The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22

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some OF the schoolma'ams IN this vicinity teHeh
tnslr pupils 10 81" Il feel badly. "Sho looks wretch
lind me the weight of your authority in correcting
ms, Tor none OF my arguments prevails against
! r v. W.
The lesson of experience Ia that no n ere citizen
OF the republic OF letters has any rights which q
scnoolma'am In at all bound to respect. You
know that your offenders are altogether wrong:
so DO We; but the dinlculty now lies IN convincing
Them against the weight of the little rules Of gram
mar taught them In the normal schools and con-
hrncd by parrot repetition Al county substitutes.
Perhans they may be- amensble 70 tho show Of
authority presented under the words feel and
look" In the Century Dictionary. for they might
hesitate 10 call so many Of the great u-ngrammatiraL
In a book Of old sea tales their holiday fare
was lobscOuse and pAndowdy," l know all about
lobscouse. but what ls a pAndowdyI c. T. LoN0.
seatus ile-to know all shout lobscOuse IL a
catholic education. To know really all about
lobscOuse one should be a Banker more years
than most men care 10 reckon. The variety OF
lobscouse IL 30 INFINITE that no one can really know
IL all. But the pandOwdy 10 simple as well rs
satisfying. "A favorite dish In New England, :"
says Bartlett in his Dictionary Of Amertcanisms.
called an apple slump, is made by placing raised
bread Or dough around the sides OF an iron pot.
which 10 then nIed with apples and sweetcned
with nolaSses. II IL also called apple jonathan.
apple potpie or pandowdy. and In Pennsylvania
an apple cObbler.- Bartlett neglects to mention
~ Va A0 boAN8A NhtAh ITO NhN pau
dowdy for the gastronome.
! Please let mo know n the Netherlands Is actually
owned by the Germans and upon what terms did
Lney acquire ~ Please let me know what the
proper definition Of the word -NstacTIsnd" 4;
The Netherlands still 10 owned by its own
Dutch. Il 10 Q proverb that She Dutch took it,
and their sense Of nationality 10 10 strong that
nothing short Of the most absolute crisis Of bitter
need would make German authority at all tolerabIe
| 10 them The mama NefhaVIanda iYteS A. the 0el,eV
names OF Pays Has. Holland, the Low Countries. Is
based upon the physical fact that the country lies
with Its decks awash on the North Sea. Each Of
the names ls a statement of this fact that the
Netherlands are low lands.
Did Henry George die before or after the cleo
tlonI IL c.
he was an Independents candidate for Mayor in
1897 and died four days before the election.
,.I When Ws %. the explosion of tho Staten Islsnd
July %. 1871; a hundred we're killed and many
injured.
The performance Of Peter Piper as published
complete In It's ALTERATION as l remember II. The
version handed down % mo In my childhood in
Peter Piper picked a peck Of picked peppers in a
Did Peter Piper pick |. peck of picked peppers
II Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers
where's ths peck Of picked peppers that Peter
can say It yet without a break and at a speed
Of 300 words a minute.
alton in which Peter Piper played q part, but
there was a very popular numerical test. incident
to a game Of "f~orfelts." which began: zone old
or opening oysters every person In the circle
having repeated this after the leader. next came:
Next followed an SsIiiteTstlve Inc for "tSrec,s which
I have forgotten. After that: -Four nne FRENCH
wno,s series 9elng rspesved VIZ ssce successive
fsl.; Can any one of your readers complete the
l. TOO. have been wishing for a long time that
could md the whole OF the Alternative alphabet;
peppers" Is ono letter. And l am certain that
you are mistaken In your statement that no such
"a complete lyric by itself"
When was a boy heard many o. these rhymes
was a complete ALPHABET; Unfortunately have
C. as follows:
DID Capt CrscsskIll crack a catchpol,,s co1comb'
Where's the caschDOil's co1Oomb Capt crsckskull
And I think the letter e" vas sbogton Anthony
h3soiute' out l can recall notnlhg more OF II IMAM
I think, TOO. you are mistaken in your text Of
Peter piper" AS I have always heard II for
nearly sixty years past. II ran In the same way:
Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers.
nid Peter Piper PICK a peck OF picked peppers
n Peter Piper picked a peek OF picked penpeTs;
where's inc peck OF plckieu peppers fetcr ripper
pickedF
II would be q good thing II the whole alphabet
could he restored. Tor IL would be, as YOU say. a great
help To children In mastering the correct and dis
tlnct pronunciation Of the cOnsOnant sounds OF the
language. MORRIS A. TYING.
There yVas an old aIpb ahe1lcaI nonsense rhapa
In INV yOuth, probably built around Peter Pipcr.
some az me verses that / can recall are: F
anIv S',,on n'RRu n,I aSsG hr ns ny hts nSI aiiHeh'
Capt: CIasksk1n cracked a caIchpon.s coxcomb.
enoSSn SiLris ~ ~ snonty .gSsSs
H""' "NA e" V"sS NSs'"""
i"'so '"pS ''"o" u '""'a. '"ass'
Ou,,.r o~I.,no,r. or,.d an oyI .nd o,.,.
30. NJ. nJ.s.d y n..b ~ 800 ...,
niSohiaS " P'NA PNPP'A' ""' SPep
Na'S 49,
w was the last letter win which an ahiterauve
line vas made. the verses ending as follows:
II, Y, Y have made my brains To crack. oh!
Y smokes. Y drinks. z chews too strong tobacco.
Although by x Y z much lore Is taught.
still. Peter Piper beats them all 10 naught.
Peter Piper nlcked a peck OF picked peppers tstout
Animation.
DLd p-ter Piper nick n neck of plckIed manners,
aKonized lnduIry1.
NJ Peter PIper picked a neck Of nickled nenner.
I" tSusnlclonl s
Where IA the neck Of plcklea Denners Peter pIDer |
nicEedY"
1865 r..c.I ,n5 I'm. rvnm.. -o.-.u.
" "ANiUs
Possibly Katharine Hayward Greeniand's In
fOrmaDt had In mind the Alternative rhyme