The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-06
Here comes ths merry baker.
Good four does he VS.

Here comes ths merry baker.
Good four does he u.s.:
He rolls If into pies s1s cakes.
He rolls, ae rolls. he rolls. he rolls -
At the second Hne re baker. p~cua-lv
disguised. ssoneS forward wseh pross3
strides zn5 takes hfs place in thz c~r7tsr
90 the circle where he rolls ana rafFzs'
ira round sttck ~fth zh5eh IA has been
provided. while all the Others 90 through
a liks molten wign their hands ar. arms
keeping time 10 the air. The next verse
is then commenced IS fsi50ws the baker
retiring 70 his place In ire circle ard the
three thresherS coming 10 the center.
waving their arms as IL 'hreshing grain.
all keeping time ia Ike manner:
Come. now. " Ittle threshers,
Wake ~, for II Is dax.
The golden grain we've gathered
Wen thresa without delay.
Come. now. trot out the horses.
The wagon hiring along
Wen drive It % the market
With laughter and with song:
Trot. trot. trot. trot. trot. irot. ma, Ia,
But the arrival OF the blacksmith Is The
feature OF the song and the enthusiasm
Of the children becomes great and they
sing with energy AS the verse starts
the blacksmith. driving the horse. comes
forward Gh@A 'NANA 10y MO t-Tlfs-srSsets-
ates the horse has lire In his mouth
which is held - the blacksmith. and
they come forward on the canter and lapa
around the ring. When they reach these
lines:
He holds the horses foot up
And puts a nail in, So"
thu horse stops and the blacksmith takes
him by the foot and strikes the sole of
his shoe with a tiny hammer. while ths
children 60 wild with delight. The en-
tire verse is as follows;
Here comes the honest blacksmith
With horseshoes In his hand;
He's Shod as many horses
As any in the land.
His bar OF red hot iron
n strikes with many blow;
He holds horses foot up,
And puts nail in. So
Cling. claBg. cling. clang, cling. clang.
Cling. clang."
The song ends with this verse:
I'VE all are merry workers.
We keep nj pleasant mood:
No matter what our work 10
II were but doing good.
The world is wide and needy.
And il We all are true.
The world will be the better.
For what We workers do.
Ira la, ira Ia, ira la. ira la
A LuIIaby's Magic Effect.
Very naturally after the games the chill
dren are somewhat excited and too much
wrought Up 70 keep very quiet. and a
novel and successful method is adopted
10 quiet them all without losing time
After the songs and the games all march
10 their desks and bury their heads In
their arms while Miss Creelman sings,
soft and low. with piano accompania-
ment the melody:
Little eyelids downward creep.
sleep baby. sleep.
Now. my babies, fast asleep,
Sleep. babies, sleep"
The effect is electrical. In three min
utes all the little ones are as quiet as
mice and most Of them have fallen into
a gentle sIumber and have 10 be awaken
cd when the work is again taken up. A
few moments before noon the bell rings
and all rise up. while the teachers aid
them to get on their wraps. AS they
march around before they pass out each
throws a kiss to the teachers the while
singing the following song to a catchy.
simple air:
Now our work is over,
over is our play;
Let US 10 each other
Say good bye today.
GOOD bye happy children.
Going to your homes;
Good bye. loving teachers.
TIL tomorrow comes.
when the morning sunbeams.
Wake us with their light,
Wen return in giadness.
Fresh and sweet and bright"
Thus for one day the work of the kin
dergarten is over. Miss Creelman is ably
assisted in her work by the following
corps Of teachers: Miss Clara Dean. Miss
Blanche Leister. Miss Netue Trageser.
Miss Fannie Giles, Miss Susie Gardner.
Miss Maggie Hoffeditz. Mrs. Herman
Titus and Mss liza Mcmillan. What good
work the Seattle free kindergarten is
doing will be for the coming generation
10 say. but IL certainly has every appear
anCe of following out the time-honored
principle Of AS twig is bent so viii
the tree be inclined" The success OF thu
kindergarten under the system followed