Identifier: quaintcornersinp00stoc (find matches)
Title: Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Stockton, Louise, 1838-1914 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946 Turner, Eliza Sproat, Mrs., 1826-1903 Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943 Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918
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Publisher: Philadelphia, New York, J. Wanamaker
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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)()wer to use themselves.W»* must admit that even the meni(M-y needs careful cul-tivation, but we feel that this faculty, while it may be indanger of over-strain, is in no danger of neglect for along tiuKi to come. VI. Better direction. In our school-boards there aremany men, and lately some women, of known abilityand culture, who devote themselves most earnestly tothe work for which they have l)ecome responsil)le ; but,in association with these, and frustrating their etlbrtsatevery turn, are men of—let us say of another variety.In certain states of this Union and elsewhere, saysthe President of the Board of Education, thedepait-ment of education is, by conunon consent, exempt fromthe use of party leaders and followers, and the interestsof the schools are consequently safe. If this has becomepossible in other and in some cases younger states, mightit not be poNsihie in ours V With a ))roi)er system ofchoosing school directors, such instances as the followingwould be impossible: to)
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THIRTY-EIGHTH ST. AND DARBY ROAD, WEST PHILADELPHIA. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 285 No. 1. Early morning. Milkman (interrupted in his chatwith Bridget hij the lady of the house)--^loxmiv^, mum.Is it that ye re goiir to fault the milk, mum? Lady.— Not at all. I came out to ask your influenceas school director. I am applying for a situation in yourward. No. 2. Teacher (in class-room).—^ot pyanner, MissSmith ; it is pronounced piano. Papil.—No, maam ; my pop says pyanner every time,and he s a director. No. 3. A Teacher, obliged to consult her director insudden emergency, finds inscribed above his portal thefollowing quaint sayings : ^ Lively Boys Retreat. Fhee Lunch this Day.Pool Played for Drinks. On the special fitness of saloon-keepers as guidesand examples for youth, public opinion speaks clearlyat every election in the surprising number whom itelevates to positions of immense importance in child-ish eyes. In regard to the large proportion, not onlyof mechanics who might have the needful

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