The Jersey City news., 1891-09-14

in which she must, somehow or other
succeed in teaching them a certain
number of facts-no allowance being
made for the slowness, stupidity, or
disorder, which increases the friction
of the work and delays the doing. No
matter how complete the education,
or how enthusiastic the spirit, the
power for physical endurance is abso-
lutely necessary.
A Good Word for the Girl of Today
There was a time when we thought
girls beautiful who wore vast crino-
lines and carried their hair in net,
and had flat heels to their boots, says
Walter Besant. who continues:-Ye es,
there was such a time, and l remem-
Der ir well, because it was in my
waltzing days and salad days, and
days of girl worship. The figure was
lost and ruined, but the face re-
manned, and the eyes and the hands,
and that was about all.
How well | remember the change of
fashion! 1t was like transformation
of things ugly and creeping into
things ethereal and beautiful. Sud-
denly the girl stood before us without
her crinoline, a tall, slight and beau
tiful figure.
Such falling in love there was in
those days? And such weeping among
those poor women whose youth had
been imprisoned in their crinoline!
My young friends, believe gray
beard. Girls have been growing steadi-
ly more beautiful every year. owing
partly to this beneficent change in
their dress, partly because they have
taken to active outdoor exercises so
much, and partly because they have
developed SO much more intellectual
activity. The poor, dear, smiling,
timid, namby-pamby,ig ignorant, goody,
dumpy maiden no longer lives. She
has gone. Farewell to her. She had
lOver-but oh! she was so silly, and
SO conventional, and SO proper.
PIgmy Child Saved Them
During the very hungriest time
spent by Stanley's expedition in going
through the dense forest it happened
that the discovery of little dwarf
tribe proved truly providential,
writes contributor to ST. Nicholas.
Upon approaching one of the settle
ments OF these people, the natives,
fearing that the Arabs We're upon
them, hastily retreated to the
depths of the jungle, leaving in the
village one of the children. He was
an ungainly little creature, and from
Saleh's description had an enormously
big head, protruding lower jaw, lean
frame and ungainly fat body. The
Zanzibaris sat about in detected
groups. complaining of their present
hard existence, and the sad contrast
of today with their joyous life in their
island home away in the Indian
ocean. The little Text Teki (pygmy),
although not more than years old,
was busily searching for something in
the dry leaves. The Zanzibaris were
attracted by the child's activity. Pres
emily the sparkle of his eyes and the in
creased earnestness of his hunt showed
that he had been successful; and, in
deed, he returned to the campfire,
carrying lot of pods like enormous
beans. These he scraped to a fine
powder, which he damped, rolled in
some big leaves, and then toasted in
the ashes. When cooked to his satis-
faction he opened the dainty package,
and the whole camp became filled
with the odor of this new dish. The
men of the expedition then closed
around and, much to the young Text
Texts disgust, helped themselves to
a tasting pinch. The Zanzibaris knew
the tree quite well; it was the max
neme." This new discovery brought
a gleam of hope to the hearts of these
hungry beings. The capture of the
tiny woodsman was a godsend, and
Saleh said that had this unhappy
little creature but fairly understood
their language he would have been
fairly overwhelmed with the heartfelt
blessings showered on him. A few
days afterward another tribe of these
same small people was met, and the
child was handed over to them to be
returned to his parents.