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Goops and How to Be Them

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <div style="height: 6em;"><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0001"></SPAN> <SPAN href="images/cover.jpg"><ANTIMG src="images/cover-s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="520" alt="(front cover) GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants GELETT BURGESS" /></SPAN></div> <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pagei" name="pagei"></SPAN>[i]</span></p> <p class="center"> <big>GOOPS</big> <br/> AND HOW TO BE THEM</p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pageii" name="pageii"></SPAN>[ii]</span></p>  <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pageiii" name="pageiii"></SPAN>[iii]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0001" id="h2H_4_0001"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="pageborder"> <h1> <big>GOOPS</big><br/> AND HOW TO BE THEM </h1> <p class="center"> A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants<br/> Inculcating many Juvenile Virtues<br/> Both by Precept and Example<br/> With Ninety Drawings</p> <p class="center"> <b><big> By GELETT BURGESS </big></b></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0002"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/title.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="245" alt="(goops)" /></div> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p class="center"> <span class="sc">New York</span><br/> Frederick A. Stokes Company<br/> Publishers</p> </div> <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pageiv" name="pageiv"></SPAN>[iv]</span></p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p class="center"> <span class="sc">Copyright, 1900,<br/> By Gelett Burgess</span></p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p class="center"> <small>TWENTY-THIRD PRINTING, MAY 9, 1935</small></p> <div style="height: 2em;"><br/><br/></div> <p class="center"> <small> <i>Printed in the United States of America</i> </small></p> <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pagev" name="pagev"></SPAN>[v]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0003"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-02.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="300" alt="To Agnes who is Not (always) a Goop!" /></div> <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pagevi" name="pagevi"></SPAN>[vi]</span></p>  <p style="display:none;"><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="pagevii" name="pagevii"></SPAN>[vii]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0004"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-03.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="355" alt="TABLE OF CONTENTS" /></div>  <table style="width: 500px;" summary="Table of Contents"> <tr><td> Introduction </td><td align="right"><i>Page</i> <SPAN href="#page1">1</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Table Manners—I </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page3">3</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Table Manners—II</td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page5">5</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Cleanliness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page7">7</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Neatness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page9">9</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Courtesy </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page11">11</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Generosity </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page13">13</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Consideration </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page15">15</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Miss Manners </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page17">17</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Borrowing </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page19">19</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Memory </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page21">21</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Books </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page23">23</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Honesty </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page25">25</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> "Why?" </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page27">27</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Bed-Time </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page29">29</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Modesty </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page31">31</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Disfiguration </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page33">33</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Bravery </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page35">35</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Tidiness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page37">37</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Patience </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page39">39</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Fortitude </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page41">41</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> George Adolphus </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page43">43</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Politeness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page45">45</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Gentleness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page47">47</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> <span class="pagenum" style="display:none;"><SPAN name="pageviii" name="pageviii"></SPAN>[viii]</span> Hospitality </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page49">49</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Pets </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page51">51</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Remember </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page53">53</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Curiosity </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page55">55</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Willy </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page57">57</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Clothes </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page59">59</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Helpfulness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page61">61</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Quietness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page63">63</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Order </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page65">65</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Teasing </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page67">67</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Interruption </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page69">69</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Cry-Baby </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page71">71</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Caution </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page73">73</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Tardiness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page75">75</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Obedience </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page77">77</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Church Headaches </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page79">79</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Perseverance </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page81">81</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Doll-Time </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page83">83</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Combing and Curling </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page85">85</SPAN> </td></tr> <tr><td> Cheerfulness </td><td align="right"> <SPAN href="#page87">87</SPAN> </td></tr> </table> <p class="center"> <i>Of these Rhymes, ten first appeared in</i> "St. Nicholas," <i>and are here reprinted by permission of the</i> Century Company.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page1" name="page1"></SPAN>[1]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0002" id="h2H_4_0002"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 690px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-04.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:220px;"> <i>INTRODUCTION</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px; padding-top:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Let me introduce a Race</p> <p class="i2"> Void of Beauty and of Grace,</p> <p class="i2"> Extraordinary Creatures</p> <p class="i2"> With a Paucity of Features.</p> <p class="i2"> Though their Forms are fashioned ill,</p> <p class="i2"> They have Manners stranger still;</p> <p class="i2"> For in Rudeness they're Precocious,</p> <p class="i2"> They're Atrocious, they're Ferocious!</p> <p class="i2"> Yet you'll learn, if you are Bright,</p> <p class="i2"> Politeness from the Impolite.</p> <p class="i2"> When you've finished with the Book,</p> <p class="i2"> At your Conduct take a Look;</p> <p class="i2"> Ask yourself, upon the Spot,</p> <p class="i2"> <i>Are you Goop, or are you Not?</i></p> <p class="i2"> For, although it's Fun to See them</p> <p class="i2"> It is <span class="sc">Terrible</span> to Be them!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page2" name="page2"></SPAN>[2]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0006"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-05.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="170" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page3" name="page3"></SPAN>[3]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0003" id="h2H_4_0003"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 717px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-06.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:165px;"> <i>TABLE MANNERS.—I.</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:60px; padding-top:75px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Goops they lick their fingers,</p> <p class="i4"> And the Goops they lick their knives;</p> <p class="i2"> They spill their broth on the tablecloth—</p> <p class="i4"> Oh, they lead disgusting lives!</p> <p class="i2"> The Goops they talk while eating,</p> <p class="i4"> And loud and fast they chew;</p> <p class="i2"> And that is why I'm glad that I</p> <p class="i4"> Am not a Goop—are you?</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page4" name="page4"></SPAN>[4]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0009"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-07.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="285" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page5" name="page5"></SPAN>[5]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0004" id="h2H_4_0004"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 716px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-08.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:200px;"> <i>TABLE MANNERS.—II.</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Goops are gluttonous and rude,</p> <p class="i2"> They gug and gumble with their food;</p> <p class="i2"> They throw their crumbs upon the floor,</p> <p class="i2"> And at dessert they tease for more;</p> <p class="i2"> They will not eat their soup and bread</p> <p class="i2"> But like to gobble sweets, instead,</p> <p class="i2"> And this is why I oft decline,</p> <p class="i2"> When I am asked to stay and dine!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page6" name="page6"></SPAN>[6]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0012"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-09.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="235" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page7" name="page7"></SPAN>[7]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0005" id="h2H_4_0005"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0013"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-10a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="300" alt="Cleanliness (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>CLEANLINESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Goops they are spotted on chin and on cheek,</p> <p class="i4"> You could dig the dirt off with a trowel!</p> <p class="i2"> But <i>you</i> wash your face twenty times every week,</p> <p class="i4"> And you don't do it <i>all</i> with the towel!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The Goops are all dirty, and what do they do?</p> <p class="i4"> They like to be dirty, and stay so.</p> <p class="i2"> But if <i>you</i> were dirty, you'd wash, wouldn't you?</p> <p class="i4"> If you needed a bath, you would say so!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0014"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-10b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="125" alt="Cleanliness (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page8" name="page8"></SPAN>[8]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0015"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-11.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="510" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page9" name="page9"></SPAN>[9]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0006" id="h2H_4_0006"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 714px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-12.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:40px; padding-left:200px"> <i>NEATNESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:200px; padding-top:30px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Goops leave traces everywhere—</p> <p class="i2"> Gum stuck underneath the chair,</p> <p class="i2"> Muddy footprints in the hall,</p> <p class="i2"> Show that Goops have been to call;</p> <p class="i2"> Shoes and stockings on the floor</p> <p class="i2"> Show where Goops have been before!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page10" name="page10"></SPAN>[10]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0017"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-13.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="300" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page11" name="page11"></SPAN>[11]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0007" id="h2H_4_0007"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 717px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-14.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:135px;"> <i>COURTESY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px; padding-top:20px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> I wonder why it is polite</p> <p class="i2"> In shaking hands, to give your <i>right</i>.</p> <p class="i2"> I wonder why it is refined</p> <p class="i2"> In passing one, to go <i>behind</i>.</p> <p class="i2"> I wonder why it is well-bred,</p> <p class="i2"> If you must sneeze, to turn your head.</p> <p class="i2"> Perhaps the reason is because</p> <p class="i2"> The Goops, they never have such laws!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page12" name="page12"></SPAN>[12]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0019"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-15.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="250" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page13" name="page13"></SPAN>[13]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0008" id="h2H_4_0008"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 455px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-16a.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:130px;"> <i>GENEROSITY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:60px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you have candy, do you go</p> <p class="i4"> And give your sister half?</p> <p class="i2"> When little brother stubs his toe,</p> <p class="i4"> Do you look on and laugh?</p> </div> </div></div> <div class="page" style="height: 255px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-16b.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:60px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The greediest Goop would give away</p> <p class="i4"> The things he didn't need—</p> <p class="i2"> To share the toys with which you play,</p> <p class="i4"> That's generous, indeed!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page14" name="page14"></SPAN>[14]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0023"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-17.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="200" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page15" name="page15"></SPAN>[15]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0009" id="h2H_4_0009"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page"> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0024"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-18a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="220" alt="Consideration (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>CONSIDERATION</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:150px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you're old, and get to be</p> <p class="i2"> Thirty-four or forty-three,</p> <p class="i2"> Don't you hope that you will see</p> <p class="i4"> Children all respect you?</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Will they, without being told,</p> <p class="i2"> Wait on you, when you are old,</p> <p class="i2"> Or be heedless, selfish, cold?</p> <p class="i4"> I <i>hope</i> they'll not neglect you!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0025"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-18b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="285" alt="Consideration (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page16" name="page16"></SPAN>[16]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0026"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-19.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="270" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page17" name="page17"></SPAN>[17]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0010" id="h2H_4_0010"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 698px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-20.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="text-align:left; padding-top:120px; padding-left:30px;"> <i>MISS<br/> MANNERS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:220px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="center"> No matter how you wish</p> <p class="center"> For the last one on the dish,</p> <p class="center"> Miss Manners has a right<br/> to it, not you;</p> <p class="center"> And the largest one of all,</p> <p class="center"> Or the nicest, big or small—</p> <p class="center"> Well, I think you'd better<br/> leave her <i>that</i> one too!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page18" name="page18"></SPAN>[18]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0028"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-21.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="300" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page19" name="page19"></SPAN>[19]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0011" id="h2H_4_0011"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 721px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-22.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:280px; padding-left:75px;"> <i>BORROWING</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:100px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Whose doll is that on the table?</p> <p class="i4"> Whose book is that on the chair?</p> <p class="i2"> The knife and the pencils and other utensils,</p> <p class="i4"> Now how do they come to be there?</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Didn't you say they were borrowed?</p> <p class="i4"> You'd better take back just a few!</p> <p class="i2"> If <i>you</i> lent your playthings, I think you would say things</p> <p class="i4"> If no one returned them to you!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page20" name="page20"></SPAN>[20]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0030"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-23.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="255" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page21" name="page21"></SPAN>[21]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0012" id="h2H_4_0012"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 725px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-24.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:160px;"> <i>MEMORY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px; padding-top:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> My teacher taught me, yesterday,</p> <p class="i2"> A very pretty piece to say;</p> <p class="i2"> But when I try to think of it,</p> <p class="i2"> I can't remember it a bit!</p> <p class="i2"> My head's so full of toys and such,</p> <p class="i2"> I can't remember very much!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> My teacher told me yesterday</p> <p class="i2"> "<i>Work when you work; Play when you play!</i>"</p> <p class="i2"> When I am playing with my toys</p> <p class="i2"> I am the busiest of boys;</p> <p class="i2"> But when I study or I work</p> <p class="i2"> I'm 'fraid I <i>am</i> inclined to shirk!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page22" name="page22"></SPAN>[22]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0033"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-25.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="200" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page23" name="page23"></SPAN>[23]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0013" id="h2H_4_0013"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 701px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-26.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:190px;"> <i>BOOKS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:70px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> I have a notion</p> <p class="i4"> The Books on the shelves</p> <p class="i2"> Are just as much persons</p> <p class="i4"> As we are, ourselves.</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you are older,</p> <p class="i4"> You'll find this is true;</p> <p class="i2"> You'd better be careful</p> <p class="i4"> To make Books like you!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page24" name="page24"></SPAN>[24]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0035"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-27.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="290" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page25" name="page25"></SPAN>[25]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0014" id="h2H_4_0014"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0036"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-28a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="200" alt="Honesty (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>HONESTY</i> </h2> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The boy who plays at marbles and doesn't try to cheat,</p> <p class="i2"> Who always keeps his temper, no matter if he's beat,</p> <p class="i2"> Is sure to be a favorite with all upon the street.</p> </div> </div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The girl who counts her hundreds very fairly, when she's "it"</p> <p class="i2"> Who doesn't peep or listen, nor turn around a bit,</p> <p class="i2"> I'm sure she's not a Goop, in fact, she's quite the opposite!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0037"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-28b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="295" alt="Honesty (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page26" name="page26"></SPAN>[26]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0038"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-29.png" width-obs="200" height-obs="255" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page27" name="page27"></SPAN>[27]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0015" id="h2H_4_0015"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 704px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-30.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:190px;"> "<i>WHY?</i>" </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px; padding-top:20px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Josephus never yet was heard</p> <p class="i2"> To say but just one single word!</p> <p class="i2"> When father said to go to bed,</p> <p class="i2"> Then "<i>Why?</i>" was all Josephus said.</p> <p class="i2"> When mother bade him stop his play,</p> <p class="i2"> Then "<i>Why?</i>" Josephus used to say.</p> <p class="i2"> He always made the same reply.</p> <p class="i2"> 'Twas never anything but "WHY?"</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page28" name="page28"></SPAN>[28]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0040"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-31.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="300" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page29" name="page29"></SPAN>[29]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0016" id="h2H_4_0016"></SPAN> <SPAN name="image-0041"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-32a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="229" alt="Bed-Time (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>BED-TIME</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The night is different from the day—</p> <p class="i2"> It's darker in the night;</p> <p class="i2"> How can you ever hope to play</p> <p class="i2"> When it's no longer light?</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When bed-time comes, it's time for you</p> <p class="i2"> To stop, for when you're yawning,</p> <p class="i2"> You should be dreaming what you'll do</p> <p class="i2"> When it's to-morrow morning.</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0042"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-32b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="266" alt="Bed-Time (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page30" name="page30"></SPAN>[30]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0043"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-33.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="275" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page31" name="page31"></SPAN>[31]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0017" id="h2H_4_0017"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 710px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-34.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:270px;"> <i>MODESTY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The proper time for you to show</p> <p class="i2"> Whatever little tricks you know</p> <p class="i2"> Is when grown people ask you to;</p> <p class="i2"> <i>Then</i> you may show what you can do!</p> <p class="i2"> But sometimes mother's head will ache</p> <p class="i2"> With all the jolly noise you make,</p> <p class="i2"> And sometimes other people, too,</p> <p class="i2"> Can't spend the time to play with you!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page32" name="page32"></SPAN>[32]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0046"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-35.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="290" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page33" name="page33"></SPAN>[33]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0018" id="h2H_4_0018"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 718px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-36.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:160px;"> <i>DISFIGURATION</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-top:60px;"> <div class="stanza" style="margin-left:10px; width:350px;"> <p class="i6"> Have you ever seen the scrawls</p> <p class="i6"> On the fences and the walls,</p> <p class="i2"> All the horrid little pictures and the horrid little names?</p> <p class="i6"> Don't you think it is a shame?</p> <p class="i6"> Are the Goops the ones to blame?</p> <p class="i2"> Did you ever catch them playing at their horrid little games?</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page34" name="page34"></SPAN>[34]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0048"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-37.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="315" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page35" name="page35"></SPAN>[35]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0019" id="h2H_4_0019"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 744px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-38.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:150px;"> <i>BRAVERY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:80px; padding-top:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i6"> It's terrible brave</p> <p class="i6"> To try to save</p> <p class="i2"> A girl on a runaway horse;</p> <p class="i2"> You could do that, of course!</p> <p class="i6"> But think of trying</p> <p class="i6"> To keep from crying,</p> <p class="i2"> When you're hungry and tired and cross—</p> <p class="i2"> You couldn't do <i>that</i>, of course!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page36" name="page36"></SPAN>[36]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0050"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-39.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="260" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page37" name="page37"></SPAN>[37]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0020" id="h2H_4_0020"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 722px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-40.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:30px; margin-left: -230px;"> <i>TIDINESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left: -1px; margin-top: 50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Little scraps of paper,</p> <p class="i4"> Little crumbs of food,</p> <p class="i2"> Make a room untidy,</p> <p class="i4"> Everywhere they're strewed.</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Do you sharpen pencils,</p> <p class="i4"> Ever, on the floor?</p> <p class="i2"> What becomes of orange-peels</p> <p class="i4"> And your apple-core?</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Can you blame your mother</p> <p class="i4"> If she looks severe.</p> <p class="i2"> When she says, "It looks to me</p> <p class="i2"> As if the Goops were here"?</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page38" name="page38"></SPAN>[38]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0052"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-41.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="290" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page39" name="page39"></SPAN>[39]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0021" id="h2H_4_0021"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 716px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-42.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:125px;"> <i>PATIENCE</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:25px; padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> The clock will go slow</p> <p class="i2"> If you watch it, you know;</p> <p class="i4"> You must work right along and forget it.</p> <p class="i2"> So study your best</p> <p class="i2"> Till it's time for a rest,</p> <p class="i4"> The clock will go fast, if you let it!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page40" name="page40"></SPAN>[40]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0055"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-43.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="240" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page41" name="page41"></SPAN>[41]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0022" id="h2H_4_0022"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 717px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-44.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:260px;"> <i>FORTITUDE</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px; padding-top:10px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you have been a naughty child,</p> <p class="i4"> Or taken more than was your share,</p> <p class="i2"> When you've been sulky, cross or wild,</p> <p class="i4"> You must not say, "Oh, I don't care!"</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> But when you hate to see it rain,</p> <p class="i4"> And when it's time to comb your hair,</p> <p class="i2"> And when you have a little pain,</p> <p class="i4"> <i>Then</i> you can say, "Oh, I don't care!"</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page42" name="page42"></SPAN>[42]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0058"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-45.png" width-obs="250" height-obs="380" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page43" name="page43"></SPAN>[43]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0023" id="h2H_4_0023"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 717px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-46.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:140px;"> <i>GEORGE ADOLPHUS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Oh, think what George Adolphus did!</p> <p class="i4"> The children point and stare.</p> <p class="i2"> He went where mother had forbid,</p> <p class="i4"> And said he "<i>didn't care!</i>"</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Oh, think what George Adolphus did!</p> <p class="i4"> He made his mother cry!</p> <p class="i2"> The children whoop "You are a Goop!</p> <p class="i4"> Fie! George Adolphus, fie!"</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page44" name="page44"></SPAN>[44]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0061"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-47.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="220" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page45" name="page45"></SPAN>[45]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0024" id="h2H_4_0024"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 470px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-48a.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:135px;"> <i>POLITENESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px; padding-top:10px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> I think it would be lots of fun</p> <p class="i2"> To be polite to every one;</p> <p class="i2"> A boy would doff his little hat,</p> <p class="i2"> A girl would curtsey, just like that!</p> </div> </div></div> <div class="page" style="height: 235px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-48b.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> And both would use such words as these:</p> <p class="i2"> "<i>Excuse me, Sir</i>," and "<i>If you please</i>;"</p> <p class="i2"> Not only just at home, you know,</p> <p class="i2"> But everywhere that they should go.</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page46" name="page46"></SPAN>[46]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0064"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-49.png" width-obs="250" height-obs="275" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page47" name="page47"></SPAN>[47]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0025" id="h2H_4_0025"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 714px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-50.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:150px;"> <i>GENTLENESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left:110px; margin-top:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you are playing with the girls,</p> <p class="i2"> You must not pull their pretty curls;</p> <p class="i2"> If you are gentle when you play,</p> <p class="i2"> You will be glad of it some day.</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page48" name="page48"></SPAN>[48]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0066"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-51.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="205" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page49" name="page49"></SPAN>[49]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0026" id="h2H_4_0026"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0067"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-52a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="165" alt="Hospitality (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>HOSPITALITY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When a person visits you, remember he's your guest,</p> <p class="i2"> Receive him very kindly, and be sure he has the best;</p> <p class="i2"> Make him very comfortable and show him all your toys,</p> <p class="i2"> And only play the games you're very sure that he enjoys.</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you pay a visit, never grumble or complain,</p> <p class="i2"> Try to be so affable they'll want you there again;</p> <p class="i2"> Don't forget the older ones, your hostess least of all,</p> <p class="i2"> When you're leaving tell her you have had a pleasant call!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0068"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-52b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="290" alt="Hospitality (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page50" name="page50"></SPAN>[50]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0069"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-53.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="255" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page51" name="page51"></SPAN>[51]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0027" id="h2H_4_0027"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 696px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-54.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:150px;"> <i>PETS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:30px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Almost every Goop forgets</p> <p class="i2"> When it's time to feed his pets,</p> <p class="i4"> 'Cause his memory fails;</p> </div> <div class="stanza" style="padding-top:160px;"> <p class="i4"> Listen to his wails!</p> <p class="i2"> He is often scratched or bitten</p> <p class="i2"> By the puppy or the kitten,</p> <p class="i4"> 'Cause he pulls their tails!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page52" name="page52"></SPAN>[52]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0071"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-55.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="280" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page53" name="page53"></SPAN>[53]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0028" id="h2H_4_0028"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 720px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-56.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:180px;"> <i>REMEMBER</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:10px; padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Remember not to suck your thumb;</p> <p class="i4"> Remember not to slam the door;</p> <p class="i2"> Remember when the callers come</p> <p class="i4"> To take your toys from off the floor.</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page54" name="page54"></SPAN>[54]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0073"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-57.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="325" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page55" name="page55"></SPAN>[55]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0029" id="h2H_4_0029"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 714px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-58.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:330px;"> <i>CURIOSITY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> I think that it would help you much</p> <p class="i2"> If you'd remember <i>not to touch</i>.</p> <p class="i2"> The Goops do this, and they do more,</p> <p class="i2"> They peep and listen at the door!</p> <p class="i2"> They open bottles of cologne,</p> <p class="i2"> And feel of parcels not their own!</p> <p class="i2"> But there are many stupid folks</p> <p class="i2"> Who do not care for children's jokes.</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page56" name="page56"></SPAN>[56]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0075"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-59.png" width-obs="200" height-obs="420" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page57" name="page57"></SPAN>[57]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0030" id="h2H_4_0030"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 716px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-60.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-left:240px; padding-top:25px;"> <i>WILLY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left: 250px; margin-top:50px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Willy broke the window-pane.</p> <p class="i4"> Willy spilled the ink,</p> <p class="i2"> Willy left the water-pipe</p> <p class="i4"> Running in the sink!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Did his mother punish him?</p> <p class="i4"> No! I'll tell you why.</p> <p class="i2"> Willy, he owned up to it,</p> <p class="i4"> And didn't tell a lie!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Willy told his mother</p> <p class="i4"> Before she found it out</p> <p class="i2"> <i>He</i> said: "I am so sorry!"</p> <p class="i4"> <i>She</i> said "I have no doubt!"</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page58" name="page58"></SPAN>[58]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0077"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-61.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="235" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page59" name="page59"></SPAN>[59]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0031" id="h2H_4_0031"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0078"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-62a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="200" alt="Clothes (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>CLOTHES</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:80px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you are playing in the dirt,</p> <p class="i2"> You should wear clothes you cannot hurt;</p> <p class="i2"> It will not matter, when they're worn,</p> <p class="i2"> If they are just a <i>little</i> torn.</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> But when you're really nicely dressed,</p> <p class="i2"> Be careful of your Sunday Best!</p> <p class="i2"> You must not crawl upon your knees;</p> <p class="i2"> Be careful of your elbows, please!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0079"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-62b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="260" alt="Clothes (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page60" name="page60"></SPAN>[60]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0080"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-63.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="300" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page61" name="page61"></SPAN>[61]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0032" id="h2H_4_0032"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 722px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-64.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:150px;"> <i>HELPFULNESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left:90px; margin-top:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> I never knew a Goop to help his mother,</p> <p class="i2"> I never knew a Goop to help his dad,</p> <p class="i2"> And they never do a thing for one another;</p> <p class="i2"> They are actually, absolutely bad!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> If you ask a Goop to go and post a letter,</p> <p class="i2"> Or to run upon an errand, <i>how</i> they act!</p> <p class="i2"> But somehow I imagine you are better,</p> <p class="i2"> And you <i>try</i> to go, and <i>cry</i> to go, in fact!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page62" name="page62"></SPAN>[62]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0083"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-65.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="210" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page63" name="page63"></SPAN>[63]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0033" id="h2H_4_0033"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <h2> <i>QUIETNESS</i> </h2> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0084"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-66a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="210" alt="Quietness (top)" /></div> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:80px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Hush! for your father is reading.</p> <p class="i2"> Hush! for your mother is ill.</p> <p class="i4"> Hush! for the baby</p> <p class="i4"> Is sleeping, and may be</p> <p class="i2"> He'll catch a nice dream if you're still.</p> <p class="i2"> Kiss me, and promise you will!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0085"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-66b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="285" alt="Quietness (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page64" name="page64"></SPAN>[64]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0086"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-67.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="320" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page65" name="page65"></SPAN>[65]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0034" id="h2H_4_0034"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 726px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-68.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:220px;"> <i>ORDER</i> </h2> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p style="padding-left:130px;"> Make your soldiers march away,</p> <p style="padding-left:125px;"> When you're finished with your play.</p> <p style="padding-left:120px;"> Lead them to the barrack-box,</p> <p style="padding-left:115px;"> Make them carry all your blocks.</p> <p style="padding-left:110px;"> Teach your doll to go to bed,</p> <p style="padding-left:105px;"> Not to lie about instead;</p> <p style="padding-left:100px;"> Tell her she must clear away</p> <p style="padding-left: 95px;"> Everything she's used to-day.</p> <p style="padding-left: 90px;"> All your playthings and your toys</p> <p style="padding-left: 85px;"> Must be trained like girls and boys!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page66" name="page66"></SPAN>[66]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0088"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-69.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="350" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page67" name="page67"></SPAN>[67]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0035" id="h2H_4_0035"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 712px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-70.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:190px;"> <i>TEASING</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:10px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Tease to linger longer when your mother bids you go;</p> <p class="i2"> Tease to have a penny when your father answers, "No!"</p> <p class="i2"> Tease to have a story when your uncle doesn't please;</p> <p class="i2"> That's the way to be a Goop—<i>tease, tease, tease!</i></p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Hint about the carriage when there's only room for three;</p> <p class="i2"> Hint about the toys you like and every doll you see;</p> <p class="i2"> Hint about the candy, say you're fond of peppermint;</p> <p class="i2"> That's the way to be a Goop—<i>hint, hint, hint!</i></p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page68" name="page68"></SPAN>[68]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0090"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-71.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="310" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page69" name="page69"></SPAN>[69]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0036" id="h2H_4_0036"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0091"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-72a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="280" alt="Interruption (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>INTERRUPTION</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:20px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Don't interrupt your father when he's telling funny jokes;</p> <p class="i2"> Don't interrupt your mother when she's entertaining folks;</p> <p class="i2"> Don't interrupt the visitors when they have come to call,—</p> <p class="i2"> In fact, it's generally wiser not to interrupt at all.</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0092"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-72b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="300" alt="Interruption (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page70" name="page70"></SPAN>[70]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0093"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-73.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="190" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page71" name="page71"></SPAN>[71]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0037" id="h2H_4_0037"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 706px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-74.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:160px;"> <i>CRY-BABY</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-top:20px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="center"> I'm sure that I would rather die</p> <p class="center"> Than have my playmates see me cry;</p> <p class="center"> It twists your face</p> <p class="center"> And knots your forehead,</p> <p class="center"> And makes you look all cross and horrid;</p> <p class="center"> And every one who sees you cries</p> <p class="center"> "What <i>is</i> the matter with your eyes?"</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page72" name="page72"></SPAN>[72]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0095"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-75.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="400" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page73" name="page73"></SPAN>[73]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0038" id="h2H_4_0038"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 714px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-76.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:350px;"> <i>CAUTION</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left:120px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When you travel in the street,</p> <p class="i2"> Are you cautious and discreet?</p> <p class="i2"> Do you look about for horses</p> <p class="i2"> When your little brother crosses?</p> <p class="i2"> Do you go the shortest way,</p> <p class="i2"> Never stopping once to play?</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page74" name="page74"></SPAN>[74]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0098"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-77.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="330" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page75" name="page75"></SPAN>[75]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0099"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-78a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="245" alt="Tardiness (top)" /></div> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0039" id="h2H_4_0039"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <h2> <i>TARDINESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-left:80px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Goodness gracious sakes alive!</p> <p class="i2"> Mother said, "Come home at five!"</p> <p class="i2"> Now the clock is striking six,</p> <p class="i2"> I am in a norful fix!</p> <p class="i2"> She will think I can't be trusted,</p> <p class="i2"> And she'll say that she's disgusted!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0100"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-78b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="255" alt="Tardiness (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page76" name="page76"></SPAN>[76]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0101"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-79.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="590" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page77" name="page77"></SPAN>[77]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0040" id="h2H_4_0040"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 720px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-80.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="text-align:left; margin-top:30px;"> <i>OBEDIENCE</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:260px; margin-right:10px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="right"> The Goops are very hard to kill,</p> <p class="right"> So they hang out the Window-sill;</p> <p class="right"> Down the Banisters they slide—</p> <p class="right"> <i>I</i> could do it if I tried;</p> <p class="right"> But when Mother tells me "don't,"</p> <p class="right"> Then, of course I really won't!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page78" name="page78"></SPAN>[78]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0103"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-81.png" width-obs="350" height-obs="200" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page79" name="page79"></SPAN>[79]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0041" id="h2H_4_0041"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0104"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-82a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="285" alt="Church Headaches (top)" /></div> <h2> <i>CHURCH HEADACHES</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left:160px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> When 'tis time to go to church</p> <p class="i4"> Do you ever have a chill?</p> <p class="i2"> When 'tis time to go to school,</p> <p class="i4"> Do you fancy you are ill?</p> <p class="i2"> Oh, be very cautious, please,</p> <p class="i2"> I can tell by signs like these</p> <p class="i2"> You have got the Goop Disease!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0105"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-82b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="260" alt="Church Headaches (bottom)" /></div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page80" name="page80"></SPAN>[80]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0106"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-83.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="340" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page81" name="page81"></SPAN>[81]</span></p> <div class="page"> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0042" id="h2H_4_0042"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0107"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-84a.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="130" alt="Perseverance (1)" /></div> <h2 style="margin-top:-30px;"> <i>PERSEVERANCE</i> </h2> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Tony started bright and early, clearing up his room,</p> <p class="i2"> Soon he found he had to stop and make a little broom;</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0108"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-84b.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="130" alt="Perseverance (2)" /></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> So then he went into the yard to get a little stick,</p> <p class="i2"> But the garden needed weeding, so he set about it, quick!</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0109"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-84c.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="130" alt="Perseverance (3)" /></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Then he found his wagon he intended to repair,</p> <p class="i2"> So he went into the cellar for the hammer that was there;</p> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0110"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-84d.png" width-obs="500" height-obs="130" alt="Perseverance (4)" /></div> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> He'd just begun to build a box, when it was time for dinner;</p> <p class="i2"> And that's why Tony's father called his son a "<i>good beginner</i>."</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page82" name="page82"></SPAN>[82]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0111"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-85.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="415" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page83" name="page83"></SPAN>[83]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0043" id="h2H_4_0043"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 717px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-86.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:220px;"> <i>DOLL-TIME</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="padding-top:10px; padding-left:80px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Spring's the time for marbles</p> <p class="i4"> And Fall's the time for tops,</p> <p class="i2"> But boys don't know, they only go</p> <p class="i4"> By seeing them in shops!</p> </div> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> They like a sled in Winter,</p> <p class="i4"> In Summer 'tis a kite;</p> <p class="i2"> But dolls are found the whole year round</p> <p class="i4"> And every day and night!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page84" name="page84"></SPAN>[84]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0113"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-87.png" width-obs="400" height-obs="360" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page85" name="page85"></SPAN>[85]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0044" id="h2H_4_0044"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 730px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-88.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:260px;"> <i>COMBING & CURLING</i> </h2> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> <i>When your mother combs your hair,</i></p> <p class="i4"> <i>Here's a rhyme for you to say:</i></p> <p class="i2"> <i>If you try it, I declare,</i></p> <p class="i4"> <i>It will take the snarls away!</i></p> </div> <div class="stanza" style="margin-left:50px; margin-top:10px;"> <p class="i2"> In the ocean of my hair,</p> <p class="i2"> Many little waves are there;</p> <p class="i2"> Make the comb, a little boat,</p> <p class="i2"> Over all the billows float;</p> <p class="i2"> Sail the rough and tangled tide</p> <p class="i2"> Till it's smooth on every side,</p> <p class="i2"> Till, like other little girls,</p> <p class="i2"> I've a sea of wavy curls!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page86" name="page86"></SPAN>[86]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0116"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-89.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="175" alt="" /></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page87" name="page87"></SPAN>[87]</span></p> <div style="height: 4em;"> <SPAN name="h2H_4_0045" id="h2H_4_0045"></SPAN> <br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <div class="page" style="height: 704px; width: 500px; background-image:url(images/i-90.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;"> <h2 style="padding-top:130px;"> <i>CHEERFULNESS</i> </h2> <div class="poem" style="margin-left:130px; margin-top:40px;"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="i2"> Now the book, is finished</p> <p class="i6"> (It's too long by half,</p> <p class="i6"> Mere didactic chaff),</p> <p class="i2"> One more rule won't hurt you:</p> <p class="i2"> When you practise Virtue,</p> <p class="i6"> Do it with a laugh!</p> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page88" name="page88"></SPAN>[88]</span></p> <div class="figure"> <SPAN name="image-0118"></SPAN> <ANTIMG src="images/i-91.png" width-obs="300" height-obs="375" alt="" /></div> <div style="height: 6em;"><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div> <SPAN name="endofbook"></SPAN> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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