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SHE PENNIES
.(GAINST TIME
SCHOOL ENDS
Children’s Savings Bank of New
York Doing a Really Re
markable Work.
DOES MUCH MORE THAN
INCULCATE THRIFT
Pupils, Who Come From the Poorer
Classes of the City, Are Thus Pro
vided With a Small Fund When
Their Time Comes to Enter the
Working World —Scheme Has Been
Found to Be Great Benefit to
the Pupils.
NEW YORK. —You remember O.
Henry’s story of the little shop
girl who worked for 15 a week
In the big department store selling
the wonderful finery she herself never
could hope to own, but who, because
the strong face of Lord Kitchener,
looking dcwn from the colored print
oa the wall of her hall room, had
stirred some innate warning too deep
for her to understand, had refused to
•go out" with the flashy young man
who took all the other girls to dinner
evenings? 0. Henry called it the
“Unfinished Story.” He explained
that the fa e of Lord Kitchener might
cot always be looking down from the
wall, and you can draw your own
conclusions.
It is to prevent just that sort -of
thing—the finishing of those tragic
stories, so many of which find their
ending daily in a big city, that John
L Frua .' has created as unique an
organization as can be found any
where in the country. It is a school
lavings ink — a bank for school chil
dren to d p their pennies and dimes
Into as insurance against the bondage
that shadows those many girls who
work for S 3 weekly in the big shops
Started by Principal.
John Fruauf is principal of Public
School No. 14, at No. 225 East Twen
ty-seventh street. Briefly, he has es
tablished his work on this theory: A
gir. with a trade that will earn her a
go.-J Ih ,ig is less apt to go wrong
than a girl whose wages are insuffi
cient ■) feed, let alone clothe and
house h r This latter type of girl he
points o generally being the shop
giri.
I A girl who graduates from public
•:hcc>l." he says, "has two courses —
i n go to work at unskilled labor in a
I store for what she can get, generally
S 3 io -55 a week, or to enter a trade
school, i’r m which she will be grad
.j’-'d with the ability to earn a good
.ng wage The school savings bank
p hav established is intended to
sivp children of the poor a chance to
Li e enough money to learn a trade,
Iwd thus to prevent them from meet
|ag-.be fate of the girl in the ‘Unfin-
I istcd btory.
Long Island Man Started It.
I Public School No. 14 is situated be-
I t»een Second and Third avenues, in
L-e of the poorest sections of the
pity Can you imagine the children
1 4 that section of the East side acting
Iu depositors in a savings bank, and
I tan you imagine what cash balance
lath a bank would show after two
I
Ilk r*
When the Need Is Felt.
;^" s ?t *nce? No. you cannot,
' se: hear that those children
its have on deposit in
unk $10,350.29, you will
:nec to laugh. Yet such is the
J“ e latter of school savings banks
i--ated with J. H. Thiry of Long
several years ago. The
L,. ' OO r : education adopted reso
s Permitting the establishment
5 -ch institutions where advisable,
ls 11 ith the way opened, Prin
i? j started out to. make such
k'.' ' ality in his school. The
r-W le d * d was to appoint Dr.
-an j Sonnenberg, one of the
«tE-^ rs ■ So - active head and
ier« CiJer of bank. Dr. Sonnen
cur ?veral schemes that had
r; ed volved, in February, 1911,
> h ' ystP ® That ls gtin in se.
h?, IRS was opened formally on
tv/ 3 ? ■ ,J - that y ear . aQ d the first
I’l,'. showed a total of
PrOai that tlme to date the
I “3a accumulated deposits that
total $14,055.11. In two years the to
tal withdrawals have been but $3,-
704.02, leaving a balance of $10,350.29,
vhich belongs to the little East aiders
who attend the school. Not one is
older than fifteen.
The total number of depositors is
1,350. This makes the average de
posit a little more than $7.66. The
chief capitalist among the children is
a girl. She can write her check for
$135.31. The smallest depositor has
a credit of one cent
Monday Is Banking Day.
Monday Is banking day. AH de
posits are made on that day. The
system is a unique one. The children
in each class arise alphabetically and
go to the front of the room, where
the teacher sits with a cash memo
randum. Each child hands in its
bank book with its deposit: The de
posit is entered in the bank book,
which is returned to the depositor.
The teacher acting as receiving teller
credits the deposit on the cash memo
randum after the name of the deposi
tor. Then the teacher counts the
money and compares it with the bal
ance of the cash memorandum sheet,
after which the cash is placed in an
envelope and sealed, the amount writ
ten on it, together with the class
number and teacher’s name. Each
teacher then repairs to the room of
Dr. Sonnenberg and deposits her class
collections In a strong box, which Is
taken to one of the big savings banks.
The bank opens the envelopes, com
pares the amounts within with the
amounts written on them and, if cor
rect, so stamps the envelopes, which
are returned to the teachers as can
celed vouchers. The money is then
entered in the pass book of Public
School No. 14.
As Dr. Sonnenberg explained, It Is
easy to deposit money, but, while
each child depositor is, of course, en
titled to draw at any time he or she
desires, the bank is run on a strict
saving theory, and it requires a good
1
Initiating the Boy Into the Mysteries of the Saving Account.
deal more red tape to get cash out
than it does to put It in. To begin
with, the parents of the children first
must sign the check for withdrawal,
and it then must be countersigned by
the principal. This method, Principal
Fruauf explained, prevents the with
drawal of funds for the purpose of
lolly pops or other delicacies dear to
the heart of children. It will be easily
seen that his methods, praiseworthy
as they are, have made him by no
means popular with the candy ven
ders who find their customers largely
among the school children.
Over S2OO In One Day.
When any depositor has accumulat
ed $5 in his account he is privileged
to have the account transferred to
his own name at the bank. In other
words, he is given a regular pass
book at the savings institution tfhere
the school bank deposits its funds,
and thereafter is a bona fide deposr.or
In the larger Institution, save that he
la still not allowed to draw his money
without authorization from his pa
rents and principal. This is a prero
gative held by the school, for the rea
son that It was through it that the
account was transferred.
“That our bank is a growing insti
tution,” said Mr. Fruauf, “is shown
by the daily increase in our deposits.
On the opening day we had
of $160.34, while last Monday <
was credited to the accounts of our
children. .
“The bank does many things be
sides giving children of the poor a
start in life once they are out of
school It teaches indelibly the theory
of saving, creates a tendency to ec<>
nomy, promotes business sense in the
handling of money and provides th
competitive desire to save. ,
should see our little fellows and gins
hoarding up their pennies against de
positors’ day
Great Aim of Institution.
“But seriously, the greatest aim is
to give the Public school graduates
particularly the girls-a chance to get
their feet once they are out of
Statistics have shown that
girls who have trades are far better
nullified to meet the battle for sub.
qua lined h w ho have not and
to Uke unskilled places
employers choose to pay
thnm A girl, in ®y notion, rarely
gets into trouble because she wants
?o It is because she is driveni to it
hv sheer desperation. You will find
by sneer u k make ml9 _
Er~-=E“ES
poor girl must work to
THE VILAS COUNTY NEWS, EAGLE RIVER, WIS
under the present American stand
ards she cannot live on what her
work pays her. What, then, is there
left for her. A vain struggle—a strug
gle as heroic as any within the scope
of imagination—to live when living
is Impossible, and then the gradual
breaking down by need. No man
with a soul can blame mistakes that
result from such causes. He can
merely strive to remedy them.”
OUGHT TO BE OF BENEFIT
Otherwise There Is No Excuse for the
Publication of the Tolstoi
Letters.
Word comes from St. Petersburg
tha the widow of the late Count Tol
stoi has published more than 600 let
ters written to her by her late hus
band. The letters begin with the pro
posal of marriage, and cover the
period of betrothal of the count and
the countess and many years of their
wedded life. The countess in her
preface says that it is her desire to
give all that_ cherish her husband’s
memory access to what was dearest to
him in life. Nine letters are with
held, three because they concern liv
ing persons and the last six ho wrote
because the countess thinks that the
time to publish them has not arrived.
It is very rare, we believe, that let
ters of distinguished persons have,
been published to the world in this
manner. As a rule, women are too
sensitive to make public the most in
timate affairs in their lives. Only a
little while ago the world and his
wife were shocked at the publication
of the love letters of Robert Brown
ing and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
It seemed as if it were little less than
sacrilege to expose the intimate love
life of the two poets. Browning, we
know, was the most sensitive of men,
and it is easy to imagine his Berserker
rage had anyone suggested such a pro
ceeding during his life time. But the
opportunity to make money evidently
was too great a temptation to the
heirs, and so the love story of the two
poets was given to the world. But the
Countess Tolstoi has not even the ex
cuse of needing money. Yet unques
tionably she is actuated by what she
believes to be high motives in publish
ing her husband’s letters. As it is im
possible to criticise her action while
in ignorance of the contents of the
epistles, we may assume that there ia
something in the letters of value to
the world. Assuredly she would never
have consented to publishing mere
love letters and epistles having to do
with affairs of no Interest to anyone
outside the immediate family.
The Temples of Karnak.
Of all the monumental ruins of the
ancient world there is probably no one
of more intrinsic interest than Karnak,
a “town of temples.” Wth a history
extending from the first dynasty down
to the Roman occupation of Egypt, it
epitomizes the history of religion for
5,000 years, and is quite unique as’ a
historic document. Since 1895 sys
tematic excavations have been carried
on there, and now a vast collection
of photographs, and plans, and de
scriptions '•’e useless, because unpub
lished and unaccessible to scholars
and the public. A correspondent of
the London Times calls attention to
the matter, and urges an immgediate
compilation and publication of the
Karnak data. This, he says, is what
the archaeological world wants: “(1.)
Complete plans, sections and eleva
tions of the monument up to date. (2.)
Short but complete description (with
dates) of the course of the excava
tions. (3.) A detailed account of the
temple or Osiris which is unique. (4.)
Detailed accounts of objects found.”—
New York Evening Post.
Cultivate Decision.
Lack of decision often is due to
pure ignorance. A man is ignorant
of what he can be. Opportunity stands
at the door and is not recognized.
"There is a tide In the affairs of men
which, taken at its floods, leads on to
fortune; omitted, all the voyage of
their life is bound in shallows and in
miseries. . • ■ We must take the
current when it serves, or lose our
ventures."
What He Wrote.
An Atchison man has sent out a
tracer for the old-fashioned corre
spondent who used to write: “We are
all well and hope you are the same.”
That isn’t what he said; he hoped
•these few lines will find you the
gam - “
IN COLOR COMBINATION
NEW MILLINERY HAS A CHARM
OF ITS OWN.
Small Hat la Most In Favor —For
Trimmings, Feather* and Ribbon
Are Preferred
Show* Popular Design.
There is much to be said in favor of
the new millinery, for, although many,
perhaps the majority of hat* seem al
most ridiculous in their eccentricities,
as they axe viewed from their pedes
tals in the glass cases at the shops,
they are certainly picturesque and
conservative enough when properly
adjusted atop of the head.
The new hats show the interesting
color combinations so fashionable in
gowns. Many models have either the
crown and brim of different colors, not
to mentioL different fabrics also, or
else the crown ans brim are one of
color with an under faqlng that is In
strong contrast.
Almost without exception the hats
are small, with close-fitting crown and
brims —if there are brims —that hug
the head. The trimmings are legion,
with feathers and ribbons In the lead.
Most of the dressy models are
planned to give extra Might, and the
result is achieved through the trim
mings, as in the hat here sketched
with its large mount of black plum
age toward the rear. The hat itself
Is one of the new “fan-tailed” shapes
with a close "cap” crown s’ightly
gathered, and a narrow poke brim that
increases in width at the back, where
It is turned abruptly up against the
erown, allowing a glimpse of the coif.
On this particular instance it is de
veloped In black and white. The
BLw
crown and upper side of the brim are
covered with white beaver plush and
the under brim facing is of black car
ried just over the upper edge in a cord
piping*
It is a model well adapted to
many color schemes and one that can
t>e nicely made to match a street cos
tume.—Lillian Young in Washington
Star.
_To Tell Linen.
In purchasing a piece of linen, If in
doubt, dampen a finger In the mouth,
put it on the material", and If the
dampness shows on the opposite side
at the same time the goods is linen.
Cotton fabrics are slower to absorb
moisture.
Pretty Baby Cap.
Use white lace all over, and draw
the fullness in at the back with rib
bon run through a tiny hem. Edge
the bonnet with a lace ruffle, and
make long strings of fine lace Inser
tion about three inches w'de. ' '
FOR THE AFTERNOON TEA
Hostess Must Be Quick to Pick Up
Ideas Others May Be Able to'
Give Her.
The clever hostess knows there is
no surer way to keep abreast of the
times In the matter of afternoon lea
accessories than to pay frequent vis
its to the big hotels and restaurants
at the tea hour. Almost each hotel or
restaurant has its “special.” One es
tablishment serves delicately crisped
squares of graham bread, sprinkled
ever so lightly with grated cheese and
dusted with just a bit of paprika. It
Is the sort of toast to make one won
der what is responsible for the subtle
flavor.
The home caterer need have no h si
tancy in trying to duplicate the dainty
nut wafers known at the fashionable
tea-drinking establishments as “hick
oryesques” and “pecanesques.” These
are easily made; rich little nut cakes,
with often a dash of sherry or a few
drops of brandy to accentuate the nut
ty flavor. Either In the form of mac
aroons or wafers they are sure to be
liked for the tea table.
USEFUL IN THE HOUSE WORK
Extensive Pockets in Which Many
Articles May Be Bestowed Are
Worth Consideration.
For such occupations as housework
he older the garments worn the bet
ter, for the obvious reason that good
clothes would be quickly soiled, there
fore an old skirt that "doesn’t matter”
hould specially be set aside for the
nrpose.
PINCUSHION IN HEART SHAPE
Dainty Design That Call* for Little
Work to Make Attractive
Ornament.
Our sketch shows a decorative little
pincushion which is very simple and
easy to make. It should be carried
out in quite a small size, and it is In
tended for hanging from the post ol
the looking glass or a nail in the wall
by the side of the glass.
In making it, in the first place, a
piece of cardboard is cjit out in the
ar
shape of a heart, measuring three and
a quarter inches by two and three
quarter inches. This cardboard it
well padded on both sides with cotton
wool, and then covered with scarlet
velvet, the pieces of material being
neatly sewn together at the edges and
the seam afterwards being hidden
with a fine silk cord of an old gold
color. Sewn in at the center at the
top is a loop of narrow ribbon of a
color to match the cord, for hanging
up the cushion.
This cushion might, of course, be
carried out in other combinations oi
color to please different tastes, and it
is a specially suitable little article tc
prepare for sale in a bazaar, as very
little material is required in the mak
ing of it, and it should sell at a good
profit. A number of these little cush
ions, hung about here and there will
form a decorative addition to a stall,
and some of them might be embroid
ered with pretty floral designs or sin
gle initials.
Rings Tear Stockings.
Many women who wear silk stock
ings complain of small rips and broken
stitches and imagine that the stock
ings are faulty of make, but this is
not always the difficulty. The cause
of the little break often comes from
running one’s hand within the stock
ings while rings are on the fingers
These rings and the stones in them
catch the tiny threads and break them
causing the damage.
Darning Hint.
Instead of darning, cut the hole
round or oblong, as the case may be
Place over a darning ball, then cut
from an old stocking a piece to fit
the hole, place in, care being taker
to have the threads in patch run the
same as in the stocking. Then with
a fine needle, and one strand of darn
ing cotton, darn neatly back and forth
bringing the edges just together.
To Clean Light Woolen.
Make a mixture of cornmeal, «
handful of borax and half a cake ol
magnesia. Mix this dry and scrub thi
goods with it. To clean wool shawls
sweaters, etc., sprinkle the mixture
over the garment, place inside a sheet
folded several times and beat lightly
It is surprising how much the borai
assists in the cleaning process.
The simple suggestion.illustrated by
the accompanying sketch can be car
ried out in a few moments. It merely
consists of making two roomy pockets
of the nature shown in the front ,oi
the skirt. These pockets can be made
of any strong material such as brows
holland, for instance, and may be cul
out m one piece, sewn down the cen
ter and bound at the openings witt
braid, or possibly, should we have t
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remnant of material from which the
skirt was made, then that could be
used.
In such work as nailing up pictures,
laying carpets, hanging curtains, an
apron is very often much In the way.
and an old skirt with roomy pockets
of the nature described is almost as
easily slipped on as an apron and will
be found a great Improvement upon
it, and hammer, tacks, pins, etc., can
be placed in the pockets and be ready
to hand whenever required.
FOR THOSE FOND OF VEAL
Blanquette One of the Best Ways In
Which the Meat Can Be
Served.
Five or six pounds veal brisket, two
onions, two carrots, one-fourth hand
ful parsley, two tablespoons butter,
one tablespoon flour, salt and pepper.
Cut the brisket In pieces about
three inches long and one and one
half inches wide. Freshen them in
cold water for one-quarter of an hour.
Place them in a stew pan, cover with
cold water, and when it begins to boil
add two onions, two carrots sliced,
parsley (tied with a thread), white
pepper and salt.
Allow to cook one and one-hall
hours. When the veal is cooked melt
in another sauce pan two tablespoons
butter; mix it with one tablespoon
flour. Add little by little and while stir
ring add enough of the stock in which
the veal has been cooked to obtain
quite a strong sauce. Place the cook
ed veal (but not the in
the second stew pan, boil the whore to
gether and when ready to serve place
the sauce pan on the corner of the
range and pour In four eggs mixed
with two tablespoons milk and serve
with rice.
Wash a pound of cold rice in cold
water several times till the water is
clear. Cook it in boiling water till
quite soft; the rice will be done when
you can cut it easily with your finger
nail, but before the grains are so soft
as to mash between fingers. Let it
drip, cool and dry again. Melt in a
sauce pan one-quarter pound butter,
add rice and some pepper and salt.
Mix well, cover the sauce pan and bake
in an oven for one-quarter of an hour
KITCHEN WRINKLES
A piece of starch placed in the wa
ter will keep flowers fresh for quite
a long period.
If a little saltpetre is sprinkled over
the fire occaffionally it will keep the
chimney free from soot.
After washing cut-glass articles let
them dry and afterwards rub them
carefully with prepared chalk, with a
soft brush.
Potatoes are more nutritious if
boiled in their skins, after being
rubbed clean; they can be skinned be
fore taking to table.
After using a gas stove for baking
leave the door open a little while to
allow the heat to escape. This will
prevent sweating and rusting.
The best way to keep a dustbin
fresh and clean is to put hot ashes into
it each time it has been emptied. It
keeps it clean and free from all
smells.
Celery or parsley rubbed on the
hands after peeling onions will coun
teract the odor. Lemon, borax or am
monia is excellent for removing stains
from the hands.
Brown stockings should never be
ironed, but just passed through the
mangle to smooth them out. A hot
iron will spoil the color and give them
an unpleasant yellow tint.
Fricasseed Chicken.
Cut up a tender, fat hen into pieces
for serving. Arrange back and legs on
bottom of kettle and breast pieces on
top, so they will not be overlooked,
covey with boiling water and bring to
the boiling point, then add one table
spoonful salt and reduce the heat so
that the water only simmers, until
the chicken is perfectly tender (about
an hour and a half, usually). Make a
gravy by thickening one pint of the
stock with three tablespoonfuls flour
and two of butter, or chicken fat, rub
bed together. Season to taste and
just before serving pour in slowly the
beaten yolks of two eggs and add two
teaspoonfuls chopped parsley.
Tomatoes on Toast.
Here is rather a nice recipe in
which to use tomatoes. One quart
canned tomatoes, 1 medium size onion,
Vz cup grated cheese, 1 dessert spoon
sugar, butter size of a large walnut.
1-3 cup flour, thickening, salt and pep
per to taste. Put tomatoes into a ket
tle, allow to simmer for 15 minutes,
then grate in onion, cook five minutes,
add sugar salt and pepper, then the
cheese and thickening; lastly the but
ter. Having placed several slices of
toast on a deep platter, pour mixture
over same and serve at once.
About Real Lace.
Never wash lace, as it is very
bad for it and sometimes ruins it, but
clean it in the following manner:
Put the lace between layers of tis
sue paper, well sprinkled with pow
dered magnesia, and place it between
the leaves of a book, keeping a heavy
weight on top of the book for three or
four days.
Then shake the powder out. and the
lace is perfectly clean and looks like
new.
Jelly Hint.
When making jelly on a warm day,
if it refuses to become cold and firm,
place it in the mold and stand it in
a basin of cold water to which has
been added a handful each of salt and
soda. This usually forces the jelly to
set.
Cocoanut Cake.
One cup of butter, three of sugar,
one of sweet milk, four and one-half
cups of flour, four eggs with white
beaten to a stiff froth, one teaspoon
of soda, two of cream of tartar, one
grated cocoanut.
When Boiling Cabbage.
When boiling cabbage, to prevent
the unpleasant smell that it always
m- kes, you will find it very good to
place a small piece of bread tied up
In muslin in the saucepan.