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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04

i2ll into a. 'eeHfi-rstiuoi-s condition ami
to replace the old village teacher By
;wo -rained iSiudei Ssrteucrs from the
b"st training College On I.ondoI lu
fact. the two young women who are
teaching the children OF tie Morces-
tcrshire peasants IN Bredous Norton
nave reee we'd exactly tho same traio-
ing as the roverness who IS educating
the little children Of the Prince and
Princess Of wales. EnGiand's future
King and queen Every appliance that
could b. thought 90 60 make teaching
easier ana learning pleasaater foI the
children has been supplied. They
march aut dance 80 fhe strains OF
high class auto oiano. The teacher
thus being free &C. devote AN her ar
Tenrion 10 the marShiaE and dancing,
and they listen 10 '-elrazzIni, Melbs.
and other eleat artisties AS inter
preted bv abe hest grareophone that
money cen busy
a doctor examines them once a week
and any defects of vision or incipient
illness Is at once noted and attended
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OLD LANDMARK WIPED OUT

said 20 date back 20 1873 Some Of the
rules are very amusing. and many az
them are StiU in force. BY this ls-
ge ind thar.
--'Fhe steward for the time being
shall smut the gates or the inn
clock in general, or al the latest be-
tween 8 and 10
Dinner tine during vacation 90 be
eleven Of the clock. and in term time
aeon.
ANY man bringing a strange man
into the butterie or pantry in the time
OF dinner or supper 10 drink shall be
hned sixpence for every time odeno-
ing
For every word OF ribaidrv spoken
i'm the han during dinner or supper. q
fine OF one farthiu-.
NO member OF the inn shall break
INTO the butterie or through the gates
after they have been shut. or play al
or keep dice, cards, or any ridiculous
amusements or unlawful game. OF. re-
ceive. keep, or bring into the inn any
dog called a greyhound. grey bitch.
spaniel. or mastiff; or write. cut. OF
scratch upon the tables in the hall"
The property covers about an acre Of
ground fronting on Fetter lane and
Chancety lane. and abutting on the
record office Mr. Willett, who has
been uusuCcsssfuily trying TO find a
purchaser since he acquired the prop
erty, intends 10 erect a modern bust
ness block upon il.
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LONDON'S FOG
PROBABLY CAUSED
BY INHABITANTS

~ AN Of the future must be
M thought of as living in a
perpetual dirty brown fog
unless legislative action is
taken 10 prevent IL. This is the 0p:n-
ion recently expressed by scientists.
including the famous Sir Oliver Lodge.
LondOn's fog is not an incident of
climate. nor because il is so near tie
sea. but the direct result of the activi-
lies of the city's inhabitants The
tendencies CT all big cities are TO grow
ioSeler as they become bigger and
hiiSier.
every inhahtant as he moves ab3u
riilses q small amount of dust-aud
ust - the whole secret Of fogs The
aust thar settles over The street. and
SIDEWALKS over night Is produced by
me motions of men. animals ard
machinery. The street eleanin.. de-
paltInent gives { little time 10 rest
W.T. bfush anc sweeping machines
iheV Stir IL all IN in.o tire air again
each d>v md wh~t isn't carried away
bV he lures and clothes OF Dasser-
nN "r h~ The nind Into the country
SettlrS back a. the pavement a~a'p
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.STLDYZVG TAlR7iNT -
The NC22lHLZL fCHCZl

enc Jake them home again after
school
The most surprising th-nE ~ an is
Eat the Norce~l rrshsre couuty council
Tvs are fast becoming converted %
IRE new slate OF Things One after
THother they are informing Mrs. Mar
Sra that they are ast0nished at the
progress the Bredon's Norton children
are making and that they are sOrry
they die rot accept her suggestions
az drst They are even talking about
EredOn's Norton as a model FOR the
rest cf the county. And % Is no won
Ger that they have been converted A
year ago the children were ragged.
dirty. and ignorant Today they are
clad In neat school uniforms, clean
and intelligent. They can scarcely be
recognized as the same children. The
progress s3at they have made IS
standing contradiction 10 the state
ment. 800 often made. that Htde can
br done 70 improve the standard of
Intelligence among the English aeri-
cultural laborerS- ID seems 10 be only
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7 r THIS plans Df-,he present owner
OF CUnord's mn hold good. Lon
i dOn will soor. lose another of her
Old landmarks. Nowadays the
news that this old gray city has lost
another landmark" IS 50 frequently
heard that il is wonder there are
any links with past centuries left
Changes are rot what an American
would cali unduly rapid in this city
bur those picturesque old places as
ISOLATED with even so recent a celeb
rity as Dickens. have now almost
wholly given way to the march Of the
builder.
ClihOrd's Inn is situated in the heart
Of Fleet street. ana in the Fart OF
London known a. '-JOhnsou's With
in mailing distance stood the famous
public houses that Be sweITs hero used
50 frequently 10 visit. and a few PAGES
away stands the cheshire Cheese.
ti'e -"staurans| which is stin pointed
out 20 crsdu,Ous Americans. in par
ucuiar. as the aUthor's favorita eat
ing place. and where one may even
SEE the spot made on the wall BY rhe
Sre"sy head cf The writer fnieed
IN ChGcrd'S Inn -tss-f Lamb. >,eatt.
HcleritSe. and Scufhey were f~era-nt
'iSit'Ts. and Ia enc % us rooms lived
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beginning OF The Work.

-,4out y,..i- .t-o t4>.orl.. t.uouuuiI
lu0 .dias NOo0hDil pdiu "A visit 10 The
s,a-,L and were sEOrSed Win tne
~onuiuUn oil Things which they round
tnciv The children were dirty and
uucarcd Tor They were cviuentiy PROF.
itiug not al all 10y the teaching such
a. DC WAS. and II waH also evident tnaL
their health was suffering. Tine TWO
Women az once put themselves m com
MunicatioH with 5he County education
authorities and placed q Iian OF re-
form before them. Victoria woodruff
proposed that the kindergarten system
Of teaching should be INTRODUCES! at
once. that competent teachers should
be engaged. end that TIE children
should bc regularly Inspected DIV -
medical man. She offered t1 bear any
extra expense which might be eotalIed
by these reforms hut the education
committee stood on its dignity and de-
clsrcd that what was good enough for
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COUNTESS CHAMPIONS BARMAIDS

- NE Of the most talented and
interesting az the women who
ar"' taking active part In the
votes Tor women campaign
in England at the present moment is
the Countess Markievicz. The count
ess rs a comparatively Young and OK
ccediuely pretty women who has made
herself the acknowledged leader and
champion o. the 200.OGO and more bar
maids. whose existence as such is
seriously threatened by would-be re-
formers. She has frequently taken
the public platform both in England
and = Ireland. her native country in
t."-r defense. and being a capital
sneaker with a ready wit, she is pop
ular with her audience. II was the
countess who organized and was the
chief speaker at the big demonstration
u Trafalgar square recently, on be
ha!f of the barmaids and as a protest
against their threatened wholesale dis
miSSal.
The countess among her other &C
complshments. numbers that Of being
q good whip. As an ardent sIffragette
her contribution tc the campaign Of
publicity which the women's societies
have been carrying on in ENGLAND for
some years, is to drive a four in-hand.
the coach or which is profuseIy deco
rated with banners. about the streets
Of the large cities on the occasion
OF the big Albert Hall meeting. she
plotted foUr-in-hand through the
maze Of traffic that is constantly to
be found In the Strand with a skill that
excited the admiration OF even bus
drivers. class Of mel who have a
superlatiye opinion Of their own su-
periority in the handling Of the reins.
The countess also made her appear
ance on the box OF a coach at the now
famous by-election in northwest Man
chester. where Winston Churchill lost
MS seat I'm the house OF commons when
he presented himself for reelection.
Countess Markievicz is Irish by birth.
being the daughter of the late Sir
William Henry Gore Booth. barOnet,
OF Lissadeu. Sligo. She is an artist
and actress. and many other things
rolled into one. n was while she was
studying art i'm Juliens in Paris that
she met the Polish count CasImir
DUNN de MarkieVicz. with whom she
fell in love and whom she afterward
married. The countess pictures have
been exhibited at the Paris Salon and
at the Dublin Academy Her husband
IS also an artist. and in addition. u
playwright. and Il was IN one Of his
plays that his talented wife made her
first appearance on the stage.
Besides being capital whip, the
countess is a fine horse-woman. and
for some years was the only woman
permitted 10 ride IN the point-to-pOlnt
races Of the sligo Harrie-s She is
very popular in Irish society. before
hor marriage living with the Marquis
and Marchioness OF Zetland. the latter
being her cousin
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GULF PEOPLE
WANT A CANAL
THROUGH TEXAS

The people along the gulf coast have
looked forward 10 the construction Of
the intereOastal canal as promising Q
great Developments in trade and a great
boom for that section. As is well
known. the entire gulf coast adaDts
itself 20 the construction Of an internal
waterway. open TO vessels Of consider
able size. where they viii be free from
the violent storms OF the gulf. A sue
cessiOn CT bayOus. bays. and lakes. com
municate with each other. and I'd calls
for only slight Strengthening Of these
waterways and the digging OF connect
ing links here and there To establis, q
water route from the NfissisSippi 10 the
Rio Grande The soil is soft alllviun,.
which lends itself readily to excava-
tion- and the difficulty and cost Of con-
structing the connecting canals is small
As matter Of fact. a considerable por-
ton Of the work has already been done
by private enterprise between here and
the Ieche, which shows how feasible
aud comparative with its advauta ges-
now Inexpensive Is the construction OF
the proposed intercOastal canal
Although the possibility Of this water
route has long been considered. il is only
recently that IL has come 10 the front
as a practical scheme OF Improvement
- De carried 10 an early conclusion.
ne examination Of portion Of the
route made last fail by q number OF
E0ngreSsmcn including members az rbs
RIVERS and Harbors COMMITTEES. con-
Flhcec mem tnat the project was a good
one. and the initial appropriation was
made looking 60 the construction OF TIE
-1tefmentau rver. New Orleans Tines
Democrat.
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the rest y Worcestershire was good
enough for ;iredon's Norton. Their 10
ply to the suggestion that the kinder
gorfcn WCthod should he introducCG
was that they had never heard uf Y
teacher named Froebel. an5 that they
did not propose 20 introduce any new
and untrled method OF teaching IN
Worcest ershire.
10 wasn't tho American way 70 take
rebuff like this. and the demand for
reform was pressed. Finally the edu-
cation committee told the two women
that IL they didn't like che way the
school was being run tLey could take
IL and run Il themselves. They seized
the chance Of setting an example for
other village schools. and today Bre-
don's Norton has the distinction OF
having what is without doubt the
test-euuipped village school ia Eng
land
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We wlsh 10 revive ;be oiG ms-to.
No5iesse ebise said Victoria
Wo0dhuh 10 the writer. --'The great
families of England have duties which
they have forgotten Their lives are
given up 10 the pursuit Of pleasure.
and they never give a thought 70 the
welfare OF the thousands az auraa.s
beings for whom they are RESPONSE. =.
Il ind that our neigbbors are
watching our experiments with the
keenest interest and many 81 thela
would Ike Co follow our example.
Some Of thea are afraid that We are
going too far. and say ths4t they al
not follow RS There IS not one go
could not DO the same II taey would
only give us utue % the useless
luxury bt (which ta-y arr b .a $50
Wounded and feItered
Hiss Woodruff has large estate "A
South Carolina. where she viii prob
ably repeat the object lesson she Il
now teaching in England. as soon as
her work Gu England IS 81 far adj
Vanced that Il viii not require her M
divided attention
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Are There Canals on Planet Mars?

What do YOU think OF the canals Of
Mars? When one inquiries in response
what the questioner understands by
a canal on Mars. one finds that
ne means an artificial waterway
which some astronomers are sup
posed to see. or TO think they see. on
Mars But no astronomer ever saw or
thought he saw anything OF the kind
The widespread notion that canals have
been seen springs from a peculiarly
Of the Italian language. II ScEiaparelli
had used any other modern language,
We should never have heard of a canal
on Mars. and it is possible that this
planet would scarcely have excited any
greater popular interest than Venus
now does. 1t will be both interesting
and instructive 10 show how = great
popular decision, II one may use that
term. has originated
When observers began To study cllr
neishhOring planet with the imperfect
telescopes II the last century. il was
seen that The surface OF Mars was
variegated by light and shade, and had
much the general appearance hat our
earth would present If viewed from the
planet Venus. TIE oceans would then
seem dark ana the lard bright The
conclusion that tire Carl, portions on
Nars were oceans and the bright reg
ions land thus became quite plausible.
though no one V.Culd have regarded il
as certain. So astronomers followed the
example Of those who. in naming the
features Of the moon. had called tie
darker regions seas or oceans and
the brighter ones continents
Mars approached closer to the earth
than e bad cone Tor more than thirty
years. Schiaparelh, director of the
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or time. Sit Edward Coke. the
prosecutor of Essex. Raleiga. and the
iuupowder Plot conspirltors and the
great authority On English Iurispru-
dence.
But Clifford's Inn dates from q time
considerably before these famous men
As a mater OF fact. it IS very nearly
$50 years old. having been built in
1910. Thus il is the oldest Of the Chan
Gerry Inns. In 1914. at the death OF the
widow OF the NTH Baron de Clifford.
TO whom it was granted oy Edward II,
il became a residence FOR law stu
dents at an annual rental Of about $50.
Up TO five wears ago. when the
inn was sold at auction to Wiz
liam EWett for G09o0. it still was
more OF less intimately connected with
tie law. but of late years The legal
fraternisy have given way TO journal
lists and architects.
The old Buildings have many his
torical associations. For instance, it
WAS IN the ancient nah that Sir Nat
thew Hale sat 20 adjust the bomda-
ries OF the CITY OF London after the
great IRE Of l655 = document stIH in
existence contains list of the rules
for The -enOIra HE government OF the
new inn, near Chancery lane and is
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MONTE CARLO
NOW ONE OF THE
NAVAL POWERS

A n ONACA has entered the ranks
4" Of the sea powers. The gam
bier society has presented IL
with navy to protect the
the newly created harbOr opposite the
capital
There probably never was a princi-
pdlity OF only q. 100 inbaajitants that re-
joiced IN "A navy, harbOr police. sIOOps
OF war and similar apparatus. but the
gambler society makes a pot of money
every minute. day and night. and does
Things hal.i5Omeiy 90 make the royal
prone tor, Prince Albert. think ne is a
Srestt and powerful monarch.
BY the way statistics show that
those who gambled Friday. the Eth
of March. did not lose as hea.-ily as
anticipated. and there were no sui
cides on that day, either
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sense creed is obedience.
Do your work with your
whole heart
Revolt is sOmSSimes necessary. but
the man who mixes revolt and obedi-
eLce is doomed to eisappoint him
self and everybody with when he has
dealings. To favor work with protest
Is 10 fail absoiutely.
when you revolt. why revolt-climb.
set out. hike. defy-tell everybody
aud everything % so 20 hedes. That
dispOses Of the case. You thus sep
arate Yourself entirely from those you
have served-no one misunderstands
yOu-yOu have declared yourself
But TO pretend TO obey. and yet carry
- your heart the spirit OF revolt is 70
40 half-hearted. slip-shOd work
n revolt and obedience are equal
your engine will stop on The center
and YOU benefit nobody. not even your
self
The spirit of obedience Is the con-
trolling Impulse of the receptive mind
and the hOspitable heart
There are boats that mind the helm
and boats that do not. Those that
don't ce: holes knocked in them sooner
or later
To keep of the rocks. obey the rud-
der
Obedisnce is not to sIaVishly obey
this mon or that. but il is that cheer
ful mental condition which responds 20
the necessity Of the case, and does
the thing without back talk-unuttered
or expressed
Obedience 10 the fnstitution-loyalty
The man who has not learned 10 obey
has trouble ahead OF him every step
of the way. The world has IL IN FOR
hiin, because he has IL ia for the
world.
The mar who does not know how 10
receive orders is not fitted 10 issue
them. But he who knows how 10 exc
cute orders is preparing the way 10
give them. and better still-to have
them
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q question Of catching theh youn-
enough
The village school IS only a pa-t ~
the work Victoria Vvoodhuu ans hep
daughter are carrying out az No-to-
Park The old manor house has h.-oa
turned into women-s AGRICULTURAL
club and training school where =
couple OF score OF women arr sulay-
ing The estate OF 5e0 acres Is b.
ing split up into small holdings rang
ing Ia size from fifteen % forts .raoa.
which VIII be let 10 men VINO are eosr-
petenJ 90 make the most OF IN AMI
and Ga apply the discoveries g.. rlod-
ern science 10 its cultivation Ihe'r
aim Is 90 make Norton PARK Tie ce1-
ter Of great educational mo- eEoent
which viii help % reEenerate- Eng
land. and their hope Is taat other
English landowners win follow IA
their footsteps
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Milan observatory. one Of the most
thOrough-soing astronomers of our time,
took advantage of the opportunity To
make very careful study OF the planet
with the nest telescope al ms command
He found that the sO-cailed oceans were
n frequently connected by dark bands
which. although they looked narrow in
the telescope, must really have been
scores or even hundreds Of miles broad
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Miss Woodhuu and her mother are
planning now 10 extend the scope OF
the school Plans have been drawn for
new building which Will serve as a
village han as well as a school room.
and which viii accommodate the
children from four or FIVE villages
Within d radius OF hve or six miles
a 'I'-,tor omnibus VIII collect them
from these villages Ia the morning
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and the children receive regular les
sons in gardening and IN the lighter
kinds Of farming The girls are
Taught butter making anJ the care of
poultry Nature study is the excuse
FOR delightful rambles an the woods
and fields
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az Victoria woodruff under which
name she made great fight hair "A
century ago for the vose fur women.
II will BE- remembered that she was
the only woman who was ever nOmi-
mated for the Presidency. OF the
United States.
Victoria woodruff and her daughter
are teachin. England a lesson Of
their beautiful estate at Norton Park.
IN Worcestershire. This estate is now
the property Of Hiss woodruff. hav-
ing been left 20 her by John Bid
dulph Martin, the millionaire banker.
the property of Miss woodruff. hav-
iy thirty years sgo. The Martin fam
lily have been large landowners in that
part of Worcestershire FOR many gen
erati0nS
some years ago Miss Wc9dhuu and
her mother gave L. The county the
school al BreuOu Norton. on waIch
Norton Park stands. they turned il
over 10 the county education com
miJtee, ana for years IL WAS run ia
the bad old way in which most OF
lie village schools IN ELglaiIj are stu
run The ChIuren were lauLnt httle
che teacher was underpaIC and over
worked. ana the sanitary COndittuus
were S,Icn Ihn they are best ielt an
described. IL is enough 10 say that la
most OF the English villages today the
physieue OF the school children is
much inferior TO that of tine school
children of the towns.
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UNEXPECTED.

Mrs Gramerey-Wh do We need
for dinner
Bl'dsej-Shure. mum. ri tripped over
me TUX an we need "A new SCI of dishes
Puck
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A MILD REQUEST.

Il see you won't move over"
No. declared the man in the end
seat. Il viii not"
Then viii YOU kindly allow your
hrtsties 10 subside. so that may pass2''
Exchange
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Redd-T suppose YOU don't e, IN IN,
same place every day IN -ou- sr1tr-r0-
hile2
Greene-oh- no; we Re iu a dinererf
court nearly every cay--N0nEers STATES
man.
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sydney-Td like you 20 60 20 church
with n,e some time this -.Iouth. Asax,ue
Certainly I'd he delighted Svdney-
Good Hut cen you have g0u- trous-
Seau mace iu time 3-zrkansas U-.rs.o-
rraf
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Never put your finger between tf-. .--s~
and IRE bark-ItaI5an
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Love Of pleasure IS that which renders
Us, most desDica bIe.-Lucian.
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Fly pleasure which al last brings
lOss--AlcNis.
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WISE AND OTHERWISE.

jOy--Bibie.
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Model Village School for highlands P6or
iVen by Tive American Women

ND American IA
dies are setting
England an eN-
ample iu tho re-
fOraa Of the viii
I4ge school Tl,ay
are Ms Victoria
woodruff Martin
and her daughter.
Miss ZuIa Mud
woodruff Mrs.
Martin is better
known in America
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- ALWAYS
NECESSARY
Bv EBERT HUBBARD.

: HE hr;t item In che common
-sanse creed il ohadfenf,p