The Washington critic., 1888-01-28
BRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS.
Fun for the Little Folks Contributed by
ThemseIVea.

When to Gods house they co."
While in the chancel could see
The dear child sitting there
As still as any mnuse could be,
Through lesson, hymn and prayer
And when at home sought to try
fmy warning was forgot
How soberly she made reply
"Oh, no, papa but really you
Just tikcd az dWfW lot."
The little daughter of another minister
was called in to go to bed one summer
evening as she thought much too carly.
In her not very devotional frame Of mind
she knclt at her mothers knee 10 say her
evening prayer When the usual "Now
j lay me- was begun she was too iul-
patient TO restrain herself any longer.
~ don't want t., say that" she iretted.
"But why not p'
Because I'm tired ofit Why can't
say Root hog or diep
IL seems almost hazardous 10 teach
child very much about religion, the way
they apply IL TO their own experience Is
so ludicrous at times, as in the case OF the
little girl of five, who was saying her
prayers at her fathers knee. II was
rare occasion for her. and to celebrate 10 i'm
a fitting manner she prayed for every
thing she could think Of Some df her pc
titions were not as the Apostle Paul has
said, "expcdient," such as invoking tho
Divine blessing upon the dog and cat and
sundry dilapidated dolls. "There, now
said her papa, run and Jump INTO bed;n
but on her way 20 bed her favorite song OF
nOld Uncle Ned" came into her mind
Running back, she knelt down, saving:
"Oh, yes, ! forgot; please, God give my
! love to old Uncle Ned
A little boy IN Baltimore 50. m-
mor in the country with his fan, ter
| their return TO the city tis sister ". k
ing about pigs Lawrie could not rci> n
ber tl!at he had ever seen one.
Don't You know she said "that
| great fat pig that went um. um Y'
"Ob, yes, y said Lawrie, his eyes bright
ening at the recollection, "the one that had
a Langtry knot; not on its head, but its
other end"
JOHNNY WAS RIGHT.
Johnny, / find three mistakes ON the
first page Of your letter." said mother 10
her nine-year.old son one day. you
have spelled until with two rs, very
with two rs, and left out the word
brother in the last line"
II don't call that three mistakes,
mamma" replied the boy, calmly; IL cali
ii two mistakes and one forget. ~ Har-
per's Bazaar.
WHAT ALLIED THE DOG.
Little Rob-Mamma, should / say pants
or trousers
Mamma-Trousers, my boy. Pants is
vulgar
Rob--Well, mamma, you ought 10 give
our dog some water; he trousers awfully.
REAL GOOD LITTLE BOY.
Little Philip fell down stairs one day,
and injured his face so seriously that for a
long time he could not speak. When he
did open his lips, however, 1t was not to
complain Of pain. Looking mp ut his
mother, he whispered, trying 70 smile:
I'm pretty glad 'twasn't my little sis-
ter !'-[Youth's Companion.
TOO BIG A FAMILY.
| Flossie--Mamma, can give one of my
dolls to Cicely WafiiesP
4 Mother-Certalnly not Flossie. Why
, do you want TOT
Flossie-I find that twins are too great
a charge.-[N. Y. Sun.
"woN'T THAT BE FUNp'
Tommy-Ma is getting crosser and
crosser every day. She spanked me twice
yesterday.
! Sissy-So she did me, and hard, too.
|, "Ill tell you how we can get even with
her.
, "How2 2'
, Lets promise each other never 10
, marry, and then she'll never be q grand
mother. Won't that be fun '-ITeSas
, Siftings1
PRETTY OLD MAN.
Conversation between n traveller and
lad of six or seven-Your grandfather
there seems to be very old. Do you
know what his age isP' mo, sir, /
/, couldn't exactly say, sir; but Tn sure he
can't be very young He's always been
about the house as long as can remem-
ber.n
! CAREFUL OF HER HEAD.
One day little Fannie was undergoing
the customary ordeal of a haH-dTessing at
the hands Of the maid when, her patience
being exhausted, she broke out with:
"Oh, please don't brush so hard You
must remember my heads little tender
lon.'-L Editors Drawer, in Harper
IN PLACE OF SWITCH.
One day Ernest had been seriously lee
tured by his mother, and finally was sent
to the yard to find a switch, with which
he was to be punished. He returned soon
and said: II couldn't find any switch,
mamma, but here's stone you can throw
at mi" Harper's Magazine.
NOT SAFE FOR THE DOG.
Mamma Ito nurse)-What is all that
noise in the nursery, Mane2
Nurse-Ze leetle dog, Madame, has
taken Mees Flossie's candy.
Mamma-Well, take il from him at
once, Mare, and give il back to Miss Flos-
sic. Poor little Fido, he mustn't eat 20
much candy; it might make him sick
Epoch.
A SERIOUS MISTAKE.
Business friend from Dantzic- Lovely
children, madame; the very image Of tbejr
mamma.
Lady of the House-You are mistaken,
sir; they are a batch Of hungry, ragged
school children that have brought in TO
dinner.
HE HIT BACK FIRST.
A child was playing with some other
children, when it began to cry on account
of having received smarst slap IN the
face from one of its companions.
You must hit the nasty thing bach,
says nurse, who had never read the ser,
mon on the mount
But hit il back f-f.f-tirst, sobbed The
enterprising iniant.-l Judge
THE NEW hoy.
"What is il possible you don't know
anything at all about the Scripturesf'
said the surprised Sunday-school teacher
10 the new boy in her class.
Never heard of EN-, replied the boy.
1--WE have Just moved here from New
York city."-[Chicago Tribune.
SENSE AND NONSENSE.
Chicago is full of dangerously thought
full and mature children.
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