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The edition ran into something like ten
thousand. which makes the family of Cen
tie Gladys one of the largest in all his
tory.
Gentle Gladys was made with under
clothing on her. This. as many young
people can realize was a decided advan-
tage for her 1T made it impossible for
her to take a bath. Besides, her hair
was always done up just SO, and every
little girl who has had her hair in a
snarl and had to have the kinks combed
out can appreciate the advantage of be-
ing made like Gentle Gladys was. More
over. the young Iady-she was either ba by
o. young lady. according to how she
was dressed-was SO made that with two
movement was taking the one color off
and the other was putting the other color
on. Gladys possessed six gowns and six
elegant hats, all Of them very becoming
While ordinarily immovabIe. remaining in
the same position in which she had been
made, it is a fact that sometimes she
moved her hands when she changed
Eowns-or rather, when some one changed
gowns for her. In one dress she had her
hands in muff. In another she held
bouquet. In third she was holding up
her train. and the trimmest ankle showed
under the ruffled petticoat
Gladys was person of great refinement
and fine disposition. She was exception
ally sood-natured. never being known to
complain speak harshy. She remained
where she was placed and always greeted
visitors with pleasant smile.
Gentle Gladys lived in a little paper
box, along with her gowns and her hats
Her picture was painted OH the lid of the
box, and she never gadded about 1t is
presumed she slept most of the time, for
she had to remain in the box while her
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I'm not quite through with my chores.
mamma, but will come to supper as soon
as have finished them Then his heart
felt SO light, and a new sense OF pride and
responsibility came to him. After all. it
was q glorious thing to be truthful. to be
trusted and believed.
At the supper table Jimmy said to his
father and mother: I've made up my
mind. papa and mamma, to never. never
deceive you, or any one. In anything
again. and from this day I intend to be
like George Westinghouse be able to
say. cannot tell lie!''
"A fine resolution. son." declared the
father. slight auaver In his voice. land
know you will keep 1t. And your
mother and I shall never forget this day.
and shall help you in your good resolu-
tion.''
And to think that our dear Jimmy
should have made US so happy on this
mother. for this Is the anniversary OF
the great George Washington's birth"
Maybe 1t was the day that helped me
to see the error OF my ways" confessed
Jimmy. Anyway. the story Of the
cherry tree and the Ratchet made such
an impression on my mind, mamma. that
it set me to thinking. and thinking made
truth for me in future. no matter what
the consequences"
THE consequences Of truth telling are
always good declared the father. mo
harm can come from honesty. Only dis
honesty and deceit bring disastrous re-
my boy. ana all people will trust and re-
spect you, and your life will be the richer
and the more successful. and there will
never be cause for you to feel regret. I
am glad that today you have found it i'm
possible to tell lie.''
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But on entering the porter went up 70 a
thin little sick girl lying on the bed and
said:
Il have brought you something nice,
Sally"
He laid the box on the bed by her side
and watched her as she with trembling
hands opened It. 1t was good to see the
little ones face light up with joy. and to
looked on Gladys and her elegant dress
es. Gladys was rejoiced that she had
come to this place. and she loved the lit
tie girl. Sally played with the paper doll
until she was tired out, and then she fell
asleep. clasping Gentle Gladys to her
bosom. No one will ever know the good
that Gentle Gladys did.
Through long. feverish nights and dark.
dreary days, Gladys lay at the side of
the sick child. always cheerily smiling and
never leaving her presence for a moment.
Sally did not forget. Her starved soul
seemed to expand under the influence Of
the paper doll. and, though she grew
weaker and weaker in body, there had
been awakened in her something that had
never been there before. She forgot her
sickness; she didn't mind the fever: love
saddened Gentle Gladys to see the little
one failing, as she knew her to be. Night
after night she remained by the side of
the child. and every time that Sally would
look Gentle Gladys smiled. 1t was all
she could do. And it helped wonderfully.
If Gently Gladys was unable to arrest
the waste of the disease and save the
life Of the little one, it is not to be Won
dered at. Many, many men and women
have sat at the bedside Of loved ones.
lbnging for the power to stay the hand
of death. and were utterly helpless, and
Gentle Gladys was so small. The night
that Sally died she looked at the paper
image, which had been dressed in it's most
gorgeous gown for the occa aston, and. lift
ing wasted hand, laid 1t over the doll
that lay on her breast. So gently left
the spirit of the child that Gentle Gladys
could not tell when the bosom ceased to
lift with the breath Of life.
Since the little one had passed to the
world of shadows with Gentle Gladys ly-
ing on her heart, it was deemed appro-
pirate that the paper doll should be buried
with her. Gentle Gladys did not care.
1t is hard to 60 under the ground, under
the rain and snow. while still living and
loving life; but Gentle Gladys proved her.
self equal to this stupendous sacrifice,
and lay in the little white coffin. sowned
in the garments Of life. with the same
sweet smile upon her lips that had in
the old days charmed the heart of Irene.
and. there she lies on Sallys pulseless
breast, probably smiling still.
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What Grandfather Taught the Teacher

The Old Man cut off a chew OF tobacco
and deposited it in his mouth. Then he
settled down in comfort and began his
story. He spoke slowly, chewing be-
tween breaths. as to get the full en-
joyment of it.
You see. | never had no education to
speak on. 1 went to subscription school
for six months when I was eight years
old, and that was all there was of 1t.
might have went longer. but didn't like
the way teacher learned me things"
The Old Man smiled and continued:
Il learned purity fast, too. Before ]
cultivated / was reading in McGuffy's
second reader, which amt SO bad in six
months. and l was figuring in fractions.
1t was In the reading class that l got my
setback. We was reading that piece that
begins. I would l was a reindeer I read
that verse. The next line begun, If l
was rabbit After 1 had read my
verse the teacher asst me what reindeer
was"
The Old Man stopped to chew.
Now, l had never seen no reindeer and
/ didn't know what it was. But l looked
at the next verse. which said. If l was
a rabbit and 1 lowed it must be a kind
Of a rabbit. i just s'posed that the writer
was talking about rabbit all the time.
1t was the best reasoning ! could do and
II warn't so bad for an eight -year-old colt,
IL l do say il myself. But the answer
made the Teacher mad.
WhaU do You mean by talking like
that?' the teacher asked as he grabbed
me by my hickory shirt collar and twisted
1t until l was nearly choking. III teach
you that a reindeer is a great big animal
with horns. and not rabbit. Do you
understand? And he shuck me powerful
hard. That made me mad. / never went
to school no more. 1t warnt no way to
treat boy who was doing the best he
knowed how. and l thought he hadn't no
call to act so, when my pap was paying
him for learning me what l didn't know.
l told my brother. five years older than
me. that when l growed up I was goin'
to lick the teacher for the way he edi-
Gated me-"
The Old Man Illuminated in silence. The
word has in these later days assumed an
intellectual meaning. but ruminate means
to chew, and in the old days it had lit
eral significance.
when I was fifteen the Old Man re-
sumed, Il was quite a chunk of boy.
and decided I was big enough to wallup
the teacher. One day the hull neighbor-
hood turned out to work the roads
Teacher was there. and ! was there. and
my brother Joe was there, and hull
passel besides. I told Joe I was going to
lick the teacher that day. and / kept my
eyes open for good chanel to pick a
fuss with him. But, try as hard as I
could, l couldn't make out no way to
start a fight. We ct our dinners and
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mamma was at school: vet no one ever
saw her with her eyes closed. She was
too well-bred to sleep in the presence Of
company.
There, it has come out. Gladys got a
mamma sometime after she made.
She was tied, while shut up In her box, to
Christmas tree and given to little girl
around the corner from the church. This
girl, Irene by name. was delighted with
Gladys. and loved her very much. just as
a little mamma ought to do. She called
in neighbor girl, and the two dressed
Gladys in one after the other of the gowns
for an hour at a stretch. Gladys bore
ii all with patience, and never said
cross word to her mamma
When Irene would go TO school Gladys
would lie shut up in her box, that did
look like coffin, and never say word.
And when Saturday came, then Gladys
would be brought out and become the CEN
ter of attraction. while the little girls
would cut out new dresses for her. A
very queer person was Gladys. She didn't
eat bite. and yet she remained plump.
and apparently in good health. She
didn't talk. either. This is the reason
why there is no conversation in this story.
every story. Irene talked to Gladys. and
she could feel what Gladys evidently
meant to say, but the paper doll never,
really said word. Yet that she was
happy there can be no manner, of doubt
If she wasn't. why should size always
smile SO pleasantly?
Why. Gladys smiled even after she had
laid out in the rain all night and taken
that frightful cold. She knew that her
mamma didn't mean to forget her, and,
though she had suffered untold agonles
when the lightning and thunder played
around her. and her mamma was in
good bed. forgetful of her child though
she felt the ink running out of her. leav-
ing her pale and wrinkled and badly dis
figured, yet Gladys smiled bravely when
Irene rescued her in the morning and
tried to let her mamma understand that
she didn't blame her. Irene dried Gladys
out as best she could and kept her in bed
for several days. 1t was during this time
that Gladys first understood how deeply
she was loved. and when new dress was
put on her she looked about as well as
ever and was SO happy.
Soon after this, Irene and her mamma
went to a neighboring village for a visit.
and nothing would do but the Gentle
Gladys should be taken along. Gladys
was safely lying in her box, along with
her many gowns, and Irene carried her in
her hands. Once in the train, the paper
doll in the box was laid on the seat, and
when the train stopped Irene forgetting
all about the doll, left her lying there,
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but they finally pried me part way loose,
and teacher asst. Jim. tell me what this
means. and If ! need 1t I will let you lick
me. Honest / will -
The Old Man chewed deliberately.
Then ! opened up. Oh, but I was
billing. The words naturally seemed to
pour from my mouth. Teacher says I.
when / was a pore. ignorant little tike.
you asst me what a reindeer was, and /
told you it was rabbit 1t was the best
I knowed, but you grabbed me by the col
lar and beat me over the shoulders. be-
cause I was little and didn't know no
better. And pap paid you to learn me.
too. That warn't no way to treat fell
Ter that was doing the best he knowed
how. Now you can't tell what the bell
Of Moscow weighs. and I. ignorant as I
am, know. because 1t is in the back Of
the old elementary speller. I am going to
lick you. teacher, till you learn"
The Old Man looked round on his hear
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their only child's sinful ways.
One evening Jinlmy's mother called
him to her. saying: 'tSon. do you remem-
Der the story about our great George
lessly cut down cherry tree In his
fathers orchard Just to try the blade Of
his little Ratchet? And do you recall how
that honest boy confessed his wrongdoing
severe? But George Washington was not
a boy to fear punishment when he knew
he deserved It, ana to his stern father
said: I cut down the cherry tree. father,
and I cannot tell you a lie about 1t.
Punish me II you think I deserve II. but
that. was doing any HARM Well, OF
course, the father did not punish his son
for having cut down the cherry tree. for
his heart swelled with pride over his son 9
Of the elder wa$hington's life only the
closest and sweetest intimacy existed be-
tween that grave. stern sire and the noble
son who could not tell a lie. And George
Washington became great because he
could not tell lie.' he could not deceive
in any manner. and all who knew him
admired and respected him"
Then Jimmy's mother arose and left
the room. leaving Jimmy in a meditakive
came to his mind the life history Of many
great men and among them all not one
could be pointed at with scorn as having
been dishonest. A blush covered Jimmy's
cheek. Il never meant to lie. to really
lie." he whispered to himself. But I
guess fibbing grows to be lies after one
gets older. and then one might be ruined
by lying. I never thought Of that. OF
course. nobody would trust man that
told falsehoods, and nobody would give
a dishonest boy employment"
Then Jimmy arose and went out to do
his chores. and he performed them with
a new interest. And somehow, now that
he had begun to realize what it meant to
tell falsehoods, he found a great pleasure
in doing the work assigned him, and
doing it honestly and we'll.
A little later his mother called him to
supper, and Jimmy called back to her:
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Guess His Name.

THIS is my dear little brother one year old today.
He nearly walk nearly talk dearly loves to play
What do you think call him. Try guess his
If you, too, have brother, his might be the same.
Is it Charles Robin Rupert it Jack, Cyril, Fred:
Is it Albert, Henry, Sam. be Cecil or Ned
Is it Hugh or CLAUDIA, Arthur, Irvine Amer Phil?
IS it Maurice, Miles, George Tommy Dick, Will
Guess still, please there
Is it Francis Alec, or Lsle, Oliver, Malcolm, Guy?
Is it Douglas, Bernard, Aban Basil, Bert or Eric?
see will guess, I'll tell it's Derek!
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ers and smiled.
''Well. the fellers cheered and told me
to light in. But teacher said: Jim. I
low you are right. But give me chance.
Tell me what the bell OF Moscow weighs,
and then If I ever forget you may lick
me, and welcome. II you meet me on the
road. or at meeting. or anywhere. ask
me what the bell weighs, and il forget,
then it's your turn"
well, I let him of. Says I. The bell
Of Moscow weighs 225 tons. and I hope
you have learned your lesson
''And he had. I used to meet that fel-
Ter after that, and as fur al he could see
me he would yell. Joe, the bell OF Mos
cow weighs 225 tons
He was mighty good to mo after that.
too. He ust to lend mo books and show
me how to do sums. and he helped me a
heap. Teacher had learned his lesson all
right
And the Old Man chewed vigorously.
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- Attic BOYS 4
\GEORGE WASHINGTON =

rod and Spoil the chile. But George
wasent spoilt. He growed up to fight
Indians and the British an to be q Herow.
An all the British and the Indians feared
Him Greatly George wasent afraid of
anything in the world. an he wood as
soon a fought lions. or elefants ~ to
fight British an Indians. An his being so
Brave was what Made his 80 Truthful,
for its onlie towards what tell lies. II
George had told lies he never Wood a
bin Great Leader. A lyer is always
found out sooner or later. an then he sees
His Finish, for folks In general won't
stand for no lyers. They want Honest
Men and wimmen an Boys an Gurls. II
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GORGE WASHINGTON had a very
p large and Immense Famlie. He was
~ the Father of Our Country, an 1t
Keep him very Bisy to look after US ALL
He was a very Honest Boy an owned up
to his Pa when he cut down the Cherrie
Tree with his little ak. But his Pa prob
ably did not lick him. for Nuthing Is said
about a Licking in the History what pur-
tains to George. I guess his Pa was so
Tickeled when George said Pa l Just
cant tell lie, / cut the Cherry tree
down. an you can fog me if YOU want to-
So his Pa probably decided to spair the
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Truth.

Truth.
[ EFT boys and girls throughout
this land,
In station low or high,
Declare, that like George Wash
lngton,
They cannot tell lie.
Let Truth and Honor be their
guides.
And never for one day
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X The Adventures of Paper Doll ~ Teddy Be-" Chops Down" Cher" Tree

and never missed her until the train had
pulled out and it was too late to get the
child. Then Irene cried. OF course, and
her mamma scolded her for being so for
getful. 1t was the last time she ever
saw Gentle Gladys She never even heard
of her afterward and will be interested
In the remainder of this story. as show
ing what became of her baby doll.
If Irene felt bad, how do You suppose
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geography and couldn't be expected to
realize how big the world is. Finally the
porter came along and picked up the box
in which Gladys lay, and when he had
opened it he smiled and murmured to
himself that he knew what to do with
1t. Gladys was badly frightened. She
had never met the porter. and she didn't
know but he meant to butcher her. How
ever, her fears in this respect were
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was the victim Of temptation occasion
ally. which was very, very wrong, indeed.
And this fault of Jimmy's caused his
parents much anxiety and apprehension.
for they knew that unless he could be
made to realize the great error Of telling
falsehoods he would become failure In
life. The parents also knew that a ''fib-
bing'' boy might grow into a very dis
honest man. and that all the world stood
aloof from one who could not be believed
or trusted.
Many. many hours did the poor heart
broken mother talk to her son, the way
ward Jimmy, about his -wrongdoing, and
earnestly and lovingly and pleadinsly did
she beg him to be truthful in all things
also the father used his influence with
the little Jimmy, but all to no avail, 1t
seemed, for after a week of strict truth
telling Jimmy would suddenly lapse into
his lamentahle way of ''fibbing" again.
OF course. his falsehoods were not SO seri-
Gus now as they would become as he
about Jimmy would falsify concerning
trivial things. hoping to avoid bit Of
work by so doing, 1t was his duty to
feed the horse an3 pigs each evening and
to cut the kindlng wood for The morn
ing's fires. He would run down to the
barn and busy himself playing with his
dog Rover. often forgetting the pigs and
horse till he heard his mother calling him
to supper. And when she asked him IL
he had performed his chores Jimmy,
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to lift great hefts before thay had der
ricks and things. They talked about the
pyramids OF Egypt and the Tower Of
Babel and the Hanging Gardens, because
they liked to hear teacher tell about
these things. Finally some Teller asst
how much the bell of Moscow weighed
and l knowed my chanel had come
The Old Man paused once more to
chew. Possibly he had an Interior pur-
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groundless. The porter took her captive
and held her prisoner under some papers
until he reached the end of his run. Then
he took Gentle Gladys. still confined In the
box, and left the train. carrying her a long
distance through the town until he reach
ed a small house in the outskirts Of the
city. When he prepared to enter the
house Gladys was that frightened she
would have cried out had she been able.
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say. He thought a moment. and said:
I declare If hain't forgot
Then 1 throwed myself at him.
grabbed him by the collar and twisted
his shirt, Jest as he had mine till he was
mighty nigh choking l was a likely
Teller, and teacher was d kind err puny
you see. But some of the folks made to
take me of. for they thought a heap OF
the teacher. Joe tried to keep them away
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ing their supper. And so it always turned
out that Jimmy was caught in the act of
falsifying. and often his poor father felt
forced to punish him, either sending him
to bed without his supper or denying him
some little innocent pleasure he had been
anticipating. But punishment or coaxing
seemed of no avail in Jimmy's case And
the parents were all but distracted over
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O begin with, Gentle
adys was a paper
doll. She had no
parents to speak OF,
but was printed
and cut out by
machinery. b r o.
theirs she had none,
but there was a
large number of
sisters. all of whom
were her twins and
looked just like her.
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wishing to eat his supper, without delay.
and then fearing the dark after supper
tall bad children fear the dark. would
tell story. saying that he had fed the
horse and pigs. But his father. having
caught Jimmy telling a falsehood once.
was always on the watch of his son, and
would go to the barn and the pigpen to
see whether or not the animals were eat
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mares. The gate is Of metal and is com
posed Of crossbars pivoted at their points
Of intersection so that the whole can be
stretched out to the length Of q bed or
folded up in a small compass at the head
or foot In the center is a vertical bar to
hold the gate against outward movement.
Parents who have small children sleeping
with them will find the contrivance a
great convenience. This device means a
considerable saving in money to families
who do not have enough little members
to make a crib a paying and more or less
permanent investment. A crib Is OF no
use after q child Is old enough to sleep
without accident. and the gate here de-
scribed solves the problem OF how to get
along without them-without cribs, that is.
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gentle Gladys felt. lying there among
strangers, unable to cry out, unable to
move and being carried away from those
she loved? Words cannot tell her agony
Yet through it all she bravely smiled.
Poor. Gentle Gladys.
How long she remained in the seat no
one can ever tell. 1t seemed to her that
she must have gone half around the
world. for Gladys didn't know much about
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still ] hadn't done nothing. But along in
the afternoon they was building corduroy
road out of sapplings. and we had to
make d culvert. There was two big
logs to carry to act as the sides and an
other to lay on top of them, as a kiver
before we put the dirt on; and as we
was Juggling at them the folks got to
talking about how people had managed
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pose as well. All good story tellers
know the value of a pause before the eli
max comes, and these plain old pioneers
are. many of them. genuinely good story
tellers. The Old Man continued:
Il told Joe that now was the time |
was going to lick the teacher, and for
him to see fair play. / edged UP clost.
and waited to see what the teacher would
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A Hermit Peer.

From Tit-Bits.
The late Lord Stanley of AlderIey.
brother Of the present peer was a Mo-
hammedan, and rather eccentric. During
his thirty years reign Alderly Park, the
fine family place In Cheshire, was quite
q hermitage: no entertaining was done
there at all. and on the present Lord
Stanley of Alderey succeeding to the title
and estates in 1908 he had to spend .
good deal Of money on the place 70 make
X presentabie.