The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-28
FOR YOUNG FOLKS

too big 10 play make believe " she
objected, "aud. anyway. We haven't
any radish bed
Make one, them suggested her
mother. Il with give you q package
of radish seed and you run out In the
back yard and plant them, Wouldn't
father be surprised 10 come home and
find a garden ell started
Mother looked OUT of the window
a little later and gave a sigh OF re-
lief as she watched Esther husily stir
ring up the fresh earth The new
house was farther out ia the country
than the old one had been, and she
had hoped Esther would be happy IN
having more room to play out OF d7prs'
When she looked out again. after Few
more moments, she noticed that Esther
had left her work and had wandered
over into the next yard. where the
lady was lying in hammock.
About an hour later Esther rushed
into the room where her motGer was
sewing.
I'm SO glad We moved here she
cried sitting down in her little chair
beside her mother and rocking very
fast. Just suppose we never had
moved here and l had never mat the
little girl lady
She's kind of SICK Esther went
on. mot really truly sick, but she has
to stay out in the hammock all the
time, and what do you think You
know how Elizabeth and | liked to
dress up in your old skirts and play We
we've ladies' W.ell,.she .sieh lady Hfs
there and plays she is q little girl
She has made a doll house--the dear
est little thing mother, She made
-. he m
IL with her water eolors, and it has
little ruffly curtains up at the vim
dows. Oh. yes, and she said she Was
SO glad when she saw me out I'm the
back yard because she had wished
and wished for a really little girl to
come and help her play
Esther stopped long enough TO catch
her breath. And that Is not all moth
err" she went on This must be
the street Of grown-up children, Do
you remember that funny little man
with white hair who lives in the
house on the corner? Well, he's the
most wonderful person in the whole
world except Santa Claus himself.
What do you suppose his whole house
is filed with? Guess, please, mother
dear"
TIN sure / never could guess an
swered her mother. You Will JUST
nave 10 Atii
Well" Esther's voice was very Inn
pressive, ITS full OF dolls al! kinds
Of dolls, the sick lady says. that he
has brought from all the foreign coun-
tries where he has travelled. She sayr
II is lust as good as studying geoBra
ply TO look at his dolls, and | should
think It would be lots more fun. lie
has all kinds of American dolls, too,
and she says the one he likes the
best tx a funny little old one made Of
corn husks that his sister used Ia play
with when she was a little girl. Aren't
you glad, now, thai We moved here
= am glad you like It better. laugh
ed mother Il hardly think Hou WI!
need Jim and the radish bed
Il guess not" Esther answered gay
~. Il have To go and find my penny
dolls now | promised the little girl
lady that | would bring them out so
she could see Il her doll house was
the right size" Annie Louise Berray,
IN the Congrega tionalist.
The children had written compost
tons on the giraffe. They We're read
ing them aloud TO the class Al length
the time came for little Willie TO read
his II was as follows. THE giraffe
is dumb animal. aud cannot express
itself by any sound. because it's neck
is so long that its voice gets tired on
its way to its mouth"