The record-union., 1897-08-22

thing. / don't know as | blame them
much. l know how I felt about it
myself. It seemed to me Miss --
looked upon all children as her nat
ural enemies and treated them accord
ingiy. Isn't it funny" she continued,
after pause, how many teachers
manage to secure positions in public
schools v no are entirely unfit from
many standpoints to hold them? Do
you RENE mber Miss C.? She was
just the dearest thing So sweet tenn
pered anc kind. / remember as a lit
| tie tot in the "A. B. c. class being
sent to her room for correction. she
was the principal of one of the primar-
les then. | was an awfully restless,
trying young one, l know, but Miss
c. seemed to understand that it was
not Intentional naughtiness and would
put me up beside her desk and give
me picture book to look at. 1 have
loved that woman ever since, but-she
would say, seem That is what sur
prses me; if teachers understand the
rules of grammar thoroughly enough
to teach them, why can't they apply
them to personal and practical use
A scnool teacher of very nigh stand
ing in the community was one day dis
I was one the proper pronunciation of
the word bronchitis. Said one lady:
II have heard it pronounced both
ways. bronchee-tis and bronkytis, and
it is really correct either way although
I prefer the latter" The school teach
er Immediately spoke up-"Bronkytis
is correct, of course-K-i-ky, you
know" There was an embarrassing
pause 9or a minute. then some one
changed the subject rather hastily. The
moral standing of the school teacher
should be above reproach There is
no keener wit known than that of the
school boy or girl thirsting for knowl-
edge of every sort, and, when Miss
X, through thoughtless love of ad-
miration, maybe, lowers her standard
and receives the hattering attentions
of a man already bound by the most
sacred ties to another woman, even
going so far as to enter into a secret
correspondence with him, it does not
take a century for the matter to leak
out and then-well, her influence for
good upon the morals Of the seventy or
seventy-five pupils who daily come to
her Cor Instruction, which should not
be alone of the intellect, is in the
brief and expressive parlance of the
average school boy, nit" do you
know" 1 remarked thoughtlessly to
public school teacher the other day
You were my very first school teach
er? I went to you for my A. B. C's
when i was a little tot of six" She
answered with rather nervous laugh
L guess that must have been my first
school," How stupid of me.-of course
the imputation was that the lady must
be getting on in years, and what wo-
man likes to be reminded of that. even
if she is doing so never so gracefully?
Miss Clara Taylor has gone to San
MateO where she will make an ex-
tended visit to her cousin, Mrs George
Pope. Miss Taylor viii not return till
about the 1st of October.
Miss Ella Denning is spending ten
days With friends in Shasta. On her
return to this city she will imme-
diately leave for Petaluma, where she
viii visit the Misses Fairbanks, who
We're recently her guests in this city.
Miss Mabel Deming departed some
two weeks since for the Old
World, where she will take three
years course of study in art Miss
Deming is a lovely girl, widely known
in our city, and is already very prof.
cient in the handling Of the brush.
Her absence will be keenly felt among
a large circle Of friends, who expect
great things of her when her term of
study is finished. Many of Miss Dem
ing's studies in oil and pastel were dis
played at the last exhibition of the pu-
pills of the Sacramento School of
Design, where she has been a pupil.
The young lady has also studied under
the artists in the Hopkins Art School
in san Francisco.
Frank Heinz has returned from
camping trip to Truckee and vicinity
where he went in company with Carroll
HayfOrd and others. Mr.. Heinz is as
brown as a berry" and much i'm
proved in health. besides which he re-
ports having had a perfectly delight
full tine.
} Miss Addie Hughes has gone to San
Francisco, where her sister, Miss En-
ma, will soon join her. after which
they will make tour of the coast.
Miss Jennie Burk is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. Lowe Of Woodland. who has
! taken a house in San Francisco for
the summer.
Walking seems to have become a fad
at Pacific Grove. The following party
{ have lately done" the seventeen mile
drive on foot All will be recognized
as Sacramento young people. The
Misses Eunice Sheppard. Winnifred
! Lewis. Louise Yeerk. Tillie Lang. Lolita
/ Krebs. Cora White. Alice Vogel, Edna
Ford. Helena and Katie Bewiener;
! Masters August. Fred and Henry Be
! wiener Mrs. Chas. Post. Dr. and Mrs.
Gundrum and two children
/ A yachting party in Monterey Bay
| lately had a most thrilling experience
and one that will not likely be forgotten
by any one of the number as long as
they continue to inhabit this terrestrial
globe and experience the joy of being
safe on terra firma They had all been
enjoying a delightful sail IN a yacht
belonging TO one of the party. and up
on returning from the treacherous
ocean to the more peaceful waters of