The Indianapolis journal., 1897-04-11
SAYINGS OF THE TOTS.
Bright Remarks by the Growing
HOOsier Generation.

There is a bright little six-year-old girl in
Terre Haute who deserves medal of some
kind. She has older brother and sister
who are just now mastering the mysteries
of the English grammar. Their mother has
had hard time teaching them that double
negatives actually mean the opposite of
what the user intends TO say. Common ex-
pressiOns at the table have been: Il don't
want meat or L don't want none of
that" Finally the mother of the flock
adopted the plan of giving them the article
mentioned when they used the double mega
tive. This had the effect of teaching them
what words could not do.
The little one heard so much of this and
saw the effect so plainly that she
learned what it all meant She had habit
of asking for piece of cake the first thing
on coming to the table. She always wanted
TO place it at the side of her plate, even
though she did not eat it until the accus-
toned time. One day the cake was refused
and she was told to wait until she had fin
ished her dinner. She then pouted a little
and when her mother offered her some
prunes she pettisnly replied
II don't want no prunes."
''AH right, my dear" her mother said
and proceeded to put some prunes on her
plate.
She was buried in deep thought a mo-
ment and then a bright idea seemed to
come to her.
Mamma L don't want no cake" she said.
There was knowing look from the
father of the household and the little one
was Immediately given the largest piece of
cake on the plate.
Marjorie is small girl of eight On one
of the rainy days last week her mother in
sisted that she wear her old shoes TO
school, while Marjorie protested that they
were thin and wanted to her new
ones. Just home from the store. After
school the subject brought up again.
Don't you think now that 1T was better
for you TO wear your old shoes? asked
Il don't know" replied Marjorie. You
can polish up new pair of shoes II they
A little Frenchwoman created furore
among the women of indianapolis a few
weeks ago by giving few lectures on the
preservation of beauty. For the modest
sum of so each she granted a number of
them interviews at her hotel and told them
how TO be beautiful After telling vic
tim that she looked at least ten years
older than she was she instructed her to
bathe each morning in warm water and then
wash her face, neck and arms in solution
of eggs. oatmeal and buttermilk. and after
wards massage these portions of her anat-
omy with good whisky. The women all
knew the virtues of these things before.
but they like 10 have somebody start them
afresh in their use about every so often,
and the little Frenchwoman found plenty
of followers and also plenty of gold eagles.
This was three weeks ago and nearly all
of her patients have tired of the treat
ment'' already, but a few of them remain
faithful
Among these latter is a young woman
who visited in Chicago last week The
fant terrible of the household and he
would sit around the house all Gay lest she
might perform the wonderful feat while
he was out at play. On the second day or
had never met before were just departing
from call when they encountered the Kid
sitting on the newell post in the hall.
Say" he thundered you Just ought 10
see Miss Mary wash her face.
He was utterly oblivious TO the black
looks from his mother and the appealing
ones from the visitor and called after the
departing guests as they passed out OF the
door: ..,
'.She washes with eggs, An with butter
Observation-Disclosures
Little Leslie had been insisting for
week that his father buy him toy balloon
and as he is eight years old. his desire was
thought rather strange. However, the bal
loon was procured for him and the next
morning his mother saw it sailing upward
with a bit of paper iuttering at the end of
the string 1t caught in tree and was
later pulled down. Leslie had. with great
labor scribbled the following note and sent
IL skyward:
Is so the Ester rabuts Is fake but you
won't say. Is pa and ma stufin me about