Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
LITTLE GIRL
is GIVEN MAY DAY HONOR


Hl HE bleak winds had finished
blowing their fierce blasts, and
Il the soft, sunny days of May hao
come, when the principal of Myras
school announced that she intended 10
give the children a treat-they were
to have a May party and dance
around a Maypole.
The children received this piece of
news with great joy Then they began
asking: Miss Alice, who will be our
queen? Have you chosen herr? The
principal replied: 81 have selected
Myra Richards and I hope her father
will not object"
The children were all very fond OF
Myra She always treated her friends
politely, never quarreled with them or
talked about any one; SO they all erled;
'"Three cheers for our May queen!
When the little girl questioned: MISS
Alice, why did you select me?' the
principal replied MY dear chlld,
have noticed how beautifully you
have been sewing all this year. am
obliged to say that your work Is rs shG
very best in school. AS reward
would like to appoint you our May
queen"
That evening Myra told her father
and asked him if she might be queen.
He looked very thoughtful and an
swered: Daughter, you VIII need d
very fine and pretty white dress. IL
you think that with little help you
can make the dress yourself you may
accept; I will send the material up To-
morrow"
Now Myra felt a great dread of
having so much sewing to do. She
had never made white dress Tor her-
self. Could she do it? In the night
She sat up in bed and cried: Queen
of Sewing, will you help and guide
me to make the fine white dress?
Very soon she heard the fluttering of
gauzy wings and heard the tiny fairy
Whispering: "Be of good cheer! All
will go we'll; will comfort and guide
you" At the breakfast table Myra
said: Papa, I will try to make the
May queen dress. Grandma VIII snow
me how to do it."
When Myra returned from school
package lay on her sewing table. She
quickly opened the basket and found
several yards of gauZy white musiln
for the dress. Her grandmother came
in and Myra cut the skirt and sewed
the seams that afternoon. Each day
saw her accomplish some sewing, but
mission and taught the poor how to
sew. Very soon the skirt was finished
and now the waist must be made.
This was something entirely new for
Myra: but dear grandma showed her
so kindly how to run the tiny tucks
at neck and sleeves with dainty
stitches and then lay on the pattern
and cut that "the little sewer lady,
had the dress made before she real
lied it.
Saturday, the day of all days, when
the children were to dance around the
Maypole, dawned clear and warm, and
after lunch Myra dressed for the party
How beautiful her dress looked! just
like a fleecy cloud, every stitch put IN
by the little girls useful fingers, tuck
after tuck of dainty sewing.
Here is a picture of Myra: Chestnut
hair, well-brushed and glossy, long
and wavy; hazel eyes, clear, truthIui
and innocent; fair skin, pink ana
healthy; red lips, showing teeth we'll,
brushed and even.
When Myra was dressed she sighed:
"Oh. mamma, how I wish a fairy god
mother would put little cape on my
dress Just like Ethel" And she heard
a gentle voice saying: Dear child, your
wish shall be granted" Then dear
grandma came in and fastened a beau
tiful bertha around Myra's shoulders,
with tiny golden pins-a bertha SO
flmy and beautiful that the little girl
shouted with glad surprise
Just then her father came quickly up
the stairs. carrying a large box, which
he opened, crying, Behold, our queen
of the May!" and he placed on Myra's
wavy hair a crown of tiny pink roses
and in her hand crook of pink carna-
tionS-PhiladelDhia Record,