"Next Tuesday may I take another lesson in ironing?" asked Ellen.
"Yes: if you say your lessons well during the week, you shall not only learn to iron your clothes, but to wash them."
"That will be fun!" cried Ellen, clapping her hands, and quite forgetting her burnt finger.
Dora Burnside.
BIRDIE AND BABY.
Birdie is a canary-bird of pale gold color. Tiny as he is, he is quite old compared with baby.
He was the sole pet of the house long before baby came into the world, and he did as much as any bird could to fill a baby's place.