New-York tribune., 1908-10-25

vas broken and 1t was her duty as executive head
Of the school TO summon a mechanic and arrange
for its repair. In the afternoon she was due 70
give a model lesson to one Of the classes AFTER
dismissal there wus to be q conference Of the
teachers.
And few dozen other things to be attended
10 to-day said the principal TO the Tribune re-
porter who sat there. But I suppose must see
Mrs Klein.
Mrs Klein was fat and perspiring and very
wrathy. Her 'Chonny' wasn't getting along in
school as well as Mrs. Hochspiels Benny and
she scented favoritism.
Teacher must be taking more pains with Ben
ny" than with "Chonny."
why. I've been talking with the doctor about
Johnny only to-day" explained the principal IN
German. The teachers reported that he didn't
seem to hear very we'll, and the doctor thinks he
has some obstruction in his ears. I was going to
write note to-day to ask II you would allow one
Of the teachers TO take him TO a place where he
can be examined and treated"
Mrs. Klein Immediately off into sISy-rock cts
OF excited German. She had heard what things
done to children by doctors with knives Her
'Chonny' could hear well she could al
retty." II took hours persuasive talk and un-
limited tact the part Of the principal to swing
Mrs Klein around 10 the view that possibly "Chon-
ny's' backwardness might be due to defective
hearing, and that the school authorities really
weren't proposing to murder him per auricuIar
treatment
What fills a principals day7'' repeated Miss
Monroe and Gouverneur streets IT could more
easily tell you what we don't have do. But
will that the parents give little trouble.
There Is such thorough cooperation between them
and the teachers through tho parents meetings
etc Sons parents do take q rather liberal view
OF functions. The other day a Yiddsh mother
came in with shawl over her head. Wouldn't 7
make her Jake come TO school?
" Where Is Jakie2' I inquired
'' 'Jakie's' home in bed she said calmly II WAS
nearly noon.
Well. we organized brigade among the chill
dren. to try to rouse different spirit IN Jake
about coming TO school. and they've succeeded so
we'll that he hasn't been absent this week"
One East Side principal tells story of Yiddish
mother, who seemed TO think that she combined
the duties OF marriage broker with her other ac-
tivites
THE family had Just arrived in this country ~
said the principal. and the mother brought Frieda
a pretty black eyed girl of sixteen, to me Could
I find husband for Frieda? Her little boy who
came TO school here. said l could do anything; all
the teachers and the scholars had 10 mind me
Surely l could get husband for Frieda
81 explained that l couldn't and they went sor-
rowfully away. Outside the door Frieda pulled her
mothers sleeve, and heard her whisper:
she can't be good one. She hasn't even got a
husband for herself
you would have to sit In this ONCE through z
day. said Miss Aida 3 WIuiaraa principal Of
Public School No. %. West zsth street 'to got
an idea Of the hundred perplex1ties that come un
asade from the regular routine A few days ago
for instance, italian woman came In here per-
fectly raging She couldn't speak a word OF Eng
lish but in voluble Italian she explained that a
had waylaid her little Erl the street. in
duced her to walk with him for several blocks and
tried to coex her TO the top floor Of a certain
house. but the child got frightened and broke away
and ran to her home The mother and all her
neighbors were furious' and you can imagine the
time ] had with them The matter was reported
to the police. and-tak abou- the inactivity of the
polcel Inside OF two days had roundsInan Il
patEolman, plain clothes men and several
other officers here-all after that man. whom they