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Show No Gum, No Art. Detroit has an art school, the principal beneficiaries being a class of young women. wo-men. Tho conductor of the school U Professor John Ward Dunmnore, from England. Recently Professor Dunsmore issued an order that all pupils must be punctual in attendance, or submit a written writ-ten excuse for their absence. This worried wor-ried the young ladies, but they bore tho wrong in dignified silence. More recently re-cently Dunsmore issued another law. No pupil should be allowed to chew gum during tho sessions. This assault upon the free born American's Amer-ican's dearebt fad was too much, and an indignation meeting was hel ij. The boss gum chewer of the class was made president, presi-dent, and she declared that the object of the meeting was to protest against British tyranny. By a unanimous vote the young ladies decided that Professor Duusmore must go or they would desert tho school in a body. The directoraof the Museum of Arts have not less than 5200,-000 5200,-000 invested in the enterprise, and have a long time contract with Professor Duusmore. Duus-more. The action of tho young women places them in n unpleasant predicament. predica-ment. If the professor i3 retained the class will desert. If ho be removed he will appeal to the courts to enforce payment pay-ment of his salary during the time for which he was employed. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |