St Nicholas [serial] . a iteba of oorya oopplea. Uroad-way is Oodwaybraw. Of course every new language must haveits poetry, and this one has shown its poetic side. The followingverse 1 know you will admit is quile touching : OoKJA AND ILLJA. Ookja and Illja went oopwa the illhaTo etga a ailpa of ooterwa,Ookja fell ownda and ookebra his ooncra,And Illja came umblingta artera. Mark. Twain says the Italians spell a great deal better than theypronounce Unlike the Italians these, these— Ookjas and 111-jas pronounce a great deal better than they spell. The only rule I can give you for pronouncing th
St Nicholas [serial] . a iteba of oorya oopplea. Uroad-way is Oodwaybraw. Of course every new language must haveits poetry, and this one has shown its poetic side. The followingverse 1 know you will admit is quile touching : OoKJA AND ILLJA. Ookja and Illja went oopwa the illhaTo etga a ailpa of ooterwa,Ookja fell ownda and ookebra his ooncra,And Illja came umblingta artera. Mark. Twain says the Italians spell a great deal better than theypronounce Unlike the Italians these, these— Ookjas and 111-jas pronounce a great deal better than they spell. The only rule I can give you for pronouncing the words In thisnew jargon is to give the final A a prolonged ah sound, like the A inafter. In fact, the language seems to be made up of oos Now that the boys have a secret language, I suppose secretmeetings will be in order; and, dear me, I dont know what willcome next. What with their initials, slang, and now this new rig-marole, why their own fathers and mothers cannot talk to them if itkeeps on. J. B. THE HORSE AND THE SCARE-CROW. (DRAWN BY H. M. R arer, putting out his head to smell it, and when he is satisfiedilk away. Our horse did so, and I have tried to draw the sceneran my pen for the readers of St. Nicholas. Excuse all imperfec-}*ns. I am a little girl not yet twelve years of age.—Your young] ^respondent, H. M. R. L. Compton, St. Nicholas: We have taken you for some time, and wejl always glad to see you. I think it is nicer to make butter in attle than in one of those little toy churns. I have made it severalles, and I do not think it takes an hour to churn it. I will tell you\v to do it. Put some cream (it is not necessary that it should beir) into a bottle with a large opening, and after tightly corking it,ike well until the butter comes. If you have not too large a bottle,d do not make too hard work of it, it is not so very tiresome. Youist shake it until the butter is pretty well gathered together, ander washing it, etc., as B. H. W. des
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