The morning times., 1896-12-26
MOTHER goose UP-ro-DATE,
Nursery Rhymes of the Olden Days
Altered to Fit the Times.

Nursery Rhymes of the Olden Days
Altered to Fit the Times.
The remarkable activity in kindergarten
circles in devising ways and means OF die
seminating kDo wIedget infants has brougE.
JOY and thanksgiving to many a moIherB
heart.
Educators in this branch of pedegogy
have sprung up in every city OF account
/ in the United States and the Germans
have long been yanked into the path Of
learning by one FroebeI before their teeth
ing days had become a memory TO the
nocturnal-pro wlingfather. Time was when
the poor. anxious mother could but look
sadly at her offspring and mUrmur. "A
year old and not knowing the principles by
which he lives" The Chica 20 movement
with its recent mothers cOnvCcatiOn has
given an impetus TO the work and new
educators are constantly appearing and
teStify1ng their willingness 70 supplan5
Mother Goose and her merry jingles with
their own didactic stanZas. Some Or
theIG have been found waerc they were
doubtless lost or mislaid. Their merits
deserve preservation The first one is a
great lesson on science. showing its con-
ncction with nature. 1t is the old tale Of
the strange adventure OF Jack and jill
.
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
go runs the hOnOred traveStyJ
Jack fell down and cracked his crown,
Because Of the law OF gravity
This stanza. it viii he observed, says
| nothing anout Jill tumbLng after. IN
place it brings into prominence the great
principle OF gravity. information about
which no baby should be without. Jack
| fell down and it is explained that g law
was responsible for il. Then the cmId VIII
| doubtless feel curious to knew all about
| gravity, both universal and specific and
! a great lesson viii have been learned in
/ stead Of having the infantilc lips Hsping q
! babyish rhyme.
| Tie next is probably Meant for moral
| lesson showing that modcSty is a most
natural thing. as an example showing the
emotions Of an animal near to naJure-the
/ dog.
odd Mother Hubbard, sne went to tie
To get her poor dog a quail
| But when she got there the cupboard was
| Aud the doggy blushed clear TO his taH-''
There is nothing like teaching 1nodesty
from the cradle up to long pants, according
to this rhymster.
| The author is evidently something of an
aericultu uralist, according to his nexs
production, and instead Of giving Mary's
| insane bosh about silver bells and cookie
| shells he aims to teach Il lesson in physi-
| cal science. He talks in the following
meter.
| Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grOw2"
| The decomposition of fungi and bones
| EnTiches the roots, you know
No fooIishness in that To pervert the in
4 r~Y,. a
| uany end in the youngsters peruSal OF
such tales rs THE First ne" or "A
Young wife's Rash Act or The Man
with the Onion Breath but rather TO in
still a longing for monthly grain and
farm reports.
Not wishing 10 dwell only on science and
moral lessons, the poet lands heavily on
another 0f the old nursery rhymes and
shows an intimate knowI edge OF the
progress of modern invention and an evi-
dent familiarity with Sturry lodging housesc
There was an old woman who lived IN
ner shoe;
She nad so much offspring she didn's
know what 10 do;
She gave all mince-pie and Slap on the
! head,
And packed theri aa off n n nee folding
1 bed. -
This leaves no toubs as to the end Of the
! children. she Knew WHAT 10 90 IN Ofuef ~
be thoroughly rid of them This happy
thought viii also be Of use tc mothers in n
fix like unto the famous old woman 3
warning is contained in the next two
stanzas and shows the versatility Of the
author observing powers:
"Oh once there was a blind man
And he was not 50 wise,
Opticians all he called upon
To see about his eyes
And when they saw his eyes "ere oub
Their tools began 20 clash;
They operated till he saw
They'd gobbled all his cash"
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