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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

she has been a member of the moth
erS congress ever since It's actlVitles
crystallized. She was delegate TO the
international Congress of Mothers
which met here in April. and her pam
expositions of existing evils were
among the interesting features OF tina
conference. She belongs to many d.
visions Of philanthropy, and her time
is entirely filled with ideas for the
betterment of the poor. There are
three children in the family Dorothea,
who is nearly thirteen, boy, Jack,
who is eleven. and another little girl
Elsa, who IS not yet ten. Mrs. Berger
had intended coming to Washington
independent Of the happenings of Con-
gresS to attend conventions of various
societies to which she was sent as dele
gate, so she did not withdraw her 1T
tie ones from the schools which they
had been attending all year. But when
the sessions of Congress became TOO
prolonged she decided to return home
and perhaps later to come back TO
Washington. Her plans for next year
are altogether tentative. for she dis
likes being away from her husband.
yet her home ties and the work which
she has begun in Milwaukee are
powerful lure. She also dislikes the
idea of changing the school plans for
her children, but she thinks all these
problems work themselves out with
proper consideration
Mrs. Berger was, before her marriage.
Miss Meta Schlichting, and is a native
Of Wisconsin. She met her husband
while she was teaching in the public
schools. and first became attracted by
his political tenets. and later yielded to
his powerful arguments on socialism and
became a working member in his district
Mrs. Berger has taken up the study of
sociology and economics-themes which
do not usually appeal to wonderland she
has become as earnest an advocate OF
the doctrine as her husband and his CO.
adjutorS. But she believes in working
along different lines and never assuming
leadership in public matters. She thinks
that women can do certain work impos-
sble for man to attempt, and vice versa.
and that only by keeping strictly within
these lines will good ensue.
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SACRED TEA PLANTS Of E;MPEE

JINGLE SAM Has Secured
~ Seeds and Plants-Now
Has Large Tea Garden of
These Sacred Plants at
Summerville, S. C.-Original
Plants Claimed to Have Been
Sent Down From Heaven for
Special Use of Emperor of
China-Plants Attended by
Buddhist Priests Specially
Trained From Childhood for
the Vocation-Consul Ora
cey's Long and Dangerous
Journey to Secure Plants
Travelled to the River With
the Nine Windings Far in
the Interior of China in Order
That Americans Might Sip
Royal Beverage.
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the foremost educators. She expects to
embody her IDEAS of the schools here
with those formed Of other eastern
schools in a report which she will soon
make before her school board in Mil
waukee This report will be awaited with
considera BILE local interest
Il claim for my husbands work that 1t
has something greater than to lower the
price of food or to bring about material
advantages, though these are things not
to be sighted by the publcist," said Mrs
Berger I'VE aim TO free the people from
the grave danger Of being ruled by the
oligarchy of wealth and to give them
chance to rule themselves and to be the
masters of their own destiny, instead of
being the slaves of conditions. 1t is a
large subject and contains so much food
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

member Of our school board has some
favorite work to advance, some sew
ing, some music and physical culture,
others the technical branches. i have
devoted all my attention TO improving
the course of instruction and to SIM
pluying the present curriculum in or
der that it might in the eight grades
present complete and practical sys-
TEN of elementary education. | am
making some progress. but there are
mountains to ne conquered before We
reach the high road of real reform.
Mrs. Bergers interests naturally ex-
tend to the organized societies for the
benefit OF mothers and children, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

CHE Has Been a Figure of
Extraordinary Interest
Interested in Many Philan-
thropical Pursuits, But Her
Life Mission Is Reforming
the Public School System of
the United States-Was the
First Woman Elected on the
School Board of Milwaukee
and She Still Serves as a
Member of That Body.
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A Bachelor on Matrim0ny.

GEORGE ABE. bachelor-like. must
- have his fling at marriage, and at a
June wedding in Chicago Mr.. Ade said
We bachelors on an occasion like this
are thought very little of but permit me
TO say that. were l an editor, should in
sert all marriages in a column headed:
News of the Weak"
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Der should be benefited in the schools.
and not the favored few who possess
means TO continue their studies in the
higher branches. This in a nutshell is
what j am trying TO do. 1t is the
entire fabric which must be rebuilt [
favor music and culture of every kind
even in the grades. if it does not in
terfere too much with the real things
which must be learned. 1t has been
my pride that while nearly every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

Ku-t'ien liver in the heart of a mountain
cnclrcled plain.
i
From here to kienning-fu, a distance
Of some seventy-hve miles, the travelling
very hard. The road was continual
rise, and there were many different as
cents. Here high among the mountains
there arc some magnificent panoramas.
And the hills, for the most part denuded.
are here and there timbered The flora is
excee dingly interesting. There are qual-
titles of wild gentian Dragon-tlies OF
wonderful hue were everywhere. About
three miles from kenning-fu. on the
plain tea becomes conspicuous for its
quantity.
''kienning-fu. charminsly situated at
the junction of the Min and Sung III.
Possesses some remarkable fortlhcitionS
which served good purpose during the late
Tapping rebellion. This city boasts Il
Jeanne d'Ar% vino. finding the city al
most defenseless on the approach OF the
enemy, clothed herself and other women
in mems clothing and so peopled the bat
Elements that the enemy were ntim.dated
and withdrew. Hers is the only grave al
lowed within the city walls.
Among the tea hongS of kienninS-fu
| found scant courtesy as soon as l
mentioned my mission. But | found one
manager VINO was most ITIeHula, tu' pti :
haps to the pipe he had been forced 70
leave on my arrival. From this man
obtained four plants, one lotus heart. one
water fairy flower and two Of the
dragons pool. From the latter two, he
Informed me. teas rejoicing in at least
100 different names are made.
From kienning-fu / continued on 70
Chung-an. a trip it is advisable TO make
in not less than four days on account
of the continual ascent. The first part
of this Journey is over the ancient road
: to Peking This fortunately lost itself
somewhere back in Min dynasty times,
after a few hours beyond kienning-Iu.
For to really appreciate dirt path one
should walk a Chinese high road for seN-
eral days. About four feet broad, ele-
waited slightly at the center and bulit
almost entirely of cobblestones, with but
few fiat stones. so that one can sip at
every other step, results IN an expert
ence that is not soon forgotten.
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dren are to be educated that this change
would come at once Buildings and text
books are themes which must be treated
according to local conditions. SO that
these two are Subservient, i'll everything
which ] do, to the course of Instruction
This IS the point which takes up my
most absorbing attention, and it is in
the graded or grammar schools where
/ hope to realize my ambition. l should
like to see all useless branches taken
from the grammar schools that when
boy girl has gone through the eight
grades both may possess a complete prac
teal education.
When it is considered that for the
large number of American boys and
girls these grades will be all the educa
ton which they will get my contention
assumes the proportions of an absolute
right. Many boys and girls do not even
have the advantages of all the grades.
but become a part of the working world
AFTER completing the fifth. sixth and
seventh grades. Now / want to denude
the tree of education of all ornamental
branches In these grades. ] see no sense
in teaching algebra. banking-any such
variety OF mathematics, and devote the
time TO common arithmetic, especially
mental arithmetic. which is such a de-
yeloper of the mind. Take 1000 boys III
the sixth. seventh and eighth grades of
any school, how many out of that pro-
portion Will need algebra or the laws OF
banking? If they choose such avocations
as need calculus and the like they must
go to special and higher schools | could
go down the list of studies in the graded
schools and show those | consider utterly
useless for the man or woman in the
lower walks of life. | am entirely willing
10 have all the culture and extra knowl
edge IN the high or normal schools, but
the graded ones should be kept down
strictly to the groundwork of education.
to the solid foundation which is implied
in the old method of reading. writing and
arithmetic.
While these essentials remain neg
elected, for a Smattering of nature
studies. of physics and shallow
course in many isms and ans. l
think the system defective. After
eight years schooling every parent
has right 10 expect that the state
has given the child an education
which will enable him to make his
way in the world. When it fails TO do
this, as l think il does now, II Is time
to remedy things. The greater num-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
By Margaret B. Downing.

$ the wife Of the
first socialist elect
ed % Congress.
Mrs. Victor l..
Berger has been
one OF the inter-
eStius additions 10
the congressional
set and has been.
IN a way, in a
class by herself.
But Mrs. Berger
mas proved Very
a Inflated with the
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yond Kienning-fu. some four day
journey this side the Cliff district The
majority of the tea men said there
were but three varieties of the tea
plant; the ordinary shrub with short
leaf from which is made the Congos
and OolonGs and two large leaf shrubs
from which is made the Soey and Pou-
chung. They said that rare teas are
largely the result Of selection and
preparation.
1T seems that usually the tea plant
is grown in poor soil. as it is desired
the plant should always remain stunt
ed A tall plant is said to produce an
inferior grade of tea, but in direct
contradiction to this is the fact that
the several marvellous plants possessed
by the priests of the nine winding
cliffs are all more than seven feet high.
This seems 10 be truly exceptional.
The first days journey from Foo
chow to Suikou | spent on the Hin
river In typical Chinese launch;
boat built on early Victorian lines.
warranted to run until it sinks or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25

Mrs. Berger's time in Washington was
comparatively brief and she had many
interests at stake, yet she covered an
astonishing lot of ground. She visited
some two dozen schools personally and
held lengthy conferences with some OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-25
SAMUEL GRAcEY
US.CoNSUL AT FOocHoN

garden and palatia summer home 1t
Was the property of mandarin in the
lower country, who had been able to &C
cumulate large fortune and thriving
flock Of enemies When his winter resi-
dence got too hot for him, either physi-
caliy or politically. he retired to his butte
climbed the ladder and pulled the ladder
IN after him. and left his subjects. from
whom lie collected taxes for the emperor
and himself. to discuss his iniquities until
they cooled off.
Tut this was only one of the incidents
on the journey after the sacred tea plants.
They were eventually found growing un
der the shade of special temples and ten
dered by priests especially trained from
childhood for that vocation alone. There
not enough soil on the rock ledge
where the plants We're growing to raise
Il dust let alone a tea bush, and the
earth for the plants had to he packed
IN baskets and carried some distance and
deposited q haSketful at a time where il
most needed
\ sample OF the earth in which these
tea plants We're grown in China was sent
along with the plants. Scientists at the
bureau of soils express the opinion that
the sacred tea plants in South Carolina
VIII develop into something rather diff
ferent from their progenitors. as the soil
sent from China is decidedly different
from anything else of which the bureau
has a specimen. 1t is a volcanic soil, and
aside from its chemical constituents its
mechanical texture is different from any
soil known in this country.
There were some seedlings growing un-
der the parent tea bushes, and Consul
Gracey got some OF these as well as the
seeds of the tea plants. They have all
been sprouted in the South Carolina field
where they are being tried, and will be
raised under shade. though the depart
nent has not built any temples to protect
them nor imported any priests as attend
ants.
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The story of how Consul Gracey sue
ceeded in securing the seeds and the
plants is full of interest. Gracey says:
Upon inquiry Of some of the old tea
buyers of F'oochow for the Dragons Pool
tea, | learned that in the Bo-hea hills,
on the banks of the River of the Nine
Windings, there We're many temples be-
longing TO the sects of Tao Shin and He
Shang, and that the priests OF these tenn
pies were the possessors of certain myth
ical cliff-grown plants. which produced
tea OF remarkable quality and flavor.
1t was also claimed this tea was never
sold. but only given as tribute to the en-
peror or certain high officials
But the information ! CLEANED was
had ever visited the district. Every one
said the journey was long and tedious
one, requiring about two weeks to reach
the hills. There We're some seventy miles
TO be Travelled in Chinese river launch
and then more than two hundred miles
foot journey. through a country where
lions and tigers We're said to walk by
night and fox devils by day. Few for
eiSners had ever ventured there and none
had ever returned. were the stories tod
me.
Many of the Chinese themselves
seemed 10 be skeptical of the priest
raised tea and the imperial Enclosures
established for the supply of the court
at PekinS, for tea buyers rarely go be-
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ACK in the coun-
try Of the River of
tho Nine Windinss.
seven days jour
ney beyond the
farthest outposts
of the foreicn
devils, 10 the west
ward Of Teking.
there grow under
the 5 h a q o " #
temples. especially
erected to shelter
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TERRACES OFssSPFc1A1, TEA BoBEA HnLs, CHINA

rocks AMI cliffs of the River of Nine
Windinss: the Great King rock. so called
from its fancied resemblance to a king S
hat, towering hundreds of feet above the
others AT the junction of the Min with
the River of the Nine Nindngs.
This rock is an enormous sandstone
boulder almost cubcal ii form, the sides
washed nearly perpendicular by the rains.
50 that the only method of ascent is
through deep assure that almost divides
the rock in two. Ladders had been
placed in this tiSsure. III some places less
than two feet i'll width. and at the head
closed prevents all access, otherwise the
rock is impregnable. The rock is owned
by three mandarinS Of Chung-an. who re-
tain IL as place of refuge in time of
trouble. There is about five or six acres
Of surface, some splendid timber, a few
water 1t is really an island suspended
IL midair
The magistrate Of the district, having
been instructed by the viceroy, received
me most cordially, and sent two man
darins to accompany me on my visit TO
the various cliffs, with full instructions
that ! be given. if possible. the seeds and
plants desired. Four soldiers and many
servants were also added to the party.
for it appears the natives in that section
are decidedly anti-foreign. But beyond
an almost overpowering curiosity by the
natives to ascertain IL | really had joints
at the kEee ana II my Ieet We're as large
my shoes, / had no unpleasant eX-
perience
about half way from the base of the
great king rock and the level of the
river in a narrow cleft Of the boulders OF
sandstone grows the famous white cox
comb tea plant. This plant is considered
by the Chinese to be the original tea
plant in the Wu-I-Shan. The legend goes
that some thousands of years ago. in a
cave about one hundred feet below where
the plant now grows, dWelt an enormous
white snake. which created much trouble
for the people of that district So serious
did 1t become at Iast that the gods in
pity let fall from heaven this plant.
known as white coNcomb--a cock is al
ways able to conquer a Snake-and 50
peace was restored. and tea became a
native of the Wu-1-Shan.
TO the authenticity Of the plant q
tablet cut in the rock will testify. The
leaves Of this plant are supposed to be
reserved for the use Of the emperor only,
but as the entire yield of the plant is
only few ounces each year, the neigh
boring plants are used. and white cox
comb is now produced in almost any
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that il bore this year and i considerable
quantity from the smaller plants whose
leaves 20 10 make the so-called Great
Red Robe tea. although the true plant
never produces more than "A pound an
nually. III is tea which is never sold
and only presented TO very high officials.
i was also given one small plant grow
ing nearest the parent plant.
AN hours walk beyond Heavens Heart
Temple, always among the same rock
formation. brings one to the Horse
Head Temple, called from the rock in
whose shadow il is built Here the Tao
priests own the original White Feong
tea plant, carefully guarded in an in
closure behind many barred doors. |
obtained considerable seed. but no plant.
The entrance to Heavens Sauntering
Place Temple leads through a dark ra-
vine little broader, than the others, but
dark with bamboo and pine. The high
walls are full of inscriptions. Up steps
cut from solid rock, over one huge
boulder after another. until at times II
seemed as though one Were travelling
amid rolling sea of red sandstone IL
the road to this temple The temple is
not very prepoSsessng, but the view Is
the grandest in the world. At an eleNa-
ton of more than 800 feet. with the River
of the Nine Windings below. every one
of the nine winnings can be clearly dis
tinguished.
rom IllS ltllIplt tie MdlcE
fairy flower and the parent plant Of the
Dragons Pool tea. From each | obtained
q few OF the seeds-there We're not many
and from the neighboring small plants I
gathered a good quantity Of the Dragons
Pool seeds.
THE return to Foochow by river in
sampan was interesting despite the con-
strained quarters, for We numbered eight.
and that. with ten tea plants in "A sam
pan, allows little room for circulation.
The rapids along the river are numerous
and in many places dangerous. but
Chinese boatman, whatever else his
faults, deserves respect for the manner
in which he shoots them one rapid
just above kienning-fu is very dangerous
and most interesting for the great num-
Der of stone posts that We're erected hun
dreds of years ago, telling just which pass
To take at certain heights Of the water.
"A SAMOAN going through just before
ours was wrecked, and passed /
saw the people busy clamoring for the
spois. for wrecked sampan is pubilr
property Nevertheless nothing unpleas-
ant happened. and. reaching Fooc. ow,
shipped all plants and seeds in good con-
dition."
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a days journey this side Of Chuns-an,
Just before one comes within slSht q
the Bohea hills, there are some inter-
esting volcanic formations and a group
of extinct craters. a little beyond can
be seen the strange formations or the
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PARENT PLANT
0FDRAGoMS Pool TRA@
BUDDHIST PRIEST TEA a
GROWER

from the st. Bernard, surrounded by its
old wall and lying as it does ny the
Ku-t'ien liver in the heart of a mountain
encircled plain
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-26
Hunting Man
Lowest Down
IL THE THEME OF BOOKER l.
WASHINGTON'S BOOK FOR
THE COMING SPRING
Random Extracts
Work and Show Results OF Educa-
tors Observations Among the
Lowest Strata Of EUrope'S Civil
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give lie recreation ana rest.
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has achieved this distinction since Mr.
Napier served as such for eight years
IN recent years, it seems, local jeal-
ousies and divisions Of various hinds
have kept cOlored men from being
elected TO municipal legislatures, al
though there are clear Negro MAORI
ties in the Third, Fourth, Twelfth and
Fourteenth Wards Of the City.
# am pleased beyond expression
with the election Of MI Harris" de-
clared Mr.. Napier. He is a man Of
marked ability and will certainly
serve the interests of his constituents.
1t would bring about a new era in the
political life Of the Negroes of Nash
vile, if they would only get together,
in this way every time the polls are
opened and stand up for the right
thing"
Mr.. Napier is looking after the gov
eminent end Of the exhibits that are
to be part of the fair that Major r.
II. Wright is to conduct at Macon,
Georgia, November 10 and 20, and will
deliver the principal address on that
occasion.
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FOUR YOUNG BROTHERS
STR0Lt|NC entertainers

-Four Young Brothers, and they
are young both by name and in
years, arrived in the city last night
on a trip over the country which will
likely take them far into the south
before they decided TO return TO
their home in Bordland, Ohio, to
take short rest before starting out
again. The boys are all small fcl-
lows and they do street entertain
merits for which they take ND a COT
lection at every stop. This morn
Ing on Virginia street they did not
get rich but they we're given enough
coin Of the realm to insure them sev-
eral meals in a first class boarding
house. They form a drum and fife
corps and the music rendered is ais
most sufficient to arouse the martial
feeling in everyone who hears the
enditiOns. The boys are hard work.
ers, and wear blue uniform, while
Of flag Of the nation is one Of tho
items of their stoEk in trade.