The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-24

The Patriotic Lsasvs.

Boys and girls are likely to hear q
good deal about the Patriotic Leaxvo
before long. The league already hNa 4
membership OF good many thousanA
small citizens. all bent ON finding ont,
everything about their country. and
each one pledged to stand up for FOOD
republican institutions for ever and
ever. A lot of patriotic citizens IKE
Charles Buckley Hubbeil, Henry N.
Letpzger. assistant superintendent Of
public schools In New York; iEdward
Everett Hale. r. Fulton Cutting. VIII
Ham E. Dodge, Mary Lowe DickinsDn
and good many others. have set about
organizing this league. The league is
divided into chapters. which govern
themselves. All the members are TO
wear badges and follow q course of
reading something after the Chautau-
qua plan. except that the Patriotic
Leagues course will deal entirely with
american history and government. Tho
course will extend over three years. and
diplomas will he given to all who have
dohe the work satisfactorily. It Is also
recommended that public celebrations
OF entertainments be given by the chap
fers on all national holidays. When
enough chapters have been organized
IN state they shall form themselves in
u state convention on October 7 OF each
year. The colors OF the Pa atriotic league
are red, white and blue. It's badge is q
nve-pointed star, with the monogram
r. L. IN the center. When one re-
members that there are something Hike
-o'U0,oo0 school children In this co1lnsrv
tne fatriotic League ought to be pretty
strong.
The Circulating Latter
A class OF bright high school girls hit
upon the following plan for keeping up
tneir vacation correspondence. One OF
them thus explains II:
we Were all promising to write to
each other. but secretly dreaded the or
zeal, Tor, II might as we'll BE- told. girls
Gut or school hate writing letters. so we
were all immensely relieved when ons
or the girls suggested a circulating let
ter.
"A week later the first girl wrote her
letter and sent 1t to the second. wh,. Z.
Ter reading 1t. wrote her own letter and
sent the two to the third All the others
were nine.
You can't imagine how interesting Il
was to read all those nine letters. But"
and the narrator sighs dismally-
something happened. I suppose 1t was
all my fault You see was so inter.
ested In knowing what all the girls were
oOlng, and ! wrote such a long letter.
telling how ! was enjoying myself, that
l forgot to put Sadie's town on THE en-.
velope when ! sent 1t. Fancy all those
lovely letters being sent TO the dead let.
ter officei
But the IDEAS all right. anyhow"
4 Hereditary Tante.
Bellefield-"Young Halsback gets his
athletic tastes very legitimately, He
comes Of very athletic family"
Bloomfield-"Is that so?"
Bellefield-"Yes his father once held
up a train. He had an aun; who did
some shoplifting and an uncle who was
quite noted for jumping board bills
Exchange.
The Difference.
I'VE are certainly Advancing in civ.
llization," said the statesman's wife
Formerly man could not become
great excepting through the chances Of
war"
Yes" was the reply: now ne simply
mas to risk his life on the political ban
quet."-washngton Star.
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