The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25

SOUP. with bread, served on a bars
table. at which they stand 10 cat. n
after the first trial they do not like Il
the~ may return to their former
places.
tihysicaI education received at The Rs.
u,ibIir is the political training given
md a. seems a hardly less imu0rtan,
factor i'm moulding them into usefui
and intelligent citizens for Uncle Sans
future use.
President and cabinet officers mem.
hers Of congress, judges chief of police.
GOVERNORS and aldermen, all are there.
holding office and drawing salaries &C.
rording TO their duties. Mr. George is
General superintendent, drawing a sal.
arv Daid by the association, but every
thing done is subject to his approval
though the laws are entirely made and
executed by the boys themselves TINT.
ycrsal suffrage prevailed at one time
but the girls yielded their privileges
voluntarily. Many curious problems in
legislation naturally arise, but the boys
work them out in their own way and
Mr. George seldom has to interfere A
case of this kind occurred when few
bows. VINO had bought the privilege and
pad been out in the surrounding coun-
try. returned, bringing quantity Of
fruit which had been presented TO them.
This they proceeded to sell al prices
lower than those prevailing at the Re-
public. The boy stOrekeepers naturally
objected to their trade being thus
ruined. and in this manner the tariff
question presented itself to these young
legislators A bin was at once intro
duced into congress, placing tax Of
twenty-five cents on every dollars
worth of goods imported but it was
found that this only raised the price
without diminishing the profit. The
question was finally settled by request
ing the farmers to require work in re-
turn for their merchandise.
I always suppose il to be the secret
ambition of every small boy ] meet TO
become the president of these United
States but certainly it is not so al the
Junior Republic for to wear the uni
form and swing the club of a policeman
is the fondest hope of these young poll
ticians The civil service examinations
are very rigid, and exclude all but the
most efficient candidates. In the dis
charge of the duties of this office. it is
said to be surprising how much judg-
ment these boys show
The religious training is in charge of
lady, though no PROSECUTING is al
lowed. On Sundays the children either
attend church at F'reeville or a Roman
"a LlCll[ AilAl III III d lQh II iii lilllVo
distant. Christian EndeaVor meetings
= are held on the grounds in the evenings
= and the library and reading rooms are
Crem
{ So much for the George Junior Re
S public from an outsiders view. But
S there are always two sides to every sub
jeCt, so perhaps it viii be only fair TO
. allow few Of the real citizens, those
/ ON whom the experiment is being tried,
r~fu H44a - 80.
- leaving the farm each boy is given pen
ell and paper and requested TO set down
with perfect frankness his impressions
of life at the Junior Republic.
One boy wrote. Il came up here on
! the 6th of July. All the boys were cry
D ing, saying that they were homesick.
| The first two weeks felt bad. I said
4 almost everything of the place
4 worked that morning and earned the
= price of my dinner, and then 1 worked
i on the farm at eight cents an hour for
about two weeks, and then I washed
= dishes and earned 80 cents a day and
: me meals free. | saved a little money
by that and bought a SIS pass, and
~ bought some candy and sold it. Soon
put $40 in the bank, and then run fol
: The house of representatives and I was
q nominated and elected and made s65t
" a week and put some more money If
2 N4A- f'eNA4As / sun oQlAl tdUuE ana worked
h overtime at anything / could do L
= make money, and then ! run for con
= gress every week, and before I knew /
!, had $50 in the bank by the time / wa
2 going home. l ate at the swell hote
) and slept In swell dormitary. / stoppe,
n selling candy on account of the tariff
p, and then / made enough to live on an
l. went swimming and fishing and had
great many sports.
When he time osu,a 10 90 49,
- bought every one of my family some
thlng TO wear and bought a lot O
Il ClOlneS, TIL my money was gone
a lhlnk the bank is a good thing. Yo1
,, draw per cent interest on every dol
# lar every month, and is good wa,
a Tor boys and girls to save money. The
q mad some interesting books in the Ii
" pfaFy. The cells are not very nice
and don't like it a bit; hardly an,
IelioW likes the cells. We have a drii
afternoons. Some of the bows get
., hlgh position in the company. I wa
g promoted corporal, then sergeant
. then lieutenant, then captain. / an
% now congressman and hold higl
! position in the military and when
u came up here 1 did not know anythin.
ABOUT military or congress or law O.
l. l. anything. / must say l have Learned
u a great deal, for which I am yer,
thankful
e mis- next letter speaks for itself:
l. don like the carpenter class.
r. don't the Jail or the place where ",
J eat, or the time we got to STAY III
il mere, OF the street cleaning depart
: ment, or the tariff bill, or the kind o.
o work We do and the price of the clos,
; ana the least thing we do. and dom
b. IKE the rest Of the place, or even tn,
: $500 passes"
d Another boy wrote:
j MY oplnyent is that l like the stree
e clean d, P. T. I like the court house
q ! IKE the bed rooms. l like the bank
a J IKE the Whole camp; it learns us tC
e nave sense and be truth men and b.
$ qpilgnt men, and all the time with
rms enterprise has now been sue.
n CessIuIly conducted for four years and
I mas won for itself the praise and en-
lhuslastlc support of many benevolent
70 persons, who have formed themselves
:, mo what is known as the George
o junior Republic Association. its
S Heaoq uafters is in New York city;
r. out the annual meetings are held al
+ r feeVllle. Five dollars paid each year
g entities any one TO membership. and
= ne receives copy of a paper called
S ne Junior Republic Citizen" which
10 iSs ueu each month. F. A. r.
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