OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3650, 22 May 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

MONKEYS AND A MIRROR.

x BujaU Mirror Mahes Tliiiiß* Lively Among' Central Park Monkey Folk. Tho Ihira-'-fi'!, ;m Mr. Kipling calls the monkey folk,’"had a, dreadful time in Central park not long ago and all because d £ a Uttlo mirror. Hut j hen a mirror has been known to raise no cud of trouble *mong real human folks. As the New Fork World tolls tho tale, a wicked person Banded the mirror to a largo brown mon-

UK.’KO A XI) THE MIRROR, bey known ns Dicko. Tho mirror was about 4 inches in diameter. Dicko took it, grinned, scowled savagely pud then knocked the ugly monkey in the fralno Clear across tho cage. A small black monkey picked up the glass. Ho gazed at himself, and so did half a dozen other monkeys over his shoulder. Dicko made a dash and snatched the fuirror, whereupon every other monkey leaped upon him, ami such a squealing, snapping, twisting muss of monkeys was | never seen. Tho keeper found the taiquis- • itivo monkeys trying to oat the quicksili ver. Ho entered the cage and fought with I them to take Urn glass away. It was all . fun for tho spectators, particularly one ; man, until bo was arrested for furnishing , the mirror. What tho Birds Say. Tho negro is a close observer of nature, , its a rule. Every animal ho endows with , human attributes. Tho rabbit, fox and J squirrel and all the finny tribe are made to play a part in story and song, and tho , birds are not slighted. , Hero are sonic sentiments which, the , Kcw Orleans Timcs-Democrat says, are put into the mouths, or rather the beaks, of our feather friends by their sable interpreters. Sometimes the owls hoot from tree to tree across tho swamp roads: ; I live | In the now house, Who—who—who’s In the old? They call to each other from their perches In the mighty oaks and tupelo gums, where yellow jasmine and rattan vines ( twine so thickly as to make almost a jungle, and they say: I cook For my folks, And v ho— who—who Cooks for y’ all? 1 The partridge whistles shrilly through the summer gras.-es; Dob— Bolr.vliite! 1 Cora ripo? Not quite. 1 I) o^r i Yes, at night. The dovo inaurns, say tho old black people, fora pu--.sl.:g stni 1. They claim, too, Hat. tiie (love Hies laoicr than does any ■ Other bird. ; i in; jay is raid to carry souls downward. Why the pert litlio follow has such an un--1 eo 1 luble reputation is not known. This la ■ | the song l.e is said to sing: | Away, away 1 Done carried a soul . 1 Down today. Carry another Tomorrow. How to Cover a Book, Put the book in tho center of a sheet of paper largo enough to allow two inches to l)o turned in at the bottom and sides, ibid the cover over iho sides and crease it so that it will not slip. Thou out diagonally from tho top and bottom of tho paper to points just a little beyond where the book will open. In many books this may lie determined easily by the binding. Hut straight slips from the top and hotj tom of tho paper to the four corners of the edges. Then fold the paper forming the extension of tho sides down between the book and tho paid, of tho paper cover which folds over tho top. This will make each corner perfectly square. When using cloth, it is better to fold the ( corners rather than to cut them, as the i cloth is apt to fray, but they should be ali ways turned and folded so as to come outside the book itself, between it and the i rover, says Golden Days. Merry May. Baa, baa, white sheep, Come with mo and play. Don’t forgot, my woolly pot, This is the first of May.

) Ding, dong, fairy Delist I Wliat Is it you say? I “Sweetest month of all the year ' Is the month of May. ” i j The 'Lav.y Dandelion. The wesj wind to the f unshtno said: “It's time that child was out of bed. I cannot oven see Ids hoed Above tin; elothes. r.ot’B call his other nurse, the rain, And pull the sheets and counterpane Down to his toes.” They pulled him out of his warm place; They washed bis crying, crumpled face And Ugh tin;; hric.b.; They combed and brushed bis yellow Patted him here and hissed him there TUI in the shining sumes r e. r 1 I.;oi;diing he m-anuw. i berths 5’S?S i tsbkti i