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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
SCHOOL MONEY COMPARED
 WITH THAT OF POLICE FORGE
BY WALTZ HARPER

Washington. April 6--(special)-com- pare the cost of city's police force with the cost of it's school system and you have one indication of that municipality's in- terest in education, according to Dr. Har- Ian Updegraff. Dr. updegraff is special ist in school administration of the United states bureau of education, which has lust published for free distribution a monograph containing the results of his investigations.
 In discussing his monograph yesterday, Dr. Updegraff said that every American city spends more money on it's schools than on it's police. "But the value of this comparison" he said, "comes in finding how much more the public schools get It is an interesting and possibly sig nlfcant fact that the larger the proportion of total municipal revenue given to one of these branches of city government, the smaller the proportion received by the other This rule Is practically invariable In all the cities investigated. Again, it has been found that the smaller the city is, the larger is the proportion of it's in- come spent on schools.
 This investigation embraced l03 of the 1S4 American cities which the census of 1910 showed to have population of 30,D3 or more. We divided the list into four groups In the first group, which consist. ed of 13 cities with a population of 5OO,O9 or more, we found that the general prac- tice was to spend about 2s per cent of the total revenues on the public schools, or s2 12 for every dollar spent on the po- lice force Minneapolis made the best showing, giving its schools 37 per cent of it's entire income, or AZ times as much as it spent on its police.
 "The second group of cities which in cludes 20 communities with a population of slo0.000 to 800.O0O generally speaking devoted little more than one-third of their incomes to education, or three times as much as they gave their police. Here Scranton did the best by its schools. with expenditures for them amounting 10 prac- tically half of all it's income, whereas its police force got only one-sixth that amount.
 Going still farther 10 the third group, comprising 42 cities having a population of 50.0t0 to 100000, we found that they are spending about 3G.5 per cent of all the receipts on education, or three and two ffths times the police appropriations. Johnstown, Pa. takes first prize. stand ing about where Scranton does in the list ahead.
 Finally, 2S cities investigated, which have a popualtion of 5000 to 500O0. lay out practically ss per cent of their money on schools This is four and one-third times as much as the guardians of the peace receive. Here Topeka, Kan, and Joplin, Mo-, are tied for first place, each with showing of an even 53 per cent of all revenues to educate their children. This was 4.9 times as much as Joplin gate it's police. and more than eight times as much as Topeka devoted to the same purpose"
 Dr. Updegraff's bulletin, which is en- titled "A Study of Expenses of City School systems." was prepared to pro- vide those charged with the administra-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
THINK QUEEN MAUD
 IS TOO ENGLISH

copenhagen, April 6-(Speciaf)- queen Maud of Norway has recently heen somewhat severely criticised bv me pltra-patriotic Norwegians for me marked preference which she has been showing for all things English. Tho other evening she attended a con cert al Christiana at which some Eng fish artists performed and her ma Jesty's great appreciation of the enter tainment was not over rellshed by the good people of her adopted country
 Not long ago the Queen was subjected to some rather btte- attacks in the Norwegian press because she made q number of Christmas presents from shops fin London. prominent Nor wegian merchant even went so far as to write as follows.
 '1s there no one 70 speak frankly or the subject that the Queen does not make her purchases In the country, but orders everything abroad? It IS not a matter of actual purchases so much as the example which she gives as the first lady of the land, and which will then be followed by many prominent Norwegian ladies'"
 Of course, Queen Maud's interest in England and the English is only nat ural, and as her husband. King Haakon, shares her liking for British peopie. British customs. and the British made goods, the uneasiness that has mani fested itself among a certain section Of the Norwegian people Is not likely to have lasting effect. In spite of the nialcontents. the King and Queen of Norway are in reality among the most popular of living royalties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
SOME WASHINGTON GOSSIP
BY WALTER HARPER

Washington, April 6. = Especially "Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama is the greatest statesman that the democratic party has ever produced" declared Charles Webb, prominent attorney of Asheville, N. C., who was in Washing ton this week.
 He has demonstrated most wonderful ability not only a leader but as a wise lawmaker While for lack of op- portunity he has only been in the public eye as party leader for a short time l do not see how the party can well afford to neglect the duty it owes to him and the advantage that is offered the party in making him the leader in truth
 T feel safe in declaring that 95 per cent of the democrats in my part of the state of North Carolina favor Oscar Underwood for President. l feel equal- ly confident that he could be elected if nominated l believe that he Is the safest and best man to nominate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

l tlon of public schools in the largest cities of the United States, the means of mak- Ding exact comparisons of cost between any two or more cities.
 There Is a tendency on the part of the older high school pupils to overdress and
 adopt the styles and fashions that make
 them seem more mature in nature and
 appearance. The younger pupils are quick to initiate the dress and manners of their older schoolmates. This leads them into indiscretions and robs them of an impor- tant part of childhood. The expense of ovedressing falls heavily upon most fami-
 lies and tends to discourage many parents from keeping their children In school" These assertions are made in a circular i of information just Issued for free dlstri- button by the United States bureau of ed ucation, which deals with an educational experiment at Dayton O., whereby the school children are segregated in IL spe- cial high school for their first year after graduation from grammar school 'in this school" says the circular of infor- nation, there are no older pupils, and
 the simplicity of childhood is maintained in dress and manner for another year. | The children are able to develop more naturally without the influence of older pupils" The bureau of education's cir cular of information was written by J. H. Painter, principal of the first year high school at Dayton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

ator on each human being. The creator in every instance strikes the Vltal Inatcn,
 .The soul Is said to be a substantial entity. believed 10 be that in each person which lives, feels. thinks and wills hope and believe that each human being has an immortal soul, and if this be true it must be his own, for we cannot inn agine that the same soul ever occupied more than one body. The child does not take his fathers soul, nor his mother s, nor is there any reason to suppose that either parent transmits to the child any part of his or her soul, nor that either of them transmits any germ of a new soul for 1t. No man can even imagine d- vision of his Ego into two or more parts. If one believe that he has a soul. as most of us do. he is compelled to assume that it was directly and specially created by Almighty God.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07
SEEKS DIVORCE AT
 NINETY-THREE YEARS

Paris, April 6.-tSpeeial)-A divorce case is before the tribunal of Auxerre in which the wife. aged S7. sues her husband, Fran cois Poulet, aged 93.
 They lived a happy life for over 37 years until last summer, when alterca- tions were caused by the jealousy of Mime. Poulet At first laughing at his wife's approaches. the husband later became axasperated and turned his wife out of doors.
 "Disregardng the loving care I have alwats shown him." the old lady said in- dignantly in court. The insults me and treats me like person of no account At my agaSs too
 "It was you.' he retorted, "who brought accusations against me and made out was a ne'er-do-well.''
 The attempt to reconcile the parties pre- scribed by French law failed, and the couple now await the decree of the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

Congressman Burnett of Alabama as chairman of the committee on immi- grafton and naturalization is giving l hearings on a rather unique feature of the immi grafton laws. MT. Burnett has introduced bill to amend the existing laws relative to the admission of alien seamen and stowaways.
 It seems that a recent decision of the supreme court excludes from the eXer- else of the law seamen who desert ships on American soil or in an American port
 Taking advantage of this decision more than 1s,000 seamen have deserted ships in American ports during the past two years. It is said that ship owners have encouraged this practice, or rather permitted it knowingly. Peo- pie on the Pacific coast see in this prac- tice a practical breaking down of the Chinese eXclution act in which they are very much interested and it is to cor rect this that the Burnett bill has been drawn and on which hearings are now being given.