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ton, or none at all, of what duty means
Their idea seems to be to shove off their
child en- on anybody who will care for them.
Nest mothers down here would be
delighted to have their chill lren fed at the
citys expense Why, they don't object
at all to sending them away to any ms j.
tuition on earth, provided they themselves
are relieved of all responsibility.
Il don't mean to say, of course that
there are not notable exceptions to this
rule And it is the children of the excep-
lions who seldom 60 hungry In any
case, i don't know Of any pupils in this
school who are handicapped in learning
their lessons because of hunger
"The population in this sec, ion is mostly
foreign. Russians, Hebrews. Italians,
Poles, Germans are thickest, and for
eigners, as a rule, believe in at least one
hearty meal day. When the children
suffer mcst from hunger is, think, in the
morning; and that dozens of them come
to school with nothing more staying in
their stomach than a glass of soda water
or some cheap candy, am sure
@You see, it Is this way: five times out Of
ten, say, the mother, as we'll as the father,
suppcsing there is a father. goes out to
work by the day, starting at O'Clock, or
earlier. and leaving the children asleep.
There may be plenty Of bread and butter
left on the table for their breakfeast but,
unfortunately. this Is fanked with few
cents to be spent for extras.
"Well. the youngsters usually get up late,
and in the scurry OF getting or in time they
cut out the bread and butter and on the way
to school spend the cash at the nearest
candy shop. More than once when have
been suspicious and put the question, What
did YOU have for breakfastY a little boy or
girl would pipe up, Soda water
AT the lunch hour, though. nearly all the
children 90 home to il up on something or
other. What sort of luncheons do they
have? As far as know, princir ally bread
and butter, cheese, bologna sausage, milk
or coffee.
II fancy they don't have many daintiee
for lunch or many hot dishes. 1t is in the
evening after the mother Fe's home that
the beartiest meal is cooked and eaten
courle OF blocks aw ay Fl ON this luild-
ing ia the Rivington street school, which is
attended by 1000 boys and which is in
charge OF PRINCIPAL who has been at the
same post for nearly forty years, This man
knows not only tIle W. o. WV uioo VIC i'it'
borhood horougbly-knows the hal its md
the financial status Of neai ly ell the families
whose children attend the school.
Am,np ItIe umrs lie inG, what trey
eat: and re saws u e Toys Of his scfcol eat
hea, tv food and plenty Of it. Lie tie
Chrystie st, eet PRINCIPAL, he thinks that
CAGES OF ext enc pove tv are rare in tie
locality Well meaning er IONS, he adds,
IN m
York as { sums and mentally pictu,
it's population as living from hand to MOUTH
make hig mistake.
THE majority Of the families around here
have more spare cash than have the
PRINCIPAL SAID. THE other day l stepr ed
into a store at the corner to get ten dona'
bill changed.
~ can't do it, said the proprietor, but
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moves like waves Of the sea as you watch l.,
and fronting the mass a solitary figure,
his hands crossed on the top Of a stick
and the head OF a collie dog resting against
his knee, watches the scene
You skirt the n eadow, softly quoting the
familiar line. Gentle shepherd, tell ne
where And when you reach hi and sit
by his side and show him the card he is
as gentle as you could wish
And your hand resting on Jacks head,
g. 900 Jack, who is just as plain and unpre-
tending as II he were only twope1ny Jack,
the sher h ard tells you Of other dogs he has
known. dogs who have with him watched
the sheep from in the morning until at
night, and, their duties over, have been laid
to res, in unknown graves In the Park.
One dog he had nineteen years. and it is
Of hi n he spe2ks oftenest. One English
sheep dog, the gift of Mayor Grace, was
also favorite.
And Jack? Jack is named for his giver,
and he is a great care. it is true. He can
have only one meal day for fear Of over
feeding, and the attendant heaviness and
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hazel eyes that repeat the tawny tint Of
his coat. Under his face is an exI anse
of soft white hair, which in moments of ex-
citement stands out like an ecclesiastical
ruff. There are many moments when
Jack suggests an archbishop.
He stands obedently to be weighed, and
then. like shepherd in a fairy tale, his
master talks of him and OF other dogs and
about his life. While you are making a
mental word painting of all this, the
artist, you can see by certain light in her
face, is doing a soft crayon Of the sleep
and the dog and the shepherd. Then the
shepherd saws:
Don't write anything about this. will
you, Miss? And don't make a picture of
the dog, will you. Miss, either? You mustn't.
amt expected to talk like this and to show
Il @ dog"
Jack sides with his master and bristles
thrcateningiy. He doesn't know what it's
all about, but he knows his master is right,
and that's all a good dog is required to
know.
And you promise, not becauso you are
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heart failing. and he must be seaiously
watched, for there are base souls who would
not hesitate to steal him But 1t s with
Jack as with everything else In the world,
the greater care, the greater affection.
The shepherd has been at work In the
Park for more than forty years, and for
the last twenty -nine has been caring for
the sheep.
Every day until the snow comes he leads
them In the early morn, when the Park
Is free from visitors and noise, to the II cen;
and every day he watches while they
nibble, nibble, nibble till the turf Is close
cropped like beautiful soft rug dyed to
just the right tint to set of the sky and
trees and flowers.
And he tells you how, since his task as
shepherd began he has seen the change
in the Park: how every year more and
more people come to walk and drive and
play, and from being a sparsely frequented
place II is now crowded. In the years gone
by he and the sheep used to wander slowly
across the wide v est Drive that sspal ate
the meadow from the sheepfold and never
have to look to left or right, but now he and
his dog have to be very careful. and when
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afraid Of Jack--not at all-but because
Of the expression In the shepherds eye
as he asks you. But your promise ends
with an unless"
And the unless takes you the next day
to the Arsenal in the Park, to the DIRECTOR
room, and he writes on nice, white card
that the sher herd Is to talk and to let the
dog's picture be taken, and the whole court
esy OF the sheepfold is extended to you.
II Is lovely autumn day a, you take your
walk az ross to find the sheI herd again. Tho
sky Is a deep blue, and ore an allie loud goes
sailing &C ross II looking for another. Here
and there you get masses Of color, red and
orange, for the sunni or flowers are replaced
by gorgeous, hardy blooms.
Across the playground, whose carpet Is
still es green and fresh as II 1t had never
been trod. Ia a dun colored mass which
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PUPILSDON'T NEEDFREE MEALS
so SAY PRINCIPALS OF THE PUB-
Lie SCHOOLS.

II Some Children Go without Breakfast
Poverty Is Not the Cause-Nloney + asy
on the East Side Housek ee ping OF a
Little Mothcr-The Free Meal Plan.
Far better for a child is meal Of bread
and cheese provided by his parents than
an elaborate course dinner furnished by
charity" remarked the principal Of one
Of the New York public schools, with an
air Of conviction.
But is the bread and cheese always
VGthcoming?" listener asked.
That same question has heen asked
Ser and over again in New York OF late
and for this reason
Not long ago DR.. Maxwell, Superin-
tendent OF Public Schools, suggested in
the course Of an address that the apparently
losing fight that many New York children
put up to conquer the three RS" was caused
by a lack Of nourishment, and he tentatively
proposed that the city should surTly teef
steak and baked beans or their equivalent
along Nth free spelling books and arith-
metics.
Since then many persons have taken a
lively interest in the quantity and quality
Of the fare Of school children, more es-
pecialy those who live in crowded tene-
ment districts What do the children OF
the tenements get to eat, anyway? these
persons ask. Do they go to school well
fed or breakfastless? What about the
midday meals it cold lunch or hearty
dinner, or neither2
Incidentally. another question Is being
turned over with more or less interest by
school teachers and principals. 1t is this:
Slpposing there are hundreds OF children
in the public schools who at times are re-
duoed to half rations or less. How is that
condition to he remedied? In very many
cases, they say, il is not traceable TO
lack of money wherewith to buy food.
For instance in certain districts on the
lower East Side, popularity supposed TO be
the very poorest, as they are certainly the
most crowded, in the city, experts say that
money is easy, that as rule pupils have
cents a-plenty to spend as they please.
There are TWO principals at least in that
locality who are very certain of this fact.
One of them has charge OF a school in
Chrystie street, a thoroughfare which
swarms with children from early morning
TIL late at night. She is not willing to
state that none Of her charges ever goes
hungry because there is no money in the
house n, buy food. but she is very sure
that such a thing does not occur often.
II is astonishing" said she ito see how
much money children in this school have
70 spe ad-more than l have, I am sure
This faone shows that money is tolerably
easy b their homes.
Nevertheless, it is quite possible that
many children in this school don't always
get enough to eat, for this reason: In this
community | find that parents In general,
mothers in particular, have little concep-
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herd tells how he came over when he was
mere lad from the old country and how
this In an abasl ed way--he married ,SouAg
and how his own Cock has been Mought
up. some to die, some to wander away,
and he Is left with his wife and they live by
the side Of the sheep and near Jack, and
that life is hard on POOR man and that
he's afraid now he'll never get TO 60 back,
though he had dreamed once
And the visitor says a word, just word,
about some beat tiful lakes she once saw.
II is near them the shepherd es born.
And the Lakes OF kiarney'--how tho
shepherd rolls that Killarney - they are
just as beautiful. and nothing's been done
TO Aurt them-you don't sayf And Muck
ross Abbey. with the ivy still all over the
ground. you don't say? And the Irish
jaunting cars, you don't say2, And for
the frat time the face Of the shepherd Is
wreathed with smiles. ssy
But the day Ia over, II ,y,it:,9g
sYa-epl Ya-ep!S Ya-ep!'
The call resourids across che meadow.
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It. There are cohwebs hanging from the
rafters. There Is a pickering light and
there are deep shadows,
II reminds you OF somethng-and all
at once you feel pain in the shoulder you
dlslocated when you fell from the haymow.
II IL funny that that scene, SO long forgotten.
should be brought to mind tiff
Then another paddock door is opened.
1t Is dark here until the shepherd throws
open a shutter which let's in food Of light
and at the same time reveals a charming
woodland scene of treetops and azure ky
You don't have time to admire it for there
is a rush and scnrry Of WELCOMING feet.
there is quick sharp Lark and Jack and
the shepherd are greeting each other.
1t is your first view of Jack. Of whom YOU
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the park--the flock Of sheep, the tall, gaunt
shepherd silhouetted against the sky or
the foliage, and by his side the famous
collie whose value in money is said to be
50 900. but whose value in the matter Of
honest worth and canine beauty could not
be estimated.
Jack takes the place Of Daisy, who. after
four years Of faithful watch and ward,
died Of pneumonia brought on by exposure
to the changing conditions Of New York's
climate The shepherds voice is a little
husky as he speaks of Daisy, and Jack. who
never met her, but has heard much Of her
gentleness and goodness, rests himself
against his mas tr's knee and looks up into
his face with hat sympathy whiclt a collie,
more than any other dog, seems able to
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way with eope raTifity through the water
and when it changes its course it careens
like some great bird in fight. <8"g
Like some other turtles, the loggerhead
an catch fish. The sna0ping turtle, for
instance, lurls in hole in the bank and
darts out its head and nabs some fab swim
ming Iast near by. The ig loggerhead,
now no longer tirdlike, but like some
armor clad creature Of the sea, sr ashes its
way into a g hool of fishes and closes its
pow erful avs on ono.
The big loggerhonds in the great central
pool may not alwa's be found IN motion;
they may be float ing at the surface OF the
water or resting at the bottom, but they.
are as likely 10 be seen swimming about
and raising their Zig heads above the
water; and in their new quarters they are
well worth going to see.
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any reason why children should be allowed
to stray about in the loose kind Of way
they have. They'd be much better OF
together In one spot, but for all he disap-
proves their methods. he does not disdain
their sticky hands on his face nor their
sticky kisses and he lets them pill his
ecclesiastical ruff without protest.
But when the shepherd returns, Jack
seems a little ashamed Of his vanity and
turns his hack on his new friends to return
TO the old.
And after they have melted away, the
trio, Jack and the shepherd and the visitor,
sit watching the sheep again and the shep-
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have heard 80 much and you are O little
disappointed to think that the beautiful
creature-for he Is eautiful-should sleep
on straw In dark loft with padlocked
door. His proper place would seem to De
a velvet oushlon-and yet, after all, velvet
cushions and scented rooms and a Wallets
attention are for darlings Of the Pomeranian
and King Charles class Jack needs none
OF them He is independent of his environ
ment.
Jacks chief proofs Of long ancestry and
right to be enrolled In the magic pages Of
the dogs volume Of Who's Who" lie In
the possession Of small bone located In the
back Of his head which you feel admiringly
under the shepherds guidance, and an
ebonized roof to his mouth, which Jack
IL made to disclose.
Jack has long, pointed face and golden,
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express.
The sheepfold and the surrounding build
ings are dull red Ike that you see In the
Larns OF New ngland The prim little
path leads to an open door and within
you find the shepherd. AS he stands in
the little room he seems more gaunt and
taller than in the open. 90
You cross the enclosure under his guild
anoe and he explains in passing that the
sheep, sixty In number. are Dorsets. Then
past some Of the horses Of the mounted
police in their stalls, and up long ladder
which gets little tiresome although you
are assured by the shepherd that there il
plenty Of room at the top. There is a smell
OF straw, and Of day and OF scented grass
In the air Of the loft when you finally reach
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To Grave In Farm WAGON.
From the London Teltcroph.

Though a wealthy landowner in Surrey.
Mr.. John lines. j. p. had n simple funeral
yesterday in Merton Churchyard. By his
desire the ceremony was Of rustic character
The coffin was placed in a wagon. and drawn
by four farm horses from Manor Hall. the
residence Of Mr.. lines. through Wimbledon
to Merton. A large party Of laborers fol-
lowed In their farm attire. In the wagon
we're placed several sheaves OF wheat. Hun
dreds Of spectators witnessed the remark
able procession.
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First one sheep raises it's head medita-
lively. then another and another. Finally
the sixty are aware that they have been
disturbed. 1t takes them a moment longer
to know why. Then with one impulse
they come. awkward legged and heads
his stick.
Jack, released from leader and authority,
races about the outskirts, playfullv rubbing
up against one and another until. q com.
pact mass, they start for the fold.
At the edge of the drive blue-coated
arm goes up. Traffic is suspended. One
and another say: "The shepherd and the
sheep They cross in safety and in q
moment arr bounding through the en-
trance of the enclosure.
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sYa-ep! va-epl ya-epl"

How many OF those who frequent the
park have heard that cry, and, hearing It,
have known what it signifes' 1t is safe
to say that many Of the children recognized
it, for the chldren's little ears are very
near TO the ground. and great deal that
escapes the attention of the grown-ups
comes TO them. ,..
.Ya-ep." is the cry OF the shepherd calling
his sheep. And the sheep, hearing his
voice, stop nibbling the grass, slowly lift
their heads, to be sure that 1t Is the right
voice, then, budding together. come bound
Ing over the greensward toward the shep-
herd. who stands waiting to lead them
home to the sheepfold.
They form one Of the pretty pictures in
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Demanding T1,s I'm Face OF pestn.

From Repaoids's Newspaper. -
Money is so hardy earned by the Psrisfzn
workman and work woman. and existence q
such struggle. That We need not wonder
at the deadly tenecity with which earnings arc
cutched at When some years aeo the Opera
CONTINUE blazed amid a scene awful as that OF
a battlefield. the women attendants thought
Of their tips. the half-franc due here and there
for footstool. Unmindful Of their own
fro, bessie cling Authenticated. half-demented
creatures for their money. T.
similar scene happened during the ter
rible catastrophe on the Paris underground
rail way last year. Although the delay of Q
few seconds might mean life or death. many
statan cemnrine for the ren,r me az tbs forl
feited twopenny ticket r.-
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Some Children Go without Breakfast,
Poverty Is Not the Cause-'ioney Easy
on the East SIde--HOusekee3 ping OF
Little MOthcr--The Free Meal Plan.
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KUR0Kl AND OKU
CAN EASILY JOIN
General karopatkin win Have
Two Armies to Reckon With
Battle CANNOT BE AVOIDED
TWO OR THREE SMALL sKIR-
MISSILES REPORrED.

st. Petersburg. June 2s.-u.10 p. M
The expectation Of q great battle has
been intensified by General Kuropat-
kin's speech TO General StakeIbergs
corps on Monday at Kai Chou, when
the commander-in-ch said he would
see the troops again soon. thar they
must settle the Japanese promptly ana
mat they were not going home until
this had been done. The general is un-
dersto0d to have meant that be would
return from Lao Yang with q large
Iofce and give battle Ii Is pointed
out taat ne can afford to leave a COM
paratively small garrison at Lao Yang
in view of the absence of any direct
advance from Feng Wang Cheng. In
me opinion of many conservative milf
Jarg men kurOpatkin's Messing Of
troops az kat Chou does not necessari-
~ indicate his intention 10 give battle.
Out merely 20 cheek the japanese adj
vance and defer the occupation of New
Chuang, the possession of which would
De Of great advantage to the japanese
during the rainy season, amOrding the
enemy housing accommodations and
enabling them to land supplies and
harass the Russians
The occupation of SiunE 70 Shan bv
q japanese detachment indicates that
the connection between the eueny's
armies Is practically assured. Sung
70 shan is half way between General
Oku's and General Kur0kfs positions
az Senuchen and Stu Yen, respectively
10 the opinion Of the general stan the
Sung 70 shan detachment is an OUT
post OF the Stu Yen army or of another
force, recently landed at Ching Tai
Isze. The roads from Stu Tien and
ching Tai Tsze pass Sung 70 shan.
whence they proceed respectively to
senuchen and Kai Chou The infor-
nation Of the war Office accounts for
the position Of twelve japanese divis-
ions The whereabouts Of two others is
unknown These are the Sixth and
seventh which probably were the last
70 arrive, as they come from Hakodate.
one or both may have just landed
furnishing q link between the armies
of Kuroki and Oku.
According to the latest reports gku's
main army is stilI several miles south
Of Senuchen.
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STREET CAR ACCIDENT
Little Girl Killed and Several
Persons Injured at Lima,
Ohio.

Lima, O., June 23.-One passenger was
fatally injured and a dozen more or less
seriously hurt in a collision between a
Lima City street car and a western Ohio
special suburban car here this evening.
The dead:
Lorena Nichols Kipling. or Kippens, Of
Spokane. wash, aged s years.
Seriously injured:
Miss Ruth Maus. Lafayette. O., left leg
broken.
Miss Leona Alfretta. an actress Of Co
lumbia. internal injuries.
Ten persons who live in Lima were also
hurt
The cars were both entering a switch
ana the suburban car Gide-sWiped the
city car, iamming the first half dozen
seats of that car together. which caused
the passengers to suffer broken legs, Lo-
rena KipIing or Kippens had her left leg
terribly crushed She was taken TO a
hospital. where the limb was amputated,
but she died from the shock.
Many of the passengers were going TO
or returning from an outing conducted by
the Knights of Columbus.
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KURoPATKIN's REPORT.
japanese Movements as Observed by
the Russians.

the Russians.
St. Petersburg, June 23-Emperor. Mich
oias has received the following dispatch
from General Kuropatkin, under date Of
Juue 81.
PA japanese army from Kai Chau is
gradually advancing northward.
General kuroki advance from Stu
Yen has been suspended evidently to ef-
feet an alignment OF the two armies
The strength of the enemy's van
guard is approximately a division and
several squadrOns of cavalry, and the Stu
Yen force of nine squadrOus supported by
q strong column OF infantry toward the
south.
THE enemy's position on June 10 and
June u extended within seven miles
sOuthward 10 Semuchen. along a line
from the sea to the mountainous and
difficult district east of the railway.
The enemy.S advance lines are being
strongly held by cavalry and a screen of
infantry. The passes and dafiles in the
mountains Of the railway are also vigil
"A strong movement of japanese
mounted patrols with infantry supports
was noted June % from in the after
noon onward. We had no losses in the
firing which ensued. while the Japanese
had several killed and wounded.
An increase in the japanese forces has
near the villages OF ManZeapudze, TAX
ziapudZe and Khakahei ReinfOrCements
are also reaching the japanese at the
furthest point Of the road between Siu
Yen and Tancm via Palahanlou and
SiakhOtau.
The japanese are erecting field foru-
ficauons on the road from Sin Yen 20
kai Chau
'sThe enemy's outposts have occupied
the pass between Heaugrabei and Pal
Chang on the northern road nine and a
halt miles east Of Siakhotan and the
ChaDau pass, seven and a half miles
south of Siakhotau.
ION June 10 two COsSackS were wound
ed by Chinese ruffians.
The Japanese have fortified kuau-
Diau-Sl o, mounting eighteen guns. with
q strong screen.
''The enemy has occupied the village Ot
Sapenhai. twenty-five miles northeast Of
Seimatze, aud IS firmly entrenched.'