A SPRING-CLEANING DISCOVERY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT01121

know your interest in children and animals, and send you the following, which appeals to me very keenly, though, as father.

I am biassed. A few words of explanation. The untidy original was discovered in an old painting-book this spring. It was written by my daughter, aged eleven. F--, the eldest boy, was fourteen.

Her younger brother, was ten. " Jum" and " Bell " were their nicknames for the servants. A country vicarage is their home, and " Dad" was an Army Chaplain in France at the time of writing. I give her spelling.—I am, Sir, &c.,

A COUNTRY PARSON.

" AN APEAL. Please Listen.

To-morrow F-- is coming home. Mother is not well. If we quarrel Mother said `I shall get ill again.' Surley, we, who are Mother's children, have the power to not quarrel. My Idea is this. I don't know if you will agree with me or not, but I most sincerely hope you will. We are all as bad a one another, and we must all be good. Mother is not well, she cannot help Jum and Bell. But are can. This is how we live a happy life. It is war time, and let us clean our own shoes. If someone has a cold and eannot go out, we ought to clean them for him. I am going to write out something. Some kind of rules. I hope you will agree.

(Signed) M. F. S.

RULES.

I. To try our best not to quarrel, argue, fight (when Mother asks us- not to), and to teese.

2; Not to bully the animals.

3. Not to be agrivateing.

4: Not to strum on the piano to much.

3. Not to tell tales.

6. Not to worry Jum and Bell.

7. To run errends when ask, and not to fight over it.

8. To be unselfish. • 9. Not to have (without Mother's permit) more than 3 ounces of sweets a week.

10. Never to worry Mother, or let her here us quarreling.

11. Never grumble if it isn't fine. (For instince Oh! It's raining, Lew rotten! Oh! The ice won't bear. It isn't frosty enough to taboggen. Oh! Mary's more sugar on her porrage than it isn't fair).

12. Always make one's bed.

It will only make matters worse if somebody is a cad and teases the dog or cat, to suddenly say, Shut up you cad! But say to them afterwards deacentli. I hope if we agree to these that we bare very happy holidays; as Dad is comeing home.

(Signed) MARY - - ROBERT J. --

P.S.—Not to take more than we need of sugar or ether food (if

we love our contry). . Br ORDER."