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August <, igcg.
THE TARD
Little Bessie Berry was
school. She was almost a
It wasn't because she hadbaby,
but because she was
44Pretty-soon" and an "Aft
liked to dilly-dally better
world.
There were some other
who were often tardy, too
wonder what she could do.
something. She went to 1
some seeds. They were as1
"Listen, - children!" said
of you ever had a flower ga
Then the teacher said a
are for you?one little pa<
room."
Here Bessie raised her h
'em ?"
But the teacher shook het
in thf? room " shp iwnt on
time this month."
That wasn't all. They \
after while have flowers,
would give a prize to the b<
finest flowers. It was reall
So the children looked a
promised that they wouldn'
And some weren't. But B<
The next month was Apr
again. Bessie was tardy t
once more in May.
"Try, try, again," said B<
again. And mamma helpec
ternoon she said "Seeds!"
girl good-bye. Bessie said
the way to school, and didi
And on the last day of ]
seeds home. Bessie and 1
right off. They didn't dilly
sie hoped she might win the
But it was late and dry,
up very quickly. Only o
called it a dilly-dally Howe
up with Clara Bell's across
had won her seeds in Mat
When the day for the flov
some of Bessie's friends had
in their gardens, and Bessi<
with hard green knobs at tli
Every morning she count
until at last a bit of white si
But then there was only 01
So everybody, even Bessi<
tardy aster, just as Bessie h
When at last the day for j
was a verv. verv sad
back garden looking down
of her little friends, with hai
went to the flower show.
Wasn't it too bad? But
lesson for Bessie, for she did
Little Folks.
THE PRESBY TERI/
?Y ASTER.
almost always late for
lways late for everything,
to run errands or mind the
s an "In-a-minute" and a
er-a-while"' little girl who
than anything else in the
children in Bessie's room
<:n t1lf? tparhpr hporan tn
And soon she thought of
the seedsman and bought
ter seeds, in paper packets,
the teacher. "How many
rden?"
nice thing. "These seeds
:ket for each one in this
and. "Please, may I pass
* head. "One for each one
"who isn't tardy a single
vould plant the seeds and
And then the seedsman
Dy or the girl who had the
y two prizes.
t the seeds longingly and
t be tardy one single time.
;ssie was?four times!
il, and the tardy ones tried
wice. They were to try
essie's papa. So she tried
I. Every morning and afwlien
she kissed her little
"Seeds" over and over; all
l't dilly-dally once.
May she took a packet of
ler mamma planted them
-dally about it at all. Bes
: seedsman's prize,
and the seeds didn't come
ne seedling grew. Papa
r. It just wouldn't catch
the street. But Clara Bell
-ch.
i'er show was nearly come,
1 big blue and white asters
t had one fine aster plant,
le top.
ed the days that were left,
lowed in one of the knobs.
ie day left.
e. knew that it wmiW >
ad been a tardy little girl,
iwarding the prize came, it
e Berry who stood in the
at a tardy aster, while all
nds full of punctual asters,
it must have been a good
In't dilly-dally any more.?
tN OF THE SOUTH.
A GAME WITH 1
One evening the missionai
island station were complai
know what to play.
"Can't you teil us sometl
nine-year-old Virginia.
"Let me think a moment,
game we can all play. If you
us, we will go out to the din
table and begin at once."
"Oh, goody!" and Yirgini
pencils.
When she came hack fa
game. During the next two i
the first lines of as many In
letter A as we could think of.
and it seemed as if we had
he said, "Time's up!" Then
she had written. She had on
"A charge to keep I have."
"Abide with me, fast falls 1
"Angels voices ever singin
"Awake, my soul, and witl
It happened that we all 1
hymn she had, so we drew a
not count. All but one of u:
that only counted one for the
was, however, the only one of
"Ang6ls voices ever singing"
us playing, that hymn cou
as all but two had the last b
thus giving Virginia seven ci
The rest of us read off the
of, then going on to those b
on through the whole alphab
The evening went very qui
before we had realized it.
game" has been one of our f
we snouia like to share it wil
Naha, Loo Choo Islands, jaj;
A WISE MOTI
That we should keep up ;
for our children are watchful
That what are trifles to u?
#
our children, and that we shoi
That if you say, "No," you
less you have a good reason f
hold it.
That we should take an i
amusements, for mother's sh?
is a great delight.
That we should be honest v
things as well as great; and
what they wish to know, we s
deceive them.
That many a child goes asl
want of care and training at li
the home lacks sunshine; tha
much as flowers need the sunl
That children look little 1
ment; that if a thing pleases
that if home is a place where
are harsh and fault-finding, t
hours as possible elsewhere.?
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'HE HYMNAL.
y's children in a far off
ning that they did not
ling to do, papa?" said
Yes, I know of a tine
get paper and pencils for
ing room, sit around the
Q ri n r* ? 1
u tun iv papci ciuu
ther explained the new
minutes we were to write
rmns beginning with the
Father was timekeeper
just gotten started when
the youngest read what
ly the following four:
the eventide."
S-"
ti the sun."
ia<l thought of the first
line through it and it did
5 had the next hymn, so
ise who had it. Virginia
us who had remembered
; so as there were five of
nted four for her; and
ivmn we counted it two,
edits thus far.
! hymns we had thought
eginning with B and so
>et.
ickly and it was bedtime
Since then the "hymn
avorites and we thought
:h a wider circle.
>an.Anna Dale Schwartz.
JT7-D O A irn
ii^j\ Ort X O.
a standard of principles,
judges.
> are often mountains to
uld respect their feelings,
should mean "Xo." Unor
changing a command,
nterest in our children's
ire in what pleases them
vith the children in small
if we can not tell them
.U 1 J
.iiuuici say so rather than
tray not because there is
lome, but simply because
t a child needs smiles as
beams.
jeyond the present mo1
they are quick to see it-;
faces are sour, the words
hey will spend as many
-Philadelphia Record.