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Leopold Godowsky, Rubin Goldmlrk,
Albert" Jonas, Rafael losefy and Theo-
dore SpierinG
Henry j. Schnitzcr, banker and music
lover. a great admirer FOR many years
Of Mr. Malkiu, has donated $1,000 to the
MFlkln Music School for the purpose II
enabling this Institution 10 Offer fun
free scholarship to SIX pupils for a ne
yiod Of tNo years In spite of the fact
chat Nv Malhin already has a number
of pupils on the free scholarship list. 20
feels happy n tn" idea OF being able at
last to realize his dream ~ being in "A
position To help musIcally those who
haNc the ability. hdt lack the financial
means. The applicants FOR the above
mentioned scholarship, who will he ac-
r'li'l after an examination by tho
board of examiners, will havc tho nriN-
iloge of studying with the masters who
hnN" been DESIGNATED ny Mr.. Maxim.
namely Arnold N0lpc, Iiotru Florida,
Artur Nrgiowicz, paolu Martuccl, Her.
mann Wasserman and bernardo Godere.
the examination for free scholarship
will he held at the Maxim Music school,
10 West l22d street. on Friday. October
IL, AT 3 i, NJ
BESIDES Manfred Malkiu. the dire. ny.
IN" faculty consists uf som" twenty or
more" well known musicians. including
Joseph Maxim and Arnold Nolpe, Her
mann Wassrrmau aud other prominent
mioSiri Manfred Maxim himself * a
widely known pianist. and has plaNod
in conc Its with Eugene NsaNe and other
famou musicians, Ills music scrool is
one of the most promising of those To-
Gated here in the East.
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The powder magazines and
powder cars being unloaded.

has dispensed with much skilled hand
labor.
The steel for the barrel is supplied
in round bars Of about a loot in length.
/ These bars are subjected to forging
or rolling. an operation which doubles
their nrIginal length and makes them
about tn" length of The finished article.
The bars have next to he bored and
riiicd. Careful gauging is necessary
at all stages of these delicate opera
tons. The riding of the British SER
vice 1.ee-t.nfield short rife consists
of a series of five spiral cut
Ia a depth Of less than une-one hun
bred ana tiftieth of AN inch on the
inner surface of the barrel. These
grooves are cut 10y a special rifling
machine. in the use Of which great
tare has To be exercised. The depth
and amount of twist given to the
spiral roove must I've very accurate.
and careful examination is given tn
, the finished barrel 10y experts to see
that this is so.
Each barrel is now assembled with
the particular holt containing the
striker which operates against the
, percussion cap Of the cartridge with
which II is to he used on the COM
plcted rifle. and the combination has
To undergo proof. In order to he sure
that the barrel and bolt. when locked
in position for firing, can safely stand
the force OF the explosion Of the or
binary service ammunition a special
proof cartridge giving abnormally
nigh pressures IL employed. \ proof
mark is given the barrel and bolt
B when this test is satisfactorily passed.
The sights of the rifle have now to
be adjusted. The fore sight consists
Of a simple little plate fitted into n
block which Is hrazed ON the barrel.
The back si@ht, arranged on IA hinge
and marked in distances by Grada-
tons. each representing twenty-five
wards. can he so adjusted as to give
the necessary elevation required for
, the rifle To shoot at "A given range.
II * also possible to adjust the sight
latorally to correct for the effect of
! wind on the bullet.
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NECESSITY FOR COMMERCIAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATE

j, esting facts ab3u. business. some Of
them actually necessary. that subjects
bearing directly ON business may profit
ably DE introduced in all forms of edu-
cation. Even thougl n professional
career II planned a knowledge of bust
ness to-day is needed, The lawye r, for
example. has more business men Among
his clients than men from any other
one class. lie may also he himself an
gagged in some line of business in addi-
ton 10 carrying on his profession, or ne
may act as a director, serve on business
committees, Sc. and must have a knoNl-
edge OF business affairs. The minist r
needs instruction in handling ahurch
finances. His members hip is apt
to be made up OF business men.
He must know how to appeal
to the business type OF man and
inink in his terms. Even his message
itself must fulni all the principles of
salesmanship by securing favorable app
proach. attention, interest and a favor
able decision. Engineers. architects.
teachers and IN fact men of AL classes
need in this commercial age business
how to state their proposition forcibly.
whether they have goods or services to
offer.
Commercial education. therefore. IN
this broader sense should be made n
part of every mans training. This kind
of education centres around four out
standing principles that every man
should learn. These could be called
1.-THE four eyes 10 business success The
irst is:
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HORACE MANN SCHOOL FOR
BOYS.

The Horace Mann School FOR Boys at
West "i6th street, New York city.
opened IN" school year IL lal1-lG last
Monday with an enrolment Of IA
pupils, showing a considerable Increase
over thlt of las, year,
Three new instructors have been added
t. the faculty. this fail. rhllip T.. West.
dickinson, -, who taught for two years
AT Kingsley, In Essex Fclis, viii each
IN the department of science, Mr.. West
viii also assist IN coaching the football
team earle o. Warren. Bowdo!n, ~,
coming from Moses Brown, has been
engaged rs instructor in mathematics.
ANA lhilip Eaton, Harvard. 'ON. who
has been connected with the 81. Georges
Sciuol AZ Newport and the Country bay
S'h"o' Tor Boys Of Bnston. comes To
take classes IN Latin.
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G. HEPBURN WILSON STUDIOS

You cannot help but comment upon
the art and beauty OF Mr.. Wilson'S
newly decorated Fifth avenue studios
the minute YOU step into them. situated
at the northwest corner of Forty-sixth
street and Fifth venue in the Thorley
building. one Of the mos, picturesque
buildings ON the avenue. The atmos-
phere and refinement Of the place,
coupled with The highest and most elf
cient methods of instruction, are a
source of delight and inspiration TO
every one Of MIR. Wilson's pupils. and
II is easily understood what Mr.. VIII
sons pupils mean when they say "your
school is so different" Every one of the
lessons that are given AT Mr.. Wilson's
studios are strictly nriv.ts.
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there and on the site a building rom
sist!ng rs thirteen wings and six
smaller buildings. each of five floors.
The floor of the larger buildings have
each an acre of space. \ branch of
the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad has been run into the
grounds, and big vaults have been en-
cavated for the storage of explosives.
Already the whole plant is sur
rounded by a high barbed wire fence
ana armed guards every fifty yards
patrol every foot of this barrier. \
five story barrack is being erected tn
accommodate the small army of guards
that will watch the plant nigh; and
day when it gets properly under way.
BESIDES making rifles. field runs and
shells + cartridges, the Remington
concern also has shops for turning
out armorcd motor cars. special NUM-
ton machinery, ~,torpedoes. aerial
bombs and hand grenades. And 1t Is
not the only concern busy with biz
war orders in Bridgeport. The
Bridgeport Proiectile Company has "A
5000, 600 order. while ether large
contracts have been given to the Bry-
ant Electric Company. the Automatic
Machine Company and the American
Chain Company.
Almost everybody in Bridgeport
seems to have some connection or
other with this war business. Bridge
port Is overlooking witt money. The
moving picture houses are running
fourteen hours "A day. thousands of
workmen joy ride to and from their
work in the thousand jitneys that
have been licensed during the past
six months. And when anybody
comes along and suggests Il strike the
men seem to jump at the excuse of
laying of work for a few days. 1t
gives them the opportunity to spend
some of their surplus cash.
The extraordinary rush of workers
Ia Bridgeport has resulted in IA de-
flciency in housing accommodations
and lodgings. So acute are the con
ditions hat travelling statesmen have
been compelled to walk the streets at
night or purchase tickets hat they
might seek shelter in the railroad sta
ton. One night recently il was es-
timated that 300 we'll to do persons
were bedless in the city with no avail
able accommodations al hotels. lodG-
thropic institutions.
II the Bridgeport Protective Assoc
%ation hotels. where homeless girls are
l.arbOred, men with their wives and
children have been furnished with
blankets ana pillows that they might
sleep in the Railways rather than
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ny EDw ARD D.. WERTHEIM,
Educational Director West side

\. VI. e.. A.. New orb city.
NUR1NG the year 1914 ls,2os
l. business firms and individuals
failed in the United States. ac-
cording to the report of tho Il. g. Dun
agency. This Was the largest number
reported in a n year for the last
fifteen years. This did not include the
thousands Of individuals in the firms.
neither did II represent other thousands
who simply closed out without any
record Of failure against their names
but who nevertheless were conscious
themselves that their efforts had been
failures. II is ~conservatively estimated
that three out ~ every four men who
enter business fail in this broader
sense.
No tabulated record of causes has
been made. Lack Of capital. changed
business conditions. bad business. war
and other reasons have been assigned.
and all of these no doubt have had their
part. But more fundamental was the
failure to recognize. understand and
observe certain definite facts and laws.
These have been embodied in subjects
and courses OF study more or less
clearly defined, II is the study of
these that constitutes commercial edu-
cation. Bookkeeping, ~stcnography and
penmanship are only the kindergarten
studies, while a"uouniant;, personal
efficiency. sal, smanship. advertising,
finance. economics, public speaking and
business psychology may be considered
the more advanced.
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to $4,000 when Z

lishments in Bridgeport have received
wal orders and are acting as feeders
to Remington's.
The busiest buildings AT the Rem
lnSton plant at the present time are
those used for turning out rifles. \
visit 10 these shops disclosed the fact
that the rifle is anything but Il simple
implement Ia. manufacture. II can
not be turned u by merely dumping
IN raw material at one end Of a ma
chine ana waiting at the other end for
the finished article.
The modern military rife Is modest
enough in appearance. ana az first
sight might not give one the impress
Aon Of requiring elaborate machinery
and much skilled labor to produce it.
But when YOU come tn consider the
work that ii has to accomplish and the
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tramp The streets. Demand for quick
action on the part Of the municipality
or public spirited citizens in furnish
ing barracks or army headquarters
for the great number of persons COM
ing to the city has been made in many
quarters. Factory wncr having
vacant lofts have been asked to ten
der them to the city for the purpose
of having them turned into public
dormitorics equipped with army cots.
II Is estimated that at the beginning
of September there We're $1,000 new
citizens in bridgeport. When the new
cartridge plant is opened the total will
amount 10 nearly -, 900. MANY of
the new workers in the munitiou
works have been drawn from other
factories in the city. But more than
IA quarter Of the 3G7 industrial estab-
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NEW YORK COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

$50 East tifty-eiehth street, ~" :
city, offers "A course in music sNu l. tN
ing FOR teachers In the public schools ~.
wish 10 obtain IA promotion license 7r''
courses are of sixty hours duration 80
are accepted by the board o. o>t'...r-
in lieu of the required sixty houl '9'''
in methods OF teaching I;o- -'.' I'D
is now open and the CLASSES a.s.r =
follows: Music, Monday. neiou,H
: TO . o'clock drawing. NI.o" ~
course, Friday afternoon, o.''',' ~
$3.50 to i O'Clock drawing, '',n"g'
tary, Saturday afternoon, O,t1u". D.
l so to 3 80 o'clock
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accuracy IL atta.ns when used. you
can realize the high quality of the
material and the excellence of the
workmanship that must lac put into 1t,
There are three great essentials in u
good :itle, 1t must bc accurate IN shoot
ms, of great wearing quality and safe
To use. II is quite necessary then that
the hiEhes; skill and the most modern
tools snail lie used in its production
and that the metal and wooden parts
shall he Of the best available material.
The quality uf the steel used Is of
pr!m" importance.
There are many component metal
parts in a rifle and according 10 the
work. required they are made oc mild
or high carbon steel. Those parts
which are subjected to wear and strain
when the rifle - in use are made Of
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WALLCOURT

NdlIcourl, Miss ioldsm TINS .ot ''
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, opened CO.. 1NI.s A''
beginning lis fifteenth yctr und,
favorable conditions, Win tN' '>"
tons tine faculty IenaIrS the ur :
last year. The two now mcfuh d :
Miss Elsie Dunw'H graduate -. \Gs''
who Will teach LATIN "ud HISTORY r
Mss Asathc pomiuG, graduate - i n
MtNr, who viii have charge ~ t., ' q
economies department.
Among the interesting event, .u -
itrSt week of school was tho ODD ''
Gircn At Wells College 10y Fran N'''
milan, vollnist.
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high carbon s.pel. such parts, for eX-
ample. as the bolt and cooking piece.
Parts OF secondary Importance not
subjected to eve wearing ac;loh are
made of mild steel.
The ritic barrel must Ice mad, of
metal of first quality, able to with
stand the high preSsures eXcrted hv
the eas evolved from the cartridge. II
has also to resist the cros!vc nature
az these gases. which are of such IN
extremely high temperature That they
Wou'd completely wash away the
grooves Of r.1!ng Of the barrel made
O: inferior ~.ccl.
The making of a good rife is not
easy. The modern process % manu-
iacture has, however, been s!np,.tied
from shat of an earlier generation 10y
the Introduction of machinery which
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4 form of efficiency, but IL does not
cousidcr ~" personal equation.
Supervision IS one OF the hardest les
sous o. commercial education 10 learn.
The best ;o'm ut supervision is that
which, S~upeyv.Sos without amy one know
Ing about n. Diilrr.nt forms of super
vision can De used that accomplish the
results without having the people At
ierl'd feel aHy UNPLEASANT pressure" unou
them For example, a department head,
vita a number of men under him, keeps
~ touch Wi;h what oa'h ono o. them
IS doing by having thH stenoGrlphcrs
h'iuG 10 his desk al the close az the day
carbon copies Of all |l"ttorS written.
This does - number Of things. II -
aH exact record Of what these men
have been doing, II puts various situa-
t,ous h"ini" IT." official. statistical 20
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ST. JOHNS COLLEGE.

TIL" school of pedagogy Of St. Johns
College. Lewis and Willouahhy avenues,
brooklyn, y, Y, announces The follow
ing extension courses for tho season of
lol'-l6: Course |, philosophy and So
clal progress course 2, cosmology and
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likes 10 do A job ought to be the one
TO whom the work should he assigned.
Human nature is so constructed that
one cannot assign work To another and
then expect it 20 be lone on tim. ana IN
the way that is planned. 1t is, there
fore, necessary for a successful business
man to learn thu third principle.
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He Must >upcrxIse.

The average proprietor or department
ie?d feels that 20 suprrNis" he must
paralyze, move about i'm a lordly fashion.
ordering people about and pryins into
their work. pounciue down upon them
Unexpectedly IN order 10 have them
feel that he is keeping his eyes on what
they are doing, THIS kind of supcrvis!on
Kills initiative. destroys the spirit ald
disiupts organization T. may brine i'm
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organized on wrong hy po'heses.
Capital for undertakings can be
secured much more easily II plars
have been clearly thought ont
with the Endorsement Of experienced
men. II is the wild eyed specuiations
that people with money avoid. There
Is always plenty OF capital looking for
safe and profitable business Investments
After a man has analysed the situa-
,ion carefully. anticipating difficulties
and having means 10 remedy them he
soon finds that it Is necessary TO have
peopl" associated with him to carry out
mis- plans. He cannot do II alone. There
fore, we colne to the second point.
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I ports of the work are not necessary t.
le made out. Il c.Vts @ check ON the
tcuoLr1ph'g a.d cuth.'s - man I"
see exactly the trend of The entire hus'-
u..s. This docs not wcal that - -
necessary Cor him to read every letter,
yet the important ones ate scrut,ni2 d
and tho subject Is at hard ior the IN
lINIdull o. y ouu conference.
There are records ,ha, can be mad"
NOT so much by the persons themselves,
huj by others vino check M their re-
.ultS, 80 that rom'ucudat!0g ana salary
Increases can he made urou merit rather
than gucsswork. when ewploye es tel
That merit rather than pull - what VIII
hllu- advancement tn"r" ~ not Inc
r,od Of the closes; supervision witch
s.lnuiN drives the person aloug L. the
work
\ study OF human nature Is on" Of
the necessary requisites, The problem
of having people work or live together
intimately is ore that could well he
considered As a pant Of every mans COM
mcrrial education. No iva people are
eve" handled cNac''N alike. Each one
also works IN his own WAY. Mistakes
are often made in 1N.uc 10 supervise
tho work, ohliging the people to do the
work IN exactly the same way as another
person has done il. whereas the emphasis
should h" made on tn" result rather than
the WAY b; ,s accomplished. TINS is
particularly true Wncr' Tho work l. not
81 . mechanical type primarily, hu, deals
sit creative or selling projects.
The WORKING hours, working days.
vacations aud comfort generally of the
employee must be taken into account
ana thought of in Terms Of partnership
rather than Wer" machines, The proit
sharing schemes and bonuses for good
work are movements that ar. hound to
have greater recognition and accsptancc.
\ftcr n man has analysed. dcputiaed
aii made provision for prone super
vis.nG
lie Must EcOnOmi.r.
The business man who has a profitable
venture Is usually prndigal as long az
things are succeeding. We can ~ucnd
laNishlN for Advertising. II Is not ncr,,-
sary for him to watch tar thousand
little leaks that are cutting iulp prOh's
because they are large enough to satisfy
MN or the Stockholders. II j. onlN n
times of depression or i'm competition
that he especially turns his attention to
making In" dollar ~ as far rs possible.
Much is heard to-day Of conservation
Profits in business are not rs large as
formerly the, mus' bc ,uld" on vol-
umc rather than rust to small IN
diNidual sales.
tm' lapcr lirn.a urotit for 4 Ncar WAS
represented 10y !t-s<nirin saved in thcir
paper bag Wnuuld,-, 80 hN not folding
over as much paper for the seam as thcv
had previously done, Au efficiency IN
~NcstISttion proved that a smaller Ian
would hold just rs well,
Tho introduction Of time saving de-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
Rain

+ WASHINGTON Sept. 80 I..sO A M
For MISUNDERSTANDING cloudiness
tonight, followed by rain in early morn.
ing and on Friday, not much change in
temperature.
Chief of Weather Bureau.
crpTraspE0 ~ -
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
BOYS AND GIRLS WORK
EXHIBITIONS IN COUNTY.
Results OF Work Done BY the Boys
Corn Club and the Girls Canning
cluh

Mr. II. G. Wbiteford. the county farm
demonstrator. and Miss n l.. Iglehart,
agent OF Home Economics, are arrang-
ing to hold exhibitions early in Novem-
Der in various parts Of the county.
There viii be on exhibition corn that
was grown by the boys who entered the
club this year. and prizes viii be award
cd to those boys who have accomplish
ed the best results-A prize for the best
essay on Raising An Acre of Corn
has been offered by the Advertiser
Republican.
The Girls Cannery Clubs will exhibit
their work in canned vegetables and
fruit and jellies. Prizes will be given
10 those who have done the best work
along the several lines The Evening
Capital has shown its interest in the
girls by offering a prize for the best
story on "rhe Girls Canning Club. +"
The first exhibit will be held at Cedar
Grove. in the hall belonging 10 the
West River Beneficial Association.
A program will be arranged consSting
of several addresses. the judging of the
exhibits, awarding of the prizes. a
lunch and some music. Similar ex-
hibits viii be held at Owensville Da-
yidsonville, Millersville and at Glen
Burnie, and it is possible that the prize
exhibits may be seen in this city at
some later date
The original idea was TO hold the ex-
hibits in this city, the county seat, but
this did not prove success in the way
OF attendance here last year. and other
places viii be substituted.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
SEPTEMBER 30. 1913.
SNAP SHOTS.

Loud attire naturally speaks for
itself.
Never lend money to a man who
has poor memory.
Anyway, we never knew a man
to marry woman to reform her.
Even water stocks have been known
TO take drop too much.
Some men will do more for a
cheap cigar than they will for dollar.
The less confidence a man has in
himself the more he may have in
others.
One kind of hypocrite is a man
who pretends to be busy when he isn't.
About the time the stars come out
a man begins to realize the import
ance of making hay while the sun
shines.
Nothing venture, nothing gain
but you may be able TO keep what you
already have.
However, the-man who tells tire
some stories usually anages to finish
them in spite of interruptions.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
County COlOred Laborers
Are in Demand---GoOd Workmen.

That the Maryland type of colored
laborer, such as worked on the build
ing of the Annapolis Baltimore boule-
yard, makes a good workman in the
opinion of the Hassam Paving Com
pany. which has done work in this sec
tion. was demonstrated this week.
Representative of the company
telegraphed tosMr, Frank W. Will
ans. of Robinson Station, in the Third
district asking him to collect a gang
Of not less than 20 men who had work
ed for them on that job and bring
them on to New York as promptly as
possible. After considerable scurry-
ng round Mr.. Williams found the de-
sired score of men and on Monday
morning he sent them off in charge of
Mr. B. Brenan.
The Hassam Company built the
section of the Baltimore boulevard ly-
ng between Glen Burnie and the Sew
ern river bridge. II has recently been
awarded the contract for constructing
the Long Island Boulevard, jim New
York.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-30
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eademy Gate 10 minutes
.f. House Station, Blsden
a. Ave : minutes later.
Baltimore
s5uo.s5. u.sesA.
7s5. IS. zA.Os. ass
ass. 7ss, g $. iLs5.
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.lfnts between Aunspo-
Academy Junction and
90 signal q -
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