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Milford chronicle., 1914-05-15
MARRIED.
STEVENS -DFNNIs.

William S. Stevens, and Mrs. Mary
Voshell Dennis, were married last week.
They will reside at Berlin, Md, where
he is employed and where he has pur-
chased a house and lot.
sCHRANK WARREN.
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth War
rem, formerly a resident of Milford.
Delaware. to Charles A. Schrank, OF
Philadelphia, took place in that city on
April Both, 1914, and they will make
heir home in West Philadelphia The
groom is a prominent violenist, and well
known in musical circles.
Milford chronicle., 1914-05-15
PUBLIC SALE.

The executor Of the estate Of the late
lanes B. Anderson will sell the real
estate at public sale on Saturday Nay
2Srd, at 2 p. M, in Frederick; E9 re-,
particulars ,1ei see advertisement IN TINS
paper.
Milford chronicle., 1914-05-15
REAL ESTATE SALES.

me Inc deal for the Jennie D. Causey
ss- 15 was finally closed this week,
Von me deed transferred to John P.
-'lahd' OF Los Angeles, Cal.
Milford chronicle., 1914-05-15
CHURCH NEWS.

amor POSITIVELY WILL NOT receive
ihis pape III, coinmn after Wednesday noon Of
zee LII II YOU cannot get them to US before
u HeeA,5 a. not bring or send them later If they
osse tbev viii be destroyed and not used 1his
. ~ FINAL. and applies to everybody
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ten to thirteen all books-literature,
geography and history-are used for
the simple purpose of enjoying what
the books may contain, never as a
task to be learned and recited.
From now on the children are eager
to get information from books, and
they quickly overtake those who have
in the meanwhile attended regular
school By the time they get to the
high school they have all the conven-
tional information, and good health,
familiarity with processes and forces
of nature, enthusiasm, initiative and
thinking power considerably beyond
the products of the orthodox schools.
Stone. Throwing Glasses.
The older boys and girls have built
set of gymnastic apparatus-which
is outdoors, not in a gymnasium-but
there is much exercise that children
can have without apparatus. The
young children, for example, instinct
lively love to throw stones. This in
stinct is utilized at the Organic school,
and the indulgence in stone throwing
instead OF being forbidden pleasure is
a means for strengthening the muscles
and for correlating the eyes and arms
and hands.
Mrs. Johnson believes that there are
certain qualities that we require of all
men and women, no matter what their
station in life. no matter what occupa-
ton they enter. These qualities are
health, intelligence and honesty. If
in the course of the school process
any of these are sacrificed the process
has not been educational.
The method OF the whole school,
ike the method OF Montessori, is
based on modern scientific studies.
The Italian educator discovered that
by suitable treatment feeble-minded
children could be made to develop a
much greater amount OF intellectual
power and control OF their own &C
tons than had previously been
thought possible. If that can be done
with feeble minded children, what are
not the possibilities with normal chill
dren2 Mrs. Johnson asked.
Children Develop Like Animals.
Mrs. Johnson places her emphasis
on the fact that young children-and
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bringing out the best possibilities.
In the same way Mrs. Johnson
would have the school give the child
the opportunity to show all that is in
him and the opportunity to develop
his powers to full capacity. "If con-
gress of officials" she says, should
decidefor US that all children tenyears
OF age must wear clothing Of the same
size the parents would rise in protest,
knowing as they do that while Harry
Jones might only look ridiculous in
clothes two sizes too large for him,
Sammy Brown simply could not get
into the clothes ordained for his age.
But we calmly sit by while official
bodies OF teachers decree that the in
tellectual equipment and days activ-
tiles of our children shall be deter
mined by their age and by their
grade, and not by their individual
powers and development and needs"
No Stigma for Shortcomings.
But how, one may ask, shall we dis
cover the individuals powers and de-
velopment and needs? Mrs. Johnson's
school has shown one way-that is, OBJ
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kindergarten age right into the ia
school
1t has been said that in order u
get an education that is worth VIII
nowadays, child must either bees,]
an orphan or ward of a juveu,]
court. But here and there a teats.l
with a vision is trying out an exu.,)
ment to show that ordinary ehildr,|
in ordinary towns can be prowd.]
with an environment that will br-l
out the best that is in them, and ce]
haps Mrs. Johnson's experiment l
one OF the most significant. Her wa,
has been attracting the attention \
educators for some years past, a;
last wear an organization was form,
for the purpose of helping the woa
financially, to the end that its su]
features might be made availabl. ID
all children as soon as possible.
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serving how the child responds to the
various things that happen to him
from Gay to day. In the ordinary
school we all know that Susie Sirnp-
son was in turn scolded for her STU
pidity, exhorted to greater exertion
and branded as a failure because she
was poor in number work" IN Mrs.
Johnsons school Susie would be
helped to get as much knowledge and
mastery of numbers and quantities as
her constitution would permit, with
out any reproach. She would also
find many interesting and useful
things to do that would help her de-
velopment, so that she would at last
get through with her schooling, bear
ing no stigma for the shortcomings
that she shares with thousands OF es-
Unable men and women.
School Provides Experiences.
Mrs. Johnson believes that the
school should provide the experiences
that will make the child's mind grow,
Just as we furnish nourishment for the
body.
We should not, however, urge the
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older ones, for that matter-are or
eanisms like other animals or plants
and that their development is to be
secured by providing for them the
best possible environment. No one
thinks of making fixed and arbitrary
demands of calves and corn crops.
The farmer tries to find out the posi-
bilities of calves and corn, and then
tries to establish the condition for
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tain conditions that must be provided
for all children, according to the stage
of their development. Thus no child
is benefited by exercising his small
hand and finger muscles before his
larger leg and trunk muscles have
had a chance to develop. The younger
child in school should therefore not
be required to write and do tine hand
work. In the Organic school the
younger children are engaged in gym
nastics and games and singing and
gardening. Writing and working with
small tools comes later.
Desks Only for Older Children.
In the same way, we know that the
young child is far-sighted, and it
strains him too much to read or to do
other close work. Mrs. Johnson has
most of her children do no reading
until they get into the eighth or ninth
wear. We know that no child is bene-
flied By being kept indoors, or con-
fined to fixed position at desk. At
the Organic school all the children
are outdoors as much as possible,
and there are no desks at all except
for the older children.
In our fear that children will not
eventually learn the things we con-
slider important, we force them to do
these things before they are ready and
mature enough, and thus we cripple
and stunt their minds. No mother
would think of forcing her child to
walk, she says, but waits in faith and
patience until the development of the
limbs calls for that activity.
Mrs. Johnson believes that develop
mcnt of powers and character is to
come from achieving and doing, not
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that the child's environment is rich
enough in educational material II we
only use it properly.
Although they do no formal num-
Der work in the early years the chill
dren acquire a fundamental concep-
ton of number and quantity by using
rulers, counting, weighing and meas
uring. A pound will mean something
definite to the child that has been
weighing sand in ounces and making
I'D sixteen ounces to the pound. The
half and the quarter and the eighth
will also mean something definite to
the child that has been dividing wood
and paper and cord and sand to suit
his games or the little job that he is
trying to carry through.
Read When Ten Years Old.
These activities are continued three
or four years, but the scope is en-
larged gradually, and books are used
as soon as they are needed to explain,
verify or broaden the child's expert
ences. At ten the children begin to
use books, learning to read very
quickly, because the desire to read is
strong, and the nervous system has
been strengthened instead of weak
ened during the previous years. From
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Before attempting to raise lard
SUMS. however, the Fairhope Leags|
as this organization calls itst
wished to get an experts opinnI
on the methods and the results Of n
Organic school. To this end ProtsI
sor John Dewey. our most renowrs|
educator. was asked to visit her schcd
and to report upon it. His report b
Just been made public, and is an C
thusiastic Endorsement of every ia
portant feature of the work.
Last year a successful training Gag
for teachers and demonstration clz|
Of children was conducted by Nh
Johnson at Greenwich, Conn. Thee
mand for definite instruction in ID
methods has led the Fairhope LesszI
to plan another summer course q
this year on All even larger scale.
Mrs. Johnson has shown throus|
her independent experiment that .
principles which Madame Montesx
applied to infants are just as appSa|
BILE to older children. Next year
will have an opportunity to carry .
experiment farther, and It viii
worth while for all interested in Z
advancement of the race to watch .
Their developments on Mobile Bay J
Idea First Carried Out in FamFs|
AS sometimes happens, Mrs. JOB
son, though she thought so NM
about the subject of educating O.
dren, did not put her theories o.
practice until it was time to SEND .
own boy to school. She was CO..
WINGED that the ordinary methods u
aims are entirely wrong, and she y
solved to educate her son accoran
TO the new light that she had aequn'
during the years after she had stopP'1
teaching. She accordingly opened
little class, consisting Of her own
and a few children that she iriau''
some of her neighbors to lend ne'
From this small beginning INC
has developed the present Schooi
Organic Education, in which there
classes of children OF all ages up
the high school, and this year also
first high school class.
Mrs. Johnson is from MINES
and Mississippi, and just now ~
Alabama, where she has been woiS
for seven years developing Vp'
education that differs radically u"
that to which we have been ae'
toned. Mrs. Johnson cannot o.
pected of being a mere tneo-
For years she taught in the rsss
public schools, one of the ~"
teachers who are doing the
thing to-day. Then she was y
teacher in a training school ior ~
ers. and she must have been con,
cred fairly able and entirely oftn' u
to have been given this position
after that she was head OF a cer
ment at state normal school, -
may b. sure that she is not a'
dist.
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him up to see how much he knows as
to pull the seeds out of the ground to
see how much they are growing.

him up to see how much he knows as
to pull the seeds out of the ground to
see how much they are growing.
No Compulsory Attendance Laws.
Although there are no compulsory
education laws, and no truant officers,
no child strays away from school
here, unless forced to by outside cir-
cumstances. The reason for this is
that the Organic school is the most
interesting place in which child may
be, and there is no temptation to go
elsewhere Here there are all the OPP
portunities to play and to go swim
ming or picking berries that any child
can wish. For all the activities that
interest the child are made by Mrs.
Johnson to contribute to health and
intelligence and character.
In spite of the seemingly unre-
strained freedom, in spite OF preserv-
ing the good health and the initiative
and spontaneity of the children, and
in spite of the constant air of joy that
pervades her school. Mrs. Johnson has
succeeded in giving the children what
the ordinary school considers funda-
mental.
Children Well Informed.
When the children who had been in
this school from the first reached high
school age they went to the public
school and were found to be as well
informed on book subjects, as we'll
able to do the formal number work,
etc, as children from the regular
school, and they had in addition the
other great benefits which Mrs. John
son considers fundamental.
Mrs. Johnson claims no originality
for the ideas that she carries out in
her school. They are familiar to all
progressive teachers. These ideas
are being tried out in hundreds OF
schools, one here and one there. But
Mrs. Johnson is the first educator to
take the teaching of modern biology
and psychology and boldly organize
them into a consistent plan for deal
ing with the growing child, from
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from failure. There is in her school
no such thing as failing to be pro-
NOTED. All the children go on doing
better and harder work as their pow
crs develop, but there is no grading in
the ordinary school sense, and there
are no examinations. She claims that
il is lust as foolish TO call the child
away from his work and play and hold
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HARRY TURNER AGENCY

"a LEXINGToN AVE. Tel Murray liiil ZVs9.
formerly with Ida A. Seoly. Male e. Female
Hem references Investigated and on hle
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young child to make any conscious
effort to become learned or intellect
ual. AS she says: Gould a childs
conscious striving and overeating
make him taller and broader? Neither
will conscious striving and overstudy
make him wiser or better"
Aside from each child's peculiar
powers or limitations there are GER
"WHo THREW FARTHEST?"-NO7
ACTION Or THE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
WALSON ARRESTED FOR AN ALLEGED
 DIRECTORY FRAUD

In the arrest of Thomas Watson, Brooklyn, N. Y, on a charge of at tempting to sdefraud, the authorities believe that they have one member of a clever combination of get-ricf1- quick men. for whose apprehension the directory publishers have been seek ing. Arrested yesterday by Detec- tive Sergeant Edward Cronan at the plant of the Spring Perch Co, 232 John street, Watson was arraigned at today's city court session. In order to allow a more thorough investiga- ton by the police, the hearing was continued until Staurcay. Judge coughlin fixing bonds at $2,500.
 Wa1son's arrest followed his presen- tation Of what seemed to be a genuine contract for an advertisement to be inserted in a business directory to be published by The New England Bus mess Directory Company Officers of the local concern failed to remember having signed such a contract.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
CONvAL ESCENTS s AT
 RESH AIR HOME
 NEED WAGOME TE
Annual Meeting of Bridgeport Fresh Air Association Brings FayoraBIs Reports of Good Accomplished ai Fresh Air Home i'm FairheId.


 Many of the little conva1escent patti ents who come to the Fresh Air Home in Fairfield from the Bellevue hospital are unable to walk about or take any kind of exercise. These poor little boys and girls most of Swhose homes are in the siunns of New York city can only sit about the verandas watching the frolfcs. of those Of their oompan- Ions who have progressed more rapid ly on the road to health.
 Some kind hearted person in this city has been touched by the pitifus sight and has given the sBrtdseport Fresh Air Association, which main tains the home, a pony, which ia large and strong enough to carry a substan- tiaI load of children.
 The one thing necessary now to their happiness is a wagonette in which several may be seated. This will enable them to take drives along the country roads and enjoy the beau ties of nature things which would otherwise be impossible.
 Another thing which the ladies would like very much to have is a chest of drawers for use in the home.
 Anyone who has either a wagpnette or a chest of drawers which they care to donate to this very worthy cause will find Miss Marion DeF'orest, of 6f9 Clinton avenue. telephone, 7216s, who is president of the association very pleased to communicate with them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
Fresh Air Assn ReeIeCts Marion
 .DeE crest Head
Prominent New Workers At tend Meeting at South
 Church

Miss Marion DeFOreSt was re-e1ect- ed president Of the Bridgeport Fresh
 Air Association at it's annual meeting
 this morning at the South Congrega-
 tional church. Mrs e. B. Read was chosen first vice-pr president, Mrs.
 idenf, Mrs. Henry w Lyon,. treasurer,
 Miss Anna Fish, corresp ending secre- tary and Mrs. D. M. Trecartain, re- cording secretary.
 An advisory board of six prominent
 men was named These included
 Henry s. Stevenson B. ID. Pierce, Jr.,
 Deyer H. Warner, and w. E. Burn
 ham.
 Mrs. Henry I. scobbe and Mrs Butler
 Duncan, who are members of the so-
 cial welfare committee of Bellevue
 hospital, in connection with pr. Will
 COX of that hospital. were present at
 the meeting.
 The object of the association and
 Fresh Air home which they maintain
 in Fairfield during the summer
 months is to bring the poor. little con
 va1escents from the Bellevue Hospital
 in New Y ork to 8 place where they
 can see the green grass and the trees
 and flowers and recuperate in the pure
 country air. Many of the children are
 heart patients and are unable to walk about or to take any exercise and it is
 for them that the wagonette is wanted. The Bridgeport Fresh Air Associa- ton furnishes the house and it's equip ment while Dr. Wilcox finances it. A nurse has charge of the home, taking care of the children, looking after the garden. This garden is a very useful accessory as it provides fresh vege- tables to the home. The association allows a certain sum each year for it's maintenance.
 n, ;ey or1< the patients whom he sends and a1- lows no child from whom there is any danger of contagion to enter the home. 1 According to him this home fills a three-fold need. First there is no other place so near New ork where conyalescent children may come to recuperate; second, there is no time limit to their stay at the home, and third, they receive here the care of a doctor who knows their needs. The doctors who attend them bi- weekly, come from Bellevue and ac- cording have known the children dur ing their stay at the hospital and un- derstand their illnesses.
 Dr. Wilcox and the committee some times find it quite hard to get the poor, ignortant mothers of these chf1- dren to allow the sick little ones to go so far away from home, and to convince them that it is for the best. The doctors representatives also re- ported that he had found. that some of those who had recuperated at the home had since showed a great i'm provenent and had kept healthy dur ing the winter.
 The treasurer's report showed a bal ance of s119.50 with which to begin the year.
 Miss Hartman, who was in charge of the home last year and who ac- complished so much there did not come back and in her place a Miss Nyland has been secured. The association is very hopeful of
 accomplishing a great deal of good at the home this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
FLEE. FROM SAN BIAS
 TO THE CAPITOL
Huerta Orders Withdrawal of West Coast Troops to
 Mexico City

On Board U. s. S. CaIifornia. Ma zatlan. Mex, May II, By Wireless to San Diego, Gal, May 12-Mexican federal troops defending San Bias. a seaport half way between Mazatlan and Manzani11o, have evacuated the town It is understood they were or dered by Huerta to proceed to Mexico City to strengthen the force there. It IS believed troops at other points on the west coast will be ordered to the capital.
 Americans in the Yaqui valley. re- assured by the cordial attitude of the onstitutionaIists. have decided to re- main on their ranches. sGeneral Obre- gon is said to have guaranteed pro- lection.
 Walter Neil. an American, wound- ed by federa1s recently near Ell Favor Mine, is now safe with his family aboard the cruiser Maryland at Man zanillo, according to a wireless mes sage received today from that vessel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
MUCH SMOKE BUT ONLY SMALL FIRE,
 HOTEL IS NACANI I

Waterbury, May 12-Heayy clouds of black smoke issuing from the four story brick building No. 21 Harrison avenue at noon today, gave the down town section a, mild fire scare. While the fire had a threatening appearance for half an hour 1t was controlled by use of practically all the fire appara- tus.
 The building was owned by p. D.. McEvey and adJoined the FSInssbury Hotel. Smoke compelled occupants of rooms in the hotel and most of the guests to vacate in hurry but the structure itself escaped material dam age. The fire in the building owned by MT. McEvey caught on a lower floor and spread to an air shaft and thence to the third and fourth floors which had been occupied by the Wa terbury Enamelling Company and which went into bankruptcy a few days ago. The spread of the Dlaze on these floors caused the dense smoke.
 The building is directly opposite the police station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-12
$500 SAID TO HAVE. BEEN PAID TO SOME ONE REPRESENTING DE MART NO WIDOW

Interest in the Sienon confession and the killing of John De Maritime, the barber's supply salesman on Octo- Der 29, 1910, today centered in the significant silence of all concerned to diyulge details of the affair.
 Coroner John J. Phe1an, before whom the preliminary steps will be taken was unable to div11ge the date Of the hearing which will probably be the first of next week and which will be open to the public. He again re- fused to make public at this time any evidence which the state has procured in the form of affidavits or to dis close the. names of those in the car with Siemon at the time.
 Judge Frank T.. Wilder, whose name has been mentioned as one of those who visited the widow at Stamford to- day refused to either affirm or deny the statements, replying that he de- c1ined to be interviewed at this time
 Antonio AbrioIa, the deputy sheriff who acted as intermediary, is ready to appear before Coroner PheIan and tell all that he knows of the case. It is stated upon good authority that he was given $500 to deliver to Mrs. De Martino and that this amount was paid to someone representing her.
 Though Mrs De Martino persists in her statements that she has never re- ceived a penny, it is alleged that settle ment of a small amount was effected and payments made to her representa- tive with the understanding that she remain absolutely silent.
 Mayor Clifford Wilson when asked today by reporter for the Farmer what he knew about the case. merely pointed to his finding several months after the accident and said that. as far as he was concerned that had closed the incident with him.
 ? The arrival of President George S. Hill of the Police Board, official spokesman for that body is eagerly awaited forait is reported that he may publicly disclose why the police did not act in the case, It is generally un- derstood that the police have had the seal of silence impressed upon them. and it: is known that they are crafing at the criticism which has been Ci- rected at them, and resent keenly the implication that they were unable to trace q crime 50 close to their pre- cinct.