The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-03-21
At THE PHOTOGRAPH
How Three Little Children n
in a Bottle.

III lue itti HtOu lut ul8
up little Ted's hair and curler>
her finger for the whole length of ms-
tead, and as he was a nice chubby
baby he looked his very prettiest.
His two sisters were all ready to put
en- their hats and coats for walk.
and they. too. looked as clean. and
rosy, and bright as any children you
ever saw-and that's saving a grea.
deal.
Just then their aunt came in. AMI
when sha saw them, she said to
their mother: "Oh, dear. if we could
only keep them just so"
The truth was, the aunty was think
ing of the time when Ted would grow
UP and be wearing high hat and
trousers; and when Lulu would have
! her golden locks twisted up in back
comb and Annie would wear d Queen
, Elizabeth ruff perhaps: and no won
: der she wanted to keep them looking
like little children.
Just then she remembered that she
/ had seen in a newspaper. IF You
want to keep your children Just as
! they are go to the Wise Man in the
Pavilion" So she went to the Wise
Man. and said: 1--we got two cum
ming little nieces and splendid reph-
ew and l want to keep them just as
they are Can you really do it,
Yes. ma am SO that they'll look
just the same thousand years from
now"
How can you do it,"
Bottle them up" said the Wise
Man. "Just bring them here at 10
O'Clock som. bright morning and TIT
show YOU
At 10 o'clock the next morning they
all went to the Pavilion. They took
Rover, their big Newfoundland dog
with them. Lulu and Annie wond-
cred a great deal what sore of
place pavilion might be- This one
turned out to be a room. at the top
of high building. with the roof all
made OF glass. The hall leading to
it was full of queer chairs. and tables
and cushions-and large screens COW
cred with gray pictures. There was
a sled. and stuffed parrot. and
dolls carriage, all tossed about as
they often are in the children's nurs.
cry, but the Wise Man knew how to
use every one of them. The children
felt little frightened at first-for
Pavilion" is very big word, but
the aunt and the nurse kept very
close to them, so that they soon for
got to be afraid. Then the Wise Man
said to Lulu-the Oldest: did You
ever hear of person going into a
bottle and coming ont again ami
never knowing it?"
II should think person would be
too big"
"Oh! he gets very small when he
goes in," said the Wise Man. Now.
here is my bottle. / turn it down on
its side, and put it on this stand and
turn it's mouth toward person, and
before he knows it he's in, and pre-
served forever'-if he only sits very
still. Now, in a few minutes You
are going in the bottle"
So boy brought three chairs, AMI
the Wise Man placed Lulu and Annie
just as their aunt thought she should
like to see them when preserved
forever and then he nodded to the
nurse to bring Ted. for. as he was
only a year old. he couldn't under
stand about keeping still. So they
put him in his high chair at the last
minute.
Fidele. the nurse, ran so fast that
she shook her cap off on the floor.
Lulu had doll and Annie woolly
dog in her hands. Then the Wis.,
Man gave a queer little whistle and
pulled a cord that lifted the lid of the
bottle, AMI the Wise Man said, Til
step around and see if they're in.
He went around and looked at the
bottom of the bottle and this is what
he saw, capital" Cali Right" Then
in a minute he pulled another cord
and the Wise Man said. Done" Then
he took the bottle away into little
dark room, and in a few minutes he
brought picture to the aunty anu
she said, "Capital.'
All this time Rover had been SO
good. and quiet that the Wise Man
got-out his bottle again and put Rover
in it, TOOL. NJ. Plunkett in st.
Nicholas.