Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-11
Observation-Disclosures
: THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER /
Observation-Disclosures

A remarkable compliment was heard
the other day by the Rambler for the
children of Marshalltown. 1t is alto-
gether too good to be kept and asst is
! one that will delight the hearts of the
parents as well, and perhaps more than
those of the children, ii is we'll worth the
telling. a woman, for number of years
n teacher in the city schools, who is now
| teaching In another and a larger city,
was speaking of the time she spent in
| Marshalltown, when she said: II liked
many things there of course, but best of
/ all the children themselves. / have
taught in many towns, but / never was
IN one where the children were so uni
formly polite and lacking in impudence
as they are in Marshalltown. know
| there is trouble sometime, why of course
there is and there always must be, l
suppose, while children go to school, but
/ If the teachers there who have trouble
or think they have with impudent chill
dren could teach in some of the towns
i where | have been l think they would
remember Marshalltown with joy 1t
may be that the teachers and the super
| intendent and the school board are in
! part responsible for such a compliment
being possible, but the parents certainly
! come in for a share, while the children
themselves should have the major part
Of the praise.
"Of course, I have not let her know
but that l thought she did something
very wrong" the mother said, as an
escapade of her small daughters was
being discussed in the absence of the
child the other day, "but can't deny
that 1 think 1t just about what she
should have DONE" 1t seems that the
little girl who caused CONSERVATION
as we'll as amusement had been invited
| to sing with her sister at Christmas
entertainment in one of the churches
Heredity was unkind to the little ten
/ year old, for while her sister two years
her junior, has beautiful voice, she
can scarcely carry tune. Neverthe-
less the two We're asked to sing duet.
The little one who all her life had been
accustomed to hearing her family be-
wall the fact that she was not musical
like her sister, was fiattered by the in
! vitation and her people hoping tina.
she was improving in her singing and
| trusting that she would not throw
her sister off the tune" were glad for
her sake. But at the first practice,
deep and hidden scheme was laid bare.
| She had been asked to sing, truly and
yet she was not expected to sing. She
was kindly told by her teacher that
she should wear her fluffy white dress
and come on the platform with her
sister and stand beside her and was
/ also to make her lips move as II she
We're singing while in reality the real
singing was all to be done by the lit
| tie girl, who could carry the tune"
The disappointment must have been
/ bitter one, but she Is a very wise little
| girl SO she seemingly acquiesced and
! did SO far that at every practice she
| marched onto the platform, made her
mouth move in accord with her sisters,
| bowed her prettiest and marched proud
| ly to her seat That was at the rehear-
| sails. AT the entertainment on Christmas
| eye-such discordS and shouting it il
| doubtful If that church ever rang with
| before. For after marching to the plat
| form with her sister, she made her lips
| move again, but that was not all. The
| little sister in dumb amazement sang a
| line or two. then broke down. While all
| the time the voice of the girl who could
| not sing rang out and on to the end Of
| the five verses and the choruses between
| each one. Il guess they'll never ask me
to do thing again unless they mean
it," she whispered to her mother, as she
sat down besides the astonished woman.
The teacher was angry, of course. 1t is
q way people who have little head and
less heart are apt to be. While every one
Is wishing it would not be detrimental
to discipline to tell the little girl she
is trump.
A clever answer was made by lady
who is just between young and Did, to
man who did not know or did not care
that curiosity supposed to be in bad
taste among the best people. II am
not young enough to be careless she
said, nor old enough to be reckless"
The real question is not changed. How
old was she
The assertion Is often made that the
womans club has seen its best day and
that in time 1.-The club movement
will be a thing not only of the past but
scarcely but to be remembered with
consideration. That the literary clubs
have done a good work can not be de-
MED, but that there power was greatly
overrated can not be denied either. In
city in Iowa noted for its club and
club spirit. something of a division
arose recently. 1t all came about by a
number of women desiring that among
the departments of the club there
should be one for cards" The dis
cussion was keen and waxed keener.
Not only the women who do not play
cards and who think their influence
bad. were opposed to the organization
of the new department, but many |
broad minded women who disiiked to
see the club become anything but liter
airy, objected to the innovation. The
request for the department was not
granted, and number of women who
were anxious for It, have left the club
and seem to be enjoying themselves
with their games of six handed euchre |
and cinch, much more than If they |
were hearing papers ranging from Kip !
ling back to Homer 1t may be scarcely |
fair to condemn all clubs for the pecu-
liarties of a few women in one club, but
1t would seem that in that one town and
in that club at least the mark had been
rather overshot.
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