The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-03

what is my corrupt nature" and would
answer herself, 1t is empty of grace,
bent unto sin, and only sin, and that
continually were among the Distress
ing examples"
Under diaries and commonplace
books, e" Mrs. Earle gives extracts from
the black leaf and white leaf" of
little girls diary. The former con-
taiRs such entries as the following
July 8. I left my staise on the bed.
July 9. Misplaced sisters sash. July
10. Spoke in haste to my little sister.
split the cream on the floor in the
closet. July II. 1 left sister Gym
thia's frock on the bed Part of the
white leaf runs like this: July s.
l went and said my catechism today.
Came home and wrote down the ques-
/ tons and answers, then dressed and
went to the dance, endeayored to be-
| have myself decent. July II. I i'm
1 proved my time before breakfast; after
/ breakfast made some biscuits and did
I all my work before the sun went down.
/ July 25. part of this day I parsed
! and endeavored to do well and part
/ of it / made some tarts and did some
] work and wrote a letter"
/ But we must hurry on past the pre-
| cocious children who learned the al
/ phabet in a single lesson, and in their
I third year could read any book, and
/ at the age of six importuned their
/ fathers to permit them TO study Latin,
past the various ingenious methods of
punishment to which parents and
| teachers resorted, and the manners that
were inculcated in polite circles, the
| examples of childrens diligence and
| their toys for space does not permit
even a mention of the subjects treated
! by this exhaustive treatise on colonial
| childhood. Two or three years ago the
writer spent a very happy day with
/ the fresh-air children in Spencer park,
where enc Of the phenomena that most
| attracted her attention was the games
! played by the girls.
Green gravel, green gravel, the grass
/ is so green" I've come to see Miss
| China JONES'" Go round and round
! the valley" and Here come three lords
out of STain' were favorites with them
| fact that was commented upon when
| the story Of the day came to be writ
! ten up. Now Mrs Earle states that
! these are among the historic singing
! games of American children-games
| that without printed words or music
modern children knew well, without
! ever having been taught them. "Oats
peas, beans and barley grows" Lon
| don bridge is falling down." "On the
! green carpet here we stand" Here we
| go round the mulberry bush" and Lit
! tie SalEe Waters" are other surviyaIs
/ of colonial boys and girls. Mrs. Earle
! does mol throw light on the vexed
| question, who you are, when you are
! 1T" and of course she cannot explain
| the laws that govern the times of GER
| tain sports, why marbles are the first
| thing in the spring, then tops, then
| kites, and so on, because the children
\ cannot explain it, and she concludes
4 that the orderly rotation and repetition
! year after year is a matter not of rea-
son but of instinct There is much
| sentiment" she adds, lin the thought
| that for years. almost for centuries
! thousands of boys in every community
/ have had the same games at the same
| time, and the recital almost reaches the
! dignity of history"
| Not the least delightful portion OF
| "Child-Life in Colonial Days" is the
| pictures, of which there are about 100
| The rich stores of the Essex institute
the American Antiquarian society,". the
! Deerf1eld Memorial hall and other his
| toricaI associations have been drawn
upon. Books, dolls childrens garments
! TOYS samplers, embroidery have been
| reproduced and add tremendously to
| the artistic and historic interest of the
volume
Miss Jeanne Lea Southwick will hold
an exhibition of water color sketches
Of Egypt, Palestine, Tunis. Holland
and other countries. in her new studio,
Dec. 4 to 3, inclusive, from 10 a. m.
to D. M, and Tuesday and Saturday
! evenings. In connection With the ex-