Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-31
A BOOK OF PICTURES.
sfrARKAsLE CHANGES SEEN IN
SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.

Characters That Appear :" Have an 4
r.tsnsiye wardrobe
~papa.r asked tho boy. looking up
nom his book. "can man grow a real |
beard In one dnyY
.1 should cay not" answered tho
father cautiously. being mindful Of tho
s,et that within n week the boy had put
a. him this qucstion-"why does
,go,nan walk on her heels In crossing
,,,,ldy street. and when he answered
,bat he did not know, the boy had said
90 Get across But there was no sell
,bout the question tho boy asked. nor
siout the next ono, which was thisi
"Can a man get bald in one nightr
ale might In an Indian country an.
,c,ered tho father, whorcupon there VIVA
silence Tor n little time. Then tho boy
impaticnily saidi
81 don't understand these pictures NJ
all Everybody IN them keeps chang.
ing around. and 1 don't know who Is
xbo. and don't sec how they know
zach other half day running"
The book was "rhe Swiss Family
Poblnson," md tho title page declared
Ina. there were 400 Illustrations" Il
was worth while TO follow tho family"
through the pictures.
Putting aside colorod frontlspiccc
which depicted n lus,y barolcgRcd boy
On n rock, with polo cap crowning a
shock Of yellow hair parted In the back.
bow In his hand and his Dyes fixed on
amounting whale that looked like q sar-
d.ne mcczing violently. tho panorama
opcned with tho "family" knccling In
grateful prayer for its escape The
father. with head bald on top. smooth
,hayen face and long locks Of white
l.lf failing Ga bic shoulders was tho
central figure, and made an ideal vicar
Of Wakefield. Fritz, tho eldest son,
wore long coat and long trousers, and
Franz, tho youngest, was distinguished
by large button on his coat In tho
small OF tho back. This was In the fore.
noon.
nGHrStSd crLNNoEs.
A fow hours later, In the afternoon,
behold ihechangel Tho fatherhad grown
fine. elosoly trimmed side whiskors. and
he and his sons had changed their straight
locks for crisply curling hair. From a
gentle faced Madonna tho mother had
been changed into vivecious looking
Jewess, and, strangcst OF all, two 81.
Demands In tho hrst picture had become
trim bulldogs. with every appearance Of
bsing able TO mako good fight
Then there came n lightning change,
In five minutes their fathers whiskori
bad grown an inch or two, Fritz and hO
had gotten into lgnickcrbockcrs, tcrmi-
hating In tho fathers case in blue stock.
Tugs and hucklcd shoes, both OF them
had To-. tho curl out Of their hair. and
one Of tho bulldogs had been motamor.
phoscd into n softer standing over nd
ish brown rabbit that was declared In
the text TO DO an agouti.
Noon. the next day, and tho father and
Frl;z were again presented. seated this
time by n brook, but conveniently near q
tiouc Jug that might have held molassci
and might not. The father looked like q
Highlander IN farmers clothes, aud
Fritz, who had grown three or foui
years older, was dressed like Dantou
when that gentleman was Of some con.
sequence In Paris and looked like him
One Of tho dogs had become KinG
Charles spaniel. Tho other did not ap
pear, but was probably In soclusion. set
Ting on tho breed In which ho would
next appear.
The pair wcro on q hunting excursion
on their deserted island. A fow hour
later Fritz had gotten his shock Of vel
low hair back. and traded his Dantoi
costume for knlckerbockers, blue stock
ings and n sack coat, while his fathc
had somewhere picked up u Russian peas
lnta dress, and grown full brown
beard, aud tho King Charles had becom
atotter. The jug had disappeared.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
That night the father shaved himscl
down to tho sido whiskerS, dyed his owl
and FritE's hair black. put a sailor shir
GU himself and n pair of striped law
tennis trousers on Fritz, and tho mex
morning went out sailing. While the
wero absent the jewish faced mothe
changed her countonanco for u subduc
Irish, arrayed herself In dark blu
gown that disclosed o red petticoat, an
put yellow handkerchief on her head
Taking Jack, one Of her other sons, an
putting trim polo cap on his yello'
locks, tho two, accompanied by ono 9
tie 81. Demands, won't out for walk.
A day or two later tho father had got
ten back his full. yellow bead. whic
he seemed to wear with his peasant Coz
tune, and one Of the dogs had change
into a hound. But u You hoped III
father would stay that way long onoug
ioryou TO got acquainted with him. d
vet your mind Of that thought Befdf
night no had returned 10 his trim sid
Walkers aud curly hair, while Fritz Ia
tarunk In longth, broadoned in girtl
and put on long trousers that were to
short for him and heavy shoes
And 10 tho pictures run. Tho fath'
changes his clothes, his beard and his ha
Alleast once, and often two or thrce tint
day, Fritz lisa good second in th
kaleidoscope performance, tho moth
iacially runs through all the races an
exhibits a bowildering number OF diiIc
tnt costumes, tho little boys must hay
been branded or their parents wouI
never have been able to keep track
them, no extraordinary were the chang
they underwent, and tho dogs oiier'
enough varieties to have given a capt.
bench show. The "ono hundred illustr
nons' were altogether the most entertain
iipg things about the copy OF "Tho swi
Family Robinson" over which the b.
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