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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
GYMNASIUM MATTHEW FONTAINB
MAURY HIG SCHOOL,

spections; and with trained nurses TO
visit the homes Of tho children needing
attention and Impress parents with the
necessity OF prompt action In response
TO the advice Of tho medice inspectors,
in order that any defects may he rem
edied and pupils may return to school
in good ~health-that they may be I'm
physical condition to prosecute their
studies successfully. This Is only fair
to the child, and while this general
movement is of only recent date. II has
come to stay. I am glad to say most
satisfactory results have followed the
medical inspection in our schools, in
PRODUCED last session, under the care
of four inspectors, which has been In
creased to five for mex session, with
three trained nurses. The physical
condition OF the children is a matter of
the greatest Importance, not only to
the teacher who is 10 instruct them,
but to the community. 1t is only re-
Gently that the true relation of medical
science and the problems of the school
nave come under serious discussion,
Formerly II was ssumed that condi-
tons we now look on as capable OF
correction were inevitable. There was
then no such thing as preventive meas
ules III relation 10 ScnOOl children. We
hope and believe that day in past, and
that parents will give their prompt and
cordinal cooperation to the work OF
the medical inspectors and nurses; 9TH
erwise the best results cannot be OBJ
tanned 1t should he ever borne in
min that the effort is entirely in the
interest of the child and the relief Of
some small defect may prevent serious
chronic troubles which may impair the
health of the child and it's usefulness
throughout life.
During the session Just closed a
four-room annex was added to Allan
tic City No. school; an eight-room
annex 10 Atlantic CITY No. . school. and
4 four-room annex TO B~rambleton No.
l school-all for the white
school children. These additions, with
the use OF the entire Omohundro Ave-
nue. building for next session. Will take
care very comfortably of all the white
pupils.
At the opening of the schools last
september the Princess Anne Avenue
school. OF nine rooms. and seating ca
pa1ty of 400. was turned over to the
colored children and every seat was
promptly occupied. Additional facili-
ties for colored children are needed.
and II is hoped that the Councils will.
q little later on. lind IT practicable to
make the appropriation requested by
the school Board for that purpose.
Especially is this true as to Berkeley, as
the conditions there are very acute.
Splendid High SCHOOL.
bnt the matter which brought most
happiness 10 IN" School Board ana the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

without the most active and persistent
efforts of the school authorities. The
building, however, has been completed
within the appropriation and occupied.
In appearance. thorough construction,
equipment. furnishing.
heating. lighting and ventilation. do
not think II is surpassed by any build
ing in the country OF approximately
the same cost. Tn thanks of the city
are due 10 the high school committee
for their patient and untiring work.
DR.. c. A%lphonso Smith, who made
= the address at our high school COM
I mencement. and who is familiar with
high schools in this country and Eu-
rope, after carefully Inspecting the
building In all details, remarked. 1t
was a real pleasure to see your mag
nifcent high school. 1t was an in
SEPARATION to me and an honor not only
TO Norfolk, but the State of virginia"
f., 1t is impossible to estimate the value
OF this building in the educational up
lift of the community by the splendid
advantages it offers to the youth of
the city.
Manual Training.
Some five years ago.. when il was
proposed to introduce manual training
In our schools. very decided opposi-
ton developed from some members of
the School Board. and quite a number
OF our citizens who objected because
they did not wish their children to
he trained to me mechanics and de-
nounced 1t as a fad and frill., 1t was
introduced, however, In 1905, with two
teachers. and the wisdom of the School
Board is shown in the fact that the
work has been so satisfactory and
became so popular that 1t is found
necessary to employ ten teachers. sew
ell white and three colored. In that de-
partnent. 1t was never contemplated
TO train pupils to be mechanics, but
rather to train their hands as well as
their heads, in order that they may be
: well rOunded men and women.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
F%REDERIcK.s HALL
Especial 10 The Timos-DIspa,rh

Especial to The Timcs-Dispatch.1
Fredericks Hall. Va, November MIR.
and Mrs. j. a. Kennedy have returned to
their home in oil City. Pa. after visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. d. d. Walkelee ct Trlce
Hotel.
Mrs. Messenger. OF New York. is the guest
OF her sister. Mrs. T. c. Garrett.
Miss Lucy Hope is at the home of Major
y. j. Richardson FOR the winter months.
Mrs. l.. \. Vlers is visiting her neice. Mrs.
Ben showaiter. in Richmond,
Mrs. r. c. Hiilyer and Mrs. \. G.. Trlce
NJ" spending some time In Raleigh. y. c.
Frederick Hood spent Sunday with reia-
tives IN Warwick. county.
Mrs. J. T. Perkins and children visited
Charlottesville this week
Miss sadie Trlcc has returned home nr;sr
a visit TO relatives In IIampto and Rich
mon6
Mr.; and Mrs. j, s. Moore have returned
70 Philadelphia.
Mis Bette Garrett, OF Buckner. :, ,hs
guest OF Mrs. E. T Terrell
Mrs. Rosa Harris is spending some tims
With relatives In Palmyra.
Miss Bette Richardson is the guest OF
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richardson in Rich
mond.
MI. and Mrs. w. a. c. psttit arc among
those who attended the Moore-Dlckenson
nuptials Mt Louisa last week.
c. IT.. Shivers and son. of Atlantic civ
y. j.. are spending several days here This
week. 80
]. F. Blckers and c. Dame, Jr.. of Louisa
were visitors here last week.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
MATTHEW FoNTAINE MAuRY HIGH
SCHOOL.

that she would s%onttnue 40 give house.
maid weddings in her drawing room,
provided the houscmaids deserved such
recognition Of their services.
This iHn't tho first wedding OF this
sort that l have had from my house"
cheerlly announced Mrs, Allen. The
housemaid whom Anna succeeded was
married here. She had been with me
six years. I don't consider that | an.
doing these servants any revolution
ary favor by throwing my house open
TO them on the occasion of SO much
Importance in their lives. ! really
owe IL TO them In return for their
wiiiing service"
from her mistress'I home. had been in
her service three years. When it be.
came apparent TO Mrs. Allen that tho
guod-looklng. awkward younC motor.
man was making frequent calls on
Anna. Mrs. Allen took tho same course
she would have for IA daughter. She
investigated the young mans record
and ascertained his circumstances. She
found that his character was good.
that he had oney in the bank and
that on his wages as a motorman he
$hfhAo III biiliSell COIt1-
fortably in Il sunny little Nat, where
they could afford a few blooming plants
on the windo ledge and o canary
singing just inside the window. Hav-
ing ascertained this, and being ono
of the old-fashioned order of women
who believe in matrimony for all. she
told Anna she might receive her young
man on Wednesday and Friday eve
nings when MIR. Allen was away at
his clubs in the library. For nine
months 1t was understood that on
those evenings the library belonged to
Anna and her young man from to 10.
and the children had to read their
Mother Goose melodies and the young
girls their novels in their own rooms
or In the living room.
True to her enets that IL the ser.
want does faithful, competent work for
the mistress 1t IL the mistress's duty
to guard the interests and consider the
future OF the servant Mrs. Allen was
actively Interested In Annals wedding.
Therefore Anna was married I'm the
grandest room she had ever seen" the
Allen drawing room. F'fty of her
friends wei. present. Mrs. Allen, who
had given the bride her wedding
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

people OF Norfolk generally was the
completion and occupation of the Mat
they Fontaine Maury High School on
February 20 last. TheIc had been
long and tedious delays, first on the
selection of a suitable lot for it's To-
cation. The School Board nnally de-
cided to recommend the purchase of a
lot beautifully located on CRANKY
Street, between Fifteenth and Seven
teenth Streets and Williams Avenue,
and convenient to all the car lines.
The recommendation of the board re-
malned before the Councils for more
han a year. and was finally defeated.
largely through the efforts and !nnu-
encc OF some members of the School
Board who opposed 1t in the board and
fought it in the Councils. This / re-
gard as most Unfortunate. Efforts were
then made to build two small high
schools, one In Eastern and one I'm the
Western sections OF the city.
This was vigorously opposed by the
superintendent, and some members OF
the board, who stood for one strong.
central, w~ell-equipped building. The
contest was sharp. and at times biz
ter. both in the School Board and In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

herald the discovery of this modal
maid as though there had been un-
earthed from the ruins of Pompeii
some priceless relic.
II is high time that there be come
equal honor paid to the model ris-
trcss who has been discovered in Chi
cago. Mrs. Andrew Aliens houssma!d
was married in Mrs. Aliens drawn
room, and the fashionable section OF
Chicago. In which Mrs. Allen resides,
was startie Mrs. Allen reassured her
conventional neighbors by no denials
nor even explanations. She simply
Alatsd aSESTAl lAIts and NupaIaccd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
Mistress and Maid
By Ada Patterson

When a good maid of long tenure
of Office Is discovered "A hnbhuo is made
about It, and there is serious discus
sion of encouraging the institution by
Offering aomc sort Of public reward
Why not oner u reward to the good
mistress? Maids say there are no Sood
mistresses. ard mistresses declare that
there are no good maids. and the war
goes on.
The Domestic Science Guild, 81 New
York, rewards a maid who irfs lived
with and performed faithful Jnd coni-
petent service for a family by giving
her n medal. aid In conjunction with
the femiiy arranging for the payment
Of q lump sun. And tbs RSMsnanGGs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

the Councils. Finally the School Board
decided In favor of one large school.
and recommended the purchase of the
lot on Moran and DeBrec Avenues,
Fifteenth to Seventeenth Streets, CON
tanning abont four acres. Or fifty
buildings lots. and the necessary
funds were appropriated by the Coun-
ellis for it's purchase. also $4,000 to
build, furnish, and equip n fre-proof
building, with a seating capacity for
one. thousand pupils. This latter APP
propriat'on, however. was not secured
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
Curriculum, Brondened.

Not only hs there been growth and
improvements n buildings. equipment
and numbers, but the curriculum has
been broadened. arranged and planned
on the best and most improved meth
DDS. Our course OF study has been
most fayorably commended by distiu-
Euished educators not only in virginia
hut throughout the country. and re-
quests for copies are constantly com.
ing 20 this ONCE from all sections of
the United States. and recently from
Cuba and the Philippine Islands. our
watchword IL "thcroughncss.'
In my opinion al no time in the his
tory Of the world has 20 much been
done for the physical aud mental care
oi the child az We see today. and
very wisely so. Especially is this true
In regard to the efforts that are be-
ing made ana the large amount OF
money that IL being spent Tor their
physical care. in the Kay Of play
grounds. athletic associations. gyrnna-
fia, physical euiture and medical in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
ATLANTIC CITY SCHOOL NO. ..

n T oRFOLK, VA. November Nor
folks public schools arc the
pride of her people, especially
the new Matthew f'ontaine Aaury High
school. which IS established this year
in its 100000 building. With school
property valued at owe a million dol
lars and an enrolment of o,2o0 pupils
compared with an enrolment of e.
7o2 fifteen years age the educational
facilities here show an advancement
iivaled only by few cities the size of
Norfolk.
When asked a statement showing
the development and growth Of the
public schools here. superintendent r.
a. pobie write the following resume
Tor The dispatch:
The wonderful growth, development
and Improvement in the public school
system OF Norfolk have been phenom-
cnal along all lines. Just a word
about our schools Norfolk's educa-
tional facilities viii. comparc favorably
with those of any other city of it's size
in tho South. They rank with the best
in Virginia, and in point of progress
and development they a the lead.
Rapid Advance.
Probably no public school system in
the country has advanced moro rapidly
than Norfolk during the last decade.
Public school buildings hfteen
years 9
Public school buildings to-day. 80
Number of publis in schools ff-
teen years zoe
Number to-day 10000
Value chool property fifteen
years 10000
Value school property to-
day 1850, 900
Amount appropriated fifteen
years ago by the city...... %. 200
Amount appropriated to-day
by the 1856, 600
Fer cen in enrolment
tey years ago as to popu-
Iation 20 per cent.
Per cent. in enrolment
to-day ............... SIS per cent.
II is doubtful whether any locality
in this country has shown a larger
percentage of growth and development
in public schools than Atlantic City
ward OF this city.
Twenty years & the public school
work OF the ward was conducted by
two teachers in two rented rooms. with
eighty pupils.
Then there was no public school
building. To-day there are.... s
Then there Tsere NO rooms. To-
day there rs
Then there were two teachers.
To-day there 65
Then there was no school proper
". To-day IL is worth one-half
million dollars.
Then there were in the schools
eighty pupils. To-day there
arc 1900
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07

May 10, and most of them breed still
further North.
Some birds, for reasons hard to
learn, take a different course coming
North from that going South. The
Connecticut warbler fairly common
in September and October in the At
lantic States, is never seen there in
the spring, invariably making its
northward journey west of the Ale
gheny Mountains. Most small birds
make their long flights at night and
feed and rest during the day, but the
swallows reverse the rule.
Generally the northward flight is
rapid, condensed and soon over, but
the return movement begins for some
birds as early as the Fouth of July
and it is in progress until nearly
Christmas. Some birds move over a
wide area, spread nearly across the
continent, while others have a narrow
channel out of which they seldom go.
The redpoll warblers wintering in
Louisiana come northeast up the At,
lantic seaboard to Labrador, while
those from Florida start northwest for
Alaska, their paths crossing in Geor.
gia at right angles.
"A few species leave the far North
IN August and September, making
enormous flights over the ocean to
winter homes in the southern hemi
sphere. Thus he golden ployer leaves
Nova Scotia and flies without a STOP
straight TO South America, wintering
on the pampas of Argentina, a jour
ney of some 5000 miles, $500 being
CONTINUED on page twelye,l
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07
GOVERNOR FREAR'S REPORT
FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR

ury since the organization of Terri
torial government is $14,919, 450.S6.
The Federal internal revenue receipts
were $21S,739.14, an increase of S19,-
lGO.63, and larger than for any pre-
ceding year. Of this, 1929, 23S.76 were
corporation taxes. The internal reve-
nue. receipts aggregate $956,2O4.32 for
the period of Territorial government
The current receipts. of the Terri
torial government were $3,4S2, 56O.84,
a decrease of $15S,6S4.51, due prin-
cipally to the abnormally large inher-
itance taxes of the preceding year.
The disbursements, including pay
ments to counties and transfers to
special funds, were S3,5S4,51761, an
increase of $500, 1891. While there
thus seems to be an excess of $1O1,-
956.77 in disbursements over receipts,
it is because of transfers to special
of +. ceipts over actual expenditures /;
the net cash balances in all revenue
accounts, after deducting all out
standing warrants, aggregated ST.
1O1 ,O51.72 at the close of the year, M
increase of $685., 1850 over the cor
responding amount for the preceding
year. This will probably be reduced
during the coming year on account OF
increased appropriations. The coun-
ties collected $2G7,275.56 for them
selves in addition to S1,1S4,56411 paid
to them by the Territorial govern
ment. Thus the total public reye
(Cotinued on page ten.(
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07
GARNISHEE LAW
DOES NOT APPLY

In the matter of J. G. Henriques VS..
Christina Vinhaca, Bank of Hawaii,
Ltd, garnishee, the supreme court
this morning handed down a decision
sustaining the exceptions so Gar as
the plaintiffs claim against the de-
PENDANT is involved but overruling
them as to the garnishment. The
court holds that a claim for Unliqui-
dated damages for breach of d con-
tract to sell a lease is not a debt
within the meaning Of the statute re.
lating to punishment, and garniGh-
ment cannot be resorted to by tue
claimant, as the statute limits tie
remedy of garnishment to actions
brought by a creditor against his
debtor. The relation of creditor and
debtor necessarily implies the exist
ence of a debt. A plaintiff may snow
good cause of action against de-
PENDANT and fail to how facts suifi-
cient to hold garnishee, in which
case the defendant would be put upon
his defense and the garnishee would
be discharged.
In this action the plaintiff sought
to recover from the defendant $1,000
unliquidated damages for the breach
OF an alleged contract. The defend
ant interposed demurrer which the
court sustained. The garnishee did
not appear. The plaintiff brought
the case to the supreme court on eX.
ceptions, which, as above stated, are
Sustained, except as to the garnish
ment
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07
MORE THAN POLITE ATTENTION
IS ASKED FOR FORESTRY CAUSE

the leaks. But, gentlemen, Il you do
not take adequate care of the forests
that cover your watersheds it will take
very much more complex instrument
than a current meter to record the
alternate periods of flood and drought
that in time are bound to follow the
opening up of the protective cover.
Cooperation With Government.
Some plantations are of course al.
ready doing much in the way of for
estry. Others might very well do
more. Especially ought there to he
more and better cooperation between
the plantation and the government
in the protection Of the native
forests 1t may be replied that
it is the duty of the government 10
protect the forests. So it is But
here at once comes in the question
of money, for the government can not
do work without funds any more than
can the individual, and up to this time
funds in adequate measure have not
been provided for forest work.
A possible solution of this difficulty
lies. | think, in the proposal that has
recently again been brought forward,
that the money now received from
water revenues from forest reserves
be used by the government for forest
work, instead of as at present going
into the territorial treasury as part
of the general receipts of the land
office BY turning this money that
comes from the forest back into the
forest, the foundations can be laid
of a selfsupporting, revenue-produc'
ing forest system that in time will
be one of the most important assets
of the Territory l urge upon the
members of this association that they
use their influence to have brought
about this adjustment of revenues.
Vital to Water Supply.
If anyone wants to be primed with
an argument, the reasons for this re-
quest are these: the continuance Of
the native forests on the watersheds
in good condition is essential to the
maintenance of the local water supply.
| Our forests when exposed to grazing
and trespass quickly become un-
: healthy and subject to destruction
by insects and disease. The remedy
is to maintain the forests in their orr
ginal condition or, where it is neces-
sary to bring them back to that state.
Continued on page tweIve)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07
THE GOLDEN PLOVER TRAVELS
$500 MILES TO HAWAII

Everybody knows that most birds
come North to their nesting grounds
in the spring and go South in the fall.
Many observers have kept records
spring and fall for many years and in
many parts of the country.
But these records, while interesting
do not yield their full value, says St.
Nicholas, unless they can all be
studied together, as each one tells
only what time the birds come to one
region.
w. w. Cook at Washington has
spent many years collecting such lists
and encouraging observers to make
them and in carefully studying out the
facts of the migration for each North
American bird-its route, its speed
and a great many other things that
have until now been only hazily un-
derstood.
Although most of his work is still
unpublished he has printed some of
his most remarkable discoveries and
brought to light some very uneXpect-
ed things concerning the migration OF
girds, one of the truly difficult as well
as delightful puzzles in nature and
science for young folks and grownups
alike
Some of the longest journeys are
made by the tiniest birds. The hum
ming birds go from the middle States
TO Mexico and even South America
and back every year. Blackburnian
MARBLES were still common at the equa
tor in Columbia on April p, 1911,
though they arrive in New York by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07
HZlLZAMs ~ TINT.

conduct their business as not to vic,
late the inhibitiOns of the antitrust
law and yet to secure to themselves
the benefit of the economies of man
agement and of production due to the
concentration under one control Of
large capital and many plants.
How to Avoid Lawlessness.
IF they use no other indictment
than the constant low price of their
products and its good quality to at
tract custom, and their business is a
profitable one, they violate no law.
But if they attempt by use
of their preponderating capital and by
sale of their goods temporarily at
unduly low prices to drive out of bust.
ness their competitors, or if they at.
tempt by exclusive contracts with
their patrons and threats of non.deal
ing except upon such contracts or b.
other methods of a similar character
to use the largeness of their resources
and the extent of their output com
pared with the total output as a
means OF compelling custom and
frightening off competition, then they
(Coptinued on page twelve.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-07

No nation and few individuals are
entirely free from superstition of
some kind, but in Persia this feeling
extends to all classes of society and
governs all the actions of daily life
to an extent unknown in Western
lands.
The well known superstition that to
sneeze once is a bad omen seriously
interferes with many of the duties
and pleasures of the Persian. When
he is so unfortunate as to sneeze once
he quickly says, "Sabr amad" Ga time
for waiting has Gomez, and for at
least two hours thereafter he can not
be persuaded to take medicine, start
on a journey or begin any new or inn
portant work. A missionary surgeon,
who has more than once had to post
pone an operation because he or the
patient sneezed once, says, 81 have
now become an adept at producing
double sneezes.
A patient on consulting a doctor in.
variably asks if he shall eat hot or
cold food. The words hot" and
cold as he uses them, do not, how,