The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-12
MISS ARABELLA WENT
To the Teachers What
She Saw and H ard.
THERE WERE SOHE CONUNDRUMS.
A Programme and Then the Reunion
Which Was Best OF AL

a Programme and Then the Reunion
Which Was Best OF All.
Miss Arabella Sparetherod put on a
fresh white dress-the one with the extra
large sleeves, her white sailor hat, coiled
her soft auburn hair into a knot on the
back of her shapely head behind the
fractions and the parts of speech and
the principles of penmauship and sur
veyed herself in the cracked looking.
glass in her third story room She turned
her head to one side to note the effect of
the daisies in her hair and having ad-
lusted her smile was ready to go TO the
teachers reunion.
There was one at the assembly room
of the high school building last night
and every teacher that attended was
tardy. That's an indIsputAble right d
teacher has that pupils haven't
The attendance reached perhaps $50,
and he code of the schoolrooin was fol-
lowed strictly to he extent that the men
saf ogether on one side OF the room ami
the young women together on the other
The scAoolma' ANS were JUS as beauteous
as they were last year and The year be-
fore and the year before nat. A Kansas
school N fam never grows otd. or
homely. or llIuatured Ihey generally
get married long before that.
There was 80 be programme" and
Miss Flora Hunter aged a SOLO on the
piano in a becoming manner. Mrs.
kalb's vocal solo was sung with appre-
ciated sweetness. The recitation by
Miss Gertrude Fcazeur was humorous
and pointed and we'll rendered. and
County Superintendent w. ii. Wright
and his brotner =. +. sang duet mat
very nice indee l.
. Miss Nellie LtucUln is young miss of
fourteen with surprising elOcutIonary
talent and she recited a prose selection
entitled ",.ice at Play" in most natural
and powerful manner. Her facial ex-
preston. her voice and her conception of
the piece were superb.
The conundrnm part of the entertain
ment was conducted by O. P. NJ. McClin-
took, and was instructive and amusing.
There were twenty five conundrums. and
they were called by numb Der. The first
No Tread the conuudrum and the second
No 1 read the answer.
"W hat kind of song does a young
lady prefer?" asked tall young man
and Arabella arose timidly and answered
"a hymn (him."
''W ny, asked blushing young woman,
sis an lrishman trying to kiss his sweet
heart like a traveller ascending Vesuvius?"
ASSHAoO AS - "a 4AS ~ ACoNAA "1O AAOA va
of the CRATER" responded a little man
with a large smile
''Why is a kiss like the earth?" de-
manded a bashful little fellow in the
back part of the house because it is
made out of nothing" replied plump,
red checked young woman; "And,' he
added with decided emphasis. "Gud
knows it's good" and there was Laughter.
What is the best way to xiii ants?"
was asked. "Hit your uncles' wives on
the heads with an ak" was the startling
reply. This last one was Mr.. McClin-
tock's very own.
There were at least twenty more.
The rest of the evening was spent in a
conversation" in which the teachers
walked about in pairs, changing partners
every two minutes and talked on sub
jects suggested by Mr.. McClintock. 1t
was a sort of progressive walkaround,
and the subjects were as follows: "The
Institute" *, he New Woman" 'The
Coming " an" "Nansas Politics." ''Sum-
mer Vacation" "Hard Times" "Ihe
Weather" ''The Coming Examination"
sixteen to Oue?" and "My Next Years
SCHOOL,"
The teachers enjoyed the evening very
much indeed.