Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-06
A GARDEN BALL.

Alan and Greta had been chasing butter
flies in the garden. and finally, warm and
GREATNESS. they both. with one accord.
dropped down on the grass under the big
oak tree to cool of.
Let's tell stories." said Greta. I'll be-
gin and leave OF at an exciting place and
you go on with It.; then you leave off and
III continue 1t, just like a serial story
Shall we make 1t up? asked Alan.
Yes. of course" said Greta.
Go ahead" said Alan. holding q grass
We'll. once upon q time" began Greta
1t was really just last night. Mr. Katydid
gave grand ball. He gave it In honor of
Miss Katydid. who was a very beautiful
young lady. with green hair and green eyes
and a green nose and green cheeks and
very. very cunning little green chin" Alan
giggled. Mr.. Katydid thought she was
the loveliest young lady In the whole gar
den. but the other garden Inhabitants did
not like the Katydid family very well. be-
cause Mr.. Katydid did not have very good
himself and his family: but every one likes
to go to balls. even If they don't like the
people who give them. SO all the moths and
things that fly at night accepted the invi-
family have lots of money: they are just
rolling in greenbacks. SO they decided to
have very grand ball indeed. So MI
katydid ordered the wild bees to gather
great store of honey and hide 1t in the
hollow of tree. where the feast was to be
spread. and he ordered the boss of the fire
fly lighting company to fill the whole
meadow with moving lights, and he or
dered the biggest frog band that was ever
assembled to play for the dancing. The
ball was to begin at 1870, and about two
minutes before that time the frog band was
even beginning to tune up. Mr.. Katydid
went tearing around in a terrible frenzy:
he couldn't find his You go on. Alan"
He couldn't find his best green necktie, I"
said Alan. And the guests were begin
ming to assemble and he couldn't go out to
meet them without any necktie on, and he
wouldn't wear any other because the ball
was to be such grand affair He hunted
under every leaf in his bedroom and in
every leaf in the parlor, and he even went
down In his dining room and hunted under
the toadstool table. but he couldn't find 1t
anywhere. and the band was playing, too
to beat the band-and the guests were
coming in swarms. and Mr.. katydid was
terribly afraid some of them would spy
him flying round without any necktie on.
He was nearly crazy. so he called Mrs.
katydid. who was down in the banquet
hall giving the last touches to the table
and trying all the honey to see If 1t was
sweet. and she heard Mr.. Katydid calling
for her. She hurried back as quickly as
she could and found her husband Tuning
and fretting and the guests coming. and
Miss Katydid locked in her room trying at
the last minute to arrange her green hair in
the latest style.
Where is my new green necktie3'
whispered Mr.. Katydid.
81 haven't seen it, whispered Mrs.
Katydid. beginning to hunt under all the
leaves.
katy took it. I'm sure she did, Mr..
Katydid almost sobbed. She's always TAX
ing my things to wear when she plays golf.
katy didn't said Mrs. Katydid.
katy did, said Mr.. Katydid.
katy didn't
katy did,
They kept contradicting each other. and
finally got angry that they Just shouted
1t at each other. and every one of the guests
heard them. and they did not know what to
do. there was no one to receive them and
lead them to the ballroom. and the band
was still playing. Every one got much ex-
cited all at once. and-you go on. Greta."
Finally a big, beautiful moth said.
There is no use In our losing all that
music. l know the way to the ballroom
| let us go there and dance until Mr.. and
| Mrs. Katydid have finished their quarrel.
! BY this time all the other members OF the
| family were joining their father and
! mother in the quarrel over the necktie, and
there was such a noise that they did not
1 notice that all the guests had gone to the
| ballroom. Well. the people had very good
time; they found the banquet hall and ate
| the banquet all up. and they danced until
morning But when they went to pay their
respects to Mr.. and Mrs. Katydid and to
tell them what a lovely time they had been
! having, they found all the Katydid family
still disputing about the necktie. so they
Just went home without saying goodbye
Oh! oh! See that big beauty butterfly
Let's go after it! I'm cooled or now,
aren't your"
But Alan was already half way across the
garden with his net.