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Cattle.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) .......... $50
"A week ago OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80
Quotations: Fancy butcher steers, So. %
OSLO; prime, $5Q5.40; good to choice, 81
Q4S; common to fair, $3Q4.25; fancy
butcher cows and heifers, $425G4 "a:
prime, $3.i5q4.10; good to choice, S. I516
80; common to fair, $260G3.10; Gamers
and cutters, $1.50@25O; good to choice
butcher bulls, S2.75q3. 80; common and bo-
1ogna bulls, S2tq2.70; good to choice yeals
S4.50q5.Z5; common to fair, $3.50d4. %; good
TO choice feeding steers, So. 1904; common
to fair, S2.5OQ3.35; good to choice stock
steers, $5u3.60; common to fair, S2500
2.90; good to choice steers calves, 81 750
3S; common to fair, $2.5002.70; good to
choice stock cows and heifers 81 1903:
common to fair, $2.25Q260; good to choice
heifer calves, $2Q2.75; common to far,
$225Q2.5O; stock and feeding bulls, 81 25D
RS; good to choice mich cows and
springers, $32Q40; common to fair, $50
Q3O.
Best quality butcher cattle steady and
active. Common killing stuff, including
Gamers, cutters and half fat steers are
generally 15G25c lower, but moving fairly
Well at the decline. In the stock and
feeding division the cold weather, coupled
with unusually heavy receipts has forced
prices down, and even the better grades
are selling 25c under last week, while the
common and tail-end stuff has no sale
at any price. Stock and feeding bulls
are Zoe lower Mich cows about steady.
Representative sales:
Good to Choice Butcher Steers
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California-via the "sunshine
Route,O

II you contemplate a. trip to California
THIS fall or winter consult the Chicago.
milwaukee s. st. Paul sRy.5
Beginning Tuesday. Oct. 18th, and ev-
cry Tuesday thereafter during the sea-
son high class Pullman tourist sleep
ing car will leave St. Paul and MINES
apolis, running through to Los Angeles
without change-arriving Los Angeles
Saturday morning, four days.
The line Is by the celebrated c.. MT q.
St P. "Herdick Route to kansas
City, thence over the A, T. & S. 3. Rv.
making the most popular and interesting
This service includes The ssnersona,1v
conducted feature west of Missouri
Rivera special conductor accompanies
each car, whose duty it is to carefully
look after the wants of each Individual
passenger.
Write for the cheapest rates and for
copy of the Sunshine" folder, contain
ing full particulars of this famous route.
j. q. Conley, Asst. Gen. Pass Agent.
c., M. & st. p. Ry.. st. Paul.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.

st. Louis-Close: Wheat higher; No. 2
red, cash. elevator, S53sc; May, S53sc: No
hard, 78QS01zc. Corn higher; No. cash
611sc; May, 641sc; July, 643sc Oats higher
No. 2 cash. 45c; May, 45$4c; July SSAc;
No. 2 white, 461s047c Lead firm at 81
Spelter dull at $4.05@4.0719.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. steady. Wheat high
er; close, No. northern, Tie; No 2 north
ern, 74G7515c; May, 79c; puts, 1850; calls,
Ter; No. 2 6212G6Sc; sample, 55GC621ac. Oats
higher; No. white, 45c. Corn-May, $3.50;
puts, Slice; calls, 623sc.
heat-Spot No. red West
ern winter quiet at IS 112d; No. 1 northern
spring steady at 6s I'd; No. 1 California
firm at IS Cd; futures quiet; March, es
Nd; May, 6s 1&d. Corn-Spot quiet;
American mixed, new, IS sgd; American
mixed DID, 5S Cd; futures quiet; Febru-
airy, 5s 2azd; -.-arch, IS 2Ad; May, IS pad.
Worlds Visible Grain.
New York-Special Geographic cemmu-
nications to Bradstreet's show the follow
ing changes in the available supplies
from last accounts: Wheat-lTnit9d
States and Canada, east Of the Rockies
decreased 1.S82,000 bu; af1oat for and in
Europe, increased 100000 bu; total supply
decreased ], 082, 600 bu. Corn-Unted States
ed 274,O00 bu. Oats-United States and
Canada, east of the Rockies, increased
$1,000 blu. Among the more important de-
creaSes reported to Bradstreets are those
of 100000 bu at Northwestern interior
elevators 203 GOO bu at Chicago private
elevators, 1on, 900 bu at Coteau, IS 900 Du
at St. Joseph, and $4,000 blu at-Akron. The
leading increases are those of AZ, coo bu
at Davenport, and 10000 bu at Port HUI
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Miscellaneous
Market Quotations
New York Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29-FIour-Receipts
1851 bbls; exports, 1851 bbls; sales, s, 500
pigs; steadier and a shade higher on
same grade with wheat Winter patents
$3.50. 10; Minnesota patent, So. S504. Is.
Rye Hour, steady. Cornmeal steadier
yellow Western, $1.27; city, s. 20; Bran
GyWlne, 81. 6OQ3.70. Rye strong; No. 2
Western, &c f. 0. b. afioat
Wheat-Receipts, 1880 bu: exports
1885 bu; spot firmer; No. 2 red, SSc f. o.
D. afioat; No. red, 9012c elevator; No. 1
northern Duluth, S614c f. o. b. af1oat;
No. hard Manitoba, 8S1zc3f. O. b. af1oat
Bulls had their turn in wheat TO-DAY:
catching the crowd short they ran prices
up cent a bushel, being aided by for
e1gn buying, stronger cables, small
northwestern receipts and good support
Ct 1c net advance; March closed at S5c;
May, SO 11-16@&12c, closed at S4ssc; JULY
SS5sQS45sc, closed S41zc.
Corn-Receipts, 5000 5bu; exports, g, 259
bu; spot market frmer; No. 2 67S4c ele-
vator and 68%c f. 0. b. afioat; under the
impetus of stronger cables, light country
and speculative offerings a scare of
shorts and vigorous support at Chicago.
corn was much higher today, closing
strongs at 17sc net advance January
closed STAG; May, 65A@6714c, closed 67Ac;
July, 66@665sc, closed 667so.
Oats-Receipts 100000 bu: exports, 6,733
bu; spot very strong; No. 2, 475a048c;
No: 8, 47c; No. white, 491kc; No. s
White, 4812c; track mixed Western. 400
49c; track white, 48@55c. Sharing the
corn strength oats were active and
stronger all day. closing at top prices.
Coffee-Spot Rio quiet; No. Z invoice,
SIC; mild quiet; Cordova S0111bc
Sugar-Raw firm; fair refining. 8 3-16c;
centrifugal, 90 test, 3f1-16e. Molasses
sugar, 15-16c. Refined, firm.
Butter-Receipts. 5965 packages: mar
ket firm: state dairy, 1926: creamery,
l6Q3c; June creamery, 15@2lc; factory,
13017c.
Cheese-Receipts. 1,24 packages; mar
ket firm; state full creamery small; early
made fancy colored, 111s@11Ac: do white
llAQ11!ac; large early made, fancy, 1886
do white, 10%c
Eggs-Receipts, 5244 packages: mar
ket firm; state and Pennsylvania, 2963Oc:
western at mark, 29c; southern at mark,
Dry Goods.
New York There has been only a
limited store trade in dry goods here to-
Gay, owing to the snow storm Bust
ness otherwise has been without new
Feature in cotton goods. The general
tone of the markets is steady at UNI
changed prices. Narrow print cloths in
active but sales of wide goods at full
prices up to September delivery reported.
Mems wear woolens and worsted quiet.
sellers, slow in opening, further lines
dor fall. Dress goods are dull through
Whisky.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 2e.-Whiskv on the
basis Of $l.S2 for distillers'1 finisFred goods,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

The white-headed old darky approached
one of the Northern congressman at the
foot of the capitol steps, removed his hat
and said: IT'S cum all de way fun
Ncttoway county. Cap'n. to see whut yo'
erty, en- ain heerd nuthin' FUN de prom
ises O. de gubberment"
You mean to say. uncle, that you
bought your liberty?" the congressman
old man.
ITS fac, Cap'n. en- twenty-seven hun
derd wuz de price"
Il thought eternal vigilance was the
price Of liberty. uncle'
Scratching his head for an understand
ing. the ex-slave replied, doubtfully:
wal. Cap'n. dat mout be de case wild
de white folks, but de pooh niger has
ter pay cash.''-Cincinnati Tribune.
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Totals

Other Grains-Winter wheat / car; No.
corn, car; No. corn, 20 cars; no
grade corn, cars; No. oats, Is cars;
No. northern oats, cars; no grade oats,
cars; No. 2 rye, 2 cars; no grade rye, l
cars; No. 5 barley, cars; No flax, 10
cars; rejected flax. 8 cars; no grade fax,
3 cars.
Cars Inspected Out Wheat-No.
northern, 10 cars; No. northern, 46 cars;
No. 3, 81 cars; no grade, 10 cars; winter
wheat, cars; No. oats, 4 cars; No. 4
northern oats, cars; No. 2 rye cars;
No. barley, 1 car; no grade barley, 1
car; No. fax, car; rejected fax, 1 car.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

cit is wrong to say that I buy votes, -
said Senator Sorghum. Very wrong z
But you have spent a great deal CT
money in politics"
Il simply depend on that noble attri-
butte Of the human intelligence known
as gratitude. man wants money and
I give it to him. Now, the chances are
that he isn't going to be so ungrateful
as not to reciprocate with vote or
two And il he is so ungrateful 1 feel
justified in making him feel that he is
totally unworthy Of my further friead-
ship. Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

OdsH QuotatlOns were as fOIIOWs: Flour
STEADY. Wheat-No. 8 spring, 730735sc;
NO. 2 red, S314@S4l2c. Oats-No. 2, 491 a
44Kc; No. 8 white, 441a@451ac. Rye-No
2, 6lQ61izc. Barley-Fair to choice malt
ing, 59M63c. F1axseed-No. l. 81 .6S; No
Northwestern, s1.72. Timothy seed
Prime, $3.50. Pork-Mess. per Dbl, S15 IS
@15.Se L.ard-Per 100 lbs, SO .2O09. 3211Rs
Sides-Short ribs Qoose), IS. 20@8. 35
Shoulders dry sailed (boxed), 71s0714c
Sides-Short clear (boxed), SIS. G018 TO-
Whisky-Basis Of high wines, $1.32 Clio
yer, contract grade, $500. Receipts
Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat, los, 600 bu; corn,
barley, $1,000 bu. Shipments-Flour. IS,
GOO bbls; wheat, $4,000 bu; corn, 10000 ba ;
cats, 227,O00 bu; rye, 1000 bu; barley,
10000 bu. On the produce exchange to-
day the butter market was firm; cream
cries, 15@25c; Gairies, 14G2Gc Cheese
Steady 10A@11c Eggs-Firm fresh, pc
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Daily wheat Movement.

Do you want to see "The Chap
erOns," Frank L. PerIey's great op-
cratic comedy, free of charge, next
week: If so, read the want page
in next Sundays Globe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30

DO you want to see ssThe Chap
eronsy" Frank L. PerIey's great op-
cratic comedy, free of charge, next
week. II so, read the want page
I'm next Sundays Globe.
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Observation-Disclosures

Cars ne found on the Northern pa.
ciic's morning trains between the Twin
Cities and the Head of the Lakes.
Some comfort riding In such cars. with
their steam heat in winter time.
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Nor. & W. ...... !

Nor. & W. ...... 577sDe Beers :. -. 4tA
Consols for money 94ss; .consols for ac-
count, "a 7-l6 Bar silver steady, at 2515d
rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is 3 1-16@31s per- cent; for three
months bills, 31s@31zN per cent.
New York Mining 'SfocIxx
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Retirement. of Bank Circulation.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-During tho
months Of November, December and lam
uary nation al bank circulation has been
retired by the deposit of lawful money
with the treasurer of the United States
to the amount of S3,009,O00 per month
the maximum amount which the law per
m1ts to be retired during any calendar
month.
Applications have been received nv the
comptroller of the currency for the re-
tlrement of a like amount during the
month of February
heretofore it has been the practice of
the comptrolier's office to receive and ar
cept INFORMAL applications for retirement
OF circulation some time in advance of
Ine actual deposit of lawful money, but
hereafter applications for retirement oT
circulation will not be accepted unless
accompanied by a resolution of the hoard
OF directors of the bank authorizing the
Mhlraara 4 sale and transfer of the
ponds to be released and the treasrrer5s
duplicate receipt for the bonds.
New York Stock Gossfp.
Reported by H. Holbert E. son-wa
Rave to report a dull market. After the
opening very little enthusiasm was oh
sefNapIe IN the trading. While the vol
unle or business has been very light the
transactions nave apparently been spread
over broader range of securities and
the operations of pools and cliuues less
IN evidence. There is still a painful
lack Of any outside interest and when
a sentiment develops for higher nrices
1t seems to be only half hearted Money
continues to be freely offered at Iower
rates than have prevailed here for MANY
months. V
The public is shy of buying of stocks
at prevailing prices.
Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-Todav,s
statement of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive OF the $780, 900 600
gold reserve in the division of redemn
ton, shows:
Available cash balances ....... .s175, 1928, SIS
'''... '.'''..'.. ..f.,.s...... SO, 491
49, t.',,ss....... 11,756, 487
United States notes ......... 10 932 156
Treasury notes of 1890 ....,.,, I11'671
National bank notes ....g.... 1881 431
Total receipts this day ...s.. 1,746 37T
Total receipts this month ... 1855. 372
Iotal receipts, this year s. 327, 356 5s5
total expenditures this day. 1275 600
IotaI expenditures this month Sc. 3150OO
Total expenditures this year :. 27S, 452 6S6
Deposits in national banks..... u6, O47, 1877
New York Money.
NEW YORK, Jan .-CIose-Money on
can easy at 24212 per cent; closed bid
ana asked, 2A@215 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper, 4Q5 per cent; sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S67s@4.S7 for demand
ana at $4.S412 for sixty days; posted.
rates, 4:85 and $4.SS; commercial bills.
%. S5A o. 3B; bar silver, 553sc; Mexican
dollars, 44Ac; government bonds firmer:
state bonds inactive; railway bonds ir-
regular. a-s-es5-
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South 81. Paul Give y0ock
9fnd Outside Cattle Markets.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Jan. 29-Receipts
a. the Union Stock Yards today (esti-
mated were: Cattle, 500; calves. $50;
Fogs. $500; sheep, 100; cars, 65.
Official receipts Tuesday: Cattle,
1,429; calves, 253; hogs, 1886; sheep, $50;
cars, 100.
Receipts thus far in January com
pared with the same period in 1901, are
as fellows.
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Among the Shippers on the market
were; M. F. and H. G. Maynard, Brow
erville and Long Prairie; w. Sweetman,
Currne; A. Schultz, Burkhardt; j. Heg-
erie, ST. Bonifacius; P. T. Trench, Ner-
strand; T. Larson, bayfield,; D. Titzen,
Alta Vista; A. p. Jerda, Deronda E. P.
Madison, Dallas; F. Mark, Princeton; Q.
j. Guam. Starbuck; w. Snavely Buffalo
Lake; l.. L. Husset, Hatton; J. c. Dodge,
Triumph: A. Frietag, Nicollet; T. H
Webb, Tracy: Babcock & Krause, YER
non Center; H. Gehl, Carver; Ryan &
Hoban, Waseca; H. A. Anderson, New
Richland; j. Finlay A Barnett Mont
gomery; G. w. Dodge, Madelia; p.
White, Cottonwood; E. Johnson, Atwa-
ter; NJ. G.. Black Mortified; c.. L.
Wood, Castle Rock; Larson Bros, WEIGH;
Carver Bros. & Co, Morrist6wn; j. Lit
tie, Cannon Falls; P. III. Holton, Ken
yo:f: E. Gibbons, Montorwille
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Hot Springs, Ark.

Low rate excursion tickets to this. Ia
nous resort on sale daily at Minneapolis
& ST. Louis r. r.. offices. Leave St Paul
D. m.s arrive Hot Springs a. m.
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Edwards, WOOd6CO.
Minneapolis and Duluth s s%a S1 %s1t.,,

too great. Offerings continued small,
and the bullish sentiment prevailing sent
higher, at 4414c.
May corn steadily amounted on the
strength in outside markets and reports
OF foreign shipments until it reached 62a4
62a4c. y
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Midway Horse MARKED.

Minnesota Transfer, ST. Paul-Bar-
rett & Zimmerman report that in
spite of the prevailing cold weather farm
chunks were in the Hveliest request
North Dakota buyers Were especially
aggressive buyers. In general all phases
OF demand had strength and life. Supplies
OF all classes were literally represented.
NalueS.
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Hogs.

Comparative Receipts
Total for today (estimated) ...... 1900
a week ago .......................... 1888
a year ago Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
Quotations: Underweight and light,
$5.10Q5.90 mixed and butchers, $5.70Q6.15;
heavy, 81. 70q6.20; boars, $2.5GQ3; stays,
St59d475; pigs, $4.50@5.
Market opened about DC lower, and
closed steady at the decline. Receipts
We're moderate. Quality was generally
common, offerings including no really
good hogs and only a few punches that
were even fairly good. Prices ranged
from $50 TO $50. Pigs and underweights
sold at $.75G525. Representative sales:
Lights
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J. C. GERAGHTY & co.

CUMMISSION BROKERS
Room .. Endicctt Building, ST. Paul.
stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions.
DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES.
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". n. CAMPBELL
COMMISSION COMPANY
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards,
EoUTH ST. PAUL.

!, Consignments and correspondence So
ucited Market reports furnished on ap-
4, We do a strictly commission business.
NO i've stock bought or sold on our own
= References - Stock Yards bank. South
81 Paul: Security bank, Zumbrota; Hon.
r. \: Koerner, state treasurer. Capitol
guiding st. Paul; A. C. Anderson, cash
ber.4St. Paul National bank. st. Paul
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~ SSdI dSo ........-.'.-..... 9Sz
Quotations: Fancy lambs, IS 2505 so;
good to choice fat lambs, $5@5 .25; fair to
good fat lambs $4.7505; feeding lambs,
81. 25Q4 .25; thin buck lambs, $2.5003 good
10 choice yearling wethers 81 2504. go;
good to choice heavy Wethers, 81 .2594 80;
fair to good wethers, $4@4.25; good to
choice fat ewes, medium weight, $500
$50; heavy weights, So. 2503. so; fair to
good fat ewes, $3@3.2 5; common killers,
$2. 1908; good TO choice stock and feed
ing ewes, s.. 25G2. rs; fair to good, $40
rs; common to old Skates $l@2.
Western feeders: Lambs, $4T5; ewes,
50. 25Q2. rs; wethers, 81. 50@4. so.
Receipts were light. Market quiet on
this account, as demand is good for all
kinds at fully steady prices. Represent
alive sales:
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Total sales for the day, 6G2,SO0 shares.
New York Bonds.
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Note-The prices quoted above are
those at which the commodities men
toned are selling on the street. In large
lots these prices may be shaded.
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CINCINNATI, Jan. 29.-Whisky on tn
basis Of $1.S2 for distillers finished goods
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

TO set it straight. When all four clubs
were down at once she retired from the
circle and another young woman took
her place.
It's the game called Ladysmith,' . ex-
planned the blue-waisted young woman
stepping for a moment outside the circle
and these are the junior kindergartners
Next year they will be graduated and the
year after they will teach kindergartens
of their own"
She stepped briskly back in the center
of the circle and clasped her hands In
stantly there was attention and then one
member of the group told another game
she thought it would be interesting to
play and Immediately the game commence
ed. For the time being the young women
were light-hearted children, playing
the games that amuse and instruct care
less babyhood.
Just at first, their frolic seemed only
gay hearted nonsense, but after awhile one
grasped the purpose that lay beneath the
nonsense and began dimly to appreciate
the wisdom Of FroebeI 1t was not diff
Hcult to comprehend that the group of
girls playing like children in the big,
sunny kindergarten room of the Maxfield
school were training the eye to quickness,
acquiring dexterity of movement and cul-
tivating their powers of observation. 1t
was still less difficult to understand how
the less self-conscious and more supple
little folks, whom these girls would in
turn teach what they themselves were
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-27

the resorts, but this year the Isaac wall
tons have had but few FISH to show for
their exclusions.
Fishermen soon learn to know the
weather conditions under WHICH the little
beauties may be captured, and as q result
OF the unfavorable climatic conditions this
spring they have been staying home.
waiting for rain and warm weather.
1t is not unlikely that the recent rains
WA bring on warm weather, and the
trout VIII be eagerly going after the null
1colored flies that are deity skipped
along the surface Of the streams
On nearly every railroad running ont of
81. Paul are numerous trout fishing
points The railroads keep the fishermen
posted on the way the fish are biting.
and consequently when the word comes
In that they are beginning 70 become hum
cry, the roads send out the word and the
fishermen get their little poles and books
Of flies and silk lines into shape ana
leave for one or two days sport.
Trout fishing to the layman Is perhaps
the most exhausting Of the sports 70
tramp YEARLY up q small stream. olsen
gage his line from innumerabIe tangles In
bushes, to raise rainbow trout from the
water, only to have him drop OF into
the stream again. and many other lit
tie Inconvenience a novice viii meet
with, are not calculated to make his first
trip an interesting one.
The habit grows upon him. however
and after three or four attempts when
he has learned to handle his tackle, be
becomes an enthusiast, and every fine
fishing day will find him out to stream,
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child must have reached It's fifth year.
But one session is held, though in many
of the St. Paul schools a teacher is oc-
cupied during two sessions, for so many
children of kindergarten age live in the
school district that it has been found nee
essary to divide them and have one Sec
ton come in the morning and one in the
afternoon. A directress and one assistant
make up the kindergarten corps of each
school The kindergarten room Is in
Variably the most attractive in the build
ing. The room is always sunny one
the walls are most attractively decorated
with good photographs Of fine pictures
and the windows are generally filed with
green plants. The tiny kindergarten
chairs are comfortable and perfectly adj
justed to the height of the tables at
which the children do their sewing, weav-
ing and modelling. When kindergartens
were first introduced the sewing and the
weaving. were very important parts Of
the work, but it was soon found that the
careful attention demanded Of the child
in order to produce good work was a
tax on the nerves and the eyes, so today
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place the demand for Undergraduates is
not so great as the supply would be did
not the board Of education wisely limit to
TOUR the number Of those who enter each
year. Preference is always given to the
girls who are graduates Of St Paul high
schools, though occasionally an outsider
is admitted. Candidates must pass a diff
ncult examination and even after they
are admitted If they do not show special
adaptability for the work they are not
urged to remain. The course is for two
years and when a class is graduated the
members are given positions in the city
schools as soon as there are vacancies.
No Longer a Fad.
There was a time when kindergartens
were regarded as fads by the majority of
people. Happily that time has passed.
Today former doubters regard them as
the fundamental step in the childfs edu-
cation Instead of a vague enthusiast
Froebel has come to be regarded as the
wisest of teachers, the childs patron
SAINT. Today there are twenty seven
klndergartens connected with the public
schools of st. Paul. Eleven years ago
there was just one. 1t was carried on in
small room in the Sibey school and
many people shifted whenever it was
mentioned. This early kindergarten was
purely experimental. "A good place for
amusing the babies" was the most that
even the mothers Of the babies taught
would concede. A years fair trial. how