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New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

stimulating children in these plays
Nothing is to be gained by urging a
more lively interest in details of mill
tary campaigns or in making the chill
dren more familiar with the instru-
m,nts of destruction. But neither is it
wise to forbid TO boys the playing OF
soldier.
When boys play soldier 1t is in re-
sponse 10 two facts which cannot be
entirely removed The child, at a GER
tain age, will not only initiate what he
sees going on around him, but he will
dramatize all the activities of which he
learns. This instinct is there if the
child is normal, and any outside regu-
lation, to be effective, m, consist not
Of rules regarding what may or what
may not be played, but j.. must take the
form Of selecting all the ideas th:t are
20 enter The child's mind. This 3 OBJ
viously an impossible task. WIKI all
his devices and resources, the father OF
the Buddha failed in hi efforts TO keep
from the child all knowledge Of suf-
fering and death. Nor can we hope to
keep our children long in Ignorance of
suffering and death, Of war and muir
der. of robbery and other crimes. And
whatever they learn they will incor-
porate in their plays just as certainly
as they have any opportunity to play
at all
Forbidding certain types Of play will
no. modiS the natural impulses to
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture
Gives Advice on Mixing Flours
Mr. VroOman Says That the American Housewife Could
Materially Reduce Her Food Bills by Mixing
Fours, and Tells How To Do It,

flour in baking, tends to make a loaf
less rich In protein, and cnce les nu-
tritiou, than the straigh wheat -four.
The addition of corn flo lakes Little,
If any, change in the nutritive value of
the bread. but makes it cheaper.
"There are ether flour substitutes.
such as soybean meal and pea flour,
which add greatly to the nutritive value
of the loaf when mixed with wheat
flour. These products, unfortunately.
cannot be recommended in the present
emergency, since they are no as yet
common articles of commerce in this
country"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Director Of twenty-five Schools.

Mrs. Stoner is the director of twenty
five schools in America, and one each
in Brussels, Paris, Rome, London and
in Berlin. And in all of these she
teaches the children how to play, and
teaches them more easily than most
people can fancy.
There are five principles of educa-
ton, and here the children acquire
them in actual tuition of two hours a
day. observation, intense interest,
concentration, imitation and expiora-
ton. These five attributes belong to
education. Once a child has learned
them it has acquired what our educa
tional institutions primarily and fun
damentally desire for it," During the
remainder of the day. while the child
is not at school, it has acquired enough
helpful play material with which to
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
HIKE TO BUFFALO
BY MRS. BLATCH, SO
Veteran Leader Plans New
Demonstration in Suf-
frage Cause.

Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, presi-
dent Of the Wcmen's Political Union,
though nearly sixty years old and
grown gray in the suffrage cause, may
hike" to Buffalo She said yesterday
that if she continues to feel as we'll as
she does now, after six weeks rest
from suffrage work, she will undertake
a walk to the other end OF the state,
campaigning along the way.
IF Mrs Blatch goes we'll all 20
along" Mrs Calvin Tomkins said when
she heard Of the plan.
Mrs Blatch, who was on the brink
Of a nervous breakdown when she left
New York, now looks twenty years
Younger. The Congressional Union is
recretting her recovery, for it has been
followed by her withdrawing from the
work for the federal amendment, in
which previously she had joined. She
will not attend the conference Of the
Congressional Unions advisory council
the home of Mrs. Oliver II. Z. Bel
mont tomorrow.
The women of New York" she said
Yesterday, "have a tremendous piece OF
work before them. We have got to
convert the voters Of this state in the
next seven months We haven't an
ounce Of strength to spare Tor the fed
eral amendment Congress doesn't
meet till next winter, and it would De
worse than silly to defect ore inch
from our state work TO boom the fed
eral amendment"
II looks as # the WOmen's Political
Union was going to follow her IN this
matter. for Mrs. John Winters Bran
nan. its treasurer. who was announced
bv the Congres Union as chair
man Of the luncheon that will precede
the meeting az Mrs. Bclmont's, says
now that she will be out of town to-
morrow and so cannot attend.
The Women's Political Union is plan
ming a strenuous campaign for the next
seven months.
ut isn't all work that makes for pub
licity, but it counts" Mrs Blatcn said.
For example. We have formed a big
referendum committee, composed of
leaders IN various mems organizations,
political parties, etc. These leaders
will do what they can to swing their
co-members TO work and vote for Us.
But we can't say much about this. At
on election day | will give
out the names on our referendum COM
! i-tee"
4he Women's Political Union lunch
wagon will start out to convert the city
early in April. The union is planning
70 start a school for watchers at tho
polls as soon as il finds out what the
Legislature means to do TO the elec.
tiou law
The woman suffrage party will also
have a school for watchers. There will
be two sessions, April II and rs, in the
Country Life Exposition hall at Grand
Central Station
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Shall You Let Your Children play Soldier?
Impersonating Pirates and
Robbers Not Necessa-
rily Harmful.

strenuous but futile efforts to get into
the West Point Military Academy, and
the minister actually Joined the army.
All three are now spending a consider
able portion of their time combating
militarism. And thousands OF similar
cases can no doubt be found in all
parts of our population.
When there is so much constructive
work that may be done in the develop
ing of the child's character, the worry
about playing soldier seems a pitful
waste of energy. 1t is a pity to snatch
from Bobby his tin soldiers, or to look
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
All Memorizing Before Twelve Years
Old.

"All the great memorizing should be
done before this period, and the strong
foundation for all future learning laid
then. And all should be taught natur-
ally So many things are of interest
to the child that there should be no
waste Of time. And learning should
net be put of merely for the sake of
putting it Off. Why should not the
child he taught astronomy? Every
child is interested in the stars and
their location quite as much as it
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

daggers at him when he admires toy
gun; let the child have his play and
he will be better man for it. What is
needed IS not the hiding OF drums and
muskets, but the positive cultivation
of ideals of peace and humanity. More
over, at each stage of interest the play
of the child affords an opportunity to
formulate standards and ideals of con-
duet that should be seized and utilized.
IL Is when he Is playing soldier that
the child can learn the meaning of
loyalty and devotion and soif-sacrfce
and fortitude, and these may remain
when the drum and tinsel are discard
ed for another character.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

herself quite capable Of doing
all the flour mixing desirable
is the opinion of Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture Vrooman on
the mooted mixed -four question. He
further states that the American house
wife could materially reduce the cost
ci living if she would acquire the
-four mixing habit
there are some thirty substitutes
than can be mixed with wheat -four in
making bread" he said in a statement
Issued here to-day. MANY Of these
are more nutritious than wheat -four;
some Of them are cheaper than wheat
-four, and Of these, two or three, at
least, are commercially obtainable al
most anywhere.
"Potatocs, corn flour, and rice Gin
certain sections) can be used with prof
It in mixture with wheat -four in max
ing yeast bread. With wheat flour as
dear as 1t Is now, the careful house
wife stands TO effect quite saving by
using one Of these products to eke
out her wheat -four. Experiments have
shown that the substitutes can be used
successfully in the proportion Of one
part 10 three parts Of wheat flour. At
least three-fourths Of the mixture must
oe good wheat -four.
Boiled Rice or Mashed Potatoes.
Potatoes have a certain advantage
IN this regard, since potato bread can
oe made without going 70 the trouble
o. getting the commercial potato meal.
f!aln mashed potatoes, four parts Of
mashed potatoes to three parts of
wheat -four, Will serve the purpose
quite well If the dry potato meal or
aAke Is used, the ratio should be one
Part Of potato TO three parts Of -four.
00iIed rice can be used in much the
same way as mashed potatoes, care be-
'ng taken to allow the water in the
nee and to use about three times as
much IN bulk as would be used OF the
rice -four.
IN making potato bread the sponge
should be used, and just enough water
" serve 70 mix the yeast with the po
S'O' since the sponge becomes very
soN after partial fermentation. The
ssmainder Of the -four is worked in
ssNfward. care being taken to make
81 extra stiff dough, which should be
raiSed TIL quite light. This bread is
more noist than bread made solely Of
g. Corn -four, which should cost about
nno'thirds the price of wheat -four,
sy De mixed with wheat flour direct
o1 1e part Of corn -four to three parts
Wheat Hour. Use the mixture just
1hough IT were wheat -four, aud mix
less Protein in Starchy Materials.
al, should be remembered that the
nss.lon Of starchy materials, such as
sonsa.oes, rice or cOrnstarch (w1ich is
eumes used TO adulteTate wheat
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Anti-Militarism Not Encour-
aged by Forbidding
Military Toys.
By sIDoNIE MATzNER GRUENBERG

BY SIDONIE MATZNER gutenberg.
IN times Of peace many of us can
/ visualize the horrors of war clearly
enough to make US oppose every
thing that encourages militarism. But
with half of the civilized world bleed
ing, the horrors are before the minds
Of all Of us constantly, and we are
moved to do something more effective
than shutting our eyes. We realize the
importance of inculcating in the young
type Of patriotism that is free from
aggressiveness or jingoism. Confident
Of our patriotism, we turn our atten-
tion to a crusade against military"
TOYS and the playing Of soldiers by the
children.
There is, Of course, no use in over
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
No Child Is Merely Average.

Mrs. Stoner says: every child has
is talent. Find the talent in your
child and cultivate IT," Her system is
one which aims at the development of
the supernormal. 1--WE have schools for
the abnormal, and schools for the aver
age. ] am thinking Of the supernor-
NAL No child is an average child. II
they are trained correctly they may all
bo prodigies, in the present sense of
the word. That will give US our higher
race.
"Just think of the infant prodigics
that history mentions Julius Cesar,
who was startling at the age Of three.
Also Confucius and children who ac-
complished wonders at four years are
numerous. Milton wrote Latin verse,
and Pope Greek stanzas. John Stuart
Mill tells US how his father set him to
tasks requiring prodigious cOncentra-
tion and critical judgment at the age
Of five anj six. Emanuel Kant had a
large class of pupils at the age OF
seven. These people are all excep-
:ions, but they should not be. They
have merely taken advantage of the
spongc-like quality Of the mind, which,
as William James says, lasts up to the
age Of twelve.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
"Public School Systems Wrong"

w
"The public school systems are al
wrong. They get the child when it Is
far too old, and suddenly, without ar,
previous raining on the part of the
child. attempt to force knowledge into
its mind and demand attention to sub
jects which are not interesting to it.
II children do not love school, that is
he fault not Of the child, but of the
schools. which teach him not what he
wants, but only what he does not want.
Everything may be presented at some
time in a pleasant light to the child,
and everything which can be Of any
possible service to him at any time
shoulu be taught him"
But it is the education Of the parents,
not only the mother, or only the father,
but Of both. in which Mrs. Stoner Is in
tcrcsted. Such changes as individual
izing the public school system, having
not more than ten children for each
teacher, and having better paid teach
ers, who are given shorter hours. so that
they may be happy workers instead of
dreary drudges, will make difference.
she thinks. Each boy and each girl
should have courses in school to teach
parenthood. But the real education
must come from the home.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

kkTHE crime Of modernity Is that
belief which forcibly detains
the child in state Of imbe-
cile boredom. For six or seven years
the child is told, Thou shalt not
learn At the end of that time he is
sent to school and forced. The child
Is a thinking animal who should be
trained from the first day Of its life,
but never forced to learn"
This is the basic belief of a woman
who is responsible for the education OF
prodigics. She is the mother OF
child who, at the age of twelve, is the
author of ten published books in
rhyme and prose, is teacher, plays
five or six musical instruments, and
withal is a big, strspping girl, uncon-
scious of her envied achievements and
dcsirous Of becoming an editor OF
MAGAZINE ard cowboy when she
grows up.
Never Treated Child Like a Baby.
81 have never treated her like
baby" explained the mother, Mrs WIN
ifroJ Sackville Stoner. 81 have always
talked to her as If she could under
stand me. from the time that she was
= dav old. have never talked BABY
talk. and have always borne IN mind
The fact that she is human being
ypbo would have to live in the world
and that since learning is far easier
and pleasanter than not learning she
vnicbt better start in at once to learn
Mrs. Stoner is large, exuoeranty
healthy woman, aboundinG in energy
IN ideas and in a quick grasp OF situ"-
,jons and issues, which gave her the
courage and ingenuity TO learn from
the cat and its kitten and to carry
over the advantages of the lndiah
method Of education into our methods
which she believes are found and
dis.orted ty superstition and restrict
cd by mandates Of unknowing physi-
clans,
at has generally been considered
dangerous for child to learn. 1t mas
been thought that to use its mind
would upset the child's nervous sys-
TEN and impair its physical being This
is false. Every child is a trinity
mental, physical and moral None
should be neglected.
Stimulating Child Not Harmful. :
ut is true bat the physical is the .
most important, but that is no reason .
for refusing to the child the other es- .
sentials. To stimulate child's mind .
is not harmful. To force a childs at /
tention is the only dangerous thing .
Physicians would put child IN dark .
room and let it sleep. They would not .
allow the child to be amused, they .
would utterly prevent the training OF .
its senses, and all in the name Of the .
child's health. But a child need not .
sleep more than it wants. 1t may pass
its waking moments in a state Of
healthful interest, and at the same
time learn those things which will help
him in his after life"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Natural Education" Replacing Years OF
"Imbecile Boredom" Under Present Re-
gimme May Make Prodigies of All Chill
drem, Mrs. Stomer Believes.
Every Child Is Trinity-Mentals Phys
ical, Moral - Says Educator Who
Chanted Virgil TO Restless Baby and
Who Is Educating Children to Be-
come Supernormal.

Mrs. Stoncr then told OF the manner
in which Winifred, jr., of whom DR..
NJ. V. O'Shea. famous educator, said,
"The typical college graduate knows
less and can do less than this girl can
do ACQUIRED rudiments of her remark
able education in the languages.
Used Virgil as Soothing Syrup.
Instead of singing her to sleep,
which method usually sends the child
to sleep in a mild stage of nervous
prostration. chanted Virgil, scanning
the first book of the Had over and
over again.
Il taught her nanny to chant It 70
her, and in this way she was able to
scan Virgil before she was one wear
old. Virgil is the best and most harm
less soothing ryrup I know. And in
addition to acQuainting her with this
language, upon which most of the
others arc founded, it trained her sense
Of rhythm. That is why she wrote
jinGles almost as soon as she could
talk. When she was five years of age
she knew by heart, and understood, the
first book Of Virgil"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Children Impersonate Without Preju-
dice.

But even if we could prevent the
children's participation in these mimic
paradings and warnings, it is very
doubtful whether it would be worth
while to do so. The injury that may
come from playing soldier has been
exaggerated. The TACT is that children
do all Of their playing, at least during
the wears before adolescence. entirely
without prejudice. They are alter
nately Indians and Puritan Pilgrims;
they impersonate the parish priest or
CAPTAIN Cook with equal sincerity and
abandon. When they enact stage
robbery there is no moral implication
in the assignment Of roles. and as
they view the drama of life from the
unsophisticated level Of three to four
feet. every character has his proper
place and is worthy of fair presen-
tation.
The perfect naivete of the child in
adonting the character which he is,
for the time being, impersonating Is
.how-n b. The answer that littls Fran
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

initiate and to dramatic. Neither will
it destroy the child's natural interest
in the unusual and in the dramatic"
On the contrary, forbidding is one Of
the surest ways of arousng interest,
one OF the surest ways of tempting to
action.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

els gave when his prim Aunt Sabrina
discovered him dancing about the nur-
sery without a scrap of clothing on.
whatever are you doing in this state,
child?" asked the aunt in a tone that
was meant TO express reproach as well
as disapproval. Don't you see?" re-
turned Francis, pointing TO his ankles,
which were ornamented with bits OF
colored worsted, Il am one of the
Early Sea People" Francis had not
invented he character; he had mere
ly adopted him from the book they had
been reading in school.
The question of the neral effect OF
impcrsonating the soldier is very much
like the older question of what nap
pens to the actor who takes the part
OF the villain in the play. Should the
children's play be quite without its
villains or bad fairies? Then it is in
complete and not sufficiently true to
life TO be interesting, to be satisfying
On the other hand, if the evil spirit is
20 appear, will il harm your child or
mine 10 play his role?
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

In the circle IS Mrs. Winifred
Sackpille StOner and above, her
gifted daughter, Winitred, T.,
and the ldtter'S pupil, Billy
Walsh, four years old, poet
and orator.
would be in the mythology connected
with them"
In like manner the physical train
ing of Winifred, Jr, most modest of
prodigies, who recites Cicero's orations
TO interested guests merely because it
is polite, and with no least desire to
"show off," began when she was but
few weeks old. When she was six
weeks old she was raised by her hands,
hanging TO 6 stick.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Boy Soldier May Become a Minister

Experience shows that children may
play robber and pirate with great
gusto, and yet grow up TO be upright
and honored citizens, and even judges.
In the same way it is quite possible for
children to play soldier. and then be
come advocates of peace at any price"
The literary editor OF well known
woman's magazine, the editor of an
educational magazine, and prominent
minister, all told me that they had
ambitions toward a military career
not during childhood, but during late
adolescence. The editors both made
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

THAT the American housewife Is
\ herself quite capable Of doing
all the flour mixing desirable
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30
Bv DORIS f. FLEISCHMAN.

kkTHE crime Of modernity is that
belief which forcibly detains
the child in a state Of imbe-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-30

THIS boyish Nor
folk suit of
covert cloth is suit
able for sports
wear as well as for
school. The short
skirt flares slightly
at the sides and is
finished with a
stitched plest at the
front. From yoke
to belt a box pleat
appears on | h e
Jacket, and at the
sides are large
patch p o c X cts.
Photograph by Fash
ion Camera Studios
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-10
YOUTH Of BASEBALL OLD BATTLE GROUND
Since Earliest History Men Have
Fought in the Alps.
Two Thousand Years Ago Armies
Traversed the Region That Is
Now the Scene of Austrian
Italian Struggle.

II the rugged peaks of the Alps
could tell their story, there would be
many a thrilling and warlike incident
to relate. but none so strange as the
scenes which are being enacted today
between the Austrians and the ltal-
ians in these mountainous regions.
The Italians are absolutely at home
in the mountains, and the Austrians
are using every invention OF science
to counterfeit this advantage. All the
parapets on the steep roads, where
summer tourists were wont to motor.
have been demolished, and beautiful
pine forests have been swept away so
that nothing shall obstruct the artil-
lery. Large areas have been mined,
and. by pressing a button. the Aus
triaus can hurl an avalanche OF rocks
and powders on to the heads oil the
advancing Italians or blow up the
roads beneath their feet.
From the Cottian chain, marking
the boundary Of France in the west
to the Carrie and Julian Alps. north
and east OF the Adriatic in Austria,
there are literally a thousand passes
and routes Of more or less note, near
ly all traversed by practicable roads,
and some shortened by railway tun'
nels. Over these roads armies
marched 10 battle over 1000 years
age.
Mont Cents pass may have been
Hannibals route when, in the year
21S 3. c.. the Carthaginian conqueror
invaded Italy with a large army. half
of which he lost amidst the Alpine
SHOWS.
The conquest of some Alpine tribes
by Augustus. the desultOry warfare OF
Teutonic and Frankish hordes in the
NTH and sixth centuries; and the IN
ceasing. sa%nguinary strife of Swiss
"confederates' and Austrians, which
lasted from the breaking up Of the
Carolinian empire in the tenth and
eleventh centuries until the ~Crystalli.
cation of the Helvetic republic by Ma
pOleon BOnaparte's act OF mediation in
lSO3-sll these ill the chronicles and
make nearly every practicable foot of
Swiss territory heroic ground.
When Napoleon entered Italy. he
crossed the Alps with an army OF
30, 900 by the Great st. Bernard pass,
May 1921. 1900. Later. he construct
ed the great military road over the
Simplon pass. from Brieg. in Swit2er-
land. to Domodossola. in Italy, and
thence to Milan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1915-12-10
Back TO Colonial DAYS.

The announcement that a certain
section OF Philadelphia is to be paved
with cObblestOnes will. no doubt, be
received with joy by testers in other
cities, but when it is known that this
is merely II OF the details in re-
storing the colonial atmosphere to the
grounds surrounding Independence
hall. residents OF the Quaker City
will give a sigh OF relief. The hall
itself was restored years ago, and
"a committee Of the Philadelphia chap
ter Of the American institute OF
Architects appointed Tor the pres
ervation of istOiical monuments, =
has undertaken to restore the exterior
of the famous building to the exact
conditioner as nea so as possible
thai existed when the fathers met to
promulgatc the Declaration OF indie.
peDdence. -Philadelphia Inquirer.