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Show fairy Talj Hilary 6raham,l7 Bonner $&Tr SKYSCRAPER COUCH Of all the adventures David had ever hnd this one was as strange and amazing amaz-ing as any. Here he was taking this marvelous trip through the map which had come to life and now he had come to visit a city the city of New York and she was talking to him. She was ready to tell trim all about herself, but first of all she had given him her invitation. She had asked him to climb up and talk to her as he sat upon her very best skyscraper couch. He did not want to appear frightened before a lady and besides he felt he certainly ought to be safe with her she was familiar enough with skyscrapers. sky-scrapers. He wondered how they would get up to this couch, but before he had time to wonder long, he was told to take a big upward step. Then, with one pull from .the beautiful woman he was upon the skyscraper couch, looking out over the harbor and at Atlantic Ocean. "Not dizzy, are you, David?" she asked. They all seemed to know his name. "Not a scrap dizzy," David answered. an-swered. And he wasn't, ne felt quite "Not Dizzy, Are You, David?" comfortable and at home And the young woman smiled at him. "That's the way! Strange, they come from so many different places but they so quickly make themselves at home. I suppose it is because they can feel at once my love of people. "But I was going to tell you about the family. We are all, as I have said, a family of girls, though of course the others you have met, Rivers, Oceans, Mountains and Prairies are all children chil-dren of the World parents, too. Our World parents have what you might call a number of different sets of children. chil-dren. It makes it very handy. "We girls in this country and In Canada just above us are the youngest daughters. Perhaps you have heard of some of my sisters? "There is Boston. She lives further east. You've been along her coast haven't you?" David nodded. "A lovely sister, is Boston. She has such cultured ways, too, and so well educated and such a pride to the family. "Then there is my sister Philadelphia Philadel-phia just a' little west of me. Sire is third to me in size and she loves to think of people being nice and warm. "Not only does she do a lot of trading but she lives near coal mines so she can constantly be sending coal to keep fireplaces cheery and furnaces well-filled. "Chicago, the sister next to me In size, in the Middle West as It is called in Illinois " David nodded. He, too, had been in the states where lived these sisters. "Chicago," New York continued, "is particularly interested in meat. She says that meat gives people strength nnd bodily warmth and she is famous for her meat packing industries. "Her people are devoted to her. Chicago Chi-cago grew very suddenly. You never saw' such a child for growing once she started and her people are very proud of that, as they have a right to be. "My sister Washington, on the other hand, is further south from me. She Is lovely, graceful, beautifully garbed and so neat. Always, since her earliest earli-est days she has been interested in the law. It is my sister Washington, perhaps you know, who sends out the laws by which the people In the United States are governed. ".My sister San Francisco who lives in California along the Pacific coast loves all those things which come to her from far away silks nnd rice nnd tea which come from China and Japan and Australia. Of course, they are nearer to her tlinn they are to me. They sound so very far olT to me." The Mo.t Powerful King The most powerful king on earth Is Wor-king; the laziest king, Shir-king; a very doubtful king, Jo-king; the most learned one. Thin-king; nnd the thirstiest one. Drinking; the sliest, Win-king; and the most garrulous one' Talking. Then Comes Dad'a Day Spring In the family the teacher was giving a lesson on the legends of the months, especially March. "What Is it." she asked, "that' comes In like a lion and goes out like lamb?" rather." replied the smallest pupil |