Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . ught,he cried out, to the mor-tification of his mother: Amen. Im out first! A Little Learning Oh, look, grandpa is holding his paper upside downV Reasonable KENNETH was havinga lesson in color, andfinally his aunt touchedher gray skirt and asked, What color is this? Kenneth hesitated andthen said, Dark white. No, laughed hisaunt. Dark white isnta color. Think again. Kenneth fidgeted, butat last he said, confident-ly, If it isnt dark whiteit must be light Broadhurst. EDITORS DRAWER. One Cure ALITTLE girlcame to herm o t h


Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . ught,he cried out, to the mor-tification of his mother: Amen. Im out first! A Little Learning Oh, look, grandpa is holding his paper upside downV Reasonable KENNETH was havinga lesson in color, andfinally his aunt touchedher gray skirt and asked, What color is this? Kenneth hesitated andthen said, Dark white. No, laughed hisaunt. Dark white isnta color. Think again. Kenneth fidgeted, butat last he said, confident-ly, If it isnt dark whiteit must be light Broadhurst. EDITORS DRAWER. One Cure ALITTLE girlcame to herm o t h e v nearlunch-time with astomach-ache. Perhaps yourstomach aches,her mother said,because itsempty—well putsomething in it,and then it willbe all right. The next dayher father, who isa lawyer and hasCongressional as-pirations, camehome with a hardheadache. Thesmall daughtercame and stoodnear his into hisface with sympa-thy, she said: Maybe yourhead aches be-cause it is better putsomething in itand then it willfeel all L. Confusing HAROLD is theonly child ofa father whosename is Howard,and the twonames, so dear tothe mother, arevery often on herlips. When Haroldwas four and ahalf he expresseda desire to learnthe big prayer to say at night instead of the childish NowI lay me, His mother taught it to him,and after he had been saying it, as shethought, perfectly for several months, hesaid one night, as she was leaving the room: Mamma, Im not sure I say that prayerjust right. Is it Howard be Thy name, orHarold be Thv name?- M. M. B. The Robins Enterprise—A Fable AROBIN found three cherries of a golden hue and fine. Ill start a pawn-shop here, said he, and use them for my first day ate he one of them, the next another followed,The third his venture ended when the last one he had did not do so badly, after all, forsooth! said he; My enterprise for three whole days and nights supported me. ISioic from this simple tale we m


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