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The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
WILL NOT ISSUE
PRORATED BILLS
Commissioners Sustain Assessor
Richards in Controversy on
Wheel Tax Law.

Acting on the complaint of John c.
Mclaughlin, an automobllist, Of ITT XII
bourne place northwest, the Commits
sioners decided yesterday afternoon that
prorated bills shall not be issued with
respect to the wheel tax law in cases
where an automobilist is not In posses
entire tax year.
Mr.. Mclaughlin was taxed s. for an
automobile which was purchased August
-. 1910. The wheel tax was for the year
which commenced May IS. 1910. Several
weeks ago e 51H was sent to the auto
mS51ist by the District assessor notify
ing him OF the fact that he had not paid
his wheel tax for the year 19lo-l9lI- on
March L. Mr.. Mclaughlin sent the Dis
trict assessor a check for SssS with a
letter stating that he had not possessed
the machine during the entire tax year.
and therefore could not reasonably be
taxed s. The check. as submitted, was
the tax on a prorated basis.
w. p. Richards, District assessor, at
once sent a letter to Mr.. Mclaughlin
stating that a receipt would be mailed
10 him as soon as he had paid the re-
mainder of the tax. The automobilist re-
piled that he was still Of the belief that
the bill should be prorated and requested
that the law in support OF the assessors
stand should be pointed out TO him.
Mr. Richards answered the letter by
quoting Cooley on Taxation" pages s9
TO sOs. which states that persons shall be
taxed for the period Of an entire year
regardless OF whether they were in pos
session of the article during all of that
time. The automobilist replied by stat
ing that Cooley did not quite cover the
subject and that he was sure he was
in the right. Dissatisfied with his in
ability to convince the assessor that his
tax should be prorstsd. Mr.. Mclaughlin
appealed to the Commissioners.
The District officials took the matter
under consideration and decided yester-
day afternoon on the recommendation Of
Mr. Richards that wheel tax bills shall
not be prorated.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: II you see it in The Biz
Stick. il isn't necessarily 50.
WILEY OUT!
Big Stick Whhdrsws Support at
the Docs Request.

We deeply regret the necessity OF
taking this step. especially 30 near
April Fools Day In voluntarily
declining further to help DIR. Har-
vey W. Wiley in his candidacy for
the Presidency. The Big Stick pub
fishes the following letter from him:
Editor The Big Stick:
Whatever chance / have nf be
coming President has gone to pot
through your support. II you want
to criticise me. go ahead. But your
suggestion that divide on cam
paign contributions. combined with
your insulting proposition that I in
vent and. sing q feline counterpart
of the houn' dAwE song, is too
much. Henceforth do not mention
my name"
We cannot say what We feel. We
had the doctor elected last veek.
and now he's deliberately smashed
his boom and our chances Of be
coming Secretary Of State. We can
only say in conclusion that we have
10 support comebOdy, and we will
probably back DR.. Frank Baker on
the Geological ticket next week.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

When the young plants have begun
sturdy growth, the busy season for their
master begins in earnest He must en-
courage and assist them with props.
poles, trelllses. and crutches, while they.
are climbing the golden stair. The to-
mato is weak and nervous and must be
held up with wooden frame. so that
the birds can get at the ripening fruit
more conveniently. The peas must be
treilised. and the beans must be poled.
The bean is very enthusiastic climber.
frequently devoting itself so exclusively
to the exercise that Il forgets to pod.
Select a long. well-seasoned pole. and
coil the young plant around IT, II will
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
4 Had OPenInE.

Frum LpTincOuS
Impecunious Suitor Cendesvoring TO
make himself agreeable TO Miss Angela's
papa)-What a charming place you have
here. Mr. Oldham. Does It go all the
way to that grove over there?
Cnsympathetic papa-It does.
T. Sand all the way to that stone
wall in the distance on the side?
L. PIT does. And II goes all the way
to the creek on the south, and all the
way to the state road on the north: but,
Mr. Youngman. il does not go with my
daughter, Angela.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
A MIRTHFUL SENATE

tRespectfully dedicated BY DR..
William II. Davidson, our est. sch.
supt.l
An automobile l thought ! had
Until a day ago.
The Senators said twas needed bad.
And I, forSooth. thought 50.
They kidded me on to wait and
hope.
Then came the awful clout.
A District appropriation bill
Ny AUTOMOBILE KNOCKED
OUT.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
Mothers Organize.

The Mothers Protective Association
has been formed in small city of ILL
nois and its very title indicates that it
must be good and will be copied in other
sections. The motive of this organiza-
ton is one that appeals to the father as
well as to the mother, for its purpose is
10 investigate the character and habits
OF the young men who later on may
be members of their own family. They
have right to know what kind of a
man on whom the happiness OF their
daughter depends. They should have
the right to judge the fitness of the
prospective son-in-law to assume the re-
spoRsibilities of married life.
In Washington there are some de-
plorable conditions, which exist in every
large city, that both father and mother
could interest themselves in correcting.
The too free manner in which many
young women, mere girls in some in
stances, parade the streets and do their
best to attract the other sex is as much
in need of correction as learning the
character of the young man. The
mother who has the future welfare of
her child at heart will not allow the
promiscuous meandering of her daugh-
ter in places where she is open to
criticism.
The Illinois association of mothers in
tends to find out whether the particular
young man who calls as suitor smokes
cigarettes, drinks, swears, OF has any
other bad habits. II he does, black
mark is put against him. If. on the other
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
VERY ANNOYING. A

VERY ANNOYING.
When 1. write verse and sneer at spring.
or chilly odes indite.
The next day doesn't do a thing but
come out warm and bright.
But when / sing about the flowers, or
praise the birds and bees,
The next day brings destructive showers
and later on a freeze.
Which goes to show, IL seems to me, oh,
fellow-bards who sing,
That men, however smart they be, can
never gauge the spring!
Uncle Pennywise saysi
England invests in two war ships for
every one that her neIghbors buy. That's
the way my wife likes to buy gowns.
High Praise
1--WE saw vesuvius in action while
abroad"
Impressive, no doubt?'
II never saw anything more impress
sive in vaudeville, and I've seen all the
big acts"
March 80 in History.
March %. 15s5-Henry VIII gets his FIRST
egg shampoo.
March 80 i755-Dr. johnson pawns his
clarionet. He has to eat.
Busy at Bridge.
Miss Mabel. I should like to speak to
you"
Just a minute"
80, II should like to ask you to be my
you are interrupting the bridge game.
Mr.. Wombat. Wait until I'm dummy"
One Opinion.
This sunshine works a noble thing.
But for this work. the claim l bring
That often we
Would never see
A bit OF sunshine during spring!
Works Both Ways.
Takes us some time to train a GIRL"
remarked the head OF the large depart
ment store.
And then you lose a lot OF girls
through marriage"
"Yes; but things even up. 4 lot OF
girls get tired of their husbands and
come back 10 US"
SparrinE for Time.
Hubby. you promised me a handsome
spring dress
Il know did, but first let's see II we
are going TO have a spring.
In London.
81 fear you are losing interest in the
cause"
'.why?''
u see you constantly with young
man"
NO danger declared the militant suf-
fragette.
Then he Is not your beau"
No; he's a professional bondsman."
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

soon become so attached TO the pole that
IL will refuse TO leave II even for meals.
There is no garden product so hardy as
the bean pole, nor none which will more
richly repay a little care. Choose your
pole carefully, plant IL deeply and give II
plenty Of sunshine. You will find II i'm
pervlous TO frost, drought, and cutworms.
Moreover. II is a perennial and can be
used from year to year. often II is the
sole crop at the end of long, hard
summer, but no gardener. who has har-
vested a plentiful supply of bean poles
need feel that his labor has been in vain.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
THE JUDICIAL FISHER.

Being judge Daniel T. Wright g
Ide. of ianding bass
Sunshine.
Fish fne.
Happy a. can Be.
Dropline.
Get sign
Issue q derre
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
WHAT THEY NEVER SAY.
CBeing the April fcolishness Of

tBeinS the April fnoiShness of
certain prominent politickrrS)
Oscar King DGvis-The only
truuble with 7. R Il that when
he decided u be President he for
got the people had some Say in
the matter.
Le Roy Vernon-Yes; the Tan
machine is accomplishing quite q
little. but the people don't like the
old man personally.
Fulton Y. Gordon-H Champ
ClHrk hadn't allicd with Harmon
and Underwood. Woodrow Wilson
would win easily.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
Poor Taste.

From the Lrs Angeles Times
The Southern people are justified in
feeling hurt over the act OF a ST. Louis
whisky firm in placing the picture OF
Gen. Robert f. Lee as a label on a bot
tie OF their goods. Gen. Lee was not only
total abstainer. but an advocate of
total abstinence. He and Stonewall Jack
son induced President Davis TO prohibit
the sale of liquor in the Confederate army
and throughout the Southern Confeder-
acy.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
WOULD ABOLISH FEES.
Bureau of Standards Recommends
Changes In Report.

The abolition of the system Of fees for
the testing of scales and weights and
measures in the District is urged in a
report OF the Bureau OF Standards which
was received by the Commissioners yes
terday. The report Is the result OF an
investigation OF the local system of in
spection of weights and measures.
W. c. Haskell, superintendent OF
weights and measures, was praised
highly in the report for the efficient man.
ner in which the work Of his office has
been conducted.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
PARADoxcAL.

The lawyer. 20 ! undestand.
Should always use . brief.
Yet 'tis the briefest argument
That always comes to grief.
CHARLES A. DOUGLAS.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
APRIL FOOL JOKES.

George E. Hamilton explaining TO
Clarence r. King why Washington
should have universal trsnaers.
Capt. James =. Oyster resigning
ss president Of the board Of edu-
cstion.
spoWden Ashford saying something
eulogistic about economical manage
nent in the District schools.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
LEAVE FOR NASHVILLE.
Southern Commercial Congress ON
cials Preparing for Convention.

Managing Director Dave and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Clarence J. Owens. OF the
Southern Commercial Congress. left last
night with a party TO take charge in
Nashville of all details Of the fourth
annual convention of the Southern Com
mercial Congress, April S TO 10.
Hon. David Lubin, cf Rome, Italy.
American delegate to the International
Institute Of Agriculture. is already in
Nashville to preside, April l to 6. over a
conference of European rural credit sys-
TENS, held under the auspices OF the con-
gress. These systems are embraced in
the resolution introduced yesterday by
Senator Gronna, providing for a commits
sion Of three to investigate the Co
operative land mortgage banks and rural
credit unions" in other countries.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
THE BITTEREsT JOKE.

Editor The Big Stick:
Let me enter In the list Of April
foolishnsss the possibility Of a Dis
trict COMMITTEES chairman being
popular. BEN JOHNSON.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

a q mission
The sake Of accuracy his D.
Rosenberg a aWyerins whSl understand,
fair neither here there.
The point is that Maurice has a mission
day-hs conhdeutial-you will walk
lot and solid Of guttA psrchs will watt its
Of nohngness and
mission will
been strives his
Of Trade Maurice public and when
IT, old vox Popui viii have apply for license to walk In
Fourteenth
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
Not for Tired Business Men.

Prom the Detroit Free Pres.
How did you like the sermon this
morning.
1T was too heavy. Our minister seems
to forget that he is preaching TO tired
business men who haven't the time or in
clination TO follow a plot"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
VIII BE Seen Again.

From the New York Tribune
The sham shooting in the courthouse
at Hillsville, Va, TO re-enact the grew
some assassinations for moving picture
purposes was not as tragic as the oc-
currence which it reproduced; but It is
conceivable that the wide and indiscrim-
mate exhibition of the scenes may, by
suggestion to weak or wayward minds,
lead to more crimes than those which
are thus portrayed.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
DanydfIls.

l. If Nick Longworth is bsldhesded. is
Jim Curley?
.. II that Cannon would go of in the
House, would South Trimble?
). II Senator Works for prohibition,
would Bill Sulzer make Root beerI
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
Pride.

From Judy.
As We wander along through this vale of
tears,
II is plain. among other things,
That no song is as sweet to a donkey's
ears
As the song that the donkey sings.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
where alt" Stands.
Frun the sarannah News.

From the Savannah News.
Notice is served by Harper's Weekly
on all concerned-on DR.. Woodrow Will
son IL he's concerned-that it's going to
stand by the American principle of repre-
sentative government against any party
leader. Democratic or Republican, who
assails it. IF necessary We will be out
of the fashion, runs the notice, land
We certainly will not greet as a hero or
a patriot whosoever may first, in what
soever fashion, lay. the ak to the root
OF the tree OF our present liberties" This
announcement will be intensely interest
ing to those who care a continental about
where Harper's Weekly stands.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
"How to Use subconsciou. Mind"

The subconscious mind: its powers
and how to use them has been chosen
as the subject OF a special address to be
delivered at the W. c. T. U. Building.
SO Sixth street northwest. by Or. Charles
F. Winbigler. director of the Washington
Psyche Therapeutic Society, on Monday
evening Ths meeting viii be open to-
the public.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
FROM THE EXCHANGES.
There's Wilson 10 Beat.

From the Chattanooga NeEs.
In the West it's Clark VS.. Wilson; in
the East it's Harmon VS.. Wilson: in the
South it's Underwood vs.. Wilson. Every
where Wilson is considered the strong
man to be beaten.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
FASHION HINT.

Don't 1oss Fourteenth street and
New York avenue on a rainy day.
WILLIAM HIBBS.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

And still the bonnet grew and grew
Til one small head held all she
knew,
John BARRETT.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
An Epitaph with a Point.

From the Charlotte Observer.
"It matters little in this contest what
the fate of one man is.' was the state
ment of Mr.. Roosevelt in his speech at
Carnegie Hall the other night, and would
seem to show that he has almost made
UP his mind that after his present death
agony there will be a comfortable fun
eral with himself In the box. 1t will be
recollected that Kermit said some years
ago that his father did not like to at
ed more attention than himself. It looks
just now as II he will play the title role,
so to say, in this case. We would sug-
gest as an appropriate inscription for his
headstone, his own brave words: Under
no circumstances"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
REVERSE SHAKESPEARE

Nov is the winter Of our deep con-
tent
Turned to coalless summer.
J. MAURY DOVE.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
BEAUTY NOTE.
A WOMAN HATER.

William Warwick Corcoran Is not
wearing his cane these days
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
Skiddoo.

From Judge.
Comedian-Did the ghost walk?
Soubrete-No. II was an aviation
comedy, and the ghost few after the
first week
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

Among others who are deeply
interested in the swat the ny"
crusade are ex-Commish. Henry p.
F. MaefarlAnd and Frank Sehring.
who don't want to wear skull aps
this summer.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

Cruising down street yesterday.
VIC ran up with old Frank White
head. who invited US to dinner.
We paid, as usual.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
LOCAL NOTES.

Spring time-Glmost time for
Eng. C0mmiSh. Judson To return to
work in bis riding pAntieS
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

William F. Guide says the howers
that bloom in the spring ought TO
be restrained as competition in re-
straint q trade.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

n. ]. Callahan tells US he Is
entertaining large parties q friends
on his private boat these days.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

Fred HASkin is slowly recovering
from the effects ot the ladies' day
At the Press Club.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

We hear that X. Gordon, real
eStster. has a gasoline buSo. Drop
around some day. Killie, and give
US 4 ride.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30
SparrinE for Time.

Hubby. you promised me a handsome
spring dress"
Il know ! did, but first let's see II We
are going to have a spring"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

James A. Sample. the Citizens
Savings banker, who spcaincd his
back the other day lifting . bundle
of bank notes In one Of the Trsas-
ury vaults, is entirely recovered and
back on the Job again.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-30

Cuno II. Rudolph. our promising
CommiSh. is having = new pocket-
book built to ancummodate that In
crease in salary.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1912-12-07
More School
Discipline
Waikiki School Principals Paper That
Was Read At The Annual
Meeting.

other instalment of Miss Ida Crick-
ards admirable article on School
Discipline. Starting on the subject
of the bad pupil the paper goes
on to say:
We frequ emily say Keep the bad
pupil busy" but | have found that
the best way to keep that particular
one busy, is to keep all the rest
busy.
Even the unruly pupil resents
such discrimination, but if all are
kept busy, no one is likely to have
time for wrong doing.
Let your pupils know from the
first that you are in The school-room
for work, and that you expect their
cooperation and help. / believe
that pupils should learn in the be-
ginning of their school life-whether
they are of kindergarten age, or the
regularly approved school age
that school means work, and not
play; and the idea that every lesson
must be some sort of game is an
erroneous one, and is not fitting the
child for future usefulness. 1t is
easy to amuse a class, but not SO
easy to implant actual ways and
means for solving the many pro-
blems of life that face all our pupils.
The teacher who plays such
games as Pigs in Clover" with
numbers may feel hattered at the
enthusiasm of her pupils, (if noise,
and disorder, irrelevant may be
termed enthusiasm), but what are
the pupils learning?
1t does not follow that such pupils
are really bad or vicious-they are
simply unrestrained, and are form
ing wrong habits because they are
led through wrong paths.
A teacher can force child by
mere superior strength to obey her,
yet, if that child is not obeying in
spirit he is not receiving training
in real obedience, and this he will
be apt to prove as soon as the pres.
sure is removed. Obedience that
comes from the inexorable applica-
ton of the rod is not obedience
but submission.
Authority is normally applied
when it is used with frmness, fair
ness and justice--not otherwise; anC
every child has the utmost respec
for such authority inherent within
him.
With young pupils-I mean be-
low the third grade perhaps-you
can not appeal to either their reason
or sense of honor, and if such {
child chooses to be troublesome
there is only one cure. Make hin
feel your strength.
Again, where word and a bloy
is the rule at home, kindness vii
not at first be understood.
The thoughtful teacher who is no
too fully imbued with an idea @
; her own importance, will study he
pupils before attempting much dis
cipline.
The child who can arouse in u
impatience, excitement or anger
, feels himself stronger than we; am
a child only respects strength. TIL
. inner and unconscious ideal whic
guides our life is precisely wha
touches the child. The child SET
2 what we are, behind what we pre-
5 tend d, or even W is h to be; and tn
! first rule to follow if you wish
S possess a child's will-master you
e own.
! The child must discover in us n
passion, no weakness of which /
( caI Nmake use. He must feel hin
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1912-12-07
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
FOR HAWAII SCHOOLS
Methods Discussed By Supervising Principal George S.
Raymond Aim Is To Teach Children Of
Different Races. One Language First.

schools to give the child of this
cosmopolitan gathering, one lam
guage, first and formost, and vet
we should involve methods that
will give the youth the training
hat will enable him to become an
efficient wage Garner and safe and
good citizen.
We must look for an indepen-
dence between our schools and the
industries here in Hawaii. Tn
children should be trained in the
possible vocations we have now and
| the future ones which will be in
volved in any developing industrial
community. They should be train
ed in a broad industrial education
for the future permanency of the
Territory. There seems to be a
vital need for Cooperative and Con-
tinuation Schools here.
Much has been written and said
rabout the present educational system
here in Hawaii in respect to school
children being trained away from
the industries and the manual work
of the plantation. Is this just
criticism? Let us examine a few
facts about school children and their
opportunities.
Over SO9o of our school children
have left school before the end of
the fifth grade for the most part
lowing to economic reasons in the
home. These reasons could never
be caused by any school system and
are rather the result of industrial
causes.
AT the end of the fifth grade the
child has been in the school room
approximately 5000 hours getting
his schooling and outside of the
school room l05, 100 hours getting
an education. For every hour that
over 500 of our school children had
the opportunity of spending in the
class room, using language that
few of them use in the home or
think in, they have spent 33 hours
out of it getting their education in
the street, field, picture show, ball
ground and wherever their indiffer-
ent parents may allow them to 60.
This ratio is 33 to for the public
school to contend with and yet if
we do not get wonderful results our
system is a failure to some minds.
All this, you understand, happens
in the first dozen years of more than
500 of our school children. After
that what? For the most part they
are at work we can gladly say, but
tile education has stopped with the
great majority. 1t is true that in
"a few communities night schools
are open for the ambitious and q
still smaller number take advantage
of correspondence school work.
Yet if the youth fails to become a
:, Thomas Edison or George Westing-
house in the shop or an expert in
cane culture, or if he sees more OPP
portunity in the store or Office than
that of freeing III 20 for section NJ 7
or the hiding of four inches of cane
beneath the soil for forty cents pei
; diem the schools and their systems
are at fault and the tax payers are
being robbed. The true is that oul
youths are in a good many case.
more ambitious than some desire
them to be and seek better educa-
ton than the tendency of tn,
general industrial conditions her,
will permit. As for example, I a,
desire of boys TO go to Honolulu anC
carry ON Evening School work Will,