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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11

A new scheme IN p'''''- education IS being worked
out in the schools OF this city which DR.. William
il Maxwell the City Superintendent. thinks VIII
-evolutionize public school methods. The present
course Of study is cut on the principle that some
tailors employ tn making ready made clothing
THE new method aims 70 make the course Of study
80 elastic that II VIII III every school lad or lass
In the public schools OF the city last year there
were l6l.o34 pupils registered in the elementary
schools who were below the grade in which they
should have been working. For instance IN the
third year class there a S62 or JIG per cent
If the entire enrolment Of the grade. over eleven
years old OF these, ~ were more than fourteen
years old Without any special assistance il would
take them two years, at least. 10 secure enough
education 20 enable them TO obtain employment
certificates. in thls third year were also 339
children under seven years OF age. The awkward
boy Of fourteen does not like the idea OF being
CHASED with the small. quick wiJted boy OF seven
or eight lie knows he cuts poor figure along
side OF the small lad. and he gets disguised with the
3dea OF standing up beside the kid" 10 recite.
There does not seem to be much ahead for him,
and one morning the boy who IS old enough. but is
not equipped 10 secure employment certificate,
IS missing from the that he had difficulty in
occupying comfortably. either physically OF men
tally. He has become a truant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
SCHOOL TO SUIT THE CHILD.

If the experiments being tried in some of the
public schools prove a success and the plans OF
DR.. Maxwell are carried out, each child in the
course Of few years, when he goes to school will
ind an educational suit cut just fit his mind.
II he a foreign born lad, unable speak a word
of English, there will be class teach him how
10 speak and write the language OF his adopted
land II he be a cripple. like the lad IN School
10. who painfully climbs the four flights OF steps
TO his classroom daily in his hungry quest for
knowledge. he will find bus waiting at his door
every morning to take him to school. If he is
behind in his school work, there will be a class in
which he catch up in the essentials by a little
special coaching If he is dull, afflicted with
mental weakness, he will find specialist ready to
study his case and train him in such a way to
develop his brain to its limit. If he has been e.
bad boy anu played truant much that he can
not make his brain work just right. there will be
a special teacher and a class awaiting him by
whom and in which he will be gently, but imper-
oeptiby, led into the power OF concentration of
attention. II he has not been properly fed. and
the lack Of nourishment has tempted him TO steal
some article of food when he unusually
hungry, he will not be sent to some reform insti-
tuition, but the court, knowing that there is a
special class for him in the public schools will
him TO school. where he will find the cooking
class ready fill up deficiency while the other
class satisfies his mental need. If he has reached
the age OF fourteen years and has not accom-
plished sufficient TO enable him TO secure the labor
certificate provided for by the Child Labor law,
but the financial condition of his family is such
that his aid is needed. there Will be special class
TO pull him up to the requirements quickly II he
is quicker witted than the average boy his age
there viii be classes for him so that he can cut
along through the elementary school at pace that
Will give him fun scope for his powers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
NEW CIRCUS "THRJJLFR .
10 BE Seen at Opening of the
Bmnume 6 Bailey Season.

Al the opening of the circus season at NTa5t-
son Square Garden last year. when Barnum G.
Bailey introduced the now famous "Av+o-
Bolide." or Dip of Death" the ontpior D.as
freely expressed that the limit Of daring and
dangerous aerial automobile exploitation had
been reached. In this act it will be recalled. a
young woman Topped the gap" in an automobile
and performed the perilous and startling feat
with the machine upside down
1t seems, however. that the Dip of Death
has an even more sensational successor. The
new thriller" which will be made known IN
America at the opening performance of the
Barnum & Bailey circus at Madison Square Gar.
den on March %. is French importation, and Ia
which. translated into English means This
Whirlwind OF Death" The Americanized title
for the act is THE Limit" and according to the
description OF the exploit II is we'll named In
"The Limit a young French woman, Mile
Octavte La Tour. turns aerial somersault I'm
an automobile Every startling thing said Of
the "Auto-Bolide' last season Is declared to be
applicable to "The Limit'-onIy more so. Those
who have this act abroad predict that. like
its predecessor. IT will be the years greatest
circus sensation.
The apparatus used for THE Limit" Is heavy,
but not complicated. 1t consists OF two runwavs
The first begins at a small platform swinging
sixty feet in air from which the car starts This
runway terminates at its lower end in an abrunt
upward turn. several feet above the hippodror,a
track. The second runway is In line with tba
nrat is placed at the end OF a 60-foot gap, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
PRESERVING QUAIL IN NEw.JERsEY.
Success of Measures Adopted by State Conn
mission.

The securing OF quail from other States 10 rastocA
the woods and fields OF New-Jersev has now Be-
come difficult problem In the spring OF 1904 ems
Fish and Game Commission OF that State accord
ing 70 It's annual report. was unable 10 secure a
supply OF quail. but In the last year more TRAN
o'snt thousand were received and placed In ccops
10 De cared for in the severe weather and released
III the spring after the worst snowstorms we're
over Ihese birds were released with a loss OF
iess IMAM -4-S per cent-a remarkable showing
livery precaution has been taken to preservs
'ne native quail Of New-Jersey IN severe cold
weather. and deeD snow. The wardens were IN
stLuCled TO purchase feed and distribute it In
plstCeS where a covey was known To De. The farm
80 tuIOu6hout the State inlpOrtuned and
NllIhsly consented to Distribute grain at various
II.eSs on their farms. BY this method a great
PaIts or the state indicate that the quail have
propaSated and are now more plentiful tban for
many years past and the gunner may confidently
expect good shooting the coming fall The
mission mas also arranged with farmers IN each
county Tor the purchase OF unthrashed wheat, rye
anu buckwheat, 10 be stored In several places IN
each county for distribution by the wardens IN tina
llne OF deep SHOWS. This IS something that has
never before been done in the State Sut where
eaten, oy crows and other birds covered by
SnoWdrltts shortly after Ii Is distributed. willis
tuc shtaNeS OF grain placed IN the neds and wooGS
~ severe weather auord not only food bat protec
toll Tor tAe quail and phea5ants. IL Is estimated
that the cost OF feeding cOvey all winter would
~ tinOunt 10 One-ufth much the cost or p0r~
Shaslns the Same number OF livs hirdz -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
Superintendent Maxwell Introduces System Which.
1t Is Hoped, Will Work Wonders for the Child
Who Is Backward at Learning.

course; and third, to give other learners who
are behind in their studies but old that they
can get ahead more rapidly than the children of
the grade in which they are working an oppor-
tunity to make special preparation entrance to
a higher grade and IN that way catch I'D.
For more than three years there have been Glasses
or foreign children learning to speak and write
American the former almost without an accent
from teachers who could not understand a word
of their language teaching by means of the law
Of imitation and the sign language. At the present
time, in two hundred and fifty classes gestculat-
ing italian children, earnest-eyed sons and daugh-
ters Of Russian refugees and the stold offspring
Of Poles Gallicians. Austrtans and Hungarians are
following with interested eyes the special teachers
saying 10 them, II open the door, at wash nv
hands" II button my coat" suiting tho action 10
the word In these classes the teachers are Obliged
not only to reach three four nationalities at
one time. but to give them instruction in arithmetic
well English
OF the two thousand-odd soholsrs IN p,,hI,
school Ill., at cannon and Broome streets, of which
Miss Adeline E. Simpson is principal. where many
experiments are being made in the developmen+
of the new system, there two hundred and Aftv
in nine different special classes In TINT school
there are classes for defective. abnormal neglected
dulI' backward truant and incorrlgible children
Here the mental and physical capacity OF each
child is studied with view to training hin, IN tha
way that viii best fit him for the STRUGGLE =, ne.
Here also are classes for coaching Foreigners nto
a knowledge Of the language and fitting thar, q
secure employment certificates. and a class for
children who are especially bright The exner,-
ments in this school had much TO do with ths a.
Enlistment of the three new grades
The rapid shifting OF the foreign population in
Newfork Is Illustrated in the classes for foreign
children In this school The first class, which was
organized on October l. 1902 contained 12 Russians
Poles and Gallicians and "a Italians The present
class has % Russians, II Poles and Galicians and
Italians on ITS register. In al a94 children have
been Taught me english language in No no.
The class for foreigners Is a boon to them ror
children otherwise competent to leave the ele
mentary school would be obliged to go into ona of
'he lowest classes where the elements OF English
being taught. The Russian children ,,reran
as it may seem. appear to be not only The mos,
hungry of the foreigners for learning but the oat
advanced. one russian boy. fourteen ana a hair
years old spent threo months in the special GLASS
learning English At the end of the year he was
graduated from the elementary school At the head
or his class, ana Is now studying I'm the Citv tsoI
lege y Russian girl as soon as she hsd acSS,o,
the rudimentS OF English IN the foreign els.s xxss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
REASONS FOR BACKWARDNESs.

Il is not always because they lacking in men
fel capacity that these boys behind these
stances VIII show:
hoy. with carroty hair and a face sown with
5reces ike the Of the evening sky for multi
tude. Patrick parents wanted him TO be q wage
Garner. and there were persons willing 10 employ
him IA violation CT the law. Then the Child Labor
law honestly enforced. and he had 10 go 10
school. because he only twelve years old When
he was assigned q class he was disguised and
threw his turned up into the air IN scorn for
lie found himself among lot OF kids" he wanted
40 sneak OF and play hockey"
Isaac a Russian refugee OF the Jewish
faith His parents and his brothers and sisters had
escaped over the Russian border. and somehow got
into tie country over the Canadian line. Isaac
although fourteen years old. had been listed al
seven years when lis passage booked, because
children Of that age could travel for half fare
The steamship company, Tor some reason. actually
transported him across seas as a seycn-year-old
although he was more than FIVE feet high. Isaac
NUs bright and. Ike other Russian Jews keen 4
aearn Tic went al his books with an intensity tha-
would put many an American boy, with his greatcI
oppo1uniues, 10 shame. lie was hungry for knowi
edge. lie was thoroughly familiar with .he Russian
grammar, which some say IS the hardest grammar
TIE mind or wicked boy-and- girl hater could con
ceive. lie was abreast OF the American childreI
Of his age in arithmetic bat he had 10 70 ia,o ,
class Of small boys because lac was unacquainte,
s-ith the English language
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11

eeSsigned TO the graduating class OF the school
SLIuInsrlIy both OF these pupils would heye been
had no knowledge of English '-SI
Last October a class OF Italians E,,sst,vs 49,,
,uSSrIans. consisting of thirteen boys and eight
fourteen ana fifteen years old. so far behind
aL ae IN the ordinary course they could not obtain
r ..nOI CeIuHcateS Tor a year more. but whose
wages were needed by their parents v9s Formed
eDtreY GIaehing for labor certificates It proved
from two weeks 10 five months OF vvor re o5+G
the educational requirements - ii
Many crippled children are now +ra,sro-+.a e
SOuEoI' ana Or Brown, Of the Department OF Fdl1-
Sat!ol mas suggested that boarding schools SIM
XIII ~ Ce puoAc. be provided for the deaf and
wbon inc me ePeRic and the crippled thousands of
lhe public purse. but who if thew Teceiysd en-
proper education; would be less likely 10 becoms
public Charges when older. -' ~ Ne00ilo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
runs to the ground A description Of the act
translated from 'L'Echo de Paris" says:

runs to the ground. A description Of the act
translated from 'LEcho de Paris" says:
The automobiles takes her place IN the car,
gives the signal TO got" and shoots down the
incline with the speed Of an express train. Tho
nature of the apparatus is such that the car Is
always in sight, and not movement OF the
machine or its smiling driver IS lost. IL seems
scarcely a second before the car reaches the
curved terminus OF the runway, and as IL
strikes the slight obstruction. IL Is seen TO dart
INTO the air. For twenty-five feet or more, re-
spending to the tremendous momentum, Il rises
like bird, upright and perfectly poised Then
suddenly. unexpectedly the birdIike flight stops,
ana the machine seems nOmentarily to stand
perfectly still. suspended in the air For
moment it seems as though nothing could pre-
vent the machine from dropping TO the ground
and crushing the autOmObilist. But before tbs
startled audience can fully realize what has
happened. the automobile turns a complets
somersault again shoots forward strikes the
resilient cushion Of the second runway and
rusheS 20 the ground.
The effect OF this feat upon an audience Is
starting. The fear and nervous tension that
precede its accomplishment are succeeded drss
by amazement and then by admiration and the
dark haired little chauffeur" as she stems rom
tho autOcar. still smiling and unruf7ed is greet
ed with a storm OF applause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
THREE NEW GRADES.

few days ago Dr. Maxwell issued a circular to
the principals Of the elementary schools announc-
ing that the Department OF Education had estab-
Ished three grades. 10 give TO non Eng
lsh-speaking pupils opportunity 10 acquire
speedily the ability 10 speak read and write the
English language another, TO accommodate pupils
who Will soon be fourteen years old who desire 10
obtain employment certificates and who have no
prospect OF completing the elementary school
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11
THE DREAM THAT FAILED.

Jim Connors was normal boy. with lively spirits
but owing 10 the crowded conditions in the schools
or because his parents did not want to send him.
he did not enter school until he was eight years
old Resides Inns folks had the moving habit
and this had upset his school work so much thst
he was two or three years behind the grade 10
which he would normally have been assigned.
Sickness had put Mary his snub nosed sister
heb her grade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-11

higher education, will thus be a sort Of equipment
for entering the laboring classes while the other
class will lead on to the high school and the col
laoa -
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28

1t were two or three words about the
tale having mo plot" and being too
crude" 1t was so absurd, because
there was a plot. | know what a plot
is. We studied the plots of Shakes
peare at school, The plot is the tale,
and my tale was about a man who
met girl and married her.
was thinking this out when Mr.
Kingswell was announced. After he
had shaken hands he went and stood
on the hearthrug with one elbow on
the chimney piece, looking at me at
the writing table surrounded by all
my papers.
whatever documents have you
there? Are you auditing the house
hold accounts?" he asked.
No" | said, Il don't have anything
to do with the accounts yet; | don't
think / could manage them" (Of
course | couldn't. Hadn't | made a
muddle of my own allowanceO
"Ah! Then you are perhaps cal
culating your personal liabilities? :?
But, no, see you are not dealing with
figures"
He was laughing, / could tell; but
| didn't mind that, some people laugh
so nicely, and determined to tell him
all about it.
Il am writing a story" said, "or
rather | have written one, and, would
you believe, the editor l posted it to
has sent it back"
IT'S habit am told editors have"
Mr. Kingswell replied, quite seriously,
though fancied his eyes were laugh.
ing.
Its a very silly habit" asserted,
"and editors must be very stupid If
they are all like this one. Why he
says there is no plot in my tale;
could anything be more ridiculous?"
What is the story? Tell me all
about it," returned Mr.. Kingswell,
land l shall be able to sympathize
more completely"
So ! told him briefly. of course, for
there wasn't much to tell, and when
| had finished:
Indeed, Miss March," he said, "the
editor must be mistaken. Given a
man and a woman there's bound to
be a tale. But let me read it. Per-
haps you haven't worked it out prop
erly You are inexperienced, you
know"
gave him the manuscript and
watched while he sat in dads arm
chair to read II. He is what you
would call a fine man, with such
strong shoulders and lovely brown
hair with little tips of gray, like sill
yer dust, on it. was just thinking
how nice he looked sitting there. aud
what firm nose and mouth he had,
when suddenly he glanced up and
said, abruptly: 80 your hero is
young and handsome-a real Apollo
You admire handsome men?"
"Oh. no." said. Il admire strong
men. not that sort at all. But
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
TRUE SOUTHERN cHIvAIRY
Kentucky Colonel Didn't Apologize,
But He Came Very Near
Doing 1t.

Many stories have been told of south.
ern chivalry, but the palm apears to 90
to story told by former governor Of
Kentucky while visiting Philadelphia re-
Gently.
According TO the narrator, a genuine
Kentucky colonel boarded a street car
which was very crowded, aud somehow
he stepped on the foot of very pretty
woman. OF course, the woman expected
the colonel to apologize, Just os did
everybody else who heard her give a
mouselike squeal when the colohcps foot
came down.
And she looked as though she expected
an apology, but the colonel, dvining her
thought, doffed his hat and said: mo.
madam, I'm not going TO apologize When
the good Lord was so gracious as to
make wornen SO beautiful and charming
and with such wonderfully small feet
that a man has to tramp on them 20 find
them, then / don't think that an apol-
ogy-"
The compliment was too graceful for
the woman to resist, and all that fol.
lowed was a smiling acknowledgment OF
the colonels gallant speech.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
A STUDY
FROM LIFE
By LEIGH ATWOOD
seeoooooooooooooo0oecaoa
Copyright. by Joseph b. BowIes.)

1t was my first allowance" you
see, that was why | thought so much
about it. | know now il is impos.
sible to make an allowance do, and
nobody expects it either.
was only ten pounds short at the
end of the quarter; and. really,
hadn't been a bit extravagant, except
perhaps fer that lovely jeweled muff-
chain, which cost-but there, that
doesn't matter.
Dad scolded me a little, the old
dear, and of course gave me some more
money; but it seemed to me | ought
to save it myself, yet somehow
couldn't.
However, one day all of a sudden l
had a splendid idea. | would write a
book! 1t looked SO easy and paid so
well, | knew, because Mr.. Kingswell,
dads friend, wrote books for which
he got heaps of money-thousands of
pounds, somebody told me.
1t proved to be very much more trou-
BILE than you would think. had read
somewhere that one ought to parse
every word one writes. | didn't see
why. Yet | did it. for of course an
author must expect to put up with
a little inconvenience; though l am
afraid the parsing would have made
dear old Miss Howard shudder, for |
always hated parsing at school.
| soon gave up the idea of writing
a book.
A tale would be quite enough and
far less bother. So | burnt the
other stuff, parsing and all, and
started on the tale. 1t was easy to
decide what 1t should be about. All
the tales I've read have been about
girl, man and a wedding. So |
soon got it done. 1t was rather a
rush to get it copied by post time, but
| managed it and sent it off to the
editor in whose paper l wished it to
appear, and then waited for him to
send me the check.
About two days later big envelope
came UP with my letters and l couldn't
think what it might be; but when
opened it | was indeed surprised. II
was my tale. The editor didn't
want it.
After breakfast | went into the
| library and sat down to read the man
uscript over. picked up the printed
slip whicn came with it. Marked or
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
Open Thine Eyes.

Open thine eyes, love, smile on the morn;
Reach. for my hand. love- ask for kiss.
Here is your doll, love. speak to her, dear
love.
Mothers been watching since the last
dawn:
Watching and waiting. hoping and pray
ing;
Watching in fear lest an angel come.
Open thine eyes, love- sweet is thy smile;
All the worlds bright, love, speak to the
birds,
Here are some flowers. love. ah. thy dear
voice, love.
Mother is praying for thee all the while
Hoping and praying. watching and pray,
ing.
Mother is praying for thee all the while.
Marie Warman, in n. Y. Sun.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
BOYS HEAD ONE SOLID SORE.
Hair All Came out-Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better-Cuti-
cura Remedies Works Wonders.

Mr.. A. c. Barnett, proprietor Of a gen.
eral store in Award, Oklahoma, tells in
cured his son of terrible eczema. My
little 10y had eczema. His head was one
solid sore, all over his scalp; his hair all
came cut, and he suffered very much L
had physician treat him, but at the end
of three months he was no better | re-
mem5eIed that the Cuticura Remedies had
cured me, and after R.ying him two bot
ties Of Cuticura Resovent, according 20
directions, and using Cutcura Soap and
Ointment on him daily, his eczema left
him. his hair grew again. and he has
never had any eczema since. We use the
Cutieura Soap and Ointment. and they
keep our skin soft and healthy | cheer
fully recommend the Cuticura Remedies
for all cases Of eczema. A. Z. Barnett,
Idar 30. 1905"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
Not All Dead.

Deed little town you've got here,
isn't ir?" said the passenger with the
heavy watch chain, as he ordered a
cup OF coffee and sandwich at the lit
tie eating house near the railway sta
tion.
"Yes. sir" answered the man behind
the lunch counter. Nobody ever
comes here but body snatchers or poor
relations of the deceased. Which are
you uY'-Chicago Tribune.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-28
How's ThisP

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