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^he RURAL NEW-YORKER 
December 22, 1917 
Among the Children 
Only her loft arm soomod to bo good. Ilor 
parents, however, were determined to give 
her every opportunity, and this little girl 
has received both electrical and massage 
treatment with wonderful results. Today 
her back and neck are perfectly normal, 
and the right arm only slightly affected. 
contests. You will certainly see them 
walking off with a record of .‘I.G.jO eggs in 
a year. And it is well enough to say that 
this picture was taken by l\Ir.s. A. M. 
Shelby in Lancaster County, Pa. 
Oh. we get them from all over the 
country ! There i-s a line group, for in¬ 
Some Young Citizens in Florida 
The Family Goes Down Hill 
Little Folks Who do Their Bit 
"Wk have another fine lot of children’s 
pictures this month. It is surprising how 
much interest our people are taking in the 
little folks. 
When we come to talk about Christmas, 
most of our iieople would consider the 
coasting scene most appropriate. Here 
we have a family bunch just starting for 
a coast down hill. The old farmhouse is 
seen in the background, and in about half 
a minute more that sled will be going a 
mile a minute down the hill to the jmnd. 
That’s Christmas in New Hampshire. 
Then look at the way Santa Claus 
catches them in Florida. This group of 
colored children was caught by ]NIr. W. W. 
Iteynolds last year while in the South on 
his vacation. We want everybody and 
eveiy ida e to have a chance in this de- 
The Little Invalid Who Has Recovered 
l)artment, and surely here is a big 
contrast. 
You remember that back on page ].‘j 26 
we showed a picture of a little .Tersey girl 
with her cat. Now we are privileged to 
show her again. The reason for this is that 
last year she was one of the unfortunates 
who suffered from infantile paralysis, and 
it was fearc'd at one time that she would 
not be able to walk again. She was left 
in terrible shape, and almost hopeless. 
A Group from Colorado 
She is getting over the trouble, and now 
there is everj' hope that she will be en¬ 
tirely cured some day. We just wanted 
to print this pictin-e as an encouragement 
to other parents who.se little ones have 
been afflicted in this way. This little girl 
has a beautiful face, and let us all hope 
that she will entirely recover. 
'J'hen what do you think of that tea 
l»arty? To our notion those dolls look 
hungry. The table is well supplied with 
apples, anyway; in fact, it looks like a 
genuine Hooverized meal, and what a 
great time they are having. See that 
latest arrival in the doll carriage? There 
is dignity for you, and yet she will do 
full justice to that supper. 
And then by way of contrast suppose 
we consider that little chick among the 
White Leghorns. That’s rather a young 
poultrymau, but he is interested in the 
feed bucket at once. He is probably figur¬ 
ing out a balanced ration for those birds. 
Wait until he grows up and has a pen of 
his pullets entered at one of the egg-laying 
stance, from the West. This family lives 
in Foloi-iulo, and IVIrs. H. E. Sharp sent 
us the picture. That looks to us like a 
fine dog .standing in front. You might 
call him almost the seventh member of 
that big family. 
And then comes that busine.ss man from 
Ihdaware. Hr. Win. H. Wi.sham is re- 
sja nsdde for that jiicture. He says that 
his little grandson is standing by a load 
of produce, which is all ready to go to the 
Wilmington market. This four-year-old 
boy goes to the market twice a week, rain 
or shine, and ]Mr. Wisham says this little 
fidlow is as much interested in The R. 
N.-Y. as he is. Thjjt boy is getting into 
businc.'^s early, and most likely he has 
the making of a merchant prince in him. 
What a great thing it would be if a boy 
like that were to grow up and devise .some 
honest way by means of which the farm¬ 
ers would get a fairer share. 
There are a couple of fine friends in the 
picture showing the little boy and dog. 
Mrs. J. E. Williams of Pennsylvania 
The Market Boy and Load of Produce 
sends that, and we will guarantee she feels 
very proud of that boy; and we will guar¬ 
antee further that the boy is proud of the 
dog, and here is another guarantee that 
the dog is proud to be the protector of 
that boy. Don't they have good times to¬ 
gether whenever it is fit to be outdoors, 
and won't that boy be a better man be¬ 
cause he has grown up with that fine dog, 
and will live to remember old Shep or 
Fido as one of the truest friends he had 
in all of his childhood days? 
It is pretty cold weather up in this 
country now, but in the Gulf States .Tack 
Frost doesn’t have to wear a fur overcoat. 
Here we see a pair of twins, although you 
would hardly think it from their appear¬ 
ance, and they live in Mississippi, Gladys 
and Grace Buck. As a rule, twins look 
so much alike that no one but their 
mother can tell them apart, but these 
girls are quite a little different in appear¬ 
ance. The two calves look as though they 
might be twins, too, but at any rate they 
all add to our picture gallery, which is 
getting to be from month to month a 
Two FineFriends 
l)r{t:y good moving picture of child life in 
the country, 
'J'his showing of children has come to be 
about the most popular part of the pa])er, 
.and we have many pictures from our 
friends. Some of them are a little too dim 
to make good engravings, for there must 
be sharp and clear contrasts to show well 
on our paper. We like to see them all at 
least and now the older boys and girls— 
who may bo called young men and women 
—want a department of their own. and 
of course we are here to give our friends 
what they want! 
A Pair of Mississippi Twins 
The Dolls Join the Festivities 
