Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-16

| WILL IuG IdYOT Ol HIS IudSIeI, He uldy become his personal attendant, carry ! ing his blanket, his food on journey. or even his gun, which is great hon. or to the little man. At home, in con- mon with the little girls he pounds the corn for the meal; but if, per chance, he fails in those various duties or gives the masters the slightest of fense. he is throttled. and not unfre- | quently swoOns away to wake no more. Before their masters. children never | smile, although everybody else may laugh. Any grown person they meet they salute, as is becoming. kneeling down and clapping hands; but if you salute them, they seldom reply. They think it is mistake, poor little slaves! In that dark, busy childhood, where | is there room to play?
 l Fortunately. some are the personal attendants of the children of their mas ters, and to play with them, and even to come to school, is part of their duty.
 1 Let us follow them. Their games. as you will see, are not much varied: to us they are rather dull, and any thing but intellectual. Very few are those which are played by boys and girls together
 See them wonder singing, dancing. holding each other by the hands: they form circle out of which q prisoner tries to escape~ Perhaps this is not quite unknown to you. Farther on there IS another circle, squatting down this time. Having sent off one of their number, they name some object, and call him back to guess it. s'Tell what do you eat? Is it head?' and the di- viner touches the head s.No', ssIS if the hand? He touches the hand. shakes his head s.No." and so on Meantime someone plays an instru- ment of music, and. when the guess is right. alters one of his notes or moves very slightly his big toe If the divin- CT percelves these signs. the guess is easy, and he makes room for some one else. This is the malipa game.
 some or their games are played in- differently by boys or girls. Such is 1nanyumbo, solemn game of two Each makes dozen holes in a line on the ground. One very rapidly puts handful of sand in each hole. in ono of which he has hidden a bead. which tho other must find out. Equally ouiet is that of two sitting by small hean of corn. While one throws two grains on the ground, the other. turning and twisting rapidly his hands. both closed l selzes them one in each hand hnt as the operation is repeated again and agaln. pretending to gather them in each hand equally, really gathers tbam lnto one hand. The other guesses tba l number of grains in each hand wrongly of course, when the wo1ld- De Juggler pretends to make a boIa in ms arm, blows, and To and beholdl he sends them all into one hand Va, uoubt 1t? He opens his hand and ! there it is. o'
 me Doys have more time to nIav ana consequently have more games Tn l herdlng the cattle. they have many on- porlunltles for swimming, spearing fish ncatlng, etc. They ride calves and plgs, and as many times they ara thrown, they get up again. and on and or goes the calf or the grunting nio They are very fond Of wrestling, fond or war too. Boys with pot-clay will l roughly make each q lot of soldiers ana Dy turn each throws arrows at the army Of his opponent until the last man on one side has fallen-and thus lost the i uay. They have something like foot pail, but use sticks instead Of the foot. Interesting it is to see foot-races. boat races, but most amusing to witness thelr obstacle races. Do you see those boys all squatted down with their Jeff leg right over their necks? We'll they must drag themselves as best they can to the winning point They bring fire wood to their fathprs-in- law. as is inc custom of grown folks.
 l Like children in all lands they imi- tate what grown-up people do. Bows and girls play husbands and wives chiefs and slaves. and all the scenes they witness at home or on the lek hOtla.-the forum
 The little girls will have their dolls which they carry tied with q skin on their backs. and lull as if crying. These dolls are made Of piece of wood a Ioot long no arms. no legs. with a roughly chopped head. with marks burnt in by q red-hot iron. for eyes
 mouth. nose. etc. There is, however something better than that It is a bottle Oh. what beautiful doll it is, Girls have cheerfuly worked two days ] 10 get bottle.
 hnowing how fond they are of mod cling, l had an exhibition for the school On the appointed day I was surprised to see not only the number of competitors but at the variety of their work. They had really done their hest The girls had made pots aud dishes of all shapes. The boys brought all kinds of animals.-oxen running or grazing, lions. elephants crocodiles, i hipDopotdmi. horses. etc They had al- so boats and boatmen. herd-boys. po- 1 licemen. and also caricatures of white people. It betrayed great deal of observation and skill. The whole was i divided into four groups, to each of which, with the assistance of the ! prime minister-a Christian.-we gave three prizes Sunday School Times.