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much in school as our national sys. tenn considers normal, or for some other reason are doing their work in classes intended for younger chll. dren.
 In large city schools much of this over age is accounted for by foreign children who enter the first grade, no matter what their ages, and wao make slow progress until they mas ter English. We have no such prob lem in Hot Springs. Apparently chi'- dren 90 to school from the time they are until they are II, or until they have to leave school and so Ii should find every child in the eighth grade, either ready for high school or ready with q good grammar school training, if hc must go to work at l4
 Yet, ZIG children who are 14 years old now, only 34 are in eighth grades the other S2 are behind their grades.
 Why?
 The reasons may be late entrance, poor attendance, inability to study on account of mental or physical def,ct. Or lack of interest in school wo;,. As explained above, there is little rea- son in Hot Springs for putting al thild into school later than his sixth year, Parents who do this usua.ly have given the child instruction enough at home to enable him to be placed directly in his proper class
 Irregular attendance must be guard l ed against by par reats i- is enc o our greatest reasons 10 lerng sol many backward children in the school
 A mentally deficient cluld has no ] right in the public schools. He is a hindrance to other pupils and is not obtaining for himself the individual 1 that alone can help aim. and that is his right
 The child who is physically handi- capped cannot possibly make pros. tess. The danger to the child wto is permitted to struggle on with poor ayesight, a crooked spine, defec i've hearing of athnolds, is criminal. The 1 'tate spends unnecessary money in permitting fhls child to repeat the iame years work two or three times Instead Of spending the same mone5 0 detect t..e physical weakness and o correct it. The state k wasting chool money by the extfayaganca, md wasting the strength of it's future and oftentimes their lives y this criminal neglect
 The teacher in Arkansas who has ,efore her in the eigetl grade a IL 'ear-old oos so stupid from adenoids hat every question must be repeated .wice before his clogged brain can yrasp it. can do nothing to protect Ter class from the amount Of time wasted oil pupil she knows she can Tot help, exce3t advise his parents. f the parents can not be persuaded | 0 take action. the boy must struggle | ,n. hopeless. incompetent, and slow
 Lack of interest i'll school work | sauses very small percentage qxP
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HEADACHY, COSTIVE,
 InIIp fiCLurLnrTp,' DILIUU0,-- UASbHNLi1
LIVER AND B O w EL S ARE CIoGGED-CLEAN THEM TO.
 NlGHT-FEEL BULLY!
Get a lO-cent box.

Get d l0-cent box
 Sick headache, bilousness, diLH. ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul breaIh--always trace the mto torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stom. ach.
 Poisonous matter clogged in the in. testines, instead of being cast oHt of the system is re-abs,abed in'o the blood When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes con. gestion and that dull, throbbing. sick ening headache
 Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out al the constipated waste matter and polsons in the bowels.
 A Cascaret tonight will surely s.raighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep--a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear stomach sweet and your liver and bowels regular for months
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slow progress in our schools. Discf pline at home O. at school is usual strong enough to force the normal chold to accomplish definite tasks if he is not interested in his studies. But help from parents will soon eliminate even the small percen5aee chat does exist
 Where Progress Is slowest.
 A glance at take two will show that the grades containing the largest number of backward pupils are the first, second and third. The totals al the right of table one will show also that the number of pupils of 'eacb age decreases rapidly with every year and that there are less than half as many children aged 14, in our schools today as there are children of siN. What becomes of them? The la% re- Quires that they attend school We know they do not, and we can see at glance that we are not obeylns the laws of the state Here Hot Springs is at fault
 The reason for the first assertion, however, that half of our backward children are in the first three grades, is the fault of the law. we believe.
 The law permits children to enter school in Arkansas only after they arc years of age. The average child is untrained in school discipline and mental agility when he enters school at 6, and cannot suddenly be made 10 use all his unaccustomed muscles of brain and body in new way We can not expect our children to gain all in the first grade. that the chil- ] dren of other states prepare for in a kindergarten In his last message to the New York Board of Education, | President Churchill declared that the 1 schools must find some means of ! bridging the chasm between the halt play and half work of the kndct garten. and the rigid discipline of the | first grade We do not even attempt a bridge, but plunge the child from
 undirected play into mental discipline
 and expect him 10 force the tiny
 closed up study cells to open at com
 mand. It's a physical impossibiljty Until our law is changed 10 admit children under years, to the public
 schools and kinN4l e@tens are es- tabiished to prepare them for school
 we shall continue to have backward pupils and pupils dropping out oi
 school at the fourth or fifth erado-
 because they are old enough to gc
 10 work or because fourth grade work isn't interesting enough to hold tnC IS, II or 1J.yearold child.
 More vital schoo statistics neNi l week
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JUDGE C.T. COTMAM
 ASKS A MANOAMUS
FILES MOTION TO FORCE STATE AUDITOR TO PAY SALARY AS
 CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Claims the Legislative Enactment Re ouirinq Garland County to Pay S2,oCo is Not Valid.

Whether Garland. coun<y shall be forced to pay $2,00O of the salary Of the circuit udge, as provided for in the leeislatiye enactment which ere ated this new judicial district, CT whether the state must pay all the judicial salary, as is the custom iE other parts of the state, will be }u- dicially determined after writ of mandamus filed by Circuit Judge c.. T. Gotham is acted upon.
 Judge Gotham has just return ad from Little Rock where he presented a bill to the state auditor for his sal ary for the month of October With the bill Judge Gotham presented all opinion by Attorney General Moose in effect that the part of the legisla' tice act requiring Garland county Co pav two thirds of the salary was ia- valid, and that it was an obligation of the state to pay all the salary ci the circuit judge
 The state auditor consulted with his private attorneys in the matter and then returned the bill filed by Judge Gotham marked refused. Judge Gotham then applied for a writ of mandamus which if granted will require the state auditor to pay the demand. or at least will settle the controversy.
 When the new judicial district was created provision was made that Garland county should pay two thirds of the salary or s20OO, and that tue other one third should be paid by the state as is usually the case.
 There had frequently been raised some question as to whether such a special tax on this county was legal lut the matter had never been brought to a test.
 Under the present scrip basis D Garland county there is much hinged upon the decision The salary a present is $G,0Q0 but through the method of present payment, and with Garland county scrip not worth more lthan 50 cents on the dollar 'Ae salu. ry is really only about S200o. which ! is less tilan in other ediGEriess.- 1 If the mandamH applied for $ won. the tion will relieve Garland county Of about $2.000 in special aN- psnse, and put tha burden on -he
 tate. which pays the other judici1l officers of the state.
 Circuit Judge Gotham said yester- day that he had been in doubt abon. the validity of the legislative act, CT that part of it that arranged for the special payment by Garland county and that realizing the intent of the act was that the circuit judge should receive a salary of S3,000, instead oi the one-third less which the office pays under present conditions, h. had, after consulting with some at- tomeys decided to make a test of the matter4 Attorney General Moose, after some investigation had agreed with his contention, but the state dg- ditor had preferred that the matter go trough he courts for settlement there, and therefore had refused ,he payment that the matter might get properly into the courts for adiudica ton.
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

cid children will be eight, and so are actually average fc- the first grade, or vice versi For this reason the tables must b. called ap)roxi- mate. But to make our showing as zoos as possible, we have allowed two years for every grade, tha is, 6 and ! for the first, and fo. the sec ond ate giving a six month. mar- gin either for the pupils making rapid progress or for pupils making slow progress. Since there are many more slow pupils than rapid iUHls. this method gives us q smaller mum, Der of slow pupils than an accurate count would show. Actually t is right to take each pupil one yeac 10 make one grade. When it takes Ioag- er tbe state is paying twice, or thc e times for each years work na,tld Of once
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Declare War on Colds.

A crusade of edu ation which aims tina. common colds may become ul. common within the aaXt generation has been begun by promin mt New York physicians. Here is a list of the "don'ts" which the doctors say viii prevent the annual visitation of the cold:
 Don't sit in q drauglty car
 Don't sleep in hot rooms
 Don't avoid fresh air.
 Don't stuff yourself at meal time over eating reduces your resistance
 To which we would when you take a cold get rid of it as quickly as pos sible. To accomplish that you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy most eX, client Sold by all dealers
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A Weekly School Story of School News for School Supporters a u q School Patrons.
The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-02

Under the pirec- ton and Super vision of the Fac ulty and edited by
 Miss Lillian Laser
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Your recOrfs would have been per. fectly preserved had they been in q SAFE-CABINET-1913 model, which is approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The day of he iron safe has passed. Ask for tests and proof
 WILLIAMS X DEWOOUY. State Agents, Pine bluff. Ark.
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NEED AIR FOR EsKlMos.

Washington, Nov l.-Captain Ba- finger of he revenue cutter Bear at Nome, today wired to Washington asking for $2,000 to aid Eskimos in the yieinity Of Nome who suffered severely from the recent cyclone
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Progress by Grades. Ali Schools.
What the Table Means.

Table l shows that there are CSl pupils too old for their classes, in the schools of Hot SprinSs. that in other words q per cen, of all the children In our elemeH.a,y grades have not accomplished as
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

There will be preaching at the First Baptist church today at fl a. m and 7:30 D. m by the pastor Rev Dana Terry
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Aae erade raoIes-AII seho!
Grade 8 Tot.

At present there is no way of tell ne how many of the siy year old chil- drcn will be seven before the school year is over, or how many seven wear
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A Summary Tahlc.

The following table shows .l. D. IT, Der of pupils who arc 1u"e.tsa or rapid; normal, and over az, 1r s.oN. in each grade Of all tho olenl.nta V schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
WASHINGT0N'S COMMUNITY
CHRISTMAS TREE ASSURED
approximately $500 Already Con-
tributed-Contract Is Let for
the Wiring.

With approximately $500 already con-
tributed, and with the program almost
complete in every detail, Washington's
hrst community Christmas tree Is now
assured Chairman Cuno II. Rudo oh of
the executive committee last night pointed
out that all of the subcommittee which
are IN charge of the various features now
have their work well in hand.
Chairmen OF the several committees are
20 confer with Mr.. Rudolph tomorrow
afternoon, and il is believed that at this
time the last detail of the program will
be completed. This meeting is to be held
in the rooms of the Board OF Trade.
Let Contract for Wiring Tree.
The contract has been let for the wir-
ing OF the tree. The various grouns Of
singers which are TO unite in the one
large chorus have started rehearsing and
the Marine Band is also maxim. read :
under the direction of Lieut.. William n
Santelmann.
Work has also been started on the civ
ing pictures Mrs. Clara d. Neliph ~
Neighbornood House. who has charge or
the tab-eaux, has announced that Ave
society women will appear as angels in
the scene depicting Peace on Earth
Good Will to Men -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Let Contract for Wiring Tree
Dividend Is Declared

The board OF directors OF the Ontario
Apartment House Company at a meet
!ng held yesterday declared a semi-an-
nuai dividend of y. per cent. payah,e
January !, 1914. Charles d. walcott Is
PRESIDENT and Archibald NJ. MclAachlen
is secretary and treasurer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Address to the Y. w. G. A.

Mrie- Lydia Won F. Montford is sched-
uled to speak this afternoon at az
o'clock at the y. W. c. A. vesper service
Her topic Is to be The Nativity in Beth
chem" Miss Helen Hall is te give must
cal selections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Reception Committee.

The reception committee consisted of
Rexford L. Holmes, president of the
District of Columbia Christian Endeavor
Union: First Vice President Paul II. Wat
son. Secretary Walter L. Whitlow, Treas
urer T. Crump. Owen P. kellar. Percy
Martin. superintendent OF junior work,
and Miss Sarah Z. Dawson, super n
tendent OF literature.
President Holmes introduced D.. Clark.
who made brief address, In which he
outlined the work OF the Christian En-
deavor Union IN this country. Others
who made addresses were Percy Foster,
Rev. DR.. Spooner and Karl Lehman, n
terstate field secretary for the Christian
Endeavor Union.
10 be held this afternoon at . 80 oclo k
at the First CONGREGATIONAL Church lot /
ana u streets northwest. which is TO be
followed by mass NEE tim at which
Dr. Clark will be the principal speaker
Secretary Bryan OF the State Department
is 10 deliver an address in which he viii
introduce DR.. Clark. feature of the
meet ng will be q procession Of hundreds
OF JUNIOR Christian Enaeavorers carry.n,
fags and banners and singing Onward
CHRISTIAN Soldiers" and America
DR.. Clark to Speak.
DR. Clark is to perach the sermon to-
night at the Calvary Baptist Church the
occasion being the twenty-fourth ami
Yersary of the founding of the society
of that church.
Rexfoid L. Holmes. president OF the
District of Columbia Christian Endeayor
Union, is 10 introduce DR.. Clark to Presi-
dent wilson tomorrov morning DIR
clark is to deliver a farewell address to
members of the society in this CITY To-
morrow night at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
She Changes Her Mind.

Evidently thinking over these requests,
the child several days later sent this
note:
Dear Santa Claus, AS / wrote to you
not long ago and told you II you would
send me ! pair of skaits, doll and a
doll bed. set of furs, and Dear Santa
Claus will you be kind enough to try to
get white ones, and said rain coat but
Dear Santa Claus will you be kind enough
to bring me instead of a rain coat a
black chinchilla coat for Sunday and it
would be nice with a set of furs.''
Two boys, evidently brothers, sent the
following letters:
Dear Santa Clause I want a big en-
CINE that you can work with your feet, a
pop gun, train with four cars and some
marbles"
Dear Santa Cluse-I want a air rifeful.
train with five cars, a pair of skates
and some marbles"
A postal addressed to "Ihe Star build
ing, between 18th and Penn. ave." and
signed by two little girls, was as follows
Dear Santa: We are poor little girls
and have no father. We truly hope you
will not forget u.s.
These are just few of the letters re-
A few-just a few-have a touch OF
artificIality about them which does not
| sound sincere But they are in the
minority. Most seem to express the long
ing Of hopeful little hearts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
DR.. FRANCIS T. CLARK
IS RENDERED DINNER
Founder of Christian Endeavor
Honor Guest of Capital
Societies.

A dinner in honor Of DIR. Francis E.
Clark of Boston. founder OF the Christian
Endeavor and president of the World S
Christian Endeavor Union. was given b.
representatives OF ninety Christian En-
deavor societies of he District of Column
bia last night az Wilson's cafe. About
100 persons were present.
Rev. DR.. a. W. Spooner, pastor of the
Sixth Presbyterian Church. pronounced
the invocation. Following the dinner the
members Of the societies and their guests
went TO ST. Paufs English Lutheran
Church, where reception was rendered
DR.. Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
Simple Appeal for Four.

Another little boy writing for himself
and three sisters sent the following letter
Dear Santa Clause, l am a little boy
eight years old. i would like you to re-
member me and my three little sisters.
We will be thankful for anything Just
that and nothing more.
One small tot, girl, wrote once and
then changed her mind about what she
wants Santa Claus to bring her. Her
first letter was as follows:
Il am so glad to hear that you are
coming back again. / would be SO glad
If i could see you. but I am going to
school now and I can't get to town Sat-
urday, because / have to stay home, be-
cause we keep a store. l hope that you
are getting along all right this Christ
mas AS / wrote to you last Christmas
and asked you IL you would give me a
coat and / was very much pleased with
it, and / had a very nice time at my
brothers wedding. Dear Santa Claus,
would like very much If you would send
me raincoat, a pair of skaits, a doll and
a doll bed, set of furs and house.
and l will hang my stocking up for you
put candy in and nuts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-14
MANY APPEALS SENT
SANTAAT THE STAR
Hopes, Faith and Sometimes
PitifuI Poverty Represented
in the Letters.
Finger Smudges, Spelling and Gram.
mar Lake Series Of Eloquent
Christmas Stories.

Dear Santa Claus: 1 want a rian
coat, pair skates. new hat, ribbon,
cakes. apple, orange, candy. new dress,
piar shoes, stockings. / will be thank
full"
This letter, stripped of its queer pen
manship, erasures and smudges, is
1alr sample of a growing heap of let
ters from Washington children re-
ceiVed by The Star during the last few
days. The letters, representing the
hopes, the faith and sometimes the
pitiful poverty of the children, show
that the Christmas spirit is at hand
and that the minds of many little tots
are fixed on finding bullying stockings
when they steal downstairs Christmas
morning.
Typewriter words cannot nearly ex-
press the pathos shining through some
OF the cramped handwriting of these
letters Mere reproduction of the let
tiers makes them seem cold and distant
But the letters themselves with their
ruled lines, their frequent finger
smudges, their spelling and grammar
make a series of Christmas stories as
eloquent as any ever written.
But Few Seem Forced.
IN most OF them sincerity is written
in every twist of the pencil or pen, but
few are stilted and seem forced. The
spug movement has evidently reached
some Of the children, for their appeals
are for shoes and stockings and clothes
and hats and other useful things. But
most of them still want candy and dolls
and steam engines and games and
other simple things.
Here is one addressed to Santa Claus
Home, the Star Building:
Dear Santa Claus am seven years
Old and am in the second grade. / hope
you will not forget me this Christmas.
as you did not last and other years /
want yoI to bring me doll. carriage
Christmas tree and a pair of skates,
doll bed. a table. with chairs; set of
dishes, and be sure to fill my stockings
with lots of good things. You'll find them
hanging from the mantle in mamma S
room. Please do not forget poor little
sister. either. She is too small to write
for herself. Bring her a RATHER, doll,
carriage and a rocking chair Hoping
t1at you will come to my house early,
/ am. your loving child, -
Five postal cards, all from the same ad-
dress. brought the appeals of five chill
dren, evidently brothers and sisters. All
We're addressed Dear Santa CLOVIS"
Two want bedroom sets and doll babies,
another wants "a doll an rock-chair,
still another wants a set of dishes and a
doll baby, and the last, a boy. asks for
"a wagon, hokwagon and horse"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-13
Italy's Flqht AGAINST Malaria.

Reports from American consular Of
ficers in Genoa and Leghorn, prepared
in response to inquiries from the Unit
ed States as to the market in Italy
for Il remedy for malaria in that king
dom has steadily declined in recent
years, mainly due, it is stated. to the
energetic measures of the Italian gov
eminent. Quinine prepared at the
state military pharmacy at Turin is
said by Consul General James A.
Smith to be on sale at all government
tobacco shops at four cents gram and
is distributed gratis to poor patients.
Consul Frank Deedmeyer writes that
in 1911 the number of deaths in Italy
caused by malaria was estimated at
$500 in a total population of over
$4,000, 000.-Daily Consular and Trade
Reports.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-13
CHAPTER xvil.-con.lnued.

He was about TO bid me goodnight
when checked him.
Doctor" said. 81 am glad TO ma
you SO optimistic. Before you go /
want you 10 write me bulletin OF MT.
Cameron's condition and sign 1t. !
want no mention in It Of the injury,
since IL is not serious. II possible, |
would suggest that you use the word
1pdisposition' and be sure TO employ
the temporary you called into play a
moment ago"
DR.. Massey gladly aeceded- Seated
at Cameron's writing table he scrib-
bled a bulletin OF even more encourag-
ing and confident tenor than had In
diceted. And ! used II 20 turn the tide
of speculation in Crystal Consolidated.
But neither the spoken nor the writ
ten words OF the physician held for
me any considerable measure of so
lace. My friends condition was des-
perate. knew It and my heart ached
for him; but II ached more for Evelyn,
his ward, who loved him, and who
must be given the gladness Of good
news only 10 be crucifed the next mo,
uent on the cross of anxiety.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-13
Overloaded.

The postman, staggering under his
tremendous burden. stopped at No
% and rang the bell.
Here's the two dozen house blinds
you ordered sent by parcel post
ma'am." he feebly murmured as the
land the patent washing machine and
the new iron gate for the front yard
but"-and he smiled a feeble. wilted
sort of apology-"fm afraid you'll
have to wait until my next delivery
for your portable garage"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-03-13
I was on the verge Of promising,

was on the verge Of promising,
not because 1t would be an easy prom
Use TO keep, for ! knew II would be
very difficult; but because could
deny her nothing. | was on the verge,
say. when the library door opened,
and Louis, pale and excited, and so in
haste that he mad not paused to knock,
was exclaiming:
Monsieur Cameronl Pardonl Mats,
enfin, etesvous prefer"
A score of fears springing instantly
to birth within us, Evelyn and l were
on our feet before the speech, rapid
ly delivered as It was, was finished.
Were We ready! We evidenced our
readiness in no such voiceless thing
as words
Louis stood aside for us to pass, and
as went by him, asked, under my
breath:
what is II, Jouis?"
"Ahl" he whispered. Monsieur
Cameron is talking in the strange
tongue which neither Monsieur Bryan
nor | myself can understand"