RECREATION. XXxiil 

SOME PLURALS, 
We'll begin with a box and the plural is 
boxes 
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not 
OXES ; 
Then one fowl is a goose, but 2 are called 
geese. 
Yet the plural of mouse should never be 
mieese. 
You may find a lone mouse or a whole nest 
of mice, 
But the plural of house is houses, not hice. 
If the plural of man is always called men, 
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called 
pen? 
The cow in the plural may be cowsor kine, 
But a cow if repeated is never called kine, 
And the plural of vow is vows, never vine. 
If I speak of a foot and you show me your 
feet, 
And I give you a boot, would a pair be 
called beet ? 
If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth, 
Why shouldn’t the plural of both be called 
beeth ? 
If the singular’s this and the plural is these, 
Should the plural of kiss ever be nicknaméd 
keese ? 
Then one may be that and 3 would be 
those, 
Yet hatin the plural would never be hose, 
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose. 
We speak of a brother, and also of brethren, 
But though we say mother, we never say 
methren ; 
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his, 
and him, 
But imagine the feminine she, shis and 
shim. 
So the English, I think you all will agree, 
Is the queerest language you ever did see. 
—The Commonwealth. 
Dear Sir: The Clipper Chainless arrived 
and is the finest article of bike-flesh I ever 
bestrode. Its gait is easy yet swift, its dis- 
position gentle yet spirited, and as far as 
‘I have been able to learn (and I have in- 
vestigated thoroughly) it has none of the 
ills that its kind is heir to. 
To all those who are on the look out for 
a swift sure mount, always controllable yet 
always ready to spurt, kind, level headed, 
and that fears neither trolley nor trains, I 
confidently recommend this breed—the 
Clipper Chainless. 
Let me also express my thanks to you 
and to RECREATION, to which I am indebt- 
ed not only for this wheel but for the 
many pleasant hours spent in its company. 
~ Yours truly, Russell Doubleday. 

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