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18 THE ILLUSTRATED DEE. July Si, 1901 The Kearney Military - , . - " ' - - V . ' a. ' : ". I I, . " ' is v ' ' i COM PANT AND MAIN ftD WTW ........ unll . I thorough preparatory training for and young men at a moderate crice and under the beat Influ. nee, thla school was founded by Bishop Graven In 1882. The academy commends Itself to parents desiring for their boys a school easily reached In a country unequalled for 1U healthy climate and one In which, while rery car la taken to provide all equip ment essential to the proper Instruction and well being- of the boy, and suck as may be found In the best school of Hsv type, nonessentials are kept down In order to allow the management to put the feea at sjuch moderate price as to be within the reach of all. The discipline and Instruction are of the highest order, the boy 'is taught to work from right motives, every proper effort la made for his comfort and happiness, and the fact la never lost alght of that mere proficiency In studies la no more important than the development upon right lines of the boy's character; and thla la the more readily done aa the school is not so large In numbers but that every boy must come Into Intimate personal relationship with the principal and Instructors. The academy Is pleasantly situated In the alley of the Platte, about a mile and a half from the city of Kearney, a station on both the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads. The location Is an unusually healthy one and the distance from town sufficient to Insure freedom from Infeotlon In case of the outbreak of an epidemic The buildings are large, commodious and In good condition. Kearney hall, the main building, la built of brick, four stories high And contains the rooms of the head master and family, study hall, office and dining room, recitation room, sick room and Personality of Miss Pauline Astor iP Tim oft-referred-to "fierce white Hunt" of publicity could blind. It would long have done so In the cae of pretty Miss Pauline Astor, and, If rumor could marry, she would already be the most-married young WuuidU la lDngSlau email society. Ever since her childhood, when her father Bhed his American nationality and became a British subject, the eyes of all England have been upon her, matrimonially speak lag. '. Among the notabilities to whom she has been reported as "positively" engaged have been the young duke of Roxburghe (who so recently married Mies doelet). a Captain Frasec, son of General Bir David McDowell Fruser; Kocian, the fascinating young violinist, and, most grotesque of all, Jonel Drattlano, the Roumanian minister of for eign affairs. Not one of these rumors has had the slightest foundation In fact WlUle to her adopted fellow-countrymen Miss Actor, la most interesting as the daughter of the head of the Astor family and co-heir with her brother to his 100,000, 000, Phtladelphlans regard her chiefly with reminiscent sentiment as tke daughter of the beautiful Mary Paul, whose wedding In 1S7 to William Waldorf Astor was one of the first of the uotable series of brilliant matches of beautiful, aristocratic, but rela tively poor, Philadelphia girls to great financial partis. Mrs. Astor was the daurhter of the lats Uaunea W. Paul, the wl known banker, illas Astor has relatives In this city in the jversoa of ber uncle. James W. Paul, jr., and Ids family. Her last visit to Phlladel I Ma was la tlie full tt VXA, vhea sh BUILD IN X quarters for teachers and twenty-two of the younger cadei. Lewis hall, which has been almost en- tlrely remodeled in the interior this year, contains the gymnasium, a large, well lighted room with about 2.000 feet of floor space, completely equipped with apparatus horisontal and parallel bars, traveling rings trapesa, etc One end has been specially prepared for hand ball. There Is a shower bath with hot and cold water and dressing room in connection. Here are also the carpenter's shop and the black smith's shop for the department of manual training, the chemical and physical labora tories and the chapel. Cochran hall, the main dormitory, con tains quarters for forty cadets and two masters. Each cadet has -a room to him self, heated by steam and furnished with the usual bedroom furniture and bedding. It is the Intention of the founder of this school that nothing shall be left undone that can help to make the work more effi cient. In this connection attention Is called to the fact that many alterations and im provements inside and out, have been made during the present summer, insuring greater comfort and convenience. The grounds, twenty-five acres In extent, are level and afford excellent facilities for drill and for the various forms ef ath letics so essential to a complete education. Ample space is given for foot ball, base ball and tennis, together with a small but good golf link. Long experience has shown that a system of discipline, semi-military in character, la most efficient in cultivating the essential habits of obedience, promptness, punctu ality and neatness. Regularity of routine Inculcates a methodical habit, which the cadet soon applies to all branches of his work, thus becoming a better and more efficient student The dally drill of the school provides a regular physical exercise visited her cousin, MJss Ellen Drexel Paul, and participated In the Radnor hunt meet and was one of the contestants for the women's cup, which, however, she did cot win. Miss Pauline, whose Christian name is a graceful compliment on her father's part to her mother's maiden name, is about 24 years of age. $hs has received an English society girl's education ever since 1S90, when her father took up his residence at Cliveden, In Sussex, and sine the death of her mother, shortly after, has been under the chaperonage of the countess of Selkirk. Miss Astor had the onerous responsibility, while still but a slip of a girl In short dresses, of receiving King Edward VII, then the prlnoe of Wales, when, with his magnificent train, lie visited her father at Cliveden, and It Is said that her deport ment on that trying occasion so delighted her father that he' presented her a rope of pearls reaching below her waist In March, 1M, she formally entered so ciety by being presented . at the queen's drawing room. For this, and for the other vents and entertainirents in connection with her debut, her father spent Astor dollars with the prodlga'Jty of a mediaeval reigning duke. Her gown was more regal than any ever seen on a young girl at a royal drawing room, and cost 12.500. The Velvet for the train was manufactured especially for Its youthful wearer, and the priceless late on It had been her mother's. Miss Astor's beauty is of a piquant Span ish type, and It Is said that her dark brown yes and olive complexion are exactly Uk those of her mother. Miss Astor's ; popularity la English so Academy ': v. ; . : '-V;.,:vV. ; . i ' - I . . . 1 TT 1 1 rv .. ( - : t , fc - . . . .T v l .. . . . . I .. rll. I ; l - . . . . , ...... , . . l .. Mll - .'-- ... - " . " - - t COCHRAN HALI which shows Its effect In better health, more correct carriage and Increased mental aptitude, while prompt submission to au thority teaches habits of self-restraint, and the exercise of it a proper sense of per sonal responslllbllty. The fact that the discipline is a means and not an end Is never lost sight of, thus avoiding as far as possible the danger of making a per formance of duties mechanical. For the purposes of discipline and for in struction in Infantry tactics the cadets are organized Into companies, each company being commanded by a cadet officer, who Is under the direction and supervision of the commandant of cadets. The officers are se lected from those cadets who have the best record for. study, conduct and soldier-like deportment. Length of attendance at the academy is hot a necessary qualification to enable a cadet to receive an appointment. During the year the' cadets have been divided into -'two. companies, officered by a captain, first and second lieutenant,' three sergeants, three corporals and a musician. An important fact, which should not be omitted In this sketch. Is the efficiency of the teaching corps. They are- fitted by training, experience' ahd ' travel for -the work which they are successfully carrying on. Each Is a specialist in his department and the work accomplished by the students Is abundant proof of it - There Is no hurry, there is no half-understanding of- a subject and the patient, persistent mastery of the work in hand is looked upon as an essential part of the training which la a leading fea ture of the school. - . Thus equipped and thus officered the academy finds itself In a position In which It can offer its students advantages which the best publlo school can never claim the best course of study," the best teaching and' a home life with. .an lnflienj;e which can not be surpassed. From this' last the stu dents are never free. From' morning until ciety has been undiminished by the occa sional eclipses from favor of her father. The still unforgiven Milne incident Is said to have arisen through the attentions un welcome to ' William WalleJ-off" Astor, If not to his daughter of Sir Berkeley Mlln. After au elaborate tnu.slcal given at his house, Mr. Astor astonished British society by publishing in his paper, the Pall Mall Gasette, a curt announcement that Sir Berke!ey's presence on that occasion was "without Invitation by mi," ' Although in bestowing her band on ex Captain Spender-Clay v Miss Astor Is not gaining the title which everyone predicted for her, She Is marrying money. The bride-to-be is dowered not only with money, but with InL lite charm. Paulina Is a sweet faced brunette of 24, and has worn perhaps the most magnificent Jewe'ry of any girl In the world. Her necklace of pearls at ' the queen's drawing room in IH99 cost $3e,0U0. The fortune she will in herit is estimated at about tlOO.OuO.OOO. Philadelphia Record. V Municipal Ideals (Continued from Page Five.) the exhibits has been sounded in words of pruls and commendation subscribed by them after their signatures In the resistor book. Among the exhibits in the New York City building is the topographical map of Oreater New York which was shown at the Paris exposition and won several medaJa Two beautiful aluminum module of tbe Brooklyn and Williamsburg A Splendid School For Boys night and from September until June ths - home influence never slackens. The best - ordered home insists no more strenuously for personal attention to the requirements of cleanliness in self and Its surroundings ' than the academy. The untrained boy may bring to the table the habits which a care loss home life has allowed, but these art .corrected. His language drops-Its mistakes under the constant watchfulness of , the . teachers who, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there ; a r little, often work wonders In the boy committed to ils care. ; He Is taught to stand and sit - erect, to hold up his head and to look men In the face, and after the lesson has been taught It Is followed up until It has be come, a dally, practical reality. - i The real trouble comes when the cadet begins to practice here the vices which 'too . many homes permit Profanity must .do stoppea. . vulgarity m speecn ana action . TniiKfr . confiA T.vtnfl" . anil uniterhfliidnilneflfl .must be given up. Tobacoo is not allowed and . all habits - which prevent wholesome -living and wholeeorae thinking must be changed. : t To accomplish this the Kearney academy does not resort to violence. "Kindness ; is greater than violence; Ood Is. love," and If -' this last . should .fall, the . academy" is no place for that kind of boy the risk Is too - great and the results too disastrous. . This is a conclusion of the whole matter. The Kearney Military academy has for Its alni 'and purpose a home school which- Bhall bring to, bear; upon its.. boys a rigorous tt-atnlno. mralftv mntallv finA nhvst.fll1v. . " 'with the single thought of .making men of them, ready and eager to do the work that ; " the. world demands of American manhood T 'and of American citizenship. With Its 11m- 'ited means It has so far been able to real ize its Ideals. With then means Increased, as 1 It hopes they will be, it Is confK - 'dent of correspondingly Increased results. : - .' : bridges, with two cross sections of ths, powerful cables that support ' those ' Im mense structures, adorn each side of th big map. . . . 1 ' The department of street cleaning of New York Is represented on a large and at tractive scale. One of Its great at'tractlons ' is a' working model of an Incinerating p'ant 'In use at the foot of ' Forty-seventh street and the Hudson river. -This model, with 'all its machinery In motion, shows how all dry refuse Is disposed of with profit to th metropolis of $130,000 a year, besides ob- ' taining light and heat for the plant, and several of the department buildings in th Immediate neighborhood. There la also a model of an incinerator for the reduction f garbage. Another New York City ex hibit is a model of the new underground rapid transit railway. To the left of the bul'dlng are models of soma of New York's great publlo buildings. The aqueduct and the water supply de partments givo a very large exhibit as t bow the people of th great city obtain their supply of water. Carpenter's Letter (Continued from Page Twelve.) near the mines, and there are different forms of reduction for different ores. You can carry Iron and steel to one great melt ing center, and there are reasons why combinations of capital can greatly de crease the cost of production and the pro portionate proflta It la not so in mining. The only thing that a trust could suvs there might be In the cost of administra tion. I don't think a great truat at all practicable, and I doubt if it would pay. FRANK O. CARPENTER