Puck — October 8, 1879 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. PUCK. Nos, 21 & 28 WARREN STREET. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWS DEALERS. Jenus Jo Sunscriners In the United States and Canada, menprins Tai fand all Countries in the Berne Postal Treaty: Copy, one year, or s2 numbers ... oe $6.00 One Copy, six months, or 26 numbers One Copy, three months, or 13 numbers Inctupme Pe SPECIAL NOTICES. ip Remitnness by Money, Order, ete. are to’be addressed to ‘We cannot undertake to return rejected communications, and to this rule we can make no exception. ‘Puck is on Sale in London,at the News Agency of Messrs, HENRY F.GILLIG & CO., 49, Strand, CI Cross, and at THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMPANY, 11, Bouverie leet Street; {in Glasgow, at G. F. ALLANS, 31 Reufield ‘at TERQUEM'S, 15 Boulevard Saint Martin, “ +" Ofice, 49 Avenue del'Opera.. In BROCKHAUS'S. Lefprig, Berlin and Vienna, CONTENTS. Free Schools and Foul Air. Whilst (poem).— Jas. R. Camp- The Prince of Snobs. ell. 5 Ilustrated Daily Newspapers — Fame. strated Daily Newspapers Puckamas. Decidediy—More Room wanted in our Schools—illus. ‘aad Lucre. October. The Uses of the Bible. About Time—illus. 4A Question Answered (poem). A’Plan to Distingeish Aristo- rats. Shakspere Studies—Joha Al- Troddledums the Simian—illus, Matter’ Money All (poem).— Leo. C. Evans. A New Journalistic Light. Frrencgove mm Astanica.— The Philsoph ( A je Philosopher (poem) — Ar- thar bee ny Om) The Orange of Death. Rhymes of the Day. Mri. Lorne. Poa Tie Axxiovs. ‘Theatres. Axcuts Gascorea—Joha Fraser Pocx’s Excuances, FREE SCHOOLS AND FOULAIR. on which we Americans pride ourselves, it is our glorious system of free public the American citizen to the benighted traveler from effete Europe, I ¢ there be one thing more than another schools. ‘‘ Yes,” says guess you ain’t got anything like it in your country.” The b. t., after such assurance, doesn’t think he has, and is impressed accord- ingly. And the American citizen leaves him almost bursting with the proud consciousness that his educational methods are just what they ought to be, and far superior to any other de- partment managed by the State, being free from rings, corruption, or other undesirable things which not infrequently mar the beauty of some of our institutions, The American citizen may be surprised to hear, therefore, that all is not so lovely as he fondly imagined. That there are naughty little crooked ways about the management of some of these schools, and that little rings which may assume larger shape are already in full working order. This intelligence comes to Puck through that ever watchful specimen of ornithology which can give points to the Associated Press, Sus re- porters and extra /era/d telegrams, and beat them every time, We have no charges to make against the Board of Education, and we have no space in this preliminary article on the subject to make any charges at all. Everybody knows that many of our schools are overcrowded. This, in some of the thickl populated up-town districts, is almost unavoid- able. Somebody ought to be responsible for the seeds of disease that are sown in them, but as things are, it is nobody’s fault and nobody’s business. Now down-town certain schools are also overcrowded, but not for the same reason. In some of them there is sufficient carbonic-acid gas about the room to supply a dozen soda- water factories for a twelve-month, The North Moore Street School, for instance, has had, until quite recently, children packed into it as if they were so many sardines, while in the Vestry Street School there is room enough to play base ball comfortably, or to make a track for a six-days’ walking-match. The explanation seems simple enough. - Is it that the more pupils the more shekels there are for the principals? and if some principals can find trustees and some teachers to help them form a nice, compact little exclusive circle to work their nice little rackets, the ' business goes to a charm? When Puck has completed his investigations he will have something more to say. At pre- sent he merely wishes to show his usual desire to nip in the bud crookedness of any kind. THE PRINCE OF SNOBS. We have of late been devoting a great deal more space to Mr. Cyrus Field than this gentleman deserves; but his latest achievement is so peculiar that we can- not let it pass without a word or two, Mr. Field has already acquired at home and abroad quite a reputation by the manner in which he entertains any man whom people choose to think better than other men, because he is called a lord. Not content with dining and wining dukes, earls, baronets, and pre- senting himself in a Synagogue at the obsequies of a gifted Hebrew young gentleman, who was a grandnephew ofa benevolent English baronet, he now caps the climax of his snobbery by toadying to Mr. Dean Stanley and erecting a monument to the British spy, Major John André, who was justly put to death, according to all rules of civilized warfare. We have nothing to say against the memory of André; he had the misfortune to be found out and suffered in consequence. That old Brunswick rascal, George the Third, tortured us into rebellion, and his officer John André happened to be on the wrong side, as was many a better man, But who made Mr. Field a representative American, that he should assume that Ameri- cans wish to perpetuate the memory of a spy, pure and simple, who lost his life by the fortune of war? ‘The monument may remain, for aught we care; though it will not serve to remind Americans or Englishmen of the death of a spy, but rather of the existence of a wealthy, vulgar New England parvenu who was known during his life-time as the Prince of American snobs. FAME. Minsury, Dallas Co., Iowa., October 3rd, 1878. Mr Keppler Dear Sir I came a cross old puck and i admire him very much i came across vol 5 no 108 and there is a great deal of Sport a bout him and the iowa lection is the 14th of next month and i would like to have the latest no of puck so that so that i can have some fun before lection please send ne one ameadtly yours truly Perry Keller. NOTICB. — The Numbers 4, 5, 6, 11, 18, 15, 24, 25, 62, 68, 70, 78, $7 and 108 of Puck will be bought at this office, No. 21 & 23 Warren St, at 10 CENTS per copy; and Numbers 9, 14, 26, 56, 58, 82, 85 and 85 at 2G CENTS per copy. Puckerings. Autumn is really upon us. Mr. Hayes has got out his chest-protector. As to this business of taking a judicial oath upon the Bible, is n’t it about time to swear off swearing on? Tue Nassau Street restaurants have just stor- ed the last of their strawberry shortcake—crop of 1872—against next season, Wuat Mr. Cyrus Field is aiming at is a tomb in Westminster Abbey. We are perfectly will- ing that he should get it—so long as there is no delay about the interment. Ir is now that the young man without a fall overcoat or a squidulum becomes hardy and bumptious, and scorns effeminacy in dress, and stuffs two newspapers inside his shirt-bosom. Tue mad rumor that the London Punch has been in negotiation for a genuine joke arose simply from the fact that one of the editors was seen talking to an American. The conservative policy of the paper will still be adhered to. Jupce Davis could not take his seat the other day at the Extraordinary General Term, He was suffering from ivy poisoning. Until he recovers, Mr, Zach Chandler will probably have some difficulty in preserving his identity in the public’eye. A Marvsoroucu, N. Y., church has raised the question whether negroes should be allowed to “partake of the Lord’s supper” with the whites. ‘This will end in our colored brethern having a seperate communion-table, with tawny port and schwarzbrod. We offer our sincere condolences to our E.C. the Sun on the decision of the Supreme Court in extraordinary session, But the entire un- pleasantness might have been avoided if our venerable contempory had only tucked its arm into Puck's and come along the right way, in- stead of getting horrid kinks into its dear ald head and going a-wandering all alone among the mazy labyrinths of the law—bless it! We second the Sun's motion that the Port Health Officer, Vanderpoel, gets notice to quit. The office is practically a sinecure, and the fees are too large. Three or four young doctors, at three thousand dollars a year, each could take just as good care of us, and find quite as much sickness on board incoming vessels, as Mr. Vanderpoel and his deputies, without one half of the pomposity, impertin- ence and laziness characteristic of these gentle- men, AN EXPLANATION FOR MR. DANA. “Chas. A, Dana arrived in the Bothnia yes- terday.” — Zhe Sun, Oct. 1st. + “Dr, Talmage and his family separated them- selves from the others and went ashore."”— The Sun, Oct. 2d. Cc. A. D.: “Hi, can’t I go too? Sun, you know,” . Captain: “ Well, the sun never comes out at night!” I'm the Puck trusts that artists will not fail to respond to a circular issued by the New York Press Club, asking for contributions of pictures to be sold for the benefit of the widow of the late Chas. Rosenberg, artist, journalist and author, who has been left destitute by the death of her husband,