The Evening post. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1888-1889, 1888-11-05
WASHINGTON CHIT CHAT.


WY 'll"N 9V'ilS worthy Ol tHluhNl Az
cording to n gentleman who recently
went through n school in that city, the
following plan is pursued
The other day he visited the room of
DR.. Roush, tie principal Of the school
in the Henry Building. lie was mo-
TONED TO scat and the work of the
school proceeded without interruption.
IL soon became apparent that something
ul unusual interest was taking place.
The lace of every member of the school
was ablaze with interest and enthusiasm,
and frequent " points of order' and
constitutional references were sug-
gcstcd. The visitor saw that an cleo
tion of some sort was taking place, and
in due time the ballots were east, tel
lcrs appointed and the votes counted.
The result Xas the nomination of two
PRESIDENTIAL tickets, at which point the
hour for closing had arrived and the
school dismissed.
That said Doctor Roush, answer
ing the visitors inquiry, is II practical
way we have of teaching history. We
have just finished the study of that
part of the Constitution pertaining to
the election of the President and Vice
President, and now we are doing the
practical work. The ballOtng YOU have
Just witnessed was i'm the convention. and
We have now nominated our tickets. |
divide the school into two factions or
parties, and each party is allowed to nom
mate n ticket The candidates are mem
hers Of the school. and no little interest
is taken in them. The pupils do the prac-
| tical work, and when they are at II loss
/ how 60 proceed, the Constitution is con-
suited. After the electors are chosen
they vote and send the result to the
| proper body. In case Of a tie on either
| President or VicC-PrCsidcnt we resolve
| ourselves into the House or Senate, ms the
| case may be, and decide the contest. We
| do the work as nearly ms possible that
/ is actually done in our national elections,
| and instead of merely rearing what is
usually dun constitutional matter, we
| take mp the real work and study becomes
one of intense interest to the scholars
b" Do you find that the scholars have
| much of an idea of an election in the
District of Columbia ?'
No: not as much as those who live
where they may witness several cleo
tions a year, and this fact alone makes
it douhly interesting to them. To-mor-
row, at the history hour, the electors
will he chosen, and the manner of choos-
ing them Is the subject for study
! cmphatiCallv believe in teaching
those under my care the practical appli-
cation of knowledge. knowledge that
can't he applied is useless in the majority
of cases. There is too much useless
book lore taught everywhere. Girls and
boys too frequently leave our public
schools with their brain crammcd witt
impmcticable rubbish and data. They
should bc taught to think and reason, tC
develop and apply, to analyZc and con
struct Such minds are in demand in
practical life. Such men and women be
come the great and stunch motor powers
of our land
Mrs. Burnett's Literary Methods,
Mrs. Burnett finds that she does hcl
best work when she works regularly
says a Boston correspondent. She docs
not, however, proceed upon Anthony
Trollopcs prnciplc-wliting with
clock in front of her so many words t,
the minute and SO many hours to tht
day, compulsory stlnt-but she is regu
lar in more rational and general fashion
than this, going to her study every
morning after breakfast and writing un
I'll she feels that she has written cnougl
for the day" She wrote Little Lore
Fauntleroy' in Washington, and the bool
came quickly from her, because she wa
full of her task. She says that it wa
! completed within five or six weeks fron
the time she wrote the opening chapter
Fauntlcroy" is her favoritc work. toe
as one would naturally suppose, thcr
4 being so much in it of life and a natur
that is dear to her.
MIS-. Burnett says that the real littI
Lord FauntlerOy, that is to say, her sol
VIVIAN, Is as stanch young American
- as ever lived. He was with her on he
last visit TO England and has lust re
! turned to Washington for the purpos
l of attending school On the homewar
bound steamer his intense patriotism wa
: manifested in more than one earnest con
{ Ncrsation with foreigners, to whom h
r was asserting the fact that America
cities " are as fine as anything he ha
seen abroad This must be the mo,
c famous little fellow of his time, or
4 any other time, but he bears his honor
q in the manifest fashion possible.
. In writing a novel Mrs. Burnutts firs
efforts are toward the development of
l character rather than the development {
q plot. She always opens her stories wit
, character, and, in a measure, tn
/ character gives her the key TO the plo
r She likes to write, and She has no al
,e surd ailcctatiOns about theories i'm lite
ature and she takes no part in the di
ie cussiOnS of the various schools" of ii
It tlon. She gives to the public the be
m that is in her, and she never writes whc
she cannot do that. Here you have on
~ clear and brief explanation of her su
le cess. She Is an observer, of course /: 81
1t Is fond OF studying people, of course; an
49, lew women Of this time, or of any tim
W have had better opportunities for stud
Of ing people. IL can be sud of Mrs. Bu
Al nett that She is at home anywhere in h
. rope: anywhere in the United STATE
y An EngIishwOman by birth, an America
by sympathy and residence, She is brin
= ing up her children to be thorough yuul
q, Republicans, and she is Civ ing them
~ education that makes them practical
III acquainted with the modern lie and la
a guage of the old world.
IS Romance of Il CongressionaI Wedding
Cards are out for the wedding of NJ
Chas. Stewart Voorhees,, delegate
o. Congress from Washington TcrritoI
and Miss Fanny Bell Vaicn, at Indian
polls, Ind, on the 14th inst, says t
~ Baltimore Sun correspondent. This
10 rhc first announcement of series
" Congressional weddings that are G
of pcctcd to take place during the conf
va winter. \ very interesting and roma
W tic story is told OF Delegate NOOrhcc
.cr engagement When but lad, liyi
les in indianapolis, hc formed an u.tl,
be ment for Miss Naicn and tried very ha
10 win her lie did not receive suliCiC
cncourag cement, so he determined to
out to Washington Territory and I
mt his fortune among strangers. His
tclligcncc and good fellowship soon ma
him popular in his adopted homc a
. he vas finally elected TO represent Il
H. Territory in Congress. His election "
'g- Of course, tClcgraphcd TO his father,
ly. senator and his indianapolis luuI
-, were not slow i'm forwarding their C,
-" gratuIutiOus to the Young SyCam