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Evening star., 1915-01-06
HOUSES. FOR RURAL
TEACHERS.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Rural school directors experience
greater difficulties each year in OBJ
tanning properly qualified teachers to
take charge of their schools. One of
the chief obstacles to overcome is that
of procuring suitable living conditions
for the teachers at prices within reach
of the moderate salaries provided.
Usually the families which an educated.
refined teacher would find congenial to
live with are not willing to take board
ers Those who wish to take the teach
ers to board are not attractive. This
condition is responsible for the move
ment which is now rapidly spreading
over the country to build cottages on
or near the school grounds. thus pro-
viding teachers with Independent
homes OF their own. Aside from its ad-
vantages in enabling the teachers to
live more comfortably. it also provides
other benefits to the schools. 1t gives
permanency to the teachers position
which indirectly promotes the com
munity welfare. When the teachers
house is located in close proximity. to
the schoolhouse it furnishes practical
and efficient equipment for work IN
domestic science that cannot be arord-
ed in any other way.
While the teachers cottage idea is
one of the newest developments in
rural education, it has far passed the
experimental point 1t really exists in
connection with hundreds of schools in
the country. The results as given in
the communications recently received
by the United States commissioner of
education indicate that thousands Of
teachers cottages are now under con-
sideration. The state of Washington
has over a hundred in actual service
this year, and Texas follows close be-
hind with eighty-three. One school
district division in Tennessee is now
supplying these cottages for teachers.
In several counties there will be one or
more teachers houses before this year
ends.
In Georgia a number of teachers
homes are already in use. One county
superintendent wrote. II had hoped to
see several more this year, but, alas,
the war and the cottonv
One county in Alabama has just COM
pleted its sixth home for rural teach
ers, all convenient modern buildings
located on the school grounds. In one
town a cottage for the teacher was
built and paid for by popular subscrip-
ton. Six acres of land are attached
and the teacher pays nominal rent
for the whole place. He and his wife
have organized canning and corn clubs
among the scholars which have already
been productive of good results.
Evening star., 1915-01-06
KEEP URIC ACID
OUT OF JOINTS:
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to
Eat Less Meat and Take
Salts.

Rheumatism is easier to avoid
{than to cure, states a we'll known
authority. We are advised to dress
warmly; keep the feet dry; avoid
} Exposure; eat less meat, but drink
}plenty of good water.
} Rheuma tism is a direct result of
} eating too much meat and other
Arich foods that produce uric acid
(which is absorbed into the blood.
! 1t is the function of the kidneys
Ito filter this acid from the blood
land cast it out in the urine; the
{pores of the skin are also means
{of freeing the blood of this i'm
{purity. In damp and chilly cold
weather the skin pores are closed,
thus forcing the kidneys to do dou-
bile work, they become weak and
sluggish and fail to eliminate the
)1ric acid, which keeps accumulating
}and circulating through the sys-
TEN, eventually settling in the
Joints and muscles, causing stiff
ness, soreness and pain called
rheumatism.
I At the first twinge of rheuma-
}tism get from any pharmacy about
four ounces of Jad Salts; put a
Tablespoonful in a glass of water
{and drink before breakfast each
{morning for week. This is said
Ito eliminate uric acid by stimulat-
}ing the kidneys to normal action,
}thus ridding the blood of these inn
}purities.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harm
}less and is made from the acid of
}grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia and is used with ex-
}cellent results by thousands of
}folks who are subject to rheuma-
}tism. Here you have a pleasant,
effervescent 1ithia- water drink
(which helps overcome uric acid
{and is beneficial to your kidneys
{aS well,
Evening star., 1915-01-06

Where the grounds are left deserted
and unprotected after the school sea-
sions little can be expected in the way
of agricultural progress. But If the
pertinent is likely to suffer from a sud-
den change In temperature. a storm
or any trespassers. This fact in itself
encourages the students to take great
er interest in the work.
a model teachers cottage or house
should include a living room, bath
room, a kitch-
Encourages Men Ell. din
to Become Teachers. ing rom, q q
porch and one or two bedrooms. The
building should be as attractive as pos
sible and in harmony with the general
architecture of the schoolhouse If that
is modern building. Such a cottage
will accommodate a family and en-
courage a man to become a teacher in
a rural school, thus tending to lessen
the great lack of male teachers. Cot
tages of this type have already been
erected in Washington, Missouri, North
and South Carolina, California, Texas
and a number of other states. In the
opinion of J. c. Muerman of the bu-
reau of education, who is now collect
ing material to forward the interest of
the teachers cottage movement, they
are going to be rapidly multiplied
within the next five years.
In a number of southern states where
new schoolhouses have been built the
old school building has been remodeled
into a teachers cottage at compare
lively small expense. The older boys
in a school in Washington did most of
the carpenter work in such remodel
ing. and the result is most satisfactory.
teachers home has been due largely to
the initiative of the teacher in charge.
An attractive little bungalow for this
purpose was erected In small Cali
fornia town, chiefly through the energy
OF the young woman teacher. When
she arrived she found no family which
could spare her a room. She obtained
permission to add a cot and a few
essentials to the schoolroom furniture,
and for a number of weeks slept there
Then portable cottage was placed
at her disposal. BY this time she had
become acquainted and active in the
woman's club in the community. She
obtained permission to have some land
fenced in for chicken yard,
and, aided by a contribution from the
club treasury, she purchased chickens
studying poultry raising In a practical
manner. The proceeds of the sale Of
eggs and young chicks went toward a
fund for building suitable home. The
school board was SO impressed with the
value of her work that it supplied the
balance. and the teacher Is now the
mistress of daintily furnished little
home, in which she works for the gen.
eral good of the community.
Evening star., 1915-01-06
SOLE BASIS FOR REPORT
Dispatch Explains Rumor of Cardi
nal Mercier's Arrest.

THE HAGUE, via London, January 6.
Cardinal Mercier was expected to de-
liver a sermon in the cathedral at Ant
werp last Sunday, but failed to appear,
and Father Rutten, addressing the con-
gregatfon, said:
Antwerp always belonged to the
Antwerpians. and it will be theirs in
the future. The reason why /, instead
of the cardinal, address you Is that
owing to exceptional circumstances his
eminence is prevented from attending" "
This statement is the sole foundation
for the report that Cardinal Mercier
has been arrested.
Evening star., 1915-01-06

The first teachers cottage In Texas
was erected over five years ago upon
the school cam
Texas Led Way pus from funds
loaned by citi-
Five Years Ago. zen for that pur-
pose The teacher pays $40 a month
for 1t. The cottage enables the school
to retain the services Of married
man who has proved an efficient teach
er The success of this school Is re-
sponsible for the erection Of others IN
the county, the last having been COM
pleted this fall from funds remaining
from a bond issued after the building
of new schoolhouSe.
In Ohio, the first teachers house was
built in connection with consolidated
into a highly organized school center.
The school has ten acres of ground at
tached, a part of which constitutes the
experiment farm of the school. Upon
this the elements of scientific agricul-
ture are taught in a most effective
manner. The balance Of the land is as
signed to the use of the principal Of
the school, who adds materially to his
income by the sale of produce raised.
The wife of the principal Is teacher
also and gives instruction in domestic
science in her own home. Each part of
the house may be called into use In
demonstrating all the d1nerent brancn-
es Of work required in modern home
making.
In contrast with this we'll equipped
teachers house must be noted the poor
shacks which some of the bravest
teachers in the entire country are glad
to make into homes. In Montana
young woman teacher engaged to take
charge of a rural school last year could
find no place to board. An empty cook
house, such as is used by the travelling
harvester companies, was set up in the
school yard for her accommoda ton.
She made it as attractive as possible,
giving her girl students valuable in
struction in home-making and furnish
ing. Now a model cottage is being
erected which will provide good home
for the teacher and incidentally a prac-
tical domestic science plant for the
school.
In Arizona a girl teacher herself put
up a shack and a sleeping tent. with
the assistance of some Of the older
boys. The ranch houses in which her
pupils lived were all too crowded to
afford a room for the teacher, so she
made one for herself and is now COM
pleting her second year. In the mean
time the school board is considering
the erection of a permanent cottage to
house eNtheir teachers.
Evening star., 1915-01-06

teachers will naturally be found in
connection with
Cooperative Plan the consolidated
Of Housekeeping. have been pro-
yided for a large number of teachers
in charge of regular ungraded schools.
In Washington and also in several
other states a teachers home is pro-
yided for township. 1t is a good
sized house. having rooms for several
teachers. One of the best of these is
now occupied by four young women
teaching in separate schools. They
keep house upon cooperative plan.
The house is near the center of the
township and each teacher is within
easy walking distance of her school.
The teachers cottage idea is now
being studied by educational experts
for the purpose of securing dehnite in
formation as to how it may be made
f1cient return to the community Opin-
ions are divided as to whether it is
best to have the teacher live upon the
school grounds or at some little dis
.tance from them. In small village
schools in European countries the
teachers house is usually under the
same roof as the schoolroom. In
larger schools it may be separate
building, but upon the same grounds.
A teachers family should be entitled
and the home are too closely connected
this is apt to be disturbed.
1t is now conceded that every rural
school should have a considerable space
around it in order that a certain amount
of agricultural work may be carried
on. A recently prepared plan of a
model rural school plant requires ten
acres of ground of the average quail
ity of that locality. Three acres of it
are set apart for Fairgrounds and the
school building. The seven acres are
for the experiment farm. with the
teachers home in the midst At least
five acres should be left for school ex-
pertinent work. This experimental
work should not be extravagant or
wasteful. 1t should tend rather to pro-
ducing larger crops of what are recog-
nized as staple products than those
that are new and of doubtful adapta- :
tion.
The value of such a school plant has
been recognized in certain western COM
munities as of financial advantage to
the town. The crops raised upon the
school farm indicate the possibilities of
the soil. A number of real estate firms
have found 1t an excellent means of
demonstrating the value Of the land
to prospective customers. Any farmer
with ordinary equipment may reason
ably expect to obtain as good yields
per acre as are produced by the boys
under the direction of the teacher on
the school farm. Poultry raising has
also been attempted, with good results,
| in connection with the school farm
where a resident teacher can give ii
continuous supervision.
| The ideal rural school must have per-
manency as it's keynote. The first stel
in this direction is securing residence
for teacher near the school itself
Evening star., 1915-01-06
Favors Honor System for Convicts

NASHVILLE. Tenn, January Gov
B. W. Hooper, in a message to the leg
islature yesterday, said he was in favor
of working convicts on the public
roads. but ION the honor system. with
out chains, shackles or guns, and Civ
ing them an extra deduction from their
sentences as an incentive to disci-
pline."
Evening star., 1915-01-06

a model teachers cottage house
should include living room, a bath
Evening star., 1915-01-06
Potomac River LANDINGS
AND BALTIMORE.

AND BALTIMORE.
Steamers leave Tth st. wharf for Baltimore and
river points Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 4
m; arrive Baltimore second morning out; Leave
and Saturday. pm; arrive Washington second
morning out. River freight prepaid. Passenger
service drst-class. Freight received until 3:45
D. NJ on sailing days.
JOS. p. STEPHENSON Agent
Maryland Delaware and Virginia Rwy. Co.
Telephone Main 745. 7th st. Wharf
Evening star., 1915-01-06

All Colds Are Dangerous.
Treat them with Father Johns medicine
advertisement
Evening star., 1915-01-06

John Jacob Miller, sixty-nine years
old, died yesterday at a hospital in
Cumberland, Md. He conducted Job
printing plant there twenty-five years.
Evening star., 1915-01-06

While the best equipped homes for
teachers will naturally be found in
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26
THE Rosary"
Charms at the Court.

With "The Rosary" as its feature, a
bill was presented in the Court Thea
ter yesterday which, for general ex-
cellence and variety of interest, ranks
second to none of the popular priced
moving picture houses in the city.
The new interior decorations, which
include day and night screen" spe-
cially designed to save eye strain, add
greatly to the attractions of the thea
ter, while the packed houses at every
performance proclaimed the public S
appreciation of the new management
Ever charming and ever an inspira-
! ton to the best in human nature, is
the story of THE Rosary" The char
acter of Father Ryan is one that we
may contemplate with profit again
and again, while the story which is
, told on the screen of the triumph OF
! good over evil. the spirit over the
| flesh, is one that never stales or fails
| in it's inspiration.
| In addition to THE Rosary" sew
eral other films were shown, notably
''The Hall Room Boys" whose make
shifts and amusing pretensions to a
station in life which their incomes
came far from warranting, contri-
| buted substantially to the enjoyment
| of a program conspicuous for its eX-
/ cellent and interesting selection. The
Court Theater, under the new regime
| is a distinctive acquisition to New
ark's amusement places.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26

A glance at the program which ap-
pears below is sufficient to convince
the most sceptical that perhaps the
premiere event of the present musical
season is to be the concert given in
the Newark Theater on Sunday, Octo-
Der 81, for the benefit of the Church
of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
1t contains the names of artists
who shine as stars of the first magni-
tude in the operatic constellation, and
the titles of musical selections that
will he familiar until the end of time.
To tell just how such talent was se-
cured for Newark is not necessary at
present, although it will make a faS-
cinating story later on. 1t is Suffi-
cient for the present to know that the
artists are coming-that the oppo1'-
tunity of hearing them is to be within
the reach of the masses who are
barred from grand opera for one
reason or another.
The name of Mile. Anna Fitziu is
not as familiar on this side of the
water as in Europe. She has not
sung in New York yet indeed, al
though she was born some twenty
three years ago i'm Virginia. Her
name is Anna Fitz Hugh, in point of
pronunciation of her real name that is
current in Spain and Italy, where she
has already won fame. Later on sine
is to sing in Montemezzi' opera,
"L'amore Del tire re-" which made her
famous in the San Carlos Theater in
Naples and the Royal Theater in
Madrid She is to come here be-
cause she asked the pleasure of her
fellow artists who are to appear in
the concert But here is the pro-
gram:
PART /.
Overture. ......... Barbiere di Swiglia
oicueSlid. ....,..H .z....... ROSS1nl
Prologo, Pagliacci. ...... .Leoncavallo
Sig. Angelo Antola.
English song...... Miss Alice Haeseler
Una Furtiva Lagrima. -. Donizetti
Sig. Umberto Baroni
Ave Maria" a".........S Schubert
Miss Olive Marshall
Quartet Rigoletto. to............... Verdi
Miss Olive Marshall, Miss Alice
Haeseler, Sig. Umberto Baroni,
Sig Angelo Antola.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26
Lee Wrothe and Watson
In Fun at the Empire.

Ed. Lee Wrothe and Sliding" Billy
Watson, two stars of the burlesque
stage, are at Miners Empire Theater
this week, and in the same show.
Both these entertainers are well
known to local burlesque audiences,
but the appearance of both in the
same performance was the signal for
a crowded house last night, including
the members of the Plank Road Social
Club of the Public Service Railway.
Lee Wrothe still appears as Janitor
Higgins, the character that made him
famous. This time the scene is in
and around a racetrack, where Jani-
tor Higgins loses and wins a fortune,
as such fortunes are always won-in a
minute. His original style of clever
repartee kept the audience in con-
slant laughter last night.
Lee Wrothe drops out of sight in
the next sketch, entitled "The Flying
Dutchman," in which Billy Watson
slides his way around the patent Office
in Washington, where he had been
appointed chief examiner pro tenn.
Watson, of course, is funny, but the
laughter sometimes is incurred at the
expense of comedy bordering on the
vulgar. However, a number of bur
lesque inventions, brought in to be
patented, help along the fun, and
Watson and Estelle Colbert, in a
novel song and dance. register a hit.
The other stars of the show are
Ethel Marmont, Hazel Woodbury.,
Owen Martin Max Fehrman, ir., Jack
Howard and Thomas A. Brooks.
The chorus is a bevy of young,
pretty girls, active and well drilled.
The costumes are pretty and various
and the music tuneful and catchy.
Outside of few rough spots in the
last act, the show is well worth see
ing
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26

Miss Olive Marshall, soprano; Miss
Alice Haeseler, mezzo soprano: Sig.
Umberto Baroni, tenor; Sig. Angelo
Antola, baritone.
PART H.
la Boheme,'' Puccini
Sig. Luca Botta. a................Ru Rudolfo
Senor Andreas de Segurola. J.. Colline
Sig. Vincenzo Reschiglian. .Schaunard
Sig. Ricardo Tegani. ........ Marcello
Mr.. Robert Leonhardt t.... Benoit
Mile. Anna Fitzsiu. u.............M Mimi
The list of the patrons of the af-
fair follows. Very Rev. j. r. Hef-
fernan, o. p; Rev. w. j. Richmond,
p. Lyndon Bryce, Christian w. Feig-
enspan, James r. Nugent, John. F.
O'IIara. George w. Jagle, Edwin c.
Caffrey, Joseph NJ. Byrne, John f.
Conroy, Frank M. Mayer, DR.. John f.
llagerty, Spaulding Frazer, Alfred G.
Nowakoslli. Harry Kalisch, Lewis
Straus, Rev. Paul Knappek, Dr.. Hugh
+. Cook, Edward Nj. Waldron, Hon.
Franklin Murphy, DR.. William A.
Tansey, George Doane Smith, b. M.
Stanley, ir., Rev. James zuccarelli,
William j. Davis, James NJ Reilly,
William j. Growney, Frank c. Mind
mich, Rev. Peter Poniatishin, John H.
Taylor. Hon. II. Mancusi- Ungaro,
Charles p. Gillen, Edward f. Ma
guire, James NJ. Cavanagh, Philip j..
Bowers. Frank II. Sommer, Hubert j.
Rowe, Frank A. Higgins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis j. Gribbin and A. j.
Hollingwood.
The committee in charge of the con-
cert is composed as follows: William
j. Kearns, chairman; James II, Grant,
Edward NJ. Waldron. Joseph j. Pal
litta' George F. Hewson, Frederick
II. Yeomans, Carl Bannwart, Charles
p. Gillen, Edward F. Mcguire, John j.
Burke, Frank G. Mindnich, j. H.
Huntington, jr., Spaulding Frazer.
Joseph NJ. Byrne, James NJ. Reilly,
George Doane Mulligan, Charles
Grant Shafer, Edwin c. Caffrey, Luigi
Spada, Rev. f.. A. d Aquila, treasurer.
Tickets may be obtained from the
chairman of the committee. William j.
Kearns, 500 Broad street, or from
James II. Grant, 53S Broad street, or
Rev. Il. A. d'Aquila, 3 McWhorter
street, or any member of the COM
mittee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26
PORPORATO ONLY DRIVER TO
TEST CAR AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY

Jean Porporato drove his big +. r.
p. car around the Sheepshead BAY
speedway yesterday in preparation
for the big 100-mile invitation race for
the Hardness gold cup on election
day in minute II seconds, which was
at the rate of 102 miles an hour. A
later trial was made in | minute 1Ola
seconds, and according to those that
witnessed Yesterdays workout, Por-
porato will do even better today.
With the exception of Harry S.
Harknesss Baby Peugeot, the new
r. II. p. car was the only racing
machine to cover the course yester-
day.
President Hardness announced that
he was willing TO race Prince Trou-
betsky for sweepstake of $lo'ooo,
provided the prince qualihed his car
at the rate of eighty-tive or more
miles an hour.
Cars Reported Ready
Reports received by General Man
hger Everard Thompson from the va
i'ious factories and shops wehre the
ears nominated for the Hardness gold
cup race are being tuned up. give as
surances that all of them will face
the starter in fine shape for the great
100-mile invitation race at Sheepshead
Bay speedway on election day. Bob
Burman says that he was surprised to
find that the motor and running gear
of the big Bitten Benz was in excel
dent condition. When he last drove
1T in California it had hurdled a
ditch and gone through the fence. 1t
will require, however, only new rae
ing body, couple of new wheels and
q. little preliminary tuning up on the
speedway to fit it for its worlds rec
ord trials.
Ever since the Astor cup race Ralph
De Palma has been working on the
Mercedes with which he won at In
dianapolis. He declares that even
now it is in pretty good running or
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-26
MELBA.
The superb Singer Creates IL Tremendous
Sensation in Notable Concert
in Philadelphia.

sensation III notable Concert
In Philadelphia.
The incompatible Melba, who is
to appear in concert at the Kruger
Auditorium tomorrow night, has Just
been heard in Philadelphia. 1t is not
necessary to speak of the impression
which she created, but her admirers
here will be interested in the views
of the musical critic of the Philadel-
phia Inquirer, who wrote as follows:
"If time has worked any ravages
upon the artistic talents of Nine.
Melba she manages to conceal the
fact, for at the concert yesterday
afternoon she sang with all her old
time marvellous beauty of tone and
extraordinary technique. The cam
tatrice has been here so seldom of
late years that every appearance is
an event of note in the musical world.
Her appearance yesterday was in the
nature of an ovation from a crowded
audience. which even took UP so much
of the stage as to leave her just room
enough to stand.
1t would be painting the lily to add
words in these days in praise of
Melba's art. There is added to her
former limpidity and pyrotechnical
powers abe maturity of middle life,
| in which a richer quality of tone in
the lower register is manifest. The
audience was deservedly delighted, all
| the more because the diva was most
gracious in the matter of encores."
From the reports of her local man
ager Frederick N. Sommer, Melba is
| likely to have as large a hearing in
Newark.