Show I ij THIS GIIIL II AS NERVE SHfi ntCKNTLYTftOD UPON TUB AMERICAN LAO Th nhl 01 until 1sents I tty I HUlfr llxnino Itw Mmlfl ml Ih i llftnl OotlurI of 111 time Amrtlan Islrlelrlni IIUN Till KX II r cltemcnt consequent I quent an President f Cleveland Vcn esuelan message t1 s wns nt Iu height an Incident ocr oc-r J curred In llello I Mile N J which fJ I It it III onuitng I much discussion I Attending I the high teliool there tea bright girl named Polly lllller IIcr parents arc English and somo of tho more nilschletous hoc look dcllRht In teasing Poll about tho way In which tho Americana would 1 once more whip tho llrltlih should the scare eventuate In war lot I1 I took nil with reasonable Rood nature na-ture but when ono of tho boys during lunch hour waved tho star and l stripes In her tux her llrltlih blood l rose In a rebellion Snatching the Hag from tho boys band she tore It to piece dished the remnants to the ground and l t f 1 N r I I J 1 I r i 151 POLUV I1ILLKK Stamped on them Tho boys were to much astonished l that they did not resent sent tho extraordinary conduct nail folly was half way home running ni fast nr she could l before they recovered < < t thonitclvoft Old O A It men men I now shake their heads when talking n over tho mnttcr but tho cltltcni of llcllcvlllo generally laugh at tho whole nlTnlr Poll > Is proud of the Kngllih blood In her veins and resented l tho caking her schoolmate gave to tho tall of tho Ilrltlsh lion when tho Venezuelan Ven-ezuelan question was illicuMod Her father lAwyer George Dlller of Newark f New-ark jocular l over tho Incident In chool and l her mother regrets tho notoriety no-toriety which tins been brought upon her daughters name Tim boy of the school mare itlll expressing their alI protnl of the pluck of Miss Polly but tho girls nro sarcastic In their criticisms I criti-cisms of her display of punk Jules Polly was snuggled up In a big chair when called upon and was working work-ing away upon lomo fancy droll costume cos-tume all cohered l with spangles and tinsel Her Inteniin patrlotlim for tho country under whose flag iho was born only flashes out upon Intense protoca tlon Othcrnlso iho loves this country lu which ibo has been roared and evinces no Inclination toward growing up Into a now woman who will about from a rostrum and make grandstand grand-stand ploys nt the world at largo Bus In I a modest girl tho Idol 1 of a happy homo and wry popular In the elect society of Itellevlllo and upper Newark She laughed ga > ly when spoken to on limo subject of limo flag episode and l declared that folks took the matter too seriously and that nnyhow It wasnt right for hor classmates to wato the stars and l stripes In tier face when everybody was excited with war talk Anyhow I hopo people will let It drop now Im tired l of hearing oboist It she aid 1 It Is I not nlco for girls to bo talked about so much Dont you think 101 IMehsrl Irsnkllo 111jrIT fi i e I The accompnnylng portrait Is 1 hat ol Itlcbard 1rnnklln Pottlgrcw senator from South Dakota He belongs to limo silver wing of the Republican party |