The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-24

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games struck me iaS pecuilarly pretty,
and not too d ficult for any one to join in,
and, as 1t was new to me, I write it down,
in case our readers have not heard of il
before, says a writer in the American
Queen
1t was started during supper by the
hostess remarking: 81 have a little gar
den and in it 1 buried my lover, wounded
in the war. What flower did he come
up
AS none of us guessed it she ave us
the answer-'Love lies bleeding"
A young lady present, whose father is
a we'll known writer, and 5 called John
covered herself with glory by burying him
and announcing that he came up a Jon
quilr'
She also buried her youngest brother,
Willie, who strongly objected to the
process. but was Modified when he found
he came up as Sweet William"
I personally '.buried my Sweetheart in
a fog" so that he came up Love in a
Mist"
The fun grew fast and furious, till
trees and vegetables came into play, and
one young lady paid a pretty compliment
by asking: 81 buried a pretty person.
What tree did she come up?' But no one
must guess 1t, as the answer is "Yew?
Below 1 give a few questions and an
swers to make it clear.
Of course, these are only a few, but
any one could easily find out as many
more, and it is surprising how readily
suitable symbols come to your mind and
how interesting the game becomes.
IT can also be ampliied into buried
cites. but the floral form is the prettiest
of any.
QUESTION. ANSWER.
I buried a satin shoe
and it came up as? A lady's slipper.
I buried a tramp and
he cametup as? Ragged Robin.
I buried my sorrows
and they came up
as? Sweet peas (peace.
I buried a kiss and 1t
came up as? Two lips (tulips).
I buried a colt and it
came up as? A peony (pony).
I buried my pet dog A caulif1o~er (col-
and it came up as? lie).
I buried the seashore
and it came up as? A beech (beach).
I buried a secret and
it came up? Inviolate ~(violet).
I buried a well
dressed society
hero and he came
up as? A dandelion.
] buried a bird and
a piece of metal
and they came up
ase Lark-spur.
I buried a -pony's
hoof and it came
up as? Colt's-foot.
I buried two Invalid
bachelors and they Cyclamen tsickly
came up as2 men).
49,
"I don't know what to do about my
daughter Lucy" said a perplexed mother
who had come to an ~outspoken but KIND
ly old physician for advice. She seems
so wlistless and does not seem to have any
interest in life, and she's so irritable at
times. I don't think that she has exer-
else enough, and 1 want to know what
YOU think about me sending her to a gym
nasium or to dancing school. She's tired
of her bicycle and the lawn tennis season
is past. What would you adviser"
How old is she?' asked the doctor.
Nearly 49,"
"Can she. cook?'
OH, no; she knows nothing about cook
ing"
can she sweep?' "
mo, my maid does all the sweeping
docs she take care of her own room
and make her own bed?"
mo. do that Her room is next to
mine, and I've always attended to that
Does she have any part whatever IN
the household duties?"
mo. | cannot say that she has"
mo duties. no responsibilities, no sense
of obligation, no part of the work to De
lone in every household"
what would you adviser" asked the
mother, weakly.
II would advise you to make her feel
that she has a part and place in your
home life. That its duties must be borne
by all of the members of the family n
common. and that she must do her part
toward contributing to the general COM
fort of the home. A girl of her age, with
no home duties, nc responsibilities, no IN
terest in her home needs more than 2
gymnasium or a dancing school to make
her healthful and happy
I have pondered a good deal for years
upon the question of how to teach relig-
ion to young children, and now1 am fam
to admit that it cannot be done except III
the largest and most elementary sense,
saws the sWoman's Home Companion
Religious diction is still a language quite
apart from everyday use, and its unfam-
iIjar words are. curiously warped and
twisted every day in the minds of Won
der;ng little ones. / venture to say that
the idea of God which we generally man
age to convey to them is a strictly
anthropomorphic one; and it is even
doubtful whether he represents to many
of them a higher power than does Santa
Claus or Jack Frost, in whose actual ex-
istence they have actual faith The truth
is that children are little pagans. They
believe implicitly in the supernatural, II
is true, but to them the moon may well be
a diety. and the mysterious, fitting bat
an ..angel., God reveals himself to them
vaguely through nature, and even more
dimly in their own consciousness; and II
we can put upon ourselves a wise re-
straint. and help them only to something
Of reverent communion with the Unseen,
we shall do better than If we prescribed a
form In which the spirit is lacking.
These warm, "perspiring days" viii
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