Young Socialists Magazine 1911 Jan June.pdf

TO LlTTLlI IOOULIlIT lIUCl~TIlB LI'l'TLB BOOI..&LIft XAG.&.UJI'II .5I:EE:~EEJCity children are sj:nt to til\' "Get a spool of black thread at In winter especiall y travelingstorcs by th eir mothers almost an,l' onre."thru the deep snow with a wagonmoment when they are 011t ofor on horseback is not a pleasantschool. l\.[amma is perhaps cookingdinner and she finds that thereAnhur pouts and grumbles.trip. Some farmers are even tooIs no salt in the house. She look.; "Do you hear me ?" again his poor to have a wagon and they rideOllt of !he window and calls Henrietta,who is just playing tag..loliler call s.on an old bony horse. If the wifcgoes along they take tums, oncHenrietta knows her mamma w,mb Arthur goes very slowly andriding and one walking.something, and sure enough she is I"ghl)' indignant that he Illust stopEvery time a boy or girls poutstold to get a bag of salt at the his game for a few minutes, as thebecause mamma sends them on agrocer's just across the way. drygoods store is only a few doorslittle errand, they ought to be sentaway. He ought to be ashamed ofMamma is just about to mend aout into the country and forced tohimself.patch in Arthur's pants. when shedo some real, hard work. But wcnotices that lihe has only whitl!hope mothers wilt never have to1£ he lived in the country hethread when she needs black. Shecomplain about--those children whowould appreciate how easily everythingcan be had in the city, whileread this.calls Arthur who is just kneelingdown at a game of marbles, which in the country people have to drivewill soon make more patchwork for many mi les to the nearest village tomamma, Arthur, angry because he buy something. When they do go Landlord-If that pa~ty on theis disturbed at the game, very they usually make a day of it and top floor don't pay their rent on thenaughtily shouts back, "What d.) buy enough of everything to last first I'll di spossess them, and ifyou want?"I hem for weeks.they do, I'll raise their rent.Characters-Masha, a youngg irt of IS, exceeding ly pretty;Nicholy, Macha's father, a little!-.tout man wearing mue'll jewelry ;I