Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18

the Delivers when the Noahs ark came to
anchor right at the corner of their house
Such delightful people. the Noah family,
and such a variety of animals in the ark.
Dolly Dolliver went down town the very
first day, and she was soon RurSing the ele-
plant In her lap-she mistook 1t for the
cat-and chatting away to Mrs. Noah as
though they had all been friends for years.
The only thing which interfered with the
pleasant intercourse between the DoliverS
and the Noah family was that the Noahs
were rather swaziland their animals also.
Tommy Dolliver was the one that pro-
posed the circus. He said that while they
had the ark there. and many animals.
there was no reason in the world why they
shouldn't have circus. Dolly Dolliver
pointed out the difficulty about the small
size of the Noahs and the animals. and
Tommy offered to so and visit the fairy who
lived on top of the clock. and get her to
change the Noah people and their animals
to a larger size-"for one night only
So the thing was done; a circus tent was
contrived from the center table and its
cover. and a ring was laid out on round
braided rug Everybody brought his own
chair. or box. or bench. and as there was no
admission charged. nobody complained.
Mr.. Noah was ring master. Shem and
Ham and Japhet were clowns. and assisted
the real toy clown from the toy closet.
Their wives were the riders and trapeZe
performers
Mr. Noah stood in the middle of the ring
and cracked his whip Then the whole pro-
cesson came in-such procession as no
circus in the world ever had before. For
the dog walked beside the cow. and was
just the same size. The elephant was pair
ed off with an animal-cracker elephant.
which Mr.. Noah announced through his
spielers horn as THE sacred white ele-
plant OF Siam"
The camel had lost a leg but he ambled
along on three legs just comfortably as
he would on four. The sheep and the wolf
walked side by side. The leopard and the
rabbit (also just of n size) followed. and
after them the hVona and the PdZplle
(on the best of terms) and the tiger with
the mouse (the mouse being somewhat big
ger and rather fiercer looking than his
partner. the tiger. The birdS-not any par
ticular kind of bird, you know. they were
just birds-hew along almost anywhere
They were half as large as the elephant,
and. being made of wood. people were
rather afraid to have them flying through
the air. lest some one get a thump on the
head: that they were finally asked to
walk In the procession, which they very
obligingly did.
The performance was well under way
when Which and Tother appeared with all
their mothers cups full of pink lemonade.
The Dolliver family and the Noah family
had never seen pink lemonade. but the pa
per doll professed an old acquaintance with
that pleasing drink.
"Oh. yes, she said at is the same as the
red ink that Queen Ethel uses to color
some OF the people whom she cuts out OF
the magazines. who have been born black
and white. instead OF colored like me-"
She rustled very elegantly as she said It,
and took cup of the lemonade and drank
II with very aristocratic air. The DoIIf-
vers and the Noah family felt obliged to do
the same. though. in fact. they thought 1t
tasted particularly nasty, which probably
IL did. for II was, indeed, as the paper doll
had said drop of red Ink In water
Mr.. Noah hit upon a very fine idea for
getting rid OF his cup OF red ink and water
He declared himself so devoted to the ele-
plant that he felt obliged TO share any
thing good which he had with that intelii-
gent beast. The convenient and oblging
elephant drank the pink lemonade as
though he had been brought up on 1t, and
II was as good as any part OF the perform
srce to see him do so.
The Japanese prince had come In and was
doing some juggler's tricks walking across
slack rope. balancing himself as he went
with Il tiny umbrella, and all the while
throwing some little balls into the air.
You never would have known to look at
these balls that they were simply green
peas
All the company was deeply Interested In
pain from the elephant. He had been at
tempting to steal some more pink lemon
EIDE, and Which and Tother had run a
small pin in his trunk as he poked 1t over
eng the cups.
Mr. Noah said he thought this was a very
III: kind way to treat his elephant. 1t was
plain that he would have been glad to have
Which and Tother spanked-os part of the
performance. But since Mr.. Doiliver was
a lame man and Mrs. Dollsver had the baby
sewe6 into her arm. II always took them
cutie time to get around to anything. and
by the time they had made up their minds
that Which and Tother zhe uid be punished
the twins had run away.
Nobody noticed that In golng Which and