New-York tribune., 1919-08-18

alluring that every one of the books
on our shelves had been swept by the
keen little eyes in an incredibly short
time. A box of water colors and
pieces of brown paper were a stroke
of genius. Twice the Italian flag was
produced for the decoration of the
tent, and then, like loyal little Amer
leans, they made faithful copies of
the Stars and Stripes.
"Finally the cooler hours invited to
the lake, whittier they we're borne as
outriders on the well-filled automo-
bile. Under the man-sized caps, which
their spare legs and arms, they looked
like large beetles clinging to the car"
CAT the lake Pasquale at once be-
came fish, while poor Angelo waited
patiently about in obedience to those
doctors orders that we longed to g-
more. On the water however, he might
go, if not in, SO he lent hrasclf JOY
fully to the uses of fish line Thence
forth. daily he would bring home fish
so tiny that, when rid of their inedble
parts they scarcely made a mouthful
apiece, but he cleaned them in
dustrously until the lady from Phila-
delphia' thought of a neighbor's cat
as a worthy beneficiary. On one oc-
casion he was wild with excitement
over the capture of an unfamiliar
creature with six mustaches' bull
head.
Not Finicky About Food
".At their first supper we did not
know whether to laugh or to cry at the
incongrUity of these two little human
morseIs in our circle under the trees
They hugged their bowls of crackers
and milk between their knees and
emptied them with alarming speed
ms sinctively they were in complete
sympathy with the prevailing custom
Of dipping prune stones at large from
the tips of spoons, sling like, though
they must have been in some perplex-
lty to reconcile il with the structure
placed on their method of eliminating
unwelcome food at dinner.
"As to the food. neither then nor
thereafter were we able to detect their
preferences Whatever was offered thcv
ate. continuing to eat to the limit of
their capacity. Enthusiasm and dis
appointment were alike absent from
their disciplined faces Submission,
poor lambs, was the fixed rule Of their
lives. Tasks and pleasures were
greeted without charge q mien.
Yes. ma'asn, NO, ma'am' werc the sum
OF their u.terances for many days.
1.-The stern physician mcrcifuily had
placed no ban upon baths Scarcely
had the boys Scrambled up ali the ac, g
ccssible trees that first evening and
concentrated our attention upon the
tateful green apple, when Angelo was
summoned to the tub. He may have
suspected, in spite of the GEOGRAPHY,
that more than three-q quarters of his
globe was water. He approached halt
lngly ard launched valiant protest:
ALREADY had bad Already this
very day l got it, he asseveratcd, AL
bathed patiently, if without heart
seeking out remote parts in an inquir-
ing and gingerly fashion, as if scarcely
sure Of their existence.
"Toothbushes the boys frankly con-
fesscd to no knowledge of. They well
\ coined them with as much delight as
ever was manifested on their faces and
could hardly be restrained in the use
of them. They were too precious to be
left exposed, and we're heedfully re-
stored after each using to the paper
boxes and safely slowed away in the
cotton bags Night garments also were
! beyond their ken. The clean Anpelc
was about to resume his moist shirt
and could scarcely credit the sugges-
ton that he wear his other one fol
the night But that is clean he
warned, though he dived submissvely y
into his bag for it. The pants even
he indulgently quered, and dved again
He would have donned waist and sus.
penders, but was advised to use safet,
pins for the night. He cast but one
apprehenslve look toward his shoes.
Sunday Prayers Sufficient
THE hint of prayers was brushed
aside by both with an air of tinalty
They went to the tabernacle Sunday,
enough said. SO tucking in and g
goodnight kiss were the only indul-
gence OF the maternal instinct, barring
an occasional visit to the tent during
the evening, once to explain the good
intentions of a visiting dog which had
lost his way to the garbage can. twice
to hoist back into place the half of the