The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-05-20

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per cents if he stayed In evenings
S Now, really, Miss Middleton, George
; Is out very little. There's his Y. M
i G. A. one or two evenings and Tn
: sure we all approve of that, ant
: his violin lesson, and his choir prac
tice, and the Moving Pictures. You
know they're putting on Pocahon
! tas saving the life of John Smith
and Old Scrooge, and Zoe Octoroor
, and all those historical sub
jects. George said, Why Ma,
won't have to study my history les
son mitch If I can only see the Pic
lures often, and Ibis dancing
school, and every other evening
he's In the house. When l have
my Bridge Whist Club, he's such a
help, and he plays real nicely too.
| I have him play whenever be can
| get the time. It's so improving,
don't you think so?
Then there's another matter.
When I took George to the doctor
the other day,you marked him late.
Now that seems a little unfeel-
Ing when he had to go to the doc
tor: beside I met you on the street
and told you he would be late.
His last teacher never marked him
late if she spoke to him before
school. 1 told his father about it,
and he said, what if she did?' But
really, I don't think it is quite fair.
eyes, of course want him to be
punctual. / always say to him every
morning, Now hurry up, George,
or you'll be latel But of course
you can't expect boy to be right
on the dot all the time. George
dosen,t like to get up in the morn
ing, and sometimes he has head
ache.
''You think he has too much
money to spend, you say.
20 no-we never give him but
ten cents day for candy, and fifty
cents extra for incidentals, and he'd
have more if he could have excel
lent on his card. Don't you think
you'll givei it to him next month?
'You don'tl I'm afraid George
told the truth when he said Ma,
she's down on mel should think
you'd hate to disappoint boy in
that way. Mrs. Jones told me I
shouldn't make anything by visit
ing you, but I told her--Well never
mind what l told her. But before
I go there's one matter 1 must set
tie. don't want George to have
any home lessons. 1t seems to me
you might manage to teach him in
in school time, and not have him
work so hard late in the evening to
get his lessons. Some of his les
sons are altoether too hard.
Last week there were some words
in spelling I never heard of, and I
can't help him bit on his prob
lens. Now a delicate boy like
George ought not to work nights.
HHe might take two years in a
grade. you say! No indeed! Meth
er his farther nor mother ever had
to do that, and we could not allow
George to do it. You must be ex-
cused to attend teachers meet
ing1 Well, good-by. just ran In
to see If you wouldn't make things
little easier for George by not
giving him any hoine-lessons, and
by giving him excellent once in
while, and not noticing if he's a
few minutes too late-Good-by.
O, almost forgot to ask you to
dismiss him at three on Thursdays
for his physical culture. A half
hour won't make any difference of
course-Good-by. And If he loses
any tests, you'll make them up to
him, won't your George said you
wouldn't unless he were sick, but
I told him no teacher would refuse
that to boy. And, by the way,
If he really must have lessons at
home, You'll see that he takes his
book home, won't you3 Just hand
it to him, you know. He's SO for
getful, he almost always has to 60
over to borrow Max's book, and
he isn't always real kind about
showing his paper either. Well,
I must go now-Good-night. IF
You are sick this winter, / hope
! they IL have a nice young substitute.
Goodnight. =