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 iN/\NCY COX-M C CORMACK
 
 NANCY C. M'CORMACK, 
 CHICAGO SCULPTRESS, 
 WINS FAME IN ROME 
 
 [Chicago Tribune Foreign News Srrice.] 
 
 ROME, June 17. [Tribune Radio.] 
 A Chicago artist has achieved great 
 success in Rome, 
 A bust of Gisco- 
 rao Boni, author- 
 ity on history, art 
 and archaeology, 
 made by a Chica 
 go s c u I p t r CSP 
 %'ancy Cox Mc- 
 Cormack, is being 
 admired by the 
 city of Rome and 
 will be placed in 
 the Capitoline 
 muse um in th r - '. 
 hall of illustrious j 
 men. She is the j 
 first American j 
 
 artist to climb the * 
 
 " sacred " steps of NANCY COX 
 
 the Capitoline McCOEMACK. 
 museum. The bust now is being ex- 
 hibited in the national exhibition at 
 Naples. 
 
 Mrs. McCormack is the object of 
 great admiration by Italian and for- 
 eign artistic circles in Rome. The 
 success attained in her three months' 
 stay in Italy has induced Premier Mus- 
 solini to pose for her. It just has been 
 learned that the Facist premier al- 
 lowed her to make a little studio in his 
 own residence for the execution of h'.s 
 bust. He poses whenever he can spare 
 a little time. 
 
 Friends of Mrs. McCormack affirm 
 that before returning to Chicago she 
 will make a bust of Pope Pius and 
 some other Italian personalities, but 
 no statement could be obtained from 
 the artist confirming or denying the 
 assertion.
 
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 THE REALLY TRULY 
 SUNSHINE FAIRY 
 
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 THE REALLY TRULY 
 SUNSHINE FAIRY 
 
 by 
 
 NANCY COX-M C COR MACK 
 
 Illustrations hy 
 
 KATHARINE STLIRGES DODGE 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 
 P.F.VOLLAND COMPANY 
 
 NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
 
 Copyrighted 1918 
 
 P. F. Volland Company 
 
 Chicago, U. S. A. 
 
 (All Rights Reserved)
 
 TO ALL CHILDREN 
 THE MAKERS OF SUNSHINE 
 
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 Aunt Nancy will tell you a story, dears, 
 How Peeps the sunshine sprite appears, 
 And how she brought the sunshine gay 
 To Betty and to John one day.
 
 The thunder rumbled and grumbled and growled, 
 The wind-storm roared, hallooed and howled, 
 As John and Betty stood wishing that day 
 For Peeps to drive the clouds away.
 
 PEEPS 
 
 ONCE upon a time, a long time ago, a little 
 girl named Betty and a little boy named 
 John stood at the window of their play room, 
 looking out at the rain. 
 
 Patter, patter, patter, came the rain. Then 
 great flashes of fire streaked the sky, and then 
 came the boom, boom, boom ! of the thunder. 
 
 My, how it rattled all the windows and how 
 it rumbled and grumbled and growled up in the 
 heavens like a great big angry bear.
 
 "I wish the rain would go away," said John. 
 
 "And I wish we could go out and play," added 
 Betty. 
 
 "And I wish," said their mother, who was 
 sewing in the play room, "that Peeps would 
 
 come.' 
 
 "Peeps," said Betty quickly,"Who is Peeps?" 
 
 "Who is Peeps?" repeated John. 
 
 "Oh, Peeps is a fairy, the 'really truly' sun- 
 shine fairy," said Mother slowly, as though the 
 children knew all about Peeps. 
 
 Both children ran to their mother. 
 
 "Tell us! Tell us," said Betty. "Who is 
 Peeps?" 
 
 "Yes, who is Peeps?" insisted John. 
 
 "Well," began Mother, "You know of the 
 little wood fairies that live in trees.'
 
 When the forests are shady and all is dark 
 The wood fairies gather to hold a lark 
 In hollows deep where none can see 
 And all night long they dance in glee. 
 (But Peeps is not this kind of fairy)
 
 "Yes, yes," said Betty. 
 
 "Well, Peeps is not one of these," Mother 
 continued. 
 
 "And you know of the little cave fairies who 
 live down deep in caves, and who come up to 
 earth but once a year." 
 
 "Oh," said John, "I know of the cave fairies." 
 
 "Well, Peeps is not one of these, either," 
 Mother answered. 
 
 "Well, then, who is Peeps, Mother?" Both 
 children asked that question at the same time. 
 
 "Peeps is the really truly sunshine fairy," 
 said Mother, in her quiet voice, "But I don't 
 know how she looks, because I have never seen 
 her, but when I was a little girl my mother told 
 me that Peeps lives high up above the clouds 
 and brings sunshine to the earth. And, like all
 
 The little gnomes of jewel-land 
 Dig up the gold from diamond sand, 
 And crystals bright above them sway 
 To make their palace light as day. 
 
 (But Peeps is not this kind of fairy either)
 
 fairies, if you believe in her and wish to see her 
 very much, she may come sometime to play 
 with you." 
 
 "Oh, I wish Peeps would come," said Betty. 
 
 "And I wish she would come," said John. 
 
 Now while they were wishing and wishing 
 and wishing for Peeps, the really truly sunshine 
 fairy, to come down and play with them, sure 
 enough there was a sunshine fairy away up above 
 the clouds who was named Peeps. 
 
 And what do you think Peeps was doing just 
 then? Peeps was sliding down a sunbeam away, 
 away up in the sky on the other side of the dark 
 clouds. And she was having a very happy time, 
 too, because Peeps is always happy. She plays 
 and dances among the sunbeams, but right at 
 that minute Peeps heard a little girl named
 
 All the little light sprites living in the sky, 
 Keep so very busy as the days go by, 
 All around the heavens on a cloud they ride 
 Or sit upon a sunbeam to take a little slide.
 
 Betty wishing for her to come down, and she 
 heard a little boy named John wishing for her 
 to come down. 
 
 And because Betty and John wished and 
 wished so hard, Peeps decided to come down 
 and play with them, but of course they couldn't 
 play with her unless they could see her. And 
 Peeps had to get permission from the Queen 
 Fairy to allow herself to be seen, for never, never, 
 NEVER before had any earth child seen Peeps. 
 
 So, in order that the children could see her, 
 she had first to get permission from the Queen 
 Fairy who sits on a throne made all of sunshine, 
 and second, she had to have a cloak and hood 
 on, because she was quite as bright as the sun- 
 shine, and without a cloak and hood she was 
 too bright for any earth children to see.
 
 So, after Betty and John had wished and 
 wished and wished to see her, Peeps danced on 
 a sunbeam up to the throne of the Queen Fairy 
 herself, and she sang this song: 
 
 "I wish for a cloak, O Queen of Light 
 That I may take some sunshine bright 
 Down to Betty and John today, 
 They want to go out and dance and play." 
 
 Then the Queen smiled and said : 
 
 "With pleasure, dear Peeps, I am glad to say, 
 Shall the cloak be pink, green, blue or gray?" 
 
 And then Peeps laughed a happy little laugh 
 and sang: 
 
 "I would like it of blue, and lined with gold 
 So the sunshine can gleam from every fold." 
 
 Now when the Queen Fairy heard that pretty 
 little song, she sent ten little fairies to cut a 
 piece out of the bright blue sky.
 
 Then, quick as a wink, the ten fairies came 
 back with the piece of bright blue sky, and then, 
 quicker than a wink, the Queen turned that 
 piece of bright blue sky into a cloak with a hood. 
 
 And then, what else do you think she did? 
 She lined the cloak and hood with warm, yellow 
 sunshine.
 
 Here are the ten happy fairies, my dears, 
 Who cut out a piece of the sky with a shears 
 And before the queen, in a coat all new, 
 Peeps stands ready to come to you.
 
 Kind little Peeps then danced up and down 
 in among the sunbeams, for she was now ready 
 to go and play with the earth children whom 
 she loved very much. 
 
 But what do you think Peeps did first? Why 
 she sang a little song of thanks like this: 
 
 "Thank you, dear Queen, for the cloak of blue 
 And the golden sunshine lining, too, 
 So pretty it is I'd like it for keeps . . ' 
 
 But just then the Queen interrupted her and 
 sang: 
 
 "Oh, no, that never would do, dear Peeps, 
 
 For up in the sky it would leave a big crack 
 
 So you must ask the wind to please blow it back." 
 
 And then the Fairy Queen and all the other 
 sunshine fairies began to sing in chorus, their 
 voices sounding like many tiny, tinkling bells as 
 they echoed far up above the clouds.
 
 "Go hither Peeps, in cloak of blue, 
 And take the sunshine bright with you. 
 To drive the rain clouds far away, 
 For soon will be the first of May. 
 
 "It's time the birdie built her nest, 
 Close to the eaves for her children to rest; 
 It's time for the flowers to wake and spring 
 And gladden the world with their blossoming." 
 
 Then Peeps put on her little cloak and hood 
 made from blue sky, lined with golden sunshine, 
 and then she called all the sunshine fairies 
 together and said :
 
 "I am going down to play with Betty and 
 John." 
 
 "But how are you going to get through those 
 big rain clouds?" cried the fairies. "You know 
 there aren't any sunbeams going through for 
 you to slide on." 
 
 "Oh," said Peeps, "we will make a little 
 bridge over the top of the rain clouds and down 
 on each side, and I will go down on that." 
 
 "But what will we make it out of?" cried the 
 sunshine fairies. "There isn't anything here but 
 sunshine and rain." 
 
 "We will make it out of that," said Peeps. 
 "We will get a lot of sunbeams and we will 
 string raindrops on them, just like beads on a 
 string."
 
 So part of the sunshine fairies went out to 
 gather raindrops and the rest of them gathered 
 sunbeams, and pretty soon they had all the 
 raindrops and sunbeams they needed. As they 
 passed the sunbeams through some of the rain- 
 drops, they were red, and some of them were 
 orange, and some of them yellow, and some of 
 them looked green, and some of them blue, and 
 some of them indigo, and some of them were 
 a beautiful violet. 
 
 And then the sunshine fairies laid the violet 
 sunbeams down over the rain clouds in a great 
 big beautiful arch, so that each end of the arch 
 rested on the earth, and on top of the violet 
 sunbeams they put the indigo beams, and then 
 the blue, and then the green, and then the yellow 
 and then the orange, and on the top of them all 
 they put the beautiful red beams.
 
 How Peeps, the Sunshine Fairy true, 
 In cloak and hood of gold and blue
 
 Slid down the rainbow, bright and gay, 
 To Betty and to John that day.
 
 "Now," said Peeps, "I have a nice rainbow 
 to go sliding down to earth on," and she started 
 sliding the long, long way down to earth, and 
 as she was sliding and sliding and sliding, Betty 
 and John were wishing and wishing and wishing 
 that she would come. 
 
 And just at the very moment that they wished 
 the very hardest, it seemed to stop raining out- 
 side and the thunder rumbled and grumbled and 
 growled away, away off so they could hardly 
 hear it, and some swallows came flying by crying 
 "Pe-e-e-e-e-ps, Pe-e-e-e-e-e-e-ps !" 
 
 And then, when they hurried to the window, 
 a whole lot of sparrows flew by, chirping in 
 quick, happy voices, "Peeps, Peeps, Peeps." 
 
 And then a great big golden sunbeam darted 
 right through the big tree in the back yard, in
 
 How softly, swiftly, gently glide 
 The fairies on the rainbow slide! 
 Just see how gracefully Peeps descends 
 Among her little happy friends.
 
 which all the birds were flying and crying, "Peeps, 
 Peeps, Pe-e-e-ps." 
 
 And just at the very bottom of the tree 
 where the sunlight shone through the leaves, 
 Betty and John saw the most beautiful little 
 creature, and when they rushed out into the 
 yard to greet her, the sunshine was spreading 
 around all the houses and yards of their neigh- 
 bors, and birds were all chirping, "Peeps, Peeps, 
 Pe-e-e-e-ps," and Betty cried out all excitedly: 
 
 "Oh, who are you?" 
 
 And the beautiful little creature then told 
 
 , 
 them who she was, only she said it in fairy 
 
 verse: 
 
 "My name is Peeps, little girl and boy, 
 I've come to bring you cheer and joy, 
 With sunshine from the sky so blue 
 And play some happy game with you."
 
 Here's Peeps and John and Betty, too, 
 And little birds who gaily flew 
 To welcome Peeps with happy cries 
 As she descended from the skies.
 
 "Oh, isn't that nice," said Betty. 'The rain 
 has kept us in the house and everything has been 
 so dull and dreary until you came." 
 
 "What shall we play first?" asked Peeps. 
 
 "Oh, let us play hide and seek," said Betty 
 and John. 
 
 So Betty and John and Peeps, the "really 
 truly sunshine fairy," played hide and seek all 
 over the yard. Everywhere that Peeps went she 
 seemed to make everything bright and cheerful. 
 The shadows ran away from her and all the 
 grass seemed to dry and look greener and fresher 
 and the birds began to sing. 
 
 The birds seemed to know her, too, for they 
 fluttered all around her in happy little flocks 
 calling "Peeps, Peeps, Pe-e-e-e-ps !"
 
 "Peeps, Peeps, Peeps," the birdies were singing, 
 As around little Peeps they gaily were winging, 
 And here is how Peeps was seen that day 
 Before the wind carried her blue cloak away.
 
 Well, Betty and John and Peeps played hide 
 and seek for the longest time, and then Betty 
 and John stopped to rest. 
 
 "Aren't you tired, Peeps?" asked Betty. 
 
 "Oh, no," said Peeps, "You see I am a sun- 
 shine fairy and, because I am so cheerful, I never 
 get tired." 
 
 "Oh, tell us, do you play like this all the 
 time?" asked John. 
 
 "No," said Peeps, "I must work, too; I coax 
 the flowers out of the ground, and paint all the 
 leaves and grass green, and I put those beautiful 
 pink and red colors on the apples and peaches, 
 and ripen the wheat and corn, and when the 
 earth is dry and needs water, I carry water up 
 to the clouds where it turns into rain and goes 
 down and makes all the trees and flowers and
 
 living things glad. And then I seek out all the 
 dark places and carry sunshine and cheer into 
 them and try very hard to make everything and 
 everybody happy." 
 
 And then Peeps pointed to the sky and showed 
 them the beautiful rainbow. 
 
 "That also is made of sunshine," said Peeps, 
 "Millions and millions and millions of little 
 drops of water and millions and millions and 
 millions of little sunbeams. And whenever you 
 see it, it is a sign that the rain is going away 
 and that the sunshine is coming back, because 
 it is a little bridge that all the sunshine fairies 
 slide back to earth on after the rain." 
 
 And, as Peeps was talking, the rainbow seemed 
 to fade away. First the red disappeared and 
 then the orange, and then the yellow, and then
 
 the green, and then the blue and then the indigo, 
 and finally the last of the violet beams faded out. 
 
 "Oh, it's all gone," said John. "But look 
 how blue the sky is." 
 
 "Just like your coat," said Betty to Peeps. 
 
 "Of course," said Peeps, "because my cloak 
 is made of a piece of the sky. If you will look 
 very closely away up there," and Peeps pointed 
 to the place, "you will see a hole in the sky. 
 That hole was left there when my cloak was 
 cutout." 
 
 "Oh, sure enough," said Betty. 
 
 "Why, I see it, too," said John. 
 
 "And is your dress made of the blue sky too?" 
 asked Betty. 
 
 "Oh, no. My dress is all made of sunshine," 
 said Peeps.
 
 "Oh, let us see it," said Betty. 
 
 So Peeps took off her cloak, and as she did 
 so a sudden gust of wind picked it up and blew 
 it away up, and up, and up in the sky, and the 
 children watched it go higher and higher until 
 after the longest time they saw it go right up to 
 where the hole in the sky was, and the first thing
 
 they knew the hole was all patched up and they 
 couldn't even see where it was. 
 
 "My goodness," said Betty. "What will you 
 do without your cloak, Peeps?" 
 
 But when she turned to look, where do you 
 think Peeps was? Why, Peeps was gone ! But 
 the sunshine was everywhere. 
 
 Oh, my, how Betty and John searched for 
 Peeps, but they couldn't find her anywhere. And 
 as they were searching, they heard Mother calling 
 them to come in for their bread and milk and 
 honey. 
 
 You may be sure they told Mother all about 
 Peeps, and how she -disappeared, and when they 
 had finished, Mother said: "Why that was the 
 'really truly' sunshine fairy Peeps that I was 
 telling you about. It was she who brought all 
 that sunshine."
 
 "But why can't we see her now," asked Betty 
 and John. 
 
 "Because," said Mother, "She is quite as 
 bright as the sunshine, and when she removed 
 her cloak she was too bright for you to see, but 
 she is with us all the time, just the same, although 
 we can't see her. I wouldn't be at all surprised 
 if there are many other sunshine fairies just like 
 Peeps, for they are always where the sun is 
 shining." 
 
 "But, Mother, where do the sunshine fairies 
 go at night?" chorused Betty and John. 
 
 "Do you know what I think?" said Mother 
 softly. "I think Peeps and all the other little 
 sunshine fairies carry wands with stars on tip 
 
 ends of them, and when you go out at night 
 \ 
 
 when it is clear and see all these little stars, mil-
 
 lions and millions and millions of them, every 
 one, perhaps, is a little sunshine fairy, watching 
 over her children playmates so they will sleep 
 well and have beautiful dreams." 
 
 "But, Mother, since we can't see Peeps, we'd 
 love to have a dolly to look like her," said Betty. 
 
 "Oh, that would be wonderful," said John. 
 
 "How did she look?" Mother asked. 
 
 "She had the brightest, bluest coat, all lined 
 with gold," said Betty, "and she had golden 
 curls with a hood over them just like her cloak, 
 all blue with gold inside. And she had the 
 brightest, bluest eyes and the reddest, roundest, 
 rosiest little cheeks." 
 
 So Mother made a dolly just like that, and 
 you can imagine that Betty and John were very 
 happy with their Peeps dolly.
 
 And ever after when they went to see their 
 grandmother or a little friend who was ill, ( they 
 always took their little Peeps dollyalong to help 
 them spread sunshine and happiness.
 
 Start a "Sunny Book" Shelf 
 for Your Child Today 
 
 Here are some of the titles of the Volland 
 "Sunny Books": 
 
 SUNNY RHYMES FOR HAPPY CHILDREN 
 
 Olive Beaupre Miller 
 
 JUST FOR YOU Pauline Croll 
 
 TALES OF LITTLE CATS Carrie Jacobs Bond 
 THE LITTLE RED BALLOON Caroline Hofman 
 THE WISE GRAY CAT Caroline Hofman 
 
 THE PRINCESS FINDS A PLAYMATE 
 
 Caroline Hofman 
 
 THE FUNNY LITTLE BOOK Johnny Gruelle 
 PEEPS Nancy Cox-McCormack 
 
 Additional titles are in preparation. 
 
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