The news & observer., 1897-08-08
BAB WRITES OF The CIRCUS IN TOWN
Od of Aaby do Not With Those of the Sawd Aenaiha Circus Great
leyeIr Of Classes


saving. You remember how Noah looked.
In a well regulated ark he has on yei-
low frock, while Shem wears green one,
and Ham is radiant in pink one /
pity any child who doesn't own a Noah's
ark. 1t figured largely in my early days
and that's the reason | love it. | have
seen numerous brothers made sick bJ
their efforts to get all the sweetness
possible out of a Noah family on whom
the German toymakers had put movable
kpant. and green mouths and blue
mouths and tongues of lurid red resulted,
but they never seemed to hurt anybody.
Ard, please goodness, do give your chill
dren 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 with
out them, and they never appeared 10
make happy the hearts of their mothers
until 2 o'clock in the morning. One OF
the three was the religious boy. lie
says now that the others led him astray.
| know one thing they did-they got his
watch from him and sold it to a man
for So, and with this So they went to
the circus that night and had 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, liken men. None
of the children will speak to the pious
boy. Whenever he appears even the
babies scream Sneak | see that boy $
future He will be a deacon; he will
have a large class of young ladies in the
Sunday school; he will have a good posi-
ton in a bank and a nice wife and child.
Then he will embeZZle and run away
with the minister's wife, get but short
term of Imprisonment and be pardoned
because of his goodness. l tried my best
yesterday to induce a hungry looking
tiger to eat him, but | suppose even the
tigers stomach revolted at boy of that
kind He wants his mother to go to the
seaside. She is now reading lovely
letter that he has written to his father,
in which he tells him that he was led
astray by bay boys; but, then, dear
father, the children here are not pious
There's one boy who said swear word
at me. What will his future be-"
j | have been told on the very strict OF
that the boys have put gravel in the
bed of this angel boy and that tonight
they are going to tip a bucket of water
over him in some way, but nothing viii
!, ever make that boy anything but q
sneak. It's a pity he doesn't die an
early and an interesting death, but he
, won't. However, he went to the circus
and and were all the better for it, and
. little girl who was talking to her dol
, is saying as result of her visit: Lei
!. us be good and initiate those beautiful
beauties' You know we could initiate
the beasts with very good results.
1t would be worth while to initiate the
elephant in his stately quietness.
, 1t would be worth while to initiate Tho
seal in his amiability.
i 1t would be worth while to initiate the
, trained dog in his patience.
, 1t would be worth while to initiate the
camel in his willingness to assume bur
deas.
: 1t would be worth while to initiate tht
, horse in his air Of good breeding.
? 1t would be worth while to initiate The
tiger in his diplomacy.
r 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 no
think he is a sneak. And if there is on'
thing above all others to be abominateC
it is sneak. Don't you think so.
Bah.