Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 Part 11

The bird's running powers are extraordinary, and it is not easily overtaken. The legs are rather long, the color of the body is reddish-brown, and its general appearance is very graceful. It is of a gentle disposition and altogether harmless. The lyre-bird will soon be lost to us forever. The tail feathers were formerly sold in Sydney at a low price, but now that the beautiful creatures are nearly exterminated the price has risen exceedingly.

CARRIE WELLENBROCK, R.T.L.

Prizes for Poems.

Three prizes of $5, $4, $3 each are offered by HARPER'S ROUND TABLE for the best short poems. Any subject allowed. Limited to five stanzas; the best to be printed in the ROUND TABLE. Compet.i.tion open to all members of the Order. Forward not later than December 1, 1895.

A Special Offer.

Teachers, students, superintendents of Sunday-schools, ladies, members of the Round Table, and others willing to distribute ten to seventy-five Prospectuses and personally commend HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, will receive, according to number of Prospectuses distributed, bound volumes of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE for 1893, gold badges of the Round Table Order, packet of fifty engraved visiting-cards, bearing their name, with copper plate for future use, rubber stamp bearing their name and address, nickel pencil resembling a common nail, or silver badge of the Round Table Order. This offer is restricted to one person in a town or neighborhood. In applying, state how many circulars you can place in the hands of those sure to be interested in them, what are your facilities for distributing them, and what prize you seek.

In Aid of the Fund.

At "Pine Top," on the afternoon and evening of September 21st, there is to be a lawn festival and sale in aid of the Good Will School Fund. Pine Top is at 162d Street and Edgecombe Road, in the upper part of New York city, and the festival is under the auspices of the Misses Schrenkeisen, Dey, and Hubert. The admission is ten and five cents, and all are invited.

Saving on Age.

Thrift is an admirable trait. The way to acquire it is to cultivate it.

The way to cultivate it is to deny yourself, and faithfully lay by the money you were tempted to spend. Of course you do not lay the money by for the sake of having it to spend later on. People save money for the money, it is true. This is right because it is provident. One might fall ill, and if he had no money saved up he might become a burden upon those illy able to support him.

But the best thing about the habit of saving is the habit itself.

Having the habit well fixed in one's character renders one self-controllable--in other words, thrifty. Thrift applies to more things than money-saving, for the man who saves money begins to save other things. Waste is wrong--a sin.

Did you ever know one to save on his age--that is, to lay by as many dimes or dollars each year as he is years old? Suppose you are fourteen.

During that year you save $14, and with it buy a certificate of deposit, a share of stock, or something that is complete in itself--a bond that represents your age that year. Next year you are fifteen, and you buy a $15 bond. Or, if you cannot save as many dollars as you are years old, try saving as many half-dollars or dimes. Keep your money in your own name, not in the name of somebody else who happens to have a bank-book when you do not, and draw it out only when you are very sure you need it. Get your age bond first, and your luxury afterward.

If you begin at fourteen, a dollar for each year, you will have at twenty-one seven bonds, representing $119. You will also have some interest money. But you will have much more, namely, the _habit_ of saving--systematic economy, which is an education of itself, and one which, if necessary to gain, you could well afford to throw away the $119 that you saved.

The Helping Hand.

Some kind friends in St Louis put a lemonade stand on Delaware Boulevard the other day, and as a result sent $1.50 to us for the School Fund. Two readers living in West Groton, Ma.s.s., took up a ten-cent collection among their acquaintances, and remitted $1. The William D. Moffat Chapter, of Oakland, Md., exhibited some rare ma.n.u.scripts which a friend loaned them, and sent us $10.

The letter of Mr. Munroe was cordially received by the Order, and everybody praised the idea that _each member_ be represented, so that the building would stand as a monument to the chivalry of the _whole Order_. Since the last report the following sums have reached us: Roderick and William J. Beebe, $2. William D. Moffat Chapter, Oakland, Md., $10. Lucy L. Verrill, $1. H. E. Banning, 40 cents. Rosaline and Edith Cline, 20 cents. E. J. and F. G., 20 cents. Carrie Wellenbrock, $1. Otto Prussack, 5 cents. Dorothy and Pineo, 5 cents. M. C. Haldeman, 25 cents. Myra F. Chapin, 10 cents. Carroll D. Murphy, 10 cents. Harold W. Bynner, 10 cents. Gerard Stafford King, 10 cents. Two devoted readers, $1. Anna E. Sibley, 26 cents. Carolyn G. Thorne, 50 cents.

Ernestine Pattison, $2.50. Amy, D. A., and W. H. Bowman, Maud Ringen, Marie and Morris Sadler, Jun., $1.50. Katherine A. Waller, 25 cents.

These sums come from every part of the country, showing a wide interest.

The Little Women Chapter, of Upper Nyack, N. Y., Sophie Moeller, president, is to hold a fair, and wants contributions; the members of the Order residing in Was.h.i.+ngton, D. C., and in Cincinnati. O., respectively are to have entertainments; and Mr. Kirk Munroe is to give in New York city, in November, a reading from his own books. Was.h.i.+ngton members may send word to Elizabeth W. Hyde, 1418 Euclid Place, N. W., and Cincinnati members to the Robert Louis Stevenson Chapter, J. H.

Bates, Jun., 502 East Third Street.

GOOD WILL MITE

HARPER'S ROUND TABLE

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FUND

_Amount_, $........................

_Contributor._

_This money is contributed, not because it is asked for, but because I want to give it._

If you use this Good Will Mite, simply pin it to your letter, in order that it may be detached for filing. If the amount is given by more than one contributor, add blanks for their names, but attach the added sheet firmly to the Mite, that it may not become detached and lost. Include a given name in each case, and write plainly, to avoid errors on the Honor Roll.

Kinks.

No. 98.--ENIGMA.

38, 21, 44, 20, 7, 35, 12.--To justify.

29, 41, 5, 14, 33.--To err.

27, 31, 43, 15, 36.--A judgment.

42, 19, 47, 26, 24, 40, 11, 30.--A mechanical hold.

32, 6, 46, 26, 34.--A kind of flax.

36, 18, 28, 45, 23.--Suspense.

17, 1, 22, 24, 10, 8.--A near relative.

9, 39, 35, 2, 25, 36.--Accustomed.

3, 46, 37, 24, 13, 4, 33.--Course of life.

The whole a verse of Scripture in the Old Testament.

ALBERT.