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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
The School in the Woods.
~ on. FRANK CRANE
tCopyrtght. 1915. By Prank Cranel

Every once in while you come acrooe'
something that makes you glad 70 th1oks
that the world of men is not entirely
wrapped up in conventional ideas, t6nt
a few brave, free spirits yet exist.
One Of these cheering things ID The
Little School in the Woods" recently
established in New England.
It is actually in the woods, real. bio
woods, forest primeval, where there N
leafy mazes. winding paths, regular
brook that gurgles as brook should
places for camp fires, q lake, and ~
sorts of birds and wild, furry creatures
And there few people who see th&
educational problem with open eyes, IN
scared by tradition, have school with
no ideas except the beautiful, simple, and
clear ideas that reason gives.
The first principle laid down in thii
school is that the child has an inalien
able right to be happy.
Learning, department, skill, and al
such things come best through happi-
ness, not drudgery, threats and rcpres-
sion. Isn't that a glorious idea2
Then, also, they teach here mostly
through play. A child's free efforts II
self-expression are shrewdly guided. II
YOU want him to work, let him play; he
works at play ten times harder than At
a task; it is the business OF the teacher
to know how to use play as an eduene
tional process.
The children learn here, but knowledge
comes as the adjunct to effort. Inc
Creator never made men to learn nrss
and then do; the real learning comes
through doing.
So almost every minute is spent oue
of doors, the little hands ever doing
Here's the way these wise teachers put
II Outdoor life gives the children nrSt
hand experience in rocks, trees. buo1I
water. fire-which is another way o
saving elementary biology; with MIN
streams. distances, directions, boundae
ries-which is another way OF saying
Geography: with figures, rulers, com
passes. measures, account books--wnica
= another way of saying arithmetic; wlt1
an;mals first aid, and the developments OF
their own bodies-which is another way
of saying physiology; with resouIcela.
practice of truth, patience, seii-rehAcc,
and honesty-which is another WAY |"
saving mental and moral science.
"Rentres dams pordre!" cried Amiei;
and SO these little ones are guidea INTO
the great, wise, healing, and upouiloinS
order Of nature. u.., ~,
They are made strong, clean little AMI
mails. which ought to be the prime essen,
tial In any child-training. Keen nose9
as dogs, quick cared as deer, sharp syeo
as cats. 1.-the bodied as foxes. tough ano
strong as Indians, they have health ana
v;oor. the foundations OF happiness ma
efficiency. -
They study books. too, and learn al
children learn in close school rooms, oniy
they learn it by the way. There u no
hate of tasks, no dread OF recitations ano
examinations. IN
Better than to leave your child : mi,-
lion dollars is to give him such scnoois'
inc as this, to provide him Tor al nis NE
with memory Of happy youth, % 1u,.
nish him with childhood Favored Wlsn
green trees and brooks. play and laugh
ter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
NECESSITY WOMAN DRIVER

Necessity is forcing women into all the so
called "gainful occupations" There IL hardly an
occupation listed in 1910 census for the United
States In which woman II not represented. Won
ans presence In some comes with the effect of
shock TO those who fondly dream that every
woman has a home and her place II in It, There
are, for instance seventy-seven women lumber
men Craftsmen and wood choppers) In the Unit
ed States. There are $3.50 women stock herders
and raisers, forty-fve quarry operators. thirty
one blacksmiths. fifteen brick and stone ma
sons. and forty-four longshoremen. Many won.
en- have travelled far up the road to success In
their work. Ten women head iron foundries
There are 325 women bankers and l347 bank
cashiers. Nearly thousand women are whole
sale dealers. One woman Is listed AZ a railroad
Official Three are proprietors of grain elevators
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
Suggests saIarisd Interpreter.

To the Editor OF The Times:
II Is fact that the officials of the
city OF Detroit do not realize that
the city is growing and that the
courts demand a competent Italian
interpreter. They have other ma
tionalities doing police duty and in.
terpreting at the same time. For
instance. this week they had an Ital-
ian homicide case and there was
no interpreter there to translate for
the accused. There was another
criminal case there and there was
no interpreter. The board Of health
needs an Italian. the courts need
an Italian. There are 10000 Italians
in Detroit. think IL they would
appoint an Italian In the court to
attend TO the cases In police court
and recorders court At n salary, II
would avoid a lot OF trouble In
handling these cases. The inter
prefer would be there 10 perform
the duties In police court and also
In the recorders court. BY doing
this the city wonld be saving time
and money and have a man that
could be depended upon
CHAS. II. SANSONE.
Detroit. July 30, 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

season IL shown
by its widespread
sale.
Any drin X
which can sue
.cessfully invade
the precincts OF
the saloon and
compete for sale,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
NOTE FOR TEN CENTS

promissory note Tor 10 cent?, the Instrument
being dated February 6, 1888. was found by the
owner the other day In an old pocketbook at
Polo The signer Of the note n alive and sol
vent. but the holder declares he would rather
keep the security az q curio than to present Il
f0s payment even though he has figured that
Ug1neipo1 and interest amount to something like
o13~>xansas City Times
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

TO 0.9 per cent OF acid. Strictly
speaking. buttermilk is by-product
OF butter making but with the de-
velopment of the milk Industries.
the demand for buttermilk has fire.
quenty been met by fermenting the
skim or separator milk which re-
mains as by-product OF the cream
trade. The fermented product IL
not literally buttermilk, but 1t may
be indistinguishable from the latter
in composition and properties.
There Is no doubt OF the nutri.
ent value OF buttermilk and scien.
lists have demonstrated that the
presence Of Tactic acid In milk will
destroy the germs OF dysentery,
typhoid. diphtheria and cholera.
Conserve your energies. This Is
health rule which most people
might do well to consider seriously.
II takes energy TO become angry. II
takes energy to worry over small
things. II takes energy to traverse
the hundreds of needless steps some
people take In carrying on their
daily duties.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

~ yc Casey said oros.n the what dye think Az tn
wv deal!"
w .oi don't know much about IT,. said Casey,
well this & vote on
tn u r. annyhn about tn
WHATS who had
q
Nov question an tn
want d u.
near
There point tn
special special
No tn
tn officers tn tn u r. wdout
voter proce-
MY, impatient How Oh
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

~ ~ y az
- or Toward Efficiency
Al Too Often Overlooked
1e = ons thing our captains of
gtgy haxs not thought Of in their
~ equalization Of their new god,
ney. sncsptins in : few cases,
ia oblod compensation in the pay
sDpears, instheir eyes. sufficient
~ IL needs Of the worker.
worker hrs other needs and
= u various business did but
ooo nssds ars paramount to
~ body.
= dttlo sympathetic appre-
g. ~ work though it may be
!I a ~ simplest way.
= ~ onsciousnsss Of : broth
4 1n MT : fsncsd-o6 arrange
rer and employed, IN obi
~ Wipsd ~ the slate with
s..9' q! J! n. y
~ ~ hest work, he does it
= An III lnnsclss.
4 VA ~ snthusiann which
l1uG IT. spirit and this can
~ With nnatsrial means,
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e1cenence O tne output.
eave ~ home early tn the
en q god resolves and high
meet with sour looks and
Wurds - he enters the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
E5SSEzS2:;|32
The Keep Well Column
BUTTE RI MILK.

The popularity Of buttermiik as
food and a beverage in the hot
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

was all worked for gold by n.y.
draulic in the long ago. Now the
week-enders from Frisco bring the
stun up already minted and leave It
with the mountain resorts.
The Sacramento country II such q
fair and fruitful vale. they don't Hike
to be mentioned in the same breath
with the southern resort section Of
the state.
In fact they would like to see the
commonwealth cut up into two
states--caliing the northern half
California and the lower half Cafe
terra.
The Around the Horn" sensa-
tion which the Southern Pacific re-
jected. the same has become the
leading attraction of the Oakland
q Antioch trolley line.
The municipal railway had been
enjoined from meeting visitors ut
the Market-st. ferry. in Frisco, but
. motor bus was on hand to give
one IN idea whore the rumors Of
seismic quavers come from.
Brute
wIfs-John. why don't you an.
swer mother when she speaks TO
your She asked you what an
ssphyxiatins bomb was made Of.
Husband--Tf knew ia make one.
Never accuse q man OF being hon
est until you know the amount Of
money he has been offered to keep
his face closed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
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He lrrltatss HE Friend Casey BY Heferenes TO the
o. v. r., unseht and Unseen
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31
Let the People Rule---And Write

II the suggestions are not good they
can be readily explained away but
the stimulating influence OF the ef
fort remains.
As long as energy. knowledge and
experience are all possible of nulllfi-
cation by ignorance In authority.
just so long should an effort be
made to force II to do right and to
make oneself a more useful citizen
I will always endeavor to do my
best. f. T. BANCROFT.
Detroit. July rs. 1915.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

once Boy--Mister Jones, why 90
you treat our stenographer -
much better than you do your
wife?
Employer-Bscause. Bobby. can
dictate p herI
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-31

The big feature of the Blue m.
meeting this year would appear to II
been the M. & M. M. Mud and
mud. p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

709 West Sixth street and was of brick
with walls nearly two feet thick There
were fourteen rooms in the house w.
S Bergunthal, present owner of the
site, has had the old house torn down
and two modern houses are nearing
completion there. One will be occu-
pied by Mr.. Bergundthal and the other
by his son.
The Stafford house was built in the
fiftieS by Judge Jacob Stafford, one of
the first judges of the Kansas supreme
court and uncle of Harry Stafford,
who also lived in the house and who
was at one time county attorney of
Shawnee county
At the time the Stafford house was
built there was only one other house
in the block, the Valentine residence
at 625 Polk street. While one property
faces Polk street and the other Sixth
street, the back yards adjOin. With
the exception of these two houses, the
remainder of the block and other
property to the south and west was
covered by what was known as SAT-
ford'S orchard.
Prepared the Biscuits.
Mrs Martha Valentine, widow of
Judge Daniel NJ. Valentine, and mother
of D. A. Valentine, clerk of the Kansas
supreme court, who still lives in the
Valentine residence, the oldest in the
block, was living there when the SAT-
ford house was built.
Il remember that I could sit on our
back porch and see the judge as soon
as he turned the corner at Eighth and
Topeka avenues. coming from the
state house L would get my biscuits
ready and then watch for him, and as
soon as 1 saw him turn the corner, 1
would put the biscuits in the oven"
said Mrs. Valentine.
The Stafford home was sold by the
SaffOrdS years ago TO Henry TAYLOR
and by the Taylor estate to Mr. and
Mrs John Lagerstrom, parents of
Charles E. Lagerstrom, advertising
manager of the Topeka State Journal
John, Frank and Marie Lagerstrom.
1t is related that on the night of
the Quantrell raid into Kansas, Judge
Stafford was out with a scouting party
and the report was heard that the |
raiders were on the Shunganunga,
near Dy.
People came from the sparsely
settled town to Judge Safford's house |
for safety, fearing that at any mo-
ment they mught be attacked Mrs. |
Stafford gathered all the valuables and |
legal papers, put them in a wash boil
er and buried them in the yard The |
children of the neighborhood huddled |
together, one of them saying: NAM |
ma, will they kill us tonight or to- |
morrow" This was in the house |
which preceded the brick one lust |
demolished
Judge Stafford died in the brick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

house in July, 1885. 1t was said his
desire was to give corner of this
block to each of his four children
Mrs. P. c. Chamberlain, now at 317
Clay street; Mrs. d. w. Nellis, at SIS
Buchanan; c. V. Stafford and Mrs.
Charles Valentine Stanton. of Santa
Fe, n. NJ, but on account of finan-
cial depression he was unable to car
ry out his wish.
Tears to Their Eyes.
1t cost $4,000 to build the old SAT-
ford home, which in the fifties was a
very large sum for the building of a
residence Much of the material was
imported. The mantle of the fireplace
was of marble. There were built-in
book cases in the library and there
were stationary marble lavatories in
each bedroom.
The Stafford home was the social
center of the first generation of To-
pekans and during the time it was be-
ing torn down many of Topeka's early
settlers visited the place, going
through the rooms and recalling to
each other the scenes and happenings
Of days long past, and just for old
tines sake and because they could
not help it, eyes which were young
and sparkled with youth and laughter
when the old house was in its glory,
we're dimmed with tears when the last
yiSit was made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
SYNOD HERE
Forty-eighth Annual Session Will Be
Held in Topeka Next Week.

Next Friday evening the forty
eighth convention of the Kansas
Lutheran Synod will open at the First
English Lutheran church. The first
sermon will be preached that night
by the president of the synod, the
Rev. Paul Mcnnenoeh of Eureka
Saturday night will be devoted to the
anniversary of the Women's Home
and Foreign Missionary society and a
feature will be a talk by a Liberian
missionary, the Rev C. H Brosius.
Several yourg men will be ordained
into the ministry Sunday evening and
special services will be held in the
morning. The Rev. B. r. Lantz of
Salina will talk Monday evening,
along with ]. c. Jacoby of yelling
ton. c. F. West of Hays will speak
Tuesday evening. Business meetings
and reports of boards and committees
will take up most of the time in the
daY time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

During the present year Kansas has
gained reputation for being a wet
state dramatically, although politically
dry. Thirty-nine years ago the state
politically was wet but had gained I'M
desirable reputation as a place in
which rain CLOUDS were not in the
habit of lighting. To correct this lat
ter impression became the duty of
every loyal Kansan. 1t was along
about that time that Kansans began
advertising and they have been at it
ever since.
There were no pure advertising
VS. in those days and the picture re-
aroduceG was given wide circulation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

local cartons for the Advocate en-
titled, This Is the Life Schlemer
is also drawing Kalamazoo theatrical
caricatureS regularly.
Schlemer'S cartoons are published
every Saturday in the State Journal
showing in a pictorial way the bills at
the Novelty theater for each coming
week. The Topeka artist always had
knack for drawing and even in the
grade schools here his work was COM
mendable. In high school he drew for
the High School World and his car
toons were often published in the
Santa Fe magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

The original was drawn by H R.
Wcrrall. father of Prof. Harry Wor-
rail- of this city, and was displayed at
the Centennial exposition in Philadel-
phia in 1876. After being shown in
the east where it caused many east
erners to ask if such scenes were
really true" in Kansas. it was pre-
sented to Alfred Gray, first secretary
of the Kansas state board of agricul
ture. His son, Alfred Gray, Jr., a
farmer living near PaXico, still has it.
Circulars bearing a reproduction of
the picture were used for advertising
the Kansas Farmer when that pub
LEGATION was edited by him at Leav-
enworth, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
EXIT LAND MARKS
New Residences Crowd Ont Old
Houses i'm Topeka.
sanford Mansion Last to Fall
Under Cruel Picks.
SAW HER HUSBAND COMING
Mrs. Martha Valentine Could
See Judge for Blocks.
Former Orchard Now Big Houses
and Green Lawns.

New and modern residences are
crowding out Topeka's oldest homes
Homestead sites are not numerous
even in as extensive an area as that
now covered by Topeka, for with a
single homestead as much as $50 acres
could be included.
The Stafford mansion, which in the
days in which it was built was consid
cred a real mansion, is one of the
latest to be torn down to make room
for houses of more modern type.
The old Stafford home was located at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

Combination Stoves at Forbes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
Emporia Normal Shows Growth.

The enrolment of I, 322 Tor the hrst
four weeks of school at the State Nor
NAL at Emporia exceeds by twenty
per cent the enrolment for the same
time last year. With the November
influx of college music students, it is
expected that the figures will go con-
siderably beyond 1900. Last year at
tho end of the semester the enroll
ment was 1905. Twenty new enroll
ments in music have been made in the
last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
BUSHMAN-CLARk
Two Stars Are Leading in Close Photo
play Contest.

In the State Journal screen stars
contest Marguerite Clark is leading
Blanche Sweet and Mary Pickford
among the actresses and in the male
vote Francis x. Bushman is ahead of
his nearest opponent, Jack kerrigan.
The contest closes October % at noon.
Following is the result at the present
time, not counting the votes received
today:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
To Promote Adams Peace Plan.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. game
Adams European peace plan, advo-
eating the appointment of "a com
mittee of forward-looking spirits and
avoidance of diplomats and interna-
tional lawyers, will be discussed and
framed definitely for action at the In
ternationa1 Peace congress which
opens here tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09

An old woman, alone in the world,
is missed by her neighbors. Investi-
cation proves that she is i'll. What lit
tie help her friends can offer her, she
receives. Then doctor comes. Med
lcineS are sent to her and perhaps, #
she needs one, a trained nurse is pro-
vided.
Who stands the expense?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-09
ART SCHLEMER'S WORK
Topeka Cartoonist a Student in Michi-
gan Art Studio.

Art Schlemer. a Topeka boy and a
student in the Lockwood Art studio at
Kalamazoo, Mich, is doing a lot of
cartooning for the Kalamazoo Daily
Advocate. He is starting a series of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
Br1dgeporter Acquitted
 On Murder Charge
(Continued from Paees1,

F l.4
 and in 1885 came to Bridgeport to join the Barnun & Bailey circus, with which they remained many years, the children acting with their parents in acrobatic perfor1Alances from which the three later developed into aero batic dancers in which capacity they are widely known throughout this country and Europe.
 The father of the children was a member of the famous Rondone fam lily, the renowned fighters of Mexico. He was a bosom chum of Porfirio Diaz, the exiled president of that country. His cousin, J. M. Cebanos, was for IS years governMAof the City of Mexico.
 At the. time that MaxfnaiIian was executed, the elder Ceba1los was 8 drummer boy with the regiment which arrested the Emperor and not wishing to see hin executed, ran away from Mexico and did not re- turn to it for 20 years. Both he and his wife were the only members of their families to be in the circus busf- ness. MT. Ceballos, who has been dead nine years, was buried in St. MichaePs cemetery.
 The family touredsthe world three times and were with the Barnum & Bailey circus on both it's European trips. The mother retired from ac- tive prvfessional life many years ago and the ethree children followed their profession as dancers on the stage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-03
PORFIRI0 DIAZ
 DIES SUDDENLY
 IN PARIS HOME
Ruler of Mexico for Nearly
 Forty Years Passes Away ,-. in Exile.

Paris, July 8.-Gen. Porfirio Diaz, formerly president of Mexico, died here at r o'clock last evening.
 He had been failing rapidly for three weeks. Although his death was not unexpected, the crisis came sud- denly in the afternoon
 Sonora Diaz, who was with him, hurried1y summoned their son. Por- firio Diaz, Jr.. and his. wife They ar rived at the bedside a few moments before the general breathed his last.
 Complications of Ailments.
 Tn announcing the death of his father. Col. Diaz said that he could not tell the nature of the una1ady, bu. thought there was a complication of diseases due to old age-the general was almost eighty-five years old.
 The end seems to have been brought on by failure of the heart, which was weakenedAby last years severe attack of grip, which also left him almost blind. Nevertheless, he was accustomed to walk daily during the spring in the Bois de Boulogne, which lie loved, because it resemb1ed the ChapuItepec in Mexico City. He had been hoping to go to Biarritz soon.
 Owing to the. troubled condition in Mexico it has been decided inpos- sible to send the body home with ceremony beftting one of the greatest figures in Mexican history.
 Col Diaz has tried in vain to in form his sisters, Sonora Ignacio de Ia Tore and Sonora Rincon Gallarda, now in Mexico, of their fathers death.
 Lived Simply in Exile.
 Gen. =Ddaz lived here in the greatest simplicity, occupying a modest apart ment, in striking contrast to the great houses and retinue of servants main tained by some of the friends who left Mexico with him.
 Scarcely any one outside the family knew of the seriousness of Gen. Diaz's illness or that he was in Paris.
 Not one of those whom he raised up to be his assistants in governing Mex ico and who prospered and grew rich in the shadow of his greatness was with him when he died.
 Jose Yves de Linaontour, formerly Mexican minister of finance is in London; Francisco de Ia Barra, once provisional president of Mexico and holder of other important positions, including the enthusiastically to the United States, and Gtuillermo de Lan- da, ex-governor of the Federal District in Mexico, are in B1arritz, France.