The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-11
Conducted By
 l1iartba Young

than can be said of most modern witt ticisms.y Apropos of the time we quote:
 The Judgment of Risiiop vaientlne:T ''One tyne Youth of faire degree Didde locke upon a Mayde, ah me, She was as cove as apye fiow'r,
 She stole hys harte in that sayme hour. All vainiie he to Love didde calie,
 Ye blinde Godde help hym note alee alec, To Bishop Valentine theme hie
 Ye Youth, ye Damsei likewyse,
 Ande each gan tell hys tale of
 ariefe,
 Each sayd ye other was ye thiefe.
 Rounds" cried ye saifte. this brawie
 must cease,
 I'll binde ye bothe to keepe ye peace r Whereat ye twain in nowyse loath.
 Pray then wyth one bond bindc us Loud Saughed ye sainte. Pride. Tis
 done,ss
 And made ye Youthe and Mayden one. Lady. anent this suit of mine,
 In search of precedents. I waded
 Thorugh ancient lore, and found this ffne j
 And judgment, in parchment faded. If you will ponder the last lj.e
 And be by wise example aided,
 We, too. will make Saint Valentine Our Judge. and--epmpronise, as they did,
 ChiiS's Garden of yeFscs.--Robers Louis Stevenson,s rChilds Garden of Verses" has been issued an iRnumerabis number of times and has been wonder, fully Illustrated. Never before, how eyer, have such exquisite illustrations as those sof Jessie Wilieex Smith been made. From the little tots peepine I through the wrought iron work of the old gate of the garden to the. open book lat the end, all is perfection Such feel ] ing, such tenderness, such perfect un- derstanding of children's eyes, and chil, dren's moods. Of children's attitudes and I ehildrep's dreams meet us at each page i The twelve pages in color vie with l each other in beauty and perfection
 Surely it is tho boy between tho cherry boughs into the Foreign Land' of the next garden that is most lovely But how can we pronounce it so when just turning back page or two there is the. wee girl so earnestly unbutton. | ing the unruly fastening of a petticoa' at Bed Time in Summer"
 The sleeping boy in "Counterpans Land. with soldiers spread on tbt white mounds and snowy rayines surely wins the heart entirely; until the ey4 | Ne~NNAA~o 5AAAt RA tuS SVA4~tdAIGQ ItltVA with hts Shadow trudging up ths l golden hill to gaze at sea of blue when we find we have a whole heart oi love left for him!
 The little girl buried with dream, deep in the bay and the two peepins | into the double world of the "Lookins | Glass Pool" would be our only lives | if there were not dainty darling near, by hidden among the tall hollyho:lS. and flax and larkspur that will demsnt
 her share of our affection The littl, | fellow who shuts his. eyes near mother'i knee and drifts to the"pleasant Land o l Play" must have our Best" and ye there is more to bestow on the boy witt the cradle, who goes down the North west Passage" and knows all about al the awfnl- Qy deiightfuD fears chilt can conjure up for himself. The Iittl, drawings in black and white are eqnal1, fascipatipg. A book of rare delight | 4 treasure for any child to possess. Mis-
 smith is one of three young artists wh,
 dwell and work in q beautiful old rose l garden on the outskirts of Philadei phia. There. in a quaint home. sur rounded by all that 1t fitting to artists tastes, the three, Jessie willeox smith Violet Oakley and Elizabeth Shipper l Green live an Ideal artistic life.
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