The evening world., 1889-12-16
1.-THE Evening World" Will Present
$500 Gold Watch to the
Most Popular One
Of Course II Is for tho Most
Thought-of Lady Teacher.
A Novel Contest that Will Interest
New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut.

1.-The school-house Is the bulwark of
American institutions"
There is no truer maxim than this old one.
II is at the school-house that Young Amer
lea obtains that knowledge which makes
him self-reliant and enables him to reason
for himself.
At the school he minQles with hundreds OF
other young Americans-the children of the
rich and the poor; OF the native born and Of
parents who came from foreign and uncon-
genial chimes to seek liberty Of thought,
conscience and action here.
At the school the first lessons in democ-
rAcv are learned. The child learns that his
birth is no help, no hindrance to his prog
ress. That he alone must make his own
future. That he is as good as but no better
than his classmate, except in proportion to
his efforts.
And the success Of this foundation-insti-
tuition is dependent in great measure upon
the teachers. There is no class OF workers
to whom the country owes more than to the
schoolma'ams who patiently lead our young
sters in the public schools from A B G to the
finer knowledge Of the highest branches.
With q patience stimulated only by the
zeal Of duty the teacher, slowly and by
bhoA WOW pNCpoa VoN hhO Shilu III DOE-
tom of the ladder upward towar1s the light
Of education.
For q dozen years the teacher takes the
place Of the mother five or six hours each
day.
morals Of the child is second only to that Of
the mother, and it is her task to stimulate
the childish mentality and nourish it to ma
turity,
The Importance of the work of the teacher
is paramount to that Of all others in the
rearing of good American citizens and the
production OF the noblest types Of American
w~omanhood.
In recognition Of the important place in
the affairs of our country occupied by the
women who teach in the public schools The
EVENING WORLD will give to that teacher Of
the States OF New York and New Jersey
whose wisdom, goodness and womanliness
has made her the most popular, q beautiful
memento Of her popularity.
This memento will be a fine gold watch,
costing $40o, but purchased by The EVEN
ING WORLD at q great advantages watch
which could not be duplicated for much
more than that sum.
The importer from whom THE EVENING
"OhLD puIChubob Vile WAtCu 10 CuWlu n.
Thrall. Of 3 Maiden lane. o jobber in Amer
lean watches, importer Of diamonds and
manufacturer Of fine jewelry and badges.
whose name alone is q guarantee of the ex-
~cellence Of the goods.
This letter is in response to one from the
editor:
To n, Editor
The watch is one Of the finest Of Swiss move
ments. It 10 tull.iewelled, with rnbies, lever
escaCement and nickel finish. The cases are
hunting cases, ,16 carats hne, and very heavy.
They are made from. nugget or antique gold,
with twelve hne sapphires, and. twelve hne dia-
monds Embedded in the gold of the case. The
puOS VIII DO SAO0. Yours truly,
The name OF the fortunate wearcr Of this
watch will be determined by ballot. Every
reader OF THE EVENING WORLD will be en-
titled to vote for his or her ~fayorite.
The opening Of the contest will be an-
nounced at a later date, and q ballot will be
printed in these columns
The reader of The EVENING WORLD, man.
woman or child, should fill ont the blanks in
the printed ballot and mail it to the Editor
OF the Teachers Contest, EVENING Womb.
This popular election will give the school