[Transcriber's Note: Bold text is surrounded by =equal signs= and italic text is surrounded by _underscores_.] $1.00 a Year. APRIL, 1886. 10 cts. a No. THE PANSY EDITED BY "PANSY" MRS. G. R. ALDEN. "PANSIES FOR THOUGHTS" D. LOTHROP & CO. BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO., and entered at the Boston P. O. as second-class matter. EPPS'S (GRATEFUL--COMFORTING) COCOA. =CANDY!= Send $1, $2, $3, or $5 for retail box by Express of the best Candies in America, put up in elegant boxes, and strictly pure. Suitable for presents. Express charges light. Refers to all Chicago. Try it once. Address C. F. GUNTHER, Confectioner, Chicago. GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. =BAKER'S= Vanilla Chocolate, [Illustration] Like all our chocolates, is prepared with the greatest care, and consists of a superior quality of cocoa and sugar, flavored with pure vanilla bean. Served as a drink, or eaten dry as confectionery, it is a delicious article, and is highly recommended by tourists. =Sold by Grocers everywhere.= =W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.= GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. =BAKER'S= Breakfast Cocoa. [Illustration] Warranted =_absolutely pure Cocoa_=, from which the excess of Oil has been removed. It has _three times the strength_ of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Sugar, and is therefore far more economical, _costing less than one cent a cup_. It is delicious, nourishing, strengthening, easily digested, and admirably adapted for invalids as well as for persons in health. =Sold by Grocers everywhere.= =W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.= BABY'S BIRTHDAY. [Illustration] A Beautiful Imported Birthday Card sent to any baby whose mother will send us the names of two or more other babies, and their parents' addresses. Also a handsome Diamond Dye Sample Card to the mother and much valuable information. =Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.= =BROWN'S FRENCH DRESSING.= _The Original. Beware of imitations._ =Paris Medal on every Bottle.= [Illustration] AWARDED HIGHEST PRIZE AND ONLY MEDAL, PARIS EXPOSITION, 1878. =SAMPLE COPIES FREE.= A sample copy of either BABYLAND for Babies; OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN for Youngest Readers; THE PANSY for Boys and girls, will be mailed to any one who will send for it, mentioning this periodical. Address D. Lothrop & Co., Boston. =HEADQUARTERS= FOR LADIES' FANCY WORK. SPECIAL OFFERS! We will send you our 15-c. _Fancy Work Book_ (new 1886 edition), for 3 _two-cent stamps_. A FELT TIDY and _Imported Silk to work it_, for 20 cents. A FRINGED _linen_ TIDY and _Embroidery Cotton to work it_, for 16c., _Florence "Waste" Embroidery Silk_, 25c. per package. _Illustrated Circulars Free._ J. F. INGALLS, Lynn, Mass. =A GREAT OFFER.=