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Evening star., 1914-08-01
CIVIC Center CHILDREN
GIVE GREEK CARNIVAL
Large Audience Entertained at the
Grover Cleveland
School.

A Greek carnival was given last even
ing by the children of the Grover 1leVe-
land School industrial. recreation anu
civic center. closing the series Oh Tree
entertainments which have been gwen
every Friday evening.
The summer activities of the center are
to be closed next Friday with an exhibit
of the industrial work, in the large audi
torium of the school. This center. the
entertainments and the exhibit are under
the direction of Miss Cecil y. norton
with the cooperation of Miss FRANCES
Farley. principal of the school. ana o.
the school superintendent. the board OF
education and the District Commission
ers.
About 300 parents and friends OF the
children Joined with as many young
folks in enjoying the entertainment ldsl
Greek tunic played the historic cup ana
ball game of the Athenian youth. =
Greek dance was interpreted by eisht
little girls. garbed to represent MOVERS.
Baxter. Mildred Mcleod, Fannie Dodek
Virginia Romano. Bella Dodek and Ar
leen wilson Miss Flora Kali was en-
cored for solo dances
Little Girls Dance Pleases.
BABY Tereta Sheaffer. aged TOUR. won
several encores for her dance. dressed as
a Spanish gypsy boy. She was accom-
panied by Carl Edmons.
A group of older girls also gave
Greek costume dance to the music OF
Kane, Ruth Kane Gertrude Stewart and
Colder Norton.
The boys slee club of twenty-five
members contributed half dozen popu-
lar and patriotic songs. This glee CLUB
rehearses every evening and conducts
dancing party.
a concert was given on talking ma
chine loaned to the school. which was oa-
Grated by Miss Farnces Farley.
The industrial exhibit next Friday eve
the centers work. Hammocks will be
shown which have been fashioned under
the direction of Merton Curtis
There are a number of very pretty
fitted and draped dresses nearing compie-
ton. which the larger girls have made
for themselves under the guidance of
Mrs. Thomas w. Penn. Window boxes
built to fit every window on the ground
floor of the school are to be presented to
Miss Farley. the principal. by the boys
of the carpentry class. Preserves and
ieliies that have been put up according
to the direction and recipes furnished by
Mrs. F. F. Oliver will be shown The
smaller children will have on display
handkerchiefs. aprons, guimpes under
garments b1ouses and skirts which they
have made under the supervision of three
mothers of the locality. who have been
helping out in the sewing classes-Mrs
Melvin Cooper. Mrs. George Mcleod and
Mrs. Jackson A. Winner. There will also
be shown basketry. embroidery. modelling
in clay, painting and typewriting, repre-
senting all the industrial activities of the
center.
The entertainment for the exhibit is in
charge of the boys glee club.
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ers. 1t is the Tax Reform Association
OF the District of Columbia, which yes
terday adopted resolutions indorsing
Mr.. Newman's official record and de-
nouncing the effort of the home rule
committee to oust him from once.
Similar resolutions have been adopted
by the Park View, Northeast and East
Washington Citizens' Associations
The action of the Tax Reform Asso-
citation featured a business session held
in conjunction with its annual excur-
'sion to Marshall Hall yesterday. Ad.
dresses were made by E. w. Oyster,
assistant assessor of the District: Silas
l.. Moser of the commission on indus.
trial relations: w. ID. Mackenzie. Jud-
son King of the Popular Government
League and Hyman Levine of New
York. H. Martin Williams presided.
The excursion sas given primarily
for the benefit of Friendship House. a
settlement house in Southeast WASH
ington.
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NO INCREASE OF PAY.
Controller Rules Against Marine
Corps Officers in Aviation Service.

The 80 per cent increase of pay
credited to army officers assigned to
aviation duty is not for officers of the
Marine Corps who may be told off for
similar assignments in the navy. The
law which provides that members of
the Marine Corps shall have pay of
like grades in the infantry of the
army does not provide for equalization
of pay for aviation duty in the Signal
Corps of the army, a separate branch
Of the military and the aviation corps
in the navy.
This is the ruling of George E.
Downey. controller of the Treasury. 1t
means that no greater pay than that of
similar rank In the army infantry
branch will be received by First Lieut..
Bernard l.. Smith and Second Lieut..
William NJ. McIlvain Of the Marine
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CAN HOLD TWO OFFICES.
D. B. Mcleod Not Violating Law,
Controller Downey Rules.

Donald b. Mcleod. clerk in the
Treasury Department. also can receive
pay as organist and instructor of music
in the National Training School for
Boys. His job as a musician is not
government office. but a position Great
ed by the board of trustees of the in
stitution. and therefore not involved in
the inhibition by law against drawing
two salaries under the government.
This is the ruling of George f. Downey,
controller of the Treasury.
Mcleod was engaged as organist and
instructor June ], at $35 month, aft
erward cut to $50. He got job in gov
ernment service July 16. He may keep
both positions. and be undisturbed in
the use of pay envelopes from both
sources.
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sumed work on the foundation Of the
memorial

sumed work on the foundation OF the
memorial.
In July, 1908. the time limit for the
memorial having nearly expired, the COM
mission extended the date for complet-
ing the memorial to August 10. 1911.
Since that action was taken the con-
tractors have completed the construc-
ton of the marble superstructure and
placed in position four bronze lions. eight
bronze lamps and the large bronze ar
tillery group. In June, 1911. the me
mortal commission granted the con-
tractors a further extension of time OF
two years, for the completion of the
memorial. In July, 1918. the contractors
applied for and were granted further
extension Of one year, to August 10. l3i7.
Much Work to Be Done.
Much of the work on the memorial IS
still unfinished. including the erection OF
the equestrian statue of Gen. Grant on
the center pedestal. and the erection OF
the large bronze cavalry group on the
pedestal at the north end. There are
seven horses in the cavalry group.
Col Harts has written to the individual
members of the Grant commission INFORM
ing them of the situation and of the ap-
plication of the contractors to be allowed
three years more time, or until August ~.
1917, to complete the memorial.
Owing to the acknowledged impossibility
of completing the memorial within the ex-
isting time limit, the extension asked for
will be granted.
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course vii, receive a certificate from the

course will receive certificate from the
state college.
Not all of the states have yet agreed
to cooperate in this plan. Last winter
experiments along these lines were ear
ried out successfully in Pennsylvania, and
this has stimulated an interest in the
method in other states In one OF the
Pennsylvania classes more men applied
than could be accommodated. and all of
the twenty men and fifteen women who
began and course completed 1t. Penn
sylyania is now arranging for more
classes, while Massachusetts. Michigan.
Vermont and Florida expect to take up
the work. Other states. such as Maine,
New York. New Jersey and Delaware,
have signified their Willingness to Co
operate.
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FINDS GREAT INTEREST
IN SCHOOL FAIRGROUNDS
Ernest L. Thurston, Superintendent
of Schools, Appreciates Work
Being Done.

Appreciation of the work being done on
the school Fairgrounds of Washington
was today expressed by Ernest L. Thur
ston. superintendent Of schools During
the present week Mr.. Thurston visited
several of the grounds and he anticipates
inspecting others during the next few
DAYS on all the Fairgrounds the superin-
tendent found that great interest is being
taken in the work and also learned that
all of the grounds are showing unusually
good attendance records this year.
The school Fairgrounds are relatively
inexpensive institutions when the good.
they accomplish is taken into considera-
tion'' said Supt. Thurston today. AS
much If not more is obtained from the
money devoted to the summer work than
fron, similar amount in the regular
term.
He hopes to see the work of the play
grounds extended. Whether or not this
can he done will depend upon the amount
OF interest taken in the recreation places,
as the money for maintaining them is not
appropriated by Congress. but is obtained
by popular subscription.
Evening star., 1914-08-01

will supply lectures and lantern slides
covering these subjects, and the states
which have agreed to cooperate in the
plan will lend to each group laboratory
and cooking apparatus valued atS1o0 and
a reference library. The text books and
lectures will be made SO complete that
each group can safely appoint one of its
members as study leader to direct the
work of the course.
When a group has decided to take up
the work, the state which co-operates
sends an agent with the departments rep
reSentative to organize sample class and
assist the leader whom they elect in lay
ing out the work and in showing him the
best methods of procedure. The sessions
are not held every day. so that the men,
bers will have time to attend to their
farm duties in between the sessions. as
well as before and after the instruction
period. The classes meet commonly at
the most convenience farmhouse
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CLASSES ARE PLANNED
TO INSTRUCT FARMERS
Department Of Agriculture to Issue
Equipment for Lessons in
Tilling the Soil.

The Department of Agriculture has de-
vised a plan whereby ten or more farm
ers or farm women can form home
classes in agriculture or domestic sci
ence and receive the text books, lectures,
lantern slides. laboratory and cooking
equipment necessary to conduct such
classes. The plan is to be carried out in
cooperation with the agricultural col
leges of several states.
The department today made public an
explanation of the plan, which is. in part,
as follows:
THE object of the plan is to make ac-
cessible at home. to men and women
who have not the time means to at
tend the regular courses at the colleges
practical short courses in agriculture and
home management specially adapted to
their districts. These courses. which will
consist of fifteen to twenty lectures and
be arranged to suit the spare time and
convenience of each group of people.
Courses to Be Offered,
The courses to he offered at first are
poultry raising. fruit growing. soils,
cheese manufacturing. dairying. butter
making and farm bookkeeping: and for
the women especially. courses in the
preparation. cooking and use of vegeta-
bles and cereal foods. The department
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Leader in Charge of Work.

''As soon as class is established the
state organizer withdraws to start class
in some other district The work there
after is left in charge of the leader. who
receives assistance by mail from the col
lege or the department in carrying on the
work. Every one who completes the
Evening star., 1914-08-01
Fathers Helpful Words.

Il suppose when you left home your
father spoke the words that helped you
to make your own way in the world"
HE did. He said: Son, don't come
back here until you are able to pay
board"
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JOINS IN INDoRsING NEWMAN.
District Tax Reform Association, on
Excursion. Adopts Resolutions.

Another organization of District
citizens has lined up for Oliver p. New
man in his fight to retain membership
on the board of District Commission
Evening star., 1914-08-01

Corps. Just designated as junior mill
tary aviators.
The Secretary Of War made the refer
mandant of the Marine Corps, in the
expectation that the pay given to Off
GERS of the army engaged in aviation
duty would be the basis of the pay of
recommended the appointments. His
arguments did not convince the con-
troller Of the Treasury.
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offers advantages unequaled by any other suburban
ton in the vicinity of Washington The location Of
BRADLEY HILLS is ideal-close enough to the city to
be reached from the business district in 80 minutes vet
sufficiently distant insure freedom from those features
which make city life Objectionable to many.
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GRANT MEMORIAL
WORK DRAGS ON
Three More Years Asked to
Complete Monument
in Capital.
WAS AUTHORIZED IN 1901:
HAS HAD INTERRUPTIONS
Existing Contract Calls for Compile
ton August 10, But This
Is Impossible.

Although Congress provided in Feb
ruafN. 1901. for the erection in this
city of a memorial of Gen. Ulysses 6
Grant. the Union hero of the civil war
10 cost not more than $3.50, 900. il now
Is represented to the War Department
by the contractor that it will require
three years more time to complete the
memorial The existing contract calls
| for its completion August 10. The
time limit will have TO be extended
the work being still far from connie
ton.
Under the law a commission. consist
ins of the president of the Society Of
the Army of the Tennessee. the chair
man of the Joint conmitte. On the
library and the Secretary of War. is
charged With the supervision of the
work. Col. William II. Harts. the en-
slneer officer in charge of public
buildings and grounds. is executive
o'hcer of the commission. AS result
of competition a contract was made
August 10. 1908. with Henry NJ. Shrady.
sculptor, and Edward p. Casey, archi-
tecr, for the erection of the memorial
IN accordance with the design sub
mltted by them at a total cost of S240-
ooo' the work to be completed. within
hFe Years from that date.
Site Is Selected.
The commission selected the east section
OF the Botanic Garden grounds, between
ist and I'd streets, as the site of the
memorial.
After considerable controversy, the selec-
ton was formally approved by Congress
IN June. 1906. About a year later a SUD-
Elemental contract was entered into maxi
ing changes in the design of the memorial
to tit it better to the site selected" which
was described as being on the axis be-
tween the Capitol, the Washington Mon,I-
inent and the then projected Lincoln Me-
mortal.
In october. 1907, the contractors began
the work of excavating for the founda-
uon- Ihelr operations were stopped two
DAYS later by an order from the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia direct
| ing the officer in charge of public build
1nSS and grounds to show cause why he
should not be enjoined from permitting
trees in the Botanic Garden grounds to
be cut down for the purpose of erecting
the memorial In compliance with that
order work was suspended.
Famous Trees Removed.
In April 1908, by order of the commits.
SION the Crittenden oak and two other
| historic trees on the site were moved to
| other sites in the Botanic Garden. and in
| the following May the contractors "a
Evening star., 1914-08-01

The wise wife increases her hold on
her husband by holding her tongue
occasionally.
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Pupils Make Up Back Work.

Dne of the activities of the school play
grounds in which Mr.. Thurston is interest
ed is the experiment being made to as
sist children who are behind their respec-
tive classes in their school work. He visit
ed the one at tine Wal1ach this week. Here
the Youngsters spend two hours a day in
trying to make up their back work. so
they may continue with their classes next
sGsEa wsllach class has but twenty
These come from all parts of the Dis
trict. one coming from the vicinity of
Chain bridge, which is a long distance
from the Wallach at 9TH and p streets
southeast. Many more youngsters would
like 10 Join this class and try TO make
up their deficiencies. but Miss j. NJ.
Rawlings who has charge. can find no
room for them. The superintendent is de-
sirous Of having sufficient classes in the
not distant future to accommodate all
the boys and girls who are ambitious
enough to try to make up their back
work.
Mr. Thurston hopes to devote especial
attention 10 the school gardens next week,
these being situated at the Rosedale.
Wilson Normal, WallacE and Blow
schools for white children. and Deanwood
and Crummell Schools for colored boys
and girls
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11

It shows the endless expanse Of barreA.
mountains and rocky, tangled raTines
and gorges, with here and there a snowy
peak rising out of the confusion, over
which they were travelling without any
place to ahght, and where their safety
depended upon their speed as well as
upon the faithfulness OF their little mo
tor. Many a king and eonqueror had
looked uptOut of that scene in the past
1000 years, but no man had ever looked
down upon it, as they were doing.
1t is difficult not to envy these men
Tor the sensations that they experience
when they bring the newest things of
invention into the presence of the Oldest
scenes of history. They appreciate it;
they feel the thrill of their unparalleled
situation, as witness the words of Mare
POUrpe after he had flown round and
over the Pyramids: in itself this raid
is nothing; it bOrrOws its Importance
from the time and the place"
In the Future.
But these flights, which viii soon have
been extended 70 cover Africa and Asia,
and the oceans themselves, are bringing
on with Increasing SWiftness the unfit
cation of the world, which so many peo-
pie think the most desirable of all
things But viii it seem so desirable
after it has been achieved When all
men of all races dress alike, live alike,
travel alike, and think alike, this planet
is likely to be a dreary. mOnotonOus
place, where nobody can feel any par
tieular interest because there viii be
nothing for anybody to wonder at
Then, If history survives so long, peo-
pie will read with the liveliest emotion
of the good old interesting times, when
the wonder struck natives of Armenia
Frustrated themselves before the aviator
DaucOurt, invoking the name of Allah
at the sight Of the "man-bird,9 who had
descended upon them out of the sk7
with his 'lOud-hissing swan"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11
By GARRETT P. sFRvIss.

" HE romance of science certainly
seems to have touched its climax
in the recent exploits of the
French aviators, Fedrines, BONNER, Dau-
court and Marc POurpe, who, after fly
ing IN vast swOOps across Europe from
Paris to COnstantinOple, and passing
over the Golden Horn, Asia Minor Pales-
tine and the delta of the Nile, wound
up their modern Arabian Nights Dream
by soaring-great birds of MYSTERY
above the crumbling tops of the Pvra-
mids and around the head of the Sphinx.
The statues of MemnOn, the halls of
Karnak. and the hills where the Pba-
raOhs slept, until science dug them ont.
have all echoed the whir of the aero
plane and been Swallowed by its over
passing wings.
This surpasses all the wonder stories
collected by Herodotus. and all the
myths invented about the age of the
demigods It brings Antiquity and
Modernity face to face as they have
never before been made to stand
What is older than the Pyramids.
which were already ancient when the
Father of History saw them2 What is
newer than the aeroplane, which. when
we of this generation were middle-acpd
was still hidden, unguessed in thc
pocket OF the zOth- century? What dis
ills the moldy atmosphere of the Past
like the mysterious, unanswerinor
Sphinx? What breathes the restless
spirit OF the nervous, wide-awal1e Present
like the Flying Machine, which has mo-
riddle but that of its own success?
The bringing of these two typical
creations of man together is one of fine
most dramatic episodes in history.
A Marvellous Feat.
And then to think of an aeroplona
that has flown through the air ali the
way from modern Paris, alighting like a
tired eagle for moments rest, in a
field near the Mount Of Olives and in.
sight of ancient Jerusaleml
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11

one was more devoted to Martha SHel-
ton. Ordinarily, he was deliberate. In
this particular case of lOvemaking, he
broke away from his settled habits.
Within a few weeks of meeting her. he
had proposed marriage. Then he insist
ed upon an early marriage. She de-
INJURED, but he had his way. And neitn-
er of them ever had reason to re-
gret it.
Paradise of n Home.
The home into which Thomas Jeffer-
son took his bride was as near a par
adise as there was in the western
world. He had an estate of several
thousand acres. With the money his
wife brought to him, he bought more
land until he had property of nearly
1000 acres. He had more than 100
slaves, but the slaves of Thomas JET
ferson were to be envied, not to be
pitied. Never was there a kinder mas
ter The ache or the pain of the hum
blest black was as much his concern
as his own physical suffering. He
cared for them as if they were his chill
dren, and they loved him as children
love a father.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11
Mad
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author of ssAt Good Old siwash."

" ETTING mad consists Of cutting
out the muffIer and taking the
hands off OF the steering
Fundamentally
When man gets mad. he stops
thinking with his brain and turns the
job over to his fists and lungs. Then
he produces a mess Of ideas as a child
produces art with a pail Of red paint.
Getting mad is a favorite human Oc-
cupation With some men it is a habit
and with some a principle. Usually it
grows on a man like any other habit.
a man begins by getting mad at some
thing maddening and ends by getting
made because the world jostles him
while presuming to go by
After man has got mad a few
times a day for several years, his wife
hangs out a red flag when she sees
him coming home and the children re-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11
Little BObbie and His Pa
BObbie Springs n New Word and Pa,
as Usual, Knows All About It
Until Ma interrupts Him.
VVfrYy,v, - Txi-k-

By WfiIIans z. IIirk---
I WAS reeding a book last mite wich
was called Crate Lines from the
Poets, & I saw line witch sed
I herd like the eternal
Sussurus of the sea,
& sed to Pa, What is a sussurus
I doant know until you tell me how
it is used, sed Pa, & the way it is
spelled. Then I spelled sussurus for
Pa & sed Sussurus of the sea.
Oh, see, sed Pa, Of the sea, OF. in
other words, of the oshun. What was
the naim of the man witch rOte the
lines? sed Pa.
His nain was Bliss Carman, I toald
Pa Now what does Sussurus of the
sea mean?
I take it that is sum kind Of a fish,
Pa sed, like a sucker or shark. Now
that l think of 1t, sed Pa, there IS a
fish down in the South Sea islands
witch is called a sussurus. 1t is good
to eat & has a savage nature.
You doant say so. sed Ma.
Oh, yes, sed Pc, remember in the
old days we used to catch quite lot
Of them. They bit on a spoon the saim
as mackrel. The plural is sussudi'
Pa sed.
ing, sed Ma How often have 1 toad
you not to fill up littel Boobies he'd
with a lot of nonsense like that J.
think from looking at the poem that
sussUrus must mean something like
the word Murmuring or sobbing OF the
sea, or sumthing like that. It cud-
dent mean a fish anyway, Ma sed, bee
Klaus, it says The Eternal Sussurus & a
fish can't be eternal.
1 rOant see why not, sed Pa. Suck
ers are eternal & suckers are Ilsh.
Wen one sucker dies another is born,
witch is the saim as eternal, & L sup
poas that when one sussurus breathes
its last thru its worn old gtlls an
other sussurus is born, or maybe two
sussuri. sed Pa
You are foolish tOnite. sed Ma. Why
do you try to explain big words that
WHY does n Doet dare to use a word
that littel Bobbie doesn't know the
meening of? sed Pa. If Bliss Carman
ment murmur, why dident he say muir
mur2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-11

careful to get mad in the presence Of
smaller men.
There are, however, men who use
getting mad as a weapon of offence
and who have their temper ready to
harness up and turn loose like a fire
engine, whenever the alarm comes in.
When man saves up his mad for an
important occasion and explodes into
righteous and fearful rage exactly on
schedule time, he is a formidable and
fearful opponent The right time to
get mad is just after the other fellow
has shot away all OF his ammunition
and is trying Tainly to get his brain
in gear again.
We must all get mad now and then.
put we should insist on setting the
dates OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by
George Matthew Adams.