CHILDREN'S CORNER

Evening Star, Issue 12652, 4 November 1905, Page 12

CHILDREN'S CORNER

• REGINALD THE GREAT. . "In viewing mv ability," said Reginald the Great. "To solve each knotty problem in all mat.hematic lore, | I foci like him of Macedon. with victory I elate. 1 Regretting, having conquered all, he could'nt conquer more. ' "Examination daily would have no alarm for me, For knowledge that is hid from us in al- • gebra or Greek f I gain wrtli little trouble, for I conquer when I see. While tlwwe of less ability are fighting for a week. r "Those solemn old exaiKiners have spent a i- lot of time t Arranging little papers for a difficult 3 cxajn. : i But, blißs me! all the answers I could I rattle off in rhyme— By giving half attention to an hour or two of tram. " The fellows talk <Tf cricket, and are r , proud to make a score ; They seem to find it difficult to send the ' leather straight; ' But I .should slog the bowling for a century .' or more—■ s if bats were only broad enough," said 1 Reginald the Great. Yet Reggie was a failure, there is very i little doubt; s He never gained a scholarship nor batted for a run ; And all the fellows told him when at la,st they found him out. • " You know too much of everything, and [. not enough of one." r —'Australasian.' hj IN AT THE DEATH, a One of the prettiest sights at tlie recent n na,val review at Spithcad was quite, tuire- '• beiutocf aud merit charmingly informal. n Prince " Eddie" of Wales and his little s brother, Prifice Albert, were on board the '' Victoria and Albert witli their grandfather, s tho King, and the Prince of Wales, and c when His Majesty started on his formal '" inspection of the fleets the two boys were c s;ifely tucked snugly away in the hooded ; . 1 stem of a lifeboat on the'upper deck. All. , went well until the "rows of wooden sioldiers" (for so they seemed) on the " liattleships burst into deafening cheers as *" the Royal vacht passed. This was too [ S much for boyish human ivatin-e to stand unmoved. Two fair heads and two boyish "1 forms clad in white men-o'-war suits sud'B denly emerged from their hiding place. , The surprise and delight depicted on the y. faces of these boy Royalties was a joy to * behold, while the spectacle which these !t, two eldest sous of England's sailor Prince jt then witnessed will, it is safe to predict, n never fade from their memory. • THE LONGEST WORD. >t " Rob," said Tom, " which is the most is dangerous word to pronounce in tlie Engn lish language V >l " Don't know," said Rob, " unless it's a x swearing word." ir " Pooh," said Tom, " it's stumbled, bed cause you are sure to get a tumble between <e the first and last letter." i- "Hs! ha!" Siiid Rob. "Now, I've got >n one for you. Which is tho longest word I- in the English language?" '_ d •■ lucompreheusibilitv," said Tom prompt-. A , lv- . * ', .

" " No, sir; it's smiles, because there's a whole mile between, the first and last letter." .... •'Ho! ho!" cried Tom, "thata nothing. T know a word that has three miles between its beginning and ending." •'What's that?" asked Rob faintly. '• Beleaguered," .said Tom. HE PROMISED- TO TRY. Mr G. W. E. Russell, the author of ' Collections and Recollections.' tells a good story hi the ' Manchester Guardian,': —A. painfully nighr-minded tutor at a public; school was bidding good-bye to a deporting pupil Vho had been, a good deal fonder of play tiiao of work. After raw coMaa**^

tious reminders of fihortoomings in the way of lambics and Latin prose, the tutor said: "However, we will let bygones be bygones; only, now that you are leaving us, pray renieinher in after-life that you cannot be happy, as long es you .are idle." "WjeH,.-air," replied, the graoeleißS youfl*; any rate, I can.try." " BUSI'EB BROWN" ON TODSt Switeerland is .suffering from a plague of '' Buster Biowns" this season. The small American boy is not always a winning creature, especially, wiien wearing clothes associated with Mr M. F. Outcauft'-s comic drawings. _ Drrring a recent tour, writes a Geneva ooVi'eqjonacint-, I earuc across «no and sometimes three "'Buster Browns" at every hotel I stayed at, and the vMtars, hotel proprietors, and employees were constantly annoyed by their mischievous prankk The " Busters" are of all sizes and ages, with a large stock of aplomb, brutal frankness, and impertinence. Just before dinner at a large hotel one night the electric light suddenly went out, and dinner was delayed neaiiy an hour. It was discovered! later that a " Buster" had filed the wire through for a " lark." On, another occasion a couple of " Busters " at the head of a band of children stripped a hotel garden of all its flowsra, .and the parents were obliged l to pay heavily for the damage. A "Buster" of ten took out his father's automobile while the chauffeur waa absent for a moment, i«nd was arrested fur furious driving. At a table d'hote one " Baster " suddenly started howling, and was asked tho reason. "'I donH. like soup," he shouted, " hut matrmw forces me to take it I told them 1 ivonld burn my mouth, and now I have done it." JUVENILE WIT. Brown: "So you are sorry you put the lighted scpib in your master's pocket?" Brown's Son : " Yes, father. It was tho biggest one I bad, and it didn't go off." Teacher: '" Name the four seasons." Pupil : " June, July, August—and winter." AH Right i'i His"Case.—The teacher.was giving the school a little lecture- on good conduct. "Let me caution you on another point, children," she said- "Avoid criticising. Don't make a practice of finding fault with r.ther people, or picking flaws in what they say or do. It is a very bad habit lo form, aud will make your own life unhappy." "Why, teacher," sp«*ko up a little boy, "that's I be. way my father makes his hvin'!" "You surprise me. Georgy. What is your lather's occupation V "He's a proof reader, ma'am." The teacher coughed behind her fan. "Well, Georgy," she said, "I will make an exception in "the case of your father."