CHILDREN'S CORNER.

Evening Star, Issue 14999, 5 October 1912, Page 9

CHILDREN'S CORNER.

MORE "HOWLERS." The children in, a Lancashire elementary school have been given essays to write lately (writes a correspondent* of an English journal). One girl, on the stibject of 'Rich People.' after alluding to their " costly clothing." wrote: " Some rich people are just the opposite. Thev are very legibly dressed, and do not make so much bother." Inquirv showed that she had used "legibly" for "plainly." In an account of Cardinal Wnlsev another girl wrote: " When Wolsely was going to London to be beheaded' he called at his friend Cromwell's house. There thev talked together, and Wo'.sey said tho*c well-known ■words: ' Had I but served mv God as I nave served my King, I should have been all Tight.' " A frank bov, conscious of his own shortcomings, was writing about 'Teachers.' He said : "Some people think teachers have an easy occupation, but if they had to come and teach bovs like me and a few others, thev would" find it a difficult job." Another, not quite so modest, though more emphatic." put :t thus : " I should not like to be a teacher. A teacher has not easy work to do, because teaching 50 or 40 pupils is like knocking bricks into the eye of a needle." SCOUTS AS CHILDREN'S POLICE. Two public playing grounds for children have recently been opened at Ottawa, and the control of these places has been placed in the hands of the. Boy Scouts—a good criterion of the opinion the citizens of the Canadian capital hold of the Scouts. The following are the rules for the observance of order : 1. The playground shall be open weekdays oidy. 2. The playground is exclusively for the use of children of 12 years and under. 3. The rules for the of the apparatus and grounds shall be such as are laid down by the Boy Scouts, who have kindly undertaken the work of supervision. 4. Any infraction of the rules which the Boy Scouts would rather not deal with will be dealt with by the Parish Board or their authorised representative. 5. Four troops of the Boy Scouts have expressed a willingness to take part in the work of supervision. 6. The representative of the troop in charge shall have possession of the keys of the grounds and the apparatus while'it is open during his incumbency, subject to the rules imposed upon him bv the Bov Scouts and to the right of the Parish Board or their authorised representative to claim effective control at any time. IN SEARCH OF ROMANCE. The 'Daily Chronicle's' Paris correspondent says : Two brothers named Dessagr.es, aged 9 and 12 years respectively, whoso parents live in Paris, excited through reading _ globe-trotting stories of adventure, decided a few days ago to start on a journey round the world. For this purpose the elder boy, Rene, the instigator of the scheme, stole £BO from his employer, and with his brother took a train for ChaTtres. where each of them bought a pistol, a ■quantity of cartridges, several knives, and articles for use in travel. With these arms and equipments the two boys walked to Nogent-le-Rotrou to call on a" friend. They have been arrested and sent back to Paris. MODERN SCHOOLGIRLS! Prizes for batting and bowling at cricket, for tennis, photography, and table decorations were amongst those given at the Princess Helena College for Girls at the speech day a few days ago. INSANITARY TEDDY BEARS. An epidemic of scarlet fever in the East End of London has been traced by the doctor to a large teddy bear which several of the children had hugged and kissed in their play. LULLABY. Now shut up your eyes, and I'll sing vou a thing— Tut, tut, little boy, Shut them up, little bov ; If you peek, all the fairies and goblins take wing, And if I can't see them, then how can 1 sing-; How sing you a thing If the fairies take wing? So shut your eyes tight, little boy, little i boy, - j So shut them up tight, little boy. A little thin fairy flew down from the moon, W'ith wings like a bat And with eyes like a cat; He came to a bull-frog who pla-ved the bassoon. To invite him to ride in his yellow balloon— His yellow balloon. You know, was the moon— But shut up your eyes, little boy, little boy, Now shut them up tight, little bov. The frog answered " Yes " with the widest of smiles, "But it nang3 rather high— I jump, but "don't fly— If you'll just bring it lower a few thousand miles. We'll gaily set sail for the Milkv Wav Isles " ; " But I fancy you know Rather more* than I do WTiere they went, for thev've carried vou off, little boy, They've carried you off, little boy. ~-'Harper's.' •"THE ARK ON MOUNT CATARACT." The magazine of a high school in the Isle of Thanct gives the following answers during a geography lesson: "The Pyramids are a range of mountains separating France from Spain." " Cataract is the name of the mountain on which the Ark rested." "The Mediterranean is joined to the Red Sea by the Sewage Canal." "The hole in the top of a volcano, out of wmch the lather comes, is called th» creator." MYSTERIES. There's a china cow on our mantelshelf. Her eyee are round and blue, And though I've listened for hours myself. I've never heard her "'moo.' There's asilvery trout in a square glass case, I often speak to him— And there on the wall, like a rock he stave, And never tries to swim. 3?here's a lovely rose in auntie's hat, Of a purply-pinky shade—- ' And I often wonder and wonder that It never seems to fade. IN FORMER DAYS. The songs that mother used to sine. Although she never brags, Were sixty times as good," by jing, As our new-fangled 'rags.'" The lickings father used to give. Were twice as hard, 1 vow ; But then the kids were twice as bad As what the kids are now. The pies that mother used to bake, AlLhough she never brags, Were better tlian the kind they make Inside paper bags. And when, with shingle in her hand, My ma would dust my pants, I did not dance the " turkey trot," Nor yet the "camel prance." DEWDROP FAMTLY. When Father Sun had said good-night And all around was still, The little Dewdrop family Came laughing down the hill. They danced along so bravely In the locust-scented air, And brought a cool, refreshing drink To flowers, everywhere. They kissed the ferns and daisies, And the dainty violets blue, And filled the yellow buttercifp3 With little drops of dew. So merrily these tittle elfs Worked through the evening hours, And brought such sparkling drops of dew To weeds as well as flowers. But when good Father Sun came back To light another day. The little Dewdrop family Ran laughing away.