The morning times., 1896-07-26

that. said the boy. Il covered them all
before the sun had painted them, and what's
covered sta ys as IL is, but VI hen the sun gets
in his work it's red. Here's q red apple
with paper fetters fastened to it with water.
proof cement. haven'tdone many like that
for tine paper don't come off easy when The
apple is ripe, but paper would do instead or
tinfoii every time if you could fit IL as
closely. You see these letters are in fact
printed, just as photographs are. The sun
colors the outside skin OF the apple wher.
ever IL can get at it, but leaves the rest
just naturally green. When one colors eggs
for Easter, you know, we sometimes cover
part of the egg before coloring it, so that
the part covered is not dyed like the rest.
You can fix up any ki0l OF smooth skinned
fruit this way ifit's big enough and changes
its color as it gets ripe
But, Harold cried Alice, depositiDg
her two precious apples carefully in n
dainty little basket by her side, II remem.
Der now, there is something 1 wanted very
much TO ask you about. In your part OF the
garden-I mean that part next TOm's-I
saw all sorts of bottles and wire frames and
such things. What are they there for?''
I'm kind a sorry" said Harold, ..you
asked, cause l wanted 10 'sprise you dis
did with the apples. Ne'mind, you can
see them grow and don't now but what
you can get More fun out OF them that
Whs, any now. Less 20 Huu look dt tneni.
Now this one see this little gourd?'
he said. I've poked I into his Italian
flask and tied the flask to the vine. 1t
win take the place OF the sweet oil that
was in the flask and Just about fill il
plump up when it's ripe. Now here's
one growing n n sort OF wine basket !
made this. When it's got its growth it will
be marked with regular deep criss.
crosses like cut glass. And see, Alice,
n fvln tx,hr 81,
he make funny gourd, cause you know
the gourd's got to grow the shape of his
inside. You see this great big bottle with
two old round gourds in 1t already? Well,
they're last year and year before lasts
growth. This one that's growing in it
now will about fill it up, and then the
trick will be TO guess how they all got in
such a narrow-necked bottle. Here is a
big medal that uncle had at the county
fair for things he showed there I've.
Fastened 1t in strong iron hoop around
inns SO it's going to grow against 1t and
take the impression.
And here Alice is the hull OF n tag tin
boat I've fastened, SO that one side of n
gourd will grow into it. Won't IL make
ii bully boat. The shell OF a dried gourd
is SO light and ,hin?"
Alice WAS much Interested at believe
said the little girl, I'm cut Aunt Dinah's
head off tit is quite empty, you know and
let gourd grow intoit"
''What" said Harold, aghast
Yes said she, composedly. "The
poor thing is no good as she is. She had
stitches in her side that came unstitched
and she's so limp she has collapsed"
Gracious, goodness, Alice, what are
you saying?'
I'm saying" said Alice, ''that I'll let
you have my black dolls head to grow
gourd into. The sawdust has all leaked
out OF her and she is OF no further use
as a plaything; besides, am getting to
he pretty old to play with dolls" The
scheme was very favorably received by
Harold, who proposed that the doll, de-
spite her black face-such little discrep-
ancies don't trouble chldren-take the
character, of Mary Queen of Scots and be
beheaded in due form and order with
Toms broad axe, and stick of wood for
n headman's block. But this, of course,
is another story, and it only remains to
suggest to such young folks or old folks
either, for that matter, who, reading the
suggestions here given, wish to try some
experiments of the kind