The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-08-04

. ne miSht nave uohe mucll
! worse. Some there are
@o< who cannot sleep at all;
some who lie wide eyed and restless on
the silken couch of care. Some there
are who would sleep, but who have no
place wherewith to lay their weary
heads. Isidor Salinsky belonged to
neither class. He was sleeper, and
he had place to sleep, and according,
ly, he slept.
The bathtub in question was sta
tionary one, and occupied that portion
of the Salinsky kitchen just between
the stove on the one hand and the sink
on the other. Not only was the bath
tub a stationary affair. but little Isl
doris bedding. which filled it, was also
stationary. On no pretext was it dis
turbed.
The bathtub had not always been on
hand; but the landlord of the tenement.
who had some peculiar ideas about hy-
giene and cleanliness, had, out of the
goodness of his heart, furnished each
family with one. And in all the house
there was no family who hailed the in
novation with such joy as did the Sa-
linsky family. Tie frs night that it
was there the elder Salinsky, father of
the younger one, grasped at once it's
portent, for the instant he saw it he
stepped to where young Isidor slept
on the floor and dumped him, neck and
heels, into the tub. It was just the
proper length.
"a fit! fitv' cried the elder Salin-
sky, who was employed somewhere
in the depths of the clothing trade; "a
lovely fit! What would We have done
without it,"
And to come down to fine point, to
what better use could the tub be put?
Otherwise it had been mere orna-
ment, a useless luxury to be deplored
rather than admired. But now-it was
superb.
Isidore Salinsky lived in the Four
teenth Ward. In the Fourteenth Ward
there was public school.
There was one public school in the
city where teachers were paid $40
more month than at the other
schools. The Fourteenth Ward was
that school. 1t was situated down
Neck" with all that implies. 1t was
on the other side of the canal. 1t had
a record. The teachers earned their
money. 1t might be said that they
were tillers of the soil, for in a very
large degree their charges were identi-
fed with that particular article. They
did their work. They took the raw
material out Of the gutter, and turned
It out at the end Of few years clean
and white and beautiful to look upon.
The record for dirt in the Fourteenth
Ward School had been held for some
Six months by young Abe Abramson.
On the dirt question no one could ap-
proach him-and no one cared to. But
that was before Isidor Salinsky en-
tered the arena of events. Miss Van
Steenbergh, a girl in her teens, had
charge of the third year at the Four
teenth Ward School. This is two years
higher than the sand-playing clay
modelling class. Abe Abramson was
of this class, and it was into this class
that Isidor Salinsky impelled himself.
And the instant that he entered the
door Miss Van Steenbergh knew that
Abe Abramson's reign was over
knew that Isidor Salinsky was the
champion of the world.
At the close of the day she took Isl
dor to one side and interviewed him po-
itely on the subject.
''Isidor," she explained in as delicate
q manner as was possible, you are.
oh, so dirty! You must wash your
face and hands and keep yourself
clean. You-you must take a bath. l.
want you give this note to your moth
er when you so home. Will you:'
''She won't take q bath, what do you
Think" remarked Isidor all in one
breath. Then he added: My father
says that maybe next summer, When it
gets warm again, maybe 1 can take q
bath. I don't know" he continued, re-
fiectively. Il don't know if 1 had one
last summer or not. fergit''
Miss Van Steenbergh shook her head
II know" she went on. But you
must take bath now. Haven't you
bathtub in your house, or some soap
or something? You must keep clean
or we can't have you here, you know
Isidore looked at her reproachfully
"a bathtub!"' he exclaimed. Il stay
in one every night. Sure"
The teacher smiled upon him. "I'l
tell you what to do she said. "Wher
you go home, turn on the water in the
tub. and fill it full. and get in. It's
lo;s of fun-and there are cutie q lo1
of little boys who do it. You car
splash around all you want to. You'll
try it, won't you:''
He looked at her aghast. But my