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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04

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in a hurry to get to the barn
where the girls were and ran with
a load of tobacco. After she had
run for some distance she kicked
one time and stopped. everything
good as when she started.
Mr.. Kelly M. Britt spent Sat-
urday and Sunday at McDonalds.
Rev. |. E. Wishart preached a
very good sermon here Sunday.
His subject was prayer. Rev.
Will Coleman will preach here
the 4th Saturday and Sunday in
the absence Of our pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Stephens.
Happy Jack"
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R. L. Doughton, Of Allegheny
county, was nominated for Con-
gress by the eighth district Dem
ocratic convention at Statesville
Friday. The eighth is now rep
resented by a Republican and is
the closest district in the State.
The Robesonian., 1910-07-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

but such is Mrs. Rorkes versatility that
she is quite equal to the change She
usually plays the society and grande
dame parts, for which she seems well
fitted by a good stage presence and the
full, rich voice peculiar to EngHshwomen
Last winter she played Lady Tramp
ton in The Stronger Sex " with the
Annie Russell company.
Mrs. Rorke is not only lone of the
best known women between Kimberley
and BulawayO.'. as stated in one of the
South African papers, but is also widely
known in England among large circle
of distinguished people Before sailing
Tor America she spent two months with
Georgena. Countess of Dudley, at Brae-
mar Castle in the north of Scotland, and
counts Sir Arthur and Lady Lawley
among her best friends. Lord Kitchener
Is also personal friend, and on his re-
cent visit to New York she was one of
those who had the pleasure Of dining
with him there.
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Left Behind.

THE late John Q. A. Ward, the noted
sculptor. was In his youth a famous
rider. At the Century Club in New York
brother sculptor said the other day:
Ward once undertook to teach Blank.
the etcher, to ride. Blank was game,
and Ward the first week had him taking
low fences.
Then Blanks conceit got the better Of
him. and he went at a high, dangerous
jump. OF course. he was shot out of
the saddle. He somersaulted over tho
fence and landed in the next field on his
head.
Ward, hurrying up, said, to soothe
Blanks feelings:
the way l do 1t myself! Only
Here Ward smiled
only, you know. ] always manage
to take the horse over with me-
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cipline had reached SO low an ebb that
a policeman had to be stationed in the
school yard all the time during ses-
sions. Bernard Cronson, teacher
plinarian. and a member of the Patri-
otto League, was assigned to the school
in the hope that he would be able TO
establish order At the end Of two
weeks he was in despair. and. meeting
Mr. Gill. told him of the situation.
Here was Mr.. Gilrs opportunity. He
laid before Mr.. Cronson his plan for
school government by the pupils. Mr..
Cronson determined to make the trial
Things couldn't be worse. They might
X
The pupils were told that they were to
govern themselves. They exhibited en-
thusiasm. What was more surprising.
they at once showed sense of RESPONSE
bility. In selecting their officers they
seemed to weigh carefully the characters
of the candidates. and to choose those
who seemed best fitted to make wise
rules and to force obedience to them.
When it became a matter of decid
ing between the right thing and the
emily free. the children were almost
unanimous in their desire to do the
right tning, or at least in the express
sion of a preference for il.
Mr.. Cronson found his problem OF dis
cipline solved. Other schools noted for
took up the idea, and ii
spread to many parts of the metropolis.
When this nation was governing Cuba,
Gen. Wood introduced the school city
idea into that island, and II was put into
operation in 5000 schoolrooms on the is
land. Theodore Roosevelt as President
wrote a letter commencing il g he had
seen it in Cuba and New York.
One day while in his Office in New York
Mr. Gill was visited by the commissioner
of education of the Argentine Republic.
He had heard of the school city and had Z
come to learn of its results.
While he was talking to Mr.. Gill a
from Japan entered. Be-
fore these two left a commissioner from
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devoted his trained intellect to solution
of the problems presented by the invinc-
ible Indifference of so many Americans
toward their cities and states.
How to cultivate in the minds of Amer
leans the habit of thinking along the
lines of self-government? That was the
question. How to induce the average cit
izen to regard himself as an important
part of the machinery of state, and to
assume his responsibilities such? The
problem was pedagogical psychological.
1t was a matter of mental training, and
Mr.. Gill, as an educator, thought out the
answer.
He recalled the difficulties In the old
days Of teaching chemistry. Pupils We're
required to sit day after day in class and
listen to learned lectures on analysis. and
when the course was done they were
turned out with certain amount of
theoretical knowledge Of the science of
chemistry. But they were not chemists.
Not until the students were put into the
laboratory and required to do actual
work did they become chemists.
In other words. it was the old problem
of learning to swim without going into
the water.
So Prof. Gill determined that the way
to teach self government to the youth
was to put them into the swimming
tank of democratic institutions and let
them learn the stroke by actual swim
ming. And not only let them learn the
method, but let them exercise it until
it becomes a habit with them. ingrained
to second nature.
So he devised the school city. Under
this plan each school to which 1t is ap-
piled Is organized into a little self
governing community. 1t elects its
own officers, makes it's own laws SUBJ
Ject to the higher power Of the teacher
as the municipality is subject to the
Constitution; appoints its own admins
traitors and executives, and. as far as
possible, puts the responsibility for the
peace and order of the community on
the little citizens themselves.
It. was in 1897 that the school city
plan was first tried in actual practice.
In . certain New York school the dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
In DisSipated Quag.

CIT HEY must think we are in a bad
way here in New York." said
Francis Wilson at the Players Club.
They must think we are as hopeless as
the temperance audience in Quag."
Mr.. Wilson was condemning the pro-
posed law to imprison for year any
person arrested twice for drunkenness
He resumed:
"A drummer attended a Quag temper
ance lecture one night. The audience was
enthusiastic. 1t cheered every point that
the lecturer made. Yet the lecturer had
a red nose and a shakv hand, while an
unpleasant odor of alcohol made the air
Of the hall heavy.
Are they all teetotalers here? the
drummer whispered to a neighbor, sus-
piciously.
Yes, SIR was the reply. all strict
teetotalers-between the drinks"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19
Wit and Wisdom.
uRJoRNsrJERNE BJoRNsoN, in

"RJoRNsTJERNE BJoRNsoN. in his
- hotel fronting the Tuiieries Gar
dens. received a few friends up to the
last in Paris" said the continental agent
of typewriter firm.
Il had the honor to be among those
friends. and 1 never wearied Of the great
Norseman's Wit and wisdom.
The last thing he said to me. in eau
tioning me not to give an important Pro-
vencal agency to an easy going man Of
the world, was this:
Beware the easy-going man. An
easy going man, you know, is one who
makes the path Of life very rough and
difficult for somebody else.'''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

A \ Englishwoman. Mrs. Melina
~ Rorke, who holds brilliant
"a record of army field service in
Il the South African war entitled
to rank as ma jor, personally
decorated by King Edward with the
Royal Red Cross. and the only commoner
from whom the queen mother has ever
accepted gift, is now visiting III WASH
ington She Is. besides. an actress OF
ability, an exceptionally fine horsewoman
and one who can speak the language of
many African tribes
Mrs Rorke is visiting her son, who Is
with Senator Hughes OF Colorado In
English military circles she is called the
Florence Nightingale of the Boer war.
Her life has been picturesque. While
she was born in England. she went to
South Africa at the age of ten. and as
she naively puts it:
1T was educated there in a convent and
climbed over a stone wall TO get married
when barely fifteen / grew three and a
half inches taller after my marriage. and
my boy and j were cutting teeth at the
same time for my last double ones did
not come until after his birth. / am just
fifteen years and ten months older than
my son. and we are sometimes taken
for sweethearts. which isn't so very far
from the truth, after all.
Mrs Rorke graduated from the British
Hospital. London. and obtained certifi-
Gates for the "Nauhem treatment She
also received diploma from the London
Obstetrical Society. which is the highest
given IN Europe for obstetrics. and en-
titles her to attach L. o. S. to her sig
nature.
When yhe South African war broke out
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Abusing the Broker.

NT HE girl graduate" said Mrs. T1Iis
Treherne Cooke. the Atlanta law,
yer, in a commencement address. "errs In
treating man selfishly. Man remembers
such treatment and later on he avenges &c
"A young girl is proud Of her powef
over him, and she abuses this power toe
often. / know a beautiful Atlanta girl
for instance. A cotton broker is de-
voted to her. Yet, when the parlor maid
told her the other afternoon that this
cotton broker was at the door, she said:
ASK him in the drawing room. jana
and then, as soon as he has laid HIS box
of chocolates down, tell him I've gone
ont a"
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Sweden had Joined the group. An houl
before not one knew of the others exis
tence.
Now nearly every big city in the United
principles have been put into operation
1t has spread to the nations of Europe
to China. Japan and the islands OF the
sea.
II has proved. where rightly establish
ed and properly directed, a wonderful aid
to discipline
The object OF the school city is "a
train the citizen from early childhood IN
the habits of democracy SO that when Id
leaves school he will continue to exercise
those functions wisely and diligently in
the larger field of city, state and IA,
tiOnal citiZenShin.
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Sometimes,

A NDREW CARNEGIE. at the lunch.
"A con to Prince Tsai Tao in Nh
Schwab's vast and splendid mansior
in Riverside drive is reported to have
administered a smiling rebuke to the
twentieth century type OF business
man.
In my time il was different" said
Mr.. Carnegie, but nowadays there are
too many business men. who may be
described like this:
'Positive-They get on.
'Comparative-They get honor.
Superlative-They get honest-
sometimes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

rN nearly every large city in the Union
there is one or more schools where
in active operation Is being carried
III out an idea backed by former Presi-
dent Roosevelt and scores of other
prominent Americans. This idea is the
much-talked-of school republic
Since 1891. when the Patriotic League.
which was the organizer of the system.
sprang into existence. thousands and
thousands Of bright-faced children in all
parts of the world have been taught by
practical demonstration the value of,stu-
dent selfgovernment.
Each school where the system is in
force has its own government. This con-
sists OF a mayor, Judge. council,
clerk Of council. a health officer and
court of aldermen. These oflcers are
elected by the children Of the several
schools and make the laws which govern
the student body. Never a court met in
a temple of justice that exhibits more
sincerity in its conduct e than 90 these
So successful has been the idea that
this year 1t is planned to go a step fur
ther and introduce the system into the
many vacation schools that are conducted
in most OF our large cities
Wilson l.. Gill, president Of the Patri-
otto League, which has Offices in Inde-
pendence Hall at Philadelphia. is the in
ventor of the school republic" or. as
1t Is sometimes called, the school city,
idea.
Mr.. Gill is primarily an educator He
has been described as the apostle of
democracy in education" His plan is not
merely to put democracy in education,
but to put education into democracy.
. Mr.. Gill conceived the idea that the best
way to teach self-government is by put
ting self-government into the schools. He
saw the truth that learning the chronol-
ogy of histirocal events. imbibing the
most intense devotion to the flag and
learning the forms of civil government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

she had a private institution of her own
at Bulawayo. but left IL to follow the
fortunes of the British forces.
In talking with Mrs ROrke, ii is diff
cult 10 realize she can have passed
through the appalling scenes and dangers
of that disastrous campaign, with its
active guerrilla warfare.
Did you serve all through the Boer
war and were you at the front and under
fire." she was asked.
Yes" she replied. Fl was the only
woman with Gen Pumer's column and
was in charge of his base and field hos
pitfalls up TO the relief OF Mafeking, and
subsequently was matron of the Victoria
Hospital there. | was under fire so
many times I cannot remember the num-
Der, and for over three months my cloth
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would not necessarily make the best citi-
zen for q self-governing state.
Indeed, Mr.. Gill observed as thousands
of others have done. that the citizens who
most habitually neglect their duties. those
who take the least part in the processes
Of government and who are most indiffer-
ent to the failure of democracy in Amer
lean cities, are the ones who have had the
greatest opportunities to acquire educa-
ton along the conventional lines.
So Mr. Gill, as scholar and patriot.
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English Woman of Boer War Fame in Washington

ing was never thoroughly dry
But l must tell you what happened at
Lobatsi- One night the pickets gave the
alarm that a large number of Beers
were seen TO be crossing from one noun
tain TO another nearer our camp. Orders
were at once given to stand to arms and
put out lights. We watched all night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

hanging in the main entrance to the
armory. between the Transvaal flag
which flew over the capital all through
the War-and one from khartum, each
suspended from an individual pole OBJ
liQuely set in the wall.
In acknowledgment of this gift Mrs.
Rorke received a letter of thanks from
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When asked about the honors awarded
her, she said.
''On my return to England i received the
Royal Red Cross. a decorat ton which was
conferred upon me by King Edward, in
coronation honors. and pinned on by him
personally in the throne room at Bucking-
ham Palace with much ceremony. The
king wore the uniform of a general, and
the lords OF the court in waiting were in
Iull leVee dress. and great mass of
troops were drawn up outside in hollow
square Believe me. | would not change
that cross for the finest diamonds in the
world. for ] am very. very proud of it.
Il also have received through the war
office the queens medal for one year of
ACTIVE service, and the two-barred kings
medal. for over two years of active serv-
Ice, bar for every six times under fire.
Many people do not understand the differ
ence between a decoration and a medal
For instance. in England every soldier of
company is entitled, by law, to a medal
AFTER one year of active service, and for
other reasons but a decoration is only
conferred upon those who have done some
unusually meritorious work
The Royal Red Cross is the highest
decoration in the world exclusively con-
ferred on woman. Through il | have
the entree TO every court of Europe, and
AT a drawing room am entitled to take
precedence of a marchioness. l am also
entitled to r. r. G. after my signature.
At the close of the war, in 1902 / was
received by the Pope at the Vatican, at a
private audience, and was also a guest
for two weeks of King Edward and Queen
Alexandra at Sandringham, in the wing
allotted to the convalescent officers, as [
had become i'll from Overwork''
The flag which foated over Mafeking
during the siege. and made by, the con-
vent sisters there. was given to Mrs
Rorke. She in turn presented il to
Queen Alexandra. Riddled with bullets
and full of holes. it now occupies a
prominent place In Windsor Castle 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

I! @41Fq16>fESf2&r4lS
The Good Old Times
BY Herbe1
Cause for complaint TON1MYROT!
Twist fown into snile change your grun1be into
hura and thank Providence that you lucky enough
hcpate in the greatest period of history.
The only heller kelter-a narrow aness road,
along which humans for hoary kept bndy
hitting and their onar advancing by accident
hanpered and fettered and handicapped every
The Stone Age and the Bronze Age the Age of Heroes the
Age OF Art and the Age of Exploration by with the
Twentieth Century, puny little tricke in the glass of Time
Until yesterday ago. might the only rght-the
and cringing and helpless.
Society classified it's members by origin Ninety of
children born with inevitable and allotted fuues-he
of the laborer heir to his drudgery.
The most predaciou audacous and impregnabe
monopoly conceivedthe great Trust of Arocracy-
mated pouerowned ocecracked the uhip labor and
capital alike, behind eerected barbados which with
stood assault and torch of revolution
The greatest brute the greatest ordhe long
the strong the tools of and
Force sat in triunUirate suUay the universe.
Tmseed puppets abrogated what their fancy There
justice for the average
Science the Of the charLatan-he phv,cun was
tolerated and dspised side line of the barber
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The decoration of the royal red cross is
especially interesting from the fact that
it exacts of holder that she shall al
ways live up to high standard. When
it is presented a printed edict does with
it specifying that it shall be worn on
the left shoulder and setting forth.
among other things, the following:
I'm order to make such additional pro-
vision as shall effectually preserve pure
this honorable distinction it is ordained
that if any person on whom such distinc-
ton shall be conferred shall by her con-
duct become unworthy of it her name
shall be erased from the register of those
upon whom the said decoration shall
have been conferred.
Mrs. Rorke is unique in having mas
tered eight of the African native dia-
lects. She also speaks the Boer language
fiuently. as well as Spanish and Portu-
Suese 1t is far cry from the battlefield
to a decollete gown behind the footlights.
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but no move being made by the enemy
il was decided TO surround the mountain.
You can imagine our surprise when we
discovered that the supposed enemy were
nothing worse than about $50 balloons
We had a jolly. good laugh over that
experience, l can assure you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-19

charlotte knollys. first woman of the
bed chamber and secretary to H. r. II.
Queen Alexandra, stating:
The flag arrived safely and | was
instructed to thank you very much for
Inc kind thought which prompted you to
olfer 1t to the queen, and to tell you that
her majesty will treasure this interesting
memento of the late war in South
Africa
Mrs. Rorke was much praised bv the
press of South Africa, and holds letters
OF highest commentator from Gen. Sir
Henry Plumer. Sir Arthur LawIey, Sir
John Nicholson and many others CON
nected with her military career
She was appointed to the rank of major
by Cen Sir Henry Pumer who com
manded the Rhodesian forces; and was
also in the roll of hOnors for women -
Mrs. Rorke explained This is an or
ganiZation in England which elects twelve
women to its roll each year whose
achievements are considered the most
worthy To each one so elected a parch-
ment Is given, headed by an engraving of
her own portrait. with the list of the
twelve names below.
1T is. too. YOU know, a double reward
to have had the royal red cross presented
in coronation honors,' as this carries
with 1t separate distinction. 1t means
that the recipient is one of the favored
number that a newly crowned monarch
has selected to honor, at the time of his
jubilee. incident to ascending the throne
of England"
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Englishwoman. Mrs. Melina
Rorke, who holds a brilliant
record of army field service in
the South African war entitled
m rank as ma ior, personally