Morning journal and courier., 1894-06-09

WoioaiP 4o dcCplJ kOotco HI tuo huokk ok man, 1t is Fetich, an Idol, and sacrifices must be made unto 1t. To-day 1t is, and tomorrow it isn't; therefore 1t is of much more value than we, even though we feel that having been often reminded that "our days are as the grass" we deserve a little consideration on that account. We need not expect consideration and must con- tinue to be sacrificed.
 "What is the shortest commandmentf' asked the teacher.
 "Keep off the grass," promptly replied the urchin.
 Here in this goodly city we are not SO narrow and hard as to forbid the little children to frolic on the green sward. It spot long enough to ipjure the cherished turf. But men who sit upon a bench for hours-sh, that Is different matterl
 It is useless to entreat the City Fathers to turn the backs of the benches. They would not even understand that there could be cause for presenting such peti- tion.
 Perhaps some day we shall have City Mothers, and then &
 JUST FOR FUN.
 Progressive Sketching is a form of amusement that is suited to varied ages and capacities, though 1t is true that those who succeed In producing the most mirth- provoking of sketches are those who have little gift at drawing. A trained hand is not essential, though desirable, the most that Is necessary is that the eketcher shall be able to put his ideas into lines that, though they be very crudely drawn, shall convey that idea to the eyes of others.
 Each player is provided with @ strip of paper and pencil, and each Is asked to draw @ head of man or woman or animal. Even a bsrrel-hesd is allowable. When these are finished the papers are folded SO ss to show only the ends of the lines of the neck, these being the starting points for the continuation of the sketches. The folded papers being passed to the nsighbor at the left, the bodies are drawn, and the paper folded with the ends of the lines show ing as tefore. Joined to thess are the legs, the work of the third artist. They may be of any shape, or style, may num- ber four or two, or possibly these neither additions may consist only of 8 pair of feet. These are folded entirely out of view, and then fourth collsboratsur adds title to the picture. If wished, the fifth player, without seeing the title, may add the name of some well-known artist. The unfolded slips are then displayed and are most amusing combination of incon- gruities. Here Is such 8 picture, re- hinder of as gay little company as ever laughed whole evening away. The head is that of parrot nosed old lady in & much bs-frilled cap. She has @ surprised and inquiring expression, no doubt be- cause her head, in profile, is joined to skeleton body, front view.
 This body evidently was not drawn by an anatomist, as 1t has only five ribs on a side, but such little eccentricities are of no consequence. The bony srms and figures seem to be gesticulating 30 that the sug- gestion of surprise is we'll carried out. From this skeleton waist hangs a skirt with ruffiss and below the ruffles appear e pair of tiny feet in well-shapen button boots. The name of this picture Is 'rDAvid and Goliath" and the artist Is said to be Rembrandt. It Is one in which two of the 'artists" seem to have had the same idea in mikd, since the head and lower part of the body are unmiatakably fsmi- nine, and the picture is perhaps the more curious on that account. It Is not as rid iculous, however, as another, drawn by members of the came company, in which the designs of the three are shown to be utterly at variance. The head is that of an eggressive-lonkine cat; the body ,s e dru-; while four very stiff little table legs com plets the figure. It Is called "Ths Colis- scum by Moonlight" and is attributed, quite imper rtinently, to professor of the Yale School of Fine Arts.
 Try this, young folks, when at loss for an evenings amusement. You will get great deal of fun out of it, unless you are very dull young people, or the sketches are very, very poor.
 Another progressive drawing game will be found interesting to little children. The leader has large sheet of paper, in the center of which he draws straight line about two inches long. The second player draws another line of the same length, joining it to one of the ends of the first line. The third adds another straight line, joining it at any preferred angle. This is all the process, but the added lines often form very odd figures, and the in- tersst of the children is awakened to see what strange animals and flowers may be formed in this very simple manner.
 QUEER DEFINITIONS.
 It Is not always the school children who make funny blunders in explaining or de- fning things they know little about. Oftsntimes their teachers furnish us with food for mirth, or for reflection, and the dulness of sn examination of candidates for teachers positions is often enlivened with their unconscious drolleries.
 A school commissioner who has kept a resort of amusing answers has among them the following
 1. The capital of Japan is Oklahoma.
 9. An estuary Is water and ice falling down a mountain.
 3. An estuary Is 8 mountainous peak which sends forth fire and smoke and lava.
 4. A brisk walk is good way to bring on respiration.
 5. The crystalline lens serves to oil the joints and muscls.
 6. The minerals of New York are salt, silver, oochineal, mahogany and potash.
 2. The water route from New York to Hamburg is north on the Delaware and west on the Ganges.
 8. The Danube river rises In Lake Cham. plain and flows into Long leland.
 9. The causes which have contributed to the growth of Buffalo are the value oi their furs and the sport taken in hunting them.
 10. A lake basin is smooth at its bottom and has salty appearance.
 Il. A river basin is where a river hai dried up and nothing remains.
 12. The right of eminent domain is doing away with pugilists or prszs-fght ing.
 13. An abstract noun is one that ab. strscts.
 In answer to the proposition, eve say that civil, natural and insliensble are terms designating the same kind of rishts explain the correctness of this use oi terms," candidate wrote the following elaborate elucidstion:
 ''Mr. F. Is walking down the street and meets MT. H., whom he knows very we'll He says, Good morning, MT. H. MT. H responds very cordially, Good morning MT. F. MT. H. Is civil, natural, inaliena are youf he would have been uncivil, un. natural and quite alienable." l Kindergarten teachers will be quit. amazed st this statement from another sx animation paper:
 'Pestslozzi and Froebel are two volca noes in the Pacific, now extinct" It Is lad enough to transform the grea educational lights into volcanoes, but 1t fl still worse to exiting guish their fires. But this only goes to prove that Learning s | and that children are not the only one who take h information at the ears with out keeping 1t long enough for the mint to receive and comprehend 1t.
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