Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 80, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — For the Children [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For the Children

Little Pu Yi, Baby Emperor of China.

■While Pu Yi is the emperor qf China, he does not rule over that great nation yet. He is too young for that. Some day, if he lives to grow up, he will sit on the throne. At present his father, Prince Chun, is the real ruler, acting for .bis son. Prince Chun is the' brother of the late emperor, who died a couple of years ago. Pu Yi was born in February, 1906, and is therefore nearly five years old. When he becomes emperor he will be able to exercise but a small part of the autocratic poxver by which his predecessor ruled. China is advancing and has already decided to have a constitutional government. So Pu Yi must reign according to the written law and not as the emperor would decree under the old system.

Valentine Archery. Cut from red kindergarten paper as many hearts as there are people. Divide in two lots. On the back of one lot write halves of verses find the other halves on the back of the second lot. Pin one lot a couple of feet apart to a white sheet and hang at one end of the room, removing breakable things from the vicinity. The other lot distribute to the girls. Each boy will in turn try to pierce a heart on the sheet with the bow and arrow given him. The one he comes nearest to belongs to him, and he finds his partner by the half verse on the back. For instance, Teddy pierces a heart on the back of which he finds: The rose Is red. The violet blue, And he searches among the girls till he finds Nellie has: Sugar is sweet, And so are you. They are partners for the next game or for supper or whatever is arranged. A Wonderful Person. With what amazement would you regard a person who had a million ancestors? Yet by looking into a mirror you can behold the very individual—yourself. Now, we each had two parents, a father and a mother, both of whom had two parents. Thus, on this principle and assuming there has been no intermarriage of relations, a person who has had four grandparents has had eight great-grandparents. And our lineal ancestors during twenty generations number 1,048,576. So if these ancestors were all living they would be sufficient to populate Wales. Conundrums. Why is a nobleman like a book? Because he has a title. What class of women give tone to society? The belles. What is that which has a mouth, but never speaks; a bed, but never lies in it? A river. Why is a four quart jar like a sidesaddle? Because it holds a gall-on. Why are airships like tramps? Because they have no visible means of support. What Islands would form a dainty party luncheon? Sandwich and Me delra. Ingenious Wasps. In South America lives a wasp that hangs from the boughs of trees a nest tough as pasteboard and remarkable also because the holte through which the branch is passed is so large that the nest swings freely in the wind. In most of these nests the hole is simply made through the thick upper part or the structure, but sometimes this is so molded that it looks like a ring. This wasp is named chartergus, a name de rived from two Greek words meaning papermaker. The average nest is about a foot long and wide in propor tion.

Dorothy’s Valentine. Wee Dorothy sits by the little stand. With paper smooth and white, A pencil held close in her chubby hand. Her eyes with smiles, are bright. She has drawn a tree and painted green The leaves of a vivid hue. Her flowers are the brightest ever seen. Their size Is marvelous too. She wonders if papa will ever know From whom the picture came, For mamma says that it will go ■ J Without the sender’s name. Her work she thihks is rather grand For a little girl, you see, a Mid secretly hopes he will understand "To papa dear—from me." ———— ——m. F. Sherman.