Yes , P-t-r , it is quite proper to treat a lady friend to ice cream twice if you can afford it . No , F-l-c-t-y , it is not ladylike to chew tobacco . Better stick to spruce gum . DAN KING . FASHION NOTES Frilled muslin aprons will be much worn this summer . It is no longer fashionable to trim them with knitted lace . One pocket is considered smart . Clam-shells are fashionable keepsakes . You write your name and the date inside one and your friend writes hers in the other and you exchange . CECILY KING . FUNNY PARAGRAPHS MR. PERKINS : -- `` Peter , name the large islands of the world . '' PETER : -- `` The Island , the British Isles and Australia . '' -LRB- PETER , DEFIANTLY : `` Well , Mr. Perkins said he guessed I was right , so you need n't laugh . '' -RRB- This is a true joke and really happened . It 's about Mr. Samuel Clask again . He was once leading a prayer meeting and he looked through the window and saw the constable driving up and guessed he was after him because he was always in debt . So in a great hurry he called on Brother Casey to lead in prayer and while Brother Casey was praying with his eyes shut and everybody else had their heads bowed Mr. Clask got out of the window and got away before the constable got in because he did n't like to come in till the prayer was finished . Uncle Roger says it was a smart trick on Mr. Clask 's part , but I do n't think there was much religion about it . FELIX KING . CHAPTER XXI .
PEG BOWEN COMES TO CHURCH When those of us who are still left of that band of children who played long years ago in the old orchard and walked the golden road together in joyous companionship , foregather now and again in our busy lives and talk over the events of those many merry moons -- there are some XXXXX our adventures that gleam out more vividly in memory than the others , and are oftener discussed .
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