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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1908-10-15, Page 15Kitao Dines Like a. King K!TAO [timposed himself to sieep, True. he had not dined, but he was contented, for all that, Had he not given his last handful of Nee to the poor? Surely. he wo'.tld gain much more got✓] from it 1n line way than had he eaten it. But his companion, Matou, *the eat, \VENT PI-eCIDLY TO SLEEP was dissatisfied. The idea of taking a nap while hungry wag not at tel attract- ive to her. Sha determined to =stint for some tempting morsel In which she could bury her teeth. no had gond not more than a hundred Yards from the cottage of her master, however, before oho met several naughty boys, who wickedly tied a huge saucepan to hdr tail. Terrifiedby this great thing, which banged and clattered FASTENED THE SAUCL.'AN after her, Matou sped helter-skelter elong the bywaYs, So great was her fright that she did net realize what - she was doing when she ran against the royal cook, who Prepared the viands for the emperor himself, Now, the cook was carrying a Pullet, which had just been cooked for his majesty, and when he fell, tripped by the string attached to Matou's sauoe- 1e1 s APPiarniatammantomnseaStoommoo ' e ties Cer OR // / Catching' the Robber ly, , A r R. BROWN looked into She gram 111�6box, sunk deep In the ground, which stood near hie house. The longer he gazed the Mere wrathful he became. Bete, you see, he had stored the apples plucked from the chelcoet trees In his orchard; and now some thief had made great Inroads Into tI:e supply. As he muttered what he would de if moi•' .- 1���3-�= `4 4A' 4 -t 6 /` I3, there is nothing to disturb 1/-9g me today. I can now devote the time necessary to finish ..thio portrait." Thereupon, Isabey, the great painter of the French court, applied himself to his work with renewed energy. But not long was he to remain in this contented frame of. mind. Some one knocked loudly at the door. With a grunt of irritation Isabey turned the handle, to find himself confronted by an equerry In the royal uniform. "Your presence, sir, is desired at the Tnilleries immediately," said the mes- senger. itimesteisfeeta THE ARTIST QUICKLY ARRANGED THE WONDERFUL DOLLS IN A PROCESSION BEFORE NAPOLEON "Tsabey," said Ile, "you know that my coronation takes place in two days. Well, I want you to begin work this bout upon two water colors, reproducing exactly the event which velli take .place on that day. I wish to have these paintings completed by the day I am crowned emperor," The painter murmured, "Yes, sire," and then found himself dismissed, Back to his house he walked, with his mind all befuddled. How in the world could he finish two water colors, demanding great care, in just forty-eight hours? Isabey knew the task set him was Im- Possible.. It would have taxed the abll- do the work," he reflected. All at once an idea came to him. Not Only was he Clever at painting, but he could devise splendid costumes with re- markable speed, Mine. Isabey was wit - though It wore a doll factory. Puppet after puppet wag completed, however. Yet Isabey never ceased from his ta- bors. On the eve of Coronation Day Isabey was admitted to the presence 0f Na- poleon. Accompanying him was the painter's valet, bearing a mass of paste- board boxes. "What are all these parcels for?" de- manded Napoleon. "Surely two water colors cannot oeseipy so touch space." Without replying, Isabey proveeded to unfasten tht, cords which bound trio -.boxes, and t0 plate upon the fluor a multitude of puppets, exactly resem- bling the noted personages who were to "I regret, sire, that I could not exe- cute your command better, but I trust that this substltutlou for the water colors will be acceptable." And Napoleon, thoroughly amused as well as astonished at the painter's mar- velous skill in designing the procession, replied: "I am satisfied, Isabey-and sur- prised." Wbile Josephine, wife of Napoleon, added, with enthuslasm: "You do very well as a court painter, Seabee., but I would that you were my costumer!" Isabey acknowledged this compliment and the praise bestowed upon him by • DROPPED TIIE PULLET pan, he dropped the chicken. And this dainty fell right into the saucepan tied to the cat's tail. Away Ped Matou, more frightened than ever. This time she made directly for the home of her master. Kitao was astonished, Indeed, when Matou appeared, drawing behind her the Pullet In a saucepan, "The gods have provided me with din - eery' cried he. And ae he proceeded to PROVIDED WITH A DINNER enjoy this feast he remarked, with gusto: "This pullet Is fit for a king to dine upon." Little did he know with what truth he had spoken, Had he clone so, per- haps, be would not have eaten the pullet so calmly, nor so gratefully shared ft with Matou. A Fair Exchange it, T EVE,E1 before had Willie 0000 1n ®vll the country. He fell into rap- , tures of delight over many things, but above all did he admire a Jersey calf. "I'd like to -buy it," he said to the owner. "But what would you ghee in ex- change for 1t?" was the response. "My baby sister," gravely answered the boy, "We often have a new baby, and we've never had a mall." SERVANTS BROUGHT UNDRESSED D OLLS AND RICH FABRICS Wondering for the necessity of such great haste, Isabey hurried to the pal- ace, where he gained admittance at once, Napoleon greeted him kindly, and then referred to the matter which had caused him to send for the .artist. Ity of an artist who worked at e. rapid- fire rate: and it so happened that Isa- bey, though' a skilful artist, always painted with much dellberotion, "But since Napoleon has commanded, I must at least make some attempt to SUMMONED BY NAPOLEON nese to his skill in designing elaborate robes exquisitely decorated. Once having made up his mind, Isa- bey made hurried plans to put the scheme Into execution. Servants were dispatched to buy numbers of undressed dolls; others were sent to shops to buy rich fabrics and gay tinsel et gold and silver. Then the painter set to work. First, he painted the faces of the dolls to rep- resent the features of those who were to take part 1n the pageant. Then from the heap of costly cloth he cut pieces and deftly fashioned them Into beautiful robes, exact counterparts Of those to be worn at the coronation, Bolles passed, but the flying lingers Of the artist fairly kept -pace with them. Round him now lay masses of dresses and cloth and dulls and scraps -as ISABEY'S ROOM LOOKED LIKE A DOLL FACTORY. take part In the coronation on the mor- row. In the space of a short time he had arranged a complete procession. Then he turned to Napoleon, bowed, and said: Courtiers and ladles. The water colors"were afterward fin- ished, as Napoleon had first command- ed, but it is said that the emperor was not mere pleased with them than he was with the wonderful group of dolls,. Himself the Enemy AN OLD.. Norse legend tells of one of tete kings of Northland who was a mighty warrior, and so strong that none other could stand against him In combat, There was no man living whom he feared, But one dark and cloudy night he was set upon by an enemy who seem- ed to know 1n advance his every de- fense, .and who was able to forestall all hismovesand grips and thrusts, Invain the king sought to free him- self. 710 felt that he was being choked to death. Then, as the clouds parted for a mo- ment, the king caught a glimpse of his enamy, ant, lol he saw his own face, So It was lie found that he was his own "greatest enemy. Natural Motives. Teem hgr-When the war broke out all the men who could leavetheir homes enlisted in the army. Now, can any of you tell me what motives took them to the front? Bright Boy -Locomotives, teacher) Ss' less 1T U'1.' long ago a motor -cal' in which the Prineese of Wales was riding killed a fox -terrier pulpy belonging to the children of Mr. Eipberh a swortl Edmunds, of Rieknl u . t. liiS adci(lcnt so distressed the princess o the hili a 2tp i c that she sent another puppy g g Ion to replace Prince." Nelly, who had been killed." The children lllahned the 11e t jj " dog "Royal i'11nee. You can imagine how they prize their $10t and How they appreciate the kindness of the princess. If X IM► ascoossanssettsamaavorausbowatzatoMOCOOOsanitaltavaaseLeszaventcpuomax.. TRICK THIMBLES URRIEDLY unfolding the note which Nora had just brought 1-1. her. Nan read: "To Her Majesty Queen Nan: "With the permission of your most gracious majesty the court magician will perform in the queen's audience. chamber at the hour Of 1. "MAGICIAN DAN." The little girl clapped her bands In glee, It was very, very nloe of Brother Dan to help amuse her, whileher sprained ankle still kept her confined to ebhe house. She settled herself more comfortably on the c0uoln, to await the coming of tho "magician" Dan could do such wonderful tricks that site well knew a treat was in store. Promptly at the hour. appointed Dan appeared at the door of the sitting rope), and bowed profoundly to Nati. Then he left the room for a moment, returning with materials Tor his tricks. Raising two thimbles in the air, be announced' THE PEBBORMANOE BEGINS "Your thajeety, the performance will begin with amystifying thimble trick. You will observe the thimbles are en- tirely envie', Now I shall place a col'k pellet on the table before me, and over It./ shall place ono of the thheibles. The Other thimble I put on top of the oho which covers the pellet. Presto, altaI" Danngewaved bla maglo wand in the air, made a' low mysterious gestures 91 HOW THE COIN DISAPPEARS and then announced: "I have now made the pellet travel from underneath the lower thimble, to the inside of the upper thimble." Sure enough, when be raised the top thimble, there was the pellet, while the bottom thimble was empty, OTHER ASTONISHING# FEATS Amid great applause Dan went on with his next feat, On the table he laid a square piece of paper aid upon it placed a coin, Over the coin he placed a glass. Then over the glass he slipped a cylinder of pasteboard. Raising both the glass and the cylin- der together, he showed that the coin had disappeared from the table. But when he laid the glass and cylinder again upon trio table, end removed the cylmder, the sola rested on the square piece of paper u11der the glass as bee tore. The magician bowed low In acknowl- edgement o1 her majesty's approval, bo• fore .going on with another trick. Tills time lie borrowed a handkerchief from his royal audience, spread It out fiat upon the .table and placed a coin ex- actly in the middle, Afterwaed he folded the corners of the handkerchief toward the center. Then, with a few passes of ills wand, he fluttered the hant1kere11Ief in the air. The Coln was genet "I shall conclude my peetormanee With the most remarkable feat known to mestere of the Art of Magic," grave- ly said Dan, ea he yroducod a glass Pee - j 90 FOLDING THE HANDKERCHIEF filled almost to the rim With ink. To prove that it was really ink, he dipped a visiting card into the field; but when ha threw a handkerchief over the glass he muttered a few magic words, and then slowly drew the handkerchief away and, instead of ink, the glass eontalted clear water, 10 which swam a tiny goldfish, Nen gasped with aetontshment. Not did she hardly recover sutliolenthy to thank the magician for hie kindly en- tertainment, as Dan bowed himself out the door., "I Only wish I knew how he did those splendid tricks," she murmured to her- self. Perhaps you would like to knew just how Dan DID aoron:pllsh these feats. In the thimble trick, the bottom thfm- Ole (A) had it piece of cork inserted in- side, with a needle point extending al- most to the level of the rIm. So that When the cork pellet was placed under it the needle penetrated the cork, and when the thimble was raised the pellet came up with It, Theme was also a etre cular piece et cork (0) inside the upper thimble (B). Tills piece had a little holo in It (o) -just large enough for a second cork pellet (f) to bo dropped through it, This second pellet rested on the narroif lodge (a) above the hole. Greet ware had to be taken to 1t01d the thimble in an inclined peeition while placing it aver tho flint thimble, In order that the pellet might net roll through the hula (a) In the cork lodge. Of outgo, alta GOBLETS FILLED WITII "INK" the upper thimble was in position, It was a simple matter to turn the thim- ble so that the pellet would roil out, The second trick was accomplished by leaving a. circular piece of pasteboard (1) -with exactly the same circumfer- ence as the mouth of the glass -resting upon the square bit of paper (j). The coin (1) was 1afd on the pasteboard. Then the rim of the glass (h) was snick with mucilage. Of course, the glass was fitted oxaetly upon the edges of the piece of pasteboard, to which It adhered. When the glass and cylinder (k) were raised together, the cylinder was big enough to cover the glass and the paste- board upon which the Coln lay. COIN CLINGS TO IiI EAD Before beginning the handkerchief trick, a moist piece et bread was stuck on the corner of the handkerehlef. Th15 corner was pressed upon the coin first in folding, The coin naturally adhered to the bread, and the performer when un- rolling the handkerchief turned toward his aulleneo the side of the handker- ohlef opposite to that upon which the coin clung. Ink neatly was not need hi the last experiment, The inside of the glass was lined with fe piece Of black cloth com- ing up to the exact level of the water. The end was inked on ono side, before- hand. Upon drawing the handkerchief awes Irem the covered glass the per• fernier reached down and also drew Ottt the bloat cloth, concealing it within life handkerehtef„ GREAT WAS HIS WRATH he caught the rascal, Mr. Brown heard a smothered laugh, Turning his head he observed a boy peering through the hedge and grinning mischievously, "There 1s my robber!" cried Mr. Brown, starting to run after the boy. But the boy ran numb faster than did the stout man. After stumbling over an obstacle, and falling heavily to the FELL HEAVILY ground, Mr. Brown gave up the chase. But he did not give up his plan for punishing the boy. He was even more angry than before. When he had thought deeply for some time, he decided what to do. Just be- neath the 11d of the box he Concealed a powerful spring. As he retired to bed that tight 11 was with a chuckle, for he felt sure of catching his prey the next day. And It happened exactly as he ex- pected 1t would. Early next morning Mr. Brown arose, PLANS REVENUE Bowing the straiten of his window, 11e Peered through a creek clown to where his precious apples were etnred, He had not long to wait before the boy appear- ed. After 10ekinn closely about hila, to see that 110 One was near, the naughty fellow stole toward the apples. Then, as he released the stavle which fastened the 110 of the box, a strange thing happened. The 110 flew backward THE BOY SHOT UPWARD and he was shot upward through the air, right into the hands of the angry gentleman who was waiting to receive him. The spring had done Its work fen. fully, and you may also be sure that Mr. Brown did what he be/laved to be his duty. He lay the boy firmly across his knee and -well, you can guess what happened without a great deal of trou- ble, can't you? A 'Watch as a Compass VERY few of you, perhaps, have observed the fourth hour on the dial of a clock is marked "IIIl" instead of "TV." This was due to a mistake of Charles V of France, un- der whoa diroo 1 1 e L Ori the fMet.- watCt>; was made, A Watch may also he used 1'aatllly' for a compose. Point the hour band, to the sun, and the (Muth la exactly halfway between the hour and the figure XII' en the watch,' For instance, auppesing that it Is 1 o'rlook, Point the hand Indicating four to the sun, 11210 II on t11. watCii LI exactly south.