OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1904, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

THE WINGLESS CUPID.

He geeks F«f WlniT% raA'the Mother Bird Teao%>r* Hina the iife.'cEs* Secret. Among t4ja Cnplds one tow ’Very sad, for his wings hail never grpV/n, and the Bthor Cupids laughed and jested. Then one Any htt stated off determined to try whether ho could nob find somewhere In tho World a friend who would tAI Mm how to make hia wings grow.

First he asked the butterflies, but they were so careless and taken up with their dance they would not stop to listen. Tho Ash Insisted that ho was a frog and would have nothing to do with him. The frogs themselves said any one who oould hop ought to bo satisfied, and they supposed ho could do that. The earth children begged him to stay . , ' them and offered him all their best Jots btu' coula no 6 hel P hlm about th# tlo Thesqulrrel was not interest^TSjJ He thought a bushy tail Dette * worth having. „

But the mother bird understood, andehe taught him tho birds’ secret, so that when he went home again his wings WOW ths navy of all tho other Cupids. Dandelions. Gay little Dandelion Lights up tho meads. Swings on her slender foot, Telleth her beads, Lists to the robin’s note. Poured from above. Wise little Dandelion Asks not for love. Cold lie the daisy banka. Glad but in green. Where, In the days a-gon^ Bright hues were seen. Wild pinks are slumbering) Violets decay. True little Dandelion Oreoteth the May, Brave little Dandellonl Fast falls the snow. Bending the daffodil’s. Haughty head low. Under that fleecy tentr Careless of oold. Blithe little Dandelion Countetb her gold. Meek little Dandelion Groweth more fair, Till dries the dew Out of her hair, High rides the thirsty au% Fiercely and high. Faint little Dandelion Closeth her eye. Pale little Dandelion. In her white shroud, Hoareth the angel breeze Call from the cloud. Tiny plumes fluttering Make no delay. Little winged Dandelion Soarethawayl _ , —Exchange. The Game of Courtenylng. This Is a merry game that The Housewife tajla about. All join bands in a circle. One of the party starts running round them on tho outside of the circle. When passing, be touches some one lightly on tho shoulder. This one immediately leaves the circle and also runs round, not, however, after the person who touched hlip, hut in the opposite direction. When they meet, they must courtesy three distinct times to each other and then run on quickly to see who will reach the gap in the circle first. The winner takes the vacant place, while bis adversary repeats the running, touching and courtesy ing to some one else, and so the game goes on until each player has bad a turn or the children want a change. Advice to Young Stamp Collector*. If you want something quite novel for your collection, you must endeavor to obtain some of the new issue of Portuguese stamps. A series has Just been brought out like our Columbian issue to commemorate an important event in Portuguese history, and Indeed the history of the world in general. This event la the five hundredth anniversary of Prince Henry of Portugal, who was a great navigator and explorer and Is called the father of modern discovery and geography. The stamps are long In shape, like our Columbian stomps. My Troublesome Children,

You thl«k my children good m geld! WuU, that’* a great mistake, rii'am. Feb tbftjfre so nadghty now and then TbMMaite deserve a shake, ma'am. You never would believe It tnio The way they sometimes act, ma’am. 1 have to whip them, every one— A melancholy fact, ma'am. And yet, in spite of all their tricks, I dearly love my children six. Giving Him Boom. An Irishman was riding a mulq. 9tf tome means the animal got a hoof fast in the stirrup, observing which the Irishman remarked, “Faith, aud if yez are going to get intil the saddle, I’ll climb down.”—Ex-