OUR YOUNG FOLKS

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3693, 5 July 1906, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS

MONKEYS AND A MIRROR. A Small Mirror Makes Things Lively Among Central Park Monkey Folk. Tho Hander-log, as Mr. Kipling calls ■;i monkey folk, bad a dreadful time lu 1.. iiLrnl park not long ago and all because .of a little mirror. But thou a mirror has beofl known to raise no end of trouble ):,iong real human folks. As the New • V irk World tells the talc, a wicked person landed tho mirror to a largo brown mon-

dicko and Tin: MI UllOB, • key known as Dicko. Tho .mirror WM cbout 4 inches in diameter. Dicko took it, (r-inned, scowled savagely mull hen knock- , ti tho ugly monkey in the frame clear & cross the cage. A small black monkey picked up the p'ass. Ho gazed at him,-'lf, and so did | Ldf a dozen other monkeys over his shoulj d.. r. j Dicko made a clash and snatched the 1 mirror, whereupon every other monkey ' U -.pad upon him, and such a squealing, soupping, twisting muss of monkeys was a wer soon. The keeper found the laquls- ! hive monkeys trying to eat the quicksilver. He entered the cage and fought with them to take the glass away. It was all fun for tho spectators, particularly one twin, until he was arrested for furnishing the mirror. What the Birds Say. ’ The negro is a close observer of nature, as a rule. Every animal he endows with human attributes, Tho rabbit, fox and ■uin-el and all tho finny tribo are mode ; lay a part in story and song, and the . ..is mo nut slighted. Here are some sentiments which, the Now Orleans Timcs-Domocrat says, are put into tho mouths, or rather the beaks, of our feather friends by their sablo interpreters. Sometimes tho owls hoot from tree ta tree across tho swamp roads; I livo In tiie new house, Who—who—who’s In the old? They call to each other from their perohe* in the mighty oaks and tupelo gUttlS, where yellow jasmine and rattan vine* twine so thickly as to make almost a jungle, and they say: I cook For my folks, And who—who—who Cooks for y’ all? The partridge whistles shrilly through tho summer grasses: BobBob white I , Corn ripe? Not quite. Dog bite? ; Yes, at night, : The dove mourns, say Ihe old black people, for a passing soul. They claim, too, that tho dove flies faster than does any other bird. The jay is said to carry souls downward. Why the pert little follow has such au unenviable reputation is not known. This it tho song ho is said to sing: , Away, away! : Done carried a soul Down today. Carry another Tomorrow. tlow to Cover ;i Book, Put the book iu the center of a sheet of i paper large enough to allow two Inchei | to be turned in at the indium and sides. Fold tho cover over the ah.es and crease It so that it wil’ not slip. Then cut diagonally from the top and tea tern of the paper to points just a, lit) io beyond where 1 tho book will open. In many books this may bo determined easily by ilm binding. Cut straight slips from die l op aud bottom of tho paper to (ho four corners of the , edges. Then fold the pa;.-i-.r forming tho extension of’the sides down between the book and the part of tliepap'-:: co\or which folds over tho top. Tills will make each corner perfectly square. When using cloth, it is better to fold the corners rather than to cut them, aa the cloth is apt to fray, but they should be ol- > ways turned and folded so as to come out- : side the book itself, between it and the cover, says Golden Days. Merry May. Baa, baa, white sheep, Come with me and play. Don’t forget, my woolly pet, This is tho first of May.

Ding, dong, fairy bells I What is it. you say? “Sweetest month of all the year Is the month of May.” The Lazy Dandelion. I The wet..) wind ro the r.uiishino said: I “It’s time that child was out of bed. ; , I enmiot even see his lead | Ao vvo the clothes. Dot’s call his other uur.se, tho rain, And pail the sheets and counterpane Down to his toes.” They pulled hi:n out of his warm plaoftj Th»? washed ids evyiny, orrmpled faoe And lighting hen-ls; ; i'h •' hi., yellow hates h..,.. cud his:--' 1 him there ... ■ .-lie -huiing sanur.-r air : . ’h'ng b- 1 utaw-ls.