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Humorous and Pof6effc .I4SpeCf Of Her
Peculiar Work and It's
Fine p esuEffS.
Fine p eSLETS.

all doing well. Three of them, who have
become partners. are now worth more than
s. 600: one is foreman on a railroad and
earns s65 a month. and another is getting
good salary as assistant shipping clerk in
factory.
The bows are sent 70 ne from al over
the city Every Friday 60 to the juvenile
court and sometimes I get boy from
there They are sent to me by the supsrin-
teadent after their teachers have reported
am sure. If / should die I would have the
best funeral Of ragTnuftins this town ever
saw I tell my daughter that I want all
the boys 10 come 20 my funeral looking
we'll Then I want her TO give them 4
ticket to the best show n town that nisht.
so that it viii be a memorable event for
them
Mrs. CIements's boys are very quick 70
them as incorrigibl5s for me TO mike q
special study %. Sometimes they stay olIy
short time. Then they are permitted 70
go for. a month into another class IN this
school. and If their conduct IS satisfactory
during this time they are then allowed 70
select any school in the city they may Ike
10 attend. I aIu-ays impress 1t upon them
that If they do not behave well after they
leave my class they win bring discredit on
ne. and they try 70 1--we ~ 70 the mark
Two OF my boys went TO the high school
last year and one this year.
1T is a curious fact that seldom does
any boy a M school perform any Of t-a
petty acts. such Is stealing pipe or break
Ing fences. that are done by many school
boys They like 70 lee good to my friends
and are stanch enemies y any one
they think ! GO not like As soon IS
any one comes around The building The
word goes through the class. either. Hes
a friend of 1Irs. CLeTaents-treat him right
or. Mrs. Clements doesn't like hinl-soak
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Mr. Clements Reveals the Scorer 81 Her
Success IN Reforming f5e
UOrSf.

o,I+ faced him and told him what /
thought of him. He demanded the boy and
said that If I didn't give him up he would
20 10 the police and 10 the school superln-
tendent
IT told him that I didn't care if he went
70 the President of the United States and
whom he saw that I meant what said he
sacked down and said, quite obsequiousIy
.Goodbv. lady I went 10 the Society for
-s7, Prevention of Cruelty to Children and
had the father arrested. He was bound
over not TO drink and fined $50. Twice ne
was fined. Ny boy in school and all the
bcvs. knew that I was not going 70 STAND
for one OF them being unfairly treated
Later. this same boy, while picking M
coal on the railroad tracks al his father
babest. in some way picked up cartridge
which exploded in his hands. It caused
him 70 lose all his fingers, except little
s-,ge- of one hand and a thumb Of the
cher and destroyed his sight For time
10. ,-as in school after his accident and ne
u,7e very unhappy. one day as ne was
.-s-7ine, in the hall I went up TO him ana
ut q Crane on his mouth. The teacher
20 saw me said: Why, hon't you know
+bs+ that boy has been swearing She
&C worry much shocked al his VichedneSs-
moor soul. Well I replied, don't you
mink that you and I would feel like swear
ing if we had had such rough deal de1ll
ont 70 Us in this life as Joe has had
Finally, Joe went 70 an INSTITUTION IN
RE blind. where he has learned 10 Calls
chairs with his two poor fingers allG 70
vrtto the BraiIle system The other o1y
he came 10 me. He said: Mrs Cle-Ie =
want to ask your opinion about my MIR
ling Jennie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10

but what Pete had TO give the chief a dol
lar tip?
Most of my boys" went on Mrs. Glenn
ents, come from very poor families When
a new one comes in we all look him over
to see what we can do for him. If he hash
any proper clothing, 1 can usually get II
for him. IF he has vermin, we help him
get. rid OF them I have larkspur extract
ALWAYS on hand and I say We'll, my head
does feel queer Here, one Of you boys
lust rub a bit Of this extract into it Then,
I offer It 10 the others, and so the new boy
is not shamed Then the others take him
ont and give him a shampoo. and after
ward bring him in to me to see if he IS all
right. They are very proud to do this
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Fourth of July Puzzle.-Washington was
the name that Willie PUT in his hrecracke-,
and the three prize winners and then prizes
are annie Elizabeth Bel. eleven ye7rs old.
BIacxs5urg, Va, box Of water color
paints: Margaret Fowler. eleven years 3D.
Lawrence Park, Br0nxville, y. y, an in
te-esting book. and RosIyn No-ey. fourteen
years cid. Lakewood. y. J., a box OF water
color paints
Things TO Think About--The two prize
winners and their prizes IN tEis contest
are Carol Z. Bliss, eleven years Old. East
Main street. Jewett City, Conn. sterling
silver Tribune badge, and Herrick Al
drews. twelve years OLD, No 81 Waverly
avenue, Syracuse. a sterling silver Tribuns
badge.
our Letter Box--see letters BY prize
winners
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Contest No. Square Puzzle}.-Chotce OF
sterling silver Tribune badge. an inter
esting book or a box of water color paints
for the neatest and best three answers.
Contest No. ? Things 20 Think About
Choice Of an interesting book, sterling
silver Tribune badge or a box OF water
color paints for the neatest and best two
solutions
Contest No. (Our Letter BOgA-A prize Of
81 is given for every letter printed under this
heading. The letter may contain incidents
in your life, anecdotes Of pets, novel school
experiences, things seen in travel or made
up stories. These stories must be original
and must be written on one side of the paper
only Letters entitled to the prize Of 81 are
often crowded out for lack of space in the
week they are received. but If such is the
case they always appear II the page later
Be sure to state your age
Be sure TO give your choice OF prizes.
Be sure TO give name and address
Contest closes on July Il. Age is consid-
cred in awarding prizes Address your let
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BY HELEN B. scnooNHoyES.

Il was 3 beautiful Gay in midsummer.
--se --ater Of the picturesque ha-bor at Cold
c--.-z lay 5iue and serene under a cloud
* SKY. The sand OF the bathing beach
rs Marin and inviting after our plunge n
-be coo. water. and We sat Gown to enjoy
.se beauty and restful2ess OF an ideal
simmer afternoon. Suddenly from little
s,s-a.ce tie Boy called cxciteGly:
do come quick: he-e's.a jolly fight
re could see nothing from our point of
--;sV- but g peaceful stretch OF white sand.
s,s low Boy could have found q fight III
+bezs calm Surroundings made US curious.
ne fastened toward him and. sure enough,
-e saw miniature tempest stirring up the
es7d a his feet and a whirl OF claws and
@as,e.s twisting and turning in 2 perfect
z-tt-i7-ird on 4 very small scale. In the
lar. afternoon sunshine TWO hermit cra6s
pre~e having q battle royal for the posses
si,-- q q house 20 live IN.
Both these oeuigerent chaps had started
mi This particular afternoon house hunting.
P7ta tool fancy 10 the same shell as q
rlzcs 10 i've. and knowing no better way
= settle their difficulties each was trying
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SOIIARE PUZZLE.

Little Willie Wise claims TO be the smart
est boy in school, and ne likes to try 70
puzzle the other pupils It just happened
one day that the teacher appeared in new
dress with checked skirt This suggested
to Willie the idea of drawing the teacher
picture on the blackboard After he had
done this and made the squares as they
were on the dress. it occurred TO him TO
make a puzzle out of them. He put num-
bers in each square and then drew a
straight line through several Of the squares
He then added the numbers in the particu-
lar squares the line passed through. and
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Jc3 Is HOT A 'PLUL."

My boys ccrno from all grades. from IA
t. SB. I usually have about nfVy al a time
GirIss No; there are no bad girls in Jersey
city There are people VINO say tney
wouldn't take my job for $3.50 year
get s.. 500 out of It. and I suppose / spend
$40 giving food 70 chaps thct need II Any
one OF my boys WHO is in trouble can come
10 my house at any hour Of the day or
night. and on Sunday as wei ss any other
day And they all know II.
y worked hard to secure this position, be-
cause II seemed TO me that here was d Held
in which I could put 70 good use any
originality that might possess
Resides as have told you. Ike boys
When a woman sets past youth she usually
has 20 have a bug of some kind or other.
some go in Tor charity. SOME have Pet
dogs; some grow religious. My bug Is
boys. and / want 10 Go all l can to help
those who. for various reasons, maven
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cal,cur IN A souALL.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: Cne
dow last summer, while visiting some
friends in Pelham. my brother and met
with a noteworthy adventure. On reaching
the house we learned 70 our great o1sap-
Monument that both of the boys we hau
gone 70 see had gone out and would not be
hack 1iu 6 o'clock but after dinner we
were conducted to the boathouse, where we
found a boat and the necessary articles Ior
fishing.
The weather was certainly fine. q de-
lightfuI breeze rippled lightly. along the
surface of the bay. After rowing ABOUT
began to fish We met with little success,
however, and soon drew in anchor we
rowed on to another spot, where we caus IL
a good many fish. We then shifted again
f faF a sad WE 'R a Nor peast little sland
TO which we intended TO row we got ttier r.
in somewhat less than an hour, explored II
and then turned about for home. ABSORBED
in rowing and fishing, We did not notlce
that number Of black clouds were .,t col
Letting il. the sky. A light WIND when
was now steadily increasing IN Speed had
= cts hurry home" said my brother.
No the distance is too great, SAID l.
Besides, the wind and tide is dead against
us Back TO the island,
We got back TO the island in a few min
utes. There we stayed, expecting relief TO
come soon. The wind had by this time
dashed the water into ever so many white
caps AS yet the rain did not come down.
Rlacl5 clouds were driving across the sky
and among them narrow streak of light
marked tie position of the sun At once
the rain came down, great big drops
they we're which drenched Us thoroughly.
The rain only lasted for a short time, but
the wind still kept on blowing. As we eX-
pected our friends soon came to our res
cue We saw a boat making toward US IL
great haste We signaIled and -elled for
all we were worth. Our friends soon land
ed on the island We entered their boat,
a fine little motor boat, and took the row
boat II tow.
Hoping this viii be Of interest to the
little readers of The Tribune, 1 remain,
your constant reader.
MILTON P. SCHREYER (aged 10.
No 3l04 Park avenue.
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SPERANT

Dear Little Men and Little Women: I
wish to tell you about Esperanto. Of which
probably few of you have heard and in
which a kind friend has interested ne.
Seeing book in his room entitled ''Es-
peranto in Fifty Lessons" I asked him
about it and he explained that Esperanto
was a language invented by DR.. l. L.
Zamenhof, OF Warsaw, Poland, as means
Of communication among all nations 1t is
not intended 10 replace any language now
existing, but to be a second language for
all After a few lessons with my friend
Joined the New Haven Esperanto Club,
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- love boys and Ike TO see them get
s1-a-e deal # 2 boy has TO live II a nome
which IS only Z hovel and If he is underIeo
a-d ovzrvyorlzed ana abused by drunken
latler. YOU cant blame him II ne gets
Cranky and fussy IN school and makes
trouble fo- The teacher. That boy wants
to Know that there IS somebody in this
world who IS willing 70 give him square
C-sr and l3a-r respond. Put some clothes
O. his hack a-.d some food in his stomach
sa5 show an interest IA him. and he'll De
ss good a. any boy IN The class
The shaker was Mrs Bessie Clements
o. Public School G. jersey City, VINO IOT
four Years tas been teacher Of tae so-c4Heo
frcor.iEz5.as. gathered from al the C--4-7''7'
II thar cI-y. and whose success u li-i'
difficult task has marked departure 4"
educational effort
There are some discerning people "a
Jersey Ciry who think that Mrs Clements ,
class is place for the redeenling CT sous
and the ma King Of men and that the Work
she is doing. with 2I its hunnor anu Us
ps-hss. Is q work for human need winch
Should be 5tipiicateE in every city. For
ever ct-v has It's bad boys, ana me
bad ho--s- need tlplift even more than the
good ones
ECw hrs Clements has been able 70
Pant ambition IL the hearts OF the ZoS Dos .
Elo Lz1e been under her tstelase II me
course u rl-e last coUr years and mas lls--e
taeul 50 proud 10 has been n her CHS as
I-a- LLev would not 60 a mean ACT -oh
zesr Of earning her disfavor or OF o-S
g.sc.ag our class IS a mystery 10 many
CIh6r teachers. To her il Is very simple
and l,e- naerhcI is summed Up IL the before
quoted remark
70 hear Mrs Clements herself ten "a
her whimsical. frank fashion or incioeli'S
that have come into her school life IS 10 ses
very nezr 70 The smiles and tears u
EuruaL nature
To begin with" she says. my poe
know that I'm with them, 70 mater W.
happens. a-.d that III stand back OF them
She Illustrated this BY telling OF no" sIe
and he class had protected one OF tileif
humber from z drunken father
This father" she said, is worth sI0O' eo.
but he was very cruel 70 his fanny
4 five children were sleeping durlng li9
winter in z sub-basement. which was -
cold that when water dripped from above
troze OF TIE wall.
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go q HuMoR HELPs.

Mrs Clements Is nos q very b-s woman
Sc has q ra-e touch OF EuE1or ard SEN
uine Irish 5U0yaaCy which carry ner SAFE
IL through every uncomfortable episode
She has seen sorrow. particularly IN the
sudden death of her hustaud, but she Keeps
her cheerfuInsss under I'll conditions she
explains this il her quaint phraseolosy oy
SAVING. II guess nay liver al right IOu
know. vou cant have the GSa- Of Heaven
in your soul unless yol- llve-'s ris1t-
Tn latest STORY of = humorous episode
told Jy sirs- Clements r---s ~ tbs wise =
Is "a story II the ei1stls week o. school,
AN italian mc-her. SAYS Mrs Clements
"ea.ne 10 me ana said sle wanted % ser
a working paper our for Ter son $50
her if she had his christening paper sac
said. No asked If srs had his passport
ticket. she again said, NO. Then size
explained
When was come 10 theesa country,
NIees Cla1usnJ'.' she said, I was 50 glad
said. II nevair want so back Itafia aseen.
and 1 care not 70 saya paper ha-va
t,via. putta ds paper down, and de twin
dev ea1a da paper So I have no paper for
my boy. "
one Of the daily incidents in Mrs Glen
ents's class is a boxing match- II a boy
is lacking in courage" she says. 1 mako
him put on the gloves. and Re has 70 prac-
Use until he gets Up some nerve
On the closing day OF school one OK the
entertainment features OF the day was
boxing match between Two members Of the
class
I'VE had several visitors" said Mrs
Clements. in speaking of it. among Them
SEVERAL me bers OF the Womsn's CUB
When Police Captain Murphy came n and
I asked what we could do % entertain
him enc OF the boys suggested q boxing
tout So Biadle. d negro BOY who used 70
be in the class and had come II TO visit.
was asked 70 take the part OF Johnson.
ana one OF the other boys was chosen as
ferries All rhe visitors enjoyed the bous
as much as the boys did" A. p. Il
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found that the sum was 3, as shown on the
right Of the teachers picture Finally. ne
asked the other pupils 10 see who could set
the biggest sum BY doing as he had using
different squares, but always those that
could be connected by a straight line See
if you cannot get a larger sum than
While got. and prove that he is not as
smart as he things he is. For the neaTesr
and best three answers we offer the choice
Of a sterling silver Tribune badge. an in
teresting book or a box Of water color
paints It is not necessary TO send back
any part of this picture with your answer
Just send the different numbers with the
total
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
a CASE OF WRoNGDoING.

"One day" she says. "a lot Of the boys
came in and told me they had been teasing
an italian musician on the street and that
they had made him very angry As they
were telling it one Of them looked out OF
the window and said: Here comes the man
now
wishing to avoid trouble. I said; Now,
every one of yol boys that helped III the
teasing Just get outside by that other door.
I'll give you what IS coming to you after
ward, but don't want this class disgraced.
so you just get outside
Ten or them went out into the play
ground Just as the Italian entered with his
complaint He was very angry. I SYM
pathized with him and told him thought
he had been oItrageously treated. and that
if he could find any of the boys that had
used him so meenly in my class 7 would
report THEM to the police. He went up and
down the class. but. OF course. could not
find a boy Then he went away feeling a
little Gained down.
What did I do with the teasing boys?
Well I told them they had done low
down mean thing. and had come within one
Of disgracing all of as. IT / hadn't had
the quickness TO hide YOU 1 told them.
YOU might have been arrested. and then
what could folks say of Mrs Clements 5
boys?
Then made them go and find out the
damage and pay the man and apologize TO
him.
THE ALUMNI" DoINe WE'LL.
my boys VINO have been graduated are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-10
A BRUTAL RELATIVE.

Il said: or with his SHIRT and let me
see it The poor fellow had been beaten
by his uncle with a trunk strap and where
the buckle had struck were deep, fostering
sores The shirt chung 10 them, ana tbs
poor boy was 30 miserable that he could
not sit still The hrst thing We dld was
10 wash out the sores and have them prop
erly dressed Then We looked after me
uncle. He is worth 100000. but we found
that he had sent this lad into the streets
to pick up cigar buttss lie had sent him
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Oar Letter Box

his mouth to catch the spray. He seemed
to love the wateS on his head His ears
ficked back and forth. his nostrils QuIv-
cred and drew in the cooled air, and his
ewes frightened The other horse would
have none on his head but his whole body
quivered with delight on feeling the water.
Every inch Of them was wet-soaked, in
fact-and they seemed like new horses.
When their driver finally returned the hose;
thanked US and drove off. with few kind
words TO his team. they (the horses re-
sponded 10 his words heartily and Went off,
dripping but cool. The man will be N
some way repaid for his little act Of kind
ness.
ALLIENE II. DOROTHY (aged 80.
No. 90 Arlington avenue, Jersey City.
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started in the world with q fair chance
Why. some Of the boys that have oeen n
my class have come from homes little oe'-
ter than pigsries- Don't you see that these
little chaps iced 70 have their sores washed
and food put into their stOnachs2
L had taught school in Jersey City for
twelve years before taking the inc0rrigt-
bIes.' and aad always a habit Of picking
out in any child TIE thing it could do best
whether i was 90 draw or sing or speak
pieces I think this ability To understand
a child IS, in part. the cause OF NY success
There is an esprit De corps IN NY class
whlch makes things move along I never
have any trouble with discipline A new
1oE very soon catches the feeling q the
class that everybody must t-y 10 please
Mrs Clements
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Dear Editor: Thank you very much for
the check for 81 received I am glad my
story about Billy Taft interested the Little
Men and Women. Thanking you again for
the dollar. | am, yours truly,
MARION JOHNSON.
No 297 Church street. NaugatUck, Conn
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MOUNTED GUARD OVER BOY.

He turned out lis Family one piileI
night when he came home intoxicated -'is
boy got away and came TO ne lslI 81 &c
hat tie father would make tfouDie'
When Is WIS seen coming into the sci.loi-
yard Text morning I told the son 10 1iu9
Il Tie csoset and say his prayers Then l
srsanize3 zen boys into guard II IIoii 80. %
RAJ closet ooo-. When the man p'-iS' i--lO
Re schoo.roon ny heart did thuIIP SOME
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A STRANGE PEOPLE.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: In
the wild gorges of the Tygart Valley River,
some distance south of Grafton, live a
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Hoae TO 6G,fr7 a Prize.

tiers and answers TO Little Men and Little
Women. New-YCrk Tribune, New York
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TRIANGLE
/ The edge of the ocean
. A voice that sometimes answers US
back from the hills.
,, An exclamation that expresses tri-
umph or contempt.
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LETTER PUZZLE.
One =. one [. one h. two c's,
one !. one =. one a. two e's-
This lordIy fowl full well you know,
You see him everywhere You go.
He made a hit upon the stage
And now is really quite the rage.
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1. An authorization often seen in the name
of business firm.
;. In hill but not in mountain.
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
LETTER PUZZLE.
Independence.
WORD SQUARE.
s = \ z
\ W A Y
y a II Z
L & S
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THE ALUMNI DoING WELL.

my boys VINO have been graduated are
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Book Companlonship.

Books are a guide in youth and an
entertainment for age, said Jeremy
Collier. They support us under soil
tude and keep us from being a bur
den to ourselves They help us to
forget the crossness Of men and
things; compose our cares and our
passions; and lay our disappoint.
ments asleep. When We are weary Of
the living we may repair to the dead,
who have nothing OF peevishness,
pride or design in their converse.
ton.