OUB WOMAITS PAPEB, THUBSDAT, 1IAT 14, 1C90. TUB UTTLB NEW YEAR. Om cold morning Donald awoke from Ala dreams and aat up In bad and lis tened, He thought he heard a knock at his window but though, the morn was shining brightly. Jack Front bad been so busily at work that Ionald could not sea through the thickly painted panes. Bo he crept sleepily out of bed, and opened the window, and whispered: "Who is there r "I am." replied a tinkling voice. "I am the lit tle New Tear, hot ho! And I've prem ised to bring a blessing to everyone But I am such a little fellow I need somebody to help me distribute them. .Won't you please come out and help?" "Ob, It's so cold!" said Donald; "I'd rather go back to my warm bed; and he shivered as Jack Frost, who was passing, tickle him under the chin With one of the frosty pan brushes. "Never mind the cold." urged the New Tear: "please help me." 60 Donald hurried Into his clothes and was soon out In the yard. There he found a rosy-cheeked boy. a little mailer than himself, pulling a large cart which seemed to be loaded with good things. On one side of this cart was painted the word "Love," and on the other "Kindness." As soon as the New Year saw Donald he said, "Now, nlease take hold and help me pull;'' and down the drive they traveled until they came to an old shanty. "Here is where I make my flrst call," said the New Tear. Donald looked wonderlng lyiat him. "Why, nobody lives here buj an old colored man who works for us; and ho hasn't any children!" "He needs mv helD." said the New Tear; "for grown people like to be thought of Just as much as children do. lou hovel out a path to his door, while I unload some of my blessings; "and the little hands went busily at work, piling up warm clothing, wood and a new year's dinner, the New Year singing as he worked: "Oh, I am the little New Tear; hoi ha Here I came tiipolug It o'er tbe snow, Shaking my belli with a merry 41n 60 open your door and let me In." Old Joe, hearing some noise outside, came to the door, and when he saw all the nice gifts the tears ran down his cheeks for gladness; and as he carried them into the house he whispered: "The dear Lord has been here tonight' "Where are we going now?" asked Donald, as they ran down the bill. "To take some flowers to a poor sick girt," answered the New Tear. Boon they came to a small house. where the New Tear stopped. "Why Bessie, our sewing girl lives here, said Donald. "I didn't know she was lck." "Bee." said the New Tear, "thle window Is open a little; let us throw this bunch of pinks Into the room. They will please her when she wakes. and will make her happy for several aavs." Then they hurried to other places, leaving some blessing behind them "What a wonderful cart you have," said Donald; "though you have taken so much out it never seems to get empty." "You are right, Donald, there is never any end to love and kindness. As long as I And people to love and be be kind to, my cart is full of blessings lor them; and It will never grow empty ' until I can no longer find people to .help. If you will go with me every day and help me scatter my blessings, you will see how happy you will bo all the year." "A Happy New Tear!" called ome one; and Donald found himself In bed. and his sister standing In the doorway miung at mm. "Have you had a pleasant dream, denr?" she asked. "Why, where is the little New Tear?" aid Donald; "ha was just hare with mo." "Come Into mamma's room and see what she has brought you," answered his sister. There In a snowy white create no round a tiny Daby brother, the gift of the New Tear. How happy Donald waa then! But ilP did nrtt fartrat tifa koam rtlji T - and Bessie had their gifts, too, and Donald tried so hard to be helpful that he made all his friends glad because the happy New Tear had While walking through Dunmore cemetery a child remarked before a large monument very elaborately carved: "That must hare been a very 'pensive man." THE BOY BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL Read Before the Teachers' Institute, Scranton, April, 1896. (Published by request) It would seem almost trite and com monplace to assert that character be gins in the cradle. In these days when child culture Is bo much discussed, tho Importance of early training Is empha sised. The old adage of Pope, "just as the twig Is bent the tree's Inclined," Is realised to be true. And so leading educators and prominent klndergart ners urge the careful nurture of the children from a very early age. It would naturally seem that the discus sion of the beet methods of this early training belonged to the mothers in stead of the teachers. The broad views of modern education represent the good teacher as not narrow In her outlook or confined to her own grade, or even her own vocation: but as a gleaner from all fields one full of resources 'drawn from knowledge of all life and Its varied relations. All departments of science and knowledge so overlap and Join that they are mutually helpful , to each other. Especially true is this In regard to training of children. A t true teacher is not one who crams so much knowledge by force Into a child's head for so many hours each day; but one who studies child nature and adopts all best methods for develop ment of the child's faculties. What the . mother has learned by her experience comes to ds tne possesion of the teacher for her own adaptation. And what has been found a help In develop ing -the little ones Is often of equal value In directing the older ones. For we act on general principles and adapt to each case. - There Is no higher calling than that of a parent, no holler place In earthly relations than that of mother. And when we come in contact with the inner recesses of that mother love that gives up all In perfect surrender to the little one that belongs to It, we have come nearest to the heart of the Infinite Father, and feeling his heart throbs for the human race through this mother love, wo Stretch out our hands to the little ones placed under our care with an earnest desire for something of this same tenderness that we may .lead their Steps aright. Herbert Spenoer tells us that the greatest defect In our program of edu- ' cation Is overlooked the training of our youth Is dreadfully defective, In that It omits any preparation for the proper care of children. For horse hoeing and house-bulldlng an appren ticeship Is required. Is the unfolding of a human being In body and mind so comparatively simple a process that . any one may superintend and regulate It with no preparation whatever? That this Is true of too many parents Is a lamentable fact They neglect tbe needful cars and training of their chll- . dren through ignorance rathor thnn purpose, and by carelessness stunt the development of mind or warp the con ' science and Injure the sensitive nature past recovery. But whllo this may be true of many, It Is fortunately true of many more that conscientiously ana ; oarerally they are trying to mould the It seems very stranga To a boy like me; Bow things get so mlxad I'm sure I can't see. Bow potatoes have eyes. And a hill has a foot. A clock has a face. And a tooth has a root A stove has four legs. But It can't walk around: And corn has long ears. But It hears not a aoana, A Jug has a mouth. But waa ne'er known to aat: A stand has four legs. But not any feet A bed has four legs, A foot head, and aldei A tree has a trunk. The eceaa a tide. A wagon a tongue. And still doesn't talk! A yard has three feet And It never caa walk. And a minute Is short Or a minute is long. While the tea-kettle slngi - A right merry eng. And then It seems Strang ' - Haw people will say To boys and to girl Who romp and play, 1 Come, birdie, my brownie, . My duckie, my dear, 1 Sly lambie, my robin, ky darling, now here. " But one thing I'll tell yooy Be sura not forget, I'm a boy, not a birdie, A lamb nor a pet. RETTA A. PHTTIT. Typical Basin for Calling. Seven Little Sister series Andrew Tanglewood Tales and Wonder book Hawthorne Fairy Tales Anderson Grimm Child Garden (Bound volumes) Jingle Book Kipling Child Stories from the Masters, Menefee Back of the North Wind McDonald Oreek Heroea. Klngsley Nights with Uncle Remaa Harris Bird's Christmas Carol Wlggln Child's Christ Tales Hofer Love Songs of Childhood Field Child's Garden of Versa. Stevenson Fables and Folk StortM Bcudder Politics ol aScraaton CUM la 1889. "Mary run and gat ma Cleveland's baking powdar, Just aa quickly as you can go." Two minutes Mary returned. breathleaalyi "O, mamma, don't you mean Harrison baling powder I" The subject for the week at kinder, garten waa "Light" It led finally to speaking of noble people aa lights. Af ter showing a photograph of Phillip Brooks aa one who -waa a light to the world, Miss Gray said : "Now; children, tell mo soma lights you know about" "Israelltles," quickly responded A little boy much Interested In tho Sabbath school about Adam and Eve, said to his mother at the dinner tablet "Mamma, if the apple had boon baked, would it have hurt Adam?" ohlld nature committed to them In tbe best way. The children that come to you In the sohool room have come from both of these kinds of homea In the same row in your room sit boys and girls of totally different character, largely the result of the Influences of homes which were diametrically op posed to each other. This environment has left its permanent traces; already at this early age habits have been formed that may never be changed, or that will uke years of patient training to correct. What shall be the teacher's reception of these and how shall she meet with equal helpfulness, tho fortunate child of a well-ordered home, and the unfor tunate boy (perhaps equally bright, or It may be dull and stupid from force of circumstances) from a home of Ignorance or vice? WHAT HAS THE CHILD IN A GOOD HOME LEARNED BEFORE HE CAME TO SCHOOL? He has learned first lesson of ut most importance, the lesson of true obedience, not of force but of choice. The best motives for obedient action having been presented to him by a wise parent explanations having been made ot tne relations thf-t demand respect and give authority, the child has learned to Immediately acquiesce and lovingly obey his parents. He is then prepared to obey his teacher with the same unquestioning confidence. He has also learned the habit of self- control, having seen It exercised by a firm, but loving parent. He has learned to control his spirit In thoughtulness and to use his will power In command ing hla temper. In many homes, too, the young child has learned habits of at tention by careful instruction of watchful parents, anxious for the best development of their children; or he has had the advantage of kindergar ten, which is a great help in this direc tion. In addition to these Intellectual qualities developed In a child In a well governed home, which are of such value In preparing the way for the work of the teacher, some have the advantages of literary atmosphere and of elegant sur roundings that have a refining Influ ence on character as well as manners. Beside, and a' ove all these, the child of pood parentage has had a moral training. The best education Is of heart as well as mind, and training Is mora than teaching. Some one has defined training to be "accustoming the child to do easily and willingly what Is asked," or In other words "showing tho child how to do right habitually from choice." This waa no doubt the Idea of the great philosopher, who said "Train up a child In the way he should go and when he Is old he will not depart front It." The father and mother whose aim has been to so train up their children have seen, a loving, unselfish disposi tion Moseom m the same soil a strong wilt, and a frank, open-hearted MISS HUMAN NATURE. A True Incident Two little children five years old, Marie the gentle, Charlie the Doia; Bwaet and bright and quaintly wise, Angels both, la their mother's eyes. But you. If you follow my versa, shall see That they were as aumaa as human can be. And had not rat learned the maturer art Of hiding the "self of the finite heart One day they fouad la their romp and play Two little rabbits soft and gray Soft and gray, and Just of a six a. As Uke each other as your two eyes. All day long the children mads love To the dear little pets their treasure trove; They kissed and hugged than aatil the night Brought to tho oaalea a glad rsiplta. Too much fondling doesn't agree With the rabbit nature, as we shall sea, For era tho light of another day Had chased tho shadows of night away, One little pet had gone to the shades, Or. let us nope, to perennial glades Brighter and softer than any below A heaven where good little rabbits go. The living and dead lay slds by side. And still alike as before one dledl And it chanced that tho children came singly to view The pets they had draamed of all the night through. First cams Charlie, and, with sad sur- nrlse. Beheld tho dead with streaming ayes; Howe er. consolingly, he salt. "Poor little Marle-her rabbit's deadl" Later came Marie, and stood aghast; 6 he kissed and caressed It but at last Found voice to say, while her young heart bled. "I'm so sorry for Charlie his rabbit's eeaar- selects. Oeorte Washlartoa Stories. To a claoa of children from S to I years old: "Who can tell mo anything about George Washington?" "I know; I know," piped up a small fellow. "Why. he's that man that turned hard and they put a rope around hla neck and set him up dowm on court house square." uess grow Into beauty. What has all this to do with the characters ot those auio- THE TEACHER'S WORK. .Very much all this haa been done for you. The chief and best part of true education has been begun and Is well progressed before tho child has ar rived at school age in many Instances, But do not assume that this absolves you from responsibility. Fortunate, Indeed, If your work is made thus pleasant to take a bright and interest ing child, well trained to habits of at tention, used to self-government ac customed to obedience and with a tend ency to unselfish action. But how great tho necessity that the teacher foster there good qualities and recognize all honest efforts, and so work together with tho homo Influences working toward making tho most and best of characters. Mistakes of a teacher may wound a sensitive soul past recovery, leaving a scar never to be effaced. Lack of con fidence In human nature lost through a teacher's carelessness may never be restored. The duty of studying the child and encouraging the good and re pressing the evil tendencies Is para mount In your vocation. But If tho task be no easy one In ths case of those that come from good homes, WHAT SHALL WH SAT IN RE GARD TO THE OTHERS, WHO HAVE HAD NO SUCH TRAINING? Here Is one whose parents cannot speak the English language. They can not help in his studies or follow him with that Interest In his work that Is so encouraging and helpful. Here is another whose parents do know the Kngllsh language, or are supposed to at least, it is not a foreign language in which they speak no grammar contains It. Can the four or five hours a day of pure English coun teract the hours and days of Imperfect sentences. Incorrect pronunciation, coarse and vulgar words and profane language? There Is your problem. Careful teaching, consistent living in you school room will It equal lack ot training and bad example in the home? An immortal mind and soul hangs in the balance. Pray that a Divine Hand may help yours to tip the scales the right way. THE TEACHER'S DIFFICULTIES. In facing these problems the teacher meets many difficulties; and some of them In herself, it is easy to love the good boy who gets his lessons and obeys his teacher. It is hard to give special attention to the one who needs It most. But the teacher must make the effort to bo unprejudiced and to think of the Intellect that may be dor mant, of the soul that Is how blank for her to fill, and to seek for the best way fo bring out latent powers. With the true teacher's tact to ignore when possible, correct when necessary, and help at all times the timid, shrinking or stupid child, or the rude and per verse boy. "Te have need of patience." "Let patience nare her perfect work. In the struggle between Ignorance and light, between good and evil, going on In mind and heart, r.ver let the child be disheartened or lose courage. CHILDREN ARE WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE. If scolding mothers and tyrannical fathers have made children obstinate and sullen, and treated them as If they always expected-them to be bad, let not tho teacher continue this poof CAROLINE BOARDMAN, A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS. Scran ton. Pa.. Dec 1 1AM. Dear Santa Claua: Tou gave mo something last Christ mas that I asked for, so I'll write again this year. I want a Newfoundland dog, a hound, a foxhound, a greyhound, and a bird dog. For books I would like "The Arabian Nights," "Dred," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Boys of '76." "Youtig Folks' Indian History" and "The Hoys of '," and I would like a bicycle. I want "The Arabian Nights" and "Toung Folks' Indian History" the most of the books. The flrst named dog the most. I live In Scranton, Penn sylvania, United States of America. The bouse Is at the head of Linden street, on Monroe avenue. The house has clapboards on the lower story and shingles on the upper. Come down the chimney on the front corner towards the potato field. My stocking will be on the corner towards the place where the tongs, shovel and poker are, I have a slater and a brother. He is lck today. I go to the Adame avenue school and study reading, writing, arithmetic history, geography and French. Have you a wife? and If you have, is she well? Tou must have a lot of toys to make. Do your reindeers go faatT Tou must have to have warm cloths. Are you well? I hope you are, because I waat my things for Christmas. To Edwin, almost four: "George Washington never told a 11a" dwlnj-"Wby, couldn't ho speak T" BUILDLNQ. Xou are little builders. Working every day, Brick by brick, brick by brlcM Of character you lay j Every word you utter, Everything you do Renders tho foundation! Either false or true. Hero a brick of honor. There a brick of truth: .While the work's progressing Childhood turns to youth. As the walls are rising, See that they are plumb. Strongly put together, For the time will com When by their own merits They must stand or fait. For the Master-builder Justice metes to alL Building for the preseat ' For the future, too, 1 Characters that soma day God Himself shall view. treatment Rather let her encourage and maks them feel that victory is possible and success within their grasp, and that their teacher haa conndenoo la them. With regard to the teacher It holds good as wall as with ths mother and father, SHE MUST BE HERSELF WHAT SHE WISHES HER PUPILS TO BE. The teachable attitude, ths desire to Improve, tho wllllugness to change, should be her spirit; the cheerfulness, the promptness and the unselllshness should be her disposition. None ot us get beyond the need of study or possi bility ot learning. And none of us reach perfection of character. But what the teacher tries to be, fully master ot any branch of study. Is all sho can success fully communicate to others; so In the higher education that Includes training of mind and heart the teacher must try to have that self-control she desires and expects In others. "Thou that teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself?" Were It my province to speak of the continued relation of parent and teacher after the boy enters school, I should like to direct most of my talk to the mothers and fathers and em phasize the Importance of assisting the teacher, by insisting on habits of punc tuality and attention, and the need ot encouraging tho child by showing in terest In all his studies, helping when deemed wise, commending the good record, grieving over bad marks, and trying in every way to make the teach er a task as light as possible and the child's work as interesting as it can be, and so gaining most favorable results. But abler ones who follow will speak Of the boy after he gets Into the school, and will, no doubt, give plenty of in struction to us mothers as well as to you teachers. My allotted task wns to talk of the little one In kilts and knoc pants at home; of his mother and her work In preparing him for school; of his first teachers and how they should receive him, as he enters the sacred precincts of the publlo school, where so many days of the beat years of his life are to be spent. Rhnll I briefly state In closing the chief thoughts in mind In the prepara tion of this paper on this Important subject? 1. The Importance of early training and home influence. 2. The need that the tettcher recog nize this, not Ignoring It and Imnglntng hers to be the Anty hand guiding the child Up the steps of progress In educa tion. 8. The necessity of emphasizing her own responsibility and striving not to undo any good home training, and, on the other hand, making earnest, tact ful efforts to untln evil-Influences. 4. The self training required for this work, glvlnir you the power to win the child's confidence and respect, rhowlm; him yon can be and are what you wish him to be, 0. Now. lastly. I Impress upon you the value and necessity of love for your profession, and rnthtislnsm in the prosecution of your vorntlon, becnuse of tho vast result that hang upon your work, supplementing its It does that of the most sacred nf all, that of mother, sslrfttng as It does, or should, the work of the church, and being the great foundation nf the future welfare and security of the country. Dr. J. R. Miller tells a story of ths great mlssJonery, Francis Xavler, how at one time ho was exhausted With Editor; A LOAF OP BREAD. Out of tho window came a loaf at bread. And hit a boy on the top of bis head: It scared a horse that was hitched to a gig. And tho man ran over tho pig. Ths boy took tho broad aad homo ha posted And told his mother he wanted It toasted. Tho boy ho ate, and he ate and ho at Until he got up with a stomach aeho. (A promising boy post of yeara) How Many Caa Answer These. Questions 1. 1 what state and couaty do you live? I. Why were they so named! t. Name the other counties. 4. Bound your own county. 6. Name Its mountains, vaUrys, rivers and lakes. . What are Us native birds, plants, fruits and flowers? 7. What are its mineral? 8. What are tho divisions ec the county called? Name them. 8. What Is a borough? Naaaa 10. In what city do you lira? 11. Why waa It so named? 12. How long has It been a Sityf 13. How Is It governed? 14. Who are its chief offloara? 15. What la the length of thohr terms of ofnee? 16. Do you live In a county town? 17. How many Una of held In It? . IS. What la Its wealth? 19. Name Its Industries. 20. Name Its public- buildings, churches and charitable Institution 21. How many railroads para through? 22. How would you roach it from London? From laa Francisco? With love. A. WVJt Mamma "O. Janet God never Jrtakee to Heaven little girls Who tell OtfngM that are untrue." Janet "Well, you said) you told' a lie when you were a little girl and grand ma said she did, and I guess overylbody tells lies, and I don't want to go to Heaven If only God and George Wash ington are going to ba there. "Keep watch of your wards, ray. darl ings. r ur woras are wunacnui uungs;. They are sweat like beea fresh hefagy-' Like bees, they have torribl sun go.' days and nights of labor, when throngs of people had crowded around him, and he said to his attendant, "I must sseep. If I do not, I shall die. Whoever comes, do not waken me." He then retired to his tent and the servant began his watch. It was not long, however, be fore a pale face appeared at tho tont door and Xavler beckoned to his ser vant and said, "I made a mtstak. I made a great mistake. It a little child comes, waken me." Was not this tho great Masters spirit, who, when weary and pressed with other demands, said "Suffer the little children to como to me. Forbid them not." Do you realize what It mean for these little ones to come to you with their questions for answer, their plea for di rection? Let every power of your be ing be awake and fully aroused to re ceive It when tho little child comes. And woo to him who neglects or turns It away, or leads It astray. "When the little child comes, waken me," and may the Great Teacher Him self help us to so answer their ques tions, as their honest Innocent' eyes look Into ours, that we may dare look Into His face on that great examina tion day that Is coming to us all, and may hear Him say, "To did It unto one of the least of these, my llttlo children. To did It unto Me." HELEN DUNN GATES, A oertaln teacher of this city, who had been greatly Impressed by an article In an educational journal on ths sub ject of "Thought Getting" and the cul tivation of original expression on tho part of the pupil, appeared before her history class fully determined that there, at least, she would insist upon the pupils understanding clearly what they were learning, and telling It in their own language. Having, as she supposed, made her view upon the subject perfectly Clear, and having duly Impressed them with the Importance of it, sho called upon one of the boys to give sn account ot the battle of Marathon. He arose and told the story with Just enough varia tion from the lnnguago of the author, to satisfy her that he understood the matter, and she was about to congratu-. late herself upon her success, when his memory failed him, and he was un able to proceed. In order to encourage him, she said, "Tou have done very well so far, Rich ard, now go on and toll the result. Never mind the words of the book, tell It Just an you would, It you had read It In the newspaper this morning, and were telling it to me. Tou know what happened, do you not?" To which he replied, "Tes, ma'am, tho Persians went agen 'em, and got bet." That teacher Is still undecided, In her own mind, whether It Is better to be lucid or to be original. Toung Teacher (who had, the day he- fore, talked to tho children a long time, nbout ovstcrs and other sholl-lsh) "Now, who can tell me an animal that has its bones on the outside?" Small Girl (In a very shrill voice) reanuts." WASH DRESS GOODS. If you want to see a beautiful lot of Organdies, Dimities, Linen Batiste, to., call tierore this special lot Is gone. UOHWOLLI WALLACE, Valley House Shoe tore. Comer ot Lackawanna and Frai kiln. IL' J M 1 : Now, If you home. Where there Isn't a sofa or chair. And your hostess should say, "Take a seat, sir, i pray," Mow where would you ait? tall mo, where? And should they persuade you to star mere ana ame. Where knives, forks, and apoons are unknown. Do you think that you could aat With cnopsticKs ot wood? And how might you pick a- boaat And then, should they take you at Jajs- anese a rive, In a neat little "rickshaw" af Uua And you found. In Japan, that pour horse was a man. Mow what do you think you. would ao? He Loved a Smile. A lady bought a paper of ai ragged newa boy and dropped a fow extra pennies into hla sooty hand, savins "Buy you a pair ot mitten; aren't you com 7" om ram uaai "Mot smiled" She was a dainty miss of four and he was a laa 01 nve ana they had lust been waltxlng together. At her request no lea her to a seat in front of one of tho ladies on the low bench that encir cled the room. Then he crossed to tho other side and as ho turned to look at her, he discovered that she had changed ber seat. Wringing his hands, be ex claimed! "They've placed my little apartment by tho wrong mocherl A naughty little girl who- lapped, pinched and kicked her mamma was verely reproved by her father. "Sura- Iv." he said. "That waa not fray little airl: it waa some evil sUriC "Tea, papa. It waa an evil spirit which made me slap and pinch rouams but It was my own idea klckinlsar A llttto girt fell Into a welL the caught on a ledge and by hotdlmr 00 and screaming lustily, waa rescued, That nia4it she thanked God very own ly for saving her life aad ended by soar-' lng: -But 1 tnimc 1 aoowoo a gsnmoaa of sons myself." Margaret had been naughty all day; but waa very penitent a bed tlmoviaad at tho close of her evening prayer, swld; "Dear Heavenly Father, pleaoo take hold of my hand and don't let mo go 1 If-sagging around a&x mora tiht 'War I have today." Rolen fell and hurt her kneo badln When sho wsnt to bed hor root her-ban- hm..t , the purest things wo see? flawed It. rttv uan tha little mOvJ- n?f' -SCZw.. i. - m calied out: "Mamma, my bandage l.n'tT'""""" " " in tho right place. I tell sows aignor : up." A wall Instructed Sunday school boy when asked by his sick undo to throw away tor him an apple core said: "O, no! O, net O, no! you must cat tho Beed. Tho seed la tho word of God. and tho mora you get In you tho batter.' A bright small boy, walking for the fltwt time in tho heavily carpeted cor ridors of tho new Hotel Jermyn ex pressed hla sensations very tersely. "My, It feels as If you wore walking' on paaumatlo Urea" Emily "O, dear! I'm aa hot as fire! Stanley "Nov you ain't, cause if you waa you'd turn to water. Don't yer know cauao When yer only a Uttte tho water Begins to come. INDUSTRIAL SYMPOSIUH (CONCLUDED.) WORK FOR WOMEN THB CASHIER. Tho work of a cashier Is not only In teresting, but it schools one la many of tho fundamental principles of busi ness which are always helpful, no mat ter In what capacity one may- become engaged, whether as school teacher, bookkeeper or housekeeper. As an In stance, every women ought to know how to draw and endorse checks, and hew to properly make out a deposit slip and ao forth. As cashier, one soon becomea fa miliar with these details, aa well aa many other that are equally helpful. Many people think a cashier baa more temptations placed In her path than or dinary mortala They earn to havo aa Idea that the majority of us are covet ous and are alwaya Imagining what we would do if all ths money we handle were ours, while in reality the cashier seldom thinks of tho real value 01 money apart from the use to which It Is destined. Of course, there are excep tions to this rule. Wo read of the ab sconding cashiers, of whom many began by borrowing, as they call it.small sums, and I dare say nine-tenths of these, when they begin the petty thefts, regard them as loan and honestly intend to repay all they take la this way, until they go a little too far. There are a great many cash systems In use, most of which are Intended to save time for the clerks, rather than to facilitate the work of tho cashier, which remains about the same.no matter what the manner of transfer. The principle requisites of a success ful cashier are accuracy and quiokness. Both are developed by practloe. A girl without natural ability soon acquires the power of making change rapidly and accurately, while the chanoea of a counterfeit passing unobserved by her sensitive touch are rare. M. BLANCHE POTTBJt SHOES. Tho early Greeks usually went bare foot or confined themselves to simple sandals which In time came to bo high ly ornamented. The early shoes of ths Romans were buskins, not very dis similar to the moccasins of the Ameri can Indians; thick soles, sometime of metal, were a later Invention. In some parts of Europe wooden shoes are very common among ths poorer classes. In Japan the sandals worn by the common people are made of straw; in South America they are made ot plait ed thongs ot hemp. A boot or shoe consists essentially ot two parts, the sole, almost universally of thick leather, and the upper, usually of a soft leather, but not unfrequently of cloth, and for women often of silk or satin. These parts are attached to each other In various ways .usually by tewing. A few years ago a boot or shoe was made throughout by a single person. There Is no department In which Europe stands in more need of Ameri can taste than In boots and shoes. It Is painful to see the foot gear In which the Inhabitants of those unhappy lands are doomed to walk through life. Man's foot, and still mors woman's, was de signed by Providence for beauty as well as use; and the boot which looks best is uaufjiy the. most comtortabla to TB8 OACnU-BOYS, Among all Scran tsn'a young oltlsone. are there any who hav aa lltUo to maka life a Joy and yet4ook at things ' In the same cheery way that our crack er boyt do? At almost any time you chance to vis it tho breaker you-will' rows ec . small urchins separating tho slate front ; the ooal; bright Utile fellows aad thor ough young American By tho law ot this state they are pro hibited from world u( until the four teenth year, but it is net at all difficult from a young cracker' s land point, to be fourteen at any time. Perhaps one reaches the breaker lust , at noon, when work Is suspended, and walks along the platform behind the boys. The foreman says patting one on his back, here's a particularly mis chievous youngster and as he turns around, with a broad smile his white teeth and dirty face make an attractive picture. Jfou wonder until you see 111s neighbor 11 any otner uoy couiu do bo black. If It were not for his good nature life would seem very dull to the averuiro cracker boy. All day long he work In the blinding coal dust near the top ot the breaker and receives for ten hours work sixty cents. Let us look Into a home of one or tne poorer ones. It Is not a cheerful place. Poverty is depleted on all sides. This boy is perhaps the only support ot tno household. There may be a widowed mother and smaller brothers and slaters depending on him. In one home of this valley, not many monins ago, mere had been nothing but a few potatoes and a little bread for weeks, while suf ficient clothing was a luxury not dreamed of. One day In the year these crooner boys ere masters of the situation. When the circus bins are poaieu m eoal companies prepare for a holiday. Then the cracker boys and the mule driver, usually at sword's points, bury the hatchet and. take a day off. Wo would say to our irienas a inous and miles away that tho quality ot coal sent to market depf nds very much upon how faithfully the cotil has been separated from the elate by the cracker boys. : GRACE BIRDSALU The Physician. A Composition. A physician is a man who cures peo ple of diseases. Most physicians live In large houses or boarding housea They get a great deal of money. They have horses and carriages to go around . to the different lous. Physicians have good positions. There are two kinds of doctors. One cures people ot diseases, and the other cuts up people. But tho doctor that cures people cuts up people for practice. Generally they cut dead robbers or murderers, because people wouldn't like to have their rela tions or friends cut up. a RutiAilv school claeo of little girts wero writing parallel passage of Scrip ture. Ethel waa immenuoiy iiwhmiui In finding them, ana as a orowir point to her selections, sho triumphant lv waat down after the verse: "Thi that seoka roe early shall find mm" TW early: bird eaituaoa tho wet," Dorothy Jtad just undressed hor doll, 'fjae. mlnjna. sho U barefootot al ovarl" are ths awaatost things that arrow? and violets, ol osurta, yra know. What are mora precious than tublaa and pearl 7 Laughing k lasts from red-Uppsd girls. What are ths dearest of earthlr but Big boar-hugs from dimpled boys. How does every boy grow that Is born? Just like a rose with a great big thorn. What Is each girl like that grows? A little 'sharp thorn, aad a very swast rota. Bo you know ths sight atwhleh angel poop? little earth ahlldren, dreaming, asleep. wear. The aesthetic eye Is pained as Its glance falls upon the feot ot foreigners. Parisian women. Indeed, are sometimes well shod, but the men, never; while the deformity of the English Soot Is familiar to all Americans. We are open to the accusation of wearing too thin soles, but eenslble walking shoes usually have thlok solea Our grandmothers would havo said that the best looking foot was the one made to look as small aa possible, but the day for that la past. Ordinarily, a shoe Is about as prosato a piece of merchandise as a ooofc stove or a horse-brush, and when produced by Ineompetont bands It Is usually even more so. To the uninitiated, a shoo ap pears but as few pieces of leather fas tened together with thread and nails, and designed to be tho ultimate butt of wind, weather and mud. Strictly speaking the "uninitiated" may bo right but the average shoe merohant of today hold a tar different view of tho matter. He wants the leather and the thread and the nails sure enough, but he Insists that they be oombtned by killed hands and In a manner whloh to hla critical eye, produces a pleasing, graceful effect In a word, he wants "art" MARGARET MUItFHT. OLD FASHION'S C0A10 AQAIN. Fashion's caprice from an old letter written ' In New Haven, Conn., May, 1835, now In possession of the third gn- ' ration, furnished by Mrs. Harriet R. Jackson. "They maks skirts to dresses very full and pretty large sleeves. They wear on ths neck double and twisted silk handkerchiefs and a ruft of narrow footing pleated fine pleats through ths middle, or one of plain muslin, double or single, gathered Into a band and crimped, or plain lace collar straight across the back end come to a point on the shoulders, with plain narrow foot ing pleated, say clear around It They make cotton cares small and ruffle them, and silk dresses they have a cel lar of the same, the same shape tho lace ones and a ruffle of th lams plaaU lng, "They wear all kinds of trimmings on bonnets, but mostly two yards and half ot ribbon, salmon colors tho meat fashionable and green next. In New Tork white la most fashionable, but not much worn here." Rather Hard. Ho I'm going to apply my talawts, but can't make up my mind whethor f shall go In for art or poetry. Bho Oh, poetry I He (delighted) Havo you oTor heart any of my verses? She No; but rvo acxa iota at art Et Paul's. Plhktng, Stamping and Embroider ing to order. Miss Nora Clevalaaa, Me Laok'a ave. Do you eat? Tou can f t a good raal for tee. at Mitchell', til Wash, ava Scranton. For best deeigns and lowest priaM f oomttary. work, eaU at TN Wash.
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