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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. October 2S, 1918.
N0 7HEN Otto Kahn, the Ameri-
MANI can millionaire. visits st.
WV Dunstan's, his beautiful
home in Regents Park, now
adays. he must find 1t hard. indeed. to
recognize the wonderful mansion that
was built by the third Marquis of
Hartford. original of the wicked Lord
Steyne in Vanity Fair
For what was the wonderful ball
room, with its lofty walls of red, white
and gold. is now filled with desks, at
which young men with shades or band
ages over their eyes and with quiet
women sitting beside them are work
ing typewriters and pounding away at
other queer little machines that look
like typewriters and yet obviously
are not. In the former library another
group of young fellows are sitting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
Economics.

schools. Every girl makes an article
for exhibition. scores her article and
all others. Between 5000 and 1000 stu
dents enter the contests in the sixth,
school. Sixth grades compete in patch-
Ing, seventh grades in buttonholess
eighth grades In bread. first year high
school in bread, rolls and dollar dressesS
second year high school in dietetic dim
ners."
Mrs. Calvin said that another line OF
development in home economies has
been found in the rural school work.
There are 5000 one-room schools In In
diana, and in each of these some in~
struction in home-making must BE-
given.
The introduction of home economies
instruction in the grammar and rural
schools Is a recognition of the fact that
Is per cent of these girls will go no
farther than the eighth grade in their
education" she said. This also has led
to a change in the system of teaching
sewing. The girl in the seventh grade
is now taught the uses of the sewing
was simply made to keep a very neat
book of models.
"One thing we are especially intera.
ested in right now is the hot lunch for
the rural school children. This hot
lunch will serve several purposes. First
it will supply the child with the neceS~
sary amount of hot food to go with his
cold lunch; and, second, it affords an
opportunity to teach food preparation
in the country school. In addition to
these two very good reasons. certain
civilizing influence is brought to bear
on the children when they all sit down
together to dine. In this way they can
be taught proper table manners. too.
"a marked change in the study OF
sewing has been to teach the children
how to make disable articles of cloth
ing not only for themselves, but likes
wise for others In some of the schools
the girls are taught how to make CON-
plete baby outfits. and as they sew they
hear talks on the care of infants. They
are taught how to make clothes for
their brothers and sisters at home, thus
giving a lesson in unselfishness in ad-
dition to one in sewing 1t is not we'll
for a child always to be working on
things for her own use and pleasure
II was surprised to observe that
throughout the country where domestic
science is taught there has been gem
eral movement among the children In
the way of making clothes for the Bell
gian Relief and Red Cross associations.
The school children sewed and present.
ed to these organizations many pieces
Of much needed and useful wearing ap-
parel for the needy in the war zone. In
that way they not only learned how to
make a useful article, but also had
awakened in them all their charitable
instinctas
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a sort of alleyway, between shrubbery,
with a railing on each side. The blind
guide kept one hand on this, and di-
rectly at the end, where several paths
branched of, he turned sharply to the
right.
do you notice." he asked, "just be-
fore we come to the end of this rail-
ing, my hand meets a little raised
button? That tells me that I must
turn to the right
In the conservatory were blind SOL
dier boys making all sorts Of things
under the direction of blind experts.
One of the men, who, previous to the
war, had been a gamekeeper near Not
tingham. was just finishing a wooden
"foster-mother'' to be used in the hen
merry; others were making telescope
tables" stools and hatracks, and beau
tiful, indeed, some of the work was.
Still others were weaving mats, busy
with basket work. repairing shoes.
sightless boy, who seated on the floor,
was fabricating a basket. being en-
gagged in pouring out, when the Boys
Come Home" with all the strength of
his lungs. talked with several of them
and they all seemed interested in their
work and hopeful for the future. Pear
son had a friendly word and a grasp of
the arm for each of them and knew
them all by their names.
Next were visited the poultry farm and
the market garden. and finally what is
one of the most remarkable features OF
the place-the last two combined. Here,
by a most ingenious arrangement of
wired Enclosures radiating from the
four walls of the chicken house. with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

Meanwhile, In their leisure moments.
these blind "Tommies' and "Jacks'
learn to row on the lake In the
grounds and become expert oarsmen. as
the exploits Of the st. Dunstan's
crack -four" prove. In races on the
Thames at Putney, during the past
summer, they bested several blind
crews from other institutions, and so
recently as Thursday last, over the
same course, they met a sighted
crew from Emmanuel College and beat
it decisively.
"By four lengths" declared one Of the
pretty volunteer helpers at st. Dun
STAINS, who described the races to the
writer. I've say by .,, six :. lengths, s eue
win for our fellows and mighty proud
they were"
OF course, the "cox'' in such cases
has to be a sighted" person. Rowing, 1t
seems, is the form OF recreation whc !,
is the only one in which they can feel
that they are conducting other people. IN
stead of being conducted by them.
Perhaps the best way Of 'vsualzing
how # was shown to the writer by the
genius of it all, c. Arthur Pearson him
self He is there, among his boys. as
he calls them, practically all the time'
and spends the rest IN ViSitlHS ZIG hoe-
pitfalls, interviewing blinded men there.
and putting hope into them by telling
them what can be done for them at the
house that was built by the famous and
naughty nobleman who was one OF the
original creators Of the celebrated Wal
lace collection and whom Thackeray I'M
. mortalized. ~
Arrived at st. Dunstans. and awaiting
ones turn to be received by Its energetic
head, one sees doors open and men emerge
who obviously are blind. and yet who go
straight ahead on their way to one part
of the building or another as if in full
possession of their sight. And then one
notices that on the floor between the
doorways are paths Of green baize, and
has it explained that these are placed
there so as to guide the blind men.
So long as they are on the baize path
the latter know exactly where they are
going; If they step off they realize that
they have missed their way. and the
Immediate thing to do is to step on
again.
But here is C. Arthur Pearson coming
to greet his caller. and one rises to re-
turn his greeting with curiosity. mingled
with sympathy. The writer had not seen
him for ten years. Then he was most
active He has changed little, save for
his dark eyes, which are obviously sight
less Tall and well built, and, quite EVIL
IDENTIFY, as full Of ginger as ever. the
only other sign Of his afniction is the
fact that when he extends his hand to
grasp yours he puts it out, not straight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

life was ended for them. must be shown
that they could still be useful citizens;
that they could even be fairly happy.
With the aid of the British Red Cross
Jerusalem. Pearson started temporary
home for them, but he wanted one
that would be ideal So he went to
his friend Otto Kahn, of the famous
asked for the loan of st. Dunstan's.
his beautiful London home, for this pur-
pose, and (all honor to the American)
got 1t.
This famous mansion. which has
passed through many hands since the
Marquis of Hartford built 1t, nearly a
hundred years ago, and which Otto
Kahn has owned for upward Of thir-
teen years. is undeniably one of the
choicest residences in or about London.
acres which adjoins and formerly was
part of Regents Park. ono Of the
loveliest and widest" of London's re-
nowned open spaces and which in
the picturesque terrace" in the rear
of the mansion. one might easily i'm
agine ones self in the heart of the coun-
try, for not one single trace Of Lon
don can be seen, nothing but undulat-
ing lawn, trees and water.
Truly an almost ideal temporary
home for sightless victims of war. And
what unbelievable things they learn
here, to be sure! To be divers Tor
one thing-can you credit it?-as well
as to be masseurs (hence the anatomy
class), telephone operators. shorthand
writer's and typists. poultry experts.
bootmakera carpenters. basket max
ers and a dozen other things. This,
too, almost entirely from blind teach
put it: 'If you. as a man with sight,
tell one of these chaps to buck up
because he can learn carpentry. say.
quite easily, he is apt to think. Go to
the dickens! What do you know about
it?' But IL a blind man who is an
expert carpenter tells him the same
thing, he is the more likely to believe
1t, and to pitch in with courage and
enthusiasm"
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but far to the side, and too high up, maxi
ing 1t necessary for you to do the same.
Xxx
'Now let me take you round" he says
and with quick strides leads the way along
a baize path into the former ballroom.
where some twenty or thirty sightless ex-
warriors are studying Braille and read
ing 1t, working typewriters and tapping
at the other queer little machines that
have been mentioned. These prove to be
shorthand machines. which write the
signs in Braille, on a thin paper tape.
This the operator reads, between his
fingers. and then transcribes the con-
tents on a special Braille typewriter.
These machines are necessary" said
Pearson, because no blind person can
write accurately by hand. My own writ
ing has now become next to indecipher-
able. Soon 1t will have become quite So.
But, with the aid of these machines. there
Is nothing to prevent any Of these chaps
from becoming expert stenographers and
typewriters.
Now: let's go out into the grounds" he
continued, and led the way through a
doorway and out upon the terrace. at the
front of which was a fight of some four
VI live 0tOtic Hc WflIcT IlOtlCcu
that he was now on slate path, which
out of doors takes the place Of the baize
ones within. Pearson was ahead. just at
the top Of the stairs. Involuntarily the
writer took his arm, but he released him.
self gently.
I'm quite all right" he laughed, and
then it was noticed that just above the
first step and under the last there were
wooden boards. "a board means dam
ger" he explained. TT tells me, for
example. that am at the top of the
stairs and will tell me when I am at
the bottom"
So he went down with brisk steps.
and then set off once more. following
the slate path along the gravel. Sud
he stopped in front of an ancient-look-
ing clock. set in the side of the man
sion. Above It was a huge bell, on
either side of which were two giant
figures, armed with hammers. which,
run by mechanism, strike the hours.
That ii the thing" said Pearson.
pointing, just as If he could see It,
Those figures and the clock once were
in the steeple Of the old city Church
Of st. Dunstan's-in-the-W and the
Marquis Of Hartford when he was a
little boy, used to be taken down by
his nurse to see them. He made up
his mind then. they say. that when he
grew up and had house Of his own ne
would have those figures If they could
be gotten. and have them he did. as
you see When, in 1925. the old Regents
Park was parceled out. the marquis
bought these fifteen acres and erected
this house, and when, later on. 1t was
decided to remove these historic f1g-
bid them in, set them up here, and
thereafter called his abode st Dun
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1915-06-05
SHOE SHOP

J. w. Green, 4o6 N. Adams ST.. Peoria, ILL.,,
the premier Shoe Repairer and Shoemaker the man
to when your Shoes need doctoring. If you will
only let Green be your doctor, you need not buy
pair of shoes until next November. Let Green, 4O6
North Adams Street do your work.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1915-06-05
Everybody is going with the Greater
Springfield Band on the 4th An
nual Excursion and Picnic
Wednesday, June Is

The following cities join us in this big day Decatur,
Jacksonville, Lincoln, Bloomington and Clinton.
Grand Mid Day Boat Excursion and Basket Picnic
on Steamer, Columbia. Train leaves l. T. S. Station at
$50 a. M Leave Lincoln at $50 m trains returning
leave Peoria at II p Fare for round trip, including
boat ticket, $1.bO.
Committees Sprngfeld J. G. Douglas, Hardin H. Long
G.. Renick Wires
Decatur Thos. j Turner C. s. Bronner, H. W.
Hardy
Lincoln; Bind Orendolf
Bloomington; Pearl Anderson Edward Arson
PEORIA d. J Smith, J. L. Finch Samuel Hen
derson II. +. Mehl, Master
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
LET TIERS
Unclaimed at the Local Post,
office Are Advertised by
the Postmaster.

A list OF unclaimed letter adver-
tised here is as follows:
J. II. Alexander, Charles Aikens,
Mrs. Catherine Arnold.
Mrs. Birdie Barnett, Charles Bor-
en-. Mrs Maude Barrick j. Berdy,
Lawrence Biddle. Mrs. Clara Bosst-
man. Mrs. F. S. Bereet, Jacob Brown.
DR.. Barns.
Carl Connolly, Centennial Milling
Co.. Miss Carissa Cain, George Car
rick, John cemigal. H. l. Copeland,
Mary Cojents. Francois Caeo, PletTo
Berner Digs, Miss Annie Dough
Eristo DeLucea. Miss Nellie Daetwy-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
SKILLED MECHANIC
Is Secured by CIarksburg Tire
Company to Look after
Repair Department.

Ira D. Starkey returned Tuesday
evening from Akron, o.. where he
spent several days at the plant of the
Goodyear Rubber Company selecting
a man to come to this city and work
in the repair shop OF the Clarksburs
Tire Company
Mr.. Starkey formerly worked in
this plant and knew the majority OF
the skilled mechanics and it was only
after three days that he was able to
secure the services OF Fred Stewart.
one of the most skilled workmen in
the factory. to agree to come to this
city with him.
Mr.. Stewart has been employed in
the making and repairing OF tires
for a number OF years and is an ex-
pert at the business. The addition OF
Mr.. Stewart TO the force of repair
men at the Clarksburg Tire Com
pany's plant makes it one of the best
in central West Virginia
At the present time the rubber
plants of Akron are turning out 40
600 automobile tires daily and all
the factories are short handed. SO Mr..
Starkey feels gratifed that he was
able to secure the services OF MI
Stewart.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12

tomorrow. They seem to have been
so near 4he throne OF God at times,
they seem 10 eaten gifmpses OF the
glory streaming from the face o.
Jesus Christ AT other times they
seen TO carry the walls Of The lost IN
their breast Our salvation does not
depend upon feeling. We are NOS
sayed because we feel saved. We are
not saved. We are not saved because
we say we are saved. But We are
saved. because we believe IN Jesus
Christ, because we have Christ ab1c-
ing IN our hearts and eternal life is IN
Him For he that hath the Son hath
everlasting life I may be speaking
TO some who can tell when and where
the peace Of God came into Jour heart
You know the church. the chapel, the
schoolhonse and the minister VINO
preached the sermon and the text That
gripped you- You remember weti
when You cried unto God for forgive
ness and the burden of YOUR heart
rolled away. But there are many
good people who cannot tell when or
where il was when they became Cnrls-
fans. They cannot remember when
they began 10 love Jesus Christ AS
far back as they can remember. they
looked ap into the radiant face OF
their mother as she was teaching
them to say. 81 love Jesus" An no.
you may rot know the time or the
place. bar God has given you the tes-
timony. His Spirit bears witness with
your spirit that 70 uare a child or
God. knowledge is power. It is pow
err in business. It is power In poHt
tics. it Is power IN the literary world.
It is power in salvation. The man
who carries in his breast the con-
sciousness. at am Christ's and Christ
is mine" has power as CHRISTIAN.
sst that person has no power who
guesses about his salvation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
LONG LIVED BtLGARIAM
Their Spring Tonic was their
Native Tea.
Why They Lived 100 Years

The Bulgarian formula for making
The famous tea which keeps the people
of the Balkan states in the pink OF con-
clifton always, Is the same formula as
used By H. II. Won Schlick, manufac-
furer Of Bulgarian Blood Tea. he has
made this tea for himself and family
and friends for over IS years- That IS
why he has sparkling eyes and rosy
cheeks. His tea eliminates The lntestl-
nal nelson's and malss pure, rich blood
1t Is composed of IL different nature IN
eredien4s. TeBs of thousands of Pitts
bursh users would use no other Hledi-
cine. It wards off disease For wo-
men, Bulgarian Blood Tea Is a blessing.
For men past 40 it Eevives energy. It
viii keep the young young. In the
Spring time BULGARIAN BLOODTEA
SHOULD BE TAKEN BY EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY 1t IS the
cheapest medicine on earth. A 81
package Ein last a family months A
30 can't size package viii last two
mon$hs. Take a box home today and
Ask your wife to start you on the road
to health tonight. For Rheurnatism,
GqnaenAficn, IAdigeskion, pypepsia
SEomseh, Lives, KidneY and Bladder
Trln1e Is there = nothing better. HyouE
sIsssaviis& does not sell Bulgarian Blood.
T@se1d cah, stamps or money orderandf
wsepaSka9e nexf day, Pest Paid. Address-
{ MARVEL PRODUCTS co.
np&AHex Ave- RissshuxhsJ
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
PIMPLY? WELL, DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them
on With DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pinnpiy face VIII not emSar rrs yo y
4Iuep p,dwaTds. olive Tablets The SKI. sksn
should begin 20 clear adssr you
Sfsanse the blood. tho bowels and tne
1i1Ser Win Olive Tablets
hT Sr EEdwsrdss OIfve Tablets are the
auceessfui substitute for caiome1..-.-
1hsre's never any sickness or PAIN 3xeer
BIZ Edwards. Olive Tablets do that
-bJch caiorneI does. and just as eneSSS
lively. but their action e &c gea atiSr ana
safe instead OF severe ana trrlI&Iins. a,
M one who takea Olive TABLETS is
ever cursed with "a dark hroE IN 100.
Feeling. constipation. torpid livef' oAo
dIsnositfon or plmp1y face
- RI EdWards, Olive Tablets are purely
~e0etabie compound mixed with olive OIL
YOU viii know them by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among pa
&ients affiicted with liver and ooT Ts1
complainss az re1ait.
Take one or two nightly for , Iceies
See how much better you 4eel ana 1o0A~
10c aud Csc per box. All druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columns Se
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
PREsBYTERIAL
Is to Be Held Here Soon and
Meeting-ot Women is
Called.

The annual Tygarts Valley Presby-
teriaI of the Presbyterian church or
the United States, familiarly known
as the Southern Presbyterian church,
is to be held in Clarksburg Tuesday.
wednesday, and Thursday, June /. 2,
and and preparations are being
made locally for it.
The regular Tygarts Valley Pres
bytery held its annual meeting some
time ago at Beverly, but the Presby-
terial. consisting of the women,s or
carnations OF the church. holds its
annual meetings generally at dfter-
For the purpose of considering
plans and taking action on them for
the Forthcoming Presbyterial, meet
ing of the women members of the
Central Presbyterian church here VIII
he held at 1880 o'clock Thursday
evening at the Manse. All women
members of the church are urged to
be present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-12
MHEh Run down
Hood,s sarxaparIala. the Reliable
Tonic Medicine, Builds Up.

The reason why you feel SO tired
all the time at this season is that your
blood is impure and Impoverished. IL
lacks vitality II Is not the ricn. req
blood that gives life to the whole
body. perfect digestion and enables
ali the organs to perform their func-
lions as they should
Get Hoods sarsapariIla from any
druggist. It viii make you feel bet
ter. look better. eat and sleep better
It is the old reliable tried and true
all the year round blood purifyer and
enricher. tonic and appetizer. II re-
vitalizes the blood. and is especially
useful in building up the debilitated
and rundown
Hoods SarsaparilIa is helping thou
sands at this time of year Let it help
you. Get a bottle today and begin
taking it at once. eB sure to get
Hoods. Nothing else acts like il
Advertisement.
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g oa F07saafSs7ss'0Fs INNS
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(Continued from page l.

H~e---~-~--~e-----~ -@~~-----%-
There are three ways by which we be-
come, the beloved's and the beloved
becomes ours.
list. We are the Believers because
He created us We are His workman
ship created in Christ Jesus unto good
works. He made our bodies. He
fashioned our spirits. He made our
bodies to the temples of the Holy
Ghost rs his child. we can say,
Thou who dost inhabit eternity. dost
also dwell ia me-" He framed our
spirits with all their powers and fac
ulties for development, cultivation
10 love Him, will to serve Him.
rejoice that His hand fashioned us.
and that His eye presided in the pro-
cess of our formation. AS Christians
we can say with Martin Luther. II
ANYBODY would come and knock on my
breast and ask. VINO lives there We
can say. Jesus 1t is the same idea
that Paul expressed. Il am crucfhed
with Christ. Nevertheless / live, YET
not I, but Christ iveth in me and the
life which I now live in the flesh
i've by vne faith of the Son of God
who loved me and gave himself for
me.r
27d. we are the beloved's because
he purchased US. We were not bought
with gold or silver or precious stones.
but with the precious blood of Jesus
Christ We were in prison and He
came and opened the prison doors and
said, go free" We were slaves in
sin. But he snapped our shackles and
said. Thou captive of satan, go thy
way Leaping and bounding with
10Y, ne cried, Blessed be the Christ
OF our salvation, our bands of sin have
been broken" We were wandering
sheep far from the fold. but the shep-
herd pursued US until He found us and
the Lord laid on HIN the iniquity OF
US all. We were prisonere at the bar
of God, under condemnation. under
the penalty of broken law. but when
our names were called. Christ said.
LET me go IN their place. Let me
die for them" And it was So Sam
Jones used TO tell OF a ship that was
crossing the Atlantic few years ago
In storm. it sprang leak, and be
gan to roll The captain called his
crew and said, AT the present rate
the increase Of the water coming In
above what We are able TO pump out,
IN tw enty-four hours, We Will be IN
the bottom of the sea. The leak is in
the second hold. Have a man who
will sacrifice hisLife TO save the
shipe, The sailors said. I'VE VIII
pump harder They pumped and
pumped until they fell at their posts
Al last the captain summoned them
and said. Il have taken my soundings
again At the present rate OF increase
ia ten hours We Will be at the bottom
OF the sea Have I not a man who
VIII go down and sacrifice his life
and stop the leak?" His son, stat
wart sailor. stepped forth and said.
yes. father. you have one" What.
my bow" as he staggered back. ives.
I will go" He babe the crew good
bye, kissed his father, sent message
home TO his mother and looked al the
son and the sky for the last time.