The sun., 1900-09-30
PA's LESSON ~ GEOGRAPHY.
Georgie Told Him He Didn't Know as Mucl
as Did the Schoolteacher.

From the Chicago Times-Hsrdd.
When me and Little albert got Home from
school few mites ago thot would find out
il paw new all about Everything or not So
after he Got his sigar lit and We we're all Sittin'
out on the portch and the pupp had Captun
Brnkers wife's cat up tree says
Paw"
WHAT he ast.
DO you know what's the Largest lake In the
United states?" told him.
"Of corss." he anserd Lake Soup pee.
rior"
That's WHARF you're rong, paw" says
Paw took his sigar out from between his
teeth and made some rings Of smoke. Then he
says
George I been Twin in this country Several
years longer than iou, and ! haven't been
keepin my eyes shut nor my Ears plugged
neither. Lake Soup peerioor s the biggest lake
In the United states, and II makes me feel sad
TO see YOU sitting there Grinning like po-
leasmun that got cot asleep on His beat becos
you think YOU no more Than your fawther"
We'll, lust the same" | told him. Lake
Michigan : he biggest one in the United states
| Termed that when the teacher gave us Our
ioggerfy lesson to-day"
mistake" paw says Its all rite to stick up
for your town when YOU cHn do u sensahle
Facts when they don't make you feel proud
You mite as well try to keep baby with q Pin
a6o9 in the side irom Sra sg@sn in Sy ybs teR Tn2 II
lushenere War "a TO think you can ever twist
a Fact 80 il wont fy rite back in shape the
minute YOU let Go So | say It's rong for Chi
cago people 10 try to make out that Lake Mchi-
gan's the biggest just beCoZ they can see IL
from the back end Of Their fats. nh,
amt anuther lake in the United States as big
as Lake Michigan. becoz our teacher told us
about IL go ~
"George. paw says. looking like II his hart
was tutChed I've tried all my life to BE good,
reasonable pairunt 20 you, so when you Grew
up to be a man and come sometime to where
the Grass was green and the Leaves rllsseld
softly abuv the mound and all was still and
peaceful YOU would look down with luy in
Your brest and think Of the Dear old days when
you could hear the glod, onnust ring or my
voice around the House, and blamed Il I'm
rite TO my face when no I'm rite Here go
working away and saving my mummy 10 give
you Home and send YOU 70 school and ihen
as Mutch a. some teacher that hast TO keep at
IL Hole munth 10 ern what make ia Week;
ltwould Of have Been sad day for me If | would
! of Ever talked 10 my fawthrr shat Way. and
amt going to put ny with Emmy more Of II
But paw NAV say: 'd2nt dom be a, too lmpslon, al n,
| him to Think sunthlng rong was rite becoh
vou happened to Get mistakened about it,
would YOU Mebby he mite be correct about
That's it," paw told her, 60 on incur
/ ridgiug him to Think his faWther duZZent no
! a man from "A sheet of Sticky fly paper. OF
corse ! couldn't hardly expect you 10 Think
I mite no as mttch about some things as I"Nen
wear old boy. hut I'm not Going to let emmy of
| tho rest Of the Family tell me so rite out IN
plain words. And how can you sit There nav,
! and say the boy mite be rite about this Thing!
| How could he be rlte' They are no mite
| about IT,"
Then he had to lite his sigar again, and
whispered in maw'S ear when he didn't see
| me and she says:
| We'll, | kind Of think he is rite. emmy. way,
| I tell you what. II you're rong you don't tiet
| a new fall overcote and I'll have my sealskiu
| made over.
| oh shaw" paw ansered what's the use
| trying to Entcn people that wont lssen 10
| reason? That's one thing | like about me
| Whenever I'm not sure Of enything I'm willing
! 10 Iern insted Of sticking 10 what sed first
| I'm always reddy to hear the other side, and
! don't want emmy more of This contradicktul
| or emmy more Of these 'mebbieS' or mites
| when no what I'm talking about neither"
| SO I showed paw the map where he could
SEQ AXE Sup peeror izzent In the | nited States
| but Lake Michigan is. and paw looked at II
! a scckond or two and then he didn't say emmy,
| thing but COmmenct t. smoke hard and
| Look like II he was thinking sonum thots