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Show b The Littir. leather They lit the Are and fairies cam T danc tn flytne cloaka of flame. They drew the eurtalna and the day Rnttred the room divine and gay. Still In her rainbow dawn dlegulse; With robe of roae and amethyst. And silver hood of morning mist lrawa doom to hide her golden ryes "lace-u- heel-ca- Among p several advantages stated are that they are much faster than steel blades, and so extremely slippery that they 111 run almost equally well over tee as upon rough, smooth and also glide easily over inequalities, broken twigs, and other obstructions They are made very sharp, and. owing to their extreme hardness. Is lmpossble to blunt them; and, unlike steel skates, they never want grinding, and cannot rust. These crystal skates are really artistic In appearance, being nearly transparent, the substance baa, also, while tn the liquid state, been previously colored. A They have been privately tested famous skating champion tried a pair recentl) at a London rink, using ms bogany-coloreones to avoid notice, the time being baidly ripe for exhibiA private trial was made tn tion Paris ar an ice rink, exclusively hired for the occasion, several ladies among them a celebrated lady Continental skater taking part; their skates were colored blue, crimson, brown. Ac., to match their costumes snow-covere- And there was one came In alth her. d a dalnt) messenger. A little page from leva a own court And lovely news of you he brought. My fairy Prince so far awsy, he far away from fairyland I And It hard to understand That I shall see your face White-winge- The morning only waits for you To make It perfect . how that blue Unclouded rotor of the sklee Reminds me of your great bine eyes Aad that red rose-cu- p full sf rsln Wakes dreams of your dear mouth, and thers Ths (Jght la golden like vour hair d d Oh, miracle of Joy and pain. To hold you In my arme again' Kreni ''Rainbows " by Oltvs Cuntanre Muaic From Bottles. For boys and (Iris who have a good ear for music here la a novel Instrument that they may easily make, and one that will cause no end of wonder aad talk. Strange to aay, you make tt of It A Pretty Party Trick. The old fashioned clay pipe has a little knob on the underside of the stem, near the bowl. What this is for no one seems to know, and perhaps If you bare such a pipe to blow bubbles wKh you will want to get rid of the useless knob ts soon as possible. Now. if you try to knock It off with a hammer you will probably smash the pipe and leave the knob fast to ths biggest fragment The proper way Is to ask a friend to insert bis finger into the bow) and to hold the pipe with the stem slightly inclined and the mouth end resting on a smooth table. Then lay an iron rod or a piece of pipe stem two or three inches long on the table so that it points to and along the stem of the pipe and project a little beThen yond the edge of the table. strike the short rod or pipe stem smartly with your hand and tend it over the table and nip the stem of the pipe until It strikes the knob and You may not succeed knocks It off the first time, but keep on until you do. It is easier than It looks, and makes a very pretty parlor trick. The Bottle Organ, old empty wine bottles and two broomsticks Lay one stick on the backs of two chairs and the other on the seats, which will leave IS or 20 The inches' space between them chairs must be placed with their backs toward each other, and nearly as tar apart as the broomsticks are long. Now suspend the bottles from the ticks, nine bottles frpm each, by means of strings tied to the neck. More or less water Is then poured into the bottles to make each give a note in the music scale, and that is where the good ear for music comes in. When the bottles bare been tuned properly, the instrument will be ready A Darting Dragon. to be played on, and this Is done by To make this amusing toy get a means of drumsticks. Glass tumblers are sometimes used number of pieces of thin wood, each In a similar way, but the bottle device on three or four inches long, half an ia decidedly more novel and striking. inch wide and not much thicker than Tbs notes are exquisitely soft and melodious, and the music they make Of course the "lnstru-mentis delightful. must be made and played by some one who has a knowledge of music. -- back are slate color and the outer tall feathers white. It Is a beautiful litof tle creature, and Is the beet known name any bird to which the favorite of snow bird is given. Our stalled white snow bird Is really the snow Tbo-reabunting, pr snowflake, which snowcalls the true spirit of the storm." they are so closely associated in the mind with the whirling, driving snow. It Did the Work. tuy poor hands are chapped, Mr Milligan. Dear, dear, how sad! But, really, u Just see boa didn't suppose there was room oa your little hands for chaps, Mlse .title I'm sure these are merely chappies The announcement of the engage ment will appear next ttnnday I Ribbon Trick. If we fasten a ribbon, as show 1 the cut above, and hold the ends tn the hands, it will he apparent that the acissors will not he able to tut the But the teat may be easily tie. B accomplished by passing the loop Into the ring C and then slipping tt come along the scissors the ribbon will s within the range of the cutting aad the band jrfll be dlvidedr After a little practice the trick may half-groa- a Wished ts Be Prepared. I'm hungry, sir, said the beggar. Won't you give me enough to get meal" Here, my good iuan, said Mr. Pompous, here's a penny for you." Oh, thank you, sir. By the way, have you got a pepsin tablet about I always get dyspepsia when you overeat myself" Mr-face- A Mechanical Catastrophe. Hear about Hardisk's Smartleq experience with the automatic electric waiter In N'York? fipartlcus No; what was tt? Hmartlcua He picked out hla der, decided he'd take a Bermuda1 onion, and dropped in hto money. But the confounded machine sprang p leek oa him. tr V be easily performed. Instead of getting any one to hold the ends of the ribbon they may he fastened to the table or to a chair. Farnl'ifr Tramp Here. what are ye dotn up thar? I'm teaehln' yer dog ter walk on hla hind legs. Shadow Buff. Hard. This game, if well played, to great "It's a hsrd taak, this being S states-,- " A large white sheet to first fun. remarked the great man reflec-thslbung securely on one sine of the room and on a table, some distance behind, "People are hard to satisfy. a very bright lamp must be placed. "Very, - If you have money at the Then the players take tt la turn to ml of a term of office they wink sit on a stool facing the sheet, while and. say, 'I told you o, and the rest pass behind, between him M you are poor they curl their Ups and and the lamp. As the shadows are comment on your improvident charactthrown on the sheet the sitter has to er. guess who tbs shadow represents. This ia more difficult than many i An Unsentimental Answer. people Imagine, because you may dis"What would you do, Harry, asked guise yourself in any way, or make a rather vain woman of her little absurd grimaces or gestures, which nephew who had been assuring her makes the guessing far harder. of his unbounded affection for her, It your aunt died and your uncle A Few Word Don't. meried again? Here to a list of words aad phrases "WhyV rqplled Harry, without the in common use that boys and girl slightest hesitation, I would go to should avoid. They may be easily re- ths wedding, of course. membered. Dont say: Guess, for sup pose or think; fix for arrange or pro 1 Has Its Laughable Features. pare; ride, when you mean drive; red Tou seem to think," sternly reI know, marked the chairman ot the commisgood, for really good; not for not that I know; try an experi- sioners engaged In Investigating the ment, for make an experiment; she Beef trust, theres something funny don't read well, for she doesnrf(j :pwraering mess pork. well; party, for person; posted, for sir," said the packer. 1 can't depot, for station; stopping, help laughing. Havent you seen for staying; like I do, for M I do. " hew Im holding my eides? A WEEKLY PROBLEM. u jt .v Conundrum. the wood of a cigar box. Arrange Disc Puzxie. What is the beat string to lead a s Who can arrange these twelve discs them as in the picture, pivot them lady with? A string of pearls. r In six straight lines so that the num- with a abort nail with a large bead, When is love like a chicken bone? bers on the discs in each of the six and arrange the dragon (made out of When hidden In the breast. , a large piece of thin wood) as shown. Why does our Christmas dinner repthe thumbs the hole .nto By putting resent Asia? Because It gives us Tur- shown at the ether end, and work5 key. ing these handles as yon would a pair are so confectioners Why much of scissor the dragon will dart back ror? Because they , serv and forth. The end piece, or handles, sought kisses. must be large enough to permit of What tradesmen are always on lines will add up to just 26? Where making the holes for the thumbs, as the six lines cross each other the disc shown. A body to the dragon may strike? Stone cutters. When are forts like griddle .cakes? at the point of crossing Is, of course, be mad of light colored cloth or caleounted as being in both; iinee. ico. The nails for the pivots must When battered. be malleable so they will bend over A Little Jap in Bcheel. ' , Hug CMnedb Top. after being driven. Do you know how many letters the Chinamen In Astoria, Or., amuse Forty-sevethemselves with a huge top made out Japanese alphabet contains? Hen and Mouse. Think of it! And, besides, A new kind of a mouse trap is told of an empty white lead keg. A square there are ever so many word signs, about in a recently printed story. Ths opening is cut In the side, and it takes some standing ior a word and others trap Is alive, and consists of a hen In three men to spin It-- one to hold the for a whole sentence, which the little a certain barnyard, that la very active top and two to pull the string with a tick which seta it tn motion. While Japanese boy or girl must leant to In catching mice around the barn and know perfectly. When the young Jap1 henhouse. She would spring on a pinning it sounds like the whistle of goes to school in ,tbe morning be mouse, carry it off in her beak, play a steamer, anl can be heard three leaves his sandals outside the door. with It just as a cat docs and finally blocks awsy. Then he goes in, bows very low to the peck It to death. teacher and takes his place beside the filling Him Up. other children. Junco is True Snow Bird. Askltt What ts your private opinion That ia, he squats down upon The name of snow bird is applied of that man Vppson? floor mat and begins to study with a to a variety of birds which appear In Knoitt He reminds ms of an agg. book on his knee. winter in the colder climatep. The Askitt Oh, a bad egg, eh? A very queer book you would think real snow bird, however, is the junco. Knoitt Not necessarily; hut he's It if you could see It, for it begins at Its breast ts a soft gray, with the too full of himself to hold anything white. The head, neck and els. the back. Instead of the front and the Unee run up and down the page. Instead of across, as yqurs do. LETS SNOWBALL GRANDPA. FIND HIM. The letters are curious too. Very much like the Chinese characters we see on packages of tea. When he learns to write he does not use a pea, hut a small brush with s flue point Neither is his ink like ours. Bather it is what we call India Ink. It to quite bard and comes in a long stick. e it he first pours water upon a flat stone and rubs his Ink in tt Then he dips in his brush and copies the letters which the teacher has made upon the blackboard. His paper Is not smooth, but quite rough and porous. He has a very easy time when he come to arithmetic. He does not have long tables of pounds, shillings and pence, and be knows nothing about avoirdupois and Troy weight. He does everything by tens and he counts upon his fingers. Then, too, he has the soroban. and he does all bit sums on tt It to great frame, with wires running from top to bottom. On the wires are large wooden buttons, and It is only necessary to move these about to do any amn he wishes. Chicago Chronicle. 0 ' Femlnln View of aa It Mrs. Wederly So you have never met the woman you thought you could msrry? 81 ngleton Never. Mrs. Wederly Welt, I don't wonder at that As a rule, women are bnrd to pitas. - 1 Creditors Are Be Inconsiderate. When a man to unable to meet his MBs, it Is very embarrassing to him to have to meet his creditors Somerville Journal. Mrs. Asklt What is this Chines paper? Mr. Asklt week. aaaaaaaaAAAAASBaaas THE DNLY TWO. Whether Problem I read about so often tn the r not you'll get your laundfy at the end of tho j VVVVyyVvVifjvYIYVlAnjVM Homs Preaching Rev. Dr. Qoodmaa Im so sorry your husband Isn't here, Mrs. Smith. I'm afraid you forgot to tell him I Intended to preach y on municipal --- problems. Mrs. Smith Indeed I did not ' 1 told him that the very last thing, but he said be would stay and read bis Bible. 7 - to-da- at-hor- ' Greek Meeting Greek, . Met Gabble and Perkins at A smoker last night and introduced them to each other. Browne Oh, say, It'a a sham to introduce a bore like Gabble to anybody." Town' Its evident you don't' know Perkins or youd see the humor of it Town' Went Without Baying. . Miss Peppery 1 hear a young man wu quite attentive to you last night at the party." Miss Oldua No particular young man. Miss Peppery Particular? . O, no, of course not To-us- Skates Mads of Glass., have beeti ' experimenting on skates for years past. . wad one of ths latest results is a skats made of glaaa. hardened by a recently-discovereprocess to tbs consistency of po1. The satire skate it ot Ihle , substance, the upper part resembling a Slipper, open behind with a split tactical inventors d The Morning After. "Ira! Get up! Mrs. Gaymaa called, shaking her sleepy husband. "If youre going down town with Asa, youll have to hurry. Asa's up. Aces up? You win replied Gaymau sleep) I never did ha the money. aay luck, the Newricbes reception after the Horse Show the other night taa very select There were only two common people there." Who were they? ' "Mr. and Mrs. Newrlche. "Yes, Severed His Connection. Were you discharged from last place? "No; they didn't want me aay er, and so I left long- ' Either One. N , Free Puffs. Anxious to Knew. T will fool them black a Did ey what notice man grinned one you will birpsvi' wbss r&troMAI the money in the world?" the mayor has? asked the village the tall young man in the imperial tie. "How so? asked the haxel-eyegirl. 7 editors wile. P4d the apprehensive theorist. to-cof molder the saw I ! It, Why, I spilt some gasoline on mv replied snre 1 don't know, answered opinions, -- but t cant afford to trousers and they cant toll If I am-- a U bustling capitalist: "but Im wM-t- o . It for less than the usual rate.1 notice grocery clerk or a chauffeur, out.! find do my best to 1 d Ta -- Sensitive, lark r "Have an egg shampoo, t!mVow! fsiiottld say not! tarber "Beg pardon, sir. know you were an actor" 6 1 did The Case Warranted IL Dangerous Pastime. I dont see how yotj Simpson Can't you work that typewriting machine without making such tall nkOn dangerous sport. 1 Oldlover Why, Tve known many a a terrible noise? Samson Not when I m writing to a poor fellow to get married just by man wba called m an Idiot teaching a gtrf to akale. Athlete - v |
