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going to school every day when he knows
all the others are going; but it is not the
school he likes when he is small; it is the
fun he has at recess times. the fondness
he has for his teacher. or somebody else
who goes to school. too.
1t is hard to get the healthy youngster Of
either sex to go to bed in the evening, and
if there are any lessons to learn for the
next day 1t is hard to get them studied.
If the parents are not pretty strict and do
not insist on early to bed" it is also aard
to get the youngster out Of bed in the
morning.
Once up. however, and dressed for school,
the excitement of the new day takes hold
of even the dullest imaginations of child
hood and it is usually with no little eager
ness that breakfast is swallowed. books
grabbed and the journey to the school
house begun.
Girls and teachers pets like to get into
the class room as early as possible and wait
around for the doors to open, but not so
the average healthy boy. He is eager to get
on his way, but for some strange reason
as he nearS his destination a peculiar aver
sion to the halls of learning takes hold of
him and he walks more and more slowly
Usually he takes up with numerous COM
panlons and they will loiter just around the
corner until the last moment
They are always in call of the bell, now
ever, and when they hear it they never fail
to reach the door on time, but just on time
and no sooner. An indir erent air is as
surned and they stroll to their desks and sit
down if they do not care a rap for any
thing in the world and least of all school
and the school teacher. 1t then becomes the
difficult task of Teacher to do something
or say something that will catch them I'M
awares and pierce their feigned intiffer-
cnce, interesting them in their surround
irgs in spite of themselves. Many is the
teacher who is master of this gentle art
No matter how interested girls and boys
before them, and no matter how much
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become in the lessons which Teacher puts
they evince that interest by lively ques-
tions and uplifted hands. 1t is idle to
believe that anything really interests them
more than the thought of the approaching
fifteen-mnute recess. 1t is this thought
that nerves them for the battle and keeps
their good nature uppermost.
1t Is with whoop that the boys gain
the outer air and with secret feeling
of glee that the girls feel themselves free
to talk to each other and giggle without
interruption for fifteen minutes.
There is at least one thing In all the
world that is more fun than recess-for
the boys at least-and that is a trouble
with Teacher-that Is to say. trouble Of
somebody else with Teacher. To be the
onlooker when a really bad boy is being
pacified is so great delight that the in
tervals between such occurrences are fill
ed with secret and unexpressed longings
for another performance. Laughter, gig
giles and a secret envy of the oppressed on
the part of the boys and a secret admira-
ton for him the part of those of the
opposite sex occupy the time of the spec
tators during such administration of dis
ciplne
And it always hurts" Teacher more than
she says. That absolutely inexplicable fact
staggers many a youthful intellect and
leaves 1t with a great wonder and awe
of Teacher as a being of an entirely diff
ferent sphere. In some unaccountable way
Teacher wins her point very often by say
ing things like that.
Another pleasure Of the school boy, rarely
shared by the school girl, is the time-hon-
ored institution of playing hooky." This
is vastly more fun than watching the pun
shment of fellow pupil in school.
One boy, as he makes his waytoward the
school house. books under his arms, con-
ceives the idea that the day would be
fine one to play hooby." No particular
reason has swayed his mind; 1t is just his
mood. But it would be tame to do 1t all
alone. and therefore, a partner in crime
must be found. The wouldbe rascal thinks
over the list of his acauaintances in the
class and selects the most daring spirits.
The first of these whom he happens to
see he approaches and tells Of his idea.
Such an idea usually takes like wildire,
and the accomplish does not have to be
won over with clever and persuasive argu-
ments.
The first move is to make a wide detour
in walking toward the school house.
Watches, or. If the boys have no such
treasures clocks in stores the way are
examined every few minutes. and finally
the two come close to the school house
about ten minutes after o'clock, and are
late!
Late! Terrible, unforgtvable thing! I'm
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bad boy who often has the most fun OUT
Of 1t. because it is not possible for teacher
to watch him as closely as when he Is In
the school room. Teacher has a way OF
solving this problem, however. for she
often gives very important task to the
bad boy, such as the handling of the big
tape measure, and the Importance Of his
duty not infreauentIy subdues his spirit.
Still more enjoyable is a journey to some
place that is farther away than the school
yard.
IF you will be real quiet and work hard
today" teacher sometimes says, I'VE will
all go to the museum tomorrow and study
the Indians in the glass cases.
This usually has the desired effect and
seldom it is that anybody is guilty Of any
indiscretion which might jeopardize his
chances of making one Of the party.
Teacher sometimes wishes she could hold
out this promise to a class more often
than the school curriculum permits.
The end of all ills is nearly always sy-
nonymous in the mind of the school boy
and girl with the end of school, whether it
be the end of the day or the end OF the
session
School is over!'' is cry that is I'M
equaled in its Significance, and it HAS
sound that stirs the heart of every man and
woman who ever attended any kind of a
school. The pell-mell rush through the door
with the knowledge that one does not have
to go back any more that day, or. better
still, any more for months-why. it is typi-
cal of the entrance into the land Of everlast-
ing rest. 1t is hope materialized and bliss
within ones grasp.
When school is over you do what you
really want to and not what the teacher
would have you do. You may likeNto please
the teacher, but you never for minute
can make yourself actually believe that You
want to do what she says. What you want
to do is to play ball, or ''kick-the stick"
or ''run-a-mile.'' or something else just as
fine. If you are a girl you want to take
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walks and talk about your new dress and
the new dresses Of the other girls Of your
acquaintance-and about the boys This
last subject OF conversation suggests
other pleasure, with its corresponding trag
edy. Of school life. This is note passing.
When you have learned to write and have
overcome your fear Of looking and saying
things to the little girl or boy whom you
have always liked better than the rest you
enter upon an entirely new and unparal-
leled field Of enjoyment
You snatch odd moments to write care
FULLY on scrap of paper some common
place thought. the biggest pile Of books you
can build protecting you meanwhile from
the watchful eye Of teacher Then you wait
stealthily for a chance to pass 1t to her or
to him. II the one who is to receive 1t sits
behind. in front, or peside you, II is a COM
paratively easy matter; but II further
away 1t is an extremely dangerous task
Somehow or other the fun does not lie in
the sneaking of the note, in other sim
liar pleasures, but in seeing 1t actually in
the hands of the one for whom it was writ
ten and causing little smile of satisfaction
on the readers face. which you know is a
sign that as soon possible you will re-
ceiye reply.
Often you wait around outside of the
school to catch a glimpse of the one, who
may be coming out later than you. Indeed.
you often see to it that the one does come
out later than you by hurrying out yourself.
But you never speak outside Of school, ex-
cept in the most formal way.
Some day you may muster up enough
courage to hesitatingly walk up to the girl,
If you are boy, and tell her you are going
home the same way she is. You admit it is
fINnrc tvar md dnn' Eno hon
came to be going at the same time, but you
suppose you must walk along together and
make the best of it.
But when you get as far as that you are
on the high road to being something more
than mere school boy.
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il1 don't know
W The words were spoken sullenly
and the little youngster stood fac
ing his teacher with stolid, blank
expression on his dirty face.
"Can you tell me what any of those wor Is
mean" the bewildered teacher inquired
again.
II don't know"
But. Willie. YOU must have learned some
thing about this picture. and what is printed
under the picture. Haven't you learned any
thing"
II don't know"
well. tell me the names of the letters in
this word"
''T-R-E-E-''
That is very good Now. what does 1t
spell?''
Il don't know"
1t was plain to be seen by the counte-
nance of the little fellow that he one
OF Uncle Sans newcomers. There was a
deep. stolid Russian cast to his broad blank
face.
But certainly. Willie" (the teacher had
nicknamed him that because she could not
well pronounce his own name in a hurry
and, besides. his real name sounded re-
mOtely like a perversion of William GER
tainly YOU talk to me a little, can't
YOU"
She had asked that self-sane question
dozens of times, and received every time
the same answer that she received this
time:
Il don't know"
Il am sorry. but guess YOU will have to
do your number work concluded the
teacher putting in the outstrctched hand a
sheet OF paper and a pencil
Number work was all that her little Rus
sian publ could do and that did not re-
quire that h exercise any knowledge OF
the English language He worked hard and
steadily at his task. covering the white
paper with sm"ared figures and CORE ct
problems In addition and subtraction. II
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extreme) very good ink. fine, fine! Ancient
shop. great-grandfather. grandfather,
ather and self make this ink. Fine and
hard. Very hard. Picked with care. Sc
lccted with attention.
Il sell very good ink prime cost Is very.
This Ink IS heavy; so Is god. The eye of
the dragon glitters and daZzles; so does
this ink. No one makes like it. Others
who make ink make il for the sake of ac-
cumulating base coin, and cheat while
make Ii only for name.
Plenty of mandarnS know my ink-my
family never cheated-they have always
borne good name
Il make ink for the Son of Heaven and
all the mandarins in the empire. As the
roar of the tiger extends to every place so
does the fame of the dragons jewel the
ink of ae-shng.''
As He Put It.
Lillian Russell was dining at an Atlantic
City hotel She had run down in the
morning from Philadelphia in her seventy
horsepower car, breaking most of the rec
ords by the way.
During dinner Miss Russell told a story
about a handsome actor.
"a letter of his. she said. was put in
another mans box at a club one evening
by mistake. The other man opened the
letter, saw that il was very angry note
from tailor demanding instant payment
of bill long overdue. and in dsmay sealed
it up again neatly and put 1t in the box OF
its rightful owner.
Wen. the rightful owner entered the
smoking room that night with the letter in
his hand. He ran II through, glanced
round eomplacentiy. gave his mustache a
twirl. and murmured:
Silly little GIRL -
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Conried's Compliment.
Plant Trees to Protect Ships.
nta Rosa Correspondents Sacramento Bee.

Santa Rosa Correspondence Sacramento Bee
State Forester q. b. Lull has been ex-
perimenting with the planting OF eucalyp-
tus trees around the hills back of the
harbor of Fort Bragg. in Mendocino county
SO rs to afford wind break for the ships
that enter the harbor. The trees grow very
rapidly and in the two months have grown
several inches. Hundreds of trees will now
be planted.
The big lumber companies have decided
to plant thousands of trees on the vast
afeas from which the lumber has been cut.
The planting OF trees to protect ships is de-
cidedly novel and is an experiment that
will be watched with considerable interest
everywhere.
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Country House Tipping.

Mrs. Potter Palmer. while entertaining
the National Civic Federation in Chicago,
told story about country house tipping.
"You KNOW" she said chow huge these
tips are. how many servants must be re-
membered. how. indeed. me people are
obliged to refuse to visit large country
houses because they can't afford the ex-
pense.
well, there is story in this line about
the famous Jonas Hanway-
LAS Hanway eaving the country
house of a duke string of servants wait
ed to waylay him.
Sir said one, your overcoat.'
"And Hanway put IN the overcoat and
gave the man a sovereign.
Your umbrella, s said another
And taking the umbrella, Han. ay sur.
rendered another sovereign.
Your hat. sir.
Another sovereign.
Sir, your gloves.
Why. friend says Hanway. you may
keep the gloves They not worth q
sovereign"
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the other should break his rule and sit.
Those reasons sound WE'LL Mr.. Froh-
man said, but behind them l seem to see
an Interior and selfish motive lurking. 1t
is like the narrowing story that the lawyer
came home and told his wife.
Sad case in court today. he began.
What was it.? the lady asked.
Case of shoplifting Beautiful, refined
woman, educated and wealthy, caught
stealing things in shops like common
thief
1.-The Judge was greatly moved. He said
Madam, how did you begin this sort of
Alas, SIR she answered. weeping. I
began by picking my. husbands pockets at
night after he was in bed asleep. That
was the first step, and after it my fall was
easy"
A Slight Error.
A newspaper correspondent was talking
about Father Bernard Vaughan of Lon
don.
Though Father Vaughan's congrega-
tion," he said rs one of the most fash
ionable in the world, the good priest is al
ways on the side of the poor.
He calls the poor Gods pet children, and
I once heard him In an address tell the
rich that they were responsible for the
poor's faults-the drinking and so on-say-
ing that the poverty of the poor wasn't the
result OF their drinking, but their drinking
was the result Of their poverty.
I, He declared that the rich, In their In
different and careless cruelty toward the
poor. reminded him of a certain surgeon.
This surgeon, lecturing class of stu
DENTS said:
"9 was so excited at my first operation
that made a mistake
GA serious one. sir?' said student.
'.-Ch. no. the surgeon answered. Il only
took on the wrong leg
xxyr.x r.h vrr:1r n
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Juvenile Ambition
Mrs. NJ. G. Black of Gardiner. Ore who
has received one of the last awards of the
Carnegie hero fund for her bravery in saw
ing three young girls from drowning. was
talking about bravery the other day.
DO | think that bravery. heroism, can
be cultivated? Yes" she said In a
sense l do. Heroism is unselfshness car
ried TO its highest point. and children can
certainly be trained TO be unselfsh
There Is only one way TO teach them
that. though, and that is the way of kind
ness. Beat and bully children. and they
won't grow UP unselfsh, but the oppo-
site"
She smiled.
II knew a little boy" she said. Once.
at an Easter party, 1 had long CONVERSE
ton with him.
And said as helped him decorate
a pink egg. what are YOU going to do
when you grow up?
Looking up from the esq with frown,
he answered:
Whip papa
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A Curious Ad.

The late Ambrose l.. Thomas of Chicago
used TO collect curious advertisements. and
one that he valued Highly was a Chinese
advertisement of India ink.
This curious screed, translated, is as fol-
lows:
All the shop Tae-shing tprosperou. in the
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der no circumstances would it do to go In
doors and receive the reprimands Of teach
er. Much better would it be to stay away
altogether There can be no doubt at all
about that.
So, filled to overlooking with righteous
impulses to make reparation for the wrong
they have done. they decide to stay out
of school that day. First they find some
convenient place to hide their tell-tale
books They know a nice little candy store
whose proprietor understands the troubles
of the school boy and will gladly keep
their books until they come after them
again.
Then. unincumbered, they set forth like
two knights Of old to conquer the universe
and enjoy the wonderful pleasure and ex-
element of stolen adventure.
And they do enjoy it. 1t Is not hard,
claim the advocates for the school boy.
to find that any man looks upon the days
when he played "hooky" as the most joy
full of his life. Freedom, unrestraint, adj
venture, mystery-everything combines to
make it ideal 1t is only the trouble of
explaining afterward-the next day-that
takes away from the bliss of those few
hours. Teacher has such a strange way
of finding out about these things and par
ents also are supernaturally gifted in this
respect. This is certainly one of the great
est of problems.
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First Downward stem.

A photographer was urging Charles Froh-
man to sit for his photograph for the Easl
ter number of a popular weekly: but this.
as usual. Mr.. Frohman refused to do.
The photographer. a fluent persuasive
chap, advanced reason after reason why
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Improbable Callers

Admiral Sgsbee, in recent after-din-
ner speech, said of the naval virtue of
obedience:
yet even obedience may be carried too
far.
"A lawyer, about to 60 to court. said to
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A Revised Maxim.

James r. Keene advised me last month"
said millionaire. Ito have nothing TO do
with a certain specuiatio
Mr.. Keene told me a number OF things 1
hadn't known about the career of the pro-
moter I had been consulting.
"a And now he ended laughing. YOU ean
Judge Of him. You know the revised max
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was talking at dinner about the power of
speech.
Speech. talk" he said. IF it is fast and
fluent and earnest enough. will achieve mir
acles. turn black white, do anything.
"A woman went to buy an Easter bonnet
the other day. The salesman, getting his
tongue slightly twisted. brought out a
handsome bonnet, and said rapidly and ex-
citedly:
"A great bargain. madam. The last one
left They have all gone off like hot
cakes. And no wonder Formerly So
now Aoffered for SIS
I'll take it, the woman, much i'm
pressed, said hastily
Conried's Compliment.
An actor told the other day a graceful
story about Heinrich Conried
AT a reception he said. "the loss of
the various senses was discussed. and a
young woman. a grand opera singer of con-
Siderable beauty, said to Mr.. Conried:
Which would you rather be, deaf or
blind?
Smiling and bowling CALAMITY. the great
manager answered:
Deaf madam, when / am looking at
you. and blind when hear you sing"
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was much more accurate work than any
other pupil in the room could do not ex-
Guiding the brilliant little reader of the
class
Ten minutes later Willie was rushing
through the door out into the school-house
yard.
Give me that bal"' he yelled at the top
of his lungs. II can throw it further than
you. l can hit that tree"
His English was perfect with the excep-
ton of slight foreign accent. and during
the entire ffteen-minute recess he talked
as giibly as any of his playmates. Teacher"
stood by an open window. looking on, and
as the throng of youngsters came trooping
into the building at the sound of the bell
she sighed. and prepared to try once more
to teach Willie to pronounce TREE In
English.
All this occurred not so very long ago in
one of Washington's public schools, and the
teachers experience is often parareied in
other schools. 1t is but one of the MANY
and varied things which go to make up the
life of a teacher who has to direct the de.
velopment of the minds of the thousands of
little ones. of all sorts AMI all conditions,
who flock to the public schools
1t is a merry little army, and care-free,
on the whole, although it is not without its
own little tragedies that loom big before its
small gaze and shut out the whole future
for the time. The teachers as a class are
hopeful. even as the one into whose room
a peek has been taken. and who firmly be-
Ieves, and rightly. no doubt that some day
Willie VIII pronounce tree in the school
room as well as he does unconsciousiy on
the play ground.
That boys and girls-the general run of
them-are fond of school is said by many
VINO claim to know to be not true, in spite
of assertions TO the contrary. Perhaps, say
these persons. nearly every child would
feel a loss if he should be made to stop
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his Office. boy. If any calls say I'll be
back at IL Then he went to court. On
his return he asked the boy, Any one
called">
Yes. sir the lad answered Five beg
gars. They'll leok in again at u, SIR
A Dog Lover.
D. NJ. Delmas at a dinner in New York
said of a legal topic he disliked:
You see, have had SO much of it. 1t
is like the case of the old Frenchman who
called at house that was overrun with
dogs.
"As soon as the old man entered the
drawing room the dogs enveloped him.
They 1eaped on his lap, they licked his
nose and lips, they muddied his white
waistcoat
His manner showed that he was none
too well pleased, and his hostess said re-
proachfuly:
'.Ah. count, it is easy to see that you
don't like dogs.
mot like dogs ndeed.' the count ex-
claimed. Why. 1 ate over forty of them
during the siege of Paris
The Golf caddy.
'The golf caddy," said southern jour-
nalist as he chewed a sprig of mint, sis
new type. This lad is independent, witty,
altogether without reverence.
ION John D. Rockefeller's visit to Bon
Air he-tried a little golf one afternoon in
the neigtlborhood of Augusta.
ION rather difficult shot Mr.. Rookie
Teller struck too low with his iron, and as
the dirt new he said to his caddy:
What have j hit"
1.-THE boy answered with a harsh laugh:
:" Georgia. boss
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The monotony of the school day, which
at the best always seems long to the
youngster is sometimes broken by lesson
on the outside. When the class is being
taught arithmetic it sometimes happens
that teacher takes everybody out into the
school yard to measure the side Of the
building, the length of the walks. or the
height Of a bit of shrubbery, in order to
convey the idea of a practical side. real
side, to all the dryness of the school les
sons Everybody who goes out always en-
Joys the lesson immensely but it is the
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The Invisible Group.

II called on George Grey Barnard in
Paris last month";" said a Philadelphia.
Mr. Barnard n the chief sculptor of our
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NneCdOfeS Concerning
Well-knOWn PEOPLE.
Juvenile Ambition.

ina man is known by the companies he
floats
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What Cab Will {

District Attorney Jerome of New Yorh