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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20


while W lhIs Hcwon of lhr 'o'r hruln
l4 more Inclined to retreat into his
,.,I ..,,,.,t dam. mn, t,r,oops nrr
......, ,...
.'II'"" VIZ" WV"
pieces "l hollow tree" ana Iln'H' '"''
curlrd up Wu the tops of these, take
d,lfht 300 soaking lu us much Of M"
genial sunshine ng thoy can
Tho two prrr uprrlmrus ~ Darlru
the ,nyotrn. ns well np the mnny dlf
f.r,ut upo4 ~ rabbits. uI-o remained
u the pnrk throughout the cold
weather. uu provided with ample
shelter The 700 contains some ~
the uurH sprrlmrnp uf the white. or
alnluo mbblls to bc found
The differences In temperament of
ih, tvu .nIIIEuturs was clearly discern
,bIr Yesterday when thcy were placed
la their homes iu IA. 100 one took
to the water quite naturally ana la1
ut noutod AT the surface. while tho
other apparently disgruntlod A. hay-
ug been disturbed from his winters
slurpIHhurss rrDrcntod into his ground
cave and refused ~ bulge from A.,
and WAS mllrn and muIoer when 90
tempted to pee oustcd
A pWr. or DIsrt.yul. are they are
generally called. Tx neat little crcu-
Wrp that VIII have a home IN the 200
Mis year. Many persons orron'ously
suppose the rlvct ls of direct rola
uouship to the lltio spccklcd polccat
tIIt ..tI.I D.. t.4t I'm. .4.t 'IlY Iilrt it
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
Average Attendance.

The average number of school days,
length of school year, regularity Of
attendance and total number of chill
dren in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas,
gives a fair comparison. Texas ranks
42d, Oklahoma 36th and Kansas 18th.
The average school days for Okla
homa children are G5, while Kansas
is " and Texas Sc. North Carolina
ranks lowest, with 61, while Massa-
nhmentts nNnrnrns 121 dnNS.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
These right Gowns.

what's the natter"
II wasn't eating much during Lent
and my dressmaker fitted my gowns
accordingly. Now I'll have to discard
my entire easter outfit If l gain an
other ounce"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
SOME DATA On
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
STARTLING FIGURES RJNItLID
BY RUSSELL SAGE FOUND
ALTON.
OKLAHOMA RANKS Low
This state Ranks 80 In the Average
school Attendance Per
Child.

UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY
LEANENWOKTH, KANS., April 1G.
TO The Editor Tulsa Daily
World In recent article / suggest
ed governmental control Of public
schools in this country. In this brief
letter my aim is to furnish your read
crs with reliable data secured from
tho December report made by the
Russell Sage Foundation, division OF
education, New York
My recent criticism of teachers,
ana boards Of education, was not in
tended to reflect upon any given
board or teacher, but included all
boards and teachers generally. But
there Is good cause for this de-
plorable state of affairs. IN the re-
port above quoted we find, on page
23, Teaching Versus other Noca-
tions' the following:
Difficult To Get Data.
while IT is difficult to get accurate
data on wages the best available fig
ures indicate that the average annual
wages received by the workers in five
great occupations are about as fol-
lows:
carpenters ......,..,..'.... ...'' SoO2
Coal miners ............, ,.... oVO
Factony workers .........,.... 500
Common laborers .....,....... 513
leaCheiS ,....,,...... ...'..'.. $40
Some extreme cases: Throughout
the southern states thousands of ru-
raj teachers earn less than $3.50 per
year. In one New England state
hundreds of teachers earn less than
$500 per week. In one county in a
central Atlantic state the average
for all teachers is $129 per year. In
one southern state conylcts from the
penitontiarics are let out to contract
ora at the rate of about $500 each
year, while the state pays its teach
ers about $500 each year"
The above is an indictment which
should cause parents, school boards
and others Interested in our boys
and girls to shudder. Just think of
conyicts earning more each year than
school teachers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20


On the cyrball The next most frc-
quoul cause Of blindness is due a.
rubbing the Il cs, which causes tho
ryobalH 10 burst The Jumps under
lho ESQ lids gradually disappear and
me lid shows a smooth Hilrcry sur
face beneath when the lid becomes
entirely white the I'D is la the last
stages Of the disease ana from this
,ime on the damage begins on the
sight II may require from five TO
fifteen years, depending upon how
bad II IN, but blindness ls inevitable,
The most frequent form OF the dis
ease rs when the eye lashcs turn IN
and rub against the cychall The cfe
llds often grow together and IN somo
cases the lid grows 10 the bali Of tho
eye. Those patients always present
a sleepy appearance as they cannot
open their cyes wide Thcy keep
pulling otu their lashcs In an attempt
10 correct the trouble.
Treatment of rrnch0mn.
The treatment Of trachoma II q
delicate operation and can De per
formed only by those who are skilled
IN the disease Or. white files OFF
the humps with sandpapcr, which Is
"A new method Of treating the disease
pr white has operated on $1,000
trachomn cases and has used sand
paper on 1000 OF them, the opera
tion proving entirely satisfactory He
liz also using frozen liquid carbon di-
oxide gas which burns Off the Jumps
without producing bleeding.
Dr White Is new experimenting
with dypthcria anti-toXin, he bcliey-
ing that trachoma IS closely allied
with the dyptheria germ. when the
disease has reached such a stage that
an operation is necessary, the under
portion Of the eye lid is removed
The first operation performed M DR..
White in which the sight of the pa
ticnt was restored, was at Muskogse
two years ago, in the case of brick
mason who was totally blind from
the disease He is now able to see
and is following his tradc at NC
Alcster today
Commonly Called "Sorc Eyes"
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whore persons have been suffering
from the disease It has been com
monty referred to as sore eyes" To
Dr. White belongs the credit Of dis-
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
Actu;sl Daily Cost.

The report furnishes much instruc-
tive data in the following:
The daily expense per pupil at
tending school Is the cost of one days
schooling for child. As a general
rule the greater the cost Of schooling,
the better 1t should be, and within
certain limits the application of this
principle is valid. 1t is not valid in
the case of some of the sparsely popu-
lated western states. where the
schools are small and the average
cost of instruction proportionately
high. utNit is safe to say that In
diana, which eXpends 2l cents for
each day Of schooling, gets better
teachers, provides better equipment
and has better schools than Florida,
whore a days instruction costs only
II cents and that the quality of in
struction in Florida is superior to
that Of North Carolina. where it costs
only cents. The cost per day in
Oklahoma per child per day is 10,
while Kansas spends Il, and Texas
.,.T.. 8
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20

TO SrOp TUE COUGII-CIRE
nm TICKLING SPRAY or mop the
throat with the wonderful nntispcptic,
DR pOWrEES NNTISPEPTlC
HEALING on. II cures I'm one day.
Fun directions with each bottle. 25c.
soc, 800,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
TULSA HOSPITAL
WILL Be A BOON
GONIHNMsNT INSTITu1iON AZ
NNND SPRINGS WILL TREAT
SINIHAL TlIOl SAND. E
disease PREVALENT HERE
Dr White Who l. Ia Bc In Charge
Snls Majority uf Indians linN"
Ilc Trouble.

That me mammouth hospital for
thc treatment Of twchoma, which Is
soon Ia be established at Sand
Springs, viii afford place of treat
mout FOR thls dreaded ailmcnt for
thousands Of persons OF the south
west. is the word Of Dr Daniel white.
who VIII have charge OF the hospital,
together with his brother, now Of the
Manhattan hospital OF New York
city
Dr White has spent much Of his
time among the Indians of oklahoma
aud the southwest, and IL well ac-
uualntrd with the ravaRes Of blind
ncss which trachoma has caused
among AN CLASSES while II is not
possible at this time to ascertain the
Springs II may bee said that its ac-
commodutions viii be ample TO care
for afflicted ones In an expeditions
manner In recent letter to Charles
ragc. founder Of the town Of Sand
Springs, Dr. white said:
The situation In Oklahoma.
II have been all over oklahoma,
and from $1,000 to 10000 Of the
$4,000 Indians in teh state are the
victims of trachoma I'm It's various
forms. II will eventually lead TO
blindness unless the government and
state authorities take every means to
stamp out the disease which is high
N infectious ! have personally seen
many of the Indians and know the
conditions as th0N exist I'm oklahoma.
II is very serious matter It Is a
quarantine disease, but no efforts to
scgroEat, the sufferers from tracho-
ma has ever been made by the health
authorities Of the state. As soon as
the Indians pass out OF the control
of the government they y Will be
thrown upon the state for protection
and ass there are at present no state
laws dealing with trachoma, it IS
only question of time until OKLA
hona viii be- UP against Il difficult
.t,I,1,ut
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20
Salaries n Measure Of Quality.

The average annual salary paid to
public school teachers In the United
States as a whole is s4s5.OO. In one
state the average is only $4,000. Ok
lahoma ranks 29th in expenditure
Of salaries. which is the magnificent
sum Of s4OS.
The measure Of salary constitutes
two things: First, the quality Of abll-
ity Of the teacher; second, the value
the community puts upon the teach
er's services The fact that teachers
wages are lower than those paid for
almost any other sort OF service
means that as a nation We are nelth-
er asking for nor getting high
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20

W nat I NuS,S tIhAHhillhs
Trachoma. according to Or White,
who has made the disease study for
many years. comes from wiping ones
face upon a dirty towoG 10y washing
in the same water used by another
person. 10y using the same bed clothes
or handkcrchicfs, hN many persons
using the same bath tub one after the
other. and many cases are directly
attributable to dirty towels used IN
barber shops. upon the faces of the
patrons of the shops. Never rub
Your eyes with the ends of your fin
gers. cautions Dr white. FOR SO do
ing YOU may carry the germs Of ira
yhoma to the eye Trachom1 is a
germ disease ana is infectious and In
some cases contagious. II you must
mh !om eyes use the back of your
hands or your kuuckies. and thus
avoid the danger OF trachoma.
symptoms of TIlChOma.
The only active symptoms Of trac-
homa. according 10 Or, White, are
the feeling OF granules Of sand rub
bing the cyoball; itchiness OF the eye
lid and cychalG flowing tears down
the checks; inability to stand the rays
of the sun without squirting; the eyes
present a sleepy appearance and the
lids are kept close together Trac-
homa is an lnslduous disease and
there is no pain in It's first stages.
There mag. or may not be redness OF
the oycban In so per cent Of the
cases the eye ball appears normal
How 10 Detect Trachoma.
Anyone with experience can easily
detect the appearance Of trachoma
10y turning back the eyelids. where
Jumps the size Of n pin head or pea
will be found. Everytime the victim
of trachoma vinks or bllnks these
Jumps rub the eyeban II the dis
ease IL not cured In majority of
cases. the sight becomes affected and
the patient fails TO realize that their
sight is had until called upon TO read
a test card such ms occulists use,
From then on the "pennus' or YES
sells growing over the eyeball form
This is the cause Of 80 per cent Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-20

Accurate data is not available to
tell us just how many children com
plcte the elementary gradof what
proportion go to high school, and
what proportion reach college. Ac-
cording to an estimate made by the
United States bureau of Education.
less than half the children OF the
country finish more than the sixth
grades. only about one-fourth Of the
children ever enter high school; less
than eight in each hundred complete
the high school course, and less than
five In eaach hundred receive any
education above the high school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
CAPITAL RESIDENTS BUY
EXTENSIVE FARM TRACTS
Lands on Old Georgetown Pike, Be
yond Bethesda, Figure in
Purchases.

Announcement was made today of the
farm tracts on the old Georgetown pike
between Bethesda and Rockville Md.
Former Representative Albert Douglas of
Ohio, who now makes his home in this
city has acquired a portion of the Neirs
farm comprising about loo acres. The
$4,000
t. T.. Davis. president of Lincoln Ma
tional Bank. has purchased the Norris
place. which adjoins that acquired by Mr..
Douglas. 1t contains about 133 acres of
land. The price paid is said To have been
in the neishborhood of S150oo
Mr.. Douglas has purchased the tract
with a view of having il farmed under
his supervision. while Mr. Davis intends
to utilize the place acquired by him as a
summer home. He plans to erect an at
tractive bungalow on the property.
There has been considerable activity
recently in farm lands in the vicinity in
which Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Davis have
made purchases. Old. WORKOUT farms
are being rejuvenated and summer resi-
dences are being erected. \ few days
ago Murray A. Cobb acquired two tracts,
cality. and he plans to establish a sum
mer home. Other fine summer places in
the vicinity are those of Gilbert Gros-
venor, George r.. Hamilton. John Joy
Edison. Edward j. Steliwagen and DR.
Robert s. Woodward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
BY ANNE RITTENHoUSE.
ciaI CORRESPONDENCE of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Stnr
NEW YORK, December IL, 1915.
The news from Paris is that velvet was
never SO popular. 1t outstrips every
other fabric 1t is worn in suits, in hats
in wraps.
All the gay world, to say nothing oil
those who work, has been going to the
races near Paris to see If the autumn
JUNIORS came true. 1t is the first chance
that the world of fashionable women has
had to accept or refuse the new gowns
exhibited nv the dressmakers during the
Last of August to those who buy and
sell.
These fashion designers are the first on
hand at the autumn races to see whether
al. not their own gowns are worn, and II
so whether they go Well. or not. The
artists are there to sketch the most sen
sational frocks. and the reporters are as
numerous as the horses. IL takese a dis
corning mind to pick out the good from
the had to tell the new from the old, and
TO make a sharp prophecy as TO what will
he nopular and what is merely an ex-
plojtation for advertising purposes only.
Nv artist writes that the superfiuity of
velvet was the first thing that impressed
her at these races. She says the novelty
is an accordion-pleated skirt of panne
velvet worn under a short fur jacket
with enormous cuffs and collar of an
other fur and topped by the new Turkish
NAT of black velvet with colored orna-
ment i'm front and high spiral aigrettes
arranged to initiate those in the head
dresses at the Persian ballets-
Georgette's Gown of Velvet.
All the gay world looks to Nine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
TEACHERS DENIED FULL
PAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
District Pedagogues Will Receive
Half Months Salary by
Present Plan.

District school teachers will be given
only half a months pay before Christmas
The Commissioners had planned Il full
envelope Christmas surprise for this
class of District employees, bat decision
by George +. Downey. controller of the
Treasury. To the effect that there is no
authority of law for payment of teach
er's salary fol the entire month OF De
cember prior 10 the thirty-1rst day OF
the month. has caused the plan To be
abandoned. On motion Of Auditor Alonzo
Tweedale. the Commissioners referred
the matter to the controller.
In a decision made public today he
holds that should teachers be paid tor
the entire month prior To the holidays
the payments would be in the nature OF
an advance on their salaries, which Is
prohibited by section 36iS of the Re
vised Statutes. holding that no adEance
OF public money shall be made III any
case whatever.
Plans now will be made by the auditor
to give teachers half month s salary
few days before the beginning of the
holidays. The checks probably Will be
mailed out between December - ana -
Members of the police and fire depart
lnents will be given half of their Decem-
Der pay at about the same time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
Healthy House Plants.

Most women have difficulty in keeping
house plants in a thriving condition dur
ing the winter, especially in cities where
steam furnishes the heat and gas the
light. because both are the greatest en-
emies of the ferns, palms and similar
plants usually kept in the homes. Con-
slant care as well as little knowledge
of the plants are necessary IN order to
keep them strong and healthy.
First let me mention the things that
should be avoided. Never bury piece
of meat or an oyster in the pot con-
tanning plant. One often hears this
method recommended, but L know from
personal experience it is a fallacy.
once buried an inch square of beef (raw.
of course) in pot containing Boston
fern, and the result was not hundreds
Of tiny insects, but myriads of them.
They appeared about two weeks after the
meat had been buried and came out
OF the pot with the water that had
been poured over the plant. They were
white and formed a thick scum upon
the water resting in the saucer. This
was poured away, and as water was
given to the earth and passed off mil
lions of the tiny worms came with it.
Speaking to florist about my ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13

Georgette to wear something new, and
she did not d.sappoint ii. Before the
races Of last year she was a little known
figure III the world which gossips about
clothes, but after she became the head
OF the house OF France, the famous Eng
lish tailors. who made the walking CO.'S
tunes for Queen Mary of england In the
year of her coronation, then Georgette
began to be q figure.
At the drags last year she appeared in
the first of the candle shade frocks. |
saw her later on ut Enghien taking sup
per on her way 10 the baccarat rooms
and she wore then the same frOck OF
stamped white crepe dc chine with a
tunic edged with skunk. =,
At the races this autumn she wore z
black velvet gown. the skirt trimmed
with ruffies OF watered silk ribbon. There
is no doubt that this novelty will be
featured as Well as the skirts OF accor-
dion -pleated velvet with fancy jackets
above them. -
The artist has sent over, a sketch OF
a velvet gown. with the watered silk ruiz
flies, which was worn at the races ana
which may please the woman VINO does
not care to adopt the double thickness
of a. gathered skirt and turlfc around her
waist.
You will see by the sketch that this
skirt is graceful and wearable. The
panne velvet is so soft that IT falls close
to. the figure, and there Is enough fuli-
ness at the waist and kneessto give free
dom when walking. The rufl1e OF water
ed silk is placed round the inquire above
the knees and floats well down In the
back 1t is edged just above the hem
with a ribbon of black velvet
The bodice, as, you see, carries out
that new idea of the jumper. The velvet
runs into points at the shoulders over a
full blouse Of. black watertd silk which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS.
European Governments Agree to Use
But One Form.

BRUSSELS, December 13.-Commercial
statistics are to be tabulated hereafter
by all European governments under 1st
headings divided into five categories,
namely, living animals. foods and drinks,
raw or simply prepared materials, manu-
1actured articles and precious metals in
ngots or coined.
The convention establishing this COM
mon classification has been gned by
the delegates to the international Con
ference for Commercial statistics. which
finished its work here this week
In order to avoid the inconvenience of
the limitations of these five categories.
II was agreed. under an additional head
ing at the end of each group other
products could be added of Il general
nature with those in the group and yet
not under one Of the standard numbered
headings. second convention agree
ing 10 MAINTAIN tile International Bureau
OF Statistics in Brussels, also was signed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-13
AMERICAN IDEAS IN FAVOR,
New Spanish Premier Announces
Plans to Aid People.
AIADRIn Dal.annhe


american ideas of government are TO
be followed To u certain extent by
Eduardo Dato. the new Spanish premier
Without announcing any fixed program,
Senor Dato declared. ON taking office
tnat he intended 10 study the opinions
81 The people and govern them more
a. America. is governed. according to
lie general wishes and welfare
the new premier. who is fifty-seven
yeats old. Il one of the best known
lawyers in Spain. Since 1884 he has
gCen q deputy for the district OF
MUrias de Paredes and active in the
conservative party. He was under
secretary of government in 1886, and
minister OF the same department in
1889. Later he was minister OF justice
and president of the chamber of depu-
ties Senior Dato drew the working
men accident act. now in force III
Spain. and he is member OF numerous
organiza lions for social Improvement
notable among them being the Institute
~ Social Reform. the royal commission
70 prevent the white slave trade the
national council of prisons the ROYAL
Academy Of Jurisprudence and Legis-
lation and the Royal Society of Political
and Social Sciences.