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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28

1. Having a genuine eight
year compulsory school law for
eight-year school.
2. Having medical inspection
of school children with adequate
"follow-up" work by school nurses
or teachers.
3. A. complete school census
and an adequate administration of
observation-disclosures.
A. The course of study and
school machinery must be so
adapted to the average that as
many will go faster as go slower
than the mass.
These measures stop the "block-
ing" in the lower grades, raise
health and efficiency standards,
and tend to establish the habit Of
success rather than the habit of
failure. This is of greater impor-
lance than anything in the course
of study.
1t sends the children out into
the world with hope rather than
with encouragement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
$50, 900 Children
Quit Public Schools
CONTINUED From Page one.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
Their own ability is destroyed, and
the soul-destroying conviction Is
ground into them that they are
failures"
In most of the states the law
requires six years or less of school
attendance, and yet the elemen'
I tary course in most American
states involves eight grades with
year apiece. So we have a six
year law with an eight-yeaI
school.
Sixteen per cent Of all who drop
out do SO because of Ill health, and
those who have physical defects,
such as poor hearing, poor seeing,
hypertrophied tonsils, adenoids,
or decayed teeth, go through
school per cent more slowly than
children who are not so handi-
capped.
Three children out of four at
tend school regularly, that is,
more than three-fourths of the
time. One child out of four at
tends school irregularly, that is
less than three-fourths of the
school year. There are at present
many children who do not go to
school simply because the city has
no knowledge of their existence.
Many children stay away from
school for a month or so after
school has begun. Prompt follow
ing up of these cases in communi-
ties where it has been tried always
results in establishing the habit of
regular attendance.
At present our courses of study
are not fitted to the abilities of the
average pupil, but to those of the
unusually bright one. In an in
vestigation made in New York
city it was found that for every
child making rapid progress
through the grades, there were
eight making slow progress.
L know one teacher who fo,
years has "failed' over half of
each successive class by so-called
thigh standards" That woman
is responsible for the termina-
ton of the school career of hum
dreds of boys and girls who aver
age up well both in effort and
mental power.
The trouble is with the STAN
dard. A man teaching boys to
jump, who should put the stick at
such height that a considerable
number failed and stopped trying,
would not be regarded as main
tanning high standards. 1t is his
business to teach boys to jump,
mot to discourage them so they
will leave the field.
|, This army of failures, who each
year leave our city schools, ahving
failed of graduation, may be large
lily recruited into the army of sue
cess by four measures:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
AVE.
IN AWFUL
SHAPE

Another wall came to the city
commission this morning over the
condition of Puyallup avenue, ow-
ing to the slowness of Contractor
Je Wells and the T. r. & p. COM
pany.
C. A. Pratt, OF the Pacific Box
factory. recounted the fact to the
commission that this street has
been torn up for IL months, while
the street cam company and Wells
trifled with the work they have
there. All this time traffic has
been impeded and driven from the
street.
Commissioner Woods and Law
son said the job was being pushed
now, and they hope to have the
thing cleaned up in another
month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
Will the Stars and Stripes Fly
Over MORO Castle in a Year?

fortuitous circumstances, slowly
invaded by irresistible capitalistic
companies and audacious syndi-
Gates, which daily increase produc-
ton, yes, but contribute chiefly
to the wealth that goes out of the
country-the native population is
being dislodged from its possess
ions. many with final ruin, until
now there remain to the Cubans
only the public offices and their
heroic banner, outward and pal
pable signs of their national ex-
istence and sovereignty"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
TACOMA SCHOOLS COST
S615,677 LAST YEAR

1t took the services of 1928 in
structors, and cost $615,977 to
teach the young idea how to shoot
in Tacoma last year.
Secretary Lister, of the school
board, has just issued his annual
statement. According to his fig
ures, this vast sum of over half
a million dollars, spent for educa-
ton, was very economically used,
for the cost per pupil in Tacoma,
was only $42.10 each, which is
less than most cities of this size.
Part of this money, however,
went for permanent improve
ments. The amount spent for ac-
tual running expenses was $427,-
$685..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
wanted--A Burgomaster.


"Wanted-A hustler who
can come we'll recommend
ed for the job of mayore
ing for the town of MagA$
deburg. Apply to thSS
president of the city coun-
Gil. References exchanged.
The salary is $1,000 marks
a year, including the rental
of a dwelling in the city
hall. Besides his salary
the incumbent will receive
1000 marks for his off.
cial expenses. Candidates
should apply before Sept.
l."
A mark is about 25
cents.
Something like the above
lad" appears in the news
papers of Germany, where
there are no slate or other
candidates, no speechmak-
ing, no primaries, no fierce
election party struggles.
The German plan is to Sc
cure the most capable per-
SON for a vacancy, and If he
can make good" salary is
no object.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
MAY DRAIN
BIG SWAMP

The big swamp south of town
extending clear beyond Larch-
mont, may be drained by a great
storm sewer. Commissioner
Woods had estimates this morning
showing the work can be done and
30-inch pipe put in for 5000
feet for $4,000. A 15-inch pipe
for part of the way can be put in
for $4,000, but that would not
serve the purpose.
The city attorneys will look the
matter up, and If the swamp can
be put in district, and assessed
to pay the bill, the work will be
done.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
HANGAR, NOT SHED, OF AERO.
PLANES.

Hangar is the very latest addi-
tion to the English language, and
it comes direct from England, the
tight little island whose inhabi-
tants claim to be the only English
speaking people who speak the
Language correctly. Hangar" &C.
cording to the English writers, is
the proper name for the sheds in
which aeroplanes are housed II
was first used by writer's describ.
ing the recent aviation meet, al
Bournemouth, England. The word
does not appear in any of the late
dictionaries. sFn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
TROOPS CALLED
TO QUELL
RIOT
,.sy United Press Leased Wire. )

s6y United Press Leased Wire.)
COLUMBUS, o., July 2S.-TwC
thousand state militia men ar.
rived here to quell rioting which
followed an attempt on the part
of the Columbus Railway & Light
company to operate street cars
manned by strike-breakers.
Mobs of strikers and sympa-
thizers, augmented by the riff
raft of the city, attacked the cars,
beat the non-union crews and tore
up the tracks. The police were
powerless to prevent rioting, and
Mayor Marshall called on the
state authorities for troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
JEWELS FOUND
BUT WHERE?
(By United Press Leased wire,

PiTTSBURG, July 28.-Members
OF the family Of Mrs. Henry r. Rea,
sister of United States Senator Geo
T: Oliver, today maintain silence
about the finding of Mrs. Reas
$780, 600 Jewels by a search extend
ing over a year.
All circumstances regarding the
restoration of the stolen gems are
withheld. The general belief is
that they were taken by a society
Raffles who finally consented to re-
turn them under certain conditions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

~ local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There 10 only one
say to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
uonai remsdiss. Desfnefs Is cau.ed by an In.
Named condition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachisn Tube. when this tube Is infiamed
yea have rumblins sound or imperfect hear
Ing. and when It 10 entirely closed Deafr eos
the result s1d unless the Inflammation
can b. taken out and this tube restored 10 lis
normal condition. heaFing will be destroy cd
Prsver. Nine sasss out OF ten are caused By
Catarrh. which Ia nothing but an imam "a
eondition Of ths mnssua surfaces
We viii give ose Hundred Dollars for any
ease OF DEAFNESS lcaused by catarrh) that can.
BOT be eured by Halls CatRrrh Cure. Send for
cirou,arS freo.
Address r. J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. O.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-28
MOTHER AND CHILD
PERISH IN FIRE

LA GRANDE, July 2S.-Mrs. ].
Dean and child persisted in a fire
which destroyed their home Tues
day night. The husband was
away at the time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
Outrageous! UNLIMITED Guests
Attend The Wedding

It's her wedding day-maybe your
little girls" wedding.
Ma. with tear-filled eyes, knows that
daughter is a woman now, and Is
destined to leave her girlhood home;
pa may be wondering how all the bills
will he paid.
The preacher. backed by some
palms, taxed % per cent in the Aldrich
tariff law, faces the parlor filled with
admiring relatives of the two who are
TO be one.
Sweet and softly comes the beauti-
full music OF Lohengrin's wedding
chorus.
Likewise comes the radiant bride.
The assembled audience views with
approval her lovely complexion and
her beautiful gown, which being Of
silk. had been tariff taxed 60 per cent.
The dress is trimmed in dainty lace,
also taxed 80 per cent with rope
OF imitation pearls. taxed 90 per cent,
and pa had paid for all these things,
including the tariff, without MUIR
muir.
Clad In the conventional black"
taxed "a cents a pound and 60 per cent
additional tyou see how the captains
OF industry love a lover,D, with silk
necktie, taxed 40 cents pound and
90 per cent added on its wholesale
value. collars and cuffs, 40 cents a
dozen and 20 per cent added. a silk
handkerchief, 80 per cent. pair OF
kid gloves taxed So a dozen. the
nervous groom comes TO meet his bet.
tcT-half-to-be. in a pair of tightly ft-
ting shoes, taxed II per cent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

Standing before the happy couple
the preacher mumbles a few unin
telligible words. and as 1t Is ring
ceremony the groom draws from his
vest pocket the gold wedding ring
taxed 60 per cent, and as the bride re
moves one Of her gloves, taxed $3.50
dozen. slips the tiny golden band
upon the finger where also reposes
the engagement ring, taxed 60 pei
cent.
Possibly the preacher gives the
pretty bride kiss. NOT tariff taxed
in any of the schedules OF the Payne
Aldrich law, and then handing the
orchids. taxed % per cent, 10 the
bridesmaid, you see your little girl
through a mist, lead her lord and
master TO the sumptuous spread in
the dining room.
Afterwards. as the happy couple HE
themselves away for their honeymoon
accompanied by few quarts OF rice
tariff-taxed 2 cents pound, the
guests are content to view the wed
ding presents. Here are dainty pieces
OF cut glass, taxed 90 per cent, silver
knives, forks and spoons, taxed never
less than 40 per cent. and check
from pa. NOT tariff-taxed.
Then the mailman gets busy on the
announcement cards, taxed 80 per cent
on the envelopes. 3 cents a pound and
10 per cent added on the paper. and
printed from engraved plates. taxed 25
per cent-not because they really
came from other countries. but in or
der that Infant" industries may live
and thrive and some day become big
trusts.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
CHRISTMAS.

oh Christmas morn. the holiest far
And gladdest Of the year,
The day when jesus Christ was born,
The Christ whom we hold dear.
No chariot softly carried Him,
No costly robes He found;
Yet where His sandaled feet have trod.
We now deem sacred ground.
No lordly mansion was His home.
No Jewels deckcd His breast.
Yet at His word fed sin and death
And waves sank into rest.
No wondrous temple did lie build
To cheat n thonghtiess world;
But all the pomp and wealth of earth
He back at satan hurled.
when hungered. sore. lie yet refused
To make stones into bread;
Unless God spoke He listened not,
But walked where duty led.
Each little child lie freely blessed.
lie healed the sick end sad.
And all Ills time and thought was
given
To make men good and glad.
Regardless what they give.
Yet warm within the heart OF man
The Cruciiied must live.
Margaret Florence McAuley.
$50 Brooklyn-aVc., Detroit Mich.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
From Another Point of View

is is the December thaw.
wishing the single Merry Xmas
be Claus you be one of sew
burglars
Furnace morning presents last night
and
poor onesMcenth as steep as Times
to whic
a
legislator se probably wonder
ing what they expected to do
comfored to learn that John
n. has given $0OOO,0OO to the Chicago University
DR. Cook he was in Halifax Had there many
80 - N wish N
by the views tho,
gift OF s1OOO0oO for quit their TO fgn9
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
Schools on Wheels

Prussia is planning an innovation
In education. according to Deputy
Consul General Simon w. Hanauer, OF
Frankfort. Houses on wheels will
travel about the rural districts and
poorer quarters OF the cities, giving
instruction in housekeeping TO the
daughters OF laborers, craftsmen and
farmers. The travelling housekeeping
school will be equipped with the latest
scientific devices OF housekeeping.
The course of instruction will take
eight weeks and will teach the can
ming of fruits, dairying. poultry cul-
ture, sewing, laundering, sanitation.
nutrition and health. II is intended to
provide one travelling school for every
county In Prussia
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
THE MOONsHINER's CHANCE.

Eff the guv'mint fellers don't run
foul o me before Christmas III be one
o the happiest fellers in the country
said the moonshiner, for I'll dispose
of enough good corn ticker by that
time TO buy the whole family new
FILINGS for Christmas. haVin all the
barefooted children shod an payin on
mortgage on the new distillery. Be
sides. there's my church dues. which
IN be able TO settle ia full, includin'
my contribution to the heather. These
things IN be in condition to do IL
Providence is on my side once more.
which I'm prayin fer day an night.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
Desperate Gets SIS.

Hanlon Wright, the Harrow. Ont.
young man who tried to make his
rich uncle. William G. Wright. of the
same village. hand over $4,000. a few
DAYS ago, accompanying his request
with the hrandishing of a small ar
senal, including revolvers and rifles
and who, afterwards. on failing TO get
the money. barricaded himself in his
own home and defied the police to ar.
rest him, surrendered, Friday night,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
ADVERTISING TALKS
(Continued from PAGE one.)

tening to unsavory gossip about
some other editor or publisher?
Is it not better to go in our own
way with a feeling of good will
toward everybody?
SEE NOT EVIL
The mote in our own eyes
should prevent us from seeing it
in others. 1t is the easiest thing
in the world to pick flaws. 1t is
SO much easier than seeing the
good only.
THAT advertisement is very
poor" says one merchant about
another merchants advertise
ment.
Advertise in that newspaper
Why, you are foolish. 1t is no
good" says one advertising man
to the merchant who has de-
cided to buy space in the col
umns Of the rival newspaper.
One merchant should be will.
ing to give another merchant
FULL CREDIT. He should be
too busy with his own affairs tc
see defects in others. One adj.
vertising man should be sc
proud of his profession as not
to reflect on another member OF
the profession.
The spirit of fairness anC
good will should prevail.
SPEAK NOT EVIL
Here's the rub. How prone
we are to say unkind and oft
times untruthful things about
those who cross our pathway.
/ shall never forget how mer
chants in a big town once
sneered at a newcomer. Il
seemed to be universal. There
was no occasion for it. The new
conner had done nothing to merit
their disapproval or their criti
cism. All he had done was tt
start up business in their com
munity. Yet the evil they spoke
of him was awful. Why?
The new Advertising Mar
once upon time came into town
He was from the country-a lit
tie bit green, but a hard worker
How he was picked to pieces
How evil report spread He haC
committed every crime excep
murder. All for what purpose
Both the merchant and tn,
advertising man SUCCEEDED
but both are still spoken of il
some quarters as though they
were the worst people alive.
Merchants and newspaper
editors and publishers and ad
vertising men-it is far better
to Hear not Evil'-to "See No
Evir'-to ''Speak not Evil"
There should be COMMON
BROTHERHOOD among us al
for the sake of our own man
hood and for our own business.
and for the good we can do.
UNIVERSAL GOOD WILL
should occupy our thoughts, moi
only tonight and tomorrow, but
for all time.
To be continued
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
OratoricaI Stand.Bys.

Mr. Disraeli, not knowing very well
what TO say az some Guild hall ban.
quet, relied on the sublime instincts
OF an ancient people" Mr. Asquith,
in somewhat similar plight. compound.
ed his peroration out OF a hazy recol-
lection of Burke and Beaconsfield. and
expressed his confidence i'm the polit-
ical instinct, the trained Judgment.
the inbred sagacity and integrity OF
the British people.-London Saturday
Review.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
Our American consu Reported BY
Them Department Of Washington

public who are often unable to distin-
guish between beef and horse flesh.
Paris annually consumes nearly 30
million pounds of horse and mule
meat. Other figures submitted TO
Yost indicate that Parisians generally
are famous trenchermen. Last year
Partisan palates smacked over 1862
600 pounds of snails and crawfish,
and % millions pounds OF oysters,
mussels and shellfish.
About Fishpoles.
Where do fishpoles come from
Willie Jones, you answer. That's
right. from Japan.
Consul d. +. WILDER tells how many
bamboo poles were exported from
Kobe to America in 1909. Evidently
there wasn't as much fishing in the
United States last year as the year
before, because the Kobe fishpoles ex-
ported were valued at s40,S9S. in 1909,
against s51,017 in 1908. A kid has to
pay a good deal more for a fishing
pole than the American importer does.
A kid buys a 16-foot pole and pays %
cents for it, while the importer buys
100 OF them for s125.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
FAvORIrE FICTION.

We've Had a Perfectly Splendid
Time, Mrs. Gumwell."
You're the New Assessor, Are You
Glad TO Meet You
smoking ON Front Platform Only.
NO. Sir. We Haven't ANY Good
Seats Left for Tomorrow NightN
What You Wear Wig? Never
Would Have Suspected It."
Il Wasn't Going Faster Than Eight
Miles an Hour Your Honor.
Pardon Me. Sir. but That's My TIM
brella.
Here's Something That Harmon
ICES Exactly with Your Complexion.
Madam.
we Don't Care for Turkey. ANY.
way. Mr. Wilkins. Let Nc Have n
Couple OF ckens.-Chicaso Trlb.
une
I.t.. .a. atr d. -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

that the first toy
was a wooden doll,
made by prehis-
toric man. and from
that day to this
the best efforts of
the toy.ma k | n x
world have been
directed toward
making happy the
hearts OF the little
girls of all nations.
All kinds and de-
scriptions OF dolls
are to be found.
One may find in
Mexico a perfect
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

After long investigation three Euro
pean scientists have decided tina,
trees, through their foliage. extract
free nitrogen from the ATMOSPHERE
something that men only recently dis
covered how to do mechanically.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

When his uncle, through an envoy.
handed over $40 Tn enephew went
TO Kingsyille after the surrender ana
SAID he would 90 from there 10. he.
trCit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
ooen for Bids.

When man saws every man has his
price II is a sign that his price is
pretty loW aud that he is looking :or
bidder -Atchison Globe.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

No more interesting line OF toys III
made than the dolls and their outhts
with which the little mothers OF the
world entertain themselves. IL Is said
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

psias no fraudulent ada Ny
All We Ask Of Our ss Nelson Moni. Co. fire in
\ Fire Ladies' and Police Chicago ,,
men Is Their Lives r, pWEsS''i"O
. Fourteen lives lost in che
80" 49,. 80, - e.,,.d ev Il Friedlanie Co. TIRE IN fhlF
the ne r eus "e rS.y se. THE VICTIMS WERE FIREMEN
Three Cincinnati which destroyed pocA
TWO OF THESE VICTIMS WERE FIREMEN
THE LIVES OF THIRTY EIGHT MEN ENGAGED IN THE PER
TORRANCE OF THEIR DUTIES FOR THREE MUNICIPALITIES ARE
THE TOLL FOR THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
It is going to be a dreary day in these homes
The people Chicago and Cincinnati will contribute
literally of course widows and for the children left
fatheress n these catastrophies.
Hearts deeply the and
with
With does at other times when the posi-
bv of families in such pights should cognizanc and an
pated by municipalities
THE F1REMEN AND THE POLICEMEN OF THIS CITY ARE UN
DERPAID
THEIR SALARIES ARE BEGGARLY AND ENTIRELY OUT OF PRO
PORTION TO THE NATURE THEY ARE ASKED TO
PERFORM.
WE SEND THEM INTO THE BUILDING, UP THE WEAK
ENED AND LEANING WALL THOUGH IT MAY COST
THEIR OWN AND FOR SERVICE WE PAY THEM so HAND
soMELY THAT THEIR LEFT IN WANT AND BECOME
CHARGES THE COMMUNITY.
ITIsA SHAME UPON US.
the corning board Of estimates in the
figures that reach from these three cities
denied them this year
The fate of Chicago Philadelphia and Cincinnati should
they seek the coming and ufes the COM
mission i'm submitting estimates such increase
a
tomato generally get time
The fireman greatest limb life the earning
daily paid hardly enough under the increased cost
necessities to provide himself with living.
It isn't consistent that it isn't fair isn't justice
it isn't humane.
In the early Friday morning Detroit policeman shot
down and perhaps fatally burglar secondav home
the basement where the burglar
couched against orders from the city of Detroit
GET SHOT
That city handed him badge and
pay you said the city the time Just
barely enough you live on if you economical
argued willing the risk and
have glad % get his place the force.
The fact SOMEBODY Has GOT TO TAKE THIS
DANGEROUS RESPONSIBILITY
1t well and good that response
these three cities
meowne the nsures that those who have lost loved
ones moi be overlooked Christmas day.
pronounced of hardship; OF actual want there
will potatoes, chicken and pound of coffee
These A LIFE
when the wolf has through
the door, to haveto accept charity.
the cities that the widows and
children policemen who generally
HAVE TO accept it,
-
Dow Aro+bar 81 View,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24

The Chicagoan who gave a waiter a
dollar and twenty years after sold
him hotel for a million dollars is the
only man, so far as the records show,
who ever Eot his tip back.-St. Louis
Post.Dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-24
The Partisan Appetite.

TIC Y at 'sfdH NPPctItcs
Deputy Consul General BARLEY F.
Yost at his post in Paris views with
amazement the new signs over French
butcher shops. These signs are life
size horses heads and they indicate
that the shops SO designated deal in
horse meat. The signs protect the