The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-09-05
A BOOK OF PICTURES.
REMARKABLE CHANGES SEEN IN
SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.

SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.
Points That Puzzled an Inquisitivo Boy
and Convulsed His Humorous Father.
Characters That Appear to Have an
Extensive Wardrobe.
Papa" asked the boy, looking up
from his book, ''can a man grow a real
beard in one day7"
Il should say not" answered the
father cautiously, being mindful Of the
fact that within a week the boy had put
to him this question-"Why does a
woman walk on her heels in crossing a
muddy street." and when he answered
that he did not know, the boy had said.
ITO get across" But there was no sell
about the question the boy asked, nor
about the next one, which was this:
Can a man get bald in one nightr
He might in an Indian country" an
swered the father, whereupon there was
silence for little time Then the boy
impatiently said:
Il don't understand these pictures at
all Everybody in them keeps chang
ing around, and don't know who Is
who. and don't see how they know
each other half day running"
The book was 1.-The Swiss Family
Robinson" and the title page declared
that there were 100 illustrations It
was worth while to follow the family"
through the pictures.
Putting aside a colored frontispiece
which depicted lusty bareleGged boy
on "a rock, with a polo cap GROWING a
shock Of yellow hair parted in the back,
bow In his hand and his eyes fixed on
a spouting whale that looked like sar-
dine sneezing violently, the panorama
or%ned with the family" kneeiing in
grateful prayer for its escape The
father, with head bald on top, smooth
shaven face and long locks of white
hair falling on his shoulders was the
central figure. and made an ideal vicar
of Wakefield. Fritz, the eldest son,
wore long coat and long trousers, and
Franz, the youngest. was distinguished
by a large button on his coat in the
small Of the back This was in the fore
noon.
LIGHTNING CHANGES
A few hours later, in the afternoon,
behold the change! The father had grown
fine. closely trimmed side whiskers, and
he and his sons had changed their straight
locks for crisply curling hair. From a
gentle faced Madonna the mother had
lS-en changed into a vivacious looking
Jrwess, and. strangest of all. two St
Demands in the first picture had become
trim bulldogs, with every appearance Of
being able to make good fight.
Then there came lightning change
ln five minutes their fathers whiskers
had grown an inch or two. Fritz and he
had gotten into knickerbockers, termi-
mating In the fathers case in blue stock
in2s and buckled shoes, both of them
had lost the curl out Of their hair, and
one Of the bulldogs had been metamor-
phosed into setter standing over a red
ish brown rabbit that was declared in
the text to be an agouti
Noon, the next day. and the father and
Fritz were again presented. seated this
time by q brook, but conveniently near a
stone jug that might have held molasses
and might not The father looked like q
Highlander in a farmers clothes, and
Frtx, who had grown three or four
years older. was dressed like Danton
wien that gentleman was Of some CON-
sequence In Paris and looked like him.
One Of the dogs had become . King
Charles spaniel. The other did not ap-
Pear, but was probably In seclusion. set
Ting on the breed In which be would
next appear.
The pair were on a hunting excursion
on their deserted island. A few hourz
LATER Fritz had gotten his shock Of vel
low hair back, and traded his Dantor
costume for knickerbockers, blue stock.
iIys and q sack coat, while his father
had somewhere picked up a Russian peas
ants dress, and grown a full brown
beard, and the King Charles had become
ssetter. The Jug had disappeared
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
That night the father shaved himself
DOWN TO tho side whiskers, dyed his owl
and Ex1tgis hair black. put y sailor shixi
on himself and pair Of striped lawr
tennds trousers on Eritx. and the next
incoming went out sailing While thsy
wsre absent the Jewish faced mothea
changed hex countsnance foe afsubdued
riah, ax1aysd hsrssl1 IN . dark hlus
GOWN that diaclossd i red psfsiccss, md
eu<e ysl1ow haudkarShtef on hexhsad