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Show FOUR EUROPEAN FLAGS. I ffRxY " ' ( SWITZERLAND - f. BELGIUM? ' (HOLLAND) - X; - -'- ' . The flag of Ital-is a tricolor of green, white and reef, the green stripe near the pole. ' On the white stripe is borne the shield of Savoy, a white cross on a red field, bordered with blue. The simple and beautiful flag of Switzerland is red with a white cross. ' The famous red- cross which is worn by the doctors, nurses and their assistants as-sistants in the time of war had - its origin in the flag of Switzerland. In 1863 an international conference was held in the city of Geneva, in Switzerland, Switz-erland, to consider how far the horrors hor-rors of war could be lessened by aid to the sick -and. wounded. The result re-sult was that'; aftt of .thecivilized nations, na-tions, all -thei' world-: Lov.er, promised to be neutral in-time of war to those officials who should go among' the sick and wounded. Hospitals and ambulances, am-bulances, wounded men, nurses and doctors are all untouched in the midst of turmoil. The distinctive mark of hospitals and ambulances is a red cross upon a white flag, and ail of the hospital workers wear a white armlet with the red badge upon it, the sign of their mission of mercy. This symbol is, as you will see, the flag of Switzerland reversed in color. The two flags below are the banners ban-ners of Belgium and Holland. . . They are both tricolors; that of Belgium being black, yellow, scarlet, the black, near the pole; while the Dutch flag is red,' white and blue, red at the top. Paint the picture.-- . as well as his forefeet, like you would your spade, it is not so difficult. "Now, the funny part about a mole is that, although it lives in the earth, yet it is never dirty like you get when you dig in the garden, but its blackish-brown blackish-brown fur keeps as clean and as soft as possible. - ', ' Problem in Mathematics. A cannon ball dropped from . this tower would reach the ground at A In four seconds. If fired from a cannon and acted on by .no force except that given by the discharge of- the cannon ' ! it would reach B In four seconds.,,.' ' ,' -.But -when fireii ;from.t,he cannon: it secretary , of war or the assistant secretary sec-retary of the navy, when officially visiting vis-iting a military post, receives a salute of 15 guns. Some Amusing Forfeits. Young People are often at a loss for good forfeits in their; games. In the schemes of advice upon the subject the penalties they impose are sometimes some-times objectionable or highly absurd, creating confusion where innocent pleasure is designed. The following are suggested to help young folks out of the difficulty. These forfeits, it will be seen, have each a separate name. . A good plan would be for a person who is to take an active part in the evening party to read them over during the day, so as to become acquainted with them. ' ; ', HUSH-A-BY BABY, V 'Yawn, until you. make several others ill the room yawn. This can be done by any person who can imitate yawning' yawn-ing' well, and it will afford much mirth. It should be allotted to a boy with a good-sized mouth and a sombre or heavy appearance, if such a one can be found in the party. . POETIC NUMBERS. Repeat a passage 6f poetry, counting the words aloud as you proceed, thus: Full (one) many (two) a (three) flower (four) is (five) born (six) to (seven) blush (eight) unseen (nine) and (ten) waste (eleven) its (twelve) sweetness (thirteen) on (fourteen) the (fifteen) desert (sixteen) air (seventeen). (seven-teen). This will prove a great puzzle to many, and afford considerable amusement. The Cannon Ball Problem, dtes not move in a straight line to J B, but in a -curved Una to , 'vV Why does it move in the curved line If. and how long does it take It to reach the fround at C? - ' ' Military Salutes. According to the army regulations as revie says the Washington Star, salute .rill be fired between sunrise . "A Jff.t 'only, and as a rule not on |