St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-20
AMONG THE CHILDREN.
What the Little Toddlers Are Thinking
and Talking About.
ON THE THRESHOLD OF LIFE.
Geneva and Her New Name---Feachers
Grief---Sadies' One Thought---A
Pig Problem For Papa.

My little niece, about three-and-a-half
years old, and the end OF her evening
prayers says: bod bless papa, mamma,
Aunt Helene, sister" (and her near rela-
tons and friends down to the nurse,
and lastly land bod bress Geneva
herself. Recently. during the day, her
mother called her fraud; and at the
end OF her prayer that evening, instead
of the usual bod Dress Geneva out
came land bod Dress er Fraud
CONFIRMATION AND EMANCIPATION.
Boston Post.
| am often astoniShed to find what tire
less reasOners children are. They are
apt to be a little hasty i'll their premises,
and their logical processes are not al
ways according to rule. but their minds
are very busy in drawing conclusions.
The other day, for example, heard a
small boy say to his mother: swell, l
suppose that now John M" men
tl0ning youth of fourteen or fifteen
| who had lately received the rite of con-
firmation, will do just as he pleaSeS:
go without his coat when he wants to;
play ball till after dark every night. and
stay at home from school when he feels
| tired" His mother naturally asked
why John M should be supposed to
have been emancipated from all
| parental control to this extraordinary
| degree, and the 'urchin replied: ''Well,
/ was told at Sunday school that when
you were confirmed you took everything
on yourself, and | supposed that means
having your own way"
SHORT STORIES.
| Buffalo Express.
Say, ma, Mrs. Brown has a cake on
her supper table three stories high, :"
exclaimed little Johnnie as he rushed
into the family sitting room. Johnnie's
mother was inclined to believe that her
boys little story was taller than the cake
until she made an investigation and
| found the marvel to be LAYER Jelly
cake.
sADIE's Special. THINKING.
| Washington Critic
| Sadie was lying on the bed and her
aunt told her to come to her, but Sadie
| needed not.
Come here, Sadie" repeated the
| aunt.
The child paid no attention to the COM
mand.
will you get from there and come to
me?" exclaimed the lady. warningly.
Sadie turned over slowly and lifted up
her curly head.
Il amt thinkin' about SHALL" she said.
Pm thinkin' about shan't," and down
she went again.
PAPA Is THROWN INTO CONFUSION.
Toledo Blade.
A bright four-year-oId Reynolds boy
was walking along Madison the other
| day with his father. He seemed in a
| brown study and his father was about
to call him ont of his reverie, when the
| boy turned and suddenly looking up,
said: PA, what makes little piggieS
! eat so fast?''
Pa was so confused that he blushed
| and finally said that he would have to
| give il up.
Cause they want to be hogs" said
| four-year-0ld.
| NOT AN EXPERT.
! Philadelphia Call.
| The Cyclone pointing to mamma S
| pet terrier where it lay on the rug after
! being fed until it was diStended beyond
all proDortion)-LoOk, papa Stray is
| dead.
Papa-Yes. and he has been badly
| stuffed.
Cyclone-That's cause he stuffed his
self, an he didn't know how.
DPARTIALITY.
| Lowell New Moon.
| A lady writes as follows: "Our little
two-year-old boy is very fond of any
| sweet medicine. No matter what the
| kind, he takes it with evident relish
| and leases for it on all occasions. The
| other day he came running in and said
| he was sick and tired, and his legs
ached, and he must have some. To
| pacify him his mother gave him a tea
spoonful of cough Syruph. After lap
ping out the spoon he looked r0guiShly
up to her and said in an appealing tone,
| Got two legs. mamma: mus have
! anozer spoonful for re OZer leg.
A SUBSTITUTE IN RESERVE.
Washington Critic.
Flake is a brlght-eyed little girl in
LIE Droit Park, and she has the bad
habit of sucking her thumb. The other
morning her mother was cOmbing he1
thumb i'll her mouth. ''FlaXie, Flake, :
reproved her mother. ''don't do that
What would you do it that thumb
should come OFF, ''Suck tn oder one,
mamma" replied the lncorrigible,
cOoily, and paralyZed her mother.
LOOKS IKE IT. CERTAINLY.
J Boston Courier.
She was q wee maiden of three sum-
merS. accustomed to the simplicity OF
the nursery table and with a taste un-
Initiated by the use of spices. She was
allowed, the other day, to come to the
family table, where she was especially
interested in the mystery of the pepper
box, an article which had apparently
never before come within the limits OF
her observation. She watched with
| close attention while her papa peppered
something. and then with the utmost
gravity and poliIeness she extended hel
plate. saying:
''Please put little dirt on mine, too,
papa"
| GRIEF OF TIE HEART.
! Youths Companion.
An elder brother had Just left home
for distant state. and the family
grieved much overhis departure. A Wis
I itOr, meeting Willie at the door. said
well, Willie. did you cry when Brother
Rob left?'' No" he replied, with a
sigh, Il cried inside, but the tears
didn't come up"
LOGICAL.
Springfield Mass Union.
Papa, why did the governor appoint
Arbor Day on Saturdays $50 that the
school children can enjoy and profit by
it, | suppose" "Oh, pooh. He ought
to know that we should enjoy it twice as
well on Thursday or Friday as on q
Saturday. Why don't he appoint
Thanksgiving Day on Sunday for the
same reasons
GEORGES SUPERIOR MIND.
| Youths Companion.
Little George was presented with {
book by his uncle. The book struck
George as being decidedly too juvenile
for one of his advanced years and, after
| examining it for a while, he said t.
mamma in confidential way: "Queer
isn't it, mamma. that uncle should have
given me such childs book as this:
But L suppose he liked it himself.''
JUVENILE DIGNITY.
| The BOStOn Times