St Nicholas [serial] . very attractive with theirhelmets and pennants shining in the sun. They had redplumes in their helmets and red pennants. Then came theroyal carriage with outriders who wore the Kings livery:Vol. white breeches, red coats, white wigs, and beaver Majesties were looking our way, so we got a verygood view of them. Princess Victoria was there, King has a great deal of dignity for a short man, andI have never seen anybody as beautiful as the Queen; andPrincess Victoria is very good-looking, too. Another car-riage followed with the aide-de-camp, a


St Nicholas [serial] . very attractive with theirhelmets and pennants shining in the sun. They had redplumes in their helmets and red pennants. Then came theroyal carriage with outriders who wore the Kings livery:Vol. white breeches, red coats, white wigs, and beaver Majesties were looking our way, so we got a verygood view of them. Princess Victoria was there, King has a great deal of dignity for a short man, andI have never seen anybody as beautiful as the Queen; andPrincess Victoria is very good-looking, too. Another car-riage followed with the aide-de-camp, and then more sol-diers. When everything had passed, we took a taxi anddrove through the side streets, in the hope of getting to thehospital before the procession, and seeing them go in, but asthe large streets were cleared of the traffic, the small oneswere consequently very crowded, and we arrived just toolate. So we waited for about twenty minutes beside a lotof children from an orphanage in Portland Place, and then. A COPY. BY PHYLLIS M. HORTON, AGE 16. (SILVER BADGE.) the procession passed again. Their Majesties were look-ing the other way this time, but the childrens suddenburst of cheer (though every one was cheering besides)made them look round, so that we saw them beautifullyagain. I was awfully sorry when it was all over, but I wasperfectly delighted to have seen King Edward and QueenAlexandra. WHAT MOST INTERESTED ME DURINGMY VACATION BY THEODORE H. SOULE (AGE 13)I WAS in New Hampshire spending the summer, and I in-tended to cross the State border line and go into party of people were going to Hollis, Maine, to spendthe day at Kate Douglas Wiggins summer home, and I de-cided to go, too. The Dorcas Societies of Hollis, Salmon Falls, and BarMills, Maine, give a fair every year at Quillcote, thesummer home of Mrs. Riggs. We arrived at Bar Mills,the station for the three small towns, about eleven. Therewere only two ways to reach the grounds : either to walk 378 S


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