The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-23

| want music"
SO much for the sentiment in our
hard-headed governor.
IT was perpendicular supper, SIS
everybody foraged for himself and the
ladies under his care.
New lines could accordingly be de-
tected the next morning on the
brows of fair ones who passed through
the ordeal of watching the plunges
OF these improvised walters who
blithely careened about in the crowd.
recklcssly balancing plates containing
salad and pates and other Juicy re-
freshmcnts together with q glass OF
! water or perhaps u cup OF coffee in
| their unaccustomed bands.
\ man who could successfully COM
vey a platetul of supper to his par
ticular charge and not trip over an
aggregation OF trains. or send the next
mans plateful flying in the air and
over the handsome gowns In evidence.
was an artist with reasonable pre-
| tensions as 1ugglcr.
There were those present who re-
called Il certain st. Valentines re-
| ception in the same room. on a bllz-
| zard night when the thermometer was
below zero, when a man with the
kindest intentions preciritated plate
| ful OF ice cream down the back of
| beautiful lady. 1t was literally
down her back" for she wore n bod
| ice exceedingly decolette, and she said.
| "O-o-o-o-oh'" as the Icy mass swiftly
composed itself along her spine. al
ways have thought however, &C she
| had more tact than any other woman
| known to history. As her teeth chat
tered with the chill which succeeded,
| she looked up smilingly in the face
| ut the appalled, devastator of her
pleasure, who wondered desolateiy
| what he was expected to do.
| ard remarked: 80 fortunate that
| IL wasn't spilled on my gown;
| cream makes such spots. you
| know If that man didn't propose
to her on the spot it must have been
| only because he was previously taken.
or knew that she was. Anyway, that
minute he looked as il he loved her.
The school teachers OF the city have
probably had more trouble in the last
week or two than in the course Of
! their entire troubled career, and all
| on account of politics. Now politics
is the source Of two-thirds the trouble
of the American public. Everybody
knows that. If people aren't worried
because they can't get Office they are
because they may be turned out, or
somebody else Is in, or because they
fear the country is going to wreck
under the existing administration.
| n u-l a tn
been wearing on the pubic school
| teachers differ from those mentioned
in this category. They have come
| ABOUT from a thirst for information
superinduced by Superintendent How
ell. That affable and energetic gentle-
man was suddenly seized with a sus-
| picion the other day that the children
of this generation are lamentably be-
nighted in their ideas of how things
are run in this country. as far as the
government is concerned. There is no
sort of doubt that in such a canny
suppositon he was entirely right, and
| that while his remedy was decidedly
drastic and certainly sweeping in its
| scope it may result in great enlight-
enment In this part of the world. With
his customary enthusiasm he planned
| u ltSSou b1l civil WHICH
was rather appalling in extent, but
which left nothing TO be desired in the
way of a complete understanding Of
| thr way conventions and elections are
conducted. While it entailed enough
work to employ the teachers and chill
dien for several weeks in getting up
| the required examination work, even
| IN the brief space of time allotted To
| It's preparation, the study will be wall
uahle 10 the youth of the city.
The proposed eXamina ion has been
the source of unlimited amuse-
ment as well rs hard work
to- the teachers and has demon-
strated the fact that the aver
| age young woman employed in our
public schools Is as corversant with
political methods, barring the bribery,
as the average man of intelligence.
She has gone about quietly acqur-
ing the necessary knowledge not al
ready possessed and in many IN
stances feels like pattine herself on
the head for what appears To be her
superior equipment.
Il never knew what a lot some peo-
PIE don't know" laughinGly exclaimed
a young woman the other day, "un-
I'll ] began TO prepare myself for con-
gI~ss on school controller or any other
great Office which the future may hold
for women, by Codifymg my stock OF
informal ton regarding the way we do
things in politics"
Why" she continued. Il started out
with the most prais"worthy intentions
of getting real practical knowledge Of
this subject. and | began by asking
several very intelligent men ir the
names Of Mckinley and Bryan and the
vice. presidential nominees We're on the
ballot they voted last fall. Would you
believe it, some of them We're very
haHy about il i'm their minds, while
two or three sOlemnlY assured mo
that of course these names did appear
on the ballot. and they voted for
them, and they looked at me
in plying sort of way which might
have been Interpreted, Dear me! be-
ing a mere woman don't suppose you
can DE expected to know much about
such things, but II docs seem as II
you ought 10 know that Some ot
these men were teachers, too" she
added.
Many teachers discover that appar-
ontly a large proportion OF intelligent
voters deposit their ballots without
being able to affirm whether or not
they voted directly for president ana
vice resident, while Others approach
ed are coy about explaining off hand
how the national committee is made
up and who are technically the party
leaders during a campaign. Many also
are "A little vague about the methods
nhrnl.Nnl In making OniClal rCtnrnS in