St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15

ways, MISS" he responded promptly.
Railways, Tommy" she inquired, doubt
ingly. "Well, principally always" he
replied, and she let him gO,-Washing-
ton Critic.
A South End little girl was taking
supper with playmate few evenings
ago. After the pat ,rfamilas had ''said
grace" with due sOlemnity the little
hostess turned to her guest and asked !:
Does your papa say grace at supper,
katie?" No" replied Katie" with a
charming candor, "but he says some
thing else" This answer, of course,
aroused the interest of the elder per-
sons. what does he say?" was asked
the little visitor. "Good Lord, what a
superb was the calm reSpOnSe.-BOS-
ton Commonwealth.
A sturdy little chap some seven years
old had tantrum one day last week,
and his mother, in order to mark her
diSpleasure and impress it upon him,
left him by himself and went to her
own room. He followed her as far as
closed it somewhat emphatically. Then
he went to his play. Half an hour later
he returned, opened the door softly and
looked in. His mother caught his eye
and could not repreSS smile. ''There,"
he said, 81 knew you'd get over it.
Now you are my own dear mamma
again. Boston Herald.
When little Meg saw a picture of
Christian with the burden on his back,
she looked at it curiOusly for minute
and then said: ''Mamma, what makes
the nanny wear his hustle so high on
his back?"-Boston Transcript.
Little Tommy had spent his first day
at school. What did you learn?" asked
his auntie. Didn't learn anythingr'
said Tommy. ''Weil,w what did you do?''
Didn't do anything. A woman wanted
to know aow 10 spell cat and [ told
her. Boston Globe.
Little Nellie, of West End, was in an
avenue store yesterday with her
mother, and she was greatly pleased
with the Christmas array of dolls.
baby" Every well, Nellie,' replied
her mother, ''you shall have one" and
Nellie soon had doll in her arms. But
she was not satisfied, and still hung
about the doll display. Finally, half in
fear and half in hope, she whispered:
Mamma, I'd like to have twins."-
Washington Critic.
Papa Ito little Tommy, who has been
to see ''Uncle Toms Cabin")--I suppose
you saw little Eva die and go to heaven?
TOMMY saw her die, but l don't be-
lieve She went to heaven, 'cause saw
her come out after the performance
Philadelphia Times.
A child of three years is being trained
in religious matters by an aunt, and the
teacher has had some trouble in getting
the young one to understand the
Deity, She gathered some faint
idea of the facts in the mat er of the
creation of Adam and Eve. She related
them in this simple fashion: 'Once
there was man named God. and he
made Adam, and then Adam was lone
some, and God made lady," The small
child was in bed with her little sister
one night when an adventure hap
pened, which she told her aunt: 1.-The
other night somebody came in my room
and said Boot l said, ''Who's that?'
and Mabel said, Maybe it's God;' But
knew it wasn't God" Chow did you
knoW?' ''Why, cause knew it wasn't.
God would knock at the San
Francisco Chronicle.
Little Lillian had an uncomfortable
way of waking before light and expect
ing the family to rise with her at what
they considered an unbearably early
hour. LILLIAN. you must lie still and
try to sleep" said her mother, one morn
ing when this early bird began to chirp.
cpl try" said the little girl, and so
she did, but it was to no purpose.
In five minutes she was sitting up in
bed playing with her little pink toes.
This time, her mother, growing i'm
patient, as sleepy people have been
known to do, summarily eXtinguished
her under the bedclOtheS, saying in de-
spair, Lillian, I told YOU to try once
more to go, TO sleepr' 81 know it
momma cold thruthf,,I r ;lI;oD sSaDd T
did try, but the wakes wiggleS in me so
l can't keep still. "-YOuth's Com
paniOn.
Master Freddy thinks himself by no
means the least important member of
the household. One evening after he
and his sister had gone to bed i'm the
nursery violent thunder shower came
up. The childreH'S mother, thinking
they might be frightened by the storm,
went up stairs o reaSSure them. PauS-
ing just outside the nursery door, she
heard Fred say to his sister, who was
crying: "Don't 90 be 'fraid. baby; me
am DOd'S here. "-Harper's Young Peo-
pie.
An observing little girl who happened
to be out of doors the last part of dark
afternoon seemed much interested in an
electric light. Looking at it curiOusly
for a few moments she exclaimed: 20,
mamma, didn't know before that the
moon had two legs.'-BoSton Journal.
She had her picture taken, and when
the proofs were sent home her sister
Gypsy, five years old, was looking at
one. She shifted it, turned up her nose
in Disguised way, and said: go
Flake, how you must have Smelt when
You had your picture takenG' Flake
Gndignant)-"I didn't" ''YOu must
have; just smell of this !''-Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser.
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