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ST. Louis Grain

st. Louis, January 1s-Cash wheat, No.
1ed 81 13d1 .15 No. 2 hard, 9zn9Tc. Corn.
No. ., soc; No. white. 52isc. Oats No. ..
slc. No white, 3fs4c. Close: Wheat, MAY,
9So July, s9ssms9iac. Corn, May, 507se,
Jrly. 5f7sa511ac. Oats, May, 33Be; July,
3satc.
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st. Louis Produce

ST Louis, January 1s.-Flour firm. Hay
firm; timothy, s1s0l17; prairie. s12n15. 50.
Whisky, 81 40. Iron cotton ties, 9ic. Bag
ging, CSC. Hemp twine. Sc. Pork, lard,
dry salt meats and bacon unchanged. Re-
ceipts: Flour, l1,000; wheat. 17s,000; corn.
S5 1900 oats 1l7,o0o. Shipments: Flour,
9ee; wheat, $1,000; corn, 1900 oats, 3d.
900.
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Dry Goods

New York, January 1S-The gray cot
ton goods markets were steader for
the day. Prices will be named on fan-
nellettes for fall on Monday. Purchases
or blankets for fall has been large
Inquiries for glnghams are inereas-
ing Jobbers report 81 steady trade of
better proportions than year ago
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Naval Stores

Savannah, Ga, January 1S-Turpentlne
firm, 39isc; sales. 107; receipts, s2l; ship
ments, 56o1, stock, 3os62. Rosin, firm
sales, 1880; receipts. 1924; shipments, 25ss;
stock. 145,5oo Quote: A. b, c, d. e. s5.55;
F, $5.521aa5 30: @, IS. 55G5. .571s; II, IS. .55m
$50. !. $685. X 1915; NJ and n, s7.15;
WIG, $40; WV, $40.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 11s4c; compound, sac; dry salt
short ribs. 1l.571zc; bellies, u. zoe: ham
butts. 15c; Boston butts. 14Hc: pors
loins, 151kc; spare ribs, 13c; brea kfast
bacon, 22W27c; smoked bacon, Ice: rny-
ular ham, IKE; skinned ham. lie.
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Live Stock Market

Chicago. January 1S.-Cattle: Receipts,
500: market steady. Beeves, s5.s5d9 20;
Texas steers, s4.70N5.10; western steers.
81. .40Gl7 Is: stockers "a s0d7 so; COWS and
heifers 81 .75Gl7. 40; calves, $7q11
Hogs: Receipts. 12000; market strong
to cents higher. Light. 81 3o617 .571a !:
mixed, s7.Sod77.6o; heavy 81. .1od7i 60; !;
rough, 81 7.10a7.25; pigs, s647 As; bulk of
sales. 81. 45@7 SO.
Sheep: Receipts, 1900; market steady.
Native, 4.65m6. 25; western, s4.7546 .25
yearlngs, &c. 401S. Is: lambs, native, IS. 10
az: western, s6,75@9.
Kansas City, January 1s.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts, 200; no southerns; market un-
changed.
Hogs: Receipts, 1000: market steady to
&c lower: bulk of sales. 81. 20a7 40; heavy.
81. .351f7. 421s; packers and butchers, 81 .20q
40; light. s7.10a7. 25; pigs s6a6.75.
No sheep market.
St Louis January 1S-Cattle: Receipts
500 including 800 Texans: market steady.
Choice>to fine steers. IS .75@9. .35; good to
choice, 81. 356Is. rs: dressed and butchers,
s.. .5o617 80: stockers. s.. 25d7 so; Texas and
Oklahoma steers. s5.50@7.9o; Texas and
Oklahoma cows and heifers. So. 65G5.
Hogs: Receipts, 5000; market steady.
Pigs and lights, s6.7507 So; mixed and
butchers, ST. 4oa7 So; good heavy, $3.50
7.55.
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Coffee Market

New York. January 1S,-Coffee futures
opened steady at unchanged prices to nn
advance of points in response to steady
European cables and talk of some i'm
provement in jobbing demand. Early Of
fers from Brazil were said to be un-
changed and while the cost and freight
market later was reported slightly easier,
prices here improved on covering by local
shorts and bull support, with the close
firm at a net advance OF to Il points.
European selling was supposed to account
for the relatively easy ruling of Decem-
ber Sales. 53, $50; January, 13.20c Feb
ruary, 1s.20c; Marsch. 15.45c: April. 13.56c;
May, 1860; June, 13,76c; July, 13.s4c; Aug
ust 1890: September. 1880; October.
1880; November. 1890; December 1850.
Spot coffee steady; Rio Is 135sc; Santos,
Is 15s4c. Mild coffee quiet; Cordova,
16d1Sc.
Havre unchanged; Hamburg unchanged
to Il pfennig lower. Rio unchanged.
Santos so reis iowers 4sx900; rs 7sx200 Re-
cepts at the two Brwazilian ports 1900,
against 10000 last year Jundiahy re-
eeipts 1000 against 1000 last year. New
York warehouse deliveries 14,ll bags,
against 9739 last year.
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Liycrpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, January 1s.-Spot cotton,
easy. prices firm. naiddling fair Amer
lean, 736d: good niGdllng. 7.o2d mid
ding, 6S2d, low iniddling, Std. or
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Wool Market

st. Louis, January 1s.-Wool steady;
Medium grades combing and clothes,
2i.6oc; light fine, 19021c; heavy fine, 1Su
1Sc; tub washed Nd32c
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Creamery Producfa

Country butter. 2o030c; fresh cream.rv
butter. S9c; cheese, l9c; imported swiss
cheese. &c; German brick cheese. 2oc;
Imburger cheese, 19c; imported roouefort
&c; Neufehatel cheese. per dozen l5o.
Pimento butter, 40c; process butter. 31hc.
daisy cheese. per dozen. $40
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas city, January 1s.-Recelpts;
Wheat, 5000 corn, 5000: oats, 5000. Ship
ments: Wheat, 5i,oeo; corn, 37,ooo; oats,
1i5,6
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"DsRMlNGHAM SPECIAL
THE NEW YORK TRAIN.
CARRIES OBSERVATION
CAN. LEAVES 8;3O A. VI.
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WE BUY
HUBBARD BROS. 4 co.

rottOn Merchanfs, Han0yeF Sonarss n.
ehsnre New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
New York Produce Exchanse. Asso-
eiafion. orders solicfted for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
attentIon and liberal terms given tor
eonsfxumenfs Of SPOT cotton ter 6os
0yery. Correspondence invited
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, January 1s.-Close: Wheat
May, ssizc; July, s5s.c. Corn, 5ossq50lsc
July, 5o7sd51e. Oats, May, 35. d35Ac.
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Metal Market

New York, January 1S-Metals dull.
Lake copper, 16s7lha17.12lac; electrolytic.
16.62rza1675 casting 1880; iron easy.
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Muttons. s5ae.5o; yearllngs s7as. .s5; lambs

SC. 1049.15.
Louisville, January 1S.-Cattle: Receipts
325 market closed steady; range, s2Ms.50.
Hogs: Receipts, 1S00 market closed
stady. 5@10c up; range, s4.50@7 80.
Sheep: Receipts. %; lambs, 612c down;
sheep, 31sc down.
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Fish and Sea Eood.

Red snapper. 1oc in bbl. lots: lie In
small lots; sroupers. &c: Spanish mack
erel, 121kc; speckled sea trout. 11Ikc; carp
roughs. Sc; mullet, 61zc; sun perch or
Dream. shc: pompano. zoe; mixed fish
7c in barrel lots; 71ac in small lots; crock
ers. 65zc; fresh water perch. Slxc.
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Weekly Naval Stores Review

Savannah, Ca, January 18.-Turpentine
and rosin were firm for the week. Tur-
pentine closed today at 1914 cents, as
against 40ll cents last Saturday and 40
cents for the corresponding Saturday Of
last year. Sales for the week we're 1862.
Receipts for the week were 2503 as against
S34 for the corresponding week of last
year. Shipments we're 9702, of which 5000
were foreign and 6792 domestic, as against
1913 last year. Stock is 32.073. against s2,-
552 last year. Stock decreased 1869 dur
the week. the prices maintaining fairly
steady average as compared with last
week. Sales for the week were 1894
Receipts for the week were 11,057, as
against 7439 for the corresponding week
of last year. Shipments were 18TH, OF
which $500 were foreign and 1914 do
nestle. as against 1875 last year Stocks
we're 1880 as against 1884, AS last year.
Stocks decreased during the week 76l6.
London Stock Market
London. January 1S.-While the un-
certainties of the outcome of the
Balkan negotiations during the week.
quite a large investment business was
transacted in Industrial shares at grad
ually improving prices with Argentine
securities the most favored in the list
New Issues during the week totalling
$22 500. 900 were only moderately Sue
cessful. and the knowledge that these
must eventually be marketed checked
any material improvement in gilt
edge shares, which were also unsettled
by the shadow OF dearer money due ID
the tax collections and the large ship
ments OF gold to Argentine and to Bra
zil Consols declined quarter Of a
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Coffee and Susar

Coffee--Arbuckles. sz5.05 per hum
dred pounds: Luyanne. 27c ,er pound;
Sugar. standard granuIated. she per
pound.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, January 1s.-Clean rice
was steady with light sales reported
Receipts: Rough, none; clean, 4350c;
millers. none.
sales: Rough, none; clean, 37S at 3n47sc;
Japan so at 3s4c.
Quotations.. Rough Honduras. 81. 5O0,
AIS; Japan. s2.750i4.2o; clean Honduras,
41o1zc; Japan, 344c.
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Poultry and Evva

Hens. s5a4oc: five per pound. Halle !.
large fryers. l4N15c; medium flyers. ,sSs
17c; small fryers. 3oc; ducks, 3Dd 40c: rrin.
cas- 25o: roosters. 2oc; geese, e0d70c
live turkeys. 1s9aoc; fresh eggs, case
capdled, 25c; extra graded candIed
eggs. 29c: cold storage eggs 1S92oc fab
bits, t225 per dozen.
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Bank Statement

New York, January 1s.--The statement
of the actual condition of the clearing
house banks and trust companies for the
week shows today that they hold s21,1o4S0O
reserve in excess of legal requirements.
This is an increase of $5,965,000 from last
week.
The statement in detail: Actual condi-
tom Loans, 81 ,l9G, 1888 coo, increase So, 3D.
COO; specie, s351 ,o36,O00. increase ST. 7S9, 0OO
legal tenders, 1851, 900, decrease s2.59s,ooo;
net deposits s1,s40, s92,0 600, increase s46,5l6,
600; circulation, SAC, 10000, decrease $1,000;
banks cash reserve in vault, SS6S, ,5S5.00o;
trust companies cash reserve in vault,
s67, ,s2S, 600; total cash reserve, $f36, 43e0o.
Excess lawful reserve, s21, ,104,So0, increase
s., ,965. 900.
Trust companies reserve with clearing
house members carrying 8 per cent cash
reserve, s47,032.OO0.
Summary of state banks and trust con-
panies in Greater New York not included
in clearing house statement: Loans, so5e-
1908, 500: decrease s7,544100: specie. $50 400 ll;
increase, 221. 100 Legal tenders, s7.s24o GOO,
decrease s2s7, 800; total deposits s6lo2a5,-o -oo'
increase $2,21S51O.
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The Financer says today:
The remarkable flow of cash into the
New York clearing house banks which
has amounted since the opening of the
new year to more than s51. .e000 900, this ex-
elusive of the $7,000000 of gold which
has been exported to Europe, continues
in unabated volume,-the gain for the cur
rent week having amounted to slo.5ls,ooo-
This accession of cash, which has brought
about condition of extreme ease III the
money market, in strong contrast with
the firm conditions prevailing toward the
close of last year, Is reflected in the
expanding column of loans and cor
responding increase in other items. Loans
for the week. taking the statement of
actual conditions as basis, increased
s32 90S, ,000. This was the result Of new
bond financing and in part was due also
to the fact that the banks are taking
over commitments placed with other in
structions while reserve conditions were
low. The expansion in loans in the last
three weeks has amounted approximate
ly to $s3,500,0O0.
In consequence of the heavy loan ex-
pansion deposits rose s46516.000 for the
week The expansion in the deposit item
since January last. been $131 100000 The
result of the weeks changes was to in
crease cashs reserve S5,965,0oo the present
excess above the Is per cent standing at
S21, ,104, 300
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
INVESTIGATE BEFORE YOU BUY A
SASKATCHEWAN FARM

IN the current issue of Farm and
Fireside contributor writes the fol-
lowing warning to American investors
proposing to put their money in Sas-
katchewan farms. The writer of the
letter, John D. Stewart, went to Can
ada from Iowa. The editor of Farm
and Fireside says that the value in
Mr.. Stewards contribution lies in the
fact that it brings out again the old
truth that the farm across the road
looks far more prosperous than ours
until we know that farm. MIR. Stewart
says:
Some of the necessities for the
farmer in Saskatchewan are high
here. We cannot borrow money ct
present, but last year the bank charg-
ed ten per cent, and wouldn't loan
longer than three months at a time.
The land companies bring in people
from the United States and charge
them from six to ten dollars per acre
more than they could get the same
kind of land for back in. the States.
paid $22 per acre, and l could have
got land just as good for $14 an acre.
"ln some places the land is very
stony. The stones are just under the
surface, and one cannot see them cas-
lily, but when blowing is started the
stones are very much in evidence.
Then, too, the land companies tell the
Americans they can raise fax on the
new breaking. Most of them try it,
and fail. / have seen a great deal
sown in this way, but have never Sc IN
any cut.
Il came in here from Iowa, and al
though l expect to try and make it pay
out, there are lots of Americans here,
and they are dissatisfied. But when
someone talks of reporting the true
conditions here, most of them say,
Don't say anything until you get rid
of your land And we can't co that d:
the price We paid for it.
Il wouldn't advise anyone to leave
Iowa or any other good farming To-
cality to come here, even if do have
land for sale. Many of the farmers
here are in debt for more than they
are worth"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
THOUGHTS THAT IMPROVE
HEALTH

In the November Woman's Home
Companion, Ralph Waldo Urine, writes
most suggestive article entitled
Thought as a Force in Daily Living.
Following is an extract:
THE type of thought we entertain
has its effect upon our energies and to
: great extent upon our bodily condi-
tons and states. Strong, clear-cTt
positive, hopeful thought has a stimu-
lating and life-giving effect upon ones
outlook, energies, and activities; and
upon all bodily functions and powers.
A failing state of the mind induces a
chronically gloomy outlook and pro-
duces inevitably a falling condition of
the body. The mind grows, moreover,
into the likeness of the thoughts one
most habitually entertains and lives
with. Every thought reproduces of its
kind.
Says an authoritative writer in deal
ing most particularly with the effects
of certain types of thoughts and emo
tons upon body conditions: Out Of
our own experience we know that
anger, fear, worry hate, revenge,
avarice grief, in fact all negative and
low emotions, produce weakness and
disturbances not only in the mind but
in the body as well. 1t has been prov
ed that they actually generate pois-
ons in the body, they depress the cir
culation; they change the quality of
the blood, making it less vital; they
affect the great nerve centers and thus
partially paralyze the very seat of the
bodily activities. On the other hand,
faith, hope, love, forgiveness, joy and
peace, all such emotions are positive
and uplifting, and so act on the body
as to restore and maintain harmony
and actually to stimulate the circula-
ton and nutrition
"The one who does not allow him
self to be influenced or controlled by
fears or forebodings is the one who
ordinarily does not yield to discour-
agements. He it is who is using the
positive, success-bringing types Of
thought that are continually work. lg
for him for the accomplishment of his
ends. The things that he sees in the
ideal, his strong, positive and there
fore creative type Of thought, are con-
tinually helping to actualfze in the
realm of the real"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. Chappell, Of Five Years
Standing. Relieved by Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell of this town, says: 81 suffered for
five years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
read one day about Cardui, the wo-
mans tonic, and decided to try it.
had not taken but about six bottles until
i was almost cured. 1t did me more
good than all the other medicines had
tried, put together. q
My friends began asking me why
looked SO well, and told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it,"
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
feeling?
If so, let us urge you to give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
W,itf to. Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Advisory Dept. Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special
Instructions on your case and 64-pags book Home
Treatment for Women" in plain wrapper. NC. l24
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
in Americas,
New York Cotton.

New York, Nov IAN opening
decline of IL to IS points carried th5
cotton market init the new low
ground for the movement this morn
ing, with January contracts selling
at 1910. There was heavy general
selling on an estimate of 15,340,009
bales by one of the most prominent
crop experts, weak cables, nervous
ness over the Mexican situation and
prospects for continued good picking
weather in the south.
The demand proved sufficient TO
steady the market right after the call
and the publication of crop estimate
of 13,S26,Oo0 bales by another expert
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08

There is no other remedy so truly help
to nature. 1t relieves the pain and discom-
fort caused by the strain on the ligaments,
makes plant those fbres and muscles which
nature is expanding and soothes the in
fammation of breast glands.
Mothers Friend is an external remedy,
and not only banishes all distress in adj
vance, but assures speedy recovery for
the mother. Thus she becomes healthy
woman with all her strength preserved to
thoroughly enjoy the rearing of her child.
Mothers Friend can be had at any drug
store at $100 bottle. Write to Bradfield
Regulator Co., 228 Lamar Bldg, Atlanta,
Ga, for their free book. Write to-day. 1t
is most instructive.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08

The rural school should be made
the social center for the settlement
and every patron would be benefited
by an active interest in school grounds
and the school. Get better acquainted
with your child's teachers see whether
they are fitted for the job. The teacher
has your boy or girl five days in the
week and it should be of some inter-
est to you just to what kind of per-
son you are intrusting that embryo
citizen.--Fitzgerald Enterprise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
A LITTLE TALK ON FOOD VALUES

Briefly CHASING the foods. they are.
l. Protends-Tissue builders-we get
chiefly in meat, milk, eggs, cereals,
beans and peas.
II. Carbohydates-En ergy-suga
and starches.
III. Fat-Storehouse of body-oil,
butter, fat meat, nuts.
All of these burn and therefore
yield heat and energy.
". Mineral matter-Bui.ds bone,
hair, teeth, fingernails, etc., and nee
essary to digestion of food--salt, veg
etables and fruits
V. Water.
Food is broken up in the mouth and
mixed with saliva, Digestion tak.s
place partly in the stomach but mostly
il. the intestine; when thoroughly ii
gested, it is absorbed through the
walls of the alimentary canal and 6
carried by the blood over the body to
be assimilated.-Mr w. N. HUT, in
The Progressive Farmer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
EDITORIAL COIN MENT 's 81 SIZE fzFSs
REGENT EXPRESSIONS ON CURRENT TOPICS FROM THE
FOREMOST GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS

in politics a great deal more than
morality. We have seen illustrations
of it here in Georgia. Things have
occurred here that could not have been
easily understood outside of the state
-Moultrie Observer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08

There are fears that Mrs. Pankhurst
has been mislead by stories of the ease
with which large profits may be deriv-
ed from American lecture engage
ments.-W Washington Stars
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
coy SCOUTS ESCORT
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
THROUGH BUENOS AYRES

Buenos Ayres, Nov 7-Great
crowds cheered Colonel Roosevelt in
the streets today on his return from
Sisiting Acting President DR.. De la
Plaza. He was escorted by the bo,
scouts. He is the guest of the Ameri-
can colony tonight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08

Just when the saner element in the
woman's movement had shown a dis
position to put the skids under Mrs.
Pankhrrst, here comes Anthony Com
stock butting in to spoil matters.-Ro-
chester Herald
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-11-08
A SCHOOL FOR THE "HAND-
MINDED,

could have learned anything, and
am more use in the world. 4" This Is
the way girl pupil in the Elementary
Industrial School of Cleveland Ohio
describes her impression of the neW
kind of school work, according to a
bulletin just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education.
The Elementary Industrial School
was established to give "hand-minded
! boys and girls as good a chance as the
language minded" have always had.
Cleveland was one Of the first cities II
the United States to make distinc-
ton between the two types Of children
those who take to books and those
xho do not In Cleveland, as in most
|
dren have been leaving school in the
sixth grade. The Cleveland school au-
thorities saw that much of this waste
was due to the attempt to force alb
stract intellectual effort on boys and
girls whose interest was in doing
things. The Elementary Industrial
School was meant to meet this situa-
ton To it boys and girls were admit
ted if they were over 13 years of age
and were two or more years behinl
their grade in school
In this school one half of the time is
devoted to English, mathematics, geog-
raphy, history-the two in close con-
lnection-and to hygiene of thorough
| ly practical character The remaining
periods are given to manual and in
dustrial work-including shop-work-
to domestic economy and gymnasium
practice. A poll of the pupils showed
that with the girls cooking and sewing
were favorite subjects; with the boys
mechanical drawing and woodwork
ing In other schools of the same type
which it is proposed to have in Cleve-
land, it is probable that the course
will be extended to include year or
more of definitely vocational trade
school work, in preparation for spe-
cific employment
The school has been successful, even
in the face of adverse conditions The
enrolment has doubled in the past
four years Pupils who had .ong since
lost interest in schooi work of any
kind, some to the extent of being
know as "dullards and incorrigibles, :"
have become eager and alert, not only
in the hand subjects, but in the acad-
emic work as well.
In speaking of the Cleveland work,
Prof w. n. Hailmann, author of the
Bureaus bulletin, says: The ordinary
school was born among and for the
language minded. Intellectual ard
physical culture-not manual SELL
expression and economic insight-was
it's aim. The industrial worker was
practically excluded from it; he had
no leisure for it, no time to engage N
its play. This one-sidedness still
clings to the school, and it is hard to
eradicate.
THE Cleveland Elementary Indus
trial School may not offer the best
general solution, certainly not the
only solution of the problem; but it
does offer solution that lies in the
right direction, and one which is at
least a promising beginning"