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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
For Y our St. Patrick's Day Party

esting account. without notes. of the
Saints life. This makes such party
both amusing and worth while.
Artificial shamrock leaves can be
hidden in the most unexpected places
through the apartment or lower floor
of the house and "hunt" INDUCED
in-the boy or girl finding the greatest
number in fifteen minutes to have q
little basket of green mints, tiny
bottle Of olives, bunch Of green
grapes and few conserved green
cages, lines and rose leaves.
After having sung some quaint Irish
folk-songs for children. and perhaps
had one of their number who goes to
dancing school give an Irish Jig or
two, the youngsters could take Irish
potatoes-that have been thoroughly
scrubbed-small pairing knives and try
cutting out pigs.
AS a finale of the party the guests
might be asked to tell why st. Patrick
Is always associated with a pig-this
writer does not know--and the one
giving the best fanciful or truthful
explanation might be awarded the
charming green birch aslket and sus-
pended porker.
And now, having described all the
events to follow the luncheon 1t is
Irish-like to go back and tell what
will happen first. Cut out green card
board sshamrocks holding simple green
candles will prove picturesque means
of lighting the table. Have Bisque
OF Murphy soup. which is cream OF
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he was given ever so many good things
to eat and wear and loads of people
and newspaper reporters came to see
and told him what a little hero he
had been.
His exciting story was published in
the newspapers-ask your Papa and
Mamma If they remember reading 1t
short while ago--but this account
of it, you see, is written expressly for
you and printed on your own page.
Maybe, when you began to read. you
thought 1t was Just a story; but by
now you have found out that 1t is
true: that little Willie Gee really lives
and really had all those dreadful
things happen to him. 4ns
Willie has not reached his home yet,
/ for the "Foxton Hail." which arrived
in New York harbor in December. still
| had cruise of five months to make
before 1t expected to touch at Jamaica.
So, you see. 1t will be we'll into next
May before the plucky little picka-
ninny reaches home again. In the
meantime. he will have travelled near
| ly halfway round the world!
A strange story. isn't it, and one
that is pleasant to read. for always
ever since the world began, courage
and fortitude and heroism are thrill
ling subjects-especially when the one
who displays those qualities is modest
as little Willie Gee has beenl
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new shiny penny, to do with as he
pleased. The little boy saw the beggar
and he remembered all that his Sun
being charitable. He drew the bright
copper from his pocket quietly and
looked at it--and then at the beggar.
Presently a determined little express
sion, settled about his tiny chin.
Papa" he said. Just as they got In
front of the mendicant, ''may | give
my penny to that poor poor begear ?Y
His father looked down in surprise
and pleasure at his sturdy little son.
Then his glance fell Upon the beggar.
Around his neck was placard that
read, Deaf and Dumb Now father
was very charitable himself, but he
had seen so many beggars who pre-
tended to be poor and ill and blind
and deaf that he had come to doubt
the honesty of nearly all of them.
Hum m-m." said father half to
himself and half to Archie. but loud
enough for the beggar to hear, II
wish could tell for sure whether this
begger is really deaf and dumb"
sRead the sign. sir" interposed the
beggar quickly. forgetting himself in
his anxiety not to loose the coin.
Then father laughed and laughed
until the tears ran down his face
archie couldn't. see why. so father
explained it to him. Then he laughed
too. Can you see it, Dosyou. know
why father laughed?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
An Irish Home

n o an American boy or girl. ac-
customed TO his own warm. COM
- Portable home, those of Irish
children would seem strange indeed.
1t Is a mistake, however, to picture all
Ireland as land of poverty stricken
homes and houses that would not be
as good as stables in this country.
Many of the farm houses on the En-
erald Isle are most imposing ones of
stone and are furnished with pianos
and pretty nearly every luxury to be
found in the home of wealthy Amer
lean. ~
But by far the majority of them
are little ones and two-room cottages.
They are whitewashed and have
thatched roofs that are held In place
by stones suspended over the caves.
A fire of turf burns on the floor
against the side of the wall furthest
removed from the entrance. And over
1t hangs the proverbial large, squatty-
looking black kettle or pot.
Fastened to the wall. and high
enough to be out of reach of the chill
is displayed. the housewives delft
china ware. Not infrequently there
is a large wooden bed instead of q
pallet on the floor and a wooden chair
or two and long wooden bench
placed close against the wall. Not
a very elaborately furnished room, tc
be sure. but little Irish lads and las
sizes doubtless think Just as much OF
their home as you do of yours-for
they know no other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
f9 OURpUZZL
EOORNER

ENIGMA.
am composed of twenty letters
My 20. 8. 9. II. is not far.
My IL, Is. 4 is not many.
My 16. 7. s, IS. Q is a color that will
be popular soon.
My 2. II. 10 is large pig.
My l. 8. 13, II. 10 Is the Biblical
name for tenth.
My whole is famous Irish song.
HIDDEN IRISH NAMES.
Hidden in each sentence there II a
given name common to Irish boys and
girls.
1. Show up at seven o'clock sharp.
2. The weather bureau predicts no
rain.
3. In case you do not find him at
home. return to me.
4. We went across the bridge to-
gether.
s. Thanking him, kept the change.
g.. Don't enter rye fields without
permission.
PRIMAL ACROSTIC.
This acrostic contains six words Of
equal length. II the words are right
ly guessed and written one below an
other their primals will spell tho
name Of very large body Of water.
The cross-words are. 1. A tool en-
ployed by carpenters when at work.
@. A house insect. 8. A carriage. 4.
A number Of cars linked. together. g..
one who refuses to work. 8. To be
bright or transparent.
ANSWERS
ENIGMA: Near. fen, green, hog.
1.-THE; The Wearing of the Green.
HIDDEN IRISH NAMES:--1 Pat:
2. Nora; 5. Casey; 4. Bridget: s. Mike;
8. Terry.
I PRIMAL ACROETIO: Arctic. Cvoss-
tcords. 1.Au0er. 2. Roach. 8. Coach.
A., Train. s. Idler. 6. Clear.
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at the tops; there, too, hang the nuts
with their refreshing milk inside. So
Willie. who was getting hungry, let
go of the log hut and swan for the
floating tree-a brave thing indeed,
wasn't it. for lone little -year-old
to do with all that deep, deep water
under him?
Swiftly his little black body cleaved
a way through the waves and pres
emily he reached the tree, pulling him
self up into the l--lches and making
a place for himself in the top of the
tree where the great leaves Joined.
Then he parted the leaves and looked
eagerly for the cocoanuts--and found
just one! He managed to make a
hole in it---a by no means easy feat
for the cocoanut has very hard shell
and drank a little of the milk.
Presently. he looked around and dis
covered to his horror that the tree
was being carried by the tide further
and further away from the beach. In
fact Jamaica was but a black speck
on the horizon! Then the black tropic
night came down like mantle and
after awhile, the bril-. stars peeped
out one by one. twinkling and winking
brightly at the lone little hero as
though to encourage him.
All might long he hung to the tree
Often the waves splashed up and half
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Shamrock and Snakes

n HERE are 20 snakes in Ireland"
is more than a saying, for i'm
migrants from the Emerald Isle
state they never saw or heard of any
over there. Any Irishman Will give
as the reasohst that Saint Patrick drove
them all ont. OF course that Is a
fairy story! But there is a reason for
thinking of this Churchman as having
had something to do with getting rid
OF the snakes
Once,. in one of the first great ser
mons he is said to have preached in
Ireland he pulled a piece of sham
rock-which Is green and has three
leaves fike clover--and, pointing to
it, told how it was sacred because 1t
represented the Trinity or Three In
one.
Because 1t was associated with the
Godhead. he said, nothing evil could
live near it, A snake has, since the
days of the Garden of Eden, been the
symbol for evil. and he declared that
where there was shamrock there could
be no serpents.
Now the real Irish name for this
plant Is trefoil and it was first called
''shamrakh." or shamrock in the
Persian tongue. Natives of Persia
have always considered the plant as
sacred, because it represented the
Persian Triads. or Trinity.
The great Pliny. who died In 79
A. d., told in his famous work on
natural history that "serpents are
never seen upon trefol and 1t il a
remedy against the sting of snakes
and scorpions"
Saint Patrick. knowing this. may
have believed that because there were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

- Amt pATRICK'S S Day is usually
VI given over to feasting for he
~ himself was jolly, good ma
tured saint who liked everybody
to be lfappy and contented. So on
his day, as on those of st. Valentine
and st. Nicholas. the shops display all
sorts of gifts and souvenirs, sugges-
tions for pretty luncheon and novel
ties for attractive parties. Nearly ev-
cry year pats pig" is prominently
displayed in the decorated store win
dows and frequently he has sprig of
shamrock in his mouth. But the ap-
pearance of this porker changes with
the years.
The 1918 pig of st. Patrick is made
in papier mache. or bisque or cellu-
loid to resemble, in coloring and
shiny surface. the pinkish white slip
perry specimen for which spry little
| Irishmen run races on the feast day.
These imitation "rooters" are filled
sometimes with expensive candies,
sometimes with salted nuts and fire.
quently with favors-all of emerald
hue.
| A centerpiece which would delight
any Juvenile guest is shown OF
round shallow basket filed with make
believe shamrocks. The tall curved
handle is ornamented with them at
the top where, midway. fat bow of
very green ribbon is tied. Suspended
from 1t by a harness of the same rib
bon is a swaying, curl tailed pig. His
nostrils ere pink. his eyes pink and his
little "tummy' very round. Press him
on 1t and he grunt1. Also from the
| top bow streamers of very narrow
green ribbon run out to as many
places as there will be little guests.
One will end in small Irish trunk,
such as immigrants bring when they
come over; another is attached to
what looks like a real Irish pipe, but
isn't; third may De tied to typical
cup of "tay.'' and tiny gilded harp
suggests the home Of the saint where
the fourth ribbon ends.
Invitations for such a youthful
party can be pasteboard shamrocks,
painted green with gold lettering:
Come lunch aoith me and play
game
Matchmaking Nth st. Patrick's
name"
The one who manages to find most
words in this difficult combination of
letters may be given a box of pistachio
candles, or story of st. Patrick
bound In green, as prize. top
painted green or a growi. ; fern would
please boy or girl, respectively, who
| proved best able to give a short. inter-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
y HERE Is music everywhere. for
Mother Nature seems fond of

~ HERE IL music everywhere. for
Mother Nature seems fond of
melody and vibrations. Even the
insects sing and play upon little
musical instruments. Take the long
horned grasshopper. for instance. He
has two sets of wings. the outer ones
used for flying and the under ones
used for a fiddle and bow. Near
the base of the inner wings is fastened
\ set of strong veins. Mr.. Horned
Grasshopper (who Is the true katy
add moves these wings In such a
manner as to rub the veins on each
wing together. and this process makes
\ funny. wiry sound. This is known
IS the "grasshopper's fiddling."
Even the common. green grasshop-
per, that we see in the yard and about
The garden in the spring and summer.
IS musician of some Importance.
His fiddle is attached to one wing and
,ne hind leg is used as a bow. on
his particular leg grows line of
iny beadlike humps, from each of
which grow a number of fine hairs.
When the little fiddler draws this leg
pack and forth against his wings it
makes very CHEEKY music, indeed.
But in vain does his little sister en-
seavor to play on her wings. She
yoes through the motion. but never
makes a sound because her legs have
iot the line of tiny Jumps and hairs.
But evidently she does not know that
he is not a fully equipped musician.
md is forever trying to make music
Is her brother or father or son makes
I.
The cricket is a very accomplished
'flddler." also. lie might be called
he band-master, 50 loud and shrill Is
his note. He plays one tune by day
Ind another one by night. thus hav
ng two programmes, as one might
Ay. Sometimes his day tune is af-
eoted by the weather and he sings or
,lays his night tune If the clouds
larken the sun and bring gloom.
There is a locust known as the sew
nteen-year locust" He has two tiny
lrums fastened to his abdomen
These little resoundlng boards are
lxed in place. firm and tight. and to
ach one Is attached a strong muscle
rhich Mr.. Locust can relax or tighten
/ will. 1t makes a sound like beat
" on tin pan. and will drown out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Climbing the Mountains
A Merry House Game For children.

"A uAChIy AAOu,C Il VI OAAkuICIs
n N rainy evenings. when children
must content themselves indoors,
" an interesting game to play is
climbing the Mountains" which is
very enjoyable. 1t is played in this
way:
The boys and girls sit In couples
round the room. one boy or girl re-
naming in the centre, and his or her
partner sitting alone in the circle.
The Ring Boy Cor Ring Girl, as the
case may be) Is the starter who
stands in the centre of the circle, and
he begins the game by calling out:
II went into Asia and climbed the"
Here he suddenly pauses, and the boy
at whom he points his finger must
reply promptly by naming some
mountain in Asia. If the boy cannot
Immediately think of a mountain in
Asia. he turns quickly to the girl be-
side him, and should she name a
mountain promptly, the game contin-
ues. But should she also hesitate till
the Ring Boy counts Ave, her partner
takes the ring boys place and the girl
must take the place of the Lonely
Girl-who sits without q partner
while the boy who has been acting as
Ring Boy seats himself beside his
partner. The game then begins as
before. the new Ring Boy calling OUT:
Il went into South America and
climbed" whereupon he points to
some other boy in the circle.
AS the game goes on every country
is named, and even the islands may be
brought Into 1t, for on some of the
islands of the sea are well-known
mountains. First should be named the
larger continents, then the countries
forming the continents: such, for ex-
ample, as Europe. Germany. France.
Switzerland, Spain. Italy. etc.
Climbing the Mountains Is a very
jolly as well as an instructive game.
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toes--merely baked. removed from the
skins, mixed with butter and seasoned
and then returned to them again.
The salad will delight the soul OF
any child or srown-up. It consists of
three lettuce leaves arranged on each
plate SO as to form a shamrock. On
them put the salad which is a mix
ture of finely chopped. cooked and
seasoned sweetbreads, green peppers
and celery.
But the frozen green pig" consist
ing of pistachio ice cream nodded into
the form of young swine lying down
will bring "ahs" from even the most
sophisticated young one. The sweet
meats can include brown potatoes
made from almond paste, green candy
pipes favored with peppermint and
shamrock leaves favored with lime.
or course this same party can be
given much more economically with
the same games by just having light
refreshments such as lettuce sand
wiches. cold ham. olives. pickles. green
gelatin. pistachio ice cream. ST. Pat
rick candies and Roquefort cheese
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wind bowling and raging around you
and piling up the water into huge
kissing. roaring pillows? But Willie
held manfully on to the logs OF the
hut. now rapidly falling to pieces as
the result of its mad flight through
the air and its fall into the ocean.
Then, gradually. the hurricane
passed = for, fortunately, hurricanes
pass almost as quickly as they come
up--leaving the water chopping and
slashing around and a little colored
boy. holding on to battered log hut
bobbing around on top of them.
After a long. long while little Willie
espied a large cocoanut tree floating
past, a good distance from him. Now
cocoanut trees, you know. are very
tall and have nearly all of their foliage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Willie Gee = A Waif of the Sea

submerged him; and again. he was
entirely out of the water He craved
food, but, like the wise little boy he
is he was saving the cocoanut to
make 1t last as long as possible. But
most of all ho craved water-oh, how
thirsty he wasl
After long, long vigil that seemed
years and years to the little waif OF
the sea, the dawn broke. And then,
utterly exhausted, he fell asleep.
Nearly two days later, unconscious
and his tongue thick and parched
from lack of water, he was picked
up by the boat from the good ship
"Foxton Hail."
Quite needless to relate. the officers
and sailors made a great pet of Willie
and, when the ship reached New York,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Musical Insects

any other musical note of the sum-
mer afternoon.
The death-watch beetle is queer
musician. He burrows into old wood,
making a tap. tap, tap, as he goes
along. His neighbor. the longicorn
beetle. makes strange rattling sound
by the friction of his scaly neck. And
many other woods and grass insects
have musical instruments attached tc
their bodies which remind us Of I'D
dies, and we might think with good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
W TO GET READY-BOILED

HOW TO GET READY-BOILED
EGGS.
"LITTLE boy was seen by his
mother pouring boiling water
into the chickens watering
trough, and called out to him: What
are you doing that for. Jimmy re =
I'm goin ter save you the trouble
o. boilin' eggs for breakfas'. Mamma" !"
replied the urchin. III the hens drink
boilin' water, they'll lay boiled eggs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Sure Proof

ing with his father and they saw,
" sitting directly ahead of them
against the wall of a house, a poor beg
gar holding his hat outstretched for
aims from passersby. Now only that
morning. his father had given Archie a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
SOME HEIGHT.

The Mountain Climber
Say, James, this Alpine
stunt 3 great. An you kin
git such a superb view of
Casey's bone yard from
this height.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

potato thick with floating parsley.
Then serve oyster patties on pastry
shells with shamrock dollies. made of
green tissue paper. beneath them.
Chicken croquettes, nodded into the
shape, of corhs and served with olives.
French peas and stuffed Irish pots-i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

deal of reason that our first violin
makers got their ideas for Invention
from the natural "fddling" insects.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-03-08
WOULD CHECK EXPENDITURES.
Senate Outlines Highway Bill Amend.
ment Plan, Centerina Responsibility.

Denver.-A tentative plan for
amendment of the House highway
commission bill that may satisfy all
parties has been outlined by the state
Senate Democratic subcommittee ap-
pointed to consider the bill. The COM
mittee, of which Senator John ]. To-
bin is chairman, was appointed by the
Senate Democratic conference in an
effort to unite all members of differ
net beliefs as to the best method of
administering state road funds.
The committees plan is to have one
highway commissioner with deputy.
The commissioner is to consult the va
rious county commissioners as to the
road appropriations to be made by the
state to each county, and then make
recommendation to an advisory board,
which is to consist of five members,
each from a different section of the
state.
The recommendations of the COM
missioner are to be approved by the
board and then by the governor. If
the board is not unanimous and dis
agree regarding an appropriation, the
commissioners report is to be made to
the governor, who is either to approve
the commissioners recommendation
or return it to the advisory board for
further consideration and adjustment.
The governors approval of the COM
missioner's distribution is to be final,
regardless of the boards approval or
disapproval. By such system the sub
committee believes it has provided a
check in all ways regarding the ex
penditures of road funds, and yet con
centrated responsibility.
The Colorado statesman., 1913-03-08

America rode in this division. Their
pink coats and their high hats ap-
parently were not thought to jar
"Jeffersonian simplicity" from its
seat. Pink coats were worn on the
hunting field in Jefferson's day and in
Jefferson's state.
There were 1000 Princeton students
in the civic section of the parade.
Many of them wore orange and black
sweaters and they were somewhat
noisy though perfectly proper Stu
dents from seventeen other colleges
and universities were among the
marchers.
Spectators Cheer Constantly.
All along Pennsylvania avenue, from
the capitol to point four block be-
yond the White House, the spectators
were massed in lines ten deep. The
cheering was constant and Woodrow
Wilson cannot complain that the cere-
monies attending his induction into
office wero not accompanied by ap-
parently heartfelt acclaim of the peo-
pie over whom he is to rule for at
least four years.
Every window in every building on
Pennsylvania avenue which is not oc-
cupied for office purposes was rented
weeks ago for a good round sum of
money. Every room overlooking the
marching parade was taken by as
many spectators as cound find want
age point from which to peer through
the window panes. The roofs of the
buildings were covered with persons
willing to stand for hours in a March
day to see the wonders of the inaugu-
raj parade, and many of them partic-
ularly glad of an opportunity to go
home and to say that after many years
waiting they had seen a Democratic
president inaugurated.
The parade passed the reviewing
stand of President Wilson, who stood
uncovered while the marchers saluted.
When the last organization had
marched by dusk was coming down.
The hundreds of thousands of electric
lamps were lighted and Washington
at night became along it's main thor
oughfare as bright as Washington at
day. The loss of the attraction of the
inaugural ball was compensated for
by the finest display of fireworks, It is
said, this city has ever known.