The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-02-13
LINCOLN PENNIES
CHILDREN HAPPY
STAR-MIRROR OFFICE BESIEGED
BY ANXIOUS YOUNGSTERS TO
GET SOUVENIR.
Stormy Weather No Bar to Their En-
thusiasm and the Entertainment
Was Interesting and Pleasurable.

we entertained the Four Hundred. Or
was it the six? 1t was enough like a
charge of the Light Brigade to make
us think we had the noble six hun
dred, anyway. Every important party
has write-up, and we feel ours ought
to have one, too, through we are so
do the gushing for us.
Such well-attended affair, Mighty
little the inclemency of the weather
affected us. OF course we mustn't
brag though we're inclined to think
there was never another such fine
party You see we had such a lively
time ourselves, and met so many new
people, and found every body wreathed
in smiles, and every hand extended.
All the Children Came.
Was ever an invitation so beauti-
fully received so gladly and so fire.
quently accepted? All day on Wednes-
day our little guests-to-be called to
see where the party was to be on
Thursday evening; and bright and
early Thursday morning and at in
| tervals throughout the day they kept
dropping round to see whether the
place was still there, and whether.
after sleeping on the matter at night,
the proposition still looked good to
them, and they would take our offer,
the matter still further and take ii
up again later in the day. With the
poor, unpopular poet it was case OF
only, Mabel little Mabel, with her
face against the pane" But with is
it was Tom, Dick and Harry, Thelma,
Chester, Douglas, Delbert, Hortense,
Leo, Enock, Velma, Otto, Glatha, Gus
tin Hubert,-and oh. so many more.
We had been thinking seriously OF
washing our windows again. but now
we hardly know what to do. We
can't be so discourteous as to destroy
the impressions of so many hundreds
of their mashed little noses.
They Came Early.
Being dull old-fogeys, who haven't
been to school since even tiny tots
kept splitting on their states till four
o'clock. we didn't realize that the hour
we had named for the party would
come a long time after school was
dismissed And, so, about two o'clock,
still writing about how Lincoln loved
children, we were amazed to turn and
find the office full. Not just plain,
every day full. But chuck full, run
ming over full, and as far as eye could |
see. still more boys and girls painting S
down the street. We think we know {
now Just how the pied piper of Hame- {
lin felt when t
.'ere he blew three notes +,
There was a rustling that seemed like {
a bustling /
Of merry crowds jostling and pitching l
and hustling,
Small feet were pattering, wooden t
shoes Gathering, {
Little hands clapping, and little
tongues chattering; i
And, like fowls in a barnyard when
barley is scattering, e
)ut came the children running, b
Nj the little boys and girls,
With rosy cheeks ard fiaxen curls, C
And sparkling eyes and teeth like
pearls, o
tripping and shipping "
Sent Them Home.
OF course the newspapers weren't >
eady and wouldn't be for two full !,
ours, and the rain it was raining :.
own, and little heads and feet and
oats were getting soaked. So we took
he canvas bag of bright new Lincoln !,
ennies from the iron safe and gave
ne to each welcome little guest, tell
lg all to go straight home and come !,
gain this morning for the paper with \,
le Lincoln picture we had promised. :,
You know how in school they always .
ay that it is only by repetition that =,
e learn at all. Well, we think there J.
lust have been a good deal of learn ~
lg going on yesterday, to judge by the g,
speating system then in vogue. 1t :.
as all right. Whatever's worth do q,
g at all is worth doing well, if il
Is to be done over and over. And it
as only proper regard for the looks =,
the thing that led some of the fell
VS. to swap their caps and coats, be-
re paying their respects a second
ne. One can't be too careful about
les appearance, especially second -
'pearance. 49,
Was a Jolly Affair. ro
Altogether 1t was jolly affair, with re'
It dull moment And nobody knows an
w many perfectly good little boys thu