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CANCER-THE CRAB

THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

By C.J. BLAKE

THE word which stands at the head of this paper, suggests to us the thought of a very terrible disease, rather than of a brilliant constellation; but we must recollect, that cancer means a crab, and that the disease in question is so called because of the supposed resemblance of the tumour, which is its seat to a crab with outstretched claws. Crabs were as well known to the ancients, as they are to ourselves, for they have been found at all times and in all parts of the earth, and they are spoken of as being a common article of food amongst the Romans. They are of various kinds; from the little pea-crab, which crawls into the shell of a cockle or mussel, and there makes a home for itself. to the large crab found in the seas around the coast of Japan, which measures ten feet between the tips of its nippers or fore-claws.
Many of these creatures are very curious in their habits; for instance, there is the land crab, which burrows in the earth like a rabbit, and only visits the sea once a year, for the purpose of depositing its spawn or eggs; and the robber crab, which is found in the Coral Islands. eats cocoa-nuts, and was formerly supposed to climb the tall cocoa palms, to bring the nuts down. But it is not certain that robber crabs can really do this, though they have often been seen to strip the outside fibre from fallen nuts, in order to find the soft spots, or eye-holes at the top. Inserting a claw into one these holes, they manage to scoop out the contents of the nut and so to furnish themselves with food.

The hermit crab, again, steals the shells of creatures for itself, sometimes taking the shell of a dead fish, and sometimes killing the living owner of the shell.

Though we have not these strange kinds of crabs in our own country, we can observe the common or shore crab, which is itself a very singular creature. Young crabs do not much resemble their grown-up relations; there is almost as much difference between a young crab and an old one, as between a tadpole and a frog. As the young grow older they cast or moult the shell, and every time they do so, the new shell grows firmer and stronger. If they happen through accident to lose a claw, they have also the happen power of producing a new limb in its place.

The people of old looked at these queer creatures, with their ten legs, of which the first pair form the nippers, their eyes set on stalks in their heads, and fitting into their shells when not in use and curious way of walking or propelling along. They said that the crab walked backwards, and though this is not exactly true, they thought that it was so.

Then they went on to consider that the sun in heaven after going as far as he possibly could towards the north, was now coming towards the Equator, and that the time of hot weather was at hand.

So they took the crab for the sign of the summer solstice, or period of heat; and they found a constellation, or group of stars, in that part of the heavens to which the sun had attained, which to their minds resembled a crab, with its nippers, and other claws, and its flat body and short tail.

You will sometimes learn in your geography lessons about the Tropic of Cancer, and perhaps you will remember then, that the tropic is the line which marks the sun's backward course towards the Equator, and consequently the region of heat. CJ BLAKE

References:

Chatterbox 1903

GEMINI- THE TWINS

SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

By C.J. BLAKE

THE year of the Zodiac did not begin in January, as ours does; the first month, of which as you will remember, Aries, the Ram, was the sign was the month of March. We are accustomed to begin the year in the midst of winter, but to the ancients who regulated everything by what they saw in the natural world around them, the spring with its budding and blossoming of fresh life, appeared the most fitting time for a new year to begin. The third sign. that of the Heavenly Twins. therefore indicates the month of May.
The notion of double or twin stars was a very common one amongst the ancient astronomers, and indeed many stars are so called to-day. These double stars are not really close together, they are often thousands of miles apart .Still they are not separated by the immense distances in space, which divide other stars, and as seen from our earth, even through powerful telescopes, they appear to be so close to one another, as to deserve the name of twin stars.

When, in process of time, the knowledge of the signs of the Zodiac passed from the Chaldeans and Egyptians to the other great nations of antiquity, the Greeks and Romans made interesting legends about the two infant boys who were represented as the third sign. The Greeks thought that they stood for Castor and Pollux , two sons of their great god Zeus or Jupiter. They said that these boys, because of their heavenly parentage were wonderfully strong powerful; that Castor as he grew up became able to accomplish all possible feats of horsemanship to tame and drive or ride the most fiery and unmanageable steeds, and that Pollux was the champion of all boxers and wrestlers. The Greeks as well as the Romans, believed that in their battles two mysterious warriors, riding on white horses, armed with spears and wearing stars in their helmets, often appeared to encourage and aid the soldiers, and that these two visitors from another world were Castor and Pollux, the heavenly twins.

Then the Romans had another story, in which the twins stood for Romulus and Remus, the supposed founders of the city of Rome. They told how these children, when infants were deserted by their mother, and how a she-wolf nursed them, and took care of them, until they were found by a good old shepherd named Faustulus, who took them home to his wife.

When these boys grew up, they too were very strong and warlike. They agreed together to build a city, and when they had done so, Romulus resolved to fortify it, and to this end built a wall, and dug a ditch or trench round, to keep it safe. But Remus laughed at his brother's efforts, and jumped over the ditch to show how worthless was such a protection. This so enraged Romulus, that he killed his brother Remus and reigned over the city himself.

We cannot now place faith in such stories as these, but the people of old believed them, and thought of them, when hen they looked up to the stars, or when they made the sign of Gemini upon their plans of the heavenly sphere. CJ BLAKE

References:

Chatterbox 1903

Pauline

Pauline - A Poem

By F.B. MONEY COUTTS

IN a back street, in a back quarter, lived
Pauline
In Paris- called of France the queen;

Howbeit gloom and grief are there,

In corners that do not appear.

Where Pauline lived the street was narrow,

Shunned even by the jaunty sparrow;

He found no sun in which to bask,

Though light's a little boon to ask.

All day sat Pauline at her work

In that bad back-street, close and murk,

Which, seemed perverse and in disgrace,

To shun the day's benignant face.

And yet this little jacket-trimmer,

Of Nature's beauty had a glimmer,

One little plant she kept alive;

'Twas marvel how she could contrive.

It was a rose-tree in a pot-

No bunch of blue forget-me-not

To maiden, new-betrothed, so sweet;

To poet never bloom so meet.

Yet cherish it howe'er she might,

It could not brook eternal night;

And not the sunshine of her eyes

Could for its vital need suffice.

So every day, for light and air,

She bore it with her to the square,

And talked to it till she was glad;

It was the only friend she had.

She placed it in the plots of sun,

Counting its petals, one by one;

And almost thought, with happy laugh,

Its draughts of sun she saw it quaff.

And so it branched, and so it flowered,

And Pauline was right richly dowered,

Instead of being a sun to it,

In her it kept the sunshine lit.

Fresh breezes seemed to haunt its scent,

A ray of sun seemed in it pent,

And like a bee, deep buried there,

Would Pauline's spirit cease from care.

And all this happened in an alley;

And Pauline might have been a Sally,

Or Jane, or any mother's daughter;

And what could Pauline's rose have taught

her?

Is it to cherish things of beauty,

However ugly be thy duty?

And if thou hast not roses red,

A lovely thought will do instead.

Or is it this-thy soul to tend

And care and nurture on it spend,

And give it times when it may lie

Like flowers that look into the sky?

References:

Friendly leaves 1882

The Pauline 1903

THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME

Painted by W. Dendy Sandler

First published in Ladies Home Journal 1913

THE MISER

by ELIZA COOK

To be frugal is wise; 'and this lesson of truth
Should ever be preach'd in the ears of youth.

The young must be curb'd in their spendthrift haste,

Lest meagre want should follow on waste:

But to see the hand that is wither'd and old

So eagerly clutch at the shining gold-

Oh! can it be good that man should crave

The dross of the world- so nigh his grave?

Sad is the lot of those who pine

In the gloomy depths of the precious mine;

But they toil not so hard, in gaining the ore,

As the miser in guarding the glittering store.

He counts the coin, with a feasting eye,

And trembles the while if a step come nigh:

He adds more wealth; and a smiling trace

Of joy comes over his shrunken face.

He seeks the bed, where he cannot rest,

Made close beside his idol chest;

He wakes with a wilder'd haggard stare,

For he dreams a thief is busy there;

He searches around-the bolts are fast,

And the watchmen of the night go past.

His coffers are safe; but there's fear in his brain,

And the miser cannot sleep again.

He never flings the blessed mite

To fill the orphan child with delight:

The dog may howl, the widow may sigh,

He hears them not- they may starve, and die.

His breast is of ice, no throbbing glow

Spreads there at the piercing tale of woe;

All torpid and cold, he lives alone

In his heaps, like the toad embedded in stone.

Death comes-but the miser's friendly bier

Is free from the sobbing mourner's tear;

Unloved, unwept, no grateful one

Will tell of the kindly deeds he has done.

Oh! never covet the miser's fame,

'Tis a cheerless halo, that circles his name;

And one fond heart that will truly grieve,

Will outweigh all the gold that we can leave.

ELIZA COOK

References:

Chatterbox 1877

SO FUNNY

SO FUNNY - Anthropology of 1776

HAVE you ever seen a n. in the street and thought how funny he looked, with his thick lips, his sooty face, and his woolly black hair? I dare say you have- and, perhaps, laughed out loud, too- and wondered why some people are made with such very queer faces! Well, now listen to me and I will tell you a true story that was told to me.
A kind clergyman, much interested in n., brought home two lads with him from Africa, meaning to have them educated in England. They were intelligent and well behaved, and they accompanied him by special invitation, to the house of the first friend he visited. At morning prayer the lads, already instructed in such matters, folded their hands as usual, and sat, gravely awaiting the reading of the passage of Scripture. Suddenly, without apparent reason, a broad smile broke over the countenance of one darkey, followed by a titter from the other; and as their mirth could not be concealed, the service was stopped, and the clergyman told them to state what it was amused them so much.

'There! There!', cried both the lads at once, bursting into fits of laughter; 'very much funny! Sambo must laugh!'

And what do you think it was that amused them so much? The four little red-headed daughters of their host, who were sitting gravely opposite the n. lads. The Africans had never seen red hair before. I do not think it is necessary for me to point out the moral of this anecdote.

H.A.F.

References:

Chatterbox 1876

AN EXPENSIVE MOUSE NEST

AN EXPENSIVE MOUSE NEST - A TRUE STORY

ON opening a box of cigars a few weeks ago, the nest of a mouse was discovered inside, containing several young ones, and about ninety cigars had been converted into chaff for nesting material.

References:

Chatterbox 1876

HALLOWEEN DISPLAY

HALLOWEEN DISPLAY

1907 HALLOWEEN IN THE AMERICAN CITY.

What is the Halloween?

Halloween is traditional Holiday celebrated on October 31st in in The Great Britain, Scotland, France,Ireland, and The USA. The old name of the Holiday was, and still is- Samhain or Sauin(in Scottish). The name of the holiday is coming from Gaelic language and means-November. With the coming of the month of November- Autumn season officially ended and Winter season is coming to town. The eve of the new day in Celtic and Gaelic tradition has always been considered the sunset and the evening- The Eve. Samhain has always been one of the Four Calendar Holiday festivals of the Gaelic and Celtic nations and it is celebrated as the holiday worldwide, though is not considered to be Flag Day in the United States of America.

How Halloween is celebrated?

Halloween was traditional family reunion, celebrated with traditional family meal. House was usually decorated with carved pumpkins- Jack-O-Lanterns, nice bouquets of oak branches and nuts. This was traditional way. Since 1900ds the celebration of Halloween is becoming more festive and of course, decorations of the homes, houses and buildings become more and more elaborate and more and more sophisticated,

How did traditional Halloween windows decorations and windows displays of the American pharmacy store looked like in 1907?

They were seriously festive and interesting. The moving figures were quite popular already. Here is the description of the traditional advertisement of the central pharmacy of the city in the USA on the Eve of Halloween. Description was found in the magazine Confectioners and Bakers Gazette , year 1907, MONTH OF OCTOBER

This advertising of the pharmacy products was suggested to any confectioner,who had the electric light and power in the store-which was absolutely installed in each store and in each Pharmacy of the United States of America. It was stated, by the advertisers and the artitsts, that each owner of the store was able to make a very striking window display at a small expense in this way, as described below.

How did the project of the window Halloween decorations for a standard store looked like in 1907?

In the bottom of the window, there should have been cut a round hole of about one foot in diameter. Over this hole it was suggested to fasten a screen of coarse wire. Above the opening of the hole- the suggestion was- to hang a gypsy kettle with a tripod.It was the simplest way to attract the attention of the client to the window of the pharmacy, and of course- to enter the store.

How the wires were masked?

To the wires of the screen in the window, it was suggested to fasten the short pointed streamers of red crepe paper, interspersed with a few blue ones- as all Americans love. Now, the nice illumination effect would have been reached if, underneath the opening of the hole, the arranged so, that their light will be thrown up under the kettle, there should have been installed three or four electric light bulbs of the red color.

How the thrill was added?

The blaze of the fire and the thrill to all this electric installation was created by the simple fan, installed in the bottom of the construction. Under this say, lying on the floor face up, there had to be an electric fan installed. The fan caused the streamers to flutter up around the kettle, and this combined with the red light , was producing the nice effect of a blazing fire underneath the kettle. To mask the electric wires and equipment, the decorator just needed enough of the crepe paper.

A Halloween window was the October attraction since 1906 year in a well known confectionery stores of the United States of America, and this is the real historical fact.

Halloween window has always been interspersed with a fine display of candy and beverages,- the pride of the American Pharmacy. Of course there were jack-o-lanterns, magic mirrors, and other articles, much used in the ceremonies and celebrations of the Halloween- especially incidental to that occasion. In the centre of the display, traditionally, there were arranged the three wooden bowls,- so well known in Scotch superstition. One wooden bowl was filled with clear water. and one wooden bowl was filled with muddy water, and the third wooden bowl has always been left empty- so the Scottish tradition was kept and preserved,

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

in Mrs. A. P. Jarvis- the classic of Native American Indian Poetry. Her poems are about the heroes of the American Nation- The Pawnee Indian Tribe. The Pawnee indians resided in the State of Nebraska, particularly the Lincoln county.

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?

BY MRS. A.P. JARVIS

What would Jesus do if he were here?
To answer we scarcely dare,
Of course as in far-off Galilee,
He would spend whole nights in prayer.

His words were ever of faith and hope,

He sought for his people's good,

And did not pause though his loving deeds

Were often misunderstood.

His life was a loving ministry.

If like him we would become,

We would seek the souls that are lost in sin

And endeavor to lead them home.

THE HYMN WAS FOUND IN THE NEWSPAPER- 424328 HERALD AND PRESBYTER VOL LXXIX No 1 JANUARY 1 1908.

THE RELIGIOUS HYMN, WRITTEN BY THE VERY FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN POETESSE IS PUBLISHED AS IT IS. THIS IS THE CLASSIC POETRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CIRCA 1912.

MRS. A. P. JARVIS Is a very famous Native American Indian poet- PAWNEE TRIBE. She was known to have resided in the State of Nebraska. The Chief of the Pawnee tribe in June 1913 was Sir David Gilingham- the name in English tongue. The Name of Sir David Gilingham in the Pawnee Indian tribe tradition is The Grey Eagle. 1913 he has payed a visit to St. Louis as a delegate to the Baptist conventionm after which he went to Chicago, Illinois.

The Indian name of Mrs. A.P. Jarvis- the famous Native Indian poet- Pawnee tribe, has not reached us. American readers appreciated her hymns published in the Herald and Presbyter Magazine and other Presbyterian pressa in 1908-1913.

Who are and were the Pawnee?

The Pawnee- Native American Indians of Nebraska state, The nation was commonly regarded as the last of the Caddoan Tribes of the North America. They have migrated in a general northeasterly direction. When the Siouan Tribes of the North American continent has the entered the valley of the Platte River in Nebraska. They have found the Pawnee tribes already established in that region. The Pawnee called themselves by a term, which in the language of the tribe has a meaning "men of men". Their present name was probably given by some neighboring tribe, not by themselves. It is thought that the name Pawnee is derived from "pariki", which has a meaning- " a horn". It is the real ethnographical and anthropological fact that the Pawnee warriors, had custom to shave the whole head except of a narrow strip, extending from the forehead to the scalplock. There they used to stiffen this ridge of the hair left unshaven, with a grease and paint curving it upward like a horn.

Pawnee Native Indians, otherwise called People of the Plains, historically resided in the states of Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas. The Pawnee language is classified as the Caddoan Native Indian language family of the USA.

They in numbers and in 1928 the Pawnee population was 2,766 - the data is not providing the clear number- what this number meant- the families or the count of the original Native Indian Americans still alive.

MY FATHER'S CARE

MY FATHER'S CARE

BY MRS. J.M. HUNTER

Fields all "bright with harvest gold,
And meadows full of song".
Tell me of my Father's care-
His love so deep and strong.

Dewdrops flashing in the sun

With rainbow hues of light,

Teach me of the Artist's hand-

His blest creative might.

Sunset with its ruddy glow

And twilight's plaintive sigh,

Tell me life will soon be o'er

And I must say good bye.

Words of tenderness so sweet

Within the holy book

Tell me of a home complete,

To which I gladly look.

Ev'rywhere in letters bright

The truth is written clear,

A loving Father ruleth well,

And I have naught to fear.

Only let me seek his will,

And to his word be true,

Then I ll reach a better world

And brighter beauties view.

This Presbyterian Hymn is a work of a very famous Native American Indian poet Mrs. J.M. Hunter. Not much is known about her personal life. However three official Hymns have been registered by the Registry of the Copyright Entries of the USA as the creation of her personal pen.

Three official Hymns were officially adopted by the Presbyterian Church of The United States of America:

1. Learn a lesson from the blossoms;

words- written by Mrs J.M. Hunter, and music written by KC Robinson - registered in June 30, 1906.

2. Spend your time for Jesus

words- written by Mrs J.M. Hunter, music written by K.C. Robinson, registered June 30, 1906.

3.Welcome the day

words written by Mrs J.M. Hunter, music- written by K.C.Robinson, registered in June 30, 1906

The Hymns were published in the book

A GLIMPSE OF HOME

Beautiful Tender Touching NEW SHEET MUSIC S

acred Song and Choras

Words by Mrs J.M. Hunter Music by Edwin Moore

Price of the book was 55 cents

This book was published in 1903.The book was sent to the readers directly by the mail order from Mrs J.M. Hunter, from Morristown Tenn.

TITHE

The book by Rev. J.M. Hunter and Mrs J.M. Hunter (Freedmen) Tithe. 1894

FREEDMEN

President Rev- Henry T McClelland DD

Vice President Rev- David S Kennedy

Recording Secretary-Rev Samuel J Fisher DD

Corresponding Secretary -Rev Edward P Cowan D D

Treasurer Rev John J Beacom DD -

OFFICE 516 Market Street Pittsburgh Pa

Field Secretary- Rev. IHenry N Payne DD, Atlanta Ga

THE HYMN FOUND IN THE NEWSPAPER- 424328 HERALD AND PRESBYTER VOL LXXIX No 1 JANUARY 1 1908.

THE RELIGIOUS HYMN IS PUBLISHED AS IT IS. THIS IS THE CLASSIC POETRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TO THE FAMILY BIBLE

BY N.P. LAWRENCE

How painfully pleasing the fond recollec-

tion
Of youthful connection and innocent joy,
While blessed with parental advice and

affection,
Surrounded with mercies and peace from

on high.
I still view the chairs of my father and

mother,
The seats of their offspring as ranged on

each hand,
And the richest of books, that excels every

other-
The family Bible that lay on the stand-
The old-fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed,

Bible
The family Bible that lay on the stand.

The Bible, the volume of God's inspiration,

At morning and evening would yield us

delight;

And the prayer of our sire was a sweet

invocation

For mercies by day and protection by

night.

Our hymn of thanksgiving with harmony

swelling.

All warm from the hearts of a family

band,

Hath raised us from earth to the rapturous

dwelling

Described in the Bible that lay on the

stand-

The old fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed, Bible

The family Bible that lay on the stand.

Ye scenes of tranquility, long have we

parted,

My hopes almost gone, and my parents

no more;

In sorrow and sighing I live broken-

hearted,

And wander unknown on a far distant

shore.

But how can I doubt a bless d Savior's

protection,

Forgetful of gifts from his bountiful

hand;

1 Then let me with patience receive the

correction,

And think on the Bible that lay on the

stand-

The old-fashioned Bible, the dear, blessed,

Bible,

The family Bible that lay on the stand.

-Christian Baptist.

THE HYMN FOUND IN THE NEWSPAPER- 424328 HERALD AND PRESBYTER VOL LXXIX No 1 JANUARY 1 1908.

THE RELIGIOUS HYMN IS PULISHED AS IT IS. THIS IS THE CLASSIC POETRY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Halloween Motion Song

Halloween Motion Song

This play was recommended by the Ministery of Education Of The United State of America as the compulsory part of the curriculums of The Primary Schools of The United States Of America in 1927.

Here is the list of the recommendations of the year 1927- The Primary Schools of The USA

1. Plays pageants etc Black cat entertains; EE Preston Prim. Educ.; Pop. Educ. 45 112 13 Ο 27
2.Halloween motion song -G.L. Smalley; Norm Instr and Prim Plans; 36 78 Ο 27

3.Halloween party; C. Swaney; Norm. Instr. and Prim. Plans. 36 78 Ο 27

4.Why Jack o lantern keeps Halloween; C.S. Bailey; il Am Childhood; 13 34 5 Ο 27

ADDING THE WHOLE SCENARIO

Motion

By Grace L Smalley

Tune: Oats Peas Beans and Barley Grow

(Even number of primary enter, dressed as ghosts and jack-o-lanterns holding them in cle of left arm)

We are jack-o-lanterns1 bright,
Lighting this October night.
We're made of pumpkins big2 and

round,
That grew on vines along the ground. 3

Johnny found us in the corn,

Only just this very morn.

He cut our mouths and made our eyes 5

Now he won't have his pumpkin pies.

See us grin,6 and glare, and stare,

Does it give you quite a scare,

When we come running7 at you so,

And keep on laughing, "Ho ho ho!"

Forms a circle, playmates all,

Marching9 gayly round the hall;

Laugh and sing- it's lots of fun,

When Halloween has just begun.

Now how lightly we can trip.

With our partners10 we will skip

Make our bows11 and say, Good-

night

Then quickly we will take a

flight. 12

MOTIONS

Hold up jack-o-lanterns with hands, then place them in circle of left arm again.

Let right arm describe circle.

Point to the ground.

Touch mouths of jack-o-lanterns.

Touch eyes of jack-o-lanterns.

Hold up lanterns again with both hands.

Hold lanterns forward and run a few steps toward audience.

Form a circle, without joining hands.

March in circle.

10.

Each even numbered child steps for ward to child ahead; they form partners and skip in circle then go back to places straight line facing audience.

11.

Make a bow.

12.

March from stage.

ORIGINAL SONG WAS FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR OCTOBER 1927

Hobgoblin Time

A hobgoblin is a faunlike forest spirit, and a hero of the drama THE SUNKEN BELL by GERHARD HAUPTMANN 1898.

HOBGOBLIN IS THE HERO OF THE SWEDISH NATIONAL TALE -"Swans down and Little Beauty." THE TALE WAS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINE "GOOD WORDS.", EDITED BY THE REVEREND DONALD MACLEOD DD IN 1905 NOVEMBER.

THE LITERARY MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- Porter's Spirit of the Times, ISSUE OF MAY 16, YEAR 1857 PUBLISHED THE NOVEL HOBGOBLIN AS WELL.

HOBGOBLIN- A POPULAR HERO OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE.

THE AMERICAN COMPOSER- G.W. CHADWICK COMPOSED THE SYMPHONIC SUITE ABOUT HOBGOBLIN- WHICH WAS A NICKNAME OF THE ROBIN HOOD IN THE TIMES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

SYMPHONIC SKETCHES SUITE FOR ORCHESTRA GEORGE WHITFIELD CHADWICK Born at Lowell Mass on November 13 1854 LIVED in Boston .

THE SUITE CONSISTS OF FOUR MOVEMENTS, PLAYED IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER, THE MOVEMENTS WERE AS WELL POPULAR OPUSES PLAYTED ALONE.

SUITE CONSISTED OF THOSE PARTS

Jubilee
Noël
Hobgoblin
A Vagrom Ballad

"Hobgoblin was performed for the first time at Mr concert in Jordan Hall Boston in November 21 1904 The four movements were first played at concerts of the Symphony Orchestra in Boston on February 7- 8, 1908 Dr conducted

They were played on October 23 24 1914 when Muck conducted."

The Symphonic Sketches wer dedicated to Sir Frederick S. Converse and were published in 1907. They are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, one interchangeable with English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, a set of three kettledrums, military drum bass, drum cymbal,s triangle,tambourine, xylophone, and harp strings.

III

Hobgoblin

Scherzo capriccioso, Allegro vivace, F major 3-4

The motto is Shakespeare's "that shrewd and knavish sprite called Robin Goodfellow".

The composer himself did not have in mind any expression of fairyism or fairy tales of Sweden. He had in mind the rascally imp that frights maidens of the villagery, who skims milk, and mocks the breathless housewife at the churn, then misleads the night wanderers, and disconcerts sorely the wisest aunt telling the saddest tale.

Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,

You do their work and they shall have good luck.

THE NAME GOBLIN HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD AS THE NICKNAME AND SHORT FOR THE BRITISH NAME ROBIN SINCE THE TIMES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

THE BRITISH LINGUIST AND WRITER RICHARD GRANT WHITE COMMENTED ON THIS NAME

Richard Grant White says in a note to "A Midsummer Night's Dream":-

"Until after Shakespeare wrote this play, the word "puck" was the generic name for a minor order of evil spirits.

The name "puck" exists in all the Teutonic and Scandinavian dialects, and in New York the Dutch have left it in a form of "spook", which means a ghost or spirit known to all who are "Knickerbockers" by blood or birth.

The name was not pronounced in Shakespeare's time with the u short. Indeed he seems to have been the first to spell it "puck" all other previous or contemporary English writers in whose works it has been discovered spelling it either as "powke", or "pooke", or "pouke".

There seems to be no reason to doubt that William Shakespeare and his contemporaneous readers pronounced it as "pook".

The fact that it is made a rhyme to the word "luck" is not at all in variance with this opinion, because it appears equally certain that the "u" in that word and in all of similar orthography had the sound of "oo". Burton in his "Anatomy of Melancholy" makes a "puck' to be a separate demon "will-o-the-wisp."

In Ben Jonson's 'Sad Shepherd" he appears as the "Puck hairy'.

In "Hudibras" he figures as "good Pug-Robin".

See Heywood's "Hierarchie Lib IX.":

In John Milesius any man may reade

Of divels in Sarmatia

honored Call d'Kottri of Kibaldi; such as wee.

Pugs and hobgoblins call. Their dwellings

In corners of old houses least frequented bee,

Or beneath stacks of wood; and these convented

Make fearfull noise in buttries and in dairies,

Robin good fellowes some some call them fairies.

The name "Hobgoblin" is compounded of the name "hob"- which is a familiar or rustic variation of the Christian name "Robert" or "Robin and goblin". The original meaning of the word "hobgoblin" was- a mischievous, and tricksy imp or sprite, which is just another name for "Puck" or "Robin Goodfellow"- which is Robin Hood. The meaning of the name "hobgoblin" as "a terrifying apparition, a bogy" was a later one.

Measures of preluding introduced by a horn lead to the first capricious and chief theme of the scherzo. A second theme is derived from the opening horn call. The trio section un poco più moderato begins with a theme announced by bassoons umoristico.

THE MAGAZINE FOR EDUCATORS OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE USA- NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS- MONTH OF OCTOBER YEAR 1927.

THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG- Hobgoblin Time - Words and Music by ANNIE STEVENS PERKINS.

QUITE RARE SONG- THE GRAND AMERICAN CLASSICS- HALLOWEEN SONG FOR THE SCHOOL PLAY AND PERFORMANCE.

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BLACKBOARD- AMERICAN SCHOOL - CHILDREN RING THE BELL

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BLACKBOARD- AMERICAN GIRL SENDS THE MAIL

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BLACKBOARD- BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP

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SONG- I WOULD LIKE TO BE A KITE

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THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG I WOULD LIKE TO BE A KITE, BY N.B.H. AND NINA B. HARTFORD.

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I would like to be a kite, and fly, fly, fly,

Like a bird with big white white wings, high, high, high

Over hills and Over trees, Over ships that sail the seas,

Dancing on the happy breeze in the sky.

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BLACKBOARD- PUSSY WILLOW

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SONG- THE SEASON'S MARCH

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THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG THE SEASON'S MARCH, BY ALICE E. ALLEN AND CHAS E. BOYD.

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1 We know for many reasons

That with step so brisk and arch

The merry little seasons

Are ready for the March

2.The winter snow still lingers

And the dawns are white with rime

But trees with eager fingers

Are tapping out the time.

CHORUS

Old winter couldn't go

And flowers could'n't grow

Were it not for the March of the

sea sons you know

Were for the blow of the wind

Ho! For he plays for the March of the seasons

of the seasons you know.

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SONG- BABY'S LULLABY

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THE CLASSIC REPERTOIRE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- THE SONG, BABY'S LULLABY, BY WINTHROP N. CROCKER AND CASE E. BOYD.

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1.Rock a-bye my baby,

Close your little eyes
Peeping out so softly

As the daylight dies.

Fold your chubby hands dear,

On your mother's breast.

While she leads you gently to the land

On those wings in dream of rest.

2. Far a way in dream by land

Way up in the sky.

On the wings of slumber

You will learn to fly.

Rock-a bye my baby,

Gently to and fro,

On those wings in dreamland

You now softly go.

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