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70, 1. Blue ribbon. A sign of distinction; a blue ribbon worn by a horse at a horse showdenotes that he has won the first prize.(Return)70, 2. Atlantis. A mythical island of vast extent mentioned by Plato and other ancientwriters and placed by them in the distant unknown West.(Return)72, 1. Two by twelves. A plank two inches thick by twelve inches wide.MYRA KELLY (Page 77)Myra Kelly, who later became Mrs. Allan Macnaughton, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in1876 and died in England in 1910. She lived almost all of her short life, however, in NewYork City. Here she was educated in the public schools and at Teachers College,Columbia University.She was an American teacher and author. She taught in the New York public schoolsfrom 1899 to 1901 and at Teachers College in 1902 and 1903. She first became known byher stories of children in the primary schools of New York City. She wrote chiefly of thechildren of the East Side, with whom she had had first-hand experience, while teaching inthe public schools. Her stories give the Yiddish dialect inimitably and they show a fine,