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AUXILIARIES FOR THE FAIR
COLONEL D'OLIER'S call for n meeting
of representatives of eleven c.cic orgnii ergnii orgnii
lzntlens with the directors of the f.ilr con cen
tnlns the perm of a constructive pieram
which may pone of sound practical worth te
the undcri.miig
The conference, te be held tomorrow, will
be nttended by membeis of the ('number et
Commerce. Mnnufai turer Club, Peer
Richard Club, Rotary Club. City Clui . Real
Estate Heard, Exchange Club of Philadel
phia, Philadelphia Chapter ..f the American
Institute of Architects, Engineers' Club,
Klwanls Club and City Business Club.
A wide variety of Interests arc embraced
In this seleitlen. All of them are known
friends of the fair project. Mere general
Indersement, however, is net enough. There
is a dlversltj of najs in which each of these
organizations can be helpful te the exposi
tion enterprise, and it Is therefore of realistic
Importance that they should be brought into
Intimate contact with the directorate and
specifically Informed regarding its purposes.
Any movement designed te provide the
Sesqui-Centennlnl with an escape from a
none tee splendid isolation is te be strongly
commended. In line with tills laudable ef
fort is the suggested formation of a national
advisory body, i imposed "f lendet" In in
dustry, trade, tmance, ait and civic prog
ress. Such men as Herbert Hoever. Chnrles M.
Schwab, Matthew Brush and liernard M.
Baruch have been proposed. The list Is
capable of stimulating extension. If the
Idea is carried out en the proper scale, it
should sent- te estahllsh the necessary im
pression that the fulr is of consequence, net
only te Philadelphia, but te the entire Na Na
teon. Lecal enterprise I", of course, primal lly
requisite, but the fair undertaking can never
be worthy of the epochal event whit h it is te
signalize until it lias inspired the most
cordial and widespread national enthusiasm.
JERSEY'S MYSTERY
LET us admit that State Senuter William
M. Runyon. of New Jersey, contrary te
the startling allegation of Mrs. Raymond L.
Denges, of the Democratic State Committee,
was net. as the tndlitment runs, skated"
when lie nreM- lecently te deliver a dry ad
dress in Camden. Hard things said in po
litical campaigns seldom mean anything and
seldom sink very deeply into the public
mind.
The suit whtih Senater Runyon threat
ens would theiefere be superllueus More
over, it would net be enlightening It
would contribute nothing of the suit uf
knowledge which the general public in Jer
sey and elsewhere wishes ei earnestly te
obtain. The suit might be wen or lest ami
tp should net jet knew why -e many po
liticians who are dry in theory nre wet In
jiractice or why many parts of New .Jersey
continue te be as wet as the adjacent ocean,
even though the political party repiescnted
by their administrations is supposedly drj
When it is possible te learn why some
official "drjs" are wet and net before,
something Ilk Velstendlsm may be possible
In real life.
REGULATING FIGARO
MOST of the rules which Dr. Furbush has
promulgated for the government of
barber shops In Philadelphia nre observed
by nny establishment of this cliarni ter en
tertaining a prnctical regard for its own
prosperity. Sanitary Instructions, which
the average cituen may deem commonplace,
ere, however, worth reiterating as warnings
gainst carelessness and indifferent e, occa
sionally unconscious, te the elementary
principles of hygiene.
The Meaith Director empheticnlly insists
en the abolition of the common sponge,
powder puff and chamois cloth. It leeks as
though these once standard properties of the
barber shop would be forced te trnvel the
read of the community drinking cup and
peclnllzed hand-towel. There wii1 be no
meurneri for their demise.
Dr. Furbush'K ultimatum contains no ref
erence te the loquacity of operators upon
the human face and crown. Admonitions en
this Bubject are conceivably superfluous. The
barber who is faithful te the Health Direc
tor's long arrav of specific injunctions will
gain scant opportunity for a display of con
versational powers.
A Figare snlisted in the modern sanitary
squad would be much tee busy te retail the
gossip, intrigue and politics, even of mine
Uve Seville.
NEW VISION IN POLAND
ACCEPTANCE of the principle of racial
and religious minorities was a condition
precedent te the erection of the group of new
states called Inte existence bj the Treaty
of Versailles. Premises te refrain from the
type of oppression for which the Auatro Auatre
Hungarian Empire was particularly noted
were freely given.
In severnl of the new nations, however,
performance has lamentably trailed behind
pledges. Perhaps the best exhibit Is pro pre
Titled In Czecho Slovakia, in which the once
mistrusted hyphen Itself is nil ostensible
Index of equality of opportunity. I'nder
Mnssaryk and Ilenes, the Slovak population
lias been accorded many of the rights lib
erally guaranteed en paper, although In
tfie eastern part et this republic, notably In
Pressburg, considerable discontent with the
present regime Is te be found.
Up te the present by far the worst record
bss been achieved In tumultuous Poland,
where the rr.clal majorities after centuries
of seml-neivltude hare extravagantly ever-
i played their regained authority.
t Ifr Im tttimttncrf Mir tharftfnrn s nnru tli
lulfMlllrii after their latest ministerial ton ten
riOTtfwu, art at laic-rising te a sense, of their
a 'T -ikkrlauK rknenalbIlliis. Pratnlar Ne wait has
TiT" J
called rt conference of experts te draft ft
home government for Gallcla.
According te the tentative program, the
region will be administered by n council of
two sections Polish and Ukrelnlan with'
one portfolio In the national Ceblnet re
served always for n Ukrainian. Full re
ligious liberty will be granted under the pro
posed plan.
Prospects for n snner rule In Gallcln will
be welcomed by a population which, en the
whole, suffered less from tyrannous Inter
ference from Vienna than nny of the outly
ing provinces of the rickety old cnuiire. The
Gnliclnns, who profited by HapsbTirR rule
nt Its best, are entitled by experience and
tradition, as well ns by the moral values of
the case, te expect nt least as consider
ate treatment from Warsaw as was ac
corded them In the latter days of Francis
Jeseph.
NORTHCLIFFE: A COMMONER
MIGHTIER THAN KINGS
Many People Still Believe That With
Printer's Ink for Ammunition He
Wrecked the German Throne
and Saved the'One at Londen
TATL'CH of what Is best and net a little of
' what is lamentable In the spreading
democracy of these times was reilected
sharply in the career of Lord Nerthcllffe
and the trend of his influence ns the most
powerful, If net the most gifted, of British
journalists.
It was with Nerthcllffe's rise nnd the
war's outbreak that the direction of affairs
in the British Empire was taken, perhaps
forever, from the hands of the specially
trained and the elect, the artstecrnts nnd
the tea councils and the "gentlemanly In
effective. " It was seized for an historic
hour or two by thLs restless and virile pub
lisher who made a parliament of the masses
and came nt last te Impose his will upon a
King end the Prime Ministers through the
enormous power of printer's Ink.
What Nerthcllffe mny hnve lacked In cul
ture and the philosophy of sound govern
ment he made up in earnestness and honesty
of purpose. It had begun te seem that the
ruling classes in England were unable te
save the country from the effects of n Ger
man victory. It Is tee much te say of
Nerthcllffe that he wen the war. But there
nre many far-sighted people who still be
lieve that at one time he prevented It from
being lest.
That was when he Insisted in telling ugly
truths te a country that preferred the com cem
fcirt of pleasant but misleading fictions about
the progress of the war under the Kitchener
administration
Kitchener was the here and the demigod
of the worried public, the man of destiny. K.
of K. : The Nerthcllffe pics said that
Kitchener was old-fashtenei : that his
methods, perfected against the Beers in
Seuth Africa, were outworn and Inefficient
n'nd that the wnr was being lest because the
War Office had net progressed with science
from shrapnel te high explosives.
Nerthcllffe's papers were burned In the
streets, but they went en felling the brutal
truth and their owner lived te see his cam
paign justified and his judgment sustained.
Kitchener changed his methods. But he
did se only after the Nerthcllffe press had
run counter te all the prejudices of n mer
curial public by seeming, in attacking the
army chiefs, te be giving aid and comfort te
the enemy.
The democratic spirit animating North Nerth
cllffe n commoner by birth nnd tradition
went te the ervlce of the future England
and its people rather than te the service of
a class or an aristocratic legend. It was net
always wholly wise or gracious nr iust or
even intelligent. It was brusque and often
hnrh. But it did serve England and the
genera! iause of civilization ns no ether
force In England of the Oxford and
Cambridge nristecracy could. Had there
been no Nerthcllffe In England, no agency
great enough te attack the ivied Institutions
and reputations rf the empire and tell the
truth about them nnd bring even the min
isters of state te their senses, the illusions
of the British about their ruling group might
have been sustained for a few years longer
until the war was lest.
The virtues of philosophy and learning,
had they been in Nerthcllffe ns they were in
some of the men whom he fought and broke,
might haie made a marvelous innn of him.
Jlut he had only n superficial knowledge of
some of the questions which he tried te dis
pose of with a sentence or an editorial
article. lie had Instinct te guide him,
rather than learning, and It mi?iii be said
of him that he was far wiser in many
ways than men mere greatly learned
than he.
What he had was a sense of partnership
or fellowship with all men and that is a
quality which the British aristocrat did net
share at the outbreak of the war. It is the
essentially necessary thing ;n a democratic
country, and Nerthcllffe's life and methods
will prove in a final anlysas that what the
world needs is that same quality of mind
linked with the Intellectual accomplishments
new restricted, in England at least, te the
minority.
It has been said that the Londen Tirees
lest much of Its old integrity when North Nerth
cllffe "get bold of it." The Times did lese
something of its dignity and the character
of its thinking changed. It tried te improve
its thunder with some interesting lightning.
Bur, though its vision may have narrowed a
little, its sympathies were broadened. It
was no longer the voice of the aloof and in
fluential minority. It became for a time,
at least, the voice of thinking England.
That was due In part te Nerthcllffe and in
part te the moving force of the crisis of
1910. Nerthcllffe himself was In some de
gree a creation of that crisis.
The war did mero than nnytlrfng else te
make a public figure of him. Before the
outbreak of hostilities and after the firing
ceased he was at bottom a brilliant ndven
turer In journalism. Many of the papers
which he controlled were and are little mere
than achievements in journalistic quackery.
Nerthcllffe may have been great because
he was net n lord nt heart. While Colonel
Rcptngten and hia sort were writing cheer
ful dlnrles at teas and array dances nnd In
teresting themselves In the fashions in
mourning millinery and hoping te be made
victorious by the mere trodltiens of aristo
cratic England, Nerthcllffe's papers were
raging about the dead and wounded, the re
treats and the confusion In the Held nnd the
terrible Incompetence of the army admlnls admlnls
tratlen. Ii)waB Br or m0M bfere thft
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
British people sew that they were telling the
truth. Then the cbanges enme. Asqulth
left office nnd Lloyd Geerge went in nnd
Kitchener took up high explosives, very re
luctantly. What had happened before happened
again. The democratic spirit hnil risen,
this time In a vast newspaper organization,
te save an aristocracy that never had
esteemed or respected It.
A MATTER OF THRILLS
AN AIRPLANE will start tomorrow en a
flight of S."00 miles from New Yerk te
Brazil. It Is a casual announcement and
It is being received by the whole country In
n perfectly casual sort of way. There
seems Inet te be even the suggestion of a
thrill In It.
Yet It was only twelve years nge that the
whole Natien learned, nlmest with In
credulity, that a chnp named Charlen K.
Hamilton had accomplished the wonder of
flying all the way from New Yerk te Phila
delphia under the auspices of the PrtiMO
Ledeku. Countless thousands watched nnd
waited for him nil along his intended pntb ;
a special treln with long streamers of white
cloth sicd under him se thnt he could sec the
way and net get let, nnd. when he landed,
the world thrilled nt the accomplishment of
the marvel of Hying ninety miles nenw n
busy countryside.
There Isn't a thrill new ns four men start
out te travel S.'OO miles by the same means
and with no guiding train. Small chance a
train would have these days keeping ahead
of a modern airplane !
If twelve short years have brought about
this casual view of such an exploit, where
nre the men nnd women nnd children of the
future te leek for their thrills?
Only a year nge a concert received by
radio was enough te thrill us. Today every
body has his radio set nnd most of them arc
already gathering the dust of disuse.
Thrills don't seem te last any mere.
Wonders of science hnve piled upon wonders
se thick and fast that the receipt of an ac
tual message from Mnrs or Venus would
probably provoke little mere than a mere
lifting of the eyebrows nnd n yawning, "Is
that se?" And tomorrow it would inter
the drab and monotonous list of things thnt
everybody knows about.
The veternn et the Civil W.ir retold his
fnles year after yeap for two generations
afterward; the Ynnk fiem the recent
trenches Is already bored te death whenever
nny one mentions the eigy of hlevl that
saturated Europe until only four short years
nge.
lie went and did it and It's done; let's
talk about something else.
That seems te be the spirit of the age
nmv. Are we tee busy te be really thrilled V
Ilns the love of adventure palled upon us?
And Is it altogether u geed thing te become
se sophisticated thnt enthusiasms fail te stir
us?
SHORT CVTS
When Llnyil Geerge i meif criafie
And St. I'einrare emphatic
It m very karri for them te get together;
Fer Orrman reparation
As a theme for conversation
lias an interest almost equal te the
weather.
Cheer up ! All our troubles will seen
eer. Congress is in session again.
be
"Wheat Prices Drep te New Lew
leveln." New let the hcadliner tell the
baker.
Having been banned in vaudeville, the
prohibition joke lives only in bootlegger
circles.
The Santa Fe passengers left stranded
far from home nre a symbol of the publi
at large.
In deciding upon a fight te a finish it
is hard te figure who pulled the bigger bone,
the carriers or the strikers.
"Sweet." quoted Scnnter Smoot as n
sack of sugar fell en his beau, "sweet are
the Uses of ndversity."
What a let of time and money would
have been saved if arbitration preceded the
strike instead of followed it?
Mathilde says she is net going te he
married this ear. Heavens: Hew aie
we going te stand this suspense?
An elastic tariff en a two-pronged stick
ought te be able te toss n few sling-shots
where they will de the most geed.
New Yerk housewives have been prom prem
ised eggs at t went j -five cents a dozen.
Without adjective or qualifying phrase, we
notice.
Ceal strike will seen be ever, sajs
Lewis. "Huh '." grunts the Chronic Grouch,
"and when the coal is mined there'll be
no ears te carry it."
The next traffic regulation for Chest
nut street, suggests one of our own earnest
observers, should be te prevent the women
from making a left-hand turu as they park
before the shop windows.
Fer the fourth time in five yenrs a
Bellevue Hospital empleye has dislocated
her jaw by yawning. A hospital is evi
dently tee quiet a place for this victim of
ennui. What she needs is a jub where
something happens pccasletinlly.
Governer General of the Bahamas says
wealthy Americans nre buying up the smaller
lslnnds nnd establishing hemes: with cellars
thnt are really and truly thirst nssuagers.
NVi.f,.l hetueen the islands nnd the mainland
ought te provide some little occupation for
Uie dry navy.
Dallv alrpiane travel between England
and France bus brought it ubeut that mero
frogs apd snails arc consumed In Londen
than in Paris. Wouldn't It be n queer quu-J;
of Fnte and Time If residents of the tigbf
little Island were te become known te
Frenchmen as frog-eating Englishmen?
When a Georgia Sen
Georgia ater called another
Peralitage Georgia Senuter a liar
the ether day the latter
gentleman promptly hit him fin the head
with an Inkwell. Slightly crude repartee,
but doubtless well lntentlened. He sought
te prove that while truth lies In a well, it
mav well be in an Inkwell it lies, and thnt
Truth U given force when hurled In Us
container, if you get what we mean.
When Themas A. Edl-
Coelt Dies seu nttended the Essex
of Grief Country Club luncheon
(chicken, Ice cream and
sichl he carried hiH lunch with hi in' (white
bread without butter In a tin box anil milk
in n vacuum bottle). The dispatch doesn't
mention the fact, but we just knew that the
string qunitet In attendance obliged with
"Come nfter brcakfuss, bring along ye'
lunch nn' leave befe' supper ti-l-nie." Only
Edisen could get away with It.
Residents of Pleasant
Stung vllle, Pa., have vainly
petitioned the State De
nartment of Agriculture nnd Attorney Gen
eral Alter te take action against apiarists
who permit bees te swarm tee Hear the
borough sidewalks.
Hew doth the little busy bee Improve each
shining hour?
it nuts the vllle In villainy end makes
what's pleasant sour.
It gathers honey nil the day, as poets oft
have sung
n..f fik In Pleasantville. Pa art sura
they're) all been atung.
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15,
POLLUTION OF THE DELAWARE
It Isn't Merely an Academle Ques
tion for City Authorities, but Is
a Matter Closely Affecting
Our Dally Lives
rnilERE wes n time when Delaware River
shad was famous all Iver the Eastern
part of this country. And thnt was when
shad could be bought by the peer man and
he and his fnmlly could sit down te n tooth
some nnd plenteous dinner without spending
mere for the luscious mnln dish thnn he
would spend new for nn Individual piece of
pie nnd cup of coffee. In the words of the
immortal poet, "Them was the happy
days."
Thnt is only one of the points of close
centnet between Philadelphia's dally life and
the objects of the league formed last week
te cembnt the growing menace of oil-pollution
of the wnters along our Atlantic Ben Ben
beard. It sounds academic te speak of the
Anti-Pollution Lengue, but, ns n matter of
fact, Its ebjccls enter pretty clesclv Inte the
dnlly routine of a geed many Phlladclphlans.
"Ds'N up any nice Saturday or Sunday te
the new city bathing beach nt Torres Terres
dale. Yeu will seen be convinced by the
happy crowds thnt here Is n mighty profit
able investment in public health nnd well
being. But time yourself te get there nt certain
stages of the tide and you will wonder hew
nny sane person can deliberately go into
such black and vllc-loeking water as flews
past Its shores.
There are bathing benches nil along the
Delaware just ns important te the various
suburban communities ns Is this one te the
city. There is n strip of shore along the
Sinex-Annex settlement which draws Its
daily thousands from Delance and Riverside ;
there are less crowded but very popular
swimming places at Rlverten, Terresdnle.
Beverly. Cernwelis. Burlington. Bristel and
the rierence section, te say nothing of
the elaborate pleasure park en Btlrllngten
island.
And all of these plnces nre becoming
gummy and sticky and black nnd malodorous
with the constantly growing deposits of
thick nil upon their shores.
.lust opposite the city bench nt Terresdnle
is the low shore of Hnwk Island, at the
mouth of the Rancocas Creek. A few years
nge this shore boasted an Ideal bench of
easily sloping, hard, firm sand thnt wns n
delight te bathers. Today this sand is buried
under the mud of many channel dredgers,
and this mud hns become plentifully mixed
with clinging, cloying, disgusting waste oil,
nnd fresh deposits are floated up at certain
stages of each tide.
rpiIERE Is a commercial nspect of this
pollution matter that will total well up
Inte the millions in n few years. The Deln Deln
ware River Bridge Is going te open up te
people who nre new city dwellers all the
delights of founding comfortable little henui
along these pretty New .Terey shores, nnd
the rise in financial values nil the wnv from
Pnlmvrn te Burlington or even te Florence
should be enormous.
But the grent talking point in the snle
of this lnnd and In Its increase In value will
be its proximity te the river nnd all that
that means In henlth and recreation for the
wives nnd children. If the oil pollution con
tinues te grew ns it has grown in the last
ten years, this talking point will he null and
void. Values are likely te decrease Instead
of Increase, and what should be n garden
spot for homes right nt our very doers Is
likely te become a -disgrace te any com
munity. The tipper river Is no longer prettily
dotted with its lleets of pleasure beats ns
It was in years gene by. Rlverten still
bensts its elnli. hut Ita fleet Is nnlv'n skeleton
of wlint It once wns. Beverly has abandoned N
hooting altogether, and there nre e- two
beats riding new off thnt former popular
anchorage at Torresdale.
And it is the beating, the bathing, the
swimming nnd the fishing dint give the
actual dellnrs-and-cents value te property
along a suburban waterway.
YOU can sit nil tiny new and fish even
along the pilings of the trolley bridge
between Delance and Riverside ever the
Rnneecns nnd. If jeu lnnd a tired and dis dis
ceiirnced little stunted "cntly" nfter hours
of patient angling, you nre doing well.
Last season the shad fsherinen did net
"pay for their nets." There nre enrp nnd
suckers nnd some herring and the bottom
feeding scavengers of the river can still be
caught down below the menace of the oil,
but the day Is done when the haul of the
shad net brings thnt thrilling moment when
the encircled fish lirenk water and the whole
surface inclesed in the nre of bobbing corks
suddenly bursts into silver flame as a hun
dred fine, big fellows leap and churn in a
Inst desperate effort te escape the oak plank
nnd the epitaph and requiem of a Bellevue
bill of fnre.
Memery will take the old waterman back
some fifteen or mere jenrs te the dnys when
the Gloucester nnd Wnshingten Park shores
could be depended upon for their carloads
of Hcaly beauties and when the drift nets
streaked the river nil the way from Petty's
island te Burlington Island and often across
the very track of the Market street ferries.
Tire fishermen of the lower river then had
slieie winches worked by horses which
plodded about peacefully in n narrow circle
as the net came In until the shoal water
was reached, and then what a gleaming out
burst of silver there wns In the sunlight!
And you could buy -your pick of them nt
twenty-five cents etich net twenty-five
cents a pound, but twenty-live cents for n
shnd big enough for a whole family, with
perhaps ten or fifteen cents ndded If it were
a big roe shad. But no mere.
And you could anchor your small beat
anywhere above the city or down In the
backwater at Essington, for that mutter
and come, bnck the following week-end te
find her white paint still white and her
hawser or her meeting lines still fit te lie
handled without the necessity for n pumice.
soap nnd n reugn iewci anu net water te
get the stains off before jeu dared den jour
ducks for a cruise with jour friends.
THERE'S a let mere thnn sentiment In
such reminiscences ns these. They mean
commercial value! they mean larger "lives of
happiness nnd health in nn nge when the
tendency Is te sleep nwav from the turmoil
nnd the "twice-brenthed air" of the city
uml te come te town only for business or
the necessary shopping for the growing fam
ily And. with the bridge looming up into
reality, the lack of such things means mil
lions of dollars In geed, hard cash, te say
nothing of the less material considerations.
Philadelphia, of all cities, should support
the Anti-Pollution League nnd should wel
come the election of Gilferd Pincliht te its
presidency. It is possible, with adequate
legislation and enforcement, te minimize the
pollution nuisituee. and both ship- nnd the
sewage systems of abutting towns should
come within the scope of the lengue'.s efforts.
The Gerilla, taut nnd
Beautiful, t r 1 m - b u 1 1 1 fishing
Bc.iutlful Soup schooner out from
Gloucester, southeast of
Nantucket HghtRhlp. bumped into n giant
turlle fully neven feet long nnd weighing
(never doubt it!) fifteen hundred. When a
harpoon found Its soft bpet this old hard
shell diver hit 'em, handed 'em his mighty
Hipper, shook 'em, up nnd near upset 'em.
Mighty was the hattie fought then by the
tarsi and deep-sea monster; but nt last thev
had and held him, towed lilm struggling into
hnrber, cut him up nnd cooked him pronto.
Thus we see Injustice werking: Though he
fought a geed light bravely, in the soup has
history placed him.
Hats off te Jim
Carrlgan, Liverpool
Irishman, second en
Jim Carrlgan
Here
gineer and here of the
Adriatic! Hard guys are the Liverpool
Teishmen who go down Inte the btelinhnMa
of the Atlantic liners, for only hard guys
can stand the grueling tell; nnd hard guys
are their bosses, for it takes a man of
parts te rule thera. Jim Carrlgan, when
he risked bis life te save one of the gang
that worked fe him, lived up te the tradi
tions of his ship and of his raca, -s
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
ANNE HEYGATE-HALL
On Summer Schools
THE summer school nns many advantages
both for pupils and tenchers. says Miss
Anne Heygate-Hnll. executive secretary of
the Philadelphia Child Welfare Federation.
"The work of the summer school," said
Miss Heygate-Hall. "is very different from
the usual school work. The time of year
a time of relaxation nnd often of cnervntlen
makes systematic work very difficult . The
children are with the teachers such n short
time that the most important things nbeur
them nre almost unknown. Tenchers knew
the names and the personal appearance, but
the hnbitB nnd temperament of each child
cannot be understood as they should be.
"The attendance Is voluntary nnd mny
become lrrcgulnr nnd the discipline need net
be unheld nt home, nor deeH the city law
stand behind. All these things make the
work difficult, but, en the ether hand, there
nre great advantages.
Seme of the Advantages
"In the first plnee. the heurt Is in the
work : no one would se tnx herself for
pecuninry gain; the work becomes an net
of service. 'There nre no impossible courses
of study te be met. The child need net be
fed with feed wholly unsulted, nor very
distasteful, because of his physlcial condi
tion. Generally the child comes because he
wants te come, and works because he wants
te work. He knows he is free, or should
knew this, nnd mny regard the Bhert session
as a gift which he may enjoy,
"Children generally en jet the things
which thev select, and If they select the
summer school Instead of the summer street,
they hnve put Inte the teacher's hands the
gre'ntest peslble assistance. Te every teacher
the first few weeks with children Is a voyage
of dlsceverv. Seme tenchers keep well out
In the middle of the stream, ethers pole into
little nooks and around the islnuds, avoid
ing the rocks nnd often gathering weed or
flowers.
'"Time Is net wasted when work Is en
joyed without hurry. Permitting seeming
idleness is sometimes a method of getting in
touch with the child. The different homes
from which the children come must be
(.,nnrrl hv the teacher at first. The time Is
short and the whole must work together
te one end.
Education the End
"Whether regular school work or vacation
achoel work, the end Is the snme a piece
of education te be done, a building up of
body, mind nnd behI ; n body te be dovelepcd
nnd made mere graceful nnd agile by di
rected exercise.
"There are senses te be trained te a
rapid perception of physical facts: memory
te be trained te rctnln knewledge: innguage
te be trained te reproduce; Imagination te
be trained te mnke pictures of beauty and
ideals of conduct; emotions te be trained
thnt will lend te a regard for all worthy
things ; will te be trained which Is ee often
te decide upon the right that the right,
net the wrong, will become n habit.
"These habits will seen beeoine the child
itself the obedient, hnppy, playing child.
In all this training the teacher is but one
factor, nnd her Influence is net absolute,
but these considerations, Instead of discour
aging her. should lead her te put forth
greater efforts te overcome any resisting
forces.
"Indeed, the teneher should try te become
the sum total of geed te the admiring chil
dren. Yes, a teacher should lead the chil
dren te ndreire her. Of course, subject mat
ters must be studied, but In summer work,
especially, the grcater rtudy should be given
te the Interesting subjects nnd te nn in
crease of useful happiness. Children nre
mere valuable than the twine, the reed, the
needle and thread.
Where Laber Ts iest
"The teacher who works In ignorance of
these laws of human growth will find thnt
much of her labor will be lest. We ex
pect a cepk or laundress te work with ma ma
terialseot hew much does she knew of
eUker things, but does she knew hey te get
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results in the ibest wny with the 'material
given her? But no piece of material is un
important te the teacher.
"The temptation of the teacher te ee
progress is great. Parents nlse want this,
but the knowing teacher wants most of nil
a vigorous mind in a vigorous body and will
net cram the one nor weary the ether. The
child lias been bem into n beautiful world,
and we should see that Ged's gifts of sky,
earth, fruit, flower, stream and stone nre
enjoyed, the beauty of them, the joy of
tlem, the use of them. The growing memory
should be stored with tilings wertli lemem
berlng for their beauty nnd utility, nnd the
summer schel may work te perfection nleng
these lines.
"Memery may be enriched nnd cultivated
long before it lb taxed with tables of arith
metic, dates of history and rote recitation
of geegrnphy. Much arithmetic and history
nnd all geography can be taken in a per
fectly nntural wny, and the summer school
can de this admirably.
"In discipline, there Is much needful
work. The children must be led te see
thnt an unpleasant tnsk Is geed : that we
grew by striving as the seed grows te the
flower. Concrete illustrations from nature
and from biography will teach tills, ns no
lecturing or scolding will.
The Esthetic Training
"The summer work will permit much
esthetic training by picture and story. The
teacher must direct the effort, but the ctilld
must make that effort. A teacher cannot
excrcise a child's mind; she can only stimu
late It. The art is te be able te mnke the
child want te de, net te make him de.
"Only u trained teneher with a 'warm
heart nnd a love for the childten can de this.
Trained, because she must work in harmony
with Ged's laws of mental growth, because
she must be ready for an cincrgenuv, jiibt
ns nn cuginecr Is. Ne school work will run
smoothly all the time; no engine will. When
the emergency comes the teacher must be
ready with the proper remedy ,
"A teacher should try te sit or stand
where she can see every child in her class.
I he eye must be quick. An experienced
teacher, even with a large clubs, will bee
any child who is net doing wlint he should,
but the experienced teacher will net nhiays
speak instantly of whut she sees. As a
rule, teachers see the wrong mere quickly
than they de the right. A child does many
geed things without our notice, but few of
the had ones escape.
Pralse for the Children
"Praise is geed for the children, even
exaggerated praise for the little ones. Very
bad work may be commended If It Is the
best effort of the child a smile Is sometimes
sufficient.
"The beginnings of disobedience should be
checked at once. Ne dl obedience should
be tolerated in nny bchoelioom. The com
fort of teacher nnd pupils Is disturbed by
It nnd the safety of the pupils is risked.
Children ure often disobedient bf cause the
commands nre net consistent, net well con
sidered, or net clenrly, decisively nnd hrlelly
given. A command should net be given as
a request, and a wobbly, wordy, sentimental
teacher Is enough te make any child ills
obedient and Inattentive.
"The voice of the teacher should be clear
and low, be that she may be emphatic when
necessary. A loud teacher makes a nesiy
schoolroom, nnd all children, who huve de
fective bight or hearing should be seated
where they will lie comfortable. It is well
net te touch children when securing obedl ebedl obedl
ence or directing movement ; If the directions
be plainly spoken, they are sufficient.
Ahvnys Something te De
"Disorder is best destroyed by letting
children have something te de and a motive
for doing it. Quiet and attention are net
the same thing; n class of wax figures would
be quiet, but net attentive. Attention must
be secured by following certain Jaws, mid
the llrbt law, of course, Is interest. We
give attention immediately when we are
interested.
"The child should be made self-respecting
net self-sufficient nor vnln. Tim child
, SAFETY FIRST . - , t
Mi ft
who respects himself will respect etbffi,
will respect law nnd will respect work.
"The best teachers nre net these who, il
the ordinary schools ndvnnce the greatest
number of children with high averages, net
these In schools hnve the most orderly
classes, or who show the grentest amount of
handwork, but these who lend children te
a .proper regard for the value of oppor
tunity the pppertunity te lead te pleasun
and happiness."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 Who wrote the first gulde book?
2. What State in the Union produces th
most lend?
.1. Of whut country is Bencs Premier?
4. Hew should his name be pronounced?
R What is the act of knapping? v
6 Whnt kind of a painting Is called a Kit-
cat?
7 Who waa Charles Bradlaugh?
8 Hew lenif Is n Marathon running ceurMf
9. What Is epigraphy?
10. Who were the Paladins?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. "The CJreat Storm" Is the name given li
history te the nbnermally severe tem
pest which raged ever a large part !
Kuiepe, njid especially ever England,
en November 26, 1703. .
2. The present Prince of Wales has pill
four visits te the United Slates.
3. Seuth Dakota produces mere tin than
any ether Stnte in the Union.
4. tdniund Ileyle, In "Twenty-four Rull
for Learners," wrote "When In doubt,
win the trlclt."
C. The green diamond Is ranked ns the most
valuable of precious stones.
0 The largest lake In Europe Is U.U
Ladoga, in Ilussla,
7. Thu lightest metal known that remain!
comparatively- unaltered under oral
nary atmospheric conditions is maf
reslum, which is only two-thirds ai
heavy ns aluminum, M ,
8. The expression "the thin red line" is nrtt
found in the almost slmultaneeuitf
published war correspondence of Hui
sell nnd KInglnlce In the Crimean War.
D. The Suez Cannl is thirty-five miles lenf.
10. The British colony of Barbados la th
West Indies takes its name from tnt
bearded fl tree, which early Portu
guese) mariners saw growing In prora prera prora
teon In the Island. "Barbados" Is I"
plural In Portuguese, of the adjectht
"barbnde," bearded.
Today's Anniversaries
17fift First symptoms of "Shay's rebel
Hen" developed in a convention nt Wercei
ter.
1701 France received James Menree U
Minister from the United Stntes.
1801 Nelsen made nn unsuccessful at
tempt te destroy the French gunboats U
Boulogne harbor. , .
3821' James E. Bailey,' who succeeM
Andrew Jehnsen as United States Scnatef
from Tennessee, born in Montgemerj
County, Tenn. Died at Clnrksvllle, Tenn.(
December 20, 18S5.
1817 The first postego stamps were '
ceived In Detroit. ..
lMiff Rejoicing. nt Suez te celebrate M
meeting of wnters of tlie Red Sen and "
Mediterranean. .
11)10 King Geerge signed the Parliament
Bill ratifying the peace treaty between
Grent Britain nnd Germany. , .,
1021 Russlu nbellshed prohibition
went en light-wine basis.
Teday'a Birthdays
'Jemes Murdock, Minister of Laber In tM
Dominion Cabinet, born at Brighten, Ml"
land, fifty-one years age. ,,
Jehn K. Shields, United States Senater
from Tennessee, born at Cllnchdale, Xn,
sixty-four years nge,
Chnrles E. Townsend, candidate ' "
nomination as United Stntes Senater '
Michigan, born at Concord, Mich.,
six years age. tti
' Ethel Barrymerc, one of the new
nt-tresses of the Amerlcan stage, born
ball Club, born In Chicago, sixty-four "
I'jiiinueipnia, lerty-tnree years nu. .,
I
iiaries a. Uemlskcy, owner '
it of the Chlcuge American League M
dent
age
"Delne Your Bit" In Peaca
Trnrn the linden Dally Express. , .,.-
The need of thu world is VreiMCWKl
production needs workers. The ',,r1WJ
UlllllJi JUEKJOU JO. Ulllll - ,.
chnp who poses as a non-worker is
a 'conscientious onjecter wmraut - jj,
courage te starra. i
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