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Evening star., 1903-07-25
He Could Be Trusted

The Rev. Richard Cecil. who lived to be a
greatly useful minister. was born in London
in 174S. When a boy he was strong wiIled,
but brave. straightforward and thorough
ly to be trusted hating all that was mean,
shuffiing or deceitful. One day his father,
who had business in the city took little
Dick with him and left him In the door Of
the East India house. telling him to wait
there till he should finish his business and
return to him. Taken up with other mat
ters, his father forgot all about him. and
left the house by another door. Richard.
in the evening. was missed by his mother.
His father. now remembering where they
had parted, said: Depend upon It, he is
still waiting for me where l left him" Inn
mediately returning to the spot, there to
be sure. he found poor Dick faithfully walt
ing. as he had been for hours, and as he
had been ordered to do
Evening star., 1903-07-25

A little Connecticut boy had grown very
skillful in throwing sling shots. He was SO
true of aim that he was sometimes tempt
ed to use his power unworthily. One day
he discovered a small squirrel perched on
the limb OF tree. and without stopping to
realize the consequences of his act he let
fly his stone 1t went straight to the mark
and the poor little creature received his
deathblow With an heroic effort he twitch-
ed himself into position right over his
thoughtleSs murderer. and letting go his
dying grasp upon the limb. fell upon the
hand that had taken his life. Burying his
teeth in the palm he bit clean through to
the back and then dropped lfeless to the
ground
Poor little outraged spirit. He had never
given ore moment Of pain to any living
mortal. and yet his life was cruelty taken
from him without rhyme or reason. Is it
strange that he showed by the only means
in his Iower his sense Of wronged inno-
Cence?
Evening star., 1903-07-25

east to west. when they are given longer
rest. While they are treading the paths
from north to south the engineer comes
out with his camera and makes 1t possible
for you to them at work. The paths
all made, they return to the vicinity OF
the dormitories and play till the bell rings
armed with rakes and hoes they again go
out, and each one makes up the garden
allotted to him.
The boys with hoes and rakes have fin
ished their individual beds and are now
preparing the ground for the popcorn,
which all must plant and take care of.
The others are planting seeds. Each garden
has a stake on which is written the child 8
name. what he has planted and the time
Of planting.
Dig With Their Hands.
l am writing especially Of the little ones.
as have charge Of sixty of them. We
have not quite enough hoes and rakes to
go around. so some. too eager to dig up
the dirt to wait for the others, fall back
on Nature, and use their hands Some de-
velop business instinct very early. for, hav-
ing use for the rake first. they yet hold
fast to it. waiting the time when some one
Is anxious to trade off hoe for it. Now,
their gardens ready. the teacher calls them
all to stand around one garden bed and
proceeds to show practically how each diff
ferent kind of seed should be planted.
then having chosen their seeds the chill
dren are allowed to go to their gardens to
try If their hands can carry out what their
eyes have seen. Some find it hard to de-
eide just what to plant. as the whole list IS
50 enticing and one little boy, with smil-
ing. eager face says 'evvyting when
asked. The little ones are so interested in
their gardens that they learn very easily
all the terms in connection with them from
''the popcorn is coming up to do not
tread your neighbors onions The
smallest ones allowed to plant only
one kind of seed, not to confuse
them. and no child ever forgets what he
has planted, and the next year will recog-
niZe that same plant wherever he sees 1t.
The older children Iaise their cabbage and
toma toes in hot bed of their own max
ing. and then transplant them to their own
gardens Along with the making Of the
gardens comes the talk on the effect of
rain and plant life. and during a
heavy thunder storm, while having talk
on clouds. the children's thoughts turned
to their gardens. One five-year old said
THE rain Will make our seeds grow" an
other asked, "WilI the lightning hurt our
seedS?" Last summer the little ones raised
enough popcorn to supply them all winter
at their Friday-night sociableS. but some of
1t they saved and planted out this year.
Evening star., 1903-07-25

and fresh. and the next thing noticed was
beautiful rainbow in the sky. Then I
was satisfied that there would be no more
rain that night. 1t soon became quite dry
and the night fireworks could be seen in
the air. One skyrocket went up so high
that the people began to think 1t was going
to make a call on the man In the moon,
but he died before he got there. And when
1t was late and l had gotten to bed unin-
jured. 1 was glad to go back to where 1
was when 1 heard the bang! from the big
giant cracker Yours truly
RUTH T., Age 13.
I hope shall be successful with my story.
L never have been before. l hope to join
this league soon for l am interested in 1t
and l like the Children's Page very much
At present 1 am very much interested in
the -Four Little Indians"
Evening star., 1903-07-25
Aunv Dorothy's Letter

Dear children:
Today We shall give you some important
Chilireu's League notes in plaot OF our
rsu,,I letter. our members are getting
ready to help the various ice funds ana
fresh air funds for the intense heated term
of summer If You want a tiny ice tuna
mite box send cents and a request lot the
same to 81 9th avenue. New York. address
ing Your letter to The ChildrenS Secre-
tary" You might also send out this invl-
tatiou To your friends:
INVITATION.
For what Milk and ice fund.
When" July - 1898, . pm
Where? Home of lneZ Jenkins.
by whom? Children's League.
THE, WILLING HELPERS
STAR CIRCLE No. --.
For whom? For you.
Why To get ice and milk for SICK babies.
Where To be sent when called for? To
Nathan Straus. to help suffering children
in large cities. some of them in Washing
ton, or to Mrs. Alden, 96 18th avenue for
the same pun nose Come and bring us as
many pennies you are years old, and
help the poor babies.
EASY WAYS TO EARN MONEY FOR
HELPING OTHERS
One member bought peck of peanuts.
roasted and salted them and then packed
them in neat boxes. which she took to her
friends To buy at market prices. She sold
every box and handed In 81 to the fund.
Il never was proud of anything in my
life. she said. That Is the very first
money ever earned
AS an entertainment you might have an
art gallery. Each person is supplied with
Il Cata lOgue and is taxed 10 cents for every
piece of art he fails to find. Here is sam
pie of the catalogue. You can have fun
making up one:
/. The Belle of the Season CA dinner
bellD
= Saved. GA bank containing few pen
niesD
3. An Absorbing Subject "a sponge)
4 Drawing Subject. CA spongeD
5. The Skipper Home. (CheeSe)
Il The Light of Other Days. GA candle)
:. Tears. Idle Tears. Can onionJ
:. Can't Be Beat. "a turnp)
=. The Four Seasons. (Salt, pepper, vine
gar and muStardD
1o y Regular Bore. "a gimet)
IL True TO the Core. Can apple)
l.. y Prison Scene. "a mouse in a trap.)
No one speaks in the art room Every
guest fills in the names he can. hoping he
will be the one who misses the feWeSt. You
can add to the mystery by adding a few
pieces of art" that are not on the cata-
loGue You will be surprised to see how
many pennies you Will gather as a result
of such an entertainment. and remember
thea" pennies may he the means of saving
the lives Of Il number of suffering children
Though we're living in the sunshine
With n" Thought II the morrow.
Ought We quilt" forget the others
Nh" must pass their days In sorrow?
Should not amid pleasures
II III" weary l-ud "A hand.
A> they fSlt"r o'"r the pa thway
Struggling toward the better land?
A. q. BALLARD.
Evening star., 1903-07-25

hood and we took walk out to see the new
reservoir and it is very pretty.
l hope my letter will be published as I
always look forward for the Children S
Page on Saturday evening. l will also send
puzzle. which l hope will be published If
my letter is not, and the pledge which my
sister made out. as she wants to be one of
the little Sunshine helpers.
My first is in century, but not in day.
My second in game. also in play.
My third in letter. but not in book.
My fourth in thief. but not in crook.
My fifth in friend. also in foes.
My sixth in nose. also in toes.
My seventh in butter but not in goat.
My eighth in launch. but not in boat.
My ninth in pencil, but not in slate.
My tenth in railroad. but not in freight
My whole is a well-known western state.
Your friend EDLA G. D.
Dear children, you guess his?-Ed.
Evening star., 1903-07-25

NUMERICAL E.>AdMA.
l am composed of eleven letters.
My 5, 8. 8 is a youth.
My l. 2. 8 is to give way to grief
My 4. 2 Z Is a relative.
My 10. ii Is a plural ending
My whole is prominent newspaper man.
PIED RIVERS.
Cmotpao.
Sdhuon.
Cenkebne.
Nvshnaaa.
Drgorinea.
WORD SQUARE.
l. luminous body
,. An anecdote.
g. A plant.
f. musical instrument
BEHEADINGS.
Behead a farming implement and get de-
pressed.
Behead a vision and get a quantity of
paper.
Behead to pledge and get duration
Behead to come apart and get a prank.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
L. A consonant.
. A part of the body.
g. A light boat
f. Without noise
D. A country.
e. Apologies.
7. A European.
s. malt liquor.
g. A vowel.
ENIGMA
My first is in preacher. but not In pope;
My second is in mountain but not In slope:
My third is in shallow. but not in deep;
My fourth is in cut, but not in reap;
My fifth Is in ship, but not in boat;
My sixth is In gown. but not in coat:
My whole is a celebrated poet.
LADDER
tprights-1. color. 9 A color,
Rounds-1. Clamor . A trick
Evening star., 1903-07-25

FRITZ AND DOC.
Two dogs by the name of Fritz and Doc
are now living at the engine house. No. Z.
They are different in some ways. because
Fritz will eat the meat. while Doc eats the
bone When Fritz gets hurt he shrinks
down. but when Doc gets hurt he holloas
and runs. If a colored man should pass by
Fritz and Doc would bark. but when we
pass by they would not bark. II you would
throw stone or ball Fritz would run after
it, while Doc would stand there and look.
IVAN j B..SAge 10.
FREDERICK G. ". Age Q.
Washington. d. c., July 1s. 1903
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
Now am going to tell you how I spent
the Fourth of July: y
Bang! Bang! Up jumped. 1t was big
giant cracker that whirled me out Of the
land of nod. I did not know what to think
of it. when another bang! and l suddenly
remembered. Twas the Fourth OF July. I
ing, and by the time I had eaten breakfast
the air was full of deafening noises. But
liked the noise if 1t did make me put my
hands over my ears sometimes. 1t made me
think of brave General Washington. who
made us a free and Independent nation.
But l did not stop long to think about
that but went straight to the match box
and got some matches and big giant
cracker anu tooh II out 10 tne iiiiuole OK
the street. 1 was little timid at first and
jumped away before it had time to light.
but soon got over that and lit 1t and ran
for the sidewalk. and as l stepped upon the
curb heard loud report behind me which
told me that l had started celebrating the
anniversary of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. / have not much to say about the
day fireworks. because 1t was most too
warm to be out in the morning. When
evening came (as you know it didn't do
thing but rain. but did not mind it so
much after all, because 1t made the air cool
Evening star., 1903-07-25

eight or ten paths are made the children
are allowed to run off on the grass for
rest To them now you realize the
rest Is not sitting still, but simply change
of employment for they tumble around in
the grass, play tag make flower chains.
or stick pin wheels on the tops Of tall
bushes where they buzz away like
swarm of bees, for up here children do not
hold them still and the wind which is al
ways with us does the rest. Now the call
to line up is given and following their
leader they finish making the paths from
Evening star., 1903-07-25

They also gathered and put away in tin
cans beans and radish seed. Many lessons
are taught by means Of these gardens-a
love Of nature: a knowledge of how to use
her for the benefit Of man; the fact that
only by care and attention can you get
good results: lessons in number, as they
sell their radshes. beets and carrots five
for cent, so they count the number they
have and find out how many cents they
should receive. Besides this there Is the
pleasure and surprise they experience in
actually producing something from little
hard seed. e. F. B.
Evening star., 1903-07-25
AN INDIAN SCHOOL
A May Day Among the
Nations Wards.
EMBRYO FARM ERS
GAY TIMES WHEN THE POPCORN
IS COMING UP.
Little Folks Become Enthusiastic at
the Work and Call It
Fun,
EMBRYO FARM ERS

Written for The Evening Star.
I'm my little garden bed,
Raked nicely over.
First the tiny seeds SOW.
Then with soft earth cover.
Shining down, the big round sun
Smiles upon them often.
Little raindrops pattering down
Help the seeds to soften.
Now the little plant awakes,
Down the roots go creeping.
Up 1t lifts its tiny head
Through the brown earth peeping.
High and higher still II grows
Through the sunny hours
Till some pleasant day
The buds open into flowers
On a beautiful day early in May came
the welcome order for the children to go
out and prepare their gardens for plant
ing. The farmer, with his boys ploughted
up two acres of land for US and there his
work ended. Now the principal teacher goes
out. and, assisted by two boys and a tape
line plant stakes sixteen feet apart from
north to south and eight feet apart from
east to west, then invites the kindergart-
ner with her little ones to come out and
tread paths. The Kindergarten acts as d
guide post and the line of children start
ing from a stake opposite some one nun
dred and forty feet away. marches toward
her and thus the first path is made. After
Evening star., 1903-07-25
A Little Girls Rabbits.

My brother and l have six rabbits four
of which are the same age. Two of them
belong to me; there is one little white rab-
bit that belongs to me- and is so small that
he cannot see out of the door of the house.
unless he stands top of the other rab-
bits. The other rabbits don't seem to mind
this a bit. because they know he Is smaller
than they are
Evening star., 1903-07-25
||:lfTTER G:lf6THTfERR BOX
l~T ~

Dear Aunt Dorothy:
We have a cat named Jimmy. My father
gave her the name of Jimmy. One morn
ing my sister could not find Jimmy She
went into the cellar and there she found
Jimmy in a box with four of the cutest
little kittens you ever saw Their eyes were
not open then; they are open now though
Mother talks of giving two of them away
/ hope she will not they play so cute to-
gether. From your loving little friend
ELIZABETH O., Age years.
Evening star., 1903-07-25
Children's Sunshine League
CIRCLE REPORTS.

The Helping Hand Circle. 1902 Pennsyl-
Vania avenue. Washington. d. c., Elsie
Post, president. has sent out it's second
Star subscription. this time to some chill
dren In a farming section of Pennsylvania.
near Quakertown. where Miss Nellie
1Oulke is interested In promoting the H.
beary center of one of the oldest libra
Evening star., 1903-07-25
MARY A. T., Age 6 years


Washington. d. c., July ), 1909.
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
have never written to the Children's
Page.
l am so sorry 'Topsy on the Top Floor
is over but am reading -Four Little In
Gtans. or How Carroll Got Even" 1t is a
good story. l am fond of the Children's
Page. Every Saturday 1 run to The Star
boy for the paper. / also read your letter
and other letters and stories. / send you
a little drawing. which l hope you will like.
] have two tadpOles and fish. and also
dog named Teddy. He can do many
tricks. One is when any one hits him he
sits up and begs not to get any more hits
then he sits up and shakes hands.
AS have no more to say. l will close
with love to you and all the boys and girls
OF the page. | remain your friend
HORTENSE H. Age 10 wears
Evening star., 1903-07-25

CHARADE.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
Cooking school.
WORD PUZZLE
Ulster Result. Rustic. Lustre Sutler.
DIAMOND PUZZLE.
r A N
B A r o N
DOUBLE ACROSTIC
Primals. coster Finals monger Com
bined. costermonger.
C H f NJ I M
O r o N o CO
s T A N II o N
T A l. K N G
E x P f N 8 e
r E c OV E r
CHARADE.
E-x-clam a a-tory-exclamatory.
But-ton-button.
Evening star., 1903-07-25
Washington, d. c.. June %. 1903

Washington. D. c.. June 29 1903.
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
am a little girl of ten years and wish
to join the Chi1dren'S Sunshine League I
have been studying out the puzzles that ap-
pear in The Star for the last five or six
months, and have always got a great num-
Der of them right. But 1 am such a little
girl mama would not let me send them
but have been COaXing her SO long that at
last she has consented. | am sending Won
some answers to puzzles in last nights Star
irg YOU drawing of lady and l hope it
will appear in next Saturdays Star I am
going to send some drawings and puzzle
answers each week. for / am very anxious
to receive some of the pretty prizes that
are given out and hope l will see my name
each week on the roll of honor Enclosed
find envelope. Self-addreSsed for my badge
which hope you will send as soon as pos
Sble. Your little friend.
NELLIE NJ. c..
We very glad your mother yielded as
we feel sure that no one who can write is
too young to enjoy the work of our league
and the Childrens Page. Ed
Washington. d. c.. April s. 1903
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
received my Sunshine badge Wednesday
last and was very pleased. They all call
me Sunshine. l have not done anything so
far. but l visited little friend of mine.
who had Just moved out Of our neighbor-
Evening star., 1903-07-25

Dear Aunt Dorothy:
think the hen is a very pretty fowl. Its
feathers are pretty. A hen cannot fly
very we'll because 1t is too heavy for it's
Evening star., 1903-07-25

A branch of Sunshine Juniors at Pelham
Composed of young girls. gave a party re-
Gently. from which they realized SD. On
the tickets the following verse was printed:
Come all who like merry time,
With games both true and hearty;
We'll show y"u how the Sunshine girls
Can give Jolly party. -
Evening star., 1903-07-25
A Prize Contest for the League Members
ElI r, S.ENLN OLE lINE


THE STORY OF A DIME
To promote interest in the work, to en-
courage thought for others and to create a
desire for the true spirit OF giving a prize
contest similar to the one we now offer
was arranged by Miss Mabel Adams Ayre.
state president OF the California Sunshine
JunioIS The idea is good one and we
pass II on SO that others may act upon IL:
To LEAGUE MEMBERS
BeCauSe you are league members we
know that you Ike to make others happy
ana give what YOU can to brighten lives
not 50 happy as our own. Now. here Is a
chance To give something really and truly
your own: not what your parents have
given You to spend, something you al
ready have, but a generous gift from YOUR
self ~
First. you must think of some way to
earn 10 cents. If YOU wish. the money may
be earned 10y helping at home but il must
be honestly earned. Then when YOU have
been paid for your work look about Won
and see what you can do with the money
10 max some one happy. Twenty of you
could Join and send u poor child to the
country for weeks outing. Ten cents will
buy ten bottles OF sweet milk at any Straus
booth in New YORK. Think OF it-ten sweet.
safe meals for some sick baby
Find out for yourselves whether there is
not some one nearer to you who can he
helped in some way, and tell US all about
Whatever you do write us a letter te,1in, ,
what You have done with the money and
how you earned 1t, and the boy and the
GfI S"hdlns the best report and writing
The best letters will receive Il handsome
prize, The best letters will be printed and
the ten next best will each win "a prize of a
young artists outit.
FROM these suggestions, dear children
we 'hIhh you can find enough to answer
your inquiries for n few weeks to come
and early in August We will try to send YOU
another report that is equally interesting
from league standpoint. In the mean
time will you not please send in fuU re.
ports all Of you, from each circle care n,
Tie Star? Yours sincerely.
DOROTHY DAY
Evening star., 1903-07-25

A busy branch of juniors at Cold Spring,
y. Y, are working to send two children to
the country during warm weather They
also distribute flowers, food and clothing to
the sick
A band of workers in Minneapolis. Mimi,
have undertaken To help a young girl OBJ
tain special treatment for spinal trouble
and friend has contributed lot of land
to be voted for al 81 a ticket. One hundred
tickets Will be printed and sold If possible
in order to raise funds for this special pur-
pose There may be a suggestion in this
for some of our nearby workers. If so
write for further information to Mrs Cleone
d. Bergen. 1877 Harmon place Minneap po-
lis. MINI.
Evening star., 1903-07-25
FOUR LITTLE INDIANS
Or, How Carroll s'Got Even" 4.
BY ELLA MARY COATES.
CHAPTER VII.

Copyright. 1902. by Henry T. Coates 4 Coy
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-03
A blackboard Newspaper.

Perhaps the only city school to have
a daily paper is the New York Tech
meal High School For Girls. This pa
per Is called the Worlds News. Each
morning it has a new editor, who
makes a digest Of the important news
of the day to have ready at the assem-
bling of the school at 8 o'clock. The
news is written in large letters on the
blackboard. The principals directions
are that matters of national or interna-
tional Importance are to be treated and
preferably those touching On CONNER
cial affairs. His surprise was great
therefore, when he saw the other
morning in large type the statement
that two young women had danced
themselves sick. To that editor that
was the most important item Of the
day. The news is not yet illustrated
except with maps, but stereopticon
is to be placed in the assembly room,
and a friend Of the principal has prom
ised to keep him supplied with slides
Cor the ARTICLES. New York Post.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-03
sep.,ble Treatment of u-.-

Light Shoes short shoes and clumsy
shoes produce corns by COMPRISING,
cramping and rubbing against the
joints a great many Of these pedal
blemishes are hereditary. In any case
1t is a good plan to suppress them.
Every medicine merchant has varie-
ty Of cures" and nearly all give tenn
porary relief. A poultice made Of vim
egar soaked breadcrumbs will cure a
little corn in one night. 1t Is not ad-
visable to let corn grow. Either rub
down the formation with pumice stone
or remove it with a knife. A little OPP
position will discourage it provided
sensible shoes are worn. In pedicur-
ing, as in manicuring, the feet should
be soaked in hot water and as much Of
the waste material brushed and
rubbed of as possible.
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