Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1911 — Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1 [MISCELLANEOUS]

Birthday Surprises. The little girl who liked to sew But couldn’t bear to read—oh, no!— Last birthday found, strange to relate, A row of books beside her plate Instead of a new workbox—dear! She thought it was so very queer And cried a bit. At last she took The very smallest, thinnest book. And. though she thought her heart would break. " She read it through for mother’s sake. And then she read them all, and, 10. She likes to read as well as sew! The little girl who liked to read But not to sew—oh. no. indeed!— A lovely workbox she received Upon her birthday. How she grieved At thimble, needle case and thread! She wanted picture books instead And thought she surely never could Say “Thank you!" for them and be good. At last in tears she set to work And Sewed and sewed and did not shirk. Till now hp clothes her dollies need, She likes to sew as well as read. —Youth’s Companion.