St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-26

This little talk is for the girls from
six to sixty who may DE interested in
reading it, When | took my midday
nap the other day. while still fingered
in that vague foreign land between
sleeping and waking, where we hear
such queer scraps of conversation, see
such odd scenes and catch vague bits OF
poetry that are like that Of the "Holle-
bird" girl that Mrs. Whitney tells about
''loyely poems if some one will only put
a head and tail to them"-but only bits
right out of the middle, | heard party
of little girls singing. They were in
big, square room, and were clrcllng
about, singing an accompaniment TO
their steps, and this was the chorus
they sang:
shut the door, Miss Jenny,
And keep the tiger out"
Just outside the closed door l saw him
sitting, his handsome back turned to-
ward the house. his graceful tail curled
around his front feet; his big head look
ing very friendly with its wonderful
yellow eyes. and short alert ears; and
would you believe it, he actually looked
at me with a look that was wonderfully
like a wink, as if he would Say: Never
mind, Pm watching my chaDce. they
will be off guard by and by, and then FL
get 'em."
started up laughing, but still Iheard
the song, and then began to thinkit
was a parable, and that it was sent to
me to interpret to the girls who read this
column. Tigers, YOU know. are not very
common in this town. L am sure that
you might walk up and down Summit
avenue or almost any other street good
many DAYS and not see tiger sitting
by the door of house. Not that they
are not handsome enough for ornaments
or pets, for they are among the
most beautiful of creatures. Their long
slender bodies with their vivid stripes
of yellow and black, are supple and
graceful, their handsome heads are
all that could be desired so far as mere
beauty is concerned. No, it's not for
lack Of beauty that tigers are kept In
strong cages, or are considered more
desirable when stuffed as house pets,
but because they cannot be trusted, and
the wise little girls shut the door and
keep him out. There are other things
beside the tiger that girls should shut
the door upon. A little bit of temper
seems very quiet little pussy cat, and
no one thinks it dangerous. but 1t
grows. and by aud by there is not force
enough left i'll the character to fight IL,
and it breaks loose, and desolation and
ruin follow in that tigers wake. A sharp
tongue that can cut like tigers teeth,
if allowed to do as III will, can cut
the heart out of your mother or
sister or brother or lover or husband.
: and life is ruined by that tiger. a
spiteful remark or may be only
thoughtless one will grow and grow
till the whole Ileavens is darkened for
some one, some one, perhaps, whose
burdens were heavy enough before, and
with This added are crushing. But. my
dears, you can all make the applications
for yourselves, but only remember, L
pray you, that the tiger family are wise
and patient and, like the one l saw, al
ways Oh the watch. So whenever you
catch glimpse Of one OF their delicate
noses Just initiate the happy little girls
in the bJrderland and resolve to say al
WAYS: ''Shut the door, Miss jennie,
and keep the tiger out"
AUNT POLLY.