Rhymes and Jingles 195
Oh, what is the use
Of chewing tobacco,
And spitting the juice?
Whether it was the rhythm and rhyme of the piece or its moral sentiment that was so pleasing to them is uncertain.
Here is one way to amuse a child. Clasp your hands with the fingers turned inward, and repeat the following ditty, which you illustrate by changing the position of your fingers and hands:—
Here's a meeting-house, there's the steeple,
Look inside and see all the people.
Here's the singers going up-stairs,
And here's the minister saying his prayers.
To make the steeple, elevate your forefingers with the tips joined. Το suit the second line open your hands a little, and wiggle the ends of your clasped fingers. Illustrate the singers. going up-stairs by making the fingers of your right hand walk up those of your left. Lastly, clinch your hands, put one fist on top of the other, and that is the minister.
When a schoolboy wishes to be humor-
