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Kiddies’ Korner By MADREE PEXN DADDY3 CVENW QfAtY WIES 6yumam\m mm * ^ V ® U M* AUTHOR > THE LOCUSTS' SONG. “Listen,” said Mother Meadow Lo cust to a little Meadow Locust named Millie, “and I will tell you a story." "That is nice,” said Millie politely, and also because she did want to hear a story. “I am going to tell you that your song must always be soft and sweet, very soft and sweet, and so I am going to send you to the Meadow Locust Family Music club. Singing is taught there. "You see, Millie, dear," she contin ued, “years ago when we sang just like the Katydid family the Fairy Queen was giving a concert one night. “ ‘Locusts,’ she said to us. ‘I want some other singers to take parts which are like the Katydids' parts, but a lit tle softer. That will help the whole effect of the singing. It will make it so lovely to have different voices, dif ferent sounds, different tones. Then It will be such a beautiful concert, such an exquisite concert. Do you think you could hell) me. Locusts?’ “Now, of course, we wanted to do everything we could for the Fairy Queen and for her concert. So we hud a huge meeting that very afternoon of all the locusts. We put signs around the meadow on all the tall blades of grass and told all the locusts to come to the meeting. “They arrived at all times, for as soon as they saw notices they came, but some of them had been taking naps or had been off walking and hopping and weren't on the lookout for signs and notices. "But there was a huge meeting. Oh, there were loads and loads of us. ‘What can we do?' we asked ourselves and each other. ‘To help the Fairy Queen's concert we surely must, bi'fcm what will we do?* “Finally one little Locust, named Larry Locust, spoke up. 'I have an Idea,’ he said. “We all crowded around Larry and asked him what his idea was. “ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘if we all practice to sing quite a soft song and always remember to keep down our voices so they won’t I • too loud I think we'll have whut the Fairy Queen wants.’ “So we practiced and practiced all that afternoon. When evening came we all took our places at the concert— that is—we had it in the early eve ning. “We sat in front of the Katydids and all the other creatures sat around. Well, when the Fairy Queen heard us singing softly and sweetly, and when she heard our parts by ourselves she was delighted. “‘Always sing like that,' she cried; •yes, always sing those sweet, low notes of yours.' "We were so pleased and we have always kept to that same kind of sing ing. Tlie Fairy Queen liked the Katy dids—you mustn’t for a moment think she didn’t—hut she thought it would he nice If we hail our own kind of (tinging, our own little songs, so tltere'd Oe the music of the Meadow Locusts, too. “Wasn’t that a good idea of Lar ry s?” Mrs. Locust a sued. “A most marvelous idea,” said Mil lie. "Is that my Uncle Larry?” "The very one,” said Mother Locust, "I must tell you, too, now that the story time Is over, a little of the his tory of the insect family, for we must have the history of our people and all peoples, or rather, all insects, in our lessons. "There Is the (tying grasshopper, colored like the ground, that is, the color of pebbles and stone*. He is safe that way, for enemies don’t know, half the time, that he Is a grasshopper! “There is a very distant relation known as the seorpion. He's an old terror. He goes with some of the in sects where it is very, very warm. He really Is a nearer relative of the Crab family. I'm glad to say. "But I think we'll have our lesson continued another day. Just now let us sing ami thank the Fairy Queen and dear Larry Locust, who helped to give us a song, like the song of the Katy did family, but still a song all, all our own.” For His Mother. Little Jack's mother was very fond of flowers, and he delighted in bring ing them to her. One day tie ran in with a great armful of white roses and violets. “Why, Jack.” said his mother, in con sternation, "it's a wreath; where did you get it?" “I got it oft the door-bell next door, mamma,” answered little Jack. “I guess they put it there ’cause they didn't want it any more." Works When It Plays. Willit is that wI: eh works when It plays and plays when it works? A fountain. His Viewpoint. Father—You lazy cub! Don't you know that hard work never kills any body? Son—Hxactly, dad ; I want to volun teer for something with a spice of dan ger in it. 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Gulden Parfait.—Cook together one cupful of sugar, the rind of an orange, grated,; and one-half cupful of water. Pouri the hot sirup over the well-beaten j yolks of four eggs, add a pint of cream or rich milk and freeze. To make Nesselrode pudding, add one cupful of cooked and mashed chest nuts, one cupful of minced candied fruit soaked in orange Juice until soft and one cupful of pineapple. Flavor with almond and rose and freeze as usual. Cocoa Parfait.—Roil a cupful of sugar with one-half cupful of water ten minutes: pour the sirup over four tablespoonfuls of cocoa which lias been beaten with four egg yolks; cook over hot water until of the consistency of soft custard. Beat until cold; add two cupfuls of cream which has been beat en stiff, a teaspoon fill of vanilla and one-qnarter of a teaspoonful of salt. Turn into a mold and pack in equal measures of Ice and salt. Let stand four hours; unmold and garnish with sweetened nnd flavored whipped cream piped around with parfait. 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