. St. Nicholas [serial]. one may be seen. The collapsible balloons were made of doublethick tissue-paper, and were about ten inchesin diameter. They were made in the manner described forthe large balloon, of sections of tissue paperglued together, and over each end where thepoints of the sections came together a roundpiece of paper was glued, in one of which a the average fair-goer, the stock on hand quicklydwindled, so that very few things were left any group of boys and girls couldhold a county fair as these children did, andthe money taken in could be devoted to some-thing in wh
. St. Nicholas [serial]. one may be seen. The collapsible balloons were made of doublethick tissue-paper, and were about ten inchesin diameter. They were made in the manner described forthe large balloon, of sections of tissue paperglued together, and over each end where thepoints of the sections came together a roundpiece of paper was glued, in one of which a the average fair-goer, the stock on hand quicklydwindled, so that very few things were left any group of boys and girls couldhold a county fair as these children did, andthe money taken in could be devoted to some-thing in which all the children are interested,such as a circulating library of childrens books,the purchase of a stereopticon for winter even-ing entertainment. Some of the more clever ofthe boys with cameras could make pretty lan-tern slides from their plates of good subjects,while the young folk could easily devise otherschemes in which all the children could takepart and be equal owners. THE GAY GRECIAN GIRL. By Carolyn this queen (being up late at parties, perhaps) was addicted to taking of afternoon naps. Miss Flavia Fulvia Flora SeleneWas a lady I m certain you never have seen;For she lived far away and she lived long ago,In the classical times of the Grecians, you know. Now Flavia Fulvia Flora SeleneWas a young maid of honor to some noble queen, I suppose, had a name of her own,The which I ve forgotten, if ever I ve known. This queen (being up late at parties, perhaps)AVas addicted to taking of afternoon naps;And t was Flavias duty to watch as she slept,And see that inviolate silence was kept. This was not as easy as you might suppose,For the queen would so often drop into a doze;And if Flavia Fulvia failed to be thereA punishment dire was to fall to her share. 1008 THE GAY GRECIAN GIRL. IOO9 What this punishment was she had never been told,But t was worse than a chiding and more than a scold;And in Flavias mind fearful visions were rifeOf thumb-screws and galley
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