Show III 1 I WHICH WAS VAS QUEEN M TV MISS ISS CORNSTALK grew very and proud as the days das went by her silky hair floated over her pale green dress in the breeze It Is s plain to me that I am om the queen cn of the field she said to the Pumpkin Vine crawling on the ground ld nearby I feel sure that I was Intended Intended intended In In- tended to be queen else why should I be so much above all others around here 7 We each play our part partI I think replied the lowly Pumpkin Vine My Iy day has not come yet I am sure when you ou behold me In my glory you ou will see that I am quite your our equal though I 1 do not think I was made to tobe tobe tobe be queen I should say you OU were not haughtily replied Miss lillIs Cornstalk Co looking on Pumpkin Vine with scorn I t I II Pumpkin Vine Had a Pumpkin and now that I think of It I wonder I 1 even so far forgot my high station es to speak to youA youA youA you A queen should speak only to her equals and I 1 wish you ou would not address address address ad ad- dress me roc again for I rea really II cannot notice one so far beneath me Pumpkin Vine said something about kindness being the greatest virtue n a queen could have but Miss Cornstalk only shook her silken locks that the they might glisten gUsten In the sunlight and held her head higher higher than ever as liar hr green sar fluttered In the breeze But nut one day doy when Pumpkin Vine had forgotten all about the unkindness ness of 01 haughty Miss Cornstalk down fell something close beside her Pumpkin Vine now had n a large yellow yellow yel yel- ellow el i low pumpkin of 01 which any vine should have bave been proud but she did not brag hrag about Its gold She knew that other Vines tInes had golden pumpkins and that It was not the only beautiful thing In Inthe Inthe inthe the world But what was it that In lay on the ground beside her Pumpkin lumpki Vine looked and ond there was Miss Cornstalk proud and haughty no more mOIe for her silken tresses were gone one and aud her green sash and all that was left of her former glory was a long stalk with husks withered and dl dry Now was the tile time you OU think thick for tor Pumpkin Vine to ha have hae e revenge but bul not In th tho think did she way 1 you ou may take It It Very softly she spoke to poor fallen MI Miss MIs s Cornstalk T Te re 0 sun Is nice and warm even If It the night are arc cool conI she he said and It will not be belon belong lon Ion long before you vou will be taken into a n anbe warm warns barn SN do not feel so sad You are very fortunate to be he able to see so much of the world for from lofty place you ou must have seen many mony things I haw have missed and I am sure you will see many fanny things s down here that will make malee you OU glad you came Miss Cornstalk looked at Pumpkin Vine and saw the frig I golden pumpkin You were right Your day 01 oL glory has come and you are arc my equal she sighed and you ou should have beet queen of 01 the field of me for you ou know 1 1 to be kind to those who have been unkind to you ou and und th the real I queen Is the one who rules herself tl first Poor Ioor foolish Miss Cornstalk while she was beautiful she had no time for wise vise thoughts but when her beauty was gone she found out that beautiful deeds count for more than silken tresses and haughty haught manners p b by ure Newspaper Syndicate I I J in a Name I FACTS about your Sour our name its it's history pO y- y MILDRED meaning whence t it t wes as derived a fn if- if I E MARSHALL cance sense your lucky dey da and luc r rE y jewel ewe fJ I j r 4 11 niM i i TP 11 tT t I Ll yil l' l T L MILD MILDRED RED MILDRED ILDRED is something of a n holy name nome since It has a heritage closely associated wit with ii religious orders Though said to be of Teutonic origin it was exclusively Saxon In its early use indeed It ma may be said to tobe tobe tobe I be almost Mercian Merclan since Its first appearance appearance ap ap- ap was in the family of King Mild was a Saxon word meaning mild and by the addition of another Saxon term 81 signifying com corn command mand the feminine name WitS was formed Because It was translated trans trans- hated Jated to mean menn mild speech speed I It was mu much h used as a n mme acme for gentle dam clam damsels damsels sels with religious Inclinations King l lad Ind three eh daughters whom he lie named 1 DIll and I thus l thus employing nil all I versions of 01 the name then In use All three became nuns nun of a holy order The two latter lotter were later inter abbesses one in the other In the hI Isle of Thanet The They were finally canonized canonized canonized can can- In recognition of their saint saintly I lives Ps ns as h and 1 Thus Mildred l Mildrd or Mildreda 1 I as you OU prefer came into existence I Iund and und straightway won great popularity Ir it and ond later luter throughout 1 nil all England Germany adopted Mildred Mildred Mil Mil- dred but It has hos never hind had definite definite vogue ogue there thele In spite of Its supposed Teutonic origin The TIle consonants were too harsh for prance France and Spain I though the latter occasionally employs employs em ern plo ploys 1 l ncr accenting only the vowels In the soft Latin manner r. Mildred was the name given to the famous daughter of it and mul ml through h her Its among EulIsh maids was inns forever assured Recently It j I jIt It t was revived etl to even een greater vogue Oue I Iti In England nail and America nail and etymologists claim that Hint tile the record of or battles christened h nell by hy that name In late lure y years ars I would be astounding und and untidier able uhle The emerald Is Mildreds Mildred's I T u gem It Is said to prO prOse se her it II keen Intellect charm nd ad s success In affairs affairs af affairs af- af fairs of the heart The rile hawthorne signifying hope Is her flower Wednesday Wed Wed- is her lucky da day daj and und three her lucky number by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc Inc- |