The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-19

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your book, Carrier" asked mother
London" replied Carrie.
Eyes, because it's the very largeI
city in the world. Polly, can you fin
it on the globe?"
81 don't think | can," said Polly
"Well, dear, you can find Boston an
New York. Put the crochet needl
point on New York,-Carrie may lool
tco,-then go across the Atlantic oceay
to the British Isles. You will fin
London, now, if you look carefully"
| "Oh, see it, see it," exclaime
Carrie.
Now we will visit London for
little time. What buildings are show
in your book, Carrie? You may bot
look at them"
There were fine pictures of the grea
Tower of London, Westminster Abbej |
and the interior of st. Paul's Cathedra
"Of course" said mother, "as we ar
to travel about a good deal to-day W
cannot stay long in one city. We wi I
take a picture-trip about. Then whe}
we come back to stay longer, at an
other lesson, we will see how much vi
can recall. Here is a picture of Wind
sor Castle, where the King of Englan
lives, and here is a different one q
the Tower. You have the picture
the Princes in the Tower and can te
the story, think"
"Oh, yes" ssid Polly And CARR
said she thought she could
Il will ask you to tell it by and b!
Here is picture of the Poets Corne
in Westminster Abbey"
Then mother talked about the grea
poets, Milton, Shakespeare and othery
whose tombs in this great church ar
visited by so many travellers. Then
were pictures of all these great me
and their homes. SO it was easier
remember.
After a story of the London fog an
the great London Bridge, mother sal
they must travel on.
"The next city is Paris" reporte
Carrie, turning the leaf of her book.
Aunt Lucy has been there, and tol
us ever so many things about it, an
there's whole book of viewS-thX
Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame, the cal
cade in the lovely Bois de Boulogn3 J.
and good many more" VOLUNTEERED
Polly, eagerly.
You seem to know so much abol
Paris" laughed mother, that thin
| n Vic
Bring all you can find about it to Il
lesson"
"There'll be that French book
Bible stories with pictures" said Pol
You can read the stories, motn9
Aunt Lucy said the little French 81
read them just as easily as we re
our English ones"
you will be able to read them soI
day, | hope, just as they are. No
can you go to Paris from London?"
With little help the children cou
make the short trip on the globe.
New York came next in Carri
book, but as the children's aunt liy
in New York, and they had visited Gol
so many PLACES in and around thai
mother said they would go on
next city, which Carrie found WI
very populous Chinese city of q
They found there was long j
to take before they could read
city.
What a big, big place this
ours is." exclaimed Polly. Il
journeys mother. | shall
when We go to some cold
north, where there is skaY
shedding. | like to see the fu
That made Carrie laugh.
warm countries best" she sal
This Canton is such w
that people live on boats in
thousands Of people"
"Oh, mother, do they, rea
Eyes. Here is picture ba(
ing city. See, That is r Der
and here is a river docto hi
rounds. Boats carrying M die
and all kinds of things to bou
with their wares"
The little girls though L b.
fun.
cat evening, when th B an,
incense sticks are hghte
"Joss sticks, mother? asked Carrie
"Yes. When the lit b lights ar
burning the scene is Ike fairy-land
The people throw by ling gilt pape
into the river and 1T off firecracker
to frighten away Ne evil spirits the
have not yet learped are never to b
feared. You know. do you not, tha
the Chinese are great nation 70
making freworks?"
"Yes, motbsr. The little logs O
punk that come with the odd hand
stoves have Chinese writings on tn
wrappers. And Mr.. Coon Dong, VIII
spends his summers with his family a
the lake, hNs very big fireworks stor
in Boston,
THAT is true. I'm glad you remem
ber Now we mustn't get too tiret
so think we'll close this lesson"
"Oh, please, mother, let's go to jus
one more city!" pleaded Carrie.
'If we do, | shall not have time fo
the game" said mother, quietly.
"Oh, we must have that!" decide
the cl,..uren.