The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21

i, 1901.
bits of the quaint white mansion on
the crest of the hill and patches of the
blue sky beyond.
We enter the building and throw
open the blinds letting in flood of
sunlight from the rear. It is pleas
ant room, large, we'll lighted, the walls
papered in terra.cotta and the high
ceiling supported by two big white
pillars cylindrical in shape. Nearest
the eastern windows are the chairs
and tables of the kindergarten class
and in the center the seats with desks
of the older pupils. Pictures adorn
the walls, plants grace the deep win
dowseats and the room has a homelike
appearance that I am sure YOU will
enjoy.
There is work to place upon the
blackboards and to arrange upon the
tables and as we do this the little ones
begin to arrive, each coming in with
CHEEKY 'good morning, Miss Mary..''
All are dressed in their best, the girls
in pretty white dresses and the bows
in hobby suits with bright new neck
ties, and the lunch-baskets contain
more than the usual allowance for all
are to remain to-day until after the
exercises are over.
We are chiefly Finishing up' this
morning work that is to be mounted in
the booklets which are taken home at
the close of each month and after this
is done we adjourn to the school
grounds for a sketching lesson, each
armed with little chair, drawing-sheet
and colored crayons. We select large
elm-tree just across the streets and
know if you peep over Herbert's shout
der you will pronounce his drawing a
fine one and you will say some of the
others are very good.
The rest of the morning is spent in
rehearsal and at noon we carry chairs
and lunches out under the big elm and
have picnic dinner. Bluejays fit
about or from the top of neigh boring
tree give a beautiful, whistling call
that I have never heard at home, a
dear little phoebe-bird perches upon a
dead branch darling out every now and
again for an insect, some black-capped
chlckadees are eating busily, stopping
just long enough to give US a CHEEKY
little strain, mocking-birds fly by, we
hear the musical call of the flicker and
catch glimpses of a brilliant cedar
bird among the trees in the ravine. A
breeze comes rollicking by, sending
down myriads of leaves in golden
shower all about us. They fall in our
hair, our laps and our dinner pals and
the children run shouting to ''catch
the gold'' in their upstretched hands,
stopping suddenly, to watch hand
some gray squirrel running along the
fence with huge walnut in his mouth.
A katydid with handsome wings so
like the green leaves alights on 'Miss
Mary's'' dress and startles her and at
this the little people are greatly
amused.
The sun is so bright, the skies so
blue, the clouds so soft, the air so
balmy, we return to the school-room
filled with the beauty of ''October's
bright blue weather. as never before.
1t is one o'clock now and the friends
are coming. We have plenty of chairs,
number in our school room and MANY
in the banquet-hall adjoining to which
the Masons have kindly allowed US
access. School opens with a cry of
greeting and Rev. Brett follows with a
little prayer that goes to the heart, for
it is a petition for each Individual of
our little flock and so simply expressed
that every child can comprehend.
| October songs interspersed with sea-
sonable recitations by Frank, Marga-
ret, Tinsley and Rutherford are next
IN order alter which we sing OF ''COlum-
bus' and John recites a poem COM
memorative of the great man. Eight
little people next have letters and ap-
propriate verses to spell the name be-
ginning with Albert, our Little Lord
Fauntleroy'' with golden curls who
says:
&c 'tan's for Tolumbus, who trossed the
broad sea
An foun' this dear tountry for you an
me!'
and ending with dear little Johnnie
not yet four years of age who flourishes
his IS" and repeats distinctly with
some prompting:
IS stands for San Salvador and the saw
ages there
Whom Columbus first found in this island
foir