Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
CHALK TALKS,
Batch of Clever Suggestions for an Evenings Entertainments.
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the unexpected that happens In chalk
talks. Here you draw a circle about the size
Of a small orange. a circle is the most
universal OF symbols. As a circle may be
imagined that will include everything, so al
most anything may be made OF a circle. IL
may be a wedding ring or a "kingly rown,
a target or a tambourine, a clock face or a
cart wheel, though as an all-around symbol
Of such general utility it is not, like a cart
wheel, apt to be tired, but may go on TO
%inhnity, suggesting objects that may be
bounded by its circumference It is the
letter o. Let us see, what circular object
does o stand for? Orb? Granger Let us
make an orange OF IT and give color for so
calling it. Here you color your disk with
orange colored crayon. We will imagine 1T
has fallen from the tree and lies
upon the ground underneath. The
ground upon which it lies may be
here, there, or anywhere. The orange locks
as though 1t might be one of those thin
skinned, highly-colored Mandarin oranges,
so we will fancy, If you please. 1t lies upon
Chinese soil. What becomes Of 1t? Perhaps
some animal coming by finds and eats 1t.
While you are saying this, or between the
sentences you are changing and adding TO
the original circle. First add a sort of a tri-
angle at one side near the bottom. Now
draw another larger circle, forming a sort
of crescent, and so on until you gradually
develop the last figure. AS you finish the
last you move to one side, allowing 1t to be
seen, at the same time spying: Like SO
many of the good things in this life it fclls
In the way OF a pig and is Immediately APP
propriated."
Here you begin another change by add
ing additional lines to the drawing, at the
same time saying: But If pigs are fond Of
good things, there are folks who are equally
fond of pigs, especially roast pigs. Many
people, however, like the Jews, will have
nothing to do with it. The Buddhists and
Brahmins of India not only hold 1t in
greater adherence than do the Jews, but
they look upon people who eat meat of any
kind as we do upon cannibals. Indeed,
when a hungry glutton attacks pork. we
sometimes cannot help thinking Of the Budd-
hists' idea on the subject" While you are
saying something like this and anything
else you can think Of to the purpose, you
are very busy with your chalk and char
coal.
After drawing in the different parts, as
shown in accompanying illustrations, you
move aside, allowing the meaning of the
whole picture to be Seen. at the same time
saying: but among all people none are
fonder of roast pork than your Chinaman,
who may almost be described as a machine
constructed for converting rice and roaat
pork into the queer sort Of human nature
peculiar to the country he inhabits. Poor
Charles Lamb says 1t took the Chinese 600
years to learn how to roast pork properly
Tell the story. If you know 1t, or care tC
do so, 1t il to be found in Lambs works
or if you do not, you can say. 1t Is an awfu
chestnut, and it Is perhaps in honor of thi:
story that the Chinese stuff their roast porl
with chestnuts to this day. 1t is worthy o
remark, however, that it has not taken thu
Japs point out the little figure on the RICH
charging down into the picture with a bayo
metz as long to learn to roast the Chinese.
FERGUsoN'S CAT.
The circle may be used to show the CORE
spppdanoa hetuaap diffarant MANNERS nf th
animal kingdom. Many of the birds occupy
ing places among their kind, answering t
that borne by certain mammals among tn
beasts. have many peculiarities in commo
with the latter, and bear a noticeable exter
nal resemblance to them. Every one, TO
instance, who has seen a penguin and a sea
must have noticed the very obvious Likeness
they bear to each other, AMI their habit
and manners Of life are as much alike as
is possible for those of bird AID beast to bt
but taking an Instance of the kind neart
home, let us contemplate that contemplatiy
fowl, the owl. He IS quite and stealthy
hio flight and motions; but makes nigi
hideous with his serenades. He is a noctu
nal prowler as well as a night bowler. +
breads above all else dogs and water. +
catches mice and small birds and iuffing OF
all his feathers, puts his back up like Fergl
sons cat when he is angry. Did you ev'
a hear how Ferguson's cat did put up his bacl
), While talking you have with a few strok
changed the owl to a cat, and you now pr
= coed to recite the following poem in dialec
= There was a man named Ferguson,
!. He lived on Market street,
He had a speckled Thomas cat
That couldn't well be beat.
y We have a cat at home that has a man
for breaking things; not only dishes al
n glasses, but chairs and furniture general
She also has an abnormal and tremepdoi
a appetite. l have known of her disposing
q whole leg of cold mutton at one slttin
a She is very fond of pies, preserves al
sweets of all kinds. l once caught her
her nefarious practices. Add a few lines
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