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The Washington times., 1917-04-26

The president and the faculty OF
the Won Unschuld University enter
tained today at luncheon at the
Raleigh Hotel, the national president
of the National Mothers Congress-
Mrs. Frederick .Schoff; the vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Milton p. Higgins; the
president of the local chapter, Mrs.
GILES Rafter, and other guests.
The Washington times., 1917-04-26

Miss Julia MATHS Will entertain at
dinner Saturday evening.
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when set forth in detail. He was dazed
and shaken by the fall from the wag-
on: but, helped by the sentry, who bore
witness that the collision was no fault
of his. being the outcome OF obedience
to the officers order, he contrtved to
even offered to find few men later
who would help to pull the wagon out
of the ditch. so Jan was told to stand
by" until the column had passed.
become of his passengers. This natu-
rally evoked other questions. and q
search was made, with the result that
the lamp and Dalroy's discarded sabots
were found. The lamp. of course, was
numbered. and carried the initials OF
a German state railway; but this lex
hibit" only bore out Maertz's statement
that man from AK had come in the
wagon to explain to Joos why the con-
signment of oats had been so long held
up in the goods yard.
In fact. a squad of soldiers had put
the wagon right, and were reloadfng
it. when the bodies of Heinrich and his
companion were discovered in the sta
BILE. Suspicion fell at once on the miss
ing pair Maertz would have been shot
out of hand if an infatuated officer had
not recollected that by killing the
Walloon he would probably destroy all
chance of tracing the man who had
murdered" two of his warriors. So
Maertz was arrested, and dumped into
cellar until such time as a patrol
could take him to Wise and Investigate
matters there.
Meanwhile the unforeseen resistance
offered to the invaders along the line
OF the Meuse and neighborhood of
Liege was throwing the German mill
tary machine out of gear: In this mi
tial stage of the campaign the best
organized army in the world was like
a powerful locomotive engine fitted
with every mechanical device for rapid
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ing the past summer in the gardens.
and the work along the manual lines.
especially that taken up by the girls
the cooking. the knitting ana the sew
ing-are all valuable part of their
real education.
And. by the way: I DO not see why
our boys do not knit" Mrs. Young
looked up to say. in other countries
tunity to work in this important
branch I have recently learned OF a
boy in Toronto. Canada, who has knit
ted over sixty pairs of socks Tor MS
countrymen in the French trenches.
All honor to him. Why cannot our boys
learn to knit? We are too afraid OF
making boys effeminate.
And yet, after ALL when it comes to
the real issue. it is the men and not
the women who have the control OF
what are generally regarded as the
womanly industries-the cooking and
the sewing. One goes to banquet; 1t
is not the women who have planned the
bill of fare or cooked the viands: all
has been done by men. The clothes
they wear, all of them were made by
men. Yet we talk of cooking and sew
ing as strictly women'S occupations.
industries. by any means. The men
have the profitable end of 1T in their
hands. The war, and its need of wom-
ems help in every direction in which
it may be employed, is directing the at
tention of the educators to giving the
young people instruction in those
things which will make them of service
to the life outside.
1.-The school has tried to prepare the
child for a vocation, to give 1t q tech
nical training in handicraft. yet the
teachers know perfectly well that a
great deal Of 1t has been wasted eff
fort Now, however. 1t is realized that
such training is closely connected with
the demand just outside the school
ROOM and that it is to the material adj
vantage of the child to gain a thorough
knowledge of some practical industry.
And the realization of the value of the
training Of this character must go on
after the war. I am not favortng war.
and cannot by any means call 1t a
blessing, but to meet such an obsta-
Gle as 10 now before us and to over
come 1t IL something gained.
The great aim in education during
the past fifteen years has been to cut
down on subjects. particularly in the
public schools. think that the concen-
tration on school work today and the
work which II to follow outside Of the
school will make 1t desirable to teach
every subject fully to the children in
elementary or grammar schools.
Il would not reduce the subjects to Q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Mrs. Young Tells Effect of the War Upon Education

unitarian basis. but 1 would take a
blue pencil and cut out much of the
detail work now being carried IN
courses of study. 1t did not take the
war to teach the reduction in the num-
Der OF subjects. but with the idea Of
assisting in the war the subject will
have hold and meaning hitherto un-
appreciated.
of study. there should be for children over
ten years of age different courses. II IL
realized in the home long before the age
of ten that John and Tom are entirely
unlike in taste and prediction and that
Mary and Julia have abilities and prefer
ences of an entirely dissimilar character.
Tf7a wise parent places before them DIFF
ferent books. But the public school has
gone on the principle that all the chill
have the same course Of study.
From this it Nv VIII be seen =, t that .a M
tor to be the development OF personality.
and 1t is fact that she has allied her.
self with the most advanced psychology
cal methods along these lines
The war has taught us that in our
schools we must develop thrift In ma.
terials placed in the hands Of boys and
girls, as well as give instruction along
the same line in cooking and eating I'M
less we can do that we will miss a great
deal out Of this situation which environs
u.s." Mrs Young declared
"One hears all over tho country q good
deal Of talk in opposition to teaching Ger
man in the schools 1 cannot see why .
language should be punished. II French
pronunciation were easier and the lam
guage less idiomatic it would assuredly
be very desirable to substitute French for
German But as 1t is, consider the time
it takes to teach and to learn such lido
matte phrases"
It has been said Of Mrs. Young that she
is a hard person to interview. That II
hardly the case. II she can give q mes
sage that she thinks will benefit mankind
she will go to any amount OF personal
trouble to deliver it. II she ts asked to
talk Of herself she may be dificult to In
terview, and the austerfty which " part
of an unusual personality may come to
the fore Otherwise the Interviews has
the benefit only Of great dignity. with tbs
modesty and tho sadness. not to omit the
humor. which are 90 often coInmingied iA
the makeup Of great men and woman.
It has been q matter Tor comnneut
that the late President Harper oR the
University Of Chicago made an oEcep&ion
Of MrA Young and asked her to accspt 3
professionally In his aggressive nav school
though he had, ~ all knew. . dxed peV10.
dice against women In positions Of au-
thority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25
Against the Rule.
THE Huns latest crime mu

THE Huns latest crime. numbering
merchant seamen by man-of-waF
the same as by U-boat. led Labor Sec
rotary Wilson to say at Atlantic City:
THE Germans think their method
will win. Their method will never win.
but, even IL it were winner, II would
be exactly like the method Of Smith.
1--we discovered a labor-saving de-
vice. said Smith, which is going to
make me a rich man.
"'YesT said his listener. And in
what does this device consistr
In poisoning Smith replied, my
millionaire grandmother"
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advance. but devoid Of either brakes or
reversing gear. AS the 7th and 10th
divisions recoiled from the forts of
Liege in something akin to disastrous
defeat. congestion and confusion spread
backward to the advanced base at AK.
Hospital trains from the front COM
PEELED other trains laden with reserves
and munitions to remain in sidings.
The roads became blocked. Brigades
of infantry and cavalry. long lines OF
guns and wagons, were halted during
many hours. Frantic staff officers In
powerful cars were alternately urging
columns to advance and demanding a
clear passage to the rear and the head
mandant dared think and act for him
self. He was merely a cog in the ma
chine. and the machine had broken
down. Actually, the defenders of Ltege
days. but it is no figure of speech to
say that when Gen. Leman dropped
stupefled by an explosion in Fort Lon
Gin he had established double claim to
immortality. Not only had he shat
tered the proud German legend of in
vincibility in the field. but he had also
struck a deadly blow at German STRAIT
egg. With Liege and Leman out of the
way. 1t would seem to the student of
war that the invaders must have
reached Paris early in September. They
made tremendous strides later in the
effort to maintain their timetable"
but they could never overtake the days
lost in the valley of the Mouse.
What a tiny pawn was Jan Maertz in
this game of giants, How little could
he realize that his very existence de-
pended on the shock of opposing en-
pires!
The communications officer at the
crossroads had not a moment to spare
for many an hour after JAMS execu-
ton was deferred. At last, about
nightfall. when the 9th Division got
into motion again, he snatched a slight
breathing space. Remembering the
prisoner, he detailed a corporal and
four men to march him to Wise and
make the necessary inquiries at Joos
mill.
For Maertz's benefit he gave the cor
poral precise instructions. IF this
fellows story is proved true. and you
find the man and the woman he says
he brought from Aachen. return here
with the three of them, and full inves-
tigation will be made. If no such man
and woman have arrived at the mill,
and the prisoner is shown to be liar,
shoot him out of hand"
A young staff officer. a lieutenant Of
the guards, stretching his legs while
his chauffeur was refilling the petrol
tank. overheard the loud-voiced order,
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war has brought scores of wom-
en- pre-eminent in some line Of
work to the National Capital to

III work to the National Capital to
give the benefit of their especial
knowledge to the cause of the nations
defense.
The woman pre- eminent in the field of
education is Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, and
she was called by the Secretary Of the
Treasury to lend the vigor of her trained
mind and experience to the government
in matters connected with the dissemina-
ton of educational propaganda concern
ing the liberty loan.
1t will be recalled that Mrs. Young
came most prominently before the public
IN 1909. when Chicago asst onished the
country by electing her to ee office Of
superintendent of its city SCHOOLS. The
very idea of a woman to direct the work OF
their schools seems not to nave suggested
Itself previously to the boards of educa-
ton of the countrys big cities, and the
election caused a big surprise. The mag
nitude of the Office. with is superintend-
ency of more than 6,Ooo teachers and
nearly 100000 pupils, its supervision Of the
annual disbursement of more t.iaG $780,
100000 and its command of salary Of
$4,000. the second largest school super
intendent's salary in the United States. all
sent a thrill of interest through those
who had at heart the education of the
nations school children. 1t is yet under
two years since Mrs. Young relinquished
this responsible and exacting post.
AS an index of the nations approval Of
Chicago's choice, Mrs. Young was asked
to accept the honor of becoming president
Of the National Education Association.
This is one of the biggest associations in
point Of numbers and influence in this
country. Its annual meeting serves as
the clearing house for the information
and theories that are the crop Of years
tilling Of the fields Of education. To 1t go
men and women who are shaping the
future life Of the nation, to exchange
ideas. to accept what is proved good and
reject what is false. Its membership
comprises the heads of the schools and
colleges and universities. as well as the
city. state and national officials who have
in their care the supervision Of the educa-
tional forces Of the country.
Although she bears the title Of Phi.
D. # the University Of Chicago. in
which she was At one time professor Of
University of Illinois. II IL as Mrs.
Young" that the educator Ia generally
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with the distinguished educator. now
sojourning in Washington, was the eff
feet of the war upon the education Of
the American child. and her first state
ment was characteristic of the author
of Isolation in the School"
Judging by the interest taken by the
boys and girls and students in higher
schools in the success or failure of
those armies in which the people are
especially interested, and judging by
erty loan in the schools, should say
that because of the war the school IL
going to take on a character nearer to
that for which the teachers have long
been striving than ever BEFORE" she
said. "They are now. for the drst
time. really getting the schools into
touch with the life outside: yet not the
life which Is beyond or foreign to their
legitimate realm.
The work they have been doing dur.
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The Difference.

a DRUNKEN man attempted TO heckle
~ William Jennings Bryan at tenn
perance meeting in Miami
Mr.. Bryan ignored the heckler until
the fellow shouted:
TN ash good sh' you. What'sh DIFF.
ference tween me an your"
1.-THE chief difference, my friend" said
Mr.. Bryan, lis that you drink and don't
work, while I work and don't drink"
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the mans body. and snapped at the
forte.
Then he wheeled, and made for
Irene's assailant.
The instant Dalroy appeared at the
door the girl had caught the Prussian's
thumb in her strong teeth, and not only
bit him to the bone, but held on. With
a loud below of Help! Come quickly"
he released her. and struck fiercely
with his left hand. Yet this gentle
girl. who had never taken part in any
more violent struggle than school
romp, had the presence Of mind to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

and Familiarity known. Bold and
tenacious as she is in the advocacy of
her educational theories. principles and
ideals, she is gracious and approachable
in manner, and because of the love and
generation she engendered among the
teachers fChicago. the woman princi-
pals of the elementary schools of that
city named their club the Ella Flagg
Young Club in her honor.
The natural subject for an interview
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80 So

IN Hr story opens with the outbreak
~ the great war In Europe. In
August, 1914. when Dalroy. an o'neer =,
the British army. is caught In Germany.
In a railway station he mee's ifene
Beresford. aiding her to leave the conh-
try. which is in great turmoil on account
Of the declaration of war, They n are al. Ar,
rested by the Germans. gu. es s.ct;on Of
Reirium. making part of the trip IN
The wagon of Henri zoos. Belgian MIL
Ter. the latter's hired man Maer .rs,, af' 70
IN. hs ca-ran off3cials st Joos niece. an
s snc with a patrol of derfhsns
Msertz is lost, Irene and p,lro5 eD rSnt 1he
uins their journey afoOt; They n ,nid, s4.
sp-iye shortly after, stating that they
have been biiieted there. They search
the premises
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his right arm had probably missed a
similar hold. because the girls right
arm was free. She had seized his
wrist: and was striving to ward off a
shrfeking. Busch. that stout satyr,
was seated. Dalroy learnt subsequent
ly that the sudden hubbub arose be-
cause Irene resisted his attempt to pull
younger men was clasping Leontine to
his breast with rascally intent to
squeeze the breath out of her until she
was unable to struggle further.
Now Dairoy had to decide In the fifth
part of second whence danger would
first come. and begin the attack there
The four officers had laid aside their
swords. but the lieutenants had re-
tanned belts and revolvers. Busch. as
might be expected. was only too pleased
20 get rid of his equipment. His tunic
was unbuttoned. SO that he might
gorge at ease. Somehow, Dalroy knew
that Irene would not free the hand
which was now closing on her mouth
The two Walloons carried short forks
with four prongs-Joos had taken to
heart the Englishman's comment on
the disadvantage of pitchfork for
close fghting-and Jan Maertz might
be trusted to deal with the ruffian who
was nearly strangling Leontine There
remained the gallant lieutenant whose
sense OF humor permitted the belief
that the best way to force onward O
,errHeo eideriy woman was to plant q
knee against the small of her back He
had looked around at once when the
door flew open, and his right hand was
already on the butt of an automatic
pistol. Him. therefore. Dalroy bayo-
neted SO erectually that a startled
oath changed into a dreadful howl ere
the words left his lips. The orderly
happened to be nearer than the officer
SO. as the bayonet did its work, Dali
roy kicked the louis feet from under
him. and thrust him through the BODY
once won the Dholepur cup, which il
competed for by the most famous pig
stickers in India. knew how to pu,
every ounce of weight behind the keen
boar Is the quickest and most cour.
aEeous fighter among all the aerce
creatures Of the jungle. But he wa.
slightly too near his quarry: the bayo.
net reached the stone floor through
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-19
Vienna Officials Cling
to Hope Break With
u. S. Will Be Averted

Vienna, Feb. II, via London, Feb.
19.-Despite the fact that some of the
newspapers are taking a gloomy view
of Austro- American relations and the
situation brought about by the sever
ing of relations between the United
States and Germany, official circles III
Vienna are inclined to believe the out
look is not entirely hopeless.
This also is the view of Frederic c.
Penfield, the American Ambassador,
who is doing everything possible to
assist in reaching a friendly solution
of the situation.
At this moment there are two in
dications, though possibly they are
of little weight, which permit of the
conclusion that Washington is not con-
templating an immediate break with
Austria Hungary. One is the trans
fer to the embassy here of Joseph c.
Grew, former secretary of the en-
bassy in Berlin, who arrived here to-
night from Switzerland to assume the
duties of counselor of the embassy.
This post is vacant at present owing
to the illness of Ulysses Grant Smith,
who now is in the United States.
The second indication arises from
the fact that Secretary of State IAN
sing yesterday wired here on behalf
of various Hebrew charity organiza-
tons the sum of S250,000, the amount
having been donated by American He
brew societies. At the embassy here
tie opinion was expressed that the
United States Government might not
have transferred this sum had a break
between Washington and Vienna been
even tentatively decided on.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-19
STRIKING PLAYERS
REJOIN CENTRAL
BASKETBALL FIVE
Hilton, Frank and Martz Hold
Secret Session and Decide
to Call 1t Quits"

Eddie Hilton. Noble Frank and Har-
old Martz, the three Central high
school basketball players. who with
drew from the team on Friday even
ing in a scheduled game with the Har-
risburg Academy. because Gregory
and Fields, two other members of the
team were declared ineligible by the
faculty, have decided to rejoin the
team and finish the season.
This announcement is welcome news
to the students at the school as the
loss of these players along with Gre
CORY and Fields. the two ineligibles,
would have imperiled Centrafs s
chances of winning the Central Penn
sylvania Scholastic League Basketball
race. At the present time Central
is leading the league by a good mar
gin and with the return of Hilton.
Frank and MartZ it is hoped that the
team can finish in first place.
Gregory and Fields will not be eli
gible to play for at least one month or
until they make up their back studies.
Confer With Dibblc
The basketball squad was in confer
ence this morning for over an hour
with Prof. Howard @. Dibble, princi-
pal of the school; Prof. Bertram w
Saul, faculty athletic director. and
Prof Frank C. Roth, of the advisory
committee on athletics. The matter
was discussed thoroughly and Prof
Dibble made it plain to Hilton, Frank
and MartZ, that they had violated no
rules of the school and that their
places on the team were open to them
if they desired to finish the season
Later the three players held a session
and at the conclusion stated to Prof
Dibble that they would finish the sea-
SON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-19
Accuses Gerard of
Giving Entente War
Information Through u. S.

Amsterdam. Feb. 10, via London
Count Won Reventlow devotes the
leading editorial in the Berlin Tages
Zeitung to-day to an attack on James
W. Gerard, former American ambas-
sador, whom he accuses of having
used his official position deliberately
to transmit important war informa-
tion to the entente by way of America.
Man Indications" he writes, have
continually pointed to the theory that
the uncontrolled cable service and let
ter service to the United States per-
mitted to the American embassy had
also been an uncontrolled method of
communication with London and
Paris. This was best illustrated in the
events which led to the capture and
execution of Sir Roger Easement.
Thus London learned in good time Of
the enterprise which led Easement to
the Irish coast and his capture fol-
lowed. American Ambassador Gerard
and his personnel were the ones who
delivered the honorable Irishman to
the hangman."
An attack on American newspaper
service from Berlin is appended and
tie article closes with an expression
of hearty thankfulness that Mr.. Ger
ard has left Berlin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-19

The Telegraph's suggestion that a
survey. similar to those of the police
department and the school district un-
der the direction of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, be made of the
street car situation in this city, has
met with general approval.
Officials of the Harrisburg Railways
Company this morning announced that
they are about to give the situation
serious consideration at the next meet
ing of the board of directors. 1t was
said that individually several of the
directors and officers are greatly in
favor of such n move.
The company takes the position, it
was said. that it is extremely anxious
to give the city the best possible serv-
ice, and is working toward this end.
Musser FavOrs Survey
Frank b. Musser. president of the
company, to-day said he had taken up
the question of a survey with several
of the directors and that he personally
rather favored the proposition. No de-
cision has been reached on the ques-
ton, he added.
Support for the proposed survey was
vouchsafed by David e. Tracy. presi-
dent of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce, and by ]. Edward Wetzel,