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OUR SCHOOLS
AND GERMANY'S
INTERESTING COMPARISONS
DRAWN BY AN EXPERT.
Many Points In Fnvor of the Ameri
can School System Most Import
ant Is in the Education of the
Touchers Other Differences.
from tin lliwtoii I i.uiui li
t'n hap the inoMi Impoi ttint iluiine-
terlHtlc tllrfeienrn between Kchonli In
clprmuny nml In the rnli"il HtnteM f
ihe vast difference In th" prepiiitiuon
oC trneheiH. Ovi'i hcie M'liool ho.uch)
In tin; smaller tow tin and the country
habitually coinmll tin1 puilnBoiTlwil
crime of IntriintliiK the Iiovh uinl KlrW
jiiHl "Krncltiiited" from the IiIkIi ohool
with Uip education of woinewhut young
er elilldten: nnd to.iehein an- apt to
think they sue ienlly well prcpmecl
whin thpy hnvu token a "normal"
lourse nfter leiivliu? Hip IiIrIi pehool
nnd hav Hum done about enough work
to siiln ridmlmlon to thp sophomore or
possible thp Junior elns of a Rood col
lpfTP. In Clciirmny a man Is not con
sidered prepared for Independent tk
iik n tmirlier until he Ii.ih taken the
equivalent of 11 full college course, fol
lowed by two .veins' graduate studv
and then two years' probationary
teaching, without salary, under ex
pert diiiM'tlon. Tin- iiecesisiry leiult
Is tint while there certit'nly aie many
Rood teai turn In Amotion anil many
bad ones In lb 1 many, the nveiiiRe In
it ruction Is distinctly higher in grade
there than here. It Is doubtless I.ukcIv
for this that the Oi man pupil saves
considerable time over the Aineikuii
In the course 01 his ptlm.iry and sec
ondary odueatlim; the (!itiiiiinrynuth
Is apt to bo as far along at 1 or ts
as his American cousin Is at -0. An
other Impottant f.ut In this 1 oniiec
tlon Is that teaching Is neer a mete
mnlccshil'l to the (iei man, as It still
Is far too ofti n in the Cnlted Ktntos;
for while the primitive das .ire pat
when fvery niliWIe-.iged person with
otdtnuiy InttlliKinec hud been a tvhool
teachnr in his youth, our schools still
depend far more than they should
upon the tianslents who keep body and
soul together by teaching while they
,ue preparing for nnothet profeslon.
In flermany Mich a lone; appionticeshlp
Is Rrjuislte for Retting a. start In any
profess'on that JumpliiR fioin one to
another is well nigh inipossiblc. and
besides te.iohinR bus a far inoie dis
tinct and honorable piofesslonal stand
'ur in the community than Is the case
here.
DRAWBACKS,
Now every Rood thing1 has its lml
side, and so it is with the fine prepara
tion of the German teacher and his
permanency In the profession. In tho
first place, the man who discovers af
ter some expedience that h- has no
real vocation loi teaching is less apt
to seek some other occupation. because
of the extreme difficulty of making a
chance. Again, the man with .1 uni
versity training is pretty apt to be
Inoculated with the yenning of the
specialist to devote his lile to Iinisti
Ratlon and almost as surely to bo
thereby snolled tor ychool leaching, es
pecially in the lower guides. If there
must be ,1 ehoh e between evils, the
half-tailRht teacher who has the peda
gogical atilntus, even the traditional
one who keeps Just a lesson ahead of
his class. Is to be preleired to the
trained specialist whose icnl interests
aie far remoed fiom the school-room.
There is another sti iking ellftei eiiee
between the te.iohlng personnel In
Germany and in this eountrv. Ovei
here the school ma'am has things pret
ty much her own way fiom kineletgar
ten to high school, and the piopoi
tions of men teachers Is lamentably
small: almost any other occupation of
fers a man with brains far bettei pe
cuniary rewards, while women .lie
willing to put up with smaller salaries,
and ha c lewer other respet tuble
means ol making 11 living open to
them, in f.w.many, teaching is tinill
tlonally one of the teamed piofessions.
naturally reserved to men as the edu
cated wx, and so the schoolmaster Is
abroad in the land almost to the ex
clusion of the schoolmistress. One ex
treme seems about as bad as the othei :
while our schools otten suffer for want
of a strong masculine hand and the
more pinetical masculine mind, the
Go: man schools suffer no less tor the
ijaelt of the gracious influence of wo
man and her gentler spliit. Kimlhuly
it seems to me that German child! u
lose veiy much bv the btiiet separa
tion of the sc-M's. There Is pinetlcally
110 co-education, even in tho pilnuiry
schools. And so, while Germany does
not go lo the elangerous extreme ot
giving her ghls tho warping ilolsi'-ai
education prevalent In the more sontu
c rn countries of 1 .111 ope, she does
elect a mischievous anil use-less bur
lier between the sews; ami her boys
and girls miss tli.it same altitude to
ward each otlur and that mutual In
vigorating and refining influence' that
comes only with freu and wliole-oino
Inlercouisrt. It might be milled hire
that women In Geimany are making
a hard and gradually more .sueiessiul
tight for the same education offered to
.i.t '1 nil f littlfl 11V A .1 ttllllllllV
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educ'a.l.m has b-eu t.eely uvallaolo
for them, they have to light ewii now
not only for admission to unlvoislty
couises, bill lot an even clianeo in
secondary rdinntlun as well.
PfiMPAUissON OP SYSTJ.MS
As almost uwiyihlnti that pei talus to
public admlnlslratloii Is done beltei in
Germany, with its powerful central
government, than lu the 'lilted .States,
so the oigani.ailim tit th" school sys
tem there is liu nnipaiublv Hiipetior to
that ot our schools, due of the blind
est of all blind boasts of American
pi I tin Is tho olel hoist that wu have "the
best puhllo school s stem lu th'- wot Id."
Ji Is as if wo buigi.-ed of oui rends as
the best In Christendom, because iliey
ate tho widest unci lousest, wliciean
they are lutoleiablv dusty 01 impass
able y reason of mud a good pint of
the year, because we allow evoiy bu
rner to mako Ida own mad In lih own
way.'v.hlch is invailuhly a bad way,
And our load supervlsois. duly elected
by am- purtHnn political machlmnv,
usually know exactly as much about
loads us the turmers do. So, too, vwj
have atato and county supei IntendentH
if publm instruction, selected just as
tho road supervisors aie, and, ns n inie
oquuily etfectlvu; and In most oi onr
stutes of real sjstcm thoie Is absolute
ly pone, Our schools urn at the meicy
of locally elected school boards, almost
I'eitain to bo absolutely untrained for
this special weak, and therefore incom
petent, sometimes even cm nipt. We
hur the freest and most expensive
public, school system in the world, no
doubt, but also one ot the Unit find so
Hortt cucfiuistd.
In Merhiiiny the oiganh.ullou Is ad
mirable. The department of public In
tli urfUm In Prussia or Hnxoiu hits
actual uontinl of the whole school v
lem under Its chaw, nnd the district
llfpeetoiM 1110 Ilrsl-elass eclioolmell,
who actually do lnpecl the scliooK
who know what ought to be clone In
them and have uuthoilty to sou that II
h done; lurtheittioiu. both the Inspec
tor utul. tin ninth them, the tcntnil
otllie. know their men, and In two the
IIIIIiir of af uncles ami promotions can
bp cattled out far more Intelligently
than Is possible undn our haphazard
lack ul system. The "teachers' iigono),"
that tioi. luopssary evil that prtv
Upon the leachuis whom It servos, Is a
huge conrossli.ti of the utter lack of
proper organization In our schools The
ttPiiniiu system Is uuHuralle, to bo
sure, but so Is the management of
every gleat olitotptlso, even In deino
t Lille America, that depends upon 01
ir.inlr.atlon and renlrallntlon lor Its
sum ps. Our present lomlltlou Is iure
anarchy.
oni:,hi:kma. vvi:ak point.
Now It Is 110 lontiadlctlon lo assel I
that the most tititnc mtlc centiallv m -Kimlcd
sjstttn may Ik1 imbued with
the most democratic and socialistic
spliit; and it is Just at (his point that
the Gentian school seems to me to fall.
The tight military spirit, the Iduil ul
Miboidluatlou and machine-like dls I
plliif, that has wrought Itself Into the
whole civil service of the country, t
tends even to Its educational establish
ment. My obseivatlon at least bads
me to the emphatic opinion that th'-re
Is far more mutual sympathy and good
lollowship between teaeheis and theli
pupils in our schools than in (lei many.
The Ameihan tear bet may be an Igno
re mil!', at won't, and sadly Immature:
It Is haidly possible for lilm to bo a
tyinnt or 11 ir.aillnet, and tho tinman
teacher may easily be 1wth. As a mat
lci or lact, the tod, that telle of peda
gogical barballsm, which has gone mil
of us.- een In our tunic piimitivc coni
munltlcs. is by no means obsolete in
highly (hillzed Get many. I have known
of its use there upon men- Inl.mts. I
neer knew a German teaehu whom I
could (ulte Imagine as donning a
swe.itci and roiiihliu; his bos In loot
ball. The cliaiaotciistie tin man pic
ture is rather that of a teaclitr leading
his tiring of boys on ow ot tho-e ad
mirable school evcuislons to points of
histoiic or scientific or scenic Interest,
keeping them under his eo In com
pact though Irregular column, and on
every fair occasion bilnglng foi th
I things lor their instt notion 11 0111 his
large store ot Infoimation. lie is al
ways Herr Lohrer 01 eke fieri- Ober
lehtcr to them, otn in horns f loore-
ntion captain or geneial lather than
comiade. There is good in both Ideals,
but as for ine I would lather s.urlllcc
dignity than s.Mnp.ithy as ,1 pxlngog
Ical trait. The- American democratic
spirit certainly makes men more self
reliant nnd fit than the fine discipline
01 Germany.
KINnnrtGARTENri OPPOfKM.
There are two lacunae In the Get man
school H.stom that are eiy surprising
to an American, e--ptciallv to one im
picscd with its supeilor oiganly.ition.
Tho public klndeiR.mon, which lias de
servedly gained an Important place In
our educational svstein, Is pi.tctlcnllv
unknown In the land of Kroebel, and
what is mine. It is violent! opposed by
ic'iny of the most piomlnent eduiatois
The pilvate klndci gar tens to be inund
In the cities, do not, of com so, till this
told, tor they are beyond the reach of
the eiy class that needs this lonn of
infant care and ti. lining rrost. Again,
no attempt is made to secure that
smooth aiticulatlon of giudts ih.it is
sine lo be found in nnglish anil Ameii
can sihools, whateter their quality.
The pilmaty and stconclary schools
form separate and Independent sjh
toms, and theio is a shaip break be
tween them, Instead of the even con
tinuity we consider essential. Tho rea
son for this Is that the schools natur
ally u fleet, and are delibeiately oigan
ized to support the aiistoi ratio consti
tution of German society. There Is an
absolutely sharp line of demarcation
hoic between the deinnoiatlo and the
nilstocratio theory and practice. "Wo
make it as easy as possible for the
poorest youth of humblest parentage to
gel all the education he wants or is
capable 01 getting; and London and
Zuiich have Rone even further in this
direction than our titles. In Geimany,
on the contrary, the government and
the tilling classes believe they can
servo the countiy best by limiting the
growth of an "educated proletariat" by
evoiy means in their power; which
does not mean. 01 roui.se, that they do
not Insist upon universal prlmaiy edu
cation as essential to the wellaie of tho
nation. Tho children of the labeling
classes au not expei ted to go hc.umd
the Volksst'hule. 01 pihnaiy public
school, the rally one that Is tree. In all
seiondaiy schools tuition is ch.ngul
ilsiiiillv fiom 1J0 to Vfl a car, a large
sum lor .1 poor tamily and onlv a
small percentage of the places are tree.
Again, the stioudaiy sihools them
selves are sharply divided Into dltler
onl categoilts, ai 001 dine, as they aie to
lialu .Miuug men for the mercantile or
Itidustilal caste, or the caste of teach
ers, pitiichfis, lawyers, physicians and
higher 1 Ivll ntili'luN, or tor the quite
eclllsle 1 aste ol aimy olllceis, iv.
united tioin the tanks o tip, HumII.
laiy uobillt.
NOTHING INTnili'JJANiiKAHl.i:
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ttuulnnal machines, no coiiesponltnco
In theli piot esses. The lather must
make up ids nilnd opee lor all, when his
sou is about I' yens old, what shall
be the lad's niturc1 occupation, when a
boy has mice been tec into the hoppti
of the realsehulo, It Is puioilo.illy lin.
possible to pull lilm out later and put
him Into thn g.Mim isltim nml so all tho
learned piotes-loiH will le closed to
him toievoi. As for the man who
woikt wltli his hands, his postetity
shall work with llieli hands to all
eieinity: and the sou ot a man who
wcuks with his" bialii or winks not m
all shall not wmk wltli his lunuls on
pain ol uttei dlsgiaco and social os
comnumloatloii, The oMieiUM llleoiilenleliceh of a sys
tem thill compels a llu.ll choice of ru
i'tipitlnn toi a boy at the tender ago
of !i bus not passed without challenge,
and tho "reform school" movement
aims in offet a euuiculum less ilgld
than that of the oullnary secondaty
schools, one that postpones llio study
of U-itiu to a later ,venr, ami with it tho
neoi sally of solecitng tho pupil's future
career, lint tho number ol thesn re
(01 in schools Is' as yet veiy limited,
NO COJ.MK.i: IN OnilMANV.
I'nr one of tlie most chuiactcilstic
and valuable of American iMluoullcm.il
Institutions, (lie college, there is no
coimteipait in Geimany. There thn
highest public school, the gymnasium,
prepares! tor the university, oi, In our
terminology, for giaduate study, and
il.i is arranged with that specific end
in view The gvmnusliun, with Its
nine jeais' course, does within uauovv
er limits, what our high school or pro
patatoiy sehnol and college do togeth
er, but. while It may bo even more ef
fective wllhln lis range, It eatmol take
the lilac o Decupled by the college III
our life. The college, While no liss tom
plotely oiganlr.id, gives Hi students 11
fur wldei and freer outlook, it certain
mental and spltltual llbetatlon nnd
breadth of culture Hint are wotlh more
than any amount of drill Pinter the
best loudltlons on both sides the gym
nasium will win out n bo admirably
Itiilned to take up tho unlvoislty
Minutes- thai will make him a llisl-elass
npiclfillHl, but morally Inmintute aid
with n relatively lestilcled Intelleelimt
hoi Iron- the college will Win oil I a
man wllh llbetal culture enough to
make lrlm 11 citizen of the world and
with such a nipii'ltv fm Inlelllgent
self-direction ns to innke hint an Ideal
citizen of a republic.
It Is only when he graduutcs Into the
university that tho German student
llnds that lllx'Uillly of allttlde towald
things that Is equally chnraoerlstlo of
our college and our graduate scnooi.
There Is the shntpesl coiitui-M In this
respect In tw nil the German gymnas
ium and unlM'islty; while the latter Is
founded on the lroest Investigation nnd
most feniless ptoclamntlon of alt tiuth,
Hie Connor Indoetilnnt'S. For Instance,
the secondaiy school teacher Is expect
ed and openly chaigrd by the govern
ment, with all the atlthoilty of direct
Impel lal command, to make his desk
a platform of eonsei vnthe, or at least
antl-soclnllstlc. agitation, nnd vehe
ment anathemas fall fiom Ihe throne
upon the schools because 10 many of
the youth mo Infected with the "dan
gel otls heresies' of the social democ
lacj. WHAT GIM5MANS LACK
Pan the college bus othei Impel taut
advantages over tho gymnasium. The
grcati .U of them Is the Invaluable es
prit do coips, the si icing sen-e o eorii
inunal solidaiit, that makes our col
lege life so delightful and so edifying.
The college spliit. the 1 uthtiM.istlo and
affectionate lovnlty to an institution
with an individual 01 gallic life, with
line old traditions and gloat Ideals,
which holds our old giaels together as
with hands of steel to the end ot theli
davs this is quite unknovvn In Gc r
manv, the in a rest appioach to It is the
piide"' felt in their alma mater by the
alto He 11 en who have attended one 01
the f minus old pilvate schools like that
at Schulpl'oita: but oven that olfcrs but
a distant p.ii.illcl Closelv related to
this spit it. pel haps. Is th" ubsolutel
democratic lice mnsemiy between otll
college student' with which th" ligld
caste distinctions among the Gorman
vouth an' In st: Iking continst. In gen
enl the social relations of out college
students and their fonr.s of leere.itlon
aie 1 ar 111010 sailed and wholesome
than those In vogue at the Genran
gvnmasliim
The vvliol" companion or Gcimau and
Ameilcan schools simply gors to piove
what is perhaps self-evident, that the
Institutions that have giown respect
ively out of Gei man and American con
ditions are each best adapted to the
conditions out of which they have
gi ow n.
HUMOR Or THE TEA TABLE.
A eel tain wen thy old Si ol anil Ids
wile once invited their cl'iu-'hter's in
tended to tea. The festive iioaicl w-s
gi.ieoel with both bakei's bread and
home-made scones. The vouti'j man
was obseivcd to be devoting hlmsell
chlelly to the bakei's dainties The
old man could bo.n It no longn.
"What's wrung wl" the scones, Tain.'"
"Oh, n.iething. John." said Tarn.
"Weed, the man that c anna eat 001
Nancy's bakin' will nevei get 001 wee
-Maggie!"
This is somewhat akin to an incident
ul a veiy amusing nature which oc
elli red at a laimhouse in tiro North.
The ploughmen and other eivants
about the place wile entei talned to tea
one Eastern Kve (Shiovo Tuesday.)
When tea was ready the inistiess said
In rpilte homely tonus
"Duivv in your chairs noo, and help
.vouisel's, and dlnna lie bashfu'."
Andrew the ouamiiu helped himself
to a cake o shoi thread, and another,
and anothci, till the good ladv, prob
ably le.uing that ho woulel devour the
lot. handed him a plate of loaf bread
and one ot home-made scones, saying.
"Try some o' this, will ve, Andrew?
You'll llnd it veui nice indeed."
"No thank you, mistress," loplieel
Andrew, "1 dlnna cue ten ony o' your
iancy hi ead: Til Jlut tak' a bit niair o'
the- bap!"
It Is not often that country people
requite to be ptossed to pat take heart
ily of whiten or Is going. Hut a tanner
whilst cutei mining some vlsltois to ten
once did so In a lather unique in inner
bv exclaiming to one of the guests:
"Stick In, umn, stick In: .Mi. liioon'r
hale twa scones' ahold ' ve"
Samly Shaw, an honest c ennui. v
"boddle," going up to London tor the
Hist time, was invited bv a liii'iul to
tea ai Ills lodgings, t-j.iuiiv wi'iil, and
uftir some' small talk vslillo the lanel-
1 uly had tea set tue two uiinds "-at
to," As they cllil so the liienel iiote'el a
peeullai oxpiesftitni on S,in,ilv'.s lace,
and a ski d what was wrong.
"Gnat guhlneFs'" imIuIiiii-iI Sanely,
his eyes iKeel upon a laige dish ot lit
tuns, the piliiclp.il feature on the
table "Great guldness' ills jei land
llid.x tak' me lot a uibbll!"
U'heii' e hllelien loi in p.ui oi tin com
pany at the' tin table- there. Is limn I
ublv siuiie little bleach il etiquette
llllldo Which selves to -e-l all se ions
IhollghlS itslele,
A stein looking old annv olih ! at
tin oiio aftciiioon at a fiiond's house
let a nlive of cake lull, The hostess's
little "llve-v ear-old" nothing It, said!
"I'll It It UP, please."
The ohl gi'iitleinau hesitatingly c mu
piled with the request when the child
said:
"Now nil It!"
Ihubauasslns ti' the Incident cer
lalnlv was I lie stein old soldlci c ouldu't
helii stnlllin at the tomiimneln&; alti
tude of lliu pen little lelluw.
Another l.nlv had Invited a lew
ft lends ii tea, and Toniim. her little
son, w,m consequently Instituted to be
on his Ih'si beiiavlni. Tint mm crea
tion at table having become animated,
oui voting nli'iid was entirely ioiroi
ten a t w miiuites .lllel Wllldh his
mother asked Urn suvanl loi a clean
plate,
"You can have mine, maiuina," said
Tommy, "theie's nothing on it,"
A little lihl uos Invited to a paity at
it 1 1 lead's house on "h.tuuock night''
Alt.'i tin bannock baking was en
gage'ii In bv the company In geneial
and lo the vouugatem in paitleulai,
and tun went "fast and unions" re
winds the iliiibh, when the "maiden
li. unlock" was put on the glullo. It
was c ut up Into numinous pieces, each
getting one, the Idea being that this
toi mtil a nut ol ''dream" cuke, to put
under the pillow on retltlng. When the
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to lepieNe'lit eveiylhliu; ili.it eoulcl be'
cleHlrcil. "Wluit is tills lirnuty, un
way'" they eMlulm. I'eihups thuy
veie III I'llls illllliiK tho uNposltioii
viiien the omnibus shtcin pimecl Itself
entlioly lnnclefunlo to uc eoinuioil.ito
the crowds who uihheii tn bo earrieil.
They eonio homo mid lull iitfiiinst tint
inlseiles of It iiiul extol Uio Hiipeilmlly
ot their own Hvstem of r.ipld tiaiiAlt,
thouuli the hitter lh not without Hh
ilr.iw li.it:Ka. Then they illd not luivo u
MERRY
Well I will help you. My Clothing is as good as can be made,
and my prices as low as consistent with good goods. All Clothing
looks more or less alike before it is worn, and it is actual honest
service that I depend upon to keep your trade. Don't delay this
week in getting a
My line of "ChesterfieSd Overcoats" is the strongest induce
ment I can offer you. Prices range from 10 to 30 'dollars. I
have the stock and my prices are the lowest.
Boys' and Children's department contain the same high standard
of goods. Call to-day if possible.
CSothaer, Hatter and Furnisher,
Lackawanna
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I'.lllll .lllel llio eiNKtel.s hill Uli' l'oieii;n-
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ely llllle il Is the e ii!l ellUlle c h ,cllt
iiinifoit.s or the kii'k oi' ihuin .umn
wllh h thi'.v inn p. The dluiltv or
IliMUU ol I '.II li- Willi'', il I'lllllliit huve
I'suipeil llieir until e m ilu time., i!i!.
not lieen hioiiiiht lionu III lhll In an:
ail u tlllim thai ll woulel lie. eh-sll nliK
to c inuliiii- in New Voik. Yet, It tin-)
hail li'iiineil tioin Ihe loiciKner any
wiliikle thul iMiuhl inipiovi' their own
liUKllli'.sii the "lllel ho ijuU'K lo lldeipl
It,
Vet nia not this miiii,. heMiitj h,, juht
mith a Miliikln',' 1 think it i.s vvoiih to
the (Mi It Inns about l.'O'Viup.fiOrt it eur
I'ail't ciitei.s foi the woilil, unci its
main Htoie In tuiile Is Its heuuiv, whkh
' ke-pr. on m leiibliiK. unci the Unix
ineH ol IIh win Us nf mt, t'ocii, liupiov
eilslud itlll, wlieie viouhi she be to.
cl.iy It il were not tin the betuttv of hei
cities, much ol It i'ie,iKi tour uml live
hunched seats iiKii, 011 which now the
Is Kutlieiiiu; 11 cltvldeiiil of $!)ii,ooi),non
iiuuu.iily"
His Delicate Piojiosil.
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istmas
Annex
Will be in the rear of the new merchants
and Mechanics Bank, on Spruce Street.
Wholesale and retail.
Flowering Plants
At our store, 01 Washington ave
nue Our display this Christmas is the
finest we ever had. Poiensetias. .Azalias,
Cayenus, Geraniums, Hyacinths, Cycle
man and Begonias, all in beautiful shape.
Araucarms, raticlaiuis ana ivuouer
Plants in great prolusion.
Small Palms
We are offering at special bargains,
15c and 25c each, Ferns at ioc, 15c and
b5c.
Cut Flowers
The usual line display.
lu fact, many things at very rcasounble price?,
Finest Mistletoe we ever had, Holly Wreaths, Rop
ing and Wild Snrilax, In fact, everything to decorate the
Home or Church.
G,
CLARK,
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201 Washington Avenue.
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