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"Santa's Allies" will be a splendid play for you to give at the end of this summer. Before you send away the gifts you have made, to a mission school, the Red Cross, the children's ward o{ a hospitai or elsewhere, \-ou can gile an enter-

iainment {or vour friends and present Santa's A1lies. At the same time shor,r' them the gifts which you have made.

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We hope you will learn the words

all ol "Armerica the Beautiful" this month. Tt is one of the best oI our newer patriotic songs.

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The boys and girls in

the United States will

have a great holiday on July fourth, but in another country hundreds of EvonvreNp readers will celebrate a holiday on July first. What country is it, and what is the significance of the day?

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II' S. Myers, lllanager Editor EVER,YLAND BOAIiI) B,alDh E. Diflenilorfer John L. Alexander 1urs. Cecelia Farwell Walter S. Atheann Ilugh llartshorne trIrs. tr[audo J. Baldwin Franklin K. Mathiew8 Frank L. Brown Edward Porter St. ;rohn Lester Braalner

Susen trIendenhaU,

Alice Crandell Bryant llrs. Charles F. Chase trIrs. E. C. Cronk

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Says: Ir&-hich of the things mentioned in the "What Can \\re Do ?" number are lora doing ?

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"Thank you !"-to our

readers who have Paid

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subscriptions to Evsnvr.exo to be sent to school boys and girls who live where there are few

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good books and magazines. If you have not done this yet, wouldn't you like to? Just mail us one dollar, and we rvill send vou the address of the sihool to which your

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Xlary Hazelton Trm Canrn Sronv on rnn Frool,

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CopJrright, 191?,

must be sent to EYERYLAND, 166 Fifth Avmue, New York City, rvith address and sufficient postage for return'

magazine goes. \A/e are indebted to the Presbyterian Board of l.-oreign }lissions and to the \f cAll Mission for three o{ the pictures on our center pages this month.

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Watch for the "Going

in Every Land" pictures in the SePtember EvonvreNp! to School

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Some o{ you will remember the Sunday-

school number of EvrnYthat came last November. There is to be another one, but October rvi1l bring it to you this yeaI. LAND

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Published llonthly EVDRYLAND, 156 I'ifth AYenue, New York City Yearly Subscription' $1.00 Ten cents & copy Foreign, $1.50; Canada, $1.26 Susan llendenhall,

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Dalitor

EVDBYLAND BOAR,I)

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IialDh E. Diffendorfer Cecelia Farwell Ilugh IlartBhorne Franklin K. M&thiews Frances .I' Olcott Edward Portor St. John

IIrs.

Ada

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Talcott Williams

James W00d

The Editor

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As Miss Susan Mendenhall,

the real editor, is away on a vacation. we have asked her picture [o speak for her. She does not know we are Print: ing it, but we hoPe she won't

mind, f'or. we know you'll

be

llrd to sec the picture. and it ivi1l lrelp t'ott to feel Letter acquainted with the latlY rvho makes EvBnvr-.qNo. IF

We are indebted lo Mission S/irdir's, T he Red C ros." Alag'

T lte Jwnior Cltristian Ftrlrlauor lt'o,ld. and The Board of F-oreign Missions of The United Presbyterian Chrrrch oi North Amelica for five pictures on our double page, to the McAll Mission ioi those r'vith "f wo Little Refugees," and to,lPiril of Miss'tons for thc Ir'ontisPiece.

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Copyright, L917'

Nearlv time for school again ! Look at the Pictures, "School Days In ManY Lands" and see horv o'ther boys and girls go to school.

Our cover shows a school in Ramah, Palestine.

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"EVERYLANI) BOAR,D Balph E. Diffetrdorfer John L, Alexatrdor Mrs. Cecelia Farwell Walter S. Atlrearn Ilugh Ilartshorne trIrs. llaualo J, Balilwln Franklin tr. MetJriews Frank L. Brown Fr&nces J. Olcott Lestcr Bradner Etlwa.rd Porter St. Johr Alice Cr&ndelt Bryant llrs. Charles F. Chase Ada trI, Skinner Talcott Williams ][rs, D. C. Crork Janes Wood

Says: Here is another member of the Evrrlvr.aNr family who is uorking early and late for EvasvteNo bol's arrd girls.

This is Uncle Harry S. Xtlyers

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THE PAGSANIaTv Suxn,r,v-scHool Frontispiece A Suro.qv ScHool Honsc Anita B. Ferris zgr TnB Tnn,tsunr or trrr Tnrep G

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

TrrB Paprn B,rc GoruNs J. Gertrud,e Hu.tton SuNnav Scnoor, rN MaNy LeNns-Panr I SrBrmc OunsnrvBs as OrnBns Srs Us,

Illustrated by Frank J. Rign,ey

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Mary Paula Clrafman 3t3 Evrnyraxl Srony Cr.ur . 316 THr FrNnrmc Our Crus 3r8

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you have-llrst lound a new subthink, if every scriber.

of our readers wrote such a letter we would have miles and miles of smiles ! Who will be the first? one

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AN IuluN Bov's Rrvrxcg

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ness matters f or us. II yorr want to make this jo11y Uncle smile just rvrite him a letter telling him how much you like Evnnvramn and why, and that

We are indebted to

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Copyright, 191?, by II. W. Hicks. AU rights reserved Dntered under the act of lfarch 3, 18?9, es'second class matter, December 13' 1913, at tho Post Office at New York, Nerv York.

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 poBtsgo for return.

the

Methodist Publishing House of Tokyo for our oover picture. It is the picture used

with the Japanese Beginners' Lessons when teaching the topic "God makine all things."

The verv interesting pictures of Sunday-sihools in many lands are presented through the courtesy of the World's Sunday School Association, the Presbvterian Board of Foreisn Missions, and other friends.

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Our American Sundayschool boys and girls are frsnny. If you don't believe it, look at our center page. tr What splendid people the ltalians are ! Next month we are to have an Italian 'number.

You will like it, rve know.

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Don't you like the picture on the col,er? It is a reproduction of a famous painting called "A Roman Girl at a Fountain," by Leon Bonnat.

The original is in the Metropolitan X,luseum at New York.

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Fronti,spiece STREETS" Tnemxscrvrxc Zelia A Dourrr M. I;[/alters 3zt Tsr 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 Iruv Irarv axo Hrn Ppopro Trrn l{oal ro CHRrs'r,uAs An,ita B. Ferris -\ FeRrrrn G:nl on I r.rlv, H

enter the prize contest described on page 333. x

Talcotrt Williams Jarnes trVood

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arriet'

rxo Srony CLr- g Tnn FrNrrmc Oul CLus A ]Irrcn-lrovnn Sr,\TLrE, Alict Sints .llarqttcut

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about Italy and her people ? If you x,ish to knorv lnore-and you r'vill after you have read this Italian number qf EvEpYa4l'iP-

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\\re are grateful

to Reverend F. C. Stephenson, Toronto, Canada, for the charming picture of an Italian family on page 336, and to N{iss Alma N. Schilling of the F'irst

Presbyterian

Church,

Syracuse, N. Y., for the picturc"fr6n-r "Santa's A]1ies"t.on page 32g and the dol1s' house picture on page 328.

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"The Roacl to Christmas" on page 337 of this number is just the kincl of play for vour mission class or Sundal--school or club to give as a Christmas entcrtainment.

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Collyright, 191i, by H. \v. Iliclis. AII rishts reser red

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rlust l)e sent to EVFIIiYLANtr),

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The Jar-tuary' Et rnvr,exp num-

rvill be an African ber.

A happ]-, sharing

Thanksgiving to you all !

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Published Monthly EVER,YLAND, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City Ten cents a copy Yearly Subscriplion, 91,00 Foreign, $1.50; Canail&, $1.25 S[san ]ltendenhall, Editor II. S. llyers, trIanager EYDR,YLAND BOABD Jotrrn L. Alexanaler Ralph D. Diffendorfer Walter S, Athearn Mr6. Cecilia Farwell Mrs. }Iaude J. Baldwin I{ugih. Ilartshorno I'r&nk L. Brown ['ranklin K. Ma,thiews Le8ter Bradner Frmces Jenkins Olcott Alice Crandell Bry&nt Edwaral Porter St. alobl Mrs. Charles F. Chase trIrs. D. C. Cronh

Ada M. Skinner Talcotit Williams

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Wrrr- SeN:rrr Cr,tus RruBunrn? Frontispiece Tns Bov rHAr S,{NrA Cr,r.us Foncor, Jarues J. Montague 35t

THr Frnsr Cnnrsrlres

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Tanr,

Anita B. Ferris

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Rarx-l,raKER AND THE MrssroNARy,

Harold. B. Hunting Illustrated by Jessie Gillespie 357 Cnnrsr,rt.r.s Caxorrs , Blonche E. [,]/ade 35g Fon Oun ,Sornrpns' Cnnrsrlr^ts,

J. Gertrud,e Hutton Nrws rnoM J,team Peter K. l,l[ackiruhi SrrrNr Nrcnr Clara H. Burrowghs Crrnrs:rues Gmts rnolr ,M.q.Nv

A Tarn

oF THE

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Steedman,

lllustrated by lwiie C. Prott

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Lrennur,r.

Ewleta IrVadsworth,

Illustrated by Franh J. Rigney EvrnyraNn Sronv Cr-ue FrNrrNc Our Clue

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The picture on our cover really belongs with the pictures on our center page, too, for it, a1so, is a Christmas Gift to the World. It is {rom a famous painting called "Angels' IIeads," by Sir

James Iilood

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Be sure to read the announcement pages of this magazine! They tell ail about the good things that are coming to EvrnvLAND readers this next yeaf. .\!/-&

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Copyright, 191?, by I{. lV. Hicks. AII rishts resersed En'tered under the act of llarch 3, 1g?9, as second class matter, Deeember 18, 1918, at the post Olnce 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.

Joshua Reynolds, one of England's great artists.

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Did you eve r hear Claus Association ? It collects

about The Santa

the letters to Santa Claus that boys and girls put into mail-boxes. Then,

at Christmas time, it "helps Santa Claus" remember these bo1 s and girls, who might otherwise be disappointed.

"The Boy That Santa Claus Forgot," on page 35r, was first Published by that association, and is. reprinted here by perIn1SS10n.

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.& You will like the African number. It is coming in January. Watch for it ! .\l/,

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CHR*'X,{AS

GRtrETINGS TO THE, BOYS AND GIRLS OF EVERYLAND :- ANl) EVERY LAI{D !

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The Carib Story of the Flood Caribs are Intlians who fonnerltt lizted, in Central Aru'eri'ca and the Ind,ies. When the white men came to tl't,eir cou,ntry, they killed, or captured most of the Caribs, and now a handfwl of pectple is all thot re'mains of the ancient

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By A. Hyatt Verrill ANY, many the worid was new, and birds years ago, when

tapped loudly with his bi1l, searching for worms.

The tapir heard the noise, and noticing that the

woodpecker followed and beasts could talk to wherever he went, he beman, and the sun and TI{E TAPIR WHO WAS SO came suspicious and led moon came down from FAT AND SLEEK the bird far astray until the sky and walked about the woodpecker, becoming weary, flew the earth, the first Carib came.

But in this land there was little to back to the Carib and told him he eat, for man was then friendly with all could not find the tapir's feeding place. the birds and This made the Carib so angry, that he beasts and had raised his club and struck at the rn,oodnot learned to pecker. The club, hitting the r,voodkill them and pecker's head, left a red mark of blood devour their which the woodpeckers still wear, and flesh. Very to this day, whenever the bird sees a THE WOODPECKER TAPPING soon the Carib man, he utters his cry of mortal fear ON THE TREES noticed that the and hides behind a tree trunk.

Next the taoir went each dav into the forest and Carib went to returned weli fillld with food. and the labba, or l<nowing he must have some sPot .at paca, and telln.hich lie ate, the Carib spoke to him ing him of his where Mai'poori, O me, and said, "Tell troubles, asked to frnd the food uPon which You grow the labba to and hungrl' I a'm fbr so sleel< and fat, {o1low the tapir knorn, not where to seek food." But and find out the tapir was greedy, and refused to te11.

l['hen the Carib called the woodpecker and told him to follow the tapir incl see where he went each day. The uroorlpecker agreed, and tl-r" tlgTt rnorlring, when the tapir rose from his bed among the reeds by the river-sid-e and went 1o seek his food, the woodpecker fo11owed, flying from tree to iree, and ever keePing the taPir in r.ie\r,.

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

THE CARIB SHAKING THE I,ABBA BY THE TAIL

where food was so plenty. The

labba agreed, a n d waddled

after the tapir, but he soon forgot all about his bargain with the man, and ate and ate, until he could hold no more. Then at last he remembered his promise and started to go to the Carib; but he rn'as so ful1 he could scarcely move, and feeling drowsy after his feast, he fell fast asleep. \{eanwhile the Carib was starving.

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At last he There they sat and waited for the started forth to w-aters to go dorvn, and the red babseek food for oon, growing ir.npatient, opened his himself . Pres- mouth and roared and howled so loudly ently he came that his throat was swollen. To this upon the labba, dry all the baboorrs har-e swollen sound asleep, throats, and they howl and roar louder

u,ith corn sti11 in his mouth. Then the Carib, knowing the labba had Iound Iood, seized the creature by the tail and shook him. The labba's tail was so slender, and the labba was so heavy with all the food he had eaten that the tail broke off short;

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than all other creatures.

But the flood stil1 continued, and the Carib busied himself by thror,r,ing palm nuts into the water to judge its depth by the sound o{ the splash, unti1, at 1ast, he knew the water \vas go-

ing

down.

Then bits of earth shorved above the water, and the Carib and the birds and beasts started to descend. The trumpet-bird rvas in such a

labbas

have had no taiis.

The labba, who is a timid creature, was great1y afraid of the Carib's THE MONI{EY LIFTING T}IE BASKET anger; so he quickly led him to a spot where grew hurry that he flew quicka great tree. This tree was different 1y down and ianded in an ants' nest, from all other trees, for its trunk was ancl the ants, crawling up his fat legs, of stone, and upon its branches grew bit and gnawed at them until they every kind of fruit and seed and root. were thin and spindly as you see tllem Some bore corn, others cassava, others to-day, while the pain of the ants' beans, others sugar-cane, others plan- stings made the poor bird dance and tains, others pineapples, and others hop about, just as trumpet-birds stil1 such useful things as cotton, arrow- 1-rop and dance in the forest. canes, and silk-grass. Some of the As soon as the Carib reached the fruits and grains had ripened and ground, he tried to make fire by rubfa11en to the ground, and these the bing two sticks together, and at last Carib ate, but he was not satisfied, so he made a tiny spark. As he turned he fe1l to work with his ax and his back a moment, the noarwd,i,, or bush turkey, saw the spark, and thinking it chopped down the tree.

The center of the trunk was ho11ou,, a firefly, gobbled it up and flew away. and from the hole gushed a stream of The spark burned the marudi's throat; watet, which spread over the land and and all marudis still have their necks threatened to drown the man. Then rcd and bare of feathers, lvhere the the Carib seized a basket and placed spark burned the marudi long ago. it upside down on the stump. This When the stopped the flow of water. Then the Carib missed Carib 1ay down and slept. the spark he As the Carib slumbered, the monkey had made, he drew near. Seeing the basket upon became angry and cried out to all the birds he crept forward, and lifting the edge and beasts, deof the basket, peeped beneath. In- manding who stantly the water rushed forth stronger had stolen his the sturnp, and curious to see what nice thing the man had p]aced beneath it,

than ever and flooded the land, and the Carib and all the birds and animals barel1. saved themselves by climbing into a ta11 palm-tree.

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away, so the man, having gathered uP

as many as he could find, dug holes in

the earth and planted them, that he might never go hungry again.

So to-day the fruits and seeds that olrce grew on the stone tree are found throughout the land, where they were carried by the waters, and man plants only the few that were saved from the THE }IARUDI WHO SWALLOWED THE SPARK

flood. And that you may know this story is true, you may still see the stump of the great stone tree standing up near the river and rising far above

rvas the alligator, whom they hated,ior his ugliness, although he was harmless

and gentle in those days. Then

the Carib grew furious, and seizing the alligator's tongue, tore it out. That is why the aliigator has but a tiny bit of a tongue and lives by himself in the water and hates all other creatures and kills all that come

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near.

At last the Carib made fire and cooked some food, but in the flood most of the fruits and seeds and roots had been carried

A Thank-You Note

Finiling Out Club, Daaid Reed ashed EvesvLtvNn reailers to send Sunduy-scltool cards to the Egyptian boys and, girls. This is Daz,td's re?ly.) of his ser'mon father asked them to keep Armnrcex Nftssron, Assrur, Ecvrt, February 24, t9t7. their seats till his son could give each boy a card. They lvere the happiest boys I've Dear Everyland: Some 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 no for the E$'p,tian boys and girls, so I shall children.

We had many invitations to drink coffee, tel1 you of-inother village trip I made with but father always sa;rs, "No, thank you." mr. iather.

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

Beside the railroad a crowd of workmen 1ns sraln. bn"reachine the village we went first to,the *'ere eating. They invited us to sl'are their Coptic 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 miles s-e could not 'lvait, but as we started the men we reached home. Our dinner was welcomed stopped us and tet father preach righ.t ar,vay. after the long ride.

Friends from California, S,outh Carolina, Afier he finished his sermon we went to our orvn church. One of the college boys was X,faryland, Texas, Nebraska, and Ohio, have preachins there, so rve waited until he was sent picture cards. Thanking all, I am, ihrough j then father got trp and preached Sincerely yours' another sermon. Most of the boys were sitDevro Paur, Rrro. ting together near the pulpit. At the close

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