Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1911 — For the Children [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For the Children

When Ted domes the Fun Begins.

Oh, Isn’t it lively at our house When our young cousin Ted spends the day! He can think of more things in a minute Than would take us a whole week to play. The last time he came it was barber. And he used all of daddy’s best soap. You ought to have seen the piazza. It’ll never be wetter, 1 hope. And then when he goes it’s still lively. We wonder how we ever could dare! And we wouldn't so much mind .what follows If our cousin would stay for his share. —youth’s Companion. Carloads of Crawlers. There were five full carloads 6t a queer kind of freight that recently left the far western states for the east. The carloads were of wriggling, writhing, cold and clammy snakes, and most of them were poisonous. They had been collected in different parts of California, New Mexico and Arizona and in northwestern Mexico, and there were 1,700 of them altogether. There were twenty-four different kinds of snakes in the, five carloads, and tbey were of all sorts and different lengths. If they had been stretched out In a line they would have measured all of three miles, and three miles of snakes is no small matter. The shipments were made to different zoos in the eastern cities and to Europe, where the small children that speak queer languages will call them by names that would sound funny to the boys and girls of this country.—Chicag* News. A Puzzle Game. Here is a pencil and paper game for the puzzle loving. It can be played by any number. Starting with one given word, the test is to change it into another given word by changing only one letter at a time, and the winner is he who arrives most quickly at the result and by the shortest process. For Instance, suppose the word “dog” is given to be changed into “cat.” The best method would be dot, cot, cat. Of course longer words are more difficult, but usually patience will bring success. For instance, the word “fast” may be changed into “slow" by the following steps: Fast, last, lost, loot, soot, slot, slow. Perhaps there is a shorter way that a little study will discover. If the party is large It is more fun to play the game with groups of two as partners.

The Giraffe. Giraffes have been known in Paris since a comparatively recent date only. The earliest specimens came there during the reign of Louis XVI. Prom a Frenchman of about that time, an explorer named Levaillant, who had traveled among the Kaffirs and Hottentots, these animals with the long necks were first heard of in France. Nobody believed his story, and he was laughed at until some living specimens arrived in the French capital and he established his credit for truthfulness. Little Helpers. Do you know what the children who do things to help one another are called? They are called “little step savers.” and a great blessing they are to many a tired mother. For their own growth it is necessary for children to run and walk a great deal. By saving steps for mother they are helping themselves to grow and doing a great kindness to mother at the same time. Conundrums. When is a gentleman’s shirt like the heavens at night? When bespangled with stars. *■ What would contain all the snuff in the world? No one nose (knows). Why does a gentleman look first on one side and then another when walking down the street? Because be can’t look on both sides at the same time. What small animals are always seen at social functions? White kids. Correct Pronunciation. The correct pronunciation of the English language and all foreign words in common use is becoming a subject of interest and importance to those persons who can appreciate the great advantage of possessing tb* ability to speak correctly. To render conversation most delightful to a cultivated ear the pronunciation of every word must be correct - L , Game of Crambo. Each writes one or two nouns on one slip and a. question on another, or both may be written on one. All are shuffled and drawn. An answer to the question must be written In versa, bringing in the nouns.