10 CIRCUS "MOTHER" HAS MORE CHILDREN THAN THE "OLD WOMAN IN THE S T« *W I • *<*> BsSI I ' -^^^t^T^VVviPvLijiS " WITH THE. aAKAtun ANP BAIL-E-V RO&E. C?f.FJ\RTMENT "Mother* Talbot, with more chil dren than the old worrmn who lived In a shoe ever dreamecKof possessing, will be here to-morrow, and if hers is not the friskiest lot of children tha.t ever landed in this town —well, they are, anyway. And for playthings! Ele phants and bears, tigers, lions and monkeys, and ever so many other creatures that are not found in the average nursery. Mrs. Talbot is "mother" of the Barnum and Bailey circus and all the people connected with it are her children—her adopted children. She keeps house for them— sees that their clothes are kept in re pair, stores away their savings for a rainy day, lends a sympathetic ear to their tales of tribulation, adjusts their differences and counsels them when they are In need of advice. It is a pretty weighty responsibility Is this job of being "mother" of such a large aggregation of individuals ot' different races and widely divergent dispositions as is comprised in the big circus. As "mother" of the circus Mrs. Tal bot is the presiding genius, under Mrs. Wallace, the wardrobe mistress, over the "home life" of the show people. Beally, the show people have a home life, and that, too. while they are trav eling the land over entertaining other folks. The domestic Instinct is very strong among the circus women par ticularly for the reason that they are deprived of actual home life a great Jiart of every year. The circus women sew and many do exceedingly pretty fancy work. They don't have to keep their circus clothes in order. The cir cus mother does that, and a large "art of "Mother" Talbot's duty is the care of the circus wardrobe. She has a throng of assistants and is as expert at cutting a pattern for trappings for an elephant or camel as a fashionable modiste 1s at cutting those for her clientele. She la, in short, the Paquin of circus land. Although over 60 years of age, she Is as lively as the prover bial cricket. Mrs. Talbot was a prin cipal dansense In her younger days and she attributes her splendid health in great part to the training of those days. To-day the circus is exhibiting in iAncaster and comes here upon its own four special trains early to-mor row morning. The first thing upon the circus day program is the street pageant at 10 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. It is promised to be a delightful reminder of what is in store for those who attend the show. Almost three miles of parade are promised—three miles of scintillating, irridescent, gor geous. glittering, glamorous, awe inspiring, traffic-disturbing cavalcade, interspersed with elephants, steam calliope and a little of everything else tinder the sun. stretched out in such n long review that the weary vanguard will almost have returned to the show grounds before the tail end has even $5,000 in CASH PRIZES PAID TO 208 Prize Winning Chauffeurs Who Average 7,722 Miles In The Second Annual Ajax Tire Mileage Contest First Fifteen Prize Winners INTRANT AND CUT rtffZß CAR AND OWNER KILEI 1. Garth C. Jenaen, Steven. Pt., Wia. . SSOO Cadillac, John N. Wel.by . . . . 21,985 2. Frank Gray, Chicago, 111. . [, 300 Peerleai, Carl N. Gottfried . . . 21,483 3. Alfred C. Smith, Springfield, Matt, t, 200 Cadillao, Oliver Smith, Livery . . . 21,039 4. Laurence Rots, Ticonderoga, N. Y. I, 100 Maxwell, William Henry .... 20,910 5. B. C. Bode, St. Louia, Mo. . . 100 Packard, A. H. Bode, Livery ... 20,075 6. Albert Nathan, New York City . . 100 Stoddard, F. L. Young .... 18,942 7. H. W. Bode, St. Louia, Mo. . . . 160 Packard, A. H. Bode, Livery ... 18,466 8. Herman W. Vmshey, Brockton, Maaa. . 100 Lenox, Franci. E. Shaw .... 18,190 9. Anthony B. Silvia, Haverhill, Maaa. . 50 Simplex, Chaa. W. Eaton .... 18,148 10. L. LaFountaine, Brooklyn, N. Y. . 50 Stevens-Duryea, Wm. D. Hoxie . . 17,452 11. R. L. McNeal, Ticonderoga, N. Y. . 50 Steven.-Duryea, Jamea C. Leach . . 16,662 12. Merrill W. Garber, Fitchburg, Maaa. . 50 Packard, Douglaa Crocker .... 16,617 13. Chaa. W. Lewis, New York City . . 50 Renault, Donald McAleenan . . . 16.461 14. Harry Coghlan, Jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. . 50 Ford Coupe, Mr». Anne Coghlan . . 16,384 15. S. Lichtenatein, New York City . . 50 Simplex, Harria L. Roaenthal . . 16,071 3« Capital 178 Minor Prize Winners i _ Prize Winners Average 16,509 Miles W3L J29KL Average 6,241 Miles Space doea not permit lilting of i $5000.06 in prizes will be given each of the 208 winner.. The __ in 208 In event of tie., mileage record, have been can- 9H) (igfe ? P "-f, ' den,,ca ' w I lth *£•* ~ 'e d vaaaed and prize, awarded by the lEcK W&L &Z ,or 1 b , e ™" ded "f 1 ! S ,n * . , r 3 Wil contestant. Ihe contest is hmi juages. _ ted to employed car drivers who rrars Guaranteed A . w ., , previous to March Jist. lylo. Aj ax Tire Mileage Contest, and r A . ... ... . !hu» helped ,o mike it lueceMful, in writing we extend our appreciation. tion, or .ame will be sent upon 5000 Miles Tire Mileage Contest for em- portant priie, while conserving ployed chauffeur, i. announced. I———the intere.t. of your employer. AJAX-GRIEB RUBBER COMPANY, INC. 1796-1798 Broadway, New York Brmmekft in 18 Leading Cities A . . Fmefries: Trtnfu, N. J. Ajax Tires Are Sold in Harrisburg By SHAFFER WAGON WORKS, 80-88 S. Cameron Street WEDNESDAY EVENING, started. The parade will take on the nature of a huge moving: horse fair, over 500 horses being in line. There will be twelve, and where conditions, permit twenty-four, splendid Per cherons drawing the leading band chariot, and the man who finds two > reins perplexing when he takes his girl out for a livery stable ride on Sun day can look with wonder at the noncha lant charioteer who pilots this remark able "hitch." There will be a large display of wild animal life in open cages and a long string of elephants will make the journey afoot. There will be bands galore. Oorgeous and ornate floats will form one section of the pageant and hand some women splendidly costumed and | i attended by gallant cavaliers will be ! seen riding thoroughbred horses. Add to the horses find animals the more than 1,000 people in the moving col umn. all in spic and span wardrobe, and one begins to have a faint idea of the treat In store. The circus itself, which is scheduled for 2 and 8 o'clock p. in., is pledged to be the very last word tin excellence and the circus folk say the dictionary would be torn into shreds in even a feeble effort to do It .fustice. In its essentials one big circus must be like another, for the public expects the circus of to-day to be at least reminiscent of the circus of a gen eration ago. It is in keeping the circus circusy and at the same time In step with the march of progress that the ingenuity of the managers is taxed. This year Barmim and Bailey s show has all the old circus atmosphere with 1915 decorations and presents what has everywhere been characterized as the most, novel and diverting program of Its long career. The circus will open with a pageant which for beauty of design and gor i geousness of color and costume sur passes anything presented in former years. It will represent in processional form the journey of the Princess Ivalla Roohk from Delhi to the Vale of Cash mere and will be a veritable eye feast of Oriental and barbaric splendor with which to dazzle and beguile. Over 1,000 persons take part, together with scores of horses and elephants. After which comes the circus—the real, dyed-in-the-wool, honest-to-good j ness circus. It starts off with the ele phants—war elephants, they call them this year, who put on a mimic battle j and do a lot of other interesting things i betokening careful training. Hereto fore mere man has trained and pre sented the elephants, but this year we find the huge creatures obeying the whims and commands of women train ers. More than ever before the circus presents this year a multiplicity of ani mal acts. Did you ever see a bear walk a tight rope? Well, you'll Bee one do so at. the circus—a huge, sham bling creature, who, after he gets tired walking the rope, sits down and rides a bicycle. He's a bear! One of his mates roller skates all over the stage and cuts the figure 8 lik* an expert. That's nothing. M'lle Marcella pre sents a cockatoo who rides a bike on a wire, and in addition presents trained parrots and macaws displaying almost human intelligence. And then there is Adgie and her lions—twelve tawny creatures —whom she exhibits within a steel enclosure and fearlessly com pels them to obey her. With one of the largest of the group she dances the tango while the others snarl and chafe. Then there will be cowboys and cow girls. Three Chinese troupes direct from Pekln: Bagonghi. the midget equestrian; bareback riders, including the famous English Hannaford Fam ily, ground and lofty tumblers, equili brists, wire walkers—all kinds of gym nasts and athletes. Many of the cow boys are prize winners from the re mote ranges of the West, and the po litical wire-pullers are not in It with them when it comes to manipulating the lariat. Other acts include the posing horses, dogs and ponies, beautiful white creatures, occupying seven revolving platforms placed the length of the tent; Thalero's trained monkeys and fox terriers; Madam Bradna's wonder fully Intelligent pets; Bird Mlllman; the Davenports; the DeKoes; Paul Gordon; the Toscas; the Siegrlst- Silbons; Eupeta Perea and half a hun dred others. There's nothing the Barnum show hasn't got that any circus ever had, and there's a whole lot they will pre sent to-morrow which no other circus could afford to present. Tt will be the zippiest, yipplest, nippiest circus that ever flashed through three solid hours of solid fun and wonderment, making memories of former circuses fade into limbo. Tickets may be bought throughout the day 8t Bowman's Department Store at exactly the same prices charged at the grounds. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ROTARY CLUB HAS SCHOOL SURVEY PLAN [Continual from llrst Pa^re.] school men nt the present time. It Is doubtful If there Is any of greater Im portance than the one relating to the readjustment of programs of studies in elementary and secondary schools. There is a growing conviction that too much time Is required to accomplish the results actually obtained. The first striking evidence of this conviction was afforded by the remarkable report of the committee of ten. In 1893 this committee reported to the National Education Association in favor of en riching the course of study in the grades below the high school through the introduction of subjects which had hitherto been conflned to the high school. I2xce.pt for a few experiments 1 along the lines recommended by the committee, very little was accomplish ed. "In 1899 the committee of thirteen, recognizing that the enrichment plan had failed and the reasons for it, re ported to the National Education As sociation in favor of a unitied six-year high school, beginning with the sev enth grade. This recommendation, coming from men who were for the most part not public school men, suc ceeded only in a few cities. Kansas City aud Muskegon went so far as to transfer the eighth grade into the high school, giving thus a seven-year ele mentary and a five-year high school. The general testimony is that this change was a decided improvement over former conditions. It should he noted that no city, at that time, adopted the recommendations of the committee of thirteen as a whole. "At the 1905 meeting of the National Education Association a committee was appointed to study the question. Tills committee and its successors in 1907 and subsequent years, emphatic ally in favor of what is called the six six plan: that is, a six-year elementary course followed by a six-year high school course. The work of this com mittee, which was composed of prac tical school men, has had such a tre mendous Influence upon the school sys tems that as a result nearly 100 cities and boroughs throughout the United States have adopted the six-six plan. The growth in recent years has been very rapid. .Sucre** Elurnhrrr "The Association of Sencondary Schools of the Upper Ohio Valley last November devoted a two-day session to a discussion of the 'Reorganization of the Upper Elementary Grades and High School.' At tiie Department of Superintendence, held recently in Cin cinnati, a resolution approving the six vear high school was adopted, with hut one dissenting voice. During School Men's Week, recently held at Philadelphia, under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania, one entire session was given to the study of the problem of the Junior high school and to the desirability of its application to school systems in Pennsylvania. "I am informed by the Department of Public Instruction that several cities in Pennsylvania have taken steps to Inaugurate the six-six plan. Among these may he mentioned Pittsburgh, Johnstown. Altoona, Erie. Williams port and several large boroughs. The Johnstown Democrat. April 26. 1915, prints the following: 'The junior high school plan, such as is contemplated for Johnstown, Is being adopted by most of the progressive cities of the country. When asked the reason in favor of the grouping of the twelve years of ele mentary and secondary schooling into six years of elementary and six years high school. J. N. Adee. superintendent of the Johnstown schools, asserted that there were many strong arguments in favor of the plan, but no valid ones for holding to the present plan of eight and four years.' "That the movement is having a potent influence upon reorganization of schools may be seen from surveys of city shool systems in various parts of the country. Dr. Henry Snyder, super intendent of schools. Jersey Citv, in his report to the Board of Trade" in this citv. recommended the adoption of the junior and senior high school as a scheme of school administration that is considered both practicable and eco nomical. Pr. Leonard P. Ayres, in his report of the survey of the Springfield. Mars.. schools, advocated the adoption of the six-year high school. The com mission appointed to make a survey of the Portland. Ore., schools, in its re port, outlined courses of study for the junior high school. "James H. Harris, superintendent of schools, Dubuque, lowa, summarizes the arguments in favor of the six and six plan as follows: " 'FMrst, that it marks the point of emergence into the adolescent period, with Its new impulses, new interests, awakening purposes, and broadening activities, and for this reason should be paralleled by fresh suhjects of in struction. different methods of teach ing. a greater variety of activities, and a new type of school administration. These things would be provided by the organization of the seventh, eighth and ninth grades into a distinct group. " 'Second, that the six and six plan would admit of the introduction of a foreign language and of elementary science at an earlier age than at pres ent; at a point when interest Is keen, the memory more retentive, and the power of acquisition and assimilation greater. " 'Third, that it would make possible a differentiation between pupils who would be likely, if not certain, to drop out of school at the compulsory age limit and those who expected to con tinue their education into the high school and possibly beyond it. On the basis of this differentiation, a closer adaptation of educational material and activities to individual and group needs could be made than is now ef fected under the one-course-for-all pupils program. " 'While there would be certain con stants required of all pupils, there would be a sufficient number of options to respond to the snecial needs of hoys and girs with varying purposes. There would be n>uch larger provision for vocational and prevocational subjects. " Fourth, as a result of the closer adjustment of studies to needs, a larger number of pupils would be retained throughout the upper grammar grades and the early years of the high school. There is now a very heavy loss at the close of the sixth grade. It is prob able—and this probability has been borne out by such experiments as have been made in the junior high school plan—that we should hold a consider abe percentage of those we now lose. " "Fifth, tliat it involves the depart mental system of teaching—special teachers for special departments and gives to the work the variety and richness that satisfy the broadening Interests and larger life of the adol escent. "'Sixth, that for the thorough hand ling of the great variety of material that lias now become incorporated in our high school curriculum, four years is insufficient. The wbrlc needs to be snread over more time so as to insure thoroughness, and produce the desired educational effect. "'Seventh, the weierht of educational authority is favorable to a six and six division, or at least to a reorganization of the upper grammar grades. Among those who may be quoted in its favor are: President Eliot, G. 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He says: 'I ' see no logical escape from the neces- 1 sity of arranging the work of grade , seven or eight more nearly on the basis i of high school than has as yet been possible. With the growth of depart- j ments of knowledge requiring attention i and the established necessity of keep ing the day at twenty-four hours, we j must give the possibility of choice and i the advantages of differentiated i courses earlier than hitherto.' He be- | Ileves that the number of studies to be undertaken in these grades ought to I be reduced and the method of options i is the only way to do it. If this be | true. the best organization as yet i shown is the departmental plan and ' the seventh, eighth and ninth grades | make a sensible unit. "J. H. Francis, superintendent of Harrisburg's Most Attractive Home Offerings Nowhere in Harrisburg will be found better or more substantially built homes than these new douses which are located in one of the city's most desirable sections. Nothing but the best of materials ind workmanship were employed in the construction, all of which was done under careful inspection. Two-and-one-lialf story brick, buUt in pairs—B rooms, pantry and bath—open stairway—oak finish, first floor—white enamel finish on upper floors—tile bnth room—steam heat—cement cellar— laundry with tubs—sanitary open plum bint; —gas—electricity—10 foot front porch—rear |>oreii and balcony—beautifully papered throughout—slate roof—front and back sodded lawns—grano lithic sidewalks—paved streets—size of lots about 21x115 feet—ll feet between pairs—Located at Fourteenth and Cumberland Streets REASONABLE PRICES—DELIGHTFUL LOCATION—CONVENIENT TERMS REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PREMISES Open Daily For Inspection, Including Sunday FOR FCU INFORMATION APPLY TO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING M. B. COWDEN O. M. COPELIN R. OENSLAGER Commonwealth Trust 14th and Vcrbcka 711 N. Third Bulletins Streets Street MAY 5, 1915, I schools, I,os Angeles, Cal., in 1912 re ported that the city has live junior high schools. Several new schools liavt. I been recently established. This city |boasts of having 16,000 pupils in their I high schools. The rapid growth is nt ! trihuted to the new type of school. He • says: 'The intermediate school con . serves the time and interest of the i pupil. (2) The intermediate, or junior! ■school, offers to the pupil an equip- I I ment and organization not possible j I under the grade plan, such as science ' laboratories, well equipped shops, me i chanical drawingroom, cooking and! I sewing rooms, commercial rooms, etc.! | «3 > The intermediate school offers op-j portunity to secure men teachers for Its i pupils. (il The intermediate school | concerns itself with the child not golnfc ! to college. (5) The intermediate school i offers opportunity for the child to find! himself.' Mr. Francis is strong in bis j belief that under a well organized sys • tem of junior schools, children will | ! finish the ninth grade at least a yeai , ahead in development, possession of ; I knowledge, and the power to acquire i I it. of the ninth year pupil under the i I present plan. I*r»greNN Over the I oiintrj | "This brief survey of the movement ! ! to reorganize the high schools shows r ! that considerable progress has been I | made in all parts of the country. The ' experiences of pioneer school men would Indicate that a successful read- ' • justment of the upper elementary . grades and high school is practicable.*4 In adapting the Junior plan to schools ] in Pennsylvania, we see a good begin ning' has been made. The readjustment. In these grades is already in successful operation. What they are doing, others may do. • | "Knowing the deplorable conditions |in our Central High School with the I consequent disadvantages to both fac | ulty and students. I ask in the light of I this report. 'ls there anything this I organization as a medium ought to do j to increase the efficiency of the public school system of this city?' From quo ! tations cited in the report, there ar« | good reasons for believing that the | junior high school would do much to j relieve the overcrowded conditions in Itiie Central High School and greatly nn i prove the teaching. Judging from ex l perience in other cities, it is quite ob i vious that the junior high school is the solution of the school situation in Har ! rlsburg. Tour committee on education •lias a method of procedure, and with ! your approval will make an effort to ! find out bow easily the six-year high ! school could he adapted to the present \ system and the probable advantages [ accruing therefrom. Wth the slight chances of relief from the present con | ditlons for at least many years to come, makes immediate action for the wel fare of the boys and girls as well as of ' our people imperative."
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