The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-10-22
a shapes and Atlas Puzzles.

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y Hsad, shapes and Atlas Puzzles.
"Clouds who ever heard of finding
fun in the clouds? What in the world
is Willie talking about ?"
So spoke John, who was Wills big
brother. JOHN was nearly Is years old,
lbut VIII was only 10.
r "Didn't we have lots of fun out of the
Z elouds?" asked Will of Aunt Alice.
~ eyes, it was good sport, and John
would have enjoyed it, too if he had
been with us, replied Aunt Alice.
"Well, never heard the like before,
said John.
The three friends to whom the chill
dren are here introduced were mt the
breakfast table. Aunt Alice and Will
having returned on the night before
from their summer trip to Grandfather
Buttons, i'll the Country, Will had been
telling John, who had remained in the
city all the summer, about his adven-
lures on grandfathers farm and in the
wide woods close by the farm.
eve were real tired from running so
much one afternoon" continued Will,
"when we all went out on the lawn,
where grandfather was sitting. 1t was
shady and nice"
"Please pass me another you know
what ?" interrupted John, pointing with
his knife ut plate of cakes.
AS was going to say" Will con-
tinued, "we were resting in the shade
when grandfather told me to look at the
great white clouds that were marching
round the sky. By and by grandfather
said Willie, l see soldier with a
sword in his hand. 'Where?' said /,
looking down the road. up IN the sky, y
said he. And, sure enough, L saw u
great white cloud almost exactly like the
picture of Gen. jackson in grandfather's
dining ROOM"
"Was he marching ?" asked John.
- Yes, but his legs didn't move. The
wind showed him along for three or four
minutes and then blew his head over SO
that after while the soldier turned into
thing very much like buffalo. But
th.t wasn't all we saw Aunty here soon
pointed out what looked like lady
dressed for ball The cloud lady had
Oh dress almost exactly like white
satin. The sun was shining on the dress
and itAglittered as ii it were covered with
pearls. Near the sky-lady saw lion.
Grandfather said it was more like a New
foundland dog, but L thought it was a
lion. While we were looking at the lion
the lady changed into something that
looked like turkey. Besides, we saw q
good many giants. and few mountain
ranges.
"Aunty," said John, who had been
slicinC his wheat cakes into the shape OF
cats and dogs and swallowing them,
"don't YOU remember what we heard
when w,e,w went to see Booth play Ham
let at the South Broad two winters
"Ohl" exclaimed Aunt Alice, "you
mean about Hamlet and Polonius and
the whale" q
"WLo're Hamlet and Polonius ?" said
VIII.
Don't you know" laughed John.
"Why, they're some OF the great Shaks-
n peare's men.
"Whos Shakespeare ?" asked Will,
not bit disturbed by Johns laughter.
Aunt Alice smiled, and explained that
cShakspeare was the greatest writer ever
known. He lived in England's great
4 city of London more than 300 years ago,
when America was wild country, He
wrote PLAYS for the theaters, and the
theaters nowadays often use his plays
because thew are the best. One of his
plays is called Hamlet" because a
Prince named Hamlet is the heart and
soul of the play. Hamlet is i'll great
trouble. SO the make-believe history
says. and foolish old man named Po-
lonius thinks Hamlet is crazy and treats
him like child. One day Polonius
went into room where Hamlet was and
began to talk to him. Hamlet was
standing by window, and, pointing at
the sky, said: a
"Do YOU see yonder cloud that's almost in
shane of n cannel2T tHv
Polonius answered-"By the mass, and 'tis
like camel, indeed"
Hamlet who was making fun of old Poloni-
us) then said -" Methinks 1T is like weasel
PolonIu5-"It Is backed COR mas pack) Ike
j wesel."
Hamlet" Or like whale"
Polonius- Very like whale"
$50 you see," continued Aunt Alice,
"that they had fun ont of the.clouds 300
wears ago lust as we had out in Lancas-
ter county last week. q
"Thatis So" said VIII, sand Hamlet
was Just making fun of obi Polonius,
wasn't he
Elm off for school," said John, and
in n moment Aunt Alice was left alone at
the table.
At school that day the shape of things
kept running in Willie's head. 1t was 0
clear day and he couldnt find any cloud
shapes. but every map in the geography
that he was studying seemed to take OIL
the shape of some animal. In the MAJ
of Europe he found several shapes and
so with all the maps.
And now let the children open then
Biographies and start ON jolly hunt fo'
q shapes" Below arc given some
geography "shape-puzzles," which may
y he worked ont by the children from any
Take the map of the western hemi
sphere and turn it around so that the