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Show ..Ourfioys anil .Girls.. --.....Edited by unt Busy. ' Tliis department is conducted solely in the interest- of our girl and boy readers Aunt Bu;y is glad to hear any lime froih the meets and nephews who read this page, and to give them all the ad rice and help i:i her power. "Write on one tide o the paper only. Do not have letters too Ions. Orieinal stories and verses will be gladly received and tareiully edited. The inanuserips or contributions not accepted will l'Q returned. sra, EASY LESSONS. A funny old professor kept a school for little bov- And he n '"- "hl!e inthe3S l,Choo,room- hed gainst lNi,S' " S all.5"'11 proI,orti",,s -aS biS enough -If '-red mile pupil,." he explained: "for you iSpn-"y Wroi1S: indced il is lu fuice " budding mind-I mind-I make lay hie primer down, and send him off ''And wmetlmcs.it ill-happen on :. warm and pleas-ant pleas-ant day. When the HUIc birds upon the tree tooral-looral- AVhen wide-awake and studious it's tllffieu.lt to keep. One b one they 11 get a-nodding till the whole claw is asioen. -Then before they're all in dreamland, and their funny fun-ny snores begin. I elope the shutters softly. so the sunlight can t come" In: After which J out the schoolbooks in their order on the shelf, And. with nothing else to do. 1 take a liule nan myself." AUNT BUSY HAS HER SAY. Wanted (iood homes? for three wee pus-v Xow. Aunt Buy has sad tor.v. thut is a "really truly" t-tory. too. La.-t week, during a dreadful rainworm. Aunt Hu.-y heard the most mournful wails coming' from an alley right near her oftiee. On investigating bhe discovered four forlorn, drenched little kittens; i lie cutest little kittens ever seen all solid black! with real blue eyes. Aunt Jluy is very uld. very fat and very wise, hut. with all age. fat and wisdom, never before did she see kitlen-eats with blue eyes, so she became interested. She gathered the kitties into a basket and took them to her home, out of the rain, far away from cruel boys, and far awav from the cruel, rain'v world. She gave them warm milk and taught them how to lap real cream; she made them a nice warm bed out of an old sofa pillow, and the kiltie pusies urehnppy. But Aunt Busy cannot keep them, because she has not time to give them ihe care that respectable pussy cats "with blue ryes should receive, to homes re wanted for the dear little black kitties. One kitten is already, in a good home. Aunt Busy said good-bye to her today and gave her good advice, as she placed her in the kindly care of a dear little friend by the name of Adelaide Karl. Adelaide has promised Aunt Busy that the kitten kit-ten will be, like the fairies in the fairy stories, "happy forever after,' and Aunt Buey knows that Adelaide will til ways keep her promise. Still, then are three black kitties left. so Aunt Buv hopes that when the Salt Lake nieces read tbouf them that they will be adopted at once. Of course, only the Salt Lake nieces can adopt j . litem, because Aunt Busy could not possibly feend the poor little things away on a train to the other nieces, because they would die of fright. Any little Salt Lake niece who is willing to take a wee black kittie will pleu-e write to Aunt Busy right away. Address: Av. t Busy, "Pussy Cat Home." Intermountain and Colorado Catholic. Salt Lake City. Al'ST BUSY. 1 S. Dearly as Aunt Busy loves her many nephews., she would rather not place the kitties under the tender ( I) care of any boys, even her own nrphrwp. so no boys need apply. LETTERS AND ANSWERS. Ogden. Utah. Sept. ltf. My Dear Aunt Busy: Some of your slow pokes ore waking up. and want io cheer your 'dear old heart. Ogden was never more tilive than at the preent time. see by The Intermountain Catholic, Cath-olic, Salt Lake i? wide awake, too. Hurrah for Salt Lt.ke! It is fine to o Utah Irishmen get together and establish the Irish National league. 1 admire their taste in selecting Father Cu-hnulian president. presi-dent. 1 wish I were a ninn right away. Too bad I have to grow. L think an ld lady like you ought to know some way a boy might l.v a big man without with-out waiting so long. When 1 am a man I will be a Knight of Columbus and I. will belong to the Iri-h National league. hope to put a stir in things. You just say a prayer 1 may grow quick. If you do I know J will. I hope Colonel Joseph (jcojrhegun's pulse will soon be swelled to the thousands, thou-sands, fnd then dear :ld Ireland will be free. My father tells me many things about the Irish Land league. 1 am tired now. I will make my father tell me some .more; so good-bye for a while. Your patriotic nephew, DANIEL MOKAN. Of course Ogden is alive! Aunt Busy lias always al-ways had a love for Ogden and its splendid people. peo-ple. In regard to the Irish National league, Dan. 'hen two such enterprising persons as Bev. Father Cushnahan.and Colonel Joseph Oeoghegan get together, to-gether, you may be sure that something important will happen. You may decide right new that the Irish National league will amount to something under the shadow of Moroni. Aunt Busy thinks you are a dear good -liHp. even if you are not "grown up." She only wishes that some "grown- ! ups' had your enthusiasm. Dan. Write soon again. I dear boy. j ' . i Ogden, Utah. Sept. SI. Dear Aunt Busy: This is my first letter to you. and 1 hope it will not be my lat. I read in The Intermountain Catholic that you had a fine vacs-lion. vacs-lion. Next summer, if you are in Nevada, come down here and ask niaiiima if I may go with you. 1 would love to go with a nice old lady like you. I would fix your spectacles and your cap. ;:nd bo very nice to you. I can git a good breakfast, too, for when mamma is ill 1 get breakfast, and she says it tastes line. We can catch a bear for dinner, end have some nice tea and bread and butter for supper. sup-per. Be sure and do not forget to come. Love from all the girls. Yours loving niece. MA BY LUDWIC. Aunt Busy has a warm welcome for you, dear little girl. Aunt Busy would certainly enjoy having hav-ing you with her on a vacation trip. Indeed, she sadly- needs someone to help her with her spectacles, spec-tacles, cap, bird cage and the dozen other things carried by short, fat. funny old ladies like- Aunt Busy. If the dear niece, wants to eat "bear" she will be alone, because Aunt Busy is afraid of bears, both dead and alive. Write soon again, dear. Cherry Creek, Nev., Sept. 1U. Dear Aunt Busy: I have not written to you for a long time, but I have not forgotten you. I am going to start to sehcol on Monday. My teacher's teach-er's name is Miss Lyng. There arc 1 wo other children chil-dren to go to scho..l wiih m Their natue are Mai and Bertha. It has been pretty cold here the last few mornings. We have 150 little -chickens. ! Well, 1 will close, as mv letter mav be too lone. With love, your niece, ' MAUD 111 PI IK LAN. Aunt Busy is always pleased to hear from 31aude Phclan. but she does not write very often, tu Arml '; Busy's regret. She wishes all fittc?C5S to attend the dear little niece -during the coming school ierni. Aunt Busy loves little chicken and would lik'; to see the Nevada "chicks" aud their little owner, j Salt Lake City. Aug. 20. J Dear Aunt Busy: 1 received your dear letter and am so glad that yon are enjoying your vacation. I 1 am having a good time, but 1 miss you very much. I only want to tell you real good news, but. Aunt Busy, did you her.r that all your chickens were stolen t Some bad toon came the other night and stole all of them. I am vrry sorry and I am going to get you some instend. I will get realgood chickens. chick-ens. toe. I am having a fine time now. 1 play all day, only when I practice my music. I practice prac-tice about one hour every day. I will be very glad when you come home, dear Aunt Busy, and I remain, re-main, with much love, vour loving friend. , KUOKXIA MKnCIKK. Aunt Busy received this letter while she was on her vacation last August. The letter was written writ-ten by a dear little friend of Aunt Busy's, a dear little girl with pretty dark eyes, a sweet voice, and. what is better, she is the best mannered child that Aunt Busy has ever known. She is a good musician, too; but her pretty, courteous manners form her chief attraction. Aunt Busy does not want to make her dear little friend vain by praising her too much: she only wants to encourage her to continue to be a little lady, so , that she may become as lovable, gentle and sweet- mannered as her dear mother. -whom Aunt Busy knows well. I Cruelty to the Guinea Pig1. "Did you knew, papa, that if you hold a guinea-pig guinea-pig by the tail its eyes will drop out :'' His father laughed outright "Why. who in wonder told you such stuff. Louis "The boys all say that." answered Louis, sober as a judge, "and it's so yes. sir." "Oh. nonsense," said his father, still laughing. "Well, you go to the cage and hold one up. and you'll see." Just to humor the boy. the father went out. In a moment he eamc back looking well, just like a man that's been badly sold. "The little rascal got me that time," he said to a friend. "But I don't see the point." said the friend. "Don't vou i" "So." "Well, guinea-pigs have no tails.'' |