The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-13

afraid of snow, but that they would like
TO see some tricks not down on the pro-
sramme
You come out with me-" said Mat
soda, and Alice and her brother Bob put
on their coats and hats and accompanied
the other children outdoors.
First Matsada took box OF white gun
powder out of his pocket, and scratch
irg a match, lighted it. A puff of smoke
Ike snow cloud about ten feet square
rose in the air to a height of twenty
feet and then remained motionless. Now,
from the same pocket, he drew forth
blt or wood carving representing a Japa-
nese village. 1t had houses and trees and
temple and men drawing jinrikishas,
and there were horses and dogs in the
streets and cattle in the fields. Matsada
waved his fan at the village, and it
showed signs of like. The jinrikisha men
pulled their vehicles along the streets,
the dogs barked, the cows lowed and
little man came out of his house, and
shading his eyes with his hands, looked
up at the snow cloud and shook his head.
The children were delighted, and some
street children who were passing that
way were astonished, because they did
not know how clever Matsada was. they
had not seen him in the house at the
entertainment.
Matsada next waved his fan at the
snow cloud and snow began to fall upon
it, gradually getting deeper and deeper,
Until at last it was even with the window
sills The poor little jinrikisha men tug
ged and tugged, but the snow was too
deep for them, and at last they left their
carriages in the street and went into the
houses TO get warm, and the street was
deserted.
Now I stop the snow the way we do
IN Japan" said Matsada, and he drew
from his pocket a white silk hander-
chief, which he lifted by It's center so
that the four corners fell in folds. lie
shook it gently and four pretty Java
birds few out from under it, and each
one grasped a corner of the Handkerchief
IN its beak and flew up until the handler
chief was suspended like an awning. Just
below the little cloud they stopped ana
Immediately the snow began to fall INTO
the handkerchief, and the danger OF be-
ing snow-bound that had hung over the
japanese villagers was averted.
May / make SNOWFALL out Of the
Snow In the handkerchief" asked Bod
onl Matsada, instead Of replying, said
70 the birds: Fly to little master" I'm
mediatcly the birds bore the handkerchief
TO Bob, who found IN it enough snow to
make a SNOWFALL the size of a peach
This he flung at his sister. but just be-
Tore 1t reached her face ii was turned
~ Matsada INTO an orange blossom, ana
The odor OF It WIS 80 fragrant that the
street vas pervadcd by 1t.
All this had taken up ten or fifteen
minutes, oad snow, from the real sky, e
lew fcathery fakes began to fall, and
lhe first saowstotm of the season had
leggn.
The boys and girls were overjoyed and
almost forgot Matsada and his village
IN the thought Of the pleasures to follow.
out Alice shivercd and said oh dear,
!, actually begun TO snow" And ct
shdt Matsada remembered his promise,
NuI said to the Java birds:
stretch handkerchief"
sometimes think that this was tho
most wonderful Of his tricks. The little
"I's lew in opposite directions. stretch
Ihlli Il was so big that II covered the
"oIe West End. And yet It was so thin
daylight was not shut off.
az hrst Lob and his friends were in-