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Evening journal., 1907-04-22

Teddy. To give a hospital. II I had a vote las
election would have trun IL fer him an me Dino
crat, because dey was kind to mudder In his
hospital. an she had better food up dere dan me
fadder ever able to give her. Better dan any
she had since she left Ireland used to 90 up dere
to see her visitin' days, an she saved me bits
from dinner under der bed clothes. She gopa
to me. Say, boss, boys best friend is his mudder
This was the first time had ever heard the hack
neyed phrase uttered seriously, and l touched.
Jimmy meant every word he said and ! fanced that
his bright eyes clouded for a moment. And yet
a street boy is not given to emotion. / did not
tighten him to the donor of the money that made
Roosevelt Hospital possible If he thought It was
Evening journal., 1907-04-22

an ould woman sellin' apples An no wan came to
buv them an the woman looked sorryhL
"An Prince Shemus was kind hairrted an he was
hungry, too an he says, Give me red apple. (Me
mudder said all der apples in Ireland is green)
Give me a red apple says he an chucks an Irish
sbillin' TO her IAN me mudder always used to say
that an Irish shin' was made OF better silver dan
an English shillin)
9TH ould woman drops curtsey (dat's der same
as bown' We know, boss) an she says In Irish. In
der Irish language, yer know. | can't, speak IT, an
me farder couldn't. but me mudder could. It was
funny to hear herr
9TH ould woman says In Irish, Put your hand
I'm your pocket an take out the silver knife you'll
find there an cut the red apple in two an if amy
wan spakes to you answer her quick
"An' Prince Shemus knew he had no knife in his
pocket but he puts his hand there an he pulls out
silver knife after all, an he cuts the red apple in
two halves, an the next second out flies a gerru
from the apple red an white the gerru on
the wall in the booth at the fair.
"'Give me a drink of water says the gerrul
but Prince Shemus only clasps his hands an looks
Evening journal., 1907-04-22

theprnce was too merciful TO make the two of them
ride the wan baste, and the princess wouldn't ride
alone.
An there on the shore was the little sail boat
bobbin an boundin like a cork In basin an Prince
Shemus put the princess on the horses back an
he carried her to the little ship and then back
for Prince Shemus, an when the two was on board
there was two bottles of wine an two loaves OF
bread but ony the cup, bein' they was lovers;
an they went hack the way he had come through
the valley Of the say, ony 1t took them twice az
long because there twice as many aboord
"An' when they got to Ireland the King Of Ire
land was waitin for them in Dublin Bay, an he
kissed the princess ant his son, an there was
feastin, an drinkn', an dancin', and hghtin TIL
you couldn't rest"
Jimmy sat back in his seat and dropped his hands
in his lap His eyes were dancing and his cheeks
were glowing, and he was a pretty spectacle OF
boy He Strengthened himself up In his ragged
coat and he said with pardonable pride:
me mudder said dat was descended from Prince
Shemus."
Evening journal., 1907-04-22
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"Teddy" It would do the President no harm, and it
would surely do the real donor good to tell
Jimmy the facts in the case.
He silent for a minute, and then he said
thoughtfully Il wisht could go to Ireland Were me
mudder KEN from"
"Your is Mulrennan, you say said l.
didn't your father come from there, too?"
"Jeese no. He was born in der Mint Ward like
meself Terence Murennan he was an American.
all right, but mudder Irish, an she tol' me
dat all der country is green dere, an dere amt no
snakes dere-gee, but I'd like to see a snake; an
she used to say der boids sang out Of doors dere.
Not sparrers. but boids, dat was sngin all der
while. An she said der was brighter dere. an
wen growed up she hoped I'd go dere an see for
meself t'ink it's pretty bright here most of der
time. But dere's reel fairies dere She said so.
She seen dem in der moonlight Mustn't dat have
Further talk along this line was interrupted by
the arrival OF dinner, which Jimmy attacked with
such gusto that felt quite sure that his hunger was
the real thing
For while neither Of us said much He was too
busy. Finally. after a third helping Of steak Jimmy
drew. satisfied sigh and said:
Gee. boss, I'm bustin'."
We'll, you'd better stop eating at or you'll
be sick ought to have thought OF that
Jimmy looked at me to see II he could see where the
Joke In, and then he burst into hearty laugh
Oats a moo one. boss. Sick from eatn' too much
I guess It's not many dat's sick dat way. Gee, Ia
like to have dat disease every day Sick from eatln
too much. mus tell der bows dat Deyn say It's
OF me fairies Uly gee!"
Jimmy started to take drink OF coffee but choked
It. his desire for laughter not yet extngushed
and the result disastrous to the tablecloth
"Oh. dear, said he IN alarm. IeelnB MS thIodl.
what happened to me? Me troat feels twisted" "
told him he had swallowed the wrong way.
Gee it's near time loined how to swallow. an me
doin' II fer twelve years"
7 was sitting opposite Jimmy. He looked at me
and smiled then sighed again and suddenly his hand
came across the table and gripped the top OF mine
from pure good feeling. could not help warming
10 the little chap.
He was evidently revolving something in his mind
and at last II ont
"Say boss, will ! tell you one OF der tairies der
boys gifts me to tell?"
'Well. should say So"
There was TO be after-dnner speaking, and was
only sorry that smoking not allowed, that
might have leaned back and pretended that was
listening to noted Irish wit
well vance upon time began Jimmy, and ther
he stopped and said:
Boss me mudder descended from der kings
of Ireland OATS no lie. She was only a scrubloidl
in dis country, but she said II had lived long ago
would have been prince"
"And as handsome a little prince as ever listened
TO a harp" thought l. as looked az the wavy blonG
hair and the round blue eyes Of he earnest lad whit
paying for his dinner In the only way h
knew how.
'I used ofen TO tink dat It funny she hap
pened to be mudder. because she was diferen
from me farder an never swore like some OF de
boys mudders does An no matter wat happene
her she was always tinkin dat better times wa
comm.
Evening journal., 1907-04-22
-An' here's der story"

An neTe 8 DER BtOry.
The boy was born actor, for although his cvr
accent that of a New York street boy, as
he began to tell his mothers story he assumed an
Irish accent which / have indicated phonetically as
nearly Is possible with Inadequate alphabet
"Wance upon a time there was king Of Ireland
an he had son, an the name of the son was Prince
6hemus (Shamus). NE mudder said dat Shemus
der me name, Ja-mes) Prince
Shemus was that red-haired that the clouds was lit
up of dark night whenever he would go out Of doors
an the eyes Of him was like drminds An Prince
Shemus wasn't married. because he never seen a
gerrul that made him sorry he was livin alone.
But one day there was a fair In Bally-(Gee,
Evening journal., 1907-04-22
Prince sShen7us of ireland n o.4ss sf4:s. .oo,n

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

In little town in Maryland, there was
an organization called THE Boys Ath
letic Club" The ages of the club mem
bers ranged from to Is years, and they
were as bright and wholesome a lot OF
fellows as one could wish for.
As the hot July days set in The Ath-
letic Club called a meeting Of its mem
bers for the purpose of talking over the
ways and means of providing the club
with a tent and equipments" for q
camping expedition.
The meeting of the club took place in
an old barn in the rear Of an untenanted
house. Middleton Parker. the president,
called the meeting to order in a most
original manner. Stamping his foot loud
ly on the echoing floor he cried out:
kids, everybody set down an listen.
Now. we've met to make some sort of
arrangements to get hold Of a tent so
we can go a-camping next week. All in
favor of this signify by sayin' l."
ar cried all the members, save one,
in excited voices.
"Contraries, signify by sayin' no."
added Middleton. stamping his foot for
order.
'Nope" came a weak voice from far
corner. All eyes turned on the master of
the dissenting voice. Say, Piggie Thorn
son, what you maxim n kick against the
campin' out for?" asked Long Tom"
Grey. one of the big boys of the club,
and at one time its president. He asked
the question of q small boy who was
perched Cd top a crumbling old manger.
Cause ma, she won't low me to go
OF an stay over night" explained Pig
gie.''
"oh. II we've got any babies in this
here club / vote to leave 'em at home
with their mothers" said Long Tom with
biting sarcasm.
Second the motion" said Art Jones,
the clubs treasurer. Gas each member
of the club carried the record OF its
meetings in his own head there had
never been the need Of a secretary.
Hence. the club boosted Of no such Of
icer, and the president and treasurer
conducted the business with the help Of
the various members)
ITS moved and seconded that The
Athletic Club leave the babies at home"
declared Middleton, stamping his foot by
way of emphasis. In fact. Middleton's
right foot played lively part at the
clubs meetings, and its owner could
scarcely have presided --ithout Its assist
ance.
We'll, don't mind the rest of you
fellers goin'. even If l can't" declared
Piggie, rising and standing on the peril
Gus edge of the old manger "Ill not
vote against it again If you'll leave me
stay In the club" Then Piggie, in en-
denvoring to sit on the manger again, lost
his balance and found himself standing
on his head in a mess of old straw. An
obliging and friendly club member assist
ed him to get right-end up, and amidst
the smokers and jokes Of the club Piggie
crept out of sight and the meeting was
again called to order by the presidents
right foot and lusty voice.
well, we are ready for the question"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18
BY MAUD WALKER.

Lilly sat swinging in a hammock that
was stretched between two big shade
trees. The hour was 2 o'clock In the
afternoon and Lilly felt quite too lazy
to bestir herself To play with Tom and
May, her brother and sister. who were
enjoying great fun rolling and tumbling
over the new mown hay in the meadow
Just a little way of from where Lilly sat
swinging.
"It's much too warm and sleepy to run
and romp on an afternoon like this,
isn't 1t. Florence BELIEF" asked Lilly of
her big doll that lay In the hammock
beside her. But Florence Belle-like 80
many dolls-made no response to her
little mama; she only looked up in
LiIly's face with drowsy expression.
which meant Eyes, 1t certainly is a
sleepy afternoon, and should enjoy a
nap. If you please.
And like all little mamas Lilly under
stood just what Florence Belle wanted;
so stretching herself full length In the
hammock and placing Florence Belle be-
side her in a comfortable position, she
said: Nov, dearie, you may take
nap and I'll lie awake beside you to keep
the wood sprites from coming and carry
ing you or"
AS Lilly lay on her back in the ham
mock her eyes on the green foliage above
her, she noticed little bird swinging on
a bough high up In the tree over her
head well, how do you do, birdie"
said Lilly. smiling at the little bird
Wont you sing a little song to put my
baby to sleep7 If you will shall be
thousand times obliged to you."
To Lilly's great surprise the bird began
to MARBLE the sweetest song she had ever
heard. soft and full of melody. Then,
just as it finished singing, a small voice
spoke from the very top Of the trees
saying to Lilly: "Pm a wood sprite,
little girl. but you need have no fear Of
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

added. And that was just what Lilly
wanted him to do.
Now, little GIRL" said the sprite, I'VE
are going to the Great Factory of The
Weather Man. So, If you hear rolling
thunder and see flashes of lightning you
must not be alarmed. 1t will mean that
the master Of the factory Is preparing
rain for some part of the EARTH
And sure enough, they soon few into
dark cloud. The wind was whistling
about them and Lilly had to hold tightly
to the great bird She also took a tighter
grip about Florence Bellies waist. what
If l should let Florence Belle fall"
thought Lilly with a shudder. "Oh, there
would mt be a whole bone left in her
body after falling to the earth so many
miles below!"
Just then there doomed In front of them
the great factory where the Weather
Man worked. The building was perched
on a mountain of black cIouds and FROM
its many windows darted flashes of light
ming and issued peals of terrible thunder.
"Shall we stop and make a call on the
Weather Man?' asked the sprite. Hes
not a very cordial old fellow; but his fac
tory is worth looking over"
Lilly shivered at thought of entering
that dreadful place of lightning and thun-
der Then it was probably full of rain
and snow and she would get n good soak
ing. This would never do, for her mama
had put clean frock and apron on her
that day after luncheon and had in
structed her TO be careful in her play not
to soil them. And Florence Belle was in
her best Sunday gown, too, for her every
day dress had been taken off to be
mended. So. everything considered, Lilly
thought 1t best to decline the invitation
to visit the Weather Man and the Great
Factory.
"All right" said the sprlte. "Then
we'll stop at the palace of the air queen.
There you'll have a goblet of nectar such
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

"Ah, ha, he's comm!
Gee, how big!
He's a sumner, shore;
But-land! what's THAR
No fish at ALL
A piece of old boat carl"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18
How Lilly Visited the Clouds.

me- for | would do you no harm. This
little song-bird and l are fellow Travellers
and we live in the clouds-high up-up-up,
ever So far above the earth"
"Oh, come out where l may see you'll"
begged Lilly; for the sweetness Of the
wood sprite's voice had won her con-
fdence
There was rustic Of leaves; then on
a spreading bough a few feet removed
from Lllly's hammock appeared the dear
est sprite-or fairy-that 1t has ever
been child's good luck to see. Lilly sat
up in the hammock, looking at the pretty
visitor before her. "Oh, I'm delighted
to see you," she said in her most cordial
voice. pray make yourself as comfort
able as you can, and-if-if-you ever
eat anything I'll be so happy to run to
the house and fetch you some fruit and
cake"
II eat nothing of that kind, thank you,
little GIRL" replied the wood sprite.
But I've come to invite you to have a
fly with me to my home in the clouds.
"oh, I'd just love to gor' declared
Lilly enthusiastically. But, you see l
have no wings. can't rise above the
earth, you know, unless I have a ladder
or stairs to climb"
MY friend. the little bird that Just
sang for you, will stretch out his wings
and carry you." explained the wood
sprite. And II you wish it you may
take your doll, Florence Belle. along"
'oh, oh, you dear wood spriteI' cried
Lilly, her face aglow with happy sntici-
patton. But. however can that tiny
bird carry me let aloha nv dOllY2'
III you care t. make the journey hither
Just say the word. We-my friend the
bird and myself-will attend to the rest
Of It,"
Eyes. indeed; should Just love to go
to the Clouds" said Lilly. And In her
eagerness she rose from the hammock
as II to make some preparation to start.
"come hither. Aerial" said the wood
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

done good days business. On the NOR
row the committees would 60 to work
and on the evening of the same day
would report at the barn-the club s
temporary headquarters.
And such success fell to the lot of the
committeesl The solicitors had In black
and white the promise of FIVE large cakes,
four gallons of ice cream, dozens of
lemons, pounds Of sugar. boxes Of fudge.
peanuts in plenty, and such a store of
fancy articles as would make your eyes
bulge out! And the committee appointed
to select-or find, rather-a site for the
fete reported an unoccupied house with
a fine spreading lawn about 1t. "All we've
got to do is to cut the grass an dec
crate with bunting an flags" explained
Art Jones. chairman of the committee
on arrangements"
"All right" said the president, stamp
ing his foot. 'An' now we've got to ad-
vertise the fete, kids, fer success de-
ponds on the number of people what come
to eat an buy fancy articles. Let's every
one of us get a piece of pasteboard an
print a sign on it an tack It up on a
tree somewhere. Then hundreds of peo-
pie will read about the lawn fete as
they go along the streets"
Sure, that's the way" assented sew
eral of the sanguine members
And that resolution caused the follow
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

ventured Art Jones, bowling to the presi-
dent.
Question:" vociferated dozen voices
Middleton, who prided himself on his
knowledge of parliamentary law, again
stamped his foot, looked about on the
members, then said: THE question Is,
how're we to git the money to buy a
tent for campin' out. Any you fellers
got a plan in your headsF
Up went a dozen hands. The president
looked about among the hands owners;
then singled out one by pointing his
finger.
Say, Shorty, what's your plan to raise
money!" he asked of a stoggy little chap
in blue blouse and red hair.
"a lawn fete," said Shorty, his face
radiant with anticipation at the mere
mention Of ''fete." "a ice-cream an soda
pop fete's my plan"
Second the motion!' cried Long Tom.
And so 1t came to pass that Shorty's
plan for a fete-a real lawn fete-was
decided upon by unanimous vote Of the
club. Then the real business of the
meeting was transacted; committees Rp-
pointed to find the lawn where nobody
lived, and where they might hold the
fete without objection" and ito solicit
cakes, ice cream, lemons, sugar, candy
and fancy articles"
After a whole afternoon spent in con-
clave the Athletic Club considered it had
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18

bouquet of flowers. The club members
sisters had lent hand at the decorating,
which explained the bouquets The So
liciting committee worked diligently all
afternoon till four o'clock gathering up
the donations, and behind the big empty
house the cakes, bonbons lemonade and
fancy articles" were placed on the
grass to be sorted over for the various
tables.
"Well, kids, everything looks nne." So
spake Middleton, the president, as he
surveyed the fine supply of donations be-
hind the house.
Art Jones' Piggle Thomson and Long
Tom were busy mixing the lemonade in
FIVE gallon jar They were substitute
ing their hands for lemon squeezers and
using a pine stick for stirring the water
and sugar together. All of a sudden Pig
gle raised his eyes from his work to let
them rest on the mountaineering cakes
placed so temptingly near. AS he did
so he exclaimed loudly: Gee whiz, the
ants are eaun up the biggest layer cake
We've got" And sure enough, to the
CONSERVATION of the club, they found one
of their choice cakes we'll coated with
ants, taking time by the 'forelock as it
were, and wing their fete before the
huge monsters Of people began theirs.
oh, they haven't hurt it," explained
Shorty, running to the cakes rescue
But 1t took more hands than Shortys to
get rid of the little army of cake-eaters.
and three or four other club members
were obliged to lend their help to Shorty.
Then 1t was found that the insects thot
fly about in the summer air were ex-
tremely fond Of diving into the Jar of
lemonade, and Piggie appointed himself
chief bush swinger over the jar to keep
the intruders away. Taken all in ali,
The Athletic Club had their hands full
with the lawn fete preparations and
waited with good deal of impotence for
the crowd of visitors to come in the even
ing and buy and eat and drink.
At eight O'Clock the candles were light
ed and all was ready for the "fete.'' A
table-presided over by Shorty's sister
held the fancy articles" at Ave cents
each. There were partly worn feather
busters. fishing lines, cabinet picture
of Shorty, match safe, a pair of cuff
buttons, a kite (Middleton's handtwork,
a stuffed squirrel an Easter egg, a pin
cushion and strand of glass beads
These articles had come from the homes
Of the club members, odds and ends from
the boys own rooms or from the house
hold 'rag-bags" of cast-offs. But they
made good showing and sold surpris-
ingly well.
About o'clock the lawn fete was in
full swing. Middleton, at the ice-cream
freezer, was giving vent to his lungs call
ing his ware: 'Ice-cream, sweet and
cold finest that was ever sold! Every
body, come, partake; with each dish
slice of cake" And across the yard from
him stood Piggie and Long Tom at the
lemonade jar, singing a veritable duet In
bass and tenor, their notes long drawn
out at the end of each line; Lemonade
made In the shade: stirred by big, rusty
spade: five a glass, so come an try; and
please do not pass us byv'
After hearing these vocal Invitations
none but the hardest of heart could re-
fuse to indulge in both ice-cream and
lemonade. Then there was the table of
nuts and candies-the latter homemade!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18
The Story of Romu1us
and RENTS.

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers,
born Of a Vestal Virgin named Sylvia.
Their father was the god Mars. One day
as Mars went down from his place In the
mountain to the city of Alba-which was
on the river Tiber-he beheld Sylvia
going from the temple to a well for
water. He fell in love with her and soon
thereafter found an opportunity to tell
her of his passion. Sylvia returned Mars
love and they were secretly married In
the course OF time Sylvia gave birth to
the twin brothers, Romulus and Remus,
one of whom was TO play 30 an important
q part in the building Of Rome.
The king Of Alba, by name Amulius,
and uncle TO Sylvia, on learning Of the
secret marriage OF Sylvia, and the birth
OF her twin sons. ordered that she be
put TO death and that the twin babes be
thrown into the river Tiber. This order
was obeyed, for none dared disobey the
king. But the babes were placed IN
water-ti tight basket which doated on the
water TIL 1t came to the projecting roots
of q fig tree which grew at the waters
edge. The basket was overturned through
contact with the trees roots and the
babes were tossed upon the sandy bank.
At the same moment q she-wolf com
ing down to the river to drink heard the
cries of the lonely babes. and going to
the spot where they lay she licked their
faces and bodies till they were warm and
ceased crying. Then she carried them to
her cave up in the mountain where she
sucked them with her own cubs.
While yet babies they were found at
the cave door one day by a herdsman
who took them to his own home and
reared them as his own sons. But as
they grew up he told them of the strange
manner in which he had found them. One
day, after Romulus and Remus had grown
to manhood, they CHANGED to meet their
grandfather, brother to the cruel king.
They told him their strange story and
he knew at once that they were the
sons of his murdered niece, Sylvia. He
divulged this secret to them and they
swore to avenge their mothers death by
taking the life of the wicked king. With
a few strong followers Romulus and
Remus broke into the kings palace at
night and with drawn swords cut off
his head.
Romulus founded Rome in the year 1853
q. c.