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Show riIB TAfcE Olf A PAIL. The big problem of manufacturers of food products has been to devifc a package for their products which "will insure the housewife getting them sVeet, fresh, without deterioration. In this connection a cry ingenious package has been invented for the prd- ( lection of Cotto'.ene. The paiU in which this cooking fat is packed (it is never sold in bulk) have a special cover forced on by machinery and then scaled. This makes the pail absolutely air-tight, and Cottolcne will keep indefinitely as fresh and ss sweet us the day it was made. streot Bchool 700 pupils constituted a large school, and that was not very many years ago, either. At that timet an assistant principal and a clerk we're not needed as aids to tho principal, whose duties were muchlless coiriplei than now." The visitors reached tho "largest Bchool" at the dlsmlsbol hour.' Policemen" Police-men" were stationed at either end o the olock to keep the Bniall'anny inov lng and -prevent1 a broach of the fcoacoj "for In that district classroom grudges are' likely to be nettled on reaching tho sidewalk if a policeman's ttAc1cvlij -Hurned. His "hack never Is turned at dismissal hours. The school building occupied an entire en-tire block fronting on Lewis stroet, with exits and entrances for girls on tho north corner and for boys on the south corner. Tho wy the hundreds upon hundreds of youngstore emerging emerg-ing with a rush and Jump are kept moving 1b a lespon in tactics worth seeing. In ten minutes or so the sidewalks side-walks are clenred and the neighborhood neighbor-hood settled down to comparative calm until 9 o'clock' the next morning. morn-ing. "Pressed for particulars, the assistant assist-ant principal gavo these figures: Tho present enrollment tit girls at this school Is 2093, under the care of forty-nine forty-nine teachers, a principal and her assistant; as-sistant; of boys, 2100, the total enrollment en-rollment of pupils and of Instructors being moro than 4G00 a fair sized town under one roof. But big as It Is, the hulldlng Is not quite large enough; In one InBtance two classes, or about Boventy-flve pupils, using in common one of tho largest classrooms. To hold a general assembly of cither bo's or girls Is Impossible. The best that can be done with tho air of movable partitions Is to assemble about 1000 at a time. The apportioning of recesses re-cesses requires the greatest ca,re in ordor not to overcrowd the yard area. New York Sun. |