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Can pussy read?" said Clara. as she
was finishing a polite note to Tabby
Scratch, asking her to an afternoon ten
In the garden under the honeysuckle
arbor. IL was the first use Clara had
made of the very pretty stationery that
her Aunt Fila had given her. The tiny
note paper had n row Of kitten heads
along the top. and she thought II
would he the proper thing to use II
first In inviting her pet cat to social
gathering Of the doll set and the cat
clan. The time for this important af-
fair Clara fixed on the day that Freddy
was going to go and play baseball with
the "fellers." az he said. There would
surely be no interruption then.
Clara didn't see what trouble she
was making for herself. Writing the
Invitations was the least Of them. The
providing Of pleasing things for such
dainty feeder as her cat was one There
was no difficulty about the dolls: a lit
tie Imagination was all that one needed
In their case.
'But what must I get for pussy and
the kitten? Cream. surely. I can't go
wrong there" she said. perhaps
chicken sandwiches for Tabby and the
cream for Kitty.
"Oh. I mustn't forget to have catnlp
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ROWING TO CHINA

'Im tired Of games and toys. said
Bobbie. Cant We play something dif-
ferent. Cousin Katei'
Cousin Kate was very fond OF the small
boy. NO when ne put his arm around her
neck and asked this question she closed
her book at once and tried To think OF
something to amuse him.
"Have you ever played 'Rowing'f" she
asked. NOT Then get into my lap and I'll
show you now. No. this way, with your
back turned to me. The rocking chair 10
the boat and we are the rowers. Take
hold OF my wrists so; now we're ready TO
start. Here We 60. one. two, three! Give
way together!" And moving her arms
back and forth "a they rocked. Cousin
Kate initiated the motion of rowing. while
Bobbie. grasping her wrists. swayed with
her.
Suppose We 60 to China" she said,
just az IL no port in the world was too far
for an afternoons journey. We have n
ong trip before us, SO pull hard. coxswain.
I'm the captain, YOU know. Careful. we
nearly ran down that steamer" The
boat rocked dangerously, to Bobbie' +
delight. Pull ri-ight. fright, coxswain!
All, we're safely past her now How many
miles did you say it was to Chinaf'
Twenty. sir" answered the coxswain
Nearer twenty-five. ! think twenty-five
hundred miles! We shall have to hurry to
be there and back by supper time. Sup
pose we sing to make the trip shorter:
.One l got into boat, such pretty
little boat,
y,,.t . q Iov vras da wninO
And took little oar and pushed 1t from
the shore,
So very, very early in the morning.
Bobbie had learned the song at kinder
garten and he Joined heartily In the chorus
And every little wavelet had it's night
Nightcap. white cap, nightcap on;
Every little wavelet had its ni9htcap on.
so very, very early In the morning.
"Slow w, coxswain. Here We are II
China" The boat stopped beside the
wharf. which was the parlor sofa. They
could not stay long. for they had to f<
home by supper time, 80 they walked
around the streets little while and looked
at all the curious things. then they loadet
the boat with tea. firecrsckers. umbrella
and rice cakes and embarked once more.
Look out. captain. We most hit /,
rock" called Bobbie. - they swung out
to sea once more. He was delighted viii
the new play. They pulled away from N,
rock and rowed u much ~ fourteen hun
dred miles tao Cousin Kate said) befor,
she spoke again.
| Here are the Sandwich Islands. COZ
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to herself. She missed the cream.
though. because she didn't drink her
catnip tea after that. Eibbling the milk
biscuits seemed TO content her quite
we'll.
On account Of this little affair Of the
cream. you mustn't think that Clara's
tea party was not n success. No. in.
deed. far from II. Baby Kitty. al
though not mischievous. required con-
stant attention. The mother had 10 be
on the lookout all the time. A number
OF times she had to say. "meow-ex-
cuse me-" and leave the pleasant party
and go in search Of her baby. The kit.
ten would fall of her high chair. go
skipping about and in a twinkle Of an
eye be lost.
At last the cat guests meowed good
by and only the dolls remained.
1T was like real party OF mamma D.
there are always some guests who stay
so long that yom really have to put
them out" thought Clara. as she car.
ried the dolls into the huose.
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tea for pussy" Clara continued. as she
busted herself getting things ready. AS
guests. she thought II would be a good
idea to have some Of her dolls, and 30
as not to make Tabby feel lonesome she
would have the old rag cat on chair
beside her.
Time for the party came. but not all
the guests were prompt. The dolls and
the rag cat were in their seats. but
Clara had to- go and get Tabby Scratch
and her child. That the mamma cat
couldn't read was all clear to Clara
now; puss didn't come Of herself he
cause she didn't know what the writ
Ing meant.
The party started of in fne style.
only Tabby didn't seem pleased with
the stuffed rag cat alongside Of her:
she didn't even notice or give one polite
little meow howdy -de-do at ALL Perhaps
Tabby knew It wasn't real cat. she
may have noticed the hole where the
mice had gnawed and the sawdust was
leaking. stupid mice-they probably
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ANSWER TO BUNGALOW PUZZLE.
WHAT ADA LEARNED AT SCHOOL

What have you learned at school,
Ada" asked Uncle Billy.
Ada was very little girl. and she
didn't see Uncle Billy very often. but
she liked him because he liked her and
was good to- her, 30 she was anxious to
have him sec that she was getting along
we'll In her studies.
~ besy deef Jeecheye jakle men. oh
pecurcst. you've double youk swixey."
she said. with her eyes sparkling. But
Uncle Billy was puzzled.
What In the world are you talking
about?" he said. They never taught
you that In school"
But mamma LAUGHED. II think they
did" said she, but the trouble is that
Ada is a little excited ana she 10 talk
Ing too fast"
What was It that Ada was tryins
"a
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NONSENSE RHYMES.

Here is the correct reading of the last
Nonsense Rhyme. the parts indicated by
a device OF any kind being placed ia
brackets:
When John lny Smalll went (upl (the
road
tTol lseel tlittlel thornl ed toad
He found lnoth:ngl lbutl a hor (netl
Al-playl ing Ionl Icornlet
And ldancingl gayly, a la mode
Several made the name out to he Johnny
Little. instead of Small, which 10 a syllable
too many. and some tried 20 make him
going over fence instead OF up the road.
but the majority Of tho readings sent in
were very good, every one being able TO
recognize that Hamlet was n play.
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swain. Let's stop and eat q sandwich,
with rice cake for dessert"
They did so: then. tired as they were,
they pulled away again. until the boat
bumped against the dock and they saw
they were home in port And there was
mother to tell them supper was waiting.
"Oh. mother. we've been to China and
back! It's new game and lots OF fun,
boat rowing. explained Bobbie.
It's hard on the captain. said Cousin
Kate. THE coxswain knocked the
breath out of me at every stroke, Cousin
Molly. Travelling is sometimes hard
work. find"
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$4,000

Now the puzzle Is to teach these men
how to move from position In which
they start white and black alternately
and fnish all black at one end and all
white at the other when there are more
than six men. suppose you try II with
eight In a row and then try II with ten
and. see what kind Of drill sergeant
you are.
Remember that the rules OF tho drill
are that you must always move two
men at a time and that they must be the
two next each other In the line, and
they must not he turned round, So that
the one that was on the righ, must he
still on the right when the two ar"
moved to their new position In the line,
and you cannot make an opening In the
line for them; there must be space or
they must go at the end.
When eight men are In the limo the
drill must he completed In four moves,
two men at time. When ther" are ten
men In the line they must get to the
new position In fve moves.
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"f his ncarsightcdness. dealt him n
com'cal trick the other day.
IT'S not long story: he Just forgot
again where he had placed his soxo.
ph"hc on returning from the concert on
the green by the l'ogvillc Band. of which
n" IL member. And now he wanted his
musical instrument SO as To- practise
a new piece. the Frogs Moonlight Sere-
made Naturally he reached for It In
what should have been its accustomed
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PROF. MARSHBANkS, FROG MUSICIAN

IL was very amusing to hear old Pro-
ress"r Nlarshbanks. the frog, start n
story. He would always begin. "Now.
when | was tadpolc." I'd like to know
who cared about the time when he was
q wriggling tadpole
"eii' To continue, the professor was
musician. and sang bass in the Water
LILY Glee Club. They called him n
oasso profundo. The kindly disposed
aid he sang like bird, but harsh critics
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picture round slowly and to look In
the most unlikely places. because the
face is hardly even right side UP.
Here Is a puzzle picture Of this kind
which any of the sharp eyed young
stcrs that read THE Sun should be able
TO solve without any trouble:
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corner: but instead. on account Of his
bad sight. picked up n pipe that some
fisherman on the bank had lost by
dropping II into the frogs home in the
water.
So that's how Il happened that the
professor for nearly an hour sat before
his sheet music. blowing away for doar
life. trying to get sweet melody from the
fisherman's pipe
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DOLLY'S NEW DRESS.

Aunt Edith had promised 10 make
Dorothy's ut,le Dutch dol! new dress,
bur torso, all about Il whom scno one
came in big. red car and whisked he!
away,
Dorothy vas standing on the plaN
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PICTURE PUZZLES.

Some children are very clever AT
finding faces that are hidden in pictures
OF other things. although the outline
OF the face may be nothing but sus-
The sun., 1912-07-14
THE BUTTON DRILL PUZZLE.

II you have some buttons that are
white and some that are dark YOU can
often amuse your friends by showing
them how you drill them so that they
will take any formation you wish, just
like soldiers, moving from ono position
to another. A set Of checkers is even
better than buttons. but any objects OF
different colors will do.
For the first drill start with an even
number of men. placed in a row, half
white and half black alternately. The
simplest form II the drill is with sl%
men only, arranged like this:
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zostion and may require quite a
stretch of the Imagination To make II
out To be face at all, The usual
way to ind such faces Is to turn the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-04-11
Fun for the Bleachers

While rather than go deep politics. man had better
hire tickle him in the armpis, there's lots OF bin IN
politics.
The old regulars thought they had things fixed in CALI
orna which Of national interest this time because
women The be between Roosevelt aud
Taft Great fight Dozens OF speakers engaged Hundreds
OF halls rented Lines clean La Toilette mentioned only
"among others Finest Taft and finest Roosevelt organ
xatons YOU Taft roasting Roosevelt Roose-
Welt roasting Taft The situation just smoked and you
couldn't La Toilette sentiment because OF the smoke
Two ago La Toilette clubs began form in spots
Nobody much the head of them. just plain folks. fellows
had before been in politics farmers city work
ingmen people OF the west pocket vote class. And the
clubs grew and grew in members and sixe
Good thngf said the Taft standpat organs. Those
vote and Taft will win So little La Toilette clubs
meetings got columns Of glorious notice Mighty nice play
for the TAFT organs Hearst giggcd Spreckels snckeed
But those la Toilette clubs grew and grew some more.
The burned ueuoycs scaped together enough funds get
La Toilette delegates the primary ballot Il evident
professional politicians that the uncomfortable vote was
lining for the La Toilette speakers began
stump the and the size of their audiences showed that
whole lot OF folks had got through being led the ballot
box BY the Over 100000 voters. mostly
registered up March SwamS Of en- registered rs-
publican" for Bob La Toilette The total
the presidential primaries promised 20 100000 With
knowing who 80 per Of would pick for president
Ierusalcml The la Toilette movement had got away,
spreading like brush ire and might burn up the house
OF Taft with everything else inammablc So YOU miss
the Hearst and Spreckels and the other standpa
all those beautiful notices oi the Ia Toilette boom while Uncle
Hiram Johnson oilng his old red campaign automobile
preparatory taking the road for dear (RooseveIt life
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Seen La Disay
La Diva Is the cute. spsndldiy
shaped young woman who plunReh
Into a quickly-Iradc.t0order tank
three times a day for living, Such
plunging has rarely been seen on a
local stage. And she's been practic.
Ing this seemingly indlacreet
fashion OF bathing ever since she
was 10 years Of age That's what
ahe told a reporter AT the Empress
theatre
"yy mother taught me to swim
when ! was 10 years old" she de.
ciared yesterday. "sbe taught my
nine sisters. TOO. Every morning
and evening she would take us for
our swim off City Point. Boston.
And there's where ] learned 10
dive
La DIya's real name liant Ia
Diva. It's Miss Lillian u. BerIo. II
you please. and she's just % years
OF age. Medals and trophies which
she has received for daring deeds
on the water would fill any trophy
room. Her collection Of cups she
highly prizes.
John n. conroy. who appears In
the act with Ia Diva. also has a
fine assortment Of cups for dis
ungulahed aquatic feats.
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Ia great ovation. Teasie WAS away
up IN the air for an altitude record
tailegedl and the audience had
forgotten all about her Just as
waA the center Of interest hers
comes Teasie swoopinE down out
OF the clouds in her curlln Mnrtlsa,
and the necka 81 everybody turned
with gasp 20 watch her land.
Down she dropped out OF slEht be
hind nelghboring ehscse factory,
many people thinking she'd met a
terrible fate. nmt she curved up
into sisht again and over the fence
with a flourish that seemed 10 say.
lust AZ ee-cssy'" Everybody. Of
course. ehees~d their heads OFT for
her and Poor Ale WAS nowhere.
don't call II siasnriy 20 make a
srandsfand play just when u wiil
grab the wiid piaadits away from
me. believe that woman - crafty.
gCOnfinuedl
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Non-Partisan City Politics

The Milwaukee election has deeper significance than
the defeat OF the socialists In Milwaukee IN Los Angeles
national party lines had be eliminated n order
the socialists The successful ticket in Milwaukee represent
ed union OF republicans and democrats and all others opposed
the socialist program The successful Milwaukee candi-
dates pledged themselves participate national politics
while they remained in office
The socialist administration OF Milwaukee has done
good work II has emphasized humanity dollars. NJ
has turned attention 70 the pre- eminent Importance OF
ing the welfare of women and children and men.
II viii not be possible for Milwaukee 90 back the
dtons that prevailed before Mayor Seide elected any
than Tammany could 20 back the former New York
filth after Warning had once cleaned up The city
Then too il j. hopeful sign that the mayor Is a
physician Ii anybody know the progressive spirit
OF physicians let him read the journal OF the American Med
ical association.
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Observations

that day whose me
smash overbearing
don't claim a newspaper run
one in town where they kin off free with
The that when have only
going 10 be the scene OF some foowo that will seriously darrang
the whole schedule.
delays In
the fact that
elevator
appeal Of very me
but il 1t win the automobiles who lchs
I'm for IL--I'm-FoR Il.
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This is the second day OF the
great Beclaysport aviation meet.
aud Il IA tn fall swing Al OF Mike
O'Pyion's sixteen air acFobats were
up. doing dips. aplrals and all kinds
OF thrilleFa. but the honors went
mostly 10 the two birdiadlca inc
and TesAie Fiutter. The roar Of
the thronK below Was like wine to
me and made my heart SO pita.pat.
HUT as there's always one rancid
peanut In the pack. there was some.
thing happened that LETT nasty
taste IN my mouth OF course. Tea.
sic has been In the game longer
than have. and can ny rings
around me when u comes 20 await.
ing. but she needn't hog an the
glory I'd made a dandy flight and
had landed my Baby kasoo lightly
"a feather Ia front u the ~.
served seat section aud waa getting
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The wronq Guess

The young man produced a
small square box from his pocket.
Il have a present for you. he be-
gan. Il don't know whether II viii
nj your finger or not. but"
"Oh. GEORGE she broke In. this
Is so student Why. never
dreamed"
But lust then George produced
the gift--a silver thimble~and IL
got suddenly cooler In the room. -
Ladies' Home Journal
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surprIaed Bridaet

Aristocratic Lady-Id like TO
know. Bridget. what has become OF
all the roast beef and cake that
we're left over from yesterday?
Bridget--Sure. mum. didn't yer
niyer have perlaceman calm on
yez when you were my age?--Tit-
Bits.
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A Happier
Tomorrow

win be yours il tonight you will
seek the beneficial aid Of the famous
and ideal family remedy Beecham's
Pills. Nervous depression. OF the
"blues." Is one Of the symptoms
Of a condition quickly corrected
by the reliable and quick,acting
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Hero

Hes the bravest alrman IN the
world.
''How's that?"
why, he absolutely refuses TO
20 aloft IN the wind. no matter what
the crowd yells. New York Even
ing Sun.
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THEATRICAL NEWS and FEATURES OF THE WEIYl
BESIDES LA DIVA, WATER NYMPH, NINE OTHER
SISTERS AND MOTHER CAN SWIM AND DIVE
AT THE THEATRES
THIS WEEK.

Moore--"Exeuae Me-"
Metropolitan - Lulu Chaser In
Miss Dudelsack."
Seastie--"The Ncwlyweda."
Coliseum---f'The Holy City"
Empress--Vaudeyille.
Pantaees--vandeyille
Orpheum---Vaudayllle.
orand--Vaudeyiile.
ciemmer Ph0toplaya and
vaudeville.
Melboprne = Phoioplays and
vaudeville.
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The Recall in Matrlmony

What's the matter, JorrocknY
You look as blue as indigo said
whlbley. alphabetically.
"A am blue" sighed Jorrocks. n
spent $4,000 getting divorce from
my wife aud. after | got II. bleat n
she didn't submit the question TO
the people. and by a majority OF
three hundred and thlrty.ssyen !
ain atm married to heri"--iiafper'a
Weekly.
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Clever Boy

How does II happen that you
are five minutes late at school this
morning. the teacher asked. SO.
vcrely.
Please. ma'am,' said William. II
must have oserwashed myself. ~
Harpcr's Magazine.
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An optimist

rs he an optimism"
Il should say he is. He's plan
ming to raise his ows asparagus
this year. Detroit Free Press.
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The presidents Economy recently sent to con
recommending tho dtseontnuance OF the
register employees This
mes would. doubt be much more con
venien hands Of the pubccspeca
when delegates beng chosen
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TlOC1

Literal

"ThiH dentist calls his office a
dental parlor."
We'll. isn't Il a drawing room
-IiaitiWore American.
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WORSE

The children need something
dren. can't understand"
Il chap
lfeFIo
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IRRESISTIBLE

However did yon reconcile Adele and Mary
4 gave them choice bit gossip aud asked them i
It 70 each other -FTiegende Blaetter.
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Why you bitter against Nebuchadnezzar7
lie lost his shortly after named the baby 70
Psburr Post
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Bravery

"It takes a brave man to 70 TO
charity bazars"
why Ro7"
because he must be willing 10
take chances. tlaltimor. Amer
lean.
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A Good One
doctor. what Is loss OF memory a
sign off"
Sometimes u Is a sign that the
Investigation IL getting too hot ''--
Baltimore American.
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MODERN ANNOUNCEMENT
DIFFERENT NOW

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The clever sayings OF our chiidFileEcnde Baetter.
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