The Adair County news., 1912-10-02

within the scope OF their selection,
would 1t not be well to increase the
appropriation and erect an Uncle
Toms Cabin?"
Not only is music taught in the
Washington schools, but these self
playing pianos-pianolas believe
they call them-are put in and paid
for by your and my accordian con-
stituents. Those instruments are MT
there for instruction, because 1t re-
quires no more teaching to play one
Of those mechanical instruments than
it does to turn a grinding organ. I'm
der this new precedent that district
officials can equip anybody's play
/ grounds, and can equip them with
such games and amusements as they
choose, why not send these pianolas
! from the schoolhouses to the school
Fairgrounds?
Mr.. Chairman, am not afraid TO
make a small wager that Bob Taylor
paid for the instrument upon which
| lie learned to charm and thrill the
souls of the music-loving men and
/ women Of this country: but IL he
wishes to hang his fiddle and bow
upon the wall, never to take them
/ down again, and take lessons upon
the pianola or the grinding organ, he
| is still within the school age OF the
District of Columbia Oaughter.)
Grind Organs and UndesirabIes.
However, l am not quite sure that
/ J will not make a point OF order
against Senator Taylor taking lessons
on the grinding organ at the expense
| of the American citizen. II that con-
/ cession is made to him he may next
/ demand to take lessons in the public
school with the bear and the drum.
The grinding organ and the bear and
the drum must, by all means be re-
/ served for the many foreign born who
are in Washington, declining our cit
izenship, refusing 10 pay taxes, hoard
| ing our money to be sent back to a
for n land, while all the time their
children are receiving the advantages
Of free tuition, free books, free scien-
/ tific instruments, and hot lunches In
/ the schoolhouse. When the desir-
abe ones of these become citi-
zens with US, take upon them
/ selves the oath to support the
+ constitution and "Old Glory" help
support the government, then, Mr..
/ Chairman, am willing for them to
| go into our unsupported Fairgrounds
3 and receive the long, tedious and diff
| cult instructions from our accomplish
/ ed teachers upon tho grinding organ;
then they should be permitted to play
with our Teddy bear and beat our
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
GO 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 ''festi-
bles." l recently saw one Of these
menu cards. 1t had ice cream on It.
I asked the principal of the school
he was a coloTed 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 it required to
have 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
/ 16 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 thCD, 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 witt Hor
At Teach Millinery.
Thel, tLey teach millinery IN the
public schools here. The government
bus 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. it is trim
med; it cannot be trimmed any more;
it is useless to the government. so
the girl is permitted just TO run along
/ home with 1t.
Then. so printed report Of the
school board says, if she wants to
trim another she does 80. II, after it
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 1t
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
n L - L