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Show AARY GRAHAM BOMNER. PLEASANT DAY "Now, It Isn't right to take advantage advan-tage of people and It isn't right to take advantage of animals, but it Is all right to take advantage of any of us," said the day Thursday. "I don't mean," Thursday continued, "That It Is wrong to get pleasur from people and enjoyment and assistance, but it Is wrong to take advantage of people to let them do more than you know they should do, to let them go without for you while you have all for yourself. "Such things are dreadful to my mind. Those who forget friendships and kindnesses and sacrifices are so really cruel, for they do not know the suffering they cause from their thoughtlessness and their selfishness. "But, as I said, with a day It Is different. dif-ferent. I want every one to take advantage ad-vantage of me. I am here for that. I can't accept anything from people because be-cause I have always gone In the same circle and always shall. Not that I am snobbish. By no means. I want every one to share me. But I can't exactly play games with them or chat with them In their own language. "The friends I know are Mr. Sun and the King of the Clouds and Old Man Weather and Mr. Moon. Those are the ones I know so well. But I do want every one to get all the enjoyment enjoy-ment out of me they can. "I heard a little girl say that she wanted to take advantage of this nice day as she was anxious to wash out her dolls' clothes and have them dry nicely so she could press them and "Thursday Sang a Little Song." dress all her dolls up In fresh, cjenn clothes again. And that pleased me enormously. "Then I heard some others say: "Let's take advantage of this beautiful day and go on a picnic and take our swimming suits along.' That pleased me so much, too. "Then I heard some others say: 'Let's take a ride In the old automobile automo-bile and we'll take along our lunch and our supper and we'll have a real holiday all of us and we'll sit by the roadside and eat. " 'We will 6pend this wonderful day out-of-doors and take advantage of It' Oh, that pleased me very much. "Then I heard a lovely lady say : 1 shall sit out on the back porch this morning for It has been dump and rainy lately and I have not been able to get out. But I will take advantage of this beautiful day.' "That pleased me ever so much for I could see how the lady did love a pleasant day. "And then I heard some one else say : 'A pleasant day makes me feel so happy.' "I am saving that to tell to Father Week when I get back home. He will be delighted. But I could not do all this without help, and Mr. Sun Is my greatest helper. "I somehow think that we all need help from one another. I don't believe be-lieve anyone could be pleasant unless . they had known what Joy It brought and what happiness It carried with It to be pleasant. "I know what Mr. Sun can do and I am helped by Mr. Sun. We do all we can for others. And It Is so nice to be a pleasant day. Every one feels so kindly toward a pleaRant day and the compliments are ever so nice to hear. "And a day likes to be taken advantage advan-tage of because It Is always In ho nice a way. but to take advantage of people In a mean and thoughtless way Is -nniethlng very different, 1 repeat onn? more. "Ah, yes. I'm a pleasant day today. I think I shall sing a little song about t." So Thursday sang a little song and Mi. Wind Joined In the chorus anil the ".reeze Brothers, too, non1 of them Inglng but Just humming a bit. 'J'lila vas Thursday's song: I'm a plnpant flfi" Ann" I hope I may S'ny that way. All 5ay. all lHy. I'm happy, you nop. An bnppy nl enn t" Mr. Sun phln-n with rl Anil 1 1 1 ii t r'-Jfiif s nie. Oh I'm a pl.irint riny And nil rl.i y I II ulny thin v.-:i . Tl " people did nut he:ir Thursday's til', but there u!j iniisie In the ulr u:n Hint pie:ts:mt ilny. |