Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-08
NEW-CENTuRY CLUB.

An excellent paper on education was
read at the Current Events Glass by
Mrs. A. ID. Poole. An educational
need at present is training that shall
make a mind that is ready Oh tho
instant-not the next day. The proper
thing to say comes TO most OF us as an
after thought "a beautiful possibility,
designed to ct q lost opportunity, or
like night telegram thut is not de-
livered until next morning. To remedy
this, Instead of filling the mind with
mass of undigested facts, there should
be direct training of the senses Of
the Individual that they may bring to
his mind clear, vivid and quick i'm
pressions. A man needs his Greek
or calculus occasionally In his life, but
his trained senses he needs every
moment; it is better to teach him to
think for himself by analogy, law, and
analysis than to make his mind a
weak solution OF hundred text books.
Teaching by actual experiment de-
velops the. powers of observation and
reasoning. Better than by printed
rules OF geometry child proves by a
compass what is circle. or an angle
and learns that 10 inches make foot
or two pints quart. by actual measure
ment. Woman's Work, :" /" Hygiene
and Home Politics. were discussed
and fantasy by Schubert was played
on the piano by Miss Miriam w. Webb.
In his lecture Thursday evening Mr..
Belloc said nation does not pass
through such phase as tho Reign OF
Terror without good cause; its excuse
was the intense peril Of France. Al.
talked from every frontier. the whole
West in revolt, Lyons held by the
Royalists, and Toulon in the hands Of
the enemy, while she had only un,
trained, though enthusiastic troops
Valny and Iemmappes were won BY a
burst Of enthusiasm. Tho convention
of equality that had grown with thu
Republic was the ruin OF an army: the
citizen of Republic does hest when
he obeys what he understands; in q
soldier the main thing is mechanical
and immediate obedience. Carnot, the
great father Of the late President, one
OF the committee Of public safety, de-
termined that tho army should be re-
formed. He raised a million men, how,
no one could tell, disciplined them and
selected their officers. There followed
| six months of perpetual defeat; the
! Dpduididb UdSooh luz L 1ftubtds tut
| Italians. the lns, the lilies were at
| Paris, but believed IL they waited il
would fall into their hands like ripe
apple; they expected not a siege OF
Paris, hut an occupation. Csrnot took
advantage of their delay. Lyons capltu-
lated and its streets ran with blood for
three days; ths guerilla warfare in
La Vendee wac pat down; the ice held
fast the Dutch squadron until France
could receive its surrender, and thus
she had the gift OF well. equipped
feet. BY the genius of Napoleon
Toulon was taken. In its efforts to
destroy tho Republic, Europe had
turned the volunteer soldiers into the
veteran.
When the army returned 10 Paris, a
mob of GO, 900 OF the discpntentad oil
all classes made dangerous attack on
the convention in the attempt to Tor.
rorize it into agreeing with their plans.
Napoleon was employed by the con
vention to put down tine revolt, and
this was his stepping stone to power.
The nation was not tickle. Napoleon
saved all that could be saved OF liberty,
and be had national sentiment at his
back when he restored order.
In speaking of France of to-day, Mr..
Relloc said the Bonapartists are ths
smallest of the political groups; tht
duke of Orleans, the present head o.
the Bourbon branch would have abso
lutely no following if he made al
attempt on the throne. Mr.. Bsllot
considers the French Republic the
strongest thing in Europe. Rura
France is moderate Republican" il
sentiment, aud is made up largely O
peasant proprietors. There is LITTLE
danger from communism or socialism
as seven-eiehths OF the population arr
property owners and have small savings
1t is only the French wage Garner
holding no property, who is discon
tented.
This was the closing lecture of thu
course by MIR. Belloc. which has beer
much On ioyed by his listeners. A. S.