The Japanese Family

SAID MR. JAPANESE TO MRS. JAPANESE, AS HE AND SHE HAD A TALK, ON A PLEASANT SUMMER DAY, “SHALL I GET A RIK-I-SHAY? OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A LITTLE WALK?”

SAID MRS. JAPANESE TO MR. JAPANESE,— AH, SHE WAS A CLEVER SOUL!— “IF I CAN HAVE MY WAY, YOU’LL NOT GET A RIK-I-SHAY, BUT WITH THE CHILDREN TAKE A QUIET STROLL.”

SO MR. JAPANESE AND MRS. JAPANESE AND THE LITTLE JAPANESES TOO, SET OUT IN INDIAN-FILE, IN THE VERY LATEST STYLE, WITH THEIR EYES AND MOUTHS PRODIGIOUSLY ASKEW.

THROUGH GARDENS TRIM AND NEAT, TO SMELL THE BLOSSOMS SWEET THEY GO, AND OVER FENCES CLIMB, AND WHEN THEIR WALK IS DONE, THEY CRY OUT, EVERY ONE, “WE’VE HAD A LOVELY JAPAN-EASY TIME!”

TULIPS.

Tulips bright in the garden beds, Lift up their heads; No other blossoms are as gay And proud as they.

But I know where some tulips grow. Ah, Yes, I know! More rich and sweet than any flower In garden bower.

“Good morning!” say my tulips red, As out of bed They spring; and other tulips greet With kisses sweet.

And that is why I love them so, You ought to know; And tulips you may likewise find To please your mind.

PRETTY LITTLE NUNS.

PRETTY LITTLE NUNS IN THEIR PURPLE HOODS. LIFT THEIR LITTLE FACES FAIR. IN THE LONELY CORNERS OF THE QUIET WOODS; AND MAKE A LITTLE CHAPEL THERE.

AND PRETTY LITTLE NUNS IN THEIR PURPLE HOODS, MEET IN LITTLE CLUSTERS, WHERE THEY LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF THE GRAND OLD WOODS AND REVERENTLY KNEEL IN PRAYER.

A Garden Party for Three.

UP IN AN APPLE-TREE CORNER SAT, A LITTLE GIRL AND A PUSSY-CAT. JUST AS COSY AS THEY COULD WISH, EATING OUT OF A CHINA DISH.

CLOSE BESIDE THEM A BIG BLACK CROW. SAUCY AND THIEVISH HE WAS, YOU KNOW— CAME AND PERCHED, SAYING “O DEAR ME! WHAT A NICE GARDEN PARTY FOR THREE!”

THE LITTLE GIRL HAD ENOUGH TO EAT; THE CAT AND THE CROW HAD A ROYAL TREAT; AND SOME OTHER DAY IN THE APPLE-TREE THERE’LL BE A NICE GARDEN PARTY FOR THREE!