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AMONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

.-1)lonthlv Magazine frtr Boys an..iftr1s

Vol. 1' lil :"., L.tJ'!' N- 1 f ri i._ 17 1{it1

YOI.VIII.NO.IO . OCTOBER L9L7

SUNDAY SCHOOL NUMBER

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TheEditorSays:

"Santa's Allies" willbe a splendid play foryou to give at the end ofthis summer. Before yousend away the gifts youhave made, to a missionschool, the Red Cross,the children's ward o{ ahospitai or elsewhere,\-ou can gile an enter-iainment {or vour friendsand present Santa's A1-lies. At the same timeshor,r' them the giftswhich you have made.

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We hope you will alllearn the words ol"Armerica the Beautiful"this month. Tt is one ofthe best oI our newerpatriotic songs.

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The boys and girls inthe United States willhave a great holiday onJuly fourth, but in anoth-er country hundreds ofEvonvreNp readers willcelebrate a holiday onJuly first. What countryis it, and what is the sig-nificance of the day?

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We hope many of youwill write to us this fa1land tell us what thingssuggested in this numberof EvonvreNo you harredone.

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And nowGET BUSY

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CONTENTSVor. VIII. No. 7 Jvw, t9r7

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Alrrnrca, trre Breurrrur,Katkerine Lee Bates FrontisPiece

To Oun Grnrs eNl Bovs r95

Mer<rxc ruc Frowrns Hmp . t$Serr.t's Arr-rBs Anita B. Ferris rg8

How To MarB J. Gertrud,e Hwtton zo6

wnar r:o Do Tsrs S"\y"iirtrrde Hutton zog

lllustrated by Frank J. Rigney

DorNc Youn Br:r . . 2to

A Monrnn Vrrcrmc . Mary Hazelton Wade zttBerrrs:rrr's Frnsr Founrs . il[. Pclton ll/hite zr5

Aw EvrnvraNl Dosn 2r7

A QunsrroN emn I:rs ANswBn zt9

EvrnvreNo Srony Crus Cousin Geneaieve zzo

FrwnrNc Our Crus Aunt Helen zzz

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Entered under the act of lfarch 3, 18?9, as secon'l

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WesHrr-c Crornrs rN THE NrLE Frontispiece

Tue SurrrNc Sux . Soidee Ccrard Rulhrowff zz7

AN Excrrsn Grnr rm f,wure Marie B. Smi,th zz8BBrxc NBrcneoRS To KATTNA,

Gertrutle Lee Crouch z3rTrun ro Rrsr Robert Lottis Steaenson z3z

Tnr Allcrr, oF THE Pnrsoxs,Xlary Hazelton l,l/ad,e 233

Trm Canrn Sronv on rnn Frool,A. Hyatt Verrill 47

A Tnanr-vou NorE . 23q

Trrrs rs rna Way Wn W.tsrr Oun Crornrs z4o

A D.r.v rN X,IY Bovrroon,Stephen Trowbrid,ge z4z

TnB Sravs Rerlrns Anita B. Ferris 244

KaNraua l,Iart ,9tillwell L[cLawrin 248

EvnnvreNo Srony Crus 25o

Frsnrxc Our Crus 252

Pvzzta Pecr. . 256

CopJrright, 191?, by H. \v. Hicks. All rights reaervedEntereal under the act of llarch 3, 18?9, as second

class matter, Deoember 13' 1918, at tho PostO{fice at New York, New York.

llanuscripts, which will be paid for if ecceptable,must be sent to EYERYLAND, 166 Fifth Avmue,New York City, rvith address and sufficient post-age for return'

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TheEditorSays:

Ir&-hich of the thingsmentioned in the "WhatCan \\re Do ?" number arelora doing ?

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"Thank you !"-to ourreaders who have Paidfor subscriptions toEvsnvr.exo to be sent toschool boys and girls wholive where there are fewgood books and maga-zines. If you have notdone this yet, wouldn'tyou like to? Just mail usone dollar, and we rvillsend vou the address ofthe sihool to which yourmagazine goes.

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\A/e are indebted to thePresbyterian Board ofl.-oreign }lissions and tothe \f cAll Mission forthree o{ the pictures onour center pages thismonth.

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Watch for the "Goingto School in Every Land"pictures in the SePtem-ber EvonvreNp!

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Some o{ you will re-member the Sunday-school number of EvrnY-LAND that came last No-vember. There is to beanother one, but Octoberrvi1l bring it to you thisyeaI.

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James W00d

CON'TENTS

Vor. VIII. No. 9

Forrn PHrrrr,prr.rr ScHoot

\\i'srx Hrs,rN FELL

ArrrrsTrro Lrrrra Rprucrrs,

l/lartha A S. Skawt.on 266

Couxrnv TnE,qsunEs . "/. Gertrud,e Hwtton z@

Scnoor lJlvs rN \[axv L,rNls . 272

Ar E,xcrrsu Grnr- rll INm4 Marie B. Sntith zZ4

'l'rx LirmB Ppxrsrrs. Blanclce E. ll/ad,e ,

lllustrated by Frank J. Rignel, 277

Brronr tne Gnr,tr Couxcrr, . 2ZB

Boor< 'Terr Edna Billings z9z

Tuo FrNorNc Our CLue . 284

Evnnyraxn Srony Crus .

Srr,rrlmon, rgrT

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Bovs Frontispiece

Frances Healey 259

Anita B. Ferris z6z

Copyright, L917' by lI. W' IIicks. All rights reserYedEntereal under the act of lfarch 3, 1879, aB second

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TheEditorSays:

As Miss Susan Mendenhall,the real editor, is away on a

vacation. we have asked herpicture [o speak for her. Shedoes not know we are Print:ing it, but we hoPe she won'tmind, f'or. we know you'll bellrd to sec the picture. and itivi1l lrelp t'ott to feel Letteracquainted with the latlY rvhomakes EvBnvr-.qNo.

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We are indebted lo MissionS/irdir's, T he Red C ros." Alag'ozlrte, T lte Jwnior CltristianFtrlrlauor lt'o,ld. and TheBoard of F-oreign Missionsof The United PresbyterianChrrrch oi North Amelicafor five pictures on our doublepage, to the McAll Missionioi those r'vith "f wo LittleRefugees," and to,lPiril ofMiss'tons for thc Ir'ontisPiece.

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Nearlv time for schoolagain ! -

Look at the Pictures,"School Days In ManYLands" and see horv o'therboys and girls go to school.Our cover shows a school inRamah, Palestine.

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TheEditorSays:

Here is another member ofthe Evrrlvr.aNr family who isuorking early and late forEvasvteNo bol's arrd girls.This is Uncle Harry S. Xtlyerswho attends to all the busi-ness matters f or us. II yorrwant to make this jo11y Unclesmile just rvrite him a lettertelling him how much you likeEvnnvramn and why, and thatyou have lound a new sub-scriber. -llrst think, if everyone of our readers wrote sucha letter we would have milesand miles of smiles ! Whowill be the first?

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We are indebted to theMethodist Publishing Houseof Tokyo for our oover pic-ture. It is the picture usedwith the Japanese Beginners'Lessons when teaching thetopic "God makine all things."The verv interesting picturesof Sunday-sihools in manylands are presented throughthe courtesy of the World'sSunday School Association,the Presbvterian Board ofForeisn Missions, and otherfriends.

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Our American Sunday-school boys and girls are frsn-ny. If you don't believe it,look at our center page.

trWhat splendid people the

ltalians are ! Next month weare to have an Italian 'number.You will like it, rve know.

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"EVERYLANI) BOAR,D

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Janes Wood

CON.TENTSVor. VIII. No. ro

THE PAGSANIaTv Suxn,r,v-scHool Frontispiece

A Suro.qv ScHool Honsc Anita B. Ferris zgr

TnB Tnn,tsunr or trrr TnrepG eneztiezte Rtt,ssell zg5

Trrr Srencu !'oR TlrE Hrnorm Pnrwcess,Stephen Troa,brid,ge

TrrB Paprn B,rc GoruNs J. Gertrud,e Hu.tton

SuNnav Scnoor, rN MaNy LeNns-Panr ISrBrmc OunsnrvBs as OrnBns Srs Us,

Illustrated by Frank J. Rign,ey 3o4

Sffii7s.rool rm,Nlamy Lerns-Panr 1I . 3o6

AN Emcr-rsn GrRr rrv lNote Marie B. Smith 3o8

A HrnorNr oF THE Sumoev Scnoor.Wollacc l. L4/oodiu, 3rr

AN IuluN Bov's RrvrxcgMary Paula Clrafman 3t3

Evrnyraxl Srony Cr.ur . 316THr FrNnrmc Our Crus 3r8Pvzzra Ptyca 32o

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llaruscripts, which will be paid for if mepteblo,must bo Bent to EVEB,YLAND, 166 Fifth AYmtro,New York City, with addresB &nd sufficle[t poBt-sgo for return.

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}IV.ERILAND BO-q.RD

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Jarnes trVood

C ON TENTSVor,. VIIL No. rr Novrumn, r9r7

Pacr"ANo rrrr GoATS THAT THEy IITLKED rN THE

STREETS" Fronti,spiece

A Dourrr Tnemxscrvrxc Zelia M. I;[/alters 3ztTsr MaN \\,'no S-rvan FronBxcr.

Harolrl B. Huttitto 325

Tnr S. I. O. C. . J. Gerlrude Hutton, 328

F-uxrcrrrr, Fuxrcur.r: A SoNc oF IrALy,Clara L Burrouah.r 33o

A Prr.cnru Bov Br3rnr rua Frnr,fl6y;ttr:; tl e Y.,llorqott

Illustratcd b.v Heltn, E. Fern,ald

Trm QursuoNs ABour IruvIrarv axo Hrn Ppopro

Trrn l{oal ro CHRrs'r,uAs An,ita B. Ferris

-\ FeRrrrn G:nl on I r.rlv,H arriet'

Evr nyr rxo Srony CLr- g

Tnn FrNrrmc Oul CLus

A ]Irrcn-lrovnn Sr,\TLrE,Alict Sints .llarqttcut 35o

Collyright, 191i, by H. \v. Iliclis. AII rishts reser redIriltered urder the act of llarch S, l8ig, as second

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The EditorSays:

What do you knorvabout Italy and her peo-ple ? If you x,ish to knorvlnore-and you r'vill afteryou have read this Italiannumber qf EvEpYa4l'iP-enter the prize contestdescribed on page 333.

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Don't you like the pic-ture on the col,er? It isa reproduction of a fa-mous painting called "ARoman Girl at a Foun-tain," by Leon Bonnat.The original is in theMetropolitan X,luseum atNew York.

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\\re are grateful toReverend F. C. Stephen-son, Toronto, Canada, forthe charming picture ofan Italian family on page336, and to N{iss Alma N.Schilling of the F'irstPresbyterian Church,Syracuse, N. Y., for thepicturc"fr6n-r "Santa's A]-1ies"t.on page 32g and thedol1s' house picture onpage 328.

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"The Roacl to Christ-mas" on page 337 of thisnumber is just the kinclof play for vour missionclass or Sundal--school orclub to give as a Christ-mas entcrtainment.

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The Jar-tuary' Et rnvr,exprvill be an African num-ber.

A happ]-, sharingThanksgiving to you all !

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EYDR,YLAND BOABDJotrrn L. Alexanaler Ralph D. DiffendorferWalter S, Athearn Mr6. Cecilia FarwellMrs. }Iaude J. Baldwin I{ugih. IlartshornoI'r&nk L. Brown ['ranklin K. Ma,thiewsLe8ter Bradner Frmces Jenkins OlcottAlice Crandell Bry&nt Edwaral Porter St. aloblMrs. Charles F. Chase Ada M. SkinnertrIrs. D. C. Cronh Talcotit Williams

James Iilood

CONTENVor. VIII No. rz Drcrunrr, rgrT

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Wrrr- SeN:rrr Cr,tus RruBunrn? FrontispieceTns Bov rHAr S,{NrA Cr,r.us Foncor,

Jarues J. Montague 35tTHr Frnsr Cnnrsrlres Tanr,

Anita B. Ferris 352Tnir Rarx-l,raKER AND THE MrssroNARy,

Harold. B. HuntingIllustrated by Jessie Gillespie 357

Cnnrsr,rt.r.s Caxorrs , Blonche E. [,]/ade 35gFon Oun ,Sornrpns' Cnnrsrlr^ts,

J. Gertrud,e Hutton 36oNrws rnoM J,team Peter K. l,l[ackiruhi 362SrrrNr Nrcnr Clara H. Burrowghs 363Crrnrs:rues Gmts rnolr ,M.q.Nv L.l,Nrs . 3O4

A Tarn oF THE Eprprr,rmn Am^t Steedman,lllustrated by lwiie C. Prott j(fr

Wn,rr rsB Tovs Lrennur,r.Ewleta IrVadsworth,

Illustrated by Franh J. RigneyEvrnyraNn Sronv Cr-ueFrNrrNc Our CluePvzzry. P.a,cE

Copyright, 191?, by I{. lV. Hicks. AII rishts resersedEn'tered under the act of llarch 3, 1g?9, as second

class matter, Deeember 18, 1918, at the postOlnce at Nery York, New yorlr.

trIanuscriDts, rvhich r.ill be paid for if acceptable,must be sent to EYERYLAND, 186 Fifth Ayenue,Nerv York City, with address ancl sufficient post-&g:e for return.

The EditorSays:

Be sure to read the an-nouncement pages of thismagazine! They tell ailabout the good thingsthat are coming to Evrnv-LAND readers this nextyeaf.

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The picture on ourcover really belongs withthe pictures on our cen-ter page, too, for it, a1so,is a Christmas Gift to theWorld. It is {rom a fa-mous painting called"Angels' IIeads," by SirJoshua Reynolds, one ofEngland's great artists.

-.rlt_@Did you eve r hear

about The Santa ClausAssociation ? It collectsthe letters to Santa Clausthat boys and girls putinto mail-boxes. Then,at Christmas time, it"helps Santa Claus" re-member these bo1 s andgirls, who might other-wise be disappointed."The Boy That SantaClaus Forgot," on page

35r, was first Publishedby that association, andis. reprinted here by per-In1SS10n.

-\rr-.&You will like the Afri-

can number. It is com-ing in January. Watchfor it !

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CHR*'X,{ASGRtrETINGS TO THE,BOYS AND GIRLS OFEVERYLAND :- ANl)EVERY LAI{D !

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The Carib Story of the Flood[NoTr: The Caribs are Intlians who fonnerltt lizted, in Central Aru'eri'ca and theI,Vest Ind,ies. When the white men came to tl't,eir cou,ntry, they killed, or capturedmost of the Caribs, and now a handfwl of pectple is all thot re'mains of the ancientrac e.l

By A. Hyatt Verrill

ANY, manyyears ago, whenthe worid wasnew, and birds

tapped loudly with hisbi1l, searching for worms.The tapir heard the noise,and noticing that thewoodpecker followedwherever he went, he be-came suspicious and ledthe bird far astray until

and beasts could talk toman, and the sun andmoon came down fromthe sky and walked about

THE WOODPECKER TAPPINGON THE TREES

TI{E TAPIR WHO WAS SO

FAT AND SLEEK

the earth, the first Carib came.But in this land there was little to

eat, for man was then friendly with allthe birds andbeasts and hadnot learned tokill them anddevour theirflesh. Verysoon the Caribnoticed that the

the woodpecker, becoming weary, flewback to the Carib and told him hecould not find the tapir's feeding place.This made the Carib so angry, that heraised his club and struck at the rn,ood-pecker. The club, hitting the r,vood-pecker's head, left a red mark of bloodwhich the woodpeckers still wear, andto this day, whenever the bird sees aman, he utters his cry of mortal fearand hides behind a tree trunk.

Next theCarib went tothe labba, orpaca, and tell-ing him of histroubles, askedthe labba to{o1low the tapirand find outwhere food wasso plenty. Thelabba agreed,a n d waddled

after the tapir, but he soon forgot allabout his bargain with the man, andate and ate, until he could hold nomore. Then at last he rememberedhis promise and started to go to theCarib; but he rn'as so ful1 he couldscarcely move, and feeling drowsyafter his feast, he fell fast asleep.

\{eanwhile the Carib was starving.

taoir went each dav into the forest andreturned weli fillld with food. andl<nowing he must have some sPot .atn.hich lie ate, the Carib spoke to himand said, "Tell me, O Mai'poori, whereto frnd the food uPon which You growso sleel< and fat, fbr I a'm hungrl' andknorn, not where to seek food." Butthe tapir was greedy, and refused tote11.

l['hen the Carib called the wood-pecker and told him to follow the tapirincl see where he went each day. Theuroorlpecker agreed, and tl-r" tlgTtrnorlring, when the tapir rose from hisbed among the reeds by the river-sid-eand went 1o seek his food, the wood-pecker fo11owed, flying from tree toiree, and ever keePing the taPir inr.ie\r,.

But the woodpecker was hungrY,and each time he lit upon a tree, he

THE CARIB SHAKING THEI,ABBA BY THE TAIL

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THE LABBA AFTER HISTAIL CAME OFF

At last hestarted forth toseek food forhimself . Pres-ently he cameupon the labba,sound asleep,

u,ith corn sti11 in his mouth. Then theCarib, knowing the labba had IoundIood, seized the creature by the tailand shook him. The labba's tail wasso slender, and the labbawas so heavy with all thefood he had eaten thatthe tail broke off short;and ever since, labbashave had no taiis.

The labba, who is atimid creature, was great-1y afraid of the Carib'sanger; so he quickly ledhim to a spot where grew

There they sat and waited for thew-aters to go dorvn, and the red bab-oon, growing ir.npatient, opened hismouth and roared and howled so loudlythat his throat was swollen. To thisdry all the baboorrs har-e swollenthroats, and they howl and roar louderthan all other creatures.

But the flood stil1 continued, and theCarib busied himself by thror,r,ing palmnuts into the water to judge its depth

by the sound o{ thesplash, unti1, at 1ast, heknew the water \vas go-ing down.

Then bits of earthshorved above the water,and the Carib and thebirds and beasts startedto descend. The trum-pet-bird rvas in such a

a great tree. This tree was differentfrom all other trees, for its trunk wasof stone, and upon its branches grewevery kind of fruit and seed and root.Some bore corn, others cassava, othersbeans, others sugar-cane, others plan-tains, others pineapples, and otherssuch useful things as cotton, arrow-canes, and silk-grass. Some of thefruits and grains had ripened andfa11en to the ground, and these theCarib ate, but he was not satisfied, sohe fe1l to work with his ax andchopped down the tree.

The center of the trunk was ho11ou,,and from the hole gushed a stream ofwatet, which spread over the land andthreatened to drown the man. Thenthe Carib seized a basket and placedit upside down on the stump. Thisstopped the flow of water. Then theCarib 1ay down and slept.

As the Carib slumbered, the monkeydrew near. Seeing the basket uponthe sturnp, and curious to see what nicething the man had p]aced beneath it,he crept forward, and lifting the edgeof the basket, peeped beneath. In-stantly the water rushed forth strongerthan ever and flooded the land, and theCarib and all the birds and animalsbarel1. saved themselves by climbinginto a ta11 palm-tree.

THE MONI{EY LIFTINGT}IE BASKET

hurry that he flew quick-1y down and ianded in an ants' nest,ancl the ants, crawling up his fat legs,bit and gnawed at them until theywere thin and spindly as you see tllemto-day, while the pain of the ants'stings made the poor bird dance andhop about, just as trumpet-birds stil11-rop and dance in the forest.

As soon as the Carib reached theground, he tried to make fire by rub-bing two sticks together, and at lasthe made a tiny spark. As he turnedhis back a moment, the noarwd,i,, or bushturkey, saw the spark, and thinking ita firefly, gobbled it up and flew away.The spark burned the marudi's throat;and all marudis still have their necksrcd and bare of feathers, lvhere thespark burned the marudi long ago.

When theCarib missedthe spark hehad made, hebecame angryand cried outto all the birdsand beasts, de-manding whohad stolen hisfire. And al1the birds aud .I-IIE TRLMPET-BIRD WHODeasts ail- FLEW rNTO e.lr.q.rrs,

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away, so the man, having gathered uPas many as he could find, dug holes inthe earth and planted them, that hemight never go hungry again.

So to-day the fruits and seeds thatolrce grew on the stone tree are foundthroughout the land, where they werecarried by the waters, and man plantsonly the few that were saved from theflood. And that you may know thisstory is true, you may still see thestump of the great stone tree standingup near the river and rising far above

THE }IARUDI WHO SWALLOWED THESPARK

rvas the alligator, whom they hated,iorhis ugliness, although he was harmlessand gentle in those days. Thenthe Carib grew furious, andseizing the alligator's tongue,tore it out. That is why thealiigator has but a tiny bit of atongue and lives by himself inthe water and hates all othercreatures and kills all that comenear.

At last the Carib made fireand cooked some food, but inthe flood most of the fruits andseeds and roots had been carried

THE CARIB TEARING OUTtup attrcaton's

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A Thank-You Note[Norr: .Iru th,e December Finiling Out Club, Daaid Reed ashed EvesvLtvNn reailers to sendSunduy-scltool cards to the Egyptian boys and, girls. This is Daz,td's re?ly.)

Armnrcex Nftssron, Assrur, Ecvrt, of his ser'mon father asked them to keepFebruary 24, t9t7. their seats till his son could give each boy

Dear Everyland: a card. They lvere the happiest boys I'veSome of-the readers of the EvpnvraNl have given to yet. Tlrere were no girls there, and

been so kind as to send Sundal-school cards at the Coptic Church there were almost nofor the E$'p,tian boys and girls, so I shall children.tel1 you of-inother village trip I made with We had many invitations to drink coffee,mr. iather. but father always sa;rs, "No, thank you."

We started on ,our bic_vcles early Sabbath On the way home in passing those huts, wemorning. -\fter followinr the railroad a good saw a w,oman clurning, butter. Three sticksdistance, rve took a path aiross the fields. w-ere placed as. if to rnake a yigwam, a blackThere we ca*e trpon some huts 'made of goat-skin was hanging from ,the top, in whichcorn-stalks partly covered with rnud. People rry-as the crearn. She kep,t sw.inging a-nd jerkingrvere living ln these huts to quard their grow- it._ Wouldn't you like sorne butter?1ns sraln. Beside the railroad a crowd of workmen

bn"reachine the village we went first to,the *'ere eating. They invited us to sl'are theirCoptic Church. The priest rvas conductit8 lunc!, as is_ the custom- of the Pgyprians. ._

a service and kept on so long father thought After a hard ride of abou,t f'ourteen miless-e could not 'lvait, but as we started the men we reached home. Our dinner was welcomedstopped us and tet father preach righ.t ar,vay. after the long ride.Afier he finished his sermon we went to our Friends from California, S,outh Carolina,orvn church. One of the college boys was X,faryland, Texas, Nebraska, and Ohio, havepreachins there, so rve waited until he was sent picture cards. Thanking all, I am,ihrough j then father got trp and preachedanother sermon. Most of the boys were sit- Sincerely yours'

ting together near the pulpit. At the close Devro Paur, Rrro.a,