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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

to be safe here now, It may not be in
an hour. You must 60. all Of you.
This house will be an Inferno az soon
as the SD falls back, and I can't pos
sibly get your mother to appreciate
the fact. Miss Galland."
But l said that I did appreciate It
and that the Gallands have been in
infernos before-perhaps not as bad
as this one that is coming-but, then.
the Gallands must keep abreast Of the
times" replied Mrs. Galland. Il have
asked Minna and she prefers to re-
main. l am glad Of that. I am glad
now that we kept her, Marta. She is
as loyal as my old maid and the butler
/ and the cook were to your grand
mother in the last war. All, the Gal
lands had many servants them"
This isn't like the old This
place will be shel;ed. enfladed! And
you two" the captain protested des-
perately.
Il became a Galland when l mar
ried," said Mrs. Galland. land tho
Galland women have always remained
with their property In time Of war.
Naturally, I shall remain!"
Miss Galland, 1t was you-your In
fuence ! was counting on to" The
captain turned to Marta in a final ap-
peal.
Mrs. Galland was watching her
daughters face ~intently.
I'VE stay!" replied Marta, and the
captain saw in the depths Of her eyes.
a cold blue.black, that further argu-
ment was useless.
Now came the sweep Of a rising roar
from the sky with the command to at
tention Of the rush Of a fast express.
train past a country railway station.
Two Gray dirigibles with their escort
Of a%eroplanes we're bearing toward the
pass over the pass road. The auto
matte and the riflemen in the tower
banged away to no purpose, but the
central sections Of the envelope OF the
rear dirigible had been torn In shreds;
1t was buckling. Clouds Of blue shrap-
mel smoke broke around its gondola.
A number Of leld-guns Joined forces
with a battery Of high-angle guns in a
havoc that left a drifting derelict; the
remainder Of the squadron had COM
pleted Its loop and was pointing
toward the plain.
From a great altitude, literally out
Of the blue Of heaven. high ove the
Gray lines, Marta made out a Brown
squadron Of dirigibles and planes de-
scending across the track Of the
Grays.
The Gray dirigibles. stern on, were
little larger than umbrellas and the
planes than swallows; the Brown diri-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
She Looked Up to See a Gray DirlsibIe.

gibles, side on, were big sausages and
their planes specks. To the eye, this
meeting was like that of two small
flocks Of soaring birds apparently un-
able to change their course. But
imagination could picture the fearful
clash OF forces, whose wounded would
find the succor of no hospital except
impact on the earth below.
Marta put her hands over her eyes
for only a second, she thought, before
she withdrew them In vexation-
hadn't she promised herself not to be
cowardly ?-to see one Brown dirigible
and two Brown aeroplanes ascending
at a sharp angle above a cloud Of
smoke to escape the high-angle guns
Of the Grays.
We've got them all! No lips sur
vive to tell what the eye saw!" ex-
claimed the engineer captain, his
words bubbling with the Joy Of water
in the sunlight. "As l thought" he
continued In professional enthusiasm
and discrimination.
With high-power binoculars glued to
his eyes, he then turned to see II the
faint brown line Of Dellarme's men
were going to hold or break. II It
held, he might have hours in which
to complete his task: II 1t broke, he
had only minutes.
Marta came up the terrace path
from the chrysanthemum bed in time
to watch the shroud of shrapnel smoke
billowing over the knoll, to visualize
another scene in place Of the collision
Of the squadrons, and to note the cap
tain's exultation over Fracasse's re.
pulse.
How we must have punished them!"
he exclaimed to his lieutenant. How
we must have moved them down!
Lanstron certainly knew what he was
doing"
"You mean that he knew how we
should NOW them DOWN." asked Marta.
Not until she spoke did he realize
that she was standing near him.
why, naturally II we hadn't
moved them down his plan would
have failed. Moving them down was
the only way to hold them back" he
said; and seeing her horror made
haste to add: Miss Galland, now you
know what a gnastly business war IL.
Il will be worse here than there"
"Yes." she eaid blankly. Her color.
less cheeks. her dropping underlip con.
WINGED him that now, with & little
show OF masculine authority. he would
gain his point.
"You and your mother must COL" he
said firmly.
Tc sE coNTrNurDy
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

poise. Sometimes even q pin.prick
will have this effect
"Stlence!" he said In his old man.
ner. Il will give you something to
joke about other than a little setback
like this! Get up there with your
r~ifies!"
He formed the nucleus of a firing.
line under OF the shoulder. and
then set the remainder of his com.
pany to work with their spades max.
ing a trench. The second battalion Of
the 12sth. which faced the knoll. was
also digging at the base Of the slope.
and another regiment In reserve was
deploying on the plain. After the fail
ure to rush the knoll the. Gray com
mander had settled down to the bust-
s Of a systematic approach.
And what Of those OF Fracasse's
men who had not run but had dropped
In their tracks when the charge halt
ed? They were between two lines Of
fire. There was no escape. Some Of
the wounded had q mercifully quick
end. others suffered the consciousness
Of being hit again and again: the dead
Were bored through with bullet holes.
In torture, the survivors prayed for
death: for all had to die except Peter
kin. the pasty-faced little Wallets son.
Peterkin was quite safe. hugging the
bottom Of the shell crater under .
swarm of hornets. In n surprisingly
short time he became accustomed to
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
Reminded Her of Yosemite

through the Straits Of Gibraltar, and,
OF. course, the whole passenger list
was out on deck. staring at the old
rock. Our boat didn't stop at Gibral
tar-we Just went slowly through the
straits, and looked out and up.
The woman from California was
beside me. leaning against the rail-,
looking at Gibraltar. and Algeciras,
and beyond to the headlands Of Spain.
She was nightly impressed by the
rock.
Its magnificent she said. It's
wonderful! And what do you, think
II l half close my eyes, so that I ont
get quite all Of It, ] can just imagine
that ! am back home in the Yosemite
yalley!'"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
CHAPTER x.
Marta,. Fir.t enmpse Of War.

Marta's First Glimpse Of War.
As Marta and the children came to
the door of the chapel after the reel.
tation of the oath. she saw the civil
population moving along the street In
the direction Of the range. There was
nothing for Marta to do but start
homeward. The thought that her
mother was alone made her hasten at
a pace much more rapid than the pro-
cession Of people, whose talk and ex-
carnations formed a monotone audi
BILE in its nearness. despite the continu.
Gus rifle-fre, now broken by the pound
ing of the guns.
ats all done to beat the Grays, isn't
It, Miss Galland? They are trying to
take u land" said Jacky Werther
as Marta parted from him.
"Yes, 1t is done to beat the Grays,"
she answered. Good luck. Jacky!"
Yes, yes. to beat the Grays! The
same idea-the fighting nature, the
brute nature Of man-animated both
sides. Had the Browns really tried for
peace? Had they, In the spirit Of her
oath, appealed to Justice and reason?
Why hadn't their premier before all
the world said to the premier of the
Grays, as n honest, friendly neigh
Dor to another over a matter Of dis
pute:
we do not want war. We know
you outnumber US. but we know you
would not take advantage OF that. II
we are wrong WI will make amends;
II you are wrong we know that you
will. Let US not play tricks in secret
to gain points, we civilized nations,
but be frank with each other. Let us
not try to irritate each other or to in.
fluence our people. but to realize how
much we have In common and that
our only purpose is common progress
and happiness"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
Left Fatal ExIdanSs-

A burglar who broke into an anti.
quary's shop In Paris has been iden-
tilted by means Of a strip of skin torn
from his ear by the broken glass Of
a showcase. The piece Of skin was
preserved In q bottle OF spirits, and
II lifted on to a fresh scar on the
mans left ear.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
Il Made a Difference.

Johnnie (puzzled as to how to pro-
nounce the name of an employer)-
Say, father, do you pronounce K.n-u-d
with a long or a short "u?"
Father (who, Of course, doesn't
know)-Oh, it doesn't make any diff
ference.
Johnnie-Well, I guess 1t makes .
good bit of difference whether a man
is mud or nude up In the arctic regions.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
Appreciation.

Appreciation.
The governors wife was telling
Bridget about her husband.
my husband, Bridget" she said.
proudly, us at the head Of the state
militia"
"Oi thought as much, ma'am," said
Bridget, cheerfully; "ain't he got tn
foine malicious look!"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

the situation and found himself raven
ously hungry, for the strain Of the last
IL hours had burned up tissue. He
took a biscuit out Of his knapsack and
began nibbling 1t. as became a true
rodent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
Not Eiatterlna.

He-Whenever I sing the dog bowls.
She-The instinct Of imitation, I
suppose.-Boston Evening Transcript.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

Many a mans character ia formed
before marriage-and reformed after.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
At the Front.

At the Front.
q" have enlisted as q chauffeur"
well, my boy drive your car like
a man and a soldier"
Father. III spill my last drop Of
gasoline in defense Of my country"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

Beautiful, clear white clothes delights
the laundress who uses Red Cross Ball
Blue. All grocers. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that Il
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
LESSON FOR JANUARY 3
GODS PATIENCE WITH ISRAEL

LESSON T~EXT-Judges 2:7-19.
GOLDEN TEXT will heal their back
sliding, I will love them freely.-Hos. li:4.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-12-31
INTERNATIONAL
SUMMSQlO0L
LESSON

By E o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course.)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-03

ltually possesses the knowledge re.
lquired for advancement. OF course,
some attention should be paid to the
general condition OF the pupil through.
Ecut the school term, but the examina.
ton results, taken as a whole, class
, by class and school by school, and
compared, will furnish an extremely
valuable fund of reliable information
for determining, not only the standing
of the individual pupils, but also OF
the efficiency, or lack thereof, of each
teacher and school. No time will be
wasted by adopting an examination
system, If 1t takes the place, in whole
or. in part, of the current commence
ment exercises, which, as a rule, in
volve a great waste of time for the
assimilation of show pieces of moth.
ing but the most ephemeral value.
IF this system furnishes a means
Of determining teacher efficiency on a
basis of accuracy, which can not be
attained by the existing system of gen.
eral reports Of supervising principals.
which are ever open to charges of
favoritism, even if such may be I'M
founded, and which can not possess
absolute uniformity. as opinions of
such principals necessarily differ, then
the system also furnishes a possibility
o. classifying teachers, not only with
regard to the number of years which
they have served and such factors,
but also. which is more essential. with
regard to the results which they have
attained, which gives the department
far niure just basis on which to de-
termine promotions and the general
placing "f teachers In short, IL will
encourage ambitious teachers and will
spur en- the laggards
"VocationeI Training.
This feature can not be overlook
&c in discussion of Hawaii's school
system. as it has during the past few
years become very prominent in va
rtcus discussions which have attracted
much attention. AS a matter of fact.
at present its handling so as to sat
lsty the general public demand, and
at the same time avoid the wasting OF
vast sums of money and much time
On the pitfall of fads, and to furnish
something OF value beyond the exhi-
hilton stage. is probably one Of the
greatest problems which confrontg the
department
'E"c"tfonal training came to the
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fore prominently in Hawaii only COM
pa1at1yely recently A very general
revolt arose against the fads' Of the
curriculum and many prominent men
spoke publicly IN favor Of system
which would train the pupils towards
mechanical and agricultural vocations
generally. A very comprehensive dis
cussicn Of the question was furnished
by Bishop Restarick in the Advertiser.
January 70, 1912. Unfortunately,
possess only.a mutilated copy, or
would append it The bishop had sent
cut To various people, many of them
large employers OF labor, series OF
questions bearing on the value of In.
dustriaI training and its results, ana
gave asresnme Of the answers. whsch
were very numerous. The material
gathered was necessarily enlightening.
If the governor can find the time TO
pernse it, 1t viii furnish a pertinent
supplement- to this paper The bishop
arrived at the following conclusion:
:" From the foregoing 1t is evident
that the men who manage our indus
tries do not believe that Industrial
schools fulfil the intent of those In
terested in them, If that intent is, as
We suppose, the leading of youth into
mechanical and industrial pursuits.
Several men of the largest experience
suggest trade schools, but say these
would take large sums of money to
establish and conduct. But If the pres
ent industrial schools have money for
the work which they now carry on,
why can not these be made trade
sch0ols?'
Il think that a mistake has been
made generally in regarding vocation
al training as new thing in Hawaii
Only the term is new. The thing itself
is older than the public school system
here. The Hilo Boarding School and
Lahainaluna, at first purely schools
for the training of missionary teach
ers. soon became industrial training
schools. The former, though can
see some room for improvement. is
the most successful institution OF its
kind in the islands, and the govern
Eent might do we'll In studying the
methods and results in the island
schools, which have, worked on the so
jutiCn CT our local problem, rather
than seek inspiration. which must be
Continued or, page eighth
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study only as q general guide-as is
done by some very efficient teachers
then the danger might not be great.
However, we have to take conditions
as we find them, and many teachers
must be held to an outline lest they
stray altogether. think that practi-
! cal values can be attained by arrang-
ing a course OF study of several two
Or possibly three classes), each adapt
ed to a particular condition, whereby
the pupils possessed of fundamental
advantages can be allowed to proceed,
and those who do not possess them
may not be unduly rushed. In other
words, to have, for instance, one
course adapted to the city type of
school and another to the Milolii type,
though care should be taken to have
these courses harmonious enough to
allow changes from. one class to the
other OF course, here is a problem
which must be worked out in detail.
I believe in the principle, and I know
that teachers whose opinion I value
do, and a conference of few of the
best and most practical of these can
without doubt eontrive to prepare cur.
ricula suited to conditions, eliminat-
ing non-essentials and arranging for
more concentrated attention to the
subjects of actual value.
The fact that graduates from the
higher grades often possess a knOWl-
edge which seems incongruous with
their scholastic standing leads to a
consideration of the method of ad-
vancing pupils. 1t leads to the con-
viction that often pupils are advanced
from a~grade because thew have spent
q certain time therein rather than be.
cause they have completely assimi-
lated the sum of knowledge which
graduate from such a grade should
guarantee This condition may to some
extent be induced by the fact that
teachers are to a great extent classed
On the basis of the number of pupils
they advance land there IS great de.
gree CT justice in this, as the efficient
teacher should, of course, be able to
impart to his pupils the required
k2Cwledse+. but the fact remains that
when the teachers them selves arbi.
traTily determine upon the advance
went, or otherwise, Of their pupils. the
feet that they themselves will be
irdgpd on the basis of the proportion
Of pupils advanced can not but fur
liSh . temptation in many cases to
stretch a point. This EXPLAINS the
anomalous condition referred to above,
a condition which, I know. has fur
niShed grounds for more kicks at our
rotten school system than almost any
ether thing. | hasten to add that in
many cases the cOntemD oraneous
school administration is taxed with
Srch a deficiency unfairly. AS the
fault has often originated years before.
School examinations have disad-
Vantages, but believe that carefully
introduced system of such may do
Euch towards efficiency. If fairly
Nrenaref examination papers. arrang-
ed for the different classes and grades,
are used, very serviceable idea NAV
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sounding curriculum courses Is d
little value without the firm ground
ing in reading, writing and arithmetic
! The present results graduates of oul
schools, even our most advanced in
situations, who cannot express them
selves properly in English, are con
yincing.
IF this territory, with it's peculiar
chronological conditions, is to become
actually American, it, can be done
only by making the English language
the medium of expression, not only in
language, but also in thought, of our
heterogeneous population. Even il
the territory had the wealth which
would enable it to give it's pupils, not
only the fundamentals, but also the lux
uries of education, the eXpediency
would be doubtful, as there is a dan
ger lest we render a greater number
of our graduates unfit to undertake
the tasks which will fall upon them.
The case of the graduate who has
been made too good to cultivate his
taro, to fish or to start at the bottom
of a mechanical pursuit, and who is
not sufficiently trained to succeed in
the higher vacations, is a sad one, and
we have many of them in Hawaii.
Where so many pupils start without
even possessing a knowledge of the
language which is the medium of in
struction, the time which the territory
can afford to give them in the schools,
and which they themselves can afford
to spend therein, is too short and too
precious to fritter away on anything
est practical usefulness.
This leads to a consideration of
the course of study as being too in
elastic to be applicable to the varied
conditions encountered. We may, not
too arbitrarily, | think, divide our
school population into the class which
uses the English language with ia
miliarity-SuCh as is represented by
the children of English-speaking par
epts-the class which has an inciden-
tai knowledge Of English, and the
Class to which English is essentially
q foreign language, to be learned as
such i'll the schools. 1t is obvious
that to compel the child of the Eng
disappearing home. which on enter
ing schools knows more English than
does the graduate of the remote cOun-
thy school. to follow the same course
as the kalapana or AIilOii child. who
has never heard English until he en-
tered school. is unjust to both. The
former must be retarded or the latter
rushed beyond his capacity and re
CiDiont Of only most superficial smat-
tcring of knowledge. Even if the con-
siderat;On Of the knOWIcdge of tine
language is left entirely out of con
sid"ratiCn. it is obvious that when one
child, which starts with an essential
knowledge which the other must spend
Years lahOriCUsly to acquire, the con-
tnlTg Of the two to one curriculum
furnishes a handicap which either re-
tards one or unduly speeds up the
Cther-DrCbably it works both ways
If Hawaii possessed a corps of
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The Ladies fri this Town are Simply Going Wild
Harmony Hair Beaufr And wonder because to make
the hair strous soft and silky believe there's nothing else
and we sell about hair preparations any
where up to Harmony Hair Beauther.
Ask any one of many in this town who it
she'll tell you she it. Just look her hair and you'll
tn lis and gets some yourself
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-28

Among the many people whose &C
ruaintance l made In Richardson's
oooms was old George Cruikshank.
happened incidentally TO remark thst
] wasn't very well, when Cruikshanh
In his genial manner exclaimed: What
Not well? A powerful young fellow
like you ought to be ashamed OF your
self to talk Of being unwelll Here
let me see you do this
"He sprang up. took the tongs and
poker from the fireplace. crossed them
on the floor like two swords and then
wkistling his own air. danced a high
land sword dance with great agility
Nnd accuracy, keeping it up for at least
a quarter OF an hour. AS he threw
himself into n chair. somewhat ex
hnusted by his efforts, he said. Now
then. when I'm dead you can say yOu
saw cd Cruikshank wheR he was over
eighty years Of age dance the sworo
dance I'm DIR. Richardson's room. -
Prom pages From an Adventurous
Life"
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-04-28

History. romance and tragedy are
bl tended into one awe inspiring and
thrilling ensemble In George Kleine'
photo drama reproduction of Henry
Slenkiiewcz's justly oeleb rated story
"Quo V4dis" which Will be present
ed In st. MRries for the let tine
Thursday night at the Grand Theatre
This Is the most marvellous achieve
ment vet 10 photo drama and has
created sensation at the Astor
heRtre IN New York, also RJ Ohio
ago, Philadelphia and Boston where
the pictures are being presented to
enormous crowds at every perfor
nance. For scope, magnitude. ex-
travagRut splendor and liberality,
these pictures have never been
equaiIed aud they carry with them an
appeal to every community. They en-
terrain aud Instruct at the same time
and accomplish as much for religion
as they do tor study.
The story Oh Vinitius' love for the
lovely Christian maid Lygia is relat
ed with remarkable fidelity and the
companion piuture of his friend Pet.
ronius' great passion for his hand
some slave. Eunloe. Is also faithfully
shown. The trials of the early Chris
tan martyrs, the vain and cruel
tempermant of the wiuhed tyrRnt
Nero and his oonrtiers which were
so graphically drawn by the author
are illustrated on the screen wi h
oommendable veracly and even those
who have never read the book can
oompI bend the whole story from the
pictures. Episodes that stir the
mind to wonder and make the blood
surge rapidly around the heart are
piotorlalized with amazing truth
The gladiator com bats, the chariot
races, buvninR of Rome, the devOur
ing of the christians bV the lions,
the marvellous feasts of Nero, the
stirring conquest of the wild hull by
the giant slave Ursus. the gathering
of the Ohisrtias In the cat com s
aud the appearance OF tue Saviour to
Peter are all shown with wonderful
truth of detail and form a speotaol q
so stuLendous no one oan afford
to miss It