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The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
TEACHERS meetings
To BE OPENED TODAY
Week of Lectures and Preparation for
School Terms.

The delay in the opening of the District
schools will be in a measure compensated
for by the special preparation which
teachers will begin today, according to
Ernest l. Thurston, superintendent Of
schools. All week the teachers will at
tend meetings, lectures and conferences.
The schedule is as follows: Today, 10
o'clock, meeting of teachers with super
vising principals and directors; kinder
garten teachers meet with supervising
principals.
At o'clock, kindergarten teachers,
white schools. at Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets northwest.
Tomorrow, 10 o'clock, president of
Board of Education and superintendent of
schools address grade school teachers at
old Central High School.
At o'clock, fifth grade teachers at
Thomson school, model teachers and pri-
mary group at Wilson Normal; grade
three and four teachers meet with direo-
tor of music at Mckinley High School;
departmental conferences of High School
teachers with heads of departments; /;
English. mathematics and physics at Nc
Kinley High School; modern languages
at Business High School
Wednesday, 10 o'clock-High schools.
normal and grades five to eight, At old
Central High School for lecture by DR..
n L. Ildu-' luSsI university DI VIZ
gtnia, on Supervised Study" $50, first
and Second Erade teachers new 20 their
grades, at Wilson Normal School. 2
Third and Fourth grade teachers meet
at Wilson Normal School; Sixth grade
teachers at Thomson School; joint meet
ing OF ungraded and atypical teachers,
at Henry School.
Thursday. $50 o'clock, teachers Of
grades three and four, at Wilson Normal
School; 10, teachers Of grades i've to
eight at Mckinley High School; 2. Sew
enth grade teachers, at Thomson School;
grades on9 and two at Wilson Normal
departmental conferences for high school
teachers at Mckinley: Latin. Greek and
business practice. at Business High
School
Friday, $50 o'clock. Grades one anc
two, at Wilson Normal: 10, high school
teachers, at Mckinley High School; .
grades one end two at Mckinley High
School, and grade eight at Thomson
School.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
MEXICAN PEON OBEYS
more ALTA, HOMBRE"
Red-Necked Engineers Sergeant Ac.
quires Efficient Spanish.
By WALLACE SMITH.

Field Headquarters, American Punitive
Expedition. Mexico, Sept. A.-There are
better ways OF learning Spanish than by
the aid of little red-bound handbooks.
The little red-bound hsndbooks them
selves admit this and suggest In nearly
every instance that It would be wise for
the beginner TO learn first something OF
the native information and pronunciation,
Ii might be added that a knowledge OF
gestures and the language itself might
help.
To the credit OF both the American pri.
vate and oficer. It may be said that they
try to accumulate q working knoWledSt
of the language Of the country wherC
the expedition awaits orders.
At FL Valle, a red-necked sergeant wa
bossing a scere Of shivering Mexcanl
in an effort TO rebuild the engineers
bridge over the cold, rampant Santa
Maria River.
Hey. you mutton-headed hombre" hs
cried. git busy and get that there two-be-
four more alta Higher. you hombre
higher. sLeggo that rope, hombre-"
These orders were carried out with per.
feet understanding.
On the other hand:
There is a certain captain who prides
himself on his knowledge OF Spanish The
captain was out with a little scouting
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
SOTHERN Wins PRAISE
OF Casino THRONGS
Makes First Appearance on Screen in
The Chattel."

E. H. Sothern made his first public ap-
pearance in motion pictures at the Casino
Tbeater yesterday. His vehicle was The
Ckattel," which develops the theme OF
womans love conQuering the domination
of the man.
bought and paid for is his own. to do
with as he pleases, and the working out
OF the plot brings him around to a phi
lOsophy which the very opposite. The
story opens with Sothern as a rich bach
elor who has everything the heart could
desire. except a wife and happiness.
Through a friend he meets a young and
beautiful girl whom he marries. The
night before the wedding the girls father
asks for financial aid to save his reputa-
ton. The money which he gives to the
father the newly married man considers
as the cost of his wife, just as the money
he paid for an expensive painting, The
ChatteI," was its cost.
The wife soon begins to understand her
husbands attitude and to chafe under it
Finally. driven to desperation by his
treatment, she pawns her jewels and-but
that's going too far into the story
The woman leaves the house of her hus-
band and fees to the country. He fol-
lows and finally rewins her in dramatic
fashion. During the closing scenes the
audience witnesses a gradual transforma-
ton in his character and sees a tender
ness and sympathy develop. through the
instrumentality of a woman's love.
Peggy Hyland, the famous English act
ress, scored a hit as the wife. Her nat
uralness and winsomeness won every
man in the thcater and the women could
not help loving her.
The Casino Orchestra played we'll and
so perfectly synchronized was the music
and the action of the play that half che
time one was not conscious that It was
playing. 1t seemed that there waS q
beautiful undercurrent to the picture
that def1el analysis.
Judging from the comment of the largo
audiences Yesterday and last night, the
picture is more than satisfactory to those
witnessing /: ard the dramatic critic
agreed with hem. Sothern seems des.
tined to be the same favorite In modern
photoplays that he was on the Shake
spearean stage.
THE Chattcl' is the first Of a series
OF three Dhotoplays in which Tothern
will appear. They are al to have their
Washington premieres at the Casino as
soon as released. "The Man of Mystery
and IAN Enemy to tho King. o which
will appear soon, are, with The Chat
tel" the only photoplays IN which Soth-
ern will ever appear, it is announced.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
Nutshell NeUs

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eller
Rice, wife If NJ. p Rice, r street pho
tographer. who died at her home Satur
day afternoon, will be held at the resi-
dence, IS Rock Creek Church road, thi.
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Paul Lang.
horne, pastor of the Petworth Baptist
Church, will officiate. Interment will bt
in Oak Hill Cemetery. r
Funeral services for .drs. James
Mosher will be held from st. Patrick'i
Church this morning at IL o'clock. m.
terment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery
The funeral Of Edward r. Mshoney
WHO died suddenly at his home Saturday
afternoon, will be held from the resi-.
dence, 32s c street southeast, this after
noon at o'clock. Interment will be
private.
The funeral OF Charles A. Mansuy vii
be held from the Church of The Holy
Comforter Tuesday morning, Requiem
mass will be celebrated at 8 o'clock.
The funeral of James W. Robinson will
be held from the residence, 1889 Morris
road, Anacostia, this afternoon at
o'clock.
Mrs. Lottie Lynch, colored, IS year,
old, was found dead in her room yester,
day by Mrs Mary Smith, of Z14 p stree
northwest. with whom the dead woman
was stopping. The Emergency ambulance
was called and DR.. Stratton pronounced
her dead and notified the coroner. Mrs
Lynch has no relatives in Washington.
When Jacob Clover of Newark, N. J.
registered at a hotel near the Capito
yesterday noon, he discovered that hi
rol. containing about 500 was missing
Glover told the police he believed he wa
robbed on the train between High Point
N. c., and Washington.
U. s. s. Sylvia docked at Washington
yesterday morning with naval militiameI
who were not among those who made
the battleship summer cruise on the ILL
nois. The Sylvia cruised for five week.
on the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay.
Following the precepts of BeI
Franklin, Nick Fillah. of 1902 New
York avenue northwest, kept his saw
ings in a little savings bank in hi
home. Yesterday thieves entered hi
house and took the bank with the 81
which 1t contained.
DR.. Robert F. Mason has reported the
theft Of his Ford automobile, which he
had left standing in front OF the Casino
Theater last night.
Jennie Stewart 1907 Twelfth street
northwest, yesterday reported to the po
lice that two IS bills were stolen from
her pocketbook.
A tricycle. was stolen from the home
Of c. A B. Boyd. 926 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
MOTHER is MY HOBBY .
SAYS CORALINN Wade
Petite Leading Lady at Polls Lauds
Spoken Drama.
my hobby-my mother!''

my hobby-my motherl''
And little Miss Coralinn Wade, who
plays the leading feminine role at Poll &
this week In THE Natural Law" launch
ed forth in a tale OF the devotion to her
mother, which with her Is always para
mount.
You see," said Miss Wade, in an in
tervtew yesterday. until two years ago
mother and 1 had always travelled to-
gether, but there was an automobile ac-
cident which left her injured for life. SO
now we are forced to be separated dur
ing the theatrical season. However, we
always plan to be together whenever
am near New York"
Miss Wade, who looked more like q
schoolgirl than an actress. was dressed
very becomingly In a white broadcloth
suit cut in Norfolk style, with a little
white tam-o-shanter hat that only par
TALLY imprisoned the almost Billie Burk-
ish set Of curls. She asserted that the
stage, in her opinion, was still very far
ahead Of the movies"
Though think D. W. Grifith is won
derful." says Miss Wade. "and a num-
Der Of others have planted the screen
plays with us to stay, they will never ap-
proach the thoroughness of dramatics
that are enhanced by the voice.
I hesitate to speak of my career, as
such. 1t was not so long ago that was
singing in musical comedy with Clifton
Crawford in My Best Girl but my heart
has always been set on dramatic work
and when the opportunity was presented
for me to become a member of the Har-
lem Opera House Stock Company. ac-
cepted at once
Since then l have worked with various
stocks, but because Of my youth 1 was
forced most of the time to play inge-
nue. parts. Right here want to say there
Is no reason why an ingenue cannot play
emotional leads.
THE part am playing in The Natural
Law requires the highest kind of emo
tional work and critics in the cities where
We have played thus far have been kind
enough to say that my work was pleas
ing. that is. all except one, who said ]
was too young.
why should they say that7 I am get.
ting over this fault as fast as possible
and young people have as many emo
donal moments in their lives as older
ones, If not more"
Just a twinkle of a smile appeared as
she said this, which led to a question as
to whether she was married
Not yet. though I have not yet given
up all hope" she answered. ITO tell the
truth, have not yet had time to think
about it. In fact. I don't even have
time TO live up to the reputation the
smaller cities have gisen actresses. that
OF being very wicked"
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
MOTHERS BAR SCHOOL
DECLARED UNSANITARY

Special TO The Washington Herald
Poughkeepsie, Sept A.-Declaring the
building is unsafe and unsanitary, the
mothers Of 300 children who attend School
No. 10 have gone on strike and refuse to
permit their children to report when
school is reopened Monday,
The strike results from the refusal of
the board Of aldermen to submit to tax
payers at a special election a PROPOSE
tion to erect a new school, although the
plans have been approved by the State
department of education. Through the
efforts of Mrs. Clinton c. Andrews, presi-
dent of the Mothers Club of the school,
backed by several fathers, a State in
spector examined the building He said it
was unfit for school purposes.
The building was erected before the
civil war and was formerly used as a
military academy. 1t was condemned by
the State board of health a few years ago.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
Close $3.50 P. M

party, some milee from camp The party
was attempting % ind a certain ranch
house. A native rode UP and was about
70 pass when the captain hailed him
The native listened patiently while the
captain addressed him at length. The
captain ftted together words and verbs
and adjective. Altogether he spoke
lot OF words. At length he stopped.
oreathleSs, on q rising infection that
pected.
Perhaps you would find Il simpler,
hr, to use English" said the Mexican.
Il am afraid 1 did not catch the oUes-
ton Although my knowledge Of English
is not perfect might be able TO make Il
DO"
The ranch was found
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
Special Coffin for Big Woman

Wabash. Ind. Sept 24.-Mrs. Hannah
Smith. who weighed SS7 pounds, died of
heart trouble at her home a few days
ago, after an illness Of two weeks. She
had slept in specially constructed bed
for a number Of years. Despite her
great weight, she had been quite active
until six months ago, having been able
ia walk long distances daily. A special
coffin was ordered for Mrs. Smiths body
and one of the doors of her home was
enlarged to permit the coffin being taken
through,
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
DEATHS REPORTED.
WHITE

WHITE
Ernest Allen, IS years. Soldiers Home
Chester A. Forest, jr.. months, 217 Fla ave. NV
Ellen D. Rica. y. SIS Rock Greek Cburcn road
Ida Thompson. &c, Providence Hosn
Geo T. Do1leH, IS, Chathsm Courts
Mamie Robinsr1. 50. Garfield Hosp.
Sarlis G. Rollins. q, Garfield Hosp
John VI. SAGE, 42 st. Eizabeth's
James J. Lamph. S.. Providence Hosn.
Joseph A. h"tchPm. 80, 81. Elizabeth's.
Maranda Morgan $303 ST. NV.
Edward R. Eahoney, %. s9 c st. Sc.
COLORED
Fannie Washington, 30. 10 l st. sy,
John Chandler, Ss. Z32 ChAmplsin St NV
Rufus oondllo, Is. Tuborculo5is Hosp
Dsas Tunsr, q. u2 p .. nv,
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
HEROIC DOG SAVES MASTER.
About to Be Killed, Aged Collie
Defends Boys

DanviIle, Ill, Sept. 4.-Shep. a collie
dog that was to have been killed because
Of his age, saved the sons of his master,
Henry Miller, from death when they were
attacked recently by an angry bull.
Jake Miller, aged g. and Valentine Mil
Ter, aged IS, still are in a serious condi-
ton from injuries inflicted by the animal,
and Shep, swathed in bandages and with
one leg in splints. is being cared for in
the house by a veterinary.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
BIRTHS REPORTED,

WHITE.
Thomas J. and Ada E. whinery. boy,
Myer and Rose I. Kamirsky, girl.
Charles E. and Margaret e. Kelly. boz.
John w. and Myrtle l. Kalser, boy,
Henry R. and Catherine 4. Burch. hov.
James NJ. aud L1retto Rinehart, Eirl.
Edward and Louise O'Dea, girl.
COLORED.
Edward and Laura Mitchell, boy.
John and Rebecca Brown, girl.
James and Hennetta Kitmond, virI
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
Big Car Shortage.

Louisville, KY, Sept. 24-As against a
normal shortage Of 500 or 900 cars at this
season. the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road Company today reported a short
age of 1900 freight cars for the entire
system. The depletion in rolling stock
was asribed at the office of the road here
today to various conditions.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
SUBURBAN STORE ROBBED.
Thief Gets Change, Crackers, Cigar
cites and Sardines.

Nicholas Kaiser's store, at Benning
road and the Anacostia pike, was broken
into early yesterday morning. A small
amount Of money was taken from the
cash register and several packages OF
crackers and cigarettes were missing A
few cans Of sardines also were stolen.
The Washington herald., 1916-09-25
Frog in Ice Cake

York, Pa, Sept. A.-Edmund Senft
found a frog recently frozen in a cake
of ice. When taken out and placed in
a bucket of water the frog was revived,
and is now apparently healthy. 1t is
believed that the frog was frozen In The
kps- fRs. monfhe- en-.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
THE LEAF BLISTER MITE OF PEAR AND APPLE

thoroughly, coating the twigs and
branches.
A standard solution Of kerosene
emulsion may also be used. The stock
solution should be diluted with five
parts Of water for spraying purposes.
One application should be given in the
late fall, as soon as most of the leaves
have fallen, and another in the follow
ing spring. before the trees put out
foliage. If 1t is possible to give only
one treatment. the sprays should be
used in the fall. At this time many
of the mites have not yet gone to the
bud scales, but occur in the down COW
ering the young wood. and hence are
more easily killed.
Lime-sulphur washes are excellent
employment is perhaps preferable as
avoiding danger of injury to fruit
buds by the oil sprays. If lime-sul-
phur wash Is employed, 1t should be
applied with great thoroughness and
the tree completely coated so that
when spraying IS finished 1t will ap-
pear as if whitewashed.
On the pear the mites may be kept
reduced to an important extent simply
by searching out in the spring small
branches bearing worst infested leaves,
pruning these off and burning them,
or sprays may be employed exactly as
indicated for the apple, If this is con-
sidered necessary.
Except in cases Of serious infesta-
ton special spraying for the blister
mite will not be necessary. AS to
whether or not 1t Is advisable to spray,
the orchardists, will have to decide
after determining as exactly as is pos
| sible the amount Of injury that Is be-
ing done by the mites, and care should
| be taken not to confound with it's in
jury that which has resulted from fun
gicidal or Pars-green sprays, and
, from leaf-spot diseases.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22

Red or green blister-like spots ap-
pearing in the spring on the foliage of
the apple and pear are usually due to
the leaf blister mite. This is not an
insect but small animal, invisible to
the unaided eye. which attacks stand
ard varieties of pear and apple trees
and often inficts serious damage.
Where trees are seriously infested, the
premature fall Of both fruit and leaves
may result. In such cases a special
application of lime-sulphur wash or
other spray may be necessary. Ord1-
narily, however. the regular orchard
spraying is sufficient to control the
mite. Badly-infested branches of the
pear trees may be cut off and burned.
Care should be taken not to confuse
the work Of the mite with the leaf
spot disease or the results of heavy
spraying.
The leaf blister mite passes the win
ter beneath the bud scales. There 1t
waits for the opening Of the buds and
attacks the young leaves as soon as
they push out in the spring. The tiny
animals bore small holes from the un-
derside Of the leaves into the interior.
where they lay their eggs. This
causes the small, plmple-llke gals on
the upper surface of the leaves. The
spots later increase in size, sometimes
to one-eighth of an inch, and on the
pear tree are red and often brilliantly
colored as they grow In the case of
the apple, the eruptions lack the more
brilliant coloring and are found more
along the margin Of the leaf. In both
cases the spots finally turn brown or
black and if the pest is abundant the
leaves become ruptured and wrinkled.
More than $50 varieties of apples
are attacked by the mite, injury be-
! ing especially severe on some we'll
known commercial sorts, such as the
Ben Davis. the King, Baldwin. Rhode
| Island Greening and the Williams Fa-
vorite.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22

Variegated Cutworm. a, Moth; b,
normal Form of Caterpillar, side view;
G, Same in Curved Position: d. Dark
Form, View Of Back; c. Greatly En-
larged Egg, Seen from Side; I. Egg
Mass on Twig. sts...,
being cut off at the surface or little
below the surface, of the ground. be-
ginning as soon as the first plants
sprout and continuing until late June
or early July. by which time the
worms are full grown. Feeding takes
place at night the worms resting dur
ing the day beneath debris or In the
soil at a depth of from one-half to one
inch below the surface. and since they
closely resemble the color Of the soil
in most cases, the cause of the injury
Is often not apparent However, II
the soil surrounding the cutoff plant
be examined carefully. the culprit will
quite likely be found curled up In the
soil. >-.s f.. ...E ..
Land to be planted to corn the fol-
lowing spring. especially such land as
has laid in grass for considerable
time and Is likely to contain cut
worms, should be plowed in midsum-
mer or early fall about the time the
eggs are laid, or better, before the
eggs are laid, for then vegetation
which is suitab BILE for the moths to lay
their eggs upon II removed. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22

cept during the winter months and the
b. eeding season. Goslings should be
fed a mash of two parts shorts and
one part corn meal by weight,
changing at the end Of three weeks to
equal parts shorts and corn meal with
per cent each Of beef scrap and grit.
A fattening ration may be made Of
mash of one part shorts and two parts
corn meal by weight with per cent
Of beef scrap, fed in the morning, and
a feed of corn at night.
Adult geese should be fed for eggs
about February list. or so that the COS
lings will be Matched by the time there
II good grass pasture. In feeding for
eggs give a mash of equal parts by
weight Of corn meal, bran and mid
dlings or low-grade flour with 10 per
cent Of beef scrap in the morning and
a feed of corn at night. A constant
supply of drinking water should be
provided. If geese need grain when
not laying, the beef scrap should be
left out and the corn meal increased
in this ration to three parts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-22
PROTECT CORN FIELDS AGAINST CUTW0Rld

earlier the preceding year grasslands
10 De planted to corn are ploWed, the
less Will be the probability that the
cutWorm moths will have laid their
eggs theron, and the less, consequent
ly, will be the danger of injury by cut
worms the following year.
Late fall and winter blowing OF
grasslands, although not as effective
as early blowing, will destroy many OF
the alternating cutworms, as we'll as
such other important corn pests as
white grubs, and should be practiced
when earlier blowing is impracticable.
Pasturing hogs upon land supposed
to be harbor cutworms is beneficial
practice, as these animals root up and
devour insects of many kinds, includ-
ing cutworms, in large numbers. Farm
poultry, If trained to follow the plow,
will prove Of inestimable value.
When cutworms are found to be
abundant on corn land, the use of tho
poisoned bait Is recommended. This
may be prepared as follows: Mix SO
pounds Of wheat, bran. pounds of
Paris green, and 8 finely chopped or
anges or lemons. Then bring the whole
mixture to the consistency of a stiff
dough by the addition of a cheap mo-
lasses, such as is used in cattle rat!ons,
adding water when necessary. Dis
tribute this bait over the infested field
in small Jumps, taking care to sprinkle
it sparingly around each hill. In casa
bran can not be readily obtained. mid.
dlings or alfalfa meal may be success.
fully substituted. In fields known to
be infested, the distribution of this
bait should be started as soon as the
corn begins to appear above ground sc
that the cutworms may be eliminated
as quickly as possible and the injured
hills promptly replanted. During the
warmer spring months cutworms co
most of their feeding at night and bur-
row into the soil to the depth of an
inch or two during the day, so that thr
bait will usually be more effective :.
applied during the late afternoon or
early evening hours.
Frequently cutworms migrate to
cultivated fields from adjoining grass.
land, and in such cases the crops can
be protected by running a narrow
band Of the poisoned bait around tn.
edge Of the field or along the sid.
nearest the source of infestation.