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PLEA FOR TEACHERS aw" "in Jer. jnyron w. xiaynea xp TO ADJUST SALARIES Cost of Effecting Fair Schedule Will Be $491,311. Action In Settlnn- Aside Schedule of lOS Said to Hare Worked Injastlee. Chicago school teacher have Interested the Rev.

Myron W. Haynea of the Belden Are-cue Baptist church In their behalf la ths rcoiiMt which la being made ham vat the board of edu cation to adjust their salaries. Impressed hv the luatlce of their demands, the Rev. Mr ITavna will tnria-r Dmch OS the SUhleCt to hi congregation. He will deal In detail with the history of promised advance In salarl which the board later rescinaea oecause of Miss Mary Lincoln of the McCosh school.

who Is the chairman of -a committee ox leaca whirh has been making efforts to the board ot education to adjust the teachers' salaries, has examined tUo pay roils 01 i ami pnmniiai a list of the number teachers whose salaries hare been cut. and estimated the coat of restoring mem to tne schedule of 1898. In addition to those who bare suffered by the cur, all teachers bare lost In salaries from the fact that -Ait htah for service In the year 1899. all tjuuhra on the iusi schedule from Jan. 1, 1900.

It would cost Mo lajaatlee Ialradd. The action of the board In setting aside the schedule ot was not Intended to work a great injustice, which the teachers say it has done. The 1898 schedule proTlded for i A fnp teachers In primary and grammar schools. The schedule provided an increase in tne ss.ar.ew whn iurht seven rears or over a the rate of 875. to be added In 1898.

Every year after that 850 a year was to be added until a maximum of 11.000 a year was reached 7 the grammar grades and $975 a year was placed as the maximum figure for the primary grades. Under the schedule head assistants were to Ke limited to a maximum or si.io to 1 1 wm vuvAf the ariootton i year. ruiwijn." the schedule, the board, which was hampered kv lack of funds, was unable to maintain It, and no teacners annus un celved the increase which had been Intended for them. t- 1 sua hi aihera sav. the board in creased the.

salaries of teachers of lesa than In order to meet this expenditure they cut the salaries of 18 teachers, ail oi wnom even years' experience. 875 a year. By this vest and the loss of the Increase In salary la 1S39 tftese 2.298 teachers lost Mlaa Lincoln Schedule. hv Iks Lincoln In 1 tIC 9UUCUUl w.r.. dudes all who have suffered loss by the cut and Is as follows: 0 I Si 3 a I a ill 3 i 5n5 srn.

Si.m i.i l.uTS 1.W0 1.025 luxw BT3 800 OT5 81.100 1.050 y. WW 875 060 SUO 81.1T5 1.175 1.175 1.150 1.135 l.loO 1.075 1.000 l.ooo 1 51 9 rr li5 yr 175 8325 8.B79 H.9T5 175 9.625 81 T5 BT 75 1 75 airr to I yr 175 2yr 175 alrr 175 B5 75 11 75 1.V23 118 75 87 73 70 75 2 XT ISO 1T 175 2yr 175 lO.fioO 152. OT5 86t 75 lute 75 jtfa.oso Totals A 298 8386.900 Complication bare arisen' from the fact that the Increases date a year following tbe appointment of tho teacher. Teachers have been appointed during every month of the school year, but as the cut of 7o a monto was ordered Jan. 1, the beginning of the school board's fiscal year, injustices to many teachers have resulted.

To this was addetl the failure of the board to allow the regular Increase Jan. 1, 1899. Waat Credit for 18. The teachers now ask the board to give them credit for the year 1899. They do not ask for the back pay for 1899.

In order that all teachers may be placed on the right schedule they request the board to readjust the salaries beginning Jan. 1. 1900. The cost of readjustment would entail an addi tional cost of mis wouia ngnt tbe losses or Inexperienced teachers. The $395,950, the loss of the teachers who suffered by the cut.

added to the former sum, gives the total at $491,311.25. The only employes of the school board who did not suffer by allowing tne scneauie xo lapse were the principals of all schools, and tbe high school teachers, to whom full aalariea were paid. Some of them received as high as $500 for back pay. a cut oi a per cent in tbe salaries oi principals was niaae. which loss, the teachers say.

Is only trivial to that suffered by them. It Is said many of the board members feel that the teachers have suffered unjustly, and are inclined to accede to their demands. PROF. BUTLER'S BOLD WORDS. gpeaka of Chleaajo Flaaaees tbe Pablie-Seatool Systeaa.

"If the city of Chicago has not or cannot raise sufficient money to maintain Its com mon school system. It is face to face with the Joss of Its democracy and self-respect." Theee-words. uttered by Nlchoiae Murray Butler, professor of philosophy and education OI uotumoia univeisiiy. luruuuiii un acn-aation of the meting of the citlxens educa tiona! commission -of on hundred ot the Civic federation at the Palmer house yeater day, and provoked continued applause from teachers present. The statement waa made In answer to a nuerv hv a teacher a to what the eminent thought of the proposition advanced 4b at tbe high school course in Chicago be shortened because of shortness of cchool funds.

The topic of the meeting was "Is a public high school essential to a democratic avatem of education Dr. Butler occUDied the floor most of the In answering the questions' of the teacher present. Dr. Butler deplored the popular notion that 4 he high school is a luxurious appendage to primary scnooi education, ana aeiuarea hat it furnished schooling of a different al-jnospher and answering equal requirement Xo the grammar school. Tho growth of the.

high school education In thia country waa by Professor. Butler, who said that high schools were inaugurated sixty ago. the opposition came from private academic which they had displaced. A democratic system of education, declared Dr. was necessarily complete to' the jpolnt where a college training begin.

ad vuioum oi apptaua wu again oc-' casioned when Professor Butler said: "The idea prevailing In some of bur great cities that tha nubile schools are maintained bv -the taxpayers as a gift to tho poor Is the most cmpuoie ever uuerea. The basis of our present policy as to sec-. ondary schools was declared by the rpeaker -to be the most correct ot our existing Idea i In practice. Tho province of the common wealth is to provide, through primary, schools, and then, through the state onivarsltles. the highest standard ot educa- iwn, ana toe- muuons contributed from prt- parse to other schools were properly applied to education meeting local condition, to make educational experiments, and to snlt ecclesiastical tastes.

Upon the plea that high school training educated children "beyond their parents Dr. Butler "Why educate them at all IX not beyond us? This Is a very idsoundisg- Dhreae. and is often urged, but think I can safely say that It never originated from parents who nave felt privation from lack of -training. Dr. Prances Dicklaeon declared that parents wno realized tbat their children were reach lng a higher standard ot education and tastes than their own thonldreven" lata In life, edu cate themselves up to the standard of their children to preserve their self-respect.

Other speaker were Professor Scott of the Chicago Normal school and Mia Grace Reed. ADDRESSES TO TEACHERS, Chicago and Cook Cooaly Hlsh-Sehool 'Association The feature of the annual all-day meeting of tho Chicago and Cook County High School association, which took place yesterday at the Englewood high school, waa the address to the teacher on "Some Aspects of Sec ondary Education," given by Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university, 8peaklng of the Importance of public hig schools Prbf. Butler declared that those per sons who favored the abolition of high schools and tho use of the money now expended In their support for grammar school purposes, on the ground that high schools catered to a very small and somewhat aristocratic class, wrebolutely wrong. The public high schools of America, he said, were the only thing rblcb mad our school system democratic.

Secondary, education la given to every one. and the only system which would create classes would bo the abolition of public high schools, which would restrict all but elementary education to those who were able to pay and pay well for It- In regard to the attendance on hgh schools, he gave statistic which proved that la New York the attendance In tho high school la comparison with the number of pupils who are able by age and health to attend is 84 per cent of the attendance in grammar tcnoota. Ill addresa was received without dissent by tne teachers and a motion to make effort to have-the addresa printed and distributed was adopted unanimously. Tho meeting opened in the morning with the annual business meeting. The business consisted In hearing the report ot the secretary-treasurer and the election of officers for tne coming year.

It waa soon disposed of by the acceptance of tho secretary's report and the unanimous election of the retiring officers ana executive committee. The officers are President A. F. Nightingale, superintend cut or nign schools. Vice President Principal French of the tij-ao r-ark high school.

secretary and Treasurer Spencer R. bmita. principal South Division high school executive Committee Dr. Charles E. uoynton.

Worth Division hla-h action! Un Catherine P. Girling. Hyde Park hlch scbool. and Fred J. Watson.

North Division high The business and addresses were speraed wth music by the Eoglewood high kuuoi cuurus ana tne uiris Ulee club of the soum uivision nign scnooi. In the afternoon the various department association neia meetings. The de partment of civics and history listened to a parer on "Chicago's Reception of the rogiuv Slave Law." bv Professor Charl w. Aiann of Lewi Institute Pmfmnr i Scott Clark of Northwestern university read io ms- aepartnirat or JSnglisn a paper on "The Problem of College Preoaration In Eng lish." Professor Camlllo von Klenze read to the department on foreign language a paper on "The Correlation of French and LAtln in Certain German Schools." Dr. Herbert E.

Stone of Chlcaa-o university addressed the department of mathematics, and Professor T. C. Chamberlain of the same school read a paper on "Some New Notion Regarding the Early Stage of the nana to tne department of science. The new hall of the Englewood Hleh school where tbe meeting was held waa decorated for tbe occasion, and the rooms ot the build lng were filled with an exhibition of the scnooL work, which attracted much atten Oon. Luncheon was served to the teachers la the new school gymnasium.

FAVORS SPELLING REFORM. Trssles fekwak Intends Insist nn lasasedlate Ad I oat. Trustee Joseph Schwab of the board of edu ration had a -conference with Acting Superintendent of Schools Delano in reference to taking up the matter of spelling reform in the schools. Now that the text book report 1 In and the grammar qneatlon has been set tied Mr. Schwab will insist npon immediate action in the matter of correcting the abuse la spelling.

He will present to the board at Its next meeting a resolution which will call for a report from the different principals of the schools In how spelling is taught in their school and bow they think It could best be taught. Mr. Schwab will also pay a visit to the various schools in his district and secure samples of the spelling work done by the students. Superintendent Delano will as sist In tbe matter, and it ia expected tbat the Investigation will result in devising a new way of teaching spoiling. Mr.

Schwab insist that the children of the schools can not spell correctly, and that there Is not enough stress laid upon this subject. In a bulletin Issued by Acting Superintend ent of Schools Delano he calls attention to tho closing of schools on May 30, Memorial day. He tella the principals that the pupil may bring flowers for us by the Grand Army but ho says that the collection of money by the pupils Is not permitted under tne rules of tho board. HONORS FOR MRS. YOUNG.

Sfcs Is Indorsed for the Position of Seho.l gnnerlntendent. Ella F. Young waa yesterday Indorsed by the club which bears her name as a candidate for the supertn tendency ot school. mem bers met at Kinsley's, and after talking over the matter, decided that a woman should have the position and that Mrs. Toung waa best adapted for it.

This is tne nrst time that the name of a woman has been mentioned for the position left vacant by Dr. An drews, although several of the trustee have expressed themselves as being In favor of a woman. The mention of Mrs. young in con nection with the office created intense en thusiasm, and the members all agreed to sup- no rt her for the office. Mrs.

Toung was for merly district superintendent In charge of district No. 1. now under the supervision of Rllxabelh M. Faraon. She resigned her nosl- tlcn a year ago owing to some difference with Dr.

Andrew. She was later made a member of the faculty of the University of Chicago. Xorsaal Behool Alsunnl Baao.net. Three hundred alumni of tho Chicago Nor mal school held their annual banquet at the Auditorium hotel yesterday afternoon and elected tho following officers of tho associa tion for the coming year: president, garan E. Oris weld; vice president, A.

McDsde; sec retary. France EfBnger-Raymoad: treasurer. K. B. Ormsoy.

Helen Haley Heserman acteu a toastmtstre, and tho toast were, ss fol lows: "Unconvdou Education," John Ela; "The -Good Old Time." Isabella Rich-man: "Growing -Tiroes." Metva- Latham? "Expansion." Elsie Wygant; atlon," Elizabeth Morrison; "Hard Time." Katbrln Mayes: "Tho Coming weman." Catharine Waugh McCullouch: "Tho Coming Man." J. T. Keating: "Each and All," Alice Drake Halllwell; "2b or Not Zb." E. G. Cooley; The Motto," Colonel F.

'The School," W. M. Grlffla. Good Advlee to Teachers. Plan for the formation "08 the vacation schools were talked over at a meeting of teachers held) la the board ot education room.

Miss Sadie American addressed tha teachers. and told them how best tho schools might be conductedX Sh advised' them to use Judgment la tho teaching of tho chlMrevh. She im pressed upon them the need of having, the schools for tho "It is a noble work. and I hops yon will throw your heart tnto It," she said- It Is probable that the formai ties -of a society will result from the meeting. Miss American also vlsttediBnsitfess Manager Gilford to make arrangement for opening uio scnooi aunegta vacation time.

STJHDATT OCHATTf-2IAY 20, 1900. ART FOR LAKE FRONT Beautiful Triumphal Arches for Summer Festival. EFFECT- OF B.G FAI Architectural Influences to Be Seen in Chicago Streets. Jesses William Pnttlson Calls Atten tlon to VI sort's First Water Color Sstee Exhibitions. It really look a if we mlaht have th pleasure of looking at some mors good tea.

tlval architecture this summer; triumphal arches on the avenue by the lake front and a monumental grand stand between them. ins wnoie connected by long lines ot appro prists pillars. The men who have made de signs know how It should be dona, and once again tha spirit that guided tho creation of the Columbian exposition 1 hovering over us. A great many people do not understand bow Important an epoch In architectural history was marked by our exposition. We all saw Its beauty and mourned Its destruction.

The sorrow was quite useless, because onlv old timber and plaster went to destruction. Th flavor of the beautiful thing Is as much In evidence a ever. It 1 not alone true la science that nothing ever can be lost. InUu ences have eternal life, and the court of honor I still with Although many have feared that all Chicago might try to live for many year on Uie memorise of 1893. It la evi dent that the soul of tha dead bodv which "lie smoldering" in Jackson park goes marching on.

So let ua raise the sonorous ehoru and greet the new arches with a rousing "glory, nallelula." because all this is of much more Importance to Chicago win tumii. Millionaires Are Tsefol. Pride In commercial prosperity will not answer any longer. We are in danger of the mortirytng sight of fleeing millionaires, who cams to win money and lost Interest In the place with tbe gaining of it. Whatever we may tnink or millionaires, thev are verr necessary furniture, to aay nothing of some mat are excellent ienows and good for their own sake.

I am fully convinced that plaster wi give piace to stone ir not tomorrow there will be a tomorrow. Articles In French architectural Journals, and dairy papers, too. give amusing proof or professional sensl tiveness regarding our World's Fair success One discovers how well we did It from these articles. Indeed, the present extravagant display of festival architecture In Paris Is Intended to eclipse us. but I see apologies ior it aireaoy rrom tbe pen of French writ ers.

coupled with, the remark thst "Chicago nsa sucn a magnincent site and so much room, you know." Ths troth Is this: Our buildings were noble and dignified; the pre ent Parisian display has the glittering tau drlnes of a dinner-table centerpiece mad oi cut orange ana spun candy. It may be appropriate to the gayetles of a summer fair, but It will never have the quiet significance of that classical grouping about tbe court of honor. If one may Judge by a haaty glance at the plan for this new street decoration. we snail ne proud ox it. with the same pride that waa awakened in '93 and reawakened by tne adornments of State street a few months ago.

Photosjrsnh of Fonntnln. I have recently seen a photograph of the fountain which lived Its little life last spring on the green next tho Art Institute the on designed by Mr. Taft and hastily carried out. la a big trial sketch, by his Institute sculptor claaa. In this photograph the nymphs are represented a if at a little dls tanc.

and la an appropriate setting of shrub bery and trees. Tbat trial. sketch waa ua fortunate, first, because tho people are not accustomed to sketch and cannot Judge them; second, because every one was allowed to rush up and examine tho half-studied toe and finger at abort range, and. third, be- oaus Gabriel himself will look queer if ho blow hi trumpet there on tbe bald grass plat. He will be too witty to expos him self to such scrutiny.

Mr. Taft msde ths most of his limited op portunity, and ho did right to snow the foun tain even at the risk of a- bad framing. He bad tho courage to break tho Ice. In the photograph the figures look Ilk marble nymphs sporting In a sylvan pool, and it is this sort of thing wo need badly In Chicago to lift us out of our commonplace prosperity. however glorious that may be.

It ia coming. too; let us hope, pretty soon. Tho whole tendency of Teutonic. Anglo-Saxon, and American art has. In recent years, been to ward dignity.

Tho same may be said of French art. But one wonder whether a man like Whistler has had more Influence than Puvla de Chavannes, or whether both are the outcome of one of those art revolutions which history tells about from time tor time. Tendency of French Art. The tendency of tha French Is toward flamboyant prettlaess. and this year Pari revels In Its own Clghtlne.

But Parte la destined still to be our great art school, and It should be. After a term of study there the Saxon still keeps to hi own and main tains his dignity. This fact Impressed me this week whn I caught a glimpse of a Whistler nocture. the embodiment of dignity, and of two land scapes by George Inness, bang quite recently In ths new Stlckney memorial- room. Inness I a product of th dignified Barblson school.

but these recent work from bis hand are far more dignified than hi pictures of twenty year These ere fairly large pictures. One represents a close of cay. with much rod In the brilliant sky. and there are well drawn which cast shadow toward a dimly-defined foreground. The very near, reach out of the frame's top, and spread over a large part ot the picture, hid ing much of the sky glow.

There is a Slightly Indicated branch of water, a small liver, perhaps, reaching from side to side, and Lpon it a large-tailed boat. But all la so mys terious and so enveloped In light tbat de tails never obtrude. The paint Is laid on In solid impssto where needed, and on feel that the picture was mad with paint. In th other, and I suspect more recent work, one can find bnt little Th canvas seem to have been stained only. The flat plain which stretches sway to tho horizon, where there are Indications of bouse, appears to have beta seen from a second-story window.

It 1 divided by a grass-grown brook reaching away In long perspective and crossed by a rustic bridge near at hand. On th left, where there la more space, two rows of thin trees, a figure. and small cows, lead off la tbe asm perspective. Treatment of the thy. Th sky Is la color Ilk a bin slate and bows a round, red moon Just above the horizon.

All tho meadow la In sober, brownish green, making a fit contrast to ths slaty blue. On of tbe old traditions, when I was a student, insisted npon a plentiful laying on of paint In picture making a if It were an essential to solidity, but In th Whistler spoken In this Inness, there Is not paint enough need to reveal the manner ot using It. May it be the Influence of water-color painting, where solidity 1 easily secured with tbe flimsiest coatings There I refinement and poetry and force and knowledge la this work, aid on may go many Urn to study It and be glad of the opportunity. Mr. Ryerson 1 the leader of these two fine examples.

This matter of dignity In composition play a very-Important role today, and one think of It in examining th seven pastel at th American water-color painters' exhibition to remain open at th Art Institute until June 10 by Mr. Payne. Th Jury did him the honor of hanging all bla worka in ono block all alone, a wall to themselves. They are very dignified In- treatment, although, per haps a trill crowded with object. Tbat 1 to say.

he paints many kinds of matter Into his not large pictures, bwt keeps the whole quiet and in simple master. This artist does not go to distant land to find grand lose mo Uvea, but simply runs out to any crstkstde near by aad gives as ths water, th clay bank, the mas of dried weeds amid very unimportant tree. a sloping hill, ana a mi oi arm. Poetry of the Csmaasaslaee. It Is ths poetry of th eommonnlace.

and thafls th true poetry In a picture, because lift artist ha to poetical Indeed la th Laos oi ail mia muur wmca wa usually con 1- alder good for oora-growlng only. There are mountain streams where nymphs would ova to waae am in us mossy bowlders and on th clean ahlngl. Dut no nymph would wad aere, except in long doois. Ths fact that Mr. Payne ha mad so much of hi unpromising material Droves him true artist.

His color Is rich, low in tone, and har mon loos. had a long talk with him about his ton. Certainly he baa a right to his own. and most people will be with him la taking comfort la it. Still ther are peculiar tendencies in all mediums: oils dry mstaJUa: water color are.

often slaty In texture, and pastel easily acquire a "hot" tons, dim thing overflorid which the French call "the matsdy of the Every artist soeks to avoia tns vices ot nis medium sad to utilize Its virtues. I here la a sussest'on In th, picture that only pastel could have been used la th making of them, and a trifle too much or tne pastel tone. This Is but a slight criticism of these very charming works. i ny are sumcienuy good to be worth ertu clslng, which many, only rather good, are BOS. Tw Pslatlsga.

Ahway harping oa dignity, we mav find It ths two pictures, again, on view at Tutu-bar's. Dy jasiuow MiaMnoue, or which I wrote some time ago. are among th best pictures seen la the city this winter. Both are night scenes, and both simple, large la msssee and noble ln treatment. It aay one ia sufficiently interested in this comparison here made between the Saxon aad the French temperaments, he can see here th fore of the Scandinavian and th tenderness of th tjeit.

although both are noble workers. The Dutch painter have done their part In inis matter, ana in ibjs same gallery are tw water colors oy a man who baa never be fere. I think, been exhibited In Chicago. Hla nam ia wi jsmuiier. un of his picture of considerable importance shows the broad side of a thatched, brick farmhouse, large as to roof and low as to wall, with th well-known little horizontal window green-shuttered.

In front of It extend the long lines of a fence, and all about are magnificent trees. These forms are ia tnemseiva aagatnea- and Impressive. The pig trees are aaxntrahiy drawn, and) show their eaaed brancne against a cool, wtntrv skv There Is no snow, the ground belna- covered by well-rendered winter-killed grass of sober green tone, innse manTUutch Dictum. 1 hi. ens Is somewhat peslriv In handling.

Tex tures are careruity renoerea with an academical touch. But. ther Is knowledge In- th brain that mounted It, and strong appreciation or irums. oi values, ana ot harmony in tone. Fletorc by Sveadsen.

In th same plae I saw a Svend Svendset again saow. ar lighted from a point outside tho frame. Some campers have established themselves amid the plaes. aad their gaily burning campflr seada shower of soars an Into ths somber, darkness overhead. The same gun rests against the same tree, as nave aireaay sees it.

cut. although this sounds ltk a description of picture slresdy wen snows, I aero is a al Terence. Mr. Svendsen's keen powers of observation de lected the possibilities for plctortsl effect is scenes like this, but he Is not limited In his souity to vary th tone, color and treatment. This one I less hard la texture, ha better feeling or dark -algat, aad autt another quality in th atmosphere.

Through the dsrk trees one discover a bit of Duroilsh skv. star-flecked. The picture will not be long io iav noiDiuawnoa, as it nas slrosdy (mug noms. une woaoers why people fel low the fashion. These red-lighted snow pictures are neautirai and worthy of all ad miration, bnt this artist puts more noetrv into hla gray night" effects, and they are ia every way refreshing Decease of their novel tv and skillful managemeat- By and by soma ons win nave tne good sense to sppreelsts their worth and set a new fashion, all of wnicn i aevoutiy nop ior.

Vlherts First Wntec Color. Very few kaow of a picture at Relnhardt gallery, hick has a history. 1 1 Is by VI bert. ana it is th first wster color that this as toaishnglylavr' artist over exhibited. Wa must recall tbe tact that tha French consid ered water-color painting only fit tor the re duction of unimportant sketches, never tak ing it seriously.

JUat a boat ths year if or 80 thy organised th. Society of French Aquarellists and. held am exhibition at th then brand new galleries of Georges Petit. Each owned a apace on tho walla, some pay lag aoors. some lass; sons conspicuous.

some at on side. JEach bung pictures la a group la his Individual space. Ther were only ten or twelve of the artist and one wa a worn an. the wife ot a Rothschild. The catalocua contained such same aa Detallle, Gustavo Dor, la Lir.

aaa vibert. How true it la that trained genius Is Indifferent to mediums or materials In his work. Vibert had never done anything In Water colore, but he went at It boldly. This picture at Belnhardt's is the identical first essay. It bears the seal "8.

A. which was then for th Brat Urn tamped, as identification npon all these pic tures. snd which algulnee "Societle Aqusrel Ilate Krancfaiae." Certainly the celebrated artist has done better work In this medium since then, aa waa at first only feeling his way. But tain on Is excellent, althouah a Tnne mack in color for a vibert, as if ovr Indeed, he framed It In a very heavy, ebonv moiaing. wnicn becam it mnch better than tne petty, rococo' molding which now disa gree with its tone.

Tbe scene I la a oesiae poos or w-atsr. remember that ths utie nsa soma snggestlon of a nrtnos arolns flshlngv bat forgot exact word lag. The prince is a lad of 1J. and his tutor. In clerical garb, stand besld him, while th boy casts Un la th pool.

Th tutor dutifully hag in traps tnat bis youthful highness did not as to no incumbered with, and he looks on spprovlngly at tho angler's efforts. It ia an very simple, and -unaffected, a true on ot re iica nil. Th discovery of this old plctnr affected me strangely, and awakened a. long line of memories or that day when the French art ists first began to seriously discuss water- color painting. Some thought it folly, but the more progressive said: "It Is fins medium." And so Indeed It I only th French handled It in their own way and not a other bad done.

JAMES WILLIAM PATTISON. PICNIC FOR NEWSBOYS. Bootblacks and Poor Children Also to Kniertnlnesl nn Jan 14, Th Volunteer of America will hold their sixteenth annual free picnic for newsboys, bootblacks, and -poor children at Washing-ion park a Jun 14..... Seven train will be provided to carry th youngster to th park and return. Every effort 1 being mad to make th saterprise a grand success.

Mayor Harrison has Issued th following- proclamation Whereas, Ther are In th city of Chicago many poor children circumstances ers compelled to set In the capacity of boot- blacka aad etc. In ordor to eke out a meager sxisteac. and Whereas, It haa been the annual custom during th last sea years, through th benevolence ot our newspaper aad citlxens general, formerly under tbe direction of tho Chicago Walts' mission, to give these poor children an eating and picnic, the same will be si ven this vsar. ax it has In ths nast tone years, under ths auspices of the Volunteers of America, aad Whereas. The 14th day of June ha this year been selected aa th date for holding th amid annual picnic at Washington park; "Therefore.

I. varter H. Harrison, mayor of the city of do hereby proclaim th 14th day of Jun. 1900. a poor children' day, and earnestly' recommend th same to the citlsens at large.

I call npon them to support warmly th; project of giving th poor and unfortunate children of Chicago happy day's outing among Th tree and flowers of one of- our city parks, thus bringing Into many clouded live soma of the son-shin and gladness so freely enjoyed by children In happier circumstances. I appoint Brigadier Gen eral Edward Fielding to be director general of tbe day. -CARTEK H. HARRISON, "Mayor, A gar JEsnsdlcnr, Nodd I guess that doctor of mine will glv me something to stop th babg-'asryiag now, Nodd I'm gc4nsr to mv asxt door to him. London Tit -Biu.

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a Mclaughlin, Office HODGE PODGE DEBATE Irish Ambulance Corps Fails to Qualify for Nurse Duty. FIGHT FOR THE BOERS Corporal O'Brien Takes a Pill for a Lame Foot and Is Cured. Milt MsrrlBrs Bssnsnr Isrlssitrsss Hsw MrVaans Mrrastts Was Wsnndra mm Fsagnt. "At waa or our rsceai msctla's. gtatlc- mla.

begaa Chairman Buckler at tas Hodge Podg club at the Pan-American yesterday. I towld thot tV Irish wasat bora a nurse vrhta titer wus aony flgntla done, an' I Utot our honored fellow mlm-ber. Oom Pawl. eotactda aid me, fur slat Irish-American ajnbulsse corps in front occupy lln tnste'd ov in aos-pltal wagons." "I'm la rayaat a leiinsr iram Nurs Thomas Murray, formerly ov th Slv- lnli begaa Major McClur. "In which he spake ov th' passage Sovta Africkv an th arrival la Louiwnco Marque an Fraytorta, an' hare It Is: th honorable numbers ov ta Hoags Podge club.

United States ov Amerlcay. Ti se how well we re known au over ta world." remarked Attorney Ryan, "whin such aa alBT addreas'11 kUh ma." Tisn't aven necossary aay iniisa States." adde-3 Jerry Murphy. "Well, annyhow, continued tho major. "I'm goln' read th' lettaer. -Dear Mr.

Prisldent and Olotlemea: Whin left Chicago as hospital nurses Intended do th work, but bygor find out afther comla hers thot we don't know anTthlBn a boat th' loo ties nv aursln. so we have been atnt do work tbat wo do know sum thin" about nghtla. New. nwssn our fault, fur w'r her obey ordhers, an have been tnt th' frunt scrap, aa w'r doln' th blst we can. "We had a an trip across th' watnsr.

TTs lamed enuff Frtnea oa tk ship waa another. WhatU haver aad thin wa wlnt on boord av another boat that put us oi ta Portugal, wber met sum o' th' dark-eyed colleens that th' poles goes natty about; but glvs me th' wan at Ogdea Orov picnle Ivery time. Th'nsxt placs we stopped wax Senegambia. on th' west coast av Atriky. whsrs they don't hav no dressmakers an' they don car a pinch snuff about tauor sthrlke.

'Aventually got to Lourenoo Marques, aa ths Fortuguecs spalpeeas held us fur a few days, thlnkla' that we wusa't arses at all, at all; but at last we started fur Pray tor la, and got ther sal, and wus received with grata enthusiasm by th' Boer. Av coors. tots cuddant talk United States. so th' dlvrls a word they cud say as aa' sed ta' same thlm. Tell of Their Hospital Kaperleas.

"They tuk us aroun th' grand stand la th rac thrack ses th English prisoner, aa what re think av ws wsra't all shakla hands wld near a hundred av 'am In a couple minute own cousin of our la th Coa- aaoght rangers aa' th InalsklUlngs. an. bygor, th' rayesptioa committee began git susplshua. so ws wished th' boy good -by aa towld thlm we wor glad we wouldn hav take a crack at 'em seeing they wor safe, an' faith they seemed be aa sorry as we wor. "At last ws wor brought befurs President Krugsr.

He looks Ilk a Galway maa till tart amokia aa' talktn. fur he haa a dudheen thre feet long, an don't spaV English he hat it orach. "Oom Pawl sised tw up altar glrin as a Taed mill an sss hi staff, sex h. 'Kalth. they're too fine a body o' mla be Burses.

Then bo called erer hi chief surgeon. Dr. Vaa VUsslagsn. an' he ses him: 'Se what hospital sxparlano I bey hav. aes he.

80 ws war all lined up In alngl file aa' he earns Dsn Dsty, th' furst wan. an'- axes. 'What's tho tootles ov a Burner ses th docther Dsn. 'Begor. 'tis so long siaos I had waa.

an wos such a small craytbor at th' tlmo- thai forget entirely. aes Dan t' him. 'Aa ye sU know. gintWnln of th Hodg Pod- dnb. th most ov as was mimbors ov th' SI Tints Illinois.

anV whatever wo knew about med'cln wus picked rap at th Spring- Spring of Youth, the Source of Happiness! Given by Dr. McLaughlin's Electric Belt! This Is to Men, Young or Old. To Men Whose Power Is Wasted. To Men Who Feel Old and Rusty. To Mon With Pains and Aches.

To Men Who, from Any Cause, ffsre lost the buoymnt spirits, tbe courage mad confidence which belong to perfect manhood. To yon I offer new life, fresh courage and freedom from tbe effects ot past errors aad mistakes. Show me the tog who would not be a better man than lie is. It matters not how the rocks snd shoals of life hare worn the ed-e off the spirit of joyous-ness, hare dolled the enthusiasm of youth, and left the nerves less rigorous, the eye less bright, the step less spriney. the mind less forceful, and th freneral witsTitw It is different from all other Electric and so-called Electric Belts It gives a wonderful power direct to all weak parts, having a Special Electric Suspensory for weak men.

You feel the soothing- vigor flow in a- into fhf field 'ncampmtata. Ws Barer had aay chan st do rale flghtln wld guna. alt bo' we often had fiiadly argymtnta wld fists thst sed sum times wind up sadly far th' other fallow. -Thin Dr. Vaa VUastagea cams me aa' sex.

ses he, 'Where did ye git yr knowledge av hospital servicer 'Ia th' Sivlnth Illinois. ses I. proud like, thro win' out me cfalst. th finest body mla barrtn" the Claa-na-Gael guards that tvsr rutted It th chase o' "Ta Girl I Left Behind Me In a 8t Pethrlek' day had a aham battle at th' brigade ncampmlnt In M. aea sa I wus th number four litter carrier In th hospital corps.

Th rsptaJa av wan ov th' compaalss towld twenty-eight av his sain tali dead whin fire was opened, aa before they started out to be kill fsoryah they had diagnosis tags put la their pocket show whsre they was wound sd. so that we'd know what do wld 'em. WeU. ther an drapped dead fgetaer; aa ws had the dlvrle'a own time goln tars 'en find oat what ailded 'ess. Wsao th' dead mln be th name Connors rsx up en sed thst me partner Tom Deegan wus lookin In th' wrong pocket far th' tag.

aa av he didn't lave his money alone he'd show him that he was th' liveliest desd maa that Iver II red. "Be this time I wus Sarin me own th nibbles wld a corporal be th aaase or McMaaas McFadden tram Smoky Hollow, oa th North 81de. far his tag sed he wus shot thru' th' two calves or his legs. Oh. faith, he acted th dead maa perfectshua.

fur he elver moved while ws wut turning over his TaO pounds of dead weight. We sptlnthered him up. aaayhow. aa rowled him into tn stretcher aa started carry him th hoa-pitsl tint, about a qaartber of mile wsy. for he wus 'posed be a bad case.

Twos a tnrrlble hot day. aa' there th four av us wur kllltn' ounelve luggtn along Mr. McMaaas Mcradden. who wax as well as aany av us. 'At last Deegaa sea me.

"Tom. aes he, doat want be kllltn' ourselves carry In" iaia tea. an nawthla all In him." Te're right. ses 'get out on walk. MePnddea, an' bad luck ye: sn' wo dumped blm est o' th 'stretcher.

Shore, oa aocoaat ov th eplln there he cudnt 00 anything but roni aroan. aa wus bill a mad. 'By sea be, 'av I had tV boord off me leg I'd sin sum ov ye home oa th stretcher, ye laxy bunch loafer, that's paid t' carry me into th camp hav me waunda dressed 'aa'wtd that he tor off th' bandages, aa' we had call th guard pacify him. Thta Docther Van YlUsiBgen passed oa Tom Nasghtsa. an ses him "Spostn' wua reparla a eislokkated leg.

ses he, 'what klndr sv a plaather wed ye put oa Idr "Torn scratched his head a mlaclt an didn't answer. 'Plaster parts. whispered' Ned Xgaa Tom. fur Ned uzedt carry rh' hod waa time, an 'twas th only kind av a leather he knew much about- 1 "Thecocthor passed Naaghtoa ap aa cam Mlk Morrisey an' How Mike Morrisey Cwreel sonstroste. "What ye know about curia' sunstroke es he: I 'I did It waast at Springfield.

aes Mike. whla waa th boys be th' name Bolivar Donahoe that I kaew well wua a'posed laid out from dummy sunstroke. I saw be th reglashuna that I was give htm ayther a half-tablespoon ov aromatic spirits ov ammo a la or a tablespoonfut of whisky. "WhlchU hav. Bolivar es I.

What d'ye tak furr ses Bolivar. "Gimme boose. 'But dlwte a tablespoon I ses I. 1 measure It. 'I'll do th' aeasuria'.

sex he. aa didn't l'ave a tint tn th' bottle, sn I had aawthla left but th' ammonia. Wall, they ail had th' suBsthrok thst day. far they knew th' rag-lashuas as good as I did. aa expected th whisky, aa whin they cuddea't git It, faith, they warat long gettln' better, or they'd hare take th spirit ov ammonia.

But docther. agrah. av ye hav eauff av whisky I'U ear all th' uathrok la th see Mike, fin-Ishln' tellin his erpartenc. "By this tlm th' docther wua beginnin look weary, but he tuk waa more chanat. an he sr Paddy Carroll: Hew wad yethratea maa avhls feet gav out afther a long march Th same as Docther Macnaccara did.

sea Paddy. "'How wua that set th' doc. 'Well, ye see waa av our regimental surgeons In the Striata wua Doctor Frank Mac-samara, th "county physishua. ses Paddy. 'He waa very tired waa alght whin Corp'ral O'Brien av compa'y I Umpe tnto his tint wld a lame fut.

Whats aXlla yr sex th' docther. -1 hav 'a hum hick, aes O'Brien. Tee at Pill foe a Lease root. "Take waa thsse. wld a caateen full aes th docther.

giving O'Brles pin aa big aa a marble--. "Well, ther wus-nothla' do bnt take aa afther VBrlca ate it, far he had dw is warranted for one year. My mail to all who will write. It Hoars, 8 I. to 8:30 p.B.

10 tj I it, it rus that big. he wlt sleep an woke' up al' right ia tv morula'. mow tki ye 00 Mr he sea Dr. Mao- Twa th faith cure ses th docther. aa ye sat persuade O'Brien that It wasn't rum that tlm thia.

"Dr. Vaa Vllsstngen cuddn't go aay farther afther tals. aa he saluted Presidsnt Kruwer. whs sea him; I s'pose they all knows their bUness Talth av they do theyll mak a bad aaraea, sea th' doc. "Ax em whst thee Trnawa iW ex Oom Pawl, "an th' docther line ua up aa' "Hare gtntlcmln rver ftaa aany fightlnr "I beg ye "re pardon, ye honor.

ses I. sx em Iv there Is any av thlm that has aiver one any fighUn'. "Share at thai they aU let loose a yen av a real docther. nn from Chicago, too. "That wax what th papers called our college yeiL New.

ye know. ginUenun. that ta tartliest most of us Irer got wus a naahu-nal school odycaUoa la th' Ould Dart, an' 'Rah! boys out av ua. Wud ye like go oa th aria liner aea Oom us. 'Ye cant howld ua back, says Cap.

Pat -O'Connor, 'av we dont do as nurses. "Th" Irish always had a placs oa th firia" Sine av Freedom. Interrupted Attorney American histhery caa verity this fact- "Whcn flashed her battle sword aloft, a waiting world might see. What Irish aasda did do and dare to keep this nation tree. They bore ber starry flag abort, through bastion.

gate, sad wall. And stood aefore ths foremost ranks, the brsTest of them all. Aad whea before the cannon's mouth, they held the fee st say. Never did eld Ireland's heart beat 1 render thaa that1 day. "But continue the letter.

remarked Major McCture. 'laltst exa at waast aa etad thas oa Erooostad. ses Oom PawL -Whare the diwie Is xTSoonstadr ses Sergeant Coyle me. -in tn uraage ree sex i goln agaiast th' Orangemea ses Coyle. proud aa a paycock.

'Kalth thcyu clllbrate th' twelfth av July aa th battle th' Boyne Wather la different stris thia "Aa" we an left tor th front except th vaa docther that nirer saw any fightin. I a pose he a found out bo this time that ther un 1 much room fur docthers la South Afrtcky. nil th people's are so healthy an th rtst av 'em ar too slnsible. Tours truly. "TOM MURRAY.

a They're tellin a good wan here about th battle of Solos Kep whare th' Boer wauopeo th Kagltah aa thin helped em bury their dead. "Gla'ral Warren met Claral Botha aad ses him, sex he: Av Boer came out frsm behln' thia rock we'd make short work o' y. va wad ta me eye. se Botha, "an" if re English cam out from behind th Irish ws wuddeat dt a thing ye." ABd thea the button was pushed aad th members drank to the success of the Boer cause. J.

K.G. R. DEMAND FOR PARK SITES. Landowners In the City Are Askew to Aay public-spirited clt'xeo who haa land he wishes to eon tribute for a park ta aay section of the city will be gladly welcomed by the small-parks commkUon. At a meeting ot the cocomlasJon yesterlay afternoon Aldem-aa Hemnaaa proposed that th citlsens asked to donate land for the pur- IMU A Mt.Kli.kl..

kM.kt.. 4 a. crowded sections. The other members thought the Idea aa excellent one. aad a special committee, consisting of citlxens other thsa aldermen, will be appointed to look after this branch of the work.

Th various subcommittees which ar ta carry oa the work of cresting small parks oa different sides of the city were selected by Chslrman Jackson. They are as follows: North Side Aldermen Herrmann and Petti bone. General Winston. George B. Adams, Oscar F.

Meyer, aad P-edertck Greeley. West side Aldermen Novak. Rector. Brennan, aad Byrae, J. W.

Suddsrd. aad Dr. J. B. Murphy.

8outh Side Aldermen Martin. Ailing, aad Jackson, William Best, O. H. Perkins, and Charles U. Hutchlasoa.

Jacltsoo, U. Hutchlawa. George K. Adams. WUItsm Best, and J.

W. Suddard. Several propositions were tweetved from people who want parks throogh the Urn nnl-rmtlen Araay tn The Salvation Army for the ancoad tints has failed ta get a foothold ta Mexxcev. Mexican ia wn for sed aU reUgioos pronasslois la wC titles..