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15 The (ee-g np Jagazirp p)a THE JUDGE TAKES THE GANG TO THE GAME By Tad Copyright. 1911. National News Ass'n UUIt"- Cou.mS THE RF.E: OMAHA, WEDNTESD AY. OCTOBER IS. 1911. snnHH i f iii i a zxx'. i ill urn HrHHt unri nuffl i Wm Me a PApoosa oni jcor6 card. -imSiTH ij fi Him Hi f&w. iStfiun n knocks bwmiu 1 .... r ,' w.. . -frjjF' ".'': ten ", -wax U 'V 1 a 1 J . if. 1 y il, M. i. t UN' X IWIII III I'i il t I III I I iiii i i -Nk 1 w , S . I' J,.. '1 -V-. TEACHERS NEED PITY Immense Responsibilities Are Heaped Upon the Teacher, Which She is Expected to Discharge Without . Adequate Moans of Support. OFFICER, HE'S IN AGAIN -:- By Tad Copyright ,ltll, Americ.Journl Esnlmsr. ut all people in the world. 1 leel most sympathy for school teachers. Their position Is so Important; their Influence so vast; their intentions so philanthropic; their usetullne so handi capped by the par Yi e - '-tar 1 ents and by the school boards. Nut long ago I read the cry sent forth from a man teacher's heart about the diffi culties he encoun tered In trying to instruct his chil dren in manual training less ons. The pupils were so badly brought up at home, so wil ful, so ungracious, so inattentive, that he had to give a large portion of his time to training them in the small mat ten which should have been learned at home, and the manual methods bad to wait in consequenoe. Such a teacher is situated like a chef who U asked to prepare a food dinner in ft ehort time, and who received from market, not toe expected chicken and vegetables all ready for the grill or kettle, but unplucked fowls and vege table rlghttrom the soil, unwashed and untrlmmed. If his dinner it lata by an hour, who Is in fault? Surely not the chef. Most children are sent to school raw and mentally and morally "unwashed," untrained In the common courtesies of dally life, oftentimes Inpertlnent and im polite, and lacking all Ideas of obedience. To train these children Into attentive and Interested students require much more patience and time and effort than .to take them through two school years after they are trained. There are too many young children sent Into the schoolrooms of America. A physician In Boston has stated that more than 1,000 children under 10 years of age wear eyeglasses In that city. He thinks It due to being taught too young to study books. The eyes of children a-re not Intended for such work at that ae., Now comes a new faea In reboots, and it is to be hoped that it will grow into a generally accepted method of teaching. In the village of Falrhope, Ala., across the bay from- Mobile, 'Is a little school that Is often called a reform nchool not to reform the children, but to reform the methods of teaching. There I a kindergarten for' children under T yeers of age doing the usual kindergarten work, but no dictation, nor close work, nor finished" work for ex hibition le permitted. Children from T to U years of age con stitute the life class, where they simply live as happy and wholesome a life as possible. In the first division of the life class the children under 10 use no bonks, except By ELLA WHKELEK WILCOX. - h they themselves desire to learn to read. ' Instead of the formal work of reading and writing and number, the children have music that is, singing pretty songs, adapted to their year, for the pleasure of singing, not to be able to read music or write music. They often act out or dramatise some song or poem. Many poems are committed by the chil dren, not as a task, but by hearing the teacher recite the same poem a number c"f times. They have exercises in funda mental conceptions of number daily. !tory telling occupies an Important place on the program. In which the chil dren become acquainted with all the beat fairy tales, legends, folk lore and myths and great stories of history in the most natural, delightful way. wtthout danger of Impairing the eye sight by bending over a book. Spoken language la cultivated In the story hour. German Is also taught by the conversational method. One of the most deltghtful Items of the dally pro grsm Is the walk. No definite order Is followed.' but the direction of the walk is determined by the Interest of the day.' Sometimes a neighboring pound Is vlsnted to watch the development of the tadpoles Into frogs. Sometimes the woods are scoured to discover the elusive pistil of the pines. The Identification of trees In winter ocouple many walks. In ths spring the appearance dally of some new blossom occupies the Interest for many days. Then there la the building Of the birds' nests to watch, and all of the interesting bird life to observe. An outdoor gymnasium affords ample opportunity for acquiring many bodily accomplishments. One period daily la given to handiwork, and one also to the development of con ceptions of color, form, etc. Paper sloyd. , cardboard construction, scissors and paste, clay, water colors and pencils are used. Experience In growing plants is given every child. ' Plots of ground are laid out In which every ohlld may plant what he chooses and cultivate It In hla own way, with the assistance of the teacher and the presence and activity of his fellows to stimulate his perseverence. A well equipped manual training department af fords employment for both boys ana gins as soon as they are old enough to use the tools. The older division of the life class from 10 to 13 yeare of age eentlnue the activities and experience of the younger group, but they come gradually to books This school begaii with eight pupils. It now has 125. Such nature schools should be estab lished all over the land, and no little child under W yeare of age should ever be sent Into a school where the use of books Is Imperative. Any child who studies nature under wise teachers until 10 years old and begins then to learn his letters will stand as high as others of his age when the reaches the high school period. And his health and powers of conception will exceed the average, gi periment and see. The Polo Coat Bj CKESTKR FIRKINS, I didn't wail nor moutk nor mope s When She the alren of my flat. Queen of my heart and purse and hope, Pinned whit rabbit on Iter hat. (Medusa wore worse things than that In times artistic and remote 1. . I shall not leave my habitat Until he buy a polo coat. What time, upon a ten-foot rope. th swung hand-bag. small and fat. I whined not, but went out to (rope ror coin to buy that lariat I never even caused ft Dt By Jesting on the things she'd tote; And even now I shall net b at, Until she buys a polo coat. Oh, direst thing In Fashion's dope! Oh. tomb of Beauty square and flat! Will I endure you near me? Nope. Nor empret) por aristocrat Could capture me where you are at Lot Indian belles on blankets duie. Why should mine hand the weepy chat L'ntll he buya a polo coat? j Ha polo all these fads begat? A pony coat w last year note; And now she's hopeless having thftW l'ntll she buys a polo coal OM-A MTTLH BEfcK. Mr HUfVI WOO TlCKT OPSTBA AOUJfeJD pU-ET THE Pi-6.CC TO rue. SCUPPERS .TWTAN.JEMM-i01g Beno putxEO 0FF and tmpooom txe Pottle 6R.rc roJpHerftu tmc Boo Actor. CO-0 dH JETri BTCAKrVO EVETWBoDv VNA JCAR-EO VTlFf VNTIL A VOICE FftO 7m GrAULCTW 5HR.lCTi.fiTD rfFfMlOE 1$ LET ATME-R IS CrLFjON ? 3DB NOW- I'M PJUEMCH MAiD OE. ON AH I TmlNEUT OOO Ri 0 ACJLOHOU ANp WNTrP-CrriSt-W Oil- f IU.CH THt 03J' r rlOOS BO -rn TATCONvWAv AND JTXBTEOTP $E"AT it JlijrTVrEW J1MV JUSiE"N ft CUCr-STH- V" W-O nA.J 0Ct-ltr A BT HSTLLED 71 HlrA. "men Bofcsoi iAio rvrAr MON O WENT CH? rr the BATTLE I HI? 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I Ily FUAStTS Ureal, big, wise owls Of Intellect, sit ting In solemn conclave, call the world to look and admire while they put an ordi nary person, such as you or ni, on pin point and then look at that ordinary person through a microscope while they diagnose his case. They explain hla fail ure, point out the futility of his tiny ambitions, ridicule his little theorlea of life and prescribe what Is essential be- fre he enn become the success his Maker rteklgiiPd him to become. All of ihlcl) thoy put down in words so 'ong that the surplus syllables could be ld around the waist and worn as a sash il the bark, and then they put the onll ary person back under his little glass iMe. dismiss the world with a wave of c hand and settle back In thalr chairs 'enmly self-satisfied In the belief that ey have solved another big problem I materially helped struggling mankind Us way. II of which must be very wise and true. .ire the bin syllables tied like a sash i the hack are too largo for ordinary ctimprehenslon. but it Is also true that the prescription la too deep snd too wise. We know something alls us, and wtrl !o bo lold In words w understand, aivi hero they are: Mental Laxlnnss. We are lusy In our brains. Ants In every other part of the anatomy and a sluggard In the brain that count for most of all In our final development. We think no pains too great to take in curling the hair, or getting a face mas sage, or selecting a suit at a tailor's, no walk Is too long If something to eat or to beautify Ilea at 1h end; no effort In I,. GAIISIDK. earning mono Is too great It the money is spent on personal adorn ment or in til preparation of dinner, and though this effort re quires great labor, no one thinks It futile. A cake that needs an hour in beating the eggs Is the pride of the housewife, and ft man will work as hard on somethllg with results of as little permanency, but both the housewife and the man would resent any accusation of laziness, yet neither would devote a half hour, a day to a book that requires concentration of the brain to master. "It looks too hard." they will raj', nd throw the bonks aside for one that looka lighter, but both the man and the house wife will hunt up taska that require the most arduous untiring of physical labor, and take pride In the achievement. We want our reading matter, our amuse ments, our entertainment, our relaxa tions the easiest that the gray matter osn digest. We have coddled the contents of our skulls to such an extent that the time Is coming when to keep track of the stock market and the number of eggs In a pudding will be regarded as the ulti. mate In difficult sums. The great, big owls of wisdom may think they know what alls us. but they have found no disease of sixteen syllable more serious than Just this one little com plaint told in two simple words. Mental Laxlness. We are so Isiy mentally we cannot hope to get anywhore In our ambitions, or to be snythlng until we use at least as much effort In our brains as we wsste every day on passing pleasures. rr The Poisoned Man Uy WINIFRED TJLACK. I know a man who Is dying of potsou. He's a young man, comparatively, but his face Is turning yellow and his eyes are turning green and his mouth Is hard and he can't mll to save hi life, poor thing; he s poisoned and he doesn't know It. poisoned with hi own greed, hie own envy and his own discontent. He made some money up In Alusku the other day. 'Hurrah!" we all thought, "he'll com borne happy ft olam, aad maybe the poison won't work any more." He came home In adject misery. Hi partner had road more than he had, and not all the gold that ever shone look pretty to that man. If another has a higher pile than he. U was Invited to he one of a distin guished company. "There," we all said, "he'll like that." He cam home with his face a gnawing picture of cbagrln. There was a fellow there that did all the talking; he wouldn't gto another soul a chance." "Was he ft good talker?' Well, I sua he was, but I wanted to talk myself." II 1. The mi ha ft son. and th son passed a high examination to go to college, "l rood for Jim." we said to the man, "you must be proud of him " "Well," said the man, 1 "I don't so how John Jones came to pass In the same grade, he Isn't half a smart aa Jim; there must be something crooked some where." And there was something crooked some where, and the somewhere was right In the man' own miserable, unhappy brain. When he died he won't be satisfied with ft good, comfy halo; he'll have to have the beat one there le or he won't play. Poor, narrow, foolish fellow. Why, the very laborer who digs th ditch for him and hla fine urnnce grove la happier than he Is. The very man who holds his sad dle bora for him to mount Is better off, and no human being of sens would change places with that man for two days not for all th gold that he brought down from Alaska He' poisoned poisoned with envy d with greed and with ungenerous hat, and then he wonder why no one like htm and why all happy laughter stop when be come around, and whv th room that waa gay with chatter ft moment be fore is still a death when he bring hi bitter face Into th range of the fire light Poison and poisoning, for I'd ft oon live In the house with a skeleton as to sit at th table or to walk or talk with him. HI disease Is catching. It la Infectious; keep away from him or you'll catch It yourself. Chunks of Cloom Ily MILF.t OVEKHOLT. Redness abounds when the yellow leaves Whirl 'round the corners and down the eaves. Clark clouds of autumn o'erspread the blue sky, C'hillliiK winds sob as the winter draws nigh. When first I wrote a verse Ilk that the family doctor said: "You ought to take a nice long rest and regulate your head. You need a dose of ump-te-ump to Jsr your system some, or you'll be herding little lamps just north of King dom Come." Sometimes a spell comes over me and I must writo a verse that's full of gosh- dlnged gloomy stuff with accent on a hearae. And so I write a line or two that makes m want to spill a teaspoonful of scalding tears, snd then I have a chill. Song bird are winging their way to the south; Chill l..ntlm are flung from old Bore mouth. Luruu iliik the heart for the sun blilnes no more , ... And sutuinn comes knocking at Ootober s door. Don't weep with me. Just let It drop; I'll handle ell the gloom. Forget th past; I'll cry for you; I'm unci to a. tomb. And I'll agree to wrap myself two hours every day with soaking teats and mournful thoughts, while you may romp and play. I'll take the aadnets off your band and spill It all In rhyme, while you and other folk may keep a-smlllng all the time. f The Bugs cf Pall J Dy BERTON BRA LEY. The Hunting Bug we next descry And look upon with wond'ring eye! In coiduroy that do not fit And with ft moat bloodthirsty kit. He starts upon the hunting trail To f lathi the fierce and savaae nu&ll. To meet the mallard and the teal, Grim foenian worthy of his stoi-l. TliroUKh chilly uuaiup and soal.lng Yoz Aruukiiig half a million frogs He make his wuy to II bulilnd A shelter which Im call a ' blind ' And there lie waits through all the day A dccriit chance to blase viy, While hall und rain and chilly aleet Are drenching him from head to fact; And bcu ths ducks come near irm mark He cannot ahoot because It s dark. In Joyous glee myself I hug That I am not a Hunting Bug.