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Show 5 v V ..Our Boys and Hirl$.. I Edtied by Aunt Busy. 'd ROAD TO GRUMBLETOWN. " . ' " 1 S i k . Ti i Ti? quite a rtnmg? dnd'easy road , ;e I That leads to Gruu.bletov.n, . ' And tlioio who wish can always 'find . rip- 1 A c hance to journey down. ,.f I c t I Tis customary for the trip j" i To choose a rainy day .'- 1 When weathers line one's not so apt Jg I To care to go that way. liar ' -55 ? Just keep down Fretful lane- until 'e I You come to Sulky stile. : "Where travelers often like to reft I In silence for a while. And then cros ovh-Pouting bri(ls .. I "Wlif-re Don't Cz re brook Hows 'down,, r j And just a little way beyond j , ! You come to vlrumbletown. j !."v I I lit- ; From what I learn, this Grumbletown I crv j " Is not a. I'leasant pl.tec-: One never hpars a cheerful word, 1 ; Or sees a sm ling face. r " The children there are badly spoiled i And sure to fret and tease, ro j And all the grown-up people, too, lv. I Seem cross and hard to please. hr , - j The weather rarely is just rignt rr-v j In this peculiar spot: oo- i 'Tls either raining all the time, fi3i Or etee too cold, or hot. r Tho books fre stupid as can be: '" The ganifs are dull and old; tr-.J j There's nothing new and nothing n ce r.ji ' ' N 'run,kl?tOA 11, I'm told. ,v And so I've taken pains, my dears, ity, 1 The easiest rood to hhow, a V I That you may all bo very sure You never, never go: St. Nicholas. 1 AUN TBUSY HAS HER SAY. )h0 1 Dear Xicoos and Nephews: Aunt JJus.y extends - I to all her dear children sincere wishes for a happy, jrlad Xow Year. She hopes lh$t life for you all ",, j will le true of glad houg through the coming years, . r.'. J lighted ly love and happiness. Hay every hour of i your yonth bo bright and eare-free. and, as time passes ly. may there he for "all ihe dear Sim- heams only the tendered, fairest memories of the ;1 vanished years. Once more, dear children, best " .' ! wishes for a happy, happy Xcw Year, from your "r. j loving old AUXT BUSY, -n.i : ". LETTERS AND ANSWERS. j . " ' Split Roek, Wye, Dee. 18. ' tor My Dear Aunt Busy: 1 am sending you $1 for ud ! the c-iub. I think it is very nice to help the poor, oir j but we can't have a club, as my sister and I arc the' I only Catholic children around here. I am 10 years I old. I agree with ihe editor that "Aunt Busy's tre ;j Sunbeams" is the nicest name that was sent in: rt i Yur loving niece, EVA srx. I Aunt Busy welcomes the dear little niece frony- P I Wyoming right royally. The contribution - you ,,(" j send is very large for a little girl, and Aunt Busy . U will add it to the St. Laurence branch of the Sun- vro lanis. In regard to the club. Aunt Busy wishes m -j the dear little people to understand that the mem- I hers do not have to le Catholics. Invite all of your ia- I little friends to assist and do your little chari- ia, f 1ablc work right in your own home town. Aunt ;nt I Busy thinks you a very dear little "Sunbeam," ami I slw- will give your money to St. Anthony's guild vj j with your own name on a card. Write soon again, little Eva. Aunt Busy does not" want to lose any Zr I little "?un?hine maker" like you. r j 4 ' Ilaho Falls. Ida.. Dec. 20. U1. Dear, Aunt Busy: I thought I would write you t I a short letter. I like to read the Children's Cor- ji'. ' nor. I am 12 years old today, and I helped to serve to i Ma.s this morning. 4 My' brother Edwin and I are- iu I going 10 serve Mass on Christmas eve. I am in ii- s theh Fifth grade B, and 'my teacher's name is Mis u- Agues Lynch. I am studying liard to win the rize which Father Mooney is going to give for I Catechism. I have a sister Xora and a dear lit- " w tie baby sister named Charlotte Magdalen. My ' ii . papa is a carpenter and he is working ut the new n- sugar factory. We are going to make Idaho Falls p- our home. Well, J. will close, hopfng my letter is d i -jot too long. From your loving nephew, n, I BERNARD J. McGAHAX. 'a j Aunt Busy is rejoicing over the nieces and i nephews from Idaho Fall?. They were very long )1; in writing to Aunt Busy, but there are gladly wcl- eomeI. She thinks she must thank. dear .Father f Mooney for the new "SumVams." Be sure to let ; Aunt Busy know who wins the prize. She thinks. S ihat Rev. Father Mooney'Avill have hard work to ' decide, he has so niaiv;.- dear children working for ' it. Write soon again, Bernard. !r 4. 1,1 Idaho Falls, Ida., Dec. 20. 11 ' Dear Aunt Busy: I thought I would write for 'j " ihe first lime, to you. L go to the public school and '' T am in the Fifth grade. I will be 11 years old this Christmas. Father Mooney is our, priest and we. all like him very much. We all go to Sunday . j school and are trying to get the prize for the best attendance and for ihe one who knows their Cate- i .-hism lest. I will close for this time. From your me-e. MARY EILEEX LUBY. e j ' A sincere welcome to the dear little niece with s ho very pretty name, from Idaho Falls. Aunt '' ;Usy is sure you are a very bright little, girl. Of r course you like Father Mooney. (Jive him Aunt '.- 3usv"s kindest regards, and write soon again, dear. Idaho Falis, Ida., Dec. 10. Dear Aunt Busy: I will write to you for the t first time. I go to ihe public school because there ; "s no other. I go t Sunday school every time there . s Sunday school. Rev. Father Mooney is our pas- ,nr and 1 like him very much. This Is all I know for this time. From your nephew. m ANDREW WIEDMAN. A Aunt Busy is so delighted to welcome the dear little children from Idaho Falls. She earnestly 1 hoxs that you will not neglect her, now that you have started to write. Aunt Busy us sure that you ;ire a very good boy. Andrew, and she wants you ; to write to her whenever you have time. A KIND VOICE. j If one would have a kind voice one must start in youth to cultivate it, and be on ihe watch at all Times while at work and while at play. The kind voice must speak the thought of the kind heart, j It is in play that a sharp voice is most easily i acquired. Boys ami girls say words in a quick, I sharp tone, almost like the snap of a whip. If one of them is vexed the Voice sounds as if it were made j up snarl, a whine and a bark. It speaks worse j ihan the heart feels. The ill will is louder in the . tone than in the words. , .. . In mirth one may carelessly allow one's voice 1o grow shrill and unpleasant. Some people have a sharp home voice and keep a company voice for use elsewhere. It is a safe rule to ue one's best voice at home. LOVE YOUR MOTHER NOW. Young man, did you ever put your arms around L your dear old mother, and tell her that you love her and are grateful for the work she has done for you, for the tears she has shed and the prayers she has j offered for you? She may think that you love her without you assuring her that you do, but it costs you but little effort to tell her, and your words may ; I i bring more joy and sunshine to her heart' than you ( f over dreamed ot. Some young men will pay' $2 for f a livery rig to ride three hours with a 7u-cent 'girl, j mid thev will tell her all the nice things they can ' ' - V think of that are true, and. more that'are not true, and they don't spend o cents or five minutes in a year to show their old mother that they care anything any-thing for her. Do not be one of them, nor wait until your mother is dead to show her your affec- tion. ' ' SAYINGS OF CHILDREN. Once Birdie, while standing at .the -window, exclaimed: ex-claimed: 'Oh, papa, look! seme bad person has been feeding soap to that poor horse; the lather is all running out of his mouth." The circle round the fireside burst into a laugh. For a-moment the child looked surprised and reproachful re-proachful that we should laugh at no cruel an act: then a flash of light came to the little face, and she laughingly said: "Oh. what a mistake! I might have known he bad-been cleaning Ids teeth with tooth soap.7 This brought down the house again, and this lime, finding no clue to the blunder, the poor little under lip began to quiver, and the curly , head 'drooped in mortified grief. . "Hal lie's, baby sister. Birdie, was very fleshy. Her little cheeks stood out as if there were two huge apples inside, llattie heard her mamma say she thought her brother woubLcatch the mumps from some schoolmates. One morning soon after she found him sitting by the fire, both jaws immensely swollen with that disease. She looked shocked at his. changed appearance, and asked with much concern: con-cern: "Henry, did you catch catch catch the fattening fat-tening from Birdie:"' , " 4 The sensation of homesickness has been variously vari-ously describecl. but never more, graphically than by a little girl, who, miles away from home and mamma, sat heavy-eyed and silent at "a hotel table. "Aren't you hungry, tleari" a.sked her aunt, with whom she was traveling. No" "Doesn't your head ache;" "No." ...... . - . . '"What is themattori" The child's lip quivered, and she said, in a tone to grieve J,he heart : s ' "I'm seasick for home."' '. , , It was at one of the west side schools' the other day that the word "catch" came up in a lesson! The little girl that was" reciting did not recognize the word, and another small damsel yas asked to dc-. dc-. i;He it. . ': .'; . ' ; ' 'Catchf she said. "Why, catch' means just to ketch." .- . 4 , "Papa," said little Tom one day when he came home from school, "teacher says you must have me 'sassinated." "Assassinated;" 4Yes,ir. She says every child must be 'sassi-nated 'sassi-nated before lie comes back to school, because smallpox is in town." "Oh, Vaccinated;" N "Yes, sir; that's' it." Willie Mamma says I mustn't play marbles for keeps. , . ". Chimmic Oh, well, we'll fight for 'era den, if she t'inks you'd have easier graft dat wav. A little girl, before going -out' to a tea party was couched in conduct by a fond. mamma. "You may take cake twice if it is offered you, but if 5-ou , are asked a third time you must say, with all possible pos-sible politeness, 'Xo, thank you! " On her return home she gave assurance she had remembered and followed the maternal instructions, "but.,' she added, add-ed, "the servant brought the cake to me a fourth th-e.". ; ; '"And what did you say then ;" inquired mamma. "Oh," was the startling rejoinder, "'then I-thought of what papa does sometimes, and I said; "Take it away and don't bother." .: A minister had lieen suffering from a severe attack at-tack of sciatica, which had worked upon his nerves, making him somewhat impatient and fretful. "Whaf makes papa so cross ;" wonderingly inquired his little daugher. Her mother explained the cause, pf the trouble, adding: "We must be very patient .and kind with poor papa. He is suffering very much with that sciatic nerve." The little one was thoughtful for a moment, then she. solemnly remarked: re-marked: "Mamma, when I grow up 1 will never marry a man with a sciatic nerve'. ' John's mother was dressing to go out, and John was helping her. "I.do not like, that dress.-mother," he said, after looking critically at her. 'Ayhy don't you wear the one with-the seldom spots';" And to please him she wore the dress with polka dots. "Sixteen boys went to the canal on a. summer's aftf-rHoou to swim," said the teacher, "but five were told not to bathe. How many went in?" . "Sixteen,' said Sam. , 4 Little Evelyn, who wished to take a walk wih one of her friends, was told she must, remain at home to take care of her little sister. - She replied: ' 'Mamma, you say God takes care' of me; let Him take care of Alice awhile Our' Young People. . - A |