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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Children of Our Town + +Author: Carolyn Wells + +Illustrator: E. Mars + M.H. Squire + +Release Date: August 25, 2008 [EBook #26431] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN *** + + + + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img01.jpg"><img src="images/img01_th.jpg" width="600" height="215" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + +<div class='padding'> +<h1>CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN</h1> + +<h2>BY E. MARS AND M. H. SQUIRE</h2> + +<h3> +WITH VERSES BY<br /> +CAROLYN WELLS<br /> +</h3> +</div> + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img02.jpg"><img src="images/img02_th.jpg" width="600" height="226" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> + +<h2><a name="CHILDREN_OF_OUR_TOWN" id="CHILDREN_OF_OUR_TOWN"></a>CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN</h2> + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img06.jpg"><img src="images/img06_th.jpg" width="600" height="452" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + +<!-- Autogenerated TOC. Modify or delete as required. --> +<p class='center'> +<a href="#CHILDREN_OF_OUR_TOWN"><b>CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN</b></a><br /> +<a href="#FLYING_KITES"><b>FLYING KITES</b></a><br /> +<a href="#BOATS_ON_THE_LAKE"><b>BOATS ON THE LAKE</b></a><br /> +<a href="#AT_CONEY_ISLAND"><b>AT CONEY ISLAND</b></a><br /> +<a href="#IN_CENTRAL_PARK"><b>IN CENTRAL PARK</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THE_FIRST_OF_APRIL"><b>THE FIRST OF APRIL</b></a><br /> +<a href="#PLEBEIAN"><b>PLEBEIAN</b></a><br /> +<a href="#PATRICIAN"><b>PATRICIAN</b></a><br /> +<a href="#QUARRELSOMENESS"><b>QUARRELSOMENESS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THE_ETERNAL_FEMININE"><b>THE ETERNAL FEMININE</b></a><br /> +<a href="#WISTFULNESS"><b>WISTFULNESS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#KINDNESS_TO_ANIMALS"><b>KINDNESS TO ANIMALS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#A_COLD_DAY"><b>A COLD DAY</b></a><br /> +<a href="#SKATES"><b>SKATES</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THE_EXCURSION_BOAT"><b>THE EXCURSION BOAT</b></a><br /> +<a href="#EVOLUTIONARY_FAME"><b>EVOLUTIONARY FAME</b></a><br /> +<a href="#PIETY"><b>PIETY</b></a><br /> +<a href="#WEALTH"><b>WEALTH</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THE_SKIPPING-ROPE"><b>THE SKIPPING-ROPE</b></a><br /> +<a href="#MUSICS_MIGHT"><b>MUSIC'S MIGHT</b></a><br /> +<a href="#A_BALL_GAME"><b>A BALL GAME</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THE_RIVAL_QUEENS"><b>THE RIVAL QUEENS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#LITTLE_MOTHERS"><b>LITTLE MOTHERS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#OTHER_LITTLE_MOTHERS"><b>OTHER LITTLE MOTHERS</b></a><br /> +<a href="#FOURTH_OF_JULY"><b>FOURTH OF JULY</b></a><br /> +<a href="#THANKSGIVING-DAY"><b>THANKSGIVING-DAY</b></a><br /> +<a href="#ICE-CREAM"><b>ICE-CREAM</b></a><br /> +</p> +<!-- End Autogenerated TOC. --> + + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img07.jpg"><img src="images/img07_th.jpg" width="600" height="453" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + +<h1> +CHILDREN<br /> +OF OUR<br /> +TOWN</h1> + +<h2>PICTURED BY<br /> +E. MARS AND M. H. SQUIRE</h2> + +<h3>WITH VERSES BY<br /> +CAROLYN WELLS</h3> + +<p class='center'>PUBLISHED BY<br /> +R. H. RUSSELL<br /> +NEW YORK<br /> +</p> + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 612px;"> +<a href="images/img08.jpg"><img src="images/img08_th.jpg" width="306" height="372" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + +<p class='center'> +Copyright, 1902, by<br /> +ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL<br /> +</p> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img09.jpg"><img src="images/img09_th.jpg" width="600" height="455" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + +<h2><a name="FLYING_KITES" id="FLYING_KITES"></a>FLYING KITES</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">A blustering windy day's just right<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For boys who want to fly a kite;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And it affords the greatest joy<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To make and use the pretty toy.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">But Aged Duffers, do not try<br /></span> +<span class="i2">A large-sized paper kite to fly;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">You could not manage tail or string,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And ten to one you'd spoil the thing.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img11.jpg"><img src="images/img11_th.jpg" width="600" height="448" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="BOATS_ON_THE_LAKE" id="BOATS_ON_THE_LAKE"></a>BOATS ON THE LAKE</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">A morning full of happiness any boy may find<br /></span> +<span class="i0">By sailing boats upon the lake, if he is so inclined;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The wind it drives them out to sea, he pulls them back, and then<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They jerk and struggle to be free—away they go again!<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They wibble-wobble as they sail, and sometimes they upset,—<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Of course he reaches out for them,—of course he gets quite wet.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">But Aged Grandsires, if you must sail boats in Central Park,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Play properly, don't splash yourself, and run back home ere dark.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img13.jpg"><img src="images/img13_th.jpg" width="600" height="447" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="AT_CONEY_ISLAND" id="AT_CONEY_ISLAND"></a>AT CONEY ISLAND</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">See proud Belinda smartly dressed<br /></span> +<span class="i0">In all her flaunting Sunday best;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">With muslin hat and ruffles big<br /></span> +<span class="i0">She cannot comfortably dig.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">Ask her if she would like to play,—<br /></span> +<span class="i2">She will not answer either way;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">She'll only shake herself, and then,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Just pout and grin and pout again.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Dear Grandams, meekly learn from this,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">How very ill-advised it is<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To don a costume fine and grand<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When you go playing in the sand.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">Instead of your bespangled net,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Or moire velvet edged with jet,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Just wear a gingham, simply made,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">So you can tuck it up and wade.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img15.jpg"><img src="images/img15_th.jpg" width="600" height="445" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="IN_CENTRAL_PARK" id="IN_CENTRAL_PARK"></a>IN CENTRAL PARK</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">In Central Park, along the Mall,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">We see the gay goat-carriage crawl;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">With little boys and girls inside,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Enjoying their exciting ride.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">Right willingly each nimble steed<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Exerts his very utmost speed;<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And o'er the smooth hard road they race<br /></span> +<span class="i2">At something like a turtle's pace.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">But stout old men and portly dames,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Pray, do not urge your rightful claims;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And even though you have the price,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Listen, I beg, to my advice.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i6">Do not insist on getting in<br /></span> +<span class="i6">The little carriage for a spin;<br /></span> +<span class="i6">You'd not look picturesque at all<br /></span> +<span class="i6">Careering up and down the Mall.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img17.jpg"><img src="images/img17_th.jpg" width="600" height="447" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THE_FIRST_OF_APRIL" id="THE_FIRST_OF_APRIL"></a>THE FIRST OF APRIL</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">'Tis taught by philosophic schools<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The human race is mostly fools.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And once a year you see this truth<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Ably set forth by jocund youth,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Who broach the tenets of the creed<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Plainly that he who runs may read.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">But Aged Idiots, 'tis not meet<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For you to run along the street,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And with a manner bold and sly<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Pin tags on ladies passing by,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">Or sit upon the curb and look<br /></span> +<span class="i2">For fools to snatch your pocket-book.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img19.jpg"><img src="images/img19_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="PLEBEIAN" id="PLEBEIAN"></a>PLEBEIAN</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Lucinda's tastes are so depraved;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">She likes to play and romp<br /></span> +<span class="i0">With children poor and ill-behaved,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Who boast no style or pomp.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Their costumes are not quite correct,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">They have no pretty tricks;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Lucinda! pray be more select,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">In higher circles mix.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img21.jpg"><img src="images/img21_th.jpg" width="600" height="453" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="PATRICIAN" id="PATRICIAN"></a>PATRICIAN</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Ah, sweet Lucinda, best of girls,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">How quick to take advice.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Behold her with unpapered curls,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And frock so rich and nice!<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Her haughty stare! Who would suppose<br /></span> +<span class="i8">That dress would change her so<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Oh, blessed influence of fine clothes,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">How much to thee we owe!<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img23.jpg"><img src="images/img23_th.jpg" width="600" height="448" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="QUARRELSOMENESS" id="QUARRELSOMENESS"></a>QUARRELSOMENESS</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Dear lady-readers of whatever age,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Look backward and with me enjoy this page.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">What happy moments have we often spent<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Thus to our frenzied anger giving vent.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Ah, me, the long-lost joys of being young!<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To make up faces, and stick out one's tongue;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">How those occasions of Xantippish strife<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Gave zip and zest to our dull childish life.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img25.jpg"><img src="images/img25_th.jpg" width="600" height="443" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THE_ETERNAL_FEMININE" id="THE_ETERNAL_FEMININE"></a>THE ETERNAL FEMININE</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Ah, truly, as the tree is bent the tiny twig's inclined,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And in the very littlest girls we see<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The contradictious tendencies of woman's wayward mind<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Developed to a marvellous degree.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For each small daughter of her mother<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Will say one thing and do the other.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">For instance, when some little girls just hate to go to school<br /></span> +<span class="i8">And beg that they may stay at home and play;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And then, permission given, these same children, as a rule,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Delight in <i>playing school</i> the livelong day!<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Ah, no wonder poets feature<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Woman as a captious creature.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img27.jpg"><img src="images/img27_th.jpg" width="600" height="448" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="WISTFULNESS" id="WISTFULNESS"></a>WISTFULNESS</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Baby and Sis and me<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Stand by the fence and see<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Picnickers munch<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Lots o' good lunch,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Jes' givin' nothin' to we.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Baby and Sis and me,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Hungry as we can be,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Haven't no right<br /></span> +<span class="i8">To be 'spectin' a bite,—<br /></span> +<span class="i4">But we're glad lookin' is free.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img29.jpg"><img src="images/img29_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="KINDNESS_TO_ANIMALS" id="KINDNESS_TO_ANIMALS"></a>KINDNESS TO ANIMALS</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">The Bison, though he seems so grim,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Is very sensitive;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And when the children stare at him,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">He wants to cease to live.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">He hears them wonder why he's there,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">And why he can't break through;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And why he has such funny hair,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">And why he doesn't moo.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">At this, the suffering Buffalo<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Can scarce restrain to weep;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Their caustic comments hurt him so,—<br /></span> +<span class="i4">They haunt him in his sleep.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">But, Grown-Up people, let me pray<br /></span> +<span class="i8">You'll not behave like this;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">The Bison pet,—and, when you may,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Give him a friendly kiss.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img31.jpg"><img src="images/img31_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="A_COLD_DAY" id="A_COLD_DAY"></a>A COLD DAY</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">In winter time when ice and sleet<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Make slidy places on the street,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The children early leave their beds<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And rush out with their skates and sleds.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">All merrily the little dears<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Throw snowballs in each other's ears;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And thus with pretty playful ways<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Beguile the white and wintry days.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">Oh, Venerable Veterans,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">I hate to disarrange your plans;<br /></span> +<span class="i8">But truly, if you try this game<br /></span> +<span class="i8">You will go home all stiff and lame.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img33.jpg"><img src="images/img33_th.jpg" width="600" height="449" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="SKATES" id="SKATES"></a>SKATES</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">A blithesome boy this picture shows;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">He has a true Mercurian pose,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Like winged heels his roller-skates<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Send him fast-flying past his mates.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When one is young, 'tis very nice<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To skate on rollers or on ice.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">But Ancient Gaffers, do not try<br /></span> +<span class="i4">With active boys like this to vie.<br /></span> +<span class="i4">For if you get a skate on, you<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Acquire a rolling gait, 'tis true.<br /></span> +<span class="i4">But soon this proverb you'll endorse,—<br /></span> +<span class="i4">A rolling gait gathers remorse.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img35.jpg"><img src="images/img35_th.jpg" width="600" height="455" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THE_EXCURSION_BOAT" id="THE_EXCURSION_BOAT"></a>THE EXCURSION BOAT</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Into the boat the breeze blows fair,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">It blows across the deck;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">It blows the little children's hair,—<br /></span> +<span class="i4">They get it in the neck.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">And in this picture you may see<br /></span> +<span class="i8">The happy girls and boys,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">So true to life,—but thankful be<br /></span> +<span class="i8">You cannot hear the noise.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">The great steam-whistle's fearful squeaks.<br /></span> +<span class="i12">The band, ill-tuned and loud;<br /></span> +<span class="i8">The babies with their screams and shrieks,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">The bustle of the crowd.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i12">Grown People, you'd prefer, afloat,<br /></span> +<span class="i16">A private yacht, I'm sure;<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Then shun the gay excursion boat<br /></span> +<span class="i16">Unless you're very poor.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img37.jpg"><img src="images/img37_th.jpg" width="600" height="448" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="EVOLUTIONARY_FAME" id="EVOLUTIONARY_FAME"></a>EVOLUTIONARY FAME</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">These merry children, I'll be bound<br /></span> +<span class="i0">In careless pleasure ride around;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Unthinking as they onward go,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">What pedigree their horses show.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">But, Graybeard, you learned when a boy<br /></span> +<span class="i4">About the Wooden Horse of Troy;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And you assume these steeds to be<br /></span> +<span class="i4">The Trojan Sire's posterity.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">Well, there you're wrong! you have forgot.<br /></span> +<span class="i8">They're Flying Horses, are they not?<br /></span> +<span class="i8">And, scions of a noble name,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">From Pegasus descent they claim.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i12">But, Graybeards, curb your mad desires<br /></span> +<span class="i12">To mount upon these whizzing flyers.<br /></span> +<span class="i12">For there's the very strongest chance<br /></span> +<span class="i12">You'd go home in an ambulance.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img39.jpg"><img src="images/img39_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="PIETY" id="PIETY"></a>PIETY</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">With new, ill-fitting gloves,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">With frocks as white as snow,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">By two and two these little loves<br /></span> +<span class="i4">To First Communion go.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">I watch them as they pass,—<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Somehow, I shrewdly guess<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Each child thinks little of her mass<br /></span> +<span class="i8">And much about her dress.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">But you, dear Aged Saint,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Whose eyeballs upward roll,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">I trust you have no worldly taint<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Upon your gentle soul.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img41.jpg"><img src="images/img41_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="WEALTH" id="WEALTH"></a>WEALTH</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Joe Munn who has a penny<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Has friends and friends a-many;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">They hang around him eagerly and offer him advice.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Tim Lanigan states clearly<br /></span> +<span class="i0">That he loves taffy dearly<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And butterscotch is awful good and chocolates is nice.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Jane said, but no one heard her,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">"An orange would go furder,"<br /></span> +<span class="i8">While Billy Barlow's heart beat high inside his chubby shape.<br /></span> +<span class="i4">It needs no divination<br /></span> +<span class="i4">To see the application,—<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Until your purse is empty from your friends you can't escape.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img43.jpg"><img src="images/img43_th.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THE_SKIPPING-ROPE" id="THE_SKIPPING-ROPE"></a>THE SKIPPING-ROPE</h2> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">This picture (as you can see, I hope)<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Shows a fat little maiden skipping rope.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">She can jump "highwater" and "pepper" too,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But, fat old ladies, let me tell you,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">If you jump "highwater" you'll lose your breath,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And to jump "pepper" might cause your death.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img45.jpg"><img src="images/img45_th.jpg" width="600" height="452" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="MUSICS_MIGHT" id="MUSICS_MIGHT"></a>MUSIC'S MIGHT</h2> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">On the East Side any day,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">When the street pianos play<br /></span> +<span class="i2">You can see the children dancing with<br /></span> +<span class="i6">a rhythmic whirl and sway.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i6">All untaught their native grace,<br /></span> +<span class="i6">Joy in every grinning face,<br /></span> +<span class="i8">To the music they are gaily keeping<br /></span> +<span class="i12">perfect time and pace.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i12">But, infirm and aged crones,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Do not risk your ancient bones;<br /></span> +<span class="i14">Your old nerves would suffer sadly<br /></span> +<span class="i18">jarred and jolted by the stones.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img47.jpg"><img src="images/img47_th.jpg" width="600" height="451" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="A_BALL_GAME" id="A_BALL_GAME"></a>A BALL GAME</h2> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">There never was a place so bad<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But one redeeming trait it had.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Now Harlem is no good at all<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Save as a place for playing ball.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">But there the boys will run and play<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Their favorite game 'most every day.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i12">But, Reverend sir, 'twould foolish be<br /></span> +<span class="i12">To play, with your rheumatic knee.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i16">And, Deacon, do not try, I beg,<br /></span> +<span class="i16">To play the game with your game leg.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img49.jpg"><img src="images/img49_th.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THE_RIVAL_QUEENS" id="THE_RIVAL_QUEENS"></a>THE RIVAL QUEENS</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Now wasn't this ridiculous?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Essie and Mamie had a fuss,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And each declared she wouldn't play<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Unless she could be Queen of May.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i2">"You think you're smart!" Miss Essie said,<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And Mamie sneered and tossed her head.<br /></span> +<span class="i2">And each one angrily declared<br /></span> +<span class="i2">There'd be no queen for all she cared!<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">Mamie was mad as she could be,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And Essie pouted sulkily;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">With angry looks they onward stalked,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">While no one 'neath the May-bower walked.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i6">Oh! social Queens, this lesson learn<br /></span> +<span class="i6">If for supremacy you yearn,<br /></span> +<span class="i6">And of your fitness there is doubt,<br /></span> +<span class="i6">See that your rival too's kept out.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img51.jpg"><img src="images/img51_th.jpg" width="600" height="454" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="LITTLE_MOTHERS" id="LITTLE_MOTHERS"></a>LITTLE MOTHERS</h2> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">The Little Mothers of the poor<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They lead a jolly life, I'm sure;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">For without being gray and old,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They've all a mother's right to scold.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">As eagerly each day they meet<br /></span> +<span class="i0">To pass the gossip of the street,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Her baby-cart, each states with pride,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Is finest on the whole East side.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And each, her small charge will declare<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The handsomest baby anywhere.<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Oh, Grown-up Mothers, learn to praise<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Your children and their pretty ways.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img53.jpg"><img src="images/img53_th.jpg" width="600" height="447" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="OTHER_LITTLE_MOTHERS" id="OTHER_LITTLE_MOTHERS"></a>OTHER LITTLE MOTHERS</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">The Little Mothers of the rich<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Are really works of art,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">They are dressed up to such a pitch<br /></span> +<span class="i4">In frocks so fine and smart.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">They do not have to take the charge<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Of baby boys or girls;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">No, they have dolls exceeding large<br /></span> +<span class="i8">With silky, flaxen curls.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">Ah, Mothers in Society,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Accept this reasoning sound;<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Dolls far less troublesome would be<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Than children bothering round.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img55.jpg"><img src="images/img55_th.jpg" width="600" height="455" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="FOURTH_OF_JULY" id="FOURTH_OF_JULY"></a>FOURTH OF JULY</h2> + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">These boisterous boys, with bang and fizz,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">They make such noisy noise;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">But, then, perhaps the reason is,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">They are such boysy boys.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">The girls as well,—from early morn<br /></span> +<span class="i8">They shoot and shoot and shoot;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And on a trumpet or a horn<br /></span> +<span class="i8">They toot and toot and toot.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">But you, whose locks are bleached by Time,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">(Or by the Chemist's aid),<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Heed my admonitory rhyme,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Nor join the gay parade.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img57.jpg"><img src="images/img57_th.jpg" width="600" height="452" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="THANKSGIVING-DAY" id="THANKSGIVING-DAY"></a>THANKSGIVING-DAY</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">When Autumn brings around the day<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Devoted to thanksgiving,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">The children scream with laughter gay<br /></span> +<span class="i4">For very joy of living.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i4">And every sort of escapade<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Receives their commendation;<br /></span> +<span class="i4">But all agree a masquerade<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Is best for celebration.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i8">The boys and girls all swarm around<br /></span> +<span class="i12">The crowd is hourly growing;<br /></span> +<span class="i8">Straw hatted and grotesquely gowned,—<br /></span> +<span class="i12">With tin horns loudly blowing.<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i12">But dear old dames with snowy puffs,<br /></span> +<span class="i16">Tulle caps and Mechlin laces,<br /></span> +<span class="i12">Don't scramble out and join the toughs<br /></span> +<span class="i16">In boys' clothes and false faces.<br /></span> +</div></div> + + + +<hr style="width: 65%;" /> +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 600px;"> +<a href="images/img59.jpg"><img src="images/img59_th.jpg" width="600" height="461" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> +<h2><a name="ICE-CREAM" id="ICE-CREAM"></a>ICE-CREAM</h2> + + +<div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">To Bob and Sue, who have ice-cream,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Life is a glowing, halcyon dream,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">While Tom stands empty by;<br /></span> +<span class="i0">And says, "Gee! fellers, ain't it prime?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Say, I had ice-cream too, one time,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">And it was great! Oh, my!"<br /></span> +</div><div class="stanza"> +<span class="i0">Ah, beaux and belles at rout or ball,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Does ice-cream on your palate pall?<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Is it to you no treat?<br /></span> +<span class="i0">You never ate it from the can,<br /></span> +<span class="i0">Come, patronize the Ice-Cream Man,<br /></span> +<span class="i4">Come down to Mulberry Street!<br /></span> +</div></div> + +<div class='padding'><div class="figcenter" style="width: 186px;"> +<a href="images/img63.jpg"><img src="images/img63_th.jpg" width="186" height="301" alt="" title="" /></a> +</div></div> + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Children of Our Town, by Carolyn Wells + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN *** + +***** This file should be named 26431-h.htm or 26431-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/4/3/26431/ + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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/dev/null +++ b/26431.txt @@ -0,0 +1,976 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Children of Our Town, by Carolyn Wells + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Children of Our Town + +Author: Carolyn Wells + +Illustrator: E. Mars + M.H. Squire + +Release Date: August 25, 2008 [EBook #26431] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN *** + + + + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + + CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN + + BY E. MARS AND M. H. SQUIRE + + WITH VERSES BY + CAROLYN WELLS + + + [Illustration] + + + + + CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN + + [Illustration] + + + + + CHILDREN + OF OUR + TOWN + + PICTURED BY + E. MARS AND M. H. SQUIRE + + WITH VERSES BY + CAROLYN WELLS + + PUBLISHED BY + R. H. RUSSELL + NEW YORK + + Copyright, 1902, by + ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL + + + + + FLYING KITES + + + A blustering windy day's just right + For boys who want to fly a kite; + And it affords the greatest joy + To make and use the pretty toy. + + But Aged Duffers, do not try + A large-sized paper kite to fly; + You could not manage tail or string, + And ten to one you'd spoil the thing. + + + + + BOATS ON THE LAKE + + + A morning full of happiness any boy may find + By sailing boats upon the lake, if he is so inclined; + The wind it drives them out to sea, he pulls them back, and then + They jerk and struggle to be free--away they go again! + They wibble-wobble as they sail, and sometimes they upset,-- + Of course he reaches out for them,--of course he gets quite wet. + + But Aged Grandsires, if you must sail boats in Central Park, + Play properly, don't splash yourself, and run back home ere dark. + + + + + AT CONEY ISLAND + + + See proud Belinda smartly dressed + In all her flaunting Sunday best; + With muslin hat and ruffles big + She cannot comfortably dig. + + Ask her if she would like to play,-- + She will not answer either way; + She'll only shake herself, and then, + Just pout and grin and pout again. + + Dear Grandams, meekly learn from this, + How very ill-advised it is + To don a costume fine and grand + When you go playing in the sand. + + Instead of your bespangled net, + Or moire velvet edged with jet, + Just wear a gingham, simply made, + So you can tuck it up and wade. + + + + + IN CENTRAL PARK + + + In Central Park, along the Mall, + We see the gay goat-carriage crawl; + With little boys and girls inside, + Enjoying their exciting ride. + + Right willingly each nimble steed + Exerts his very utmost speed; + And o'er the smooth hard road they race + At something like a turtle's pace. + + But stout old men and portly dames, + Pray, do not urge your rightful claims; + And even though you have the price, + Listen, I beg, to my advice. + + Do not insist on getting in + The little carriage for a spin; + You'd not look picturesque at all + Careering up and down the Mall. + + + + + THE FIRST OF APRIL + + + 'Tis taught by philosophic schools + The human race is mostly fools. + And once a year you see this truth + Ably set forth by jocund youth, + Who broach the tenets of the creed + Plainly that he who runs may read. + + But Aged Idiots, 'tis not meet + For you to run along the street, + And with a manner bold and sly + Pin tags on ladies passing by, + Or sit upon the curb and look + For fools to snatch your pocket-book. + + + + + PLEBEIAN + + + Lucinda's tastes are so depraved; + She likes to play and romp + With children poor and ill-behaved, + Who boast no style or pomp. + + Their costumes are not quite correct, + They have no pretty tricks; + Lucinda! pray be more select, + In higher circles mix. + + + + + PATRICIAN + + + Ah, sweet Lucinda, best of girls, + How quick to take advice. + Behold her with unpapered curls, + And frock so rich and nice! + + Her haughty stare! Who would suppose + That dress would change her so + Oh, blessed influence of fine clothes, + How much to thee we owe! + + + + + QUARRELSOMENESS + + + Dear lady-readers of whatever age, + Look backward and with me enjoy this page. + What happy moments have we often spent + Thus to our frenzied anger giving vent. + Ah, me, the long-lost joys of being young! + To make up faces, and stick out one's tongue; + How those occasions of Xantippish strife + Gave zip and zest to our dull childish life. + + + + + THE ETERNAL FEMININE + + + Ah, truly, as the tree is bent the tiny twig's inclined, + And in the very littlest girls we see + The contradictious tendencies of woman's wayward mind + Developed to a marvellous degree. + For each small daughter of her mother + Will say one thing and do the other. + + For instance, when some little girls just hate to go to school + And beg that they may stay at home and play; + And then, permission given, these same children, as a rule, + Delight in _playing school_ the livelong day! + Ah, no wonder poets feature + Woman as a captious creature. + + + + + WISTFULNESS + + + Baby and Sis and me + Stand by the fence and see + Picnickers munch + Lots o' good lunch, + Jes' givin' nothin' to we. + + Baby and Sis and me, + Hungry as we can be, + Haven't no right + To be 'spectin' a bite,-- + But we're glad lookin' is free. + + + + + KINDNESS TO ANIMALS + + + The Bison, though he seems so grim, + Is very sensitive; + And when the children stare at him, + He wants to cease to live. + + He hears them wonder why he's there, + And why he can't break through; + And why he has such funny hair, + And why he doesn't moo. + + At this, the suffering Buffalo + Can scarce restrain to weep; + Their caustic comments hurt him so,-- + They haunt him in his sleep. + + But, Grown-Up people, let me pray + You'll not behave like this; + The Bison pet,--and, when you may, + Give him a friendly kiss. + + + + + A COLD DAY + + + In winter time when ice and sleet + Make slidy places on the street, + The children early leave their beds + And rush out with their skates and sleds. + + All merrily the little dears + Throw snowballs in each other's ears; + And thus with pretty playful ways + Beguile the white and wintry days. + + Oh, Venerable Veterans, + I hate to disarrange your plans; + But truly, if you try this game + You will go home all stiff and lame. + + + + + SKATES + + + A blithesome boy this picture shows; + He has a true Mercurian pose, + Like winged heels his roller-skates + Send him fast-flying past his mates. + When one is young, 'tis very nice + To skate on rollers or on ice. + + But Ancient Gaffers, do not try + With active boys like this to vie. + For if you get a skate on, you + Acquire a rolling gait, 'tis true. + But soon this proverb you'll endorse,-- + A rolling gait gathers remorse. + + + + + THE EXCURSION BOAT + + + Into the boat the breeze blows fair, + It blows across the deck; + It blows the little children's hair,-- + They get it in the neck. + + And in this picture you may see + The happy girls and boys, + So true to life,--but thankful be + You cannot hear the noise. + + The great steam-whistle's fearful squeaks. + The band, ill-tuned and loud; + The babies with their screams and shrieks, + The bustle of the crowd. + + Grown People, you'd prefer, afloat, + A private yacht, I'm sure; + Then shun the gay excursion boat + Unless you're very poor. + + + + + EVOLUTIONARY FAME + + + These merry children, I'll be bound + In careless pleasure ride around; + Unthinking as they onward go, + What pedigree their horses show. + + But, Graybeard, you learned when a boy + About the Wooden Horse of Troy; + And you assume these steeds to be + The Trojan Sire's posterity. + + Well, there you're wrong! you have forgot. + They're Flying Horses, are they not? + And, scions of a noble name, + From Pegasus descent they claim. + + But, Graybeards, curb your mad desires + To mount upon these whizzing flyers. + For there's the very strongest chance + You'd go home in an ambulance. + + + + + PIETY + + + With new, ill-fitting gloves, + With frocks as white as snow, + By two and two these little loves + To First Communion go. + + I watch them as they pass,-- + Somehow, I shrewdly guess + Each child thinks little of her mass + And much about her dress. + + But you, dear Aged Saint, + Whose eyeballs upward roll, + I trust you have no worldly taint + Upon your gentle soul. + + + + + WEALTH + + + Joe Munn who has a penny + Has friends and friends a-many; + They hang around him eagerly and offer him advice. + Tim Lanigan states clearly + That he loves taffy dearly + And butterscotch is awful good and chocolates is nice. + + Jane said, but no one heard her, + "An orange would go furder," + While Billy Barlow's heart beat high inside his chubby shape. + It needs no divination + To see the application,-- + Until your purse is empty from your friends you can't escape. + + + + + THE SKIPPING-ROPE + + This picture (as you can see, I hope) + Shows a fat little maiden skipping rope. + She can jump "highwater" and "pepper" too, + But, fat old ladies, let me tell you, + If you jump "highwater" you'll lose your breath, + And to jump "pepper" might cause your death. + + + + + MUSIC'S MIGHT + + On the East Side any day, + When the street pianos play + You can see the children dancing with + a rhythmic whirl and sway. + + All untaught their native grace, + Joy in every grinning face, + To the music they are gaily keeping + perfect time and pace. + + But, infirm and aged crones, + Do not risk your ancient bones; + Your old nerves would suffer sadly + jarred and jolted by the stones. + + + + + A BALL GAME + + There never was a place so bad + But one redeeming trait it had. + + Now Harlem is no good at all + Save as a place for playing ball. + + But there the boys will run and play + Their favorite game 'most every day. + + But, Reverend sir, 'twould foolish be + To play, with your rheumatic knee. + + And, Deacon, do not try, I beg, + To play the game with your game leg. + + + + + THE RIVAL QUEENS + + + Now wasn't this ridiculous? + Essie and Mamie had a fuss, + And each declared she wouldn't play + Unless she could be Queen of May. + + "You think you're smart!" Miss Essie said, + And Mamie sneered and tossed her head. + And each one angrily declared + There'd be no queen for all she cared! + + Mamie was mad as she could be, + And Essie pouted sulkily; + With angry looks they onward stalked, + While no one 'neath the May-bower walked. + + Oh! social Queens, this lesson learn + If for supremacy you yearn, + And of your fitness there is doubt, + See that your rival too's kept out. + + + + + LITTLE MOTHERS + + The Little Mothers of the poor + They lead a jolly life, I'm sure; + For without being gray and old, + They've all a mother's right to scold. + As eagerly each day they meet + To pass the gossip of the street, + Her baby-cart, each states with pride, + Is finest on the whole East side. + And each, her small charge will declare + The handsomest baby anywhere. + Oh, Grown-up Mothers, learn to praise + Your children and their pretty ways. + + + + + OTHER LITTLE MOTHERS + + + The Little Mothers of the rich + Are really works of art, + They are dressed up to such a pitch + In frocks so fine and smart. + + They do not have to take the charge + Of baby boys or girls; + No, they have dolls exceeding large + With silky, flaxen curls. + + Ah, Mothers in Society, + Accept this reasoning sound; + Dolls far less troublesome would be + Than children bothering round. + + + + + FOURTH OF JULY + + These boisterous boys, with bang and fizz, + They make such noisy noise; + But, then, perhaps the reason is, + They are such boysy boys. + + The girls as well,--from early morn + They shoot and shoot and shoot; + And on a trumpet or a horn + They toot and toot and toot. + + But you, whose locks are bleached by Time, + (Or by the Chemist's aid), + Heed my admonitory rhyme, + Nor join the gay parade. + + + + + THANKSGIVING-DAY + + + When Autumn brings around the day + Devoted to thanksgiving, + The children scream with laughter gay + For very joy of living. + + And every sort of escapade + Receives their commendation; + But all agree a masquerade + Is best for celebration. + + The boys and girls all swarm around + The crowd is hourly growing; + Straw hatted and grotesquely gowned,-- + With tin horns loudly blowing. + + But dear old dames with snowy puffs, + Tulle caps and Mechlin laces, + Don't scramble out and join the toughs + In boys' clothes and false faces. + + + + + ICE-CREAM + + + To Bob and Sue, who have ice-cream, + Life is a glowing, halcyon dream, + While Tom stands empty by; + And says, "Gee! fellers, ain't it prime? + Say, I had ice-cream too, one time, + And it was great! Oh, my!" + + Ah, beaux and belles at rout or ball, + Does ice-cream on your palate pall? + Is it to you no treat? + You never ate it from the can, + Come, patronize the Ice-Cream Man, + Come down to Mulberry Street! + + [Illustration:] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Children of Our Town, by Carolyn Wells + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHILDREN OF OUR TOWN *** + +***** This file should be named 26431.txt or 26431.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/4/3/26431/ + +Produced by Jason Isbell, Christine D. and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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