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fage of Amusement and Interest For Little Folks IIIHII1MIIIIIIII I HH-H-HI IIIHHIIIHIIIXIIIHI The Gumdrop Children's Party T Copyright. 1901, by Carolina Wetherell IHUIIIII H 1 HI I I I I II I 111 I I1 1 I I ) I I I 1- l-H 1 IMIll J II II . ! 1 Tha Gumdrop ehildran'a party wti a function vary fina. It opened in tha morning at a quaitar aftar nina. Tha Sorghiaa thraa were praaant, lor they conaina ehanoad to be, Cl of eouria they were invitad, an i thay atayad till aftar tea. Tha Candy Biir and Tommy Binki at guaita of honor want. Tha Gumdrop ehildran asked them ai a pleaaant compliment To their cousins, Sue and 8ammia and 8ollia 8orghie, who Had happened to ba paeiing tha C umdrop village through. It waa a lovaly party, with Jolly th nga to act, All made of powdered eugar their namea I can't repeat. Tha ehildran played at tannic and tag and blind man's buff. Than triad game of forfeit! when of romps they'd had enough, And Tern, tha firat in guessing, was taken unaware. Much mortified at failure, he backed up to a chair. Ha failed at all to notioa that it held" youngster mild. ' Whom tha mishap left a flattened but a smiling Gumdrop child. For the Gumdrop tote are models, as all children ought to be. And try to keep their honored guests from all a.nnoyance free. They said that "flats" were charming, and his victim they admired, Although no other Gumdrop child to flattening esotred. J He ItrroarnUrd It. 1"0W, children," eald the school eacher, "I should like to see how inch yon remember about tho animal lngdoin and th? iltmiostlc anlmala Vhlch belong to It. Now, what are I There, were Tarloua replies, specify ig tha cat, tho dag. the cow and oth ra, hut nobody seemed to think of jo pig. Then cntue Touimy Trad las' turn, and the good luitured teach ? determined to give him a hint na to 3o reply be required. i"W'TO bad them nearly nil except itt, Tommy." die prompted. "Oau't "U tell nie what that one la? It haa -istJy hair, la fond of dirt and loves ) get In mud. Now. Just think. Can't toll me what It la?" iTee, teach." eald Tommy hesitat gly. "It's me' , : W fsl.es. i They ant around the biasing lire, Ted and Ned and Lou, And popped their corn and cracked ' their nuts And wondered what they'd do i If but one wish were aranted each. 3 With promise to coma true. ' ' Ted said ha had ambitions; -, lie would go abroad , And e the workl and marry well: 4 Perhapo he'd ba a lord. ; And with the kino- and queen he'd alt 4 night r.erry at the board. . Ned would like to be a alner, With a won J roue voice; To alnir upon the eta-ei i; Would be hia final choice, 'And ba would charm tha whole wide world - And make each heart rejoice. S HI until the last one Thoughtfully aat Loo. Che pulled curl and frowned a bit. Uncertain what to do. -I think." aba aaid, "If Td one wish I d wish to asako It two. A lMlr of Liquids. An lntorosrtiiin experiment consists In placing live fluid or as tunny of these as you can conveniently get at homa ou top of one another In the order of their density. It can be inude as fol lows: rirst.-Take a goblet and in tlje bot tom pour some cold aweet colToo. Second. Mil ke n cone of paper whose point U turned at it rijiUt ancle aud flit off I he extremity so a to leave nu aperture no larger thnu :t tlilek pin. Tour in gently ii little foil water through the cone or funnel, impinging It on the aide of the yla.is. and It will take it plnee on the surface of the cof fee. Stop puuriiiK when the height of the rolumn of wuteY equals that of the Coffee, i mm. i urougn a seeona eoue pour a layer or strougly colored wine port for instance. l-uurtli. Through a third, a layer of naiad oil. Fiftli. Through a fourth, a little spirits of wine. Carefully poured in, each of these fluids will float ou the one below it and will allow hrown, white, red. yellow and white respec tively., llllud. Hobby waa sent by his father on an errand to au elderly relative who placed great aires upon manners. Upon his return his father questioned him as to hia reception. "'Taiu't no use to write any mora httero to hiat. pa. He eua't see to reaJ them. He ts Mind." "Blind!" "Tea. He asked me twice where my hat waa, and I had it oo my bead all Hit, tipier-JTouth. xyi SO JVC I WITHOVT I WOKVS "Fathr," aald Brlly. "pleaae dost hurry home. It la not a bit la 'a ytt nor dark, and I waul to net flossy and Clover coming up from the uiw:dow. Thla I mrli a comfortable stile. Do lean on it." I'.etty'a father looked nut nciuea th Uie.'idn'.r and the bro:ik Into the ahluiriii ilrer rky mid then down at hia little "11 i a delightful slilr. Kelly, and very t.inpiing. but wuiiehow I hart nevtr llkid looking over t tho lied House alucc the widow ranic there." 'I'ntlirr, I thoiiKht the fled lionet was ntnpty V "Ild you. dvnri No. The widow llris there nlime now. At least hhe har her rhlhlrrii to comfort her. hut they ure verv voting, and she Is anil. Helly." "Il lim'iy fliililren has she, fa ther''" "Klve, I think. I have an Men that one met with a violent rival h Just after 1 1 is j.or rut her. but 1 have not asked her. I (lid not like to speak to he! nbout !t, r.l:houi,'h sometimes I hare had the audacity to peep between the ( hlnks of 1 1 -1- fiirtnlu uliri see the little lieuda clnMi liiiK round her." lietty v. a inokiiiK a slow fjileuiiillon in her own uiltiil. "Five: That's like vs. father. May we iff! i i I. u'.'.. the children? Even If they ore vct-v. very sail about their fa ther, they mljfhl like to have us to tea." "Yea. dear, but It must ha tha other way round. They must have tea with you. fi.r lh".v ure very poor, and I don't think iny lui y dautfhtera would ap preeiute thel;- mis. Their father workel hiird and was very provident, ttnd of ten and often 1 have watehod him go lug home after nightfall laden with food for hia wift and little oiiea. Bat now It Is so different! The little widow" works night nnd dny and denies her self evea the necessaries of life, hut It la a hard thing for her. Hetty, to satis fy nnd tend and nurse tier growing fun:ily." Betty's blue eyes wero soft and misty with tenrs. "Oh, father, how terrible It aoundal Mo let us h'-lp them, the poor widow and her Utile children. 1 will give thoiu some of my breakfast every day und my tra. I'onv poor widow!" "Ynu must not Imagine she la discon tented beeause she Is and. Betty. She is a brave little soul, aud I have heard her singing to her little onea when 1 am sure her heart was very heavy. I waa glnd to hear her. because it made me think that she was getting over her, loss." "How did her husband die., fataer??. , "He died a Tlolent death." Betty looki'd round fearfully and then grasped her father's hand. 'MunVrpd! Oh. father, how horri ble! Surely It can't be true! Nurse would have told ua. She always tails us horrors when she in doing our hair." "All the same, it la true, Hetty, al though nurse may not hare heard It. He was shot down on his way home as ho waa traveling slowly in the cool of the evening.! The poor little wife was looking out for him, and she saw it nil. The cruel gun, the ambushed enemy, the bnne efi'urt ho made to gel home, tho struggle. I lie fall and then the eniTlejxy. I Mlinll never forget the pit if uluess ofHU--the tI.-h of the deso late wife, the ehpnor of the children. I v.-uh over Hifatllc this stile lu a moment, and I carried him home and l.ild him out stilHy ou tho wnt under the yew tree. I meant to bury him in tho early morning, but when I came nsalu be was gone." 'Uather:-' Interrupted Hetty. "You aro making It up. I know you wouldn't talk to me like that, about any real murder. Oh. father, Is It reall? and trulv true':" "Y'ns; It Is iuite true." ! "Oh. I kliow what you menu." mi. ' Hetty, with Hu.'hed cheeks. "It is true In a way. but not ns I mean. It In not a man al nil: just nn animal or a bird, : 01). I uiii ss iill the stuff now. It is that I little brown wr"ii tli.it Cyril shot tli" tltVi day of tle holidajs." "Weil. ISctty':" j "I knew you ve:e sorry, father, al J though you did no! ;;y anything." "And what wes the good of saying I aii tiling. I should like to know, when Cyril was back in his ow n rojiii. prac ticing wllli ii nil- gtiti lo see how many iuoi-i murders he could commit with iiiipunit) V" "lie didn't n:eim It to bp a lu'.lider. father Till me more nbout her." "Abo it ilie litilo bron ii wrenV" "!'.'.'! i iH her s In- widow, lather. It sounds s luiieli mi oii,hI " "We'll. Ill- widow l:i jUS !.!! i , t' ol yiti. lv-:iv. jftta iiatleut and ' brave-. i nd i.-udiv h-Miirtsani if yon i cue to el.-iui!i--r over the stde iiiiHellmi to the bi-.nii-h ef tin- ;o!i t n can pecit li -ween the riooks cr.it.-iiii and wau-h Jjer cudlin l;'b!es and sti:i;i- Ii.-.- son; Words." ' ynl never ih-.fght ..f !-. fliai. fatie-:-." alil Hetty -lie J ist litres n tarsr-M to s'oo.t ,-t. If I tell him the st,v ry of the wren, father and e.i!l h -r t'. ' widow, as y..u do. I i! m't liellive !i will ever -'. -ot at :); birds sain Cyril has a very kl-id le.tit. reallv." "Well, vou i-iin n-j, Hetty." said b't father. "N"l i't a: the -ens, HotiyV sai,' Cyril when she him. "Oh. o: vus. n.,t ,r failier would rsibrr I iiiilnT. ir ds s.H'Ui rather 1-e.isily It you look at it tr en the wivn' jmiuc ,;; view. And tliey do make a h irr.c noisf. Hut 1 lanst lisvc a tara.-t of souie kind. o you iiiiyht f, a Is.ttle over the i;.ite. I !!suiv .voa I would much rather hav a iKittle.' C 11. tJlasgviw. HIS FEAT AND THE RESULT. ajjasnr- i 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 m i h n 1 1 n I 11 1 mi 1 11 m n I'liHTiVi nv4 i 'nu Misaiii sihp mm iia';,!1! p swups-r ,iiii.y sian I. The Pen and the Inkstand ' yi Fairy Vote -By HAftS CH'XISTIA.f A.JiVZ7tSZt r Mill IIUIIIIII III IIIIIIIIIMIIIIIHIIMIIMy times sounded llko tlnkJlcg wsfor dropt or rolling pearls, sometimes jt the birds twittering In . chorns. snO then rising and swelling In sonnd hko tbt wind through tbo fir treec fh pott fait as If hia own heart war weeping, hut In tones of melody t)kt the sound of a woman's voice. II seem ed not only tho strings, bnt every part of tho Instrument, from which tbtoo sounds were produced. It was a won derful performance and a tUfflmlt piece, and yet tbo bow seemed lo glide across (be strings so easily that It was as if any one could do it who trie. Even the violin and tbo bow appear to perform Independently of their mas ter who guided them. It waa as If soul and spirit bad been breathed Into tne instrument, so the audience for got the performer In the beautiful sounds be produced. Not so the pact Ho remembered bim and named hlai and wrote down hia thoughts on tha subject. "How foolish It Would bo for the Tlolin and the bow to boast of their performance, and ytt w men often commit that folly. Tbo poet, tba artist, the man of science In Ms labors, tory, the general we all do It and yet we are only the instruments whlun tho Almighty uses. To him alone the hoi or la due. We hare nothing of our selves of which we should ba proud." 5N a poet's room, where bio Ink stand stood on the table, tbo re mark was one made: "It la won derful what can bo brought out of an Inkstand. What will come next? It la Indeed wonderful." "Tea, certaluly." aald the inkataud to tbo pen and to the other articles that stood on tho table; "that's what I al ways say. It la wonderful and extraor dinary what a number of things come out of mc. It's quite Incredible, and I renlly don't know what la coming next when that man dips his pen into inc. One drop out of me la enough for half a page of paper. And what caunot half a page contain? From mc all the work of the poet are produced ill those imaginary diameters whom peo ple faucy they have known or met. all the deep feeling, the humor and the flvld pictures of nature. I myself don't understand how it is. for I am uot acquainted with nature, hut It Is certainly in me. From mc have gone forth to the world those wonderful de scriptions of troops of charming maid ens nnd of brave kuighta on prancing steeds, of the halt and the blind, nnd I know not what more, for I assure you I never think of these things." "There you are right," said the pon, "for you don't think at all. If you did you would see tint you can only pro- vss-s. woy v 1 . 1 rrrr- - "u I i II I. . " axes. . i 'INKPOT!" EXCLAIMED THE PEN CONTEMPTUOUSLY. HER KINDLY ASSURANCE. ' ' ! j ride the means. Too giro the fluid that I may place upon the paper what dwells In me and what I wish to bring to light It Is the pea that writes. No man doubts that, and Indeed most peo ple understand as much about poetry as an old Inkstand." "Yon haTe had very Utile experi ence," replied the Inkstand. "You hare hardly been in service a week and are siren fly half worn out. Do you lmag ino you are a poet? You are only a servant, and before you came I bad mauy like you, some of tho goose fam ily and others of Mnglish manufacture. I know a quill pen as well aa I know a steel ono. I have had both sorts in my service, and I shall hare many more when he conies, the man who performs tho mechanical part and writes dowu what ho obtains from mo. I should llko to kuow wltat will be the ucrt thing he gets out of me." ; "Inkpot!" exclaimed the pen con- : temptuously. Late in the evening the poet came home. He had been to a concert nnd had been quite enchanted with the ad mirable performance of a fatuous violin player whom be. had heard there. The performer had produced from his in atrrtmeut a richness of tune that jmnu Tea, this fs what the poet wrote dor. He wrote it In tbe form of a parable and called it ' The Master and tba la strnments." "That la what you hare got.aiadaq," said the pen to tbe Inkstand when pie two were alone again. "Did yon heart him read aloud what I bad writtetlrT ( "Tea, what I gave you to write," raw tortcd the inkstand. "That waa a eat at you because of your conceit, fei think that you could not understand that you were being quizzed! I gate you a cut from within me. Surely I must know my own satire!" : "Ink pitcher!" cried tbo pen. , 1 "Writing stick!" retorted the Ink stand. And each of them felt s4tl lied that he had giren u good answer. It is pleasing to be convinced that fit have settled a matter by your reply. It is something to make you sleep well, and they both slept well upon It. Bat the poet did not sleep. Thoughts rose up withiu him like the tones of the violin, falling like pearls or rashlnx like the stroug wind through th for est. He understood his own heart l these thoughts. They were aa a y from the mind of the Great Master ef all minds. . - liiin be all tuo-honor." . Hobby's Sfn Shoe. Master Bobby, .vhosc shoes were get ting shabby, was taken by his mam ma to a shoe store to get a new pair. The clerk who waited upon them re moved the old shoe from Hobby's right foot and proceeded to try on shoes until finally he found one that suited. Bobby's left foot was entirely neglected by the shoe clerk. Aa they were leaving the store Bob by suddenly burst out crying. "Why. Bobby, what is the matter with you?" asked hia mother in naton isliment. "! want two new shoes!" sobbid Bobby. It was only by opening the liux that he was convinced that two new shoes, one for each foot, had been purchased, , Ha: "I don"t take any Interest In these Investigations as whether monaeys talk." She: l don't see why you should. I dont believe a monkey would bo able to tell you anything that yen eouldnt have thought ef fee yourself." Babrlnnd. "Hew many miles te BaoVlandr" "Any one can ted; t' cne flight, To ihc risht : Please to rins ihe hcil." "tVhut can you e in Babylani"" "Little folks in white Downy hMilj, Craiile bci. Faces pure anil bright." "Whet do they do in Eabylanrt?" "Dream and waiie and play. Inah and en.w, Shc-it and arow; Jolly times have they!" "What da they say In Babvland?" "Why. th oddrst things: Vlgbt aa well Try to tpll Vhat a birdie sines." "Who ia the queen of Babvland?" "Mother, kind and aweet. And her love. Corn above. Guide the little feet" Washington Star. A Joke on Ethel Rooserelt. " Little Miss Ethel Booaerelt altnoet lost her new tnrquoise ring and nearly got a fat guinea pig in exchange for It when she attended a matinee perform ance in Washington recently of Seller, the magician, with the president Mr, noosevelt. Archie. Kernilt and Quenttn. . When Kellnr asked for half a float rings from the audience. Stlae Ethel handed up one of hers. The magician stuffed alt into the barrel of a pistol but Ethefg, which he smashed with a ham mer. : , The bits were then rammed Into the muzzle of the pistol, which waa point ed at a big box and fired. When the box was opened, a half dozen rosebuds were fonnd. to which half a doaen ring were tied with ribbons. Kellar then went among the audience distributing the rings-all but Miss Eth el's. He saw Misa Ethel looking at him in an Injured way. "I've lost tbe ring." he told ber. "But Just for fun I'll look In this bottle." He cracked tbe bottle, aud out Jump ed a white guinea pig with Ethel's ring tied to a blue ribbon around Its neck. "Want to keep it for a petr asked the magician. "I'll wrap it up." He wrapped the little pig ia paper and then handed it to Ethel Instead of finding tbe gninea pig Eth el found a bouanet of nint rrwes. with xne ring in one of them. tlraa.il "Mamma told papa he looked WnJ tms morning." said small Freddie toj ma imie playfellow Harry. "Waanr that-funny ? "Hub," was tbe reply, "that Isn't anything. Mamma said our new girt waa awful green." Little Chronicle.
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