The Washington times., 1902-03-23

! hole in the flagstaff holder They drove
the plug firmly in place. completely fill
{ Ing ur the holder. Then they carefully
cut oil the end of the wood that extended
! cut beyond the metal so that Taggart
&C nd not gain the slightest hold upon the
plug to work it out.
At neon when it was time for the flag
to be run cut Dick grasped The flag
pole. and without a thought that ali was
not as it Should be. ran the thing out the
window and tried 20 fasten il in place
To his great surprise. he discovered the
tricI, that had been played with the
holder
Fer several minutes he tried to study
ont d plan TO mold The flag In place tenn
pcrarily, but could think Of nothing Then
he tried lowering the window On the
flagstaff in the hope that it could he held
in place that way hut it could not At
last. thoroughly disguised, he drew the
flag in and began to dis at the plug with
his penknfe. It was fully fifteen min
utcs before the holder could be cleared
out and the flag put in place. Meanwhile
The recess had been prolonged. and the
boys were dancing around outside the
school, delighted at the success of their
prank.
knights of the Yellow Garter"
: The Business pupils are as fond Of fun
the pupils OF any other school. but they
do not carry their FRANKS as far as the
boys ana girls over at the Western Sew
eIal of the second-year pupils have or
ganized a society under the title of The
Knights Of the Ycllcv Garter" Although
strict secrecy has been maintained regard
ing the club ana its purpose. il is known
that IT has some crusade in mind. and is
merely waiting to perfect its plans be-
fore going on the w.rpath in earnest. The
members Of the organization are Messrs.
Goldberg. Thomas Hendricks. Richard
Barber Percy Finney. and the Misses |
Lyons and Ruth BielGski. Each day they
wear a ribbon tied around the left arm.
The same coLcr is never worn two days |
in succession. and the pupils are very |
anxious to know what it all means. They (
are growing impatient of waiting Tor /
signs of life on the part of the Knights, |
and some of the boys say they are scing !
to rout out the society and torture
some of its members until they divulge /
the real purpose for which the society was
formed.
Teacher Can Play Ball.
The pupils say that their chances of
winring the prize in the championship |
series of baseball games would be assured
il Mr. Paul A. Steele. a member of the
faculty. were permitted to join the nine
OF late Mr. steele has been developing re-
markabIe and entirely unexpected pro-
clivities as a catcher. The discovery of
his talent in this direction came about in
Il somewhat unexpected manner, and has
made the pedagogue a sort of matinee
hero ever since. The other day Mr.. Steele
was leaving the school shortly after .
o clock and passed the alley adjoining the
institution The alley has been the prac-
tce ground for the baseball nine ever
since the school moved into its present
quarters, and on that particular after
noon the boys were out in full force. As
the teacher passed the alley, one of the
pitchers at the other end threw the ball |
and the catcher failed to stop it. The
sphere sailed straight toward Mr.. Steele's
head, ard at the rate it was moving
would certainly have knocked him from
mis- feet He did not notice the ball until
i was within few feet of him. Some |
me shouted to him. When he saw the
1all approaching he flung up his hand
quickly to ward off the blow, and to his {
surprise stopped the ball and held it.
The boys declared that he had caught
he ball Intentionally, and stock in his
tbility as a ball player trebled itself
hen and there. Mr.. Steele declared. how
yer, that It was all an accident. Be this
IS Il may, the pupils have great faith in =.
heir teacher as baseball man.
To Have Girl President.
The athletic Association at the Bust d
less is exceedingly prosperous. It will L
ave considerably over 800 members. L
which is by far the largest membership "a