Show C B YO A mistress dawn A little maid tripped down the aisles of gray with a red red rose in her hair and the sun stin as he blinked and his e ees es thought the mild wondrous Non drous fair so cloe 1 he lie crept as the hours pissed passed and bidd biddi lne nir the mild m ild good morn asked what Is thy name sweet child of the kist eist and ani she answered him 11 mistress stress dawn then he kissed lier her till red as the rose in her aaa ahe taco of the fair maiden grow and ana don in meadow a corn flower peeped with WIh wide ulde staring ees of blue so when the aorl world ld from its dreams avi awoke oke dawn daun in the suns arms lay like a scarlet bloom that morn had dropped on cn the golden heart of diy daiy agnes helen lockhart in boston transcript good outdoor game here is a game which will bo be especially welcome to the girls for the boys have all sorts of outdoor sports now any number of girls or for that matter boys can play as R s long as the number Is even but they should be all girls or all boys there are two tio captains who choose sides as the boys do in playing t baseball As a rule about seven senen on each side makes tho best game gamb to lines are drawn on the ground twelve feet or four paces apart each side stands behind a line which is called the out line at the word of command from hor her captain each girl stands on her right foot lifting her left foot clear of the ground and keeping it there then the captains order 41 4 0 v opposing players como come together their little armies to charge and both lines hop toward each other the object of the game is for one side to shove the other side back beyond its own out line each player singles out another and hops against her pushing tier her with her shoulders and trying to force her backward over her out line the hands must be kept below the waist alst line and not used in pushing but they may aid one in keeping balanced on one foot an umpire watches the contest and if one player touches her foot to the ground if only for an instant she Is out and must leave the contest leaving her opponent free to help a comrade push back somo some ono one else elfie As soon as a girl hap has been pushed over her sides out line she lg 15 out and must stop playing while the others 0 continue tha th struggle 0 if it a player holds lio ids another with her hands bands or seizes any part of her dress she Is 1 out and must stop playing placers from both sides are continually getting out and at the end there are as a rule only a few loft left several girls can combine to push one player over the out line and this gives a chance for team work which you can safely render vety effective the gb 91 ne me is not a rough one owing to the ru s against using the hands and dresses do not get got torn nor soiled it is a game of skill rather than strength for a nimble girl who Is ii a good hopper can easily force a less skilful opponent to put her left foot on the ground to being coved back backward Aard it Is savory exciting anda splendid ex erciso and the players do not got thrown down or injured for one can always save ones self by put trig onos ones foot to the ground the game Is designed especially for girls of from ten to thirteen years for the soung ladies of seventeen or sj so feel too grown up tip to go about hon hor ping on ou one foot handkerchief bag this Is one way to use rings for a handkerchief bag you can ube more rings than shown in the illustration only keep that shape it ts Is prettier thun than the square or oblong ones A hat and a coin A very neat trick may be performed w with I 1 th a bat and a s silver iver quarter the quarter may bo be brand new just from the mint but the hat had better bo be an old one or at least one that ita its owner Is not veo yer particular about for it is likely to get a little rough handling it must MLA bo be of the pattern known as a a stovepipe either silk or beaver lay it on ita its side on top of a glass tumbler and on the upper side of the hat place the quarter now what you wish the company to do is to knock the hat from under the quarter so that the latter will fall into the tumbler E eveia vel y one that tiles it will be sure to strike the liat aliat on its brim but that will only send it across the room and the quarter somewhere on the J fluor when hie the feat has been pronounced impossible you make a few feints as if it you too wore wera going to strike it on the brim and then suddenly you give it a smart tail tal on the inside of the crown when it N will ill jump quickly out and let the coin fall down into the tumbler A few more conundrums what should you do if you split your bidos with laughter run till you get a stitch in them why Is a field of 0 gras grass like a person older than yourself because its past your age pasturage why is a bridegroom often more expensive than a bride because the arido is given awaa awa but the groom ie Is often sold what is tho the difference fforence di between a person late for a train and a school mistress one misses tho train tho the other trains the misses when dos doss a man mail impose on himself when he taxes his memory four new year resolutions RUTI 2 20 AA 1 n aa A there are four new now year re resolutions alu hidden away in fn our pur neat drawing and we want our ouri cleer readers to discover them and always always bear them in mind |