Jimmy Always Finds New Questions to Ask
U YOU always think that something lovely is just about to
I 1 happen? I lielievo you do." The boy who asked this question
■*—' is 10-year-old Jim, who comes to call once in a while just to
ask questions, perhaps, for he always seems to have a fresh supply.
"Whatever makes you ask that?” Happy wondered as she looked
up from her desk just what he would reply. N
“I have always noticed that you are expecting nice things to come
to us, and they always seem to. If they don’t come today, then you
think they are pretty sure to come tomorrow. I3o you like tomor
rows?”
"Of course, child! Only tomorrows never really wait for us, be
cause they have to hurry and become the todays."
Then Happy told Jim why she liked new days, and because he
was interested, maybe j'ou will be, too. If anyone asked you if you
like to have a new pair of shoes or a new hat you would all shout
‘ Yes!” There Is something even nicer about having a new day, all
your very own.
Perhaps your lessons did not go quite so well at school yesterday.
Maybe, oh, when we begin to do anything In Maybe Land so many
little Maybes come Impping out of the eorners, from under stunes and
behind the trees that there are so many little Maybes about you that
you can haydly think. Whatever the Maybes were that were not quite
right today, it is such a wonderful thing to know a perfectly fresh new
day is on the way toward you.
This new little day is just like a new little baby with ail Its life
to live. Nobody knows what that baby will become and nobody knows
what tho new baby day will grow info. That new day will have 24
whole hours which are just ns much yours as anybody else's. In the
- 14 hours are 1.440 minutes. Think of It! What a lot of minutes be
long to you. If you make them happy minutes then that means there
will be happy hours nnd happy hours make a happy day.
Yesterday you thought maybe It would rain today and many other
maybes that never happened frightened you. More oft'-n than other
Witte when tho little new day opens tts eyes the sun Is shining. Of
Course, sometimes it Is crying, and that is what most folks call rain
ing. When it is raining today it is because so many children wire cross
yasterd i.v.
Sad or cross children, as every one of you know, make sail, and
cross hours, nnd tin n the day drags and drags and nothing goes right
and 'Tu wish and wish it would hurry and lie tomorrow. We air want
the new day, and yet we are not half careful of how w- treat it.
Whenever you have a new baby In your home you tell me how
clad you are anil how much you love the new little boy or girl. Ix'arn
to love new little days just ns much, and then when all the hours have
gone skipping away and It is almost time b-r tom.-- nv th-n you
can sav: "This has been such a good day and I
made all the minutes and hours glad for every
one about me." Jimmy said he would try to re
member this. Will you, for
UNCLE PETER HEATHEN
H\ SOVHl*.
T'rfi-le l*efer rmiif* to IP e at file home
rtf tho Treyellyn twin*. Prudence uml
Patience. Very lorn Iv ‘luce \unt Pru
dence "went uwiiy," lie become* Imp
j»|er in hi* net* *»rri»umllnr*. The
twin* with three of their iclrl friend*
form » ml**l«nj»ry lety un»l adopt
• nrle Peter a* their "heathen." Each
I* to look after wiim* part of hi* wel
fare. Prurience choo**e* hi* li'-alth; Pa
tience, hi* clothe*; Rachel hi* moral*;
Ruth, hi* amiiM-ment*. and Jane, hi*
education. Prudence take* a walk with
him every mom Inc. gw* to hi* r<M>m
when he I* ready for losl to have a
little la*t talk nnd to kl** him foml
nighf. sire tell* Patience *he Jil*t wh»h
e* *lie had hi* moral* to look after,
a* well a* hi* health, a* *he can think
of *uch beautiful thing* to *ay.
Now % U
NOW GO ON WITH THE RTORT
(Continued from Past Sunday )
*1 want to get started on his
clothes tomorrow, the first thing.
I can’t find any pictures of
heathens’ clothes and I have looked
ail through auntie’s fashion books.
1 will have to go ahead now and fix
him lovely as I can. I want him
to have some socks to match s
necktie and a handkerchief."
“And make them match his sus
penders,” suggested Prudence.
"Have them all lilac colored, be
cause v\<* planned it all by the lilac
bush.”
"All light, and when I get him all
fixed I know he'll he stylish.” Pa
tience^ was Inclined to be com
piacent, as though the dressing of
heathens had long been her forte.
"I will have to take him shopping
In tbe afternoon,'* she concluded
with sudden detornlriatlcn.
"If It is not too hot fur I can't
let him get ovtrheatn 1 were the
< losing words of Prudence pi* she
feel asleep.
When Miss Sullle hud occasion the
following morning to inter Uncle
1’<lcrs' room, to her surprise she
found Patience. What wij inure,
the child had taken all Ms clot lies,
spread them on the bed and stairs
anil was looking critically at them,
She glanced at her aunt smilingly
though there was nothing what
ever unusual In the situation
"What In the world are you do
ing?" asked Miss H.ullle.
"I am looking over the heathen's
clothes," replied her niece, and how
ever disrespectful the words msy
have sounded, there was no truce
of It In her manner.
"Patience, I can't get used to hav
ing you call your dear Uncle Peter
a heathen, and has he asked you
to emmlns his wardrobe?"
"Oh, no, he never exactly asked
me to took after Ids clothes; 1 could
hardly expect him to. lie hasn’t
been a heathen very long, hut hea
thens ought to pay some nttenlion
to their dress. You can't ever know,
auntie dear, how much I want him
to be stylish and match up all over.
You see. t am the clothes missionary
and It's my life work. Poor Uncle
Peter, he’s In the same fix we are.
He hasn’t any mother to darn him
up and so we thought we'd treat
him like our own child, the way you
do us"
Miss Bailie smiled at ths artful
manner in which the child rambled
on to gain her point. "When you
have finished looking over his
clothes then do not fall to return
every article you found It," she
Instructed and left the room.
After careful deliberation Patience
concluded that Uncle Peter's Sunday
trousers were shiny, that he had
belter wear them every day and buy
some new ones. Bhe found that he
had but three pairs of socks and
they were not pretty. She discov
ered that he had no hat except the
one he was wearing, whl- h she did
not admire. His ties were ail black
and ths majority were dingy and
worn. After putting everything rare
fully away she went In search of
Uncle Peter. She took him to a far
corner of the veranda and seated
h»r*clf on n low stool at his fert.
"You can never guess whnt I’ve
bean doing." she began mys
toriously.
“I expect It is something nice for
someone," gallantly replied the hea
then.
(Continued Next Sunday )
(Cnpyrlsht, n;i )
POLLY’S
COOKIE
BOOK
I believe the Of Hawk* really Uo
Uke my rook book Kroin New
Hampshire, whore they had such
fur, th.a winter with all sort of win
ter sports, cun',re e irr p*. It Is
for
MUFFINS
One cup of sifted flour, one and
011c half teaspoon* of 1 iklnn pow
der, one-half teaspoon salt, two
tablespoons of auniir. on< ■ .-it. one
half cup cf milk, two tablespoon* of
moiled butter.
Sift and mix dry IniirodU nls,
then add enic. milk and melted but
ter. I’ut In in eased muffin tins anil
bake in a liot oven for 20 minutes.
Another ft ay to Be
a Good Go-Hawk
A good Go-Hawk is always
clean and neat when he goes to
call on someone who Is ill. When
he enters the room he walks to
the bed, but d<4es not jar it, for
that might disturb his friend.
He does not sit down on the
side of the bed and thus per
haps rumple or soil the clean
white spread. So, remember a
Good Go-Hawk is both clean and
neat and thoughtful when call
ing on a friend who is ill.
In Field and Forest.
How many of you know that
there are almost always an equal
number of feathers in pairs In the
tall of a bird and If you were to
count them you would usually find
12? When they are closed they He
over each other with the middle pair
on top. hut when open they spread
out like a fan.% Perhaps you think
that all the tails of birds are shaped
alike, but they are not. Sometime*
they are even, and again the middle
feathers are a little longer than
those outside, and then the tail is
pointed or rounded. The tall is
forked w hen the outside ft others
are longest.
A bird uses his tall not only to
steer his course when he is flying
but also as a brake to check his
speed when alighting. Woclpeik
t i s and swifts do not have soft tails
feathers at the end as do other
birds, hut they have a stiff little
shaft staking out, and they find
this most helpfuT'to use as a prop to
hold them against a wall or tree
to help tin in In climbing.
Have you ever noticed how some
people keep using their hands when
talking? In jo*? the same way do
certain birds seem to try to express
their feelings by tossing their tails
about. Watch a thrasher or a cat
bird and you will tin .r tails jerk
ing this way or that. It will make
you laugh, perhaps, and then you
will wonder what It Is all about and
what they are trying to express.
Good by till next Sunday.
Tour t’NCI.i: JOHN
~ peters!
V RKSHOJ
It Is time for us to begin making
our bird houses, for it will not b*
a great while before our bird fri Qds
are returning from their winter
Journeys to other land" In making
the little house that you find In our
workshop, the sides and roof should
be of thinner wood than the bottom
and the md plm i. You will flnj
this nn easy house to make and one
that birds really like. Your friend.
%
BTjfS if® /'
What 1h tin* differ* nco between n
mother and a Imrber?
Answer The latter has rarors to
"have and the fi rmer shavers to raise
Why Is a thief culled a jail bird?
Answer Hm .him' ho has hi n a
robin (robbln*).
What inlands iwo the in ( pro**
perous?
Answer—The Fortunate Islands
Why are good husbands like loaves
•f bread?
Answ*i - Mn aijs# women need
knead) them
FAlR^GRO|TOi
By EM I LIE BLACKMOKE KTAPP and ELEANOR CAMEBOlf
Selfish little Fairy Wilful, who
was banished from Fairyland, is
learning many lessons as she roams
about the Earth wo rid. She had be
lieved that the boys and girls did
nothing but have a good time and
she finds instead they, too, have
something else to do. In our
March play she runs across a boy
crying in the woods and today you
will read what was troubling him.
The name of the play is
"SURPRISED PETER."
(Continued from East Sunday.)
(Her face suddenly grows serious.
She shakes her head.)
Anil nut * thing to eat after ail my
hard work, and. oh. hut I was Just
starved that day! 1 felt as if X could
eat up the whole tree!
(She looks over the hedge with a
change of manner )
Now X wonder—Maylte Tiiiiy Squjrral
la hungry, too, poor little fellow !
(She runs about booking eagerly
under the leaves, throws away sev
eral nuts she. finds, and at last
tosses one to the waiting squirrel 1
WIEFUE.
There, there, old f.-!!ow! Eat your
dinner in pea e If I had th- ugh' about
It I wouldn't have teased you To
make up with you 1 11 hunt your din
ner.
(She starts searching again. I
stops as she bears the sound of
steps.)
WILFUIy.
Now look at that! (Pointing)
There's a hoy coming I hate boys—
great tig. notay cruel things! Every
tune they catch the least - sight
uf me they begin to throw atones X
must go tight now anil huiry. tao!
(She runs behind the hedge, and
Piter comps dragging in from the
right. Ills head is down, his shoul
ib rs humped forward, and after
looking all around he hastily wipes
Ills eyei with his right coat sleeve.
Wilful peeps from t»ehind the
shrubs, watching him with growing
curiosity until she can' stand it no
longer. Hhe creeps out and slyly
approaches Peter. He does not see
her until-she Is standing right in
front of him Then he jumps to hie
feet in surprise )
WILFUL.
(Staring Impudently into Peter s
face.)
Why don’t you bawl right out ar.d
to done with It?
PKTF.R.
(Tossing his head angrily its hF
winks bark some tears »
Aw, *ay" Who's bawling *
j WILFUL •
Tou are, and you know It!
PICT HR
Well what If l err." Wh. e Puente**
Iw It T I rues* you'd bawl, too! So
there, roles!
tile stops to eye Wilful In a
threatening my)
WILFUL.
Whale th* matter. anyhow? Did
your mother hit you?
tiny
^ TAD -
0TALE S(f
-B
Jack and David were looking at
*,im» rtitiie pictures. They discover
ed one of the two men dressed in
flowing robes. One man was very
short and the other tall. They l*>th
studied the picture, then Jack said:
"Who are they. David?"
"Mutt and Jeff." was the brief
reply.
Tlie children were very fond of a
game of Scripture cards. In which
one reads the questions and the
others find the ahswrrs. Dale had
the one containing ' Who gave David
hi* sword and girdle?"
With great < mphnsls lie read:
' Who gave David his word and
IP IddleT”
Our \ isit.
Dear Happy: I am sorry 1 did
not writ*’ soi m r. hut 1 did not know
you were my fiend. I was at
Omaha, but 1 did net know where
you lived. We stayed at the Hotel
Rome. We were In the room 314
on the third story. We )md a good
time there We got home Finlay
night on th<* !> o'clt k train. One
afternoon 1 Stayed alone In the
hotel. Please write soon. Yours
very truly. William Thomas Denser,
Ito* 11 ft. Tilden, Neb.
PETER.
My moth.-r's not that kind. 1t'*—
(swallowing hard—It's my k-kits!
WILFUL.
(Looking all about in the air and
then turning to Peter again )
" t.it k■ te? Whose kite'’ 1 don't se*
an; kite.
PETER.
Course you d*don’t! Cau-e I lost it!
(He i ium s to wiiie his eyes
igain.)
WILFUL
(Her eyes softening as she be
comes more and more interested in
Peter*
T.ost ' I.r,„t where? L.4 t j lore H
—or somebody else?
PETER.
When It was all done I tame out her®
to try it where none of the others could
see, and—and the very first tone up. it
caught on a tree and I c-cao't g fl it
b-back]
(He stops as his voice fails him
suddenly.(
winruL.
Filly l.o> • That'* what i '1 get -for
trying to fly a kite in the tall wood*!
I'm only a girl but I know better than
that.
PETER.
(Angry again I
I fyi - you would, tor ' At piaro
els-1 the boy* would see It.
WILFUL.
(Puzzled.*
What toys would see It
PETER.
(Impatient with het.i
Why, 'he ether boys who made ri.tn^
— you foolish’
WILFUL.
Why ! a'ways thought hey* h*d lot*
of fun flying their kite* together.
PETER.
They ,lo‘ They do! Hut tins* are
ki’-s t 'ay with Not '- o'est kites!
WILFUL
(More puzzled still .«> Peter
speaks*
Contest ei-.s.t ", a - W..| •
are these?
PETER.
(As he begins to understand *
• ton ITS • lid
and wouldn t know anything about tt.
Well—a man Is going to he'e a prise—
tomorrow morning if the word i* good.
WILFUL.
AVhat k nd of a prise?
PETER.
(Sadly.)
Five doi.ars for tb.a best kite mad*
by S M-hooiboy. anl I—I worked so
hard to make my kilo g't It
Hie rovers his eyes with his arm
so that she won't see him cry ing )
(Continued Next Sunday.)
V - - -
THE GUIDE POST
Good Hooks for Children
Choose one of these books to read
each week. Perhaps you had better
out out the list each time and take
it with you to your city library. It
is prepared for the Happy land boj s
and girls by Miss Alive M Jordan,
supervisor of childr- n's work. Pos
ton public library. This week sha
suggests:
Altsheler. J. A , “young Travel
ers."
Grimm Brothers, Household
Stories ”
living Washington, Uip Van
Winkle
Iaimb. Charles and Mary, Tales
from Shakespeare.”
Muir. John. "Story °f My Boy
hood and Youth.”
Wlggin, Kate Douglas, ‘ Rebec
ca of Sunnybrook Farm.”
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