The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-28
THE QUEEN OF HEALTH

THE QUEEN OF HEALTH
Once upon a time in a great ma
ton lived beautiful queen, who had
seven children, three boys and four
girls. The children's names were
Darkness, Dampness, Impurity,
Cleanliness, Sanitation, Purity and
Sunshine.
Darkness, Dampness and Impurity
were wicked children who loved to
tease and torture little folks who
could not help themselves. Cleanli-
ness, Purity, Sunshine and Sanitation
were very good children and the
queen loved them because they were
so good and kind to everyone.
In this same land there lived a
fairy and goblin. 1t was said that
they had been seen by some of the
children. The goblin was wicked
and some times he would stop along
the road and talk to the queens
naughty children. The fairy was so
kind and good that everywhere she
went she made people feel happy.
She was called the white Fairy"
One day when the "Black Goblin"
as he was called, came to visit The
queens children for fourth time he
said to them, "My dear friends, am
of your kind and you are of my kind.
Come to me to a deep dark cave
| where a poor old widow and her
three children live. We shall drive
them out of there and that shall be
our cave.
"Ho Ho!" shouted Darkness,
Dampness and Impurity at once,
I'VE shall have great time tortur-
ing those people who are in that
cave"
II will not let Sunshine come with
me-" said Darkness, because she is
much stronger than l and will chase
me away"
II am going with my dear goblin"
shouted Dampness, II will take rain,
frost and dew with me to help me
along and l too must be careful to
avoid Sunshine"
II am so glad" said Impurity,
because l want to get away from the
queen. She does not like US three
children and is always scolding US.
Purity will be sure to follow me II
she sees me 60, so let US be off,"
Early in the dawn of the next
morning the blackies, as they now
called themselves, were nearing tho
far away cave, where the poor widow
and her children lived. They soon
came to the cave and when they first
entered it, they saw the poor widow
trying to care of her three little
children. ....
The blackies had at last found the
kind of a place they had always
longed for and they soon began to
dance around and tease the child
rem and their mother.
When the queen found that three
of her children were gone, she knew
that they had gone away some place
and maybe they were torturing little
children to death.
Something must be done,' she
thought, II will call Cleanliness,
Sunshine, Purity and Sanitation and
they must set out early in the morn
ing. First, they must find white
Fairy" then they will drive the
wicked children out of the land. If
they are left here my land shall never
be great and powerful one"
The queen had told the children
her plans and they were out early the
next morning searching for White
Fairy. They found her about two
hours after sunrise in beautiful
green meadow, where the sun was
sparkling on the clear water of the
little meadow brook. White Fairy
gave the children a kind greeting
and when she heard their story she
consented to go with them, so off
they set to hunt for the blackies.
They named themselves Safety
Firsts." After hunting in all the
nearest caves, they decided that the
darkies had gone far away, SO of
they started across vast stretch of
land to mountain where there were
more caves. In one of these caves
they heard low moaning so they de-
cided to enter. Sunshine led the
way. 1t was SO dark and damp that
they could hardly get in. When they
had all entered, they saw the poor
weak widow and her three children
lying on filthy bed. Yes, the next
things they saw were the blackies.
Sunshine drove Darkness back into
the farthers crack of the cave, where
he always stayed after that. Then
she grew so hot that Dampness
shriveled and soon dried up to moth
ing. Cleanliness, Purity and Santa
ton took Impurity out Of the cave
and burned him while White Fairy
chased Balck Goblin into q deep we'll,
where he stayed ever after.
| The Safety Firsts then took the
poor sick widow and children to the
pretty green meadow, where White
Fairy had been found and they soon
got we'll.
When the queen heard what the
Safety Firsts had done, she said they
could be free to go from land to land
and keep every one healthy and
strong. So they went and once every
year returned to see the queen and
the happy widow.
-Monta Clark.
| 3.
Evidently Germany's view Of
reparations is that mite makes right.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.