Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Manawatu Herald, 23 July 1898, Page 4

: THE VyiNGLGSS CUPID. He Seeks For Wings, nnd tho Mother Bird Teachca Him the Birds' Secret. j I Among the Cupids one was very sad, I for hi,« v.'injjs hail, never {jrown, and th« [L «thcr CnpicLs laughed and jeered. I Then ono day lio started off dotermined I to try whether ho could not; find some- ; whoro in i! 10 world a friend who would I tell him how to mako his wings grow. First he asked tho butterflies, but they were bo careless and taken up with their dance they would not 6top to listen. The fish insisted that ho wa.9 n frog and •woiild have nothing to do with him. Tho frogs theiuselvc3 said any ono who could hop on slit to bo Batisilecl, and tlioy mipposed he could do that. The eai'th children hegged him to stay with them and offered him cil their boot toys, but could not help him about; the wings. Tho bees were very angry at their woxli being interrupted with "frivolous questions." • The squirrel was not interested in wings. He thought a bushy tail much better worth having. But the mother bird understood, and she taught him tho birds' secret, bo that when he went home again his wings wore the •nvy of all the other Cupids. Dandelions. Gay little Dandelion I Lights up the meads, Swings on her slender foot» Telleih her beads, lists to the robin's note. Poured from above. Wise little Dandelion Asks not for love. Cold lie tho daisy banks. Clad but in green, Where, in the days a-gonft. Bright hues were seen. Wild pinks are slumbering. Violsta decay. True little Dandelloa Oreeteth the May. Brave littlo Dandelioni / Fast falls tho snow. Bending the daffodil's Haughty head low. , Und er that fleecy tent. Careless of culd, * Blithe little Dandelion Counteth her gold. Meek little Dandelion. Groweth more fair. Till dries the am' _ir dew Outof her hair. High rides the thirsty BtiJfc* Fiercely and high. Faint little Dandelion Closeth her eye. Pale little Dandelion In her white shroud, Heareth the angel breez* Call from tho cloud. Tiny plumes fluttering Make no delay. , . Littlo winged Dandelion 1 Soareth away! —Exchange, The Gamo of Courtesying. This is a merry gamo tha.c The Housewife tells about. All join hands in a circlo Ono of tho painty starts running round them on the outside of tho circle. When passing, be touches somo ono lightly on tho shoulder. This one immediately leaves tiie circlo and also runs round, not, however, after the person who touched him, but in tho opposite direction. When they meet, they must courtesy three distinct times to each other and then run on quickly to see who will reach tho gap in the circlo first. The winner takes the vacant place, whilo his adversary repeats the running, touching and courtesying to some one else, and so the game goes on until each player has had a torn or the children want a change. Advice to Young Stamp Collectors. If you want something quite novel for -your collection, you must endeavor to obtain some of the new issue of Portuguese ■tamps. A series has just been brought out like our Columbian issue to commemorate an important event in Portuguese history, and indeed the history of tho world In general. This event is tho flvo hundredth anniversary of Prince Henry of Portugal, who was a great navigator and explorer and is called tho father of modern discovery and geography. The stamps aro long in shape, like our Columbian stamps. My Troublesome Children. You think my children good as gold? Well, that's a great mistake, ma'am. For they're so naughty now and then They quite deserve a shake, ma'am. Yon never would believe it true Tho way they sometimes act, ma'am. I have to whip them, every oue— A melancholy fact, ma'am. And yet, in spite of all their tricks, I dearly Love my children six. Giving Him Room. An Irishman was riding a mule. By tome means the animal got a hoof fast in the stirrup, observing which tlie Irishman remarked, "Faith, and if yez are going to get intil the saddle, I'll climb down."— ExStiAnff*