Jingles

Front matter

Reading edition

Transcriber's Notes

1. Table of Contents with title-wise navigation-links, added by the transcriber.

2. Typographical errors and hyphenation inconsistencies were silently corrected.

3. Some illustrations appearing before chapter heading in the original, are placed next to heading of relevant chapter.

4.The cover image was created from the title page by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Table of Contents.

ChapterPage

A Christmas Wish For All My Friends 6

PREFACE 7

AUTHOR AT ONE YEAR OLDPlate 1

The Pet's Christmas Carol 9

A Great Surprise 9

Santa's Reindeer In The Sky10

Nissen, The Santa Claus of Norway13

After The Fourth Was Over14

A Kitten Gone To Waste15

The New Baby15

Woes Caused By Whooping Bugs16

How Simple Simon Became Wise16

AUTHOR AT TWO YEARS OLDPlate 2

Too Many Dolls17

The Cat Extincted The Canary17

A Boy's Complaint18

Koppa After Pi18

A Whingwang Sonnet Of An Easter Bonnet19

The Giant Arithmos20

Good Weather Assured20

Roosevelt Complimented By Mama Lion21

All Dentists Go To Heaven21

The Time Of His Life22

King Teddy, The Fearless23

Good Bye To Teddy Bears23

Cats A Kissin (Catechism)23

Hens24

AUTHOR AT THREE YEAR OLDPlate 3

Please Grandpa, Croak25

Wee Willie's First Hair Cut25

Wise Replies25

It Takes A Cigar A Long Time To Wear Out26

An Esperanto Poem Plain To All26

Answers, Not Questions, Cause Trouble27

The Pure Blooded Pup28

Too ticklish to Count His Ribs30

The Young Mail Carrier31

On Thanksgiving31

Living Valentines Presented By Cupid32

AUTHOR AT FOUR YEARS OLDPlate 4

Universal Peace34

All The World Cries35

Could Only Ask Questions35

Let The Bumble Be36

Take That Gum From Your Mouth And Put Your Feet In37

The Tersest Bathing Suit37

Furs Lined With Kittens38

A Boy's Description Of A Goat38

A Riddle39

Grandpa's Head Cums Frew His Hair39

Susan Rewarded For Twenty Year's Service40

AUTHOR AT FIVE YEARS OLDPlate 5

Bridget Makes Split Pea Soup41

Lazy White Men Sit While Flying Through The Air41

To Save Him From A Whipping42

A Skillet In Society (Alias A Chafing Dish)43

Autos Change Good Luck44

A Boy Who Was Hero And villian45

Wise Ignatius Escapes A Whipping46

Nervous Jelly47

One Johnson More, One Smith Less48

AUTHOR AT SIX YEARS OLDPlate 6

Pride49

Job Smarter Than Modern Babies50

Only Naughty Children See "Spooks" On Hallow'een51

Six Year Old Girl Writes Poem Hoping To Save Forest Trees52

An Appeal To The Fairies52

JINGLES

WRITTEN FOR DEAR FRIENDS

WINIFRED SACKVILLE STONER, Jr.

(When five and six years of age)

ILLUSTRATED BY

KARL KAE KNECHT

Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.Evansville, Ind.

[Best Wishes to my little friend, Miss Winifred S. Stoner Jr., whose delightful Jingles I like to illustrate--K. K. Knecht]

THE AUTHOR

The author of these little rhymes, which have been previously published in "The Evansville Courier" and several other publications, was born in Norfolk, Virginia, August 19, 1902. From her babyhood days she has been a great lover of poetry and began composing original rhymes when but three years of age.