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The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

White Hall Presbyterian Church: Begin
ming with Thursday, November IS, there will
be weekly meeting for prayer and Bible study
at the church at 7.45 P. NJ.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

Chestnut Grove Presbyterian Church, Sweet
Air: Thanksgiving services on Thanksgiving
day, November %, at II A. NJ, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. F. Mcneil.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

st. Johns English Lutheran Church, Sweet
Air Thanksgiving services November Is, at s
P. M, conducted by the pastor, Rev. 0. E.
Swinehart.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

FOE SALE
YOUNG COMBINATION SADDLE AND
DRIVING MARE; small but good-looker; has
been used by lady. For information as 10
price, &C., address THE UNlON-NEMS;
Nov. 1871 Io"son' "u'
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

WARNING TO TREsPAssERs'
All persons are warned not to trespass upon
nv premises with DOG, TRAP or GUN. or IN
any other manner. Persons disregarolng thls
"o'Ao0 "''A " f. W. WRIGHT.
Nov.6 tD18l Cockeysville, Md.
The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-11-20

dies Aid Society of St. Johns Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, Hamilton, Hartford road
held an oyster supper and bazaar in the building
adjoining the church several nights this week
that was largely attended Misses Bessie and
Ruth Clark had charge o. the fancy table
Misses Nettie Frank, Jane johnson, Laura
Davis, Ethel Frank and Edna Centrum of1ci,
ated at the candy table; Miss Nauman and
Miss Bessie Darling were at the cake table.
The men of Baraca Glass ran the country store.
while Miss Ella Julian and Miss Holland had
the ice-cream and supper table. The room
and tables were deliberately decorated. The
affair was well patronized and good sum will
be realized.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

of the revival of the birch rod, grumole about
matters of ventilation and general education; but
70 we disregard the odiousness Of comparison and
compare our own public school system with that
of Ireland the startling difference calls up tnat
i,pe of the American rural bard:
II YOU want 20 appreciate heaven.
Just tarry in hell while
II :, doubtless putting It bit strongly to CON-
oo tho nuhlic schools OF Erns Isle with the
5a,l,s dominion yet glance at the difference be-
tueen the conditions of Ireland and Amsrca. which
10 negatively brought out in story on the schools
of ireland in this months "outlook" by Myra
TLeuv suggests a contrast almost If not quite as
.tron, as that of the couplet quoted The freedom
With which they run their school affairs. without
ragard TO boards or government led the writer TO
omuent on the glaring Inconsistencies of the sys-
tenn and remark to eminent Irish educator
tbat such q condition would never be tolerated in
America Perhaps not replied ne but you
Lrorv America is free country. while In ireland
yve do as we please" This nice discrimination IS
o,,f+a apparent in the school work, which is red
.ara system tied into Gordian knot that no' po-
1;tieai Alexander has yet appeared able to sever.
Tha system If IL may be dignifed by such a naIne'
seeu,s to consist in an unwrftten HgreeHenf OF &Ai
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

parties concerned with education to work apart
rather than 70 pull together, ana the results are
quite In accord with the methods employed to OBJ
tain them.
The Irish board Of education appears 10 be an
enlightened body. At the hands OF this board e
truly liberal education might be dispensed. but.
unfortunately. its hands tied. Above 1t arc q
government and treas sUry which disregard nearly
all OF its suggestions and refuse all It's requistions
says Miss Kelly. while below it Is corps OF teach
ers for whose work Il Is held responsible, although
they arc not under its control This control Is In
the hands OF local school manager, who is neither
appointed by the board nor responsible 70 its men,
bers or to any one. Yet he Il Is who appoints the
teacher pays his salary from funds received rom
the board. dlsmisses whatever teacher he pleases,
and gives or wIhhoIds his reasons as best pleases
him
small wonder then that OF the $3.50 schools 5,sos
consist OF only one room each not much larger
nor more sanitary than the average Irish cottage
Small wonder. too. that while the average number
Of pupils enrolled for each school ts 25ia the aver
age attendance Is So. huctuating With weather and
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
PUPILS HEALTH NEGLECTED.

This same amazing aIoofness." continues Miss
Kelly, of government official from another
obtains In the question OF school health This is
OF course the business OF the manager and teach
ers. but they relesae 1t TO the health officer OF the
district. For him inspect the school would be
contrary to etiquette, when epidemic breaks
out he drowsily in his official chair and closes
the school, and the children thoroughly impreg-
mated retire their homes and fight it out with
fate and a constitution built potatoes strong tea,
sour bread and climate so damp and enervatins
to he world famous"
On the mouths and hands OF the pupils IN one
district were evidences OF ringworm and another
queer sore. beginning generally the mouth and
spreading the hands. and being transferred to
other hands. quickly went to the mouths The
cause Of this almost Immediately evident in
The use OF slates--sates in I'm most OF the
schools and cleaned BY what is known the
natural method" Inquiry proved that paper
''too expensive for use in the schoslroom-
one popular method OF teaching is to put the
lesson on the blackboard and let the children alb
sorb it by saying II IN chorus until the words
gradually get beneath the skin. Whether the
meaning IS there or not seems to make no differ
ence, so long the words are taken In For IN
stance. the learner takes long look at the board
takes a mental inhalation Of the words thereon
inscribed then. with his eyes shut. he chants In
dreary monotone: ''M-e-a-n mean. Six times
eleven is sixty-six. Murder is a mortal sim Nine
from twenty and eleven left Tie cat has four
feet. Do, ra, me- IA. The harp IS the musical IN
strUment OF Ireland"
Another OF the farces OF teaching in these
schooIs seems to be the Gaelic revival The edu-
Gators of the country rant about the truth and
beauty concealed in Gaelic literature but 1t
seems concealed beyond finding to the pupil and
moreover, as the educators refuse translate It
into English. difficult for others share their
enthusiasm At or these Gaelic sessions a
erroup OF twelve fourteen children were gath
cred about a wild specimen of mankind. He roared
unintelligible sounds at the children and they
roared them back at him, with no books. no in
diyfdual instruction, guide except the believing
OF their instructor. After the lesson he and
the writer went out into the dampness. he said:
Did ye how got II out OF them? I'll get
good sum out OF that lot come examinations.
Three shillings pass get. and think one way
or another I'll make them all pass"
'.And IL they don't?''
"III lose three shiings. that's all; and what
I've spent on books for them. and copy books.
Fut they'll pass because / teach them be tn
natural method. The child IN its cradle initiates
the sounds 1t hears about it; but does it under
stand those sounds? No."
''But those children" said his companion. ARE
beyond cradle age. They initiate the sounds you
rnake--most clearly and distinctly they initiate
thsni-but don't they .-nderstand?'
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
LONDON HOTELS.

Moreover, while the regulations admit Of no stu
dent younger than three years, who seemed
hardly two in the chair next the masters
There quiet and generally occupied air IN
the room. when the peace was suddenly shattered
by the voice OF the schoolnistress, who called
wildly:
'Johnl John, For the love OF hiven. will you
look? The chid's eatin' chaIkr'
John the schooIn1aster. He seized the child
with practised hand. inserted practised finger
into the breathing apparatus. and. whils tears
streamed doEn the faces OF the schoolnistress and
nine Of the children. he labored energetically until
the chalk reclaimed.
In commissioning with the troubled woman
teacher. who still suffered from the excitement,
the visitor remarked:
II wouldn't let them send that child. She's too
young
And where would 1 put her. thin? While I'm
here reachin' the others. here have 20 be"
And it IS the astonishing truth that the teach-
ers were husband and wife" writes the author,
that nine or the fourteen children their own
and that they all lived in the sc1ooIhouss.
When congratulated the master his thrift
In supplying his own scholars he looked at
me with rather morose eye. though he admitted
that without them his appointment would lapse.
Even the weeniest had to be enrolled TO keep
the numbers up.
But it would he convenience he Informed
me. ii they lived little way off. for while some
teachers have many day to themselves when rain
keeps the scholars away. there Is no such luck
for me-. "
And yet. with conditions Ike these existing. the
managers still continue select the teachers. find
ms It convenient and profitable 10 retain their sub
servient and uuenlghtened teachers rather than
apply to the board and bring reform and modern
methods about their heads. Some OF the more in
telgent and younger managers have selected
trained teachers TO I'LL the positions In the schools
Nearly all of the mistakes. the cruelty and the
shameful neglect are directly attributed to the
uneducated teachers In the schools kept by the
latter the dirty. damp. unaired, and
year swept by order" There is
attempt decoration, word OF beauty. music,
play. The benches too high 10 allow the
feet OF the young learners TO touch the floor. and
their bony little backs have no supports to rest
against when they grow weary. Yet these things
are not known by the officials higher UP because
they look to those not quite high up to look
after them. Thes, in turn look 10 somebody else
who. In the endless chain OF official red tape. looks
somebody else. and thus education IN ireland Is
made continual nightmare. while the youth OF
the land working under pressure 10 learn the
rnerest rudinents of the three RS
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
No PINS IN CHINA.

When vou talk Of the awakening Of China, its
adoption of Occidental ways and ideas, one class
of business men will not agree with you--the
ma anufac cturers Of pins
China frankly does not like the slender, sharp
pointed instruments considered so necessary by
the Caucasian woman. or hooks and eyes. IL
prefers loops frogs or the simple string. Even
the most persuasive of pin missionaries make
very few converts. The great argument IN
favor Of the pin-time saving-does not appear
10 the Chinese. II they have anything, it is
time They were having II when our aboriginal
ancestors were experimenting with common
thorns, which were the pins ancestors 1hey
6o not know what hurry means. They not
so strongly inclined toward applying It's def
nition--Van Nordeu's Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
sUGAR INSTEAD oF ALCoHOL.

The role and Importance of sugar as rapid
reliever of fatigue is one which we are only just
beginning to appreciate. and which goes sur
prisingiy far already. 1t has been Incorporated
into the most hard-headed cold -bIooded. mat
ter-of-fact diet on earth, the German army ra-
uons. especially the forced march" emergency
ration. No other food OF its bulk can take its
place. II is the belief Of careful observers of
men, particularly in the tropics, that the larger
the amount of sugar and sugar containing foods
they are supplied with, the less alcohol and
other stimulants they will crave For instance.
the United states government now buys the
best and purest Of candy by the ton and ships
IL TO the Philippines. to be supplied to canteens
and messes, finding that its use diuinishes the
craving Tor native brandy; and it has long been
% matter of comment from thoughtful observers
that The amount OF drunkenness of q race or
oiass IS IN inverse ratio to the amount of sugar
II consuTnes.-Success
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
CANCER a DISEASE OF HIGHLY DEvEL-
oPED CIVILIZATION.

Spread out a map OF the world and mark the
countries that have progressed furthest in ma
terial We!lbeing, in education, government. san
itation and other essentials of modern civsiZa-
ton; those are the countries that suffer most
from the cancer plague. In the eastern world, nor
Asia or Africa, but enlightened Europe; in the
western not Mexico, Honduras or Panama but
the United States and Canada-these. are tho
countries most grevousy afflicted No savage
tribe is absolutely immune. but cancer assaliS
most violently those peoples that have reached
the highest points in civilization. And not only
this but il apparently bears heaviest upon the
most sanitary and enlightened parts OF these
countries. In Europe the nations that suffer most
are not Russia OF Hungary or Italy or Spain. but
Germany, France, Sweden Norway, and. above
all, England In London the greatest mortality
is found not ia the East End, but IN Hanp-
stead, MarylebOne and Chelsea, which include
the city's wealthiest parts. Similarly In New
York. the Russian Jews and Italians who so
largely populate the crowded tenement sections
are comparatively immune whereas the more
sanitary parts OF the town are faVorite breed
ing places. Where diseases Of known couta-
giousness, like tuberculosis typhoid fever, dtph-
liberia and pneumonia. most abound. cancer
seems 70 find a less strong foothold than IN
other more salubrious sections; as by some mys-
ferrous and ineXorable law of compensation 1t
finds its way mainly into the homes OF the pros
porous ana enlightened-Burton J. Hendrick. IN
AIc(-lure'S
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
AN ENGLISH TEMPERANCE MOVE.
Plan to Restore the Public House to Its Ira
ditiouaI Use

A great increment 70 restore the English pubic
house 10 its traditional a place OF ease.
recreation and refreshment has been initiated in
England. =
Lord Hfaisbury. the ex-TsoTd Chancellor. presided
over a gathering of peers Members Of Parliament.
clergy ard Others at which Il decided to estab
Iisn True Temperance Association. The aim OF
the movement. says The London Express Is TO
associate the moderate people all over the country
who dissent from the extreme and destructive pro-
posaIs purtanical teetotalers in reasopabIs and
sane policy OF improving licensed houses BY render
nlg them more ike the Continental resorts. where
the ordinary feels shame in sitting with his
wife and ehdrsn-and Of thus reducing drunk
enness.
Lord HaIsbury drew a clear distinction between
the methods OF teetotal repression and the aims
of the True Temperance Association. in his intro
ductoTy speech.
will be TO try something which has not been tried
yet in this matter-appealing 70 the vii ana Us
means means , od ~ Ss5ae So rs Sbstainers be-
cause they could not get drink. they would not be
men they would be slaves.
the public house out OF existsnce instead 6 inn
proving II for The public use Lney resaId ths
a place which, II a man visited IT, he should leave
as Ie'h IL as surprisin n SIN asked Lord Hasbury that
the public house should have oseofne A mere drink
a ing silSp n4podeei We want 20 alter al that and to
make every public house decent place oI refresh
meut and teSott AAis NeN4'----SN 49, s~N~-~
with much applause -. - -. -
Thr very essence or THIS hloF'Hleit = tO - -
remove the stigma which attaches 20 the puotlc
boIse said lord salisbury. 1T Is hard that
a respectable who lives IN q vltass snar1 %
rAi.a rra from setting drink and from IrleIdy n
ts-eor,rSa win other men simply because II -
fhouebt that to frequent public house MARKS nnL
as a less respectable member OF society L : ais'
e dangerous policy -. % ..sa +,,.
ssrhe more open drinking is the better, said lsis
Rev H. r. Gamble. OF tIoly Trinity Sieahs ol sloSl
English people not PREPARED 20 ps
into total abs sfrence into adOQtinS the ofs ,-e-
6vnoSrisv of total prohibition He supported 80 80
sSbersa IN the interests free and healthy s9S&<-
Ha
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
oUTRAGEs OF THE TELEPHONE.


The Drunken Sailors fate having been salts
factorily settled. what shall be done with the
Telephone Ffend? This distressing problem is
agltating more than one long suffering soul.
The Fiend is petticoated, rarely trousered who
holds you up until you ready to hurl an
athemSs upon the very Inventor. Where Is the
specialist who will conquer this disease of the
wire-diseass that is working such wholesale
bodily breaking the needed rest of inyalids
without a qualrn, and robbing the party at
the other end Of all surety Of peace? For all
else seem we to have found quietus. but for
the ''caler up" at any old time or place no rem
cdy seems forthcoming.
That the telephone has blessed many man.
saved many lives and helped pile up fortunes Is
true but has il not cursed some women. ruined
lives and hastened domestic misfortune?
II has Has it not become the favorite pas
time Of the woman with nothing to do? 1t has.
Does 1t not accelerate gossip? Aid the ffrt and
the wayward. constantly? It does Sef-in-
dulgent women waste their husbands money by
ordering food over the handy telephone,
thereby losing both their wholesome morning
best there is for the price at market at stores
time wasted by women in foolish 'phoning can
never be offset by time gained by forehanded
men in business. for what shall II profit
If he gain the whole world If his world is lost
through folly?
Telephoning. from q habit finally becomes q
vice and menace to the courteses. 1t has de-
stroyed the fine art of social correspondence. It
has crowned Haste with Courtesy's laurel
Mlnna Thomas Antrim, in Lippincotts.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
THE VANITY OF CRIMINALS.

.bs ,a..nologists speak of the braggart vanity OF
asns 'ltinaL II Is true Of erotic offenders. per-
So out the thief viii tell of the number Of
saif ~ s mas fooled the police merely by way Of
he - oSAncauon. He admits the premise that
he 20 a t0oI ever 10 become criminal, and
fh.. .o1ats his triumphs only TO indicate TO you
sI east he is not absolute idiot.
j5, - = efnlnologists point out the childish van
.oI n uie @ criminal who bedecks his person with
ins1 - wien he is prosperous. In this the Grim
-, = no Valner than his honest brother. But
X. eIS about the only sort of property that
- - safely possess, as was the case with the
ss-o - me old days when they were the driven
sis. me criminal may not with any safety
s,rTe, y1e bank depositor, and he is usually too
a.. = " spendthrift to carry = roll of cash;
so- .iS Alos that If he is arrested and can show
AauosO1ne diamond ornaments and a Valu-
-. "atch. he will have no difficulty in secur-
49," gooo lawyer and bondsman and will
p. llShting chance for acquittal at his trial.
49, Always, be il understood. the crook is
sne.ss .-s into the windows Of the House of Re-
rso ~ nley with wistful eyes. "Al' Adams with
,gas,h taeh 3 million dollars earned from his des-
20 49, poilcy gambling, which robbed children
,s.. pennies and caused starvation in tene-
q, : nOInes, found himself an enforced hermit
-rsss SIte"oed city Even his family did not live
--5.s iiais- Ia suite Of rooms at the Ansonia.
TesI;- . Sapsnese servant who had no personal
r-s Aor nm, the man lived alone. He craved
s1s- s.i association. Sometimes he got It on
~ = pEetences from chance acquaintances But
- osio shortly be identified and again there
So. 10y 10y utter loneliness for him. He shot him
eeo'-Charles Someryilie, in EYeTybody's.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
ITALY AND SOUTH OF FRANCE
GENOA, PRIvATE IH HnA'fz PAsk IA
s nEDEn PALACE. 7"

They do not said he proudly. Tn tsaenins
them be tn natural method
OF such chaotic conditions is tbs present day
school system Of Ireland and under such rsstnas
is the Irish youth forced 70 receive his instruc-
ton Such teachers as those tnstanced are be-
ginning to be recognized encumberins timber
in some OF the enlightened localities. and IN
such localities conditions are beginning TO be M
proyed Yet in many towns and villages nlediasvai
prejudices. ancient superstittons, and relig1ous
bigotrfes stin shut out the light OF learning. and
unless the germ OF enlightenment Is Injected INTO
the sluggish body Of Irish educational progress
the country promises to continue IN Gonparssfss
ignorance for many years 70 come.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04
.rrn1AN SHORTHAND WRITERS.

r.obsblx the only tribe OF real Indian short
-Aen5 writer's in the world who contribute anu
ssubsc7ihe 20 the Queerest newspaper NO T1Ios
esrbIishsd are those belonging 10 the halnloops
s1S Tougiass river bands, living IN the llteI1ot
of British Columbia. Over two thousa'u o-
sTese natives have mastered the ART anu x
t.-lv read ali the news pertaining to the trloe
-55 in7ivid,iafs in their curious journal. caiieu
tba HKaunleops wawa." Bible. hymn ana
rrsve- hooks are likewise printed Ia TINS sign
language These natives have become melhoeis
~ fbe Church The writer, recently returned
fro, This region, obtained q series OF character
istic photos. together with some Interesting II,
formation in regard to these little known and
remarkable Indian FOLKS
vas brought about through the efforts ot
French missionary, lie Jeune, sent out from
Brittany few years ago. hamloops. the head
Quarters CT Missionary LIE Jeune. is some t.lree
Hundred miles and more northeast from VIC
toria the capital Of British Columbia JUST
acress the river. q few miles up from the town.
s. the main Indian village. or rancherte. Here
the natives congregate in large numbers at GER
tain seasons, for this is the important centre
Of Indian life for some fifty 10 one hundred miles
a-ound The occupation is principally hunt
ing. fishing and ranching, and farming on a lin
itsd scale.
Before Mr. lie Jeune began his educational
work the tribes Of this locality, living along the
canyons aid banks Of the Thompson and Fraser
rivers in British Columbia, were unable 70 write
their language, and had written literature,
although each possessed a language which had
s7r extensive mythology, preserved by oral ira
Edition To-day nearly all these different tribes,
some half dozen or more are writing letters TO
ols another in their several languages. reading
& newspaper, Bibles and songbooks. all by
means OF Shorthand. Pastor lie Jeune found
that TO be successful in his mission il would be
absolutely necessary to devise system OF com
fnunication. He taught the Indians OF the vari-
Gus tribes 70 write their language, and showed
them sign TO represent each sound which they
uttered IN pronouncing their words. The signs
were simply the shorthand symbols OF the
Dupleyan photographic system.
After working out Indian vocabulary IN his
Shorthand signs. containing nearly all the words
commonly employed in everyday usage. the pas
Tor, IN the early fall. when the village was thick
y populated, first showed and explained his Eys-
Ten TO one Of the bright Indian boys. He took
70 L tntuitiVely, and set TO work to decipher
some Indian prayers which the pastor gave him
before Christmas he had pretty thoroughly
learned the art Of writing his language, and, be-
ing pleased with his rapid success, he set to
york az once TO instruct his friends. The new
alk language" created widespread interest,
ana the Indians we're all eager to learn II.
soon the young well the adult members
o. each habitation for miles around were en-
gsgeo In practising the method Of COM
Day.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-04

agriculture holidays and religious festivals For.
to quote Miss Kelly, these astonishing truahey
statistics are natural to a rural population Dlt-
terly poor. where exists close cohnecuon oet"ee"
aoricnIt,,re and school attendance At all seasons
important in the life history OF tho potato the
rollbooks would suggest plague. Hardly chho
can be spared when there is so much to do ana SO
few to do it. At the harvesting 100 OF tle o'Nei
crons the school benches will be bare of girls as
well as of boys for girls can either CLEAN in the
fields or mind the chllder. while their mothers
and even their grandmothers snatch what they can
from the niggard land they love SO well