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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-10
P0liteness Counts
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81 know am old-fashioned," be-
gan the white-haired man. but I
didn't realize what q back number
I am until this morning. when I
heard q mother instructins her six
year-old son In the matter OF cour-
tesy.
1T seems this 10 his FIRST term In
school and his teacher has been in
structi2g him TO say please and
thank YOU and yes. wa'am,' and
yes, air. and 90 on. The child had
told his mother about II and this Is
how she replied to him:
THAT II all wrong. do not
wish you TO demean yourself by
using such terms. Only servants
and clerks speak in that way
II didn't feel we'll enough ac-
quainted with her to make any re-
marks" concluded the old gentle
man, but IN my opinion what that
woman needs 10 . severe spanking.
But she win get her proper reward
In the years TO como. The seed she
Ia planting in that boy will grow
into the thorny tree Of arrogance.
which furnishes neither shade nor
fruit"
A foreign educator, travelling in
the United States, had the FOLLOW
ing to cay when commenting upon
the American child:
"Your children here are wonder.
full! II 10 probably due TO the fact
that they are allowed to express
their individually"
He carefully rsfrainsd from say.
ins that cur childrsa are lovable
- estifsl - anbltisas - - sssfsl
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as units in great works or great
movements or In advancing the vel
fare Of the whole. He did not speak
Of the eelfshness Of our cult of indi-
vidualism. nor the license that We
feel at liberty to exercise because
OF II. He simply spoke his admira.
ton Of our youngsters precocious-
ness which u developed, In large
measures. because we are letting
them do about ~ they please.
I do not advocate the old method
Of repression and suppression as
1t was applied to children. But the
extreme which We are practicing
now 10 not going to result better. II
az well. ~ the olden one.
We are forgetting that in the big
game Of life IT'S teamwork that
counts the highest Too many bril-
liant Players striving for individual
glory win spoil tho winning chances
OF football eleven. II isn't the base.
bell club with the best individual
piAyers that 10 most apt to win the
pennant. The man who plays for
himself. not - . part of hts organ.
isaticu, has often been the cause o.
losing the game and tho fame not
only for his team but for himself,
when pitted against players who
know how and are willing to work
Together.
That's the American lack good
team work. And - long a. we
idealise individuality 90 democracy.
ssAking sslf-elory and self-expres.
sIoa, reckless q the eject upon the
wheoe. - arc goins 10 "throw" the
eans sf>ener tAsa W via.
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LIST OF "HARD"
WORDS PREPARED

The Board Of Education recently
sent Q list Of words to teachers.
which are mispelled often. The
words are simple In spelling but
oStSa confused with words pro-
nounced almost the same. The
tsachers have been asked to have
the classes spsll or write these
words - often ~ 10 deemed advis-
able.
Anong the words are: Accept.
sccummodats. affect. all right, al.
ready. angel. angle. athletics. believe.
bsoeat, business, calendar. commit
tee, complement. compliment. de-
scribe. din. dine, diner. dining, din
ner./ disappear. disappoint. effect.
eight. equal, equation. except. forty.
1erty-hve. fourth. government, gram
mar. hoping. hopping, Immediately.
Judgment laboratory. lead, led.
loose, lose. losing, necessary,
niece, ninety. occasion. occurred. par
allel, parliament, peace. piece plain,
plane. planned. planned, pressed.
prejudice, preparation. principal.
principle. privilege. proceed. pro-
iessor, quiet, quite. receive. recon-
mend, refer. referred. seize. separate.
shepard. siege. similar. stationary,
stationery. stopped. studying. there.
their. to. together. too. truly, two.
until. village. villain. weather. where,
whether, which. whose. writ. write.
writer. writing, written.
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c. III. S. IN FAVOR
OF PREPAREDNESS

The Central high school house of
representatives met Friday and
passed tho bill to increase the coast
defense OF the United States, by q
vote Of II to 3. A bill to be intro
duced by Representative Stock
reads. Resolved, That the LaFol-
lette scamen's bill be repealed"
Speaker Mcfarland and Repre-
sentative Edward Burleson have
been chosen to represent the house
On the oratorical board. Edgar
frsdley has been admitted to full
membership In the house. He will
represent the state Of Idaho. All
members are striving for eligibility
In the contest for the Groesbeck
scholarship. awarded by Alex J..
Groesbeck. II was won last year by
Roy Stringer.
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[[Hf{EfAIEPS2E(S8

Joe WEIGH. Q well.known Hebrew
character comedian, will headline
the Orpheum bill next week.
Welch's standing In vaudeville and
his ability as an entertainer are
both well known. He always keeps
pace with the times by adding new
material to his act and unlike most
comedians, he writes his own stun.
The Six Stylish Shoppers. one OF
vaudeville's best dancing acts. will
be on the same program, and other
acts will include Ethel Mae Hall
and company in 4 funny farce "The
Wrong Guy" and Arthur Ward,
hoop roller and juggler. Pictures
will precede and follow the vaude-
vile at the matinees.
Emmy Whelen. star Of many big
dramatic and musical productions
in London and New York will be
seen on the screen Of the Majestic
theater next Sunday afternoon. in a
new picture play. Her Reckoning"
Miss Whelen will be supported by
II. Cooper Cliffe. Leslie Austin. Ed.
gar !. Davenport. Walter Hitchcock
and jeanette Horton Her Reck.
oning" is based on a strong and
vital theme that Is treated In an
unusual manner. Miss Whelen was
leading woman in the Gaiety, In
London, for three years. and before
that was q favorite In Vienna Of
which city she IL q native. The
topical review, q travelogue In col
ors. a comedy. new songs by Henry
Santrey, the popular baritone and
orchestra and organ selections will
round out the program.
According to Mae Dealy, who
with her brother Joe offers a dane
ing act In the Orpheum theater this
week. the origin Of the tango, the
Make and other fashionable steps
can be traced to the cld.fashioned
American cakewalk. "Ali the steps
in the tango come from the cake
walk" said Miss Dealy. my broth.
er and I have been dancing for IA
years and I started when was
eight years old. so ought to know.
For three years we held the char,-
pionship medals In the national con-
tests staged in Madison-sq garden,
New York. and the steps we did
then we do now In presenting so
ciety dances. OF course, the steps
have been modernized but, essen
TALLY. they are the same" In the
summer Miss Dealy conducts a
dancing school in New York for ac-
tors and actresses. A dozen or
more leading stage stars were her
pupils last summer.
Guy Coombs. once the youngest
leading man on Broadway" and
who has appeared with Mrs. Fiske.
Joseph Jefferson and other players,
announces that he intends to re-
main in motion pictures until he
gets too OLD to toddle." Coombs
IL one OF the young veterans" OF
the silent drama. Three years ago
he deserted the speaking stage for
pictures and went to the Kalem
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BUSY SCHOOL DAYS IN DETROIT
Reported BY the StaR Of Junior Editors
HERMAN BARCUS. School Editor-in-C Chief

reaches 81. II Is transferred to the
Highland Park bank. Many of the
students who have entered depositi
In the school bank are doing SO In
order that they may be able TO take
the annual class trip to Washington.
d. c.
The Deutcher Verein OF Eastern
high school has changed 4. It's meet
Ing day from Monday to Tuesday.
A meeting OF the Roman senate"
was held in the Eastern high school.
Monday. The club discussed the
coming vaudeville performance.
which Is to be staged by various
clubs In the school auditorium next
month. The senate will be repre-.
scented In the show.
Miss Munsells English (4) class
In Central high school held a debate
on the D. u. r. purchase plan las;
week. The debate was won by tina
negative side. which was upheld by
Msssrs. Wolner, Robiner and Co
wan. who were opposed by Messrs
Coy. Howe and Glass. The vote Of
the judges was two to one In favor
Of the negative. A debate Is being
arranged between Miss Munsell's
class and another English class.
Edwin L. Miller. principal Of
Northwestern high school. Is COM
posing q school song for Northwest
ern. The Girls Glee club Will pre-
sent It at the next mass meeting. In
the auditorium OF the school.
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bOitvia, Costa Hica, Panama" Will
enable his fellow-travelers to jour
ney from one Of the strangest Of
South American countries. one OF
two that have no sea-ports, to Ecu
ador, through the Panamanian wa
terway and thence through beauti-
full Costa Rica, with It's wonderful
plantations, to the islands Of Bar
BADGES and Jamaica. 1t Is a journey
of striking contrasts from the print
tive Indian life on the Balivian pla-
teau, In La Paz and around
Lake Titicaca, to the modern cities
OF Balboa and Colon In Panama.
where the great canal will be shown
as II IL today. Mr.. Newman's color
full views Of the picturesque Indian
tribes In Bolivia, Of the verdant
plantations IN Costa Rica and OF
present-day life In the canal zone
contribute to traveltalk entirely
different from any that has ever
before been presented. Lifelike
motion pictures will show the In
dustries and other activities Of each
Of the countries visited.
The stage career Of Wilda Ben
nett, who plays the leading role In
1.-The Only Girl" has been curiously
corrective in its influences. She
first appeared publicly as choir
singer in Asbury Park. N. j., in
which place she was born. Then
she played Conscience In Every.
woman" both here and In England.
Then she was the fairy queen In
"The Good Little Devil" under
David Belasco's management. Last
year she entered musical comedy
the qualification of an ambition
born of years--when she was en-
gagged AZ the leading singer in "T'he
Only Girl" Ernest Terrence. who
plays Bunkie In The Only Girl
was born In Edinboro', in which
city he first began his musical
studies. Showing unusual ,pe0fi.
cheney at the piano, he was serN to
Stuttgart, Germany. to complete HIS
education in music and whore he
gained a gold medal for singing, as
well as the Westmoreland scholar.
ship for piano.
The successful comedy, 1T Pays
To Advertise" which Roi Cooper
Megrue and Walter Hackett wrote
and Conan and Harris produced, will
visit the Detroit opera house
the week OF Nov. 20. The company
which played the piece in Cohan's
theater, in New York, for so
straight weeks, will come to De-
troit.
Empress OF stormy emotion" is
the title that has been bestowed
on Nance O'Neil. who will be seen
next week. in the Broadway-Strand
theater, in a new William Fox pro-
duction. "a woman's Past" by
Capt. John King. In the story Miss
O'Neil plays Jane Hawley, a girl
with a past" whose happy mar
ried life with Wilson Stanley is de
stroyed by the Vaccinations OF a
former lover. After many vicissi-
tudes. husband and wife are re.
united. Miss O'Neil has been fea-
tured in 1.-THE Kreutzer Sonata.
princess Romanotf," and other Fox
productions. Supporting her in this
latest photodrama are Alfred Hick-
man. Clifford Bruce and Carlton
Macy.
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sJhook - ~ 4
an Arm larlS
end ~ wo1hoo ~
store, Two ho0co
. s9ooe vulce -
81 a umbrslla ~
have Lost Ais yeotogo
homo without - A.
nice one. too-1c1n 81
wood handle. h 10
careless. I voo1er ~
the umbrellas = -
you tell me. pleases :
TO Mary. Il
Mary told her. HE -
two girls move avny to~o
brslla countee. ss.l
That's his witav -
"s shouldn't daSo ~
that umbrella 70 -
Asctsd that thlD 90
sold several hundro1e ~
las with natural woo4 lG0
year. rive made bo1lo
that can't tell whea ~
make believe" che 80
self. And for the ne9f t
she tried her bet ~ -
military hair bruaheo - ~
With almost no hair ~ q
you pretty near mAhq
rye got . decent hea4 4
said, grinning. II know 4
these brushes no moeoin
needs two tails. but Rm,
buy 'em Of you Just ~
seem TO have lots e -
young lady, and I like ~
Mary lauShed. ss9uGo ~
funny old man." she tlon
morning was plsasanter 49,
him. "a
In the plain little rosta0Gn
she ate ct noon che ~ &gU
the entrance Of the o1rl ~ n
quirsd for umbrellas, hse f
the old man who had tq
brushes. They rat down q
table and ordered . heogty 1
Before II came . young -
In and sat down In the toupf1
He was the man who ~
Mary his umbrella. ~
II eot your 'phoAs. go \
eagerly. land hurried down q
studio ~ fast - could u
q full morning-every p9Dus
And, what do you think1 IN
Balsamo walked IN upoa -
IN hour ago. Dear old enoU
rem ember Balsamo, Uncl6 r.
old teacher 1t the cont 4 4
get him to come In hero e.
with me. but he said 10 WNyl
up "a former pupil--a 0iri -
her voice, I believe, bit Mn
Used q good deal befoee O.
said she was here IN tha GU
where and he was anxiouD
her. He stopped Ct the ~
door to Inquire, and. upon RI
here he comes now!s
| It was Professor Balsoma,
thin. with his white hAif
upon his shiny coal collar,
tered watchfully a. II seski11
body. At sight OF him Nott
everybody md ran to HIM. II
"Here am. dear profsssUi
cried. q fla eg ssr'
He took her hands sn6
deep into her eyes. ob6 9
others staring. my dear ca
said. land the voice."
She gave q sob. For the a
her native sunniness failed I
took her over to the tour
table and introduced her.
she heard him speak Their
"Miss Weeks, Miss Ford, ~
Ford. Mr.. Macleod" Then 4
sitting down again with u
fessor, and In spite Of her
that she had lunched he wa
ing roast chicken and con
| salad.
| Over the food he told her 4
wished 10 engage her 70 wefl
studio Che had given up the .
atory) to teach his method q
ners. You have voice eoos
that" Also to companion hi
wife. who was getting old IN
self.
Some time afterward Mar,
the old professors. happy ~
restored the silk umbrella
proper owner. And he toio b
he had given II to her thai
afternoon because OF poo
familiar In her face whte1
charmed him. He also teld I
But Mary's romance IN n
another story.
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SOospouys AHU4 h0 JO1uV0 Su0 Mc-
tro forces to play the lead In MY
Madonna" with Nine. Petrova, now
In the Majestic. Hs was immedi-
ately re-engAged for the leading
male role In Barbara Frietchie" in
which Mary Miles Minter will be
starred. Incidentally, In this play,
Mr.. Coombs returns to his old
home, for the play will have the his
torical background in the district
surrounding Fredericksburg. Mary
land. where Mr.. Coombs was born
and raised.
The latest edition OF the celebrat,
ed "Ziegfeld Follies" Is to be pre-
scented In the Detroit opera house
next week. The revue this season
is In two acts and IS scenes and
was staged by Julian Mitchell and
Leon Enrol. Rennold Wolf. Chan.
ming Pollock and Gene Buck fur
nished the lines and lyrics, while
the music Is the work Of Louis
Hirsch and Dave Stamper. Joseph
Urban. the noted artist, supplied
the scenery and effects. There arc
more than 100 entertainers In the
cast which 10 headed by Ina Claire.
Anna Pennington. Mae Murray, LII
ellie Cavanaugh, Kay LAUREL. the
Oakland sisters, May Hennessey,
Bert Williams, Leon Enrol. w. C.
Fields, Ed. Wynn. Charles Purcell.
VIII West, Carl Randall. George
White, Phil Dryer. and Ethel Del
mar.
"A curious thing about this poor
Signora Month that I'm playing In
Twin Beds" says Clare Weldon.
the Coincidence whose work contrib
utes so much to the fun OF the Sal
isbury Field and Margaret Mayo
farce in the Detroit opera house
this week. lis that nobody seems
to realize that she Is suffering tor
ments all during the last half Of the
play. And it's talking to people
about the poor Signora that has
convinced me that most people
don't know much about love. To
say that a woman is going to love
differently from the way she does
anything else is like saying she is
going to Bermuda with brown eyes
and to Halifax with blue. Poor Sig
nora Month would be noisy and strt
dent and funny, no matter what she
did. It doesn't mean that she loves
any the less. Not so very long ago
read an Interview with a little
actress In which she said that
women were wholly fashioned by
love-that 1t made them whatever
they were. 1t was all / could do
to keep from going out to spank
that child. I wanted to tell her that
love came to us and went from us
precisely according TO what we were
long before 1t either came or went
but ! restrained myself"
Sunday evening, In the Detroit
opera house, E. M. Newman will
present the fifth traveltalk In what
has been the most successful series
Of his entire career His subject
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-10
School Happenings

The A room boys of the Thomas
school are organising two indoor
soccer football teams.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-10

A fire drill held In the Garfield
school. last week, cleared the school
in a minute and q half.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-10

The Thomas school soccer team
was defeated by the Williams school
team, to 0. The Thomas school
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-10

Young vito Cat home)-Hello,
dearest.
Young husband (at the ofice)-
Hello. who Is it1-Puck.
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The Highland Park high school
has established a school banking
system for the students. Any
amount of money from q penny up
can be deposited. when an account
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Satisfied.

PysRtinG-the plain wear ksnd-tkst
- ysght--Tsmes Joh Dept.-Maan lH7o.
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Pvsntaaa-ths p1aln seat k1u1n<
b right--rnes LOB DsDt.--Bg1p <
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time this week.
The AS class of Thomas school
selected its class pin Monday. The
class will hold It's first regular meet
Ing Friday, and the students will
then elect Officers and will also
choose their class flower and motto.
A meeting of the Highland Park
high school papers stan was held
Monday and a new name was chosen
for the paper. Henceforth II will
be known as the Spectator" The
paper will be printed weekly.
The following have been appoint
ed members Of the student council
In Cass Technical high school: Sen
Tors. John Warren and Nina Wade;
juniors. James Clark and Florence
Koehn; sophomores, Stewart Smith
and Marjorie Ryan; freshmen. Cas-
imir O'Donahue and Bessie Crum.
Archie Jordan represents the has
ketball team. Isadore Pearlman the
house of representatives. Lillian
Ambuhl the Girls society, Ernest
Drews the orchestra. and James Nc
Kendrick the Boys club.
Examinations are being held In
all grammar and high schools OF
the city this week.
The editorial sta. OF THE Stu
dent" the Central high school pa
per. has been announced az follows
by Harold Christian. editor: Ruth
Stone. associate editor; Robert
Grindley. advertising manager;
Alexander Mcmillan, assistant ad-
vertising manager: Helen Lowrie
and Gerry Hanna. literary editors;
Kenneth Spain, art editor; William
Freyse. assistant art editor; Julia
Broadwell. exchange editor; Allen
Joslyn. sporting editor: Katrina
Schermerhorn, assistant sporting
editor: Edward Burleson. grade ed
itor: Norman Lull, organization ed
itor: Roy Pettinger. contributing
editor; I. A. Darnell. e. G. Thomp
son. c. E. Sickley and Harold s.
Christian, members OF advisory
board
The November edition Of "The
Beacon" oficial paper for Western
high school, will be on sale at the
school Tuesday. Nov. 16.
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has but one more gam eto play. 1t
will be with the Harris school. some
time this week.
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Hungry Vestals.

The vestal virgins always kept
fires burning In their temple at
Rome, and NO doubt needed them
for heating the humble lot water
bottles after eating the following
menu, declared to have been a ban
quet served the girls by julius
Caesar: First course. prickly globe
FISH. oysters. thrushes. asparagus,
fattened chickens, oyster patties.
black and white sea acorns, sea net
ties. snipe, cotelettes Of venison and
Of wild boar. fattened wild game,
powdered with -four; second course,
swine udders. wild boar's head,
swine udder patties, ducks, boiled
teal ducks, roasted wild game; third
course. buildings, custards, Picentish
sandwiches. wines, Palermo, Xeres,
Spanish Medoc indianapolis News.
Satisfied.
ira rather play golf than eat"
"But what does your wife say TO
that"
"Oh, she doesn't care. Shed
rather play bridge than cook"
Pvtntsne-the plain neau ksnd--tkat
- vsGht--Times Jon DeDt.-Msan lB7e.
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The AS class OF Thomas school
selected its class pin Monday. The
class will hold Its nrst regular meet
Ing Friday, and the students will
then elect 6flicers and will also
choose their class flower and motto
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The November edition of "The
Beacon" official paper for Western
high school. will be on sale at the
school Tuesday. Nov. Is.
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Sunday evening, in the Detroit
opera house, E. M. Newman will
present the fifth traveltalk In what
has been the most successful series
Of his entire career. His subject
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A meeting OF the Highland Park
high school papers stan was held
Monday and new name was chosen
for the paper. Henceforth 1t will
be known as the Spectator" The
paper will be printed weekly.