Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-24
"LITTLE SNOW-WHlTE,"
An Interesting Story for the
Children.

ALBERT TSchautch. a German painter, is the
aulLor OF handsome painting called Little
snow, White" The story of Little Snow
Wnlte, or as the Germans call her, ..Schnee-
Wlttcnen, " Is that once upon time queen sat
sewing at her palace window and looking oc-
caslonally at the snow falling without. The
WlnOOW frame was OF ebony, and as the snow
lay On the Sill it looked so beautiful that she
forgot what she was doing, and presently
prieE6d her finger with the needle Three drops
OF blood fell on the snow and it look SO charm
Ing that the queen said, 'Ah. God! that had a
child as white as snow, as red as blood and as
black as ebony" Such Child was soon born to
her. and she died, leaving the little one TO the
kings care. Soon, however he married again.
ana the new queen was 50 proud OF her beauty.
that she could not bear the thought that in ali
the world was one more lovely than she. 10
her power was mirror to which she would
say:
Mir rMirro r. mirror IT, On nth, The wall.
and the mirror would tell her yes Meanwhile
Little Snow-white was growing up. aud one
day when the queen questioned her mirror it
informed her that Little Snowwhite was a
thouSand-fold lovelier than She. Filled with
rage ana anger she gave the little girl into the
nanoS or WOodman. with Instructions to kin
her. The child's beauty touched him, and he
let her run free in the forest, where one daY
she found little house, upon entering which
she found small table arranged for seven
persons. She tasted the food and drank a
NIUE wine, AFTER which she lay down on one of
Ine seven little beds, and soon was fast asleep
Inc seven dWarfS who owned the house. and
delved for the precious metals In the earth.
soon came home, and seeing her beauty let her
sleep till morning, when She told her story.
They told her she might live with them If she
would be their houSekeeper. She consented,
and the dwarfs were very fond of her. One day
the queen consulted her mirror and found that
Little Snow-white was yet alive. She poisoned
an apple and sent 1t to the child who took one
bite OF 1t and fell dead. The dWarfS incurred
and carried her on a bier for burial but she
looked so lovely as she lay there, her throat SO
White, her cheeks so read, and her hair so black
that they made glass coffin and inscribed on
IL, "She was kings daughter" This with
the maiden In IL, they placed on the
mountain, where one day prince saw It, He
Wept: and at last induced the dwarfs TO let
him bear Ii to his palace. AS his followers
were carrying II the joStling cause.-the piece
OF the poisoned apple to fall out OF the maiden's
throat, whereupon she rose as well as ever
and married the prince. The wicked queen
consulted her mirror, and now it told her That
new queen was more lovely than she. To test
the matter she went to the wedding ball. where
she was aStonlshed TO find the new queen to be
Little Snow-whlte- They made her put her feet
into the glass slippers heated till they glowed
like fire, and thus She had to dance till she fell
dead with anger, pain, and chagr1n. But the
prince and Little SnOw-whtte-SO the story
runS-nyed many happy years, were blessed
with numerous good children, and, in short
lived In peace, died in Greece, and were buried
In cake OF tallow.