Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-15

teachers desk; ID. blackboard; E. Ounce block:
r, WATERFALL and dipper. IL maps are hung
up JDey should be those used Ia colonial times.
The schoolmarm" should be a thin splnster
Wit Shriil cracked voice. she seldom speaks
Without a quotation from the wisdom OF the
English Reader" Her spare moments are oC-
Cupled IN mending and making goo5e-quill pens.
Tie curtain rises upon the scholars in their
5eats-all but Jim Peppersby, the bad boz, VINO
Is late. The SchoolInafm VIII begin by calling
the roll. The pupils rise and say Present.
SIZE pfelaces The roll by renarking Order is
heaven 1rst law and a sharp rap with her
ruler SaInanthy Wilkes Is the daughter or
tne ieaulbg man in the di9tiict-an over
grown girl, quite stuck up" she must
wear white starched pataleites, well over
heI aEC6o- The rest OF the little girls viii
wear nankeen or calico-tyiDg then on just
DeioW the knees. Samantby wears b ght
her book. LOwSser Dabney snIi1les, is sting,
and tattleS. Gretchen Goggenhetmer, In dress
OF German emfgraht is an apple Checked
lamb. is wild Irish girl. Ireny Smith ana
DelpheLy Smith. called SElithses twins, aTt
very 1at and sleepy. Christopher BullenOanko
!. i. me heq BOY IN schooI, but fraud never
tBe.ess; Jim Peppers6y is proprietor OF the
ounce block. JPN would better be a boy o. tit
Teen OF so, representing an overgrown urchtn
clown. The root OF all mischief he wears a
long jean sm0ck with pockets lnnumerapi.
SAID pockets must contain q rat trap a bird,
rest twelve jack knives. paper bag OF mar
pies, ball OF putty, sling Shot. a dead bird,
etc
His dog follows him into school when he does
arrive, meek-loOking cur, aud ne warns the
teacher not to touch him ''for hes SAVAGE
hans GuggeDheimer, another emigrant, speaks
broken English. Matthew Tetterby. Mark TeJ-
teTby, Luke Tetterby, John Tetterby, Paul Tet-
terry, dressed exactly alike even 10 the patches
Oh their trousers, are very good boys indeed
Timothy hancock Bump is little fellow who
SIannltrS. JACOB Grimes, roly-poiy urchin
has his face tied up with the mumps. WAen
asked at roll-call why he came to school he says
we didn't want the baby 10 catch EN-, did
We: and Is sent home, to his great joy.
Singing promptly follows the roll Dispense
with all unnecessary preface 10 action when
possible, and keep things moving briskly from
" what comes next on the pupils desks will
AID matters The Old song, my father was IL
farmer COED, with corn and beef and plenty"
would De appropriate and lively. The song is
followed by lamb bleating at the door.
What makes the lamb lore Mary So" the
chlioren strike up, singing, the teacher coming
In at the third line. the lamb by 10 means al
lent; Mary Flarrety is dismissed TO take her
pet home, with the axiom, Evil COnmunica
IONS corrupt good manners" She has a bit
OF conflict at the door, and is heard to saw.
An, ye miserable varmlnt, the plague of me-
life, home wild ye.' She comes back I'm
cue time. The reading class take their places
f nese d must oe the Older pupils, lads In their
are toeing the mark and finding the pages In
the English Reader" Or any old reading book
Jim Peppersby arrives with his dog. His
cradle, ana go Ior the doctor, and churn and
learn his caiechiSm and weed the onion bed.
all OF which he declares to be true. Although
Inc teacher reminds him that they have no
odpy at lheir house, TO which lie replies, his
mClner Is alluS a borrowing everything she
don't want. He takes his place at the foot or
IAe class Every pupil l. chewing gum, The
tIst reader reveals The fact striKingly as he
attempts TO read concerning the execution
OF CranIner or something else. The,
and tossed from the window (Jin Starts out
when the reading Is over and gets 1t ally. 4ch
BOY reads sentence. Thin examples in infi4t-
tween pitch and volume Of sound. charge
chester. ch2rge." Arm, warriors arm for tght!''
-dilght they get itl-is given With exag serati0n
OF energy and laughable feebIenesS. jun req
ders:-'W here and what art thou, execrab.e
ahape?n With such tragical spring at the school
inarm she retreats with nervous scream, say
log, When composed, Useful knowledye can
have 10 enemies except the ignorant"
The spelling exercise of this class requires
NOT little rehearsal, but will pay In the enter
dslnment afforded You viii nov give me an
nlarm writing upon the board: "A boil IA
Die DUN -ole-bee- with his-head CUT or" In
great letters. reading 1t with ordinary pronun-
citation, adding: 10 say little aud perform
much Is Inc Characteristic OF a great mind"
Inc mead oil the class begins, looking IL the
board:
''A-there's your a."
"B o-po-tnere's your DO and your aoo." says
the next.
Nj i-mi-there's your mi. and your bomi
and your abOIni, say S the next.
IN a-na-LhereS your Ma, and your nina
and your bomina, and your abomina,' says
the next.
Bl e-ble-there'5 your bic, and your nabla,
and your mlnable, ana your bominabe, anu
your abOninable," says the next, a1d 50 on
through The sentence. The Trick OF spelling is
soon acquired; The continual going backward
syllable Dy syllable to the first one and With
the word on the blackboard and the school
marin pointing with her rattan, the victory Is
ample:
"O-ff-of-and there's your Off Your cut
OIL head cut OH; his head cut off; with his
mead cut on bee with his head cut of; ble.bee
WIN MS head cut on bumble-b bee with his
head cut OF; HE humble bee with his head cut
Oh naole humble bee with bis head cut off
minable bumble-bee with his head cut of
Domlnaole humble bee with his head cut of
aoomlnaole humble bee with his head cut oil"
III Is lifting to pass round the water when the
SpeillDg class has finished its labor Samauthy
wilkins Is assigned this honor. Some OF the
children have long pulls at the dlpper jim
spills IL over Samdnthy OF course
Smlthses twins are comfortably asleep, head
70 head lt Is writing time. and there IS con-
low the copy. Meanwhile Jim Prppersby. who
has got the gum-Oox, and who failed On mis- ora.
ZION the day before, Is called up from the Ounce
DOCK for defamation. He 10 akes his bow. and
little star. how you wonders what | are" etc.
James Nathaniel" says the Schoolmarn
:" ueA his tIOIutnCt IS enQfQ, ana he would take
Lis seat; man Is born for society. Without If
Vi Tue would have no followers saw
you hlde something In your pockets. Give me
the contents OF each or your pockets at once
Rash request for 1t is granted. The red box
ol gum comes forth with the rest and bic
doughnut, One-half bitten away One bullying
pochet lie has not touched. She demands jTs
contents. The paper bag Of marbles comes
1orth; he manages TO break 1t In the transfer
anu away they go, every child Scampering for
"haC ne can get. James IS feru!ed, or course.
crowned WITH the Ounce cap, and made TO sit
with the girls. '-'
The whole universe Is a library says the
schoo marin, when order Is restored; "the geo.
graphy class VIII now recite." These are the
younger pupils The lesson Is upon the state OF
New York. one bounds ft; the stammerlng bow
gives the capital, and another In answer to .'fOr
what Is Albany noted?" offers the old descrip-
Ton: ALBANY has two hundred houses and i've
hundred Inhabitants, all standing with their
gaole ends TO the street." The schoolmarm does
LOT crIlcl5e. Where does the Hudson river
empty: into the city OF New York" But
oandnI4S Is swapping her fingers to speak
Mdry Flarrety Is eating. something; she has
peen opening her dinner basket" son hayenT
ODE shuTe!' says Mary. There's a monsa In
my dinner basket. was afraid he would he
gettln' out" at the mention OF a mouse thp
teacher retreats TO the platform and jim IS de-
tailed 10 carry the basket from the room hold
ing The cover down tight. He comes back
Smack1Dg his lips from feast and holds I'D for
Mary S eyes what is left o. a niece or MO r,ha