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"Out Of the
House Of
Bondage"
BY BALDWIN SEARS
CopnVht, iae, ~ tho
s. :. Nct ltuC Company

"Gwcndolcn, is your knee in that
chair? Why my dear, one would think
you were n child of i've"
"My dear Gwendolcn, do stop drum
ming on the window such lack of
dignity"
Gwen stood up sti0ly. Il suppose
you mean that YOU don't like to see an
old maid doing anything except old
maidy things" she said as cuttingly as
she dared.
Francesca and Harriet looked nj her,
at their mother and at each other. is
there nothing you can do which would
not be 'od maidy,' as you call it,
asked Harriet mildly.
"What shall doY" demanded Gwen,
Cant you read to aunt
"No, can't" interrupted Gwen
nerccly. I'm us hoarse as n crow from
screaming into aunt's ear trumpet for
an hour"
"IIave You practccd this began
Francesca.
"praCticedF' repeated her youngest
sister, with still greater scorn. What
fOrt Haven't | praCticed tlttcen years
for nothing? Nobody wants TO hear me
play. It's n perfect farce, doing things
just because other people do them
shan't do 1t any longer though" And
Gwen. her tall figure QuivcrinE with de
fiance, rushed out of the parlOr and up
TO her room.
Poor Gwen! She was the youngest
and had therefore never grown out Of
childhood In her sisters eyes.
Harriet and Francesca, aged rcspcc-
lively forty and forty four, We're so
used to managing the housekeeping,
their mother, the parish charitable
work. the rector and sometimes the rec
tors assistant. who had only been
there since Christmas. that they nat
urally expected TO keep ON managing
their little sister too.
Gwen did not agree She beat help
lessly round in her cage, the great,
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An actor who knew Augustin Dnly
well tod this story of the great th,It-
rical managers ready wit
I'VE both chaucrd 10 ho dcposItore IN
and victims uf bank which suspended
payment Like others, when the ncWs
Of the disaster became known We hur
ricd off to the bank To pick mp what IN
formation we could. and coming down
the steps from the offices into the street
Mr. Dnly's foot caught in the mat, ana.
with some difficulty, he managed Ia
save himself from falling was en-.
tcring III" building, and, seeing the
mishap ran up. saying.
- hope you have not hurt Yourself,
"Oh, no; thank you lie replied. !
only lost my balance"
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gloomy house where her two energetic
sisters were always CriticisinE, com
manding ana furbiddlng.
She threw herself on the bed and
tried not to cry.
Harriet stood In the doorway, and
Gwen had jumped to her feet.
"Gwcndolcn, Mr. Warde is down
stairs, and hc has asked for you"
lie probably wants me to 70 ana
visit old women" said Gwen. "a shan't
hate old women
But Harriet had gone down stairs
again to talk to the young assistant
Gwen followed slowly
Francesca looked up first when Gwen
opened the paror door.
"Mr Wardc has come to ask us all
to help with the services during Lent
Gwendolen," she said brisllIy. lie
wants us to sing In the volunteer
choir. told him you would Ike to
very much"
Gwen bit her lip and looked straight
ahead
Mr. Warde waited politely untIl
Francesca had finished, then hc turned
to Gwen "You know have charge Of
the Lcnten services. and | want them
to be as beautiful as we can make
them" he said, his eyes on her stead
ily II want TO get some one to plsy
tor us too Can't you help me to End
some one Miss GwcnT
"Oh, Mr. WRrdc, let mo play"
For a moment there was stunned
silence while poor Ovens words rang
back to her shrilly.
But Mr. Warde was smiling. at
will be a great pleasure to have you
take IT," he said
HIS answer broke the spell Fran
cesca and Harriet rose MS one 10 pro
test "Why, Gwendolcn. what a thIna
to ask! or course she couldn't VI
Wafdc'
why certainly she can do It. Can't
you Miss Gwen
But her fine flare Of courage wos
gone Il DONE know" She st1mmcrcd
Nonsense. child OF course YOU
can't Shell be very glad 10 sing with
US. Mr Warde" Harriet smiled for
al of them, chiefly for Gwen, WHO had
shrunk into herself agalu
Mr. WarIe looked at her koenly.
Gwen changed color when hr took hor
hand at parting His cyre looked int
her frightened ones Is II be under
stood
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Ellis b Usher, has made startling
discovery, ana airs it as follows IN the
Milwaukee Journal:
La Toilette is candidate for
Spooner's scat.
No subject has been or is of greater
interest TO several gentlemen inter
asted in Mr.. Spooner's return to the
senate. and to various gentlemen who
are ready to enter the race for his
seat if he. for any reason, becomes an
inpossibililv. than the gossip that La
Toilette himself wants to succeed
Spoonrr. In various ways, for many
months. impressions have leaked out
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cism that followed with more compo-
sure than usuol She oven smiled a
little as she went down to the village
after the evening mail
But her eyes filled rs she thought Of
the afternoon. She kue}y snr could
play on the big organ after n weeks
practice Snn had dome II II. r,r, for
the Sunday school She wartJ 4, II
inst because MIR Wor.I, had ast.l hor
She goyo n srorr1 start Al,,,r-. c.Yt.
cd figure had stonn,d bcforn H.
"NInv | trn back with .yrns" Mr.
WorLr,s Lina cyns rr.t.nI,l r,t ~
see thr tcurs I'm Ovens 81 want IN
ask Won when Won will co,,n o,,r "a
practico" ne wont ON ouito rs If h
were n settled thing
81 know thot Won couIl pl,v havn
hoard Won ortrno rs | nas,.s m, n,rs,, -,
h, cynlalnrd whom sh, l.,l,.I ot INV,
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win vorg" no osr.nd with nm ,,,,,,,,+
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n ROBE ron Nu. 27I. Department Of
NI-rou-u. meets every Scrnud ana ourl u
irr.day evening uf each month at .Hl
W.-t Finn street. SISitIuL cuwradOS cor
.W,Iiy invited. +. K. OTIS Com.
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considered by the French most de-
lightful dinner dish.
Prof. Philip B. Uhler, provost of the
Peabody Institute, Baltimore. says he
has eaten locust soup and has tasted
locusts, both fried and broiled.
There is" said DR.. Uhler, very lit
tie taste to the locusts. 1t is like eat
ing the soft shell of a crab. There is no
more flavor to the locust than there is
to the shrimp and there is almost no
nourishment at all TO it. because OF the
lack of meat. on the locust that We
have here, or the cicada, which is its
proper name and title. there is abso-
lutely no meat at all. There is nothing
to il but shell. and II is almost lmpos-
sible TO derive nourishment from 1t, no
matter how II is cooked or served.
The locust which John the Baptist
fed upon was entirely different from the
locust which we have now In Baltimore.
That locust was, in fact, the grasshop-
per, and is as different from the clcada
which IL with us today as is an ele-
phant from horse. The grasshopper,
or Rocky Mountain locust, which is
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toms breast on the afternoon OF Water
loo when the Prussian guns doomed bis
triumph.
AS inspector general of the American
army. Steuben organized victory by fill
ing our troops with supreme confidence
in themselves and thus driving out the
''panicky feeling which, before his
time. had filled our war diary with
records of disaster. The American war
ragged but did not "blunder along" much
longer after Steuben had become the
immortal Georges lieutenant How
Frederick must have enjoyed those gala
days of Monmouth. Stony Point. Kings
Mountain. Cowpens-echoes of his own
military and strategic triumphs,
The treaty of "amity and commerce"
between Prussia and the United States
Of America was signed in the fall OF
1855. exactly S41 days ere "the last Of
the Kings passed away-when the next
will be is a very long question!'-(Car-
lyle.
1t is long document. as such papers
are wont to be. All that interests us
now are these paragraphs:
His majesty. the King of Prussia and
the United States of America. desiring
to fix. in permanent manner. the
rules to be observed in the increase Of
commerce between their respective
countries. his majesty and the United
States have judged that the said end
cannot be better obtained than by taxi
ing the most perfect equality and reci-
procity for the basis Of their agree
mCnt. and do agree
That there SHALL be firm, in
violable and universal peace ana sincere
friendship between his majesty. the King
Of Prussia. his heirs. successors, and
subjects on the one Part, and the United
states OF America ON the other. with
out exception of persons or places.
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who is the senior eighth grade teacher
in the Dennison, is noted for her con-
scientious thoroughness. As her pupils
say, she is strict" but they are old
enough to know that it is for their own
good.
They Believe in Dust.
The little first-grade charges of Miss
Roomo. at the Barrett School. are well
looked after. Miss Roome's duties are
manifold, and she attends sometimes to
the physical as we'll as the mental
needs Of her pupils. who. realizing. per-
haps, that humanity is but dust, minglo
with that element as found in the
streets as in congenial element. The
result of this practical exemplification
of a great general truth is that Miss
Roome is sometimes compelled to nxor-
else on them soap and water and good
toweling. They are. nevertheless. a
most promising lot of Juveniles.
Little Marguerite Ray.
There is little Marguerite Ray, for in
stance, whose mental activity shines
forth in her face, and who, with mercu-
rial liveliness unites strict regard
for the proprieties, and on all serious
and solemn occasions exhibits corre-
spending stcadiness OF demeanor.
Charles Remberg. and his sister Rita,
give every evidence OF becoming brill
liant scholars Among the little ones
who her take kindly 10 the pursuit of
knowledge are Mary Simon. Olga Pardce.
Christine Albertson, and last. but not
least. Jake Hermann, who is one OF the
largest boys OF his age in school. At
the Harrison School the seventh and
eighth grades are famous for brilliant
pupils, in the foremost ranks of whom
is Terry Hackctt, his little sister Grace
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The Show School.
DGK T OREAT BARON STEN Our RVOUTNMARY STRUOOB ::

dismissed from Vienna by Maria Their
esa. In Berlin. where Benjamin Frank
Inns genius had paved the way for his
smaller light, Lee was received respect
fully in the capacity Of envoy Of their
high mightinesses." the American col
onies.
True. Franklin had had to pocket this
from Frederick when he requested as
sistance for our country. Tell me"
said the King. how you would employ
that assistance?'
In securing liberty. the natural prlvi-
lege OF men," replied Franklin.
Whereupon Frederick. after mo-
ment's reflection, said: Born OF a
royal family, and become King. | will
not employ my power to spoil the trade,
was born to command and the people
10 obey" Still. Lees prolonged stay in
Berlin proved that those sentiments
were not taken too literally by the col
onies. Neither did the Britannia cab
met regard them as indicative of Fred
erick's disinterestedness in the Ameri-
can cause. On the contrary. the Eng
lish had a shrewd notion that Frederick
was concerning himself with the "guid-
ance and the encouragement of the
American war" Hence the burglary Of
Lees dispatch box, Of which Frederick's s
letter gives a mild and somewhat inac-
curate account.
1t happened after Frankiln's and Lees
eloquence had raised in Frederick the
question, Have you Americans got TO
sucb condition that can with safety
and advantage make a treaty Of com
merce with you?' His minister. S2hul-
enburg. interviewed Lee and reported:
NO. your majesty, Lee and .ais people
are not in such a condition. Where
upon his majesty replied: We'll. let
him Lee) walt till they are" And Lee
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common in the West. has two jaws and
can eat. Usually when they arrive In any
numbers at all. everything green for
miles around is completely swallowed
up and disappears.
The cicada. however, has no jaws
and cannot eat when once above the
surface OF the ground. 1t may absorb
dew and dampness. but 1t cannot eat
/ hardly think the cicada would supply
nourishment enough for man to live
upon. although the grasshopper. ur To-
Gust proper. which is eating all the
time, might The cicada instead of hav-
ing jaws has simply sharp pointed
beak, which it can sink into rootlet
under the ground and suck out the sap,
but IL cannot eat at all above the
ground.
THE French eat locusts as II luxury.
but they do not eat them alone. They
are served with kidneys. sweetbreads or
other dishes, and they appear to enjoy
them immensely | cannot say that the
locust dishes which | have tasted were
in any way enjoyable. There is little or
TO flavor to it, although. OF course. any
sort Of flavor can be given any dish. and
you hardly know you are eating any
thing at ALL"
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:. LOCUSTS AS LUXURY FOR THE TABLE. ::

II HAT locust feast which was last
week served at Hamilton, Md,
L has served to develop prominent
ly the fact that John the Bap-
lists example has been followed by a
not inconsiderable number OF mode-ns.
The server of the Hamilton dinner ia
an ice-cream manufacturer. but con-
tends, nevertheless. that locusts are not
only fit for human food. but are, in fact.
a luxury. So he feasted his friends upon
locust soup. broiled and fried locust,
stewed locust. and locusts served in
pies and otherwise.
Some of the members Of his family
looked with distress upon the locust as
an article of food and were disposed to
await atrial by his friends before they
themselves partook
There is, however indisputable evil
dence that the locust is not only edible
but In some parts of the world consid-
cred dish calculated to please the
most exacting epicure. In France To-
,usts are served with kidneys and with
,weetbreads, and in various forms are
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peace was not precious to him at that
time of life. He had no desire to risk
the laurels that had cost him his youth.
his love of mankind. 10000 soldiers and
900. 900 subjects killed. outraged and
starved to death-every ninth person
missing in the Kingdom of Prussia when
peace was signed at Hubertusburg-he
was not eager; nay. indeed, he was very
much opposed to tempt fate again. Let
them (the colonies) wait"
But Washington's defeat at Brandy
wine september III and at Germantown
October a reused the sympathy of the
old warrior. He had been there himself.
visions of Kollin and Hochkirch rose in
his mind. He sent us Steuben. Kalb. too
was a royal Prussian subject. though u
French officer.
There are people who think that Baron
Steuben placed his wide knowledge. his
strategic prowess. all he learned in the
greatest military school of the century
at the disposal of the American mill
tary school of the century, at the dis
PtSeAl VI Tue shllltllNtti NOlthAtS VI
own accord. The adjutant general of his
Prussian majesty, the man who fought
by Frederick's side at Prague. Ross
bach and Kunersdorf. Grand Marshal Of
the Prince of Hohenzollern. entering
anothers military service. the army of
country in revolt egainst kingly au-
thcrity. as n private individual-one
might as soon believe that Burgoyne
surrendered at Saratoga for the glory
It would bring to the British arms
There was Cnly one George Washing
ton. and Steuben was sorely needed
When the great strategist's tried lieu
tenant arrived Washington must have
experienced something akin to the feel
Ing that, afterward. swelled Yelling
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THE agitation which has been
aroused by the Kaiser's proposed
i gift of a statue of Frederick the
Great to this country, has
brought out a number of versions OF the
attitude OF the Prussian warrior toward
the young Republic. Most Of these tend
ed TO show that Frederick and the ends
toward which Frederick strove were en-
tirely incompatible with the spirit Of
America. and that statue Of him in the
capital of free country would be. to
say the least, Inappropriate.
Some Of those who have been writing
upon the subject, however, declare that
Frederick was not only a friend and ad-
mirer of Washington. but an earnest
and efficient helper in the struggle which
Washington headed, and that the Ameri-
can people owe the Prussian King an
immense debt OF gratitude.
From Prussia's secret archives is
culled the following from Frederick II
TO his brother Henry:
"Potsdam. June 29. 1777-There has
iust occurred a strange thing at Berlin.
Three days ago. in The absence of the
Sieur Lee. envoy of the American col
onies. the envoy OF England went 10 the
inn where Lee lodged and carried of
his portfolio. II seems he was in fear.
however. and threw IT down. without
opening It. on the stairs. All Berlin
is talking OF Il. II one were to act
with rigor IL would be necessary 10 for
bid this man the court. since he has
committed a public theft: but. not TO
make n noise. ! suppress the thing.
shrn't fail. however. 10 write to Eng
land about IT and indicate that there
were other ways Of dealing with such
n matter. for that chosen was impertin-
.nt.-F."
.c,.--.- -. fhrfhrr r~-l had h"n'
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what ingenuity lies In little fingers, aud
what pretty things they make out Of
gaily colored stuffs. clay. etc.
Sand, contained in long. low tray
upon legs, forms one of their working
materials. and In this perishable stun
rooms. or whatever may happen to
strike the teacher as good exercise for
their cloverness.
In the First Grade.
The first grade Is the next step above
the kindergarten. Here the rudiments
of learning are begun in earnest. though
through means go agreeable and rational
that the little ones scarcely, perhaps.
realize that they are now fairly started
on the real business OF school life. The
key note OF the entire system pursued
schools is struck in the first grade.
though, of course, new studies are added.
and the amount of work is increased 10
keep pace with the development of the
scholar. The pupils in the elementary
grades are allowed plenty OF improving
exercise in the open air.
They are taught, in the first place.
to observe. to use their eyes. When a
teacher takes a class out, she stops
them, perhaps, at the letter box on the
corner. and explains to them the mar
yels OF our great mail system: how the
letter dropped in this little receptacle.
will reach its destination. no matter how
far away, with unerring accuracy and
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promptness. So many things which the
little scholars are used to see every
day in their lives. form subjects for
instructive lessons on their real sig
nificance and utility.
The Suggestive Ice Cart.
The ice cart is replete with sugges-
tion. and subject for instruction-as. for
instance. how the luxury that has be-
come a necessity is brought down from
Maine on the big schooners that lie
alongside the excursion steamers at the
wharves; or how human ingenuity. that
commands some OF the powers Of nature.
makes the ice during the hottest summer
weather.
The compositions of the first grade
pupils consist, for the most part, of SIM
pie statements OF what they have OBJ
served, or rather. what they have been
told to observe, and the wonder is that
children so young. most of them be-
tween six and seven years Of age. can
write compositions at all. A set Of es-
says on the subject of the robin was
prepared in this wise: The children
were told to go into an adjacent park
every morning before school hours and
study the robins, which flock there in
numbers. This the young naturalists
faithfully did. and afterward recorded
their observations. very intelligently.
too, in writing.
Can Write Before He Reads.
The pupil entering the first grade
usually knows nothing of reading or
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being the headquarters of the superin-
tendent. Miss Hardy teaches one of the
first grades Of the Franklin with unvary-
clever lot OF little folks under her
charge Among the latter are three lit
tie Cuban giris, Helena Viilalpando. or,
in fe- native language Marina Elena de
Tanos Y'moses; and Amelia and Stella
Amores.
Miss Brown. normal school teacher,
sometimes relieves Miss Hardy. and two
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more urbane and charming young ladie!
could scarcely be found.
Fit the Teaching to the Child.

Even the casual visitor who makes a
tour of inspection OF public school can
not but be impressed by the excellent
method that prevails. and the gratifying
results obtained as exemplified in the
work OF the scholars. Starting with
the kindergarten There are about fifteen
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public kindergartens in this city,, one
sees little tots of from four to six years
of age working zealously at mental i'm
provement through means that appeal to
their infantile sympathies. For about
an hour and a half in the morning they
work in the garden itself. and here we
see the veritable fruits Of their labor in
luscious vegetables. such as radlshes and
lettuce.
Inside, in the school room. their little
chairs are arranged in circle (emblem-
attic of fraternity. and here they sit 10
sin. their songs. and turn out ingenious
patterns in colored worsted and paper.
Everything around the walls is cheerful
and bright. indicative of child life aud
aspiration. It is very striking to see
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dition'' to be treated as an independent
nation.
After thought" say some. Frederick
did not raise finger in our interest un-
SO with safety and advantage" For this
he can hardly be blamed. Knowing little
OF us and of the stuff we are made Of,
his sympathIes, moreover, being with
the monarchical system, why should he,
with Franklin's, Il have long been Of
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opinion that the foundations Of the fu-
turc grandeur and stability of the Brit
ish empire lie in America" echoing in
his mind. take the same Frankltn's
word for it that he ought to give as
sistance to the revolving colonies?
Besides, in 1777. Frederick was not
courting bellicose complications. I'm
forgotten though England's treachery Of
1875 was. his war on account of the
Bayarian succession Q77sJ proved that
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waited. But after the dispatch box in
cidcnt IT was. OF course. for the time
being impracticable for Frederick to
conclude negotiations with one who had
allowed himself TO be outgenerGled by
those burglarious English. Our treaty of
amity and commerce with Prussia was
not signed until eight years later. when
the results of our six years strife had
convinced the hero of the seven years
war that the Americans were in a con-
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DEVE[ OPED IN OURM0DEL SCHOOLS

Foreign Visitors Asonshed by the Lack Of RgdU in the
Discipline and the Manifestation Of Democracy as Shown
in the Association in One Schooroon Of Children of All
Classes and Conditions from the Son Of the President to
the Child Of the Lowest Day Ldborer-A Few of the
Brightest Of the Hundreds of Bright Pupils.
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BRIGHT BOYS AND

IN the National Capital Can the American System Of Free
Public Education, Be Studied to the Best Advantage, and
Here Also Are TO Be Found the Teachers and Pupils
Who Excel in All Branches Of Their Work-Praoti-
caliN and Common Sense the Guides from the Kinder
garteR Up to the Highest Grade.
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being one of the leaders in the fourth
grade of the same school. Ruth Lem
mon. whose eldest sister is one of the
years graduates at the Business High
School. though only thirteen years of
age. is esteemed one Of the brightest
pupils in the seventh grade OF Harrison.
Etelka Michselson is a very bright
member of the same grade.
The Show School.
The Franklin is, par excellence. the
show school of the city. by reason Of its