FOR THE YOUNG.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2385, 22 October 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

FOR THE YOUNG.

a •.in'.:.: \ farm --i.itVAvr. Anr.iAi in. mil iif the children's, Olive nr Miller, bis luim telling about a m.mki-y that L of just as mnel: use as any liuv ~r g.rl Tins monkey is called the • ciiacma,' and it is olten kept by the Kaffirs :i ilnnc-stic animal. Hi; takes tic !>:.! Of a .lug, growling when a ;,*i-,uigi - ic-ar ; and if it luv-unes necessary to defend his master's properly, he is inn -li strnnger than any dog. The eliacm i ea-ilv h-ams Io blow the bellows of a smith. and to drive horses nr oxen ; Imt his great, st use In that country is to find water in the hot season. the monkey M em-, to Know what is wanted, and he’goea carefully over the ground, looking at every tuft of grass, .and sniffing the breeze im every side. Whether he seenls it or not is not known, Imt if there is water in the neighbourhood, Inis sore to find it. It may he a deep spring', in which ease In: sets to work digging down to it ; and it may he a certain jmey root, which often serves instead of water. Ho gets that out also; and let us hope lie gets his full share of it, to pay for his work.

com.IX AND SHOUT. Mr Hugh Didcott, the experienced shown:an. who catered for the children’s tV-to in Hyde Park during the .fiihilee week, was chatting about the matter the other day in this fashion : —I have known a Punch and July during the summer months to make 13.11) Each show requires two men, and they divide the proceeds to the proportion of two-thirds to the one inside and one-third to the man with the drum ami pan-pipes. Punch and Judy men arc not a numerous body. 1 had two men from (llasgow, one from F.dinhiirgli, another Irom Liverpool, and two from Manchester. In each ease I lore the show complete, not omitting a live dog Toby, which is .a principal consideration. You will find that (Jodlin and Short arc very clannish. They won't mix with marionettes. We had one marionette theatre on the ground which required ten men to work it. 1 remember a show with only five which obtained -CI.-.0 per wed;. The dresses arc an expensive item, and the scenery is also costly. The people handling the puppets have to he smart. They are concealed at the hack, looking down from the flies upon the stage, and strings attached to their fingers enable them to give to the jointed dolls the necessary movements. One person will each have a puppet and look after its dressing, entrances, exits and acting when it is performing. Scenes have to be altered, and in some eases instantaneous changes are effected in the same way as they are in Dmry-lauc.

A little girl who wanted to describe the absent-mindedness of her uncle, said : ‘ His remember is so tired that he has to use bis forget all the time. durst (to child of hostess) : ‘ My little pet, who do you sit next to me at table to-day :’ Child : ‘ Betanse hetauso mamma says oo drink like a tisli, and I want to see oo do it. A live-ycar-old boy, wlio was engaged in some mischievous doings, on being remonstrated with by bis father with ‘ Why will yon do so, ( merge f replied ; ‘ Oli, I expect I am to little too know any better.’ Little Tommy (who has never been out of the city before)—Oh lohl oh 1 Kind Lady—What’s the matter, Tommy ? Little Tommy—Why, what a big sky they've got hero, Miss ! A little American girl, whoso mother bad been affecting some of the Fnglisb forms of speech, astonished a visitor recently, who had just made use of the expres-ion halt af.er six, by asking in a most interesting way; ‘Oh, tell me! when did you begin to say half after?” 1 Well,’ said the per-erving governess, ‘I will put it in another shape If it takes one servant nine hours to do the entire housework of one family, how long will it, lake three servants tr. do it?' Little Nell; ‘Oh, I nan answer that. I beard minima speak of it this very morning,’ Teacher: ‘‘Well, how long will it take ?' Little MT 1 ! : ‘ Three times as long.' —Philadelphia (Jill. ‘ Ann ibella,’ said a initrnn to the naughty little girl whose nnr-e brought her out on th; hotel i to receive correction, 1 ala n't yon ashamed? What do you suppose I brought you here for ?' ‘Don't know,’ she answered sulkily. ‘Din ‘t, know?' ‘No, 1 dont 1 Von said you must marry olf Sister Mary this summer, but you didn’t say a thing to me.’ Sister Mary’s admirers grinned at mamma's discomfiture, hut down they Went before Ann ibella’s parting shot : ' If yon did mean to marry in,; olf you’d hotter bring in sonic other men. I wouldn't marry one of that erowd.’—Huston Transcript. A well-known Trojan who lias a summer residence at Sun toga Springs tells the follow'dug :—A youngster about four years old had been kept in the house during the recent two day's rain. Wednesday morning In; looked out of the window, and to his disappointment the water was still falling. He turned away with downcast looks, Imt all of a sudden his countenance brightened. ‘ Mamma, when are we going to heaven ?' 1 I don’t know, dear. When (led wants ns, I suppose.’ ‘ls it all bright then;?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘No rain mu' nothing.' ‘No.’ 'Let’s make a call on Hod to-day.’ Troy Times. A little six-year-old granddaughter of a wed known New Fiigland clergyman, in doubting a statement by her uncle that the moon is made of green cheese, was advised by the divine to ascertain for her.-elf. 'How can 1, grandpa?" Mb't your liible and see what it says.’ ‘ Where shall I begin?’ 'Begin at the beginning.’ Tiie child sat down to read the I’lible. Before she had got half through the second chapter of Henesis and had read about the creation of the stars and the animals, she came back to her grandfather, her eyes all bright with the excitement of discovery ; I’ve found it, grandpa ' It isn’t true, for Hod made the moon before he made any cows.’ Little two-year old Robert at the breakfast-table the other day beard his father and mother exchange the compliments of the morning with their guests until he could stand it no longer, and interrupted them with, ‘Papa, let me tell my ‘story now, I want some hash.'—Concord, N.([., Monitor. A Washington Avenue boy was left with a neiglnmr while Ids parents went to see a parade, ami overheard the following gossip about, them : ‘ It was a love match. After all, the right way is to marry for love’ Here the hoy interrupted with; ‘Mamma, inarriol papa Van-e she was a fool ! She said so !’-- Batnrduv SpMUabir.