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Show THE JARR FAMILY rsTUN. Itlf. hr M Frew PMlkMiw Cat "Our methods are modern." said Madam Ketchum of Ketchum'g Klaa leal Kindergarten. " would say moral," ahe added; "but that Is didactic, di-dactic, one might ssy mid-Victorian.-' Mrs. Jarr murmured in an appreciative appre-ciative but noncommittal way, as she di ' not quite understand If what waa morl snd didactic, and therefore mid-Victorian, mid-Victorian, should be praised or censured. cen-sured. j "We will say ethical, then ethlcar." aald Madam Ketchum. "You know, we have long ago ceased to Instruct youth that pulchritude Is most profitable." prof-itable." The lady visitor would have scorned to- say "Honesty la the best policy." Her phrase for it betokened a more exquisite choice of worda. ' No." she repeated, "we do not seek to Impress the Immature mind we seek to Improve with the question, shin philosophy that pulchritude is profitable. In fact. It often Is not." "Why. yes 'said Mrs. Jarr, now grasping the Import of the lady's words. "I believe, too. that we should not teach children to do right he-cause he-cause It pays, but that they should do right because it Is light. "There we hsve the ethics of It, and hence, aa you coincide with me, yon should enroll your little girl at once at our ultramodern Institution," said the impressive visitor. "But my little girl Is too young to go to a boarding school," faltered Mrs. Jarr. "Yes,, but think of the advantages of the association with children nt I her own social status," said the visitor. vis-itor. "Nothing but millionaires' children, chil-dren, I aasure you." Mrs. Jarr gave a quick glance around the modest apartment and wondered If the millionaires' children had parents who felt acutely the hlnh cost of living, aa the parents of the Jarr children did. "We make everything pleasant for the children, of course," the lady of the modern school went on "We even paraphrase all the old folk vocational songs. Do you remember the old nursery rhyme of Miss Genevieve Jones ?" "You don't mean "We're Going to ! See Miss Jinny Ann Jones?'" asked Mrs.- Jarr, who had played this song game In her Brooklyn childhood. I " 'This la the Way We Wash Our Clothes?'" Imitating washing at a tub "and so on?" I "Why. yes," ssid the visitor, "but we cultivate Ihe niceties of expression at our Institution, and so we call the person of the song Miss Genevieve Jones. And our allusions to the ac-j tlvlties and adjuncta of domestic science emhrsre the most modern ' method. To lllustrale: i os fhN h fh wtf w wwsi r; rlaOiii. j Wuh mm rlMhrm. I w.ia an ewirw wwhe-t ' OS. Oil, If the war w. mr Itwt Sat Omv. atts a pmumi :r Sftlm rieww! Io. tHi ta tha ear w ma ur sal, aa mr awar. t w its a flfslea enter! j Oh. M I, o ar wa 4am ow tarsa. j bam nip e-.. Ai:a aa aotinait I v1ir aita.laa.au ta am' drtvan apa.nc aiariun. j Sa aarlr le Oar awning' j "I'm sure It's most interesting and i Instructive for the little pupils, ven-j lured Mrs. Jarr. "but. really, my llt- tin girl is too young to go away to , school ahe'd miss her mother." The visiting sollrltor for the expensive expen-sive boarding kindergarten could not j gainsay tbls. "But." she added. "our very ! wealthiest society people send their |