Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-06


children turned the teacher out at christ
"ss-unie aunt'e." interrupted the young
so did, my dear; and 7 VIII N voss.r
| I've I've me time. The young people Of
~ gay and generation really ush
Nn."uS" IRE az such rate that they
sanhot even wait for a person 10 sel1 !.
thing IA 1t should be told. -"
Ner.i ured shoppers had bcrom,. IN
.s9'eo IN what the little old iadv Ms
lying by this time. and they all smiled
.s'r,e senue reouke. She went on:
ine scholars forced the tearbr.~ - -
mem week az Christmas. in os -.
,~ytcS' they turned the teachar -.
'us girls did not take any na,t q. ~.
'-'i'"ance but they enfoved a., g.,
~ ,snsely. The day before S.hri.,..
bo,,.. eer boys would 20 TO the s.s1's,'
the rras,n early In the morning arr
a llttIo L., anticipating this. wo,,,d he
a.. iater than usual tn. sns nc
~, lah IN good s,,,,..,. schoiars
| 81 roaring fire ia the ~. a wVo"'
/ ~. N,'h proceeded 20 bar 49, ~p,see'
as -, nad no windows then. uo2f.
notieoa ,ener arrived he was nro,n,,,.,
cracks ~ 'nose within. through ~.
| s IA The walls, that n. rI..,, "a.
oonle IN unless he would .t,e,,, 'oo,, hot
' 'Ne'eises the balance OF The 49,
.,, APPARENTLY STERN
st., vas apparently very g..
no. 80 up and down threatenino =, snu
| niro N,s most dreadful tgsk. "a ~ nv
lcyin0 -, 'rseig pupil, but after much 49,
bows w. oo.n sides a few OF the i.rss-
and make so',ie out OF the schooIho,,s.
lone ne was young and s,.,,,
. wo1,s SSe would follow. bn, c,,,
good.rat,,N caught. and, after ~
r terms ea scuffe ,vo,,s snafp'
q stubbornne.. 'sionaliy he woula IN 20
? OK yielding un,n a. would show no slsn.
y dncL,i, spring. and 1880 up, carried
der mat alv avs hrnNueo with q
: row a hsrs. res the teacher safren-
the bovs -, ~ on Mat last dsv oain Dor
on In fine s,,,,o 20, him ne would csn,s'
race ara style; that only nroin,'.- esn,er
s pre ana run. for in the lone s'o,onsed the
80 headed or and can,nrns ne was
nle 'he treat After the s,,,. inef
scho,,t. "' pupils would rslurn 20 ,n'
sSnooihouse, where several 70 tn'
s were generally assemh,ns ~,
we run or turning the to-.
sl'i siie school was marshaIIsd
according 10 the way thew s,~''s In lin,
ing class. You all can't s,,ess u IN spell.
ago in old Dixie ''-nvs years
oons was not candy. FOR there w.r. -
II e''ouety stores In the up coi,n,r.
49,, not tropical fruits for tbev 49,
s'll'ost unheard OF In that sec,io,
Sol,e none OF Miss Frances l.. Wiua,a.-
sba t are around to hear me tell !, ;,
wbisner .aoMerlng her voice to STAGE
MniSper' but the 'treat' We ht esas'
res the teacher handed a hot,t. - Ney.
"nlshey 10 the one who stood bead ~,
o..vi taxing pull he passed 4, - -
next one, and so on down 10 the a., ~ y.
, ,he class. As a rule the eir,s AZ =.
. 'uVn tne treat but some OF them -
wee nipple and some OF the bows yvo,,,'t
ui..h ahything. IL was very seldom,
)r~t any of the boys became trtox as..'i'
ne he bottle was never nassss ', Ss.'.a
ONE o. second time. The microbe bss ~
avs, anN\ from Europe I'm those eood -. 7,
ase in com the pupils had no fear N a.
anne bottle. Nequence OF drinking from m.
"A little late viz
hat section the IN the school history n,
lstead OF whiskNk acher treated 10 csrs,.
urning out teachef but the custom, =.
y schools up to lS5o.~ prevailed I'm com
as over the scholars \tfter the treatins-
ooks. went to their homo kt5ered up the,r
lemselves until time to rsS and enioye,i
her years work. Now IL thaklrn for an
lie Brooklyn High School ~ pupils IN
lough. they would turn their ~ snlr,r
It the day. before Christmas and cher,
lem to give holiday until the end of ykorca
ear, instead of responding TO the caHhs
books in two or three days IN
ouldn't quarrel; / would act IL I was a
ipil there; but, dear me, It's been sixt,x =
We years since 1 was a schoolgirl" and>~,
yain she began to laugh. As her two
eces led her again into the big store
lie tired Christmas shopper exclaimed:
ISN'T she refreshing old darling after
e women that one meets around the
nristmas bargain counters? She looks
I'd talks as II she might have lived Just
ter the flood"