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The Washington times., 1914-11-06
PINKEYES CALLS ON MRS.
TARBY.

tCopyright. 1914. BY +. l.. NCde~.l
~HE more Pinkeyes thought
about the kitty boy who had
hidden in his basket. the mad
der he got. He had thrashcd
him Of course. but that did not seem
to satisfy him. He looked at his
long white paws and made a face.
They could not hurt a little wiggling
fur-covered kitty cat very greatly.
So he put a mustard plaster on his
stomach so that he would not have
the indigestion too badly. and comb
ed and brushed his face until he
looked as if the COW had licked him.
and started off to call on Mrs. Tab
by.
IF ! am not mistaken" he said
to himself as he puttered about tho
garden to pick some cvergreens.
that was one of Mrs. Tabby's boys,
and # | can spot hIm in his own
home I do not think that he will ever
have the least desire to bother me
again
Into tho little basket he put his
evergrecns and went off to TabDy-
land town. He walked along the rond
when he saw any Onnc coming, ana
hoped as soon as the road was
empty, and between the two he ar
rived in town. He made straight
for the Tabby house. and was 50
quiet and quick that he was inside
in no time. Mrs. Tabby was very
glad to see him, but could not think
what brought him there.
CT rl nj
aCh warmed him up, and he was
really in a very good humor for
Pinkcycs. He made a low bow and
presented the cvergrccns with my
compliments he said. II thought
that might drop in on you and see
if you happened to know anything
about young kitty who made some
trouble for me the other day.
Mrs. Tabbv threw up her hands in
horror. "ou don't tell IN" that one
Of my boys has bothered you|' she
said. hurriedly. You know | can't
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Mercury on the
Suns Face

Excepting in the northeastern part
Of The United States. the sun to-
morrow morning will rise with
the planet Mercury upon its disc. The
time Of egress, or completion of the
transit over the solar orb, will be g.I4 a
N. AT New York, 9 at Richmond. S:32
at Cincinnati S:C3 at St Louis, and 7:I0
at Denver
These transits of Mercury occur only
at intervals OF seven, thirteen and forty
six years. The next following that of
Of this year will be in May, 1924 To see
the transit d small telescope or opera
glasses may be used with supplementary
aid Of smoked or stained glass.
Mercury is seldom visible to the naked
eye. being very near the sun. Coperni-
Gus, the great Prussian astronomer. is
said TO have lamented on his deathbed
that he had never been able to see Mer-
curry, and the famous Delambre saw IL
but twice. Surely it should he worth
ones while TO see that which men Of
such eminence have so highly valued
the opportunity to witness
Astrologcrs proDhesy much activity in
the atmosphere during the transit.
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The Daily
Editorial
For Women
The Problem Of the Sick Lonesome Girl
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

In times past, imminent tragedy lurk-
ed in wake for tn" young girl alone IN
the city who fell i'll. Win the awaken
ing Of n civic consciousness. has come
a provision for this very contingency.
and the girl who Is alone and i'll in this
city has something 10 which she can
turn for aid and information as to her
physical condition.
This is the WOmans Clinic Auxiliary,
which appeals primarily 10 two classes.
white working girls, and white house
wives and mothers, located ut 116 Thir-
teHnth street mort rthW"St.
Women form this organization. all the
physicians are women. and while the
upkecp j. largely from subscriptions
a small portion of it comes from those
patients vino wish to pay fee in
proportion to that which they earn.
Aside from the boon this auxiliary is
to the Working girl. and to the house
wife and mother of Straitnncd means
1t is by no way of speaking for them
alone. Any woman who patroniZcs il.
and pays for what she gets. not only
aids in a generous way. but she raises
the tone Of tn" clinic, and does away
with any stigma Of charity. which
might keep from accepting aid the very
class which needs tho attention.
This institution is now conducting a
membership campaign. Four hundred
new members would maxi ii sclf-srp-
porting. During the winter two series
of lectures have been planned, one to
tell girls how 10 keep Well. and IuUth r
for wives and mothers in nursing. The
first cOurs" will be direct benefit to
the industrial community, by saving the
tim" girls lose when III.
The hours are arranged 50 that girls
can consult without losing any time
from their work.
Such movements as this stand for a
growing germ Of cooperative humani-
tartan effort which is the beginning of
Il pro icCt"d community life.
Every woman who can afford pri-
vate physician, but who is too 'po0r"
TO give to a public charity is living IN
the very narrowest Interpretation Of
life.
The least she could do would be to
consult in some small degree this clinic,
and pay for tn" services as she would
pay for any professional advice Ihc
patronaEe of The fairly w&yrtorio is
worth much more than the cAS G1G esyt
contributions of tn" very rtcN.
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Answers to Health
Questions

GRATEFUL READER Is there
any other way to remove whiskers from
a mans face other than shaving?
:. ls it injurious to the skin?
1. There is a shaving powder. made in
the South. that is very good
z. NO, 1t Is not injurious to the skin.
II. H.-If a person VINO has had
paralysis on the right side cannot talk
Is 1t possible there is any pressure On
the nerve center of speech which might
cause 1t, and is an operation possible?
blood clot or somthing of the sort
is Pressing on the left side of the brain
where a great part of the center of
speech is situated. Yes, Operations ar.
done now by brain surgeons on this con-
duon, out 1t requires great skill, and
as yet Is not always successful
ANXIOUS What will prevent hair
turning gray?
2 What will remove dark rings from
eyes? YIN
g. Am subject to colds in winter and
with change to cool weather in sum-
ner, even when I'm wearing light. ALL
wool underwear. Kidneys pronounced
perfect and bowels regulars Also suffer
with swollen body. generally in very
warm weather, and on various morn
lngS have great lassitude, srnotherinc
sensations, and low, soft pulse. Get re-
lie2 by lying down half-hour.
/. Have your druggist make you a tea
of Eenna and indigo and see what that
does.
2. This may be due to staying up too
late. to faulty food, to constipation. to
anaGmia- Drink two quarts of pure milk
daily. -.
8. You coddle and spoil yourself by too
much clothing and too much attention
Wear perforated, thin, 25-cent under
wear. Swim and bathe and take cold
showers. Sleep in a hammock out OF
doors with proper covering, and eat
plain, good food.
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magnetism are, the human tribe would
have been equipped in the beginning
with a sense for such radiations among
the thousand odd missing ones. Instead
of delving, seeking, investigating, man
at first hand.
More Perfect Eyes.
The distribution of the sense organs
in the humber" forms Of life gives US
every right TO say with perfect rev.
erence that the human tribe lacks
many things. Some creatures have. like
the night itself thousand eyes, each
more perfect than ours. The scallop,
the curious little onchidium mollusk,
has a veritable stream of eyes running
like buttons up and down it's back.
The stink-bug and many other beetles
have = better sense of war than have
the Kaiser and his military cohorts.
When attacked. or even touched, by an
enemy, they turn their breadside and
shoot many little streams of fetid acid
from little batteries concealed in the
middle portion of their anatomy. II
the enemy does not beat sufrocating
retreat, they turn about, maneuyer
and bring the other broadside into ac-
ton. If the enemy, still undaunted,
persists in the assault, another sense Is
feigns death for many ninutes-ths
time necessary to re-charge with am
munition It's foul-smelling batteries.
1t might be supposed that the ear is
to be found only in one spot While II
is true that many animals, like human
beings. have ears on their head, yer
the shrimp, the opossum shrimp of in
land brooks and rivers, has its ears on
its tail
-AcuteIy Keen Ears.
The great green grasshopper. gone
these autumn days the sad ways of all
who sing and play instead of work, is
often made docile pet by good little
boys and big. bad naturalists In Au-
gust. At such time you wonder how
he hears the music of his mates His
ears are nowhere to be found, search
his head how you will. If you know,
you will look bust where his knee-cap
ought to be and there you will find his
ears.
The grasshopper. cricket and locust
tribes of insects are able to hear much
more than human beings. Their sense
OF hearing Is finer than man s.. and the
anctents wisely suspected that they
heard the music of the spheres. 1t is said
that the mills of the gods grind slowly
but they grind exceedingly fine. Well,
the rolling of the planets and stars do
the same, but man cannot with his
senses perceive it. Some insects may
be able to do so.
Ants, too, have ears on their legs in
stead of their heads. Psychological ex-
periments are done nowadays even by
immature students. which prove that
rapid vibrations Of various kinds I'M
heard and unperceived by the human
ear. are easily caught, paid attention to,
and answered by locusts, cicadas, grass
hoppers. beetles. ants, and others of
Gods creatures
The firefy. the electric eel, the mag
netic fish, birds and bats with their
organs of equilibrium are all equipped
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great healthy. noisy animal with no
regard for nerves"
went back to bed distinctly
thoughtful. Was ! drifting to that
silly stage Of nerves which made Al
win notorious pest? Had the milk
man ever cotton on my nerves until
this winter? Had J. indeed ever
heard him turn into III" street until
! began TO worry about money and
oveTwork"
IN see Dad tomorrow. % I said II
need some attention."
Dad listened very carefully.
Well" he said. you're losing
weight. Peter. and you're not in the
best Of trim. I've never seen YOU
just as you are now. Working pretty
hard?"
Yes" said ! But l said nothing OF
the oVerwork ] did at night.
Peter go SLOW" advised Dad. %,
you'll have TO knock off and take a
rest. Are YOU worrying about any
thing"
I'm getting TO be a sort OF wor-
rier," | admitted. "Thlngs bother me
more than they used to-"
quit it, said Dad. And hc gave
me IA prescription that has hcIpcd a
lot.
'ssIA'ss o1n3e".I IsdpdsmeN 1851 lqBrIAdoo,
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THE TIMES BEDTIME STORY

Teddy and not Tom who had really
hidden in the basket.
Before he could explain that he
was not the right one, Mrs. Tabby
had turned him over her knee and
spanked him soundly, just as Teddy
came in sight.
Tommy wiggled and begged. but
Mrs. Tabby kept on. I'll teach you
to worry the incest man in Tabby-
land" she said, with smacks. Teddy
stood by with a grin on his face, for
he was satisfied.
Tommy was getting the punish
ment he had deserved. for putting
Ted UP to the trick, and all was
well.
But he did not stay long where
~n,r could get at him. No, indeed;
he stuck close to Mrs. Tabby, ana
told what a naughty boy Tommy
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William D. Lewis. Principal of
William Penn High School.
Insists We Should Fellow
Germanys Example.
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

The time is Operripe for the So
cialization OF the high schools.
"Democracy's High School," the
Socidlized school, should be means
of educating a child 10 his COM
Hnnity, instead OF educating him
Gpdy from his community.
Six hundred millions OF dollars
is the sum spent annually on the
high schools of this country. It is
time it was made TO serve epery-
body instead of just a fen. Social
lied high schools will deal NTH the
child in direct relationship to his
actual future existence and be a
source of cipil, social, and
economic betterment
These are the statements of VII
liam d. Lewis, principal of the VIII
liam Penn High School for Girls,
in Philadelphia, here to attend the
Teachers Institute.
Mr.. Lewis Statement In Full.
The high school is the top school
TO the majority of the pupils in the
United States public schools. For
this reason. it should serve as
practical training school not only
for few, but for the great ma
Jcrity OF students. Through voca-
tltnal training. political courses,
agricultural courses. business
courses. oral English courses, and
domestic science courses, il will
educate the child for the community
in which he lives rather than edu-
este him away from that community
fer the benefit of the city. This is
what l mean by specialization OF the
high schools.
The pertinent needs Of the COM
rnunity should dictate as to what
the young man and young woman
should study. Thus at the end of
their school years they would not
be thrown out upon the world with
an equipment which is useless on
en already overstocked market, but
would be ready 10 fill an already
existing demand.
Expenditure Not Just
Six hundred millions of dollars is
spent annually on the high schools.
Is il not just that the public which
supports those schools be given the
benefit of g generation educated to
iii the demands OF business, po-
,!tical, and domestic life IN the com
munity which has paid for their
schooling?
The school curriculum of today is
founded upon the old English school
"hich was made primarily for an
rristocracy which intended to branch
uut into certain restricted lines Of
endeavor. They were taught with
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an eye to future education in
university.
Now our great public in the mass
finishes the school wears with the
high school Why should they be
bTTdened and decoyed from that
which is due them through a false
adherencn to a traditional curricu-
hum?
Ii is true that we have already
made steps in that direction. but
with little system. The business
course Of today largely means stem
oGraphy and typewCiting. It's scope
should be infinitely larger. The mar
kct for stenographers is so over
stocked in some cities that the wages
have gone down to Sc a week
Should Regulate Courses.
And the answer? The high school
courses Of the present generation
should be regulated according to the
social and economic and industrial
demands Of the community in which
they live. The community should be
given back in service what they
gave in money.
For instance, in my nigh school,
the William Penn school for girls
ia Philadelphia. we have lately. in
and it is a wonderful success. We
found that the girl equipped with
Latin and Greek, higher mathema-
ties, and algebra, was quitting high
school to work in a store.
She was thrown into her lifeWork
without any preparation for II other
than her natural abilities. Manifest
ly this was not fair to her nor TO
the community which had given her
an education. So we are attempt
ing to fit the girls for that which
they will eventually meet; not for a
college or university career which
they will never have.
Girls Get Practice.
At the end OF the second year the
girls come to school in the morn
ings, and spend the afternoons in
the stores, putting into actual prac-
tice that which they have been
taught earlier in the day.
Then there are the domestic
science classes for girls. BY this [
do not mean cooking and sweeping
and hOusecleaning and millinery en-
tirely. | mean management, how to
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NO. llG,
MlLKMAN AND NERVES

NJ. lIb,
MlLKMAN AND NERVES
WAS working very hard now.
Every right found me po-ing over
i the books 1T The factory. be
san to lose weight, and | was
grOwine nervous. Nights l was fire.
quently too tired to sleep, and lay
and tossed until morning.
II "as about this time that | took
an unreasoninc dislike TO the milk
man. After lying awake all night, Id
lHaraRe TO drop into a comfortable
doze Just as he came clanking into
the street around 4 o'clock in the
morning. yc was noisy--there was
40 getting around that. He'd clank
hls bottles and run along gravel
orlNewaEs and thLmp the bottles
Gown on p"rChes with q thCd. He
always woke me. And, somehow. his
wagon Seemed cTeakier than any wa
gon I'd ever heard, and his horses
heavier
Moreover, ne mad q habit Of singing
out 10 them when IL was time 10 move
on-and. altogether. he was suoh a
pest that / grew 10 hate him. Likely
my subconsciOus mind was tuned to
expectancy, and q spiritual alarui
went off 10 wake nc when il was
time for him. At ary rate ! freQuent-
~ aWOhs ll|I belOTG ne turned lnlf
the sJrcet-and then. there was no
sleeping again for All hour. For after
he was through with our street
could hear him clanking about on the
next.
One morning lie was so pernic iously
cheerful that | rose and stuck my
head out Of the window.
What the doVil do you mean |
demanded. 10y Clankin2 about st this
lime Of morning and waking every
body up You're 50 darned noisy no
body can sleep
Sleep said the milkman with a
great, hearty chucklc. myself J could
sleep standing up. ia like TO have
your chance"
He's a coarse brute" murmuTed
Mary sleepily from bed. likely he
could"
Well" said l. you'd ObIige me
considerably il you wouldn't Chirp at
your horses and clank your bottles
20. It's darned annoying"
Here a window OF the downstairs
apartment shot up and Alvin stuck
his head out
What's all the row" he asked
sussily, whats all the row? Did
somebody throw anything at that
5ool milkman?"
No" said / cordially, finding some
thing In common with my downstairs
neighbor for the first time. but I'd
Alike to-"
Taoot him." said Alvin. Hes a
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With Insects
Man S Senses Are Weak
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERc.
A. B., NJ. A, NJ. d. Johns Hopkins.

- these essays / made the positive assertion
l that a creation yet imperfect a clergyman
\ friend ask If this irreverent
= and on a par with Huxley's claim that had been
the Creator would built a better world.
As a fact, Huxley impious am
irreverent. Man created for particular end by
the Supreme Being glorfcation This purpose
served by a with five principal and
dozen or other sensations.
Yet if the Creator had wiled it, man could have
been finite perfection with thousand
principal equal of the and the
Then to learn and study This the Life
have idle lazy. pleasant dream Instead of work
ng a millennium NOR to what and
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be responsible for everything tia:
they do. They are so very bad.
Mrs. Tabby smiled and Pinkeyes
made another bow. That mustard
plaster certainly did feel good.
Il spanked him myself to save you
the trouble" he said. with his hand
on the mustard plaster. And ne
stopped short and pointed to the
window-"there is the young scamp
now
Sure enough. out In the yard was
kitty boy, the exact image Of the
one who had hidden in his basket.
Mrs. Tabby frowned. That is my
son. Tom" she said. I'll cali him
in as soon as you 60 and see that
he never forgets to hide there
"Don't bother for me-" said Pink
eyes: "and If you don't mind | will
be going at once Mrs. Tahby
bowed him out What a nice, pleas
ant man he is, she thought. She
called the kitty boy, but it was
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AS Pat Figured 1t.

How many people are there here,
Pat?" duered the Englishman of an
Irishman in Montreal.
"Oh, about a hundred t'ousand.
why. I thought there were over half
a million"
Well" said Pat, there is-if YOU
count the nch."-Canadian Courier.
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with different senses which tell them
directly of real things in the physical
world which man may never know. No
man knows distinctly anything: all men
will never know all things distinctly.
No one superman will ever know ALI
things distinctly, and no one man will
ever know even one thing distinctly.
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Service
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Only the Finale.

Were late: they're playing Bee
thoven's Ninth Symptom
'Therei what pity we missed the
other eightv'-Le Rire
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Not Much.

Wife-If you can't sleep, why don't
You see q doctor?
Husband (grouchily)-Andt then have a
bill to keep me awake,
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High School System Wrong;
Educational Expert Says
Claims Six Hundred Millions of
Dollars Spent Annually
Should Serve Better Pur-
pose in United States.

pay bills. tbs business side of matri-
mOny.
Eighty pei. cent of the women who
leave our schools marry. Why
should they not he scheduled in the
management of incomes? AT one
school W" are studying the $25-a-
week income. We have studied the
S25-a- week. and will take no differ
Cnt wages in the course of the year.
When the girl marrics she will
have " practical WORKING knoWiedSH
of economies. instead OF being
thrown bewildered into a strange
world where she is supposed never
IhclesS TO take her place with in
tcllieenCc. She should know about
having children. raising them. and
providing for them. Why is not the
high school the place for teaching
hcr these things?
Children Are Loyal.
children are naturally loyal, and
Interested They do not learn graft.
bad politics, and crookedness until
they strike out into the world. The
trouble IS that they are taught 10
think that when they enter upon the
years of life. following high school,
that the conditions which they Sc"
are right and just. no matter what
flCN are. -OtlGIllllPS llltE dIt never
taught the true state OF affairs by
the right person. There comes our
rotten politics, and our tOlerenCc OF
our trusts. Votes could not be bought
If the boy and girl had been taught
their value in school.
Take this one instance as an exam
pie. In certain Northern city where
| was formerly employed, there was
a gang of fifty boys. They came to
10Th
loaferS. They could not and would
not learn anything. they wanted
TO stop school. They wanted, in 9TH
er words to start ont on the business
life They We're individuals. aaE un
less something could be given them
these precious formative years would
be forever lost or given over to vici
BUSINESS.
Got Course In Politics.
so ! gave them course in practi-
cal politics, Their only textbook
was the city charter. and their
sources of Information were the fire
department and the different city in
stitutions. Il did not take those po-
tentiel voters any time at all TO find
out that certain man controlled
the town. In a perfectly legitimate
and undersigned manner they ran full
mead on into the workings OF great
political machine.
They had been taught what was
expected, and they had found. They
We're terribly incensed. Who would
not have been? The person who
cannot see in the uninttuenced and
practical study of our national poll
tics a great power for the better
mcnt of the nation is one who has
much 10 conceal and who will be the
game by that cOncea4ment.
Germany has long ago given over
her schools to a system of scientific
training TIE results Of this system
are seen in the wonderful network
OF trade with which she has bound
herself TO almost every corner of the
world
Germany is intensive: she Utilizcs
the individual, not through equal huL
through identical processes of Aluca-
ton. The American schools should
lose no time in following her OK
ample. modified. Of course, in such
manner AS to 1T most aptly the pc
culiar needs Of the United States.
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eter S Adventures IN
Matrimony
By LEONA DALRYMPLE.

Author OF Van" awarded
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lCOpyright. Isl4. bV r. E. lCIe".I
more Pinkeyes thought
about the kitty boy who had
hidden in his basket. the mad
Evening journal., 1914-06-09
CALL ON IRISH-AMERICANS
TO AID UNITY OF IRELAND

Former Representative John r.
Healy, a prominent contractor and
member of Irish-American organiza-
tons has been appointed the Della
ware member of the American Pro-
visional Committee Of the Irish Ma
tional Volunteers. He has sent to
THE EVENING JOURNAL, on behalf
of that committee, the following ad-
dress 20 the Irish people OF the United
States:
IRISH NATIONAL
VOLUNTEERS COMMITTEE.
Evening journal., 1914-06-09

command OF the local corps, and the
speaker was Mrs. De Fano, adjutant.
who took as her text, Therefore be
ye also ready. for in such an hour
when We thlnketh not the Son Of man
cometh"
Similar services were held through
out the country and on Thursday
night a half night of prayer" service
will be held here and elsewhere for
the success Of the international con-
gress.