The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . T^IIE Zodiacal sign for August is the Bee. Thisis doubtless because bees are the only (rea-lures that work in August. The l)usy, ])uzzy IWvworks all the time and makes a great fuss a])out Bee has always been held u]) as a ])atlern for(hildren to emidate, but so far it hasnt done mui ligood. Probably under this sign were born AugustH. and other (a])tains of Industry. ()ld-fashione(lbees, such as Aj)])le bees, Sewing bees, eti., are ucvvvseen now; but the lUisy H., indicating lUis\bod\^ always with us. A Vindicati
The Carolyn Wells year book of old favorites and new fancies for 1909; . T^IIE Zodiacal sign for August is the Bee. Thisis doubtless because bees are the only (rea-lures that work in August. The l)usy, ])uzzy IWvworks all the time and makes a great fuss a])out Bee has always been held u]) as a ])atlern for(hildren to emidate, but so far it hasnt done mui ligood. Probably under this sign were born AugustH. and other (a])tains of Industry. ()ld-fashione(lbees, such as Aj)])le bees, Sewing bees, eti., are ucvvvseen now; but the lUisy H., indicating lUis\bod\^ always with us. A Vindication of the Limerick.*. The Rlal Young Lady of Niokr. T T has been said byignorant and undis-cerning would-be criticsthat the Limerick is notamong the classic andbest forms of poetry,and, indeed, some havegone so far as to saythat it is not poetry atall. A brief considerationof its claims to preemi-nence among recognizedforms of verse will soonconvince any intelligentreader of its sujx^rlativew^orth and beauty. As a proof of this, letus consider the followingLimerick, which in theopinion of connoisseursis the best one everwritten: There was a young lady of Niger,Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They came back from the ride With the lady inside,And the smile on the face of the tiger. ?Copyright, 1900, by Harp<r^ MaLM/inc A Vindication of the Limerick—(Continued). Now let us compare this exquisite bit of real poesy with whatmight have been if Chaucer had written the lines: A mayde ther ben, in Niger born and bredde;Hire merye smyle went neere aboute hire a beeste shee rood, a tyger gaye,A
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