The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-03

The story of how Teddy the Ameri-
can boy saved his father from great
loss and won for him comfort and
wealth is an equally delightful tale
A Leaf From The Past let's little
folks know how straw hats were made
many. many years ago, when all the
women in the old country houses of
Massachus braided straw at 2 cents
per yard when the men from the fac
tories where the braid was sewed into
hats came to buy.
Julian Ralph describes in spirited
fashion the games of Indian boys.
Margaret Jackson writes OF the short
life of the next to the last Duke OF Dor
set picture of the Boy Duke, the
original painted by Hoffner is the
Illustration, The original Is owned by
Mr. Andrew Carnegie. II little st.
Nicholas readers will turn back to their
number of November 1902 they may
read tho description of Knole Park
once the home of this Duke of Dorset.
Vita SaCkville West whose home Is
Knole Park wrote In that number
description of the home with ffty-two
stairways and three hundred and sixty
five rooms.
All little New York girls and boys
and all little visitors to the city will
be peeping now into the mouth of
stone lion on Madison Avenue to see
If the sparrows are still building their
nests in the lions mouth.
I should like no child in whose edu-
cation l was interested to miss the
monthly talks in St, Nicholas on:
Nature and Science. st. Nicholos
League is most educative also. Tho
family traditions as told by children
are of great value.
u-La 10, tva ~ cold
and silver badges each month for the
best poems. stories. drawings, photo
graphs. puzzles. and puzzle answers.
Also cash prizes of IS each to gold
badge winners who shall again win
first place. Many little Southern chit
dren were prize winners In the latest
competition. namely:
Jennie Read Sampson. Shelbyville.
Ky.
Sara Romans. NORFOLK, Va.
Georgina E Mccall. Eden. Texas.
Harry I. Tiffany. Middleburg, Va.
Grace Horen. St. Louis, Mo.
St. Nicholas Letter Box is interesting
to the Little Folks Below is the let
ter OF little 1O-year-old girl from
Aiken. S. c.:
Dear ST. Nicholas.
have Just come back from going
around the world. and am now going
TO tell YOU about the different little
babies in Japan and other Eastern
countries. In Japan they carry them
on their backs Very often you see lit
tie girls Of seven and eight carrying
their baby brother or sister, as IT may
be- They think nothing of 1t at ALL
and go on playing and running about
and the little babies just sit up there
and don't mind it. They have nothing
on their heads. and you often see them
sleeping In China they carry them
the same way. In Ceylon they carry
the babies and little children on their
hips-funny little half-naked things.
1t is very curious 10 see all the people
dressed in bright-cuiored silks and
stuffs. The palms and trees are Won
derfuI. In Egypt they carry the ba-
bes on their shoulders. You can only
see the women's eyes when they are
in the streets. Your interested reader,
Sophie l.. Mott cage 10)
Ten Commandments for the Home
maker.
Harper's Bazaar.
/. Make your household one har-
monious whole, no matter how small
the scale.
2. Use only what you can comforta-
bly, afford in good quality and ample
quantity.
3. Let your home appear bright and
sunny. 1t is not easy to be unpleasant
ft,I