LINES FOR LITTLE FOLK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 48, 30 March 1894, Page 6

LINES FOR LITTLE FOLK.

St Paul, the first hermit, was born in Upper Egypt, about the year 230, and became an orphan at the age of fifieeß, being very rich and highly educated. Fearing lest the torture of a terrible persecution might endanger his perseverance, he retired into a remote village. But his pagan broher-in-law denounced him, and. abandoning all he had, Paul fled into the desert. His first design was to return to the world wnen the persecution was over, but, lasting great delights in prayer and penance, he remained the Beet of bis life in solitude. After many wanderings he found in the depths of the desert a small •pace enclosed by rocks, where a solitary palm-tree grew with a spring of water at its foot. Here he spent ninety years in penance, prayer, and contemplation. God revealed his existence to 8t Anthony, who soozbt him for three days. Seeing a thirsty she-wolf run through an opening in the rocks, Anthony followed her to look for water, and found Paul. They knew each other at once, and praised God together. Having passed the night in prayer, at dawn of day Paul told Anthony he was abont to die, and asked to be buried in the c:oak given to Anthony by Bt Athanasius. Anthony hastened to fetch it, and, on his way back, saw Paul rise to Heaven in glory. He found his dead body kneeling as if in prayer, and two lions came and dug hie grave. Paul died in his one hundred and thirteenth year.

Tbe game of Personalities most be played only by people we! knowo to one another. One member of the party mart go oat of the room, when each other member most arrange to answer any question put to him by the absentee on his return, in the tone of mind, although not the voice, of some other member of the party. The player who has been outside the door now comes back and puts a question to each of the party in turn. He must gnees whom each in turn is personating, although the voice of the individual is kept. This game is immensely amusing if well played, The players of Wretches' (Retsch't) Outlines (of whom the more there are the merrier) seat themselves at a table. Each is provided with a piece of note paper and a pen and ink and pencil. Bach player draws a line at random on his page in ink, which he then passes to his neighbour, who must make a picture out of it as beat he may, preierving the line originally made, and adding on to it. Short linei are supposed to make funnier pictures. The picture is cornpitted in pencil. Articles of furniture, faces of men, women and unimale, flowers, etc, may be evolved by adding to the firtt line made. Adjectives and Verbs is another funny game. The chief player writes a letter in private, leavirjg out all adjectives and verbs. He then asks each number of the company in turn for an adjectite or verb, which he wiiies in the bank space ha has left previously When tbt letter is finished he reads it aloud.— Pilot.

I have a little lesson In numbers every day ; Aod, if you like, I'll tell yon The kind I have to eay — I call them play.

There was a little pigeon, And when he said " Coo-coo I " Another little pigeon Close down beside him flew Then there were two. Two pretty ships were sailing As giandly hs could be ; And ''Ship ahoy 1" another Sailed out upon the Bea — Then tb' re were three. I had a pre'ty rose-bosh That grew beside my door : Three roses blooded upon if, And soon there came one moreThen there were four. P iur bee« a-gathering honey — The busiest tilings alive ; And soon there came another From out the crowded hire. Then there weie fiva.

Those last were ruher hard ones — The rose* and the bees ; But my mamma says '■ Numbers Get harder by degrees." Harder than these I — St Nicholas.