It filled her with the deepest gloom;
She felt annoyed and sad.

With every relative who came,
And saw the picture, 'twas the same,
All startled with affright.
Uncles, and aunts, and cousins too,
Found it so striking, life-like, true
That soon they took to flight.

Annie not long could this endure;
It brought about a speedy cure,
She ceased to cry and moan.
Her father ceased to scold and frown,
He had the picture taken down,
And in the garret thrown.

[Illustration: Tearful Annie's Likeness.]

[Page 11--Girl Land]

[Illustration: Our Christmas Hamper.]

Hattie's Birthday

Oh! This is a happy, beautiful world!
My heart is light and gay;
The birds in the trees sing blithely to me
And I'm six years old to-day.

Yes, six, and father has bought me a book,
And mother, the sweetest doll,
All dressed in white with blue eyes bright,
And the nicest hat and shawl.

My kitty sat quietly near the fire
As Dolly and I came by;
Miss Dolly bowed, and pussy meowed,
And opened her yellow eye.

Ah me! if Kit could only talk,
And Dolly could but chat,
We'd social be as any three--
Talk, sing, and all of that.

I dressed all up in grandma's cap,
And put on her glasses too;
"Why, Grandma!" I said, as I looked at myself,
"I'm almost as old as you."

My mother softly kissed my cheek,
And then she blessed me too,
Praying that I, as years went by,
Might be as good and true.

My birthday song is a merry one,
And my heart is warm and light;
Kind father, mother, and dear grandma,
Sweet dolly and pussy, good night.

Youth and Age

A funny thing I heard to-day,
I might as well relate.
Our Lil is six, and little May
Still lacks a month of eight.

And, through the open play-room door,
I heard the elder say:
"Lil, run downstairs and get my doll;
Go quick, now--right away!"

And Lillie said--(and I agreed
That May was hardly fair):--
"You might say 'please,' or go yourself--
I didn't leave it there."

"But, Lillie," urged the elder one,
"Your little legs, you know,
Are younger than mine are, child,
And so you ought to go!"

Children

"I would not be a girl," said Jack,
"Because they have no fun;
They cannot go a-fishing, nor
A-shooting with a gun;
They cannot climb up trees for fruit,
Nor bathe without a bathing