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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING PARTS.

SlNOPSlS OF PRECEDiNG PARIS
!. Doris, a disobedient little girl, goes through
big shell in her garden; she comes out on the
Il ocean. where she meets kindly mermaid
e mermaid takes her journey under the
2. After seeing many wonderful sights, they
ne 70 a high cliff under the water, anc tum-
over II. down 70 beautiful garden OF sea
4 wers. Here tlley have narrow escape rom
81 ito. which becomes cave FUN Of sponges.
re they are chased by another monster and
ape again by getting into giant oyster
4 eli. The cave ends in passage through which
.oris rides on a snail's back They meet band
{ mermaids. who dance around them. And
finally the mermaid decides suddenly TO go
down stin farther under the sea. The mermaid
takes Doris to the bottom in a she'll. They
barely escape a jeIlyfsh and crab, and reach
a bed Of sea lilies. Here they escape rom .
lobster. and see other interesting things among
the lilies Beyond they come to rock, where
there are vanishing flowers and plenty Of shrimp.
on which the mermaid feeds. Doris and the
mermaid have several exciting adventures with
The jellyfsh, the Holsters, and the shrimps-
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A Legend of Starlight. :. :. Iad Fl
A FIathead
Indian Maiden.

Kris. Il would never tell. You know,
L keep the secrets for all the papas and
mammas in the world"
But Starlight wouldn't tell her secret,
and for the first time in his whole life
old Kris Kringle found himself wonder
ing and wondering.
The sun had scarcely lighted UP the
day, when Starlight crept from her bed
and hurried TO the workshop Yes, the
dolly was there. safe and sound. just
as she had left it. so were the pair of
deep blue baubles; both dry and ready
to handle.
Kris Kringle would be at the workshop
before she was ready for him Catching
up the doll. With the pretty red cheeks.
she placed tie baubles OF blue In its
found the ebony and painted a dot on
the center.
-'Oh. such eyes she exclaimed as she
clapped her hands with glee. Such
pretty eyes-and rosy cheeks. too, Just
/ like all the dollies shall have hereafter. -
/ Old Kris Kringle was coming Starlight
could hear his step on the frosty snow:
Il win hide she said TO herself, land
see what he VIII do"
A moment later Kris Kringle came in
Swapping his fingers to throw OF the
cold and filling the workshop room with
a merry whistle Before him, on the
workshop table, reclined the wondrous
doll The old man stood in silent adj
miration and then gave out a still louder
I whistle ana ran out OF tue door as IdSl
as his short legs would let him. Nor did
he stop till he reached mis- home.
Come, good dame; come quick and
seei" he called and back he ran TO the
workshop door
/ Dame Kringle, aware Of the jolly
moods of her husband, and ever ready
to please him. hurried after.
Old Kris stood al the door waiting, his
face wreathed in smiles.
ITS the dolll' he cried. forgetting
that he has boosted TO Starlight HI
could keep a secret, and they entered
iarm in arm.
Starlight sat with the doll in her lar
the most joyous little mother on earth.
And ever since then. the Flathead In
dian legend says, Starlight mixes the rec
and blue for all the dollies in the world
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The Shell Ocean.
BY W. S. WALLACE.

dancing starfish and feather stars and
basket stars I'm such profusion that they
had hardly room for their various mo-
tons. The beautiful red and gold, blue
and white and rusty gray and black
fishes that swan around gave an air OF
life to IL all. That was a most surpris-
ing pool. tell you.
Whoever dreamed of such sight
l just wish mothsr could have one peep
at IL, she cried. But she saw one thing
that made her laugh, II was so ridicu-
lous. There was mass OF seaweed
floating by, and right on top of 1t sat
silly looking FISH, the whole mass. fish
and weeds, being under water.
'Oh. Mermaid. look there. II there ism I
a chicken fish sitting on its nest But
II will certainly spoil the eggs If 1t
doesn't keep stilier."
There you. go. talking, nonsense
again" scoided the Mermaid. who had
been gathering seaweed for new dress.
It's a nest fish. of course, but II can I
hurt the eggs, they are too small WY
don't you do something useful, child
home" retorted Doris. Are we ever
going to, get back 10 that big smell on
The Mermaid stared at her and ex-
| claimed: Mercy sakes, aren't you hap
py2 Aren't you satisfied with anything /!
| We can't go back now. You should have
spoken before"
| I'm going now" and plunged into the
water. Where are you goingE shrlekeo
Doris, but there was no answer. Doris
hastily followed and was soon Tar away
from the island, but no Mermaid was 20
be seen. There were some Whales bask-
ing in the declining sunlight ana a
school OF dolphins sporting around them,
over and under. like puppies around
big dog. Just then the sun sank red into
the sea. and II was soon quite dark. A
few red clouds hung in the west and a
star or two came out in the east Doris
found a great floating tree, on which
she climbed to get better view or the
ocean. But no Mermaid was In sight
Then a great loneliness came over her'
sOh. Mermaid Mermaid, where are
you, Mermaid?" she cried sleepily, lying
on her back The big white moon
looked down on her c t e ana d n1erl
head. Doris wondered what bats were
doing at sea. Bats are not sea birds,
she murmured. almost browsing on.
Where are you: Mermaid, dearE Come
/, why Doris said a voice, you
naughty child. there are no mermaids
here, but just a cold, wet. hungry little lit e
Doris sat up and stared about. The
great ocean. with all its wonders, the
whales and the dolphins. had vanished
, and she was living by the fountain. soak
ed to the skin. while her nurse was
scolding her and promising her severe
: whipping. 1t had rained hard. and the
while the sunset was just fading out in
the west
we may tell you in secret, however,
I that Doris never was punished for her
] adventure by the fountain, for when she
told about the curious passage IN
/ the shell and what she had seen beyond
LIT her mamma really hadn't the heart
to spoil IL all. And as for Arthur. didn't
Doris laugh at him and his old geog-
; raphy then. for her papa declared that
with the aid of books. he could prove
that everything Doris had seen was true
and might be found beneath the real
: ocean.
The End.1
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Peter MCOinnis--A True StoTU

HTHE first time that / remember to
have seen Mr.. McGinnis he was
seated on a heap of cotton wool in
u corner OF his fine new house. which
e was surveying with great interest,
urling his white mustache with his
ink, clawlike fingers all the while. To
,revent misunderstanding. perhaps had
better say that Peter McGinnis was my
brothers new white rat.
Pete. as we soon came to call him.
quickly made himself at home; I'm a few
weeks he was so tame that we often
let him out of his cage TO run about
the rooms OF course our pet was ex-
hibited to all of our friends. One even
ing an extremely bashful gentleman
called. and Pete was brought in. duly
= dmired and then placed upon the floor
0 amuse himself while the converse
on. interrupted by his entrance. was re-
umed. All at once an expression OF
tier dismay appeared upon our friends
a ace, while even his neck became OF a
crimson hue. In agitated tones he said,
That rat has gone up my sleeves
Please let me go into the other room
so that I can take OF my coat and get
him out?"
W., considerably left the room, after
which my brother captured the delin-
ouent. who. having made his way com
pletely up the under sleeve, was nov
settling down for "A peaceful nap on ths
gentIeman's shoulder. This circumstance
so mortified our bashful friend that FOL
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months afterward he could not be per-
suaded to enter our house.
Pete was n favOrite plaything with us
children, and the number of shipwrecks
in the bathtub from which he escaped
uninjured-for he could swim like a fish
exceeded even the adventures of Rob
inson Crusoe. Then we would dress him
in dolls clothes and let him run loose
On the floor; of course, he would trip
over the skirts, and IL was great fun
to see the little fellow make a rush for
ward. trip. fall in q heap. squealing
loudly (swearing. we called it), and then
sit and bite savagely at the article of
dress in which he wasNarrayed. Mother
used to wonder how our dolls clothes
became so dilapidated
Though Pete did not care for fine
clothes. he had quite taste for litera-
ture; / say TASTE" because he used
TO nibble the pages out of our books.
while from the number of newspapers
which he devoured / should Judge that
he was well Informed on all the current
questions OF the day. II was on ac-
count Of this uncontrolled desire to ac-
Quire knowledge that Peter was Obliged
10 leave US; once he ate valuable dOcu-
ment, and our elders decided that such
a troublesome pet could no longer be
tolerated-Peter was to be given to the
butcher
The time for parting came; the rats
whiskers dropped dejectedly and my
| little sister declared that there were
tears in his pink eyes. But in spite OF
these sad facts the butchers boy car
| ried our Peter away In box, leaving
| us inconsolable on the doorstep
Peter lived to a good old age under
/ the care of the kindly butcher, who
often allowed US to visit our former pet
FLORENCE A. EVANS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10
A Hat and a Coin.

A very neat trick may be performed
with "A hat and a silver quarter. The
quarter may be brand new. just from
the mint, but the hat had better be an
old one. or at least one that its owner
is not very particular about, for it is
likely to get a little rough handling
II must be of the pattern known as a
'stovepipe." either silk or beaver. Lay
IT on its side on top of a glass tumbler,
and on the upper side OF the hat place
the quarter.
Now, what you wish the company to
do is to knock the hat from under the
quarter so that the latter viii fan into
the tumbler.
Everyone that tries il will be sure to
strike the hat or its brim, but that will
only send it across the room. and the
quarter somewhere on the floor.
When the feat has been pronounced
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And so old Kris Kingle picked up the
mite and carried 1t TO his home where
his wife was mixing gaudy paints 70
beautfy presents intended for boys and
girls everywhere. even little Indian chill
dren.
II have brought you present" said
the old man; "one you can keep and not
send away. as you sometimes do when
the stock runs low"
"A PRESENT. exclaimed the good dame.
And where did you get it?''
BY this time old Kris Kingle had
placed the baby girl or he workshop
table and stood shaking his mirthfuI
sides with laughter.
II found IL i'm a bank of snow at last
he said
Just then the little ones eyes opened
and a peal OF silvery ripples echoed
throughout the room.
Found it in a bank of snow re-
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N1oAom1OM

Their he nor his good spouse could tell.
Il know what IL is, said Starlight,
who overhead the discussion, and II
you will give me the task l viii remedy
the defect"
Bless your bright eyes replied old
Kris. you may have the task, and well
come"
And so 1t came about that Starlight.
the little Flathead mite, brought TO the
land of snow by an old stoTk. took
charge of all the dolls in the home.
First she mixed a pot Of carmine-the
rosiest red ever seen-and then she
mixed the blue. With a brush she
painted the cheeks of a doll and laid II
away on a shelf. Then she took a PAIR
of baubles, called eyes" by OLD KRIS,
and dipped them I'm the blue. These In
turn she placed on a shelf TO dry.
Don't ask questions tonight and try
to peep" said little Starlight, "and to-
morrow / will show you how the work
is done"
But you might tell me- pleaded old
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poated Dame Kingle such an odd place
TO find a treasure.
II truly found it there, good wife, just
as / said, and now what shall we do
with it2'
Not what we shall do with it," cor
rected the dame, but what shall we
call it2"
starlight" suggested her husband.
and starlight IL became.
Little Starlight grew rapidly. and in
almost no time-it may have been days.
and II may have been weeks-was as
big as the largest Flathead doll old Kris
/ Kringie carries each year TO the wee red
| papooSes up and down the Puget Sound
| or those he brings to the pale face chill
| dren by the big waters to the east
In the many years gone by Kris krin-
gle had been unable to make doll look
| just right, try as he might. There al
| ways seemed to be something wrong;
something out Of keeping; but what. nei-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

starlight" a Flathead Indian legend
says. is the fairest and daintiest maiden
IA all the world. She was found one star
light night, sleeping in bank of snow,
by old Kris Kingle. who had been out
gathering pine cones. At first the jolly
old fellow thought he had discovered
a rare snow plant and stopped to pluck
it. when a tiny voice showed him the
supposed flower was a thing of life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

impossible. you make a few feints. as
If you, too, were going to strike 1t on
the brim, and then. suddenly, you give
IL smart tap on the inside of the
crown, IT will jump quickly out and let
the coin fall directly down into the
tumble
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

w YHEN Doris and the Mermaid
NM reached the island they were
surprised not to see anything
but sand Doris looked in
vain for any real land. There was just
a shelly beach. with three or four big
palm trees on the top and the blue sea
beyond.
How very stranger cried Doris
Where's the rest of it?''
Rest OF what?" asked the guide.
why. I never heard of beach with
out any land to II before; It must have
got lost
The truth was. It was a coral island
or atoll: merely a strip of beach in tho
form of a ring. open at one side and
with quiet lake of water inside. They
stepped up on a smooth white patch
OF sand and the Mermaid at once sat
down to comb her hair. Doris went
exploring.
"o-ooh, what's this?" she cried sud
denly isn't IL gorgeous and shiny7'
as she held up a wiggling fish. II was
a parrot fish. and 81 Doris hadn't beer
holding it by the head It would hav,
taken a piece out of her somewhere
Why" she continued. "it's got Z
beak-it must be bird fish," The poo
little fish was colored. too. like parrot
/. It was bright green. blue and yellow
Dorfs dropped it into the pool. Sh'
anced over the edge of an old falleI
q and her eyes grew round with won
Her mothers garden. with IT.
s and pinks. it's dahlias and blu
zet-me-nots. was never half so beau
l or gay as that pool. In the frs
place the bottom was OF white cora
sand. like snow. In this grew such
i multitude Of strange forms and brigh
i colors that Doris clasped her hands II
silent awe. The red and pink coral AMI
mails almost hid the sand In places. ant
4 above them waved great purple masse.
on stalks. These latter things lookeS
ike living fans covered with vtolets
Beyond grew whole fields of flowers
red. green. lavender and yellow. Amonl
these growing things crawled animals
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10
INCONSISTENCY.

NY mother said that Buster Brown
was just the cutest little boy.
NY father laughed at all the prankS
That naughty youngster did enjoy.
My sister said he was $50 bright
His harmless fun was her delight
From baby stare to Russian hair.
The family thought he was all r. ht-
II.
I cut my hair IN Russian style.
named my cat for Busters pup
1 thought I'd practice harmless fun"
l studied all his antics up.
! knew how pleased they all would be.
I'd furnish them amusement free,
I'd let them share this pleasure raras
So they'd enjoy the sport With me.
III.
I tried one trick-but only one
For sister called me q disgrace,
What father said's unfit for print,
= ffown spread DER my mothers face
She whipped me, packed me on to bed
In vain / argued, begged, and plead:
She saw no fun when her own son
Would practice what with joy she read
Eleanor Maud Crane
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10
THE TuRTIE

Little Ted had found a turtle,
And he looked with wond ring eyes
At the creature while ! told
The name and nature of his prize.
Then he touched the shell, half shyly
While he said. 'twixt smile and pout,
IF the turtles I'm this box
j wish 'twould hurry and come outi"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-10

F1orence-not yet in her teens
Was sent To the garden for green's;
But she got the wrong plant,
Which angered her aunt
why, child che said, don't you kno
beans?" G. NJ. l.. BROWN.
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BY EUGENE o. MAYFIELr

The blush of the rose
And. the blue of the skies;
These are. the colors (the story goes)-
The rose for the cheeks,
The blue. for the eyes.
Dame Natures hues Kris Kingle seeks
''The Christmas Doll that Starlight mao
Shall always be-" Kris Kingle said
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-25
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
Union Meeting Held Thursday Evening In the
Methodist Church.

The Union Thanksgiving service was
held at the Methodist church last even
ing. There was a large attendance.
The subject ofRev G. S. Mills, address
was "Thanksgiving and Thanksliv-
ing taken from Pslam l57: 20 and his
remarks were much enjoyed by all.
The change from the custom of holding
the service in the morning gave much
satisfaction as the large number pres
ent testified.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-25
bennington BRIEFS
News OF the Town and village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers.

Oliver X. Wyman is here to spend a
few days, arriving in time to partake
of his Thanksgiving dinner with rela
tives.
Edmund c. Brown and family spent
Thanksgiving day with Mr. Brown Is
parents at North Bennington.
Dancing class tonight in Forester
hall at 7.30.
At the reunion OF the Hawks family
held Thursday there were present Mrs
s. b. Hawks and children; Mr. and
Mrs Clement II. Cone and son and Mr.
and Mrs w. T.. Hawks Jr.
Nrand Mrs w. H. Nichols and son
Marden went to Hoosick for Thurs
day.
John Robinson has sufficiently re-
covered from his recent attack of Ill
ness so that he is out again.
Regular boarders and other guests
were we'll satisfied with their Thanks
giving dinner served at Lundergans
restaurant. Everything was cooked
to q turn, the service was complete and
nothing was la king.
Mrs Georgia Riddle took her
Thanksgiving dinner with Mr. and Mrs
j. II. Norton.
The Home Trading Stamp company
has received carload of goods to be
delivered as premiums today. Two
more carloads are on the way and f.
+. Hart says that when the company
stops business, it will be with culors
lying
Mr. and Mrs w. B. Sheldon enter
tanned quite party at dinner Thanks
giving day. 1t consisted of Rev and
Mrs George 5. Mills of this village,
Mr. andM John H. Sheldon, George
W. Baker, William j. Holley, and
Miss Angelina Holley of Dorset.
A. j. Elwell and family and Mrs
John Davis ate their Thanksgiving
dinner at Luke Bishops.
G. G. Grossman of Troy was at Mrs
Barbara Moore S for Thanksgiving.
The subject ofthe Fortnightly tomor-
row afternoon is literature, writings
of Thomas Moore, paradise and the
Peri" Miss Irene Putnam is chairman
of the committee.
The junior bible class at the YMCA
will begin tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O
study of 1.-The Chemistry of the BIZ
BILE. "
Mr. and Mrs Frank Tiffany have re-
turned to Winthrop. Mrs Tiffany was
the guest Of Mr. and Mrs Lyman Har-
wood for several days and Mr. Tiffany
was there for Thanksgiving
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-25
KING WAS SNoWBALLED.
Charles of Portugal and Hunting
Party Enjoy Winter sport


Party Enjoy Winter Sport.
LONDON, Nov. 25.-king Charles
of Portugal and his party spent the
last day of their visit at Chatsworth
shooting in the pheasant preserves.
The king. who is magnificent shot,
did great execution. The whole dis
trict was covered with deep snow. but
the day was bright. Queen Amelie
and the ladies of her suit Joined the
party at luncheon in a big marquee
While awaiting the ladies King
Charles and the other shooters threw
snowballs at mark. This was too
tame for the king. who, catching Mar
quis Desoveral, the Portugal ambas-
sador to Great Britain, off his guard,
made an accurate shot at the digni-
fed diplomat. King Charles example
was quickly followed, and the whole
party engaged like schoolboys in an
active snow battle.
While none of the missiles actually
hit his majesty, a number of distin-
guished personages were less fortu
nate. For some minutes the fun was
fast and furious, the king being the
most active and one of the most &C.
curate among the fighters. The whole
Of the unusual incideU was greatly en-
joyed by large numoer of spectators
and rustics who had gathered near by
in the roadway.
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FOR NEXT WEEK
Mgr prouty Has Secured Archie l.. Shspard's
Moving Pictures.

Mgr prouty Has Secured Archie l.. Shspard's
Moving Pictures.
OF all the thrilling sports INDUCED
in by the daring and chivalrous
knights of old. Charles LIST of France,
with his valiant courtiers chose the
boar hunt as the one embracing the
most excitement and danger.
One of the greatest boar hunts ever
secured in motion photography will be
presented by Archie l.. Shepard's
moving pictures at the Library hall
theatre, Nov. 30 and Dec l.. For the
occasion of this truly marvellous pic
ture, the subject was one of the widest
and most vicious bears; huntsmen, TIE
bravest and most fearless rough riding
sportsmen known, with fifty or more
blooded hounds from the Emperors
own kennels, and the hunt as real as
in days of old when bold knights rode
forth to- do great deeds of valor. The
picture was secured by placing a score
of operators with talking machines
throughout the probable course and
is one of the many interesting subjects
presented in the entirely new program
of Shepard's high class moving pic
lures. Tickets now on sale at Ayre's.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-25
STATE NEWS

Three local sportsmen, NJ. c. Bresee
C. A. st John, and S. r. Alderman Of
Hubbardton have just returned from
a 1O.dsy's hunting trip at Smith Sex
tons's, Silver Bay, n. Y. Each killed
a fine buck, weighing 300, $50 and POO
pounds, respectively. Mr. Bresee's is
thought to be a cross between a deer
and a carbon, having eight tips on
one horn and being the largest deer
ever killed in that section.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-11-25
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby
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bottle of Gteene's Warranted Syrup Of
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The Original.

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