Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-28
THE FLKETING SHOW.

THE FLKETING SHOW. i
some OF Its Facts and Fancses.
Written Expressly for the JOURNAL AND CouRrRR] |
VOICES OF THE MORNING.
C-rr-r-r-r-acki
whacki
These are the sounds that awake me
Between the dark and the dawning.
Ere the grim shadows Of night have fed
At the radiant snie Of the morning
IT'S my early rising neighbor
Pacing over and over
His little lawn while the mower clips
The innocent heads of the clover.
C-rrrr-r-ackl
Whack!
The long crescendo creaking
Smites upon nerves and brain;
There's a bump on the fence, a pause, and therce
1t passes and comes again;
But more harsh thea the tones Of the mower
Are the voices Of those who pass
stHellol Seems to me yer out earlyr
"Who pays ye fer cuttin' the grass?''
Then comes that mysterious question.
And shrink and shiver with fright,
Though often I've heard the terrible word
''Gittenupernappertitea"
And never can find Its meaning,
Though often and vain seek;
The books are all silent, the wise men are dumb,
Is it Syriac, Coptic, or Greek?
Anu SlCtluUpoCu6ppctlto 5tlu 0AuuC6 me,
And the wheels make me tremble and quake,
And fee from the spot-and my neighbsr
Goes in for his coffee and steak.
YOUNG TRAVELLERS.
Travelling children are generally voted
nuisance by those who occupy the same car
with them, but perhap snot enough of kindly
allowance is made for the little pilgrims.
They are unreasonsbly expected to be mo-
tionless and voiceless, to endure heat, dust
and flying cinders without a murmur. In
short to set an example of serenity, cheerful-
ness and good breeding to their elders.
One pities the small creatures, wedgsd in
to 9 narrow seat, warm, tired, fretful, with
weary little heads the unfavorable criticism
of their neighbors, eut-spoken or reserved.
If only people who are to have children in
charge on long journey, those children at
least who are past infancy, could plan a little
for their occupation while travelling,
much discomfort might be avoided.
Let the little girls carry their dolls,
and the dolls baggage, too, if they wish.
This adds to the impediments, but the girls
will be willing to carry them for the sake Of
the comfort and employment their well-loved
companions will give them, and it is often a
pleasure to older people to see the tender care
and Affection lavished upon them by the fond
little mothers.
A lady journeying with some little boys
| provided herself with sheets of rather stiff
paper and colored crayons. When the flying
| landscape outside ceased to interest them she
| produced the paper and crayons, asking
| them to print the letters of the alphabet.
When two or three alphabeta were completed
she cut the letters apart and then. selecting
| the letters of simple word, would give them
| in jumblsd condition to the boys, who must
l IL A. t. ~SN1nk ~ II
with them an easy game Of anagrams. A box
of letters might have been carried, but the
boys would not have had the occupation af-
forded by their manufacture.
II is suggested that small box Of anima
crackers might be carried and at a trying
| moment a little menagerie might be exhibit
| ed upon the window sill. The child whe
tell some fact or little story concerning il
should be rewarded by having that particu'
lar animal given him to eat.
With q little ingenuity 1t seems some of tht
| unhappiness of children might be avoided
and this forethought would prove blessing
that should react upon their guardians ani
upon all who came in contact with then
during the summer exodus.
HOME STUDY.
Seventeen years ago this month some pa
pers of an English society entitled "The So
ciety for the Encouragement of Home Study
fell into the hands of Miss Anna E. Tickno
OF Boston, who showed them to DR.. Samue
Eliot, and both were inspired with the dssir
to work out the idea suggested by the title
The next autumn q society was organ
ixsd with q membership Of forty-6v
and cerps of six teachers VIII,
directed their studies by correspondence. TIL
society now has more than Eve hundred
members, the number of instructors beinl
one hundred and ninety-six Between fiv
seventeen years, and from this source spranl
the Chautsuqua movement and others les
widely known. all doing valuable work. Th
purpose of the organization is to induc
young women to devote part of each ds
to systematic and thorough study. Course
of reading are arranged from which one o
more studies are selected, according to tn
teen years or over is eligible to membership
on payment of the yearly fee of three do
lars. The departments Of study include
history, science, art, French, German an
English literature and special course /
Shakespeare. The instruction IL given b
correspondence, and monthly reports g
progress are required. The society has
lending library of nearly $500 volume.
which are mailed to members desiring then
and books Of photographs.
WHITE WOOD AND CHINESE INK.
Pretty decoration. of wooden articles, sue
~ boxes, paper cutters and book racks,
done In very simple manner with Chimes
ink. A suitable design is first lightly pei
l oiled upon the wood, and this outline
. painted with the ink, which must be allowe
to become hard and firm before the rest
,, the painting Is done. The whole ground
work is then painted out and polished, lea,
! ing the design In the natural color of Il
8 wood upon black background. If we
done upon white wood ii has the effect
ebony inlaid with ivory.
a NOVEL STATISTICS.
q An English literary man has been co
: lecting from the novels Of last year son
very interesting figures. He finds that
Q the 562 heroines therein portrayed 272 We
i described a. blondes, and 100 brunettes; 4;
g were beautiful; 274 were welded to the ms
b Of their choice, while thirty were unhappi
+ married, and of the remainder many sank in
early graves, consumption being in the LEI
!. of fatal maladits to which the heroines
actien sucoumb; The personal charms
the hefoines included $50 Oppressive eye
and 702 "ahell-like ears" 543 eyes had
' "dreamy" look, and 800 flashed fire. Brow
!, and blue were the favorite shades In ey
and dimples were plentiful and witchin
= Forty.seven heroinss were mothered of l.
% children, of whom ssventy-ons were rescue
j. from watery graves; Of their husbands eigh
!, cen were found to be bigamists, while seve
= were betrayed by letters carelessly carried
= their pockets.
Il II may be supposed that these figures .
!, given to the world in order that novels
:. may be warmed thereby and avoid repe
- tion of these particular traits, description
10 and situations. The new crop of heroin
y will probably be startling in their origins
ity.
d A SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
n II was thought by many people only fl
D. years ago that Elaine Goodale, one Of t
Is child poets Of Sky Farm, would early alta
10 an enviabls position through her litera
p talent, or be transferred to higher clims
ef too fne and spiritual nature to live in Q
IN unpoetic atmosphere. She has, hewevsr, d
y q veloped into most practioal and capal
= young woman, and has surrendered all ho
= of htszaxy fame 70 deyote hsEseH 3 her q