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Truppc Austro-Tedesehe Bom-
i Imrrlnfn Pl'nsso Fnzn i ATnntn
Grappa
Published and D'atrilrted Under
PERMIT No. 311
Authorized by the net of
October (l, 1017, c, ll'o at the
Pos'officj of Philidclph'n, Pa.
' By order of he President.
A. S niJULKSON,
Postmaster General.
lg. ROMA. 2.1 frbbraln
Italic iinuzio limine uai a ironic Indi
ana si rllcut cli" ilifll! 01 nrilgllerri
I ono v critical sulln fro-ito lel Tren
lino e prrrclsam nto elalln Stclvlo nl
1'Artlcn In ulcuni'pu'itl le nzlo.ii ell
it artlgll'H-i furono lol ntc.
? Numcro I contlrgcnll nrtn'cl. In movl-
tnento n ' (tore ad orlnito clrl
1'A I'p'i""' '' Wngi prcss-i lr pnd cl
nerd-avp rl Mo-te Grappa, fu'onn
dlspcrsl ilnl fuoco cone ntrato dcllo
battcrle Itallane. Qurate efllcaccmcnte
mintrnhqtlnrntiti 1,..., .,11.,, I.. ..... .-.
Sfi'f nella Vallo Frcnzcla o ml ictloru dl
qutlia dl lirctila.
Violent! bombnidnineiitl furnnn . of.
,. fcltiiatl iI.tll'nrtlRllrl.i teutonlcn contrn
je pomioni ".aPiine mi o nehdlcl ami.
fovest dl Montelln.
Ahutic iiattucbe Itiill-.tie Hit...i... ....
' attraversure II Plate c a i.iitiriiiiispr..
I'Holetta dl Fullna, oo catturarotio duo
mltragllatrlcl.
.Vumerol Krluuiil dl numn .-hkim.iii.
tl i.nhn pllliUnnn .........
,y-- Uirv....ui.1iuiiii .. siiiauagnarc la spomta
M , ietr'1 'M ,',n, " ftinmo uffroiitati i
irrriniui mini- iiaeiiiguc Ingles).
V Un comunlralo Inglese uniiunzU die
g -da! prlnc'plo elello opcruzionl dcgll uvl
i$..latorl brltantilcl alia frnntn iti,n.,.. .
cnlquantotto nreoplaul ncnilcl snno stall
Ua essl abbattuti, In niagglorutiza tide
tclil. Ecco II ti'Mo (HI lomuiilrato ulllcl.ile
pubblicto, lerl, dHl Mlnlsteru dtlla
Gucrra In Roma;
in.r,1." . '" . artBerla ll modcrnta
JJ.u7i.ir1 om' yrllliMtl ilallo
v'aI,xZ M'i i,a, fro'"1; ,M. Tr-lliio. al
lAst.co. II fuoe-o fn pin- intense In
ale-une altio parti dclla fronte.
-....tn?,"r,' 'V.'1"1' clfettuarunu con
centrazlone dl ruoou supra truppe
rienilcho nel dlntornl dl I-,za nd orl
ente dell Altlplano dl Aslugo ,. n i,rd.
oeit ilelle pendlol dl Jlunt.. (irapni.
d (jnerBlcimetila (t.nlrobatti-rnnn i'ar.
iflifrl-i.",",V, "r."'1 v",le I'renzoln
Ml Ffttnre dolla Vallo dp Ilrcnta
II nemli-u loni!i.irUu' con fitqiieiia
l pond irl sud-(irst dl Montcllo. A
Grae dl lapail(.poli I rlp.irll dl In.-nr-iioiie
nemUl iiaron l pjr.i
zlonl. '
I'll llpartn Inglcyo hosteniip lino
contro con iin Important.- Rrupiio
nernlco nulla rla d.itr.i del VUiso
.iim !'0""', nJttuRllP iivaiizaioiiu win..
all'xoJfttn ill Kill a .. tr r n.nr, doiH
er fiittunito due niltraRllatrlcl.
..iiVri'.,nJ." ,la. '"'i"1"11 Bl' wiuaihoiil
jerel hiElenl bombardamno II terrnno
ol aMazlone nfinlcii a noid .-d a ud
aella Illicit fiipvlurla odiivo-I'oito-cnaro.
Vflbi Rlonnt.i tn- iKinplanl nnnli'l
furono ubbattuti durante kII contrl
erel Una dl.drllp m nvlilno fu ab
battuta ilaqll alatol tintUM.
L'n comunk'iitn ullloialo liigl.sc o'
ztato ierl pubblk-ato a l.ondra, it lat'a-mrnlr-
alio opoiazloin iuliar coiiipHitu
oallf forzo brltannlmc alia fror.tf Itall
ana, Kcvone II teito.
III Italia, durante la cuif.i tettl
rnaiia, fuiono ion fucc pf olTcttuatf
delle Incurc'o'il atti.noio II Himm
I! , " '"""''I did tirlR'unleil.
II laioin ptr ontrabattero I'artlbll.
erla nem i-a nl coinple Rlurualniciiu
con pleno i.ui'cex.su.
I nostil aiuoplanl da bunibaid i.
mtnio hanuo fatlo pan c-.-hlc Inournlc
nl o dlstruKitro un dlrlglbll.. awors.i
rlo. II neinlco I'ontlnna u ouiti-tnl.no
urea .j lo i-ltlu- dlotn. In iln.c, ,,and j
le linn Pzlonl atinnFrvrli'lix In p'.rnie.
uno dl noti... o ilu in.ui-hliie furono
ibhHttutK nvritri' turnauni alia lao
nase ilopo iicr i-oiiipliito tino iK-i iletn
uonibardaniPiitl
I'a iii.indi all Inclosl anlaim. a.
la froiile ttull jii.i. ell .ipparlfi"ntl nl
corpo iivlatorlii .!lslnifero ilmiiian.
totto HMt-hliiP iifinlrli,.. piliii'lpalinrui,.
Ceimiinlcli. ni'-nti.) nol ne iibblaiuo
pcrduto Hiiltantii utlo. .Molle altiv
inavcli ne iivmlilio M.oiin pcli- fuon
oonlrollo.
Ta liiforiiiazlunl Rliinto dul tjuaitler
Oonei-ale Ita'lauu m illea vUt I leutonl
tanno elfettuaudo Riundl muklincntl dl
truppo alio hcopo dl liiMare, ipianlo
prima, una Rrnnilc nlfii.sa alia tiuiit
Itallaiia (jupkI.1 h.in lib" II mutlio
perdu' I Austria lia ililusu ly muitleic
M.ro la Svlzzera
Mayor's Bonding
Dilemma Is Solved
rnnllnued front l'liee One '
nectlon with the bondliiR business done
by the company that bears his name '
will be Investigated. If It lies In the j
Power of Independent members of Com- ,
mon Council to foice such an ehau
tlvo probe. Counclluian Charles II I
Von Tagen, who proposed tho lnvcsllea-j
tlon. today declaied Vat he would con. ,
I tluue the fliflit. even to the Introducing'
In Councils of a new icsulutloii on
March 7, ,
Councilman Von Tapen vvll have tho
backing of at least thirty members of'
"i loner orancii oi i.ouncns In his
light to probe not only Major .Smith's
connections with the Thomas H. Smith
Bonding Company but tho comp-inj'H
connection with recent coutrue'a let and
others that have not been otllelally cn
tuted by the city. The Investigation. If
ino Independent members have their i
whj-, will take In every bonding activity!
between the city and tho National Surety
Coinpanj', of which tho Thomas H Smith
Company is tho local agent. It will em
brace a piobo of the alleged failure of
tho Major's company to act In the sub.
Vay Jobs awarded to the Kcjstone Stute
Construction Company and will go Into
detail tho charge that favoiltlsrn has,
been shown certain well-known munici
pal contrrrtors doliiR business largely
with the Smith lAnrtpany ,
In dlfcussli-R his determination to con
tlnue the demand for a probe, Counc'l-1
man Vor Tagen said. "All efforts to '
Bmother the Investigation will fall. If!
the Committee on Municipal (loveru
inent, to which my resolution was refer- I
red, refused to ro ahead, I will offer '
another resolution. If thu conunlltco i
deefdes It cannot take testimony It will '
i be Inexcupablo not to report to Common
Council that'HUch Is the case. In that i
event I will offer at other resolution
ehnllar to tho first, usklnR that u spe- !
claj camniltHsi be Riven speclllc power I
to summon witnesses, etc. I liave no
laea of giving up the demand lo have
tae bonding business given a thorough
airing."
In President II. B, Olcasou, of Com
mon Council, tho plan to probe the bond-
us ousinees in so rar as it, relates to the
c-lty, both as to conducts' let and con-
tracts held In abeyance, has a htrong .
ftllV. In 1 lunnkU! (ha iiUllnllnn TIpuL
uiovHipiiig ma oituaiivn, t i ror
dent Oleason, who. us presiding officer,
must settle all questions Jit dispute over
Hie plans lo probe, (iald: "If the com;
mltlce on municipal government will not
act under the present resolution. It can
be compslled to go ahead Under any
other resolution It Is loo nrave a lint
ter affectlnir the honor of the city and
tho Mayor for any member of Councils
to Ignoie or trifle with.
Tho' question U whether favoritism
has been ahown to contractors In the
execution ,ot their contract, for which
certain favored companies aie surety,
viu jwneiaer more tavoraoie term are
mart. -.. in, u..ai.-.. .i ,u d.
W,H,' WW. S,,.l,.l,f .,., tn- i
MM MlL - - ' "-- J
Eva Zsxvxnzz "
.
WOMEN FISHIERS'
BAPTISM OF BLOOD
Sang the "Marseillaise"
They Started on Way
lo War
as
"MADNESS IN VEINS'
Famous Rody That Braved Invader
Inspired by Thought of Sav-
inc Russia
By EVA ZAIXTZ
XAJ1'' AIt,: an 1'iuotlon.r. pp. p'o, ,, m.
' petinus and wnrni-bloodM and yr
a fanlartle race up Jluttlans. Tnere
nrc mad im onl.itrnc.leii In ni ; .( ,,ur
patriotism, iihlcli li unefiualed. In our
Klndllneuf. i'oh lit clilMlllte; In our
hatea and (.'lass rlvalile". blcli arc cruel.
Only from dauglitem of our blood could
tho Uattal'on of Death have been formed.
r iif Hf,rtfc , ..
fathe t,d SP , ,;Zh My I
m&n!?. ' r,r' 'TZ ijffi !
cordlrc to the lntlnct "f our race Vt
my father was a inerchant by retertlon
to tjpe for my Rrandfather was for
(ucnij'-me i earn a ltusan soldier, lak. .
Iiir his allotted kdp from the hand nf
the Czar to his dratr And I was bom
and brnURht up and educated nnmnR tho
Cossacks, free of every lace restriction,
u ItiiKslan, merely, wlure Jiwm may not
cm-ii lle or travel tlmiiRh my mother
hid her hair aril was orthodox In He
bralhin. I am like my Rrandfather, who a
waM Fald there was Tartar blood In
our wltifc lie was a Riant nnd a
soldier whose skill and prowess r lined
hlui distinction ainoiR other soldiers
of the day of Napoleon, tho Invader.
My father, who still lives. Is a small
man. studious and peaceful. I am six
feet and more, as stronR as any man
My nose Is straight and short, my
check bones Ii'rIi aril my hair jellow
I have IhnuElit for myself, alnnjs
It was Inevitable that tho education of
the RJiunasliim forbidden tp niot of my
lace, should Implant In my breast th
Impulse of revolt -agalnM iinjthlnR,
evervthlns. for HiiMila's sake. 1 was
a Social Democrat, skilled In tho the
ory of the movement which will save
Itussla, when I was seventeen. Today
I phi twenty-fojir. Thus you may un
derstand how It wast that I felt that
I, of all others, must march with the
liattallon uf Ixath.
Tin: cam, von voi.r.sTi:i:it.s
When I lead the call. slRned with the
nama nf Mine. Hatchkalova. printed In
the iiewspiijiera of T.iRanroK, no ques
tion aiose In my mind. It was a mes
sage to in as direct as a biter with
my nime. "Cva Zaliitz." written upon
thf em . lope S: I told my patents.
holdliiR the newspaper before me In our
house In TiiRanro;;. Thej d'd not
"peak; but my mother wept. All imr
sufferlnR fiom cold and hui.ger and
sorrow for the dead had not madn her
wee;t Hut she did not speak. Nor did
my father. due of the wounded sol
dlers In our Imutc wipt, wiakly. with
my mother.
"Itussla Ins come to tliis!' he s.ii.t
"11(1' WOlll) II must illo lipiMll.se (lie lann.l
of her niPii has turned to water"
"livery Hu-slan must die for Itussla
If need bo." I said. "The soldiers who
are untaught and misled will i, turn to
IlKlit for ltusla !f tl-.cj sec women dying j
to set them an cample."
Mj rather spoke to ivj mot her to coin-I
fort lit r isllll weepiiiR, she was lookliiR
nit of the window through v.hlo'i for
three jears we had seen only sutferlnir
and want aim sorrow, insie.m or hap
pines and csntcnt which bad alwaj-s
been in Taganrog before.
"I am fit to ro and I am willing to
go," 1 said "I havo more reason to go
than any one I can show that a Jewess
Is ready to die for Itussla. Mj example
will be for our people us well as for the
'Ipnorant soldiers who aie deserting."
Neither my mother nor my father
spoke ngilliM my going They helped
tne to make ready. Tho wounded soldier
who had wept gave mo an "Ikona." nnd
the other so'dlers wlo were being cared
for In our hous spuku words of pralso
for me. They called mo "Uvanova." ns
If I were a man.
OFF FOR Hr.TROGr.AD
On the following '" ' '" '"v 1'lace
on the special train which left Tagan
rog as Mute. Batchl.akivu'.s advertise
nient had announced, to carry the vol
t ntcers of the Battalion of Death to
I'etrograd. There) were seventeen of
lis from Taganrog. Some were the
vvldows of soldiers, some wero young
women from the shon factories and tho
metal works who were Impoverished
and iturvlng.
Cine of the seventeen v.aa Missa Ho-
nova, who bad been my schoolmate and
friend from the days wh-n wo were dill-
irn" She lived In a liner and larger
ousc than ours Seven wounded sol-
die s we e there. She was engaged to
n arrv a joung Belgian whose father
owned the principal metal works In Tr-
canroc. Her fiance had gone lo servo
as "in officer In the Belgian army. Iter
father also was an dicer In a Co-sack
" .,i We wept and embraced when
regiment. We wep
WeJi hat wo would die together for
nusela. MW f our friends wept and
U1But .""was not all tears. There wero
pgs-nusslan flags and tho red flags
PllBI? ....j-1 ite.n.icraey inil F'.eeches
?.:,. made and cheers given for us.
Women who we . ... ..... .
n0t BtuldBnot ?aMe then, TJie people
would not ai decacC,Fven
brought us ""- , , h thr(. i,ad i,een
Wl,!!nle-rfor "two year in Taganrog that
ll,sKlim In OUP h0U8C',
soldiers V"",:.!,, ieft th station we
W"C:1 and WW the "Marseillaise."
cheered nV, !!-, t0 the other that
Bm, swore P-" tet,Ceed be. for Itussla.
w:" tufihat all through th. long
' .. in Petrograil. At every town
-0UnCLmen came on the train, while
,r.ore worn en ca n h ,,, We feU
the people '!;" ....(, us (o our
irsruv" hh- iW"h
i.., In our X II. "e 'I cm tuHio
r,1 5 Itussla. We were going to she.)
'" "?Khlnd for the mother of u. all so
our 'blood for , dut yf9
l"R i" no eak of ordinary Ihlnga,
Cwi ca led each other by the uamea
IV a "."''i i,,, .Minn woman's name
Fvery IUnwIan woman a name
' i. . man's name. I canoa jxussa
X" bln,n" 8h2 called me "Eva
"Nuasannxa. "B.Alrl wholll.w. hd
of men,
nova." TW -."-j -.. -
L"OT-fipVtodilr." AAlMMHbilCrt
'T-'-.i2 MBJ
,r
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. 'SATURDAY.
fi rBsL 3?. reft wwvRtf?? J?a)ek
Braving Shot
tho hope of Husia- the ,..,ori- of Ilun-
sa. The ti.iln i-oon was crowded There
teemed none ihiioiir us who had not
tho lilRh Ideals of the whole. We felt
ullnfttil llm li a Itn.l nl...1.. I.l.l.l... f ...
"' "" " '"" "iiviiuj iimiu.'M iitic-
well to the ordlnarj llilne of life.
W '-' le TaRanroR In .he morn-
K w"1' ' K ' l,l;fou ' thouRht of
M,l"f ' ,li,(l ""' "'"en ahy one ninoiiK
,l' eat- ' ,1'"' ""' folt '""iRrv I fell
' ' ' l '" "" I"1'" " l .xisru
t'npnvu sat by my sld" Mv last wakliiR
-ecnllpctloii was of th' ".Matselll ilse"
-iinl of cheers for flee Itussla
WONDHIH-'fl, ItHClH'TIO.N' IN
WTI'OilHVIi
,, ,, , ., ' , ... , . .
At the stat'o-i In IMioRrad that was
two days afUr we were neelv.d n
heroes. Thousands uf people cheered
and bands p'nyed There were ftaRI
'vcijwhcre tup IIir of old Itussla and
tt.. .!.. i.f f.t. n,,u.i, t.i t ....t ,...
nall-bkulovii was lltere In a sn.illerV
iinlfh-,,, i.nit til,,.-. I.e urn. u ll,e re,1
and black b.ulKe of our battalion the I
bailee uf hlond and neatli. a skull and
ernss.bones In lis center. Kerenskv
himself was there; a pale man. slender
and liollow-ehcl'd. v.lth pre it. luml
nous ejes. He spoke and others sp'tke.
stnndliiR nn hnvas to lalsc them above
the Rreat crn-v-I. nnd the people cheered
their words of praise for u Hut. also,
many nf the ptopl- wept.
There woe 300 Vif u. iinn- nure than
thirty. We viere Irnvel-stnlned and
wearj'. Sime of us were dresed In
our best frool, fri.ni l'etroerad Itelf.
Othn wore the diess of the moujiks
nf the Dnn country. Ilach nf us car
ried her belonRliiRs wiapped In a neik
eloth tr handkerchief, like soldiers roIiik
In Hie lccu'ttnc station. The people
klfsed us and thanked us III the name
of freu Hu-ala .ll our enthusiasm was
renewed.
We arranRcd ourtelves In line as Mine
HaU-hknlova d'recled and marched with
the step of soldiers roIiir Into battle
Alomr the streets nil the wav to our
nnii at VasslUfskl the peiple cheered
and wept. (Md men and womn .mil
eieu l'ttle fhlldren stotd with tears
streaming from their ejes ; we pasted
And after us came n onc line uf people
of every class and UR", ni irchlnR with
us to do us honor They remained when
wo rea led tho camp.
"We will ee our soldiers of the sac
rlllce III uniform!" Iluj shouted.
Hands were plajliiR and the .people
were i hcerlnR as ve went Into our
(111. liters to U'lplVC tilt Uniforms pfO
vlded for u There were boots and
bretches and a Ions soldier's coat ami
a military cap for ctirli nl ict We
'.lURlud with a sliaiiRe happSiu-SH as vw
donned the unaccustomed Raiment
"In these clothes I shall die. If litis-
sla Is nut saved, said a woman net
to me. She laughed as sue spoite. uiu
her bosom rose and fell and her ejes
Mazed Then a greater cheer was heaul
.. .. . .. . I.. .1... ,MnU. .-f n,
,11 uiu .'i.e.. ...... - ... .... - .. -
hills. 'I'lle
.iru. ..r .. I....1 ....iierrre, I n
the uniform of saciltlce. I peeied
through the door and hastened lo Le
beside her. She was a young girl, slen-
!er and of small btature. Iter black
lair hung loose, covering her shoulders
and even hiding the red and black badge,
vltli lis tkull and crosj-bones, on her
arm.
I let my yellow- hair fall and ran to
,oln her, putting on my cap as I
laslened forwaid. The people made
way for ma and for otheis who were
anxious to be with tho Hist In tho line
.Mine. Hatehknlova, in her uniform ioii
floutid us Theio was pride and happl
niss lu her face. She labied her cap
to u.i. Ho head was like a pilvatc
soldier's, tho hair clipped closely to the
skin.
ouit ir.m is soi.n at auction
"It was a small thing lor the.-o daugh
ters of Itussla to glvo their hair In
Itussla' cause." said Mine H.itchkalova.
"Thej" offer, also, their lives," Amid a
mad dieeilug, thn git! with tho black
hair stepped forward and I, owed her
head. Sho held her cap In her hand.,
Who will be auctioneer?" shouted
Mine. Hatehkaluva. "Wo will sell Iho
hair of these soldiers of the Hattallon
of Death to buy comforts for thesol
dleru of Russia who Ilo tuYerlng'"and
wounded."
I will be auctioneer," said a Rentle
man, coming forward. They told mo
he vi as one of Kcrenaky's closo ndvlsors.
lie touched tho glrl'sxh.ilr with un air
of reverence. "I am not rich," he said,
"but I will begin by myself offering
flftv rubles."
Soma one else offered ten rubles more
and another shouted. "Seventy-five ru
bles'" When ono hundred was reached
the girl's hair had nearly all been cut
off. A woman -wielded the shining shears
while other womsn receivea ne severed
strands lovingly. At one hundred' ru
bles the black hair' was aod. 1 waa
the second to step forward and bow my
head. My yellow hair leaclud below
my -waist It was thick and beautiful.
My mother had ulway been proud of It,
though sho kept her own hair covered.
As I heard the shears click and felt the
cool air upon my naked neck, 1 felt
s If -l had already begun to die. But 1
f did not fee! regret.
The auctioneer saiei bomeiuniji io uie
In a tone of kindness nnd pllj'. 'This
l" but a email sacrifice," I replied. "1
will give my life aa freely as my hair."
"Iler life as freely as her hair!" lie
repeated to tho people. "If I wero
rich I would give flvo hundred rublos
for a strand." ... . ,
A lady whom I had known vvhen I
studied at the gymnasium In Vetrel
grad came forward. "I will glvo five
hundred rubles." ahe said, "for the hair
of Ilvanova. my friend." It was a
great sum, for our p-ople are many of
them almost without money and I
kneiw the lady waa not rich. When all
of our SHO soldiers of death In ou.
company had bad their bead clipped
a prleat prayed for us, I joined the
kneeling circle, though the prayer wfcai
J . . . . .,...mII..j. Vu.r "--'-' ',.
mat- Mj.nar v !- yivw r
and Shell
black lire id a d boitK-li, like holdierf,
MatnlinR at loin; tilth m In our bar-
units The Iuiin we ninipled had luen
ii-d bj the soldlei from l'etroRrad
... it.. i in.. ., a.. .. .....
ill III" 11inniiiz.il i)l CM U1P t'Z.tl'ri UIM1
Tl -elpllne f the camp was ex-
Pl-lmU lo us and nur ira.nlnR bCRan.
ran tnroiiRli a period of sl umKh,
f"i those of us who rimiilnril the full
llnie. I do not mean that any of us
vm i n iiihiiisiiiiik
went auiij, iinuu si ur our vows,
There wcrt- sev(ral thousind wonieo In
the whole camp and not one quit her
duties ur. prut id uriwmthj Ilefore out
' t.a'nliirf was uver sniiin of the women
who had berime mot llk'li nl III drill
)nfn M-lectid lo take the places of
( wouiukd men at tin limit. That Is a
tiaKtdy of wh'ch I shall tell Sonic
! returned, maimed and wounded and
disfigured, utheis uiiiaiiinl lo a late
of death or viorse.
7I,Jt "'l.'4 mure (hall KclenskJ ( nlllll
Wei.Hc He Rlorlll-d our spirit of saerl
"'"' ,'.' 1'''.'1: "',' !" "m """ ' l"
P.,,J- " ",u1 '"' udi d No mure of
""""."en uf t.ie li.alh Hattallon must
ro to the trcnchc-i" And 'o we. wllllnc
and aiitou, w.re held back We weie
not allowed to ro set king (ltir baptism
of blond Vet we received It -and In Ih?
struts of I'elrosrad The riots iiR.ilust
Kerenskj. when the despkablc and cow
aid j and vjr.ilturous HolshovlU rose,
lirnuRht it to in- And of that 1 shall
tell.
(.Hit T15AI.VI.VC; HHCHNS
It was the month o' May when we
began our tialnlng Therefore wo had
not the dlllkultlcs which might have
(oine fi (mi winter weather. We lived In
hull) hi whkh thfie wen- bunks, llnec
high, and about twentj-lho women In
each hut Oiu pay Wat that or the
oidluaiv soldiers, whkh was raised fro'n
twenly-' cents a monih to 56 a mouth
at the beginning of the war. Sentries
about our camp wcic chaiiRcd everj- two
hours night and daj
I never saw a man in Ihe lamp i cepl
Hit- dilll tcgeauts wlu were i.ent In tho
dajliint to train us. No one lould i liter
Ihe tamp without a pass from head-iU.iile-s,
ami u nas uccessar.v Ut laws
the pcriiilss'on of the jr-ncral coniinand
leg the frnups In I'e'iograd In older to
have cinvernitlon with any soldkr of
our batt:.llon. We arose at ." a in. for
loll call and were then given llfteeii min
utes to ihtMH. Aftir that there were
piajeis iictoidlng lo the i tu.il of the
orthodox Husslau chinch Aftir prajers
we had breakfast, consIMInK of tra and
bl.uk brtad fsuallj ve had a little
sugar w llli our tea though sometimes It
was lacking We lad drill In the tactks
of tin- Iiifitiui'j. beginning aftei briuk
fast am) lastii.g until mon. We were
divided into platoons. ,t drill sir leant in
eharRO of each. Wo went t ui'tht lnuv to
load, aim and file rifles such ai tho
Husslau soldier lanies, and we hud
clabmate and i-aiiful Instriutlon lu haj
...,. ,,.-,,.ilf A, n, nn, ,111,, i, fin- nur
' , ....-...-.
lilies was Issued In us, but we were for
bidden to keep nur weapons loaded ex
cept when on sentrj" dut J.
At noon wc had u dinner ronslMIng
of bortsch fsoup). meat and bread
There was no vhltc bread, of course
That Is almost unknown In Hustla now.
From 11' until 2 we were free, nnd
there was umiiiIIj speaking during that
t me bj leadsi of the revulutlonarj
movement In the quadi angle In the
tenter of oui ramp. Fiom ". lo 6 we
drilled again and after 1 we were free.
Our commander, Mine. Hatenkalova,
was authorized to Issue passes for us
to visit I'etrograd at night, ami she
enioiiruged us to use litem. Sho said
that bho had no fear that any soldlir
of the Battalion of Death would misuse
the privilege uml she wished the peo
ple of Fetrograd lo sen us. lu our uni
forms, and lo Judge uf our earnestness
by our conduit. I went often to I'et
rograd to I sten lo the speakers in the
Nevsky I'rospekt or to attend the mov
ing picture tlie.'iticn. Nearly always.
Nitssa went with mo and there was
usually a party uf six or seven of us.
Though Ihera were no unlets about It,
It became an unwritten lav that wo
should ulwn.vs go In parties. Then wi
lt ul no ttni"tat!nn to do auvthlug
which might Im e-ousidcred unsoldlerly
und wcic less lll.ely to commit any
mistake wheh might rellect upon our
oryniilzatlon. Wo alwajs walked to
tho city and back, about threo miles
each way. It made me laugh, when I
arrived In San Francisco, lo see Ameri
can soldiers riding on street ears. I
never b.iw a Russian tiddler rldo on a
street tar.
One-e there was a girl In our party
who lived In Pctrogrod. Be,th .Vussa
and 1 knew her when we wero student
lu the gjmiiaslum. Sho did not belong
to our comnanj-, but lo one of the com
ini tile composed of girls fiom the city
Wo had known her in the nvmnaslunt
as nn advanced thinker, s's often
ihocl.ee! as with her thccilej and Ideas
about life, She said she would have
been an anarchist but for the fact that
anaichy had no mnnavto a proper oh.
Jecllve. She was entirely frank about
her affair with a joung man, who had
been a student vvltlr her until he went
Into an architect's office. At seventeen
"ho had become his mistress, and their
affection, she said, had lasted and
grown warmer because each knew that
the continuance of their ussc elation de
pended upon the Inclination of this other
and not upon some law made upon a
plan lo benefit society and the state at
the cost nf Individual happiness, she
Ink! us this In confidence; but utterly
without shame. "I am proud cf It," she
raid, "but for tin sake of avoiding em
barrassment we keep the matter secret
When my lover can provide for me
we shall live together and have chil
dren. But .we shall never marry, ac
cording to law,"
on the night when this girl was with
nur part on !ave In I'etrograd we
umm. T 7 Kul . iZZZl?
lovr on the ,Htmt. . Ity
umh ner
i minted each other ua two holdlerx mlRlit,
but did not t peak. Ac o paii-ed on
iim uml 1 exprfMcil nut' nii'i-ient
"TliH Im ucrecd," the aid. "While I
am In the Halt illnn of Death wo arc
not to meet or
io.iU In raeh Mlicr. Hut
he i ilea in (rv day.'
ni;i'i,.ri.M mii.v at Tin: ruo.VT
In .tun a thrill of excitement ent
out our I'limp when it wat anuouiued
that Mjldlrrs of ilu battalion were lo
he nel. i lid to tnke the placen of men
who had Incn tent from Hie front,
woiitiil (1 A Rrcat IcelliiR of t-alWfac-
ton iiikii u. Jl Is true that wo were
aways tnated with rt-rp.-rt by tho
ojiil Mildlir and mott o" the people
it reiioRrau, nut men ar..I noni'ii of
iho niwer ilais afterward no doubt
In the UnliMirWM occasln.iallv laUKhed
whrn they mw ih pia or utttred woidn
of rldiciili. lo one anotlur
We wne t" have a ilianeo In nrovc
lour wipch . to Mmw tint our pleCtte of
d ill. w.ih mil niete uoril'i i:eiv
"ina'i wan (iiifii li. be i hot-en.
i.niiiHii lo un !,i. t,i full lompanltM, if
un. win- tal.cn mi the UM unfl
lliitsc who weie inosi proll.knt In dill.
"-re M-ie.-UCI Aallir-iUV. ioe we
wmnen wim imi ti-en In traininR longtr
than we. Our lomp.mv was net penult-
ted to si nd even one ,oldltr. W stood
and iherrcd the draft when It i.iarchtd i
out of the camp. There wuo many Rlrls
Of ('I Cll li1. 11 lltl.l .ill, .ft r . .. '. ,. !
the nitiks.
Desnlte our r-inln,.i,, t
some nilsgviiig amomr Hut lemier. nr
thp Kerensky Roverntiient about the rested on the photograph. this becomes chronic they are weeded
nudum of sending women tu the front. Tho elder sister leaned forward nnd . out. Vou must expect a lack of unl
it turned nut that time was reason In touched bis wilf. "Doctorl" tho t-ald formlty In speed, quantity and quality
their view The story or the experience sh irply I of the pupils' learning pow-jr owing to
f our wuiihii soldiers In the tictiches Doctor Wclderman came first. Ihe wide divergences of character, home Bur
rutis with Mood utul honor It pioves oltn is following They group-d around j rouiidlngs. Intellectual grasp, health,
rlioikhiglj, for all .line, that women Ihe led. Then the oldest of them, w ho i physical status from klndi rgarleu age
maj be as heroic i..s met. t i,-. U.rrl l,r.mt..ti( Atuiliticl.tta Into the world. I to urliilesi e.nee. titnbltlon and other fac-
women inaj never be sntrlies', i.,,,i n.,i..
men. Within iuP ,,,,,,, llftl!. oljr
women soldlcra departed, the laic of
dread began in iinfnld First tin re wax
a br ef disinleh aavlm- tiiut n... i,..,.
tallon of 1 1, nth soldiers had been lu 'ae-
-.limn or matn soldiers hail been In'ae-
ti""ti'"i '" foUK,lt Klorlously. That'
tlir.Ued us to a fa Io Idea of what wan
to follow The blood of tho people, uf
I'plr...,". .1 .. ...... . . i .v ...
1, , ---- -'..'... ... .nn l'-III,t; UI
etrograd was chllle.l i.i
wounded cume back Xiiuiig Krls were
in the number, --v 1 1 1 a their len.ter i.n.iie
malnied and torn by shell (iiM bavoud
i ni j loin now their slsteis, many of'"'e lielpl.ss before them. They had
tin in. had d rt, lighting first for the done what they could Hut the boy was j
.in I . .. f,,-"uiii-r to shoulder
..i.. i , ., ' rir suuuiuer e-'' ... .... v... mm r ,viv,i.. ... ...... -.. . -...,
V. 1.1 -u"'1,"l soldiers who rever- garrison of the fortress had been or- coax-, mildly Intimidate, and try to ad
iicihi iiiem, and then for their hmior, deied to the palace, but It could nut ' jul them Modem pedagogy does not
-- rriiu.u soinury of the
(.neiiij
The lliiirs ,n. incouraged by their
( -.-.. sil' UKIllHril IV Ult'ir
n.nceia lu "iiink,, examples of these crazy
women How thej lild t tmp tnusl m&
luiag in- li inaj not b" told Then there
"",'"" ""-'re lerttiiie tales In which
tne ijeruvuis iiMd He Austrlans did not
appear Cowardly, dlMi.j.u b.-ast,, frut,i
the ranks nf (.ue mV, nrniy d.-scrterr
in lvrin-ll tllPre was nn hue olll.n. ,.
palriolisni or humanltv couimllled these
ei lies, incy seized three of nur woman
sum n-isiiy pretenilliiR to be lojal troops
Aim urueri) ten- them One of Hieso girl"
(tas (lend long Uflurc she pft tlielr
nanus 1 1,.- otl-eis wero fiiinj uncon-
selous beside h-r dead hodj". at dawn,
Aril this was done within sound of the
in.rs ..i unr soiuers who wtre dMnrr
fur llui-lla.
Tin: hai'tism of m.oon
The prrs-nce of tie v minded Rltl sol
diers In I'otiosi-ad nuil t'm spre-il nf fin
Mmlis of th" tenible thlnirs which had
hnppeniil Jed to meetings at whlol
speakers demanded that no more
women's lives should be incrlfleed even
tipun the altar of hemic piirliitlin even
ir an tin- owanls in Hussla should leave
their posts That was KVretiskj's belief
also. He Issued an arbltiarv order that
no more ur the nattallnn of Death sol
dleis should b' sent to thu front. It wis
repotted lint he vt-aa ubou! to fittingly
express the nation's thanks to Us and
ii'der the disbanilmeut of nur oig.inl7a
tlun. Then cnni" Ihe list Holshen Ikl
riots In ivtrogijid. and wc got our hap-
Usui oi inooo. an-r all There were
fr-sh honora in Ihn l ,ep a.j r ihlnl:
of ono awful night, und still I hear the
icrtam of Ntts-a. mv "friend. th prdtv ihln quivcicil: tears lolled down his
Ntia-.i with tho soul of a giant, but wily ' cheeks. "Friends," he said pitifully,
the fiall body nf a woman Of that, 'nur good King my old comrade Is
night I shall tell Hut 1 say again. In ! dead !"
this world woman las her place, and1
maj- lerve nobly and bravely and with The birthday supper was over. It
sacrificial unselfishness, but women nay had ended with an American loo cream,
not light asaliul men ns soldiers I say , brought In carefully by I'epy because
It. and I have tough: against men as a1 of Its expcnslvencsj. They had cut the
M"ll,:r' leike with "Hoby" on the lop. and the
(Ctiiiyrialit. U'R hv th. n.-n Sviiriiraie. Inc.) Crown I'rlnce had rutin far moro than
,... . . . w-as good for him.
..i'n. me -eeomi srtirin ut llila
erlc. "li,,, xi-hi K
ii I'rtrugriid,'
will appear nest vilurihiv
Russians Rally
to Guard Nation
"onllnued from I'uee line
whether the Russians can do moro than
hamper slightly ih Teu'.oti drive
Fears were etnessetl fnr the R.ifeiv
nf tho Husslau n.iltle fleet, n.iil r,f unlet,
Is eeae R' ml mid HelsinRfor.-e, In bad
eoiidlllon from disuse and lack of proper '
care. Whether lliese varshlps can cs.
cape io Kronsiiidt. tne last part left to
mo iiussiaus (lefenuing i'etrograd, Is
luiv-'deied doubtful
Military experts here bellevo the i;er
ntati drive will not stop until consider-,
nblo more Russian territory l under
the Kaiser's domination. The report
that the Hotmail drive was under dhec
llon of the Dukei of Hesse, brother or
h funnel' Kntpress of Russia, lent color
to a rumor that the Knlser plans to re
e tahllsh the Romanoffs In a sucrzalu
Halo carved from newly captured Rus
sian soli
Leon Trotskj-. Ihe Bolshevik Foiclgn
Minister, who phm hope on stopping the
Herman drive by revolution of the Ger
man Socialists, was n ported en route
lo Dvlnsk to "talk down" the Teutonic
Invasion t
PADEREWSKl ASSURED
BRITAIN STANDS FIRM
WASIU.VCiTOV. Feb. '.'.I.
The refusal of tho British Government
to recognize any penei which Involves
Poland without previous lonsultatlon
wlih that country was c-pt-essly declared
In a iiieieage received todaj bj-, Ignaco
Paderewskl, American. repn.sentatlve of
the Notional Polish Committee through
the British consul general ut New Vork,
from Count Subanskl. representative In
Kngland of tho .National Polish Com
mittee. "I am directed by Mr. Secretary Hal
four." rends the message, "to Inform
vou that his MaJestj-'H Uovernment has
Informed Its agent at Kiev to make a
declaration to the effect Ihut it does
not recognize the recntlj" reminded
peace between the I'kralno and Cetitial
"oner. Great Britain will not lecognlze
any pears which Involves Pol-uid wltliout
piti(.uJconultallon with that country."
REVOKE "GARFIELD ORDER
New England's Fuelless Mondays
Ended by State Chiefs
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Fnelles
Monday have been abandoned in New
Knzland through action of State admin.
lstrator In that section. Fuel Admlnla-
-'utor Garfield announced today,
vTh .appiiro,Mlno; 'Rhode.' Island!
IAEBRUARY 23.' 1918
"LONG LIVE
THE KING"
A Human Slnrv of Oillri-neMrf.
t'ourt IntllRiio u'lil l.ovr, tho Lntert
Nnxrl
vrehl. tni . by Mury ltclicrl tthln.
in mid ire I'nlille l.nUtr 'oininy
MAUY UOHERTS RINEHART
t'liuptrr X..VI (t'ontlnueil)
rlll! little room bero the flutrra
't Hip r intillolnfH, ulen now,
IB Knelt at Hie vrii'dlvu and
i'ii
iip tried to pray for her Krandfntner
iul. but Mie could not. Her one cry
a.iK fur Dili;, that ho bo Hed and ,
'iioiiRht Lack. In Ilia study hIio had
fminil the liurnl-woo'l frame, and she .
held i huRCd clot- In her llh Jf
hroken.bniltHii "I'V Hk totlerlnR "IV,"
nnd -arrlnR "O. ' lth II" fat Cupldx
In tuflicii, .iikI In? placiM ihorc an ocr-
eiriiext Hinnll hand hid allrpcri.
llii.l.i mImm.i U. i!i. Mi.mil. nnd hmrered
the hot leu Her ne was a(.tb"i lth
eryirR. but i lie was K'.ealthlly remniliiR '
,.0Vl. and s"llllnit at the iiinlontM "t
ih. iiottl?H with tho atilomallo curloilty
-,f the younR.
n-i,P iu,.. r0UacJ ac.iln. "Mcltllch?" i
il0 nuked
t,c dder t-latcr tiptoed to the door
n..,j oikmiciI It. Tho Council turned,
lrcad on their faccF She placed a
'iand m Hit flmnceilor K i.hoiilileM.
"IIH Majeity lia a'iked for ou"
When he linked up, dazed, !he bent
down and lock bin hand.
"foiiuiRe"' hlf raid quietly,
The Chancellor stood a second Inside ,
H,e .lo,r The,, he wen. In the. side nf ,
the bed, and lmel. his Up'' l the cold. ,
etiH.. li md (.11 tho counterpane.
"Sire" hechokid "It Is 1 Mcttlleh " i
Tin- King looked at him. and placed
i,Ih lii-.iul on Hie bowed Rrav l-.rnd Then
It's ejes turned to Aniiunclata and r-ainl
there It was as If lie saw her, not as
tho etubllicr.il woman of late jears.
but as tho child of tho woman lie had
loved.
.1. , '! 1 .....1 .. .A.wl .t.lUcl.,... '
he said dearly. ' "l-'ew men din so for-;
I. t (-....e .ni...r.iim " ills
i.mt ,,,nve,t from Mettllch's head and
i,mi,1,,..i her mi the shoulder
-.Madame!" he said "Madame, T
Ills Malesty has passed away"
Mittlkh stagcircd to his feet, and
i.i. ,. i..ni tn-rU .,t Hie face of his nld I
t-overelpn and kltiR '
toverelrn and king
1" the meantime, things had been I
liippe nine In the room where the Conn-1
ell waited The Council, free of llm i
... ... ... .... . !
sil ..(...v.. ..i- ,,ui in . -
t-eisir.iliii nf the e'li.iii. ellor's nresfiice.
Imil fallen Into low-volced consuttallou
Whit was lo be don7 They knew al-
n ndy the rumors of the streets, nnd
Kono aim Hie cliv ri
Islrrr, Alre.rrlr.. (he
arrive netore iiiiuuigiii
Tlitlr voker, lowered at first, rose i
acrimoniously; almost they penetrated
! I (Hl'IIH'Ut-IJ J "llll"' t IIIW .
to llle ilhnt room beyond On ti
.11m ufslon came Nlkky I.arlsch, co
with dust and spotted Willi froth
On to Ihe
vereu
h. horse IP entereil wltliout n
LI Innlsh face drawn and w
ui gone, his (ves staring
"The Chancellor?" he said
Kniiie mi.
poind d to the room be-
join!
Nlkky hesitated
Thin, being j-oung
and dramatic, (Veil In tragedy, he un
buckleil his aword-belt and took It off,
plaelng It on a table
' t.entlcni-ii," he said, "I have conic
to surnndcr mjself"
Th. Council stared.
"I'm- what reason?" demanded Mar.
ihall enldl-..
"I believe it Is cilice) high Irenron"
lie closed his ejes for a moment. "It
is because of my negligence that till"
thing ha" happened lie v as In my
i-harRC. and I left him "
No one i nld .(iijthliiR. The Council
loul.ed nl a loss, rather like a Hock
"f sh"ip confronting ionic strange aid-
mai
"( wquld have shot nijself." said
Nlkky Haiisch. "hut It was too easy."
Then, rather at a loss a.i to the exact
etiquette of arresting ono'ii cclf, lie
bowed sllshtly and waited
Tho door Into the King s bedchamber
iipenod. The Chaniellor came through,
his t.ice working. It clos(d behind
him.
"Centlemcn of Ihe Couiu il." he said,
it Is mj- duty my duij to an-
noutice " His voice broke : b's erlzzled
tr,. ut tineeM,,- ei, u.in .. ..
and feeling extremely full and veiy con
tented Then, suddenly, from a far-off church
a deep-toned bell began to toll tlowlj'.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
caught It. St. fitelnn's boll ! lie sat
up and listened. Tho sound was faint;
min felt It, rather than heard II, hut
tho slow booming was iinnilstakeable.
lie got up nnd pushed his chair back
Other Lells had taken It up, ami now
the whole city seemed alive with bell
bells Hint swung sadly from side to
side, as If they said over and over. "Alas,
,i,,i,r '
alas!'
Something like panic seized Ferdi
nand William Otto. Soino calamity had
happened. Some ono v us perhaps Mj
grandfather!
lie turned an appealing face lo Mrs
Thorpe. I must go," he said. "I do
not wish to appear rude, but something
la wrong. The bell" "
I'epy had been llstcntlng. too. Her
broad face worked 'They mean but
one thing," she said slowly, "I have
heard It said many times -Vhen St.
Stefan's tolls like Hint, the King is
dead !"
".Vo! No!" cried Ferdinand 'William
Otto and ran madly out of tho door.
(CONTINUHD MONDAY)
TOUR WILLS l'ROUATED
Testaments Filed With Register Con-
tain Only Privato Bequests
Wills probated today Includo those of
Susan P. .Sterling, 1830 North Seven
teeiith street, which In private beouosts
1 disposes uf propertj- valued at 141,600;
aae-on vv. Aim, siu .vionigomerj- avenue.
14200 1 William Lainond, 701 Siuth
Twenty-tl-lrtl street, $1000. and Patrick
MiCabe, Hamburg. Pa., 12348.
An Inventory of the estate of Jean S.
Abrean. tiled with Regiitcr Sheehan,
place the value of the personal effects
at SIsS.IDi.O.-.,
IF'ASINO
V 8th & Walnut
AL REEVES
AMI lllb Al.f.
NEW SHOW
99 GIRLS -99
MM LAOUM OO TO THK.CAStNtt
i .'. Ve . KrM.WMHK..jJV!l... "V
A SURVEY OF
i
The Schools More Democratic Their rog 1
i;ess in Psychology and Pedagogy Errors j
Easily Recallable, Not Basic Financing;, A
Some "Fads" Money Wisely Spent
in
rp'irj seliooN are more demorrnllc and
- far-renihl'iR In Influence than tbey
I eery were Thev liap niH.inced not only
In tieilaitoiry and nsvcholocy but In to-
chiUmlndcdiiPM and c'lo mlrlt. They
teach deeper Into the kouI of the child
nnd do lint top at fllllmr Ha head Tlic-c
thnuRlita tvpro adianced by h prominent
"oman prlnc'pal. n. turn teacher and
leader, of IK1 t xprelvene8s and
Mlmulalliiif pcrfonillt'. who Is a phi-
loFophcr an uell ui a penaitoKloal ex-
leeutlie. She w lis outupoken In the m-
hei tlou that the Fchriol.4 urn not "alt
nronir," but that thev ure "all rlRht"
wl It minor defecte, and oho even had a
Rood word for tho aKlem ni dlf-
ferentlated from the rcltools. fihi nf-
finned Ibo ulileapread view amoiiR
teacher that Rrdex and teachliiR are
proRru rlielj co-ordinated. Mated In a
preceding article ua u principle. She
auld the principle Ih aub'ect to ezcep
Hon from two founri, the Ind'fferenee
or Inability of certain children to learn
and the laelt of Inspiration or thorough-1
ne of (vrlaln teachers. I
"Tho evrtpllonx are not numeroun or
FlKiilllcant enjueli lo aff-ct the vadJiiy
uf what ou nre Jurtllled In taklnc as a ,
general law." asserted this Principal of ,
one of tIi-3 clt.v Urireit s-lioo'.s, wua
excellent qualifications to estimate.
sitae the higher grades of her scheiol
are recruited not only from Its own
lo,r grades, but from two schools of
inferior ofTleMI claisltle-atlon
"Vou Minply cannot expect the schools
to be perfect, but what ou cm expect
i and demand and vhat wc uro strlvlnc to
'attain. Is to make them basically icund,
. . !.,. ..(.or.... .. .1 .1 .1 n 0..1 PtH'leW Wilt LP
only superllclal and capable of easy
r..etitie. dr.,. Vnn must ptnect some
teachers lo tin lux or spiritless, but If
tors. 1k clmlnzv has made ncdacocv ,
less and less prncrustt an. The school Is
no less susceptible to Impeifectlon than
any Rreat Lorporatlon, store. Industrial
i,.ni. i.llre iliesn 11 Is u vast nrsniilra-'
- Ion with many phases and mmlllca-,
-or
Hot
boll
m.ii
ons. The prohKms arc u lot kiikp,
both dealing with human nature In the
..... ,t. Lri,nni. ,. tti. ..1,11,1. life .-ltii
iiii.ns. i.i.i r.iiiii'in ".... v.. ...-...-. ......
rest.nnuii.iiliv lint without nnv .uiirenie
(mandate of authority, the corporations
nnd lnriii.trles with labor, and with the
,ry actual power to enforec eftlclency
and obe Hence by deprivation of wages,
They simply fire their culls, discards
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make ctandatillzatlnn tlie be-all anu
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end-all. Special rchool ff the backward
lasses.' for mentally letarded children;
(ho peculiarly adopted treatment, con
sonant with their disabilities ror crip
pled children; the vocational, manual
training, elnmestlc economy' and other
types of school nil give an outlet for
children villi traits that aro Incnmpat
tablc with thoso of thn average lcuumig
child.
"I remember th time and I am not
ninety when the 'bad boj" was cow-hid-eel
nr rattaned fiom one desperation lo
another and was dually expelled as lr-iidecmabk-,
to help swell the Jail popu
lation eventually In many cases and thus
wreak leveuge on the Ktato whldt
wronged him. by making Its citizens pay
more taxes for extravagance In human
waste. Wronged? Of course the lad
was wronged! lie was tinned Into a
moral desperado, when he was not Im
moral but unmoral. The poor khl had
tonic odd kink In his brain convolutions,
nr some cranial preswre or adenoids or
diseased toiislln. lu a vers" large num
ber nf easts. Ilj-c strain or defective
bearing alto kept many, many children
back. We know- that now and act ac-e-oidlngly
A slmplo operation Instead
of a reformatory!
"But it wasn't always dolts or dollardx
who were 'bad.' What about tho diabol
ically lngrnluus bright boys and girls,
too, for tho matter of that? We don't
condemn them now; we nnaljzc them.
Wo differentiate tho motor type from
tho Intellectual tvpe. Formerly they
wetn divided Into tho goats and the
shep on the same basis. A school was
a place to cram facts, and as thej- ve en
hard facts', often utilnlciestlng facts and
apparently very Irrelevent facts, to child
ish sjiupallij' and Imagination, no won
eler Iho whining schoolboy 'crept Ike a
tnall unwillingly lo scnooi
"Sow the scnooi has rightly devel
oped tho new function of being a place
to liarn life and preparation for life.
The chlldi en do not recognize It In
thoso terms, but thej" do realize the
school Is now a pleasant and Interesting
place.
"Remember 1 would not have the
schools a circus, or a place of case
and pleasure. But Lecau'e they ure
moiB attractive lo children 'they are
moip effective and secure In their func
Honing. Nor do I bellevo In dlsoi-gaulz
im:
Ihem so that each child shall have
uie.it he likes. I
only what he likes.
"The Birth of Democracy"
STOPPED!
The Philadelphia Ideal Film Exchange regrets to announce
that the private exhibition scheduled for screening at the Helmont
Theatre Sunday evening, February 21, is
CANCELLED BY ORDER OF POLICE
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THE SCHOOL
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Some Principles of ;
Modern Education"
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Adaptation of studies to types'
of children. Docs not try to make'
a Socrates out of an Edison. t
Differentiation of motor, ner-'
vouh. intellectual and other juve
nile types. y
Rerognltion of personality In
children. Has abandoned pro'
rrustean standardization.
Emphasis on physical well
belns as requisite to Intelligent
grasp of studies.
Institution of vocational, man-'
ii.il and special schools, classes
for backward children, etc.
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pirament I" a marvelous advance. It
was a tcrrlhle nlato of affairs, hard on
children, teae-hen and educalors, trj'
lug under the old Inflexible process to
make a Socrates out of a boy destined
by naturp to be a Walt or an Edison,
or 10 make a learned Aspasla or fact
logged l.udj Jane Hrej- out of a poten
tial Martha, Florence NlRhtlngalo or
Jane Addams.
.Vow by special schools or by appro-
Prlato variation and representation In
M he curriculum vi e liiako dennlte appeal
to tho motor tjpe: that Is, the phyti-
Ically resiles!', mentally Investigative.
muscularly active sort of child who
always wauls to take things apart to
reo what makes them ro and bow, and
'we utilize some of this priceless energy
In a constructive way, which by reliev
ing excess i-team brings Ihe child Into
accepting relation with tho other, mora
icholantlc. studies,
"W have n-coRiilzed the claims of
the nervous type whkh went to pieces,
under thn JuKRernaut of arithmetical
and grauuna.lcal rules and hard a-eo.
graphical names' Literary and blstor cal
soojecis. ami uh.iiuici.iii. n me necuie.
the cookslove or tlie Hammer and Haw
llietn to relieve the strain on the nerves
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I and sIlciiKthen tho ihlld for coping-with
the essential problems of grammar and
arithmetic
"Furlhermore. even where subject
havo been modified to far from the
academic we liave not. In mj" opinion,
which I get from tho best educators as
well as from my own experience, robbed
the studious child of Its rights. We are
doing a very good t!.!-s; in taking the
lutelle-ctual tjpe or ciin.l. once the only
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' "Ho pe?ona II character and .cm- V
type we knew, and tovMc, we tried to '
inane aie outer cniiuren ("urorm, away
Iroin coneentintlon absolute on book
and Idealizing of textbook learning and
marks. We. are developing better round
ed children In our schools now and I
dn not think Philadelphia Is lagging be
hind elthtr. Our schools got rid of
Mr. Sqiieers soiuo time ngo and now
Doctor number and hi amiable spouse
havo fed owed
"I don't defend extravagance In the
schools nnd majbc too much money I
being spent. Hut tho money expended
for what aro often denominated 'fad'
by critics of the schools is not wasted",
by any means. It does not show up In
tho'number of divisions in a school and
apparently Increases the per captla oast
of education, but the excess cost Is pure
ly apparent. The rich harvest of re-j,
suits lu bettered childhood, In physical,
psychical and even spiritual Improve
ment, Is not si tangible as the usual run
of statistical tables In unnSlal report,
but the graphs of Improvement are there.
Impel icptlbln perhaps in many way te
the merely practical minded, but Intu
itively sensed by the person of. vision.
They may not bo measurable .by the
gauges of tho so-called 'emclency
norms, but their effects pervado the en
tire civic structure.
"Money spent for vocational training,
school doctors and nurses und otbor
helpful modern Ideas, which, I under
stand, there Is a movement 1'nrwurd to
elltcontlnuc. Is inonej" well spent. Against
the costs nuit bo ict the facts that
children am put In better shapq for
formal Instruction, and are more effi
ciently fitted for their work lu Ufa and
fewer and fewer aro forced Into candi
dacy for reformatories, Jails, public n-
BtUutloiiH or lapse In'lo slacknesa or
shlftlesrness Hero Is a great saving of
public funds big dividends on enlarged
school budgets. ,
"I think the schools every year ara
turning out children better fitted to copt. ,Sg
with the business of life, both for per-,', V
sotial succera and value to the commu- liTd
nlty ' '
"We havo democratized tho schools
and have not minimized what the ex
perts like to call 'educational functlon-i"
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