Facts in Jingles
Winifred, age twelve, with her trained bird, Okikusan
FACTS IN JINGLES
By
WINIFRED SACKVILLE STONER, JR.
(Written Between the Ages of Five and Twelve)
INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1915 The Bobbs-Merrill Company
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Dedicated to Miss Katharine O'Shea of Madison, Wisconsin
These jingles were written by a child for children. The young author does not expect that any one will imagine they were intended to be a contribution to poetry or literature. They will be of interest to adults principally as an illustration of the way a child's mind views some of the every-day situations of life. Grown people will also be interested to see how easily a young child can put facts into the jingle form when freedom of expression is acquired early.
Those who have read Mrs. Stoner's Natural Education will recall that Winifred learned almost as a babe to use the typewriter. This helped her in her spelling and composition, so that she gained ease and freedom in expressing herself on any topic that she understood. She wrote out everything she learned so that she might the better get a grasp of it and remember it. And she found that when some kinds of facts were put together in a jingle they could be fixed with less effort and retained more securely than if they were learned in the ordinary way—by rote and without any method of organization.
Winifred Sackville Stoner
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FACTS IN JINGLES
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
A GREAT SURPRISE
BRIDGET MAKES SPLIT PEA SOUP
THE CAREFUL MOTHER
GROWING THINGS
GRANDPA'S HEAD TUMS FREW HIS HAIR
SUSAN REWARDED FOR TWENTY YEARS' SERVICE
A WONDROUS GROWING BABY
A JOKE ON ONKLO KARLO
THE PEARL OF LAKES
THE MUSEUM'S FAT LADY
PATTI LOU AT THE ZOO
FURS LINED WITH KITTENS
MUCH LEARNING SAVES IGNATIUS
TWILIGHT
A FIVE-FOOT SHELF OF SUMMER BOOKS
THE CAT EXTINCTED THE CANARY
A BONY SONG
LET THE BUMBLE BE
GRANDMA TURKEY'S LAMENT
ANSWERS, NOT QUESTIONS, CAUSE TROUBLE
ROOSEVELT COMPLIMENTS MAMA LION
WEE WILLIE'S FIRST HAIR CUT
THE TIME OF HIS LIFE
THE WINKING STAR
TOO MANY DOLLS
LAST OF MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
WOES CAUSED BY WHOOPING BUGS
GOOD B'S AND BAD T'S
A BOY'S COMPLAINT
KING TEDDY, THE FEARLESS
THE GROUCH-BUG
KIND HEARTS
HENS
NISSEN, THE SANTA CLAUS OF NORWAY
A CHRISTMAS WISH FOR ALL MY FRIENDS
SANTA'S REINDEER IN THE SKY
ALL DENTISTS GO TO HEAVEN
MABEL AT THE BUTCHER SHOP
THANKSGIVING IN 20,000 A. D.
ON THANKSGIVING
THE PETS' CHRISTMAS CAROL
ONLY NAUGHTY CHILDREN SEE "SPOOKS" ON HALLOWE'EN
MY EASTER WISH
A WHINGWANG SONNET OF AN EASTER BONNET
MIDSUMMER JOYS
AFTER THE FOURTH WAS OVER
TO MY VALENTINE
THE WONDERLAND OF MATEMATIKO
EASTER GREETING
A SKILLET IN SOCIETY (ALIAS A CHAFING DISH)
THE GIANT ARITHMOS
THE PURE-BLOODED PUP
A KITTEN GONE TO WASTE
PRIDE
JOB SMARTER THAN MODERN BABIES
THE NEW YEAR BABE
NERVOUS JELLY
A BOY WHO WAS HERO AND VILLAIN
AUTOS CHANGE GOOD LUCK
MY CHRISTMAS WISH
A BOY'S DESCRIPTION OF A GOAT
AUTUMN, QUEEN OF YEAR
THE TERSEST BATHING SUIT
EASTER GREETING TO MY FRIEND
TAKE THAT GUM FROM YOUR MOUTH AND PUT YOUR FEET RIGHT IN
GOOD WEATHER ASSURED
ALL THE WORLD CRIES
HOPE
THE YOUNG MAIL CARRIER
A RIDDLE
THE FIRST MATCH
THE NEW BABY
GOOD-BYE TO TEDDY BEARS
SLEEPERS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
LAZY WHITE MEN SIT WHILE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR
TOO TICKLISH TO COUNT HIS RIBS
IT TAKES A CIGAR A LONG TIME TO WEAR OUT
A PICKERINO—THE COOK'S FATE
THE FIRST METAL PLOW
LEGENDS OF THE CORONATION STONE
PLEASE, GRANDPA, CROAK
TO SAVE HIM FROM A WHIPPING
THE FIRST FORKS
THE KING'S QUESTIONS
ENGLAND'S KINGS IN RHYME
BRUNETTES ALL THE RAGE
CATS A KISSIN' (CATECHISM)
INFORMATION BY PHONE
OUR PRESIDENTS
SIX IN THE CEMETERY
COULD ONLY ASK QUESTIONS
SEEKING BARGAINS
CULTUS MITLITE
HER TURN COMING
WHEN WILL WE BE OLD ENOUGH?
JOHNNIE'S CONUNDRUM
TITANIC'S NOBLE BAND
HOW TO BE HAPPY
REVENGE ON AN ACHING TOOTH
AN OLD-TIME AND A MODERN SONG
LEGEND OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
HOW MOTHER LEARNED NATURAL HISTORY
THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY
ON MIDSUMMER NIGHT
BEWARE OF THE WET
TO MODERN KNIGHTS
A SONG OF THE WOODS
BRICK VERSUS WATCH
KOPPA AFTER PI
THE PAST AND PRESENT EVE
MY IMPRESSIONS OF NEWSPAPER MEN
PETER VISITS AN EPISCOPAL CHURCH
A GHOST STORY
AN ESPERANTO POEM PLAIN TO ALL
THE WINDS OF MARCH
A BACHELOR'S OPINION OF A BABY
MY COUNTRY
GREEDY IMPS
TO FRIENDS WHO REMEMBERED ME WHEN I WAS ILL
GREETINGS TO NORFOLK
ORIENTAL METAPHOR
A TORPID LIVER 'SPLODED HIM
THE SOUL OF A MISER
LEARNING THE FRENCH ALPHABET
DANS MA MAISON
DANS MON JOLI JARDIN
DANS MA CUISINE
UN PETIT BARBARE POU
WISE REPLIES
I PREFER A LAZY BEE
WHEN WOMEN VOTE
AN OLD GARDEN
SPELLING WRONG "RONG"
LET MA VOTE
A SONG OF HOME
THEN AND NOW
THE FIVE BEST FAIRIES
AN EQUAL FRANCHISE VALENTINE
BEWARE OF STINGS
'NEATH NIAGARA FALLS
GRAMMAR IN A NUTSHELL
HOW SIMPLE SIMON BECAME WISE
THE B. O. K. FAIRY
PAPA'S SAINTED LEG
AN APPEAL TO THE FAIRIES
IN INDIA
THE BEST MONTH OF ALL
A PLEA TO KNIGHTS AND LADIES FAIR
SAYING HIS SPEECH
A PLEA TO EDITORS
TASMANIA
ESPERANTO GRAMMAR
THE ARMADILLO
FIVE GOOD GIANTS
A BOOK MARK
UNCLE SAM'S PITTSBURGH ARSENAL
DUX FEMINA VIA
A BIRTHDAY WISH
THE MILLER ON THE DEE
BAA! BAA! BLACK SHEEP
THE OLD WOMAN, MOTHER GOOSE
SIX LITTLE MICE SAT DOWN TO SPIN
THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM
BO-PEEP
THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE LITTLE GUN
PRETTY MAID, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
A FROG WHO WOULD A-WOOING GO
GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER
LITTLE MISS MUFFET
KITTY, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
ROCK-A-BYE, BABY
JACK SPRATT
SIMPLE SIMON
MOTHER HUBBARD
LITTLE BOY BLUE
MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION
PETER PUMPKIN EATER
DOCTOR FOSTER
JACK BE NIMBLE
SING JOYFULLY ON YOUR WAY
PUSSEY IN THE WELL
PEAS PUDDING HOT
TOM THE PIPER'S SON
LITTLE MARY WITH HER CANARY
MARY, QUITE CONTRARY
BUTCHER, BAKER, CANDLE-STICK MAKER
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
THE OLD WOMAN IN A SHOE
THE LITTLE BOY AND THE LITTLE SPARROW
SNAIL, SNAIL, COME OUT OF YOUR HOLE
PATTI CAKE
THREE BLIND MICE
OLD KING COLE
MY SON JOHN
DICKORY DOCK
BARBER, BARBER, SHAVE A PIG
JACK AND JILL
OLD MOTHER GOOSE
LITTLE TOM TUCKER
HARK! HARK! THE DOGS DO BARK
JACK SPRATT
TAFFY WAS A THIEF
CURLY LOCKS
HOT CROSS BUNS
FIVE LITTLE PIGS
HUMPTY DUMPTY
TO MARKET
OH, PRETTY LITTLE GIRL, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
THE MAN IN THE MOON
MARJORY DAW
WHO IS MOTHER GOOSE?
MARY HAD A LAMB SONG
MY BLACK HEN
GREAT A, LITTLE A
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
PRETTY LITTLE MAID WITH PRETTY LITTLE BONNET
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE
THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE LITTLE CURL
A GERMAN JINGLETTE
THE GLORIOUS O
ADAM'S FUNNY BONE
QUEEN OF FLOWERHOOD
NORTH POLE JINGLE
AN EATABLE ALPHABET
AT EASTER
THE GIRLS' ALPHABET
TO MY LEAP YEAR VALENTINE
I'M GLAD I'M NOT AN EXO
THREE CHEERS FOR TYPEWRITERS
THE WORLD'S A MIRROR
A MEMORY JOGGER FOR YOUR DESK
WILMINGTON'S SANTA CLAUS
WILMINGTON'S GOOD FAIRY
MOTHER WOTSAT, OF WANAMAKERLAND
TITANIA'S TOYLAND
THE FAIRY CENTAPHRASE
THE CHILDREN'S PRAYER
AN ODE TO A FAITHFUL DOG DUBBED PICKLES
PEACE FORERUNNER—"LOVE MANKIND."
MUSIC
ROBERT FRANZ
NATURE'S MUSIC
FRÉDÉRIC FRANÇOIS CHOPIN
THE GREATEST KINGS OF MUSIC LAND
GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL
LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN
JOHANNES BRAHMS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT
ROBERT SCHUMANN
GIUSEPPE VERDI
FRANZ LISZT
ANTON RUBINSTEIN
CHRISTOPHER WILLIBALD GLÜCK
LOUIS HECTOR BERLIOZ
KARL MARIA FRIEDRICH ERNST VON WEBER
JAKOB LUDWIG FELIX MENDELSSOHN
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK
JOHANN STRAUSS
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
KARL CZERNY
ARE ALL ANGELS BLONDS?
GOOD PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
