id sent,
I might have work'd,
If such was her intent."

She sigh'd, and melted
Into sobs and tears,
She hears a noise
And at the door appears

A pretty maiden, clean,
Well-dress'd, and neat
Her voice was soft,
Her looks sedate, yet sweet.

"My name is Order,
Do not cry my love;
Attend to me,
And thus you may improve."

She took the silks,
And drew out shade for shade,
In sep'rate skeins,
Each hue with care she laid;
Then smiling kindly,
Left the little maid.

Matilda now resumed
Her sweet employ,
And sees the flow'r complete--
How great her joy.

She leaves the room,
"I've done my task," she cries.
But soon her harshness
The lady look'd
With disbelieving eyes,
Chang'd to glad surprise.

"Why this is well!
A very pretty flow'r,
Work'd clean, exact,
And done within the hour!

And now amuse yourself,
Ride, walk or play."
Thus passed Matilda
This much-dreaded day.

At all her tasks
Disorder would attend
At all her tasks
Still Order stood her friend.

With tears and sighs
Her studies oft began,
These into smiles
Were changed by Order's plan;

No longer Lady Rigid
Seem'd severe,
Her looks the negligent
Alone need fear.

And when the day
The wish'd-for day is come
When young Matilda's
Suffer'd to go home:

"You quit me, child,
But oft to mind recall
The time you spent
With me at Austere Hall.

And now, my dear,
I'll give you one of these,
Your servant she will be;
Take which you please."

"From me," Disorder asked,
"Old friend, why start?"
Matilda clasped
Sweet Order to her heart.
"My dearest girl," she cried,
"We'll never part."

[Page 21--Girl Land]

[Illustration: 40 Girls in Hats.]

Forty Little School Girls

Forty little school girls, running, but not flirty;
Ten ran into Cole's Book Arcade,
And then there were but thirty.

Thirty little school girls swimming the river Plenty;
Ten swam into Cole's Book Arcade,
And then there were but twenty.

Twenty little school girls jumping in velveteen;
One jumped into Cole's Book Arcade,
And then there were nineteen.

Nineteen little school girls going out a-skating;
One skated into Cole's Book Arcade,
And then there were but eighteen.

Eighteen little school girls dancing with the