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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
AMERICAS ERA OF SCHOOL REFORM
by FREDERICK ). IIn.kIn.

stimulating her sense Of color. form,
sound and speech
The methods used by Mrs. Stoner
IN training her daughter require more
time aud concentration than the aver
age mother or teacher has to give but
educators all over the country haye
come to recognize their value This
fall an institute for talented chtldr.,
is TO he opened in New York under
the direction OF Mrs. Stoner who &,
going 10 demonstrate her system on
dozen or more children. While Il
may not be possible to accomplish
with every child what has been &C.
complishcd with wini:red. psycholos
ISIS are. now OF the opinion that every
child will respond to some exten, IN
the same methods.
IN every city there are any number
OF talented children who might de.
Felop high degrees OF genius IL pronS
erly trained. and under the present cir
cumstanccs the public schools have NO
place for them. II is not suggested
by educators that the schools he re-.
constructed so as TO train only genius
for there Will always be vast ma
jority Of only mediocre talent, but that
there should DC special classes In every
school supcrnormal children who
viii therefore not be retarded by the
res, Of the school
Mnny should Not lie Forced
mere are. pt course great many
children who should not be forced for
various reasons. Some nave no, me
natural mental capacity for carly edu-
cation, and others are backward owing
To physical disabilities OF ono Kind ~;
another, Among these. the most sex
rious ss tooth decay. a child may ap-
parcntly be- in the best of health and
yet develop "A high degree OF nervous.
ness or unusual lethargy from the
presence OF few decayed teeth. one
psychologist discovered twenty scvcn
cases in Cleveland public school
where children were mentally back
ward when afflicted with tooth decay.
On given dental treatment, they i'm
incdiately discarded their habitual
dullncss and caught uD with their
schooi work. The facilitating effects
Of adcnoi'is on mental energy are well
known and have been proved beyond
the question OF q doubt in thousands
sisting that every child be examined
for adcnoids before he is admitted 10
the public schools, and his parents re.
CURED 10 have them removed, il pres
ent. under the same system Of COM
pulsion ns vaccinations
Thus the American public SCHOOL
system * being ovcrhaulcd ana recon
structcd and education Is largely pass
ing out OF the hands Of the merchant
and tradesmen and entering the prove
ince OF the medical man and psycholog
ist We are fast approaching a time
when tho systematic education Of tine
child VIII begin in his second year and
continue as rapidly as he is able;
time when every public school child
VIII frst he examined by physician
ana then ny psychologist and placed
IN HIS Individual niche. whore he will
he allowed TO develop according TO his
talent. America is at last ceasing n
strive for general mediocrity and be-
ginning To boost its genius
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

what the Americans OF the legitimate stage
have been anxious TO do for u long time.
Nearly every actor, unless he has been notably
successful, has II number Of grievances They
vary with the individual, but one grievance
is common to all: resentment Of the number
Of Enslishmen on the American stage. In
their temperamental way. they attribute this
to many reasons but never to the real one.
which is that as class the English actor is
better trained. better educated and more apt
to subordinate the individual to the part than
the American.
If this country werc'to put retaliative
embargo on English vaudeville "artists" it
wouldn't matter much. but if English actors
were blacklsted. the American stage would
he the principal sufferer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

For the jealous woman:
me consequence is. then. thy jealous fits
Hath scared thy husband from the use of wits :.
Comedy of Errors " L.
For the meanly clad:
our purses shall be proud, our garments poor:
For It's the mind that makes the body rich
AND as the sun breaks through the darkes,
Clouds
SO honor peereth in the mcancst habit"
framing of the Shrew w. 2
for my Lady Disdain: u had rather hear my
dog bark at crow than a man swear he love
me'-Much Ado About Nothing. l. l.
For the rcveler: ITO be up after n,dnpbt
and TO go TO bed then is carly; so that 10 go
to bed after midnight is to 20 to bed betimes"-
Twelfth Night, H. s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Infantile Paralysis
No Specific

TOO much OF flourish accompanied the
1 announcement of adrenalin as cure for
infantile paralysis. and too few facts were
adduced 10 support the discovery, TO warrant
any great confidence in the treatment. The
truth is the doctors know little more now
about the cure of that dread disease than they
did before New Works epidemic began.
Adrenalin has proved etlicacious in some
cases good results have been obtained in
other cases by entirely different treatment
No specific has yet been found. and it be
hooves those in charge OF young children 10
bear that III mind and 10 take every precau-
ton. That specific will be found is only
hope
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
England's Vaudeville Emb,rr,

COMPLAINT IS mado by man nrn,oIno,-t
~ IN the vaudeville world that English
music nall managers have blacklis,cd Amer
can vaudeville artists except headIinore. ~,
ihe behest OF their Jealous brethren OF the
HTtish varieties. Tho complainant contcnds
tnat the English performers are envious or
80 isitut Of III" American short-ordcr actor.
II ihese statements are truc they establish
sor' o. black list that may he regarded as
s9ec!es OF reciprocity. For the English
yaIfef:!!!ans have succeeded in doing only
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
views of our own War Expert.

Headers will remember the knothole i'm the
fence that surrounds the Town Hall of Vhoop
La iSanS It's curious construction, permitting.
observers to look over the heads Of the onrush-
ing enemy and criticize the tit OF their iunics.
makes the attainment of this vantage point vital
TO the success OF the whole allied strategy AS
readers familiar with the terrain will recall the
ground slopes sccply up toward the knothoIe
ana 1t can be approached only with dreadful
dlniculty. however readers understand. it
rs worth all 1t Will cost. Alexander, Caesar,
Napoleon Corey and other great generals agree.
as readers will remember on this strategic
theory, and now that we add our the voice
of authority becomes unanimous
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
A NeM Lie Prcaer1er.

A novel life preserver has been de-
vised 10 supplement the ordinary cork
Jacket in rough water. BY its use the
person in distress is able to breathe,
even when the waves sweep over his
head. The appliance adds to the cork
jacket light metal chamber which
hoats high, spout eadinE from II
rising two or three feet above the
water level. tube leads from this
chamber To face mask through
which the wearer of the jacket
hreathes. Even II the water sweeps
over his head. the spout OF the air
chamber Is still clear. and the air
supply unimpaired
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Chats With Virginia Editors

The only comment offered by the Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch on the Hughes acceptance
speech is simply this: The decision handed
,iown by Mr.. hughes to day will be more wide
~ read Than any OF his former deliveries
The editor OF the Harrisonburg independent
%noSe iiHer seems TO be little out of fix say VS.
rive dollars day offered for harvest hands
IN some places, but automobiles and Saturday
excursions To movie theaters not being pro-
Vlded II is not probable there are any appIi-
me ne SeWnort News Times iIera Id may may
not lie stiilly or treason. Anyhow, here is what
II says democrats in Newport News will face
raiher an embarrassing situation II some OF the
Northern papers succeeded in making Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels an issue in the president ial
campaign.
Ihe stanton News says: Some energetic
persons nave started move to follow the en-
ample or warning Europe and, by setting our
CLOCKS pack one hour. gain that much additional
uaynGht' before vote Ia taken on this motion,
we want IL distinctly understood that this extra
hour Is not 10 be devoted to anything resem-
bling work.
Says u brother editor i'm another State who
mas evidently dispeascd local dienitary
pleases everybody, there will be Il glass plate
And may We add that thcre'Il be few. IL any.
feai mcurners in attend dance for its pure log t.
anu cold facts that ii he pleased every body he
meVer helped Observation-Disclosures News. Truly,
the path OF tho weekly editor Is sometimes
thorny.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Another Lament.


Please Mister Garbage Man. drive round ,od.r
Take look at our can, carry it away
Come and do your very best,
Free us from this sorry pest
Please, Mister Garbage Man. drive around to-day
Good Mister Garbage Man, don't oerlook us
quite,
DO not place us under ban-make us feel YOUR
spite.
Well be good can be-
Hail YOU best Ger did see
Please Mister Garbage Man. don't o'erlook us
quite.
Kind Mister Garbage Man. hear our earnest
plea
When the late reform began we all yelled with
= Slcc
hut Just now we wonder why
We turned loose that gladstone cry--
Kind Mister Garbage Man, hear our earnest
Please, Mister Garbage Man. drift around to- day
Things are worse, I'm thinking than when Won
came way
Look in mercy here
Then away this garbage bear
Please, Mister Garbage Man. drift around to-d,v
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Good Luck to the Deutschland.

To Tic t.ditor OF The Times Dispatch:
Slr-My idea Is that the Deutschland will
get safely INTO German waters and will land
her cargo all right. distinctly anti-t;cr-
man. ana as such could wish every German
wHrship sunk. believe. however, the British
and and The French people who are in command OF
the ships sent TO watch her feel lust as ! do:
that is feel pride In the Movements Of
such ship as the Deutschland, which under
IN" command of its grand Captain Koenig has
taught us something new in twentieth century
ncveiopment am inclined to think that the
outlook for the Deutschland. do not intend to
intercept her, and what glorious thing il
would be to the English and French flags IL
tnose cruisers should fire salute to the brave
''crnian underwater craft, and their TIA ga
IN its honor it passes by them. But be the
ih,ngs AS they may, good luck TO the brave
niue German ship she makes her wav
through or under the waters back To her home
w
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

From Paris comes the report that the
Deutschland Was shipped over in parts. as
semblcd in an American port and that she
never went outside the three-mile limit at
any time. Next We'll he told that she is only
a legendary ship. Nevertheless, the British
will keep their eyes open for such legend
somewh' between Baltimore and Bremen.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
EIeEt NOycls.

selected by twenty eight weIl-known authors
as the hest novels i'm the English language:
Vanity Fair" by Thackeray: Tom Jones'" by
Henry Fielding; David Copperfeld," by Dick
EMS: The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne: Rob
inson crusoe' by Defoe; "Ivanhoe." by Scott:
Lorna l,none by Backmore: Tess of the
- UrherNilieS." by Hardy: "Tristram Shandy'
by Sterne The last four received the same
number of-yotes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
The Voice Of the People


no the Editor of The Times Dis4,atch
u Slr.--The person referred to in the inquiry OF
itistoriah as having escaped from the court
house i"h,, al Morgan!on ~ C., while trial.
Governor of the state OF Franklin during il.
hrlef existence. Iia was rescued by party Of
trends from the then state of Franklin" now
tennessee lie was pardoncd afterward and
lima. EXVII3GIEI N
scotland Neck, y. c.. July 81.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
ro-Dn.'S Hest iand-rlckcd Joke.

I've got an awfuly witty Wife," boasts
solomon Beach Il set most of my good stuff
from her. TO tell you the truth. Sometimes,
though. her wit is bit too sharp for comfort.
Now. the other evening / came home feeling
of l had that was raising
thunder with me. and wasn't in the best Of
humor. Well came limping up the walk, and
my wife stood the door, cying me suspici-
ously.
what makes YOU walk funny she said
Corn! snapped, grouchily.
oh" she said turning away. i thought
maybe il ye:'"--(!leveland Plain Dealer.
Caution, That's All.
Poor Justice hughes much fears he'll lose
Votes of the hyDhenated,
so keeps away, both night and day,
From Issues they've created
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Queries and Answers

Nerfoik Western Railway.
VIII YOU tell me what is the total mileage
or the Norfolk and Western hallway?
~ f. j. KING.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

The Colonel doubtless regards all The Pro
gressves who refuse TO be delivered by him
as undesirable citizens.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
STANDARDIZATION Lnns.

,, ~ !. ,bIchiidren born outside The limits OF
me United states. hut Of parents who citi-
%ens; are considered citizens: but the rights
oi citizenship In such cases do descend %
United states.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Health Talks, by DR.. Vim. Brady
The Crow In the Corn Crib.

once upon time there a crow that hung
around farmers field all summer, fearless of
scarccGows immune to shot. When fall came
the crow day got into the farmers corn
rrib and found pretty good nicking inside. The
hircd man discovered him there and for
ihe ahoisun But the farmer stayed his hand.
No Abner." said the farmer; violence Is
hardiy warranted in such case We must not
shoot the crow That would be cruelty. Wen
Just leave him there and let him eat himself
10 death. durn him.
And in week the crow dropped dead from
administration. His liver crowded his lungs
out OF business. The poor bird couldn't stand
prosperity Food was right there In sight all
away the time Till he could pick more.
a good many people in hotels and restau-
rants are Ike that crow. The food is there
TN" menu they've got 10 pay for it anyway.
50 they pick at IT just because ii is mealtime
and there is nothing else to do. If they lose
Interest the cooks throw in extra dash OF
pepper or sauce. and the picking goes for
Il little longer When the liver begins rise
up and cInbarrass the lungs, they take liver
pills 10 make il lie down again. When the
harrassrd lungs handicap the heart, they try
dyspepsia tablets or mineral waters When the
arteries begin TO stineu under the strain, they
take 'pnlcS to improve the appetite and work
up better ambition. When the kidneys begin
/" break down, they try the latest style or doc
tor VII" cures by upimpinging the mysterious
nerve. They will try anything. these human
crows. bat fasting. II you suggest a short fast
even radical reduction in the diet they go
away and never consult you any
Human crows don't like 10 fast; they like to
diet Dieting Implies eating something choice
and digestable. Fasting implies self-denial.
A successful dietitian is doctor who ca
prescribe diet which sounds nourishing yet
cuts the total fuel supply down about 70 per
cont. May eat and So and may
ouch and such; that is tho secret If the diet
last merely says omit breakfast every day"
omit luncheon" take bread
and milk one day in each week." why that Is
starvation, and likes il. A crow
spends his whole life worrying about the
chances or starving. and when the day of pros
perity comes he just sails in and eats himself
10 death. a must have his pick.
~. Al pf mil 1ln lnial
wc call the AB-c OF prosperit y-art criosclero-
rs. HriIht's disease and cardiac degcnera ton
All three expressions of autointoX lea ton
Autointox lea ion IN She outstanding factor
which makes life so perilous after forty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

First Suhurba nite-Iiow is your new coo
coming on
Second Dtto--ou this same train She lief
This morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

DIR. Brady will answer all signed letters per-
tanning TO health. The names OF writer's
never printed. Only inquiries OF general In
terest answered In this column; but all in
quires will be answered by mail IL u stamped,
self-addressed envelope is Enclosed. Requests
for diagnosis treatment OF Individual cases
cannot he considered. Address DIR. William
Brady of this newspaper.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
IInsc and Nozzle,
22.043.

~ j. ST IL nozzle is used one-half-
men nos" and three qua rte inch hoHe he
greater quantity Of water will lie thrown by
the larger hose.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Tw" Agcncie, Should Work Together

q O mucb pond car ana ,,,
partD.u, ANA ,b lro,,.,.u;, ~
the publi1 ,yiiI learn ,,i,h ,.., o. 49,,
tone OF tarruas. II ;,o r.,, t,
bel wccu the ,,.,,,r,,r., I ~, 1920, 49,.
the two agencjna ..r.. mo-, 49,. 49,, -, 90 ,' N
For. despite ma. ,yiio ii,fnraoas -, a,,i'n
ton. co,ouosi,inn a , .S -, 81 10
Inc cons.rv,ifo, 80 ~, ,,',,a -, :" Wv
AS lie chic, u.,I,i ornn. .avs n,a,,;
ness and deccncy arc. IN. ,irne NJ ,be IJnn.o-
wives I,earr. I'm, No. , S ,,n;,,,,
any "aesrGe,jc" s.nvi,,i,i,, A., ,hia ,t,.
members Of Inc Io.c,,. az, ,,aa,,, 800,
as DR. Levy uudonhi.1Iy !, u,av ,ra IN nnn,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

joints. at times fingers very stiff, more so on
rising in the morning.
Acknowledging arthritis deformans. Find
the septic focus.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Vic I,cnsi1nIst Sax.
Shnkespca-. Du, II, n,

II every man got what he deserved the Foo
Killer would lose his job
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

PUBLISHED every day I'm the year at 10 south Tenth
fishing CO.. Inc. Charles r. Hasbrook Editor md
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Controlling the Female Vote

D EPORTS have it that the so-called
IN "Womans party is 10 declare for
Hughes, because OF his Endorsement OF the
plan to give women the ballot by national
constitutional amendment. 1t is not likely
Democratic leaders will be distressed by this
circumstance Because a woman has the vote
is no reason to believe she has lost her senses
but tho theory that all the women in the
suffrage States can be herdcd into one poiti-
cal compound is based on just such premise
The best balanced of the woman suifragists
gree with President Wilson that this should
he matter for the separate decision OF the
States IT, with all the problems national
and International, the country now is facing,
the female vote can be solidfcd for or against
particular plan for adding 10 its number,
the enemies Of suffrage Will he provided with
new and valid argument. Ii this one issue
is To control all other issues there will he
small chance OF women making a real con
trihuticn To tho countrys political progress.
Folks ought To stop telling the Administra-
tive Board how to save the city money on the
removal OF garbage. The board cannot he
bothered by little matters OF that description
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS 10 Tho Ti,ncs.
Dispatch. and TO indl yiiunlS.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Quotations and Answers.

Bran for Constipltion-Plcase tell me where
| obtain bran, and what brand Is best. How
much should take. and in what way?
hnBwcr-Any grocer can supply il. Little
choice between the different brands. Take II
icaspoonful with cereal in the mornn. \
tcaspoonful with soup at night. or have il used
Tor bran gems III bread. or eat II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

TELEPHONE, Randolph 1. Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all departments.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

40 Scch Animiic--ln an answer to CORE
,pondent you stated there is no such thing as
chronic rheumatism. What IL this? Swelling of
Joints OF hand, often painful; knobs between
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

why does not Justice Hughes let The conn-
Try INTO the secret OF his thoughts on the
Federal reserve currency law?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

SPECIAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES,; Has
New York; Mutual Life building. rhilnd-lpni";
Peoples Gas Building Chicngo.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

entered january FL, 1905 Mt the Post Once at
Richmond. Va. as second Class matter.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-03-03
The Boy is Father
to the Man

Old sayings like this are fraughf wisl1
a most important meaning. And want
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1916-03-03
Heard About Town

DR.. R. l.. Dawson, ]. W. Williams
and DIR. D. B. Southland attended the
Republican convention at Louisville
this week.
j. C. Lynn received a fine female
Scotch Collie from Clifford of Olathe,
Kas., by express Thursday.
National Bank Examiner John B.
Chenault, IS in Stanford, going over
the books &c The two local financial
institutions, which he will undoubt-
eddy find in good shape, for there are
no stronger banks anywhere than the
two in Stanford.
Harry Jacobs, the monument man,
sold Mrs. C. w. Spangler, of Crab
Orchard, large French Greek gran
tie monument to be a duplicate of the
James E. Gooch monument in Goshen
cemetery. This monument is to be
placed on the family lot in Crab Or
chard cemetery.
Crab Orchards splendid water is
to be exploited by new company
which has been organized at the cap
ital of the East End with Sam j.
Tatem as president and a good adj
vertisement is to be found in another
column today telling about the good
qualities of this celebrated health
restorer. The new company will be
known as the Mineral Water Sales
Company and some real live boost
ing will be done. There is no better
medicinal water in the world than
that at Grab Orchard and the new
company which will market it intends
to let the people known about it in
the only proven successful way
thru judicious and persistent adver-
Using.
Attorney Herbert Reynolds, who