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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. TUESPAV. NOVEMBER 23. 1909.

3 FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN: PLUB WOMEN ENTERTAINED PARIS EVENING GOWN. CHILD HELPING MOVEMENT EXPLAINED BY DR. HART. BY FOLK DANCING EXHIBIT were given by a group nf wee tots from L'ORANE TWIST FASHION'S LATEST DECREE IN HAIR DRESSING IS AS USUAL ON DISPLAY FIRST AND EXCLUSIVELY AT eiaSmionAon HAIR MERCHANT S.nd for Illustrated Booklet No Aetata, "Philanthropic day" at the Richmond Hill Twentieth Century Club occurred yesterday, and Dr. Hastings H.

Hart of the child placing department of the Russell Sage Foundation spoke with regard to the child helping movement. He was introduced by the club president, Mrs. Sanders, and said that in order to aid the dependent child it was far wiser to find a home for hlra than to place him In an Institution. The Institutions themselves were beginning to entertain the cottage Idea that of assembling a small number of children in a cottage and having them in charge of a person who stood In the assumed relationship of a parent to them. Applications for permission to adopt children were investigated.

In order to ascertain If the parties had sufficient means to bring up a child, or were the proper characters to assume such duties, and had church-going habits. It was best, also, to follow no the child. Often persons taking children became poor and had not the means to bring up the wards In a proper manner. The talk was prefaced and eoncluded by music. The Misses Copernan, violinist and pianist, played "Der Sohn der Helde" and "Ob, Thou Sublime Evening Star," Wagner, and Mrs.

Heness, soprano, sang "Tender Tics," "Still as the Night" and a selection from "Romeo and Juliet." An Informal reception concluded the programme, and refreshments were served. Brooklyn Woman's Club enjoyed an itlon in lta programme yesterday ron. Instead of having the custom- srary and musical numbers the was given over to an exposition cturesque demonstration of folk as It is being taught to the the public schools. Miss Ellza-irchenal, inspector of athletics In Bchools and chairman of the folk committee of the Playground As- lion of America, described the growth re folk dance movement here and 11- kated the beauty and variety of the fees by a series of typical folk dances different countries, given with the aid a number of children from Manhattan public schools. Miss Burchenal told of the origin of the movement at a meeting held In this city about six years ago and of the earlier classes.

She said that the Idea had taken root quickly and spread widely, so that now she has under her direction sev eral thousand enthusiastic children and i eleven classes of teachers. The first dances on the programme ENGLISH WORKING WOMEN COMBINE WITH ENGLISH ARISTOCRATS. While the woman's suffrage movement Its commanding proportions to the working class, the needs and views of these women have been given their pub- and their collective weight through rganlzing power of educated wom- For forty years or more women of leisure and enlightenment have been on school boards, as poor law guardians, on hospital and organized boards, on vestries. And the suf-frfcge agitation will prove itself invincible l'h England because in front of the inarticulate army of the workingwomen there mm these leaders who have learned lead ership quietly, slowly, through the years that He behind. El Izabettt Robins in Everybody's Magazine.

CANNED WHALE MEAT. Already quite a trade is done with EAGLE DAILY PATTERN. I Japan in canned and salted whale meat. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOME SEWER. By Mary Robertson.

Many mothers prefer to make the blouses for their young sons at home In preference to buying them ready made, claiming that it la much less expensive. These blouses are the easiest of all the children's clothes to make and a dozen or so, which will be enough to Inst for at least a year, may be finished in one day if the work Is gone about In a systematic manner. When all cut out, the different nieces should be basted together and sewed up, and If the material Is a light weave, such as gingham, the seams should be felled. The sleeves are next made and completely finished before they are Joined to the blouse; next the neck Is given attention and finally the buttons and buttonholes worked. The blouse shown In this illustration Is par- PRICE 10 CENTS.

BY Send Pattern No. 4733 Gold embroidery on the filmiest of foundation fabrics is one of the odd and exceedingly attractive fads of this winter's evening frocks. The gown shown Is a beautiful Parisian model of supple white satin, with a pointed tunlo of sheerest pink chiffon, weighted by the border of heavy metallic embroidery. The new Idea is to start a campaign to educate the people of European race on the undoubted merits of the new diet. Samples of canned whale meat have been distributed from the headquarters of the 'Whaling company and all of those who have tried it say that the meat is exceedingly palatable, being much tenderer than beef and greatly resembling It in taste.

Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lp. HE HOPED THEY DID. Bert and his mother were feeding the chickens. She had just dressed him In Dew leggings, mittens, cap and cloak.

He was very conscious and very proud of his new togs. He looked up and said. worthless true; but who had the keeping of it, and who shattered it? 'Tie strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel. Many a man and woman have' been incensed and worshipped, and have shown no more feeling than is to be expected from idols. Many a gentleman has reflected that.

"'Mamma, the chickens know I'm dressed I up, don't they?" Delineator. THACKERAY KNEW WOMEN AND MEN. Thackeray had a fashion of uttering what one poet called "sweet tartnesses," never so tart nor so -sweet as when bis subject was men and women. From the book collection of his sayings made by Mrs. Charles Mason Fairbanks, such as these might smite the consciousness of either sex: So a man dashes a fine vase down, and despises It for being broken.

It may be OUR This pattern will be mailed by nlllns: out the above coupon. Inclosing 10 cents, and sending- to the Brooklyn Eagle Pattern Department. READERS THANKSGIVING DAY STORIES kindergarten, who performed with ad mirable grace and precision, considering their youth, three Swedish numbers, a "Carousel," "Oxdans" and a dance that Is half game, called "I See Yon." Some small girls not much older than these gave a Scottish reel, and then Miss Burchenal herself danced an Irish Jig and an English Morris dance, with a marvelous combination of spirit and grace. The children later gave the "Tarantelle," the "Czardas" and the "Komarlnskaja." representing respectively Italy, Hungary and Russia. In addition to these charming demonstrations the members enjoyed several solos by Miss Ma-tha O.

Noble, Including Lang's "Mavourneen," Sllcher's "Lorelei" and two ballads of Molloy, "Robin Adair" and "Love's Old Sweet Song." Miss Noble was accompanied by Miss Alice C. Mason. The meeting was held in the gymnasium of the Young Women's Christian Association building on Schermerhorn street. Mrs. Walter B.

Moore presided. The programme had been arranged by the committee on education, of which William H. Brundage is chairman. TWO RIVAL FASHIONS NOW CONTESTING. Two fashions are bidding for popular favor, writes Mps.

SImcox in the Delineator. On the one side are the draped and fitted dresses that carry the Idea of the closely sheathed figure to an even greater extreme than the gowns of last year. In these dresses the skirts seem to fit the figure more snugly below the hips than over them. If the cut of the dress does not give this peculiar hourglass silhouette, the dressmaker resorts to other means to obtain it. A sash, a band of fur, a rhlnestone-studded ribbon holds the skirt In to the knees so closely that it is really Impossible to walk with any degree of freedom and ease.

Even the dresses that are made with comparatively full gathered skirts sre held In either at the knees or ankles with Bome sort of a sash arrangement that robs them of all bouffancy and reveals the figure with startling frankness. Do I like the style? Yes, very much Indeed, for the right woman. It Is the culminating point toward which dressmaker have been working for the last two years. It Is the perfection of the sheath, but I must confess that it really takes an almost flawless figure to wear It. On the other hand, the Louts styles are far less exacting in their demands on the silhouette.

They represent the opposite extreme of fashion from the hour-glass styles of which I have just been speaking. Many of them have the deep pointed waists that emphasize the panniers and overskirts and draw a still sharper contrast between themselves and the sheath dresses. Most of them are made In heavy brocades and velvet-embossed satins draped with tulle and chiffon. One dress that I am particularly fond of. Is of silver brocade, figured with huge half-blown roses In their natural colors.

The panniers and the drapery of. the waist are of rose-pink chiffon, caught up with bunches of metallic flowers. Abdul Hamld's 2,000 waistcoats and the hundreds of boxes of shirts and waistcoats found in Yildlz Kiosk recall the posthumous sale of King George IV'B wardrobe, which realized $45,000. FOR Hi Anna CmpinQsy' Will Be Found in the Junior Eagle Story Is Completed. "Have you known very many?" he asked.

"Yes, and I could always get on well enough with them." "Well, I can't help It," she returned. "Neither do I fight with many people; but we appear to be perfectly capable of fighting with each other. Let's have a truce, Just for this one afternoon." They were on their way up tha cliff to the lighthouse. It was as Betty had said. In the hearing of them all, Mrs.

Van Hicks had ordered Percival to ask Mrs. Farrington to allow her daughter to walk to the lighthouse with him. During the three days since Perclval's arrival, the two young people had seen as little as possible of each other. When they did meet, Percival had been indifferent, Betty aggressive. However, three days of acute homesickness had brought the boy down from his high horse, and in his secret heart he was glad of the obtuse-ness which had led his aunt to send him out on this pilgrimage.

It was better to fight than to be bored. Moreover, he had been boiled on the beach, that morning. Just as Betty was swimming past the spot where he was trying to launch himself through the breakers; and, tha afternoon before, a treacherous sandy rut had landed himself and his bicycle directly in the path of her front wheel. Percival Ainslee had never been used to girls who rode and swam like boys, who went bareheaded In all weathers and who ignored his presence until their attention was specifically called to It. It ruffled his pride a little; but he was no milksop, and, on the whole, he rather liked the new type.

(To be continued to-morrow.) (Copyright, 1901, by Little, Brown Company, Alt rights reserved.) RECENT NEWS EVENTS. Things That Children Should Know About. The presence of live rats in the St. Paul Mine at Cherry, 111., strengthened the belief that some of the 189 missing men still live. A woman principal told the legislative charter committee that the New York schools were ruining the eyesight of the pupils.

The largest wooden vessel ever built In this country, and the largest sailing vessel of American registry will be launched from a local shipyard on December 14. This new leader of her clas3 the six-masted schooner Wyoming, and her official measurements give her a gross tonnage of 3,730, thus placing her ahead of the schooner William L. Douglas, the present title holder, with a gross tonnage of 3.708. The Wyoming is 350 feet long over all, 329.5 feet heel and 30.4 feet deep. FOR THE TABLE.

Drawn by Hedwig Groben. No Branch Stores. CITY PLAYGROUND LEAGUE TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING The first annual meeting of the City Playgrounds League will be held on Wednesday, December 1. at 8:15 P.M., at the Christadoia House, 14" Avenue Manhattan. Annual reports of the standing committees on drills and dances, games, songs and Btories, discipline and supervision, will be presented.

Short addresses will be made by representatives of the Playgrounds Association of America, Parks and Playgrounds As- soclatlnn. the Prohatinn Association, and other societies. Miss Marie Ruef Hofer of Teachers College will sing. All those in- terested In playgrounds will bo weiconied at this meeting. 4783 4783 Useful Blouse.

tlcularly easy to make for the reason that it is perfectly plain, depending for trimming upon the side front closing 47X3 The pattern for this blouse may be had In four slzs and will fit boyu from 4 to 10 years of are. To copy It for a boy 8 years of age, it requires 1 yards 3tt inches wide. MAIL ORDER ONLY BY CHILDREN. THANKSGIVING DAY FROM 1621 TO 1909. Dy DOROTHY BRIGHT.

Since the day the Pilgrims sent up their thanks to God nfter the harvest In 1C21, we have kept an annual Thanksgiving Day a day when all men leave their tasks In order that they may thank God for the numerous blessings He has bestowed upon them. This year. 1909. tho United States has much to be thankful for. The crops of the farmers have been blessed with rai and with sunshine.

Tho willing hands of the farmers energetic helpers have brought these crops to the doors of tho people. Peace and war have shaken hands. Happiness and good cheer have walked arm-in-arm throughout the country, scattering their blessings on either side. Theae are a few of God's heavenly gift) to our country. Should we not.

then, be glad of a day on which not a few, but all of the people, may open their hearts and with joyous voice sing that sweet and beautiful psalm, "Praise God from whom all blessings Let us, (hen, not this, when, on Thursday, November 25. the church bells summon the people to assemble and proclaim their thanks to the Heavenly Father. THANKSGIVING DAY. Great fun may be had On Thanksgiving Day. Tis the time of the year When the pumpkins are gay.

At morn you get up And don the old clothes: Don't forget the false faces With cheeks like a rose. Outside in the yard The turkeys strut One of them's missing. He's nowhere to be found. Look In the oven. You will find him there; He's ready for the table.

And looks good. I The dinner bell rings. There's a scurrying of feet: For it most surely moans That it's time to cat. But best of all these. That is at twilight.

When the family tells tales By the fireside bright. LILLIAN M. MINTON. MY THANKSGIVING. was a clear, bright morning when wo set off for the woods.

We had been told there were plenty of nuts there and we were going oil to get some. We had our poles under our aims to knock the nuts down, and our gunti in caso there should bu any bears to pother ua. It was only a short wu- to the woexj and we were there in a few minutes. There were piles of nuts nd we were after them as fast as we At last the snrks were full sn-J. we were just tying thrm, when sudlily we heard the growl nf a bear.

We fill began to quake with fer, but my bjthor relied on his gun. Then wo heard a rrarklr.g of twigs and ihcro was the tfar. We made a rush tor the trees and I nned up. all but my brother. Ho stood his ground and fired his gun, then marie a rush for his tree, but the bear caught him and began to hug him.

He whipped out his knife and slabbed the bear, reaching his heart. The bear fell ond we hung him over a pole and brought him home. The day was Thanksgiving, and besides the tu-key we had bear steak, which we thought was almost as nice. The bear's skin was dressed and made into a rug. II was placed in the library and Is there now.

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Have you tried it You know. Extract, Sachet, Face Powder. The province British Columbia is now receiving the attention of Invostors from Eastern Canada, the United Stale! and England, und with the further development of Its rlih resources of coal, and other minerals, timber, wealth laud population should steadily Increase. AUNT JEAN'S DAILY TALK The football tournament will close when tho championship game Is played In the S5-pound class. Thia game will be played this week.

Although the basketball entry coupon has been printed but twice, every mall brings a big list of entries. The boys who desire to enter this tour nnment should call the attention of tha' captain of their teams to this entry coupon and get him to sign it and send it to me, and In this way enroll the team. The coupon will appear daily on thla page, and on the sporting page on Sunday until December 30. Inquiries have been made regarding tha medals for football champions. Tha medals have been ordered and the captains will bo notified wheu they are Got in line for the basketball tournament.

Entries close Friday. December 3, and there will be four classes namely 85, 110, 125 and 140 pound. The first named two will play afternoons and the latter two In the evenings. The Thanksgiving stories by the children published on this page to-day will surely be enjoyed by thom and by parents and interested friends and relatlvea. The thought of this approaching holiday is the thought uppermost In the mind3 of all boys and giris.

and has furnished them with a splendid topic to write on. AUNT JEAN. THANKSGIVING DAY IN THE STATE OF MAINE It was a cold day In tho Maine woods, but the boys that were there did not mind it. Steadily they tramped on, their rifles under their arms, to a certain section of the woods, where the turkeys usually roosted. As the boys drew nearer they beiains more and more cautious.

Carefully they jreaked along until, roostins on a bough, his head snuggled 'in his breast and his feet in his feathers, was a monstrou.i turkey. Bang! bang! went the gun an I down he tumbled. The boys picked him up and turned their steps toward home. It was a loni; walk and their fingers and toes nearly froze, but visions of how that turkey would taste on the morrow sustained them. The next all the women folk were cooking and all the sisters and cousins, uncles and aunts, almost everybody in the whole wide world it seemed, wai there.

Then the tables were set aivt the god things were put on It. Pics, apples, cake, cider and lots of other things. Then when everybody had seated themselves, the turkey, enveloped in sleam. wns brought in and everybody fell to eating, and ate and ate and ate until he couldn't possibly eat any more. And alter that there were nuts to erak and stories 'to tell, while tho cheerful fir.

leaped and danced, and, oh! that Thanksgiving Day was good. WILLIAM ROANTRE' THANKSGIVING. The time has come at last when we Have loVj of fun together, And have a great big dinner, too. No matter what the weather. Kinsmen come from far and near, Sisters, cousins, brothers.

Great big papns and sweet mammal In time to greet the others. Vigorous boys and bashful girls In haMo to see the fun. i Near dinner time the cry bursts out, "Grandma 's the puddln' dun?" do what we will, we are pretty sure of tha. woman love that once has been ours. Be unhappy, and then see what it is to be loved by a good woman! Men serve women kneeling when they get on their feet, they go away.

"The Sense and Sentiment of Thackeray" (Harpers.) YOUNG THANKSGIVING. By HELEN JERVIS. First there's a mask, an' horn, an' mamma's skirt, A cast-off pair o'shoes an' dad's ole shirt, Some face paint an' a basket Jest to hold The pennies giv' to me, a beggar bold. While second, after I've bed all that fun. And am cleaned up, the dinner's Jest begun; Next that great turkey fat Is set 'fore dad- He says the grace, but looks a leetle mad When I remind him please to hurry up.

As I've drunk all the milk that's in my cup An' find It drefful hard to simply set An' gaze at goodies waltln' to be etl At last, however, there Is passed to me A great big, heaped up plate; an' you Jest see; Before an hour passes slowly by I lean back In my cheer an' heave a sigh; I must confess It makes me kind o' skeered To think of all them things what disappeared! But when my mother tucks mo up in bed, An' turns the gas down low, why, "Ma," I said, "You bet your blessed life you never seen A better day than this Thanksglvln's been!" THANKSGIVING DAY. Thanksgiving is a holiday When all children love to play. They like to romp, race and run Prom early morn till setting sun. Then at night their beds they seek And sleep as all the good and meek. MADELINE JACOBSON.

GRANDPA'S THANKSGIVING. By WALTER ROANTREE. I was sitting at my grandfather's knee on a cold evening, near Thanksgiving, and asked him to tell me a story. He tried to excuse himself, but I persisted, and so after a good many hems and haws he began: "When I was a boy I lived in a large farmhouse. The land was cleared land and was planted with potatoes, wheat, oats and barley.

Well, I lived In that house very happily, but after a time we fell into debt and our farm being heavily mortgaged, my parents could not afford a turkey this year. "Very discontented. 1 left the house and Joined the crowd of boys outside. For some reason or other it seemed that they all caught the epidemic and very little was said. At- last they broke up In disgust, all except two boys who, with me, went out Into the woods for nuts.

We were walking between the trees when suddenly out burst three turkeys, fighting like mad. Feathers flew thick and fast. We Btood stupefied for a moment, but arming ourselves with sticks quickly put an end to the fighting by killing them. We each took one and went on our ways rejoicing. "When I got home I was given a royal welcome.

Tno next day the turkey was cooked and when dinner arrived we were fairly ravenous. When nothing remained but the bones we shouted: 'Three cheers for the turkey." THEN AND NOW. When, in Plymouth, years ago. The Pilgrims to a feast did go, They took their arms, for fear, you know. Of Indians.

But now upon Thanksgiving day. We go, and do not fear our way, For who is there to cause delay Like Indians? HAROLD TALLMADGE. In the united States the percentage of railroads which are not engaged in car riage of the mails is very small. TUT A Synopsis of "Teddy Her Daughter" Every Sunday Until the CHAPTER V. BUT, you see, I don't Ilka to be laughed at." "Then you shouldn't make yourself ridiculous," Betty replied, coolly.

It was the first time In his life that any girl had hinted that Perclval Alnslee could be ridiculous. His back stiffened at the words. "I can't see how I made myself ridiculous, just by not knowing how the act here." Betty laughed again at the recollection. "I don't know as It was your fault," she said, with dangerous frankness. "You had had too many trumpets blown in your honor, and I expected something wonderful.

Your name alone was enough for that. I suppose you aren't to blame, if you can't live up to it. But really, after all that Mrs. Van Hicks had said about you, it was very ignominious of you to get ducked, the first time you appeared on the beach. And then you were so wrathful." "I was not wrathful.

You were, though." "Good reason why! You had no busi ness to speak to me as you did." "You had no business to laugh at me." "You were so funny." "You were horridly rude." For the moment, war clouds gathered around them. Then Betty laughed out blithely. "What Is the use of our fighting?" she exclaimed. "Your aunt has ordered you to ask my mother to let me walk to the lighthouse with you. We can't help ourselves, so we may aa well make the best of it.

If wa hurry, it needn't take so very long." Instead of hurrying, Percival sat himself down In a blueberry patch and turned to face her. "Oh, I say!" he protested. "You'd better get up. There are ticks there," Betty interposed hastily. "What's that?" 'Things that get under the skin and auck, and, when you pull them out, they break off," she explained lucidly.

"Let them. I want to talk," he returned, as he offered her a handful of berries. "Sit down, for I've a good deal to say, and we might as well fight It out." "What's the use?" Betty demanded. "It isn't my fault wo fight; it's my aunt's," Percival observed argumenta-tively, after a pause which he devoted to the berries. "She told me a lot about you.

what a sweet girl you were and all that, how you were looking forward to my coming, and "What? Me? Betty's tone was indignant. Hold on a minute! Don Bare up tin I finish. I don't like sweet girls, and I was afraid you were going to be one. When I found you watching me and laughing at me. I didn't like you." "Oh!" And Betty laughed once more, this time at his implied statement that she was not a sweet girl.

"Then you made fun of me again, that afternoon on the beach. No wonder I like you. My aunt made me think you were a dressed-up Miss Manners." Betty looked at him during a moment of thoughtful silence. "Ditto," she said gravely. "But I never fought with any other girl." he argued.

Without turning her head, Betty raised bar browns inquiringly, ia AND POEMS THANKSGIVING SEASON. By STELLA KENTLER. Ethel and May were sisters, and they always did their home work together. "Oh, dear!" said Ethel, as she sat down to her desk. have so much home work to do to-night." "What have you got to do?" asked May, who was a class higher.

"Oh, everything," was tho reply, "and I have to write a composition on 'Tha First Oh, dear! Why did those Pilgrims make themselves famous. I wlBh It were a year from Thanksgiving. I simply cannot settle dawn to such a proposition." "Never mind," said May. "I will try to help you, but 1 have a geography test, and I bavo to study very hard." All was silent for a while, when' suddenly May kept saying aloud: "Plymoulh is in the southeastern part of Connecticut, on Cape Cod Bay." "Say, Ethel, did you see the ring Josephine got from her father? It is a beauty." "No. What? Who? Oh, do tell me more about it." After all particulars were given.

May commenced: "Plymouth is in tho southeastern part of Ohio, on Cape Cod Bay. That doesn't sound familiar. No. That Isn't correct. It Is In Connecticut, not Ohio.

Oh, dear! I never will know that. What good is that to me? Never even heard of It before." "Oh! I know," cried Ethel. "That Is where the Pilgrims landed. Didn't you know that? Dear me. I don't know much about it, but I do know whero they landed." Having finished her geography.

May started some history. "Let me see," said May, looking over her note3. "The Mayflower landed at Plymouth In lt2fl. Oh. dear, I have forgotten the location Plymouth.

I never shall know anything. I shall have to study that geography again, and what time shall I get to bed?" "There's the bell. Guess It's Lucy Gray. She said she would come over and help me with this terrible composition." Lucy entered the room and told Ethel she would not be able to help her, as her mother had two tickets for the theater, and she had to go. Ethel was disappointed and said: "Now, there It is.

The girls who go out and have a good time get the highest marks. If mother had a dozen extra tickets for a show, she would sooner give them away than take us at night." "Well, to come back to work again" (a long sigh). "Let me see. Plymouth Is in the southeastern part of Connecticut, on Cape Cod Bay. Tha Mayflower arrived there In 1520.

Oh, that is not right. It was In 1620. What difference does It make whether it was 1520 or 1620? "How shall I start this comnosltion?" "Begin like this: 'The first will always be remembered "That will never do," cried Ethel in despair. "I would be laughed at if 1 handed that In." An argumept ensued. "Children, go to bed now." called their mother.

"Oh, mother, dear! I haven't hardly started yet," said May. "Oo to bed," was the command. The children went to bed with heavy hearts. As May lay on her bed she said: "Plymoulh Is In the southeastern part of i New York, on Cape Cod Bay, end the Pilgrims landed there in 3520. Well, I know that much', anyway." Little did she know It wns entirely wrong.

The next morning Ethel ewoke earlier than usual and prepared her composition. May failed in history, and had to write the answer correctly twemy-flvj times. "Oh, I wish Thanksgiving would n-ver come." said May when she returned school. When Thanksgiving Pay did arriiv an! the children were having Jolly times at grandfather's farm, and had delightful dinner, they both said: i wish would come t.ian ono a )tar." LITTLE SAINT OF THANKSGIVING DAY. BY ADELH.

She was not like other girls she had heard that many times indeed, everybody said It, and she bad often wondered what they meant. Now she knew. They meant that other girls had not been born or All Saints Day. But what did tbey mean when they said she was queer. It must be they meant it was queer that tha saints should favor one girl so much as to give her their day for her birthday.

Elizabeth Little Saint Beth, her father called her smiled to herself. She bad pondered over this problem many times and had always arrived at this conclusion. Very much like a saint she looked as, clothed all In black, she passed down the street with a basket on her arm. It was Thanksgiving Day and nearly all the children were dressed the way city children generally dresa on Thanksgiving Day. All knew Elizabeth and smiled at her with respectful awe, for even they felt the great difference between them.

Ona girl she 'was one of those who was not dressed In Thanksgiving costume joined the little saint as she passed on to perform her charitable mission. "May I walk a way with you, Elizabeth, or would you rather be alone?" Dorothy asked, softly. "Come all the way with me, dear, if you wish," Elizabeth answered, with her gentle smile, for she noticed that the expression on Dorothy's face was not a happy one. "What is It, Dorothy?" she asked, softly. The bitter, discontented look returned to Dorothy's face.

"Nothing new Beth," she answered, "but all the girls were naming the things they were thankful for, and I have so little, It Is not fair. No it is not fair. I know you must think I am dreadful, Elizabeth, but I can't help It. How would any one like It, I wonder, If. Instead of turkey, they had stuffed flank steak, and apple pie, instead of pumpkin and mince, besides having no nuts?" Dorothy's tone was defiant.

"I wonder, Dorothy," the little saint asked, "whether you know why some people call me Saint Beth. I was not born with that name?" "I wish you would tell me. Beth," Dorothy answered, every trace of the defiant tone gone from her voice. "When I was 9 years old," began Beth, "we sailed for Europe. My mother was very delicate and the doctor said a sea voyage might make her strong.

I was not called a saint then; indeed, every one called me Miss Mischief, so full of fun was I. We had had pleasant weather and mother seemed much stronger, when suddenly a storm arose, and I remember it was Thanksgiving Day when the Btorm was at its worst, and for us there seemed no thanksgiving, for the pitching of the ship had made my little brother sick he was only 3 and and some wrong medicine being given him he died. The shock killed my mother. For awhile I gave myself up to my sorrow, entirely forgetting my poor father, when I met the most saintly man I have ever seen. He was a minister, and, after he had spoken to me.

Bomehow I saw everything In a new light. Ho taught me to be thankful that the loved ones were with the paints, and since then I have been happy. The things In this bssket are for the Thanksgiving dinner of the poor." The simple words and pathetic ftory had roused the better nature of Dorothy. "May I help you In your good work. Saint Beth?" she whispered, softly.

"I have so much to be thankful for. I would like to share my blessings with others." THANKSGIVING. The vain Mister Turkey not strut In this prnu-" If he knew what U.i.ipen on Thanks giving Day. The butcher is ready with his sharp knife To end Mister Turkey's haughty life. CATHERINE ANDRE3EN.

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