New-York tribune., 1921-04-03


The streets were so broas s,s
was forced TO bring my wife hor. 8.
wheelbarrow; A'iNc IL
The wheelbnYrow broka a,a
e Yall, S TsLe haS
And dowa came tho whee,barrov. u,,.
eliminate reference to purcbs..
wife; also scene Of husband forc;sn. Va
VIE to ride in wheelbarrow.l
Tell tale III. your tongue shall ~ 80.
A'u "Ii mo ooss In our town shall h..
(Cut scene Of Sitting tonvus.
scene showing dogs eating bn,s.S NV
tongue.) "umh
Bye, Baby Bunting.
gamers gone a-hunting
Mothers gone a-rnilkln3.
o'stcrs Cone a-silking
ana prOiaer5 ! gone to buv o s,.
40 wrap the baby bunting In.
CStrike out line SISTERS gone .;n.
ing" as evidence of immortality on '.A- .s-
part Of the sister, 'ne
Hush a bye. baby. upon tho tree "a,
When the wind blows the cradJ. ~ ~
When the bough breaks the crads WI, Ill, ,feck;
Down tumble cradle. baby and Al, "' isut
eliminate entirely iiea Of abara,
tree) '0p "
Tom. Tom, the plper's son.
stole pig, and away he rr,.
The pig was eat
And Tom was beat
ana Tom ran CRYING down .ha
(Cut scene Of boy stealing pir. s,s
scene Of Tom being beaten. 90 '1'
Dinssy. didledy. my rnasnn.y's maid
She stole oranges, I'm afraid:
she stole oranges. 1 do believe.
(Cut scene of maid stealing or No.,
and hiding them in her pocks.s sns
sleeves.) Verse should read: 'AS
DINGHY didledy, my lnanmv.s ra,s
l do believe.
Taffy was a Welchman. Tary wa, .,,..
AaHy cs me TO my house and stole pisas
! went to Tafy's house, Tsify wasn't ho,n.
1aHy came to my house and stole ma
row bone, 'la'-
I I went .ea,t TO Tafy's house; Tany was ia bed
about his head. ''''H
tCut scenes showing TaFy stealing
beef and marrow bone and scene where
man beats him with marrow bone Also
change line, "Taffy was in bed" to READ
"Taffy was lying down" Cut the in
sinuation that Wclchmen are thievesl
Harry cum Parry. when will you marrv7
hen apples and pears ripe
Ail come 10 your wedding without apy
bidding.
And stay With the bride all night.
eliminate last line.l
Coosey. goos"y. Eander. ~here dos, thou
Upstairs and downstairs and In my lady.
chamber;
There I met an old man that would no.
say his prayers.
l took him by his hind legs and threw hIs
down the sta.ra.
(Cut scene of infdel in ladys bed.
room and Of his being thrown down.
stairs.J
There was a little man,
And he had & little gun,
And his bullets were made OF iead
He shot John Sprig.
Through the middle Of his wig.
And knocked 1t right of his head.
(Cut scene of man shooting JOIN
Sprig)
See saw. Jack -daw,
Johnny shall have new master;
Johnny shall have but a penny day
Because he can't work any faster.
eliminate last two lines, because 1t
may foster bad feeling between labor
and capital.)
AS I was going 20 St. Ives
/ met a man with seven wives
livery wife had seven sacks.
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats gach,
wives,
How many were going to st. Ives?
eliminate line II met q man with
seven wives" as evidence of polygamy.
Eliminate line every cat had seven
kits" because of allusion to feline
motherhood. Also cut word wives" In
next to last line. Eliminate cruel scene
Of cats tied in bags.) Should read:
AS was going to St. Ives.
/ met a man.
How many were going to ST. Ives.
Who put her in? Little Johnny Greer.
Who pulled her out? Great johnny u.su
What a naughty boy was that.
To drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm
And killed the mice in his fathers barn.
(Cut scene Of boy putting cat in well
Also eliminate scene showing cruelty
Of eat and mice.)
There was an old woman, she livd In
She had so many children she didn't know
She gave them somc broth without Any
She whipt them all soundiy and put them
to bed.
(Change first line to read: There
was an old widow" in order to show
proper fatherhood of the children.
Eliminate line "She had so many CHI
dren she didn't know what to do." Cue
scene Of woman whipping children.)
The foregoing horrible examples will
serve to illustrate the dangers Of this
type of literature. If ever there was .
crying need for censorship it is in con"
nection with this sort Of reading INST
ter since it is designed primarily for
juvenile consumption We believe thar
we have the evil in hand in our family
but we fear for the world at large.
may add that the children on being
read the revised Mother Goose declared
they no longer felt the desire for
candy.