rly.

For an In-door Evening.

The season of the year approaches when in-door parties are held. At
these parties riddles are often called for. Several members send us some
riddles. We group them here, with answers, that you may use them if you
have need:

For no crime did I come to my end,
No rope round my neck was e'er tied;
Though no jury decided my fate,
I was hanged from a tree till I died.

Answer: Absalom.

I was a baron bold and bad,
A follower of King John;
I lost my place, I lost my power,
And all my wealth was gone.
My story, told in jingling rhyme,
Familiar is to all:
For I'm only ---- ----
The ---- that had a fall.

Answer: Humpty Dumpty. Egg.

My first a party leader is,
A river is my second,
Whoever bears my third will still
A man of mark be reckoned.
An emperor, in sad disgrace,
Knelt barefoot at the portal
Of him whose name my whole betrays,
In church and state immortal.

Answer: Hill-Dee-Brand.--Hildebrand.

I'm a very busy person
About this time of year;
At morning and at night-time
I'm almost always here,
But at high noon I steal away
To come again at close of day.

Answer: Jack Frost.

The Helping Hand.

At the approaching Christmas-time cannot the Ladies, the Knights and
Patrons assisting, hold some fairs in aid of the School Fund? As a rule,
these fairs prove the most successful of any plan so far followed. There
is some work connected with such undertakings, but there is also much
pleasure. Won't _you_ speak to your friends about it at once? See what
they say and what they will do. You will find all willing to help. What
is needed is a leader. Won't you take the lead--set the ball rolling?

Prizes for Pen-Drawings.

Members are asked to bear in mind that we cannot send proof of the prize
story promptly, as several of you ask us to do, since the Story
Competition does not close till near the end of December. It is the
first prize story of that contest that is to be illustrated. We have
about fifty requests for the proof, so the contest is to be a spirited
one. With the proof, to be sent to contestants early in January, there
will be mailed hints about size, etc. The sum of $10 is offered for the
best illustration. Contestants select their own subject. Those who wish
to try for the prize should ask for proof. If, after you receive the
proof, you think you cannot succes