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New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
GREETING MIR. CHICKEN.

Miss Barr is one OF the latter. She wears a
dress Of plain material but II is fresh laundered.
and in il she looks like a morning glory just
Her hair is done up in a coil the top OF her
head and there is a dainty bow at her throat.
The first pupil TO arrive at her door is a big,
awkward Hungarian OF perhaps thirty.
Good evening, Mr.. Chicken" says Miss Barr,
thrusting out her right hand and smiling till the
diGples in either cheek make her irresistible.
A grin overspreads the face of the numbering,
ungainly Hun, who wears the garb of laborer
and coarse, heavy shoes. 1t is evident he is
nightly pleased. But. though he is rough and
rnoouth in appearance, there is gentleness in
LIS every action.
GOOD evening"" he says shaking hands with
tsia schoolnla'am- I've got my lesson tonight
tyts mad 10 study while / was driving the
wagon 10 do It."
Good" said Miss Barr. and Mr.. Chicken
passed on into the schoolroom.
~Ah, Hiss Angel Food" exclaims Miss Barr
the next instant, extending the same welcoming
hand TO the next pupil; how do you do?"
There is a slight incongruity between the
name and the pupil In this case, for Miss Angel
Foods ancestors came over from Guinea in a
Dahomeyan in her native wiids But she is a
cook in a wealthy mans kitchen and in the
game of Grocer" the previous night received
the appelation of Angel Food in honor of her
expressed desire TO learn TO read English that
she might study the cook books and discover
more ways 10 make appetizng and delicious
naorSelS Tor the table of her mistress.
"oh, I'm pretty WELL" responds Miss Angel
Food TO Miss Bars greeting. Il learned to
make the A, b, C's down to last night and
IN an spell all them big words you gave me-"
AAose big words, you mean," said Miss Barr.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
4 [IVERWURST
SCHOOL COURSE.
QUEER WAY TO TEACH
FOREIGNERS ENGLISH.
Tafroduccd by a Young Chicago
Pcdagoguc, 1t Seems to
WOrk Vel.

e,,, and unique system of public instruc-
tioD. designed to make the learning OF hhsiie"
easv and quickly to transform Immigrants
into oatriotic American citizens, has been IN
veuted and put in effect by young woman
,eac.er in the night schools of Chicago.
T-n6er this system the pupils impersonate veg
e,a],,es or meats, cheerfully taking such names
far themselves as Liver Sausage PORK
C-bops" " ..Sirlon" "Rump Steak 'OX Iall'
..,-abbage." Onions Cucumber" and Mus
,afd'. At other times they answer to the cog
rornens Of Roosevelt" Cleveland" TAFT
Bryan" Root" "Bonaparte"-thouGh that Is
an application which most Of them abhor be-
cause Of the European memories it revives-
Justice Fuller Admiral Dewey and Gen
eral Grant"
AS Sausage" and Onions" they gleefully
permit themselves to be bought and sold over
the imaginary counters OF the butcher and gro
GER As Roosevelt and cleveland" they run
for president" or administer affairs of state
from the White House." In the role of ami
mated vegetables and meats they learn to
speak and write the English language cor
rectiy and at the same time they exercise their
wits in the operations of trade. While mag
lining they are Roosevelt ct al. they also learn
English. and besides get an insight into the
elective and governmental systems of the
United States, the country of their adoption.
Most of the pupils where this innovation is
practised are adults, immigrants from Hun
gary, who have been in this country from
month to d year more Their school ses-
siOnS present amusing scenes and beWllderlng
antics, but the men and women pupils like
the strange method of teaching and enter into
il with all the zeSt Of American sChoOlbOy
in football contest or a Fourth Of July cee-
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
GETS A GOOSE.

Got a nice fat goose?" she asks of ths
butcher
Have you nice fat goose?" corrects Miss
Barr, speaking to Angel Food.
The negro cook repeats the question as cor
rected, and Vik, the comedian butcher with a
sly glance at the brawny pupil who has assumed
the name of Goose, says:
Yes, big, tender one"
Let me see it, please" begs Angel Food
Vik goes down the aisle. takes Goose by
one arm and leads MIN up to the meat counter"
Il guess he's tender sho 'nOugh," says Angel
Food, carefully scrutiniing the mans broad
shoulders.
Sure enough" again corrects Miss Barr
Sure enough repeats Angel Food. He'll
do. What does he weigh
Twelve pounds" answers the butcher, after a
minutes deep thought.
Everybody laughs. 1t is evident Goose
weighs nearly $50 pounds at least and is tough
enough. but he is being sold for twelve and
tender ViI1 takes a piece of paper and makes
goose. Just he finishes the knot and snaps
the cord Angel Food asks:
How much is it?
his brows as if troubled with a problem OF
frenzied finance. He is not yet as quick with
figures as with words. Finally he stammers:
Two dollars and eighty-eight cents"
What! 81 IS for that goose?" excaims An
gel Food Indignantly, for she has an idea what
housewives have to pay for meats even in these
times of high prices. That's too much; it's
outrageous. won't pay it
Miss Barr also declares the price is extortion-
ate, whereupon Nik cuts the price to IL cents
pound and closes the sale. Goose then
required TO deliver himself at Angel Foods
kitchen.
From the butcher shop Goose transfers him
self to the blackboard, whereoc. haStng learned
to make the English letters and being told how
to spell goose. he writes his name, and then
figures out how much Angel Food is to pay
for him Afterward he resumes his seat.
Miss Barr and her shopping companion go TO
the grocers. where they first buy lemon, prac-
tically the same process being gone through as
in the of the goose. In this case. however,
Miss Barr has to assist the Hungarian girl
pupil TO make some of the letters in the word
lemon" and TO write the price, SO cents"
after II.
That they may not have to do all their shop
ping at place. Miss Barr calls up a new
butcher" and grocer" permitting two
pupils to enter actively into the game. Angel
Food buys soup meat and apples. The names
and the amount paid are written the
blackboard Other merchants" are substituted;
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
SCORES OF ENGINEERS.

The reports of the investigation show that in both
The Bronx and Manhattan there has been a zrao.
deal of mysterious Juggling with payrOlls and tha,
thousands of workmen are employed year In ana
year out in repairing park rOadways and bouIs
wards whose wages are paid out OF money raised
through the sale of corporate city stock Thers ara
also a large number Of salaried officials who hsva
been paid for years out Of budget appropriation.
for maintenance so that their names have neva-
appeared at all in the annual statement OF accoun,.
Much of the increase OF $4,000 In next years
budget over this had to be voted in order to uro-
vide for the salaries of these officials the regular
budget appropriation for salaries. This was ous
of the results the investigation ordered by tha
Controller.
seventy permanently employed engineers who have
been in the servicA OF the Park Department for
years whose names do not appear upon any salary
list provided for in the budget They are paid out
of various corporate stock funds, and their salaries
are carried from account TO another year after
year.
Commenting upon this subject the reports mads
70 the Controller state that the practice seems
70 have been TO charge TO corporate stock funds
the labor cost of all work in connection with the
parl,s parkways, Fairgrounds. etc, which are not
vet completed. Attempt has also been made to
sanarate from labor charges for maintenance tbs
cost of labor engaged alterations and repairs
those being charged TO corporate stock funds
whenever available. That some corporate stock
moneys have been used for ordinary repairs and
maintenance there can hardly be any serious doubt
II does not however. appear practicable 70 deter
mine what amount has been so used
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR FOR CRIPPLEs,

Christmas bazaar for the beneht Of the Dar-
raCh Home fer Crippled Children will be held IN the
East Room OF the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. during rhs day
and evening OF Wednesday,, December &
The special features which have made this ba-
such In former years win be re-
tanned. and In many cases will be under the drec-
tioa Of the chairmen OF previous seasons The
chairmen for the entire bazaar Miss 8. b
Shedding, Miss Mary Macy. Mrs. Frankiyn H Ry-
der and Mrs. B. E Martin. The ever popular tea
room will be presided over by Mrs Thomas H VIII
lard and Mrs. w A. Sherman At the various
tables for the sale of seasonable articles will be
Mrs W. L. Baner, Mrs. Frank Dem2ster Sherman.
Mrs. f. Fl. Keays Miss Elizabeth Gregory. Mrs. j.
F Raymond Mrs. Perry Pentz. Mrs Harold ia
coby. Mrs. A II. w. Johnson. Mrs George n Gas
ton. Mrs John II. Grisssl. Mira o. e. Reimsr an6
many o&hoTB.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
IS AR0USING ENTHUSIASM,

How to arouse the enthusiasm of all was the
question to whose answer Miss Barr applied her
ingenuity The same question had confronted
every teacher who had ever undertaken to give
instruction in the night schools None had found
an answer that was satisfactory. From year to
year all had gone on in the same old way doing
the best they could and benefting the indus
trious, while the laggards dropped cut.
Now. in her previous career Miss Barr had re-
heyed the monotony OF the schoolroom occa-
sicnally by telling fairy story a tale of ad-
venture She had also interested the children
in their more serious work by playing a game
and then. When she came to reflect on
whether she could not apply of her old
OF them would do
IF treat these grownup pupils children -
she said 10 herself. they win only laugh at me.
must get up a mans game"
So Miss Barr invented the butcher shop
game the grocery" game and the presidency
game starters. What she may evolve fur
ther aids in the course when these have served
their purpose remains a secret in her resource
ful brain.
School discloses the merits Of the 'liverwurst
course" II addition, ii affords an opportunity
70 study of the strange elements that COM
bine to make up the life of a cosmopolitan city.
Z is scarcely dark in the squalid part of Chi
caf-o where stands the imposing structure named
the Franklin School. But the light of many
electric lamps is streaming out of the windows
Of the building and the sidewalks filled with
a throng of men snd women, with books and
states under theirs arms hurrying toward its
doors. The teachers are at their desks prepar-
ing for the evening session or at the doors 10
welcome the pupils.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
GET EASY NAMES.

The three others have not progressed so far
in English as the seven, and are at a loss 10
choose names for themselves. SO Miss Barr
says to a of twenty-eight who
bristling mustache I'VE will call you Liver
Sausage" Another she deno1ninates Mustard,
while tC a retiring girl who has been this
side Of the Atlantic less than four weeks she
gives the easy name of Soap.
''NOW. Mr.. Vik," says Miss Barr, having
TAX II station at her own desk and addressing
the stalWart who was known the night previous
NJ. Chicken. will you be the butcher"
sure eXclaims Fik, grinning if it
the happiest moment OF his life.
The grin subsidies in instant and Eik
ing beside Miss Barr with his face to the class
and merry twinkle in his eye. He is a natural
born comedian, but is utterly ignorant Of his
ability in this direction.
Mr.. Hartman. viii you please be the grocer?'
asks Miss Barr of a pupil who attended her
classes last year
with pleasure" answers Hartman, with evil
dent pride in his power to enunciate the words
without the least trace of foreign accent. Then
he marches up and takes position at the side Of
Miss Barr opposite Nik. The three might be
likened TO brave Horatius and his companions at
the famous bridge Of Rome, but there isn't time
the game goes on too swiftly.
It's your turn tonight to go to market Miss
Angel Food" announces Miss Barr. The negro
woman bitches swiftly but noiseessly up to the
SchOolmistress'S desk.
Meantime the butcher he who was known as
Mr. Chicken, is going through an interestfne,
pantomime Fancyng Miss Barr's ruler is a
big butcher knife he is sharpening it on an
imaginary steel. Hartman is busy adjusting
his grocers scales one book balanced hori-
zontally on another standing upright.
Miss Barr and Angel Food take a short walk
around the room and approach the market to-
gether. Angel Food takes the cue.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

rendered the dominent political party tn.
thing would doubtless have happened long ago :.
the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens ont for ~. -
fact that Commissioner Kennedy is wen lno.
as what Tammany calls "the ugliest tempered ca,
official the district leaders ever got up against
He has successfully stood his ground and rerrass
TO employ loafers Juggle with appropriation.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
MOI HALEI

Tomuy-Dad, mans wife is his better half.
isn't she?
Tommys Dad-So we told, my SON
Tommy-Then If a marries twice there isn't
anything left of him. IS there?-Pck-M -Me-Up.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
TO THINK IN ENGLISH

One Of the objects Of the new mode of i'm
parting information is to lead the pupils 10
think in English. Their tendency is TO do their
thinking in their native tongue and then to
translate into English what they wish to speak
write. But this process is altogether too
slow for those who play they liver sau-
sage and onions, and they are compelled
through sheer force of circumstances to think
in English to keep up with the game Their
wits are quickened. In a surprisingly short
time after beginning the lessons young men and
women who appeared not overnight, If not
actually dull. exhibit celebrity of thought and
express their ideas with ease.
Educators and school authorities scrutinized
the new method Of teaching when it was in the
experimental stage. Beneath the ssrface of
Jollity and grotesque situations they imme-
diately recognized the serious strain and
stamped II with approval In consequence It
Is probable that the system, which is in vogue
IN only one institution. viii be officially in
stalled in all the night schools of Chicago
MISS Audle Barr Is the young woman who In
vented the ''liverwurst course" as some of her
friends jocularly characterize the new method Of
teaching English. She it was who had the hard
ihood TO introduce it at the evening sessions OF
the Franklin School in Chicago on her own re-
Eponsibility- She is keen Witted little eiuca
tor, with soft blue eyes and pleasing features
She had won her spurs as a teacher a number
of months before she was assigned to he Frank
lin night school, and in doing that had estah-
hshed reputation for interesting her pupils in
their school work
When Miss Barr began her duties at the night
school she had different conditions to contend
with than ever before. Instead of bright chill
dren whose minds needed developing she had for
ner pupils grown men and women for the most
part, and nearly all were Hungarians who had
minds Of their own, but almost no kuoWIedge nj
the English anguage. Some of these admit mn
pills were eager to study and learn hut the ma
!orlty gave the lessons only half-hearted atten-
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
HERE IS THE JOKER.

Both The Bronx and Queens are new and grow
Ing boroughs with a large mileage of macadam
streets. BY a broad Interpretation of the meaning
Of the wording of the clause in the city charter
which enacts that money raised by sale of cor
porate city stock shall only be used upon per
manent improvements. millions of dollars raised in
this way by the borough presidents of the Bronx
and Queens have been expended upon resurfacing
mdcadam roadways. This work is done in both
boroughs by days labor. and payrolls totalIins,
hundreds of thousands OF dollars a year are Sc
Crety charged up against issues of corporate stock
intended for permanent improvements secretly
That is as far as the taxpayers are concerned
In order To make places in the city's employ for
needy ward heelers a regular system OF covering
up the real facts has been reSorted to- Instead of
the annual city budget telling the whole story of
what II costs 10 certain departments of the
municipal administration. payrolls totalng hun.
dreds of thousands of dollars a year are thus art
fully concealed by being charged up against corpo-
rate stock account. ii the actual amounts SO ex-
pended were disclosed by the publication of these
payrolls the taxpayers would be staggered by the
knowledge that millions would have to be added
to the budget expenditures every year that do not
now appear in the statements Of municipal
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

Yes yes, of course" responded Miss Ange
Food. I'm always forgittin'; l just can't helI
sayin' them things"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-17
MISUSE OF FUNDS.

will. least II be shown tnat TOT
years certain city departments have Systematically
misused moneys obtained through the sale of cor
porate city stock Evidence can be adduced to
show that hundreds of salaried employees and thou
sands Of workmen have been employed for years
whose salaries and wages have never been voted
In the annual budget and whose names have never
appeared in the yearly financial statement OF ac-
counts. 1t can be pointed out that the actual
amounts expended upon salaries and for wages by
these departments have augmented the amounts
voted in the budget by millions of dollars. II
he demonstrated that huge issues of corporate
stock have been made ostensibly for the purposes
OF carrying permanent improvements. and that
by far the greater part of this money has been
pended upon maintenance charges that should have
been met OF the annual budgetary appropria-
tions.
1t will be remembered that during the public
hearings upon the budget before the Board Of Es-
innate few weeks ago Controller Metz more
than occasion characterized those hearings
nothing short OF a farce. Upon another occasion.
in reply to statement by Mayor Mcclellan that
the board endeavoring to frame the budget
do away with the necessity for issuing special
revenue bonds next year. the Controller. with con-
siderable heat replied: you doing nothing Of
the kind and you know It."
To those who watched the proceedings II became
evident that there concealed somewhere about
the budget Joker of considerable dimensions
and that Mr. Metz in position tell all
about it If he desired
Among those who understand how this sly game
In municipal politics is worked it is we'll known
that there are certain city departments the heads
of which subjected TO great pressure from the
district leaders of Tammany Hall to provide places
for needy political workers, This pressure is, OF
greatest during years when important cleo
tions II has long been known that the
Offices of the borough presidents of The Bronx and
Queens have been among the most popular os these
havens Of refuge The working of this political
game in connection with the administration of his
department was in a large measure responsible for
the serious charges of maladministTation preferred
against Borough President~Ahearn of Manhattan
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08

The card clab on route six had
Il very pleasant meeting Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cieorge Peck, and everyone
who attended had enc of the best
times in the history of the club.
County Clerk Ashpole had a
birthday Friday. and when he got
home from his Office that evening
found srvera! of the neighbors
gathered at his home for q cele-
bration. Mrs. Ashpole gave them
fine supper, and then whist &C.
'cupied the attention of all until a
late hour. Henry wouldn't tell
the reporter how old he was, but
we think he is over twenty -one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08

The speech of William Newlin
of Hutchinson. ut tho Ktnsi,
Day club hanGuet, VISA bomb
shell in the l;epubllcln camn, for
1t showed clearly that the ul boss
bu iter' are N 4 iti,ilG mol,
and are likely to get together and
domlnite the state as they di Il
once before. When Governor
Hoch turned down CIR TAYLOR of
Hutchinson for reIpDlintn,nt to
the office of altnronev TOR the
bard Of riilrIIl clnnlS,iDl,r,.
he cut the last C RI that renlined
between himself m | the b,Si bn,.
lers. and NewIin's sDpcch was a
forceful and earnest warning to
Hoch All th3 DlrV 20 beware of
the next Kansas llnlsIide.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
The Methodist Church Choir.

a chorus consisting OF more
than fifty persons has been organ.
lied at the Metho list Church and
will sing in all the regular Sunday
morning and evening service.
The committee on Church music
has decided to introduce a piano
in the services, which will be
placed in the church today and
ready fOru,e next Sunday. The
organ is to Je placed on one side
of the pulpit and the piano on the
other. both instruments to be used
during the singing of the regular
hymns. The following persons
belong to the chorus:
Mr.. J. Lester Cox, Mrs. j.
Lester Cox. Mr.. E. J. Carson,
Mr.. Lester Bell, Mrs. Lester Bell,
Mr.. +. Z. Bill, Mr.. Edward Bill,
Mr.. h. G. Colgrove, Mrs. F. G.
Smith, Mrs. Edward Croker,
Mrs. T. NJ. Milligan, Miss Edna
Bartels, Mr.. Claude Barricklow,
Miss Elizabeth Wesley. Mr.. DIM.
Woodburn, Miss Edna Cone. Miss
Blanche Hammond. Miss Sarah
Hammond. Miss Nettie Biggs,
Miss Elva Johnson. Miss Hazel
Clarke, Miss Mamie Bartels, Miss
Myrtle Shafer, Miss Maude
johnson, Miss Lois Sans. Miss
Clara Clayton, Miss Ethel Moffet,
Miss Hattie Meacham, Miss
Beaulah Button, Miss Grace
Hayse, Miss Mae McAdams, Miss
Ola johnson, Miss FAY Gwinn.
Miss Clara Kramer. Miss Nellie
Laidlaw, Miss Minnie DeMotte,
Miss Aletha Bailey. Miss Ellen
Smith, Miss Nellie Brumbaugh,
Miss Nellie Smith, Miss Bessie
Clarke, Mr.. Clyde Koontz. Mr..
Hapgood Lobdell. Mr.. F. P.
Roehr, Mr.. j. E. Lobdsll, DR.. E.
&c. Button. Mrs. James Clayton.
Mrs, Helen Butler, Mrs. NJ.
Wagner. Mr.. M. L. Crow, Miss
Sena Lobdell. Miss Bertha John.
son, Mrs. A L. Lessmann.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
LOCAL NEWS

d. W. F. Klein went west Thursday
might.
Harry Allison's little folks we're
reported as being quite i'll.
Mrs. f. L.. Malonee was quite
i'll for a couple of days last week.
Mrs. Anna Parker of tho
second ward was reported as being
very sick
John Wolf, of Ellinwood, was a
visitor tothe county seas Satur.
day.
Mrs. Jennie Castle entertained
afew friends at dinner Friday
evening.
j. ". Soderstrom was confined
to his home in the third ward by
an attack of grip last week.
Mrs. Geo Caraway on route
three has been having very poor
health for several weeks past.
g. Ira Brougher represented the Bar
ton County Fair Association at the
Meeting at Wichita Saturday, wher e
a new circuit was being organized,
which will include Great Bend.
Henry Born of the Cyclone
left Sunday morning for the
eastern markets to buy goods.
Bis trip will take him to Chicago
and New York, and he will be ab-
sent about month.
O.W.Dawson came in from Topeka
Friday morning. He likes the work
in. the legislature very veil, but was
undecided as to whether or not be
would return, as his business here is
requiring his attention.
'.....
Roger Gillian returned.Thurs-
day evening from Quenemo,
Kansas, where he accompanied
his mother to a sanitarium. He
=. says his mother is getting along
nicely and hopes to. be able to re-
turn home soon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
Retlrss From Service.

Washington. D. G.. Feb. A.
Gen. James E. White. to whom is
due much of the credit for the
present high state of efficiency of
the railway mail service, volun-
tarily retired from Office today
after sixteen years of continuous
service. During the years Gen.
White has acted as general super
intendent the railway mail service
has increased more than four
fold in volume.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08

fOr'ed Is simply hecause the
county attorneys don't take 4 MP.
on themselves To START the prOSecu-
tons. Herrlcx arrested two
bucket shap KEEPERS IN Welding
ton few DAYS sgD.tnl exercises
confidence IN his ability to con-
Wet them.