“_I remind myself of Napoleon before the Sphinx. I wonder if it can tell me who will be the next President of the U.S.A.?_” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECRETARY TAFT IN JAPAN [Illustration: “_No wonder the Japs make good soldiers. They’ve certainly solved the transportation problem all right._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Just look how much I saved for the Fourth. Ma give me a dime ’n I sold a copper boiler to Johnson Bros. for twelve cents. I got sixteen cents for picking cherries for Mrs. Oliver, ’n a nickel for carrying a note for Mr. Hornbeck, ’n fi’ cents I got for picking potato bugs for Mrs. Oliver, ’n ten cents for finding Mr. Griswold’s cow. And I’m gunna spend it all for shootin’ crackers and fire ’em all off just for you._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_I bet they’re jealous because they ain’t boys, too._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Gee! I wish the circus ’d hurry up and come. I’m terrible hungry. We’ve been waiting nearly three hours and it’ll be sure to come if we go home for breakfast._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Gee! I don’t see how anybody can be sad in summer-time, ’specially if he’s a boy an’ likes to go swimmin’!_” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_You just step over that line and I’ll learn you that you can’t call my little sister a cry-baby._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: THE CHIEF OF THE INDIAN FIGHTERS—“_Don’t cry, they’re not real Indians—they’re only cornstalks. We’re just pertending they’re Indians. Come on, you’ll never make an Indian fighter if you act this away._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_You bet this is the last time I’m gunna visit Aunt Mary, not even if she invites me._” ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A BOY IN SUMMER-TIME [Illustration: “_Dog gone it! This kind o’ life ain’t the kind o’ life for me. I’m gunna run away ’nd be a soldier, ’nd get killed, ’nd then you bet ma ’ll be sorry she treated me this away._” ] [Illustration: