The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-31

in a way that made Us feel proud ana
then blew out water on small girl IN
the party i'm such a way that all the
children envied her
There Is no doubt about II that the
circus is a liberal education. III any
small boy had ever doubted the ami
mails that meandered around in the ark.
seeing them in social way over apples
and peanuts he becomes convinced OF
the truth OF the old. old story. Then,
too. any boy learns how valuable II is to
be generous when he circulates around,
Offering dainties to the animals. for
the elephant next TO the one he is feed
ing invariably opens wide his mouth in
an expansive grin that seems to"say:
You're a kind"boy. Don't forget my
apple"
In your youth did you have an inti-
mate acquaintance with a Noah's ark?
And i'm the best populated one did you
ever see a turkey? There are ducks,
beautiful ducks, some red with blue spots
on them some bright orange with tiny
purple spots on them, but never, never.
did you seeP turkey. Noah showed
that he was a man who knew a good
thing when he saw 1t. and he evidently
thought that the ugliest and most
tasteless beast that ever lived wasn't
worth saving. You remember how
Noah looked. In a well regulated ark
he has on a yellow frock, while Shem
wears a green one, and Ham Is radiant
n n pink one. / pity any child who
loesn't own a Noah's ark. IL figured
largely i'm my early days and that's
he reason / love Ii. i have seen nu-
nerous brothers made sick by their ef-
forts To get all the sweetness possible
! out of a Noah family on whom the
! German toymakers had put movable
paint. and green mouths and blue
/ mouths and tongues of lurid red result
| ed, but they never seemed to hurt any
| body. And, please goodness, do give
/ your children real toys TO play with
and not those abominable things known
/ as educating toys"
When the circus was over. we found
| we had lost three boys. We went home
/ without them, and they never appeared
/ 20 make happy the hearts of their
/ mothers until 2 o'clock i'm the morning.
/ one of the three was the religious boy
L He says now that the others led him
| astray | know one thing they did
! they got his watch from him and sold II
! to a man for SO. and with this 50 they
went TO the circus that night and had a
| good time. The good boy has told the
| entire tale, and he is not to be whipped
| Nasty little beastl The other two boys
! have had their thrashings, like men,
! None of the children will speak to the
pious boy. Whenever he appears even
the babies scream Sneak" / see that
! boys future. He will be a deacon; he
VIII have a large class of young ladies
in the Sunday school; he will have a
| good position In a bank and a nice wife
and child. Then he will embezzle and
| run away with the minister's wife
| and when he is caught he'll blame her
| get but short term of Imprisonment
and be pardoned because OF his good
ness. / tried my best yesterday TO in
| duce a hungry looking tiger to eat him
| but | suppose even the tigers stomach
| revolted at a boy of that kind. H'
wants his mother to go TO the seaside
| She is now reading a lovely letter tina
| he has written 10 his father in which
| he tells him that he was led astral
| by bad boys but, then. dear father, th
| children here are not pious. ThereI
one boy who said a swear word at me
| What will his future be-"
But as l said, we went TO the circus
and were all the better for Ii, and lit
tie girl who was talking TO ner ooll II
| saying as a result of her visit. LET Vi
be good and initiate those beautiful
| beasties." You know we could initiate
the beasts with very good result.
II would be worth while TO imitat'
the elephant in his stately quietness.
1t would be worth while to initiate tn
| seal in his amiability.
| IL would be worth while to initiate th
| trained dog in his patience.
IL would be worth while to initiate tn
| bear in his affection.
IL would be worth while TO initiate tn
horse in his air of good breeding.
IL would be worth while TO initiate tn
'amel in his willingness TO assume bur
dens.
1t would be worth while to initiate tn
tiger in his diplomacy.
1t would be worth while-no, IL woul'
not be worth while 10 initiate the mon
key i'm anything. His manners are bad
/ and so are his morals, though / do no
! think he is sneak. And If there is on
thing above all others to be abominatet
| 1t is a sneak. Don't you think so?