The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-25
Aunt Lucy's Pleasant Chat.

You must wake and call early, call me early,
mother dear:
To morrow II be the happest day of all the glad
OF all the glad new year, mother, the maddest,
merriest day,
For I'm to be Queen o. the May, mother, I'm TO be
Queen o. the May.
Mr. EDIToR-Did you ever see such capri
cious weather? 1t is raining 80 very hard and
has been such dark, dismal day-yesterday
was 80 bright and beautiful. These April
showers seem altogether too cold to bring forth
May flowers. When was a little girl, we COM
menced about this time in the month to make
preparations for May day. (The custom now
seems to have become obselete) We would
have little private meetings, and make arrange
ments for May party, and we would choose a
Queen, who would generally be the greatest
favorite in school. Then, Of course, we would
have maids of honor, and, If the day proved
warm and bright, we would HE to the woods
for our frolic OF course it was not in this
part of the country, for here it would DO too
cold, and the woods too far away.
But il was in q SUMMER cline; we would have
a throne erected, and covered with roses and
evergreen, with a canopy of branches overhead;
we would have crown made of the loveliest
flow ers, and crown our favorite queen of
May" The little wee children would have bas-
kets of flowers which they would strew in her
path, and we would spend the whole day in the
woods; but if it Glanced to rain, we would have
our Nav party either in the school-room or at
some of the homes Of the girls.
Oh! but we did have such grand, good times
in the long ago, our sports and plays were 80
different from nowadays.
Mothers dressed their children simply and
Hastily; there was not one-half of the endless
sewing putting and ruffing and we were just
az happy, and perhaps more 80 than the little
folks Of the present day.
How soon the little ones, in their extravagant
finery, learn that they are the observed of all
Observers how very early in life are their little
heads filled with the vanities and fashions of the
period
was in a shoe store a few days since, and
was shocked at the talk and actions of little
miss, OF about IL years the proprietor was
fitting her for pair Of shoes, che was loud and
petulant because she could no longer wear
number ttcO.
The salesman said it would he impossible IN
less she could have her toes cut off. To which
she angrily said / wish they we're off," It
would take too long to repeat her ugly, cross
remarks.
Her mother stood by, and said, Il think
they are too short Don't they hurt your
foot?"
DO you suppose would have them If they
did! but tell you now ! am not going to have
such big shoesl"
The gentleman said, Il do not think this q
large shoe. II looks very neat, aud you cannot
wear anything smaller with comfort i sold
pair of shoes to young mics your age, who was
obliged to take number six"
Well, you bet, would not step outside Of
the house II l had such foot as that
She had both shoes laced, saying she would
never wear those old things again, paid for
them, and left the store
After she was gone could not but remark
upon the conduct of the miss, when the gentle
man said. You did not see one half Of her ac-
tons Before Won came in abe was impudent
and cross to her mother, and when her mother