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STORIES FOR CHILDREN

A FTER Miss Boyd's talk there was still another treat when
Mrs. Stella S. Perry, one of the founders of Alpha Omicron
Pi, told briefly her ideas of stories for children. She read a very
charming note from a youthful admirer who wishes also to become an
author. It showed that Mrs. Perry must make her books very real
and interesting.

Mrs. Perry said that very few parents have the proper interest in
the literature read by their children. At Christmas time, especially,
many books are sold and read, when they do more harm than good,
because they are selected in haste, or from a saleswoman who has
never read more than five good books in her life and who knows noth-
ing about children at their various ages, and moreover, she has
probably been taken, the last minute, from the dull, unpatronized
kitchen-ware department to assist in the selection of books. Then we
wonder how the child ever had such ideas. Parents should see that
the books have a good pure thought and real characters.

Among the most popular of Mrs. Perry's latest books are Engle of
Christinas and Girls' Nest. I n the Fehruary number of St. Niche/as
Mrs. Perry has a very fine story.

TRIOLET ,
Mary made an angel cake
For her darling Charley's sake,
For his dear sake.
Charley ate it every crumb.
Then he heard the angel's drum,

Calling softly, "Charley come,"
» And Charley went.—Cornell IVitiow.