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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
with hoops of pure gold, golden canopies
hang above their , quarters in the stable
palace, while costly ornaments decorate
the walls and rooms as if the king him
self lived there. In one stable a white
monkey of almost equal importance
with the elephantis kept. This monkey
is supposed to keep away the evil spirits
which might otherwise molest his high
ness, the elephant.
When the white elephant is captured
there is great rejoicing. The king and
court go out to meet him as he is brought
to the capital. A great procession fol
lows with banners and music. The house
is prepared to receive him and members
from the noblest families in Si am ap
pointed to wait upon him. When he goes
to the river to bathe he is escorted by
other elephants who are supposed to be
highly honored by this distinction.
When a white elephant dies the nation
mourns. Funeral services of the most
elaborate character are held and the loss
of the king himself is as nothing in com
parison. uWe can easily get another king," the
Siamese say, "but where can we get an
other white elephant !"
Fortunately, these highly honored
beasts are of long life, so the Siamese are
saved much unnecessary mourning.
The Painted Villa?.
In Switzerland, near the border of Lake
(ieneva,is a village which would surprise
some of the girls and boys in America, if
they should happen to walk into it.
Nearly all of the white stucco houses are
decorated on the outside with drawings
pictures of milkmaids, cows, battles, sol
diers, people running for a train and any
thing else that occurred to the young
artist, lie was a boy of the place, but
subsequently went to Paris and studied
art. The name of the village is St.Leger,
but it is sometimes called the Painted
Village.
These little places on the mountain side
are very pretty, with their pink and blue
houses hung with strings of beans and
yellow corn, and their large fountains,
where all the washing is done. Sometimes
imitation windows are painted on the out
side of the houses, usually representing
closed green shutters, but sometimes
displaying curtains or drapery.
The children clatter up and down the
steep cobblestone Nroads, sometimes with
long baskets strapped on their backs, for
if things are to be carried up hill it is
much easier to have the arms free. If
you look into the baskets you will often
find them filled with bread, for there are
no ovens in the villages, and the people
have to get a week's supply of bread from
the towns below them. Hut one modern
luxury shines through all this quaintness.
The villages are lighted with electric
lights, just like any large city. You sec
there are many lively streams pouring
swiftly down the mountains and their
force is turned into electric power, so
that electricity is easy to get and very
cheap.
Conundrum.
the tallest poet ? Longf el-
Who was
low.
Why is a beggar's purse like electric
ity? Both are light.
When is a chair not a chair? When
it is a rocker.
WThen is a towel like a mailed letter?
When stamped.
Why does a shrewish woman scold
from morning till night? Because she
sleeps from night till morning.
Why is a man walking against the wind
like a dressmaker finishing a skirt?
Both are "facing it.M
When is a lady's jacket like a China
man's cue ?
When braided.
When is a door like little girls' hair?
When banged.
When is a dollar like the holy days?
When lent.
When are navy beans like drunkards?
When soaked.
Kiddle.
Marble halls as white as milk lined
with' cotton as soft as silk, within a
fountain crystal clear a golden apple
doth appear. No doors are here in tills
strange thing but thieves break in and
steal the gold An egg.
What is the last thing you do before
you go to bed? Take your feet up oil' of
the floor.
What would you do if you got hungry
in bed? Take two rolls and a turn over
and go down to the spring for a drink.
WThat time is it when the clock strikes
13? Time for the clock to be fixed.
The Pirate' Care.
Under the table, when dinner's through,
There is my fav'rite cave.
My sister she Is a pirate crew
And I am a captain brave.
With treasure out of the cookie-jar,
And plunder from other lands,
To the pirate lair that's hidden there
We creep on our knees and hands.
Before the people get up to go,
Then is the time to hide;
I whisper, "Ho, my lads! lie low;
There are foes on every side!"
And then I thump on the table top,
And Papa Fays: "Hey! What's that?"
And another thump makes Mother jump
And guess that it's just the cat.
But Papa says, when I thump again,
P'r'nps its a pirate bold !"
And his legs anr feet come huntin' then,
A-tryin' to catch ahold.
He keeps me hurryin' back an' forth
Till his hands come huntin' too,
Then I sink the ship when 1 feel his grip,
And Mother she ge's the crew!
liurges Johnson, in Harper's Bazar.
REJOICE 'TIS SPRING!
The birds are twittering everywhere,
And there is fragrance in the air.
All nature smiles, so let us eing
"Rejoice ye now the time is Spring"
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