New-York tribune., 1910-05-08
ONE BLACK SHEEP
Gussie Lends Vayietg to pTfa-
ous School City.

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Ono afternoon q teacher in Public School
~ a. Bushwick avenue and Seisel street
n,,shed the button. beside her desk, and
70 the child that answered her summons
said:
Edith. send the Mayoress to me. please.
Presently pretty fourtesn-year-old SOPHIE
SteHowitz entered and approached tne desh
with an air of quiet dignity
.Sophie'' said the teacher, this IS
Tribune reporter. who has come 20 inter
view YOU and your officers VIII you taiK
to her yourself or shall 1 help you?
Thank YOU" said The Mayoress, smii-
ing and dinpling II know how, tnihh-
Do YOU wish to interview me alone OF
would you like to see the Judge and some
Of the other officers
The teacher suggested that the other per-
sonages should be summoned Tor con-
cIave. and that the private interview Win
the Mayoress should follow. and soon they
crowded in. a bevy OF all ages They were
good good children. with personai sense
OF honor and besides, clearly, sense OF
esprit de corps. There was sense OF de-
preston in the thought that among them
would be found no naughty. mischievouS'
irresponsible youngster-
The seance began. and to the quesuon'
is the Judge here child with heaVF'
level brovs and keen, brown eyes replied;
II am the Judge
Just back Of the Judge stood a nervous,
eager little person who always answered
everything. She answered when the ques-
tion was directed to her, and she answered
when some one else -as interrogated In
response to the question put TO the Judge
she exclaimed:
I'm just an Adviser.
The Judge gazed rebukingIy at the Ad-
wiser. who looked confused and began to
make feminine dabs at her hair.
Judge" asked the visitor, what is the
greatest pleasure you have in the duties OF
your offlce?'
The Adviser drew in her breath. but got
j no further, for the Judge stopped her
With, You hush, Lena" We'll said the
Judge, Il like it best when the other chill
dren mind me-
| What happens when some child does
wrong?" asked the interviewer.
she is taken to court. is judged. SEN
| fenced and punished
Are you kept after school when you have
Lbeen naughty"
| A look of great elation few to each face
/ and a chorus began, with the Adviser dom
| mating.
! Sure we aren't kept after school. 1t is
! a privilege TO stay after school
| Quoth The Adviser: We have clubs an
| things after school, dancing classes and
| sewing classes and If you're not good you
can't belong. And if you're awful bad they
tell your father to come in Monday morn
| ing ard see the teacher
After the honorable governing BODY haG
/
| look of conscious pleasure she settled down
for her personal interview.
| Was there anything unusual about my
| election to office" she repeated w ny
YES, / was the chairlady-"
WHATS chairlady:'' asked the visitor.
! "A chairlady," replied the Mayoress
| .'presides at the meeting for the election o1
! officers, and is called the chairlady because
-eell, because. You see, a lady can't be 9
| chairman, can she? So she's chairlady
| The chairlady norniuates the candidates foi
the office of Mayoress. But this year l wa:
taken out rs the chair by the candidates
had selected and was made Mayoress BY
| the,r unanimous vote. That never hap
pened before.
| There was a touch of innocent eiatiOn Il
her voice but no trace of cOnceit. Ii wa!
easy TO understand her popularity.
The interview over the Mayoress politely
attended the visitor to the door, where IN,
rest OF the government was awaiting the
! temperance OF the head Stin haunted b!
the feeling that there ought TO Oe some
little imp somewhere in every public school
, the visitor said:
You are all such good. good children
but haven't you "a single black Sheep"
Then Lena the Adviser stepped fortt
from OBTAINING hands and said: There il
GussIe." In triumph the visitor turned I,
the teacher and demanded: WHO i
! Gusse; what is sSe?" The shepherdess o
the flock admitted that this one child has
not come under The wonderful influence o
! self-government SD beneficial 10 the others
Gusse pulls hair. throws paper wads, trip.
/ up hurrying feet. plays hockey, and spreads
desolattou in her downward path
But The teacher AIDED very gently: "Ou
! school physician says GUsSie is So uncom
/ fOrta bic hat he doesn't see how she cal
! be very good He says she sees much bet
I tS- and further with Cne eve than with tn,
/ other. that her hearing is very defective
and there is pressure on the ear drum
that pains all the time and that her teetl
! ache and are In WyetCEed condition. Sh
Is growing so fast that she hasn't niue,
strength"
Plainly We see that Gussie need not b
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