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By mall te points outside of Philadelphia In tn united States. Canada, or United States pe. MMlens, postage fres. fifty (50) cents per month. Ix (6) dollars per sear, payable In advance. lb all ferelen countries one (II) dollar a month Menea Subscribers vrlthlnr address- chanced IBVUt give old at well as new address. BELL, 000 VALNLT KEYSTONE. MAIN 01 e ''-etfrfsj oil eommunfctitlerts te Eventne PubHe I., Lt4ter, Independence Square. Philadelphia. t Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS is exclusively en tUUd te the use ler republication el all tint.' Ststatchet credited te It or net elfteniise crctfiifrf en li paper, and alto the local nrut pub.'lshed .All riehta nt rrmihUrnttnn eit nctnl ALnnthm jUretn era also reserved. FhiUdrlphii, Mlunlaj, Mirth .j, IK1 McCONNELL'S INDICTMENT fTTHB Federal Grand Jury's Indictment of J. William C. McCenuell, former prohibi tion director in this State, proves that the essential machinery of justice can still op erate In spite of all the monkey-wrenches with which grafters and creeks In polities are accustomed te nttnek It. The question la most minds will be whether, if full justice wpre done, the Grand Jury would net hae tone further and wider and deeper than it did. It' may yet be asked te de se. Fer the fact of the remarkable addresa delivered yaatvrday before the City Club by T. Henry Walnut will be te involve District Attorney Otlaa and the Attorney General's office at Washington, morally at least, In the scandal that grew out of McConnell's administration of the prohibition director's office. Even when this newspaper first disclosed the schemes of obstruction delcd te save McConnell and the system of political In terference which caused Mr. Walnut te be ousted from the Federal Building, where he was ready te proceed with his expose before the Grand Jury, no one Imagined that the conspiracy between politicians and boot leggers was as extensive ns it new appears te he The spectacle of a United, States District Attorney shuttling between Philadelphia and t Washington and laboring apparently te ob struct laws which he is sworn te enforce will startle even the peeple of this general region, te whom the law-breaking politicians are no novelty. Mr. Walnut deserve the gratitude of the eetnmuntty. He has di-played admirable eurage, net se much as a champion of Velsteadlsm, but as u public official deter mined te maintain at an cost th dignity of Federal law. FRUITS OF A LOCAL HABITATION AS WAS te have been expected, the favorable consequences of giving te airy aethlng n le-al habitation and a name nre emphasized In the practical progress of the fair undertaking fellow ins swiftly upon the definite selection of the site. President Harding has becu enabled te ad ad drese'Cengress specifically. His appi for legislative sanction of the Se-qul-Ontcnninl Is cordial and direct. His contention that the exposition will exhibit "the advantages of peaceful and friendly Intercourse and Kmlnd all mankind that Its greater achieve ments are along the wejs of pence" Is an Mtlmate with which Phlladclphlnns will agree. It Is net the novelty or the iaea, Dur tne official stamp whlchlt new acquires from the pen of the Chief Magistrate which rep resents a distinct advance for th enterprise. It Is hardly te be doubted that Congress will erentuallv respond with a suitable appro priation for a project which U pre-eminently national la scope The outlines of a further gain te the fair which may be traced directly te the Identifi cation of its site are discernible in Andrew Wright Crawford's suggestion of the impor tation for exhibition purpee.es of the art masterpieces of European museums and galleries. Mr. Crawford believes that the Leuvre, for Instance, would be willing te lend the "Mena Lisa," the "Winged Vic tery" and the Venus de Mlle when as acred of their entire security In a fireproof museum. The choice of the Falrmeunt-Parkwny setting renders It possible for the mu nicipal art museum, ahich will be finished before 1020, te be legitimately Incorporated aa a signal feature of the exposition. As plana are developed the wlbdem of cheesing by far the most suitable of all the proposed locations for the undertaking Is certain te ba frequently shown. A FIRE HOUSE FOR LOGAN AS IT is customary te wait until the borse Is stolen before locking the barn deer, It may new be expected that a fircheuse will ba built In Legan. arrived en the scene until 'eighteen minutes auiex lue uwriu as run. iius was net because of any dllaterlness en the nart of V tba firemen, but because thej had te run ' thalr engine a long wny te get te the lire. If there had been an engine within a reasonable distance the less by the fire might haw been much less. The residents of the neighborhood have long been calling atten tion te the lack of protection, but the City Council has been indifferent. They have had e fire there and there is no need of haste waa' the way the Ceiinellmen reasoned, If they thought of the matter at all Preliminary bteps have been taken toward .werlding protection te Legan. Hut the Council should net step with this. The city la taxpandlng rapidly In many directions', aad It Is likely thut there arc ether districts long way from any H.-eheuse. If tlir head f the Bureau of Fire In the Department of Pablic Safety lets Council knew what Is ceded bis bklrts will be clear (, THE JOHNSON PAINTINGS ., fTTHAT the lata Jehn G. Jehnsen desired jj l . uib ciMicvuuu vfi 1ju4uiinha ie en neuseu wl bis Seuth Ilrend street residence is ad- ftmmta ey every one. iiiat it is net the 9 NMat suitable place for their exhibition Is talaw. ennrnllv nflrnltterl. Aii.l tlntm t.. lJi dispute of the fact that Jn the event of the a-. ..... i". i,. r-l. I1, M, I, .l.,l.l.. ... . ptpt the collection it wns te go te the Met J& lrfiMlltn Museum of Art in New Yerk, te be : 'i in itu Inren srullerles. . r7Sm Ornhans' Court hns decided rlmf tue terms or tne win mis city must the paintings te remain in the Seuth .building. Ne appeal has been tatiw.ajtttv.2 te get around the Orphnns' Court decision j uy opening iMuidnin street te jireau. -enm-street new steps half wny between Fifteenth nnd Bread streets nt the rear of the Jehnsen let. If It Is cut through, ns the Hall ordi nance propose, n part of the Jehnsen house will have te be Tcmevcd. Ne one but a politician would have thought of this ingenious way of overriding n court decision. The pity has the right te open the street. At least that Is assumed by the hiwjers. Hut It Is still possible that some one mn be found who will luslt that when (he city accepted the bequest of the paint ings and the devise of the house It bound Itself te respect all the conditions lnelved. One of these conditions Is that the paintings should remain In the house. As but n smnll part of the building will have te be cut nway te mnke room for the extension of Nnudaln street, there will re main the question .whether the house can still be used as a safe place In which te exhibit the paintings. As there arc aggres sive persons deeply Interested In preventing n disregard of the wishes of Mr. Jehnsen, it may be taken for granted that the pas sage of the Hall ordinance would net settle the dispute. IS A COAL WAR INEVITABLE? WHO SOUGHT TO PREVENT IT? Governer Sprout Still Has Time te In voke Such Light en the Proposed Strike as Would Make for Peace GOVntNOH SPKOUL feels thnt a coal strike, with the endless confusion that it would bring in this State, is inevitable. Attorney (Jeneral Dnughcrty premises "drastic action." Mr. Lewis, for the mine workers' union", and the spokesmen for the operators predict the greatest strike In the country's hlsterj . If this Stute is te be trnmpled in a labor war, If its communities are te be harassed bj contending forces without respect for civil law. If Its peace Is te be disturbed and its Industries threatened, the worry and the responsibility will lie upon the Governer. Mr. Sproul, therefore, should write a telegram. He should send It te Mr. Lewis, te the district officers of the Pennsylvania mine unions and te tha committees which speak and act for the coal operators' organi ergani organi sateon. That telegram should run about like this: 7 irant you te come te Ttarritenrg at once for a conference tcith me. I icant thnt conference te be open te the puelic. I am determined te keep the peace, but I leant te knew tchat tort of peace I am keeping. I am asking you te meet me and state ieur cases openly because the people of Pennsylvania hate a right te knew the origin of the troubles which you are pre paring te thrust upon them without their knowledge or their consent. They irant te knete why a strike is "inevitable." They want te knew in the future hew they may pi event campaigns of violence and social destruction tcithin their borders. They as well as I w'nh te knew by tciee authority or through whose fault this State is te be converted into a battle ground. If there 1 in Harrisburg or In Washington any of the resources of constructive imagi nation, an erganl7ed and intelligent effort will yet be made te avert the miners' walk out. But the mystic sene of inevitability lies ns heavily upon Atterne (Jeneral Daugherty as it does upon public officials elsewhere. the strike is inevitable, it i'i largely because these having the authority te force intelligent governmental inquiry and action hate been content te feel that it is ineiitable. "We shall take action mere drastic than the Government ever took before under sim ilar circumstances," sajs Attorney General Daugherty. Drastic action ! Net scientific action or enlightened netlen or preventive action or humnne dctlen, you observe, but drastic action. Dees this mean special weik for the United States Army in this State'; Dees it mean airplanes nnd bombs and guns turned upon misguided nnd bewildered mobs? Nowhere Is there nny official effort te bring the saving elements of light and truth and reason into the controversy. Thnt 1 a work that Governer Sproul mlcht at least attempt even at this late hour. If pnly te let the public at lare put the blame where It belongs for such cruelties nnd outrages as may and probably will be apparent In a hard-fought and costly industrial war. Fer the moment It seems that nn opposite policy prevails nt Harrisburg. Arsenals nre being swept and garnished. Armories nre being stocked with ammunition 1 deal with the poignant nnd complicated human con cerns out of which strlki s are generated! Is the soil of this State te be disgraced by a repetition of the spectacles of Minge, W. Va., or of the Hand? "Get out nf the wny. ' say tlm miners' leaders and the operators alike te the people of Pennsjlvania. "We are. going te make an arena of your State. Never mind what It Is all about, but keep your guns hand '" It will be strnnge If the Governer can leek with equanimity nt the problem thus cre ated for him; stranger If he nttenipM te apply old-fashleued rules of action te an entirely novel case. Fer this time It wns the unions which pleaded te the last for a peaceful way of settlement and the opera tors who refused te go Inte conference or te respect agreements entered Inte under the auspices of the Federal Government. If earlier precedents nre followed the essential truth of this prlvute. war will be obscured by organized propaganda from both sides, by the smoke of violence, by shouts of anarchy. Mine guards will be armed, Strikers will become Inflamed and unruly. They will riot. Illoed will be shed. And the common law nnd civil rights which the Con stitution is supposed te guarantee te all citizens will be abrogated at the nod of ignorant local officials In the affected areas. And nil this is In a time when the whole world is sick at heuit ever the monstrous futility of gunplay and brute force. Burely there ought te be enough intellec tual and spiritual resourcefulness in our systems of government te prevent the hor ribly grotesque, economic and Becial phe nomenon this strike would be. THE TREATY PASSES PHGTOGUAI'HS of the .Senate in the act of establishing n C"d precideut are de serving of extensive circulation. The feut in novel, startling and infinitely refteshing, for the pabsnge of the Four-Power Pacific Treaty vesterdny establishes the welcome fact that the highest Hglslative body of the Natien is actually capable of co-operating with executive policy and of serving the best Interests of civilization. The, well-nigh Ingrained habit of treaty wrccljrig has been seriously disturbed, Itat- IflrnVn of the first of. the principal rev fit tlii ytvtbla&H Cvnlartncc dag Evening public ledger nltcly Implies approval for the scries of de pendent compacts. Precedent, in which the. Senate delights, supports such constructive action. The truth Is thnt most of the opposition te the treaty hns been spurious. Demo cratic fulmlnntleus have been partisan. The Johnsen-Tjn Follctte-Hernh choir hns car oled n dismal air, for which the public hns dlspla.ved cnnt llklns. The purposes of these Republican irrecencllnbles, ether thun thnt of nn u ten treuhlc-mnklng, have net been tils-desed. As their theatrical agonies hnve been fruitless, there is no need for n political pct-mertcm. Ne one will be grudge lternli it rest nfter his frantic efforts. The llrandcgee reservation, purporting te remove the "nlllnncc" tnlnt from the treaty, Is superfluous, but harmless. As far as all prnctlial mutters nre concerned, the treaty has been pned as It vvas written. A long succession nf reservations nnd amendments, most of them absurd and im pertinent, suffered deserved defeat. Ratifi cation means thnt the specific disarmament program of the Washington Conference will be completely executed end that foundations have new been laid for a durable structure of pence. POLITICAL COWARDS rpilliltn Is no pretense that the passage of the Rnnus Hill by the Heuse was any thing but n political trick. A special rule was made for its consid eration limiting debate te four hours and prohibiting amendments. If there had been nny sincere belief that the bonus plan set forth in the bill was te be carried out, the Heuse would have taken time te consider it. Hut the Representatives had pledged themselves te vote for n Benus Bill. They were afraid te go back te their districts without fulfilling the pledge. They have voted and new they are clear en the record. The franker men among them arc. snv lug that they are confident that the Senate will net pass the bill. If they hnd expected the Senate te pass it they would have insisted en a different kind of measure. The responsibility of protecting; the Treasury new rests upon the Senate and upon the President. It la worth while noting that there were forty-two Republicans and twenty-eight Democratic Representatives who refused te be a party te this attempt te hand a geld brick te the former service men. Included among the Republicans were Geerge S. Graham and Leuis T. McFadden, of this State; Jeseph G. Cnnnen nnd Jnmes T. Mann, of Illinois ; Theodere E. Burten, of Ohie; Leuis Kahn. of California, nnd Frank L. Greene, of Vermont. And Miss Alice Robertsen, of Oklahoma, who thinks mere clearly nnd courageously than four-fifths of the men in the Heuse, refused te be stam peded into voting for the bill. The record will unnd. The 212 Repub licans who have igner d the warnings of the Secretary of the Treasury nnd spumed the recommendations of the President In n selfish attempt te protect their own political lives, regardless of the consequences te the country, are likely te find that there nre ether forces besides the m.M Ideal soldier vote with which thej.wiH have te reckon in the future. The man who says by his actions thnt he would rather be wrong than lese nn elec tion Is In the long run the man whom the voters prefer Fheuld stny at home. IS NEW YORK QUITE SANE? T " Kl'MBLED Mner Hjlun, waving --?n critical e.vebrew at the sculptured group compos, d by Frederick MncMennies te svmbellre Chic Virtue and Intended for City Hull Park. New Yerk, befeie it fell under the fire of women's organizations be cause it represents a musnilar youth tram pling end spurning two female figures typl fving temptation or something of the sort, "don't like that Mla's leeks! Yeu ladles don't have te go vcr.v far te get jour argu ment across with me 1 wouldn't like te tee that felln put up In Citj Hall Park'" Virtuous and enlightened Hylan ! What, we wonder, does MacMennles think of the leek of him as he stands blinking nt tills fine oxnmple of decorative nit? Docs Mac Mac Meiinics like te see a Iljlnn set up in City Hall? It Is said that one of the tirst and surest svmptems of dangerous mental de terioration is the conspicuous absence of a sense of humor. If ever there vvas a demon stration of bleak nnd humorless prejudice in any high place it was presented in Xew Yerk when Mr. Ilvlan and the ladles of the National Weman's Party and ether sup sup peedly high-minded groups assembled te walk around Mr. MacMennles' "fella" rtnd pass unfavorable judgment upon him. This "fella" has bad manners, It seems. What gentleman would spurn a lady with his feet? The representatives of the wom en's organizations were offended. The bright, new day is here ! The time hns passed when nitists euld preach Inequality of the sexes lu their painting nnd sculpture! Out with this thing! Had Mr. MacMennles been up te his job he would hnve mnde a lady and gentleman mar rung arm In arm toward the bright millennium' Is there net anj where anions the sup posedly bright jeun,- Journalists of Manhat tan or In (irienvvicli Village or in the Pub lic Library any one able te convince the Mayer that decorative art never was nnd never will be created with a thought of realism or for nn personal implication? Would Hylan and the crusading Indies be. lleve that MurMennies would have dicer fully shown himself as the chief devil of his group if he could have mnde his meaning plainer thereby? It Is true that he missed n gorgeous oppertunltv. He might have shown his heroic jeuth trampling upon the neck of Mr. H.vlan or Mr. Murph). Hut even sculptors read the newspapers, and Mr. MncMennies wasn't trjlng te create a mnd funtusy in marble or te depart tee widely from the realm of the probable or the true. His symbol Is no meru suggestive of con scious bex discrimination than n Greek col umn would be. Hylan and the ladles see it otherwise. And they setm determined te get by with whnt you might call ethical murder. They really hope te shut the group out of the park for which It was made. Here, then, Is a chilling reminder of the sculptor's pre vious experience In Bosten, where his ex quisite Bacchante was refused because It wns gay and beautiful, and, therefore, of fensive te the gloomy New England con science. Moreover, this Bacchante flaunted a bunch of accursed grnpps. The Incident of tha Civic Virtue Is even mere darkly ominous, mero terribly reveal Ing, than the Ineldint of the lovely Bacchante. Ter the phenomenal hyper sensitlveniss and the mood of militant fool feol foel Ishness here revealed in representatives of widely organized women are depressing in n country which has only begun te experi ment with the equal franchise. Whnt is there te he said of New Yerk, of the Night Clubs, of the Tammany Cellar, of (he Legislative Teng, of Henrst, of Smutty Stories as, in the person of M. jer Hjhiu, it expands its chest and, with n wide gesture intended te suggest awful chastitj refuses te leek upon u geed piece of decorative sculpture which, it would have you believe, might react te Impair its perfect virtue? T bvnecrlsy carrying some Americana te a state-of mild Insanity? Or deea,Nw Ynk' Philadelphia, Saturday,' inarch $,; SPIRITS AND COLD LIGHT a A University of Pennsylvania Com mission That Gave the Spirit Me diums a Knockout "Celd Light," Heralded aa a New Invention, la Old By GEORGE NOX McCAIN "TK. JAMES II. HYSLOP, late head of -' the American Society for Psychical Re search, expressed te mu the conviction, at his home in New Yerk n while before he died, that the Sevbert Commission of the University of Pcnnsvlvnnln had very Indif ferently and very unsatisfactorily performed its work. All the members of thnt commission nre new dead nnd Dr. Hyslep nNe has passed te the beyond. Adam Seybcrt wns n wealth v but eccen tric Philndclphlnn who wns interested in spliitunllsm and splrltunllstlc phenomena. At his death in the early eighties he be queathed $0(1,000 for the establishment of n Chair of Meral and Intellcctuul Philosophy in the university of Pennsylvania. The condition attached te this legacy was that "a commission make a thor ough end Impartial investigation particularly of modem spiritualism." The commission was nppelnted nnd n number of mediums, slnle-wrlters nnd clnlr clnlr veynnts were examined, nfter which a de cision wns rendered adverse te the spiritistic philosophy held by Adam Seybcrt HARRY KELLER, famous magician and prestidigitator, died the ether day In California. He was a Pcnnsy Iranian by birth and wns personally and Intimately known te Philndelphlans of n generation age. He was a courteous and clever gentleman nnd the highest exponent, possibly, of bis art In the world. It wns Hurry Keller who was responsible for the decision of the Scybeit Commission. Keller always Insisted thnt he could dupli cate nny demonstration of alleged Bplrlt power presented by any medium, and by purely natural means. He maintained that materialization, slate writing and similar "evidences" were pro cured by fraud. It was for tills reason that the Seybert Commission summoned him te appear before it and demonstrate the truth of his asser tion and duplicate and expose the 'perform ances that had been given by se-called mediums. SUBSEQUENT te his seance with the commission, Keller gave a private exhi bition te a n,umber of newspapermen of this city in which he duplicated, he declared, his work before the Investigators. His exposure had te de principally with slate-writing nnd rnppings. The former was designed te discredit Dr. Henry Slnde, a famous slate-writing me dium of thnt day. Frem thp subsequent testimony of the prpss representatives present, the magician had them nil guessing, and fully sustained bis reputation ns a mnn of mystery. i All of this occurred back in 1883 nnd 3SS4. Only a small portion of the ?ii0.000 wns expended en this investigation of spiritual ism, the bulk of it ultimately going te the Lniversity for ether purposes. D It. HYSLOP charged, in his talk with me. thnt the investigation under direc tien of the Se.vbcrt will wns insincere, slip shod and net undcrtnken in n spirit of fair ness or a desire te examine the fucts im partially. He declared thnt he hnd letters In his possession from a member of the commis sion confessing this fact. , In the inteicst of fuir play, I nsked him te send me copies of the letters and ether documents bearing en the case which were in his possession. He premised te de se. Months afterward, however. li..wrete nnd told me he had made a superficial search for the mateiial, but could net locate it; thnt it doubtless was stored with a nui-s of ether documents nt another resilience which he maintained lu New Jersc.v. It was shertl.v nfter this that Dr. Hyslep was seli-td with his fatal illness. I hope that Dr. Walter Prince, successor of Dr. Il.vslep as head of the American So ciety for Psvchlcal Reseerch, who bus been Investigating the Antigenlsh "mjstery," will ultimately come across the documents re fer cd te among the effects of the lamented scientist and investigator. A LOS AJgfiELES Inventor hns been dem onstrating what lie calls "cold light" befeie a group of scientists. I His name Is M. J. Hitterrnth. and his dls dls cevciy. he biijs, Is the result of four jears' research. it is possible. that Mr. Hitterrath Is the same gentleman who demonstrated te me in his suite of offices In Chicago in 11)12 the availability of "cold light" for tilm-projec-tien purposes. He informed me then that he had been working en the problem for a number of years. It was designed te supersede the electric light, utilized in motion pictures, which gen erated such a high temperature that it added an clement of great danger te every motion-picture machine. THE "cold light" of ten years age was a fact. T placed my hand between It and the film nnd held it there without feeling the slight est discomfort, something impossible with the erdlnnry light. The great obstacle te Its use In connec tion with inflammable celluloid films was a biiltnble appnratus for Its utilization It required a new stjle of motion-picture muclilnc, and the Hiicnge guitleman pro pre pro meter or inventor of ten years age hnd such a machine, but after n fashion. Unfortunately. It did net work success fully. It was net dependable and, besides It was tee complex and ponderous. It wus for this leisen, I presume Ids "cold light" never became a commercial' sue cess se fur as its adoption geneiullv In motion-picture people was concerned Possibly n successful niachine has since been Invented for Its use, and It Is tlmt which Is being exploited s tlmt British Ambasvnriei. Curtly Blurted Guides waa truthful i, t . i';'Ull7, ,tt"iU diplomatic or wise when he told a California audlence that the knowledge that Is power Is net pres cut in our Governments, and that the world's best minds nie net in public life He was net diplomatic, for he Is net In his own country nnd the spoken word Is occa ecca slfjnnlly misunderstood. And he was net wholly wise, beaui-e a representative Gov Gev ernment is never a highly specialized one nnd a free people prefers te work out its salyntlpu In Its own tinpet way, mistakes and all. Fermer President Wll- The Only Urge son has assured Mlune Mlune sela Democrats of IiIh confident expectation that the Democratic Party "will be re-established in power and In n position te render lenuvved service te the liberal fenes of mankind throughout the world." There is optimism here rather than prescience. Whatever the future may brini? forth, there is no likelihood that the voter will be actuated by nn thing mere altruistic than resentment at existing tax luvvs. This appears te he n New Is the Time geed time for Secretary of Laber Davis te nut Inte effect his recently suggested plan of in impartial summing up of all the facts of an Industrial dispute se tlmt the public at' late! Hhall bu able te leach a decision as te the merits of the case. One of the first things the threatened coal strike will bring about is a determined efferrVtyi the part of the public te discover who Mans the difference between the price of coal m ihe tlnnle ami flia releii mni . ..i ' 1 A m A T,l. en a 4 - a 4 La. a.h e .JS ;!TV yP . Xt V Pv .." N te & 1 . s WgY iWi A&'.. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Tliinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best C. H. BABB On Training Defective Scheel Children PHILADELPHIA takes high rank among the great cities of the United States for the care with which the defective school children of the city arc educated. This work Is done In the Lincoln Scheel Annex, and the children are given studies which will prepare them for the position In life which the nie capable of filling, according te Mr. C. H. Babb. superintendent of thnt school. "These children, sold Mr. Babb. "come te this bdioel from all ever the city, nnd they nre divided Inte eleven clnsses. Their carfare is pnld for them when they come fiem n distance of mere than blxteen square. The State also helps in the main tenance of this work. "The pupils nre divided into clnsses nc nc nc oei ding te their nges nnd abilities, both of which arc important. Werk Is Departmental "The work is departmental. Certain of the teachers de phvslcal training, while ethers tench hand weik, shop work and acu lemie work. All the training of the children Is confined te the essentials of whnt they can learn and of what will be actually useful te them. This frequently means thu 'three R s. The get enough arithmetic te enable them te understand bills and are taught as much of this and the ether branches as tbey nre able tu assimilate. "The eleven clabses nre divided into two groups, six in the upper cycle and five in the lower. The upper cycle children nre these above second-grade ability, which they show under bpecial conditions; the lower cjelc children arc these under twelve years of age who nre net able te de mero than second-grade work. In the upper cycle there are two handwork teachers who devote their whole time te this and hnve three classes during the day of about one hour nnd forty minutes each. There is also physical train ing for each class of about fort -five min utes' duration. These two activities com prise one-half of the day's work in point of time. "The remaining lmlf of the school day Is spent In the teaching of arithmetic nnd numbers. rtiglMi, lv which is nie-int Tend ing, writing nnd spelling, nnd In Instruction In n modified ceuisc of gcegiuph, history and music. Physical' Training Important "The program in the lower group is gen crallv slmilnr te that In the upper one. Considerable attention Is paid te physical training. There arts two large rooms en the upper lloer of the school building which are lilted as n gymnasium, and we are near the rranclsvllle Pla ground, be that our facili ties for this purpose are excellent. "The social aim of the school is as strong as the educational nlm. All of these chil dren will have te work for a living, nnd their limitations lire biicii thut they will probably alwns have te work tinder direction, Theiefeie they must bu tnught early te ac cept direction nnd rebpect authority. "Our nlm Is te piepare these children te fill credltnbly and acceptably the relatively limited sphere in life for which they are Intellectually or phhlcally qualified. Under the law they must go te school until they nre sixteen years of age, nnd our object is te make this- school tit their needs. They are given work which they can de, nnd thus never get the distorted und dangerous idea that they nre being asked te de that which they are uuable te perform. Results Are Excellent "These who hnve reached the age limit and have gene out into the world hnve shown that the system of tinlnlng which they have received at the school 'Is correct. They have, almost without exception, shown a better adaptability te the environment in which they were placed than these young persons who have net hud the advantages of this course of teaching. "The teachers for these children are chosen with the greatest care, and nil of them are exceptionally well fitted, both by temperament and by special training, for the dellcute task which they have te per per feira, nnd all of them realle what the con scientious performance of these duties means te the handicapped children. "The classes nre Intentionally kept small, net mete than fifteen te twenty children being In each class. The reason for this is that the teacher shall thus he enabled te de Individual work and maintain personal con tact with each of the pupils u geed thing in any kind of teaching, but especially necessary In this particular line of work. Sight-Saving 0UsM ' "There are ue special 'alfkt-saeiat 1922 COULDN'T BE SPIKED .s" ,f'S&tl groups. These children arc normal mentally, but their sight is tee peer te allow them te de the regular school work, and yet it Is net se peer as te compel them te tnke up the Braille Sstem. We have found that no per son will uccept uny substitute for the sense of sight. If ou try te teach Braille te a person, especially a child, who has even the rainiest remnants of sight, he will immedi ately try te see the characters and net te denne them by touch. "Our three classes are graded according te the regular classes of pupils, and these children de tegular grade work. But twenty-four point type is used in their books, which nre printed en unglazed buff paper. The blackboards and the furniture of the rooms which they use nre finished se that there Is no glare, nnd nil their work with paper or beard is done en n large bcale se that it is easy te see. The rooms are painted in colors which will give the great est lighting effect. In fact, there are many things of this sort which the regular class rooms might well copy, especially In the use of paper which gives no glare and desks and ether furniture finished for a similar result. In these classes everything possible is done which shall ease the burden en the ees. These cliildicn are normal mentally, ns ,.n1ve t-1,I(1' n,"l this year we shall send pupils from these classes te the High Scheel. Twe Kinds of Sight Trouble "Much of the work which they de is oral and no home reading or writing 1b required. The classes are very small, being limited te ubeut ten pupils each, se the teachers can guurd against ej est rain. "The ee troubles resolve into two gen eral classes, these who have progressive myopia; that Is, children who will become mero and mere nearsighted as they grew Oder, and these who have opaque cernen. The problem in the first of these enscs is te prevent tlicm from becoming mere near bighted. This we de by taking care of the ccs by frequent inspections nt the eye dls nensary at City Hull, where they are pro vided with proper glasses, and by the gieat cst care In the character of the work they are asked te de. All strain Is avoided In this work und the children themselves are encouraged net te make any unusual de mands : whatever upon their eyes and taught hew this cnu best be done. "In the cases of opaque cornea it docs net injure the eyes te be used. That is. it does net hurt them te see what they are able te see, and te a certain extent the disease does net progress or rather the eyes remain stationary. The problem in these cases Is that the pupil cannot see enough te be able te get along In the regular grade work." Wliat De Yeu Knew? QUIZ ' NaSIS World ",?? genCrn' P'0""" in 2 Wn.ni?iv..0 .bc?5 P.rln, Ministers of Great a ,mBll,llln ln tn? twentieth century7 . 8. Wmt is an ocelot? '" 4. Whnt is the westernmost stnt which any President of theUniuS r i,.htlt.es hn,B ever been elected? B. What Is a pinnace? S' tXJ!11.1 '.s m??nt by. "roree majeure"? 7. What vvae the real nnme of O. Henry thu American short-story writer? 8. What Is the westernmost country of Europe Inwhlch a censlderahi ,.?5 n1.B.V'5S ? "J,!l!H.m.ed"w 'a te be found; found? 10. What Is a loggia? Anawera te Yeeterday'a Quiz 1. Twe Russian generals prominent In tha World War were Bruslleff anri ivt Grand Duke Nicholas. nn1 tha 2. Bclva, Ann Lockwood was nominate . President of the United Sta hv tI Equal Rights Party in 188? and jsgs In 1806 she represented the United Mates In Geneva Switzerland, at he Congress of Charities and CerrecUnn. 8. Constantine, whose dates were ad w' 2"hera"e. th "rMt Chrt"n Emperor 4. AnnpestH are metrical feet used n POfltry and consisting of two short syllables followed by one long. Swlnburn ,L .... .,.i-..,r uiwinui ni iimnAiiln 11 v uliOI.ii . ie master of unuijcsia. 6. Ballistics Is the science of projectiles nnd hurling power. "na 6. In Greek mythology Ithadamamhus was - "S10 n'.' ,h0 H,rce ruUlf,-'B e' Hades 7. Mark Twain described a classic as "n. book which .people praise und don't 8. Huckles are long feathery en the necks of domestic cocks and ether birds A heckle Is also a steel flax comb 9. Benedette Crece Is a distinguished med- fV4iJ?A!!.dreun..blwan s"-.,w,, !. w;t Ui,,ur ib bVH- J native of Heutaara Italy knd new rS ytyfe-Z-' s?gB -j. vJX wwnk V...-- zS." i JBrVVV' -2 v rMerviLLY. m:: &&iaBm:vdrh-hM& - I- ' " i 1 Oik tTi' 1 it ssf SHORT CUTS And new Fatty has lest even news value. Oh, well, if it isn't coal we're worrying about it's ice. ' While Walnut scorched 'em the ears were Celes of fire. Diggers of dandelion another sign of spring. roots furnish It will break the heart of the Houst If the Senate doesn't undo some of its work. Is America's Rhine claim anything mere than a gesturq te keep the record straight? You'll notice that none of the fruit growers is complaining of a backward spring. Even when there Is no mere soft coal te burn there will probably be smoke enough te cloud the issues. Why net recognize the Inevitable and held the coal conference new Instead of after the damage has been done? Prem Kansas comes the news that Dunsmere, the Bald Hernet of the Neosho, is dead. Anether sting for death. d There Is meanness ln parading the dis abled veteran In asking for the bonus, as the bonus will hurt rather than help him. Michigan conservationists say reindeer meat Is very nourishing. They can put our share ln the tee of a Christmas stocking. The four-Power pact wns probably the least of political matters engaging the mind of a certain Pittsburgh hospital patient. A Zurich man has been sent te jail for neglecting te return a borrowed book. Occa sion for joyous acclamation and concealed trepidation. Headliner prophesied Darwin's evolu tion theory would be hanging onto the ropes when Brynn get through with it. By iti tail, probably. i Much flaxseed research work is being done -in Northern Ireland. Recent doing! en the border seem te show a predilection In favor of hemp. aShlp owners who complain of shlpwermi in New Yerk harbor should explore the Delaware. The worm has never done its turn in this pert Chauncey M. Depew tells in bis autobi ography hew a Bowery tough called hi- peach. This wus before he claimed u monop oly of the chestnuts. Every time Germany is heard te cry that febe is humiliated a listening world de cides that somebody is trying te get nil just dues from her. Coxey's Army of 1894 was a fizzle j but Congress has contracted the jumps Blncj that time, and there's no knowing whst another march might bring about. The country would doubtless be better off If Missouri and Maryland were te retire Reed and France; but what ground Is there for the belief that they will de anything sensible? The Heuse has upheld the action of the Appropriations Committee In cutting $4,000,000 for the Reserve Cerps te $250, 000. Oh, well, we still have the Bey Scouts te fall back en. The Bulgarlun Minister of Finance has resigned because of the Government s de de termluatlen te eliminate three letters from the Bulgarian lunguage. De you suppose tbey are I. O. U.? . Airships will drlve warships off the seal ln ten yeurs, says Captain Frederick uueet, British Air Minister. It may have been appreciation of this fact that made all tM Powers tractable in the matter of naval dli armament. General Sa'nna has been ordered te em ploy carabineers te maintain order in ' ,lum.e' Thu trouble with such pelking is that tpe cops ure likely te consider that they re en their native beat, native beat, nutivc beat, with their customary heat. New Yerk pickpocket was pinched after 1, I,,. a t.ilnn nut .if n wninan's DOCKet 1 the subvvuy a curd en which the decalegue ?J was printed vvhu tne cumiii-nui --.- m shalt net steal" underscored. mall ; large crew.d. iWtnmi99WMlZ.7mn " . i iJ ii TrileWTr MTl IKHr m JhUuP -seM. 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