San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
Listening in onEve
WHAT PHYLLIS LEARNED.

Nother-Tell us about what hap
pened today at school, Phil, darling.
Jack (aged 1O)-Hoo! Call that a
school? Private school Sissy school!
Phyllis (aged 5)-'Tis not!
Jack-'Tis too! :,
Mother-Well. tell US about it.,
sweetheart. What did you do?
Phyllis--I pasted. Do 1 have to eat
my spinach?
Mother-Yes, it makes nice pink
cheeks.
Phyllis-I'm the only kid in this
town that has to go to bed before DIN
ner and ent SO much spinach!
/ Mother-0h, don't say kid" say
little girl, dear.
/ Phyilis-Jack says it, and I am,
anyway, the only kid in this town
Father-What did you do besides
paste, Bunny?
Phyllis (reminiscently) - That
teacher said story about mice that
changed their nests.
Mother Ito father)-Nature study,
probably. :,
Father Ito mother)-I don't recall
that it's a habit with mice. 10 Phyl-
lis)-Are you sure about that, Bunny ?
Phyllis Every pink and earnest y
Yes, sir. Changed their nests. -Four
and twenty. White ones.
Jack diving into the recesses OF
| his own Dastl-Hoo! | know. She
means in the first reader, about "The
! four and twenty soldiers that stood
between the decks, were four and
1 L. nhainc ohnnf
| their neckS
Phyllis (gravely)-Nests!
Jack-Necks
Phyllis (near to tears)-They were
nests, mummy,
Mother-Never mind, my angel.
You can ask the teacher tomorrow.
What else did you learn?
Phyllis (shyly, haa Whispering to
herself)-About the old kettle look
ing.
Mother-Kettle?
Father-What kind of kettle?
Phyllis (herself somewhat puzzled,
but smiling adorably)-Maybe it was
tea kettle!
Jack-Maybe it was Some school!
Phyllis-'Tisn't
Jack-'Tis.
Mother-Children, Phil, darling,
are you certain it was a tea kettle?
Phil-Well, anyway, it was kettle.
She said. The little mice a-running.
the little mice a-running we all
ran around and hided. And then
she said. THE old kettle looking, the
old kettle looking and came and
| funded us.
Jack-Boo! The old cat, a-looking .
Phyllis-Kettle.
Jack-Cat!
Father (amused)-I told you she
wouldn't get anything out Of it, start
ing in the middle Of the year this
way.
Mother (doubtfully)-She's only ),
Of course. But there's no kindergar-
! zen!
Phyllis-DO I have to eat my
prunes?
Mother-Yes, ducky.
Phyllis-Im the only kid in this
town.
Mother (severcly)-Don't say that
again. Phil.
Phyllis (bitterly)-Well, I am, any
way!
Jack-Wbat else'd you do in school,
Peanuts?
Mother-Jack, you must not cell
I her Peanuts!
Jack-Why. mother, all the guys
call her Peanuts! It's her nickname!
Mother Ito father)-John, l can't
bear it!
Father Ito other)-Darling you
can't help it!
Phyllis-They don't keep you after
when your naughty in my school
like they do at brothers. They make
you sit on a chair,
Father (interested)-How do you
know.
Phyllis-I sat on it.
Mother with sinking heart)-Oh,
Phyllis! Why?
Phyllis Calmly -They was teach
ing me French, and l wiggled.
Father (musingly)-That's the be-
ginning of life for you, old girl. Only
you'll have to learn not to wiggle.
Mother (remoting supper tray and
bib)-Well, Phyllis, say your pray
crs.
Phyllis Cat her mothers knee)-
God bless me, and make me good. And
God bless mother aud daddy and
Jackie and Edward West, but not
Mickey West, because he pushed me.
And not Bill or Edward -Engel; I'll
bless them tomorrow night.
Mother "a few minutes later, clos
ing the nursery door)-Well, I've lost
my baby. Oh, John what effect do
you think school will have on her?
Father-Darling, it won't have any
effect on her. But, I'll be very much
| interested to observe what effect
| she'll have on the SCHOOL,