Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1921, Page 76

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—NOVEMBER 20, 1921. AMONG US MORTALS Blue Monday By W. E. HILI Copyright, 1921, Miss Woods, the drawing teacher, instilling a love for the true and the beautiful into Teachers, during the s the boys of Room 6. This morning the subject for the sketch is an overturned berry : . . noon hour, discussing Left—Miss Wiltsie, the sub- basket with two onions beside it. Only the very best of the work will be added to the the Board of Educa- stitute teacher, fresh from collection on the back wall. | : e Thes are ol Normal School, full = of ¢ e oy mbhane splendid ideas and very en- & 3 B thusiastic. Miss Wiltsie wants the class to take as the day’s motto ‘Nothing without labor.” or, if they prefer, “Nihil sine labore.” “Let's ail pretend,” en- thuses Miss Wiltsie, “we’re little soldiers, and try to sit up just as straight as we can” And at the end of the day each soldier will be allowed to mark himself in deportment, according to the honor system method. Left — Miss Dresser has routed the class out of a nice. com- fortable lethargy to do physical culture exercises for fif*een minutes. They are breathing in and counting ten. all the while raising the arms to a horizontal posi- tion. The boys like doing this. It takes just that much time from the “oral test.” N — Mr. Felter, the prin- cipal, has just stepped in for a moment to see if “by any chance” — (Oh, but isn’t he the sarcastic one!)—“any one in Miss Steuben's class knows anything about a broken window next door.” Nobody knows a thing about it. (Miss Steuben is pantomim- ing “No whispering in the rear of the room!") The embryo humorist. | .- s 1 z “‘Deportment, D minus!” Gee, what do you Clayton is going to - - 2 . < think of that!” It may be just as well for make a big hit with . iy Leicester to sign the report card himself instead the class by rubbing z { = . . ] 4 of bothering a busy parent. out the “W” and put- ting “H” in its place —if Miss Dewey will stay out of the room a moment longer. q The written test. “Hey, Miss Shaw, you haven’t ever give us that to learn! We hadn't ought to be asked that question!” Right—Miss Graw has | | her own system of driv- Thornton. the class shark, having finished ing home a subtle the written test ahead of the others. is point. Argues Miss i ; X * S waiting with folded hands for the hour to Graw, “What would % ) 5 be up. Not nearly as popular with his vou say if I went into - teachar as you might expect. Twice during your house and tore up the morning he has caught Miss Dresser in paper all over your i nt. parlor floor? W gat Nmteatateme would you say? Now, I consider this school- room is my parlor, and 1 want you to be just as careful as / would be in your parlor!” etc., etc. Arthur i; tryi:g to picture wha is 2 motl?er woeu]d sa;. £ Left—Three small boys in the study - e hour discussing, among other things, the great mysteries of life. =L§)