The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-02-28
tom.tom. but not until then.

tom-tom, but not until then.
Mr.. Chairman, under the tight
wad" public school system which the
American congress imposes upon the
District of Columbia the pupils have
cooking schools. The teachers give
the public money to little children,
send them to market, and have them
taught how to buv. These stall keep
ers in these markets who teach them
90 not. imagine, charge too little for
the teaching.
When they have had this lesson in
buying they take. or have sent, to the
school that which the stall keeper
has taught them to buy: then it is
served in five and six course "festl-
bes." I recently saw one of these
menu cards. IT had ice cream on it,
asked the principal of the school
he was colored man-whether the
children made the ice cream or
bought it, He said they bought it
already frozen, but he could not tell
me how much teaching 1t required to
nave the children and their invited
guests to learn how to eat it. But,
Mr.. Chairman, that is Of but little in
terest to your constituents or mine.
All they have to do is to work hard
1G hours out of the "a to get the
money with which to pay for it all.
Then, in the public schools here in
Washington they have sewing schools.
The government furnishes them with
the material which they use in the
sewing lessons. They make aprons,
and so forth, and then, after they are
made, they are made: the same gar
ment cannot can not be made any
more, SO they just let the girl take it
home with her.
Also Teach Millinery.
Then, they teach millinery in the
public schools here. The government
buys the untrimmed hat frames, also
material with which to trim them. The
teacher gives instructions how to trim
the hats. When a girl has trimmed
one to suit her new dress, II is trim
med; it cannot be trimmed any more;
ii is useless to the government, so
the girl is permitted just to run along
lone with it.
Then, so a printed a report of the
school board says, if she wants to
trim another she does so. II, after 1t
is trimmed, it is trimmed, it is of no
use to Uncle Sam; he does not wear
that kind of headgear, and the girl is
told just to run along home with it
and give it to one of the family.
But. Mr.. Chairman, your constitu-
ents and mine do not care anything
about that; all they have to do with
the matter is to pillow corn, pick cot
ton and hoe tobacco, so they can get
the money with which to pay for all
this.
There are a lot Of other things done
In the Washington schools with which
the people back in the States have
nothing to do, except pay the bills.
recently came across an item fur
hishing automobiles for some Of the
school fraternity. The poorly-paid
school teachers back in the States do
not care anything about this. All they
nave to do with it is to be taxed upon
their own small salaries to help buy
those automobiles for the Washington
school teachers.
If a janitor of a school is caught
hauling OFF coal covered up with ashes
from the school he may be reprimand-
Cd but he does not fail TO have his
confederate put IN a bill for hauling
the ashes away; but the taxpayer
back in the States does not care, all
he has to do with 1t Is to buy the coal
ana pay for hauling the ashes.
The ashes are hauled away free
from every mans back yard In Wash
ington. But the taxpayer back In the
States has nothing TO do with that;
all he has TO do is to pay for the haul
Ing.
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