| Show u Ifl fk For the 0 r c Younger f I Children I t 1 DRESSMAKING Mv mother buys n niece of cloth To make n gown tor inc She cuts it up in little bit Though wh y 1 cannot eel She cuts It all in little lit8 And then with might nml main She seas and curs and sews and sews And sews it up nzuiii Youths Companion WHO MOTHER GOOSE WAS Although most people believe she was a myth or rather that her name was anon a-non dc plume It Is nevertheless true that Mother Goose was a real person per-son Her name was Elizabeth Foster i until an honest gander claimed her for his own and she became Elizabeth I Goose She lived In Boston and wrote i her ditties here for the edification of her grandchildren Her soulnlaw was u printer and published them for the benefit of other children in 1710 under the title Songs For the Nursery or Mother Gooses Melodies For Children Printed by T Fleet At his printing house Pudding Lane 1710 The epitaph of this woman who has given so much pleasure to so many millions mil-lions of people Is us follows Elisabeth Foster Known in the literature of tho Nursery aa Mother Goose Was born in Charlcstown Mass 1G03 Married Isaac Goose of Boston 1602 Became a member of Old South Church in 1600 I Was left a widow in 1710 I The first edition of her Melodies was Published in 1710 She died in 1757 I Act 02 years Washington Star A GHETTO STORY I We trudged our way through the narrow nar-row Ghetto streets on the afternoon of a sultry day until we reached our ChI del which was n dingy apartment in a tenement house We were very restless rest-less and boisterous but our Rabbi Joseph did not check our noise as ho generally did Ills thoughts seemed very far away I looked at him closely close-ly for his preoccupied air always made me wonder what his past life had been He was about sixty years of ago Poverty must have been his constant companion because furrows of care were on hla broad wrinkled forehead Ills eyes peered out of their sockets as if they implored pity and were now and then raised in prayer to the Heavenly Heav-enly Father On the side of his cars hung two carlocks according to the Oriental fashion His beard wad long and hoary Ills shoulders were so bent and curved that he seemed to have borne the yoke of persecution of his race for centuries A largo Hebrew book lay open before him as if the very leaves spoke to him and revealed the powers and splendors of the Al mighty Although he was ponr we boys always revered him for his age and ancient learning Then we scaled ourselves upon a large wooden bench which creaked under un-der us Moses who sat next to me pricked my feet with a pin under the table This made me howl nUll I vowed that when we were dismissed I would repay him with Interest Sha said rabbi in his deep governing gov-erning voice If you promise to be good I will tell you n story afterward This made us quiet soon enough for we always delighted in the stories of our past glories Yet I must say that perhaps we thought more of the coming com-ing story than of our prayer Then In the Hebrew we began to recite a psalm with real vigor Our heads shook our feet swung and to couplet the noise the bench creaked terribly When we had finished Rabbi Joseph began at follows fol-lows You know it is sometimes a relief to tell all that lies upon ones heart He cleared his voice and gathered courage I had wealthy parents and received n good education My youth passed away happily for I knew no cares When I was twentytwo years old 1 married Esther a good and bcautlfu maiden She was the daughter of Rabbi Ben Ezra As pure as a lily washer was-her soul 0 Father keep it keep It within Thy caro Here he lifted up his aids and his voice was full of passion pas-sion whllo two tears ran down ills checks and lost themselves within the ringlets of his beard Wo boys put our arum upon one an others shoulders and seemed to nestle closer to the speaker Not long he concluded was my home to be the source of comfort for the poor and homeless for the Czar issued is-sued an edict expelling the Hebrews of tho villages I had to go where all my brethren went into the gloomy Ghettos Ghet-tos of n few Ijirw ovprovmvijoij Jtlos M V 11 nil 1 suffered the woes of my people peo-ple I gave myself up to teaching by day and I studied by night One evening when I was at my studies stu-dies In my humble dwelling I felt comforted com-forted that the Russians could not ut least take my Esther from mo Then with a tremendous crash the doors were suddenly thrown open nnd two drunken officers entered They thrust t my wife away and seizing me by the collar they dragged mo into the cold snowy streets I heard the screams and shrieks of Esther Oh I can hear them yet They echo dry and hollow within my heart I was placed upon a wagon on which I found many of my miserable brethren Wo afterward found out that the army wanted soldiers and this Is how It got them After a few days Journey we arrived at a vlllace Inhab i 1 0 ited by peasants Each man was gives to a peasant who did with him us ho a liked I hud to work from duybrcik until night and my m food was coarse brown bread 1 slept In the stable among tho foul straw In the winter mil In the attic q at-tic In summer if I did not please my master I could be Hogged to death t Who cared My place would soon bo lilted Thus I passed some time foe this was a sort uf preparation to enter the army I cannot speak of the miseries wo had to ondnrc there Wo had to wield heavy gnus and practice that which t was Intolerable Sometimes wo ran for miles and I would throw myself upon tho ground exhausted What was my life I would not be honored If I did win victories 1 despised tho r country I served She had taken from me all that I loved determined to re verge my wrongs but 1 could not At last I succeeded in escaping and f I fled to this free country Oh you who are yet young take pride in this land of freedom If she docs not require you to dlo for her then live for her I and make her glorious I The sun was already declining and a silence reigned in tho room And your wife your wife wo reminded re-minded him For answer he handed us a newspaper This is what we read Esther the daughter of Rabbi Ben Ezra died at Vllna All feel her loss for she was like n grandmother to the whole community She had lived a Ute of unselfishness and selfsacrifice Sho + was the angel of tho sick anti the poor May her soul rest in peace And there remains one thing for mo now said Rabbi Joseph I too want to rest in peace If I could but tread upon tho land of my forefathers 1 snould be satisfied Judah 0 Judalll How long art thou to roam Then his head Bank lower and lower as if bowed down by grief and Buffering Buffer-ing The shadows of darkness crept Into tho room and our rabbi seemed urf s conscious of us We quietly arose and walked out of the dark room leaving our rabbi with Ills head still bent I forgave Moses his pranks and as wo walked along wo lang When wo reached our homes tho street lamps were already kindled and n cool breeze was blowing Mnry Bleuenstock 1D w tho Tribune Farmer PETER TODDLES UPSETTING t 4 la a sp pf t psNWi i I I y 2i II I I What liavo we here I do declare Something is raising Peters hair Can it be he seen something fearful That makes him look so far from cheerful Peters upset If youd discover What did it just turn Peter over 1 At first it may perplex your mind How anyone BO gait and hind As Mr Iiuyly here appears Could so raise Peter Toddles fears But though he seems so good a creature It happens he is Peters teacher i And though so innocents his look he Known that Peter playing hookey Rochester Democrat and Chronicle > THE YOUTH ABRAHAM LINCOLN For both work and play Abraham had one great advantage Ho was not only a tall strong country boy ho soon grow to bo n tall strong sinewy man I r Ho early reached the unusual height of six feet four inches and his long i arms gave him a degree of power as an e1 axeman that few were able to rival m He therefore usually led his fellows in I efforts of muscle as well as of mind That ho could outrun outllft ontwres tlo his boyish companions that ho could chop faster split more rails in a day carry a heavier log at n raising or excel the neighborhood champion in any feat of frontier athletics was doubtless a matter of pride with him but stronger than all else was his eager craving for knowledge He felt Instln tlvely that the power of using tho mind rather than the muscles was the key to success Ho wished not only to wrestle with the best of them but to be able to talk like tho preacher spell and cipher like the schoolmaster argue like the lawyer and write like the editor + edi-tor St Nicholas |
