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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1901)
THB COURIER i were shown to the committee. When three months old they were sold to the slave dealers for 8100 and 8150 each. They had been raised in theae dens as so many cattle. All the clergymen in the city are mak ing ubb of the pulpit to arouse public sentiment in the matter. The chairman of the investigating committee has in troduced two bills in the legislature to crush the girl-slave traffic. The bills passed the house unanimously and are now waiting for the action of the senate. The subject has been looked into be fore but never with much success, but this time' public feeling is so intense that permanent reform will doubtless be the inevitable result. The Chicago Woman's club by a vote of 175 to 53 adopted resolutions regret ting the exclusion of the Woman's Era club of Boston from the general federa tion and reaffirming "its unwavering be lief in equal opportunity to all, without regard to race, color or politics.'' The design of thb Valley forge monu ment, which is to be erected by the Daughters of the Revolution, was ex hibited at a recent reception of that organization in New York. A letter of thanks from the private secretary of King Henry VII in response to a mes sage of condolence sent by the society on the death of Queen Victoria has been framed and bung on the walls of the chapter rooms. A new chapter by name Betty Zaue, has lately been established in Chicago with Mrs. Wallace Springer aB regent. The Open Door Meetings on Sunday afternoon instituted by the Chicago Woman's club are welcomed by large audiences and are serving a useful pur pose. Their object is to offer a pleasant and instructive afternoon to those for whom Sunday offers the only hours of leisure. A program will illustrate per haps the club's idea. On last Sunday the subject was A Study of a Modern Play, followed by violin and vocal solos. An interesting and lucrative employ ment in which a number of women are now engaged is that of furnishing in genuous advertising designs. A neces 6ary requirement of this occupation is originality as the device or sketch must possess qualities sufficiently artistic or startling as to attract immediate at tention. Among the familiar designs arranged by women is the 6gure of a pretty baby half buried in his father's 6birc. Another whose duty is to adver tise certain kitchen goods is that of a darkey cook with lgbing eyes and a fine showing of white teeth. A well known picture is that of ten little pick aninnies advertising a certain kind of handkerchief, and.it waaalso a woman's J. F. HARRIS, No. I, board of Trade, CHICAGO. eJs STOCKS AND- idea to combine monkey and soap and thus spread the fame of that particular suds producing article. Monkey statu ette are the necessary ornament of most Japanese households and it was this Japanese peculiarity that gave origin to this idea. One woman edits a paper devoted to the scientific method? in advertising. Women engaged in the various branches of advertising make from fifteen dollars upwards a week. The highest salary on record received by a woman is 812,000 a year. As a rule each has some specialty in which she is particularly clever Drawing, rhymes, poetry, or reptile verEe aB it is called, is effective in street cars and ferry boats. Again there is the combination of the two, as is so often seen in magazines nowadays. Others write anecdotes, sketches and stories, the latter bringing excellent prices. Some rewrite the advertisements of busi ness men and others in the employ of some special house see to the whole ar rangement from the compiling of the notice to its appearance on the bill boards. Advertisement writing is a particular branch and owes its origin to the circus, where use was made of rhythm, allitera tion and rhyme. The process has been refined, but the early exaggeration is still apparent and stimulated by the ex treme competition that now exists. The lore of bargain sales is familiar and cer tainly alluring as for example "an un precedented slaughter, a phenomenal opportunity, a bewildering variety, a memorable event." Prizes for Letters About Nebraska . A round trip ticket from any Burling ton Route station in Nebraska to Yel lowstone National Park and a complete trip through the Park is one of twenty prizes offered by the Burlington Route for the best letters about Nebraska. Other prizes are: Trips to Colorado, the Black Hills, Chicago and St. Louis. There are also several cash prizes. The Burlington offers these- prizes for letters that will encourage immigration to Nebraska. Letters descriptive of successful farming, cattle raising, dairy ing, fruit growing and similar pursuits are available for the purpose in view. The contest closes May 31, 1901, Circular giving full information will be mailed on request. J. Francis, G. P. A. . Omaha, Nebr. A SUMMER SCHODL. To the Patrons of Lincoln Schools: It is the acknowledged function of the public school to provide for our children the best possible education of mind and heart. Proper training in right habits of thinking and acting and in the ability to use hand, eye and brain to the best advantage in the practical affairs of life no les6 than in the use of books should be the aim of our schools. The present arrangement of Echool sessions, however, is not altogether con ducive to this end. For three-fourths of the year pupils are assigned to book work chiefly while for the remainder of the year they are left largely to their own devices. The result of this is a de cided loss during the summer mcnths,of u.uch that is gained during the days of school, while habits and associations are acquired that are decidedly prejudicial to the interests of the child. The edu cation of the child should be so adjusted as to secure uniform progress. It should therefore, continue throughout the year, the character of the work being suited to the season. The purpose of this note is to suggest to the patrons of the Lincoln schools a plan whereby the summer months may be used to far better advantage than at present, to the end that they may con tribute to the moral and intellectual up lift of the child as well as to his physi cal well being. The plan under con sideration is to establish Vacation Schools where, during two months of the vacation, the children shall be under the care of teachers who shall direct their play and work along lines that shall be profitable morally, intellectually and physically. The character of the work would be essentially dif ferent from that followed during the school year in that bookB would be largely abanded and the time given to field and laboratory studies, manual training and recreation. The Board of Education would doubtless grant the use of buildings for schools of this kind if desired While subjact to modification to suit local needs the schools would be con ducted on the following GENERAL PLAN. 1. The work to complete field and laboratory studies, manual training in cluding wood work aud sewing with a liberal amount of time given to recrea tion under the direct oversight of the teacher. BONDS Grain, Provisions. Cotton. GJtf Private Wires to New York City and Many Gties East and West. MEMBER New York Stock Krefringe. Chicago Stock Btchance. Chicago -Board of Trade j 'Iv"""" R53SsSicyaffi$i - 2. The field excursions would be ad justed to the age and strength of pupils, the weather and other conditions. While the work as a whole would par take of the kindergarten spirit, with the youngeBt children it would take the form of a summer kindergarten. 3. No more than 20 to 25 pupils would be assigned to each teacher, girls being placed under women teachers and boys under men so far as practicable. 4. No work would be given designed to advance pupils in the regular grade work ot the school. The making up of back work, however, would be permitted as also work designed to adjust pupils better to the grades in which they are enrolled; ae for example certain lines ot worn by the pupils in the present B classes to bring them into adjustment with the new classification. 5 It is estimated that tho expense of conducting Echools on this plan will be about six dollars per pupil for a term of two months, with a small sum addi tional (81.00 to 81.50) for supplies. This expense would have to be met by tuition charges. I place this matter before the patrons of the public echools for the purpose of securing an expression of opinion as to the desirability of inaugurating this plan of work during the coming summer Should there be a sufficient number who would care to avail themselves of the advantages such schools would offer, one or more schools will be established to begin two weeks after the close of t-e regular term of school. Applica tion for enrollment should be made at o ice to the principals of the schools. C. H. Gordon. Supt. Schools. m i MISS fcEONORA JACKSON, Who plays at the First Presbyterian church Monday, the 18tb. The Annual Meeting of the German Bap tist Brethren will be held in Lincoln, Ne braska, from May Twenty Four to May Thirty-One, Nineteen Hundred and One. For this meeting a special rate of one fare for the round trip will be made from Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis and all etations on the Burlington Route The roads east of Chicago and St. Louis are also expected to make a very low rate for the Brethren, and sell through tick ets to Lincoln and return. Tickets will be on sale May 23 to May 27, inclusive, and they will be limited f jr return to June 4. The charge, therefore, for a round trip ticket to Lincoln and return for the brethren Meeting will be: From Chi cago, 814.40; from Peoria, 812.00; from St. Louis 812.55 Brethren who wish to stay longer in Nebraska, can have the limit on their tickets extended by depositing them with tho railroad "joint agent" at Lin coln who will issue a certificate of de posit on or before June 3, and charge a fee of fifty cents for it. Tickets will then be good for return at any time until June 30, 1901. Many of the Brethren will probably want to visit some of the numerous Ger man Baptist settlements in Nebraska before returning home. Any one who presents a certificate of deposit to the Burlington Route agent at Lincoln will be able to get a round-trip ticket to any place on our line in Nebraska for half fare. These tickets will be sold on May 28 to June 3, inclusive, and will be good for return to Lincoln until Juno 25. We publish a folder about the Ger man Baptist Brethren in Nebraska. In it is a very large sectional map of the state, with reference marks which in dicate where the Brethren settlements are located. It tells about the crops and prospects, and contains letters from resident Brethren, giving their experi ences in Nebraska. A copy of this will be sent without charge if you will ark P. S. Eustis, General Passenger Agent, C, B. & Q.R. R., Chicago, Illinois. $ If; Ik
