Here is how Cassiopeia looked:
“She hasn’t a blessed thing to do. We’ll give the lyre to her,” said Betty.
“I am glad to hear that you are going to give the ukelele to Cassiopeia,” said Uncle Henry. “Perhaps it will make her feel happier. She has had a rather sad life. Long ago Cassiopeia was queen of Æthiopia, and was very beautiful. But she was so proud of her good looks that she boasted herself prettier than the lovely sea-nymphs. This made Neptune, the god of the sea, so angry that he sent one of his worst sea-monsters to make trouble along the shore of Cassiopeia’s country.
“And as if that wasn’t bad enough, Neptune demanded Cassiopeia’s daughter Andromeda as a sacrifice.
“So you see it seems good to see Cassiopeia getting a little justice done her, if it’s only the present of a ukelele.”
“Teacher says,” piped up Betty, “that the lady’s statue on top of the Court House is ‘Justice.’ What does she have that little pair of scales in her hand for, Uncle Henry?”
“The scales are to help her in weighing the good and bad that people do,” explained Uncle Henry, “and speaking of scales, there’s a pair of them in the sky, too. If you will look between the Scorpio and the Virgin you will find the scales. ([13]) They are called Libra, which is Latin for ‘balance.’ There are four main stars in Libra, which make an oblong.”
This is how Libra, the balance, looked when the children and Uncle Henry had finished drawing it:
