Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-06

fear Of breaking some precious blood
vessel, but one that will get down on
the moor and play hobby horse for
cute baby, or pretend TO be a bear ana
hear his roars of ecstatiC delight. IL
beats blue mass pills, and compels his
liver 10 secrete sufficient bile to insure
good digestion, sound sleep and light
heart which means a good conscience
There are lessons without number
to be learned from children uncon-
scious Of playing the pedagogue A
little arguing in the right direction OF
the vein Of thought or brain capacity
and the infant expands into sage
that would have provoked the admira-
tion Of Plato. Nay the ancient sages
confessed a competing wisdom among
infants. "Out OF the mouth Of babes
cometh forth wisdom" was the way the
very wisest man that ever lived puts
IL. In my younger days l took a fancy
to my neighbor's baby, and was always
glad of an opportunity to have it all to
myself. | would pour all kinds Of
stories into its little pink ears, and 1t
always listened with intense gravity.
So cutely wise would It sometimes look
when imbibing hlood-curdllng conf
dences to its tender mind that ! often
set my teeth down hard on its cute
little fingers to make it yell with pain.
It was music to me, and it didn't Kill
the baby for it still lives.
A little mite of a blonde girl was
staggering along the street under the
heavy load of nearly half peck Of
potatoes in a paper bag, which she was
tiehtly straining to her breast with
both hands. lest her burden should
drop. The big tears were cOursing un.
restrained down her chubby cheeks
caused by a small boy, who was follow
ing her up and prOdding her in the
back with a stick The young villain
had her at a disadvantage and was
making the most Of 1t.
why, why said I, stopping in
front Of them, the wicket infant man
keeping at a safe distance ready to re-
treat. What does this mean? Is this
little boy your brother, my child?
mo, sir" sobbed the young thing
Of don't know him He's been follow
ing me half a block. punching me in
the back with a stick, and he won't
stop
"See here said l. you take these
two pennies. buy two buns at the bak-
cry and give this naughty boy one, and
see what will happen"
She disappeared in the bakery with
the small boy still pursuing her, and
presently both came forth with their
positions reversed The little girl was
hippity-hopping and smiling as she de-
voured her bun, while the boy was
carrying the load Of potatoes instead
Of the little girl. A penny bun had
transformed him into a friend and a
gentleman.
Two friends Of mine, on a certain
Hallowe en-, conceived a brilliant idea,
and proceeded to develop it.
Lets take a lot Of pennies and dis
tribute them among the kids as lucky
pennies and see what they will do
A couple Of hundred Of these small
brazen caricatures of money did not
go very far for in less than ten min
utes the news spread far and wide
among the babes within a circuit Of
five blocks that two men were giving
away lucky pennies. The procession
that formed behind the two was fast
approaching the five hundred mark,
when a big policeman, learning the
cause, laughed aud ranged them in
line until the good luck had been care
fully distributed without any doubling
up.
Faith" quoth the jolly official to
the purveyors of luck. IF ye take my
advice veil get out of sight at once OF
veil have ten thousand kids onto ye
within half an hour
So they skipped around a convenient
corner and hurried home with here
and there an urchin waylaying them
to demand a lucky penny
The writer earnestly believes that
the sanity Of the nation will be saved
by the cuteness Of children. In the
morbid. fervid hustle after the al
mighty dollar, an occasional stop must
be made to watch the joyous freshness
and freedom Of children, who spring
up everywhere, and who are constantly
at play. performing the most astonish-
ingly comical antics. It would delight
the heart Of Jean Vatican to find 80
many poor little things obeying his
command to play, play, play" Give
me the cute things OF the earth to en-
10y. and care not who has the pate
de foie gras and the money.