The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-16
JUVENILE COLUMN.
From tho Young Crusader.I
DIR READING ROOM.

rem it was called the "Chlldrene hCc' r
t was ON the third floor OF an oio Iasul l';n g
lows two facing south, two east. AS IL I
vas at the back Of the house, 1t had an QUIZ 9
ook on the garden and on row OF aPPlo q
rees. of which we girls loved the blossoms, t
md the boys the fruit. In those early oIys l
here was, Of course, no ~ UnuR in The cen
re. In which the boys sailed their Dos.s
md a Trunk in q corner in which the gtris
kept their dolls and their " pieces" !neEe
we're banging on the wall three pictures
that never look at now IN : a snoP Pa w, rnmoI
and tumble nursery. One was Mrs. Spen,
GERS. "The --latest Fashion," negro girl
With tin ear-rings and ragged dress, nurs-
ing q poodle dog, and cycling us with
make believe eye glass, made OF wire .lo
how in q blue waist, sailing his shoe in the
wash bowl. called mine In the same
way. but nobody ever put me In picture
for it ON the contrary, my moSheI snu.
me IN in q room alone by myself, for fancy
ing that mischief in fact was s as Pied'y was
/" Wask;noton Crossing the Delaware,"
Washington in the bow of the boat, IN an
attitude. This hung over the nre-piace'
and we used to look at the big CAKES Oh 100
and the half frozen boatman while mann
ma. seated by the bright fire. told us about
her Grandfather at Valley Forge, without
any shoes or stockings, and every one
fearing that all the Americans who did not
freeze or starve that winter, would pc hung
| for rebels unless they surrendered TO the
English and how her grandfather, VINO
was mere boy at the time, and dreadfuiiy
homesick, used to say to the respondent,
| stI would rather die Yankee rebel than
live an English slave"
When Tom was in Germany, studying,
during the war, he saw an old picture Ake
/ II in nAQr
all eo ~ sseo %dth ai' articies and he
sat right down under the eyes OF every
bod and cried. He never likes any OF US
to let him see we know it though; 80
please don't say told you. 1t did seem
hard, in the midst of all those foreign
tongues croaking about the threatened rum
of America, to look upon the dear old Zone
picture. and to think that perhaps, the
great work of Washington was about 10 pe
fatally injured.
Such was our nursery, but as we grew ~. NJ
! it changed with US. The wasn-too, 10 Cns
, returned to the kitchen, dismissed IRON
service. The dolls were sent to the garret
or given away to other households: On'
4 thing after another went, and new oolect
!: of interest took their place. Nell, who ha
" the best taste of any of US, ventured on al
t wv basket. wire OK muzzle, lined wit
moss, and a branch of parlor ivy, price te
II cents. which she hung from hook In th
3, corner farthest from the windows and tn
IT fire. 1t had q very precarlous existence
s. first, for Nell not having strength 20 MOI i
D. mn the pail of water in which we were toi
it should be put every third morning, tn
r. boy's. for a consideration, undertook to
20 f. for her: but as they always set the pa
~ at a distance instead of directly under
A and then gave the poor basket q swln
ze which nearly Inundated U.S.
op, sorrv to saw as, I am of an errat
disnositiou, poor Nelrs basket would
to Dipped every day for a week until 1t W
30 almost drowned and then be left to par
with drought for fSrtn tI%e and the
crew and fourished, and became the ance
n, fnr of innumerable baskets and boxes, al
We was the forerunner of geraniums, roe
to bushes, byacinthes, fuschias, Gala mn
lid and know not what else pes des, o ~,
AN Whole history. These fill the south WI
The dows. save tile expense of curtains, a
nIaase our ewes. AS an offset to Ne
in flowers, the boys procured a pook-ca
rob We all helped but to raise the requ.s
Ter Nell got her flowers by economy IN rl0o:
,dy and trinkets, but the boys, besides ne
~ incanable of economy, knew that our ILL
ed. ed pocket money would not suffice In ye
for to reach the amount required, 80 we =
posed to earn money, ana thls Mas
|
~ writing. of course,) called the ave
Morni9g Slar" The old folks laughed
mel The maine, but it sounded finely to US
, D;ti, first, and having chosen it we KEPT 70
WIN We were all obi ICED to write for each nj
on on, her. and each of us edited it in turn:
u Sa lrday evenings it was read aloud
81 fore the whole family, and a shining
mittance charged. The grown people
beer cIared it an exorbitant price, seeing
ibus regular illustrated weeklies were only
his cents; but we urged, in return, thaS
seat, was home production, and that
8 of usual weeklies were not proper reading
atom Catholics any way. We argued that IL
king their duty to encourage Catholic litera,
pipe that it was sin to spend ten cents lot =
1ent, per filed with abuse of Catholics, ana
don't figured with caricatures of the dear cal,
Father, and then grumble at smliln
o. an a first class Catholic paper like the Al
ouse. ina Star, especially when its strugghn!
cater itSrs we're in need of funds. We pat
Q on, cally described to them that certain
fend- fishers took the money hardworking
But, lies unthinkipgly paid for having the
d the ligion abused, to live in luxury, to su
,pped heretical ministers. and to print more
d seid ohnut che Church of God. "l don't