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LAST WEEK'S PRIZE WINNERS.Flag Puzzle.— was a German flag,

a:'', the correct colors were black, whiteand red.. The neatest and best three an-swers were sent byvIsabel Hamlll, twelveyears old. Brook Terrace, Hlllburn. N. V..who wishes a box of water color paints;

Aeltje Vermilya, ten years old, No. E<ssWest 14Sth street. New York City, an inter-esting book; Susette Brevoort. ten years

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HONOR LIST. /1. Harry a:pern. 2. Eva F. Abramson; ?•,

August L.BIckel; 4. Allan Bishop; 5. Harryr

A. Burns; «, Louis Berger; 7. Holmes r"aw\.json; 8. Daenths Us Beers: ft Myron. J»*Drachman; 10. Fre-ierlck Morgan Dav?n-port: v. Alex. Deu:s«ch; VI, --•-: Dehll:13, Jean I:Dougherty; It.Otis F. Dowell;15. Charts G. Ebbef; 1»>. Anna Enjrgren;17. Miriam Evertz; IS. Emily Friedklr; IXHildegarde Griscr.; 20. Katharine Good-ridge; 21. Samuel Hochman; -- ElinorsHartma-.r. : 23. Katherine E. Jaeger; 2*.Helen '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 23. Arthur Johnston; 26.Mary P. Jones: 3 William Knox: 2S.Louisa Kopp; _\u25a0 Ilelene F. Keller; -0.P^rederick B. Lai Ha n. Clara Laist: 32.Ada I.Mi

--33, MillieR. Mayer; 34. Esrrid

Miller:S. ''lea A Meyer; 3fi. Alice F. Mur-ray: 37. Howard Nichols: 33. Harold O"Con-nor; 35. David Pear man; *• Edith G.Pratt:41. Fannie Rubinstein: 42. J. Pabbln; «„Dorothy Shurmun; H. Louis Stock: 45. LydaThompson; «v Albert Vassalto; 47. HiltoaWood: 43. Reginald A. Ward; 45. MarioaC. White; if). Alexander Zeissig.letters en thi3 page.

Letters to the Editor

&he Horse That Han Abvay

BOYS' CAMP AT ULMER PARK.

The equipment didn't cost much, as the picture shows, but the boys think it is all right. The hole in the ground is for

fireless cookery.

TH C. WEBB.very fast." cried George, as they startedconfidently in pursuit.

But no sooner did the horse see themcorning than he kicked up his rockers andmade off down the road at a great rate.

George and Joe ran until they were outof breath, and they had. to sit down by theroadside to rest. But as soon as the horsesaw that they were renting he proceededto res;, too, so that the boys were encour-aged to take up the chase again when theygot their breath. The horse enjoyed him-self tremendously: he even turned andcame back when he saw the boys were tooout of breath to catch him. and rockedmerrily around just beyond their re.. !:.only to start again at full speed when theymade an effort to catch him.

At last after he had done this many timesthe boys began to pet discouraged. "Oh,dear, Idon't believe we will ever catchhim."

Jum then alony came a mar. in a cart.whereat George was fired with an idea.. ease may we get in your cart?" hesaid: "we want to catch my birthday horsethat has run away."

"Why certainiv. .Tump right in." saidthe man.

So ha ' r thers scrambled and laydowr. in the bottom of the wagon so that' rse should not soe tiiem.

By tods means they got so close to therunaway that the man was able to callout to him. "Hello, horse! Where are yougoing?"

"I'm running away." replied the horsecheerfully.

"Weil. I think you've run away longenough. Suppose you run home again.""Idon't want to." replied the horse.But before he had tini- to say more the

man had reached out of the wagon andcaught him by the bridle.

He made the runaway fast to the backof the wagon and. turning, took the boyshome.

The spotted horse never ran away again,

but that -was only because he never gotthe chance.

BY ELIZASE-On Seneasj ififth birthday his grand-taiher -\u25a0-

-•' him a horse— a lovely horse,white, with blue spot.--, and harnessed inred JO2. George's Btj brother, was onlythree years c!d. f=o he was not allowed to

ride this I-\u25a0 steed by himself. Instead.}0 grandfather set him astride his foot&

-rave him a fine ride there. But Joe

turned wistful f-yes toward his stalwarttrother and the wooden horse. How itrocked! Its mane and rail waved in theIPBBBC and it fairly seemed 10 be alive.-

Djn rode the horse all the morning.tad the horse was good and faithful andkept on going, although it grew very tired.But Georpe didn't grow- tired. On thecontrary, the faster he went the faster he•sr&r.ied to to. At last, finding the horse-tras going more slowly, he dismounted,ar.d. running into the yard, he came back*:th a ion? switch, and. armed with this,

he mounted and started again. But thehorse way tired, and did not po as IM ?_<

George wanted. 30 \u25a0:- struck it with thewhip.

At that a remarkable thing happened.Cant good, faithful wooden horse grew\u25a0 arsn* and indiKnant that, taking thebit between bee teeth, he bolted out at the•--- door, tumbling his rider pellmell onthe Soor.

"Sly goodness, gracious me!" he ex-clsimed. My wooden horse has run away:Did you ever hear of such a thing?"

£-: Joe. who was only three, hadn't hadti=se yet to hear much of anything, sohe could offer no suggestions. "Horse allgem he said, sadly.*Tn going to find him and bring: him

back: you can come, too. ifyou -want." an-E"ur.c«a

-J George.

On:y too eaasar at the idea of such an ad-ver.ture. Joe scrambled to his feet and puthis hand in his big brother's, and togetherthey set out to bring- back the runaway.They ran down the stairs and out at the

aunt door and. looking down the road, theysaw their name merrily rocking along ashort distance ahead."We ,-aill soon catch him; he is not going

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week. It was the first prize Ihad everwon. Iwill try again.

HAROLD C. BUSH-Crestwood. Yonker?. N. Y.

Dear Editor: Ireceived the --\u25a0•-» of Stand Ithank you very much for it. Sincere-ly your?. POLLY SEELEY.

Washinston Depot Ccnn.

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my letter printed, and Iwas tickled t

death v. hen Ireceived the check of $1.

Thank you very much. Tour affectionatefriend,

"KATHARINE SPENCER.

Fairview avenue, Tarrytown. EC \

Dear Editor: Thanks very much for thesterling silver Tribune badge Ireceived last

FIERY STEEDS.

Things to ThinK About

TWO-COLOR FLAG PUZZLE.

Color two sections of this puzzle. Then

cut out the flagstaff and the three similar

sections. Paste the black flagstaff upon apIA,-e r,f white paper and then arrange the ;

rolored stripes of the flag ?r> that you will

have the national emblem of a well known

republic. What ar» the colors and -^hat Is

the republic? You need r.ot return this \u25a0

---ure when sending your answer, but may do

so Ifyou wish. Last week one little mansent a very pretty picture of the Germanflag waving in the breeze.

WORD SQUARE.Freedom from care.Requests.To leap lightlyTo spy.

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.CONCEALED WORD SQUARE.

RA INABLEILLSNEST

DIAMOND.L.

HISLIGHT

SHYT

WORD PUZZLE.Right-rite, kne^-new-gnu.

NUMERICAL ENIGMA.Marsh Marigold.

MIXEDSYLLABLES. 1

tvhen --c FaOssaaas; syllables are cor- :TPTtlr arranged, four two-syllable words |

I vrVA be formed. No syllable Is to be used' zr.ore than once.•" Sum-b«-fer-haps-lJev?-iner-of-per.

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HIDDEN-MUSI-CAL. INSTRUMENTS.a -The doctor.- »%ys there is nothing organic!'

th«» matter -K-ft*^rh<!child. IThe pickles were so sharp that they

1 rr.^d* me shiver.The old

•-• creaked and rumbled."- ;A —ENIGMA.

My first Is in cannon but never In shell; jMy Frond's chapel but never in btll;My third is in honey but never in b<*#;Itv fourth is in ocean but never In sea;Is

in ihape!

but

f

never

in

goat:

-in bone* b':t newer in be*.

-• - -r-ear; hot newel In sea;-

In donkey but newer in goat:My whole is the name of a very small

boat. :

mittee.' which is shown, iiy tne mace beinghung under thcrrT^?! of the table instead ofon top of it.'' Then Iasked him about the

debate. 'The budget," he said, "is underdiscussion, and the whiskey clause is being

considered. The members who you seeawake are probably ali Irishmen, as thewhiskey clause affects them most."Istayed for about half an hour, and came

away feeling that Ihad seen something

well worth seeing In fact, English friendsin this country have since told me that noboys were admitted, so that my experience

is probably unique.Hoping that you willbe interested in my

letter, Iremain, your loving reader.SPRAGUE HAZARD <aged 13).

Northport, Long Island.

THE AViATION MEET.Dear Little Men and Little Women: I

had the pleasure of going down to Asbnry

Park to see the aviation meet. It was on?

of the most beautiful sights that Ihaveever seen. The grandstand and band wereon one side, while the automobiles bankedin lines on the other.

HOWARD TOWNSEND (aged 14)

Xo. 55 Cleveland street. Orange, N. J,

The first event was a trial flight aroundthe field by a Wright biplane. That de-lighted the crowd. Then Jnhnstone circledaround in his aeroplane, sometimes mak-ing lov, wavy dips and fairly grazing theground, then, with a sudden swoop, rising

clear of the earth. The spectators applaud-

ed loudly, while from across the field camethe '-honking" of automobiles.

Th«»re were other graceful ascensionswi.lch made the afternoon slip swiftly

away. A dirigible balloon was sent upwith a man who had to continually shifthi3weight from one part of the airship toanother to keep it properly balanced. Itwas a fine exhibition, but in comparison fothe swiftly moving aeroplanes seemed avery slow means of getting about. Hoping

that this will prove of interest, Iam, your

interested reader.

one morning to put it up. Then the next

question was. What should we call it?After a while we decided to name it "HH-lock Lodge." because it rested on a little

!hillock. It has three windows and one!door, half glass at the top. We bought aInice grass rug and we made some nice

curtains for the windows. We fixed a:coor bell by tying a piece of wood to

j one end of a string and a beH to theother. Iheld it while my sister shutthe door, and then we hung it on a pin.Our father is going to get us a nice tlag-pole for our house. Ihope you will be ln-

j tere.sted in my story. Iremain,ADELAIDE LAXDO.V (aged 12).

Mansewood, Staatsburg-on-Hudson, N. Y.

A TRIP TO MARS.Dear Little Men and Little Women: li.,• was with the greatest pleasure that Nan

Iand Istepped into our little airship forIthe first time. We had proudly watchel'Its growth from some pieces of wood, steel;in>l various other articles to a beaut;' i!

Ilittle flying-machine. And it was our ver>,very own

—Nannie's and mine.

We felt very comfortable at first as weiflew on Through the air, but we began tcIfeel a little frightened when, on looking;down, we discovered that- the buildings:were mere dots, and we realized that we;were far away from home. We kept ongoing liigrher and higher. Surely this littlemachine of ours was a record-breaker!

| But what was that ahead of us there.' It! was the planet Mars. There were trie

canals, which had puzzled the astronomers.f As we neared it we saw buildings, andithen. %vith a great thump, we landed on

oCara,Leaving our airship. Nan and Iwalked'

through one of the streets. As we passedthe queer little houses the people

—tne

Martians—

ran out to iook at us. They;. looked so funny—not at all like any one

ad ever seen—

that Nan and Ihepnntto laugh at them. They were very angry! with us, for they talked together in cxc.ted1 tones, and then started to follow us• Others joined the procession, until it

seemed to us as though all th>- inhabitants jof Mars were at our heels. We ran fast,but they ran faster. Slowly the cause oltheir pursuing- us began to dawn upon me.We had rudely laughed at them, and they.• _- teously indignant, were ga:ng to takeus to their king, where we wouid he pun-ished. Ilooked around and saw two ortl-iera within ten yards of us. Nan clutched !'m\ arm. and began to cry, but we kept onrunning until—oh! What was that fearful.

iow thing there ahead of us? The ugly'little policeman had almost reached us.Nan stumbled and fell, when Ijumped up,rubbed my eyes and w:nked at "that fear-

i ful. yellow thine there ahead of us." It\u25a0 was the bright morning sun. My trip

to Mars had heen only a dream.AX»ICE F. MT'RRAY (aged 15.)

k No. 57 Cedar ;ivenue. Montclair. N. J.

OUR PLAYHOUSE.Dear Little Men and Little Women: I

thought you would like to hear about our

pl^house. My sister's and my birthday

ome very close together, so our fathergave us a playhouse between us. !r is aportable bungalow, and it took them all

A debate was going on when Iwas there,

and the speakers for each side would rise

end step up to the side of the table n arthem to speak. The debate was evidently

not very interesting to the members, asmany had their hats on and were ;;sleep.

Now and then one -would wake up and say•H^ar, hear!" and go to sleep again.

Being curious to learn about the thmne.the mace and other things that Isaw, I

asked a kind looking man next to me, who

ir reply to my question, said : "That throne,

a= you call it, is only the Speaker's .hair.

and those men with the wigs are the clerks

nf the House. The Speaker himself Is nothere now. because the House Is "on com-

In a short tlm^ a "bobbie" approarhcl

me. For a moment Ithought that boys

were not admitted and Iwas to be turnedout. But he had only come to tell mp thatIcould gro upstairs, as tnere was a placevacant. Iwent up the stairs he directedme to. and after writing my name in thevisitors" book passed into the spectators'

galk-ry. The room Iwas in was very large

and grand. At the opposite end from mewae a large throne, empty, which Inatu-rally thought was the King's, from its ele-gant cushions and the gold w*>rk above it.A short distance in front of it was a beau-tifullycarved table, at which several menin long powdered wigs sat. on the sidetoward the throne. On the sid-> toward mehung a silver mace, a sort of sceptre, thesign of power of the Housp. On each sideof the table, about fifteen deep, and runningalong the length of the House, were th^members' seats.

IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Dear Little Men and Little Women :When

Iwas in London last summer one of themost interesting things Isaw was the

House of Commons in session. Iwrote to

the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, thenPresident of the Board of Trade, for an or-

der to see it. The order came at last, amiIpresented myself on a Wednesday evening

at the gate. Iwas immediately hailed by

some suffragettes patrolling 'ie gate whogave me circulars. At the gate were two

"bobbles," who examined my order. Enter-ing and going up a flight of steps, Ifoundmyself in a long hall, stone, with smallstatues along the sides. This Iafterwardlearned was Westminster Hali, and Isatopposite the place where the King's body

afterward lay in state.

Some \Jncommon HecipesHote/ to Gather brooms

Discretion the Better Part of Valor When Sam-pling This Fruit of the Meadows,

To The mushroom enthusiast It is no small'

\u25a0son to so off In the early morning on a |r.ushrooni hunt. It is strange that more ,sport lottos folk do not wax enthusiastic iov«r this pastime, a>= they do over ventures

of 3 somewhat similar nature. Perhaps jthey belong to that large dnss who look \u25a0

with suspicion upon wild mushrooms, and. ;

considering the lack of observation that ;characterizes the majority of individuals jit is Just as weli for them to have such a .*fio!esom< fear.l.'nj»«s you have made yourself so fa- •

fflfflarwith the differences between the bad

*£d the pood mushrooms that you r»aveBot so much as the shadow of a doubt, says ji«n who has attained this familiarity, j& is wise io let them alone, however they

aay appeal to you when you find them .fejeerim luxuriantly in toir.e corner of the

Pasture or woodland. Remember the Iriah-.aa.a'i? advice. "It is better tc be a coward |lor ten minutes than dead all the em of

Soar fcr*." A man ass be considered a hero j*«o tak^s his cl»x»ces with a lion or armed ;

f-fi<Tny. out tht-rr- is no heroism in taking jrtnrncci with a mushroom. The chances are j*c> unequal that there can be no sport in

\u25a0se ri>k. "Discretion is the better part of

mm m dealing with this kind nt enemy, j"The deadliest of all fungi is the amanita, (

<"" r&lber f«n,e ape--

of it. And this ,

*ea<fljy toadstool, occasionally called the jfestroybtg aneeT and th* 'death cup.' j

*RJ5h Itm proper abiding place is apparent- jfri2V.-f; woods or near the woods, baa a jMtanic proclivity for haunting the homt-s ;*r beneficent meadow ana pasture mush- ;

robias.Then- are several Eprcies of the amanita, ,

Mm ,-r.ore harmless tfcan others, even one :ur *»« that are said to be *»dible. Some are I*tite: others have tints of yellow or are]c.-, sray or a;::ber. The white ones have(tflea been found among edible mushrooms,<J

~«"£it«-r in the same -\u25a0-•\u25a0\u25a0 them.--

XWrculiar characteristic of the amanita is*"*COa at tLe bottom of the stalk. As itr:—"?r. into existence it :s covered with a \u25a0

UE 1-hut makes it look egg shaped: V>*j*to!«- then grows into mom thingof a pea- j

r« BtoTpe. a little later it breaks this j*WStojc leaving the lower part under the,

J^BJd in tliiform of a cup and lifts tta j

J»er haii Cf its wrapping with it. Finally,~**

nipping oisappt.ars. Now, some of thew*pi'.i^r; r,j,hi«.s jusl as they burst out of. Ia*rro-jiHj iook remarka bly like th« ama- jP* u> The fcan,- stage. The amanita's cup ]k^er^iy under ground, so that It cannot j•»-... n Bo

,h have a velJ some- j

•&« Bimflar. «-.nd the SfOS of 'both in the]

button stage are almost the same color—sometimes exactly the same.

"When mistaken for a mushroom thesrranita is plucked off above the ground,leaving the cop behind. Perhaps the gath-

erer has never heard of such a cup, andtherefore is not looking for it. He is notthinking of poisonous fungi, but only ofthe beautiful pink gill. In his enthusiasmhe accidentally gathers a few buttonamanitas by mistake. The pink-gilledeampestris has no cup of any kind at thebottom of its stalk.

""There is an edible mushroom that fre-quently appears on Jawns and in gardens,called the smooth lepiota. It is whitegilied. nd its appearance above ground

bears a striking resemblance to the white

amanita. Now. the amanita could with

truth be called a Scad in fungus form, for.though it ought to limit its residence to

the woods where It is said to belong, it notonly haunts the home of the meadow andpasture mushrooms, but the garden and

the lawn, where the lepiota loves to grow.Many persons familiar with the leptota

as an edible have undoubtedly mistakenthe two. with fatal results The death

cup of the amantta is usually deep seatedin the ground, so that In plucking it may

not be- noticed, even by those who knowof Its existence. But there is little Una Intheorizing on how the fatal Wonders are

made. The terrible fact remains that they

are made, and the drath list is not limited

to ... grossly stupid and ignorant. It is

persons with, so to speak, a 'half knowl-'.._.. of mushrooms who leem to make

mistakes. That old saying, 'A little knowl-edge is a dangerous thing.' can be applied

tu°the gathering of mushrooms, If it can

be applied to anything. The totally ig-

norant en the subject s<±»m to realize theirignorance ar.d avoid every form of t og is

"A specialist on fungi at d mushroom ad-

vises lovers to avoid all fungi in the button

stage, arid also all fungi having a milky

juice' unless the milk is redd-

These

rides are not absolute, there bein# occa-

sional exceptions to then but it If saferfor the novice to follow them. Severalspecies have not been proved harmless.Another authority says any mushroomwhose stem is set In \u25a0 locket or has any

suggestion of a socket should be labelled

«nol*bii' for though some of them are

(Oa)aidered edible iiis ertaar to condemn

the whole group. If among a mess of

Wild mushrooms that have been told or

-iven to you there are any with white gills

01 any buttons. r*ect them, for they may

belong to the a*anita tpedes. Even a

CHICAGO WOMAN'S CLUB.The Chicago Went Club, of n>t*

York. Mrs. W. J. Worden. president, hasarranged' to begin another season with it3ttr>t annual meeting, to be held on OctoberL in tho clubrooms of the ProfessionalWoman's League. Broadway and s»itistreet This organization is the Easternbranch of one of the most foremost amienergetic woman's clubs la the world.

Rob looked at the dustpan, which, had)

parted company with Its handle, and wah«rdhe were a tinsmith. Then he had an Idea,

lie found a lath about a yard iong. sand-papered it smooth, and r.ailetl it to th*back of the dustpan in such a way that

\u25a0M tesfl rented on the floor, while thoother served as a handle. Rob's mothercan use her dustpan witneut stooping now.and likes it much better than beJTore.

THE PEANUT TOURNAMENT.Lots of fun can be had with a peanut

tournament. Have fos:r persons at eachtable, ar.ti in the centre of each have alarge bowl of peanut.-* and a pair of ton^3such as come in candy boxes. Kach per-son must try to remove the peanuts one ata time without stirring the other nuts.At the end of twenty minutes a bell 1*rung, and the one having removed th*largest number of peanuts is awarded asimple Jlttle prize.

MENDING THE DUSTPAN."Sonny." said Rob's mother to t^e KUa

boy. "I'llgive you a dime of you'll raena\u25a0

Gouffe'a recipe fcr a briket! ?cu2e 13 very

simple, and it calls o'.lv for ingredients

that are usually conveniently at hand.Whip up th~ white? of six egsrs until verystiff, and beat the yo'ks of three with threetablespoonfuls of ;.v<ardered sugar for fourminutes, adding a teaspoonful of vanillaextract, or vaaila powder, which is better.

Fold the beat yolks >m;;-.:v through thawhites. Butter an oval earthen or tin «Ush.

Pour the mixture into it. dredge a littlesifted sugar over it and bake it in a mod-erate oven until it is a golden brown. Serve

it instantly, with a little custard sauce orit will fall. Other flavors may be used IZdesired instead of vanilla.

For a delicious sweet at "spreads'* andafter theatre suppers stir \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0- fourheaping tal enj afuS of powdered sugar,

one of cream and on» and a half largrstablespoonful.-* of minced English walnuts.Spread the mi^tTjre over thin wafers r-

sweet crackers and broil beneath the flame

in the broiling compartment of IM gas

stove.

teaspoonftils of baking powder. Bake asusual.

For clove cake, cream a cupful of sugar

and half a cupful of butter. Add half aCupful of milk, two cage, a teaspoonful

each of cloves and cinnamon, a grated nut-meg and a cupful of stoned raisins. Stir inenough Hour to make a batter that la notespecially' stift, after sifting 'it with two

For watermelon cake nee any good whitecake recipe, color two-thirds of it withpink coloring matter, and stir stoned rais-

ins Into the pink part tJ simulate seeds."*Butter a round mould such as is need for

steamed puddings. Covet the bottom witha thin layer of the white batter, then entop of it, in the centre of the mould, place

several spoonfuls of the pink. Line thesides of the mould with white batter andtill up the centre with pink until the panor mould i? over half full, always taking

care to keep 'be \u25a0 atte batter M a lining

around the sides and at the bottom of themould, while the pink remains inside. Afterthe cake Is out of ihe oven it-. I cooled off.turn it upside down and cover the roundedsurface of the top and stdas with a greenfronting to simulate the dark outer rindof the melon. When carefully made thisi- a vevy ornamental cake.

One recipe for the delicious sauce Tar-tar calls for a cupful or two of mayonnaise

with minced cucumber pickle*, a few cdp-

era, two or three chopped olives, a fewdrops of onion juice and some watercress.

A green gage pie made without an on-dercrust and served with whipped cream

Is delicious.'

ok the plums in sugar, pile

them into a shallow earthen baking dish

end stretch a rich crust over the top. Anordinary pie crust Is good for the purpose

if butter is used instead of lard and apinch of baking powder is added to snakethe crust : -\u25a0\u25a0 in Oak layers.

A "ribbon ice" is a. lemon water ice di-

vided into three parts, one flavored with

pistachio extract and colored green, an-

other flavored with rose or strawberry and

the third left its natural tint.

Nuts are sometimes added to Jam? andmarmalades nowadays. The followingcom-

pote calls for chopped walnut meats, the

rind and juice of oranges and some stonedplums.

'Use hall a dozen oranges for six pounds

of tins, weighed after stoning, six

pounds of sugar, two pounds of seededraisins and a pound of English walnuts

chopped fine. Cook like a marmalade and

seal in glasses under a covering of par-

affin. The rind of oranges should be cut

into small chips and the .juice squeezed

over the plums.

small quantity of this 'toadstool' will;kin.

"The Bale of mushrooms without a li-cense ought to be forbidden by law. It isimpossible to be too particular in regard

to wild mushrooms. The number of deaths jfrom toadstool poisoning this summer jr.lone testifies to this fact. While otherfungi may Induce serious Illness through jdigestive disturbance and Indirectly per- jhaps cause death, the poisonous members

'of the amanita group are generally con- jcoded to be the only fungi which contain |an active, poisonous principle whose cer-tain logical consequence is death. The |

poison Is said to be like that found in jrattlesnakes, and some scientific works j.-ay that there Is no known antidote. Ifjthe stomach pump is used immediately af- jter eating, there may be some chance of jsaving the victim, but it is said that sev- |eral hours may elapse before any evil jresults are felt, so that the victim does ;not realise the i \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•' of a stomach pump i

until the poison has entered his system. jNeedless to say, a physician should becalled at once.

"One authority says that the victims are 1not necessarily warned by the •' • or or i

smell of the amanita aft, eating It. as ipnigth i- supposed. On the contrary, ithas occasionally been spoken of as 'tapt-

lng good.' To many even the odor is In- Jviting Others, however! are unpleasantly !affected by merely handling it."*

RALLY OF KINGS DAUGHTERS.The King's Daughters Circles, associated

with the work of the various tents of theevangelistic committee of New York, wiil \u25a0

meet this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the

tent at 6*ith street and First avenue Mrs. |Elizabeth C Underbill, known us '"MotherUnderhill,* from her many years or workamong won • and girls and Mrs. l^-wis iW. Armstrong, in charge of King's Daugh- \u25a0

ter work under the evangelistic committee,wll! make addresses. The fifth Neighbor- ihood Circle has just been formed at 160th'street and Teller avenue. The Bronx. These jcircles Include women of all nationalities ,and colors who have been brought togetherthrough the tent meetings. |

CHILD AND GUEST

Plain Talk by Stranger Lately \Within the Crates.

"IfIhad ever experienced the joys of jparenthood Iwould not be making these \observations,** remarked the spinster whohad just returned from a round of summer \visits; "for Ifeel with the Harvard senior ;who soliloquized as to whether mi andwomen by becoming fathers and mothersdid noc forfeit some of their intelligence; j1 approve of children, and 1 like them, and jIcome of a large family myself But from jmy observations among friends, it is my !criniou that ordinarily the family child is \not only permitted, but encouraged, to l>«-come an unmitigated little nuisance to the :Stitrge'r within ills patents' gates.

\u25a0\u25a0In most young households of*to-day the |

finances do not warrant the keeping of v (special nurse for Master Baby. MasterBaby Is therefore' produced at the grown- jups* table while his years are very, very;tender; ne sits up in his high chair beside Ji-is papa. Cad looks so cunning! While theadultd i i take of a course dinner, in honorof my Iresence, Master Baby Is servedwith a squashy, mi-fluid admixture of

bread and milk, or mayliap a strictly fresh jHoft boiled egg, both of these tempting

viands being Indorsed by the good doctor I

booh as suitable lor the diet of the very ;young. 'See him feed himself,' saj"3 r.;:'.r::- !mv, taliiously; ignoring my answer to thequestion j»he herseU asked rue a moment

before."See him! Haven't Ibeen seeing him, j

and hearing him. and little else, ever since

Baby's dear little bowl and plate with thenursery rhyme.-: about the border wadplaced before htm

' The little papspoon Jwith which lmyself presented him (Iadcess to me! Is clutched in his chubby nst;

greedily he dips It into the bowl, and starts—yea, Isaid starts— it for his mouth. Liu'I

sai.l papspoon, !ike justice, frequently mis-

carries. Perhaps a morsel, of Its r'reipnt

reaches Its destination; the rest Is depositedon Baby's cheek, his chin, his bib. Iloseall interest in the food on my plate.

little man." says mamma gently,v.ipins up the remnants with her own nap-

kin Then to me: "He does pretty well forsuch a little fellow, doesn't he?"

"Probably he does: It w ere surely madnessto expect a vear-cld baby to manipulatesuccessfully eating implements which arerefinements o: civilization that many agrown man cannot handle with grace Butwhy, in the name of all hospitality, cannotthe mother feed him his milk, his •-- anaif hour before dinner? The members ofthe household have become inured, throughiuni; suffering to seeing Master Bab; spillriis foil in all directions; but why subjecta helpless truest to the somewhat nauseat-ing spectacle? it Is not fair to the g-uest;it is hardly "fair to the poor little babyhimself.

"The contribution of a year-old child tothe conversation at the dinner table laseldom of value, Many a nice little childis permitted unchlded, unrestrained, to keepup ;i tuneless, incessant hum-nim-huin-inmthroughout an entire meal; rapping a<-!;t'i£;intr accompaniment with hid papspoonipun the rim of an ancestral silver cup. Isthi^ nerefsary?

"Is it necessary that a lid be allowed totinker m: light Bilk company sown with hiadear, grubby little fingers, while his mother,. isell clad ,ln v stout, washable Ktagham.complacently observes 'Baby like plttyrt'ess?' and then, in an aside to me, 'Isn'tit wonderful how lie notices bright colors?'

"Is it neoess.iry ihat the visitor whothoughtlessly accepts an old schoolmate'surgent invitation to 'spend a few days'should see nothing of her friend without aconcomitant baby; that each day's plea.ure, whether it be driving; tro|iey riding,bhopplng, sightseeing, should bring with ittho;inevitable accompaniment of an infantIn arms, or so nearly In arms that hiehampers every moment of his mother andher guest? Of c-oursr. a tiny toddler getstired; of course he wants a 'jinh Of water'at untimely moment of course he fallsdown, .barks his knee, weeps ami must becomforted

—It la natural and right that he

should, but why expect a -\u25a0••\u25a0-( to enjoy it?"From the depths of warped, benighted;

ignorant Bplnsterhood, Iboldly assert thatif 1 had hail a young child he xhould notbe a nuisance to guests Imight very wellsay to my friends: 'For a few years lootupon me as a child's nurse and my house \u25a0nursery. The family child Deeds all my at-

tentiuri. And there should be no guests!"

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 28. IMO.

MEADOW MUSHROOM FROMYOUTH TO PRIME.

THE POISONOUS AMANITAIN THE SAME STAGES

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