The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 29, 1900, Page 5

AN EXCITING 5 . y")v4-‘" . ‘.m the sea, GAME O'; ackbird 2 & - JACKS. g this pastime, they take up one s not 1l forth =0 much energy ‘ f mer maids sta I 2 st } 1<€ Omne F % r ‘ < the ba i-rolling by facine stance of three feet, and to g tune marehes back and fo:th \ Jenny Jor Miss Jenny LITTLE RECESSs RECREATION. 2\ 2 | Red Red is And Black is for And ‘1'1.4! will last ni I dreamt I Behind the As soon as s s leader romg ghost last night, aoor. e utters the last sentence away with her compan- at her hee The one who first »s her is permitted to join her in the long verse. The game con- until they tire or a fond mother 2 one of them to go on an errand or to supper. Another pretty song sung by-the children when playing this game is the following: . , will you walk? will you talk? Mayzie, will you walk with me? Mayzie— No. Leader— I will give you a golden light To decorate your bed at night Mayzie, will you walk? Mayzie, will you talk? Mayzie, will you walk with me? Mayzie turns up ber little nose and de- 1 s to bribed. 1 on : alternoon, little effect on spurns the tempter, hope of victory, and inues: I will give you a golden chair Z nd take fresh air, valk with me? The tempted, being but to falter and weak tive. This only goal, and she human, begins answers in the nega- urs, the siren on to her carriage then get married. : 1k with me? > leader tires of offering such costly for the privilege of walking and talking to Mayzie, so she stakes all on the throw and when she imparts the follow- ing information to the tempted, victory crowns her efforts and a ray of sunshine has entered her young life: I will give you the key to heaven To count the angels €leven by eleven, W you w Mayzie, will you walk, Mayzie, will you talk, Mayzie, will you walk with me? Mavzie—Yes. Whereupon the leader’ Of the many songs they sing and the games they play the following is most popular with the children. Three of them face as many more who, standing against the wall and with these words on their lips, march to and fro: Here come three s . three by three, To court ycur A a Lee. May we have : here, here, here? M we a lodging here? Chorus— Here come three firemen, ete. No! Here come throe soldiers, ete. No! Here come three kings, three by three To court your daughter, Anna Lee. May w2 have a lcdging here, here, here% May we have a lodging here? Chorus—Yes! Here's my daughter, safe and sounc And in her pocket are twerty pounds, And on her finger a ¢ mond ring, And she is fit to marry a king. The kings do not see that way. The repeated rebuffs they received at the out- set have angered them and with great sar- casm, they warble: Here's your daughter, And in her pock not a pound, And on her finger is a dirty brass ring And s not fit to marry a king. These last remarks create an unfavor- able impression. Instantly there is a stampede. The ‘“kings” are ehased by the “mothers” and when all are captured the game starts again. Thus it is that children enjoy life. There is not a cloud to dim their vision and not a care in the world. Who would not be a child again? LOUIS LEVY. fe and sound,