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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-19
Green Tree Inn.

BY great green tree, in a garden gay
Stood two little maids one April day;
They had lovely blue eyes and golden hair
AND they looked just alike do declare
For these maids were twins and their age was six
And their names Bess and Beatrx
In their pink chintz frocks and sunbonnets white
Ihey were winning and winsome and bright
Each held In her arms pussy cat gray,
rafting them gently: asleep they.
And they parred as they dreamed of rats and mice
VI cream, ana birds, and other things nice.
To these dear little kits that the children loved
serious thing day befeiI;
For mother announced: Those cats cannot stay
Inside the house! No. not one more day!''
Then the iassies cried: oh my how they cr;edr
TIL grandpa proposed cat house outside
So now, of course. you can easily
why they were standing beside that tall tree.
Said Trtxey: '.oh, goodyi esactly the spot
Fer our precious kitties, Fluffy and Dol:
They shall have a house neat as a pin
And well eaH i'll knowl-'The Greei-Tree I'm -
With both roof and door the proper height
Then 1t was carried most carefully.
And set underneath its namesake tree.
The kittens Were proud to own .'hotel;''
They thought it made them seem so swell"
As they ronped III the seB By the open d.,or
Or chased daring flies or their parlor floor
Thus the spring time passed. till one June day see
Trixey aud Bcss stand again by the tree.
with their hearts full OF woe and their eyes fun Of
While each ons is Ioath to speak what she fears.
Then Bess leans down to the little inn door
And. very gently. begins to explore.
Here; pussy she calls ''Puss. pHssE' echoes
But nothing is there an.od hat OF Dicks.
'Dick' is their brother aud he us ID to say.
III yeu tesse those so they'll bsti ru1 away
That i is just what had happened both kittens had
Though th. children thought, sadly they syra,v
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Take Mothers Advice,

Far up in the top Of an old chestnut tree
A hawk sat most impatient to feed.
ave been here all day. and so really said he,
''Of good meal surely have need"
Now, Just as he spoke, toward this same chestnut
tree
A naughty young rooster did amhle:
he,
'sWhen she said from her not to ramble.
For here is the best kind Of shade to be had,
With choice nuts and all kinds of pickiDgs;
think she's real mean, for she ought to be glad
That such nice little chickens"
These words hardly said, he felt his young head
Firmly seized, as II squeezed in a wise;
And still more surprising. he felt himself rising,
Though he thought it not bit nice.
That hawk, though sinner, reished his dinner,
The meat tender and SO rare;
And as he flew west, calmly brushing his vest,
was sure that heard him declare:
''If temptations like these weren't had with such
ease,
My morals would likely be stronger,
But when meals inviting be had for alight-
ing.
l really could stand 1t longer
j. G. CALHOUN PATTERSON.
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INSTRUCTIONS


l. Get few active members and form circle.
2. Meet once in two weeks.
8. Give your circle fitting name as for In
stance. the Chdren's League. The C. l.. Helping
Hand Circle. Always Use the G. l.. with the name
You decide upon. in order to keep In close touch
with the central movement.
4. Elect II president, secretary and a treasurer
and a librarian
8. Make your rules, in harmony with the
pledge you send your president
6. Send monthly report Of all you do to the
chfldren's secretary. with names, age and address
of each member written on the coup this psg'
4 Keep on call in your treasury the amount you
porrnise on your pledge TO try to save, and
when an emergency arises your president will let
you know where TO send this fund. Report monthly.
s. Keep separate fund for local work and for
the work connected with this page. We will tell
You from time to time. IN answer to your letters,
where and how you find neIghborhood oppor-
tunities for pleasant 10 al work.
g. All members should join in contests and
win prizes, this is means for trying to
make you happy in return for your kind effort for
Others. AMI through which we are helping you git
your own library and recreation centers. You must
10. Adults may join league IL they will work
with The league has thousands Of mcmb. RS.
adults and children. all the world.
IL. Use part OF your fund TO buy a book once a
month for your circle library and select your books
from the lists publish.
r. Address all letters to
THE CHILDREN'S EDITOR.
The Evening Star, Washington. ID. c.
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The 'LasSes Stew.

o. Jessy gave a candy pull
And lii and Kitty came to share;
Three bonnie fiirts with ruffied skirts,
- And flying eurls Of yellow hair.
They did not know. they could not know,
That candy sticks like gum or glue;
And to relate their touching fate
Is why / sing the lasses stew.
Here we are met" said Jessy Bell,
Three busy maids without their mothers;
With raught TO do but watch our stew
Away from boys and other bOthers."
So. with many a solemn taste,
And ''t-yings'' in a cup of water
The bubbling mass cooked crisp as glass;
And six small hands were creased with butter:
minnie more, and how they screamed,
With fingers burned. and none to bind 'en,
They few about. indoors and out,
And left sticky trail behind 'em.
But well they worked to cool 1t down,
And pulled 1t to it's utmost tether
Til-who can tell how 1t befeli7-
They found themselves all stuck together.
All! now they know. they sadly know,
That candy sticks like gum or glue;
Twas thus they Jared, so badly shared
They'll ne'er forget that 'Iasses stew.
SHERWOOD BONNER.
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John Endicott received Of winthrop one
leathern Black Jack worth . SHILLING and
sixrence." In Connecticut and In Virginia
these lacks" were also used by the earliest
settlers, who made bottles and table cups
as well out Of the strange material. Be-
ing in constant use and stained by the va
rious beverages, the leather grew very dark
and must have become quite black ana
crocky in appearance.
At the English court in the fifteenth CEN
fury these leather pitchers or bOmbards. as
they were afterward called, were used by
the nobility. and. Of course, being IN de-
mand by people of high rank they were en-
bellished with silver rims and were FASH
Toned more deliberately. Still. they were
only made of leather. as some ambassadors
from France, who visited the court. testi-
fed after their return that 'the men OF
England drank their ale out OF their
leather boots
But it was among the shepherds and har-
vest people that these pitchers were more
largely used, and when on a midsummer
day lad or lassfe was sent to the nearest
well with Jack to be filed with re-
freshing water. jill. or little measure,
also made of leather, was taken along 20
be rinsed and cooled, and made mice to
drink therefrom." &c. in the heart OF mel
low England, the words for q nursery
rhyme were found. And while tho songs
of bards and ulinstrels then famous at the
court, were forgotten centuries ago the
jingle which is known the wide world
around still sing Of their leather Jacks"
"Jack and Jin went mp the hnl
To get pail Of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbiing after"
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That was Friday, and. strangely enough,
that very evening Mr.. Mason brought word
that The measles In the village were about
over. and that school would begin again on
the following Monday.
A chorus Of dismal groans greeted this
announcement All knew what 1t meant.
It was the signal for Billy and Pesgy to say
goodbye and go home. That had been the
arrangement when they came Aunt Jane
had said that they could stay as long as the
unusual holiday lasted. When It was over
they were to return to their own books.
"oh. dear!' sighed Peggy. Il wish we
didn't have to go home"
80 do l." said Bob ruefully. We've been
having dandy time. and do hate school :"
Some other time you will come again.
said Mrs. Mason cheerfuily. so you can
have that to look forward to-"
"And we won't have to go this time until
Monday. will we, Aunt Elizabeth asked
Peggy eagerly. To put the unwelcome mo-
ment on for even few days was some
thing.
No" replied Mrs Mason with smile.
Il don't think we will turn you out before
then"
"Oh. well. that's three days off, We can
have lots Of fun before Monday" said Peg
gy, Frightening up. She never bothered
much about the future as long as the pres
ent was all right.
But somehow 1t was hard to find anything
to do the next day. The very fact of there
being only a short time left them to be to-
gether made it difficult to decide just what
they wanted to use that remaining time for.
Various games had been suggested, none of
which seemed to meet with unanimous APP
prevail; a farewell trip had been made to the
grave OF the ground-hackees though with a
little fear and trembling, and great deal
Of looking backward over shoulders to make
sure that there was no crazy man logging
their footsteps; they had cracked a few
walnuts and eaten them, but the meat was
hardly dry enough yet and they were not
very good; they had filed into the kitchen
and bothered Ellen half to death with their
teasing questions and requests for bread
and sugar; and finally they had drifted out
to the front lawn, and were sitting in a
disconsolate row on the fence under the
walnut tree discussing the situation
You might give us some more acting,
BILL" suggested Carroll.
The suggestion caused Billy to smile APP
prectatively, but he thought the occasion
was not propitious for further display of
his talents.
Lets play tag said Peggy, longing to
be doing something lively.
lazily.
You lazy thing!' laughed Peggy good
naturedly, trying to push him off of the
fence.
What's thatT' asked Billy suddenly.
looking UP the road.
They all looked and listened.
TITS a noise" said Peggy fiippantly.
II guess I know that much myself" re-
torted Billy. What do you s'pose it is,
CarroIl?"
"Oh, don't know. Sounds like a horse
running. Nothing much, guess" respond
ed Carroll, yawning.
The sound was coming nearer, and did
seem very much like horses rapid hoof-
beats. Peggy jumped down and ran out
into the middle of the road. She shaded her
eyes for moment and then screamed:
tits a runaway! It's runaway
In minute they could all see plainly.
Bearing down upon them swiftly were a
horse and carriage. The horse evidently
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read sea captain who was on a coach
saw an old lady walking YEARLY along,
and he made the coachman pull up his
horses. He put the old lady inside. saying,
II will pay for her.
When they next changed horses the old
lady thanked the captain; For" said she,
Il am too poor to pay for ride now"
The captain told her that he always felt
for those who had to walk as she had been
doing; and said. II remember. twenty years
ago, near this very place, l was a poor lad
walking along the road, and a kind lady
paid for me to ride"
All" said she. II am that lady! but
things have changed, and am now pooc
woman"
Well" said the captain God has pros
Iered me 50 that / can live well, and help
others besides. l allow you twenty pounds
a year as long as you live"
The old lady burst into tears. and CRATE
fully accepted the sailors offer.
Cast thy bread upon the waters; for
thou shalt find 1t after many days"
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League Notes.
THE CHILDREN'S EDITOR.
The Evening Star, Washington. ID. G.

Dear Aunt Dorothy:
/ read in your letter that you were Just
recovering from sickness. so is my mother
Mamma is staying in Hyattsville at the
present. thinking she will get better. / got
the chair for the little girl. 1t cost me IL,
cents. | had So cents in the treasury and
there were many donations given when
you called for help tnat 1 raised the sum
to so cents / bought the chair at the
Fair X was very pretty brown rocker
/ put a card on it. telling her 1t was from
the Star Children's League. She sits in it
every day She and her mother were very
much pleased with it. 1 have IL cents left
over Any time you would like to have 1t
you can There was lady, who signed
her name Mrs s.. who wrote to me- send
Ing 20 cents toward the chair in memory
of her little daughter Bessie. who is dead
Jessie Gibbons. who asked me IL there was
any WY of helping. and If so to tell her.
! am going to write TO her as soon as |
finish this. i am al my grandmother'S in
Hyattsville. having very nice time. An
English girl moved in next door She has
only been in America two weeks today. l
go over there once in while and We both
swing in the hammock. 1t has broken four
times with us, but we think IL is fun
Every once in while l amuse myself
going TO the fence, buying cents worth
of apples. They give four large. juicy APP
pies Tor | cent. Hoping that you will soon
get better, / remain,
Yours sincerely.
PEARL p. age 10 years.
lDee.r Feari' Keep on in your good work
and write to Aunt Dorothy very often. as
Bhe loves to hear from you.-Edl
Richard B. sent cents for ice fund.
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A Happy Afternoon.

In the city of Portland, Me-, Is a beautiful
little park called Deering Oaks. 1t Is where
the great poet Longfellow used to walk
when he was a young man and think out
some Of his early writings.
The .:Oaks'' contains a fine little lake. a
playground for the children and small
collection of birds and animals.
One day May. who lives two or three
miles away, said to her father:
PA, I want to go down to the OAKS TO-
day"
what for?" questioned her parent.
I'D like to see the bear again, papa
Cant 1 buy some peanuts. so can 1eed
him?'
perhaps so. my girl. We will see, If 1
ind I can take time to go for two or three
hours"
After dinner the farmer and May took the
electrics for the pleasant park. They fed
the bear and the deer with peanuts They
went on the playground and had pleasant
time.
They rode on the Swan boat" boat that
looks like a swan. They hired a rowboat.
and when they had been out Tor little
while May asked eagerly:
Cant row. pap
'eYou may try. child but walk very care
fully when we change places or you may
tip the boat over"
May promised, and started for the place
where her father had been seated while he
roWed and he walked toward the stern OF
the boat to take the seat May had occupied.
The boat tipped little and the girl be-
came frightened and made a spring to right
herself When the boat swung back she
fell over into the water, but her rather
caught her dress. so she only wet her head
and waist.
1t scared her, though. and she began to
cry and said doiefully:
Take me home, papa. take me home.
right away"
mo, my child, you sit still. 1t will be
all right and we'll have nice time after
ALL Your waist will soon dry
Finally May quieted down, and even row.
ed little, and thoroughly enjoyed herself
again.
AS they were walking along path a
little later a lady who sat on rustic seat
said to the girl plaintively:
'WHl you wet my handkerchief at the
hydrant for me? My head aches and I'm
not very strong"
eyes, maam," answered May very cheer
fully and she ran on her errand and handed
the wet handkerchief to the lady, who
thanked her very much. Before they went
home they saw the lady again and asked
her how she felt. and she declared:
1.-The wet handkerchief helped my head
some, but what did me the most good was
to see this little girls pleasant face and to
find her so ready and cheerful in helping
me-"
THAT was nothing" answered May.
/ ,"Ch yes ii was" claimed the lady. ITO
do kind act and to do 1t without sulking
aids people more than you suspect"
May remembered this remark. and when
her father that night asked her II she had
voice:
Eyes did, papa. but guess the best OF
all was the helping the poor sick lady a
little"
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Aunt Dorothy's Corner

Dear Children:
Your letters are coming in every day
from all quarters and they please Aunt
Dorothy very much indeed. She wishes
me to thank you for your kind thought OF
her and she hopes to meet many OF you
this winter after school has well started
How this is to be done is our secret In
due time you will know all about it and be
very happy in your knowledge.
Are any chapters of the league ready to
relieve Aunt Dorothy by distributing the
badges to applicants and by giving out the
prizes? Why not agree among yourselves
to have Saturday your league day and call
q meeting of all the chapters at some con-
venient place? Ask Mr.. Smith whether you
may not meet at the Hall of the Ancients.
know he is very fond of school children,
and / believe he would help you If few
would visit him and see what ne thinks
IT is best to do Tell him that Aunt Dor
othy, and also your league president, Mrs
Hogan want to find a meeting place, and
see what he says. Mrs. Hogan says Su-
zanne VERIFY, 1417 Q street, shall take the
lead in this and write to the children each
week about it. make her own arrange
ments and address her letters directly to
The Star. care of the managing editor, in
order that there may be no delay by having
the letter get mixed up with the great
numbers of children's letters which arrive
constantly, and which are forwarded in
bulk to Aunt Dorothy.
Urban Rosen and his circle are very kind
TO remember the little ones as they have
done. He will hear personally from Mrs.
Hogan.
The prizes are late this month because of
Aunt Dorothy's illness, but you will not
lose by the delay, patience prize
will be added to each one awarded for
September 1, and thus you will get two.
With love from Aunt Dorothy,
Yours sincerely.
THE CHILDREN'S EDITOR
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|zlfHTS4ff R

Dear Aunt Dorothy:
am still in the country with my uncle,
and will be sorry when the time comes to
go home. 1 have fine time fishing and
sailing, so the two weeks that I have to stay
will soon slip by. My health has improved
greatly. for when 1 first came / was thin
and pale. but now / look like a different
boy. 1 incIose you all but one of the an
swers to the puzzles in Saturdays Star,
August 30 Yours truly,
VALENTINE NJ.
Whitman. Talbot Co., Md.
I'VE are very glad you are so much better
and we wish you happy winter at school
Ed
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
1 thought 1 would write today and try
and find out how many boys and girls in
week. l know / am very glad, and my
cousin, who is also a member of the club,
is very glad too. l expect to go in the
fourth grade, and my little sister is going
in the kindergarten. hope l will see an
answer in next Saturdays Star
CHARLES DAVID GIBBONS,
1902 18th st. NV. Washington, D. c.
lit is pleasant to know you like school.
Suppose some of the league members write
to Charles, whose address is given. or to
Ed
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
l have just received the book you sent
me a prize for the drawing of the design.
I am highly pleased with it and thank you
kindly for it. Excuse my delay, as am
absent from the city. Yours truly.
Luthersburg Pa. RUTH l. q.
I'VE are glad you like the book, as we
are very careful to select such books we
think you would Hke.-Ed.1
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
l inclose the twelve stamps l promised
You for the babies Ice fund" which is all
/ have earned 50 far. Monday one of my
friends. Mildred Fisher, and myself gave a
little entertainment on our back porch,
which was quite successful. We made a
dollar, although we only charged cents for
grown people and / cent for children; but
they all liked it 50 well and were very gen.
erOus. OF course. my aunties helped US
and made some of our costumes, which
were quite pretty. When we first thought
of 1t we only intended to do it for our own
pleasure, then some one said why not
charge a small fee to come in to see it,
which we did; so we had our fun. and
grand fun 1t was. too, besides earning a
little money for some good work. Now,
Aunt Dorothy, If you will please tell me
what l am to do with the money. as we
gave the play to get money for the poor
children or anything else that money is
needed for. Hoping you are enjoying your
self, am,
Your reader ELEANOR F. F.
But hold all the money hereafter in your
emergency fund bank until / find out
how much we all can raise together toward
opening a Children's League play ground
in the poorer section of the city. Write to
me often.-Aunt Dorothy.l
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"Jacks.o
(By EIla p. .LIhsettl.

ga" i'tA'pseJIlgs
A queer looking pitcher. did yo,, saw.
Yes. of course it is. and I do not suppose
you have ever seen anything quite SO odd
before But, nevertheless. you. must have
heard of it indirectly ever since You were
old enough to read Mother Goose's lin
gles
Yes. it is made of leather. waxed and
sewed along the edges. And while it's shape
is neither pretty nor symmetrical, 1t is as
waterproof as a shoe. or as some shoes
you understand These strange pitchers,
known as Jacks were used in the oiden
times before china ana glass. and pewter.
too, had come into general use among the
plain folks of those days AS far back as
the fourteenth century they were used in
''merrie" England, and later in her colo
MES in America, SO far across the sea.
among the records kept of the BELONGINGS
and ways. ard sometimes "Gueers' Of the
stern old founders of New England, a lit
tie receipt has been discovered wherein
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The Choristers.

There's little band Of singers
Every evening comes and fingers
Meath the windows Of my cottage in the trees:
And with dark they raise their voices
While the gathering night r,toices
And the leaves join in the chorus with the breeze
Then the twinkIing stars come out
To enjoy the merry rout.
And the squirrels range themselves upon log;
And the frehies furnish light
That they read their notes arisht-
The katydid the cricket and the frog
All the night hear them singing;
Through my head their tunes ara ringing
Strains Of music straight from Mother Natures
heart;
Now the katydid and cricket,
From the deep OF yonder thieket:
Then the eroakfng frog OF yonder drones his part
By and by the neon appears.
As the midnight hour ncars.
And smiles dispeI the lowering mist and fog;
Then the mirth Is at Its height,
And they elorify the night
The katydid. the cricket and the frog
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(The end.)
Sweetest Things.

The sweetest flowers the flowers that bloom
In the busy haunts Of life:
That fill the air with their sweet perfume,
In the midst Of the toll and strife.
The sweetest songs are the songs We sing
In the ceaseless rounds of care;
Where sad hearts thrill with the cheer they bring
TIC the weary toilers there
The sweetest joy is the joy to give
OF the best our lives afford,
And just to trust each day we live,
In the fullness of the Lord.
EDITH VIRGINIA BRADT.
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A Grateful Return.

One day Il lady. who was riding along
one of the mountainous roads CT Scotland
in a coach, saw a lad on the road, bare
footed and seemingly very foot-sore.
She asked the coachman to take him up
ard paid the fare for the weary lad
When the coach reached the end of its
Journey. the kind lady found that the poor
Lad was bound for Liverpool, to offer him
self as a sailor.
Twenty years afterward, on the same