The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18

pressionS and these modes of speech are just as naturally acquired by their children, who adding touches of cor rect English as it is taught them in school, produce a curious jargon.
 It is interesting though often 9 we'll nigh hopeless task for the teacher in the school to attempt to weed out the picturesque inproprieties of speech in these youngsters and to implant in their places the seeds Of the real Eng fish language.
 A small child who had not been in school for several days returned joy fully one morning and announced with an air of importance as her excuse for absence:
 '"They made me an operation on my ear.''
 One of her comrades who had sought to find out the reason for the others absence said:
 q extra went into her store to see the why she didn't go to school" Her extra is used frequently among these people for 'ton purpose"
 Another youngster sent to remove apparent evidence of being a most strenuous member of the Black Hand society asked after scrubbing vigor- ously:
 basin?'' '1spilr' always meaning "to pour out"
 These little folks, in spite of the cla- nor of the noisy streets in which thep dislike to being shouted at, and they speak most dfsdainfu11y of " a hol- 1erin' teaof1er'i Says one small person angri1y:
 .4she screams on Jewish at me- The expression stood up'' is uni versaily used @ for got up,. a1,,1dI,, and put put "dressed." For example, such state nnents as the following are often heard from small scholars who are late or
 We stood up late to put ourselves on because went on a. wedding last night" "On" is very generally used for "to."
 we had to make ourselves in a hurry because we didna want to make us late for school t@The girl from our house her moth CT put her on two golden caps and when she smiled she looked so nice" ffShe put on an albert and a dervy she should look like man" Oervy
 Instead of taking off" any article, l of clothing, they put 1t out,' as in this case when one little girl who apron at a settlement Christmas tree:
 ''I'un going to put my apron out when go home to keep it clean" | Relating the news of the death of a next door, one child said: l taIIe was the best boy from the fam ily-he had a bride already. She was | in Europe and she's riding here but | she doesn't know it.'' l Many another common expression de- mands a glossary, as for instance:
 .Its fair .ng She ~ did': Feir e earo, meaning | 'ttrue.")
 l She extra tries to do it." My mother works in the shop, burt
 my father don't. He works on a, job like they make building 1 'I don't do her nothing-every time she starts up with me-
 man"
 'Everything she says to me I say her after''
 .-The girl was a greenie.'' (Greenie | nl0a ming gTeenhOrn) t"The girl is red one" CRed one means red headed9. | It is a, well known fact that Of 1 the prevalent customs which the vel 1 fare workers and health officials have | to combat is that of the mothers sew l ing the children up for the winter in l the possibility of baths, so obnoxious
 to many. One little girl told her teach CT with great glee that she had a new winter dress, but she continued: 1 'I couldna wear my dress to-day because my mother had to sew me l up.''
 i Very often there are most exciting
 tales of local happenings to be told to the teacher, and when school hours are too short to give all the desired opportunities for free speech letters 1 have to be resorted to. For example: l Dear Teacher: One day a lady went by 8 hairdresser to get herself comb ding. The while the lady what owns 1 the store was combing her she saw | two braids and put them under her shawl. Next the lady looked for her braids. She couIdna find them. Next she looked under the lady's shawl, | next she found them, next a cop came ed to spill down a pail of water on the cop. Next he went away because he didna want he should get wet. Goodby. Esther: tales of burglars. one day in discuss ing the latest event of the kind a lit ! tie girl announced: 1 They have such a kinds of nedi- cine when you put it around the house you can't hear a-nything-you keep on sleeping. That's the why the thieves | While another, continuing the story, said:
 ''I thought it was two boys playing
 the craps-that's the why we heard
 noise. I wanted my sister she should look out to see, but she didna want Then the thieves came fire escape and | stole a golden watch and all the la
 dies grand dresses
 Fires and going in the hospital are both common occurrences in this par 1 ticu1ar locality, but nevertheless they
 posses conversational value CaIami- ties indeed are matters of pride as well of grief to many. Indeed it is
 prominent even in disaster which
 helps to heal the wound.
 One child escaped in the night with
 difficulty from her burning home. No the family were injured. The child, however, was seemingly more impress ed by the fact, as she stated it, that: | "One officer and two eNceptors came they should see how the house got burned
 Upon inquiring the whereabouts of
 one child the teacher was informed that:
 '-Sne went to the hospital to look for her ear; she had 1t siclz!' 1 Another day a tiny mite began to 1 l finally one of her friends explained: | Her father and mother are dead | and she dasen't remind herself of such