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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
Patsy Becomes a Wage Garner
BY EUPHEMIA HOLDEN

Patsy was very hard up. She didn't get
in such condition very often, for she US
ually had bit ahead for moIasses candy
and slate pencils and necessities The mis-
take she had made was in lending Jim her
last nickel. He had promised to return 1t
the next day, but of course he didn't for
he was always in money difficulties.
Right on top of that came an awful han
kering for a full new set of paper dolls,
all dressed in new Easter dresses and cost
ing twenty-five cents. Julie Denten had
them, Laura was going to get some and
Emelie Foster and Patsy had only their old
ones.
II 1t We're only summer, she and Emelie
could have a lemonade stand. That was
the quickest way to earn the most If you
had any luck at all-but it was still too
early to think about that.
Her allowance of twenty-five cents q
month wasn't due for two weeks and she
hated to beg or borrow of her father or
mother. because they wanted her to learn
to use her money right and she had squan-
dered her last months quarter
Besides it would be pretty mean only to
get the dolls for herself and not help Emf
lie along a little with hers. Emile didn't
have any allowance and her mother couldn' t
spare her much money.
Patsy did some hard thinking Suddenly
she remembered that her father had prom
Used that very night to bring home an old
typewriter from his office so that she and
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Brown Henri"
"Cluck! cluck" said the Brown Hen,
which meant look for yourself"
Billy looked. Away under the dark floor
he could see a nest, and he counted-'two-
five-free-eleventy." Billy could not tell
just how many, for his mathematical edu-
cation was shaky.
rs they yours? whispered Billy.
Chuck cluckr' said the Brown Hen.
Don't tell the rest and We'll go shares on
this hoard, and III take care of them for
us"
Then she crawled back under the boards
and Billy ran in the house feeling that he,
too, had a secret.
Not a word did Billy lisp. On Easter
morning he. too, would bring forth his
hoard but he would leave some for the
Brown Hen-oh, of course-because they
were partners.
Easter came and the older children went
after their hidden eggs. Billy followed in
gee. How he would surprise them! HIS
fat legs twinkled through the barnyard
fence and up to the great door. He heard
the Brown Hen cucking. She must be
waiting to divide He went in, but she was
not in sight He ducked his head down to
the hole and peeped. She was not on the
nest and only few broken shells lay
about.
Tears welled up into Blly's blue eyes.
The Brown Hen had not dealth fairly. Sob
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and fragrant with the perfume of many
flowers At one end sat the wonderful lady
and beside her a little girl with a great
doll in her arms.
"She got the prize thought little Lucia,
and her heart beat.
Il am so glad you enjoyed your FEAST
the wonderful lady was saying. land next
year we will have another one better than
this. Shall we?'
And all of the children shouted; ooh, yes,
yes, hurrah!'
full lady Goodbye, dear children, good
bye"
Lucia turned quickly. She felt that she
must get away before any one saw her
must get away with her broken lily.
But when she reached the hall a jovial
gentleman barred the way.
Hello he said, Il saw you come in.
You We're late, weren't your
Lucia looked at him with despairing eyes.
1.-The baby is sick and a man ran against
me and broke my lily" she explained.
BY Jove," said the man, that's hard
luck. And YOU haven't had any Of the
No" said Lucia, nervously. I'm too
late"
NO, you're not" said the jovial gentle
man; II haven't had anything myself Let's
go into the dining room and see"
He took hold of Lucia's hand and the 1T
tie girl trotted beside him timidly. The
dining room beautiful, but the jovial
gentleman did not give Lucia much time to
look at it, for he piled her plate with good
things from chicken to ice cream, and
while she ate he asked her questions. and
before she knew 1t Shy little Lucia had open
ed her heart to him. and had told him about
the baby and her mother and all her trou-
bles.
And the man broke your lily said the
jovial gentlemanh when she had finished.
and 1t was the biggest one OF the lot"
oh was it?" cried Lucia, her eyes all
bright with happiness.
Yes" said the gentleman, land I'm go
ing to give you prize for it-you deserve
1t.
But Lucia shook her head. "It might not
be fair to the other children" she said.
That's all right" said the jovial old gen.
tleman. but this is my prize to you. 1t
isn't pretty like the doll but you get what
you like with It," He tucked a big bill into
an envelope and handed 1t TO her. Now,
don't open ii until you get home" he said,
and as he finished speaking the curtains
parted and the wonderful lady came in.
why, Tom" she began, who is this?'
Her husband explained.
''Oh. you poor little thing" said the won
derful lady when she had heard. and she
took Lucia into her arms and made her tell
her story all over again.
IT'S getting late" she said at last. 1T
must let you go, dear, but L am coming to
see you tomorrow
I'm afraid it's Just a fairy tale" said
happy little Lucia, as they went with her
to the door, land that 1t isn't really true"
But it true. and the baby got well
and the wonderful lady gave the little
mother plenty of work. and the next Eas-
ter-but that is another story.
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could never be tie. He glaoly promised
to do this.
IT suppose that will have to do all the
brave deeds for this commission, said the
beadle gloomily THE rest of you do not,
1t seems to me, look as If you had any mil
itary skill ambition.
Second the notion" said the schoolmas-
ter Immediately.
IT object" said the shoemaker
Carried unanimously" said the beadle.
ut has been moved, seconded and carried
that 1 shall go forth to win glory. 1 have
already made my will and sharpened my
trusty spear, and l will sally out to scout
in the field"
Il do not agree with you at ALL" said the
shoemaker Indignantly. The first thing
that we ought to do as commission is to
discover what the species and so forth of
the creature is, that may know how to
destroy it. The beadle may have courage,
though l doubt it, for I much bigger
man than he is and yet 1 have no courage
at all. But the main point is that he is not
versed in the sciences, and 1t is my opinion
that the schooimaster should go out into
the field and return to us with a report
which will be learned and exact | may
be wrong and l am open to argument, but
can tell you right now that l would sooner
die at the stake than change my mind about
this"
''You are entirely crazy and absurd" said
the schoolmaster. 1t is easy to see that
you have no knowledge at all of the pro-
cesses OF the scientific mind. We scientists
do not need to see a beast to know what it
is We can build up whole animal from
a single bone and indeed We can describe
beast much better If we do not see it."
II object" said the shoemaker; so the
beadle shouldered his spear and went out
through the town gates while the other
members of the commission sat down on
the wall to wait until he should return.
Before many minutes they saw him rum
ming hack madly without his spear or hat,
and when he had entered the city he fell
to the ground and painted until the mayor
said sternly;
LAS chief officer OF the city I command
you to get your breath Immediately, or
you will be declared guilty of contempt of
court"
Describe your experiences to me- said
the schoolmaster, and pay no attention
whatsoever to the mayor, for he is not on
the commission
81 object said the shoemaker.
II had not gone far said the beadle
before ! saw terrible object. 1t was a
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DubbletOWn'S Easter Monster
And the Trouble That II Made for the
Good People.
Copyright, 1908, byJ. W. Muler)

Copyright, 1908, byJ W. Muller)
One day in early April, as the wife OF
the superintendent of the town pump OF
Dubbletown was walking across field out
side OF the city, she saw strange monster
lift its head to look at her before 1t dlsap-
peared under the hedge. Frightened almost
to death the poor woman barely managed
TO reach the town square without fainting,
and when she tolG her story all the other
people of Dubbletown were just as badly
frightened as she had been.
They called the board of aldermen to-
gether and the board of aldermen called
for the sheriff and his men, and the sheriff
and his men called for the constable and his
assistant and then they debated how best
to protect the city from the attacks of the
strange beast.
There were so many of them and they
all had such extremely good plans that
they could not agree on single one. Inc
result was that nobody dared to venture on
the streets that day after dark. The next
dav the Dubbletown cowherd refused to
drive the cows to pasture and the goose
herd kept his head under the bed clothes.
'''rhis will never do" said the mayor
1--WE must appoint a commission or eX-
merits to rid US of the terrible danger" So
the board of alderman and the mayor and
the sheriff and all the other officials APP
pointed a commission. They put the school
master on 1t TO represent the natural
sciences and the beadle was put on 1t TO
represent the military department.
When they had been appointed the mayor
said: Hold There are exactly two of
them and IL one should vote one way and
one another there would be tie. We must
have third member.
.'How lucky that you are our mayor"
said all the people. So they appointed the
town shoemaker to the commission and told
him always to vote against everything that
the other two might want. so that there
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THE GREAT BALL GAME
OF CHICHEN=ITZA
How Nicho of Yucatan Won the Feather ClCaks and
Through Them His Fathers Life.

trumpets. and the smoke of sacrifice as
cended through the heavy air
From between the spleudidly carved SER
pent columns OF the temple came the priest
bearing in his hands the great rubber ball.
From a point on the wall equally distant be
tween the two lines of players he threw It
to the pavement
The two teams rushed for II. The play
ers We're not allowed TO touch the ball with
their hands. but could hit II with any other
part of their bodies. and the object was
TO keep 1t In play for a certain length of
time on their own side of the court-that is.
south or north of the great stone rings in
the wall, the south end being that OF
Chichen and the north side that of the Wis
iting team.
This first part of the game was long and
stoutly contested and resulted In a victory
for the visiting team. In the next part
the play more difficult. but not so
rough. The players We're now allowed to
hit the bounding bah only with their hips.
upon which they had bound pieces OF stiff
leather.
Nicho was n little underweight for the
first scrimmage." but in this second part
his skill and agility came into play In
spite of his efforts, however, the visiting
team again won.
Only one chance was now left for Chicheu-
liza. The players on the Uxmal team adj
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Billy's Easter Hoard.
BY SARAH NOBLE IVES.

All the children had a hoard of eggs hid
den away for Easter-alI but Billy. Billy
was so small and fat that he could not
climb ON the hay mows to find the nests.
Sue. Mary and Teddy were bigger, and the
contest with them went gayly on. Easter
morning their boards would be brought
forth from their hiding places and the one
who had the most eggs would be the best
fellow.
Mother would give them some bits of
bright calico and pieces of onion peel; the
eggs would be wrapped in these and boiled
and when taken out of the water the onion
ones would have beautiful yellow shells,
and the ones wrapped in calico would have
dainty flowers and patterns traced on them
Perhaps they might have some of those
gorgeous purple and crimson dyes for GER
tain high-class eggs. Anyway, there would
be a brave showing.
Billy would probably have some given to
him but they would not be his own hoard
and the heart of Billy was heavy within
him.
He stood on the barn floor, dejectedly
Smelling the kernels off an ear of corn that
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and said: we thank you, oh, so much and
We will come
The wonderful lady smiled into little Luz
cia's eyes and took both of the small,
rough hands in her white ones and whis
pered: Dear child 1 hope you may win the
prize" and Lucia went back to her seat all
glowing at the sweet words, and forgot that
she had not had any breakfast, and that
the baby was sick at home and that her
mother was out of work.
Lucia dashed up the steps of the tene-
ment where she lived and ran into the room
eagerly.
"sh-shr' warned her mother, the baby
is asleep
beautiful plant. and the lady is going TO
give a prize. and We are to have feast"
Lucia 5 mother tried to smile, but she was
tired and worried, and the baby needed
things that she could not give him
You mast go for the doctor, Lucia she
said. Il can't do any more
After that the baby grew worse and
worse, until at last Lucia had TO stay at
home to help care for him, but every day
she looked at the lily bud that was unfold
ing It's snowy leaves. and whispered: BE
the lOveliest lily of all, so that l may win
the prize" and then she would water it
and run back TO help her mother, who sew
ed on the heavy garments that brought
them their daily bread.
Most of the time it was bread without
any butter, and sometimes it was very dry
bread indeed, but when she was the hun
sriest little Lucia wou., think of the Easter
feast and Try TO be patient.
IF the baby will only get we'll" she
would say TO her mother then l can 60"
But when Easter Monday came the baby
was still very sick.
"Oh. little Lucia my little girl her
mother said TO her, sadly Il am afraid you
can go, for l must take our work home
this afternoon. We need the money for the
baby's broth and milk, and you must take
care of him while l am gone" For min
ute It seemed to Lucia that she must cry,
but when she saw the tired look on the
thin face that was bent over the baby she
choked back her sobs and said, brayely:
Don't worry, mother; II stay
But when her mother had gone and the
little giTl had peeped through a crack in
the shutters and seen the neighborhood
children bearing their lilies to the feast
she dropped her face on her arms and cried
and cried and cried, until the baby began
TO fret, and then she took him up and
walked up and down and up and down. un-
til she so tired she could hardly keep
moving.
Later in the afternoon her mother came
back.
Il hurried so" she said. rs It too late
for you to get ready for the feast?'
"Oh. mother. do you think / could?' cried
Lucia, Joyfully. DO you mother?"
You might try" said her mother. hope
fully. and in less time than 1t takes to tell
II Lucia, with the lily in her arms, was
speeding up the street.
Maybe they haven't given the prizes
yet" she kept saying over and over TO
herself. and maybe they haven't had the
feast" But just as she crossed the park
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When Papa Minded the Baby.

One day papa said that he would mind
the baby while mamma went downstairs to
entertain a visitor and mamma consented
But" said she, Il am afraid that some
thing will happen to 1t. Men always do the
wrong things with babies"
Papa was very quiet and careful for a
little while, never taking his eyes from the
baby where it lay asleep In its little lace
lined crib. But after awhile he got up and
tiptoed off to the other room because he
wanted to smoke cigar, and he left four
year-old Helen in the room with baby and
told her to be sure not to wake 1t up.
Papa got to looking into book and he
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The sun was just beginning to dispel the
mists of the tropical morning when two
youths walked on the terrace of splendid
palace in the great city of Chichen-Itza,
more often called simply Chichen.
Il have sent for you. Titul." said the
younger. Ito offer you all my gold for
favor My uncle. having conspired against
the state, has fed, and the governor has
seized my father. loyal officer. in his
place, and condemned him to die three days
hence. You ere captain of the city ball
team. Let me play in the great game with
the Uxmal men tomorrow. / have a plan
to save my fathers life If / should succeed.
Titul consented, refusing all rewards
In 1ucatan forest, IN the ruins of what
was once great city, there stand today
two mighty parallel walls guarding a large
paved court, open at each end.
Midway from the ends, set twenty feet
high on each wall. Is a small stone ring,
carved with serpents.
This was once the great ball court of
Chichen-ltZa, and in the days when the
prehistoric civilization of the American en-
pire of the Mayans rivaled that OF Babylon
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near the wonderful ladys house the bells
rang out 6 O'Clock. and the lady had said
that at o'clock the children were TO go
home.
But she kept on. Perhaps she kept
saying to herself, perhaps they won't be
gone"
All breathess she ran. and just rs she
turned a corner a man pushed against her.
and her beautiful lily hung broken and
dropping on its stem.
"Oh how could he?' walled Lucia ana
stood still and white how could he!
She was turning back toward nome,
when suddenly out on the evening air hoat-
ed the sound of children's voices. Drawn
by the sound Lucia went slowly toward
the wonderful ladys house. Through the
window she could see the rows OF upturned
faces as her little mates sang of the glad
ness of the Eastertide.
She went timidy up the steps. The feast
was over and her lily was broken, but she
could hear the children sing
Through the open door she gllded. ana
went into the big room, golden with light
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quite forgot about the baby. Then he hur.
ried to the room with a guilty feeling.
The next minute mamma was frightened
almost out of her wits by papa's cry.
Hurry! Hurry! Something's the mattec
with babyi'
Mamma ran upstairs as fast as her trenl.
bling legs could carry her, and there lay
baby, white as chalk and Its face all drawn
and SO queer that it looked awful
It's deadn shreiSed mamma, but at tho
sound baby woke up and cried so heartily
that 1t was easy to see that ii was alive
Then mamma snatched 1t up and they
saw what had happened. Helen had seen
nurse using the nice white baby powder on
baby, so she had poured the whole boxful
on its face.
Il will never never, never leave you
alone with baby again." said mamma to
papa. And papa was SO ashamed that
Helen felt real sorry for him.
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Dotty and Her Easter Thought.

Whenever / see Easter eggs
l wonder how they grew
Because | know they are too fine
For any hen to do;
I think the bird that laid them must
Have been cockatoo.
I've watched and watched our biddy hens
From morning until night;
/ know just what I'm talking bout
And that I'm truly right
When l say all the eggs they Law
Are always just plain white.
The bird that lays the Easter ones
I'd dearly love TO see;
1t must seem like a box Of paints
A-sitting oD the tree.
If | could find it / would say:
please lay egg for me-
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Lucia's Easter Lily.

The wonderful lady gave a lily plant to
every child in the school room.
Each one has bud she said. with her
radiant smile, and | want you TO care for
them. and on Easter Monday you shall all
come To my house and have a little feast,
and the one who has the largest and hand
soonest lily shall have prize. Won't that
be nice?"
All the children clapped their hands, and
the teacher stood up and said:
Now. we must thank the lady for her
kindness and accept her invitation. Lucia
will tell her for US"
Lucia. who was very small and very tim
Id. and very big-eyed, made little bow
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BILLY GAVE ONE RAPTURoUs LOOK.

bling and trembling, he went out the stable
door and ran plump into her.
She was not alone. Chipping and peeping
all around her was troop of yellow, fuzzy
balls Billy took one rapturous look and
then fed to sister Mary, who was crawling
from under straw stack with her treas
ure.
Look, Mary, look what me an the
Brown Hen donei" he called. She's been
takin' care Of our eggs an they've all come
chickens!''
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had been dropped, and he could hear the
shouts of the other children away of On
the long NOW in the wing.
Easter was very near-only Few days,
and then
Chuck cluck!'
Billy looked around and saw a brown hen
soueezing out through hole in the :ioor-
ing. She walked straight up TO Blliy ana
began picking up the kernels he had
dropped. :,
What you been dom under We floor, oil
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A Little Hen Song.

How doth the little busy hen
Improve each shining minute?
BY going to her little nest
And laying eggs right in 1t.
How doth the little busy boy
Improve this glad occasion?
BY putting all those eggs into
His little reservation.
Their let us all sing songs of praise
About the modest hen.
And let us eat all that she lays,
And hope she'll lay again.
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a plus sign, followed by the fraction 4-5.
Then comes the picture of a miner. Thus
the puzzle reads mill plus As miner Four
ffths of the word miner is liner This makes
the problem mill plus liner. This makes the
complete word milliner, which IS the desti-
nation Of the young woman in the picture.
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"Mis-named am l." the catfish said,
II have no ears upon my head;
l am not covered Ger with fur;
| never yet Wa known TO purr;
And sure no cat was ever born
With spiny fin and tail and horn;
I'd like TO tell folk that my wish
Is to be called the Easter fish.
For this / really think I'm meant:
For don't ! feed the world in Lenti''
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of Last Sundays Algebraical
Picture Puzzle.

The question as to where the young
woman in last Sundays picture puzzle was
going is answered as follows: The first
object In the picture is mill. Then comes
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picture. Just try it yourself. by drawing
over the various figures that go to make
up the policeman, and see If you can reach
the same result.
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her that the pictures with the mathematis
cal signs tell the name of the creature.
What is it?