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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-10-07

Manatf, OCtubre S.
En- ID session que celebr6 ayer eI
ayuntamientp, t0m6 DO8eBi6n del car
go de OonCej6I don Gregori0 KuiTanp,
nombfRdo uItimRmente.
.-El gefior Prida. isfs de estR eatR.
Ci6n de feFr0cRrriT, ,hR aldo trasIadad0 &
otrR, J le gugtituye el aefIor G eIabsrty.
-Ha eAtad0 en- este pueblo con OBJ
let0 de serVir de defenu0r en- aIquuos
JuiCi0s que Dc ventiI1bRn en- nneatrs
COFte municipal. ell Lcdo. SuliVeTeg,
de Arecibo.
Los vecinos de BAFceIonets gupli-
can sc de 10 goluOi6n nj asunt0 de an
pozo del serviCi0 p6biiC0 que eatS en-
ell b3rrio de Garr0ch3les. Eate pczo
hace muchR faIta no pudi6ndOGe en- Ia
ctusIidad nerYirSe de 81 ell VeoindariO.
Ell 2yuntGmient0 nOmbr6 una Comiai6n
en- JUNO. para que infOrmRra aobFe eI
particular. La C0misi6n Opin6 que
era necGsRriO C0locar tRb!One1 8 mura.
lie para seguFidGd de los que sRcaran
SguR. RAf como indemnizar & una veci.
na por an pequef1o predio de terranO
que habfa necssidad de Rpr0piar aI re-
ded0r del pozo. HRgta IR feehR NADIA
Sc hG IleVRd0 8 cGbO.
Han estad0 On este pueblo los sefIo-
res Jaoobo C6rdoY9 y Juan Sioard6,
en- aguntOs paPsiCuIRres.
-POr- reiir On ell bArrio de Tierraa
nueVag. ataC6ndose con piedrss y mE.
Chete AIejO SeFvis y Eugebio SantiR-
go, fuer0n multRdCs aver con diez
pesos y las GogtRG.
-Jog6 Rosario 90 pregent6 al iurz
C6rdcV8 nanifest6nd0Ie que habi6n-
dose ausentadO para TOs-bOj8 en- busCR
de tFabbj0. 0I fegresRr & 90 casa GUAM
do no 20 le eSpeFRbl, euCOntr6 & 90 90.
p0sa como rnenog hubiera QueridO.
Acugaba de cDfresponsal. como dicen
en- Derech0 americana. nj i1diViduO
B1SiDiO Msygolett. que fu6 RpresadO
as1 como lG eap0sa de squ6l. IIAmada
B iRbRra Rosario. El fqndido llev6
dos teBtiR0g 6 IR celebration del iuicio,
QuieneG. 10 migmO que el mAridO, pR.
rece que tsrf fan cortedad pare expiiOar
70 acOntecido con tod0s aus peIcs , &C.
nsIeS. y en- cuahtO aI lepgusje metsf6
rico, tambi6n 10 descOnocf1n. Por 10
CuSI el juez tuv0 que absolver & Ios
sCusRdog.
-L7s veCinOB de BarCeI0netR mani
f9gtan haIIaPge campIetamente Batisfe
chos con 50 m6dicO titular, ell doctor
Corder0. y op6nense al tragladO de
dicho fancionari0 Manati. Ell doc
tor C0rdero es Tnuy celoBo On eI cum.
plimientO de Gus debares y nadie desea
verIe RusentArae del pobIadO.
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UN OIcHo + TONTO.

SsEs un conceptO comun perd
Uonto que predomina entire cierta
clase de gente, que la efcacia de
un remedio .esta en- proportion
su NAL sabOr i Olor." As1 dice un
conocido m6dico, y ademas agre'
ga: "por ejemplo, We amos el acei-
te de hfgado de bacalaO. Tai como
Sc extrae del pesead0, este aceite
tiene un sabor y Olor tan ofen-
siyos que casi todo ell mundO 10
aborrece, y muchos no 10 pueden
emplear de manera alguna por
mucha falta que les haga. Sin
embargo, ell aceite de bacalao es
una de las drogas m Is valiOsas y
es muy de lamentarse que hasta
ahora no hayamos podidO eliminar
de 81, aquellas particularidades
que tan gravemente afectan su
importancia." Esto Sc escribi6
muchos amos ha; pero la obra de
civilizar Y redimirlo ha sidQ efec-
tuada con todo 6xito, y como u
no de los principales ingredientes
en- ell efcaz remediO denominado
PREPARATION DE WAMPOLE
ell aceite retiene todas sus maravi-
llosas propiedades curativas sin
NAL olor 8 sabor algunO. Els tan
sabrosa como la miel y contiene
todos los principles nutritivos y
curativos del Aceite de Higado de
Bacalao Puro, con Jarabe de Hi
pofosftos CompuestO, Extractos de
Malta v Cerezo Silvestre; de esta
manera produciendo una medicina
de sin igual potencia para las en-
fermedades que mas abundan
mas fatales son en- los hombres,
muieres y ninos. Estimula la ac-
ci6n digostiva del est6mago y e1Y
los casos de Impurezas de Ia San
gre, Dyspepsia NerviOsa, Eser6tnla
YDemaeraci6n, proporciona un ALI
VIC Y curaci6n prOnto y segqro'
Gel DR.. Ignacio Plasencia, de aa-
bana, dice: He usado su magnlhca
Preparation de Wampole y es in
meiorable como t6nicO reconstltu-
yente, 10 cual ha sido comprobado
en- mi practica." ''Nadie sutre un
desengano con esta." En- BOticas.
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NOtiCias. d 8 AreCiDo.
(De maestro % correspOmsGz. }

OctubFe CHA fondeadO en- este
puerto el vapor americana &Panth-
tinderA CON variada carga para va
rios.
"A causa de las lluvias han he
cho los rios gFandes avenidas; la
de antenCche arrastr6 hacia el mar
varias embarcaciones que no Sc en-
contraban bien aseguradas.
Ell Conceio municipal en- su Sc
sion de anOche acord6 crear la PIa-
"a de administrator de este hospi-
tai con el haber de 50 pesos men
suales.
Ell teniente de la policfa senior
Noa de este puestO ha sido trasla-
do q prestar sUs seFviciOs a Isabella
con Jurisdiction sObre los pueblos
de Camuy y Quebra adillas. T.
Ell COnceio municipal ha dene-
gado la petici6n hecha por La Of
Gina de Sanidad para que constru-
vera un corral con el obieto de que
las caballerfas no Sc detuvieran en-
los mercanOs y en- las puertas de-
los establecimientos, sino que que
dasen en- dicho corral, con ell fin de-
evitar que cada frent to De estable-
cimientO constituya un focO de in
mundicias y del PeligrO que para
ell transeunte constituyen dichas
caballerias juntO q las aceras.
Los sedores Piza y Ca. han CO.
menzado las obras de installation
de una tuberfa que conducira ha-
cia el mar los residuos del el alam-
bique que estan mon tandO junto al
puente de Ia avenida de los Obre-
POS.
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Yare VI ard en-
San jua n,
EI mitadOr do PGssnt0 IDgTOs6
aver on el preside.
lnusitada curiostdad por conocerle
en- todas partess

En- el ferrCcarriI de anoChe Ileg6 &
esta ciudad. CustOdiado por ell marShsl
ysubmaEshsl de Ia COrte de D.snito de
MRySgtiez. 81 REQ de asssinGto en- pri-
meF gfado Jas6 Morales ~ SYare Ya.
re, RTnRrrado Codo con oodo. conde.
nad0 & IL pena capital por dicha CoFts
de JuSticiR. l.
Aunque % ha se1SlRd0 para ID eia-
OuCi6n de eae f 4ll0 Ell dia quiuCe de Di
ciembre pr6xinlo, Gumpaiendo precep.
t0s leRaleG, NO 90 verifcars temeiante
RCto por habsr interpuesto apeIaci6n
ante ell Tribunal Supreme, eI scu6ado.
MuchR geute GoHdi6 4 Ia Marina de-
seOsR de Con0Car aI matador de Pc
gRnte. B.. /
La p0licfS tuvo que iuter genir para
Abrir pago & los fulCiOnRriog que Gus.
tOdiaban Al REQ. II. /
En- toda1 Ias estaciones 90 eqrupaba
gente anDiosa de Cdnccer6 & eYare vs.
res o0mentand0 do diverse mOdO 10
BueFte que le esperl.
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Future Notar!o.

Ell Tribunal Supreme hS Concedido
ex6men para N0taFiO & don FfanciEco
SOCorro Ramos. asfI 1lando pGra que
tsnGS eff :cto Ell act0 el dia Is de los
O0rrientes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-10-07

Sc hR trRDsferido pRrR ell lanes Ta
reuDi6n anuncisda para discutir ,
Ofrcar laa bases para Ii creGci6n de an
barrio obreFO en- San juan.
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CONvALECENCIA

Sc encuentra ya en- franca convaIs-
cencia ell doctor don Pedro Gutierrez
IgarEvidez
Grave enfePmedad ret6voIe en- CANA
muchO tempo. haciendO temer Dor "a
vida.
CeIebramos IL m>iorfs del estimAble
amigo.
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NUEV o CONCEJlL..
UnO que ''1eQSlbd do cores
p0nSlI' 4 OtTO.
Todos parece que tent an cortedad
para expIIcar 10 sucedido y
tampien desconocIan ell I.Iengua-
ie metaforico.

(De mseestp- % correspomsaz especial }
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Grata vista.

Eatre los buenoa amig 10 que han vi
aitadO en- est0s dfas estR casa. figurh
nuestrO bien estimGdO cOmp0triOta don
jose A D~ub6n, con quien tuvimos eli
placer de departir agradab'emente.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-10-07

-Esta noche q las 8 tendrS lu-
gar 81 remate de Prend9s en- La ca
"a de Pr6stamos de jose Bazan.
Allen IS. Hay buenas alhajas.
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PaTada del bstaII6n. Ell abOgi
do VjlsIIa. |

Aver tarae tuvo efectO Ia Ultima
parada de esta 6poca pOr Ell bata :
lion PuertorFique1o en- Ell campo
del Moro. ..- -.-. J
Hicieron con gran precision to-
aas las maniobras que previene la
tactica militaT; y Ia banda ejecut6
acknowledgements yarios paso-dobles.
Ell ioven abogadO sefior Vilella
ha llegado anoche de LaFes. /
PARA cuRAR uN RES sFRlADQ
ENuN DIA tome 81 LAXATlYO BRO
MO-QUININA. El botioario lie deVolver8 81
dineFo 81 no sc euga. La dYma de y, WI
GROVE 50 bella en- cada Gaiita, I'll
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En- egto imprenta Se vende papel do
ppEi6dieO visiO s % 90 Quintal'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
About Washington, d. G.

The eyes Of all the world have been turn
| ed to Washington on account OF the in
! auguration of President Roosevelt. 1t IS
| interesting to contrast the beautiful Wash
| ington of today with the Washington of a
| century or so ago.
Until 1900 Congress met in various places.
| The question then became a serious one.
| There was rivalry among the states, each
| wanting to be the seat Of the capital. New
| York presented Kingston, Maryland, An
| napolis, and New Jersey, Princeton. One
| claim that the Jerseyites made for Prince
| ton was that there the inner man would be
| well looked after-crabs. lobster and fish
could be caught and eaten alive at least
| three times week.
| George Washington knew that men and
states were selfish and foresaw how hard
| a matter it would be to make a selection
| The only solution lay in compromise. He
| advised setting aside tract of land be-
| longing to no state In particular to al
| states in general. Maryland and virginia
| offered to cede to the government section
| of land on the Potomac river and this was
| selected. 1t was known for long time as
the Territory of Columbia, and was the
| very region over which Washington as boy
| and youth had hunted fished. trapped and
| surveyed. A city was laid out and built to
| order. To this was given the name all
| Americans honor, Washington. Some peo-
! pie say the city in many ways suggests the
! man. 1t has the same large quiet features,
| calm symmetry and modest individuality.
| Washington never associated his own name
with it, but in speaking and writing, he al
ways called 1t the federal city. This is
another indication of the modesty of the
man.
The city was planned by a Frenchman
| who called 1t L'Enfant, the infant. This
| name was the nature of a prophecy. He
| took Capitol Hill as the center of his
| scheme-the hub of the wheel. From this
| streets and avenues radiate like spokes OF
Y 81 100 ~, Of hn
states. The city grew slowly. For sixty
years it was unattractive. Only after the
| war closed. when men were fired with pa
| triotism, did the nation waken to the fact
that the capital city should be beautified.
The story of AIaddin's palace was repeated.
New magnificent buildings We're erected;
hills leveled: swamps drained; streets laid
planted-and people came. saw. wondered.
The population grew In the most surprising
fashion and the new Washington now has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

knows more of sewing than I can teach
her Everybody speaks of what Wonoer
full sewer you are, Miss Fftz.
Miss Fftz blushed at the compliment, ana
wondered what kind of teacher Miss Daie
would think her when she saw now paaly
Amabel had profited by her daily sewing
lesson.
Amabel was delighted, and the result or
Miss Dale's call was that the following
Saturday twenty-one little girls, Amapei
among the number, presented themselves In
her parlor, each child armed with a neat
little sewing box.
Then began instructions in hens, ana
fells and castings, and bases, and each sat
urday through the long winter the lessons
were continued. Each girl saved specimens
of the different kinds of work she had COM
peted. Miss Dale pasted these neatly INTO
a little book to show the progress made.
These books were both attractive and inter-
estng, all except poor Amabels Desplte
Miss Dale's patient effort. AmaDels sewing
grew dlrtier crookeder, snarlier than ever.
The last lesson of the winter was at mana
Each child was told to bring one of her OLD
aprons one that would be worn no longer.
Receiving these, ISIS Dale took rusty
nail. lust the kind that Is always sticking
out of something to tear little girls dresses
with With II Miss Dale tore twenty-one
ugly rents in twenty-one aprons; then sne
said:
Now children, want you to take these
aprons home, and bring them next Satur-
day neatly patched. Do the work all by
yourselves, and ask your mothers to come
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looks neat Didn't mine do that?' de-
family demanded the child. 'All did was
to take two little patchwork squares that
just fitted the tear. 1t was lucky you al
ways whip them over for me TO keep them
from travelling. Then I took your white
paste and there it was. It's an ever so
much nicer and quicker way than sewing
I'm always going to mend my little boys
stockings and trousers that way, when
am a lady" volunteered the unruff1ed Anna
bel.
You can do as you please when you are
in your own house. but while you are IN
mine will not have such conduct snap
ped Miss Fitz. ITO win a doll for sew
ing, while all you did was FASTING. is dis
honest. Put on your things this minute
and bring that doll over to Miss Dale s.
Over to Miss Dale's went the luckiess
trio. Miss Dale could scarcely believe the
truth when she heard it. Then she talked
SO seriously to Amabel that the child for
the first time seemed to realize that she
had done anything wrong. The doll was
Immediately sent to Dorothy Blake, little
note accompanying it reading:
After more careful examination of the
children's work. l have decided that the
doll should have been given to you"
The doll being in its rightful owners
hands, Miss FitZ did lot of thinking. She
decided that Amabel would never be a
needlewoman, and that forcing the child to
do something that she so honestly dislfked
was making her very naughty child.
Sewing lessons were laid aside for several
years. Amabel spent the hours in tending
the birds, watering the flowers, washing the
Ndishes and became so helpful and happy
that Miss Fitz rejoiced in the change.
Amabel is now woman grown, with boys
and girls of her own. Because she loves
them more than she does herself, because
she is older and wiser, she has learned to
sew, and 1 do not believe that one of her
boys has ever yet had to go to school with
patches pasted on his breeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

in de same tree an wuZ greet frens wld
Brer SOUL, she git tired er ls'nin' at Mis-
Hyar's foolishness, an she say ter hus-
se'f she do, gwine mex up song bout
dat fool CONAN an sing hit out good an
loud, sos't she'll know SOMEBODY else year
her gwines-on sideSen dat nice Ill Brer
SOUL whar don 'spicion nob'dy. / low hit
teck one CONAN ter see daylight thu an
urr. Desc mems dom seem ter be up ter
de biZneSS.'
"Wid dat she cle'rd her th'oat a III an
sung note er two ter git de pitch, an
den she stick her haid outen hole in de
tree an sing out loud z she kin:
SOUL he jump fun limb ter limb.
OF Hyar sot an look at him;
OF Hyar' say onto hussef,
Dat SOUL dom min he kill hissef.'"
"And what did Molly Hare do thenr'
asked Ned.
overyearn by nurr CONAN dat she Jes
gard husse'f toge'rr an lit out fer home
same z I gotter do dis ve'y minnit er my
OF man be sendin' oner de gran chilien
ter fin me. Y'all better putt dem haids
clean down on de pillars, fer yain' gwne
year nu'rr wu'd outen my mouf dis night
Here she discovered that little Kit mad
fallen fast asleep with his arms over MS
head, and she stopped to lay them down.
muttering to herself "Um-umph! jes' look
at dat chill wild mis- arms over his hald.
Good thing seed i'm. He mought er stayed
dat-a-way all night, an den de goodness
on'y knows wat moughter happened 10
i'm, 'kase any pusson dat sleeps wild ms
arms over his head is jes' calm down bad
luck on hissef ev'y minnit er de time.
Luck is sech a skittish sort er thing dat
dom blieve in fooln' wild hit ner teckin'
any resks. Some folks ain blieve in signs,
but l bin watchin 'em all my life, an seed
so many un 'em come true dat gwlne De
on de safe side, fer eff dey dom come true
bout one thing dey boun' come true bout
uu'rr."
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children should be brought up. She was
shocked at the Indifference of the mothers
of Merrivale in this matter OF sewing. 10
prove how skillful little girls myers could
be made with training) Miss Fitz applied
to the SunnySide Orphanage for bright.
smart little girl. Amabel Gray was sent
II the managers OF the orphanase mao
known Just what Miss Fitz wanted the
child for they would never have chosen
Amabel. Amabel was regular will-of-the-
wisp. She had never been known 10 stay
in one place longer than minute. she was
always wriggling jumping. twirlng and
fitting from one place to another in man
ner TO horrify old-fashoned people like
Miss Fitz
Every day. rain or shine, the sewing les
son was exacted. No matter how badly
Amabel wanted to do something else, she
soon learned that she could not DO IL unpii
the square of patchwork was nnlshed anu
that square of patch was such a
worrisome thing! Let Amabel try as hard
as she could TO be careful, some dreadful
thing would be sure to happen to IT. Tears
always came before it was laid aside ana
threats and seedlings, to say nothing OF
actual punishments, could usually De
counted on.
No wonder poor Amabel would daily eX-
claim: MY! out l do despise sewing.
If Amabel were good she was sent into
the garden to sew (this by way or reWard)
If Amabel were naughty she was sent INTO
her room to sew Ghis by way or punish
meut. The result OF TINS treatmeht was
the despised sewing lessons actually began
10 tell on Miss Fits health.
After three years OF patient and daily
sewing lessons Miss Fitz had to admit that
Amabers sewing was a disgrace.
"Amabel" she one day sterniy sain.
"Your buttonholes look like sore-eyed Kilt
tens"
THAT'S cause they've cried all the time
I've been sticking needles into them. re-
phed Amabel whose tongue was cleverer
than her fingers. You'd cry, too, Miss
fTitZ. wouldn't you, IL did such things to
You? Besides, every one OF those button
holes are sorry for me. and that 8 the rea-
son they look so 'bunged up
on another day Miss Fitz looked with De
suair at the dirty, crumpled, disreputable
bit OF linen on which Amabel was working
"AmaIel' she scoldeI can you tell me
how IL is that no matter how clean your
hands are when you begin to sew. in ten
minutes Your work is actually flthy?"
Guess the reason is that am made out
OF dust" replied the undaunted Amabel.
II have to wet my thread every time u
Unread my needle, and the wet turns the
dust into mud and that dirtles the patches y
Miss Fitz inwardly wished that Amabel
were quick at hemminS as she was at
arguing. but said no more about the matter
just then. Not long after she was thrown
into a state Of great excitement by'a call
from Miss Dale. the minister's daughter.
Miss Dale was forming a sewing circle or
little girls and she invited Amabel to join
s..
II know Amabel will enjoy It," urged
Miss Dale, though l am sure she already
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

with you. The patch that is put on most
carefully will earn for the child doing the
work this beautiful doll"
Amabefs heart sickened. She longed for
the doll, which was daintily dressed She
knew that she could never win it, If skill
with her needle were the test. If Amabel's
fingers were not clever, her head was. The
words of Miss Dale kept repeating them
selves over and over to her. The word
sew" was never mentioned Making sure
OF this Amabel made a plan, then and
there, that-well! wait and see what ac-
tually did happen.
On the following Saturday all the circle
appeared in Miss Daie's parlor Each little
girl brought her apron, its conspicuous
patch being proudly exposed to the view of
everybody. These were laid on a pile in
front of Miss Dale, each child's name being
written upon the wrong side Of the HEM
Miss Dale began her inspection.
When she had finished: 1T is hard to
decide which is the best" she declared. Il
wish l had twenty-one dolls, one for each
successful patcher. This apron, though
she continued, as she pulled one out of the
bunch, seems to me to have won the doll
Its patch is so neatly put on that were 1t
not for the tiny rolled stitches around the
edges one would not believe 1t was sewed
at all
Turning the apron over, Miss Dale could
scarcely believe her eyes. Surely she was
dreamingl That name-that work-could
never be Amabel Gray's There 1t was,
lHOuSH, pldlHly prlHlSu ny AHldDcl OWN
fingers, A-M-A-B-E-L CRAY. There
was nothing to do but to award Amabel the
doll although Miss Dale. remembering
Amabers knots and snarls, thought that
something was wrong somewhere. She
was almost inclined to suspect Miss Fitz,
but Miss Fitz's surprise and wonder were
as great as her own.
When the beloved doll was handed to
Amabel she hung her head.
To all questions about her fooling them
talent needlpwOrk
bel refused to answer.
Miss Fits pride only lived short while.
On Monday a decided change came over 1t
and her. Shame and humiliation took the
place OF pride. In washing Amabels apron
(Which had gotten into the clothes basket
by Academy something dreadful happened.
The patch which had brought SO much
glory, came eff. There 1t foated on top of
the soap guds. pulpy, sticky, shapeless
mass. Miss FitZ lifted 1t out. examined 1t,
and then sat down and tried to understand
it, Finally the truth dawned upon her.
Amabers patch had not been sewed, but
pasted on her apron.
Looking very stern, she called the sinner
TO her.
"AmabeI Gray" she Numbered, what
have you to say about your disgraceful de-
ception," pointing with her long, bony
finger to two innocent bits of cambria.
Nothing said Amabel.. Miss Dale
didn't say a word about how We should
put the patch on. asked her myself, and
She 'spressly said: How you put it on. I
tear in your apron is covered, and that 1t
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PATCH UPON PATCH
BY MINERVA s. HANDY.

my, but / do despise sewing" angrlly
declared Amabel Gray.
If you had heard Amabel say this, IL you
had seen her eyes snap and her foot stamp,
you would never have argued the matter
with Miss Amabel. although she was but
seven years old and small for her age.
Amabel was little girl from the Sunny
side Orphanage. She had come to live at
Miss Fitz $ house in Merrivale four years
ago. Nobody in Merrivale could understand
why Miss Fftz had done such an unex-
pected thing as adopt a little girl. Miss
Fitz no doubt had her own reasons and to
understand them one had to go back to the
time when Miss Fitz had been a little girl
herself. This was a long time ago. but the
memory OF 1t just as clear to Miss
Fitz as your birthday party is to you.
When Miss Fitz was young little girls
were taught to sew almost as soon as they
could walk. Miss Fitz. who was then called
Sally Fitz. had been the pride of her Eeigh-
borhood because she had completed a shirt
for her father before she was five years of
age. Just think OF 1t, you modern little
girls,
Miss Fitz having no children of her own.
of course had all sorts of ideas as to how
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The First School House Flag.

IT Is claimed that the first flag raised on
a school house was hoisted in Colerain,
Franklin county, Mass, in May, 1872. Last
Nav the citizens of the town placed a
stone slab on the site of the old school
house. and on the Fourth of July it was
unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The
flag raised in 1912 was made by Mr.. and
Mrs. Anasa Shippee. Mrs. Alden Williss
and Mrs. Steven Hale, from materials spun
and woven in the different homes or the
neighborhood.