The Advance., 1892-07-21
YOUNGSTERS FUN.
WHAT THE CHOIR SAID.


WHAT THE CHOIR SAID.
Singers in church and elsewhere are not al
ways as careful as they ought to be to articulate
their words distinctly. A little girl entered the
meeting house not long ago just as the choir was
sHalieluiah Halleluiah v' said the singers;
but the little girl, whose thoughts were some
what preoccupied, we may imagine, did not
catch the words correctly. After getting home
she startled her aunt by saying:
81 never saw such nice choir. They stopped
right in the middle of the anthem and spoke to
me.n
not,Vs %w1y ~ my DEAR" said her "untie' II didn't
6 But they did, You know wore my new
cloak, and as soon as came in the choir said,
Hardly knew you Hardly knew youp two
or three times"
THE CHILD'S PROTEST.
Joseph Haworth, the actor, tells story Of a
little girl who was very curious to know all
about thunderstorms, and was told by her
mother that they were the voice of God. A few
days later the child was caught out in a thunder
storm and her mother called her to come in. Her
little legs came toddlng up to the piazza as fast
as they could, but as she reached the steps there
came a terrific clap of thunder, and the little
one, looking up, said, with panied expression
on her face /: ''Oh, bod, 100 needn't holler SO
loud Pse hurryin dest as fast as I tan.'
THE BRIGHT BOY.
Master Willie (who has just been described by
"Papa, has the gen'lum brought my new
boots ?''
Papa (who doesn't see what is coming)
-"Boots Willie Why, what makes you ask p,
Master Willie1";C ;CaSulse, when " he come . me fore
you said he was snob, and asked Jane what
snob was, and she said shoemaker" (Sera-
sation.)
POOR AFFAIR.
Little Boy Mamma, that new piano lamp
you bought is a regular cheat an you oughter
send it back"
Mamma-" Why SO, my cherub?''
Little Boy-"Quick as I went to playin
Statue of Liberty it fell over and broke"
IN FIVE MINUTES.
Ted had a knife that his papa had given him.
With knowing look grandma said, Tt is only
matter of time for him to cut himself" In
just five minutes Ted came in holding his hands
behind him, and said, " Grandma, it is not a
very bad cut.''
ENvIABLE PERSONS.
Little Boy with swollen face)-" Oh dear |! I
wish was grandpa else the baby"
Mother" WhyY'
Little Boy" Grandpa's teeth are all gone
and baby's HASN'T come yet"
PLACING HIM.
Little Robby-" Are you lawyer, like papa?"
Doctor" No, my boy; am a physician"
Robby-" Oh, yes you're the gentleman that
comes to see sick people before they die ~
NOT so MYSTERIOUS.
Meddling with bottle has got many man
into difficulty.
Mammal said Tommy, sis this hair-oil in
this bottle?'
"Mercy no !! That's mucilage."
"Well," said Tommy, 81 guess that's why
can't get my hat off,"
HARD LUCK.
jimmy What did you get on your BIRTH
day."
Jakey-' 'Nothin'! Never got anything since
the first one, and then I only got born ~
A TON WEEK.
"Papa," said Willie, "what makes coal burn ?"
''Our hired man, Willie," answered papa.
"Father," said six-year-old, "where is
Atoms?' "Atoms, my boy? What do you
meanT' "Why, the place where everything
gets blown down to-"
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.
WHILE crossing the Public Garden few days
ago, Boston gentleman came upon very little
boy who was Justify crying, ''Pm lost! Pm
lost ~
'What is your name?'' asked the gentleman.
"Harry B. Brown" blubbered the boy.
This common name scarcely afforded clue to
the child's identity SO his would-be rescuer
pursued his inquiries further.
"What is the name of the street you live in ?'
"I don't know" was the answer.