Part 6

Then you must write a letter to Pansy (Mrs. G. R. Alden, Carbondale, Pa.), saying that you thus pledge yourself, and you will become a member of the Pansy Society, and receive a badge.

Now, about the badges.

The officer's is of satin, trimmed with gilt fringe, and has a gilt pin to fasten the badge to the dress or coat. In the centre is a pansy in colors--above it the words, _Pansy Society,_ and beneath it, _Pansies for Thoughts_.

The badge for members will be the same as the officer's, with the exception of having no fringe and a silver pin.

And the PANSY will help. As it has always been glad to encourage those who are struggling up toward the light, so now it reaches forth its helping hand to those little ones who will rally bravely around it, to the work of putting down the evil, and the support of all things good and beautiful.

So many of you have little brothers and sisters who want to join the P. S., and who of course do not need an extra copy of the paper, that we have concluded to receive all such, letting them pay ten cents each for their badges, if they wish them. Understand! If you are a subscriber to THE PANSY, and have a badge, and have a little sister who would like a badge, write at her dictation a little letter to Pansy, taking the pledge, telling of some habit which she means to try to break, and enclosing twelve cents in two-cent stamps, ten to pay for the badge, and two to pay the postage for sending it. Her name will be enrolled as if she were a subscriber. The same advice applies of course to little brothers. Send your letters to MRS. G. R. ALDEN, _Carbondale, Pa._

It is also asked:--

What makes an officer of the Pansy Society?

You are to endeavor to organize a club of as many members as you can. Each one forming such a Club or Society will receive the Officer's badge, and become President of the same. The local Society may contain as many members as can be secured.

Then, of course, you will plan for your Society; how often it shall be called together, and what your rules shall be; whether you will sing, or visit, or work, or have a literary society, or read a book. The only thing you call on the members to positively promise is that each will try to overcome some bad habit, and will take for the whisper motto the words--

"FOR JESUS' SAKE."

Each member of the "P. S." is invited to write to the editor, Mrs. G. R. Alden (Pansy), Carbondale, Pa., how far the trial has proved a success, how many temptations have been resisted, how much progress in any direction has been made, etc., feeling sure of encouragement and loving help.

THE PANSY has extra pages each month under the heading, "The Pansy Corner," in which Pansy holds monthly talks with her correspondents. There is ample space in the corner devoted to interesting items connected with the Pansy Society; also letters from its members.

Mrs. Alden would also be pleased to know how the members are getting on--what they are reading, studying, talking about, etc., and whether the badges are helping them to keep their pledges.

The April issues of the popular

will be the following:

APRIL 1. "THE PIPERS," by Jessie Curtis Shepherd. This charming picture is the very spirit of springtime--springtime of the greening earth, springtime of life, in the gay procession of children blowing on dandelion pipes.

April 15. "ON EASTER DAY," by W. L. Taylor. This Easter picture is an exquisite idyl of the maid and the lily.

_Already issued_:

Oct. 1. LITTLE BROWN MAIDEN. _Kate Greenaway._ Oct. 15. ON NANTUCKET SHORE. _F. Childe Hassam._ Nov. 1. IN GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN. _W. T. Smedley._ Nov. 15. THE DREAM PEDLER. _E. H. Garrett._ Dec. 1. MORNING. _F. H. Lungren._ Dec. 15. EVENING. _F. H. Lungren._ Jan. 1. WILD DUCKS. _Charles Volkmar._ Jan. 15. IN HOLLAND. _F. Childe Hassam._ Feb. 1. THE THREE FISHERS. _Thomas Hovenden._ Feb. 15. UNDER THE ELECTRIC LIGHT. _F. H. Lungren._ Mar. 1. TWO CONNOISSEURS. _T. W. Wood, N. A._ Mar. 15. LOST. _W. L. Taylor._

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=How Success is Won.= By Sarah K. Bolton. $1.00.

=Boys' Heroes.= By Edward Everett Hale. $1.00.

=Children of Westminster Abbey.= By Rose G. Kingsley. $1.00.

=Old Ocean.= By Ernest Ingersoll. $1.00.

=Dooryard Folks.= By Amanda B. Harris. $1.00.

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ARTISTIC FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL PICTURES.

Desiring to bring within reach of all homes Pictures of real charm and real art value, we began, October 1st, the publication of a series of superb fac-simile reproductions of the finest original pictures belonging to the WIDE AWAKE magazine.

This collection of water colors, oil paintings, and line drawings, gathered during the past ten years, includes fine examples of eminent American and foreign artists: Walter Shirlaw, Mary Hallock Foote, Wm. T. Smedley, Howard Pyle, Henry Bacon, Jessie Curtis Shepherd, Harry Fenn, F. S. Church, Chas. S. Reinhart, Miss L. B. Humphrey, F. Childe Hassam, E. H. Garrett, F. H. Lungren, H. Bolton Jones, St. John Harper, Miss Kate Greenaway, George Foster Barnes, Hy. Sandham, and others.

And while the skill of foremost engravers has enabled us to give in the magazine many beautiful engravings from these originals, the mechanical limitations of the graver, and of the steam press, render these "counterfeit presentments," at their best, but disappointing attempts, to those who have seen the originals with their greater delicacy and richness and strength. The real touch of the artist's brush, the finer subtler atmosphere, the full beauty and significance, and the technical excellence, is missing--and it is these features that are retained in these fac-similes.

The method of reproduction employed is the new photogravure process of the Lewis Co., which in result is only equalled by the famous work of Goupil & Cie of Paris. Each impression is on the finest India paper, imported expressly for this purpose, and backed by the best American plate paper, size 12x15 inches. Only a limited number of hand proofs will be made. Ordinary black inks are not employed, but special pigments of various beautiful tones, the tone for each picture being that best suited to emphasize its peculiar sentiment.

These beautiful fac-simile reproductions are equally adapted for portfolios or for framing. They are issued under the name of

Along with the unfailing and refined pleasure a portfolio of these beautiful pictures will give, attention is called to their educational value to young art students, and to all young people, as the photogravure process preserves each artist's peculiar technique, showing how the drawing is really made, something that engraving largely obliterates.

_The WIDE AWAKE ART PRINTS are issued on the first and fifteenth of each month, and are regularly announced in the magazine._

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Orders for half-yearly sets of twelve will be received at $5.50 in advance; and for yearly sets of twenty-four at $10.00 in advance. All pictures are sent in pasteboard rolls, postpaid. Half-yearly and yearly subscribers will receive each monthly pair in one roll. Portfolios, suitable for holding twenty-four or less, will be supplied, postpaid, for 75 cts.

=NOW READY:=

Oct. 1. "=Little Brown Maiden.=" KATE GREENAWAY.

The sweetest and quaintest of Miss Greenaway's creations. The original watercolor was purchased in her London studio by Mr. Lothrop, and is perhaps the only original painting by Kate Greenaway in America.

Oct. 15. "=On Nantucket Shore.=" F. CHILDE HASSAM.

A wood engraving from this sea-beach picture was the frontispiece to the September Wide Awake. In a boy's room it would be a delightful reminder of vacation days.

Nov. 1. "=In Grandmothers Garden.=" WM. T. SMEDLEY.

This is a picture of the time when mother was a little girl, and walked with grandmother in the dear old lady's garden.

Nov. 15. "=The Dream Pedler.=" EDMUND H. GARRETT.

Every nursery should have this picture of the captivating Dream Peddler, standing on the crescent moon and with his bell crying his dreams for sale.

Dec. 1. "=Morning.=" F. H. LUNGREN.

Dec. 15. "=Evening.=" F. H. LUNGREN.

These are companion pictures--the beautiful ideal figures set, the one in the clear azure of a breezy morning, the other in the moonlight mystery of evening.

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=_King Grimalkum and Pussyanita; or, the Cats' Arabian Nights._=

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For the little folks who like to laugh, for the papas and mammas who like to hear them and to laugh with them, this is the book to buy. As in the world-famous Eastern tales which give the book its name, the stories, with cats and kittens for heroes and heroines, instead of men and women, lead one to another, and run on and on in a long series of delights--simple and sweet, quaint, strange and pathetic, witty and rollicking, or bubbling over with genial humor and the queerest conceits.

The irresistible stories are accompanied by more beautiful and laughable cat-pictures than were ever before gathered between two covers, and the covers themselves are very quaint, in dainty colors and in silver.

No fathers and mothers should themselves miss, or let their little folks miss, the fun of this book. To give this pleasure to little folks everywhere, the Publishers make

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This special offer will be good only to May 1st, 1886.

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PROSPECTUS--=BABYLAND=--FOR 1886.

The Magazine for the Babies, this coming year, in addition to its bright pictures, and gay little jingles, and sweet stories, will have some especial delights for both Mamma and Baby:

=THE MAGIC PEAR=

will provide Twelve Entertainments of dainty jugglery and funny sleight-of-hand for the nursery pencils. This novelty is by the artist-humorist, M. J. Sweeney ("Boz").

=ALL AROUND THE CLOCK=

will give Baby Twelve tiny Lessons in Counting, each with wee verses for little lips to say, and pictures for bright eyes to see, to help the little mind to remember.

=LITTLE CRIB-CURTAINS=

will give Mamma Twelve Sleepy-time Stories to tell when the Babies go to cribs and cradles. In short, BABYLAND the whole year will be the happiest, sweetest sort of a home kindergarten.

_Beautiful and novel New Cover. Only Fifty Cents a year._

PROSPECTUS--=OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN=--FOR 1886.

This magazine, for youngest readers, has earned golden gratitude from teachers and parents this past year. While its short stories and beautiful pictures have made it welcome everywhere as a general Magazine for Little Folks, its series of instructive articles have rendered it of unrivalled value to educators. For 1886 several specialties have been prepared in accordance with the suggestions of teachers who wish to start their "little primaries" in the lines on which older brothers and sisters are being taught. As a beginning in American History, there will be twelve charming chapters about

=THE ADVENTURES OF COLUMBUS.=

This story of the Great Discoverer, while historically correct and valuable, will be perfectly adapted to young minds and fitted to take hold upon a child's attention and memory; many pictures.

=LITTLE TALKS ABOUT INSECT LIFE=

will interest the children in one branch of Natural History; with anecdotes and pictures.

=OUR COLORADO PETS=

will describe wild creatures little known to children in general. These twelve stories all are true, and are full of life and adventure; each will be illustrated.

="ME AND MY DOLLS"=

is a "cunning little serial story," written for American children by the popular English author, Miss L. T. Meade. It will have Twelve Full-page Pictures by Margaret Johnson. From time to time fresh "Stories about Favorite Authors" will be given, so that teachers and friends may have material for little literature lessons suited to young children.

_Seventy-five Full-page Pictures. Only $1.00 a year._

PROSPECTUS--=THE PANSY=--FOR 1886.

For both week-day and Sunday reading, THE PANSY, edited by "Pansy" herself, holds the first place in the hearts of the children, and in the approval of earnest-minded parents. Among the more interesting features for 1886 will be Pansy's serial story,

=REACHING OUT=,

being a further account of "Little Fishers: and their Nets." The Golden Text Stories, under the title, "Six O'clock in the Evening," will be told by a dear old Grandma, who knows many interesting things about what happened to herself when she was a little girl. Margaret Sidney will furnish a charming story,

=ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON=,

to run through the year. Rev. C. M. Livingston will tell stories of discoveries, inventions, books, people, places. Faye Huntington will be a regular contributor during the year. Pansy will take the readers with her wherever she goes, in papers under the title of

=WHERE I WENT, AND WHAT I SAW.=

There will be, in each number, a selection from our best standard poets suitable for recitation in school or circle. From time to time colloquies for Mission Bands, or for general school exercises, will appear. There will be new and interesting books for the members of the Pansy Society, and, as before, a generous space will be devoted to answers to correspondents in the P. S. Corner.

_Fully Illustrated. Only $1.00 a year._

Address all orders to

D. LOTHROP & CO., Publishers, Franklin and Hawley Streets, Boston, Mass.

A mother, whose five children have read WIDE AWAKE in her company from its first number to its latest, writes: "_I like the magazine because it is full of Impulses. Another thing--when I lay it down I feel as if I had been walking on breezy hill-tops._"

_SIX ILLUSTRATED SERIALS:_

=I. A MIDSHIPMAN AT LARGE.= =II. THE CRUISE OF THE CASABIANCA.=

Every boy who sailed in fancy the late exciting races of the _Puritan_ and the _Genesta_, and all lovers of sea stories, will enjoy these two stories of Newport and Ocean Yachting, by CHARLES REMINGTON TALBOT.

=III. A GIRL AND A JEWEL.=

MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, in this delicious White Mountain Romance, writes her first young folks' magazine serial.

=IV. DILLY AND THE CAPTAIN.= =V. PEGGY, AND HER FAMILY.=

MARGARET SIDNEY writes these two amusing Adventure Serials for Little Folks. Thirty-six illustrations each.

=VI. A Six Months' Story= (title to be announced), by CHARLES EGBERT CRADDOCK, author of _Down the Ravine_.

=ROYAL GIRLS AND ROYAL COURTS.=

By MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD. This series, brilliant and instructive, will begin in the Christmas number and run through the year.

=A CYCLE OF CHILDREN.=

By ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS. Illustrations by Howard Pyle. Twelve historical stories celebrating twelve popular holidays.

=Master Sandys' Christmas Snapdragon.= Dec., 1611. =Mistress Margery's New Year's Pin-Money.= Jan., 1500. =Mr. Pepys' Valentine.= February, 1660. =The Last of the Geraldines.= March, 1535. =Diccon and the Wise Fools of Gotham.= April, 1215. =The Lady Octavia's Garland.= May, 184. =Etc., etc.=

_STORIES OF AMERICAN WARS._

Thrilling incidents in our various American warfares. Each story will have a dramatic picture. The first six are:

=The Light of Key Biscayne.= =Joel Jackson's Smack.= =A Revolutionary Turncoat.= =How Daniel Abbott Outwitted the Indians.= =In the Turtle Crawl.= =The Boy-Soldiers of Cherry Valley.=

_IN PERIL._

A romantic dozen of adventures, but all strictly true. Each story will be illustrated. The first six are:

=Saved by a Kite.= =Taz a Taz.= =In a Mica Mine.= =The Life Trail.= =The Varmint that Runs on the "Heigh-Ho!"= =A Strange Prison.=

=YOUTH IN TWELVE CENTURIES.=

A beautiful art feature. Twenty-four superb studies of race-types and national costumes, by F. Childe Hassam, with text by M. E. B.

_FIRE-PLACE STORIES._

This article will be a notable feature of the Christmas number. The rich illustrations include glimpses of Holland, Assyria, Persia, Moorish Spain and New England, with two paintings in clay modelled expressly for WIDE AWAKE, and reproduced in three tones.

_SOME SPECIAL ARTICLES:_

_L'ENFANT TERRIBLE TURK._ By HON. S. S. COX, U. S. Minister to Turkey. _THE PRINCESS POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND._ By MRS. RAYMOND BLATHWAYTE. Illustrations include portrait from painting never before engraved. _AUTOGRAPHS AND AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS._ By NORA PERRY. Racy and amusing. _A GRAND PEACE-MEET._ By WILL P. HOOPER. An imposing Indian Ceremony; with many pictures by the author. _A SIXTEENTH CENTURY SCHOOLBOY._ By APPLETON MORGAN. The life of a lad in Shakespeare's time. _MY FIRST BUFFALO HUNT._ By GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT. _THROUGH THE HEART OF PARIS._ By FRANK T. MERRILL. A pen and pencil record of a trip down the Seine. _THE DUMB-BETTY LAMP._ By HENRY BACON. Hitherto untold incidents in connection with "Floyd Ireson's Ride."

_TWELVE BALLADS._

These are by twelve of the foremost women poets of America. Each ballad will fill five to seven pictorial pages. The first six are:

=The Deacon's Little Maid.= A ballad of early New England. By MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY. Illustrations by Miss L. B. Humphrey.

=The Story of the Chevalier.= A ballad of the wars of Maria Theresa. By MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD. Illustrations by E. H. Garrett.

=The Minute Man.= A ballad of the "Shot heard round the World." By MARGARET SIDNEY. Illustrations by Hy. Sandham.

=The Hemlock Tree.= A ballad of a Maine settlement. By LUCY LARCOM. Illustrations by Edmund H. Garrett.

=The Children's Cherry Feast.= A ballad of the Hussite War. By NORA PERRY. Illustrations by George Foster Barnes.

=Little Alix.= A ballad of the Children's Crusade. By SUSAN COOLIDGE. Illustrations by F. H. Lungren.