Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-31

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gracious homage. On arriving in Eng
land the young queen began the study
of the English language, the king aid
ing her all that he could by reading
to her from the best English authors.
Charlotte Sophia was prudent, well.
Informed, charitable and of sweetly
domestic mind" says one historian.
But she had her little failings, for 1t
was said of her that "she was fonder
| of diamonds than the Queen OF France
and of snuff than the King OF Prus-
sia." She was the mother of nine
sons and six daughters, two of whom
died in early infancy. In speaking
of her motherly solicitude one bio
graher has the following to say:
"one day lady of high rank
said to the queen: My children must
be doing well. for they have plenty
of servants to attend them The
queen quickly exclaimed: What! do
you leave them entirely to attendants
dare not do so, for 1t is impossible
that servants, however good, can
have the feelings of a parent.
For some years before the queens
demise-which occurred in 1818-the
king lost his mind and became a most
pitiable object to behold. This
caused the queen to spend her last
years of sickness in constant worry
and grief. Her lord and king sur
vived her two years, his mind still
clouded at his death.-Mary Graham.
in the Birmingham Age-Herald.
THINKERS AND DoERS-A FABLE
A poet, an artist and a philanthrop.
list sat together and talked. Talking
was about all they could do, for the
poet had not made much Of sue
cess of thinking burning thoughts.
and the artist had been content to
imagine beautiful pictures rather than
,, try to paint them. Bat the public did
not know his ideals, so he was un.
appreciated. Then, as the philan.
thropist was without wealth, he
could not distribute to the poor any.
thing besides good wishes, which
they had in abundance, and good ad.
vice, which they did not want. While
the three men talked the door opened
suddenly and there entered the room
a gaunt, haggard old woman whose
years had weighed SO heavily on heI
that she was bent nearly double.
81 am Fate" she said in a hollow
voice that filed them with awe, land
i am come to let you choose what
you will. Each shall have one
She could not finish her sentence
before they broke in on her.
"Fame!" cried the poet.
Admiration" cried the artist.
WEALTH" cried the philanthrop
list.
"They shall be yours" said Fate.
Come"
She led the way to the door and
opened lit. Then she stepped back
| in bewilderment. Three persons OF
very ordinary looks and actions, men
who had been earning living while
the others dreamed. were carrying
away everything of value about the
place.
well, do declare" said Fate, sud
denly transformed from the fairy god.
mother to chattering old woman, "if
these men haven't been and gone tc
work and carried of the very things
intended for you."-New York
Press.
CAKE WALK AND PEANUT GRAB.
J, A contest that makes much fun Is
the cake walk and peanut grab. Be
fore beginning this, pass favors in
the shape OF small torpedoes, in which.
after exploding, a CAP and Jingle are
found. The caps are VOW nut on and
partners are determined by cores
ponding numbers on the torpedoes
Now let some one play lively march
while the judges take their places
behind small table. en- which is a
huge bowl Of peanuts. AS the couples
dance by for the last time a
grab is made with the left hand and
the peanuts taken are put into dainty
handbags made from Japanese paper
napkins. For the one making the
most extensive grab there should be
some simple prize, as also for the
couple adjudged to be the best walk
ers.
After rest, while the peanuts are
being disposed of, ask each one to do
his or her special stunt" or turn,
and the one who does best is 70 be
given prize. This specially may
be a song, recitation, a Zig. Il story
or riddle.-New York Herald.