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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

vice, not of a few thousand cars, but of a recoy.
Oufpuf.
In the mature judgment of the buying pub
lie you get more for your money in this car thar
you can get in any other car now on the mar.
ket.
Never before has the purchaser of an auto
elusive a popular judgment as this to guide
him in right selection.
Let us show you the car and demon
strate it,
The five passenger touring car is $3.50;
the roadster S725; the famous Overland
Six = seven passenger touring car S1l45-
the new Model rs Is SOILS for the tour
ing car; $685. for the roadster, all prices
f. o. b. Toledo.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

This model was announced early last June.
In few weeks we had built, sold and delivered
of these cars than had ever before been
built of any of 100 inch wheebase, by
any producer anywhere in any length of time.
At that time ,Ve ,vere building about 800
cars a day.
With more of these cars in everyday
service In the hands of owners than of any
other car of Its size produced
There was, very quickly, everywhere,
a the greatest opportunity offered for
a people to judge by its performance
"A No,v ,ve are building over 900
a cars per day.
: a This unprecedented demand follows
:. a the performance test In everyday SER
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19

studying the Revolutionary war. The
pupils enjoy their history work aud
look forward to IL each morning win
pleasure.
The Alger school base ball team
has won six games and lost one this
season
Robert Steenick. OF room B. while
pole vaulting. Monday morning
strained "A chord In his heel he
" III not be able to participate In the
athletic stunts at the track meet, 70
be held at sugar Island. The boys
OF rooms A. Is and G. have been prac-
ticing running, jumping and shot
putting for this track meet
Gerald Rearden and Glenn stock
hold the record in running for room
u, each having run 50 yards I'm 80
seconds
Last Tuesday evening. Mr. Alex
Crockett OF the Elizabeth-st boys
branch OF the Y. VI. G. A.. delivered
a stereoptlcon lecture on the subject
OF base ball 10 Scout Troop No. 50, OF
81. Jos"ph'S church, on Holbrook ana
Wood ward AYES He concluded the
evening by showing pictures OF the
IN -fated steamship "Titanic." A num-
Der OF the boys OF our school. who
belong to Troop SO, were present.
Thursday morning. Miss Geisee' the
supervisor OF drawing, visited the AL
ger school
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
Z ARRaNU SCHOOL
Editorial stan-Chief. Charlie. Ro-
s~nzueiE; associates. Ida jerks,
Ncl~n Carnegie, Earl Batty. Ralph
Aronstan, Agnes Perine. Abrah am


The weekly meeting Of tho Junior
civic league was held Wednesday
mornine. MAY II Much enthusiasm
was exhibited by the members and
many new motions were brought up.
The different committees were an
pointed FOR the new week and the
usual business was transacted
some 81 the members OF the r.. z
class are husilv preparing scene
from tho Cricket on the Hearth.
which Is 90 be presented before the
\ room pupils
We read with great pleasure that a
playground VIII he established this
summer ~ Farrand school our yard
is well adapted for playground and
u viii he fine for tho kids" In the
neighborhood OF the school this SUM
met
There arc at present I'VE boys In
Room \ who are wearing long trous-
serS. Who next will wear them?
Mr. Eddy. the manual training
teacher IL back on the Job fresh
and hearty. after n week off During
the time that he was gone. Mr.. Bal
lev substituted for him
The following Of room G have I'm
ishcd the as Courts tests Arthur
ITill Weston Edwards. Leona Camp
bell. Margaret Falter. Mary Burr.
EobertN Seward and Emily Lobb.
The II class enjoy reading the Song
Of Iiawatha." and likewise the "a
class enjoy the "Courtship OF Miles
Stapdish "
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
THE CONDOR CLUB
ny NEIL CAMPBELL.

At the last weekly meeting % The
Condor Literary club. held May 10,
there were Ave members and one
visitor present
Mr., Condor called on the members
for impromntu speeches and poems.
The boys that rccited were Mr. RcltZ.
an Introduction TO IN Dickens Re
vival': MIR Campbell talk on the
bad habits OF smoking sigarettcs
Mr.. Viola. humorous story Of the
civil war; Mr.. Thompson. n talk on
what he thought OF both sides Of the
suffrage question; Mr. Campbell
spoke on Resolved. That athletic
work In school is n help TO children. I"
taking the affirmative Mr. Reltz.
Resolved. That a temporary bridge
should he built TO Belle Isle." taking
tho affirmative side OF the question.
Mr. SieRel. Resolved. That women be
given the ballot taking the mega
tive side.
Miss Poe, visitor from Ann Ar
bor. gave W talk on what We had
done during the evening and she
gave us complimentary report say
ing she wished they had a club like
this for girls. IL there was one. she
said that she would be - TO
Join II.
After reports were read. We had
some poems. Mr.. Segel recited The
Gettysburg Address" by Abraham
Lincoln. MIR. Campbell read THE
Female of the Species by Rudyard
kipling. Mr.. Viola recited THE Three
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
CLINTON SCHOOL
Editorial staff-AChicf, Martin GodoN-
nlkt assistant chief. Louis LuxI ns-
socintes Goidie Lux, Abe Gruber'
Mildred EupIau.

Miss Farquharson. one OF the as
-istant music supervisors, Nihlteu ,ne
clinton school Monday morning, May
10 We sang for her and she sald
Il was very good
Miss Baldwin. one Of the assistant
physical training supcrvisors Nlst,teTi
tralnine and danced the FreucS reel
which she said waF very good.
"Wednesday morning May Mrs
Alford. president OF the women
chjldrens welfare comm ttee' VIZ
gave the PARTY for the clinton school.
and Mr. Cody. one OF the assistaut
superintcudcnts visited n" linton
bunch Of different kinds OF howers
and We danced and sang for them
and they enjoyed II very muSh. ,
representative 81 the hoard OF
health visited IN" 'llnt"h scno0i 81
organized among the boys or tne
third grade a club. The motto "t the
club swat the ny The boys
were asked 20 tell the people tha'
bage cans Then the boys got their
''Th rcc TEACHERS Of Mcmillan school
visited tho clinton school Thursday
physical training. and sang LIE =
LULLABY" Winter Lullaby Voice,
81 the Woods" and The AnVil
chorus" and danced the trench reel
Thcy said IL was very well done.
The BOYS and girls ~ the A-3 grad"
are racing with spelling. II boy
gets a hundred on his spelling paper
NJ gets a star In seven days the
boys have 40 stars and the girls
Boys and girls who get high marks
In spelling are Martin Godornik.
.ouis Lux. Louis Mshler.. Louis Tauh,
Bella Richmond, poroth"a KANE. I'm
n
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
BERRY SCHOOL.
Editorial staff-Chi-f. James Kitson,
associate, katherine Knoblock,
Minnie Hreedyeld

Friday afternoon was open day
FOR the grammar grades OF our
school A good many mothers werc
present, having most enjoyable
time. The A-room held their regu-
lar Junior civic league meeting. at
which Miss Smith. supervisor OF our
district, said we had some OF the
finest reports tho school ever had
We were quite proud OF our work.
Later on the girls entertained the
boys with some OF their favorite
dances. II was indeed n rare treat
for the boys
Although the boys have no
scheduled ball game for this week.
they play the Thomas school I'm n
practice game on Tuesday night.
Monday. the seventh and eighth
grades listened TO lecture by Mr.
RetChard. Y. NJ. c. \ official His
talk dwelt upon when and when not
10 leave school" His humor and in
spring way OF speaking made the
pupils absorb every word.
our athletic captain. Russell Bryan.
has some more stunts" for the boys
90 do The boys are diligently prac-
ticiug putting the shot"
Mr., Cooling, who has charge OF
the boys branch at the Y. NJ G. A.
viii take pictures Of the gardens that
the children OF the Berry school have
made.
The children received an apple
tree on Thursday, May &.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
YOUNG ELOPERS
FROM VIRGINIA
ARRESTED HERE

Arrested by Special Officer Fred
Hessler. of the ID. & G. line, Monday
evening, after they had loitered
around the docks all day, Fred WIZ
son. 81 years old. OF Slower, w. VA
and Anna Shumate. 10. of Marshes.
W. Va. were turned over to Patrol
man Maurice McNamee and taken
to police headquarters for investignr
ton. a:
1t was an elopement the girl said.
and she declared that she had left
her home TO run away with the tall,
young mountaineer. on his promisS
to marry her when they reached the
north.
Since leaving her home, she said
Wilson had kept postponing the mar
rage ceremony, until she was afraid
that he did not intend to keep his
promise to her.
Wilson denied that he had prom
Used to marry the girl, though hei
admitted that he had paid her far0
on the long trip from West Virginia
to Detroit. where they were strand
ed.
The little girl was turned over to
Capt Breault, and the man was lock-s
ed up as a disorderly person. pend.
ing thorough investigation OF theb
case. Al8 ftr
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
The Confessions of a Wife
Margie Encounters The Double Standard

having They are so convenient
One OF the peculiar things about a
mans mind is the facility in which
he can divest il of eevry thought
but those of the thing in hand.
Il did not tell Mother that you
were home said Mollie TO Dick
his morning. for knew YOU would
have a lot of other business on
hand and she would expect you to
leave all and tell her about Jack"
"Mollie is a pretty sensible girl
after all, said Dick as he told me
the telephone conversation, and it
is astonishing how quickly she has
learned II annoys a man to be trou-
bled with household or family at.
fairs the first day he Is homo after
4 business trip. Mollie's business
training Is doing her lot OF good"
! wanted to ask him why he had
changed his mind since the night
Lefore when he did not think that
Moll'e was anything but course.
minded"
Today. evidently, things look diff
lerent and Dick has gone off TO pick
Up the threads of his business with
never an explanation OF where he
has been or what he has been do
ing.
read a truth in one of the maya
zines yesterday that has chung to
ne all day.
Here ii is little book "A man
may keep still about yesterday an
last month an what he was doin'
m 1888 an be credited with bein'
nan who can have been dom
Great things without Boosting about
EN- afterwards.
with a woman Ills different; let
her hold her peace. she is accused.
III she cannot account for every
minute av the time since she was Z
years av age It's all over with her
she must give list av all the peo-
PIE she knew an all the places she
las been with dates and cross ref
Crcnces."
ITO BE Continued)
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19

Aunt Mary insisted upon calling
DR.. Atwater this morning after Dick
left.
| felt too miserable to get up and
have breakfast with him
Nothing the matter OF you, Mar
gle" said the dear old doctor, Eek
cept that you take life too seriously.
You are all wrought up about some
thing and It's probably something
that worrying won't help. never
knew worry to do any good anyway
with anything
Eyes, but doctor If | were one OF
those selfish self.contained women
who never allowed anything or any
body to hurt me and was ruthless
in my desire 10 have my own way
and my own pleasure ! might make
everybody about me miserable"
In other words, Margie, you par
aphrase the little Japanese girl E
speech and say it is better for me
alone 10 suffer much than for a
great many others to suffer a
little.
smiled at the doctors quaint
summing up of the situation as he
took my feverish hand in his cool
one-a hand that told of the smol-
dering and fast cooling fires OF life
Dear" he said, life is good, all
Of Il. and some day you will come
to see IT,"
Don't talk TO me about charac-
ter building, doctor" ! said Whim-
iscally. I'm very tired of achiev-
ing that painful asset called char
acter. Some day I'm going TO bios
som out into a real butterfly and
Just fly from flower 10 flower with
out thought of anything but a good
time. Taking life too seriously!
I'm tired OF the word serious but
IL just keeps bobbing up in my vo-
cabulary and won't stay out OF my
curriculum
Poor old DR. Atwater thought ]
was going crazy, guess, hut he
smiled and said TO Aunt Mary
Get this girl one OF the most frivo.
lous novels on the market; make
her stay in bed and sleep and read
until she has finished it" Then he
gave my hand pat and left.
I'm telling you this, little book,
while Aunt Mary has gone out for
1T. 81 III A
what wanted and told her TO pick
II out for me. am mildly curious
to see what she will buy. In the
meantime | have been wishing this
morning that ! really had that
mans mind have been accused OF
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
SCHOOL
EDITORS
When
We Were
Kids

locking forward 20 this with inter-
cs.
rhe Jones school viii have open
dN" next Tuesday and has invited
ito pupils Of tho illllgor 10 he pres
crt Miss Coughlan. principal OF the
Jcnes school wac very kind To IN
vue US ana We appreciate II very
much. Many members Of the board or
"tucation viii be present and II VIII
he very fine affair.
Thursday morning many OF the
teachers arrived late on account OF
the street car strike.
The boys are helping tho girls
very night with their newcomb prnc-
dee. The boys throw the girls swift
balls and show them how 10 play
quick II Is good practice for the
girls ana teaches them how TO catch
and throw
The lG-wecks' examinations are
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
SCRIPTS SCHOOL
Editorial stan-Cbief. sylvia Nsn
sIembrouck; assistant caief Dcuueit
beaumont, associates, Doris Deck
ert, waiter erode, Lucille Adams.

Tho graduatinE class has chosen
Climb. though the path he rugged
for their motto. The girls have do.
cided 10 wear white mtddies red
hair-ribbons and ties al thcir gradu-
alton party.
Room : Is learnlng two very pretty
songs. The Four-Lcsf clover and
- ue Voice OF the Woods"
some Of the girls OF room \ are
learning ~ Darky Lullabye' in
three parts. and will sing It at the
May festival, which Will be at this
school MAY 30
The boys OF the A-room are very
enthusiastic about their athletics and
are out in the yard whenever posi-
bic. either hurdlins or pole vaultinR.
Tho A-class Of room G have nm
iphed their course iu spelling for
this term and are starting their re-
view
Room n pupils have Ind three
rhythmic plays. coming through the
Rye" The Vineyard Frolic," and tho
III ghland Schotttsche" This room
IL also learning poem called Bar
hara Frietchie" and three part
song called Little Clouds"
The seven pupils In room G that
have completed the as COURTS tests
are virginia GRrrod Roland Sours,
Georgia pickman, Dorothea Johnson
BERTHA Doriemacker. Marie Nelson
and Ieona SChiemRnn.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
EDUCATED MECHANICS
DECIDEDLY THE BEST
III, uEnMAN nLRCIs.

Coins farther into me- subject ~
continuation schools, topic "hl, "
has had n great deal q discussion W
these columns rc.rutlr II IL uoie-
,vorthy that the Kalamazoo Mich
continuation school. tn second OF us
Kind In TINS country. has proven =
great success. and Is r1e source ot
great deal ~ pride 20 the cltlEehs "'
that gourishing town
The Kalamazoo schtol officials IN =
detstepd that all Students cannot
enter professions without ttptlhE
certain industries hire NM "thei =
overCrowdcd THIS exactly what
has happened the AIDES nave he"u
isft rut ir the colo whom u came
- teaching Inc students work when
they mtGht take ~ AFTER theN nav
lcf' school and Tor thh' reas"u
skilled tradcsmen sre ~ a premium
IN All industries n every large city
and the demand OR skilled workers
Is greater than tn supply, .
The students IN the Kalamazoo
continuation Echpol sre not only
taught 10 run m1chlner aud TO use
tools. hat are also given class room
study In several subjects This way
Of running the continuation srhogl -
IN rouforrRpcr with the quAllnca-
must have "a knowledge ~ other
thtrgs besides how ~ run CERTAIN
machine or 10 $50 terlRlu 'onl IL
must hc educated, ana the Wlder .n'
len, he 10 and the greater arc his
chances for advancing in his work
Tho students also spend certain
amount ~ their time tn certain rae
tories which ar" cooperating WIN
tho cttv I'm educating these workers.
The studouts carry ont the work IN
tho factories, which they have been
fought AZ tho school. and are paid
n regular apprentice wage.
Any boy showing an ,ntsrSn "a
rnitted 90 this school while students
who arc behind I'm their work IN the
regular schools and who TAKE ht'lc
fntereat IN the various studios, arc
mechanical work VIII make any I'm o.
movement ia their studying IN
nearly All cases ~ this Kind. tho stu
dent shows great Improvement IN hiS
hook work and mental Ptudtcs and ~
also found 20 have exceptional nhllitN
in handling tho various tools and In
running the machines. " seems as
~ tho only thinE he lacked IN 'hc
regular school was the mechanical
work IN which he was immediately
interested
The school has been 80 successful
that several times tho department
have had 10 be enlarged in order 70
accommodate the large demand Tor
the various courses by the students.
Tho students are 40 we'll trained In
this school and thev take such q
wonderful interest In their work
that on entering the employ OF some
factor they do rs good and many
times hotter work than the employee
who have no training In the work
before entering the factory. nnd who
arc not educated outside ~ running
machine or using tools.
This is one ~ the Important roles
which the continuation school plays
In the teaching ~ the modern work.
~ "
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
Golden
Rule
Days
MEN TAI AND PHYSICAL
ABILITY COMBINATION
ny HERMAN BARCI r.

How many ~ the present day stu.
cents are going tu take up manual
labor instead OF mental or profess
slonal work as soon as they complete
thor eduCation2
Some well known educational cN-
perts and authorities have argued,
and have shown facts, that nine OUT
OF ten 81 the students Ia the pubhc
schools viii at some titre takc up
manual laror As n means OF earning
a living THIS, 81 course. would tend
to show that the present school ~ ,,
ten, without complete NochtlohHi
schools. which teach nothing hut dli !.
ferrnt kinds 81 manual labor. are ot
very little value. M the ngureS OF
the educational experts WOULD snow
that the largest number or students
are receiving an education Whl'h
VIII be ~ no value 10 them whrh
they must make use 81 their educa
tion or fan 10y the waysidr
a while all due credit should no XIV .
en- the men who have tried To snow,
or have shown. that the present Gay
educational system IL ~ very ltl,
value without complete vocational
schools. a little attention should h'
given 20 the government inVest,71
tion along these sam" lines Wnl,t
has been carried out by the =
commission 81 vocational educator.
The report which this commlssl.l
has made shows that me stIaS s,,,I
may moSt ~ the time be eNpect"l
10 follow some kind OF Work whl,u
their fathers or parents have or R,e
taking IN The report taxes IN Fi
American cities having a popula'hh
az from 81 600 20 zoo 0oo. md aeVo,
weight cities were fully inVestls,
% The investigation showed tiat
los. than half 90 the fathers VIZ
ENGAGED in building trades or tnAh
ufRcturing Industries or any n"'
while a great many NOR" VIZ "
gaged In the numerous profess "hs
than in unskillod labor. More ,,an
one. third 81 all the parents N't'
mental workers. which - CON
vlncing argument.
The greatest point 81 the Ioca
tionai educatlou experts ano to"St
er. il that the vocational conrr" w
M. school should ~ the stud'hI 70
enter Home local industry ~
point 4. found To he % h'te IN
nor,arrc NJ the commission, ~ only
one father in every SIX was '"lu
the city in which he lives az trcH"hl'
while only one hair 81 the bows WEI"
hnrn there and ~ Is very ltkdN thh'
,be bnva viii DO the same " thei.
,n,b.rs have done before thm "hu
utlf no, take ND their permanent
residence IN the city IN wh'h th'N
were born 49,.
Automatic machinery, 20 ,euse
extent. has removed the p"slnils,
- the factory workers being trhlhen
a., srh,nia The hest schools are not
those vvhIrh teach the studeh 70 %
come adout on some certain nachlhe
aud nothing else hut arr 49,
which give the student @inplet"
mental education and teach MN 7"
run a machine or some ".n'l
Mechanical device only - "A 'ldc 'ihe
TO his regular work
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
HOUGHiON SCHOOL
Editorial Star-Cbief. George Porter,
associates, Prudence Rich, Elsie
smith, Marvin Ice. Pearl shaw, Ed
Ear CasteeI, Lawrence Crane.

ON Wednesday morning three ladies
from the Normal Training school
gave the Courts test.
Miss Mayworm and Mr. Spain Wis
tied our school Wednesday
Houehton girls beat Amos girls by
score Of ~ 10 1S This makes the
second victory for Houghton, having
scored over the Newberry
on Thursday May 49, we played
the Tappan girls Newcomb team The
score being tie. IL will be necessary
To repeat the game when n date car
be arranged. which will he convent
ent for both schools
Margaret Steedman and Gwendolyn
Wood. both az whom had stories
printed In the Times OF Thursday.
wish TO extend their thanks for this
courtesy in printing their expert
ences"
The boys OF Houghton school are
doing their best 20 win the events at
Sugar Island. They are practiclng
hard every day and are doing SPLEEN
MissSo'Connor teacher OF room A.
is III this week but she IL getting
The boys OF room AS base ball
team played the Carey school on
Monday. The score was % to In
favor OF the Houghtons.
The following, pupils 81 room n
have not been absent or tsrdy since
James NfeSls. Coleman Berrick.
gladys Brush Irving Rutterheld.
RUBY Mcdonald. Sadie Shinall and
Robert Thompson.
league, visited our school Friday
afternoon She received many reports
from the captain OF each row
Tho girls OF room A are going 10
serve Mr.. Erickson and his guests
next Friday afternoon In the cooking
The Detroit times., 1915-05-19
ALGER SCHOOL
Editorial stsw-Chief. Edith Msnss
bRcht associates. Cecii Saiter. Mar
guertte Kane. Katherine Living
stone, Glenn stock. Frederick satt-
ley, Fulton Copp, William Moore.

The pupils Of rooms A, n and G
have been practictng the song Angel
81 Peace. for the pageant which Is
to be held In n few weeks In honor
OF the Treaty 81 Client. in one OF the
hig auditoriums " tho city Tho
children sing the song very heauti-
fully
The members ~ tho Alger school
girls Newcomb team were excused at
S.i5. IN order 10 Ice at the Fairbanks
school grounds in time for q game
OF Newcomb with the fairhnnks
favor Of the Fairbanks "Nun Ced -
Friday afternoon n victrola concert
was given 10 the upstairs pupils or
the Algcr school In the kindergartcn
room. Many beautiful selections were
The members ~ tho Alger school
base ball team look fine in their new
blue and white suits
Thursday. room u had a stcrcop-
tlCon lesson on China
The Alger school base ball team
defeated the DwNer school. Wednes-
day. by score OF ~ 20 .. Charles
Strong was substituted for Allyn
Withcr as short stop FaXou Han.
our third baseman. has a very sore
foot. hs the result ~ being spiked
by one Of the pwyer hoys Eighteen
runs were made during tho eighth
Frederick sntlcy. ono q, the Algor
schools associate editors. has re-.
turned 10 school. after two weeks
Illness The stan is very glad To
have him back again
Dorothy Webb. " room T.. has
completed the 4Sthy Courts arithme-
tic test
SIX children OF room T have com.
pleted the second list OF ten Courts
spelling tests
Myrtle Eyerton. cot t,eicestcr-ct.
VIII move saturday to Grand River
ave. Myrtle " n pupil ~ room G..
Russel krcinhrinE. OF room q, Is
III with chickenpox
The current events notebooks of
room are progressing very rapidly
The pupils are very much Interested
In their weekly papers
The Al class OF room IL now