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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

explosives to tho highest point and
maintain 1T there
Il have heard that German officer,
speaking to one OF your compatriots.
boosted that the troops OF the Kaiser
would take Calais whenever they
~illcd--by paying the price which he
set ut $4,000 killed. This boas; is silly
SIMPLY spending men will not give
results The Germans can pay our
terrible thrce-inch guns "a bloody price
or nifty or Ave hundred thousand men
II they please without getting any
where. But the day when. duly pro-
Visioned for that purpose. we scatter
along their lines the tempests OF iron
and hre that we are preparing for them
they will have to abandon their bur
rows. and our infantry will occupy the
ground gained. their guns on their
shoulders. without losing n man.
have confidence In the final vic
torE-a victory perhaps less distant
than is believed-of France and her
allies. The advantage which the Ger
man heavy artillery had over us can
only be temporary. The Industrial
strength Of the peoples leagucd to-
gcther for tho defense Of right far
surpasscs that of the enemies Of hu-
manity. and the freedom of the seas per-
mits US TO profit Of the laSors OF that
great America whose sympa thics. as
we know, so out to the cause OF the
independence of peoples.
France, in any case, has had for
centuries, the genius of artillery: once
more she has given proof of this in
her marvellous three-inch guns, which
no German cannot anywhere near APP
proach in perfection. When she shall
have completed her armaments in heavy
artillery we shall show that we fear
Germany in no field. and that her pre-
tended superiority is merely pre-
SNnDtuouS.
(Sisned) CHARLES HUMBERT.
Senator OF the Meusc"
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SPENDS millions TO
OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES

way.
SPENDS MILEIoNs TO
OVERCOME MANY OBSTACLES
The next greatest building PROPOSE
ton that continues, notwithstanding
the war, is a wonderful public bath
which was begun by private concern.
but has since been taken over by the
city. When ii is completed. Leipzig
claims that II Will rank with any
similar institution III the world.
In planning for IFS railroad station,
Leipzig was confronted with unusual
problems. in overcoming which il has
spent many millions OF marks. The
city has always been big transpor-
tatron center, with lines running north
ward into Prussia. southwark into
Saxony and Bavaria and southwestward
TO the Rhine district.
With its ever growing book trade and
other business. II has been an increas-
inEly difficult problem 10 provide the
necessary freight space, and In the
past. with n circular railroad system
that bclted the city, great tracts OF
valuable land have been utilized in an
uncconomical manner.
When the city did decide 10 central
izc its transportation system ii ar
IdUSei LOT STATION Win connected
freight terminals that is pretty sure
TO III all needs for n great many years
to come. From every direction EXCEPT
Bavaria tho railroad tracks curve In
and around the northern part Of Lcip-
zig and then swing into a point almost
| In the center Of the city. The one build
| ing accommodates the lines of the Prus-
sian and Of the Saxon state railways
\ with q II their SuhSiGiinr rites
| The building was already underwxy
when Leipzig began to appreciate that
eventually II was going TO need a sub
way system. and that this future need
might as we'll be attended to In con-
nection with the station. AS fast rs
the need comes. therefore, this tunnel
| line VIII be connected TO star shaped
! lines radiating 10 all parts OF the city
and its suburbs.
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Another Fnrmcr Writes.

""'hrr fhrmer Writes.
ar ). G. Crumpacker. Hoover. Inc.
can say that have nothing
TO complain of now feel ,ysu ro,
wen at night. have a good but MOD :
crate appetite, can eat almost any
KIND OF food. have no aches or
pains anywhere. and can do some
MN" Oh WORK every day. ] must say
can stand as much fatigue as ever
could. and feel good over IL The
hemorrhaSe has yielded to Peruna
the grip has done the same. az vol
as PAINS and aches Of all kinds Tho
roarlne/ noise has entirely left my
ears ana mead my mind is clear. my
recollection is good. my bowels ,rn
regular. and just simply feel casy all
over. The cure Of my case was surely
victory"
Those who object to liquid ncdj
cine~ can now procure Pcruna In tnb-
let form.
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OF giant cannon. But tho plain ditch.
scarcely n yard or two wide. easily dug.
completed with invisible arrangements.
the approach to which is made I'M
practicable by means OF barbcd- wire
cntanglcments--that constitutes an OBJ
stacic almost impossible TO be taken.
Infantry hoping to take it ut n charge.
will leave before such an obstacle every
man. though they be innumcrable--:or
ono machine Sun-givc 1t time and
sufficient TO feed twill NOV down
4 thousand men rs easily as hundred,
and ten thousand, if necessary, as easily
as 4 thousand.
But on the other hand this thread
like obstacle. dug in tho ground, fur
nishes only Il very reduced target for
artillery fire To hit ii, ii Ia not enough
simply to spend projcctilcs--thcy have
got to be wasted to dcmolsh tho ter
rain under vcritable hell of devastat-
ing explosives, under deiuEe Of
shrapnel.
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Production OF FIREARMS
WILL DECIDE SrRICsG

That is why the consumption of
munitions. and especially artillery nlu-
nitions. has exceeded anything that
was ever conceived in time of peace.
And the farther 1t goes. as the forth
hcations OF the battle fields daily be-
came more complete and more difficult
10 reach, the use OF projectiles must
be more widely forcscen.
Moreover. this intensive firing itself
wears out the guns, made only to fire
some thousands of rounds. and there
is. therefore. the necessity of replacing
them increasingly. From this it is easy
TO sec the enormous effort which NUT
be required of the factories to keep
on supplying guns and munitions. The
group of bclliEercnts who will win tbs
war is that which. thanks to its in
dusrry. will have been able 10 push the
production OF firearms, projcctiles and
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WAR DOES NOT END WORK
OF BUILDING IN LEIPZIG
Program Which Would De Consid-
cred Ambitious in Times of Peace
Being Carried Out.
STATION COSTS $4,000, 900
Huge Library Going Up Which VIII
Rival American Congressional In
stitution at Neutrality-suspicious.
pOrtation System Centralized.

LEIPZIG. GERMANY. September IL
Few cities in Germany have more
oravely defied the reactionary and de-
structve effects OF the war than
Leipzig. The famous old city. for de-
cades the center OF the fur trade and
book business, though hard hit by the
conflict, nevertheless is attempting a
building program that would easily be
considered ambitious in peace time
The largest railway station in Eu-
rope is gradually nearing completion.
at cost OF more than 100000. Its
construction has only been slowed
down by the shortage of workmen. and
some time this fall il will be entirely
finished. y
~ huge building which will house the
German equivalent of the American
Congressional Library, an institution
In which at least one copy of every
German publication, as we'll az thou
sands of books printed in Austria and
Switzerland. will be fled, is also under
way.
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DEUTSCTfE BuECHERI TO
RIVAL CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY

The new library. or Duetsche Buecheri
is not to be. from present appearances
such an imposing building as tho Con-
Eressional Library IN WASHINGTON, but
ii is Infinitely practical and very large
In II are to he kept the works Of all
authors printed in Germany. the works
Of German authors printed in foreign
countries. tho pamphlets and works Of
literary. scientific and other societies
everything, in fact, except musical and
political publications All publications.
from 1913 on are 10 b., kept
The government has donated 2, 900. 600
marks and guaranteed $4,000 marks a
year. Tho city fLeipzis gives the
ground and furnishes $4,000 marks n
year toward the maintenance Of the
institution. and the German, the Aus
TRAN and Swiss hook trade agrees 10
furnish free OF cost the books that are
TO be kept. The present building is SO
located and arranged that additions can
be constructed as fast as needed.
Every known up-to- date method OF
library administration has been pro-
vided for.
One Of the features OF the new library
is TO be complete collection OF the
ever growing war literature that al
ready has run into the thousands Of
volumes, and that probably will in
crease even more rapidly when peace
comes This literature will be sena-
raieiy Installed in quarters OF It's own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07

they will entertain in honor Of the
Attorney General and Mrs. Gregory,
and the following night for the Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Mrs. Redilcld
and for the Postmaster General end
Mrs. Burleson. Following the ideas OF
New China, the Minister and Nine. Shah
departed tonight from the elaborate
Oriental decorations and service which
have distinguished other dinners al the
legation, and the table was laid in
American fashion. with new silver,
made in America and bearing the mon
ogram of the minister Only some rare
Chinese porcelain made the service
distinctive.
Rear Admiral Peary entertained AZ
dinner tonight in honor Of the Secre-
tary of Commerce, asking number OF
officials 10 meet him.
The Secretary of the Interior and
Mrs. Lane have returned from the
Panama Exposition.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Richardson
Glover entertained a number of young
society folk at dance at the Country
Club tonight.
Mrs. David Jayne Hill, wife of the
eXAmbassador TO Germany, enter
tanned seyenty-iive guests, including
Cabinet women and others. at a musi-
cal and luncheon at Rauscher's TO-DAY.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Joseph W.
Folk entertained the members of the
Interstate Commerce Commission at
dinner tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
Baby Care Cautions.
BY LOUISE E. HOGAN.

That your baby has convusiOn there are about twenty serious
~ Of childhood convulsions In all cases OF conVuoh'
GOV should your family physician at He may be able
correct the
That healthy child breathe smoothly and easily through the
~ the athing hard and be heard great distance
here d something
T,, pain of an the knee joints usually indicates
Malignant hip joint disease
That commissions you should place the child in tub OF hot water
minutes. then wrap him wooln blanket from mead 10
n.at in forty symptoms of another sPa'm appear 10
n, while the doctor is coming
of to give the
M after IS one year DID, such apples (a'o baked OF
nnped), peach juice, etc
To weigh the each month keeping correct
- 90 weight until old This will be very helpful
Al. rbv.ican he is called to treat the child
Many an innocent has been killed by the too tree use OF ooth
:, ,v,un and dangerous nostru and compounds
That boopng cough of the most dangerous diseases OF
childhood Don't neglect such a case
will often relieve the vomiting OF the mix
H. a. bLy ,ur.e. TRY baby vomts after nursing
printed com of rules placed IN the hands Of young mothers
nv careful, and thoughtful consideration may assist them IN some
, same Of the difficult questions that ey are CONFRONTED
Nth in rearing children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07

With the vegetables should be allowed
T. stand and get cold. so that 'ne
grease may be taken from the top
Then heat only enough with the veee-
ables for the ehild's one plate. Have
tie toast fingers dry and crisp.
Broil the chops delicately. sprinkle
WITH salt and add a little fresh butter
Remove the baked potato from the
,dn, mash lightly with fork, add
little fresh butter and salt and lew
crops Of cream sec that the beans
rave been carefully strung and well
,oled in fair water; do not add any
seasoning until they arc drained, ana
hen only a little fresh butter and salt
Wash thoroughly fresh, crisp let
ice leaves; take a tablespoonful OF
dive oil, salt ard tho juice of lemon
md sprinkle lightly over the salad
This dressing win be enough for two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07

risian dress artist. having planned a
dance frock in peach blossom tatfeta,
trims it with small wreGths OF ram
blers in a tone not copied from nat
ure, but exactly suited for catching up.
AT intervals, deep tlounce IN ilmiest
white lace. The skirt of a new dance
frock in pink taffeta is garnlshed with
twelve Of these queerly colored ram
bier wreaths, while the thirteenth
wreath of the collection finds place At
the front centre Of the bodice's waist
line.
Rather is this portion Of the frock a
so-called bodice. for it Is actually a tall
girdle in silk, partly yelled and b" and
partly overlapping the arrangement IN
flmiest lace and tull, which wells the
shoulders. Despite its lack Of even
apologies for sleeves and its very
gauzy top, this bodice is not very de-
collete. In fact. il looks as modest as
the one in which the grandmother Of
this "little seasons belle danced IN
the DAYS when she was making the
most Of her youth.
Rose Clusters Save from Medioorlty.
Roses and clusters have often been
used for a dance frock garnishlng. but
ne-yer to weight draperies and the hens
of skirts. The clusters arc so irregu-
larly placed that the word interval can
not be used in connection with them.
Blu. in every instance they emphasize
a graceful line and in many cases they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
Breakfast.

S,evcd pruucs.
po,od hominy. cream and sugar
sof boiled egg. toast, cocoa.
me- more vigorously the diet for the
80, from three to six years is gov
80 the more freedom there will be
go. tho usual childish disorders. The
~ should he stcwcd absolutely
l. and but very small amount
~n,or added 20 them. The hominy
bo vel cooked and sailed. and
.,lr small amount Of sugar and thin
IAN used over it.
rro cog. sof, boiled, and the toast,
.,n,Iv made and lightly buttercd
.,h fresh butter. or pulled bread, il
y, child is tired Of toast, must be
"a immediately that they are
- The cocoa may be made with
,.f milk half water, if the child is
.-.,;r.5 10 be Of a billions tempera-
Ut. otherwise all milk and as little
.grsr as viii content the child's sweet
.,.,e should he used.
Dinner.
Reef soup. toast fingers.
1.rb chops. troilcd; baked potato,
string beans.
Fresh lettuce.
Rice pudding.
The beef soup that has been made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
Gardening
Accessories

EL0WERS, unlike Topsy, do not
\ drop from the skies They
grow. And they need care IN
nlyhg degree. according to their fra
ghg At the recent Flower Show
'sd at the Grand Central Palace, one
''0nd no. only the flowers, but the
aPlements which are most necessary
aiding their growth.
Vne found, for example, compact
''nsplanting baskets, containing all
saied equipment. There was in one
hem, which opened at the SIDE a
''aiortable ncclng pad, and a rub
p apron, and even rubber gloves.
''' bottom OF the long basket, which
a" o. tin, 50 that the water might not
''S through, extended far out beyond
: nde. This complete outfit costs
'AN2.
"a American garden basket, made OF
" green willow, has most OF the
-'l'r Implements essential for plant
uansplanting, wedding and doctor
: roots and vines. It's cost Is $1,000.
,'sal rush kneeling mat is 63 cents,
" Efficient pump sprayer for flow
q costs s375.
:" me child who wishes his own
.''h' snd wishes IT TO be kept quite
e from the main, are the porta-
A.. wooden fences. These can be
A., ~ ifom place 10 place, and, with a
\. 1g gate, carved at the top with
BIRDS or quaint animals, make
susie inclosure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07

to tell my pupils that their study OF
this lesson was TO teach them ord .riy
arrangement. and that ! could tcach
them the same thing if they were wash
ing dishes or making cabinet. but
that this was school and we had 10 use
the materials Of the school that IS.
the lesson, TO learn this important
principle. II is waste of effort TO let
the child believe that the big thing in
the arithmetic lesson is to get the right
answer to problems
In discussing some of the present
day methods of instruction Mrs. Perrin
took exception to the idea that the
child should be allowed TO do the ;hng
he wished to do in order that his per
sonaIity might be developed.
81 always told my pupils never to
ask themselves whether they wanted to
do a thing or not. Their wishes in the
matter had nothing 20 do with it. They
had to learn 10 like the thing they
should do. question the value OF a
training that allows the child to follow
his own desires
Don'ts and Spankings Have Their Value.
And she wondered, too, what would
become of the child who was brought
up with no "don'ts" and no "spankings."
"The world will administer many don'ts
and spankings after the child is grown
Up. 1t will be very hard then for those
who have been brought up not to know
them"
To fit her plan Of instruction for ac-
tual use in the ordinary public school,
Mrs. Perrin set herself to the almost
superhuman task OF compiling text
books for each study taught. She has
finished many of these books and will
devote the rest of her life to this work.
81 have been an invalid much of my
life. and if it weren't for the thought
of this work have to do should have
died long before this" she said cheer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
R0se-Adorned Are the Dance
Frocks-F0r 1.-The Little Season.

save a frock from mediocrity. There is
nothing novel about model in palcst
mauve charmeuse, excepting the clus-
ters Of roses in pink of precisely the
right shade to combine with mauve at
tached here and there to the edges Of
its draperles.
A rather large cluster at the left
shoulder catches up the folds of a pink
tulle tunic which is so short that when
rose girdled at the waist it forms it.
self into the gauziest OF little peplums.
Strands of roses are easIes, of all TO
apply artistically. providing that the
blossoms are Of small or medium size.
On some of the simpler frocks in white
chiffon or net are trails of roses, tiny
AS baby ramblers, but replicas in satin
or taifeta of important garden vari-
cites.
One charming creation in deep rose
faille and chiffon has an undertakes
in gauze whose side pleats are fat
tened below the knees with line Of
closely set roses. A similar scheme of
placing obtains on the shoulders, where
the flowers head epaulet sleeve-caps in
gold lace. But on the front Of the
bodice, tall faile girdle built up with
lace, the roses travel in attachments of
one to the waist line ard thence nalf
way down the skirt. On each deep,
wide scalops of the long, fsring open
silk oyerdress single rose repeats the
idea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
BY FRANCES ENGLAND.

T is all very we'll to criticise as an
tique the methods employed in the
public schools of this country, to
say that they are fifty years behind
our general progress; that they stand
for an appalling waste of effort and
time and money. But what arc We to
do about it? The systems employed by
few exceptional parents of excep-
tional children are not practical or
| definite enough to put into the hands
of our young teachers. thinks Mrs Fan
ME Ball Perrin, who has been charac-
! terized by those who have investigated
her work as ono of our foremost edu-
Gators. To her the problem that con-
! fronts us is to devise a system that
will bridge the gap bewccn our exist
/ ing school system and the natural
systems of education as worked out by
/ Mrs. Winifred Stone, Nine. Montessorl
and others.
And that is just what Mrs. Perrin
| has done. For twenty years she has
worked on definite system of educa-
| ton to replace the one in use in our
schools. in spite OF failing health and
the cares of family, she has kept
/ steadily at it, and the result is series
of "teacher-proof" textbooks that en-
body her "Method of the Whole sys-
/ TEN, the object of which is not 10
( teach lessons but to teach living.
school Is Life
81 think il is a mistake TO instill in
children's minds the idea that they are
being fitted for life. The school is life.
and as they live there so will they go
on living.
"The fundamental teachings Of my
system are the laws of work. Few
people know how to work. Our young
people leave their schools with no idea
Of the laws of work, and for that rea-
son the world is full of inefficient peo-
Pile In working out mys system have
had in mind always the making of an
efficient, happy human individual good
workers, in short. And | have lived
long enough to see that is practical
Mrs. PERKINS, system was tried out in
a private school in St. Louis, where she
was for many years head of the Eng
lsh department.
81 wrote many or my textbooks IN
the streetcar as | was going to and
from school," Mrs. Perrin smiled. She
has recently recovered from a serious
illness and is still unable to go on
with her work. 81 am not allowed to
do anything but knit, bat ! shall soon
be able TO start work again on my
series of textbooks" she said as her
knitting needles flashed in and out.
She was sitting in her pleasant study
at 3609 Broadway.
at was twenty years ago that | first
became acquainted with the deficiencies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-07
To Bridge the Gap Between am Outworn
School System and Educational Utopias
This Educator Presents Her
method of the Whole"
In Her System Mrs. Fannie Ball Perrin
Says She Has Placed Greatest En-
phasis Upon Turning Out Young Peo-
pie Who Know Both How to Work
and Live.

of our public schools" Mrs. Perrin ex-
planned, dropping her needles for a
moment. 81 was engaged to train a
high school graduating class for their
commencement exercises, and | asked
each of the pupils in turn 10 read an
extract from one Of Patrick Henry S
speeches. | was amazed at the result.
| found those young people didn't I'M
derstand what they we're reading. They
stumbled along over words as if they
were written in a foreign language.
Then | began to analyze the causes Of
such a condition. found out that to
many pupils English was almost for
eign language.
The Importance of English.
"This experience made me realize the
need of vocabulary books for children
from five TO fourteen years old. 1t is
all very well to tell child to 60 to the
dictionary, but what does he find
there? In defining the word a syno-
nyme is used. that is perhaps just as
unknown to the child as the word it
self. In the vocabulary books l pre-
pared for my pupils defined words in
terms with which the child was IA
miliar. BY the time the child was
fourteen he had an accurate knowledge
OF the meaning OF ordinary English
words
I'VE don't realize, | think, just how
important IT is that tho child under
stand English. 1t is essential to all
his other studies. If be doesn't under
stand English, then he won't under
stand his geography. his history or his
arithmetic. / have often seen pupils
and older people. too, who couldn't
work problems in arithmetic because
they didn't understand clearly the Eng
lish in which the problem was writ
ten"
The vocabulary books, therefore. play
an important part in the system OF ed
ucation worked out by Mrs. Perrin.
Back Of all instruction must be this
fundamental knowledge of the Ian
guage in which instruction is given, she
believes. The vocabulary book OF one
year becomes the spelling book of the
next. 1T is useless to teach child
to spell words he doesn't understand
she declares.
when her pupils were about eight
years old they commenced the study
of logic, and became familiar with the
terms used in that study. This was
in connection with their English les
son, however. Logic, Mrs. Perrin be-
lieves. is essential TO correct under
standing Of all studies, and serves 10
correlate them. But grammar, which
is usually begun in the third or fourth
grade. is not taught to Mrs. Pcrrin's
pupils until they have reached hIgh
school. Grammar is technical study
and should be taught in the hlgh
school, she said with fnality.
Her Aim a Useful Education.