Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07


fairies led as matter of course by the Fairy God
mother, trooping to bring her their gifts.
She was named Cinderella because, as Wisdomia re-
Marked she going to be called that anyway SO why
give it to her out and out at once? Directly the
blessing and the angels departed the gift CIV
ing began and when the babys cradle was full to over
flowing with dainty ribbon tied parcels containing love,
charity, beauty etc. the Fairy Godmother herself ap
preached and hung her gift about the neck of the wee
1t looked like locket but whatever it contained
secret for there keyhole in the back and the
key the giver took away with her.
After that the baby began to grow, and never was
nicer child She was helpful mite too always happy
doing something for somebody with somebody. The
cook liked to have her in the kitchen, the sewing woman
liked to have her in the sewing room; the old
woman who had SO many children she dldnt know what
Cinderella good with the little ones and especially
handy with the baby.
So time rolled on and of course all know that her
mother died and her father married again. Then there
the stepssters They had had great advantages
and indeed most charming girls even Cnderellas
father felt masculine qualm he their contrast
with his own daughter. When the stepmother sug-
gestd that the best thing would be to keep her IN the
back garden much possible through the summer
and in the autumn send her to Paris for year, he
guessed most cheerfuly.
Cinderella was quite happy in the arrangement, and
played croquet alone by herself her only recreation
week after week. She always glad when she found
chance to out the grass; for the summer
full of company and she had end of work helping the
maids Her stepmother managed so sklfuly that none
of the guests knew that there pretty little
sixteen-yearold daughter of the house. That is,
of them knew until the Russian Prince arrived and,
wanting fresh air somewhere besides top of his head
all night, managed to little window in the
closet and thereby commanded view of the croquet
lawn.
THE Russian Prince had been had down for the
press purpose of falling in love with Miranda, the
elder of the two stepssers but he that that
altogether out of the question In fact he felt that
everyone of the question: all that would hence
forth in his world would be that charming little
thing out the crOQuet lawn.
The Russian Prince sensible Prince. He had
pride at all, knowing himself to be seventeenth
of seventeenth without penny in the world.
sill 60 into trade he vowed @and III marry that girl
He thereupon rushed up town and told his father,
who something fairly worth while in the Embassy,
what he had decided
The elder Prince deeply shocked only
morganatically near the crown itself could be. He
more than shocked he very angry. That
of his should marry beneath him for anything except
money absolutely out of the question "Zlo
kAehplk tszlzs!" (And he said other things tooD
The Prince that he had better withdraw so he
did it and went home to his extremely modest chambers
Who should he find there but Cnderellas Fairy Cod
mother; not disguised in the slightest, but just flying
about waiting.
1t is part Of the fairies way that mortals who see
them always take them for granted and ask ques-
tons.