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NELLE M. MUSTAIN. 
 
Pleasant Hours of Amusement 
 and Entertainment. 
 
 EMBRACING 
 
 NINE BOOKS IN ONE VOLUME 
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 HOME 
 
 AMUSEMENTS 
 
 BOOK II. 
 
 CHURCH 
 ENTERTAINMENTS 
 
 BOOK III. 
 
 SCHOOL 
 GAMES 
 
 BOOK lY. 
 
 OUTDOOR 
 SPORTS 
 
 BOOK V. 
 
 LITERARY 
 GLEANINGS 
 
 BOOK VI. 
 
 Miscellaneous En- 
 tertainments FOR 
 Clubs, Parties, fTC. 
 
 BOOK Til. 
 
 FUN FOR ALL 
 OCCASIONS 
 
 BOOK VIII. 
 
 Dainty Work for 
 Deft Fingers, or 
 Boys' and Girls' 
 Workshop 
 
 BOOK IX. • 
 
 THE ART OF 
 ATTAINMENT 
 
 The ^Vhole Compbising a Chakming CortECTioKr of Games, Spohts fob Heai-th and 
 Beauty, iNsxEtrcTivE Amusements and Misceli-aneous Helps fob Both 
 
 Young and Oi-d, fob the Home, the Chukch and tsp ^C^J^bor. .; , . ' 
 
 By NELLE M. MUSTAIN 
 
 SUPERBLY EMBELLISHED WITH LIFE PHOTOGRAPHS POSED BY A LEADING TEA(/HfP OF PHYSICAL CULTUKE , . 
 
 H. J. SMITH PUBLISHING CO. 
 
 CHICAGO, Ilylv. 
 

 CONQKL&%>. 
 CLAJM»(X*yXr No. 
 
 oory B. I 
 
 Copyright 1902 
 
 BY 
 
 LYMAN A MARTIN 
 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 .9 J 
 
 HILDEE^ need play. Young people need entertainment. Old people need 
 recreation. Everybody needs it. They can work better and longer for having 
 relaxed a little. Play gives rest from toil and aptitude for labor. It re-creates, 
 strengthens and puts joy into life. 
 
 There is an old tradition to the effect that when St. John the Apostle was on the 
 Isle of Patmos, a hunter one day finding him in the forest playing with a tame bird, 
 said : "I am surprised to find a holy apostle wasting his time in sport. It befitteth 
 not thy calling." 
 
 St. John replied to the hunter : "What boldest thou in thy hand F' 
 
 "A bow,'' said the hunter, "by which I earn my living." 
 
 "But I see that the bow is unbent and the cord loosened. Of what use to thee 
 is such a bit of wood and a string? Where is the power in it to send an arrow to its 
 mark ?" 
 
 "Knowest not," replied the hunter, "that if I kept the string tight and the bow 
 bent all the while it would soon lose its power?" 
 
 "Thou hast rightly answered," said the apostle, "and in answering me thou hast 
 answered thyself concerning my bird and my sport. My bow must sometimes be un- 
 strung." 
 
 The story is most applicable, and in these days needs to be told over and over 
 again. Overworked men and women, and overcrowded school children need to gain 
 new power, new vitality. 
 
 There is a difference in entertainment; some give excitement, but not recreation. 
 Some exhaust the nervous system, kindle passion and deaden the brain. Others ele- 
 vate, uplift and revitalize the system. We must distinguish between the two. Mod- 
 erate and healthy outdoor and indoor recreations should always be encouraged. The * 
 aim of this book is to stimulate development in a physical, mental and moral way 
 through proper recreations. The author through experience has seen the need of 
 just such helps as are herein contained. 
 
 No greater truth has been proclaimed than that of the old adage, "All work 
 
 and no play makes Jack a dull boy." That the mind may be kept in tune, enabling 
 
 it to produce the highest possible attainment, the body must be healthful and active, 
 
 5 
 
6 INTRODUCTION 
 
 Cheerfulness, usefulness and a good physique are man's most desirable attain- 
 ments. Xothing is more productive in bringing this about than wholesome amuse- 
 ment and judicious exercise. 
 
 The object of this book is first to place before its readers a series of healthful 
 recreations, anmsements and helps, such as may be carried on with profit in the home. 
 The center of all things is the home. Around it clusters the sweetest memories of 
 life. From it come the strongest, deepest and most lasting impressions on the body 
 and the soul. That subtle something that we all call character, so hard to define, so 
 difiicult to analyze, is but the crystallization of the varied influences of the home. 
 
 The unique exercises for schools offered here produce a pleasing change from the 
 daily routine. The volume contains nine books, each complete in itself. They are 
 intended for all ages, all tastes and all nationalities. It is for the girl and boy, the 
 young lady and young man, the grown woman and grown man. 
 
 Our thanks are due to J. Ritchie Patterson, of the Western Avenue Epw^orth 
 Bible Class of Chicago, and to the Superintendent of Moody's Sunday School, to the 
 University of Chicago, to the Editors of The Youth's Companion, and many others 
 whose helps have paved the way for the making of this volume. 
 
 That it may be found helpful to all, rich and poor, is the wish of 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 BOOK I. 
 HOME AMUSEMENTS. 
 
 An Autobiography Social 13 
 
 An Advertisement Social 15 
 
 An All Fools'- Social 16 
 
 A Bachelor Sale 16 
 
 A Bird Social 17 
 
 A Beheading Party . 17 
 
 A "Broken Heart'' Social 18 
 
 A Citv Affair 19 
 
 A Cnrio Social 21 
 
 A Cat Social 22 
 
 A Carnival of Nations 22 
 
 A Date Social 22 
 
 A Drawing Affair 23 
 
 A Eeunion of the People of Dickens. ... 23 
 
 A Fete of Koses 24 
 
 A Flower Social 26 
 
 A Feather Social 28 
 
 A Feast of Fruit Pi 29 
 
 A Fine-Art Display 29 
 
 A Forest Social 30 
 
 A Gold Social 31 
 
 An Historical Social 32 
 
 An Indoor Fishing Party 34 
 
 A Japanese Social 34 
 
 A Kodak Meet 34 
 
 A Hallowe'en Social 35 
 
 A Hard Times Social 36 
 
 A Handv Affair .■ 38 
 
 A Jnmble Social 39 
 
 A Kodak Social 39 
 
 A Literary Masquerade 39 
 
 A May Day Social 41 
 
 A Memory Social 43 
 
 A North-Land Social 43 
 
 An Old Time Social 44 
 
 An "Old School" Social 44 
 
 An Old Maid Auction 45 
 
 A Patriotic Social 46 
 
 A Poster Show 46 
 
 A Periodical Social 47 
 
 A Progressive Soap Bubble Party 47 
 
 A Progressive Literary Social 47 
 
 A Picture Show 49 
 
 A Silhouette Social 50 
 
 A Story Evening 50 
 
 A Scissors Social 51 
 
 A State Social . 52 
 
 A Thanksgiving Party 53 
 
 A Twenty-Five Cent Social 53 
 
 A Vegetable Social 54 
 
 A White Cap Social 54 
 
 A Week Social 54 
 
 An Easter Party for Children 55 
 
 A Bean King's Festival 56 
 
 An Exchange Party 57 
 
 A Sunshine Luncheon 58 
 
 A Unique Valentine Party 58 
 
 An Evening With Shakespeare 59 
 
 A February Dinner Party 60 
 
 An Apple Blossom Luncheon 60 
 
 A Browning Luncheon 61 
 
 A Musical Medley 62 
 
 Ping Pong, or Table Tennis 410 
 
 GAMES FOR CHILDREN»S EVENING PARTIES. 
 
 My Lady's Work-Box 62 
 
 Bread and Butter 63 
 
 Shopping 63 
 
 Grunt . 63 
 
 A Book Carnival 63 
 
 A Brownie Party .~ 64 
 
 A Bean Social 64 
 
 A Spider-Web Social 65 
 
 A Guess Social ; 65 
 
 A Hidden Social 6Q 
 
 A Nose Social 67 
 
 Children's May Party 67 
 
 A Mother Goose Social 67 
 
 A Pretty Maid's Birthday Party. . . . , o 68 
 
 A Progressive Puzzle Social 69 
 
 A Treasure Social 70 
 
 A Children's Valentine Party 70 
 
 A United States Party for July Fourth. 70 
 
 A Eummage Sale 72 
 
 How Some Juniors Had Fun 72 
 
8 
 
 CONTEXTS 
 
 A Stars and Stripes Affair 73 
 
 A Cupid Breakfast 74 
 
 Social Life 75 
 
 Afternoon Card Parties 75 
 
 An Irish Social 76 
 
 A "C" Social 76 
 
 EASILY PREPARED DAINTY DISHES FOR MISCELLANEOU SOCCA IONS. 
 
 About the Table 77 
 
 Some Menu Terms 78 
 
 The Picnic Lunch Basket 79 
 
 A Pretty Lot of Salads 81 
 
 Dainty Relishes 83 
 
 New \Vavs of Usin<]j Common Fruits. . . . 84. 
 
 Simple Dainty Desserts 85 
 
 Hot Weather "Dainties 87 
 
 A Dainty Bridesmaid Luncheon 88 
 
 Three February Cakes 90 
 
 The Fourth of July Picnic Lunch 91 
 
 A Pretty Country Luncheon 92 
 
 book: II. 
 
 CHURCH ENTERTAINMENTS, 
 
 A Yellow Tea 93 
 
 Children's Day Exercises 93 
 
 A Longfellow Fair 94 
 
 Progressive Anatomy Social 95 
 
 A Holiday Fete 96 
 
 An Old Folks' Reception 97 
 
 Autumn Harvest Home 98 
 
 Pillow and Bag Sale 98 
 
 A Military Social 99 
 
 Thanksgiving in the Church 101 
 
 An Oriental Fete 102 
 
 Easter Exercises 102 
 
 A Ring Social 104 
 
 A Cake Sale 105 
 
 A Strawberry Regale 106 
 
 A College Fair .106 
 
 Programme for a Missionary Meeting.. 108 
 
 Christmas Exercise 109 
 
 Temperance Exercise 110 
 
 A Trio Social 112 
 
 A Penny Social 113 
 
 Some Talks on Decorating 114 
 
 A Queer Tea-Party 115 
 
 An India Social 115 
 
 Illustrated Stereopticon. Lectures 116 
 
 A Box Bazaar 116 
 
 An Antique Sale. 117 
 
 An Italian Social 117 
 
 A Colonial Fete 118 
 
 An Old-Time School Exhibition 119 
 
 PLEASANT STORIES 
 
 As a Little Child 137 
 
 Two Pictures from Life 137 
 
 A Missionary Story 138 
 
 An Old-Time Husking Bee 120 
 
 A Tree Festival 120 
 
 A Church Birthday Fete 121 
 
 A Contrast Social 122 
 
 A Pine Social 122 
 
 A Wheel Bazaar 123 
 
 A Pink and White Festival 123 
 
 A Salad Supper 124 
 
 A Spring Opening 125 
 
 Nursery Bargain Counter . . 125 
 
 A Successful Church Rally 126 
 
 A Weekly Bazaar 127 
 
 Baby Teas 127 
 
 A Corn Festival 128 
 
 A Quilt Fair 129 
 
 An Old-Fashioned Spelling-Bee 130 
 
 A Forest Supper 131 
 
 A Marine Social 131 
 
 A Floral Love Tale 132 
 
 Christmas Socials 133 
 
 Weights and Ages 133 
 
 A Poetical Social 134 
 
 An Electric Social 135 
 
 United States Mail 135 
 
 Doublets 135 
 
 Everything from a Nutshell 136 
 
 The Key to Character 136 
 
 Old Maids' Repair Shop 136 
 
 German Socials 137 
 
 A "Do Things Club" 137 
 
 FOR STORMY SUNDAYS. 
 
 Boys and Girls in Korea 139 
 
 My Dog Paddy 139 
 
 Fresh Air for Food 140 
 
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 Buffalo Bill and the Children 140 
 
 His Scheme 141 
 
 Ole Bull 141 
 
 Her Gift 141 
 
 A Streak of Sunshine 142 
 
 William and the Pink-Man 143 
 
 The Test of Greatness 144 
 
 book: III. 
 
 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 An Autumn Exercise 145 
 
 Autobiographies of Persons 146 
 
 Arbor Day Programme 147 
 
 A Day With "Eobbie" Burns 148 
 
 Sketch of Life of Burns 149 
 
 Bird Day 151 
 
 The Owls' Eeception Day 151 
 
 A Christmas Exercise 153 
 
 Christmas Gems From Dickens 154 
 
 A Day with Eugene Field 154 
 
 A Day with Carleton 156 
 
 Closing Exercises for School 157 
 
 City Enigmas 158 
 
 Some Queer Names for People 158 
 
 Enigmas for Boys and Girls 159 
 
 Flag Day Exercise 159 
 
 For Young Historians 161 
 
 Flower Day 162 
 
 Flower Voices 162 
 
 Flower Quotations 164 
 
 A Geographical Eecreation 164 
 
 Geographical Story 165 
 
 A Day with Holmes 166 
 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes 167 
 
 Historical Scenes 168 
 
 Historical Poems 169 
 
 A Day with Washington Irving 169 
 
 Literary Eecreation 171 
 
 Lincoln Day Exercises 172 
 
 Lincoln Day Exercise 172 
 
 Longfellow Exercise 173 
 
 Longfellow Day 174 
 
 A Day with Lowell 175 
 
 Biography of Lowell 177 
 
 Memorial Day Exercise 178 
 
 Memorial Day 179 
 
 A Mid-Summer Exercise 180 
 
 A Mid- Winter Exercise 181 
 
 A New Year Exercise 182 
 
 Printer's Pi for the Schoolroom 184 
 
 A Presidential Exercise 184 
 
 A Day with James Whitcomb Eiley. . . .185 
 
 A Statesman Exercise 187 
 
 Schoolroom Enigmas 188 
 
 Some Schoolroom Puzzles 189 
 
 Springtime Exercise 190 
 
 A State Exercise .191 
 
 Some Schoolroom Games 191 
 
 Thanksgiving Programme 193 
 
 Thanksgiving Exercise 193 
 
 Autumn Quotations 195 
 
 A Washington Exercise 196 
 
 Biography of Washington 196 
 
 Whittier Programme 199 
 
 Gleanings from Whittier 200 
 
 f^ Day with Alfred Tennyson 201 
 
 A Day with Alice Gary 202 
 
 A Day with William Cullen Bryant 204 
 
 A Day with Eudyard Kipling 206 
 
 Inventors and Inventions 208 
 
 Who Was Described As 208 
 
 Literary Queries 208 
 
 Who Is Meant In 209 
 
 Who Was the First 209 
 
 Who Made Famous 209 
 
 Seven Wonders of the World 209 
 
 Seven Wonders of America 209 
 
 Mottoes of the States 210 
 
 Geographical Eecreations 210 
 
 book: IV. 
 
 OUTDOOR GAMES. 
 
 Lawn Hockey 213 
 
 Curling 215 
 
 Quoits 215 
 
 Marbles 216 
 
 Cricket 216 
 
 Hare and Hounds 217 
 
 Fooi^ll 218 
 
 Golf :,..219 
 
10 
 
 CONTENTS 
 
 Oolf-Cnvinot 220 
 
 (Julf Don'ts 221 
 
 Leap Frog 222 
 
 Arehcry 222 
 
 oops v^O 
 
 Lii Crosso 223 
 
 Tether Ball 224 
 
 Bowls 225 
 
 Squash Ball 22G 
 
 CoursiiiL,' 227 
 
 Lawn Tennis 228 
 
 Tallv-llo Coaching Parties 229 
 
 Roof Parties 229 
 
 Base-Ball 229 
 
 Croquet 230 
 
 Balloon Tennis 231 
 
 Here Goes Up for Monday 231 
 
 Cat and Rat ^. 232 
 
 Summer Out of Doors 232 
 
 A Camp Party 233 
 
 A Hammock Picnic 234 
 
 ]Mack Man 235 
 
 The Floral Porch Party 235 
 
 Pigeon 236 
 
 Widow .236 
 
 A Trolley Party 236 
 
 King William 237 
 
 Ring Round Rosy 237 
 
 Green Gravel 237 
 
 Pig in the Parlor 237 
 
 A Pretty Lawn Fete 238 
 
 A Moonlight Masquerade 238 
 
 A Hay-Rick Party 239 
 
 Basket Ball for Women 239 
 
 Handball 240 
 
 Game of Puif and Dart 243 
 
 A New Game for Boys 244 
 
 book: v. 
 
 LITERARY SOCIETIES— HOW TO ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT THEM. 
 
 Rules of Order and Parliamentary Pro- 
 cedure 245 
 
 Parliamentary Rules and Usages 248 
 
 Poems Suitable for Literary Tableaux. .251 
 Subjects for Discussion 253 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Subjects for Graduating Essays, Orations 
 and Themes 253 
 
 Beautiful Thoughts Gleaned from Many 
 Sources 254 
 
 Quotations from Ella Wheeler Wilcox. . .259 
 Quotations from Margaret E. Sangster. .260 
 Quotations from William Shakespeare. .261 
 
 Quotations from Jean Ingelow 263 
 
 Quotations from John Milton 264 
 
 Quotations from Sir Walter Scott 265 
 
 Quotations from Josiah Gilbert Holland. 267 
 
 Quotations from Bayard Taylor 268 
 
 Quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson. 269 
 Quotations from William Wordsworth. .271 
 Quotations from Thomas Buchanan Read. 272 
 Quotations from William Cullen Bryant. 274 
 
 Quotations from Thomas Bailey Aldrich.275 
 
 (Quotations from Lord Byron 276 
 
 Quotations from James Whitcomb Riley. 279 
 Quotations from Oliver Wendell Holmes. 281 
 Quotations from James Russell Lowell. .283 
 
 Quotations from Robert Burns 285 
 
 Quotations from Louisa May Alcott 287 
 
 Quotations from Paul Lawrence Dunbar.287 
 
 Quotations from Thomas Moore 288 
 
 Quotations from Alfred Tennyson 290 
 
 Quotations from Will Carleton. 292 
 
 Quotations from Alice Cary 293 
 
 book: VI. 
 
 A HIGH ORDER OF MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS FOR CLUBS, 
 
 PARTIES, SOCIALS. 
 
 Guessing Game 295 
 
 Game of Authors 299 
 
 Historical Game or Queries for Bright 
 
 Student? 302 
 
 Faiths of the World— What are They?. .316 
 
 Nuts to Crack or Words that Breathe 
 
 and Thoughts that Burn 324 
 
 Delightful Bible Exercise 328 
 
 WJiat Fam(ms Persons do the Following 
 Objects Suggest 329 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 book: VII. 
 
 FUN FOR ALL. 
 
 Candy Pulls 331 
 
 Making Fudges 331 
 
 A Maple Sugar-Off... 331 
 
 Pop Corn Balls — As an Entertainment.. 3 32 
 
 Shadow Games 332 
 
 The Dancing "Nigger" 334 
 
 Fun with a Piece of Lighted Candle. . .335 
 
 Silhouettes 335 
 
 Prize Game 336 
 
 Balancing a Pencil 33G 
 
 Clever Tricks 336 
 
 The Match Gun 337 
 
 The Antics of the Camphor Scorpion. . .337 
 To Make a Roll of Paper Go Up Hill. . .338 
 
 To Test the Lungs 338 
 
 Amusing Trick with Fire 338 
 
 How to Guess Hidden Spots on Three 
 
 Dice 339 
 
 The Family Giant 339 
 
 The Nondescript or Animated Telescope. 340 
 
 "The What-Do-You-Think?" 341 
 
 The Baby Elephant 342 
 
 "The Canis Eemarkabillis, or Demon 
 
 Dog" 343 
 
 The Giraffe 343 
 
 Half-A-Century of Conundrums 343 
 
 Enigmas and Charades 345 
 
 Charades . . , 346 
 
 Word Puzzle . 347 
 
 Eiddles, No. 2 347 
 
 Forfeits 347 
 
 Pinning the Tail on the Donkey ,352 
 
 BOOK VIII. 
 
 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS, OR BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORKSHOP. 
 
 Drawn Work 353 
 
 Greek Purse 354 
 
 Purse (New Style) ; Crochet 355 
 
 Crochet Counterpane 355 
 
 Pompadour Bag 356 
 
 Purse in Bead- Work 357 
 
 The Work-Basket . 359 
 
 Vandyke Collar 360 
 
 Collar in Guipure Embroidery 361 
 
 Initial Wreath 362 
 
 Embroidery Border 362 
 
 Comic Patchwork 362 
 
 Work-Box 364 
 
 Pyrography, Burnt Wood 364 
 
 Spectacle Case 366 
 
 book: IX. 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 Tri- Weekly Exercises 367 
 
 To Bring About a Good Figure 367 
 
 Breathing for Health and Beauty 370 
 
 Poisons of Tobacco and Alcohol 371 
 
 How to Acquire a Gentle Voice 372 
 
 How to Wash the Face 374 
 
 How to Massage the Body '. 376 
 
 To Preserve the Hair :377 
 
 For Stained Teeth 378 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF ETIQUETTE. 
 
 Introductions 378 
 
 Acknowledging an Introduction 379 
 
 Introductions in Public 380 
 
 Letters of Introduction 380 
 
 Models for Notes of Introduction 380 
 
 How to Present a Note of Introduction.. 381 
 
 A Card of Introduction 381 
 
 Cards and Their Uses in Society 381 
 
 Proper Titles 381 
 
 Widow's Card 382 
 
 Divorced Woman's Card .382 
 
 Use of Junior and Senior 382 
 
12 
 
 ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Young Lack's Canl 382 
 
 Visiting Cards for Men 382 
 
 Titles on Men's Cards 383 
 
 Cards Used in Social Functions 383 
 
 Some Phrases Used in Society 389 
 
 Calls 389 
 
 Table Mimners 390 
 
 Don'ts for Diners 390 
 
 Dinners 390 
 
 Invitations to Less Ceremonious Dinners. 391 
 
 Answering a Dinner Inyitation 391 
 
 A Successful Dinner Party 392 
 
 The Table 392 
 
 Serving 392 
 
 Simple Dinners 393 
 
 Order of Precedence 393 
 
 Luncheons and Breakfasts 393 
 
 A Formal Luncheon 395 
 
 The Menu 395 
 
 The Breakfast Party 395 
 
 Visiting and House Parties 395 
 
 Forms of Invitations to House Parties. .395 
 The Formal House Party 396 
 
 The Guest Chamber 396 
 
 Welcoming Visitors 397 
 
 The Ideal Guest 397 
 
 THE LANGUAGE OF THE HAND. .398 
 
 Pose 399 
 
 Color of the Hand 399 
 
 Texture and Flexibility 399 
 
 Seven Types of Hands 400 
 
 The Four Formations of Finger Tips. .400 
 Health as Indicated by Finger Nails. . . .401 
 
 Disposition as Shown by the Nails 401 
 
 Joints of the Fingers 401 
 
 Length of Fingers 402 
 
 The Thumb 402 
 
 Three Divisions of the Hand 402 
 
 The Seven Types Indicated by the 
 
 Mounts 402 
 
 Predisposition to Marriage of the Seven 
 
 Types 405 
 
 The*' Lines on the Hand 406 
 
 The Language of Flowers 408 
 
 Birds That Live in Poems 409 
 
 7:!3 
 
 FULL-PAGE HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 Portrait — Nelle M. Mustain. 
 
 The Modern Hoop Game (Frontispiece) 
 
 Hunt the Whistle. 
 
 "If You Love Me/' etc. 
 
 Miss Columbia. 
 
 A Dickens Social. 
 
 The Fete of Roses. 
 
 A Kodak Meet. 
 
 A Church Social — Japanese. 
 
 A Hard Time Social. 
 
 A Literary Masquerade. 
 
 An Indoor May-Day Party. 
 
 A North-land Social. 
 
 Johnny Brown. 
 
 Auction vSocial. 
 
 A Soap Bubble Party. 
 
 Each Day in the Week. 
 
 The Lullabies. 
 
 Little Bo Peep. 
 
 Cupid. 
 
 True Patriotism. 
 
 John Alden and Priscilla. 
 
 Christ is Risen. 
 
 The Wandering Musicians. 
 
 Hi Holler. 
 
 An Old Time Husking Bee. 
 
 Christmas Morning. 
 
 Flag Day Exercise. 
 
 After Departure of John Alden. 
 
 Father Time and the New Year. 
 
 A Thanksgiving Social. 
 
 The American Foot Ball Game. 
 
 The Game of Leap Frog. 
 
 National Game of Canada. 
 
 Gypsy Picnic Party. 
 
 An Olympian Game. 
 
 Throwing the Discus. 
 
 Getting Ready for the Race. 
 
 The College Athlete. 
 
 A Good Tennis Player. 
 
 How to Be Pretty and Strong. 
 
 Ball Exercise. 
 
 Hoop Exercise. 
 
 Foot Ball Game — English. 
 
 Ping Pong. 
 
 Physical Culture — Morning Exercise. 
 
 Physical Culture — Body Exercise. 
 
 Physical Culture — Muscle Exercise. 
 
 Physical Culture — Arm Exercise. 
 
^OOK I. 
 
 HOME AMUSEMENTS 
 
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 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY SOCIAL. 
 
 I HIS entertainment is especially 
 adapted to a Teachers' Beading 
 Circle, or any body of literary students. 
 A pretty idea is to seat the guests around 
 a table in the old "round table" style. 
 Little souvenir cards may be prepared for 
 each guest, bearing the name and date of 
 meeting on one side and on the reverse 
 some suitable quotation; in selecting the 
 quotations they should be closely akin to 
 the subject of the evening as the subjects 
 selected for the autobiographies will 
 doubtless be persons of renown, then quo- 
 tations bearing on the nobility of life 
 should be selected, as — 
 
 "The heights of great men gained and 
 
 kept. 
 Were not attained by sudden flight." 
 » — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 
 "True worth is in being, not seeming, 
 In doing each day that goes by, 
 Some little of good not in dreaming 
 Of great things to do by and by." 
 
 — Alice Cary, 
 
 "True hearts are more than coronets, 
 And simple faith than Korman blood." 
 
 — Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "Lives of great men all remind us, 
 
 We may make our lives sublime.'' 
 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 
 "To thine own self be true, 
 Then will it follow as the day, the night, 
 Thou canst not then be false to any man." 
 
 — Wm. Shakespeare, 
 
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 I'll tread a righteous path ; a good report 
 Makes men live long, although their lives 
 be short." — James WatMns. 
 
 "Unblemished let me live, or die unknown ; 
 Oh grant me honest fame, or grant me 
 
 none. 
 
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 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 "Whatever I have tried to do in life, I 
 have tried to do well." 
 
 — Chas. Diclcens. 
 
 "Trust in thine own untried capacity. 
 As thou wouldst trust in God himself." 
 — Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 
 
 "Thus at the flaming forge of life 
 Our fortunes must be wrought; 
 Thus on each sounding anvil shaped. 
 Each burning deed and thought." 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 
 "There is nothing so kingly as kindness, 
 And nothing so royal as truth." 
 
 — Alice Cary, 
 
 "Life is real, life is earnest. 
 And the grave is not its goal." 
 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 
 "We build the ladder by which we rise 
 From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. 
 And we mount its summit round by 
 round." — Josiah Gilbert Holland, 
 
 13 
 
14 
 
 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY SOCIAL. 
 
 AUTODIOGRAnriES. 
 
 When I was a little boy I was very fond 
 of animals and out-door life, but was not 
 in love, with school. I enjoyed playing 
 jokes and the result was that the neigh- 
 bors said I needed some severe doses of 
 "hickory oil." When I was twelve years 
 old I began working in a newspaper office. 
 My home was in the "sunny South," and 
 1 had many friends among the colored 
 people; I made the acquaintance of one 
 old uncle, who told me most wonderful 
 stories of animals, which stories I have 
 reproduced in book form for the children 
 all over our land. — Joel Chandler Harris. 
 
 I was born a Iloosier. My relatives tell 
 me that I was a very handsome child, 
 with white hair and the biggest freckles 
 that the air and sunshine could produce. 
 My father, who was a lawyer, was very 
 proud of his handsome son; he could not 
 wait for me to grow old enough to don 
 trowsers, so he bought the material and 
 cut and made me a suit of clothes, trow- 
 sers and all, himself. He then carried me 
 away to the court-room where my appear- 
 ance created much merriment among the 
 la'svyers, who nick-named me "Judge 
 Wick." I was very fond of sitting in 
 court and hearing the country people give 
 evidence in their queer dialect. I learned 
 to imitate their speech and have since 
 learned to write it in poetical form. — 
 James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 I am also a Hoosier. As a child I had 
 very poor health, and my life was full of 
 hard work. My father died when I was 
 very small, thus I was forced early in life 
 to make my own living. I drifted west 
 as far as Minnesota, and there began the 
 life of a lumberman, in order to regain my 
 lost health. Drifting farther west I fin- 
 ally adopted the profession of a Methodist 
 minister, walking over the wide Kansas 
 prairies holding services in school-houses. 
 In later years I became an author, devot- 
 ing most of my time to books for boys and 
 girls. — Edward Eggleston, 
 
 I am going to tell the story of a good 
 little boy (I was the boy). One day this 
 little boy, who lived in the wild west, was 
 told by his mother to whitewash the fence. 
 It^ow, he did not like to work but he knew 
 that resistance was in vain^ so he set to 
 work. As is the custom in small towns all 
 the boys of his set gathered around to 
 watch him work. He told them that white- 
 washing a fence was the greatest fun in 
 the world, but that not many people could 
 do so difficult a task. The result was that 
 every boy wanted to try whitewashing that 
 fence, but the little bad boy pretended 
 that they could not do the work. Finally 
 they began to purchase the privilege of 
 whitewashing that fence and the little bad 
 boy, when he had secured all the marbles, 
 pocket-knives and other things that boys 
 generally own and treasure, climbed up on 
 the fence and munched apples while he 
 watched those boys do his work. — Mark 
 Twain (Sam. L. Clemens), 
 
 I was reared a farmer's son and soon 
 learned to perform all the tasks that a 
 farm-boy is supposed to do. I never had 
 the advantage of a fine education, but em- 
 braced such opportunities as I had. My 
 mother was a very entertaining hostess, 
 consequently we had many guests, whom 
 she entertained largely with stories of 
 pioneer days. As a boy I was fond of 
 reading and devoured every book that fell 
 into my hands. I adopted the profession 
 of journalism and finally verged into writ- 
 ing. My work is largely poetical. — 
 John Greenleaf Whittier. 
 
 As a child I was reared in poverty, so 
 far as money is concerned, but I was rich 
 in love and sympathy, for I had the dear- 
 est "Marmee" in all the wide world. We 
 had very gay times at home, my three 
 sisters and myself. We acted plays which 
 I wrote and you may be sure that they were 
 very wild and weird ones. When I was 
 fifteen years old I held a school in an old 
 unused barn. I was fond of writing sto- 
 ries and reading them to my family, my 
 
AN ADVERTISEMENT SOCIAL. 
 
 15 
 
 motlier always encouraging me in this 
 work by her loving words. As I grew older 
 I began writing these stories in book form, 
 23rincipally for boys and girls. During the 
 great Civil War I became a hospital nurse, 
 and much enjoyed relieving the sufferings 
 of our gallant soldier boys.- — Louisa M. 
 Alcott, 
 
 I was born in a seaport town in one of 
 the 'New England states. I was fond of 
 the sea and the boats, for this was about 
 the only amusement we had. I remember 
 when I was a boy of seventeen, Gen. La- 
 fayette visited our town; the Governor 
 gave a ball in his honor, but when the 
 evening came a fierce rain-storm was rag- 
 ing, there were but few carriages in the 
 town, and most of the guests were forced 
 to stay at home. Dancing was prohibited 
 by law in our town. An enterprising 
 citizen built a theater, but theater-going 
 was voted down in the town meeting and 
 the theater building was converted into a 
 church. I was fond of reading, and, like 
 all children, I had a favorite book; this 
 book was "The Sketch BooF' by Wash- 
 ington Irving. I was sent to college, and 
 afterward became a teacher in a college. I 
 went abroad several times, and finally de- 
 voted my entire time to writing. — Henry 
 Wadsivorth Longfellow, ■ 
 
 I was born in the state of New York, 
 but very early in life decided that I wished 
 to know what lay beyond the great "Father 
 of Waters ;" consequently I departed on 
 an investigating tour when but seventeen 
 years of age ; I became in turn adven- 
 turer, miner, school-teacher and express- 
 messenger. I finally adopted journalism 
 as my profession, and after several years' 
 experience on western periodicals, I re- 
 turned to my boyhood home, l^ew York 
 city, where I am now located. — Bret 
 Harte. 
 
 My father was a printer ; I learned the 
 trade. ISText I began writing short articles 
 for our paper, both prose and verse, I 
 
 was at one time U. S. Consul at Venice. 
 My wife is the sister of a famous sculptor. 
 — W. D. Howells. 
 
 The above autobiographies are merely 
 suggestive; each member of the circle 
 should have his work prepared before, com- 
 ing to the meeting. The autobiographies 
 are read separately and then each member 
 in turn names the person represented. 
 This idea may be carried out by describing 
 countries, cities, historical characters, etc., 
 thus becoming a very useful exercise for 
 the school-room as well as the home. 
 
 AN ADVERTISEMENT SOCIAL. 
 
 !N^EW and striking evening's enter- 
 tainment is an Advertisement So- 
 cial. One who contemplates giving this 
 social should at once begin the collecting 
 of a variety of advertisements by search- 
 ing old newspapers, magazines and period- 
 icals of all kinds. After having selected 
 the pictures trim the edges so that no 
 words of the advertisement remain, then 
 mount the pictures on strong cardboard. 
 Each picture should be numbered in large 
 and distinct figures that they may be plain- 
 ly visible from their position on the wall, 
 i^ow make a complete list of the adver- 
 tisements according to number and give 
 title of each as art catalogues are prepared. 
 ISText provide sufficient cards for the guests, 
 one for each guest, numbered like the cat- 
 alogue but with name omitted. 
 
 The mounted advertisements should be 
 hung on the walls as artistically as pos- 
 sible; the room should be perfectly 
 lighted. 
 
 ISTow take smaller ads. and cut them into 
 pieces, not too small, but in very irregular 
 shapes; pin each separate advertisement 
 together and put in a basket. There 
 should be one of these cut-up ads. for each 
 guest. ' Select one of your finest ads., 
 mount on large sheet, and lay aside ; you 
 will have use for it later in the evening. 
 
 When the guests arrive provide each 
 
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 AN ALL FOOLS' SOCIAL. 
 
 \vitli a pencil and one of the cards recently 
 numbered, and the entertainment is ready 
 to begin. 
 
 The game is for each guest to write the 
 name of the article advertised according 
 to the number. A merry and perplexing 
 time will be the result. Although nearly 
 all the pictures will appear familiar, yet 
 few will remember what article they ad- 
 vertised. When the lists are completed a 
 prize (a pretty poster) should be given the 
 most successful contestant. 
 
 E'ow for the "cut-up" ads. The guests 
 are seated around the table and the ads. 
 distributed. These must be placed in their 
 original form ; the time should be limited 
 to three minutes for this work. Some 
 amusing trifle should be provided for the 
 least successful contestant. 
 
 Next for the large mounted ad. laid 
 away some time ago; it is placed before 
 the guests and each asked to write an ad- 
 vertisement suitable for the picture, from 
 any subject they may choose; limit the 
 time to five minutes, then have the ads. 
 read ; the result will be much merriment. 
 
 The invitation cards may bear this in- 
 scription: 
 
 You're bidden to attend an advertisement 
 
 treat. 
 Where you will learn to your delight of 
 
 things good to eat. 
 And things to wear, and other things too 
 
 numerous to mention. 
 We trust unto this little note you'll give 
 
 most kind attention. 
 
 AX ALL FOOLS' SOCIAL. 
 
 fHIS should be made the occasion for 
 pure and simple fun, only lively 
 games being admissible. 
 
 First, suspend an apple from a hook in 
 the center of the ceiling ; the string should 
 be of rubber. Tie the hands behind the 
 back and bite the apple (?). This will 
 seem an easy task, until it has been tried. 
 Second, place a lighted candle on a 
 
 table; blindfold a guest, turn him three 
 times around to confuse him on direc- 
 tions, then tell him to blow out the candle. 
 This will be found most amusing. 
 
 Tie the hands again, take a dime and 
 place it firmly in the center of the fore- 
 head, press hard, then deftly remove the 
 dime. Now command him to shake the 
 head three times and remove the dime, 
 though the shaking may be most vigorous 
 the dime will yet seem to cling. 
 
 The old favorite "Hunt the Whistle" 
 will be found adaptable to this evening: 
 Choose a person who has never seen the 
 game played. Place him in the center of 
 the room ; the remaining guests now form 
 a circle around him ; show him the whistle 
 and tell him that it is to be hidden in the 
 ring; blindfold him while the whistle is 
 being hidden. During the time he is being 
 blindfolded some person quietly fastens the 
 whistle to the back of coat, by a string to 
 which is attached a crooked pin. The ban- 
 dage is removed and he is told to hunt 
 the whistle. While he is searching, some 
 person behind slips quietly forward and 
 blows the whistle; this is continued until 
 it is discovered. 
 
 Suspend an odd-shaped bundle, lormed 
 by wrapping paper together in an odd 
 way, from the chandelier; now let each 
 guest make a guess as to what the bundle 
 contains, no one being allowed to toucb 
 same. After all have registered a guess, 
 the bundle is unwrapped, and in its center 
 is found a tiny box ; on opening the box a 
 slip of paper is found, bearing the words 
 "An April Fool." 
 
 A sleight-of-hand performer would be 
 a suitable addition to this evening's enter- 
 tainment. 
 
 A BACHELOR SALE. 
 
 HIS bachelor sale may be made a 
 very amusing evening's entertain- 
 ment. Bachelors from every walk and 
 vocation of life should be in evidence — 
 butchers, bakers, tailors, dudes, bankers, 
 
<^MISS COLUMBIA." 
 
 A character represented at a unique costume party. 
 (For description of party see page 22.) 
 
THE CHARLES DICKENS SOCIAL. 
 
 (For description of this unique affair see page 23.) 
 
A BIRD SOCIAL. 
 
 !•? 
 
 musicians, long bachelors, skort bachelors, 
 fat bachelors and lean bachelors. 
 
 A ready talker should be chosen as auc- 
 tioneer; every bachelor should mount the 
 block, a raised platform, while his good 
 qualities are made known to the prospect- 
 ive purchaser. 
 
 The young ladies of the party should be 
 dressed to represent very, very old maids, 
 and should bid frantically on every old 
 bachelor offered for sale. The price paid 
 should be in peanuts, one peanut being 
 equivalent to a dollar, the bachelor being 
 ^'knocked down" to the lady producing the 
 greatest number of peanuts. 
 
 After the sale paper and pencils are 
 provided the ladies, and they are required 
 to write for the space of ten minutes pa- 
 pers from assigned subjects, as "How to 
 Train a Husband," "Do Bachelors Ke- 
 quire Careful Feeding?" "At What Age 
 Should a Bachelor Marry," etc. At the 
 expiration of the ten minutes these papers 
 are thrown in a basket, thoroughly mixed 
 and passed to the bachelors, each of whom 
 takes one, which he reads aloud. 
 
 The ladies have provided dainty boxes 
 containing luncheon for two; these serve 
 as refreshments for themselves and their 
 newly acquired property. 
 
 After luncheon a series of shadow pic- 
 tures may be arranged, portraying the 
 "Joys and Miseries of a Bachelor Exist- 
 toce." 
 
 A BIRD SOCIAL. 
 
 |!N^ the walls should be displayed num- 
 bered pictures of twenty different 
 species of birds, characteristic of our cli- 
 mate ; the names should be omitted. (Beau- 
 tiful colored plates of birds may be ob- 
 tained from Birds and All Nature, pub- 
 lished by Monfort Co., Chicago.) Pencils 
 and paper are given the guests, and they 
 are requested to record the names of the 
 birds according to number; twenty min- 
 utes are given to complete the lists. At the 
 end of this time a correct list is read and 
 all lists are checked by it. 
 
 Some pretty bird songs may next be in- 
 troduced, after which the following list 
 of Hidden Birds is distributed, the 
 guests being asked to search for the caged 
 birds : 
 
 1 — The path through the meadow leads 
 
 to the mill. (Owd.) 
 2 — Are all arks built alike? (Lark.) 
 3 — How rents have advanced! (Wren.) 
 4 — Oh awkward boy, how could you be 
 
 so careless? (Hawk.) 
 5 — Did they rob in daylight? (Robin.) 
 6 — Have you read Gulliver's Travels ? 
 
 (Gull.) 
 7 — She looks wan and pale. (Swan.) 
 8 — He hath rushed away in silence. 
 
 (Thrush.) 
 9 — The crown and glory of life is char- 
 acter. (Crow.) 
 10 — ^He broke the reed in half -inch 
 
 lengths. (Finch.) 
 11 — He swallowed the medicine easily. 
 
 ( Swallow. ) 
 12 — I made known to her a venerable 
 
 friend of mine. (Raven.) 
 13 — Do venture a little farther. (Dove.) 
 14 — I met her on the beach. (Heron.) 
 15 — Does the pup love Ruth? (Plover.) 
 16 — This song will be a glee. (Eagle.) 
 17 — ^Maj. Ayers is a handsome man. 
 
 (Jay.) 
 18 — The celebration began at dawn. 
 
 (Daw.) 
 19 — He found in grammar tiny words for 
 
 great uses. (Martin.) 
 20 — Can a rye field produce such sorrow ? 
 (Canary.) 
 A paraphrase of Longfellow's beautiful 
 poem "The Birds of Killingworth" may 
 be read, while a vocalist may render the 
 "Jenny Lind Bird Song." 
 
 A BEHEADING PARTY. 
 
 to^^ilHE invitations should be cards cut 
 in the form of tiny hatchets, bearing 
 the following words : 
 
 "Come Thursday evening just at dark 
 And join in our beheading lark." 
 
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 A *'BROKEN HEART' SOCIAL. 
 
 On arrival oacli person is given pencil 
 and paper, together witli the following 
 type-written list, which he is asked to be- 
 head, twenty minutes being allow^ed for the 
 ''bloody deed." 
 
 t' 
 
 1 — Behead a body of water and leave a 
 
 bird. 
 2 — Behead a bird and leave a vessel. 
 3 — Behead a grain and leave a cooling 
 
 substance. 
 4 — Behead an animal and leave a grain. 
 5 — Behead an article of furniture and 
 
 leave a covering of animals. 
 6 — Behead an animal and leave an organ 
 
 of the body. 
 7 — Behead a disfigurement of the human 
 body and leave a means of trans- 
 portation. 
 8 — Behead a part of a fruit and leave a 
 
 metal. 
 9 — Behead a heavenly body and leave a 
 roamer of the sea. 
 10 — Behead a vegetable and leave an in- 
 toxicating beverage. 
 11 — Behead a drinking utensil and leave 
 
 a female. 
 12 — Behead a small talk and leave an 
 
 article of w^earing apparel. 
 13 — Behead a punishment and leave a 
 
 portion of a tree. 
 14 — Behead a musical instrument and 
 
 leave a musical instrument. 
 15 — Behead a portion of the human body 
 
 and leave a tier. 
 16 — Behead a part of a building and leave 
 
 the whole of everything. 
 17— Behead a portion of anything and 
 
 leave an accomplishment. 
 18 — Behead a term of endearment and 
 leave a portion of the human body. 
 19 — Behead to twist and leave an article 
 
 of jewelry. 
 20 — Behead a wild cry and leave a child's 
 plaything. 
 
 KEY TO ABOVE. 
 
 7 — Scar. 
 
 14- 
 
 -Flute. 
 
 8— Core. 
 
 15- 
 
 —Brow. 
 
 9— Star. 
 
 16- 
 
 -Hall. 
 
 10— Gale. 
 
 17- 
 
 -Part. 
 
 11— Glass. 
 
 18- 
 
 -Dear. 
 
 12 Chat. 
 
 19- 
 
 -Wring. 
 
 13— Flog. 
 
 20- 
 
 -Whoop. 
 
 After the lists are completed, they are 
 corrected and honorable mention given the 
 person having the most nearly correct list. 
 The guests may now be asked to compose 
 lists, which are exchanged, and thus the 
 beheading continues. 
 
 1 — Brook. 
 2— Lark. 
 3 — Kice. 
 
 4 — Goat. 
 6 — Chair. 
 6— Bear. 
 
 A ^'BROKEN HEART" SOCIAL. 
 
 I HIS social is designed for St. Valen- 
 tine day. The rooms should be deco- 
 rated with hearts cut from fancy paper, all 
 colors and sizes. They may be used in 
 many ways — a frieze above the picture 
 molding, stretched on invisible wires from 
 the chandelier to the four corners of the 
 room, and in every nook and corner. The 
 table may bear a center-piece, heart- 
 shaped, composed of flowers and foliage. 
 Tiny heart-shaped menu cards, bearing the 
 old couplet, 
 
 "If you love me ae I love you, 
 'No knife can cut our love in two," 
 
 are prepared for each guest. 
 
 Let the amusements as well as the deco- 
 rations be "hearty.'^ Get a quantity of 
 the so-called candy "hearts," those with 
 mottoes; now divide each heart into two 
 parts, and lay on separate trays; when 
 ready to serve refreshments, pass these 
 trays, one to the ladies, the other to the 
 gentlemen. Each gentleman by finding 
 the remaining portion of his "heart'' will 
 know Avhom he is to escort to refreshments. 
 For other amusements, cut an immense 
 heart out of rather stiff paper and tack it 
 firmly upon the w^all ; next cut a quantity 
 of tiny arrows from the same paper. Now 
 blindfold a guest, turn him three times 
 around to confuse him on directions and 
 tell him to place the arrow in the ceuter 
 
"A CITY AFFAIRr 
 
 19 
 
 of the heart; the arrow will, perhaps, be 
 on the opposite wall when he is relieved 
 of his bandage. 
 
 I^ext have a ^Tishing for Hearts.'' Be- 
 hind a screen or piano a person is secreted 
 with innumerable little paper hearts be- 
 fore him — one lot for the ladies, the other 
 for the gentlemen ; on these hearts has been 
 written a ^'fortune" for each guest. A 
 pole and line, with a bent pin for a hook, 
 is provided for the fisher, who stands some 
 distance in front of the piano, and casts 
 over his line. The hostess should call each 
 fisher's name distinctly, that the hidden 
 person may know whether the fisher is a 
 lady or gentleman. The fisher is told 
 that when the fish bites he is to pull in 
 the line; the secreted person fastens the 
 hook in the heart, then gives the line a 
 twitch, and up it goes; the fisher then 
 reads his future to the party. These for- 
 tunes should be as amusing as possible — 
 thus : 
 
 ^'You will marry a woman whose hair is 
 red; 
 Then often and often you'll wish you 
 were dead." 
 
 "A doctor you'll marry, who cures many 
 ills. 
 And he will compel you to sort all his 
 pills." 
 
 "You're doomed to endure a bachelor's 
 woes. 
 To cook your own meals and darn your 
 own hose." 
 
 "Twice will you marry, and happy you'll 
 be. 
 Sitting by a cozy fire, drinking cold tea." 
 
 "A bachelor maid is your lot in life. 
 And you'll tell other women how to be 'a 
 good wife.' " 
 
 "You will wed two women, the first one 
 will die; 
 The other will make you go on the ^fly.' " 
 
 "You have an ambition to be President 
 some day. 
 But it takes a ^brainy' man to go that 
 way." 
 
 'You'll be an old ^maid' and keep a fat cat 
 That will sleep in your band-box with 
 your best hat." 
 
 'You'll be a book-agent and call at each 
 
 door. 
 While the ladies cold water on you will 
 
 pour 
 
 7? 
 
 "You'll have for your future plenty of 
 gold, 
 And a husband to spend it, flashing and 
 bold." 
 
 a 
 
 In your future I see pangs that will hurt ; 
 Your heart will be broken by a young 
 flirt." 
 
 "You'll be a widower and live at vour 
 ease, 
 With twelve little children to fret and to 
 tease." 
 
 "You'll be a politician, and run a whole 
 ward. 
 And many good things in life you'll af- 
 ford." 
 
 "You'll be a policeman and boss a whole 
 street. 
 And the woman you marry you'll find 
 hard to ^beat.' " 
 
 "You'll marry a girl and live with her 
 
 ^ma,' 
 And she will make known to you points 
 of the law." 
 
 "A CITY AFFAIR." 
 
 "CITY AFFAIR" is a sort of an 
 enigma social; everything is dis- 
 guised, and yet when the mysteries are un- 
 raveled we find but simple commonplace 
 cities are the result. 
 
 On entering the rooms where the social 
 
20 
 
 **A CITY affair:* 
 
 Avas being hold we were handed two cards, 
 one designated No. 1, the other No. 2 ; 
 each of these cards bore a list of numbers 
 from one to twenty. Next we were 
 ushered to a table where we found all sorts 
 of things, which, we were informed, rep- 
 resented as many cities ; each article was 
 numbered. Here is the list: 
 
 1 — A small pebble. 
 
 2 — A shallow dish of salt water, sunken 
 
 in a dish of earth. 
 3 — A bottle of perfume. 
 4 — A bell tied by a slender cord to a 
 
 pencil. 
 5 — A can, with a bit of paper marked 
 
 2,000 pounds pasted on it. 
 G — A small piece of Bristol board. 
 7 — A doll's sofa. 
 8 — An orange, with a large E fastened 
 
 upon it. 
 — A flint rock. 
 10 — A peanut shell. 
 
 11 — A key placed upon a slip of paper 
 upon which was written the word 
 "West.'^ 
 12 — A fine straw hat. 
 13 — A roll of common brown wrapping 
 
 paper. 
 14 — A new Noah's ark. 
 15 — A number of periodicals. 
 16 — A cigar. 
 17 — A bit of red pepper. 
 18 — A portion of a Brussels carpet. 
 10 — A portrait of Washington. 
 20 — A sprig of elm. 
 
 We were allowed thirty minutes to com- 
 plete the list. The correct list was then 
 read, as follows : 
 
 1 — Little Rock. 
 2— Salt Lake. 
 3 — Coloofne. 
 4— Belfast. 
 5 — Canton. 
 6— Bristol. 
 7 — Davenport. 
 8 — East Orange. 
 9— Flint. 
 10— null 
 
 11— Key West. 
 12 — Leghorn. 
 13— Manila. 
 1 4 — Newark. 
 15 — Reading. 
 1 6 — Havana. 
 17 — Oayenne. 
 18 — Brussels. 
 1 9 — Washington. 
 20 — Elrawood. 
 
 PART IL 
 
 We were now handed written slips of 
 paper, containing another sort of disguised 
 cities. Here is the list: 
 
 1 — Result of contact with fire. 
 
 2 — A city used on a handkerchief. 
 
 3 — An organ of the human body and a 
 small body of water. 
 
 4 — Harmony. 
 
 5 — To wander. 
 
 6 — Part of a vessel. 
 
 7 — A weekly duty and 2,000 pounds. 
 
 8 — An instrument used by musicians 
 and a cosmetic. 
 
 9 — A German statesman. 
 10 — Twenty-four hours and a great weight. 
 11 — A boy's name and a military post. 
 12— Part of a fowl. 
 13 — Fierce carnivorous animals. 
 14 — A daily duty. 
 15 — A wild animal and to cross water 
 
 without bridges. 
 16 — A stream of water and a species of 
 
 tree. 
 17 — The Lord's supper and an exclama- 
 tion. 
 18 — A martyr president. 
 19— The '^Ilero of New Orleans." 
 20 — Not old and a landing place for ves- 
 sels. 
 The key to the above was as follows : 
 
 1 — Berne. 11 — Frankfort. 
 
 2 — Cologne. 12 — Brest. 
 
 3 — Liverpool. 13 — Lyons. 
 
 4 — Concord. 14 — Bath. 
 
 5 — Rome. 15 — Hartford. 
 
 6— Hull. 1 6— Brooklyn. 
 
 7 — Washington. 17 — Sacramento. 
 
 8 — Baton Rouge. 18 — Lincoln. 
 
 9 — Bismarck. 19 — Jackson. 
 
 10 — Dayton. 20 — Newport. 
 
 The remainder of the evening was de- 
 voted to charades, all charades acted being 
 names of cities. 
 
 Charade No. 1 — Several handsomely 
 dressed ladies appeared, each intently 
 studying a journal of fashion. Some lady 
 in the room immediately exclaimed 
 ^Taris," and thus it proved to be, 
 
A CURIO SOCIAL. 
 
 '^1 
 
 Next a gentleman entered, seated him- 
 self at a table and began to study a bill 
 of fare ; soon a waiter appeared, the gen- 
 tleman spoke to him in a low tone and he 
 disappeared; he soon reappeared bearing 
 a bean-pot. This was Boston. 
 
 A young girl now appeared wearing a 
 man's waistcoat and hat. This we learned, 
 after much conjecture, w^as Galveston. 
 
 Now appeared a trio of men dressed as 
 butchers and carrying huge knives and 
 saws. This was interpreted as Chicago. 
 
 Next appeared a man carrying a grip; 
 he was followed by one, two, yes, half a 
 dozen women, each of which seemed to be 
 trying to get nearest him. This was Salt 
 Lake City. 
 
 A young girl now appeared, an Ameri- 
 can flag artistically draped around her, 
 while she carried flags of other nations. 
 This was interpreted as Washington. 
 
 Several frail-looking ladies were next 
 ushered in, wearing shawls and loose- 
 flowing robes ; they lounged on chairs and 
 sofas, while maids appeared bearing gob- 
 lets, buckets and bowls of steaming water. 
 This was Hot Springs. 
 
 A lady muffled to the ears in furs, and 
 yet shivering as if cold, was St. Petersburg. 
 
 A young lady attired as a cook, with 
 flour on face, hands and clothing, was 
 Minneapolis. 
 
 A half-dozen young ladies dressed in 
 loose robes, hair dressed high and wearing 
 innumerable little fans in it, seated on 
 cushions drinking tea from tiny cups, was 
 Tokio. 
 
 A boy wearing a number of watches and 
 offering others for sale was Waterbury. 
 
 A young gallant dressed as a wandering 
 cavalier and bearing a guitar in his hand, 
 while he warbled snatches of love songs, 
 was Venice. 
 
 A CURIO SOCIAL. 
 
 'HIS social is especially pleasing to 
 those persons who are greatly inter- 
 ested in collections of curios. A long table 
 or numerous small ones should be provided 
 
 Song, ^'Auld Lang Syne." — Robert 
 
 for the display of the objects of interest. 
 
 Every article having a history of any 
 sort is admissible, and the contributor is 
 expected to give this history in the form 
 of an interesting story. 
 
 Good music should be provided, and a 
 short programme may be carried out. We 
 offer the following suggestive programme : 
 
 1 
 
 Burns. 
 2 — ^Heading, "How Dolly Madison Saved 
 
 the Declaration of Independence." 
 3— Song, "The Old Oaken Bucket."— 
 
 Sam. Woodworth. 
 4 — Kecitation, "My Mother's Bible." — 
 
 Anon. 
 5— Kecitation, "The Old Arm Chair."— 
 
 Eliza CooJc. 
 6 — Song, "The Suwannee River." — 
 
 Stephen C. Foster. 
 7— Reading, "The Old Clock on the 
 
 Stairs." — Henry W. Longfellow. 
 8 — Old-Time Quotations, by the Guests. 
 9 — Pen Picture — An Old-Time Parlor. 
 10 — Song, "A Song of Long Ago." 
 
 "OLD QUOTATIONS." 
 
 "Oh, for festal dainties spread 
 Like my bowl of milk and bread — 
 Pewter spoon and bowl of wood. 
 On the door-stone, gray and rude." 
 — John G. Whittier, 
 
 "The old schoolhouse is altered now; its 
 benches are replaced 
 By new ones, very like the same our pen- 
 knives had defaced; 
 But the same old bricks are in the wall, 
 
 the bell swings to and fro, 
 Its music just the same, dear Tom, 'twas 
 twenty years ago," — Anon. 
 
 "I love it, I love it. 
 And who shall dare 
 To chide me for loving 
 That old arm-chair ?" 
 
 — Eliza Cooh. 
 
 "These and the little house where I was 
 born. 
 Low and little and black and old, 
 
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 A CAT SOCIAL. 
 
 With children manv as it can hold." 
 
 — Alice Cary. 
 
 ''From the weather-worn house on the 
 brow of the hill 
 We are dwelling afar, in our man- 
 hood, to-dav; 
 But we see the old gables and hollyhocks 
 still, 
 As they looked long ago ere we wan- 
 dered away.". 
 
 A CAT SOCIAL. 
 
 I HIS entertainment is a ^^Show" and 
 fl?^ ''Social'' combined. Every guest 
 owning a pet cat is requested to bring it 
 to this social; also to provide a written 
 historv of its life, so far as it is known. 
 These histories should be made as amusing 
 as possible, and form one part of the even- 
 ing's entertainment, being read by the 
 proud owners. 
 
 Next a Cat game is played, as follows : 
 Some guest is chosen as ^'Kitty" ; this 
 guest now kneels before some person and 
 utters a plaintive little "meou" ; the persoQ 
 must then pat "Kitty" on the head and 
 say "Poor Kitty !" This is repeated three 
 times, and if the "Kitty" succeeds in mak- 
 ing the guest laugh, this guest in turn be- 
 comes the "Kitty." 
 
 Now provide pencils and paper, and 
 give the following list of Queer Poetical 
 Cats, to' be deciphered by each guest: 
 There's a cat very good for food, 'tis said, 
 And a cat marks the resting place of the 
 
 dead ; 
 There's a cat that makes a discordant 
 
 sound. 
 And a cat that is made to scatter round. 
 There's a cat that crawls beneath our feet. 
 And a cat whose movements ar^ quick and 
 
 fleet; 
 There's a cat that blanches our face with 
 
 fear, 
 And a cat that wanders far and near. 
 
 Answers to above are: Catsup, cata- 
 comb, house cat, catalogue, caterpillar, 
 catamount, catastrophe, cattle. 
 
 A CARNIVAL OF NATIONS. 
 
 flilS is designed for a fancy-dress 
 affair, each guest being requested to 
 dress to represent some nation. When all 
 have gathered a grand march is partici- 
 pated in by all. As a feature of the enter- 
 tainment a short description of the nation 
 represented is read by each guest; these 
 descriptions shculd be limited to not more 
 than half a dozen facts ; this and his dress 
 are the key by which he is identified. 
 Slips of paper are provided and the guesses 
 are recorded in the order in which they 
 are read. A simple gift, as a book of views, 
 is provided for the most successful con- 
 testant. 
 
 The second part of the evening may be 
 devoted to the following national conun- 
 drums; the answers may be written or 
 given orally as desired. 
 
 Name a murderess nation. (Assassina- 
 tion.) 
 
 A floral nation. (Carnation.) 
 
 A poet's nation. (Imagination.) 
 
 A school-girl's nation. (Examination.) 
 
 A teacher's nation. (Explanation.) 
 
 A traveler's nation. (Destination.) 
 
 A preventative nation. (Vaccination.) 
 
 A ruler's nation. (Coronation.) 
 
 A church-goer's nation. (Donation.) 
 
 A DATE SOCIAL. 
 
 'HIS is a unique affair. Each person 
 \^ attending wears across his breast a 
 placard bearing a date. Pencils and paper 
 being provided each guest, they are re- 
 quested to walk about the room and record 
 each date they come in contact with, to 
 gether with an important event which 
 transpired on said date, as — 1G20, Land- 
 ing of the Pilgrims; 1820, Missouri Com- 
 promise, etc. At the end of a given time 
 these lists are collected, corrected and the 
 person having the longest list is presented 
 with a pretty home-made calendar. 
 
 Another set of papers are now provided, 
 and the following type-written list of a 
 Dish of Dates passed : 
 
A. REUNION OF THE PEOPLE OF DICKENS. 
 
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 DISH OF DATES. 
 
 1 — An office-seeking date. (Candidate.) 
 2 — An overflowing date. (Inundate.) 
 3 — A heart-shaped date. (Cordate.) 
 4 — A fear-inspiring date. (Intimidate.) 
 5 — An obliging date. (Accommodate.) 
 6 — A date that adjusts and settles. 
 
 (Liquidate.) 
 7 — An anticipating date. (Antedate.) 
 8 — ^A date that makes solid. (Consoli- 
 date. ) 
 A game called "Rhyming Dates" is 
 next introduced. One person is given a 
 date by the hostess. He must use this date 
 and some event connected with it in form- 
 ing a rhyming couplet, as: 
 
 "In seventeen hundred and sixty-three 
 The Boston men threw over the tea." 
 
 After forming his rhyme he is at liberty 
 to give a date to any person in the room, 
 who in turn must continue the rhyming, 
 and thus the game continues. 
 
 A DEAWING AFFAIR. 
 
 obJHE materials required for this enter- 
 tainment are a fair-sized blackboard, 
 white crayon and slips of paper on which 
 has been written names of familiar birds, 
 animals and other objects. These slips are 
 placed in a hat and presented to each 
 guest, who draws one. 
 
 Upon call of the hostess, each guest 
 passes to the board and draws the named 
 object. He is also required to write a 
 poem of not less than six lines beneath the 
 drawing; the poem is then read for the 
 benefit of the assembly. This is a very 
 amusing entertainment. 
 
 Another similar game is known as the 
 Blind Artist ; the guest is blindfolded and 
 then asked to draw a certain object. 
 
 A REUinON OF THE PEOPLE OF 
 DICKENS. 
 
 PLEASAKT evening's entertain- 
 er^ ment is the reunion of the people of 
 Charles Dickens' novels. In the works of 
 
 no other writer will be found such a variety 
 of characters for representation. This ex- 
 ercise is especially adaptable for a Lyceum 
 or Reading Circle. It may be made com- 
 ical, pathetic and highly entertaining. It 
 may be arranged as a masquerade or 
 purely literary affair. If the latter, we 
 would suggest a Dickens Programme in 
 connection with the character exhibit. 
 
 In choosing the characters for repre- 
 sentation a careful study of the part will 
 be necessary, in order that the representa- 
 tion may be perfectly natural. 
 
 A pleasant feature of the literary pro- 
 gramme may be tableaux adapted from the 
 most pathetic scenes, as ^^Death of Little 
 ]^ell,'' "Pip and the Escaped Convict," 
 and the "Companionship of Paul and 
 Florence Dombey.'' 
 
 We give a complete list of characters for 
 representation, also the- book in which they 
 may be found. 
 
 CHARACTERS. 
 
 "Mr. Bumble,'' a pompous parish beadle, 
 in Oliver Twist. 
 
 "Jack Bunsby," a sea captain, oracle and 
 philosopher, in Dombey and Son. 
 
 "Searjeant Buzfuz," a bullying lawyer, in 
 Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "Rev. Mr. Chadband," a hypocritical cler- 
 gyman, in Bleak House. 
 
 "Capt. Cuttle," a sea-captain, in Dombey 
 and Son. 
 
 "Dodson and Eogg," a law firm, in Pick- 
 wick Papers. 
 
 "Paul Dombey," a delicate, pathetic child, 
 in Dombey and Son. 
 
 "Dora," the child-wife of David Copper- 
 field, in David Copperfield. 
 
 "David . Copperfield," hero, in book of 
 same name^ 
 
 "Mr. Squeers," a villainous schoolmaster, 
 in Nicholas E'ickleby. Also "Mrs. 
 Squeers" and "Miss Fanny Squeers." 
 
 "The Fat Boy," a humorous character 
 who is always hungry, in Pickwick Pa- 
 pers. 
 
 "Joe Gargery," an illiterate blacksmith, in 
 Great Expectations. 
 
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 A FETE OF ROSES. 
 
 "Mrs. Joe Gargcrj,'' wife of the aforesaid 
 Joe. 
 
 "Baniaby Rudge," a half-witted boy, in 
 book of same name. 
 
 "Bob Sawyer," a rollicking medical stu- 
 dent, in Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "Bill Sikes," a thief and murderer, in 
 Oliver Twist. 
 
 "Smike," a poor, despised outcast, in 
 Nicholas Nickleby. 
 
 "Mark Tapley," boy servant of Martin 
 Chuzzlewit, in book of Martin Chuzzle- 
 wit. 
 
 "Mrs. Betsy Trotwood," eccentric aunt of 
 David Copperfield. 
 
 "Mr. Tulkinghorn,'' an old bachelor, in 
 Bleak House. 
 
 "Oliver Twist,'^ a poor, miserable boy, in 
 book of same name. 
 
 "Mrs. Gummidge," the poor, 'lorn widder, 
 in David Copperfield. 
 
 "Uriah Heep," a deceitful villain, in Da- 
 vid Copperfield. 
 
 "Mrs. Leo Hunter," a blue-stocking, in 
 Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "Vincent Crummels and Ninetta Crum- 
 mels," a traveling showman and his 
 daughter, in ISTicholas Nickleby. 
 
 "Mrs. Jarley," proprietor of the wax- 
 works show, in Old Curiosity Shop. 
 
 "Mrs. Jellyby," a sham philanthropist, in 
 Bleak House. 
 
 "Mr. Alfred Jingle," a swindling stroller, 
 in Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "The Kenwigs," a family of little girls, in 
 Nicholas Nickleby. 
 
 "Little Nell," the pure child heroine, in 
 Old Curiosity Shop. Also NelPs grand- 
 father, in same book. 
 
 "Little Emily," pathetic character, in 
 David Copperfield. 
 
 "Mr. Mantalini," a fop, in Nicholas Nick- 
 leby. 
 
 "Tlie Marchioness," a poor, abused servant 
 girl, in Old Curiosity Shop. 
 
 "Mr. Micawber," a shiftless fellow, in 
 David Copperfield. 
 
 "Miss Miggs," an ill-tempered servant 
 maid, in Barnabv Pndgo. 
 
 ''Nancy," a depraved girl, in Oliver Twist. 
 
 "Mrs. Nickleby" and "Nicholas Nickle- 
 by," her son, in book of same name. 
 
 "Pecksniff," a hypocrite, in ]\[artiii Chuz- 
 zlewit. 
 
 "Clara Peggotty," nurse of David Copper- 
 field. 
 
 "Mr. Pickwick," hero of Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "Tom Pinch," an oddity, in Martin Chuz- 
 zlewit. 
 
 "Mr. John Podsnap," a pompous Brit- 
 isher, in Our Mutual Friend. 
 
 "Quipp," a hideous dwarf, in Old Curi- 
 osity Shop. 
 
 "Samuel Weller," body servant of Mr. 
 Pickwick. 
 
 "Tony Weller," father of Samuel. 
 
 "Agnes Wickfield," second wife of David 
 Copperfield. 
 
 "Mr. Winkle," a sport, in Pickwick Papers. 
 
 "Pip," a little lad, in Great Expectations. 
 
 A FETE OF ROSES. 
 
 fT was in June, the month of roses, that 
 Mrs. Y. gave her novel social known 
 as the "Fete of Roses." During the sea- 
 son the same round of social events had 
 taken place, and this little lady decided 
 that she would try a new plan of entertain- 
 ment, hence the fete. 
 
 The home of the Y.'s had long been the 
 admiration of their fellow-townspeople, 
 being one of the oldest residences in the 
 country round about, located on the out- 
 skirts of the village, set in spacious 
 grounds, surrounded by trees and shrub- 
 bery. Its roses were the wonder and ad- 
 miration of the whole populace, radiating 
 as they did from the old-time cabbage rose 
 to the newest novelty of modern culture. 
 From the abundance of her store Mrs. Y. 
 decided to give for the happiness of her 
 friends. 
 
 Much wonder was expressed among these 
 friends when the little white missives ar- 
 rived, bidding them welcome to a "Fete 
 of Roses." 
 
 Meantime Mrs. Y., assisted by the 
 daughters of the family, proceeded to 
 decorate the old house, until it appeared 
 
A FETE 61F R08E^. 
 
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 k veritable i^osfe paradise. A color scheme 
 was planned and followed rigorously. The 
 reception-room was a fairy bovver of white 
 bride's roses and maiden-hair fern. A 
 great embankment had been placed where 
 the receiving party were to stand. The 
 parlors were a study, one in pink, the other 
 in yellow. The decoration of the dining- 
 room was the deep rich red of the Ameri- 
 can Beauty. The color scheme was carried 
 into the decoration of the tables, where 
 centerpieces of cardinal roses and ferns 
 converted the tables into "a thing of 
 beauty," which might have been "a joy 
 forever." The chandeliers in each room 
 were softened by shades of the same pre- 
 dominating color as the decoration. When 
 the eventful evening arrived, nothing as 
 beautiful had ever been seen in the village ; 
 the receiving party, gowned in white and 
 wearing no decoration excepting roses, 
 welcomed each guest with smiling faces 
 and happy hearts. 
 
 The rose idea was not merely carried 
 out in the decoration of the rooms, but 
 also became a feature of the entertainment 
 of the guests. Before the announcement 
 of refreshments two young ladies appeared 
 dressed to simulate flower-girls, and bear- 
 ing each a tray, one heaped with pink 
 buds, the other with full-blown white 
 roses. Each rose had fastened to the stem 
 a tiny scrap of paper, hearing a number; 
 each bud was likewise decorated. The 
 roses were presented to the ladies of the 
 party, the buds to the gentlemen. The 
 hostess now explained that the numbers 
 were duplicates, and that by searching for 
 his "mate" the gentleman would find the 
 lady he was expected to escort to refresh- 
 ments. Then a merry search ensued.. At 
 last all were mated and repaired to the 
 dining-room, where a dainty three-course 
 lunch was served. The menu cards con- 
 sisted of a single white card, decorated 
 in water-colors, a tiny bud in one corner, 
 each bearing the following quotation: 
 
 *^Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, 
 Old Time is still a-flying; 
 
 And this same flower that smiles to-day, 
 To-morrow may be dying." 
 
 Between the first and second course a 
 tray containing pencils and paper was 
 placed before the hostess. Then followed 
 a rose game, which the hostess explained 
 as follows: Each guest was presented 
 with two slips of paper — one blank, the 
 other containing a list of questions, the 
 answers to which were different varieties 
 of roses. The guest who first completed 
 the list, most nearly correct, was entitled 
 to a prize. The list will be found at the 
 close of this article. 
 
 Between the next courses a Rose Guess 
 was held. A vase containing a single large 
 rose was placed on the table ; the guests 
 were then requested to guess the number 
 of petals this rose contained; after the 
 guesses were registered the petals were 
 counted and a "booby" prize given the one 
 making the wildest guess. 
 
 On returning to the parlor each guest 
 was given a slip of paper containing a por- 
 tion of a quotation about roses. These 
 slips were then compared and a search Avas 
 inaugurated to find who held the remain- 
 ing portion. After they were completed 
 as they are thought to be correct they were 
 read and the authors named at random by 
 different guests. Following are some of 
 the quotations used: 
 
 "I heard instead the drowsy hum of bees. 
 Among the roses in a winding lane." 
 
 — Matheson. 
 
 "The tear down childhood's cheek that 
 flows. 
 Is like the dewdrop on the rose." — Scott. 
 
 "What hideous warfare hath been waged, 
 What kingdoms overthrown. 
 Since first I spied that primrose tuft, 
 And marked it for my own." 
 
 — Wm. Wordsworth. 
 
 "What's in a name ? 
 That which we call a rose 
 By any other name would smell as sweet." 
 
 — Wm. Shakespeare, 
 
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 A FLOWER SOCIAL. 
 
 ''Bear lightly on their foreheads, Time — 
 Strew roses on their way — 
 The young in heart, however old, 
 That prize the present day." 
 
 — Chas. Mackay, 
 
 ''First love will with the heart remain 
 When its hopes are all gone by, 
 As frail rose-blossoms will retain 
 Their fragrance when they die." 
 
 — Claine, 
 
 "You may break, you may shatter the vase, 
 if vou will, 
 But, the scent of the roses will cling 
 round it still." — Tlios. Moore. 
 
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 I remember, I remember, 
 The roses red and white; 
 The violets and the lily-cups." 
 — Thos. Hood. 
 
 ROSE GAME. 
 
 1 — A Frenchman's pride and glory ? (La 
 
 France.) 
 2 — An old lady's comfort? (Tea.) 
 3 — What young men seek? (American 
 
 Beauties.) 
 4 — A name sometimes applied to dull 
 
 people ? ( Cabbage. ) 
 5 — A rural beauty ? (Queen of the Prai- 
 rie.) 
 6 — A pigmy people? (Dwarf.) 
 7 — A rose used by a seamstress? 
 
 (Thimble.) 
 8 — An artistic rose ? (Raphael.) 
 9 — A wedding attendant ? (Maid of 
 Honor.) 
 10 — A literary rose? (Spencer.) 
 
 A FLOWER SOCIAL. 
 
 HIS social should be held in the 
 spring, when there is an abundance 
 of flowers. A profusion of flowers should 
 be used in the decorating. Use them in 
 wreaths, garlands and in the old-time bou- 
 quets. The refreshment tables should be 
 adorned with flowers. If small tables are 
 used a pretty effect may be had by using 
 a separate flower for each table decoration 
 
 — one in violets, another in lilacs, one in 
 daisies, and so forth. 
 
 Two little girls should be dressed as 
 flower-girls, wearing white frocks, with 
 garnitures of flowers, and wreaths in the 
 hair. 
 
 Provide baskets; fill these with bouton- 
 nieres, on each of which is fastened a 
 flower quotation, the author and poem 
 from which it is taken being left a blank, 
 to be filled in by the guest, this being the 
 first game of the evening. The flower- 
 girls are stationed at the doorway of the 
 parlors and present each guest with a 
 boutonniere as they pass into the room. 
 The following flower quotations may be 
 found helpful: 
 
 "One by one, in the infinite meadows of 
 Heaven, 
 Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me- 
 nots of the angels." 
 — Henry W, Longfellow, "Evangeline." 
 
 "In the days gone by, when my naked feet 
 were tripped 
 By the honey-suckle's tangles where the 
 
 water-lilies dipped, 
 And the ripples of the river lipped the 
 
 moss along the brink 
 Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed 
 cattle came to drink." 
 
 — James Whitcomh Riley, 
 
 "The Days Gone By.'^ 
 
 "Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, 
 That creepeth o'er ruins old." 
 
 — Chas. Dichens, "The Ivy Green." 
 
 "On waste and woodland, rock and plain, 
 Its humble buds unheeded rise ; 
 The rose has but a summer's reign ; 
 The daisy never dies." 
 — Jas. Montgomery, "The Daisy." 
 
 "I steal by lawns and grassy plots ; 
 I slide by hazel covers ; 
 I move the sweet forget-me-nots 
 That grew for happy lovers." 
 — Alfred Tennyson, "Song of the Brook." 
 
A FLOWER SOCIAL. 
 
 27 
 
 "The lily is all in white, like a saint, 
 And so is no mate for me; 
 And the daisy's cheek is tipped with a 
 blush, 
 She is of such low degree." 
 
 — Thomas Hood, "Flowers." 
 
 "Roses and lilies, and violets blue, 
 
 Blooni for the souls of the good and true." 
 —Will Carleton, "Cover Them Over." 
 
 "Bring orchids, bring the foxglove spire. 
 The little speedwell's darling blue. 
 Deep tulips dashed with fiery dew, 
 
 I Laburnums, dropping wells of fire." 
 — Alfred Tennyson, "Spring." 
 
 "There's a wedding in the orchard, dear ; 
 I know it by the flowers ; 
 They're wreathed on every bough and 
 branch, 
 Or falling down in showers." 
 — Mary E. Dodge, "Blossom Time." 
 
 "I was rich in flowers and trees. 
 Humming-birds and honey bees ; 
 For my sport the squirrel played. 
 Plied the snouted mole his spade." 
 — John G. Whittier, "Barefoot Boy." 
 
 "O spirit of the summer time. 
 
 Bring back the roses to the dells ; 
 The swallow from her distant clime, 
 The honey-bee from drowsy cells." 
 — Allingham, "Song." 
 
 "I thought of the green banks that circled 
 
 around. 
 With wild-flowers and sweet-brier and 
 
 eglantine crowned. 
 And I thought of the river all quiet and 
 
 bright 
 As the face of the sky on a blue summer 
 
 night." 
 — Anonymous, "Scenes of Childhood." 
 
 "I hear the wood-thrush piping one mel- 
 low descant more. 
 And scent the flowers that blow when the 
 heat of day is o'er." 
 — William C. Bryant, "Waiting by the 
 Gate." 
 
 "Where are the flowers, the fair young 
 flowers, that lately sprung and 
 stood 
 In brighter light and softer airs, a beau- 
 teous sisterhood? 
 Alas, they all are in their graves; the 
 
 gentle race of flowers 
 Are lying in their lowly beds with the 
 fair and good of ours." 
 — William C. Bryant, "Death of the 
 Flowers." 
 
 "How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk. 
 How rich the hawthorn's blossom. 
 As underneath their fragrant shade 
 I clasped her to my bosom." 
 — Boht. Burns, "Highland Mary." 
 
 "There is a reaper whose name is Death, 
 
 And with his sickle keen 
 He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 
 
 And the flowers that grow between." 
 — H. W. Longfellow, "The Reaper and the 
 
 Flow 
 
 7ers. 
 
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 ■ "Under the sod and the dew, 
 Waiting the Judgment-day ; 
 Under the roses the Blue, 
 Under the lilies the Gray." 
 
 — Finch, "Blue and Gray." 
 
 After the quotations have been com- 
 pleted by the guests the hostess may re- 
 quest each guest to read same, naming the 
 poem from which it is taken and the 
 author. If he has made an error, some 
 guest then makes the correction, or this 
 may be done by the hostess. 
 
 The next game is a disguised flower 
 game. Pencils and paper are provided for 
 each guest, also a type-written list like the 
 following. The person first completing 
 the list receives a gift: 
 
 1— Flowers often sought in vain by 
 young gentlemen. (Tulips.) 
 
 2 — A source of great annoyance to un- 
 married men. (Bachelor's But- 
 tons. ) 
 
 3 — A gallant gentleman and a beast of 
 prey. (Dandelion.) 
 
 4 — A flower much used by housewives. 
 (Buttercups.) 
 
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 A FEATHER SOCIAL. 
 
 — What a lover called his rival. (A 
 
 coxcomh. ) 
 6— A hoy's delight. (Snowball.) 
 7 — A midsuiiuiier friend. (Palm.) 
 8 — What all young ladies have an ambi- 
 tion to wear. (Orange Blossoms.) 
 9 — A token of remembrance. (Forget- 
 me-not. ) 
 10 — What most men desire. (Marigold.) 
 11 — An article of ladies' wearing apparel. 
 
 (Lady's Slipper.) 
 12 — An hour named for an event. (Four 
 
 o'clock.) 
 13 — A balm for sorrow. (Heart's-ease.) 
 14 — A term often used by a boy in describ- 
 ing an article. (Daisy.) 
 15 — The flower that ruined Holland. 
 
 (Tulip.) 
 16 — The result of afflictions. (Bleeding 
 
 Hearts.) 
 17 — An emblem of purity. (Lily.) 
 18 — A sweet-scented herb. (Lavender.) 
 19 — What a father said to his son early 
 in the morning. (Johnny Jump- 
 up.) 
 20 — Musical flowers. (Bluebells.) 
 
 An impromptu game is played as fol- 
 lows: Some person announces a letter. 
 He then asks questions of any member of 
 the party, w^hich they are expected to an- 
 swer by naming a flower beginning with 
 the letter named — as, ^'What do you ad- 
 mire?" If the letter announced is "P" 
 the answers must be petunias, peonies, 
 peas, etc. If the question remains unan- 
 swered until the questioner has had time 
 to count ten, a forfeit must be paid. 
 
 A FEATHER SOCIAL. 
 
 HIS is a very unique social, and for 
 ^"f^ those Avho are searching for some- 
 thing entirely new, we suggest its use. 
 
 Cut the invitation card the shape of a 
 feather. Let it bear this inscription: 
 
 A FEATHEK SOCIAL, 
 
 To be held when 
 "The day is done and the darkness falls 
 from the wings of night 
 
 As a feather is wafted do\^Tiward from 
 an eagle in its flight." 
 
 Procure as many different varieties of 
 feathers as possible, from bird and fowl; 
 fasten a slip of paper containing a num- 
 ber on each and display on a table pro- 
 vided for that purpose. Provide cards 
 numbered as the feathers; present thes(; 
 to the guests and ask them to name the 
 bird or fowl to which the feathers belong, 
 according to number. When the list is 
 complete a correct list is read. For a 
 light game, play the old favorite "Float 
 the Feather." This is played by divid- 
 ing the guests into two parties and 
 stretching a cord across the room, divid- 
 ing it into two parts, placing one-half the 
 guests on one side, the remainder on the 
 other. Now blow a feather high in the 
 air. The game is to prevent the feather 
 falling to the floor on your side of the 
 cord ; if this happens, it counts one 
 against you in the game. 
 
 Have some guest prepare an autobi- 
 ography of a feather and have it read. 
 Here is an example: 
 
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FEATHER. 
 
 The first that I remember in my exist- 
 ence was that I was a soft, tiny hair; I 
 was very young, so did not give much 
 heed to what happened around me. 
 Finally I grew stronger and larger, and 
 soon developed into a full-fledged feather. 
 One day I felt myself being lifted up, 
 and away I went sailing through the air. 
 What rapture it was ! From that day 
 henceforth I knew what my mission in 
 life meant, and Avas most happy to fulfill 
 the same ; I wished that my life might 
 continue forever in this way. I had 
 heard that I was a most beautiful and 
 valuable feather, as quills were very sty- 
 lish this Avinter. Xow, I did not in the 
 least understand what "style" meant, but 
 I very soon learned, much to my sorrow. 
 As my mother, the bird, and I were sail- 
 ing through the air one day there came 
 a loud report, and then I felt myself fall- 
 ing, falling dowii to the ground. I was 
 
A Pt2fE-ARf jDISPLAY, 
 
 29 
 
 much frightened and asked my mother 
 the meaning of this strange performance, 
 but she did not ansAver me and I never 
 heard her sweet voice again, for she was 
 dead. 
 
 I now wondered what was to befall me, 
 but did not long remain in doubt, for I 
 was seized by a rough hand, then heard 
 a gruff voice exclaim: ^'Sure, this one is 
 all right; see these fine feathers — they 
 will make quills." Another voice now 
 replied, '^Well, handle them carefully." 
 Now came a terrible wrench and I found 
 myself, wrenched from the body of my 
 poor, dead mother, and thrust into a dark 
 dungeon, which I afterward learned was a 
 ^'bag." I now felt myself being carried 
 oh, so slowly, over miles and miles of 
 rough, hard ground; this seemed very 
 strange to me, as I had been accustomed 
 to sailing through the air at a rapid rate. 
 Finally we reached our destination and 
 I was released from my prison. I was 
 soon placed in another dark receptacle and 
 sent away to what I afterward learned 
 was a factory; there I saw millions of 
 other feathers which were trimmed and 
 dyed and created into what are called the 
 ^'■quills," now so stylish. I am glad to 
 state that I was not dyed, but was left 
 in my natural state so far as color was 
 concerned, but after the remaining process 
 was completed I was pronounced a very 
 handsome, jaunty quill. And now oc- 
 curred another long, tedious journey, and 
 when I at last arrived at the end of this 
 journey I had hoped that my travels were 
 past — but not so. I was placed in a 
 glass case for a short time, then taken out 
 and placed on a hat, which was declared 
 to be ^Very swell," and now how many 
 pretty heads I did adorn, while their own- 
 ers were selecting a new ^'spring hat." 
 But at last I was purchased by a most 
 beautiful young lady, and sent to her 
 home ; here I received much attention un- 
 til the ''season" closed ; then I was taken 
 from the hat I adorned and cast into a 
 drawer, where I lay until I was brought 
 forth for an exhibit in this Feather Social. 
 
 A FEAST OF FRUIT PI. 
 
 }®)ROVIDE pencils, paper and type- 
 1^' written lists like the following for 
 each guest. The following list of words 
 is jumbled letters or what is known as 
 printer's ''pi." The hostess explains that 
 the letters when properly arranged will 
 form a variety of fruit. A prize may be 
 given the person arranging the list cor- 
 rectly. 
 
 capeh 
 
 repa 
 
 pelappeni 
 
 aaabnn 
 
 pmul 
 
 rechyr 
 
 nraeog 
 
 nelmo 
 
 prage 
 
 ntocacuo 
 
 wrsbyrtare 
 
 gif 
 
 calbkrybre 
 
 tarcurn 
 
 deat 
 
 yedrebrw 
 
 
 
 The key to the above is as follows: 
 Peach, banana, orange, cocoanut, black- 
 berry, dewberry, pear, plum, lemon, 
 strawberry, currant, pineapple, cherry, 
 grape, fig, date. 
 
 A FINE-ART DISPLAY. 
 
 fills is a Burlesque Social. Prepare 
 catalogues with numbers and sub- 
 jects, just as the real art catalogues are 
 made. One of these catalogues is to be 
 given each guest as he enters the room. 
 The art display should be held in a room 
 that is kept closed until all guests have 
 arrived. 
 
 In arranging the display use an ex- 
 tended dining-room table. With a white 
 crayon mark the table off in squares, mak- 
 ing them the proper size that you may 
 have one square for each exhibit ; the line 
 forms the frame of the "masterpiece." 
 Place a number in the lower left-hand 
 corner to correspond to number in cata- 
 logue ; this will aid the guest in determin- 
 ing the titles of the paintings. 
 
 We give below a short list of subjects. 
 An ingenious hostess can invent innumer- 
 able new subjects for her display. 
 
 LIST OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 1 — The Skipper at Home. (Repre- 
 sented by a piece of cheese). 
 
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 A FOREST SOCIAL. 
 
 2 — Study of a Head. (A cabbage.) 
 3 — The Palo Face at TTomo. (A powder 
 
 box, face powder.) 
 4 — A King of Sunny Lands. (A ball 
 
 of cottx)n.) 
 5— A Friend That Sticketh Closer Than 
 
 a Brother. (Cup of molasses). 
 6 — Scenes in China. (Pictures pasted 
 
 on a china platter.) 
 7 — The Ceaseless Grind of Labor. (Pair 
 
 of false teeth.) 
 8 — Origin of a Teardrop. (An onion.) 
 9 — A I^ight of Other Days. (A candle- 
 stick.) 
 10 — A Study in Scarlet. (Scrap of red 
 
 flannel.) 
 11 — The Irish Village. (A cork.) 
 12 — A Study in Hearts. (A trio of 
 
 '^candy hearts.") 
 13— An Airy Tale. (Tail of a kite). 
 14 — Fetters of Gold. (Two wedding 
 
 rings. ) 
 15 — To Aid a Weaker Sister. (A broom). 
 16 — An Emblem of Justice. (Scales.) 
 17 — A JS'ew Masher. (Potato Masher.) 
 18 — The Enemy of Man. (Needle, 
 
 thread and button.) 
 19 — A Friend in Need. (A hairpin.) 
 20 — A Reason for Midnight Musings. 
 (A cucumber.) 
 
 A FOREST SOCIAL. 
 
 t^^vHIS social should be held in the 
 f autumn when the leaves, touched by 
 the fingers of Jack Frost, are turning to 
 crimson and gold. The rooms should be 
 decorated in branches and garlands of 
 leaves, with plenty of evergreen for va- 
 riety. 
 
 There are a number of games suitable 
 for this occasion. On a table should be 
 displayed twenty different varieties of 
 leaves, each bearing a number. Slips of 
 paper are prepared, each numbered from 
 one to twenty, to correspond with the 
 numbering of the leaves. These slips, 
 together with pencils, are provided each 
 guest. They are then asked to name the 
 
 different leaves. When the lists are com- 
 pleted they are collected and corrected by 
 a committee appointed by the hostess. 
 
 Small cards, each bearing in bold let- 
 ters the name of a tree, are fastened one 
 on the back of each guest. He is then 
 expected to determine by questions asked 
 him and statements made to him what 
 tree he represents. 
 
 Next may be played Quotation Chips. 
 This consists of slips of paper on which 
 quotations bearing on trees have been writ- 
 ten. These slips are cut into two portions, 
 as irregular as possible, one portion being 
 given a guest, the remainder being thrown 
 in a heap on the table. The guest is 
 expected to search until he finds the re- 
 maining chip of his quotation. The fol- 
 lowing quotations will be found appropri- 
 ate for this game: 
 
 "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, 
 There is a rapture on the lonely shore.'' 
 
 — Lord Byron. 
 
 "O whispering trees, companions, sages, 
 friends. 
 
 No change in you, whatever friendship 
 ends.'' — Joaquin Miller, 
 
 "Summer or winter, day or night, 
 The woods are ever a new delight." 
 
 — Richard H. Stoddard. 
 
 "Alas for him who never sees 
 The stars shine through his cypress trees ; 
 Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, 
 Nor looks to see the breaking day 
 Across the mournful marbles play." 
 
 — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "Faint murmurs from the pine tops reach 
 
 my ear, 
 As if a harp string — ^touched in some far 
 
 sphere — 
 Vibrating in the lucid atmosphere, 
 Let the soft south wind waft its music 
 
 here." — Thos. B. Aldrich. 
 
 "Not merely growing, like a tree. 
 In bulk, doth make men better be.' 
 
 — Ben Jonson, 
 
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A GOLD SOCIAL. 
 
 31 
 
 "The leaf tongues of the forest, the flower 
 lips of the sod, 
 
 The happy birds that hymn their rap- 
 tures in the ear of God, 
 
 The summer wind that bringeth music 
 over land and sea, 
 
 Have each a voice that singeth this sweet 
 song of songs to me — 
 
 This word is full of beauty, like other 
 worlds above, 
 
 And if we did our duty it might be full 
 of love." — Gerald Massey. 
 
 '^One impulse from a vernal wood 
 May teach you more of man. 
 Of moral evil, and of good. 
 Than all the sages can." 
 
 — Wm. Wordsworth. 
 
 "Like leaves on trees the life of man is 
 found, 
 l^ow green in youth, now withering on 
 
 the ground; 
 Another race the following spring sup- 
 plies. 
 They fall successive and successive rise." 
 
 — Alex. Pope. 
 
 Yet another game is the Hidden Tree 
 
 game, the following list of sentences being 
 
 given, each of which contains a hidden 
 
 tree : 
 
 1 — The man stood at the helm. (Elm.) 
 
 2 — They will reap each field in turn. 
 
 (Peach.) 
 3 — 'Tis gloomy since dark has fallen. 
 
 (Cedar.) 
 4 — Tall arches were placed along the 
 
 streets. (Larch.) 
 5 — The pin entered his hand. (Pine.) 
 6 — He appeared to be in great pain. 
 
 (Pear.) 
 7 — ^N^ancy pressed many beautiful flower 
 
 specimens. (Cypress.) 
 8 — Come, boys, let us go a kite-flying. 
 
 (Oak.) 
 9 — The sash was sadly torn. (Ash.) 
 10 — Eor this favor I will owe you grati- 
 tude. (Willow.) 
 
 A GOLD SOCIAL. 
 
 HE walls and furniture should be 
 draped in yellow cheese-cloth or 
 bunting. Yellow asters, sunflowers and 
 golden-rod should be used as decorative 
 flowers. There is a variety of yellow lily, 
 which mav also be obtained and which 
 makes beautiful decorations. 
 
 The refreshment table should be cov- 
 ered with a white cloth, with decorations 
 of yellow; yellow chrysanthemums will 
 be found very effective table decorators. 
 The maids presiding at these tables should 
 be gowned in yellow. Eor refreshments 
 serve lemon and orange ices, gold cake, 
 ice-cream, with oranges and bananas for 
 fruits. 
 
 The amusements should be golden. 
 Announce to the company that golden 
 nuggets are hidden in various parts of the 
 room, and that they may be obtained by 
 searching; a merry search will ensue, and 
 many nuggets, which consist of bonbons 
 wrapped in gilt paper, will be unearthed. 
 
 The following Golden Enigma may be 
 found interesting: 
 
 "There is a gold that soars in tree-tops 
 high. 
 And gold that round some heads doth 
 
 fly; 
 
 There is a gold that labors day by day. 
 And a gold that's hidden far away. 
 There's a gold that sparkles in the sun. 
 And a gold o'er which clear waters run ; 
 There's a gold that has led men far from 
 
 home. 
 And a gold that over prairies roam." 
 
 The key to the above is as follows: 
 Goldfinch, gold-i-locks, goldsmith, gold- 
 field, gold dust, goldfish, gx)ld-f ever, golden 
 pheasant. 
 
 The following Golden Thoughts are 
 distributed and read by the guests, each 
 calling on some person to name the author : 
 
 "Silence is golden." — Bible. 
 
 "Better than grandeur, better than gold. 
 Than rank or titles, a hundred fold, 
 
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 AN HISTORICAL SOCIAL. 
 
 Is a hoaUliy body and a mind at case, 
 And simple pleasures that always please." 
 
 — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "Then here's to our boyhood, its gold and 
 its gray ; 
 The stars of its winters, the dews of its 
 May." — Oliver W. Holmes. 
 
 '^IIow sw^eet at set of sun to view 
 Thy golden mirror spreading wide." 
 
 — Percival. 
 
 "Dear common flower, that growest be- 
 side the way. 
 Fringing the dusty road with harmless 
 
 gold." 
 
 — James R. Lowell. 
 
 a 
 
 I wandered lonely as a cloud 
 
 That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 
 When all at once I saAv a crowd, 
 
 A host of golden daffodils." 
 
 — Wm. Wordsworth. 
 
 "Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard, 
 Heap high the golden corn." 
 
 — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "And countless wedding jewels shine, 
 And golden gifts of grace ; 
 I never saw such wealth of sun 
 In any shady place." 
 
 — Mary Mapes Dodge. 
 
 "I love the beautiful evening 
 
 When the sunset clouds are gold ; 
 WTien the barn-fowls seek a shelter 
 And the young lambs seek their fold." 
 
 — Nealy. 
 
 "My glowing heart beats high 
 At the sight of shining gold ; 
 But it is not that which the miser's eye 
 Delighteth to behold." — Eliza Cook. 
 
 "Xot for the violets golden 
 That sprinkle the vale below." 
 
 — Alice Gary. 
 
 "Woods and cornfields a little brown — 
 The picture must not be over bright ; 
 
 Yet all in the golden and gracious light 
 Of a cloud when the summer sun is 
 down." — Alice Gary. 
 
 "There through the long, long summer 
 hours. 
 The golden light should lie." 
 
 — William G. Bryant. 
 
 "Let those who wish them toil for gold 
 and praise; 
 To me the summer day brings more of 
 pleasure." — Arnold. 
 
 "But on the hill the golden-rod, the aster 
 in the wood. 
 And the yellow sunflower by the brook 
 in autumn beauty stood." 
 
 — William G. Bryant, 
 
 "Matted and damp are the curls of gold. 
 Kissing the snow of that fair young 
 brow." — Lacoste. 
 
 "The golden hours, on angel wings 
 Flew o'er me and my dearie ; 
 For dear to me as light and life 
 Was my sweet Highland Mary." 
 
 — Robert Burns. 
 
 "There's a land far away, 'mid the stars, 
 we are told. 
 Where they know not the sorrows of 
 time; 
 Where the pure waters wander through 
 valleys of gold, ^ 
 
 And life is a treasure sublime." 
 
 — Glarh. 
 
 "There's one with ringlets of sunny gold. 
 
 And eyes the reflection of Heaven's 
 
 own blue; 
 
 He crossed in the twilight gTay and cold. 
 
 And the pale mist hid him from mortal 
 
 view. 
 
 J? 
 
 ■Wakefield. 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SOCIAL. 
 
 cj^HIS social will be found suitable for 
 
 'If a Washington birthday anniversary. 
 
 Procure white cards about three inches 
 
 square. In the upper left-hand corner 
 
AN HISTORICAL SOCIAL. 
 
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 paint, in water colors, a tiny American 
 flag; in the center of the card write ^'An 
 Historical Social" ; below this the date. 
 
 The decorations for this social should 
 be in the national colors, using a profu- 
 sion of flags. Portraits of eminent Ameri- 
 cans might also have a place in the decora- 
 tions. A statuette or bust of Washington 
 should hold a prominent place. 
 
 One of the leading features of this even- 
 ing should be the music, which should 
 consist of patriotic airs, both vocal and 
 instrumental. 
 
 Provide the pictures of twenty promi- 
 nent historical characters, mount on white 
 cardboard, number each and hang on the 
 wall. Each member of the party is given 
 pencils and paper and asked to write the 
 names of these persons according to num- 
 ber. Also write a list of short, pithy 
 ^^sayings," one of each of the pictured 
 Americans chosen. Place these lists on 
 the walls at intervals where they may be 
 accessible to each guest, and ask them to 
 write this quotation on their list opposite 
 the person who uttered it. For the benefit 
 of those who may wish to use this social 
 we submit the following list of pictures 
 and quotations to be used: 
 
 Washington^ — ^^I die hard, but I am not 
 
 afraid to go." 
 Madison — ^^I always talk better when I 
 
 lie." 
 Lincoln — "I am but an accidental instru- 
 ment." 
 Clay — "I would rather be right than to 
 
 be president." 
 Henry — ^^Give me liberty or give me 
 
 death." 
 Taylor — ^^I am waiting for Santa Anna 
 
 to surrender." 
 Webster — ^^Liberty and union, now and 
 
 forever, one and inseparable." 
 J. Q. Adams — ^^This is the last of earth ; 
 
 I am content." 
 Perry — ^^We have met the enem;y and they 
 
 are ours." 
 Lawrence — ^^Don't give up the ship." 
 Jefferson — ''This is the Fourth of July." 
 
 Adams — "Thomas Jefferson still sur- 
 vives." 
 
 Grant — ''We will fight it out on this line 
 if it takes all summer." 
 
 Sherman — "If Hood will go, I will give 
 him rations to go on." 
 
 Sheridan — "Turn boys, turn; we're 'going 
 back!" 
 
 Paul Jones— "I have not yet begun to 
 fight." 
 
 W. H. Harrison — "The principles of the 
 government; I wish them carried out." 
 
 Garfield — "Ideas are the great warriors of 
 the world." 
 
 Andrew Jackson — "Our watchword is vic- 
 tory or death." 
 
 Benjamin Harrison — "God pity the 
 American citizen who does not love our 
 flag." 
 
 The next game is called Disguised His- 
 torical Characters. Each guest is given 
 a list, and a contest follows as to who can 
 complete the list first, a suitable J)rize 
 being provided for the winner: 
 
 1 — An instrument used in writing. 
 
 (Penn.) 
 2- — A meadow or sward land. (Lee.) 
 3 — A common breakfast dish. (Bacon.) 
 4 — ^A carnivorous animal. (Wolfe.) 
 5 — Mound or dikes of earth. (Banks.) 
 6 — A rough, prickly seed envelope. 
 
 (Burr.) 
 7 — The frame of a vessel. (Hull.) 
 8 — Passageways in fences. (Gates.) 
 9 — The head-covering of a child. 
 (Hood.) 
 10 — An energetic, four- winged insect. 
 
 (Bee.) 
 11— A kind of soft earth. (Clay.) 
 12 — The head of the Catholic Church. 
 
 (Pope.) 
 13 — A spear. (Pike.) 
 14-^To drive or penetrate. (Pierce.) 
 15 — The market value of an article. 
 
 (Price.) 
 16 — A worker of stones and mortar. 
 
 (Mason.) 
 17 — An extremity of the human body. 
 (Foote.) 
 
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 A KODAK MEET, 
 
 18 — A household servant. (Butler.) 
 19 — Carbonized iron. (Steele.) 
 20 — A boast. (Bragg.) 
 
 Tiny American Hags should be given as 
 souvenirs. 
 
 AN INDOOR FISHING PARTY. 
 
 I HIS fishing party is held indoors, 
 f^ Tiny rods and lines are provided 
 with wire hooks. A pasteboard box is 
 prepared to hold the fish; small slits are 
 cut in the lid^ and in these slits are fitted 
 white cardboard fish, one for each guest. 
 The rules for the fishing are as follows: 
 One hand only, and a limit of five minutes' 
 time to make a catch. Once caught the 
 fish will be found to contain the following 
 list, known as a Game of Fish, the an- 
 swers to the list being well-know^n species 
 of fish. Each guest is requested to write 
 the name of the species opposite the name 
 on the list. 
 
 1 — A perfection fish. 
 
 2 — A clinging fish. 
 
 3 — A musical fish. 
 
 4 — A wealthy fish. 
 
 5 — A ruling fish. 
 
 6 — A flowery fish. 
 
 7— A hard fish. 
 
 8 — An animal fish. 
 
 9 — A crawling fish. 
 10— A light fish. 
 11 — A cold fish. 
 12 — A tool fish. 
 13 — A complaining fish. 
 14 — A Heavenly fish. 
 
 The answers to above are as follows: 
 
 1 — Angel. 
 2— Bur. 
 3— Drum. 
 4— Dollar. 
 5 — King. 
 6 — Rose. 
 7— Rock. 
 
 8 — Cow, Dog or Buffalo. 
 9 — Snake. 
 JO— Sun. 
 
 11— Frost. 
 12— File. 
 13 — Grunt. 
 14 — Paradise, 
 
 A JAPANESE SOCIAL. 
 
 ^ JAPANESE SOCIAL, g-uests re- 
 ivsV quested to come ^^en costume/' so 
 the invitations read. 
 
 The rooms were beautifully decorated in 
 palms and Japanese parasols and lan- 
 terns; chairs were removed and cushions 
 provided for seating the guests. 
 
 For refreshments tea and rice were 
 served from tiny tables. A trio of young 
 ladies, dressed as Japanese women, ap- 
 peared with guitars and furnished music. 
 A table containing Japanese curios was 
 an interesting feature. 
 
 Japanese napkins, on which were writ- 
 ten a list of jumbled cities, were given 
 each guest, and they were required to re- 
 arrange the letters in proper form. 
 
 Next a number of Japanese tops were 
 provided, and all joined in spinning them 
 (this being the principal game of the 
 Japanese). 
 
 Tiny Japanese fans were given as sou- 
 venirs. 
 
 A KODAK MEET. 
 
 |NE of the merriest picnics of the 
 season was the Kodak Meet. It was 
 given by the Amateur Photographers' 
 Club, in a wood some miles from the vil- 
 lage. The journey was made on wheels, 
 each of which was decorated with a gay 
 little Japanese lantern ; a merry proces- 
 sion they formed speeding away over the 
 country roads so early in the morning, be- 
 fore the heat of the day had arrived. 
 They were followed, at a more leisurely 
 pace, by a light wagon loaded with such 
 supplies as kodaks, cameras, tripods, 
 hammocks, camp-chairs, lunjchee, etc. 
 
 Before the noon hour the picnic grounds 
 had been selected and had assunaed a fe^- 
 
A HALLOWE'EN SOCIAL. 
 
 35 
 
 tive air, with hammocks stretched under 
 trees, rugs spread on grass plots, etc. At 
 luncheon hour the cloths were spread on 
 the grass in true picnic fashion, and the 
 goodies enjoyed as only hungry picnickers 
 can enjoy food. 
 
 After luncheon members of the party 
 strayed here and there, making negatives 
 of pretty nooks and corners, which when 
 fully developed ' would prove beautiful 
 souvenirs of the day's outing. As the 
 heat increased all returned to camp and 
 enjoyed the friendly shade of the forest 
 trees, while two young men of the party 
 departed to search for a spring of coo] 
 w^ater. Much surprise was manifested 
 when they appeared a little later bearing 
 between them a huge demijohn supported 
 on a heavy stick. This proved to contain 
 a quantity of sweet milk which had been 
 given them by a hospitable farmer's wife 
 who lived near at hand. All voted it the 
 best nectar ever sipped, and manifested a 
 desire to make the acquaintance of their 
 patron, and later in the evening this was 
 accomplished, together with a heap of 
 negatives which each member of the party 
 insisted on taking, of farmhouse, wife, 
 husband and children, in all manner of 
 poses; weeks after these simple people 
 were the recipients of a volley of pictures 
 in which their home and its inmates were 
 centered ; even the dog was not forgotten, 
 and one enterprising amateur had slipped 
 away to the barn and taken a ^'snap" at 
 Bossy and the baby calf, v^hich was a de- 
 cided success, and which was immediately 
 voted by the "son and heir" to be worth 
 all the rest of the "trash put together." 
 
 A HALLOWE'EN SOCIAL. 
 
 fHIS might also be known as a Mys- 
 tical Social. Send brief rhymed 
 invitations something like the following: 
 
 "You^re invited to come on next Thursday 
 night — 
 Where the Jack-o-Lantern sheds his 
 light; 
 
 The Will-o-the-Wisp will sparkle above 
 And aid you in finding your own true 
 love." 
 
 A Hallowe'en social would never be 
 complete without the old-time games. We 
 quote the following from "J^otes" on Hal- 
 lowe'en, by Burns: 
 
 BURNING THE NUTS. 
 
 Two nuts are selected — one named for 
 a girl, the other for a boy. These are 
 placed in an open fire; if they burn 
 quietly together, the couple shall wed and 
 lead a happy life; on the other hand, if 
 one "pops" away from the other, they will 
 never wed. If an open fire is not attain- 
 able, the above game may be played by 
 substituting popcorn for nuts, placing it 
 on a hot stove cover, the same result may 
 be obtained. 
 
 WATER FORTUNE. 
 
 Take three dishes; put clean water in 
 one, foul water in the second, and leave 
 the third empty. Blindfold a person and 
 lead him to the dishes. He (or she) dips 
 in the left hand; if in clean water, he 
 shall have a happy marriage with a beau- 
 tiful maiden ; if in the foul water he shall 
 wed a widow, and if in the empty bowl 
 he shall never wed at all. This should be 
 repeated three times, the dishes being re- 
 arranged each time. 
 
 THE LOOKING-GLASS TEST. 
 
 Arrange a looking-glass to hang near a 
 draped doorway. A man wearing a mask 
 should be concealed behind this drapery. 
 'Now invite some lady to test the Glass 
 Game as follows : Lower all lights in the 
 room, take a candle and go before the 
 glass, gaze into it, eating an apple all the 
 while, and tradition says that your future 
 husband will peer into the glass over your 
 shoulder. The masked man should glide 
 from behind the curtain and peer over the 
 shoulder of the young lady at just the 
 right moment. This will occasion much 
 merriment and result in a great surprise 
 for the lady. 
 
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 A HARD TIMES SOCIAL. 
 
 SEEKING FOR FORTUNE. 
 
 Hide a wedding rii^g^ '<^ purse and a but- 
 *" ton in di Heron t parts of the room pro- 
 vided for the entertainment of the guests. 
 .Vow begins a search. The person who 
 linds the ring will be happily married; the 
 one who tinds the purse will be immensely 
 rich, and the one who tinds the button will 
 be doomed to "single blessedness for life." 
 
 FORECASTING THE FUTURE. 
 
 Have a person disguised as a witch ; 
 swing a kettle between two forked sticks; 
 the witch with her ladle is stirring a mix- 
 ture, which will bring to ail who cross 
 her palm with three black beans a forecast 
 of the future. The kettle contains num- 
 berless articles wrapped in tissue paper. 
 The following type-written list is now 
 brought forth and hung on the wall, being 
 the key to the fortune found. Each guest 
 as he takes his fortune from the kettle 
 refers to this key: 
 
 1 — A small cake — means that your fu- 
 ture husband will be a baker. 
 
 2 — A pair of scissors — a tailor. 
 
 3 — A penholder — an author. 
 
 4 — A poem — poet. 
 
 5 — A text-book — teacher. 
 
 fi — A cartridge — soldier. 
 
 7 — Shoetacks — cobbler. 
 
 8 — Pills— doctor. 
 
 9 — A brush — artist. 
 10 — A coin — banker. 
 
 The above list is only suggestive. 
 Enough articles should be provided that 
 every g-uest may draw a fortune. 
 
 APPLE GAMES. 
 
 Cut an apple in halves and remove the 
 seeds. Place four seeds in the palm of 
 the hand. Some bystander now names the 
 seeds, in his mind only; the person hold- 
 ing the seeds picks one up, saying: "This 
 one I'll take and never forsake." He is 
 then told who it was named. He takes 
 up another and says, "This is my heart's 
 desire" ; with the third one it is, "This 
 one I love with all my heart," and the 
 
 fourth and last, "And this one I cast in 
 the lire." .r 
 
 Another apple-seed game is: Fasten 
 two seeds to the eyelids, one on either side. 
 These are also named by a friend. Then 
 begins a winking and blinking to see which 
 falls first; the one that remains will b^ a 
 true and faithful lover. 
 
 Outside the house have numerous Jack- 
 o-Lanterns made of yellow pumpkins, with 
 candles burning brightly in each ; place 
 them in forks of trees, on the gate-posts, 
 at the entrance of the veranda and on every 
 window-sill. 
 
 A HARD TIMES SOCIAL. 
 
 fX this event each guest is dressed to 
 represent Hard Times. "Rags and 
 tags" will be in order. A prize is pre- 
 sented to the one best representing Hard 
 Times, the prize being awarded by a com- 
 mittee selected for the purpose. 
 
 The refreshments should consist of 
 hardtime fare — bacon and beans, corn- 
 bread and milk. 
 
 For amusements a series of tableaux 
 may be given, representing the subject of 
 the evening. These tableaux may be 
 adapted from the writings of well-known 
 authors. A good stage should be built, 
 with heavy curtains arranged to roll easily. 
 A reader should be secreted behind the 
 draperies. 
 
 The first tableau is adapted from "The 
 Song of the Shirt" by Thomas Hood. A 
 poor, thinly clad sewing girl is seated in 
 a bare room sewing by the light of a single 
 flickering candle. The voice behind the 
 scene reads: 
 
 ■'With fingers weary and worn, 
 With eyelids heavy and red, 
 A woman sat in unwomanly rags 
 Plying her needle and thread. 
 Stitch, stitch, stitch ! 
 
 In poverty, hunger and dirt, 
 And still in a voice of dolorous pitch 
 She sang the Song of the Shirt. 
 (Voice continues as the curtain falls.) 
 
A HARD TIMES SOCIAL. 
 
 37 
 
 men, with sisters dear, 
 
 O men with mothers and wives ! 
 It is not linen you're wearing out, 
 
 But human creatures' lives. 
 Stitch, stitch, stitch! 
 
 In poverty, hunger and dirt, 
 Sewing at once with a double thread, 
 
 A shroud as well as a shirt" 
 
 The next picture is adapted from Long- 
 fellow's "Village Blacksmith." The cur- 
 tain is drawn, showing the blacksmith at 
 work at his forge. 
 
 "Week in, week out, from morn till night. 
 You can hear his bellows blow ; 
 You can hear him swing his heavy 
 sledge. 
 With measured beat and slow. 
 Like a sexton ringing the village bell, 
 When the evening sun is low. 
 (As the curtain is lowered.) 
 Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing. 
 
 Onward through life he goes ; 
 Each morning sees some task begun. 
 
 Each evening sees it close. 
 Something attempted, something done, 
 Has earned a night's repose." 
 
 ]^ext we have a. forlorn, forsaken old 
 woman, dressed in rags, and walking with 
 the aid of a cane; as she walks feebly 
 across the stage, the reader begins the fol- 
 lowing extract from Will Carlton's "Over 
 the Hills to the Poorhouse" : 
 
 "Over the hills to the poorhouse, I can't 
 quite make it clear ; 
 Over the hills to the poorhouse, it seems 
 
 so horrid queer; 
 Many a step I've taken a-toilin' to and 
 
 fro. 
 But this is a sort of a journey I never 
 thought to go. 
 (The voice continues as she disappears 
 behind the scenes.) 
 
 1 am willin' and ready and anxious any 
 
 day. 
 To work for a decent livin' and earn my 
 
 honest way; 
 For I can earn my victuals, and miore 
 
 too, I'll be bound, 
 
 If anybody only is willing to have me 
 'round." 
 
 The next picture is from "The Song of 
 Hiawatha," Longfellow. It represents an 
 Indian, bow and arrow in hand, searching 
 for game. 
 
 "Oh the famine and the fever, 
 Oh the wasting of the famine, 
 Oh the blasting of the fever. 
 Oh the wailing of the children. 
 Oh the anguish of the women. 
 All the earth was sick and famished ! 
 Forth into the mighty forest 
 Bushed the maddened Hiawatha; 
 In his heart was deadly sorrow. 
 In his face a stony firmness; 
 'Gitche Manito, the Mighty,' 
 Cried he, with his face uplifted, 
 In that hour of bitter anguish, 
 ^Give your children food, O Father, 
 Give us food or we must perish.' 
 
 (As the curtain descends.) 
 Through the forest, vast and vacant, 
 Rang the cry of desolation; 
 But there came no other answer 
 Than the echo of his crying." 
 
 E^ext we have a picture from "Found 
 Dead in the Street," by an Anonymous 
 writer. The reading begins before the 
 curtain rises. 
 
 "The labor is over and done, 
 
 The sun has gone down in the west ; 
 The birds are asleep every one, 
 And the world has gone to its rest. 
 
 "Sleepers on beds of down, 
 
 'E^eath covers of silk and gold ; 
 Soft as on roses new blown. 
 Slept the great monarch of old. 
 
 "Sleepers on mother's breast. 
 Sleepers happy and warm; 
 Cosy as birds in their nest. 
 
 With never a thought of harm. 
 
 (Curtain rises here, showing a poor, 
 ragged little newsboy, lying on the bare 
 
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 A HANDY AFFAIR. 
 
 floor, with one arm under Lis head, fast 
 asleep.) 
 
 ^'Sleepers in garrets high, 
 
 '^eath coverlets ragged and old ; 
 And one little sleeper all under the sky. 
 Out in the night and the cold. 
 (Curtain falls as voice continues.) 
 "Alone in the wide, wide world, 
 Christless, motherless, he; 
 Begging or stealing for bread, and 
 whirled 
 Like wave on an angry sea. 
 
 "In the heart of the wealthiest city, 
 In this most Christian land. 
 Without ever a word of pity. 
 Or the touch of a kindly hand." 
 
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 The next scene is taken from the poena 
 "Give Me Three Grains of Corn.'' A 
 mother is seated by the pallet upon which 
 a poorly clad, hungry-appearing boy is 
 lying; his hand is extended beseechingly 
 toward the mother, who is clothed in rags. 
 All surroundings should indicate extreme 
 poverty. 
 
 "Give me three grains of corn, mother — 
 
 only three grains of corn ; 
 It will keep the little life I have, till 
 
 the coming of the morn ; 
 I am dying of hunger and cold, mother — 
 
 dying of hunger and cold — 
 And half the agony of such a death my 
 
 lips have never told ; 
 It has gnawed like a wolf at my heart, 
 
 mother, a wolf that is fierce for 
 
 blood, 
 All the livelong day and the night beside, 
 
 gnawing for lack of food. 
 I dreamed of bread in my sleep, mother, 
 
 and the sight was Heaven to see; 
 I awoke with an eager, famishing look, 
 
 but you had no bread for me." 
 
 As the reader closes the curtain falls 
 and the tableaux are ended. 
 
 The above social may be used as a home 
 or church entertainment. If used in 
 church a small admission fee may be 
 charged, which includes refreshments. 
 
 A HANDY AFFAIR. 
 
 fINY cards containing a pen-drawing 
 of a hand with index finger ex- 
 tended toward the words "A Handy Af- 
 fair," serve as invitations. 
 
 The object of this social is pure and 
 simple fun. 
 
 A sheet should be stretched between two 
 rooms, across a doorway. Slits just wide 
 enough to admit the insertion of a hand 
 should be cut in the sheet. The company, 
 should now be separated — the ladies in one 
 room, gentlemen in the other. Cards and 
 pencils are now furnished the gentlemen, 
 while the light is extingTiished in the room 
 occupied by the ladies. Now a hand ap- 
 pears in the opening and each gentleman 
 is required to register the name of the 
 lady to which the hand belongs. This 
 will be found a most perplexing game, as 
 all the hands will look so much alike. 
 After the lists are completed the hostess 
 reads a correct list and the person who 
 has guessed the greatest number of hands 
 correctly is entitled to a book devoted to 
 palmistry. 
 
 Now have a hand-drawing. Provide 
 large sheets of manila paper; place this 
 on a table and request each guest to place 
 his right hand palm downward on the 
 paper and draw an outline ; these outlines 
 are numbered on the reverse side, and the 
 hostess keeps a record of name and num- 
 ber. Next these outlines are cut from the 
 paper, taken into an adjoining room, 
 tacked to the wall; then each guest is in- 
 vited to select his own hand. 
 
 Another pleasing feature of this enter- 
 tainment may be a lady, who understands 
 something of the art of palmistry, to be 
 dressed as a "seeress," and make known 
 to all inquirers what awaits them in the 
 future. 
 
 For souvenirs cut out tiny hand-shaped 
 cards and write hostess' name and date of 
 the meeting, also these words: 
 
 "Beautiful hands are those that do 
 Deeds that are noble, kind and true." 
 
A LITERARY MASQUERADE. 
 
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 A JTJMBIE SOCIAL. 
 
 I HE invitations to this social should 
 be written in a jumbled or mixed-up 
 manner. They might be in this form: 
 *^Invited are you a to Social Jumble at 
 friend's house your; come mysteries un- 
 ravel; 12th, 1901, November, o'clock 8 
 m. p." 
 
 The furniture should be jumbled to- 
 gether ; add boxes and stools for additional 
 seats; have part of the chairs turned one 
 v^^ay, the remainder in an opposite direc- 
 tion. A basket containing the following 
 jumbled sentences is passed. Each guest 
 takes a paper, and with pencil and blank 
 paper, which is now passed, attempts to 
 form correct sentences out of the jumble. 
 
 1 — "Ssnau ssnihe sseoh nad sskoc; sscko 
 adn sseho esnhi Ssuna ; seh sceehar 
 siinnhg ssoeh nad sskoc, orf sshoe 
 nad skocs skoch Ssnau." 
 
 2 — Ertebo Rwoely llored a ournd lorl 
 rdoun ; a ruodn lorl Rrbote Rlowey 
 llored unrod. Hewre rlledo het 
 nourd lorl rrbeto rwloye llored 
 udron?" 
 
 Key: 
 
 1 — Susan shines shoes and socks; socks 
 and shoes shine Susan. She ceaseth 
 shining shoes and socks, for shoes 
 and socks shock Susan. 
 
 2 — Robert Rowley rolled a round roll 
 round ; a round roll Robert Rowley 
 rolled round. Where rolled the 
 round roll Robert Rowley rolled 
 round ? 
 
 'Next provide numbered slips of paper. 
 Ask all gentlemen to write a question be- 
 ginning it with ^^What would you do if" ; 
 the ladies to begin ^'I would." After 
 these questions and answers are completed 
 they are read, much to the amusement of 
 the company. 
 
 For refreshments the bill of fare was a 
 J::xible. Each person was allowed to 
 select his own refreshments, nothing being 
 
 allowed him except what was chosen in 
 this manner. 
 
 BILL OF FAKE. 
 
 1 — Pretty Points (tooth picks). 
 
 2 — Bits of Northland (ices). 
 3 — Punished Riches (whipped cream). 
 4 — Klondyke Nuggets 
 (gold cake in fancy shapes). 
 5 — Blushing Beauties (peaches). 
 
 6 — Fairy Nectar (lemonade). 
 7 — Old Favorites (bon-bons). 
 8 — Briny Tubers (salted peanuts). 
 
 A KODAK SOCIAL. 
 
 I^HIS social will be found especially 
 interesting to parties interested in 
 photography. 
 
 All amateur photographers are re- 
 quested to bring samples of their work, 
 also their kodaks. 
 
 Provide sheets of cardboard in a va- 
 riety of colors. These are to be given 
 guests, on which to arrange their display 
 of photographs. A committee of three per- 
 sons, none of whom are ^^kodakers," is 
 selected to award the prize to be given 
 the best display of pictures. We suggest 
 that the prize consist of a blue ribbon for 
 the best display, a red for the second best 
 and a white for the third. 
 
 One of the pleasant features of the even- 
 ing should be the taking of new pictures. 
 The hostess should see that good strong 
 flash lights are provided for this event. 
 The posing, the grouping, and the discus- 
 sions arising between the numerous rival 
 photographers will furnish ample amuse- 
 ment for one evening. 
 
 A LITERARY MASQUERADE. 
 
 fT is designed that each guest attending 
 this social come dressed to represent 
 some character of fiction. A study of the 
 character chosen is essential that it may 
 be well presented. A prize of a book 
 should be given the one best disguised, the 
 
A LITERARV MASQUERADE. 
 
 point being decided by the popular vote 
 of the company. 
 
 Following is a list of characters and the 
 book in which they may be found: 
 
 MALE. 
 
 1-T-Dominie Sampson, a school-master in 
 *'Guy Mannering," by Walter 
 Scott. 
 2 — Ichabod Crane, Yankee school-mas- 
 ter in *' Sketch Book" Irving. 
 3 — ^Adam Bede, hero, a carpenter, in 
 book of same name, George Eliot. 
 4 — Enoch iVrden, a sailor, in book of 
 
 same name, by Tennyson. 
 5 — Major Dobbin, a military officer, in 
 
 '^Vanity Fair," Thackeray. 
 6 — Hiawatha, Indian, in ^'Songs of Hia- 
 watha," by Longfellow. 
 7 — Guy Mannering, English officer of 
 wealth, in book of same name, 
 Scott. 
 8 — Lara, outlaw chief, in ^'Lara," by 
 
 Byron. 
 9 — John Alden, lover of Priscilla, in 
 ''Courtship of Miles Standish," by 
 Longfellow. 
 10 — Jerry Sneak, a hen-pecked husband, 
 
 in ''Major of Garratt," Foote. 
 11 — Jean Valjean, hero of "Les Miser- 
 
 ables," by Victor Hugo. 
 12 — Rip Van Winkle, an idle fellow, in 
 
 "Sketch Book," Irving. 
 13 — James Merwyn, hero in "A Minister's 
 
 Wooing," by Harriet B. Stowe. 
 14 — Eben Holden, hero in book of same 
 
 name, by Bachellor. 
 15 — Alfred Donnithorne, young squire, in 
 
 "Adam Bede," by Eliot. 
 16 — Maj. Bath, a kind-hearted gentleman, 
 
 in "Amelia," by Fielding. 
 17 — Harry Baillie, a jolly inn-keeper, in 
 
 "Canterbury Tales," Chaucer. 
 IS — Peter Bell, a wandering tinker, in 
 poem of same name, by Words- 
 worth. 
 19 — Baron Cathcart, hero, in "Norwood," 
 
 Henry Ward Beecher. 
 20— Beau Brummel, in "Sketch Book," 
 by Irving. 
 
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 FEMALE. 
 
 1 — Sophia Primrose, beautiful daughtei' 
 of the vicar, in "Vicar of Wake- 
 field," by Goldsmith. 
 
 2 — Dinah Morris, a preacher, in "Adam 
 Bede," by George Eliot. 
 
 3 — Priscilla, puritan maiden, in "Court- 
 ship of Miles Standish," Long- 
 fellow. 
 
 4 — Becky Sharp, a female sharper, in 
 "Vanity Fair," by Thackeray. 
 Topsy, young slave, in "Uncle Tom's 
 
 Cabin," Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
 Miss Celia, heroine, "Under the Li- 
 lacs," by Louisa M. Alcott. 
 
 7 — Evangeline, heroine of book of same 
 name, by Longfellow. 
 
 8 — Maud, heroine of Tennyson's 
 "Maud." 
 Lucile, heroine of book of same name, 
 
 by Mereditli. 
 Mrs. Caudle, a scold, in "Curtain 
 Lectures," by Douglas Jerrold. 
 
 11 — Camilie, heroine of book of same 
 name, by Dumas, Jr. 
 
 12 — Sally Brass, a mean character, in 
 "Old Curiosity Shop," by Dickens. 
 
 13 — Hester Prynne, heroine, in "Scarlet 
 Letter," by Hawthorne. 
 
 14 — Hetty Sorrel, a pretty girl, in "Adam 
 Bede," Eliot. 
 
 15 — Clara Peggotty, servant girl, in "Da- 
 vid Copperfield," by Chas. Dickens. 
 
 16 — Jane Eyre, heroine of book of same 
 name, by Charlotte Bronte. 
 
 17 — Canace, a princess, in "The Squire's 
 Tale," by Chaucer. 
 
 18 — Jo Marsh, heroine, "Little Women," 
 by Louisa M. Alcott. 
 
 19 — Rose Wentworth, heroine, "N^or- 
 wood," Henry Ward Beecher. 
 
 20 — Maurine, heroine of book of same 
 name, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 
 
 For the second part of the evening use 
 the following game of Disguised Literary 
 People. A small prize may be provided 
 for the most successful contestant. 
 
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 DISGUISED LITERARY PEOPLE. 
 
 -To quiver and a weapon of warfare. 
 
 -Results of contact with fire. 
 
 -A sober color. 
 
 -!N^ot short, and a male. 
 
 -Eeceptacles for grain. 
 
 -Never slow. 
 
 -A part of the human body. 
 
 -A preserved meat. 
 
 —A 
 
 manufacturing 
 
 building, and a 
 
 unit of measure. 
 
 -I^ot wet, and the home of a wild 
 animal. 
 
 -A bleak land. 
 
 -Thin, pale and wan. 
 
 -A slang phrase. 
 
 -A species of tree. 
 
 -Painful enlargement on the foot. 
 
 -To put away. 
 
 -Cries of a wild animal. 
 
 -A brave general. 
 
 -Unlocks doors. 
 
 -An unpleasant sensation accompany- 
 ing illness. 
 
 -A sticky soil. 
 
 -'Not high, and a reservoir for water. 
 
 -A country of Europe. 
 
 -Unsettled water. 
 
 -A popular game, and a preposition. 
 
 -A boy's name, and 2,000 pounds. 
 
 -A head covering. 
 
 -Not far away. 
 
 -A domestic animal. 
 
 -A small stream of water. 
 
 -A domestic servant. 
 
 -A worker in precious metals. 
 
 -The name of a boy, and a species of 
 tree. 
 
 -The head of the Catholic church. 
 
 -A popular recreation. 
 
 ANSWERS TO ABOVE. 
 
 (1) Shakespeare, (2) Burns, (3) Gray, 
 (4) Longfellow, (5) Saxe, (6) Swift, (7) 
 Heart, (8) Bacon, (9) Milton, (10) Dry- 
 den, (11) Moore, (12) Haggard, (13) 
 Dickens, (14) Hawthorne, (15) Bunyan, 
 (16) Stowe, (17) Howells, (18) Scott, 
 (19) Key, (20) Payne, (21) Clay, (22) 
 Lowell, (23) Holland, (24) Eiley, (25^ 
 
 Tennyson, (26) Carlton, (27) Hood, (28) 
 Nye, (29) Lamb, (30) Brooks, (31) But- 
 ler, (32) Goldsmith, (33) Franklin, (34) 
 Pope, (35) Hunt. 
 
 1^ 
 
 A MAY DAY SOCIAL. 
 
 ,ECOKATE the rooms with potted 
 plants and evergreens. Garlands 
 and wreaths of cut flowers should be 
 draped and hung on the walls. The fur- 
 niture should be removed or covered with 
 draperies in green ; if possible hold the 
 social in a house containing double par- 
 lors. 
 
 On one side of the room erect a plat- 
 form for a throne, on the throne place a 
 high-backed chair, then drape platform, 
 throne and chair in pink and white cheese- 
 cloth, the colors of spring. 
 
 In the center of the room erect a pole, 
 having it as tall as the ceiling will allow, 
 crown the top of this pole with a beautiful 
 wreath of spring flowers; under this 
 wreath, on top of the pole, fasten long- 
 streamers of ribbon, much longer than the 
 pole, beginning at the bottom roll the rib- 
 bons up until they are out of harm's way, 
 then fasten with a pin under which is a 
 numbered paper. Slips of paper bearing 
 duplicate numbers are given each guest as 
 they enter the room. 
 
 When all guests have arrived, a written 
 vote is taken for the purpose of ascertain- 
 ing which lady shall be crowned Queen 
 o' May; after the votes are counted the 
 selected Queen is surrounded by her sub- 
 jects and a merry dance ensues, to the 
 lively music of a piano. At the termina- 
 tion of this dance, the Queen is escorted to 
 the throne, and seated thereon; while the 
 music continues, at a given signal from 
 the Queen, each guest seizes the ribbon 
 corresponding to his number, and the 
 dance continues around the May pole, the 
 gentlemen facing in one direction, the 
 ladies in the opposite; the result will be 
 that the pole will be completely covered 
 with the woven ribbon. 
 
 In an adjoining room a sort of an im- 
 
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 A MAY DAY SOCIAL, 
 
 promptu stage has been erected for a 
 series of tableaux, adapted from ''Tenny- 
 son's May Queen." This room should be 
 dimly lighted, and soft music rendered 
 during the performing of the tableaux. 
 The entire poem should be read. 
 
 Scene I represents the May Queen 
 seated on a throne, while her merry sub- 
 jects dance about her. 
 
 ^'You must wake and call me early, call 
 
 me early, mother dear, 
 To-morrow 'ill be the happiest time of all 
 
 the glad New Year; 
 To-morrow 'ill be of all the year the 
 
 maddest, merriest day. 
 For I'm to be Queen o' the May, mother, 
 
 I'm to be Queen o' the May." 
 
 Scene II represents a sick-room; a 
 young girl reclining on a couch, while a 
 physician bends over her holding her hand 
 in his, while in the other hand he holds a 
 watch. The mother stands near with an 
 anxious expression. 
 
 "There's not a flower on all the hills ; the 
 
 frost is on the pane, 
 I only wish to live till the snow-drop 
 
 comes again ; 
 I wish the snow would melt and the sun 
 
 come out on high, 
 I long to see a flower so before the day I 
 
 die." 
 
 Scene III represents the same sick-room, 
 with the mother sitting thoughtfully be- 
 side the bed ; the sister enters bearing 
 quantities of violets which she heaps upon 
 the bed, kissing her sister as she performs 
 the act. 
 
 "O, sweet is the new violet, that comes be- 
 neath the skies, 
 
 And sweeter is the young lamb's voice to 
 me that cannot rise; 
 
 And sweet is all the land about, and all 
 the flowers that blow. 
 
 And sweeter far is death than life to me 
 that longs to go." 
 
 Scene IV — The sick-room perfectly 
 dark, except for the faint and flickering 
 light of a single candle. A white-robed 
 angel appears and lays her hand on the 
 head of the girl, while it points upward. 
 
 "All in the wild March morning I heard 
 
 the angels call, 
 It was when the moon was setting and 
 
 the dark was over all ; 
 The trees began to whisper and the wind 
 
 began to roll. 
 And in the wild March morning I heard 
 
 them call my soul." 
 
 Scene V — The death chamber. The girl 
 propped up on pillows, her mother kneel- 
 ing beside her, holding her hands and 
 quietly weeping; the sister lying across 
 the lower part of the couch in a paroxysm 
 of tears ; a clergyman standing, open Bible 
 in hand, while in the background are 
 grouped weeping friends. 
 
 "It seemed so hard at first, mother, to 
 
 leave the blessed sun. 
 And now it seems as hard to stay, and 
 
 yet His will be done ! 
 But still I think it can't be long before I 
 
 find release, 
 And that good man, the clergyman, has 
 
 told me words of peace." 
 
 Scene VI — A still form lying on the 
 couch, over which a white sheet has been 
 tightly drawn ; the sheet is strewn with 
 flowers. Wax candles are burning at head 
 and foot of couch. 
 
 "Forever and forever all in a blessed 
 
 home — 
 And there to wait a little while, till you 
 
 and Effie come — 
 To lie wdthin the light of God, as I lie 
 
 upon your breast, 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling 
 
 and the weary are at rest." 
 
 Souvenir cards, bearing the name of the 
 hostess and the date on one side, and on 
 the reverse the following quotation, may 
 be presented each guest; 
 
A NORTH-LAND SOCIAL. 
 
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 TO THE MAY QtTEEl<r. 
 
 '^Still bloom, sweet flowers, for her dear 
 sake; 
 I love ye all the more, 
 That she has winged her mystic flight 
 To Heaven's eternal shore.'' 
 
 A MEMORY SOCIAL. 
 
 HIS social will be found both amus- 
 ing and pathetic. The invitation 
 cards bear the word ^'^reminiscents" in 
 the lower left-hand corner. 
 
 On arriving the guests are handed slips 
 of paper bearing the following request: 
 "Please be prepared to tell what event of 
 your childhood made the most lasting im- 
 pression on your mind, also to recite the 
 first poem ever committed to memory." 
 
 At a recent social the range of literary 
 "gems" ran from "Little Tommy Tucker" 
 to Longfellow's beautiful "Children's 
 Hour," but the Mother Goose rhymes hold 
 the most prominent place. Some of the 
 stories were most pathetic. 
 
 A pretty souvenir for this occasion is 
 a little home-made booklet, containing the 
 beautiful poem, "Pictures from Memory," 
 by Alice Gary. This should be bound in 
 water-color paper, with a pretty water- 
 color sketch of trees on the cover. The 
 inside cover page may contain the date of 
 meeting, together with the name of the 
 entertainer, the remainder of the book 
 being given to the poem, one stanza to the 
 page. We give the poem below: 
 
 PICTURES EKOM MEMORY. 
 
 "Among the beautiful pictures 
 
 That hang on Memory's wall 
 Is one of a dim old forest 
 
 That seemeth best of all ; 
 Not for its gnarled oaks olden, 
 
 Dark with the mistletoe; 
 'Not for the violets golden 
 
 That sprinkle the vale below; 
 
 "ITot for the milk-white lilies 
 
 That lean from the fragrant ledge, 
 Goquetting all day with the sunbeams. 
 
 And stealing their golden edge ; 
 N^ot for the vines on the iipland. 
 
 Where the bright red berries rest; 
 ISTor the pinks, nor the pale sweet cowslip, 
 
 It seemeth to me the best. 
 
 "I once had a little brother 
 
 With eyes that w^ere dark and deep; 
 In the lap of that dim old forest 
 
 He lieth in peace asleep ; 
 Light as the down of the thistle, 
 
 Free as the winds that blow. 
 We roved there the beautiful summers, 
 
 Tha summers of long ago ; 
 But his feet on the hills grew weary. 
 
 And one of the Autumn eves 
 I made for my little brother 
 
 A bed of the yellow leaves. 
 
 Sweetly his pale arms folded 
 
 My neck in a tender embrace, 
 As the light of immortal beauty 
 
 Silently covered his face ; 
 And when the arrows of sunset 
 
 Lodged in the treetops bright, 
 He fell, in his saint-like beauty, 
 
 Asleep by the gates of light. 
 Therefore of all the pictures 
 
 That hang on Memory's wall 
 The one of the dim old forest 
 
 Seemeth the best of all." 
 
 — Alice Cary, 
 
 A NOETH-LAND SOCIAL. 
 
 IHE rooms should be decorated to rep- 
 resent the frozen northland regions. 
 This may be accomplished by using drap- 
 eries of soft white cheesecloth and cotton, 
 over which silver dust has been sprinkled. 
 Grasses and leaves may be crystallized by 
 suspending them in a strong solution of 
 alum and water; these much resemble icy 
 formations, and w^ill be found very effect- 
 ive decorations. The lights should be 
 shaded in silvery white paper. 
 
 The refreshments may consist of ices, 
 
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 AX ''OLD <^CIIOOL" .SOCIAL. 
 
 ico cream, silver eake and bon-bons wrap- 
 ped in silver paper. 
 
 For aninsenients a series of papers may 
 be prepared on northland subjects as "The 
 Land of the Midnight Sun," "The Lap- 
 lander at Home," "lee-Bergs and Gla- 
 ciers," etc. 
 
 These readings should be interspersed 
 with good vocal and instrumental music, 
 in which are introduced some pretty sleigh- 
 ing glees. 
 
 A game of snow-ball may be introduced. 
 T4iese snow-balls consisting of packages of 
 white tissue paper, rolled in a ball; in 
 the heart of the balls will be found a tiny 
 package wrapped in tin foil. On opening 
 the package it will be found to contain a 
 conundrum, which the company are ex- 
 pected to answer. These snow-balls may 
 be distributed by a little boy dressed in a 
 fanciful costume, to represent Jack Frost. 
 
 This will be found a very striking "hot 
 weather" social. 
 
 AN OLD TIME SOCIAL. 
 
 fXVITATIOXS are worded in the 
 usual form with "Costume" in the 
 lower left-hand corner ; the costumes may 
 be simple or elaborate, according to the 
 fancy of the guest. 
 
 The rooms should be decorated in "old 
 time" style ; old straight-backed cane-seated 
 chairs, and claw-foot tables. Strings of 
 dried apples and pumpkins, with a plenti- 
 ful sprinkling of herbs, should be sus- 
 pended from the ceiling; place a musket 
 over the door. A grandfather's clock 
 would be a novel acquisition. If possible, 
 fashion a semblance of an old-style fire- 
 place with brass andirons ; add a spinet or 
 melodeon and the furnishings are com- 
 plete. 
 
 For games have the old-fashioned fav- 
 orites: "Needle's Eye," "Button, Button, 
 Who Has the Button," "Tin, Tin, Come 
 In," "Blind Man's Buff," "Forfeits," 
 "Reuben and Rachel," and if dancing is 
 indulged in then have the Minuet, "Vir- 
 
 ginia Reel," and "Here Comes Two Boys 
 A-courting." 
 
 Vocal music, in which all voices join, 
 should be indulged; select such songs as 
 "Comin' Thro' the Rye," "Suanee River," 
 "Old Kentucky Home," etc. 
 
 For refreshments have the old-fashioned 
 dainties, cider, apples, pop-corn and nuts. 
 
 AN "OLD SCHOOL" SOCIAL 
 
 HE invitation cards bear the word 
 "Costume." Each guest is expected 
 to be attired in the school costume of long 
 ago. This will become an easy task if an 
 old grandmother or friend of the family 
 is consulted, for what old person does not 
 enjoy talking of "when I was young." If 
 questioned further as to what formed the 
 chief amusement of those days we would 
 find that the glory of every school was its 
 "Spelling Bees," so for amusement let us 
 have the old-fashioned bee. Two captains 
 should be chosen, and the labor of dividing 
 the school into "sides" is soon over. Web- 
 ster's old "blue-backed Speller" should be 
 the chosen text-book. At the conclusion of 
 this part of the entertainment a gift in the 
 shape of Eggleston's "Hoosier School- 
 Boy" should be given the one who "stood 
 up longest." 
 
 After the spelling-bee excitement has 
 subsided some old "counting out" games 
 may be indulged in. These counting out 
 rhymes will be found quite amusing, the 
 questions they have settled in their day 
 being varied and many. The company 
 should be divided into groups of from four 
 to seven and some questions asked, as 
 "Who will be the most famous person in 
 
 this 
 
 group 
 
 j> 
 
 Then the 
 
 countmg-out 
 
 to settle the 
 
 We give a number of the old 
 
 rhyme is called into favor 
 
 question. 
 
 favorites : 
 
 "Bee, bee, bumble-bee, 
 Stung a man on the knee; 
 Stung a pig in the snout, 
 0-u-t spells out." 
 
AN OLD MAID AUCTION. 
 
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 "Intra, mintra, coutra corn, 
 Apple seeds and apple thorns; 
 Fire, brier, limber-lock. 
 Three geese in one flock ; 
 One flcAV east, one flew west. 
 One flew over the cuckoo's nest/' 
 
 "Eni, meni, mini, mo, 
 Crack a feni, fini, fo, 
 Ommanuga, poppatnga, 
 Rick, hick, hando." 
 
 *^One, two, three, four, ^ve, six, seven, 
 All good children go to Heaven." 
 
 "One, two, three, four, 
 Mary at the cupboard door, 
 Eating pie off a plate. 
 Five, six, seven, eight." 
 
 "One, two, 
 Buckle my shoe; 
 Three, four. 
 Open the door." 
 
 ^tsText come forfeits. Many aged people 
 will remember the joy of redeeming for- 
 feits, although the good old game has now 
 passed out of favor, save for a few known 
 only to the children of the present genera- 
 tion. 
 
 "Baying like a dog," "Crowing like a 
 rooster," "Grunting like a pig," "Keep- 
 ing post-office," where the letters were 
 numbered by kisses for the pretty girls; 
 "Picking cherries," another of the old kiss- 
 ing games ; these and many more that may 
 be revived for the occasion. 
 
 AN OLD MAID AUCTION. 
 
 fHIS social, if properly carried out, 
 is very novel. It should be given 
 by a club or band of young ladies to their 
 gentleman friends. Each gentleman re- 
 ceives the following invitation: 
 
 "You're requested to attend an ^Old Maid' 
 sale, 
 
 We hope you'll attend, without fail; 
 The maids will be sold according to 
 
 weight. 
 At a perfectly proper and reasonable rate. 
 So come one and all, 'tis your duty you 
 
 know — 
 To see that none of the maids sell low." 
 
 The materials required to carry out this 
 plan consist of as many sheets as young 
 ladies, also a mask for each lady. A set 
 of scales should be in evidence. An elder- 
 ly lady acts as manager and hostess for the 
 occasion. The young ladies are draped 
 in the sheets in such a manner that all 
 have the same appearance, each wears a 
 mask. A large number pinned on the 
 front of the draperies, these numbers rang- 
 ing from one on up, to the number of 
 ladies taking part in the farce. 
 
 When all gentlemen have arrived the 
 manager steps to the front of the stage 
 (erected for the purpose) and makes the 
 following announcement : "Gentlemen, 
 you are gathered here to purchase very 
 valuable property ; the terms of sale are as 
 follows: each maid is to be sold by the 
 pound. I reserve the right of attending 
 to the matter of weighing. The price to 
 be paid being one chocolate cream per 
 pound. You have no doubt often heard 
 the old maxim, "Sweets for the sweet;" 
 this is a practical application of the max- 
 im. The young ladies will appear imme- 
 diately, and to avoid all unnecessary 
 trouble in selection, I request you to select 
 by number only, after which the lady will 
 be weighed and you may then take im- 
 mediate charge of your property, after 
 paying the price." 
 
 At this juncture a quartet of little girls 
 dressed as street vendors appear crying 
 "Chocolates, chocolates, who will buy, who 
 will buy?" At the same moment the 
 young ladies file on the stage in regular 
 order, and the selections and the fun be- 
 gin. 
 
 After the selections have been made the 
 weighing is done by the manager, who 
 writes the weights in a note-book provided 
 
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 A POSTER SHOW. 
 
 for the purpose ; after all have hcen 
 weighed she announces to the waiting pur- 
 chaser that this was a most singular sale, 
 each lady having weighed the same num- 
 ber of pounds, exactly one hundred. The 
 price is then paid and a piano secreted be- 
 hind the scenes strikes a lively air, and 
 away they all circle in a grand march. 
 This march continues until the dining- 
 room is reached, when the music ceases 
 as abruptly as it began, and as the last 
 chord dies away each maid lifts her mask 
 and the purchaser beholds his property. A 
 dainty luncheon is then served, in which 
 chocolate creams play a prominent part. 
 The remainder of the evening is passed 
 in music and games, and on departure the 
 gentlemen are presented with a pretty 
 souvenir card bearing in one corner a 
 tiny drawing of a little cottage, and be- 
 neath these w^ords : 
 
 "Men may live without art and live with- 
 out books. 
 But civilized men cannot live without 
 cooks.'' 
 
 A PATRIOTIC SOCIAL. 
 
 fHIS social will be found suitable for 
 Fourth of July, Memorial Day or 
 Washington's Birthday. The rooms should 
 be decorated in the National colors, using 
 bunting and flags; if held in summer the 
 decorations should extend to lawn and 
 veranda. Chinese and Japanese lanterns 
 should be used for out-door lights. 
 
 In addition to the usual form the invi- 
 tation cards bear the words "Historical 
 Costumes." 
 
 The beauty of this gathering will be in 
 the costuming. "Uncle Sam" and Co- 
 lumbia should be present, also numerous 
 sailors, soldiers, hospital nurses, colonial 
 dames, Indian chiefs with their squaws, 
 with a sprinkling of the colored brothers 
 and sisters. It will be a pleasing feature 
 if each ex-president and his wife are in at- 
 tendance. 
 
 A platform should be erected on the 
 veranda ; here an impromptu program 
 should be carried out. This program 
 being largely musical. Old time war bal- 
 lads should have a prominent place. Some 
 pretty tableaux may be planned, illustrat- 
 ing war scenes. Some good readings 
 should be interspersed. Most interesting 
 and beautiful sketches are to be found in 
 Louisa May Alcott's "Hospital Sketches." 
 
 A plentiful supply of fire-crackers 
 should be provided, and a display of fire- 
 works would be a pleasing addition. 
 
 A POSTER SHOW. 
 
 ^^HE Poster Show, if rightly developed, 
 <f f^ may be made a very amusing enter- 
 tainment. Each poster entered at the 
 show must be the handiwork of the ex- 
 hibitor. He has his choice of subjects. 
 It can be comical, pathetic or common- 
 place; one of the most amusing effects is 
 obtained by attempting to use some one of 
 the guests as a subject, a physician or 
 school-teacher being good subjects. 
 
 A canvas is stretched on the wall as a 
 background for the display. A committee 
 appointed by the hostess receives the post- 
 ers at the door and arranges the display; 
 when all are completed the guests are in- 
 vited to enter and view the works of art. 
 All posters are numbered in large num- 
 bers, plainly discernible from all parts of 
 the room ; slips of paper bearing duplicate 
 numbers are now passed to the guests, each 
 guest taking one number; pencils and pa- 
 per are provided and the guests asked to 
 write a comical poem descriptive of the 
 poster numbered as the slip they have 
 drawn. Twenty minutes are allowed for 
 the writing; the poems are then read. 
 After the reading a vote is taken to decide 
 who had the best poem, and a prize of a 
 pretty art poster is given him. A prize 
 is also given the person having the most 
 unique poster, this also being decided by 
 a popular vote. 
 
A PROGRESSIVE LITERARY SOCIAL. 
 
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 A PERIODICAL SOCIAL. 
 
 TIj^Y card accompanying the invi- 
 tation makes known to each guest 
 what part he is expected to fill in the 
 building of the periodical ; one card bears 
 the word "Editorial/' another "Person- 
 als/' a third "Advertisements/' etc. Each 
 guest comes prepared to do his share to- 
 ward the evening's entertainment; paper 
 and pencils are provided and the work be- 
 gins; twenty minutes is the limit of time 
 allowed, and as each guest has had time to 
 study his subject before, much will be 
 accomplished in this length of time. A 
 blackboard has been provided, and a sum- 
 mary of the news written out upon it ; 
 each guest reads his own portion, the board 
 making known to him the proper time for 
 his reading. It will add to the fun if some 
 person who is clever with a pencil be sta- 
 tioned at the board to illustrate the articles 
 as they are read. 
 
 Eollowing is a list of subjects for a 
 periodical : 
 
 Editorial. 
 
 Crime. 
 
 Politics. 
 
 Personal mention. 
 
 Society Notes. 
 ; Fashion Notes. 
 
 Farmer's Department. 
 
 Cozy Corner. 
 ' Questions and Answers. 
 ' Advertisements. 
 
 Want Ads. 
 
 Review of New Books. 
 
 Fiction. 
 
 Poems. 
 
 Art Department. 
 
 Men and Women of the Hour. 
 
 A PROGRESSIVE SOAP BUBBLE PARTY. 
 
 LARGE bowl of soap and water, 
 made very soapy from a good float- 
 ing soap, and a generous supply of clay 
 pipes, are the materials required for this 
 social. The pipes are decorated with rib- 
 
 bons, red for the ladies, blue for the gen- 
 tlemen. Two persons, a lady and a gen- 
 tleman, open the contest ; the one blowing 
 the largest and most perfect bubble is 
 counted the winner, three trials allowed. 
 If the lady wins she must meet each gen- 
 tleman in a contest until she is beaten; 
 if the gentleman wins then vice versa. 
 At the close the lady having been most 
 successful in the contest competes against 
 the most successful gentleman; this de- 
 termines the final victory. The pipes are 
 given as souvenirs. 
 
 Now have a word contest. Provide pen- 
 cils and paper for the guests and let each 
 strive to form the greater number of words 
 from the letters contained in the words 
 "Soap bubbles," fifteen minutes being al- 
 lowed for the contest. At the end of this 
 time the guest having the longest list is 
 allowed to read his list, and then call upon 
 any members of the party to form coup- 
 lets rhyming with the words he announces, 
 as, the word being Bob: "A boy named 
 Bob the birds did rob/' etc. The result 
 will be amusing as some of the guests wdll 
 show much poetical talent along this line. 
 
 A PROGRESSIVE LITERARY SOCIAL. 
 
 PREPARE ^ve sets of literary cards, 
 four cards to each set. There should 
 be five tables, one for each set of players. 
 The game begins at Table No. 1; four 
 players seat themselves and with blank 
 cards and lead pencils which have been 
 provided for each table, await the signal 
 to begin the contest. Three minutes are 
 allowed the players to finish Set No. 1; 
 after completing the work they pass to 
 the next table, where a new set of cards 
 await them. A committee has been ap-. 
 pointed for each table to correct the lists 
 as fast as the players progress to the next 
 table. At the close of the evening these 
 committees compare notes and the player 
 having made the most points (these points 
 consisting of the greatest number of cor- 
 rect answers) is entitled to a gift. A pop- 
 
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 A PROGRESSIVE LlTERARlt SOCIAL. 
 
 \ilar l)(K)k would be an appropriate prize 
 for this occasion. We give the entire con- 
 tents of tlie live sets of cards: 
 
 SET NO. I. 
 
 (Pseudonyms.) 
 
 l_\Vho was 'Tatty Lee ?" 
 
 (Alice Gary.) 
 2_Who was the 'Toet Painter ?" 
 
 (William Cullen Bryant.) 
 3_Who was ^'Timothy Titcomb?" 
 
 (Josiah Gilbert Holland.) 
 4— Who was the ''Boy poet V 
 
 (Thomas Chatterton.) 
 5_\Vhowasthe "Quaker Poet?'' 
 
 (John Greenleaf Whittier.) 
 G_\Vho was "Mark Twain ?" 
 
 (Samuel Clemens.) 
 T— Who was the "Hoosier Poet?" 
 
 (James WTiitcomb Riley.) 
 8_Who was "Boz V 
 
 (Charles Dickens.) 
 9_Who was the "Scotch Laddie ?" 
 
 (Robert Burns.) 
 10 — Who was "Diedrich Knickerbocker ?" 
 
 (Washington Irving.) 
 
 SET NO. II. 
 
 (Homes of Authors,) 
 
 1— Who lived at "Elmwood V 
 
 (James Russell Lowell.) 
 Who lived at "Craigie House ?" 
 
 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) 
 3— Who lived at "Sunnyside ?'' 
 
 (Washington Irving.) 
 4— Who lived at "Idlewild?" 
 
 (Nathaniel Parker Willis.) 
 5— Who lived at the "Old Manse?" 
 
 (Nathaniel Hawthorne.) 
 6— Who lived at the "Wayside ?" 
 
 (Nathaniel Hawthorne.) 
 7 — Who lived at "Racedown Lodge?" 
 
 (William Wordsworth.) 
 Who lived at "Alworth House?" 
 
 (Alfred Tennyson.) 
 Who lived at "Kilcolman ?" 
 
 (Thomas Spencer.) 
 10— Who lived at "Abbottsford ?" 
 
 (Sir Walter Scott.) 
 
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 SET NO. III. 
 
 (Boohs.) 
 
 l_Wrho wTOte the "Sketch Book?" 
 
 (Washington Irving.) 
 2 — Who wrote "Tangle wood Tales ?" 
 
 (Nathaniel Hawthorne.) 
 3 — Who wrote the "Waverly Novels ?" 
 
 (Sir Walter Scott.) 
 4_Who wrote "Old Curiosity Shop ?" 
 
 (Charles Dickens.) 
 &— Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin ?" 
 
 (Harriet Beecher Stowe.) 
 6 — Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet?" 
 
 (William Shakespeare.) 
 7 — Who wrote "Evangeline ?" 
 
 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) 
 8— Who wTote "Snow Bound ?" 
 
 (John Greenleaf Whittier.) 
 9 — Who wrote "Neighborly Poems ?" 
 
 (James W^hitcomb Riley.) 
 10— Who wrote "Farm Ballads ?" 
 
 (Will Carleton.) 
 
 SET NO. IV. 
 
 (Quotations.) 
 
 Who said: 
 
 1 — "The paths of glory lead but to the 
 
 grave?" (Thomas Gray.) 
 2 — "Life is real, life is earnest ?" (Henry 
 
 Wadsworth Longfellow.) 
 3 — "Dreams are but children of the 
 
 brain?" (William Shakespeare.) 
 4 — "A thing of beauty is a joy forever ?" 
 
 (John Keats.) 
 5 — "We rise in glory, as we sink in 
 
 pride?" (Edward Young.) 
 6 — "Riches cannot rescue from the 
 
 grave?" (John Dry den.) 
 
 always 
 
 7 — "True gladness does not 
 
 speak?" (Ben Jonson.) 
 8 — "Man fearlessly his voice for truth 
 
 should raise?" (Alice Cary.) 
 9 — "The love of woman is known to be a 
 
 lovely and a fearful thing?" 
 
 (Lord Byron.) 
 "We build the ladder by which we 
 
 rise?" (Josiah Gilbert Holland.) 
 
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THE FETE OF ROSES. 
 
 Clever way of entertaining the old and young. 
 (For description see page 24.) 
 
A LITERARY MASQUERADE. 
 (For description of characters and books they represent" see page 39.) 
 
A PICTURE BSOW, 
 
 49 
 
 SEt NO. V. 
 
 (Songs.) 
 
 l_\yiio wrote "Those Evening Bells V 
 
 (Thomas Moore.) 
 2 — Who wrote ''Old Kentucky Home ?" 
 
 (Samuel Foster.) 
 3 — ^Who wrote ''Home, Sweet Home ?" 
 
 (John Howard Payne.) 
 4_Who wrote "Ben Bolt ?" 
 
 (English.) 
 5 — Who wrote "Auld Lang Syne ?" 
 
 (Robert Burns.) 
 6_Who wrote "Old Oaken Bucket V 
 
 (Samuel Woodworth.) 
 7— Who wrote "The Bridge?" 
 
 (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.) 
 8 — Who wrote "Woodman, Spare that 
 
 Tree V ( Samuel Morris. ) 
 9 — Who wrote "Annabel Lee ?" 
 
 (Edgar Allen Poe.) 
 10 — Who wrote "The Last Rose of Sum- 
 mer?" (Thomas Moore.) 
 
 A PICTURE SHOW. 
 
 HE requirements for this entertain- 
 ment are simple ; it is designed for a 
 lawn social. It is necessary that the 
 house have a large window, the new 
 French ones are best adapted for this 
 work. It will be necessary that a number 
 of the guests act as assistants to the hostess. 
 Of course a moonlight evening will be 
 chosen for this affair ; moonlight and lawn 
 sociables are "one and inseparable." Rus- 
 tic seats should be provided for the guests. 
 Chinese lanterns hung on invisible wires 
 will add to the beauty of the grounds. 
 
 The house should be darkened, except 
 one room, that in which the show is to be 
 given. All draperies should be removed 
 from the window and a dark cloth draped 
 around the extreme outer edge of the frame 
 to simulate a picture frame. A bright 
 light should be placed on the opposite side 
 of the room from the window ; this light 
 must be arranged so that it may be raised 
 or lowered at will, ^ow the requisites 
 
 for the entertainment have been provided. 
 
 Each guest has been provided with pen- 
 cil and paper, and is now ready to record 
 his guess as to the subject of the picture 
 shown. The subject of the pictures may be 
 chosen at the will of the entertainer; we 
 have chosen that of books. A simple prize 
 should be provided for the winner of the 
 contest. 
 
 The invitation cards for this affair 
 should contain a little pen and ink draw- 
 ing in one corner, and on the lower mar- 
 gin these words: "That which delights 
 the eye is food for the soul." 
 
 'Now the lights are turned low and the 
 persons taking part in the first picture are 
 arranged; then the full light illumes the 
 scene, and we behold — 
 
 A small boy in a big basket on the back 
 of an old man, and immediately we cry, 
 Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller. 
 
 Several persons artistically grouped, 
 holding musical instruments as if about 
 to play, and we have Anna Alice Chapin's 
 "Masters of Music." 
 
 A youth standing erect, wearing a robe 
 and crown, while a courier bows before 
 him, becomes "Every Inch A King," by 
 Josephine C. Sawyer. 
 
 A young man attired in the height of 
 fashion and a beggar in rags are "The 
 Prince and the Pauper," by Mark Twain. 
 
 A quartet of little girls attired as wo- 
 men, "Little Women," by Louisa May 
 Alcott. 
 
 A soldier with shackled hands being led 
 away by an officer is "A Captive of War," 
 by Solon Hyde. 
 
 A candle held in the hand in such a 
 position that it suddenly flickers and dies 
 out is "The Light That Failed," by Rud- 
 yard Kipling. 
 
 Two immense shoes covered with small 
 pictures becomes Bayard Taylor's "Views 
 Afoot." 
 
 A man sitting in shirt sleeves, busily 
 engaged in sewing buttons on a coat, be- 
 comes "When a Man's Single," by Barrie. 
 
 Four old ladies grouped around a table 
 drinking tea are "Cranford," by Gaskell, 
 
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 A ^TORY EVENlNa. 
 
 A little boy dressed in fancy costume, 
 ^vith wide white collar and broad silk sash, 
 is "Little l^ord Fauntleroy," by Frances 
 Hodgson Burnett. 
 
 A young girl dressed in the fashion of 
 long ago and carrying an old-fashioned 
 reticule is "An Old-Fashioned Girl," by 
 Louisa May Alcott. 
 
 A trio of soldiers with knapsacks on 
 their backs are ''Soldiers Three," by Kud- 
 yard Kipling. 
 
 A large waste-basket full of letters and 
 many loose ones scattered about on the 
 table near becomes "An Englishwoman's 
 Love Letters," by Lawrence Housman. 
 
 A young lady arrayed in a ravishing 
 costume, adjusting her hat before a mir- 
 ror, is "Vanity Fair," by Thackeray. 
 
 A little child standing beside a tall plant 
 becomes "Beside the Bonny Brier Bush," 
 by Ian McLaren. 
 
 A young girl attired as an Irish peasant 
 girl is "A Daughter of the Fields," by 
 Miss Tynan. 
 
 A bent and crippled cobbler busily en- 
 gaged in mending an old pair of shoes is 
 "The Cobbler of Nimes," by Miss Taylor. 
 
 Two young girls, one bright and sfniling, 
 the other cross and sullen, are "Tempest 
 and Sunshine," by Mary Jane Holmes. 
 
 The above list is merely suggestive. 
 The world of books is unbounded and each 
 hostess can choose to suit her own literary 
 fancy. This novel entertainment will be 
 found most pleasing. 
 
 A SILHOUETTE SOCIAL. 
 
 fF you are searching for an evening of 
 pure and simple fun, then by all 
 means try a silhouette social. The ar- 
 rangement for this affair requires very lit- 
 tle labor; first the invitation cards. Select 
 a fair-sized card, oblong in shape; now 
 draw in one corner a tiny silhouette, then 
 write beside the picture these words of 
 Burns : 
 
 "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us 
 To see oursels as others see us.'' 
 
 You must now procure some large sheets 
 of manila paper, a few more than the 
 number of your guests, also provide a 
 good hard lead-pencil and a pair of sharp 
 scissors. The room must be brightly 
 lighted ; a chair is placed near a smooth 
 wall and in such a position that the re- 
 flection of the person occupying it falls 
 without interruption upon the wall. A 
 guest is now invited to be seated in the 
 chair ; the pose should be such that a good 
 profile is obtained ; now fasten your sheet 
 of paper firmly to the wall and draw 
 thereon the profile. The paper should 
 then be numbered in the center of the re- 
 verse side and this number together with 
 the name of the guest recorded in a note- 
 book. Continue the drawings until the 
 whole company have been drawn ; now car- 
 ry all the drawings into an adjoining room 
 and cut the profile out of the paper ; when 
 all are finished, take them into the dining- 
 room and lay them number side down on 
 the extended dining-room table ; the guests 
 are now invited to select their own profile 
 from the display; this will cause much 
 merriment ; after all have made selections 
 the hostess reads the names according to 
 the number. JSText rearrange the profiles 
 on the wall, and have a written vote taken 
 as to which one is entitled to a blue rib- 
 bon for being the most handsome ; it will 
 add to the merriment to vote on the ug- 
 liest one also, a yellow ribbon being pro- 
 vided for this one. The profiles are then 
 presented to the original as a souvenir of 
 the occasion. 
 
 A STORY EVENING. 
 
 MKS. T — invites you to attend a 
 Story Social on Thursday evening, 
 June 16. Please come prepared to tell an 
 interesting story." Thus the invitation 
 read. I tell an interesting story? never 
 in the world! But, my curiosity being 
 aroused, I finally decided that I would 
 invent some sort of a story. Bather than 
 miss this unique social, I determined to 
 put my "wits" to work to invent one; no 
 
A SCISSORS SOCIAL. 
 
 51 
 
 matter, thought I, it will not take me long 
 to read my story and that will be all that 
 will be required of me. But alas, I 
 "reckoned without my host — ess.'' 
 
 When the eventful Thursday evening 
 arrived and I was ushered into my friend's 
 parlor what was my surprise to see a for- 
 midable looking black-board staring me in 
 the face ; it made me think of my school- 
 days, and a little red brick school-house 
 where I used to ask of my teacher permis- 
 sion to write some exercise "on the board." 
 I thought in those childish days that if I 
 could have a blackboard of my own or have 
 permission to use one as often as I liked 
 I should always be happy, but to-night I 
 had misgivings. 
 
 I was aroused from this reverie by the 
 voice of my hostess. "My friends," she 
 was saying, "we will now proceed to relate 
 the stories, and after the narrator has fin- 
 ished his tale we will ask him to illustrate 
 the same on this humble board." "Hor- 
 rors, how can I ever accomplish that?" 
 thought I. "But," she was continuing, 
 "any person who refuses to illustrate said 
 story will be required to pay a forfeit, and 
 I shall hold the right to tell in what man- 
 ner these forfeits shall be redeemed, and I 
 assure you that I shall give you no easier 
 task than repeating the whole multiplica- 
 tion-table backward and forward." There 
 was a general laugh after this speech, and 
 the stories began. How eagerly we awaited 
 the close of that story, but when it was 
 finally finished and the drawing began 
 how we did laugh. The young man first 
 chosen to relate his story was a great wag, 
 and he carried all his powers of amuse- 
 ment into that drawing; after he had fin- 
 ished all felt free to attempt the drawing. 
 So story after story followed without our 
 ever tiring in the least, and when the time 
 for leave-t-aking came it seemed that the 
 evening had but begun. 
 
 As we were preparing to leave, the hos- 
 tess appeared bearing in her arms an im- 
 mense lot of turkey feathers. Fastened to 
 each of them bv a bris^ht knot of scarlet 
 ribbon was a card containing these words : 
 
 "Accept a Parting Tale." These were 
 carried away as souvenirs. 
 
 A SCISSOES SOCIAL. 
 
 iJHIS will be found a very novel af- 
 fair. When sending invitations 
 each guest should be requested to bring 
 with him to this social a pair of scissors ; 
 of course much conjecture will be held as 
 to what part the scissors are to have in 
 the play. 
 
 Secure a large quantity of cartridge 
 paper, in different shades, cut into ten- 
 inch squares ; provide a large table, around 
 which the guests are seated and each given 
 ten squares of the paper, in various shades ; 
 each guest is told to cut some device from 
 this paper, being allowed to use his own 
 taste as to the design chosen — it may be 
 bird, animal or simply an outline. 
 
 A strip of black cambric has been fast- 
 ened to the wall, and a paper of pins pro- 
 vided. As the guests finish their work they 
 are given a certain portion of the cambric 
 on which to make a display. 
 
 After all the work is on display, a com- 
 mittee is appointed by the hostess for the 
 purpose of deciding which exhibit is en- 
 titled to a premiuin, a blue ribbon ; second 
 and third premiums should also be given. 
 These exhibits will be found to be most 
 grotesque and laughable. 
 
 At the conclusion of this game a new 
 one known as "Scissors" may be intro- 
 duced. The players are seated in a circle ; 
 one person who understands the game is 
 handed a pair of scissors ; he takes the 
 scissors saying, "I receive these scissors 
 crossed (or uncrossed as the case may be) 
 and pass them crossed" (or uncrossed), 
 then passes them to his neighbor who re- 
 peats the sentence, being careful, however, 
 in his statement as to how he receives them 
 and how he passes them. The game is not 
 in the crossing or uncrossing of the blades 
 of the scissors, as is supposed, but in the 
 arrangement of the feet of the person who 
 receives and passes them. If the person 
 who passes the scissors is sitting with feet 
 
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 A STATE SOCIAL. 
 
 crossed, tlicii the scissors are received 
 crossed ; if the person to whom he passes 
 them sits with uncrossed feet, that person 
 receives them uncrossed. This game is 
 most puzzling until the ''catch" is dis- 
 covered. 
 
 A STATE SOCIAL. 
 
 I^HIS social will require a number of 
 young ladies, fancifully dressed, one 
 to represent each of the states of tho 
 United States. In choosing the costume 
 some article should be worn that may serve 
 as a key to unlock the mystery of the state 
 represented, as a hair ornament in the 
 form of a star will represent Texas, the 
 ^'Lone Star State;" state flowers may be 
 worn as ornaments, thus the lady slipper 
 would represent Minnesota. 
 
 Cards and pencils are provided the 
 guests, upon which they record their 
 guesses as to the states represented; each 
 lady wears on her right shoulder a num- 
 ber ; the guesses are recorded according to 
 these numbers. Thirty minutes are al- 
 low^ed for the completion of the list. At 
 the close of this time a correct list is read 
 and the lists are checked, the contestant 
 having the most complete list receiving 
 honorable mention. 
 
 After this part of the evening's enter- 
 tainment is finished the following State 
 Puzzle is distributed, the answers being 
 the abbreviation of states : 
 
 1 — Which state w^ould Noah prefer ? 
 
 (Ark.) 
 2 — Which one is preferred by Catholics ? 
 
 (Mass.) 
 3 — Which one is ^'as good as a mile?" 
 
 (Miss.) 
 4 — Which is ''mightier than the sword ?" 
 
 (Penn.) 
 5 — Which do people dread, yet are not 
 
 able to control ? (111.) 
 6 — Which does No. 5 require? (Md.) 
 7 — Which is equal to two five-dollar gold 
 
 pieces? (Tonn.) 
 8 — Which is worth nothing? (0.) 
 
 9 — Which is an expression of sadness ? 
 
 (Alas.) 
 10 — Which one is to peruse? (Conn.) 
 11 — Which is used by musicians? (La.) 
 12— Which refers to self? (Me.) 
 13 — Which is unmarried? (Miss.) 
 14 — Which is sought by miners? (Ore.) 
 15 — Which is a Chinese industry? 
 
 (Wash.) 
 Another game of states may be ar- 
 ranged by displaying objects to represent 
 the popular or nick-names of the states of 
 our union. These articles should be num- 
 bered and arranged on a table: 
 
 1 — A sunflower will suggest Kansas, the 
 
 ''Sunflower State." 
 2 — A bouquet of flowers, Florida, the 
 
 "Land of Flowers." 
 3 — A nutmeg, Connecticut, the "Nutmeg 
 
 State." 
 4 — A buckeye, Ohio, the "Buckeye State. 
 5 — Several pictures of former presidents, 
 Virginia, the "Mother of Presi- 
 dents." 
 6 — A sprig of evergreen, Maine, the 
 
 "Pine Tree State." 
 7 — A bunch of sage, Nevada, the "Sage 
 
 Brush State." 
 8 — A picture of Benj. Franklin, Tennes- 
 see, the "Old Franklin State." 
 9 — An ear of corn, with a cracker lying 
 across it, Kentucky, "Corn Cracker 
 State." 
 10 — A bunch of cotton, Alabama, the 
 
 "Cotton State." 
 11 — A silver coin, "Old Bullion," Missis- 
 sippi. 
 12 — A few sprigs of grass, Kentucky, the 
 
 "Old Blue Grass State." 
 13 — A picture of a beaver, Oregon, 
 
 "Beaver State." 
 14 — A baby's bottle, Illinois, the "Sucker 
 
 State." 
 15 — A fragment of rock, New Hampshire, 
 
 the "Granite State." 
 16 — A cup of water discolored with black 
 ink, Nebraska, the "Black Water 
 State." 
 17 — The long handle of a frying-pan, West 
 .Virginia, "Pan-Handle State." 
 
A TWENTY-FIYE CENT SOCIAL. 
 
 53 
 
 18 — A bottle, of turpentine, ^N'ortli Caro- 
 lina, the ^^Turpentine State.'' 
 
 19 — A silver article, jSTevada, the '^Silver 
 State.'' 
 
 20 — A discarded fishing line, Maryland, 
 the ''Old Line State." 
 
 After all guesses have been recorded a 
 correct list is read and the lists checked; 
 a prize is given the most successful con- 
 testant in this game. 
 
 Pretty boutonnieres made of the state 
 flower in v^^hich the social is held are ap- 
 propriate souvenirs. 
 
 A THANKSGIVING PARTY. 
 
 HIS should be made an old-time fes- 
 tive occasion. The invitation cards 
 should be oblong in shape, and contain 
 aside from the usual v^ording a pen pic- 
 ture of a turkey and beneath these v^ords : 
 "A Thanksgiving Meet." 
 
 The amusements may be in the form of 
 old-time frolics; a "taffy-pull" or a pop- 
 corn party would be in form ; in any event 
 of this kind let the guests do all the work : 
 Hull the corn, pop it and make it into the 
 balls; they will enjoy the novelty. 
 
 Chestnuts may be roasted in the hot 
 ashes of the grate, apples likewise. 
 
 For games we suggest the old-time 
 ''Charades," with plenty of "dressing" 
 and amateur theatricals. Another old- 
 time game is conundrums; these should 
 be as new as possible. 
 
 Shadow pictures, using scenes from the 
 lives of the Puritans, the originators of 
 Thanksgiving Day, may be enacted. For 
 these pictures a sheet should be drawn 
 across a doorway, with a lamp arranged 
 in such manner that the shadows will fall 
 without interruption on the sheet. 
 
 A TWENTY-FIVE CENT SOCIAL. 
 
 r(§)BROYIDE each guest with a quarter 
 of a dollar, a lead-pencil and a 
 slip of paper on which the following list 
 
 lias been type-written — allow space for 
 answers. After having distributed these 
 allow a stated length of time for each guest 
 to complete the lists. The named list is 
 to be found on the faces of the coin. 
 
 1 — A tropical fruit. 
 
 2 — Flowers. 
 
 3 — An organ of the body. 
 
 4— Top of a hill. 
 
 5 — Affirmative answers. 
 
 6 — ISTegative answers. 
 
 7 — A weapon of warfare. 
 
 8 — A breast-plate. 
 
 9 — Theatrical attachments. 
 10 — Term used in speaking of marriage. 
 11 — :An unlucky number. 
 12 — A possession of the American boy. 
 13 — A place of worship. 
 14 — Messages from absent friends. 
 15 — A wild animal. 
 
 16 — ^A young lady's cherished possession. 
 17 — Punishments. 
 
 18 — A sailor's measurement of distances. 
 19 — A school-boy's horror. 
 20 — Our glory and pride. 
 21 — Parts of a river. 
 22 — The divisions of a country. 
 23 — Millinery adornments. 
 24 — An emblem. 
 
 25 — One-fourth part of an object. 
 26 — Units of measurement. 
 27 — Part of a violin. 
 28 — The reward of victory. 
 29 — A bird of prey. 
 30 — A short story. 
 
 KEY TO ABOVE. 
 
 (1) Date, (2) tulips, (3) ear, (4) brow, 
 (5) eyes — ayes, (6) nose, (7) arrow, (8) 
 shield, (9) stars, (10) IT. S., (11) 13, 
 (12) cheek, (13) temple, (14) letters, 
 (15) hare — hair, (16) beau — bow, (17) 
 stripes, (18) knot, (19) numbers, (20) 
 America, (21) a branch, also mouth, (22) 
 states, (23) feathers, (24) eagle, (25) a 
 quarter, (26) feet, (27) neck, (28) 
 wreath, (29) eagle, (30) tale — ^tail. 
 
 A reward may be given the person first 
 completing the list correctly. 
 
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 A WEEK SOCIAL. 
 
 A VEGETABLE SOCIAL. 
 
 fllE rooms in which this social is held 
 may be decorated with vegetables. 
 Adopt a color scheme ; the reception room 
 may be in yellow — ^}'ellow cheesecloth 
 makes beautiful soft draperies, and is inex- 
 pensive; catch these draperies back with 
 long strands of yellow corn strung on fine 
 thread ; use the yellow pumpkins, carrots, 
 mangoes, and sheaves of wheat and oats. 
 The parlor may be in red; use the red 
 cheesecloth and red corn, red peppers, 
 beets, and cranberries will furnish ample 
 material for decoration. The dining-room 
 may be in green, using the feathery as- 
 paragus and other available greens here. 
 For amusements provide vegetable games. 
 Hang an ear of corn from a hook in the 
 ceiling, have each guest guess as to the 
 number of grains it contains. Next have 
 a "bean grab;'^ this is played by provid- 
 ing a large dish of green beans, let each 
 guest "grab" a handful of beans, count 
 the number, and return the beans to the 
 dish ; another now "grabs," and so on until 
 all have tried. A record should be kept 
 so that it may be known whose "grab" was 
 the largest. Now provide two very large, 
 smooth potatoes, as nearly the same size 
 as possible, also two dessert spoons. The 
 company is now divided into two parts or 
 sides; one person from each side is cho- 
 sen ; the game is to pick the potato up on 
 the spoon, using but one hand, and balanc- 
 ing it so that it may be carried to the 
 opposite side of the room without falling 
 from the spoon ; if one fails another of his 
 division takes his place. 
 
 Now pass pencils and paper, together 
 with a list of the following disguised vege- 
 tables, for a test game : 
 
 1 — What a lady said to a tramp. (Man- 
 go-) 
 
 2 — What some people are said "not to 
 know." (Beans.) 
 
 3 — What a young lady said to her lover, 
 who urged a secret marriage. 
 (Canteloupe — Can't elope.) 
 
 4 — What defective roofs do. (Leak.) 
 5 — A name sometimes applied to dull 
 
 people. (Cabbage.) 
 G — What an old lady said to a young 
 
 man who strangled while drinking 
 
 beer. (You artichoke — ought to 
 
 choke. ) 
 T — That which afflicts our feet. (Corn.) 
 8 — What a bee that was searching for 
 
 honey said. (Cauliflower.) 
 A duty assigned a pupil by a teacher. 
 
 (Pars-nip.) 
 That of which young ladies are fond. 
 
 (Cress — Caress. ) 
 
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 A WHITE CAP SOCIAL. 
 
 'his social should be attended by all 
 sorts of "white caps." A white cap 
 orchestra, composed of a chorus of young 
 people, each attired in white surplices, 
 and college caps, should furnish the music. 
 
 Twelve little girls attired in white night 
 dresses and night caps should give a candle 
 drill. 
 
 A quartet of little girls wearing the 
 white apron and cap of a nurse girl should 
 rock their dolls to sleep to some pretty 
 lullaby songs. A trio of young men dressed 
 to represent Syrians in native costumes 
 and white turbans should perform juggling 
 tricks. 
 
 Part of the young ladies may represent 
 colonial maidens, wearing Puritan caps, 
 others may be white-capped grandmothers. 
 
 Last but not least white-capped serving 
 maids may serve refreshments to the as- 
 sembly. 
 
 A WEEK SOCIAL. 
 
 HIS social is intended to carry out the 
 old idea: 
 
 "Monday to wash, 
 Tuesday to iron, 
 
 Wednesday to bake and to mend; 
 Thursday to call, 
 Friday to clean, 
 
AN EASTER PARTY FOR CHILDREN. 
 
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 And Saturday to all work attend. 
 
 And Sunday, the day our Father has 
 
 blessed, 
 By giving His children much needed 
 
 rest." 
 
 The guests are requested to dress to 
 represent some particular day of the week ; 
 Monday being wash day, it may be repre- 
 sented by washer women, carrying tiny 
 tubs; Tuesday may be represented by 
 laundry maids and "Chinese washee- 
 men." Wednesday brings an array of 
 cooks, chefs, bakers and sewing maids; 
 Thursday is a "full-dress" day ; Friday for 
 the busy maids and housewives with broom 
 and dusters ; Saturday may be represented 
 by all classes — cooks, coachmen, "mending 
 mothers," grocers, butchers, etc., while 
 Sunday brings the preachers and priests, 
 together with the sisters of charity, etc. 
 
 The entertainment for this affair may 
 be varied. A pretty tableau may be 
 prepared by having seven little girls, each 
 dressed to represent the old rhyme: 
 
 ^^Monday's child is fair of face, 
 Tuesday's child is full of grace, 
 Wednesday's child is merry and glad, 
 Thursday's child is sorry and sad; 
 Friday's child is loving and giving, 
 Saturday's child works hard for a living ; 
 But a child that is born on the Sabbath 
 
 day 
 Is lucky and bonny and wise and gay." 
 
 A game modeled after the old card game 
 "Snap" may be introduced. Prepare a 
 quantity of little pasteboard squares; on 
 each of which write the days of the week. 
 These cards should be separated into books 
 of four cards each. Sunday should be 
 reserved for the "snap" card. The cards 
 are dealt out, three to each person ; each 
 person then lays a card on the table, in 
 turn; this continues until a "snap" or 
 Sunday card is laid on the table, when the 
 person who lays this card down calls out 
 "snap," and takes all cards on the table. 
 If any player calls "snap" before the per- 
 
 son playing the card has done so the cards 
 belong to him. 
 
 Another game is a "Summary of 
 Events." Seven persons are chosen, each 
 to represent a day of the week; a contest 
 ensues to find which can bring forward 
 the greatest number of important events 
 happening on a certain day. These events 
 are numbered, and the person having the 
 largest number is announced winner of the 
 contest. 
 
 AN EASTER PARTY FOR CHILDREN. 
 
 VEEY pleasant Easter social may 
 be planned for the little ones, if we 
 but go to far off Germany for our plan of 
 entertainment. Tiny Easter trees find 
 favor among the little ones of that land, 
 and we doubt not would be as cordially 
 welcomed by the little ones of our own 
 land. This tree should be a tiny ever- 
 green, loaded with bright-hued easter-eggs, 
 confectionery and Easter favors; text- 
 cards and booklets may also find a place 
 in the adornment. To make a real Ger- 
 man festival the tiny candy bunnies must 
 not be omitted. There is a very sweet 
 little legend cherished by German children 
 concerning this Easter rabbit. Once upon 
 a time, so the story goes, a nice, kind 
 rabbit who was walking along a quiet wood- 
 land road, came across a fine, large nest 
 filled with eggs. The poor mother-hen had 
 been seized by a wicked fox, and could not 
 go back to her darling nest, so this kind 
 rabbit slept all night upon it, and when 
 he awoke in the morning, Easter morn- 
 ing, the nest was full of little downy 
 chickens. The chickens thought that the 
 rabbit was their own dear mother, so they 
 cried for something to eat, and the rabbit 
 ran about and fetched food for them, and 
 kept them warm and fed until they were 
 old enough to care for themselves. 
 
 Ever since then the rabbit has been the 
 especial genius of the Easter time, and 
 this holiday is not complete for the Ger- 
 man little folks without the dear little rab- 
 
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 ± BEAN KINO'S FESTIVAL. 
 
 bit's uest. It holds many a favor and 
 present, serving the same purpose for 
 them that our Christmas stocking does for 
 our little people. It is a part of the Easter 
 tree and when the tree has been decorated 
 they place the Easter nest, with the Easter 
 rabbit thereon, at the foot of the tree. 
 Then all join hands and dance around the 
 tree, nest, rabbit and all. 
 
 After gathering the children about you 
 and telling them this little German Easter 
 legend, you may announce to them that a 
 nest is hidden in one of the rooms, and 
 that for the lucky person or persons who 
 find same will be found gifts for both 
 himself and little friends. You may be 
 sure that no further invitation will be 
 needed, for the merry hunt will imme- 
 diately begin. The nest, or basket, should 
 contain some simple toy for each member 
 of the party. 
 
 Another pretty amusement is to fashion 
 egg-shaped packages from bright colored 
 tissue paper, each containing sweet-meats, 
 pop-corn or nuts ; these bags are made fast 
 to a hoop, which is w^ound w^ith bright scar- 
 let ribbon, and the hoop fastened to a hook 
 in the center of the ceiling or to the gas 
 fixture; a soft kindergarten ball is pro- 
 vided which each child in turn throws at 
 the packages; if he strikes one it is his, 
 if he misses, the child who first gets the 
 ball gets the next throw. 
 
 The refreshment table should be prettily 
 decorated ; in the center place a real candy 
 *'biddy" hen, brooding over a nestful of 
 prettily colored candy eggs. From this 
 center to each of the four corners place a 
 row of chocolate mice, one, seemingly, fol- 
 lowing the other. An Easter cake, iced in 
 white and bearing on its top a beautiful 
 candy bunny, should occupy one end, while 
 the other may be devoted to a heap of red- 
 cheeked apples. The menu should be 
 simple, consisting of ice-cream, served in 
 egs; shapes, cake and lemonade ; sandwiches 
 may be added if desired. 
 
 Pretty souvenirs, in the form of fluiTy 
 chickens, should be provided for each lit- 
 tle guest. 
 
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 A BEAN KING'S FESTIVAL. 
 
 (Twelfth Night Entertainment,) 
 
 HE Bean King's Festival is a social 
 rite principally observed in France 
 and Germany, but may be adapted, with 
 much enjoyment, by any organization of 
 people. 
 
 The guests should be attired in all man- 
 ner of fantastic costumes and represent 
 courtiers, clowns, pinafore maidens, char- 
 acters from "Alice in Wonderland," etc. 
 
 A large cake is provided in which a bean 
 has been hidden in the baking; on arrival 
 of the guests the cake is cut into pieces, 
 and distributed; the guest who receives 
 the portion containing the bean is pro- 
 claimed ''King of Misrule," and rules the 
 evening. 
 
 A throne has been erected, and a crown 
 of gilt paper provided; the King is 
 crowned and seated on the throne. He 
 holds a scepter, and any order given by 
 him must be obeyed. Every guest will be 
 required to do something to contribute to 
 the fun of the evening ; the most amusing 
 form of this entertainment is usually in 
 the form of forfeits, which the King pro- 
 claims, and are put into execution by his 
 subjects. Among these forfeits may be 
 mentioned : Walking around the room and 
 bestowing, alternately, a smile and a frown 
 on each person present. Repeating a 
 stanza of poetry, counting each word, as 
 Little (1) Jack (2) Horner (3) sat (4) in 
 (5) the (6) corner (7), etc. 
 
 Sing in one corner, laugh in another, 
 weep in another, and yawn in another. 
 
 Kiss your shadow on the wall. 
 
 Walk across the room, by placing the 
 heel of one foot directly against the toe 
 of the other, and so continuing across the 
 room. 
 
 Blindfold two persons, seat them facing 
 each other, provide each with a bowl of 
 cracker crumbs and a dessert spoon, and 
 require them to feed one another, three 
 spoonfuls each. 
 
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 it on a table and blow it over. 
 
 Whistle three airs without stopping ; 
 one a church hymn, the other a popular 
 song, and the third a waltz air. 
 
 When refreshments are announced, the 
 King leads the grand march to the din- 
 ing hall, bearing high over his head a 
 wonderful pie, made in a large dish-pan. 
 (This pie is made of saw-dust and covered 
 with brown tissue paper, to simulate pas- 
 try.) Arriving at the dining-table the pie 
 is placed thereon, then at the order of the 
 King all continue the march around the 
 table, each in turn as he reaches the point 
 nearest the pie ^^sticking in his thumb, 
 and pulling out a plum," said ^^plums" 
 consisting of all sorts of amusing articles 
 wrapped in brown paper. After all have 
 received plums, the order is given to be 
 seated, and tlie unwrapping begins, much 
 merriment resulti]i^. 
 
 The refreshments provided should be as 
 unique as possible, sandv'/iches cut in odd 
 shapes, sherbets served in silver thimbles, 
 etc. If desired the remaining portion of 
 the evening may be passed in dancing. 
 
 AN EXCHANGE PARTY. 
 
 VERY person has in his possession 
 some article that it would be a satis- 
 faction to get rid of, if this could be done 
 without the sin of wastefulness laid to his 
 account ; some bit of furniture or apparel, 
 bric-a-brac or fancy work, which he has 
 become thoroughly tired of, but which is 
 too good to throw away. It may be an 
 ink stand in the shape of a fat, green frog 
 that was secured by a lucky number at a 
 church raffle, or some equally hideous ob- 
 ject won in the many social ways. Every 
 household has several such articles, and 
 a new and lively sort of evening entertain- 
 ment may be evolved from them. The 
 object of the merry-making being to pass 
 off your objectionable possession upon 
 some fellow-player, who, in turn, tries to 
 victimize you. From this is derived the 
 name "Exchange Party." 
 
 In arranging an amusement of this 
 kind the guests are requested to bring with 
 them such articles as they especially wish 
 to be rid of, no matter how hideously ugly 
 and unappreciated they may be ; this will 
 only add to the amusement of the occasion. 
 
 Each article should be wrapped as al- 
 luringly as possible, packed in a fancy 
 box or enveloped in white paper, tied with 
 fancy ribbons ; for of course in order to be 
 rid of such object their real character 
 must be disguised as thoroughly as pos- 
 sible. The players must consent to take 
 the articles on a venture, not being per- 
 mitted to examine same until the exchange 
 has been irrevocably made. 
 
 Cords or ribbon should be tied loosely, 
 as each article will be opened many times 
 as it is exchanged from hand to hand, for 
 as a matter of fact each person who re- 
 ceives a particularly objectionable article 
 will endeavor to "work it off" on another 
 member of the party. l^o passing is 
 done until the last guest has arrived; 
 punctuality should be requested in the in- 
 vitations. When all are arrived a bell 
 sounds the signal for the exchange to be- 
 gin. 
 
 It would be hard to imagine a gayer 
 scene than an Exchange Party in full 
 swing; the blandishments and rose-col- 
 ored descriptions of those who have par- 
 ticularly dreadful articles to dispose of 
 are mingled with the outspoken regrets of 
 others who have gained a greater evil than 
 the one disposed of. There are cross-ex- 
 aminations worthy of law courts, broken 
 by the irrepressible chuckles of the person 
 who has succeeded in getting rid of some 
 undesirable trinket. An hour and a half 
 may be allowed for the exchanges, which 
 is concluded by the ringing of the bell; 
 whatever object the player holds when the 
 bell rings is the object he has gained by 
 the evening's exchanges. All articles thus 
 acquired must be carried home by the win- 
 ners, or, at least, taken from the house 
 in which the amusement is given. 
 
 A pleasing feature of this entertain- 
 ment is that it needs no preparation on the 
 
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 A V^'IQUE VALE2^'Tt2^^ PARTY. 
 
 part of the hostess to find amusement for 
 her guests. Of course, if desired, she may 
 serve light refreshments, or prepare some 
 simple souvenir for the occasion. 
 
 A SUNSHINE LUNCHEON. 
 
 fT was my good fortune to recently at- 
 tend a cluh luncheon of twenty covers, 
 at the home of one of the members of the 
 Women's Social Club. That others may 
 be benefited from my observations I hereby 
 give a description of the decorations, also 
 the menu served. 
 
 The mahogany table, polished like a 
 mirror, had a centerpiece of fine Honiton 
 lace over yellow silk, upon which was 
 placed a cut-glass rose-bowl filled with 
 beautiful yellow roses and sprays of as- 
 paragus fern. There were lace doilies of 
 different sizes, all with the yellow peeping 
 through in the most fascinating manner, 
 partly covered with cut-glass dishes of 
 fancy shapes filled with salted almonds, 
 olives and vellow bonbons. The silver, 
 glistening in the rays of yellow candles 
 beneath their corn-hued, fluffy shades, 
 added to the effect of the beautiful table. 
 
 The hostess was clad in a beautiful din- 
 ner gown of yellow silk, fashioned after 
 the latest mode, and wore yellow roses as 
 ornaments. Most of the guests had taken 
 a hint from the name of the luncheon, and 
 all wore more or less yellow in the com- 
 bination of their costumes. 
 
 THE MENU. 
 
 Oranges. 
 
 Clam Bouillon. Whipped Cream. 
 
 Spiced Cherries. Creamed Potatoes. 
 
 Celery. 
 
 Cold Tongue. Veal Loaf. 
 
 Currant Jelly. Wafers. Cottage Cheese. 
 
 Brown Bread. Cream Rolls. 
 
 Chicken Salad. French Cream. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 Salted Almonds. 
 
 Yellow Bonbons. 
 
 The bcautv of the menu was its sim- 
 
 plicity, also in the Serving, which was 
 faultless. The souvenirs consisted of long- 
 stemmed yellow roses, tied with yellow 
 ribbon. 
 
 A UNIQUE VALENTINE PARTY. 
 
 HE following unique Valentine Party 
 was described in a recent issue of the 
 Woman's Home Companion : 
 
 The invitations were a captivating fea- 
 ture of the affair. They were dainty tri- 
 angular notes, sealed with red wax and 
 stamped with a torch design. On opening 
 them a formal invitation appeared for St. 
 Valentine's eve, at eight o'clock, plus two 
 quaint suggestions — 
 
 ^^Hearts are trumps." 
 
 ^^No previous attachment considered." 
 
 A tiny colored beau, dressed in a mail- 
 carrier's costume of blue denim, met us at 
 the door. Over his shoulder swung a huge 
 leather pouch, from which he drew letters 
 and gave to us as we entered the hall. 
 They were big, heart-shaped affairs of 
 crepe tissue paper — white for the girls and 
 crimson for the men — tied with crimson 
 ribbon. Within we found the daintiest of 
 heart-card programmes, a list of numbers 
 from 1 to 12 on one side and a silhouette 
 on the other. 
 
 In the archway between parlor and 
 library hung a long curtain of black calico, 
 with a huge white muslin heart stitched 
 on in the center, where the black was cut 
 away. The curious comments regarding 
 it subsided when the hostess sent the 
 twelve men into the library, while the 
 twelve girls remained in the parlor. The 
 lamps were then put out, save one lamp 
 in the library. 
 
 "ISToAV watch that heart," was the com- 
 mand of the hostess, ^'and when you 
 recognize a profile, write the name on your 
 card according to the number, without 
 allowing any one to see it." 
 
 There was some whispering and chuck- 
 ling behind the tightly stretched black 
 curtain; then in a moment a clear profile 
 
AN EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE. 
 
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 appeared silhouetted on the white space. 
 We had only a moment in which to de- 
 cide whose it might be before the head 
 was withdrawn and another appeared. 
 When each man had taken his turn the 
 lamp was brought into the parlor and the 
 girls proceeded to pose for recognition. 
 This gave the boys the easier task, one 
 would suppose; but the inevitable pom- 
 padour and low-necked gown helped little 
 toward recognition. 
 
 When each girl had passed before the 
 revealing curtain it was drawn aside and 
 the two rooms compared notes, while the 
 hostess bestowed a sketch and a heart- 
 shaped bonbonniere on the best guessers 
 and consoled those with lowest records 
 with a Cupid scarfpin and a bracelet of 
 wire strung with mottled peppermint 
 hearts. 
 
 AN EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 T a recent meeting of a literary club 
 the subject was the life and works 
 of Shakespeare. An impromptu pro- 
 gramme was carried out, the principal fea- 
 ture of which was a description of that 
 part of the country in which he lived, 
 given by a noted lecturer, lately returned 
 from a visit to the continent, and a guest 
 of the club. Among the features of the 
 entertainment was a Shakespearean 
 Spread, and it is of this feature that I 
 wish to tell you. 
 
 The color scheme was white and scarlet. 
 The long table was laid with heavy white 
 damask. In the center was placed a 
 round mirror, and on it was placed a tall 
 cut-glass vase filled with white roses ; on 
 either side of this were smaller vases filled 
 with scarlet roses. At each end of the 
 table a candelabrum bore scarlet wax can- 
 dles. There were twenty covers, nine at 
 either side and one at each end. Place- 
 cards, bearing the name of the guest, were 
 laid on the edges of the napkins. The 
 following menu was served. 
 
 MENU. 
 
 Oysters on the Half-Shell. 
 Consomme. Lobster Bisque. 
 
 Fillet of Beef. Green Peas. 
 Roast Turkey. 
 
 Lettuce Salad. 
 
 Roman Punch. 
 
 Potatoes. Asparagus. Tomatoes. 
 
 Ice-Cream. Strawberries. 
 
 Cake. Coffee. 
 
 Roquefort Cheese. 
 
 THE MENU CARDS. 
 
 The menu were of cardboard of six 
 pages each, and tied together with scarlet 
 ribbon. The outside page bore the name 
 of the club and the date; the second bore 
 this quotation just above the name of the 
 guest of honor : 
 
 "You are welcome to our house ; 
 It must appear in other ways than 
 words." 
 
 — Merchant of Venice, 
 
 The third page bore the names of other 
 guests or club members, headed with this 
 quotation : 
 
 "Find these persons out whose names are 
 written here." 
 
 — Romeo and Juliet, 
 The fourth page read: 
 
 Oysters on the Half- Shell. 
 Consomme. Lobster Bisque. 
 
 "I hope we shall drink down all unkind- 
 ness." 
 
 — Merry Wives of Windsor. 
 
 "The imperious seas breed monsters.'' 
 
 — Cymheline. 
 Fillet of Beef. Green Peas. 
 
 "Our old and faithful friend, we are glad 
 to see you." 
 
 — Measure for Measure, 
 "How fresh and green you are." 
 
 — King John. 
 The fifth page: 
 
 Roast Turkey. Lettuce Salad. 
 Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods ; 
 ISTow hew him as a caress." 
 
 — Julius Caesar. 
 
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 AN APPLE BLOSSOM LUNCHEON. 
 
 Potatoes. Asparagus. Tomatoes. 
 
 "Under the earth in fragrant glooms I 
 
 dwelt." — Pythagoras. 
 
 "I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in 
 
 it." -.Twelfth Night. 
 
 The sixth page : 
 
 Ices. Strawberries. Cake. 
 "Then farewell heat, and welcome frost." 
 — Merchant of Venice. 
 
 "The daintiest last, to make the end most 
 sweet." — Richard II. 
 
 Coffee. Roquefort Cheese. 
 "I have been acquainted with the smell 
 before." 
 — Two Gentlemen of Verona. 
 
 The seventh page: 
 "May more such days as these to us be- 
 fall." — King Henry VI. 
 
 "Good night ! Smile once more !" 
 
 — King Lear. 
 
 "God give you good-night !" 
 —AlVs Well That Ends Well. 
 
 A FEBETTAIIY DINNER PARTY. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL Red and Gold Din- 
 ner Party was recently given as a 
 Valentine fete by a wealthy lady of this 
 city. The guests numbered one hundred. 
 The dinner w^as served from numerous 
 small tables ; the dining-room was deco- 
 rated in red and gold hangings; the table 
 decorations consisted of a sunken mirror 
 for the center of each, in which the center- 
 piece of orchids w^as reflected. Crystal 
 candelabra held the candles and small cut- 
 glass dishes the bonbons. Por each lady 
 there was a bunch of red roses tied with 
 rose-colored ribbons, and for each gentle- 
 man a boutonniere of carnations. 
 
 The menu was perfect, as the follow^ing 
 card will show: 
 
 Buzzard Bay Oysters on the Half-Shell. 
 
 Clear Green Turtle Soup. 
 
 Saddle of Mutton, wnth Fresh Green Peas 
 
 and New Potatoes. 
 
 Canvas Duck, with Currant Jelly. 
 
 Lettuce Salad. 
 
 Ices with Turtle Doves on Top. 
 
 Heart-Shaped Cakes. 
 
 Fruit. Candied Fruit. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 After dinner various amusements were 
 provided. One pretty new conceit was a 
 jinriksha, into which a girl mounted, 
 holding over herself a big Japanese para- 
 sol, while her partner chose four men; 
 two at each pole, they wheeled her around 
 the room. Then she gave to each a paper 
 chrysanthemum. 
 
 AN APPLE BLOSSOM LUNCHEON. 
 
 YOUl^G girl recently entertained 
 l^t t^^ members of her club at an 
 Apple-Blossom Luncheon. The name was 
 given from the decorations used. The 
 invitation cards bore in the upper right- 
 hand corner a beautiful spray of apple- 
 blossoms done in water-colors. The menu 
 cards were likewise decorated, and bore in 
 the upper left-hand comer the words, 
 taken from the old nursery rhyme — 
 
 "Little apple-blossom, 
 Just arrived in town, 
 Wears a light-green bonnet 
 And a snowy gown." 
 
 The mahogany table was bare, except 
 for the exquisite lace doilies used on its 
 polished surface; the blossoms were ar- 
 ranged in a long, low oval centerpiece ; 
 one perfect spray was placed in each 
 finger-bowl, brown stem and all. The din- 
 ing-room was decorated in these beautiful 
 blossoms, long branches and sprays of 
 which were placed over pictures and mir- 
 rors, while the upper bank of the side- 
 board was banked with them ; a tiny spray, 
 tied with narrow white ribbon, was placed 
 on each snowy napkin. 
 
 The menu was prepared to carry out 
 the color scheme, which was accomplished 
 admirably, each dish seeming to have the 
 exact shade of color necessary to blend 
 with the decorations. 
 
A BROWNING LUNCHEON. 
 
 61 
 
 THE MENU. 
 
 Bouillon. 
 
 Radishes. Parmesan Cheese. 
 
 Salmon Timbles. Dressed Cabbage. 
 
 Cold Tongue Sandwiches. 
 Snowball Croquettes. Bechamel Sauce. 
 
 Rolls. Guava Jelly. Olives. 
 
 Peach Bomb. Watermelon Cake. 
 
 Magic Cherries. 
 
 Chocolate. 
 
 A BROWNING LUNCHEON. 
 
 NE of the prettiest and daintiest of 
 club luncheons given during the sea- 
 son was a Browning Luncheon, given at 
 the home of one of the members. The 
 menu was most simple, but beautifully 
 planned and served. The invitation cards 
 bore in addition to the usual wording the 
 words, ^'A Browning Buttercup Lunch- 
 eon." A tiny pen-drawing of this pretty 
 flower occupied one corner and at the lower 
 left-hand corner of the card were the fol- 
 lowing words, taken from Browning's 
 ^'Home Thoughts Prom Abroad" : 
 
 "The buttercups, the little children's 
 dower — 
 Par brighter than this gaudy melon 
 flower." 
 
 The luncheon was a noonday affair, and 
 the decorations were in yellow, the floral 
 decorations consisting of buttercups and 
 long-stemmed grasses. The polished ma- 
 hogany table was bare save for the heavy 
 Battenberg centerpiece and plate doilies. 
 In the center of the table, resting on the 
 Battenberg, was a beautiful crystal rose- 
 bowl filled with buttercups and feathery 
 grasses. In the finger-bowls floated a 
 single large old-fashioned garden butter- 
 cup. The following menu was served : 
 
 Bouillon in Cups. 
 
 Bread Sticks or Wafers. 
 
 Pish Cutlets. Cream Sauce. 
 
 Bread. 
 
 Broiled Chops, Scalloped Potatoes. 
 
 Lettuce, Prench Dressing. 
 
 Ut 
 
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 Wafers. Cream Cheese. 
 
 Whipped Cream. Ladies' Pingers. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 The menu cards were of cream-colored 
 
 water-color paper and contained six pages. 
 
 The first page contained the date of the 
 
 meeting and the names of host and hostess. 
 
 ■0^ The second page, the following appro- 
 
 « priate quotation : . 
 
 "You're my friend — 
 
 '^ What a thing friendship is, world with- 
 out end." 
 
 — The Flight of the Duchess, 
 
 Third page: 
 
 Bouillon in Cups. 
 
 Bread Sticks or Wafers. 
 
 "But who could have expected this ?" 
 
 — By the Fireside. 
 Once hold of you, these jaws want no 
 fresh hold." —The Glove. 
 
 Pish Cutlets. Cream Sauce. 
 Bread. 
 Such plenty and perfection never was." 
 — Love Among Ruins. 
 "IN"© finer goods i' the world." 
 
 — Caliban Upon Setehos. 
 
 Pourth page: 
 
 Broiled Chops. Scalloped Potatoes. 
 
 "Leave the flesh to the fate it was fit for." 
 
 — Saul. 
 "So deep in the dust and the dark." 
 
 — Life in Love, 
 Lettuce, Prench Dressing. 
 "So cool and green." 
 — The Statue and the Bust. 
 
 Pifth page: 
 
 Wafers. Cream Cheese. 
 
 "All good things are ours." 
 
 — Rabbi Ben Ezra. 
 
 "Taste this half of a curd-white smooth 
 cheese-ball." 
 
 — The Englishman in Italy. 
 Whipped Cream. Lady Pingers. 
 
 Coffee. 
 "Sure to taste sweetly." 
 
 — The Laboratory. 
 
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 MY LADY'S WORK BOX. 
 
 *'The pasture honey-bee drops no sweeter 
 sweet." — Cleon. 
 
 *'The cup is ruby rimmed." 
 
 — Women and Roses. 
 Sixth page. 
 
 "Live long and happy. Farewell." 
 
 — Cleon. 
 
 ^Oli, would that we might keep thee !" 
 
 — Saul. 
 
 "Your Land, sir, and good-bye." 
 
 — Fra Lippo Lippi. 
 
 a 
 
 A MUSICAL MEDLEY. 
 ^IIE new "musical medley" is a su- 
 
 preme favorite this season, so says 
 Marv Dawson, in the Woman's Home 
 Companion for the month of May. 
 
 Invitations are written upon little sheets 
 of note paper, on each of which a bar of 
 music is sketched with pen and ink. It 
 adds to the piquancy of the feature if 
 these bars are real melodies from some 
 popular or classical song. 
 
 The guests receive pretty note-books and 
 pencils. The programme of the evening 
 remains a mystery until the last guest has 
 arrived. 
 
 When the company is complete a small 
 table is produced on which the following 
 articles are displayed: 
 1 — A letter sheet inclosed in a small en- 
 velope. (ISTote.) 
 2 — A yardstick or tape measure. (Meas- 
 ure.) 
 3 — A small quantity of pitch in a saucer. 
 (Pitch.) 
 
 5- 
 
 A fish-scale. <^ (Scale.) 
 
 A door-key. (Key.) 
 G — Small pieces of twine. (Chords.) 
 7 — A thick cane. (Staff.) 
 8 — An open knife. (Sharp.) 
 9 — A potpourri-jar. (Potpourri.) 
 10 — A quire of letter paper. (Choir.) 
 
 Guesses at the hidden meanings are 
 written by the players in their note-books, 
 the answer being placed opposite the num- 
 ber of the object. 
 
 The prize awarded to the player whose 
 list of correct answers is most nearly com- 
 plete should be a copy of some piece of 
 popular music of the day. 
 
 No sooner is this prize awarded than 
 the company are whisked away to the 
 "Symphony" game. This game consists 
 in seeing who can form the greatest num- 
 ber of words in a given length of time 
 from the letters contained in the w^ord 
 "Symphony." The maker of the longest 
 list receives a natty music roll. 
 
 The third game in the series is termed 
 "Musical Physiognomy." This game is 
 played with twenty-five photographs of 
 magazine pictures of the famous singers 
 of the day. All names are removed, and 
 the pictures numbered. These are passed 
 from hand to hand, each player writing 
 on his list the name of the person whom 
 he recognizes in the photograph. The 
 person who has the most correct list is pre- 
 sented with a plaster cast of St. Cecelia. 
 
 Next is given the musical game of 
 Catching the Air, which is given in the 
 "Hidden Musical," found in another por- 
 tion of this work. 
 
 GAMES FOR A CHILD'S EVENING PARTY. 
 
 MY LADY'S WOKK-BOX. 
 
 ^ HIS game is similar to the old favor- 
 ite, "Twirling the Platter." Each 
 child is given the name of an article found 
 in a lady's work-box, as scissors, thimble, 
 needle, bodkin, tape, emery, silk, cot- 
 tonette. If the party be large the list may 
 
 be lengthened by naming various articles 
 of wearing apparel, which is supposed to 
 be being made or mended. The children 
 are seated in a circle around the room. 
 One child stands in the center, with a 
 round tin pic-plate, and twirling it like 
 a top says, "My lady must have her 
 thimble before I coimt ten." "Thimble" 
 
A BOOK CARNIVAL. 
 
 63 
 
 must then jump and catch the plate be- 
 fore the leader has counted ten. Failing 
 to do this, ''Thimble" must take the center 
 and call for any desired article. If, how- 
 ever, she does catch it in time the leader 
 must call for another article, and thus 
 continue until some person fails to catch 
 the plate in time. 
 
 BREAD AND BUTTEE. 
 
 ELECT a small article, as a thimble, 
 ^ that can be easily hidden. All play- 
 ers except one close their eyes and hide 
 their faces in their hands. The person 
 holding' the article then hides it in some 
 convenient spot in the room. After it is 
 secreted he calls, ''Bread and butter; 
 please, my lady, come to supper." At this 
 all eyes are opened and the search begins. 
 A clew is given by announcing that the 
 supper is warm, cold, or hot, according 
 to the proximity of the searcher to the 
 spot where the article is hidden. Once 
 found, the person who has been successful 
 in the search is allowed to hide it again; 
 and so the game continues. 
 
 SHOPPING. 
 
 fHE leader says: "I went shopping 
 this morning and everything I 
 bought began with C (or any letter de- 
 sired). From the druggist I bought 
 (points at a child, who must immediately 
 respond with some article bought of a 
 druggist beginning with the letter C — as 
 cologne), from the baker I bought (cookies 
 or cake may be the answer), from the 
 
 grocer I bought . And so the lists 
 
 continue until some child fails to answer 
 at once, when he must take the place of 
 the leader and continue the game, choosing 
 any letter desired. 
 
 GBUNT. 
 
 |NE of the merriest games that chil- 
 dren enjoy is the old-time "Grunt." 
 The cjiildren stand in a circle j one person 
 
 in the center of the ring is blindfolded 
 and given a long cane; the children now 
 circle around him, until he gives the signal 
 for them to stop — the signal being given 
 by thumping smartly on the floor with the 
 cane ; he now stretches forth his cane, and 
 the person it touches must take hold of it 
 and placing it to his lips give three dis- 
 tinct "grunts." From these sounds the 
 blindfolded one must guess his identity ; if 
 he fails in this, the children resume their 
 circling around him, and he is given an- 
 other opportunity of guessing; if, how- 
 ever, he is successful in his guess, the per- 
 son whose identity he has discovered takes 
 his place in the center of the circle. 
 
 A BOOK CARNIVAL. 
 
 fHIS may be made a very pleasing as 
 well as instructive entertainment for 
 the little people. Each child is attired to 
 represent the title of a book. Only juve- 
 niles should be selected, as this is the ex- 
 tent of a child's book knowledge. 
 
 The hostess will have a complete cata- 
 logue, in which will be registered the 
 names of the children and the book each 
 represents. When the guests are assem- 
 bled a lively march is indulged in, after 
 which pencil and paper are provided and 
 the work of guessing the books represented 
 begins. Each child should mount the plat- 
 form as his name is called by the hostess ; 
 then all are given an opportunity to re- 
 cord guesses as to what he represents. 
 After the guesses are completed a book is 
 given the most successful contestant. 
 
 We offer the following list of books and 
 the manner of presenting the same : 
 
 1 — "Rose in Bloom" (Alcott) — a pretty 
 girl wearing roses as decoration. 
 
 2— "Under the Lilacs" (Alcott) —lilacs 
 worn in the hair. 
 
 3— "Little Women" (Alcott)— girh at- 
 tired as women. 
 
 4 — "Little Men" (Alcott) — ^boys attired 
 as meu. 
 
01 
 
 A BEAN SOCIAL. 
 
 5_"Tlic Boy Knight" {Henty)—a. boy 
 dressed in fancy costume as a 
 knight of long ago. 
 (J — ''Orange and Green" (Ilenty) — these 
 
 colors combined in dress. 
 7— ''The Young Buglers" {Hentij)—ii 
 trio of boys dressed as soldiers and 
 carrying bugles. 
 8 — "Adveiitures of a Brownie" (Miss 
 Midock) — a boy attired as a 
 Brownie, carrying a book marked 
 "Adventures" on the cover. 
 9 — ''Six to Sixteen" (Ewing) — a young 
 girl wearing on different parts of 
 her costume ten cards, each of 
 which bears one of the numbers 
 from six to sixteen. 
 
 10 — "Little Lord Fauntleroy" (Burnett) 
 — a boy dressed to represent this 
 hero. 
 
 ll_^^An Old-Fashioned Girl" (Alcott)— 
 a girl dressed in the style of long 
 ago. 
 
 12— "Cat-Tails and Other Tales"— a boy 
 carrying a quantity of cat-tails — 
 the reed — and a book on whose cov- 
 ering is written, "Other Tales." 
 
 13 — "Black Beauty" (Sewell) — repre- 
 sented by a boy or girl attired as 
 a negro. 
 
 14— "A Study in Scarlet" (Doyle)— 3i 
 girl dressed in a scarlet gown. 
 
 15 — "Sketch Book" (Irving) — a boy 
 dressed as an artist and bearing a 
 large portfolio marked "Sketch 
 Book." 
 
 A BROWNIE PARTY. 
 
 fHE invitation cards bore the word 
 "costume" — hence all the Brownies 
 were in full dress. 
 
 As Brownies are supposed to be wood 
 nymphs, forest games were arranged. The 
 social was held on a beautiful lawn, with 
 a wide, cool veranda for a resting place 
 after the games were over. 
 
 In the center of the lawn a long, smooth 
 pole Cit had been sand-papered and pol- 
 ished) was erected; on its top rested a 
 
 bright package which was said to contain 
 a beautiful gift for the Brownie who 
 should climb the pole to secure it. Thi§ 
 was much fun for the little boy Brownies. 
 
 Fastened to the branches of a tall tree 
 that stood near the center of the lawn 
 were numberless parcels wrapped in 
 bright cambric. Long poles were provided, 
 by means of which these packages were 
 brought to the ground. They were found 
 to contain a large quantity of nuts, cracked 
 ready for eating. 
 
 After these nuts were disposed of came 
 a walnut race. Two rows of walnuts were 
 placed at intervals of three feet apart the 
 length of the lawn ; a basket was provided 
 for each contestant in the race. These 
 baskets were to remain in the same spot 
 until after the race was done, each con- 
 testant being required to pick up the wal- 
 nuts one at a time and bring them to the 
 basket. This was found great sport for 
 the Brownies. 
 
 Large swings and hammocks had been 
 provided, and while the boys enjoyed the 
 race the girls let the "Old Cat Die." (Let- 
 ting the swing stop of itself is termed by 
 many children letting the old cat die.) 
 
 !N^ext the whole party had a famous 
 game of "Wood Tag." All Brownies ex- 
 cept one, the leader, found a small piece 
 of wood to stand upon. At the call "Wood 
 Tag" by the leader all were required to 
 change places. In the change the leader 
 secured a piece of the wood and some 
 other little Brownie was compelled to be- 
 come leader. 
 
 A BEAN SOCIAL. 
 
 [^^>EOVIDE some large, flat white 
 beans. With a pen and ink mark 
 on each bean one of the letters in the sen- 
 tence, "ISTew England Pork and Beans." 
 Hide these beans in all sorts of places. 
 The children are told that twenty-two 
 beans are hidden, which they are to find, 
 and then the search begins. When all 
 beans are found each child is allowed ten 
 
A GUESS SOCIAL. 
 
 65 
 
 minutes in which to attempt to form the 
 correct sentence with the beans. To the 
 successful contestant a small prize is given. 
 
 Prepare a number of brightly colored 
 bean bags. All children delight in throw- 
 ing bean bags ; an open box may be placed 
 at the farthest corner of the room^ thus 
 becoming the object of the throwing. The 
 old-fashioned bean catch will prove as at- 
 tractive as anything. 
 
 A large dish of beans is placed on the 
 table, and a ^'bean grab" indulged in, each 
 child '^grabbing" a handful of the beans, 
 then counting to see who has the larger 
 number. 
 
 For refreshments serve Boston brown 
 beans, brown bread and cocoa or coffee. 
 
 A SPIDER-WEB SOCIAL. 
 
 ^9l^)iHE rooms in which this social is held 
 should be converted into a huge 
 spider-web by weaving and stretching 
 white cotton twine about it in every way 
 and direction ; ' in some remote corner, 
 snugly hidden away, should be attached 
 a toy spider. The rules of this game are 
 no thread shall be broken, and the person 
 Avho first discovers the spider must walk 
 away from the place of concealment and 
 cry out ^ ^Eureka." This will prolong the 
 game until others have an opportunity of 
 finding the spider. 
 
 A SPIDEE-WEB PUZZLE. 
 
 A spider-web puzzle is next solved. 
 Cards on which have been drawn a spider- 
 web are cut into many small pieces and 
 enclosed in envelopes, a separate envelope 
 for each card. These are passed to the 
 children and they are required to place 
 the card together in its original form, ten 
 minutes being allowed to complete the 
 work. 
 
 A blackboard is provided and each child 
 in turn is blindfolded and led to the board 
 and asked to draw a spider in his web. 
 The result will afford much amusement 
 for the little ones, 
 
 A GUESS SOCIAL. 
 
 f]Sr this party each little guest repre- 
 sents some inanimate object, who is 
 discovered only after he has given the his- 
 tory of his life. 
 
 Pencils and paper are provided each 
 guest; then a basket containing innumer- 
 able little slips of paper is passed to each 
 guest, one slip of paper being taken by 
 each one. On this paper will be found the 
 name of the object he personates: Fif- 
 teen minutes are given each to write the 
 history of his existence; at the close of 
 this time all writing ceases and the his- 
 tories are read, all guessing after each 
 reading the object represented. Below we 
 give the history of a button as given at 
 a social of this kind, held recently : 
 
 For many years I lay imbedded in the 
 sand by a river side. I think I must have 
 been born there, for I have no remem- 
 brance of any sort of a home before that 
 time. I was finally dug from my resting 
 place, thrown into a cart and carried away 
 many miles, where I w^as placed in a fac- 
 tory. Here I was separated from my 
 other half — there were formerly two parts 
 of me — boiled in a strong acid, then 
 scraped and polished. Of course all this 
 was very unpleasant, but I have long since 
 learned to bear unpleasant things without 
 murmuring. 
 
 ^ow, I was separated into many small 
 parts and again smoothed and scraped and 
 polished until I must have looked very 
 bright indeed. Now I was filled with 
 holes — at least I thought at the time that 
 I was being filled with them, but I found 
 out subsequently that I contained but two. 
 I was now, with many companions, fast- 
 ened on a square something, packed in a 
 tight, black place and sent a long distance 
 away. We finally awoke one morning to 
 find ourselves in a big store. Here I lay 
 for some time until a lady came in and 
 purchased me. She took me home witli 
 her and then it was that the real trials 
 of my life began. I was fastened to some- 
 thing and then put on a ^^horrid" boy; 
 
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 A HIDDEN SOCIAL. 
 
 he seemed quite proud of us at first, but 
 he soon went out to play; then how we 
 did suffer! He rolled us in dirt; he tied 
 strings to us when he was flying his kite ; 
 he did all sorts of things which only a 
 boy knows how to do, but yet I tried to 
 keep up my courage and hold fast, but 
 there is a limit to everything. One dav 
 
 I/O t/ 
 
 his mother sent him out to watch a little 
 calf; now this calf had been taken away 
 from its mother and fastened in a sort of 
 pen by itself ; it wanted to get away, and 
 the boy was sent to see that it did not ac- 
 complish this purpose ; he soon grew tired 
 of sitting quietly, so decided to have some 
 fun with the calf; he drew a strong string 
 from his pocket, drove the calf into a cor- 
 ner and tied the string to its leather collar, 
 then he tied the other end of the string 
 around me. The calf began to run and 
 frisk about ; I tried to hold on, but finding 
 that it Avas impossible I let go and away 
 the calf went, and when I peeped up out 
 of the grass where I was lying I saw that 
 boy lying on the ground w^here the force 
 of the fall had thrown him ; he was so 
 angry at the poor calf, who had now broken 
 out of the pen, that he forgot all about 
 me, and so here I am yet in the pleasant 
 green grass, ^vhere I hope to lie until the 
 friendly winds and rain bury me deep in 
 the earth from which I sprung. 
 
 (It is hardly necessary to add that the 
 foregoing was written by a girl.) 
 
 A HIDDEN SOCIAL. 
 
 'his is a very original social and will 
 f f^ afford much amusement for the little 
 ones. The invitations read as follows: 
 
 "You are invited to attend a Hidden 
 Social on next Friday, from 2 to 5 o'clock 
 p. m. The house in which this social is 
 to be held must be searched for; you will 
 recognize it by a tiny American flag which 
 will be fastened to the door-knob. Search 
 for this Hidden Social." 
 
 On the day and hour groups of little 
 ones will be seen merrily looking for the 
 
 little flag which will indicate to them the 
 place where a merry time is to be had, 
 and in a short time the house will be 
 found. 
 
 .For amusements all sorts of hidden 
 games should be played. 
 
 A POPCORN HUNT. 
 
 Bags of .popcorn should be hidden in 
 all sorts of out-of-the-way places — one bag 
 for each child. What a happy time they 
 will have in finding the hidden dainty, 
 and once discovered it will be a double 
 surprise in that a rosy-cheeked apple will 
 be found hidden in the midst of the corn. 
 These will furnish ample refreshments for 
 the occasion. 
 
 I SPY. 
 
 This game, so old and yet new in the 
 hearts of children, will be found appro- 
 priate for the occasion. Each child closes 
 his eyes while some member of the party 
 hides a thimble in plain sight. When he 
 announces ''Hunt the thimble," eyes fly 
 open and the search begins; on discover- 
 ing the thimble each cries "I spy," yet 
 giving no hint to those yet searching where 
 it is concealed. The person first ''spying" 
 is allowed to hide the thimble next time, 
 and so the game continues. 
 
 t- 
 
 HIDDEN CHILDREN. 
 
 Pencils and paper being provided, the 
 following list of Hidden Children are 
 given out. The child first completing the 
 list is entitled to a small prize, a box of 
 confectionery. 
 1 — rHe gave them to me. (Tom.) 
 2 — I gave ma rye bread. (Mary.) 
 3 — She asked if red hats were worn. 
 
 (Fred.) 
 4 — Can he swim a yard ? (May.) 
 5 — When rye grows, is it tall ? (Henry.) 
 6 — The early bird caught the worm. 
 
 (Earl.) 
 7 — I rode a wheel larger than that one. 
 
 (Ella.) 
 8 — [N'o ray of light could be seen. (Nora.) 
 9 — I will tell ma my troubles. (Amy.) 
 10— The truth will be told. (Kuth.) 
 
A MOfBBn G008E SOCIAL. 
 
 67i 
 
 A NOSE SOCIAL. 
 
 'his social is designed for pure and 
 simple fun, and that is what the lit- 
 tle ones will derive from it. 
 
 A sheet is stretched in the doorway be- 
 tween two rooms; the party is divided, 
 one-half to remain in one room, the re- 
 mainder to pass into the adjoining one; 
 now an opening is cut near the center of 
 the sheet, just large enough to admit the 
 entrance of a little nose. A stool should 
 be provided for the smaller children. 
 
 And now the game begins. A little 
 person mounts the stool and presses her 
 tiny nose through tlie little opening pre- 
 viously made ; the party in the adjoining 
 room are allowed two guesses; if they. are 
 successful in their guess, this little one 
 must pass over to swell their ranks; on 
 the other hand if they fail in their guess- 
 ing the opposite party are entitled to 
 choose one of their number ; the object of 
 the game being to ^ 'break up'^ the opposing 
 party. 
 
 CHILDEEN^S MAY PARTY. 
 
 fHE invitation cards bear in addition 
 to the usual formula, ''Bring Flow- 
 ers." A large number of little baskets 
 should be provided, also some crepe tissue 
 paper, that the more original of the guests 
 may have an opportunity of fashioning 
 their own May baskets. In addition to 
 this there should be a quantity of plain 
 white visiting cards and a bolt or two of 
 pink and white baby ribbon. 
 
 When the children arrive they are given 
 the baskets and allowed to use their own 
 taste in the arrangement of the flowers; 
 this • will prove a delightful task. The 
 flowers should be interchanged, that all 
 may have a variety to select from. 
 
 The hostess becomes secretary for 
 
 the whole party, writing on one side of the 
 
 , card the name and compliments of the 
 
 donor and on the reverse the name of 
 
 the party who is to receive the basket. 
 
 Light refreshments are then served, 
 after which the merry troop departs to 
 hang the May-baskets. 
 
 •MAY PARTY NO. II. 
 
 This party should be held in the open 
 air. A May pole should be erected and 
 a throne built. The little ones should then 
 have the pleasure of selecting their May 
 Queen, after which all may join in a merry 
 dance around the May pole. 
 
 If the party is held near a wood, a 
 search for wild flowers will be a pleasant 
 pastime ; from the flowers gathered May 
 baskets may be made to brighten the home 
 of any poor little suflerer who has been 
 unable to join the party. 
 
 For the outdoor party a basket-lunch 
 should be prepared ; newspapers spread on 
 the ground will answer very well for a 
 tablecloth. The pasteboard plates used by 
 bakers should be the dishes employed, and 
 the napkins should be of tissue paper; 
 this will do away with the unpleasant task 
 of packing away dishes, as everything that 
 is left may be raked together and with the 
 aid of brush and small branches of trees 
 a lovely bonfire may be kindled, which the 
 children are allowed to enjoy from a dis- 
 tance only. 
 
 A MOTHER GOOSE SOCIAL. 
 
 fK this party each of the guests is 
 dressed to represent one of the Mother 
 Goose characters. The part of Mother 
 Goose might be assumed by the lady at 
 whose home the party is being held, as 
 children enjoy anything in which "grown- 
 ups" have a part. 
 
 Mother Goose should wear long, flowing 
 robes and a tall, pointed cap. When all 
 the guests are arrived a fancy march is 
 indulged in to the lively music of the 
 piano. After the march all are seated and 
 Mother Goose asks each a question in 
 turn ; they answer by repeating the old 
 couplet, whose part they represent; thus 
 Little Bo-Peep will answer her question 
 by saying; 
 
f)8 
 
 A PRETTY MAID'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 
 
 "I'm Little Bo-Peep; I've lost my sheep 
 And don't know where to find them." 
 ILothcr Goose answers by saying: 
 
 "Let them alone and they'll come home, 
 Drani^-in*:: their tails behind them." 
 
 Some of the favorite characters for the 
 boys are: 
 
 "Little Bov Bhie." 
 "Little Jack Horner. 
 "Tommy Tucker." 
 "Old King Cole." 
 "Jack Be Nimble." 
 "Tom, the Pipers Son." 
 
 For the little girls there are : — 
 
 "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." 
 
 "Miss Muffit." 
 
 "Old Mother Hubbard." 
 
 "Three Prettv Maids." 
 
 "Daffy Down Dilly." 
 
 "Little Bed Biding Hood." 
 
 "Pretty Polly." 
 
 An amusing game is "Mother Goose 
 is Dead." One player begins by 
 saying, "Mother Goose is dead." The one 
 addressed asks, "How did she die ?" The 
 other replies, "Going this way," and be- 
 gins nodding his head very rapidly. The 
 person spoken to turns to his neighbor 
 and repeats, "Mother Goose is dead," etc., 
 who in turn must tell the news to his 
 neighbor, until all heads are wagging, for 
 each continues the motion after the news 
 has passed on. Children are fond of this 
 game, as it contains action. When the 
 game has gone once around the circle it 
 may be repeated by changing the motion, 
 substituting a pat of the foot for the nod- 
 ding of the head. 
 
 A PRETTY MAID'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 
 
 I HIS social will require numerous 
 cards cut from ordinary cardboard, 
 each bearing the name of some common 
 everv-day article of household furniture 
 or of animals, birds, etc., as, a dish-towel, 
 a baby- jumper, an egg-beater, a pugdog, 
 
 a pet pussy. These cards are distributed 
 to the guests, who hold them face down- 
 ward and play from the top of the pile, 
 reading them in the pauses of the follow- 
 ing story. The reading should begin on 
 the right of the reader and continue on 
 around the circle. As the pauses are filled 
 in this haphazard manner, the effect will 
 be most comical. 
 
 THE STORY. 
 
 A pretty maiden named 
 
 wished 
 
 to give a birthday party. She accordingly 
 
 made known her wish to her , who 
 
 immediately gave her consent. The little 
 at once set about the of 
 
 sending out 
 
 to all her little 
 These she wrote on pretty 
 
 and enclosed them in to 
 
 match. She then carried them to the 
 
 and mailed with her own 
 
 , she 
 
 Beturning to her 
 
 at once sought her 
 arrange for the 
 
 and began to 
 
 of her 
 
 First, however, she was to decide what 
 dress she would wear. She decided on a 
 white , trimmed in . 
 
 Around her 
 
 she would wear a 
 
 , while at her neck should be 
 
 . She would wear in her 
 
 a pretty ; her shoes and 
 
 should be . 
 
 For the entertainment of her guests she 
 
 would provide and and 
 
 These she was sure they would 
 
 enjoy. For refreshments she would pre- 
 pare , , , and pretty 
 
 -. While for drinks they 
 -, and lemon 
 
 boxes of — 
 would have 
 
 At last the eventful day arrived, and 
 
 with it many little and . 
 
 They were charmingly received by their 
 
 little , who made each feel per- 
 
 Although she had never 
 
 f ectly at 
 
 dreamed of such a thing, each 
 
 brought some pretty as a reminder 
 
 of the . From her dearest friend, 
 
 Minnie May, was a ; Tommy Wal- 
 ters brought a , and from various 
 
 other were a , a , a 
 
A. PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE SOCIAL. 
 
 69 
 
 some 
 
 and a box of 
 
 After all were tired of play, 
 
 appeared bearing trays of , to 
 
 which all did ample justice. 
 
 At a late all departed, voting 
 
 the a decided success and wishing 
 
 for their little 
 turns of the 
 
 many happy re- 
 
 A PROGRESSIVE PUZZLE SOCIAL 
 
 I HE company should be "paired off" 
 into couples. Several tables are 
 provided, the number being governed by 
 the number of guests in attendance. The 
 puzzles are arranged on the tables. 
 
 The first table contains a similar puzzle 
 for each couple in the room, and thus be- 
 gins the test of finding which couples are 
 entitled to the first progression. The time 
 should be limited, and the first couples to 
 finish in the given time are progressed 
 on to the second table, and thus continu- 
 ing until the last table is reached. The 
 couple making the largest score are entitled 
 to the prizes. We suggest the following 
 set of puzzles : 
 
 TABLE I. 
 
 Conundrums. 
 
 1 — When is grass like a great general? 
 (When it is Dewey.) 
 
 2 — What is the difference between a 
 white and a black baby? (One is 
 crow shade (crocheted) and the 
 other is nit (knit).) 
 
 3 — Which is the west side of a boy's 
 pantaloons? (The side the son 
 sits on.) 
 
 4 — Mr. M. had ten fine horses; none 
 were deformed, yet they had only 
 twenty-four feet? (Twenty fore 
 feet.) 
 
 5 — ^Why is a mouse like grass? (Be- 
 cause the cat'll eat it. (Cattle.) 
 
 6 — What sort of monkeys grow on grape 
 vines? (Gray apes— grapes.) 
 
 TABLE II. 
 
 Cut-Up Puzzles, 
 
 Procure a number of advertising cards. 
 These should be cut in pieces, thoroughly 
 mixed together and rearranged in the orig- 
 inal form. 
 
 TABLE III. 
 
 Keen Scent. 
 
 Procure ten small vials ; number each 
 and fill with as many different sorts of 
 cologne. The contestants must record the 
 varieties of cologne, according to number, 
 their aid in guessing being the sense of 
 smell. 
 
 TABLE IV. 
 
 Disguised Capes. 
 
 1 — A parting cape. (Farewell.) 
 2 — A musical cape. (Horn.) 
 3 — A fishy cape. (Cod.) 
 4 — An encouraging cape. (Good Hope.) 
 5 — A royal cape. (Prince of Wales.) 
 6 — A monthly cape. (May.) 
 7 — A green cape. (Yerde.) 
 8 — A black cape. (Sable.) 
 9 — A fruitful cape. (Orange.) 
 10 — A boy's cape. (Charles'or Henry. ) 
 
 TABLE V. 
 
 Hidden Gems. 
 
 1 — He was oh so pale. (Opal.) 
 2 — You must get up early. (Pearl.) 
 3 — I will rub your hands. (Ruby.) , 
 4 — The wind blows and I am on deck. 
 
 (Diamond.) 
 5 — Five cents per pound is the price of 
 
 sugar — net price. (Garnet.) 
 6 — Look ! On top ! A zebra is walking 
 
 there! (Topaz.) 
 
 TABLE VI. 
 
 Curtailings. 
 
 1 — Curtail a cooking utensil and leave a 
 
 relative. (Pa-n.) 
 2 — Curtail the break of day and leave a 
 
 bird. (Daw-n.) 
 3 — Curtail a king's coronet and leave a 
 
 bird, (Crow-n.) 
 
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 A UMTED STATES PARTY FOR JULY FOURTH. 
 
 4 — Curtail a vegetable and leave a busy 
 
 insect. (Bee-t.) 
 5 — Curtail a part of a window and leave 
 
 a cooking utensil. (Pan-e.) 
 G — Curtail a vehicle and leave a means 
 
 of transportation. (Car-t.) 
 
 A TREASURE SOCIAL. 
 
 ACH child who attends this social is 
 
 asked to bring with him the toy, 
 
 book or treasure that he likes best. A table 
 is arranged to hold the display ; each child 
 is then given pencil and paper and asked 
 to write a history of the article — that is, 
 where it came from, why it is his favorite, 
 etc. 
 
 When the histories are completed the 
 hostess picks up the treasures at random 
 and the child to whom it belongs then 
 reads its history. 
 
 After these histories are finished a game 
 called ''Ships Ashore" is played. A child 
 takes a knotted handkerchief, throws it to 
 another and announces ''Ship's ashore." 
 The one to whom it is thrown says, "What 
 is it loaded with?" The first person an- 
 swers, giving the name of some article, as 
 "Apples." If the word given begins with 
 A, then all articles named during the 
 game must begin with the same letter, 
 until it reaches the person who began the 
 game ; he can then change the letter. Thus 
 the handkerchief continues to be thrown 
 from one to another and the game con- 
 tinues. 
 
 A CHILDREN'S VALENTINE PARTY. 
 
 fllE materials required for this event 
 are several sheets of cardboard in a 
 varictv of colors, a roll of French tissue 
 paper, a quantity of embossed scrap-pic- 
 tures, a tiny pot of paste and scissors for 
 each guest. 
 
 Cut the cardboard in fancy shapes, di- 
 vide the tissue paper into equal shares and 
 place these with a number of the scrap- 
 
 pictures into large envelopes, one for each 
 child. 
 
 This party should be held in the nursery 
 if the house contains one; if not, cover 
 the dining-room carpet with a heavy can- 
 vas, put the table out its entire length and 
 you are ready for the guests. 
 
 When all are arrived they are shown 
 into the dining-room, given a place at the 
 table, supplied with a pot of paste, a pair 
 of scissors and an envelope. They are 
 then told that they are to fashion valen- 
 tines to suit their own fancy. This will 
 be considered a great treat for the little 
 ones. Cloths should be provided for the 
 relief of sticky little fingers. 
 
 After all valentines are completed they 
 are fastened to the wall, and a vote taken 
 to determine who has the prettiest display. 
 ]^ext a valentine game is introduced, as 
 follows: An immense heart is cut from 
 heavy cardboard ; in the center is fastened 
 a picture of a little Cupid. Bows and 
 arrows are provided and an archery con- 
 test is held to determine who can hit the 
 Cupid. The children may be divided 
 into two parties and a score card arranged. 
 An arrow in the Cupid counting twenty 
 points, one in the heart counting ten 
 points, and a wild shot — that is, one that 
 misses the heart entirely counts five for 
 the opposing side. 
 
 Refreshments consisting of ice-cream in 
 fancy shapes, tiny heart-shaped cakes, 
 fresh fruits and lemonade may be served. 
 
 The children carry home the valentines 
 they have made as souvenirs. 
 
 A UNITED STATES PARTY FOR JULY 
 FOURTH. 
 
 UNITED STATES party is one of 
 the cleverest of the many good ways 
 of celebrating the glorious Fourth. It is 
 one that because of its inexpensive sim- 
 plicity can be given by any patriotic 
 hostess and enjoyed by any patriotic com- 
 pany. Red, w|:\ite and blue are the colors 
 
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 of the et'ening. 'No others could be thought 
 of. 
 
 The fun of a United States party con- 
 sists in seeing which members of tiie com- 
 pany are best '^up" in matters concerning 
 their native land. Those present are 
 divided into two groups, each of which 
 endeavors to defeat the other by answer- 
 ing the most questions correctly. 
 
 jFor the first contest secure at the sta- 
 tioner's two blank cards. Decorate these 
 at home with a border of tricolor. On 
 each one write these two questions : 
 
 Which were the thirteen original states ? 
 
 By what person or company was each 
 founded ? 
 
 Give one card to each division of the 
 company. The opponents at once with- 
 draw into opposite corners and talk the 
 queries over. Twenty minutes are allowed 
 in which to discover the answers. The 
 division answering the most questions cor- 
 rectly has one point toward the final prizes 
 set down to its account. 
 
 Our Presidents. — A contest built upon 
 "our presidents'' is next announced. For 
 this strips of white paper are passed, giv- 
 ing the following initials : G. W., J. A., 
 T. J., J. M., J. Q. A., M. V. B., W. H. H., 
 J. T., J. K. P., Z. T., M. P., P. P., J. B., 
 A. L., A. J., U. S. G., K. B. H., J. A. G., 
 C. A. A., G. C, B. H., W. McK. 
 
 The players are asked to substitute for 
 each set of letters the full name of one 
 of the presidents of the republic. The di- 
 vision which proves itself most erudite 
 receives a point toward the prizes to be 
 given at the end. 
 
 The contestants are advised to give, so 
 far as they are able, the full name — that 
 is, Christian name and surname — of each 
 chief executive ; as, in the event of all the 
 surnames being correctly given by both 
 parties, the fullest list of Christian names 
 will win the point in this contest. 
 
 The nicknames of states given to be 
 guessed affords another lively bout. The 
 following questions written upon slips of 
 paper and passed to each division give the 
 nucleus of this trial of skill ; What state 
 
 is known as the Badger State? Wiscon- 
 sin. The Bay State ? Massachusetts. 
 The Bayou State ? Mississippi. The 
 Bear State ? Arkansas. The Creole 
 State ? Louisiana. The Diamond State ? 
 Delaware. The Empire State ? New 
 York. The Excelsior State ? New York. 
 The Freestone State ? Connecticut. The 
 Granite State ? New Hampshire. The 
 Green Mountain State ? Vermont. The 
 Hawkeye State ? Iowa. The Hoosier 
 State ? Indiana. The Keystone State ? 
 Pennsylvania. The Lake State ? Michi- 
 gan. The Lone Star State ? Texas. The 
 Lumber State ? Maine. The Nutmeg 
 State ? Connecticut. The Old Dominion 
 State ? Virginia. The Old North State ? 
 North Carolina. The Palmetto State? 
 South Carolina. The Peninsula State ? 
 Florida. The Prairie State ? Illinois. 
 
 The workers will probably require half 
 an hour for puzzling out these nicknames. 
 
 America has her twelve wonders as well 
 as the countries of greater antiquity. How 
 many Americans can give these as readily 
 as they can name the remarkable things 
 to be seen in Europe ? The next number 
 on the programme goes to decide this ques- 
 tion. Each side is asked to name the 
 twelve most wonderful things of North 
 America, and to the side showing best 
 judgment the coveted "point" is awarded. 
 
 It would be well for the hostess to pre- 
 pare in advance a list of the twelve most 
 wonderful things, to be used as reference. 
 For, while no list can be incontestably cor- 
 rect, a standard in playing the game will 
 be necessary. Among the "wonders" the 
 following would probably be reckoned 
 most notable: Niagara Falls, Mammoth 
 Cave, Yosemite Valley, Lake Superior, 
 Brooklyn Bridge, Fairmount Park (Phil- 
 adelphia), Capitol at Washington, Luray 
 Cave, Natural Bridge over Cedar Creek 
 (Virginia), Washington Monument, Cen- 
 tral Park, and the Missouri River. 
 
 When the "wonder" papers have been 
 examined and the winners promoted, play- 
 ers are promptly confronted with an in- 
 teresting question-paper on the- fictitious 
 
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 now SOME JUNIORS HAD PVlf. 
 
 names of cities. The questions used arc 
 these: What city is called the City of 
 Magnificent Distances? Washington, D. 
 C. City of Brotherly Love ? Philadelphia. 
 City of Churches'^ Brooklyn. City of 
 Elms ? Xew Haven. The Hub ? Boston. 
 City of Rocks'? Nashville (Tennessee). 
 City of Spindles? Lowell (Massachu- 
 setts). City of Straits? Detroit. Cres- 
 cent City ? ]Si ew Orleans. Empire City ? 
 New York. Fall City ? Louisville. Flour 
 City ? Kochester. Flower City ? Spring- 
 field (Illinois). Forest City? Cleveland. 
 Garden City ? Chicago. Gate City ? Keo- 
 kuk (Iowa). Gotham? New York. Iron 
 City? Pittsburg. Monumental City? 
 Baltimore. Mound City ? St. Louis. 
 Quaker City ? Philadelphia. Queen City ? 
 Cincinnati. City of the Lakes ? Buffalo. 
 Pailroad City ? Indianapolis. Smoky 
 City ? Pittsburg. 
 
 With this contest the mental Olympian 
 games come to an end and the papers are 
 examined. The points won throughout the 
 series are then counted. The corps win- 
 ning the most points draw among them- 
 selves for the prize. 
 
 Red, white and blue are capable of such 
 effective grouping that the patriotic table 
 ought to be particularly artistic and at- 
 tractive. 
 
 Red and white carnations banked with 
 violets form the centerpiece. Instead of 
 boutonnieres each participant finds at his 
 or her cover a red, white and blue rosette 
 with flowing ends. The candies, chosen of 
 red, white and violet, are served in little 
 "continental" hats. Sandwiches, cakes 
 and rolls are tied with tricolor ribbon. Wee 
 flags standing upright in the various viands 
 proudly flaunt the Stars and Stripes. 
 
 RUMMAGE SALE. 
 
 '.^iHICAGO club-women have been di- 
 vided between a "rummage sale" and 
 Si(inkiewicz. The outcome is that pros- 
 perity has dawTied on a depleted charity 
 exchequer. 
 
 This original departure from literary 
 study was inspired when a wail went up 
 from the Model Lodging-House because of 
 lack of funds. This institution, wherein 
 wandering women of the street find shelter, 
 is supported by several of the largest wo- 
 men's clubs in Chicago. Thereupon some- 
 body suggested that club-women be in- 
 vited to rummage their closets for cast-off 
 clothing, to be sold in the poorer districts. 
 They did, and there were cart-loads of 
 everything, from petticoats to stove-pipe 
 hats. Then these club-women rented two 
 store-rooms, smiled on expressmen until 
 they were delighted to deliver the goods for 
 nothing, put on all-over aprons, and took 
 a philanthropic position behind the coun- 
 ters. 
 
 For weeks the club-women in turn ex- 
 changed partly worn apparel for the dimes 
 of the impecunious. Even interested hus- 
 bands assisted in the Saturday-night 
 special sales." When these clerks finally 
 shut up shop they made this most satis- 
 factory entry in their books : "Sold good 
 clothing to the poor for small sums, and 
 netted a nice little lump for the Model 
 Lodging-House. " 
 
 HOW SOME JUNIORS HAD FUN. 
 
 ©NE of the funniest things that has 
 happened since last I wrote to you 
 was the Sunshine dog and cat show, given 
 by one of the junior branches on its "In- 
 ternational Day," aided by an adult branch 
 in the same city. Every Sunshine mem- 
 ber was ordered to enter for the show his 
 dog or cat, no matter how it looked. The 
 Juniors assumed the responsibility of tak- 
 ing the animals to the showroom as well 
 as of returning them to their owners. 
 
 The affair was held in a large room in 
 the house of one of the members. Perhaps 
 no room ever before held such an assembly 
 of guests as this one. Every dog and every 
 cat that could be accommodated in a cage 
 was there so housed. Others were in tem- 
 porary pens or tied to table or chair legs. 
 
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 The most unruly were caged in dry-goods 
 boxes with wire fronts. 
 
 To the surprise of many present every 
 member's cat or dog was on hand. A com- 
 mittee of boys had seen to it that not one 
 escaped. Where the master or mistress 
 had failed to send the animal to the show 
 it was straightway called for by one of the 
 neighbors' children, and placed on exhi- 
 bition without the entrance fee of fifty 
 cents having been paid. 
 
 SUKPEISES AWAITED THE CHILDKEN'''s PAR- 
 ENTS. 
 
 The poor little Billy dog that had lost 
 an ear in a fight was there, the happiest 
 of the lot. Kover, with a great bald spot 
 on his back, the result of a scald when 
 stealing chickens, did not seem to mind at 
 all the disgrace he threw upon his mistress. 
 
 Black Nose, a huge cat, looked on the 
 whole affair with seeming disdain, though 
 he had lost his tail a month ago because 
 of bad calculation — a door closed upon him 
 before he expected it. 
 
 All kinds of surprises awaited the papas 
 and mammas. The booby prize was an- 
 nounced as won by Mrs. R. Z. Goodnow's 
 cat. 
 
 "Why, I have none," she exclaimed. 
 
 "Yeth, 00 have, mamma," cried her 
 four-year-old pride; "I got 'im in the 
 threet yethterday." 
 
 It was a tramp cat with a broken leg, 
 and so poor that every rib was counted by 
 the committee. He seemed happy, for he 
 had been fixed up by the cat doctor, and 
 did not at all object to the yellow bow that 
 was tied on his tail in honor of his being 
 the best subject of contented wretched- 
 ness. 
 
 "I caught him 'tause he limpths," lisped 
 the four-year-old. 
 
 "Yes, I see," said mamma, amid the 
 loud applause of the audience. 
 
 A TAILLESS DOG GOT FIRST PRIZE. 
 
 The judges were selected from members 
 who possessed neither cat nor dog. This 
 was done, I suppose, in order to prevent a 
 
 showing of prejudice. Among them I no- 
 ticed a lawyer, a school-teacher, a musi- 
 cian and an artist. I remember this well, 
 for when a tiny, tailless dog got the first 
 prize — a beautiful collar — the argument 
 was as follows : 
 
 "As a musician, I vote for this dog be- 
 cause his bark is the most musical one I 
 hear." 
 
 The school-teacher explained that she 
 thought, judging from a school-teacher's 
 point of view, that this dog was far the 
 most intelligent one of the group. Every 
 time she called out "Doggie ! Doggie !" ho 
 would try to come to her, while many of 
 the others remained motionless and stupid. 
 The lawyer who disliked dogs announced 
 that the good nature of the little fellow 
 would keep him out of squabbles, and his 
 timidity from annoying his neighbors. 
 And the artist voted for him because he 
 was such "a dear, homely little thing, just 
 what we w^ant at the sketch class next Mon- 
 day." 
 
 Many in the audience protested, but 
 the Juniors stood by the decision of their 
 judges. 
 
 — Ladies' Home Journal. 
 
 A STARS AND STRIPES AFFAIR. 
 
 )0U may make your Four th-of- July 
 party a Stars and Stripes affair. It 
 will come off with the dash and swing of 
 the gay music from which it takes its name, 
 and with the eclat so necessary for our 
 immortal Independence Day. 
 
 The Stars and Stripes game on which 
 the entertainment is built can be played 
 by young or old, erudite or ignorant, and 
 by any number from fifteen to forty. 
 
 The only things needed are several boxes 
 of blank cards, carte de visile size. The 
 number of these cards required will de- 
 pend upon the number of players. 
 
 Take a large number of the cards and 
 paste a gilt star on each. On another 
 bunch paste narrow stripes of red, one 
 stripe on each. On the remaining lot 
 paste corresponding stripes in silver. Thita 
 
74 
 
 A CUPID BREAKFAST. 
 
 silver represents the white stripes of our 
 ilag, which woiikl not show up clearly 
 upon a white card. 
 
 The phiyers are seated around a large 
 tahle, and the cards are dealt like an ordi- 
 nary pack, giving- one each round to each 
 player and one to the pool until the num- 
 ber is exhausted. 
 
 The cards are held figure side in. Each 
 player, after taking the cards in hand, 
 examines them to see if among what he 
 holds he can make up a ^'flag;" that is, 
 if he holds as many stripes of each kind 
 and as many stars as there are stars and 
 stripes in the American flag. 
 
 If he holds the correct number he sepa- 
 rates these cards from the others in his 
 hand, shows them to the table, and then 
 lays them aside. If the cards dealt to him 
 contain two flags he shows both to the 
 table and pockets both. 
 
 AVhen no player can form further flags 
 from the cards in hand the drawing be- 
 gins. Each player borrows from his left- 
 hand neighbor, and endeavors, by borrow- 
 ing, to make a flag. If any player gets 
 out of cards he still has the privilege of 
 drawing. The person on the right of a 
 person out of cards draws from the pool. 
 The pool is drawn upon in this predica- 
 ment onlv. 
 
 The ignorance which too many Ameri- 
 cans are guilty of with regard to their 
 country's emblem cannot fail to come to 
 light in the Stars and Stripes game, and 
 is provocative of much amusement, for 
 no one is allowed during the progress of 
 the game to answer any questions with 
 regard to the formation of the flag. If 
 any player is sufficiently ill-informed to 
 pLny seventeen stripes and eight stars and 
 call it a "flag" his cards are forfeited. 
 They go back into the pool. The player 
 knows that he has made a mistake, but his 
 enlightenment on the formation of Old 
 Glory is prohibited. He must try again 
 and endeavor to ascertain the number of 
 each of the figures. 
 
 Play, of CDnrse, goes on rapidly — draw- 
 ing, matching and laying up. There is 
 
 plenty of time between the drawing and 
 being drawn from to determine whether 
 or not one has the elements of a flag in 
 one's hand. 
 
 A certain time, say one hour or one hour 
 and a half, in which to make flags should 
 bo announced in advance. The player 
 Avho at the end of that time has formed 
 most banners carries off the prize. The 
 prize should be reflective in some way of 
 the nature of the evening. A little volume 
 on the history of the flag and other patri- 
 otic insignia would make a good choice 
 for the man. The prize-winning woman 
 Avould appreciate a pretty lamp-shade 
 trimmed in red, white and blue. 
 
 A CUPID BREAKFAST. 
 
 IHE little god of love is early abroad 
 fl^ on good St. Valentine's day, so a 
 valentine breakfast will be quite the proper 
 thing with which to begin this day set 
 apart for lovers. 
 
 The invitations are written on a red 
 heart-shaped card pierced with a tiny gilt 
 arrow ; if the arrows cannot be bought in 
 your place, make them of cardboard and 
 gild them, fastening to the heart with baby 
 ribbon. The invitations are delivered by 
 a small boy dressed as Cupid, with his 
 bow and a quiver of invitations. 
 
 Bank the mantel with green foliage, 
 and inscribe in gold or crimson letters 
 some love quotation, such as, "Sweet is 
 true love," "Oh, it is my love," "Call me 
 but love," or some similar ones. Before 
 the mirrors suspend, with chains of smilax 
 or mistletoe, heart-shaped baskets of flow- 
 ers; red roses if possible, as the red rose 
 is the flower of love. On the walls ar- 
 range quivers of cardboard covered with 
 crimson cloth and filled with gilded ar- 
 rows. On the bank of green on the dining- 
 room mantel lay a long gilded arrow pierc- 
 ing a row of crimson hearts. For the table 
 have for a centerpiece four hearts fastened 
 together with a bow of ribbon, through 
 which is thrust a gilded arrow. 
 
AFTERNOON CARD PARTY, 
 
 75 
 
 As the guests will not tarry long after 
 they leave the table not much in the way 
 of amusement need be prepared. A sheet 
 may be stretched across one corner of the 
 room and a variety of love objects fas- 
 tened on it; then the guests in turn may 
 shoot at it with a bow and patent-tipped 
 arrow. This is to learn their fate for the 
 ensuing year. If a lady and gentleman 
 shoot the same object they may be regarded 
 as valentines for the ensuing year ; if two 
 girls should hit the same object they will 
 be rivals for the year. 
 
 Here are some love suggestions with 
 their meanings: 
 
 An arrow — A wounded heart. 
 
 Dove, — A meek spouse. 
 
 Cupid — Too many lovers. 
 
 Hymeneal torch — Thrice married. 
 
 Altar — You will wed your choice. 
 
 Pierced hearts — A broken engagement. 
 
 A pair of robins — You will wed in the 
 springtime. 
 
 Clasped hands — You will wed within 
 the year. 
 
 A blank — 'Not this year. 
 
 SOCIAL LIFE. 
 
 T • a recent luncheon in honor of a 
 bride-to-be, not a little amusement 
 was caused through the clever selection 
 of the ices. The hostess, who had made 
 mental observations of the experiences for 
 some time past of her girl guests, evolved 
 the brilliant idea of having the ices bring 
 to each girl's mind some particularly 
 eventful occasion in her life. While this 
 was not as effective, perhaps, as serving the 
 ices in dainty flowered arrangements, the 
 amusement derived was certainly very 
 gratifying. The bride-to-be received as 
 her ice a large ring of golden-colored cream 
 with a huge solitaire of lemon ice, securely 
 fastened in its golden setting. One maid- 
 en, who had favored a gallant defended 
 of our country, had a perfect little soldier 
 boy, gun and all; another — a coquette, 
 who has kept a few unhappy men in sus- 
 
 pense for several moons — received a large, 
 icy heart. Shrieks of laughter were heard 
 as each new ice appeared, and before it 
 could be deposited before the one for whom 
 it was intended the meaning had been 
 grasped by all. 
 
 AFTERNOON CARD PARTIES. 
 
 ^RyHEY need to be carefully planned, 
 •ff^ that the game may progress smooth- 
 ly without confusion. Invitations requir- 
 ing a reply should be sent out some days 
 before the party. An answer must be 
 returned, so that the number of expected 
 guests may be ascertained and the right 
 number of cards, tables and chairs ar- 
 
 ranged. 
 
 It is not enough to argue to one's 
 
 self that if no reply is sent, the guest 
 will be expected. Far different, the hos- 
 tess needs to know. Here again the size 
 of the rooms must be kept in mind and 
 only enough people invited to be seated 
 comfortably at small tables. The game 
 to be played must be decided on when the 
 invitations are sent, so that the guests 
 may know what they are to play, and if 
 anyone is profoundly ignorant of the rules 
 for this game, a regret is advisable, or else 
 preparatory practice ; for an inexperienced 
 card player is often a killjoy among good 
 players. 
 
 AS TO GAMES. 
 
 Hearts and euchre rank first as success- 
 ful round games to be played by a number 
 of people. Whist is too scientific and too 
 serious to be murdered by conversation and 
 constant change of partners, although it 
 must be confessed that drive whist and 
 progressive whist are frequently played. 
 Each table should be numbered and pro- 
 vided with a set of rules governing the 
 game. The guests are given score cards, 
 also numbered, four or six like numbers 
 for each table. If the game is to be played 
 with partners, some pretty device of va- 
 rious colored ribbons, fans, flowers or flags 
 designates the partners and the tables, in- 
 stead of numbers. 
 
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 V SOCIAL. 
 
 When score cards are used, a gilt or 
 colored star or heart is given to each win- 
 ning phiyer at the end of one or two rounds 
 of cards. The colored celluloid counters 
 on hracelets are also convenient, each play- 
 er starting with twenty-tive counters of 
 one color on a bracelet. Additional discs 
 are placed in a little basket or dish on 
 each table. At the end of the game, some 
 dainty prizes may be given to the two or 
 three players having the highest scores, or 
 some pretty trifle to everyone. 
 
 When the playing is ended, the tables 
 should be covered with cloths and a spread 
 served. The simplest and easiest menu 
 consists of ice cream and cake. Lemonade 
 may be served in a punch bowl throughout 
 the afternoon, the guests helping them- 
 selves as they move from one table to an- 
 other. Little dishes of salted almonds and 
 bonbons stand on each table during the 
 game. Another menu, answ^ering for a 
 supper, is made up of chicken salad, rolls, 
 sandwiches, olives, ice cream in fancy 
 molds served with spun sugar, cake, coffee 
 and chocolate. 
 
 SAINT VALENTINE AND W^ASHINGTON. 
 
 For Saint Valentine's dav, serve the 
 cream in heart shapes and give valentines 
 to each guest; of course the game played 
 is hearts, the counters are heart-shaped, 
 the score cards a large heart. On Wash- 
 ington's Birthday the famous hatchet ap- 
 pears, and ices are served in little wax or 
 paper cases with a tiny cherry tree on the 
 cover. At Easter time, eggs, chickens or 
 rabbits in molded shapes, or ice cream 
 baskets containing a few fresh strawber- 
 ries, make an attractive spread. All these 
 molded creams appeal more to the eye than 
 to the palate. Oftentimes plain vanilla 
 ice cream served with a spoonful of pre- 
 served ginger, or some fruit marmalade, 
 is more satisfactory, and certainly less 
 costlv. 
 
 When a large number of guests are en- 
 tertained at a card party, they may be 
 easily served by having a table in the din- 
 ing room spread with plates of different 
 
 kinds of sandwiches, cakes, olives, candies, 
 ginger, almonds and wafers, so arranged 
 that the guests may help themselves to 
 whatever they like, in passing from room 
 to room. Ice water and fruit punch should 
 be served through the afternoon. A very 
 delightful entertainment requiring much 
 more table service and preparation is a 
 luncheon for twenty or thirty guests, fol- 
 lowed by card playing. 
 
 AN IRISH SOCIAL. 
 
 fHIS should be held on March 17, St. 
 Patrick's Day. All decorations 
 should be in green, and a bit of green worn 
 by each guest. The shamrock (clover) 
 may be utilized in the following manner: 
 Cut out clover-shaped leaves from green 
 cardboard; on these write a short pun, 
 witty saying or conundrum; place these 
 in a box, or, better still, on a pretty dish, 
 and pass to the guests. These should bo 
 read, in turn, and will provoke much mer- 
 riment. If desired a program, one includ- 
 ing Irish songs, recitations, jokes and pa- 
 pers on Irish subjects may be introduced. 
 A debate might be interesting, on the old 
 subject, ^'Eesolved, That the Irish have had 
 more cause of complaint against England 
 than has the negro against the United 
 States." 
 
 The refreshments should consist of a 
 potato menu. 
 
 A "C" SOCIAL. 
 
 .t,,'HE following amusing social was 
 given in one of the leading churches 
 of our city not long ago. The invitations 
 were based on the letter "C," and read as 
 follows : 
 
 ome to the 
 
 hristian Church next Friday even- 
 ing and be 
 heered and refreshed by the 
 urious Catering Company. 
 
ABOUT THE TABLE. 
 
 77 
 
 The refreshments were served and or- 
 dered from the following menu card at 
 the given prices: 
 
 Chopped commontaters (salad) 2c 
 
 Cold carved creature (beef and pork) . 6c 
 
 Cured cucumbers (pickles) 3c 
 
 Cold curd (cottage cheese) . 2c 
 
 Country comforts (doughnuts) 2c 
 
 Crammed commodities (bologna) .... 5c 
 
 Cook's composition (cake) 3c 
 
 Churned cream (butter) free 
 
 Condiments (seasonings) free 
 
 Crystal clear (water) free 
 
 Country charm (cream) free 
 
 Cherished cooler (ice cream) 10c 
 
 The words in parentheses are not to bcj 
 printed on the menu. The guests are to 
 order as an experiment, only. 
 
 The following ''C" game may also be 
 introduced : 
 
 1 — A stately C? (Aristocracy.) 
 2 — A royal C ? (His Excellency.) 
 3— A deceptive C? (Fallacy.) 
 4 — A criminal C? (Piracy.) 
 5 — A much desired C? (Currency.) 
 6— A clever C? (Policy.) 
 7 — An exclusive C? (Privacy.) 
 8 — An aromatic C ? ( Spicy. ) 
 9 — A tempting C? (Delicacy.) 
 10 — A merciful C ? (Clemency.) 
 
 SOME EASILY PREPARED DAINTY DISHES. 
 
 >EALIZII^G the limited amount of 
 J|\ time the busy housewife has at her 
 command for research after, and to pre- 
 pare, new and dainty dishes, we take pleas- 
 ure in submitting the following receipts 
 for her consideration. They will be found 
 practical and most helpful in the prepara- 
 tion of emergency dinners, luncheons and 
 suppers, when unexpected company ar- 
 
 rives. 
 
 ABOUT THE TABLE. 
 
 TABLE DECORATIONS. 
 
 NE of the most satisfactory colors 
 to use for table decoration is rose 
 pink, which bears the light of sun and arti- 
 ficial lights without much change. Blue 
 often becomes green, and vice versa, under 
 the influence of gas or electricity. Violet 
 changes its hue, and yellow appears faded 
 and pale away from the sun. Red is a 
 trifle dangerous in combination and con- 
 trast, although very cheerful and effective 
 if used in winter, when warm, tints are. 
 acceptable. Eoliage green is always pleas- 
 ing, especially in summer, when ferns are 
 obtainable everywhere outside of city lim- 
 its. Large and small ferns will keep their 
 fresh greenness if when gathered they are 
 
 placed one over the other compactly on a 
 thin piece of board or cardboard, and then 
 sprinkled or even immersed in cold water 
 and kept in a cool, dark place for several 
 hours. Ferns so treated have been used 
 twenty-four hours later for church decora- 
 tion and were as fresh as when growing 
 on their native mold. 
 
 A pretty table decoration consists of a 
 circular mirror, with silver mounting if 
 possible, set in the center of a fine white 
 linen cloth or pink embroidered center- 
 piece. On the mirror rests a glass bowl, 
 filled with pink roses, while a wreath of 
 asparagus fern encircles it, and one end is 
 continued to a central chandelier directly 
 over the table. Candelabra of glass or 
 silver, holding pink candles and pink silk 
 or paper shades, throw a soft glow over 
 the table. 
 
 Menus and guest cards for flower 
 luncheons, teas, etc., are made by cutting 
 out of water color paper large flower 
 shapes and painting in the natural colors. 
 A green leaf of the same may be added, on 
 w^hich is painted the name of the guest in 
 gold paint. Pansies, wild roses, irises, 
 lilies, or any large-petaled flowers are the 
 best to use; one pattern can be repeated 
 several times. Lay the color in broadly 
 before cutting. Eruits treated in the same 
 
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 iSOME MENU TERMS. 
 
 w'Liy uiako cliarmiug souvenirs if well 
 done. The idea may be carried out in 
 booklet form in wbicli names, dates, quota- 
 tions, etc., are inscribed. 
 
 When })reparing bouquets, a good rule is 
 to cut the liowers early in the morning, in 
 long sprays, with foliage; lay flowers and 
 all in a bowl of water for an hour, keeping 
 in a cool place, then shake oft* the water, 
 and they may be sent and will keep fresh. 
 Hoses that have wilted may be freshened 
 by cutting oft* half an inch from the stems, 
 and placing into very hot water for a few 
 momenta. 
 
 FOR DECORATION. 
 
 Get at the florist's a wide wreath-frame 
 that will tit over the edge of your lemon- 
 ade or punch bowl. Fill in around the 
 edges with a delicate fern. When grape- 
 vines are bare, cover the body of the frame 
 with ^ossy green galax leaves, using partly 
 the beautiful, rich crimson ones for va- 
 riety. Upon this foundation place clusters 
 of different colored grapes, letting them 
 hang over the outer edge. A more appro- 
 priate and lovely decoration for this use 
 could scarcely be invented, and the cost is 
 next to nothing. 
 
 Nothing tempts the appetite more than 
 a daintily set table, especially so on a 
 warm summer's morning. 
 
 If possible have the table on a Sunday 
 morning placed out of doors ; the veranda, 
 if shaded from the sun, is an ideal place 
 for the breakfast. A low basket filled with 
 blossoms and green foliage should be 
 placed in the center. These need not be 
 expensive; simple field flowers or house 
 blossoms at hand can be arranged on a bed 
 of moist moss, and a bow of pretty ribbon 
 adds to its attractiveness. Use well-laun- 
 dered linen and pretty china. Fill finger 
 bowls one-half full of water, adding to each 
 a slice of lemon or a rose petal. Serve the 
 coffee on the table, and from an urn, if 
 you possess one, otherwise use a pretty 
 coffee pot. When the table cannot be 
 placed out of doors the temperature of the 
 room should be cool and refreshing. 
 
 SOME MENU TERMS. 
 
 SO many foreign words are now used to 
 convey the meaning of many articles 
 of menus, etc., that an explanation of 
 same will save the time and patience of 
 many a housewife. The following are 
 everyday explanations of a number of said 
 terms; 
 
 Aspio — A jelly made from meat stock 
 and used as a garnish. 
 
 Bechamel — A white sauce made of stock 
 and cream. 
 
 Bisque — A shellfish soup. 
 
 Blanch — To parboil or scald vegetables 
 or nuts to remove skins or shells. 
 
 Blanquette — A white meat warmed in 
 white sauce and thickened with egg's. 
 
 Bouchees — Patties. 
 
 To Braise — To cook meat in covered 
 pan, with heat applied both above and be- 
 low. 
 
 Cannelon — A meat, chopped and highly 
 seasoned, and baked in the form of a roll. 
 
 Charlotte — A mold of sponge cake or 
 ladyfingers filled with whipped cream or 
 fruit. 
 
 Chartreuse — A preparation of meat, 
 game or poultry molded in jelly and sur- 
 rounded by vegetables. 
 
 Compote — Fruit stewed in syrup. 
 
 Consomme — A rich, jellied soup, 
 
 A La Creole — With flavoring of tom- 
 ato, green pepper and various hot condi- 
 ments. 
 
 Croquette — A mixture of meat, fish or 
 vegetables, warmed in cream, rolled, 
 egged, breaded and fried in hot fat. 
 
 Crouton- — A cube of fried or toasted 
 bread to serve with soup. 
 
 Entrees — Small made dishes served 
 with the first course at dinner. 
 
 Fillet — A piece of solid meat or fish, 
 sometimes skewered or rolled. 
 
 Fricassee — A stew with the meat 
 previously slightly browned by frying. 
 
 Glace — Covered with icing. 
 
 Glaze — Soup boiled down to a paste. 
 
 Grill— To broil. 
 
 Lardoon — A strip of salt pork used to 
 
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 79 
 
 produce flavor and fat for a lean piece of 
 meat. 
 
 Mayonnaise — A salad dressing. 
 
 Meringue — A light puff of beaten white 
 of egg and powdered sugar, delicately 
 browned. 
 
 Potage — A soup. 
 
 Puree — A thick soup pressed through a 
 sieve. 
 
 Koux — Thickening of flour and butter. 
 
 Salmi — Stew or hash. 
 
 Saute — To fry brown in a small amount 
 of fat. 
 
 Souffle — A very light puffed up pud- 
 ding or omelet. 
 
 THE PICNIC LUNCH BASKET. 
 
 IHEEE is hardly anything in flesh, 
 fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables which 
 cannot be converted into an excellent sand- 
 wich. Besides sandwiches there are a score 
 of other dishes which can be utilized for 
 the first course of a picnic. There are veal 
 and chicken loaves, salads of a wide varie- 
 ty, meats in aspic, chicken gelatine, ham 
 farci, veal and ham pie, and eggs in all 
 sorts of styles. There are a number of 
 puddings which carry well to a picnic and 
 help fill out an appetizing menu. Among 
 them one can number poor man's pudding 
 or any cold pudding of rice or tapioea, 
 cabinet pudding, date souffle, tapioca and 
 apples, or a good bread pudding. Eaten 
 with thick cream they top off a woodland 
 luncheon very desirably. Pie is not a good 
 picnic dessert ; transportation does not im- 
 prove its looks, and besides there are other 
 desserts better. If one plans to carry a 
 dessert into which gelatine enters, pack it 
 in ice ; if this is not done, the result will 
 be a thin, uneatable mess. Ices and sher- 
 bets or frozen fruits, if frozen hard and 
 well packed in salt and ice, can be easily 
 transported and are always the most 
 eagerly anticipated dish on a bill of fare. 
 Let the cake that accompanies them be a 
 plain sponge or loaf cake. An elaborately 
 iced layer cake which has traveled for 
 
 miles in a tally-ho or even a trolley car does 
 not always look well at a journey's end. 
 Take appetizers along — olives, pickles, 
 chow-chow or a bottle of chili or oscar 
 sauce. In carrying salad put the meat or 
 vegetables with a little French dressing to 
 marinate in a glass can, and if ice is car- 
 ried it should be set where it will keep as 
 chilly as possible. Put the mayonnaise 
 and any garnish, such as cut olives, capers 
 or hard boiled eggs, into separate jelly 
 glasses and prepare the dish just before, 
 serving. Emit can always be added to 
 the menu — strawberries, raspberries or 
 blackberries to accompany sugar and 
 cream, or watermelon and muskmelon. IsTo 
 better way of chilling the latter can be 
 found than the old-fashioned country plan 
 of setting them in a brook surrounded by 
 stones and allowing the water to flow about 
 them for an hour or so before cutting. 
 Coming to picnic beverages, there is a wide 
 choice : Hot or cold tea and coffee, lemon- 
 ade, raspberry vinegar or milk. 
 
 Eor sandwiches, all sorts of bread may 
 be used — fine white bread, graham, Bos- 
 ton brown, entire wheat or old-fashioned 
 rye bread. If one is making bread 
 especially for a picnic it is an excellent 
 plan to bake it in half-pound baking- 
 powder boxes, which turn out the neatest 
 slices imaginable. Butter each can very 
 carefully and fill half full of dough. Allow 
 it to rise to within two inches of the top, 
 butter the inside of the lid, and put it on. 
 Do not allow them to bake more than half 
 an hour, or the outside will be too crusty. 
 When buttering sandwiches, first cream 
 the butter as for cake and spread each slice 
 before cutting it from the loaf. E^ever use 
 bread for sandwiches until it is twenty- 
 four hours old or it will not cut well. 
 When the sandwiches are made, put them 
 in a pail or jar, spread over a napkin 
 wrung from hot water and fit on a close 
 lid. They will keep deliciously moist for 
 four hours if carried in this style. Sample 
 some of these sandwiches : 
 
 Cheese Sandwiches — To half a cup of 
 mild grated cheese and half a cup of 
 
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 THE PICmc LVNCH BASKET. 
 
 Koqitcfort cheese rubbed to a i)aste, add 
 one teaspoon of paprika and half a cup oi 
 cream. Beat till smooth and S2>read be- 
 tween graham bread. 
 
 Walnut and Cheese Sandwiches — Chop 
 half a cup of walnut meats fine and mix 
 with half a cup of Neufchatel cheese. Add 
 a dash of pepper and salt if they seem to 
 require seasoning. Spread between slices 
 of white bread. If desired this sandwich 
 may be further improved by putting be- 
 tween the folds a crisp lettuce leaf. 
 
 Anchovy Cheese Sandwiches — To one 
 cottage cheese add two teaspoons of 
 anchovy essence, one teaspoon of paprika 
 and two tablespoons of chopped parsley. 
 Spread between slices of entire wheat 
 bread. 
 
 Celery Sandwiches — Chop fine two 
 cups of celery, add tw^o tablespoons of 
 chopped walnuts, two tablespoons of 
 chopped olives and a quarter of a cup of 
 mayonnaise dressing. Spread between 
 folds of buttered white bread. 
 
 Chicken and Celerv Sandwiches — Put 
 
 t/ 
 
 through the finest knife of the meat 
 chopper one cup of cold chicke/n. Add to 
 it one cup of celery cut very fine and four 
 tablespoons of mayonnaise. Butter rounds 
 of W'hite bread, spread. 
 
 Salmon Sandwiches — Drain the oil 
 from a can of salmon, remove the skin and 
 bones and mash the fish verv fine. Add to 
 it the yolks of six hard-boiled eggs pressed 
 through the potato ricer, half a teaspoon 
 of salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, two 
 tablespoons lemon juice, two tablespoons 
 chopped parsley and half a cup of boiled 
 salad dressing. Spread between folds of 
 white or entire wheat bread. 
 
 ^lock Crab Sandwiches — To half a cup 
 of grated cheese add four tablespoons of 
 creamed butter, half a teaspoon each of 
 salt, paprika and mustard, one teaspoon 
 of anchovy paste and vinegar and two 
 tablespoons of chopped olives. Spread be- 
 tween rounds of white bread. 
 
 Shrimp Sandwiches — Shell clean a pint 
 of shrimps, chop very fine, add one and 
 a half tablespoons of lemon juice and three 
 
 tablespoons of oil mayonnaise. Spread be- 
 tween buttered folds of white bread. 
 
 Ham and Veal Sandwiches — Chop fine 
 one cup each of cold ham and cold veal. 
 Add four drops of tabasco sauce, one tea- 
 spoon of mustard, tw^o teaspoons of vine- 
 gar^ two teaspoons of grated horse-radish 
 and two tablespoons of mayonnaise. 
 Spread between buttered folds of white 
 bread. 
 
 Cocoanut Sandwiches — Grate one co- 
 coanut, w^hich ought to yield about two 
 cups of fine white shreds. Add half a cup 
 of chopped walnut meats, two teaspoons 
 of lemon juice, a quarter of a cup of sugar 
 and one-third cup of cream. Mix well and 
 spread between folds of buttered white 
 bread. 
 
 Beef Loaf — Put three pounds of round 
 steak with a few bones into two quarts of 
 cold water, season with one teaspoon of 
 salt and cook till tender. Allow the meat 
 to cool in the liquor. Remove the meat, 
 rejecting the bones and skin, and put 
 through a meat chopper, using the medium 
 knife. Boil the liquor till it is reduced to 
 two cups, then put in the meat, one-fourtli 
 teaspoon of paprika, juice and grated rind 
 of one lemon, two tablespoons of vinegar, 
 quarter of a teaspoon each of ground 
 cloves, allspice and nutmeg. Pour the 
 mixture into a buttered mold and set in 
 the refrigerator to cool. Carry to the pic- 
 nic in covered mold and turn out on a 
 platter, cutting in neat slices. Serve with 
 it beet salad. 
 
 Beet Salad — Cook a quart of small 
 young beets till tender. Skin and cut into 
 small dice. Pour vinegar over them and 
 dust lightly with salt and pepper. Can 
 and carry covered with the vinegar. When 
 ready to serve drain the liquid off and 
 shake as dry as possible. Pour over them 
 a tumbler of mayonnaise, toss lightly with 
 a fork and set for fifteen minutes on ice. 
 
 Veal Loaf — Chop very fine four pounds 
 of raw lean veal, a quarter of a pound each 
 of ham and salt pork. Mix wdth the meat 
 one cup of stale bread crumbs soaked in 
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JOHNNY BROWN PREPARING FOR AN ''OLD TIME" SOCIAL. 
 
 This is the time when the old games ''Needle's Eye," "Button, Button," 
 "Reuben and Rachel," etc., are in order. 
 
 (For description see page 44.) 
 
A PRETTY LOT OF SALADS. 
 
 81 
 
 one teaspoon each of salt, paprika and 
 onion juice, one-quarter teaspoon each of 
 allspice, cloves and nutmeg, the grated 
 rind and juice of one lemon and two well- 
 beaten eggs. Press into a buttered bread 
 pan and cover the top with lardoons of 
 salt pork; bake one hour. Cut when cold 
 into thin slices. 
 
 Savory Stuffed Eggs in Mayonnaise — 
 Cut twelve hard-boiled eggs into halves 
 lengthwise. Take out the yolks, put them 
 through a potato ricer and mix them with 
 two tablespoons each of melted butter, 
 anchovy paste and chopped ham. Add 
 half a teaspoon of paprika. Press this 
 egg paste into each white and lay them to- 
 gether. When ready to serve pour over 
 the dish a tumbler of mayonnaise. 
 
 Dutch Cheese — Two quarts sour milk, 
 heat slowly over moderate fire till it wheys 
 off a little, set from the fire and let stand 
 a few minutes, then pour into a bag or 
 strainer — I use a table salt bag — and let 
 drain thoroughly; do not squeeze. When 
 well drained turn into a dish and add one- 
 half cup of cream, a pinch of soda and salt 
 to the taste. Mix thorouo;hlv and mold 
 into small balls. 
 
 Entire Wheat Bread — Two cups scalded 
 milk, one-fourth cup sugar, one teaspoon- 
 ful salt, one yeast cake dissolved in one- 
 fourth cup lukewarm water, four and one- 
 third cups entire wheat flour. Combine 
 the first three ingredients and when cool 
 add dissolved yeast cake and three cups of 
 flour; beat until light, add remaining 
 flour, beat, cover, let rise to double its 
 bulk; again beat, turn into greased bread- 
 pans one-half full, let rise not quite 
 double, bake ; making and baking to occupy 
 about five and one-half hours. 
 
 PICNIC BEVERAGES. 
 
 Here are a few picnic beverages which 
 may be made at home, carried in bottles or 
 glass cans, and at the end of the journey 
 diluted with ice water to suit the taste : 
 
 Currant Punch — To one quart of water 
 add one cup of sugar and two cups of tart 
 currant jelly. Boil till dissolved, then 
 
 add the juice of three lemons and three 
 oranges. This can be diluted with water 
 to serve twenty-five people. 
 
 Grape Shrub — Crush the grapes, put 
 them in a stone jar and cover with good 
 cider vinegar, and then cover the jar 
 tightly. Press and stir the grapes fre- 
 quently and let them stand three days. 
 Then strain through folded cheesecloth 
 two or three times, and to every three 
 quarts of juice add ^ve pounds of sugar. 
 Stir until the sugar is dissolved; let come 
 to a boil, skim carefully and bottle while 
 hot. In serving allow two-thirds of water 
 to one-third of juice. 
 
 Eruit Beverage — Peel twelve lemons 
 very thin, squeeze the juice over the peel 
 and let stand two hours, then add one 
 pound of sugar. Mash one quart of ripe 
 raspberries with half a pound of sugar; 
 pare a ripe pineapple, shred the fruit fine 
 and mix with another half pound of sugar, 
 then strain the lemon juice and mash the 
 raspberries through a coarse sieve, then 
 the pineapple, and mix all together, adding 
 three quarts of cold water. Stir until tliii 
 sugar is entirely dissolved, then strain, 
 and serve with a little of the 'fruit in eacli 
 glass. 
 
 Red Currant Sirup — Mash three quarts 
 of red currants and add three pints of 
 water. Let it stand twenty-four hours, 
 drain through a jelly bag, and to each pint 
 of the juice add one pound of sugar. Pour 
 in a preserving kettle, set on the fire, let 
 it boil twenty minutes. Remove the scum, 
 allow it to cool, then bottle and cork 
 tightly. A quarter of a cup of sirup added 
 to a tumbler of iced water makes a deli- 
 cious cooling drink. Raspberry sirup is 
 made according to the same recipe, using 
 one and three-quarters pounds of sugar to 
 one pint of juice. 
 
 A PRETTY LOT OF SALADS. 
 
 T a recent afternoon tea some novel 
 salad sandwiches were served. They 
 were from tall, narrow biscuit, a day old, 
 from which the centers were removed 
 
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 A PRETTY LOT OF SALADS. 
 
 nearly to the bottom, with a sharp, round 
 apple eorer, leaving* a little well. This well 
 was tilled with chicken salad cut fine and 
 the little round crust top was fitted into 
 the biscuit like the top of a pate case, 
 making the biscuit appear whole, while a 
 delicious surprise was hidden within. 
 
 Potato Salad — Four ordinary potatoes, 
 boiled and then chopped, and one and a 
 half cupfuls of chopped cabbage. 
 
 Dressing — One teaspoonful ground 
 mustard, one teaspoonful salt, one tea- 
 spoonful black pepper, one teaspoonful 
 sugar and seven tablespoonfuls of vinegar. 
 Stir the dressing up Avell, then add one- 
 quarter of a cupful melted butter. Stir 
 potatoes, cabbage and dressing together. 
 Boil six eggs hard. When cold cut up in 
 slices. Stir the small pieces in the salad, 
 leaving enough large slices for a top 
 decoration. 
 
 Potato Salad for a Church Supper is 
 better and less expensive when made with 
 a cooked dressing. To make potato salad 
 for fifty persons, boil half a bushel of 
 potatoes. When just soft drain and slice. 
 Sprinkle while hot with celery seed and 
 vinegar. Stand aside over night or until 
 cool. At serving time cover with a dress- 
 ing made as follows : For half a bushel of 
 potatoes allow two quarts of milk, eight 
 tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and a dozen 
 eggs. Put the milk in a double boiler, 
 add cornstarch moistened in a little cold 
 milk ; cook until thick ; take from the fire ; 
 add the yolks of the eggs. Cook another 
 moment; take from the fire and add a 
 quarter of a pound of butter, two teaspoon- 
 ful s of salt, two tablespoonfuls of onion 
 juice, a saltspoonful of pepper. When 
 cold it will be ready for use. 
 
 Celery Salad — Cut the tender stalks of 
 celery into inch pieces to make three cups, 
 marinade with a French dressing. Serve 
 in a ring of tomato jelly, and garnish with 
 curled celery, shredded lettuce and may- 
 onnaise dressing. 
 
 Salad Dressing — One es^g, one teaspoon- 
 ful of flour, one teaspoonful mustard and 
 salt, half cupful vinegar ; mix and put over 
 
 For cabbage 
 
 refrigerator for 
 
 hot water to thicken. Add a small piece 
 of butter for potato salad, 
 salad add a little sugar. 
 
 Bavarian Salad — Shred very fine two 
 heads of lettuce, chop two onions fine and 
 cut one cold beet into cubes. Make a layer 
 of the lettuce, toss together the beets and 
 onion and pile on the lettuce. Marinate 
 Avith a French dressing, pour over the top 
 an oil mayonnaise and garnish with sliced 
 olives. 
 
 Potato Pepper Salad — Cut three large 
 cold potatoes into half-inch dice. Remove 
 the seeds from a green pepper and chop it 
 fine. Mix four tablespoons of vinegar 
 with two tablespoons of ice water, one- 
 fourth teaspoon of powdered sugar, a dash 
 of pepper and half a teaspoon of salt. Put 
 a layer of potatoes in the salad dish, then 
 a layer of the chopped pepper and sprinkle 
 over it a tablespoon of oil. Put in another 
 layer of potatoes and peppers, add another 
 tablespoon of oil, then pour over all the 
 vinegar. Set in the 
 fifteen minutes to marinate. 
 
 Radish and Celery Salad — Cut long 
 radishes in slices lengthwise and the slices 
 into strips one-sixteenth of an inch wide. 
 Cut celery into straws. Use equal parts 
 of each, mix with a French dressing and 
 garnish with boiled or mayonnaise dress- 
 ing and radish roses. 
 
 Boiled Salad Dressing — One and one- 
 half teaspoons mustard, one and one-half 
 teaspoons salt, two teaspoons flour, one- 
 half teaspoon paprika, one-eighth teaspoon 
 cayenne, one and one-half teaspoons 
 melted butter, two egg yolks, one-quarter 
 cup vinegar. Mix ingredients in order 
 given in the top of a double boiler, cook 
 over hot water until thick like soft custard, 
 pour immediately into cold bowl and add 
 one-half cup cream which has been beaten 
 until stiff. 
 
 Simple Salad Dressing — Two teaspoons 
 mustard, one and one-half teaspoons salt, 
 one-eighth teaspoon cayenne, four eggs, 
 one-half cup vinegar, one-quarter cup olive 
 oil. Mix mustard, salt and cayenne, add 
 eggs well beaten. Heat vinegar and oil in 
 
DAINTY RELISHES. 
 
 83 
 
 the top of the. double boiler, when hot pour 
 on to egg mixture, return to double boiler 
 and cook until mixture thickens. Cool and 
 keep in covered jar; this dressing will 
 keep for weeks. 
 
 Spanish Salad — Use a flat round dish 
 for this new and effective salad. Rub with 
 a cut onion and place in the center a 
 cluster of three crisp lettuce hearts. 
 Sprinkle with a few canned Spanish 
 pimentoes cut in bits. Get from a hot- 
 house four fresh tomatoes, scald and peel. 
 Divide these in halves crosswise, and al- 
 ternate round the green center with eggs 
 prepared as follows : Cook four eggs hard 
 and allow to get cold. Make into cups by 
 cutting the white all round the circle of 
 the jolk, picket fashion. Pound yolks to 
 a paste with half the amount of shrimps, 
 moisten with a little mayonnaise, season 
 highly and fill the egg cups. Cover the 
 whole v/ith a French dressing and garnish 
 further round the edge with shrimps. A 
 pretty addition to this course was a mayon- 
 naise served in a little dish the shape and 
 color of a tomato. 
 
 Macedoine Salad — Cut into neat cubes 
 one cold beet, one cold carrot, two cold 
 potatoes and one cup of cold string beans. 
 Put each vegetable separately into a sauce 
 dish and marinate w^ith a French dressing 
 for a half hour, setting it in the refrig- 
 erator. Serve arranged in small spoonfuls 
 on individual lettuce leaves with a light 
 mask of mayonnaise on each one and whole 
 string beans as a garnish. 
 
 Cauliflower Salad — Take a cold boiled 
 cauliflower and break it into small pieces ; 
 individual flowers, as it were. If it^had 
 been served with a cream sauce, put the 
 vegetable in a strainer and allow cold 
 water to wash it away. Arrange the out- 
 side leaves of a head of lettuce in a salad 
 bowl, take the fine tender leaves, shred 
 coarsely and mix with the cauliflower. 
 Arrange this in the nest of lettuce leaves 
 and pour over it a French dressing. 
 Asparagus salad may be made in exactly 
 the same method. 
 
 A String Bean Salad made by cutting 
 
 green beans in fine strips lengthwise, boil- 
 inir, drainina: and adding: a i< rencli dress- 
 
 '•to? 
 
 ing and a little onion juice, is just the 
 thing to eat with venison, as orange salad 
 is to eat with roast duck. 
 
 Fish and Potato Salad— This dish may 
 take the place of both meat and a veg- 
 etable, and, with crisp toast, may form the 
 entire bulk of the supper. When you are 
 boiling the potatoes for dinner boil an 
 extra quantity for your supper salad. 
 While they are boiling put into a bowl half 
 a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of 
 pepper; add a tablespoonful of vinegai;, 
 stir until the salt is dissolved; then add 
 four or five tablespoonfuls of olive oil ; 
 stir, beat until smooth ; add a grated onion, 
 and slice into this, while hot, four good- 
 sized potatoes ; toss them until they have 
 absorbed every particle of the dressing. 
 Put them on a cold dish and stand aside. 
 At serving time dust the salad with finely 
 chopped parsley or celery; cover the top 
 with sardines, and sprinkle over it tv/o 
 tablespoonfuls of vinegar or the same of 
 lemon juice, and serve. 
 
 DAINTY EELISHES. 
 
 WHICH MAY BE PREPAEED AT HOME. 
 
 ERVING of Salted Almonds— Salted 
 almonds may be passed betv/ee:i 
 courses, and need not necessarily be passed 
 by a waiter, but may be passed during tho 
 time that the plates are being changed. 
 They may be served with a bonbon-spoon 
 and put on the tablecloth. It is not neces- 
 sary to have individual dishes for them. 
 
 Lemon Relishes — Cut four or five fii^e 
 lemons in halves crosswise and remove all 
 the pulp. Leave three sections of fiber, 
 which will separate the space into thrcj 
 equal parts. Cut a thin slice from the bot- 
 tom of each cup to make it stand uprigli!. 
 Fill one space with chopped chow-chovv^, 
 one with piccalilli, or white pickle, and 
 the other with chopped olives. The lemons 
 are served on the butter plates and one eaa 
 
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 NEW WAYS OF USING COMMON FRUITS. 
 
 whet the appetite with the contents at any 
 time during the luncheon. 
 
 l^hmchcd Almonds — Shell and blanch 
 the almonds, boil in strong salt water for 
 ten minutes, allowing one teaspoonful of 
 bait to each cupful of nuts. Dry thor- 
 oughly on a cloth, add one teaspoonful of 
 melted butter or salad oil to each cupful. 
 13ake in a hot oven till a light brown, shak- 
 ing often. Watch lest they burn. Drain 
 on blotting paper. Have a quantity on the 
 sideboard or table to replenish the in- 
 dividual dishes. 
 
 Walnuts a la Creme — Blanch one pound 
 of shelled English w^alnuts, keeping them 
 in as perfect halves as possible. Cook 
 slowly twenty minutes in well seasoned 
 white stock, or in water containing a small 
 slice of onion, a clove, a bit of bay leaf and 
 a stalk of celery. Drain and cover with a 
 rich cream sauce. Serve in a deep veg- 
 etable dish, and garnish with red begonia 
 blossoms, in a bunch. 
 
 Peanut Brittle — Shell and remove the 
 brown skins from one quart of roasted pea- 
 nuts. Roll them until they are well 
 broken. Put a pound of granulated sugar 
 into a saucepan ; stir it until it melts and 
 turns just a little brown. Add hastily the 
 peanuts, mix and turn on to a greased 
 marble slab. Poll with an ordinary roll- 
 ing-pin that has been dusted with a little 
 of the peanut flour. The rolling must be 
 done instantly and quickly. Cut into 
 squares and break apart. After adding 
 the peanuts you must work rapidly, every- 
 thing being in readiness before you begin 
 to melt the sugar. 
 
 NEW WAYS OF USING COMMON PRUITS. 
 
 RANGE Omelet, with Whipped 
 Cream — Three eggs, two tablespoon- 
 fuls powdered sugar, a few grains of salt, 
 one teaspoonful of lemon juice, two 
 oranges, onolialf tabljespoonful of butter, 
 two and one-half tablespoonfuls of orange 
 juice, separate yolks from w^hites, beat 
 yolks until thick and lemon colored, add 
 
 seasonings, fold in whites beaten to a 
 foam, cook in smooth frying-pan or omelet 
 pan in the hot butter, cook slowly, turning 
 the pan that the omelet may bro\vn evenly ; 
 when delicately browned underneath, 
 place on the center or upper grate of the 
 oven to cook or dry the top, fold, turn on 
 hot platter, sprinkle with powdered sugar, 
 garnish with slices of orange, serve with 
 stiffly beaten whipped cream. 
 
 Orange Sherbet — Boil together for five 
 minutes a quart of water and a pound of 
 sugar with the grated yellow rind of two 
 oranges. Strain ; when cool add a pint of 
 orange juice and the juice of two lemons. 
 Turn into the freezer ; stir slowly at first, 
 and then more rapidly after the mixture 
 begins to freeze. When frozen beat the 
 white of one egg until light ; add a table- 
 spoonful of powdered sugar and beat 
 again. Remove the dasher of the freezer ; 
 stir in the meringue; repack, and stand 
 aside for one or two hours to ripen. 
 
 Peach Bomb — At your convenience 
 early in the morning make the following 
 peach ice cream : Scald one pint of cream 
 and one and one-half cups granulated 
 sugar till the mixture looks blue and thin. 
 Take from the fire and add one pint of un- 
 cooked cream. AVhen cool add the juice 
 from a pint can of white or pink peaches, 
 one teaspoonful of vanilla and one-half 
 teaspoonful of peach extract; freeze. 
 When nearly frozen add the peach pulp, 
 mix in thoroughly and pack till you are 
 ready to mold it. Any simple form will 
 do for this, a melon mold is very good. I 
 used a common tin pail ; have it as cold as 
 possible and line it with the ice cream, 
 leaving a cavity in the middle. Fill this 
 with a vanilla mousse, made of one pint 
 of cream, w^hipped very stiff, four table- 
 spoonfuls of powdered sugar, a few drops 
 of vanilla and the same of orange extract. 
 Put on the cover, bury in ice and salt and 
 leave to ripen for three hours. If you find 
 tlie outside is not deep enough in color, a 
 suspicion of the damask-rose color paste 
 will improve it. 
 
 Erosted Currants — Pick fine even 
 
SIMPLE DAlNfr DUSSERTS. 
 
 85 
 
 bunclies and dip them, one at a time, into 
 a mixture of frothed white of egg and a 
 very little cold water. Drain them until 
 nearly dry, and roll in pulverized sugar. 
 Repeat the dip in the sugar once or twice, 
 and lay them upon white paper to dry. 
 These make a fine garnish for jellies or 
 charlottes, or heaped on a dish with other 
 fruits. 
 
 Strawberry Sherbet — One and a half 
 pints of crushed strawberries, one pint of 
 sugar, one and a half pints of water, the 
 juice of two lemons. Boil the water and 
 sugar together for twenty minutes; add 
 lemon and strawberries, strain and freeze. 
 
 Pineapple Cream — Peel and chop fine 
 one small sweet pineapple, and let it cook 
 with one pound of sugar until it is soft and 
 clear. Rub it through a sieve. It should 
 all pass through. Add two tablespoonfuls 
 of gelatine which has soaked for two hours 
 in one-half cupful of cold water. Let the 
 mixture cool by setting it in a pan of ice- 
 water. When cold put it in an ice-cream 
 freezer, and when nearly firm add a pint 
 of whipped cream. 
 
 Raisin Puff — Mix thoroughly* (by sev- 
 eral sif tings) one pint of flour, one-half 
 level teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoon- 
 fuls of baking-powder; stir in one scant 
 half pint of milk and one cupful of seeded 
 raisins. (It is easier to put the raisins in 
 the flour before adding milk.) Steam for 
 fifty minutes in cups. Serve with foamy 
 sauce. Fresh berries or any fruit, dried 
 or fresh, may be used for this pudding. 
 If preferred, the fruit and dough may be 
 used separately — that is, one teaspoonful 
 of dough, then some fruit, another spoon- 
 ful of dough, and so on until the cup is 
 two-thirds full. 
 
 Baked Bananas — To bake bananas, peel 
 six of them, cut in halves lengthwise and 
 arrange in a granite baking pan. Mix 
 one-third cup of sugar, two tablespoonfuls 
 of lemon juice and two tablespoonfuls of 
 melted butter. Pour over the bananas 
 half of this mixture and bake twenty 
 minutes in a slow oven. During the bak- 
 
 ing baste with the remainder of the mix- 
 ture. 
 
 Spiced Currants — Press juice enough 
 from red currants to make one cup, add to 
 it one cup of vinegar and bring it to the 
 boiling point. Into it put seven pounds 
 of currants, four pounds of granulated 
 sugar, two ounces of stick cinnamon and 
 one ounce of cloves tied in a tiny muslin 
 bag. Let it boil till it jellies. It will 
 probably take an hour to cook, perhaps 
 longer ; this depends much on the ripeness 
 of the currants. Pour into glasses. This 
 makes an excellent accompaniment to 
 lamb, either hot or cold. 
 
 Pig Pudding — Wash half a pound of 
 pulled figs and cut them into very small 
 pieces. Separate two eggs ; to the yolks 
 add one cup of milk, a tablespoonful of 
 melted butter, a cupful and a half of flour 
 that has been sifted with a teaspoonful of 
 baking powder. Beat thoroughly; stir in 
 the well-beaten whites of the eggs, and 
 then the figs, well floured. Turn into a 
 greased mould, cover, and steam or boil 
 continuously for two hours. 
 
 Apple Ploat — Beat the whites of four 
 eggs until light; add four tablespoonfuls 
 of powdered sugar and beat until fine and 
 dry. Have ready two good-sized apples; 
 pare and grate them in a little at a time, 
 beating carefully until you have just as 
 much apple as the meringue will hold. 
 Have the bottom of a glass dish covered 
 with either soft custard or cream, float the 
 apple mixture on top, and send to the 
 table. 
 
 SIMPLE BAi:^TY DESSERTS. 
 
 HOCGLATE Pudding with Bread- 
 _ crumbs — Rub sufficient stale bread 
 to fill a dozen timbale cups. These may 
 be previously brushed with butter. Put 
 a pint and a half of milk in a 
 double boiler; add half a cupful of 
 sugar and three ounces of grated choco- 
 late; stir until the chocolate is dis- 
 solved and thoroughly cooked. Take from 
 the fire, and when cool pour into four eggs 
 
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 SIMPLE DAINTY DESSERTS. 
 
 that liavo been well beaten. Baste this 
 carefully over the crumbs in the cups. 
 When well soaked up stand in a pan of hot 
 water. Cover with greased paper, and 
 bake in the oven for fifteen or twentv 
 minutes. These may be served with 
 vanilla or chocolate sauce. 
 
 Eice Fruit Pudding — Steam a scant 
 cupful of rice in two teacupfuls of boiling 
 water in the double boiler thirty minutes ; 
 add while hot one tablespoonful of butter, 
 scant teaspoonful salt, one beaten egg, half 
 a cupful of sugar ; cook five minutes ; but- 
 ter a plain pudding mold ; sprinkle it with 
 bread-crumbs, or line with macaroons ; 
 put in a layer of rice half an inch thick, 
 then a layer of apricots, peaches, or any 
 fruit you prefer ; then rice, fruit, etc., un- 
 til the mold is full, having crumbs on top. 
 Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven ; 
 turn out on a platter, and serve with boiled 
 custard flavored with vanilla or lemon. 
 
 Frozen Pudding — Beat the yolks of six 
 eggs until very light. Boil together a pint 
 of water and a pound of sugar for five 
 minutes; add the yolks of the eggs; beat 
 over the fire for just a moment. Take 
 from the fire, and beat continuously until 
 the mixture is cold. It should be thick 
 like sponge cake batter. Add a quart of 
 cream and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Turn 
 into a freezer, and freeze until it is the 
 consistency of soft snow. Have ready half 
 a pint of chopped fruit which has been 
 soaking for one or two hours in orange 
 juice; add this fruit_, and turn until the 
 mixture is well frozen. This pudding may 
 be served with or without sauce. 
 
 Maple Ice Cream — This is simply ice 
 cream sweetened with maple sugar. Scald 
 a pint of cream ; add to it eight ounces of 
 scraped maple sugar; stir until the sugar 
 is dissolved. Take from the fire ; add a 
 I'ablespoonful of caramel, a teaspoonful of 
 vanilla, and when very cold add another 
 pint of uncooked cream. Turn into the 
 freezer, and when thoroughly cold freeze 
 as ordinary ice cream. 
 
 Devonshire Cream — Fill a milkcrock 
 with rich new milk and put it on the back 
 
 part of the stove where it will heat through 
 without boiling or even simmering. The 
 whey wdll separate and a solid mass form 
 on top. Stand it where it will become per- 
 fectly cold, lift the solid part carefully 
 into a glass dish, and serve. This is most 
 wholesome, and is very refreshing in sum- 
 mer. Plain sweet cream is sometimes 
 served with it. 
 
 Orange Dessert — Cut six oranges cross- 
 wise in half, and with a sharp and pointed 
 knife cut out all the pulp from the section- 
 dividing skins; save all the juice and add 
 to it one cupful of water, one cupful of 
 wine, one cupful of granulated sugar, the 
 juice of two lemons and the grated peel 
 of two of the oranges ; boil together five 
 minutes, and strain when cold over the 
 orange-pulp. Whipped cream slightly 
 sweetened may be added if fancied. 
 
 Caramel Ice Cream — Soak one table- 
 spoonful of gelatine in one-half cupful of 
 milk until dissolved. Stir one cupful of 
 granulated sugar in a spider until it be- 
 comes liquid and turns a rich brown, then 
 add one-half cupful of water and stir till 
 it dissolves, or about fifteen minutes. 
 Turn this caramel into one and one-third 
 pints of cream, strain in the gelatine, add 
 one pint of whipped cream, and freeze. 
 After freezing remove the paddles and re- 
 pack, allowing three hours to ripen the 
 cream. This recipe gives the richest, 
 finest cream that can be made. Though 
 rich, unskimmed milk is used instead of 
 the plain cream the result is still excellent. 
 
 Coffee Ice Cream — Add one tablespoon- 
 ful of gelatine to one-half cupful of milk, 
 and soak until dissolved ; strain into one 
 pint of cream or rich milk ; add one scant 
 cupful of sugar dissolved in one table- 
 spoonful of water by heating long enough 
 to obtain a syrup ; add one pint of whipped 
 cream and one-half cupful of coffee of the. 
 quadruple strength of ' 'after-dinner cof- 
 fee ;" freeze, repack, and let ripen three 
 hours. 
 
 Fruit Ice Cream — Make as above, leav- 
 ing out the coffee and adding the fruit 
 when repacking. 
 
HOT WEATHER DAINTIES. 
 
 87 
 
 Kolled Tapioca Pudding — Soak one 
 cupful of tapioca in about three cupfuls of 
 water for two hours; cook in a double 
 boiler, adding one cupful of chopped 
 seeded raisins, one and one-half cupfuls of 
 sugar and one teaspoonful of vanilla until 
 clear. When cold spread on a sheet of 
 spongecake while it is hot, roll quickly, 
 sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve 
 with whipped cream. A simple sponge- 
 cake may be made of one cupful of sugar, 
 one cupful of flour, four eggs and one 
 teaspoonful of baking-powder. 
 
 Caramel Custards — Melt in an iron pan 
 half a cupful of sugar. When this is liquid 
 pour it into the bottom of six custard-cups 
 and sort of twirl them until you line the 
 sides. Beat three eggs without separating 
 with three tablespoonfuls of granulatcvd 
 sugar. Add three-quarters of a pint of 
 milk; mix thoroughly. Add a grating of 
 nutmeg and pour into the cups. Stand 
 them in a pan of boiling water and bake 
 in the oven until set. Turn them from the 
 cups while hot, but serve cold. 
 
 Cherry Ice Cream — Put one pound of 
 granulated sugar and one-half pint of 
 water in a saucepan over the fire. Stir 
 until the sugar is all dissolved, then let 
 the syrup come to a boil. Drop in gently 
 one quart of white cherries, pitted, and let 
 simmer fifteen minutes. Strain carefully, 
 and when the syrup is cold add one quart 
 of sweet cream and freeze. When it gets 
 rathef thick remove the dasher, beat well 
 with a wooden paddle and stir in the fruit. 
 Pack and let stand three or four hours to 
 ripen. Another very nice way to serve 
 cherry ice cream is to stone and crush the 
 cherries and add sugar to make very sweet. 
 Chill on ice. Put a spoonful of the 
 crushed fruit in small glasses and heap 
 over vanilla ice cream. 
 
 HOT WEATHEE DAINTIES. 
 
 ICES AND SHERBETS. 
 
 -N" ice is made of water, fruit juice 
 and sugar, but as many object to the 
 rasping, hard, thin composition, whites of 
 
 eggs are quite generally used to modify the 
 character of the ice. Such preparations are 
 usually called sherbets. The true sherbet 
 is made of a syrup, instead of simple 
 water and fruit juice, and this gives the 
 substance body and richness. Sherbets, 
 like ices, may be frozen in bulk, in forms, 
 or partially frozen and served in glasses 
 or cups, sold under the name of sherbet 
 cups. A white ice or sherbet is simply 
 white because of the lack of color in the 
 fruit juice, and the free use of the beaten 
 whites of eggs. The following is a good 
 general rule for an ice, though the amount 
 of sugar may be increased or diminished 
 according to the acidity of the fruit juice. 
 As freezing always abstracts from the 
 sweet taste, the unfrozen mixture should 
 be a little sweeter than desired when 
 frozen. 
 
 PMin Ice — One quart of fruit juice, 
 two quarts of water, three pounds of su- 
 2;ar. Dissolve the suffar in the boilins; 
 water, cool, add the fruit juice and freeze 
 as for ice cream. Ice takes longer to 
 freeze smoothly than cream and must be 
 packed afterwards with care as it softens 
 more rapidly. Freeze ice at least two 
 hours before serving. 
 
 Lemon Ice — Make a syrup of one and 
 one-half quarts of water and one and one- 
 half pounds of sugar, and add the grated 
 rind of three lemons, boiling five minutes. 
 Let cool and add the juice of six lemons. 
 Strain, and freeze, beating thoroughly. 
 The well-beaten whites of three eggs may 
 be added when the ice is half frozen, and 
 the freezing continued. Should the syrup 
 not taste sweet enough, dissolve sugar in 
 a little water and add before turning into 
 the freezer. 
 
 Orange Ice — Orange ice may be made 
 by using the same proportions of water 
 and sugar as for lemon ice, the grated rind 
 of three oranges, and the juice of six, with 
 that of two lemons. Proceed as for lemon 
 ice, and the v/hites of eggs may be omitted, 
 though they add softness to the ice. 
 
 Sherbet — Allow a quart each of ?.ny 
 kind of fruit juice and water and two 
 
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 A DAINTY BRIDESMAID LUNCHEON. 
 
 pounds of sugar. Cook to form a syrup. 
 Preezc, beating well. 
 
 Pineapple Sherbet — Allow the juice of 
 two lemons to a quart of grated pineapple 
 pulj) and juice, a pint of water, one and 
 one-half pounds of sugar, and the whites 
 of three eggs. Dissolve the sugar in the 
 boiling water, add the lemon juice; boil 
 up and strain clear. When cold, stir in 
 the pineapple, and after it is partly frozen 
 add the well-beaten whites of eggs. 
 
 The richness and strength of ices and 
 sherbets may be increased by larger quan- 
 tities of sugar and fruit juices added to 
 the given proportions of water. Their 
 body can be decreased in like proportion, 
 but a thin, weak ice or sherbet will not 
 please many people. The juice of all 
 fruits may be used in ices, and they are 
 exceedingly healthful if not eaten to ex- 
 cess when a person is greatly heated. They 
 are much lighter than ice creams and 
 preferable in hot weather. 
 
 The strained juice of strawberries, rasp- 
 Lorries, cherries, currant and raspberry 
 ruixed, not the fruit itself, make refresh- 
 ing ices and the coloring is very tempting. 
 \ clear lemon ice, without the beaten 
 v/hites of eggs, is very nice to be served 
 with boiled mutton, also with raw or escal- 
 loped oysters. But it should be strongly 
 sweet and sour and so smoothly frozen as 
 to cut or serve without any of the gritty 
 quality which often characterizes an ice 
 not properly beaten. 
 
 An invalid or a sufferer from indiges- 
 tion finding it difficult to keep food on 
 the stomach, or if retained, w^ho suffers 
 because of it, may eat pineapple sherbet 
 with satisfaction and comfort. Taken 
 slowly it doesn't chill, and it possesses the 
 properties of assimilation and refresh- 
 ment which give relief and are also bene- 
 ficial. One may eat considerable when 
 little or nothing can be endured. Great 
 care should be taken, however, to see that 
 the pineapple is finely grated, and free 
 from any of the little bits of musk or eyes 
 so ca!-ily pass'^-d over. 
 
 When one becomes accustomed to mak- 
 
 ing creams and ices, the work is slight — 
 with a good freezer — and the results so 
 satisfactory as to health and appetite, that 
 the habit once formed of frequent use is 
 not easily broken. While the city woman 
 may have to economize her ice, to have 
 all she wants, the country housekeeper and 
 the mistress of a farm ought to be able to 
 have it in abundance, except in tropical 
 climates. A village ice company is gen- 
 erally prepared to furnish all the ice there 
 is a demand for at reasonable prices; and 
 the individual farmer can and ought to 
 have a good ice house, for it may be very 
 reasonably built, and ice is especially 
 desirable on a farm for keeping various 
 commodities in good and marketable con- 
 dition. Certainly, a farmer's family are 
 entitled to all of refreshment and pleasure 
 to the taste which cream, eggs, fruits and 
 sugar furnish when intelligently combined 
 in those delicious refections — ice cream 
 and ices. 
 
 A DAINTY BRIDESMAID 
 LUNCHEON. 
 
 fUKE and brides have been insepa- 
 rable in the imagination almost since 
 the days when Eve decked herself out in 
 the greenery from the Eden Garden, and 
 appeared before Adam to compel his ad- 
 miration. Every woman who is to be, has 
 been, or longs to be, a bride, has the same 
 fervent interest in all things pertaining to 
 that elect personage, about whom hangs a 
 Scotch mist of romance and mystery. 
 
 After the engagement is announced, the 
 important marriage preparations begin. 
 The bride-to-be from that moment is the 
 victim of solicitations and advice from 
 numberless friends, on the matter of 
 clothes, housekeeping affairs, how to con- 
 duct a w^edding, the proper smile with 
 which to greet husband always, even 
 though the "house is on fire and the chil- 
 dren all burned." You know the kind, of 
 course. 
 
 I am quite as meddling as the rest, so 
 I am going to put my finger in the June 
 
A DAINTY BRIDESMAID LUNCHEON. 
 
 89 
 
 bride's pie and tell her of a dainty lunch- 
 eon to set before her bridesmaids if she 
 wishes to fete them before the wedding. 
 
 The sitting-down luncheon is acknowl- 
 edged to be a more gracious and compli- 
 mentary form of entertaining than the late 
 popular ^^snack bar" or buffet luncheon. 
 So arrange the table first, with a pure 
 white cloth, and have as a center piece, 
 daisies made up in the shape of a large 
 heart. Stand that in an upright position 
 and have daisy chains coming from the 
 heart and ending at each cover in a true 
 lover's knot. Beside each place put the 
 name card, cut in the shape of a heart with 
 some apt quotation, as for instance: 
 
 To the acknowledged leader of the set. 
 
 "Officious, innocent, sincere; of every 
 friendless name the friend." 
 
 The college bred maid found : 
 
 '^And still they gazed, and still the wonder 
 grew. 
 That one small head could carry all she 
 knew." 
 
 The fiancee of a struggling young law- 
 yer: 
 
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 Her modest looks the cottage might adorn 
 Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the 
 thorn," etc. 
 
 Have daisy chains festooning the mantel 
 and side-board ; a large daisy heart on the 
 bride's chair with very small hearts on the. 
 other chairs tied on with love knots, will 
 finish the decorations. 
 
 The dishes should be white as far as pos- 
 sible. The old-fashioned dishes with the 
 dainty rim of gold would be quite perfect. 
 The menu with each course served, to be 
 white with a touch of yellow here and there 
 in a sauce or garnish will carry out the 
 Marguerite effect so appropriate to a 
 bride. The menu card can be made from 
 white water color paper, cut in shape of 
 
 the daisy petals and printed in the yellow 
 center, this verse : 
 
 "Misses! the tale that I relate. 
 This lesson seems to carry. 
 Choose not alone a proper mate, 
 But proper time to marry." 
 
 MENU. 
 
 Shredded Pineapple. 
 
 Puree of Corn Soup. 
 
 Chicken Cutlets. White Sauce. 
 
 Rice Croquettes. 
 Cup St. Jacques. Bride's Cake. 
 
 Nuts. Bon-Bons. 
 
 Milk. 
 The pineapple is served in punch glass- 
 es, to which is added Maraschino (if de- 
 sired) sugar and the juice of the orange; 
 on top is a layer of crushed ice. 
 
 RECIPES. 
 
 Puree of Corn Soup — ^Bemove the corn 
 from the cob, or if fresh corn is not pro- 
 curable, use a can of corn, chop it fine, 
 add one pint of boiling water and simmer 
 twenty minutes; press the corn through 
 a sieve, occasionally adding a little water 
 in which the vegetable was cooked, to help 
 it through. Make a sauce with one-fourth 
 cup of flour and the same of butter, add 
 the corn, with chicken or veal stock to 
 make a full pint. When ready to serve 
 add one pint of milk that has been scalded 
 with a slice of onion and a sprig of pars- 
 ley, then to the whole add the yolks of 
 two eggs beaten and dilute with half a cup 
 of thin cream. 
 
 Chicken cutlets are made exactly like 
 croquettes, except that they are moulded 
 in a flat pear shape, and have a bit of 
 wooden stick covered with a frill of white 
 paper, stuck in one end. In this case, 
 however, the cutlet is moulded in shape of 
 a heart, with the stick having a daisy on 
 the end thrust through the heart, like 
 Cupid's dart. The cutlets should be smoth- 
 ered in white sauce to carry out the white 
 scheme. 
 
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 THREE FEBRUARY CAKES. 
 
 Cup St. Jacques is a delicious ice, with 
 i\ fouiidatiou of plain lemon ice. The ice 
 itself is made from four cups of water and 
 two cups of sugar boiled for twenty min- 
 utes until syrupy. Three-quarters of a 
 cup of lemon juice added, the whole 
 strained and frozen. Serve in glasses gar- 
 nished on the top with sliced bananas, and 
 Malaga grapes, skinned and seeded. 
 
 As milk is the only white drink pro- 
 curable, with the exception of Avines, it 
 would be a pretty idea to get a bright 
 and new tin milking pail, with a long 
 handled dipper, both decorated with dai- 
 sies, and have each guest dip her own milk 
 from the pail into goblets on the table for 
 the purpose. 
 
 The bon-bons of course are all white and 
 the nuts are sugar-coated. 
 
 This luncheon, my dear bride friends, 
 with its suggestion of romance about it, is 
 all very simple, economical, and quite 
 within the reach of everyone who is willing 
 to spend a little time in careful planning. 
 
 A charming idea in connection with a 
 bridesmaid's luncheon, when given in hon- 
 or of the bride-elect, would be, after the 
 luncheon was over, to have a bride's cake 
 brought in. The cake to be set before the 
 guest of honor to cut, and when she should 
 trv to cut it, instead of a cake it should 
 prove to be a box covered with paper and 
 filled with farewell ffifts to the bride. A 
 unique cake filled with many clever con- 
 trivances was presented to one bride not 
 long ago, by her intimate friends. A pair 
 of butter paddles bearing the inscription, 
 "To have and to hold from this time forth, 
 for butter or etc." was one of the packages 
 that the delighted recipient pulled forth. 
 "For the trousseau" was a pink paper 
 doll's dress. "A friend's miniature" was 
 a newspaper cut of President McKinley's, 
 done over in water color and framed in a 
 cheap gilt frame. A tiny tea kettle tied 
 Avith a large white bow had this significant 
 verse attached to it: 
 
 "So soon to wed and happy be, 
 
 Now fewer beaus perchance you'll see ; 
 
 But e'er old friends you quite give up. 
 With this old bow come take a cup." 
 
 The last jDackage contained the ^'key to 
 happiness." A key gilded to glowing shin- 
 iness, which even then could not match the 
 shining happiness in the eyes of little 
 bride-elect. 
 
 THREE FEBRUARY CAKES. 
 
 fOR a Washington Birthday party 
 this cherry tree cake is especially 
 prepared. It is made in two layers and 
 frosted with a white icing. Use a frosting- 
 made from white of ^g'g^ lemon juice and 
 confectioner's sugar, which will not harden 
 as quickly as boiled icing. While still soft 
 scatter about the top twenty or thirty small 
 round, red candies which look like cher- 
 ries. Next, around the base about an inch 
 apart stick candied cherries. The frost- 
 ing will be dry enough for the "painting" 
 of the tree to be done. You will want two 
 colors, the brown of chocolate mixing with 
 icing thinned with a few drops of milk. 
 Take a small, fine-pointed brush and paint 
 with the chocolate the brown of the tree 
 trunk and branches. For the leaves use 
 leaf green coloring, which comes in tiny 
 glass cans. All you require to color the 
 amount of icing needed for leaves is as 
 much as you can take up on the end of a 
 toothpick. It has powerful coloring quali- 
 ties and cannot be used too discreetly. 
 Moisten the green icing till it takes the 
 consistency of cream and paint in the 
 leaves about the cherries in sketchy 
 touches. 
 
 The marshmallow cat or mouse cake is 
 suitable for a birthday cake. Children will 
 appreciate it. Prepare the mice first. 
 Gently mold the marshmallows with the 
 fingers into elongated shape, and with a 
 needle threaded two double with fine white 
 thread put in the whiskers, every time 
 wiping the needle with a damp cloth. For 
 the eyes and nose use p<?n and ink. The 
 ears are tiny squares of white note paper 
 folded diagonally and carefully pressed 
 
THE FOURTH OF JULY PICNIC LUNCH. 
 
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 into the head. The tail, made of JSTo. 6 
 white cotton, is put in place with the scis- 
 sors point. 
 
 Frost the cake, which maj be in two 
 layers or in a loaf four inches high, with 
 chocolate icing. While it is still ''tacky'' 
 stick on the mice ; a dozen will be needed. 
 Group two or three at one side as if they 
 had gathered to discuss some prefcious 
 crumb, while the others may be climbing 
 up the side or just arriving on top. 
 
 The third cake is designed for a valen- 
 tine party. It may be a loaf cake with 
 the tube making the hole in the center. 
 Frost with any color of icing you choose. 
 This one is pink — using the ordinary un- 
 cooked icing — while around the side and 
 on top are the common heart-shaped loz- 
 enges, generally called "motto candies." 
 In this case they are white. A pretty effect 
 may be obtained by using orange icing 
 with vellow hearts, or the white* hearts 
 against a delicate green icing. 
 
 THE EOUETH OF JULY PICNIC 
 LUNCH. 
 
 »ISCUIT SAl^DWICHES — Split 
 
 light, soft milk-biscuits and butter 
 them. Put six hard-boiled eggs through 
 a potato-ricer ; mince a dozen small, sweet 
 cucumber-pickles very fine, and add to the 
 eggs ; season with salt, pepper and melted 
 butter; spread this filling on the lovv^er 
 half of each biscuit, put on the upper half, 
 and wrap in tissue-paper. 
 
 Raspberry Sandwiches — Work well to- 
 gether one-half pound of sifted sugar, one- 
 half pound of butter, two beaten eggs and 
 two ounces of ground rice ; add seven 
 ounces of flour; spread half this mixture 
 upon buttered writing-paper in a shallow 
 tin, then a layer of mashed and sweetened 
 raspberries ; cover with the remaining half 
 of the paste, and bake in a quick oven. 
 When cold cut into thick pieces like sand- 
 wiches, and wrap in tissue-paper. 
 
 Brown-bread Sandwiches — One pint of 
 Graham flour, one pint of corn-meal, one 
 cupful of molasses, one cupful of yeast; 
 
 mix soft with warm water, and stand in a 
 warm place until light ; mold in pans, let 
 rise again, and bake in a moderate oven. 
 Cut in thick slices, remove the crust, form 
 into sandwiches, using grated ham with a 
 sprinkling of grated cheese for the filling. 
 
 Virginia Fried Chicken — Into a hot 
 skillet put equal parts of butter and lard ; 
 when hot lay in the pieces of chicken, giv- 
 ing each ample space, and first seasoning 
 them with salt and pepper and dredging 
 with flour. Remove the skillet to that part 
 of the range which is but moderately hot; 
 when the under side is delicately browned 
 turn the chicken and cook slowly until 
 done. When packing for the lunch-basket 
 wrap each piece separately in oiled paper. 
 
 Saratoga Potatoes — Use perfectly 
 formed potatoes, peel them carefully, and 
 slice very thin with a potato-slicer or a 
 very sharp knife; let stand in ice-cold 
 salt-water for half an hour, in order that 
 they may become crisp ; dry in a napkin, 
 and fry in boiling-hot lard. 
 
 Columbus Eggs — Take hard-boiled eggs, 
 remove the shells, cut the eggs into halves, 
 and remove a little slice from each of the 
 ends, to enable them to stand alone in the 
 form of cups. Mince the yolks and mix 
 with grated ham or tongue; moisten the 
 mixture with cream or drawn butter, and 
 season with powdered mace or nutmeg; 
 fill the empty whites, being careful not to 
 break them, then put the two halves to- 
 gether ; serve on a flat dish, standing them 
 upright, so as to look like whole eggs. 
 When packing for the basket wrap in oiled 
 paper and arrange in rows in a pasteboard 
 box. 
 
 American Chutney — Chop one-half 
 peck of green tomatoes, four green peppers 
 and two large onions ; drain in a colander 
 for one hour, then turn into a kettle, and 
 add one gill of salt, one-half pint of lemon- 
 juice, one and one-half pints of vinegar, 
 one pint of sugar, one tablespoonful each 
 of ground cinnamon, cloves and allspice ; 
 heat slowly, and cook one hour. This is a 
 most palatable relish. It should be made 
 several days before using. 
 
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 A PRETTY COUNTRY LUNCHEON. 
 
 Washington Cake — One pound of flour, 
 one pound of white sugar, three-fourths of 
 a pound of butter, eight eggs, two nutmegs, 
 one pound of seeded raisins and one pound 
 of currants. Bake in a moderate oven. 
 
 Yankee ^ut-cakes — To two pounds of 
 flour add one-half pound of cut butter, 
 three-fourths of a pound of sifted brown 
 sugar, a grated nutmeg and one teaspoon- 
 f ul of cinnamon ; after mixing these in- 
 gredients thoroughly stir in two well- 
 beaten eggs, and a little water if necessary ; 
 mix the dough w^ith a spoon, then turn out 
 on a dough-board, and knead ; roll out into 
 a rather thick sheet, cut into strips, and 
 fry a delicate brown in boiling fat ; drain 
 on a napkin in a large colander. 
 
 In addition to the above dishes, which 
 are peculiarly appropriate, others, such as 
 cold meats, pickles, olives, salads, lemon- 
 ade, and a freezer of cream well packed 
 and wrapped, will readily suggest them- 
 selves to the minds of those whose task it 
 is to provide the lunch. 
 
 Flower Sandwiches — Put a trimmed 
 loaf of stale bread and some soft butter 
 into a covered jar containing clover, roses, 
 violets, lemon verbena, or nasturtiums, and 
 let them stand for several hours. Then cut 
 the bread thin and spread with the butter 
 and a delicate sandwich saturated with the 
 perfume of the flower will be the result, 
 esthetic enough for an epicure. 
 
 A PRETTY COUNTEY LUNCHEON. 
 
 A PINK LUNCHEON. 
 
 ^I^HIS dainty luncheon should be served 
 f§f during the summer months, when 
 foods and flowers of this color are avail- 
 able. Cover the table with white linen. 
 Use as decorations pink geraniums, roses, 
 apple-blossoms, sweet-peas, asters or ver- 
 benas. Either or any of the above are 
 available in country homes. The prettiest 
 of all possible decorations would be the 
 
 blossoms of the wild crabapple, which may 
 be found along the banks of country 
 streams. For green use the feathery as- 
 paragus foliage. A round glass bowl may 
 have a circle of asparagus around the outer 
 edge, the center filled with the blossoms. 
 A pretty bouquet of the blossoms and as- 
 paragus may be placed on each napkin. 
 The following menu will be both pretty 
 and appropriate for such a luncheon; 
 
 MENU. 
 
 Tomato Soup. 
 
 Saratoga Wafers. 
 
 Ham Sandwiches. Cream Sauce. 
 
 Kolls. 
 
 Pink PadisKes. Buttered Beets. 
 
 Whipped Cream. Pink Wafers. 
 
 Coflee. 
 
 The luncheon should be marked with 
 simplicity. All food should be daintily 
 prepared and served. 
 
 Tomato Soup — At this season of the 
 year fresh tomatoes should be obtainable, 
 if not canned ones will make as good a 
 soup. Boil a quart of tomatoes until ten- 
 der. Pub through a fine colander. Put 
 in a sauce-pan, add butter, salt and a dash 
 of red and black pepper. Add to this one 
 teacup of milk or cream. Heat to boiling 
 point, and serve piping hot with wafers. 
 
 Ham Sandwiches — Mince boiled ham. 
 Spread between thinly-sliced rolls, add a 
 sprinkling of chopped parsley. Make a 
 cream sauce by turning a cup of cream 
 into a sauoe.-pan containing one-half cup 
 of strong stock in which the ham was 
 boiled. Thicken with one tablespoon of 
 flour. Let boil until the consistency of 
 thick cream. Send to the table hot. 
 
 The pink wafers may be made by add- 
 ing a bit of red fruit coloring to the icing, 
 then covering either thin wafer crackers 
 or tiny home-made cakes. 
 
 If in season strawberries could be sub- 
 stituted for whipped cream. 
 
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 CHURCH ENTERTAINMENTS 
 
 ^^ 4^ 4^ 
 
 A YELLOW TEA. 
 
 IHE decorations should be yellow and 
 white; the walls may be draped in 
 yellow bunting or cheesecloth; the tables 
 twelve in number, each seating four per- 
 sons, should be in white napery, with 
 flower decorations in yellow ; these inay be 
 of asters, chrysanthemums, rose, golden- 
 rod, lilies, jonquils or buttercups, accord- 
 ing to the season. Sunflowers will be 
 found effective decorations for the room, 
 but are too heavy for table decorations. 
 
 The refreshments may consist of yellow 
 ices, gold cake, yellow peaches and whip- 
 ped cream, or bananas and oranges, and 
 yellow ice cream in fancy designs. The 
 waiters should wear yellow gowns, with- 
 white aprons, caps and neck ornaments. 
 
 As the guests depart from the table they 
 are handed the following Tea Game, with 
 the instructions to solve same and place on 
 a waiter which occupies a table in the 
 center of the room; as the cards are de- 
 posited here they are collected by a com- 
 mittee appointed for the purpose and cor- 
 rected; the guests who have succeeded in 
 solving the same correctly are presented 
 with bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums. 
 
 TEA GAME. 
 
 1— "The soul of wit?" (Brevity.) 
 2— "The best policy?" (Honesty.) 
 3— "ISTever f aileth ?" ( Charity. ) 
 4 — Possession of gossips? (Curiosity.) 
 5 — The power of the age ? (Electricity.) 
 6 — A pretty girl's temptation ? (Vanity.) 
 7 — A criminal's dread? (Captivity.) 
 8— "The six hundred ?" (Society. ) 
 
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 -E verlasting ? ( Eternity. ) 
 -Our treasured possession ? (Liberty.) 
 -The mother of invention? (Neces- 
 sity.) 
 -What each day brings? (Duty.) 
 -"The spice of life ?" (Variety.) 
 -Pleasing to the eye? (Beauty.) 
 -Quick at repartee ? (Witty.) 
 -Safe from harm? (Security.) 
 -Sober reflection ? (Gravity.) 
 -Great speed? (Velocity.) 
 -"Three in one ?" (Trinity.) 
 -Results of accidents? (Fatality.) 
 
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 CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES. 
 
 -Processional — All classes of school. 
 
 -Twenty-third Psalm. 
 
 -Song. 
 
 -Invocation. 
 
 -Song, "A June Carol." 
 
 -Recitation. 
 
 -Song, "We Are Little Friends of 
 Jesus." 
 
 -Recitation. 
 
 -Song, " 'Tis Sunshine." 
 
 -Instrumental duet. 
 
 -Recitation, "The Master's Workers." 
 
 -Song, "Six Little Sunbeams." 
 
 -Re^onsive reading, Psalm 107. 
 
 -Song, "Soft Summer Breezes." 
 
 -Prayer. 
 
 -Song, "We will Meet Together." 
 
 -Class recitation, "A Little Boy's 
 Thoughts." 
 
 -Duet, "We Thank Thee Our Heaven- 
 ly Father." 
 
 -Address, Pastor. 
 
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 A LONGFELLOW FAIR. 
 
 20 — Song. 
 
 2 1 — Benediction. 
 
 KESPONSIVE READING^ PSALM 107. 
 
 Supt. — '^0 give thanks unto the Lord, 
 for he is good; for his mercy endureth 
 forever.'' 
 
 Cong. — "Let the redeemed of the Lord 
 say so, whom he hath redeemed from the 
 hand of the enemy." 
 
 Supt. — ''And gathered them out of the 
 lands, from the east, and from the west, 
 from the north, and from the south." 
 
 Cong. — ''They wandered in the wilder- 
 ness in a solitary way ; they found no city 
 to dwell in." 
 
 Supt. — '^Hungry and thirsty, their soul 
 fainted in them." 
 
 Cong. — "Then they cried unto the Lord 
 in their trouble, and he delivered them out 
 of their distresses." 
 
 Supt. — ''And he led them forth by the 
 right w^ay, that they might go to a city of 
 habitation." 
 
 Cong. — "Oh that men would praise the 
 Lord for his goodness, and for his wonder- 
 ful works to the children of men !" 
 
 Supt. — "For he satisiieth the longing- 
 soul, and filleth the hungry soul with 
 goodness." 
 
 Cong. — "Such as sit in darkness and 
 in the shadow of death, being bound in 
 affliction and iron." 
 
 Supt. — "Because they rebelled against 
 the words of God, and contemned the 
 counsel of the most High." 
 
 Cong. — "Therefore he brought down 
 their heart with labor ; they fell down, 
 and there was none to help." 
 
 Supt. — "Then they cried unto the Lord 
 in their trouble, and he saved them out of 
 their distresses." 
 
 Cong. — "He brought them out of dark- 
 ness and the shadow of death, and brake 
 their bands in sunder." 
 
 Supt. — "Oh that men would praise the 
 Lord for his goodness, and for his wonder- 
 ful works to the children of men." 
 
 Cong. — "For he hath broken the gates of 
 brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder." 
 
 Supt. — "Fools, because of their trans- 
 gression, and because of their iniquities 
 arc afflicted." 
 
 Cong. — "Their soul abhorreth all man- 
 ner of meat ; and they draw near unto the 
 gates of death." 
 
 SujDt. — "Then they cry unto the Lord 
 in their trouble, and he savetli them out 
 of their distresses." 
 
 Cong. — "He sent his word and healed 
 them, and delivered them from their de- 
 structions." 
 
 Supt. — "Oh that men would praise the 
 Lord for his goodness, and for his wonder- 
 ful w^orks to the children of men !" 
 
 (JSTote — The above program was given 
 in the Moody Church Sunday School, Chi- 
 cago, HI., June 9, 1901, and is herein 
 given by the consent of the superintendent, 
 A. F. Gaylord.) 
 
 A LONGFELLOW FAIR. 
 
 (c)^JHIS entertainment may be held on 
 ^(>ff the anniversary of Longfellow's 
 birth, February 27th. A number of 
 booths may be arranged, each to represent 
 some portion of Longfellow's works. 
 
 One booth may be in the form of an 
 Indian wigwam, presided over by a couple 
 of young people dressed to represent Hia- 
 watha and Minnehaha; this booth may 
 be devoted to articles of Indian workman- 
 ship and should be decorated in true In- 
 dian fashion ; the walls hung with blank- 
 ets and skins. Here displayed for sale 
 may be found wicker baskets of all de- 
 scriptions, from the tiny button basket to 
 the huge clothes hamper; beaded articles 
 of manj^ kinds, moccasins made from the 
 skins of animals as only Indians know 
 how to make them, beaded draperies, pot- 
 tery, toys, etc. If desired a person to rep- 
 resent old ISTokomis may be seated in the. 
 background, intent on some bit of Indian 
 bead work. Each purchaser may be pre- 
 sented with a little souvenir in the shape 
 of a card-board Indian hatchet, bearing 
 the following quotation, from the "Song of 
 Hiawatha:" 
 
PBOGRESSIVE A2^ ATOMY SOCIAL. 
 
 95 
 
 ^^From the v/igwam he departed, 
 Leading with him Laughing Water ; 
 Hand in hand thej went together, 
 Through the woodland and the meadow." 
 
 The next booth may simulate a log 
 cabin ; " the interior to be decorated in 
 colonial style. In this booth may be had 
 for sale all sorts of old-time articles, as 
 samplers, pewter dishes, candle-sticks, 
 andirons, etc. The young ladies having 
 this booth in charge may be dressed to 
 represent ^'Priscilla" and ^'Evangeline.'" 
 The souvenirs from this booth are spin- 
 ning-wheel shaped and bear the words : 
 
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 Why don't you speak for yourself, 
 John V' 
 
 The third booth is constructed for the 
 especial pleasure of the children; it may 
 be modeled after a big easy chair on the 
 exterior, while the interior is a hollow 
 square; here may be found all sorts of 
 goodies children delight in, confectionery, 
 fruits, pop-corn and nuts. The little girls 
 having this booth in charge may be chosen 
 to represent "Grave Alice and laughing 
 Allegra, and Edith with golden hair." 
 Souvenirs cut in the form of the old arm 
 chair and bearing the words : 
 
 "Ye are better than all the ballads 
 That ever were sung or said. 
 For ye are living poems 
 And all the rest are dead." 
 
 The refreshment booth may consist of 
 a number of beautifully decorated arches 
 resting on colonial pillars; the table 
 napery should be white and the decorations 
 of some old-time garden flower, hearts- 
 ease or pinks would be pretty. The table 
 should contain all old style dishes avail- 
 able, and the waiters should wear colonial 
 dresses. The refreshments may be colo- 
 nial or modern according to fancy. 
 
 A booth representing a hunting lodge 
 would be a novel feature ; here should be 
 found all the paraphernalia of a sports- 
 
 man's life; the walls draped with fishing 
 tackle, furs and skins, and the ever-ready 
 musket over the door. This should bo 
 under the supervision of three young men 
 dressed to represent "John Alden," "Miles 
 Standish," and "Basil the Blacksmith." 
 The articles for sale may include fishing- 
 tackle, balls of all kinds, tennis outfits, 
 kites, marbles, knives, etc. 
 
 If music is desired a quartette of young 
 ladies may render some of the Longfellow 
 poems which have been set to music, 
 among which are "The Bridge," "Excel- 
 sior," and "The Psalm of Life." 
 
 P]aOGEESSIVE Al^ATOMY SOCIAL. 
 
 fmS will be found a very unique af- 
 fair. Five tables should be provided, 
 one for each set of players. The winner 
 at the first table passes on to the next and 
 thus continues until the last table is 
 reached, vWien the count is made and the 
 Vv^inner presented with the prize. 
 
 TABLE Into. I. 
 
 Queer Hands. 
 
 . 1 — A hand used by officers of the law? 
 
 (Hand-cufi.) 
 2 — A hand used to summon ? (Hand- 
 
 belL) 
 3 — A shopping companion ? (Hand- 
 bag.) 
 4 — A hand to scatter round ? (Hand- 
 bill.) 
 5 — A reference? (Hand-book.) 
 6 — A helper? (Hand-maiden.) 
 7— All we can hold ? (Hand-ful.) 
 8 — An athletic feat? (Hand-spring.) 
 9 — Chirogr aphy ? ( Hand-writing. ) 
 10 — A race ? (Hand-i-cap.) 
 11 — A useful hand? (Lland-kerchief.) 
 12 — That which produces admiration? 
 (Hand-some.) 
 
 TABLE N-Q. II. 
 
 Queer Heads. 
 1 — A head that travels? (Head-light.) 
 2 — A head that sails the waters o'er? 
 (Head-sail.) 
 
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 A HOLIDAY FETE. 
 
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 -An unpleasant head? (Head-ache.) 
 
 -A head used for food? (Head- 
 cheese. ) 
 
 -A head which marks progress ? 
 (Head-way.) 
 
 -A head found in a cemetery ? (Head- 
 stone.) 
 
 -A head found in water? (Head- 
 fish.) 
 
 -A head that leads to trouble ? (Head- 
 strong.) 
 
 -A head used for adornment? (Head- 
 dress.) 
 
 -A cape? (Head-land.) 
 
 -^Mental labor ? (Head-work.) 
 
 -To pitch forward? (Head-long.) 
 
 TABLE NO. III. 
 
 Queer Feet. 
 
 -A foot of which boys are fond ? 
 
 (Foot-balL) 
 -A foot we tremble to meet? (Foot- 
 pad.) 
 -A foot found in the sand? (Foot- 
 print. ) 
 A foot near mountains ? (Foot-hills.) 
 ■A foot found in theaters? (Foot- 
 light.) 
 A foot we follow? (Foot-path.) 
 A useful foot? (Foot-man.) 
 A foot that lives in books ? (Foot- 
 note.) 
 A foot used in rest? (Foot-stool.) 
 A foot often needed? (Foot-bath.) 
 A foot used for protection ? ( Foot- 
 soldiers.) 
 A foot we shall all possess? (Foot- 
 stone.) 
 
 TABLE NO. IV. 
 
 Queer Toes. 
 
 -A filthy toe? (Tobacco.) 
 
 -A fine sport? (Toboggan.) 
 
 -A garment toe? (Toga.) 
 
 -A symbolic toe ? (Token.) 
 
 -A vegetable toe? (Tomato.) 
 
 -A city toe? (Toronto.) 
 
 -An ever present toe? (To-day.) 
 
 -A stylish toe? (Tony.) 
 
 -The complete toe? (Total.) 
 
 10 — A playful toe? (Tow-head, urchin.) 
 11 — An edible toe? (Potato.) 
 12 — A drinking toe? (Toper.) 
 
 TABLE NO. v. 
 
 Queer Hair. 
 
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 2- 
 
 -A hair that sings ? 
 
 (Hair-bird.) 
 -A hair found in meadows? (Hair- 
 bells.) 
 3 — A hair found in an article of jewelry ? 
 
 (Hair-spring.) 
 4 — A hair that marks distance ? (Hair- 
 breadth. ) 
 5 — A hair worn by ladies ? ' (Hair- 
 cloth. ) 
 6 — A professional hair ? (Hair-dresser.) 
 7 — A woman's weapon ? (Hair-pin.) 
 8 — A hair that flies ? (Hair-streak — 
 
 butterfly. ) 
 9 — A hair that crawls? (Hair-Avorm.) 
 10 — A hair that swims ? (Hair-tail, fish.) 
 11 — A hair that leaps? (Hare.) 
 12 — A hair that indicates giddiness ? 
 (Hair-brained.) 
 
 A HOLIDAY FETE. 
 
 fHIS w411 be found a most delightful 
 church entertainment. Booths repre- 
 senting each holiday of the year should be 
 erected. First will be the E'ew Year; 
 this should be decorated to represent win- 
 ter season. Cotton, plentifully sprinkled 
 with powdered isinglass and glittering gold 
 dust, icicles formed from pasteboard 
 wrapped in tin foil, and of the glass pen- 
 dants belonging to the old-time hanging 
 lamp, will be found most effective decora- 
 tions. In this booth should be served ice 
 cream, iced drinks, and fruit ices. The 
 young ladies having charge of the booth 
 may be dressed as Snow Queens. 
 
 A heart-shaped booth may represent St. 
 Valentine's Day. This booth should be 
 decorated in fancy valentines. Here may 
 be found for sale eml3o^sed scrap-pictures, 
 pretty engravings and art pictures, with 
 passepartout braid and mats fbr framing 
 
AN OLD FOLKS' RECEPTION. 
 
 97 
 
 same, booklets and fancy cards and valen- 
 tines. 
 
 Washington's Birthday may be repre- 
 sented by an old-time colonial kitchen ; the 
 exterior decoration may consist of flags 
 and bunting; inside the floor should be 
 sanded, and marked off in fancy design. 
 Strings of dried apples, pumpkin and pop- 
 corn in the ear, should be suspended from 
 the ceiling. A spinning-wheel should be 
 added and a spinning contest should bo 
 the -attraction of this booth, each guest 
 paying a small fee for the privilege of 
 entering into the contest. The judges of 
 this contest should be three old grand- 
 mothers of other days who are acquainted 
 with the art of spinning through personal 
 experience. The most successful contest- 
 ant may be presented with a small prize 
 in the shape of Louisa May Alcott's book, 
 ^'Spinning Wheel Stories.'/ The ladies 
 having charge of this booth should be 
 dressed in the costume of long ago ; gowns 
 with full sleeves and skirts, neckerchiefs, 
 powdered hair, and caps. 
 
 Easter, which commemorates the resur- 
 rection of all nature, may be decorated as 
 Spring. The booth should be fl?ower-decked 
 and should be given to the sale of the 
 same. Young girls attired as flower-girls 
 should preside at these tables. Potted and 
 cut flowers, seeds and bulbs may here be 
 sold. A plentiful stock of decorated china 
 darning eggs may be added, if desired. 
 
 Arbor Day should be made a bower of 
 greenery. The booth may be a square pa- 
 vilion supported by four round pillars, 
 each of which is twined with vines; the 
 roof may be thatched with evergreen; the 
 interior decoration should be palms and 
 ferns. Here may be found for sale pretty 
 articles of carved wood. 
 
 Fourth of July may be. represented by 
 a soldier's tent draped in bunting and 
 flags ; within should be found all sorts of 
 fireworks, kites, tops, marbles, in fact 
 everything that a boy delights in. This 
 booth may be, superintended by several 
 boys dressed j[n the costume of the Ameri- 
 can soldier and navy. 
 
 Labor Day may be an ordinary shop 
 affair where all manner of useful house- 
 hold articles may be found, as laundry 
 bags, dish towels, dusters, whisk brooms, 
 brushes, etc. 
 
 Thanksgiving Day should be decorated 
 in ripened grains and all manner of fruits 
 and vegetables. Here may be found all 
 varieties of fruits and nuts, or, if desired, 
 a regular old-time Thanksgiving dinner 
 may be served at fifty cents per cover. 
 
 The exterior decorations of the Christ- 
 mas booth should consist of evergreen. 
 Within should be fashioned an old-time 
 fireplace, around which are hung stock- 
 ings filled with all sorts of Christmas 
 ^^goodies." A pretty Christmas tree may 
 be added, beautifully lighted with colored 
 candles. This booth should be dedicated 
 to the sale of confectionery, both fancy 
 and home-made. ' 
 
 This holiday fete will be found a lucra- 
 tive as well as pretty affair. 
 
 AN OLD FOLKS' RECEPTION. 
 
 VERY pleasant church social will 
 be found in an Old Folks' Recep- 
 tion. This reception is given by the young 
 people to the old members of the congrega- 
 tion. In all churches there are aged persons 
 who are virtually "shut ins," so far as any 
 social features of the church are con- 
 cerned; in pleasant weather they may be 
 able to attend the regular Sunday services 
 of the church, but at this point their at- 
 tendance ceases. This entertainment is 
 provided for the pleasure of these unfor- 
 tunate ones. 
 
 As nearly as can be the arrangements 
 should be k^pt a secret from the old peo- 
 ple; the invitations should be sent and 
 with them a card announcing that a car- 
 riage would be sent for them at a certain 
 hour; this is all they need know and the 
 conjecture as to what is to occur will fur- 
 nish a. theme for pleasant reflection until 
 the day arrives. 
 
 The hour set for the reception should be 
 
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 PILLOW AND BAG SALE. 
 
 late afternoon and early evening. It 
 should be held in the church parlor, or, 
 if it be in a country church of but one 
 room, this may be converted into a parlor 
 by removing the center section of seats and 
 providing comfortable rockers and soft 
 rugs to give a ''homey" appearance. The 
 church should be prettily decorated in 
 flowers and potted plants, a bright cheery 
 reception committee appointed, and a 
 pleasant time will be afforded each guest. 
 
 One corner of the church should be par- 
 titioned off with screens, thus affording a 
 temporary kitchen furnished with a serv- 
 ing-table and small oil stove. Small 
 tal3les may be provided for serving refresh- 
 ments ; if these are not available the old- 
 time lap-supper may be served. The re- 
 freshments should consist of coffee, sand- 
 wiches, fruits, cake and a relish of some 
 sort. 
 
 After the serving of the refreshments 
 all traces of the repast should be cleared 
 away, the table, stove and screens removed, 
 and all prepare to enjoy the entertainment 
 provided for these aged guests; this 
 should consist of old-time music, both 
 sacred and otherwise, a talk by the pastor, 
 and an old-fashioned experience meeting 
 in which all visitors have a part. 
 
 Souvenirs in the form of pretty bou- 
 quets of cut flowers will be appropriate. 
 This entertainment will be enjoyed by all ; 
 by the young people because of the con- 
 sciousness that they have provided happi- 
 ness for others, and by the older ones in 
 that they have been remembered by the 
 younger ones. 
 
 AUTUMN HARVEST HOME. 
 
 HARVEST HOME may be made 
 an admirable church entertainment 
 and a decided financial success. 
 
 If possible this entertainment should be 
 held in the open air, under a grove of 
 trees. It is a miniature "county fair." 
 Dinner, which has been donated by the 
 various members of the congregation, 
 
 should be served from long tables, spread 
 under the trees, or within a tent erected 
 for the occasion. The tables may be beau- 
 tifully decorated with garlands and sprays 
 of autumn leaves and flowers, the beauti- 
 ful roadside asters being especially adapt- 
 ed for table decorations. A stall should 
 be erected and thatched with branches of 
 bright-hued maples, under which the ticket 
 seller stands and sells dinner tickets at 
 twenty-five cents each. 
 
 Prizes should be offered for the best 
 display of garden, orchard and farm prod- 
 ucts, the products to become the property 
 of the society after the close of the exhibit ; 
 these articles may be sold to the dealers of 
 the town, thus making another source of 
 revenue. A booth should be erected for 
 the display of these articles, and should be 
 attractively decorated. 
 
 Under a pavilion prettily decorated 
 with flags and bunting should be offered 
 for sale various delicacies of culinary skill, 
 as different varieties of cakes, pies and 
 bread. 
 
 Another booth may be devoted to con- 
 fectionery, pop-corn and nuts ; another to 
 ices, ice cream and various cooling drinks. 
 A third to dairy products, containing but- 
 ter, different varieties of cheese, and sweet 
 milk and buttermilk for drinking. 
 
 Another stall may be devoted to jells, 
 marmalade, jam and preserves, while a 
 table containing potted plants, cut flowers, 
 garden and flower seeds and bulbs will be 
 found to receive a liberal amount of pat- 
 ronage. 
 
 Entertainment in the form of music by 
 a good band or glee club, short speeches 
 on farm topics will prove a drawing card 
 for this affair. 
 
 PILLOW AND BAG SALE. 
 
 fHE most popular church fair or ba- 
 zaar is the one which offers the most 
 useful articles for sale. There are many 
 housewives who would gladly patronize the 
 church-fair if such articles could be ob- 
 
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 tallied at a reasonable figure; to this end 
 we submit the following suggestions for a 
 Pillow and Bag Sale. 
 
 The fair should be held in the church 
 parlors, or some equally convenient place, 
 and may continue for three or four even- 
 ings of a week. A simple luncheon may 
 be served each evening, thus adding to the 
 church fund. 
 
 The booths may be various designs ; pa- 
 vilions, Indian wigwams, open stalls, etc., 
 each of which should be decorated with 
 samples of the articles to be had within. 
 
 The present craze for pillows of all 
 sorts, shapes and sizes, from the homely 
 denim porch cushion to the elaborate em- 
 broidered, lace and ribbon-trimmed parlor 
 affair, will tend to make these a very prof- 
 itable source of revenue. 
 
 Of bags, the name is legion, and no 
 more useful articles of household fur- 
 nishings are to be found. 
 
 Very serviceable laundry bags are made 
 of plain or art denim, constructed with a 
 buttoned opening down the front and a 
 draw-string run through the top ; this 
 double opening making it easy to remove 
 the clothing once it is packed full. Sepa- 
 rate laundry bags for handkerchiefs, col- 
 lars or cuffs are prized. These are made 
 of white linen on which the words ^^Hand- 
 kerchiefs," "Collars," or "Cuffs" are 
 embroidered in wash silks, and are hung 
 with ribbons the shade of the embroidery. 
 These are very bright and cheerful. 
 
 The old-time shoe bag is yet a popular 
 favorite, constructed of brown holland 
 linen, with a number of pockets, the whole 
 bound in red tape; it is neat as well as 
 serviceable, and no closet is complete with- 
 out one of these useful bags hung on the 
 inside of its door. 
 
 Beautiful satchet pads for lining dresser 
 drawers and trunk tills are made of china 
 silk, padded with sheet-wadding, over 
 which satchet powder has been generously 
 sprinkled. 
 
 Opera-glass and spectacle bags are con- 
 structed of chamois skin, which may now 
 be had in beautiful shades of gray, tan. 
 
 fawn and violet. These are decorated 
 with embroidered or painted sprays of flow- 
 ers and hung by ribbons of contrasting 
 colors ; these will be found good sellers. 
 
 Traveling bags made in the dark shades 
 of denim and bound with bright braids 
 are quite popular as well as serviceable. 
 They contain a half-dozen pockets for 
 brushes, combs, curling-irons, slippers, 
 etc. On the upper border the initials of 
 the buyer may be stamped ready for work- 
 ing, or the words "Bon Voyage" may be 
 painted or embroidered. 
 
 A very useful article in these days of 
 veranda sitting-rooms is a bag of white 
 duck, in which is placed various articles 
 used in light sewing and mending. The 
 bag is so arranged that it may be drawn 
 together at the top, when not in use, and 
 hung away beside the porch chair or set- 
 tee. 
 
 For ministers, teachers and literary peo- 
 ple in general the scrap-bag will be found 
 popular; it is made of brown linen and 
 is a series of pockets arranged one above 
 the other for the reception of newspaper 
 clippings ; across these pockets are stamped 
 the word "History," "Travel," etc., the 
 clipping being thus classified and easily 
 found when desired for reference. 
 
 Kitchen bags, containing a supply of 
 neatly hemmed dish-towels are always in 
 demand for busy housewives, as are bags 
 containing a supply of various holders 
 used about the kitchen. 
 
 Pretty dust-bags containing hemmed 
 cheesecloth dusting cloths are made of 
 bright flowered cretonne. 
 
 Many new designs in these useful 
 household articles will present themselves 
 to a society of ladies wishing to give this 
 sort of a church affair, and a very profit- 
 able sale it will be found. 
 
 A MILITARY SOCIAL. 
 
 MILITAKY SOCIAL will be found 
 a novel way of raising church funds. 
 The church should be decorated in the 
 national colors. An admission fee is 
 
 
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 A MILITARY SOCIAL. 
 
 charged at the door; on entering, each 
 guest is handed a prettily decorated card, 
 on which the following program of the 
 evening's entertainment is written. The 
 decorations on the cards consist of pen- 
 drawings of scenes in the life of a soldier. 
 Following is a list of the evening's en- 
 tertainment : 
 
 I. 
 
 Military Drill en Costume. 
 
 11. 
 
 Campfire War Songs. 
 
 III. 
 
 Tableaux. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Refreshments. 
 
 V. 
 
 Contests. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Martial Music. 
 
 VII. 
 Reminiscence. 
 
 The first number of the program is 
 performed by thirty-two boys dressed in 
 uniform, and the drill is carried out with 
 military precision. This drill will not be 
 found difficult if directed by some person 
 who understands the art of marching in 
 single file, by twos, by fours, by platoons, 
 in circles, chains and serpentine paths. 
 The effect will be pleasing. 
 
 In arranging for the camp-fire the lights 
 should be turned out. On the platform 
 should be placed a number of logs ; inter- 
 spersed among them are electric light 
 globes wrapped in red tissue paper. When 
 these lights are turned on the effect will 
 be very like a camp fire (this may be ar- 
 ranged before the doors open, and may be 
 hidden from view by a screen placed in 
 such manner as to form a part of the stage 
 setting). Old war songs, led by a chorus 
 and sung by the entire audience, are now 
 in order. ^'Tenting To-night on the Old 
 Camp Ground," "Just Before the Battle," 
 "Dixie," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," 
 etc., will be appropriate. The effect will 
 
 be heightened if the boys who performed 
 the first part of the program are grouped 
 about the fire. The newer ballads of the 
 late war may be introduced if desired. 
 
 The refreshments may consist of a sim- 
 ple collation, or may be served in the 
 form of the old-time box-supper, each box 
 containing luncheon for two, which is pur- 
 chased by the gentleman and shared with 
 the lady whose name is found within. 
 
 The contests are type-written, and a 
 small fee is charged each person taking 
 part in same. The successful contestant 
 being entitled to a small prize. The first 
 contest is a list of disguised generals, the 
 second is hidden accoutrements of war- 
 fare. 
 
 DISGUISED GENERALS. 
 
 1 — What general is like foliage on a 
 
 summer's morning? (Dewey.) 
 2 — What general is like a level pasture 
 
 land ? ( Lee — lea. ) 
 3 — What general stores up sweetness for 
 
 fellow men? (Bee.) 
 4 — What general is alwavs punctual ? 
 
 (Early.) 
 5 — What general was a portion of an ani- 
 mal ? (Bacon.) 
 6 — What general is a carnivorous ani- 
 mal ? (Wolfe.) 
 7 — What general is found in a ship ? 
 
 (Hull.) 
 8 — What general's name is multitude ? 
 
 (Jones.) 
 9 — What general represents the par value 
 of an article? (Price.) 
 10 — What general is a tower of strength ? 
 
 (Sampson.) 
 11 — What general bestows favors? 
 
 (Grant.) 
 12 — What general sounds his own praises ? 
 
 (Bragg.) 
 13 — What general is found in the dining 
 
 room? (Butler.) 
 14 — What general represents a imit of 
 
 measure? (Foote.) 
 15 — What general is found in every in- 
 
 closure ? (Gates.) 
 IG — What general is hearty? (Hale.) 
 
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 17 — What general makes a comfortable 
 
 head-covering? (Hood.) 
 18 — What general is used in asking a 
 
 question? (Howe.) 
 19 — W^hat general is fond of the chase? 
 
 (Hunter.) 
 20 — What general is the head of a church ? 
 
 (Pope.) 
 
 HIDDEaS" ACCOUTREMENTS OF WAK. 
 
 1 — When I see the street car, I flee away. 
 
 (Kifle.) 
 2 — There is the dog, under the table. 
 
 (Gun.) 
 3 — What a beautiful bay, O ITettie, look ! 
 
 (Bayonet.) 
 4 — Tip, I stole your dinner. (Pistol.) 
 5 — There is a breeze from the lake now. 
 
 (Sabre.) 
 6 — That pickpocket will rob all of them. 
 
 (Ball.) 
 7 — That is the flower he sent in Ella^s 
 
 letter. (Sentinel.) 
 8 — Was it an arm or leg that was bro- 
 ken? (Armor.) 
 9 — The wheels revolve round a pivot. 
 
 (Revolver.) 
 10— His word is good anywhere. (Sword.) 
 
 At the close of the contest the papers 
 are collected and placed in the hands of a 
 committee who award the prizes at the 
 close of the evening's entertainment. 
 
 The reminiscence may take the form of 
 short addresses by prominent . persons in 
 the company, or may be given by old sol- 
 diers previously engaged for this part. 
 The company may be divided into squads, 
 each squad containing its soldier, who be- 
 comes the entertainer. The military mu- 
 sic should be rendered by a band or 
 stringed orchestra. During the time the 
 music is being rendered the company may 
 devote the time to social intercourse. 
 
 THANKSGIVING IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 IPECIAL Thanksgiving exercises are 
 ^ usually held in our churches, hut as 
 a rule consist of a sermon only. The fol- 
 lowing suggestive exercise is given for the 
 
 aid of those who may desire a somewhat 
 different manner of observing the day: 
 
 1 — Song, ^^America." 
 2 — Invocation, Pastor. 
 3 — Scriptural reading. 
 4 — Reading of Thanksgiving proclama- 
 tion. 
 5 — Anthem, selected. 
 6 — Recitation, "Give Thanks,'' Perry. 
 7 — Paper, "The First Thanksgiving." 
 8 — Song, "Bringing in The Sheaves." 
 9 — Recitations, 
 
 "Elsie's Thanksgiving," Margaret 
 
 E. Sangster. 
 "Thanksgiving," Anon. 
 "A ISTew England Thanksgiving," 
 Sel. 
 10— Song, "He Eeedeth His Elock." 
 11 — Scriptural Thankfulness. References 
 
 read by congregation. 
 12— Song, "Oh, Beautiful Home." < 
 13— Why Our Church Should Give 
 
 Thanks. „ 
 
 14 — Class recitation, ' "A Thanksgiving 
 
 Hymn," Carleton (five girls). 
 15 — -Song, selected. 
 16 — Offering. 
 17 — Benediction. 
 
 A thank:sgivik"g hymn" (class exercise). 
 First Girl: — 
 
 u 
 
 We thank Thee, O Eather, for all that is 
 
 bright- 
 
 '■■2%.: 
 
 The gleam of the day, and the stars of 
 the night; 
 
 The flowers of our youth and the fruits 
 of our prime. 
 
 And blessings that march down the path- 
 way of time. 
 
 Second Girl:— 
 
 "We thank Thee, O Eather, for all that 
 
 is dear — 
 The sob of the tempest, the flow of the 
 
 tear; 
 Eor never in blindness, and never in 
 
 vain, 
 Thy mercy permitted a sorrow or pain. 
 
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 EASTER EXERCISE. 
 
 Third Girl:— 
 
 ''We thank Thee, Father, for song and 
 for feast — 
 
 The harvest that glowed and the wealth 
 that increased; 
 
 For never a blessing encompassed earth's 
 child 
 
 But Thou in Thy mercy looked down- 
 ward and smiled. 
 
 Fourth Girl: — 
 
 '^We thank Thee, O Father of All, forThy 
 
 power ■ 
 Of aiding each other in life's darkest 
 
 hour ; 
 The generous heart and the bountiful 
 
 hand, 
 And all the soul help that sad souls 
 
 understand. 
 
 Fifth Girl:— 
 
 ''We thank Thee, O Father, for days yet 
 
 to be — 
 For hopes that our future will call us 
 
 to Thee ; 
 That all our Eternity form, through Thy 
 
 love. 
 The Thanksgiving day in the mansions 
 
 above." 
 
 AN OEIENTAL FETE. 
 
 fK this fete the booths should be decor- 
 ated in the style peculiar to the in- 
 habitants of the Orient. 
 
 A Turkish booth is hung with oriental 
 hangings, contains low ottomans for seats, 
 and has for sale a table full of turkish 
 curios of every kind. The person having 
 charge of this booth should be clad in 
 Turkish costume, consisting of a long, 
 loose robe, loose sleeves and a broad sash 
 draped from shoulder to waist. 
 
 A pretty booth may be constructed of 
 umbrellas of Japanese design. These um- 
 brellas may be had of large size, especially 
 designed for decorative purposes. This 
 booth may be devoted to Japanese ware, 
 beautiful plaques, servers, trays and toilet 
 
 accessories may be purchased at the Japan- 
 ese stores in the city, and may be sold at 
 a small profit. These articles will be es- 
 pecially appreciated in a rural community 
 where such articles are not easily obtained. 
 
 A third booth may be decorated in fancy 
 fans, very pretty ones of oriental make 
 are obtainable; this booth should be de- 
 voted to the sale of fans, of all colors, 
 shape and sizes. A pretty Japanese cos- 
 tume may be worn by the person having 
 this booth in charge. 
 
 The Chinese booth may be decorated 
 with paper lanterns, of which they are the 
 manufacturers ; fire-works, tops, kites and 
 curious toys may here be found to delight 
 the hearts of the children. The refresh- 
 ments for this occasion may be served 
 from small tables, placed under a Chinese 
 pagoda, completely covered with decora- 
 tions formed from paper napkins; the 
 pagoda may first be covered with muslin, 
 either white or a pretty color, and the nap- 
 kins fastened to the muslin in the shape 
 of fans, butterflies, etc. The refreshments 
 should consist of rice, tea and fruits; of 
 fruits, dates and figs would be appropriate. 
 
 If a literary entertainment is desired in 
 addition to the Fete a short programme 
 of music and addresses, relating to mis- 
 sionary work in the far East, would be ap- 
 propriate. A good stereopticon with views 
 of the Orient would be a drawing card. 
 
 EASTER EXERCISE. 
 
 For Sunday School or Junior Society. 
 
 1 — Song — "Christ is Kisen." 
 
 2 — Concert Beading — 98th Psalm. 
 
 3 — Invocation. 
 
 4_Song— "Kisen With Him." 
 
 5 — Recitations, 
 
 "The Very Same Jesus.''— Burr. 
 
 "He Comes Again.''— Selected. 
 
 "Only Waiting." — Anon. 
 6— Anthem— "Sing Hallelujah." 
 7 — Class Exercise — "Sometime." 
 8_Song— "They Sing a :N'ew Song." 
 9— Address— "Easter." 
 
EASTER EXERCISE. 
 
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 10— Song— "Come Unto Me." 
 11 — Responsive Reading. 
 12 — Song — '^Wondrous Love." 
 1 3 — ^Recitations, 
 
 ^^An Easter Dawn." — Minna Ir- 
 ving. 
 
 "The Easter Lily." — Anon. 
 14 — Duet — Selected. 
 15 — ^Address by Pastor. 
 16— Closing Song— "Abide With Me." 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING. 
 
 Supt. — O sing unto the Lord a new 
 song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth. 
 
 Cong. — Sing unto the Lord, bless His 
 name ; show forth His salvation from day 
 to day. 
 
 Supt. — Declare His glory among the 
 heathen, His wonders among the people. 
 
 Cong. — For the Lord is great, and 
 greatly to be praised; He is to be feared 
 above all gods. 
 
 Supt. — Eor all the gods of the nations 
 are idols; but God made the heavens. 
 
 Cong. — Honor and majesty are before 
 Him; strength and beauty are in His 
 sanctuary. 
 
 Supt. — Give unto the Lord, oh ye kin- 
 dreds of the people, give unto the Lord 
 glory and strength. 
 
 Cong. — Give unto the Lord the glory 
 due unto His name; bring an offering 
 and come unto His courts. 
 
 Supt. — O worship the Lord in the 
 beauty of holiness ; fear before Him, all 
 the earth. 
 
 Cong. — Say among the heathen that the 
 Lord reigneth; the world also shall be 
 established that it shall not be moved ; He 
 shall judge the people righteously. 
 
 Supt. — Let the heavens rejoice, and let 
 the earth be glad; let the sea roar and 
 the fulness thereof. 
 
 Cong. — Let the field be joyful, and all 
 that is therein ; then shall all the trees of 
 the wood rejoice. 
 
 Supt. — Before the Lord ; for He cometh, 
 for He cometh to judge the earth ; He 
 shall judge the world with righteousness, 
 and the people with His truth. 
 
 CLASS EXERCISE- 
 
 -''^SOMETIME.'" 
 
 First Child: — 
 
 Sometime in the great hereafter 
 We shall know why the shadows fell, 
 Why the roses so soon were blighted 
 We had loved and cherished so well. 
 The sun had been shining brightly 
 When the fleecy cloud appeared. 
 And the shadows lengthened and deep- 
 ened 
 Till our fondest hopes were seared. 
 
 Second Child: — 
 
 Sometime in the life immortal 
 We shall know why our listening ears 
 Caught no sound but life's long discord, 
 As it filled the passing years. 
 Along the tiresome journey 
 There was gladness about the way. 
 And the flowers lost their sweetness 
 And we tramped them day by day. 
 
 Third Child: — 
 
 Sometime in the realm of glory 
 All our prayers will answered be. 
 And our doubts will all be buried 
 In the depths of the crystal sea. 
 The things that tried us most 
 Will be strewn on the glistening wave. 
 And the selfish aims of life 
 Keep a watch in the silent grave. 
 
 Fourth Child: — 
 
 Sometime when the songs of earth 
 Have been blended with those above, 
 And the harps and voices swell 
 To the chords of infinite love, 
 Our cares and crosses forgotten 
 And our hearts, though attuned to pain, 
 Shall awake to the notes of sweetness 
 In the glad angelic strain. 
 
 Fifth Child:— 
 
 Sometime when the sun and the stars 
 In their golden glory have set, 
 And our souls with the souls we loved 
 
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 A RING SOCIAL. 
 
 In the •'■roat bovond have met, 
 The shadows that touched our lives 
 As the tints on the white sea foam, 
 Shall illume the beauty of heaven 
 When we rest in that blessed home. 
 
 A RING SOCIAL. 
 
 fllE ring social is entirely new and 
 decidedly novel ; the rooms should 
 be decorated in paper chains, composed of 
 rings; the manner of making. these chains 
 is as follows: Cut the paper (glazed in 
 colors is best, though French tissue does 
 very well) in strips about three inches long 
 and a half inch wide ; now take a slip of 
 the paper, bring the ends together and 
 fasten with a bit of library paste; now 
 slip another piece of paper through this 
 ring; bring the ends together and fasten, 
 the result will be one link of the chain; 
 continue in this manner until the chain is 
 of the desired length ; these chains should 
 be suspended from the corners of the ceil- 
 ing to the chandeliers, and festooned 
 around the walls ; the effect is beautiful. 
 
 The refreshment tables should be circu- 
 lar, and the cakes, ices, etc., should be 
 cut in circles. For table decoration, se- 
 cure a round mirror, place it in the center 
 of the table, cover the frame with a wreath 
 of smilax ; in the center set a round bowl 
 filled with wild roses or carnations; bou- 
 tonnieres may be provided for guests, if it 
 be a private social. 
 
 The ring idea may be carried into the 
 amusements of the evening ; a large cake, 
 in which a gold ring has been placed be- 
 fore the baking, may be auctioned off to 
 the highest bidder; this cake should be 
 prettily decorated with flowers and given 
 a small table, all to itself, that the future 
 contestants may have an opportunity to 
 feast their eyes upon its beauty. 
 
 A Ring Game may be played by selling 
 the following w^ritten list to the guests, 
 a prize being offered the successful con- 
 testant : 
 
 RING GAME. 
 
 1 — A ring where fortunes are made and 
 
 lost'^ (Prize.) 
 2 — A ring sought by young ladies ? (En- 
 gagement. ) 
 3 — A ring that unites? (Wedding.) 
 4 — A ring prized by infants? (Teeth- 
 ing.) 
 5 — A ring that captivates? (Ringlet.) 
 6 — A ring that soars aloft ? (Ring-dove.) 
 7 — A ring that slays? (Political.) 
 8 — A ring that defaces beauty? (Ring- 
 worm.) 
 9 — A ring found in dining rooms ? (Nap- 
 kin ring.) 
 10 — A ring used in cooking? (Muffin 
 
 ring.) 
 11 — The ring W. J. Bryan would choose? 
 
 (Silver.) 
 12 — The ring President McKinley would 
 
 choose? (Gold.) 
 1 3 — The ring most admired by society la- 
 dies ? (Diamond.) 
 14 — The ring loved by children ? (Ring- 
 Round-Rosy. ) 
 15 — A ring used by builders? (Pulley 
 
 ring.) 
 16 — A washerwoman's favorite ring? 
 
 (Wring-er.) 
 17 — A ring worn by ladies? (Ear-ring.) 
 18 — A ring worn by some uncivilized peo- 
 ple ? (Nose-ring.) 
 19 — A circus director? (Ring-master.) 
 20 — The head of an organization ? (Ring- 
 leader.) 
 
 RING GAME NO. II. 
 
 The guests are seated in a circle, a twine 
 string is tied together and placed in the 
 hands of the persons in the circle; on this 
 string a gold ring has been slipped; one 
 person stands in the center of the circle ; 
 the hands of the players quickly slip along 
 the string from one to the other ; thus the 
 ring is kept going, though hidden from 
 the eyes of the players ; the game con- 
 sists in the person in the center discov- 
 ering and capturing the ring; once this 
 is accomplished, he takes his place in the 
 
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 circle of players, after choosing another to 
 become the searcher for the ring. 
 
 KING GAME NO. III. 
 
 An upright column two and one-half 
 feet high is placed in the center of the 
 room; the top of the column should be 
 hollowed out so that it will hold a common 
 size croquet ball ; the ball is placed in this 
 socket; a large wooden ring is produced, 
 and the players, standing at a given dis- 
 tance from the column, throw, to deter- 
 mine who may be able to place the ring 
 over the column without knocking the ball 
 from the socket ; this will be found an in- 
 teresting game for an evening in the home ; 
 this game is modeled after the game of 
 '^William Tell and the Apple.'' 
 
 A CAKE SALE. 
 
 )E give the following description of 
 a cake sale which was held recent- 
 ly. The principal feature of the entertain- 
 ment was the cake contest — a game, with 
 cake prizes This game took the place of 
 the time-honored raffling, which was voted 
 out of date. The game was played in 
 groups of ten, who, on paying a fee of five 
 cents, were given the printed list of ques- 
 tions to be answered. The list was signed 
 by the player and dropped into the "Post- 
 office,'' a box provided for the occasion ; all 
 lists had to be in at a certain hour ; later 
 in the evening the names of the prize-win- 
 ners were announced, and the prize given. 
 
 A lady's and gentleman's first prize 
 were given, likewise the booby prizes. The 
 prizes were cakes, beautifully decorated; 
 the boobies consisted of frosted animal 
 cakes. 
 
 Following is a list of the questions used 
 in the contest : 
 
 1 — What cake does a society woman pre- 
 fer? (Reception.) 
 2 — The school-girl ? ( Composition. ) 
 3 — The grocer ? ( Sugar. ) 
 4— The artist? (Exhibition.) 
 
 5 — The farmer? (Harvest.) 
 6 — The stingy man? (Sponge.) 
 7— The tramp? (Loaf.) 
 8^The minister ? (Scripture.) 
 9 — The milliner ? (Feather.) 
 10 — The gardener? (Hoe.) 
 11— The "Old Maid" ? (Tea.) 
 12 — The dairyman? (Cream.) 
 13 — The champion ? (Cup.) 
 14 — The pretty girls? (Ribbon.) 
 15 — The shoe-maker? (The last.) 
 16 — The sculptor? (Marble.) 
 17 — The small boy ? ( Snow-ball. ) 
 18 — The gossip ? (Spice.) 
 19 — The democrats ? (Silver.) 
 20 — The republicans ? (Gold.) 
 21 — The political candidate? (Election.) 
 22 — The society belle ? (Wedding.) 
 23 — The politician? (Plum.) 
 24— The florist? (Seed.) 
 25 — The colored boys ? (Watermelon.) 
 26 — The young men? (Lady fingers.) 
 27— The Sunday School boy? (Angel.) 
 28 — The lover for his sweetheart? (Date.) 
 29 — The Board of Trade man? (Corn.) 
 30— The jockey? (Horse.) 
 
 The refreshments consisted of different 
 varieties of cake, served with tea, coffee or 
 chocolate. Cakes whole, or in sections, 
 were for sale in pretty booths, decorated in 
 fancy paper. Posters announcing special- 
 ties were arranged at intervals. One 
 booth contained cakes made by the young 
 ladies of the society; this was much 
 patronized by the young men of the gath- 
 ering; another booth was devoted to chil- 
 dren's cakes, containing a plentiful supply 
 of cookies, dominoes, patty-pan cakes, and 
 animals of all shapes and sizes; at this 
 booth was also sold cakes containing prizes, 
 these prizes consisting of little china toys 
 baked in the cakes. Another booth was 
 devoted to cook-books containing cake rec- 
 ipes only; these books were made by the 
 ladies of the society, each writing the rec- 
 ipes, and binding them into booklet form. 
 
 This cake sale was found to be a success, 
 both from a financial and social point of 
 view. 
 
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 A COLLEGE FAIR. 
 
 A STRAWBERRY REGALE. 
 
 VARIATION of the time-houored 
 1^^ festival, so potent in swelling the 
 funds of needy churches in the season of 
 berries, would be a berry regale. If the 
 affair is given in a church parlor or hall, 
 let the committee on decorations secure as 
 many old-fashioned garden flowers, also 
 a profusion of vines, if possible — the 
 strawberry vine, or the pottentilla, that 
 can be found in quantities in fields and 
 lanes. With these the rooms should be 
 profusely decorated. Garlands of vines 
 running from the booths to the central 
 chandelier, white curtains looped with 
 vines, and a potted strawberry plant in 
 fruit or flower placed in the center of each 
 small table, would carry out the scheme 
 of decoration. 
 
 As will be implied by the subject, straw- 
 berries in every style and form will fur- 
 nish the refreshments for the occasion ; 
 strawberry ice-cream, strawberries and 
 cream, strawberries and ice-cream, straw- 
 berries and whipped cream, strawberry 
 whip, fruit lemonade, strawberry vinegar, 
 strawberry shortcake and strawberry 
 sherbet. 
 
 In addition to the small tables for serv- 
 ing the cream, there should be large tables 
 or booths devoted to the drinks, whips, 
 vinegar, and also to preserves, jellies and 
 marmalade for sale. A special table may 
 be devoted to strawberry shortcakes of all 
 sizes for home consumption, while another 
 should be laden with baskets of strawber- 
 ries and bunches of flowers. 
 
 The rustic baskets for holding the flow- 
 ers may be constructed from strawberry 
 or early tomato boxes, by covering them 
 with vines and lining them with leaves; 
 twisted wire may be used as handles. The 
 finest berries should be placed in these 
 baskets and a fancy price fixed on them. 
 
 Menu cards may be made by placing 
 strawberry decorations on common white 
 cardboard, the names of all articles for 
 sale and prices being daintily written out 
 in long hand. Waitresses should wear 
 
 white dresses, caps and aprons; green 
 vines may be worn as ornament for hair 
 and dress. 
 
 If a really artistic and fancy table be 
 desired, this may be accomplished by using 
 polished oak or mahogany tables, with cen- 
 terpieces embroidered in strawberry de- 
 signs; real china, hand-decorated, and 
 lovely spiral crystal vases, containing a 
 single flower with its foliage. 
 
 If possible an orchestra of stringed in- 
 struments should provide music for the 
 occasion. 
 
 A COLLEGE FAIR. 
 
 COLLEGE fair may be made a 
 [^^ charming affair. It is best to hold 
 it in the largest room possible, the church 
 parlors or chapel being most satisfactory. 
 The room should be decorated in collegx) 
 colors; those of Harvard draped in one 
 corner, Yale across one side, and this 
 scheme continued until the greatest num- 
 ber possible be represented. Under the 
 drapings of each particular college should 
 be placed its table or booth, made attrac- 
 tive by its flags and banners. The young 
 ladies having charge of the tables may be 
 attired in the regulation cap or gown, or 
 in a costume combining the colors of the 
 college she represents. 
 
 Only one class of goods should be offered 
 for sale at each booth. 
 
 The division may be made as best suits 
 the promoters of the affair. At a fair re- 
 cently given the division was made as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 Radcliffe. China. — Here all sorts of ar- 
 ticles ranging from Japanese butter-plates 
 to expensively decorated vases were ranged 
 at prices to suit all classes of purchasers. 
 Many of these articles were donated by 
 firms, and the higher priced articles were 
 sold on commission ; of course all articles 
 remaining unsold were returned to the 
 owners. 
 
 Yale booth was devoted to pictures. 
 Everything from photogravures to oil- 
 
A COLLEGE FAIR. 
 
 10^ 
 
 paintings were in evidence. The pretty 
 little passepartouts met the readiest sale, 
 and these had the distinction of having 
 been framed by a committee of young la- 
 dies belonging to the society. Princeton. — 
 This booth was devoted to fancy pillows. 
 This proved to be the most attractive and 
 remunerative booth represented; the in- 
 creasing popularity of pillows of all sorts 
 explains this fact. The covers were for 
 sale, in quantities, and were of every de- 
 scription and sort. Some were finished 
 ready to put on the pillow, others were 
 stamped for working, and yet others were 
 made of the art denims, which require no 
 extra work in the making. 
 
 Another booth was devoted entirely to 
 flowers, both cut and potted plants; an- 
 other to embroidered linens, and still an- 
 other to books, calendars, etc. 
 
 A pretty feature was the refreshment 
 tables, which were set in the Yale booth ; 
 they were decorated in the Yale color, red. 
 The decorations were of rich red roses and 
 were most effective. 
 
 The following college games were sold 
 at five cents each, and one hour given to 
 the correct solving of same ; at the close 
 of that time they were placed in a box 
 provided for the purpose at the game 
 booth ; here they were taken in charge by 
 a committee appointed for the purpose, 
 and a prize awarded to the successful con- 
 testant; if there was more than one suc- 
 cessful contestant, lots were cast to decide 
 who should receive the prize. 
 
 COLLEGE GAME NO. I. 
 
 1 — A title of royalty and a unit of meas- 
 ure. ( Princeton. ) 
 
 2 — Two great generals. (Washington 
 and Lee.) 
 
 3 — A point of the compass and a part of 
 a pin. (West Point.) 
 
 4 — A great American statesman. (Ham- 
 ilton. ) 
 
 5 — A noted Frenchman, who was a 
 friend to all Americans. (La- 
 fayette. ) 
 
 6 — A swift motion and a part of a river. 
 
 (Dartmouth.) 
 7 — A number of people joined together 
 
 as one body. (Union.) 
 8 — A name sometimes applied to our 
 
 country. ( Columbia. ) 
 9 — A prominent English general of In- 
 ter-colonial times. (Amherst.) 
 10 — One of the twelve apostles. (St. 
 
 John. ) 
 11 — The first Baptist minister in Ameri- 
 ca. (Williams.) 
 12 — A body of water and a deep wood. 
 (Lake Forest.) 
 
 COLLEGE GAME 1^0. II. 
 
 1 — From what college did the poet Long- 
 fellow graduate? (Bowdoin.) 
 
 2 — What college became a military hos- 
 pital during the Revolutionary 
 war ? ( Columbia. ) 
 
 3 — In what college did the Continental 
 Congress meet in 1783 ? (Prince- 
 ton. ) 
 
 4 — In the chapel of what college was 
 Gen. Lee buried ? (Washington 
 and Lee.) 
 
 5 — E^ame the first non-sectarian college 
 of the U.S. (Union.) 
 
 6 — ISTame the first college in the U. S. 
 to open its doors to the colored 
 race. (Oberlin.) 
 
 7 — IsTame the oldest college of 'New Jer- 
 sey. (Rutgers.) 
 
 8 — E^ame the first college founded in the 
 U. S. (Harvard). 
 
 9 — IsTame a college that has three times 
 been destroyed by fire. (William 
 and Mary.) 
 10 — What institution numbers among its 
 graduates the famous Admirals 
 Dewey and Wm. T. Sampson? 
 (U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 
 Md.) 
 11 — What college fronts the famous Mid- 
 way Plaisance, Chicago, 111. ? 
 (Chicago University.) 
 12 — What college was founded by ten 
 ministers, each of whom gave a 
 gift of books? (Yale.) 
 
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 PROGRAMME FOR A MISSIONARY MEETING. 
 
 13 — What college is located on the shores 
 of Lake Michigan ? (Northwestern 
 University.) 
 
 14 — What California college was founded 
 in honor of the deceased son of a 
 U. S. Senator? (Leland Stanford 
 Jr. University.) 
 
 15 — What rioted University has a hospital 
 in connection with it? (Johns 
 Hopkins.) 
 
 16 — Xamo the oldest college of Virginia. 
 (Hampden Sidney.) 
 
 17 — What college has the honor of having 
 founded the first Foreign Mission- 
 ary society of America ? (Wil- 
 liams.) 
 
 18 — What college grounds are enclosed by 
 massive stone walls ? (Girard.) 
 
 19 — What college contains a famous Aud- 
 ubon collection of birds? (Am- 
 herst.) 
 
 20 — What college adopted for its motto 
 the words, "For Christ and the 
 Church ?" ( Harvard. ) 
 
 PROGUAMME FOR A MISSIONARY 
 MEETING. 
 
 (For the Children.) 
 
 1 — Song — "Volunteers For Jesus. ^^ 
 
 2 — Scriptural Reading. 
 
 3 — Missionary Stories of Children of 
 
 Other Lands. 
 4 — Song — "Here Am I, O Lord Send 
 
 Me." 
 5 — Recitations, 
 
 "The Touch of Jesus"— T/^omp- 
 son. 
 
 "I Shall Know" — Morrison, 
 6— Song— "Send The Light." 
 7 — Missionary Heroes. 
 8 — A Missionary Exercise, by a class. 
 9— Song— "Tell It Again." 
 J — Recitations, 
 
 "A Picture of Sorrow" — Sorenson. 
 
 "Only a Little Baby Girl"— >S'/mjo- 
 son. 
 
 11 — Song — "Bringing In The Sheaves." 
 12 — Talk by the Pastor. 
 13 — Closing Song. 
 
 MISSIONARY EXERCISE. 
 
 First Pupil: — 
 "They passed it along from pew to pew. 
 And gathered the coins, now fast, now 
 
 few. 
 That rattled upon it; and every time 
 Some eager fingers would drop a dime 
 On the silver plate with a silver sound, 
 A boy who sat in the aisle looked round 
 With a wistful face : "Oh, if only he 
 Had a dime to offer, how glad he'd be ! 
 He fumbled his pockets, but did not dare 
 To hope he should find a penny there ; 
 And much as he searched when all was 
 
 done. 
 He hadn't discovered a single one." 
 Second Pupil : — 
 "He listened with wide-set, earnest eyes 
 As the minister in a plaintive wise, 
 Had spoken of children all abroad 
 The world, who had never heard of God. 
 Poor, pitiful pagans who didn't know, 
 When they came to die, where their souls 
 
 would go ; 
 And who shrieked with fear, when their 
 
 mothers made 
 Them kneel to an idol god, afraid 
 He might eat them up — so fierce and 
 
 wild, 
 And horrid he seemed, to the frightened 
 
 child. 
 ^How different' murmured the boy, while 
 
 his 
 Lips trembled, ^IIow different Jesus 
 
 Is!'" 
 Third Pupil : — 
 "And the more the minister talked, the 
 
 more 
 The boy's heart ached to the inner core ; 
 And the nearer to him the silver plate 
 Kept coming, the harder seemed his fate 
 That he hadn't a penny to give 
 That the Heathen might hear of Christ. 
 But all at once, as the silver sound 
 Just tinkled beside him, the boy looked 
 
 round ; 
 
CHRISTMAS EXERCISE. 
 
 109 
 
 And thej offered the piled up plate to 
 
 him 
 And he blushed and his eyes began to 
 
 swim. 
 
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 Fourth Pupil : — 
 'Then bravely turning as if he knew 
 There was nothing better that he could 
 
 do, 
 lie spoke in a voice that held a tear : 
 'Put the plate on the bench beside me 
 
 here.' 
 And the plate was placed, for they 
 
 thought he meant 
 To empty his pockets of every cent. 
 But he stood right up and softly put 
 Right square in the midst of the plate 
 
 his foot, 
 And said with a sob controlled before, 
 I will give myself — I have nothing 
 
 more. 
 
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 CHRISTMAS EXERCISE. 
 
 (For Sunday-school or Juniors.) 
 
 1 — Song — ^'Celebrate the Morn.'' 
 2 — Recitation, 
 
 ''The Inn-Keeper" — Huhley. 
 3~Song — "Christ is Born." 
 4 — Story of Christ's Birth — Class exer- 
 cise. 
 T; — Song — "Lo In a Manger, Long Ago." 
 (J — Recitations, 
 
 "A Christmas Hymn." — Donette. 
 "An After Christmas Visit." — 
 
 Anon. 
 "The Night Before Christmas." — 
 Moore. 
 7 — Song — "Hail the 'New Born King." 
 8 — Christmas Thoughts — School. 
 9— Song— "Peace on Earth, Good Will 
 to Men." 
 10 — "An Answered Question" — Class ex- 
 
 GTCISG 
 
 11— Song— "Tell It Out." 
 1 2 — Recitations, 
 
 "Christmas Music." — Brainbridge. 
 "Little Town of Bethlehem."— 
 
 BrooJcs. 
 "A Christmas Carol." — Adelaide 
 Proctor. 
 
 13 — Closing Song — "Christmas Carol." — 
 Felecia Remans. 
 
 STORY OF BIKTH OF CHRIST CLASS. 
 
 1 — Leader: — "To what prophet did God 
 show, in a vision, a Savior to 
 come ?" 
 Child: — "To the prophet Isaiah." 
 
 2 — Leader: — "How long before Christ 
 did the prophet Isaiah live ?" 
 Child: — "Seven hundred years." 
 
 3 — Leader: — "What did Isaiah say of 
 the Savior child ?" 
 Child: — "For unto us a child is born, 
 unto us a Son is given; and the 
 government shall be upon His 
 shoulder; and His name shall be 
 called Wonderful, Counselor, the 
 mighty God, the everlasting 
 Father, and the Prince of Peace." 
 
 4 — Leader: — "Why did the angel tell 
 His mother to call him Jesus ?" 
 Child: — "Thou shalt call His name 
 Jesus, for He shall save His people 
 from their sins." 
 
 5 — Leader: — "Who told the shepherds 
 that Jesus was born ?" 
 Child: — "The angel told the shep- 
 herds that Jesus was born, and that 
 they might see Him if they went to 
 Bethlehem." 
 
 6 — Leader: — "What did they hear from 
 heaven ?" 
 Child: — "And suddenly there was 
 with the angel a multitude of 
 heavenly host praising God and 
 saying. Glory to God in the highest, 
 and on earth peace, good will 
 towards men." 
 
 7 — Leader: — "What did the shepherds 
 say to one another ?" 
 Child: — "They said they would go 
 and see this little child ; so they 
 left their sheep and went to Beth- 
 lehem." 
 
 8 — Leader: — "Did they find Jesus in a 
 beautiful house ?" 
 Child : — "They found Him in a low- 
 ly manger." 
 
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 TEMPERANCE EXERCISE. 
 
 9 — Leader: — "Wliat other persons be- 
 sides the shepherds came to see 
 Jesus ?" 
 Child: — ''Three wise men who knew 
 a great deal about stars. These 
 men lived in Persia." 
 
 10 — Leader: — "What did thej see one 
 night ?" 
 Child : — ''They saw a new star which 
 was much brighter than the others. 
 God had sent it for the wise men to 
 see, so thev mi^ht know that Jesus 
 was born." 
 
 11 — Leader: — "Did the wise men live 
 near Bethlehem?" 
 Child: — "The wise m^en lived a long 
 distance away from JBethlehem, 
 they did not even know where to 
 find the city, but God made the 
 bright star move before them and 
 show them the way." 
 
 12 — Leader: — "What did they do when 
 they arrived at Bethlehem and saw 
 the holy child Jesus ?" 
 Child: — "They knelt down before 
 Him, and worshiped Him and gave 
 Him beautiful gifts." 
 
 13 — Leader: — "What wonderful Christ- 
 mas present did God give to the 
 children of men ?" 
 Child: — "For God so loved the world 
 that He gave His only begotten 
 Son that whosoever believeth on 
 Him should not perish, but have 
 everlasting life." 
 
 A QUESTION ANSWERED. 
 
 Class Exercise No. II. 
 Teacher : — 
 
 "Say what is the meaning of Christmas- 
 tide, 
 The day that is dearer than all beside ? 
 Say, what is its message, what does it tell. 
 That childhood and age should love it so 
 well ?" 
 First Child:— 
 "It meancth that once in the long ago 
 A Baby was born in the manger low. 
 While seraphim sang of its wondrous 
 birth 
 
 And sages came from the end of the 
 earth." 
 Second Child: — 
 "It tells of the Father whose kindness 
 gave 
 His Only Begotten our souls to save ; 
 It tells of the Savior who freely came 
 To a life of loV'C and a death of shame." 
 Third Child: — 
 "Glad tidings from Heaven to all it tells. 
 Ring out the sweet message ye Christmas 
 
 Bells ; 
 Ring 'Peace upon Earth, Good will to 
 
 Men' 
 Till Heaven shall echo it back again." 
 Fourth Child: — 
 "It tells to the proud how the Lord so high 
 Came down in a stable stall to lie ; 
 It tells to the poor that the humblest 
 
 home 
 Is not too low for the Lord to come. 
 Fifth Child:— 
 "It means that Christ in the heart is born 
 As truly as once on the Christmas morn ; 
 And all who will w^elcome Him to abide 
 Will find that each day is a Christmas 
 tide." 
 Sixth Child: — 
 "It ringeth a message more loud and clear. 
 Proclaiming the glad Millennial Year; 
 For Bethlehem's Star has risen once 
 
 more. 
 And the world's long night is almost 
 o'er." 
 All Children in Concert: — 
 "Ring louder, ye Bells of the Christmas- 
 tide, 
 Ye heralds re-echo it far and wide ; 
 Tell out to the nations again and again. 
 The Gospel of Peace, Good Will to Men." 
 (The above exercise is arranged from 
 a poem by A. B. Simpson.) 
 
 TEMPERANCE EXERCISE. 
 
 {For the S. S. or Juniors.) 
 
 1— Song— "God Will Help You to 
 
 Stand." 
 2 — Scriptural Reading — Proverbs 23. 
 
TEMPERANCE EXERCISE. 
 
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 3— Song—^'TKou Art Drifting." 
 
 4 — Sketch of Life of Frances E. Wil- 
 
 lard. 
 5 — Song — "Hear Our Pleading." 
 6 — Recitations, 
 
 "The Toper's Apology." — Morris. 
 
 "The Vagabonds." — Trowbridge. 
 
 "The Drunkard's Wife."— Coa^e^. 
 
 Y — Song — "Your Mother Is Loving You 
 
 Yet." 
 8_Paper — "The White Eibbon Army." 
 9 — Scriptural Temperance Exercise (a 
 class). 
 10— Song— "The Stream of Life." 
 11 — Paper — "Loyal Temperance Legion." 
 12 — Temperance Thoughts by School. 
 13 — Address by local temperance worker, 
 
 or Pastor. 
 14 — Closing Song — "Jesus is Able to 
 Save." 
 
 SKETCH OF FEANCES E. WILLARD. 
 
 Frances E. Willard was born Septem- 
 ber 28, 1839, in the state of New York; 
 while yet a small child she removed with 
 her parents to the wide prairies of Wis- 
 consin. When she grew older she says 
 she used to look out over the wide prairies 
 and wonder if she would ever see the great 
 world beyond. Her father and mother 
 were well educated, and their children did 
 not lose anything by being far away from 
 good schools. Their mother gave them 
 daily instruction in their studies, as well as 
 teaching the many lessons of goodness 
 and mercy which were helpful to them in 
 after years ; she was full of sympathy for 
 their loneliness and invented many amuse- 
 ments for them. Their father was espe- 
 cially strict in the observance of the Sab- 
 bath day, forbidding all games and 
 studies, and would not even allow them to 
 look into the dictionary for the meaning of 
 a word. The story is told of how little 
 Erani3es had received a new slate late one 
 Saturday evening, and of course was very 
 anxious to use it on Sunday. At last she 
 approached her mother and whispered, 
 "May I have my new slate, if I will 
 promise not to draw anything but meeting- 
 
 houses ?" She received the mother's con- 
 sent, and thus passed a happy day. 
 
 As Frances grew older she became pas- 
 sionately fond of out-door life ; she did not 
 like house-work, her sister was fond of it, 
 and so they divided the labor, each accord- 
 ing to her taste. Of her life at this time 
 Miss Willard says: "There was never a 
 busier girl than I, and I did what was 
 mostly useful. I knew all the carpenter's 
 tools and handled them, made carts and 
 sleds, cross guns and whip-handles." 
 
 At sixteen years of age Frances was sent 
 to college, she graduated from North- 
 western at nineteen, and began her 
 chosen profession, that of teaching, im- 
 mediately after. She taught in various 
 western towns, was principal of the Gene- 
 see Wesley an Seminary, Lima, IST. Y., in 
 1867; was connected with the Evanston 
 College for women and the Northwestern 
 University, Chicago, HI., from 1871 to 
 1879. In 1879 she became president of 
 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union 
 and soon became famous the world over 
 for her temperance work ; in 1883 she 
 founded the World's Christian Temper- 
 ance Union. By her voice and pen she 
 worked all her life for the deliverance of 
 the alcoholic slaves. Tier ambition in life 
 was to make happy homes for all children ; 
 to this end was established her Loyal 
 Temperance Legion for children, who thus 
 pledged themselves against drinking, 
 smoking and swearing. This society num- 
 bered thousands of children in its ranks. 
 They adopted as a motto : "Tremble, King 
 Alcohol, We Shall Soon Grow Up." 
 
 For the "White Pibbon Army," a so- 
 ciety for women, she chose the motto : "For 
 God and Home and Native Land We 
 Wage Our Peaceful War." 
 
 Miss Willard's literary works consist 
 of several volumes ; one, "Glimpses of 
 Fifty Years," is an interesting history of 
 her own home life on the farm. "Woman 
 and Temperance" is devoted to her favor- 
 ite life work. "Nineteen Beautiful 
 Years" is the sweet story of her sister's 
 life. "How To Win" is full of helpful 
 
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 A TRIO SOCIAL. 
 
 hints to girls and boys. Miss Willard's 
 death occurred February, 1898. 
 
 SCRIPTURAL TEMPERANCE EXERCISE. 
 
 (For a Class.) 
 
 First Child:— 
 In Proverbs xxiii 
 
 21 we read: ^'For 
 
 the drunkard and the glutton shall come to 
 poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a 
 man with rags.'' 
 
 Second Child: — 
 
 I Cor. vi :10 declares that "No drunkard 
 shall inherit the kingdom of God." 
 
 Third Child :— 
 
 Listen to the reading of Prov. xxiii : 
 31 : "Look not thou upon the wine when it 
 is red, when it giveth color to the cup, 
 when it moveth itself aright. At the last it 
 biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an 
 adder 
 
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 Fourth Child: — 
 
 In Prov. xxii :1 we are admonished that 
 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is rag- 
 ing; and whosoever is deceived thereby 
 is not wise." 
 
 Fifth Child:— 
 
 Prov. xxiii : 29, 30: "Who hath woe? 
 who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? 
 who hath babbling? who hath wounds 
 without cause ? who hath redness of the 
 eyes? They that tarry at the wine; they 
 that go to seek mixed wine." 
 
 Sixth Child: — 
 
 Listen to the reading of Hab. ii:15: 
 "Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor 
 drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and 
 makest him drunken also, that thou mayest 
 look on their nakedness." 
 
 Seventh Child: — 
 
 TTumbers vi :3 : "He shall separate 
 himself from wine and strong drink; he 
 shall drink no vinegar of wine, nor liquor 
 of grapes." 
 
 A TRIO SOCIAL. 
 
 1®! AYE a reception committee of three, 
 If I each dressed in a different color; 
 care should be taken that the colors har- 
 monize. Place chairs in groups of three, 
 and have a trio of three-minute conversa- 
 tions; this may be arranged by passing 
 triangular-shaped cards, along each edge 
 of which is written a topic of current or 
 general interest, and in each corner a num- 
 ber. The holder of the card is to notice 
 the number at the left of the written topic 
 announced by the leader to be the subject 
 of the first conversation. Two other per- 
 sons have the same number, and the three 
 get together and converse on the subject. 
 At the end of three minutes the next topic 
 is taken in the same manner, then the 
 third, changing groups by the card num- 
 bers so as to bring a different trio to- 
 gether each time. 
 
 A programme may be rendered consist- 
 ing of three readings or recitations, alter- 
 nating with three musical selections, vocal 
 or instrumental, one of which may itself 
 be a trio. The latter part of the evening 
 may be devoted to games; these games 
 should be three in number and may in- 
 clude one written game, one guessing or 
 memory contest, and one test of skill in 
 throwing or aiming at a mark. 
 
 ISTear the close of the evening a march 
 may be played, and the company arranged 
 in threes, by the means of sliced words or 
 dissected pictures, may march, three 
 abreast, into the dining-room where re- 
 freshments are served. These, another 
 trio, may consist of fruit, cake and lemon- 
 ade. The cake should be of three layers, 
 and the fruit may be of three varieties, 
 mixed. Sliced bananas, oranges cut into 
 small pieces, and strawberries combine 
 well, served with sugar in small dishes. 
 The refreshments may be served by three 
 maidens, dressed in Japanese costume to 
 represent the famous "Three Little Maids 
 from School," of Mikado fame. 
 
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 (Up-to-date recipes for irridescent bubbles. See page 47.) 
 
A PENNY SOCIAL. 
 
 113 
 
 immediately there appears a trumpeter 
 who announces with much flourish that in 
 the room above are Three Fates, spinning 
 the threads of the lives of the company, 
 and that all are invited to ascend and 
 visit their workshop, where will be made 
 known what the future has in store for 
 each. Thereupon the company, in a pro- 
 cession of threes, pass upstairs to the 
 room where their fate awaits. This door 
 is unlocked by the trumpeter and all pass 
 within. Entering they see at the end of 
 the room, framed in draperies and lighted 
 from Eoman lamps, a startling and vivid 
 tableau, which anyone who is familiar 
 with Michael Angelo's picture would im- 
 mediately recognise as his conception of 
 the Three Fates. The ladies representing 
 the Fates should be chosen for unusual 
 height, slender figure and strongly marked 
 features. A skillful use of charcoal and 
 powder will make them appear to be at 
 least one-hundred years old. The cos- 
 tumes should consist of sheets, draped ef- 
 fectively in large, classic folds; there 
 should be knotted turbans arranged about 
 the head. Clotho sits by a spinning 
 wheel; Lachesis holds the thread with 
 sadly imploring eyes turned upon Atropos, 
 in whose hands are the shears. An owl 
 should be perched in the foreground. 
 Above all appears the following inscrip- 
 tion : 
 
 "Spin, spin, Clotho spin, 
 
 Lachesis twist, and Atropos sever ; 
 Sorrow is strong, and so is sin. 
 But only God endures forever." 
 
 A powerful impression is made by the 
 picture. The spectators move on, as di- 
 rected, to an opposite door, where each 
 receives from a child's hand a card bear- 
 ing a bit of prophecy or personal char- 
 acterization. One child gives cards to 
 ladies, another to gentlemen. Returning 
 to the rooms below the guests compare and 
 discuss the fates assigned them. These 
 fates may be compiled from quotations, 
 witty and wise; the more piquant and 
 personal the better. 
 
 A PENNY SOCIAL. 
 
 PROVIDE as many pennies as there 
 ^ are guests, as each guest enters the 
 room he is handed a slip of paper con- 
 taining a list of articles to be found on 
 the faces of a penny, together with the 
 penny and a pencil. An hour and a half 
 is given to complete the lists, after which 
 they are collected and redistributed, when 
 the hostess reads a correct list, while the 
 guests check the lists, thus making known 
 the winner of the contest, who receives a 
 reward in the shape of a box of foreign 
 coins, while the one who has answered 
 the least number of the list receives a 
 child's savings bank. 
 
 1 — A weapon. (An arrow.) 
 
 2 — What our f oref athiers fought to gain ? 
 
 (Liberty.) 
 3 — I^ame of a flower? (Tulip — two 
 
 lips.) 
 4 — JSTame of an animal ? (Hare — 
 
 hair.) 
 5 — ^ame of a fruit? (Date.) 
 6 — A rowing term? (Feather.) 
 7 — Our pride and glory? (America.) 
 8 — E'ame for an ocean? (Sea — C.) 
 9 — Place of worship? (Temple.) 
 10 — A messenger? (One sent — Cent.) 
 11— A beverage? (Tea— T.) 
 12 — Part of a vegetable? (Ear.) 
 13 — A gallant? (Beau — bow.) 
 14 — A protection? (Shield.) 
 15 — A term of marriage ? (United State.) 
 16 — An ancient honor? (Wreath.) 
 17— Part of a hill? (Brow.) 
 18 — An occupation? (Milling.) 
 19 — Writings from the absent? (Letters.) 
 20— A native inhabitant? (Indian.) 
 
 At the close of this contest pass the fol- 
 lowing programme to each guest, at the 
 same time requesting them to be seated 
 preparatory to enjoying the feast : 
 
 MENU PROGRAMME. 
 
 Consomme a la galop. 
 
 Pressed Tongue. Saratoga Chips. 
 
 Roast Turkey. 
 
114 
 
 SOME TALKS ON DECORATINCf. 
 
 Spanish Sauce. 
 ' Game. 
 Nuts. 
 Scotch Marmalade. 
 
 First Course — "Consomme a la galop/' 
 a* lively piano selection. 
 
 Second Course — "Pressed Tongue," the 
 read in"- of choice selections from re- 
 nowned authors, or short extracts from 
 current literature. 
 
 "lloast Turkey," a paper or debate on 
 the affairs of the Turkish empire. 
 
 "Spanish Sauce," short pithy talks on 
 the question of the Spanish in our new 
 possessions. 
 
 "Game" — Any game may here be in- 
 troduced. 
 
 "Nuts" are written quotations, conun- 
 drums, etc., w^ritten on slips of paper and 
 distributed among the guests, who are at 
 liberty to call on any member of the party 
 to solve or ansAver same. 
 
 SOME TALKS ON DECORATING. 
 
 OLOR not only charms the eye but 
 ^ seems to temper the atmosphere as 
 well. A luncheon or a dinner table taste- 
 fully decorated in green and white will 
 have somewhat the effect of a cooling 
 breeze, even though the thermometer be 
 in the nineties. Nature often graciously 
 lends her coloring to aid us in carrying 
 out our schemes of decoration, but a little 
 artificial touch as an extra finish will sel- 
 dom come amiss. 
 
 One of the best-known of flavoring ex- 
 tract makers has put upon the market an 
 admirable article in the way of coloring 
 paste, which requires only to be mixed 
 with warm water to be ready for use. 
 
 The ribbons used to decorate tea and 
 luncheon tables may now be bought ready- 
 tied for adjustment. 
 
 Red and yellow color-schemes are par- 
 ticularly attractive in the winter season. 
 How quickly the cold of night is dispelled 
 on entering a room where the dinner- 
 table is decorated with red flowers, can- 
 
 dles or ribbons. The sunshine luncheon, 
 too, may be inspiring even if the day be 
 dull and cheerless. Yellow, however, is 
 only adapted to daylight affairs, as it is 
 nearly white by artificial light. Green 
 and white should be extensively used as 
 summer decoraters, as they have a cooling 
 effect. 
 
 If pink decorations are desired nothing 
 is prettier than the arrangement of carna- 
 tions and ferns ; roses also are desirable, 
 but often not obtainable. 
 
 For the novelty of a rainbow luncheon 
 the blossoms of the sweet-pea are used, 
 being so rich in their varied colorings. 
 Fourth of July and other holiday enter- 
 tainments may be easily arranged by a lit- 
 tle thought and planning. Blue is not a 
 favored color for eatables, so ribbon or 
 flowers of this color must be used to carry 
 out this part of the color scheme, and red 
 and white foods may be multiplied at 
 pleasure. For a Fourth of July enter- 
 tainment it is a pretty idea to serve the 
 ice creams surmounted by a tiny silk flag. 
 These may be purchased or made at home 
 from narrow ribbon of the desired colors ; 
 they should be mounted on wooden tooth- 
 picks or long pins. 
 
 When small tables are used each may 
 be done in a different color, and each 
 course served be of a different hue. 
 
 In decorating consider the affect of 
 your table in the room as well as by itself. 
 If your dining-room walls make an im- 
 possible combination with a certain color 
 do not attempt to use it, but choose an- 
 other. It is just as well if you have a 
 gown that combines with or contrasts 
 prettily with the decorations to wear that 
 one, instead of one that screams at its 
 surroundings. There is far more in giv- 
 ing artistic entertainments on a small 
 scale than the question, "What shall we 
 eat and drink?" 
 
 Well selected garden flowers, or, above 
 all, wild flowers, give a wide scope for 
 original manipulation and repay a hun- 
 dredfold the time spent upon them. They 
 lend themselves so easily to artistic ef- 
 
AN INDIA SOCIAL. 
 
 115 
 
 fects^ and then one can be so lavish with 
 them. 
 
 Kemember that it gives an added cor- 
 diality if the hostess herself opens the door 
 to her guests. Remember always that the 
 social part of the entertainment is higher 
 than the gastronomic — ^people are not all 
 stomach. 
 
 A aUEER TEA-PAETY. 
 
 I'c^JiERE is a tea party in which tea and 
 cake play but a secondary part, and 
 well-known gossip no part at all. This 
 tea party is for the edification of mind 
 rather than bodily pleasure. 
 
 To prepare for this quder tea select a 
 list of words whose initial letter is T, the 
 remainder of the letters are left a blank 
 and must be determined by the definition 
 of the word. These words are printed on 
 cardboard and space allowed for writing 
 the answers. 
 
 1 — T with four letters forming to in- 
 struct ? (Teach.) 
 
 2 — T with 3 letters forming a sort of 
 wood ? ( Teak. ) 
 
 3 — T with 3 letters forming a bird ? 
 (Teal.) 
 
 4 — T with 3 letters forming a rent ? 
 (Tear.) 
 
 5 — T with 4 letters forming to vex ? 
 (Tease.) 
 
 6 — T with 4 letters forming masticators ? 
 (Teeth.) 
 
 7 — T and 3 letters forming a row or 
 rank? (Tier.) 
 
 8 — T and 2 letters forming a favorite 
 game for children? (Tag.) 
 
 — T and 3 letters forming a nice per- 
 ception ? (Tact.) 
 10 — T and 4 letters forming a sweetmeat ? 
 
 (Taffy.) 
 11 — T and 5 letters forming skill? (Tal- 
 ent.) 
 12 — T and 4 letters forming a domestic 
 
 animal? (Tabby.) 
 13 — T and 2 letters forming a portion of 
 the body? (Toe.) 
 
 14— T 
 15— T 
 16— T 
 17— T 
 IS— T 
 19— T 
 20— T 
 21— T 
 22— T 
 23— T 
 24— T 
 25— T 
 
 and 3 letters forming an append- 
 age ? (Tail.) 
 
 and 3 letters forming an interest- 
 ing story ? (Tale.) 
 and 3 letters forming a large basin ? 
 (Tank.) 
 
 and 4 letters forming the act of 
 
 walking ? ( Tread. ) 
 
 and 5 letters forming an article 
 
 used by seamstresses? (Thread.) 
 
 and 4 letters forming veracity? 
 
 (Truth.) 
 
 and 4 letters forming an article of 
 household furniture ? ( Table. ) 
 and 3 letters forming character of 
 sound? (Tone.) 
 
 and 5 letters forming to attack ? 
 (Tackle.) 
 
 and 4 letters forming a claw? 
 (Talon.) 
 
 and 4 letters forming a wild ani- 
 mal ? (Tiger.) 
 
 and 2 letters forming a utensil 
 used by washerwomen ? ( Tub. ) 
 
 AN INDIA SOCIAL. 
 
 EVOTE the first half hour to intro- 
 ductions, conversation and examina- 
 tion of curios and photographs of India. 
 Introduce, under a Hindoo name, a mem- 
 ber of the society dressed to represent a 
 high-caste Hindoo lady. Her conversa- 
 tion, with its assumed foreign accent and 
 broken English, should carry out the il- 
 lusion. Each member of the missionary 
 committee may read some letter or extract 
 of interest from the field of mission work 
 in India. One or two musical selections, 
 vocal or instrumental, may be inserted to 
 add variety. Have a map-drawing con- 
 test, each guest being required to draw 
 from memory a map of India. The most 
 successful being presented with some pret- 
 ty souvenir in the form of some India 
 curio, while the least successful is given 
 an ordinary India-rubber eraser. 
 
 Serve rice, wdth curry sauce, and tea as 
 refreshments. Flowers may be used in 
 
IIG 
 
 A BOX BAZAAR, 
 
 decorations, and tropical plants of tropical 
 appearance are especially suitable. At a 
 social of this kind an auction sale of pretty 
 oriental triHcs would be an attractive fea- 
 ture. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED STEREOPTICON LEC- 
 TURES. 
 
 |i VERY church or young people's so- 
 1^ ciety should number among its pos- 
 sessions a good stereopticon ; it will pay 
 for itself many times over and prove a 
 never-ending source of pleasure and profit. 
 Some societies have purchased these ma- 
 chines and aft^sr giving lectures in their 
 own church and town have gone to neigh- 
 boring villages and thus secured funds to 
 purchase new views, thus preserving an 
 interest in the entertainments. 
 
 By courtesy of Mr. J. Ritchie Patter- 
 son, the successful and popular teacher of 
 the Ep worth Bible Class of the Western 
 Avenue M. E. Church of Chicago, 111., 
 we print in full the programme of an Illus- 
 trated Stereopticon Lecture given in the 
 class-room of said church. 
 
 The invitations were in booklet shape, 
 printed on water-color paper, and were 
 very neat and attractive. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 You are invited 
 
 to the two following events 
 
 of the 
 
 Epworth Bible Class 
 
 of the 
 
 Western Avenue M. E. Church 
 
 Sunday, December 31st, at 2:80 P. M. 
 
 An Illustrated Stereopticon Lecture, 
 
 Monday Evening, January 1, 1900, 
 
 7 :45 P. M. 
 
 ^'The Xew Year's Social." 
 
 The second page bore the following 
 statement : 
 
 On Sunday afternoon an Illustrated 
 Stereopticon Lecture, ''The Work of The 
 Salvation Army," will be given by Maj. 
 
 A. M. Damon, of the Salvation Army. 
 In the darkened class-room sixty views 
 will be thrown upon the screen, many of 
 them beautifully colored, while Maj. 
 Damon describes the scenes of sin and 
 sorrow which were ameliorated by the 
 uplifting hands of the army lassies and 
 salvation soldiers. Salvation songs will 
 be sung. Among the many pictures are: 
 
 How the Army was Started. 
 
 The Army Persecuted. 
 
 G. S. Booth and Other Leaders. 
 
 Salvage Shelters. 
 
 Refuire Ilomes for Women. 
 
 •&' 
 
 Lodging Houses. 
 Massive Salvation Structures. 
 Farms for tli'e Worthy Poor. 
 Slum Work. 
 Touching Stories. 
 Power of the Gospel. 
 Heroes who are Daily and Nightly 
 "Throwing Out the Life Line." 
 
 A BOX BAZAAR. 
 
 IHE present fad for shirtwaist, skirt, 
 ff^ shoe and many other kinds of boxes, 
 may be made the means of making a prof- 
 itable affair of a box bazaar. These boxes 
 are now made in fancy shapes, all sizes 
 covered with strong denim, cretons, bur- 
 laps, etc., and when neatly exiecuted are 
 quite ornamental and very useful. This 
 work may be accomplished by clever hands 
 and sold at a moderate figure would be a 
 very profitable affair, as the box*es offered 
 for sale in the large stores are very ex- 
 pensive. 
 
 The first object will be to obtain suit- 
 able boxes ; very desirable ones for shirt- 
 waists and shoes may be obtained from 
 hardware and shoe dealers ; the lids must 
 be secured as well as the body of the box. 
 In preparing to give this sort of an enter- 
 tainment in a church each member might 
 be asked to contribute one box, or the lum- 
 ber from which the box may be fashioned. 
 This will" save a pretty penny in the ex- 
 penses of the occasion. The materials for 
 
AN ITALIAN 800IAL, 
 
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 decorating the boxes should be purchased 
 in large quantities at city prices, thus sav- 
 ing in this manner also. 
 
 In addition to the bazaar a box supper 
 might be provided, each lady providing 
 food for two persons, v^^hich is placed in a 
 prettily-decorated box in the form of an 
 "old oaken bucket.'' This may be accom- 
 plished by covering the boxes with green 
 crepe paper. A large hogshead covered 
 with moss and vines should be made to 
 simulate a well; in this should be placed 
 all the lunch-boxes together with a small 
 boy. A windlass should be provided, by 
 which the baskets may be drawn from the 
 well, being fastened to the rope by the 
 secreted "small boy." 
 
 In addition to the food each basket con- 
 tains the following "Box Game," together 
 with pencil for the solving. A contest 
 then begins, in which each couple tries to 
 win. 
 
 BOX GAME. 
 
 1 — A transportation box? (Box car.) 
 2 — An impudent young box? (Sauce 
 
 box.) 
 3 — A growing box ? (Box elder.) 
 4 — A church-going box? (Contribution 
 
 box.) 
 5 — An athletic box? (Box-er.) 
 6 — A crawling box? (Box-turtle.) 
 7 — An attractive box for ladies ? (Bon- 
 net box.) 
 8— A ^'bad habit" box? (Snuff box.) 
 9 — A box welcomed by children ? (Con- 
 fectionery box. ) 
 10 — An infant box? (Kattle-box.) 
 11 — A box that's worn? (Box coat.) 
 12 — A swimming box? (Box-fish.) 
 13 — A physician's box? (Pill-box.) 
 14 — A musician's box? (Music-box.) 
 1 5 — A playgoer's box ? ( Theater-box. ) 
 
 has left stranded. Things too good to 
 give away indiscriminately, yet not good 
 enough to give at first hand, for these we 
 have at last found a mission. A call is put 
 in local papers, and all persons interested 
 in the charity are invited to contribute 
 old furniture, pictures, books, bric-a-brac, 
 jewelry, china, silver, toys, and even 
 clothes. All articles should be sent two or 
 three days ahead of when the sale is to 
 be held; they are then sorted, ticketed 
 plainly with the price and arranged in an 
 attractive manner. 
 
 If access may be gained to the attics of 
 housekeepers whose sway has extended 
 over many years unthought-of treasures 
 may be extracted. The various articles 
 should be displayed by classes ; all should 
 be attractively arranged. The clothes will 
 make the most attractive appearance hung 
 on lines. The jewelry should be placed in 
 a booth, the table of which should be cov- 
 ered with black velveteen. Another booth 
 should be provided for the children's toys, 
 which, being so ch^ap, will be in great 
 demand. 
 
 The chief merit of one of these sales is 
 that the only labor is the collecting and 
 selling, and the days of toil that are usu- 
 ally spent in sewing and embroidering are 
 done away with. 
 
 AN ANTIQUE SALE. 
 
 fl!^ every household there are to be 
 found articles of which the owner is 
 tired or which the receding tide of fortune 
 
 AN" ITALIAN SOCIAL. 
 
 \?jll^ OB decorations combine the national 
 colors of Italy with those of Ameri- 
 ca ; if possible a stereopticon should be 
 provided with views of Italian scenery, 
 statuary and photographs, especially of 
 Rome. The lecturer having this part of 
 the entertainment in hand should be well 
 read, if not well "traveled." 
 
 Music should be provided by peasants, 
 dressed in native costume ; stringed instru- 
 ments should be used. A group of little 
 wandering musicians would be an attract- 
 ive feature. In representing these classes 
 only dark-haired people should be chosen; 
 if possible secure the services of a "real 
 
118 
 
 A COLONIAL FETE. 
 
 for-siire" street pianist and his iiistni- 
 ineiit, or, better still, a hand-organ and 
 the historic monkey. Scenes from ''Aunt 
 Jo's Scrap Bag" by Louisa M. Alcott, and 
 from the books of Horatio Alger may be 
 enacted on a stage erected for the occasion. 
 Selections may also be read from these 
 books. 
 
 One side of the room may be given to 
 a regular street fruit stand superintended 
 by a member of the society, dressed as an 
 Italian street vender. The refreshments 
 should consist of fruits, macaroni, and 
 nuts. 
 
 A COLOmAL FETE. 
 
 IHE decorations should be as colonial 
 as possible ; spinning wheels, 
 straight high-backed chairs and settees, 
 samplers hung on walls, in fact everything 
 that can be collected should be in use. All 
 participants should be in colonial attire, 
 in which powdered hair and kerchiefs play 
 an important part. 
 
 A stage should be erected on which 
 should be enacted tableaux selected from 
 scenes in colonial life, as "John Alden 
 and Priscilla Mullens," scenes from 
 "Evangeline," and scenes from the daily 
 lives of the colonists contrasting the mid- 
 dle colonies with those of the southern. 
 In addition to the tableaux a short pro- 
 gramme may be arranged in which recita- 
 tions, readings and stories relating to 
 colonial life have a prominent part. Mu- 
 sic should be interspersed. 
 
 The refreshment tables should be decor- 
 ated with old-fashioned garden flowers as 
 the hollyhock or spiced pink. Old style 
 dishes should be used and the waiters 
 should wear old-time costumes. The 
 menu should be composed of baked beans, 
 brown bread, old-time preserves, sponge 
 cake and the all-important tea. 
 
 At the last part of the evening the fol- 
 lowing colonial game may be introduced, 
 written on cards with blank space re- 
 served for the answers. This will prove a 
 
 test for the memories of those long out of 
 school and abundant time should be al- 
 lowed for the solving of same. A pretty 
 gift in the guise of some antique fancy 
 article should be ^provided for the most^ 
 successful contestant. 
 
 GAME. 
 
 1 — What colony was founded as a refuge 
 for the poor? (Georgia.) 
 
 2 — What colony was founded by the; 
 Catholics as a refuge ? (Mary 
 land.) 
 
 3, — What colony was founded by the 
 Quakers? (Pennsylvania.) 
 
 4 — What colony was the home of the 
 famous pirate Capt. Kidd ? (New' 
 York.) 
 
 5 — What colony contained the famous 
 "Patroons of the Manor?" (jSTewj 
 York.) 
 
 6 — What colony was founded by Roger 
 Williams? (Rhode Island.) 
 
 7 — What colony contained the famous 
 Charter Oak? (Connecticut.) 
 
 8 — What colony was scourged by the 
 "Witchcraft Craze ?" (Massachu- 
 setts. ) 
 
 9 — From what colony was Anne Hutch- 
 inson banished? (Massachusetts.) 
 
 10 — What colony was founded by the 
 Pilgrims? (Massachusetts.) 
 
 11 — Of what colony was John Smith cap- 
 tain ? (Virginia.) 
 
 12 — To what colony did the Mayflower 
 belong ? ( Massachusetts. ) 
 
 13 — What colony was founded by the flrst 
 Baptist preacher in America ? 
 (Rhode Island.) 
 
 14 — What colony contained the famous 
 "Treaty Elm?" (Pennsylvania.) 
 
 15 — What colony was called the "Home 
 of the Free?" (Maryland.) 
 
 IG — What was the first college founded 
 in the colonies? (Harvard.) 
 
 17 — What colony contained the first print- 
 ing press? (Massachusetts.) 
 
AN OLD-TIME SCHOOL EXHIBITION. 
 
 119 
 
 18 — What colony contained the first stage 
 route? (Massachusetts.) 
 
 19 — What colony introduced the Christ- 
 mas festivities? (E'ew York.) 
 
 20 — What colony introduced Thanksgiv- 
 ing ? (Massachusetts. ) 
 
 AN OLD-TIME SCHOOL EXHIBITION. 
 
 I HE interest in old-time manners and 
 customs has become so universal that 
 any representation of the same will be 
 welcomed most cordially by the majority 
 of the people. Recognizing this fact, 
 nothing would be more entertaining and 
 appropriate as a church entertainment 
 than a representation of an old-time school 
 exhibition. In the days of our fathers 
 this was thought to be the only fitting 
 ceremonv for the close of a term of school, 
 when each child of the ^^deestrict" had an 
 opportunity to display his oratorical pow- 
 ers, much to the delight of his elders. 
 
 The first thing to be done is to secure 
 the aid of such persons as have good voices 
 for declaiming, and who have a natural 
 love of the art of personation. The teach- 
 er may be of either sex but must be dressed 
 in the costume of long ago, and carry the 
 well-remembered ^^ruler" of other days. 
 The ^^good deestrict fathers" or school 
 committee should have seats of honor on 
 the platform, alongside of the teacher. 
 The scholars should be dressed in old- 
 school style ; these costumes may be copied 
 from the fashion magazines of the period 
 represented, also from old-time story 
 books. Nothing can afford greater merri- 
 ment than the sight of the young people 
 and staid elderly people of the church 
 dressed in the comical costume of the 
 school children of long ago ; this alone 
 would create an evening of merriment 
 within itself. 
 
 Each person having a part in the exer- 
 cises should be given some quaint old 
 baptismal name, with suitable surname, 
 which is called by the teacher, together 
 
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 with the title of the selection to be ren- 
 dered. Going back to old colonial days 
 may be found such names as Prudence, 
 Patience, Ophelia, Perseverance, Deliv- 
 erance, Hope, Joy, Puth, Humility, 
 Truth, Priscilla, Pemembrance, Delight, 
 Honor, Charity, Angelica, Hepzibah, and 
 Penelope, while for the men are Peleg, 
 Absolom, Hezekiah, Obadiah, Erastus, 
 Thankful, Abijah, Ebenezer, Elijah, 
 Ezekiel, Elected, Solomon, Durham, Peu- 
 ben, and Jonathan. 
 
 The ^^pieces" selected should be as old 
 timey" as possible. Imagine Humility 
 Tenderheart, arrayed in the old-time 
 straight garabaldi dress, white pantalets 
 and stockings, low black shoes, and with 
 hair parted and brushed smoothly down 
 behind her ears, reciting ^^Twinkle, Twin- 
 kle, Little Star," with a wonderful store of 
 gestures and low curtesies; or Philander 
 Philistine in old-time sack apron and long 
 trowsers wading through ^'Mary Had a 
 Little Lamb." 
 
 Of course some members of the school 
 will forget their ^^piece" and have to be 
 prompted, while others will fail entirely 
 and be sent to their seats in tears and dis- 
 grace. During a lull in the exercises 
 some favored one will be allowed "to pass 
 the water," using for the purpose an old- 
 time gourd dipper ; some unhappy urchin, 
 caught in a misdemeanor, will be forced 
 to stand on a high stool and wear a dunce 
 cap. 
 
 The stage should be arranged to simu- 
 late an old-time schoolroom with rough 
 clap-board benches for seats and old-fash- 
 ioned chairs for teacher and "school com- 
 mittee." At the close of the exercise the 
 school committee should make speeches. 
 
 The tickets and programmes must be as 
 old-style as possible, both in construction 
 and spelling. 
 
 An old-time singing school may be ar- 
 ranged in the same manner as the exhibi- 
 tion, substituting a singing class for the 
 school and a singing school teacher for the 
 school teacher. 
 
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 A TREE FESTIVAL. 
 
 AN OLD-TIME HUSKING BEE. 
 
 J HE room should be arranged to rcprc- 
 ^|) scut an old-time barn, bay and straw 
 bursting through the ceiling, harness, ox- 
 yokes, rakes, hoes, shovels, flails, pitch- 
 forks, etc., hanging on the walls. In the 
 center of the room a huge pile of un- 
 husked corn ; around this should be placed 
 boxes, barrels, milking stools, benches, and 
 old chairs^ which are to be utilized as 
 seats for the guests; the old-time stable 
 lanterns should be used for lighting, and 
 plenty of them provided. 
 
 A couple dressed to represent an old 
 farmer and his wife receive the guests, 
 Avho arrive singly and in groups ; much 
 hand-shaking and hearty cheer should be 
 evinced in the reception of the guests. 
 The guests are seated around the corn- 
 heap and the work of husking begins. An 
 old black fiddler occupies a high barrel in 
 one corner and renders such airs as ^'Com- 
 in' Through the Rye," ''Money Musk," 
 and ''The Girl I Left Behind Me." This 
 music is varied by harvest songs, recita- 
 tions and stories by the guests. The scene 
 is enlivened by the scramble that ensues 
 when some lucky swain announces that ho 
 has found a red ear and signifies his in- 
 tention of claiming the reward thereof, 
 which consists of a kiss from the lips of 
 each pretty maiden present, the merry 
 chase and final capture producing much 
 merriment among the guests. 
 
 A feast of old-time "goodies," such as 
 pumpkin and mince pie, roasted fowl, 
 sponge cake, pickles, coffee, milk, etc., 
 should be served from long tables covered 
 with turkey-red cloths and set in old-time 
 style with old-time dishes. The waiters 
 should be the farmer's wife and several 
 of the elderly women guests. 
 
 A TREE FESTIVAL. 
 
 1^ ECORATE with green vines, boughs 
 and foliage of all kinds; the blos- 
 soms of the locust and hawthorn will be 
 in keeping with the subject. Tree quota- 
 
 tions should be written on stiff cardboard 
 and cut into two portions; on entering 
 the room each lady is given one of these 
 parts; the remaining slips are placed in 
 envelopes, thoroughly mixed, and sold to 
 the gentlemen for twenty-five cents each. 
 This entitles them to supper for themselves 
 and the lady who bears the remainder of 
 the slip, and whom they must find by 
 completing their quotation; a committee 
 should be appointed, whose duty it is to 
 assist all gentlemen who find it difficult to 
 compare their quotation, as some will be 
 found, no doubt, to whom the quotations 
 are unknown, and these helpers will pre- 
 vent embarrassment on this score. 
 
 A Tree Test Game is printed on small 
 cards with space after each question for 
 the answer. These are sold to each couple 
 for two cents, this entitling them to com- 
 pete for the prizes, of which there are two, 
 one for the I'^dy, another for the gentle- 
 man ; on completing the lists they are 
 placed in a basket provided for the pur- 
 pose and are then examined by a commit- 
 tee appointed for the task, the name of 
 the winners being announced and prizes 
 given just before the breaking up of the 
 party. The prizes should consist of 
 books relating to trees, or may be pictures 
 of forest scenes. 
 
 TEEE TEST GAME. 
 
 1 — What is the double tree ? (Pear.) 
 2 — What tree is nearest the sea? 
 
 (Beech.) 
 3 — ]N"ame the languishing tree ? (Pine.) 
 4 — What is the chronologist's tree? 
 
 (Date.) 
 5 — What tree would adorn a lady's cos- 
 tume ? (Fringe.) 
 6 — What tree is adapted to hold shirt- 
 waists? (Box.) 
 7 — What tree will keep you warm ? (Fir) 
 8 — The Egyptian plague tree? (Locust.) 
 9 — The tree we offer friends at meeting 
 and parting? (Palm.) 
 10 — The traitor's tree? (Judas.) 
 11 — The tree found in churches ? (Elder.) 
 12 — The fiery tree? (Burning Bush.) 
 
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 13 — The tree used in wet weather ? (Kub- 
 
 ber.) 
 14 — The tree that protects from the fierce 
 
 heat of sun? (Umbrella.) 
 15 — The tree used in kissing? (Tulip.) 
 16— The level tree ? (Plane. ) 
 17 — The tree used in a'bottle? (Cork.) 
 18 — The fisherman's tree? (Basswood.) 
 19 — A tree that belongs to the sea ? (Bay.) 
 20 — The tree you pickle? (Cucumber.) 
 21 — An immortal tree? (Arbor Vitae.) 
 22 — -A tree worn in Oriental countries ? 
 
 (Sandal.) 
 23 — A tree used in battle^? (Bayonet.) 
 24 — A tree used in drawing an accurate 
 
 line? (Plum.) 
 25 — A tree used to describe pretty girls ? 
 
 (Peach.) 
 26 — ^An emblem of grief? (Weeping 
 
 Willow.) 
 27 — ^A personal pronoun tree? (Yew.) 
 28 — The sweetest tree? (Maple.) 
 
 After research we present the following 
 tree quotations suitable for this entertain- 
 ment, realizing the difficulty presented in 
 finding a great number of quotations on 
 one subject, unless ample time is given to 
 such research: 
 
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 One impulse of the vernal wood 
 May teach you more of man, 
 
 Of mortal evil and of good 
 Than all the sages can." 
 
 — William Wordsworth, 
 
 "Like leaves on trees the life of man is 
 found, 
 Now green in youth, now withering on 
 the ground." — Alexander Pope. 
 
 " 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, whe^-e 
 springs 
 The first flower of the plain." 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
 "The pine forests thrill with emotion 
 Of praise, as the spirit sweeps by." 
 
 — Philip Brooks. 
 
 "Alas for him who never sees 
 The stars shine through his cypr 
 trees." — John G. Whittier, 
 
 "A little of thy steadfastness, 
 Eounded with leafy gracefulness. 
 Old oak, give me." 
 
 — James R. Lowell 
 
 "Summer or winter, day or night. 
 The woods are ever a new delight." 
 — Richard Henry Stoddard, 
 
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 friends, 
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 ends." —Miller 
 
 "There is pleasure in the pathless woo< 
 There is rapture on the lonely shore.' 
 
 — Lord Byron, 
 
 'Taint murmurs from the pine tops re{ 
 my ear, 
 As if a harp string touched in some ; 
 
 sphere 
 Vibrating in the lucid atmosphere, 
 Let the south wind waft its music her 
 — Thos. Baily Aldrick 
 
 "Not merely growing like a tree 
 In bulk doth make men better be.'^ 
 
 — Ben. Jonson. 
 
 "Then rears the ash his airy crest. 
 Then shines the birch in silver vest." 
 
 — Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 "He who plants a tree 
 Plants a hope." — Lucy Larcom. 
 
 "The wood is wiser far than thou; 
 The wood and wave each other knoT 
 — Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
 
 A CHURCH BIRTHDAY FETE. 
 
 HyHIS is designed for a church anniv 
 sary gathering. Most churches n 
 celebrate this occasion. The chui 
 should be appropriately decorated; if 1 
 anniversary occurs during the spring 
 

 A PINE SOCIAL. 
 
 summer Howlts and grasses may be util- 
 ized; if in the autumn the brilliant au- 
 tumn foliage will be foimd beautiful in 
 its effect; if in the winter season the 
 national colors may be utilized. 
 
 A program largely instrumental should 
 be provided. All recitations, papers and 
 addresses should be along the birthday 
 theme. A biography of the church may 
 be written by some elderly member and 
 read by the church secretary. 
 
 The oldest member of the church should 
 be seated on the right of the pastor, the 
 youngest on the left. A birthday praise 
 service may be held, each member of the 
 congregation taking some active part. A 
 birthday offering should be given the 
 church; this may be accomplished in 
 various ways, one being in the form of a 
 birthday box in which each member of the 
 church, Sunday school and young peo- 
 ple's society deposits as many pennies as 
 they are years old; another plan is to 
 bring clothing, food, etc., which is distrib- 
 uted among the poor of the parish. 
 
 A CONTEAST SOCIAL. 
 
 fEEIS will be found a very pleasant 
 function if properly carried out. 
 The hall or church should be separated 
 into two parts by stretching ribbons down 
 the center aisle; on one side the decora- 
 tions should represent the long ago, the 
 other the present time. A stage should 
 be erected with good rolling curtains ; here 
 should be enacted scenes contrasting the 
 life of long ago with that of the present 
 time; much care should be taken in the 
 preparation of the costumes for these tab- 
 leaux, as much of the beauty depends up- 
 on the setting.' 
 
 Two refreshment tables should be pro- 
 vided, one representing the past, the other 
 the present. The past table should have 
 antique dishes and homespun cloths, if 
 they are available. It should be lighted 
 by candles in brass candlesticks, and the 
 attendants should be dressed in olden 
 
 style. The menu should consist of baked 
 beans, brown bread, Indian pudding, 
 pumpkin pie, doughnuts, spice cake and 
 cottage cheese, with the homely butter- 
 milk as a refreshing drink. The tables 
 of the present day may be decorated with 
 flowers and dainty china and glassware — j 
 be lighted with gas or electric lights, and 
 the waiters dressed in modern style. The 
 menu may consist of any of the light 
 foods served at such a function. 
 
 A PINE SOCIAL. 
 
 v9«)yHE rooms should be decorated in 
 evergreen, garlands of which are 
 draped over the walls and held in place 
 by wreaths of the same. In the center of 
 the refreshment table place a round mir- 
 ror, the frame of which is concealed by a 
 wreath of evergreen. A tall vase of flow- 
 ers may be placed on the mirror. The 
 waiters should wear white gowns decorated 
 with green. The menu is composed en- 
 tirely of pineapple delicacies, served in 
 various ways. The following menu will 
 be found suitable for the occasion: 
 
 Pineapple Sandwiches. 
 
 Pineapple Ambrosia. 
 
 Pineapple Cream with White Cake 
 
 (pineapple filling.) 
 
 Pineapple Cream. Pineapple Prappe. 
 
 Pineapple Sandwiches — Cut the pine- 
 apple in thin slices, and these again quite 
 small, dust with powdered sugar and ar- 
 range between thin slices of buttered 
 bread. Cut into dainty shapes and serve. 
 
 Pineapple Cream — Peel and chop fine 
 one small pineapple and let it cook with 
 one pound of sugar until it is soft and 
 clear. Rub through a sieve. Add two 
 tablespoonfuls of gelatine, which has been 
 previously soaked for two hours in a half 
 cupful of cold water. Let the mixture 
 cool by setting in refrigerator. When 
 cold place in an ice cream freezer and 
 freeze; when nearly stiff add a pint of 
 whipped cream. 
 
A PINK AND WHITE FESTIVAL. 
 
 123 
 
 Pineapple Ambrosia — Provide one pint 
 of ripe strawberries, one pint of chopped 
 pineapple and a pint of rich cream. Whip 
 the cream to a froth. Place a layer of 
 pineapple in a glass dish, sprinkle with 
 sugar, cover with the whipped cream, then 
 with a layer of strawberries and sugar 
 and cream again. Continue in this man- 
 ner until the dish is full. Heap the re- 
 mainder of the cream on top and serve 
 very cold, with cake. 
 
 Pineapple Frappe — ^Boil together for 
 twenty minutes one pint of sugar and one 
 pint of water. Add to this the grated 
 pulp and juice of a very ripe pineapple, 
 boil this mixture two minutes longer. 
 Add the juice of two lemons, and the whip- 
 ped whites of two eggs. Ereeze until it 
 is the right consistency. This will be 
 found delicious. 
 
 A WHEEL BAZAAR. 
 
 IP HIS festival was a novelty in that 
 every sales-table was round and 
 decorated to represent a wheel. 
 
 The flower table had as a center piece 
 a tall crystal vase, containing American 
 Beauty roses, this vase was placed on a 
 round mirror, surrounded by a wreath of 
 smilax ; this formed the hub of the wheel ; 
 the spokes were formed of long strips of 
 smilax, trailing vines and ferns radiating 
 from the center, while the whole was sur- 
 mounted by a tire formed of tiny potted 
 plants ; within the intervening spaces were 
 grouped the potted plants and cut flowers 
 on sale. The culinary had a huge cake for 
 a hub; the spokes being formed of long 
 rows of tiny tarts, filled with rich jam and 
 bearing the tiniest possible spoonful of 
 whipped cream on its surface; the re- 
 mainder of the goods was distributed over 
 the remaining surface of the table. 
 
 The fruit table had for a hub a pyramid 
 of oranges, while rows of rosy-cheeked 
 apples formed the spokes, between which 
 were ranged glasses of jams, preserves, 
 jells and other fresh fruits. 
 
 The confectionary table had hub, spokes 
 and tire all of toothsome chocolate creams, 
 while the interior was filled with bags, 
 made of fancy Japanese napkins, filled 
 with candies; the effect was beautiful in 
 the extreme, the bags having the appear- 
 ance of myriads of butterflies poised for 
 flight. 
 
 The table devoted to decorative work, 
 occupied the center of the room and was 
 much larger than the other tables. The 
 hub consisted of a beautiful lace-decked 
 sofa-cushion ; the spokes were formed of a 
 series of oblong pin-cushions, ranged one 
 after the other, while the tire was formed 
 of stamped linen doilies, rolled into oblong- 
 cylinders wrapped in the skeins of bright- 
 colored silks required for working same ; 
 other fancy articles occupied the remain- 
 ing space of the table. The table devoted 
 to children was most amusing, the hub be- 
 ing formed of a pyramid of balls, covered 
 in bright wools, from this center radiated 
 long rows of I^oah's Ark figures, each ap- 
 pearing to chase the other, these animals 
 were continued around the outer edge of 
 the table. 
 
 The refreshment table was a circular 
 one, decorated with flowers and foliage, 
 following out the wheel idea — the tire be- 
 ing formed of souvenir bouquets for the 
 guests ; the cakes, ice cream and sand- 
 wiches were cut in circular forms, these 
 with iced drinks and fruits completed the 
 menu. 
 
 A PINK AEB WHITE FESTIVAI 
 
 ju. 
 
 fP possible a roomy house with spacious 
 verandas and grounds should be chos- 
 en for this gathering. Plenty of Japanese 
 lanterns should be used in the decorations, 
 but for the principal lights a fev/ head- 
 lights should be obtained, those with re- 
 flectors, and the light for the evening is 
 secured. A few large tables sheltered with 
 screens may be prepared to serve from; 
 the refreshment tables should be small 
 ones, square or round or both ; these should 
 
124: 
 
 A SALAD SUPPER. 
 
 be placed on both lawn and veranda, as 
 there are always some people who object 
 to being on the grass after night-fall. The 
 china shonld be pink and white, the table 
 napery of white, with pink decoration. 
 Plowers are the prettiest decorations, these 
 nuiv be had in a number of varieties ; one 
 table may be decorated in carnations, an- 
 other in pink roses, sweet peas may be 
 utilized on another, the pink verbenas and 
 phlox will also be available during the 
 summer season. Pretty individual bou- 
 quets may be arranged for each cover; 
 white paper napkins with a border decora- 
 tion of pink may be used, as church 
 suppers are hard on the linen. Music 
 should be provided, the orchestra, band or 
 manipulators of the stringed instruments 
 being hidden behind a bower of green 
 boughs. 
 
 The refreshments may be hearty and yet 
 not heavy; the pink and white idea must 
 here be carried out also ; cold boiled ham 
 and tongue thinly sliced and decorated 
 with parsley, will answer for meats. A 
 salad composed of rich red tomatoes, cut 
 in half and bearing a spoonful of golden 
 mayonnaise dressing, will be tempting as 
 well as decorative; radishes will serve as 
 a i^ink relish. Individual strawberry 
 shortcakes, choice cream, strawberry ice 
 cream or strawberries and cream may be 
 used as dessert ; angel cake and the white 
 and silver cakes cut in fancy shapes may 
 be served with the fruit. Rolls and pats 
 of butter should be served with the meats. 
 
 In a conspicuous place should be set a 
 table holding a glass bowl of strawberry 
 frappe, to be served as a drink, in small 
 crystal glasses. A block of ice, hollowed 
 out and holding a pink candle in its center 
 may be placed in the center of the dish, 
 thus insuring coldness. 
 
 The waiters may wear pink muslin 
 dresses, and white caps and aprons. The 
 hair may be decorated with fancy ribbon 
 bows of pink or pink flowers. 
 
 We give the recipe for the strawberry 
 frappe, for the benefit of any of our 
 readers who may not be able to secure a 
 
 really good recipe: Use one quart of 
 berry juice, four cupfuls of sugar, and the 
 juice of two lemons, three pints of water 
 and a few whole strawberries, the finest 
 available; freeze and keep on ice until 
 ready to serve. This amount is for an 
 ordinary number of people and must be 
 increased according to the company. 
 
 A SALAD SUPPER. 
 
 ^ SALAD SUPPER may be made 
 J(^ an attractive affair, and lend variety 
 to the many church suppers, served in 
 these days. Each of the salads should be 
 served in the daintiest possible manner; 
 the menu cards may be of delicate green 
 paper, cut in the form of cucumbers, or 
 lettuce leaves. The tables should be in 
 white and green, the napery of white, the 
 decorations in green smilax or ferns. 
 Green wax candles, with white shades will 
 be a pretty addition. 
 
 At the close of the supper, pretty china 
 plates, bearing a heap of green paper 
 leaves, each of which contains a conun- 
 drum, are passed to each guest, each draw- 
 ing one from thereon, which will afford 
 amusement for the evening. 
 
 We give below a menu of salads, also 
 directions for preparing same: 
 
 SALAD SUPPER. 
 
 Oyster Salad. Cucumber Salad. 
 
 Tomato Salad. 
 
 Brown Bread and Butter. 
 
 Cream Cheese Salad. Daisv Salad. 
 
 ]^ut Salad. 
 
 Coffee. 
 
 Oyster Salad — Parboil slightly in their 
 own liquor the desired number of very 
 small oysters. Drain, cool, sprinkle with 
 lemon juice, salt and pepper, and stand, 
 covered, in the ice box for two hours. Add 
 to them half the quantity of celery cut in 
 slender inch strips. Serve with French 
 dressing and garnish with olives. 
 
 Cucumber Salad — Cut cucumbers 
 lengthwise, scoop out the centers, leaving 
 
NURSERY BARGAIN COUNTER. 
 
 125 
 
 them about half an inch thich. Put these 
 boats into ice water. Cast out most of the 
 seeds from the remainder of the cucumbers 
 and mix with water cress, celery, and a 
 few capers, all chopped together. Add a 
 white mayonnaise to this and fill the boats, 
 which have been wiped dry ; put on plates 
 and sprinkle with minced parsley. 
 
 Tomato Salad — Select small whole 
 yellow tomatoes. Put them in a wire fry- 
 ing basket, dip quickly into boiling water 
 and remove the skins. Spread on a plate 
 and leave in the ice box until just before 
 serving. Then pile in golden pyramids on 
 bleached lettuce leaves, garnish with a 
 border of parsley, and give the whole a 
 bath of French dressing containing a little 
 mustard. 
 
 Cream Cheese Salad — The cheese after 
 separating from the curd, in the usual 
 manner, is made into balls, arranged in 
 nests of lettuce leaves and mayonnaise, 
 sprinkled wdth red and black pepper. 
 Serve with toasted wafers. 
 
 Daisy Salad — On each individual plate 
 arrange a half dozen lettuce leaves. Press 
 the yolks of hard boiled eggs through a 
 colander, mix lightly with enough salad 
 dressing to form into soft centers, for the 
 daisies which are formed of the whites of 
 the eggs cut into narrow strips. 
 
 A SPUIITG OPENING. 
 
 ]^EW and novel entertainment for 
 a young people's society is the 
 ''spring opening." It is an entertainment 
 that requires talent, skill and energy on 
 the part of the entertainers. 
 
 At the "spring opening" any number of 
 guests may be provided for, an unlimited 
 number of tiny tissue paper hats of the 
 daintiest creation must be fashioned, to be 
 presented as souvenirs of the occasion. 
 These hats may be in all of the latest 
 modes as the turbans, pompadours, tam-o- 
 shanters, toques, etc. These souvenir hats 
 were first designed of crinoline, then cov- 
 ered with the tissue paper, the crepe 
 
 paper will be found the most satisfactory 
 as it may b© bent and twisted without 
 tearing; the flowers were fashioned of 
 French tissue paper. 
 
 Many more crinoline shapes must be 
 made for the contest of the evening ; these 
 shapes may be made with a round flat 
 brim and a crown in proportion, after the 
 leghorn style. Next the paper should be 
 provided for making the flowers. French 
 tissue should be provided for these; a 
 quantity of flowers are made up, these to 
 be used by the gentlemen in the contest, 
 the materials being provided for the ladies 
 to manufacture their own flowers for 
 decoration in the contest. The ribbon pro- 
 vided for the adornment of the hats, con- 
 sists of strips of crepe paper, in a variety 
 of colors. When the guests have assembled 
 each is provided with a shape, a quantity 
 of crepe paper for covering the same, 
 several strips of crepe ribbon, and the gen- 
 tlemen with the flowers, the ladies with 
 the material for fashioning the flowers ; 
 twenty pins is given each. Immediately 
 all fall to work to trim the hats, plenty of 
 time should be given for the work ; at the 
 expiration of the time, the hats are placed 
 on exhibition and a committee appointed 
 by the hostess, decides to whom the prize 
 is due; a pretty hat pin is given the suc- 
 cessful contestant. 
 
 After the entertainment is closed the 
 hats are sold at auction, each being 
 "knocked off" to the highest bidder ; more 
 amusement will be afforded if the name of 
 the trimmer be attached to each hat. At 
 the close of the millinery sale, refresh- 
 ments may be served at a stated price per 
 ticket. 
 
 NURSERY BARGAIN COUNTER. 
 
 fHIS may be" made a very amusing 
 entertainment; the characters being 
 adapted from the famous Mother Hubbard 
 nursery rhymes. The room is arranged in 
 stalls, over each being placed a sign bear- 
 ing the name of the shop owner and his 
 
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 A SUCCESSFUL CHURCH RALLY. 
 
 princii^al wares. Each participant is 
 dressed to represent the chosen character. 
 
 Music for the occasion may be furn- 
 ished from Mother Hubbard's numerous 
 family ; r good soloist may represent 
 "Tonmiy Tucker," and appear at intervals 
 before such stalls as contain refreshments, 
 where he literally "sings for his supper," 
 never failin!:: to obtain some toothsome 
 daintv which he should eat with much 
 gusto before the company, thus affording 
 amusement, as well as pleasure in his 
 songs. A cornist may represent ^'Boy 
 Blue," and blow the same when requested 
 to do so by a guest. The ever vigilant 
 "Mother Hubbard," in full dress is here, 
 there and ever^^vhere to see that her 
 children perform their duty. 
 
 "Old King Cole and his fiddlers three," 
 render the greater portion of the music of 
 the evening, each in costume should 
 occupy the platform erected for their 
 especial benefit. 
 
 "Daffy-down-Dilly" should have charge 
 of the flower stall, where he serves all 
 customers with pretty courtesy. 
 
 "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" deals in 
 "silver bells and cockle shells," together 
 with all sorts of pretty ornaments as stick- 
 pins, sea-grasses and shells, coral beads, 
 lace-pins, etc. 
 
 The "Queen of Hearts," dresses in a 
 white costume decorated with red hearts 
 cut from fancy paper, deals in tarts, con- 
 fectionery, ices and cakes. 
 
 "Simple Simon" carries a stock of 
 fisher's goods, also canned salmon, sardines 
 and heaps of crackers and wafers, thus 
 providing a hasty luncheon for his admir- 
 ing followers. 
 
 "The Old Woman Who Lived in a 
 Shoe," has dolls of all sizes and nation- 
 alities, for which she finds ready sale 
 among the little ones. "Jack-Be-Nimble" 
 has a stock of athletic goods including 
 balls, bats, boxing gloves, tennis outfits, 
 hammocks, etc. ; and as a "drawing card" 
 for customers, is occasionally seen to 
 "jump over the candle-stick." "Jack 
 Sprat" and his fat wife, have an assort- 
 
 ment of beautiful china articles, among 
 which is displayed the historic platter. 
 
 "Three pretty Maids," introduce a 
 Mother Goose game, which consists in 
 their pinning on the back of each guest a 
 name of some nursery character, and the 
 person must guess his identity, by the 
 questions asked. 
 
 A SUCCESSFUL CHURCH RALLY. 
 
 MAKE the church a fairy bower, by 
 utilizing all the potted plants, and 
 cut flowers available in the parish. A 
 beautiful effect may be secured by forming 
 a series of arches, down the center aisle of 
 the church, by fastening a heavy woven 
 wire network from opposite seats; these 
 arches should be covered with greenery, 
 the airy asparagus will be found very 
 suitable for this work. The chancel 
 should be decorated with palms and lilies, 
 the window frames covered with green, 
 thus making each separate window a 
 beautiful dream of living green as it were. 
 
 In the church parlors have tables 
 arranged to serve as many guests at one sit- 
 ting as possible. The parlors should be 
 decorated with flowers, greenery and a 
 sprinkling of the national colors ; the table 
 linen should be of the whitest, and flowers 
 used as table decorations. Pretty sou- 
 venirs, consisting of plain white visiting 
 cards on which has been written a scrip- 
 tural text, may be placed at each cover. 
 The refreshments should be very simple, 
 but most daintily served ; the waiters be- 
 ing dressed in pure white. 
 
 Invitations should be sent to all former 
 members of the congregation that can be 
 located. All former pastors should be in- 
 vited, the pastors and societies of the 
 neighboring churches of the town. The 
 rally should be held near the middle of 
 the week, thus making it possible for out 
 of town ministers to attend, which they 
 could hardly do were it held on Sunday. 
 
 The exercises should be spirited, sing- 
 ing forming the greater portion of same, 
 
BABY TEAS. 
 
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 a chorus of many voices may be secured, 
 by inviting the singers of other churches 
 of the town, to join the usual church choir. 
 The addresses should be short, the subject 
 selected for same being pithy and ''catch- 
 ing." A time limit should be placed on 
 each speaker, thus avoiding the many 
 speakers who forget the lapse of time at 
 such events and thus prolong the sessions 
 of such meetings. These exercises may be- 
 gin in the morning, the refreshments being 
 served at the noon hour, the afternoon 
 session be held, and the meeting be 
 crowned by a church lawn social during 
 the evening. 
 
 A WEEKLY BAZAAR. 
 
 HIS bazaar consists of seven booths, 
 one to represent each day of the 
 week. 
 
 The Sunday booth- should be decorated 
 in white — emblem of purity — the soft 
 draperies may be caught up with flowers; 
 palms should be used as interior decor- 
 ations. In this booth should be kept for 
 sale prayer-books, tiny pocket testaments. 
 Bibles, book-marks, sacred music, illum- 
 inated Bible mottoes and text cards, pic- 
 tures of noted divines, missionaries, etc. 
 
 Monday's booth should be devoted to all 
 articles typical of this busy day, clothes- 
 pins and clothes-pin bags, laundry-lists 
 and laundry bags, clothes-pin aprons, 
 clothes-lines, pulley-rings, etc. This booth 
 may be decorated in yellow, representing 
 the sunshine so necessary to the success- 
 ful achievement of Monday's work, 
 
 Tuesday's booth should be devoted to 
 ironing supplies, skirt-boards, sleeve- 
 boards, shirtwaist boards, iron-holders, 
 and bags for same, ironing-wax, starch, etc. 
 
 Wednesday being sewing, mending and 
 darning day, many are the articles for this 
 day's sale. Here may be displayed beauti- 
 ful workboxes and baskets with fittings for 
 same, thimbles, emery bags, needle books, 
 pincushions and balls, mending-cotton in 
 
 all colors, darning-eggs, darning-bags, 
 scrapbags, stocking-bags, etc. 
 
 Thursday's booth may be devoted to all 
 sorts of fancy work, art and reading-mat- 
 ter. Here are to be found embroidered 
 doilies, and some stamped for working 
 with the necessary silk for same, braids 
 for Honiton and Battenburg work, 
 sofa pillow covers in all the popular 
 designs, the beautiful drawn v/ork 
 and hemstitched fancy work now so 
 popular, in fact every and all device's 
 which may present themselves to the minds 
 of the committee having this booth in 
 charge. The decorations of this booth may 
 be formed of the articles for sale, and, 
 properly arranged, they will be found 
 most attractive. 
 
 Friday being general cleaning day, it 
 may be devoted to dusters, brooms, dust- 
 ing-bags, sweeping-caps, dustpans, chamois 
 skins, brushes and polishers. Here may 
 also be found linen furniture covers to be 
 used while the rooms are undergoing their 
 weekly cleaning. 
 
 Saturday's booth is devoted to the 
 culinary art. Here are found all sorts 
 of cooking utensils, recipe books, and 
 samples of cooking fashioned after these 
 recipes. 
 
 One side of the room is devoted to re- 
 freshment tables. Here printed bills-of- 
 fare are provided, with all articles 
 spelled backward, much wonderment will 
 be expressed at this, until the secret is dis- 
 covered. The following; bill-of-fare mav 
 be utilized: 
 
 Llib fo Eraf. 
 Eugnot Sehciwdnas. Sevilo. 
 
 Seirrebwarts. Eci Maerc. 
 
 Ekac. 
 
 Edanomel. EefPoc. 
 
 BABY TEAS. 
 
 ABY TEAS have now taken the 
 place of the ''Book Parties" of last 
 year. The guests are asked to bring 
 photographs of themselves when they were 
 
128 
 
 A CORN FESTIVAL. 
 
 babies, or, at least before they were six 
 years of age. The hostess receives all the 
 portraits, numbers them and arranges 
 them all together. Each guest is provided 
 with a numbered list. They are allowed 
 some little time to study the photographs 
 and write down on their lists the names of 
 the people they believe the pictures to 
 represent. The most correct list wins the 
 prize. A vote is also taken as to which is 
 the prettiest baby represented, and the 
 person to Avhom this photo belongs is 
 awarded a prize. The prizes to be appro- 
 priate should consist of toys, baby rattles, 
 packages of infant foods, etc. 
 
 To make this tea a decided success, the 
 guests may be entertained with children's 
 games as ^'Button, Button ;" ^'Hunt the 
 Whistle ;" ^'I Spy.'' etc. 
 
 The refreshments should consist of such 
 dainties as children are especially fond, 
 and bibs — printed with outline inscrip- 
 tions, as ''Our Pet," ''A :N'ice Child," etc. 
 — may be used instead of napkins. The 
 mugs, bearing such inscriptions as ''Mam- 
 ma's Darling," "For A Good Boy," etc., 
 may be used for drinking purposes. 
 
 This will be found an amusing enter- 
 tainment, and very easily arranged. 
 
 A CORN FESTIVAL. 
 
 I^IIE walls should be draped in yellow 
 bunting, caught up with yellow and 
 white pop-corn in the ear. Corn in stalk 
 and ear should enter into the decoration ; 
 young ladies dressed in corn color gowns, 
 wearing caps and sashes of white should 
 receive at the door; the waitresses should 
 wear the same costume, with the addition 
 of white aprons. 
 
 The tables, small round or square ones, 
 should have white napery and decorations 
 of yellow chrvsanthemums. White and 
 yellow wax candles may be added. 
 
 A corn menu should be served ; this may 
 consist of delicacies made from corn- 
 starch, corn chowder, corn fritters with 
 
 maple syrup and popcorn served in vari- 
 ous waj's. 
 
 A game known as a Corn Quotation 
 hunt may be indulged in, these quotations 
 are cut in two or more i^ortions and dis- 
 tributed among the guests, who- endeavor 
 to find the portions and fit them together, 
 the person first succeeding in doing so be- 
 ing entitled to a book of poems. 
 
 The following corn-game may also be 
 played, the cards having spaces after each 
 question where the answers may be 
 written : 
 
 2- 
 
 delight ? 
 
 -A corn in which rodents delight to re- 
 
 1 — What corn is used by a musician ? 
 (Cornet.) 
 What corn is used by carpenters ? 
 (Cornice.) 
 3 — A corn that children hail with de- 
 light ? (Popcorn.) 
 4 — The chief corn of a building? (Corn- 
 er-stone. ) 
 5 — A language ? (Cornish.) 
 G — A corn in which florists 
 
 ( Cornflower. ) 
 7 — An ornamental corn ? (Cornucopia.) 
 9 — A corn that flies ? (Corncrake.) 
 10 
 
 side? (Corn-crib.) 
 11 — A corn used by the cook? (Corn- 
 starch. ) 
 12 — A corn dear to the heart of the South- 
 erner ? (Corn-cake.) 
 
 A game known as the "Garden of 
 Ceres" may also be played ; a leader begins 
 the game by remarking to her neighbor, 
 "Ceres is planting her garden," then asks 
 each guest in turn what fruit, grain or 
 vegetable he will contribute. When all 
 have contributed she asks each why his 
 gift, as chosen, is appropriate in this par- 
 ticular evening. One who has given a 
 grapevine may reply, "Because its fruit 
 ahvays appears in clusters, like our friends 
 are here grouped." Or the one giving 
 "beans" may answer, "Because the best 
 part is hidden, like the fruits of these 
 lives," etc. Anyone failing to give a 
 prompt and satisfactory answer must take 
 the place of the questioner, Ceres, 
 
A QUILT FAIR, 
 
 120 
 
 COEN QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Heap high the farmer's wintry board, 
 Heap high the golden corn ; 
 ISTo richer gift has Antnmn poured, 
 From out her lavish horn." — John Green- 
 leaf Whittier. 
 
 "Woods and corn-fields a little brown, — 
 The picture must not be over bright, — 
 Yet all in the golden and gracious light 
 Of a cloud when the summer sun is 
 down." — Alice Cary. 
 
 "And near, untried through the summer 
 days. 
 Stand the bearded ranks of the maize." 
 — Alice Cary. 
 
 "Among the stubbled corn 
 The blithe quail pipes at, morn." — 
 George Arnold. 
 
 "See upon the garner floor — 
 Wheat and corn in ample store. 
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 Acres on acres, stretch away. 
 Of woodland, corn, of wheat and hay. 
 — Goodwin. 
 
 "Out in the fields one summer night. 
 We were together, half afraid 
 Of the corn-leaves rustling." — Alice 
 Cary. 
 
 "The dandelions are blossoming near. 
 The maize has sprouted, the streams are 
 
 flowing, 
 And the river is bluer than the sky," — 
 
 James Russell- Lowell. 
 
 "The husky, rusty rustle of the tossels of 
 the corn 
 And the raspin' of the tangled leaves, as 
 golden as the morn." — JamesWhit- 
 comh Riley. 
 
 "The corn, oh the corn, 'tis the ripening of 
 the corn, 
 
 Go unto the door, my lad and look be- 
 neath the moon. 
 
 Thou canst see beyond the woodrick, 
 how it is yelloon • 
 
 'Tis the harvesting of the wheat, and the 
 barley must be shorn !" — Blach- 
 more. 
 
 "Let us gather in the harvest. 
 Let us wrestle with Mondamen ; 
 
 Strip him of his plumes and tassels. 
 Of his garments green and yellow. 
 Henry Wadsworth Loitgfellow. 
 
 ^The goldenrod is yellow, 
 The corn is turning brown. 
 The trees in apple-orchards 
 With fruit are 
 Selected. 
 
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 bending 
 
 down."- 
 
 A aUILT FAIE. 
 
 fegOR a new and striking church social 
 \q_0) nothing outshines a quilt fair. In 
 every rural community will be found many 
 old grand-dames who have stored away 
 among their treasures numerous quilts, 
 composed of scores of tiny scraps, which 
 they pieced and quilted in the far away 
 days of their girlhood; in order that the 
 fair be made a success these beautiful 
 pieces of handiwork must be brought from 
 their seclusion and used in decorative art ; 
 no other decorations will be needed ; wires 
 should be stretched along the sides, and 
 across the room whereon these beauties 
 may be displayed; it is surprising what 
 beautiful results may thus be obtained if 
 the arrangement be artistic. 
 
 Each qu.ilt should be numbered in large 
 type, that may be read from all parts of 
 the room ; on entering the room each guest 
 is handed a card with the request that, 
 after a careful review of the exhibits he 
 register the number of the one he deems 
 most beautiful and drop the card into a 
 basket, placed on a table in the center of 
 the room; by this popular vote, a first, 
 second and third premium will be be- 
 stowed on the exhibits, said premiums to 
 consist of rosettes of red, white and blue 
 ribbon. 
 
 If desired a quilt composed of innumer- 
 
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 AN OLD-FASHIONED SPELLING-BEE. 
 
 able pieces may be selected and each ^lest 
 requested to register a guess of the number 
 of pieces it contains, in a register placed 
 in a convenient place, the nearest guess 
 being entitled to a small prize. 
 
 A quantity of white muslin rectangles 
 should be provided and each guest asked to 
 write his name upon these, in an indelible 
 ink, these pieces are stored away, and at 
 some future meeting of the Ladies' Sewing 
 Society are combined with turke^^-red 
 calico, and converted into an autograph 
 quilt, which may be sold at some future 
 bazaar, thus adding a neat sum to the 
 treasury of the society. 
 
 An admission fee may be charged at the 
 door, and simple refreshments served at 
 this function. A Quilt Game may be sold 
 at a small price to competitors and a pretty 
 lounge afghan offered as a premium. 
 
 QUILT GAME. 
 
 1 — What quilt would yacht-owners 
 
 choose? (Ocean Wave.) 
 2 — What quilt would be the choice of the 
 
 washerwoman? (Basket). 
 3 — What quilt would famous people be 
 
 asked to contribute? (Autograph.) 
 4 — What quilt is found in insane 
 
 asylums ? ( Crazy. ) 
 5 — AVhat quilt is found in parlors ? 
 
 (Album.) 
 — For what quilt do fishermen seek ? 
 
 (Herring-bone.) 
 7 — What quilt will be found at the 
 
 florists? (Tulip.) 
 S — What quilt is dear to the Irishman's 
 
 heart? (Irish chain.) 
 n — What quilt would be chosen by base- 
 ball enthusiasts ? (Diamond.) 
 1 — What quilt would dudes prefer ? 
 
 (Xecktie.) 
 
 AN OLD-FASHIONED SPELLING-BEE. 
 
 [^^OR novelty in a church entertainment 
 an old-fashioned spelling-bee may be 
 introduced. Two captains should be 
 selected ; they take their places side by side 
 in the center of one end of the room, while 
 
 the teacher (selected by the president of 
 the social committee) stands before them 
 spelling-book in hand, with the index 
 finger of the right hand placed between its 
 pages ; the captains then proceed to guess 
 tlie page nearest this finger, the one suc- 
 cedding having the first choice of 
 the spellers in the room; the ^'choosing" 
 is continued alternately, until all persons 
 in the room have been chosen, anyone re- 
 fusing to spell must pay a fine of ten cents. 
 
 The '^choosing" being finished, the 
 teacher asks which way they prefer to spell 
 first. There are several different modes 
 of conducting the spelling, one being to 
 spell the words alternately from side to 
 side, those missing leaving the ranks, until 
 but one remains, and the side which had 
 this one remaining is said to have beaten. 
 Another mode is to choose some one person 
 from one side and let him spell against all 
 members of the opposite side, and then in 
 turn against the members of his own side, 
 if he succeeds in doing this he is counted 
 the champion and is said to have "spelled 
 down" the school and is entitled to the 
 prize, should one be offered. 
 
 Another form is "catching up the 
 words," if a word is mis-spelled, the 
 teacher never mentions the fact, but con- 
 tinues to pronounce as if all words have 
 been properly spelled. Any persoia notic- 
 ing the mis-spelled is at liberty, whea his 
 time comes to spell, to "catch up" the said 
 word, spell it correctly and pass ab«ve the 
 person who missed it ; if a member of the 
 opposite side "catches it up," the person 
 who missed it is ruled out of the game ; the 
 game in this mode is to turn down the 
 captain, this being deemed a great honor, 
 as the captains are supposed to be the best 
 spellers in the school. The newest spelling 
 game of modern days is "progressive 
 spelling," and is played as follows: the 
 spellers take their places on the floor in one 
 long row, with but one captain ; said cap- 
 tain thinks of a word, pronounces the first 
 letter of same ; the speller standing next to 
 him must think of some word beginning 
 with the letter he has called and add a 
 
A MARINE SOCIAL. 
 
 131 
 
 second letter ; the third speller must think 
 of a word having at the beginning the two 
 letters already mentioned and add a third, 
 thus the game continues, a new letter being- 
 added each time ; if a word is ended the 
 speller having ended same must pass to the 
 foot of the class ; if a speller fails to think 
 of a word requiring his letter before the 
 teacher counts ten he also passes to the 
 foot of the class ; a person seeming to pro- 
 nounce a letter without having a word in 
 view, may be challenged by any member 
 of the class, if he had a word in view and 
 pronounces same, then the pupil who 
 challenged must pass to the foot, if how- 
 ever it is proven that he had no word in 
 view he must pass to the foot ; the winner 
 of this game is the one who stands at the 
 head of the class longest. 
 
 An old-time necktie box supper may be 
 added to this entertainment thus affording 
 another source of revenue ; the boxes are 
 prepared and filled by the young ladies, 
 who enclose in them a necktie made of the 
 same material as the dress or waist which 
 she wears ; the box is purchased by a 
 gentleman who finds his lady to share the 
 contents by matching the necktie found in 
 the box with the costume of some lady 
 present. 
 
 A FOREST SUPPER. 
 
 (For the Little Ones.) 
 
 PEETTY fad for little folks' parties 
 (^ is the 'Torest Supper." It charms 
 the little folks as well as people of a larger 
 growth. The table is laid as usual in the 
 dining-room, or, if the weather is pleasant, 
 on the veranda, or, better still, the green 
 lawn ; the cloth v/hite and the center-piece 
 a tiny evergreen tree, set in a pot of sand 
 to prevent its toppling over; the pot is 
 covered with white crepe paper, tied with 
 narrow green ribbons. 
 
 Beside each plate is a dainty bunch of 
 maiden-hair fern ; dainty custard cups are 
 formed of oranges cut in halves, the center 
 scooped out and refilled with gelatine 
 
 colored a delicate green, with pistachio. 
 Rosy apples are piled around the base of 
 the little tree center-piece; bonbons on 
 pretty dishes are scattered about the table, 
 and thin sandwiches made of sandwich 
 bread and cold tongue are wrapped in tis- 
 sue paper, tied with green ribbons and 
 placed beside each plate. 
 
 The novelties of the affair are the "tree 
 leaves,'' which are made by rolling ordi- 
 nary "cooky'^ dough very thin, then cut- 
 ting into different shaped leaves, baking 
 them, then icing them in green icing. The 
 children are delighted with these and 
 spend much time in guessing to what sort 
 of tree they belong. 
 
 Another pretty feature is to get animal 
 crackers, ice them with chocolate, thus 
 making little brown bears, horses, cows 
 and even piggies. 
 
 As souvenirs of the occasion the little 
 visitors carry away tiny tree-shaped cards 
 bearing the name of the little hostess and 
 the date of the event. 
 
 A MARINE SOCIAL. 
 
 IKE many other socials, the success 
 of this one will depend largely on 
 the skill with which the members utilize 
 local talent and local material. 
 
 Arrange the room in which the social 
 is to be held to look as much like a ship as 
 possible; the interior of the ship decorate 
 with flags and ropes, life preservers and 
 other nautical properties. Swing ham- 
 mocks here and there; let the light come 
 from lanterns, either the ordinary ship 
 lantern or Japanese lanterns. A prome- 
 nade by the light of these lanterns will be 
 very pretty and pleasant. Ask the guests 
 to dress in nautical costume as far as pos- 
 sible — the common sailor suits with sailor 
 hats for the ladies, and sailor "rigs" for 
 
 the gentlemen. 
 
 Eor refreshments introduce reenlai 
 
 JT' 
 
 ship fare, that is, hard tack, canned fruits, 
 biscuits, etc. At eight bells a nautical 
 program may be introduced. Such songs 
 
132 
 
 A FLORAL, LOVE TALE. 
 
 as "Larboard Watch," "iSTancy Lee," 
 •'The ALidsiiipmiite," 'The Three Fisher- 
 men," "Little Fisher Maiden," "The 
 Murmuring Sea," "A Home by the Sea," 
 and so on may be introduced and executed 
 by the jolly "tars" in true sailor choruses. 
 Such recitations as ''The Fisherman's 
 . Daughter," "The Face Against the Pane," 
 ^'Dr^fting," and "The Ancient Mariner" 
 may be recited. 
 
 A recent newspaper gave the following- 
 account of a social of this kind : 
 
 "A large company accepted the invita- 
 tion of the seamen of the Dreadnaught on 
 Wednesday evening in the dog-watch, 
 * when the cabin and decks presented a gala 
 appearance. The gallant ship (First 
 Baptist Church) was easily found by the 
 directions on the flyers, on 'the port side 
 of Main Street, steering due north;' and 
 the channel being clearly marked by the 
 night sig-nals of red and green lights, and 
 tlie doubtful being further aided by such 
 signs as 'Hard to Port,' or 'Hard to Star- 
 board,' all found their way to the cabin. 
 This and the mess-room were tastefullj' 
 trimmed with flags and banners, the Stars 
 and Stripes predominating; while pic- 
 tures of ships, marine views, a handsome 
 model of a steamer, coils of rope, the able 
 seaman in oil suit and tarpaulin, who, 
 with his lantern, appeared frequently, 
 signs like 'No Smoking on the Quarter 
 Deck,' and the marking of the hours by 
 bells, helped to make very real the sem- 
 blance of life aboard ship. 
 
 "When the jolly tars appeared in the 
 mess-room at four bells the gang-chain 
 between that and the cabin was let down 
 and the tables were soon filled with a com- 
 pany curious to find out what ship fare 
 was like ; to test the pea soup and hard- 
 tack, and to order with some uncertainty 
 the plum duff and gravy. The sailors 
 were dressed in blue shirts and trowsers, 
 with sailor collars and ties, and jaunty 
 caps with the name of the vessel on the 
 front, and deftly served the guests of the 
 evening. Each table had its decoration of 
 sea-werd, and each was supplied with 
 
 dainty bills of fare in the shape of scallop 
 shells, tied with green ribbon, and taste- 
 fully painted in appropriate designs. 
 
 "At eight o'clock all went below, and a 
 very attractive program was rendered. A 
 chorus of sixteen voices of the crew ren- 
 dered sailor songs with much spirit." 
 
 A FLORAL LOVE TALE. 
 
 ®\ ISTEIBUTE among the members of 
 
 ^ the society slips of paper containing 
 the following puzzle. Each of the twenty 
 questions must be answered by the name 
 of a flower, and the social committee will 
 give due honor to the member whose list 
 is most complete and accurate. 
 
 A FLORAL LOVE TALE. 
 
 1 — The maiden's name and color of her 
 
 hair. 
 2 — An adjective that suited her, and her 
 
 brother's name. 
 3 — His favorite sport in winter. 
 4 — His favorite musical instrument. 
 5 — The hour he awakened his father 
 
 playing upon it. 
 6 — What his father gave him in punish- 
 ment for it. 
 7 — What this made the boy do. 
 8 — The name of his sister's young man 
 
 and what he wrote it with. 
 9 — What he, being single, often lost. 
 10 — What candies did he bring to Mary i 
 11 — ^What did he do when he popped the 
 
 question one fall day ? 
 12 — What ghastly trophy did he offer her '^ 
 13 — What did she say to him as he knelt 
 
 before her ? 
 14 — What flowers did she give him ? 
 15 — To whom did she refer him? 
 
 1 6 — What minister married them ? 
 
 17 — What did John say when leaving her 
 
 one dav? 
 1 8 — What was she during his absence ? 
 19 — What fragrant letter did he send her ? 
 
 20 — What shall we wish for them in con- 
 clusion ? 
 
WEIGHTS AND AGES. 
 
 133 
 
 The solution of the enigmas is the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 1 — Marigold. 
 
 2 — Sweet William. 
 
 3 — Snowball. 
 
 4 — Trumpet. 
 
 5 — Four o'clock. 
 
 6— Goldenrod. 
 
 7 — Hops. 
 
 8 — Jonquil ( John-quill ) . 
 
 9 — Bachelor's button. 
 1 — -Buttercups. 
 11 — Aster. 
 12 — Bleeding-heart. 
 13 — Johnny- jump-up. 
 14 — Tulips (two lips). 
 15 — Poppy, or old man. 
 16 — Jack in the pulpit. 
 17 — Forget-me-not. 
 1 8 — Mourning bride. 
 19— Sweet P. 
 2 — Live-f or-ever. 
 
 CHEISTMAS SOCIALS. 
 
 a society is bent on 
 
 celebrating 
 Christmas according to the authentic 
 fashion, let the merriest lad of all be 
 appointed to the ancient office of "Lord 
 of Misrule" or "Master of Merry Dis- 
 ports," or, as the Scotch called him, "The 
 Abbot of Unreason." After the old-time 
 fashion, this merry monarch may inaugu- 
 rate his reign by turning with his magic 
 power all the company to children, ab- 
 solving them of all their wisdom, and bid- 
 ding them be just wise enough to make 
 fools of themselves. 
 
 Under the sway of the Lord of Misrule, 
 the orthodox Christmas games may be 
 played. "Blind man's buff" is one of 
 these, "puss in corner," and charades. 
 Another is "questions and commands," 
 whose leader may ask any proper question, 
 or command any possible feat, imposing 
 as a penalty for failure to answer or com- 
 ply the blackening of the face, or the pay- 
 ment of a forfeit. 
 
 Snapdragon is another Christmas sport 
 
 having a smack of the adventurous. Rais- 
 ins are placed in a large shallow dish, and 
 brandy or some other spirit is poured over 
 the fruit and ignited. The lights in the 
 room are extinguished, and in the weird 
 glare the players attempt to pick the rais- 
 ins out of the flaming dish. 
 
 (< 
 
 Here he comes with flaming bowl, 
 Doesn't he mean to take his toll? 
 
 Snip ! Snap ! Dragon ! 
 Take care you don't take too much, 
 Be not greedy in your clutch. 
 
 Snip ! Snap ! Dragon !" 
 
 Some of the beautiful old Christmas 
 carols may be sung by a company of sing- 
 ers attired in old-time fashion. You may 
 have a Yule log, or, at least, you may 
 have a Devonshire Yule fagot — a bundle 
 of ash-sticks, hooped around with nine 
 bands, from the same tree ; just nine, ob- 
 serve, no more, no less. You may have a 
 great Yule candle. In ancient times they 
 were large enough to last through the en- 
 tire twelve nights of Christmas. Finally, 
 and most important of all ( ?), you may 
 hang up a bit of mystic mistletoe ! 
 
 WEIGHTS AITD AGES. 
 
 ^^^ RBAE^GE in a row the young wo- 
 /^t men, .and the young men in a row 
 fronting them, having, if possible, an 
 equal number on each side, unless some 
 young man takes the place of a young 
 woman, or vice versa. 
 
 Each young man must now write upon 
 his card first his own age; second, his 
 guess as to the correct weight of the young 
 woman who faces him ; and third, his 
 estimate of the combined weight of all the 
 young women on the opposite side. Each 
 young woman must write on her slip her 
 guess as to the age of the young man fac- 
 ing her, her own weight, and her estimate ' 
 of the combined age of the opposite side. 
 Five minutes are given in which to make 
 the guesses. 
 
134 
 
 A POETICAL SOCIAL. 
 
 The slips arc then taken up, two or 
 more persons being seleeted for this pur- 
 pose. These tellers lind the sum of the 
 ages and of the weights, and of the guesses 
 as to each. The side which wins is the 
 one whose guesses, added together, ap- 
 proach most nearly the truth. The young- 
 man who guesses the nearest the combined 
 ages of the young women, and the young 
 woman who guesses most nearly the com- 
 bined weights of the other side, also re- 
 ceive honorable mention, while those 
 whose guesses are farthest removed from 
 the truth may also be named, together with 
 the estimates. 
 
 A POETICAL SOCIAL. 
 
 ^S^ X interesting game is based on poeti- 
 2^% cal descriptions of famous persons. 
 A large number of these are copied from 
 well-known writers. Each is placed at 
 the bottom of a slip of paper. The players 
 begin at the top of the slip, and write, in 
 turn, the names of the persons supposed 
 to be described by the quotations, turning 
 the paper over so as to hide what each has 
 Avritten from the one to whom he passes 
 it. For example, a recent party wrestled 
 with this from Tennyson : 
 
 "A thousand claims to reverence closed 
 In her as mother, wife, and queen." 
 
 This, of course, referred to Queen Vic- 
 toria, but one jocose player guessed that it 
 referred to Liliuokalani. 
 
 Again, another quotation was used from 
 Lowell : 
 
 "The kindly, earnest, brave, foreseeing 
 
 man 
 
 Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not 
 
 blame, 
 Xcw birth of our new soil, the first 
 
 American.'' 
 
 This referred, of course, to Abraham 
 Lincoln, but a few of the players got it 
 George Washington. 
 
 Here are a few more samples : 
 
 "I need not praise the sweetness of his 
 song 
 Where limpid verse to limpid verse suc- 
 ceeds 
 Smooth as our Charles." 
 
 [Referring to Longfellow.] 
 
 an"' 
 
 u 
 
 This laurel, greener from the brows 
 Of him that uttered nothing base." 
 
 [Tennyson on Wordsworth.] 
 
 Westward still points the inexorable 
 soul." [Columbus.] 
 
 "He seems to me 
 Scarce other than my own ideal knight. 
 Who reverenced his conscience as his king ; 
 Whose glory was redressing human wrong ; 
 Who spoke no slander, no, nor listened to 
 
 it; 
 Who loved one only, and who clave to her." 
 
 [Prince Albert.] 
 
 u 
 
 The man of amplest influence. 
 Yet clearest of ambitious crime. 
 Our greatest yet with least pretence, 
 Great in council and great in war, 
 Foremost captain of his time, 
 Rich in saving common sense. 
 And, as the greatest only are. 
 In his simplicity sublime." 
 
 [Wellington.] 
 
 " . . . The first warbler, whose sweet 
 breath 
 Preluded those melodious bursts that fill 
 The spacious times of great Elizabeth 
 With sounds that echo still." 
 
 [Chaucer.] 
 
 "In a small chamber, friendless and un- 
 seen. 
 Toiled o'er his types one poor, unlearned 
 
 young man ; 
 The place was dark, unfurnitured, and 
 
 mean ; — 
 Yet there the freedom of a race began." 
 
 [Garrison.] 
 
DOUBLETS. 
 
 135 
 
 AN ELECTRIC SOCIAL. 
 
 ^ VEEY person of intelligence is inter- 
 ested in the growing marvels of elec- 
 tricity, and the subtle fluid has so perme- 
 ated modern life that in every tovi^n is 
 to be found at least one electrician, with 
 some sort of electrical apparatus — tele- 
 graph, telephone, electric light, or electric 
 car. The school teachers also can help you 
 out with apparatus and explanations. 
 
 Collect everything bearing upon elec- 
 tricity you can find. Especially provide 
 yourselves with strong batteries, and place 
 these in full view of the audience. If you 
 can get different kinds of batteries and 
 some one to explain their difference, so 
 much the better. A machine for the de- 
 velopment of frictional electricity, some 
 Leyden jars, Crookes tubes, and the like, 
 will be of great interest. A telegraph in- 
 strument with an operator may most easi- 
 ly be procured. Kun the lines around the 
 room, and use, if you can, the regular in- 
 sulators and poles. 
 
 Select the wag of your society to manip- 
 ulate the instrument — and it makes no 
 difference, for the nonce, whether he 
 understands telegraphy or not. He is to 
 pretend to receive messages which are sent 
 him by some one outside. These messages 
 he will write out upon regular telegraph 
 blanks, deliver them to an attendant, who 
 is dressed as a district messenger boy, and 
 who will hand them to the proper persons. 
 These are expected to read them aloud at 
 once, and, if they are carefully prepared, 
 they will add much to the pleasure of the 
 evening. 
 
 This performance may be arranged to 
 enliven the more serious portions of the 
 program, which will consist of talks upon 
 different phases of electricity and of elec- 
 trical engineering, and upon the various 
 instruments you may have on exhibition. 
 Of course one of the most exciting mo- 
 ments of the evening will be brought about 
 by a shock administered to all who will 
 join hands. 
 
 UmiED STATES MAIL. 
 
 LACE the chairs at equal distances, 
 and in each a player. These players 
 choose the names of cities of the United 
 States, and the leader, who must have a 
 good memory, will begin the game by 
 calling out, for instance, ^'Buffalo and 
 San Francisco." These two cities will 
 now change places, and if the leader can 
 possess himself of either vacant seat in the 
 course of the exchange, the person thus 
 ousted must be leader in his turn. When 
 the leader calls ^'General Delivery,'' every 
 one must move to some new seat, and the 
 person that is left without a seat is the 
 new leader. 
 
 The old game of stage-coach is played 
 in much the same way, except that differ- 
 ent parts of the stage-coach and its various 
 passengers, the horses, and so on, are se- 
 lected by the players, and the leader must 
 improvise a story introducing as many of 
 these names as possible. As the name of 
 each player is introduced, he must rise 
 and whirl around, resuming his seat. When 
 the leader says ^^Stage-coach," the whole 
 company must go through this perform- 
 ance, and when the climax of a break- 
 down is reached, all change places, and in 
 the melee the story-teller finds a chair, 
 thus forcing a new story-teller to the front. 
 
 DOUBLETS. 
 
 HIS game was invented by that witty 
 Englishman, Lewis Carroll, one of 
 whose problems was this : Change ^^head" 
 to "tail" in five moves. With each move 
 one letter of the original word may be 
 dropped, and another letter substituted in 
 the same place to make a new word, the 
 successive moves culminating in the word 
 "tail." For example: 
 
 head, 
 
 heal, 
 
 teal, 
 
 tell, 
 
 tall, 
 
 tail. 
 
13G 
 
 OLD MAIDS' REPAIR-SHOP. 
 
 You may divide the company into sets, 
 and propose some such doublet as that for 
 iheir solution, the side lirst solving it hav- 
 ing the privilege of drawing one player 
 from the opposite side, the process continu- 
 ine: until one side or the other loses heart 
 or all of its players. A similar game may 
 be based on any sort of word puzzle. 
 
 EVERYTHING FROM A NUTSHELL. 
 
 iJELL during the evening all kinds of 
 nuts, Avhole or cracked, as well as 
 various kinds of nut-cake, hickory-nut, 
 walnut, almond, cocoanut, and so on. 
 Salted almonds, drinks made from cocoa, 
 and other eatables and drinkables, may be 
 had, and there may he sold also various 
 little articles made from nuts, such as 
 thimble cases contrived from English wal- 
 nuts cut in halves, gilded, neatly lined 
 with silk, and tied together with silk cords. 
 Acorns gilded and glued together can also 
 be fashioned into articles of usefulness or 
 adornment. 
 
 For the evening's entertainment cut pea- 
 nuts in two, remove the kernel, and write 
 upon tissue paper various directions for 
 the players. Place the paper inside the 
 halves of the shells, and tie them together. 
 Get as many as will to accept these, prom- 
 ising to endeavor, at least, to accomplish 
 the orders con-fcdined therein. One, on 
 opening his, will find himself required to 
 recite a comic poem ; another, to sing a 
 duet with a third ; another, to impersonate 
 Hamlet; another, to repeat the alphabet 
 backwards, and so on. 
 
 THE KEY TO CHARACTER. 
 
 lAKE a common door-key and give it 
 yff to one of the members, at the same 
 time whispering to him and telling him 
 to give it to someone else of the company 
 who possesses a certain characteristic. 
 Having made selection, this player hands 
 it to a second player, whispering in his 
 ear instructions that he is to hand the key 
 to someone else in the company possessing 
 
 another kind of qualification ; and so the 
 key goes around until a large number have 
 received it. 
 
 Then each one speaks in turn, the first 
 player saying, for example, "I gave this 
 key to Mr. A, and told him to give it to 
 the wittiest person in the room." Mr. A 
 says, "I gave this key to Miss B, and told 
 her to give it to the greatest mimic in 
 the room." Miss B says, ^'I gave this key 
 to Mr. C, and told him to give it to the 
 person who was to become a great orator ;" 
 and so it goes. Of course, the fun lies in 
 the appropriateness or absurdity of the 
 choice made to fit each requirement. In a 
 company of Endeavorers there will, of 
 course, be no fear that any ill-natured 
 hits will be made, or that anything will 
 occur to wound the feelings of any player. 
 
 OLD MAIBS' REPAIR-SHOP. 
 
 ^9g^^lHIS is a pretty little pantomime, 
 which may be used^ to introduce a 
 social, or to fill up some interval. Thir- 
 teen old maids march in along one end of 
 the room, their faces all wrinkled; and 
 they are dressed in all kinds of queer ways. 
 They grieve over their ugliness, and wring 
 their hands in despair. Their actions may 
 be interpreted by some Endeavorer in a 
 bright little speech, or, if any one of the 
 society is sufficiently skilled, a short song- 
 may be written for them to sing. 
 
 On one side of the room is a curtain, 
 from which projects a crank. While the 
 old maids are bemoaning their fate, the 
 proprietor comes out and hangs up a sign 
 reading, ^'Old Maids' Repair-Shop." This 
 sign the old maids see with great rejoicing. 
 One at a time approaches the curtain, is 
 received by the proprietor, and ushered in. 
 He comes out, gives a few turns to the 
 crank, and forth steps a beautiful young 
 girl, who walks off with great rejoicing, 
 evidently envied by the other old maids, 
 each of wdiom in turn submits to the same 
 transformation. The last old maid so taxes 
 the machine that it breaks with a loud 
 noise. 
 
LITTILE BO-PEEP. 
 
 "I'm little Bo-Peep, I've lost my sheep, 
 And don't know where to find them." 
 
 ("Mother Goose Social." See page 67.) 
 
CUPID. 
 
 (For ''Children's Valentine Party" see page 70.) 
 
TWO PICTURES FROM LIFE. 
 
 137 
 
 GERMAN SOCIALS. 
 
 I HE German social is, in every par- 
 ticular, like the better-known Scotch 
 social. If lunch is served the waiters are 
 dressed as Germans. The guests, as they 
 enter, are to be received by young maid- 
 ens and old ladies dressed in German at- 
 tire, and using German phrases with as 
 great freedom as they can. 
 
 The program of the evening consists of 
 recitations and songs in the German lan- 
 guage, together with talks or essays about 
 great Germans, and recitations of some 
 German poems translated into English. 
 Pictures of German authors and composers 
 may adorn the walls. The instrumental 
 music should also be by Germans. The 
 refreshments that are served should par- 
 
 take as largely as " possible of the same 
 national flavor. 
 
 A "DO THINGS CLUB." 
 
 ;HY not have a "Do Things Club" 
 ff^ J in your school ? There is a church 
 in Chicago that has a "Do Things Club," 
 into which they get the young people from 
 fourteen upwards. The only condition is 
 that every member shall have something 
 on his hands to do with a purpose, that 
 is worth doing. It may be for his own 
 special and unusual improvement, it may 
 be for the church or Sunday school, it may 
 be some special thing for father or mother, 
 but it is often for the poor, the sick, the 
 neglected. Every member of the club 
 must "do things" worth while regularly. 
 
 PLEASANT STORIES FOR STORMY SUNDAYS. 
 
 Eealizing how difficult a task it is to 
 interest a child on a rainy day, especially 
 a rainy Sunday, we have compiled the fol- 
 lowing stories for these especial days. 
 These stories will be found helpful for the 
 Sunday-school teacher and the Junior 
 society leader also: 
 
 AS A LITTLE CHILD. 
 
 I WO little brothers of three and four 
 were standing by their mother, look- 
 ing out of the drawing-room window at a 
 beautiful sunset. Even while they looked 
 its loveliness began to fade ; when one lit- 
 tle curly golden head was suddenly 
 bowed, and an earnest whisper came, 
 ^'Please God, let it stay a long time !" 
 
 Later the same evening, the tiring boy 
 of three was lisping his prayers at his 
 mother's knee, when a new clause was 
 added : 
 
 "Thanlc 'oo, hind God, for that bootiful 
 red sunset!" 
 
 More than one practical lesson is sug- 
 gested by this simple little incident. Are 
 we at all times in a receptive mood to 
 
 recognize with glad appreciation the good 
 things of God when they come to us ; and, 
 while rejoicing in the gift, to remember 
 the beneficent Giver from whom we re- 
 ceive it? — 8el. 
 
 TWO PICTURES FROM LIFE. 
 
 I. 
 
 BLACK-EYED baby lay moaning 
 its young life away on the brick 
 bed of a dreary mud house in Pekin, 
 China. 
 
 The feeble voice, growing weaker and 
 weaker, was now and then drowned in the 
 sobs and groans of the young mother, w^ho 
 gazed in despair upon her dying child. 
 She longed to press it to her aching heart, 
 but she had always heard that demons arc 
 all around the dying, waiting to snatch 
 the soul away, and so because it was dying 
 she was afraid of her own baby. 
 
 "It is almost time," said the mother-in- 
 law, glancing at the slanting sunbeam 
 that had stolen into the dismal room 
 through a hole in the paper window; and 
 
138 
 
 TWO PICTURES FROM LIFE. 
 
 she siiatclioJ up the helpless baby with a 
 tletermined iiir. The mother shrieked, 
 "My baby is not dead yet! j\ly baby is not 
 dead yet!" 
 
 "But it has only one mouthful of breath 
 left," said the old woman ; ''the cart will 
 soon pass, and then we shall have to keep 
 it in the house all night. There is no 
 help for it ; the gods are angry with you." 
 
 The mother dared not resist, and her 
 baby was carried from her sight. She 
 never saw it again. 
 
 An old black cart drawn by a black cow 
 passed slowly down the street; the little 
 body was laid among the others already 
 gathered there, and the carter drove on 
 through the city gate. Outside the city 
 wall he laid them all in a common pit, 
 buried them in lime, and drove on. 
 
 Xo stone marks the spot ; no flowers will 
 ever bloom on that grave. 
 
 The desolate woman w^ails, "My baby is 
 lost; my baby is lost; I can never find 
 him again." 
 
 The black-eyed baby's mother is a 
 heathen. 
 
 II. 
 
 A blue-eyed baby lay moaning on the 
 downy pillows of its dainty crib, and it 
 v.'as w^hispered softly through the mission 
 "Baby is dying." 
 
 With sorrowing hearts we gathered in 
 the stricken room, but the Comforter had 
 come before us. 
 
 "Our baby is going home," said the 
 mother, and, though her voice trembled, 
 she smiled bravely and sweetly upon the 
 little sufferer. 
 
 "We gave her to the Lord when she 
 came to us. He has but come for His 
 own," said the father reverently, as he 
 threw his arms lovingly around his wife. 
 
 As w^e watched through our tears the 
 little life slipping away, some one began 
 to sine: softlv: 
 
 "Jesus, lover of my soul, 
 Let me to Thy bosom fly." 
 
 The blue eyes opened for the last time, 
 and with one long gaze into the loving 
 faces above, closed again, and with a gen- 
 tle sigh the sweet child passed in through 
 the gate to the heavenly fold. 
 
 "Let us pray," said a low voice. We 
 knelt together, and heaven came so near 
 we could almost see the white-robed ones 
 and hear their songs of welcome. 
 
 There are no baby coflins to be bought 
 in Pekin, so a box was made ; we lined it 
 with soft white silk from a Chinese store. 
 We dressed baby in her snowy robes and 
 laid her lovingly in her last resting place. 
 We decked the room with flowers, and 
 strewed them over the little one. 
 
 The next day we followed the tiny cof- 
 fin to the cemetery. 
 
 With a song of hope and words of cheer 
 and trust, and a prayer of faith, we com- 
 forted the sorrowing hearts. 
 
 Now a white stone marks the sacred 
 spot where we laid her, and flowers blos- 
 som on the grave that is visited often and 
 tended with loving care. 
 
 "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath 
 taken away; blessed be the name of the 
 Lord," says the baby's father, while baby's 
 mother answers, "Our baby is safe; we 
 shall find her and have her, some glad 
 day." 
 
 The blue-eyed baby's mother is a Chris- 
 tian. — Gospel in All Lands. 
 
 A MISSIONARY STORY. 
 
 SUISTDAY SCHOOL missionary 
 in the west was visiting a friend's 
 house. He had collected the family about 
 him, and with a map spread out on the 
 floor was showing where he had organized 
 Sunday schools, and was explaining his 
 work to a deeply interested circle of hear- 
 ers. Among them was little Helen, the 
 four-vear-old sunshine of the home, who 
 w^as nestled up under his arm, listening 
 with the others. "Here is a place," said 
 the missionary, a shadow falling on his 
 genial face, "where the people want a 
 
MY DOG PADDt. 
 
 13d 
 
 Sunday school. They are begging hard 
 lor it, but they must wait. The money 
 does not hold out." Soon after little Helen 
 slipped out of his arms and ran away. In 
 a few minutes she came back, and stretch- 
 ing her small arm across the map, laid a 
 bright gold dollar on the spot on the map 
 where the school was wanted. '^There," 
 she said with satisfaction, ''that's all I've 
 got. That's for their Sunday school. Can 
 they have a school now ? Is that enough ?" 
 
 It was enough. The missionary took 
 it with him and preached from it, and it 
 proved a powerful text, for as he told of 
 the little girl's gift it touched many a 
 heart, and moved many others to give. 
 Those poor, poor people in the west had 
 their Sunday school, besides many others 
 were helped, and it came from the cheer- 
 ful gift of a little girl, only four years old. 
 
 Jesus not only wants children to give 
 their money for His cause but He wants 
 them to give themselves. He says to every 
 boy and girl, ''My child, give Me thy 
 heart." If we give Him our heart, then 
 we will cheerfully give Him everything 
 else. 
 
 BOYS AND GIRLS IN KOREA. 
 
 [(^^^EKHAPS you would like to know 
 1^-^ how the boys and girls of Korea 
 look, and what kind of clothes they wear. 
 I am sure if a company of Korean boys 
 were to visit your school your teacher 
 would make a mistake and assign them 
 seats on the girls' side of the room, in- 
 stead of the boys' side. If they were very 
 much dressed up, some of them would 
 have on long pink coats, others would have 
 robin's egg blue, while the smaller ones 
 would wear red. 
 
 The dress of the Korean girl is not as 
 
 pretty as the garments worn by her 
 brother. They usually wear red cotton 
 skirts ; occasionally, however, they are so 
 fortunate as to get a light blue or a delicate 
 green one. Their jackets, which are very 
 short, only just long enough from the 
 
 shoulder to form an armhole, are of vari- 
 ous colors, but the color they like the best 
 is either green or yellow. Their hair is 
 combed just like the bovs' only thev wear 
 a plum-colored ribbon instead of a black 
 one. 
 
 When our little Korean reaches the age 
 of nine or ten, her parents tell her she is 
 now too old to be seen on the streets any 
 more. She can't even stand at the front 
 door and look out, but is banished to the 
 apartments of the women, which are in 
 the back part of the house. Here the 
 rooms are dingy and little. There is no 
 pretty flower garden to look out upon, no 
 dolls to play with, and not much of any- 
 thing which is bright or beautiful ever 
 enters the rooms where our little Korean 
 girl must spend her life. 
 
 Are you not glad you were born in this 
 land % Are you not sorry for those whose 
 lots are so hard? We hope there will be 
 better days for them some time, but these 
 days will not come until their fathers and 
 mothers learn about Jesus, who said He 
 came to this world "To preach deliverance 
 to the captives." — Sel. 
 
 MY DOG FADDY. 
 
 )OULD you like to hear of my dog 
 Paddy \ Then just listen to this. 
 
 Every night and morning we have fam- 
 ily prayers, as I dare say you do, and we 
 all sit about the room while my father 
 reads the verses from the Bible, and then 
 we kneel to pray. 
 
 Well, Paddy took to coming in to pray- 
 ers, and after a few days he seemed to 
 think that he ought to take his part in 
 them. So one day, when the servants had 
 come in and taken their places, Mr. Paddy 
 jumped on a chair and sat down, with 
 his funny black nose stuck in the air, as 
 much as to say, "I am just as good as 
 you are." 
 
 This very nearly made us laugh ; but 
 what was our surprise, when kneeling 
 
140 
 
 BUFFALO BILL AND THE CHILDREN. 
 
 doAvn, to see Paddy turn round in his 
 chair, with his face to the back, place 
 liis paws on the top, and bury his nose in 
 them! This he now does every day, and 
 very solemnly. Do you not think that we 
 (who know what we are doing) might 
 learn a lesson from this animal, who only 
 copies what he sees others do ? 
 
 Perhaps the next time you are tempted 
 to laugh in church or at family prayers, 
 you will think of Paddy and how good he 
 is. — Bertha Goldie in Lutheran Observer. 
 
 Two little girls who had been playing 
 disagreed. The youngest suddenly said, 
 in real mamma tones: 
 
 ^'Birdie, I want you to understand I'se 
 just like my muzzer; when I speaks I'se 
 going to be minded." And the quarrel 
 ceased at once. 
 
 "Are you in pain, my little man ?" asked 
 the kind old gentleman. 
 
 "No," answered the boy, "the pain's in 
 me." — Indianapolis Journal. 
 
 FRESH AIR FOR FOOD. 
 
 T one of the country excursions a 
 poor woman presented herself and 
 her two little children without a lunch, 
 which all had been directed to prepare. 
 The fact that she had hardly clothes 
 enough to cover her body and that her face 
 and form were greatly emaciated, told the 
 story of appalling poverty and explained 
 the absence of lunch. 
 
 "Why, what are you going to eat ?" said 
 the deaconess. 
 
 "Oh ! the fresh air will do me for food," 
 was the reply. "It has been fourteen 
 years since I have seen the country." This 
 poor creature was not only supplied with a 
 substantial lunch but was given clothes 
 and some concentrated food to take home 
 for her own use. 
 
 BUFFALO BILL AND THE CHILDREN. 
 
 C» IST the Boston Children's Hospital two 
 *f summers ago, on one of the hot June 
 days, when all the little convalescents who 
 were able always crowded about the open 
 windows, it chanced that a horseback band 
 of Buffalo Bill's warriors passed by on 
 their way to the show grounds. 
 
 The wildest excitement immediately 
 took possession of the small invalids. Those 
 who could see eagerly ran and described 
 the procession to those who could not leave 
 their cots. 
 
 A little later one wee lad, bed-ridden by 
 spinal trouble, was discovered crying bit- 
 terly on account of the lost treat. A kind 
 nurse endeavored to soothe him; and, 
 trying to plan some little occupation that 
 would divert him from his grief, she told 
 him that he might write to Col. Cody, the 
 great "Buffalo Bill" himself, and ask him 
 for a real Indian's picture. 
 
 ^o sooner said than begun. A simple 
 little letter was sent, telling how he could 
 not see the Indians when they went by 
 the hospital, and how he wished he had 
 a photograph of one of the band ; but the 
 long day passed, and brought no answer to 
 the weary, waiting little fellow. 
 
 "Col. Cody must be a very busy man," 
 said the sympathetic nurse, for the twen- 
 tieth time, on the second morning. "We 
 must wait patiently." But, even while 
 she was speaking, the ward door opened; 
 and in came a six-foot Indian, painted and 
 wrapped in a scarlet blanket, wearing a 
 cap of tall waving feathers and leather 
 trowsers and carrying his bow in his hand. 
 
 The little invalids fairly gasped. Then 
 they shrieked out with delight, as, one by 
 one, silent and noiseless, but smiling, six 
 splendid warriors followed the first. 
 
 That made seven in all; and, like a 
 well-trained regiment, they drew up in a 
 line, and gravely saluted the nurse. The 
 poor woman was too much scared to speak. 
 But the children still continued to scream 
 their pleasure. 
 
 The strange visitors had evidently re- 
 
HER GIFT. 
 
 141 
 
 ceived explicit orders; for now they ar- 
 ranged themselves, as best they could, in 
 the narrow space between the two rows of 
 little beds, laid their blankets and bows 
 on the floor, waved their arms to and fro, 
 and proceeded to give a quiet war dance ! 
 Then they sang ! And then they fought a 
 sham battle, smiling all the while ! When 
 at last they went away, a heartfelt cheer 
 followed them down the broad corridor; 
 and the happy children in the hospital 
 talked about shows and Buffalo Bill for 
 weeks after. — Mary Boyle O'Reilly. 
 
 HIS SCHEME. 
 
 SMALL boy who is not familiar 
 i^s,^ with rural ways was taken by his 
 fond mamma for a brief stay in the coun- 
 try. 
 
 On a farm in a neighboring county he 
 waxed fat and sunburnt, and picked up 
 a wondrous store of astonishing experi- 
 ences. 
 
 One day the farmer smilingly said to 
 his mother-: 
 
 "Just ask your boy what he hid two 
 eggs in the stable for ?" 
 
 So the very first opportunity the mother 
 said to the six-year-old: 
 
 "My dear, what did you do with those 
 eggs you took from the hen house ?" 
 
 "Oh," replied the boy, "I didn't want 
 you to know about it." 
 
 "Why, that's all right," said mamma. 
 "I only want to know what my boy did 
 with them." 
 
 "I hid them in the stable," said the lit- 
 tle fellow. 
 
 "And what for ?" 
 
 "Cause it's my scheme." 
 
 "Your scheme ? And what is your 
 scheme ?" 
 
 "Why, you see, mamma," said the little 
 philosopher, "when eggs is horned in a 
 chicken house they is always little chick- 
 ens, an' I fink if they was horned in a 
 stable dey might be little horses !" — Cleve- 
 land Plaindealer, 
 
 OLE BULL. 
 
 |LE BULL when a child only four 
 years old dearly loved music, and 
 used often to fancy when walking alone 
 in the meadows that Nature was singing to 
 him while the swinging bluebells and 
 grasses beat the time. 
 
 His uncle brought him a little yellow 
 violin. Ole danced with joy and kissed 
 the precious instrument and played on it 
 every day when study hours were over. 
 
 His eighth birthday brought him a larg- 
 er red violin ! Who could think of sleeping 
 with such a treasure under the same roof '( 
 Almost before he knew it he was out of bed 
 in his nightdress peeping at the red wood 
 and smiling at the pretty pearl screws. 
 
 Hear the rest of the story in his own 
 words : "I took up the bow and looked at 
 it. ... I did try it just a very little 
 and it did sing to one so sweetly. At first 
 I did play very soft, but presently . . . 
 it did go ever louder and louder. I forgot 
 that it was midnight and everybody was 
 asleep. 
 
 "Presently I heard something crack! 
 and the next moment I felt my father's 
 whip across my shoulders. My little red 
 violin dropped on the floor and was broken. 
 I wept much for it but it never recovered 
 its health." 
 
 HER GIFT. 
 
 I HE minister's eyes swept with in- 
 tense searching the apathetic faces 
 of his stylish, worldly congregation. He 
 had made an impassioned appeal for help 
 in the support of a little mission church 
 up among the mountains — a section where 
 rough men and women knew scarcely any- 
 thing of God and the religion of Christ. 
 He had hoped to inspire the people with 
 the spirit of giving, to make them feel that 
 it was a sweet, blessed privilege, and — he 
 had failed. A sense of deep desolation 
 crept over him. 
 
 "God help me," his lips murmured 
 
142 
 
 A STREAK OF SUNSHINE. 
 
 mutely. He could not see the bent figure 
 of little crippled Maggie in the rear of the 
 church — a figure that was trembling un- 
 der the fire of his appeal. 
 
 "Lord Jesus," the little one was saying, 
 brokenly, "I ain't got notin' ter give. I 
 want the people in the mountains to hear 
 about my Saviour, O Lord, I ain't got 
 nothin' ter — " 
 
 AVhat was it that made the child catch 
 her breath as though a cold hand had 
 taken hold of her heart? Yes, you have, 
 Maggie,'' whispered a voice from some- 
 where ; '^you've got your crutch, your 
 beautiful crutch that was given ter you, 
 and is worth a lot of shinin' dollars. You 
 kin give up your best frien' what helps 
 you to git into the park where the birds 
 sing, and takes you to preachin' and makes 
 your life happy." 
 
 ''Oh, no. Lord," sobbed the child, chok- 
 ing and shivering. ''Yes, yes, I will ! He 
 gave more'n that for me." 
 
 Blindly she extended the polished 
 crutch and placed it in the hands of the 
 deacon, who was taking up the scanty col- 
 lection. For a moment the man was puz- 
 zled, then, comprehending her meaning, 
 he carried her crutch to the front of the 
 church, and laid it on the table in front 
 of the old pulpit. The minister stepped 
 down from the platform and held up the 
 crutch with trembling hands. The sub- 
 limity of the renunciation unnerved him 
 so that he could not speak for a moment. 
 
 "Do you see it, my people," he fal- 
 tered at last, "little crippled Maggie's 
 crutch — all that she had to make life com- 
 fortable ? She has given it to the Lord and 
 vou — " 
 
 There was a moment of silence. The 
 people flushed and moved restlessly in 
 their cushioned pews. 
 
 "Does anyone want to contribute to 
 the mission cause the amount of money 
 this crutch would bring, and give it back 
 to the child who is so helpless without it ?" 
 the minister asked, gravely. 
 
 "Fifty dollars," came in husky tones 
 from the banker. 
 
 "Twenty-five." 
 
 "One hundred." 
 
 And so the subscribing went on, until 
 papers equivalent to six hundred dollars 
 were lightly piled over the crutch on the 
 table. 
 
 "Ah! you have found your hearts. 
 Thank God! Let us receive the benedic- 
 tion," almost whispered the minister, as 
 he suddenly extended his hands, which 
 were trembling with emotion. Little Mag- 
 gie, absorbed in the magnitude of her of- 
 fering and the love that prompted it, con- 
 prehended nothing that had taken place. 
 She had no thought for the future, of how 
 she would reach her humble home, or of 
 the days in which she would sit helpless in 
 her chair, as she had once done. Christ 
 had demanded her all, and she had given 
 it with the blind faith of an Abraham. 
 She understood no better when a woman's 
 arm drew her into close embrace, and soft 
 lips whispered in her ear, "Maggie, dear, 
 your crutch has made six hundred dol- 
 lars for the mission church among the 
 mountains, and has come back to stav with 
 you again. Take it, little one." 
 
 Like a flash of light there came a con- 
 sciousness that in some mysterious way 
 her gift had been accepted of God and 
 returned to her, and with a cry of joy she 
 caught the beloved crutch to her lonely 
 heart, then, smiling through her tears at 
 the kind faces and reverential eyes, she 
 hobbled out of the sanctuary. — Sel. 
 
 A STREAK OF SUNSHINE. 
 
 WmM -^^^y grandma," said a little 
 
 T wFW f ^^y I'Gsting his elbow on the 
 
 old lady's stuffed arm chair, "what have 
 
 you been doing all day all by yourself at 
 
 the window ?" 
 
 "All I could," cheerfully answered 
 grandma; "I have read a little, and 
 prayed a good deal, and then looked at 
 the people. There is one little girl I have 
 learned to watch for rather. She has sun- 
 ny brown hair, her brown eyes have the 
 
WILLIAM AND THE PINK-MAN. 
 
 143 
 
 dame sunny look in them, and I wonder 
 every day what makes her look so bright. 
 Oh, here she comes now." 
 
 ^^That girl with the brown apron on?" 
 he cried. "Why, I know her. That's Su- 
 sie Moore, and she has a dreadful hard 
 time, grandma." 
 
 "Has she ?" said grandma. "Oh ! little 
 boy, wouldn't you give anything to know 
 where she gets all that brightness from, 
 then ?" 
 
 "I'll ask her," and to grandma's sur- 
 prise, he lifted the window and called 
 Susie. "Oh, Susie, come up here a min- 
 ute, grandma wants to see you." 
 
 The brown eyes opened wide in surprise, 
 but the little maid turned at once and 
 came in. "Grandma wants to know, Susie 
 Moore," said the boy, "what makes you 
 look so bright all the time!" 
 
 "Why, I have to," said Susie, "you see 
 papa has been sick a long while, and mam- 
 ma's tired out with nursing, and baby is 
 cross with teething, and if I didn't be 
 bright, who would be ?" 
 
 "Yes, yes, I see," said dear old grand- 
 ma, putting her arms around this streak 
 of sunshine, "that's God's reason for 
 things ; they are because somebody needs 
 them. Shine on, little sun." There could 
 not be a better reason for shining than 
 because it is dark at home." — The Sun- 
 beam. 
 
 WILLIAM AlTD THE PINK-MAN. 
 
 OW, William," said his mother, as 
 she tied his necktie, "I want you to 
 go over to Mrs. Jones' and ask her to lend 
 me her Mrs. Potts' sad-iron till tomorrow. 
 And be sure to come right back; don't 
 loiter." 
 
 "Yes, ma'am," said William. 
 
 That was at half -past seven. Mrs. Jones 
 lived half a mile down the road, but at 
 eight o'clock William had not got half way. 
 He stopped at the brook to throw stones at 
 a frog, and then, when the frog got tired 
 and refused to play, William took a stick 
 and dabbled in the water. William was 
 
 the sort of boy who never gets anywhere 
 on time. He never got up to breakfast; 
 he was often late to school, and when his 
 mother sent him on an errand she could 
 never tell when he would get back. 
 
 He was poking in the mud and had for- 
 gotten all about Mrs. Jones, when he saw 
 something coming down the bank toward 
 him. When the thing got quite close he 
 discovered that it was a little man — a man 
 about as high as a boy's knee. He wore 
 knickerbockers and a cap ; but the fun- 
 niest thing about him was that from the 
 crown of his head to the bottom of his shoes 
 he was a light pink. His clothes were 
 pink ; his face was pink ; his hair and 
 eyes were pink. He stopped in front of 
 William and looked him over. 
 
 "Good-morning, Mr. Pink-man!" said 
 William; but the man said nothing, he 
 only winked. 
 
 When he did this he was very laugh- 
 able ; but William did not laugh, being a 
 well-brought-up boy whose only fault v/as 
 that he would loiter. 
 
 "If you don't mind my asking," said 
 he, politely, "I should like to know who 
 you are." 
 
 The Pink-man winked again. "I'm the 
 man who lives in the ground, and who 
 used to carry food to the big elm-tree over 
 in your pasture," said he, dolefully. 
 "It died last summer," said William, 
 The Pink-man nodded. "I started for 
 it one day with a basket of food; but I 
 stopped to play marbles with the man who 
 looks after the apple-tree in Jones' gar- 
 den." 
 
 "That's dead, too," said William. 
 
 The Pink-man nodded again. "We got 
 there too late, and both trees died. When 
 people have anything to do they should 
 do it." Here he winked again, and Wil- 
 liam remembered Mrs. Jones and the sad- 
 iron. 
 
 "We both turned pink," went on the 
 little man, "and now I look after the boys 
 who are late to school and who don't get 
 up to breakfast." 
 
 William shifted uneasily and dropped 
 
144 
 
 THE TEST OF GREATNESS. 
 
 his stick. At this the Pink-man gave a 
 prodigious wink, and William had a queer 
 feeling about his middle. He looked down ; 
 he was turning pink himself. 
 
 "I'm very sorry," said the Pink-man, 
 "but I can't help it," and he winked again. 
 
 William jumped up. The pink had got 
 up to his second waist-coat button. His 
 hair rose up on his head. What would his 
 mother say ? 
 
 "If it once gets over your head there's 
 no help for you," said the man. "People 
 who begin to get pink should reform before 
 it gets the better of them." 
 
 "Take it off!" said William. "I won't 
 be late any more!" 
 
 "Actions speak," said the man. 
 
 "I'm going," said William. And I can 
 tell you he hurried. He kept looking down 
 to see where the pink was. As he neared 
 Mrs. Jones' he found that it had disap- 
 peared altogether, so he slowed up. "What 
 a funny man!" he said. "But I'm not 
 afraid of him and his old pink!" 
 
 Just then he saw a sparrow's nest in the 
 hedge, and that sent all other thoughts out 
 of his head. He piled up some stones and 
 stood on tiptoe to peer into the nest. He 
 was quite absorbed in this when he was 
 startled by a slight cough. He turned, 
 and there was the Pink-man behind him 
 winking away as hard as ever. 
 
 William's hair began to rise again. He 
 looked down; as high as he could see his 
 body was pink. He shut one eye and 
 looked at his nose ; that was getting pink, 
 too. He cast one frightened glance at the 
 Pink-man and fled, never stopping until he 
 got to Mrs. Jones'. His feet were still 
 pink, but Mrs. Jones did not notice it ; and 
 by the time he got home it had entirely 
 gone. All the same, William had a good 
 scare. 
 
 "I wonder what has come over Wil- 
 liam?" says his mother. "He's always 
 down to breakfast on time, and when I tell 
 him to do a thing he does it at once." 
 
 She does not know about the Pink-man 
 
 who lives under the ground and who looks 
 after boys who are tardy. But you and I 
 do, and if I were a boy, or a girl, either, 
 I should be mighty careful never to be late 
 or the Pink-man might come winking after 
 me. Then I should turn pink, or some 
 other unpleasant thing might happen. 
 
 THE TEST OF GREATNESS. 
 
 9)\ F the many anecdotes handed down 
 regarding General Washington, the 
 following, perhaps, has been repeated most 
 often. We give it to our readers as illus- 
 trating the truest test of greatness — that 
 of faithfully performing the duty nearest 
 to them. 
 
 After an assault in one of the campaigns 
 of the war for American Indjependence, 
 a small body of men were busy hoisting a 
 heavy log to the top of the blockhouse that 
 was being repaired. 
 
 As the log swung to and fro, the voice 
 of a little man was heard encouraging the 
 workers with a "Heave away! There she 
 goes ! Heave ho !" 
 
 By and by there rode past an officer in 
 plain clothes, who asked the little man why 
 he did not help the others: 
 
 "Sir," was the pompous reply, "I am a 
 corporal !" 
 
 "Indeed," said the other, "I did not 
 know that; I ask your pardon, Mr. Cor- 
 poral." 
 
 Dismounting without further ado, the 
 officer lent a willing hand till the job was 
 done. Then, wiping the honest sweat off 
 his brow, he turned to the little man and 
 remarked : 
 
 "The next time, Mr. Corporal, you have 
 a bit of work like that in hand, and too 
 few men to do it, send for the commander- 
 in-chief, and I'll come again and assist 
 you." 
 
 With which offer and rebuke. General 
 Washington left the astonished corporal to 
 his own reflections. 
 

 
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 TRUE PATRIOTISM. 
 
 A unique patriotic card party. 
 (For plan and execution see page 73.) 
 
JOHN ALDEN AND PRISCILLA. 
 
 '^Ye are better than all the ballads 
 That ever were sung or said, 
 For ye are living poems 
 And all the rest are dead." 
 
 (For description of '^Longfellow Day Social" see page 94.) 
 
BOOK III. 
 
 I 
 
 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 49< ^ J^ 
 
 AN AUTUMN EXERCISE. 
 
 ONG— ^'September Days/' 
 v^)* Reading of a portion of Part I, 
 "Evangeline/' — 11. W, Longfellow. 
 Song — "Harvest Song." 
 
 Recitations — 
 
 ''The Pumpkin." — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "Death of the Mowers." — William Gul- 
 len Bryant. 
 
 "The Corn Song." — John G. Whittier. 
 Song— "On the Golden Side." 
 Description — A JSTntting Party. 
 Reading— "The Cotter's Saturday JSTight." 
 
 — Robert Burns. 
 Song — "Bringing In The Sheaves." 
 
 Recitations — 
 
 "September." — Matthew Arnold. 
 "The Broom." — Samuel Howitt. 
 "November." — William Cullen Bryant. 
 Reading — "Closing Scene of Little Men." 
 
 — Louisa May Alcott. 
 Song — ^"Those Evening Bells." — Thomas 
 
 Moore. 
 Pen-picture — Indian Summer. 
 Autumn Quotations. 
 
 Song — "The Last Rose of Summer." — 
 Thomas Moore. 
 
 Recitations — 
 
 "ISTothing But Leaves." — Anon. 
 "In the Barn." — Jeremy Taylor. 
 "Farmer John." — /. T. Trowbridge. 
 "Don't Leave the Earm, Boys." 
 
 Song 
 
 QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Down on the Merrimac river, 
 
 While the autumn grass is green, 
 
 Oh, there the jolly haymen 
 
 In their gundalows are seen." 
 
 — Lunt. 
 
 "And still that harvest song rolled on, till 
 even 
 Looked wanly forth from night's en- 
 ' circling bars — 
 When, like a pearl of music, lost in 
 heaven. 
 Its sweetness melted in a sea of stars." 
 
 —Paul H. Hayne. 
 
 "Among the stubbled corn 
 The blithe quail pipes at morn." 
 
 —Matthew Arnold. 
 
 "Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, 
 Their furrows oft the stubborn glebe 
 has broke; 
 How jocund did they drive their team 
 afield ! 
 How bowed the woods beneath their 
 sturdy stroke." 
 
 — Thomas Gray. 
 
 "The chestnuts shine through the cloven 
 rind, 
 And the woodland leaves are red, my 
 dear; 
 The scarlet fuchsias burn in the wind — 
 Funeral plumes for the year." 
 
 — Thomas B. Aldrich. 
 
 "Yet a few sunny days, in which the bee 
 Shall murmur by hedges that skirt 
 the way, 
 The cricket chirp upon the russet lea, 
 Alid man delight to linger in thy 
 way." 
 
 — William Gullen Bryant, 
 
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iir, 
 
 AUTOBIOORAPHIES OF PERSONS. 
 
 "The melancholy davs are come, the sad- 
 dost of the year, 
 Of wailing winds and naked woods, and 
 
 meadows brown and sere. 
 Heaped in the hollows of the wood, the 
 
 withered leaves lie dead, 
 They rustle to the eddying gust, and to 
 "^the rabbit's tread." 
 
 — William Cullen Bryant. 
 
 ^'The warm sun is failing, the bleak wind 
 is wailing. 
 The bare boughs are sighing, the pale 
 flowers are dying." 
 
 — Percy Bysshe Shelly. 
 
 ^'But the air's so appetizin', and the land- 
 scape through the haze 
 Of a crisp and sunny morning of the 
 
 early autumn days 
 Is a pictur' that no painter has the col- 
 
 orin' to mock — 
 When the frost is on the punkin and 
 the fodder's in the shock." 
 
 — James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 "Sixteen barrels of cider 
 Kipening all in a row ! 
 
 Open the vent-channels wider. 
 See the froth drifted like snow, 
 Blown by the tempests below." 
 
 — Josiah Gilbert Holland. 
 
 "I scattered seed on a barren plain 
 And watered the furrow with tears ; 
 My heart was heavy with grief and 
 pain. 
 And my soul distrought with fears. 
 But after many weary days 
 
 Of lowering clouds and rain, 
 I gathered from seed that was sown in 
 tears 
 A harvest of golden grain." 
 
 — Thomas Hardy. 
 
 The day is cold and dark and dreary ; 
 It rains, and the wind is never weary ; 
 The vine still clings to the moldering 
 
 wall, 
 And at every gust the dead leaves fall. 
 And the day is dark and dreary." 
 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 
 
 ii 
 
 "Ahvay and alway, night and morn. 
 Woods upon woods, and fields of corn 
 Lying between them, not quite sere. 
 And not in the full, thick, leafy bloom. 
 When the wind can hardly find breathing 
 
 room 
 Under their tassels, — cattle near. 
 Biting shorter the short, green grass. 
 And a hedge of sumach and sassafras." 
 
 — Alice Cary. 
 
 AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF PERSONS. 
 
 fAM an Englishman. When I was a 
 little boy I was very poor, and was 
 forced to work for my own living. This I 
 did by pasting the paper covers on black- 
 ing pots. My father was unfortunate and 
 was placed in prison because he could not 
 pay his debts. When I grew to be a man 
 I wrote many novels. — Charles Dickens. 
 
 I was born in the wide prairies of Wis- 
 consin. Our home stood alone, with not 
 another house in sight. My mother was 
 my school-teacher. My father was very 
 strict and forbade us playing any game on 
 Sunday. I was always fond of outdoor 
 work and was allowed to indulge in this 
 taste. I made carts, sleds, whiphandles, 
 etc., which was considered very rude work 
 for a girl. After I became older I be- 
 came interested in temperance work. — 
 Frances E. Willard. 
 
 I am a Scotchman. When I was a child 
 they called me a Scotch "laddie." My 
 home was away up in the north of Scot- 
 land near Bonnie Doon. My father was 
 a very kind man, and we loved him dearly. 
 I was fifteen years of age when I wrote 
 my first poem. The inspiration came to 
 me while I was at work on my father's 
 farm. I traveled much, and made the 
 acquaintance of many great people. I 
 love to write poems. — Robert Burns. 
 
 As a child I always loved to play 
 "school" and tell stories. When I was 
 sixteen years of age I kept school in a 
 
ARBOR DAY PROGRAMME. 
 
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 barn, my pupils consisting of the children 
 of neighbors, as poor as myself. My 
 parents were the inspiration of my life; 
 when I began writing stories for press, 
 they encouraged me in every possible way. 
 I devoted my talents to writing books 
 and stories for children. When the Civil 
 War began I went to the front as a hospital 
 nurse. I afterward published my expe- 
 riences in a little volume called ^^Ilospital 
 Sketches." — Louisa M. Alcott. 
 
 I am a native of Chicago ; my idols in 
 life are my wife, my children, and books. 
 I once had another idol, but she is now 
 only a tender memory — she was my 
 mother. I love all children, and have an 
 intimate acquaintance with scores of them ; 
 others I have known only through my 
 books, written for them. Perhaps you 
 have read "Little Boy Blue," and are thus 
 numbered among my little friends. — Eu- 
 gene Field. 
 
 I am a Quaker, born in Massachusetts 
 and reared on a farm. As a boy I was 
 always very fond of out-door sports, but 
 my time was not taken up entirely with 
 sports ; my father believed that all play 
 and no work made Jack a ruined boy, con- 
 sequently I was early taught to perform 
 all sorts of tasks. When I grew to man- 
 hood I became an editor, and afterward a 
 writer of poems. — John G. Whittier, 
 
 ABBOR DAY PBOGBAMME. 
 
 1 — Song — "O, Come to the Woods 
 
 Away." 
 2 — Arbor Day, What it Means. 
 3 — A Tree, Its Life and Usefulness. 
 4 — Tree Quotations. 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Mulberry Tree." 
 
 "Forest Hvmn." 
 
 "The Talking Oak." 
 
 "He Who Plants a Tree." 
 6 — Famous Trees of California. 
 7 — Historical Trees. 
 
 8 — Ornamental Trees. 
 9 — Fruit Trees. 
 10 — Forest Trees. 
 11 — Naval Supplies. 
 12 — Recitations — 
 
 "Woods in Winter." 
 
 "The Upas in Maybone Lane." 
 
 "The Oak." 
 13 — Story — Mr. Gladstone and the Trees. 
 14 — Reading — Prelude to Evangeline. 
 15 — Closing Song. 
 
 ARBOK DAY QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "When the bright sun, that brings 
 
 Seedtime and harvest, has returned 
 again, 
 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where 
 springs 
 The first flower of the plain." 
 
 — Henry W. Longfellow. 
 
 "Like leaves on the trees the life of man 
 is found; 
 
 !N^ow green in youth, now withering on 
 the ground; 
 
 Another race the following spring sup- 
 plies, 
 
 They fall successive and successive rise; 
 
 So generations in their course decay; 
 
 So flourish these, while those have passed 
 away." — Alexander Pope. 
 
 O whispering trees, companions, sages, 
 friends, 
 
 'No change in you, whatever friendship 
 ends ; 
 
 No deed of yours the Eden link e'er 
 broke ; 
 
 Bared is your head, to ward the light- 
 ning's stroke." 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 Summer or winter, day or night. 
 The woods are ever a new delight; 
 They give us peace, and they make us 
 
 strong. 
 Such wonderful balms to them belong; 
 So living or dying I'll take my ease. 
 Under the trees, under the trees." 
 
 — Richard Henry Stoddard. 
 
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 A DAY WITH ''ROBBIE'' BURNS. 
 
 *'It is better to know the habits of one 
 plant than the names of a thousand ; and 
 wiser to be happily familiar with those 
 that grow in the nearest field than ardu- 
 ously cognizant of all that plume the isles 
 [of the Pacific, or illume the mountains 
 of the moon." — John Buskin. 
 
 "Not merely growing, like a tree, 
 
 In bulk, doth a man better be ; 
 
 Or standing like an oak, three hundred 
 I years. 
 
 To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sear. 
 f A lily of a day is fairer far in May, 
 
 Although it fall and die that night. 
 
 It was a plant and flower of light; 
 
 In small proportions, we just beauties 
 see. 
 
 And, in short measure, life may perfect 
 be." — Ben Jonson. 
 
 "Alas, for him who never sees 
 The stars shine through his cypress 
 trees." — J. G. Whittier. 
 
 "There is something unspeakably cheer- 
 ful in a spot of ground which is covered 
 with trees, that smiles amidst all rigors 
 of winter and gives us a view of the most 
 gay season in the midst of which is tlie 
 most dead and melancholy." — Joseph Ad- 
 dison. 
 
 "He who plants a tree 
 Plants a hope. 
 
 Rootlets up through fibers blindly grope. 
 Leaves unfold into horizons free; 
 So men's lives must climb. 
 From the clods of time 
 Unto the heavens sublime. 
 Canst thou prophesy thou little tree. 
 What the glory of thy boughs will be ?" 
 
 — Lucy Larcom. 
 
 "A pebble in the streamlet scant, 
 
 Has turned the course of many a river ; 
 A dewdrop on a single plant 
 
 Has warped the giant oak forever." 
 
 "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods ; 
 There is rapture on the lonely shore. 
 There is society where none intrudes. 
 By the deep sea, and music in its roar." 
 
 — Lord Byron. 
 
 "This is the state of man. To-day he puts 
 forth 
 
 The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow, 
 blossoms. 
 
 And bears his blushing honors thick up- 
 on him ; 
 
 The third day comes a frost, a killing 
 frost ; 
 
 And when he thinks — ^good, easy man, 
 full surely 
 
 His greatness is a-rip'ning, nips his roots^ 
 
 And then he falls, as I do." 
 
 — William Shakespeare. 
 
 "The groves were God's first temples." 
 — William Cullen Bryant. 
 
 A DAY WITH ^'ROBBIE" BURNS. 
 
 ONG— "Auld Lang Syne." 
 
 ^ Sketch of the Life of Burns, 
 liecitations — 
 
 "The Whistle." 
 
 "A Red, Red Rose." 
 
 "Banks of Devon." 
 
 "Farewell to Nancy." 
 Song— "Afton Water." 
 Reading— "The Cotter's Saturday Night.'' 
 Song— "Highland Mary." 
 Description — Rural Life in Scotland. 
 Song— "The Birks of Aberfeldy." 
 Recitations — 
 
 "To a Mountain Daisy." 
 
 "My Nanie, O." 
 
 "Young Peggy." 
 Song — "Comin' Through the Rye." 
 Quotations from Burns. 
 Reading — "Elegy." 
 Song — "The Highland Laddie." 
 
 QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Should auld acquaintance be forgot. 
 And never brought to min' ? 
 
SKETCH OF LIFE OF BURNS. 
 
 149 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 And days o' auld lang syne V^ 
 
 "Theny let us pray that come it may, 
 As come it will for a' that ; 
 That sense and worth o'er a' the earth 
 May bear the gree, and a' that ; 
 For a' that and sJ that; 
 That man to man the world o'er 
 Shall brothers be for a' that." 
 
 "Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us 
 To see oursels as others see us! 
 It wad frae mony a blunder free us 
 And foolish notion." 
 
 "Then gently scan your brother man. 
 Still gentler sister woman ; 
 Though they may gang a kennin' wrong, 
 To step aside is human." 
 
 "We twa hae run about the braes. 
 And pu'd the gowans fine; 
 But we've wandered mony a weary foot 
 Sin' auld lang syne." 
 
 "Here's freedom to him that wad read, 
 Here's freedom to him that wad write ; 
 There's none ever feared that the truth 
 should be heard 
 But they whom the truth wad indite." 
 
 "The man in life, wherever plac'd. 
 Hath happiness in store. 
 Who walks not in the wicked's way, 
 IsTor learns their guilty lore." 
 
 "Morality, thou deadly bane. 
 Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain ; 
 Vain is his hope, whose stay and trust is 
 In moral mercy, truth, and justice." 
 
 "What is life when wanting love? 
 ITight without a morning ; 
 Love's the cloudless summer sky, 
 E^ature gay adorning." 
 
 **I'll be merry and free, 
 I'll be sad for naebody; 
 If naebody care for me, 
 I'll care for naebody." 
 
 "Now life's chilly evening dim shades in 
 your eye. 
 And ushers the long, dreary night ; 
 But you, like the star that athwart gilds 
 the sky. 
 Your course to the latest is bright." 
 
 "Powers celestial, whose protection 
 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair. 
 While in distant climes I wander, 
 
 Let my Mary be your care. 
 Let her form sae fair and faultless, 
 
 Fair and faultless as your own ; 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 
 Draw your choicest influence down." 
 
 "O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, 
 I aft hae kissed sae fondly ; 
 And closed for ay the sparkling glance 
 That dwelt on me sae kindly! 
 And moldering now in silent dust. 
 That heart that lo'ed me dearly. 
 But still within my bosom's core 
 Shall live my Highland Mary." 
 
 SKETCH OF LIFE OF BURNS. 
 
 T^OBEKT BUENS was born Jan. 25, 
 |f\ 1759, in a little cottage about two 
 miles from the town of Ayr, away up in 
 the north of Scotland. The cottage, a 
 clay one, was the work of his father's own 
 hand. A week after the poet's birth it 
 gave way in a violent storm, and mother 
 and child were carried, at midnight, to 
 the shelter of a neighbor's dwelling. 
 
 William Burns, the poet's father, was a 
 small farmer, possessed of unusual intelli- 
 gence and brain power; his mother was 
 possessed of unusual beauty, both of face 
 and form, and a memory stored with song 
 and ballad, from whom "Robbie" inher- 
 ited his love of the weird and beautiful. 
 
 BURIES THE BOY. 
 
 The father of Burns was a very kind- 
 hearted man, and the children felt sad if 
 they were disobedient enough to cause him 
 to punish them. Robert said : "If he had 
 
150 
 
 SKETCH OF LIFE OF BURNS. 
 
 to give us a stripe with ^Taws/ a leather 
 strap, it gave us great pain, even if he but 
 touched the skirt of our coat,'' and great 
 was the weeping and wailing if such pun- 
 ishment became necessary. 
 
 An old nurse, Betty Davidson by name, 
 resided in the Burns familv; her mind 
 was a most wonderful storehouse of sto- 
 ries of witches, ghosts, fairies, brownies, 
 spunkies, and kelpies. She taught the 
 children that these little creatures inhabi- 
 ted woods, water and graveyards ; she also 
 told of giants and dragons that held sway 
 on the high hills. These stories so im- 
 pressed Robert that he used to keep a 
 sharp lookout whenever' it was necessary 
 for him to go out walking at night. 
 
 At the age of six years Robert was sent 
 to school at Alloway Mill ; on the removal 
 of the teacher from this place a few 
 months after this time, a new teacher was 
 engaged by several families, who received 
 a small allowance and '^boaji'ded around" 
 among the families of his pupils. From 
 this instructor Robert received instruc- 
 tions in English, which he completely mas- 
 tered. In speaking of this period of his 
 school-life he says : "I was a good English 
 scholar at eleven years of age, but it cost 
 the schoolmaster some thrashings." 
 
 BURNS THE YOUTH. 
 
 Because of the extreme poverty of his 
 father's family Robert was obliged to as- 
 sist in the support of the family early in 
 life. At the age of fifteen he became a 
 plow-boy on his father's farm. It was in 
 a harvest field that he first received the 
 inspiration to write a poem. There was 
 a ''bonnie sweet lassie" gleaning in the 
 field by his side ; she possessed a sweet 
 voice and Robert composed some verses 
 for her to sing, much to the enjoyment of 
 the other lads and lassies in the field. 
 
 Although compelled to labor from morn 
 till night Bums lost none of his passionate 
 love of books ; he would eat his dinner 
 with one hand, holding a book in the other. 
 He carried books with him into the fields 
 that he might read in spare moments. It 
 
 was during this time that he was inspired 
 to wish, 
 
 "That I for poor old Scotland's sake, 
 Some useful plan or book could make or 
 sing a song at least." 
 
 BURNS THE MAN. 
 
 In Robert's twenty-fifth year his father 
 died; the poet and his brother continued 
 to run the farm, but could scarcely make 
 a living. About this time Burns decided 
 to emigrate to the West Indies. He en- 
 gaged as a bookkeeper to a slave estate in 
 Jamaica, and had taken passage for West 
 Indies; before the ship set sail, however, 
 the wonderful success of his first volume 
 of poems, published at this time, 1786, at 
 Kilmarnook, caused him to alter his plans 
 and thus changed the whole course of his 
 future life. 
 
 It was about this time in life that Burns 
 first met "Highland Mary;" this acquaint- 
 ance ripened into love, such love as Burns 
 never bore another woman, they were be- 
 trothed and during the time set for prep- 
 aration for their wedding, she died; and 
 years after we learn how dear she was, 
 even in memory, by the impassionate love 
 songs written to her memory. 
 
 In 1787 a second edition of poems ap- 
 peared. These were followed, in 1792, by 
 one hundred songs, under the title 
 "Melodies of Scotland." 
 
 The beautiful home poem "The Cotter's 
 Saturday Night," together with the many 
 sweet ballads, has made the "Bonny 
 Scotch Laddie" immortal. These songs 
 will continue to ring in the ear and heart 
 of every true Scotchman as long as time 
 endures. 
 
 In March 1788, Burns was united in 
 marriage to Jean Armour. 
 
 THE DEATH OF BURNS. 
 
 In April 1796, Burns penned the fol- 
 lowing words. "I fear it will be some- 
 time before I tune my lyre again. By 
 Babel's stream I have sat and wept. I 
 have only known existence by the pressure 
 
THE OWLS' RECEPTION DAY. 
 
 151 
 
 of sickness and counted time by the re- 
 percussion of pain." On July 4th, his 
 condition was pronounced critical, and on 
 the 21st, the spirit of the sweet singer took 
 
 its flight. 
 
 He was buried on Monday, July 28, 
 1Y96, from the Town Hall at Dumfries, 
 with military honors. 
 
 BIRD DAY. 
 
 1 — Song — "The Merry Brown Thrush." 
 2 — Migration of Birds. 
 3 — Bird Quotations. 
 4_Song— "The Birdie's Ball." 
 
 5 — Kecitations, 
 
 "Birds in Summer." 
 "Robert O'Lincoln." 
 "The Bird and the Ship." 
 
 6— Song— "The Brown Birds." 
 
 7 — Paper — Birds of Prey. 
 
 8 — Contrast — The Eagle vs. the Dove. 
 
 9 — History — "The Birds of Killing- 
 worth." 
 
 10— Song— "Robin Redbreast." 
 
 1 1 — Recitations — 
 
 "The First Bluebird." — James W. 
 Riley. 
 
 "Address to a Woodlark." — Robert 
 Burns. 
 
 "The Swallow." — Thomas Aird. 
 
 "The Blackbird."— Alfred Tenny- 
 son, 
 
 12 — Xest Building. 
 
 13— Song— "The Little Doves." 
 
 14— Reading— "The Raven."- 
 
 len Poe. 
 15 — Closing Song. 
 
 -Edgar Al- 
 
 THE OWLS' RECEPTION DAY. 
 
 (A Bird Day Exercise.) 
 
 (liote. — This exercise is designed for a 
 primary school. Father and Mother Owl 
 are dressed to represent very old, wise 
 persons. Both should w^ear frilled caps, 
 and spectacles. The other birds may be 
 dressed to suit your fancy.) 
 
 Opening Scene. — Father and Mother 
 Owl seated awaiting guests. 
 
 Father Owl: — 
 This is the day, dear Mother Owl, 
 To welcome every bird and fowl 
 Lately returned from Southland, fair. 
 To soar once more through I^orthern air. 
 
 Mother Owl: — 
 
 Yes, the time has come at last 
 
 When winter's chilling winds are passed, 
 
 And springtime's lovely robes of green 
 
 Upon her children may be seen ; 
 
 The birds may now return once more 
 
 To haunts and homes, they've known 
 
 before : 
 I'll gladly give a welcome sweet, 
 To all whom we to-day may meet. 
 
 Father Owl: — 
 
 The robin will be first to call. 
 He always tries to beat them all. 
 Redbreast is a cheery fellow — 
 Although his voice is far from mellow. 
 
 Mother Owl: — 
 
 (Bluebird enters.) 
 How nice to be at home, once more, 
 1 hardly realized before. 
 How very dear one's home can be — 
 Until by cold, we're forced to flee. 
 Of course, the Southland is quite nice 
 With all its flowers, fruits and rice ; 
 But our old hollow apple tree 
 Is dearer, far than all to me; 
 'Twas there, my mother chose to nest. 
 And shelter me 'neath her warm breast : 
 And so 'tis dearer far to me 
 Than any other e'er can be ; 
 So in that tree I'll build my nest. 
 And settle down to peaceful rest. 
 
 Mother Owl: — 
 
 True dear, no matter where we mav roam, 
 We find there's no place like — "homo 
 
 sweet home." 
 To settle in your old home nest 
 I think, of all plans, is the best. 
 
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 THE OWLS' RECEPTION DAY. 
 
 (Enter Ivobin.) 
 Well, now I'm beaten, I declare 
 For there is Bluebird in that chair; 
 I was tired and took a nap, 
 Hence, got beaten by that chap ; 
 Well, I have found a cherry tree. 
 And that will make the home for me ; 
 For cherries sweet, and round, and red, 
 Will hang all round and overhead. 
 Now won't that be a jolly way 
 To feed my birdies every day ? 
 
 Mother Owl:— 
 Oh, Robin Redbreast can't you see 
 In what great danger you will be, 
 If you nest in that cherry tree ? 
 The boys will try to kill you, quite, 
 And worry you from morn till night 
 By throwing sticks, and earth and stones, 
 To frighten you and break your bones. 
 Oh, Redbreast listen unto me 
 Trust not the tempting cherry tree. 
 
 Father Owl : — 
 Oh, Robin think of what a fate 
 !^Iight overcome your little mate. 
 'Tis better far to search for bread 
 Tho' cherries do hang o'er your head ; 
 I beg of you select a spot. 
 Where naughty boys can harm you not. 
 
 Rohin : — 
 I wish there were no naughty boys 
 To throw big stones and make a noise ; 
 I'm very sure I cannot see 
 Why they should wish to bother me, 
 I sing for them my sweetest song — 
 And search for worms the whole day long. 
 But I will choose another tree 
 Where they will never search for me. 
 
 (Enter Wren.) 
 I'm glad the winter time is o'er. 
 And I may be at home once more, 
 1 do so dread to fly away, 
 When autumn winds begin to play— 
 Because I love my ISTorthern home. 
 Of brightest days, and richest loam. 
 But now we have returned once more 
 To haunts and homes we've known before. 
 
 The children I am glad to see — 
 They always are so kind to me, 
 They've made for me a little house, 
 To nest in, snug as any mouse. 
 They always see that I am fed 
 Upon the best of fruit and bread ; 
 So much is added to my joys 
 By kindness of the girls and boys. 
 
 Bluebird : — 
 !N'ow old Father Owl, 
 You're called a wise fowl — 
 Here's a question for you to-day: 
 The robins dislike boys. 
 With their racket and noise, 
 The wrens love them all, they say ; 
 Now, pray tell me. 
 Why this should be ? 
 
 Father Owl: — 
 The wren is such a gentle bird — 
 No one could help but love her. 
 No one has ever thought or heard 
 Of aught of ill against her. 
 The robin has been called a thief, 
 Because he loves the cherries — 
 And so you see, he came to grief, 
 Because he eats the berries. 
 
 (Enter Crow.) 
 Caw, caw, caw ! Caw, caw, caw ! 
 You're the silliest birds that I ever saw ; 
 Have you nothing to do, but sit and talk ? 
 I'm going to fight with that old Black- 
 hawk ; 
 It's about some meat, that we both eat raw, 
 So adieu to all. Caw, caw, caw ! 
 
 (Enter Dove.) 
 I'm so glad that crow has flown away. 
 He frightens me much every day ; 
 He's so very strange, and rough and bold. 
 Really when I see him, I turn quite cold. 
 I'm very glad to meet each of you. 
 But I must be going coo, coo, coo. 
 
 (Exit Dove.) 
 
 Mother Owl: — 
 One of the greatest contrasts one can know 
 Is that between the dove and crow; 
 
A CHRISTMAS EXERCISE. 
 
 153 
 
 I liave heard a legend of the dove, 
 
 'Tis said its mission on earth is love ; 
 
 And the same legend says, that an old 
 
 black crow. 
 Brings the beholder, nothing but woe. 
 
 (Enter Brownthrnsh. ) 
 
 Oh I am so glad, I am so free, 
 ^o sorrow I'm sure will come, unto me — 
 I've sung my song from IsTorth to South, 
 It warbles forth, if I open my mouth ; 
 I've learned new songs, during my winter 
 
 away — 
 So I must be going to practice to-day ; 
 I wish you birdies a very good-bye, 
 Keep up your spirits and sing as you fly ? 
 (Exit all birds.) 
 
 Father Owl : — 
 
 The day is growing late. 
 And shadows now appear — 
 The last kind caller gone, 
 IsTow we will rest my dear ; 
 While you are looking after 
 The duties 'round the house, 
 I will bring for supper 
 A nice fat mouse. 
 (Exit Father Owl.) 
 
 Mother Oivl: — 
 
 The day has been a pleasant one, and I 
 
 was glad to see — 
 So many little birdies in our home tree. 
 I think I'll take a little soar, to rest mv 
 
 folded wings, 
 And then hurry home to see what father 
 
 brings. 
 (Exit Mother Owl.) 
 
 A CHRISTMAS EXERCISE. 
 
 {Adapted From Washington Irving'c 
 Sketch Boole.) 
 
 First Pupil : — 
 
 '^Lo, now has come the welcome feast. 
 Let every one be jolly : 
 Each room with ivy leaves is dressed. 
 And every post with holly. 
 
 ^ow all the neighbors^ chimneys smoke. 
 And Christmas blocks are burning ; 
 Their ovens, they with baked, meats 
 
 choke — 
 And all their spits are turning. 
 Without the door let sorrow lie, 
 And if, for cold, it hap to die. 
 We'll bury it in the Christmas pie — 
 And evermore be merry." 
 
 A CHRISTMAS GUEST. 
 
 Second Pupil : — 
 
 As we approached the house we heard 
 the sound of music and now and then a 
 burst of laughter from one end of the. 
 building. This my host told me, must 
 proceed from the servant's hall, where a 
 great deal of revelry was permitted, and 
 even encouraged, throughout the twelve 
 days of Christmas cheer. Here was kept 
 the old games of ^^Hoodman Blind," 
 ^^Shoe the Wild Mare," "Hot Cockles," 
 "Steal the White Loaf," "Bob Apple," 
 and "Snap Dragon." The yule-log and 
 Christmas candle were regularly burnt, 
 and the mistletoe with its white berries 
 hung up. 
 
 So intent were the servants upon their 
 sports that we had to ring repeatedly be- 
 fore we could make ourselves heard. 
 
 THE YULE-LOG. 
 
 Third Pupil : — 
 
 The yule-log is a great log of wood, 
 sometimes the root of a tree, brought into 
 the house with great ceremony on Christ- 
 mas Eve, laid in the fireplace, and lighted 
 with the brand of last year's log. While 
 it lasts there is great singing, drinking*, 
 and telling of tales. Sometimes it is ac- 
 companied with Christmas candles ; but in 
 the cottages the only light is from the glow 
 of the log. The yule-log is burned all the 
 night, and if it dies out it is considered a 
 sign of great ill luck. The yule-log is yet 
 burned in many farm houses of England, 
 particularly in the north, and there are 
 many superstitions connected with it. If 
 a squinting person comes into the house 
 while it is burning, or a person barefooted, 
 
154 
 
 A DAY WITH EUGENE FIELD. 
 
 it is considered a bad omen. The brand 
 remaining from the yule-log is carefully 
 put away for next year's Christmas fire. 
 
 THE MISTLETOE. 
 
 Fourth Pupil: — 
 
 The mistletoe is intimately connected 
 with many of the superstitions of the Ger- 
 mans and the British. In the Northern 
 mythology, Balder is said to have been 
 slain by a spear made from a branch of 
 mistletoe. 
 
 The mistletoe is still hung up in farm 
 houses and kitchens at Christmas, and the 
 young men have the privilege of kissing 
 the girl under it, plucking each time a 
 berry from the bush. When the berries 
 are all plucked the privilege ceases. 
 
 THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. 
 
 Fifth Pupil :— 
 
 When I awoke the next morning it 
 seemed that all the events of the previous 
 evening had been a happy dream. While 
 I yet lay musing on my pillow I heard the 
 sound of little feet pattering outside the 
 door, and a whispered consultation. 
 Presently a choir of small voices broke 
 forth in an old Christmas carol, the burden 
 of which was : 
 
 ^'Rejoice our Savior w^as born 
 On Christmas day in the morning." 
 
 I rose softly, slipped on my clothing, 
 opened the door suddenly, and beheld one 
 of the most beautiful little fairy groups 
 that a painter could imagine. It consisted 
 of a boy and two girls, the eldest not more 
 than six, and lovely as seraphs. They w^ere 
 going the rounds of the house and singing 
 at every chamber door. 
 
 CHRISTMAS GEMS FROM DICKENS. 
 
 1^ OD bless you, merry gentleman ; may 
 ^Jl nothing you dismay." 
 
 ^^The happiness it gives is quite as great 
 as though it cost a fortune." 
 
 ^'Though it has never put a scrap of 
 gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that 
 
 it has done me good, and will do me good ; 
 and I say, God bless it." 
 
 ^^There was a boy singing a Christmas 
 carol at my door last night. I should liked 
 to have given him something." 
 
 "There was an air of cheerfulness 
 abroad that the clearest summer air, or 
 brightest summer sun might have en- 
 deavored to diffuse in vain." 
 
 "Apples and oranges were put upon the 
 table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the 
 fire, then all the happy family drew 
 around the fire." 
 
 "But every man among them hummed 
 a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas 
 thought, or spoke below his breath to his 
 companion of some bygone Christmas 
 day." 
 
 "All the boys were in great spirits and 
 shouted to each other until the broad fields 
 w^ere full of merry music." 
 
 "I will honor Christmas in my heart 
 and try to keep it all the year. I will live 
 in the past, the present and the future. 
 The spirit of all three shall thrive within 
 me. I will not shut out the lessons that 
 they teach." 
 
 "Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, 
 turkey, geese, game, poultry, meat, pigs, 
 sausage, oysters, pie, pudding, fruit and 
 punch." 
 
 "Of all good days of the year, Christ- 
 mas is the best." 
 
 "Cheer up! Don't give way! A new 
 heart for a 'New Year always." 
 
 A DAY WITH EUGENE FIELD. 
 
 PENING Song. 
 Sketch of Life of Field. 
 Song — "Sleepy Song." 
 Recitations — 
 
 "Old Times, Old Friends, Old 
 
 Love.'* 
 "My Playmates." 
 "Seein' Things at ITight. 
 Song— "The Little Peach." 
 Reading — "Christmas Treasures." 
 
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A DAY WITH EUGENE FIELD. 
 
 155 
 
 Kecitations — 
 
 "The Kide to Bumpville." 
 
 "The Cunnin' Little Thing." 
 
 "Picnic Time.'^ 
 Story — Eugene Field and the Children. 
 Song— "So, So, Eock— a— By So." 
 Kecitations — 
 
 "Little Boy Blue." 
 
 "The Wanderer." 
 
 "Booh." 
 
 "The Rock-a-By Lady." 
 Quotations. 
 Reading — "Sermon Written by Field in 
 
 Childhood." 
 Closing Song. 
 
 QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "With big tin trumpet and little red drum. 
 Marching like soldiers, the children 
 
 come; 
 It's this way and that way they circle and 
 
 file, 
 My ! but that music of theirs is fine, 
 This way and that way, and, after awhile, 
 They march straight into this heart of 
 
 mine. 
 O ! sturdy old heart, but it has to succumb 
 To the blare of that trumpet and beat of 
 
 that drum." 
 
 "Oh! cottage neath the maples, have you 
 
 seen those girls and boys 
 That but a little while ago, made, oh! 
 
 such pleasant noise? 
 Oh, trees and hills and brooks and lanes 
 
 and meadows, do you know 
 Where I shall find my little friends of 
 
 forty years ago? 
 You see I'm old and weary, and I've 
 
 traveled long and far ; 
 I'm looking for my playmates and I 
 
 wonder where they are." 
 
 "The Rock-a-By Lady from Hush-a-bye 
 
 street 
 Comes stealing, comes creeping. 
 The poppies they hang from her head to 
 
 her feet. 
 And each hath a dream that is tiny and 
 
 fleet ; 
 
 a 
 
 She bringeth here poppies to you, my 
 
 sweet, — 
 When she findeth you sleeping." 
 
 That night, while lengthening shadows 
 
 crept, 
 I saw the white-winged angels come 
 With singing to our lowly home. 
 And kiss my darling as he slept." 
 
 "But if again that angel train 
 
 And golden head come back to me, 
 To bear me to Eternity, 
 My watching will not be in vain." 
 
 (( 
 
 Upon a mountain height, far from the 
 
 sea, 
 I found a shell; 
 
 And to my listening ear the lonely thing 
 Ever a song of ocean seemed to tell. 
 Ever a song of ocean seemed to sing." 
 
 "Genius is not in it; it's work and pa- 
 tience, and staying with a thing. Inspira- 
 tion is all right and pretty and a sugges- 
 tion, but it's when a man gets a pen in his 
 hand and sweats blood, that inspiration 
 begins to enter in." 
 
 (( 
 
 There is no love like the good old love — 
 The love that mother gave us. 
 We are old, old men, yet we pine again 
 For that precious grace — God gave us. 
 So we dream and dream of the good old 
 
 times. 
 And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder, 
 As those dear old dreams bring soothing 
 
 gleams. 
 Of heaven away off yonder." 
 
 SKETCH OF field's LIFE. 
 
 Eugene Field was born in St. Louis in 
 1850. His parents were natives of Ver- 
 mont ; his father being a lawyer and a 
 graduate of Middlebury College. At seven 
 years of age Field was left motherless, and 
 he, together with his brothers, was sent to 
 Massachusetts, and placed under the care 
 of a cousin, a Miss French. Here in thci 
 old town of Amherst, Mass., was spent the 
 
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 A DAY WITH CARLETON 
 
 youth and early manhood of Field. W^hen 
 Field was nine years of age, he was seni 
 to Fayetteville to visit his grandmother ; 
 here he stayed seven months, learning to 
 love nature with all the strength of his 
 nature, as this was the lirst time he had 
 ever lived in the real country. This grand- 
 mother was an old-time New England 
 Congregationalist, and was very particular 
 ahout the training of these motherless 
 boys, under her care. She used to give 
 Eugene ten cents for every sermon he 
 would write, and it is said that one of his 
 most treasured possessions as a man, was 
 one of these sermons written while an in- 
 mate of his grandmother's home. She gave 
 him five dollars for memorizing the ten 
 commandments. 
 
 At sixteen years of age Field fitted him- 
 self for college, but owing to poor health 
 did not enter Williams college until his 
 eighteenth year ; during the time he w^as a 
 student in this college his father died and 
 he returned to the west. He lived with his 
 guardian Mr. Burgess, who was at that 
 time a professor in Knox college. Gales- 
 burg, 111. This college in after years con- 
 ferred the degree of A. M. on Field. At 
 twenty-one years of age Field became heir 
 to a fortune, and made a tour of Europe. 
 Field says of himself at this critical time : 
 ''I was young, I had money, and I paid it 
 out for experience — it was plenty. Ex- 
 perience was lying around loose." 
 
 On returning from the European tour, 
 Field went to St. Louis and obtained work 
 on the Journal ; this was the beginning of 
 his literary career. The first poem written 
 by Field was entitled "Christmas Treas- 
 ures," and was written to fill space in the 
 Journal; this was in 1877. 
 
 Field's poems are largely poems of 
 childhood, and this fact together with his 
 fondness for children has given him the 
 sobriquet of "The Child Lover." Among 
 his popular works may be mentioned 
 "Denver Tribune Primer," 1882; "Cul- 
 ture's Garden," 1887; "A Little Book of 
 Western Verse," 1889 ; "A Little Book of 
 Profitable Talcs," 1890; "Echoes From a 
 
 Sabine Farm," 1895. Since his death 
 there has appeared an unfinished story, 
 "The House," 1896. 
 
 Eugene Field died in Chicago, 111., in 
 1895, and thus early in years passed away 
 the great "Chicago Humorist," whom all 
 loved very dearly. 
 
 A DAY WITH CARLETON. 
 
 (Suggestive Programme.) 
 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Life of Carleton. 
 
 3 — Gems From Carleton. 
 
 4 — ^Recitations — 
 
 "The 'New Church Organ." 
 
 "Death-Doomed." 
 
 "The Christmas Baby." 
 5— Reading — "The First Settler's 
 
 Story." 
 6 — Story — "Bess' Three Lovers." 
 7 — Song. 
 
 8— Reading— "Three Links of a Life." 
 9 — Recitations — 
 
 "Cover Them Over." 
 
 "Our Army of the Dead." 
 
 "Paul's Run Off With the Show." 
 10 — Readings — 
 
 "Betsey and I are Out." 
 
 "How Betsey and I Made Up." 
 11— Tableau— "Over The Hills to The 
 
 Poor House." 
 12 — Dialogue — "Gone With a Handsomer 
 
 Man." 
 13 — Closing Song. 
 
 GEMS FROM CARLETON". 
 
 "Boys flying kites, haul in their white- 
 winged birds. 
 But you can't do that when yo-u're flying 
 
 words. 
 Thoughts unexpressed will ofttimes fall 
 
 back dead. 
 But God himself can't kill them — once 
 they're said." 
 
 — First Settler s Story. 
 
 "And so that heavei^ we argued, no nearer 
 tq us g:ot,^ 
 
CLOSING EXEinctSE FOR SCHOOL. 
 
 157 
 
 But it gave us a taste of something, a 
 thousand times as hot." 
 
 — Betsey and I are Out. 
 
 "Honor to those who are living yet ! 
 Time shall their laurels make more 
 
 green 
 
 "But at this hour, we must not forget — 
 Those we may call our guests unseen." 
 — Our Guests Unseen. 
 
 "The midnight rested its heavy arm — 
 Upon the grief-encumbered farm; 
 And hoarse-voiced sorrow wandered at 
 
 will, 
 Like a moan, when the summer^s night is 
 still." 
 
 — Three LinTcs of a Life. 
 
 "Worm or beetle, drought or tempest, 
 On a farmer's land may fall; 
 But for first-class ruination. 
 Trust a mortgage 'gainst them all." 
 
 — The Tramps Story. 
 
 LIFE OF CARLETON. 
 
 Will Carleton was born near Hudson, 
 Mich., in 1845. His father being one of 
 the pioneers of Lenawee county. He 
 cleared a farm, and lived in the usual 
 hardy pioneer style. Here five children 
 were reared, in the pursuits of farm life. 
 
 Will Carleton early developed a craving 
 for learning, and worked hard at his books 
 in the little country school house; as he 
 grew older he walked daily five miles to the 
 nearest high school. He proved so apt a 
 scholar, that at the age of sixteen years he 
 himself became a teacher, thus obtaining 
 the means of defraying his expenses to 
 Hillsdale College, where he graduated in 
 1869, delivering on this occasion his 
 beautiful poem, "Eifts in the Cloud." 
 
 While yet young in years Carleton ac- 
 quired popularity as a writer by a number 
 of poems written under the nom de plume 
 of "Paul Pillow;" the most notable of these 
 earlier poems being "Fax," a political 
 effusion. This was followed bv "For- 
 ward," and numerous other short poems 
 along the same line of thought. But it 
 
 was the publication of the beautiful 
 memorial day poem, "Cover Them Over." 
 that caused the wave of popularity which 
 finally discovered who "Paul Pillow," 
 really was. In 1871, the poet's corner of 
 the Toledo Blade published the now 
 popular poem "Betsey and I Are Out," 
 which the timid author had not dared to 
 set a price upon. The results were 
 phenomenal; it was promptly republished 
 with characteristic drawings in Harper's 
 Weekly and Will Carleton's standing as a 
 poet was fixed forever. 
 
 His first published volume "Farm Bal- 
 lads" has stirred the hearts of all the com- 
 mon people, both old and young. Here 
 grief, pathos, joy and mirth are inter- 
 mingled in true life-like manner. "Farm 
 Legends" followed in 1875 ; "Farm Fes- 
 tivals" in 1881; "Young Folks' Centen- 
 nial Khymes" in 1876 ; "City Ballads" in 
 1885; "City Festivals" in 1892 and 
 "Khymes of Our Planet" in 1895. 
 
 Mr. Carleton is favorably known as a 
 lecturer, both in the United States and 
 Great Britain. 
 
 CLOSING EXEECISE FOR SCHOOL. 
 
 A DAY WITH GREAT AUTHORS. 
 
 1 — Song — "Those Evening Bells." — 
 
 Moore. 
 2 — Gems From Favorite Poets. 
 3 — Reading — "Thanatopsis." — Bryant. 
 4 — Paraphrase — "The Village Black- 
 smith."— Lon^/eZZow;. 
 5 — Becitations — 
 
 "In School J)2iy^.''—Whittier. 
 
 "Jerry, The Miller."— >S'a:r6. 
 
 "The Boys."— ^oZmes. 
 
 "A Song of the Camp." — Taylor. 
 6— Song— "The BridigQ.''— Longfellow. 
 7 — Anecdotes of Poets. 
 8 — Paper — Homes of Authors. 
 9 — Reading — Selection from "Sketch 
 
 Book." — Irving. 
 10 — Historical Poems — 
 
 "Grandmother's Story of Bunker 
 mW'—Eolmes, 
 
158 
 
 SOME QUEER NAMES FOR PEOPLE. 
 
 ''Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers." 
 — Mrs. lie mans. 
 
 ^'Gertrude of Wyoming.'' — Camp- 
 bell. 
 
 ''Paul Revere's Ride." — Longfel- 
 low. 
 11 — Description, Brook Farm. 
 12 — Song — ''Annie Laurie." — Burns. 
 1 3 — Recitations — 
 
 ''The CIoikV— Shelley. 
 
 "Songs of Seven." — Ingelow. 
 
 "Pictures From Memory." — Cary. 
 
 "When the Frost is on the Pun- 
 kin." — Riley. 
 14 — Song — "The Last Rose of Summer." 
 
 — Moore. 
 15 — Domestic Lives of Writers. 
 16— "Death of Little 'NelV— Dickens. 
 17 — Song — "Excelsior." — Longfellow. 
 18— Reading— "The Little Yaller Baby." 
 
 — Field. 
 19 — Recitations — 
 
 "Annabel Lee." — Poe. 
 
 "Saturday Afternoon." — Willis. 
 
 "Waggoner of the Alleghenies." — 
 Read. 
 18 — Reading — Cellar Scene of "Bitter 
 
 Sweet." — Holland. 
 19 — Peculiar Deaths of Authors. 
 20 — Song — "Home, Sweet Home." — 
 
 Payne. 
 
 CITY ENIGMAS. 
 
 What is called, 
 
 1— The "City of Brotherly Love?" 
 (Philadelphia.) 
 
 2_The "City of Churches?" (Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y.) 
 
 3_The "City of Elms ?" (N"ew Haven, 
 Conn.) 
 
 4— The "City of Magnificent Dis- 
 tances?" (Washington, D. C.) 
 
 5— The "City of Masts?" (London, 
 Eng.) 
 
 6— The"City of Palm Trees ?" (Jericho.) 
 
 7— The "City of Spindles?" (Lowell, 
 Mass.) 
 
 8— The "City of The Great King?" 
 (Jerusalem.) 
 
 0— The "City of Straits?" (Detroit, 
 
 Mich.) 
 10— The "City of The Violet Crown?" 
 
 (Athens, Greece.) 
 1 1— The "Windy City ?" (Chicago, HI.) 
 12— The "Monumental City?" (Balti- 
 more, Md.) 
 13— The "Queen City of the Lakes?" 
 
 (Buffalo, K Y.) 
 14— The "Garden City?" (Chicago, 
 
 HL) 
 15— The "Queen City?" (Cincinnati, O.) 
 16— The "Forest City ?" (Cleveland, O.) 
 17— The '^Bluff City ?" (Hannibal, Mo.) 
 18— The "Gate City ?" (Keokuk, Iowa.) 
 19— The"Crescent City ?"(New Orleans.) 
 20— The "Mound City?" (St. Louis, 
 
 Mo.) 
 21— The "City of Rocks?" (Nashville, 
 
 Tenn. ) 
 22— The "Iron City?" (Pittsburg, Penn.) 
 23— The "Flour City?" (Rochester, K 
 
 Y.) 
 
 24— The "Flower City?" (Springfield, 
 
 111.) 
 25— "Gotham ?" (:^ew York city.) 
 
 SOME aUEER NAMES FOR PEOPLE. 
 
 Who was, 
 1— "Uncle Robert?" (Robert E. Lee.) 
 2— The "Great Pacificator?" (Henry 
 
 Clay.) 
 3— The "Plumed Knight?" (James G. 
 
 Blaine.) 
 4 — Who was "Mad Anthony?" (Anthony 
 
 W^ayne. ) 
 5— Who was "Old Rough and Ready?" 
 
 (Zachary Taylor.) 
 6— Who was "The Father of His 
 
 Country?" (George Washington.) 
 7 — Who was "Honest Abe ?" (Abraham 
 
 Lincoln. ) 
 8— Who was "The Rail-Splitter?" 
 
 (Abraham Lincoln.) 
 9 — Who was the "Hero of Appomattox ?" 
 
 (Ulysses S. Grant.) 
 10 — Who was the "Hero of IsTew Orleans ?" 
 
 (Andrew Jackson.) 
 
FLAG DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 159 
 
 ll_Who was ^^Stonewall V (Thomas J. 
 Jackson.) 
 
 12 — Who was "Unconditional Sur- 
 render?" (Ulysses S. Grant.) 
 
 13 — Who was the "Great Commoner f 
 (Thaddeus Stevens.) 
 
 14 — Who was the "Hero of the Tow 
 Path?" (James Abraham Gar- 
 field.) 
 
 15— Who was the "Sage of Monticello V 
 (Thomas Jefferson.) 
 
 16 — Who was the "Sage of Greystone?" 
 
 (Samuel Tilden.) 
 17— Who was the "Rock of Chicka- 
 
 mauga ?" (George H. Thomas.) 
 18 — W^ho was "Poor Richard?" (Benj. 
 
 Franklin. ) 
 
 19_Who was "The Mill Boy of The 
 Slashes?" (Henry Clay.) 
 
 20— Who was the "Man of Destiny?" 
 (Grover Cleveland.) 
 
 21— Who was "Little David?" (John 
 Randolph. ) 
 
 22 — ^^Vho was the "Gray-eyed Man of 
 Destiny?" (Gen. Wm. Walker.) 
 
 ENIGMAS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. 
 
 ENIGMA I. 
 
 fHE following enigma contains twen- 
 ty-eight letters, and when properly 
 placed will form one of the famous say- 
 ings of Benj. Franklin: 
 
 1 — 7 — 24 — 9 — 17 is a vital organ of 
 the human body. (Heart.) 
 
 15—22—20—19—21—18 is a semi- 
 tropical fruit. (Orange.) 
 
 8—12—27—14—11—26—23 is an 
 obnoxious, thorny weed. (Thistle.) 
 
 25 — 13 — 16 — 4 is a little quarrel. 
 
 (Tiff.) 
 
 6 — 10 — 5 is a poor dwelling place. 
 (Hut.) 
 
 2 — 3 — 28 is an intoxicating beverage. 
 (Ale.) 
 
 "Half the truth is often a great lie." 
 
 EI^IGMA NO. II. 
 
 The whole is a well-known maxim con- 
 taining thirty-seven letters: 
 
 2 — 17 — 27 is a head-covering. 
 
 24—3—6—11—14—31—15—33—10 
 — 30 — 32 an American hero. (Washing- 
 ton.) 
 
 12 — 25 — 16 a domestic animal. (Dog.) 
 
 29 — 1 — 35 — 20 — 37 to inhabit. 
 (Dwell.) 
 
 7 — 28 — 22 — 26—21 to rotate with 
 great speed. (Whirl.) 
 
 34 — 8 — 13 — 36 the covering of some 
 animals. ( Wool. ) 
 
 4—9—19—5—18—23 a peculiarity of 
 character. (Traits.) 
 
 "Whate^ 
 doing well 
 
 "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth 
 
 57 
 
 ENIGMA NO. III. 
 
 The whole is composed of twenty-eight 
 letters, and is another of Franklin's sav- 
 
 ings: 
 
 2—17—7—18—12—8—15—20 a for- 
 mer president of the United States. (Har- 
 rison.) 
 
 24 — 6 — 5 — 16 a part of a dwelling. 
 (Room.) 
 
 29—2—11 is a pledge. (Yow.) 
 25 — 1 — 3 — 19 — 14 a name sometimes 
 applied to a horse. (Steed.) 
 
 13—26—27—28 to close. (Shut.) 
 10—23—21—4 to give food. (Feed.) 
 "The doors of wisdom are never shut." 
 
 FLAG DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — Song — "America." 
 
 2 — History of Our Flag. 
 
 3 — Paper — Betsey Ross and Our Flag. 
 
 4 — Song — "Star- Spangled Banner." 
 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 "E Pluribus Unum." — Cutter. 
 
 "The American Flag." — Drake. 
 
 "Betsey's Battle Flag. ' ' — Minna 
 Irving. 
 6— Song— "Red, White and Blue." 
 7 — Story of the Writing of "Star Span 
 
 gled Banner." 
 
1C.0 
 
 FLAG DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 8— Song— ''Our Flag is There." 
 i) — Paper — Birthday of Our Flag. 
 
 10 — Kecitations — 
 
 'The American Yl^g.''— Taylor. 
 "Old Glory.''— Spajford. 
 "Only One Flag."— ^no/i. 
 
 11— Song— "Eally Kound the Flag." 
 
 12 — Incidents of Bravery for Our Flag. 
 
 13 — Flae: Quotations. 
 
 14_Song— "When the Old Flag Waves." 
 
 15 — Evolution of Our Flag. 
 
 16 — Song — "All Hail Our Glorious Ban- 
 ner." 
 
 FLAG QUOTATIONS. 
 
 •'Three cheers for our flag! The red, 
 
 white and blue, 
 In dangers and trials may we ever prove 
 
 true ; 
 We will live by its precepts, we will die 
 
 e'er a stain 
 Shall dim its bright colors, oh long may 
 
 it reign." — Anon. 
 
 "The union of lakes, the union of lands. 
 The union of states, none can sever ; 
 The union of hearts, the union of hands. 
 And the flag of our union forever." 
 — James R. Lowell. 
 
 "Take from your flag its folds of gloom. 
 And let it float undimmed above ; 
 Till over all our vales shall bloom 
 The sacred colors that we love." 
 
 — Alice Cary. 
 
 "If ever it is a question whether you or 
 your flag must perish, you will instantly 
 choose that it shall not be the flag." — 
 Wm. T, Sherman. 
 
 "I love my flag, and I will say here 
 and I will say everywhere that for Ameri- 
 cans there is but one flag." — Gen. Sickles. 
 
 "God pity the American citizen who 
 does not love the flag; who does not see 
 in it the story of our great free institu- 
 tions, and the hope of the home as well as 
 the nation." — Bcnj. Harrison, 
 
 "With patriotism in our hearts, and 
 with the flag of our country in the hands 
 of our children, there is no danger of 
 anarchy and there is no danger to the 
 union." — Wm. McKinley. 
 
 "May never traitor's touch pollute 
 These colors of the sky; 
 We want them pure, to wrap about 
 Our heroes when they die." 
 
 — Thos. B. Aldrich, 
 
 a 
 
 Shoot if you must this old gray head, 
 But spare your country's flag, she said." 
 
 — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "Banner of hope and bringer of the day. 
 In dreams foreseen, of better things to 
 be. 
 Thy clustering stars, with empyrean ray. 
 Shall pilot men to loftier destinv." 
 
 —wight. 
 
 a 7 
 
 Tis the Star-Spangled Banner, Oh long 
 
 may it wave — 
 O'er the land of the free, and the home 
 
 of the brave." 
 
 — Francis 8, Key, 
 
 "Forever float that standard sheet. 
 
 Where breathes the foe but falls before 
 us. 
 With Freedom's soil beneath our feet. 
 And Freedom's banner floating o'er 
 us." — Rodman Drake. 
 
 "By communion of the banner — 
 Crimson, white and starry banner — 
 By the baptism of the banner. 
 Children of one church are we. 
 Creed nor faction can divide us. 
 Race nor language can divide us, 
 Still, whatever fate divide us. 
 Children of one flag are we." 
 
 — Halpine. 
 
 " 'Twas in that hour his stern command 
 Called to a martyr's grave 
 The flower of his beloved land, 
 The nation's flag to save." 
 
 » — O'llara, 
 
FOR YOUNG HISTORIANS, 
 
 161 
 
 ''Of all the flags that float aloft 
 
 O'er I^ep tune's gallant tars, 
 Or wave on high in victory, 
 
 Above the sons of Mars, 
 Give me our flag — Columbia's flag — 
 
 The emblem of the free, 
 And fling it out 'mid song and shout. 
 
 The banner of the Sea." — Anon, 
 
 "I express it as my conviction before 
 God that it is the duty of every American 
 citizen to rally 'round the flag of his coun- 
 try." — Chauncey Depew. 
 
 "The past is past ; the wild flowers bloom 
 where charging squadron's met; 
 And tho^ we keep war's memories green, 
 
 why not the cause forget; 
 And have, while battle strains fade out 
 
 'neath heaven's pitying tears, 
 One land, one flag, one brotherhood, 
 through all the coming years." 
 
 — Collier. 
 
 "Only one flag! for four years we de- 
 fended, 
 Only one flag ! through war's sacrifice 
 
 ended. 
 Only one flag! proudest, grandest in 
 
 story. 
 Only one flag! our beloved Old Glory." 
 
 — Anon. 
 
 FOR YOUNG HISTORIANS. 
 
 S^HO said: 
 f w f 1 — "These are the times that trv 
 men's souls?" (Thos. Paine.) 
 2 — "To be prepared for war is one of the 
 most effectual means of preserving 
 peace?" (George Washington.) 
 3 — "We have met the enemy, and they 
 are oursf" (Oliver H. Perry.) 
 
 4 — "Don't give up the ship?" (James 
 Lawrence. ) 
 
 5 — "There stands Jackson like a stone 
 wall?" (Bee.) 
 
 6 — "We have been unfortunate but not 
 disgraced?" (Porter.) 
 
 7 — "With malice toward none, with char- 
 ity for all?" (Abraham Lincoln.) 
 8 — "This is the last of earth, I am con- 
 tent ?" (John Quincy Adams.) 
 9 — "I propose to fight it out on this line 
 if it takes all summer ?" (U. S. 
 Grant. ) 
 
 10 — "I was born an American, I live an 
 American, and I shall die an Amer- 
 ican?" (Daniel Webster.) 
 
 11 — "In the name of the Great Jehovah 
 and the Continental Congress ?" 
 (Ethan Allen.) 
 
 12 — "I'd rather be right than be presi- 
 dent of the United States ?" 
 (Henry Clay.) 
 
 13— "Pll try, sir ?" (Col. Miller.) 
 
 14 — "I am not worth purchasing; but, 
 such as I am, the King of Great 
 Britain is not rich enough to pur- 
 chase me?" (Joseph Reed.) 
 
 15 — "We must beat the Redcoats to-day or 
 Molly Stark is a widow?" (Capt. 
 Stark.) 
 
 16 — "Lie touched the dead corpse of public 
 credit and it sprang upon its feet ?" 
 (Daniel Webster.) 
 
 17 — "The headquarters of the Army of 
 the Potomac will be in the saddle ?" 
 (Gen. John Pope.) 
 
 18 — "A government of the people, by the 
 people, and for the people shall not 
 perish from the earth ?" (Abra- 
 ham Lincoln.) 
 
 19 — "Give me liberty or give me death ?" 
 (Patrick Henry.) 
 
 20 — "God reigns, and the government at 
 • Washington still lives?" (James 
 Garfield.) 
 
 21 — "Ask nothing but what is right, sub- 
 mit to nothing wrong?" (Andrew 
 Jackson. ) 
 
 22— "All we ask is to be let alone ?" (Jef- 
 ferson Davis.) 
 
 23 — "A little more grape, Capt. Bragg ?" 
 (Gen. Taylor.) 
 
 24 — "Don't fire until you see the whites 
 of their eyes ?" (Prescott.) 
 
 25 — "Turn, boys, turn, we're going back ?" 
 (Philip Sheridan.) 
 
IG: 
 
 FLOWER VOICES. 
 
 20 — ''-^Q ^yiii hold this town till we 
 starved' (Thomas.) 
 
 27 — "Liberty and Union, one an insep- 
 arable?" (Daniel AVebster.) 
 
 28 — ''Here lies a man who was in the 
 public service for fifty years and 
 never attempted to deceive his 
 countrymen?" (John Breckin- 
 ridge.) 
 
 2d — ''General Taylor never surrenders ?" 
 (Crittenden.) 
 
 SO — "The principles of the government; 
 I wish them carried out. I ask 
 nothing more ?" (W. H. Harrison.) 
 
 31 — "I have not yet begun to fight?" 
 (Paul Jones.) 
 
 32— "I always talk better when I lie?" 
 (James Madison.) 
 "My eyes have grown dim in the ser- 
 vice of my country, but I have nev- 
 er doubted her justice ?" (George 
 Washington. ) 
 "I was born in America ; I lived 
 there in the prime of my life ; but 
 alas ! I can call no man in America 
 my friend ?" (Benjamin Arnold.) 
 
 35 — -"Beware your northern laurels do 
 not turn to southern willows ?" 
 (Charles Lee.) 
 
 36 — "Then and there the trumpet of the 
 Revolution was sounded?" (John 
 (Adams.) 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 FLOWER DAY. 
 
 1 — Song — "O, I Love the Flowers." 
 
 2 — What the Poets Say of the Flowers. 
 
 3 — Our Wild Flowers. 
 
 4 — Song — "Little Thoughtful Pansies." 
 
 5 — The Flower I Love Best. 
 
 6 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Flower." — Tennyson. 
 
 "The Reaper and the Flowers." — 
 
 Longfellow. 
 "The Rose."— Tf a^/s. 
 "Daffodils." — Wordsiuorth. 
 
 1 — Song — "The Last Rose of Summer." 
 — Moore. 
 
 8— Reading— "The Death of the Flow- 
 ers." — Bryant. 
 9 — Autumn Flowers. 
 10 — The Mission of Flowers. 
 11 — Song — "A Rose-bud by My Early 
 
 Walk." 
 12 — Tropical Flowers. 
 1 3 — Recitations — 
 
 "Lily's Ball."— ^non. 
 
 "The Rose by the Wayside." — 
 
 Anon. 
 "Flowers." — Longfellow. 
 "Bring Flowers." — Mrs. Ilemans. 
 14 — Reading — "I^othing But Leaves." 
 
 FLOWER VOICES. 
 
 (A Class Exercise for Ten Pupils.) 
 
 fHE children taking part in this exer- 
 cise should be dressed in white, and 
 wear red sashes extending from the right 
 shoulder to the waist. The name of the 
 flower represented should be fastened up- 
 on the sash. It will add to the beauty of 
 the exercise if each child wears a wreath 
 of flowers. (The dandelion and "Jack in 
 the Pulpit" should be represented by 
 boys. ) 
 
 First Voice — The Violet: 
 
 I'm only a violet, modest and shy, 
 Reflecting the blue of summer's sky; 
 I blossom in many a shady nook. 
 Hidden away by a murmuring brook; 
 Yet as perfectly happy and content am I 
 As the winds that blow or the birds that 
 
 .fly; 
 
 I hide away 'neath grass and leaves, 
 I listen to songs of wandering bees; 
 I grow by the oak of mighty power — 
 And yet, am content, a wayside flower. 
 
 Second Voice — The Rose': 
 
 I'm called the sweetest flower that blows. 
 
 And I am content to be a rose. 
 
 I blossom by the hedges green, 
 
 And in rich palaces am seen ; 
 
 It very often is my lot 
 
 To glow beside a sufferer's cot. 
 
FLOWER V0IGE8, 
 
 163 
 
 IVe decked the form of many a bride, 
 And nestled closely by her side ; 
 I've rested on the snowy shroud, 
 When all the people wept aloud. 
 For many shifting scenes of life, 
 My stem has felt the pruning knife. 
 And yet of all the flowers that blows 
 There's none that's happier than the rose. 
 
 Third Voice — The Dandelion: 
 They call me such a "common fellow," 
 And make sport of my coat (of yellow) ; 
 And yet I furnish ample means 
 To provide for them the earliest "greens :" 
 When made into medicinal flood 
 I purify their sluggish blood; 
 Altho' I'm neither rich nor fine, 
 I'm yet a useful dandelion. 
 
 Fourth Voice — The Pansy : 
 1 am a flower that oft is sought, 
 They say my meaning is for "thought; 
 I try to be a cheerful flower. 
 That I may gladden every hour. 
 By living up to thoughts like these 
 I've earned the title of "heart's ease ;" 
 Thus was I called long, long ago. 
 When in old gardens I did blow; 
 l^ow Pansy seems to be "more swell," 
 But Heart's ease suits me equally well. 
 
 ?? 
 
 Fifth Voice — Jach in the Pulpit: 
 You'll think I am a queer flower creature 
 When I announce that I'm a preacher; 
 But really now (you must not smile), 
 For flowers need preaching all the 'while. 
 There's many naughty things they do — 
 But I shall not tell them unto you ; 
 It never would become a "preacher" 
 To speak evil of a fellow creature. 
 
 Sixth Voice — The Daisy : 
 I do assure you I'm a daisy. 
 And never yet have been called lazy ; 
 I keep my petals white and sweet, 
 And then am trod on by your feet. 
 Tho' many others o'er me tower, 
 I am the earliest springtime flower; 
 And yet receive a welcome bright 
 From early morn till darkest night. 
 
 Seventh Voice — The Myrtle : 
 I am but the myrtle green, 
 Ofttimes in churchyards I am seen; 
 I creep upon the cold bare ground, 
 And lend my freshness all around. 
 I cannot sing of fame or beauty, 
 I simply try to do my duty ; 
 But I can furnish all, I ween, 
 A robe of rich, unrivaled green. 
 
 Eighth Voice — The Forget-me-not : 
 In many a little garden plot 
 Is found the blue forget-me-not. 
 A tiny flower of heavenly blue. 
 Which bears a message unto you ; 
 Some friend who said forget-me-not. 
 Seems to again appear on the spot. 
 And you lift the sweet flower to your lips. 
 While back o'er the past fond memory 
 
 slips ; 
 When regal flowers are all forgot 
 You'll cherish the sweet forget-me-not. 
 
 Ninth Voice — The Tulip : 
 The tulip is a flower of beauty. 
 Who little thought e'er gives to duty ; 
 When one possesses radiant color 
 Other flowers somehow seem much duller ; 
 But a tulip's pride is of short duration. 
 And soon is shorn of any station; 
 Whene'er the winds begin to blow 
 The radiant color's sure to go ; 
 And thus is proven unto all. 
 Pride always goes before a fall." 
 
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 Tenth Voice — The Lily: 
 I'm called the "regal" lily, tall. 
 Because I tower over all ; 
 'Tis said my life should e'er be pure. 
 So long as earth and time endure ; 
 "Fit emblem of our risen Lord," 
 This title men to me accord. 
 May all your lives be pure and bright. 
 As petals of the lily white. 
 
 All Voices: 
 Flowers of many a varied hue. 
 Have a greeting given you ; 
 You have listened to our voice— 
 'Now we bid you to rejoice ; 
 
1(U 
 
 A OEOORAPHICAL RECREATION. 
 
 rroin all great temptations Hoc, 
 Live a life as pure as we ; 
 In the end you will rejoice, 
 \Vlien jou hear the Greater Voice. 
 
 FLOWER QUOTATIONS. 
 
 iH^i^HEN the warm sun that brings 
 h^ 1 S(3edtime 
 
 and harvest has returned again, 
 'Tis sweet to visit the still woods, where 
 springs the first flower of the plain." 
 — //. W. Longfellow. 
 
 "There is no death, the dust we tread 
 
 Shall change beneath the summer 
 showers, 
 To gather grain or mellow fruit, 
 Or rainbow-tinted flowers." 
 
 — Lord Lytton. 
 
 "One by one in the infinite meadows of 
 heaven, 
 Blossom the lovely stars, the forget-me- 
 nots of the angels." 
 
 — //. W. Longfellow. 
 
 "The cowslips spring in the marshes, 
 The roses bloom on the hill ; 
 And beside the brook in the pasture 
 The herds are feeding at will." 
 
 — Louise Chandler Moulton. 
 
 "What's in a name ? that whicli we call a 
 rose. 
 By any other name would smell as 
 sweet." William Shakespeare. — 
 
 "Full many a flower is born to blush un- 
 seen. 
 And waste its sweetness on the desert 
 
 air. 
 
 77 
 
 -Thomas Gray. 
 
 "But pleasures are like poppies spread ; 
 You seize the flower: its bloom is shed." 
 
 — Robert Burns. 
 
 ((\r 
 
 You may break, you may shatter the vase 
 
 if you will. 
 But the scent of the roses will cling round 
 
 it still." — Thomas Gray. 
 
 "A primrose by the river's brim, 
 A yellow primrose was to him. 
 And it was nothing more." 
 
 — William Wordsworth, 
 
 "I bring fresh showers for the thirsting 
 flowers. 
 From the seas, and the strean;i." 
 
 — Percy Shelley, 
 
 "Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green. 
 That creep'th o'er ruins old." 
 
 — Charles Dickens. 
 
 "The rose that lives its little hour 
 Is prized above the sculptured flower." 
 
 — V/. C. Bryant. 
 
 "Time bears for youth a muflled bell, 
 And hides his face in flowers." 
 
 — J. G. Saxe. 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 The only amaranthine flower on earth is 
 virtue." — William Cowper. 
 
 The night is mother of the day, 
 
 The winter of the spring; 
 And ever on the old decay, 
 
 The greenest mosses cling." 
 
 — J. G. Whittier. 
 
 "Gather ye the rosebuds while ye may, 
 Old time is still a-flying ; 
 And this same flow^er that smiles to-day, 
 To-morrow may be dying." 
 
 — Robert HerricJc. 
 
 A GEOGRAPHICAL RECREATION. 
 
 Locate — 
 1— The 
 2— The 
 3— The 
 4— The 
 5— The 
 6— The 
 7— The 
 8— The 
 9— The 
 
 10— The 
 
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 Smoky Mountain." 
 "Gate of Tears." 
 "Great Kiver." 
 "Boat Destroyer." 
 "Foaming River." 
 "Vale of Paradise." 
 "Black Mountain." 
 "Long Lake." 
 "Tortoise Islands." 
 "Snow-clad Range." 
 
GEOGRAPHICAL STORY. 
 
 -in- 
 
 'O'J 
 
 11— The ^'Mother of Waters.". 
 12— The ^Tather of Waters." 
 13 — The "Lake of Abundance." 
 14— The "Eiver of Joy." 
 15_The "Wind-blown Clond." 
 16— The "Mountain of Light." 
 17— The "Kich Lake." 
 18— The "Fruitful Mountain." 
 19— The "Land of Dawn." 
 20— The "Swift Water." 
 21 — The "Prospect Mountain." 
 22— The "Cat's Throat." 
 23— The "Hollow Land." 
 24— The "Eoyal Mount." 
 25— The "Beautiful Isle." 
 
 ANSWERS TO ABOVE. 
 
 1 — Mt. Popocatapetl. 
 
 2 — Strait of Bab-el-mendeb. 
 
 3 — ^Rio Grande. 
 
 4 — ^Amazon. 
 
 5— Ebro. 
 
 6 — Valparaiso. 
 
 7 — Montenegro. 
 
 8 — Kennebec. 
 
 9 — Galapagos. 
 10 — Sierra iTevada. 
 11 — Chesapeake. 
 12 — Mississippi. 
 13 — Memphremagog. 
 14 — Guadina. 
 15 — ^Wabash. 
 16 — Lichtenfels. 
 17 — Baikal. 
 18 — Cerro Gordo. 
 19 — Asia. 
 20 — Tallapoosa. 
 2 1 — Montevideo. 
 22— Cattegat. 
 23— Holland. 
 24 — Montreal. 
 25— Belle Isle. 
 
 GEOGEAPHICAL STORY. 
 
 ]S[E day cape of ISTew Jersey (May) 
 and river of Virginia (James) 
 went to visit their cousins, cape of Mass. 
 
 (Ann) and cape of Virginia (Henry). 
 This visit was to extend over a fortnight, 
 and many pleasant days had been planned ; 
 the day after their arrival they were joined 
 by river of Miss. (Pearl) and city of AIsl- 
 bama (Selma), schoolmates of cape of 
 Mass. (Ann). 
 
 The boys had planned a three-days' 
 hunting trip in the mountains, where the 
 girls were to accompany them. They 
 loaded their camping outfit in a spring 
 wagon and departed just as the sun ap- 
 peared in the east, thus avoiding the heat 
 of the day for traveling. Arriving at their 
 destination they pitched their tent on the 
 river of Kentucky (Green), branch of a 
 beautiful stream ; this the girls declared 
 to be river of Michigan (Grand). After 
 stretching the tent and unloading the sup- 
 plies, the boys immediately departed on 
 a hunt, while the girls were left to amuse 
 themselves according to fancy. They de- 
 termined to attempt fishing that they 
 might have fresh fish for lunch. They 
 met with success, but found that rivers of 
 California (Eels) were most plentiful. 
 While walking along the shore cape of 
 N. J. (May), saw a horrid river of Idaho 
 ( Snake ) crawling 
 
 through 
 
 the 
 
 grass. 
 
 Piver of Miss. (Pearl) had found some 
 pretty rivers of Montana (Mussel Shells) 
 which she said they would retain as sou- 
 venirs of the occasion. Cape of Mass. 
 (Ann) fo)ind a great quantity of city of 
 S. Dak. (Deadwood), which they dragged 
 into camp, and soon had a roaring camp- 
 fire. 
 
 In the meantime the boys were having 
 rare sport. In these mountains roamed 
 many wild animals of all descriptions. 
 River of Va. (James) soon discovered a 
 huge river of Idaho (Bear) skulking be- 
 hind a mountain of Maine (Haystack). 
 Cape of Va. (Henry) saw a city of N'ew 
 York (Buffalo) in the distance, but they 
 did not attempt to bag such large game. 
 Piver of Va. (James) shot a river of Wis- 
 consin (Black) bird, having a beautiful 
 city of Minnesota (Ped Wing) ; this he 
 determined to carry into camp and present 
 
166 
 
 A DAY WITH HOLMES. 
 
 to city of Alabama (Sclma). 'Next they 
 captured a river of Minn. (Pigeon), 
 which was caught beneath a lake of S. 
 Dak. (Big Stone), which had fallen from a 
 cleft. (.\ipe of Va. (Henry) killed a wild 
 lake of Oregon (Goose) of which he was 
 very proud. Being very hungry they de- 
 termined to return to camp for luncheon, 
 which the girls had prepared. The re- 
 freshments consisted of river of Montana 
 (Milk), cold river of N. Dak. (Heart), 
 canned river of Florida (Pease), and 
 river of Idaho (Salmon), and some 
 buns which they had purchased of a moun- 
 tain of Wash. (Baker) before leaving 
 home. The boys were full of cape of 
 ^Yashington (Flattery) of their cooking, 
 but river of Miss. (Pearl) declared that 
 the river of N. Dak. (Heart) required 
 more river of Arizona (Salt), which river 
 of Va. (James) hastened to give her. 
 
 After luncheon the boys told of their 
 hunt, while they made preparations to re- 
 new it on the morrow. They poured their 
 river of Montana (Powder) into a river 
 of Montana (Big Horn) that it might be 
 kept dry. Next they collected some rivers 
 of 111. (Bocks) and all stood on the banks 
 and threw them into the stream. Thev 
 found some curious river of Ga. (Flint), 
 river of 111. (Rock), w^hich the boys used 
 in striking a fire. As night approached 
 they sat around their blazing campfire and 
 told stories or sang such songs as river of 
 Florida (Suwanee river), and On the 
 Banks of the river of Indiana (Wabash), 
 or on the Lake of Louisiana (Pontchar- 
 train). 
 
 At the end of three days they returned 
 home declaring their trip to have been a 
 perfect success in every way. 
 
 A DAY WITH HOLMES. 
 
 1— S 
 
 oong. 
 
 2 — Biography of Holmes. 
 3 — Quotations from Holmes. 
 4 — Song. 
 
 5 — Becitations — 
 
 ^'The Boys.'' 
 
 ^The Chambered Nautilus." 
 
 ^The Last Leaf." 
 (3— Reading— "The One-IIoss Shay." 
 7 — Song. 
 8 — History of the Frigate Constitution 
 
 (Old Ironsides). 
 9 — Recitation — '^Old Ironsides." 
 10— Reading— "The Race of Life," from 
 
 Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. 
 1 1 — Recitations — 
 
 "My Aunt." 
 
 "Bill and Joe." 
 
 "The Pilgrim's Vision." 
 
 "My Aunt Tibatha." 
 12 — Closing Song. 
 
 GEMS FROM HOLMES. 
 
 "Then here's to our boyhood, its gold and 
 
 its gray, ^ 
 The snows of its winter, the smiles of its 
 
 May; 
 And when w^e have done with our life 
 
 lasting toys — 
 Dear Father take care of thy children — 
 
 the boys." —The Boys. 
 
 "Nail to the mast her holy flag. 
 Spread every threadbare sail; 
 And give her to the god of storms, 
 The lightning and the gale." 
 
 — Old Ironsides, 
 
 "Call him not old, whose vision and brain 
 Holds o'er the past its undivided reign; 
 For him in vain the envious seasons roll. 
 Who bears eternal summer in his soul." 
 
 "0 Father ! grant thy love divine. 
 To make these mystic temples thine; 
 When wasting age and wearying strife 
 Have sapped the leaning walls of life — 
 When darkness gathers over all. 
 And the last tottering pillars fall — 
 Take the poor dust, thy mercy warms, 
 And mould it into heavenly forms." 
 
 — The Living Temple. . 
 
 "Uneasy lies the heads of all that rule. 
 His most of all whose kingdom is a 
 school." — The Village School, 
 
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 
 
 167, 
 
 '^Two patlis lead upward xr^m below, 
 And angels wait above, 
 Who count each burning life-drop's flow, 
 Each falling tear of Love." 
 
 — The Two Armies. 
 
 If singing breath or echoing chord, 
 To every hidden pang were given, 
 
 What endless melodies were poured. 
 As sad as earth, as sweet as heaven." 
 
 — The Voiceless. 
 
 a 
 
 ^^The race that shortens its weapons 
 
 lengthens its boundaries." 
 — The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. 
 
 ^^And if I should live to be 
 The last leaf upon the tree, 
 
 In the spring; 
 Let them smile as I do now, 
 At the old forsaken bough. 
 
 Where I cling." 
 
 -The Last Leaf. 
 
 ''The outward forms the inner man reveal. 
 We guess the pulp before we eat the peel." 
 
 — On Dress. 
 
 ''There breathes no being but has some 
 pretense 
 To that fine instinct called poetic sense." 
 
 — Poesy. 
 
 "Lords of creation, whom your ladies rule, 
 The world's great masters, when you're 
 
 out of school. 
 Learn the brief moral of our evening's 
 
 play: 
 Man has his rule, but woman has her 
 
 way 
 
 ■This Is It. 
 
 iC 
 
 Thus drifting afar to the dim-vaulted 
 caves, 
 Where life and its ventures are laid ; 
 The dreamers who gaze while we battle 
 the waves. 
 May see us in sunshine or shade. 
 Yet true to our course, though our shadow 
 grow dark, 
 
 £i 
 
 We'll trim our broad sail as before, 
 And stand by the rudder that governs the 
 bark, 
 IS[or ask how we look from the shore." 
 
 God bless you, gentlemen! learn to give 
 Money to colleges while you live ; 
 Don't be silly and think you'll try 
 To bother the colleges when you die ; 
 With codicil this, and codicil that. 
 That Knowledge may starve while Law 
 
 grows fat; 
 For there never was a pitcher that 
 
 wouldn't spill. 
 And there's always a flaw in a donkey's 
 
 will." 
 
 — Parson TurrelVs Legacy. 
 
 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. 
 
 ^LIVEK W. HOLMES was born at 
 Cambridge, Mass., August 29, 1809 ; 
 he was the third of a family of ^yq child- 
 ren. 
 
 He began to write as a school-boy, and 
 continued until the end of his life; at 
 the age of twenty he graduated from Har- 
 vard University, then took up the study of 
 law; this, however, he soon abandoned 
 for medicine. He studied in Europe and 
 took his degree as Doctor of Medicine at 
 Cambridge in 1836. Two years later he 
 was appointed to the chair of Anatomy 
 and Physiology at Dartmouth University, 
 holding this position until 1847, when he 
 accepted a similar one at Harvard, which 
 he held until 1892. 
 
 While a student at Harvard, Holmes 
 contributed to the college periodicals; in- 
 deed he is famed for his college poems. 
 When but twenty-one years of age he- wrote 
 his famous poem, "Old Ironsides," which 
 was the means of saving the old frigate 
 "Constitution" from destruction. His 
 first volume of poems was published in 
 1836. In Holmes we have an example of 
 a literary man who did solid work as a 
 teacher and physician, in spite of his suc- 
 cess in literature; among his earlier po- 
 
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 ICS 
 
 niSTOrtlCAL SCENES. 
 
 ems were ^'Poetry,'* a metrical essay; 
 ^'Terpsichore ;" "Urania," and "The Bal- 
 ance of ^illusions." That Holmes was a 
 mirth provoker is proven by his poems, 
 -The One-Hoss Shay," "My Aunt," "The 
 Last Leaf," "My Aunt Tibatha," etc. 
 
 In 1858 appeared "The Autocrat at the 
 Breakfast Table," later "The Professor at 
 the Breakfast Table," and yet later "The 
 Poet at the Breakfast Table." 
 
 "Elsie Vernier" and "The Guardian 
 Angel," two excellent novels, appeared 
 between 1860 and 1868. 
 
 Holmes died at Cambridge October 7, 
 1894. 
 
 HISTORICAL SCENES. 
 
 ^HE last night of the month of May 
 an army is resting peacefully beside 
 a placid stream ; a black cloud appears on 
 the horizon — it grows larger, blacker, 
 denser; the thunder rolls, the lightning 
 flashes, and the rain begins to fall ; fiercer 
 and yet fiercer grows the storm ; the water 
 falls in torrents, and the peaceful stream 
 becomes a roaring river, the lowlands are 
 flooded, and the army find themselves 
 encamped in a flood. Across the hill, the 
 ever-vigilant enemy are encamped; they 
 see their advantage and act accordingly; 
 they fall with tremendous force upon the 
 adversary; for a time they sweep every- 
 thing before them and victory seems cer- 
 tain. But the assaulted army is recover- 
 ing from its surprise, it rallies on the tot- 
 tering bridges, and checks the advance. 
 The leader of the assaulting army is 
 seriously w^ounded and borne from the 
 field. This, together with the darkness of 
 the night, ends the conflict. In the morn- 
 ing the attack is renewed but the loss of 
 their leader has proven fatal, and they arc 
 repulsed and forced to retreat in disorder. 
 — Battle of Fair OaJcs. 
 
 A beautiful and luxurious home in the 
 heart of a large city — 'tis the morning 
 hour and breakfast is waiting in the sun- 
 ny dining-room, a babe slumbers peace- 
 fully in its cradle. The family now 
 
 gather about the board ; the father with d 
 care-worn expression, the mother happy 
 and smiling. A servant enters, bearing a 
 note on a silver tray; this he presents to 
 his master, then quietly withdraws. The 
 man seizes the message, reads it rapidly 
 and springs to his feet, hastily embracing 
 his wife," he tells of the deadly peril sur- 
 rounding him, kisses the sleeping babe, 
 darts out of the house, mounts a horse and 
 dashes through an unfrequented path to 
 the river, jumps into a boat and is swiftly 
 rowed toward a waiting vessel. 
 
 Back in the luxurious home the wife is 
 lying in a dead faint, beside the child, who 
 is now sobbing piteously. — Escape of Ar- 
 nold. 
 
 'Tis the month of April, the tender 
 green of the awakening foliage and the 
 balmy breeze indicate that Spring is come. 
 It seems that all should be peace and hap- 
 piness, but such is not the case. 
 
 Hurrying, here and there, seeking some 
 place of refuge from the enemy, which are 
 harassing them from all sides, are the 
 wreck of a once proud army; food there 
 is none, and their only means of subsist- 
 ence is that provided by the shoots of the 
 young trees by the wayside. Like a hunted 
 fox the leader turns hither and thither, 
 but is at last completely surrounded by 
 the enemy. At once he determines to at- 
 tempt one last stand; this he does. The 
 cavalry of the opposing forces move aside 
 and reveal dense bodies of troops drawn 
 up in battle array. Seeing that resistance 
 is in vain, the noble general lays down his 
 arms and accepts the terms of surrender. — 
 Surrender of YorMown. 
 
 A stormy Autumn day;* a little vessel 
 lies at anchor in a cheerless rocky harbor ; 
 within its cabin a little company are gath- 
 ered, returning thanks to Almighty God 
 for His mercies and deliverance. — Land- 
 ing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 
 
 A sunny September Sunday, in the year 
 1675. The Puritan fathers and their 
 families have gathered in the rude church 
 for worship. The solemn stillness is sud- 
 
A DAY WITH WASHINGTON IRVING. 
 
 169 
 
 denly broken by the savage warcry, the 
 Indians are upon them. Men seize their 
 guns and rush out of the building, only to 
 find themselves surrounded by the pitiless 
 foe. All seems lost, everything is con- 
 fusion. Suddenly a strange old man ap- 
 pears among them, calling out quick com- 
 mands, which are implicitly obeyed. The 
 enemy is routed and in the confusion that 
 follows the deliverer disappears. — Indian 
 Attack on Hadley, Mass. 
 
 The stars were shedding their pale light 
 over a fortified city, on a high blufi by a 
 river's side; within an army felt perfect 
 safety; absolute silence reigned safe for 
 the picket's tread. Below, beneath the 
 walls of the city, the vessels of the enemy 
 lay at anchor ; the city above them seemed 
 impregnable, but the eyes of a wily scout 
 had discovered a narrow path, unguarded, 
 up which but one man at a time could as- 
 cend ; up this path the enemy filed, swift- 
 ly, quietly, and at daybreak stood in battle 
 array. — Capture of Quebec. 
 
 Down a city's street passes an awkward, 
 ungainly youth, dressed in coarse home- 
 spun clothing, the pockets of which are 
 bulging with bundles (his extra clothing). 
 Under each arm is tucked a loaf of bread 
 while he munches a third. In a nearby 
 doorway stands a young girl laughing at 
 the awkward youth. — Benjamin Franklin 
 Entering Philadelphia. 
 
 'Twas Christmas night, a fierce storm of 
 sleet and hail was raging. A river of 
 floating ice separated two armies; one 
 cosily ensconced in warm winter quarters, 
 enjoyed the Christmas cheer, little fear- 
 ing the worn, bedraggled troops encamped 
 in comfortless quarters opposite. A 
 Christmas supper was in progress, wine 
 was flowing, and the merry tread of danc- 
 ing feet was heard. Suddenly a messenger 
 bore the news that the enemy was upon 
 them; all was confusion — in the midst of 
 it all — the enemy confronted them, and 
 all was lost. Surrender was imperative. 
 {Capture of Trenton.) 
 
 HISTORICAL POEMS. 
 
 E have collected the following list 
 of historical poems, believing that 
 it will be of use to both teacher and pupil 
 in the study and presentation of this 
 branch of study: 
 
 "Chippewa Legend" — Lowell. 
 "Bridal of Pennacook" — Whittier. 
 "Sir Humphrey Gilbert" — Longfellow. 
 "Vision of Columbus" — Barlow. 
 "Columbus" — Lowell. 
 "Damsel of Darien" — Simms. 
 "Robinson of Ley den" — Holmes. 
 "Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers" — Mrs. 
 
 Hemans. 
 "Pocahontas" — Mrs. Sigourney. 
 "Courtship of Miles Standish" — Longfel- 
 low. 
 "Evangeline" — Longfellow. 
 "Ode to Jamestown" — Paulding. 
 "Gertrude of Wyoming" — Campbell. 
 "Wyoming" — Halleck. 
 "Song of Marion's Men" — Bryant. 
 "The Rising of Seventy-six" — Bryant. 
 "Paul Revere's Ride" — Longfellow. 
 
 Pulaski's Banner" — Longfellow. 
 
 American Elag" — Drake. 
 "Columbia" — D wight. 
 "Rangers" — Whittier. 
 "Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill" — 
 
 Holmes. 
 "In War Time"— Whittier. 
 "Biglow Papers" — LoVell. 
 
 'Kentucky Bell" — Anon. 
 
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 A DAY WITH WASHINGTON IRVING. 
 
 (^Suggestive Programme.) 
 
 (April 3, 1783.) 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Quotations from Irving. 
 3 — Biography of Irving (class exercise). 
 4 — Description — Sunnyside. 
 4— Sketch— "Rip Van Winkle." 
 5 — Reading — Portion of "Alhambra." 
 6— Story— "Ichabod Crane's Ride." 
 7— Pen Picture— "Sleepy Hollow." 
 8 — Essay — Irving's cotemporaries. 
 
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 A DAY WITH WASHINGTON IRVING. 
 
 9 — Eeading — "A Portion of Christmas." 
 10— Song. 
 
 BIOGKAPIIY OF IRVING. 
 
 {Class Exercise.) 
 
 Birth of Irving. — Washington Irving- 
 was born in New York, April 3, 1788. 
 He was the son of English parents, his 
 father being a lawyer by profession ; his 
 mother w^as a beautiful English girl, the 
 granddaughter of an English curate. 
 Though of English parentage the Irvings 
 were patriots of the highest order, Mrs. 
 Irving often feeding American prisoners 
 in Xew York from her own table. She also 
 visited the sick soldiers and provided 
 clothing and other necessaries for them. 
 
 When her little son was born, in 1783, 
 she said: "Washington's work is done, 
 but his name shall continue to live in my 
 son; he shall be called Washington Irv- 
 ing,'' and so the little one was named. 
 
 Childhood of Irving. — The father of 
 Irving was a stern Scotch Presbyterian, 
 his mother was a tender-hearted Episco- 
 ])alian, and little Washington was con- 
 lirmed in the latter church while yet very 
 young to avoid the stern and rigid views 
 of his father. 
 
 While Washington was yet a little boy 
 his nurse took him to New York city, then 
 the capital of the United States. The 
 nurse saw President Washington enter a 
 store ; she followed him and, walking up 
 to him, said: "Here's a bairn who was 
 named after you." The great man placed 
 his hand upon the child's head and blessed 
 him. 
 
 Little Washington was a very mis- 
 chievous boy, and loved all games and 
 sports dearly. It is said that his dear 
 mother often reproved him by saying, 
 "Oh, Washington, if you were only good." 
 
 The Youth. — At the age of sixteen 
 Irving entered a law office and began the 
 study of law, but he much preferred lit- 
 erature, and spent much more of his time 
 reading Chaucer and Spencer than law- 
 books. He finally abandoned law and be- 
 
 gan his literary work, his first work being 
 to edit the "Analectic Magazine" in Phila- 
 delphia. 
 
 Manhood of Irving. — Because of failing 
 health Irving was compelled to travel 
 much. He visited England and became 
 acquainted with Sir Walter Scott, Camp- 
 bell Jeffery, and Moore. He also visited 
 Spain and wrote from materials gathered 
 there the "Companions of Columbus," 
 "The Conquest of Granada," and "The 
 Alhambra." 
 
 While at home in America he published 
 "Sketch Book," "Legend of Sleepv Hol- 
 low," "The Pride of the Village,'' "Kip 
 Van Winkle," and "Tales of a Traveler," 
 his last literary work completed in his 
 eightieth year being "Life of Washing- 
 ton." 
 
 Death of Irving. — Irving died at his 
 home, Sunnyside, in dreamy Sleepy Hol- 
 low. Here he had made his home with 
 nieces, never having married, remaining 
 true to the memory of an early attachment 
 which was blighted by death. Irving died 
 very suddenly of heart failure, November 
 28, 1859. 
 
 QUOTATIONS FEOM IRVING. 
 
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 The song of the bird, the murmur of 
 the stream, the breathing fragrance of 
 Spring, the soft voluptuousness of Sum- 
 mer, the golden pomp of Autumn, earth 
 with its mantle of refreshing green and 
 heaven with its deep, delicious blue and 
 its cloudy magnificence — all fill us with 
 mute and exquisite delight." 
 
 "The last ray of sunshine departed, the 
 bats began to flit by in the twilight, the 
 road grew dimmer and dimmer to the view, 
 and nothing appeared stirring in it but 
 now and then a peasant lagging homeward 
 from his labor." — The Spectre Bride- 
 groom. 
 
 "The passing bell tolls its knell in every 
 ear ; it steals with its pervading melan- 
 choly over every hill and vale, and saddens 
 all the landscape." — Rural Funerals. 
 
LITERARY RECREATION. 
 
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 ^'Man is the creature of interest and 
 ambition, his nature leads him forth into 
 the struggle and battle of the world." — 
 The Broken Heart. 
 
 ^'Ko hero of ancient or modern days can 
 surpass the Indian in his lofty contempt, 
 of death and the fortitude with which he 
 sustains his crudest affliction." — Traits of 
 Indian Character. 
 
 ^'It is a great thing to have one day in 
 the year, at least, when you are sure of 
 being welcome wherever you go, and of 
 having as it were the w^hole world thrown 
 open to you." — Christmas Day. 
 
 ''There is a shocking levity in some 
 natures which leads them to sport with 
 awful and hallowed things, and there are 
 base minds which delight in revenge on 
 the illustrious dead the abject homage and 
 grovelling severity which they pay the 
 living." — Westminster Ahhey. 
 
 "As a man travels on, however, in the 
 journey of life his objects of wonder daily 
 diminish, and he is continually finding 
 out some very simple cause for some of 
 marvel." — Sketch Book. 
 
 LITERARY RECREATION. 
 
 )HAT American author when a boy 
 ^fH r ^^'^s so fond of the theater that ho 
 would steal away early in the evening to 
 a play, go home in time for family pray- 
 ers at nine o'clock, then go to his room, 
 climb out of the window, slide down the 
 roof to a back alley, and go back to the 
 theater to see the end of the play ? — 
 Washington Irving. 
 
 What author when a child made nearly 
 all the furniture in his father's house, be- 
 cause they were too poor to buy it? — 
 Hans Christian Andersen. 
 
 What author was so beautiful of face 
 that on meeting an old g}^psy woman in a 
 
 lonely wood path, she cried out, "Are you 
 a man or an angel?" — Nathaniel Haw- 
 thorne. 
 
 Who was the wonderful Swiss scientist 
 that as a boy made a large collection of 
 fishes, which he kept in a stone basin which 
 he built in his father's yard for that pur- 
 pose ? — Louis Agassiz. 
 
 What author was given a chair, made 
 from the wood of "a spreading chestnui 
 tree," by the children of his native city 1 — 
 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
 What poet as a school-boy spent his time 
 in scribbling verses on his slate, rather 
 than in doing his school work? — John 
 Greenleaf Whittier. 
 
 What great novelist's childhood was sad- 
 dened by the visits to his father who was 
 an inmate of dreary Marshalsea prison 
 because of his debts ? — Charles Dickens, 
 
 What authoress when a child ate some 
 fine tulip buds which had been presented 
 her mother by a dear friend, thinking 
 them to be onions ? — Harriet Beecher 
 Stowe. 
 
 What poet when but four years of age 
 made a little pulpit in his nursery, and, 
 using his apron for a gown, preached real 
 sermons to an imaginary audience ? — 
 Charles Kijigsley. 
 
 What author spent but two years of his 
 life at school, because of ill-health ? — 
 Ediuard Eggleston. 
 
 What author as a boy spent one year 
 in a log cabin, and afterward wrote a 
 book descriptive of this childhood ex- 
 perience ? — William D. Howells. 
 
 What author when a boy burned off his 
 eyebrows by setting fire to some gun- 
 powder with a burning glass, during one 
 of his chemical experiments? — Edward 
 Everett Hale. 
 
 What authoress kept a school in a bam 
 when but sixteen years of age ? — Louisa 
 M. Alcott. 
 
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 LINCOLN DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 What author when a youth was a steam- 
 boat pilot on the Mississippi river 'I — Sam- 
 uei Clemens (Mark Twain). 
 
 LINCOLN DAY EXERCISES. 
 
 1— Song— 'Tramp, The Boys Arc 
 
 Marching." 
 2 — Sketch of the Life of Lincoln, 
 o — Song — '^Marching Through Georgia." 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 ''Kentucky Belle." — Anon. 
 ''The American Flag." — Drake. 
 "Song of the Camp." — Taylor. 
 5 — Song — "Battle Cry of Freedom." 
 — Description — "Dixie Land." 
 7 — Reading — "Bonny's Reprieve." 
 8 — History — Our Flag. 
 9— Song— "The Red, White and Blue." 
 10 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Picket Guard."— 5eers. 
 "Sheridan's Ride."— JSeade. 
 "Barbara Freitchie." — Whittier. 
 11 — Song — "Battle Hymn of the Repub- 
 lic." 
 12 — Contrast, ISTorthern and Southern 
 
 Life. 
 1 3 — Description — Lincoln's Tomb. 
 14 — Closing Song — "America." 
 
 SAYINGS OF LINCOLN. 
 
 "xVll that I am and all that I hope to be 
 I owe to my angel mother." 
 
 "A house divided against itself cannot 
 stand. I believe the government cannor 
 endure permanently, half slave and half 
 free." 
 
 "In every event of life it is right makes 
 might." 
 
 "If our sense of duty forbid slavery, 
 then let us stand by our duty, fearlessly 
 and effectively." 
 
 "Gold is good in its place, but living, 
 patriotic men are better than gold." 
 
 "Let us have faith that right makes 
 might ; and in that faith let us, to the 
 end, dare to do our duty as we understand 
 
 it;^ 
 
 "It is no pleasure to me to triumph over 
 any one, but 1 give thanks to the Almighty 
 for the evidence of the people's resolution 
 to stand by free government and the rights 
 of humanity." 
 
 "Labor is prior to, and independent of, 
 capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, 
 and could never have existed if labor had 
 not first existed." 
 
 "I claim not to have controlled events, 
 but confess plainly that events have con- 
 trolled me." 
 
 "No men living are more worthy to be 
 trusted than those who toil up from pov- 
 erty." 
 
 LINCOLN DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 (A Class Exercise.) 
 
 First Pupil: — 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was born in Harden 
 Co., Kentucky, February 12, 1809. His 
 father being Thomas Lincoln and his 
 mother ]^ancy Hanks. 
 
 Thomas Lincoln was a restless, thriftless 
 man, never having a regular occupation, 
 but living principally by doing odd jobs 
 of all sorts. The home in Kentucky was a 
 wretched cabin, open at one end and ex- 
 posed to the elements. In this humble 
 abode Abraham Lincoln first beheld the 
 light of day. The mother of Lincoln died 
 when he was nine years of age. 
 
 Second Pupil : — 
 
 Thirteen months after the death of his 
 wife, Thomas Lincoln married a widow 
 with whom he had been in love before he 
 married Nancy Hanks. This "new" 
 mother was kindness itself to little Abra- 
 ham and his sister. She found these 
 children dirty and poorly clad. She soon 
 brought a reformation in the family as she 
 was a woman of unceasing energy. 
 
 Third Pupil: — 
 
 Abraham Lincoln as a boy was fond of 
 hunting and fishing. His schooling was 
 very meager. In 1816 the family removed 
 to Ohio. This state was then a wild region 
 
LONGFELLOW EXERCISE. 
 
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 infested by wild animals. Through the 
 sparsely inhabited wilderness Abraham 
 and his sister walked four miles to school. 
 Here. Abraham learned to ''read, write and 
 cipher." His step-mother encouraged and 
 helped him in his studies ; she was very 
 fond of Abraham and this love endured 
 until his death. It was not his own mother 
 but his step-mother of whom he said, ^'All 
 that I am, I owe to my angel mother." 
 
 Fourth Pupil: — ' 
 
 In youth, Lincoln was not prepossessing 
 in appearance. He was more than six feet 
 tall, very ungainly, and had enormous 
 feet and hands. He dressed in coarse 
 home-spun, home-made clothing; as a 
 rule his trowsers were several inches too 
 short, owing to his rapid growth. 
 
 Although he was overgrown and awk- 
 ward yet he was of a genial temperament 
 and was always in a good humor. 
 
 Fifth Pupil: — 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was very fond of 
 reading; his library was very small in- 
 deed, but he read everything that came in 
 his reach. During the day he would lie 
 in a tree or in the loft of the cabin and 
 read, and at night sit in the firelight to 
 read, write and cipher, the last being done 
 on the wooden fire-shovel. He was so fond 
 of reading that he borrowed a law-book 
 (The Statutes of Indiana) and read and 
 re-read it many times — thus was obtained 
 his first knowledge of law. He had a strong 
 memory and loved to memorize selections, 
 which he spoke in public. 
 
 Sixth Pupil: — 
 
 At twenty-one years of age Lincoln with 
 his parents emigrated to Illinois. Abra- 
 ham now being of age determined making 
 his own way in the world. Two years later 
 came the Blackhawk War and he offered 
 himself as a volunteer ; thus began his ser- 
 vices for his country. In 1832, the year of 
 Jackson's second election as President, be- 
 gan Lincoln's career as a politician and 
 orator; he was now a candidate for the 
 
 office of representative — he was not 
 elected. He next began life as a dry goods 
 merchant, but failed; then he devoted 
 himself to the study of law. In 1833 he 
 was appointed postmaster of New Salem, 
 111. 
 
 Seventh Pupil: — 
 
 In 1834 Lincoln again became a candi- 
 date for the legislature, and was this time 
 elected. While in the legislature he first 
 met Stephen A. Douglas, who was to be 
 his future opponent for the highest office. 
 in the land though neither of them 
 dreamed of this fact at that time. E^ow 
 began the slave agitation and Lincoln be- 
 came a strong advocate for freedom. In 
 1839 he, with the capitol, moved to Spring- 
 field, and henceforth established himself 
 in a law office at this place. At this time 
 he was very poor and much in debt ; it is 
 said that a friend fed and clothed him at 
 this time. In 1839 occurred the famous 
 "Lincoln-Douglas" debate. 
 
 Eighth Pupil: — 
 
 In 1842 Lincoln married Miss Marv 
 Todd, of Kentucky. In 1846 he was again 
 elected to Congress, and in 1860 became a 
 successful candidate for the presidency. 
 His career as President was marked with 
 many important events, the greatest being 
 the Civil War, during which he issued his 
 famous Emancipation Proclamation which 
 freed the slaves. 
 
 The death of Lincoln occurred at Ford's 
 Theater, Washington, D. C, April 14, 
 1865. He was assassinated by John 
 Wilkes Booth, an actor. He died the 
 morning of the 15th, and thus went our 
 one of the greatest lights of history, but 
 his influence will never die. 
 
 LONGFELLOW EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — Song — "Excelsior." 
 
 2 — Concert Recitation — "A Psalm of 
 Life." 
 
 3 — Biography of Longfellow. 
 
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 LONGFELLOW DAY. 
 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 ^'The Children's Hour.'' 
 "Killed at the Ford." 
 "Footsteps of Angels." 
 
 5— Paraphrase— "The Village Black- 
 smith." 
 
 6_Song— "The Bridge." 
 
 7 — History of the Bridge. 
 
 8 — Character Sketch — "Evangeline." 
 
 9 — Description — "Craigie House." 
 10— "Paul Revere's Ride." 
 
 11 
 
 vs. 
 
 a 
 
 Milei 
 
 Contrast — "John Alden" 
 
 Standish." 
 12— Song— "The Rainy Day." 
 13 — Quotations from Longfellow. 
 14 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Old Clock on the Stairs." 
 
 "The Reaper and the Flowers." 
 
 "The Light of Stars." 
 15— Reading— "The Quadroon Girl." 
 16— Pen Picture— "Hiawatha" and 
 
 17- 
 
 "Laughing Water." 
 -Concert Recitation — "The 
 Done." 
 
 Day 
 
 IS 
 
 LONGFELLOW DAY. 
 
 (A Class Exercise.) 
 
 Longfellow's Birth. — Henry Wadsworth 
 Longfellow, the distinguished American 
 poet, was born at Portland, Maine, Feb- 
 ruary 27, 1807. He was the second son 
 of Judge Steplien Longfellow, a federalist 
 and member of Congress — 1822-24 — and 
 Zilpah, daughter of Peleg Wadsworth, 
 adjutant general of Massachusetts during 
 the Revolutionary War, and a descendant 
 of John Alden. 
 
 Longfellow's Childhood. — Henry Long- 
 fellow is remembered by his brothers and 
 sisters as a lively boy, kind-hearted and 
 affectionate — the sunlight of the home — 
 true, high-minded and noble. But with all 
 his liveliness he hated loud noises and 
 beggied his nurse to put cotton in his ears 
 on tlic Fourth of July. As a boy Long- 
 fellow loved books, one of his early favor- 
 ites being the Sketch Book by Washington 
 
 Irving. He was also very fond of Milton's 
 poems. 
 
 Longfellow's School Days. — At the age 
 of fourteen Longfellow entered Bowdoin 
 College; while a student in this college 
 he began his literary career. Before he 
 reached his eighteenth year he wrote some 
 of his most popular earlier poems, among 
 which were: "Woods in Winter," "The 
 Spirit of Poetry," "Hymns of the Mora- 
 vian Nuns," and "Sunrise on the Hills." 
 He was a hard-working student and when 
 he graduated from Bowdoin, at the age of 
 eighteen, it was with high honors. Frank- 
 lin Pierce, afterward President of the 
 United States, and Hawthorne, the novel- 
 ist, were illustrious classmates of Long- 
 fellow. 
 
 Longfellow's Travels. — After graduat- 
 ing at Bowdoin, Longfellow spent three 
 years in France, Spain, Italy, and Ger- 
 many, in view of fitting himself more 
 fully for the professorship of modern lan- 
 guages, which had been offered him at 
 Bowdoin. In 1835 he made a second tour 
 of Europe, visiting Denmark, Sweden, 
 Holland and Switzerland. During this 
 tour he made a special study of languages 
 of the north. In 1836 he became professor 
 of modern languages at Harvard Univer- 
 sity and held this position until 1854. 
 
 Longfellow's Marriage. — Mr. Longfel- 
 low was twice married — in 1831 to Mary 
 Storer Potter of Portland, Me. ; she died 
 four years later in Holland. In 1843 he 
 married Francis E. Appleton of Boston, 
 Mass. His second wife died under most 
 distressing circumstances, in 1861 — while 
 playing with their children her clothing 
 caught fire and she burned to death. It 
 was shortly after this that the sad though 
 beautiful poem, "The Bridge," was writ- 
 ten ; "the sadness and longing" spoken of 
 being caused by her death. 
 
 Longfellow's Writings. — Among the 
 most popular of Longfellow's poems are: 
 "Evangeline," "The Song of Hiawatha," 
 
A BAY WITH LOWELL, 
 
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 "The Courtship of Miles Standish," "The 
 Builders/' "Tales of a Wayside Inn/' etc. 
 Besides his poetical works Longfellow 
 wrote excellent prose, as illustrated in his 
 "Hyperion" and "Outre Mer." As a 
 writer he was honored above all his co- 
 temporaries. He was honored by degrees 
 from Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford 
 Universities. His bust has been placed in 
 the poet's corner of Westminster Abbey. 
 All his writings are distinguished for their 
 simplicity, grace and refinement. 
 
 Longfellow's Death. — Mr. Longfellow 
 died at Cambridge, Mass., March 24, 1882. 
 At seventy-five years of age, beloved and 
 mourned by a nation, he passed away. He 
 left two sons and three daughters, honored 
 by the fruits of a noble life. As long as 
 time shall endure shall America sing the 
 praises of her best-loved bard. 
 
 GLEANINGS FROM LONGFELLOW. 
 
 "Into each life some rain must fall. 
 Some days must be dark and dreary." 
 
 — The Rainy Day. 
 
 "Our lives are rivers, gliding free 
 To that unfathomed, boundless sea, 
 The silent grave." 
 
 — Translations. 
 
 "Silently, one by one, in the infinite mead- 
 ows of heaven, 
 Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me- 
 nots of the angels." 
 
 — Evangeline. 
 
 "Let us then be up and doing, 
 With a heart for any fate ; 
 Still achieving, still pursuing. 
 Learn to labor and to wait." 
 
 — A Psalm of Life. 
 
 "Thus at the. flaming forge of life 
 Our fortunes must be wrought; 
 Thus on its burning anvil forged 
 Each burning deed and thought." 
 — The Village Blacksmith. 
 
 "And the night shall be filled with music, 
 And the cares that infest the day 
 
 Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, 
 And as silently steal away." 
 
 — The Day is Done, 
 
 "We have not wings, we cannot soar, 
 But we have feet to scale and climb 
 By slow degrees, by more and more. 
 The cloudy summits of our time." 
 — Ladder of St. Augustine. 
 
 "Ah, what would the world be to us 
 If the children were no more ; 
 We should dread the desert behind us, 
 W^orse than the dark before." 
 
 — Children. 
 
 "Labor with what zeal we will. 
 Something still remains undone; 
 Something uncompleted still 
 Waits the rising of the sun." 
 
 — Something Left Undone. 
 
 "There is a reaper whose name is Death, 
 And with his sickle keen 
 He reaps the bearded grain at a breath. 
 And the flowers that grow between." 
 — The Reaper and the Floivers. 
 
 "O fear not in a world like this. 
 And thou shalt know ere long; 
 Know how divine a thing it is 
 To suffer and be strong." 
 
 — Light of Stars. 
 
 "Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth. 
 In thy heart the dew of youth; 
 On thy lips the smile of truth." 
 
 — Maidenhood. 
 
 "Nothing useless is or low. 
 Each thing in its place is best." 
 
 — The Builders. 
 
 A DAY WITH LOWELL. 
 
 1— Song— "This Life is What We Make 
 
 It." 
 2 — Biography of Lowell. 
 3 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Finding of the Lyre." 
 
 "Longing." 
 
 "The First Snow Fall." 
 4 — Pen Picture— Elmwood. 
 
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 A DAY WITH LOWELL. 
 
 5 — Pantomime — "Kitchen Scene of Big- 
 low Papers." 
 6 — Music. 
 
 7 — Reading — "A Reverie." 
 8 — Recitations — 
 
 "Tlu?. Changling." 
 "Beaver Brook." 
 "The Heritage." 
 9 — Quotations from Lowell. 
 10 — Synopsis — ^'Vision of Sir Launfal." 
 11 — Reading — "The Two Gunners." 
 12 — Closing Song. 
 
 QUOTATIONS FROM LOWELL. 
 
 "Xot what we give, but what we share — 
 For the gift without the giver is bare; 
 Who gives himself with his alms feeds 
 
 three — 
 Himself, his hungering neighbor, and 
 
 me." — Vision of Sir Launfal, 
 
 "]N"ew occasions teach new duties; Time 
 makes ancient good uncouth; 
 They must upward still, and onward, 
 who would keep abreast of Truth." 
 — The Present Crisis. 
 
 "They are slaves who fear to speak 
 For the fallen and the weak." 
 
 — Stanzas on Freedom. 
 
 "Think not in death my love would ever 
 cease ; 
 If thou wast false, more need there is for 
 me still to be true." 
 
 — A Legend of Brittany. 
 
 "Hope is Truth — the future giveth 
 More than present takes away. 
 And the soul forever liveth 
 
 Nearer God from day to day." 
 
 — The Rose. 
 
 "For whom the heart of man shuts out. 
 Sometimes the heart of God takes in." 
 
 — The Forlorn. 
 
 "A little of thy steadfastness, 
 Rounded with leafy gracefulness, 
 Old oak, give me." 
 
 — The Beggar, 
 
 "The skies are fair 
 To all whose souls are fair within.** 
 
 — Goo, Little Boohe. 
 
 "High natures must be thunder-scarred 
 With many a searing wrong." 
 
 — In Sadness. 
 
 ''Knowledge doth only widen love; 
 The stream, that lone and narrow rose. 
 Doth, deepening ever, onward move, 
 And with an even current flows 
 Calmer and calmer to the close." 
 
 — Love's Altar. 
 
 "Nothing in Nature weeps its lot. 
 Nothing, save man, abides in memory, 
 
 Forgetful that the Past is what 
 Ourselves may choose the coming time 
 to be." — Sphinx. 
 
 "He's true to God who's true to man." 
 — Capture of a Fugitive Slave. 
 
 PEN PICTURE^ '^^ELMWOOD. 
 
 This three-storied colonial mansion, 
 standing near Brattle Street, Cambridge, 
 was built in 1767 by Thomas Oliver, the 
 last royal lieutenant governor before the 
 Revolution. Like other houses in "Tory 
 Row" it was abandoned by its ov^mers. 
 Soon after it was purchased by Elbridge 
 Gerry, governor of Massachusetts and 
 fifth vice-president of the United States. 
 It next became the property of Dr. Lowell, 
 father of the poet, and afterward was the 
 home of the poet until his death. The 
 grounds on which Elmwood is located ex- 
 tend almost to the gate of Mt. Auburn 
 cemetery, where the remains of the poet 
 now rest. He speaks of the cemetery in 
 his poem, "The First Snowfall," in the 
 words : 
 
 a 
 
 I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, 
 Where a little headstone stood ; 
 How the flakes were folding it softly. 
 As did robins the 'babes in the wood.' " 
 
 The ample grounds surrounding Elm- 
 wood have an abundant growth of trees, 
 most of them planted as a screen from 
 
CHRIST IS RISEN". 
 
 An Easter Day Exercise. 
 
 (See page 102.) 
 
THE WANDERING MUSICIANS. 
 An ^'Italian Social" is good. Try it. 
 (For description see page 117.) 
 
BIOGRAPHY OF LOWELL. 
 
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 tte winds. There are a few native elms, 
 but those which gave the name to the estate 
 are English, sturdy as oaks, standing in 
 front of the house. There are also manj 
 beautiful ash trees. 
 
 BIOGRAPHY OF LOWEIL. 
 
 (A Class Exercise.) 
 
 First Pupil — Birth of Lowell : — 
 
 James Russell Lowell was born at Elm- 
 wood, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Febru- 
 ary 22, 1819. His father was a clergy- 
 man of much ability. His mother was a 
 Scotch lady of great intellect and had an 
 extraordinary aptitude for languages ; she 
 also had a passionate fondness for ancient 
 songs and ballads. Thus her children were 
 nurtured with romance and minstrelsy. 
 The old songs sung over the cradle of 
 the future poet, were repeated by him in 
 early school days until poetic lore and 
 taste were as natural to him as the bodily 
 senses. 
 
 Second Pupil — ChildJiood of Lowell : — 
 
 The nearest neighbor to Elmwood was 
 one William Wells, who kept a boys' 
 school, and from him Lowell received most 
 of his early education. He also studied 
 in the classical school of Daniel G. Ingra- 
 ham in Boston. It seldom occurs that a 
 man will be born, live and die in the same 
 house, but this was the case with Lowell; 
 the only time he was absent from Elm- 
 wood for any length of time being while 
 he was abroad, hence as a boy he had but 
 one circle of acquaintances — those he had 
 known all his life. 
 
 At sixteen years of age Lowell entered 
 Harvard College ; he was but an ordinary 
 scholar, much preferring other reading to 
 his text books. He graduated from this 
 college in 1858 ; while in Harvard he was 
 secretary of the "Hasty Pudding Society," 
 and one of the editors of the college 
 periodical, "Harvardian," to which he con- 
 tributed articles both in prose and verse. 
 
 Third Pupil — Manhood of Lowell: — 
 At twenty-one years of age Lowell pub- 
 
 lished a volume of poems entitled "A 
 Year's Life." These poems savored of 
 love and romance, and were inspired by 
 love for a beautiful young lady. Miss 
 Maria White, who afterward became his 
 wife. After this time he became editor 
 of the "Pioneer," which, however, was a 
 short-lived periodical. From this time 
 forth many poems appeared, among which 
 were the "Legend of Brittany," "Prome- 
 theus," "Rhoecus," "The Hermitage," 
 "The Shepherd," "A Parable," etc. Later 
 in life followed "The Vision of Sir Laun- 
 fal," "The Present Crisis," "A Fable for 
 Critics," and "The Biglow Papers," the 
 latter a series of poems on the subject of 
 slavery. 
 
 Fourth Pupil — The Home Life of 
 Lowell : — 
 
 December 26, 1844, Mr. Lowell was 
 united in marriage with Miss Maria 
 White, whom he had long loved and ad- 
 mired. Their domestic life is said to have 
 been most beautiful, nothing being wanted 
 to make complete happiness except perfect 
 health, Mrs. Lowell being a semi-invalid. 
 Children were born to them, but one only 
 reached the age of maturity. It is said 
 by friends of the poet, who were admitted 
 to his study, that a pair of little shoes were 
 ever kept hanging over a picture of one 
 of their departed children. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Lowell went abroad in 
 1851, spending a year in Switzerland, 
 France, England and Italy. They returned 
 in the autumn of 1852, and one vear later 
 Mrs. Lowell died and was laid to rest 
 beside the little graves in beautiful Mt. 
 Auburn. 
 
 On the day of Mrs. Lowell's death a 
 child was born to Mi*. Longfellow, and his 
 poem, "The Two Angels," was written in 
 commemoration of thi's event. 
 
 In 1857 Mr. Lowell was again married, 
 his wife being Miss Frances Dunlap, of 
 Portland, Maine. 
 
 Fifth Pupil — LowelVs Death : — 
 
 Aside from his literary career Mr. 
 Lowell was enga^d in active professional 
 
n 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 work, having filled the chair of belles- 
 lettres in Harvard College; also held the 
 office of minister to Spain. His death 
 occurred at Cambridge, Mass., August 13, 
 1891. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISE. 
 
 1— Song— ''Rest, Soldier, Rest." 
 2 — Paper — The origin of Memorial Day. 
 3 — March and Decoration of Monument. 
 4 — Quotations by members of school. 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 ''The Blue and the Gray."— F. M. 
 
 Finch. 
 "Dirge for a Soldier." — Boher. 
 "While the Drums Roll By."— 
 Will Carleton. 
 6 — Song— "Just Before the Battle." 
 7 — Reading — "Cover Them Over." — 
 
 Will Carleton. 
 8 — Eulogy — The Common Soldier. 
 9 — Our Honored Dead (class exercise). 
 Washington. 
 Lincoln. 
 Grant. 
 Lee. 
 
 Jackson. 
 10 — Song— "Just as the Sun Went 
 
 Down." 
 11 — Recitations — 
 
 "Resignation." — Longfellow. 
 "Driving Home the Cows." — Os- 
 good. 
 "Man with the Musket." — Taylor. 
 12 — Song — "Tenting on the Old Camp- 
 ground." 
 13 — Memorial Day Class Exercise. 
 14 — Reading — "Our Army of the Dead." 
 
 — Carleton. 
 15 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Brave at Home.''— Read. 
 "Sleep, Soldier, Sleep." — Maupin. 
 "A Georgia Volunteer." — Anon. 
 
 16 — Closing Song — "America." 
 
 ORIGIN OF MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 The observance of Memorial Day has 
 grown from the tender remembrance of 
 
 mothers, sisters and sweethearts, in fact, 
 all who survived the war for the Union, of 
 the heroes who perished that we might 
 enjoy a united, free and just government. 
 The practice of setting aside a day to 
 visit the graves of loved ones, recall their 
 noble deeds, and strew their resting place 
 with flowers, began in the early part of 
 the Civil War. It was first observed in 
 a village here and a hamlet there, until 
 the practice after a while became general. 
 In some cases governors recommended a 
 certain day, but there was no wide ex- 
 tended agreement. In time through these 
 influences many state legislatures were 
 induced to make a given day a holiday for 
 this purpose, and the President and gov- 
 ernors recommended the observance of the 
 same day, hence our present Memorial 
 Day. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, 
 Sleep the sleep that knows no waking." 
 
 — Walter Scott. 
 
 "Furl the banner softly, slowly, 
 Treat it gently, it is holy — 
 
 For it droops above the dead." 
 
 — Thomas Ryan. 
 
 "The muffled drum's sad roll has beat 
 The soldier's last tattoo; 
 ^o more on life's parade shall meet 
 The brave and fallen few." 
 
 — O'Hara. 
 
 "Strew all their graves with flowers, 
 They for their country died ; 
 And freely gave their lives for ours, 
 Their country's hope and pride." 
 
 — James Very. 
 
 "But why should I call the muster-roll 
 Of those who are here in our hearts 
 to-day ? 
 They need no naming; each true, errand 
 soul, 
 Has heard your summons, and 
 marched away." 
 
 — Will Carleton, 
 
MEMORIAL DAY, 
 
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 "He rests in peace 'neath the old oak's 
 
 shade — 
 
 We wavered back from the charging 
 
 foe ; 
 
 And the rebel turf on his brow is laid, 
 
 As the winds o'er the slumberer go." 
 
 — Mrs. Hemans. 
 
 "It's lonesome, sorter lonesome., it's a 
 
 Sunday day to me. 
 It 'pears like more'n any day I nearly 
 
 ever see; 
 Yit" with the stars and stripes above a- 
 
 ilutter'n in the air. 
 On ev'ry soldier's grave, I'd love to lay 
 
 a lily there." 
 
 — James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 "There is no flock, howe'er watched and 
 tended. 
 But one dead lamb is there ; 
 There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended. 
 But has one vacant chair." 
 
 — Henry W. Longfellow. 
 
 "Eemember the soldiers to-day. 
 Remember them all with flowers; 
 Theirs was the battle, and theirs was the 
 
 pain. 
 Ours is the peace and ours is the gain ; 
 Theirs was the sowing, the harvest ours — 
 And all we can give them to-day is flow- 
 
 ers. 
 
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 — Kniskern. 
 
 "All quiet along the Potomac to-night — 
 1^0 sound save the rush of the river ; 
 While soft falls the dew on the face of 
 the dead — 
 The picket's off duty forever." 
 
 — Beers. 
 
 "Sleep, soldiers! still in honor rest. 
 Your truth and valor wearing ; 
 The bravest are the tenderest — 
 The loving are the daring." 
 
 — Jeremy Taylor. 
 
 "From the diist their laurels bloom, 
 High they shoot and flourish free ; 
 Glory's temple is the tomb — 
 Death is immortality." 
 
 — James Montgomery. 
 
 MEMORIAL DAY. 
 
 {A Class Eooercise.) 
 
 First Pupil: — 
 Come let us twine together 
 
 These knots of fragrant flowers; 
 We'll bind them into garlands, 
 
 To crown these graves of ours; 
 We'll deck them with bright blossoms. 
 
 And plant a flag to wave 
 It's colors, bright and loving. 
 
 Upon each humble grave. 
 
 Second Pupil: — 
 Ah, yes, we'll gladly twine them 
 
 With wreaths of myrtle green — 
 Until each mound of earth here 
 
 A fairy bed would seem. 
 I think that war is cruel. 
 
 But then it must be just; 
 Brave soldiers' forms were given, 
 
 And crumble now in dust. 
 
 Third Pupil : — 
 How many lonely, aching hearts, • 
 
 Throughout this land to-day. 
 Will long for many loved ones. 
 
 But lately passed away ; 
 In Cuba and the Philippines, 
 
 As well as here at home, 
 Our soldiers lie, in peaceful sleep. 
 
 And 'neath the ocean's foam. 
 
 Fourth Pupil: — 
 I'm thinking of the heroes 
 
 Who \yent down witfi the Maine ; 
 Though never killed in battle, 
 
 We count them with the slain ; 
 I'll wind a special wreath of flowers 
 
 With flags and garlands bright, 
 Then dedicate it to our boys 
 
 Who perished in a night. 
 
 Fifth Pupil: — 
 I think that war is very sad— 
 
 But yet it seems to me 
 The cruel Boxers of the east 
 
 Were dreadful as could be. 
 Just think of all the Godly men 
 
 Who gave their lives for sin ; 
 They're heroes, though they did not die 
 
 Amid the battle's din. 
 
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 A MID-SUMMER EXERCISE. 
 
 Sixth Pupil : 
 
 Yes, all the heroes we will crown, 
 
 With flowers at their bead; 
 Not one of them will we forget 
 
 For they are honored dead; 
 We'll crown them in our hearts as well, 
 
 And not forget to pray 
 That God will comfort saddened hearts 
 
 On this Memorial Day. 
 
 A MID-STJMMER EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — Song — ''The Joyful Summer Day." 
 
 2 — Quotations by school. 
 
 3 — Pen Picture — Woods in Summer. 
 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Hay-Makers." — Leight Hunt. 
 ''The Ploughman." — Oliver W. 
 
 Holmes. 
 ''Harvest Time." — Paul H.Hayne. 
 
 5_Song— "Song of Nature." 
 
 6— Reading— "The Brook." — Alfred 
 
 ' Tennyson. 
 7 — Sons: — ''The Last Rose of Summer." 
 
 — Thomas. Moore. 
 8 — Paper — "A Harvest Scene." 
 9— Song— "Happy Days." 
 
 10 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Wind in a 'FTolic.''—HowitL 
 
 "A Strip of Blue." — Lucy Larcom. 
 
 "The House on the Hill."— ilf any 
 Hall. 
 11 — Song— "Summer." 
 12 — Description — A Happy Vacation. 
 13 — Contrast — Sports of Summer vs. 
 
 Winter. 
 
 14 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Day is Done."— I^. W. Long- 
 fellow. 
 "The Old Swimmin' Hole."—/. 
 
 W. Riley. 
 "June."— J. R. Lowell. 
 15 — Closing Song — "Sweet Summer's 
 Gone Away." 
 
 QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Around this lovely valley rise 
 The purple hills of Paradise; 
 
 Oh, softly on yon banks of haze 
 Her rosy face the summer lays." 
 
 — Sarri. T. Trowbridge. 
 
 "I love to muse o'er meadows newly mown, 
 Where withering grass perfumes the 
 sultry air; 
 Where bees search round, with sad and 
 weary drone. 
 In vain for flowers that bloomed but 
 newly there." — Clare. 
 
 "The cottage curs at early pilgrims bark; 
 Crowned with her pail the tripping 
 milkmaid sings; 
 The whistling plowman stalks afield, and 
 hark! 
 Down the rough slope the ponderous 
 wagon rings." — Beattie. 
 
 u 
 
 No price is set on the lavish summer, 
 June may be. had by the poorest comer — 
 And what is so rare as a day in June ?" 
 — James R. Lowell. 
 
 "There is no dew on any greenless shed, 
 The hard baked earth is split along the 
 walks, 
 The very burrs in stunted clumps are 
 dead, 
 And mullen leaves drop withered from 
 the stalks." — Irvine. 
 
 "The sky has but one solitary cloud. 
 Like a dark island in a sea on high ; 
 The parching furrows 'twixt the corn- 
 rows ploughed 
 Seem fairly dancing in my dazzled sight. 
 While over yonder road a dusty haze 
 Grows luminous through the sun's fierce 
 
 blaze." 
 
 -Hope. 
 
 "Mine be a cot beside the hill — 
 
 A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; 
 A willowy brook that turns a mill 
 With many a fall shall linger near." 
 
 — Rogers. 
 
 "The freshness and beauty of morning are 
 
 ours, 
 
 The music of birds and the fragrance of 
 flowers ; 
 
A MID-WINTER EXERCISE. 
 
 181 
 
 And our trail is the first that is seen in 
 
 the dew, 
 As our pathway through orchards and 
 
 lanes we pursue." 
 
 — Burleigh. 
 
 '^1 love the beautiful evening. 
 
 When the sunset clouds are gold; 
 When the barn-fowls seek a shelter, 
 
 And the young lambs seek their fold; 
 When the four o' clocks are open 
 
 And the swallows homeward come ; 
 When the horses cease their labors, _ 
 And the cows come home." 
 
 — Xealey. 
 
 "Homeward, his daily labor done, 
 The stalwart farmer slowly plods, 
 From battling, between shade and sun, 
 With sullen glebe and stubborn sods.'' 
 
 — Paul H. Hayne. 
 
 '*Low burns the summer afternoon, 
 A mellow luster lights the scene; 
 And from its smiling beauty soon 
 . The purpling shade will chase the 
 sheen." — Street. 
 
 "Oh, glory of our race that so suddenly 
 decavs ! 
 Oh, crimson flush of morning that dark- 
 
 ens as we gaze 
 
 r 
 
 a 
 
 Oh, breath of summer blossoms that on 
 
 the restless air 
 Scatters a moment's sweetness and flies 
 
 we know not where." 
 
 — William C. Bryant. 
 
 The jassamine clambers in flower o'er the 
 
 thatch. 
 And the swallow chirps sweet from her 
 
 nest in the wall." 
 
 — Dimond. 
 
 "The vine creeps forth, the daisy blooms. 
 The very air is filled with song; 
 The tall grass bends with graceful curve 
 When sweeps the summer breeze 
 along." — J ill son. 
 
 "^laud ]Muller, on a summer's day. 
 Raked the meadows sweet with hay." 
 
 — J. G. Whittier, 
 
 A MID-WINrTER EXERCISE. 
 
 1— Song— "Winter Winds." 
 
 2 — Paper — The Winter Season. 
 
 3 — Description — The Works of Jack 
 
 Frost. 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 "Snow Flakes."— 5. W. Longfel- 
 
 loiv. 
 "A Winter Morning." — Wm. Cow- 
 
 per. 
 "It Snows."— ^. E. Hale. 
 5— Song— "Snow Flakes." 
 6 — Reading — Winter Sports in Russia. 
 7— Song— "The Mighty Storm-King." 
 8 — Recitations — 
 
 "The First SnowfaU."— J. R. Low- 
 ell. 
 "Skater's Song." — •Anon. 
 "The Snowstorm." — R. W. Emer- 
 son. 
 9— Pen Picture— "Snow Bound."— ^7. G. 
 Wliittier. 
 10— Song— "Skating Glee." 
 11 — Winter Quotations. 
 12 — Reading — "'Winter Beauty." — Gail 
 
 Hamilton. 
 13 — Recitations — 
 
 "^Vhen the Frost is on the Pun- 
 kin."—/. W. Riley. 
 "The Bells."— JS'. A. Poe. 
 "Beautiful Snow."— £'t?. Watson. 
 1-1 — Closing Song. 
 
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 QTJOTATIOXS. 
 
 'Fireside enjoyments, home-bom happi- 
 
 ness 
 
 And all the comforts that the lowlv roof 
 Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours 
 Of long uninterrupted evening know." 
 
 — William Cow per. 
 
 "How the wild crowd goes swaying along. 
 Hailing each other with humor and song ; 
 How the gav sledges like meteors flash 
 
 bv— 
 Bright for the moment, then lost to the 
 
 eve. 
 
 » 
 
 -Edward Watson. 
 
 "All dav the snow came down — all dav. 
 As it never came down before; 
 
m 
 
 A NEW YEAR EXERCISE. 
 
 Aiul o'er tho liills at sunset lay, 
 
 Some two or three feet more; 
 The fence was lost and the wall of stone ; 
 The windows blocked, and the well- 
 curb gone ; 
 The haystack had grown to a mountain 
 
 lift, 
 And the woodpile looked like a monster 
 drift, 
 As it lay by the farmer's door." 
 
 — Thomas Eastman. 
 
 "Full knee-deep lies the winter snow, 
 And the winter winds are wearily sigh- 
 ing." — Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 *'The mellow year is hast'ning to its close, 
 The little birds have almost sung their 
 
 last; 
 Their small notes twitter in the drearv 
 
 blast — 
 The shrill-piped harbinger of early 
 snows." — Sam T. Coleridge. 
 
 "The sky is dark, and on the huddled 
 
 leaves 
 The restless, rustling leaves sift down the 
 
 snow, 
 Till the sharp crystals pin them to the 
 
 earth, 
 And they grow still beneath the rising 
 
 storm." — J. G. Holland. 
 
 "What matter how the night behaved ? 
 What matter how the north wind raved ? 
 Blow high, blow low, not all its snow 
 Could quench our hearth-fire's ruddv 
 glow." —J. G. Whittier. '^ 
 
 "Oh, teach me, beautiful frostwork. 
 Another lesson in life — 
 The web that is woven by night-time, 
 In the morning with gems may be. 
 rife." — Anon. 
 
 "The gray winter sky unlocks her treas- 
 ures; and softness, and whiteness, and 
 warmth, and beauty float gently down up- 
 on the evil and the good." — Gail Hamil- 
 ton. 
 
 "Shut in from all the world without. 
 We sat the clean-winged hearth about; 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 Content to let the north wind roar 
 In baffled rage at pane and door." 
 
 — /. G. Whittier. 
 
 Blowing, blustering, sweeps the north 
 wind — 
 See ! the snow is flying fast. 
 Hushed the brook and hushed the spar- 
 row. 
 For the summer time is past." 
 
 — Phoehe Thorn. 
 
 Announced by all the trumpets of the sky 
 Arrives the snow; and, driving o'er tho 
 
 fijelds. 
 Seems nowhere to alight." 
 
 — R. W. Emerson. 
 
 "Out of the bosom of the air, 
 
 Out of the cloud-folds of her garments 
 shaken, 
 Over the woodlands brown and bare. 
 
 Over the harvest fields forsaken. 
 Silent, and soft, and slow, 
 Descends the snow." 
 
 — H. W. Longfellow. 
 
 "To-morrow will the storm be done. 
 Then out will come the golden sun ; 
 And thus with life it ever goes — 
 'Tis shade and shine ! it snows, it snows." 
 
 — Gould. 
 
 A NEW YEAR EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — ISTew Year Song — Mendelssohn. 
 2— Keading— "The Closing Year."— 
 
 James Prentice. 
 3 — Paper — The Holiday Season. 
 4 — Song — "New Year's Song," from the 
 
 German. 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Old Year and the New."— 
 Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "The Old and the New Year."— 
 Anon. 
 
 "Death of the Old Year. ''—Alfred 
 Tennyson. 
 6— Song— "Jingle Bells." 
 7 — New Year Resolutions — By school. 
 8 — Our Calendar — How the Months 
 
 were Named. 
 
A NEW YEAR EXERCISE. 
 
 183 
 
 9 — Recitations — 
 
 "A New Year's Cake." — Johnson. 
 
 ^'New Year's Resolutions." 
 
 ^^Snow Flakes."— £f. W. Longfel- 
 low. 
 10— Reading— 'The Closing Scene."- 
 
 Thos. B. Beade. 
 11 — Kew Year Quotations — By school. 
 12 — Reading — 'The Isle of Long Ago." 
 18 — Closing Song. 
 
 NEW YEAR QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "The year is old, but his dress is gay, 
 'Tis red and yellow and green ; 
 'Tis brighter than when he sleeping lay 
 
 In the arms of winter I ween. 
 Old Winter, his nursie, covered him o'er 
 
 With a pale, white quilt of snow, 
 And crisped with frost was the cap he 
 wore. 
 Though without a ruffle or bow." 
 
 — James Very. 
 
 "We will speak him fair, my friends. 
 We loved him well you know, 
 And sing the good old year a song 
 . Before we let him go." 
 
 — Helen W. Clark. 
 
 "Ye who have scorned each other. 
 Or injured friend or brother, 
 
 In this fast fading year; 
 Ye who, by word or deed. 
 Have made a kind heart bleed. 
 
 Come gather here ! 
 Let sinned against and sinning 
 Forget their strife's beginning. 
 
 And join in friendship now; 
 Be links no longer broken. 
 Be sweet forgiveness spoken. 
 
 Under the holly bough." 
 
 — Charles Mackey. 
 
 "Ring out the old, ring in the new. 
 Ring, happy bells, across the snow." 
 
 — Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "The year has gone, and with it many a 
 glorious throng of happy dreams." — 
 James Prentice, 
 
 "The bell strikes one. We take no note 
 of time, 
 But from its loss: to give it then a 
 tongue 
 
 Is wise in man." 
 
 — Edward Young. 
 
 "We rive in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, 
 not breaths; 
 In feelings, not in figures on a dial." 
 
 "The flowers fade, the heart withers, 
 maia. grows old and dies, the world lies 
 down in the sepulcher of ages, but time 
 writes no wrinkles on the brow of eter- 
 nity," — Anon. 
 
 "Every one for his own. 
 The night is starry and cold, my friend. 
 And the J^ew Year blithe and bold, my 
 friend. 
 Comes up to take his own." 
 
 — Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "There are many who were happy and gay, 
 Maud, 
 When the last new year came in, 
 Who are sleeping below the frozen turf. 
 Away from all sorrow and sin." 
 
 — Anon. 
 
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 a 
 
 Count not thy life by calendars : for years 
 Shall pass thee by unheeded, whilst an 
 
 hour — 
 Some little fleeting hour, too quickly 
 
 past — 
 May stamp itself so deeply on thy brain, 
 Thy latest years shall live upon its joy." 
 
 — Kennedy. 
 
 One year — one year — one little year. 
 And so much gone! 
 And yet the even flow of life 
 Moves calmly on." 
 
 — Mrs. H. B. Stowe. 
 
 "A year for striving. 
 And hearty thriving; 
 A bright jTew Year, 
 Oh ! hold it dear ; 
 For God who sendeth. 
 He only lendeth," 
 
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 A PRESIDENTIAL EXERCISE. 
 
 "How many days have been sad, 
 How many days have been gay, 
 Since the coming in of the old year. 
 To the. birth of tliis new year day.'' 
 
 "Tis not for man to trifle ; life is brief, 
 And sin is here. 
 
 Our age is but the falling of a leaf, 
 A dropping tear." 
 
 PRINTER'S PI POR THE SCHOOLROOM. 
 
 t^ OR a new plan or way of presenting 
 ^ old facts, printers's pi will be found 
 quite attractive for the children; we give 
 below an historical, geographical, literary 
 and biographical pi, as an illustration of 
 this sort of review work. 
 
 HISTORICAL PI. 
 
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 bet eno hhciw duacse hte ttserage fireg, swa 
 eht ssssaaaiinnto fo het tdpiesnre. Eh swa 
 tohs yb bhoto ni dfro's tteerah. 
 
 The most tragic event of the Civil war, 
 the one which caused the greatest grief, 
 was the assassination of the president. He 
 was shot by Booth in Ford's theatre. 
 
 GEOGRAPHICAL PI. 
 
 Het dlnasi fo cbau dorpcuse a tager 
 Idae fo rusag, emso efeocf, batococ, ntctoo 
 nad latcte. Cbuslomu vgea ot beau het 
 mean fo Juaan. Teh gironila mean, woh- 
 erev, ylfnial repvilade. 
 
 The island of Cuba produces a great 
 deal of sugar, some coffee, tobacco, cotton 
 and cattle. Columbus gave to Cuba the. 
 name of Juana. The original name, how- 
 ever, finally prevailed. 
 
 LITERARY PI. 
 
 Btflaeuiu syndnsuei no het hdnsuo swa 
 het moeh fo whniasgnto igrvni. 
 
 Beautiful Sunny side on the Hudson i 
 was the home of Washington Irving. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL PI. 
 
 Bdyara trylao, rtaveerl, vnoslite nad 
 tope, swa ronb ni 8521 dan ddei ni 8871. 
 
 Bayard Taylor, traveler, novelist and 
 poet, was born in 1825 and died in 1878. 
 
 A PRESIDENTIAL EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — What President began life as a canal 
 boy'^ (Garfield.) 
 
 2 — What President was married in the 
 White House? (Cleveland.) 
 
 3 — What President's wife saved the Dec- 
 laration of Independence from be- 
 ing destroyed by fire? (Dolly 
 Madison.) 
 
 4 — What President learned to read and 
 write from a fellow worker in a 
 tailor shop, where he was em- 
 ployed? (Johnson.) 
 
 5 — What President cared so little for 
 political affairs that he had not 
 voted for forty years previous to 
 his election? (Taylor.) 
 
 6 — What President's wife first refused 
 to serve wine at the White House ? 
 (Mrs. Hayes.) 
 
 7 — What President of the U. S. was so 
 great an admirer of Henry Clay 
 that he is said to have wept with 
 sorrow when the Whigs rejected 
 him as a presidential candidate? 
 (Tyler.) 
 
 8 — What two Presidents each married 
 widows whose given names were 
 Martha ? (Washington and Jef- 
 ferson. ) 
 
 9 — What President was noted for his 
 sunny disposition? (Madison.) 
 
 10 — What President is said to have been 
 the most accomplished man of all 
 public men of his day? (Jeffer- 
 son.) 
 
 11 — What President's father died before 
 his birth, and left his mother 
 penniless ? ( Jackson. ) 
 
 12 — What President was seized with 
 paralysis, while occupying his seat 
 in Congress, and died two days 
 later, never having regained "'con- 
 sciousness? (J. Q. Adams.) 
 
 13 — What President's wife was forced to 
 flee from Washington, to escape the 
 British? (Dolly Madison. 
 
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 14 — What President's wife was known as 
 "the bride of the White House f' 
 (Frances Cleveland.) 
 
 15 — What two Presidents died the same 
 day? (Adams and Jefferson.) 
 
 16 — What President was noted as a story 
 teller? (Lincoln.) 
 
 17 — ^What President's wife was noted for 
 her home industry? (Martha 
 Washington. ) 
 
 18 — What President made a tour of the 
 world? (Grant.) 
 
 19 — Which Presidents were assassinated? 
 (Lincoln and Garfield.) 
 
 20 — What President was impeached? 
 (Johnson. ) 
 
 21 — What father and son were Presi- 
 dents ? (John Adams and J. Q. 
 Adams.) 
 
 22 — What grandfather and grandson were 
 Presidents ? (Wm. H. Harrison 
 and Benj. Harrison.) 
 
 23 — Who was the "Bachelor President?" 
 (Van Bur en.) 
 
 24 — Which Presidents died in office ? 
 (Taylor and Harrison.) 
 
 25 — What President was a classmate of 
 JSTathaniel Hawthorne ? (Pierce.) 
 
 26 — Which President vetoed the measures 
 of his own party ? (Tyler.) 
 
 27 — ^What two Presidents were born the 
 same year? (Jackson and John 
 Adams.) 
 
 28 — What President was a celebrated 
 violinist? (Jefferson.) 
 
 29 — What President secured the adoption 
 of the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence? (Adams.) 
 
 30 — Which President wrote the Declara- 
 tion of Independence? (Jeffer- 
 son.) 
 
 31 — What President reduced the pomp of 
 official social life? (Jefferson.) 
 
 32 — What President refused a third term 
 of office? (Washington.) 
 
 A DAY WITH JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 1— Song— "This Life is What We Make 
 
 It." 
 2 — Biographical Sketch (class exercise). 
 3— Song— "The World is Full of 
 
 Dreamers." 
 4 — ^Recitations — 
 
 "When theProst is on thePunkin." 
 
 "The Old Swimmin' Hole." 
 
 "Ever a Song Somewhere." 
 5— Reading— "The Gilded Roll." 
 6 — Pen-picture — "The Old Home by the 
 
 Mill." 
 7 — Song. 
 8 — Recitations — 
 
 "When Old Jack Died." 
 
 "An Old Sweetheart." 
 
 "Worter Melon Time." 
 9 — Quotations from Riley. 
 10 — Closing Song. 
 
 BIOGEAPHY OF EILEY. 
 
 (A Class Exercise,') 
 
 First Pupil: — 
 
 Riley the Child — James Whitcomb 
 Riley was born in the little town of Green- 
 field, Indiana, in 1852. 
 
 His father was a lawyer, and was very 
 proud of his little son. It is said that he 
 could not wait until James became old 
 enough to wear trousers, but that lie 
 bought cloth and cut and made him a full 
 suit of clothes himself; the trousers were 
 made so long that they reached to his feet, 
 and the coat was elaborately trimmed with 
 brass buttons. In this attire James was 
 taken into the court room by his father, 
 much to the amusement of the lawyers, 
 who nick-named him "Judge Wick." 
 
 Little James much enjoyed being in the 
 court room, and as he grew older spent 
 much time there with his father ; perche<l 
 up on the window ledge, he used to watch 
 all proceedings, and enjoy listening to 
 the curious dialect of the country people. 
 Indeed it was here that he first learned 
 to speak this queer dialect that was in the 
 future to make him dear to the hearts of 
 the common people. 
 
ISO 
 
 A DAY WITH JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 
 
 Second Pupil: — 
 
 Riley the School Boy — At school James 
 was always ''Star Actor" and reciter; 
 in other studies he was very de- 
 ficient, reading excepted; of reading 
 he was passionately fond. The school 
 readers in use at that day were the 
 old McGuffey series, which contained 
 many real bits of literature, these Riley 
 enjoyed with all his heart. It seems that 
 he must have possessed a very sympathetic 
 nature, for on occasions when sad selec- 
 tions were to be read, he absented himself 
 from school. It is said that he could 
 never read Dickens^ ^^Death of Little 
 Nell,'' without shedding tears, and he was 
 afraid the other boys would make sport of 
 him. 
 
 Riley early evinced another natural gift^ 
 that of drawing, as was exemplified in 
 aft^r years. 
 
 Third Pupil: — 
 
 Riley the Youth — As a young man 
 Riley's health was very poor, and he 
 was advised by his physician to travel, 
 in the hopes of benefiting it. Not 
 having sufficient means to gratify a 
 taste for traveling as he would prefer, he 
 yet proved the truth of the old adage that 
 "Where there is a will, there is a way." 
 He accordingly joined a patent medicine 
 company, and began the seeking after 
 health. Although he knew nothing of the 
 manager of the company when he became 
 a member of it, he found him to be a real 
 gentleman, who treated him as one of his 
 own family. He remained with this 
 company for one year. At the close of this 
 time, the "Graphic Company" was formed, 
 whose business was that of sign painting. 
 Thus it was that the period of the poet's 
 life known as the "traveling sign-painter" 
 began. The company was composed of 
 half a dozen members, all jolly fellows 
 and musicians, Riley, himself, playing the 
 violin and guitar. Their plan was to enter 
 a town, collect a crowd by their music, and 
 then get orders from the merchants for 
 sign painting, which was to be done on the 
 
 fences of all roads leading into the town, 
 from every direction. Riley followed this 
 business for three years, after which he 
 enter€<d a newspaper ofiice and began his 
 literary labors. 
 
 Fourth Pupil: — 
 
 Riley the Poet — Riley's first verses 
 were written during the time he was 
 a member of the "Graphic Company," 
 being printed in various newspapers of 
 the day. From that time until the 
 present day his pen has been busy in 
 the art of verse making. Among the pub- 
 lished volumes thus far are "Neighborly 
 Poems," "Character Sketches and Poems," 
 "Afterwhiles," "Pipes O'Pan at Zekes- 
 bury," "Green Fields and Running 
 Brooks" and "The Rubaiyat of Doc 
 Sifers." 
 
 Mr. Riley has never married ; he spends 
 much of his time at the home of a sister in 
 Indianapolis, of which he has written, 
 
 "Such a dear little street, it is nestled 
 away 
 
 From the noise of the citv, and heat of 
 the day. 
 
 In cool, shady coverts of whispering 
 trees. 
 
 With their leaves lifted up to shake hands 
 with the breeze. 
 
 Which, in all its wide wanderings, never 
 may meet 
 
 With a resting-place fairer than Lock- 
 erbie Street." 
 
 QUOTATIONS FEOM KILEY. 
 
 "Let's go a-visitin' back to Griggsby's 
 Station, 
 Back where the latch string's a hangin' 
 from the door. 
 And ever' neighbor round the place is 
 dear as a relation — 
 Back where we used to be so happy 
 and so pore." 
 
 — Griggsby's Station, 
 
 "I can see the honeysuckle clim'in' up 
 around the mill ; 
 And kin hear the worter chuckle, and the 
 wheel a-gi'owlin' still ; 
 
A STATESMAN EXERCISE. 
 
 1 v'^ 
 
 And frum. the bank below it I kin steal 
 the old canoe, 
 And jes' git in and row it like the miller 
 used to do." — Bomancin. 
 
 ^'When life was like a story, holding 
 neither sob or sigh, 
 In the golden olden glory of the days 
 gone by." 
 
 — The Days Gone By. 
 
 ^^It ain't no use to grumble and complain ; 
 It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice : 
 When God sorts out the weather and 
 sends rain, 
 W'y, rain's my choice." 
 
 —Wet Weather Talk. 
 
 "And again I feel the pressure of her little 
 slender hand. 
 As we used to talk together of the future 
 
 we had planned — 
 When I should be a poet, with nothing 
 
 else to do 
 But write the tender verses that she set 
 music to." 
 
 — An Old Sweetheart. 
 
 "The delights of our childhood is soon 
 passed away. 
 And our gloryus youth it departs, — 
 And yit, dead and buried, they's blossoms 
 of May 
 Ore theyr medderland graves in our 
 hearts." 
 — The Delights of Our Childhood. 
 
 "O thou that doth all things devise 
 And fashion f er the best, 
 He'p us who sees with mortal eyes. 
 To overlook the rest." 
 
 — A Hymn of Faith. 
 
 "I don't know how to tell it — but if such a 
 thing could be 
 As the Angels wantin' boardin', and the'd 
 
 call around on me — 
 I'd want to 'commodate 'em-all the 
 
 whole-indurin' flock. 
 When the frost is on the punkin' and the 
 fodder's in the shock." 
 — When the Frost is On the Punhin. 
 
 "They's sorrow in the wavin' leaves of all 
 the apple trees ; 
 
 And sorrow in the harvest-sheaves, and 
 
 sorrow in the breeze ; 
 And sorrow in the twitter of the swallers 
 
 round the shed; 
 And all the song her red-bird sings is 
 
 ^Little Haly's Dead.' " 
 
 — Little Mahala Ashcraft, 
 
 "I never set eyes on a clover field now, 
 Er fool around a stable, er climb in the 
 
 mow. 
 But my childhood comes back jest as 
 
 clear and as plain 
 As the smell of the clover I'm sniffin' 
 again." — The Clover. 
 
 "And I grope through the dark, lookin' 
 up'ards 
 And on through the heavenly dome, 
 With my longin' soul singin' and sobbin' 
 The words, 'Do They Miss Me At 
 Homef" 
 
 — A Old Played-out Song. 
 
 I love my God the first of all. 
 
 Then Him that perished on the cross; 
 And next, my wife, — and then I fall 
 
 Down on my knees and love the hoss." 
 
 — The Hoss. 
 
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 A STATESMAN EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — What statesman was killed in a duel ? 
 (Alexander Hamilton.) 
 
 2 — What statesman was tried for 
 treason? (Aaron Burr.) 
 
 3 — What statesman was caned in Con- 
 gress by Preston Brooks ? (Charles 
 Sumner. ) 
 
 4 — What statesmen took part in a debate, 
 that was known as the "battle of 
 the giants ?" (Daniel Webster 
 and Bobert Hayne.) 
 
 5 — What statesman was vice-president of 
 the Confederacy? (Alexander H. 
 Stephens.) 
 
 6 — What statesman made a boast of be- 
 ing a descendant of Pocahontas ? 
 (John Bandolph.) 
 
 7 — What noted statesman became insane 
 at the death of his wife ? (Horace 
 Greeley. ) 
 
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 SCHOOLROOM ENIGMAS. 
 
 8 — What statesman was known as the 
 "Pathfinder r' (John C. Fre- 
 mont. ) 
 
 9 — What statesman was known as Ameri- 
 ca's greatest orator? (Daniel 
 Webster.) 
 
 10 — What statesman is noted as an after- 
 dinner speaker? (Chauncy De- 
 pew. ) 
 
 11 — What famous statesman was the son 
 of a Baptist minister? (Henry 
 Clay.) 
 
 12 — What statesman w^as at one time a 
 chief of the Cherokee Indians? 
 (Sam Houston.) 
 
 13 — What statesman was one of the chief 
 promoters of the Erie canal ? (De- 
 Witt Clinton.) 
 
 14 — What statesman had a street fight 
 with Jackson ? ( Thomas Benton. ) 
 
 15 — Who said ^'Millions for defence, but 
 not one cent for tribute ?" (Charles 
 Pinckney. ) 
 
 16 — Who was president of the Confeder- 
 acy? (Jefferson Davis.) 
 
 17 — Who was Secretary of War under 
 Lincoln, and removed under John- 
 son ? (Edwin M. Stanton.) 
 
 18 — What statesman was known as 
 "Hunker'' Democrat ? (Horatio 
 Seymour. ) 
 
 19 — Who was known as "Honest John ?" 
 (John Sherman.) 
 
 20 — Who was known as "Poor Kichard ?" 
 
 (Benj. Franklin.) 
 21 — "Who w^as known as the "Plumed 
 
 Knight?" (James G. Blaine.) 
 22 — Who is the advocate of free silver? 
 
 (Wm. J. Bryan.) 
 
 23 — Who was the author of the Missouri 
 Compromise? (Henry Clay.) 
 
 24- — Who was the author of the Kansas- 
 IS^ebraska bill? (Stephen A. 
 Douglas. ) 
 
 2-5 — What statesman was noted for his 
 culture? (Edward Everett,) 
 
 26 — What statesman after having ser^'ed 
 in Congress as a Democrat for four- 
 teen years, became a llepublican? 
 (John Bell.) 
 
 27 — Who delivered a memorial address on 
 Washington, before Congress ? 
 (Kichard Henry Lee.) 
 
 28 — Who spent thirty-five years of his life 
 as Justice of the Supreme Court? 
 (John Marshall.) 
 
 29 — Who was the leading advocate of 
 state's rights? (John C. Calhoun.) 
 
 30 — Who, after his term as president had 
 expired, was a member of the 
 House of Kepresentatives for seven- 
 teen years? (J.Q.Adams.) 
 
 un- 
 
 SCHOOLROOM ENIGMAS. 
 
 BATTLE ENIGMAS. 
 
 1 — 'Name a battle that would be 
 pleasant for barefooted boys. 
 
 2 — Name a battle found in every farm- 
 yard. 
 
 3 — Name two battles that are found in a 
 forest. 
 
 4 — Name an uninhabited battle. 
 
 5 — Name a good luck battle. 
 
 6 — Name a stimulating battle. 
 
 7 — Name an observing battle. 
 
 8 — Name a comfortable battle. 
 
 9 — Name a college battle. 
 10 — Name a wealthy battle. 
 11 — Name a cleanly battle. 
 12 — Name a suspended battle. 
 13 — Name a royal battle. 
 
 Answer to above: — (1) Stony Point; 
 (2) Cowpens; (3) Fair Oaks and Seven 
 Pines; (4) Wilderness; (5) Horseshoe 
 Bend; (6) Brandywine; (7) Lookout 
 Mountain; (8) Pillow Fort; (9) Prince- 
 ton: (10) Kich Mountain; (11) White 
 
 Plains; (12) 
 King's Mountain. 
 
 Hanging 
 
 Rock; (13) 
 
 WHERE DO WE HEAR OF THESE LITTLE 
 
 PEOPLE ? 
 
 1— "Little Corporal?" (Bonaparte.) 
 2— "Little Dorrit ?" (Heroine in Dick- 
 ens' novel of same name.) 
 
SOMU SCHOOLROOM PUZZLES. 
 
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 3— "Little Eva?" (Angelic child in 
 Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Stowe.) 
 
 4— "Little Giant?" (Name given Ste- 
 phen A. Douglas.) 
 
 5— "Little Mac ?" (McClellan. ) 
 
 6— "Little Magician?" (Martin Van 
 Buren. ) 
 
 7— "Little :N'ell?" (Heroine of Dickens' 
 
 "Old Curiosity Shop.") 
 8 — "Little Ehody?" (ISTame applied to 
 
 the state of Rhode Island.) 
 
 9— "Little Thomas?" (Thomas Moore.) 
 
 10— "Little Red Riding Hood ?" (Old 
 Kursery Tale.) 
 
 WHEEE DO WE HEAR OF THESE OLD 
 PEOPLE ? 
 
 1— "Old Hickory?" (Gen. Andrew 
 Jackson. ) 
 
 2— "Old Ironsides?" (Frigate "Con- 
 stitution.") 
 
 3— "Old Man Eloquent?" (John Quincy 
 Adams. ) 
 
 4— "Old l^orth State?" (ISTorth Caro- 
 lina.) 
 
 5— "Old Bullion?" (Thomas Hart 
 Benton.) 
 
 6 — "Old Public Functionary?" (James 
 Buchanan. ) 
 
 7 — "Old Probabilities?" (!N'ame given 
 to weather bureau. ) 
 
 8 — "Old Country?" (ISTame applied by 
 people of U. S. to the British 
 Isles. ) 
 
 9 — "Old Bogy Man ?" (A nursery ghost, 
 formerly used to frighten chil- 
 dren.) 
 
 10 — "Old Grimes ?" (Hero of a popular 
 ballad by Albert Greene.) 
 
 SOME SCHOOLROOM PUZZLES. 
 
 MYSTERIOUS HEADS. 
 
 I HERE'S a head whose mission it is 
 to glow, 
 
 And a head which ofttimes leads to woe; 
 There's a head that's a very unwelcome 
 guest, 
 
 And a head worn by ladiea when thougkt 
 well dressed; 
 
 There's a head very good for food 'tis said, 
 
 And a head marks the resting place of the 
 dead. 
 
 There's a head on every sail-boat at sea, 
 And a head which means progress for you 
 and me. 
 
 MYSTEEIOUS FEET. 
 
 There's a foot that's played all over our 
 land ; 
 
 There's a foot that's often seen in the 
 
 sand; 
 There's a foot that crosses many a stream, 
 And a foot we sometimes strike in a 
 
 dream. 
 There's a foot who marches in rain or 
 
 shine, 
 And a foot that has measured many a line. 
 There's a foot which makes for our feet a 
 
 rest, 
 And a foot which is heard from east to 
 
 west. 
 
 MYSTERIOUS HANDS. 
 
 There's a hand oft used to call to school, 
 And a hand to draw for us water cool ; 
 There's a hand that with melody fills the 
 
 air, 
 And a hand that is ofttimes sweet and fair. 
 There's a hand that we need each day in 
 
 the year, 
 
 And a hand that criminals always fear ; 
 There's a hand that is made to scatter 
 round, 
 
 And a hand that makes a discordant 
 sound. 
 
 AI^SWEES TO ABOVE. 
 
 Headlight, headstrong, headache, head- 
 dress, headcheese, headstone, headsail, 
 headway. 
 
 Eootball, footprint, footbridge, foot- 
 board, footsoldier, footrule, footstool, foot- 
 step. 
 
 Handbell, handpump, handorgan, hand- 
 maid, handkerchief, handcuff, handbill, 
 handsaw. 
 
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 SPRINGTIME EXERCISE. 
 
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 4- 
 
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 SPRINGTIME EXERCISE. 
 
 -Song — "Music Everywhere." 
 -Paper — Springtime Beauty. 
 -Song — "Spring and Summer. 
 -Ixecitations — 
 
 "Blossom Time." — Mary M. 
 
 Dodge. 
 "The OTincohi Family."— F/a^c/. 
 "Spring." — Thomas Gray. 
 
 5 — Sons; — "The Farmer Bov." 
 
 6 — Reading — "Birds in Springtime." 
 
 7 — Contrast — Spring in Country vs. 
 
 City. 
 8— Song— "May." 
 9 — Recitations — 
 
 "The Brook." — Alfred Tennyson. 
 "March."— W. C. Bryant. 
 "Afton Water." — Robert Burns. 
 
 10— Song— "On The Sunny Side." 
 
 11 — Quotations. 
 
 12- 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 -Song — "Return of the Flowers." 
 -Paper — The First Spring Flowers. 
 
 -Samuel T, 
 
 15 — Song 
 
 Recitations — 
 
 "Farm Yard Song."- 
 
 Trowhridge. 
 "Bare-Foot Boy."— J. G. Wliittier. 
 "The Farmer's Wife."— P. H. 
 
 Hayne. 
 
 "Soft Flowing River." 
 16 — Paper — Maple Sugar Time. 
 17— Pen-Picture— ":N'ightfall."—iSf^ree^. 
 18— Song— "A Song of Spring." 
 
 QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Spring with that nameless pathos in the 
 
 air, 
 Which dwells with all things fair ; 
 Spring, with her golden suns and silver 
 
 rain, 
 Is with us once again." — Timrod. 
 
 "To-day the south wind sweeps away, 
 The types of Autumn's splendor, 
 And shows the sweet arbutus flowers. 
 Spring's children, true and tender." 
 
 — Laighton. 
 
 "Oh, the broom, the bonny, broom. 
 On my native hills it grows; 
 
 I had rather see the bonny broom, 
 Than the rarest flower that blows." 
 
 — Ilowitt. 
 
 "Come to the sun-set tree ! 
 The day is past and gone ; 
 The woodman's ax lies free — 
 And the reaper's work is done." 
 
 — Felicia Hemans. 
 
 "And something through the sunlight 
 said; 
 'Let all who love be blest !' 
 The earth is wedded to the Spring — 
 And God, He knoweth best." 
 
 — Mary Mapes Dodge. 
 
 "Far away from their native air, 
 The 'Norway pines their green dress 
 
 wear — 
 And larches swing their long, loose hair." 
 
 — Alice Gary. 
 
 "There are life and joy in thy coming. 
 Spring ! 
 Thou hast no tidings of gloom or 
 death ; 
 But buds thou shakest from every wing. 
 And sweets, thou breathest with every 
 breath." — Simms. 
 
 "Come ye, come ye, to the green, green 
 wood ; 
 Loudly the blackbird is singing. 
 The squirrel is feasting on blossom and 
 bud. 
 And the curling fern is springing." 
 
 — Howitt. 
 
 "How sweet, at set of sun, to view 
 
 Thy golden mirror spreading wide. 
 And see the mist of mantling blue 
 
 Float round the distant mountain 
 side." — Susan Percival. 
 
 "Within a thick and spreading hawthorn 
 bush, 
 That overhung a mole-hill large and 
 round, 
 I heard, from morn till night, a merry 
 thrush 
 Sing hymns to sunrise, as I drank the 
 sound." — Clarice. 
 
SOME SCHOOLROOM GAMES. 
 
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 ^' Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising 
 
 sweet, 
 With charm of earliest birds; pleasant 
 
 the sun, 
 When first on this delightful land he 
 
 spreads 
 His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, 
 
 and flower, 
 Glistening with dew.' 
 
 And the leaves greet Spring — the joyous 
 leaves, 
 Whose trembling gladden many a 
 copse and glade. 
 Where each young spray a rosy flush 
 receives, 
 When thy south wind hath pierced the 
 whispery shade, 
 And happy murmurs running through 
 
 the grass. 
 Tell that thy footsteps pass.'^ 
 
 — Felicia Hemans. 
 
 ^^How pleasant thy banks and green 
 valleys below. 
 
 Where wild in the w^oodland the prim- 
 roses blow^; 
 
 There oft as mild evening sweeps over the 
 lea. 
 
 Thy sweet-scented birk shades my Mary 
 
 and 
 
 me. 
 
 jj 
 
 -Robert Burns. 
 
 a 
 
 for boyhood's time of June, 
 Crowding years in one brief moon. 
 When all things I heard or saw. 
 Me their master v/aited for." 
 
 — J. G. Whittier. 
 
 A STATE EXEECISE. 
 
 !N^ame the, 
 1 — "Corn-Cracker State." (Kentucky.) 
 2— "Empire State." (ISTew York.) 
 3— "Turpentine State." (:^orth Caro- 
 lina.) 
 4— "Prairie State." (Illinois.) 
 5— "Buck-Eye State." (Ohio.) 
 6 — "Hawk-Eye State." (Iowa.) 
 Y— "Wolverine State." (Michigan.) 
 8 — "Gopher State." (Minnesota.) 
 0— "Big Bend State." (Tennessee.) 
 
 10— "Key-Stone State." (Pennsylvania.) 
 
 11— "Little Ehody." (Rhode Island.) 
 12 — "Garden of the East." (New Jersey.) 
 13 — "Palmetto State." (South Carolina.) 
 14 — "Hoosier State." (Indiana.) 
 15 — "Iron State." (Missouri.) 
 16— "Peninsular State." (Florida.) 
 17 — "Bayou State." (Mississippi.) 
 18— "Golden State." (California.) 
 19— "Lone Star State." (Texas.) 
 20 — "Creole State." (Louisiana.) 
 21 — "Silver State." (Montana.) 
 22— "Centennial State." (Colorado.) 
 23— "Sun Flower State." (Kansas.) 
 24— "Pine Tree State." (Maine.) 
 25 — "Old Bay State." (Massachusetts.) 
 26 — "Granite State." (Kew Hampshire.) 
 27 — "Green Mountain State." (Ver- 
 mont.) 
 28 — ":N"utmeg State." (Connecticut.) 
 29— "Old :Nrorth State." (E'orth Caro- 
 lina.) 
 30 — "Badger State." (Wisconsin.) 
 31 — "Bear State." (Arkansas.) 
 32— "Pan Handle State." (West Vir- 
 ginia. ) 
 
 iiq^DiAN siGNincATioisr or itames. 
 
 1 — What name signifies "Dark and 
 Bloody ground ?" (Kentucky.) 
 'Beautiful river ?" (Ohio.) 
 'River of men?" (Illinois.) 
 'Here we rest ?" (Alabama.) 
 'Muddy water ?" (Missouri.) 
 'Great lake?" (Michigan.) 
 'Blooming?" (Florida.) 
 'Drowsy ones ?" (Iowa.) 
 'Gathering of waters ?" (Wiscon- 
 sin.) 
 'Cloudy water?" (Minnesota.) 
 'Smoky water ?" (Kansas.) 
 'Water valley ?" (^N^ebraska.) 
 'Green mountain?" (Vermont.) 
 'Father of waters?" (Mississippi.) 
 'Wild marjoram ?" (Oregon.) 
 
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 3— 
 
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 6— 
 
 7— 
 
 8— 
 
 9- 
 
 10- 
 
 11- 
 
 12- 
 
 13— 
 
 14- 
 
 15- 
 
 SOME SCHOOLROOM GAMES 
 
 BUZZ. 
 
 HIS is an old game, but a general 
 favorite; the greater the number of 
 playerSj the greater the fun. The players 
 
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 SOME SCHOOLROOM GAMES. 
 
 sit in a circle and begin to count in turn. 
 When the number 7, or any number in 
 which 7 occurs, or any multiple of seven 
 is reached, they say "Buzz,'' in place of the 
 number. As, supposing the players to have 
 counted to thirteen, the next player will 
 say "Buzz," because the following number 
 14 is a multiple of seven, the next player 
 will continue the count by saying 15, the 
 next 16 but the next must say "Buzz," 
 because it contains the number 7. If a 
 player forgets to call "Buzz" at the proper 
 time he is counted out, the game is con- 
 tinued by the remaining players, until but 
 one person remains. If the numbers are 
 counted as far as 70, which will be called 
 "Buzz," the count will then be continued 
 as "Buzz" 1 ; "Buzz" 2, etc. 
 
 HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE. 
 
 One of the company goes out of the 
 room, while those remaining choose a word 
 to be guessed, this word should be a 
 homonym, or a word with two or more 
 meanings. 
 
 We will presume the word to be "jam;" 
 the person outside is then recalled and 
 may ask each member of the party in 
 turn "How do you like it ?" The answer 
 may be "sweet," meaning a preserve, or 
 "strong," meaning a part of a door. The 
 next question asked is "Where do you like 
 it ?" The answer may be "On tarts," "On 
 doors," "Anywhere," "At grandmother's," 
 etc. Then the third question "When do 
 you like it ?" The answers "At luncheon." 
 "In stormy weather," "When I am tired," 
 "When I am hungry," etc., follow. The 
 game consists in guessing the correct word 
 from the answers given. 
 
 CROSS QUESTIONS, SILLY ANSWERS. 
 
 The children stand in two rows, facing 
 each other. Two persons chosen, one from 
 each side, now pass down the rows ; one on 
 one side whispering a question to each 
 child, the other do\vn the remaining row 
 whispering answers. When all have been 
 given questions and answers the game 
 opens; each child must be careful to re- 
 
 member the words given him, the cifect is 
 ludicrous as the answers may not be at all 
 suited to the questions, as "Who was 
 Columbus ?" may receive the answer "I 
 placed it in the oven," etc. When the 
 questions have been asked and answered, 
 new "captains are chosen to give the words 
 and thus the game continues. 
 
 TEAKETTLE. 
 
 This is another game of homonyms ; n 
 player is sent out of the room and a word 
 of different meanings chosen, when the 
 player returns to the room each guest must 
 make some statement in which the word ii 
 used, but in place of using the word in the 
 sentence the word "Teakettle/' is used. 
 For example, we will presume that tht 
 word selected is "ring," one person says "I 
 am fond of my new teakettle," anothei 
 says, "I helped to teakettle clothes this 
 morning." "I lost my teakettle," "I will 
 teakettle the bell for you," etc. , When the 
 word is guessed, the player whose sentence 
 led to the discovery must go out of the 
 room, while a new word is selected, and 
 the game continues. 
 
 POSTMAN. 
 
 This game may be played by any num- 
 ber of persons. One of the players ia 
 blindfolded, and is called the Postman, 
 another person is called Postmaster, the re- 
 mainder of the players, are seated in a 
 circle around the room, which should be 
 cleared of furniture as nearly as possible 
 thus, giving more space for the players. 
 The Postmaster now walks around the 
 circle, and in a whisper assigns each per- 
 son the name of a city or town ; the blind 
 Postman is now placed in the center of the 
 circle, while the Postmaster takes a posi- 
 tion where he can overlook the players: 
 He then calls out, "I have a letter from 
 Chicago to Havana," and the players rep- 
 resenting these cities quickly change 
 places. As they run the Postman en- 
 deavors to capture them, or find the empty 
 chair in the circle, if he succeeds the 
 player caught or deprived of his chair be- 
 
THANESOIVINa EXERCISE. 
 
 193 
 
 comes the Postman. The Postmaster 
 should call the mails rapidly, so that the 
 Postman • has opportunities to secure a 
 seat; it is not necessary that the Post- 
 master be changed during the game. 
 
 I LOVE MY LOVE. 
 
 This is essentially a school game, as the 
 alphabet plays a prominent part in it. The 
 players are seated around the room, and a 
 letter of the alphabet is assigned each, if 
 there be more than twenty-six players, 
 they may begin at the beginning of the 
 alphabet again. Each person must tell 
 why he loves his love, where he will take 
 her^ and what he will feed her, each of 
 which statement must begin with the let- 
 ter he represents, as, supposing the letter 
 to be B, the player may say ^^I love my 
 love because he is beautiful, I will take 
 him to Boston, and feed him on baked 
 beans." Or if the letter be O, "I love my 
 love because she is odd, I will take her to 
 Oporto and feed her on oranges." This 
 will be found a great favorite with 
 children. 
 
 GUESS THE WHISTLE. 
 
 A boy who is an adept at whistling is 
 placed on the rostrum before the school; 
 pencils and paper are provided the re- 
 mainder of the school; the boy begins 
 whistling a popular air, after a few bars 
 are whistled he stops abruptly, and each 
 child records the name of the selection he 
 has whistled. This performance is con- 
 tinued, until some half-dozen different 
 tunes have been used, when the correct 
 names of the tunes are announced and the 
 count is made. This exercise is useful in 
 training the sense of hearing as well as 
 memory. 
 
 THANKSGIVING PEOGRAMME. 
 
 1 — Song — "xi Harvest Hymn." 
 
 2 — Origin of Thanksgiving. 
 
 3 — The Pilgrims. (A Class Exercise.) 
 
 4— Beading— "The Eamine."— H. W. 
 Longfellow, 
 
 5 — Becitations — 
 
 "Harvest Time." — P. H. Hayne. 
 "Corn Song."—/. G. Whittier, 
 
 "Death of the Flowers."— F. C 
 Bryant. 
 
 6 — Character Sketch — "iMiles Standish." 
 
 7 — Essay — Early Colonial Life. 
 
 8 — Song. 
 
 9 — Beading — Cellar Scene of Holland's 
 
 "Bitter Sweet." 
 10 — Synopsis — "Courtship of Miles 
 
 Standish." — H. W. Longfellow. 
 
 1 1 — Beci tations — 
 
 "The Pumpkin."—/. G. Whittier. 
 "When the Frost is on the Pun- 
 kin." — James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 12 — Pen-Picture — Autumn. 
 
 13 — Description — "Thanksgiving in Ye 
 
 Olden Time." 
 14 — Autumn Quotations. 
 15 — Song. 
 
 THANKSGIVING EXERCISE. 
 
 TPIE PURITANS. 
 
 First Pupil : — 
 
 The Pilgrims — The literal translation 
 of the word Pilgrim, is "a visitor in a 
 foreign land." The term Pilgrim Fathers 
 was given to the emigrants who came to 
 America, in the seventeenth centurv, be- 
 cause of religious differences in England. 
 They embarked from Plymouth, England, 
 August 5, 1620, in two ships, one of the 
 vessels proved unseaworthy, so was 
 abandoned. The remaining vessel "The 
 Mayflower" landed at Plymouth Bock, 
 December 21st, of the same year. Before 
 landing they gathered in the cabin of the 
 ship and there drew up a f rai^e of govern- 
 ment, which they all signed, electing John 
 Carver governor for one year. Shortly 
 after landing they made a treaty of peace 
 with the Indians, through the chief Mas- 
 sasoit, which remained unbroken for manv 
 years. 
 
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 THAXESGIVING EXERCISE. 
 
 Second Pupil: — 
 
 Williatn Bradford — John Carver was 
 chosen lirst governor of the Massachusetts 
 colony. He died shortly after the May- 
 flower had sailed on her return trip to 
 England. Wm. Bradford was chosen to 
 fill his place as governor. One of the first 
 things he did on assuming the governor- 
 ship was to confirm the treaty Carver had 
 made with the Indians, although about 
 this time the Indians became restless. 
 Cononicus, a Karragansett chief, sent a 
 bundle of arrows wrapped in a snake's 
 skin to Bradford as a token of defiance; 
 this Bradford returned filled with powder 
 and shot. This suggestion had the desired 
 effect and the ISTarragansetts remained 
 peaceful. 
 
 Bradford served as governor of this 
 colony for thirty-one years, but declined 
 to serve longer. He wrote a history of 
 the Plvmouth colony, covering the time 
 from 1602-1647. 
 
 Third Pupil: — 
 
 The Famine — The sufferings of the Pil- 
 grims during the first winter were severe. 
 At one time there were only seven well 
 persons to care for the sick; within four 
 months twenty-one persons died of the 
 severe cold and from want of substantial 
 food, and for two years they suffered many 
 privations. The progress of the colony 
 was very slow. Their harvests were in- 
 sufficient to feed themselves and newcom- 
 er's. "During the famine of 1623 the best 
 dish they could set before their friends was 
 a bit of fish and a cup of cold water,'' but 
 the summer and autumn of 1623 they 
 were relieved by a bountiful harvest. 
 
 Fourth Pupil : — 
 
 The First Thanksgiving — After the 
 bountiful harvest of 1623 Gov. Bradford 
 appointed a day of thanksgiving, fasting 
 and prayer ; this was observed with great 
 solemnity. Gradually the custom of ap- 
 pointing a fast and thanksgiving day each 
 autumn, after the gathering in of the har- 
 vest became universal and spread through- 
 
 out all the New England colonies. Dur- 
 ing the Revolution a day of national 
 thanksgiving was annually recommended 
 by Congress, and from this grew our 
 annual thanksgiving observances. 
 
 Fifth Pupil: — 
 
 Miles Standish — Miles Standish was 
 the military leader of the Plymouth col- 
 ony. He had been a soldier in the Nether- 
 lands, and was one of the emigrants who 
 came over in the Mayflower. He was a 
 man of great sagacity and courage; he 
 led the colonists in their wars against the 
 Indians ; his daring and skill often saved 
 the colonists from the murderous assaults 
 of the Indians. During the famine that 
 followed the arrival of the Pilgrims his 
 wife, sweet Bose Standish, died. 
 
 Eive years later he again visited Eng- 
 land, returning in 1626 with supplies. 
 
 In the Plymouth colony was a lovely 
 Puritan maiden, Priscilla Mullens bv 
 name. Miles Standish had fallen in love 
 with her and wished to win her for his 
 wife; although he was so brave a war- 
 rior and never paused to consider danger, 
 yet he shrank from facing this young girl 
 and asking her to be his w4fe. Now, 
 Standish had a friend, John Alden, to 
 whom he made known his love for Pris- 
 cilla, and desired that he (John) make 
 known to her his feelings and ask her to 
 be the wife of Standish. Now, John 
 Alden himself loved Priscilla and did not 
 desire to be the bearer of another man's 
 love; but he finally yielded to the en- 
 treaties of the captain, and departed on his 
 errand with a heavy heart. He found 
 Priscilla seated at her spinning-wheel; he 
 at once told her the import of his visit, 
 and pleaded the case of the captain quite 
 w^ell indeed. When he had finished he was 
 rejoiced to hear the rejoinder, "Why don't 
 you speak for yourself, John ?" You may 
 be sure that he did speak for himself with- 
 out more ado, with the happy result that 
 Priscilla Mullens became Mistress John 
 Alden ; while the old warrior captain felt 
 that for once he had been fairly beaten. 
 
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 195 
 
 AUTUMN aUOTATIONS. 
 
 j^gysj^A^ HEIST the frost is on the punkin 
 f?Wf ^^^ ^^® fodder's in the shock, 
 And you hear the kyouk and gobble of 
 
 the struttin' turkey-cock, 
 And the clackin' of the guineys, and the 
 
 cluckin' of the hens, 
 And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tip- 
 toes on the fence; 
 O, it's then's the time a-feller is a-feelin' 
 
 at his best. 
 With the risin' sun to greet him from a 
 
 night of peaceful rest. 
 As he leaves the house, bare-headed, and 
 
 goes out to feed the stock. 
 When the frost is on the punkin and the 
 
 fodder's in the shock." 
 
 — James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 "Hearts like apples are hard and sour. 
 Till crushed by pain's resistless power; 
 And yield their juices rich and bland 
 To none but sorrow's heavy hand. 
 The purest streams of human love 
 
 Flow naturally never. 
 But gush by pressure from above, 
 
 With God's hand on the lever. 
 The first are turbidest and meanest — 
 The last are sweetest and serenest." 
 
 — J. G. Holland. 
 
 "Ah, on Thanksgiving Day, when from 
 
 East and from West, 
 From I^orth and from South come the 
 
 pilgrim and guest; 
 When the gray-haired 'New Englander 
 
 sees round his board 
 The old broken links of affection restored. 
 When the care-wearied man seeks his 
 
 mother once more, 
 And the worn matron smiles where the 
 
 girl smiled before — 
 What moistens the lip, and what bright- 
 ens the eye ? 
 What calls back the past, like the rich 
 
 pumpkin pie ?" 
 
 — John G. Whittier. 
 
 "And now we reap, and oh, our God, 
 From this, the earth's unbounded floor. 
 
 We send our Song of Thanks abroad, 
 And pray Thee bless our hoarded 
 store." — W. D. GaUiger. 
 
 "The feast that !N'ature gives 
 Is not for one alone ; 
 'Tis shared by the meanest slave that 
 lives. 
 And the tenant of a throne." 
 
 — Eliza Co oh. 
 
 "Happy the man who tills his field. 
 Content with rustic labor ; 
 Earth does to him her fullness yield. 
 
 Hap what may to his neighbor. 
 Well days, sound nights, oh, can there be 
 A life more rational and free ?" 
 
 — Richard Henry Stoddard. 
 
 "O, favored land, thy bursting barns are 
 laden 
 With such fair offspring of thine opu- 
 lent sod; 
 At length thou art a rich Arcadian 
 Adenne, 
 Lapped in the bounteous benison of 
 God." — Paul H. Hayne. 
 
 "N^ature never did betray 
 
 The heart that loved her. 'Tis her privi- 
 lege. 
 
 Through all the years of this our life, 
 to lead 
 
 From joy to joy." — Wm. Wadsworth. 
 
 "Among the stubbled corn 
 The blithe quail pipes at morn. 
 
 The merry partridge drums in hidden 
 places. 
 And glittering insects gleam 
 Above the reedy stream. 
 
 Where busy spiders spin their filmy 
 laces." — George Arnold. 
 
 "The mellow year is hasting to its close. 
 The little birds have almost sung their 
 last." Samuel Coleridge. 
 
 "Between the andiron's straddling feet 
 The mug of cider simmered slow. 
 The apples sputtered in a row. 
 And, close at hand, the basket stood 
 With nuts from brown October's 
 wood." — /. G. Whittier. 
 
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 mOORAPHV OF WAgHlNOTO}(f. 
 
 A WASHINGTON EXERCISE. 
 
 1 — Song — "America." 
 
 2 — Birth and Early Life of Washington. 
 
 3 — Paper — Mt. Vernon. 
 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 'The Belles of Mt. Vernon."— 
 
 Hezekiah Butterivorth. 
 "Ode to Washing-ton." — Anon. 
 5 — The Youth of Washington. 
 6 — Description — "The Winter at Valley 
 
 Forge." 
 T— Song— "Hail Columbia." 
 8 — Quotations from Washington. 
 9 — Washington, the Soldier. 
 10 — Washington, the President. 
 11 — Recitations — 
 
 "Washington." — Margaret E. 
 
 Sa7igster. 
 "A Chain of Dates." — Anon. 
 Song — "Banner of Victory." 
 The Wife of Washington. 
 ■Reading — "Grandmother's Story of 
 15 — Death of Washington. 
 
 12 
 13 
 1 
 
 BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 (A Class Exercise.) 
 
 Birth of Washington — First Pupil : — 
 
 George Washington, eldest son of Au- 
 gustine and Mary (Ball) Washington, 
 was born February 22, 1732, at Wakefield, 
 Westmoreland County, Virginia. This 
 was on the Potomac River about thirty 
 miles southeast from Fredericksburg, and 
 in the famous "Northern Neck," that long 
 narrow strip between the Potomac and 
 Rappahannock Rivers, the birthplace of 
 so many of those heroes and statesmen of 
 which the "Old Dominion" is justly 
 proud. 
 
 The Father of Washington — Second Pu- 
 pil : — 
 
 Of Augustine Washington^ the father of 
 our renowned George Washington, little 
 . is known. He was of English descent and 
 tw^ice married. His second wife, the 
 mother of George, was the famous Vir- 
 ginia belk, fair Mary Ball. The father 
 
 of Washington died April 12, 1743, when 
 George was a lad of eleven years. His 
 body was interred in the family vault at 
 Wakefield. It is said that his last resting 
 place is now overgrown with weeds, the 
 walls broken and the whole hardly dis- 
 tinguishable from the surrounding coun- 
 try. 
 
 The Mother of Washington — Third Pu- 
 pil: — 
 
 The fair Mary Ball, the "belle" of the 
 "Northern ISTeck," was the mother of 
 George Washington. She belonged to an. 
 old Virginia family. Miss Ball had been 
 sent to England to finish her education, as 
 was the custom in those days. Augustins 
 Washington was at the same time on a 
 business trip to the mother country and 
 the betrothal occurred at this time. 
 
 After her husband's death Mrs. Wash- 
 ington managed, in person, all the busi- 
 ness of the estates. She is said to have 
 been a famous manager, being, it is said, 
 "severe and exact, though never cruel nor 
 unjust." For several years, late in life, 
 she made her home in town, going to and 
 from her farm every day at regular inter- 
 vals until she became too infirm for the 
 cares and the journey. 
 
 During her last years her favorite resort 
 was a craggy ledge of rocks, shaded by 
 great trees, on her daughter Betty's estate 
 only a few minutes' walk from her own 
 home. By her own request she was 
 buried just above these rocks. She died 
 August 25, 1789. Her grave is marked by 
 a simple granite monument erected by 
 the women of America. 
 
 The Childhood Home of Washington — 
 Fourth Pupil: — 
 
 In the year 1743 the home at Wake- 
 field was destroyed by fire. The family 
 then removed to one of the estates. The 
 father died the same year. Congress sev- 
 eral years ago purchased the small plat of 
 ground at Wakefield where Washington 
 was born. All that is now distinguishable, 
 of the famous place is the cellar and the 
 
BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTO:^. 
 
 197 
 
 chimney pile. The spot is now marked by 
 a marble shaft, and an iron pier to ac- 
 commodate steamers bearing visitors to 
 the famous spot. 
 
 The School Days of Washington — Fifth 
 Pupil : — 
 
 Washington's earlier education was di- 
 rected by his mother. To her training 
 he owed much of his needed self-command. 
 He afterward attended local schools near 
 his home, one of these being the same 
 academy that prepared Madison and Mon- 
 roe for college. It is said that Washington 
 early manifested a preference for legal 
 forms, surveying, and military training. 
 In all branches of school work his records 
 were examples of accuracy and neatness. 
 
 Early Employment of Washington — Sixth 
 Pupil : — 
 Although a comparatively wealthy 
 young man, Washington was not content 
 to ^^eat the bread of idleness." At the 
 age of fifteen he became a surveyor, leav- 
 ing the home of his mother for that of his 
 brother Lawrence at Mt. Vernon. There 
 are yet records of surveys made by him in 
 northern Virginia and the Shenandoah 
 valley. He continued this work for three 
 years. 
 
 Washington, the Soldier — Seventh Pu- 
 pil: — 
 
 It was while he was yet a surveyor that 
 Washington was sent on that long and 
 perilous journey through the wilderness 
 with a message to the French commander 
 at Lake Erie. In the French and Indian 
 War, which grew out of this journey, 
 Washington was placed in command of the 
 colonial troops. Much of the success of 
 this war was due to his untiring zeal and 
 labor. 
 
 In the Revolutionary War he was 
 rightfully termed ^^The savior of his 
 countrv." As an officer he was brave, 
 enterprising and cautious. His campaigns 
 were always judicious and bore evidence 
 of much untiring study. Ho was capable, 
 
 of much endurance amid discouragement, 
 as was exemplified in the winter at Valley 
 Forge. As a soldier Washington has been 
 unequaled in the annals of our country's 
 history. 
 
 The Marriage of Washington — Eighth 
 Pupil : — 
 In 1759 occurred the marriage of 
 George Washington and Martha Dan- 
 dridge Custis, the widow of John Parks 
 Custis. The wife of Washington proved 
 herself equal to her high position. Her 
 levees were ' more elaborate and costly 
 than any that had yet been given, yet she 
 preferred home life and home comforts 
 rather than great display ; she, as well as 
 her servants, dressed in home-made ma- 
 terials. Sixteen spinning wheels were 
 kept constantly in operation in her home. 
 When she took up her residence in the 
 army her greatest pleasure was in cheer- 
 ing the sick, wounded, or discouraged sol- 
 dier. 
 
 Washington left no children. It has 
 been beautifully said: "Providence left 
 him childless that his country might call 
 him Father." 
 
 Washington, as President — Ninth Pu- 
 pil : — 
 On the 30th day of April, 1789, Wash- 
 ington was inaugurated President of the 
 United States. As President he exercised 
 the same virtues that made him so success- 
 ful as a soldier. During his administra- 
 tion the government's finances were put in 
 order and the United States Bank estab- 
 lished. He was twice elected to the Presi- 
 dential chair, and refused a third term of 
 office. After issuing his famous Farewell 
 Address, in 1796, he retired to his home 
 at Mt. Vernon. 
 
 Domestic Life of Washington — Tenth 
 Pupil :■ — 
 George Washington, at the death of his 
 father and later at the death of his elder 
 brother Lawrence, inherited great wealth. 
 On his Potomac plantation he had hun- 
 
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 BIOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 (Ircds of slaves, and was served like a 
 prince in his Mt. Vernon home. He v^as 
 very fond of horseback riding ; his family 
 always had a coach and many fine horses 
 at their command. While at home he 
 spent much of his time riding and hunt- 
 ing. He spent his mornings riding over 
 his estates. His afternoons were devoted 
 to his business or friends. His evenings 
 he spent with his family around a blazing 
 fire, cracking nuts and listening to or re- 
 citing stories. 
 
 Washington ^vas a consistent Christian 
 of the Episcopal faith. He was a member 
 of the Masonic lodge at Fredericksburg. 
 This lodge is yet the proud possessor of 
 the records containing entries of dues paid 
 him, as well as his regalia and the Bible 
 on which he took the oath as a member. 
 It w^as printed in England in 1688. 
 
 The Death of Washington — Eleventh 
 Pupil : — 
 
 The death of Washington occurred De- 
 cember 14, 1799. While riding over his 
 plantation he was caught in a heavy rain ; 
 from this cause he contracted a severe cold 
 which developed into acute laryngitis. 
 His illness was of short duration. His last 
 hours were marked by calmness and dig- 
 nity. His dying words were : ^'I die 
 hard, but I am not afraid to go." The 
 whole American people mourned him; all 
 public bodies adjourned on the day of his 
 burial. Congress in a body listened to an 
 eloquent eulogy delivered by Gen. Henry 
 Lee. His sacred dust rests with that of 
 his wife at Mt. Vernon. 
 
 HISTORICAL THOUGHTS. 
 
 ^^The riches of a commonwealth 
 Are free, strong minds and hearts of 
 
 health ; 
 And more to her than gold or gain. 
 The cunning hand and cultured brain. '^ 
 — John Greenleaf Whittier. 
 
 "Let our object be our country, our 
 whole country, and nothing but our coun- 
 try.'' — Daniel Webster, 
 
 "The union of lakes, the union of lands, 
 The union of states, none can sever ; 
 The union of hearts, the union of hands. 
 And the flag of our Union forever." 
 — James Russell Lowell. 
 
 "Be just and fear not. 
 Let all thou aim'st at be thy country's, 
 And God's, and truth's." 
 
 — William Shakespeare. 
 
 "The God who gave us life gave us lib- 
 erty at the same time." — Thomas Jeffer- 
 son. 
 
 "We cannot honor our countrv with too 
 deep a reverence ; we cannot love her with 
 an affection too pure and fervent." — 
 Grinke. 
 
 "The heights of great men gained and 
 
 kept, 
 
 Was not attained by sudden flight ; 
 
 But they, while their companions slept. 
 
 Were toiling upward in the night." 
 
 — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
 THOUGHTS FROM THE PEN OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 When another speaks be attentive your- 
 self and disturb not the audience. 
 
 Speak not evil of the absent — it is un- 
 just. 
 
 Labor to keep alive in your breast that 
 little spark of celestial fire called con- 
 science. 
 
 When we assumed the soldier we did not 
 lay aside the citizen. 
 
 We must not despair; the game is yet 
 in our hands — to play it well is all we 
 have to do. 
 
 Promote as an object of primary im- 
 portance institutions for the general dif- 
 fusion of knowledge. 
 
 Let us have a government by which our 
 lives, liberties and properties will be se- 
 cured. 
 
 The great Searcher of Human Hearts is 
 my w^itness that I have iio wish which 
 aspires beyond the humble and happy lot 
 of living and dying a private citizen, or 
 m^* own farm^ 
 
wbittieb pnoaRAMMW. 
 
 199 
 
 To persevere in one^s duty and to be 
 silent is the best answer to a calumny. 
 
 There is not a man living who wishes 
 more sincerely than I do the abolition of 
 slavery.. But there is only one proper and 
 effectual mode by which it can be accom- 
 plished, and that is by legislative authori- 
 ty; and this, so far as my suffrage can 
 go, shall never be wanting. 
 
 The name American which belongs to 
 you in your national capacity must always 
 exalt the just pride of patriotism more 
 than any appellation derived from local 
 discriminations. 
 
 The very idea of the power and right 
 of the people to establish government pre- 
 supposes the duty of every individual to 
 obey the established government. 
 
 WHITTIER PROGRAMME. 
 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Autobiography — Class exercise. 
 
 3 — Heading — Selection from "Snow 
 
 Bound." 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 "Maud Muller." 
 
 "The Barefoot Boy." 
 
 "The Corn Song." 
 
 "The Yankee Girl." 
 5 — Pen Picture — "In School Days." 
 6 — Song. 
 7 — Paraphrase — "The Angels of Buena 
 
 Vista." 
 8 — Quotations. 
 9 — Recitations — 
 
 "Barbara Preitchie." 
 
 "The Exiles." 
 10 — History — The Friends or Quakers. 
 11 — Reading — "Cities of the Plain." 
 12 — Essay — Whittier and His Friend 
 
 Garrison. 
 
 -Song. 
 
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 
 
 (Class Exercise.) 
 First Pupil: — 
 
 I was born at Haverhill, Massachtfeetts, 
 December 17, 1807. My parents were 
 Friends or Quakers. I was bom in a lit- 
 
 tle, old, rambling farm-house, and my 
 home life was very similar to that of most 
 country boys. I was fond of all sports, 
 and especially liked to roam, barefooted, 
 through the woods in summer, and bury 
 my toes in the warm dust of the wayside. 
 I milked the cows and drove them to pas- 
 ture, hoed the corn, and cared for the gar- 
 den. I loved the farm and its work, and 
 knew nothing of the city and its many 
 fascinations. My mother was a very lov- 
 able woman and never tired telling stories 
 of the Indians and her child-life. I can 
 see her now as she sits at the old spinning- 
 wheel, working and entertaining her 
 children. 
 
 We had a great deal of company, es- 
 pecially the ministers of our church, and 
 my mother never failed to make them 
 w^elcome, although many times our home 
 was taxed to its fullest extent to shelter 
 them. 
 
 Second Pupil : — 
 
 I was fond of books from my early boy- 
 hood, but seldom had an opportunity to 
 obtain books for reading. My first knowl- 
 edge of poetry was gained from a wander- 
 ing Scotchman, a man of all work, who 
 used to wander through the country work- 
 ing at all sorts of work for a livelihood. 
 He was a great lover of the poet Burns, 
 and sang his ballads while at his work. I 
 stood near and eagerly caught every word 
 and thus learned snatches of the ballads, 
 which were treasured in my heart long 
 after the wandering singer had departed. 
 After entering school my schoolmaster 
 made me a gift of a copy of Burns' poems 
 and then I was content. Soon I be^an 
 writing poetry myself, simply for the 
 pleasure it afforded me. 
 
 I attended a country school a few 
 months each year, and finished my educa- 
 tion by one year in the Haverhill Acad- 
 emy, having earned the money by mend- 
 ing shoes for our neighbors. 
 
 Third Pupil : — 
 
 After leaving school I became a news- 
 paper editor, first editing the home paper, 
 
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 0LEANIN08 FROM WHITTIER. 
 
 and afterward a Hartford paper. Now 
 began the slavery agitation that afterward 
 terminated in the great war. My sympa- 
 thies were wholly with the downtrodden 
 negro race, and it was at this time that 
 William Lloyd Garrison and I became firm 
 friends, and began the battle with the pen 
 together. These were troublesome times, 
 but we finally gained the victory, although 
 we were mobbed by the infuriated people. 
 During this time I had not written many 
 poems, however those that had been writ- 
 ten were in freedom's cause. 
 
 Fourth Pupil: — 
 
 At the close of the war I settled down 
 to hard work with my pen, and devoted the 
 greater part of my time to poetry. 
 
 Among the poems I have written are: 
 ^^Snow Bound'' (which many people say is 
 the best work I have ever done), ^'The 
 Tent on the Beach," "Among the Hills," 
 "Bridal of Pennacook," and many others 
 that I will not tire you by enumerating. 
 
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 GLEANINGS PROM WHITTIER. 
 
 TILL sits the schoolhouse by the road, 
 A ragged beggar sunning; 
 Around it still the sumac grows. 
 And blackberry vines are running." 
 ♦ — In School Days. 
 
 "Of all sad words of tongue or pen. 
 The saddest are these, ^It might have 
 been.' " — Maud Muller. 
 
 "Slow decays the forest monarch, closer 
 
 girds the fell embrace. 
 Till the tree is seen no longer and the 
 
 vine is in its place." 
 ' — The Slaves of Martinique. 
 
 "Alas for him wh£> never sees 
 The stars shine through his cypress trees ; 
 Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, 
 Nor looks to see the break of day 
 Across the mournful marbles play." 
 
 "If we have whispered truth, whisper no 
 longer ; 
 
 Speak as the tempest does, sterner and 
 stronger." 
 
 Last night I saw the sunset melt through 
 
 my prison bars, 
 Last night across my damp earth-floor fell 
 
 the pale gleam of stars." 
 
 — Cassandra Southwick. 
 
 "I am sorry that I spelled the word, 
 I hate to go above you; 
 Because, — the brown eyes lower fell — 
 Because, you see, I love you." 
 
 — In School Days. 
 
 "Ah, well, for us all some sweet hope lies 
 Dimly hidden from mortal eyes. 
 And in the hereafter angels may 
 Roll from the grave the stone away." 
 
 — Maud Muller. 
 
 "The hills are dearest which our childish 
 feet 
 Have climbed the earliest, and the 
 
 streams most sweet 
 Are ever those at which our young lips 
 
 drank, 
 Stooped to their waters o'er the grassv 
 bank." 
 
 — The Bridal of Pennacooh. 
 
 "The tissue of the Life to be 
 
 We weave with colors all our own. 
 And in the field of Destiny 
 We reap as we have sown." 
 
 "The west winds blow, and, singing low, 
 I hear the glad streams run. 
 The windows of my soul I throw 
 Wide open to the sun." 
 
 — My Psalm. 
 
 "But life shall on and upward go, 
 Th' eternal step of Progress beats 
 To that great anthem, calm and slow. 
 Which God repeats." 
 
 — The Reformer. 
 
 "The riches of the commonwealth 
 Are free, strong minds, and hearts of 
 
 health ; 
 And more to her than gold or grain. 
 The cunning hand and cultured brain." 
 
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 "And one in heart, as one in blood, 
 Shall all her peoples be ; 
 The hands of human brotherhood 
 Are clasped beneath the sea." 
 
 "Keep in the little maiden's breast 
 The pity which is now its guest ! 
 Let not her cultured years make less 
 The childhood charm of tenderness." 
 
 "The crowning fact, 
 The kingliest act 
 Of Freedom is the freeman's vote." 
 
 A DAY WITH ALFKED TENNYSON. 
 
 1— Song— "Break, Break, Break." 
 2 — Biographical Sketch. 
 3 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "The Dying Swan." 
 
 b. "The Miller's Daughter." 
 
 c. "Death of the Old Year." 
 4 — Song — "Crossing the Bar." 
 
 5 — Pantomime — "The May Queen." 
 
 6 — Story— "Enoch Arden." 
 
 7 — Reading — "Dora." 
 
 8 — Song — "Sweet and Low." 
 
 9 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "The Goose." 
 
 b. "Ulysses." 
 
 c. "Margaret." 
 
 10 — Song — "Sweet, my Child, I Live for 
 
 Thee." 
 11 — Quotations from Tennyson. 
 12— Closing Song— "Blow Bugle Blow." 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Alfred Tennyson was born at Somersby, 
 near Spilsby, England, Aug. 6, 1810. 
 
 His father was the Rev. George Clayton 
 Tennyson, LL. D., a Lincolnshire clergy- 
 man. Alfred's mother was the daughter 
 of Rev. Stephen Eyche. To the Rev. 
 Tennyson were born eleven children, sev- 
 en of whom were sons. The three eldest, 
 Frederick, Charles and Alfred formed a 
 brotherhood of poets, though Alfred is the 
 only one who gained great literary dis- 
 tinction. 
 
 At an early age Tennyson showed signs 
 of poetic powers. On one occasion, when 
 
 the members of the family were going to 
 church, Charles handed Alfred a slate and 
 gave him a subject for a poem. Upon re- 
 turning home, Alfred took the slate to his 
 brother, with a poem covering both sides. 
 Charles scanned the lines, then handed the 
 slate back with the encouragement, "Yes, 
 Alfred, you can write." The next in- 
 stance was not so encouraging. Upon the 
 death of his grandmother the young poet 
 was asked to write an elegy that would 
 be appropriate. The task was performed, 
 whereupon Alfred's grandfather handed 
 the boy ten shillings, saying, "There, that 
 is the first money you have earned by your 
 poetry, and, take my word for it, it will 
 be the last." But the youth persevered, 
 and, before he was nineteen, published a 
 volume of poems conjointly with his 
 brother Charles. In 1829 he gained the 
 Chancellor's medal for an English prize 
 poem, his subject being "Timbuctoo;" 
 this was during the time he was a student 
 at Cambridge. His father's death in 1830 
 compelled him to leave college without a 
 degree. 
 
 Tennyson's fame was established in 
 1830, when he published his "Poems, 
 Chiefly Lyrical." In 1833 he published 
 another volume, giving unusual signs of 
 poetic power. The two volumes published 
 in 1842 raised him to the position of ab- 
 solute superiority. These volumes, en- 
 titled "Poems," contained manv of his 
 first poems completely revised and many 
 new ones, among them were: "Morte 
 d' Arthur ;" "Godiva;" "The May Queen;" 
 "Dora" and "Locksley Hall." 
 
 "In Memoriam" was written in memory 
 of his dear friend and schoolmate, Arthur 
 Hallam, who died very suddenly in 1833. 
 This friend was betrothed to a sister of 
 Tennyson. The young friends had played 
 and studied and traveled together, and had 
 anticipated a brilliant and happy life in 
 the society of each other. 
 
 Upon the death of Wordsworth, in 
 1850, the queen appointed Alfred Tenny- 
 son Poet Laureate. Among the later of 
 his poems were "J]noch Arden;" "The 
 
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 Gareth and 
 
 Holy Grail;" "Maud;" and 
 Lynette." 
 
 In 1850, Tennyson was united in mar- 
 riage Avitli Miss Emily Sellwood; in 1853 
 he established his home at Farringford on 
 the Isle of Wight. In later years he pur- 
 chased a summer home at Aldworth, 
 where he died, October 6, 1892. 
 
 At his funeral services in Westminster 
 Abbey, October 12th, his beautiful poem 
 ^'Crossing the Bar," was sung by the 
 choir ; his body was placed in the poet's 
 corner beside that of Robert Browning. 
 
 QUOTATIONS FROM TENNYSON. 
 
 ''The desolate creeks and pools among. 
 Were flooded over with eddying song." 
 
 — The Dying Swan. 
 
 "Come away ; for Life and Thought 
 Here no longer dwell ; 
 But in a city glorious — 
 A great and distant city — have bought 
 A mansion incorruptible. 
 Would they could have staid with us." 
 — The Deserted House. 
 
 "My life is full of weary days, 
 But good things have not kept aloof." 
 
 — Eleanore. 
 
 "If I were loved, as I desire to be, 
 What is there in the great sphere of the 
 
 earth, 
 And range of evil between death and 
 
 birth. 
 That I should fear, — if I were but loved 
 
 by thee ?" — Poland. 
 
 "He owns the fatal gift of eyes, 
 That read his spirit blindly wise, 
 Not simple as a thing that dies." 
 
 — The Two Voices. 
 
 "Sweet and low, sweet and low, 
 
 Wind of the western sea, 
 Low, low, breathe and blow, 
 
 Wind of the western sea ! 
 Over the rolling waters go. 
 Come from the dying moon, and blow. 
 
 Blow him again to me; 
 While my little one, while my pretty one, 
 sleeps," — The Princess, 
 
 "The splendor falls on castle walls, 
 And snowy summits old in story; 
 
 The long light shakes across the lakes, 
 And the wild cataract leaps in glory. 
 
 Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes fly- 
 
 Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, 
 dying." — The Bugle-Song. 
 
 "More things are wrought by prayer 
 Than this world dreams of." 
 
 "I hope to see my Pilot face to face 
 When I have crost the bar." 
 
 — ''Crossing the Bar. 
 
 "The woman's cause is man's; they rise or 
 sink 
 Together, dwarf'd or godlike, bond or 
 free." 
 
 A DAY WITH ALICE GARY. 
 
 SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMME. 
 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Biographical Sketch. 
 
 3— Song. 
 
 4 — Gleanings from Alice Cary. 
 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 a. ":N'obility." 
 
 b. "A Dream of Home." 
 
 c. "Pictures of Memory." 
 6 — Song. 
 
 7 — Reading — "An Order for a Picture." 
 8 — Description — "Clovernook." 
 9 — Oration — Phoebe Cary. 
 
 10— Song. 
 
 1 1 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "My Dream of Dreams." 
 
 b. "The Poet to the Painter." 
 
 c. "The Old Homestead." 
 12 — Closing Song. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Alice Cary was born in the Miami 
 Valley, eight miles north of Cincinnati, 
 Ohio, April 26, 1820. Her parents were 
 people of culture, but possessed little of 
 this world's goods. The house in which 
 the poetess was born is described in "An 
 Order for a Picture" as being, "Low and 
 
A DAY WITH ALICE CARY. 
 
 20S 
 
 little and black and old," also in "The Old 
 
 Homestead :" 
 
 "Our homestead had an ample hearth, 
 Where at night we loved to meet ; 
 There my mother's voice was always 
 
 kind. 
 And her smile was always sweet ; 
 And there I've sat on my father's knee, 
 And watched his thoughtful brow. 
 With my childish hands in his raven 
 
 hair, — 
 That hair is silver now ! 
 But that broad hearth's light, oh that 
 
 broad hearth's light! 
 And my father's look, and my mother's 
 
 smile. 
 They are in my heart to-night." 
 
 The education of Alice Carv was 
 limited to the meager opportunities of a 
 newly settled country. She commenced 
 writing verses at the age of eighteen years. 
 For ten years she contributed prose and 
 verse to newspapers. Her sketches of 
 rural life, first published in the "National 
 Era," under the signature of "Patty Lee," 
 attracted much attention. In 1849 the 
 "Poems of Alice and Phoebe Gary" ap- 
 peared in book form in Philadelphia. 
 
 In 1850, the sisters removed to ^tTew 
 York and devoted themselves entirely and 
 successfully to literary w^ork. The pub- 
 lished volumes of Alice Gary are "Glover 
 nook Papers ;" "Glovernook Ghildren 
 "Hagar, a Story of To-Day;" "Lyra and 
 Other Poems;" "The Maiden Plascala;" 
 "Married, not Mated;" "Pictures of 
 Gountry;" "Lyrics and Hymns;" "The 
 Bishop's Sons ;" "The Lover's Diary" and 
 "Snow Berries." 
 
 Alice Gary never married; her poem, 
 My Dream of Dreams," explains her 
 "smile too sweetly sad." 
 
 Alice Gary has been called the "Jean 
 Ingelow of America." 
 
 Alice Gary died at her home in I^ew 
 York, February 12, 1871. The graves of 
 the sisters are side by side in Greenwood 
 Gemetery, Brooklyn, TT. Y. 
 
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 GLEANINGS FROM ALICE CAHY. 
 
 True worth is in being, not seeming, — 
 
 In doing each day that goes by 
 Some little good — not in dreaming 
 
 Of great things to do by and by. 
 For whatever men say in their blindness, 
 
 And spite of the fancies of youth. 
 There's nothing so kingly as kindness. 
 
 And nothing so royal as truth." 
 
 — Nobility. 
 
 O wild flowers, wet with tearful dew, 
 O woods, with starlight shining through ! 
 My heart is back to-night with you." 
 
 — A Dream of Home, 
 
 Dear Lord, how little man's award 
 
 The right or wrong attest. 
 And he who judges least, I think 
 
 Is he who judges best." 
 
 — The Best Judgment, 
 
 "I hold that Ghristian grace abounds 
 Where charity is seen; that when 
 We climb to heaven, 'tis on the rounds 
 Of love to men." My Creed. 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 a 
 
 Sweetly his pale arms folded 
 
 My neck in a tender embrace, 
 As the light of immortal beauty 
 
 Silently covered his face ; 
 And when the arrows of sunset 
 
 Lodged in the tree-tops bright. 
 He fell, in his saint-like beauty. 
 
 Asleep by the gates of light." 
 
 — Pictures of Memory. 
 
 You, sir, know ' 
 
 That you on the canvas are to repeat 
 
 Things that are fairest, things most 
 
 sweet, — 
 Woods and cornfields and mulberry 
 
 tree, — 
 The mother — the lads, with their bird, 
 
 at her knee. 
 But, oh, that look of reproachful woe ! 
 High as the heavens your name I'll 
 
 shout. 
 If you paint me the picture, and leave 
 
 that out." 
 
 — An Order for A Picture. 
 
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 A DAY WITH WILLIAM CULLEW BRYANT. 
 
 ''Don't jou be afraid boys — 
 To whistle loud and long; 
 Althoiiii-h yonr modest sisters 
 May call it "rude" or 'Svrong." 
 
 — llie Boys. 
 
 "We get back our mete as we measure- 
 
 ?> 
 
 We cannot do wrong and feel right, 
 IsoT can we give pain and gain pleasure, 
 
 For justice avenges each slight. 
 The air for the wing of the sparrow, 
 
 The bush for the robin, and wren. 
 But alway the path that is narrow, 
 
 And straight, for the children of men 
 
 — Nohility. 
 
 "My soul is full of whispered song, — 
 My blindness is my sight ; 
 The shadows that I feared so long 
 Are full of light and life." 
 
 — Dying Hymn. 
 
 A DAY WITH WILLIAM CULLEN 
 BRYANT. 
 
 SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMME. 
 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Biography of Bryant. 
 
 3 — Quotations from Bryant. 
 
 4 — Song. 
 
 5 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "A Summer Ramble." 
 
 b. "The Snow-Shower." 
 
 c. "To a Waterfowl 
 
 j> 
 
 C — Song. 
 
 7 — Description — "Cedarmere" — the 
 
 home of Bryant. 
 8 — Reading — "Thanatopsis." 
 9— Song. 
 10 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "A Forest Hymn." 
 
 b. "Beside the Gate." 
 
 c. "The Death of the Flowers." 
 11 — Closing Song. 
 
 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 William Cullen Bryant was born in 
 Cummington, a little hamlet on the banks 
 of a clear mountain stream among the 
 hills of western Massachusetts, ISTovember 
 3, 1794. His father was Peter Bryant, a 
 
 physician of consideraW:^ literary culture, 
 and a person w^io had traveled quite ex- 
 tensively. The father took an unusual 
 interest in the culture of his children, and 
 ^vas amply rewarded for all his pains. 
 Bryant's mother was Miss Sarah Snell, of 
 Mayflower stock, being a descendant of 
 John Alden. Thus our poet had an 
 honorable and cultured ancestry. 
 
 As a child Bryant was very frail, and 
 the chances for living seemed decidedly 
 against him. It is said that his head was 
 of such an enormous size as to cause his 
 father uneasiness. Dr. Bryant decided 
 that the size of William's head must be 
 reduced. He thought to accomplish the 
 desired result by giving the babe a cold 
 bath daily. Accordingly two of his stu- 
 dents took the child each morning and 
 plunged it, head and all, into a clear, cold 
 spring that bubbled from the ground near 
 the house. Whether the size of the head 
 w^as reduced or not, we are unable to tell, 
 but the world of popular literature has 
 ample cause to rejoice over the massive 
 size of Bryant's head and heart and mind. 
 
 In 1810, at the age of sixteen, he en- 
 tered Williams College, where he studied 
 for two years. He soon distinguished 
 himself for his attainments in language 
 and literature. 
 
 In 1812 he withdrew from college and 
 entered upon the study of law; he was 
 admitted to the bar in 1815. He practiced 
 first at Plainfield, and afterward at Great 
 Barrington; he soon attained high stand- 
 ing in the local and state courts, but his 
 tastes inclined him rather to literature 
 than law. 
 
 Bryant began to write poetry when a 
 child. At the age of thirteen, "The Em- 
 bargo" and "The Spanish Revolution" 
 were published, and passed into a second 
 edition in the succeeding year. The age 
 of the author was called in question, and 
 his friends came forward with proof that 
 he was but thirteen years of age. When 
 but eighteen years of age he wrote the 
 imperishable "Thanatopsis." From this 
 time until the end of his life his pen was 
 
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 never idle. Among his most popular 
 works may be mentioned "The Indian 
 Girl's Lament/' "Song of the Stars," "IsTo 
 Man Knoweth His Sepulchre," "A Walk 
 at Sunset," "The Hymn to Death" (while 
 he was writing "The Hymn to Death" his 
 father was dying at the age of fifty-four), 
 "Letters of a Traveler," "Letters from 
 Spain and Other Countries," and a vol- 
 ume of poems, entitled "Thirty Poems." 
 
 Bryant traveled extensively, making 
 two visits to the South, one to Cuba and 
 Mexico, and crossing the ocean six times. 
 In his choice of a life companion Bryant 
 showed rare practical wdsdom as well as 
 refinement of mind and heart. Fanny 
 Fairchild, whom he describes so charming- 
 ly in his poem, "Oh Fairest of the Rural 
 Maids," was the daughter of a prosperous 
 farmer on Green River. She was a noble 
 type of genuine womanhood, sensible, 
 beautiful in character, and possessed "a 
 wonderfully frank and sweet expression of 
 face," and an indescribable charm of 
 manner, of which even the ravages of in- 
 creasing years could not rob her. 
 
 In 1843 Bryant purchased a summer 
 home called "Cedarmere" at Roslyn, Long- 
 Island, and here Mrs. Bryant died in 
 1866. 
 
 Bryant was frequently called upon to 
 pay public tributes to the memory of 
 Americans. He pronounced the funeral 
 oration of the artist, Thomas Cole, deliv- 
 ered a lecture upon the life and writings 
 of James Fenimore Cooper, paid a similar 
 tribute to his friend, Washington Irving, 
 made an address on the life and achieve- 
 ments of Samuel F. B. Morse, on the oc- 
 casion of the dedication of his statue in 
 Central Park, New York, in 1871; ad- 
 dresses on Shakespeare and Scott on simi- 
 lar occasions in 1872. His last address, 
 on the unveiling of a statue to Mazzini in 
 Central Park, was given May 29th, 1878. 
 Being partially overcome by the heat 
 while speaking, as he was entering the 
 home of a friend, later in the day, he fell, 
 striking his head on the marble steps;- 
 lived in a semi-conscious condition about 
 
 two weeks, dying June 12th, 1878. His 
 interment was at Roslyn, the 14th. Bryant 
 has been called "The Wordsworth of 
 America," "The Founder of American 
 Poetry," and "The Father of American 
 Poetry." 
 
 QUOTATIO]^S FROM BRYANT. 
 
 "It is sweet 
 To linger here, among the flitting birds 
 And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, 
 
 and winds 
 That shake the leaves, and scatter, as they 
 
 pass, 
 A fragrance from the cedars, thickly set 
 With pale blue berries. In these peaceful 
 
 shades — 
 Peaceful, unpruned, immeasurably old — 
 My thoughts go up the long, dim path of 
 
 years. 
 Back to the earliest days of liberty." 
 
 — The Antiquity of Freedom. 
 
 "The melancholy days are come, the sad- 
 dest of the year. 
 
 Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and 
 meadows, brown and sere." 
 
 — The Death of the Floivers. 
 
 "There's a dance of leaves in that aspen 
 bower. 
 There's a titter of winds in that beech- 
 en tree. 
 There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile 
 on the flower, 
 And a laugh from the brook, that runs 
 to the sea." 
 
 — The Gladness of Nature. 
 
 Go forth, under the open sky, and list 
 To J^ature's teachings, while from all 
 
 around — 
 Earth and her waters, and the depths of 
 
 air — 
 Comes a still voice." — Thanatopsis, 
 
 The quiet August noon has come; 
 
 A slumberous silence fills the sky ; 
 The fields are still, the woods are dumb, 
 
 In glassy sleep the waters lie." 
 
 — A Summer Rarahle. 
 
 "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; 
 The eternal years of God are hers ; 
 
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 A DAY WITH RUDYARD KIPLING. 
 
 But error, Avounded, writhes with pain, 
 And dies among her worshipers." 
 — Reflections on a Battlefield, 
 
 "The groves were God's first temples." 
 
 — Forest Hymn. 
 
 "So live that wlien thy summons comes to 
 
 join 
 The innumerable caravan, that moves 
 To that mysterious realm where each 
 
 shall take 
 His chamber in the silent halls of death, 
 Then go, not like the quarry slave at 
 
 night 
 Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained 
 
 and soothed 
 By an unfaltering trust, approach thy 
 
 grave 
 Like one who wraps the drapery of his 
 
 couch 
 Around him, and lies down to pleasant 
 
 dreams." — Thanatopsis. 
 
 "The same sweet sounds are in my ear 
 My early childhood loved to hear." 
 
 "The rain is falling where they lie, but 
 the cold November rain. 
 Calls not from out the loAvly earth, our 
 lovely ones again." 
 
 — The Death of the Flowers. 
 
 A DAY WITH RUDYARD KIPLING. 
 
 SUGGESTIVE PROGRAMME. 
 
 1 — Song. 
 
 2 — Biographical sketch of the life of 
 
 Kipling. 
 3— Song. 
 4 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "Soldier, Soldier." 
 
 b. "The Young British Soldier." 
 
 c. "My Rival." 
 5 — Song. 
 
 6 — Concert Recitation — "Recessional." 
 
 7 — Song. 
 
 8 — Recitations — 
 
 a. "Christmas in India." 
 
 b. "The Song of Women." 
 
 c. "Cleared." 
 
 9 — Gleanings from Kipling. 
 
 10 — ^Description — India. 
 11 — Closing Song. 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 
 
 Rudyard Kipling was born in an Indian 
 bungalow, in Bombay, India, in 1865. 
 His father, Mr. John Kipling, was an 
 artist and writer, and had been sent to 
 India from England as Principal of the 
 School of Industrial Art at Lahore. His 
 mother was bright and witty, a womau 
 worthy of the son who is to-day the very 
 first in the army of writers, captain of 
 them all. 
 
 As the boy Rudyard grew up in that 
 home in far-off India his parents realized 
 that he could not there receive such an 
 education as they desired for him, so they 
 sent him to England. Here he attended 
 a school called "The United Service Col- 
 lege," at I^ortham in Devon County. It 
 was a military school, and the training 
 was severe, as most of the students were 
 expected to become soldiers or sailors. 
 While here he edited a school paper and 
 contributed to a ]^orth Devon journal. At 
 eighteen years of age Kipling returned to 
 Lahore, India, but instead of becoming a 
 soldier, he began a literary career by ^vork- 
 ing on a newspaper called "The Civil and 
 Military Gazette." He worked as a proof- 
 reader, sub-editor, reporter and general 
 assistant, but all this hard work did not 
 prevent him from exercising his keen 
 powers of observation on the life around 
 him. 
 
 At twenty-one years of age Kipling 
 published his first book, called "Depart- 
 mental Ditties." Kipling gives the fol- 
 lowing description of how the book w^as 
 published : "Men in the army and gov- 
 ernment service wrote me that my rhymes 
 might be made into a book. Some of them 
 had been sung to banjos around camp- 
 fires, and some had run as far down the 
 coast as Ragoon, and up to Mandalay. A 
 real book was out of the question, but I 
 knew the office plant was at my disposal, 
 if I did not use office time; so there was 
 built a sort of a book — a lean, oblong 
 
A DAY WtfH RUDYARD KlPLlNa. 
 
 2or 
 
 (locket, wire-stitched to imitate a govern- 
 ment envelope, printed on one side only, 
 bound in brown paper and secured with 
 red tape. Of these books we made some 
 hundreds. Then I took reply post-cards, 
 printed the news of the birth of my book 
 on one side, and the blank order form on 
 the other, and posted them up and down 
 the empire. The money came back in 
 poor, but honest, rupees, direct, and every 
 copy sold in a few weeks.'' 
 
 Encouraged by the success of his first 
 attempt, Kipling soon published his 
 ^^Plain Tales from the Hills," a real book, 
 this time containing short stories of life in 
 India. Then came "Studies in Black and 
 White,'' "The Story of the Gadsbys," 
 "Under the Deodars," "Soldiers Three," 
 "Mother Maturin," "The Book of Forty- 
 five Mornings," and a novel, "The Light 
 that Failed." 
 
 For some years Kipling resided in Lon- 
 don, but in 1891 he visited the United 
 States and published "American Notes," 
 and soon after permanently settled there, 
 near Brattleboro, Vermont. 
 
 The recent works of Kipling are "Mine 
 Own People" (1892), "Many Inventions" 
 (1893), "The Jungle Book" (1894), "The 
 New Jungle Book" (1895), "The Seven 
 Seas" (1896), "Slaves of the Lamp" 
 (1897), and "Captains Courageous" 
 (1897). 
 
 His power to reach all kinds of people 
 is shown in the wide difference of opinion 
 as to his best work. Many claim that his 
 poetry has made him great, others the 
 Mulvaney stories, still others his longer 
 stories like "Captains Courageous." But, 
 if the children should decide, there would 
 be a unanimous vote for the "Jungle 
 Books." 
 
 GLEANINGS FROM KIPLING. 
 
 "My garden blazes brightly with the rose- 
 bush and the peach. 
 And the koil sings above it, in the siris 
 by the well ; 
 From the creeper-covered trellis comes 
 the squirrel's chattering speech, 
 
 And the blue-jay screams and flutters 
 where the cheery sat-bhai dwell. 
 
 But the rose has lost its fragrance, and 
 the koil's note is strange; 
 I am sick of endless sunshine, sick of 
 blossom-burdened bough. 
 
 Give me back the leafless woodlands 
 where the winds of Springtime 
 
 range- 
 
 Give me back one day in England, for 
 . it's Spring in England now!" 
 — In Springtime. 
 
 "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and 
 never the twain shall meet. 
 
 Till Earth and Sky stand presently at 
 God's great Judgment Seat ; 
 
 But there is neither East nor West, Bor- 
 der, nor Breed, nor Birth, 
 
 When two strong men stand face to face, 
 'tho they come from the ends of the 
 earth !" 
 — The Ballad of East and West. 
 
 "Twelve hundred million men are spread 
 About this Earth, and I and you 
 Wonder, when you and I are dead, 
 What will those luckless millions do ?" 
 — The Last Department. 
 
 "Shun — shun the Bowl ! That fatal, facile 
 
 drink. 
 Has ruined many geese who dipped their 
 
 quills in 't; 
 Bribe, murder, marry, but steer clear of 
 
 ink. 
 Save when you write receipts for paid-up 
 
 bills in 't. 
 There may be silver in the ^blue-black' — 
 
 all 
 I know of is the iron and the gall." 
 
 —The Man Who Could Write. 
 
 "Man may hold all sorts of posts 
 If he'll only hold his tongue." 
 
 — Pi7ik Dominoes. 
 
 "0, the white dust on the highway ! 
 O, the stenches in the byway! 
 
 O, the clammy fog that hovers over 
 earth ! 
 
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 LlTERARy QUERIED. 
 
 And at lionie thev-ro making inrrrv 
 'Xoatli tlio whito and scarlet berrv — 
 What part have India's exiles in their 
 mirth ?" — Christmas in India. 
 
 ^*Li intolerable stillness 
 
 Hose one little, little star, 
 And it chuckled at my illness, 
 
 And it mocked me from afar; 
 And its brethren came and eyed me, 
 
 Called the universe to aid. 
 Till I lay, with naught to hide me, 
 'Neath the scorn of all things made." 
 — La Nuit Blanche. 
 
 "God of our fathers, known of old — 
 Lord of our far-flung battle line — 
 Beneath whose awful hand we hold 
 Dominion over palm and pine — 
 Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, 
 Lest we forget — lest we forget !" 
 
 — Recessional. 
 
 INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS. 
 
 I HO invented a steam wagon before 
 locomotives were in use ? (Thom- 
 as Blanchard.) 
 
 What great inventor was the son of an 
 inventor? (Richard Hoe.) 
 
 Who invented a method for propelling 
 canal boats by an endless chain? (Peter 
 Cooper. ) 
 
 What great inventor was nick-named 
 "Looney" by his companions? (Thomas 
 A. Edison.) 
 
 Who invented the Atlantic cable? (Cy- 
 rus W. Field.) 
 
 What invention was called "Fulton's 
 Folly?" (The Steamboat.) 
 
 Wlio lived in extreme poverty for sev- 
 eral years while perfecting his inventions ? 
 (Samuel F. B. Morse.) 
 
 What great inventor built the throne for 
 "King Cotton ?" (Eli Whitney. ) 
 
 Who made the first malleable cast iron ? 
 (Seth Boynton.) 
 
 Who invented steel plates for bank- 
 notes? (Jacob Perkins.) 
 
 Who invented the pistols used in the 
 Mexican War? (Samuel Colt.) 
 
 Who invented the reaping machine? 
 (C. H. McCormick.) 
 
 Who was the first person in the United 
 States to apply for a patent? (Nathan 
 Peed.) 
 
 Name a half-breed Indian who invented 
 an alphabet? (George Guess.) 
 
 Who built the "Yankee Cheese-box?" 
 (John Ericsson.) 
 
 WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS: 
 
 "A Spanish galleon" (Fuller) ?— (Ben 
 Jonson. ) 
 
 "An English Man-of-War" (Fuller)? 
 — ( Shakespeare. ) 
 
 "A smooth, silent iceberg" (Lowell) ? 
 — (W. C. Bryant.) 
 
 "A Leyden jar" (Lowell) ?—(0. W. 
 Holmes. ) 
 
 "A primitive pagan" (Lowell) ? — (P. 
 W. Emerson.) 
 
 "An interrogation point?" (Alexander 
 Pope.) 
 
 "The wisest, brightest, meanest of man- 
 kind." (Pope) ? — (Francis Bacon.) 
 
 "Poet Squab ?" (John Dryden.) 
 
 "Fanatical high priest of art?" (John 
 Puskin.) 
 
 "A mass of genuine manhood" (Car- 
 lyle) ? — (Samuel Johnson.) 
 
 IITERARY QUERIES. 
 
 |VER what poet's grave was a monu- 
 ment erected by the teachers of Bal- 
 timore, Maryland? (Edgar A. Poe.) 
 
 What poet always took time to answer 
 all letters written him by children ? (Eu- 
 gene Field.) 
 
 What poet wrote a poem commemorat- 
 ing the death of his wife and the birth of 
 a child to his friend, H. W, Longfellow ? 
 (James R. Lowell.) 
 
LONGFELLOW EXERCISE— NT^MBEIl 2. 
 
 (Priscilla after the departure of John Alden.) 
 
 "Into each life some rain must fall, 
 Some days must be dark and drearv-*' 
 
 (See page 174.^ 
 
FATHER TIME AND THE NEW YEAR. 
 
 (A beautiful New Year's Exercise. See page 182.) 
 
 ''Ring ou,t the old, ring- in the new, 
 Ring, happy bells, across the snow." 
 
SEVEN WONDERS OF AMERICA. 
 
 209 
 
 What poet, when a child, was noted for 
 his abnormally large head ? (W. C. 
 Bryant. ) 
 
 What writer became an actor in the 
 Park Theater, E". Y., when only thirteen 
 years of age? (J. H. Payne.) 
 
 Who is ^Taul Pillow V (Will Carle- 
 ton.) 
 
 What poet was for a time engaged as a 
 traveling sign-painter and an actor ? (J. 
 W. Kiley.) 
 
 Who was the "Quaker Poet?'' (J. G. 
 Whittier.) 
 
 Who was "Timothy Titcomb ?" (J. G. 
 Holland. ) 
 
 E^ame a poet who was also a physician ? 
 (O. W. Holmes.) 
 
 What poetess is called the "Sweet Sing- 
 er?" (Margaret E. Sangster.) 
 
 Who was "Patty Lee ?" (Alice Gary.) 
 
 WHO IS MEANT IN: 
 
 "One of the few immortal names 
 That were not born to die ?" 
 
 (Marco Bozarris.) 
 
 "Here lived the gentle peasant prince 
 The loving cotter-king?" 
 
 (Robert Burns.) 
 
 "We buried him darkly at dead of night ?" 
 
 (Sir John Moore.) 
 
 "Green be the turf above thee, 
 Friend of my better days ?" 
 
 (Jos, R. Drake.) 
 
 "Dead he lay among his books. 
 The peace of God was in his looks ?" 
 
 (Bayard Taylor.) 
 
 "The Danube to the Severn gave 
 
 The darkened heart that beat no more ; 
 
 They laid him by the pleasant shore 
 
 And in the hearing of the wave ?" 
 
 (Arthur Hallam.) 
 
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 WHO WAS THE FIRST: 
 
 "English Novelist?" (Daniel Defoe.) 
 "English Lexicographer?" (Samuel 
 Johnson. ) 
 
 ^English Printer?" (Wm. Caxton.) 
 'English Laureate ?" (Edmund Spen- 
 ser.) 
 
 "American Historian?" (John Smith.) 
 "American Poet?" (Anne Bradstreet.) 
 "Writer of English Grammar ?" (Lind- 
 ley Murray.) 
 
 "American IsTovelist?" (Chas. Brock- 
 den Brown.) 
 
 "American Lexicographer ?" (JSToah 
 Webster. ) 
 
 "American Sea ;N'ovelist ?" (J. F. 
 
 Cooper. ) 
 
 WHO MADE FAMOUS: 
 
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 Ul 
 
 ■'Stratf ord-on-Avon ?" ( Shakespeare. ) 
 "Twickenham?" (Alex. Pope.) 
 "Grasmere?" (Wm. Wordsworth.) 
 "Bedford Jail ?" (John Bunyan.) 
 ■Selbourne ?" (Gilbert White. ) 
 'Piver Ayr?" (Robert Burns.) 
 "Amesbury?" (Whittier.) 
 "Hudson River?" (Irving Drake.) 
 "Walden?" (H. D. Thoreau.) 
 "Chayenne Mountain ?" (H. H. Jack- 
 son. ) , 
 
 SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. 
 
 1 — Egyptian Pyramids. 
 
 2 — Mausoleum of Artemisia. 
 
 3 — Temple of Diana at Ephesus. 
 
 4 — Walls and Hanging Gardens of Baby- 
 lon. 
 
 5 — Colossus of Rhodes. 
 
 6 — The Statue of Jupiter Olympus. 
 
 7 — The Pharos or Watch Tower of Alex- 
 andria. 
 
 SEVEN WONDERS OF AMERICA. 
 
 1 — l^iagara Ealls. 
 
 2 — Yellowstone Park. 
 
 3 — Mammoth Cave. 
 
 4 — Caiions and Garden of the Gods. 
 
 5 — The Giant Trees of California. 
 
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 OEOORAPHICAL RECREATIONS. 
 
 G— The Natural Bridge. 
 7 — The Yosemite. Vallcj. 
 
 MOTTOES OF THE STATES. 
 
 Arkansas — Regnant Populi. 
 
 California — Eureka. 
 
 Colorado — Nil Sine Numine. 
 
 Connecticut — Qui Transtulit. 
 
 Delaware — Liberty and Independence. 
 
 Georgia — Constitution. 
 
 Illinois — State Sovereignty — National 
 Union. 
 
 Indiana — Constitution. 
 
 Iowa — Our Liberties We Prize — Our 
 Eights We Will Maintain. 
 
 Kansas — Ad Astra Per Aspera. 
 
 Kentucky — United We Stand, Divided 
 We Fall. 
 
 Louisiana — Justice. 
 
 Maine- 
 
 -Dirigo. 
 
 Maryland — Crescite et Multiplicamini. 
 
 Massachusetts — Euse Petit Placidam 
 Sub Liberate Quietem. 
 
 Michigan — E Pluribus Unum — Tuebor 
 — Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amaenam Cir- 
 cum spice. 
 
 Minnesota — L' Etoile du Nord. 
 
 Missouri — United We Stand, Divided 
 We Fall — Salus Populi Suprema Lex 
 Esto. 
 
 Nebraska — Equality Before the Law. 
 
 Nevada — All for Our Country. 
 
 New York — Excelsior. 
 
 Ohio — Imperium in Imperio. 
 
 Oregon — The Union. 
 
 Pennsylvania — Virtue, Liberty, Inde- 
 pendence. 
 
 Rhode Island — Hope. 
 
 Tennessee — Agriculture, Commerce. 
 
 Vermont — Freedom and Unity. 
 
 Virginia — Sic Semper Tyrannis. 
 
 West Virginia — Montani Semper Li- 
 beri. 
 
 Wisconsin — Forward. 
 
 GEOGRAPHICAL RECREATIONS. 
 
 1 — What and where are the Dry Tortu- 
 
 gas ? 
 2— Where is the Eiffel Tower? 
 
 3— What and where is Fingal's Cave ? 
 
 4 — What and where is the "Gate of 
 Tears V 
 
 5 — What is the Giant^s Causeway ? 
 
 6 — Where is the Garden of the Gods ? 
 
 7 — Where are Kensington Gardens ? 
 
 8 — What and where is the Llano Esta- 
 cado? 
 
 9 — Where is the Maelstrom? 
 10 — Where is the Great Natural Bridge ? 
 11— Where is the "Valley of Death?" 
 1 2 — What and where is the Black Forest ? 
 13 — What was the Colossus of Rhodes ? 
 14 — Where is the "Gibraltar of Amer- 
 ica V 
 1 5 — What is the Jungf rau ? 
 
 ANSWERS TO RECREATIONS. 
 
 1. The Dry Tortugas. — These islands 
 form a part of a country of Florida, and 
 are ten in number; they are situated at 
 the extreme end of the Florida Keys. 
 They are of coral formation and low and 
 barren, except when partly covered with 
 mangrove bushes. They are defended by 
 fortifications. On Bush or Garden Key is 
 Ft. Jefferson, which was used during the 
 Civil War as a penal station for rebel pris- 
 oners. A lighthouse has been erected up- 
 on this same isle. 
 
 2. Eiffel Tower. — This monster tower, 
 designed by Engineer Eiffel for the Paris 
 Exposition of 1889, has three stories or 
 divisions. The first story is sixty meters, 
 or one hundred and ninety-five feet high, 
 and rests on the arches which join the four 
 foundation-columns that carry upon them 
 the entire weight of the huge structure. 
 The tower has four distinct sections. Each 
 wing is provided with a refreshment 
 saloon that may be reached by means of 
 winding staircases under the foundation- 
 piers. The second story, which is one 
 hundred and ninety-five feet above the 
 first one, is also reached by four stair- 
 cases built inside the supporting columns, 
 which make a sharp inward bend, leaving 
 but 1,400 square meters for the platform 
 and promenade. Here, too, is a com- 
 modious cafe. This story is ninety-one 
 
GEOGRAPHICAL RECREATIONS. 
 
 )^ll 
 
 meters above the tip of the Notre Dame 
 steeple, and the view is almost indescrib- 
 able. From here the columns of the tower 
 fall in toward each other until they ascend 
 a distance of two hundred and seventy-five 
 meters (895 feet) above the ground, where 
 a third and last story is situated. Only 
 one staircase leads to this story, which is 
 for the exclusive use of employes of the 
 tower, visitors using the elevators. The 
 tower terminates in what is known as the 
 lantern, eighty feet above the third sec- 
 tion. This place has been set aside for the 
 use of scientists in making observations. 
 
 3. FingaVs Cave. — Fingal's Cave is a 
 wonderful grotto on the southwest coast of 
 Scotland. It is 212 feet deep, 33 feet wide 
 at the entrance, and 22 feet wide at its 
 inner end. At the opening it is 60 feet 
 high, and the walls meet in a beautiful 
 arch above basaltic pillars which flank it 
 on both sides. The floor of the cave is the 
 sea, and at low tide the water is 20 feet 
 deep. There are beautifully tinted stalac- 
 tites between the pillars of dark gray 
 basalt. The cave can be readily entered 
 by small boats, excepting at extreme high 
 tide. It takes its name from Fingal, the 
 legendary hero of Gaelic poetry. 
 
 4. Gate of Tears. — The Straits of Ba- 
 belmandeb, the passage from the Persian 
 Gulf into the Red Sea, are called, by the 
 Arabs, the "Gate of Tears." These straits 
 are very dangerous in rough weather. It 
 received its melancholy name from the 
 number of shipwrecks that have occurred 
 there. 
 
 5. Giant's Causeway. — The name Gi- 
 ant's Causeway is often applied to the 
 whole range of cliffs in County An- 
 trim, on the northeast coast of Ireland, but 
 it properly belongs to only a small portion 
 of them, which is. a platform of basalt in 
 closely arranged columns, from fifteen to 
 thirty-six feet high, which extend from a 
 steep cliff down into the sea till it is lost 
 below low water mark. This platform is 
 divided across its breadth into three por- 
 tions^ the Little, Middle and Grand Cause- 
 
 way, these being separated from each other 
 by dikes of basalt. The name "Cause- 
 way" was given to the platform because it 
 appeared in primitive imagination to be a 
 road to the water, prepared for the con- 
 venience of giants. 
 
 6. The Garden of the Gods. — The Gar- 
 den of the Gods comprises a tract of land 
 about five hundred acres in extent, lying 
 four miles northeast of Colorado Springs, 
 Colorado. It is hemmed in by mountains 
 on the north and west, bordered bv ravines 
 on the south, and on the east by a line of 
 old red sandstone cliffs, which shut it en- 
 tirely from the plains. The road enters 
 the valley through the "Beautiful Gate," 
 a narrow passageway between two lofty 
 but narrow ledges of cliffs which is still 
 further narrowed by a rock pillar thirty 
 feet high standing nearly in the center. 
 The remarkable feature of the garden is 
 a number of isolated perpendicular rocks, 
 some of them three hundred and fi-fty feet 
 high, mainly of a very soft, brilliantly-red 
 sandstone, though several ridges are of 
 white sandstone. The foot-hills in the 
 vicinity are many of them capped by sim- 
 ilar upheavals. 
 
 7. Kensington Gardens. — These gar- 
 dens are located on the west side of Hyde 
 Park, London. They comprise a circuit 
 two and a half miles in extent. They are 
 traversed by walks and ornamented with 
 rows and clumps of noble trees. JSTear the 
 western border stands Kensington Palace, 
 an edifice of brick, formerly the home of 
 King William III. William III., Queen 
 Mary, Queen Anne, and George III. all 
 died in this palace, and Queen Victoria 
 was born there. 
 
 8. Llano Estacado. — The Llano Es- 
 tacado, or Staked Plain of Texas, is lo- 
 cated in the western portion of the state, 
 and is so called from the great number of 
 bare yucca-stems, resembling stakes, seen 
 there. 
 
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 9. Maelstrom. — The Maelstrom, or 
 grinding stream," is situated on the Nor- 
 wegian coast southwest of the Loffoden 
 
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 GEOGRAPHICAL RECREATIONS. 
 
 Isles, and is the most remarkable whirl- 
 pool in the world. It runs between the 
 Island of Moskenes and a large solitary 
 rock in the middle of the straits. The 
 strong ocean currents rushing between the 
 Great West Fjord and the outer ocean 
 through the channels of the Loifoden Isles 
 produces a number of whirlpools, of which 
 ihe Maelstrom is by far the most dan- 
 gerous. During severe storms from the 
 west the current runs continually to the 
 cast at the rate of six knots an hour, with- 
 out changing its direction for rising or 
 falling tide ; and the stream will boil and 
 eddy in such mighty whirls that the larg- 
 est steamer couM hardly contend success- 
 fully Avith ito waters. 
 
 10. The Great Natural Bridge. — The 
 Great Natural Bridge is located in Rock- 
 bridge County, Virginia, and spans the 
 mountain chasm in which flows the little 
 stream Cedar Creek, the bed of which is 
 more than two hundred feet below the sur- 
 face of the plain. The middle of the arch 
 is forty-five feet in perpendicular thick- 
 ness, which increases to sixty at its junc- 
 ture with the vast abutments. It is sixty 
 feet wide and its span is almost ninety 
 feet. Across the top is a public road. For 
 many years the name of Washington, cut 
 in the rock forming one of the abutments, 
 when the "Father of His Country" was a 
 lad, stood high above those of all others ; 
 but in 1818 a student of Washington Col- 
 lege, Virginia, Piper by name, climbed 
 from the foot to the top of the rock and 
 placed his name above that of W^ashington. 
 
 11. The Valley of Death.— On the Is- 
 land of Java is an oval-shaped hollow near 
 the summit of a mountain, about thirty- 
 five feet in depth and half a mile wide, 
 which, from the deadly nature of its at- 
 mosphere, is known as the "Valley of 
 
 Death." This atmosphere is loaded with 
 carbonic acid gas, and although not at once 
 fatal to human beings proves so to either 
 dogs or fowls. The valley has seldom 
 been explored beyond the borders, as from 
 there it is seen that the surface is strewn 
 with the bones of tigers, pigs, deer and all 
 kinds of birds, and also of human beings. 
 
 12. Black Forest. — The Black Forest 
 is a noted wooded mountain chain, situ- 
 ated in Baden and Wurtemberg. It ac- 
 quired celebrity during the wars of the 
 French Revolution. It is rich in mineral 
 waters, as the baths of Baden-Baden and 
 Wildbad. 
 
 13. Colossus of Rhodes. — The Colos- 
 sus of Rhodes ranks as one of the Seven 
 Wonders of the world. It was a statue of 
 Apollo, so placed as to bestride the en- 
 trance to the harbor. The Colossus was 
 over one hundred feet high, and its thumb 
 was so large that a man could not clasp it 
 with his arms. It was formed of metal 
 which was cast in separate pieces, a proc- 
 ess which lasted twelve years, and was 
 finished 280 B. C. It cost three hundred 
 talents, and sixty years after its erection 
 was destroyed by an earthquake. 
 
 14. ''Gibraltar of America.'' — Quebec 
 is often called the "Gibraltar of America," 
 because by its position and natural and 
 artificial means of defence it is the most 
 impregnable city of America. 
 
 15. Jungfrau. — The word Jungfrau, 
 which signifies "Young Maiden," is the 
 name of one of the highest mountains of 
 the Bernese Alps. It rises on the bound- 
 ary-line between the cantons of Bern and 
 Palais, and attains a height of 13,720 
 feet. It receives its name from the unsul- 
 lied purity and dazzling brightness of the 
 snow by which its summit is covered. 
 
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 OUTDOOR GAMES. 
 
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 LAWN HOCKEY. 
 
 N old-fashioned game resembling 
 hockey was ''shinny'^ or "shinty/' as 
 it is called in some places. In this a 
 wooden block, a stone, a ball, or anything 
 about two inches in diameter, sufficed for 
 a "shinny," while a broom or umbrella 
 handle or branch of a tree of suitable shape 
 took the place of the present expensive 
 hockey stick, with its mathematically cor- 
 rect curves and dimensions and finished 
 surface. Two large stones about three 
 yards apart at each end of the field or 
 vacant lot, as it usually chanced to be, 
 served as goal marks, between which the 
 "shinny" had to be forced. 
 
 The number of players on each side was 
 not limited. Every one with the "gang" 
 or crowd at the time was expected to play ; 
 the more the merrier. The game was 
 started by each "side" lining up at its end 
 of the field and then sending its fleetest 
 runner to the center, where the "shinny" 
 was placed, the side with the fastest runner 
 getting first strike. The "off-side" rule 
 was observed, "shinny on your own side" 
 being the warning cry, which, if not 
 obeyed, brought a blow across the offend- 
 er's shins. 
 
 Whether "shinny" represents a stage 
 from which the present game of hockey 
 evoluted, or whether it is a degenerate 
 form of the latter, the writer is not certain. 
 At any rate the early state of hockey in 
 England resembled "shinny," and this is 
 now looked upon as the barbarous era out 
 of which the game has grown, under the 
 fostering care of the Hockey Association 
 
 of England. An important step in the 
 development of the game was taken on the 
 adoption of the "striking circle," from 
 the inside of which the ball must receive 
 its final touch in being sent through the 
 goal. This feature encouraged "dribbling" 
 and passing between the players and less- 
 ened the advantage of heavy and reckless 
 striking, as a ball driven through the goal 
 by a blow outside the striking circle does 
 not score. 
 
 isTovices at "bullying" who are at all 
 nervous have a difficult time controlling 
 themselves sufficiently to calmly tap the 
 ground and their opponents' sticks thrice 
 in succession before making a strike at 
 the ball lying so temptingly near. It is so 
 easy to succumb to the temptation to avoid 
 the last tap, and, instead, strike at the 
 ball — fine training in self-control. The 
 forwards are the rush line; the object of 
 the backs is to feed to them; they do the 
 aggressive work, while the men in the rear 
 are expected to act on the defensive. The 
 position of goal-keeper, although an im- 
 portant one, is the least desirable of all. 
 Forbidden to leave his post, he must stand 
 there, cold as it may be, and occasionally, 
 as the ball comes near, be on the alert to 
 interpose himself between the ball and tho 
 goal. And the stronger his team the lesa 
 work for him, as the ball will then be kept 
 down toward the opponents' goal. He has 
 great responsibility, yet with no oppor- 
 tunity to distinguish himself in the aggres- 
 sive work of the team. Woe befall him 
 if he lets the ball pass ; but if he is suc- 
 cessful — well, he has simply done his duty. 
 It would seem but fair that all the players 
 
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 LAWN HOCKEV, 
 
 on the team should take their turn at this 
 undesirable post. Bodily contact of player 
 with player being only accidental, weight 
 does not count for so much as it does in 
 football. Speed and endurance are prime 
 requisites in a first-class hockey player. 
 Be the man ever so light he can soon, with 
 steady practice, come into possession of 
 these elements. The game is similar to 
 football in that it gives a man all-round 
 exercise in the open air. The vigorous 
 running gives splendid development of 
 heart and lung power, even surpassing foot 
 ball in this respect. The player gets the 
 w^rist of a fencer and the accuracy of a 
 golfer, for he must be able to twist the 
 ball quickly from his opponent and to pick 
 it up and dribble it along at his greatest 
 speed down the field before he may hope 
 to ^^pass'^ successfully to his companions 
 and earn the reputation of a good team 
 player. The game calls for physical cour- 
 age, though, perhaps, not to the same ex- 
 tent as football; still it requires pluck 
 to dash in where sticks are apparently 
 flying rather wildly, at imminent danger 
 to heads as well as shins and ankles. The 
 element of danger, as might be supposed, 
 is greater among novices, for, as the player 
 becomes more experienced, he learns how 
 to keep his stick down, to hit the ball 
 rather than the other fellow's shins, to 
 jump and avoid a reckless blow and to 
 dodge a hard hit ball from near goal. He 
 learns that reckless striking only wastes 
 time, endangers others, besides exposing 
 his team to losses from penalties inflicted 
 by the umpire. The percentage of acci- 
 dents from hockey is much smaller than 
 in football, and the injuries are never of 
 a serious character, being merely barked 
 shins or knuckles, and occasionally a 
 bruised head from a backward spring or 
 an "off-side" play. The proportion of sore 
 shins and knuckles can be greatly lessened 
 by proper covering with shin guards and 
 gloves. To put it in basket ball style — 
 hockey "can be played on any ground free 
 from obstruction." Of course, the nearer 
 level the ground the better the control of 
 
 the ball. An ordinary vacant lot cleared 
 of rubbish will furnish opportunity for 
 many enjoyable games. There need be 
 no limit to the number of players, other 
 than the size of the field, unless a team 
 is formed to play outside teams. 
 
 EULES FOR PLAYING. 
 
 The ground should be fairly level, about 
 one hundred yards long, and half as wide ; 
 if the grounds are larger than this, the 
 playground may be marked off the re- 
 quired size by means of chalked lines. 
 The lines running the length of the field 
 are called side lines, while the end lines 
 are designated as goal lines. In the center 
 of each of the latter a goal should be 
 erected, which should consist of two up- 
 right posts twelve feet apart, with a bar 
 across them at a distance of seven feet 
 from the ground. In front of each goal 
 draw a line twelve feet long, running 
 parallel to the goal line, and fifteen yards 
 from it. The ends of these lines should be 
 curved round to the goal lines by quarter 
 circles, of which the goal posts should form 
 the centers; this is called the striking 
 center. The ball should be white. A 
 cricket ball painted white is best. 
 
 Each player must be provided with a 
 stick having a curved end. There are 
 many opinions as to the best kind of a 
 stick to use, but the one chosen should be 
 neither too heavy nor too light, and be 
 one that is easily wielded. The game of 
 hockey depends more on wrist w^ork than 
 strength of stroke. 
 
 The sides having been chosen, the play- 
 ers move to the center of the field, tak- 
 ing up their positions under their re- 
 spective captains. The game is started by 
 a player of each party striking the ground 
 on his side of the ball, and his opponent's 
 stick over the ball three times in succes- 
 sion, after which the player can hit the 
 ball and the game is in action ; this by- 
 play is called "bullying the ball." 
 
 The object of the game is to see which 
 side can secure the greater number of 
 goals. A goal is scored when the ball has 
 
QUOITS. 
 
 315 
 
 been driven between the goal posts under 
 the bar. ISTo goal can be scored unless the 
 ball be hit from a point within the strik- 
 ing circle ; a ball struck from without the 
 striking circle or touching or glancing off 
 the person or stick of the player of the 
 defending side cannot score a goal. 
 
 The ball may be caught but must im- 
 mediately be placed upon the ground and 
 struck by the player. The goal-keeper 
 may kick the ball in defense of his own 
 goal, unless he is farther out in the 
 ground than the striking circle. 
 
 When the ball goes over a side line a 
 player on the opposite side to the one who 
 has last touched it should immediately 
 bowl it into play in a straight line, never 
 in a forward direction. If the ball, by 
 chance, be hit behind the goal line by the 
 attacking party, it should be brought out 
 to within twenty-five yards, at right angles 
 with the goal posts and then again ^^bul- 
 lied." If, on the other hand, the ball be 
 hit behind by any of the defending side, 
 any player on the attacking side may claim 
 a free hit from any point in a line with 
 the goal-posts within a yard of the center. 
 
 The captains usually agree, before the 
 game opens as to how long it shall last. 
 
 CURLING. 
 
 UIILI!NG is a sport on the ice com- 
 _ mon in Scotland, where it is played 
 by all classes of people in the winter. 
 
 Curling is played with flattish round 
 stones, about 9 inches in diameter, pre- 
 pared by stone-cutters, each stone weigh- 
 ing from 30 to 45 pounds. Each of the 
 players has a pair of these stones. The 
 stones are provided with handles, to en- 
 able the players to hurl them on the ice 
 with the proper degree of force. As at 
 bowls, the stones are hurled at an assigned 
 point or mark. The game being as fol- 
 lows: Sides are made up, usually con- 
 sisting of four against four, with a 
 director styled "Skip'' for each; after 
 which a certain length of ice, of from 30 
 to 40 yards in len^h and 8 or 9 feet 
 
 across, is chosen. This is called the rink. 
 Certain marks are then made at each end 
 of the rink consisting of several concentric 
 rings, called broughs, and a center called 
 tee. A certain number is game, usually 
 31, and the keenness displayed by rival 
 sides in competing for victory, is perhaps 
 without parallel in any other sport. One 
 on each side plays alternately. The chief 
 object of the player is to hurl his stone 
 along the ice, towards the tee, with proper 
 strength and precision; and on the skill 
 displayed by the players in placing their 
 own stones in favorable positions, depends 
 nearly all the interest of the game. At a 
 certain distance from each of the tees, as 
 score — the hog score — is drawn across the 
 ice ; and any stone not driven beyond this 
 mark, counts nothing, and is laid aside. 
 In Scottish country places a dinner com- 
 posed of beef and greens, the well-known 
 Curler's fare, generally concludes the 
 day's diversion. 
 
 auoiTs. 
 
 QUOIT is a flattish ring of iron, 
 generally from eight and one-fourth 
 to nine and one-half inches in external 
 diameter and between one and two inches 
 in breadth. It is convex on the upper 
 side, and slightly concave on the under, so 
 that the outer edge curves downward, and 
 is sharp enough to stick into the ground. 
 The mode of playing is as follows: Two 
 pins, called "hobs," are driven into the 
 ground from 18 to 24 yards apart ; and the 
 players, who are divided into two parties, 
 stand at one "hob," and in regular succes- 
 sion throw their quoits (of which each 
 player has two) as near to the other "hob" 
 as they can. The points are counted as in 
 bowls or in curling. To facilitate the 
 sticking of the quoits at the point where 
 they strike the ground, a "clay end" — that 
 is, a flat circle of clay, about one or two 
 inches in thickness, and one and one-half 
 feet in radius — is placed around each 
 "hob." This requires to be kept moist, and 
 should have sawdust sprinkled over it. The 
 
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 CRICKET. 
 
 quoit when it is tlirown is grasped with the 
 right hand hy one side, and pitched with 
 an upward and forward jerk of the hand 
 and arm, which gives it a whirling motion, 
 and causes it to strike the ground with its 
 edge. Professional players acquire much 
 dexterity in this game, so much in fact, 
 that they can frequently ''ring" their 
 quoit — that is, land it so that the quoit 
 surrounds the "hob." 
 
 A similar game to quoits is played in 
 rural districts, using horse shoes for 
 quoits, the rules of the game are identical. 
 This game is adapted to girls as well as 
 boys, and is a favorite with picnicking 
 surrounds the "hob." 
 
 MARBLES. 
 
 ^'2/\ NE Hole — Either a cap is placed 
 upon the ground or a hole is dug, 
 either will do equally well. Each player 
 then takes ten marbles in his hand and 
 tries to throw the whole of them into the 
 cap or hole. He reclaims all that go in, 
 but leaves those that fall outside where 
 they drop. The players throw in turn ; 
 any player who succeeds in throwing all 
 of the ten into the hole, is entitled to all 
 that are lying about. 
 
 Spanners — This is a good game for two 
 players only. The first player shoots a 
 marble, and the second player tries to 
 shoot his marble against or within a span 
 of it. The players shoot alternately, but 
 when one is successful he has another shot, 
 and the other player pays him a marble. 
 Picking the Plums — ^Two straight lines 
 are drawn parallel to one another, from 
 four to eight feet apart. Each player 
 places two or three marbles, which are 
 called plums, upon one of the lines, leav- 
 ing about an inch between them. The 
 players in turn, "knuckle down" at the 
 other line and shoot at the "plums," those 
 hit being kept by the successful shooter, 
 but a second shot is not allowed until the 
 next round. If a player fails to hit a 
 "plum," he must add one to the row he 
 shot at. 
 
 CRICKET. 
 
 fHE requirements for carrying on a 
 successful game of cricket are : 
 First — A piece of level turf an acre or 
 two in extent. Second — A sufficient num- 
 ber of players to form two sides of eleven 
 each, for double wicket, and a lesser 
 number for single wicket. Third — For 
 double wicket — the mode in which the 
 game is generally played — two bats, two 
 sets of wickets and bails and a ball. When 
 a match is to be played between two 
 "elevens" the first thing to be done is to 
 pitch the wickets. Wickets consist of six 
 wooden stumps, 27 inches high and are 
 placed in the ground in sets of three, at a 
 distance of 22 yards apart. On the top 
 of each set of stumps are placed two small 
 pieces of wood, called bails. The rival 
 sides next toss for first innings, and the 
 director of the side that is to go in first, 
 places two of his men at the wickets or 
 batteries; while a bowler, wicket-keeper, 
 long stop, and fielders are placed in their 
 several positions by the director of the 
 opposite sides. When these arrangements 
 are satisfactorily made, and the markers 
 or scorers are at their posts, the umpires 
 take their places, and the game begins. 
 It may be well to mention here that the 
 relative merits of rival sides are decided 
 by the total number of runs made by each 
 eleven batters during the two innings — 
 the side whose players score the most be- 
 ing — as a matter of course — ^the winner. 
 Each bowler's object is to direct his ball, 
 by a swift movement of the arm, towards 
 the opposite wickets, at which one of the 
 batsmen stands, and, if possible, to strike 
 down the stumps or knock off the bails; 
 while the object of the batsman, on the 
 other hand, is to protect his wickets, from 
 the bowler's attack, by either stopping the 
 ball when it reaches him (blocking) or 
 driving it into the field. And much of 
 the beauty of the game depends upon the 
 precision with w^hich the bowler can direct 
 ball after ball in a straight line for the 
 wickets, and the corresponding skill dis- 
 
HARE AND HOUNDS. 
 
 217 
 
 played by a good batsman in guarding 
 them. 
 
 We will now suppose the two batsmen 
 to be at their places, the bowler at his, ball 
 in hand, and other players arranged in 
 theirs. At a signal from the umpire the 
 bowler cries "play,'' and immediately 
 after delivers his first ball. If the bats- 
 man misses the ball, and it passes the 
 wicket, the wicket-keeper stops it, and re- 
 turns it to the bowler, who delivers another 
 ball, and so on. When the batsman strikes 
 the ball fieldwards, he immediately runs 
 to the opposite wicket, passing his com- 
 panion batsman, who crosses to his, and 
 so on, till the ball has been returned by a 
 fielder to the wicket-keeper or bowler's 
 hand. Thus, if the stroke be a long one, 
 the striker may have time to run perhaps 
 three times between the wickets before the 
 ball is thrown up, when three runs are ac- 
 cordingly placed at his name by the 
 scorers on their sheet. If, however, the 
 bowler or wicket-keeper receives the ball 
 and touches the wicket with it, before the 
 advancing batsman has reached his ground 
 or touches it with his bat the striker is 
 "out" and another man takes his place. 
 Besides, if a ball from a stroke of the bat 
 be caught by one of the opposing party 
 before it reaches the ground ; or, if in 
 striking at a ball the striker hits down his 
 wicket; or if he willfully prevents a ball 
 from being caught, or strikes it twice ; or, 
 if any part of his person stops a ball which 
 would otherwise have hit his wicket, the 
 striker is out. It frequently happens that 
 two skillful batsmen guard their wickets 
 so effectually, and score so many runs, to 
 one particular style of bowling, that a 
 change either of the bowler, or style of 
 bowling, is adopted by the other side. 
 This change, say from swift to slow bowl- 
 ing, or vice versa, generally produces the 
 desired results and leads to the speedy re- 
 tirement of the hitherto fortunate bats- 
 man. 
 
 The wicket-keeper's place is a very im- 
 portant one, his principal duty being to 
 stop with his hands every ball the batsman 
 
 misses, it being allowable to make runs 
 (byes) for balls that elude his grasp. Be- 
 hind him stands the long stop, who is 
 always on the outlook for balls that escape 
 the wicket-keeper. The fielders, who are 
 posted in various parts of the grounds, 
 ought to possess quickness of eye and foot, 
 and skill in picking up with either hand a 
 ball that is running, and instantly throw- 
 ing it to the wickets. They must also be 
 well skilled in catching balls. Much de- 
 pends on their judgment of distance be- 
 tween the point at which the ball is picked 
 up, and the wickets, as misconception of 
 this may lead to overthrowing the ball or 
 throwing it short, while the batsmen are 
 profiting by their error, and scoring- 
 additional runs. Fielders usually throw 
 the ball to the wicket-keeper, who returns 
 it slowly to the bowler; this saves the 
 hands of the latter from becoming un- 
 steadied by catching long balls. 
 
 At the end of every four bowls, the 
 bowler, wicket-keeper, long-stop and field- 
 ers, change places, and thus every four 
 balls are delivered from alternate wickets. 
 Four balls constitute an over, which it is 
 the umpire's duty to reckon and announce. 
 
 We have said that each side is allowed 
 two innings, but it sometimes happens that 
 one side scores more runs in one inninic 
 than the other does in two, in such case 
 but one inning is neccessary for the suc- 
 cessful side. 
 
 HARE AND HOUNDS. 
 
 ABE and Hounds is a good country 
 game. Two boys, the best runners, 
 and cutest dodgers of the party, represent 
 the "Hares," and the remainder the 
 "Hounds." The "Hares" carry with them 
 bags of paper, cut into bits, which they 
 scatter behind as they run, this is called 
 the scent. By this the Hounds track and 
 endeavor to capture them. The Hares, of 
 course, try to mislead them by all sorts of 
 doublings and twistings, or by leading 
 them into a difiicult country. The Hares 
 are not allowed, by the rules, to make 
 
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 FOOTBALL. 
 
 false starts at any part of the run, or to 
 separate and lay two scents. They are 
 considered caught if the scent' gives out. 
 
 The hounds will tind a little discipline 
 a wonderful help to them in baffling the 
 tricks of the hares. A captain and a 
 whipper-in should be chosen, the former to 
 lead, the latter to look after the stragglers, 
 if there be any. So long as the scent is 
 strong the whole pack simply follow the 
 captain, keeping well together, but when 
 he is not sure of his way, he blows the 
 whistle wdiich he carries, and the pack 
 halt. The whipper-in stands at the last 
 point at which the scent can be seen, hold- 
 ing a handkerchief in his hand. The pack 
 run round and examine the ground to find 
 the lost scent. The moment they find it 
 the captain blows his whistle and off they 
 
 go again. 
 
 The city boys have a substitute for this 
 game known as "Chalk Chase" or "City 
 Hare and Hound." Two hares are chosen, 
 as in the country game, but instead of the 
 paper scent, chalk arrows are used, on the 
 ground, w^alks or walls, the arrow pointing 
 in the direction they are running. If they 
 wish to hide they must chalk a large 
 capital H in the center of a circle, and hide 
 within twenty paces of it. The hounds 
 must cross out every arrow as they pass, 
 or the hares are not fairly caught. 
 
 In both games the Hares have the start 
 by five or ten minutes, according to the 
 length of the run. To begin with the runs 
 will be short, but before the vacation 
 closes the boys will make runs several 
 miles in length. 
 
 FOOTBALL. 
 
 OOTBALL, as played the present 
 \^S day, is very different from the game 
 of other years, since more science has been 
 brought into the game, in place of 
 strength, with the result that the game is 
 no longer so fatal to life and limb. 
 
 The ground should be the first consider- 
 ation in a game of football; the size is 
 
 usually one hundred and twenty yards 
 long, by eighty yards broad. In the center 
 of each of the extreme ends two upright 
 posts, eight feet high and eight yards apart 
 are erected, with a bar across the top of 
 them. These are the goals, and the game 
 is to kick the ball through these goals. The 
 ball should not be more than twenty-eight 
 inches in circumference, and should be 
 composed of inflated rubber bladder, en- 
 cased in leather. 
 
 Eleven on each side is the correct num- 
 ber of players for a match; gejierally 
 placed as follows, viz. : five forw^ards, two 
 on the right wing, two on the left wing, 
 and one center; three half-backs; two 
 backs and the goal-keeper. 
 
 The forwards as their name denotes, 
 are always in the front of the remainder 
 of the team, and the success or failure of 
 the game, in a great measure depends on 
 them. 
 
 Forwards must be very quick on their 
 feet and very active. Their duty is to 
 play well together, to be unselfish and to 
 "pass" the ball from one to another when 
 threatened by an opponent. To "pass" is 
 to kick the ball into such a position that 
 the player to whom it is sent shall be able 
 to reach it without difficulty. The center 
 forward should certainly be one of the best 
 players in the team, as much depends on 
 him. He should also be a sure kick, for, 
 when the ball is approaching the oppo- 
 nent's goal, it is usually passed to him ; and 
 he makes the shot. A good forward should 
 be able to pass the ball with both the in- 
 side and outside of his feet. 
 
 The half-backs require to be something 
 more than sure kicks. To fill the position 
 well these players should be quick enough 
 to take advantage of any opportunity to 
 assist their side. They should retreat or 
 advance as they see the forwards doing, 
 and they should always judge well 
 before kicking the ball, and if possible 
 "pass" it on to the forward or half- 
 back who is least pressed by his op- 
 ponents. As a rule, the half-backs should 
 
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 219 
 
 not kick very hard, nor very tigh, as, if 
 they do there is more chance of the 
 opposite side getting the ball. The full- 
 backs should not only be clever kicks, cap- 
 able of taking the ball in any position with 
 either foot, but should also be the two 
 strongest players in the team. They 
 should never keep the ball, by any chance, 
 a moment longer than is absolutely 
 necessary, and when pressed should kick 
 the ball well away to the forwards. In 
 the ordinary course of the play the backs 
 must watch the half-backs. If a half-back 
 runs at an opponent and compels him to 
 loose the ball, it is the back's duty to run 
 up and take it before any of the opponent's 
 forwards can get it. The backs should 
 never get near enough the goal-posts to in 
 and way interfere with the goal-keeper's 
 sight of the ball. 
 
 The goal-keeper is, as may be supposed, 
 the player who has to defend the goal, and 
 is the only one who is allowed to touch the 
 ball with his hands. This player should 
 always be on the alert and a strong and 
 sure kick. Practice alone will make a 
 thoroughly reliable goal-keeper. 
 
 To start the game, the ball is placed in 
 the center of the ground and kicked off; 
 each side have then to do their best to 
 secure the ball and run it down to their 
 opponent's goal and try and get it between 
 the posts. If in the course of the play the 
 ball goes over the side lines a player on the 
 opposite side to the one that last kicked it 
 should take the ball in his hands, and, 
 placing his arm above his head, should 
 throw it again into play. 
 
 Should the ball be played behind the 
 goal line by one of the opposing side, it 
 must be kicked off by one of the players 
 behind whose goal line it went, within six 
 yards of the goal post which is nearest to 
 the point where the ball left the field of 
 play ; but, if played behind anyone of the 
 side whose goal line it is, a player of the 
 opposite side must kick it from any point 
 within one yard of the nearest corner. 
 This is called a corner kick. 
 
 When a "goal" is scored, a kick-off take^ 
 place again from the center of the field ; 
 the center forward on the losing sido 
 should kick the ball off. 
 
 Care must be taken not to get "off side," 
 for the penalty is a free kick to the op- 
 ponents. A player cannot be "off side" 
 unless he is in front of the ball and there 
 are less than three of the other side be- 
 tween him and the opponent's goal. 
 
 'No player (with the exception of the 
 goal -keeper in defence of his goal) is al- 
 lowed to touch the ball with his hands. If 
 it is done, "Hands" may be called, and the 
 result is that a free kick is allowed to the 
 side opposing the player who touched the 
 ball with his hands. Any part of the arm 
 below the elbow is considered "Hands." 
 A free kick, is a kick at the ball in any 
 direction the player pleases, when it is ly- 
 ing on the ground, none of the kicker's 
 opponents being allowed within six yards 
 of the ball, unless they are standing on 
 their own goal line. 
 
 "Hacking" (which is kicking a player 
 intentionally) and "tripping up" are also 
 punishable by a free kick at the ball. 
 
 "Heading" the ball is allowed ; that is, 
 if the ball is in the air it may be caught 
 upon the head, and sent in any direction 
 the player desires. 
 
 The time the game shall last should bo 
 decided upon before commencing to play. 
 At "half time" the opponents change sides. 
 
 GOLF. 
 
 OLr is played on what, in Scotland, 
 is called Links, that is tracts of 
 sandy soil covered with short grass. A 
 series of small round holes, about four 
 inches in diameter and several inches in 
 depth, are cut in the turf, at a distance of 
 from one to four or five hundred yards 
 from each other, according to the nature 
 of the ground, so as to form a circuit or 
 round. The rival players are either two 
 in number, which is the simplest arrange- 
 ment, or four (two against two), in which 
 
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 GOLF-CROQUET. 
 
 <»ase tlie two partners strike the ball on 
 their side alternately. The balls, weigh- 
 ing about two ounces, are made of gutta- 
 percha, and painted white so as to be 
 readily seen. 
 
 An ordinary golf-club consists of two 
 parts spliced together — namely the shafi 
 and head, the shaft is usually made of 
 hickory, or lancewood; the handle covered 
 Avith leather; the head (heavily weighted 
 with lead behind, and faced with horn) of 
 well-seasoned apple-tree or beech. Every 
 player has a set of clubs, differing in 
 length and shape to suit the distance to be 
 driven, and the position of the ball ; for 
 (except in striking off from a hole, when 
 the ball may be teed — i. e. placed advan- 
 tageously on a little heap of sand called a 
 tee) it is a rule that the ball must be struck 
 as it happens to lie. Some positions of the 
 ball require a club with an iron head. The 
 usual complement of clubs is six; but 
 those who refine on the gradation of im- 
 plements use as many as ten, which are 
 technically distinguished as the play-club, 
 long-spoon, mid-spoon, short-spoon, baff- 
 ing-spoon, driving-putter, putter, sand- 
 iron, cleek, and miblick or track-iron; the 
 last three have iron heads, the others are 
 of wood. Every player is usually pro- 
 vided with an attendant, called a ^^Caddy," 
 who carries his clubs and ^'tees" his balls. 
 
 The object of the game is, starting from 
 the first hole, to drive the ball into the next 
 hole with as few strokes as possible ; and 
 so on around the course. The player (or 
 pair of players) whose ball is holed with 
 the fewest strokes has gained that hole; 
 and the match is usually decided by the 
 greatest number of holes gained in one or 
 more rounds. Sometimes it is made to de- 
 pend on the aggregate number of strokes 
 taken to "hole" one or more rounds. 
 
 To play the game of golf well requires 
 long practice, and very few attain the 
 great excellency who have not played from 
 their youth. But any one may learn to 
 play tolerably, so as to take great pleasure 
 in the game ; and for all who have once 
 
 entered upon it, it possesses great fascina- 
 tion. It has this advantage over most out- 
 door games — it is suited to both old and 
 young, and is an excellent mode of exer- 
 cise, requiring as it does an amount of 
 walking that forms an unusually good con- 
 stitutional. 
 
 GOLF-CROaUET. 
 
 OLF-CROQUET is designed to 
 ^ utilize the favorite strokes of drives 
 in golf, but on a moderate sized lawn. The 
 controlling features of the game are: First 
 — A good estimation of distance and force 
 required to cover that distance. Second — 
 Accuracy in driving a ball over the grass 
 or lifting it through the air to clear 
 obstacles. 
 
 The course on any lawn or field depends 
 on the shape of the place, and is marked, 
 first, by wickets or arches, similar to those 
 used in croquet, and second, by numbered 
 flags. 'Eo account need be taken of the 
 actual distances between these wickets, it 
 being better to have them unsymmetrical 
 or varying. A spot or tree must be chosen 
 near the center of the lawn and, in placing 
 the wickets they must face this center, as 
 all shots made through wickets are towards 
 the center. 
 
 The wickets should also be placed so 
 that the next one in sequence is in plain 
 view of the last one passed ; that is, ISTo. 3 
 must be seen from ~^o. 2, and No. 4 from 
 N^o. 3, etc. 
 
 The game consists of as many wickets 
 as you are able to emplace ; usually eight, 
 but, as in golf, you may have less, and go 
 over the course twice to a game. 
 
 It may either be played to count only 
 the total number of strokes necessary to 
 get through all the wickets, in which case, 
 the player having made the least number 
 of strokes and passed through all the 
 wickets, is the winner; or it may be played 
 by wickets, in which event the wicket is 
 given to the player who makes it in 
 the least number of strokes and, where 
 equal, no score for that wicket is taken by 
 
QOLF DON'TS. 
 
 221 
 
 either player. Tlie first method of play is 
 called "All Strokes;" the second "All 
 Wickets." 
 
 The balls used are of wood, 2f inches in 
 diameter, light and tough, the object being 
 to get force and speed without much mo- 
 mentum and to be sure that they will float. 
 These balls do not last long, but are cheap 
 and easily replaced, besides which, the 
 mallet or club lasts much better. 
 
 The mallets designed for the game aro 
 different from the croquet mallets, having 
 longer handles and a bevel so arranged on 
 one end of the mallet that it will lift the 
 ball clear of the turf, and drive it in the 
 direction of the prolongation of the axis 
 of the mallet head. 
 
 The advantages claimed for this game 
 are: 
 
 First — Any shaped lawn may be util- 
 ized, and without much preparation ; a few 
 yards near the wicket leveled off is all 
 that is necessary. 
 
 Second — Only one club is necessary and 
 no assistants or "caddies." 
 
 Third — The ball is cheap and not easily 
 lost. 
 
 Fourth — The outfit is portable and little 
 science or time is necessary to lay out the 
 course. 
 
 Fifth — The wickets beings removable, 
 there is no disfiguration of the lawn. 
 
 Sixth — One gets quite the same exercise 
 as in golf, and the accurate play of croquet 
 is fairly well retained in the passage of 
 the wickets. The same element of luck 
 also comes in. 
 
 To play the game: 
 
 It may be played by two or four people, 
 and those having started over the course, 
 more may start without confusion. Pre- 
 suming there are two players, "A" and 
 "B," "A" starts by placing the ball on the 
 place chosen for the start, and carefully 
 estimating the distance, endeavors to send 
 his ball as close as possible to the first 
 wicket; this is stroke 1 for "A." "B" 
 then follows with his stroke 1. ITow go- 
 ing to where their balls are, the one far- 
 thest from the wicket plays stroke 2, and if 
 
 he is still the farthest away, he plays 
 stroke 3, but if stroke 2 carries him closer 
 than his opponent, the opponent plays his 
 stroke 2. This is continued until both 
 players get through the wicket, the number 
 of strokes necessary being carefully kept 
 by each. If a player can strike with his 
 ball the other ball, his stroke is free, and 
 not counted. The other ball can be re- 
 placed or left, and he can either play from 
 where the ball lies or take it to any spot 
 within the radius of a mallet^s head from 
 the ball struck. In no case can he assume 
 to have passed through a wicket. In play- 
 ing with four players, two play as part- 
 ners, like in golf, using one ball, and alter- 
 nating strokes. 
 
 Having passed through the first wicket, 
 the others are made in like manner, count- 
 ing all strokes made, first for each wicket 
 and second for all wickets. The player 
 having the least number of aggregate 
 strokes, wins the game, if the game be 
 "All Strokes," and the player winning the 
 majority of wickets, wins the game, if the 
 game be "All Wickets." 
 
 GOLF DON'TS. 
 
 jO^'T groan over a miss, like a boy 
 who has been eating green apples. 
 Better smile, even though you have to 
 force it; then try, try again. 
 
 Don't, in a foursome, force the smile so 
 heartily that your partner will take um- 
 brage at it. Discriminate ! 
 
 Don't proceed in serene ignorance as to 
 the run of the match by holes. J^othing 
 is more maddening than to have an oppo- 
 nent query in a fatuous way, at quick 
 intervals : "I say, how do we stand now ?" 
 
 Don't play up to the putting green un- 
 til those ahead have holed out and moved 
 away; yea, even though they be of the 
 pencil and paper friends who always 
 stand over the cup to note down their 
 strokes. 
 
 Don't, too, yield to the inclination to 
 play up into a group who are calmly re- 
 trying their putts. Practice calling out 
 
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 ARCHERY. 
 
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 Fore/' Avitli a facetious inflection, for 
 
 such emergL'Ucies. 
 
 Don't play a certain stroke too often, 
 because jou happen to phiy it well. Flay 
 the club the lie suits and the distance de- 
 
 man 
 
 ds. 
 
 Don't worry about other matches pass- 
 ing when you are looking for a lost ball. 
 To call out that you have almost found it 
 may be construed as a mockery. 
 
 Don't move or speak while your oppo- 
 nent is preparing to putt. Have your 
 caddie respect this injunction; also your 
 friends in the encircling ^^gallery." 
 
 Don't be churlish in aiding an opponent 
 to find a lost ball, or object when outsiders 
 assist in the quest. If his ball be found in 
 your caddie boy's pocket, your previous 
 zeal will help to prove innocence on your 
 part. • 
 
 Don't be too profuse with compliments 
 when an opponent is driving very well; 
 nor will a sympathetic murmur banish the 
 jarring feelings left by a wretched foozle. 
 Silence is often good golf. 
 
 Don't think backward as you take the 
 stand. Let every drive make its own 
 history. 
 
 Don't wear red waiscoats on the brain, 
 nor let plaids dominate the intellect. 
 
 Don't, in the greenest of salad days, 
 ignore the difference between match and 
 medal play. Whoever wins the most holes 
 gains a match, and the lowest score wins 
 at medal play. ISTothing is more jarring 
 than to hear the young man with the nev/ 
 clubs tell how he has won a match by 132 
 to 144 strokes ; and 
 
 Don't envy the winner. Your turn 
 will come some day for compliments and 
 the cup. 
 
 LEAP FROG. 
 
 ^'K^IIIS is the simplest but one of the 
 ^ 1^ best of over-back games. The 
 players stand behind each other, forming 
 a long line. The first player in the line 
 makes a back, the second leaps over and 
 makes a back a few feet furthur on, the 
 
 first one still remaining down. The third 
 player goes over the first one, then the 
 second and in his turn makes a back a few 
 feet beyond the second one, and this is con- 
 tinued until all the line are down. Then 
 the boy who made the first back starts 
 again, and leaps each of the backs and 
 makes another back bevond the end of the 
 line, the next player follows suit, and thus 
 a continually advancing line of backs are 
 formed. The whole fun of this game lies 
 in its being played with spirit. 
 
 ARCHERY. 
 
 RCHERY is one of the oldest sports 
 in existence. It was formerly a 
 method of warfare, but has long ceased to 
 be indulged in, in any capacity save that 
 of an amusement. 
 
 In England archery is experiencing a 
 great revival as a sport, being such a 
 healthful out-door exercise. A recom- 
 mendation to the sport is that it is adapted 
 to ladies as well as gentlemen. In modern 
 exercise of archery there are several 
 varieties of contests between the antago- 
 nistic parties ; but the usual variety is tar- 
 get-shooting. In archery matches a num- 
 ber of prizes are generally awarded, the 
 principal being for the greatest number of 
 arrovv^s shot into any part of the target, 
 and for the nearest approach to the exact 
 center. The target has a gold spot in the 
 center, a red ring around this, then a blue 
 ring, then a black, and outside of all a 
 white ring bordered with green. The 
 merit of the shooting consists in a near 
 approach to the exact center or "gold." 
 Two targets are generally used in a match 
 on opposite sides of the field, each by one 
 party. The apparatus used at archery 
 meetings is : First — The bow, varying in 
 weight to the strength of the person who 
 is to use it. Second — The arrow. Third 
 — the quiver, a tin case for holding arrows 
 not in immediate use. Fourth — The pouch. 
 Fifth — The belt for holding the arrows 
 actually in use. The tassel of the belt 
 serves to clean the arrows when dusty. 
 
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 223 
 
 Sixth — the brace, buckled around the left 
 arm, to protect it from being hurt by the 
 string when shooting. Seventh — The 
 shooting glove, formed to protect the three 
 fingers used in drawing the string. Be- 
 sides these articles and target, archers are 
 sometimes provided with a large case 
 called an "ascham," fitted up with 
 necessary drawers and compartments for 
 the reception of the bows, arrows, string 
 and other accouterments. In archery 
 competition, the total number and value, 
 of each person's hits are registered on a 
 scoring card. The shots are usually 
 punctured on a card vdth a pin, preferable 
 to pen and pencil marks. The value of the 
 relative shots are as follows : Gold, 9 ; 
 red, 7; blue, 5; black, 3; white,!. 
 
 That archery is an old game is proven, 
 by the fact that early writers often re- 
 ferred to the sport. Chaucer, in his 
 Canterbury Tales, speaks thus of the 
 archer: 
 
 "Cladde in cote and hode of greene, 
 
 A sheafe of peacock arwes brighte and 
 kene, 
 
 Under his belly he bare ful thriftilie. 
 
 Wei coude he dresse his takel yewmanlie. 
 His arwes drouped not with fetheres lowe. 
 
 And in his hand he bare a mighty bowe.'' 
 
 HOOPS. 
 
 'he hoop race is a very good game be- 
 cause of the exercise derived from 
 it. Besides being a good runner, the win- 
 ner in this game must be skillful in the use 
 of the hoop. The players should be al- 
 lowed start according to the size of their 
 hoops, as, of course, a large hoop can be 
 bowled faster than a small one. The one 
 who first reaches the goal agreed upon, 
 wins the race. 
 
 Turnpikes — -This is considered the best 
 (;f hoop games. The turnpike gates are 
 two small pegs driven into the ground 
 quite close together, or two bricks placed 
 side by side a short distance apart. 
 
 Half the players have hoops and half 
 
 have charge of the gates. The players 
 with hoops start off, trundling the hoop 
 slowly or quickly as they please, and they 
 must pass the hoop through every gate. 
 If the hoop touches either of the gate- 
 posts, or goes outside them, the keeper 
 takes the hoop, while the trundler takes 
 his place as gatekeeper. 
 
 Posting — In this game a large circular 
 track should be marked out, with stations 
 at equal distances, one for each player. 
 
 The player at the first station trundles 
 his hoop to the second station, the player 
 at that station takes his to the third, and 
 so on, the player at the last station takes 
 the hoop on the first again. Anyone 
 steadying the hoop with his hand is out, 
 and his station must be abolished. The 
 player keeping in, and trundling the hoop 
 round to all the stations, wins the game. 
 If the number of players is large, two or 
 three hoops may be kept going at one 
 time. 
 
 LA CROSSE. 
 
 A CKOSSE is a game of Indian 
 ^ origin. Every player is provided 
 with a kind of large battledore. This con- 
 sists of a long stick of light hickory, bent 
 at the top like a bishop's crosier; strings 
 of deerskin are stretched diagonally 
 across the hooked portion in different 
 directions, forming a network — not so 
 tightly as in a regular battledore or racket- 
 bat, nor so loosely as to form a bag. As 
 the battledore, called a crosse, is 5 or 6 
 feet long, there is a great leverage power 
 in handling it. Only one ball is used; 
 that is of India rubber, 8 or 9 inches in 
 circumference. Posts or poles about 6 
 feet high, with a flag at the top of each, 
 complete the equipment. 
 
 The players divide themselves into two 
 parties, the reds and the blues ; their 
 number, as well as the size of the play- 
 field, is nearly optional ; but usually there 
 are 12 players on each side. Red pre- 
 dominates in the dress of one party, blue 
 in the other, for facility in distinguishing 
 
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 TETHER BALL. 
 
 colleagues from opponents. To prepare 
 for the game, a red goal is set np at one 
 end of the field, consisting of two small 
 red flags on posts, about 6 feet high and 
 6 feet apart; a similar goal, but blue in 
 color, is set up at the opposite end of the 
 field. iSTow, the object of the game is for 
 the blues to drive the ball through the red 
 goal, and the reds to drive it through the 
 blue goal ; and each party, as a matter of 
 course, attempts to frustrate the plans of 
 the other. The ball is not thrown by the 
 hand, but is hooked up from the grass by 
 the bent end of the crosse or battledore; 
 it is borne on the net horizontally, w^hile 
 the player runs, and ia dexterously thrown 
 off the crosse when the exigencies of the 
 game require such a maneuver, l^o play- 
 er is allowed to wear spiked shoes; but a 
 good hold of the ground is obtained by 
 w^earing moccasins, which the Indians pre- 
 fer, for the purpose to regular shoes. Each 
 side has a captain who does not play and 
 each goal has an umpire. 
 
 In the arrangement of the men on each 
 side, the goal-keeper defends the goal ; 
 point is the first man out from the goal; 
 cover-point is a little advance of point ; 
 center is in the center of the field ; home 
 is the player nearest to the opponent's 
 goal ; while the fielders comprise the rest 
 of the players. 
 
 Beginning near the center of the field, 
 the players struggle to obtain mastery 
 over the ball, and convey it to the oppo- 
 nent's goal. When scooped up from the 
 ground it is carried horizontally on the 
 crosse, the player running towards one of 
 the goals, trying to elude the vigilance of 
 his antagonists. If it seems prudent, he 
 ])itches the ball off the crosse towards a 
 colleague, who may be in better position 
 to convey it toward the goal. The ball is 
 not touched by the hand, except under 
 special and clearly ddlfined circumstances. 
 Tf the ball be accidentally driven through 
 the red goal by one of the reds, the blues 
 win the game, and vice versa. The play- 
 ers must not strike, trip up, or grasp one 
 another ; nor must any one lay hold of the 
 
 crosse of another. One player strikes the 
 ball off an opponent's crosse with his own 
 crosse and not by any other means. Two 
 players on the same side may fling or 
 carry the ball consecutively. 
 
 TETHEK BALL. 
 
 1^,^'IIE origin of games is a history of the 
 development of one game from an- 
 other. Thus, we have continuous records 
 extending back to the old Roman period 
 of games played with rackets. Out of the 
 original crude forms have developed the 
 higher, as seen in the highly differentiated 
 forms of Pelota in Spain, and Court and 
 Lawn Tennis in England. A new game 
 recently developed out of Lawn Tennis is 
 Tether Ball. One of the difficulties in 
 connection wdth practicing the strokes in 
 Lawn Tennis is the obvious one of the 
 recovering the balls that have been driven. 
 Accordingly, it occurred to some bright 
 individual that the ball might be tethered 
 from an upright post. The ball upon be- 
 ing struck almost inevitably tended to 
 wind the string that held it around the 
 pole. It was but a step beyond this to the 
 production of a game — two individuals 
 standing on opposite sides of a pole, each 
 endeavoring to wind the ball around the 
 pole in different directions. Thus we have 
 the popular game of Tether Ball. The 
 step formulating the rules defining 
 heights, distances, and the like, is the re- 
 maining one necessary. It is made in the 
 following article. 
 
 The ffreat advantage of the 
 
 game 
 
 IS 
 
 the limited space demanded by the sport 
 — a piece of ground twenty feet square is 
 sufficient. There are no balls to chase, 
 no expensive net or back-stop to be erected, 
 no exasperating waits looking for the ball, 
 no close decisions for the umpire as to 
 whether the ball was in or out; the game 
 is rapid, interesting, inexpensive, limited 
 in area demanded, can be played by wo- 
 men as well as by men. These elements 
 account for its popularity, and warrant a 
 
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 belief that it will become still more pop- 
 ular. 
 
 THE POLE. * 
 
 1. The pole shall be an upright wooden 
 pole, standing 10 feet out of the ground. 
 It must be in a X^ertical position and firmly 
 embedded in the earth so as not to vibrate. 
 The pole shall be 7-J inches in circum- 
 ference at the ground; it may taper to- 
 wards its upper end. There shall be a 
 black band 2 inches broad painted around 
 the pole 6 feet above the ground. 
 
 THE COURT. 
 
 2. The court may be any smooth piece 
 of ground, either grassed or not. It must 
 be free from all obstructions. A circle 
 shall be drawn about the pole on the 
 ground having a 3-foot radius. A straight 
 line 20 feet long shall bisect the circle, 
 dividing the court into two sections. Six 
 feet from the pole at right angles to and 
 on each side of the line, of division, there 
 shall be two plainly marked crosses. They 
 are to be known as the service crosses. 
 
 THE BALL. 
 
 3. The ball shall be a championship 
 tennis ball, having a strong linen tight- 
 fitting cover. It shall be fastened to a 
 string with a ring made of linen cord. 
 ^o metal shall be used on the ball. The 
 ball shall be suspended from the top of 
 the pole by a piece of heavy braided fish- 
 line. The cord must allow the ball to 
 hang 7^ feet ; thus, when hanging at rest, 
 it will be 2J feet from the ground. 
 
 KULES OF TETHER TENNIS. 
 THE GAME. 
 
 4. (1) The game shall be played by 
 two opponents who shall toss rackets for 
 court. The loser shall have service. 
 
 (2) The game shall be started by the 
 service. This shall be done from the cen- 
 ter of each person's court at the point 
 marked with a cross. 
 
 (3) The ball may be struck in any man- 
 ner with the racket in the direction be- 
 
 fore agreed upon, the endeavor being to 
 wind the string upon the pole above the 
 black line. The ball may be hit but once. 
 It must then go into the opponent's court. 
 A violation of this is a foul. 
 
 (4) The winner of the toss shall deter- 
 mine in which direction he will endeavor 
 to wind the ball. His opponent must 
 then endeavor to prevent his winding the 
 ball in that direction, and must endeavor 
 to wind it in the opposite direction. 
 
 (5) Each player must keep wholly with- 
 in his own court. This includes his arm 
 and his racket. He must not step on or 
 over the circle about the pole. A violation 
 of this rule constitutes a foul. 
 
 (6) If the string winds around the 
 handle of the racket of one of the players 
 this is a foul. In case the string winds 
 about the pole below the black mark this 
 counts a foul on the person in whose favor 
 the string is wound. 
 
 (7) Penalty for all fouls is a free hit 
 by the opponent from the service cross. 
 
 (8) If in taking the ball for service, 
 it must be either wound or unwound on 
 the pole a half turn in order to reach the 
 other side, it shall be unwound. 
 
 (9) The game is won when the string 
 has been completely wound up on the pole 
 above the black lines. 
 
 (10) The person winning the majority 
 out of eleven games wins the set. 
 
 BOWLS. 
 
 'HIS is a favorite English game. It 
 is played upon a smooth, flat piece of 
 turf, from 40 to 60 feet square, sur- 
 rounded by a trench or ditch about half a 
 foot deep. The players arrange them- 
 selves in sides, usually of four each, and 
 each man is usually provided with two 
 bowls. The bowls are made of lignum- 
 vitae wood, of 6 or 8 inches in diameter, 
 nearly round, and with a bias to one side. 
 A smaller ball, perfectly spherical and 
 white, is placed at one end of the bowling 
 green; this is termed the jack, and the 
 aim of the players, who stand at the other 
 
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 SQUASH BALL. 
 
 end of tli« green, is to send their ball that 
 thcv may lie as near as possible to the 
 jack. The side whose balls are nearest 
 the jack, reckon one point for each bowl 
 so placed. 7-14-21 or 31, make game, 
 according to previous arrangement. Balls 
 are biased or Aveighed on one side, that the 
 player may reach the jack by a curved 
 instead of a straight course, an expedient 
 which the nature of the game renders par- 
 ticularly desirable. Indeed, were it not 
 for this, the game would lose half its 
 charms. A bowl is played forehand, when 
 it is so placed in the hand and delivered 
 as to cause it to approach the jack with a 
 curve from the right; and in order to 
 attain the curve, the bowl must be held so 
 that its bias side is on the left or inside. 
 Backhand is the reverse. If a bowl goes 
 into the ditch without touching the jack, 
 it cannot count in the scoring of that en,d ; 
 but if it strikes the jack, and then rolls 
 into the ditch, it reckons as if on the green. 
 ^Yhen the jack is carried by a bowl into 
 the ditch, it is usually lifted and placed 
 on the green as near as possible to its 
 position in the ditch. When the balls have 
 so accumulated round the jack that it is 
 impossible to approach it from either side, 
 Avithout running the risk of touching an 
 adversary's bowl, the last player frequent- 
 ly endeavors to run the jack, by playing 
 straight at it with such force as to neutral- 
 ize the bias, and, if fortunate, carry away 
 the jack from the neighborhood of his 
 opponent's bowls. A skip is appointed on 
 each side, whose duty it is to direct each 
 of his men. 
 
 SaUASH BALL. 
 
 SQUASH BALL is one of the more 
 recent developments of the general 
 Lawn Tennis family. It appears that 
 Fives originated by playing a tennis ball 
 with the hand against a wall on lines laid 
 out for a tennis court. This game is still 
 used extensively. Later on a wooden bat 
 was used, and the game was called Bat 
 Fives. Subsequent evolution was in the 
 
 development of a racket like a tennis 
 racket, excepting that it was lighter, 
 weighing between nine and ten ounces. 
 Eventually side-walls, back-wall and a 
 ceiling were added, making an inclosed 
 court. In this form it was called Rackets. 
 Squash Ball is played in a Racket court 
 and is really a variation of that game. 
 It is growing rapidly in popularity, as 
 courts are being built in our leading ath- 
 letic clubs and colleges. 
 
 There are a number of different ways 
 of playing and scoring squash. The style 
 adopted in this book is one of the most 
 practical and commonly used. 
 
 DEFINITIONS. 
 
 Ace — A point won and scored. 
 
 Court — The whole building in which 
 the game is played. One may speak of the 
 right court or of the left court. 
 
 Service Line — A line painted on the 
 front wall 8 feet from the floor. 
 
 Tell Tale — A line painted on the front 
 wall 2 feet 2 inches from the floor. 
 
 Dividing Line — The line on the floor 
 dividing the court into two equal spaces. 
 
 Cross Court Line — A line across the 
 court 23 feet from the back wall. 
 
 Hand In — The player who has the right 
 of serving the ball. 
 
 Hand Out — The player who has to re- 
 ceive the service. 
 
 In Play — The ball is in play after being 
 served until it has touched the floor twice, 
 or the player, or the board, or has gone out 
 of court. 
 
 Out of Court — A ball is out of court 
 when it touches the roof, posts, cushions, 
 or is driven into the gallery. 
 
 THE RULES OF SQUASH. 
 
 1. The game to be 21 up. At 19 all 
 the out players may set it to 5 ; and at 20 
 all, to 3, provided this be done before 
 another ball is struck. 
 
 2. The going in first, whether odds be 
 given or not, to be decided by spin; but 
 one hand only is then to be taken. 
 
 3. The ball to be served alternately 
 
COURSING. 
 
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 right and left, beginning whichever side 
 the server pleases. 
 
 4. In serving, the server mnst have one 
 foot in the space marked off for that pur- 
 pose. The out player to whom he serves 
 may stand where he pleases, but his part- 
 ner, and the server's partner must both 
 stand behind the server till the ball is 
 served. 
 
 5. The ball must be served above, and 
 not touching the line on the front wall, 
 and it must strike the floor before it 
 bounds, within and not touching the lines 
 enclosing the court on the side opposite to 
 that in which the server stands. 
 
 6. A ball served below the line or to the 
 wrong side is a fault, but it may be taken, 
 and then the ace must be played out and 
 counts. 
 
 . 7. In serving, if the ball strikes any- 
 where before it reaches the front wall, or 
 if it touch the roof or the gallery, it is a 
 hand out. 
 
 8. In serving, if a ball touch the server 
 or his partner before it has bounded twice 
 it is a hand out, whether it was properly 
 served or not. 
 
 9. Two consecutive faults put a hand 
 out. 
 
 10. It is a fault — 
 
 (a) If the server is not in his proper 
 place. 
 
 (b) If the ball is not served over the 
 line. 
 
 (c) If it does not fall in the proper 
 court. 
 
 The out player may take a fault if he 
 pleases, but if he fails in putting the ball 
 up, it counts against him. 
 
 11. An out player may not take a ball 
 served to his partner. 
 
 12. The out players may change their 
 courts once only in each game. 
 
 13. If a player designedly stop a ball 
 before the second bound, it counts against 
 him. 
 
 14. If a ball hit the striker's adversary 
 above or on the knee, it is a let ; if below 
 the knee, or if it hits the striker's partner 
 or himself, it counts against the striker. 
 
 15. Till a ball has been touched, or 
 has bounded twice, the player or his part- 
 ner may strike at it as often as they please. 
 
 16. Every player should get out of the 
 way as much as possible. If he cannot 
 the marker is to decide if it is a let or 
 not. 
 
 17. After the service, a ball going out 
 of the court, or hitting the roof or the 
 gallery, in returning from the front wall, 
 or if it hit the roof before reaching the 
 front wall, counts against the striker. 
 
 18. The marker's decision is final; but 
 if he has any doubts he should ask advice, 
 and if he cannot decide positively, the ace 
 is to be played over again. 
 
 COTJRSmG. 
 
 OUESING is a method of hunting 
 hares by greyhounds, in which the 
 dogs follow the game by sight, instead of 
 by scent. This game is of very ancient 
 date, having been practiced by the Greeks. 
 Within the last few years, however, its 
 popularity as a sport has greatly increased, 
 and the breed of the greyhound is now 
 studied with nearly the same care and 
 zest as that of the race-horse. The method 
 pursued by Coursing is briefly as follows : 
 Meetings are held in open districts, well 
 frequented by hares, where the greyhounds 
 — technically called ^'dogs" — are entered 
 by their owners for a variety of stakes, 
 which are to be competed for. Coursing 
 in this respect, partaking of the nature 
 of a race between horses. The first thing 
 done is to select a judge to decide upon 
 the merits of the best dogs ; second, a 
 ^'slipper" is appointed to hold the dogs 
 in leash, and start them at the hare ; and, 
 third, a flag-steward is chosen, who re- 
 mains near the judge and announces the 
 color of the victorious dog by means of a 
 red or white flag, according as the com- 
 petitors are arranged. The next thing- 
 done is to "^^beat" the field for a hare. 
 When one is found, the judge usually al- 
 lows it 80 or 100 yards "law" before he 
 cries to the "slipper" to let the dogs "go." 
 

 LAWN TENNIS. 
 
 Upon the word "^go," the ^'slipper" liber- 
 at4?s the animals by a spring attached to 
 the ''slips," i. e., the long cord held by 
 the "slipper" and communicated with the 
 leathern collars fixed around the necks of 
 the dog's. The judge's duties now begin 
 in earnest. He follows the dogs wherever 
 they go, calculating carefully the number 
 of ''points" made by each — a "point" be- 
 ing any meritorious achievement on the 
 part of the dogs (as when the one outstrips 
 the other, at any time, or turns the hare, 
 i. e., causes it to "double"), and at last 
 he adjudges the victory, not necessarily to 
 the dog who has killed the hare, but to 
 the one who has made the most points dur- 
 ing the course, i. e., which has exhibited 
 the finest qualities of speed, sagacity, en- 
 durance, etc. 
 
 LAWN TENNIS. 
 
 f'HIS is one of the best of out-door 
 games for boys and girls, ladies and 
 gentlemen. A level lawn or field should 
 be chosen, although sometimes asphalt 
 and even cinder courts are used, but these 
 are not so good as turf. 
 
 The requisites for the game consist of, 
 first, two posts, three and a half feet high ; 
 second, a net, which is fastened to the 
 posts, and which should be tarred to keep 
 it from rotting ; third, a stay to put in the 
 middle of the net to keep it the right 
 height (three feet) ; fourth, a dozen india- 
 rubber balls, not less than two and a half 
 inches in diameter, and not more than two 
 ounces in weight, covered with thin felt; 
 fifth, a racket, which should not weigh 
 more than fourteen and a quarter ounces. 
 
 There are two kinds of lawn tennis — 
 the single-handed game, played by two 
 players, and the double-handed game, 
 played by three or four players. 
 
 For the single-handed game the' court 
 should be twenty-seven feet in width and 
 seventy-eight feet in length, divided across 
 the middle by the net, the posts of whicii 
 should stand three feet outside the court 
 on each side ; at each end of the court 
 
 parallel with the net and at a distance of 
 thirty-nine feet from it, there should be 
 drawn the base lines, the extremities of 
 which should be connected by the side 
 lines. Half way between the side lines, 
 and parallel with them, should be drawn 
 the half-court line, dividing the space on 
 each side of the net into two equal parts, 
 called the right and left courts, and on 
 each side of the net, at a distance of twen- 
 ty-one feet from it, and parallel with it, 
 should be drawn the service lines. It is 
 a great advantage if a strip of white cloth 
 about two inches wide is stretched and 
 fastened to the top of the net, as otherwise 
 it is difficult to distinguish. 
 
 The players stand on opposite sides of 
 the net. The one who is to deliver the 
 ball is called the server, and the other the 
 striker-out. The server stands with one 
 foot outside the base line, and the other 
 foot upon it, and delivers the ball from 
 the right and left courts alternately, be- 
 ginning from the right. The ball served 
 must drop over the net and within the 
 square nearest the net which is diagonally 
 opposite to that from which the ball is 
 served ; that is to say, if the server were 
 delivering the ball from the right-hand 
 court, it would have to fall in the left- 
 hand court of his opponent. If the ball 
 be delivered into the wrong court, or if the 
 ball drop in the net, or beyond the service 
 line, it is counted a fault. The server is 
 allowed another try ; if this is also a fault 
 15 is scored to his opponent. If, however, 
 the ball pitches in the proper court it 
 should be immediately returned, by being 
 struck with the racket on the first bounce 
 by the striker-out, and again returned in 
 the same manner by his opponent; but 
 after service the ball may be struck either 
 before it touches the ground or on the first 
 bounce, and this continues until one of the 
 players fails to return it, or it is knocked 
 outside the lines of the court, when 15 is 
 scored by the opposite side to the one which 
 missed the ball or knocked it out. If the 
 ball served just touches the net it is called 
 a "let" ball. Provided the service be other- 
 
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 229 
 
 wise good the service counts for nothing, 
 and the player may serve again. 
 
 Either player loses a stroke if the ball 
 in play touch him, or anything that he 
 wears or carries, except his racket; or if 
 he touch or strike the ball in play with 
 his racket more than once consecutively; 
 or if he touch the net, or any of its sup- 
 ports, while the ball is in play; or if he 
 touch the ball before it has passed the net. 
 On a player winning his first stroke the 
 score is called 15, on winning the second 
 stroke 30, on winning the third stroke 40, 
 and the fourth stroke '^game." If both 
 players have won three strokes the score 
 is called ^'deuce;" the player that next 
 scores gets what is termed "advantage,'' 
 and if he scores again he wins the game. 
 If, however, his opponent scores, then they 
 go back to deuce again, and so on until 
 either player wins the two strokes imme- 
 diately following the score of deuce, when 
 the game is scored for that player. The 
 player who first wins six games Avins a set. 
 At the end of everv set sides are chano^ed. 
 
 These rules also apply to three and four- 
 handed games. The court, however, is 
 arranged differently. It should be thirty- 
 six feet wide. Within the side lines, four 
 and a half feet from them and parallel 
 with them, are drawn the service lines, in 
 the form of a square. In other respects 
 the court is like to that described for the 
 single-handed game. 
 
 TALLY-HO COACHING PAETIES. 
 
 'HESE Tally-ho Coaching Parties are 
 considered a delightful pastime by 
 all who indulge in same. They give much 
 latitude for pretty costumes ; there are few 
 brighter pictures than that of a tally-ho 
 coach as it dashes along the city boulevards 
 and over country roads and lanes to the 
 music of merry voices and tooting horns. 
 This long drive is certain to sharpen all 
 appetites and make welcome the picnic 
 lunch, eaten in countrv wood. All sorts 
 of picnic dainties will be found available 
 for such a luncheon. 
 
 ROOF PARTIES. 
 
 I^OOF parties are the very latest di- 
 version which the girl who stays in 
 to\vn enjoys. They are very jolly enter- 
 tainments. The outer edge of the roof is 
 usually surrounded by a narrow '^fence." 
 In the corners are placed potted plants 
 and camp-chairs. The center of the roof is 
 reserved for games and dancing, if desired. 
 The refreshments are the simplest possible 
 and are served from small tables, or simply 
 "handed round." Dwellers in big apart- 
 ment houses may also give these "up in the 
 air" entertainments. These festivals have 
 become very popular from the fact of their 
 being both informal and novel. 
 
 Amateur theatricals often take place on 
 these tiny "roof gardens." 
 
 If the roof be spacious and walled in by 
 a high parapet so much the better, for of 
 course there is always some danger of fall- 
 ing from so high an eminence. 
 
 BASE-BALL. 
 
 HE American national field game 
 derives its origin from the old Eng- 
 lish school-boy game of "Rounders." Xew 
 York is the birthplace of this game as it 
 is now played. 
 
 The Game. — A space of ground is 
 marked off on a level, turfy field, being in 
 the form of a diamond-square, with equal 
 sides thirty yards each, bases being at each 
 of the four corners. One of these bases is 
 called the home plate and the others, be- 
 ginning on the right, are numbered re- 
 spectively first, second and third. Within 
 the diamond, in front of the home plate 
 and fiftv feet distant therefrom, is the 
 pitcher's square or "box." The contestants 
 in a match consist of nine players on each 
 side, the attacking force taking up the nine 
 positions at the bat, and the defense the 
 position in the field, viz., the pitcher 
 stands near the center of the diamond, the 
 catcher in front of him and behind the 
 batsman ; near each base is a baseman : 
 between second and third bases is stationed 
 
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 CROQUET. 
 
 the shortstop, and at a considerable dis- 
 tance back from the first, second and third 
 bases are three men, called respectively the 
 right, center and left fielders. 
 
 The home team always has the choice of 
 innings, and the fielding side having taken 
 position the pitcher delivers the ball to the 
 batsman, who endeavors to hit it and send 
 it out of reach of the field men, so that 
 he can reach first base before the opposing 
 force can ''field" the ball to the baseman 
 standing there. If the batsman fails to 
 accomplish this he is called "out." If he 
 reaches the base before the ball he next 
 tries to reach second, third and the home 
 plate, others of his side taking the bat in 
 turn and attempting to hit the ball in such 
 manner as to enable him to reach the bases. 
 If he succeeds in making the bases before 
 three of his side are put out he makes a 
 run. 
 
 The ball may be pitched, jerked or 
 thrown to the bat, but in order to oblige 
 the batsman to strike at it, must pass over 
 the home base and between the batsman's 
 knee and shoulder ; every ball so delivered 
 must be struck at, and a refusal to do this 
 is counted a strike. The batsman is en- 
 titled to his base on four ''called" bats, 
 i. e., balls failing to pass over the home 
 plate and between the batsman's knee and 
 shoulder; also when hit by a pitched ball 
 and in case of illegal delivery of ball to the 
 bat. If three unsuccessful attempts to hit 
 the ball are made or three strikes are called 
 the batsman must run to first base and 
 reach same before the ball is pitched, or 
 he is called out. His opponents may put 
 him out by catching batted balls before 
 they strike the ground and by touching 
 him with the ball between bases. 
 
 After three men have been put out on a 
 side, the inning for that side is ended, and 
 the field side takes its turn at the bat. This 
 is continued until nine innings have been 
 played, when the side scoring the greater 
 number of runs wins the game. In cases 
 of a tie at the end of the ninth inning, 
 more innings are played until one side 
 scores more runs than the other. 
 
 CROaUET. 
 
 ^1 ROQUET is an open-air game, in 
 ^ which two or more players endeavor 
 to drive wooden balls, by means of long- 
 handled mallets, through a series of arches 
 set in the ground according to some pat- 
 tern. 
 
 Various plans for the placing of the 
 hoops have been adopted by croquet play- 
 ers, but the general principles of the game 
 are the same in all cases, whatever the 
 shape of the ground or the disposition of 
 the arches. The following is the original 
 plan and the easiest way of setting the 
 hoops : 
 
 To set out the hoops drive in the start- 
 ing peg (which is also the winning peg) 
 and set the first hoop in a straight line 
 from it at a distance of twelve feet. Set the 
 second hoop ten feet farther on; then 
 draw a diagonal line of twenty feet and set 
 up the third hoop, with the fourth hoop ten 
 feet distant in a straight line, and the fifth 
 hoop ten feet farther. Then draw another 
 diagonal of twenty feet, and set up the 
 sixth hoop directly opposite the second ; 
 carry the seventh hoop ten feet back in a 
 straight line, and fix the turning-peg 
 twelve feet back to correspond with the 
 starting peg. Afterward complete the 
 other side in exactly the same manner. 
 Thus the order of play will be from the 
 starting peg to hoop 1, and so on to the 
 turning peg, and thence back to the win- 
 ning peg. 
 
 TEKMS USED IN THE GAME. 
 
 Roquet. — The word is used to denote 
 that when both balls are "in play." The 
 striker's ball is caused by a blow of the 
 mallet to hit another which it has not be- 
 fore hit in the same turn since making a 
 point. The making of the roquet gives the 
 striker the privilege of croqueting the ball 
 struck. A second roquet, without a point 
 in the interval does not count, but it may 
 be made for the purpose of driving away 
 an opponent's ball, cannoning, etc., the 
 striker's turn ending there, unless by the 
 same stroke he makes a point, or roquets 
 
BALLOON TENNIS. 
 
 231 
 
 anotlier ball, which he has not previously 
 struck during the round, and since making 
 a point. 
 
 Croquet. — When one ball has roqueted 
 another the striker's ball is placed in con- 
 tact with the one roqueted, the striker 
 then hitting his own ball with the mallet. 
 The non-striker's ball, when moved by a 
 croquet, is called the croqueted hall. The 
 striker is not allowed to put his foot- upon 
 the ball, as was formerly done in what was 
 known as tight croquet. 
 
 A Loose Croquet. — This is made in 
 three ways: First, by the striker placing 
 his ball close to the one he has roqueted, 
 and striking the former, in a line passing 
 through the axis of each, by which plan 
 the striker's ball remains almost stationary 
 while the other flies forward ; secondly, by 
 the player striking the ball at any angle 
 so as to drive the balls in opposite direc- 
 tions ; and, lastly, by touching the roqueted 
 ball slightly, with as little movement of the 
 player's ball as need be. 
 
 A Rolling Croquet is made by placing 
 the two balls in juxtaposition as before, 
 and the player striking his own ball in 
 such a way as to make it follow after the 
 ball struck. 
 
 The Side StroTce is made by raising the 
 mallet to the shoulder and hitting your 
 ball full in the center. 
 
 The Straight Stroke is made with the 
 mallet held straight to the axis of the ball, 
 perpendicularly in front of the body. 
 
 Spooning is simply pushing the ball, 
 which is considered unfair. The test of 
 the spoon is that it makes no noise. 
 
 In Play. — A ball is said to be "in play" 
 as soon as it has run the first hoop; and 
 it remains "in play" until it makes a 
 roquet. 
 
 In Hand. — After making a roquet, a 
 ball is said to be "in hand," and cannot 
 again score until it has made a croquet, 
 after which it is again "in play;" but 
 unless it makes a point it continues "in 
 hand'^ to the ball or balls it has croqueted 
 for the remainder of the turn. When it 
 
 has made another point it is "in play" 
 again to all the balls, as at the beginning 
 of its turn. 
 
 Dead Ball. — The ball is said to be 
 "dead" that has run all the hoops and 
 struck the winning peg. 
 
 BALLOON TENNIS. 
 
 ^ ITHER two or four players are 
 needed in this game. A string is 
 stretched across the lawn, which supplies 
 the place of the "net" in ordinary tennis. 
 An air-ball should be provided. The 
 players arrange themselves on either side 
 of the string, one side against the other. 
 The hand is used in batting the ball from 
 one side to the other, each side attempting 
 to keep the ball from alighting on the 
 ground on their side of the string, at the 
 same time each trying to bat it in such 
 manner that it will strike the ground on 
 the side of the opponent. 
 
 Every time the ball touches the ground 
 it counts ^YQ for the opponent. The game 
 played is usually fifty counts. 
 
 "HERE GOES UP EOE MONDAY." 
 
 'HIS game requires seven players, 
 each being given a name of one of the 
 days of the week. The players stand fac- 
 ing a high w^all or building. "Sunday" 
 takes a rubber ball, and, throwing it high 
 against the wall, calls out, "Here goes up 
 for ," any day of the week being- 
 mentioned. The player whose name has 
 been called must immediately run forward 
 and catch the ball before it reaches the 
 ground, the other players running away. 
 If the ball is caught it is thrown against 
 the wall by the catcher, and he in his turn 
 calls a name. When the player fails to 
 catch the ball he misses a point, or an 
 ^^egg^^^ as it is called. He must then pick 
 up the ball and throw it at another player ; 
 if one is hit, that player also loses an 
 "egg," and has in his turn to throw the ball 
 against the wall. 
 
 If, however, the player who throws the 
 
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 SUMMER OUT OF DOORiS. 
 
 bull at the other player fails to hit same 
 he must himself throw the ball against the 
 wall. The loss of "eggs" puts a player 
 
 "out." The last one having an ^'egg^^ left 
 wins the game. 
 
 CAT AND RAT. 
 
 I HIS is a favorite among the children. 
 All join hands and form a ring. 
 Two persons having previously been 
 chosen, one for cat, the other for the rat. 
 The rat is placed on the inside of the 
 ring, the cat on the outside. The cat must 
 then break through the circle and catch 
 the rat. The cat is not allowed to pass 
 under the clasped hands — he must break 
 through them. On the other hand, every- 
 thing possible is done to aid the rat. 
 Hands are unclasped for him to pass in or 
 out, and he is allow^ed to pass under the 
 clasped hands. Immediately the cat 
 passes inside the ring, the rat must make 
 haste to get out, thus escaping the cap- 
 ture. 
 
 When the cat finally succeeds in cap- 
 turing the rat, each must choose a suc- 
 cessor to fill the places vacated by them. 
 
 SUMMER OUT OF DOORS. 
 
 PIAZZA POSSIBILITIES. 
 
 IHE cheap cotton Japanese rugs, even 
 those that have done first service 
 within doors, are appropriate for a floor- 
 covering. Indeed, a strip of matting is 
 preferred by some women to the cotton 
 ruffs. The latter match well the liffht oak 
 rockers known as piazza chairs, and need 
 not be taken in at night; for even if a 
 shower give them a good wetting, there is 
 no harm done. A couch of cane is less 
 expensive than a rattan couch, and is al- 
 most as pretty. Over this rugs may be 
 thrown, and pillows piled up at the back. 
 A kitchen-table, the legs of which have 
 been shortened and over the top of which 
 a denim tableeover has been thrown, is 
 convenient for books and magazines. The 
 
 Japanese screens or shades that hang at 
 the front and the sides of the piazzas are 
 inexpensive, and are desirable for the sake 
 of privacy. These are easily lowered and 
 raised, and by many are preferred to the 
 striped awning. The latter may be made 
 easily at home, if the sewing machine will 
 do such stiff sewing as is required in the 
 seaming and the binding. 
 
 An awning that will cost fifteen dollars 
 made to order may be made at home for 
 one-third of the cost. Any one with ordi- 
 nary understanding of measurements can 
 cut a pattern for it, and the awning when 
 completed may be hung on hooks by means 
 of brass rings, and afterward adjusted to 
 the iron rods composing the framework. 
 Then again, a shade of awning-cloth may 
 be hung like a curtain at the front or 
 sunny side of the piazza, and dropped or 
 lifted the same as a boat sail, and with 
 equal readiness. These shades have quite 
 taken the place of the shield of honey- 
 suckle, woodbine, and other ivies that once 
 were so popular as piazza decorations. 
 The reason for this is obvious, as the 
 foliage draws mosquitoes and interferes 
 with the personal comfort of the piazza- 
 dweller. For that very reason vines have 
 regularly gone out of fashion. They are 
 not there to draw the musical, murderous 
 mosquito that, in turn, drives the house- 
 owner away from home. 
 
 A hammock which is the usual feature 
 of piazza-comfort is often more pleasing to 
 look at than to lie in, and for that reason 
 is not so popular as it once was. If there 
 is a secluded corner in which to suspend it, 
 all well and good ; but it no longer monop- 
 olizes space that can be more satisfactorily 
 filled. The large willow steamer chair, 
 which is really a couch, is far more com- 
 fortable. It may be filled with pillows at 
 the reclining back or not. It is a com- 
 fortable summer chair, and far ahead of a 
 hammock. For the hammock, the pillows 
 should be linen-covered, or gingham-cov- 
 ered, so that the slips can be washed every 
 week or two, for they are bound to catch 
 the dust. 
 
A CAMP PARTY. 
 
 233 
 
 The little cheap unfinished wooden-top 
 tables are suitable for the piazza, and if 
 the space will admit, there may be two 
 or three of them, The cover of cretonne 
 or linen should be tacked on, and a six- 
 inch ruffle tacked around the edge with 
 brass-headed nails. Twice renewing this 
 cover during the summer will keep the 
 table dainty and decorative. As for the 
 green decorations of the piazza, a few 
 bright majolica jars containing pots of 
 ferns, a rubber plant, or palms will fill 
 corners, or even be more conspicuous, if 
 desired. If the jars containing the plants 
 are stood on small tabourets, the effect is 
 charming. The newest hammock is a 
 swinging bench with high back and end- 
 pieces. When this is painted a bright red, 
 suspended with great heavy red ropes with 
 tassels, and then filled with pilloAvs covered 
 with bright contrasting colors, the effect 
 is most attractive. This seat, which by 
 *<he way is deep enough to be most com- 
 fortable, is rather an expensive affair ; but 
 there is no reason why the home carpenter 
 cannot manufacture the same thing at a 
 nominal cost. It is, however, one of the 
 newest things for piazza-furnishing. 
 
 The illustrations presented here are de- 
 signs by an artistic furniture dealer in 
 New York, who is noted for the origi- 
 nality of his work. The furniture is heavv 
 and substantial, and is warranted to last a 
 life-time. It is really the modernizing of 
 the antique, and is a becoming tribute to 
 the skill of the earliest furniture-maker. 
 
 A very attractive piece consists of a 
 cross between a steamer chair and a ham- 
 mock. The canvas is swung in an enor- 
 mous wooden framework, and when the 
 hammock chair is filled with pillows, it is 
 to be recommended for a siesta in a shady 
 secluded corner of the piazza. 
 
 Then there is the table that is converted 
 into a chair — a King Arthur's Kound 
 Table, it is called — and nothing can be 
 more attractive for the piazza than this 
 piece of furniture. Indeed, it is equally 
 well suited for the summer home within 
 doors at all seasons. When the top of the 
 
 table is tipped back, converting the table 
 into a chair, the great round plaque back 
 is a tremendously artistic affair. 
 
 The woman who knows how best to en- 
 joy the summer at home has dessert served 
 out on the piazza after dinner. The little 
 tables are spread with tray-cloths, and the 
 coffee and fruit and an ice are waiting 
 there when the family adjourns from the 
 dinner-table. Then, also, the gentlemen 
 can enjoy their after-dinner cigars. Such 
 little touches as these do so much to lend 
 spice to, and to dispel monotony from, 
 home living. It all rests with the house- 
 wife to do this. It is not a question of 
 expense. Many people hesitate to depart 
 from the conventional custom sufficiently 
 to enjoy the many comforts that are read- 
 ily within their reach. 
 
 The piazza party is now a feature of 
 summer entertaining, and takes the place 
 of the lawn party in a measure. Guests 
 meet on the piazza of the hostess, and 
 without entering the house at all on warm 
 summer afternoons partake of refresh- 
 ments, embroider, and while away a few 
 delightful, informal hours. A display of 
 flowers in the vases on the various tables 
 is sufficient decoration. Lemonade and 
 sherbet, with cake, are appropriate refresh- 
 ments for an affair of this kind. 
 
 A CAMP PARTY. 
 
 AMPING parties are very popular in 
 most rural districts. These people 
 who in the spring and early summer sea- 
 son are too busy to take recreation of any 
 kind, after the grain is harvested and the 
 corn "laid by," hie them away to the near- 
 est riverside for a week's enjoyment in the 
 camp. 
 
 The party is usually a large one, made 
 up of a number of families in the same 
 neighborhood. A large tent is provided 
 for sleeping purposes and rainy weather, 
 but the remainder of the time is spent in 
 the open air — the men at hunting and 
 fishing, the women in reading and light 
 sewing. 
 
234 
 
 A GYPSY PICNIC. 
 
 The greater portion of the food is pre- 
 pared previous to the setting out, and this 
 is eaten cold, save for the coffee and fresh 
 game and tish which are prepared on an 
 open camp-tire. Much wholesome pleasure 
 and rest are derived from these outings. 
 
 A HAMMOCK PICNIC. 
 
 HE Hammock Picnic was a clever 
 idea fostered in the mind of a village 
 maiden. In the outskirts of said village 
 was a shady grove dignified by the name 
 of ''park;" here all village festivities were 
 held, the same being free to any or all who 
 might wish ''to pitch a tent therein.'^ 
 
 The sewing society, of which the maiden 
 was an enthusiastic member, had been 
 meeting, once a week, for months prepar- 
 ing articles for a "fancy fair'' which was 
 to take place in the autumn. The church 
 parlor was the usual place of meeting, and 
 was voted "hot and stuffy" by all. Thus 
 it was in casting about for a plan of relief 
 that the "hammock picnic" presented itself 
 to the mind of the maiden. 
 
 She suggested the plan at the next meet- 
 ing of the society and it was immediately 
 voted "a capital idea." 
 
 It was arranged that the next meeting 
 should be held in the "park," each mem- 
 ber to carry with her a "hammock," her 
 sewing, and luncheon for one. This 
 luncheon was to be a "scrap lunch," that 
 is, composed of any bits of provender that 
 happened to be at hand, in fact was to be 
 just such a luncheon as in the long ago 
 they carried to the "little red school-house 
 on the hill." 
 
 The day set for the meeting proved to 
 be ideal. The hammocks soon swung in 
 the breeze, and busy tongues and fingers 
 worked in unison. When the luncheon 
 hour arrived each little box and package 
 Avas brought forth and they traded dinner 
 in the old-school-time way, which brought 
 back to memory the joyful days of "long 
 ago." When the heat of the day became 
 too oppressive for sewing, the aforesaid 
 jnaiden brought forth several new maga- 
 
 zines and a pleasant hour was passed in 
 reading aloud. 
 
 The results of this meeting were two- 
 fold, viz., more than the ordinary amount 
 of work was accomplished and complete 
 rest for mind and body. 
 
 A GYPSY PICNIC. 
 
 KECEISTT magazine gave the follow- 
 [(c,^ ing description of a Gypsy Picnic 
 that occurred in the country not far from 
 New York City: "A lovely spot in the 
 woods was chosen, with sloping fields and 
 pretty running streams and brooks near 
 by. From eighty to one hundred people 
 were invited. The invitations were 
 painted in large red letters on natural 
 bark as it was stripped from the trees in 
 irregular length and width. They were 
 written in the 'Romany pattern' and the 
 patois of many of the old gypsy tribes. 
 They were sent out a week before the affair 
 was to come off, and each guest was asked 
 to bring a tin plate, mug, spoon, knife and 
 fork, and paper napkins. To simplify 
 matters these were all sent to one house, 
 where they were loaded on a cart and 
 driven to the picnic grounds with the rest 
 of the paraphernalia, food, etc. 
 
 One of the particular features of this 
 picnic was to have all the food stolen be- 
 forehand, true to gypsy life. This was 
 managed in the following manner: The 
 guests, having first arranged among them- 
 selves what they should bring, in many 
 cases put the articles of food out on the 
 piazzas the night preceding the picnic, 
 with the understanding that they were to 
 be taken away by some of the guests. Then 
 in other cases the vegetable gardens were 
 invaded after dark, as were raids also made 
 on poultry-yards, etc. 
 
 "The guests arrived in tribes, all 
 dressed in typical gypsy costumes. There 
 were a number of children in the party 
 who were all barefooted and dressed in 
 picturesque gypsy costumes, made of the 
 simplest materials. The predominating 
 idea was to make the scene as effective ^9 
 
TBE FLORAL PORCE PARTY, 
 
 m 
 
 possible — there was no thought of expen- 
 sive dressing, but rather to combine as 
 many brilliant colors as possible in every 
 form. A great many Navajo blankets 
 were used, as were striped shawls and 
 afghans, with no end of bright red and 
 yellow cotton fabrics. 
 
 "As soon as the tribes had disbanded 
 they began to prepare their food. A large 
 maple sugar caldron had been placed upon 
 a pile of rocks, in the center of which a 
 hot fire was burning. The Queen of the 
 Gypsies (previously chosen) approached 
 the boiling pot, and after she had pro- 
 nounced a sort of blessing upon the food 
 and droned out an old gypsy incantation, 
 the members of the tribes gathered about 
 her and cast offerings of vegetables, fruit, 
 etc., at her feet. She then proceeded to 
 dip out the marvelous stew which had been 
 simmering since early morning. In the 
 pot were turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, 
 pork, onions, carrots, potatoes, turnips, 
 celery, parsley, bay-leaves, cloves, allspice, 
 green peppers, peppercorns, and a dash of 
 vinegar. Besides this wonderful concoc- 
 tion there were soda biscuits, crackers, 
 doughnuts, apples and refreshing drinks. 
 
 "The lunch was eaten gypsy fashion, 
 sitting on grass, rocks and stumps. For- 
 tunes were told, and the guests amused 
 themselves with palmistry, tricks, and re- 
 citing weird gypsy tales.'^ 
 
 BLACK MAN. 
 
 I WO bases are provided directly op- 
 posite one another with an interven- 
 ing space of several yards between. One 
 person is chosen to be the catcher or 
 "black man ;" he takes one base, while the 
 remaining players take the other. When 
 all have reached the base the "catcher" 
 stands at his base and calls, "What will 
 you do when the Black Man comes ?" The 
 answer rings out, "Bun right through, like 
 we ought to do.'' This the players attempt 
 to do, the "black man" catching as many 
 as possible, who in turn become "assistant 
 black men" and aid in the catching of their 
 
 1 
 
 companions. The first person caught be- 
 comes the black man for the next game. 
 
 THE FLORAL POKCH PARTY. 
 
 A DAINTY HOT WEATHER GAME THAT TESTS 
 BOTANICAL SKILL. 
 
 UBING the hot days, when active 
 games are often out of the question, 
 the hostess is frequently called upon for an 
 enjoyable yet quiet way of entertaining 
 friends. There is a fresh and attractive 
 idea called bouquet building, which is ad- 
 mirable for porch parties and similar 
 affairs. It can be played by any number 
 of persons, by either sex and any age. The 
 necessaries for it are a dozen or more 
 sheets of tissue paper, including all the 
 primal colors and popular tints; needles, 
 thread, and a couple of pairs of scissors. 
 
 Each player is told to choose, mentally, 
 a flower — any well-known blossom — with- 
 out mentioning the name of it to the com- 
 pany. He is then to endeavor to reproduce 
 the bloom in tissue paper. Every player, 
 whether he wishes or not, must make a 
 flower, but his task can be simple or com- 
 plicated, according to the choice he makes. 
 
 Twenty minutes are allowed for cutting, 
 crumpling, adjusting and sewing the blos- 
 soms. At the end of twenty minutes these 
 are collected by the hostess, who attaches 
 to each a little tag having a number writ- 
 ten upon it. 
 
 The floral collection thus ticketed is ar- 
 ranged in rows upon a table. Each flower- 
 maker then receives pencil and paper, with 
 a request that he write down the names of 
 all the flowers represented, and if possible 
 a poetical quotation regarding them. The 
 hostess secures from each botanist the name 
 of the flower intended and keeps these for 
 reference. 
 
 Another twenty minutes is allowed for 
 this work. The player who is successful 
 in naming all or most of the blooms is 
 announced first prize winner. A second 
 prize is in waiting for the girl or man who 
 gave most quotations correctly. 
 
 A vote is then taken to decide which 
 
2'My 
 
 A "TROLLEY PARTY. 
 
 flower of all the bunch is cleverest in de- 
 sign and most accurately resembles nature. 
 If no little trinkets in floral pattern are 
 at hand to serve as prizes the flowers made 
 by the different competitors can be divided 
 into three large bunches, tied with appro- 
 priate ribbons and presented as trophies 
 and souvenirs of the occasion. But if some 
 little outlay can be made on the first, 
 second and third prizes an amusing booby 
 can be evoked by gathering all blossoms 
 into one great bouquet. These are pre- 
 sented to the booby winner in overwhelm- 
 ing magnificence. — Record-Herald. 
 
 PIGEON. 
 
 iIGEOiNT" is a very pleasing out-door 
 ^^^ game. The company should sit in a 
 circle. The leader of the game whispers 
 to each one of the company the name of a 
 bird. He then announces that he will call 
 the names of two birds together and that 
 these two birds must change places. When, 
 however, he calls ''pigeon," all other birds 
 must try to catch the pigeon, a prize to be 
 given the successful one, and the pigeon 
 to receive the prize if no one catches it. 
 
 The amusing part of this game is that 
 all members of the party but five or six 
 have been given the name of "pigeon." To 
 blind the players, the leader calls the names 
 of a couple of birds ; these change places 
 as their names are called. Then the leader 
 calls ''pigeon," and all the "pigeons" make 
 frantic efforts to escape imaginary pur- 
 suers, imagining that every player is chas- 
 ing them. What is their amazement when 
 they finally pause to look for said pursuer, 
 to see innumerable "pigeons" fleeing in 
 every direction. The situation then dawns 
 upon them and they realize that they have 
 been a "trapped pigeon." 
 
 WIDOW. 
 
 frilS is a very good game for an out- 
 door gathering. The players arrange 
 themselves in two long rows, extending 
 away from each other. These rows are 
 
 formed of couples, like files of soldiers 
 marching by twos. The front couples are 
 separated from each other by a few feet. 
 
 In front of each row stand the widows, 
 facing each other, and of course with their 
 backs to their rows. When the widows 
 are ready, they cry, "Last couple out," and 
 at this signal the rear couples of each row 
 must run forward on each side. 
 
 When the two from her own row have 
 got opposite the widow, then, and not till 
 then, the widow must pursue one of them. 
 She must make her choice which to pursue 
 very rapidly, and is not permitted to turn 
 her head to look behind, or to run until 
 the last couple have come to a level with 
 her. In her haste she is as likely to pursue 
 the swiftest as the slowest. 
 
 The widow must catch the one she pur- 
 sues before the player reaches the rear of 
 the opposite column. Failing to do this, 
 the widow must return to her place. Suc- 
 ceeding, the player who is caught must 
 become "widow." 
 
 In either case two players take their 
 positions immediately behind the widow 
 on the side from which they started. Whilo 
 this is going on from one column, the 
 same process is carried on by players of 
 the opposite column, the two sides playing 
 independently. 
 
 A TROLLEY PARTY. 
 
 ©NE of the most pleasant city "out- 
 ings" is the trolley party. Arrange- 
 ments are made with the street-car com- 
 panies whereby the party have the exclus- 
 ive use of the car or cars as the case may 
 be ; the party meet promptly at a given 
 point, where they board the car and are 
 away on their pleasant journey. The cars 
 are usually decorated in flags and bunt- 
 ing, and a plentiful supply of whistles, tin 
 horns, etc., in the hands of the picnickers 
 makes the necessary din. 
 
 The party may be a moonlight affair 
 or may be a regular old-time picnic, the 
 car carrying them to some "woody" spot 
 beyond the city limits and there leaving 
 
Pia IN THE PARLOR. 
 
 237 
 
 them with the understanding that it is to 
 return at a given hour in the evening. 
 
 KING WILLIAM. 
 
 NE of the greatest favorites of all 
 out-door games, with children, is this 
 ''King William." It is played in every 
 school, lane or street. The children form 
 a circle, with one of their number in center 
 of same. The remainder then circle around 
 singing : 
 
 ''King William was King James' son — 
 He of a royal race was one, 
 Upon his breast he wore a star, 
 And in his mouth a big cigar ; 
 Go choose your east, go choose your we^, 
 Choose the one that you love best, 
 Down on this carpet you must kneel 
 As sure as the grass grows in the field ; 
 Your love for her you must confess, 
 !Now kiss this one that you love best." 
 
 At the words "Choose the one that you 
 love best" the child in the center advances 
 and touches the sleeve of some child in the 
 ring; this one immediately leaves her 
 companions, and passes with the one who 
 has chosen her to the center of the ring; 
 here they stand until the words, "Down 
 on this carpet you must kneel," when they 
 kneel facing one another, and at the 
 words, "Kiss the one that you love best," 
 a kiss is exchanged. After this they arise, 
 and the one who was in the center of the 
 ring at the beginning of the game now 
 joins the children in the circle, while the 
 chosen one remains in the center, when 
 the game once more begins. 
 
 RING ROUND ROSY. 
 
 fHE children form a circle, taking 
 hold of one another's hands, and 
 circle around, singing: 
 
 "Ring round Rosy, 
 Pots filled with posies. 
 The one that stoops last 
 Has to catch," 
 
 At the last word all stoop ; the slowest 
 child or the one who "stoops last" must 
 stand in the center of the ring and count 
 ten. As the word ten drops from her lips 
 all other children must rise and run in any 
 direction, the "catcher" trying to touch 
 some one or more of them ; all thus caught 
 must in turn help touch the remainder. 
 The children who are being caught are at 
 liberty to stoop at any time or place, and 
 remain thus until the leader again counts 
 ten, when all rise and run again. The 
 game continues until all are caught. 
 
 GREEN GRAVEL. 
 
 HIS is another of the "ring" games 
 of which children are so fond. All 
 join hands and form a circle, while they 
 march around and sing : 
 
 "Green gravel, green gravel. 
 As green as grass can grow — 
 Oh Mary, oh Mary, 
 Your true lover's dead — 
 He wrote you a letter. 
 To turn around your head." 
 
 After the singing of which "Mary" 
 turns around and faces the outside of the 
 circle, while the marching continues, sub- 
 stituting some other of the children's 
 names for that of "Mary ;" the game con- 
 tinues until all children have turned 
 around their heads, then two of the taller 
 of the lot hold their hands high, while 
 all others pass under them, after which 
 each of these two turn their arms over 
 their heads, after which miracle ( ?), as it 
 appears to childish eyes, all are once again 
 facing the center of the ring and the game 
 begins anew. 
 
 PIG IN THE PARLOR. 
 
 ^)BIG IlSr THE PARLOR" is a favorite 
 
 picnic game with young people, be- 
 ing a sort of a round dance. The company 
 is divided into couples. These form a 
 circle, with an odd boy in the center of the 
 ring. The couples then march around 
 
!38 
 
 A MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE. 
 
 him, two abreast, singing (to the air "My 
 Father and Mother are Irish") ; 
 
 "We have a pig in the j^arlor, we have a 
 
 pig in the parlor, 
 We have a pig in the parlor, and he is 
 
 Irish too; 
 Your right hand to your partner, your 
 
 left hand to your neighbor. 
 Your right hand to your partner, then 
 
 all will promenade; 
 Then all will promenade, then all will 
 
 promenade. 
 Your right hand to your partner, then all 
 
 will promenade." 
 
 At the words, "Your right hand to your 
 partner," each boy takes his partner by 
 the right hand and passes her on to the 
 boy ahead, who gives her his left hand; 
 this continues until the words, "All prom- 
 enade," when the new couples fall in line 
 and promenade while the singing con- 
 tinues. 
 
 In changing partners the boy in the 
 center or the "pig" falls into line and thus 
 secures a partner for the promenade, 
 throwing another out of the march or 
 promenade. In this case when the singing 
 is renewed the lines may be changed to 
 "We have a new pig in the parlor," etc. 
 If, however, the same old pig is yet in the 
 center, the words may be "The same old 
 pig in the parlor," etc., and thus the game 
 continues. 
 
 A PRETTY LAWN FETE. 
 
 fT was my good fortune, a short time 
 ago, to be one of the participants in 
 a pretty lawn fete; the hostess clad in 
 simple white gown and wearing red 
 damask roses in her sunny hair, and at her 
 Avliitc throat, stood under the shade of an 
 old apple tree to receive her guests. 
 
 The lawn was an old-fashioned country 
 affair, with quantities of trees and flower- 
 ing shrubs, and a veranda that extended 
 around three sides of the house; on this 
 veranda, which was shaded by the heavy 
 foliage of the Virginia creeper, were 
 
 placed the refreshment tables, small round 
 ones, draped in white and decorated in 
 simple garden flowers. 
 
 Hammocks were stretched under a part 
 of the trees, while rugs and cushions re- 
 posed under others, while the camp chair 
 and veranda settees extended welcome 
 arms to the guests. 
 
 The piano had been transferred from 
 parlor to veranda, and its lively music 
 afforded much enjoyment to the guests. 
 
 Lawn tennis and croquet were provided 
 for the amusement of such of the guests 
 as cared to indulge in games. 
 
 The menu for the occasion consisted of 
 peanut sandwiches, wrapped in tissue 
 paper and tied with dainty ribbons, olives, 
 iced lemonade, angel cake, fruits, and 
 strawberry f rappe. 
 
 The hours of the entertainment were 
 from five to eight. 
 
 A MOONLIGHT MASQUERADE. 
 
 FULL September moon, assisted by 
 \(s\ Japanese lanterns hung from trees 
 and stretched wires, illuminated this social 
 function. 
 
 The invitation cards read: "A Moon- 
 light Masquerade," and in the lower left- 
 hand corner the word "Costume." This 
 made the meaning so plain that none "need 
 err therein," and the result was as a pic- 
 ture from fairyland. Under the trees 
 sported fairies, goblins, ghosts, soldiers, 
 sailors, witches. Mother Hubbards, Mother 
 Grundys, John Bulls, Uncle Sams, Jack- 
 o-Lanterns, Little Mikado maids fresh 
 from school, ballet girls, flower girls, 
 clowns, bandits, cavaliers. Queens of 
 Hearts, in fact every person, real or imag- 
 inary, swelled the company that eventful 
 night. 
 
 When all had arrived the hostess chose 
 a partner and led in a grand march, which 
 took the form of a promenade in and out 
 among the trees and shrubbery, with a 
 change of partners every time the leaders 
 blew a small silver whistle. This change 
 was accomplished by each gentleman step- 
 
BASKET-BALL FOR WOMEN. 
 
 239 
 
 ping forward to the side of the lady di- 
 rectly in front of him. This promenade 
 ended in the dining-room beside the re- 
 freshment table. After the refreshments 
 had been served and just before arising 
 from the table came the order from the 
 hostess to unmask, and then, horror of 
 horrors, many a young gallant found that 
 the imaginary young lady that he was so 
 sure he recognized and to whom he had 
 been making such tender speeches, was 
 none other than a fellow gallant disguised 
 as a Mother Hubbard, Dame Rumor, or 
 some equally feminine character. 
 
 After the unmasking all again repaired 
 to the lawn, where such childish games as 
 "Black Man" and "Hide and Seek," "Drop 
 the Handkerchief," and "King William" 
 were indulged in much to the enjoyment of 
 all. At a late hour all departed for their 
 homes declaring the Moonlight Masquer- 
 ade an unqualified success. 
 
 A HAY-RICK PARTY. 
 
 fE" rural districts one of the most pleas- 
 ant of out-door amusements is a Hay- 
 Rick Party. The invitations are issued by 
 the party wishing to entertain in this man- 
 ner and all guests assemble promptly at 
 the appointed hour. 
 
 The hay-ricks are waiting, all ready to 
 bear the merry party away o'er hill and 
 dale. The ricks may be decorated with 
 streaming bunting, branches of trees and 
 waving flags. Inside the ricks should have 
 a plentiful supply of fresh, sweet-smelling 
 hay, over which has been spread carriage 
 afghans for the protection of dainty 
 gowns. A number of stringed instruments 
 should be provided with musicians to use 
 same for the ei^tertainment of the party — 
 a guitar, mandolin and banjo will do much 
 to make such a party a decided success. 
 
 When all guests have arrived the wagons 
 are driven to the door, the parties enter 
 them and are driven away; the hostess 
 has made previous arrangements with the 
 drivers in regard to the route to be trav- 
 ersed, etc. The drive may include a jour- 
 
 ney to a neighboring town, where mutual 
 friends may be serenaded or ice cream 
 parlors invaded. 
 
 On returning home a light refreshment 
 may be served, consisting of lemonade and 
 cake, or watermelon in season; after the 
 serving of which the guests depart. 
 
 A moonlight night should be chosen for 
 such an outing. The number of ricks re- 
 quired will be determined by the size of 
 the party. Above all be sure you have 
 trusty drivers and horses. 
 
 BASKET BALL FOR WOMEN. 
 
 ASKET BALL may be played on 
 any grounds free from obstruction ; 
 the grounds should not exceed 3,500 
 square feet of actual playing space. There 
 must be a well-defined line marked around 
 the floor or field. The side boundaries 
 should be at least three feet from the wall 
 or fence. The end boundaries should be 
 directly below the surface against which 
 the goal is placed. These lines form the 
 boundaries of the field of play. 
 
 The field should be divided into three 
 equal parts by field lines, parallel to the 
 end boundary lines. 
 
 The ball used in this game should be 
 made of a rubber bladder covered with a 
 leather case; it should be from thirtv to 
 thirty-two inches in circumference. It 
 should weigh not less than eighteen nor 
 more than thirty ounces. It is tightly 
 inflated and so laced that it cannot be held 
 by the lacing. 
 
 The goals are composed of hammock 
 nets of cord suspended from metal rings 
 eighteen inches in diameter. The rings 
 should be placed ten feet above the ground 
 in the center of the short side of the actual 
 playing field. - The inside rim should ex- 
 tend six inches from the surface of a flat 
 perpendicular screen or other rigid surface 
 measuring at least six feet horizontally 
 and four vertically. If a screen is used it 
 must not extend more than one foot below 
 the upper edge of the goal. These goals 
 must be rigidly supported from below, and 
 
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 HANDBALL. 
 
 must have no projections beyond the sides 
 nor above the upper edge of the goal. 
 
 The number of phiyers constituting a 
 team should number not less than live nor 
 more than ten members. • 
 
 The required officials consist of a 
 referee, two umpires, a scorer, timekeeper, 
 and four linesmen ; two from each side. 
 
 THE GAME. 
 
 The referee puts the ball in play by 
 tossing it up in a plane at right angles to 
 the side lines, so that it will drop near the 
 center of the field, which shall be indicated 
 by a conspicuous mark. This is to be 
 done at the opening of the game, at the be- 
 ginning of the second half, and after each 
 goal. After the referee puts the ball in 
 play in the center it must be first touched 
 by one of the centers, who shall have been 
 previously indicated to the umpires. Vio- 
 lation of this rule constitutes a foul. Both 
 players may jump for the ball, the better 
 one of course gaining the advantage. 
 
 When two fouls at once, on opposite 
 sides, are called, they should be thrown in 
 succession. The ball should then be put in 
 play in the center. 
 
 After time has been called the referee 
 shall put the ball in play by tossing it up 
 in such a manner that it will drop near 
 the spot where it was when time was called, 
 unless it was held out of bounds. In this 
 case play shall be resumed at the whistle 
 of the referee, as if time had not been 
 called. The two opponents nearest this 
 spot when time was called shall be the first 
 to touch the ball after play is resumed. 
 They shall be indicated by the umpire. 
 When the ball is put in play the players 
 who are to first touch the ball must not 
 stand further than two feet from the spot 
 where the ball is to fall. 
 
 A goal made from the field usually 
 counts two points ; a goal made from a 
 foul one point ; a goal thrown counts for 
 the side into whose goal the ball is thrown, 
 even though it was done by mistake. 
 
 A game is decided by the winning of the 
 most points in a certain playing time, usu- 
 
 ally forty minutes. The game consists of 
 two halves of twenty minutes each, with a 
 rest of ten minutes between tlicT halves. 
 The teams change goals at the end of the 
 first half. The ball may be thrown or 
 batted in any direction with one or both 
 hands, but never kicked or struck with 
 the fists. The ball must not be held longer 
 than three seconds. 
 
 
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 BASKET 
 
 
 P. 
 
 LEFT FORWARD 
 
 1 
 HOME 
 
 3 
 
 RIGHT FORWARD 
 
 4 
 
 LEFT FORWARD 
 
 
 5 
 RIGHT FORWARD 
 
 CENTER 
 
 
 CENTER 
 
 6 
 
 LEFT BACK 
 
 
 7 
 RIGHT BACK 
 
 CENTER 
 
 
 CENTER 
 
 9 
 
 LEFT GUARD 
 
 8 
 
 RIGHT GUARD 
 
 10 
 
 GOAL GUARD 
 
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 BASKET 
 
 9 
 
 
 Diagram of Field, Showing Position of Ten on Team 
 
 HANDBALL. 
 
 ^1 AKDBALL is quite a recent intro- 
 f I duction into America, and probably 
 prior to 1880 the entire United States 
 could not boast of half a dozen courts of 
 decent size. Now the number of courts 
 and followers of the game are bey.uid 
 enumeration. 
 
 With Americans, hand ball has come to 
 stay, for they recognize its physical bene- 
 fits and harmless features above all, espe- 
 cially the latter, which should be the chief 
 recommendation of any athletic pastime. 
 
 THE COURT. 
 
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 advancement of the game has been im- 
 properly constructed courts. A perfect 
 court makes a perfect player, and nothing- 
 affects the pleasure of the exercise so much 
 as crooked walls and an unbalanced floor. 
 As a rule, however, the courts that have 
 been erected in this country of late years 
 answer the purpose fairly well, although 
 the expenditure of a little more money 
 would have produced a much better build- 
 
 ing. 
 
 While the game may be played on a 
 court of any size it is perhaps better to 
 state what should, as near as possible, con- 
 stitute a regulation court. It should be 
 sixty-five feet long, twenty-four and one- 
 half feet wide and thirty-five feet high in 
 the front, tapering down to thirty-three 
 feet at the back wall. A brick wall about 
 twelve inches in thickness and faced with 
 marble makes the best front wall. Cement 
 side walls are to be desired. The fioor 
 should be white pine boards, laid on beams 
 ten inches apart. The back wall to be 
 twelve feet high and of wood, back of 
 which should be a gallery of about two 
 hundred seating capacity. 
 
 RULES AND EXPLANATIONS. 
 
 Twenty-one aces shall constitute a game. 
 
 An ace is when a server sends the ball 
 to any part of the outer court beyond the 
 ace line, and it is not returned to the front 
 wall by an opponent. All balls must be 
 recovered on the first bound after reaching 
 the floor. That is, a ball can take the cir- 
 cuit of the four walls before it can be 
 termed returnable. The service is con- 
 sidered to be very difficult when the ball, 
 after hitting the front wall, takes in either 
 the side walls on a fly, bounds on the floor, 
 and then comes off the back wall, or after 
 hitting one side wall bounds from the floor 
 to the back wall, and thence to the other 
 side wall. The great trouble in recovering 
 these balls is that the force of their flight 
 is expended when they come in contact 
 with the last wall, and, therefore, drop 
 dead to the floor. If the ball is returned 
 to the front wall the server must recovp^' i+ 
 
 either on the fly or first bound; if he 
 fails the hand is out, and his opponent be- 
 comes server. It is allowable to serve at 
 either side of the court, but always within 
 the two parallel lines. Stepping beyond 
 the inner line twice in succession, or hit- 
 ting either side wall, roof or floor before 
 striking the front wall, or serving three 
 short balls in succession, shall cause the 
 loss of a hand. 
 
 A low sharp service that can be placed 
 at a side angle of the court without any 
 rise to the ball, or sent to the extreme out- 
 side corners, is particularly destructive. 
 Then there are the ^^Scotch twist," a high 
 service that sends the ball around the court 
 in an irritating fashion, and a towering 
 ball, that does not commence to drop until 
 reaching the corners, and then continues its 
 fall close to the wall. There are a few 
 players, but they can be counted upon 
 one's fingers, who can serve the ball to the 
 right and left without changing their posi- 
 tion. This requires a great deal of skill 
 and experience, but it can be done effect- 
 ively, and should be seen oftener in prac- 
 tice. 
 
 The ball shall be one and seven-eighths 
 inches in diameter and one and five-eighths 
 ounces in weight. 
 
 The brilliancy of the game depends as 
 much upon a good ball as a good pair of 
 hands. An improperly made ball is dis- 
 couraging to an expert; in fact, no one 
 who has any regard for the safety of his 
 hands, should indulge in the game without 
 first testing the quality of the little sphere. 
 While no general regulations have ever 
 existed in regard to this matter, the Brook- 
 lyn Handball Club, the leading organiza- 
 tion of the kind in the world, has adopted 
 a standard ball which is recognized at all 
 the prominent courts in America as the 
 best for all purposes. It is constructed 
 with as much care as the Spalding regula- 
 tion baseball, or the standard cricket ball 
 of England. The foundation is laid with 
 a round bit of cork or solid rubber. That 
 is wrapped with a thin strip of rubber, 
 upon the top of which is rolled yarn of the 
 
242 
 
 HANDBALL. 
 
 finest character. The covering is of horse- 
 hide, neatly stitched. A great deal depends 
 on the strength of the wrapping whether 
 the ball will be lively or just moderately 
 so. Some players like plenty of life in 
 the ball, some admire a hard, dead ball, 
 while leading experts prefer a well-made 
 ball above anything else, one neither too 
 hard nor too soft, but with a true and fair- 
 ly lively bound. There is a great deal of 
 time and labor expended in perfecting 
 these little globes, and those of the best 
 make are sold for $1 apiece. 
 
 The Irish ball, as a general rule, differs 
 considerably from the one used in Amer- 
 ica. They are smaller, and not near as 
 much attention is paid to the composition 
 or finish. The harder the ball, the better 
 an Irish expert likes it. As he depends 
 chiefly upon service for his success, he 
 wants a ball that will fairly batter down 
 a front wall. - That is the reason why seven- 
 eighths of the players in Ireland at the 
 present time object to the American style 
 of playing the game and adopting their 
 ball. Take the service away from them, 
 and you destroy all the effects of their 
 playing. 
 
 It is a four-handed match, parties win- 
 ning the toss are allowed only one hand at 
 the commencement. The server's partner 
 shall stand inside of the ace line, with his 
 back to either the right or left wall, until 
 the service ball strikes the front wall. All 
 balls striking an opponent shall be a 
 hinder. 
 
 The server's partner and one of the 
 opponents generally stand side by side 
 against the left-hand wall, if the service is 
 from the right. The recoverer is on the 
 alert in the outer court the same as in a 
 single-handed game. It is not compulsory, 
 however, that the opponent of the server's 
 partner shall stand just outside of the ace 
 line. He can ffo in the outer court and 
 help his partner to recover service, but he 
 may be more useful at the line, particu- 
 larly to take all line service to the left 
 on the fly. This is a very important posi- 
 tion against a heavy server, because in a 
 
 majority of instances it results in the dis- 
 posing of the hand. 
 
 A hinder is when a ball strikes your 
 opponent and retards it from reaching the 
 front wall. For instance, if the recoverer 
 of service should strike either of his oppon- 
 ents with the ball on the way to its desti- 
 nation, it is termed a hinder. If said, re- 
 coverer, however, strikes his partner 
 instead of an opponent, it is an ace against 
 him. Then, again, if the server should be 
 hit by his partner's ball, it is a hand out. 
 A great many of these hindrances are acci- 
 dents, pure and simple, but in some in- 
 stances they can be avoided, and if, in the 
 opinion of the referee, the hinder was in- 
 tentional, an ace can be counted against the 
 side committing it, or a hand be declared 
 out, just as the case may be. A server at 
 work frequently hits his partner while 
 standing within the ace line; this is also 
 called a hinder. If a ball from a server 
 strikes either of his opponents, before or 
 after bounding, it becomes non-playable 
 and is counted an ace. 
 
 When a ball from the server drops any- 
 where inside of the ace line, the player has 
 the privilege of using his hand or foot ; if 
 the hand is used, it counts the same as if 
 it was served regularly over the line; if 
 the foot, the striker or his partner has the 
 privilege of stopping the ball before it 
 reaches the front wall. If the ball after 
 being struck with the foot gets to the front 
 wall, the striker or his partner shall have 
 to return it before stopping it. 
 
 The use of the foot is not very frequent, 
 and is not considered to be at all scientific. 
 There is considerable talk of barring the 
 play altogether. It is claimed that it would 
 be difficult as well as dangerous to culti- 
 vate the style, and what effectiveness could 
 be reached would be more than offset by 
 injuries to players. 
 
 Only one hand shall be used in striking: 
 the ball, otherwise a foul is committed, 
 and the punishment is the loss of a hand 
 or an ace. 
 
 After a server and partner shall have 
 been retired they must be allowed sufficient 
 
GAME OF PUFF AND DART. 
 
 243 
 
 time to take their positions in the outer 
 court. 
 
 All claims shall be decided by the 
 referee, whose decisions are final. 
 
 This is one of the most interesting 
 features connected with the game as it is 
 played in America. If there is a single- 
 handed or double-handed match, a man 
 is usually selected for referee who has the 
 entire confidence of the principals and 
 spectators, and strange to say, that in all 
 the important contests within the experi- 
 ence of the writer, it has never been a 
 difficult matter to agree upon that ofiicial. 
 And his labors are very exacting, too, and 
 without he makes himself master of the 
 situation at once, he will be in a far worse 
 position than the poor umpire on a baseball 
 field. But a conflict between a handball 
 player and a referee rarely occurs. If an 
 appeal is made by a player, and sometimes 
 ' it is done very vigorously, the referee gen- 
 erally decides the point quickly and with 
 such firmness that convinces the player 
 that to dispute the decision would be use- 
 less and costly. The referee has the power 
 to inflict various punishments upon those 
 who violate the playing rules, and obedi- 
 ence to that official is considered to be im- 
 perative. 
 
 While not being covered by the rules, 
 it is incumbent upon each and every man 
 to make as neat an appearance as possible 
 while in the court. This is carried out in 
 almost every instance, and in no other 
 athletic exercise is this feature so strictly 
 observed. Twenty years ago men could 
 play under any conditions — bare feet was 
 a favorite with many, while in other in- 
 stances scanty attire prevailed. If a man 
 were to appear under these circumstances 
 at the present time he would soon be told 
 that he was not wanted. 
 
 GAME OF PUFF AND DART. 
 
 'HIS is a fine out-of-door game from 
 France, although there are parts of 
 the world where great grown men use giant 
 puff and darts for real weapons of warfare 
 
 to do battle with and to chase their game 
 in the wilderness. The puff and dart is a 
 cousin to the pea-shooter and is just a 
 little larger and played with darts instead 
 of peas or pellets. In Paris the toy shops 
 keep the tubes on sale, all sorts and varie- 
 ties, made simply of metal, or very elegant 
 looking objects out of bamboo with an in- 
 ner copper tube running through the center 
 and a screw top and ferrule to guard it 
 when it is not in use, something after the 
 fashion of the better makes of fishing-rods 
 which look exactly like walking-sticks 
 when they are folded up to put away. 
 
 A clever boy can make a tube for him- 
 self or he can buy the largest size of pea- 
 shooter to be had and then he is readv to 
 make the dart. For this take a few pen- 
 holder sticks and cut them into lengths of 
 two inches. ISText get some worsted and 
 strong waxed thread. Fill one end of each 
 stick with the worsted and let a series of 
 loops project beyond. Bind it around with 
 the thread. Just how much you will need 
 you will have to ascertain by experiment. 
 
 For the spike take a good-sized nail, file 
 up the sharp end into a good point, not too 
 fine; dip the point into the grease of a 
 candle, hold it in the flame until it be- 
 comes nearly red hot. Then plunge it into 
 cold water ; this will harden it. Now file 
 off the projecting end piece of the metal at 
 the end ; bore a hole somewhat too small 
 at the end of the stick, force the blunt end 
 of the nail into it and then bind it round 
 firmly with waxed thread. Now trim off 
 the ends of the worsted and your dart is 
 complete. 
 
 With a three-foot tube this dart will 
 pierce an almost limitless number of sheets 
 of paper at ten or twelve feet distance and, 
 if painstakingly made, will fly with won- 
 derful accuracy. To take aim hold both 
 hands close together. Be quick and de- 
 cided or your tube will be certain to wab- 
 ble. Shooting with a puff and dart is quite 
 unlike rifle-shooting and rather more re- 
 sembles the shot and aim of the bow and 
 arrow. Fasten your target on a tree and 
 you are ready for an af ternoon^s sport. 
 
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 GAME OF PUFF AND DART. 
 
 In tlio wilds of Borneo or on the pampas 
 of South America the rough little natives 
 make these tuhes as long as ten and twelve 
 feet and use tiny things of darts feathered 
 at one end and at the other finished with 
 tips which have been dipped into a terrible 
 poison. The merest flesh wound in any 
 part of a man or a tiger, a jackal or any 
 other living thing is quite enough to cause 
 immediate death. 
 
 A NEW GAME FOR BOYS. 
 
 OME time ago, when traveling, I came 
 across a new game, Avhich, although 
 simple and easy to play, was so fascinating 
 that I think every boy or girl would enjoy 
 it. 
 
 Here is the ^vay to make the apparatus 
 needed : Take six boards about eight 
 inches wide and two feet long and place 
 them on edge in a parallel position, with 
 the long edges to the ground. With a 
 gimlet bore a hole in each corner of the 
 boards, and through each set of holes thus 
 made insert an iron rod, two and one-half 
 feet long. Adjust the boards on the rods 
 so that a space of about five inches inter- 
 venes between each two boards. Cut ten 
 tin or wood doors, five inches wide and 
 eight inches long, to fit in the spaces under 
 the rods and between the boards, and then 
 hang these doors on the rods with cord or 
 w4re, taking care to have them loose 
 
 enough to swing freely. To make the ap- 
 paratus steady, nail a narrow board two 
 and one-half feet long across the top of it, 
 midwav between the rods. You will now 
 have a structure containing five oblong 
 compartments, open at the top and bot- 
 tom, and closed at the ends by the swing- 
 
 ing doors. Beginning at one end, number 
 the doors on one side of the apparatus 10, 
 20, 30, 40, 50. Now procure three larg(; 
 balls — croquet balls preferred — and your 
 game is ready. 
 
 To play the game, each contestant 
 stands at a distance of thirty feet, and 
 rolls the balls, one at a time, along the 
 ground at the little doors, the object being 
 to send the ball with just force enough so 
 that it enters one of the doors on the side 
 toward the player yet does not go out 
 through the corresponding door on the 
 opposite side. Of course the larger the 
 number on the door of the compartment in 
 which the ball remains, the larger the 
 count for the player. The game continues, 
 the players — of which there may be any 
 number — each taking his turn at bowling 
 the three balls, until someone has 200 
 points. — Record-Herald. 
 
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 LITERARY SOCIETIES. 
 
 HOW TO ORGANIZE AND CONDUCT THEM. 
 
 4ff^ ^^ ^^ 
 
 RULES OF ORDER AND PARLIAMEN- 
 TARY PROCEDURE. 
 
 LL permanent associations formed 
 for mutual benefit must have a Con- 
 stitution by which they shall be governed. 
 Where it is intended to organize an asso- 
 ciation for the intellectual improvement 
 or social enjoyment of its members, a 
 number of persons meet together and select 
 a name for the organization. The next 
 step is to appoint a committee, whose duty 
 it shall be to prepare a Constitution and 
 Code of By-Laws for the society. These 
 must be reported to the society at its next 
 meeting, and must be adopted by the votes 
 of a majority of that body before they can 
 be in force. 
 
 The Constitution consists of the rules 
 which form the foundation upon which the 
 organization is to rest. It should be brief 
 and explicit. It should be considered and 
 adopted section by section; should be re- 
 corded in a book for that purpose, and 
 should be signed by all the members of 
 the society. 
 
 Amendments to the Constitution should 
 be adopted in the same way, and should be 
 signed by each member of the society. 
 
 In addition to the Constitution it is 
 usual to adopt a series of minor rules, 
 which should be explanatory of the prin- 
 ciples of the Constitution. These are 
 termed By-Laws, and should be recorded 
 in the same book with the Constitution, 
 and immediately after it. New by-laws 
 may be added from time to time as the 
 necessity for them may arise. It is best 
 to have as few as possible. They should 
 be brief and so clear that their meaning 
 
 245 
 
 may be easily comprehended, and should 
 govern the action of the body. 
 
 COK'STITUTIOiq". 
 
 As growth and development of mind, 
 together with readiness and fluency of 
 speech, are the results of investigation and 
 free discussion of religious, educational, 
 political and other topics, the undersigned 
 agree to form an association for its govern- 
 ment and do hereby adopt the following 
 Constitution : 
 
 Article I. The name and title of this 
 
 organization shall be and its object 
 
 shall be the free discussion of any subject 
 coming before the meeting for the purpose 
 of diffusing knowledge among its mem- 
 bers. 
 
 Article II. The officers of the associa- 
 tion shall consist of a President, two or 
 more Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding 
 and Recording Secretary, a Treasurer and 
 a Librarian, who shall be elected annually 
 by ballot, on the first Monday in January 
 of each year, said officers to hold their posi- 
 tion until their successors are elected. 
 
 Article III. It shall be the duty of the 
 President to preside at all public meetings 
 of the society. The Pirst Vice-President 
 shall preside in the absence of the Presi- 
 dent, and in case of the absence of both 
 President and Vice-President, it shall be 
 the duty of the Treasurer to preside. 
 
 The duty of the Secretary shall be to 
 conduct the correspondence, keep the 
 records of the society, and read at each 
 meeting a report of the work done at the 
 preceding meeting. 
 
 The Treasurer shall keep the funds of 
 
24(r 
 
 LlfERAIty SOClEflES. 
 
 the society, making an annual report of all 
 nionevs received, disbursed, and the 
 amount on hand. * 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Librarian to 
 keep, in a careful manner, all books, 
 records and manuscripts in the possession 
 of the society. 
 
 Article IV. There shall be appointed, 
 by the President, at the first meeting after 
 his election, the following standing com- 
 mittees, to consist of three members, each, 
 namely : On lectures, library, finance and 
 printing, whose duties shall be designated 
 by the President. 
 
 The question for debate at the succeed- 
 ing meeting shall be determined by a ma- 
 jority vote of the members present. 
 
 Article V. Any lady or gentleman may 
 become a member of this society by the con- 
 sent of a majority of the members present, 
 the signing of the Constitution and the 
 payment of the membership fee. It shall 
 be the privilege of the society to elect any 
 person whose presence may be advantag- 
 eous to the society, an honorary member, 
 who shall not be required to pay member- 
 ship fees or dues. 
 
 Article VI. — This association shall meet 
 and at such other times as a num- 
 ber of the society, consisting of at least 
 six members of the association, shall deter- 
 mine. The President shall be authorized 
 to call special meetings upon the written 
 request of any six members of the society, 
 at which meetings one-third of the mem- 
 bers shall be sufficient to constitute a quo- 
 rum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Article VII. — It shall be the duty of the 
 finance committee to determine the amount 
 of dues necessary to be collected from each 
 member, and to inform the Treasurer of 
 the amount, who shall promptly proceed 
 to collect the same at such time as the 
 committee may designate. 
 
 Article VIII. — The usual parliamen- 
 tary rules and general form of conducting 
 public meetings shall be the standard au- 
 thority in governing the deliberations of 
 this association. 
 
 Article IX. — Any member neglecting to 
 
 pay dues, or who shall be guilty of im- 
 proper conduct, calculated to bring this 
 association into disrepute, shall be expelled 
 from the membership of the Society by a 
 two-thirds vote of the members present at 
 any regTilar meeting. No member shall 
 be expelled, however, until he shall have 
 had notice of such intention on the part 
 of the association, and has been given an 
 opportunity of being heard in his own 
 defense. 
 
 Article X. — By giving written notice 
 of the change at any regular meeting, this 
 Constitution may be altered or amended 
 at the next stated meeting by a vote of 
 two-thirds of the members present. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Rule 1. No questions shall be stated 
 unless moved by two members, nor be open 
 for consideration until stated by the chair. 
 When a question is before the Society, no 
 motion shall be received, except to lay on 
 the table, the previous question, to post- 
 pone, to refer, or to amend, and these 
 shall have precedence in the order in which 
 they are arranged. 
 
 Rule 2. When a member intends to 
 speak on a question he shall rise in his 
 place and respectfully address his re- 
 marks to the President, confine himself to 
 the question, and avoid personality. Should 
 more than one member rise to speak at 
 the same time, the President shall deter- 
 mine who is entitled to the floor. 
 
 Pule 3. Every member shall have the 
 privilege of speaking three times on any 
 question under consideration, but not oft* 
 ener, unless by the consent of the society 
 (determined by vote) ; and no member 
 shall speak more than once, until every 
 member wishing to speak shall have 
 spoken. 
 
 Rule 4. The President, w^hile presid- 
 ing, shall state every question coming be- 
 fore the society, and immediately before 
 putting it to vote shall ask: "Are you 
 ready for the question ?" Should no mem- 
 ber rise to speak, he shall rise to put the 
 question ; and after he has risen no mem- 
 
LITERARY SOCIETIES, 
 
 247 
 
 ber shall speak upon it, unless by permis- 
 sion of the society. 
 
 Rule 5. The affirmative and negative 
 of the question having been both put and 
 answered, the President declares the num- 
 ber of legal votes cast, and whether the 
 affirmative or negative have it. 
 
 Rule 6. All questions, unless other- 
 wise fixed, by law, shall be decided by a 
 majority of votes. 
 
 Rule 7. After any question, except 
 one of indefinite postponement, has been 
 decided, any member may have a recon- 
 sideration thereof, if done in two weeks 
 after the decision. A motion for recon- 
 sideration the second time, of the same 
 question, shall not be in order at any time. 
 
 Rule 8. Any two members may call 
 for a division of a question, when the same 
 will admit of it. 
 
 Rule 9. The President, or any mem- 
 ber, may call a member to order while 
 speaking, when the debate must be sus- 
 pended, and the member takes his seat 
 until the question of order is decided. 
 
 Rule 10. The President shall pre- 
 serve order and decorum; may speak on 
 points of order in preference to other mem- 
 bers, and shall decide all questions of order 
 subject to the appeal to the society by any 
 member, on which appeal no person shall 
 speak but the President and the member 
 called to order. 
 
 Rule 11. 'No motion, or proposition 
 on a subject different from that under 
 consideration shall be admitted under 
 color of an amendment. 
 
 Rule 12. No addition, alteration or 
 amendment to the Constitution, By-Laws, 
 etc., shall be acted .upon, except in accord- 
 ance with the Constitution. 
 
 Rule 13. No nomination shall be con- 
 sidered as made until seconded. 
 
 Rule 14. President shall sign all pro- 
 ceedings of the meetings. 
 
 Rule 15. JS^o member shall vote by 
 proxy. 
 
 Rule 16. E'o motion shall be with- 
 drawn by the mover unless the second 
 withdraw bis second. 
 
 Rule 17. No extract from any book 
 shall be read consuming more than five 
 minutes. 
 
 Rule 18. No motion for adjournment 
 shall be in order until after 10 o'clock. 
 
 Rule 19. Every motion shall be re- 
 duced to writing, should the officers of 
 the society desire it. 
 
 Rule 20. An amendment to an amend- 
 ment is in order, but not to amend an 
 amendment to an amendment of a main 
 question. 
 
 Rule 21. The previous question shall 
 be put in this form, if seconded by a ma- 
 jority of the members present : ^'Shall the 
 main question be put?" If decided in the 
 affirmative, the main question is to be put 
 immediately, and all further debate or 
 amendment must be suspended. 
 
 Rule 22. Members not voting shall be 
 considered as voting in the affirmative, 
 unless excused by the society. 
 
 Rule 23. Any member offering a pro- 
 test against any of the proceedings of this 
 Society may have the same if in respectful 
 language, entered in full upon the min- 
 utes. 
 
 Rule 24. No subject laid on the table 
 shall be taken up again on the same even- 
 ing. 
 
 Rule 25. No motion shall be debat- 
 able until seconded. 
 
 Rule 26. Points of order are debat- 
 able to the society. 
 
 Rule 27. Appeals and motions to re- 
 consider or adjourn are not debatable. 
 
 Rule 28. When a very important mo- 
 tion or amendment shall be made and sec- 
 onded, the mover thereof may be called 
 upon to reduce the same to writing, and 
 hand it in at the table, from which it shall 
 be read, open to the society for debate. 
 
 Rule 29. The mover of a motion shall 
 be at liberty to accept any amendment 
 thereto ; but if an amendment be offered 
 and not accepted, yet duly seconded, the 
 society shall pass upon it before voting 
 upon the original motion. 
 
 Rule 30. Every officer, on leaving his 
 office; shall give to his successor all papers. 
 
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 PA RLIAMIJ2; TAR Y R ULES. 
 
 documents, books or money belonging to 
 the society. 
 
 Rule 31. No smoking shall be allowed 
 in the hall. 
 
 Rule 32. When a motion to adjourn is 
 carried, no member shall leave his seat 
 until the President has left his chair. 
 
 Rule 33. Xo alteration can be made 
 in these Rules of Order without a four- 
 fifths vote of the society, and tw^o weeks' 
 notice ; neither can they be suspended but 
 by a like vote, and then for the evening 
 onlv. 
 
 PARLIAMEITTARY RULES AND 
 USAGES. 
 
 HE following are complete rules in 
 plain and compact form, for con- 
 ducting a public meeting : 
 
 Quorum. — -A quorum is a sufficient 
 number of the members of an association 
 to legally tjransact business. Unless a 
 quorum is present no business is in order, 
 except to adjourn. A majority of the mem- 
 bers constitutes a natural quorum, but the 
 By-Laws of the association may prescribe 
 a smaller number. 
 
 THE CH AIRMAIL. 
 
 It is the duty of the Chairman to open 
 the meeting at the time fixed upon, by tak- 
 ing the chair, calling the house to order, 
 to announce the business before the house 
 in the order in which it is to be acted upon ; 
 to receive and submit all motions; to put 
 to vote all questions which are regularly 
 moved, or wdiich necessarily arise in the 
 course of proceedings, and to announce the 
 result ; to restrain every one, when engaged 
 in debate, within the rules of order ; to en- 
 force the observance of order and de- 
 corum ; to appoint committees ; to authen- 
 ticate by his signature, when necessary all 
 the acts and proceedings of the house, and 
 generally to declare its will. 
 
 He may speak to points of order in 
 preference to others; shall decide all 
 questions of order, and if the house is 
 evenly divided he may give the casting 
 
 vote, in doing which he may, if he pleases, 
 give his reasons. 
 
 THE CLERK. 
 
 It is the duty of tlie Secretary or Clerk, 
 to keep correct minutes of the proceedings 
 of the house ; to read all papers when 
 ordered, and for this purpose he should al- 
 ways rise ; to call the roll, and state the 
 answer when a vote is taken by yeas and 
 nays ; to have the custody of all papers and 
 documents, and to authenticate the acts 
 and proceedings of the house by his signa- 
 ture. 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 Standing committees sit permanently; 
 special committees perform only some par- 
 ticular duty, when they are discharged. 
 The person first named is usually regarded 
 as Chairman, but this is only a matter of 
 courtesy; every committee has a right to 
 select its own Chairman. Custom, however, 
 has practically taken away this right, and 
 it is considered bad form to elect any other 
 person, than the first-named as Chairman. 
 The mover of a motion to commit should 
 be placed on the committee and first- 
 named, except where the matter committed 
 concerns him personally. In the appoint- 
 ment of the committee no person directly 
 opposed to the measure committed should 
 be named, and when any person who is 
 thus opposed to same, hears himself named 
 of its committee he should ask to be ex- 
 cused. 
 
 The chair appoints all committees. 
 Committees do not adjourn, but, when 
 they have concluded their deliberations, 
 should rise and report. The report should 
 be presented by the Chairman. When the 
 report is received the committee is dis- 
 charged and cannot act further without 
 new power. 
 
 Any committee required or entitled to 
 report upon a subject referred to them 
 may make a majority and minority report, 
 while any member of such committee dis- 
 senting in whole or part, from either the 
 conclusion or the reasoning of both the 
 majority and minority, may also present a 
 
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 Statement of his reasons for such dissent, 
 which should be received in connection 
 with the report. 
 
 The committee of the whole is an ex- 
 pedient to simplify the business of legis- 
 lative bodies. No record is made of its 
 proceedings. The presiding officer puts 
 the question, and, if same is carried, ap- 
 points some person as chairman and then 
 vacates the chair. 
 
 MOTIONS. 
 
 Propositions made to a deliberative as- 
 sembly are called motions; when the 
 proposition is put to vote it is called the 
 question. A motion cannot be entertained 
 or the question put until the same has been 
 seconded. After this it becomes the prop- 
 erty of the house, and cannot be with- 
 drawn except by permission. It must be 
 in writing whenever the house or presiding 
 officer requires it, and must be read when 
 any person demands it for information. 
 
 An exception to the rule requiring a 
 second to a motion is made in cases when 
 the proposition is to proceed with or to 
 execute an order of the house ; as where it 
 is moved to proceed with an order of the 
 day, or where a call is made for the en- 
 forcement of some order relating to the 
 observance of decorum. No motion can be 
 made while a speaker has the floor, nor 
 while another motion is pending, except 
 to be a question of privilege. 
 
 AME]^DMENTS. 
 
 A motion may be amended by inserting 
 or adding words, or striking out words, or 
 by striking out and inserting words. An 
 amendment takes precedent of the original 
 question and must be first decided. So, 
 too, an amendment to an amendment must 
 be decided before the amendment. A 
 motion may be made to amend, after which 
 a motion will be made to amend the 
 amendment, but this is the full limit of the 
 rule by which one motion may be put upon 
 another. A motion to amend the second 
 amendment is not in order. 
 
 Questions of privilege cannot be ' 
 
 amended, except that a motion to post- 
 pone can be amended as to time. 
 
 THE QUESTIOIN'. 
 
 The question is first to be put on the af- 
 firmative and then on the negative side; 
 the vote in most cases being by oral re- 
 sponse. If there are doubts as to the voice 
 of the majority, any one may call for a 
 division. In all cases where the house is 
 equally divided the question is lost unless 
 the presiding officer affirms it by a casting 
 vote. 
 
 When a division is had, those in the 
 affirmative on the question should first rise 
 and be counted, or, if there still be a doubt, 
 or a count be called for, the chairman 
 should appoint two tellers, one from each 
 side, to make the count and report the 
 same to the chairman, who should then de- 
 clare the same to the house. 
 
 In small matters of routine business or 
 trifling importance, such as receiving re- 
 ports, withdrawing motions, etc., the pre- 
 siding officer may suppose the consent of 
 the house where no objection is expressed, 
 and need not give them the trouble of put- , 
 ting the question formally. 
 
 A question should always be stated by 
 the chair before it is put, after which it is 
 open to debate. 
 
 Questions may be stated by the chair 
 while sitting, but he should always rise to 
 put a question, and may use this form: 
 ^^As many as are of the opinion that 
 (question stated here) will say aye;'' and 
 after the affirmative voice is expressed, 
 "As many as are of a contrary opinion, 
 will say no." He declares the vote. 
 
 After a question has been put it is not 
 debatable, but after the affirmative is 
 put, any person who has not spoken before 
 to the question may arise and speak before 
 the negative is put. 
 
 DIVISIOI^ OF QUESTION. 
 
 Any person may call for the division of 
 a question if it comprehend propositions, 
 in substance, so distinct, that, one being 
 taken away, a substantive proposition shall 
 remain for decision. 
 
250 
 
 parliam£:n7'ary rules. 
 
 When a question is divided, after the 
 question on the first part, the second is 
 open to debate and amendment. 
 
 TRIVILEGED QUESTIONS. 
 
 When a question is under debate, no 
 motion shall be received, except to ad- 
 journ ; to lay on the table ; for the previous 
 question ; to postpone to a certain day ; to 
 commit; to amend; to postpone in- 
 definitely. The motions have precedence 
 in the order in which they stand arranged, 
 and are called privileged questions. 
 
 A motion to adjourn is always in order 
 and takes precedence of all other motions, 
 and an order of the day takes the place of 
 all questions except adjournment. 
 
 When a matter has been laid on the table 
 it may be taken up at any time afterward 
 and considered, but not at the same meet- 
 ing or session at which it was tabled. 
 Frequently this motion is made to finally 
 dispose of the matter and it always has 
 this effect when no motion is afterward 
 made to take it up. The proper motion for 
 proceeding with a matter that has been 
 ordered to lie on the table, is, that the 
 house do now proceed to consider the mat- 
 ter, although it would be proper to move 
 that the matter be taken up for considera- 
 tion. There are several questions which, 
 being incidental to every one, will take the 
 place of every one, privileged or not; as, 
 a question of order arising out of any other 
 question must be decided before that ques- 
 tion. 
 
 A motion for indefinite postponement 
 is generally resorted to in order to sup- 
 press a question or prevent its coming to 
 vote. 
 
 PREVIOUS QUESTION. 
 
 When any question is before the house 
 any member may move that the question 
 (called the main question) be now put, or 
 as it is usually called, may move the pre- 
 vious question. 
 
 If it pass in the affirmative, then the 
 main question is to be put immediately, 
 and no further debate is admitted. 
 
 The previous question being moved and 
 
 seconded, the question from the chair 
 should be, ^' Shall the main question be now 
 put ?" If the nays prevail the main ques- 
 tion remains as the question before the 
 house, in the same stage of proceedings as 
 before the previous question was moved. 
 
 EQUIVALENT QUESTIONS. 
 
 Where questions are perfectly equiv- 
 alent, so that the negative of the one 
 amounts to the affirmative of the other, and 
 leaves no other alternative, the decision of 
 the one necessarily concludes the other, 
 thus the negative of striking out amounts 
 to the affirmative of agreeing, and, there- 
 fore, to put a question on agreeing after 
 that of striking out, would be to put the 
 same question in effect twice over. 
 
 QUESTIONS OF ORDER. 
 
 It is the duty of the Chairman to decide 
 all questions of order whenever raised. 
 Upon such questions no debate or discus- 
 sion is in order, but, if the decision is not 
 satisfactory, any one may object to it and 
 appeal to the house. On appeal being 
 taken the question should be: "Shall the 
 decision of the chair stand as the judg- 
 ment of the house ?" Whereupon the 
 question may be debated and discussed the 
 same as any other question. 
 
 COMMITMENT. 
 
 Any measure may be referred to a com- 
 mittee on motion. This motion stands in 
 the same degree with the previous question 
 and postponement, and, if first made, takes 
 precedence of them. A motion to commit 
 may be amended by the substitution of one 
 kind of committee for another, or by en- 
 larging or diminishing the number of the 
 members of the committee, as originally 
 proposed, or by instructions to the com- 
 mittee. 
 
 After a measure has been committed 
 and reported, it should not in an ordinary 
 course be recommitted, but in cases of im- 
 portance, and for special reasons, it is 
 sometimes recommitted and usually to the 
 same committee. 
 
POEMD FOR LITERARY TABLEAUX. 
 
 251 
 
 EECON^SIDEEATION. 
 
 When a motion or a question shall have 
 been determined, either in the affirmative 
 or negative, it is always in order for any- 
 one who voted with the majority, or in 
 case the vote was equally divided, for one 
 who voted in the negative, to move for a 
 reconsideration thereof. Such motion 
 must be made at the same meeting at 
 which the former vote was taken. A mo- 
 tion to consider, being put and lost, can- 
 not be renewed. 
 
 UI^DEBATABLE MOTIOIsrS. 
 
 A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, 
 and a call for the previous question, must 
 be decided without debate. And all in- 
 cidental questions of order, arising after 
 a motion is made for either of the forego- 
 ing questions, must be decided, whether on 
 appeal or otherwise, without debate. 
 
 ORDER 11^ DEBATE. 
 
 When a person means to speak, he is to 
 stand up in his place, with hat off, and ad- 
 dress himself to the chair, who calls him 
 by name, that all may take notice who it is 
 that speaks. A person who is indisposed 
 may be indulged to speak sitting. When 
 a person rises to speak, no question is to be 
 put, but he is to be heard undisturbed, un- 
 less overruled. 
 
 If two or more rise to speak, nearly to- 
 gether, the chair determines who was first 
 up and calls him by name, whereupon he 
 proceeds, unless he voluntarily sits down 
 and yields the floor to another. 
 
 1^0 one may speak more than twice to 
 the same question without the consent of 
 the house, except merely to explain himself 
 in some material part of his speech, or to 
 the manner of the words in question, keep- 
 ing himself to that only and not going into 
 the merits of it. 
 
 If the Chairman rises to speak, the per- 
 son standing must sit down, that the chair 
 may be first heard. 
 
 'No one is to speak impertinently, or be- 
 side the question, or to use indecent 
 
 language against the proceedings of the 
 house. ]^or should a person in speaking, 
 mention another then present, by name, 
 but should describe him by his seat, or as 
 ^^The gentleman who spoke last," or "on 
 the other side of the question,'^ etc. 
 
 Any one when called to order by another 
 or by the chair, must sit down, and not 
 proceed without leave until the question of 
 order shall have been decided by the chair. 
 
 While the presiding officer is addressing 
 the house or putting a question, no one 
 should cross the floor or leave the room; 
 nor, while another is speaking, walk be- 
 tween him and the chair. 
 
 ADJOURNMEN^T. 
 
 A motion to adjourn is not susceptible 
 of amendment. If it is desirable to ad- 
 journ to any particular place or time, this 
 may be accomplished by a previous res- 
 olution to that effect. 
 
 POEMS SUITABLE FOR LITERARY 
 TABLEAUX. 
 
 AN^ Y poems may be utilized in form- 
 ing beautiful tableaux. Tableaux 
 are easily arranged and are an ever-wel- 
 come source of delight. The lights should 
 be shaded, and turned low. Unique effects 
 may be obtained by placing sheets of thin 
 paper of various colors in front of the side 
 lights. 
 
 Tableau pictures may be arranged, by 
 placing a large gilded frame (one made of 
 pine, and given a generous coating of 
 paint and gilding) in front of the persons 
 acting. The side lights should be placed 
 inside the frame and close to the figures, 
 this will bring out in clearness all details, 
 producing a beautiful picture. 
 
 POEMS SUITABLE FOR TABLEAUX, 
 
 "'^And Maud forgot her brier-torn go^vn. 
 And graceful ankles, bare and brown ; 
 And listened, while a pleased surprise. 
 Looked from her long-lashed hazel eyes." 
 — Maud Muller: John G. Whittier,. 
 
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 POEMS FOR LITERARY TABLEAUX. 
 
 "For near her stood the little boj, 
 Her childish favor singled ; 
 His cap, pulled low, upon a face 
 Where pride and shame wei*e mingled. 
 Pushing with restless feet, the snow 
 To right and left, he lingered. 
 As restlessly, her tiny hands 
 The blue-checked apron fingered." 
 — In School Days: John G. Whittier. 
 
 "For cups and silver on the burnished 
 
 board 
 Sparkled and shone ; so genial was the 
 
 hearth. 
 And on tlie right hand of the hearth he 
 
 saw 
 Philip, the slighted suitor of old times. 
 Stout, rosy, with his babe across his 
 
 knees, 
 And o'er her second father stooped a girl, 
 A later but a loftier Annie Lee, 
 Fair-haired and tall, and from her lifted 
 
 hand 
 Dangled a length of ribbon and a ring 
 To tempt the babe, who reared his creasy 
 
 arms. 
 Caught and ever miss'd it, and they 
 
 laugh' d ; 
 And on the left hand of the hearth, he 
 
 saw. 
 The mother glancing often toward the 
 
 babe. 
 But turning now and then to speak with 
 
 him. 
 Her son, who stood beside her tall and 
 
 strong." 
 — Enoch Arden: Lord Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "She came to the village church. 
 And sat by a pillar alone ; 
 An angel watching an urn 
 Wept over her, carved in stone." 
 
 — Maud: Lord Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 "Her arms across her breast she laid ; 
 She was more fair than words can say : 
 Bare-footed came this beggar-maid 
 Before the king Cophetua, 
 In robe and crown the king stept down 
 To meet and greet her on the way." 
 
 — The Begrjar-Maid: Lord Alfred Ten- 
 nyson. 
 
 "Fair was she to behold, this maiden of 
 seventeen summers. 
 Black were her eyes as the berry that 
 grows on the thorn by the way-side, 
 Black, yet how softly they gleamed be- 
 neath the brown shade of her 
 tresses !" 
 — Evangeline: Henry W. Longfellow. 
 
 "On the pallet before her was stretched the 
 form of an old man ; 
 Long, and thin, and gray were the locks 
 that shaded his temples ; 
 
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 "Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, 
 
 kneeling beside him. 
 Kissed his dying lips, and laid her head 
 
 on his bosom." 
 — Evangeline: Henry W. Longfellow* 
 
 "Zekle crep' up, quite unbeknown. 
 And peeked in thru the winder, 
 And there sot Huldy all alone, 
 
 'Ith no one nigh to hender. 
 * * * * * 
 
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 He stood a spell on one foot fust, 
 Then stood a spell on t'other, 
 
 * * * * * * 
 
 'An — wal, he up and kist her." 
 — Blgelow Papers: James Russell Lo- 
 well. 
 
 POEMS SUITABLE FOR LITERARY THE- 
 ATRICALS. 
 
 "Betsey and I Are Out," and "How Bet- 
 sey and I Made Up." — Will Carleton. 
 
 "Gone With a Handsomer Man." — Will 
 Carleton. 
 
 "Paul's Kun Off With The Show."— TFtZZ 
 Carleton, 
 
 "The Christmas Baby."— m7Z Carleton, 
 
 "Johnny Rich." — Will Carleton. 
 
 "Over the Hills To The Poor House."— 
 Will Carleton, 
 
 "The :^ew Church Organ."— W^Z Carle- 
 ton. 
 
 "How Jamie Came Home." — Will Carle- 
 ton. 
 
 "Bitter Sweet." — John G. Holland. 
 
 "Queen Mary." — Lord Alfred Tennyson, 
 
 "Harold." — Lord Alfred Tennyson, 
 
QRADUATINa ESSAYS AND ORATIONS. 
 
 253 
 
 "A Mid-Summer ISTight's Dream." — Wil- 
 liam Shakespeare. 
 "Hamlet." — William Shakespeare. 
 
 "Enoch Arden." — Lord Alfred Tennyson. 
 
 SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION. 
 
 1 — Does Argument Keally Convince? 
 2 — Will Man Ever Discover the Secret 
 
 of Flying ? 
 3 — Should the Government Own the 
 
 Telegraph and Railroads ? 
 4 — Was I^apoleon's Career More Won- 
 derful than Alexander's ? 
 5 — Is Fire More Destructive Than 
 
 Water ? 
 6 — Is War ISTecessary in this Age of 
 
 Arbitration ? 
 7 — Is Protective Tariff an Aid to any 
 
 Country ? 
 8 — ^Does Civil Service Reform Create a 
 
 Clerical Aristocracy ? 
 9 — Are Great Combinations of Capital 
 an Evil to the Country ? 
 10 — -Is Indiscriminate Charity Helpful to 
 
 Mankind ? 
 11 — Is it Practicable to Always Live Up 
 
 to the Monroe Doctrine ? 
 12 — Are Labor Unions Practical ? 
 13 — ^Which Are Producers and Which 
 
 Consumers ? • 
 14 — Will An Educated Country Hold Su- 
 premacy Over Those Less En- 
 dowed ? 
 15 — Is Republican the Best Form of Gov- 
 ernment ? 
 16 — Should Women be Allowed the Right 
 
 of Franchise ? 
 17 — Should Colleges be I^on-Sectarian ? 
 18 — Is the Pen Greater than the Sword ? 
 19 — How Should Rich Men Dispose of 
 Their Wealth in their Wills ? 
 Are Women Less Brave than Men ? 
 How Far Should Labor Unions Go in 
 
 l^egotiating With Employers ? 
 Is Education the Defense of a 
 tion? 
 23 — Is America as Patriotic to-day 
 
 Century Ago? 
 24 — Does Environment Always Make 
 Men? 
 
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 21 
 
 22 
 
 :^a- 
 
 as a 
 
 25 — Do Circumstances Make Men? 
 
 26 — Are English Men of Letters Superior 
 
 to Those of America ? 
 27 — Do the Dictates of Fashion Injure 
 
 Health? 
 28 — Was Longfellow America's Greatest 
 
 Poet? 
 
 SUBJECTS TOR GRADUATING ESSAYS, 
 ORATIONS AND THEMES. 
 
 POLITICAL. 
 
 Spirit of Reform. 
 
 American Unity. 
 
 Progress of Our Country. 
 
 Expansion. 
 
 Americans Economic Supremacy. 
 
 Heroes of Achievement. 
 
 The Land of the Dollar. 
 
 Great Financial Combinations. 
 
 Labor. 
 
 Capital. 
 
 A Century of Achievement. 
 
 Twentieth Century Problems. 
 
 Financial Panics. 
 
 The Passion for Wealth. 
 
 Wall Street — Its Effects on Our ISTation. 
 
 The Building of Our ISTation. 
 
 Practical Politics. 
 
 HISTORICAL. 
 
 The American Indian. 
 
 Liberty ! 
 
 Conquest of Peru. 
 
 We— The People. 
 
 America's Achievements. 
 
 The Hellene of the Past. 
 
 America's Heroes. 
 
 Cleopatra. 
 
 Victory Through Defeat. 
 
 Progress of Inventions. 
 
 True Greatness. 
 
 Daniel Webster. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Queen Victoria. 
 
 A Century of Progress. 
 
 The World's Great Generals. 
 
 The Pilgrims. 
 
 Early Colonists. 
 
 Our Flag. 
 
 Progress in Civilization. 
 
254 
 
 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS. 
 
 POETICAL. 
 
 Aim At The Stars. 
 
 Drifting — Wliitlier i 
 
 Music — Sweet Nature's Balm. 
 
 LilVs Golden Milestone. 
 
 Room At The Top. 
 
 The Harvest— What? 
 
 Footsteps Echo Through the Corridors of 
 
 Time. 
 Realities, Not Dreams. 
 Whither Bound. 
 
 One Flower Does Not Make a Garland. 
 '^We Build the Ladder by Which We 
 
 Rise.'' 
 "Life is Real, Life is Earnest." 
 Fallen Stars. 
 The Power of Music. 
 Music, Sweet Nature's Balm. 
 No Cross, No Crown. 
 The Four Leaf Clover. 
 Why? 
 To The Stars Through Difficulties. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS, 
 
 Breast-Plate of Self Respect. 
 
 We Can Make This Age Our Friend. 
 
 Leaks In Mental Reservoirs. 
 
 True Nobility. 
 
 Example and Precept. 
 
 Benefits of a Good Education. 
 
 Danger of Being Side-Tracked. 
 
 The High School of Experience. 
 
 Results of Perseverance. 
 
 Self-Reliance. 
 
 Success — How Won. 
 
 What is Success ? 
 
 Success — Our Watchword. 
 
 Justice. 
 
 Perseverance the Price of Victory. 
 
 Education — The Defense of a Nation. 
 
 Possibilities. 
 
 Little by Little. 
 
 Latent Powers. 
 
 Concentration. 
 
 Hope and Memory. 
 
 Tact and Talent. 
 
 Silent Influences. 
 
 Proper Use of Our Faculties. 
 
 The March of Mind. 
 
 Common-Sense. 
 
 Everyday Duties and Responsibilities. 
 
 The Blessings of Adversity. 
 
 Wanted ! — Practical Men ! 
 
 Get Ready for the Place Above You. 
 
 Knowledge; Temper; Time. 
 
 Prune Your Possibilities. 
 
 The Mettle That Wins. 
 
 Lost Opportunities. 
 
 The Ministry of Failure. 
 
 The Most Successful Man. 
 
 Heroes of Achievement. 
 
 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS GLEANED 
 FROM MANY SOURCES. 
 
 I^OR the soul that gives is the soul that 
 1^ lives; 
 And bearing another's load 
 Doth lighten your own, and shorten the 
 way 
 And brighten the homeward road. 
 
 — Washington Gladden. 
 
 The kindly words that rise within the 
 
 heart. 
 
 And thrill it with their sympathetic 
 
 tone, 
 
 But die ere spoken, fail to play their part, 
 
 And claim a merit that is not their own. 
 
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 Unspoken words, like treasures in the 
 mine. 
 Are valueless until we give them birth ; 
 Like unfound gold, their hidden beauties 
 shine, 
 Which God has made to bless and gild 
 the earth. 
 
 — JoJin Boyle O'Reilly. 
 
 Ye w}io have scorned each other. 
 Or injured friend or brother. 
 
 In this fast-fading year ; 
 Ye who by word or deed 
 Have made a kind heart bleed. 
 
 Come, gather here ! 
 Let sinned against and sinning 
 Forget their strife's beginning, 
 
 And join in friendship now; 
 Be links no longer broken. 
 Be sweet forgiveness spoken. 
 
 Under the holly boKgh. 
 
 — Charles MacTcey. 
 
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS, 
 
 255 
 
 Take joy home, 
 And make a place in thj great heart for 
 
 her, 
 And give her time to grow, and cherish 
 
 her; 
 Then will she come and oft will sing to 
 
 thee, 
 When thou art working in the furrows; 
 
 Or weeding in the sacred hour of dawn. 
 It is a comely fashion to be glad : 
 Joy is the grace we say to God. 
 
 There is a rest remaining. Hast thou 
 sinned ? 
 
 There is a sacrifice. Lift up thy head ; 
 
 The lovely world and the over-world alike 
 
 Ring with a sonz eterne, a happ rede : 
 "Thy Father loves thee.'' 
 
 — Jean Ingelow. 
 
 It's no in titles lior in rank; 
 
 It's no in wealth lij^e Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest; 
 It's no in making muckle mair. 
 It's no in books, it's no in lear. 
 
 To make us truly blest ; 
 If happiness hae not her seat " 
 
 And centre in the breast. 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great. 
 
 But never can be blest ! 
 
 — Robert Burns. 
 
 Ah ! let us hope that to our praise 
 
 Good God not only reckons 
 The moments when we tread His ways, 
 
 But when the spirit beckons — 
 That some slight good is also wrought 
 
 Beyond self-satisfaction, 
 When we are simply good in thought, 
 
 Howe'er we fail in action. 
 
 — James Russell Lowell. 
 
 Nothing is fair or good alone. 
 
 I thought the sparrow's note from Heaven, 
 
 Singing at dawn on the alder-bough; 
 
 I brought him home, in his nest, at even; 
 
 He sings the song, but it cheers not now, 
 
 For I did not bring home the river and 
 
 sky; 
 He sang to my ear — they sang to my eye. 
 — Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
 
 All other knowledge is hurtful to him 
 who has not honesty and good nature. — 
 Montaigue. 
 
 Honor is a good brooch to wear in a 
 man's hat at all times. — Ben Jonson. 
 
 Honor and shame from no condition rise ; 
 Act well your part ; there all the honor lies. 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 Let honor be to us as strong an obliga- 
 tion as necessity is to others. — Pliny. 
 
 Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we 
 
 roam, 
 His first, best country ever is at home. 
 
 — Oliver Goldsmith. 
 
 Lands mortgaged may return, and more 
 
 esteemed, . 
 But honesty once pawned, is ne'er re^ 
 
 deemed. — Thomas Middleton, 
 
 A wit's a feather, and a chief's a rod ; 
 An honest man's the noblest work of God. 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 Many delight more in giving of presents 
 than in paying their debts. — Sir P. Syd- 
 ney. 
 
 The more honesty a man has, the less 
 he affects the air of a saint. — Lavater. 
 
 The hardest trial of the heart is whether 
 it can bear a rival's failure without tri- 
 umph. — AiJcin. 
 
 History makes us some amends for the 
 shortness of life. — Shilton. 
 
 History maketh a young man to be old, 
 without either wrinkles or grey hairs, 
 privileging him with the experience of age, 
 without either the infirmities or incon- 
 veniences thereof. — Bishop Fuller. 
 
 What is public history but a register of 
 the successes and disappointments, the 
 vices, the follies, and the quarrels of those 
 who engage in the contention for power. — 
 Paley. 
 
 You traverse the world in search of hap- 
 piness which is within the reach of every 
 man ; a contented mind confers it on all. — 
 Horace, 
 
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 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS. 
 
 Health is the greatest of all possessions, 
 and 'tis a maxim with me, that a hale cob- 
 bler is a better man than a sick king. — 
 BicJcerstajf. 
 
 Be sober and temperate and you will be 
 happy. — Ben Franklin. 
 
 Happiness is in the taste and not in 
 the things themselves ; we are happy from 
 possessing what we like, not from posses- 
 sing what others like. — La Rochefoucauld, 
 
 He that upon a true principle lives, 
 without any disquiet of thought, may be 
 said to be happy. — UEstrange. 
 
 Happiness and misery are the names of 
 two extremes, the utmost bounds whereof 
 we know not. — Samuel Locke, 
 
 There is this difference between happi- 
 ness and wisdom; he that thinks himself 
 the happiest man really is so ; but he that 
 thinks himself the wisest, is generally the 
 greatest fool. — Colton. 
 
 All habits gather by unseen degrees 
 As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. 
 
 — John Dryden. 
 
 The diminutive chains of habit are sel- 
 dom heavy enough to be felt until they are 
 too strong to be broken. — Ben Jonson. 
 
 The habit of virtue cannot be formed in 
 a closet. Habits are formed by acts of 
 reason in persevering struggle through 
 temptation. — Gilpin, 
 
 It is a kind of happiness to know to what 
 extent we may be unhappy. — La Roche- 
 foucauld. 
 
 Fix'd to no spot is happiness sincere, 
 'Tis nowhere to be found, or everywhere. 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 He who puts on guilt must cast off 
 shame. — /. Hill, 
 
 It is almost as difficult to make a man 
 unlearn his errors as his knowledge. — 
 Colton. 
 
 Know then this truth, enough for man to 
 
 know 
 Virtue alone is happiness below. 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 Nature has granted to all to be happy, 
 if we did but know how to use his bene- 
 fits. — Claudian. 
 
 True happiness, if understood, 
 Consists alone in doing good. 
 
 — Thomson. 
 No man is blest by accident or guess ; 
 True wisdom is the price of happiness. 
 
 — Young. 
 He who has health has hope, and he who 
 has hope has everything. — Arabian 
 Proverb. 
 
 How easy it is for one benevolent being 
 to diffuse pleasure around him ; and how 
 truly is a kind heart a fountain of glad- 
 ness, making everything in its vicinity 
 freshen into smiles. — Washington Irving. 
 
 A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its 
 greatest countenance in its lowest estate. — 
 Sir P, Sidney. 
 
 Haste and rashness are storms and tem- 
 pests, breaking and wrecking business ; but 
 nimbleness is a full, fair wind, blowing it 
 with speed to heaven. — Fuller. 
 
 People who are always taking care of 
 their health are like misers who are hoard- 
 ing a treasure which they have never spirit 
 enough to enjoy. — Sterne, 
 
 Habits will reconcile us to everything 
 but change, and even to change if it recur 
 not too quickly. — Ibid. 
 
 To be perpetually longing and impa- 
 tiently desirous of anything, so that a man 
 cannot abstain from it, is to lose a man's 
 liberty, and to become a servant of meat 
 and drink, or smoke. — Jeremy Taylor, 
 
 Habit with him was all the test of truth, 
 It must be right: I've done it from my 
 youth. — Crabbe. 
 
 Every one can master a grief but he that 
 has it. — Wm. Shakespeare. 
 
 Every man should bear his own griev- 
 ances and inconveniences, rather than de- 
 tract from or abridge the comforts of 
 another. — Cicero. 
 
 Every one must see daily instances of 
 
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS, 
 
 257 
 
 people who complain from a mere habit 
 of complaining. — Groves, 
 
 He is most free from dangers who, even 
 when safe, is upon his guard. It is better 
 to be always upon your guard than to suf- 
 fer once. — Latin Proverb. 
 
 He who receives a good turn should 
 never forget it; he who 'does one should 
 never remember it. — Charron. 
 
 He is the free man whom the truth 
 makes free. — "William Cowper. 
 
 The greatest glory of a free-born people 
 Is to transmit that freedom to their chil- 
 dren. — Havard. 
 
 He that has no friend and no enemy 
 is one of the vulgar, and without talents, 
 power, or energy. — Lavater. 
 
 Friends are much better tried in bad 
 fortune than in good. — Aristotle. 
 
 Old friends are best. King James used 
 to call for his old shoes ; they were easiest 
 to his feet. — John 8elden. 
 
 When fortune means to men most good 
 She looks upon them with a threatening 
 eye. — Wm. Shakespeare. 
 
 But better far it is to speak 
 
 One simple word, which now and then 
 Shall waken their free nature in the weak 
 
 And friendless sons of men. 
 
 — James Russell Lowell. 
 
 Sympathy is especially a Christian's 
 dutj-. — Chas. Spurgeon. 
 
 We often do more good by our sympathy 
 than by our labors. — Canon Farrar. 
 
 I hold that Christian grace abounds 
 Where Charity is seen ; that when 
 
 We climb to heaven, 'tis on the rounds 
 Of love to men. 
 
 — ''My Creed-y Alice Cary. 
 
 Indeed, I almost doubt whether the head 
 of a family does not do more mischief if 
 he is unsympathetic than even if he were 
 unjust. — Arthur Helps, 
 
 Sometimes, just to have one's mood 
 
 Comprehended is relief : 
 Simply to be understood 
 In one's sorrow is a good 
 
 That avails to soften grief. 
 
 — Mary E. Bradley, 
 
 Is thy burden hard and heavy ? 
 
 Do thy steps drag wearily ? 
 Help to bear thy brother's burden, 
 
 God will bear both it and thee. 
 
 The secrets of life are not shown except 
 to sympathy and likeness. — Ralph Waldo 
 Emerson, 
 
 Can't we stop to give just a kindly smile ? 
 
 Or a kinder word or so ? 
 Or only one glance of sympathy 
 
 Which might to some sad heart go ? 
 
 The heart that goes out of itself gets 
 large and full of joy. This is the great 
 secret of the inner life. — Horace Mann. 
 
 It costs so little ! I wonder why 
 
 We give it so little thought ! 
 A smile — ^kind words — a glance — a touch ! 
 
 What magic with them is wrought ! 
 
 Strength for to-day is all that we need. 
 As there will never be a to-morrow ; 
 
 For to-morrow will prove but another to- 
 day, 
 With its measure of joy and sorrow. 
 
 We get back our mete as we measure. 
 We cannot do wrong and feel right ; 
 
 ITor can we give pain and get pleasure, 
 For justice avenges each slight. 
 
 — Alice Cary. 
 
 It may pass for a maxim in State, that 
 the administration cannot be placed in too 
 few hands, nor the legislation m too many. 
 — Dean Swift. 
 
 Though a soldier in time of peace is 
 like a chimney in the summer, yet what 
 wise man would pluck down his chimney 
 because his almanac tells him 'tis middle 
 of June ? — Tom Brown. 
 
 We are more taxed by our idleness, pride 
 and folly than we are taxed by govern- 
 ment. — Benjamin Franklin, 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude 
 in a poor man 1 t.iike it for granted there 
 would be as much generosity if he were a 
 rich man. — Alexander Pope. 
 
 It is better for a city to be governed by 
 a good man than by good laws.^ — Aristotle. 
 
 They that govern most make the least 
 noise. — Sclden. 
 
 Power is detested and miserable in the 
 life of him who wishes rather to be feared 
 than to be loved. — Nepos. 
 
 For forms of government let fools contest ; 
 Whate'er is best administer'd is best. 
 
 — Alexander Pope. 
 
 All government, indeed every human 
 benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and 
 every prudent act, is founded on com- 
 promise and barter. — Burke. 
 
 Virtue itself often offends when coupled 
 with bad manners. — Middleton. 
 
 Happy were men if they but understood 
 There is no safety but in doing good. 
 
 — John Fontain. 
 
 Virtue is bold and goodness never fear- 
 ful. — Wm. Shakespeare. 
 
 Genius is the highest type of reason — 
 talent the highest type of the understand- 
 ing. — Hickok. 
 
 How weak a thing is gentility, if it 
 wants virtue. — Bishop Fuller. 
 
 Education begins the gentleman, but 
 reading, good company and reflection must 
 finish him. — John Locke. 
 
 The manner of giving shows the char- 
 acter of the giver, more than the gift it- 
 self. — Lavater. 
 
 Our greatest glory consists not in never 
 falling, but in rising every time we fall. — 
 Goldsmith. 
 
 The truly generous is the truly wise ; 
 And he who loves not others, lives unblest. 
 
 — Horace. 
 
 Time, place and action, may with pains be 
 wrought, 
 
 But genius must be born, and never can be 
 taught. — John Dryden. 
 
 Men of genius are often dull and inert 
 in society, as a blazing meteor when it 
 descends to earth, is only a stone. — Henry 
 Wadsworth Longfellow. 
 
 When a true genius appears m the 
 world you may know him by this sign, 
 that the dunces are all in confederation 
 against him. — Dean Siuift. 
 
 Friendship improves happiness, and 
 abates misery, by the doubling of our joy, 
 and the dividing of our grief. — Cicero. 
 
 Friendship is a strong and habitual in- 
 clination of two persons to promote the 
 good and happiness of each other. — 
 Thomas Addison. 
 
 Great souls by instinct to each other turn. 
 Demand alliance, and in friendship burn. 
 
 — Thomas Addison. 
 
 Frugality is founded upon the principle 
 that all riches have limits. — Burke. 
 
 By gaming we lose both our time and 
 treasure; two things most precious to the 
 life of man. — Feltham. 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Il^CE the observance of authors' 
 L^ birthdavs has become universal a 
 demand has been created for classified 
 matter along this particular line of school 
 work. Quotations from the works of the 
 various authors so honored form no small 
 part of the exercises. We therefore pre- 
 sent the following carefully compiled ex- 
 tracts, together with name of the selection 
 from which they are quoted. 
 
 These quotations not only include the 
 works of poets and writers of past ages, 
 but also those of the younger writers of the 
 day. 
 
 Additional extracts will be found in the 
 School Department of this work under 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 259 
 
 Special Day Programmes. These include 
 Burns, Field, Carleton, Holmes, Irving, 
 Longfellow, Lowell, Rilej, Whittier, Ten- 
 nyson, Cary, Bryant and Kipling. Also 
 suitable extracts for Bird, Flower, Memo- 
 rial, Spring, Mid-Summer, Mid-Winter, 
 Autumn, Thanksgiving and Christmas 
 Day observances. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM ELLA WHEELER 
 WILCOX. 
 
 fBUST in thine ovni untried ca- 
 pacity, 
 As thou wouldst trust in God him- 
 self ; 
 Thy soul 
 
 Is but one emanation from the whole. 
 Thou dost not dream what forces lie in 
 thee." — Achievement. 
 
 "Love does not grow on every tree, 
 
 !N^or true hearts yearly bloom. 
 Alas for those who only see 
 
 This truth across a tomb. 
 But, soon or late, the fact grows plain 
 
 To all through sorrow's test — 
 The only folks who give us pain 
 
 Are those we love the best." 
 
 — Life's Scars. 
 
 "Earth is one chamber of heaven ; 
 
 Death is no grander than birth ; 
 Joy was the life that was given. 
 
 Strive for perfection on earth." 
 
 — Here and Now. 
 
 "Between the cradle and the tomb 
 Two roadways lead along. 
 Oft side by side they seem to glide^ — 
 The Eight Koad, and the Wrong." 
 
 — Two Roads. 
 
 "Do you know what moves the tides. 
 
 As they swing from low to high ? 
 
 'Tis the love, love, love. 
 
 Of the moon within the sky. 
 
 Oh, they follow where she guides, 
 
 Do the faithful-hearted tides." 
 
 —The Secret. 
 
 "Have you heard of the terrible family 
 
 They' ? 
 And the dreadful, venomous things They' 
 
 say? 
 W^hy, half the gossip under the sun. 
 If you trace it back, you will find begun 
 In that wretched House of They'." 
 
 —"They Say.'' 
 
 "If all the troubles in the world 
 Were traced back to the start. 
 We'd find not one in ten began 
 From want of willing heart." 
 
 —"I Didnt Think." 
 
 a 
 
 I prayed for a contented mind. At length 
 Great light upon my darkened spirit 
 burst, 
 Great peace fell on me, also, and great 
 strength ; 
 Oh ! had that prayer been first !" 
 
 — Answered Prayers. 
 
 "Where have they gone, the good little 
 
 girls. 
 With natural manners and natural curls. 
 Who love their dollies and like their toys. 
 And talk of something beside the boys ?" 
 
 — The Quest. 
 
 "We want no kings but kings of toil — 
 'No crowns but crowns of deeds ; 
 
 ISTot royal birth but sterling worth 
 Must mark the man who leads." 
 — The Man Who Leads. 
 
 "Laugh, and the world laughs with you ; 
 
 Weep, and you weep alone ; 
 For this brave old earth must borrow its 
 mirth ; 
 It has trouble enough of its own." 
 — Laugh and the World Laughs. 
 
 "Aim well ! 
 
 No time is lost by care ; 
 Haste fails. Beware ! Beware ! 
 A true aim wins, then dare 
 Make each aim tell." 
 
 — Aim Well. 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 H'V 
 
 There is no time to waste, 
 If YOU have any seed of good for sowing, 
 You must, jou must make haste." 
 
 — The Seed Time. 
 
 as you go 
 
 ''Do not look for the flaws 
 through life, 
 And even when vou find them 
 It's wise and kind to be somewhat blind, 
 And look for the virtue behind them." 
 
 — Charity. 
 
 "It is easy enough to be pleasant 
 While life flows by like a song. 
 But the man worth while is the one who 
 will smile 
 When everything goes wrong. 
 For the test of the heart is trouble, 
 
 And it always comes with the years ; 
 And the smile that is worth the praises of 
 earth 
 Is the smile that shines through tears." 
 
 —Lifes Test. 
 
 "Love is enough.. Let us not seek for gold. 
 Wealth breeds false aims, and pride and 
 selfishness ; 
 In those serene Arcadian days of old 
 Men gave no thought to princely homes 
 and dress. 
 The gods who dwelt in fair Olympia's 
 
 height 
 Lived only for dear love and love's de- 
 light; 
 Love is enough." 
 
 — Love Is Enough. 
 
 "Talk happiness. The world is sad enough 
 Without your woes. 'No path is wholly 
 
 rough ; 
 Look for the places that are smooth and 
 
 clear, 
 And speak of those to rest the weary ear 
 Of earth.' — Speech. 
 
 "Build upon resolve, and not upon regret. 
 The structure of thy future. Do not grope 
 Among the shadows of old sins, but let 
 Thine own soul's light shine on the path 
 of hoDe 
 
 And dissipate the darkness. Waste no 
 
 tears 
 Upon the blotted record of lost years. 
 But turn the leaf and smile, oh, smile, to 
 
 see 
 The fair white pages that remain to thee." 
 
 — Resolve. 
 
 "Every man likes to be loved ardently, 
 but he wants all other men to think of his 
 wife as a human icicle." — A Mans Ideal. 
 
 "Not since the first dim dawn of life 
 
 began 
 On this small sphere has peace reigned for 
 
 an hour.'' — Battles. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM MARGARET E. 
 SANGSTER. 
 
 fr WIIEK the old year glides away, 
 A weary wraith in the snow and 
 the cold, 
 We could begin on the New Year's Day 
 A clean new life and could drop the 
 old- 
 Old sins, old shames, old thrusts of pain. 
 And the myriad things God only knows. 
 And into the sweet year, clear of stain. 
 Could step with the freedom of full 
 repose. 
 What blessings untold would to us be 
 
 given ! 
 Scarce in our hearts would be room for 
 heaven !" 
 
 -If- 
 
 "We take our share of fretting. 
 
 Of grieving and forgetting; 
 
 The paths are often rough and steep, and 
 
 heedless feet may fall. 
 But yet the days are cheery. 
 And night brings rest when weary. 
 And somehow this old planet is a good 
 
 place after all." 
 
 — After All. 
 
 "The sacred vows are pledged, the rite is 
 o'er, two lives are one; 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
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 The golden years stretch onward hence — 
 what reek they, shade or sun ? 
 
 These happy hearts — God keep them, and 
 grant that from this hour 
 
 1^0 evil thing or deadly may on their lives 
 have power." 
 
 — A Wedding, 
 
 "Give us the cup of thy wine to taste, 
 O wind of the South, so strong and 
 fleet ! 
 INTever a drop of its joy to waste, 
 
 In the days of the Springtime, coy and 
 sweet." 
 
 —The South Wind. 
 
 "If mother would listen to me, dears. 
 
 She'd huy her a gown of silk. 
 With buttons of royal velvet. 
 
 And ruffles as white as milk ; 
 And she'd let you do the trotting. 
 
 While she sat still in her chair. 
 That mother should have it hard all 
 through 
 
 It strikes me, isn't fair." 
 
 — If Mother Would Listen. 
 
 " 'Tis splendid to live so grandly, 
 
 That, long after you are gone. 
 The things you did are remembered 
 
 And recounted under the sun ; 
 To live so bravely and purely 
 
 That a nation stops on its way. 
 And once a year, with banner and drum. 
 
 Keep the thoughts of your natal day." 
 — Washington s Birthday. 
 
 "I wonder if you have seen him, too. 
 
 This boy, who is not too big 
 For a morning kiss from Mother and Sis, 
 
 Who isn't a bit of a prig." 
 
 — A Little Gentleman. 
 
 "For peace and plenty, for freedom, for 
 
 rest. 
 For joy in the land from the east to the 
 
 west. 
 For the dear starry flag, with its red, 
 
 white and blue, 
 
 We thank Thee from hearts that are hon- 
 est and true." 
 
 —We Thanh Thee. 
 
 It isn't the thing you do, dear. 
 It's the thing you leave undone. 
 
 That gives you a bit of heartache. 
 At the setting of the sun." 
 
 — Duties. 
 
 "Comfort one another 
 With the hand-clasp close and tender, 
 With the sweetness love can render. 
 And the looks of friendly eyes. 
 Do not wait with grace unspoken, 
 While life's daily bread is broken — 
 Gentle speech is oft like manna from the 
 skies." 
 
 — Comfort One Another. 
 
 "If any little word of mine may make a 
 
 life the brighter, 
 If any little song of mine may make a 
 
 heart the lighter, 
 God help me speak the little word and 
 
 make my bit of singing. 
 And drop it in some lonely vale to set 
 
 the echoes ringing." 
 
 — Any Little Word of Mine. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM WILLIAM SHAKE- 
 SPEARE. 
 
 IKE as waves make toward the peb- 
 bled shore. 
 So do our minutes hasten to their end ; 
 Each changing place with that which goes 
 before. 
 In sequent toil all forwards to con- 
 tend." 
 
 — The Spoils of Time. 
 
 "Be great in fact, as you have been in 
 thought; . 
 
 Let not the world see fear and sad dis- 
 trust 
 
 Govern the motion of a kingly eye." 
 
 — Exhortation to Courage, 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 *'To be, or not to bo, that Is the question, 
 Whether 'tis nobler in \ho mind to suffer 
 The slings and arrows of outrageous for- 
 tune, 
 Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, 
 And, by oppooing, end them." 
 
 — Hamlet's Soliloquy. 
 
 "The man that hath no music in himself, 
 Nor is not moved with concord of sweet 
 
 sounds, 
 Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; 
 The motions of his spirit are dull as night, 
 And his affections dark as Erebus: 
 Let no such man be trusted." 
 
 — Merchant of Venice. 
 
 "Who would fardels bear. 
 
 To grunt and sweat under a weary life, 
 
 But that the dread of something after 
 
 death — 
 The undiscovered country, from whose 
 
 bourn 
 Xo traveler returns — puzzles the will; 
 And makes us rather bear those ills we 
 
 have. 
 Than fly to others that we know not of ! 
 Thus conscience does make cowards of us 
 
 all." 
 
 — Hamlet's Soliloquy. 
 
 "One good deed dying tongueless 
 Strangles a thousand, waiting upon that." 
 
 — Winter s Tale. 
 
 "If to do were as easy as to know 
 what were good to do, chapels had been 
 churches, and poor men's cottages princes' 
 palaces." 
 
 — Merchant of Venice. 
 
 "There is a tide in the affairs of men, 
 Which, taken at the flood, leads on to for- 
 tune; 
 Omitted, all the voyage of their life 
 Is bound in shallows and in miseries." 
 
 — Julius Caesar. 
 
 "Corruption wins not more than honesty, 
 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace 
 
 To silence envious tongues. Be just, and 
 
 fear not ; 
 Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy 
 
 country's. 
 Thy God's, and truth's." 
 
 — Henry VIII, 
 
 "Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel 
 just; 
 
 And he but naked, though locked up in 
 steel, 
 
 Whose conscience with injustice is cor- 
 rupted." 
 
 — Henry VI, 
 
 "JSTature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine. 
 It sends some precious instance of itself 
 After the thing it loves." 
 
 — Hamlet, 
 
 "Good name in man and woman, dear my 
 
 lord, 
 Is the immediate jewel of their souls ; 
 Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis 
 
 something, nothing; 
 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave 
 
 to thousands; 
 But he that filches from ixie my good 
 
 name, 
 Robs me of that which not enriches him, 
 And makes me poor indeed." 
 
 — Othello. 
 
 '' 'Tis all men's office to speak patience 
 To those that wring under the load of 
 
 sorrow ; 
 But no man's virtue, nor sufficiency. 
 To be so moral, when he shall endure 
 The like himself." 
 
 — Much Ado About Nothing, 
 
 "Sweet are the uses of adversity. 
 Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, 
 Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." 
 
 — Adversity. 
 
 "I dare do all that may become a man, 
 Who dares do more is none." 
 
 — Courage. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
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 "All the world's a stage, 
 And all the men and women merely 
 players.'' 
 
 — Seven Ages of Men. 
 
 "This is the state of man : To-day he puts 
 
 forth 
 The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow 
 
 blossoms, 
 And bears his blushing honors thick upon 
 
 him; 
 The third day comes a frost, a killing 
 
 frost, 
 xind, when he thinks, good, easy man, full 
 
 surely 
 His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root. 
 And then he falls." 
 
 — The Vicissitudes of Life. 
 
 '^She loved me for the dangers I had 
 
 pass'd; 
 And I loved her, that she did pity them." 
 
 — Othello. 
 
 ^*T charge thee, fling away ambition ; 
 
 By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, 
 
 then, 
 The image of his Maker, hope to win by 't ? 
 Love thyself last; cherish those hearts 
 
 that hate thee." 
 
 — Fall of Cardinal Wolsey. 
 
 "To thine own self be true ; 
 And it must follow, as the night the day, 
 Thou canst not then be false to any man." 
 — Counsel to a Friend. 
 
 aUOTATIONS PROM JEAN INGEIOW. 
 
 (^^@ HEN our thoughts are bom, 
 )¥?■ f Though they may be good and 
 
 humble, one should mind 
 How they are reared, or some will go 
 
 astray 
 And shame their mother." 
 
 — Gladys and Her Island. 
 
 "Crowds of bees are giddy with clover, 
 Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, 
 
 Crov/ds of larks at their matins hang over 
 Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet !" 
 
 — Divided. 
 
 a 
 
 Heigh ho ! daisies and buttercups. 
 Fair yellow daffodils, stately and tall! 
 A sunshiny world full of laughter and 
 leisure. 
 And fresh hearts unconscious of sorrow 
 and thrall ! 
 Send down on their pleasure smiles pass- 
 ing in measure, 
 God that is over us all." 
 
 — Songs of Seven. 
 
 "Tears are the showers that fertilize this 
 
 world. 
 And memory of things precious keepeth 
 
 warm 
 The heart that once did hold them." 
 
 — Regret. 
 
 ^^They sang, and would not stop. 
 While drop, and drop, and drop, 
 I heard the melted rime in sunshine fall ; 
 And narrow, wandering rills, 
 Where leaned the daffodils. 
 Murmured and murmured on, and that 
 was all." 
 
 — A Reverie. 
 
 "I sat and spun within my doore. 
 
 My thread brake off, I raised myne 
 eyes ; 
 The level sun, like ruddy ore. 
 
 Lay sinking in the barren, skies. 
 And dark against day's golden death 
 
 She moved where Lindis wandereth. 
 My Sonne's fair wife, Elizabeth." 
 
 — The Brides of Enderhy. 
 
 "Poor bells ! I forgive you ; your good 
 davs are over, 
 And mine, they are yet to be ; 
 No listening, no longing shall aught, 
 aught discover; 
 You leave the story to me." 
 
 — Romance. 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 '^IIusli, nightingale, Imsli ! sweet night- 
 ingale, wait 
 Till I listen and hear 
 If a step draweth near, 
 For mj love he is late." 
 
 — Love. 
 
 ^'To hear, to heed, to wed. 
 
 Fair lot that maidens choose. 
 
 Thy mother's tenderest words are said, 
 Thy face no more she views." 
 
 — Given in Marriage. 
 
 ^'I pray yon hear my song of a boat, 
 
 For it is but short: 
 My boat you shall find none fairer afloat. 
 
 In river or port ; 
 Long I looked out for the lad she bore. 
 
 On the open, desolate sea. 
 And I think he sailed to the heavenly 
 shore. 
 
 For he came not back to me — 
 
 Ah, me !" 
 
 -A Song of a Boat. 
 
 ^'1 had a nestful once of my own, 
 
 Ah, happy, happy I ! 
 Right dearly I loved them ; but when they 
 w^ere grown 
 
 They spread out their wings to fly. 
 Ah, one after one they flew away, 
 
 Far up to the heavenly blue. 
 To the better country, the upper day ; 
 
 And — I wish I was going, too." 
 
 — A Song of a Nest. 
 
 "I lift mine eyes, and what to see. 
 But a world happy and fair; 
 
 I have not wished it to mourn with me, 
 Comfort is not there." 
 
 — Widowhood. 
 
 "You Moon ! have you done something 
 wrong in heaven. 
 That God has hidden your face ? 
 I hope, if you have, you will soon be for- 
 given. 
 And shine again in your place." 
 
 — Songs of Seven. 
 
 '^Far better in its place the lowliest bird 
 Should sing aright to Him the lowliest 
 song, 
 Than that a seraph strayed should take 
 the word 
 And sing his glory wrong." 
 
 —The Better Waij. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM JOHN MILTON. 
 
 ^T OW came still Evening on, and 
 1^ Twilight gray 
 Had in her sober livery all things clad." 
 
 — Evening. 
 
 "Hail, universal Lord! be bounteous still 
 To give us only good ; and if the night 
 Have gathered aught of evil, or concealed, 
 Disperse it as now light dispels the dark." 
 — Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve. 
 
 "The childhood shows the man. 
 As morning shows the day." 
 
 — Paradise Regained. 
 
 "A good book is the precious life-blood 
 of a master spirit, embalmed and treas- 
 ured up on purpose to a life beyond life." 
 
 — Areopagitica. 
 
 "O unexpected stroke; worse than of 
 
 death 
 Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus 
 
 leave 
 Thee, native soil ? These happy walks and 
 
 shades. 
 Fit haunt of gods ?" 
 
 — Expulsion from Paradise. 
 
 "God doth not need 
 
 Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who 
 
 best 
 Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best; 
 
 his state 
 Is kingly ; thousands at his bidding speed. 
 And post o'er land and ocean without rest ; 
 They also serve who only stand and wait." 
 — Sonnet, On His Blindness, 
 
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CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 265 
 
 ^^God attributes to place 
 
 'No sanctity, if none be thither brought 
 
 By men who there frequent." 
 
 — Paradise Lost. 
 
 ^^The world was all before them, where to 
 
 choose 
 Their place of rest, and Providence their 
 
 guide.'' 
 
 —Paradise Lost. 
 
 "I call, therefore, a complete and gen- 
 erous education, that which fits a man to 
 perform justly, skilfully and magnani- 
 mously, all the offices, both private and 
 public, of peace and war." 
 
 — Education. 
 
 "Mortals, that would follow me. 
 Love Virtue, she alone is free ; 
 She can teach ye how to climb 
 Higher than the sphery chime ; 
 Or, if Virtue feeble were. 
 Heaven itself would stoop to hei." 
 
 — Comus. 
 
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 Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt; 
 Surprised by unjust force, but not in- 
 thralled ; 
 Yea, even that which mischief meant most 
 
 harm 
 Shall in the happy trial prove most 
 glory." 
 
 — Supremacy of Virtue. 
 
 "Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers 
 rise. 
 Of shades, and wanton winds, and gush- 
 ing brooks. 
 On whose fresh lap the swart-star spare- 
 ly looks; 
 Throw hither all your quaint enameled 
 . eyes. 
 That on the green turf suck the honeyed 
 
 showers, 
 And purple all the ground with vernal 
 flowers." 
 
 — Flowers. 
 
 "Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven 
 first-born!" 
 
 — Hail, Holy Light. 
 
 "A good book is the precious life-blood 
 of a master-spirit embalmed and treas- 
 ured up on purpose to a life beyond." 
 
 — Boohs. 
 
 "Give me liberty to know, to think, to 
 believe, and to utter freely according to 
 conscience, above all other liberties." 
 
 — Education. 
 
 "He that reigns within himself, and 
 rules passions, desires and fears, is more 
 than a king." 
 
 — True Nobility. 
 
 "There are no songs to be compared 
 with the songs of Zion, no orations equal 
 to those of the prophets, no politics like 
 those which the Scripture teaches." 
 
 — The Bible as a Classic. 
 
 "Truth is as impossible to be soiled by 
 any outward touch as the sunbeam." 
 
 —Truth. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FEOM SIR WALTER SCOTT. 
 
 ^^^ WAIsTDEKIKG harper, scorned 
 
 J(^ and poor. 
 He begged his bread from door to door. 
 And tuned, to please a peasant's ear. 
 The harp a king had loved to hear." 
 
 — Lay of the Last Minstrel. 
 
 "Oh, many a shaft at random sent. 
 Finds mark the archer little meant ; 
 And many a word, at random spoken. 
 May soothe or wound a heart that's 
 broken." 
 
 — Lord of the Isles. 
 
 "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, 
 When first we practice to deceive. 
 
 — Marmion, 
 
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266 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ^'Breathes there a man with soul so dead, 
 Who never to himself hath said, 
 This is my own, my native land ! 
 Whose heart hath ne'er within him 
 
 burned, 
 As home liis footsteps he hath turned 
 From wandering on a foreign strand !" 
 * — Lay of the Last Minstrel. 
 
 ^'Some feelings are to mortals given 
 
 With less of earth in them than heaven ; 
 
 And if there be a human tear 
 
 From passion's dross refined and clear, 
 
 A tear so limpid and so meek, 
 
 It would not stain an angel's cheek, 
 
 'Tis that which pious fathers shed 
 
 Upon a duteous daughter's head !" 
 
 — The Lady of the LaJce. 
 
 O Minstrel Harp, still must thine accents 
 sleep ? 
 Mid rustling leaves and fountains mur- 
 muring ; 
 Still must thy sweeter sounds thy silence 
 keep, 
 Nor bid a warrior smile, nor teach a 
 maid to weep ?" 
 
 — Harp of the North. 
 
 ^'0 Young Lochinvar has come out of the 
 
 • West! 
 Through all the wide border his steed was 
 
 the best; 
 And save his good broadsword he weapons 
 
 had none — 
 He rode all unarmed and he rode all alone. 
 So faithful in love, and so dauntless in 
 
 Avar, 
 There never was knight like the young 
 
 Lochinvar." 
 
 — Lochinvar s Ride. 
 
 ''The deeds of our sires if our bards 
 
 should rehearse 
 Let a blush or a blow be the meed of their 
 
 verse ! 
 Be mute every string, and be hushed 
 
 everv tone, 
 That shall bid us remember the fame that 
 
 is flown." 
 — There's a Mist on the Mountain, 
 
 "Now all whom varied toil and care 
 From home and love divide. 
 
 In the calm sunset may repair 
 Each to the loved one's side." 
 
 — Evening. 
 
 "Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er. 
 
 Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking ; 
 
 Dream of battlefields no more, 
 
 Days of Danger, nights of waking." 
 
 — Song. 
 
 If on life's uncertain main 
 
 Mishap shall mar thy sail ; 
 If faithful, wise, and brave in vain. 
 Woe, want and exile thou sustain 
 Beneath the fickle gale; 
 
 Waste not a sigh on fortune changed. 
 On thankless courts, or friends es- 
 tranged, 
 But come where kindred worth shall 
 
 smile. 
 To greet thee in the lonely isle." 
 
 — Lady of the Lahe. 
 
 "The autumn winds rushing 
 Waft the leaves that are searest. 
 
 But our flower was in flushing. 
 When blighting was nearest." 
 
 — Coronach. 
 
 The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new. 
 And hope is brightest when it dawns 
 from fears; 
 The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning 
 dew. 
 And love is loveliest when embalm'd in 
 tears." 
 
 — The Prophecy. 
 
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 All Nature's children feel the matin 
 spring 
 Of life reviving, with reviving day." 
 
 — The Island. 
 
 "Call it not vain ; they do not err, 
 W^ho say that when the poet dies. 
 
 Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, 
 And celebrates his obsequies." 
 
 —The Poet, 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 2Gr 
 
 ^^Por, well-a-day ! their date was fled ; 
 His tuneful brethren all were dead; 
 And he, neglectful and oppressed, 
 Wished to be with them, and at rest." 
 — Lay of the Last Minstrel. 
 
 "By Yarrow's streams still let me stray. 
 Though none should guide my feeble way ; 
 Still feel the breeze down Ettrick break, 
 Although it chill my withered cheek ; 
 Still lay my head by Teviot stone, 
 Though there, forgotten and alone. 
 The bard may draw his parting groan." 
 
 — Love of Country. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM JOSIAH GILBEET 
 HOLLAND. 
 
 HEEE'S a song in the air! 
 There's a star in the sky ! 
 There's a mother's deep prayer 
 
 And a baby's low cry ! 
 And the star rains its fire while the beau- 
 tiful sing. 
 For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a 
 king." 
 
 — A Christmas Carol. 
 
 "What is the little one thinking about ? 
 Very wonderful things, no doubt ! 
 
 Unwritten history 
 
 TJnfathomed mystery! 
 Yet he laughs and cries, and eats and 
 
 drinks. 
 And chuckles and crows, and nods and 
 
 winks, 
 As if his head were as full of kinks 
 And curious riddles as any sphinx." 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 "Evil is only the slave of Good ; 
 
 Sorrow the servant of Joy ; 
 And the soul is mad that refuses food 
 
 Of the meanest in God's employ." 
 
 — A Song of Faith. 
 
 "Heaven is not reached by a single bound ; 
 We build the ladder by which we rise^ 
 
 From the lowly earth to the vaulted 
 skies, 
 And we mount its summit round by 
 round." 
 
 — Gradatim. 
 
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 Toward every brave and careless boy 
 Whose lusty shout or call I hear, 
 The boy within me springs with joy 
 And rings an echo to his cheer," 
 
 — A Glimpse of Youth. 
 
 "Evil has won in the horrid feud 
 
 Of ages with the throne ; 
 Evil stands on the neck of Good, 
 
 And rules the world alone." 
 
 — A Song of^ DouhL 
 
 "The fountain of joy is fed by tears, 
 And love is lit by the breath of sighs ; 
 
 The deepest griefs and the wildest fears, 
 Have holiest ministries." 
 
 — A Song of Faith. 
 
 iCTKT. 
 
 ^Woman will be pure if man will be 
 true." 
 
 — Gold-Foil. 
 
 "Hearts, like apples, are hard and sbur. 
 Till crushed by Pain's resistless power ; 
 And yield their juices rich and bland 
 To none but Sorrow's heavy hand. 
 The purest streams of human love 
 
 Flow naturally never, 
 But gush by pressure from above. 
 
 With God's hand on the lever. 
 The first are turbidest and meanest; 
 The last are sweetest and serenest." 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 "We rise by things that are 'neath our 
 feet ; 
 By what we have mastered of good or 
 
 gain ; 
 By the pride deposed and the passion 
 slain ; 
 And the vanquished ills that we hourly 
 meet." 
 
 — Gradatim, 
 
26S 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIO^'S. 
 
 "Xot many friends my life has made ; 
 Few have I loved, and few are they 
 
 Who in mv hand their hearts have laid : 
 And these were women. I am gray 
 And never have I been betrayed." 
 
 — Katliiina. 
 
 '^Wliy not accept all your misfortunes 
 as the discipline of a paternal hand, in 
 love prescribed, to lead you to your place, 
 and whiten you for Christian service." 
 
 — Affliction. 
 
 "Thou art 
 A voice from out the world's experience, 
 Speaking of all the generations past 
 To all the generations yet to come 
 Of the long struggle, the sublime despair, 
 The wild and w^eary agony of man!" 
 
 — The Laocoon. 
 
 "Thus it is over all the earth ' 
 That which we call the fairest, 
 
 And prize for its surpassing worth, 
 Is always rarest." 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 "Hither, Sleep ! a mother wants thee ! 
 
 Come with velvet arms ! 
 Fold the baby that she grants thee 
 
 To thy own soft charms ! 
 Bear him into Dreamland lightly! 
 
 Give him sight of flowers ! 
 Do not bring him back till brightly 
 
 Break the morning hours !" 
 
 — Cradle Song. 
 
 "Sleep, babe, the 'honeyed sleep of inno- 
 cence ! 
 
 Sleep like a bud ; for soon the sun of life 
 
 With ardors quick and passionate shall 
 rise. 
 
 And, with hot kisses, part the fragTant 
 lips — 
 
 The folded petals of thy soul !" 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 "The truth is, that no man can do an 
 unmanly thing without inflicting an in- 
 jury on the whole human race. Every sin 
 
 shakes men's confidence in men, and be- 
 comes, whatever its origin, the enemy of 
 mankind.'' 
 
 — Lessons in Life. 
 
 "Wide is the gate and broad the way 
 
 That opens to perdition. 
 And countless multitudes are they 
 
 Who seek admission." 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 "God be thanked that there are some in 
 the world to whose hearts the barnacles 
 will not cling." 
 
 —Gold-Foil. 
 
 "To be a man, if aught, is privilege 
 Precious and peerless. While I bide con- 
 tent 
 The modest lot of woman, all my soul 
 Gives truest manhood humblest reverence. 
 It is a great and God-like thing to do ! 
 'Tis a great thing, I think, to be a man." 
 
 — Bitter-Sweet. 
 
 aUOTATIOlNS FROM BAYARD TAYLOR. 
 
 EAR girl, her name he dared not 
 speak 
 
 But as the song grew louder, 
 Something upon the soldier's cheek 
 Washed off the stains of powder." 
 — The Song of the Camp. 
 
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 Only a woman knows a woman's need." 
 
 — Lars. 
 
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 In many a mountain fastness, 
 By many a river's foam, 
 And through the gorgeous cities, 
 
 'Twas loneliness to roam ; 
 For the sweetest music in my heart 
 Was the olden songs of home." 
 
 — The Wayside Dream. 
 
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 The oriole weds his mottled mate, 
 The lily's bride o' the bee ; 
 Heaven's marriage ring is round the 
 earth. 
 Shall I wed thee ?" 
 
 — Proposal. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 269 
 
 ^The pathway of the sinking moon 
 
 Fades from the silent bay ] 
 The mountain isles loom large and faint, 
 
 Folded in shadows gray, 
 And the lights of land are setting stars 
 
 That soon will pass away." 
 
 — On the Sea. 
 
 "Sunshine, and hum of bees, and mur- 
 mur of winds, and scent of flowers, came 
 in through the open windows, and the 
 bridal pair seemed to stand in the heart of 
 the perfect springtime." 
 
 — The Story of Kennett. 
 
 "They sang of love, and not of fame ; 
 
 Forgot was Britain's glory ; 
 Each heart recalled a different name, 
 
 But all sang ^ Annie Laurie.' " 
 
 — The Song of the Camp. 
 
 "Give unrestrained the old emotion. 
 
 The bliss that touched the verge of pain, 
 The strength of Hate, Love's deep devo- 
 tion, — 
 Oh, give me back my youth again. '^ 
 — Give Me Back My Youth Again. 
 
 "Sleep, soldiers ! still in honored rest. 
 Your youth and valor wearing; 
 
 The bravest are the tenderest. 
 The loving are the daring." 
 
 — The Song of the Camp. 
 
 "E^o people can ever become truly great 
 or free who are not virtuous. If the soul 
 aspires for liberty — pure and perfect lib- 
 erty — it also aspires for everything that is 
 noble in truth, everything that is holy in 
 virtue." 
 
 — Views Afoot. 
 
 "Fame is what you have taken. 
 Character's what you give; 
 
 When to this truth you awaken, 
 Then you begin to live." 
 
 — Triie Living. 
 
 "Here bend Italian love and English pride 
 Above her grave, — and one remoter land. 
 
 Free as her prayers would make it, at their 
 side." 
 
 — Casa Guidi Windows. 
 
 "Another line upon thy hand I trace, 
 
 x\ll destinies above; 
 Men know thee most as one that loves his 
 race. 
 And bless thee with their love." 
 — A Friend's Greeting. (To J. G. Whit- 
 tier on his Seventieth Birthday. ) 
 
 "And Irish Borah's eyes are dim 
 For a singer dumb and gory; 
 
 And English Mary mourns for him 
 Who sang of ^ Annie Laurie.' " 
 
 — The Song of the Camp. 
 
 V 
 
 "Nothing is useless that gratifies that 
 perception of beauty which is at once the 
 most delicate and most intense of our men- 
 tal sensations, binding us by an uncon- 
 scious link nearer to I^ature and to Llim 
 whose every thought is born of Beauty, 
 Truth and Love." 
 
 -—Views Afoot. 
 
 QUOTATIONS FEOM RALPH WALDO EM- 
 ERSON. 
 
 ^EEATHS for the May! for happy 
 Spring 
 
 To-day shall all her dowry bring, 
 The love of kind, the joy, the grace. 
 Hymen of element and race. 
 Knowing well to celebrate 
 With song and hue and star and state. 
 With tender light and youthful cheer. 
 The spousals of the new-born year." 
 
 — May-Day. 
 
 "Rhodora ! if the sages ask thee why 
 This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, 
 Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for 
 
 seeing, 
 Then Beauty is its own excuse for being." 
 
 — The Bhodora. 
 
270 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "We live in a new and exceptional age, 
 America is another word for Opportu- 
 nity." 
 
 — American Civilization. 
 
 "Let us realize that this country, the 
 last found, is the great charity of God to 
 the human race." 
 
 — The Fortune of the Republic. 
 
 "So nigh is grandeur to our dust, 
 
 So near is God to man, 
 When Duty whispers low, Thou mu^t, 
 
 The youth replies, / can.'^ 
 
 — Voluntaries. 
 
 "If you would be a man, speak what 
 you think to-day in words as hard as can- 
 non-balls, and to-morrow speak what to- 
 morrow thinks in hard words again, 
 though it contradict everything you said 
 to-day." 
 
 — Self-Beliance, 
 
 "I laugh at the lore and the pride of man. 
 
 At the sophist school and the learned clan ; 
 
 For what are they all, in their high con- 
 ceit. 
 
 When man in the bush with God may 
 meet ?" 
 
 — Good-Bye. 
 
 "All my hurts 
 
 My garden spade can heal. A woodland 
 
 walk, 
 A quest of river-grapes, a mocking thrush, 
 A wild-rose, a rock-loving columbine. 
 Salve my w^orst wounds." 
 
 — Mushetaquid. 
 
 "By the rude bridge that arched the flood, 
 
 Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, 
 Here once the embattled farmers stood. 
 And fired the shot heard round the 
 world." 
 
 — Concord Hymn. 
 
 "Announced by all the trumpets of the 
 
 Arrives the snow; and, driving o'er the 
 fields. 
 
 Seems nowhere to alight; the whited air 
 
 Hides hills and woods, the river and 
 heaven. 
 
 And veils the farm-house at the garden's 
 end. 
 
 The sled and traveler stopped, the cou- 
 rier's feet 
 
 Delayed, all friends shut out, the house- 
 mates sit 
 
 Around the radiant fireplace, inclosed 
 
 In a tumultuous privacy of storm." 
 
 — The Snowstorm. 
 
 "There is always a best way of doing 
 everything, if it be to boil an egg. Man- 
 ners are the happy ways of doing things, 
 each once a stroke of genius or of love — 
 now repeated and hardened into usage. 
 They form at last a rich varnish, with 
 which the routine of life is washed and 
 its details adorned." 
 
 — Behavior. 
 
 "Love is omnipresent in nature as mo- 
 tive and reward. Love is our highest word 
 and the synonym of God." 
 
 — Love, 
 
 "The passive master lent his hand 
 To the vast soul that o'er him planned." 
 
 — The Problem,. 
 
 "For blue of stream and blue of sky ; 
 For pleasant shade of branches high ; 
 For fragrant air and cooling breeze ; 
 For beauty of the blooming trees. 
 Father in heaven, we thank Thee." 
 — Thanksgiving Hymn. 
 
 "For a time our teachers serve us per- 
 sonally as metres or milestones of prog- 
 ress. Once they v/ere angels of knowl- 
 edge, and their figures touched the sky. 
 Then we drew near, saw their means, cult- 
 ture, and limits ; and they yielded their 
 places to other geniuses." 
 
 — Uses of Great Men, 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 27.1 
 
 '^Ile is great wKo is wliat he is from na- 
 ture, and who never reminds us of others." 
 — Bcpresentative Men. 
 
 "Every act of man inscribes itself in 
 the memories of his fellov^s, in his ovm 
 manners and face." 
 
 — Representative Men. 
 
 "Our greatest glory consists not in 
 never falling, but in rising every time we 
 fall." 
 
 — The Fortune of the Republic. 
 
 "Character is higher than intellect. 
 * * * A great soul will be strong to live, 
 as well as to think." 
 
 — Character. 
 
 "Books are the best things well used; 
 abused, among the worst." 
 
 — Boohs. 
 
 "Men are what their mothers make 
 them." 
 
 — Representative Men. 
 
 "I beheld the river, like God's love, 
 journeying out of the gray past into the 
 green future " 
 
 — Private Journal. 
 
 "Virtue alone is sweet society ; 
 It keeps the key to all heroic hearts. 
 And opens you a welcome in them all." 
 
 — Virtue. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM WILLIAM WORDS- 
 WORTH. 
 
 PEEFECT Woman, nobly planned. 
 To warn, to comfort, and com- 
 mand; 
 And yet a Spirit still, and bright 
 With something of angelic light." 
 
 — She Was a Phantom of Delight. 
 
 "To me the meanest flower that blows can 
 give 
 
 Thoughts that do often lie too deep for 
 
 tears." 
 
 — Intimations of Immortality. 
 
 "For I have learned to look on ISTature, 
 ]^ot as in the hour of thoughtless youth ; 
 But hearing oftentimes the still, sad music 
 of humanity." 
 — Varying Impressions from Nature. 
 
 "I see thee glittering from afar, — 
 And then thou art a pretty star ; 
 E^ot quite so fair as many are 
 In heaven above thee." 
 
 — To the Daisy. 
 
 cc 
 
 ISTature never did betray 
 The heart that loved her; 'tis her privi- 
 lege. 
 Through all the years of this our life, to 
 
 lead 
 From joy to joy." 
 
 -—Solace in Nature. 
 
 "And then my heart with pleasure fills, 
 And dances with the da-ffodils." 
 
 — Daffodils. 
 
 "If care with freezing years should come, 
 
 And wandering seem but folly, — 
 Should we be loth to stir from home, 
 
 And yet be melancholy, — 
 Should life be dull, and spirits low, 
 
 'Twill soothe us in our sorrow. 
 That earth has something yet to show. 
 
 The bonny holms of Yarrow." 
 
 — Yarrow Unvisited. 
 
 "How sweet on this autumnal day, 
 The wild wood's fruits to gather. 
 
 And on my true-love's forehead plant 
 A crest of blooming heather." 
 
 — Yarrow Visited. 
 
 "I met a little cottage girl; 
 
 She was eight years old, she said ; 
 Her hair was thick with many a curl 
 
 That clustered round her head." 
 
 — We Are Seven, 
 
272 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Serene will be onr days and bright, 
 And liappy will our natures be, 
 
 When love is an unerring light. 
 And joy its own security." 
 
 — Ode to Duty. 
 
 "The thought of our past years in me doth 
 
 breed 
 Perpetual benediction." 
 
 — Ode to Immortality. 
 
 "My heart leaps up when I behold 
 
 A rainbow in the sky ; 
 So was it when my life began; 
 So is it now I am a man ; 
 So be it w^ien I shall grow old, 
 
 Or let me die." 
 
 — My Heart Leaps Up. 
 
 "She lived unknown, and few could know 
 
 When Lucy ceased to be, 
 But she is in her grave, and, oh. 
 
 The difference to me!" 
 
 — She Dwelt Among. 
 
 "O Eeader ! had you in your mind 
 
 Such stories as silent thought can bring, 
 
 O gentle Reader ! you would find 
 A tale in everything." 
 
 — Simon Lee. 
 
 "The charities that soothe, and heal, and 
 
 bless. 
 Are scattered at the feet of men like flow- 
 
 ers. 
 
 — Charity. 
 
 "Down to the vale this water steers ; how 
 
 merrily it goes ! 
 'Twill murmur on a thousand years, and 
 
 flow as now it flows ; 
 And here, on this delightful day, I cannot 
 
 choose but think 
 How oft, a vigorous man, I lay beside this 
 
 fountain's brink. 
 My eyes are filled with childish tears, my 
 
 heart is idly stirred. 
 For the same sound is in my ears that in 
 
 those days I heard." 
 
 — An Old Man by the Brook. 
 
 "Close clings to earth the living rock, 
 Though threatening still to fall; 
 
 The earth is constant to her sphere, 
 And God upholds them all." 
 
 — 2 he Primrose of the Roch. 
 
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 Our birth is but a sleep and a forget- 
 ting; 
 The soul that rises with us, our life's 
 star, 
 Ilath had elsewhere its setting. 
 
 And Cometh from afar. 
 !N^ot in entire forgetfulness. 
 And not in utter nakedness. 
 But trailing clouds of glory do we come 
 From God, who is our home." 
 
 —Ode. 
 
 "Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her 
 
 own; 
 Yearnings she hath in her old natural 
 
 kind. 
 And even with something of a mother's 
 
 mind, 
 And no unworthy aim. 
 The homely nurse doth all she can 
 To make her Foster-child, her Inmate 
 
 Man, 
 Forget the glories he hath known. 
 And that imperial palace whence he 
 
 came. 
 
 -Ode to Immortality. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FHOM THOMAS BUCHAN- 
 AN READ. 
 
 more, no more 
 [^ The worldly shore 
 Upbraids me with its loud uproar ; 
 With dreamful eyes 
 My spirit lies 
 Under the walls of Paradise!" 
 
 — Drifting. 
 
 "The maid who binds her warrior's sash, 
 With smile that well her pain dissem- 
 bles. 
 The while, beneath her drooping lash. 
 One starry tear-drop hangs and trem- 
 bles. 
 
AN EXERCISE OF SPECIAL BENEEIT TO THE BODY IN PRESERVING THE 
 
 LINES OF GRACE. 
 
HOOP EXERCISE. 
 
 To make the body supple. 
 (See department on '^The Art of Attainment.") 
 
OLAMnnED QUOTATlONfJ. 
 
 273 
 
 Tkougli Heaven alone records the tear, 
 And Fame shall never know her story, 
 
 Her heart has shed a drop as dear 
 As e'er bedewed the field of glory.'' 
 — The Wagoner of the Alleghenies. 
 
 "How sweet the hour of Sabbath talk, 
 
 The vale with peace and sunshine full, 
 Where all the happy people walk. 
 
 Decked in their homespun flax and 
 wool." 
 
 —The Rising of line. 
 
 "But soon are the harvesters tossing their 
 sheaves ; 
 
 The robin darts out from his bower of 
 leaves ; 
 
 The wren peepeth forth from the moss- 
 covered eaves; 
 
 And the rain-spattered urchin now gladly 
 perceives 
 
 That the beautiful bow bendeth over them 
 all." 
 
 — The Summer Shower. 
 
 "The pastor came ; his snowy locks 
 
 Hallowed his brow of thought and care ; 
 And calmly, as shepherds lead their 
 flocks. 
 He led into the house of prayer." 
 
 —The Rising of 1716. 
 
 "She had known sorrow, — ^he had walked 
 
 with her. 
 Oft supped, and broke the bitter ashen 
 
 crust ; 
 And in the dead leaves still she heard the 
 stir 
 Of his black mantle trailing in the 
 dust." 
 
 — The Closing Scene. 
 
 "Though the world smile on you blandly, 
 Let your friends be choice and few ; ^ 
 
 Choose your course, pursue it grandly. 
 And achieve what you pursue." 
 
 — Achievement. 
 
 "At last the thread was snapped ; her head 
 was bowed; 
 
 Life dropped the distafl through his 
 hands serene; 
 And loving neighbors smoothed her care- 
 ful shroud. 
 While Death and Winter closed the au- 
 tumn scene." 
 
 — The Closing Scene. 
 
 "Within its shade of elm and oak 
 
 The church of Berkley Manor stood ; 
 There Sunday found the rural folk, 
 
 And some esteemed of gentle blood. 
 In vain their feet with loitering tread 
 
 Passed 'mid the graves where rank is 
 naught ; 
 
 All could not read the lesson taught 
 In that republic of the dead." 
 
 —The Rising of 1776. 
 
 "O happy ship. 
 
 To rise and dip! 
 
 With the blue crystal at your lip ! 
 
 O happy crew. 
 
 My heart with you 
 
 Sails, and sails, and sings anew!" 
 
 — Drifting. 
 
 "The swallows alone take the storm on 
 their wing. 
 
 And, taunting the tree-sheltered laborers, 
 sing; 
 
 Like pebbles, the rain breaks the face of 
 the spring. 
 
 While a bubble darts up from each widen- 
 ing ring." 
 
 — The Summer Shower. 
 
 "Under his spuming feet, the road, 
 Like an arrowy Alpine river, flowed. 
 And the landscape sped away behind 
 Like an ocean flying before the wind, 
 And the steed, like a bark fed with fur- 
 nace ire. 
 Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire." 
 
 — Sheridan s Ride. 
 
 "Amid all this — the center of the scene, 
 The white-haired matron with monoto- 
 nous trea4 
 
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 Plied the swift wheel, and with her joy- 
 less mieu 
 Sat, like a fate, and watched the flying 
 thread." 
 
 — The Closing Scene, 
 
 "The heart of the steed and the heart of 
 
 the master 
 Were heating like prisoners assaulting 
 
 their walls, 
 Impatient to be where the battlefield 
 
 calls." 
 
 — Sheridan s Ride. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM WILLIAM CTJLLEN 
 BRYANT. 
 
 ipj forth, nnder the open sky, and list 
 \^ To i^ature's teachings, while from 
 
 all around — 
 Earth and her waters, and the depths of 
 
 air — 
 Comes a still voice." 
 
 — Thanatopsis. 
 
 '^See where, upon the horizon's brim, 
 Lies the still cloud in gloomy bars; 
 
 The waning moon, all pale and dim, 
 Groes up amid the eternal stars." 
 
 — The Waning Moon. 
 
 "There is a day of sunny rest 
 
 For every dark and troubled night ; 
 
 And grief may bide an evening guest, 
 But joy shall come with early light." 
 — Blessed Are They That Mourn. 
 
 "In the cold moist earth we laid her, when 
 
 the forests cast the leaf. 
 And we wept that one so lovely should 
 
 have a life so brief." 
 
 — The Death of the Flowers. 
 
 "Sweet odors in the sea air, sweet and 
 
 strange, 
 Shall tell the homesick mariner of the 
 
 shore." 
 
 — The Evening Wind. 
 
 "Old sorrows are forgotten now, 
 
 Or but remembered to make sweet tlie 
 
 hour 
 That overpays them ; wounded hearts that 
 
 bled 
 Or broke, are healed forever." 
 
 — The Flood of Years. 
 
 "O, from these sterner aspects of thy face 
 Spare me and mine, nor let us need the 
 
 wrath 
 Of the mad unchained elements to teach 
 
 who rules them." 
 
 — A Forest Hymn. 
 
 "The oriole should build and tell 
 His love-tale close beside my cell; 
 The idle butterfly 
 
 Should rest him there, and there be heard 
 The housewife bee and humming-bird." 
 
 — June. 
 
 "The year's departing beauty hides, 
 Of wintry storms the sullen threat, 
 
 But in thy sternest frown abides 
 A look of kindly promise yet." 
 
 — March. 
 
 "For God hath marked each sorrowing 
 day 
 And numbered every secret tear, 
 And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay 
 For all his children suffer here." 
 — Blessed Are They That Mourn. 
 
 "The years shall come and pass, but we 
 Shall hear no longer, where we lie. 
 The summer's songs, the autumn's sigh, 
 
 In the boughs of the apple-tree." 
 
 — Planting the Apple-Tree 
 
 "Strike for that broad and goodly land. 
 Blow after blow, till men shall see 
 
 That Might and Right move hand in hand, 
 And glorious must their triumph be." 
 — Our Country's Call. 
 
 "ITe who, from zone to zone, 
 
 Guides through the boundless sky thy 
 certain flight, 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
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 In tlie long way that I must tread alone, 
 Will lead my steps aright." 
 
 — To a Water-Fowl. 
 
 "In sadness then I ponder how quickly 
 
 fleets the hour 
 Of human strength and action, man's 
 
 courage and his power ; 
 I muse while still the wood-thrush sings 
 
 down the golden day ; 
 And as I look and listen the sadness wears 
 
 away." 
 
 — Waiting hy the Gate. 
 
 "The quiet August noon has come ; 
 
 A slumberous silence fills the sky ; 
 The fields are still, the woods are dumb. 
 
 In glassy sleep the waters lie." 
 
 — A Summer Ramble, 
 
 "There's a dance of leaves in the aspen 
 bower. 
 There's a titter of winds in that beechen 
 tree; 
 There's a smile on the fruit, and a smile 
 on the flower, 
 And a laugh from the brook that runs 
 to the sea." 
 
 — The Gladness of Nature. 
 
 "In these peaceful shades — 
 
 Peaceful, unpruned, immeasurably old — 
 
 My thoughts go up the long dim path of 
 
 years, 
 Back to the earliest days of liberty." \ 
 — The Antiquity of Freedom. 
 
 "Lodged in sunny cleft. 
 
 Where the cold breezes come not, blooms 
 
 alone 
 The little wind-flower, whose just opened 
 
 eye 
 Is blue as the spring heaven it gazes at." 
 
 — A Winter Piece. 
 
 "But I envy thy stream, as it glides along 
 Through its beautiful banks in a trance of 
 
 "And all the beauty of the place 
 Is in thy heart and on thy face." 
 
 — Sonnet. 
 
 "Flake after flake. 
 
 At rest in the dark and silent lake." 
 
 — The Snow-Shower. 
 
 "The melancholy days are come, the sad- 
 dest of the year — 
 
 Of naked woods, and wailing winds, of 
 meadows brown and sere." 
 
 — The Death of the Flowers. 
 
 "Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye 
 Look through its fringes to the sky." 
 — To The Fringed Gentian. 
 
 "The same sweet sounds are in my ear 
 My early childhood loved to hear." 
 
 — A Reverie. 
 
 a 
 
 song 
 
 » 
 
 ■Green Biver. 
 
 So live, that when thy summons comes 
 
 to join 
 The innumerable caravan that moves 
 To that mysterious realm where each shall 
 
 take 
 His chamber in the silent halls of death. 
 Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night. 
 Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained 
 
 and soothed 
 By an unfaltering trust, approach thy 
 
 grave 
 Like one who wraps the drapery of his 
 
 couch 
 About him, and lies down to pleasant 
 
 dreams." 
 
 — Thanatopsis. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FEOM THOMAS BAILEY 
 ALDRICH. 
 
 fHE rain has ceased, and in my 
 room 
 The sunshine pours an airy flood ; 
 And on the church's dizzy vane 
 
 The ancient cross is bathed in blood." 
 
 — After the Bain, 
 
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 "We knew it would rain, for all the moru 
 A spirit, on slender ropes of mist. 
 
 Was lowering its golden buckets down 
 Into the vapory amethyst.'' 
 
 — Before the Rain. 
 
 ''O, sad are those who know not love, 
 But, far from passion's tears and 
 smiles. 
 
 Drift down a moonless sea, and pass 
 The silver coasts of fairy isles." 
 
 — Sad Are They Who Know Not Love. 
 
 "She came, and brought delicious May. 
 
 The swallows built beneath the eaves; 
 
 Like sunlight, in and out the leaves. 
 The robins went the live-long day." 
 
 —Bahy Bell. 
 
 "Three roses, wan as moonlight, and 
 
 weighed down. 
 Each with its loveliness as with a crown. 
 Drooped in a florist's window in a town. 
 The first a lover bought. It lay at rest. 
 Like flower on flower, that night on 
 
 beauty's breast. 
 The second rose, as virginal and fair. 
 Shrank in the tangles of a harlot's hair. 
 The third, a widow, with new grief made 
 
 wild. 
 Shut in the icy palm of her dead child." 
 
 — Three Roses. 
 
 "There is a better life than I have 
 known — 
 A surer, purer, sweeter life than this; 
 There is another, a celestial zone. 
 Where I shall know of bliss." 
 
 — Lycidas. 
 
 "The chestnuts shine through the cloven 
 rind. 
 And the woodland leaves are red, my 
 dear; 
 The scarlet fuchsias burn in the Avind — 
 Funeral plumes for the year." 
 
 — Song. 
 
 "Time and death have stayed the golden 
 
 sands 
 That ran with such unrest." 
 
 —r-Lycidas. 
 
 "May never traitor's touch pollute 
 
 These colors of the sky; 
 We want them pure, to wrap about 
 
 Our heroes when they die." 
 
 Our Colors at Fort Sumter. 
 
 "O, smite us gently, gently, God ! 
 Teach us to bend and kiss the rod. 
 And perfect grow through grief." 
 
 — Bahy Bell. 
 
 "Faint murmurs from the pine-tops reach 
 
 my ear. 
 As if a harp-string, touched in some far 
 
 sphere, 
 Vibrating in the lucid atmosphere. 
 Let the soft south wind waft its music 
 
 here." 
 
 — The Pine Woods. 
 
 "She never was a child to us ; 
 
 We never held her being's key; 
 We could not teach her holy things; 
 
 She Avas Christ's self in purity." 
 
 — Baby Bell. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM LORD BYRON. 
 
 fllE smiles that win, the tints that 
 glow, 
 But tell of days in goodness spent — 
 A mind at peace with all below, 
 A heart whose love is innocent." 
 
 — She Walks in Beauty. 
 
 "Like the leaves of the forest Avhen sum- 
 mer is green. 
 The host with their banners at sunset 
 were seen ; 
 Like the leaves of the forest when autumn 
 hath flown, 
 The host on the morrow lay withered 
 and strown." 
 — The Destruction of Sennacherib. 
 
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 JioW on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean 
 —roll ! 
 Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in 
 vain; 
 
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 Man marks the earth with ruin — his con- 
 trol 
 Stops with the shore ; upon the watery 
 
 plain 
 The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth 
 remain 
 A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, 
 When, for a moment, like a drop of 
 rain, 
 He sinks into thy depths, with huhbling 
 
 groan, 
 Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined 
 and unknown." 
 
 —The Sea, 
 
 '^Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven. 
 If in your bright leaves we would read 
 the fate 
 Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven 
 
 That in our aspirations to be great 
 Our destinies o'erlap their mortal state, 
 And claim a kindred with you ; for ye 
 are 
 A beauty and a mystery, and create 
 
 In us such love and reverence from 
 
 afar. 
 That fortune, fame, power, life, have 
 named themselves a star." 
 
 — Stars, 
 
 "Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, 
 
 Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; 
 
 The midnight brought the signal-sound of 
 
 strife, 
 
 The morn the marshaling in arms — the 
 
 day 
 Battle's magnificently stem array." 
 — The Unreturning Brave. 
 
 "Here's a sigh to those who love me, 
 And a smile to those who hate ; 
 
 Aud, whatever sky's above me, 
 ILere's a heart for any fate." 
 
 — To Thomas Moore, 
 
 "In secret we met, 
 
 . In silence I grieve 
 That thy heart could forget, 
 Thy spirit deceive. 
 
 If I should nieet thee 
 
 After long years, 
 How should I greet thee ? 
 With silence and tears." 
 
 — When We Two Parted. 
 
 "I had a dream, which was not all a 
 
 dream. 
 The bright sun was extinguished, and the 
 
 stars 
 Did wander darkling in the eternal space, 
 Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth 
 Swung blind and blackening in the moon- 
 less air." 
 
 — DarJcness. 
 
 "There is pleasure in the pathless woods. 
 There is rapture on the lonely shore. 
 
 There is society where none intrudes 
 By the deep sea, and music in its roar." 
 
 — Solitude. 
 
 "To Thee, my God, to Thee I call ! 
 
 Whatever weal or woe betide. 
 By Thy command I rise or fall ; 
 
 In Thy protection I confide." 
 
 — The Prayer of Nature. 
 
 a ? 
 
 Tis not the plant upreared in sloth 
 Which beauty shows, and sheds per- 
 fume; 
 The flowers which yield the most of both 
 In nature's wild luxuriance bloom." 
 
 — The Cornelian. 
 
 "For Freedom's battle once begun, 
 Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son. 
 Though bafiled oft, is ever won." 
 
 — The Giaour. 
 
 " 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest 
 bark 
 Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw 
 near home ; 
 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will 
 mark 
 Our coming, and look brighter when we 
 
 come. 
 
 » 
 
 — Don Juan, 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ''Florid prose, nor honeyed lines of rhyme, 
 Can hlazon evil deed, or consecrate a 
 
 crime. 
 
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 — Childe Harold. 
 
 "The thorns which I have reaped are of 
 the tree 
 I planted, — they have torn me. — and I 
 bleed ; 
 I should have known wnat fruit would 
 spring 
 From such a seed." 
 
 — Childe Harold. 
 
 "Birthdays are as mile-posts on the road 
 of time. 
 
 Each with its two arms pointing different 
 w^ays ; 
 
 On one, inscribed in flaming characters, 
 
 'The Past' ; and from the other darkly 
 gleam. 
 
 Through the murky mists, in letters dimly 
 seen, 
 
 The words, 'Straight forward for Eter- 
 nity.' " 
 
 — Birthdays. 
 
 "But there are human natures so allied 
 
 Unto the savage love of enterprise. 
 
 That they will seek for peril as a pleas- 
 
 ure. 
 
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 — Danger. 
 
 "How sweet it were in concert to adore 
 With those who made our mortal labors 
 light ; 
 To hear each voice w^e fear'd to hear no 
 more! 
 Behold each mighty shade reveal'd to 
 sight!" 
 
 — Ancient Greece. 
 
 "A thousand hearts beat happily; and 
 when 
 Music arose with its voluptuous swell. 
 Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake 
 again. 
 And all went merry as a marriage-bell." 
 — Battle of Waterloo. 
 
 "There breathes a living fragrance from 
 the shore, 
 Of flowers yet fresh with childhood ; on 
 the ear 
 Drops the light drip of the suspended oar. 
 Or chirps the grasshopper one good- 
 night carol more." 
 
 — Lahe Leman. 
 
 "He heard it, but he heeded not ; his eyes 
 Were with his heart, and that was far 
 
 away 
 
 J) 
 
 — The Gladiator. 
 
 "And I have loved thee. Ocean ! and my 
 
 m 
 
 Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be 
 Borne, like thy bubbles onward." 
 
 — Apost7^ophe to the Ocean. 
 
 a 
 
 But in his delicate form, are expressed 
 All that ideal beauty ever blessed." 
 
 — Statue of Apollo. 
 
 "And Ardennes waves above them her 
 green leaves. 
 Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they 
 pass. 
 Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, 
 Over the unreturning brave — alas !" 
 
 — Childe Harold. 
 
 "Where are thy men of might ? thy grand 
 
 in soul ? 
 Gone — glimmering through the dream of 
 
 things that were." 
 
 — Ancient Greece. 
 
 "But words are things, and a small drop 
 of ink, 
 
 Falling, like dew, upon a thought, pro- 
 duces 
 
 That which makes thousands, perhaps mil- 
 lions, think." 
 
 — Words. 
 
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 aUOTATIONS FROM JAMES WHITCOMB 
 
 RILEY. 
 
 HE delights of our childhood is soon 
 passed away, 
 And our gloryus youth it departs, — 
 And yit, dead and buried, they's blossoms 
 
 of May 
 Ore theyr medderland graves in our 
 hearts." 
 — The Delights of Our Childhood. 
 
 "Oh ! the old swimmin'-hole ! In the 
 happy days of yore. 
 
 When I ust to lean above it on the old 
 sickamore ; 
 
 Oh ! it showed me a face in its warm 
 sunny tide 
 
 That gazed back at me so gay and glori- 
 fied. 
 
 It made me love myself, as I leaped to ca- 
 ress 
 
 My shadder smilin' up at me with such 
 tenderness. 
 
 But them days is past and gone, and old 
 Time's tuck his toll 
 
 Erom the old man come back to the old 
 swimmin'-hole. " 
 
 — The Old Swimmin'-Hole. 
 
 "As one who cons at evening o'er an album 
 all alone, 
 
 And muses on the faces of the friends that 
 he has known, 
 
 So I turn the leaves of fancy till, in shad- 
 owy design, 
 
 I find the smiling features of; an old sweet- 
 heart of mine." 
 
 — An Old Sweetheart. 
 
 "Yet Baby — O, my Baby, for your sake. 
 This heart of mine is ever wide awake. 
 And my love may never droop a drowsy 
 eje— 
 
 Baby-bye ! 
 Till your own are wet above me when I 
 
 Baby-bye ! — 
 Till your own are wet above me when I 
 die." 
 
 — Lullaby. 
 
 "When my dreams come true — I shall bide 
 
 among the sheaves 
 Of happy harvest meadows ; and the 
 
 grasses and the leaves 
 Shall lift and lean between me and the 
 
 splendor of the sun, 
 Till the moon swoons into twilight, and 
 
 the gleaner's work is done — 
 Save that yet an arm shall bind me, even 
 
 ■ as the reapers do 
 The meanest sheaf of harvest — when my 
 
 dreams come true." 
 — When My Dreams Come True. 
 
 " ^Whatever the weather may be,' says 
 he — 
 
 ^Whatever the weather may be. 
 
 It's the songs ye sing, an' the smiles ye 
 wear, 
 
 That's a-makin' the sunshine every- 
 where.' " 
 
 — Says He. 
 
 "The river's story flowing by, 
 Forever sweet to ear and eye, 
 Forever tenderly begun — 
 Forever new and never done. 
 Thus lulled and sheltered in a shade 
 Where never feverish cares invade, 
 I bait my hook and cast my line. 
 And feel the best of life is mine." 
 
 — At Broad Ripple. 
 
 "The touches of her hands are like the 
 
 dew 
 That falls so softly down no one e'er knew 
 The touch thereof save lovers like to one 
 Astray in lights where ranged Endym- 
 
 lon. 
 
 ?> 
 
 — Dear Hands. 
 
 "Wisht that yarn was true about him, as 
 
 it 'peared to be — 
 Truth made out o' lies like that-un's good 
 
 enough f er me ! 
 Wisht I still wuz so confidin' I could "'es' 
 
 go wild 
 Over hangin' up my stockin's, like a little 
 
 child 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Clinibin' in my lap to-night, and beggin' 
 me to tell 
 
 ^Bout them rein-deers, and ^Old Santy' 
 that she loves so well. 
 
 I'm half sorry fer this little-girl sweet- 
 heart of his — 
 
 Lonsr afore 
 
 She knows who 
 
 ^Santy-ClausMs!" 
 
 — Long Afore lie Knowed W}io Santy- 
 Claus Wuz. 
 
 "It struggled and writhed in caress of the 
 
 eddV, 
 As love in the billowy breast of a bride. '^ 
 
 — Moon-Drowned. 
 
 "All listlessly we float 
 Out seaward in the boat 
 
 That beareth Love. 
 Our sails of purest snow 
 Bend to the blue below 
 
 And to the blue above. 
 Where shall we land ?" 
 
 —Where Shall We Land? 
 
 "It ain't no use to grumble and complain ; 
 
 It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice ; 
 When God sorts out the weather and sends 
 rain, 
 W'y, rain's my choice." 
 
 —Wet Weather Talk. 
 
 a 
 
 The thoughts that come in the shadows 
 [N^ever come in the shine. '^ 
 
 — In the Darh. 
 
 "Always suddenly they are gone — 
 
 The friends we trusted and held se- 
 
 cure — 
 Suddenly we are gazing on, 
 
 Xot a smiling face, but the marble-pure 
 Dead mask of a face that nevermore 
 To a smile of ours will make reply." 
 
 — Three Dead Friends. 
 
 "IN'ights by the kitchen-stove, 
 
 Shelling white and red 
 Corn in a skillet, and 
 
 Sleepin' four abed! 
 
 Ah I the jolly winters 
 
 Of the long-ago! 
 We were not so old as now — 
 
 O! No! No!" 
 — Old Mails Nursery Rhyme. 
 
 "AVhen life was like a story, holding 
 
 neither sob nor sigh. 
 In the golden olden glory of the davs gone 
 
 by." 
 
 — The Days Gone By. 
 
 "Turn back the leaves of life ; don't read 
 
 the story, — 
 Let's find the pictures, and fancy all the 
 
 rest." 
 
 — Babyhood. 
 
 "Por we know, not every morroAV 
 Can be sad." 
 
 — Kissing the Rod. 
 
 "And though at last the gloom of night 
 fell o'er them. 
 And folded all the landscape from their 
 eyes. 
 They only knew the dusky path before 
 them 
 Was leading safely on to Paradise." 
 
 —The Lost Path. 
 
 "And I grope through the dark, lookin' 
 up'ards 
 And on through the heavenly dome, 
 With my longin' soul singin' and sobbin' 
 The words, 'Do They Miss Me at 
 Home V " 
 
 — A' Old Played-Out Song. 
 
 "I kin see the honeysuckle climbin' up 
 
 around the mill ; 
 And can hear the worter chuckle, and the 
 
 wheel a-growlin' still; 
 And thum the bank below it I kin steal the 
 
 old canoe. 
 And jes' get in and row it like the miller 
 
 used to do." 
 
 — Romancin, 
 
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 281 
 
 "Let's go a-visitin' back to Griggsby's Sta- 
 tion, 
 Back where the latch-string's a-hangin' 
 from the door, 
 And ever' neighbor round the place is 
 dear as a relation — 
 Back where we used to be so happy and 
 so pore !" 
 
 — At Griggshy's Station, 
 
 "Through the viny, shady-shiny 
 Interspaces, shot with tiny 
 Flying motes that speck the winy 
 Wave-engraven sycamores." 
 
 — A Dream of Autumn, 
 
 "Whilst the old town, far away, 
 'Grost the hazy pastur-land, 
 
 Dozed-like in the heat o' day 
 Peaceful as a hired-hand." 
 — Up and Doivn Old Brandywine. 
 
 "The little arms that slowly, slowly loosed 
 Their pressure round your neck; the 
 
 hands you used 
 To kiss — such arms, such hands, I never 
 
 knew. 
 May I not weep with you ?" 
 
 — Bereaved. 
 
 aUOTATIONS from: OLIVER WEIOELL 
 HOLMES. 
 
 HEN here's to our boyhood, its gold 
 and its gray! 
 The stars of its winter, the dews of its 
 
 May! 
 And when we have done with our life- 
 lasting toys, 
 Dear Father, take care of Thy children, 
 the Boys." 
 
 —The Boys. 
 
 "You see, of course, if you're not a dunce. 
 How it went to pieces, all at once; 
 All at once, and nothing first — 
 Just as bubbles do when they burst; 
 End of the wonderful one-hoss shay, 
 Logic is logic, that's all I say." 
 
 — The One-Hoss Shay, 
 
 "Build thee more stately mansions, O my 
 soul, 
 
 As the swift seasons roll! 
 
 Leave thy low-vaulted past ! 
 
 Let each new temple, nobler than the last. 
 
 Shut thee from heaven with a dome more 
 vast, 
 
 Till thou at length are free. 
 
 Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's un- 
 resisting sea." 
 
 — The Chambered Nautilus. 
 
 "If word of mine another's gloom has 
 brightened. 
 
 Through my dumb lips the heaven-sent 
 message came; 
 
 If hand of mine another's task has light- 
 ened. 
 
 It felt the guidance that it dares not 
 claim." 
 
 — The Iron Gate. 
 
 "Our brains are seventy-year clocks. 
 The Angel of Life winds them up once 
 for all, then closes the case, and gives the 
 key into the hands of the Angel of the 
 Resurrection." —The Autocrat. 
 
 "Home of our childhood! how affection 
 
 clings 
 And hovers round thee with her seraph 
 
 wings 
 
 ! 
 
 Dearer thy hills, though clad in autumn 
 
 brown, 
 Than fairest summits which the cedars 
 
 crown ! 
 Sweeter the fragrance of thy summer 
 
 breeze 
 Than all Arabia breathes along the seas ! 
 The stranger's gale wafts home the exile's 
 
 sigh 
 For the heart's temple is its own blue 
 
 ^^y^ •" Poetry. 
 
 "Sin has many tools, but a lie is a 
 handle which fits them all." 
 — The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. 
 
 a 
 
 Stick to your aim; the mongrel's hold 
 will slip. 
 

 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 But only crowbars loose the bulldog's 
 
 grip ; 
 Small as be looks, the jaAV that never 
 
 yields 
 Drags down the bellowing monarch of the 
 
 fields." 
 
 — A Rhymed Lesson. 
 
 "Xot in the world of light alone, 
 
 Where God has built his blazing throne, 
 
 Nor vet alone in earth below, 
 
 With belted seas that come and go, 
 
 xind endless isles of sunlight green. 
 
 Is all thy Maker's glory seen. 
 
 Look in upon thy w^ondrous frame — 
 
 Eternal wisdom still the same." 
 
 — The Living Temple. 
 
 ''li earth had rolled 
 
 Her myriad centuries, and her doom were 
 
 told. 
 Each moaning billow of her shoreless 
 
 Avave 
 Would wail its requiem o'er a poet's 
 
 grave 
 
 ?? 
 
 -Poetry. 
 
 "God bless our fatherland. 
 Keep her in heart and hand 
 
 One with our own ; 
 Erom all her foes defend. 
 Be her brave people's friend; 
 On all her realms descend ; 
 Protect her throne." 
 — God Bless Our Fatherland. 
 
 "I love the memory of the just — its 
 
 pressed yet fragrant flowers — 
 The moss that clothes its broken walls — 
 
 the ivy on its towers — 
 Xay, this poor bawble is bequeathed, my 
 
 eyes grow moist and dim. 
 To think of all the vanished joys that 
 
 danced around its brim." 
 — On Lending a Punch Bowl. 
 
 "The immortal bOy, the coming heir of all. 
 Springs from his desk to ^urge the flying 
 ball/ 
 
 Cleaves with his bending oar the glassy 
 
 waves. 
 With sinewy arm the dashing current 
 
 braves." 
 
 — The College Regatta. 
 
 "And if I should live to be 
 The last leaf upon the tree 
 
 In the spring. 
 Let them smile, as I do now. 
 At the old forsaken bough 
 
 Where I cling." 
 
 — The Last Leaf. 
 
 "A few can touch the magic string. 
 And noisy fame is proud to win them; 
 
 Alas, for those that never sing. 
 
 But die with all their music in them." 
 
 The Voiceless. 
 
 "You hear that boy laughing ? You think 
 
 he's all fun ; 
 The angels laugh, too, at the good he has 
 
 done; 
 The children laugh loud, as they troop to 
 
 his call. 
 But the poor man that knows him laughs 
 
 loudest of all." 
 
 — The Boys. 
 
 "Clear the brown path to meet his coul- 
 ter's gleam! 
 
 Lo! on he comes, behind his smoking 
 team. 
 
 With toil's bright dewdrops on his sun- 
 burnt brow. 
 
 The lord of earth, the hero of the plough." 
 * — The Ploughman. 
 
 "The race that shortens its weapons 
 lengthens its boundaries." 
 
 — Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. 
 
 cc 
 
 O for one hour of youthful joy! 
 
 Give back my twentieth spring ! 
 
 I'd rather laugh, a bright-haired boy. 
 
 Than reign a gray-beard king." 
 
 — The Old Man Dreams. 
 
 "Thus drifting afar to the dim-vaulted 
 caves. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 283 
 
 Where life and its ventures are laid, 
 The dreamers who gaze while we battle 
 the waves, 
 May see ns in sunshine or shade ; 
 Yet true to our course, though our shadow 
 grow dark, 
 We'll trim our broad sail as before, 
 And stand by the rudder that governs the 
 bark, 
 'Nor ask how we look from the shore." 
 — Pevpetual Changes, 
 
 a 
 
 Call him not old, whose visionary brain 
 Holds o'er the past its undivided reign, 
 For him in vain the envious seasons roll 
 Who bears eternal summer in his soul." 
 
 — The Autocrat, 
 
 "Oh, for one spot of living green — 
 One little spot where leaves can grow — 
 
 To love unblamed, to walk unseen. 
 To dream above, to sleep below." 
 
 — Spring Ha^ Come. 
 
 "Hugged in the clinging billows' clasp. 
 
 From seaweed fringe to mountain 
 heather. 
 The British oak with rooted grasp 
 
 Her slender handful holds together; 
 With cliffs of white and bowers of green, 
 
 And Ocean narrowing to caress her. 
 And hills and treated streams between, 
 
 Our little mother isle, God bless her." 
 — A Good Time Going, 
 
 "Come to me ! thou shalt feed on honeyed 
 
 words. 
 Sweeter than song of birds." 
 
 — Musa. 
 
 "God bless you, gentlemen ! Learn to give 
 Money to colleges while you live; 
 Don't be silly and think you'll try 
 To bother the colleges, when you die. 
 With codicil this and codicil that. 
 That Knowledge may starve while Law 
 
 grows fat; 
 For there never W^S pitcher that wouldn't 
 
 spill, 
 
 And there's always a flaw in a donkey's 
 will." 
 
 — Parson TurrelVs Legacy. 
 
 "Truth is tough; it will not break like 
 a bubble at a touch ; nay, you may kick 
 it about all day like a football and it will 
 be round and full in the evening." 
 
 — Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. 
 
 aiTOTATIONS FROM JAMES RUSSELL 
 LOWELL. 
 
 ND blessed are the horny hands of 
 
 toil ! 
 
 The busy world shoves angrily aside 
 The man who stands with arms akimbo 
 set. 
 Until occasion tells him what to do." 
 — A Glance Behind the Curtain. 
 
 "God makes sech nights, all white an' still 
 
 Fur'z you can look or listen. 
 Moonshine an' snow on field an' hill, 
 
 All silence an' all glisten." 
 
 — The Courtin\ 
 
 "I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn, 
 Where a little headstone stood ; 
 
 How the flakes were folding it gently, 
 As did robins the babes in the wood." 
 — The First 8now-Fall. 
 
 "Who speaks the truth stabs Falsehood to 
 
 the heart, 
 And his mere word makes despots tremble 
 
 more 
 Than ever Brutus with his dagger could." 
 
 — L' Envoi, 
 
 "Long she lies in wait, 
 Makes many a feint, peeps forth, draws 
 
 coyly back, 
 Then, from some southern ambush in the 
 
 sky, 
 With one great gush of blossoms storms 
 the world." 
 
 — June. 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "' 'Tis lieaven alone that is given away, 
 'Tis only God may be had for the asking." 
 — Vision of Sir Launfal. 
 
 "Let fraud and wrong and baseness shiver, 
 
 For still between them and the sky 
 The falcon Truth hangs poised forever 
 And marks them with his vengeful 
 eye.'^ 
 
 — The Falcon. 
 
 "They are slaves who fear to speak 
 
 For the fallen and the weak; 
 
 They are slaves who wdll not choose 
 
 Hatred, scoffing and abuse. 
 
 Rather than in silence shrink 
 
 From the truth they needs must think ; 
 
 They are slaves who dare not be 
 
 In the right with two or three." 
 
 — Stanzas on Freedom. 
 
 "Wondrous and awful are thy silent halls, 
 
 O kingdom of the past ! 
 There lie the bygone ages in their palls, 
 
 Guarded by shadows vast." 
 
 —To the Past. 
 
 "He's true to God who's true to man, 
 
 wherever wrong is done. 
 To the humblest and the weakest, 'neath 
 
 the all-beholding sun; 
 That wrong is also done to us, and they 
 
 are slaves most base, 
 Whose love of right is for themselves, and 
 
 not for all their race." 
 — On the Capture of a Fugitive Slave. 
 
 "Xew occasions teach new duties; Time 
 makes ancient good uncouth ; 
 
 They must upward still, and onward, who 
 Avould keep abreast of Truth." 
 — The Present Crisis. 
 
 "They did as they were taught ; not theirs 
 
 the blame. 
 If men who scattered fire-brands reaped 
 
 the flame," 
 
 — Ode to France. 
 
 " 'Tis as easy now for the heart to be true 
 As for grass to be green or skies to be 
 
 blue— 
 'Tis the natural way of living." 
 
 — Vision of Sir Launfal, 
 
 "The laurel leaves are cool and green, 
 But the thorns are hot and sharp. 
 
 Lean Hunger grins and stares between 
 The poet and his harp." 
 
 — In Sadness. 
 
 "0 for the hopes and for the feelings. 
 Childhood, that I shared with thee." 
 
 — The Departed. 
 
 "But now, alas! those golden days of 
 youth and hope are o'er, 
 
 And I must dream those dreams of joy, 
 those guiltless dreams no more." 
 
 — Song. 
 
 "Knowledge doth only widen love ; 
 The stream, that lone and narrow rose. 
 Doth, deepening ever, onward move, 
 And with an even current flows 
 Calmer and calmer to the close." 
 
 — Love's Altar. 
 
 "Get but the truth once uttered, and 'tis 
 
 like 
 A star new-born, that drops into its 
 
 place ; 
 And which, once circling in its placid 
 
 round, 
 ^ot all the tumult of the earth can shake." 
 — A Glance Behind the Curtain. 
 
 "Communion in spirit ! Forgive me, 
 But I, who am earthly and weak. 
 Would give all my incomes from dream- 
 land. 
 For a touch of her hand on my cheek." 
 
 — After the Burial. 
 
 "For it died that autumn morning 
 When she, its soul, was borne 
 
 To lie all dark on the hillside 
 
 That looks over woodland and corn." 
 
 — The Dead House. 
 
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 ^'1 know not how others saw her, 
 But to me she was wholly fair, 
 
 And the light of the heaven she came from 
 Still lingered and gleamed in her hair.'' 
 
 — The Changeling. 
 
 ^^An angel stood and met mj gaze, 
 
 Through the low doorway of my tent ; 
 
 The tent is struck, the vision stays — • 
 I only know she came and went." 
 
 — 8he Came and Went. 
 
 "I, that still pray at morn and eve, 
 Loviufg these roots that fed us from the 
 
 past. 
 And prizing more than Plato things I 
 
 learned 
 At the best academy, a mother's knee." 
 
 — The Cathedral. 
 
 "What men call luck 
 Is the prerogative of valiant souls. 
 The fealty life pays its rightful kings." 
 — A Glance Behind the Curtain. 
 
 * 
 
 "Good luck is the willing handmaid 
 of upright, energetic character, and con- 
 scientious observance of duty." 
 
 — Essay on Wordsworth. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 ^ HE tempest's howl, it soothes my 
 
 soul. 
 My griefs it seems to join ; 
 The leafless trees my fancy please. 
 Their fate resembles mine." 
 
 — Winter. 
 
 "O happy love! where love like this is 
 
 found ! 
 O heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond com- 
 pare ! 
 I've paced much this weary, mortal round. 
 And sage experience bids me this declare. 
 If heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure 
 
 spare. 
 One cordial in this melancholy vale, 
 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair. 
 
 In other's arms breathe out the tender 
 
 tale, 
 Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents 
 
 the ev'ning gale." 
 
 — The Cotter s Saturday Night. 
 
 "Man's inhumanity to man 
 Makes countless thousands mourn." 
 — Man Was Made to Mourn. 
 
 "From scenes like these old Scotia's 
 grandeur springs, 
 That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd 
 abroad ; 
 Princes and lords are but the breath of 
 kings, 
 ^An honest man's the noblest work of 
 God.' " 
 — The Cotter s Saturday Night. 
 
 "But pleasures are like poppies spread. 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; 
 Or, like the snowfall in the river, 
 A moment white — then melts forever." 
 
 — Tarn O'Shanter. 
 
 "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, 
 The man's the gowd for a' that. 
 
 — Honest Poverty. 
 
 "To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; 
 And gather gear by ev'ry wile 
 That's justify'd by honor; 
 JSTot for to hide it in a hedge, 
 !Rot for a train attendant ; 
 But for the glorious privilege 
 Of being independent." 
 
 — Epistle to a Young Friend. 
 
 "Ask why God made the gem so small. 
 An' why so huge the granite ? 
 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 That higher value on it." 
 
 — Lines. 
 
 "What is life when wanting love ? 
 
 Night without a morning! 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, 
 
 ISTature's gay adorning." 
 
 — Song. 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 "Xow simmer blinks on flowery braes, 
 And o'er the crystal streamlet plays, 
 Come, let ns spend the lightsome days 
 In the Birks of Aberfeldy." 
 
 — llie B'lrl's of Aherfeldy. 
 
 "John Anderson, my Jo, John, 
 
 We clamb the hill thegither ; 
 And monie a canty day, John, 
 
 We've had wi' ane anither ; 
 'No^Y we maun totter down, John, 
 
 But hand in hand we'll go. 
 x\nd sleep thegither at the foot. 
 
 John Anderson, my Jo." 
 
 — John Anderson, My Jo. 
 
 "Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, 
 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ! 
 
 How can ye chant, ye little birds. 
 And I sae weary fu' o' care !" 
 
 — The Banks o' Doon, 
 
 "Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy 
 
 green braes. 
 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy 
 
 praise ; 
 My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring 
 
 stream. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her 
 
 dream." 
 
 — Ajion Water. 
 
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 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is 
 
 not here ; 
 My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the 
 
 deer; 
 Chasing the wild deer, and following the 
 
 roe. 
 My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I 
 
 go." 
 
 — My Hearths in the Highlands. 
 
 "Affliction's sons are orothers in distress; 
 A brother to relieve, how exquisite the 
 bliss !" 
 
 — A Winter Night. 
 
 "Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 Had number'd out my weary days. 
 Had it not been for you ! 
 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend. 
 In every care and ill." 
 
 — Epistle to Davie. 
 
 "Happy, ye sons of busy life, 
 Who, equal to the bustling strife. 
 No other view regard." 
 
 — Despondency. 
 
 "An' mind your duty, duly, morn and 
 
 night ! 
 Lest in temptation's path ye-gang astray." 
 
 —The Cotter s Saturday Night. 
 
 "Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower, 
 Thou's met me in an evil hour." 
 
 — To a Mountain Daisy. 
 
 "O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us 
 To see oursels as others see us." 
 
 — To a Louse. 
 
 "There's ae wee faut they whyles lay to 
 
 me, 
 I like the lasses — Gude forgie me !" 
 
 — Epistle to John Lapraik. 
 
 u 
 
 Thou wha gies us each guid gift! 
 Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift. 
 Then turn me, if Thou please, adrift, 
 
 Thro' Scotland wide; 
 Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift. 
 In a' their pride." 
 
 — To a Friend. 
 
 "Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't. 
 For ance and aye." 
 
 — Poem, To a Friend. 
 
 "When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, 
 A time that surely shall come; 
 
 In Heaven itself I'll ask no more. 
 Than just a Highland welcome." 
 
 — A Verse. 
 
 "The graybeard. Old Wisdom, may boast 
 of his treasures, 
 Give me with gay Folly to live ; 
 I grant him his calm-blooded, time-settled 
 pleasures. 
 But Folly has raptures to give." 
 
 — Lines. 
 
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 aUOTATIONS FROM LOUISA MAY 
 ALCOTT. 
 
 OW can I learn to rule myself, 
 _ff To be the child I should— 
 Honest and brave, nor ever tire 
 
 Of trying to be good ? 
 Hov7 can I keep a sunny soul 
 To shine along life's way ? 
 How can I tune my little heart 
 To sweetly sing each day ?" 
 
 — My Kingdom, 
 
 "Queen of my tuD, I merrily sing 
 While the white foam rises high, 
 
 And sturdily wash, and rinse, and wring, 
 And fasten the clothes to dry. 
 
 Then out in. the free, fresh air they swing 
 Under the sunny sky. 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 I wish we could wash from our hearts and 
 our souls 
 The stains of the week away, 
 And let water and air, by their magic, 
 make 
 Ourselves as pure as they ; 
 Then on earth there would be, indeed, 
 A glorious washing-day." 
 
 — Songs from the Suds. 
 
 "There are a good many hard times in 
 this life of ours, but we can always bear 
 them if we ask help the right way." 
 
 — Little Women. 
 
 "Haunting the hills, the stream, the wild. 
 Swallow and aster, lake and pine, 
 To him grew human or divine — 
 
 Fit mates for this large-hearted child. 
 
 Such homage IN^ature ne'er forgets. 
 And yearly on the coverlid, 
 '^N'eath which her darlings lieth hid 
 
 Will write his name in violets." 
 
 — Thoreaus Flute. 
 
 "It was only a kind word and a friendly 
 act, but somehow it brightened the dark 
 room wonderfully. It changed the faces 
 of a dozen women, and I think touched a 
 dozen hearts." 
 
 — -A Pleasant Incident, 
 
 "One can shape life best by trying to 
 build up a strong and noble character, 
 through good books, wise people's society, 
 and by taking an interest in all reforms 
 that help the world — ^believing always 
 that a loving and just Father cares for 
 us, sees our weakness, and is near to help 
 if we call." 
 
 — Reminiscences. 
 
 "Faithfulness in little things fits one 
 for heroism when the great trials come." 
 — Letters to a Friend. 
 
 "The world lies fair about us, and friend- 
 ly sky above. 
 
 Our lives are full of sunshine, our homes 
 are full of love; 
 
 Few cares or sorrows sadden the beautv 
 of our day. 
 
 We gather simple pleasures, like daisies 
 by the way; 
 
 There's not a cloud in heaven but drops 
 its silent dew, 
 
 "No violet in the meadow but blesses with 
 its blue, 
 
 'No happy child in Concord, who may not 
 do its part. 
 
 To make the great world better, by inno- 
 cence of heart. 
 
 Oh! blossom in the sunshine, beneath the 
 village tree. 
 
 For the little lads and lasses are the fair- 
 est flowers we see." 
 — To the Children of Concord. 
 
 "As I turn my face toward sunset I 
 find so much to make the down-hill jour- 
 ney smooth and lovely that, like Chris- 
 tian, I go on my way rejoicing with a 
 cheerful heart." 
 
 — Journal. 
 
 airOTATIONS FROM PAUL LAURENCE 
 DUNBAR. 
 
 BE OL' time's gone, de new time's 
 hyeah, 
 Wid all hits fuss an' feddahs ; 
 I done fu'got de joy an', cheah 
 We knowed all kin's o' weddahs. 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 1 done fug-ot eacli or-time lijmn 
 
 ^Vc U6t to sing in nieetin' ; 
 I's lealmed de pra'lis, so neat an' trim, 
 
 De preacliali keeps us 'peatin'." 
 
 — Long Ago. 
 
 "It's monglit}' tiahsome lay in' 'roun', 
 Dis sorrer-laden earfly groun', 
 '■ An' oftentimes I thinks, thinks I, 
 ; 'Twould be a SAveet t'ing des to die, 
 ■ An' go 'long home." 
 
 — Wen I Gits Home, 
 
 "Wisht I was huh lookin'-glass. 
 
 Wen she kissed huh han', 
 Does you t'ink I'd let it pass, 
 
 Settin' on de stand' ? 
 'No ; I'd des' fall down an' break. 
 
 Kin' o' glad t'uz f u' huh sake ; 
 But de diffunce, dat whut make 
 
 Lookin'-glass an' man." 
 
 — The Loolcing-Glass. 
 
 "You kin hyeah a fine perfo'mance w'en 
 de white ban's serenade, 
 An' dey play de high-toned music 
 mighty sweet. 
 But hit's Sousa played in rag-time an' 
 hit's Rastus on Parade, 
 W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' 
 down de street." 
 — Wen De Colo'ed Ban/ Comes Ma'chin 
 Down de Street. 
 
 "Oh, mighty master of the mighty lyre ! 
 
 Earth heard and trembled at thy strains 
 of fire ; 
 
 Earth learned of thee what Heav'n al- 
 ready knew. 
 
 And wrote thee down among the treasured 
 few." 
 
 — Tribute to Lincoln. 
 
 "Hang a vine by de chimney side. 
 
 An' one by de cabin do'; 
 An' sing a song fu' de day dat died, 
 
 De day of long ergo." 
 
 — De Day of Long Ergo. 
 
 "Oh, Mastah, won't you sen' de call ? 
 My frien's is daih, my hope, my all, 
 I's waitin' whaih de road is rough, 
 I want to hyeah you say, Enougii — 
 01' man, come home!" 
 
 — ^Y'en I Gits Rome. 
 
 ((Ty 
 
 I'd lak a few ol' frien's tonight 
 
 To come an' set wid me; 
 An' let me feel dat ol' delight 
 
 I ust to in dey glee. 
 But hyeah we is, my pipe an' me, 
 
 Wid no one else erbout; 
 We bofe as choked ez choked kin be. 
 
 An' bofe'll soon go out." 
 
 — Long Ago. 
 
 QUOTATIONS FEOM THOMAS MOORE. 
 
 ©H ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, 
 I've seen my fondest hopes decay; 
 I never loved a tree or flov/er, 
 
 But 'twas the first to fade away." 
 
 — Lalla Bookh. 
 
 a 
 
 You may break, you may snatter, the 
 vase, if you will. 
 But the scent of the roses will cling round 
 
 it still." 
 
 — Farewell. 
 
 "Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven 
 cannot heal." 
 
 — Come, Ye Disconsolate. 
 
 "And so 'twill be, when I am gone. 
 That tuneful peal will still ring on; 
 While other bards shall walk these dells, 
 And sing your praise, sweet evening 
 bells." 
 
 — Those Evening Bells. 
 
 "Oft in the stilly night, 
 
 Ere slumber's chain has bound me. 
 Fond memory brings the light 
 
 Of other days around me." 
 
 — The Light of Other Days. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
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 ^^So soon ma J I follow, 
 
 Where friendships decay, 
 And from Love's shining circle 
 
 The gems drop away ! 
 When true hearts lie withered, 
 
 And fond ones are flown, 
 Oh ! who would inhabit 
 
 This bleak world alone ?" 
 — The Last Rose of Summer. 
 
 ^^Oh, if there be, on this earthly sphere, 
 A boon and offering Heaven holds dear, 
 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws 
 Erom the heart that bleeds and breaks in 
 her cause." 
 
 — Lalla Boolch. 
 
 "The friends who in our sunshine live 
 When winter comes are flovni. 
 
 And he who has but tears to give 
 Must weep those tears alone." 
 
 — Consolation of Religion. 
 
 "Let Fate do her worst ; there are relics of 
 
 joy, 
 
 Bright dreams of the past which she can- 
 not destroy; 
 
 Which come in the night time of sorrow 
 and care, 
 
 And bring back the features that joy used 
 to wear." 
 
 — Farewell. 
 
 "Sweetheart, good-bye ! one last embrace ! 
 
 Oh, cruel fate, two souls to sever! 
 Yet in this heart's most sacred place 
 
 Thou, thou alone, shall dwell forever." 
 
 — Good-Bye. 
 
 "But there's nothing half so sweet in life 
 
 As love's young dream! 
 O, there's nothing half so sweet in life 
 
 As love's young dream !" 
 
 — Love's Young Dream. 
 
 "Alas ! how light a cause may move 
 
 Dissension between hearts that love." 
 
 — Alas! How Light a Cause May Move. 
 
 "They made her a grave, too cold and 
 damp 
 For a heart so warm and true ; 
 And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal 
 
 Swamp 
 Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, 
 She paddles her white canoe." 
 
 — Lake of the Dismal Swamp, 
 
 ii' 
 
 'This world is all a fleeting show. 
 
 For man's illusion given ; 
 The smiles of joy, the tears of woe. 
 Deceitful shine, deceitful flow — 
 There's nothing true but heaven." 
 -This World Is All a Fleeting Show. 
 
 a 
 
 Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes. 
 
 The only throb she gives 
 Is when some heart indignant breaks, 
 
 To show that she still lives." 
 The Harp That Once Through Taras 
 
 Halls, 
 
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 Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit. 
 But the trail of the Serpent is over them 
 all." 
 
 — Paradise and the Peri. 
 
 a 
 
 Think' st thou that she, whose only light. 
 In this dim world for thee hath shone, 
 Could bear the long, the cheerless night, 
 That must be hers, when thou art 
 
 gone 
 
 V^ 
 
 -Lalla Roohh. 
 
 "One who in life, where'er he moved. 
 Drew after him the hearts of many ; 
 
 Yet now, as though he ne'er were loved. 
 
 Dies here, unseen, unwept by any!" 
 
 — Paradise and the Peri, 
 
 u 
 
 But hark ! the vesper call to prayer. 
 As slow the orb of daylight sets. 
 Is rising sweetly on the air, 
 
 From Syria's thousand minarets." 
 
 — Lalla Roohh. 
 
 "Farewell ! but whenever you welcome the 
 
 hour 
 That awakens the night-song of mirth in 
 
 your bower, 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Then think of the friend who was once 
 
 welcomed, too, 
 And forgot his own griefs to be happy 
 
 with you." 
 
 — Farewell. 
 
 *'Long, long may my heart with these 
 
 memories be tilled, 
 Like the vase, in which roses have once 
 
 been distilled.'' 
 
 — Farewell. 
 
 "Here see the bread of life, see waters 
 flowing 
 Forth from the throne of God, pure 
 from above ; 
 Come to the feast of love, come, ever 
 knowing. 
 Earth has no sorrows but Heaven can 
 
 remove. 
 
 -Come, Ye Disconsolate. 
 
 "Blest tears of soulfelt penitence ! 
 
 In whose benign, redeeming flow 
 Is felt the first, the only sense 
 
 Of guiltless joy that guilt can know." 
 
 — Lalla Bookh. 
 
 "Still laughs the radiant eye of Heaven, 
 'Nor have the golden bowers of even 
 In the rich west begun to wither." 
 
 — Paradise and the Peri. 
 
 "Black as the damning drops that fall 
 From the denouncing angel's pen. 
 Ere Mercy weeps them out again." 
 
 — Lalla Roohh. 
 
 aTJOTATIONS FROM ALFRED TENNY- 
 SON. 
 
 [i^^OR though from out our bourne 
 \h/S time and place 
 The flood may bear me far, 
 I hope to see my Pilot face to face 
 AVhen I have cros't the bar." 
 
 — Crossing the Bar. 
 
 of 
 
 ujr 
 
 Knowledge comes^ but wisdom lingers." 
 
 — Locksley HaV 
 
 "He owns the fatal gift of eyes 
 That read his spirit blindly wise, 
 !N'ot simple as a thing that dies." 
 — The Two Voices. 
 
 a 
 
 Like souls that balance joy and pain. 
 With tears and smiles from heaven a2:ain 
 The maiden Spring upon the plain 
 Came in a sunlit fall of rain." 
 — 8ir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere. 
 
 "Ah, God, for a man with heart, head 
 and hand. 
 Like some of the simple great ones gone 
 forever and ever by ; 
 One still strong man in a blatant land. 
 Whatever they call him, what care I, 
 Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat — one. 
 Who can rule, and dare not lie !" 
 
 — Maud. 
 
 "Our wills are ours, we know not how; 
 Our wills are ours, to make them thine." 
 
 — In Memoriam. 
 
 "Sweet and low, sweet and low. 
 
 Wind of the western sea, 
 Low, low, breathe and blow, 
 
 Wind of the western sea! 
 Over the rolling waters go. 
 Come from the dying moon and blow. 
 
 Blow him again to me ; 
 While my little one, while my pretty one, 
 sleeps." 
 
 — The Princess. 
 
 "Uphold me. Father, in my loneliness 
 A little longer ! Aid me, give me strength 
 ISTot to tell her, never to let her know, 
 Help me not to break in upon her peace." 
 
 — Enoch Arden. 
 
 "My life is full of weary days 
 But good things have not kept aloof." 
 
 — 8ong. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 291 
 
 "Break, break, break, 
 
 At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! 
 But the tender grace of a day that is dead 
 
 Will never come back to me." 
 
 — Breaks Break, Break. 
 
 "Love lieth deep ; love dwells not in lip- 
 depths." 
 
 —The Lover's Tale. 
 
 "In the Spring a livelier iris changes on 
 the burnished dove; 
 
 In the Spring a young man's fancy light- 
 ly turns to thoughts of Icve." 
 — Locksley Hall. 
 
 a 
 
 ^He does not love me for my birth, 
 !Ror for my lands so broad and fair. 
 He loves me for my own true worth. 
 And that is well,' said Lady Clare." 
 
 — Lady Clare. 
 
 "The splendor falls on castle walls i 
 
 And snowy summits old in story ; 
 
 The long light breaks across the lakes, 
 And the wild cataract leaps in glory." 
 
 — The Bugle Song. 
 
 "Yet none could better know than I, 
 How much of act at human hands 
 The sense of human will demands 
 
 Bv which we dare to live or die." 
 
 — In Memoriam. 
 
 "He that only rules by terror 
 Doeth grievous wrong." 
 
 — The Captain. 
 
 "Break, break, break. 
 
 On the cold gray stones, O Sea ! 
 And I would that my heart could utter, 
 
 The thoughts that arise in me." 
 
 — Break, Break, Break. 
 
 "Kind hearts are more than coronets, 
 And simple faith than N^orman blood." 
 
 — Harold. 
 
 "King out, wild bells, to the wild sky, 
 The flying cloud, the frosty light; 
 
 The year is dying in the night — 
 
 Ring out, wild bells, and let him die." 
 — Bing Out, Wild Bells. 
 
 "Across the hills and far away, 
 Beyond the utmost purple rim. 
 
 And deep into the dying day, 
 
 The happy princess followed him. 
 
 — The Departure, 
 
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 ^Her open eyes desire the truth, 
 
 The wisdom of a thousand years 
 Is in them. May perpetual youth 
 Keep dry their light from tears.' 
 — Of Old 8at Freedom on the Heights, 
 
 "There's a new foot on the floor, my 
 
 friend, 
 And a new face at the door, my friend, 
 A new face at the door." 
 
 — Death of the Old Year, 
 
 "O love, they die in yon rich sky, 
 They faint on hill, or field, or river, 
 
 Our echoes roll from soul to soul, 
 And grow forever and forever." 
 
 — Bugle Song. 
 
 "Tears, idle tears, I know not what they 
 mean. 
 
 Tears from the depths of some divine de- 
 spair 
 
 Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes." 
 
 — Tears, Idle Tears. 
 
 "Love thou thy land, with love far-brought ^ 
 From out the storied Past, and used 
 Within the Present, but transfused." 
 — Love Thou Thy Land, 
 
 "I chatter, chatter, as I flow * 
 
 To join the brimming river, 
 
 For men may come, and men may go, 
 But I go on forever." 
 
 —The Brook, 
 
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 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 aUOTATIONS FROM WILL CARLETON. 
 
 SOME men were born for great things, 
 Some were born for small; 
 Some — it is not recorded 
 
 Why they were born at all." 
 
 — Uncle Sammy. 
 
 "The sun went dow^n as it used to do, 
 
 And sunk in the sea of night ; 
 The two brio'ht stars that we called ours 
 
 Came slowly unto my sight; 
 But the one that was mine went under a 
 cloud-^ 
 Went under a clond, alone ; 
 And a tear that I wouldn't have shed for 
 the world, 
 Fell down on the old gray stone." 
 — The House WJiere We Were Wed. 
 
 "The flowers of true love never grew 
 In the soil of a faithless heart." 
 
 — Three Links of a Life. 
 
 "Here's a precept, young man, you should 
 
 follow with care ; 
 If you're courting a girl, court her honest 
 
 and square." 
 
 — The Three Lovers. 
 
 "Sing me a song, my Alice, and let it be 
 
 your choice. 
 So as you pipe out plainly, and give me 
 
 the sweet o' your voice; 
 An' it be not new-fashioned, the new-made 
 
 tunes be cold. 
 An' never awake my fancy like them 
 
 that's good an' old." 
 
 — The Song of Home. 
 
 "There is a joy in sturdy manhood still ; 
 Bravery is joy; and he who says / Will, 
 And turns, with swelling heart, and dares 
 
 the fates. 
 While firm resolve upon his purpose waits. 
 Is happier for the deed." 
 
 — Rifts in the Cloud. 
 
 "If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fel- 
 low^ knows it when 
 
 He's been away from home awhile, and 
 3 back again." 
 — Goin Home Today. 
 
 then gets back again." 
 
 "There's nothing, to the wanderer's taste. 
 Like food where mother's hand is traced ; 
 There's nothing to the wanderer's look, 
 Like food her cunning hand can cook." 
 — How Jamie Came Home. 
 
 "Laughing words and peals of mirth 
 Long are changed to grave endeavor ; 
 
 Sorrow's winds have swept to earth 
 Many a blossomed hope forever." 
 — Apples Growing. 
 
 "If you to me be cold. 
 
 Or I be false to you, 
 The world will go on, I think. 
 
 Just as it used to do ; 
 The clouds will flirt with the moon, 
 
 The sun will kiss the sea, 
 The wind to the trees will whisper. 
 
 And laugh at you and me." 
 
 — One and Two. 
 
 a 
 
 He who will creep about some great 
 
 man's feet, 
 The honeyed fragrance of his breath to 
 
 meet. 
 Or follow him about with crafty plan. 
 And cringe for smiles and favors, is no 
 
 man. 
 
 ?? 
 
 -Rifts in the Cloud. 
 
 "The rarest fruitage is the last to fall ; 
 The strongest language hath no words at 
 all." 
 
 — Brothers and Friends. 
 
 "Poets are good for somethin', so long as 
 
 they stand at the head ; 
 But poetry's worth whatever it fetches in 
 
 butter an' bread. 
 An' many a time I've said it ; it don't do 
 
 a fellow credit 
 To starve with a hole in his elbow, an' be 
 
 considered a fool, 
 So after he's dead the young ones'll speak 
 
 his pieces in school." 
 — Tom Was Goin' for a Poet. 
 
CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 293 
 
 ''Then forward, men and women ! let the 
 
 bell 
 Of progress echo through each wakened 
 
 mind! 
 Let the grand chorus through our numbers 
 
 swell — 
 Who will not hasten shall be left behind !" 
 
 — Forward, 
 
 *Tast asleep the boys are lying, in their 
 
 low and narrow tents, 
 And no battle-cry can wake them, and no 
 
 orders call them hence ; 
 And the yearnings of the mother, and the 
 
 anguish of the wife, 
 Cannot, with their magic presence, call 
 
 the soldier back to life.'' 
 
 — Our Army of the Dead. 
 
 *^ 'Twas a mournful sight in the day-twi- 
 light. 
 This thing of humble seeming, 
 That once so proud o'er the cheering crowd 
 
 Had carried its colors gleaming ; 
 Stained wdth mould were the braids of 
 gold 
 That had flashed at the sun-ray's kiss- 
 ing, 
 Of faded hue was its field of blue. 
 
 And some of the stars were missing." 
 — Mending the Old Flag. 
 
 ^^Yes, a deal has happened to make this old 
 
 house dear: 
 Christenin's, funerals, weddin's — ^what 
 
 haven't we had here ? 
 ]^ot a log in this buildin' but its memories 
 
 has got. 
 And not a nail in this old floor but touches 
 
 a tender spot." 
 
 — Out of the Old House, Nancy. 
 
 "As oft as winter comes summer, as sure 
 
 as night comes day. 
 And as swift as sorrow cometh, so swift 
 
 it goeth away !" 
 
 — Three Linhs of a Life. 
 
 "Remember there are years to come, and 
 there are thorns of woe 
 
 That you may grasp if once .you let the 
 flowers of true love ffo." 
 
 — Roh, the Pauper. 
 
 u 
 
 Say ! when ye come from heaven, my lit- 
 tle namesake dear. 
 Did ye see, 'mongst the little girls there, a 
 
 face like this one, here ? 
 That was yer little sister — she died a year 
 
 ago, 
 An' all of us cried like babies when they 
 laid her under the snow." 
 
 — The Christmas Baby. 
 
 U 7 
 
 Twas morn in the desolate city. 
 The ragged and ruin-heaped city. 
 The homeless and hot-smoking city, 
 The grief of the North and the West." 
 — The Burning of Chicago. 
 
 "The smoke of our cannon has sailed 
 away ; 
 The clouds are gone and the sky is clear. 
 Heaven looks from eternal heights to-day, 
 And finds that the nation still is here. 
 The ISTorth and the South, the East and 
 the West, 
 The dead, the living, all agree 
 That this shall be the grandest — ^best — 
 Of all the nations that time can see." 
 — Our Guests Unseen. 
 
 "God has undiscovered ways 
 
 Here within his narrow portals; 
 
 Oh, they puzzle even the gaze 
 Of the wisest of immortals !" 
 — The Festival of Family Reunion. 
 
 aiTOTATIONS FROM ALICE GARY. 
 
 KD when the arrows of sunset 
 . Lodged in the tree-tops bright, 
 He fell, in his saint-like beauty, 
 Asleep by the gates of light." 
 
 — Pictures from Memory. 
 
 "For whatever men say in blindness. 
 And spite of the fancies of youth. 
 
 There's nothing so kingly as kindness. 
 And nothing so royal as truth." 
 
 — Nobility. 
 
294 
 
 CLASSIFIED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 ^'For bright as brightest sunshine 
 
 The light of memory streams 
 Round the old-fashioned homestead, 
 
 Where I dreamed my dream of dreams." 
 — The Old Homestead. 
 
 "A lady, the loveliest ever the sun 
 
 Looked down upon you must paint for 
 me; 
 Oh, if I only could make you see 
 
 The clear blue eyes, the tender smile. 
 The sovereign sweetness, the gentle grace. 
 The woman's soul, and the angel's face 
 
 That are beaming on me all the while, 
 I need not speak these foolish words; 
 Yet one word tells you all I would 
 say,— 
 She is my mother, — you will agree. 
 That all the rest is thrown away." 
 
 — An Order for a Picture. 
 
 "The ant is hard at work, and everyw^here 
 
 The bee is balanced on her wings so 
 
 brown ; 
 
 And the black spider on her slender stair 
 
 Is running down and up, and up and 
 
 down." 
 
 — May Verses. 
 
 "Don't be afraid, boys, to whistle loud and 
 
 long, 
 Altho' your quiet sisters may call it rude 
 
 or wrong." 
 
 — The Boys. 
 
 "Our homestead had an ample hearth. 
 
 Where at night we loved to meet; 
 There my mother's voice was always kind. 
 
 And her smile was always sweet; 
 And there I've sat on my father's knee, 
 
 And watched his thoughtful brow. 
 With my childish hands in his raven 
 hair, — 
 That hair is silver now ! 
 But that broad hearth's light, oh, that 
 broad hearth's light ! 
 And my father's look, and my mother's 
 smile, 
 They are in my heart to-night." 
 
 ' — The Old Homestead. 
 
 "Where are they now, the dreams we 
 dreamed. 
 The scattered sunshine o'er us, 
 And where the hills of flowers that seemed 
 A little way before us?" 
 
 — My Brother. 
 
 a 
 
 And if we live as God has given us 
 power. 
 Heaven has begun; no blind fatality 
 Can shut the living soul from its high 
 dower 
 Of shaping out a glorious destiny." 
 
 — Heaven On Earth. 
 
 a 
 
 Blest is his life who to himself is true, 
 And blest his death — for memory, when 
 he dies, 
 Comes, with a lover's eloquence, to renew 
 Our faith in manhood's upward ten- 
 dencies." 
 
 — Hymn of The True Man. 
 
 "The path going down to the apple-tree, 
 still 
 Winds over the slope of the meadow ; 
 The dear little cabin peeps over the hill — 
 But the roses run wide in its shadow." 
 
 — Lost Dillie. 
 
 "Shrink not away from the common and 
 
 lowly — 
 Good deeds, though ever so humble, are 
 
 holy; 
 And though the recompense fall to thee 
 slowly. 
 Heroes unnumbered before thee have 
 trod ; I 
 
 By the sweet light of their blessed ex- 
 ample. 
 Work on, — the field of love's labor is am- 
 ple — 
 Trusting humanity, trusting in God!" 
 
 — Missive. 
 
 "For the human heart is the mirror 
 Of things that are near and far; 
 
 Like the wave that reflects in its bosom 
 The flower and the distant star." 
 
 —The Time To Be, 
 
]BOOK VI. 
 
 A HIGH ORDER OF 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS 
 
 FOR CLUBS, PARTIES, SOCIALS. 
 
 ¥^ ^^ ^^ 
 
 i^y HEEE is to-day a great demand for 
 pleasant, dignified and entertaining 
 amusements for young people's parties, 
 church socials and social clubs. The fol- 
 lowing we believe will meet the require- 
 ments. The writer has used them in her 
 own home and church with wonderfully 
 pleasing effect. The interest is enhanced 
 by the reward of a prize which may or 
 .may not be offered, as one prefers. 
 
 These games take the place, to a cer- 
 tain extent, of the common Euchre Cards 
 which have such an element of chance 
 and association in them as to bear dis- 
 
 couragement. 
 
 GTJESSING GAME. 
 
 (Let some one ask aloud the following 
 questions, giving each guesser only one 
 opportunity to answer. The one that an- 
 swers the most should be awarded a 
 prize.) 
 
 What animal does the Bible refer to 
 when speaking of our inability to change 
 
 our natures, saying, ^^Can the change 
 
 its spots ?" Leopard. 
 
 Our house pet, the cat, has a beautiful 
 yet terrible relative found wild in Asia. 
 What is it ? Tiger. 
 
 A^Hiat bird has a relative in Iceland that 
 furnishes a material so very elastic that 
 two pounds of it may be held in the palm 
 
 of the hand, yet will swell out to fill a 
 comfortable ? Duck, 
 
 What bird is named after the Apostle 
 Peter, because of its seeming ability to 
 walk upon the water ? Petrel. 
 
 What bird with abilitv to see best at 
 night was anciently believed to fore- 
 
 shadow evil? 
 
 Owl. 
 
 What two quadrupeds are more faithful 
 to man than are any other animals ? 
 
 Dog and horse. 
 
 What creature of the feathered tribe, 
 possessing traits similar to an unpopular 
 man, is the subject of a celebrated poem 
 by Poe ? Baven. 
 
 What animal, fed upon moss, becomes 
 horse, food and raiment to the Laplander ? 
 
 Beindeer. 
 
 What bird is looked upon as a sort of 
 beau among the feathered kingdom ? 
 
 Blue Jay. 
 
 What bird suddenly arises from the un- 
 derbrush with a whirring sound, and is 
 sought far and near for its delicacy of 
 flesh ? Qu/iil. 
 
 What creature is considered the most 
 charming of all the insects ? 
 
 Butterfly. 
 
 What loathsome creature has a wing un- 
 like that of any other species ? Bat, 
 
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 MitiCELLANEOUS EXTERTAINMENT^. 
 
 What insect lias a relative so beautiful 
 as to be deemed bv man worthy of setting 
 in gold for rings and brooches ? 
 
 Beetle. 
 
 Wbat mammal of the sea has a broad 
 tail set transversely to its body ? 
 
 Whale. 
 
 What bird makes a peculiar two-syllable 
 sound which has been imitated in Swiss 
 clocks ? Cuckoo. 
 
 What bird is generally pictured as 
 standing upon one leg? StorJc. 
 
 To scare what pest away do farmers 
 dress poles as men and place them in their 
 grain fields and orchards ? Crow. 
 
 What bird is often pictured carrying in 
 its pouch a fish, upon which to feast when 
 necessary ? Pelican. 
 
 What large bird of prey soars solitary 
 to heights of perpetual snow ? Condor. 
 
 What creature was once said to possess 
 a jewel in its head ? Toad. 
 
 What animal bears a considerable re- 
 semblance to man? Gorilla. 
 
 What bird is made familiar to the little 
 folks bv the tale of '^Babes in the Wood" ? 
 
 Eobin. 
 
 What bird, a rival of the nightingale, 
 can so imitate the notes of other birds as 
 to deceive sportsmen ? Moching-hird. 
 
 What bird of Patagonia, now almost 
 extinct, hatches its eggs by holding them 
 between its thighs ? Penguin. 
 
 What bird has been adopted as the na- 
 tional emblem of the United States, and 
 appears on all its banners and coins ? 
 
 Eagle. 
 
 What animal has a name so capable of 
 different spelling as to make it on various 
 occasions indicative of affection ? 
 
 Deer. 
 
 What animal, that kneels to be loaded, 
 has a stomach in which water can be stored 
 for davs ? Camel. 
 
 What king among animals was once con- 
 sidered the type of great courage, but has 
 been found to show indolence, and seldom 
 attacks man unless hungry ? Lion. 
 
 The fur of what animal is used to adorn 
 the robes of kings and English judges, 
 signifying incorruption ? Ermine. 
 
 What creature, one species of which 
 digs a burrow, lines it with a silken web, 
 and makes to it a circular trap door with 
 an ideal hinge? Spider. 
 
 What bird can stand motionless for 
 hours and watch with patience for fish 
 upon which it feeds ? Heron. 
 
 The nest of what variety of bird is con- 
 sidered a great delicacy in China ? 
 
 Swallow. 
 
 What fish, canned in immense quanti- 
 ties, is caught in the Tenobscot and Co- 
 lumbia Rivers ? Salmon. 
 
 What bird is universally admired and 
 always associated with honeysuckles ? 
 
 Humming-bird. 
 
 What bird of the ocean clings to Great 
 Salt Lake, appearing as though left there 
 from the time it was an inland sea ? 
 
 Sea-gull. 
 
 What insect, at work in millions, will 
 boldly march into a river, and with their 
 dead bodies form a bridge for their com- 
 panions ? Locust. 
 
 What insect is considered to be the most 
 generally distributed over the globe of any 
 living creature ? Fly. 
 
 What animal makes a perfect system of 
 sub-soil drainage, and is said to work three 
 hours, and then to rest three hours ? 
 
 Mole. 
 
 What little marine creature has neither 
 head, heart, feet, nor lungs, yet has built 
 structures used for jewelry, also islands ? 
 
 Coral. 
 
 What serpent takes its name from its 
 method of killing its prey by squeezing? 
 
 Boa Constrictor, 
 
MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 297 
 
 The liide of what animal makes the ex- 
 cellent leather for saddles, and its bristles 
 excellent material for brushes? 
 
 Hog. 
 
 What creature, thriving best on the 
 white mulberry tree, makes a thread of 
 pure white, yellow, or yellowish white 
 hue, according to variety ? Bilh-worm. 
 
 What animal carries wood and water 
 for poor Mexican families, and transports 
 men over dizzy heights with steady step ? 
 
 Burro, 
 
 AAHiat animal has been the main hero of 
 fable writers in all ages? Fox, 
 
 What strikingly beautiful animal is the 
 tallest of all ruminants, and found wild 
 only in portions of Africa ? Giraffe, 
 
 What bird is everywhere celebrated fo:^ 
 its grace ? 8wan, 
 
 What animal builds its houses of mud, 
 in conical form, two feet high, with an en- 
 trance under water and a dry sleeping 
 room above ? Muskrat, 
 
 What animal never walks, but simply 
 hooks its claws over a limb and passes 
 from branch to branch and tree to tree ? 
 
 Sloth. 
 
 The young of what leaping animal are 
 carried and nourished in a pouch upon 
 the mother's body until able to care for 
 themselves ? Kangaroo. 
 
 What wading bird returns year after 
 year to the same marshes to lay its eggs ? 
 
 Crane. 
 
 What bird, noted for its speed, size and 
 strength, as well as the beauty of its 
 feathers, is said to think itself hidden 
 when its head is buried in the sand ? 
 
 Ostrich. 
 
 What reptile, by its power and size, 
 rules the rivers of the South as the shark 
 the sea ? Crocodile. 
 
 What busy insects are ruled by a queen, 
 for whom they show great respect and 
 devotion ? Bee, 
 
 From what animal is hair obtained, 
 used in mixing mortar, hide for making 
 leather, and the hoof for making glue ? 
 
 Cow. 
 
 What bird is so notably proud of its 
 dress that to say "vain as a " has be- 
 come a proverb ? Peacock. 
 
 What troublesome marine creature at- 
 taches itself to almost all submerged ob- 
 jects s Barnacle. 
 
 What quadruped, having short silvery 
 white fur on the neck and fine, long sil- 
 very hair on its back, is much sought after 
 because of its skin ? Polar Bear. 
 
 The hind legs of what reptile are con- 
 sidered a great delicacy ? Frog. 
 
 What creature is said to be the oldest 
 paper manufacturer in the world ? 
 
 Wasp. 
 
 What creature has been used to typify 
 the resurrection, because of its long sleep 
 and glorious awakening to a more beauti- 
 ful life? Caterpillar. 
 
 What bird says plainly the words which 
 have given it its name ? 
 
 Whip-poor-will. 
 
 What animal frequently ruins young 
 trees by nibbling the trunks or the green 
 shoots on the top boughs ? 
 
 Squirrel. 
 
 What bird is so valued for its feathers 
 that the tame ones are plucked several 
 times a year? Goose. 
 
 What creature is a common nuisance to 
 the farmer, merchant, sailor and house- 
 keeper ? Rat. 
 
 What sea-bird can fly for days together 
 without rest, rarely flapping its wings ? 
 
 Albatross. 
 
 To the young of what bird is dampness 
 fatal until they grow feathers ? Turkey. 
 
 What dreaded quadruped will follow 
 armies and prowl over battle-fields for 
 bodies ? ' Hyena, 
 
298 
 
 MISCELLANEO US EX TER TAINMENT8. 
 
 Of what insect does the Bible make 
 mention when it warns man against laying 
 up treasures where it and rust can cor- 
 rupt ? Moth. 
 
 What insect-editing animal will devour a 
 snake as one would eat an onion, begin- 
 ning at the tail ? Hedgehog. 
 
 What sea creature has a distinct place 
 in the composition of salads ? Lobster. 
 
 What fish, dreaded by sailors, causes 
 such destruction among fishes as to be 
 called ''the pirate of the finny tribe" ? 
 
 Shark. 
 
 What insect sings a happy song just be- 
 fore it bites ? Mosquito. 
 
 What animal was the first domesticated 
 and been made profitable ever since ? 
 
 Sheep. 
 
 What animal is gifted with amazing 
 powers of leaping, climbing and swing- 
 ing ? Monkey. 
 
 What beautiful quadruped has stripes 
 running almost at right angles to that part 
 of the body on which they occur ? Zebra. 
 
 What bird in middle ages did the work 
 of the telegraph to-day ? 
 
 Carrier Pigeon. 
 
 What animal was once plentiful upon 
 the great Western prairies, but is now al- 
 most extinct ? Buffalo. 
 
 What bird begins its song long before 
 sunrise in the summer, and hence is 
 quoted as an example of early rising ? 
 
 Sky-lark. 
 
 What insect, mentioned in Proverbs, 
 did Solomon advise the sluggard to go to 
 for lessons ? Ant. 
 
 What intelligent and beautiful animal 
 belongs to the only family having an un- 
 divided hoof ? Horse. 
 
 What animal has a delicate sort of hand 
 at the end of its probosis, enabling it to 
 pick a blade of grass or take a crumb 
 from the floor ? Elephant. 
 
 What bird, because of its beautiful col- 
 oring, has received a name worthy to be 
 compared with the inhabitants of Ileaven ? 
 
 Bird of Paradise. 
 
 What white bird, with red wings, of the 
 goose family, on account of its long legs, 
 is unable to sit on its nest ? Flamingo. 
 
 What burrowing animal, clad in a coat 
 of mail, feeds upon insects and vegeta- 
 bles ? Armadillo. 
 
 From what animal did the first settlers 
 of ITew England fence in their cattle at 
 night in order to protect them ? 
 
 Wolf. 
 
 What creature, though it may weigh 
 500 pounds, cannot turn over when 
 placed upon its back, and is thus made 
 helpless ? Turtle. 
 
 What animal is greatly valued in the 
 chase ? Greyhound, 
 
 What animal produces extremely val- 
 uable fur, and hence sometimes involves 
 nations in disputes regarding its fisheries ? 
 
 Seal. 
 
 What deadly reptile is often killed for 
 its oil, deemed a cure for pestilence ? 
 
 Rattlesnake. 
 
 What animal's skin, when dressed, is 
 preferred by jewelers to anything else for 
 polishing gold, silver and glass ? 
 
 Chamois. 
 
 What bird builds, with threads and 
 strings, a purse-shaped nest, hangs it from 
 a branch of a tree, and fastens it with 
 twine ? Baltimore Oriole. 
 
 What bird surpasses all others in its 
 ability to imitate human speech ? 
 
 Parrot. 
 
 What bird, noted for its gentleness and 
 peace, has been the accepted type of 
 wedded devotion, because of its loyalty to 
 its mate ? Dove. 
 
 What bird, celebrated for its beauty of 
 plumage and song, came from the islands 
 that bear its name ? Canary. . 
 
MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 ^99 
 
 What fur-producing animal has earned 
 a reputation of which a boj might be 
 proud, for the wonderful building instinct 
 it displays? Beaver. 
 
 The life of what animal is often saved 
 on account of its ability to feign death ? 
 
 Opossum. 
 
 GAME OF AUTHORS. 
 
 Who Wrote Them, and What Are Theyf 
 
 (The questions can be asked and an- 
 swered as in the guessing game. Excellent 
 to refresh one's memory on authors.) 
 
 Apostle's Creed? 
 
 A Summary of Christian belief, com- 
 piled by the early churches. 
 
 Arabian ISTights? 
 
 A collection of Ori&ntal Tales, trans- 
 lated by E. Lane. 
 
 Augsburg Confession? 
 
 Exposition of the Lutheran faith elab- 
 orated by Philip Melanchthon with ap- 
 proval of Luther — presented to German 
 Emperor Charles V., and read at the Diet 
 of Augsburg, June 25th, 1530. 
 
 Course of Time, The ? 
 Standard Poem, Robert Polloh. 
 
 Cosmos ? 
 
 Last great worlc of the naturalist Alex- 
 ander von Humboldt. 
 
 Battle Cry of Freedom? 
 Hymn (Civil War, 1861-5), G. F. 
 Boot. 
 
 Dixie? 
 
 Southern melody, Dan. Emmet. 
 
 Declaration of Independence? 
 Drafted by Thomas Jefferson. 
 
 Evangeline ? 
 
 A Tale of Arcadia, H. W. Longfellow. 
 
 Faust ? 
 Tragedy, Goethe. 
 
 Fool's Errand ? 
 
 Novel of the Civil War, A. W. Tourges. 
 
 Gates Ajar? 
 
 Religious fiction, E. S. Phelps.. 
 
 Gil Bias ? 
 
 Novel, Alain Rene Le Sage. 
 
 Gloria Patria? 
 A Doxology. 
 
 Goodie Two-Shoes ? 
 
 Nursery story, Oliver Goldsmith, 
 
 Hiawatha ? 
 
 Poem, H. W. Longfellow, 
 
 Highland Mary ? 
 Poem, Robert Bums, 
 
 Innocents Abroad ? 
 
 Humorous Sketches, (Marh Twain) S. 
 L. Clemens. 
 
 Jane Eyre? 
 
 Novel, Charlotte Bronte. 
 
 Lady Geraldine's Courtship ? 
 Poem, E. B. Browning. 
 
 Lalla Rookh ? 
 
 Oriental Poem, Thomas Moore, 
 
 As You Like It ? 
 
 A Play, Shakespeare. 
 
 Love's Labor Lost? 
 Comedy, Shakespeare. 
 
 Mazeppa ? 
 
 Poem, Lord Byron, 
 
 Les Miserables ? 
 Novel, Victor Hugo. 
 
 Caudle's, Mrs., Curtain Lectures? 
 Humorous Papers, Douglas Jerrold. 
 
 'Never Too Late to Mend ? 
 Novel, Charles Reade. 
 
 Old Dan Tucker ? 
 
 Southern Song, S. W. Foster. 
 
 Paul Eevere's Ride ? 
 Poem of the Revolution, H. W. Long- 
 fellow, 
 
 Put Yourself in His Place? 
 Novel, Chas. Reade. 
 
 Rab and His Friends ? 
 Sketch, John Brown. 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS, 
 
 Ixovorics of a Bacliclor ? 
 
 rro6C Sketches, D. G. Mitchell. 
 
 Kioliclieu ? 
 
 Historical Drama, E. L. Bulwer. 
 
 Kobiiison Crusoe ? 
 
 Fictitious biography, Daniel De Foe. 
 
 Salmagundi ? 
 
 Humorous worh, ^Y. Irving. 
 
 Sclionberg Cotta Family, Chronicles of 
 the ? 
 
 Historical Novel, E. R. Charles. 
 
 School for Scandal ? 
 Comedy, R. B. Sheridan. 
 
 She Stoops to Conquer ? 
 Comedy, 0. Goldsmith. 
 
 The Spectator ? 
 
 Serial Essays, Joseph Addison. 
 
 Tales of a Grandfather ? 
 Child's History, Walter Scott. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew ? 
 Comedy, Shakspeare. 
 
 Thanatopsis ? 
 Poem, W. C. Bryant. 
 
 Tom Brown at Oxford ? 
 Narrative, Thomas Hughes. 
 
 Uncle Tom's Cabin ? 
 
 Novel, based on Slavery, H. B. Stowe. 
 
 William Tell ? 
 Drama, Schiller. 
 
 Ancient Mariner, The ? 
 Celebrated poem, S. T. Coleridge. 
 
 Atlantis, The :Nrew? 
 Allegorical fiction. Lord Bacon. 
 
 Battle of the Books ? 
 Satire, Dean Swift. 
 
 The May Queen ? 
 
 Lyric Poem, A. Tennyson. 
 
 The Humble Bee ? 
 
 Lyric Poem, R. W. Emerson. 
 
 Childe Harold's Pilgrimage? 
 Poem, Lord Byron. 
 
 Paradise Lost? 
 
 Classic Poem, John Milton. 
 
 Paradise Begained ? 
 Classic Poem, John Milton. 
 
 Pilgrim's Progress ? 
 
 A Celebrated Allegory, John Banyan. 
 
 Pendennis ? 
 
 Novel, by Wm. Thackeray. 
 
 Pickwick Papers ? 
 
 Humorous Sketches, Charles Dickens. 
 
 Don Quixote ? 
 
 Spanish Romance, Cervantes. 
 
 EobEoy? 
 
 Historical Novel, Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Vanity Fair ? 
 
 A Novel, Wm. Thackeray. 
 
 Vicar of Wakefield ? 
 A Novel (Opera and Drama), 0. Gold- 
 smith. 
 
 Virgil ? 
 
 Latin Classic Poem, Virgilius. 
 
 Wandering Jew ? 
 A Novel, John Gait. 
 
 Waverley ? 
 
 Historical Novel, Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Hiad ? 
 
 Greek Epic Poem, Homer. 
 
 Bridge of Sighs ? 
 Poem, Thomas Hood. 
 
 Old Mortality? 
 
 Historical Novel, Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Universal Prayer ? 
 Hymn, Alexander Pope. 
 
 Essay on Man ? 
 
 Classic Poem, Alexander Pope. 
 
 Septuagint ? 
 
 A Greek Version of the Old Testament 
 by 70 Translators, 280 B. C. 
 
 Ritual ? 
 
 An order of religious service or lodge. 
 
 Talmud ? 
 
 A book containing all the laws of the 
 Jews {compilation). 
 
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 301 
 
 • Koran? 
 The Mahometan Bible, Mahomet. 
 
 Shaster ? 
 
 Book of religious instructions and pre- 
 cepts of the Hindoos. 
 
 Yedas ? 
 
 Four ancient sacred hoohs of the Hin- 
 doos. 
 
 Ben Hur ? 
 
 A story hy Lew Wallace. 
 
 Aurora Leigli ? 
 
 A poem hy Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 
 
 Hamlet ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 Tales of a German Love? 
 Story J by Max Muller. 
 
 The Tempest? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 The Scarlet Letter? 
 A story by Hawthorne. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 Social Evolution ? 
 
 A study of world conditions hy Ben- 
 jamin F. Kidd. 
 
 Wealth vs. Commonwealth? 
 
 A study in social economics hy Lloyd. 
 
 The Merry Wives of Windsor ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 The Control of the Tropics? 
 An historic survey by Benjamin F. 
 Kidd. 
 
 The Christian Year? 
 A poem hy Kehle. 
 
 Western Civilization ? 
 A study of the world's meaning hy B. 
 F. Kidd. 
 
 Measure for Measure? 
 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 The Gentleman from Indiana ? 
 Booth Tarkington. 
 
 The History of the English People ? 
 Green. 
 
 The Dutch Republic ? 
 History hy Motley. 
 
 Old Curiosity Shop ? 
 Dickens. 
 
 Resurrection ? 
 
 A Novel by Tolstoy. 
 
 Wilhelm Meister? 
 
 An educational story by Goethe. 
 
 The Comedy of Errors ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 Lucille ? 
 
 A poem hy Owen Meredith. 
 
 Quo Vadis ? 
 
 A novel hy Henry Sienkiewicz. 
 
 Love Letters of a Musician ? 
 A story hy Myrtle Beed. 
 
 In Tune with the Infinite ? 
 Modern Thought, by Ralph Waldo 
 Trine. 
 
 John Foster — ^A Child of E'ature ? 
 Ideal story hy Hamilton Mabie. 
 
 Conquest of Peru ? 
 Prescott. 
 
 Much Ado About l^othing ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 ISTearer, My God, to Thee ? 
 
 A poem written by Mrs. Gibson. 
 
 Adam Bede ? 
 
 A novel hy George Eliot. 
 
 A Midsummer ^Night's Dream ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
 The Christian? 
 
 A Novel hy Hall Caine. 
 
 The Mill on the Floss ? 
 George Eliot, 
 
 What All the World's A-Seeking? 
 Ralph Waldo Trine. 
 
 The White Cross Library? 
 A series of hooks on the highest thought 
 by Prentice Mulford. 
 
 The Merchant of Venice ? 
 Shakspeare. 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 The Trager.y of Kiug Richard III. ? 
 A play by Shakspearc, 
 
 Romeo and Juliet? 
 
 A drama of love by Shakspeare. 
 
 Julius Caesar? 
 
 An historical play, culminating in 
 Caesar s death and the defeat of the con- 
 spirators; written by Shakspeare. 
 
 Macbeth ? 
 
 A tragedy by Shakspeare. 
 
 What poem is deemed the finest in the 
 English language ? 
 
 The Skylark by Shelley. 
 
 Timothy's Quest? 
 
 A story by Kate Douglas Wiggin. 
 
 The Choir Invisible ? 
 
 A novel by James Lane Allen. 
 
 Audrey ? 
 
 Novel, by Mary Johnston. 
 
 The Kentucky Cardinal ? 
 
 A story by James Lane Allen. 
 
 HISTORICAL GAME, 
 
 OR 
 
 QUERIES FOR BRIGHT STUDEITTS. 
 
 For Old and Young, 
 
 (One hour spent in the putting of these 
 questions and receiving their answers will 
 give more real delight than a whole night 
 spent in the ball-room. ) 
 
 What are the most famous battle 
 grounds of the world ? 
 Marathon, LaTour, Waterloo, Gettysburg. 
 
 What General of the U. S. made his 
 headquarters in swamps and had but little 
 food or clothing? Francis Marion. 
 
 Who captured the British brig ^^Pea- 
 cock'' in fifteen minutes ? 
 
 Captain James Lawrence. 
 
 Who was the first military Governor of 
 the Philippine Is. ? Wesley Merrit. 
 
 What General won his first fame by at- 
 tacking and killing a she-wolf in her den ? 
 
 Israel Putnam. 
 
 What General was killed by his own 
 men, who mistook him for the enemy ? 
 
 Thomas J. Jackson, 
 
 Who was the recipient of a costly and 
 beautiful home in Washington, D. C., the 
 gift of the American people ? 
 
 George Dewey. 
 
 Whose initials stand for the words ^^Un- 
 conditional Surrender" ? 
 
 Gen. U. S. Grant. 
 
 For whom did the American people 
 make a jubilee on his return from the 
 Mexican war? Zachary Taylor. 
 
 ]*^ame a General who was apprenticed 
 to an apothecary, but ran away and en- 
 listed as a soldier. 
 
 Benedict Arnold. 
 
 Who was ''Mad Anthony" ? 
 
 Anthony Wayne. 
 
 What celebrated naval commander died 
 of yellow fever at Trinidad ? 
 
 Captain Oliver Perry 
 
 Who sent the following message to 
 President Lincoln: ''I have the honor to 
 present you with the city of Savannah as 
 a Christmas gift V Wm. T. Sherman. 
 
 Wliat literary man was kept out of Sun- 
 day school by his father through fear that 
 he would come in contact with bad boys ? 
 
 Frank R. Stockton. 
 
 Whose book, "The Story of Patsey," 
 has been published in raised letters for the 
 blind? Kate Douglas Wiggin. 
 
 Who was called the ''Courtly Knight" ? 
 
 Thomas B. Reed. 
 
 Who was Washington's first aide-de- 
 camp ? Alexander Hamilton. 
 
 Wliat literary man, at the age of seven- 
 teen, went to California and led a roving 
 life for three years, and then wrote many 
 Western dialect poems ? 
 
 Francis Bret Harte. 
 
 Who was Vice-President of the Confed- 
 erate States of America ? 
 
 Alexander Stephens, 
 
MI8CELLANB0UB ENTERTAINMENTS, 
 
 What great Revolutionary statesman 
 began his political career as tax-collector 
 of Boston ^ Samuel Adams. 
 
 What literary woman died on the day 
 of her father's burial? 
 
 Louisa M, Alcott. 
 
 What two ex-Presidents died on the 
 same day ? Thomas Jefferson 
 
 and John Adams, July Jf, 1826. 
 
 What naval hero in his first battle con- 
 quered the British navy? 
 
 Captain Perry on Lake Erie. 
 
 What officer retired from the army only 
 because forced to do so by old age ? 
 
 General Winfield Scott. 
 
 !N"ame a General who had three horses 
 shot from under him at Winchester and 
 was himself disabled by a severe wound ? 
 
 Fitzhugh Lee. 
 
 Who is known as "Mark Twain" ? 
 
 Samuel L. Clemens. 
 
 Who was killed in a duel by Aaron 
 Burr ? Alexander Hamilton. 
 
 What great statesman made the ac- 
 quaintance of Thomas Jefferson early in 
 life and remained his firm friend ever 
 after ? Patrick Henry. 
 
 Who was the Indian leader in the 
 Wyoming massacre ? Brandt. 
 
 What statesman graduated from 
 Princeton College while his father was its 
 President ? Aaron Burr. 
 
 Who was "Old Eough and Ready'' ? 
 
 Zachary Taylor. 
 
 What General sold honor for gold ? 
 
 Benedict Arnold. 
 
 Who was the "Silver-Tongued Orator" ? 
 
 James G. Blaine. 
 
 What literary woman began her career 
 by teaching school in a barn? 
 
 Louisa M. Alcott. 
 
 What General was nominated for the 
 Presidency in 1864 but was defeated by 
 Lincoln ? George B. McClellan, 
 
 What was termed the "Battle of the 
 Giants"? 
 
 Debate between Webster and Hayne. 
 
 What noted Indian chief was seized and 
 sent to Ft. Moultrie while visiting Gen. 
 Jessup under a flag of truce ? Oceola. 
 
 Who was President of the Confederate 
 States of America ? Jefferson Davis. 
 
 The home of what author was called 
 "Sunnyside" ? Washington Irving. 
 
 What great Virginia statesman began 
 his education under the instruction of his 
 father in a school at home ? 
 
 Patrick Henry. 
 
 Who is called the Daniel Defoe of 
 American literature ? 
 
 J. Fennimore Cooper. 
 
 What great artist manufactured his own 
 brushes by pulling hair from his cat's tail ? 
 
 Benj. West. 
 
 Who is known as the "Apostle of Sun- 
 shine and Cheerfulness" ? 
 
 Ghauncey M. Depew. 
 
 What Indian defeated Gen. Custer and 
 his troops ? Sitting Bull. 
 
 With whom did a British officer once 
 dine on sweet potatoes and water ? 
 
 Francis Marion. 
 
 What military man, when a child of 
 eleven years, was taken on board the Essex 
 by Commodore Porter in the rank of mid- 
 shipman ? David Farragut. 
 
 Who was called "Stonewall" ? 
 
 Thomas J. Jackson. 
 
 What naval officer came into possession 
 of a farm in Palmyra, N. Y., located on 
 the spot where Joseph Smith claimed to 
 have found the gold plate of prophecy? 
 
 Wm. T. Sampson. 
 
 What ocean is known as the "peaceful" 
 ocean ? Pacific 
 
 What Indian assassinated Gen. Thomp- 
 son ? Oceola* 
 
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 From what port did Columbus sail on 
 his voyage which led to the discovery of 
 the Xew World i Polos, Spain. 
 
 Who lived at the place known as "Oak 
 Iliir' ? James Monroe. 
 
 What great artist painted the "Death 
 of ]\lontgoniery" ? Trumbull. 
 
 What was known as the "Swamp 
 Angel" ? 
 
 A cannon planted on Montis Island dur- 
 ing the siege of Charleston. 
 
 What city was captured on Christmas 
 night ? Trenton, N. J. 
 
 What seaport is styled the "Queen of 
 American Seaside Kesorts" ? 
 
 Newport, B. I. 
 
 Which state of the U. S. has two cap- 
 itals ? Rhode Island. 
 
 What state is known as the "Granite 
 State" ? New Hampshire. 
 
 Where is the celebrated Newgate Pris- 
 on ? London, Eng. 
 
 What is the most beautiful river of Eu- 
 
 rope 
 
 Rhine. 
 
 Wliat great American statesman was 
 born on the Island of Nevis, West Indies ? 
 
 Alexander Hamilton. 
 
 What country is known as the "Country 
 of Windmills" ? Holland. "^ 
 
 What is known as "Hell Gate" ? 
 A strait at the entrance of Long Island 
 Sound. 
 
 What battle was fought after peace had 
 been declared ? New Orleans. 
 
 What noted colored orator and states- 
 man was minister to Hayti in 1889-91? 
 
 Frederick Douglas. 
 
 Who was "Major Molly" ? 
 
 Mary Pitcher. 
 
 In what battle was the term used "We 
 must beat the Red-coats to-day or Betty 
 Stark is a wddow" ? Saratoga, 
 
 What city has the honor of having es- 
 tablished the first cod-fishery ? 
 
 Dorchester, Mass. 
 
 What river is so choked by sand at its 
 mouth that it has been necessary to dig a 
 canal through the delta that it may be nav- 
 igable ? Ehro, Portugal. 
 
 Where is Eddystone Lighthouse? 
 Off the coast of England, in the English 
 Channel. 
 
 What country is surrounded by moun- 
 tains ? Switzerland. 
 
 What city leads in fashion and art ? 
 
 Paris. 
 
 Who invented the electric light? 
 
 Thos. A. Edison. 
 
 Where is "sea island cotton" obtained? 
 Off the coast of South Carolina. 
 
 What river has an annual overflow ? 
 
 Nile. 
 
 What country is noted for its pyra- 
 mids ? Egypt. 
 
 Where is the Eiffel Tower ? 
 
 Paris, France. 
 
 For what is Elba Island noted? 
 
 Napoleon s place of exile. 
 
 What body of water is noted for its fine 
 pearls ? Persian Gulf. 
 
 What city is noted for diamonds ? 
 
 Kimberley, South Africa. 
 
 Who said "A pound of pluck is worth a 
 ton of luck" ? James A. Garfield. 
 
 What great man walked the streets of 
 Philadelphia wdth a roll of bread under 
 each arm, and eating a third ? 
 
 Benj. Franklin. 
 
 Who was "George Eliot" ? 
 
 Marie Cross. 
 
 What and where are the "Everglades" ? 
 
 Swamps of Florida. 
 
 For whom was the rank of Vice-Ad- 
 miral first created ? David Farragut, 
 
BALL EXERCISE. 
 
 To develop the arms, shoulders and chest. 
 
 (See department on "The Art of Attainment.'') 
 
A GLORIOUS MORNING EXERCISE. 
 Makes the sick well. 
 
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 What General was captured wliile en- 
 joying a Christmas banquet ? 
 
 General Ball, 
 
 Who founded the first American libra- 
 ry? Benj. Franklin, 
 
 What was once known as the ^^Great 
 American Desert" ? 
 
 States west of the Mississippi. 
 
 Who was "Octave Thanet" ? 
 
 Alice French. 
 
 Who is father of the School of Kinder- 
 garten? Frederich Froehel. 
 
 Who is termed "John Bull'' ? 
 A popular name given the English Gov- 
 ernment, 
 
 Who is termed "Uncle Sam" ? 
 A popular name for the U. 8. Govern- 
 ment, 
 
 Who said "In the name of the Great 
 Jehovah and the Continental Congress" ? 
 Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. 
 
 Where was "Libby Prison" ? 
 Bichmond, Va._, during the Civil War. 
 
 What was the great decisive battle of 
 the Civil War ? Gettysburg. 
 
 What place is styled "Old Faithful"? 
 A geyser of the Yellowstone. 
 
 lN"ame two English explorers who were 
 half-brothers. Gilbert and Baleigh. 
 
 Who was Jenny Lind ? 
 
 A famous singer of Sweden. 
 
 Over what American actress' tomb has 
 an obelisk been erected which is an exact 
 copy of Cleopatra's? 
 
 Charlotte Cushman. 
 
 What is a custom-house ? 
 The office in a port of entry where du- 
 ties are paid. 
 
 What great General lost his life in a 
 battle on the Little Big Horn river ? 
 
 George A. Custer. 
 
 Who was the first bondsman to give bail 
 for Jefferson Davis ? 
 
 Horace Greeley, 
 
 Who invented the thermometer ? 
 
 Fahrenheit, 
 
 What beautiful city is divided into two 
 parts by the Arno river ? 
 
 Florence, Italy, 
 
 For what is Stratford-on-the-Avon 
 noted ? 
 
 The birthplace of the poet Shakspeare, 
 
 What country is ruled by a Czar ? 
 
 Bussia, 
 
 What is remarkable about the site of 
 Ft. Sumter ? 
 
 It is built on an artificial island. 
 
 What famous man died at Long Branch, 
 IST. J. ? James A. Garfield, 
 
 What woman was banished from the 
 Massachusetts colony? 
 
 Anne Hutchinson for witchcraft. 
 
 What state is known as the "Prairie 
 State" ? Illinois, 
 
 What is called the "holy city" of the 
 Mohammedans ? Mecca, Arabia. 
 
 What state is known as the "Hoosier 
 State" ? Indiana. 
 
 What is the meaning of Costa Bica ? 
 
 The rich coast. 
 
 What poet's life was saddened by the 
 death of his mother while he was yet a 
 small child ? Wm. Cowper. 
 
 What famous backwoodsman had for 
 his life motto "Be sure you are right, then 
 go ahead" ? David Crockett. 
 
 What is known as the "Kensington Gar- 
 den" ? 
 
 Palace and ornamental parks, London. 
 
 Who was the first white man to visit 
 Kentucky ? Daniel Boone. 
 
 What state is styled the "Keystone 
 State" ? Pennsylvania. 
 
 Who first circumnavigated the globe ? 
 
 Magellan. 
 
 What is the most noted American gla- 
 cier? The Muir, of Alaska, 
 
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 Name England^s greatest statesman. 
 
 Wm. Pitt. 
 
 Wliat Indian chief was captured and 
 with his sons placed on exhibition in 
 Eastern cities? Black Hawk. 
 
 What statesman is said to never have 
 been equaled as an after-dinner speaker? 
 
 Chauncey M. Depevj. 
 
 Who was the ''Sage of Monticello" ? 
 
 Thomas Jefferson. 
 
 Who was the 'Tittle Giant" ? 
 
 Stephen A, Douglas. 
 
 What noted divine was called to the 
 ministry of one of the largest churches of 
 Boston before he was twenty years of age ? 
 
 Edward Everett. 
 
 What author, "with a knapsack on his 
 back and a stout stick in his hand," made 
 a journey through Europe on foot and 
 afterward wrote a book entitled "Views 
 Afoot" ? Bayard Taylor. 
 
 What Indian chief was defeated in the 
 battle of Tippecanoe? Tecumseh. 
 
 Who was the "American Eabius" ? 
 
 George Washington. 
 
 Who was caned in Congress by Preston 
 Brooks ? Charles Sumner. 
 
 What writer was known as "H. H." ? 
 Helen Hunt Jackson, 
 
 What Indian chief was killed by a 
 faithless Indian for a bribe of a barrel of 
 liquor ? Pontiac. 
 
 Who was known as the "Pathfinder" ? 
 
 John C, Fremont, 
 
 Who wrote a humorous history of the 
 U. S. ? Edgar W. Nye. 
 
 Who was the first signer of the Decla- 
 ration of Independence? 
 
 John Hancock, 
 
 Who was the "Mill Boy of the 
 Slashes" ? Henry Clay. 
 
 Who was the "Bachelor Poet" ? 
 
 John G. Whittier, 
 
 Wliat poet died an inebriate ? 
 
 Edgar Allan Poe. 
 
 What Indian kept a guard of 40 or 50 
 warriors around him while he slept, and 
 increased the number to 200 after the 
 English settled Jamestown ? 
 
 Powhatan, 
 
 Who was the "Sage of Concord" ? 
 
 Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
 
 What Indian chief was the grandfather 
 of Thomas Rolfe ? Powhatan, 
 
 Who was "Old Hickory" ? 
 
 General Jackson. 
 
 Who was the author of "Home, Sweet 
 Home" ? John Howard Payne. 
 
 What father and son were Presidents ? 
 John Adams and John Quincy Adams. 
 
 What grandfather and grandson were 
 Presidents ? 
 
 W. H. Harrison and Benjamin Harri- 
 son, 
 
 What Indian gave to Roger Williams 
 land in Bhode Island ? Canonicus. 
 
 l^ame our Presidents who have been as- 
 sassinated. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield 
 and Wm. McKinley. 
 
 Who is the "Hoosier Poet" ? 
 
 James Whitcomh Riley. 
 
 IsTame the most celebrated poet of Amer- 
 ica. Longfellow, 
 
 What Indian carried fresh venison to 
 the Massaehusetts colony during the 
 "starving time" ? Massasoit. 
 
 Who wrote "Snow-Bound" ? 
 
 J. G. Whittier. 
 
 Who was called "The Poet-Painter"? 
 Thomas Buchanan Reid, 
 
 Who was known as "Honest Abe" ? 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 What Indian woman was called "Lady 
 Rebecca" ? Pocahontas, 
 
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 What poet was for a time engaged as 
 a traveling sign-painter and actor ? 
 
 James Whitcomb Riley. 
 
 What noted sculptor when a boy made 
 an angel in snow which called forth the 
 admiration of all beholders ? 
 
 Larkin G. Meade. 
 
 Who was a son of the man known as 
 "Light Horse Harry Lee" ? 
 
 Robert E. Lee. 
 
 What state is called the "Mother of 
 Presidents" ? Virginia. 
 
 Who was called the "Black Eagle" ? 
 John A. Logan, because of his swarthy 
 complexion. 
 
 What city is located on seven hills ? 
 
 Rome. 
 
 What is the "Lone Star" State ? 
 
 Texas. 
 
 What President was forced to go to 
 Washington in disguise? 
 
 Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 What presidential campaign was called 
 the "Hard Cider Campaign" ? 
 
 That of 1840, when W. H, Harrison 
 
 was elected. 
 
 What. Indian chief was defeated by 
 Mad Anthony" Wayne? 
 
 Little Turtle. 
 
 What statesman was called "Jack, the 
 Giant Killer" ? John Randolph. 
 
 What Indian's body was cut in four 
 quarters and his head kept on a gibbet 
 at Plymouth for twenty years ? 
 
 King Philip. 
 
 Who \^ras "Old Man Eloquent" ? 
 
 John Quincy Adams. 
 
 What state is known as the "l^utmeg 
 State" ? Connecticut. 
 
 Who wrote "The Star-Spangled Ban- 
 ner" ? Frances Scott I[ey. 
 
 Whose dying words were "This is the 
 last of earth ; I am content" ? 
 
 John Quincy Adam^. 
 
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 What state is known as the "Green 
 Mountain State" ? Vermont. 
 
 Who was knowtt as "Gail Hamilton" ? 
 
 Mary Mapes Dodge. 
 
 What statesman's wife worked and pro- 
 vided the living for the family while he 
 made speeches ? Samuel Adams. 
 
 What Indian was instrumental in sav- 
 ing the Massachusetts colony from the 
 murderous hand of the Pequods ? 
 
 Samoset. 
 
 What distinguished Southern statesman 
 was captured and imprisoned in Fort 
 Monroe for two years ? 
 
 Jefferson Davis. 
 
 What Indian was employed as a mes- 
 senger in the Revolutionary war ? 
 
 Red Jacket. 
 
 What commander during the battle of 
 Mobile lashed himself to the rigging of 
 his flagship that he might be better able 
 to see and command his sailors ? 
 
 Farragut. 
 
 What great evangelist was the son of a 
 farmer and stone-mason ? 
 
 Dwight L. Moody. 
 
 In what college did the British soldiers 
 make a stand during a battle until driven 
 out by Washington? Princeton. 
 
 Who said, "We have met the enemy and 
 they are ours" ? Commodore Perry. 
 
 What woman was called the "Daughter 
 of the Confederacy" ? Winnie Davis. 
 
 Who was pronounced the richest woman 
 in America at the beginning of the 20th 
 century ? Hetty Green. 
 
 What two English authors married sis- 
 ters on the same day ? 
 
 S. T. Coleridge and Robt. Soulhcy. 
 
 Who was called the "Boy Poet" ? 
 
 Thomas Chattcrlon. 
 
 Who was the first poet to be buried in 
 what is now known as the Poet's Comer. 
 Westminster Abbey? Chaucer, 
 
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 What author has been called the ^^Amer- 
 ican Wordsworth" because of his love of 
 nature '^ \Villia771 Cullen Bryant. 
 
 What author was expelled from school 
 for writing an article denouncing flog- 
 ging? Robert Southey. 
 
 What literary man was called the "In- 
 terrogation Point" because of his de- 
 formed body? Alexander Pope. 
 
 Wliat popular English author attrib- 
 uted much of his success to the influence 
 of his sister ? Wm. Wordsworth. 
 
 What is the oldest university in the U. 
 S. ? When founded ? Harvard, 1636. 
 
 What author fell a victim to smallpox 
 when but eight years of age so that his 
 face was disfigured for life ? 
 
 Oliver Goldsmith. 
 
 What city is known as the "City of 
 Brotherly Love" ? Philadelphia. 
 
 What English author met his death by 
 drowning? Percy Shelley. 
 
 "What author became totally blind be- 
 fore his death ? Milton. 
 
 Whose administration was known as the 
 "era of good feeling" ? 
 
 James Monroe's. 
 
 Who was called the "Great Irish Song 
 Writer" ? Thomas Moore. 
 
 Who was the "Great English Story- 
 Teller" ? Geoffrey Chaucer. 
 
 What was the "Le Bon Ilomme Rich- 
 ard" ? Vessel of Paul Jones, 
 
 Who was it that styled himself "Poor 
 Pichard" ? Benj. Franklin. 
 
 What author was known as the "Danish 
 Boy" ? Hans Christian Andersen. 
 
 What explorer was buried in the Mis- 
 
 sissippi river 
 
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 De 8oto. 
 
 Who was the organizer of the first For- 
 eign Missionary Society in America ? 
 
 Adoniram Judson, 
 
 What is known as the Washington 
 Elm? 
 
 The elm tree under which George 
 Washington took command of the colonial 
 troops at the beginning of the Revolution- 
 ary war. 
 
 What noted divine first gave evidence 
 of his unusual mental ability in a school 
 debate when but eleven years of age ? 
 Henry Ward Beecher. 
 
 Who were the "Green Mountain 
 Boys" ? . 
 
 Troops from Vermont under the leader- 
 ship of Allen and Stark during the Rev- 
 olution. 
 
 Wliat Indian entrenched himself in the 
 "lava beds" of Oregon and battled against 
 the whites ? Captain Jack. 
 
 Who was called the victor of Gettvs- 
 burg? Geo. B. Meade. 
 
 Who said, "I always talk better when I 
 lie" ? James Madison. 
 
 I^ame three Presidents who died on the 
 Fourth of July? 
 
 Jefferson, Adams and Monroe. 
 
 Whose last words were, "This is the 
 Fourth of July" ? Jefferson. 
 
 What is known as the "Golden Gate" ? 
 The entrance into San Francisco Bay. 
 
 What battle was preceded by prayer ? 
 
 Bunker Hill. 
 
 When was the first printing press es- 
 tablished in America ? 
 
 Cambridge, 1639. 
 
 When was Lafayette the guest of our 
 nation ? 
 
 Monroe's Administration, 182Jf. 
 
 Whose home was called the "Hermit- 
 
 age 
 
 ''2 
 
 Andrew Jackson's. 
 
 Who founded Salt Lake City ? 
 
 Brigham Young. 
 
 What river signifies "River of Men" ? 
 
 Illinois, 
 
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 What is the signification of Mississip- 
 pi ? Father of ^Vaters. 
 
 In what year was the Atlantic cable 
 completed? 1866. 
 
 What is called the "Gate of Tears''? 
 Strait of Bah-el-Mandeb. 
 
 What is known as the "Smoky Moun- 
 tain" ? Mt. Popocatapetl. 
 
 What is known as the "Great Eiver" ? 
 
 Bio Grande. 
 
 What is known as the "Boat De- 
 strover" ? The Amazon. 
 
 What is known as the "Foaming 
 Kiver" ? Ehro. 
 
 Wliat is known as the "Vale of Para- 
 
 aise 
 
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 Valparaiso. 
 
 What is known as the "Black Moun- 
 tain" ? Montenegro. 
 
 What is known as the "Long Lake" ? 
 
 Kennebec. 
 
 What is known as the "Tortoise Isl- 
 ands" ? Galapagos. 
 
 Name the most celebrated tea party in 
 America. Boston Tea Party. 
 
 Who was "Timothy Titcomb" ? 
 
 J. G. Holland. 
 
 Where is the Great !N'atural Bridge? 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Name the oldest city in the U. S. 
 
 Santa Fe, N, M, 
 
 Who invented the cotton-gin ? 
 
 Eli Whitney. 
 
 Where is the cave known as the Mam- 
 moth cave ? Kentucky. 
 
 What General arose from a sick bed to 
 lead his troops to victory ? Gen. Wolfe. 
 
 In what battle did the opposing gener- 
 als each receive death wounds? 
 
 Quebec. Wolfe and Montcalm. 
 
 Who built the boat known as the "Yan- 
 kee Cheese-Box" ? John Ericsson. 
 
 What President lived but sixteen 
 months after his election ? 
 
 Zachary Taylor. 
 
 What President was assassinated by a 
 disappointed office-seeker ? 
 
 James A. Garfield. 
 
 What state of the U. S. is bounded by 
 eight states ? Kentucky. 
 
 Name the thirteen original colonies. 
 
 Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hamp- 
 shire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New 
 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela- 
 ware, Maryland, South Carolina, North 
 Carolina and Georgia. 
 
 What was the "Treaty Elm" ? 
 The tree under which Penn made his 
 famous Indian treaty. 
 
 What fort was captured by a midnight 
 assault? Stony Point. 
 
 Who were the authors of the Constitu- 
 tion of the U. S. ? 
 
 Hamilton and Madison. 
 
 Who lived at "Idlewild" ? 
 
 Nathaniel Parker Willis. 
 
 What is known as the "Snow-clad 
 Range" ? Sierra Nevada. 
 
 What is known as the "Mother of 
 Waters" ? Chesapeake. 
 
 What is known as the "Lake of Abund- 
 ance" ? Memphremagog. 
 
 What is known as the "River of Joy" ? 
 
 Guadiana, Spain, 
 
 What is known as the "Wind Blown 
 Cloud" ? Wabash. 
 
 What is known as the "Mountain of 
 Light" ? Lichtenfals. 
 
 What is known as the "Rich Lake" ? 
 
 Baikal, Siberia. 
 
 What is known as the "Fruitful Moun- 
 tain" ? Cerro Gordo, Mexico, 
 
 What is known as the "Land of 
 Dawn"? Asia. 
 
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 MISCE LLA XKOUS tlNTERTA IXMENT.^. 
 
 AYhat is kno^^'n as the ^'Swift River" ? 
 
 Tallapoosa, Ala. 
 
 AVhat is kno\vii as the "Prospect Moun- 
 tain" ? Montevideo. 
 
 What is knovni as the "Cat's Throat" ? 
 
 Cattegat. 
 
 What is known as the "Hollow Land" ? 
 
 Holland. 
 
 What is kno^vn as the "Royal Mount" ? 
 
 , Montreal. 
 
 What is known as the "Beautiful Isle" ? 
 Belle Isle, Detroit River. 
 
 WTiat is known as the "Granite City" ? 
 
 Aberdeen, Scotland. 
 
 What country is lower than the level of 
 the sea? Holland, 
 
 What city is called the "American 
 Athens" ? Boston, Mass. 
 
 AVliat country is known as the "Wheat 
 Field of Europe" ? Russia. 
 
 What is styled the "Key to the Medi- 
 terranean" ? Gibraltar. 
 
 ^Miat does the Vatican consist of ? 
 
 A collection of buildings, among which 
 are a museum, library, art galleries and 
 the palace of the Pope. 
 
 What city has streets of water? 
 
 Venice. 
 
 What is the Maelstrom? 
 A violent whirlpool on the coast of Nor- 
 way. 
 
 What is known as the "Giant's Cause- 
 way" ? 
 
 A group of rochs on the coast of Ire- 
 land. 
 
 What volcano is noted for having been 
 thrown up in a single night? 
 
 Jurillo, Mexico. 
 
 What does the name of Vermont signi- 
 fy ? Green Mountain. 
 
 What does the name of Kentucky sig- 
 nify ? Darh and Bloody Ground, 
 
 What does the name of Ohio signify? 
 
 Beautiful River. 
 
 What does the name of Missouri sig- 
 nify? Muddy Water. 
 
 What does the name of Michigan signi- 
 fy? Great Lake. 
 
 What does the name of Florida signify ? 
 
 Blooming. 
 
 What does the name of Iowa signify ? 
 
 Drowsy Ones. 
 
 What does the name of Wisconsin sig- 
 nify? Gathering of Waters. 
 
 What does the name of Minnesota sig- 
 nify ? Cloudy Water. 
 
 What does the name of Oregon signify ? 
 
 Wild Margoram. 
 
 What does the name of Kansas signify ? 
 
 Smoky Water. 
 
 AVhat doee the name of Nebraska sig- 
 nify ? Water Valley. 
 
 Who said, "E'o man's vote is lost which 
 is cast for the right" ? 
 
 John Qiiincy Adams. 
 
 I^ame the largest state in the IT. S. 
 
 2'exas. 
 
 ^NTame the largest city in the world ? 
 
 London. 
 
 !N"ame the smallest state in the U. S. 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 
 Who invented the "lightning press" ? 
 
 Richai^d M. Hoe. 
 
 What was erroneously termed "Ful- 
 ton's Folly" ? Fulton s Steamboat. 
 
 Who invented the electric telegraph ? 
 
 Sam. F. B. Morse, 
 
 Who made the celebrated "March to 
 the Sea" ? W. T. Sherman. 
 
 What great man said, "A house with- 
 out a baby is inhuman" ? 
 
 Eugene Field. 
 
 What poet saved "Old Ironsides", (the 
 frigate Constitution) ? 
 
 Oliver Wendell Holmes, 
 
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 311 
 
 What President was married in the 
 White House? Grover Cleveland. 
 
 Which President was never married ? 
 
 James K, Polk. 
 
 What battle was fought before a stone 
 wall ? Fredericksburg. 
 
 Who built one of his war vessels in 
 twenty days from trees growing on the 
 banks of Lake Champlain? 
 
 Commodore McDonougli. 
 
 Of whom was it said, ^Trovidence left 
 him childless, that his country might call 
 him father"? George Washington. 
 
 Who was "Old Put" ? 
 
 Israel Putnam. 
 
 Who was the "Bayard of the South" ? 
 / Francis Marion. 
 
 What city is known as the "City of 
 Churches" ? Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 What city is known as the "Hub of the 
 Universe" ? Boston, Mass. 
 
 What city is known as the "Monument- 
 al City"? Baltimore, Md. 
 
 What city is known as the "Queen City 
 of the Lakes" ? Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 What city is known as the "Garden 
 City" ? Chicago, III. 
 
 What city is known as the "Queen 
 City" ? Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 What city is known as the "Forest 
 City" ? Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 What city is known as the "City of 
 Straits"? Detroit, Mich. 
 
 What city is called "Gotham" ? 
 
 New York City. 
 
 What city is called the "Crescent 
 City" ? New Orleans, La. 
 
 What city is known as the "City of 
 Magnificent Distances" ? 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 What city is called the "Mound City" ? 
 
 St. Louis, Mo. 
 
 What city is known as the "City of 
 Elms" ? New Raven, Co7in. 
 
 What city is called the "Iron City" ? 
 
 Pittsburg, Pa. 
 
 What house is known as the "White 
 House" ? Why so called ? 
 
 The residence of the President at Wash- 
 ington, D. (7. It is built of freestone and 
 painted white, hence its name. 
 
 What is known as the "Mayflower" ? 
 The sJhip of the Pilgrims. 
 
 What is known as the "Half -Moon" ? 
 The exploring vessel of Henry Hudson. 
 
 What state is known as the "Old Do- 
 minion" ? Virginia. 
 
 Who was called the "Plumed Knight" ? 
 
 James G. Blaine. 
 
 Who was the author of the "Missouri 
 Compromise" ? Henry Clay. 
 
 What is "Dixie Land" ? 
 
 A popular name for the 8outh. 
 
 Who said, "Don't fire till you see the 
 whites of their eyes" ? 
 
 Col. Prescott at Bunker Hill. 
 
 Who issued the Emancipation Procla- 
 t mation ? President Lincoln, 1863. 
 
 When were the first slaves introduced 
 into the colonies? Virginia, 1619. 
 
 When was the Declaration of Independ- 
 ence signed? July Jf, 1176. 
 
 What was the first capital of the U. S. ? 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 ITame the Presidents who have died a 
 natural death in office. 
 
 Harrison and Taylor. 
 
 Who said "God reigns, and the govern- 
 ment at Washington still lives" ? 
 
 James A. Garfield on the death of Lin- 
 coln, 
 
 Who was styled the "Great Pacifica- 
 tor" ? Henry Clay. 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 What were tlie "Quaker Guns" of the 
 Civil War ? 
 
 Logs shaped and painted to imitate can- 
 7ion. 
 
 Who was the author of "Hail Colum- 
 bia" ? Joseph Hopkinson. 
 
 Of whom w^as it erroneously said, "He 
 could not be kicked into a fight" ? 
 
 President Madison, 
 
 Who was the "Hero of ITew Orleans" ? 
 
 Andrew Jackson. 
 
 Who said, "I'll try, sir!"? 
 
 Col. Miller, at Lundys Lane. 
 
 AVho said, "A little more grape, Capt. 
 Bragg" ? Gen. Taylor. 
 
 Who invented the steam engine ? 
 
 Wait. 
 
 What is known as the "Bridge of 
 Sighs" ? 
 
 A passageway leading from the Doge's 
 palace, Venice, to the prison. 
 
 Who was known as "Josh Billings" ? 
 
 Henry W. Shaw. 
 
 W^o was knovTn as "Boz" ? 
 
 Charles Dickens. 
 
 Who was the "Apostle to the Indians" ? 
 
 Bev. John Eliott. 
 
 What state is known as the "Bav 
 State" ? Massachusetts. 
 
 What city is knov^m as the "City of 
 Masts" ? London. 
 
 What was termed the "Cradle of Lib- 
 erty" ? Fanueil Hall, Boston. 
 
 Who was "Geoffrey Crayon, Esq." ? 
 
 Washington Irving. 
 
 What is known as the "Creole State" ? 
 
 Louisiana. 
 
 Who was called the "Learned Black- 
 smith" ? Elihu Burrett. 
 
 What state is called "Little Khody" ? 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 
 The navy of what country is called 
 "The mistress of the seas" ? 
 
 Great Britain. 
 
 Who was "Oliver Optic" ? 
 
 Wm. F. Adams. 
 
 What state is known as the "Palmetto 
 State" ? South Carolina. 
 
 What is known as the "Pan-Handle" 
 country ? 
 
 Northerly portion of West Virginia. 
 
 What country is known as the "Emer- 
 ald Isle" ? Ireland. 
 
 What author of England was a great 
 opium eater ? Thomas De Quincy. 
 
 What is known as the "Eternal City" ? 
 
 Bovfie. 
 
 What was formerly called the "granary 
 of Europe" ? Sicily. 
 
 Who was called the "Great Unknown" ? 
 
 Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Who was known as "Highland Mary" ? 
 Mary Campbell, the sweetheart of Rob- 
 ert Burns. 
 
 Who was known as the "Peasant 
 Bard" ? Robert Burns. 
 
 What state is known as the "Pine Tree 
 State" ? Maine. 
 
 Who was the "Sweet Swan of Avon" ? 
 
 Wm. Shakspeare. 
 
 Who was called the "Swiss Boy" ? 
 
 Louis Agassiz. 
 
 What was the "Charter Oak" ? 
 The tree in which the charter of Con- 
 necticut was said to have been hidden. 
 
 Who on a stormy night, in a frail 
 canoe, visited the Indians to save the lives 
 of his enemies ? Roger Williams. 
 
 For what is "Craigie House" noted ? 
 
 For being the headquarters of Wash- 
 ington during the Revolutionary war; also 
 for being the home of the poet Longfelloiu. 
 
 Who said, "We will bag the fox to-mor- 
 row" ? CornwalUs, 
 
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 313 
 
 When and where was the first battle of 
 the Eevokition fought? 
 
 Lexington, 1775. 
 
 When and where was the first battle of 
 the Civil War fonght? 
 
 Ft. Sumter, 1861. 
 
 Who said, "Liberty and union, one and 
 inseparable" ? Daniel Webster. 
 
 During what campaign was the watch- 
 word "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too" ? 
 
 Harrison and Tyler, 18^0. 
 
 What President had not voted for forty 
 years previous to his election ?. 
 
 Zachary Taylor. 
 
 What battle was fought during a fear- 
 ful rainstorm? 
 
 Island No. 10, Mississippi River. 
 
 What General had a warhorse named 
 "Whitey"? Gen. Taylor. 
 
 What was the first battle (d the Iron- 
 clads ? Merrimac and Monitor. 
 
 What brave woman saved the Declara- 
 tion of Independence from being con- 
 sumed by fire ? 
 
 Dolly Madison during the War of 1812. 
 
 What famous Greneral lived at Arling- 
 ton ? Gen. Robert E. Lee. 
 
 Who was the "Rock of Chickamauga" ? 
 
 General Thomas. 
 
 Who said, "We will hold this town till 
 we starve" ? Gen. Thomas. 
 
 What engagement of the Civil War was 
 known as the "Battle above the Clouds" ? 
 
 Lookout Mountain. 
 
 Who said, "Turn, boys, turn; we're 
 going back" ? Gen. Sheridan. 
 
 Who was the "Hero of the Towpath" ? 
 
 James A. Garfield. 
 
 What great musician played music of 
 his own composition when but four years 
 of age? Mozart. 
 
 What state contains a mountain of 
 iron ? Missouri. 
 
 Who was the first Governor of v ir- 
 
 t:': 
 
 ginia 
 
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 John Smith. 
 
 The ruler of what country is styled 
 "Mikado" ? Japan. 
 
 What country is governed by a Shah ? 
 
 Persia. 
 
 What country is ruled by a Khedive ? 
 
 Egypt. 
 
 Against what President were impeach- 
 ment proceedings instituted. 
 
 Andrew Johnson. 
 
 Who is the most famous painter of the 
 world ? Raphael, 
 
 Who is the most famous sculptor ? 
 
 Michael Angelo. 
 
 What noted General lost an arm in a 
 cavalry charge against the City of Mex- 
 ico ? Philip Kearney. 
 
 Who are the most famous Generals of 
 the world ? 
 
 Miltiades, Alexander the Great, Julius 
 Caesar, Hannibal, Marlborough, Napo- 
 leon, Washington, Grant, Lee, Von 
 Molthe. 
 
 What colony endured a panic called 
 Salem witchcraft ? Massachusetts. 
 
 Who was Illinois' most famous states- 
 man ? Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 E^ame the largest lake port of the U. S. 
 
 Chicago. 
 
 What famous poet was born in India ? 
 
 Rudyard Kipling, 
 
 For what is the Klondike noted ? 
 
 Gold fields. 
 
 What American poet is honored in 
 Westminster ? Longfellow. 
 
 What great statesman brought about the 
 confederation of Canada ? 
 
 Sir John Macdonald. 
 
 What one of Sir John Macdonald's 
 great works had facilitated the union? 
 The Canadian Pacific Railway. 
 
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 MlSCiJLLAXEOUS ENTERTAtKMElCTS. 
 
 What scientist discovered the law of 
 gravitation ? Sir Isaac Newton. 
 
 Who Laid the first AtLintic cable and 
 became the father of the system ? 
 
 Cytiis Field, 
 
 Who gave lis the first best commercial 
 telephone ? Alexander Graham Bell. 
 
 What Canadian statesman has made a 
 great impression on the American mind 
 from his power of genius and oratory ? 
 
 Sir Wilfrid Lamier, 
 
 Who invented the phonograph? 
 
 Thomas B. Edison. 
 
 Who discovered the circulation of the 
 blood ? William Harvey. 
 
 What does the word "vaccination" come 
 from ? 
 
 From the Latin ''vacca/' meaning cow. 
 
 Who introduced the practice of vaccina- 
 tion ? Edward Jenner. 
 
 Who discovered the X-Ray ? 
 
 Professor Roentgen. 
 
 Wlio discovered photography? 
 
 Daguerre. 
 
 Who invented the locomotive ? 
 
 Stephenson. 
 
 Who established the theory of the solar 
 system ? Copernicus. 
 
 Who invented the fly shuttle? 
 
 John Kaye, of Bury, 1760. 
 
 Who invented the spinning Jenny? 
 
 James Hargreaves. 
 
 Who invented the spinning frame? 
 
 Richard Arkwright. 
 
 What woman poet among the Greeks 
 was famous for her love songs ? 
 
 Sappho, 600 B. C, and famous also for 
 beauty. 
 
 What Emperor disguised as a workman 
 learned the art of shipbuilding in the 
 yards of Europe? 
 
 Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. 
 
 To whom did Gen. Cornwall is sUrren* 
 der his sword ? 
 
 Lafayette, a French General. 
 
 What sovereign reigned longest over 
 Great Britain and Ireland and the col- 
 onies ? 
 
 Victoria, justly regarded as a great 
 woman. 
 
 Who was the first Protestant reformer 
 of Scotland ? 
 
 John Knox, a strong, stern man. 
 
 On what Reformer's model is the U. S. 
 Constitution thought to be patterned ? 
 John Calvin s laws for Geneva. 
 
 Who was the founder of Methodism ? 
 John Wesley, who was an educator as 
 well as a reformer. 
 
 Under what Emperor did Rome be- 
 come greatest in extent of territory ? 
 Hadrian; horn 76, died 138 A. D. 
 
 What pupil of Socrates gives us the best 
 account of his life and teachings ? 
 
 Plato; horn J^29 B. C, died 3Jf7 B. C. 
 
 Before what King did Paul make his 
 defense ? Agrippa II. 
 
 What Emperor took Jerusalem and de- 
 stroyed it? 
 
 Titus, after one of the hloodiest battles 
 of history. He was born JfO A. D. 
 
 Who is deemed to be the first or chief - 
 
 est saint of the Roman Catholic Church ? 
 
 Peter, ivho is also called the first Pope. 
 
 What Emperor is said to have set fire 
 to Rome for his own pleasure ? 
 
 Nero. Died 68 A. D. 
 
 Who was in reality the first Emperor 
 of Rome ? 
 
 Julius Caesar. General, statesman and 
 writer; assassinated by Brutus and others 
 U B. C. 
 
 What Hebrew king was called the 
 "Sweet Singer of Israel" ? 
 
 David, who was musician, poet and mil- 
 itary genius. 
 
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 What machine almost entirely super- 
 seded Hargreave's spinning Jenny ? 
 
 The Mule: invented by Samuel Cromp- 
 ton. 
 
 Who gave the first modern power Loom 
 to the world ? 
 
 A clergyman. Rev. Dr. Edmund Cart- 
 wright. 
 
 Who first liquefied air ? 
 
 Prof. James Dewar. 
 
 Who discovered that the Swiss Glaciers 
 were a frozen river ? 
 
 Prof. John Tyndall. 
 
 Who invented the steamboat ? 
 
 Bolert Fulton, 1807. 
 
 On what stream did Fulton first try his 
 boat? The Hudson River, 
 
 Who proved that lightning and elec- 
 tricity were one ? Franklin. 
 
 Who invented printing ? 
 John Gutenberg, born in Mainz, 1^10. 
 
 Who was the apostle of prison reform ? 
 
 John Howard. 
 
 What is the Magna Charta ? 
 
 The famous Charter of liberties, granted 
 June 15, 1215, by King John of England 
 to his subjects. 
 
 What is the Habeas Corpus Act? 
 
 A law made in 1679 reaffirming one of 
 the clauses of Magna Charta. It prevents 
 any person being placed, or kept, in prison 
 on mere suspicion, and provides that any 
 person arrested may be at once brought to 
 trial by his peers. The act is occasionally 
 suspended, but only in the gravest emer- 
 gency; such as, treasonable conspiracy, re- 
 bellion, etc. 
 
 What was the first English Act of Par- 
 liament relating to America ? 
 
 The Newfoundland Fisheries' Act, 
 passed in 15J/-8. 
 
 Where, when and by whom was the first 
 English colony in ITorth America planted ? 
 
 Newfoundland, by Sir Henry Gilbert, 
 in 1583, in the name of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 When and where Vv\ns the first contest 
 between France and England in America i 
 
 At Mount Desert in Acadia, or Nova 
 Scotia, now in the State of Maine, in 1613. 
 
 How is Canada governed ? 
 
 The Executive is vested in the King; 
 the Legislative power in the Parliament 
 of Canada. The latter consists of the 
 Crown, the Senate and the House of Com- 
 mons. The Senate consists of members 
 appointed by the Crown for life. The 
 House of Commons consists of members 
 elected from each province and the terri- 
 tories, in numbers bearing a due propor- 
 tion to the population, for each Parlia- 
 ment, which lasts, unless previously dis- 
 solved, for five years. The King is per- 
 sonally represented in Canada by the Gov- 
 ernor General, who holds office for five 
 years, or longer, as may be expedient. The 
 Ministers of State, forming the Privy 
 Council, are responsible to Parliament. 
 
 l^Tame the oldest city in Canada. 
 
 Quebec, founded in 1698 by Samuel de 
 Champlain, the first successful settlement 
 of the French in North America. 
 
 What was the occasion of the rebellion 
 of 1837? 
 
 The people had outgrown the mere colo- 
 nial system of governtnent which then pre- 
 vailed and attempted an insurrection 
 which was finally crushed by the forces 
 under General Sir John Colborne. 
 
 What resulted from the insurrection of 
 1837? 
 
 An inquiry was instituted by the Im- 
 perial authorities. Constitutional changes 
 were inaugurated, and the Provinces of 
 Upper and Lower Canada legislatively 
 united in 18Ifl. 
 
 When and why were the Provinces of 
 Upper and Lower Canada changed to 
 Provinces of Quebec and Ontario? 
 
 In the year 1867 the names were 
 changed in consequence of the scheme of 
 the Confederation of the Dominion having 
 been brought to a successful termination. 
 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUii ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 Ontario were the first to enter the new 
 system. Since then, British Cotunibia, 
 Prince Edward Island, Manitoba and all 
 other territory north of the United States 
 except New Foundland have entered the 
 Confederation. 
 
 FAITHS OF THE WORLD— WHAT ARE 
 
 THEY? 
 
 (This exercise is given especially for 
 the elder people, although young people 
 enjoy the knowledge it portrays.) 
 
 Adventists ? 
 
 Adventists, or Second Adventists; See 
 Millerites. 
 
 Albright Brethren ? 
 
 Albright Brethren. Founded in 1803 
 by Rev. Jacob Albright of Pennsyl- 
 vania, a reformatory leader among the 
 German Methodists. Armenian in theol- 
 ogy, Wesleyan in sanctification, and Meth- 
 odist Episcopal Church in government, 
 mode of worship and itineracy of its min- 
 isters. In the year 1808 they adopted the 
 name of Evangelical Association of North 
 America. 
 
 Antimonians ? 
 
 Aniimonians. They hold that the Law 
 was abolished by the Gospel; founded by 
 Johann Agricola, a disciple of Luther, 
 about 1525. He taught that good works 
 do not promote, nor evil hinder, salvation, 
 as the Elect could not do anything that 
 would prevent it. Luther was one of its 
 strongest assailants. 
 
 Arminians ? 
 
 Arminians. Take their name from 
 James Arminius, a virtual martyr during 
 the persecutions by the Dutch Calvinists. 
 They hold predestination is conditional, 
 not absolute, and grace may be resisted 
 and lost. The atoning work of Christ is 
 not only sufficient, but intended for all. 
 Held chiefly by the Methodists, a large 
 portion of the Church of England and 
 of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
 United States. 
 
 Atheists ? 
 
 Atheists. Those who deny the existence 
 of God, and do believe in a J3ivine Being. 
 
 Baptists ? 
 
 Baptists. A body of Evangelical 
 Christians differing from most Protest- 
 ants in rejecting infant baptism, and 
 maintain that immersion is the scriptural 
 method. They are Calvinistic in doctrine, 
 and have no creed, but appeal for support 
 of doctrine to the word of God. The dif- 
 ferences among Baptists are decreasing, 
 and free will and free communion are re- 
 ceived with, more and more favor. First 
 recognized in England by this name in 
 1644. Boger Williams organized the First 
 Baptist church in America, in 1639, at 
 Providence, B. I. There are several lesser 
 bodies of Baptists. The Freewill Baptists 
 are Arminian. 
 
 Brahmans ? 
 
 Brahmans. They adopt the religious 
 system of India, worship Brahma, believe 
 in mythology and the eternal Spirit. The 
 oldest of their sacred books are the Vedas. 
 They recognize three Deities : Brahma, 
 creator; Vishnu, preserver; Siva, de- 
 stroyer. The doctrine of emanation, asso- 
 ciated with transmigration, is the basis of 
 their system ; Brahma is the center and 
 source of all things, and to whom all things 
 return and with whom all things are ab- 
 sorbed. 
 
 Buddhists ? 
 
 Buddhists. Believers in the Hindoo 
 system of religion, prevails mostly in 
 Thibet, China, Japan, Siam and Birmah. 
 They believe that penance and sacrifice 
 will create great merit in the next life. 
 They teach no creation. They number 
 more than one-fourth of the human race. 
 
 Bible Christians? 
 
 Bible Christians, or Bryanites, derived 
 from Eev. William Bryan, of Cornwall, 
 England, who left the Wesleyans in 1815. 
 They resemble the Methodists, from whom 
 they diifer in church government, 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUB ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 317 
 
 Calvinists ? 
 
 Calvinists. Adherents of John Calvin, 
 born in France, 1509, died in Geneva 
 1564. Their distinguishing doctrines, 
 termed the five points of Calvinism, are 
 total depravity, election, limited atone- 
 ment, effectual calling, and perseverance 
 of the saints ; which doctrines are held by 
 Presbyterians, Congregationalists and 
 Baptists. 
 
 Campbellites ? 
 
 Camphellites. See Disciples of Christ. 
 
 Catholics ? 
 
 Catholics. A name belonging to the 
 whole Christian Church, but claimed by 
 the Koman Catholics, and limited exclu- 
 sively to them. See Roman Catholics. 
 
 Christians ? 
 
 Christians, or Campbellites. See Dis- 
 ciples of Christ. 
 
 Christian Alliance ? 
 
 Christian Alliance. A religious organ- 
 ization founded in 'New York City by the 
 Eev. A. B. Simpson in 1887. Its mem- 
 bership consists of "all professing Chris- 
 tians who subscribe to its principles and 
 enroll their names." Its objects are stated 
 to be the "wide diffusion of the gospel in 
 its fulness, the promotion of a deeper and 
 higher Christian life and the work of evan- 
 gelization, especially among the neglected 
 classes by highway missions and any other 
 practical methods." 
 
 Christian Connection? 
 
 Christian Connection. Founded in 
 North Carolina, in 1793, by seceders from 
 the Episcopal Methodists. They acknowl- 
 edge no creed or discipline but the Bible, 
 reject the Trinity, and yet call Christ a 
 Divine Saviour. They are orthodox Uni- 
 tarians in form of belief. 
 
 Christian Science? 
 
 Christian Science. The name of the 
 founder of this religious body is Mrs. 
 Mary Baker Eddy. About 1876 she be- 
 gan to propagate the idea as a world force. 
 She felt that she had received illumination 
 
 and revelation of a new and advanced 
 character. She claimed, with the idealistic 
 philosophers, that matter had no real exis- 
 tence, that the mind or spirit alone existed. 
 Sickness, therefore, was only a delusion of 
 the mortal mind. Scientists accept the 
 Bible but wholly as interpreted by Mrs. 
 Eddy. 
 
 Christian Union ? 
 
 Christian Union Churches. This or- 
 ganization was formed in Columbus, Ohio, 
 in 1863. There is no creed. But they as- 
 sert the oneness of the church with Christ, 
 who is its only head. The Bible is their 
 only rule of faith and practice. Each 
 church is self-governed. "Good fruits" 
 are the only condition of membership. 
 They reported 200 ministers, 301 churches 
 and 20,000 members in 1900. 
 
 Church of England? 
 
 Church of England. Established in 
 England, 1534. Belief contained in the 
 Thirty-nine Articles. 
 
 Church of God? 
 
 Churcii of God, or Winebrennerians. 
 One of the smallest Baptist sects in the 
 United States. Founded by the Rev. John 
 Winebrenner in 1829, in Pennsylvania. 
 Presbyterian in polity. Practice feet- 
 washing as a positive ordinance, have 
 great zeal, and are Millenarians. 
 
 Church of Scotland ? 
 
 Church of Scotland. In doctrine Pres- 
 byterian; it is supported by the govern- 
 ment. In 1843 the Free Church seceded. 
 
 Conf uciusts ? 
 
 Confuciusts. Followers of the state re- 
 ligion of the Chinese, founded by Confu- 
 cius, 478 B. C. Their theory of govern- 
 ment is a paternal despotism, and the lead- 
 ing feature of the system is based upon 
 good works. Is ethical rather than re- 
 ligious. 
 
 Congregationalists ? 
 
 Congregationalists. Called also Inde- 
 pendents. Date from Robert Brown in 
 
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 England, 15S0. First planted in America 
 by Plymouth Colony, in 1620. In doc- 
 trine, Calvinistic, and differing from 
 Presbyterians in form of government. 
 
 Covenanters ? 
 
 Covenanters. Scotch Presbyterians, so 
 called from the National Covenant of 
 103S. Its object being to maintain the 
 Protestant religion in opposition to Ro- 
 manism. The Reformed Presbyterian 
 Church of Scotland now claim to repre- 
 sent them. 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterians ? 
 
 Cumberland Presbyterians. The out- 
 srrowth of a remarkable revival in the 
 Cumberland Presbytery, Kentucky, m 
 1797. Discard extreme Calvinism. 
 
 Deists ? 
 
 Deists. Those who believe in the exis- 
 tence of a God, but deny revealed re- 
 ligion ; accepting no form of religion, but 
 follow the light of nature and reason. 
 
 Disciples of Christ? 
 
 Disciples of Christ, also Campbellites, 
 also Christians. Seceders from the Pres- 
 byterian Church, led by Alexander Camp- 
 bell, in 1812. Baptism by immersion. 
 Their creed is the Bible. 
 
 Dissenters ? 
 
 Dissenters. A term generally applied 
 to all those who are not connected with 
 the Established Church of England. 
 
 Dutch Reformed Church ? 
 
 Dutch Reformed Church, also the Re- 
 formed Protestant Dutch Church. 
 Changed its title in 1867 to the Reformed 
 Church in America. 
 
 Eastern Church ? 
 
 Eastern Church. (See Greek Church.) 
 
 Episcopalians ? 
 
 Episcopalians. All bodies which have 
 the three orders of clergy, Bishops, Pres- 
 byters and Deacons; comprising the Ro- 
 man Catholic, Greek, Protestant Episco- 
 pal, Methodist Episcopal, and Moravian 
 bodies. Usually applied to the Church of 
 
 England, and the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church in the United States. 
 
 Evangelical Association ? 
 Evangelical Association. (See Albright 
 Brethren.) 
 
 Established Church? 
 Established Church. (See Church of 
 England.) 
 
 Eatalists ? 
 
 Fatalists. Those who believe that all 
 events must of necessity happen. 
 
 Free Church of Scotland ? 
 
 Free Church of Scotland. Presbyte- 
 rians, seceded from the Established 
 Church, in 1843, led by Dr. Chalmers. 
 They believe in supi^ort from the govern- 
 ment, but deny its right to rule. 
 
 Freewill Baptists ? 
 
 Freewill Baptists. Believe that it lies 
 in the will to accept or reject Christ, and 
 the possibility of salvation to men. They 
 are Arminian in doctrine ; men and wom- 
 en alike vote in business meetings. 
 
 Friends or Quakers ? 
 
 Friends , also Quakers. Founded by 
 George Fox in England. In the course of 
 his persecutions and ministry, 1660,' he 
 was brought before Justice Bennet at 
 Derby, who first called them Quakers, be- 
 cause Fox bade him tremble at the Word 
 of God, quoting the words : ^'The earth 
 shall quake,'' etc. In their Church polity, 
 they seek guidance of the Holy Spirit. 
 They oppose war. 
 
 German Reformed Church ? 
 
 German Reformed Church. Followers 
 of Ulric Zwingle. Calvinistic, adopting 
 the Heidelburg Catechism, 1563. Known 
 as the Reformed Church in the United 
 States. 
 
 Gnostics ? 
 
 Gnostics. Began in the 1st century, 
 flourishing till 150 A. D. Disappeared in 
 the 6th century. They speculated about 
 Creation, Sin and Redemption; taught 
 that God was incomprehensible, that mat- 
 ter eternal and that Christ's human nature 
 
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 319 
 
 was a deception, not real, simply appear- 
 ing to be human. 
 
 Greek Church? 
 
 Greek Church. Claim to belong to the 
 oldest church in Christendom, producing 
 the first Christian literature and Bible 
 Commentaries. This church still occupies 
 the territory of primitive Christianity ; in 
 doctrine is substantially that of the Latin 
 Church (Roman Catholic), but more sim- 
 ple ; differs on the procession of the Holy 
 Ghost ; reject many of the dogmas of the 
 Roman Church concerning the person of 
 Christ. The membership mostly in Rus- 
 sia. 
 
 Heathens ? 
 
 Heathens. Those who worship idols, 
 and have a false knowledge of God. 
 
 Hebrews? 
 
 Hebrews. (See Jews.) 
 
 Hicksites ? 
 
 Hicksites. Seceders from the Friends 
 in the 18th century, led by Elias Hoicks. 
 They deny the miraculous conception, 
 divinity, and atonement of Christ, the au- 
 thenticity of the Scriptures. 
 
 Hindoos ? 
 
 Hindoos. (See Brahmans.) 
 
 Huguenots ? 
 
 Huguenots. The French Protestants of 
 the 16th and 17th centuries. They were 
 menaced by kings, and were at times rash 
 and violent; suffered persecution, and in 
 the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572. 
 In 1598, 500,000 fled to different coun- 
 tries. 
 
 Independents ? 
 
 Independents. Properly speaking, a 
 term applied to Congregationalists of 
 Great Britain. 
 
 Infidels ? 
 
 Infidels. Those who deny Christianity, 
 and are skeptical regarding the Scriptures. 
 
 Jesuits ? 
 
 Jesuits. "The Society of Jesus." The 
 most influential of the monastic orders of 
 
 the Roman Catholic Church; zealous in 
 Mission work. 
 
 Jews? 
 
 Jews. A name given to the Tribe of 
 Judah after the secession of the ten tribes, 
 975 B. C, and to the whole Hebrew peo- 
 ple after the Babylonian exile. They be- 
 lieve in God and the Old Testament, and 
 are still expecting a Messiah, 
 
 Latter Day Saints ? 
 
 Latter Day Saints. ( See Mormons. ) 
 
 Latin Church? 
 
 Latin Church. (See Roman Catholic.) 
 
 Lutherans ? 
 
 Lutherans. A church founded in Ger- 
 many by Martin Luther. They differ 
 from the Eucharist; also qualify Re- 
 formed Church in the Predestination ; are 
 Presbyterian in church government; be- 
 lieve in the Trinity, the deity of Christ, 
 and the Holy Spirit, the Fall of Man, the 
 vicarious Atonement, and Justification bv 
 faith. 
 
 Materialists ? 
 
 Materialists. Those who deny the exis- 
 tence of the soul and maintain that the 
 soul of man is mere matter like the bodv. 
 
 Mennonites ? 
 
 Mennonites. A Baptist sect, organized 
 in Holland by Menno Simons. Congrega- 
 tional in polity ; baptize by pouring ; prac- 
 tice feet-washing ; refuse to take oaths, and 
 refuse to go into war. 
 
 Methodists ? 
 
 Methodists. A term of reproach applied 
 in 1729 to an association of young men at 
 Oxford noted for their piety. Among 
 these were John and Charles Wesley. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal ? 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church. The first 
 church in America was organized in 1766 
 in 'New York City. In doctrine and faith 
 they are evangelical; are Arminians, be- 
 lieve in "Free Will,'^ "Free Grace,'' and 
 "Christian Perfection." Its strong featnrp 
 is the itineracy under the supervision of 
 Bishops and Presiding Eldejw. 
 
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 MISCELLA^EOVtS UMEKTAINMENTS, 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Cliurcli Soiitli? 
 
 Methodic Episcopal Church South. 
 The Church was divided in 1844, because 
 of the difference of opinion on the Episco- 
 pacy and slavery. 
 
 Methodist Protestant? 
 
 Methodist Protestant. In 1830 several 
 ministers in the United States seceded 
 from the M. E. Church because opposed 
 to Bishops and because the mother church 
 refused lay representatives. 
 
 Methodist, Wesley an ? 
 
 Methodist, Wesleyan. A church origin- 
 ated 1839 as the outgrowth of antislavery. 
 They abolished episcopacy; theology 
 strictly Arminian ; and articles of Metho- 
 dist Episcopal Church with considerable 
 alteration. 
 
 Methodist, jSTew Connection? 
 
 Methodist, New Connection. Formed 
 in 1797 in England by Kev. Alex. Kilham. 
 They differ only in church polity; the 
 people join with the clergy in government. 
 
 Methodist, Calvinistic ? 
 
 Methodist, Calvinistic. A body which 
 resulted from the difference between 
 Whitfield and Wesley respecting the Cal- 
 vinistic doctrines. Wesley was Arminian, 
 and Whitfield Calvinistic. After Wesley's 
 sermon on "Free Grace" they pursued sep- 
 arate though parallel lines of labor. Prin- 
 cipally in Wales. 
 
 Methodist, Primitive? 
 
 Methodist, Primitive. Organized in 
 England in 1810. In doctrine and disci- 
 pline are Wesleyan. Seek to restore the 
 primitive simplicity in dress, manners and 
 living; encourage out-door preaching, and 
 license women to preach; the laity share 
 largely in the church government. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, African? 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, African. 
 A colored organization. Established in 
 Philadelphia in 1816; they retain the 
 features of the parent church. They with- 
 drew because they felt themselves to be 
 negroes. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion, Af- 
 rican ? 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion, 
 African. Originated in New York City 
 in 1819 by the secession of colored people 
 from the African M. E. Church. They 
 retain all the distinctive features of the 
 parent church, but elect their bishops an- 
 nually. 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Colored? 
 
 Methodist Episcopal Church, Colored. 
 Organized 1871 under the auspices of the 
 M. E. Church, South. Do not admit white; 
 persons to membership. 
 
 Millerites ? 
 
 Millerites, or Second Adventists. The 
 followers of William Miller, who declared 
 the second advent of Christ would occur 
 in 1843. His followers have set various 
 times for the consummation of all things. 
 
 Mohammedans ? 
 
 Mohammedans. Those who hold the re- 
 ligion founded by Mohammed about A. D. 
 610. They believe, "There is no God but 
 Allah," and that Mohammed is the 
 prophet, and the Koran is the final revela- 
 tion of God. The Mohammedans' moral 
 code consists of prayer, almsgiving, fast- 
 ing, pilgrimage, and war against infidels. 
 They are fatalists. Their Bible en- 
 courages Polygamy. 
 
 Mormons ? 
 
 Mo7'mo7is, or Latter Day Saints. Orig- 
 inated at Manchester, N. Y., in 1830, by 
 Joseph Smith; settled at Kirtland, Ohio, 
 1831; joined by Brigham Young, 1832, 
 and located at ISTauvoo, IlL, 1838 ; in 1847 
 established themselves in Salt Lake City, 
 Utah. They believe in special revelation, 
 and in the perpetuation of miracles; bap- 
 tize by immersion, and are polygamists. 
 They believe in the Bible and the Book 
 of Mormon, subject to revelations by their 
 prophets. 
 
 Moravians ? 
 
 Moravians. (See United Brethren.) 
 
MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
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 Nestorians ? 
 
 Nestorians. Adherents of ^N'estorius, 
 patriarch of Constantinople in the 5th cen- 
 tury, who was condemned as a heretic for 
 teaching that the divine and human na- 
 tures in Christ did not form one person- 
 ality. Mary might be called the mother of 
 Christ, but not of God. 
 
 IsTew Jerusalem? 
 
 New Jerusalem Church, also Sweden- 
 horgian. Founded in England by Eman- 
 uel Swedenborg. They reject the doc- 
 trine of the Trinity, Election, Predestina- 
 tion, and Salvation by Faith alone, and the 
 resurrection of the body. Swedenborg 
 taught that all the ends of Divine Provi- 
 dence are to bring men to a state of happi- 
 ness. Only those go to Hell who volun- 
 tarily reject the good. 
 
 Oneida Community? 
 
 Oneida Community, or Perfectionists. 
 Organized at Putney, Vt., 1838, by J. H. 
 ^NToyes, and established in Oneida Co., N. 
 Y., 1847. They taught reconciliation to 
 God, salvation from sin, the brotherhood 
 and equality of men and women, the com- 
 munity of labor and its fruit, in which all 
 men and women are in a sense married to 
 each other. The community is now dis- 
 solved. 
 
 Oriental Church ? 
 
 Oriental Church. (See Greek Church.) 
 
 Pagans ? 
 
 Pagans. Those who worship false gods 
 and practice idolatry. (See Heathens.) 
 
 Pantheists ? 
 
 Pantheists. Those who believe the doc- 
 trine that the Universe is God; that God 
 is the combined force and law of the whole 
 Universe. 
 
 Pharisees ? 
 
 Pharisees. A sect among the Jews not 
 now in existence. They were strict ob- 
 servers of rites, ceremonies, and tradi- 
 tions. Their narrowness and pretended 
 holiness led them to separate themselves 
 
 from the other Jews. Hence the name 
 Pharisees or Separatists. 
 
 Positivists ? 
 
 Positivists. Those who maintain the 
 philosophy of Auguste Comte. It deals 
 with positives, or knowable things, with 
 their relations of coexistence and succes- 
 sion as found in time and space. Such re- 
 lations are called Laws, discovered by ob- 
 servation, experience and comparison. 
 They do not worship God, but pay rever- 
 ence to eminent benefactors of the race. 
 Societies exist in France, England, and 
 the United States. 
 
 Polytheists ? 
 
 Polytheists. They who believe in many 
 Gods. 
 
 Presbyterians ? 
 
 Presbyterians. Those who hold to the 
 government of the Church by Presbyterys, 
 Synods, and Assemblies. The Reformed 
 Churches of Europe, as distinguished from 
 Lutherans, became Presbyterians. Mod- 
 ern Presbyterianism is based on Calvin- 
 istic doctrines, and dates from 1542. This 
 is embodied in the standards adopted by 
 the Westminster Assembly at London, in 
 1643, by order of the British Parliament. 
 First General Assemblv in Scotland, 
 1560; first Presbytery in England, 1572. 
 First Church organized in the United 
 States, 1684; in Canada, 1765. 
 
 Presbyterian Church of ISTorth Amer- 
 ica, United ? 
 
 Presbyterian Church of North Amer- 
 ica, United. A union of the Associate 
 Irish and Scotch Covenanters and Asso- 
 ciate Reformed Churches. "The Associate 
 Presbyterian Church of the South'' pre- 
 serves a separate organization. A few 
 Presbyterys of the E'orthern States did 
 not join the union. This union was formed 
 in 1858. 
 
 Presbyterians, Cumberland ? 
 Presbyterians, Cumberland. (See Cum- 
 berland Presbyterians.) 
 
 Presbyterian Church in America ? 
 Presbyterian Church in America. Dates 
 
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 MISCELLAXEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 from 1084- v:hor[ the church was organized 
 at Rehoboth, Md., bv Francis Mackenzie. 
 The first Presbvterv was held at Philadel- 
 })hia in 1T05. A Synod composed of four 
 Presbyteries was constituted in 1716. At 
 the meeting of the first General Assembly, 
 May, 1788, the denomination had 17 Pres- 
 byteries, 419 Congregations, and 180 Min- 
 isters. The ^l^lan of Union" with the 
 Congregationalists was adopted in 1801. 
 This proyided for an interchange of pas- 
 tors and churches. 
 
 Presbyterian, Old and New Schools? 
 
 Presbyterian, Old and New Schools. 
 In 1837 the General Assembly abandoned 
 the Plan of Union with the Congrega- 
 tionalists, and in 1838 the two opposing 
 parties of the Church separated into what 
 was known as the Old and 'Ne^v School 
 Churches. They came together in 1871. 
 
 Presbyterian Church, United? 
 
 Preshyterian Church, United. Its pres- 
 ent form dates from 1847 in Scotland. 
 They differ from the Established and Free 
 churches, urging that civil government 
 should have nothing to do with the church. 
 
 Presbyterian, Reformed, in America? 
 Preshyterian, Reformed in America. 
 (See Reformed Church in America.) 
 
 Presbyterian, Reformed, in the United 
 States ? 
 
 Preshyterian, Reformed, in the United 
 States. (See German Reformed Church.) 
 
 Presbyterian Church in the United 
 States ? 
 
 Preshyterian Church in the United 
 States. Was organized in 1861, on the se- 
 cession of the Southern States, "holding 
 that slavery is right and scriptural." 
 
 Protestants ? 
 
 Protestants. A name applied to the ad- 
 herents of Luther, who protested, in 1529^ 
 before the German Diet at Speier on ac- 
 count of the revocation edicts issued three 
 years before the Roman Catholic States; 
 lience the name. A name for all Christian 
 
 denominations, in contradistinction to the 
 Rom. Catholic and Est. Churches. 
 
 Protestant Episcopal? 
 
 Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
 United States. Is based on the Church 
 of England ; first organized in America, in 
 Virginia, 1607; in doctrine orthodox, 
 holding to the belief in the fall of the, 
 whole human family through Adam, and 
 the atonement made by Christ to rescue 
 man from its effects. (See Church of 
 England. ) 
 
 Puritans ? 
 
 Puritans. The name given to English 
 non-conformists, because they opposed the 
 forms and corruption of the Church of 
 Rome during the reformation under Henry 
 VIII. They sought a simpler worship of 
 God, and adopted the Calvinistic creed. 
 During their persecution under the 
 Stuarts, many of them emigrated to ISTew 
 England, 1620. It is estimated that one- 
 third of the native population of the Unit- 
 ed States are their descendants. 
 
 Quakers ? 
 
 Quakers. (See Friends.) 
 
 Reformed Church in America ? 
 
 Reformed Church in America. KnoAvn 
 as the Dutch Reformed Church until 
 1868. Presbyterian in polity, Calvinistic 
 in creed. In doctrine it follows the Heid- 
 elberg Catechism, and Canons of the Syn- 
 od of Dort, 1618. 
 
 Reformed Episcopal Church? 
 
 Reformed Episcopal Church. This 
 body seceded from the Protestant Episco- 
 pal Church in 1873. The cause was that 
 the dominant party in the Protestant Epis- 
 copal Church sought to mold and control 
 that Church in the interest of mediaeval- 
 ism, ritualism and denial of the brother- 
 hood of believers in Christ. 
 
 Roman Catholics ? 
 
 Roman Catholic Church. A body of 
 Christians which acknowledges the author- 
 ity of the Pope of Rome, and make justi- 
 fication dependent on faith and good 
 works. The doctrines of the Church are 
 
MMCELLAKJSdVB 
 
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 laid down In nineteen or twenty Ecumen- 
 ical Councils, and the Bulls of the Popes. 
 The Pope claims to be the universal 
 bishop, the successor of Peter, the Vicar 
 of Christ, and the visible representative 
 of Almighty God upon earth. 
 
 Sadducees ? 
 
 Sadducees. A sect among the ancient 
 Jews, not now in existence, who denied 
 the resurrection, a future state, and the 
 existence of angels. Pounded 150 B. C. 
 
 Salvation Army ? 
 
 Salvation Army. A religious military 
 movement organized in 1878 by Wm. 
 Booth and his wife. 
 
 Second Adventists ? 
 
 Second Adventists. (See Millerites.) 
 
 Seventh Day Baptists ? 
 
 Seventh Day Baptists. A branch of the 
 Baptists differing from the parent church 
 in observing Saturday, the seventh day of 
 the week, instead of the first, as the Sab- 
 bath. 
 
 Shakers ? 
 
 Shahers. Derive their name from cer- 
 tain rhythmical movements of the arms 
 and feet, which form a part of their re- 
 ligious service. They are opposed to war 
 and marriage, believe they communicate 
 with the spirits of the departed, that the 
 millennium has come, and sing and dance 
 in worship. Their doctrines are founded 
 j^artly on the Bible, but mostly on revela- 
 tions of Mother Ann Lee, their founder. 
 They have eighteen communities in seven 
 different States. 
 
 Spiritualists ? 
 
 Spiritualists. Believe in direct inter- 
 course with disembodied spirits. Andrew 
 Jackson Davis first put persons into a 
 state of magnetic somnambulism in 1834. 
 Spirit-rappings began at Hydeville, N. Y., 
 in 1847. 
 
 Swedenborgians ? 
 
 S'wedenhorgians. ("See E'ew Jerusalem 
 Church. ) 
 
 Theosophy ? 
 
 Theosophy is a recent phase of occult 
 religion based on the Asiatic thought and 
 psychic phenomena. This form came into 
 vogue in England and America through 
 the leadership of Helen Blavatsky. 
 
 (1) The philosophy is pantheistic; ev- 
 erything is God and God is everything. He 
 is good and evil; He is night and day; 
 there is no evil, no good, no night, no day. 
 All is one ; One is all. 
 
 Tunkers ? 
 
 TunkerSj or Dunkers. A branch of 
 Seventh Day Baptists, founded in Ger- 
 many, 1708. Emigrated to Pennsylvania 
 1719. Baptize by trine immersion (plac- 
 ing candidate forward instead of back- 
 ward). Celebrate the Lord's Supper in 
 the evening with feet washing; gives the 
 kiss of charity ; when requested anoint the 
 sick with oil. 
 
 Unitarians ? 
 
 Unitarians. Believers in the unity of 
 God, and reject the doctrine of the Trin- 
 ity. They deny the divinity of Christ, 
 and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 United Brethren ? 
 
 United Brethren, or Moravians. Or- 
 ganized 1457 in Moravia. Their polity is 
 Episcopal. They are noted for piety and 
 missionary zeal. 
 
 United Brethren in Christ ? 
 
 United Brethren in Christ (popularly 
 called German Methodists). Organized in 
 the United States in 1755, under Rev. 
 Philip W. Otterbein. They combine Meth- 
 odism, Congregationalism and Presbytc- 
 rianism in polity, and expressly prohibit 
 slavery, secret societies and the manufac- 
 ture and sale of ardent spirits. 
 
 Universalists ? 
 
 Universalists. Those who hold to the 
 doctrines set forth by James Kelly in Eng- 
 land, 1750. Their belief (formulated in 
 1803), that the Hcly Scriptures contain 
 a revelation of the character of God, the 
 duty, privileges, and final destination of 
 mankind. That there is one God, whose 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 nature is love, revealed in one Lord Jesus 
 Christ by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who 
 will finally restore the whole family of 
 mankind to holiness and happiness. 
 
 United Society of Believers ? 
 United Society of Believers, (See Shak- 
 ers. ) 
 
 United Presbyterian Church of North 
 America i 
 
 United Presbyterian Church of North 
 America. (See Presbyterians.) 
 
 Wesleyan Methodists ? 
 Wesleyan Methodists. (See Metho- 
 dists.) 
 
 Winebrennians ? 
 
 Wiriebrennians. (See Church, of "God. ) 
 
 Waldenses ? 
 
 Waldenses. Followers of Peter Waldo 
 of Lyons, France, who began to preach 
 in 1173, and condemned as a heretic in 
 1183. His converts were numerous in 
 France, Italy, and Spain. Originally they 
 were much like the Catholics, believing in 
 the Scriptures and purity of life. In the 
 15th century they denounced the Pope, 
 and in consequence suffered great perse- 
 cutions. During their persecutions toward 
 the close of the 13th century they settled 
 among the Alps mountains in Piedmont 
 and Savoy, where they still remain. 
 
 NUTS TO CRACK, 
 
 OB 
 
 WORDS THAT BREATHE AND 
 
 THOUGHTS THAT BUBN. 
 
 (Who said them, and when or on what oc- 
 casion.) 
 
 Caesar had his Brutus; Charles I. his 
 Cromwell, and George III. — "May profit 
 by their example?" Patrick Henry. 
 
 Better be first in a village than second 
 in Rome ? 
 
 Caesar, a Roman General and States- 
 man. 
 
 Let me die in my fatherland, which I 
 have so often saved? 
 
 Marcus 'Tulliu^ Cicero, Roman orator, 
 
 1 would rather die for the liberty of 
 Greece than be a monarch over my coun- 
 trymen ? 
 
 Leonidas, at battle of Thermopylae, to 
 Xerxes, 
 
 I will find a way or make one ? 
 Hannibal, the Carthaginian, crossing 
 the Alps, 
 
 Give me a place to stand and I will 
 move the world ? 
 
 Archimedes, the philosopher. 
 
 "Hereafter it will give you happiness 
 to think of these things?" Virgil. 
 
 Were there as many devils in Worms as 
 tiles upon the roofs of houses, still I would 
 enter ? 
 
 Martin Luther, the great German re- 
 former, the founder of Protestantism. — 
 From a Roman Catholic he became 
 the first and greatest of Protestants. 
 
 I seal with my blood, my religion and 
 the liberties of Germany? 
 
 Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden. 
 
 Put your trust in God, but, mind to 
 keep your powder dry? 
 
 Oliver Cromwell — To troops about to 
 cross a river. 
 
 "A word unfortunately spoken may be 
 
 ruinous ?" 
 
 Bismarck. 
 
 The crime makes the shame, not the 
 scaffold ? Comeille, writer and wit. 
 
 The king is not the nation's representa- 
 tive, but its clerk? 
 
 Robespierre — May 17, 1790. 
 
 I have no more need of a sword, for I 
 have no longer a country? 
 
 General Kosciusko, declining an estate 
 of 1,200 peasants and the return of his 
 sword by Paul, the Russian emperor. 
 
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 There ! John Bull can read that without 
 spectacles ? 
 
 John Hancock — On the signing of the 
 Declaration of Independence. 
 
 His tomh shall have the Alps for its 
 pedestal and the monks of St. Bernard for 
 its guardians ? 
 
 Napoleon Bonaparte — On the death of 
 Desaix. 
 
 It is the cause and not the death that 
 makes the martyr ? 
 
 Napoleon Bonaparte. 
 
 I heard the bullets whistle, and believe 
 me there is something charming in the 
 sound? Geo. Washington. 
 
 The battle is lost^ but there is time to 
 gain another? 
 
 General Desaix. 
 
 To be prepared for war is one of the 
 most effectual ways of preserving peace? 
 Geo. Washington — Speech. 
 
 First in war, first in peace, and first in 
 the hearts of his fellow-citizens ? 
 
 General Lee — Resolution on death of 
 Washington. 
 
 Liberty and Union, now and forever, 
 one and inseparable? 
 
 Daniel Webster, the greatest American 
 orator. 
 
 Distinct as the billows, yet one, as the 
 ocean ? 
 
 Daniel Webster, Union Speech. 
 
 "But what has been done cannot be un- 
 done ?" 
 
 ^^V Wilfrid Laurier — Response to an 
 after-dinner toast. 
 
 "It is for you to decide whether our 
 greatness shall be only temporary, or 
 whether it shall be enduring?'' 
 
 John Bright. 
 
 These are the times that try men's 
 souls ? 
 
 Thomas Payne, as a patriot. 
 
 ^ow we must all hang together, or we 
 shall be hanged separately? 
 
 FranMin — Signing of the Declaration 
 of Independence, 
 
 Our Constitution is in actual operation, 
 everything promises that it will last, but 
 in this world nothing is certain but death 
 and taxes ? Benjamin FranMin. 
 
 The God that gave us life, gave us lib- 
 erty at the same time ? 
 
 Thomas Jefferson. 
 
 We mutually pledge to each other our 
 lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor ? 
 Declaration of Independence. 
 
 The Lord give thee a will and courage ? 
 
 John Bunyan. 
 
 All men are created equal ? 
 
 Declaration of Independence. 
 
 When my eyes shall be turned to behold 
 for the last time the sun in heaven, may I 
 not see it shining on the broken and dis- 
 honored fragments of a once glorious 
 Union, on States dissolved, discordant, bel- 
 ligerant, on a land rent with civil feuds 
 or drenched, it may be, with fraternal 
 blood ? 
 
 Daniel Webster — Reply to Haines. 
 
 Sink or swim, live or die, survive or 
 perish, I give my hand and heart to this 
 vote ? 
 
 John Adams — On Declaration of Inde- 
 pendence. 
 
 A star for every State, and a State for 
 every star? 
 
 R. C. Winthrop — Speech. 
 
 Don't give up the ship ? 
 Capt. James Lawrence — Dying words, 
 on board the frigate ChesapeaJce. 
 
 I leave these words for others when I'm 
 
 dead. 
 Be always sure you are right, then go 
 
 ahead ? 
 David Croclcett — Title page of Auto- 
 biography. 
 
 I know no l^orth, no South, no East, no 
 West? 
 
 Henry Clay — Reply to taunt of South- 
 ern Senator, 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 I would ratlicr be right than ho Prosi- 
 dent? Henry Clay. 
 
 I hope to live to see the day, and if I do 
 not, that my son may be spared to see Can- 
 ada the right arm of England ? 
 
 Sir John Macdonald in a speech de- 
 livered in Canadian House of Commons 
 May 3y 1872. 
 
 I have ambition ; but it is the ambition 
 of being the humble instrument, in the 
 hands of Providence, to reconcile a divided 
 people, once more to revive concord and 
 harmony in a distracted land ? 
 
 Henry Clay — Compromise Speech. 
 
 We have met the enemy, and they are 
 ours ? 
 Com. Oliver Hazard Perry — Despatch. 
 
 I only regret that I have but one life 
 to lose for my country ? 
 
 Nathan Hale, patriot spy, on the scaf- 
 fold. 
 
 I request you to witness to the world 
 that I die like a brave man ? 
 
 Major Andre — On the scaffold. 
 
 I know not what course others may take, 
 but as for me, give me liberty or give me 
 death? Patrick Henry, March, 1715. 
 
 England expects every man to do his 
 duty 1 
 
 Lord Nelson — Signal to his fleet at hat- 
 tie of Trafalgar. 
 
 Better pointed bullets than pointed 
 speeches ? 
 
 Bismarck — Political Speeches. 
 
 We join ourselves to no party that does 
 not carry the flag, and keep step to the 
 music of the Union ? 
 
 Rufus Choate — Letter, Whig Conven- 
 tion. 
 
 Our Country ! In her intercourse with 
 foreign nations, may she ever be in the 
 right ; but our country, right or wrong ? 
 Admiral Stephen Decatur — Toast. 
 
 Plood is thicker than water ? 
 Com. TatnoM — Retaliating for Chinese 
 insult. 
 
 The principles upon which Democracy 
 rests are as everlasting as the hills 'i 
 
 William J. Bryan, in his ''Cross of 
 Gold'' speech, delivered on the Chicago 
 platform, 1896. 
 
 Even while I speak, the moments are 
 passing away — the irrevocable moments, 
 pregnant with the destiny of a great peo- 
 ple ? 
 
 Thomas Macaulay — House of Com- 
 mons, Eng. 
 
 To a good man, nothing is evil, neither 
 while living nor when dead ? 
 
 Socrates — Address to the Judges after 
 they had condemned him. 
 
 It is greatness of soul alone that nevel 
 grows old ? 
 
 Pericles — Oration delivered at Athens 
 on death of the Athenian soldiers, 431 
 B. C, 
 
 Our Country! However bounded or 
 described, be the measurement more or less 
 — still our Country, to be cherished in all 
 our hearts, to be defended by all our 
 hands? B. C. Winthrop — Toast. 
 
 For more than forty years I have so 
 ruled my life that when death came I 
 might face it mthout fear ? 
 
 General Havelock — Dying words. 
 
 Complete victory along the entire line ? 
 Gen. Guiseppe Garibaldi — Famous 
 telegram from Naples, Oct. 1st, 1860. 
 
 Here, once the embattled farmers stood, 
 and fired the shot heard round the world ? 
 
 Emerson. 
 
 The true greatness of a Nation cannot 
 be in triumphs of the intellect alone? 
 
 Charles Sumner. 
 
 God reigns, and the Government at 
 Washington still lives ? 
 
 /. A. Garfield — Assassination of Lin- 
 coln, 
 
 This Nation, under God, shall have a 
 new birth of freedom, and that govern- 
 ment of the people, for the people, by the 
 people, sh^n not perish from the earth ? 
 
MISCELLANEOUS B^fEMAmME'NTS. 
 
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 Ahraliam Lincoln — Memorial speech at 
 Gettysburg. 
 
 I'll fight it out on this plan if it takes 
 all summer ? 
 
 U. 8. Grant — Before Richmond. 
 
 1^0 terms other than unconditional and 
 immediate surrender can be accepted. I 
 propose to move immediately upon your 
 works ? 
 
 Gen. Grant — Before Fort Donelson. 
 
 Let no guilty man escape ? 
 TJ. 8. Grant — Order regarding Whishy 
 Ring Trial. 
 
 If any one attempts to haul down the 
 American flag, shoot him on the spot? 
 
 Gen. John A. Dix — Telegram from 
 Washington J January, 1861. 
 
 It is your name, your glory, your sign 
 among the people ? Guiseppe Mazzini. 
 
 What would you do if you were in our 
 place ? 
 
 Gen. R. E. Lee — Reply to remarJc that 
 the 8outh had best give up the struggle. 
 
 To your tried valor and patriotism the 
 country looks with confidence for deliver- 
 ance and safety? 
 
 Gen. Lee — Address to his troops. 
 
 You must hold your ground, sir ? 
 
 Gen. 8tonewall Jachson — His last order 
 on the field of battle to a brigadier who 
 said his line was so badly brohen he would 
 be obliged to fall bach. 
 
 There is a higher law than the Consti- 
 tution ? W. H. 8eward, statesman. 
 
 Be Minister, and we will, between us 
 remake the map of Europe ? 
 
 Prince Bismarck — To Thiers, when the 
 map was re-made in 1871, at close of the 
 Franco-Prussian war. 
 
 We will not cede either an inch of our 
 territory or a stone of our fortresses ? 
 8enator Jules Favre — 8ept. 6, 1870. 
 
 The ideal is the word of God ? 
 
 Guiseppe Mazzini, 
 
 General, did I lead them straight? 
 
 Capt. Rawsons dying words, Gom- 
 mander of Highland Brigade, to Sir Gar- 
 net Wolseley after the victory of Tel-el- 
 Kebir, Egypt, 1883. 
 
 Go West, young man, and grow up with 
 the country ? 
 
 Horace Greeley — Advice. 
 
 There is always room at the top ? 
 
 Daniel Webster. 
 
 With malice towards none, with charity 
 for all, with firmness in the right, as God 
 gives us to see the right, let us finish the 
 work we are in, to bind up the nation's 
 wounds, to care for him who shall have 
 borne the battle, and for his widow and 
 orphans, to do all which may actuate and 
 cherish a just and a lasting peace among 
 ourselves and with all nations ? 
 
 Lincoln — Second inaugural speech. 
 
 I demand it in the name of the Great 
 Jehovah and the Continental Congress ? 
 Ethan Allen — Fort Ticonderoga. 
 
 As for my enemies, had I as many 
 hearts as I have fingers, with all those 
 hearts would I forgive my enemies ? 
 
 Davis Lewis — His speech on the scaf- 
 fold. 
 
 He serves his party best who serves the 
 country best ? 
 
 Rutherford B. Hayes, President. 
 
 Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty 
 knows nothing but victories? 
 
 Wendell Phillips. 
 
 What hath God wrought ? 
 
 Balaam, the Prophet. Num. xxiii. 23 
 — The first words sent over the electric 
 telegraph from Baltimore to Washington, 
 18U' 
 
 'No man need fear failure, if Christ is 
 his leader ? 
 
 Rev. Geo. Whitfield's reply when ashed 
 to suggest a motto for the State of New 
 Hampshire. 
 
 Don't let us fight without a flag ? 
 Sergeant Jasper, 2d S. Carolina Beg, 
 

 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 at the battle of Ft. Moultne, 1716, re- 
 covered the flag shot from its staff, and 
 waved in defiance. 
 
 DELIGHTFUL BIBLE EXERCISE. 
 
 (The questions given below can be used 
 to advantage by a Sunday school teacher 
 to a class or they can be used at socials 
 with much profit and pleasure.) 
 
 W'ho is called "The Beloved Disciple ?" 
 
 John. 
 
 What woman said to her sister: "The 
 Master is come and calleth for thee?" 
 
 Martha. 
 
 What queen entered a king's presence 
 contrary to law in order to save her peo- 
 ple ? Esther, 
 
 Who put this question to Jesus : "What 
 is truth ?" Pilate. 
 
 What mother loaned her son to God ? 
 
 Hannah. 
 
 Who was the first person punished on 
 the earth ? Eve. 
 
 Who had a vision of a golden stairway 
 reaching from heaven to earth — one on 
 which angels ascended and descended ? 
 
 Jacob. 
 
 What was the name of the place where 
 Jesus was born ? Bethlehem. 
 
 What sick General heard of the Prophet 
 Elisha through a captive girl ? Naaman. 
 
 What writer of the Gospel gives the 
 genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to Jo- 
 seph ? Matthew. 
 
 What one of the prophets was buried in 
 his own house ? Samuel. 
 
 Who first entered the empty tomb of 
 Christ ? Peter, 
 
 What one of the seven deacons had four 
 daughters who prophesied ? 
 
 Philip, Acts 20:9. 
 
 Upon whose head did the dove descend 
 after his baptism? Jesus. 
 
 To whom was the rainbow first given 
 as a sign and how was it interpreted ? 
 
 Noah; and God said that the world 
 would not again be destroyed by water. 
 
 Who was it that said "Let him that is 
 without sin cast the first stone ?" 
 
 Jesus. 
 
 Who saw a burning bush and heard a 
 voice which called him to duty ? 
 
 Moses. 
 
 Who was it that said : "Entreat me not 
 to leave thee, or to return from following 
 thee, for whither thou goest I will go and 
 where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy peo- 
 ple shall be my people and thy God my 
 God ? Ruth unto Naomi. 
 
 Who was called from the sheepfold to 
 be king of a nation? David. 
 
 What queen brought gifts and among 
 them a peacock to Solomon ? 
 
 Queen of Sheba. 
 
 What man did Satan deprive of health, 
 wealth and family within two days ? 
 
 Job. 
 
 Who was it that was denied the privi- 
 lege of passing into Canaan because of one 
 sin he committed ? Moses. 
 
 Who was it that said, "Ye intended it 
 unto me for evil, but God intended it unto 
 me for good ?" Joseph. 
 
 A prophet's servant received this sen- 
 tence : "The leprosy of l^aaman shall 
 cleave unto thee." Give his name? 
 
 Gehazi. 
 
 What king built the first temple ? 
 
 Solomon, 
 
 What prophet gave Solomon his name, 
 became his teacher and secured the throne 
 for him ? Nathan. 
 
 Who led the Israelites into Canaan? 
 
 Joshua. 
 
 What giant leader of Israel routed his 
 enemies with his cunning as well as by 
 force ? Samson. 
 
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 What tAvo men were honored with gold 
 chains as marks of esteem and favored 
 with princely positions ? 
 
 Joseph — for interpreting a dream and 
 Daniel for reading the handwriting on the 
 wall. 
 
 What prophet caused the rain to cease 
 and by prayer brought it again to the 
 earth ? Elijah. 
 
 What one of the disciples refused to be- 
 lieve in the resurrection of Jesus unless 
 he could put his finger into the nail prints 
 and thrust his hand into his side? 
 
 Thomas. 
 
 What was the name of the general who 
 commanded Saul's army? Ahner. 
 
 Who named the first woman? 
 
 Adam. 
 
 What Hebrew married a Gentile whose 
 son became the ancestor of Jesus ? 
 
 Boaz. 
 
 Who plotted to destroy a nation and 
 was hanged for it? Haman. 
 
 Of what king was it said: "They are 
 dead who sought the young child's life ?" 
 
 Herod the Great. 
 
 Who was it when a little girl that 
 watched by the River Nile her baby broth- 
 er until rescued by the princess ? — and 
 who when a woman grown passed dry shod 
 through the Red Sea and led the nation 
 in a song of deliverance ? Miriam. 
 
 Who was it that taught by example the 
 three greatest things in life and what are 
 they? 
 
 Jesus, Life, Death and Resurrection. 
 
 To what young minister did Paul write 
 from prison asking him to bring his cloak, 
 his books and parchments ? Timothy. 
 
 What Jew offered his tomb for the burial 
 of Christ ? Joseph of Aremathea. 
 
 What was the name of the disciple who 
 first called Paul Brother ? Ananias. 
 
 What person said to Jesus: "I adjure 
 thee by the living God that thou tell me 
 
 whether thou art the Christ the Son of the 
 living God? Caicephas. 
 
 What was the name of the woman out 
 of whom Jesus cast the seven devils ? 
 
 Mary Magdalene. 
 
 Who forgot household cares to sit at 
 Jesus' feet ? Mary, the sister of Martha. 
 
 What Jewish leader sacrificed his 
 daughter on account of his vow? 
 
 Jeptha. 
 
 At whose grave was the first monument 
 erected? Rachel's, Gen. 35:20. 
 
 Who said of his father: "His life is 
 bound up in the lad's life." 
 
 Judah. 
 
 What man said: "My punishment is 
 greater than I can bear ?" Cain. 
 
 To whom did Jesus say: "Art thou a 
 teacher in Israel and knowest not these 
 things ?" Nicodemus. 
 
 WHAT FAMOUS PERSONS DO THE EOL- 
 LOWING OBJECTS SUGGEST? 
 
 PROM THE YOTITH^S COMPAIflON. 
 (An excellent paper for Boys and Girls.) 
 
 A hatchet ? George Washington. 
 
 A rail fence ? Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 Horatius. 
 Ben Franhlin, 
 
 A bridge ? 
 
 A kite ? 
 
 A horse (2) ? 
 
 Richard III. and Alexander the Great. 
 
 A griddle-cake? King Alfred. 
 
 A spider's web (2) ? 
 
 Robert Bruce and Mohammed. 
 
 A fiddle ? 
 
 A muddy cloak? 
 
 Nero. 
 
 Sir Walter Raleigh. 
 Achilles. 
 
 A heel? 
 
 A silver cup? 
 
 An ax (2) ? 
 
 Gladstone and Mary Queen of Scots, 
 
 Benjamin. 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENTS. 
 
 A wooden horse? Ulysses. 
 
 A lonely island (2) ? 
 
 Robinson Crusoe and Napoleon I. 
 
 A hut in the woods? 
 
 Henry D. Thoreau. 
 
 An ^'Old Manse?" Hawthorne. 
 
 Icebergs and floes ? FHdjof Nansen. 
 
 A burning bush ? Moses. 
 
 A ruff ? Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 A mantle with many rents ? 
 
 Julius Caesar. 
 
 A pearl ? 
 
 A gray goose shaft ? 
 
 A glass slipper ? 
 
 A daisy ? 
 
 A plow ? 
 
 A blot of ink on the wall ? 
 
 Martin Luther. 
 
 Cleopatra. 
 
 Robin Hood. 
 
 Cinderella. 
 
 Robert Burns. 
 
 Cincinnatus. 
 
 An apple (4) ? 
 Eve — Paris — 
 Newton. 
 
 A silver lamp ? 
 
 Wm. Tell — Sir Isaac 
 
 Aladdin. 
 
 A lion's skin ? Hercules, 
 
 A smooth, round stone? David. 
 
 Long hair (2) ? 
 
 Samson and Absalom. 
 
 Painted grapes ? Zenxis. 
 
 A garter ? 
 
 Countess of Salisburg and Edward III. 
 
 A web of tapestry ? Penelope. 
 
 Dragons' teeth ? Cadnius. 
 
 A skein of silk ? 
 
 Theseus and Ariadne. 
 
 A dove? Noah. 
 
 A pomegranate seed ? Proserpine. 
 
 A key? 
 
 A donkey? 
 
 A suit of black armor ? 
 
 Richard Coeur de Leon. 
 
 A handful of dates ? 
 
 Saladin in the ''Talisman.'^ 
 
 An uprooted tree ? 
 
 Ivanhoe as del Desdechado. 
 
 Boots and saddles ? General Custer. 
 
 Bluebeard. 
 Balaam. 
 
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 (Those who have passed the age of 
 YOuth will wonder what new thing this 
 part can contain that is separate and dis- 
 tinct from the preceding pages, but a 
 glance will suffice to show that the volume 
 would not be complete without it. ) 
 
 CANDY PULLS. 
 
 iH 
 
 ANDY PULLS'' are among the 
 most enjoyable events of chil- 
 dren's lives. I shall never forget my first 
 party. It was made especially nonfor- 
 getable by the fact that it had been an- 
 nounced that it was to be a "Candy 
 Pull" and that everyone was to wear an 
 apron. Imagine, if you can, some quarter 
 of a hundred youngsters repairing to the 
 kitchen all bent on doing their share to 
 make the occasion what is implied by the 
 words, "Fall in and help yourself." Re- 
 cipes were gotten out, kettles put on the 
 stove, molasses measured and all other in- 
 gredients gotten ready. Then came the 
 watching to see that it did not burn, then 
 the testing to see that it was hard enough, 
 and finally the putting to cool and then 
 the pulling. If you have never tried the 
 experiment up to this time, try it now or 
 at least let the young folks try it. The 
 success depends upon the right recipe. 
 This one never fails. For three persons 
 use 1 cup of ^ew Orleans molasses, 1 
 cup brown sugar, 1 tablespoonf ul of melted 
 butter, 1 tablespoonful vinegar. Mix all 
 together and boil until it hardens when 
 dropped into cold water, then add ^ tea- 
 spoonful soda. 
 
 Be sure that the candy has cooked until 
 it crystallizes when dropped in cold water. 
 Set to cool in buttered tins. When nearly 
 cold, butter the hands (taking care, of 
 course, that they are clean) and then di- 
 vide it equally, giving each party his por- 
 tion. Use no flour — this spoils it. Thor- 
 oughly pulling the candy will make it 
 white and really delightful to eat. It can 
 then be fashioned in baskets, lovers' knots, 
 birds' nests, etc., etc. 
 
 MAKING FUDGES. 
 
 OW many of my readers have tried 
 the making of fudges as an inno- 
 vation to the romping and "do-nothing" 
 method in which many of our young 
 folks spend their time when companions 
 come to while away an hour. Try the fol- 
 lowing rule — ^we call it a "never-fail" re- 
 cipe: 
 
 Two-thirds cup of cream or rich milk, 
 2 cups sugar, butter size of small egg. 
 Boil 10 minutes. Flavor with va- 
 nilla and 1 tablespoonful chocolate ; stir 
 until cool and pour in buttered pans. 
 Mark oif into squares. It is improved by 
 additions of -J cup of hickory nut meats. 
 The above is sufficient for four persons. 
 
 A MAPLE SUGAR-OFF. 
 
 lOU who have never been in Ver- 
 mont, Michigan, Canada, or any of 
 the delightful places where maple sugar 
 is made, know nothing of the delights of 
 
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 a '*Sugar-Off," unless, like myself, you 
 have been able to transfer the idea to your 
 own kitchen stove, in which case you par- 
 take of one of the farmer's finest treats. 
 A ''Sugar-Oif" can be enjoyed by a 
 score or more of people with little or no 
 more extra trouble than for one. Take 
 (for a party of 20) four quarts of maple 
 syrup. Let boil down until it crystals 
 when dropped in cold water. Have ready 
 some small square cakes of ice or basins 
 of clear snow firmly packed, and over this 
 dip a few spoonfuls of the warm, cooked 
 syrup. Pass to guests with a fork, and if 
 they don't pronounce it the best treat of 
 their life, I shall be much mistaken. 
 
 POP CORN BALLS^AS AN ENTERTAEN- 
 
 MENT. 
 
 O make Pop Corn Balls is fine sport 
 for a party of young people or for 
 individual boys and girls on a rainy day. 
 Select good popping corn, shell and pop. 
 The most tasty way to pop it is this : put a 
 generous tablespoonful of lard in a kettle 
 (konut, if preferred, instead of lard), let 
 it get smoking hot, and put in a teacupful 
 of shelled corn — ^no salt. When it begins 
 to pop put on cover and shake the kettle 
 continuously by means of the handle of 
 the kettle, until all is popped. Empty in 
 pan. Repeat until enough is popped. Now 
 salt to taste and let stand until the mo- 
 lasses is cooked, which, by the way, should 
 be ready about the same time as the corn, 
 if put over when one begins popping the 
 corn. 
 
 To make good balls, a pan of com after 
 it is popped will require a generous pint 
 of New Orleans molasses. Put this on 
 the stove and let cook until it crystallizes 
 when dropped into cold water; stir into 
 the cooked molasses a pinch of soda dis- 
 solved in hot water and pour all over the 
 com, stirring the com over and over until 
 all is covered with the taffy. The com 
 can be formed into balls or served mount- 
 ed loosely in plates. Peanuts shelled and 
 added are nice variations. 
 
 SHADOW GAMES. 
 
 (See Illustration.) 
 
 UCH amusement can be gotten out 
 of hand shadows. 
 
 These are made by putting the hands 
 in various positions and throwing the 
 shadows on the wall. The artist mak- 
 ing the shadows must stand between the 
 lamp and the wall. By a little practice, 
 he can become quite expert in making 
 them. 
 
 Paper shadows on the wall are made 
 by sketching a figure and cutting out all 
 the light portions of the figure. By hold- 
 ing them toward the wall with the light 
 behind, these cuttings-out present excellent 
 pictures of light and shade. 
 
 For displaying large shadow pictures, ' 
 suspend a sheet at one end of a room. 
 The company should be upon one side and 
 in the dark. On the other side there 
 should be one strong light. It will be even 
 improved if this light has a reflector. The 
 light should be fixed in some position at 
 a height about opposite the performers' 
 heads. The proper distance from the 
 sheet will be found upon trial. The per- 
 formers should stand in close proximity 
 to the sheet in order to cast a clear 
 shadow. Each one should remember to 
 hold himself in such a position as to make 
 the best shadow. A little ingenuity in 
 the arrangement of the substances will 
 make very grotesque or very pretty 
 shadows. With a newspaper and a few 
 pins one can make any kind of head-dress. 
 Strips of paper drawn around a spool will 
 make curls, and a paper feather may be 
 clipped in a few minutes that will surpass 
 the most costly ostrich feather. 
 
 So, in costuming, inexpensive things 
 can be made to look comical or elegant at 
 pleasure. If one wishes to portray crowns, 
 armour and various emblems, stiff bro^vn 
 paper or thin paste-board will answer 
 every purpose. It is easy to make strange- 
 ly-shaped foreheads, comical noses, and 
 wonderful chins out of paper, and these 
 may be held in place by thread passed 
 
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 HAND SHADOWS. 
 
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 FUN FOR ALL 
 
 around the head. Arranging the hair or 
 bending a finger over the nose to make it 
 look aquiline, and sundry other tricks, 
 suthee to please a company who are in a 
 mood to be entertained. 
 
 A large bat may be made by enveloping 
 the player in a sheet, which, by extending 
 his arms, he will possess huge wings. He 
 must then pass sideways, with his face 
 turned toward the sheet. 
 
 To make hand shadows spread a sheet 
 over the head and let fall around the fig- 
 ure so as to disguise the form. It should 
 be pulled sufficiently forward to hide the 
 profile. The player should raise his kand 
 close to it, and make with his fingers dif- 
 ferent objects, such as a duck's head, rab- 
 bit, or any of the hand shadows that ap- 
 pear in the illustrations. 
 
 For an evening at home suspend the 
 sheet at one end of the room and have the 
 shadow-man sit on the floor in front of it. 
 Have but one light in the room and place 
 it six or seven feet behind the shadow- 
 man. Two or more persons may drape 
 themselves and perform tricks. The gazer 
 must guess, as the figures pass between 
 his back and the lamp, whose shadow he 
 beholds. A glance behind entails a for- 
 feit. When the person is named, he or she 
 guessed becomes the shadow-man. 
 
 Other forms of hand-shadows besides 
 those suggested will afford many a half- 
 hour's amusement. There are those of the 
 bear, goat, cow and the horse, as well as 
 a host of others. The jaws moving. If 
 one is able to imitate the sounds of any 
 of the beasts whose hand-shadows are 
 formed, the entertainment becomes even 
 more complete. 
 
 THE DANCING "NIGGER." 
 
 fllE accompanying figures should be 
 cut out in cardboard, but larger 
 than represented. Of course, two will be 
 required, except the head portion, the 
 shaded parts being painted black, and the 
 clothing may be striped with some bright 
 color. Pinholes being made where the 
 
 black dots are placed, the limbs should be 
 attached by passing thin twine through 
 and knotting it on both sides, taking care 
 
 to allow freedom of movement. The stick 
 of a camel-hair pencil, or something simi- 
 
 lar, being thrust tightly through the holes 
 in the hands, which should be pushed a 
 
 little apart, the figure can easily be made 
 to dance to any tune, turn head over heels 
 and execute sundry movements — lively, if 
 
 not graceful. 
 
 It may be remarked that though the 
 contour of the figure is Qexiat^inly not cop- 
 
FUN FOR ALL 
 
 ied from any of the masterpieces of 
 sculpture in the International Exhibition, 
 it is nevertheless better adapted for sum- 
 mersaults and other sprightly perform- 
 
 ances. 
 
 FUN WITH A PIECE OF LIGHTED 
 CANDLE. 
 
 HEjN" it is your turn to provide 
 your quota of fun at an evening 
 party, ask for a piece of candle, and, after 
 you have obtained it, light it and request 
 the person nearest to you to place it on 
 the top of his head and then to blow it out. 
 Very probably he will claim that it can- 
 not be done, but if you assure him that 
 you can do it he will certainly place the 
 candle on his head and blow upward at it 
 with all his might, much to the amuse- 
 ment of his companions. He will be un- 
 able, however, to extinguish the candle, 
 and so will all the others who try to do 
 the trick. Yet it can be put out, and 
 quite easily, provided it is placed in a 
 proper position on the head. It must be 
 placed as far forward on the head as pos- 
 sible, and the head must be tilted back 
 while it is being placed there. Even a 
 slight breath will then suffice to blow it 
 out. 
 
 SILHOUETTES. 
 
 YEN in these enlightened days, 
 when the art of photography has 
 advanced so very near to perfection, there 
 are still some old-fashioned people who 
 cling with fondness to these silhouettes; 
 and I, for one, entertain a most profound 
 respect for the ingenious Frenchman, their 
 inventor, whose name they bear. 
 
 One great thing in their favor is, that 
 the least clever among us may, with a 
 little patience and a steady hand, find in 
 them a pleasing recreation, and soon be- 
 come adroit in their execution. 
 
 But there may be some of my readers 
 who scarcely know what a silhouette is, 
 and such unenlightened persons I will en- 
 
 deavor briefly to instruct in the almoL 
 forgotten art. 
 
 A few sheets of drawing paper, a pencil 
 and a lamp are all the essentials needed 
 to commence operation. 
 
 The operator fi.rst fixes a sheet of paper 
 to the wall, by inserting a pin at each 
 comer. Then the person whose likeness, 
 or "silhouette," is to be taken, is seated 
 in a chair, close to the wall, in such a 
 position as to throw a distinct shadow of 
 his profile (as near life-size as possible) 
 on the center of the paper. To secure 
 steadiness a wine glass, or some such sup- 
 port, is placed between his head and the 
 wall — for the slightest movement often 
 causes failure. Having arranged these 
 matters satisfactorily, the operator pro- 
 ceeds to sketch, with a pencil, the head 
 and profile of the "sitter;" and this re- 
 quires a steady hand and some dispatch, 
 as it is no easy matter to sit in one position 
 for a great length of time perfectly mo- 
 tionless. When the sketch is concluded, 
 little skill will be needed to bring the task 
 to an end. The operator has only, with 
 a sharp pen-knife, to cut out the head in 
 the line of the pencil-mark. The center 
 part is then thrown aside, and the other 
 paper laid on a piece of black cloth, which 
 throws out the features boldly, and, if suf- 
 ficient care has been taken, a striking like- 
 ness will be the reward. 
 
 A large collection of these silhouettes 
 is always a source of much fun, and many 
 a hearty laugh has been caused by dis- 
 playing them. When the features are un- 
 usually striking and original, the silhou- 
 ettes generally turn out more of a cari- 
 cature than a likeness. A snub-nose, for 
 instance, has always a ludicrous appear- 
 ance; so has a fierce Roman, especially 
 if accompanied by an imposing moustache 
 and a beard. Ladies' profiles, as a rule, 
 have not so great a variety as gentlemen's, 
 chiefly on account of the capillary adorn- 
 ments of the latter; but then, of course, 
 they have their countercharms, and polite- 
 ness prompts me to say they are by far 
 the most interesting. 
 
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 i" PRIZE GAME. 
 
 (Note. — The prizes need not cost over a 
 cent unless one desires to spend more.) 
 
 |y HEEE are any number of these 
 games that help young people to 
 have a good time in an innocent way. 
 For instance, give each one a pencil and a 
 piece of paper; ask them to draw a pea- 
 cock with one line in five minutes' time. 
 The one that succeeds best should be 
 awarded a prize; the second best should 
 have honorable mention. 
 
 E'ot one person out of a hundred will be 
 able to draw these animals with one line, 
 without previous instruction. This is 
 amusing for young people and also their 
 elders. 
 
 BALANCING A PENCIL. 
 
 HE figure shows Avithout further ex- 
 planation how the trick is done. 
 Stick the point of a penknife in the lead 
 
 pencil near its point and open the knife 
 more or less until the balance has been 
 reached. 
 
 CLEVER TRICKS. 
 
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 HOW the audience two pieces of cord 
 
 and three rings. Then put the 
 
 rings over the two pieces of cord, as shown 
 in figure A, and give the two ends of the 
 cord to somebody to hold. 
 
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 for a moment and "presto !" the rings are 
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FOOT BALL— AS PLAYED IN ENGLAND. 
 
 The above game was recently played before 75,000 people for the Associa 
 tion Foot Ball Cup of South Hampton and Sheffield. 
 
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 Ttis surprising experiment is done in 
 the following way: Before your exhibi- 
 tion slice a thin fiber from one piece of 
 
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 cord and tie, as shown in figure B, the two 
 pieces of cord covering the place where 
 the cords are tied with your hands until 
 the rings' are put over them, hiding the 
 place of connection. Then you give the 
 cords with the rings to somebody to hold 
 carefully, as shown in figure C, and re- 
 move the rings with one quick pull. To 
 show that the cords are intact, slip your 
 thumb between the two ends, as shown in 
 figure D. 
 
 THE MATCH GUN. 
 
 W^ AKE a glass tube of one-half-inch di- 
 f if ameter and about five inches long, 
 and close it at one end with sealing wax. 
 Wheels and gun carriage are made of 
 cigar-box wood. To fasten the barrel, glue 
 a hollow piece of cork on the gun carriage, 
 as figure shows. The wooden parts of the 
 gun are connected by tacks and glue. As 
 axle for the wheels use a strong knitting 
 needle or a piece of wire. To prevent the 
 
 wheels from coming oflP the axles, stick a 
 large glass bead on each of the axle ends. 
 
 Load the gun with a parlor match, in- 
 serting it head first, and closing the open- 
 ing of the barrel with a piece of cork or 
 bread kneaded into a small ball, to make 
 it airtight. Do not insert too tightly, or it 
 will prevent the match from flying out. 
 
 The gun is fired with a second match, as 
 shown in figure. The match will explode 
 
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 with the report of a miniature cannon anfl 
 fiy from three to ^yq yards, enveloped in a 
 blue cloud of smoke. 
 
 THE ANTICS OF THE CAMPHOR 
 SCORPION. 
 
 AKE a glass, fill it with water, and 
 place pieces of camphor of un- 
 even size on its surface, forming the fig- 
 ure of an animal — for instance, that of a 
 scorpion. After a short while the scorpion 
 will start to move in the v/ater, working- 
 its legs as if it wanted to swim, while its 
 tail will move like that of a live scorpion. 
 This experiment teaches that camphor has 
 a tendency to move on the surface of the 
 water, caused by the evaporation of the 
 
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 FUN FOR ALL 
 
 camphor fumes ; this will be accomplished 
 Avithout dissolving the camphor; single 
 pieces will not separate, but follow the 
 
 laws of cohesion. This experiment is sur- 
 prising in its effect. Try it and see. 
 
 TO MAKE A ROLL OF PAPER GO UP 
 
 HILL. 
 
 l^|l ASTEIT a piece of lead in the inside 
 
 1^ of a roll of paper, as shown in 
 
 figure. Mark the location of the lead on 
 
 the outside of the roll. Close both ends of 
 
 the roll with paper, and place it on the 
 
 inclined board, as shown in figure. It will 
 then roll up-hill until the piece of lead 
 is on the bottom, where it will remain 
 
 without rolling down. 
 
 TO TEST THE LUNGS. 
 
 &^ OU can test the power of your lungs 
 in the following simple way: 
 
 Take a long, narrow, and strong paper 
 bag and place it on the edge of the table 
 with the opening toward you. Put a 
 weight, which can be gradually increased, 
 on opposite end of the bag, in the shape of 
 books, etc., and you will be surprised to 
 
 learn how great a weight you can move in 
 this way. 
 
 It is easy to knock over two such heavy 
 volumes as shown in the figTire. 
 
 AMUSING TRICK WITH FIRE. 
 
 OAK a piece of linen thread in a 
 strong solution of salt (two table- 
 spoonfuls of water to one tablespoonful of 
 salt). Take it out and let it dry, repeat- 
 ing this three or four times before you are 
 ready for the performance of this marvel- 
 ous trick. 
 
 Show the piece of thread to the audi- 
 ence, and, as the thread will look like an 
 ordinary piece of linen thread nobody will 
 know that it has been prepared. Suspend 
 
 a light ring from the thread ; set fire to 
 the thread and bum it up. The ring will 
 stay suspended although the thread is 
 burnt. This experiment must be executsd 
 
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 with great care, as a fine fiber of salt sus- 
 pends the ring, instead of the burnt 
 thread, and the least bit of draft or shak- 
 ing will spoil the experiment. This trick 
 can also be done in the following manner : 
 Take a small piece of muslin and tie a 
 piece of linen thread to each of the four 
 corners, as the figure shows, forming a 
 sort of hammock. This hammock, to- 
 gether with the thread, place in a strong 
 solution of salt, as described before. Take 
 it out and dry it, and repeat this treat- 
 ment three or four times before the per- 
 formance. Hang it up as shown in figure, 
 and put an empty eggshell in the ham- 
 mock. Set fire to it and you will see that 
 although the threads and muslin are burnt 
 up the egg will stay suspended in the air 
 
 HOW TO GUESS HIDDEN SPOTS ON 
 THEEE DICE. 
 
 UKN^ around, and, with your back 
 to the table, ask somebody to throw 
 the dice. Then tell the person who threw 
 them to double the number of spots on the 
 dice on the left, and keep the number to 
 himself. Tell him to add ^yg, then multi- 
 ply by five. To this figure have him add 
 
 the number of spots on the dice in the 
 middle, and multiply the product by ten. 
 Then ask him to add the number of spots 
 on the third dice, and give you the aggre- 
 gate sum. From the amount subtract, 
 mentally, 250, and the remainder will 
 show in the three figures the number of 
 ispots on each of the three dice. For in- 
 
 stance, take the three dice shown here. 
 Their numbers are 5, 3, 2. Double the 
 one on the left, 5X2=10. Add 5=15. 
 Multiply by 5=75. Add the number of 
 spots on the dice in the middle, 3=78. 
 Multiply by 10^=780. Add number of 
 spots on third dice, 2=782. Subtract 
 250, and 532 remains, which are the num- 
 bers on the dicel 
 
 THE FAMILY GIANT. 
 
 VEEY fair giant, for domestic pur- 
 poses, may be produced by the 
 simple expedient of seating a young lad 
 astride on the shoulders of one of the older 
 
 The Family Giant. 
 
 members of the company, and draping the 
 combined figure with a long cloak or 
 "Kainy day" cape. The ^^head" portion 
 may, of course, be "made up" as much as 
 you please, the more complete the disguise 
 
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 FUN FOR ALL 
 
 I he more effective being the giant. A fero- 
 cious-looking moustache and whiskers will 
 greatly add to his appearance. If some 
 ready-witted and genial member of the 
 party will undertake to act as showman, 
 and exhibit the giant, holding a lively con- 
 versation with him, and calling attention 
 to his gigantic idiosyncrasies, a great deal 
 of fun may be produced. The joke should 
 not, however, be very long continued, as 
 the feelings of the "legs" have to be con- 
 sidered. If too long deprived of air and 
 light, they are apt to wax rebellious, and 
 either carry the giant in directions he 
 would fain avoid, or even occasionally to 
 strike altogether, and bring the giant's 
 days to a sudden and undignified termina- 
 tion. 
 
 THE NONDESCRIPT, OR ANIMATED 
 TELESCOPE. 
 
 HIS is a much, more finished decep- 
 tion, and is not unfrequently seen 
 exliibited at theaters and circuses. The 
 figure in constructed as follows : You 
 procure a stout broomstick, four feet long, 
 and on one end thereof fasten firmly a 
 grotesque pasteboard head, with appro- 
 priate headdress. ISText construct an ex- 
 tinguisher-shaped robe of some dark ma- 
 terial (a coarse black muslin or canvas is 
 the best, as allowing a reasonable amount 
 of light and ventilation to the performer). 
 It should be gathered in with a frill round 
 the neck of the figure, and should be of 
 such a length that when the performer 
 stands beneath, with the stick extended at 
 full length above his neck, it shall all but 
 reach the ground. (See Fig. 1.) 
 
 The robe should taper gradually out- 
 wards, from a diameter of about eight 
 inches at the top to about two feet six 
 at the bottom. A cane hoop should be 
 fastened horizontally within it at about 
 the height of the performer's knees, and 
 pn other at about the level of his chin. 
 These keep the garment distended, and 
 give the operator much greater freedom of 
 
 movement than he would otherwise enjoy. 
 The lower hoop should be attached by four 
 pieces of tape to a belt round the perform- 
 
 The Nondescript, Fig. 
 
 1. 
 
 er's waist, this arrangement keeping it at 
 a uniform height from the floor, and pre- 
 
 The Nondescript, Fig. 2. 
 
 venting the skirt getting under 
 former's feet in walking. 
 
 the 
 
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 341 
 
 With a little practice the figure thus 
 composed may be made to go through a 
 variety of the most eccentric maneuvers. 
 For instance, by gradually lowering the 
 stick, and at the same time contracting the 
 body into a crouching position, it may be 
 made to sink to the dimensions of a dwarf, 
 as in Fig. 2. 
 
 By bending the body, and at the same 
 time lowering the stick into a horizontal 
 position, the figure will be made to salute, 
 as in Fig. 3. While in this position the 
 
 The Nondescript, Pig. 3. 
 
 head may be made to describe a circle of 
 three or four feet in diameter with inex- 
 pressibly comical effect. The stick may 
 then be sloped backward, in manner 
 shown in Fig. 4. 
 
 The Nondescript, Pig. 4. 
 
 By way of finale, the figure may be 
 made; as in Fig. 5, to pass its head be- 
 
 tween its legs, and in that position make 
 its exit. 
 
 Some little practice is required to work 
 the "E'ondescript" effectively. All sud- 
 den movements or abrupt angles should be 
 as far as possible avoided, the aim of the 
 
 The Nondescript, Fig. 5. 
 
 performer being to make his evolutions as 
 serpentine as possible. It is a decided ad- 
 dition to have two figures, one with a male 
 and one with a female head, when a 
 grotesque pas de deux may be executed 
 with capital effect. 
 
 (( 
 
 THE WHAT-DO-YOU-THINK?" 
 
 UR next three or four columns will 
 be devoted to the description of the 
 after-dinner menagerie. We will begin 
 with the "What-do-you-Think ?" whose 
 portrait is depicted below. 
 
 'The What-do-you-Think?" Fig. 1. 
 
 The exhibitor begins, in proper show- 
 man style, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I have 
 the pleasure of exhibiting to your notice 
 
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 WT^ FOTi ALL 
 
 the celebrated ^What-do-jou-Think V or 
 Giant Uncle-Eater. You have all prob- 
 ably heard of the Ant-Eater. This is, as 
 you will readily perceive, a member of the 
 same family, but more so ! He measures 
 seven feet from the tip of his snout to the 
 end of his tail, eight feet back again, five 
 feet around the small of his waist, and 
 has four feet of his own, making twenty- 
 four in all. In his natural state he lives 
 chiefly on blue-bottle flies and mixed 
 pickles, but in captivity it is found that 
 so rich a diet has a tendency to make him 
 stout, and he is now fed exclusively on 
 old champagne corks and back numbers 
 
 "Tbe What-do-you-Thlnk?" Fig. 2. 
 
 of the Family Herald. His voice, which 
 you may perhaps have an opportunity of 
 hearing (here the 'What-do-you-Think V 
 howls dismally) is in the key of B flat, 
 and is greatly admired. People come here 
 before breakfast to hear it, and when they 
 have heard it, they assure us that thev 
 never heard anything like it before. Some 
 have even gone so far as to say that they 
 never wish to hear anything like it again, '^ 
 etc. 
 
 (The "What-do-you-Think" is manufac- 
 tured as follows: The performer, who 
 should have black kid gloves on, places on 
 his head a conical paper cap, worked up 
 with the aid of the nursery paint-box into 
 a rough semblance of an animal's head. 
 This being securely fastened on, he goes 
 down on his hands and knees (See Fig. 
 2), and a shaggy railway rug (of fur if 
 procurable) is thrown over him, and 
 secured round his neck, when the animal 
 is complete.) 
 
 THE BABY ELEPHANT. 
 
 OR the construction of this noble 
 animal two performers are neces- 
 They place themselves as shown in 
 
 1, and over them is throwm a large 
 
 The Baby Elephant, 
 
 grey shawl, on which are sewn a couple 
 of flaps of the same material to represent 
 ears, and two pieces of appropriately 
 marked paper for the eyes. A variety of 
 articles may be used as a makeshift for 
 tusks. If nothing else is procurable, they 
 can be manufactured out of a couple of 
 sheets of stiff white paper, rolled up 
 tightly into a tapering form, while a 
 
 The Baby Elephant, Fig. 2. 
 
 rolled-up shawl will form the trunk. The 
 general appearance of the animal will 
 then be as shown in Fig. 2. 
 
 If it is desired to find an occupation 
 for another of the company, the character 
 of the native mahout or driver will afford 
 much scope for invention. Of course, the 
 
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 more grotesque the "properties" with 
 which the mahout is rigged out, the 
 greater his success. 
 
 *^THE CANIS REMARKABIUS, OR 
 DEMON BOG." 
 
 AK the leopard change his spots 1 asks 
 Artemus Ward, and proceeds to 
 reply that at any rate you can change 
 them for him with a paint-brush, as he 
 himself had done in the case of an animal 
 which was not naturally spotted in an at- 
 tractive manner. The plan thus indicated 
 is employed with great success in the case 
 of the Canis Bemarhahilis, or Demon 
 Dog. All that is needed is a shilling 
 color-box and a bottle of bandoline, to 
 transform the most thorough-bred of 
 terriers or the veriest mongrel into an 
 animal which it would bother Darwin 
 himself to classify. If the dog be of the 
 smooth, short-haired description, a few 
 colored wafers may be applied with strik- 
 ing effect. If, on the other hand, his coat 
 be long and shaggy, a judicious use of the 
 bandoline will "make each particular hair 
 to stand on end, like quills upon the fret- 
 ful porcupine." 
 
 Whatever be the animal selected, the ef- 
 fect of the joke will mainly depend upon 
 the humor of the showman, who will do 
 
 The Canis Remarkabilis, or Demon Dog. 
 
 well not to trust to the inspiration of the 
 moment, but to arrange appropriate "pat- 
 ter" beforehand. 
 
 THE GIRAFFE. 
 
 HIS animal is constructed on the 
 same principle as the Baby Ele- 
 phant. A grotesque head, as nearly ap- 
 proaching the required shape as possible. 
 
 The Giraffe. 
 
 is securely fastened to the end of a long 
 stick, which is held by the foremost of the 
 two performers. 
 
 To this is attached the cloth which is 
 designed to form the body of the animal, 
 and which should be pinned round the 
 bodies of the two performers. A rope 
 tail may be added, the general effect being 
 as shown in our illustration. 
 
 A good deal of fun may be produced 
 by the efforts of the animal to scratch his 
 head with his hind leg, etc., etc. 
 
 HALF-A-CENTURY OF COIHINDRUMS. 
 
 (For answers see next page.) 
 
 1. Why is a schoolmistress like the 
 letter C ? 
 
 2. I went into the woods and picked 
 it up; sat down and looked earnestly for 
 
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 it ; and, not finding it, brought it home 
 with nic and cut it. 
 
 3. Whj is a boiled egg like a young 
 colt i 
 
 4. Why were the governments of Al- 
 giers and Malta as different from each 
 other as light and darkness ? 
 
 5. When can grass be spelt with fewer 
 than five letters ? 
 
 6. At what season is it dangerous to 
 walk in the meadows ? 
 
 7. What is the most comical, and at 
 the same time most pleasant, thing to see 
 about dinner time ? 
 
 8. Why are fixed stars like sealing 
 wax and writing materials ? 
 
 9. Why is a philanthropist like a 
 horse ? 
 
 10. Why are posts in a field like seeds ? 
 
 11. When is a young lady over head 
 and ears in debt? 
 
 12. Why is a waiter like a racehorse? 
 
 13. Which is the hardest of all keys to 
 turn ? 
 
 14. Why is the desert a good place for 
 a hungry man ? 
 
 15. When were sandwiches first made 
 in Arabia ? 
 
 16. Of what material was Eve's wed- 
 ding dress ? 
 
 17. Of what opera do crinolines re- 
 mind us ? 
 
 IS. Why is marriage like the letter e? 
 10. Whj are laundresses like navi- 
 gators ? 
 
 20. How far is it to the bottom of the 
 deepest sea ? 
 
 21. What sea would make the best bed- 
 room ? 
 
 22. Why is the House of Commons 
 like a parson's horse ? 
 
 23. How many young ladies would 
 re ach from London to Brighton ? 
 
 24. What is the difference between a 
 rairged beggar and Alexander, Czar of 
 Kussia ? 
 
 ANSWERS TO HALF-A-CEI^TURY OF CONUIT- 
 
 DRUMS. 
 
 1. Because she makes lasses into 
 classes. 
 
 2. A thorn in the foot. 
 
 3. Because it is little use till it is 
 broken. 
 
 4. Because one was governed by deys 
 (days), and the other by knight (night). 
 
 5. When it becomes hay. 
 
 6. When the bulrush is out (bull rush- 
 es out). 
 
 7. A bun dance (abundance) on the 
 table. 
 
 8. Because they are stationary (sta- 
 tionery). 
 
 9. Because he stops at the sound of 
 wo, 
 
 10. Because they are put into the 
 ground to prop-a-gate. 
 
 11. When she has not paid for her 
 bonnet. 
 
 12. Because he runs for plates and 
 cups. 
 
 13. A stubborn don-key. 
 
 14. Because of the sandwiches there 
 (sand which is there). 
 
 15. AVhen Ham went there and bred 
 (bread), and mustered (mustard) his fol- 
 lowers. 
 
 16. Bearskin (bare skin). 
 
 17. Bows of cast steel. 
 
 18. Because it is the end of love. 
 
 19. Because they often cross the line, 
 and go/rom pole to pole. 
 
 20. Merely a stone's throw. 
 
 21. Adriatic (a dry attic). 
 
 22. Because it is often led by the min- 
 ister. 
 
 23. Fifty-two; because a miss is as 
 good as a mile. 
 
 24. The. Czar issues his manifestoes, 
 while the beggar manifests toes without 
 his shoes (issues). 
 
 BIED COXUNDEUMS. 
 
 What does a severe attack of quinsy 
 prevent you from enjoying? 
 
 Answer. — A swallow. 
 
 An English architect well known to 
 fame. 
 
 Answer. — Wren. 
 
 A part of and a whole range of hills. 
 
 Answer. — Part-ridge. 
 
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 Wliat does a coward do in the hour of 
 danger. 
 
 Answer. — Quail. 
 
 Equality, and a state of putrefaction. 
 
 Answer, — Par-rot. 
 
 One who reigns and a toiler of the seas. 
 
 Answer. — King-fisher. 
 
 FKUIT CONUNDRUMS. 
 
 One of the vowels and mother's cooking 
 apparatus. 
 
 Answer. — 0-range. 
 
 Giving way to grief and sorrow and 
 that for which Eve fell. 
 
 Answer. — Pine-apple. 
 
 What is considered a grave offense in 
 school-boy ethics. 
 
 Answer. — Peach. 
 
 The color of growing grass and a chal- 
 lenge. 
 
 Answer. — Green-gage. 
 
 FLOAVER COlsrUNDRUMS. 
 
 What a clear conscience means to its 
 owner. 
 
 Answer. — Heart's-ease. 
 
 Railroad vehicle, and a people living 
 under one ruler. 
 
 Answer. — Car-nation. 
 
 What maple sugar is, and the name of 
 more kings than one. 
 
 A nswer. — S weet-William. 
 
 A noted English statesman and a neces- 
 sary article of dress. 
 
 Answer.- 
 
 -Eox-glove. 
 
 ENIGMAS AND CHARADES. 
 
 )rd 
 
 jiy HE earliest enigma on recora is 
 probably that propounded by Samp- 
 son, and which was so prematurely di- 
 vulged by his wife. The next enigma of 
 ancient date that occurs to us is the fa- 
 mous one which we are told was put forth 
 by the sphinx, and solved by Qidipus. It 
 was in these terms, "What animal is that 
 which goes on four legs in the morning, 
 on two at noon, and on three in the even- 
 ing?" The answer was, "Man, who in 
 infancy crawls on all fours, in his prime 
 walks erectly, and in old age props him- 
 
 self with a staff.'^ What number of rid- 
 dles, however, the ancients composed, but 
 few have been handed down to us, so we 
 must pass at once to those of more recent 
 times. The word enigma, is a compre- 
 hensive term that may be applied to any 
 riddle, of whatever nature it may be. A 
 charade is an enigma, composed on a word 
 that may be syllabically divided into other 
 words, which are severally described as 
 first, second, and third, or fvurth, as the 
 case may be; while all together are called 
 the whole, 
 
 A BOX OF PENS. 
 (For answers see next page.) 
 
 1. What pen is only to be met with in 
 Cornwall ? 
 
 2. What pen is a lady's nanae ? 
 
 3. What pen has five sides? 
 
 4. What pen saw many terrible bat- 
 tles ? 
 
 5. What pen have we all studied at 
 school ? 
 
 6. What pen enables us to draw ? 
 
 7. What pen includes our household 
 gods ? 
 
 8. What pen is provided with wings ? 
 
 9. What pen names a great Jewish 
 feast ? 
 
 10. What pen signifies poverty ? 
 
 11. What pen is made of copper? 
 
 12. What pen is chiefly patronized by 
 the Roman Catholics ? 
 
 13. What pen appertains to a clock ? 
 
 14. What pen flourishes chiefly at 
 Chelsea and Greenwich? 
 
 15. What pen claims Moses for its au- 
 
 thoritv? * 
 
 t/ 
 
 16. What pen enables people to live 
 comfortably ? 
 
 17. What pen need never be regretted ? 
 
 18. What pen do criminals pay for 
 their misdeeds ? 
 
 19. What pen is a mental faculty? 
 
 20. What pen belongs exclusively to 
 the United States. 
 
 21. What pen pays for damages ? 
 
 22. What pen is never shut? 
 
 23. What pen denotes a gentle melan- 
 choly ? 
 
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 24. What peu is never cheap ? 
 
 25. What word represents the battle of 
 Waterloo, and, with the addition of one 
 letter, its results ? 
 
 26. What tax, spelt with six letters, 
 might be expressed in three ? 
 
 27. W^hat flower thrives under pres- 
 sure ? 
 
 28. What adverb describes the nature 
 of a falsehood ? 
 
 CONS. CONCERNING '^THAT BLESSED BABE.''^ 
 
 29. Why is a babe like a great man ? 
 
 30. When does a babe resemble a let- 
 ter? 
 
 31. When should you hesitate to re- 
 ceive a babe from the arms of its mother ? 
 
 32. When is a babe like a person whose 
 ^^hard cash" amounts to ^ve shillings 
 only ? 
 
 33. What useful lesson might a babe 
 teach a volunteer? 
 
 34. What is the difference between an 
 industrious person and a lazy one ? 
 
 35. When cannot a minister of religion 
 err? 
 
 36. Why are fascinating girls like 
 clouds ? 
 
 37. Wliat is ^^the sweetest thing in 
 
 caps 
 
 2" 
 
 38. What cap includes a number of 
 heads ? 
 
 39. Wliat cap comprises a body? 
 
 40. What cap has a monkish appear- 
 ance? 
 
 41. VTiiSit cap is most adapted to gain 
 favor ? 
 
 42. What cap is "taking" yet not 
 aoreeable ? 
 
 43. What cap enables a person to ab- 
 stain from food ? 
 
 44. What cap ought every man to wear 
 in business ? 
 
 45. \A^at cap is most conspicuous at 
 the Cr3^stal Palace? 
 
 46. What cap is worn by prisoners? 
 
 47. What cap is made for the benefit 
 of sportsmen ? 
 
 48. Which cap is preeminently the 
 ladies' cap ? 
 
 49. What did Adam and Eve live on ? 
 
 (Answers.) 
 
 1. Fe7i — zance. 2. Pen — elope. 3. 
 Pen — tagon. 4. Pen — insula. 5. Pen — 
 manship. 6. Pe7i — oil. 7. Pen — ates. 
 8. Pen — ^guin. 9. Pen — tecost. 10. 
 Pen — ury. 11. Pen — ny. 12. Pen — 
 ance. 13. Pen — dulum. 14. Pen — 
 sioners. 15. Pen — tateuch. 16. Pen — 
 sion. 17. Pen — itence. 18. Pen — alty. 
 19. Pen — etration. 20. Pen — sylvania. 
 21. Com — pen — sation. 22. O — pen, 
 23. Pen — ^^sive. 24. Ex — pen — sive. 25. 
 Hosts J which became ghosts. 26. Excise — 
 xii, 27. Tulips (two lips). 28. Meanly 
 (mean-lie). 29. Wlien, he is not-able. 
 30. When a mail (male) carries it. 31. 
 When it has been "cribbed," and is neces- 
 sarily stolen property. 32. When it has a 
 bare crown. 33. Not to be imbecile, in 
 arms. 34. The first makes time, the sec- 
 ond takes it. 35. When he is a curate 
 (accurate). 36. Because they reign 
 (rain) upon earth. 37. Cap — illaire. 
 38. Cap — itation. 39. Cap — itulary. 
 40. Cap — uchin. 41. Cap — tation. 42. 
 Cap — ^tion. 43. Decap — itation. 44. 
 Cap — ability. 45. Cap — aciousness. 46. 
 Cap — tivity. 47. The handi — cap. 48. 
 Cap — rice. 49. On terra firma. 
 
 CHARADES. 
 
 My first the mind associates with little 
 
 "busy bees;" 
 My next, a naughty cannibal, is an active 
 
 foe of ease ; 
 'Tis said that Barnum is my whole — few 
 
 persons this can doubt ; 
 And surely you, with such a clue, won't 
 
 fail to find me out. 
 
 Answer. — Hum — bug. 
 
 My first is an animal — one that is young ; 
 
 My second is sweet after toil ; 
 My whole is a deed that should never be 
 done, 
 
 Though it oft is on African soil. 
 
 Answer. — Kid — nap. 
 
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 Drawn from the earth a useless mass, 
 
 I for a while remain ; 
 And all degrees of heat I pass, 
 
 Ere I my beauty gain. 
 
 By artist then exactly skill' d, 
 
 I'm with a shape endued ; 
 And when completely finished fill'd 
 
 With vital flesh and blood. 
 
 Much prized to every sex and age 
 
 A welcome guest I come, 
 ,And do in divers feats engage. 
 
 Of which I'll tell you some. 
 
 By force the famous gordian tie 
 
 The Macedon disjoined, 
 But force and skill you'll vainly try 
 
 To loose the knot I bind. 
 
 I the lover's plaint to his sweetheart bear, 
 
 With much ingenious art. 
 What in two hours he'd scarce declare, 
 
 I in two words impart ; 
 
 Yet I of what I her apprize 
 
 A tittle never knew; 
 And though I'm graced with numerous 
 eyes 
 
 Can ne'er an object view. 
 
 But hold ! already I too far 
 
 I fear myself unmask; 
 Readers, I pray my name declare, 
 
 'Tis sure an easy task. 
 
 Answer. — A Gold Ring. 
 
 Come solve my riddle, readers, 
 
 I'm sure you'll find it out ; 
 Where'er my other parts may be. 
 
 My first's here without doubt. 
 
 If now you wish to know my second, 
 I'll tell you — (mind no laughter) — 
 
 That if you don't find it out now, 
 I think you'll find it after. 
 
 To find my whole then do your best. 
 
 And bring it forth to light, 
 And when you've solved it, you may tell 
 
 It hereafter with all might. 
 
 Answer. — ^Hereafter. 
 
 WORD PUZZLE. 
 
 (From Youth's Companion.) 
 
 I am a large animal whose name is 
 spelled with ^yq letters; behead me and 
 I am healthy; behead me again and I am 
 a beverage; behead again and add a letter 
 and I am a meadow ; add another letter 
 and I am a metal; rearrange the letters 
 and I am a distribution; rearrange again 
 and I am a valley; rearrange once more 
 and prefix a letter and I am an opening 
 through the woods ; curtail and I am de- 
 lighted ; behead and I am a boy. 
 
 Answer. — Whale, hale, ale, lea, lead, 
 deal, dale, glade, glad, lad. 
 
 RIDDLES, No. 2. 
 
 I'm all around in earth and air and sky; 
 Where'er you look or listen, there am I ; 
 You cannot see me, yet you travel o'er me ; 
 The fish you ate for breakfast always wore 
 
 me; 
 
 ^o human eye has seen me, yet I'm 
 
 canned 
 And sold in markets — do you understand ? 
 Answer. — Sound. 
 
 My mother cautions me against it daily, 
 And yet she made it for me tother day ; 
 It is the foe, she says, of all most deadly. 
 And yet she decked it out witn ribbons 
 
 She makes me take it with me everywhere. 
 And yet she says, "My child, of it be- 
 ware !" 
 Answer. — Waste, waist. 
 
 FORFEITS. 
 
 S half the fun of games consists in 
 redeeming forfeits, we give a list 
 of some of the most harmless and amusing. 
 
 In the schemes of advice upon the sub- 
 ject, the penalties imposed are sometimes 
 vulgar, or absurd, creating confusion 
 where innocent pleasure is designed. The 
 following are suggested to help our friends 
 out of the difficulty. 
 
 When the time has come to redeem the 
 
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 forfeits the one who is to name the penal- 
 ties attached to each should sit or kneel 
 down blindfolded before another member 
 of the company who takes up in turn each 
 article contributed as a forfeit, and says: 
 
 "Here's a pretty thing, and a very 
 pretty thing, what shall the owner of this 
 thing dof 
 
 "Is it fine or superfine?" asks the one 
 blindfolded. 
 
 If the property of a gentleman it is 
 fine, if of a lady it is superfine. When it 
 is determined whether lady or gentleman, 
 thev mav be told to do so and so, as the 
 case mav be. 
 
 The person awarding the forfeits may 
 call out, "Ilush-a-bye, baby!" "Hobson's 
 choice !" "Dot and carry one !" etc. The 
 cryer of the forfeits then explains what is 
 to be done. In this way the redemption 
 of the forfeits will go on freely, without 
 stoppage or hesitation, and a capital even- 
 ing's amusement be derived. 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF THE RUEFUL COUNTE- 
 NAI^CE. 
 
 The player whose forfeit is cried is so 
 called. He must take a lighted candle in 
 his hand, and select some other player to 
 be his squire, who takes hold of his arm, 
 and they both go round to all the ladies in 
 the company. It is the squire's office to 
 kiss the hand of each lady, and after each 
 kiss to wn'pe the knight's mouth with a 
 handkerchief. The knight must carry the 
 candle through the penance, and preserve 
 a grave countenance. 
 
 JOUENEY TO KOME. 
 
 The person whose forfeit is called out 
 must go round to all in the company, to 
 tell them that he is going on a journey to 
 Rome, and that he will feel great pleasure 
 in taking anything for his Holiness the 
 Pope. Everyone must give something to 
 the traveler. (The more cumbersome or 
 awkward to carry, the more fun it occa- 
 sions.) When he has gathered all, he has 
 to carry the things to one comer of the 
 room, and deposit them, and thus end his 
 penance. 
 
 LAUGHING GAMUT. 
 
 Sing the laughing gamut without pause 
 or mistake, thus: — 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 ha 
 
 THE MEDLEY. 
 
 Sing one line of the four different songs 
 without pausing between them. It would 
 be well to find four lines that afford 
 humor, taken consecutively, such as — 
 
 "All around my hat." 
 "A rare old plant is the ivy green." 
 "Sweet Kitty Clover, she bothers me so." 
 "In the Bay of Biscay, O." 
 
 HOBSON^S CHOICE. 
 
 Bum a cork one end, and keep it clean 
 the other. You are then to be blindfolded, 
 and the cork to be held horizontally to you. 
 You are then to be asked three times which 
 end you will have ? If you say, "Right," 
 then that end of the cork must be passed 
 along your forehead. The cork must then 
 be turned several' times, and whichever 
 end you say must next be passed down 
 your nose ; and the third time across your 
 cheeks or chin. You are then to be al- 
 lowed to see the success of your choice. 
 
 [This will afford capital fun, and 
 should be played fairly, to give the per- 
 son who owns the forfeit a chance of es- 
 cape. The end of the cork should be thor- 
 oughly well burnt. As a joke for Christ- 
 mas time, this is perfectly allowable ; and 
 the damp corner of a towel or handker- 
 chief will set all right. It should be 
 allotted to a gentleman, and one who has 
 a good broad and bare face.] 
 
 HUSH-A-BYE, BABY. 
 
 Yawn until vou make several others in 
 the room ya^wn. 
 
FVN FOR ALL 
 
 349 
 
 [This can be done well by one person 
 who can imitate yawning well, and it will 
 afford indescribable mirth. It should be 
 allotted to one of the male sex, with a large 
 mouth, and a sombre or heavy appearance, 
 if such an one can be found in the party.] 
 
 THE BEGGAE. 
 
 A penitence to be inflicted on a gentle- 
 man only. The penitent takes a staff, and 
 approaches a lady. He falls on his knees 
 before her, and, thumping his staff on the 
 ground, implores "Charity." The lady, 
 touched by the poor man's distress, asks 
 him, "Do you want bread?" "Do you 
 want water?" To all questions such as 
 these the Beggar replies by thumping his 
 staff on the ground impatiently. At 
 length the lady says, "Do you want a 
 kiss ?" At these words the Beggar jumps 
 up and kisses the lady. 
 
 THE PILGRIM. 
 
 The Pilgrim is very like the Beggar. 
 A gentleman conducts a lady round the 
 circle, saying to each member of it, if a 
 gentleman, "A kiss for my sister, and a 
 morsel of bread for me." If a lady, "A 
 morsel of bread for my sister, and a kiss 
 for me." The bread is of no particular 
 importance, but the kiss is indispensable. 
 
 THE EGOTIST. 
 
 Propose your own health in a compli- 
 mentary speech, and sing the musical 
 honors. 
 
 DOT AT^D CAKEY ONE. 
 
 Hold one ankle in one hand, and walk 
 round the room. 
 
 [This is suited only to gentlemen.] 
 
 THE IMITATIOIT. 
 
 If a gentleman, he must put on a lady's 
 bonnet, and imitate the voice of the lady 
 to whom it belongs ; if a lady, then a gen- 
 tleman's hat, etc. Sometimes these imi- 
 tations are very humorous. A sentence 
 often used by the person imitated should 
 be chosen. 
 
 GOING TO SERVICE. 
 
 Go to service ; apply to the person who 
 holds the forfeits for a place — say, as 
 "maid of all work." The questions then 
 to be asked are: "How do you wash?" 
 "How do you iron ?" "How do you make 
 a bed ?" "How do you scrub the floor ?" 
 "How do you clean knives and forks ?" 
 etc., etc. The whole of these processes 
 must be imitated by motions, and if the 
 replies be satisfactory, the forfeit must be 
 given up. 
 
 KISSING THE CANDLESTICK. 
 
 When ordered to kiss the candlestick, 
 you politely request a lady to hold the 
 candle for you. As soon as she has it in 
 her hand, she is supposed to be the candle- 
 stick, and you, of course, kiss her, 
 
 THE DISAPPOINTMENT. 
 
 A lady advances towards the penitent, 
 as if to kiss him, and when close to him, 
 turns quietly round, and allows the ex- 
 pected kiss to be taken by her nearest 
 neighbor. 
 
 THE FLORIST''s CHOICE. 
 
 Choose three flowers. Example : Pink, 
 Fuchsia, and Lily. Two of the party 
 must then privately agree to the three per- 
 sons of the forfeiter's acquaintance to be 
 severally represented by the flowers. Then 
 proceed: "What will you do with the 
 Pink ?" "Dip itin the water !" "What with 
 the Puchsia ?" "Dry it, and keep it as a 
 curiosity!" "With the Lily?" "Keep it 
 until it is dead, then throw it away." 
 The three names identified with the flow- 
 ers are now to be told, and their fates will 
 excite much merriment. 
 
 THE FOOL^S LEAP. 
 
 Put two chairs back to back, take off 
 your shoes, and jump over them. The 
 fun consists in a mistaken idea that the 
 chairs are to be jumped over, whereas it 
 is only the shoes. 
 
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 PUN FOR ALL 
 
 THE RIDDLE. 
 
 Guess tlie answer to this Riddle — 
 
 " It is said there's a person you've loved 
 since a boy, 
 Whose hand you must kiss ere I give 
 
 you this toy ; 
 It is not your father, or mother, or sis- 
 ter, 
 Nor cousin, nor friend — take care not 
 to miss, sir." 
 
 [Himself.] 
 
 THE SECRET. 
 
 This consists in whispering a secret to 
 each member of the company. 
 
 THE scholar's ^'sPELL.''' 
 
 Spell Constantinople, a syllable at a 
 time. After spelling Con-stan-ti, all the 
 others are to cry out, "I^o ! no !" meaning 
 the next syllable. If the trick is not 
 known, the speller will stop to show no 
 mistake has been made, which is another 
 forfeit; on the contrary, if no stop is 
 made, the forfeit is restored. 
 
 THE BLIND MAN^S CHOICE. 
 
 The one who is to pay a forfeit stands 
 with the face to the wall. One behind 
 makes signs suitable to a kiss, a pinch, 
 and a box on the ear, and then demands 
 whether the first, second, or third be pre- 
 ferred. Whichever it chances to be is 
 given. 
 
 THE CLOCK. 
 
 A player is condemned to transforma- 
 tion to a clock. lie stands before the 
 mantlepiece, and calls a player (of the op- 
 posite sex) to him. The person thus called 
 upon asks "the clock" what time it is. 
 The clock replies, whatever hour he likes, 
 — claiming the same number of kisses as 
 he names hours of the day. 
 
 If approved of, the player who has 
 asked the time takes the place of the clock, 
 and calls upon another; the original cere- 
 mony being repeated in turn by all the 
 players of the company. 
 
 ARIADNE S LEOPARD ; OR^ THE HOBBY- 
 HORSE. 
 
 The penitent, on his hands and knees, 
 is obliged to carry round the room a lady, 
 who is seated on his back, and whom all 
 the gentlemen (himself excepted) are 
 privileged to kiss in turns. 
 
 HIT OR MISS. 
 
 You are to be blindfolded, and turned 
 round two or three times. Then you are 
 to walk towards one of the company, and 
 the handkerchief is to be taken off, that 
 you may see the person you have touched. 
 Then you are to kiss her hand. 
 
 THE QUIET LODGER. 
 
 The person who owns the forfeit may be 
 called upon to choose one or two musical 
 instruments. Having done so, he may be 
 requested to imitate them. 
 
 STOOPS TO CONQUER. 
 
 Crawl around the room on all-fours 
 forwards. Your forfeit shall then be laid 
 upon the floor, and you must crawl back- 
 wards to it, without seeing where it is 
 placed. 
 
 THE SOFA. 
 
 The penitent places himself in the same 
 position as for "Ariadne's Leopard," that 
 is to say, on all-fours. He, however, re- 
 mains stationary, receiving on his back a 
 lady and a gentleman, who sit comfort- 
 ably dov^i and exchange a kiss. 
 
 THE GALLANT GARDENER. 
 
 Compare your lady-love to a flower, and 
 explain the resemblance. Thus : — 
 My love is like the blooming rose. 
 Because her cheek its beauty shows. 
 Or (facetiously) — 
 
 My love is like a creeping tree — 
 She's always creeping after me. 
 
 THE STATESMAN. 
 
 Ask the penitent what state he would 
 like to represent in Congress; when the 
 selection is made he is to spell his name 
 backwards, without a mistake; if he fail. 
 
FUN FOR ALL 
 
 351 
 
 he knows not the requirements of his con- 
 stituents, and must lose his election. 
 
 TO BE AT THE MEECY OF THE COMPAITr. 
 
 This consists in executing whatever 
 task each member of the company may 
 like to impose upon you. 
 
 KISSING UNDER THE CANDLESTICK. 
 
 This consists in kissing a person over 
 whose head you hold a candlestick. 
 
 TO KISS YOUR OWN SHADOW. 
 
 Place yourself between the light and the 
 person you intend kissing, on whose face 
 your shadow will be thrown. 
 
 TO KISS THE ONE YOU LOVE BEST WITHOUT 
 ITS BEING NOTICED. . 
 
 Kissing all the ladies in the company 
 one after another without any distinction. 
 
 THE TWO GUESSES. 
 
 Place your hands behind you, and guess 
 who touches them. You are not to be re- 
 leased until you guess right. 
 
 The person who owns the forfeit is to be 
 blindfolded; a glass of water and a tea- 
 spoon are then to be got, and a spoonful 
 given alternately by the members of the 
 company until the person blindfolded 
 guesses aright. 
 
 THE TRIO. 
 
 Kneel to the wittiest, bow to the pret- 
 tiest, and kiss the one you love best. 
 
 THE STATUE OF LOVE. 
 
 The player who owns the forfeit cried 
 takes a candle in his hand, and is led by 
 another to one end of the room, where he 
 must stand and represent the Statue of 
 Love. One of the players now walks up, 
 and requests him to fetch some lady, whose 
 name he whispers in Love's ear. The 
 Statue, still holding the candle, proceeds 
 to execute his commission, and brings the 
 lady with him ; she in turn desires him to 
 fetch some gentleman, and so it continues 
 till all have been summoned. The players 
 brought up by Love must not return to 
 their seats, but stand in a group round 
 
 Love's standing-place, until he has brought 
 the last person in the company, when 
 they hiss him most vigorously, and the 
 forfeit terminates. 
 
 THE CHANCE KISS. 
 
 The penitent takes from a pack of cards 
 the four kings and the four queens, 
 shuffles them, and, without looking at 
 them, distributes them to a proportionate 
 number of ladies and gentlemen. The 
 gentleman finding himself possessed of the 
 king of hearts kisses the lady holding the 
 queen, and so on with the rest. 
 
 THE BLIND QUADRILLE. 
 
 This is performed when a great number 
 of forfeits are to be disposed of. A qua- 
 drille is danced by eight of the company 
 with their eyes blindfolded, and as they 
 are certain to become completely bewil- 
 dered during the figures, it always affords 
 infinite amusement to the spectators. 
 
 THE TURNED HEAD. 
 
 This penalty should be imposed upon a 
 lady. The fair one whose head is to be 
 turned is invested with as many wrappings 
 as possible, but every cloak, shawl, victo- 
 rine, etc., is to be put on hindside before, 
 so as to represent the appearance of "a 
 turned head." She should be furnished 
 with a muif, which she must hold behind 
 her as much as possible in the usual man- 
 ner, but her bonnet must be put on in the 
 proper way. Thus equipped, she must 
 enter the room walking backwards, and 
 until her punishment is at an end, must 
 continue to move in the same way. 
 
 THE YARD OF LOVE RIBBON. 
 
 One or more yards of Love Ribbon may 
 be inflicted as a penalty. 
 
 He (or she) who suffers this infliction 
 must choose out a lady (or a gentleman), 
 lead her (or him) into the middle of the 
 circle, take her hands in his, extend them 
 as far as the length of his arms will per- 
 mit, and give (or receive), a kiss to (or 
 from) the other. This is repeated with 
 the same person as often as the number of 
 yards of Love Ilibbon are inflicted, 
 
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 FUN FOR ALL. 
 
 PINNING THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY. 
 
 fniS imlqiic game, when correctly 
 played, is very amusing and will 
 cause enouii'li lauc;liter to cure the worst 
 case of indigestion on record. It is played 
 iii the following manner: 
 
 Place upon the wall a large sheet or 
 civ.ivas, or, if nothing better, a large sheet 
 ot* paper. Pin upon the same the picture 
 of a black donkey without a tail, say six 
 feet long from head to buttock, according 
 to the picture here given. Then give each 
 person in the room a tail made of paper 
 upon which a number should be placed. 
 Now, when all are ready, take the per- 
 son having number one and stand him 
 about sixteen feet in front of the donkey. 
 Kow blindfold him, then turn him around 
 two or three times and start him off in the 
 direction of the donkey, giving him a pin 
 
 and telling liim to pin the tail on the 
 place where he thinks it belongs. After 
 he has done this, take the bandage oft' the 
 eyes and see the result. Then experi- 
 ment with number two in the same way, 
 then number three, and so on until all 
 have had a trial. Of course it will be very 
 ludicrous to see how many tails the donkey 
 has and how few, if any, are put in the 
 right spot. The one coming nearest 
 should be awarded a prize. 
 
 The writer has seen this played a great 
 many times and it never seems to grow 
 wearisome. There is always sport and 
 amusement in it. One of the good fea- 
 tures of it is that everyone is willing to 
 take part and never seem to mind the 
 laughter when they pin the tail on the 
 wrong spot — the nose or ears, for in- 
 stance. 
 
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 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS 
 
 OR BOYS' AND GIRLS' WORKSHOP. 
 
 ^^ 4^ 41^ 
 
 i^ HE time lias been when It was con- 
 sidered quite the thing for young 
 ladies to sit with the hands in the lap and 
 wait for passing events to absorb their 
 time. This is not true of the up-to-date 
 girl for we find her everywhere either 
 superintending the home cooking, looking 
 after the family sewing or applying the 
 deft fingers to dainty work. We suggest 
 stitches for the new purses, bags, drawn 
 work, etc., etc., which we believe will be 
 appreciated. 
 
 DRAWN WORK. 
 
 ffAE"DKEECHIEFS, doilies, table 
 linen, towels, bed linen and the 
 various articles of ladies' wardrobe can be 
 made to surpass in beauty even the elab- 
 orate old laces of European manufacture. 
 
 Fig. 1. 
 
 The material used must be selected 
 with care. All grades of linen may be 
 used provided the threads are smooth. 
 Lawn, scrim and silk may be decorated 
 with this beautiful stitch^ 
 
 Secure the work either in a square or 
 circular frame. Linen crochet thread No. 
 80 is the most desirable on linen goods, 
 but colored silks are frequently used and 
 very handsome. On mull or coarse lawn, 
 fine cotton thread should be used. 
 
 After securing the linen, the next step 
 will be to draw the threads. Some count 
 the stitches but as the warp is sometimes 
 heavier than the threads it will be impossi- 
 ble to make a square opening, hence the 
 pattern should be measured and marked. 
 
 FOUNDATION STITCHES. 
 
 The foundation stitch is the knot stitch. 
 When made in succession it is called the 
 knot chain. To make a knot stitch, carry 
 
 Fig. 2. 
 
 the thread to the left, then upward to the 
 right making a loop as in Fig. 1. The 
 needle is then inserted under the drawn 
 threads to be tied and the thread is drawn 
 apward. 
 
 This simple stitch is used for the hem 
 
 353 
 
354 
 
 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 of a liaiulkorchief, doily, towel or any 
 simple patterns. 
 
 A pretty insertion is made by drawing 
 the threads to the desired width and then 
 making at both the top and the bottom the 
 knot stitch. Another pretty border is made 
 as above and then rnnning through the 
 center a row of duck's tail. 
 
 GREEK PURSE. 
 
 [<^^/i ATEEIALS.— 5 skeins of blue 
 liWil silk? 3 skeins black, and 10 skeins 
 of gold thread, and a fine hook. Work en- 
 tirely in single crochet. 
 
 With the blue silk make a chain of 5, 
 close it into a round, and do 2 stitches in 
 every stitch for 2 rounds. Join on gold. 
 
 1st Round. 1- 2 blue on 1, 1 gold, -|- 
 
 10 times. 
 
 2nd Round. 1- 2 blue on 2, 2 gold on 
 
 1, -f" 10 times. 
 
 Srd Round. \- 2 blue on 2, 3 gold on 
 
 2, + 10 times. 
 
 4:th Round. \- 3 blue on 2, 3 gold on. 
 
 3, + 10 times. 
 
 6th Round. 1- 3 blue on 3, 4 gold on 
 
 3, + 10 times. 
 
 6/7i Round. 1- 4 blue on 3, 4 gold on 
 
 4^ + 10 times, 
 
 4" 5 blue on 5, 6 gold on 
 
 gold, 
 
 7th Round. [- 4 blue on 4, 5 gold on 
 
 4, + 10 times. 
 
 8th Round. \- 5 blue on 4, 5 gold on 
 
 5, + 10 times. 
 dth Round.— 
 
 5, -\- 10 times. 
 10th Round. 1- G blue on 5, 6 gold on 
 
 6, -f" 10 times. 
 
 11th Round. \- G blue on G, 7 gold on 
 
 G, 4" 10 times. 
 
 12th Round. 1- 7 blue on G, 7 gold 
 
 on 7, + 10 times. 
 
 ISth Round. \- 8 blue (on 7 blue, 
 
 and the first of 7 gold), 5 gold, 1 more 
 blue, -|- 10 times. 
 
 lUh Round. \- 9 blue (over 8 and 1 
 
 gold), 3 gold, 2 blue, + 10 times. 
 
 16th and IGth Round. — All blue. 
 
 17th Round. — + 4 blue, 2 gold, 4 
 blue, -|- 14 times. • 
 
 18th Round. \- 3 blue, 4 
 
 blue, -|- 14 times. 
 
 Idth Round. h 2 
 
 blue, + 14 times. 
 
 2Qth Round. \- 1 
 
 blue, + 14 times. 
 
 21s^ Round. 1- 1 blue, 2 gold, 1 blue, 
 
 2 gold, 1 blue, 2 gold, 1 blue, + 14 times. 
 
 22nd Round. \- 4 blue, 2 gold, 4 
 
 blue, -f~ 14: times. 
 
 2^rd Round. — All gold. Join on back. 
 
 24:th Round. \- 5 blue, 4 black, 7 
 
 blue, 10 gold, 2 blue, + 5 times. 
 
 26th and 2Qth Round. — The same. 
 
 27th, 28th, and 2dth Round. 1- 2 
 
 blue, 10 black, 7 blue, 4 gold, 5 blue, + 
 5 times. 
 
 SOth, Slst, and S2nd Round. — Like 
 24:th. 
 
 SSrd, S4:th, and S6th Round. — Like 
 27th. 
 
 Repeat these 12 rounds, substituting 
 gold for .black, and black for gold; and 
 then do them again in the original colors, 
 which will bring you to the 60th round, 
 all gold. 
 
 Repeat backwards from 22nd to 17th 
 inclusive; then 4 rounds of Sc, and 2 of 
 + 1 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1 + in blue only. 
 . Edging. — Gold -f" Sc under a chain, 1 
 
 blue, G gold, 
 blue, 8 gold. 
 
DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 355 
 
 Ch, miss 1 chain, and 2 Dc, 8 Dc under 
 next chain, 1 Ch, miss 2 Dc, and the chain 
 between them, -f- repeat all round. 
 
 2nd Bow. — Black, Sc on every stitch of 
 last round. 
 
 Run the cords in the two rounds of open 
 crochet, covering the ends with the small 
 slides. Add the tassel. 
 
 Many other colors would look well 
 worked in this design. A rich green or 
 claret might be substituted for blue; and 
 with the latter ground, use blue for black. 
 
 PURSE (NEW STYLE) ; CROCHET. 
 
 LL^i I^CE the renewed introduction of 
 ladies' purses they have undergone 
 
 riii££.""l*B«illtl*! 
 
 iiilaiii^tii0i\iii 
 
 HilMMSin !i""l^ll»»\g?M 
 
 li»!9lli 
 
 
 \\wMmmdmMmnm^mIsSkiAt 
 
 many changes of size and shape. The one 
 which this engraving illustrates is a new 
 form, and very convenient for opening 
 without much trouble. It is worked in 
 
 crochet, which is the most durable style of 
 work for purses. The color is a rich 
 crimson. It is completed by being drawn 
 in with a gold cord. It may, if preferred, 
 be made up with those pretty little gold 
 slides and a ring, now much used, which 
 give it a more ornamental appearance. 
 
 knitting 
 
 cot- 
 
 CROCHET COUNTERPAIOI. 
 
 MATERIALS.— JSTo. 4 
 ton with a suitable hook. 
 These patterns may be worked from the 
 engraving in square crochet. Each is to 
 
 laMasaasRaaasmMinaciSHtdiieaassaeai 
 
 be done separately, and four sewed to- 
 gether, a small tuft of cotton is to be 
 placed where the squares join. Another 
 
 oamogBiiBECS^aosi 
 
 extremely pretty way of working a 
 counterpane is to do the squares alter- 
 nately in netting, darned in a pattern on 
 a thick material, such as stout jaconet, or 
 
3.50 
 
 DAINTY WORK FOR DEPT FINGERS. 
 
 a very fine long cloth. Of course the thick 
 and open squares are then placed alter- 
 nately, and the effect is very good. It is 
 well to wash and slightly stiffen the 
 squares before darning them, and also to 
 place them in a frame like that for canvas 
 work. 
 
 POMPADOUR BAG. 
 
 im ATERIALS.— 1 skein of bright 
 pink crochet silk; half a skein of 
 blue; half a skein of black; 10 skeins of 
 gold thread, and passementerie trimmings. 
 
 As our readers will conjecture, this 
 purse derives its name from the union of 
 blue and pink which it contains, and 
 Avhicli is popularly termed the Pompadour 
 mixture. 
 
 With the pink silk make a chain of 8, 
 close it into a round, and do a Sc stitch 
 
 on every stitch, and a chain after every 
 
 one. 
 
 l.s-^ Round. — Pink and gold, + 2 P on 
 1, 1 G, + 8 times. 
 
 2nd Round. 1- 3 P on 2, 1 G on 1, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 Srd Round. [- 3 P on 3, 2 G on 1, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 4:th Round. h 4 P on 3, 2 G on 2, 
 
 -j- 8 times. 
 
 5th Round. j- 4 P on 4, 3 G on 2, 
 
 -j- 8 times. 
 
 Qth Round. — Black and pink, -f- ^ ^ 
 on 4, 3 B on 3 G, + 8 times. 
 
 7th Round. — Same colors. + 5 P on 
 5, 4 B on 3, + 8 times. Fasten off black. 
 
 Sth Round. 1- 6 P on 5, 4 G on 4 B, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 dth Round. h 6 P on 6, 5 G on 4, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 10th Round. f- 'T P on 6, 5 G on 5, 
 
 + 8 times. 'Now fasten off the gold and 
 join on the blue. 
 
 11^^ Round. h '^ P on 7, 6 Bl on 5 
 
 G, -f- 8 times. 
 
 12th Round. f- 8 P on 7, 6 Bl on Bl, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 13th Round. h 8 P on 8, 7 Bl on 6, 
 
 -f- 8 times. 
 
 lUh Round.— 8 P on 8, 8 Bl on 7, + 8 
 times. Fasten off blue and join on gold. 
 
 16th Round. h ^ P on 8, 8 G on 8 
 
 Bl, + 8 times. Fasten on black. Do not 
 fasten off the gold. 
 
 16th Round. 1- ^ P on 9, 8 B on G, 
 
 -f- 8 times. 
 
 17th Round. h 9 P, 9 G on 8 B, 
 
 -|- 8 times. 
 
 18th Round. h 4 P, 1 G on 5th P of 
 
 last round, 4 more P, 9 B on 9 G, + 8 
 times. 
 
 19^/1 Round. h 4 P, 1 G, 4 P, 7 G, 
 
 + 8 times. 
 
 20th Round. f- 3 P, 3 G, 3 P, 4 B, 
 
 1 P, 4 B, + 8 times. 
 
 21st Round. h 3 P, 3 B, 3 P, 3 G, 
 
 3 P, 3 G, + 8 times. 
 
 22n^ Round. h 3 P, 3 B, 3 P, 2 B, 
 
 5 P, 2 B, + 8 times. 
 
 23r6^ Round. f- 2 P, 5 G, 2 P, 1 G, 
 
 7 P, 1 G, + 8 times. 
 
 2Uh Round. f- 2 P, 5 G, 2 P, 1 B, 
 
 7 P, 1 B, + 8 times. 
 
DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 357 
 
 25th Bound. — Like 23rd. Fasten off 
 the black and gold, and join on the blue. 
 
 26th, 27th, and 2Sth Bounds. h 1 ?? 
 
 7 Bl, 10 P, + 8 times. 
 
 29th and SOth Bounds. 1- 9 Bl, 9 P, 
 
 + 8 times. Fasten off blue, and join on 
 gold. 
 
 3l5^ Bound. h 9 G, 9 P, + 8 times. 
 
 Join on black. 
 
 S2nd Bound. f- 9 B, 9 P, + 8 times. 
 
 SSrd Bound. — Like 31st. 
 
 Mih Bound. h 9 B, 4 P, 1 G, 4 P, 
 
 + 8 times. ' 
 
 ZUh Bound. h 9 G, 4 P, 1 G, 4 P, 
 
 -}- 8 times. 
 
 Z6th Bound. f- 4 B, 1 P, 4 B, 3 P, 
 
 3 G, 3 P, + 8 times. 
 
 ZWi Bound. h 3 G, 3 P, 3 G, 3 P, 
 
 3 B, 3 P, + 8 times. 
 
 38^7i Bound. h 2 B, 5 P, 2 B, 3 P, 
 
 3B, 3P, + 8 times. 
 
 39^/t Bound. h 1 G^, 'T P, 1 G, 2 P, 
 
 5 G, 2 P, + 8 times. 
 
 40//1 Bound. h 1 B, 7 P, 1 B, 2 P, 
 
 5 G, 2 P, + 8 times. 
 
 41s^ Bound.— + 1 G, 7 P, 1 G, 2 P, 
 5 G, 2 P, + 8 times. Fasten off black 
 and gold, and join on the blue. 
 
 4:2nd, 4:Srd, and 4:4th Bounds. [- 10 
 
 P, 7 Bl, 1 P, + 8 times. 
 
 4:6th and 4:6th Bounds. h 9 P, 9 Bl, 
 
 4- 8 times. Join on black and gold, and 
 fasten off blue. 
 
 4:7th Bound. \- 9T,d G, + S times. 
 
 48^;^ Bound. f- 9 B, 9 B, + 8 times. 
 
 49th Bound. — Like 47th. 
 
 Repeat from the 18th round to the 
 32nd, inclusive of both; then do two 
 rounds of gold, and two open square cro- 
 chet in pink. 
 
 Edging. — Gold. -{- 6 T>c under chain, 
 2 Ch, miss 2 squares, + repeat all round. 
 
 Bun the cords in the two rounds of 
 open square crochet. Cover the ends with 
 the small gold slides, and add the tassel 
 at the bottom of the purse. 
 
 PURSE IN BEAD-WORK. 
 
 MATERIALS.— Very fine scarlet 
 and black silk, and small turquoise 
 blue beads. Use a very fine crochet hook. 
 Passementerie trimmings, to correspond. 
 This purse is done in a somewhat differ- 
 ent style to that in which beads are usually 
 introduced into crochet, as they are simply 
 sewed on in their places after the purse is 
 completed. The pattern is done in black 
 silk, on a rich scarlet or crimson ground. 
 Make a chain of 8 with the scarlet silk, 
 and work on it one round of Sc, with a 
 chain stitch after every Sc stitch. Con- 
 
 PURSE IN BEADWORK. 
 
 tinue increasing by doing 8 chain in the 
 round, after every second, third, fourth, 
 fifth, and so on, so that the increase shall 
 be at equal distances, until you have alto- 
 gether 132, when make two extra, and do 
 two rounds of scarlet without increase. 
 
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 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 1st Pattern Bound. -\- 12 scarlet, 1 
 black, 8 scarlet, 2 black, 10 scarlet, 1 
 black, 10 scarlet, 2 black, 8 scarlet, 1 black 
 12 scarlet, + twice. This and all the fol 
 lowing rounds are to be repeated twice 
 the two sides being alike. 
 
 2nd. [- '<' s, 1 b, 4 s, 3 b, 7 s, 3 b, 7 s 
 
 lb, Is, lb, 7s, 3b, 7s, 3b, 4s, lb 
 
 7 8+. 
 
 Srd. h 8 s, 2 b, 3 s, 4 b, 1 s, 8 b, 5 s 
 
 1 b, 1 s, 1 b, 1 s, 1 b, 5 s, 8 b, 1 s, 4 b, 3 s 
 
 2 b, 8 s, +. 
 
 4cth. f- 9 s, 11 b, 2 s, 6 b, 3 s, 1 b, 3 s 
 
 1 b, 3 s, 6 b, 2 s, 11 b, 9 s, +. 
 
 5th. h 2 s, 1 b, 4 s, 7 b, 2 s, 2 b, 3 s 
 
 8 b, 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 1 b, 1 s, 1 b, 2 s, 8 b, 3 s 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 7 b, 4 s, 1 b, 2 s, +. 
 
 6th. h 2 s, 2 b, 2 s, 3 b, 2 s, 2 b, 2 s 
 
 2 b, 3 s, 1 b, 3 s, 6 b, 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 1 b, 2 s 
 
 6 b, 3 s, 1 b, 3 s, 2 b, 2 s, 2 b, 2 s, 3 b, 2 s 
 2 b, 2 s, +. 
 
 7th. h 3 s, 5 b, 2 s, 2 b, 3 s, 2 b, 3 s 
 
 1 b, 2 s, 2 b, 3 s, 3 b, 2 s, 1 b, 2 s, 3 b, 3 s 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 1 b, 3 s, 2 b, 3 s, 2 b, 2 s, 5 b, 3 s 
 
 +. 
 
 Sth. h 4 s, 3 b, 3 s, 2 b, 4 s, 2 b, 5 s 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 5 b, 3 s, 5 b, 2 s, 2 b, 5 s, 2 b, 4 s 
 2 b, 3 s, 3 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 9th. 1- 4 s, 2 b, 5 s, 2 b, 10 s, 2 b, 2 s 
 
 2 b, 1 s, 2 b, 3 s, 2 b, 1 s, 2 b, 2 s, 2 b, 10 s 
 2 b, 5 s, 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 10th. h 4 s, 2 b, 11 s, 2 b, 5 s, 1 b 
 
 2s, lb, 3s, 2b, Is, 2b, 3s, lb, 2s 
 
 1 b, 18 s, 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 nth. h 3 s, 3 b, 2 s, 2 b, 8 s, 2 b 
 
 f 8, lb, 3 s, 2 b, Is, 2 b, 3 s, lb, 17 s 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 3 b, 3 s, +. 
 
 12^;^.— + 3s, 3b, 3s, 2b, 8s, lb 
 11 s, 2 b, 1 s, 2 b, 6 s, 1 b, 13 s, 2 b, 3 s 
 
 3 b, 3 s, +. 
 
 ISth. [- 3 s, 3 b, 3 s, 1 b, 10 s, 3 b 
 
 2s, 3b, Is, lb, Is, 2b, Is, 2b, Is 
 
 lb, 5s, 3b, Is, 3b, 3s, 2b, 2s, lb 
 3 8, 3 b, 3 s, +. 
 
 Uth. f- 2s, 5b, Is, 2b, 9s, 4b 
 
 Is, 4b, 2s, 2b, 3s, 2b, 9s, lb. Is 
 8 b, 1 s, 1 b, 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 5 b, 2 s, +. 
 
 15/7?.— + Is, 3b, Is, 4b, 8s, 6b 
 
 1 8, 5 b, 4s, lb, 5 s, 2b, 5 s, lb, 2 s 
 
 2b, Is, lb, Is, 2b, 3s, 3b, Is, 3b, 
 
 1 s, +. 
 
 IQth. \- 5s, 2b, 3s, lb, 6s, 6b, 
 
 Is, 5b, Is, lb, Is, lb. Is, lb, Is, 
 2b, Is, lb, 2s, lb, 3s, 5b, 2s, 2b, 
 6 s, 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 17th. h ^ s, 2 b, 3 s, 3 b, 5 s, 10 b. 
 
 Is, 2b, 2s, lb, 2s, 4b, Is, 3b, 3s, 
 
 3 b, 2 s, 1 b, 8 s, 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 18th. h 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 3 b, 4 s, 4 b, 4 s, 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 3 b, 4 s, 1 b, 1 s, 11 b, 6 s, 3 b, 
 
 4 s, 1 b, 4 s, 3 b, 1 s, 1 b, 1 s, +. 
 
 nth.— + 3 s, 3 b, 9 s, 6 b, 2 s, 7 b, 
 2s, 4b, Is, lb, 2s, 4b, 4s, lb, 6s, 
 
 2 b, 5 s, 3 b, 2 s, +. 
 
 20th. h 14 s, 6 b, 3 s, 6 b, 4 s, 2 b. 
 
 Is, lb, Is, lb. Is, 4b, 3s, lb, 5s, 
 
 3 b, 11 s, +. 
 
 2l5^. h 4s, lb, 4s, lb, 4s, 7b, 
 
 2s, 6b, 2s, 4b, Is, lb, 7s, 3b, 3s, 
 
 4 b, 13 s, +. 
 
 22n^— + 4 s, 2 b, 1 s, 1 b, 1 s, 2 b, 5 s, 
 3 b,. 1 s, lb, 2 s, 2 b, Is, 4 b, Is, 4 b, 
 
 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 4 b, 4 s, 3 b, 9 s, 1 b, 7 s, +. 
 
 23rd— + 5s, 3b, 2s, lb, 5s, 3b, 
 Is, 2b, Is, 2b, Is, 3b, 3s, 4b, 3s, 
 
 3 b, 6 s, 3 b, 1 s, 2 b, 5 s, 1 b, 7 s, +. 
 
 24:th. \- 7s, 5b, Is, 3b, 3s, 7b, 
 
 4 s, 9 b, 1 s, 3 b, 6 s, 4 b, 7 s, 1 b, 6 s, +. 
 
 25th. h 6 s, 2 b, 3 s, 3 b, 5 s, 7 b, 
 
 3 s, 5 b, 1 s, 4 b, 2 s, 3 b, 16 s, 1 b, 6 s, +. 
 
 26!^;^. h 10 s, 3 b, 3 s, 1 b, 2 s, 2 b. 
 
 Is, 2b, 5s, lb, 2s, 2b, Is, 5b, 4s, 
 3 b, 6 s, 3 b, 4 s, 3 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 27a. h l'^ s, 1 b, 10 s, 2 b, 6 s, 4 b, 
 
 12 s, 5 b, 2 s, 1 b, 1 s, 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 2Sth. [- 17 s, 3 b, 2 s, 3 b, 1 s, 3 b, 
 
 7s, 2b, Is, lb, 7s, lb, 4s, 2b, Is, 
 
 2 b, 2 s, 1 b, 2 s, 2 b, 3 s, +• 
 
 29^. h 4 s, 1 b, 14 s, 1 b, 1 s, 5 b, 
 
 2s, 3b, 5s, lb, 3s, lb, 6s, 2b, 4s, 
 
 3 b, 3 s, 5 b, 3 s, +. 
 
 ZOth.— + 3 s, 1 b, 12 s, 3 b, 2 s, 1 b, 
 2s, 2b, Is, 5b, 3s, 2b, 4s, 3b, 3s, 
 2 b, 7 s, 1 b, 3 s, 3 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 31s^.— + 2s, 2b, 4s, lb, 5s, 2b, 
 2s, lb, 2s, lb, 2s, 2b, Is, 2b, 2s, 
 lb, 2 s, lb, 1 s, 1 b, 4 s, 1 b, 2 s, 2 b, 
 
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 350 
 
 Is, lb, 4 s, lb, "2 s, lb. Is, lb, 3 s, 
 lb, 5s, +. 
 
 S2nd. 1- 2 s, 2 b, 3 s, 2 b, 4 s, 1 b, 3 s, 
 
 lb, 4s, 3b, 2s, 2b, 2s, lb, 4s, 3b, 
 7 s, 1 b, 5 s, 2 b, 1 s, 3 b, 2 s, 1 b, 6 s, +. 
 
 33rd h 2s, lb, 4s, 2b, 7s, lb, 
 
 8s, 2b, Is, 3b, 4s, 2b, 2s, lb, 6s, 
 1 b, 5 s, 2 b, 2 s, 1 b, 2 s, 1 b, 7 s, +. 
 
 SUh.— + 2s, lb, 4s, 2b, 3s, 2b, 
 Is, lb, 8s, 4b, 7s, 2b, Is, lb, 7s, 
 2b, 3s, lb, 2s, lb. Is, 2b, Is, lb, 
 
 1 s, 1 b, 5 s, +. 
 
 S6th. [- 3s, 2b, 4s, 3b, 2s, lb, 
 
 9s, 4b, 8s, 3b, 10s, 3b, 2s, lb, 6s, 
 
 2 b, 4 s, +. 
 
 Seth.— + 5s, 3b, Is, lb, 3s, 2b, 
 10s, 2b, 9s, lb. Is, lb, 9s, lb, 3s, 
 
 3 b, 12 s, +. 
 
 SltJi. h 4 s, 2 b, 2 s, 2 b, 3 s, 2 b, 
 
 5s, lb, 2s, 2b, 2s, lb, 7s, lb, 3s, 
 lb, 8s, lb, 6s, lb, lis, +. 
 
 38th. h 3 s, 2 b, 2 s, 2 b, 4 s, 2 b, 
 
 6s, 2b, Is, lb, 3s, lb, 4s, 2b, 5s, 
 
 1 b, 6 s, 1 b, 7 s, 2 b, 10 s. 
 
 Sdth.— + 3s, lb, 3s, 2b, 5s, lb, 
 
 9 s, lb, 2 s, 3 b, 11 s, 3 b, 1 s, 1 b, 9 s, 
 
 2 b, 10 s, +. 
 
 4:0th. f- 9 s, 1 b, 14 s, lb, 4 s, 3 b, 
 
 10 s, 3 b, 9 s, 1 b, 12 s, +. 
 
 Do three rounds of scarlet only, and 
 sew on the beads, as seen in the engraving. 
 The other end must be worked in the same 
 way. Then with the scarlet silk do a 
 piece of open square crochet 3 inches deep. 
 Crochet on to one end, slip on the rings, 
 and crochet to the other end, taking care 
 that the opening comes in the center of a 
 side, and add the tassels. 
 
 THE WORK-BASKET. 
 
 HE foundation of the basket is in 
 cardboard, the bottom being an octa- 
 gon, and the sides formed of eight pieces, 
 cut exactly to fit its several sides, accord- 
 ing to our illustration. These are to be 
 covered on each side with silk, satin or 
 velvet; the last-named, being the richest, 
 produces the best effect. On the bottom a 
 
 little wreath of forget-me-not is worked in 
 beads, the flowers being blue, with a white 
 bead in each center, and the leaves green. 
 All the parts are then to be sewn together, 
 taking a white chalk bead on the needle at 
 every stitch, and putting them as close to- 
 gether as possible, and with as much reg- 
 ularity. All this being done, the basket is 
 now ready for the bead fringe, which is its 
 greatest ornament. This is put on in 
 loops all round, taking first a large bead, 
 
 then three small ones, so completing the 
 loop, and repeating the same till the cir- 
 cuit has been made. The second row is 
 made by commencing at the large bead of 
 the last row, threading three small beads, 
 taking up one large one, then four small, 
 then one large, then six small, one large, 
 one small, then back through the last large 
 (this forms the lowest part of the fringe), 
 then six small, and pass the needle 
 through the next large bead. Repeat this 
 again, or even three times, if you wish to 
 have a rich finish to your fringe. Then 
 thread four small beads, and pass the 
 needle through the larger one which forms 
 the center of the row of diamonds ; thread 
 three small beads, pass the needle through 
 the large bead which completes the dia- 
 mond, and so continue all round. 
 
 The colors of these baskets have not 
 been specified, because it is presumed that 
 any young lady would employ such pieces 
 as she might happen to possess, or could 
 
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 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 easily obtain ; any pretty tint looks well. 
 For the fringe white beads suit every sort 
 of material, of whatever color, and simply 
 making choice of a large bead that will 
 harmonize or contrast with the silk, satin, 
 or velvet, ensures a good effect. 
 
 VANDYKE COLLAR. 
 
 ^1|^ HIS pretty collar can easily be 
 f 1^ worked by any young lady. In- 
 deed, any one who may execute it will be 
 very much pleased with the result of her 
 
 A slight strip of whalebone covered with 
 ribbon and crossed with beads, makes a 
 verv suitable handle. Set it on with a bow 
 of ribbon, or it may be ornamented with 
 any pretty slight device in the beads; but 
 this is merolv a matter of taste. 
 
 labors. As it is formed of points, we only 
 give the instructions for one, which can 
 then be repeated until the collar is the re- 
 quired size. Make a chain, the length of 
 the collar round the neck, on which work 
 a row of one double and one chain every 
 
DAINTY WORE FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 361 
 
 alternate stitcli; after which, work three 
 or four rows — all the same — of four dou- 
 ble and four chain, making the four dou- 
 ble on the four chain of the last row. 
 'Now begin the pattern of the points: — 
 Chain four, two double, three chain, two 
 double; these four double crochet stitches 
 are all worked in one stitch of the last 
 row; repeat the four chain, leaving six 
 stitches of the last row between each of 
 the four double; repeat these four chain, 
 and four double with three chain between 
 seven times. This is the first row of the 
 point. Work three rows the same, making 
 the double stitches over each other for 
 three rows, only making two chain, one 
 double, and two chain, between the four 
 double in the two last rows, instead of the 
 four chain. The next row, work only six 
 instead of the seven, and work the four 
 double over the one double of the last row\ 
 Work three rows the same. It requires 
 seven rows to form each point; each three 
 rows form the pattern ; and it is by repeat- 
 ing these rows, only leaving one less at the 
 commencement and end of each pattern, 
 which forms the point. In this pattern 
 there will not be found the least difficulty, 
 which is a very great recommendation in 
 this sort of work. Seven points will be 
 found about the right number for a full- 
 sized collar. 
 
 COLLAR IN GUIPURE EMBROIDERY. 
 
 HE collar being an essential article 
 of dress, we supply the design for 
 one, which will be found both rich and ele- 
 gant when completed, although it does not 
 require any great amount of work. The 
 engraving shows the right size for any 
 lady. The only difference that need be 
 made is in the length round the neck, 
 which can be adjusted by adding one or 
 two more scollops if required. In com- 
 mencing the embroidery the first thing is 
 to put in the connecting lines (Venetian 
 bars) with 'No. 8 Crochet Cotton. The 
 
 largest flowers are worked in raised but- 
 ton-hole stitch; the small holes are sewn 
 round. The two lines which enclose the 
 oval holes must be done in the fine button- 
 hole stitch. When the embroider v is com- 
 pleted, the parts of the muslin which are 
 under the connecting lines of the crochet 
 cotton must be cut away, leaving the de- 
 sign clear and distinct. The proper mate- 
 
 rial for this collar is cambric muslin. 
 Connecting lines, or Venetian bars, are 
 worked by passing one, two, or more 
 threads across any open space, and then 
 covering them from end to end with close 
 button-hole stitch. Raised button-hole 
 stitch is worked by passing a few stitches 
 of thick soft cotton the opposite way of the 
 work for a foundation before working the 
 button-hole stitch ; the greater the number 
 of threads the more the work will be 
 raised. 
 
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 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 INITIAL WREATH. 
 
 HIS Flower Wreath is intended to 
 contain, within its interior, the 
 initials of the name of the person for 
 whose use it is constructed. It looks ex- 
 tremely well in the corner of a pocket- 
 handkerchief, making quite an ornamental 
 
 corner ; but it is also perfectly suitable for 
 many other purposes. It requires to be 
 worked very neatly ; for, if the flowers be- 
 come confused, it loses half its beauty. 
 
 EMBROIDERY BORDER. 
 
 MBROIDERY is such pleasant 
 work, that most young ladies like to 
 have a small piece in hand, ready to take 
 up at any or all of those leisure half -hours 
 which are constantly arising; indeed, it is 
 very good management always to have 
 some such sort of work ready to go on 
 with, as it is really surprising to see how 
 soon a pretty pattern of embroidery comes 
 to a conclusion in this way, without seem- 
 ing ever to have required much labor. 
 The design which we have given will be 
 found very useful for this purpose. It is 
 suitable for trimming various articles of 
 dress, being both light and pretty. The 
 part between the center and edge of each 
 flower is to be cut out. 
 
 COMIC PATCHWORK. 
 
 OME years ago, when the resources of 
 the w'ork-table were much fewer and 
 more expensive, those of our granddames 
 
 who were fond of fancy-work were obliged 
 to exercise their taste and ingenuity on 
 very humble materials. A "rag-bag" was 
 provided in every house, and it is to be 
 lamented that such a useful institution 
 should have fallen into disuse. The rag- 
 bag being sorted up at stated intervals, 
 many and various were the articles con- 
 
 EMBROIDERY BORDER. 
 
 structed from the contents thereof; patch- 
 work quilts being perhaps the greatest and 
 most lasting works achieved from the 
 heterogeneous mas$ of materials, 
 
DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 363 
 
 Comic patchwork is a series of irregular 
 geometrical, figures, so combined as to 
 form a representation of tlie human figure 
 in various attitudes. 
 
 From the necessity of using angles more 
 or less acute, in this kind of work, the 
 figures have always a grotesque appear- 
 ance. The design now described is one 
 which, although presenting apparent diffi- 
 culty in the execution, will be found per- 
 fectly practicable, if the directions given 
 are carefully attended to. 
 
 which case a pretty lining for the back, 
 and ribbon to finish the edge handsomely, 
 will be necessary. 
 
 The ground color is of considerable im- 
 portance in this kind of work, as, should 
 too bright a tint be employed, the effect 
 of the figures is quite spoiled. Black silk 
 is not objectionable, but by far the best 
 material that can be employed is gray 
 glace silk — that kind which is made of 
 black and white woven together, but not 
 a dyed gray. . 
 
 The quantity of silk required to cover 
 each piece is so small, that those who keep 
 up a silk rag-bag will have but little trou- 
 ble in assorting the necessary number of 
 colors. 
 
 This design may be, when finished, 
 stretched on a frame to form a screen, in 
 
 The pattern should be carefully drawn 
 or traced on a sheet of paper. And the 
 worker is recommended to number the 
 pieces, as in the copy, as a guide to the 
 coloring. 
 
 Should further aid be necessary, it will 
 be found useful to tint the pattern slightly 
 
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 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 M'ith water-color, and then to proceed as 
 follows : 
 
 The piece in the corner marked with a 
 cross X should be cut out first, and cov- 
 ered carefully with the gray silk ; a second 
 piece should then be cut out, covered, and 
 sewed to the first, before another is cut off. 
 Proceed in this way until all the pieces are 
 covered and sewn together. Observe that 
 only one piece is to be cut from the pat- 
 tern at a time, otherwise confusion would 
 ensue, and the work be spoiled. 
 
 An experienced needlewoman will find 
 no difficulty in executing this pattern, but 
 those who attempt silk patchwork for the 
 first time must bo careful, when cover- 
 ing the pieces, to fold the silk exactly over 
 the edge, neither leaving any extra space, 
 or turning down any portion of the paper. 
 
 WORK-BOX. 
 
 HIS pretty and useful adjunct of the 
 work-table is composed of coarse 
 perforated cardboard, graduated shades of 
 silk, from dark brown to very bright, light 
 scarlet. Cut out four pieces of the card- 
 board ten inches long, and three inches 
 wide; these are for the bottom, the two 
 
 sides, and the lid, and must be all the same 
 size ; two other pieces, which form the 
 ends, are two squares three inches each 
 way. A very regular and even margin 
 must be left round each piece about half 
 an inch -wide. Commence with the dark 
 
 brown silk and work a row of squares the 
 whole length of the box. Continue to work 
 these squares in as many shades as will 
 fill up the cardboard. After all the six 
 pieces of cardboard are worked in this 
 manner, bind them all round neatly with 
 a narrow ribbon the same color as the light 
 red silk, and sew them closely together. 
 The handle is formed of a strip of card- 
 board worked in the same manner, and 
 fastened on at each end with a bow of red 
 ribbon. The lid is then sewn on the whole 
 length of the back, and tied in the front 
 with a bow of ribbon to match the handle, 
 and this very pretty box is completed. 
 
 PYROGRAPHY, OR BURNT WOOD. 
 
 'UEKT wood etchings are quite the 
 newest things in way of pastime. 
 This can be done by old or young. Boys 
 six years of age are doing very clever 
 pieces at little expense and trouble. The 
 outfit consists of a platinum needle and 
 various other apparatus as indicated on 
 next page. It can be purchased complete 
 from almost any art dealer. The Pratt 
 Manufacturing Co. of Lansing, Michigan, 
 are the manufacturers and will mail prices 
 on application. Orders sent them will be 
 given prompt attention. 
 
 Pyrography, as we said above, is exe- 
 cuted by the use of the platinum point. 
 Platinum is a perfect metal, on which no 
 single acid has any effect, and is the only 
 metal suitable for the pyrographic point, 
 as it has the peculiar property of absorb- 
 ing the benzoline gas used for heating, and 
 of feeding upon the vapor conveyed to the 
 point by the India rubber bellows. The 
 interior arrangement of the point consists 
 of a small platinum sheath, partially in- 
 closing a fine coiled platinum wire, which, 
 extending some way beyond it, is again 
 inclosed by the outer and larger sheath of 
 the same metal. This is the "point" from 
 which the heat is conveyed direct to the 
 wood. The process may be applied not 
 only to pictorial effects on wood, but to the 
 
DAINTY WORE FOB DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 365 
 
 ornamentation of leather, furniture, pic- 
 ture frames, screens, toilet articles, the 
 covers of books, and many other things 
 which will suggest themselves with prac- 
 
 of doors may be adorned with cupids and 
 flowers, or any fancy design, the purity 
 and delicacy of outline giving a charming 
 appearance. Tables, chairs and screens 
 
 BUKKT WOOD OUTFIT. 
 
 tice and experiment. The owner of a 
 country house in England has had the 
 ^'Legend of Sleepy Hollow" done in pyrog- 
 
 raphy on the woodwork of a fireplace, 
 the rich sepia tints lending themselves 
 beautifully to the poetic work. The panels 
 
 are suitable objects for the exercise of 
 taste and skill in pyrography. Teaching, 
 aside from practice, is of no avail in this 
 
 simple art. What he will make of it de- 
 pends on the student himself. Let him 
 purchase the outfit necessary and with 
 
366 
 
 DAINTY WORK FOR DEFT FINGERS. 
 
 suggestions go to work ; no more is needed. 
 ]N'othing is really nicer for Xmas presents, 
 
 birthday souvenirs and the like than 
 articles made after the manner described. 
 
 SPECTACLE CASE. 
 
 JAi!^Y young ladies have friends and 
 relations to whom they feel it to 
 be a great pleasure to be able to make little 
 offerings of affection. The Spectacle Case 
 is one of a very useful kind, as well as 
 being ornamental. 
 
 It is to be worked on very fine canvas. 
 The foliage is done in white, shaded with 
 a soft grey; the staff, around which the 
 sprays of leaves are clustering, and of 
 which little more than the ends show, 
 is gald-color; or yellow. The ground 
 
 is a light, brilliant, French blue. The 
 border is done by making the little pat- 
 tern in black, on a yellow or gold-col- 
 ored ground. When the work is finished, 
 the parts must be stitched on a piece of 
 cardboard cut to the right size, and lined 
 with silk J then the back and front parts 
 
 must be neatly sewn together. The pret- 
 tiest way of hiding the stitches is to go 
 over them with a row of seed-beads, either 
 gold or chalk-white, taking a bead on the 
 needle at every stitch. We have said that 
 the leaves are to be worked in white shaded 
 with grey. White floss-silk, or shiny cotton. 
 
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 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT 
 
 ^^ 43^ ^^ 
 
 HIS volume for the home would 
 hardly be complete without sugges- 
 tions and helps upon "how to attain per^ 
 fection in personal appearance and good 
 manners." The subject here treated is re- 
 plete with everything that is helpful to 
 both men and women, young or old. 
 
 TRI-WEEKLY EXERCISES. 
 
 FOR HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS. 
 
 ]Wr OW to get strength and beauty is 
 If I ' the important question. It can be 
 largely answered in the method adopted 
 by a woman after she has indulged in vio- 
 lent exercise for three-quarters of an hour. 
 At the end of that time she is in a glow 
 and, if not actually perspiring, is near it, 
 and is breathless and tired. 
 
 The best thing to do, after exercising, 
 is to lie down and cover up and, if one 
 feels like it, take a nap of fiftjeen minutes. 
 
 A warm bath, nearly 96 degrees, should 
 now be taken with soap and the flesh 
 scrubbing, brush. This is the best of all 
 times to clear the pores of the skin. Go 
 over the skin thoroughly, touching the 
 neck and cheeks lightly. 
 
 A second bath with enough benzoin in 
 the water to make it milky is necessary to 
 clear off the soap. This done, the seeker 
 for physical culture will find herself am- 
 ply rewarded by the results that will fol- 
 low. 
 
 The woman who is merely seeking to 
 improve her general physical condition 
 
 can be content with this treatment twice a 
 week. 
 
 TO OVEECOME DEFORMITY. 
 
 According to good authority, it is quite 
 possible by proper exercise to modify the 
 shape of any bone which can be operated 
 on by pressure. Bones, like all other tis- 
 sues, are not permanent. They are being 
 renewed particle by particle every mo- 
 ment. When a crooked bone has pressure 
 made on it to restore it to a right shape 
 the pressure is at first antagonistic to every 
 cell of the bone, since it is an attempt to 
 alter the position of the cells. But if the 
 pressure is constant, as the new cells are 
 formed they yield to it, and fall into the 
 line which it is sought to give the bone. 
 
 Physical culture exercises will straight- 
 en bowed legs in young children and over- 
 come stooped shoulders. 
 
 TO BRING ABOUT A GOOD FIGURE. 
 
 CERTAI^Ni opera singer, who was 
 narrow in the chest, rubbed each 
 night a handful of cocoa oil into her flesh. 
 Massage, oil and exercise did the work. 
 Usually the exercise of singing will round 
 out the chest, but all cannot sing. 
 
 Another good way is to take the pose 
 which is called by the physical culturists 
 ^^The Goddess of Liberty" pose. A weight 
 is taken in the hand and the arm is 
 stretched to the limit above the head, pre- 
 cisely as Miss Liberty holds the torch 
 down in !N^ew York harbor. 
 
 367 
 
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 THE Atif OP ATfAlNMENf. 
 
 The weight is lowered and lifted again 
 until the arm feels fatigued. 
 
 Another exercise is that of stretching 
 the arm out at the side. A weight is held 
 in the hand, and possibly in the fingers. 
 This strengthens the wrist at the same 
 time, for, where the bust is imdeveloped, 
 the arms and wrists will generally be 
 found flabby, if not actually lean. 
 
 This motion of lifting the weight and 
 thrusting it out at one side is a good one, 
 and can be practiced with one arm and 
 then with the other, with a hand resting on 
 one hip to steady it. This is called San- 
 dow's lift: 
 
 A fine movement for broadening the 
 chest is found in the arm and neck ges- 
 tures. The hands are clasped behind the 
 head and the head is thrown backward. 
 The elbows are directly out and lifted 
 squarely at each side. It is a stretching- 
 movement and exercises every muscle 
 there is in the chest. Below are a num- 
 ber of exercises the following of which will 
 develop various muscles of the body. 
 
 DEVELOPING MUSCLE IN THE ARM. 
 
 Getting strength in the arms is one of 
 the most tedious of all physical perform- 
 ances, but one can certainly succeed. 
 
 It all depends upon practice, though 
 there is, to be sure, a little art about it. 
 
 Frequently women are strong in one set 
 of muscles and weak in another. The 
 woman who irons constantly is strong in 
 the lower or fore arm, though she may 
 be so weak in the upper arm that she can- 
 not life an ordinary burden, much less real 
 weight. 
 
 For physical culture and home devel- 
 opment there is nothing better than a lit- 
 tle exercise with the ball. Take one that 
 seems easily handled, not too heavy by any 
 means, nor too light, and if one has space 
 in which to practice it, she will find that 
 it gives the best of all exercises in physical 
 culture. 
 
 If one learns to manage a weight like 
 this properly she will do more than de- 
 velop the arms. She will round out the 
 
 throat, make the neck plump, bring sym- 
 metry to the arms, and strength to the 
 hands. 
 
 STRENGTHENING THE CHEST. 
 
 Besides these good points one will vlh- 
 consciously bring out the muscles in the 
 legs and make the spine firm. The test 
 of a good exercise is its ability to bring 
 into play every muscle in the human body 
 at once ; and for this a good course in ex- 
 ercises with the ball can be most highly 
 recommended. 
 
 A Wall street man who suffered from a 
 narrow chest, and whose tendency to 
 cough alarmed his family^ was advised by 
 his physician to practice fifteen minutes 
 night and morning with a handball. Se- 
 lecting a vacant room in the house for his 
 operations, he repaired there each day and 
 threw the ball against the wall, catching it 
 on the rebound. He selected a small rub- 
 ber ball with plenty of spring in it, and, 
 after a few days, became so expert that 
 he could perform wonderful tricks with 
 the ball, throwing it with great force 
 and keeping it on the bound for some 
 minutes. 
 
 It seemed like a trivial pastime for a 
 man of millions, but he became much in- 
 terested in it, and in the end it cured his 
 cough, strengthened his chest, and gave 
 him the exercise he so much needed. He 
 played ball with the windows open to in- 
 sure plenty of fresh air. 
 
 In practicing with the ball, whether it 
 be a rubber ball or one of heavier com- 
 position, try these three movements, in 
 which the body is bent sideways, while the 
 hand is stretched out for balancing the 
 figure, and the body is inclined as much 
 as possible. 
 
 One leg is stretched straight, while the 
 weight of the body is thrown upon the 
 other knee, which is slightly bent. The 
 ball is held in the hand, over the bent knee, 
 and the chest is free and the lungs are 
 open to receive a good, long breath. For 
 house practice a large rubber ball, aa 
 heavy as possible, will be best. 
 
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 STEENGTHENING THE BACK. 
 
 An exercise which has little grace, but 
 is useful for strengthening the back, con- 
 sists in grasping the ball with both hands 
 and leaning forward as if one were about 
 to throw it. Great strength can be 
 acquired in this way, for the body is in a 
 trying position, and the back has a strain 
 put upon it just where it is weakest — 
 namely : across it, just above the belt. 
 
 A third exercise is more than good. To 
 perform it lie upon your back in the mid- 
 dle of the floor and lift one foot until it 
 stands high in' the air, at right angles with 
 the body. An assistant will now be re- 
 quired to place the ball upon your foot, 
 while you try to balance it. When expert 
 it will not be difficult to bend the knee, 
 place the ball on the sole of the shoe, and 
 lift it again without dropping the ball, but 
 at first this will not be possible. 
 
 These three exercises will greatly assist 
 the one who is anxious to find true phys- 
 ical culture. 
 
 FOE THE LEGS. 
 
 Place the heels on a chair in the posi- 
 tion shown, and, resting on the arms, grad- 
 ually raise and lower the body. This ex- 
 ercise, in addition to developing the leg 
 muscles, is very good for the chest and 
 stomach. After trying this exercise half 
 a dozen times in the morning, take a walk 
 or a short run, and you will be surprised 
 to find how much more nimble you feel, 
 and how much easier it is to expand the 
 chest and contract the stomach. 
 
 TO REDUCE THE WAIST MEASURE. 
 
 The great value of the following exer- 
 cises is to reduce the waist measure and 
 give to the whole body a delightful feel- 
 ing of freedom and suppleness. 
 
 Rest with the feet on a seat of a chair 
 and one arm on the floor. Gradually 
 lower yourself until your hip barely 
 touches the floor, and then raise yourself 
 with one arm until the body is again in a 
 horizontal position with the head level 
 with the feet. 
 
 If you find this exercise too difficult at 
 first try it face downward with both hands 
 on the floor. By lowering and raising 
 your body several times a day from the 
 ground to a position in which the head is 
 level with the feet resting on the chair 
 seat, the muscles of the arms and shoulders 
 and back will be greatly developed. 
 
 As soon as you are able to do this face- 
 downward exercise with ease, then take 
 up the one-arm movement. By throwing 
 practically the whole weight of the body 
 on the arm and shoulder and raising and 
 lowering yourself, you will soon find that 
 not only the muscles of the arm and shoul- 
 der, but also of the back and sides, are be- 
 ginning to bulge out beautifully. 
 
 Vary the exercise by using first one arm 
 and then the other, so as to keep the mus- 
 cles on both sides balanced. 
 
 TO DEVELOP THE WHOLE BODY. 
 
 There are other things besides muscles 
 that need attention in a course of physical 
 development. I refer to the kidneys, the 
 stomach and other internal organs. They 
 require exercises of their own just as 
 much as the muscles do. 
 
 Here is an excellent way to exercise 
 them all at once, and at the same time 
 keep them healthy and in perfect condi- 
 tion: Fasten a broomstick or a portiere 
 pole across the doorway about level with 
 ' the pit of the stomach. Then lean over 
 the pole as far as you can ; first face down- 
 ward and then backward. 
 
 Take care not to strain yourself by lean- 
 ijig too far at first. Just take this exercise 
 easily and gradually; bend lower and 
 lower day by day. 
 
 These two bending exercises should be 
 tried always before eating, or at least two 
 or three hours after a meal. I find them 
 most beneficial early in the morning after 
 jumping out of bed, and again at night 
 just before retiring. They will strengthen 
 the kidneys and also the muscles of the 
 legs and back. Always make sure that the 
 pole is not going the slip or to break when 
 you lean on it. Throw your weight on 
 
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 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT, 
 
 tlic crossbar in doing this exercise and 
 rest the hands on the hips. 
 
 With an ordinary piece of clothesline, 
 or, better still, a stout piece of elastic, 
 about five feet long, you can add another 
 very good exercise to your list for arm 
 and leg developers. Double the rope, put 
 one foot through the loop, and, holding 
 the ends of the rope in one hand, hoist up 
 your foot. Then bear down with your 
 foot and force the arm down again until 
 your foot touches the floor. This exercise 
 is more satisfactory when an elastic rope 
 is used, because then the arm can be kept 
 stationary at the side. But whether you 
 use the elastic rope or the clothesline the 
 exercise will do the muscles of the arms 
 and legs a great deal of good. Vary the 
 exercise by changing the rope from the 
 right leg and right arm to the others from 
 time to time. 
 
 BREATHING FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY 
 
 f INSTEAD of swallowing Spring medi- 
 cine, let one get out in the sunshine 
 and inhale the fresh, pure and wholesome 
 Spring air, nature's best and cheapest 
 Spring medicine. 
 
 Fresh air has a great deal more to do 
 with muscular development than some 
 people would imagine. I know at least 
 two remarkably strong men, both profes- 
 sors of physical culture, who declare that 
 their perfect physical development is due 
 almost entirely to proper breathing. 
 
 That does not mean sitting in a chair 
 in the sunshine and merely expanding the 
 lungs. To acquire the art of breathing 
 properly it is necessary to learn how to 
 breathe when walking, when running, 
 when boxing or wrestling, and, in fact, 
 how to breathe at all times. 
 
 Once more let me impress on every 
 young man who is striving to attain a 
 perfect muscular development the neces- 
 sity of breathing through the nose all the 
 time. Take big breaths, that will expand 
 the lungs, and always breathe slowly and 
 steadily. Keep the shoulders thrown well 
 
 back, the chest out and stomach in, so 
 that the lungs are not cramped. At all 
 times in sitting, standing or walking keep 
 the shoulders thrown back. 
 
 WALKING FOR HEALTH AND BEAUTY. 
 
 Let every one walk in the open air. 
 Keep your mind on the fact that you are 
 walking for the good it is doing you, and 
 always remember to fill the lungs at every 
 inhalation. 
 
 In fine, bright, clear weather, morning 
 walks will bring a very pronounced feel- 
 ing of exhilaration. As a result one will 
 sleep better, work better and eat more 
 heartily. And, what is more satisfactory 
 still, they will certainly add an inch or 
 two to your chest measurement in a very 
 few weeks. 
 
 At night repeat the walk, practicing the 
 same breathing exercises you followed in 
 your morning walk. However, never walk 
 if you feel very tired; it will do you no 
 good. 
 
 Another thing: Don't imagine that a 
 walk like the one suggested will benefit 
 you if you only indulge in it once a week 
 or once a month. Exercise of any kind is 
 only beneficial when used systematically. 
 You must resolve to walk at least two 
 miles every day, and keep it up during 
 mild weather. 
 
 If you live in a neighborhood that is 
 somewhat secluded, and where you will 
 not attract much attention, here is a little 
 plan you can pursue before going to bed. 
 Make up your mind to cover a mile or two, 
 and do this: run a block, then walk a 
 block, and so alternate until you have cov- 
 ered the distance you intend to travel. 
 When running, do not try to sprint, but 
 just take a long, easy stride, not more 
 than a little jog trot. You will find this 
 will make you breathe deeper and harder, 
 and will perhaps make you perspire a 
 little. 
 
 Go home immediately; do not lounge 
 in the street or stop to talk to any one, but 
 go right to your room. Strip and rub 
 yourself until thoroughly dry Avith a rough 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
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 towel. Then take a sponge, or wet a 
 towel with the water as it runs from the 
 faucet, and sponge off your body without 
 using soap of any kind. It may chill you 
 for an instant, but begin at once to rub 
 yourself dry with a rough bath towel, and 
 in a very few minutes you will feel a 
 warm, healthful glow extending over your 
 entire body. Kub until the skin shows a 
 nice, clear pink, and you feel warm and 
 perfectly dry. Then go to bed. Don't 
 sit up and read. Just go to bed. 
 
 TO EEDUCE THE W^EIGHT. 
 
 Abstain from all greasy foods. Don't 
 eat meat, candy, cakes or white bread. To 
 reduce one's weight without injury to the 
 muscles take a hot bath every week in a 
 heated room where one can perspire freely. 
 Then sponge in cold water. Exercise reg- 
 ularly every morning and evening. Eat 
 plenty of vegetables and fruit and never 
 eat anything between meals. Perhaps it 
 w^ould be a good idea to try fasting one 
 day every two weeks. That's a good, safe 
 way to reduce the weight. 
 
 POISONS OF TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL. 
 
 fr one wishes to be healthy and beauti- 
 ful they must let alcohol and tobacco 
 alone. This, of course, applies only to 
 men, but as young men are as anxious to 
 be manly and beautiful before the world 
 as possible, we repeat that all physicians 
 are agreed in that when evil effects ensue 
 upon smoking tobacco they are very much 
 intensified by indulging in alcohol. It is 
 pointed out further that even if, after a 
 more than moderate indulgence in tobacco, 
 no toxio symptoms such as headache or 
 stupor may supervene, yet such would 
 probably be the case if alcoholic drinking 
 was practiced at the same time. 
 
 The powerfully solvent action of alcohol 
 is sufficient explanation of this. It is, of 
 course, well known in pharmacology that 
 the active constituents of drugs are, as a 
 rule, readily soluble in alcohol, though 
 
 not in water, and hence the class of 
 preparations known as tinctures. 
 
 Similarly nicotine and the pyridine 
 bases are very easily soluble in alcohol. 
 The chief poisonous constituent of tobacco 
 smoke is pyridine and not nicotine. Pyri- 
 dine is a poisonous base not so easily solu- 
 ble in water as in alcohol. Pyridine bases 
 can be easily traced in the mouth of an 
 immoderate smoker, and especially the 
 smoker of cigars. 
 
 An alcoholic drink is therefore calculat- 
 ed quickly to wash out this poisonous oil 
 and to carry it into the stomach, absorp- 
 tion of the poison ensuing, giving rise to 
 definite toxic symptoms, due not so much 
 to alcohol or pyridine bases alone as to the 
 combined action of both in the manner in- 
 dicated. 
 
 Such symptoms might possibly be avoid- 
 ed if smokers would abstain from drink- 
 ing alcohol at the same time that smoking 
 is being indulged in. Many a headache or 
 malaise would thus be guarded against if 
 at the time of smoking no alcoholic bever- 
 age were taken. 
 
 So I say again, if you would be the 
 nlan you want to be stop using tobacco in 
 every form and don't indulge in any in- 
 toxicating liquors. Take plenty of baths. 
 Don't eat meat. Go to bed early, and 
 never sleep over eight or nine hours at the 
 very most. 
 
 That long list of things you should or 
 should not do may sound very much like 
 so many unnecessary hardships. 
 
 Let it suffice to say that I knew a young 
 man slightly over a year ago who was a 
 rheumatic cripple, far weaker than the 
 average boy of sixteen years. He followed 
 the advice about smoking, eating, sleep- 
 ing, drinking and breathing which I have 
 just given to you, devoting just as much 
 time as he could spare every day to exer- 
 cises tending to loosen up his stiffened 
 joints and to develop his puny muscles. 
 To-day he is as perfect a specimen of man- 
 hood as I have ever seen. Try it. 
 
 There is no reason why every other 
 young man in America cannot develop 
 
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 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 muscles by persistent training and the ap- 
 plication of a little self denial. 
 
 HOW TO ACQUIRE A GEXTLE VOICE. 
 
 MME. MARCIIESI, the great vocal 
 French teacher, once said : "Why, 
 oh why, do American women all speak 
 through their noses ?" 
 
 An Englishman once good naturedly 
 said that the southern American voice was 
 sweeter than the American voice of the 
 north, because it was languid and unhur- 
 ried, while the northern or middle state 
 yankee voice always gave the impression 
 of high tension. ''In 'New York or Chi- 
 cago, for example," he said, "your people 
 (addressing me) are always excited, al- 
 ways in a hurry, and the voice in such 
 cases is naturally pitched higher, and it 
 does not take long to form the habit of 
 speaking in the high nasal voice that is cer- 
 tainly a national defect in your charming 
 countrywomen. 
 
 "But the southern woman's voice also 
 has a twang, and her manner of pronounc- 
 ing her vowels, her absolute disdain for 
 final g's, is quite as trying as the Puritan 
 high pitch. Now, you must admit that 
 America produces the most charming, the 
 most beautiful women, but they are all 
 disappointing when they speak."' 
 
 HINTS ON TREATMENT. 
 
 If the speaking voice is nasal, weak, 
 harsh, high-pitched or muffled it can by 
 proper treatment be made soft, low, clear 
 and harmonious. 
 
 In the treatment of the defective voice 
 the first consideration is the general 
 health. Attention must be given to proper 
 diet, bathing, exercise and rest. 
 
 She must learn how to carry herself, for 
 proper carriage of the body is essential to 
 normal breathing, and therefore to proper 
 tone. 
 
 The exercises in breathing, standing 
 and sitting that have been given in this 
 department all have a direct bearing upon 
 the development of the voice, but the fol- 
 
 lowing exercises are especially commended 
 for the students who wish to cultivate a 
 pure, agreeable tone in speaking. 
 
 Practice these exercises for a time, ly- 
 ing or reclining. 
 
 They are what is known as exercises for 
 position and for complete breathing. 
 
 EXERCISE NO. 1. 
 
 Lie flat on the back, or easily in a re- 
 clining chair. Inhale a long, deep breath. 
 Now, without attempting to hold the 
 breath, exhale it as if whispering "sh," as 
 in the word hush, until the breath is ex- 
 hausted. Don't use too much force — just 
 enough to make the "sh" faintly audible. 
 
 Now stand erect, weight forward as 
 shown in the exercises for acquiring 
 equilibrium. Chest up, head back. Re- 
 l^eat the exercise. 
 
 You must not try to see how long or 
 how loud you can make the "sh," but quite 
 the opposite. Try to see how very softly 
 and easily you can do it, and with the 
 least possible effort. 
 
 EXERCISE NO. 2. 
 
 Take a seat in an erect position or lie 
 down easily. Inhale a deep, quiet breath 
 and exhale with a little hum on a medium 
 pitch until the breath is exhausted. Don't 
 listen to the sound of the hum, but try to 
 see how softly and gently you can pro- 
 duce it. Remember that the main point 
 is ease. When emitting a soft, gentle hum, 
 the position of the vocal organs is correct 
 for tone. For this reason the practice of 
 this exercise is most important. 
 
 After a little exercise on the hum, try 
 combining it with the vowels closed "ee" 
 and "oo." This would make m-ee m-oo. 
 Be careful not to change the quality of 
 the tone as you pass from the "m" sound 
 to the vowel. 
 
 Remember that the vocal position in the 
 soft, gentle hum is the correct position for 
 tones, and when you are able to combine 
 this with the vowel sounds the throat will 
 gradually learn to remain passive during 
 tone production. 
 
MB ART OF AffAmUEl^f. 
 
 373 
 
 After practicing a little while on the 
 closed vowels try to combine the ^'m" with 
 the open vowels "ah" and "aw" (m-ah, 
 m-aw). 
 
 You will find a difficult point is in 
 changing from the hum to the \'Owel. 
 When the mouth opens to form the vowel 
 
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 ah" or "aw," unless the 
 change is executed with the greatest care 
 and gentleness, the entire position of the 
 throat is apt to be deranged. While prac- 
 ticing this exercise think only of one point 
 — ease — the reduction or elimination of all 
 effort. 
 
 EXERCISE NO. 3. 
 
 Practice this exercise walking up and 
 down the room. Relax every muscle of 
 the body and walk as though you were al- 
 most ready to fall from fatigue, using only 
 enough muscular force to preserve the 
 equilibrium. 
 
 Relax all the muscles of the face, and 
 the throat as well, and very gently hum a 
 scale in the middle of the voice. 
 
 Remember that you are to make no ef- 
 fort. Don't try to create tones. Do not 
 listen to your voice, but just see how soft- 
 ly, gently and easily you can hum a scale, 
 or arpeggio. 
 
 The great difficulty in this exercise is to 
 prevent the tendency to use throat ac- 
 tion, especially on the upper notes. 
 
 The way to guard against this is by 
 humming the high notes so very gently 
 tKat there is no effort. 
 
 Dr. Latson says, and I entirely agree 
 with him, that there is an intimate con- 
 nection between the quality of the voice 
 and the mental state. 
 
 passion's ill results. 
 Hatred, anger, jealousy make the voice 
 harsh, metallic or choked. Worry or ex- 
 citement render the voice uncertain in 
 pitch and quality, and sometimes lead to 
 stammering or stuttering. Mental depres- 
 sion is indicated by a monotonous, hollow, 
 guttural tone. On the other hand, health, 
 joy, love, kindliness impart to the voice its 
 most desirable qualities. 
 
 Very few persons are aware that vocal 
 exercises have a great effect when prop- 
 erly performed in beautifying the actuaP 
 form of the mouth. 
 
 A gentleman well known as a vocal 
 teacher in !N^ew York, in speaking of the 
 mobility of the features, said : 
 
 "It has been interesting to note the 
 change in facial conformity and outline 
 produced through pursuance of exercises 
 specially directed to the muscles of the 
 face as well as to the vocal organs." 
 
 Vowel art is prolonged vowels of speech. 
 It draws the angles of the lips open, back- 
 ward, outward and upward. 
 
 In "oo" the muscle between the nose 
 and the lip carries it upward and forward ; 
 the muscle below the lower lip carries it 
 upward and forward, while the sphincter 
 muscle draws the angles of the lips for- 
 ward. 
 
 The consistent exercise of these muscles 
 will cause their development and give ex- 
 pression to the face. ]^ot only is the ex- 
 ercise conducive to the development of fea- 
 ture and added artistic beauty of expres- 
 sion, but it perfects articulation and ex- 
 pression of speech. In short, the sys- 
 tematic exercise of these muscles is just 
 as important as that of other muscles of 
 the body if beauty of form and perfection 
 of grace is desired. 
 
 The more perfect the enunciation the 
 more perfect the method, and vice versa. 
 
 Satisfaction and pleasure in listening 
 to singing is marred by not understanding 
 the words and meaning of the singer. This 
 is lack of clear enunciation and expres- 
 sion. 
 
 HOW TO FORM A TONE. 
 
 Correctly to form a tone it is necessary 
 for the lips to be mobile, facile, sure and 
 developed. This can be accomplished by 
 correct direction and intelligent practice. 
 
 Thought is indicated more by the lips 
 than by the eyes. The eyes may express 
 truth, but if you watch the lips uttering 
 the lie, you invariably notice an unnatural 
 tension about them. 
 
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 fHi] ART OF ATTAINMEI^T. 
 
 The attributes and propensities of our 
 natures are in a measure indicated by the 
 mouth. The thin, tense, undeveloped lips 
 are often expressive of characteristics that 
 are selfish, narrow, mean, revengeful and 
 censorious. 
 
 The full, flexible lips are apt to show 
 the opposite — a nature the attributes of 
 which are generous, just, honest and sym- 
 pathetic. 
 
 HOW TO WASH THE FACE. 
 
 AKE a cake of good oily soap, ^ve 
 cents worth of powdered borax, one 
 ounce of tincture of benzoin, a medium 
 sized sponge and a small box of cold cream 
 or a bottle of white vaseline. 
 
 Dip the sponge in a basin of hot water 
 and go over the face, not rubbing it, but 
 holding the sponge close in order to get 
 the skin hot. Do not irritate the flesh, but 
 merely heat it. Do not wash it. 
 
 When the skin is heated, take a table- 
 spoon of powdered borax and throw it in- 
 to the basin of water. The water will have 
 a soft feeling, and, indeed, it is to soften 
 it that the borax is used. With the 
 sponge go over the face and neck carefully 
 again until it is wet with the hot, soft 
 water. It is well to place it on the stove 
 and reheat the water from time to time. 
 
 ]^ow, throw away the water and pour 
 into a fresh basin about two quarts of 
 water and add one tablespoon of the tinc- 
 ture of benzoin, or until the water looks 
 milky. Apply to the face. Use the hands 
 for this application, and when the face is 
 thoroughly wet, lift it from the water and 
 let dry. While drying hold the hands in 
 the water for benzoin is a great whitener 
 for the hands. 
 
 ]^ow, lift out the hands and let the ben- 
 zoin and water mixture dry on them, and, 
 while drying, hold the face in them to 
 keep the skin warm. Do not let the face 
 cool too suddenly, but keep it near the 
 Are for a time, but do not hold the face 
 right over the stove or it will make it 
 tender. 
 
 LOTION FOR CHAPPED HANDS. 
 
 White of egg y^ oz. 
 
 Glycerine 2 oz. 
 
 Tinct. witchhazel 4 oz. 
 
 Carbolic acid 15 gr. 
 
 Rose water, sufficient to make 8 oz. 
 
 Mix: This is a thoroughly tested and 
 excellent remedy. 
 
 SULTANA CREAM. 
 
 (For the Complexion.) 
 Equal parts of lemon juice and white 
 of egg. Beat together and set over the 
 fire in an earthen vessel ; stir with a wood- 
 en spoon until the consistency of cream, 
 when add a little oil of neroli or oil of 
 jasmine to perfume. 
 
 VIOLET CREAM. 
 
 The following liquid wash will make 
 the skin temporarily two shades whiter. It 
 is entirely harmless : 
 
 Pure oxide of zinc 4 dr. 
 
 Glycerine 2 dr. 
 
 Orange flower water . 2 dr. 
 
 Tincture of benzoin 10 drops. 
 
 Essence of violets 15 drops. 
 
 Sift the zinc through fine bolting cloth. 
 Mix it with the glycerine. Add the orange 
 flower water and last of all the benzoin 
 and essence. Shake before using. Apply 
 to the face with a small velvet sponge and 
 wipe carefully oft" before the liquid is dry 
 or it will look streaked. 
 
 TO DESTROY SUPERFLUOUS HAIR ON THE 
 
 FACE. 
 
 Peroxide of hydrogen should be mixed 
 with ammonia, half and half. Do not 
 use water with the peroxide. Make the 
 application every night. The combination 
 first bleaches the hair and gradually soft- 
 ens and destroys it when the process is 
 successful. The trouble is that before this 
 desirable result is reached the mixture is 
 apt to irritate the skin, and the treatment 
 has to be suspended for the time being, 
 
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 375 
 
 a skin food used meanwhile when one can 
 again resort to the peroxide. 
 
 MILK or EOSES. 
 
 Place in a water bath one ounce of fine 
 white melted vegetable oil soap ; add six 
 ounces of pure fresh rosewater; then add 
 an ounce each of spermaceti and white 
 wax and continue the heat until all are 
 melted. 
 
 'Next take one pound of blanched al- 
 monds, beat them to a paste in a clean 
 marble mortar with three and one-half 
 pints more rosewater gradually added 
 during the operation. 
 
 Strain this emulsion without pressure 
 through double white cheese cloth and run 
 very slowly into the previously formed 
 soap mixture. Mix with energy. Toward 
 the end of this part of the process add 
 two drams of oil of roses dissolved in 
 eight ounces of alcohol to be let into the 
 mixture very gradually during constant 
 manipulation. Let the whole stand a day 
 and strain. Apply to the face night and 
 morning. 
 
 FOE ROUGH HAITDS. 
 
 Into a sauce pan put two ounces of 
 sweet almond oil. 
 
 Add two ounces of cocoa butter and 
 two ounces of refined white wax. 
 
 Melt slowly and carefully. Take off 
 the fire, pour into a porcelain jar and stir 
 until cold. 
 
 Take a pair of gloves two sizes too big 
 for the hands, rip open at the back, spread 
 with this mixture, put on the hands, and 
 sew up at the back. 
 
 In the morning wash the hands in bran 
 and hot water. 
 
 Wetting the skin with a lotion made of 
 rosewater and benzoin after washing the 
 face will help to reduce the size of the 
 pores. But it will take some time to cure 
 them. The rosewater and benzoin can be 
 obtained from the druggists. 
 
 TO EEMOVE FRECKLES. 
 
 Bichloride of mercury in coarse powder, 
 10 grains, 
 
 Extract of witchhazel, 2 ounces. 
 
 Rosewater, 2 ounces. 
 
 Dissolve the mercury in the rosewater 
 and add the witchhazel. Mop over the 
 face once or twice a day. Bichloride of 
 mercury and corrosive sublimate are one 
 and the same thing, and, of course, a dan- 
 gerous poison. This is a physician's 
 formula for freckles and stains, and it is 
 perfectly proper to use, but the bottle con- 
 taining this lotion should be labeled and 
 kept out of the way of young and ignorant 
 persons. 
 
 SKIN SOFTENER AND WHITENEK. 
 
 Glycerin, two ounces. 
 
 Boric acid, in powder, ninety grains. 
 
 Distilled water, two and one-half ounces. 
 
 Lanolin, one ounce. 
 
 Paraffin, fourteen ounces. 
 
 Oil of rose, six drops. 
 
 Heat the first three ingredients in a 
 hot water bath until a solution is obtained. 
 Melt the paraffin and lanolin together and 
 mix all by constant stirring, adding the oil 
 of rose just before the mass concretes. Re- 
 move in the morning with soap and warm 
 water. 
 
 Use lanolin powder during the day in 
 place of face powder. 
 
 LANOLIN POWDEB. 
 
 Lanolin, one ounce. 
 Starch, 1 ounce. 
 Talcum, 20 ounces. 
 Coumarin, 24 grains. 
 Oil of rose, 16 drops. 
 
 The starch and talcum should be sifted 
 several times through very fine silk bolting 
 cloth, and added gradually to the lanolin 
 and perfume. Lanolin imparts a peculiar 
 smoothness to the powder, causes it to ad- 
 here to the skin and keeps the cuticle from 
 getting dry. 
 
 TO REMOVE PIMPLES. 
 
 Try a tablespoon of phosphate of soda 
 in hot water before breakfast. Take this 
 every other morning for two weeks. 
 
 In washing the face use a teaspoouful 
 
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 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 of powdered borax to a quart of water. 
 Wet a soft cloth and hold it on the face 
 hot, then ''spat" the face with the hot 
 water. Do not rub or irritate the pimply 
 portion. 
 
 At night rub a little white vaseline into 
 the pimples, and, in the morning, wash 
 off with the hot borax water. This is the 
 simplest of all ways to treat pimples. If 
 thev are still obstinate there are other 
 remedies. 
 
 If this does not cure give up every kind 
 of sweet. This does not mean only pastry, 
 candy, and ice cream soda, but it includes 
 fruits of all kinds, fresh or stewed. The 
 rule is positive. Soups must be eschewed 
 equally. Your physician must give you a 
 tonic, including a mild laxative. Your 
 diet outside of sweets and soups can be 
 generous. This is the prescription of a 
 famous physician who has treated thou- 
 sands of complexions and always with suc- 
 cess, and the wherefore is simple. A bad 
 complexion comes from a form of dyspep- 
 sia, which is caused by the irritating 
 quality of sugar. Sugar is fermentative, 
 consequently that is also forbidden. 
 
 FOR OFFENSIVE BREATH. 
 
 Bad breath is usually caused by decayed 
 teeth, catarrh or a disordered stomach. It 
 is obvious that until the cause is removed 
 the best that can be done will be to use a 
 temporary antiseptic wash. One should 
 by all means ascertain the cause of the of- 
 fensive breath and receive proper treat- 
 ment. 
 
 There is no human ailment so offensive 
 as the odor of a diseased breath, whatever 
 the cause, and many a delicate woman has 
 first become disgusted with a man because 
 she could not overcome the repulsion oc- 
 casioned by an impure breath. 
 
 The following mouth lotion will purify 
 the breath for a short time : 
 
 Salicylic acid, 3 drams. 
 
 Oil of peppermint, 7 grains. 
 
 Filtered water, 1 pint. 
 
 Alcohol, 8 ounces. 
 
 Orange flower water, 7 grains. 
 
 Mix the oil of peppermint with about 
 2 ounces of alcohol. Mix the remainder 
 of the alcohol with water and warm, then 
 dissolve the acid in the warm portion and 
 add the perfumed water and the alcohol 
 and peppermint. 
 
 Wash the mouth thoroughly with the 
 lotion whenever necessary. 
 
 HOW TO MASSAGE THE BODY. 
 
 ITII quick hands an attendant 
 goes over the skin lightly with a 
 soft towel, and then begins upon the rub- 
 bing movement. The hand is filled with 
 oil, sweet, olive, cocoa oil, or a mixture 
 of melted wax and sweet oil, making a 
 cold cream. Cold cream is good for this 
 purpose, and nothing could be better than 
 white vaseline. 
 
 Kub the chest thoroughly, not using 
 strength enough to reduce the fat, but rub- 
 bing in the rotary manner, so that the 
 cream is kneaded in, not with force, but 
 gently. One will be surprised to find how 
 much cream can be used working in this 
 way. The heat of the hand keeps the 
 cream soft and the skin, with its open 
 pores, dries it readily. 
 
 If the skin is oily, the grease can be re- 
 moved with a soft cloth. A hot water 
 bath can be taken later if desired, and 
 there need be no fear that the oil will be 
 drained from the skin. It has been ab- 
 sorbed already by the tissues and soft 
 parts of the flesh. 
 
 Diet comes in for its share in the re- 
 sponsibility. Unless one eats the right 
 things, they will not make the right 
 amount of progress. Everyone wants to 
 be fattened, but they want to be fattened 
 in the right place. 
 
 Eating all one wants of one thing is a 
 good way to get fat. Take some one vege- 
 table, some one kind of fruit, some one 
 kind of pudding, or "made dish," and of a 
 sort if it be easily digested, it will "put 
 fat" on the body. Some fear to get fat 
 lest the layers of adipose will go to the 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 377 
 
 v/rong place; below the belt instead of 
 above it, in the chin instead of into the 
 bust ; on the cheeks and hips — everywhere 
 except in the places desired. The dread of 
 this keeps many a woman in a starving 
 condition. But to such fears one may 
 say begone. They are mere nightmares, 
 not the realities. 
 
 If one takes the proper exercises, the 
 liftings, the stretchings, the bendings, and 
 the curvings; if one walks and runs in 
 the open air freely, the fat will dispose 
 itself in the proper spots, just where 
 nature intended it should. If one doubts 
 this, go where living models are employed ; 
 take a look at the wonderful figures of 
 these women whose graces serve as a pat- 
 tern for statuary ; study the curves of the 
 women of the stage; and see if it is im- 
 possible to attain such. 
 
 What woman has done, woman can do. 
 Practice steadily for a month and see how 
 quickly the figure will change. 
 
 DKINK PLENTY OF WATEE. 
 
 It may be of interest to those who have 
 been inquiring for a remedy for a burning 
 sensation in the face after coming in out 
 of the cold, for me to state that I have 
 been greatly relieved from this trouble by 
 the drinking of plenty of water. I used 
 to drink very little water during the cold 
 weather, but since having acted upon the 
 good advice to drink plenty of good, pure 
 water, whether cold or hot, have been 
 greatly benefited in many ways. 
 
 Everyone should drink freely of pure 
 water each day. In many cases water in 
 quantities is all the medicine one requires. 
 Water passes into the system and carries 
 oif impurities as nothing else can. 
 
 TO PRESERVE THE HAIR. 
 
 HEKE is probably nothing sought 
 for with more avidity than remedies 
 to preserve the ^'bloom of youth.'^ Fresh- 
 ness of youth may be prolonged by the 
 
 judicious use of various preparations, 
 harmless in their nature. 
 
 The hair is considered as the woman's 
 crown of loveliness, and is usually the first 
 to show the "weight of years," if not prop- 
 erly cared for. For thin, dry, lifeless hair 
 the scalp should be rubbed three times 
 daily with a quinine hair tonic. The fol- 
 lowing formula is one that will soon bring 
 life and vigor to meager, straggling 
 locks : 
 
 Sulphate of quinine 1 dr. 
 
 Chloral hydrate 1.4 dr. 
 
 Oil of cajeput 1 dr. 
 
 Oil of bay l dr. 
 
 Spirits of camphor 1 oz. 
 
 Alcohol 8 oz. 
 
 How to mix: Kub the chloral hydrate 
 up with the camphor ; dissolve the quinine 
 in the alcohol; add the oils, and mix. 
 
 Dandruff, one of the most disagreeable 
 and tenacious afilictions of the scalp, may 
 be cured by rubbing into the scalp night 
 and morning the following: 
 
 Caustic potash 8 grj 
 
 Phenic acid 24 gr. 
 
 Lanolin y^ oz. 
 
 Cocoanut oil y^ oz. 
 
 Mix. 
 
 An excellent hair lotion used by a cele- 
 brated French beauty is made from : 
 
 Oil of Rosemary i^ dr. 
 
 Oil of lavender i^ dr. 
 
 Cologne water 8 oz. 
 
 Tinct. cantharides 1 oz. 
 
 Mix, and apply once a day. 
 
 A shampoo, which is exceedingly re- 
 freshing and cleansing to the scalp, is : 
 
 Bay rum 2>^ pts. 
 
 Water i^ pt. 
 
 Glycerine 1 oz. 
 
 Tinct. of cantharides 2 dr. 
 
 Carbonate of ammonia 2 dr. 
 
 Powd. borax i^ oz. 
 
 Mix, and shake well before usin^. 
 
378 
 
 THE ART OP ATTAINMENT. 
 
 A dclighlful hah' wash, and one that is 
 very Lealtlif ul, is made as follows : 
 
 Alcohol y2 pt. 
 
 Soft water J/2 pt. 
 
 Sulphate of quinine 10 gr. 
 
 Powd. borax Yz. oz. 
 
 Mix, and rub well into the scalp twice 
 a week. 
 
 TO DARKEN TUE COLOR OF THE HAIR. 
 
 Green tea 2 oz. 
 
 Garden sage 2 oz. 
 
 Put in an iron pot and pour three 
 quarts of boiling water over the herbs. Let 
 simmer on the back of the stove until the 
 quantity is reduced one-third. TaJ^e off 
 the fire and leave in the pot for 24 hours. 
 Strain. 
 
 To apply, wet the hair with the lotion 
 every night and massage the scalp until 
 the hair is dry. It is said that this lotion 
 is excellent for falling hair and will pro- 
 duce a new growth. 
 
 The hair should be entirely dry before 
 going to bed, if the application is made 
 at night, or the lotion will stain the pil- 
 lows. 
 
 FOR STAINED TEETH. 
 
 fP sure your teeth are in order, then 
 brush them twice a week with the fin- 
 est powdered pumice. Do not swallow 
 the pumice, but go over the teeth, outside 
 and in. Pinse the mouth well and brush 
 the teeth with your regular dentifrice, 
 whatever that may beT There are many 
 good dentifrices. 
 
 Common salt is good for the teeth, but 
 it is a little severe. Do not use often. Ji. 
 it smarts the gums do not use it at all. 
 
 Dentistry is a painful thing, as a rule, 
 but it is one of the necessarv ills of life, 
 and one should not, on account of an hour's 
 discomfort, neglect the teeth. Nothing 
 gives 'back one's money and rewards one 
 for the time as quickly as a trip to the 
 dentist. 
 
 An attractive mouth is something every 
 woman, no matter how old or how homely, 
 can possess, and to those who have studied 
 the matter there is little excuse for an ill- 
 shaped set of teeth. But preaching is 
 easier than practice — so many a woman 
 will tell you — and the day seems far off 
 when teeth will be attended to promptly as 
 they should be. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF ETIQUETTE. 
 
 :^ j^ j^ 
 
 il^CE or twice in a lifetime we are 
 permitted to enjoy the charm of 
 noble manners, in the presence of a man or 
 woman who have no bar in their nature, 
 but whose character emanates freely in 
 their word and gesture. A beautiful form 
 is better than a beautiful face ; a beautiful 
 behavior is better than a beautiful form ; 
 it gives a higher pleasure than statues or 
 pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts." 
 
 4f 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 ^'The flowering of civilization is in the 
 finished man, the man of sense, of grace, 
 
 of accomplishment, of social power, — ^the 
 
 gentleman.'' 
 
 — Ralph Waldo Emerson on ''Manners.'* 
 
 INTRODUCTIONS. 
 
 In introductions the simplest method is 
 always the best. ''Let me make you ac- 
 quainted vjith," is an awkward and now 
 obsolete phrase. In introducing men to 
 women, the woman's name is always men- 
 tioned first, and the gentleman presented 
 to the lady, as — Mrs. Gray, let me present 
 Mr. Earl, Very frequently, where a man 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 379 
 
 introduces one of his own sex to a woman, 
 lie uses the following form, as being some- 
 what more complimentary: Mrs. Gray, 
 Mr. Earl desires to he presented to you. 
 When asking permission of a lady to in- 
 troduce a masculine stranger to her, it is 
 only necessary to say, Miss Miller, may I 
 present my friend, Mr. Rogers? He is 
 very eager to know you; I trust you have 
 no objections. 
 
 In making a stranger known to a group 
 of guests, a host or hostess, if the new- 
 comer is a woman, would usually say, 
 Mrs. Gray, let me present Mrs. Brown, 
 Miss Brown, Miss Daisy Brown, Judge 
 Thompson and Doctor Lane. 
 
 When there is a marked difference in 
 the ages of two women, the younger is al- 
 ways introduced to the elder — Mrs. Scott, 
 let me present Mrs. Mead. An unmar- 
 ried woman is invariably presented to a 
 matron, unless the spinster is very evi- 
 dently much the older person. Two matrons 
 between whose ages it would be invidious 
 to draw a distinction may be formally in- 
 troduced by a mode that holds the balance 
 of deference due them quite even — Mrs. 
 Chase, this is Mrs. Long; Mrs. Long, Mrs. 
 Chase. 
 
 In making men known to one another, 
 the distinctions are not so finely drawn. 
 A young man or a bachelor would nat- 
 urally be presented to a white-haired and 
 venerable gentleman, and a simple citizen 
 to a senator, governor or judge. When age 
 and dignities and titles play no part, it is 
 sufficient to say Mr. Raymond, Mr. Hope. 
 
 In introducing one's relatives less for- 
 mality is observed than in other cases, 
 thus: Mrs. Wilson, I want my sister to 
 Icnow you. Father, this is Mr. Hope ; Miss 
 White, I dont thinh my father has had the 
 pleasure of meeting you; Mother, this is 
 Mr. Simpson, etc. 
 
 ACKI^OWLEDGING AIT INTEODUCTION. 
 
 ft 
 
 A woman in her own house invariably 
 extends her hand, when any one is pre- 
 sented to her, saying at the same time, in 
 ^ very cordial tone, Mr. (or Mrs.) Gray, 
 
 I am very glad to meet you, ov. How do 
 you do. Miss Brown f It is a great pleas- 
 ure to know you. In other cases it is usu- 
 ally sufficient for a woman to bow politely 
 and repeat the name of the person pre- 
 sented. A young lady, unless she is play- 
 ing the part of hostess, does not express in 
 words any marked gratification when a gen- 
 tleman is presented to her ; but a man, of 
 any age, on being presented to a lady, is 
 required to signify his pleasure by an ami- 
 able phrase, such as, 1 am very happy to 
 meet you. Miss Gray. 
 
 She who offers her hand upon accepting 
 an introduction conveys thereby a sign of 
 cordial welcome of the acquaintance, but 
 in formally fashionable society none but 
 hostesses pursue this course. The studied 
 inclination of the head, a very fleeting 
 smile, and a murmur of the name, consti- 
 tutes full recognition of an introduction. 
 
 A hostess invariably rises to accept an 
 introduction to either man or woman. A 
 woman, while a guest at a ball, dinner or 
 afternoon tea, does not rise when a man is 
 presented to her; nor when she is one of 
 a group to which a woman is introduced, 
 unless it is one who is much older than 
 herself, or a person of distinction, or un- 
 less she is seated beside the hostess, who, 
 naturally, rises to greet a newcomer. In 
 all other circumstances, a woman rises to 
 receive an introduction to one of her own 
 sex. 
 
 A man always stands when any intro- 
 duction takes place in which he has a part, 
 whether the person to whom he is made 
 known is man or woman, old or young. 
 
 Particular attention should be given 
 when a stranger is presented, in order to 
 catch the name ; but on failing to do this, a 
 woman introduced to a person older than 
 herself, may ask. Will you not tell me 
 whom I have the pleasure of meeting, for 
 I was not clever enough to catch your 
 name? 
 
 When the name of a guest escapes a host 
 or hostess, it is quite proper to say quietly. 
 Forgive me, hut I can not recall your name 
 at this moment; and then, having received 
 
380 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 the required information, to proceed with 
 the introduction. 
 
 INTRODUCTIONS IN PUBLIC. 
 
 Introductions in public are made only 
 as a matter of convenience, and rarely 
 merit subsequent recognition. Should 
 two women meet in the street, at the church 
 door, or in a shop, or theater lobby, and 
 one of them be accompanied by a friend 
 who is a stranger to the other, an introduc- 
 tion would not be timely or necessary, if 
 only a momentary halt and exchange of 
 civilities were made. But should a pro- 
 longed conversation ensue, the strangers 
 must then be formally introduced. 
 
 On golf links or tennis courts, or in 
 similar public or semi-public places, where 
 people are brought temporarily into an in- 
 timate group, for play or some similar 
 purpose, the person of most authority and 
 acquaintance with the others will wisely 
 make the rapid and rather perfunctory in- 
 troduction that consists in a mere mention 
 of the names of the persons present. This 
 is nothing more than a temporary expedi- 
 ent to relieve the occasion of any diflSculty 
 or formality. 
 
 LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Letters of introduction usually are in 
 the form of brief notes, or consist of a 
 word or two written on a visiting card 
 alone. A note of introduction does not 
 gracefully cover more than a page and a 
 half of medium-sized note paper, and 
 should be confined strictly to the one office 
 of naming and presenting the person in 
 whose behalf it is written. 
 
 MODELS FOR NOTES OF INTRODUCTION. 
 
 A Lady Introduces Her Friend, 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, 
 June 6th, 1901. 
 My Dear Mrs. Marshall: 
 
 It gives me greatest pleasure to intro- 
 duce to you my friend. Miss Yondorf, of 
 Cleveland, who will be stopping for a few 
 weeks with my aunt, Mrs. Jamison, in 
 your city. I feel that I am conferring a 
 
 benefit on both of you, in making you 
 known to one another, and any kindness 
 you may show these ladies will be as 
 greatly appreciated by me as by them. 
 With kindest regards, I am, 
 Most sincerely yours, 
 
 Margaret Tracy. 
 
 Chicago, 111., 
 July 3d, 1901. 
 Dear Webster: 
 
 This will be presented by my friend. 
 Earnest Clifford, in whose behalf I speak 
 some of the invaluable advice and assist- 
 ance that I so appreciated and profited by 
 on my first trip to Paris. Clifford hopes 
 to do a little business, but more sight-see- 
 ing, in your famous city, and any civilities 
 you may be able to show him will not, I 
 assure you, fall on stony ground. 
 Faithfully yours, 
 Hermann G. IIartmann. 
 
 Introducing a Sister to a Schoolmate. 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 16th, 1901. 
 Dear Minnie : 
 
 This note will serve to introduce my 
 sister Zoe, of whom you have so often 
 heard me speak. I trust you will learn 
 to love her dearly, for the sake of your old 
 schoolmate, and loving friend, 
 
 Edyth Dalrymple. 
 Miss Minnie Parsons. 
 
 Introducing Gentleman to Lady Friend. 
 
 Zanesville, Ohio. 
 Jan. 3rd, 1901. 
 My Dear Miss Morgan: 
 
 My friend, Mr. Poyce Dixon, by whom 
 this letter will be presented, is about to 
 adopt your beautiful little city as his 
 home, for the benefit of its climatic pow- 
 ers. Knowing your hospitality, may I 
 hope it may be extended to him ? • 
 Your very sincere friend, 
 
 Richard Randolph. 
 
 A note of introduction must be placed in 
 an envelope bearing the address of the per- 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 381 
 
 son to whom the introduction is made, but 
 left unsealed. 
 
 HOW TO PRESENT A NOTE OF INTRODUC- 
 TION. 
 
 It is rather difficult to present in per- 
 son a note of introduction, though men 
 usually prefer to do so. A woman, how- 
 ever, usually sends the letter by mail, and 
 awaits a call from the person addressed. 
 
 A CARD OF INTRODUCTION. 
 
 A card of introduction is merely the 
 giver^s visiting card with the name of the 
 person whom it is to introduce written 
 above the engraved name of the giver of 
 the card — ^thus: 
 
 Introducing Miss Chrace Goldsmith 
 
 Mrs. John Kyle Dallis 
 
 32 Oqden Ave 
 
 The card should be placed in a card en- 
 velope, left unsealed, and addressed to the 
 person to whom the introduction is to be 
 made; in the lower left-hand corner of 
 the envelope, should be inscribed. Intro- 
 ducing Miss Grace Goldsmith. » 
 
 CARDS AND THEIR USES IN SOCIETY. 
 VISITING CARDS FOR WOMEN. 
 
 The size of visiting cards varies but 
 slightly from season to season. As a rule, 
 the cards used by a married woman are 
 somewhat larger than those adopted by un- 
 married women. The material and qual- 
 ity of the card should be the very best. 
 Pure white bristol board of medium 
 weight, with the surface polished, not 
 glazed, and with the name engraved there- 
 on in black ink, are the distinguishing 
 features of the cards used in good society. 
 Block, script and old English lettering are 
 all fashionable types for the engraving. 
 
 PROPER TITLES. 
 
 Beveled or gilded edges, crests, or any 
 decoration and engraving beyond the 
 name, address and day at home, do not 
 evince taste or a knowledge of the nicest 
 social customs. A lady's card in America 
 never bears any other title than Mrs. or 
 Miss; to dispense with these simple ti- 
 tles is to commit a solecism. 
 
 Mrs. Paul Lyall Dalton 
 
 148 Chkstkut Street 
 
 Miss Euth Dalton 
 
 148 Chestnut Street 
 
 A woman is not privileged to share on 
 her card the dignities conferred on her 
 husband ; the wife of the president is sim- 
 ply Mrs. William McKinley; and so on, 
 with each titled personage from president 
 to doctor. A woman, whether married or 
 single, who has herself received the title 
 of doctor, should not affix it to her name 
 on any but her business cards. A woman 
 who practices medicine should use two 
 kinds of cards. One should bear her name, 
 thus. Dr. Mary Burton Shields, or Mary 
 Burton Shields, M. D., with her address 
 in one comer and her office hours in an- 
 other. This would be for professional use 
 only. Another — for social use — should 
 bear her name thus: Miss Mary Burton 
 Shields, or Mrs. James Kent Shields, with 
 her home address in the corner. 
 
 Cards of the most approved type give 
 the full Christian name or names, if there 
 
382 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 is more than one, as well as surname. It 
 is rather more modish, for example, to 
 have the inscription read, Mrs. James 
 Kent Shields, than Mrs. James K. Shields; 
 Miss Mary Burton Shields, than Miss 
 Mary B. Shields. 
 
 The senior matron of the oldest branch 
 of a family may, if she chooses, drop her 
 husband's Christian name from her cards, 
 and let her card read simply, for example, 
 Mrs. West fall; her eldest unmarried 
 daughter is entitled to omit her Chris- 
 tian name, and use a card reading, Miss 
 Westfall 
 
 WIDOW^S CARD. 
 
 A widow is privileged either to retain 
 her husband's Christian name on her 
 cards, or to substitute for it her own ; as, 
 for example, the widow of Ernest Gilmore 
 Heath may have her cards read either 
 Mrs. Ernest Gilmore Heath, or Mrs. Mary 
 Catherine Heath. But it is rather the 
 fashion at present for a widow or woman 
 who has been divorced to use her maiden 
 surname with the surname of the deceased 
 or divorced husband; as, for example, 
 Mrs. Randolph Heath, Mrs. Heath's 
 maiden name having been Randolph. 
 
 DIVORCED woman's CARD. 
 
 A woman who is divorced erases at once 
 from her card the Christian name of the 
 man who was her husband. If she retains 
 the use of his surname, she joins with it 
 either her o^vn Christian or her own sur- 
 name, as she prefers. When after a legal 
 annulment of her marriage a woman re- 
 sumes her full maiden name, she prefixes 
 to it on her cards the title Mrs. not Miss. 
 
 USE OF JUNIOR AND SENIOR. 
 
 Junior, or the contraction Jr., is some- 
 times added to the name on the card of a 
 ladv whose husband bears the same name 
 as his father, in order to give a distin- 
 guishing mark between the cards of moth- 
 er-in-law and daughter-in-law. If the 
 mother-in-law, in such an instance, should 
 lose her husband, and at the same time 
 wish, to retain his baptismal names upon 
 
 her card, she must then add the explana- 
 tory abbreviation Sr., while her daughter- 
 in-law erases the Jr. from hers. Should 
 both ladies lose their husbands, and both 
 wish to retain on their cards the husband's 
 Christian names, the younger must add 
 Jr. on her cards. 
 
 YOUNG lady's card. 
 
 During her first season in society a 
 young lady does not, if her mother has in- 
 troduced her and is her chaperon and com- 
 panion, use a card of her ovm. Her name 
 is coupled on a large card with and below 
 that of her mother, thus : 
 
 Mrs. Henry Whittmore 
 Miss Blanche Rae Whittmore 
 
 Thursdays 
 
 North Robey Street 
 
 After her first season a young lady uses, 
 when calling alone, her own card ; but she 
 does not indicate on it any day at home 
 if her mother is an active hostess who 
 issues her own cards every season and re- 
 ceives with her daughters. 
 
 visiting cards for men. 
 
 A gentleman's card is both thinner and 
 smaller than a lady's, but it should be 
 equally chaste and fine in its quality and 
 engraving. The approved size and style 
 of inscription is as follows: 
 
 Mr. Albert Keith Negley 
 
 38 Belle Plaints Ave 
 
 The title Mr. is never dispensed with 
 unless the name is followed by Jr. If the 
 full name is too long to be engraved on 
 the card, merely the initial of the middle 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 383 
 
 name may be used; but the first name 
 should always be used in full. 
 
 The eldest male member of the oldest 
 branch of a family may omit the Chris- 
 tian name on his card and use simply the 
 family name with Mr,_, as, Mr. Negley, 
 
 TITLES ON men's cards. 
 
 It is hardly possible to be too conserva- 
 tive in the use of titles on visiting cards. 
 The President and the Vice-President of 
 the United States, Ambassadors, Justices 
 of the higher courts, officers in the army 
 and navy, physicians and clergymen, all 
 signify their office, rank or professions by 
 the approved titles. Presidents of col- 
 leges, professors, lawyers, officers of mili- 
 tia, judges of lower courts, officers of the 
 iN'aval Reserve, senators, representatives, 
 and ministers and consuls at foreign 
 courts and ports should remain satisfied 
 with the simple Mr. on all cards used for 
 social purposes. 
 
 It is an unwritten law of etiquette in 
 the army that no officer of lower rank than 
 captain shall preface his name with other 
 title than that of Mr. The proper inscrip- 
 tion for a lieutenant's card would be Mr. 
 Frank Todd Thompson, with the words 
 Lieutenant of Infantry, U. S. Army, in 
 the right-hand corner. But it is in just 
 as good taste if only the words United 
 States Army appear in the corner of the 
 card. An officer of any rank above a lieu- 
 tenant places his military title on his card, 
 and signifies in the corner of the card the 
 branch of the service to which he belongs. 
 
 CARDS USED IK SOCIAL PUITCTIONS. INVI- 
 TATIONS FOR A DINNER PARTY. 
 
 Mr. 
 
 AND 
 
 Mrs. James Black 
 
 REQUEST THE PL,EASURE OF YOUK 
 COMPANY AT DINNER 
 
 On 
 
 
 EVTINTNG, 
 
 
 AT 
 
 SEVEN O'CLOCK 
 
 R. S. V. P. 
 
 
 329 Broadway 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Black 
 
 REQUEST THE PLEASURE OP 
 
 MR. AND MRS. BROWN'S 
 
 COMPANY AT DINNER 
 
 TO MEET JUSTICE FULLER . 
 
 Thursday, September 20th, at 8 o'clock 
 
 418 Prairie Avenue 
 R. s. V. p. 
 
 FOR BREAKFAST^ LUNCHEON OR SUPPER. 
 
 Mrs. John Hancock 
 
 breakfast, THURSDAY AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK 
 
 483 CuYLER Ave 
 
 MUSICALE SOIREE OR MATINEE. 
 
 Mrs 
 
 . James Ogden 
 
 Burnett 
 
 
 m 
 
 at HOME 
 
 
 
 Friday 
 
 September Tenth 
 
 MUSIC AT 
 
 THREE 
 
 
 
 Mrs. Theodore M. 
 
 Welsh 
 
 
 AT HOME 
 
 
 Friday, 
 
 M^Y Third, 
 
 FROM 
 
 Three 
 
 TO Five O'clock 
 
 matinee MUSICALE 
 
 
 
384 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 A FULL-DEESS RECEPTION. 
 
 MKS. JAMES OTIS BllADLEY 
 
 REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF TOUR COMPANY 
 
 On Thursday, November Twelfth 
 
 FROM XHRKB UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK 
 
 18 Praikib Avenuk 
 
 R. S. V. P. 
 
 MK. 
 
 AND 
 
 MKS. 
 
 JOHK DWIGHT THOMPSON 
 
 
 
 
 AT home 
 
 
 FRIDAY 
 
 AFTERNOON, MAY TENTH 
 
 
 
 FROM FOUR UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK 
 
 
 
 
 EIGHTEEN OGDEN AVENUK 
 
 MRS. JOHN DWIGHT THOMPSON 
 
 The Misses Thompson 
 
 FRIDAY afternoon, MAY TENTH 
 
 FROM FOUR UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK 
 
 EIGHTEEN OODEN AVENUE 
 
THE ART OB' ATTAINMENT, 
 
 385 
 
 INVITATIONS FOE EVENING PARTIES. 
 
 MRS. REGINALD D'AYRE 
 
 REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMPANY OF 
 
 MR. AND MRS. JOHN HOPKINS 
 
 On Thursday Evening November first 
 
 INFOBMAIi 
 
 AT EIGHT O'CLOCK 
 
 MRS. MATTHEW ARNOLD 
 
 AT HOME 
 
 Thursday Evening, November 8th 
 
 AT NINB O'CLOCK 
 
 355 Evebqreen Ayekue 
 
 QUADRILLES AT ELEVEN 
 
 MR. AND MRS. MORTIMER ROBINSON 
 
 BEQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY 
 
 Friday Evening, June Sixth 
 
 AT NINE O'CLOCK 
 
 KINSLEY'S 
 
 WI!BS»»BSBP^W!^^"^^"^»^^^^"W.^..»" 
 
386 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 INVITATIONS TO A WEDDING. 
 
 MR. AND MRS. JAMES G. BAXTER 
 
 REQUEST THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT THE 
 MARRIAGE OF THEIR DAUGHTER 
 
 MARGARET 
 
 TO 
 
 MR. JOHN KENT FENTON 
 Ox Tuesday Afternoon, November the Third 
 
 AT FIVE o'clock 
 
 Church of the Holy Name 
 
 CHICAGO 
 
 form NO. II. 
 
 MR. 
 
 AND MRS. GEORGE ANDREWS 
 
 
 request the honor of 
 
 MISS ALLENE MAUD WINSLOW'S 
 
 PRESENCE 
 
 AT THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR DAUGHTER 
 
 
 ALTA PEARL 
 
 • 
 
 AND 
 
 
 MR. BYRON MATTHEWS 
 
 On Thursday, August the Eighth 
 
 
 AT THREE O'CLOCK 
 
 
 Grace Church 
 
 
 CINCINNATI 
 
TBt! ART OF ATfAlNMMf, 
 
 38t 
 
 FOR A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 1876 
 
 1901 
 
 SILVER WEDDING 
 
 MR. AND MRS. THOMAS BROOKS 
 
 AT HOME 
 
 Tuesday Evening, May Third 
 
 AT EIGHT o'clock 
 
 193 Belmont Ave 
 
 INVITATION TO A GARDEN PARTY. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Brown and Party 
 
 MRS. JEROME K. JEROME 
 
 AT HOME 
 
 Tuesday, September Tenth, at 5 o'clock 
 
 ''STAPLEHURST" 
 
 Garden Party 
 
 CARRIAGES WILL MEET THE 3:20 TRAIN 
 UNION STATION 
 
 R. S. V. P. 
 
388 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT, 
 
 IXTRODUCING A DAUGHTER INTO SOCIETY. 
 
 MRS. LYMAN PRENTISS 
 
 REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF IN"TRODUCIN"Q 
 HER DAUGHTER 
 
 PRISCILLA MARIE 
 
 TO 
 
 MR. AND MRS. JACKSON KEMBLE 
 OiT Tuesday Evening, May First 
 
 AT NINE o'clock 
 
 2014 Lake Shore Drive 
 
 R. 8. V. P. 
 
 invitation to a christening. 
 
 MR. and MRS. BERTRAM GOLDSMITH 
 
 request the pleasure of your company 
 at the christening of their son 
 
 On Tuesday, June Fifth 
 
 AT five o'clock 
 
 25 Oak Street 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 389 
 
 A BACHELOK KECEPTION. 
 
 Mr. Theodore Martin Purscell 
 
 REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF 
 
 Mr. an-d Mrs. Isaac Montague's 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 Tuesday Afternoon March Tenth 
 from five to eight o'clock 
 
 The Plaza Building 
 
 MUSIC 
 
 38 Fifth Avenue 
 
 SOME PHRASES USED IN SOCIETY. 
 
 Bal Masque — ^A masquerade ball. 
 
 Chaperon — An older woman attending 
 a young girl in society. 
 
 Costume de Kigueur — Full-dress cos- 
 tume. 
 
 Debut — First appearance. 
 
 Debutante — A young girl making her 
 first social appearance. 
 
 En Ville (E. V.) — In town or city. 
 
 Fete Champetre — A rural or out-door 
 entertainment. 
 
 Matinee — A morning or daylight enter- 
 tainment. 
 
 Matinee Musicale — ^A daylight musical 
 entertainment. 
 
 Musicale — A musical entertainment. 
 
 Protege — One under protection. 
 
 Respondez s'il vous plait (R. S. V. P.) 
 — ^Reply, if you please. 
 
 Soiree — An evening party. 
 
 Soiree Dansante — A dancing party. 
 
 Soiree Musicale — A musical entertain- 
 ment. 
 
 CALIS. 
 
 WHEN TO PAY CALLS. 
 
 Formal calls, in the city and during the 
 season of winter gaiety, are paid between 
 three and half-past five o'clock in the aft- 
 ernoon. Calls of ceremony are never ex- 
 
 changed between women in the morning, 
 in the evening, or on Sunday afternoon 
 unless business is to be transacted or an 
 interview has been arranged by special ap- 
 pointment. 
 
 The day at home is a purely social occa- 
 sion, and calls are paid then, if possible. 
 It is always more considerate and compli- 
 mentary to observe a friend's day at home, 
 if she has issued cards appointing one, 
 than to pay her chance calls on other days. 
 Such are the rules for fashionable society 
 in large cities. In towns, at watering 
 places and in country neighborhoods, 
 morning and evening calls and calls after 
 church or in the afternoon on Sunday are 
 frequently the local custom. In these 
 places a call lasts much longer than in the 
 busy city. 
 
 WHEN MEN CALL. 
 
 The American man, because of the ex- 
 actions of his business, is allowed to utilize 
 the evenings and Sunday afternoons for 
 paying his social calls. In fashionable so- 
 ciety in the large cities a gentleman may 
 present himself at a lady's door after half- 
 past eight or even as late as nine o'clock in 
 the evening. In society which keeps 
 earlier hours a caller may arrive at from 
 seven-thirty to eight o'clock. Sunday aft- 
 ernoon calls begin at eight o'clock. The 
 specification, however, of these times and 
 seasons does not preclude a man from pay- 
 ing calls on a lady's day "at home." In 
 the country men are privileged to call in 
 the morning. 
 
 WHO PAYS THE FIRST CALL. 
 
 Brides and strangers newly arrived in a 
 neighborhood never make, but wait to re- 
 ceive, the first call. Women who have been 
 invited to visit, or during the summer sea- 
 son have been entertained in a friend's 
 house in the country, must be among the 
 first, directly their hostess returns to town, 
 to call upon her. When there exists no 
 previous indebtedness on either side, and 
 after a summer's holiday two women ar- 
 rive in their houses on very nearly the 
 same date, the younger usually calls upon 
 
390 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 the elder first Where the differences in 
 their ages is very slight, the one who re- 
 turns to town first makes the initial call 
 or the unmarried calls first on the mar- 
 ried woman. 
 
 An unmarried wt)man would call first 
 on a matron, or a younger woman pays 
 this compliment to one decidedly older 
 than herself, whether both are matrons or 
 single ; otherwise the matter is decided by 
 opportunity or inclination. 
 
 HOW TO PAY A CALL. 
 
 A woman does not remove her veil, 
 gloves or lighter wrap when calling. In 
 the event of bad weather the umbrella, 
 overshoes and storm coat are to be left in 
 the hall. A man never wears his overcoat 
 into a lady's drawing room; it is left in 
 the hall ; but at present it is a rare thing 
 for a man to carry his cane or hat into a 
 drawing room. 
 
 On the ceremonious day at home wom- 
 en callers do not kiss in greeting ; nor do 
 they remove their gloves when taking tea. 
 
 A man calling in company with ladies, 
 even if they are his near relatives, waits 
 for them to give the signal of departure. 
 When the woman rises, signifying her 
 readiness to leave, he must also rise at 
 once, with an apology to any one with 
 whom he is conversing at the moment. He 
 makes his farewells to the hostess after 
 his companion has made hers, and follows 
 her from the room. 
 
 TABLE MANNERS. 
 
 dont's for diners. 
 Dont — 
 
 Put your elbows on the table. 
 
 Trifle with knives or forks. 
 
 Clink the glasses together. 
 
 Tuck the napkin in your waistcoat or 
 collar. 
 
 Fold the napkin at conclusion of a meal. 
 
 Convey food to the mouth with the 
 knife. 
 
 Hash food with the fork. 
 
 Hold knife and fork in the air while 
 the plate is being replenished. 
 
 Place soiled knife or fork on table 
 linen. 
 
 Allow spoon to stand in cup while 
 drinking from it. 
 
 Blow on soup to reduce its temperature. 
 
 Drink from the end of a spoon. 
 
 Masticate the food noisily. 
 
 Converse with the mouth full. 
 
 Hold food in air while conversing. 
 
 Bite mouthfuls of bread from a slice. 
 
 Precede the ladies to the table. 
 
 Use a toothpick at the table. 
 
 DINNERS. 
 
 A fortnight is the usual notice given in 
 sending out dinner invitations, although 
 some persons extend it to three weeks, but 
 this is only done when great ceremony is 
 to be observed, or when engraved cards of 
 invitation are issued. The reason for giv- 
 ing a long notice is obvious; it enables a 
 hostess to secure the guests she mostwishes 
 to entertain, and makes it easier for her 
 to send out additional invitations when 
 any of her cards are declined. 
 
 A hostess may exercise her preference 
 between writing her invitations on note 
 sheets with her own hand and sending out 
 especially engraved cards. But whichever 
 course she pursues, the terms in which she 
 bids her friends to a formal dining are 
 invariably the same. The card on which 
 a dinner invitation is engraved is, as a 
 rule, large, of pure white, rather heavy 
 bristol board, and the engraving is done in 
 script, old English or block type. At 
 proper intervals spaces are left for the in- 
 sertion of the name of the prospective 
 guest, the day, the hour and date, thus : 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Trumbull White 
 request the pleasure of 
 
 company at dinner 
 
 on evening 
 
 at .... o'clock. 
 
 89 Walnut Street 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 391 
 
 Should the dinner be given in honor of 
 a special guest, the hostess may write To 
 meet Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, at the bot- 
 tom of every engraved card or order her 
 stationer to prepare small cards to accom- 
 pany each invitation she issues, the cards 
 to be engraved thus : 
 
 TO MEET 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace 
 
 OF SAN FRANCISCO 
 
 INVITATIONS TO LESS CEREMONIOUS DIN- 
 NERS. 
 
 For small dinners for not more than ten 
 people, most of whom are already ac- 
 quainted with each other, the invitations 
 are more appropriately issued in the form 
 of brief friendly notes, as follows, and ad- 
 dressed to the wife when a married couple 
 is invited: 
 
 821 Langley Ave., March 6th, 19 — . 
 My Dear Mrs. Alexander: 
 
 Will you and Mr. Alexander give us the 
 pleasure of your company at dinner on 
 Monday, the twelfth, at six o'clock ? 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Janet Adams. 
 
 34 Temple Place, Aug. 19 — . 
 Dear Mr. Templeton: 
 
 We would be very pleased to have you 
 dine with us on Tuesday next, the tenth, 
 at seven o'clock, if disengaged. 
 Cordially yours, 
 
 Sylvia Gwynn. 
 
 820 Sycamore St., Jan. 12th, 19 — . 
 Dear Mrs. Templeton: 
 
 It would give us great pleasure to have 
 you and Mr. Templeton dine, informally, 
 with us on Wednesday, the eighth, at six 
 o'clock, to meet Mr. and Mrs. Bertram 
 Venard of Chicago, and afterward go with 
 
 us to attend the Messiah. Trusting that 
 there is no previous engagement to prevent 
 our enjoyment of your company, I am, 
 Most cordially yours, 
 Rebecca Allene Dinsmore. 
 
 answering a dinner INVITATION. 
 
 A prompt and decisive reply, written 
 within twenty-four hours, is the rule fol- 
 lowed by well-bred and considerate per- 
 sonages. It is a gross incivility, or an 
 indication of very defective social educa- 
 tion, to permit a dinner card to lie two or 
 three days awaiting its answer. The an- 
 swer to an invitation expressed in the 
 third person is invariably written as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 183 Wells St., 
 March 28th, 19— 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Whitmore 
 
 accept with pleasure 
 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jerrold's 
 
 invitation to dinner on 
 
 Thursday evening, April third, 
 
 at six o'clock. 
 
 or 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. James Whitmore 
 regret that illness in their family 
 
 prevents their acceptance of 
 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Jerrold's 
 
 kind invitation to dinner on 
 
 Thursday evening, April third, 
 
 at six o'clock. 
 
 183 Wells St., 
 March 28th, 19—. 
 
 A dinner invitation in the form of a 
 note must be answered by note, in which 
 it is the sensible custom to repeat the dates 
 given in the hostess' missive, thus : 
 
 189 Walnut Street, 
 Jan. 27th, 19—. 
 My Dear Mrs. Goldsmith: 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to accept 
 your kind invitation to dinner on Tues- 
 day, the twelfth, at seven o'clock. 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Sarah Winters. 
 
393 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 "Windmere." 
 Aug. 8th, 19—. 
 Dear' Mrs. Ayling: 
 
 I will be pleased to dine -with you on 
 Friday, the ISth, at six o'clock. 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 Walter Darnell. 
 183 Princeton Ave., 
 
 Jan. 23, 19—. 
 My Dear Mrs. Mattheius: 
 
 Mr. Reynolds and I are extremely sorry 
 that we are not able to accept your invita- 
 tion for the 30th inst. We are pledged for 
 a dinner and the opera on that date, and 
 lament exceedingly our inability to accept. 
 Mr. Reynolds joins me in kind regards 
 and regrets. 
 
 Believe me, sincerelv vours, 
 
 Elizabeth Reynolds. 
 
 A successful dinner party. 
 
 In giving a dinner care and judgment 
 should be exercised in choosing and then 
 in arranging the guests so that all may be 
 comfortable. 'Not too many should be bid- 
 den, and usually an even number, as many 
 gentlemen as ladies. It is well to invite 
 the young as well as the more advanced in 
 years, thus insuring a diversity of conver- 
 sational topics. 
 
 It is best that guests should be disposed 
 in accordance with natural laws; persons 
 of like minds and tastes should be seated 
 together. 
 
 THE TABLE. 
 
 Those who gave dinners should under- 
 stand the proper arrangement of the table, 
 or employ some person who does have 
 such knowledge. The table is first cov- 
 ered with heavy felting or double canton 
 flannel. Over this is laid the heavy dam- 
 ask cloth. A handsome dinner cloth falls 
 in full, long drapery about a table, its four 
 comers almost touching the floor. The 
 central crease of the cloth runs the length 
 of the table, dividing it exactly in half. 
 At the middle point in this line the large 
 
 center doily finds its proper place. A 
 square or circular piece of fine linen, lace 
 or drawn work is used. On this is ar- 
 ranged the flowers, which form the table 
 decoration. Most hostesses use candles 
 the same shade as the flowers used m the 
 decoration. 
 
 When the flowers have been artistically 
 arranged the candlesticks or lamps are dis- 
 posed about it. Four single sticks should 
 form a guard of honor around the flowers, 
 standing at exactly equal distances from 
 each other and from the flowers. Four 
 candles will thoroughly illuminate a table 
 laid for six or eight. 
 
 If candelabra are used they are set at 
 equal distances above and below the center- 
 piece. Decanters, salt cellars, pepper 
 boxes, compotiers of bonbons and platters 
 of salted nuts are then located. 
 
 The plate should be so placed that if it 
 is decorated the fruit or flowers of the dec- 
 oration will be in a natural position to the 
 eye of the person seated before it. On 
 the plate is placed a large white dinner 
 napkin, folded and ironed square, with 
 a dinner roll or square of bread laid be- 
 tween the folds. To the left of the plate 
 three silver forks are laid close together, 
 the points of the prongs turned up. To 
 the right of the plate lie two large silver- 
 handled, steel-bladed knives, and one 
 small silver knife, their sharp edges 
 turned toward the plate. Beside the silver 
 knife is laid a soup spoon, with its bowl 
 turned up, and next to the soup spoon lies 
 the oyster fork. 
 
 Nearly touching the tips of the knife 
 blades stand the glasses — one a goblet, or 
 tumbler, for water; and additional ones 
 for wines, if they are served. 
 
 On top of the napkin lies a small gilt- 
 edged card, bearing across its length, in 
 the hostess' handwriting, the name of the 
 guest for whom the seat is intended. 
 
 SERVING. 
 
 In serving the dinner care must be ex- 
 ercised to avoid accidents, although guests 
 must make allowances for these, and if 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 393 
 
 they should happen no one should lose his 
 self-control or get out of humor. Servants 
 should move about noiselessly and with 
 celerity, though never hurriedly, and 
 guests must not be robbed of their plates 
 v^hen in the act of eating. 
 
 Plates for hot courses must be warmed. 
 A well-trained servant presents the dishes 
 at the left hand of every guest in turn, be- 
 ginning the first course with the lady at 
 the right of the host, and then passing in 
 regular order from gentleman to lady as 
 they are seated. 
 
 At a ceremonious dinner the host does 
 not carve any of the meats, none of the 
 dishes are set upon the table and the host- 
 ess does not help her guests to anything. 
 For a ceremonious dinner the menu should 
 appear something like the following: 
 
 Oysters on the Half Shell. 
 
 Soup. 
 
 Fish. Potatoes. Cucumbers. 
 
 Mushrooms or Sweetbreads. 
 
 Eoast Lamb with Spinach. Tomato Sauce. 
 
 Canvas Back Duck. Celery. 
 
 Creamed Peas on Toast. 
 
 Lettuce Salad. Cheese Straws. 
 
 Pineapple Ice. Charlotte Russe. 
 
 Ices. Fruits. Coffee. 
 
 SIMPLE DIiq^NERS, 
 
 A white cloth and center-piece of flow- 
 ers, a large dinner lamp, two or four crys- 
 tal dishes containing bonbons, olives, 
 salted nuts and celery, are proper furnish- 
 ings for a simple dinner party. If the 
 dinner begins with soup, the hostess should 
 find, when the company enter, the filled 
 and covered tureen and a pile of warm 
 soup plates at her place. As soon as the 
 guests are seated the maid removes the 
 tureen cover and passes the plates of soup 
 as her mistress l^dl^s out the liquid, the 
 
 first plate of soup being passed to the lady 
 on the right of the host. 
 
 The fish and fish plates are set before 
 the host, who serves them; after the fish 
 is served the waitress passes on her tray 
 a dish of potatoes. 
 
 At such a dinner the master carves the 
 meat, and the maid passes the vegetables 
 with the meat. 
 
 The relishes are passed by the hostess. 
 The maid serves the desserts. The coffee 
 is placed on a tray before the hostess, who 
 pours the liquid and sweetens it to every 
 one's taste. 
 
 OKDEK OF PEECEDEIS'CE. 
 
 When dinner is announced the host rises 
 at once, offering his right arm to the lady 
 who is to sit at his right. If a dinner is 
 given in honor of a married couple, the 
 host leads the way to the table with his 
 guest's wife, the hostess bringing up the 
 rear with the lady's husband. If there is 
 no particularly distinguished person in 
 the party the host takes in the eldest lady, 
 or the one who has been invited to the 
 house for the first time. Relatives, or hus- 
 bands and wives, are never sent in to- 
 gether. There should, if possible, be an 
 equal number of men and women guests. 
 If, however, there be six ladies and five 
 gentlemen, the hostess should bring up the 
 rear, walking alone. 
 
 There need be no confusion in the seat- 
 ing. The persons who go into the dining 
 room together sit side by side, and can 
 move quietly around the table until they 
 discover their places by the names on the 
 cards lying at their respective covers. The 
 host waits a moment until the ladies are 
 seated, then the dinner proceeds. 
 
 LUIS-CHEONS AND BREAKFASTS. 
 
 For a formal and elaborate luncheon or 
 breakfast the invitations are fittingly is- 
 sued ten days in advance of the date of the 
 entertainment, and are engraved on large 
 square white cards, with the name of the 
 person invited and the day and hour writ- 
 ten in by the hostess' owii hand^ thus ; 
 
394 
 
 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 Mrs. Paul Laurence Blake 
 
 Requests the Pleasure of 
 
 Company at Luncheon 
 
 ON- 
 
 AT- 
 
 -O'CLOCK 
 
 38 Broadway 
 
 Under ordinary conditions it would be 
 quite enough for the hostess to write be- 
 neath the engraved name on her ordinary 
 calling card; 
 
 Luncheon at 2 o'clock, 
 February second. 
 
 OR 
 
 Breahfast at 11 o'clock, 
 March fifteenth. 
 
 Yet another approved course is the writ- 
 ing of brief notes of invitation. All invi- 
 tations should be sent from ^ye to seven 
 days in advance of the chosen date. The 
 following are good forms of invitation by 
 note: 
 
 83 Drummond Court, 
 March 10th, 19—. 
 Dear Mrs. Raymond: 
 
 I shall be pleased to have you lunch 
 with me on Wednesday next, the twen- 
 tieth, at half -past one o'clock, to meet my 
 friend, Miss Hudson, of Galveston, Texas. 
 Trusting there is no prior engagement 
 to prevent your coming, I am, 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 IFeederica Whiteman. 
 
 OB 
 
 83 Drummond Court, 
 
 March 10th, 19—. 
 My Dear Mrs. Raymond: 
 
 Will you pardon the short notice and 
 
 give us the pleasure of your company at 
 breakfast at eleven o'clock on Wednesday, 
 the twentieth ? 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 Frederica Wiiiteman. 
 
 answering luncheon and breakfast 
 invitations. 
 
 Luncheon and breakfast invitations re- 
 quire prompt answers. Following are 
 forms for same; 
 
 Mrs. Donald G. Phillips 
 
 Accepts with Pleasure 
 
 Mrs. James R. Burton's 
 
 Kind Invitation to Luncheon 
 
 ON THURSDAY, MAY THE THIRD 
 AT TWO o'clock 
 
 35 Porter Square 
 
 OR 
 
 21 Wickham Place, 
 June 30th, 19—. 
 Dear Mrs. Minot: 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to accept your 
 invitation to breakfast on July the first, 
 at eleven o'clock. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 Madeline Bridges. 
 
 OB 
 
 "Mardemere," 
 November 3rd, 19 — . 
 Dear Mrs. Montgomery: 
 
 I am extremely sorry that I am not 
 able to accept the invitation for your 
 luncheon on Friday next, but a previous 
 engagement debars me from the great 
 pleasure. With sincere regrets, believe me. 
 
 Cordially yours, 
 Ohlotilde WyNNEt 
 
TH^ ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 395 
 
 A FORMAL LTJNCHEOlSr. 
 
 For a ceremonious luncheon the hour is 
 set at one, half-past one, or two o'clock, 
 and the hostess lays her table and selects 
 her menu with taste and luxurious liber- 
 ality. Occasionally very sumptuous lunch- 
 eons are spread on a number of small, 
 round tables placed in the dining room, 
 and possibly also in the library, if it ad- 
 joins the dining room. Every table seats 
 four guests and is adorned with its own 
 flowers, and if artificial light is desired 
 its own candles. The general practice, 
 however, favors one spacious table spread 
 with a white damask cloth, and a white 
 centerpiece of lace or drawn work, upon 
 which is set a silver loving cup or vase of 
 flowers. The covers are laid as for a din- 
 ner. To the left of every plate is placed a 
 second small decorated one, to receive the 
 guests' bread and butter, and small silver 
 knives are provided for use with these 
 plates. 
 
 THE MENU. 
 
 At a fashionable luncheon, given in 
 winter, the menu as a rule includes ovsters 
 on the half -shell; hot bouillon, served in 
 cups; a fish course — usually lobster ; tim- 
 bales of chicken or pates; sweetbreads 
 with green peas or a fillet of beef with as- 
 paragus. A pudding or ices, fruit, bon- 
 bons and coflee conclude the repast. 
 
 In summer in the country a charming 
 luncheon consists of clams on ice, fol- 
 lowed by jellied bouillon, chops with a 
 vegetable, mushrooms on toast, broiled 
 chicken with lettuce salad, strawberries 
 with ice cream, bonbons and coffee. 
 
 THE BREAKFAST PARTY. 
 
 The well-selected twelve o'clock break- 
 fast begins with fruits; lobster, sweet- 
 breads in a large pastry shell, mushrooms, 
 broiled chicken with French peas, toasted 
 biscuits with creamy cheese, a pastry with 
 game, and coffee, tea or chocolate. 
 
 The above menu is suitable for a very 
 ceremonious affair. 
 
 Tor a simple country breakfast the fol- 
 lowing menu will prove satisfactory: 
 
 Fruits, followed by small, delicately 
 broiled fish with potatoes. Eggs with hot 
 home-made bread, chops with tomato 
 salad, and coft'ee. 
 
 VISITING AND HOUSE PARTIES. 
 
 A well-worded note offering the hospi- 
 talities of one's roof for a number of days, 
 or of weeks, should explicitly stipulate the 
 exact dates on which it will be most con- 
 venient to welcome the coming and speed 
 the parting guest. 
 
 I^Tot infrequently a hostess asks a friend 
 to fix for himself the time and length of a 
 visit, or names two or three dates on which 
 she will be at liberty to receive him. But 
 ordinarily it is not only no discourtesy, 
 but a kindness and a compliment for the 
 hostess to designate the day and hour 
 when she will be best prepared to receive 
 her friend, and she may also specify the 
 boat or train on which the visitor shall 
 come. 
 
 FORMS OF INVITATIONS TO HOUSE PARTIES. 
 
 Eochester, May 14th, 19 — . 
 My Dear Miss Payne: 
 
 We are planning to entertain a few 
 friends during the week of the Fourth of 
 July, and I hope you can arrange to come 
 to us on the first and remain until the 
 tenth. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Tyner, the 
 Dunhams and one or two others have 
 promised, so only your presence is needed 
 to complete our party and our pleasure. 
 If you can come, I suggest your taking 
 the 3 :30 train from Brighton, and arriv- 
 ing here at 7:30 on the evening of the 
 first. I will meet you at Cuyler station. 
 
 Trusting that nothing will arise to pre- 
 vent your coming, I am, as always, 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 Maud D. Mapleton. 
 
 REPLY. 
 
 Brighton, May 20th, 19 — . 
 My Dear Mrs. Mapleton: 
 
 I am charmed to say that I see nothing 
 
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 ftt^ ART OF AffAiNME^tff. 
 
 to prevent mv acceptance of your irresist- 
 ible invitation. I shall be so pleased to 
 renew my acquaintance with the Tyners 
 and the Dunhams, and I accept your ad- 
 vice as to trains, etc. 
 
 With kindest regards, I am 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 EsTELLE Payne. 
 
 THE FORMAL HOUSE PARTY. 
 
 A house party consists, strictly speak- 
 ing, of from four to twenty guests gath- 
 ered in a country home for any length of 
 time, from three days to a fortnight. The 
 limits of the visit are very exactly defined 
 in the invitations, and the time is devoted 
 to the enjoyment of a round of the most 
 agreeable, well-planned and varied diver- 
 sions that the entertainers can provide. 
 
 A hostess should know the resources at 
 her command and also something of the 
 tastes and habits of her guests, and accord- 
 ingly she should be able to provide proper 
 amusements. In planning entertainment 
 it is safe to appoint no special occupation 
 for the mornings. When the party is con- 
 ducted on a large scale, breakfast will be 
 likely to continue late in the morning. 
 Many women even prefer to keep to their 
 rooms until just before luncheon, writing 
 letters, etc., or to pass the time very quiet- 
 ly on a shady veranda gossiping, reading 
 novels, or doing a bit of fancy work or to 
 stroll about the grounds. When, however, 
 as sometimes happens, the morning is 
 given up to an expedition the guests may 
 be left to themselves during the afternoon, 
 thus giving the hostess an opportunity to 
 prepare for the feature that is to fill the 
 evening. 
 
 It rests with a hostess to confer yet 
 fuller blessings of comfort and pleasure 
 by always forbearing to force a guest to 
 take any part in any planned pleasuring 
 or expedition ; and also when her opin- 
 ions are radically opposed to those of her 
 visitor, graciously avoiding argument or 
 conflict, and finally by tactfully interpos- 
 ing when any of her company fall into vio- 
 
 lent discussions. Too many good-natured 
 ladies feel dread at leaving visitors at their 
 own devices for a time, and are panic- 
 stricken at the sight of a guest engaged, 
 for instance, with a book, lest for the one 
 so occupied the time is hanging heavily 
 and she herself has been neglectful. But 
 really the prime rule of good entertain- 
 ment is to allow any visitor who is stop- 
 ping at your house something of the same 
 liberty in disposing of his time that he 
 would have at home. Hence, while it is 
 nothing short of brutal to invite half a 
 dozen visitors to one's house and leave 
 them to pick up diversions as best they 
 may, it is not less reprehensible to over- 
 entertain — ^to rout out nervously a sleep- 
 ing matron at her napping hour in order 
 to torment her with the sight of a tennis 
 tournament ; to wrest a perfectly satisfied 
 man from his book and cigar with orders 
 to join in a long drive, and to break in on 
 an agreeable tete-a-tete because of a sus- 
 picion that the talkers would relish a new 
 note in their conversation. 
 
 THE GUEST CHAMBER. 
 
 A striking and admirable feature of the 
 new and splendid country house is its 
 many guest rooms, for the modem hostess 
 would no more venture to ask two women 
 just introduced to one another to occupy 
 the same bed than she would dare to pro- 
 vide them with but one plate at her 
 table. A perfectly appointed country 
 home with small single rooms for its sin- 
 gle guests ; and where sisters, a mother 
 and a daughter, or a husband and wife are 
 asked to share one chamber, two single 
 beds are invariably provided. Ample 
 closet room is placed at the disposal of 
 every guest, and either a bath is attached 
 to each room or the occupants of not 
 more than three rooms are required to 
 share one bathroom. However simply a 
 guest chamber is furnished, let it always 
 be a model of comfort, neatness and cheer- 
 fulness. A fresh, brightly figured paper, 
 the floor covered with Japanese matting 
 and a few rugs, white muslin curtains, 
 
THE ART OF ATTAINMENT, 
 
 397 
 
 chintz-covered furniture and a sleep-invit- 
 ing bed are the most important details in 
 the fitting of such an apartment. Since the 
 preferences and habits of no-^two guests 
 are alike, it is essential to provide for the 
 vagaries of every individual. One visitor 
 will not find it difficult to sleep profound- 
 ly with the sun streaming in at every win- 
 dow; another will be distinctly wretched 
 if the morning light cannot be excluded. 
 Therefore, the thoughtful hostess, if the 
 outside or inside shutters of her guest 
 room do not work easily, will hang dark 
 hoUand shades at every window, such as 
 will easily roll up and be out of sight all 
 day and then be dravTn at night. In the 
 closet of the guest chamber an extra blan- 
 ket should always be folded; a table with 
 a lamp, candle and matches should be 
 placed at the bedside; the bells for sum- 
 moning the servants should be in working 
 order, and there should be many small con- 
 veniences supplied, such as pens, ink, sta- 
 tionery, telegraph blanks and a calendar 
 on a small writing desk or table near the 
 window, and over the desk or table a card 
 that states the hours at which letters can 
 be posted and received. The hostess who 
 is thoughtful in all these details sees also 
 that there is a workbox supplied with all 
 necessary articles for repairing clothing. 
 She also makes it a rule to look in person 
 through the room when an occupant is ex- 
 pected, to assure herself that it has been 
 properly aired, that the toilet accessories 
 are complete and that closets and drawers 
 are empty and immaculately cle.an. 
 
 WELCOMIlSfG VISITOES. 
 
 As the hour of arrival is always speci- 
 fied in the notes of invitation and accept- 
 ance, the host or hostess should be in at- 
 tendance at the dock or railway station to 
 meet and greet the expected friend, and 
 this is an almost unavoidable obligation 
 when the expected guest is an unmarried 
 woman making her first visit. Bachelors 
 or married couples are not supposed to re- 
 
 quire the guidance and help necessary for 
 a timid young lady, and a competent, 
 quick-witted man-servant may be trusted 
 to do the honors at the station for them. 
 
 It is the duty of the host or hostess to 
 provide proper transportation, not only 
 for the visitor, but for his or her luggage 
 from the station. And when the guest 
 reaches the door the hostess should be there 
 herself to offer a warm welcome. 
 
 THE IDEAL GUEST. 
 
 To be an agreeable guest for the brief 
 hour or two of a formal entertainment is 
 not a difficult achievement, but to prove 
 oneself an amiable and accommodating 
 visitor for the space of a fortnight or more 
 is the best test by which the possession of 
 spirits, good-breeding and innate kindness 
 can be demonstrated. Arrived at his or 
 her destination, and made welcome, the 
 ideal visitor, without doing violence to 
 physical strength or strong personal pref- 
 erences, essays to fall in with the customs 
 of the household as nearly as possible and 
 to find pleasure and occupation in the di- 
 versions provided by the host and hostess. 
 A truly considerate guest, whether mmi 
 or woman, is careful before leaving his or 
 her room in the morning, to hang or fold 
 away all garments, to throw the bed covers 
 back on a chair drawn to the foot of the 
 bed and to open wide the windows. 
 
 A woman visitor may well regard it as 
 one of her daily duties to straighten all 
 the articles upon her dressing table, to 
 set her wash-stand to rights, put soiled 
 clothing in their proper bag or basket, and, 
 save that the bed is left open to air, give 
 her chamber the air of the most exquisite 
 tidiness. 
 
 At the close of the visit, the guest shall 
 bid adieu to members of the family indi- 
 vidually. Within ten days after a visit, 
 a short note should be dispatched to the 
 hostess, informing her of the guest's safe 
 arrival home and expressing anew her 
 pleasure at the entertainment enjoyed. 
 
THE LANGUAGE OF THE HAND 
 
 AND WHAT IT REVEALS. 
 
 ^^ ¥^ 4^ 
 
 f^ALMISTRY is divided into two 
 1^' technical sciences, known as chirog- 
 noniy and chiromancy. Chirognomy is 
 the science of determining individual 
 
 traits and hereditary tendencies by study- 
 ing the shape and pose of the hand. Chiro- 
 mancy is the science of determining the 
 acquired characteristics of a person, fore- 
 
 UPPER I4A 
 
 RESISIAWjCE 
 
 COURAGE 
 
 COaLNES^ 
 
 CALMNESS 
 
 THE WARRIOR 
 
 MT Of LUNA 
 
 IMAGIKATION 
 
 FANCY 
 
 MYSTICISM 
 COLDHESS 
 SELFISHNESS 
 
 MAP CF THE HAND. 
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 telling events, etc., etc., by the study of 
 the lines and markings to be found in the 
 palm of the hand. The same distinction 
 exists between chirognomy and chiroman- 
 cy that exists between phrenology and 
 physiognomy. 
 
 The hand, more than any other organ of 
 the body, executes the commands or voli- 
 tions which originate in the brain. This 
 intimate relation between the brain and 
 the hand is the reason why natural traits 
 and acquired characteristics can be read 
 from it. 
 
 The hand which is most used alters its 
 shape or develops the qualities which are 
 forming in a subject ; it also acquires new 
 lines from which the character, feelings 
 and future events can be read. And thus 
 it is that in right-handed people the mark- 
 ings of the right hand should be studied 
 for the present state of development, while 
 the left hand, because less used, is better 
 for the study of hereditary or natural con- 
 ditions. If the left hand is badly marked 
 and the right hand well marked such a 
 person has improved himself; but if the 
 right hand is poorly marked and the left 
 hand well shaped and marked, this shows 
 that the subject has not improved his nat- 
 ural talents. The left hand is known as 
 the passive hand, the right hand as the 
 active. (As a matter of course this is re- 
 versed in left-handed persons.) 
 
 POSE. 
 
 The pose of the hand is the manner in 
 which they are carried when the subject is 
 not conscious that he is being observed. 
 It is the manner in which the hands are 
 carried in walking along the streets, or in 
 every-day occupations. 
 
 When the hands firmly close, it indi- 
 cates one who is self-contained, deter- 
 mined, energetic and who can keep a 
 secret. If the fingers hang loosely, and 
 the hand hangs limp at the side, there is 
 little fixedness of purpose, lack of concen- 
 tration, the mind is vacant, and such ob- 
 jects cannot be trusted with a secret. 
 
 If a subject continually tries to hide the 
 
 hand, and does not expose the palm freely 
 when shaking hands or making gestures, 
 his is a nature not open and frank, but he 
 is naturally secretive. If the palm is ex- 
 posed freely to view the subject has no 
 thoughts which he wishes to conceal. 
 
 COLOR OF THE HAiq^D. 
 
 The color of the hand, as shown in the 
 palm and under the nails, is of great value 
 and requires close study. White hands 
 show deficient circulation of the blood, 
 and a cold, selfish, unsympathetic temper- 
 ament ; such people are liable to disease 
 of the nervous system. Pink color of the 
 palm and nails indicates good blood sup- 
 ply, good health, good temper, generosity 
 and sympathy. Such people are more 
 liable to acute diseases than chronic. Red 
 color shows an excess of blood, and indi- 
 cates strong feelings, great activity and a 
 liability to diseases of the brain. Yellow 
 color indicates a morbid, nervous, disa- 
 greeable disposition, ordinarily known as 
 the bilious temperament. Such people arc 
 liable to diseases of the liver and indiges- 
 tion. Bluish color of the palm and nail- 
 indicates deficiency of the circulation, and 
 a great liability to heart disease. 
 
 TEXTUEE AND FLEXIBILITY. 
 
 The texture of the skin of the hand, if 
 very soft and fine, indicates refinement. 
 If the texture of the skin is rough and 
 harsh the subject has a coarser nature, and 
 lacks natural refinement. Flexibility of 
 the hand is the ease with which it is bent 
 backwards. Some hands are so stiif that 
 they cannot be bent back at all. The stiff 
 hand shows an unelastic mind, not easily 
 adapted to changing conditions, a nature 
 which runs in ruts, is immovable, and is 
 inclined to stinginess. 
 
 Flexible hands show an elastic mind, 
 which adapts itself readily to any sur- 
 rounding, is versatile, brilliant, but in 
 danger of becoming an extremist, and lack- 
 ing concentration — a jack-of-all-trades. 
 The flabby hand shows the absolutely lazy 
 
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 subject, who will not work. The soft hand 
 shows laziness, but in less degree. The 
 hard hand denotes love of work. 
 
 SEVEN TYPES OF HANDS. 
 
 The hand, according to shape, is di- 
 vided into seven distinct types. The first 
 type is the elementary or lowest type. This 
 hand has short clubbed fingers and a 
 thick, coarse thumb. The palm is heavy 
 and thick, the nails short. This is the 
 purest animal type. Such people cannot 
 reason, but act by instinct. They simply 
 eat, sleep and die. 
 
 FIG. I. 
 
 Square hand denotes love of method, logic, rea- 
 son, conventionality, tenacity of purpose; an 
 affectionate, honest, practical nature. 
 
 Seven Types of Hands. 
 
 I. Elementary or lowest type. 
 
 II. Square hand. (Fig. I.) 
 
 III. Spatulate hand. (Fig. II.) 
 
 IV. Knotty or Philosophic 
 (Fig. III.) 
 
 V. Conic hand. (Fig. lY.) 
 
 VI. Psychic hand. (Fig. V.) 
 
 VII. Mixed hand. 
 
 hand. 
 
 THE MIXED HAND. 
 
 The seventh type is the mixed hand. 
 This hand contains fingers belonging to 
 the different types above mentioned. It is 
 the hand of versatility, and generally 
 changeability of purpose. Its possessors 
 have great diplomacy and tact. Can adapt 
 themselves to any circumstances. Are 
 very unstable, consequently are rarely suc- 
 cessful. (The remaining types are de- 
 scribed briefly under cuts.) 
 
 THE FOUR FORMATIONS OF FINGER TIPS. 
 
 The finger tips have four formations, 
 and all hands have a combination of some 
 of these tips. 
 
 \ 
 
 A. The spatulate tip indicates activity 
 and originality. Make good explorers, in- 
 ventors. 
 
 B. The square tip indicates regularity, 
 system, order. Women with such finger 
 tips make good housekeepers. 
 
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 C. Tlie pointed tip shows the idealist, 
 one who is dreamy and has impractical 
 views. Does not succeed in every-day life. 
 !N^eeds affection. 
 
 D. The conic tip indicates an artistic 
 nature, one who loves beauty in form, 
 color and nature. Such tips on a coarse 
 hand indicate love of flashy dress and dis- 
 play. 
 
 HEALTH AS INDICATED BY FIN^GER NAILS. 
 
 The nails on the fingers are remarkably 
 sure guides as regards health. Short nails, 
 very flat "V-shaped and inclined to lift 
 up at the edges, are the fore-runners of 
 paralysis. (Fig. E.) Short nails, thin 
 
 and flat at the base, show a tendency to- 
 ward heart disease. (Fig. -F.) 
 
 Fig. G denotes a tendency toward 
 throat affections. 
 
 1 
 
 
 Fig. H denotes delicacy of lungs. 
 Fig. I denotes consumptive tendencies. 
 
 Short-nailed people have a greater ten- 
 dency to suffer from heart trouble and dis- 
 eases affecting the trunk and lower limbs 
 than those with long nails. Long-nailed 
 persons are more liable to trouble in. the 
 upper half of the system, in the lungs, 
 chest and head. 
 
 DISPOSITION AS SHOWN BY THE NAILS. 
 
 People with long nails are less critical 
 and more impressionable than those with 
 short nails; inclined to be visionary, fond 
 of poetry and the fine arts. 
 
 People with short nails are extremely 
 critical, have quick, sharp judgment, keen 
 sense of humor, quick-tempered. When 
 the nail is broader than it is long the in- 
 dications are pugnacity, a tendency to 
 worry and meddle. 
 
 JOINTS OF THE FINGERS. 
 
 When the joints of the fingers are 
 largely developed (Fig. J), such persons 
 are reasoners, analyzers and philosophers. 
 They make excellent mathematicians and 
 historians, and form their opinions after 
 much thought and analysis. Fingers are 
 called smooth when the joints are not de- 
 veloped (K, smooth pointed finger; L, 
 
 smooth square finger). Subjects with 
 smooth fingers think by intuition and do 
 not analyze or reason. They are naturally 
 artistic. They form their opinions quickly. 
 Each finger has two joints called knots 
 (see complete diagram). When the first 
 knot of the finger is well developed, the 
 
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 indications are mental order and system; 
 ideas will be well arranged. 
 
 The second knot developed denotes sys- 
 tem and order in every-day affairs, ex- 
 quisite neatness. 
 
 LENGTH OF FINGERS. 
 
 A person with nnusually long fingers is 
 naturally suspicious, easily wounded, very 
 neat in dress, but, as they love detail, very 
 slow. They are cautious, reserved. 
 
 Very short fingers denote one who 
 thinks quickly, deals in generalities, at- 
 tempts great enterprises. He acts by in- 
 spiration, on the spur of the moment; 
 never analyzes. 
 
 THE THUMB. 
 
 The thumb is the indicator of will 
 power, reasoning faculties, and love, rep- 
 resenting the three great moral forces 
 which operate so powerfully on human 
 
 Spatulate hand denotes love of action, energry 
 and independence, sometimes restlessness and 
 excitability. 
 
 life. Large thumbs show greater strength 
 of character, more determination and bet- 
 ter reasoning faculties than small thumbs, 
 which are deficient in these qualities. 
 
 The first phalanx (see complete dia- 
 gram) indicates by its length and breadth 
 the amount of will power and determina- 
 tion and the ability to command others. 
 
 The second phalanx indicates by its 
 length and thickness the strength of the 
 reasoning faculties, and the possession of 
 logic, prudence and tact. 
 
 The fleshy part at the base of the thumb, 
 when full and pink, has the indications 
 printed at the base of the thumb in the 
 complete diagram. When flat and pale 
 one is wanting in all the qualities named. 
 When thick and coarse and red in color it 
 indicates sensuality. If the first phalanx 
 is longer than the second, the will power 
 will dominate the reasoning faculties. The 
 subject will think first and act afterward. 
 If the second phalanx is longer, reason 
 will dominate will, and the subject will 
 know what he ought to do, but will lack 
 determination to do it. If the tip of the 
 thumb is pointed, the subject will be highly 
 impressionable, and will easily be mis- 
 led. 
 
 THREE DIVISIONS OF THE HAND. 
 
 Hand 
 
 1. Fingers — mental world. 
 
 2. Middle Palm — practical or 
 
 material world. 
 
 3. Base of Palm — animal side of 
 
 nature. 
 
 In reading a hand, one should notice 
 carefully which one of the worlds is the 
 most noticeable. Por instance, a hand 
 with very long fingers indicates an intel- 
 ligent person whose greatest success would 
 be in mental vocations. If the middle por- 
 tion of the hand is most pronounced in de- 
 velopment, he will succeed in business. If 
 the lower portion is thick and largely de- 
 veloped, he will have low appetites, and be 
 animal in his desires. 
 
 THE SEVEN TYPES INDICATED BY THE 
 MOUNTS. 
 
 Mounts 
 
 1. Jupiter ian — ambition. 
 
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 2. Satnrnian — wisdom. 
 o. Apollonian — brilliant. 
 
 4. Mercurian 
 orator. 
 
 physician or lawyer, 
 merchant. 
 
 5. Martian — courageous. 
 
 6. Lunarian — imagination. 
 
 7. Venutian — love. 
 
 The complete diagram illustrates the 
 location and boundary of the mounts of 
 the hand, and it is from these mounts that 
 people are identified as belonging to one 
 or the other seven types. Close inspection 
 of the skin covering the mounts will show 
 that tiny ridges come together, forming a 
 minute triangle. (See apex of mount.) 
 This shows the apex of each mount, which 
 should be located in the center of the 
 mount. If the apex leans towards one of 
 the other mounts, it gives off part of its 
 strength to the mount toward which it 
 leans. If the apex is centrally located on 
 one mount, and the apexes of all the other 
 mounts are pulled towards it, the subject 
 belongs to the type which has the apex 
 centrally located. 'No matter where the 
 puffiness of the mount may come, the cen- 
 ter of the mount must be located from the 
 apex. If a mount is high, with the apex 
 in the center, it locates the subject as be- 
 longing to that mount, it strengthens the 
 power of that mount. If the person has, 
 in addition, a large and long finger above 
 the mount, the type will be well pro- 
 nounced. 
 
 THE JUPITERIAK MOUNT. 
 
 The Jupiterian, the first of these 
 mounts, is indicated by a centrally located 
 apex on the mount of Jupiter and a long 
 finger of Jupiter. 
 
 The Jupiterian is a large, commanding 
 person, with a fine presence, solid and 
 graceful carriage, and a firm muscular 
 strength, a clear eye and well-cut features. 
 The leading trait of the Jupiterian is am- 
 bition, and he is the ni tural leader of m,en. 
 
 He is justly inclined, honorable, and has a 
 great love of nature. 
 
 FIG III. 
 
 Knotty or philosophic hand denotes love of wis- 
 dom, mystery and the utilities, deep thinkers, 
 careful over little matters. 
 
 THE SATURNIAN MOUNT. 
 
 The next type is the Saturnian, and is 
 located by a centrally placed apex on the 
 mount of Saturn and a long finger of Sat- 
 urn. 
 
 The Saturnian is tall, thin, lank, has 
 withered, wrinkled skin, yellow in color, 
 long, straight hair, dark, receding eyes, 
 narrow chest and a shambling, unsteady 
 gait. He is intensely nervous and very 
 cross and irritable. The Saturnians do 
 not like society, but prefer study and re- 
 search. They are great chemists, mathe- 
 maticians, historians, and make able 
 jurors. They are apt to be melancholy, 
 morbid, often superstitious, and always 
 take a rather gloomy view of life. 
 
 The Saturnian has been dominated the 
 balance wheel for humanity. 
 
 THE APOLLONIAN" MOUNT. 
 
 The third mount type is the Apollonian, 
 who is identified by a centrally located 
 
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 apex on the mount of Apollo and a longer 
 liiiger of Apollo. He is a bright, spark- 
 ling, brilliant person, handsome in appear- 
 ance, with a finely poised head, delicately 
 chiseled features, a finely shaped body and 
 a springy, elastic gait. He has an artistic 
 temperament, and from this type came the 
 great painters, artists, musicians and au- 
 thors. The Apollonians are also great 
 money makers and gain popularity easily. 
 
 THE MEKCUKIAN MOUNT. 
 
 The Mercurian, indicated by a centrally 
 located apex on the mount of Mercury and 
 a long finger of Mercury, is the smallest 
 of all the types, is compact, muscular, ac- 
 tive and wiry. He is quick and energetic, 
 and a great traveler. This type is the 
 three-sided one. If the first phalanx (see 
 diagram) of the finger of Mercury is the 
 longest, it indicates a splendid speaker or 
 orator ; if the middle phalanx is the long- 
 est, such persons make splendid physicians 
 and lawyers. A long third phalanx of the 
 Mercury finger is the business side of the 
 type, making the most successful of mer- 
 chants and commercial men. His leading 
 traits are his wonderful assurance, great 
 ability to read human nature, and his 
 commercial instincts. Mercurians are 
 most successful business men. This type, 
 however, has a bad side, and when the fin- 
 ger of Mercury is very crooked it indi- 
 cates dishonesty. From this type we. get 
 most pronounced criminals, who are re- 
 nowned for lying, swindling and cheating. 
 
 THE LUNARIAN MOUNT. 
 
 The Lunarian is identified by the mount 
 of the Moon. (See frontispiece.) This 
 subject is predisposed to imagination, and 
 if of a pronounced type is cold and un- 
 sympathetic, fond of mysticism, is super- 
 stitious, is not generous, and often dreamy 
 and visionary. The Lunarian has, in a 
 high degree, the faculty of language. 
 
 'No great authors, actors, painters, mu- 
 sicians, but have well-developed mounts of 
 the Moon. 
 
 The Lunarian type is greatly prone to 
 disease. If the color of the mount is pink 
 or red this liability is decreased. The 
 mount must be divided into three sections, 
 horizontally, the upper third locating the 
 difficulties with the intestines and bowels, 
 the central section of the mount locating 
 the health difficulties of acute rheumatism 
 
 FIG. IV. 
 
 The conic hand denotes impulse and instinct, 
 love of luxury and the artistic. Esthetic appre- 
 ciation. 
 
 and the lower third of the mount locating 
 the diseases of the kidneys and bladder, 
 and, in the hands of women, severe female 
 disorders. The color of the hand is most 
 important to consider with this type, for 
 anything approaching pink or red will de- 
 crease the liability of these health difficul- 
 ties, and anything approaching whiteness 
 or pallor increases the liability to them. 
 Cross-bars or grills on the mount, stars or 
 other defects, all locate these health 
 troubles, and by noting on which third of 
 the mount they are seen it will indicate 
 which of the health d'fficulties peculiar to 
 the type are present » 
 
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 THE MARTIAN MOUNT. 
 
 The Martian type is identified by the 
 upper and lower mounts of Mars, on the 
 plain of Mars, the location and boundaries 
 of which are shown in the perfect diagram. 
 The lower mount of Mars indicates great 
 aggression. When largely developed it 
 becomes disagreeable and denotes quarrel- 
 someness. The upper mount of Mars 
 shows resistance, or the power of self- 
 defense. Such people are calm, coura- 
 geous, cool in moments of danger, are not 
 discouraged when adversity comes. The 
 Martians are a very intense type, and from 
 them come great soldiers, statesmen, pugi- 
 lists and athletes. The Martian is very 
 closely knit, muscular in frame, has large 
 legs, a big chest, thick neck, rather bullet- 
 shaped head. The hair is coarse, and the 
 eyes have a bold, determined look. They 
 walk with a firm tread and show them- 
 selves to be always on the defensive. 
 
 THE VENUTIAN. 
 
 The Yenutian type is located from the 
 mount of Venus. This stands for love, 
 beauty, grace, pleasure, sympathy and 
 generosity. The Yenutians are immensely 
 attractive to all of the opposite sex. They 
 are intensely human and generous, but 
 slightly vain. Fond of amusements. They 
 are handsome, finely shaped, with pink 
 skin, and a healthy, attractive appearance ; 
 they possess strong vitality. 
 
 Where the hand is thick and coarse, the 
 skin coarse and the mount of Yenus de- 
 veloped low at the base, Yenutians become 
 coarse sensualists, and are terribly im- 
 moral. 
 
 PREDISPOSITION TO MARRIAGE OF THE 
 SEVEN TYPES. 
 
 All of the seven types of people have a 
 predisposition on the marriage question. 
 The Jupitarian marries early in life and 
 aspires to one who is prominent and well 
 known. They often have unhappy mar- 
 riages, owing to the fact that their ambi- 
 tions are great. 
 
 The Saturnian dislikes the married 
 state exceedingly. He is not amorous or 
 healthy, and prefers seclusion, quiet and 
 study to gaiety or society. 
 
 FIG. V. 
 
 The psychic hand denotes the purely visionary 
 idealistic nature, one that is calm, cold and 
 chaste. Has no practical, business-like or logical 
 side. 
 
 The Apollonians are gay and bright, 
 and predisposed to marry. They have 
 many unhappy experiences in the married 
 state, as they seldom choose those who are 
 brilliant, like themselves. It is a peculiar 
 fact that Apollonians select plain persons. 
 
 The Mercurian is a great match-maker. 
 He is predisposed to marry himself, and 
 gets up matches for all his friends. He 
 chooses a tidy, trim person, who is small, 
 like himself, and bright and vivacious. 
 Mercurians most often marry subjects of 
 their own type. 
 
 Martians are greatly predisposed to 
 marry. They are an intense, ardent type, 
 and do their love-making in a fierce and 
 vigorous fashion. They choose Yenutian 
 subjects almost always. 
 
 The Lunarian is not greatly predisposed 
 
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 to marry, but they marry oftencr than the 
 Saturnians. They are capricious and 
 tickle, and cold by nature, consequently 
 their marriages are extremely eccentric. 
 Either they marry those very much older 
 than themselves, or much younger, or in 
 some way entirely out of proportion. 
 
 Venutians are certain to marry. They 
 fall into the married state naturally, ad- 
 mire the types which are very strong and 
 manly. The Venutian is a feminine type, 
 although it is found among the male sex. 
 There is always a desire, in the married 
 state, that the partner shall be of a strong 
 and intense type. Many Venutians con- 
 sequently marry the Martian type. 
 
 THE LINES ON THE HAND. 
 
 The engraving shows the palm of the 
 hand, the principal lines indicated and 
 named. In reading the lines on the hand, 
 the right hand should be read, as the lines 
 in the right hand show the present devel- 
 opment of a person. Following are the 
 lines which should be closely examined on 
 reading a hand : 
 
 Line of Life. — The line of life should 
 be long, narrow and deep, without irreg- 
 ularities, breaks or crosses of any kind. 
 If chained, made up of little links, it is a 
 sure sign of bad health. This line should 
 begin immediately under the mount of 
 Jupiter and embrace the whole of the 
 mount of Venus. 
 
 Line of Mars rises on the mount of 
 Mars and sweeps down by the side of the 
 line of life. Denotes excess of health. 
 
 Line of Head indicates intellectual 
 strength or weakness. When straight, 
 clear and even, it denotes practical com- 
 mon sense, and a love of material things. 
 When straight in the first half, then 
 slightly sloping, it shows a balance be- 
 tween the imaginative and the purely 
 practical. ^^Hien the entire line has a 
 slight slope, the indications ar^ imagina- 
 tive works in the arts. A short line indi- 
 cates a material nature; when linked, in- 
 
 decision; when full of little hair lines, 
 danger of brain disease. 
 
 Line of Heart should be deep, clear and 
 well colored. When it rises from the cen- 
 ter of the mount of Jupiter, it gives the 
 highest type of love. When it rises from 
 the mount of Saturn, indicates passion in 
 attachments. When very long, indicates 
 excess of affection; inclination toward 
 jealousy ; when red, it denotes violence of 
 passion; when pale and broad, indiffer- 
 ence; when close to the line of head, the 
 heart will interfere with affairs of the 
 head. 
 
 Line of Fate relates to all worldly af- 
 fairs. Should begin at the wrist and pro- 
 ceed straight up the hand to the mount of 
 Saturn, indicates good fortune and suc- 
 cess. When it begins far up the hand, in- 
 dicates success gained late in life. 
 
 Line of Sun. — Brilliancy or success. 
 When it begins at the line of life, indi- 
 cates success in artistic pursuits. 
 
 Line of Health should lie straight down 
 the hand, the straighter the better. An 
 excellent sign to be without this line ; indi- 
 cates healthy, robust nature. 
 
 Via Lasciva should run off the palm 
 into the wrist ; gives force to the passions. 
 If running into the mount of Venus, 
 shortens natural length of life by excesses. 
 
 Girdle of Venus, on a thick hand, indi- 
 cates sensuality. When on a conic or psy- 
 chic hand, indicates an exacting tempera- 
 ment. 
 
 Ring of Saturn. — ^ot a good sign to 
 have on the hand; prevents success. 
 
 Bracelets, when very high, indicate in- 
 ternal weakness. When clearly defined, 
 indicate strong health and a robust consti- 
 tution. 
 
 Line of Marriage. — When the line of 
 marriage lies close to the line of head, it 
 indicates an early marriage — near the cen- 
 ter of the mount, from 21 to 28, and so on. 
 Only the long lines relate to marriage, 
 and the short ones to deep affection or mar- 
 riage contemplated. 
 
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 4or 
 
 Note. — In reading the hand it must be remembered that the color, texture, flexibility 
 and formation of the joints of the hand, as well as the formation of the finger tips, must 
 be taken into consideration. See outline which follows. 
 
 I. Color of the Hand. 
 
 II. Texture and Flexibility. 
 
 PALMISTRY. 
 
 III. Types of Hands. 
 
 i 
 
 IV. Formations of Finger Tips. 
 
 V. Health as Indicated by Finger Nails. 
 
 VI. Disposition as Indicated hy Finger 
 
 Nails. 
 
 VII. Joints of Fingers. 
 
 VIII. Length of Fingers. 
 
 IX. Divisions of hand. 
 
 X. Mount Types. 
 
 J 
 
 1. Elementary. 
 
 2. Square. 
 
 3. Spatulate. 
 
 4. Knotty or Philo- 
 
 sophic. 
 
 5. Conic. 
 
 6. Psychic. 
 
 7. Mixed. 
 
 f 1. Spatulate. 
 
 i 
 
 2. Square. 
 
 3. Pointed. 
 1^ 4. Conic. 
 
 ( 1. Mental. 
 
 -( 2. Material. 
 
 (^ 3. Animal. 
 
 1. Jupiterian. 
 
 2. Saturnian. 
 
 3. Apollonian. 
 ^ 4. Mercurian. 
 
 5. Martian. 
 
 6. Venutian. 
 V. 7. Luna, 
 
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 THE ART OF ATTAINMENT. 
 
 THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS. 
 
 fHE language of flowers is a language 
 that is more often spoken of than 
 practiced ; but that our readers may know 
 how to contrive a bouquet that shall tell 
 its o^vn story — be, in fact, a communica- 
 tion from sender to receiver — we append a 
 list of flowers with their floral significa- 
 tions. 
 
 FLORAL DICTIONARY. 
 
 Almond Tree Heedlessness 
 
 Aloe Affliction 
 
 Apple Blossom Preference 
 
 Arbor Vitae Old Age 
 
 Azalea Temperance 
 
 Bachelors' Buttons . . . Single Blessedness 
 
 Balsam Impatience 
 
 Burdock Importunity 
 
 Buttercup Childish Glee 
 
 Candy Tuft Architecture 
 
 Carnation Refusal 
 
 Cherry Good Education 
 
 Chestnut Blossom Do Me Justice 
 
 China Aster Variety 
 
 China Pink Aversion 
 
 China Bose Beauty Always E"ew 
 
 Chrysanthemum 
 
 Cheerfulness Under Adversity 
 
 Clover Provident 
 
 Cock's-comb Singularity 
 
 Columbine Polly 
 
 Cowslip Pensiveness 
 
 Crab Apple Ill IsTature 
 
 Crowfoot Ingratitude 
 
 Cypress Death 
 
 Daffodil Deceitful Hope 
 
 Dahlia Instability 
 
 Daisy Innocence 
 
 Dandelion Oracle 
 
 Dogwood Durability 
 
 Double Daisy Participation 
 
 Elder Zealousness 
 
 Evening Primrose Inconstancy 
 
 Faded Leaves Melancholy 
 
 Fig Tree Prolific 
 
 Flax Fate 
 
 Forgetmenot Faithfulness 
 
 Foxglove Youth 
 
 Full-Blown Boso Beauty 
 
 Garden Anemone Expectation 
 
 Garden Marigold Uneasiness 
 
 Geranium Gentility 
 
 Golden Bod Precaution 
 
 Grass Utility 
 
 Hemlock You Will Cause My Death 
 
 Hepatica Confidence 
 
 Hollyhock Fecundity 
 
 Holly Foresight 
 
 Hop Injustice 
 
 Horse Chestnut Luxuriancy 
 
 Honeysuckle Bond of Love 
 
 Hyacinth Game, or Play 
 
 Ivy True Friendship 
 
 Juniper Asylum 
 
 Larkspur Levity, Fickleness 
 
 Laurel Glory 
 
 Lavender Assiduity 
 
 Lemon Zest 
 
 Lettuce Coldheartedness 
 
 Lilac Forsaken 
 
 Lily Innocence 
 
 Lily of the Valley. .Return of Happiness 
 
 Lime Tree Conjugal Fidelity 
 
 Lotus Silence 
 
 Maiden's Hair Secrecy 
 
 Mandrake .Parity 
 
 Maple Reserve 
 
 Marigold Despair 
 
 Mignonette 
 
 Your Qualities Surpass Your Charms 
 
 Milk Vetch Presence Softens Pain 
 
 Mistletoe Parasite 
 
 Mulberry Tree Wisdom 
 
 Mushroom . Upstart 
 
 Myrtle Mildness 
 
 E'arcissus Egotism 
 
 Oak Tree Hospitality 
 
 Olive Peace 
 
 Orange Blossom Marriage 
 
 Palm Victory 
 
 Pansy Thought 
 
 Parsley Feast 
 
 Passion Flower Superstition 
 
 Peach Blossom Perfidy 
 
 Peony Shame 
 
 Peppermint Warmth of Temper 
 
 Phlox Unanimity 
 
 Pine Apple You Are Perfect 
 
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 Pine Tree Boldness 
 
 Plum Tree Independence 
 
 Poppj Consolation in Sickness 
 
 Quince Temptation 
 
 Eed Pink Lively and Pure Love 
 
 Ripe Currants You Please All 
 
 Kose Love and Joy 
 
 Bosebud Youthf ulness 
 
 Saffron Flower Do l^ot Abuse 
 
 Sage ; Esteem 
 
 Scarlet Puschia Taste 
 
 Scarlet E^asturtium Splendor 
 
 Sensitive Plant Bashfulness 
 
 Snap Dragon Presumption 
 
 Snowdrop Consolation 
 
 Sunflower Palse Riches 
 
 Strawberry Perfection 
 
 Sweet Briar Poetry 
 
 Sweet Pea Delicate Pleasure 
 
 Sweet Sultan Widowhood 
 
 Sweet William Craftiness 
 
 Syringa Memory 
 
 Thistle Surliness 
 
 Thorn Apple Deceitful Charms 
 
 Tiger Lily Pretension 
 
 Tuberose Voluptuousness 
 
 Tulip .Declaration of Love 
 
 T^alerian . . . .Accommodating Disposition 
 
 Violet Modesty 
 
 Water Lily Purity 
 
 Weeping Willow Mourning 
 
 Wheat Riches 
 
 White Jasmine Amiableness 
 
 White Pink Talent 
 
 White Rosebud Ignorant of Love 
 
 White Violet Candor 
 
 Wood Anemone Sickness 
 
 Wormwood Absence 
 
 Yellow Rose Infidelity 
 
 BIRDS THAT LIVE IN POEMS. 
 
 (Give names of birds and authors.) 
 1. 
 
 Tell me what thy lordly name is on the 
 night's Plutonian shore. 
 
 2. 
 
 Thou wast not bom for death, immortal 
 bird, 
 
 Ko hungry generations tread thee down, 
 
 The voice I hear this passing night was 
 
 heard 
 
 In ancient days by emperor and clown. 
 
 Perhaps the self-same song that found a 
 
 path 
 Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick 
 
 for home, 
 She stood in tears amid the alien corn. 
 
 3. 
 Half hid in tip-top apple blooms he swings. 
 Or climbs ag'inst the breeze with quiverin' 
 
 wings. 
 Or, givin' way to 't in a mock despair. 
 Runs down, a brook o' laughter, through 
 the air. 
 
 4. 
 This poet, though he dwells apart. 
 Moved by his hospitable heart. 
 Sped, as I passed his sylvan fort. 
 To do the honors of his court 
 As fits a feathered lord of land. 
 Flew near, with soft wing grazed my hand. 
 Hopped on the bough, then, darting low, 
 Prints his small impress on the snow. 
 Shows feats of his gymnastic play, 
 Head downward, clinging to the spray. 
 
 5. 
 Higher still and higher 
 
 Prom the earth thou springest. 
 Like a cloud of fire 
 
 The blue deep thou wingest, 
 And, singing still, dost soar, and, 
 
 Soaring, ever singest. 
 
 6. 
 Sing of the air, of the wild delight 
 
 Of wings that uplift and of winds that 
 uphold you, 
 The joy of freedom, the rapture of flight. 
 Through the rifts of the floating mists 
 that enfold you. 
 
 r. 
 
 He sings each song twice over. 
 Lest we should think he never could recap- 
 ture 
 The first, fine, careless rapture. 
 
 8. 
 Thrice welcome, darling of the spring. 
 Even yet thou seem'st to me 
 

 
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 Xo bird, but an invisible thing, 
 A voice, a mjsterj. 
 
 9. 
 lie clasps the crag with hooked hands, 
 Close to the sun, in lonely lands. 
 Ringed with the azure Avorld, he stands. 
 
 The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls. 
 He watches from his mount in walls. 
 And, like a thunderbolt, he falls. 
 
 10. 
 I watch him as he skims along. 
 
 Uttering his sweet and mournful cry. 
 He starts not at my fitful song. 
 
 Or flash of fluttering drapery. 
 He has no thought of any wrong. 
 
 He scans me with a fearless eye. 
 
 ANSWERS. 
 
 1 — Raven. — Edgar Allen Poe, 
 2 — Nightingale. — John Keats. 
 3 — Bobolink. — James Russell Lowell, 
 4 — Titmouse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
 5 — Skylark. — Percy Shelley. 
 6 — Heron. — Henry Wadsworth Longfel- 
 low. 
 7 — Thrush. — Rohert Browning. 
 8 — Cuckoo. — William Wordsworth, 
 9 — Eagle. — Alfred Tennyson. 
 10 — Sandpiper. — Mrs. Celia Thaxter. 
 
 PING PONG OR TABLE TENNIS. 
 
 HE newest and possibly we should 
 
 add the most popular sport at the 
 present time among the "smart set" is 
 Ping Pong. It is capable of a variety of 
 movements and necessitates close watching 
 in order to become skilled. 
 
 The people of England have gone 
 "daft," using a term that is more expres- 
 sive than elegant, over this game, while 
 the people in the larger cities of this coun- 
 try are not far behind. 
 
 It is played the same as Lawn Tennis, 
 and the same rules are observed, with a 
 few exceptions to adapt it for use on a 
 dining-room table. It involves almost as 
 much exercise, and possibly a little more 
 
 skill. One thing is sure — if you play 
 Table Tennis well, you can't help playing 
 Lawn Tennis well, although a good Lawn 
 Tennis player may not, necessarily, be a 
 good Table Tennis player. 
 
 The game can be played on a dining- 
 room table of any size ; 9 by 5 feet is the 
 official measurement, but you can have 
 just as much fun on a table either larger 
 or smaller. 
 
 The height of the net is six and three- 
 fourths inches. The height of the table 
 from the floor should be 2 feet 6 inches. 
 
 The posts should stand out 5 inches on 
 the outside of the table. The table should 
 be painted dark green, with a three- 
 fourths-white line around the edges. 
 
 Rules. — The game is for two players. 
 They shall stand one at each end of the 
 table. The player who first delivers the 
 ball shall be called the server, and the 
 other the striker-out. 
 
 At the end of the first game, the striker- 
 out shall become the server, and the server 
 shall become the striker-out, and so on 
 alternately. 
 
 The service shall be strictly underhand 
 and delivered from behind the end of the 
 table. 
 
 The ball served must drop anywhere on 
 the table-top beyond the net, and is then 
 in play. If it drop into the net or off the 
 table, it counts to the striker-out. THERE 
 IS ^O SECOND SERVICE, AS IN 
 LAWN TENNIS. 
 
 In serving, it is a let if the ball touch 
 the net in passing over. 
 
 If the ball in play strikes any object 
 above or around the table before it bounces 
 on the table-top itself (net or post ex- 
 cepted), it counts against the player. 
 
 The server wins a stroke if the striker- 
 out fails to return the service, or return 
 the service or ball in play off the table. 
 
 The striker-out wins a stroke if the 
 server serve a fault, or fails to return the 
 ball in play, or return the ball in play so 
 that it falls off the table. 
 
 NO VOLLEYING IS ALLOWED; 
 but as long as the ball touches the table- 
 
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 top it is in play, and can be taken at half- 
 vollej. The striker-out loses a point if lie 
 takes the ball on the volley. 
 
 On either player winning his first 
 stroke, the score is called 15 for that 
 player ; on either player winning his sec- 
 ond stroke the score is called 30 for the 
 player ; on either player winning his third 
 stroke, the score is called 40 for that 
 player; and the fourth stroke won by 
 either player is scored Game for that 
 player, except as below. 
 
 If both players have won three strokes 
 (40 all), the score is called deuce; and 
 the next stroke won by either player is 
 scored advantage to that player. If the 
 
 same player win the next stroke, he wins 
 the Game: if he loses the next stroke, 
 the score is again called deuce, and so on 
 until either player wins the two strokes 
 immediately following the score of deuce, 
 when the Game is scored for that player. 
 
 The player who first wins six games 
 wins a set. 
 
 The Game may also be scored by points, 
 twenty up. The players, in this case, 
 change the service after every five points 
 scored, like "Overs" at Cricket, and they 
 set three at (19 all), the player who first 
 wins three strokes winning the game. Best 
 of three games counts. 
 
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