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known quantity. Although elusive and I'M
certain, still, like the genii Of Aladdin's
lamp. it may be controlled and made to
minister to its master If he have the Sc
cret Here, then. the pupil advances to
more difficult mental problems. The fire
must glow, the metal must be at the right
heat or labor is lost. Either the metal
carnot be forged or is so soft as to be
spoiled. Here the pupil learns by actual
practice what dunn fovet opus means. He
must strike while the iron is hot" OPP
will be lost forever. Right there, in the
grims of the smithy, with glowing Goals
and sparkling metal about him. the lad
just entering upon the path of busy life
learns that inestimable lesson.
In the Machine Shop.
From the forge room went into the ma
chine shop. Here are different kinds of
nachines for metal working: lathes, bor-
ing and planning machines. Several of
these machines the boys have made them
selves, and were at work on a new metal
lathe. The bed stood in the floor, the head
stock and cone pulley were completed and
the boys were forming other parts. In this
shop they receive Instructions in the high
est type of manual training. Here are COM
pick machines with interdepen dencies of
parts. The machine is started and the sew
eral different agencies coact to produce a
common result. The boy learns this.
low to construct the intricate mech
anism and learns the law of the compli-
Gated device. Having acquired simple
problems, he now acquires the faculty of
combining and uniting. -71-
Along n Graduated Path.
Thus the boy is led along a graduated
path. He is first taught the use of his
hands, their functions. capabilities and
limitations. Next simple tools are put into
these hands and he learns. the control
which these hands have over the tools.
Then he works at mac hines which have a
law that he must respect. A law which he
cannot control, but which subserves his
purposes when he understands and can ap-
ply such law. This manual training gives
the powers OF his mind and to prepare him
for the actualities of life. But along with
1t he Is taught to express in his own SYM
bols (words) the impress the experience
makes upon him. Side by side with man
uai training goes symbol (book) training.
learns. and is better able to learn, the ex-
perience of others as contained in books
The Result.
And what is the result? Are our chill
dren better educated? Are they better
threshold Of actual life? AS yet one class
only has graduated. With the exception
of one whose father is a wealthy farmer
the graduates of this class in the technical
course at once found positions for which
their public school training adapted them.
One lad from the manual training school
obtained employment at the navy yard
and In nine months was twice promoted.
Needing teacher for our manual train
ing school effort was made to procure
graduate from the manual training school
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of a half-bushe1 or more of small cards.
visiting cards. They are resting on a tray,
The helmeted guardian of the Chapter
House, genial and up-to-date polio eman,
says as you look at the heap Of dus t-cover-
ed cards, with here and there one untouch-
ed by dust, which has evidently Just been
placed on the tray:
Some of them. SIR. put a card there
ard some OF them don't. It's Just owing
to the way they look at it. But you will
see good many of them have wanted to
do 1t. and they say down in that pile there
are some of the best-known names in
America"
The treyload of cards was lying at the
base of the memorial to James Russell
Lowell, cards placed there by American
tourists in the years eince the memorial
was put in place, to show their apprecia-
ton Of one who stood among the fore
rost English-speaking poets of his day.
Ihe inscription on the tablet below the
has relief medallion of the poet notes that
the tablet and the wincows above were
placed there in memory of James Russell
Lowell, United States minister to the court
OF st James from 1880 to 1856 by his
English friends" 1t was first intended
that the memorial should occupy a place
IN the poets corner near the bust of Long
FELLOW, but 1T was not possible to place any
stained glass at that point, so the hall or
cloister leading up to the chapter house.
and, In fact, part of the chapter house
itself, was selected.
The light comes in but dimly on a dull
LONDON day through the beautiful win
dGws of the memorial, but it is a tender
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AT the bottom of the card are the words.
in a delicate hand:
Prom an Englishwoman in Delaware,
L. S. A.
A has relief upon the monument tells
the story of Gen. Washington receiving tho
petition of the Inflated young officer after
his capture. telling how he wanted death
to come. There is the customary tablet,
and on Ii you may read the English esti-
mate Of one of the best-known characters
of the war of the revolution. 1t tells of
his being raised by his own merit at an
early period of his life TO the rank OF
adjutant general OF the British forces in
America, of his employment I'm an impor-
tant and hazardous enterprise. I'm which he
fell. a sacrifice to his zeal for his king and
his country" of how universally he was
beloved and esteemed by the army I'm which
he served, and lamented even by his foes,
and how his gracious sovereign, King
George III, caused the monument TO be
erected. Andre was executed on the pa
day of October, 1880 and his remains were
taken from their resting place at Tappan
by James Buchanan. English consul at
New York, and removed to England. An
DIRE lies few feet from the monument in
Westminster. His body was taken up on
the 10th of August, 1921, and. under the
slow sea time sailing of those days. did
not reach its last resting place in England
until the 2Sth of November.
James Russell Lowell.
Through low-groined arches, along q
dim Gothic clositer the stone ceiling STAIN
ed with the CRIME and smoke of the cen-
turtles, over a pavement deep-worn by tho
feet Of world-faring pilgrims, you come to
the entrance of the Chapter House. tho
work of King Henry III, the first home OF
the parliament OF England. In a rather
dark place, just before you enter the Chap
ter House proper, your eye will catch sight
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In Poets Corner.

The people are walking slowly, and with
uncovered heads, for the most part, as we
step away from the great arched nave and
seek that celebrated nook, the little poets
corner. . 1t is dim in this little nook walled
in by the great Gothic arches; and yet
above the busts ard memorials, showing
dusky in the half-light. the glow of the
London sun-for there is a London sun
comes softly in through rich stained glass
window. and illumines the figures of the
window in colors deep and warm. So,
through the centuries to come, shall the
light shine through these windows, the
There are buStS to William Wordsworth
in the corner. to Charles Kingsley and
Matthew Arnold and others of the lesser
or, some day, shall they be the larger
poets of Britain; but the most beautiful
sight in the corner is the lofty windows
above, where you may read the words
under one window, George William
Childs," and under the other, ''Civis Amer
icanus, A. d. MDCCCLXXv."
The windows commemorate the graces
and character of the lives and labors Of
the poets Herbert and Cowper, and this
recognition Of English worth by an Ameri-
can is one OF the interesting tokens of the
close kinship between the two peoples.
Hard by Westminster. indeed, to all in
self. stands ST. Margaret's Church, and
here again you will find the impress of
American thought upon this great monu-
ment. Mr.. Childs here erected another
noble memorial window to the memory Of
John Milton. In the year 1852 Sir Walter
Raleigh's memory was recognized by a
great and beautiful window in one of the
most conspicuous portions of the church,
placed there by American hands, just be-
low the magnificent representation of
Queen Elizabeth Perhaps in a still closer
sympathy and touch do the three memorial
windows on the wall Of St. Margaret's to
the left of the chancel bring the thoueht-
ful people OF the two races Americana
and Engiisilmen combined to erect this
memorial to an American who was known
and honored throughout the length and
breadth OF the two countries.
Great Americas PreacAer.
Many q time. sir. in the years gone
by" says the caretaker of the church, who
has kindly opened the doors that we may
see this memorial. many a time, sir, has
he spoke from that desk right over there
In plain sight OF this memorial Ha was a
noble man, sir, and one Of the most elo-
quent that ever spoke in St Margaret'R"
This recognition of the great American
preacher. Phillips Brooks, il ono OF the
most interesting and significant In al West-
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at st. Louis. Word was received that the
graduates there went to work and received
fetter pay as workmen than we could give
them as teachers. Manual training Is a
recognized important factor in school edu-
cation. In most cities liberality marks the
day With us, while our results are among
the best, our facilities are the worst This
speaks well for our instructors and the
nigh degree of intelligence which the boys
bring to the work. But we should have
more and better adjuncts. The Central
High School is the only one with an equip
ment. In the farming department are Is
lathes and benches In space 13x4O feet
The boys stand like the Highlanders,
shoulder to shoulder" In the forge room,
20x45 feet, are II FORCES. a 2O-horse-power'
boiler and wash bench. And when the
boys Of one shift are washing up prepare
tory to returning to the school room they
ere In the murk of the smithA and knock
ing against the second shift ut work at
the forges
Acknowledged by modern edIcators as
an essential and broadening factor in
the education OF the young, manual train
Ing should receive the support of a COM
munity and be treated with the utmost
uherality. w. H. SINGLETON.
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Mr.. Wragg may not have been a cow
ard, though 1t seems rather thoughtless
In him to go OF and leave his ''distrest"
family In the wilds Of North Carolina, but
his surviving afflicted sister In England.
who caused the monument to be erected
In Westminster, says also on the tablet
that I'm him strong natural parts and the
love OF Justice and humanity. improved
by education. formed the valuable charac-
ter Of q good man." and surely she should
have known him better than We.
TWO Famous Men.
Along down through the noble aisle you
walk after you have sufficiently rested
yourself. impressed and softened a. you
ray wen be by the solemnity and the
history and the romance-strangsly dissim-
liar elements. yet all merged ana mixed
- bring you into receptive need untn
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Away off in another corner there stands
one of the conventional abbey monuments.
~ Is more than conventional, for it is COM
or funereal rubbish in the tombs of West
minister, and you will wonder the longer
you look how it ever happened that so
many distressingly plain and artistically
ugly marbles ever were accepted for ex-
position In this place. But never mind the
conventionality, the words on the tablet
below the recumbent woman, who looks as
though she were heartily tired of her
situation, are what interest US. They read
in this wise:
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sixteen-Light Dynamo, Glass OF 1898.
the pupils, and the work demonstrates that
the pupils have correctly read the draw
ings and transferred the idea to the ma
terial, wood or plaster
The boys were engaged in "sloid' work.
as II is termed This is Swedish term,
and implies woodworking. In the grammar
schools this Is all that Is tried, as expert
ence shows II Is the best. 1t calls for and
draws out the essential powers of the mind
as well as any other work, and Is simple
clean and pleasant
Hard at Work.
But for the youthful faces and boyish
forms 1 should have supposed myself in a
carpenter shop, though there was a neat
ness and absence of trash which might in
struct most carpenters. While talking with
the principal the peculiar technical sound
OF saw was heard-a sound made only by
an EXPERT i turned. and there was q
youngster OF about thirteen saving like a
5ourneyman carpenter. Another little chap
OF twelve was fitting together a mitered
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you come to a tablet set in the wall Just
below the medallions of John and Charles
Wesley. These two men weren't Ameri
cans, but to an immense American denom-
ination they seem, no doubt almost as
though they had been born on the Ameri-
can side of the Atlantic, and the words
which accompany their bas reliefs are of
interest, THE best of all is, God is with
u.s." and these other sentiments:
II look up the world as my parish
, God buries his workman, but carries on
his work.
The tablet set in the wall below the
remembrance of 1be two Wesleys is of
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Sacred to the memory Of Will
lam Wragg, Esq'e, who. when
the American colonies revolted
from Great Britain, infiexibly
maintained his loyalty to the
person and government OF his
sovereign. and was therefore
compelled to leave his distrest
family and ample fortune. In
his passage to England by the
way Of Amsterdam, he was un-
fortunately shipwrecked and
drowned on the coast Of Hol-
land, the third Of September,
1777.
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The Province Of Massachusetts
Bay, in New England, By an
Order Of the Great and Gen.
eral Court Bearing Date Feb 1,
1853. Caused this Monument to
be Erected to the Memory of
George Augustus. Lord Viscount
Howe, Brigadier General of His
Matesty's Forces in America,
Who Was Slain July the 9Th,
1854, On the march to Tfcon-
deroga. in the 34th Year of his
Age. In testimony of the Sense
they have of his Services and
Military Virtues and OF the A.
lection their Officers and Sol
diers bore to His Command.
He Lived Respected and Be-
loved; the Public regretted His
Loss: To hi, Family it is r.
reparnble.
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Colonel Joseph Lemuel Ches-
ter. Ii d, of Columbia College,
New York city, as. also, d c l.
of the University OF Oxford,
born 80 Of April, 1141, at Nor
witch, Connecticut, U 8 A,
Died 26 May, 1922, I'm London,
where he Had Resided for many
years the Learned Editor of
Westminster Abbey Register.
In Grateful Memory of the
DISTINGUISHED Labour Of an
American Master Of English
Genealogical Learning this Tab
let was Erected by the Dean
and Chapter Of Westminster.
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gentleman to his
wife last June, they
have opened a new
store on F street,
anG there are beauti-
full specimens of
1ronwork in the win
dow This new
store" was the Man
ual Training School
exhibit, and t h e
beautiful specimens
of ironwork" were
made by the children
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With but one exception 20 Ear as 1 know.
and that In the instance OF the musician
Handel, more than half an Englishman.
no other nation IN the world but America
r. recognized among the noble memoriaIa
Of Engiand's great abbey.
w. q. HARDWOOD.
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This bust was placed among
the memorials Of the poets Of
England by the English admir-
err Of an American poet
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minister's memorials In which America
bears part.
There is a faded bunch of American gold
enrod lying in the dust upon one tomb
In Westminster. tomb that has a peculiar
and sad interest TO Americans. because the
life of the one who is buried there was so
closely interviewer in the warp and wool OF
the great fabric which the ressistless shut
ties of war wove In the days of the revolu-
ton. The goldenrod has a card attached to-
II and on IL are the words:
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white marble, with lettering in black. I
shows the variety Of the recognition o
An erica in these words:
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Lamented by Every American
School Boy
Who Reads the Sad Tale.
Golden Rod for a soldiers Grave,
MAJOR JOHN ANDRE.
Died October. End. 1850.
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MIND OVER MATTER
The Results of Manual Training in
Our Public Schools.
ALONG A GRADUATED PATH
Remarkable Work Accomplished
With Inadequate Facilities.
A VISIT TO THE SHOPS
Written for The Evening Star.
NM

NNY DEAR" SAID A
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-18
BISHOP WIGGER SUED.
A Pole Claims the Prelate
Promised to Pay for
Furnishing a Church.
Especial to "The Jersey City News."1

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"
TRENTON, May Is, 1S9S.-The only case
of any general interest among the nine on
the list of the. Court of Chancery marked
ready was heard by Vice-Chancellor Reed
and was an argument on a demurrer to a
bill filed by John Kerchewski, of Ridge
field, Bergen county. against the Rt. Rev.
Wizard NJ Wigger, Bishop of the Catho-
lie diocese of Newark. Kurchewski
brought to compel Bishop Wigger TO car
ry out an alleged parole agreement whers-
by it is claimed the reverend gentleman
agreed to make good any funds expended
by Kurchewski in purchasing furnishings
and supplies for st. Mary's Polish Catlo-
lie Church at Ridgefield. The church
was built in 1894, and Kurchewski AYERS
that the congregation, which numbers but
go very poor families, was unable to
properly furnish it. He says that ne WAS
very much interested IN the church ana
Wigger as to some means of furnishing
the sacred edifice.
Eventually, he charges, the Bishop, in
the presence of divers witnesses, agreed
that if Kurchewski would assume the in
d~ebtedness and advance the necessary
money for furnishings, he (the Bishop
would repay the same or secure kur-
chewskl by giving him a bond and mort
gage. Kurchewsk claims that ne went
ahead and expended I,1S4, but repeated
efforts to secure either a refund or a
failed. His counsel, Hart & Hart, cin-
sequently brought the suit in ChaTlcery.
Messrs. Guild. Lum & Sommer. repre-
chewsSi's bill Of Complaint. setting up
that his remedy was an action at law, not
a suit In Chancery; that inasmuch as the
alleged promise Of the Bishop was not IN
cannot be enforced. A decision will be
given later.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-18
THE BEER DRINKING DOC CASE.
Disputants Settle II Out of Court
Regardless of Justice Hayes Costs.

Disputants Settle II Out Of Court
Regardless of Justice Hayes Costs.
The famous Smith-Grimm dog case in
which a glass of beer was to be used as a
test to prove the ownership of a valuable
st. Bernard came up before Justice of the
Peace Edward Hayes last night. Hermann
Grimm was to produce the dog in dispute.
He was under 500 bonds to do so. He
appeared but the dog did not accompany
him. He explained that he had given the
animal to Sumner Smith, who claimed that
he had stolen it and that they had agreed to
settle the matter out of court. Justice
Hayes asked where be was to get his costs
from if the case was settled in that manner.
Grimm did not know and apparently he did
not care.
Justice Hayes was wroth and declared
that Grimm was under bonds to produce the
dog and produce him he must or forfeit
the amount of his bond. Grimm left the
court room without paying the costs in the
case. Justice Hayes declared to q reporter
for eThe News that he would declare the
bond forfeited, Grimm having failed TO pro-
duce the dog, Having secured the amount
of the bond, 800 he would deduct his costs
and return the balance to the bondsman,
Grimm's son.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-18
BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS"

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