The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-02


x3 II he streets thereof"
yAsa~h 3S~~ss f,ss.r 'a1'''irsd AaIkars
assst,gsss ::aas. Vax.a GlssSsss .,S4l ~,
oxn hundrea years ago. Nineteen
y thur are how many? Twenty-
- hundred. Twen0-three hun
years age this man one day
kod out OF the window, and there
$3.50 no boys OF girls IN the stress
nn1e their fathers and mothers
~ moi do right, and ule Old pro-
a 80 was looking out Of the wiAd""
R1M4 ~ fell sad.
1Ust think of what an awful INNS
&sH would be il there were no boys ana
ssi1.1nh0 Sltye ON earth. Ne could not
III n1e any schools or Sunday SCHOOLS
Hhon ;hink he thought about heaven.
#Nfa aAtd. There VIII be a place where
@sSh@ streets will be full OF Boys ana
II SaEa spiaying. ana thai viii be UP In
&koaEen.s' ana 70 the Lord wants AS TO
~ KtGh< and have scod ume CA t'lis
1eASths
Can't Do Mean Things.
The lord likes 10 see boys and girls
&biAy. but we have TO do fight down
@A1rs. and we cant lie and seal aud
Wenr and Go mean things. Ali those
SaaSngs are what SATAN ~&pts 10 do L
M1oppOse the boys are playing pa4t. some
them are playing numhte peg.
n
md have good time. Jtc doa't like
4 ~ zee one OF these jimmy Tough 6ind
I'M boys. and If you asK ANN something
&Aa says; "uh, 4 don't know One OF
xhane boys Is alys ays the 90 al ths
LOG hEht and Lass Isl S4n~sAy ScAooE
One TINE l read CT 4l4n WAC adNer-
n 9tEsd that has WAITED boy 10 come
S&0 work in the store. aud there We're
&S1hOuI twenty -ate boys ct4lue around.
6ouac had their hair cCIn0cd. some dad
&1ntd: boy, can you write?"
aid: boy. can you VIII lie p
He SAID, Yep"
Ae SasS: Can you read ??
He SAID: Sure Mike"
He sad. Gan yoa ugugc7~
uh huh"
B He said: Il don't want you"
Fina.ly he picked oue "a boy and he
I'D: why didn't you pick out tnat
Snox7"
And be said: He doesn't know how
2t0 Nv Yes. sir and No. sr a lady
4OqId come into the store and say;
Have you any oranges ?? aud he would
#4Ay. LII huh They llhe 10 see nice
When / was one time up in New
Il london, Conn, man said. Come
& nerE, MIR. Sunday. get on board this
Il boat got on Doaru and wen aeruss
q the river and Climbed UP a hal. and
@t1aere STOOD IA fora that stood there ia
The Revolutionary War. and there is
SSn big stone place. AID right in The
81 matddle OF IL is Il brass star, and on that
d 0raeg star said: Here's where Bene-
Ssdtck Arnold sat when they came in and
#Nnrned ii and destroyed every thing but
&009 stone house"
q LET me tell you what kind of n boy
30nedict Arnold was " hen he was a
BOY. he was learning a Trade, and
S4ou have been IN a drug store where
N4hey have a big bowl made out of
Elron and a big stone. He would put
VI PASS In there anu pound IL up fine
md scatter II around on the floor.
md the boys would come in ,4Teioot-
ed and step on 1T. and Then he'd laugh
SsAk mora- So ho wonder he became d
traitor.
Used TO FINN Races
used to run foot races There
rAsnf anybody III the United States
ISfnat could beat me. ] could run one
" Aundred yards In ten seconds |
cOuld run around the diamond when
NJ played baseball In fourteen seconds
A< could get start on a fellow. III he
IHouid run as fast as could, he never
SN0uA catch me. So that Is The time
#N0 tearn those things when you are
~ 80G. lcan-Elas4- and take a
1np here and turn a sonersauit over
@Am The air.
- I want you 10 learn when you
are ypung- Now IL says that the boys
IRE playing have ofJpu wondered
eEMAaA the girls were plaing. Well. II
k0u16 not lock nice to see girls play
Ap frog: 1t Is all right for boys, The
kA cant play ball. II boy stood
Yer there and aHo<her over trpre, and
- went TO throw ball TO that bow
90 hit that boy over here That's
~ the girls do. Here the way TIA,
- doea Lock He knows how tc
81 M but girls do il this way
suppose some OF them are playing
~ some OF the girls are making
n4 pies; bun they were having good
m1e. Sobody likes one OF these saucy
4poaent kind of girls rcInembe.
I'm Helen was a little girl going tc
MOI In Chicago she came home are
~: Mama. am nos going wiz
Int little girl that lives up on Mon.
~ Atfeet any more"
Why not Helen 80
Nc said: Coming home frorr
SoC1 today she sa!d: Helen. dom
1ou, bah. and stuck her tongue
DAody likes that kind OF girl
narnber Helen sal in the park en-
ma lot OF iit{t@ girls were play.
Drop the handkerchief and q
~ games and Tua!ly the nlothe,
y SAIl sit down and we VIII have
3uoam."
y they had Nearoiitan ice cream
had Ice cream and they hrough,
- around. and little girl was
1rn with her two brothers. and when
passed around the cake she
mnred with her fingers so az e
ne one that was the LONGEST.
Nm they passed the oranges her
~ brother got a Florida grange
ne got Tangerne and she got
beOther and made him give IL 10
II The Lord wants you to play
~ marbles. hare a good 'frne. ne-rar
tail on the sabbath. never play
S3ex for keeps
~ efreets of the city are snll oil
and girls playing in the streets
~ want them to have n good time
here and the Lord wars 'ern 10
10 good time and be with him
Flag Catechi~n
Yn got "A fac here and don't think
know what it is- What is thai