni rit that go with useful anl congenial cmplo.v- ,f in' Hi. Xchlicr you nor the community, nor divine Pi-o idenec, will aliain tin- end that your ability i n A expectation would realize." Lovingly i AUXT Ul'sY. j . Salt Lake City, Juno 17, 15)05. I I h ;ir Aunt usy : I am going to write and tell you papa went .-.way Sunday, ly I'ncle John came from Peoria, Hi-. He has been here two weeks. 3dy little sister J Kllei.or sends you a great big; kiss. I must close. l.ye. Your loving niece, 1 ALICE KXXIS. I Aunt I5u-y sends her love to Ellenor. little : Alice, and hopes to hoar from you soon again. Tell I Aunt Busy how you intend to spend the long- sum- I mi r days during- vacation, dear. Butte. Mont. ' t 1 r;ir Aunt Busy : 1 never mid lime to write 1o you any more. :!: "U going to do this summer i I am go- : in- on a ranch. Would you like to he with me.' y Your loving- neice. ji ALICE O'DOXXELL. i Aunt Busy hopes you will enjoy your vacation, ;! l'di" child. Xo. she would not want to visit a if ranch, she is too frightened of cows and horses. 5 Xothimr hut a quiet respectable old donkey appeals tu her on or off a ranch. a 4- . i i OUR LADY OF THE BOYS. r In snow-white marble Mary stands V (iold-crowned as Empress and as Queen Of all the leavens and all the lands i That angel eyes have ever seen; Upon the pole of this glad earth Her Kingly Jesus does she poise. Smiling upon her children's mirth Our Lady of the Boys. She is so fair and white and sweet. This gentle Queen and Mother-Maid, That (layers in the game's full heat In spirit seek her hallowed shade, Longing, if hut for little space. To leave the laughter and the noise, And whisper, "Mary, full of grace, Our Lady of the Boys!''- i She is the Lady of their heart. They wear her favors day and night, i Each longs to act her page's part. Aspires to lie her squire and knight; TiK-y loathe all lower loves, and hate Whatever their dear Queen annoys, Earlv they kneel to her, and late Ou Lady of the Boys. .She marks each truant for her own, Over the wanderer the keeps Long vigil through the night-hours alone. i Over the wilful oft she weeps ; She woos him in the highway wild. Fain would she wean him from hell's toys, She hath no mind to lose one child Our Lady of the Boys. She is ihe Mother of them all. The love of each she longs to gain, i On had and good her blessings fall As on earth falls summer rain; Each name she whispers to her Son, Praying- the Love that never cloys May l(o ihe nn-rd of every one Our Lady of the Boys. She is the Mi-tress of their sport, .Their Teacher in sweet Wisdom's chair, Their PJoador 1'u pwl Hitrh Court, Their (iuide unto th" (ioldon Stair; She loves to listen as tlu-y pray To her. tlx- Cau.-c of all iheir joys, And chant her anthems night and day Our Lady of ihe Hoys. David Bearne. S. J.. in the Irish Monthly.' LITTLE GIRL SUPPORTS FAMILY OF SIX. Mary, the Favorite Vender of Halsted Street Delicacy. If one-tenth of the litile Italian hoys and irls Danie school have their way, little Mary t lu-i-toplior takes home enough money every night ' -upport the family. Their way is to buy a pen-worth pen-worth of the pink ice cream which she dishes ( them in little paste boats and cornucopias. Mary "stays by" a little cart containing- a two--ii 'ii .-.in of the pink confection, which stands all i-.r. long at the school, at the corner of Desplaines I Kwing st reels. This is not the beginning of Mary's day as a v, earner. At ." o'clock in the morning- she and i r molher get up and start getting the stuff ' ii. They do it ly setting ihe can in a barrel ! . and by taking the cover off every once in : v.hile to stir it with a long paddle. Then she gets ' iiic school corner before b o'clock.. 9 "Will you have a cornet or a bout ; "1 want a cornet," say ihe majority of ihe -nail purchasers, who go away sucking the frozen ' .nfeciion from the bottom of the small tube. If a day comes when pennies are not to be had lii-ii DosplaiiK's street, Mary moves her wagon tip ' the school, a few blocks away on Twelfth street, i In ihe summer she moves along near the grocery. 5 L only takes a hot day 1o make as good custom ers out of the grown up people on Desplaines street a- are the children. ( Two years ago, when her father became crippled with rheumatism, Mary undertook to support the I family, h, the winter, when there is no ice cream business, the way the family of father, mother and four children live is problematical.; But from f . tin- first bright dav in March there- is enough to f j e;,t and something over in the little house at 139 Ewing street. For $1.10 are procured oOO of the ! little paste shells from a dealer. For 75 cents can ! be had enough material to make and keep two gal-- Ions of the ice cream. If she can sell HO of ihe. little paste cups she makes (!. cents profit, which is. aflluence. If the weather is. hot for a long lime together it is not unusual for her to make $2 or $:J from the little wagon, in spite of the f-:ie! that she has rivals all along Ewing street from Ilalstead to Canal, and in all the streets leading into Polk street and Jefferson park. Mary, who is onjy a little over 11, has acquired enough American ideas during her short school course to apologize .prettily for her position on the street corner. She calls every American woman "Teacher." Chicago Tribune. -t- |