The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-30
THE FAIRIES FOURTH
OF JULY CELEBRATION


tie fairies discussing their queens
plans for the Fourth Of July. Teeny.
who was occupying q toad stool,
row spoke. and the queen is going
to give a gorgeous ball, and to the
one who is dressed the most beau
tiful, she gives one Of her wands.
But all Of we fairies have wands.
OF what use would q wand be-"
asked Weeny, who was lying on the
ground resting her elbow on glow
worm.
''Oh, haven't you heard?' asked
the third little fairy, Eeny by
name. These wands which the
queen gives as prizes, gives to the
winner power to be seen by mOrtals
whenever they like and our wands.
will not do that"
oh" and Weeny clapped her
tiny hands and sat up excitedly.
Il know who would choose to be
seen by. The dear little girl who
lives in yOnder house. l was in
one Of the keyhOles in her house
last night and I overheard her talk
ing about us. The grown folks all
laughed at her and said there
wasn't any such thing as a fairy
but little Betsy said there was and
il should win the beauty prize l
will certainly prove to those
grownup folks that there are real
for sure fairies"
Teeny tossed her head indignant
ly. What does make grown mort
ais so silly, ! wonder. How do
they think the flowers and all beau
tiful things of the earth could live
without us here to prune them and
keep them looking pretty"
That is not for US to under
stand replied Eeny, who was a
wise little fairy, much wiser than
her sister, Teeny. we must 60
home now, for mother will be un-
easy bout US staying out SO late.
Gomez"
The next few days were days of
great excitement to all the fairies,
for they were quite busy planning
dresses for the ball, and polishing
the tiny glittering jewels in their
gauzy wings.
At last the morning OF the Fourth
of July arrived, fresh and glowing.
The day was to be spent with a
picnic in the Queens May apple
grove. The fairies spread leaves
on the grass for lunch cloths and
on these they spread dainty fairy
food, such as nectar and wild flow
er sandwiches.
After the midday luncheon was
over, and all traces Of it had been
cleared away, they played games
and danced to the tune OF large
bumblebee which lowered over
some nearby flowers. Some of the
fairies splashed about In the bah
bling brook. lauging and singing
and throwing water into one an
others faces. Still other roamed
through the May apple grove while
other sat idly by watching the fun
of the playful fairies. The after
noon passed and it was soon time
to 90 home and dress for the ball.
Promptly at the hour set, the
fairies began to pour into the
QQueen's ball room. They were
dressed In the most beautiful
gowns imaginable. They were all
colors Of the rainbow, some set
with tiny costly jewels which
made q beautiful showing with the
moonlight cleaning on them. The
men fairies were dressed in silver
doublets which made a charming
contrast against the gowns worn by
the lady fairies.
At last when the fairies had all
arrived the Queen announced that
each fairy would pass before her,
and she would then choose the
fairy who was to win the wand.
This they all did each hoping to be
the winner. The last fairy to pass
before the Queen was Weeny and
when the Queen saw her, her
face broke into smiles and she
arose and spoke with a voice that
sounded like the Ginning of tiny
silver bells, % clear and melodious
here the tones.
Here 70 the winner" she said
and drew Weeny TO her side, who
really was pretty in . gown of gold
and silver stripped cloth. The
gold stripes were set with tiny dia-