Evening lbdgeb Philadelphia, feiday, ootober 22, 1915.
ADA C. NESPER
.DECIDES THE FATES
OF MANY CHILDREN
ita Determines u inuy vro
Qld Enougn hhu iiuuuikciii,
Enough to uit ocnooi ana
Go to WorK
Gas CONSIDERED 500,000
L Uui 100 boy and girl are to b
Zitt ' ln a nrt-noor toom
I5.it Aid truiiains m i w..o.w ... . .
rnriKl b' ,he Dur'u of compulsory
lEdutttlon,
fcfn that dim and poorly ventilated room
Birring drama " nae'eVT In the p'"
w e t each ! Mlaa Ada C. Neeper,
lame ' nns ben B"ciaica wun in8
gMlU tg a 'CierK" mia piea.aniMai.eu,
2!Jit womsn ha been an important fae
W"0.1' .... iiv.v f n. half million human
Qna It haa been her duty for 11 year
Ts .itmlne every- child who has attained
'!k. im 01 14 and who, because of pov.
!rtv or for omo other reason, has found
StYeceMiry to leave the achoolhouso and
anter the factory.
.. ..,mnuiorv education law, after
Riflfylne several other requirements, de-
Kl to "read and write the Encash Ian
Ku.l. Intelligently." It Is Miss Nesper's
IteitaiMs to decide who la and who is
BUIMi , . ... 4 H..A. nA writ
set n inienmei"- " " "
btt. i. imnnMible for any child less than
ytari old to be employed In Phlladel
wl unless he hns at som time made the
"m .. - Afl.. M9nnr. 1I must
Iwte his ace to her and then produce a
lntlmal certificate or Borne other means
rinrwf. When this condition has been
irtlsfled, he muat read and write In her
Mttence.
Hlf iho Is convinced by the demonstra-
blue the labor certificate. The boy Is
tkn blc to apply for a Job, terminating
u. hoo! career forever. If her view
JIT.!,, .nnllrjint is unfavorable, the eer
ily.-.. - i- Mfn.i nnA fhA rtiflfl rtnrn
SiaCSl. in ibw.mi ... -..- ........
to school for at least two more years.
Thl constitutes the most momentuos
Iyer It not for the smiles of Miss Nesper
find hr words of encouragement, the
pnllcstlon room ' would bo a chamber
f horrors. The youngsters describe her
'. "the nice lady behind the desk" and
H Is only her sympathetic attitude that
r 111. .1.1. HHIa MUrftnm in Vta lh arr-
tV" UIMT TVPffia AMOKfl TITWAf
to th crowd that congregates dally at
tse ht&dquartera of the bureau are pov
srtjr stricken, underfed and nervous chll
'fctn. There may be futuro criminals on
kt lists as welt as boys and girls who
art destined to be leaders among their
fellows. Miss Nesper likes to predict the
ftto of applicants and In numerous cases
ku proved her ability as an observer of
tores. ' y
KHtr prophesies usually are realized, and
often a boy of ten years returns as a
awn id ieu Jiian iicnpcr iimi no nas Deen
Hccessful ln his vocation, to satisfy her
tbt she made no mistake ln granting
him a certificate.
pMlig Nesper has no authority, except
mt conrerrea upon ner Dy tne chief of
Hie bureau, Henry J. Gideon. He has a
jlfht to overrule any or all of her decl-
Mens, tut ho never does. Mr. Gideon- and
tbe public in general are satisfied with
the Judgment of the "clork," and Mlsa
'eiper Is known among Philadelphia
wucators as 'the woman who never
nakes a mistake." '
VShe has made an unofficial study of
conuiuunH wiucn prompt cniiaren lo quit
khool. Poverty is not the only reason,
e tnds. Hundreds ot boys who have
afplied for certificates In the last year
fcave done so because they are "too bfg."
.Questioning on the part of Mies Nesper
Kvealed that they were tired of being
tailed "big kid," "lanky." etc., because
ature had endowed them with a greater
stature than their classmates.
gPyPILS EAGER TO QUIT SCHOOL.
KFew pupils begin' work In the lndus-
me unwillingly, according to her be
lief. The novelty of wage earning and the
Impreiilon that It is manly to leave
Khool cause a large nrODortlon of tho
etty'B children to abandon their education.
But the saddest nart about the whole
flair," says Misa Nesper. "is that here
lye, have a great army of' children who
re to end the happiest days of their
Utm, their school davs. the malnrltv nf
them entirely ignorant of the problems
ffey win race In the days to come. They
Muilly act blindly. Sometimes they aro
impelled By tne menace of starvation to
lt a Job, but often they stop school for
o good reason at all."
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
WAHHINOTON. Oct. 22.
8 Tor EltUrn Ppnnavlvanln Vnlr nnlaht.
Ijth cooler in southern portion; Satur
ly fair, gentle to moderate northwest
Iffda becoming variable.
jugnt rain occurred yesterday in north-
mrttw Kiigiand and In the St. Lawrence
"y, but conditions have cleared in
WW districts. Thunderstorms are re-
lttl from the south Atlantic States,
Wh, moderately heavy rainfall In por-
fl or Alabama and Georgia. Clear
are generally reported from the
gntral valleys, the Lake region, and the
ni states. The temperatures are soroe-
ktt lower In th mMlA nn nArfh t-
fetlc Htatea thin morning, but are atlU
IMfhtjy above the normal at most places.
rU. S. Weather Bureau Bulletin
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GREAT SUNDAY SCHOOL
PAGEANT HERE TONIGHT
More That 15,000 Persons Ex
pected to Witness Spectacle
in Convention Hall
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In tho building nt 1622 Cherry street Miss Ada C. Nesper is shown examining boy and girl applicants as
to their age and abilities.
A huge historical Sunday school pag
eant will be staged tonight In Convention
Hall by 2S00 children and adults at the
conclusion of the 23d annual convention
of tho Philadelphia County Sunday School
Association. Tho pageant, arranged by
Miss Anita B. Ferris, of New York, will
show the origin and growth of religious
Instruction from the earliest time down to
the present day. The pageant will be di
vided Into four periods the Hebrew pe
riod, the Christian Era, the modern pe
riod and the graded Sunday school.
It la expected that more than 15.000 per
sons will witness the spectacle, which will
be preceded by a song service of the Phil
adelphia Sunday School Chorus, directed
by H. C. Lincoln. Participating In the
evening's entertainment will be the com
bined orchestra ot the V. M. C. A. and
Ilethnny and St. Paul'a Presbyterian
Churches', under the direction of Profes
sor J. W. F. Leman.
NORTHEAST STARTS
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
University President and Pro
fessor Speakers When High
School Opens Jubilee
Many prominent alumni from every sec
tion of the city and State will participate
in the exercises In connection with the
25th anniversary of tho Northeast High
School, 8th street and Lehigh avenue.
The exercises were opened today and will
bo concluded tomorrow night with a ban
quet ln Scottish Itlto Hall.
Dr. Andrew J. Morrison, principal of
the school, opened the anniversary pro
gram this mornlpg In the assembly room.
Professor John L. Stewart, of Lehigh Uni
versity, and Dr. William Arnold Shank
lln, president of Wesleyan University,
will also make addresses. There will be
a' presentation of flags by William Logan
Dayton, of the class of 1915, president ot
the school community: vocal selections
by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Warren Cook and
a musical program under the direction
of Professor A. O, Mlchner, of tho class
of 1858.
Tomorrow afternoon the festivities will
be shifted to the athletic field of the
school, 29th' and Cambria Btreets, where
a huge athletic demonstration will take
place. There will be a mass drill by
the students, group contests and relay
races, after which the freshmen cross
country championship will be run.
A football game between the Northeast
tearn and the Bordentown Military Acad
emy eleven, with a soccer contest between
Northeast and the University of Penn
sylvania between the halves, will con
clude the events. Oscar E. Gcrney will
direct the field events, assisted by Henry
Brachhold and J. Q. Slgman.
Tho anniversary exercises are to end
tomorrow night with the banquet. More
than 1000 alumni are expected to be pres
ent. The acceptances " have already
reached the 1000-mark, which Is said to
make a new high record attendance for
public school banquets ln Philadelphia.
Walter Leo Rosenberger, of the class of
1896, who is president of the Northeast
Alumnt Association, will be toastmaster.
Prominent among the Invited guesta are
Mayor Blankenburg, Malor General Leon
ard Wood, Anthony J. Drexel Diddle, Sec
retary of State Robert Lansing, Dr. C.
Hanford Henderson, first principal of the
Northeast Manual Training School; Pro
fessor John L. Stewart, of Lehigh Uni
versity: Professor William L. Sayre, for
mer principal ot central Manual Training
School; "William Dick, secretary of the
Board of Education; Edward J. Cattell,
City Statistician; Professor George D.
Stradllnpr and tho two mayoralty aspi
rants. George D. Porter and Thomas B.
Smith.
Police Court Chronicles
The most tenacious sleuth ln town Is
Bum. He Is not on the official pay roll,
but ho geta SO bones a week. Further
more, he never has a day off, and enjoy a
the reputation of being one of the most
Industrious police dogs In the country.
Like all ambitious canines, he keeps ln
condition by taking a cold shower bath
every day and a massage, which Is ad
ministered by the cops at the Trenton
avenue and Dauphin street station. De
spite the fact that he Is well on ln years,
Bum can cover a half mile while most of
the tired dogs of Kensington are getting
ready to start.
And he proved. In the case of Mike Mc
Cairlgle. Mike found a push cart some
where, and as he happened to pass a
fruit stand on Dauphin street where the
proprietor was absent, he thought It
would be a good idea to transfer the
fruit to the cart. Bum. who was covering
his beat with his pal. Policeman Pat Mc
Gowan, saw McGnrrlglc loading the fruit
and became suspicious. Ho uttered three
snappy barks, which meant trouble was
brewing, and McGowan's attention was
drawn to the work of McGarrlgle. He
started after him. but McGarrlgle kept on
the run with his toothsome burden. Ho
dumped out some of the provisions after
running two blocks and then sped faster
than ever. The chase continued for fully
half a mile. Tho cop wondered why Bum
didn't overtake McGarrlgle, but the dog
had a reason.
Finally McGarrlgle arrived within n few
yards of the station house. Not' until then
did Bum close up on him. He seized him
by the waist and tore the trousers of
McGarrlgle Into ribbons. The cop
squeezed him Into the barrow and wheeled
him before Magistrate McCleary.
The prisoner had to be wrapped in a
blanket to have a hearing.
"I want to compliment that dog," he
said, "before the trouble starts. He's a
deep thinker. He let me run near the
station house so that the cop wouldn't
have far to take me."
McGarrlgle didn't seem to know where
he "found" the barrow nor could he give
good reason for taking the fruit. "I get
confused whenl'm In this neighborhood,"
he said, "and don't know what I'm do
ing." "What you need Is a change of scene,"
said the Judge, "so you can rest 30 days
at the House of Correction.
Bum thumped his tall on the floor with
satisfaction as McGarrlgle' was led to a
cell.
WIRELESS TALK WITH
T0KI0 IS NEXT TASK
May Girdle Globe With Radio
Phone Stations Secretary
Daniels Interested
Jitneur's Lawyer Will Appeal
Harry Berkowltz, an attorney, said to
day he would take an appeal from the
decision of the Magistrate who on Octo
ber 4 fined Charlea Hetllch for operating
a jitney without a license. It is the con
tention of the lawyer that .by an act of
Assembly the right to drivo an automo
bile is given any one who pays for a
license, and that the city had no right
to draft a law insisting on a license for
men who drive jitneys.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. To girdle the
globe by wireless telephony is the next
ambitious plan ln experiments at Arling
ton, following the first wireless telephone
talk with Paris, accomplished yesterday.
Apparatus at tho big Arlington station
was today being tuned up for a talk with
Toklo.
Telephone" talks with the Orient with
out a relay at Honolulu were declared
today to be virtually certain. The dis
tance of about 11,000 miles, It Is be
lieved, can be bildged eventually, al
though It Is expected to meet considerable
difficulty and require machinery adjust
ments taking considerable time.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels today
reiterated hope that when the wireless
telephone la perfected. It may be Installed
on the fleet and largely supplant tho wire
less telegraph. Changes in naval wire
less apparatus can be made, Daniels said,
to permit telephoning, and equipment
eventually of naval stations with the
phone machinery is contemplated.
Preceding the pageant will be a reunion
of "Billy" Sunday "trall-hlttera" and
Bible Class workers. The purpose of the
big meeting Is to aid ln bringing about "a
belter Philadelphia, more Influential
churches, and the next Pennsylvania Leg
islature for local option."
The pageant la under tho direction of
Mrs. Earle J. Ballad, Sunday school
puplla and members ot 25 churches will
take part.
The pageant will start with an Intro
ductory tMeaK, feptcttac tAtetf m im
trHirchal days. Tne UbWsnt t b pr.
ented by the Gtr. I"rM1
Church, alms to shew Mm attMt ot alt "
true education. Religion will t wwn Il
luminating with her lamp th book which
Education Is guiding Youth to R- fol
lowing this tableaux will come isjtrt
herald from th Bethlehem TTthHmrim
Church, and the pageant will wn
way.
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