The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-01

thought that the ugliest and most
tasteless beast that ever lived wasn't
worth saving. You remember how
Noah looked. In a we'll regulated ark
he has on a yellow frOck, while Shem
wears green one, and Ham is radiant
in pink one. l pity any child who
doesn't own a Noah'S ark. 1t figured
largely in my early days, and that's
the reason 1 love it, i have seen nu
merous brothers made sick by their eff
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 nown
as educating toys"
When the circus was over, we found
we had lost three boys. We went home
without them. and they never appeared
to make happy the hearts of their
mothers until > o'clock in the morning.
One Of the three was the religious boy.
He says now that the others led him
astray. ! know one thing they did
they got his watch from him and sold il
TO a man for So, and with this So 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 beast, 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" l see that
boy'S futuro Ho will he deacon he
will have 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 1 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. He
wants his mother to go to the seaside.
She is now reading a lovely letter that
he has written TO- his father. in which
he tells him that he was led astray
by bad boys; but, then, dear father, the
children here are not pious. There's
one boy who said a swear word at me.
What will his future be?''
But, as / said, we went to the circus
and were all the better for it, and lit
tie girl who was talking to her doll is
saying as a result of her visit. Let US
be good and initiate those beautiful
beasties." You know we could initiate
the beasts with very good result.
1t would be worth while to initiate
the elephant in his stately quietness.
1t would be worth while to initiate the
seal in his amiability.
1t would be worth while to initiate the
trained dog in his patience.
It would be worth while to initiate the
bear in his affection.
1t would be worth while to initiate the
horse in his air of good breeding.
1t would be worth while to initiate the
camel in his willingness to assume bur-
dens.
It would be worth while to initiate the
tiger in his diplomacy.
1t would be worth while-no, it would
not be worth while to initiate the mon
key in anything. His manners are bad,
and so are his morals. though l do not
think he is sneak. And if there is one
thing above all others to be abominated
it is sneak. Don't you think so?