Selected Contributions. FROM MEMBERS OF
                                           “DADDY'S” CIRCLE.

Selected Poems.

This week's prize-winners are:—E.
Maude, J. Eden, V. Robinson.

AT THE DOOR.

Is that you knocking at the door, Mr Wind,
Is that you knocking at the door?
You needn’t knock so hard,
For the door is always barred,
So you needn’t leave your card,
                Mr Wind.

Is that you knocking at the door, Mr Rain,
Is that you knocking at the door?
We think you’d better stop,
For we do not need a drop,
And we haven’t time to mop,
                Mr Rain.

Is that you knocking at the door, Mr Snow
Is that you knocking at the door?
You may try the window sills,
And the valleys, and the hills,
But you give.us all the chills,
                Mr Snow.

Is that you knocking at the door, Mr Sun,
Is that you knocking at the door ?
You’re welcome here to-day,
For you bring good news of May,
And we hope you’ve come to stay,
                Mr Sun.

--From your loving member,
Jessie Eden, Stockton.