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Title: Facts in Jingles Author: Winifred Sackville Stoner Release date: January 22, 2015 [eBook #48044] Most recently updated: October 24, 2024 Language: English Credits: Produced by David Starner, Clare Elliott, Joe Cooper, Close@Hand and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FACTS IN JINGLES *** FACTS IN JINGLES [Illustration: Winifred, age twelve, with her trained bird, Okikusan] FACTS IN JINGLES _By_ WINIFRED SACKVILLE STONER, JR. (Written Between the Ages of Five and Twelve) [Illustration] INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1915 THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dedicated to Miss Katharine O'Shea of Madison, Wisconsin INTRODUCTION These jingles were written by a child for children. The young author does not expect that any one will imagine they were intended to be a contribution to poetry or literature. They will be of interest to adults principally as an illustration of the way a child's mind views some of the every-day situations of life. Grown people will also be interested to see how easily a young child can put facts into the jingle form when freedom of expression is acquired early. Those who have read Mrs. Stoner's _Natural Education_ will recall that Winifred learned almost as a babe to use the typewriter. This helped her in her spelling and composition, so that she gained ease and freedom in expressing herself on any topic that she understood. She wrote out everything she learned so that she might the better get a grasp of it and remember it. And she found that when some kinds of facts were put together in a jingle they could be fixed with less effort and retained more securely than if they were learned in the ordinary way--by rote and without any method of organization. Rhyme and rhythm seem to furnish to the young mind an easy and effective method of relating and expressing facts ordinarily dissociated from anything of interest to a child. As long as such facts are presented to the young in home and school, the jingle will prove of service to teachers and parents, and of interest and value to children. In addition, some of these jingles will delight the young merely because of their rhythmical quality, while others will afford amusement because of the humorous interpretation they put on many of the events that are daily experienced by children everywhere. Any adult who may read these jingles should be informed that many of them were written when Winifred was hardly more than a babe. And all of them were dashed off without effort to achieve poetic merit. One characteristic that makes them of interest is their spontaneity. As an illustration of the readiness with which Winifred can construct a jingle, I may say that when she was twelve years of age, I happened one day to read her the following essay on _Bones_ written by a pupil: "Bones is the framework of the body. If I had no bones in me, I should not have so much shape as I have now. If I had no bones my brain, heart, lungs, and larger blood vessels would be lying around in me, and might get hurt. If my bones were burned I should be brittle, because it would take the animal out of me. If I was soaked in acid I should be limber. I'd rather be soaked than burned. Some of my bones don't grow close to my others snug like the branches to the trunk of a tree. The reason why they don't grow that way is because they have joints. Joints is good things to have in bones. All my bones put together make a skeleton. Some animals have their skeleton on the outside. I am glad I am not them animals, for my skeleton like it is on the chart would not look very well on my outside." I asked her if she would put the essay into a rhyme. She ran off to her typewriter, and in twelve minutes came back with the jingle, _I'm glad I'm not an Exo_. It is published exactly as she handed it to me, without change in content or in form. Mrs. Stoner's _Natural Education_ describes in detail how Winifred has been educated up to this point in her career. This book of jingles presents some concrete evidence of the results of Mrs. Stoner's method of teaching freedom of expression, and her many devices for assisting a child to retain more or less formal facts in history, the sciences, and so on. The book will prove of interest and help to children, and parents and teachers should be able to get suggestions and practical teaching devices from it. M. V. O'SHEA. Madison, Wisconsin. Ever since I was five years old my dear friends, the fairies, have whispered jingles to me as keys to Memory's storehouse. As these jingles have been of great assistance in my studies, I have asked my good publishers to put them in book form with the hope that they may help, or at least amuse, many girls and boys. WINIFRED SACKVILLE STONER, JR. CONTENTS PAGE Adam's Funny Bone 238 After the Fourth Was Over 57 All Dentists Go to Heaven 47 All the World Cries 93 Answers, Not Questions, Cause Trouble 22 Appeal to the Fairies, An 187 Are All Angels Blonds? 304 Armadillo, The 199 At Easter 242 Autos Change Good Luck 85 Autumn, Queen of Year 88 Baa! Baa! Black Sheep 206 Bach, Johann Sebastian 269 Bachelor's Opinion of a Baby, A 156 Barber, Barber, Shave a Pig 226 Beethoven, Ludwig von 265 Berlioz, Louis Hector 293 Best Month of All, The 194 Beware of Stings 181 Beware of the Wet 144 Birthday Wish, A 205 B. O. K. Fairy, The 185 Bony Song, A 17 Book Mark, A 200 Bo-Peep 209 Boy Who Was Hero and Villain, A 84 Boy's Complaint, A 31 Boy's Description of a Goat, A 87 Brahms, Johannes 267 Brick Versus Watch 148 Bridget Makes Split Pea Soup 2 Brunettes All the Rage 121 Butcher, Baker, Candle-Stick Maker 221 Careful Mother, The 3 Cat Extincted the Canary, The 16 Cats a Kissin' (Catechism) 122 Children's Prayer, The 255 Chopin, Frédéric François 261 Christmas Wish for All My Friends, 40 Could Only Ask Questions 126 Cultus Mitlite 127 Curly Locks 230 Czerny, Karl 303 Dans Ma Cuisine 166 Dans Ma Maison 163 Dans Mon Joli Jardin 165 Days of Chivalry, The 142 Dickory Dock 226 Doctor Foster 217 Dux Femina Via 203 Easter Greeting 65 Easter Greeting to My Friend 90 Eatable Alphabet, An 241 England's Kings in Rhyme 115 Equal Franchise Valentine, An 180 Esperanto Grammar 198 Esperanto Poem Plain to All, An 154 Fairy Centaphrase, The 254 First Forks, The 110 First Match, The 97 First Metal Plow, The 106 Five Best Fairies, The 177 Five-Foot Shelf of Summer Books, A 15 Five Good Giants 200 Five Little Pigs 231 Franz, Robert 259 Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go, A 211 Furs Lined with Kittens 12 German Jinglette, A 236 Ghost Story, A 153 Giant Arithmos, The 67 Girls' Alphabet, The 243 Glorious O, The 237 Glück, Christopher Willibald 292 Good B's and Bad T's 30 Good-Bye to Teddy Bears 99 Good People Everywhere 305 Good Weather Assured 92 Goosey, Goosey Gander 212 Gottschalk, Louis Moreau 298 Grammar in a Nutshell 183 Grandma Turkey's Lament 21 Grandpa's Head Turns Frew His Hair 5 Great A, Little A 234 Great Surprise, A 1 Greatest Kings of Music Land, The 262 Greedy Imps 157 Greetings to Norfolk 158 Grouch-Bug, The 33 Growing Things 4 Handel, George Frederick 263 Hark! Hark! the Dogs Do Bark 228 Haydn, Franz Joseph 271 Hens 36 Her Turn Coming 128 Hope 94 Hot Cross Buns 230 How Mother Learned Natural History 141 How Simple Simon Became Wise 184 How to Be Happy 136 Humpty Dumpty 231 In India 189 Information by Phone 123 I'm Glad I'm Not an Exo 245 I Prefer a Lazy Bee 169 It Takes a Cigar a Long Time to Wear Out 105 Jack and Jill 226 Jack, Be Nimble 217 Jack Spratt 214, 229 Job Smarter Than Modern Babies 80 Johnnie's Conundrum 130 Joke on Onklo Karlo, A 8 Kind Hearts 35 King Teddy the Fearless 32 King's Questions, The 111 Kitten Gone to Waste, A 78 Kitty, Where Have You Been? 213 Koppa After Pi 148 Last of Mary Had a Little Lamb 28 Lazy White Men Sit While Flying Through the Air 104 Learning the French Alphabet 161 Legend of Westminster Abbey 140 Legends of the Coronation Stone 107 Let Ma Vote 173 Let the Bumble Be 20 Liszt, Franz 288 Little Boy and the Little Sparrow, The 223 Little Boy Blue 215 Little Girl with the Little Curl, The 236 Little Man with the Little Gun, The 209 Little Mary with Her Canary 220 Little Miss Muffet 212 Little Tommy Tucker 228 Mabel at the Butcher Shop 48 Man in the Moon, The 233 Marjory Daw 233 Mary Had a Lamb Song 234 Mary Had a Little Lamb 235 Mary, Quite Contrary 220 Memory Jogger for Your Desk, A 249 Mendelssohn, Jakob Ludwig Felix 296 Midsummer Joys 56 Miller on the Dee, The 206 Mother Hubbard 215 Mother Wotsat, of Wanamakerland 252 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 273 Much Learning Saves Ignatius 13 Multiplication Is Vexation 216 Museum's Fat Lady, The 10 Music 258 My Black Hen 234 My Christmas Wish 86 My Country 156 My Easter Wish 54 My Impression of Newspaper Men 151 My Son John 225 Nature's Music 260 'Neath Niagara Falls 182 Nervous Jelly 82 New Baby, The 98 New Year Babe, The 81 Nissen the Santa Claus of Norway 37 North Pole Jingle 240 Ode to a Faithful Dog Dubbed Pickles, An 256 Oh, Pretty Little Girl, Where Are You Going? 232 Old Garden, An 171 Old King Cole 225 Old Mother Goose 227 Old-Time and a Modern Song, An 139 Old Woman in a Shoe, The 222 Old Woman, Mother Goose, The 207 On Midsummer Night 143 On Thanksgiving 51 One, Two, Three, Four, Five 236 Only Naughty Children See Spooks on Hallowe'en 53 Oriental Metaphor 159 Our Presidents 124 Papa's Sainted Leg 186 Past and Present Eve, The 149 Patti Cake 224 Patti Lou at the Zoo 11 Peace Forerunner--"Love Mankind" 257 Pearl of Lakes, The 9 Peas Pudding Hot 219 Peter Pumpkin Eater 216 Peter Visits an Episcopal Church 152 Pets' Christmas Carol, The 52 Pickerino--The Cook's Fate, A 106 Plea to Editors, A 196 Plea to Knights and Ladies Fair, A 194 Please, Grandpa, Croak 108 Pretty Little Maid with Pretty Little Bonnet 235 Pretty Maid, Where Are You Going? 210 Pride 79 Pure-Blooded Pup, The 69 Pussy in the Well 218 Queen of Flowerhood 239 Rain, Rain, Go Away 221 Revenge on an Aching Tooth 137 Riddle, A 96 Rock-a-Bye, Baby 213 Roosevelt Compliments Mama Lion 23 Rubinstein, Anton 289 Santa's Reindeer in the Sky 41 Saying His Speech 195 Scarlatti, Alessandro 302 Schubert, Franz Peter 277 Schumann, Robert 279 Seeking Bargains 126 Simple Simon 214 Sing a Song of Sixpence 222 Sing Joyfully on Your Way 218 Six in the Cemetery 125 Six Little Mice Sat Down to Spin 208 Skillet in Society, A 66 Sleepers in Westminster Abbey 100 Snail, Snail, Come Out of Your Hole 223 Song of Home, A 175 Song of the Woods, A 147 Soul of a Miser, The 160 Spelling Wrong "Rong" 172 Strauss, Johann 300 Susan Rewarded for Twenty Years' Service 6 Taffy Was a Thief 229 Take That Gum from Your Mouth and Put Your Feet Right In 91 Tasmania 197 Tersest Bathing Suit, The 89 Thanksgiving in 20,000 A. D. 49 Then and Now 176 Three Blind Mice 224 Three Cheers for Typewriters! 247 Three Wise Men of Gotham 208 Time of His Life, The 25 Titania's Toyland 253 Titanic's Noble Band 131 To Friends Who Remembered Me When I Was Ill 158 To Market 232 To Modern Knights 145 To My Leap Year Valentine 244 To My Valentine 58 To Save Him from a Whipping 109 Tom the Piper's Son 219 Too Many Dolls 27 Too Ticklish to Count His Ribs 104 Torpid Liver 'Sploded Him, A 160 Twilight 14 Uncle Sam's Pittsburgh Arsenal 201 Un Petit Barbare Pou 167 Verdi, Giuseppe 281 Wagner, Wilhelm Richard 275 Weber, Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von 295 Wee Willie's First Hair Cut 24 When Will We Be Old Enough? 129 When Women Vote 170 Whingwang Sonnet of an Easter Bonnet, A 55 Who Is Mother Goose 233 Wilmington's Good Fairy 251 Wilmington's Santa Claus 250 Winds of March, The 155 Winking Star, The 26 Wise Replies 168 Woes Caused by Whooping Bugs 29 Wonderland of Matematiko, The 59 Wondrous Growing Baby, A 7 World's a Mirror, The 248 Young Mail Carrier, The 95 FACTS IN JINGLES A GREAT SURPRISE On the nineteenth day of August, in the year of nineteen two, Most kind and gracious Madame Stork right over Norfolk flew, And brought to my dear mother there a wonderful surprise, A little red-brown baby girl with large blackberry eyes. Now mother, she had asked the stork to bring her greatest joy And drop a bundle at her door containing a wee boy; But when the stork made a mistake and brought just little me, She thought that I was better far than any boy could be, And wrapped me in the blanket which she'd planned for my wee brother And which my dear "Ma Mie" had knit to help my busy mother. She changed the name of Lionel to little Winifred, And all the things for brother planned, she gave to me instead. BRIDGET MAKES SPLIT PEA SOUP "Bridget," asked the mistress, "whatever is the matter, Nothing ready for our lunch excepting pancake batter? Why, I invited guests to come for lunch at half-past one, And they've been waiting all this time and yet there's nothing done." "Well, mum," replied Miss Bridget, "the fault is all your own, For split pea soup you ordered and, workin' here alone, It's took me just two hours while tryin' just to split Three hundred of these blarsted peas, which give me most a fit, And as there's still three hundred, 'twill take two hours more To split the pesky little things, shure as me name's MAHORE!" THE CAREFUL MOTHER Now come, dear John, and go to school, I hope you know your every rule. No, do not kiss me, Johnnie dear, My mouth is full of germs I fear. Love, as you walk along the street, You must not pat each dog you meet. Alas! you naughty, careless lad, You've touched the cat, how sad, how sad! For I must sterilize again Your hands and face and books and pen. Now, take each antiseptic glove And quickly into each one shove Your fingers which are prone to be From dreaded germs--ah, never free. Here's "SURE-GERM-KILLER" in a case. Put some at once on hands and face, For, oh, I fear those dreadful GERMS May some day make you food for worms! GROWING THINGS My dearest friend, John M--, and I, at least our mothers say, Are growing just as weeds will grow in April and in May. John's legs they grow so very fast his pants they leave his knees, His jackets get so very tight they burst if he dare sneeze. His head grows large and larger, I suppose because of brains, So when he wears his last year's cap, it causes lots of pains. And I am such a growing thing, my dresses they won't last More than a month before the spot marked by my knees is passed. And when I had the measles and had to stay in bed, You scarcely can believe me, but I grew from foot to head. So everyone who saw me said that I had grown an inch, And when I tried to wear my shoes, oh, my, but they did pinch! But generally my shoes don't last until they are too small, Because I kick the toes right out while playing at football. GRANDPA'S HEAD TUMS FREW HIS HAIR When Margaret was a youngster scarcely two years old, At climbing chairs and tables this lass was very bold. And one day when her grandpa was seated in his chair, She climbed upon the rounded rungs as if they were a stair, And looking at her grandpa's head, which fast was growing bald, She cried out, "Dearest Grandpa, one time you must hab failed, Or maybe you've been naughty and dot an awful scare, Which taused the top ob yu's round head to tum right frew de hair." SUSAN REWARDED FOR TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE Professor Theophilus Socrates Snook One day paid a visit to Susan, his cook, And, beaming upon her with kindliest look, Said, "Susan, my dear, please gaze at this book. In here you may learn of elephantiasis, And also the hookworm, uncinariasis; Of craw-craw and chiggers, of ainhum and sprue, And all that I've written about them is true. Now, Susan, to me you've been faithful, my dear, In keeping my house for many a year; For years nearly twenty you've been now with me, Cooking my victuals just as they should be, And truly I think a reward I should pay To one who has labored from day unto day. So when I discovered a wondrous new germ, Which causes young children to wiggle and squirm, I thought that this bug for you I would name And bring you great glory and honor and fame. It's a wondrous discovery, this ungomariasis, And so we will call it the SUSANBONPIASIS." "No, thank you, your honor," said Susan Bawben, "I had the bugs once and don't want 'em again. And if you onsist upon callin' me BUGS, I'll lave you alone wid your books and your drugs." A WONDROUS GROWING BABY FIRST LADY: "Just now I heard a story, which sister says is true, About a lovely baby which grew and grew and grew, Because its mother fed it on full gallons of good milk, So that it gained ten pounds a day and looked as fine as silk." SECOND LADY: "I don't believe the story, such diet it would kill A poor wee darling baby--at least, 'twould make it ill." FIRST LADY: "'Tis true, most little babies would have burst and died-- But not so with this baby--'Ma Elephant's fond pride.'" A JOKE ON ONKLO KARLO Onklo Karlo, he's a duck, and I love him dearly, 'Cause he loves all little girls, amusing them so queerly By catching in his mouth the nuts which he hurls in the air, And making paper cones to stand just almost anywhere; Or holding apples on a pole stuck right upon his nose, And balancing the little girls just straight upon his toes. He always has good candy--the kind I love to eat-- Made of delicious goodies that taste so nice and sweet. He tells most wondrous stories of sky and land and sea, And never seems to weary of pleasing little me; And jokes, he knows so many his store will ne'er give out, They make me laugh and giggle and sometimes even shout; But here's a joke on Onklo--I wonder if he knows That nails are hidden in his socks--of course, they're on his toes. THE PEARL OF LAKES Of all good Uncle Sam's great lakes, LAKE ERIE is the best; She is a pearl among all lakes Of north, south, east or west Her waters on a pleasant day Dance gaily in the sun, And ever seem to smile at me And say, "Come, have some fun Within my cool refreshing spray Of waters bright and clear, Oh, little girl, come right away, And never have a fear! There are no dread sea monsters here Within my wide domain, Where only best of 'Finny-kind' Are e'er allowed to reign." My little friend, sweet Jean, and I Say, "Thank you, gracious Lake, Well don our bathing suits and caps And then a plunge will take Right into your fresh cooling fount, And then we'll be so clean That not a soul would ever think That PITTSBURGH we had seen." THE MUSEUM'S FAT LADY TEACHER TO TOMMY: "Now, Tommy, please answer, and tell me at once, Who is your father, you silly young dunce?" TOMMY TO TEACHER: Said Tommy, with tears gushing forth from his eyes, "I know you're a lady w'at's most wondrous wise, But I hates like the mischief to tell on poor Pa, 'Cause he's always good to both me and Ma, But he is the fat lady w'at you may see By goin' to Barnum's and payin' a fee." PATTI LOU AT THE ZOO My little Cousin Patti Lou One day went to the Highland Zoo, And there she saw an old ZEBU Who looked at her and said, "Moo--moo!" And ended with an awful "Oooooooooh!" She saw also a funny GNU, And said to him, "Well, how are you?" But he would nothing say or do, Not even grant, nor bray, nor mew. She saw a polly as it flew, And showed gay feathers, pink and blue, But when she came this bird to woo, Poll bit her finger almost through. Near to this wicked Polly Chew There lived a handsome, large HIBOU, Which came from some fine foreign zoo, And worked its head round like a screw. The camel and the kangaroo, With polar bears and brown bears, too, And many birds to me quite new, All made their home in this great zoo. With elephants and tigers, too, And a huge lion named KING FOO, He paced his cage and said, "Grr--roo!" As if he meant, "I will eat you!" Near him a dove all pink and blue So sweetly sang of love, "Coo--coo," While across the way MONK SNOOPLE SNOO Swung by his tail and sneezed "Ca--choo!" FURS LINED WITH KITTENS Said a rich little girl, who was boasting one day, "I'ze too many furs, so I throws them away;" But her poor little friend, who fine furs had none, In braggadocia could not be outdone, And proudly she showed her little fur mittens And said, "I'ze sum odders, do deys lined wid kittens." MUCH LEARNING SAVES IGNATIUS "Father," said learned Ignatius, as the strap was preparing to fall Down on his trousersless bare-skin, "I don't mind a whipping at all, But are you quite certain, dear father, the strap has been well sterilized? For virulent germs in old leather are often concealed and disguised; And surely by violent impact with textile and soft porous skin, But lately exposed to the street's dust there's danger of entering in Upon my most delicate system, and then comes the big doctor's fee, So, dear father, show you're a wise man and touch not the strap upon me." While the learned youth plead, lo! his father upon that dread strap loosed his hold, And thus he escaped from a whipping, Ignatius the wise and the bold. TWILIGHT Of all the hours of day or night Give me the twilight hour, When little birds hide out of sight And every sylvan bower Is filled with their sweet good night song, While darkness creeps apace O'er all the bright blue sky along And hides the sun's gold face. That is the hour when Mother dear Says, "Come, sweetheart," to me, "And of the earth's great heroes hear While sitting on my knee." Upon her arm I rest my hand And wondrous stories hear, Until it's time to go to bed, Tucked in by Mother dear. A FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF SUMMER BOOKS Whenever you're perspiring like a Gruyère cheese, List to this list of cooling works which cannot fail to please: Great Isaac Hayes's noted work upon the POLAR SEA, How much with him this broiling day we all would like to be! Or maybe in the SNOWBOUND realms we'd find still more delight If Whittier, the poet great, would take us there to-night. With Nansen in his tales of weird and far-off frozen lands, Where no one needs be tortured by electric buzzing fans; And Barrows' wondrous voyages in icy ARCTIC REGIONS, Meeting monstrous icebergs each hour by the legions. While each and all would love to get a nice big cooling box Of the ARCTIC SUNBEAMS that are mentioned by S. Cox, And ICY LANDS by Perry, Kane, Atkinson and Hall, Sound so mighty tempting to us one and all. Exploring parties to the North led by the hero Schley, Oh, such a summer voyage how we would like to try! And follow after Wrangell with snow up to our knees Across Siberia's lonely plains to far-off NORTHERN SEAS. While reading of the ICE FLOATS from Kennan and from Hohn, We feel that we should have a shelf all of our very own, And on it all these chilly works we there should keep on hand, To take us when we're hot and cross to some cool northern land. THE CAT EXTINCTED THE CANARY "Josephine," asked the teacher, "can you tell to me Any bird that's now extinct, but used on earth to be?" "Oh, yes, Miss Jane," said Josephine, "our sweet canary, Jim, Because the naughty pussy cat, she quite extincted him." A BONY SONG Eight and twenty bones, 'tis said, Are located in my head. In my trunk are fifty-four That I add to my bone store; While my limbs have plenty more-- Full one hundred twenty-four. In my skull, the strong round box Which protects my brains from knocks, There are eight bones in its wall-- Glad I have them when I fall! Occipital there is but one; One ethmoid and wedge sphenoid one, One frontal bone not very long-- Compared with oak just twice as strong. Parietals there are but two, Two temporals will also do. Fourteen bones are in my face, To know them not is a disgrace. One lower jaw and upper two Help me each day when I must chew. Two turbinated shaped like cones, Two nasal, malar, palate bones, Two lachrymals and vomer one, But very large bones there are none. The smallest bones are in my ear And help me when I wish to hear. These bones so small, are hard to see-- The mallet, anvil, stapes wee. My bony trunk it takes good care Of all the organs hidden there. Its spinal column very long Has six and twenty bones so strong. Small bones just seven it doth take A neck or cervical to make, With dorsals twelve and lumbars five, I surely need if I would thrive; With sacrum one and lots of ribs, Fourteen true and ten called "fibs," One coccyx, sternum, hyoid small, With two big hip bones--that is all. Now in my limbs, just let me see, I own a clavicle or key, A scapula or shoulder blade, And which for gold I wouldn't trade, A humerus not meant for fun, A radius and ulna one. Eight carpals help to form my wrists. Five metacarpals in my fist, While all my fingers have each three Phalanges that are strong but wee, But my poor thumbs can only boast Of two phalanges at the most. My lower limbs are proud to own A sturdy thigh or femur bone. This useful bone is very long And joined by a patella strong To two stout bones within my leg, One like a flute, one like a peg, One as the fibula is known, The other's called tibia bone. My instep has just seven tarsals, Shaped à la the eight wrist carpals, While the five bones in my feet With fourteen more the toes complete. Thus each perfect person owns Just two hundred and six bones. LET THE BUMBLE BE One day I saw a bumble bee bumbling on a rose, And as I stood admiring him, he stung me on the nose. My nose in pain it swelled so large it looked like a potato, So Daddy said, though Mother thought 'twas more like a tomato. And now, dear children, this advice, I hope you'll take from me, And when you see a bumble bee, just let that bumble be. GRANDMA TURKEY'S LAMENT "Oh! Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! Oh! The Turkey-world is full of woe!" So Grandma Turkey sadly gobbles As in her coop she lamely wobbles. "This woe is caused by people's germs Which are much smaller than wee worms Yet cause great trouble on this earth And drive away all joy and mirth. "When I was young the turkeys then They lost their turklettes now and then When wintry winds came howling round And chilly snow fell on the ground From one disease, DECAPIDITIS, But now we have appendicitis While it is pleasant summer weather And we should scarcely lose a feather. "Our poor weak throats are the receiver For children's ills, as scarlet fever And many a diphtheratic germ Which causes us in pain to squirm, Extincting all of our fine race So common birds must take our place." ANSWERS, NOT QUESTIONS, CAUSE TROUBLE MOTHER: "Don't bother your father with questions, Ervane, He's tired of hearing you ask to explain Why fishes can't walk or ride on the land? How lizards and fleas can live in the sand? What causes the sun to set in the west And always to sleep in one golden nest? When will the time come for children to fly And play in the clouds with the birds in the sky? Such foolish, vain questions, they trouble your dad And sometimes I fear they make him quite sad." "No, Mother," replied the inquisitive lad, "It's the answers, not questions, that trouble poor Dad." ROOSEVELT COMPLIMENTS MAMA LION One day last year King Teddy arose with old King Sun And, seeing a huge lion, he seized his trusty gun And made the King of Jungle-land quickly homeward run, While Teddy followed after and thought it lots of fun. King Lion reached his tavern home, trembling in great fear, But when Queen Lion heard his tale, she simply scratched one ear, Then shrugged her shoulders à la hump and to her husband said, "In all the best newspapers how often have I read That Teddy loves all parents who large families possess, And I am sure with many cubs our happy den is blessed." Then grave and proud Queen Lion she carried out each babe, And placed it in the doorway of her Afro-jungle cave; And there she proudly waited for King Teddy to appear, For of his teeth and of his gun she hadn't any fear. The coward King of Jungle-land, he hid himself inside, And when he heard King Teddy's voice his bones shook in his hide; But soon he knew his fears were vain when Teddy, laughing, said: "As mother of fine sextets, you surely rank ahead Of all the lions I have met in circus tent or den, To meet you I'm DEE-LIGHTED, and I hope we'll meet again." WEE WILLIE'S FIRST HAIR CUT Last Friday, for the first time, wee Willie went with me To the colored barber, who bowed most graciously, And asked the little fellow how should he crop his curls, Close to his head, in medium length, or bobbed like little girls'? Wee Willie answered promptly. "My hair, please, barber, crop Like my own dear Daddy's, wif a small round hole on top." THE TIME OF HIS LIFE There are many schools of learning and also schools of game, But the school with largest members bears KING HIPPO'S name, And big and little people, yes, even EVANS' FLEET, Would think it quite unpleasant a Hippo school to meet. But Bwana Tumbo Teddy, who knows no thought of fear, Laughed in joyous pleasure as the SCHOOL drew near, And smiling at the leader, he made her stiff with fright, As from his parted mouthpiece his white teeth came in sight. Then Bwana seized his rifle and, taking steady aim, He fired at Queen Hippo and made her front legs lame, Then shooting at her sisters, and brothers left and right, He scattered all the mighty beasts and drove them out of sight. All those he killed, this hunter brave, then quickly towed ashore, Saying, "I'M DEE-LIGHTED, and I hope to meet some more SCHOOLS OF HIPPOPOTAMI that feel inclined to strife, As in this Hippo-battle I'd the time of my whole life." THE WINKING STAR There's a winking star in the sky above, At least so I've been told; A veritable little flirt of a star, But he surely can't be bold, As he's some million miles from here In Pegasus, the steed, And if we wish to see him wink A telescope we need. TOO MANY DOLLS Miss Margaret Mary Elizabeth May, Had one hundred dollies with which she could play. There were bisque dolls and wax dolls and dolls with real hair, Red dolls and black dolls and dolls that were fair, Fat dolls and plump dolls and dolls in the style, Hipless and jointless and dressed in a smile; Sag dolls and wood dolls and celluloid boys, China and paper and Jumping Jack Joys; Irish and Scotch dolls and dolls from Paree, And all of the strange lands from over the sea; Jappies and Chinese and dark Esquimos, Dutchies and Germans and cutest Dagoes; Dollies from Egypt and dollies from Spain, Hindoos and Hebrews and one little Dane. From Poland and Russia they'd traveled afar By railroad and steamer and also by car To join other dollies from Johnnie Bull's home, And lovely Italians from far away Rome. From Greenland and Iceland, Norway and Greece, The string of these dollies seemed never to cease. But Margaret Mary Elizabeth May Could never decide with which doll to play, So she was not happy as poor little Sue, Who in her doll family had only two Wretched rag dollies without any hair, But which she considered a most lovely pair. And these ugly dollies they gave her delight, As with them she played from morning till night. LAST OF MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Mary had a little lamb; She also had a little ham, A pie, a cake, an ice-cream cone, Which caused the maiden loud to groan. And now poor Mary and her lamb And pie and cake and cone and ham Are resting in the cold, dark tomb-- For Mary met dyspeptic's doom. WOES CAUSED BY WHOOPING BUGS If you don't believe that whooping-cough causes lots of woe, Just catch a few whooping germs and then I guess you'll know That whoopee-whoops! and wheepee-wheeps! are not one bit of fun, When you see others playing games where all must jump and run; For if you jump or if you run, you start the whoop-oop-oop! And even if you're tired you can't sleep for the croup, Caused by the awful whooping bugs, which lurk within your throat And make your voice sound hoarser than the singing of a goat. For fear of spreading whooping bugs you certainly can't go To Sunday-school or other school, or even to a show, But you must stay at home ALONE from three to six long weeks, And listen to your croaking voice, which whoops and sometimes squeaks. So therefore take the good advice of a little girl who knows, And stay away from WHOOPING-COUGH, which causes lots of woes. GOOD B'S AND BAD T'S The most precious treasures in all this good earth, The givers of JOY of only true worth Are good books and babies, the two little B's That are gifts of the FAIRIES for mortals to please. The most dreaded tortures in all this wide earth That to all greatest SORROWS are prone to give birth Are bad tears and temper, the two ugly T's Invented by GOBLINS for mortals to tease. A BOY'S COMPLAINT Grandma calls me Johnnie, father calls me John, My sweetheart calls me Buddy, and the boys call me Don, But Mother, oh, dear Mother, whenever I come near, She calls me darling Baby and sometimes "BABY DEAR." I like the name of Johnnie, I'm proud of my name John, I don't mind hearing Buddy and the shorter name of Don, But, though I love dear Mother far more than all the rest, Her name of DARLING BABY I thoroughly detest. You see when I am playing with boys in the street, And pitching ball or doing some extraordinary feat, It makes me feel so little to hear my mother call, "Watch out, my darling BABY, be careful lest you fall!" I'm not a darling baby, nor little baby dear, I'm quite a great big boy and have no baby fear, But I can't stand the guying the boys give to me, When Mother starts to calling that hateful name--"BABEE." KING TEDDY, THE FEARLESS King Teddy has much courage to fight both beasts and men With pistols and with broadswords and with the mighty pen. And now in Afric jungles he's busy fighting fleas, Mosquitoes, and big tigers and monstrous bumble bees; Huge elephants, gorillas and awful Guinea-worms, Sloughing phagedæna, and sleeping sickness germs, Tinea imbricata, piedra, and goundou, Malaria and the ainhum, pinta and the sprue, Chyluria, mycetonia, leprosy and yaws, Afric dysentery and maybe lions' claws, Bubonic plague and dengue and dreadful tropic-boils, Fevers black and yellow and sometimes serpents' coils, Tinea Madagascar, Dhobie itch, screw worms, Beri-beri and craw-craw and all the Afric germs; With dread sun-traumatism, and abscess of the liver, Yet none of these great terrors can make King Teddy shiver. THE GROUCH-BUG Of all the dreaded bugs and germs That in this earth abound, No bugs in greater number Have ever yet been found, Nor looked upon with terror more By big folks and by small Than GROUCH-BUGS, which are awful pests. That come to one and all. They make us, oh, so cranky That we would like to yell, And hunt up all the meanest things About our friends to tell. When other folks are smiling The GROUCH-BUG'S victim cries, While other folks are dancing The GROUCH-SICK heave big sighs. A great and noted doctor says The GROUCH-BUG is but found Within the torrid climate Where heat waves will abound, And that the bug will never live In woman, boy or child, But always seeks a man's stout frame And makes him cross and wild. But though I'm young, I truly think That this is not quite true, For well I know some little girls, And boys and ladies, too, Who have the awful GROUCHES And get quite fiercely mad So that they act like demons Who never can be glad. My daddy says the only cure Which he would always use For folks who get the GROUCHES And other folks abuse, Would be to give a ducking With water freezing cold So that they'd be so chilly They couldn't even scold. But for the kiddies of my age Who let this bad bug in, He recommends the touching Of peach limb to bare skin. KIND HEARTS There are no bigger hearts for their bodies And no kinder hearts on this earth Than the big juicy red hearts of melons, To mortals fair jewels of worth. The "King Water Melon," the big heart, Of all earthly melons the best, He clings to the earth, his good mother, And never once leaves her warm breast. And so when he's grown he's a big heart, Which helps both the great and the small, When fevers are burning our parched throats Or if we are thirsty at all. These kind hearts are always so cooling And taste, oh, so good and so sweet, I'm sure that they once grew in Eden For our Father Adam to eat. HENS What curious birds are common hens! They make good broth and even pens. They have no teeth, no hair, no nose, But sport a comb red as a rose. They have no arms or funny bones That causes folks to let forth groans, Their victuals they all swallow whole And use a craw for a chopping bowl. They have no hands, they have no wrists, And without hands they can't make fists, But for one thing they should rejoice And cluck aloud with cheerful voice; Not having hands, they have no nails, Which are the cause of many wails, For once a week we girls and boys Must put aside our games and toys And all our nice exciting tales, While mother trims our finger nails. NISSEN, THE SANTA CLAUS OF NORWAY How glad I am that I was born in this land very dear, Where children have a Santa Claus of whom they have no fear; A Santa who is always kind, remembering one and all When every year at Christmas time, he pays us all a call. In far away chill Norway, there NISSEN is the name Of the Christmas visitor who bears good Santa's fame; But he's a naughty brownie so short and very small, Not a bit like Santa who pays us all a call. But, like our good gift giver, his beard is long and white, And he wears a coat of furs and many colors bright. But instead of bringing goodies to good girls and to boys, Nice new clothes and books and games and lots of wondrous toys, He expects that all big folks and also little ones Should leave his favorite dishes, such as puddings, cakes and buns, Outside of every doorway so that he may eat at will Of these luscious dainties until he has had his fill. Then after eating all the cakes his "tummy-tum" can hold, He milks the cows and splits the wood (at least, so I've been told), But never thinks to bring nice gifts to little girls and boys Whose parents have to trim their trees and buy them all their toys. Besides, this naughty NISSEN is cross at times and bad, And does all sorts of horrid tricks which I think very sad At Christmas when we all should be so kind to one another, And treat each person whom we meet as if he were our brother. But NISSEN steals away the cows and even horses fleet, From all the people who forget to bake him puddings sweet; And if above a whisper one should dare to speak or sing About this cranky fellow, then this evil he will bring Upon the one who dared to throw his name upon the breeze, As from that time the guilty one must sneeze and sneeze and sneeze. Now in our land we sing loud praise of Santa all the time, And tell about his goodness great, in prose and jingling rhyme; And yet it seems the more we sing about the jolly elf, The more he brings each year to us upon the mantel shelf. But children in far Norway are better girls and boys Than we who live in this fair land and think so much of toys That we forget about the pets while feeding our own selves Like thoughtless, greedy little pigs or naughty selfish elves. While Norway children in the fall they work to gather corn And save it for the birds they feed on every Christmas morn; So we should follow in their steps and feed the wee birds crumbs Before we start to feast ourselves on Christmas sugar plums. A CHRISTMAS WISH FOR ALL MY FRIENDS While Christmas bells are chiming, oh, may there come to you A dear sweet little fairy, who's always good and true; The little happy fairy, who drives away dull care, And makes all things upon the earth seem ever bright and fair. She'll whisper to good Santa to bring what you most wish; So if you have been longing for a fine pudding dish, She will not, as in by-gone years, forget and bring to you Something that you do not want, though beautiful and new. SANTA'S REINDEER IN THE SKY Long, long ago before this earth had any girls and boys To hang their stockings on the shelf expecting Christmas toys, Good Santa was a big white cloud that floated in the sky; If you had lived in those old days, you'd seen him floating by. But when the children came to rule upon good Mother Earth, She took kind Santa from the sky and made him God of Mirth; To bring at every Christmas time good gifts to girls and boys And make them all so happy with a lot of lovely toys. Far, far among the icebergs, in the cold and freezing zone, She built for him a palace, where he lives almost alone, With only good old Mrs. Claus to keep him company, And sometimes Cousin Nicholas for two days or for three. Wise Mother Earth she knew this clime would suit good Santa well, For here no foolish, idle folks would ever come to dwell; Nor pay the good Saint visits which would waste his precious time, While he could work much faster here than in a warmer clime. But never did he suffer from the icebergs at the Pole, As fairies kept his fireplace all full of red-hot coal; Or heaped bright burning logs on it as full as it could hold, So Santa never felt a tweak of Jack Frost's biting cold. Likewise the fairies brought to him and his most faithful spouse, Just everything that they could need to keep a cozy house. And even cooked their victuals and brought them every day Exactly at the proper time, upon a huge hot tray. And after they had eaten all the dainties on the tray, The good kind fairies quickly came and took the tray away; So Mrs. Claus had no excuse for being cross or sad, Since no experience she had had with Bridgets getting mad. When Santa finished all his toys, he put them in a sack, Where he intended carrying them just like a pedler's pack, But Mother Earth surprised the Saint and to his palace led Eight lovely prancing reindeer and a large commodious sled. These reindeer were the cousins of swift Pegasus, the steed Who helped the hero Perseus when he was in great need; And, like the flying hero horse, they lived up in the sky, Till Mother Earth had need of them to help old Santa fly. And so on every Christmas eve for full ten hundred years, Good Santa and his reindeer fleet have banished children's tears By bringing them most all the gifts their little hearts could wish, And filling stockings, shoes and plates, and even puddin dish. But when last Christmas came around, good Mother Earth, she said, "Dear Santa, I have something fine for you to use instead Of your good, faithful reindeer and your big old-fashioned sled, For here's a lovely aeroplane, all painted shining red." The wise old lady then declared that he could safely fly With this machine most anywhere away up in the sky, And travel far, far faster than the reindeer who were fleet But stumbled sometimes on the roofs made slippery with sleet. The aeroplane could carry well a larger load of toys, So he could visit more good girls and also little boys, Who live in far off heathen lands where everyone's a sinner, But that's no reason each should do without a Christmas dinner. With this machine he'd save some time to look out for each pet Of all the little girls and boys, as they so oft forget To treat their pets most kindly upon the Christmas morn In memory of the Saviour who on this day was born. And likewise all the horses, the cows and pigs and sheep, For men so seldom think of them when Christmas time they keep; And even wild, fierce animals, and fishes in the sea, Should all be made quite happy at Christmas time to be. "I do not like this plan at all of giving up my sled And my good faithful reindeer," so good old Santa said. But Mother Earth she laughed at him and said she would repay The reindeer, whom she would send home straight to the Milky Way. But Santa was old-fashioned and had great fears to fly Without his sled and reindeer, he'd used in years gone by, And begged that on his maiden trip these true old friends to take To help him should the aeroplane prove but a wicked fake. The laughing Earth then granted him this very small request, And early on glad Christmas eve (the eve of all most blest) He started forth upon his trip, did good old Santa dear, Guiding his Wright aeroplane with feelings of great fear. But Mother Earth showed she was wise and knew just what was best To help the good old tired saint while on his children quest; And fast the good Wright aeroplane it flew both low and high, So Santa took the Earth's advice, and though he heaved a sigh, He dropped the poor old worn-out sled as he was passing by, And people said, who saw it fall, "A meteor from the sky!" Then, kissing each good reindeer, he bade them all farewell, And left them in the Milky Way, forever there to dwell. And you, my little playmates, who have heard the tiny hoofs Of the wondrous flying steeds pattering on the roofs, If you would like to catch a glimpse of Santa's good reindeer, Then wait until it's dark some night, and when the sky is clear, You'll see them very plainly in the broad light Milky Way, And there, for all the time to come, these steeds will romp and play. ALL DENTISTS GO TO HEAVEN I don't like dentists, because they hurt me With horrid bad pinchers as sharp as can be. They pick at my teeth and scratch in my head Until I begin to wish I were dead. But I read in the paper (so I suppose it's so) That all of the dentists to Heaven will go, Because they are needed away up there To make gold crowns for the angels fair. MABEL AT THE BUTCHER SHOP When Mabel went with Mother To buy some chops for tea, She gazed in awestruck horror At sawdust she could see, Sprinkled over all the floor, To north, south, east and west, And as wee Mabel saw it Her heart was sore oppressed. She hated all the butchers And yearned to be at home, Where she could guard her dolly And teach her not to roam Afar to shops of butchers, As now wee Mabel knew That butchers hurt poor dollies And stab them through and through, So all their nice warm stuffings Would flow from every pore And cover well with sawdust The butcher's dirty floor. THANKSGIVING IN 20,000 A. D. "Oh, how the ways have changed with men Since the good days of nineteen ten, When I was living on the earth And joining in Thanksgiving mirth!" A nineteen hundred spirit cried As many people he espied While gazing on old Mother Earth Years twenty thousand since her birth. Long, long ago, as poets say, For good Thanksgiving holiday A feast was spread of nice mince pies. Of turkeys of tremendous size, Cranberry sauce, and giblet stew, Potatoes, corn and ice cream, too, With salads, raisins, nuts and cake, And all the pastry "Ma" could bake. These days, alas! they don't believe That any stomach should receive A mixture of such tasty things, And as folks float upon their wings They take some predigested pills, Which, so they say, keep off all ills. And now on good Thanksgiving Day There is no feasting, as folks say-- "We wish to live for many years, And of all eating we have fears. The doctors say corn's full of worms Known as pellagra's awful germs, That turkeys cause appendicitis, Scarlet fever, stomachtitis; That products of the frying pan Cause great distress to every man; That puddings bring us naught but woe, And therefore we should let them go. We ne'er will sit around a table And eat as long as we are able, Then put it in the daily paper That Mrs. X. cut such a caper As to invite fair Madame P. To dine with her or drink some tea. 'Tis vulgar, common, so we think, To go about and eat and drink, While people watch us taking food Which we consider very rude; So to dark closets we retire When NATURE calls for more food-fire, And there on this Thanksgiving Day We all will go, though not to pray, But predigested powders take Instead of turkey, pie and cake." ON THANKSGIVING Before you eat good turkey, rich mince and pumpkin pies On that great feast of feast days when "tum-tums" grow in size, The good old day THANKSGIVING, the best day in the year, When all should be so thankful around the board of cheer. Then don't forget the poor ones, the hungry, cold and sad, Go fill their empty tables and make the whole world glad THE PETS' CHRISTMAS CAROL "Tweet--tweet--tweet!" sang the canary, Which meant that he was very merry, Because his little mistress, Nell, On Christmas eve had fed him well. "Bow--wow--wow!" sang the gay young pup, "My master's gone away to sup, But though he won't be here for tea, Just see the meal he left for me!" "Mew--mew--mew!" sang the mama cat, "Such milk as this will make me fat, And, oh, I feel so very gay This cold and frosty Christmas day." Each mama cow sang "Moo--moo--moo!" And gentle dove sang--"Coo--coo--coo." And every horse and sheep and pig, And duck and chicken, small and big, A carol sang on Christmas eve, Because a feast each did receive. ONLY NAUGHTY CHILDREN SEE "SPOOKS" ON HALLOWE'EN Witches and goblins, spooks and elves, With sprites and gnomes from elf-land delves, To-night are flying here and there, Yes, up and down and everywhere. For this one night in all the year They rule the earth and bring great fear To all the naughty little boys Who tease good girls and break their toys. These spooks they also make girls sad When they are selfish, cross and bad; So when it's dark, bad boys and maids. They see these awful fearsome shades, And that is why with covered heads, They trembling lie in their warm beds. But even there they goblins see, Spooks and gnomes, and all that be Abroad upon weird Hallowe'en When all the wizards may be seen By naughty kids and grown-up folks Who like to play most wicked jokes. But good young girls and gentle boys, The kids who are their mothers' joys, They like the dark just as the light, For spooks ne'er come within their sight, And in their dreams the lovely elves Show them bright scenes from fairy delves. So, if to-night you are afraid Of any spook or any shade, Well know you are a naughty child, So cross and wilful, rude and wild. MY EASTER WISH May flowers of JOY At EASTER bloom Within your heart, Where weeds of gloom Will fail to find A place to grow While JOY remains As gloom-weeds' foe. A WHINGWANG SONNET OF AN EASTER BONNET Once there was a little girl, But she didn't have a curl, Though she had an Easter bonnet With ostrich plumes and flowers on it, Since like her mother she aspired À la mode to be attired. But when she rose on Easter morn With deepest grief her heart was torn, For, oh, alas! the rain was falling In torrents great; to her appalling, As well she knew 'twould spoil her bonnet With ostrich plumes and flowers on it. Her hair in papers she had worn The whole night through and tortures borne In hopes to have a curl or two To wear beneath her bonnet new. But now, alas, the horrid rain Would make her hair all straight again. And so with fear of straightened hair, Which might cause folks to laugh and stare, And likewise to protect her bonnet With ostrich plumes and flowers on it, She thought it best to stay away From Sabbath school on Easter day. MIDSUMMER JOYS Give me the joys of summer, Of SUMMER QUEEN so fair, With wealth of lovely flowers And fruits and sun-kissed air! Talk not to me of winter With ice and frost and snow, Nor changing spring and autumn When howling winds will blow. No, I will take the joys Of SUMMER every time, So to this Queen of Seasons I dedicate my rhyme. AFTER THE FOURTH WAS OVER After the Fourth was over, after the play was done, Poor little John and Willie forgot that they'd had some fun; John, with his eyes all bandaged, Willie with one eye gone, Had changed from joyous boys, who rose with the FOURTH'S bright dawn, Determined to shoot great cannons and frighten some silly girls, To tie big crackers to dogs' tails, and make the pin wheels whirl. Tommy with one hand bound up and with a bepowdered face, Alex with two burned fingers and bones nearly all out of place; Edgar with one leg broken and poor little Peter with two, Thought that they'd had enough sorrow to last them a whole life through, But Mother, who heard them crying, while soothing her darlings to sleep, Was thankful that some of the pieces she yet was able to keep, And sad for the weeping mother of poor naughty, unlucky Jim, As the booming JULY CELEBRATION blew the whole head off of him. TO MY VALENTINE I love you now, and come what may, I'll always love you night and day. E'en should you grow both poor and old And so unhappy that you'd scold; My love for you would ne'er grow cold, Because I truly love you. If evil spirits come your way And tempt you from straight paths to stray, And every so-called loving friend No helping hand to you would lend, To me, dear friend, for help then send, Because I truly love you. THE WONDERLAND OF MATEMATIKO [Written for my teacher, Professor A. R. Hornbrook, of the San Jose Normal School.] In MATEMATIKO, the wonderful land, Ruled over by Giants, a most worthy band; Where all live together in kindness and peace While helping Earth's mortals whose works never cease. And also I think that a strong helping hand Is tendered Mars' children by this goodly band. But if from these GIANTS their help we would seek We should be very patient and humble and meek, And go to their lands over roads smoothed in part By labors of numerous foregoers' art. Then back to the Daily-Life-Store-House to stay, Bring all goodly treasures we found on our way. The first province reached when we go to this land Is ruled by ARITHMOS with firm kindly hand. His regions are traveled by all little ones When counting their candies or apples or buns; Or when Baby's mother cuts apples in two And gives him "one-half" and one-half to Sue, His sister, who travels each day in the week In realms of ARITHMOS for knowledge to seek. The lands of ARITHMOS then being explored And the wealth thereby gained being carefully stored, Wise travelers go on following many a band Of Pilgrims for Knowledge now seeking the land Where if they search earnestly surely they'll find TRUTHS known by QUEEN ALGEBRA, gracious and kind, Whose roads are far shorter than Arithmos King owns And freer from troublesome MAD-HASTY-STONES That fall from MT. ERROR right down on our path And so often cause us to court DEMON WRATH. When first viewing GUIDE-BOOKS of ALGEBRA-LAND, New travelers fear that they can't understand The queer little figures and x, y's and z's Mixed up with the numbers and a, b, c, d's. But after becoming acquainted with these Good Algebra-Helpers who help and who please, All seekers for knowledge most gladly resolve To use these assistants their problems to solve. Not far from Queen Algebra's realms may be found King GEOMETRÍO'S rich lands, which abound With REASON'S clear rivers that flow everywhere, While watering the EARTH and while cooling the air. There are many high mountains where travelers will fall Who heed not the warning that's given to all By GEOMETRÍO, the giant benign, Who near to the rugged cliffs puts up this sign-- "To all who are traveling--BEHOLD! now, TAKE HEED! If walking, go slowly, be fearful of speed. Be sure to inquire at my palace door For smooth winding pathways trod often before; But if you would ride in haste to the top Then take my good auto which never will stop. There's none like INTENSE CONCENTRATION, my car Which carries you safely sans skidding or jar." To travelers obeying this Giant's advice, No "Haste-Wasting-Goblins" will ever entice To climb ERROR'S MOUNTAIN from which they may fall To SLOUGH of DESPOND that is dreaded by all; Or maybe be led by VAIN CONFIDENCE ELVES Through seeming short byways and flowery delves To dread DOUBTING CASTLE where cruellest of fates Through GIANT DESPAIR the traveler awaits. In GEOMETRÍO'S most wondrous GUIDE-BOOKS At first one is puzzled if he only looks At Guides of this Giant who many forms wear, Some angular figures and others quite square; Some round like a bullet or like cubes or cones, But each of these figures some great power owns. And Geometrío will tell all who ask How each may be used for a wonderful task-- As making dress patterns for ladies so fair; Or likewise for ribbons to bind up their hair; We meet them each day in the rugs at our feet, And on the stone carvings we see in the street, Are subjects of GEOMETRÍO'S wise land, For their useful service we mortals demand. Near Geometrío's broad regions there lies The spacious rich country of GOOD GIANT WISE, Broad-minded, and powerful builder and king, TRIGONOMETRIO'S loud praises we sing. From his brother "GEO" materials he takes From which with his help frail mortal man makes Tall wonderful buildings which, reaching so high, We call them "sky-scrapers" as touching the sky. He also builds churches, cathedrals and schools, And beautiful mansions are formed by his rules, Through knowledge man found in this great Giant's home He has built wondrous spires and many a dome, And bridges o'er rivers, and tunnels through rocks, And e'en chained the waters with wonderful locks. And now with his help a marvelous feat Of great engineering will soon be complete In building at Panama as you all know, A wondrous canal by which we may go From Father Atlantic to Pacific's sands Without traveling over Mother Earth's lands. Near ALGEBRA-LAND a great GIANT lives And to earnest students much knowledge he gives, 'Tis good KALKULUSO, abstruse thinking King, To him all astronomers loud praises sing, For only through his aid they go to the fount Of cause and effect that will teach them to count The days that will pass before all men may see A coming eclipse on the great STELLAR SEA, Or comets, or new stars, or maybe new worlds, To true knowledge seekers this Giant unfurls Wide forecasting standards as things are to be In days yet to come upon both land and sea, And ever this Giant-Wise carries in hand The banner of TRUTH which he floats o'er his land. Now, some people say that the great GIANTS' lands In MATEMATIKO are mere barren sands Where all travelers find it so hard to advance, But we who have had even this little glance At these wondrous regions described by the pen Of "INSTRUISTINO"[A] will go there again. She gives us to guide us a good fairy's wand Through MATEMATIKO to bright realms beyond. This wand helps us journey so that we may see Each road and each crossing and always may be On straightest of pathways, the PERFECT TRUTH'S WAY, From which glorious highway we never must stray, For TRUTH leads to GOD in His bright realms above, Surrounded by light of the INFINITE LOVE. [Footnote A: My teacher in mathematics, Mrs. A. R. Hornbrook.] EASTER GREETING May EASTER RABBIT in your heart's nest Lay the golden egg upon whose quest All knights and ladies plain and fair, Are seeking, seeking everywhere. The longed-for GOLDEN EGG of PEACE, Which makes all earthly woes to cease By filling hearts with LOVE FOR OTHERS, So self's forgot as we help our brothers. A SKILLET IN SOCIETY (ALIAS A CHAFING DISH) I heard my mother, just to-day, asking dear old dad To buy her a nice chafing dish, and make her very glad; Though he declared its cooking was a waste of alcohol. Causing indigestion and perhaps a doctor's call. I never saw a chafing dish and so I longed to know How it looked and what 'twas for, and so and so and so; But Mother would not answer and Daddy went away. So I sought the kitchen, where Bridget holds her sway, And asked her if she ever saw, since she began to cook, A chafing dish on pantry shelf or pictured in a book? Then Bridget turned her pug nose up with a "contemshus" air, And gave a twist to her small knot of brick-dust colored hair, And said, "A chafing dish, my dear, so says Miss B. Moriety, Is but a common skillet pan that's got in High Society." THE GIANT ARITHMOS Great Jack the Giant Killer brave, he killed all giants bad, But one good giant's life was saved by this bold warrior lad. ARITHMOS was this giant great and all bright girls and boys Should love the famous Giant-King far more than all their toys. He's very old, and very great and also wondrous wise, For he can count all things on earth and even tell their size. He knows how many birds there are; how high each bird can fly, But never does he boast or brag or stoop to tell a lie. He is so tall that he can reach up to the starry sky And count the stars and meteors bright as swiftly they go by. 'Tis he alone can tell you when a great eclipse will come And darken the moon's lady or the old man in the sun. He's always so good-natured and obliging to us all And makes our number work mere play when for his aid we call. He tells us just the number of ripe apples on a plate, How far away Chicago is, and if the train be late. In fact, he always answers us whene'er we ask "How many?" And for his work and trouble never thinks to ask a penny. All teachers and professors couldn't teach without his aid, And men in every business know through him they will be paid. We cannot sing in perfect tune, nor even play a drum, Divide an apple, buy a doll, nor do the smallest sum; And even BRIDGE by ladies fair cannot at all be played Unless this mighty Giant-King will kindly lend his aid. So, as we cannot get along without ARITHMOS-LORE, We all should learn his wondrous truths and love him more and more. THE PURE-BLOODED PUP Once there was a little pup who lived in far-off Kent, Where he was born some years ago in kennels of Lord Dent; His mother was of purest blood and likewise was his pa, So he arrived upon this earth without a single flaw. His tail was just the proper size and so was each small ear, His shapely legs and nose and paws, they pleased his mother dear; And with her soft and scarlet tongue she kissed her baby pup, And loved him, oh, so dearly that she almost ate him up. The keeper of the kennels when he saw this terrier pup, Declared, "It's just a beauty and will surely win 'THE CUP,' For being a fox terrier of very purest breed, And now to my dear master I'll go with greatest speed. "And tell him of this puppy who will bring our kennels fame, And ask him what he thinks will be a truly proper name For the most perfect terrier that ever came to Kent; It seems to me he should be called for my great master 'Dent.'" The master when he heard the news that a new pup had come, Left off his game of playing cards and drinking pints of rum, And hastened to the kennels to behold the wondrous pup, Who at the coming dog show was to win the great prize cup. The mother dog she wagged her tail, with pride she was puffed up, As her great master stood right near and smiled upon her pup, While saying, "Higgens, listen well to what I have to say, And care for this good mother dog and her fine pup each day. "I'll name him for my ancestor, the great and famous Kent, And in that name to the dog show next year he shall be sent, Where I am sure he'll win the prize above all others there, For he is perfect in his shape and has fine silky hair." So little Kent was tended well and petted every day, He never had to seek for bones and only had to play, And having nothing else to do on mischief he was bent, Was this aristocratic pup, owned by the great Lord Dent. And when a year had passed around, one day the master came To take him to the London show, where he would win great fame; But Kent was very naughty, as he did not wish to go Away from his good kennel home to any prize dog show. At last his master whipped Pup Kent and, oh, but he did swear, Because Kent snapped at Higgens, who was combing his fine hair And putting on a collar with a chain of golden beads; Such ornaments Kent could not see that any puppy needs. At last the royal pup was dressed in pupdom regal style, And drove in a fine carriage, oh, for many a weary mile, Until he came to London town, where nothing he could see, Because all things were hidden with a fog as thick as could be. Before he'd even time to think, this 'ristocratic pup, He found himself in a small cage with all the doors shut up, And many men were standing round and gazing long at him, While passing comments on his shape of head, and tail, and limb. Kent glared at them in silence and he would not wag his tail, In fact, just like a good young boy who might be put in jail When he had never done a thing to break the country's law, So felt this little terrier, this pup without a flaw. And when the judges thought that he should have the ribbon blue Because of his most perfect blood shown by the records true, He snapped and barked and even bit at those who came quite near To tie the lovely ribbon on the neck of "PUPPY DEAR." So they decided that despite his wondrous pedigree There yet was something in his blood that ought not there to be, And gave the prize, a silver cup, to a more common dog, Who lay so still and quiet that he might have been a log. But when that evening our Lord Dent beheld with great surprise That a less blooded terrier had won the noble prize, He felt so very angry that he wished to beat Pup Kent, And ordered that the beastly dog should quickly home be sent. But while poor Kent was going home so sad and in disgrace, He got away from Higgens and he found another place Far, far away from kennels of the great and wealthy Dent, Near to a peaceful village, the runaway he went. Here he lay down so tired and thought of many a bone, Which now was being gnawed each day by his good ma alone, Since Kent, her darling puppy boy, was, oh, so far away, Oh, how he wished to gnaw a bone with his good ma this day! But as he lay a-dreaming of lovely things to eat, Quite suddenly a large gray rat ran right across his feet, And after it there followed an Irishman named Pat, Who sought to make a timely end of bad old Mister Rat. Big Pat was armed with a huge club and called to his old dog, "Now, come along, ye lazy baste, before he's in the bog!" Then Kent he jumped and in one bound he seized poor Mister Rat, Shook him about till he was dead and then brought him to Pat. Big Pat he gazed in wonder at the clever little dog, And sitting down upon a large and green, moss covered log, Said, "Shure, ye bate this lazy hound that kennot catch a rat, And if ye'll stay right here, me boy, I'll trate ye well," says Pat. Then proudly Kent he wagged his tail and tried so hard to smile Upon the good old Irishman, who patted him a while, Then coaxed the stranger after him right through a broad green lane, Which led to the fine country home of good Sir Michael Kane. And here Pat introduced the pup to all the family, And they were all so very kind as any folks could be. They patted his soft silky hair and praised him to the sky, And gave him a big gravy dish all filled with nice meat pie, And likewise a huge saucer, which was full of real sweet cream, Which made the hungry doggie think that he was in a dream. So here Dog Kent decided was the best place for to dwell, And here he still is living and is feeling' very well. He goes each morning to the barn and helps his good friend Pat To catch the naughty rodents, who are called the name of RAT. The cook she feeds him daily, and he captures all the mice, Which love to haunt the kitchen of the cleanly Bridget Bryce. While little Mikey loves dear Kent far more than all his toys, And says that he'd rather play with him than any girls or boys, Because he never minds a bit to jump right in the pond And bring to land a stick or stone or weeping willow wand. He always acts politely to all who may come near, And so all strangers pet him and think he is a dear. They like his soft and silky hair, which proves he has good blood, And never does he make folks mad by tracking floors with mud. He's wiser than most common dogs, whose hair is rough and coarse, His bark is always pleasant, and 'tis never loud nor hoarse; He's swifter also than slow dogs who cannot catch a rat, Because they always eat too much and get so very fat. MORAL: This story proves that good, pure blood is a fine thing to own, But it can't help the puppies or the children all alone, Unless these youthful puppies and the children, very small, Learn to keep quite busy and to have a smile for all. A KITTEN GONE TO WASTE When little Mary Alice was only three years old, She went upon a visit to Aunt Maria Hold, A lady who was noted for saving everything, From gold and silver dollars down to a turkey wing. She soon taught Mary Alice to never throw away A single bit of anything which might be used "some day," And Alice, who was clever, soon learned to put away All bits of ribbon, cloth and lace, and chicken feathers gay. Each day she kept quite busy hunting something more Which she could take to Auntie or add to her own store; And one day in excitement, she ran in great haste, Crying, "Oh, dear Auntie, sumfin's don to waste! A perfectlee dood kitty is thrown out on the dump Of the kitchen ash-pile, behind the garden pump." PRIDE The Bible says that pride's the cause of people falling down, And an example of this truth I once saw in our town, When we were driving on the street and watching passers-by. From out a store stepped a fine dude, all dressed in silk hat high, And pants so tight he could not take a single manly stride, His mustache curled, and round his neck a ribbon pink and wide, While in his hand a gold-head cane, which he twirled round and round, So that the people all would know a great man was in town; But, being filled with pride of self, he did not know his heel Had come in contact with a part of a banana peel Until it felled him to the earth and smashed his silk hat's crown, And even then he did not know 'twas PRIDE that knocked him down. JOB SMARTER THAN MODERN BABIES "Mother," said Lida, "why can't brother speak, Is he so stupid or only just weak, Like poor ancient Grandma, when she has a cold, And loses her voice so she can't even scold?" "No, darling," said Mother, "your brother can't talk, Eat sugar candy, nor even yet walk, As he is a baby the size of your doll, And babies can't talk when they are so small." "Then, Mother," said Lida, "the kids nowadays Are not half so smart in all of their ways As babies who lived in the long, long ago, For dear teacher told me (so, course it is so), That Job in the Bible cursed the day he was born, I 'spose like big Tom, when he can't play his horn." THE NEW YEAR BABE The "New Year Babe" is always hailed with shouts of greatest joy, Though no one seems to really know if it's a girl or boy. Good Mother Earth opes wide her arms and takes the baby in While big and little people help to raise an awful din. And just as soon as "New Year Babe" has made its grand début, Then all the folks make big resolves and say what they will do Before the Baby Year has grown quite old and worn with time, When it must leave us while the bells for a new year will chime. But all resolves are very hard to always keep in mind, And somehow they get broken and the pieces we can't find; So that when "Baby New Year" grows hoary with old age, We're glad to turn a fresh new leaf and close our last year's page. NERVOUS JELLY One day when there was company, wee greedy Lillie May Took the jelly nearly all when it was passed her way; And in great haste she ate it up with her small silver spoon, But oh, alas, the Piggiewig! she was discovered soon By Mother, who was greatly shocked to see her naughty elf Eating like a greedy boy from off the kitchen shelf. But Mother couldn't scold aloud for fear the guests would hear, And so she softly whispered, "Don't eat that way, my dear." Then Mrs. Dean, the company, she patted Lillie's head, And smiling at the jellied face, she to the culprit said, "I've always liked the jelly good which makes my bread so sweet, And surely it tastes better still when with a spoon we eat This lovely, wobbling dainty, which is loved by one and all, From little girls and tiny boys to great men, large and tall." This speech encouraged little May, who nodded her wise head And said, "Besides dis jelly is too nervous for to spread." A BOY WHO WAS HERO AND VILLAIN One day in a big meeting held by a MERCY BAND, The leader asked each little boy to hold up his right hand If he could tell of any deed of kindness he had done In saving some poor animal or helping any one. Then Ernest held his hand on high and pride suffused his face, As from his seat he quickly rose and took the speaker's place, While speaking loud in accents clear, "I saved a little pup Who had his tail in a tin can all tied securely up. I took the can from off his tail and made him bark with joy. So Mother said and so said Dad--I was a darling boy." "And so say I," the leader said, while calling him her "DEAR," "But how I wish the wicked boy who did the deed were here." ERNEST: "Well, here he is, for I'm the boy who did that deed as well, So I could take the tin can off and of my goodness tell." AUTOS CHANGE GOOD LUCK Poor Uncle Zeke, he's very sad, and says the whole world's wrong, For when he was a little boy it was a common song, To sing about the luck which came from finding a horseshoe, And in those good old lucky days the sign was always true. But Sunday when poor Uncle Zeke was walking on the street, He saw a lucky horseshoe which was lying at his feet, And as he stooped to seize the prize which lay before him there, Along an automobile came and whizzed him in the air. To-day I saw him lying still and pale upon his couch, And oh, my goodness gracious, but he had an awful grouch! His hands and arms in bandages were tied securely up, And on his forehead was a bump like Aunt Mariah's cup. He told me I should listen well and take his counsel sage, And never try to get good luck in this fierce auto age, By picking up a horse's shoe in street or country road No more than I would stoop to seize a common green back toad. MY CHRISTMAS WISH When gladly ring the Christmas chimes, Then come our reminiscent times And even cold hearts--slow to beat-- Feel something of the love thought heat That emanates from one and all And to our far off loved ones call. Then YOU must feel all through and through The tingling of my thoughts of you. These are my messengers so true Who bear this message, "I love you, And wish you on this Christmas day A joyful heart that comes to stay, Not only for a day or two, But for your whole life's journey through." A BOY'S DESCRIPTION OF A GOAT When the teacher asked young Leo to write a little rhyme Describing some strange animal he'd seen at any time, He seized his long slate pencil and this is what he wrote About the common animal, which children call a goat: A goat is stronger than a pig, But often it is not as big. It has four legs just like a horse, But never runs on a race-course. It gives good milk, though not as much As cows and elephants and such, But more than any bull or ox, Rooster, ram, or sly old fox. Like any mule, a goat likes hay And all tin cans we throw away. He's useful and I'm fond of him, But some good folks have a strange whim To hold their noses when he's near, And act as if they greatly fear To touch his fur which has the smell Of something I know very well, The odor I'd know anywhere, It's like Dad's tonic for his hair. AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR When the pumpkins are so yellow And the vines with grapes abound, When the melons are so mellow And the nuts fall to the ground; When persimmons lose their bitters, And the apples are so red; When we love to eat corn fritters Since the roasting ears have fled; When vacation days are over And the children go to school, They no longer play in clover, But must learn "Arithmos-rule," When weird Hallowe'en's most naughty elves With gnomes and sprites appear, While fat Thanksgiving fills the shelves-- 'Tis AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR. THE TERSEST BATHING SUIT When to the sea shore Robert went, with Ma and Sister Nell, He met a wise professor, who soon taught him to spell, Likewise to read of fairy lore and use a real steel pen To write to his own father dear, who like most all the men Must ever stay at home and work to earn the cents to pay For wife and children's outing till the summer slips away. Now all the strange, uncommon words which little Bob could find, He stored away and tried to keep in his small, active mind So as to use in writing notes to his dear fat old Dad, And when the big folks used strange words it made him very glad. So one day when of something TERSE he heard his sister tell, He asked her for its meaning and he thus rewarded Nell By writing to his father dear, "Oh, Daddy, you should see Nell's awful TERSEST bathing suit, which won't reach to her knee." EASTER GREETING TO MY FRIEND If you haven't any Easter clothes on Easter morn to wear Then don't you care. If the EASTER RABBIT passes by and leaves no gift behind, Then don't you mind. Just smile at every one you meet and do some kindly act, For it's a fact, By doing any kindly deed one's heart is filled with JOY Which will destroy All pain that one may suffer from ENVY'S cruel sting; So you can sing-- "Fulfilled will be my wishes for gifts and raiment fair-- Some day--somewhere." TAKE THAT GUM FROM YOUR MOUTH AND PUT YOUR FEET RIGHT IN Young Susie was quite noted for having great large feet, And for working both her jaws, this maid could not be beat. Her wad of gum she always bore with her unto the school, Though well she knew she might be spanked, for 'twas against the rule, But skillfully she hid this gum, did naughty little Sue. Though oft behind her little book she took a little chew, But once when she was building up a castle in the air, And thought she was a lady rich and most entrancing fair, While stretching out her legs and feet into the narrow aisle And thinking of sweet Bobby Jones, the maid began to smile. Then suddenly the teacher cried, above the school room's din, "Take that gum from out your mouth and put your feet right in." GOOD WEATHER ASSURED When the second of February rolls around, Out of his hole in the cold, dark ground Comes Mr. Groundhog to look at the sky And see if the season of summer is nigh; So that he in the fields may merrily run And eat farmers' crops 'neath the light o' the sun. But if his own shadow he unfortunately sees, In the greatest of terror he falls on his knees, And quickly returns to his subterra home, Resolving that he will not again roam Till six stormy weeks have slowly gone by, And then once again, perhaps he will try To put his flat head above the cold ground, And take a survey of the earth all around. So I made up my mind that during the year I'd keep him at home so he couldn't appear. And to bring wintry weather he hadn't a chance, For of his own shadow he caught not a glance. ALL THE WORLD CRIES "Quack-quack-quack-quack!" cries Auntie Duck, While Mother Hen goes "Cluck-cluck-cluck!" And Papa Dog cries, "Bow-wow-wow," And Sister Cat, "Me-ow, me-ow!" "Eek-eek-eek-eek!" squeals Grandma Pig, "I'm growing, oh, so far and big;" While "Cackle-cackle" all the day, The little goslings like to say. Proud Grandpa Turkey struts along With his eternal gobble-song; Sir Horse he whinnies, "Hee-hee-hee!" And "Buzzey-buzzey" goes Miss Bee. Sis Maud, the Mule, cries, "Hee-hee-haw!" And Missy Crow goes "Caw-caw-caw!" Good Madam Cow cries, "Moo-moo-moo!" And gentle Doves they "Coo-coo-coo!" The Baby Lambs cry, "Baa-baa-baa!" And little Kids squeal, "Ma-ma-ma!" HOPE Hope is the name of the dear little sprite, Who banishes grief and makes life bright. Thanks to Pandora--'twas she shut the lid Of that wondrous jar where good Hope was hid, And kept him to cheer us when we are so sad Fearing a scolding because we've been bad; Then this little whisper of Hope makes us say-- "Maybe you won't get a scolding to-day." Likewise being tortured with measles and croup And that dread disease which makes us to whoop! Chicken pox, fevers and diptheric germs, And the worst of diseases just common plain worms, Which causes our "tum-tums" to feel mighty bad And no doubt would make us most dreadfully sad, If 'twere not for HOPE which whispers to us-- "Be patient, dear children, and don't make a fuss Because all the pain will soon pass away And then you'll be healthy and happy all day." THE YOUNG MAIL CARRIER Young Billy from his lovely home disappeared one day, And when his mother missed her lad she thought he'd run away, But soon the sprightly little chap came quickly running back, Bearing on his shoulders small, a large round leather sack, And said, "Dear mother, I have been a very good, kind boy, Trying like the Bible says, to bring our neighbors joy. I played I was a postman and I paid each one a call, And to the people in this block, I gave them letters all." MOTHER: "But where, my precious little lad, my darling honey pet, Where in the name of goodness these letters did you get?" BILLY: "I found them with no trouble; they were the ones that you Kept 'way up in your bureau drawer, all tied with ribbons blue." A RIDDLE One night 'neath the light of a silvery moon There sat on a log pile a very fat coon And also a little most cunning brown fellow Eating of melon so juicy and mellow. The large robust coon and the wee little one Thought they were having a bushel of fun, And laughed very loudly in notes of pure glee, For they were as happy as happy could be. So here is a riddle I'll give now to you, Guess the relation there was 'twixt the two. ANSWER Most everyone answers, "Why, father and son." Not so--'twas a mammy and her little one. THE FIRST MATCH In the days of great Grandmother People often worked each other When they sought a little light At the coming of the night, Or to bake their bread and meat As fire making was a feat Quite difficult and very slow. So oft without a light they'd go Instead of spending e'en an hour With flint and steel exerting power To make a little fiery spark Which would produce light in the dark. But in eighteen twenty-seven Some good man earned fame from Heaven By inventing a real match Which one needed but to scratch On its sulphur head so small When forth came fire for us all. THE NEW BABY When Alfred saw the baby wee the stork to him had brought, He stood quite silent for a while and thought and thought and thought Until he'd solved the problem about the CURIOUS ONE Who'd traveled far from Storkland, though she couldn't walk nor run. Then to his mother he declared in accents of dismay, "Dear Mother, we must send this kid back to her home to-day, 'Cause someone's cheated us I know and brought us an old child With bald head and without a tooth and like an Indian wild. Whenever it begins to cry it almost lifts the roof, So, Mother, dear, I think 'tis best for you to keep aloof From the old ugly Indian thing and send it to Storkland, Then you and I'll be glad again and go to hear the band." GOOD-BYE TO TEDDY BEARS Good-bye to all the Teddy Bears, both big and small! The "Billy Possums" are in style for one and all. We little girls, like older folks, are bound to keep in style, And so we have to change our toys 'most every little while. When Roosevelt or "Teddy," was ruler o'er this land, All stylish girls and clever boys kept bears on hand To play with and to walk with and to put to bed at night, As "Teddy Bears" were symbols of the Rooseveltian light. But when King Teddy left his throne, Taft got his seat, And soft brown Teddies disappeared from home and street, While "Billy Possum" came to rule for two years or for three, When "Bryan Kittens" will be hatched and all the rage will be. SLEEPERS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY Within Westminster Abbey, which stands on Thorney Isle Are burled many people of every age and style. There's Edward the Confessor, who founded this great church And Henry Third who sent his men to Italy to search For beautiful mosaics which brilliantly would shine All round about and high above the great Confessor's shrine. Here great Shaftesbury's buried, who worked to his life's end For poor down trodden children whose rights he did defend. Sir Isaac Newton, very wise, who thought he was a child Picking up the sea-shells beside life's ocean wild. And noble Sir James Outram known as a man most brave, Who at the siege of Lucknow the English corps did save. Great Livingstone of world-wide fame who Africa explored And whose sad death in Afric wilds by all men was deplored; The blind postmaster Fawcett who tried so hard to mend All foolish laws of England and English rights defend. A monument we here may see to Sir John Franklin bold Who lost his life while he explored in far off Arctic cold. Within the poet's corner full many a grave is found, Behold good Geoffrey Chaucer as Father Poet crowned, And great and good Lord Tennyson whose "CROSSING OF THE BAR" It seems to me in Heaven above should win a shining star. Will Shagspur's monument is here, where he is called the chief Of all the greatest writers known, though I call him a thief Because I think he stole his rhymes from many learned men And then pretended all were writ just by his goose quill pen. Great Handel the musician, born in a German town But who in merry England won all his great renown; The orator George Canning, a statesman good and great And with whose son, Earl Canning, he lies in regal state. Here's Gladstone, greatest statesman perhaps the world has known Who's buried in this abbey 'neath monumental stone. Great Wilberforce and two great Pitts who likewise won their fame Within this ancient abbey we see each brilliant name. And many kings both good and bad and with their royal wives Were brought to this old abbey when they had spent their lives. Strong Edward First, the warrior who brought the "Stone of Scone" And placed it in the abbey to crown the KINGS alone. Then Richard Second who is known as "The Westminster King" So called as in the abbey he did most everything; For he was crowned and married and also buried here-- No wonder that the abbey stones to him were very dear. To "Madcap Harry," Henry Fifth, Westminster was his pride So he was buried 'neath its walls--though in far France he died. King Henry Seventh and his wife Elizabeth the kind, Close, side by side, their royal tombs we easily may find. Queen Mary called "The Bloody," with Bess "The Virgin Queen," Beside Queen Mary of the Scots, their tombs may now be seen. It was at Mary's funeral when she was lying dead That in the abbey Catholic mass for a last time was said. King Henry Fifth the murdered King and Edward Sixth the boy, Who while he lived no sorrow gave but brought to England joy, And many other kings and queens and men of wondrous fame Both good and bad their bodies lie in restful sleep the same. LAZY WHITE MEN SIT WHILE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR Poor Lo, the Indian, disrespects his brothers wise and fair, Who now on aeroplanes are wont to make trips through the air. He watches them go circling like birds up in the skies, Then grunts, "Heap lazy white man, he sits down when he flies." TOO TICKLISH TO COUNT HIS RIBS In the class of physiology the teacher asked one day, "How many ribs have you, my boy, tell me, Dickie Gray?" And wiggling, giggling Dickie very promptly made reply, "Dear teacher, I must tell the truth, for I could never lie, But as for ribs I cannot say how many I possess, For I'm too awful ticklish to count them, I confess." IT TAKES A CIGAR A LONG TIME TO WEAR OUT When Harry Warren was a boy only five years old, He wasn't then as he is now, so very big and bold, But he was very much afraid of bad tobacco smoke, Which seems to those who know him now to be a funny joke. He had an uncle on whose knee he loved to sit each day And listen to exciting tales about the Pixies gay, But when his uncle had a light upon a long cigar, Then little Harry used to sit away from it as far As he could manage well to get upon his uncle's knee, Since Harry feared tobacco smoke more than a bumble bee. One day while sitting way far out upon his uncle's knee, He grew so very tired as he waited there to see The end of the long smoker which made smoke all about And said, "It takes that big cigar a long time to wear out." A PICKERINO--THE COOK'S FATE Should COOK permit Sir Lemon squeezer, Would virtuous Pepper box her, potato masher? Would bakers baker in a heater, And tell the saucy strong egg beater? Would they then wax yet even bolder While Mr. Tongs so well would holder And then unto the pancake turner Who would allow the cruel gas burner? THE FIRST METAL PLOW The metal plow so I've been told First was made in days of old By Grecian farmers and we know That great Ulysses used to go Behind the plow and play insane By tilling sand to plant his grain So that he need not leave his wife And march away to dreadful strife. LEGENDS OF THE CORONATION STONE In Bible stories we have read Of Jacob whose uncovered head, Rested once on BETHEL-STONE While round his head a vision shone. The stone was then to Egypt carried, From there to Spain by one who married Great Pharaoh's daughter who was good-- For Hebrews' rights she always stood. To Ireland with this same stone The King Hiberus sailed alone And placed it on fair Tara Hill, No doubt the stone would be there still If Fergus had not come along With many warriors bold and strong And bore it to his native land Of bonnie Scotland there to stand. Within the Castle Dunstaffrage And here it stood for many an age Until as a most sacred stone 'Twas placed within the Church of Scone. And the good kings of Scotland fair For years and years were all crowned there Till Edward Langshanks seized this stone Of which 'twas said 'twould always groan If any worthless king or queen Upon its seat were ever seen. He brought it to dear England's shore And willed that it should move no more And in Westminster it was placed Within a wooden chair encased. PLEASE, GRANDPA, CROAK "Grandaddy," said young Harry, "do a good turn for me, By croaking like a big bull frog so I can plainly see If Daddy told the honest truth or only cracked a joke Because he said I'd have some 'dough' if you would only croak." TO SAVE HIM FROM A WHIPPING When Mrs. Hall, who had spent the day With Mrs. Green, was going away, Wee curly headed, naughty Joe Begged so hard that she wouldn't go. Now all the day this roguish lad Had disobeyed and been quite bad, So Mrs. Hall, in great surprise, Paused and looked in his brown eyes, While saying, "I'm so glad to know You love me truly, dearest Joe." "Oh, 'tisn't that," said honest Joe, "I wouldn't mind for you to go Except my mother said to-day, She'd whip me when you went away." THE FIRST FORKS In the days of good Queen Bess How sad it is we must confess That the English ate their food In a fashion very rude. Great William Shakespeare like the rest And Walter Raleigh richly dressed Both ate their meat just with a knife-- The same they used to settle strife. 'Twas the Italians who first made The useful fork which surely paid Its wise inventors who could eat Of sauces and most juicy meat And never have to wash their hands As straight knife eating oft demands. THE KING'S QUESTIONS Once on a time, long, long ago, in a far-off foreign land, A certain king who loved to roam with his chosen courtly band, Was riding abroad one early morn through streets of a city fair When a curious sign above a door caused him to pause and stare. This sign board plainly read to all that here was Wisdom's college With a Professor at its head of UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE. "Ha! Ha!" loud laughed the wily king while rapping on the door, "'Tis true above all other men I need a goodly store Of UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE so that I may wisely rule And never say a foolish thing nor act the silly fool." But when the great (?) Professor X-- appeared within the door, With trembling hands and downcast eyes, while bowing to the floor The king gazed at the coward and this is what he said, "You answer my three questions or you will lose your head. Now first since you know everything please tell me what I'm worth, And second tell the number of baskets of good earth That one may find by digging within that mountain there Reaching with its snow capped crown away up in the air. And when you've rightly answered these questions given you Then you must tell me of my thoughts to prove your wisdom true. Three days is all I'll give you to answer me or go To realms where wisdom surely dwells and something you must know." And then the King departed and left the wise man sad, For though he had some wisdom his little knowledge had But given him the swelled head so foolishly he thought Through painted signs of wisdom his knowledge would be sought. And as this foolish wise man bemoaned his coming doom, His good but unlearned servant walked into the room, And told his master not to mourn as he would take his place And answer the King's questions while gazing in his face. So when three days had passed away the Royal Master came And Jim the servant greeted him as if he were the same As he himself or any man who lived upon the earth, And to the world's good Mother Earth was debtor for his birth. Then spake this servant to the King--"I'm glad my Sire to see And now with pleasure I'll proceed to answer questions three. You're worth how much--not surely more than one wee bit of gold For as you know the Saviour King for thirty bits was sold. And as to baskets of good earth in yonder mountain high Think not your foolish question has made me sleepless lie. It doesn't even take a man who could be called quite wise To tell you that this all depends upon the basket's size. For if the basket's mountain size of course but one will do But if it's only half as large then we must needs have two." Delighted with these answers the King shook Jim's rough hand, While smiling as he looked at him and gave his last command, "Now tell me what I'm thinking of, you wizard of the earth, And if you answer truly, yours is this pearl of worth." "Oh, that is very simple," Jim quickly answered him, "You think me the professor, but I'm his servant Jim." This answer was so pleasing unto the mighty King, He made him his favored courtier, wearing his signet ring. ENGLAND'S KINGS IN RHYME There were many kings of England in ancient Saxon days, But little to remember except their rude wild ways. There was Egbert and King Ethelwolf and also Ethelbald, Ethelbert and Ethelred and Alfred Great so called. There was Edward and King Athelstan followed by three kings Edmund and King Edgar and one whose praise we sing-- The good and kindly Edward who won a martyr's crown; Then came a second Ethelred, who never won renown; And as this king was always known just by the name "Unready," So his successor well was called--"Strong Edmund ever steady." And last of all the Saxon kings decreeing England's fate Came the Confessor Edward whom we all consider great. And now we come to William, the Norman cruel but brave, And who the throne of England to Norman monarchs gave, But the royal line he founded had rulers only four, Two Williams and one Henry, one Stephen and no more. Plantagenets just fourteen then came to rule this land, They formed the longest kingly line and made a goodly band. Though they were not all very good and some were very bad, While some were truly gay old sports and others very sad. The founder was King Henry the second Henry king, For cruelty to Becket, no praise to him we sing. Then Richard the Plantagenet, who had a lion heart And whose brave deeds are greatly praised in history and art. Then came the trembling coward, the hated ruler John, How glad are we that from this earth he long ago hath gone! And after followed Henry Third a silly royal goose, Within whose head I sadly fear there were some sutures loose. Then came the first King Edward who with his warrior band, Laid bare the minstrels' country and their dear mountain land. A second Edward, then a third directly followed after, Then came poor Richard Second who had small cause for laughter; Then Henry Fourth who conquered all the lands of goodly Wales As we have often heard in rhyme and in historic tales, And Henry Fifth feared by the French, it was within his reign Fair Joan d'Arc's brave blood was shed the English swords to stain. King Henry Sixth spent his last days in mourning in the Tower While Edward Fourth by might of will possessed the kingly power. The little lad, poor Edward Fifth, was never duly crowned, But in the Tower cold in death the poor young king was found. 'Tis said that he was murdered by one who then did rule His uncle the third Richard, hump-backed and very cruel. This wicked monster lost his life at Bosworth's bloody field, Then came the Tudor family their scepters strong to wield. Through Henry Seventh and his son King Henry Eighth, the bold, Then Edward Sixth, the wise young king who ne'er grew to be old, And monstrous blood-soaked Mary at whose dread bloody name, All noble English subjects should feel a blush of shame; Elizabeth, her sister, the red-haired maiden queen, Who sometimes was quite gracious but had a lot of spleen. With this great queen the Tudor line came to a glorious end Then to the Stuarts, six in all, the English knee did bend. First came the learned James the First, and Charles the First, his son, Who through the warrior Cromwell forever was undone. This warrior styled "Protector" knew how to rule all men, If not with his good broadsword, why, then with stroke of pen. And after him the second Charles returned to England fair, And claimed that to her glorious crown he was the lawful heir. Then after him the bigot James, the second of his name, Who was deposed from England's throne and earned a crown of shame; Then good King William called the Third, and Mary, his good wife, They ruled o'er happy England and banished horrid strife, But leaving no good children to whom the throne could fall Poor sickly Anne, whose heart was big but brains so very small, As James's second daughter succeeded to the crown And did her best to rule the land but never won renown. To seventeen fair children she in her life gave birth But as death claimed them every one she had no cause for mirth. The Stuart line was ended with Anne, unhappy queen, Then came four kings called Georges, with wits not very keen, Hanover's line they founded, which line rules England now, And to this line all Englishmen on loyal knee would bow. And after all the Georges had had their rule and died, Then William Fourth, the brother of George the Third, he tried To rule o'er England's country with kind and steady hand, But when his brother's daughter succeeded to this land She made a better ruler than any queen or king And to VICTORIA, great VICTORIA, loudest praises ring. She ruled o'er England's empire for years full sixty-four, And her great crown with queenly grace and kindliness she wore. Her son, King Edward Seventh, the ever tactful king, Ruled for a few short seasons until by Death's cruel sting His happy reign was ended and George the Fifth, his heir, Was made the kingly ruler of England's lands so fair. BRUNETTES ALL THE RAGE Great Byron sang of ladies fair With bright blue eyes and golden hair; But Major Woodruff says--;"Beware--; Of those whose skin is very fair, As naughty maidens have blue eyes And seldom are they good and wise." He urges men like Moses great To choose a brunette for a mate, Whose eyes and hair have the dark hue Which proves that she'll be wise and true. CATS A KISSIN' (CATECHISM) Last week my cousin Patti, who isn't yet quite three, Went to our good Sunday School with Mother and with me. She sat quite still and listened well to all the teacher said, Until I thought she stowed away much knowledge in her head. But when that evening Auntie asked, "What did my darling hear When she went to Sunday School; tell me, won't you, dear?" She shrugged her little shoulders and said, "Not anyfing Except dey said some funny words and den began to sing; Though 'bout de cats a kissin', well, the teacher said you should Teach me ev'ry evenin' and den I'd be so dood." INFORMATION BY PHONE Little brilliant Nellie, whose Ma thought she was ill, Took her to the doctor, who gave her a big bill, For sounding with a stethoscope young Nellie's narrow chest And making her scream "Ninety-nine" with her utmost zest. Next day a friend asked Nellie, "What did the doctor think Is the matter with you? Are you on Death's brink?" "Not much," said little Nellie, "no bugs could doctor find; In fact he said that all my ills were just in mother's mind." "But how did he discover this, he couldn't see through you, And maybe what this doctor said is anything but true?" "Of course the doctor told the truth," most scornfully said Nell, "I heard him phone to my insides, and they said I was well." OUR PRESIDENTS George Washington, Adams and Jefferson three First rulers of Uncle Sam's land of the free: Then Madison, Monroe and Adams again All clever and upright and good honest men; Then Jackson, Van Buren and Harrison first, Tyler and Polk whose terms were so curst By war with the Greasers who lost in the fray-- Then Taylor and Fillmore and Pierce held their sway. Buchanan and Lincoln, Johnson and Grant, Then Hayes, martyred Garfield, despiser of cant, Arthur and Cleveland, Harrison (Ben) McKinley the martyr, beloved by all men; Then most energetic and strenuous Teddy And plump William Taft for a second term ready When Wilson was placed in this nation's great chair And promised to always rule wisely and fair. SIX IN THE CEMETERY Oh, the kiddie-de-kees in the Wiggs' house, They're thick as bees, but ne'er like a mouse, For they've never been known to keep the least quiet, And wherever they go there's always a riot. One day, Mrs. Wiggs and her husband Pat Made a trip to the city to rent a flat And left their six kiddies at home to play On the graveyard green across the way. The two elder Wiggs they found a man, With flats he would rent on most any plan, But concerning one thing he said he must know If kiddies they owned--the rent man's foe. "Yes, six little ones," said Pa Wiggs the wary, "But they are all in the cemetery." Said the landlord, "Better there than here," And he drew up a lease without any fear. And that's how the Wiggs got their lease In a so-called kidless flat of PEACE. COULD ONLY ASK QUESTIONS "Madeline," asked her mother, when home she came at noon, "How did you like your teacher, or can't you tell so soon?" MADELINE: "Oh, yes, I formed my 'pinion long 'fore I started home, She's rather pleasant, looks quite wise, and wears a lovely comb, But surely she is stupid in spite of her wise looks, 'Cause she only asked us questions from out of a lot of books." SEEKING BARGAINS When Mother told Tommy five cents she would pay If he would be good and "damn" never say, The wary young Yankee, he made this reply-- "To be sure, I won't, Mother, not once if I die; But I know another, a word worser still, If damn's worth a nickel, it's worth a whole bill." CULTUS MITLITE (_Chinook Indian for Rest_) One of the greatest of pleasures to me Whenever I happen to be near the sea, Is clam digging to go upon the broad beach And get all the clams that my shovel can reach. Along Puget Sound I was clamming one day, When a poor Indian squaw and child came my way. The mother was digging up clams with her toes, And was dressed very poorly in very few clothes. But her face seemed so kind as she smiled at her child, A wee Indian warrior, who seemed very wild. He turned over stones and he ran to and fro And drove out poor crabbies as their fiercest foe. But at last he grew weary and to the squaw came, While limping so slowly as if he were lame, And crying, "Ho, mama, ho nika, ho til!" Which meant of crab sporting that he'd had his fill. That squaws are so cross I have read in a book, But not so this mother, who gently did look Upon her wee torment, while patting his head, And "Cultus Mitlite," so sweetly she said. This meant that the warrior might take a long rest, The pleasure of pleasures that red men like best. HER TURN COMING A wee little girlie aged scarcely six One day watched her mother playing with Trix, A cunning French poodle that oft got a kiss Belonging by rights to this dear little miss. She was jealous of Trix curled up on the lap Of her lovely mother where SHE wished to nap. So she sat very still while she gave a big sigh And questioned her mother "How soon do dogs die?" The mother replied as she petted Trix's ears, "They rarely live longer than nine or ten years." "Oh, goodie!" cried Girlie. "In six years next May There won't be a Trixie and I'll have my way." WHEN WILL WE BE OLD ENOUGH? "Little children should be seen And not heard," folks say. We must scarcely speak aloud When company comes to stay For breakfast or for dinner Or for a cup of tea, So solemn and so quiet We little folks must be. We must not tell that Daddy Once used an awful word The very, very worstest That ever could be heard. Nor how our mother curls her hair And powders well her nose And sometimes takes an hour or more To put on her best clothes. We dare not tell how sister Was spanked for being rude And how our baby brother Was choked upon his food. In fact we must not speak at all Except words no and yes And when we swallow all our thoughts They cause us great distress. So we are wondering how much more We kiddies yet must grow Ere we can speak out what we think And tell all things we know. JOHNNIE'S CONUNDRUM Once Johnnie to his brother said-- "Here's a conundrum for you, Fred, They say all nuts on trees must grow What tree bears doughnuts, do you know?" "Oh, yes," Fred promptly made reply, "I'll answer dat de firstest try, Dey grows on Bridget's nice pantry. Tum right wid me and you tan see." TITANIC'S NOBLE BAND O'er great Atlantic's waters, Old Father Neptune's pride, On a starry night in April, Oh, see Titanic ride! This spacious Queen of steamers Holds high her masted head For she believes all waters Are conquered by her tread. "Alas, vain Queen, you're speeding Unto a watery tomb!" So telegraphed the breezes To save her from her doom. But she no heed gave to them And faster forged ahead When suddenly before her-- Great tombstone for the dead-- Old Neptune's giant iceberg Shone white beneath the sky His icy breath gave warning "Don't touch me or you die." But heedless to this warning The ship steered on her way And struck the icy monster For which her life did pay. With his great strength this giant Then rent her sides in twain And left her floundering helpless Upon the boundless main. Her passengers in terror Rushed to the upper deck And there her Captain told them "Titanic is a wreck. "And all the little children And women in great haste Must go aboard the life boat, No moments are to waste." But when these little children Held to their fathers' hand And wives clung to their husbands They heard this dread command-- "The boats are but for women, All men on deck must stay And wait till help comes to us-- There is no other way." But those who loved their husbands And were most loyal wives Refused to leave the men they loved To save their own poor lives. Then rough hands tore asunder The arms of love entwined, And threw the wives into the boats And left the men behind. But while the cries of parting With grief all hearts did tear, The band of the Titanic Struck up a lively air Of jolly ragtime music And glad notes of good cheer, As if to tell the people There was no cause to fear. Since aid would soon come flying And all would rescued be, So why should hearts be saddened When bandmen played with glee. Down, down Titanic's going, But still the band plays on, The brave men know they're sinking That they will soon be gone. But how can they die better Than giving helping cheer To those who from Death's waters Are trembling in great fear. So as the water covers The deck just at their feet, They play with solemn fervor A hymn majestic sweet. And, "Nearer, oh, my God, to Thee, And nearer yet to Thee," Gave courage to the drowning men Who struggled in the sea. For Colonel Astor, Major Butt And learned William Stead, And many other noble men We mourn Titanic's dead. And with them we all honor The band who cheered their way To meet the ever-dreaded King To whom all lives must pay. _Concerning this jingle Elbert Hubbard said: "Dear Little Friend: This is your masterpiece of word painting descriptive of courage, anguish and man's helplessness."_ HOW TO BE HAPPY One night as I slept there came to me A dear little sprite from o'er the sea, And sweetly smiling, whispered to me: "Shall I tell you how to happy be?" Of course I asked for the recipe Which worked its magic soon on me, And as I'm happy as one can be I'd like to tell the news to thee. It's not advice we might call new, But it gives us joy that's pure and true; It's simply the "MUSE OF SMILES" to woo, And whate'er we have each day to do-- Tasks that are pleasant and sad ones too-- With a smiling face our work go through, Forgetful of self and "HOPEBEAMS" strew For those who see not the brightest view. REVENGE ON AN ACHING TOOTH One time I had an awful pain Which made me groan and cry; It felt like daggers in my head Which stabbed at my right eye. It was the toothache, mother said, And as she petted me, She quite agreed with Bobby Burns That nothing worse could be. Not even chiggers, ainhum, yaws, Or leprosy and sprue, With craw-craw and the Dhobie itch, Piedra and goundou. Beriberi and pinta, too, With cholera and boils, And dengue and bubonic plague Or dreadful serpents' coils. With fevers scarlet, yellow, black And measles and the mumps, Green apple-colic, whooping cough, And chicken-pox's bumps. In Mother's sympathy for me No comfort could I find, And so I sought the dentist's aid, Where forceps cruel but kind Removed the sore and aching tooth, And freed me from the pang, Which by the noted Bobby Burns Was called "A venomed stang." And when the dentist gave to me The very little thing Which for so long had tortured me With joy I longed to sing. And I resolved to sugar it And watch it every day, While it was having dreadful pangs And I could laugh and play. AN OLD-TIME AND A MODERN SONG "Baby Bye, Here's a fly; Let us watch him, you and I. How he crawls Up the walls; Yet he never falls! I believe with six such legs You and I could walk on eggs. There he goes On his toes Tickling baby's nose." Daddy, dear, Oh, come here, For I fear a fly is near! There he goes On his toes Touching baby's nose! Oh, alas, our child may die, Come and quickly swat this fly! Baby's ill, Get a pill And the fly germs kill! LEGEND OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY Sebert the first East Saxon king, Who of our Christ did preach and sing He built the first church on the ground Where fair Westminster now is found. And to this church 'tis often said Came good St. Peter from the dead And with the angels sweet and fair Descending on a golden stair Reaching from the Heavens above And bringing to this earth pure love. He consecrated and he blest This Christian church above the rest Of churches in old England's Isle And on this site the saints still smile. HOW MOTHER LEARNED NATURAL HISTORY One day while sitting on the beach Talking of child training With a most learned pedagogue From whose lips were raining Great torrents of most wondrous lore Upon most subjects known, My Mother learned one little fact This wise man did not own-- And this through making a most sad Acquaintance with a bee, Who wore a yellow jacket suit To show his family. This stinging warrior with his stings Felt nothing of alarm And boldly marched beneath the lace That covered Mother's arm. And when she tried to let him out He stung her o'er and o'er As if he had a warrior band Well armed with stings galore. And when at last my Mother brave Killed this most wicked bee Her arm was, oh, so very sore, With ten lumps I could see. Said the professor solemnly While gazing at her arm, "I thought my Natural History said That bees can do no harm; If they but use their stingers once, They ne'er can sting again. But you've been stung by some insect That carriers stingers ten." "Oh, no," said Mother, with a smile, "It had one stinger wee, But now I call a yellow jacket, 'Sting ad finem bee.'" THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY In days of chivalry, so I've been told, All knights were gallant, kind and bold, But ladies though ever so modest and sweet Made the bold knights kneel down at their feet. ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT On midsummer night or St. John's eve Is fairies' night when they receive All their friends and all their slaves, The goblins, witches, trollish knaves. And if the olden tales be true, All men and maids have cause to rue, Who on this night dare go abroad And touch a foot to fairy sod; For naught will save them but to jump Right o'er a fire or blazing stump. But if you're brave and do not fear That for your rashness you'll pay dear, Then stand beneath an elder tree And King of Fairies you may see. Should you then wish to ride afar With him to some far distant star, Then quickly tread St. John's wort flower And he will show you "Fairies' Bower," And also carry you all night To many lands, until the light Comes with Aurora's face so fair, When he will drop you anywhere, It matters not where he may be, On mountain, desert, or the sea. And therefore few men whom I know Are brave enough with him to go. And think it best to bide at home And not with fairies far to roam. BEWARE OF THE WET Johnnie Jones, you'd bettah stop Paddlin' in de wet, Lest you grow to be a duck Or somethin' worser yet With a pudgy mushroom head Shaped like an umbrella, Which would make you, handsome lad, Such an ugly fellah. TO MODERN KNIGHTS What would you do, oh, my good brothers, Should anyone insult your mothers, Your sisters, sweethearts or your wives By saying they lived worthless lives Because they could not go to fight In cruel war with men of might? The one who slandered women so, Ah, you would treat him as your foe. What would you do, oh, my good brothers, Should anyone insult your mothers, Your sisters, sweethearts or your wives, Declaring they lived worthless lives And classing them with lunatics Or, even worse, with fierce convicts? The one who slandered women so, Ah, you would treat him as your foe. What would you do, oh, my good brothers, Should anyone insult your mothers, Your sisters, sweethearts or your wives By saying they are worthless lives, And that all women are inferiors, And even black men are superiors? The one who slandered women so, Ah, you would treat him as your foe. What would you do, oh, my good brothers, Should anyone insult your mothers, Your sisters, sweethearts or your wives By calling them mere worthless lives Because all men now take the lead, E'en though they cannot write or read? The one who slandered women so, Ah, you would treat him as your foe. Awake! Arise! Oh, my good brothers, Your country's law insults your mothers, Your sisters, sweethearts and your wives, And classes them as worthless lives, Declaring that no vote have they As to who rules this U. S. A. So, modern knights, now make new laws That bear an equal franchise clause. A SONG OF THE WOODS "My leaves are turning crimson," the giant oak tree said, "It's almost time these children should seek their winter's bed, But how they still cling to me and gleam with crimson hue, They truly are more lovely than cirrus clouds of blue. "And now throughout the forest--list! hear their voices ring, But 'tis in tones of sadness and sighing they now sing-- 'Alas! 'tis gone, fair summer, and winter's reign is near, He cruelly strips the forest of all her summer cheer By killing all her lovely leaves and likewise flowers gay And driving all her fairy folk to homes of far away.'" BRICK VERSUS WATCH "Nursie, dear, oh, I'ze afraid I haz breakt a brick In de big old fireplace. Please to mend it quick 'Fore dear Muzzie tums along And sees w'at I haz done, Poundin' with my Daddy's watch Ter make it fasser run." KOPPA AFTER PI I've very little Latin and very little Greek Stored away in my small brain, which yet is very weak, But one thing I'll remember, I think until I die, And that is that the KOPPA follows after Pi. And mother says that perhaps this solves the very reason why The "Kops" they follow after cooks well trained in baking pie. THE PAST AND PRESENT EVE Where is the maid of the long ago Who stayed at home and knit? And where is she who won her way Having a fainting fit? Where is the maid who sat all day Waiting a lover to call So she might wed and ride away Unto his manor hall? And where is she who always blushed And giggled "Tee-hee-hee!" Whene'er a noble "Adamite" She even chanced to see? Where is she with the wasp-like waist And Chinese hobbling feet, The maiden fair with light bleached hair Who thought she was too sweet? Where is the dame who left her babes Unto a servant's care, While she reposed or tried to make Herself look wondrous fair? And where is she who wouldn't vote And did not care to know Who guided this great ship of state And saved it from the foe? She's gone away to "Has-been-realms," And now we have instead Our glorious type of womankind Who forges fast ahead. Our brothers who now make the laws Of this great country fair, 'Tis they alone who power have Their franchise rights to share. I pray you show your chivalry, Oh, all you worthy knights, And vote for equal franchise laws, Which are your sisters' rights! MY IMPRESSIONS OF NEWSPAPER MEN [_Written by request of a newspaper man._] Newspaper men, so I believe, Have tongues that roll around As if well oiled with labial grease, The slickest to be found. Most of these men are very nice And have a pleasant look, But if I utter one wee word They make it fill a book. Some one has said that simple smiles For length can't be surpassed; Because there is a whole big mile 'Twixt letters first and last. But I believe newspaper men Can make words longer still, With oceans rolling in between Made out of little rills. And as for questioning people No Eves would dare compete With skilful news reporters In any question feat. But of all men I most adore Are these newspaper men, And I would now most loudly cheer THESE BRAVE KNIGHTS OF THE PEN. PETER VISITS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH When Peter who was a country jake A visit to a church did make He sat with pleased look on his face As if indeed in Heaven's place. And after service when his Ma Praised him aloud to his kind Pa He said, "Of course I sat quite still And watched the preacher's wives so ill All dressed in nighties, though their hair Was primped and curled as for a fair." A GHOST STORY On a dreadful stormy night My dear Tommy had a fight With great Peter Snookum Snee, Cat of fighting pedigree. In this battle, sad to tell, My poor Tom, alas, he fell, Ending thus his earthly life Through the wicked God of Strife. On the next night while in bed, Sleepless and with aching head, For my Tom, my precious pet, My poor eyes with tears were wet. Suddenly his voice I heard, And in ghostly whispers purred, "I am coming, mistress, dear, Yes, 'tis true I'm very near. "Good cat heaven have I left, I would comfort you, bereft For your precious Tommy pet, I would teach you not to fret. "Do you hear me in the hall With my ghostly soft footfall? Up the stairs I bound to thee, Jumping steps from one to three. "Now my paw is on your door, I turn the knob one-two-three-four, And you may see your Tommy now-- Me-ow! Me-ow! Me-ow! ow! ow!" AN ESPERANTO POEM PLAIN TO ALL Hundido krias--"Bow-wow-wow!" Katido krias--"Meow-meow!" Bovido krias--"Moo-moo-moo!" Kolombo krias--"Coo-coo-coo!" Shafido krias--"Baa-baa-baa!" Infano krias--"Ma-ma-ma!" THE WINDS OF MARCH [_Awarded Gold Medal in April (1912) Issue of St. Nicholas Magazine._] Last March, "Imp March Winds" teased me so, I had no peace of mind, For when I took a little walk, these imps came close behind, And plucked my hat from off my head and hurled it to the ground, Or blew my handkerchief so far it never could be found. So, thinking of the Tangu rug, I asked it to appear And carry me away to Mars, where I need have no fear Of being tortured by these imps who love to tease and tease, And never let the big or small feel perfectly at ease. Then on the magic rug I flew away up in the air, And landed on the planet Mars. Alas, the imps were there! And working greater havoc far than they had done on earth, For 'twas indeed the warlike Mars that gave these bad imps birth. A BACHELOR'S OPINION OF A BABY Said Auntie to a bachelor-- "Do look at my fine boy! Oh, isn't he a cunning dear-- His mother's greatest joy." "Ah, really," said the bachelor, While blushing rosy red, "And can he sit on his hind legs And beg when he is fed?" MY COUNTRY In this dear land we need not sigh And fear as orphans we may die, As long as we can look on high And see the starry banner fly Above the children passing by, Who gaze above, salute and cry, "MY COUNTRY!" GREEDY IMPS Nine goblins, ten witches, and bad imps galore Danced round me last night and made me so sore. They pricked and they stabbed, they stung and they clawed At my poor "tum-tum," oh, my, how they gnawed. I struggled against them while trembling with fear And crying out loudly, "Oh, Mother, come here!" Just like a good fairy she came to my aid And made the bad goblins so quickly to fade Away in the darkness of "I-know-not-where," I'm sure that no children would like to go there. And as Mother petted my poor aching head She looked at me sadly and softly she said, "The imps you have seen came but at your call As you were so greedy and ate nearly all The rich candied cherries your uncle sent you Instead of obeying and eating a few." TO FRIENDS WHO REMEMBERED ME WHEN I WAS ILL I thank you for the Fairies, you sent from KINDNESS BOWER, Bearing healing messages through thought, or deed, or flower, While wicked pains were troubling me and I felt very sad, Your loving little messengers, they came and made me glad By telling cheerful stories of flowering shrub and tree, And driving through forgetfulness the horrid pains from me. GREETINGS TO NORFOLK Greetings to the city of my birth, Norfolk town, Proud am I to claim this birthplace of renown, In Virginia's realms whose glory antedates That of all our country's other states. ORIENTAL METAPHOR Anysing just suits me, Makes me happy be, All I needs to trinkee Is few leaves of tea With a drop of water No more than you meet In ze little holelets Made by chickens' feet. And as to my eatin' Weenty sings suffice, All I needs for dinner Iz a grain ob rice. Oh, I eat so little For my biggish size, I'ze just like a hound dog Only munchin' flies. A TORPID LIVER 'SPLODED HIM Johnnie's father's gone to Heaven So his mother told my ma Doctor said a torpid liver Killed poor Johnnie's sickly pa. 'Spose it 'sploded and then shot him Way up in the clouds above, Where his pieces were united By the angels' songs of love. THE SOUL OF A MISER 'Tis said that the soul of a miserly man, So small it becomes that any one can Blow it right through a tiny round pill Thence through the top of a humming bird's bill Into the eye of a wee little bug, Which wouldn't cause it to wink or to shrug. LEARNING THE FRENCH ALPHABET PROFESSOR GROS TO HIS PUPILS: Répétez, s'il vous plaît, Les bonnes lettres a, b, c. MAÎTRE CORBEAU: Non, ces lettres je n'aime pas, Je crie seulement k-k-k. PROFESSOR GROS: Répétez, s'il vous plaît, Les bonnes lettres, a, b, c. MAÎTRE COCHON: Non, non, non, je seulement dis La jolie lettre i-i-i. PROFESSOR GROS: Répétez, s'il vous plaît, Les bonnes lettres, a, b, c. MÉCHANT GARCON: Non, non, non, je seulement dis La comique lettre j-j-j. PROFESSOR GROS: Répétez, s'il vous plaît, Les bonnes lettres, a, b, c. LA MÉCHANTE FILLETTE: Non, non, non, pour faire bons mots Je préfére la grande lettre O---- PROFESSOR GROS: Répétez, s'il vous plaît, Les bonnes lettres, a, b, c. LA VIELLE FILLE: FRANÇAISE: Non, non, non, je seulement sais La douce bonne lettre t-t-t. DANS MA MAISON Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Un cheval, un perroquet, Un crocodile et un taureau, Une grande puce et un chevreau, Une vache, un âne et une brebis, Un papillon, des chauves-souris. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Une tigresse, un terrier, Un épagneul et un agneau, Une girafe et un beau veau, Un phoque, un bouc et un chameau, Un singe, un boeuf et un corbeau. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai, Une ânesse, un lévrier, Une alouette et un lièvre, Une linotte et une bonne chèvre, Un boule-dogue et un moineau, Mon caniche si bon si beau. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Une cigogne, des araignées, Une grande chenille, un léopard, Une tortue et un canard, Un aigle, une taupe, des lionceaux, Et un grand Monsieur Crapaud. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Une baleine, un fier geai, Un éléphant et un bon chat, Un renard, beaucoup des rats, Une loutre, un tigre et un mulet, Un coq, une poule et des poulets. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Une perruche, un bélier, Une jument et un hibou Un vautour et un loulou, Une pie, une mouche et une belette, Des autruches et une fauvette. Dans ma maison jolie j'ai Un serpent, un sanglier, Une sauterelle et Madame Oie Et un grand chien Danois Tout le mond vit chez nous Bêtes et gens-excepté vous! DANS MON JOLI JARDIN Dans mon joli jardin j'ai De belles roses et des oeillets Des hyacinthes et des pensées Du chevrefeuille, des tulipes gaies Des passe-roses, de l'oranger De blancs lilacs parfumés. Dans mon joli jardin j'ai Des muguets et des bluets Des campanules très coquettes La simple et modeste violette, Des marguerites, de rouges pavots De beaux arbres si grands et haut! DANS MA CUISINE AS AN AID IN MEMORIZING THE ARTICLES IN THE KITCHEN Dans ma cuisine joilie j'ai Une poèle, et l'évier. Des cuilliers, et des couteaux Un balai, un fourneau, Une bouilloire, et une théière Et ma bonne cuisinière. Dans ma cuisine jolie j'ai Des casseroles et un pass-thé, Des porcelaines, un joli moule, Beaucoup de plats et une grande boule, Des soucoupes une cafetière Et ma bonne cuisinière. Dans ma cuisine jolie j'ai De belles tasses, un pot à lait; Beaucoup de sucre et de farine Sont toujours dans ma cuisine; Et la reine de ma pauvre mère Qui est notre cuisinière. Dans ma cuisine jolie j'ai Une grande armoire, une horloge vraie Beaucoup d'eau et bon café Du chocolat, aussi du thé, Du vin, du lait, et la bìere Pour notre bonne cuisinière. UN PETIT BARBARE POU [_Written to remember that pou, genou, hibou, joujou, caillou, bijou and chou take X in the plural._] Une fois un petit barbare pou, A donné grand mal au genou Du très sage et vieux hibou Qui a jeté son joujou (Un petit, mais dur caillou) Qui etait son cher bijou À la tête du méchant pou Faisant lui un brisé chou. WISE REPLIES "Joan of Arc, and who was she?" Asked the teacher of little Leigh. "Wife of Noah, of course," said she, "Who sailed the ark upon the sea." "John's so wise he laughed at Leigh When she tried to answer me, So in the future for replies We'll always go to John the wise. Now what is lava, Johnnie, dear, Can it be found in places near?" "Why, certainly," said smiling John, "Most everyday Dad puts it on, And covers nearly his whole face With lava thick in every place." I PREFER A LAZY BEE Once I saw a little bee Sitting very quietly On a baby elder tree. Coming near to the young bee I reproached him scornfully, Saying, "You're not busy, bee." Instantly the wicked bee Made himself to busy be By most cruelly stinging me. Since that time I never see Any busy buzzing bee But I wish he'd lazy be. WHEN WOMEN VOTE [_Written for the Evansville, Indiana, Courier._] When women vote On high will float The banner of true worth. No more Sir Graft Or Wily Craft Shall rule good Mother Earth. Then peace will be On land and sea, The goddess we adore. Not e'en a germ Or ugly worm Will dare molest us more. * * * * * This jingle may be sung to the air of _Auld Lang Syne_. AN OLD GARDEN In my old Savannah garden, There roses and jasmine grew And many sweet for-get-me-nots Of lovely shades of blue. Japonica's waxen blossoms Of purest white and pink, Wistarias with honey cups From which the bees could drink. Sweet old-time shrubs whose odors Filled all the sun-kissed air And many another beauty Of "Flora" was found there; So one would think that garden A place of pure delight, But, alas, not so since Tom Cat Sang ditties there each night. SPELLING WRONG "RONG" To-day I got a lickin' And teacher called me bad, But I can't see the reason-- I guess it's just her fad. For when in class she asked me, "The word wrong will you spell?" "R-O-N-G," I quickly cried, And thought that I did well. "That's wrong!" she cried out fiercely, "I know it," I replied, While beaming with a pleasant grin So very broad and wide. And then to think she seized me And called me "sassy boy" While lashing me with a peach limb And blasting all my joy. LET MA VOTE (_Spoken at U. S. Arsenal Park on July the Fourth, 1912._) Ma can sew and Ma can bake-- Every sort of thing can make Out of thread and wool and yarns, And, besides, 'tis she who darns All the rents in all our clothes, And the holes made by our toes-- But our Ma she cannot vote Any more than Bill, our goat. Ma it is who keeps us neat From our head down to our feet; Watches o'er us night and day When we work or when we play; Nurses us when we are ill, Saving Pa a doctor's bill-- But our Ma has naught to say Who will rule this U. S. A. Ma helps Pa, too, with his work. For the good soul ne'er will shirk From whatever's to be done-- Our brave Ma will never run. But will always do her best, And she rarely takes a rest, Like our Pa, with pipe alight, When he comes from work at night. Ma has taught us kids to read-- In all things our Ma we need. The good "Queen of Home" is Ma, Though U. S. thinks more of Pa, Since he gives him power to rule O'er affairs of state and school; While concerning laws Ma may Ne'er a word have right to say. All you boys must truly love Your good mother far above Anyone upon this earth, For 'twas she who gave you birth; And you noble, youthful knights, Should not wish for any rights That your mother does not share-- Which is only right and fair. Won't you work for more just laws, With an equal franchise clause, So ere one more Fourth has passed Ma will win her rights at last, And may help to rule this land, Which for equal rights will stand? Rah! Rah! Rah! Three cheers for Ma When she'll vote next year with Pa! A SONG OF HOME There's but one place on this great earth Where I can happy be, And that is in my own dear home Perched on my mother's knee, For there I find all that I seek Of comfort, love and joy, May no dread sorrow come to me And my dear home destroy! THEN AND NOW [_Published in a suffrage booklet, "A Plea to Gallant Knights."_] THEN-- In ancient days, so I've been told, Knights were gallant, kind and bold, But ladies e'en though fair and sweet, Made the knights kneel at their feet. NOW-- The modern ladies quite compare In beauty with these dames so fair, But they no longer wish to see Bold knights so humbly bending knee, They ask only to keep beside The modern knight in his bold stride. THE FIVE BEST FAIRIES The joyous CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Is flying through the air, He's in our homes and in our hearts, About us everywhere. We see him in the night time When we have gone to bed, Sitting on our pillow, Or floating round our head. We hear him in the morning As soon as we arise, "Don't forget the aged And little ones," he cries. "If you are well and happy Still happier you'll be, If you will open wide your heart And say 'COME IN' to me. I'll tell you of your neighbors Who are both ill and sad, But who by deeds of kindness You may make very glad. And for your Christmas presents Oh, how I hope and pray That Earth's five best good fairies To you will come and stay." "The first is GOOD HEALTH FAIRY, Whose aid all mortals seek, For he is life's elixir And gives strength to the weak. Without this gracious fairy No one can ever know A single hour of perfect peace Away from GOBLIN WOE. So treasure this good fairy And keep him safe with you, For he will be a faithful friend And one that's ever true. "I'll ask GOOD COMFORT FAIRY To all your wants give heed, So you may never suffer From dreaded SPECTER NEED. "A third most precious fairy I know will stay with you If you have HEALTH to make you smile And MEANS so you may do The little deeds of kindness And little acts of love Which bring true gladness to this earth From radiant realms above. "With health and comfort and true love, No fairies, it would seem, Would be quite necessary To make this life a dream, But as most every mortal Has hopes of great success, Reaching high for certain goals Toward which they go in quest. I pray SUCCESS, the fairy, Will help to win your part In everything you undertake, In finance, science, art. "Now, with good health and comfort And love and great success, There always travels side by side THE FAIRY HAPPINESS. Oh, may these five good fairies Forever dwell with thee, And then you'll be as happy As any one can be." AN EQUAL FRANCHISE VALENTINE [_Published on valentine cards by the Norfolk, Virginia, Equal Franchise Association._] Oh, noble knight, you oft have said That when a maiden you would wed, In everything you both should share And make a truly happy pair. Now, as you vow your love is mine. And that I am your Valentine, Oh, prove these loving words of thine, And make the right of franchise mine! BEWARE OF STINGS Once I heard a Christian Science lady who was very wise, Say that love is all about us in all things of every size, And if we each day would utter "God is love" to everything Not a thing on earth would hurt us with its claws, or horns, or sting. So believing what she told me, when a hornet I did meet, Graciously I smiled upon him and with words of love did greet This most wicked of all insects who refused good friends to be But rewarded my advances by most cruelly stinging me. So, my little friends, take warning and of love though you may sing I am sure you'll never find it in an insect with a sting. 'NEATH NIAGARA FALLS [_These lines came to me as I stood in the underground tunnel beneath the Horse Shoe Falls and watched the mighty volumes of water pouring down upon the rocks beneath._] While standing 'neath Niagara Falls A voice to me from Heaven calls And asks me in deep, thundering tone, Mortal, can you stand alone? Do you believe there is no God Who made these waters at His nod? Are works like these but tricks of earth? Did nature only give them birth? Or was there an immortal hand Brought them to life by His command? The roaring waters seem to say-- "To God, our Maker, homage pay." GRAMMAR IN A NUTSHELL The ARTICLES are, oh, so wee, These little words are A, AN, THE. The nouns are names of anything As BOOK or PLAYGROUND, BALL or RING. PRONOUNS are used for NOUNS instead-- MY face, HER hand, YOUR feet, HIS head. All adjectives just tell the kind Of everything that we may find, As GOOD and BAD, and SOFT and SWEET, RUDE and NAUGHTY, WISE and NEAT. While of manner ADVERBS tell As SWEETLY, NEATLY, ILL or WELL. The PREPOSITIONS help each day IN our work and AT our play. When relationship is shown They must do the work alone. Good CONJUNCTIONS join together Man AND woman; plume OR feather. INTERJECTIONS will exclaim-- "OH, ALAS! AH, what a shame!" But we cannot get along In conversation or in song Without the VERB, the subject's fate, Expressing action, being, state. HOW SIMPLE SIMON BECAME WISE Simple Simon met young Heiman reading from a book. Said Simple Simon to young Heiman, "Let me have a look?" Said young Heiman to Simple Simon, "I will not selfish be, My great delight, ST. NICHOLAS, I'll gladly let you see." Then Simple Simon and young Heiman spent an hour or two Reading from this wondrous book, so full of all that's true, And when they'd finished, Simon lad of Mother Goose's fame, By virtue of his knowledge great, WISE SIMON, he became. THE B. O. K. FAIRY BRINGER OF JOY In far away Persia of long, long ago Lived GOOD FAIRY BOK, BAD TROUBLE'S great foe. Wherever he went there was sunshine and joy For all of the grown-ups and each girl and boy. He knew that the secrets of happiness lay In knowing just how one should work and should play; And he taught big and little how they could well use Their minds and their bodies with no time to lose. Then "TROUBLE" at last drove GOOD BOK from the earth But wise men revived this great giver of mirth In THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE which points out the way To lead useful lives and be happy all day, Since this wholesome fairy is the dreaded foe Of IDLENESS, first cause of all earthly woe; So one never finds a bad girl or boy In homes where BOK FAIRY radiates joy. And in every home where BOK has a shelf[B] He brings as his helper N. E., goodly elf,[C] Who knows how to open all good parents' eyes And help them make kiddies glad, wealthy and wise. [Footnote B: _The Book of Knowledge._] [Footnote C: _Natural Education._] PAPA'S SAINTED LEG "My papa has one wicked leg, Which troubles him with aches. He has also a second leg, He calls "a wooden fake," And still another sainted leg Which he most gladly gave When fighting in the cruel war His country's flag to save. AN APPEAL TO THE FAIRIES [_This poem was written in the hope of saving a beautiful forest near my home in Evansville, Indiana._] Good Fairies, save the lovely trees, which live on Coal Mine Hill! Their home has been your home so long, your hearts with grief would fill Should stout men armed with axes come and fell them to the earth, These monarchs of the forest, these jewels of great worth. The giant oaks and stately elms, the rulers of this wood Have watched the growth of Evansville and helped it as they could. They gave their shade and soft bright leaves to make a downy nest To shelter the first baby boy that Evansville possessed. Before this city had a church in which both bad and good Could ask forgiveness of the Lord, they worshipped in this wood; And those who love the beautiful and lovely scenes to see They climb upon this grassy hill and stand beneath some tree, While gazing far as eye can reach to fair Kentucky's lands, Or looking at the river shore on which our city stands. Above their heads the bright blue sky, green grass beneath their feet, And all around a lovely scene such as we seldom meet; Green pastures with cows grazing, broad river flowing by, And many tall church spires lifted toward the sky, No fitter place for children nor grown-up folks could be Than on this lovely Coal Mine Hill where NATURE we can see. 'Tis here the little orphans and poor children all around Find the greatest pleasures which in this woods abound. So dearest, kindest FAIRIES, please rescue these grand trees, And save them for the children, we ask you on our knees. IN INDIA [_To the air of "We Won't Go Home Till Morning."_] To India we now will go To India we now will go To India we now will go To see a monkey show. To see a monkey show. To see a monkey show. We cannot travel there by rail, We cannot travel there by rail, We cannot travel there by rail. And so we'll have to sail. And there Mount Everest we'll see And there Mount Everest we'll see And there Mount Everest we'll see And lowly bend the knee. In India the sun's so hot In India the sun's so hot In India the sun's so hot We may melt on the spot. And when it rains great torrents fall And when it rains great torrents fall And when it rains great torrents fall To soak the great and small. In India we'll have a fright In India we'll have a fright In India we'll have a fright If cobras try to bite. Or maybe a cruel tiger beast Or maybe a cruel tiger beast Or maybe a cruel tiger beast Upon our bones will feast. Or even worse a crocodile Or even worse a crocodile Or even worse a crocodile May come too close and smile. If we escape his awful jaws If we escape his awful jaws If we escape his awful jaws We may feel the leopard's claws. But I am glad as I can be But I am glad as I can be But I am glad as I can be No juggernaut we'll see. And no harm will come our way And no harm will come our way And no harm will come our way If fairies with us stay. Agra, Calcutta, old Delhi, Agra, Calcutta, old Delhi, Agra, Calcutta, old Delhi, And Bombay we will see. But I'm so sad we won't behold But I'm so sad we won't behold But I'm so sad we won't behold The peacock throne of gold. Still we may see the Taj Mahal Still we may see the Taj Mahal Still we may see the Taj Mahal Called beautiful by all. Indigo, cotton, tobacco and tea Indigo, cotton, tobacco and tea Indigo, cotton, tobacco and tea In India we will see. Well find in Burma rubies red Well find in Burma rubies red Well find in Burma rubies red And copper, tin and lead. Mahogany and teakwood too, Mahogany and teakwood too, Mahogany and teakwood too, And plenty of bamboo, With ebony and sandalwood With ebony and sandalwood With ebony and sandalwood And other trees as good. And here we find the humped zebu And here we find the humped zebu And here we find the humped zebu Which makes a funny moo. And in this pearl of the far East And in this pearl of the far East And in this pearl of the far East On mangoes we will feast. And lots of sugar we will eat, And lots of sugar we will eat, And lots of sugar we will eat, Our rice we'll make so sweet. And lovely silken robes we'll wear And lovely silken robes we'll wear And lovely silken robes we'll wear With turbans round our hair. But in the Ganges we'll not wash But in the Ganges we'll not wash But in the Ganges we'll not wash For that is silly bosh. Instead we'll take an elephant ride Instead we'll take an elephant ride Instead we'll take an elephant ride Upon his trunk astride. THE BEST MONTH OF ALL Of flowery spring The poets sing, Or else of bright September, But girls and boys Who love nice toys Will always praise December; For that's the time In every clime Us Santa doth remember. A PLEA TO KNIGHTS AND LADIES FAIR TO LADIES FAIR: Would you be classed with lunatics, Or, even worse, with fierce convicts? Then work for equal franchise laws. TO GALLANT KNIGHTS: Do you wish rights, oh, my good brothers, Denied your sisters, wives and mothers? Then give them equal franchise laws. SAYING HIS SPEECH One day last week good Mrs. Jones Sat making a new gown When home from school her young son came And strode first up, then down. He waved his arms and muttered much And frightened the pet cat And every time he neared the fire Right into it he spat. "Why, Jimmie," said his frightened ma, "Oh, what makes you act so? And if you do not soon behave Right straight to bed you'll go!" "Ah, mother," said the wise young lad, "I'm neither bad nor bold. I'm just rehearsing a short speech So don't begin to scold. To-day at school the teacher gave These lines to every one And bade us all learn them to-night Or else the stick would come." "Well, Jimmie, dear," his mother said, Recite these lines to me. And why do you when by the fire Spit out so furiously?" "The reason, Ma," said Jimmie Jones, "You very soon shall see. When I recite these lines to you You'll know that act must be. 'The embers glow, the fire burns The kid turns on the spit!' And now you see, my mother dear, That gesture well does fit." A PLEA TO EDITORS Mary Jane's so lachrymosy She won't laugh and she won't sing Since the cruel newspaper people Would not print her poem SPRING. Won't you be more tender-hearted To the rhymesters who must sing, E'en though they fill your waste baskets Full of poems on sweet spring? TASMANIA [_To the air of "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush."_] To Tasmania, we will go, we will go, we will go, And there we will not see much snow, see much snow, see much snow. To Tasmania we will sail, we will sail, we will sail And catch a kangaroo's big tail, his big tail, his big tail. To Tasmania we will fly, we will fly, we will fly And see the wheat which grows this high, grows this high, grows this high. In Tasmania we have heard, we have heard, we have heard Lives the funny penguin bird, penguin bird, penguin bird. In Tasmania we will spy, we will spy, we will spy An emu bird which cannot fly, cannot fly, cannot fly. In Tasmania we will see, we will see, we will see Many a eucalyptus tree, 'lyptus tree, 'lyptus tree. In Tasmania we are told, we are told, we are told There are heaps and heaps of gold, heaps of gold, heaps of gold. In Tasmania we will keep, we will keep, we will keep A big flock of lovely sheep, lovely sheep, lovely sheep. ESPERANTO GRAMMAR All the nouns must end in O, Akvo (water), Banto (bow), While adjectives all end in A, Bona patro (good papa), And adverbs end in letter E, Rapide in a rapid way. Soon I'll teach the vowels to you, Saying, "Pa, may we go too?" And the diphthongs au, aj, oj We pronounce as "Thou, my boy." Best of all the charming verbs, They can never wreck our nerves With exceptions cruel, unkind, For the same you'll always find Blessed AS, IS, OS, US, U, Endings that are ever true. THE ARMADILLO If I would fight on land and sea, And all my armor take with me, An ARMADILLO I would be. Then I could wear as my best clothes To cover me from tail to nose, Strong armor to ward off my foes. And dig, ah, my, but I could dig! Much swifter than a rooting pig, With my sharp claws so strong and big. And eat, ah, yes, but I would eat All things bitter and all things sweet, For feasting would be my best feat! FIVE GOOD GIANTS ARITHMETIC GIANT, most wise, never slumbers; His is the science which teaches of numbers. His cousin GEOGRAPHY treats of Ma Earth And all of her children to whom she gave birth. His aunt PHYSIOLOGY brings to us wealth, Describing our bodies and how to have health. His grandma called GRAMMAR tells how to use Good language at all times in spreading the news. Great LITERATURE teaches of many a work Written by authors who never would shirk From learning a little just day after day By listening to what the wise giants would say Who led them to drink from the great Knowledge Fount And thus to FAME'S LADDER helped them to mount. A BOOK MARK So very happy I shall be, If you'll permit poor humble me To keep your place by my poor art Within your bookfriend's gracious heart. UNCLE SAM'S PITTSBURGH ARSENAL [_Spoken at the Centenary Celebration, April 17th._] These hoary walls if they could speak What wondrous tales they'd tell! Of many strange encounters That long ago befell Good Pittsburgh folks who laid these stones One hundred years ago When Uncle Sam looked at John Bull As his most hated foe. The builders in those good old days, Who fashioned this old wall Knew naught of graft or cheap cement: They built things not to fall. And so we see the magazines And walls are just as good As when in days of Lafayette These sturdy bulwarks stood And frowned on him as he passed by As if they wished to say, "Your day will pass but we will stand Till centuries roll away." They heard the dread explosion That shook their very ground But firm they stood as bulwarks When stones fell all around. Again when dreadful RIOT Brought bloodshed in its path These walls though dyed with crimson Looked coldly on man's wrath. Not even blood of soldiers Could make them shed a tear And that is why these sturdy walls Have reached their hundredth year. The moral of this little tale Is that we should not weep and wail But ever put away all fears So we may live a hundred years. DUX FEMINA VIA My wise Professor Kurniker Has not quite wisely said That masculines in German Will ever rank ahead. But how about good Mother Earth, The sun, air and the sea, Without which not a single soul Could in existence be? Depending on the masculines We could not even speak For we would have no lips, lung, tongue Or voices strong or weak. What sights we'd be without our skin And none of us could write Sans pen and hand and without fists We could not even fight. What freaks we'd be without our cheeks, Our shoulders, chest and nose And how could we walk all about Unless we had our toes? We'd have no milk to keep us well, No butter for our bread. On most of the delicious fruits We could not then be fed. But few sweet flowers we would have To cheer the sick and sad; No lovely pearls of greatest price To make the ladies glad. We would not have a church or bank Post-office or good school; No linen, silk or wool to wear When Jack Frost makes us cool. We could not patriotic be With no flag for our own And without a good naval fleet We could not stand alone. Without a purse or library, Without a cup for tea, Sans the ETERNAL FEMININE What would this poor world be? Without the seasons and the week, Without the night and stars, We'd better leave this mundane sphere And fly right up to Mars. A BIRTHDAY WISH "Long years, full seven score and ten," The gods have said, "we give to men!" Though since Methuselah was here No one has reached this age, I fear. On this, your birthday, I invoke The wondrous little fairy folk And ask them that they give to you A chance to live man's whole life through. One hundred fifty years or more Be kept for you in Long-Life-Shop. THE MILLER ON THE DEE Sur la DE-O rivereto, Pitoreska en dometo, Loĝis bona muelisto Kiu estas fabrikisto De feliĉa vera ĝojo En la grandanima koro. Ĉiutage li kantadis, Ke por ĉiam li rabados Bedaŭregojn de kun-homoj Kaj metos ĝojon en la domoj. BAA! BAA! BLACK SHEEP Bleku, bleku, nigra ŝafo! Ĉu lanon havas vi? Jes Sinjoro, jes Sinjor', mi havas sakojn tri. Por la bona mastro kaj la mastrineto Ankaŭ por la knab' kiu loĝas en vojeto. THE OLD WOMAN, MOTHER GOOSE La maljuna virino, Patrino Anserino, Loĝis en domego En granda arbarego. Tie je pordego Estas la strigego, Gardostarantino De la Anserino. La maljuna virino, Patrino Anserino, Ofte tre deziris Vojaĝi, kaj ekiris For de la domego; Sur bona anserego Rajdis ŝi trans la ĉielojn Vidis ĉiujn brilajn stelojn. SIX LITTLE MICE SAT DOWN TO SPIN Por ŝpini sidis ses musetoj Sur siaj belaj ses seĝetoj; Malbona venis katinego Terure ruĝa ĉe buŝego: Diris ŝi, "Permesu min Ke mi nun' vizitu vin!" Musetoj kriis--"Savu nin! Ho, ni ne deziras vin!" THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM En Gotham' estas tri saĝuloj, Kiuj estis ja kunuloj; Unufoje en pelvego Iris ili sur marego. Jen fino de la tri kunuloj, Kiuj estis saĝeguloj. BO-PEEP Dolĉa Bo-Peepo estis knabineto Kiu kun lerta kaj sprita hundeto Ĉiam gardadis pri belaj ŝafetoj, Kiujn ŝi nomis siaj amatoj. Sed unufoje perdinte la vojon Ili ekrompis de Bo-Peep' la koron. THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE LITTLE GUN Foje estis juna homo, Kiu logis en la domo; Kiu havis pafileton Kaj rondan plumban kugleton. Li ekiris rivereton, Tie vidis anaseton; Ĝin li pafis je l' kapeto, Donis ĝin al Joaneto, Ordonante, "Rostu vi L' anaseton nun por mi." PRETTY MAID, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? "Ho bela knabino, mi multe deziras Lerni de vi kien vi iras." "Por melki" respondis la juna fraŭlino, La bela kaj dolĉa kaj lerta knabino. La Sinjoro diris--"Ho, donos al mi Tre grandan plezuron iri kun vi!" Tiam ŝi diris, "Ho jes, se vi volas, Permeson al vi kuniri mi donas." "Ĉu grandan riĉaĵon posedas do vi?" De tiu knabino demandis nun li. "Jen estas la sola riĉaĵo la mia, Nur la vizaĝo," respond' estis sia. "Do nepre mi ne edziĝos kun vi." La mono-serĉisto diris al ŝi. "Ho ne, certe ne," respondis ŝi, "Ĉar tion neniam mi petis de vi." A FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO Unufoje estis rano, Kiu estis la infano De tre bona Patrineto Kiu loĝis en marĉeto. Patrineto al li diris--; "Ranideto, mi deziras, Ke ne estu vi amanto De Fraŭlino Musobanto. Ŝi ne havas bonon sangon Ĉar ŝi manĝas buterpanon, Kaj ne ŝatas bonajn vermojn, Muŝojn, cimojn kaj la herbojn. "Kaj se vi kun ŝi edziĝos Tre malĝoja vi fariĝos." GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER Anserino, anserego, Unufoje en ĉambrego Estis viro, kaj al li "Preĝu, preĝu" diris mi. Sed li ne obeis min Kaj mi tuj elĵetis lin. LITTLE MISS MUFFET Fraŭlineto Muffet sidis Sur herbaĵo, kaj ekridis, Dum ŝi manĝis el pelveto Multe da la kazeaĵo Kun selakto kaj fruktaĵo. Sed ŝi sentis teruregon Ekvidinte aranegon Kaj rapide kuris ŝi Tiam for de tie ĉi. KITTY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Katino, katino, kien vi iris? Sciigon pri tio mi certe deziras. "Mi iris Londonon (Ĉar mi havis monon) Kaj vidis feinon, La bonan reĝinon." "Kaj tie, katino, kion vi faris, Dum apud la trono fiere vi staris?" "Mi havis plezuron timigi museton, Kiu forkuris sub la seĝeton." ROCK-A-BYE, BABY Ho dormu nun, dormu, infano mia, En la supro de alta arbo via; Kiam blovos dolca vento suda, Tiam lulos via lulilo kruda; Kiam blovos norda ventego terura, Tiam falos vi de l' arb-lito velura. JACK SPRATT "Sole la grason donu al mi," Jako Spratt petegis al ni, "Ĉar mia edzino ne kuiros ĝin, Kvankam humile mi petas ŝin." SIMPLE SIMON Malsaĝa Simono iris foiron, Kaj je la foiro renkontis la viron, Kiu al knaboj vendis pasteĉojn Ankaŭ aliajn bonajn aĉetojn. Malsaĝa Simono ne havis "Bon-senson" Ankaŭ ne havis unu "Bon-pencon" Sed al la viro tre brave li diris, "Bonvolu, pasteĉon mi multe deziras." La viro respondis ĝentile al li. "Unue, vi montru la pencon al mi." MOTHER HUBBARD Maljuna Patrino Hubbard', laŭ bona singardo, Enmetis en ŝrankon pecon da lardo, Por doni al sia tre bona hundido, Kaj ankaŭ al sia tre bela katido. Sed tre malfeliĉe por tiuj dorlotitoj Estis en ŝranko musoj ne timigitaj; Kaj ĉar la ŝrank-pordo ne havis fortecon, La malbonaj musoj formanĝis la lardpecon. LITTLE BOY BLUE Ho veku, ho veku, Bluvesta Knabeto, Ho venu, ho venu kun via korneto: En nia herbejo jen estas bovinoj, Kaj en la grenejo estas ŝafinoj. Veku, ho veku, dormema knabeto, Kaj blovu tre laŭte per via korneto. MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION Malbona estas MULTOBLIGADO, Ĝi estas ĉagrenigo; Simile malbona Estas DIVIDADO Kaj PRAKTIKO faras min Frenezul' sen sentoj kvin. PETER PUMPKIN EATER Petro, Petro, Manĝanto de kukurbo, Edzinon havis, sed en sia urbo Por edzino ne havis domon, Nek la buterpanon, nek eĉ pomon. Tiam de la bela Esperanto Petro ekfarigis ameganto; Tiam Kukurb-Petro havis domon, Ankaŭ buterpanon, kaj eĉ pomon. DOCTOR FOSTER Sinjorino Cikonio Kiu loĝis en tilio Unufoje tre deziris Ke iu kium ŝi admiris (La senhara Doktor' Foster') Venu helpi ŝin ĉe Gloucester. Porti sakon da infanoj, Por du bonaj samurbanoj; Sed malĝoje, Doktor' Foster' Ne povis veni eĉ al Gloucester' Ĉar la koto plutis lin, Kiel diris saĝa virin'. JACK BE NIMBLE Estu lerta, Jako mia, Kaj agema, knabo mia, Kandelingon ho transsaltu, Nun do! Nun do! Ne, ne haltu! SING JOYFULLY ON YOUR WAY Skuiru ĝojege malglatajn vojegojn, Transsaltu ĝojege la altajn montegojn, Ĉar estas neniam lacega la koro En kiu ekzistas multe da ĝojo. La gajkoraj viroj estas karuloj, Sed malĝojaj viroj estas teduloj. PUSSEY IN THE WELL "_DINGA-dongo-duto!_" Katido en la puto! Kiu enmetis ŝin? Malgrando Tomaso Green. Kiu eltiris ŝin? Bonvole sciigu nin. Tomaso "Trout" estis li; "Bona knabo" diris ni. PEAS PUDDING HOT Pizpudingo varma, Aŭ malvarma ĝi, Aŭ eĉ de naŭ tagoj En poto tiu ĉi. Kelkaj varma ŝatas ĝin, Malvarma kelkaj volas ĝin; "En la poto," iuj diras Ke ĝin ili ja deziras. TOM THE PIPER'S SON Tomaso la filo de Kantosakisto, Ho certe le estis tre granda rabisto. Ĉar li unufoje la porkon deziris Li ŝtelis la porkon kaj tiam foriris. La malĝoja pork' tuj estis manĝata Kaj tiam Tomaso li estis batata, De lia kolera sed tre bona patro. Kaj tiam ekkriis Tomas' laŭ la strato. LITTLE MARY WITH HER CANARY Tiu ĉi kanarieto Apartenas al Manjeto; Bona kiel eĉ knabeto, Kun la nomo "Birdeto," Kaj li kantas dolĉan kanton Ĉar li havas bonan sanon. Tial juna bela Manjo Amon havas por "Birdeto." MARY, QUITE CONTRARY Via ĝardeno, kiel kreskas ĝi? Kontraŭema Mario, diru al ni! Kun arĝentaj sonoriloj, Kaj kun konkoj por bariloj Kaj la kokeloj de belaj konketoj. En rekta linio, ankaŭ fraŭlinoj Tiel belegaj kiel feinoj. BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLE-STICK MAKER "_RUBO-dubo-dubo!_" Viroj tri en kuvo. Mi petas nun' de vi Nomojn de la tri. Jen estas la buĉisto, Kune kun la panbakisto, Ankaŭ tiu kandelisto Kiu estas ja rabisto. Emfaze diru al la tri, "Iru, iru for de ni!" RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY Pluvo, foriru de tie ĉi, Krias Johaneto nun de vi: Je Aprila tago, tiam al ni Venu, bona pluvo, tien ĉi. SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE Kantu kanton de sespenco Kaj pri peco de sensenco; De sekalo en saketoj, Kaj bakado de merletoj; En la reĝaj pudingetoj Ili kantas ĉe festetoj. THE OLD WOMAN IN A SHOE Jam de longe loĝis en ŝuego Tre maljuna grasa virinego, Kiu havis multajn infanetojn Dek knabinojn kaj knabetojn. Certe la geinfanetoj Estas ofte turmentetoj. Ĉiunokte al la geinfana grupo Estis donata la senpana supo; Tiam forte batis ŝi la infanetojn Ĝis kuris ili en siajn litetojn. THE LITTLE BOY AND THE LITTLE SPARROW Unufoje pasereto Sidis bele sur branĉeto: Venis tre malbona knabo, Kun pafarko kaj la sago, Dins li--"Vin pafos mi; Pasteĉ' nun fariĝos vi! Pasereto, tie ĉi." "Per knabeto mortos mi, Se mi restus sur la branĉo Apud tre malbona knabo." Tial for de la branĉeto Li forflugis de knabeto. SNAIL, SNAIL, COME OUT OF YOUR HOLE Limako, ho limako mia, Elvenu do el truo via! Se vi ne obeis min Tiam mi ja batos vin. PATTI CAKE Ho Sinjoro Panbakisto, mi petegas vin, Faru bonan kuketon nun por mi! Frapetu kaj piku, kaj marku ĝin per I, Kaj enmetu ĝin en fornon por Petro kaj mi. THREE BLIND MICE Tri blindaj musoj! Tri blindaj musoj! Per dek-du kruroj, Per dek-du kruroj, Kuris post virino Kiu estis edzino De la bona farmmastro Aprobita de l' pastro. Tiam ŝia filo Per granda tranĉilo Mallongigis la vostojn Kaj ricevis ties kostojn. OLD KING COLE Maljuna Reĝo-KOL, De Reĝlando Ĝojo, Animon gajan ja posedas, Almenaŭ tiel ni mem kredas. Pipo kaj pelvo da vin' Ĉiam multe plaĉas lin, Ankaŭ la belaj sonoj De la tri violonoj-- _Tui, diddel, diddel, di!_ Dins la violonoj tri. MY SON JOHN _Didel, pudingeto_ Iris en liton, ŝtrumpojn portante, Sur la piedoj unu ŝuon havante, _Didel, pudingeto_, mia filo Johan'. DICKORY DOCK _Dikeri, dikeri_ Supren flugis la porketo. Tiam vir' en aerŝipo Flugis post la pork' kun vipo; Kaptis voston de porkido, Jen por ni tre gaja rido! BARBER, BARBER, SHAVE A PIG Ho, barbiro, razu vi, Tiun porkon nun por mi, Ĉar tre multe mi deziras Antaŭ ol la pork' foriras, Havi nigrajn harojn liajn, Dankojn vi ricevos miajn: Kaj pinĉprenon donos mi De la flartabak' al vi; Perukon por la senharulo Faru vi, ho bonegulo. JACK AND JILL Grimpante sur monteton Jako kaj Jilo, Portante la akvon en akvoĉerpilo; Havis renverson Jakoto kaj Jilo, Kune kun la akvo en akvoĉerpilo; Kaj tre granda ŝtono rompis la verton De juna, Jako, kiu timis tiun sperton. OLD MOTHER GOOSE Sinjorino Anserino, Ho vi estas papagino! Ĉu la plumojn havas vi, Por donaci nun al mi? Jes mi havas, knabineto, Plumojn por flugilplumeto, Kaj por via fratineto Plumojn por l'ark-pafileto. LITTLE TOM TUCKER Tomaseto florojn kantis? Por akiri manĝon; Ĉu li florojn plantis? Ĉu li portis franĝon? Kion vere manĝos li? Tion ja demandas ni. Eble bonan buterpanon Ankaŭ dolĉgustan bananon. HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK Ho aŭskultu geknabetoj Je bojado de hundetoj! Almozuloj kun kuraĝo Venas nun al la vilaĝo; Kelkaj en la ĉifonetoj Aliaj en velurrobetoj Jen la kaŭzo de bojado, La maldolĉa hund-kantado. JACK SPRATT Jako Spratt' porketon havis, Grandegecon ĝi ne havis; Ne grasa estas ĝi Kaj Jako diris li "Mezampleksa porketo Vi estas ja grunteto!" TAFFY WAS A THIEF "Taffy" estis Kimro kaj granda rabisto, Eble li deziris esti la buĉisto, Ĉar se mi ne restus ĉiufoje ĉe mi Tre kviete venus fripono tiu ĉi; Li forŝtelis pecon de l' ostinternaĵo; Kaj malgrandan pecon de bona bovaĵo. Tiam iris mi al ties eta domo: Dormis en la lito la kanajla homo. Kaj mi multe batis lin sur la kapo lia, Per armilo bona, bovost' en mano mia. CURLY LOCKS Ho Bukloharuleto, Mia dolĉa knabineto, Estu mia edzineto; Kaj nenia ĉagrenajo Venos por turmenti vin Se vi nur akceptos min. Tiam vi ne pladojn lavos Nek aliajn taskojn havos, Sur kuseno mola sidos Sole min vi ĉiam vidos, Kaj vi manĝos fragoberojn Kaj la kremon kaj sukeron. HOT CROSS BUNS Vasmegaj krucaj bulketoj, Unu por nur du pencetoj, Donu ilin al la filoj, Se ne manĝos la filinoj. FIVE LITTLE PIGS Unu porketo, vendejon iris li, La dua porket' restas hejme ĉe si, Tria ja havis bonan rostbefon, Kvara porko havis, ho nenion; Sed la malbona infaneto, Kiu estas grasa porketo, Ciutage krias li, "_Pi-vi, pi-vi, pi-vi, pi-vi-vi!_" HUMPTY DUMPTY Humpto-Dumpto sur la muro sidis, Sed Humpto-Dumpto sendube ne vidis Ke la muro havis nenian forton Ĝis post li enfalis en la ŝtonan korton. Mi malĝoje diras ĝin: Neniu povis levi lin, Neniu el la grandaj reĝoj Nek la multaj longaj preĝoj. TO MARKET Vendejon, vendejon, iru vi, Kaj aĉetu, kaj aĉetu, ho por mi! Grasan porketon, grasan porketon Ho alportu en dometon! Vendejon, vendejon iru vi, Kaj aĉetu, kaj aĉetu, ho por mi! Grasan porkegon, grasan porkegon, Ho alportu en domegon! OH, PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? Ho bela knabineto, kien iras vi? "Mi iras al ĝardeno kaj laboros mi Tranĉante belajn rozojn por reĝino kara Kiu estas dolĉa, ankaŭ tre bonfara. Grandan kiel ŝuo diamanton donos ŝi. Tiam mi salutos ŝin, dirante 'dank' al vi'." THE MAN IN THE MOON La Viro en la Luno, malsupren falis li, Kaj la vojon al Norwich' demandis li de mi. Mi plezure lin direktis trans la belan sudon Kaj la Viro de la Luno tie brulis sian buŝon, Kun apetit' manĝante de la bona avensupo, Kiu estas la manĝeto tre malvarma por la pupo. MARJORY DAW Kun Margarito Daŭ Sur la balancilo, Mi sidas babilante,-- Kiel bela veturilo! WHO IS MOTHER GOOSE? Patrino Anserino Ŝi estas la diino De la geknabetoj Kaj la infanetoj MARY HAD A LAMB SONG Manjo kun la bela saf', bela saf', bela saf' Manjo kun la bela ŝaf' mi tre amas vin. Ĉu vi amas, amas min? amas min? amas min? Ĉu vi vere amas min, mia belulin'? MY BLACK HEN _Hiketi, Piketi_, nigra kokino Ovojn demetis por la fraŭlino. Kaj ĉiutage la riĉa Sinjoro Volas aĉeti per multe da oro. GREAT A, LITTLE A Granda kaj malgranda A, Kaj saltanta Bo: El la ŝrank' mi volas ke Iru katino. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Ŝafidineton havis Mario, La kapridineton Mario, Kaj ĉie kaj ĉiam kiam ŝi foriris La ŝafidineto tre multe deziris Veni kun ŝi al la eta lernejo; Ankaŭ kun ŝi al la bona preĝejo. PRETTY LITTLE MAID WITH PRETTY LITTLE BONNET La bela ĉapeleto De la knabineto Tre malsaĝa faris sin Ĉar ŝi sole ŝatis ĝin. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE Unu, du, kun la tri, kvar, kvin, La kaptita fiŝo mordis min. Kaŭze de tio liberigis ĝin Mi pro tim' ke ĝi elmordos min. THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE LITTLE CURL Estis knabineto, kiu portis belan bukleton, Ankaŭ belan falbaleton kaj veluran kapoteton. Kiam ajn ŝi estas bona, bonega estas ŝi; Sed tre ofte malbonega estas ŝi al ni. A GERMAN JINGLETTE Dieser Hund ist ja so klein Er sollt virklich grosser sein Aber er sagt; "Nein! nein! nein!" THE GLORIOUS O How plain the sound of common tea, And plainer still LE THE, But TEO, lovely TEO All linguists love to say! How common sounds--cup coffee. Le café floats in air With Kafo, Bona Kafo No drink can quite compare. How vulgar the word butter Le beurre is just as bad, But the good word butero Will always make us glad. We Esperantists modest are, But this one thing we know: That all earth's wisest children Adore our letter O. ADAM'S FUNNY BONE When Solomon Eusebius Josephus Alfred Jones Was asked to give a lecture on the origin of bones He solemnly declared to all the story was not true That Eve was made from Adam's rib, since he, the learned, knew That woman, who is all the cause of trouble on the earth Yet rules the world and all mankind lo, from her very birth, Was made by the Creator great from Adam's funny bone, And that is why she giggles so when men are wont to groan. QUEEN OF FLOWERHOOD Ah, rose, sweet rose, majestic flower, To rule as queen thou hast the power. Within the realms of Flowerhood In gardens, fields and in the wood. Your sweetest perfume, Mother Earth, For your first gift gave at your birth. Your velvet touch she gave to you, Your graceful form and varied hue. But for thy beauty thou dost pay By bringing joy on life's pathway. You cheer the sick, console the sad And make us mortals all feel glad. NORTH POLE JINGLE [_To the Tune of "London Bridge Is Falling Down."_] To the North Pole we will go, we will go, we will go, On a dog sledge o'er the snow, over the white snow. There we'll see an Esquimau, Esquimau, Esquimau, Sitting in his house of snow, in his house of snow. And maybe a big polar bear, polar bear, polar bear, With huge claws and long white hair, huge claws and white hair. Walrus, reindeer, seal live there, seal live there, seal live there, They think their land is wondrous fair, oh, so wondrous fair. AN EATABLE ALPHABET A for APPLE BUTTER stands, B for BEANS known in all lands, C for CHOW-CHOW, oh, how good! D for DILL has ever stood, E for EUCHRED PICKLES fine, F for FIGS for which we pine, G for GHERKINS to our taste, H HORSERADISH none would waste, I for INDIA RELISH sweet, J for JELLIES none can beat, K for KETCHUP for gods fit, L for LADIES who make it. M for MINCEMEAT that doth please, N for NEW VARIETIES, O for ONIONS that won't spoil, P for PUREST OLIVE OIL. Q QUEEN OLIVES we adore, R for RELISH we cry more, S for SOUP and SAUERKRAUT, T TOMATO SAUCE we shout! U for ALL WHO LOVE TO EAT HEINZ DISHES NON COMPETE. V for VINEGAR, the boss, W WORCESTERSHIRE'S great sauce. All the letters used you see Except L, N, U, X, Y, Z. And soon these letters Heinz will seize To use for NEW VARIETIES. The FIFTY-SEVENS' home will then Give place to GREAT ONE HUNDRED TEN. AT EASTER As Easter breathes hope for a joyous to-morrow E'en out of the depths of despair, So may this day banish from you every sorrow And make you feel free as the air. While hearing grand anthems that swell to the sky, And breathing sweet lilies' perfume, May you feel assured that your soul will not die As life does not end in the tomb. THE GIRLS' ALPHABET A for Adaline, so neat, B for Bess, so clean and neat C for Clara, always gay, D for Doris, full of play. E for Edith, with blue eyes F for Flora, very wise. G for Gertrude, called the good, H for Helen, ever stood. I for Ida, laughing maid, J for Jenny, staunch and staid. K for Kate, with golden locks, L for Lucy, who wears socks. M for Margaret, so straight, N for Nell, who's never late. O for Olive, always clean, P for Polly, full of spleen. Q for Queenie, who rules all, R for Rhoda, straight and tall. S for Sally, naughty girl, T for Thelma, mother's pearl. U for Ursula, the fair, V for Vida, with black hair. W for Winnie stands, X for Xenia, of far lands. Y for Yoda, funny name, Z for Zoe, who ends our game. TO MY LEAP YEAR VALENTINE Saint Bridget in the long ago Won for all maids the right to go Once in four years and seek a beau. This year is leap year, as you know, But as I've many a lovely bow In quest of one I will not go. But your dear image I enshrine Within my heart, sweet valentine. Have you a little place for mine? I'M GLAD I'M NOT AN EXO [_One of Doctor M. V. O'Shea's Stories Jingled._] The framework of the body is The bones, so teachers say; And if we didn't have 'em Our shape it wouldn't stay. Besides sans bones my liver And brains and even heart Would get some awful hurtin's And maybe come apart. If my poor bones were badly burned All brittle I would be, Since flames will kill the animal That was born in me; If I were soaked in acid No tender sapling tree Would be one-half so limber As just poor little me. But, thinking it all over, If I should choose my fate I'd rather soak in acid Than burn in a hot grate. Some of my bones, the wise men say, Are very far apart, While others cling together Like jelly in a tart. That is because the bones have joints, And joints are good to have, They help me be a pitcher And save me lots of salve. When all my bones are gathered And put in their right place They make a so-called skeleton, A grinnin' in his face. But if you leave out one small bone Or put one in not right, It won't be any skeleton, But a big bony fright. The Exo critters' skeletons Are placed on the outside, I'm glad I'm not an EXO, For if my Jane espied Me lookin' like the skeleton That's shown on teacher's chart, I know she'd turn her nose right up And say that we must part. THREE CHEERS FOR TYPEWRITERS Three cheers! the joyful children cried When fierce and raging flames they spied Destroying spellers, cause of woes, And grammars, children's hated foes! Three cheers again we hear them say, The typewriters have come to stay, To teach us all to read and spell And punctuate so very well. THE WORLD'S A MIRROR If to the world we give our best Of heart and soul and mind, The world will render back to us The best of every kind Of thoughts and words and deeds of love Which let us live on plains above The sordid, ugly roads of life Befouled with mud of hate and strife. For life is but a mirror bright Which smiles when we would smile And tells us with a happy face That everything's worth while, But if we frown she frowns at us And stirs up such a dreadful fuss In all our ether rays around That JOY for us cannot be found. If we but fill our aura round With brightest rays of love For every little living thing Then we will win Peace Dove, To safely guard us where we go So we can never have a foe, Since all will see our bright rays shine As part of the Great Love Divine. A MEMORY JOGGER FOR YOUR DESK The wicked IMP called I FORGOT To mortals ever woes has brought By washing from their mental slate Engagement dates--until too late, These mortals waken in dismay And we won't quote the things they say. But if you'll keep ME ever near, Bad "I FORGOT" cannot appear For I will help you to remember From January through December Every promise, every date, So "I FORGOT" can't make you late. WILMINGTON'S SANTA CLAUS In far away Alaska By all it is believed That Santa is a big white bear From whom gifts are received. And Wilmington's wee kiddies Begin to think the same, That a good BEAR is Santa-- At least that's Santa's name. For when they need a playground, A school, or book, or toy, 'Tis SAMUEL BEAR who grants each wish And makes kids dance for joy. So let all of us children Invoke the powers above To grant him long life, health and wealth, And gratitude and love. WILMINGTON'S GOOD FAIRY There's a Santy in good Wilmington, And a good fairy too, Who brings all comforts to the poor And proves a friend so true To all the poor and needy, Both the big and small. He's always willing, ready To help them one and all-- With kind words and with money, With deeds of love and smiles He helps men on Life's journey To cross old Trouble's stiles. And to this real live Fairy The noble knight JAMES SPRUNT Living in old Wilmington On the street called Front I dedicate this little song And wish him every joy In the melting pot of life Without dread Woe's alloy. MOTHER WOTSAT, OF WANAMAKERLAND Of MOTHER WOTSAT you've heard tell And if you've met this lovely belle, You know she is not an old dame Wrinkled, humpbacked, sadly lame. Ah, no, she is a fine young maid Who puts her sisters in the shade With sparkling eyes and sylph-like form, No wonder for her heart men storm. But best of all, she has the art To win each naughty kiddie's heart By telling tales in rhyme and prose Such tales as only WOTSAT knows. And she is, oh, so very wise; She answers kids of every size When they call out, "Wotsat, and why?" She never passes questions by. For she knows well just how to find Answers for each thirsty mind, And BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE FAIRY WELL Is at her hand, great truths to tell. TITANIA'S TOYLAND Of fairies I've heard since the day of my birth, Toystore makers, and givers of mirth; But ne'er have I gazed on a real fairy-land Till I came to Sterns' store--Titania's stand. And there, as I entered, there burst on my view A wonderful, marvelous, gigantic zoo With camels and horses and elephants big, Monkeys and donkeys, and even a pig, Lions and tigers and great woolly bears Looking as real as if in their lairs. There were dolls of all nations and dolls of each size, With black, brown and hazel, and even gray eyes. There were balls big and little, wonderful toys To please all the children, both good girls and boys; For within Sterns' fairy-land we can all find Titania's toys--of just every kind. THE FAIRY CENTAPHRASE If you would learn to speak good French Without each awful rule That all the would-be Frencheys use When they attend French school, Then seek the FAIRY CENTAPHRASE He'll teach you how to say Just everything you want to know And in the proper way. Through his delightful training box Almost within a week The best of French expressions You will learn to speak And ask for all the goodies On menu cards we see With just the proper accent For breakfast, dinner, tea. Through CENTAPHRASE, great system, You may make your own The ever dreaded idioms To a Frenchman known, By carrying in your pocket Within a small neat case A few for your digestion As you go any place. THE CHILDREN'S PRAYER GODDESS PEACE, most gracious, Give heed unto the prayer Of all the little children Who cry from everywhere, And beg that you come quickly To banish hateful WAR, Whose bloody deeds barbaric The children all abhor! Oh, gladly we'll work with you By loving one and all Dear children of all races, Of nations great and small. And we all hope to bring on earth Your messenger, PEACE-DOVE, Through throwing out our ether rays OF UNIVERSAL LOVE. AN ODE TO A FAITHFUL DOG DUBBED PICKLES [_Best Friend of Mr. Thomas Shipp, Washington, D. C._] Not half so cute is any maid As PICKLES. He puts us all deep in the shade, Does PICKLES. For though he boasts of years not four To canine heights he well can soar On wings he's found in Knowledge-Store, Wise PICKLES. He always has a wagging tail, KIND PICKLES. His Master Shipp he'll never fail, Staunch PICKLES. And that is why all folks who meet This clever dog in home or street Declare there is no one so sweet AS PICKLES. PEACE FORERUNNER--"LOVE MANKIND." Little birdie, whispering here, Tell me, does sweet peace draw near? Little girl, I sadly fear Peace will not bring Christmas cheer While you mortals are so blind To love your country, not your kind, Peace can never dwell on earth, Bringing comfort, joy and mirth, Until UNIVERSAL LOVE Paves the way for sweet Peace Dove. Then, sweet bird, help me to bear Your good message everywhere, Begging friends to keep in mind PEACE FORERUNNER--"LOVE MANKIND." MUSIC [_These musical jingles were written for my teacher, Miss Matilda Orr Hays, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania._] There's music, music everywhere On sea and land and in the air. It sounds from all things far and near And brings the weary rest and cheer. 'Tis in the rose and every flower; 'Tis in the storm and gentle shower; 'Tis in the waters of the brook And every pleasant shady nook. We hear its notes within the trees And in the hum of busy bees. 'Tis in the song of every bird And in the voice of woman heard. But best of all 'tis in our hearts And there Love's message it imparts, For MUSIC is the tongue of Love, The fairest gift from realms above. ROBERT FRANZ [_1815-1892._] By sweet love, the angel's gift, Was Robert Franz inspired To write sweet songs of home and love Of which we're never tired. Since Schubert's time no other man Produced sweet songs so many And for a number of these songs He did not get a penny. Songs two hundred seventy-nine This music genius wrote But ere he died like Beethoven He could not hear a note. And with his right arm paralyzed He could not even play And Liszt for him gave concerts To keep the wolf away. He died in abject poverty, From grief almost insane But left his songs to cheer us And drive away our pain. NATURE'S MUSIC Where is Nature's music heard? In hum of insect, song of bird, In wailing of the wind at night, In splashing of the wavelets bright In angry howls when breakers roar Against the rocks upon the shore. 'Tis in the Storm God's tearful moan; In human voices' every tone. When Jupiter his thunder rolls 'Tis Nature's music bell that tolls, But only those with perfect ear True sounds of Nature's Music hear. FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN [_Born at Zelazowa-Wola, near Warsaw, Poland--1809-1849._] Though French blood flowed in Chopin's veins His music was of Polish strains As he was born in a Polish town, Which for its name should win renown; And Zelazowa-Wola stood Above all cities great and good In favor with great Chopin who Was to his birthplace ever true. When scarcely eight great Fame began To court him ere he was a man. But Fate was cruel as well as kind. In love affairs he did not find The comfort that his great soul sought And which to him could have been brought By only one, a lady wise, George Sand, with "hazel, big cow eyes." Oft when we hear his waltzes sweet, "Come dance, come dance," call to our feet 'Tis hard indeed for us to think That Chopin oft stood on the brink Of dreadful Melancholy's lair, Where in great anguish and despair, So sick in body, mind and soul, With only Death as his sure goal, Sweet and lively airs he wrote And filled with joy his every note. For ten long years the white plague sought To take his life--for health he fought, But when his sweetheart left his side He ceased his fight and soon he died. THE GREATEST KINGS OF MUSIC LAND The six greatest kings of sweet Music Land Are Beethoven, Mozart and Wagner the grand; Great Handel and Bach and Haydn as well, Who cast o'er the earth its musical spell. GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL [_Born at Halle in Saxony--1685-1759._] Of all music masters of whom you've heard tell Great Handel was happiest for he was well, Tall, handsome and wealthy, generous and kind, Cheerful in heart and clever in mind. Pinching dread poverty he never knew; Surrounded by comforts from childhood he grew; Though early in life as a very small lad He wasn't content nor yet very glad Because his stern father treated with scorn His belief that for music he had been born. Alone in an attic he practised each day; Without any teacher he learned how to play Until he was heard by a good kindly duke, Who gave to Herr Handel a stinging rebuke And made him consent, this father so stern, That technique of music the young son should learn. To England George went when to manhood grown, Adopting this country as his very own. He was loved by the people of most every clime And busy and happy just all of the time. In days scarcely fifteen he wrote his great _Saul_, And in nineteen more he had finished all Of _Israel in Egypt_ in whose every tone The work of a master of music is shown. And in but two weeks 'tis said that he wrote His wondrous _Messiah_ complete in each note. But work without rest from morning till night Deprived him, like Bach, of precious eye-sight. For seven long years great Handel was blind, But lost not his genius nor bright cheerful mind. He worked every hour until his last breath Was taken away by the cold Angel Death. His body in Westminster Abbey was laid, But the works of his genius will no, never fade. LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN [_Born in Bonn, Germany--1770-1827._] Life is a blossom of sorrow and fun And Beethoven's sorrow was early begun. His father was cruel, no pleasure he had, No wonder that much of his music is sad. He lived in Vienna, which seldom he left; Of most earthly joys this poor soul bereft. The gods had deprived him of beauty of face, His manners atrocious brought him disgrace. No money had he and for many a year Of music he loved no sound could he hear. No wife to adore him, no children had he To bring to his home "The Good Fairy Glee." In rags and in sorrow and always alone He walked in the fields where, with pitying moan, He prayed he might hear the song of the trees And sweet fairy whispers as borne on the breeze. His prayers were not answered and no sound he heard Of brooklets or breezes or sweet singing bird. No wonder from earth he was glad to depart, Dying, 'tis said, from a real broken heart. JOHANNES BRAHMS [_Germany--1833-1897._] Wagner once said "There are but three B's In musical circles known, Beethoven, Bach and Brahms the good As masters stand alone." Brahms's mother was a real old maid Whom his young father wed. In years full seventeen or more She well could rank ahead. But peace and love reigned in this home And so Johannes grew Into a gentle kindly lad Who loved all whom he knew. When Schumann heard this boy play In rapture he cried out-- "Behold our new Messiah, For him the world should shout!" For many years this good man stood At Clara Schumann's side While she was fighting poverty When her dear husband died. He helped her rear her children, With her in concerts played And loved her with a pure true love By the immortal made. And when she died he had no wish To live his life alone And welcomed Death to come his way And claim him as his own. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [_Born at Eisenbach in Germany--1685-1750._] In sixteen hundred eighty-five Long, long before you were alive, In the town of Eisenbach Was born Johann Sebastian Bach. From his father ever kind And his brother he did find The key to enter Music Land, Which he found so sweet and grand. No more industrious lad could be Than Johann, who loved "Industry." "The Mighty Master" he is known Of the organ's every tone. Twice this music master wed And he was happy so 'tis said; But he worked both day and night Until at last he lost his sight. Though he was blind he cheerful kept And o'er his sorrow never wept, And when he died he left a son, To shine for him when his work was done. FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN [_Born in Rohrau, Austria--1732-1809._] How often when a little chap On Haydn's shoulders fell the strap. E'er he was six as if a man His struggles with the world began. His parents could not write nor read. A cousin said, "I'll gladly feed And clothe young Joseph, who can sing And to my pockets money bring." But little food he gave to him And plenty of the sharp peach limb. When Joe then lost his tuneful voice His cousin gave to him no choice But turned him out to earn his way-- 'Tis said he worked both night and day, And, working thus, young Haydn rose Far, far above his friends and foes. Rich he became and gained great fame While all musicians love his name. His greatest work was _The Creation_ And artists of most every nation Ever bow down at his knee As "Father of the SYMPHONY." WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART [_Born in Salzburg, Austria--1756-1791._] Mozart, "The Glorious Boy", Rubenstein named him well, Was born with the gift of music, on him the mantel fell Of many great composers, who justly won a name, Though Mozart soared above them on pinnacles of fame. When as a tiny kiddie with birthdays not yet five He played his little violin as if it were alive, Composing wondrous music which was so grand and sweet That even queens and princes would fall down at his feet. His music flowed as easily as waters in a brook, And sparkled as bright sunbeams peeping in a nook. An opera he finished before his thirteenth year And when he was but fourteen musicians came to hear La Scala, greatest orchestra, which the world then had, As it was well directed by this inspired lad. The Pope conferred upon him the order "Golden Spur." Until he reached his sixteenth year nothing did deter This clever lad from mounting to highest realms of fame, Flowers rained upon him and life seemed but a game. And then came years of suffering when through Envy's stings And malice of musicians, who wished to clip his wings, He saw the dark and dreary and rocky road of life And soon he grew awearied of sickness, hunger, strife And discontent within his home, for Constance whom he wed, Was ever cross and ailing and spent her days in bed. And though he was still youthful, not more than thirty-five, When most of earthly children are glad to be alive, Poor Mozart, worn by constant work and worried by his wife, One dreary, dark December day to Death gave up his life. This great soul's earthly castle not one friend tried to save From an ignoble burial within a pauper's grave; And no one put a marker to show where it was laid, But the glory of great Mozart's works will never, never fade. WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER [_Born in Leipsic, Germany--1813-1883._] In the midst of tumult and mixed up with strife The world renowned great Wagner spent most all his life. All around his birthplace the day that he was born Many thousand soldiers lay bleeding, cut and torn By the fiendish war god, who delights to slay. And after him came "Pestilence," who bore with her away The father of young Wagner, and as his mother had Seven other children no wonder that this lad Should grow up just like Topsy without a guiding hand, With no one to direct his steps and no one to command. Then Fever wracked his body and he was very ill, But fairies came to comfort, sweet music to instil Into his wondrous fingers and in his kindly heart, Henceforth of all his life work to take the biggest part; Although in spite of music in rebel plans he mixed, And exile to Herr Wagner's name for long years was affixed. Twice he sailed on Hymen's sea, and I have heard it said His first wife, Wilhelmina, proposed that he should wed. With her he knew no happiness in all his married life, For she was ever brewing the noxious stew of strife. But when Liszt's lovely daughter, the fair Casima, came, She filled his home with joy and also brought him fame. From her sweet inspiration his greatest work was made, The soul inspiring _Parsifal_, whose fame will never fade. Death took him from the arms of his adoring wife. He passed away so peacefully, but left behind him strife Concerning the real merit of all he ever wrote. Some class him with divinities, some put him with the goat; Some love his mimic thunder and sighing of the breeze, While others say his music is but a bang and wheeze. FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT [_Born in Vienna, Austria--1797-1828._] A poor schoolmaster was his pa, A common cook his scolding ma, Who was not one bit glad to see Her thirteenth child a boy wee, Who came one blustering wintry day Within her crowded house to stay. Though Franz was cold and hungry too The Music Sprites his soul would woo And oft he wrote as in a trance Some lovely song in which perchance The singer seemed as blithe could be And filled with joyful ecstasy. He loved a maid of high degree With whom he could not married be And while for this maid Caroline His beating heart with love did pine In one short year this song bird wrote Two symphonies in every note, Five operas and many more Airs that stamp of genius bore, One hundred thirty-seven songs Depicting hopes, and joys and wrongs. Of these immortal songs 'tis said Six were sold for a loaf of bread. Full ten great symphonies he made But no one to them honor paid While he was yet upon this earth, And never courted by True Mirth, But ever hungry, weak and ill Though working with his great soul's will Until the age of thirty-one When Death said "Rest, your work is done." ROBERT SCHUMANN [_Born in Zwickau, Germany--1810-1856._] To most great music makers The fates have been unkind And in the life of Schumann Few joys we can find Except in the great love Of Clara, his dear wife, Who helped him in his struggles Throughout his married life. He lost the power of playing Through dread paralysis. But Clara said, "Don't worry For nothing you need miss Since you can write sweet lovely airs And I'll play them for you And thus we two together The Music Muse can woo." One hundred songs and thirty-eight He wrote in one short year, Inspired by his loving wife Who brought him hope and cheer. And when he died at forty-six And left her very poor With her eight children Clara went Upon a concert tour. And with her wondrous playing Of airs her husband made She earned her bread and butter And glory ne'er to fade, For Schumann's magic music And songs that reach the heart, Showing they are tempered With great Apollo's art. GIUSEPPE VERDI [_Born in Duchy of Parma, Italy--1813-1901._] The life of Verdi reads as well As any fairy tale; To interest a girl or boy I'm sure it could not fail. The stork brought him to Mother Earth In time of dreadful strife. Hid in an ancient church belfry His mother saved his life. And in this church which sheltered him From cruel blood-thirsty men He played as the church organist When he was only ten. The imps of evil troubled him But fairies came along To help him in his sorrows And fill his heart with song. Like the proverbial mother cat Nine lives he seemed to have And for each injury received There always was some salve. Into the water once he fell And down he went times three Then some one rescued this young lad As if by Fate's decree. The poor child yearned for music land And also longed for bread. And for a girdle round his waist He often wore, 'tis said, A bit of rope which he pulled taut When hunger did assail. And yet this lad all poorly clad And weak and wan and pale Forgot his hunger and his wants When Music's tones he heard In rippling of the waters bright, In songs of every bird. Close to the fence of a rich man Whose daughter played each night Verdi when only six years old Would listen with delight. This hungry lad prayed often there That some day he might own A lovely spinet in whose keys Were fairies' magic tones. One night while it was raining hard O'er the high fence he crawled Of an Italian wealthy man, Signor Barezzi called. He heard the daughter sweetly play A grand Beethoven air And while he lay enraptured there A coachman found his lair And beat the poor starved youngster whom He called a "dirty thief," And drove him from the music's reach Despite the poor child's grief. But on the next night Verdi went Though filled with quaking fear And crawled again beneath the fence Sweet music there to hear. And here Barezzi found the lad As by the fence he lay And took the boy into his home To hear his daughter play. He took an interest in this child And placed him in a school Where he could learn of music Each necessary rule. But disappointed he became When all the teachers said This boy who plays so queerly Will never rank ahead; As a musician of true worth He cannot hold his own And in Apollo's circle He never will be known. And so discouraged, this poor lad Became a grocer boy Though every night he practised hard-- This was his only joy. And then quite foolishly alas The grocer's daughter wed And two small children came to him; For them there was no bread, And his young wife and children too From dreadful hunger died Just when his first great opera Most loudly was decried And he himself hissed off the stage. No wonder that he thought This life for him with sorrow's face Forever would be fraught, And it were better now to cross The Border-Land's dark path Through Suicide's short awful route Than live 'neath dark Fate's wrath. But after two sad dreary years Of darkness and despair His operas succeeded And life seemed much more fair. He married a good second wife And wealthy he became; Legion of Honor given him Was added to his fame. In the Italian parliament Verdi received a seat And many other honors great Were cast down at his feet. While his _Il Trovatore_ great When first 'twas sung in Rome Became so very popular 'Twas heard in every home, And e'en to-day in every land This opera is played And glory for its author Will never, never fade. The name Giuseppe Verdi Stands for composer great And one whose heart was ever filled With love instead of hate. But one bad fault this genius had Of flying into fits, And in great anger once he broke A spinet into bits. And when he taught his pupils He often boxed their ears, So of the music master Their hearts were filled with fears. But he was always good and kind To all the poor and weak, And to help his fellow men He would ever seek. And when his works brought fame and wealth Barezzi's house he bought, Tore down the fence and made the grounds Into a music lot. And there this benefactor Invited one and all To come on every pleasant night And hear Apollo's call. FRANZ LISZT [_Born in Raiding, Hungary--1811-1886._] Like Goddess Minerva so it is said Liszt sprang fully armed from Jupiter's head. Master of every silvery note Of the hum of the bee or the human throat. Ere he was nine, on the ladder of fame He climbed, never stumbling and never once lame, Until he had reached the rung at the top When Death interfered with "Time now to stop." Wealth flowed to this genius from his symphonies His teachings, his concerts, and grand rhapsodies. And as he went lauded on many a tour He scattered his money to those who were poor. Neat in his dress and with manners polite Courting sweet friendship, avoiding a fight, This great man was loved by one and by all, The rich and the poor and the great and the small. ANTON RUBINSTEIN [_Born in Volhynia, Russia--1829-1894._] When precious gifts gods give to men, A great price they require, As we have seen in all the lives Of those they did inspire With Music's wondrous magic charm That all true men adore Be they of wild and savage state Or wise men full of lore. And so with Anton Rubinstein Who many sorrows had Not only when to manhood grown But when he was a lad. His parents were of Jewish birth Though Christians they became When cruelly persecuted Alas! in Christ's good name. His mother gave unto her boys In music their first start, And trained their minds to travel In realms of Music-Art. And later on she took her sons To Paris, there to learn To bring forth the great music Which in their souls did burn. When but a very little chap Anton wrote wondrous songs Describing joys and sorrows And depicting wrongs, Which when he played in public Made all his hearers sigh, Laugh aloud or clap their hands And sometimes even cry. Young Nicholas, his brother, Composed almost as well For both these music lovers Had touched Apollo's shell. But white plague took poor Nicholas Ere he could finish quite The songs the fairies whispered Oft in the stilly night. While Anton worked for many a year And on the ladder FAME As a sensation player Securely placed his name. To every realm of music Some work this master gave And o'er his _Ocean Symphony_ All of the nations rave. But all his thoughts were not of love, And Liszt and Wagner airs Were classed by him as discords Not fit for country fairs. He hated also our good land, Though when upon our shore He gathered in the golden streams And held his hand for more. He traveled in most every land, Was steeped in music lore, And his great songs in number Will almost make eight score. But he was never happy As in his heart was "Hate," Which shut out Fairy Happiness All mortals' proper mate. CHRISTOPHER WILLIBALD GLÜCK [_Born in Weidenwang, Germany--1714-1787._] Though Glück himself lived a peaceful life His _Iphigénie_ caused much strife As on its merits Frenchmen fought Against Italians who had sought To down the so-called Glucist school And call each follower a fool. The Picinists and Glucists then Agreed to a great contest when Each faction said that it would show The 'tother ought to Lethe go But after all harsh words were spent Both factions gladly gave consent That Glück's dramatic opera grand Ruled then o'er all great Music Land. LOUIS HECTOR BERLIOZ [_France--1803-1869._] A prophet without honor In his own country known Was Louis Hector Berlioz Who yearned but for a bone Of French approval for his works Which strangers always praised But which in his own country No great applause would raise. "A doctor you must be, my son," His father sternly said, But Louis tried to prove to him That music ranks ahead Of all this life's professions And he would like to try To win the famous Prix de Rome-- Oh, he would aim so high! His father laughed his son to scorn, His teachers quarreled with him, They said he was eccentric And music was a whim. Then poor and hungry he left home And three times bravely tried To win the longed for Prix de Rome For which ambition cried, The third time proved to him a charm And with his laurels crowned He hastened to his much loved France But there no praise he found. An English actress he adored And made her his first wife-- But little happiness she brought-- Naught but complaints and strife, As a sad accident befell This one time actress great And as she lay so ill and cross She ever cursed her fate. A baby came into this home; The hunger wolf came too, And when the mother left this home He knew not what to do. He married then a second time And sorrows thicker came And soon he lost his only boy In War God's awful game. As he was born 'neath planet Mars For him there was no peace, His life was one fierce conflict Where troubles never cease. KARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNST VON WEBER [_Born at Eutin, near Lubeck, in Germany--1786-1826._] To ancestors all of a musical race The genius of Weber we easily trace. And from early training in babyhood days His thoughts were all turned to musical lays. At fourteen an opera little Karl wrote, Finished completely in its every note. Creator of "ROMANTIC OPERA," he Gained a position on Life's Stellar Sea. Like other great artists he never was blessed With habits of knowing just how to take rest. While writing _Der Freischutz_, his great masterpiece, He cut many years from Nature's life lease. And when working constantly without a rest, Despite every signal of health in distress, The wonderful Oberon opera he wrote, He sounded, alas, his Death calling note. JAKOB LUDWIG FELIX MENDELSSOHN [_Born at Hamburg, Germany--1809-1847._] By the composer Mendelssohn Cruel poverty was never known. A genius born and with great wealth With loving parents and good health And with his heart so full of fun We christen him "The happy one." When as a baby very small His family he delighted all By cooing sweetly in each key Of _a_ or _b_ or _c_ or _d_. Ere he had passed his ninth milestone He played in public all alone. As a composer he won fame And for himself an artist's name. His genius showed in his brown eyes Large and lustrous, deep and wise, And all who saw him loved him well; On each he cast a happy spell. His "Songs Without Words" we all love; They carry us to realms above. LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK [_New Orleans--1829-1869._] When I'm playing _The Last Hope_ It carries me away To other realms than Mother Earth, And sometimes I would stay In Music Land with its sweet tones That banish from our hearts All petty horrid troubled cares That stab us with their darts. Gottschalk, I'm very proud to own, Was a real Dixie lad, And as I am a Dixie girl This makes me very glad. When he was only twelve years old He went abroad to learn How to make sweet music sounds For which his soul did yearn. And while abroad his parents lost Their filthy lucre all, And on his talents this young lad Was then compelled to call And ask their aid to earn his bread And help his parents dear. And he then traveled, so 'tis said, In lands both far and near Far more than any other man In music circles known. He gave his life to those who called, No minutes were his own. And so he wore out the good frame Which nature to him gave And when he was but forty Was claimed by the cruel grave. JOHANN STRAUSS [_Austria--1804-1849._] Oh, the good bandmaster Strauss He is loved in every house As he makes us, oh, so merry With his cunning waltzing fairy, And he drives away the blues Putting dance sprites in our shoes. When he was a little lad He was neither good nor bad But he ran away from home And for years and years did roam. When but fourteen years of age He was loved by dunce and sage, And great kings would kiss his hand When they heard his wondrous band. When dread Fever sealed his doom Bandmen stood above his tomb Playing farewell songs of love Which they thought would go above, To that far off mystic land Where they hoped there was "a band." ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI [_Born in Sicily--1659-1725._] Scarlatti dwelt upon this earth Before the masters came. In Sicily he had his birth And gained an artist's name. The Order of the Golden Spur The Pope gave unto him, And princes often did bestir To satisfy his whim. His famous work, _The Cat's Fugue_ dubbed, He named for his pet cat. One night her fur by dogship rubbed The right way for a spat, Upon the spinet keys she sprang, Wild music made her feet; And in Scarlatti's soul their rang The tones for music sweet. KARL CZERNY [_Born in Vienna, Austria--1791-1857._] Born in seventeen ninety-one, Karl Czerny early honor won As a master of technique And to help those who are weak And of striking notes afraid, Many an exercise he made. At nine he won an artist's name Beethoven added to his fame, From all artists of his day Electing him his works to play. King of teachers he is known, Master of each fairy tone. At fourteen he began to teach And many pupils he saw reach To heights of music masters' fame As Liszt, who won a glorious name When at sixty-six he died All great music lovers cried, But as a gift he left behind Works of his great heart and mind, Full nine hundred forty-nine And every one the world calls fine. ARE ALL ANGELS BLONDS? "I want to be an angel and with the angels stand," So loudly sang the children in our church mission band, But as I chanted with them this lovely little strain I wished to ask the teacher if she could quite explain Why all the angel pictures are painted with light hair, And blue eyes soft and tender and skin so very fair, While half the little children and grown-up people, too, Have hair and eyes and even skin of very darkest hue? And as I have such dark brown eyes and also dark brown hair, Most naturally I feel quite sad to learn that only fair And blue-eyed little children can ever angels be, So now, alas, I'm thinking--what will become of me? GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE Since coming to earth it has been my fate Not to be able to cling to one state. My birthplace, Virginia, we all know is fair And when a wee kiddie I was happy there. But when my good UNCLE sent us away To Delaware's pastures, I was still gay. And then to dear Hoosierland I went to dwell, And, oh, how I loved it--alas too well. I wept when I left my Evansville home To Washington State I longed not to roam. But there fairies helped me always to find Flowers and friends both sweet and kind. And so in "God's Country," the land of the rose A real earthly heaven as everyone knows. Again in far Georgia and Florida too Pleasure were mine in landscapes quite new; And though to Penn's country I wended my way With dreadful misgivings in Pittsburgh to stay. I found that sweet music and kindest of deeds Conquered the smoke as salt kills the weeds. In New York I found all life's stirring joys For each of the grown-ups and all girls and boys. 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