The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-01
Myra S
Condolences


Your new hat is just grand, teach
er, and l hope you wear it in good
health" exclaimed Myra Schpock
Myra was exalted monitor of the flow
er boxes and was attending to them
after school,
Thank you, dear" answered Miss
Lord as she marked her fourth grade
arithmetic papers.
It's nothing to thank about" said
Myra. Say, you ought to see my mas
new hat. It's red, with purple flow
ers. It's got big green bow across
the back. When pa saw it he said,
Mrs. Sarah Schpock that there hat
is one stunner!' l like yours better
than mas, but I wouldn't say SO to
ma. It'd make her sore"
"Of course, you wouldn't want to
hurt your mothers feelings" agreed
the teacher.
Only ma saw you coming to school
yesterday with a swell" confided
Myra. Ma said, 4 amt sure if it's
Wednesday or Thursday morning he
'scorts your teacher to school, but I'm
going to make it my business to find
out So she watched to see"
Child. what difference can 1t pos
sibly make TO your mother?" asked
Miss Lord in surprise.
Ma doesn't want to miss anything
like that. She says it just does her
heart good to see you and the swell
go by SO nice like together Ma hasn't
had much pleasure since the twins
came, SO she enjoys it when you two
60 by. She says, That man can't
take his eyes went off your teach
err"
You must not talk like that, Myra,"
reprimanded Miss Lord 1T isn't good
taste TO say such things about people"
/ don't, honest and true, Miss Lord
| said to my ma, said: Ma. you don't
know nothing about it. He amt real
ly my teachers man. It's the fit and
tiutter teacher what likes Miss Lord 3"
And who may he be-" inquired the
teacher with a gasp of establishment
He's our exercise 'structor, Mr.
Fillerpson. We kids call him fit and
tutter, because he always kept telling
US TO fit and flutter when We drilled
for our butterfly entertainment | said
TO my ma, said, 'P'raps | don't know
my long division. but | do know when
man is just crazy about a lady Ma
laughed so hard she broke her new
corset steel"
"Myra. you are impossible" declared
Miss Lord. IF you paid as close at
tention to your long division as you
do to other peoples affairs you would
probably learn your numbers You
are certainly a case for the psychol-
ogy department"
I'VE have nicknames for all the
teachers declared the loquacious
Myra, not at all abashed The sing
ing superintendent is 'Do-Mi-Sol.' We
call the sewing lady 'Thimble.' be-
cause she gets such mad when We
forget our thimbles. The drawing
lady is 'Tiptoe' She walks as if she
was afraid of waking the baby"
What a disrespectful class of chill
dren l have!" exclaimed the amused
teacher, trying to wear disappearing
look and failing. As a token of her
capitulation she added, smiling: Il
wonder if l have a nickname?"
"Dast l tell you yours?" asked
Myra.
I'm eager to hear it."
Yours is Lady Violet because you
always smell so nice of violets
hope | will when I'm a big lady"
Thank you. That's very nice
nickname"
Teacher" said NIyra after a mo-
ment's silence, Italia Zwick amt
coming to school tomorrow. She's
got to go to the doctors for her nose"
rs her nose at the doctor's?" laugh
ed Miss Lord.
mo, ma'am, but she has badinoids.
That's the reason she's SO bad. When
they're taken out she won't make no
more whisperings in school"
Poor child, I'm sorry for her. Give
her my love"
ooh! Oh! Miss Lord! Look quick!
There's anautomobile. It's your swell;
he's coming right into school. My!
Your cheeks look pretty and red"
"Myra. I'm afraid your mother will
be worrying about you. Now, you'd
better run home. dear Thank you for
helping me SO nicely"
"Good-by, teacher My ma won't
have no mad on me when l tell her
what I Saan