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Evening journal., 1917-02-09
GARDENING IN ELEMENTARY CITY sCH0OLs.


II HAT home gardening, directed by the school is the
most effective for bringing boys and girls into
closer relationship with the affairs Of life is asserted y
c. d. Jarvis in bulletin Gardening in Elementary
City Schools" just issued by the Bureau of Education
OF the Department OF the Interior Mr. Jarvis declares
I'm or about almost any city there may be found an
abundance Of land that may be used for productive
gardening by school children Within the limits Of
many cities there is SUFFICIENT land If intensvely cul
waited to supply the people with all the vegetables and
a large proportion OF the fruits and flowers needed.
This unused land should brought under cultivation
In order that the best may be made this land
for educational and productive purposes it is sug-
eested that trained and experienced teachers gar
denng should be employed in every city.
"Such teachers would instruct the children directly
and the parents indirectly" declares Mr. Jarvis with
the result that in few generation OF capable
gardeners would be developed. But the development
OF strongbodied efficient and contented citizens is the
real purpose and the main result OF this work With
common knowledge OF the principles and possibilities
Of crop production the wage-earner OF the future will
not need TO his income solely by the size OF
his pay envelope He will consider. also the produc-
tive capabilities OF his garden plant and the extent
to which It will reduce the cost Of living He will
see the advantages OF suburban home contrasted
with the crowded and unwholesome tenement"
The Bureaus bulletin points out the possibilities OF
gardening from the point of view OF democracy IN edu
caton its usefulness in developing thrift and indus
try; its value substitute for Illegal child labor
and its justification In intoxicating the 10y OF living
The bulletin also analyses the methods OF introducing
gardening into the schools; describes the different
types of gardening shows the kinds OF instruction
and supervision that have proved useful and goes
somewhat into detail in planning garden plots and
the disposal OF the garden crop.
Quite recently here in Wilmington, the Vacant Lots
Association made a report which showed what admir-
able practical results may be obtained through the
intelligent and intensive cultivation OF land within
cty's limits There OF OF productive
land lying idle in Wilmington that could he made
highly profitable educational and economic factor
It devoted to market gardening purposes alone
the lines suggested by Mr. Jarvis.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1917.
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE KEPT OUT
OF PARTISAN POLITICS.

TIME school issue in relation TO Wilmington which
is up at this session OF the Legislature is pre-
emnenty an issue to decided its merits, without
political fear or favor
II there is one thing afford to sacrifice his
personal political likes and diskes for It is the
education OF his children and his neighbours children
The work that has been done In this community TO
larrive at a system OF school management and finance
(which viii give children chance equal to chill
tdren in other cities and give Wilmington pros
pec OF better citizenship greater Industrial develop
ment and all the advantages which follow a modern
and adequate public school system has been disinter-
ested work
This activity toward the solution Of our public
school problems has sprung up in TO demand
in the hearts and minds Of the parents of the school
children those interested in the schools II this
demand has been loud enough TO reach the OF
the minimizing until this present moment, it has been
all the more deep and persistent in lis growth.
The average busy homeloving citizen in Whining
ron is not used to expressing his views very loudly
but in matters where the welfare OF his children is
cerned the average busy home-loving citizen has a
Tremendous influence when aroused and n he is not
aroused to say what he thinks the matter Of schools
and to demand improvement in what he knows to be
the conditions and facilities in the Wilmington public
schools this time then he naturally moth
.sng better
The proposed to meet the present condl-
lions have had full publicity, and the present wide
spread interest ana support are an evidence or gchu-
ne appreciation Of the necessity for change and Of the
soundness Of the program proposed IT, Daily
discussion throughout the city both in organized groups
and among individuals that the people read the
public press and that they have Informed themselves
on this particular issue in unusual detail
Wilmington has lost the chance by a great many
years OF being first in the adoption OF modern school
system but. by all that dear in the future Of
our sons and daughters let not be the last. And
having adopted this plan, which should be adopted
without question, at this present OF the Legsla
ture let show ourselves and the children and Incl
dentay the other cities that Wilmington can develop
school system up the general standard and even
superior TO IT,
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
GRANDMOTHER knew
There Was Nothing So Good for
Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old-fashioned mustard-plaster
burned and blistered while it acted. YOU
can now get the relief and help that
mustard plasters gave, without the plas-
ter and without the blister.
Musterole does it. 1t is a clean,
white ointment, made with oil of
mustard. 1t is scientifically prepared,
so that It works wonders, and yet
does not blister the tenderest skin.
Just massage Musterole in with the
finger tips gently. See how quickly
it brings relief how speedily the
pain disappears.
Use Musteroie for sore throat, bron-
chitis, tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges-
ton, pleurisy rheumatism, lumbago,
pains and aches of back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chill
blains, frosted feet, colds of the chest
Git often prevents pneumonia.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
BOY SCOUTS AND THEIR GROWTH

4XTE have read. with keen satisfaction the ANNA,
report of Charles Quincy, Scout Executive in this
city. relative to the growth and work Of the Boy
Scouts here. That report in way the
activities OF the local troops since the establishment
the local executive headquarters last March It shows
highly gratifying increase in the number OF boys
rolled in the movement.
The records showed last. March that there a
total OF 20 active troops commanded by 25 scout
masters and IS assistants total of 800 Scouts.
The record today shows an increase in scout masters
OF SO per cent; of assistant scout masters. 80 per
cent and OF Boy Scouts 4s per cent In other words.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09

there today under the jurisdiction the local
Gil SO active troops commanded by 80 scout masters
and IS assistants and comprising 742 registered Scouts
The total the rolls is 500.
That shows remarkable and substantial growth
and that reflects much credit upon all who assisted
in bringing It about
Suggestion has been made to that there are hun
dreds OF boys in community who would like to be
Boy Scouts and who would be splendid additions to the
ranks but who deferred from joining by the fact
that their parents not able purchase their out
FITS. II that be true. why wouldn't it be fine thing
for the council to devise plan whereby boy sit
uated may equip himself through public private
service? In short his outfit in his spare time
position OF obtained for him by those who
promoting the movement
It is pity to let so much good material 90 to waste
for the what may be termed an employment and
equipment bureau.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
.CARNEY'S POINT man
SUFFERS BROKEN Lee

Falling at the Carney Point plant
of the dupont Powder Company yes
terday afternoon, H. c. Wheaton, aged
As years, a member Of the fire depart
ment at the plant, sustained a broken
leg. He was brought to this city on
a boat with two other men who were
III and when the vessel was met at
French street wharf by the two am
balances of the Phoenix Fire Com
pany It was reported that there had
been serious fire at the powder
plant.
The three men were removed to
the Physicians and Surgeons HDspi-
tai. The sick men we're: Joseph J.
Doris. suffering from pneumonia, and
Evening journal., 1917-02-09

The Association Of
American Advertia-
ere ia composed Of
al the great advor.
Users Of this coun-
try. The Associa-
tion endorses only
such papers as sub
mis- 20 H. examine
ton At any moment,
and positive proof
must b submitted.
The accompanying
certificate, No. tib1.
has been issued ~
this papsr.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
WILLIAM RUTTER, WESLEY
Church TRUSTEE. dead

William Rctter. aged 81 years. OF
No. 1o4 South Franklin street. was
found dead at his home yesterday by
his wife, when she went to his room
to call him for breakfast. Mr.. Rutter
had been i'll for some time. He was
a steward Of Wesley M. r. Church.
Funeral services will be held at his
late residence tomorrow evening as
s O'Clock, In charge of the Rev.
George A. Cooke Further services
will be held at Hopewell NJ e. Church.
Hopewell. Nd, on Sunday al IL
o'clock noon.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
ICE SMASHES MHARF.

The barge Newark, while tied UP at
the DUPONT pier, at Deep Water Point,
Delaware River, at the end OF the
Salem Canal. was carried away by ice
and driven upon the beach, carrying
the wharf with her.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
Spasmodic Group Often Kept
Mrs. Shepard Awake
Ali Night,

NO one but a mother knows the
terrors OF Group. In the hope that
other mothers will find the same re-
lief she experienced. Mrs. Benz. Shep-
ard. n Spruce ST., Danville, Pa.
writes
have used your Vick's Vapo-
Rub Salve, and would not be with
out IL in my house. l have tried 10
Tor spasmodic Group and Il acted
like charm. Ny little girl
brea,hed easier in about ten min
utes after | rubbed her throat and
chest with VapoRub. and she went
10 sleep and never woke until morn.
ing. Other times used to have to
sit up all night with her, afraid 10
go to bed. So / will gladly recon-
mend IL to any mothers for Group"
You just apply Vick's vapoRub
Salve over throat and chest, covering
with a warm flannel cloth. The body
heat releases antiseptic vapors that are
inhaled with each breath, loosening
the phlegm. A real 'Bodyguard in
e. the home" against all cold trou-
p.5 bles. Three sizes. 25c. and up.
%Am At all druggists.
QAxA kssp little Boos-Cus0 " S0Uk homeN
@TCK'Cv lpoRIR SAVE.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09
BAZAAR AT MARsHALLroN

A bazaar will be held in X. OF P.
Hall, Marshallton, Friday and Satur-
day evenings, February Is ind IT, by
class Of st. Barnabas Sunday School
and the proceeds will be for charity.
Evening journal., 1917-02-09

Strawberry Shortcake. special to-
morrow. Steinle's, Seventh and King
streets.-Adv.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
WELL CALLED GREATEST GIFT
Hard to Overestimate What the DUAL.
ity Of Imagination Has Done
for the World.

A man may be denied health,
wealth, friends, education many Of the
other good things Of life, but there is
one thing which, If he be so happy as
TO be endowed Herewith, can never
be taken from him no matter what
his condition in life may be-and that
is the quality of Imagination. This
quality it is which inspires all hope
and furnishes the wings for faith,
which peoples the heavens with an
gels and lights up the very shadow Of
the tomb. Imagination it is that
allows man to- see back down the
vistas Of the past and far along the
lanes Of coming time. It is magma
ton that brings happiness and con-
tentment into the lives of the sick, the
impoverished and the oppressed. It
makes noble men sing in prison yet
haunts with awful dreams the tyrant
on the throne. Without Imagination
there would be no "Pilgrim's Prog
ress," no Paradise Lost" no Mid
summer Nights Dream" nor would
there be ever any invention or archi-
lecture or music that is ''the wine Of
the SOUL" or sculpture or painting that
reflect in form and color the ideals
in the minds Of men. Blessed be
imagination, the greatest gift OF su-
preme wisdom and power to the chill
dren of earth.-Los Angeles Times.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
Queer Trousers in Argentina.

Interesting are the trousers or tights
Of the poorest class of gauchos, who
live in very primitive state in the
southern Argentine pampas. When
they need pair Of pants they kill an
old mare and strip off the hide Of the
forelegs as one would draw off a
glove. These, says the Los Angeles
Times, are drawn, soft and pliable,
hairy side in, over the feet and legs
up to the hips, when they adjust them
selves like tights. They are thus worn
continuously, day and night, for weeks,
until the owner feels tire necessity Of
a new pair of pants. They are then cut
loose, another old mare is killed, and
the operation is repeated.
They Fooled EN-.
"Did anyone discover that you were
a bride and groom on your honeymoon
trip"
mo; we fooled everyone. Instead Of
calling each other by our first names,
| called Jim Mr.. Black and he called
me Miss Kinkly, just as we did before
we were even engaged. We were just
as formal with each other as strangers
should be."-Datroit Free Press.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
WAR TALKS
BY UNCLE DAN
Military Training Necessary for Safety
and Defense.

Say, Uncle Dan. "/said Billie, Jim
ME and have been looking up about
war In the encyclopedia at school. We
found that in the war between Ger
many and France in 1901, Germany
lost in killed and wounded 2S,OCO SOL
d1ers while France lost about six times
as many, and besides that, she lost
every battle. We asked Professor Slo-
cum why this was. He said that the
German army was highly trained and
ably commanded, while the French
soldiers were poorly trained; and that
their war department was honey
combed with jealousy and politics !;
that the officers were not much good,
and that's why France lost the war
and so many men. What do you think
about it, Uncle DAMP"
WELL" said Uncle Dan, professor
Slocum Is right. BY inefliciency France
lost that war, together with two Of
her best provinces-Alsace and LOr-
raine-and had to pay billion dol
lars indemnity money. France today
learned her lesson by that sad eXpe-
rience, so she put in universal military
training, and as result, her soldiers
now know how to fight and how to
protect themselves. They are losing
less men in the war than the Germans
France also put politics out of her war
department, so that expert authority,
instead of bureaucratic stupidity, now
directs the army. The result is.
France has one of the best and most
efficient armies every assembled, and
this shows what thorough training and
good leadership means In warfare.
This saved France in this crisis, as
well as the liberties of the world"
"As war is now conducted, there is
no place for an unframed man. A
body of 10000 well trained soldiers
properly handled could defeat five
times their number of raw recruits and
do 1t every time with comparatively
small loss to themselves. Proper train
ing alone will reduce the death and
casualty rate One-third of what 1t 9TH
erwise would be, and right here is an
unanswerabIe argument for universal
military training.
Our government has no moral right
to force her men into war service
without properly training them for 1t.
To do SO is simply murder, hence the
frantic effort that is now being made
to give her soldiers some training be-
fore they are sent to the front. If we
are to win this war, it will take trained
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
Legal Notice
Pub. Oct, 1929.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, JEFFER-
son County, City of Watertown.-In
Justice Court.
To Fred A. Rausch:
You are hereby notified that a war
rant of replevin has been issued to re-
cover the possession of the following
described goods and chattels towit:
National cash register, 1 clock, / desk,
1 hat rack, deerhead, pheasants and
owls, cuspidors, beer pump, soda outfit,
glassware, cooler dishes, heater, radi-
ator seat, marble and mirrors, mir
rors, vending machine, electric fan,
lunch warmer, 2 sets beer mugs, pic
lures, hot water heater, cracker
bowls, punch bowl set, clock, cheese
and cracker bowls, card and chip
rack, of which /, the plaintiff. am
entitled to possession and which you
ave unlawfully detained from me.
low, unless you shall appear before
Vm. H. Rohr, Esq, a justice of the
eace in and for said county, at his
flee in said city on the LIST day of
,ovember, A D. 1917, at o'clock in
e forenoon, judgment will be rem
cred against you for the delivery of
lid property to me, and for the de-
ention there of and for costs.
Dated this 18th day of October, A
1917. John Spiegelhoff
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
Saw Her Home From the Banquet.

cross-grained schoolnistress, who had
stood gazing at the shattered pane.
'I'll pay for it," said Arnold simply.
"Why, Arnold, I am surprised at
you," voiced Miss Elwood sternly. "a
bad example from one 1 have boosted
of as my most dutiful pupil"
"It was an accident" said Arnold,
and the schoolmistress was compelled
to accept sthe situa tion indulgently.
Arnold went back to the greenery
fringing the edge of the school grounds.
He pushed his way among the shrub
berry. Seated on the ground, shrink
ing amid some bushes, was Nellie. Her
face was covered with her hands and
she was sobbing distractedly.
Arnold sat down beside her. He
gently lifted her hands from her tear
stained face.
Don't cry any more, Nellie he
pleaded, with the reassuring condo
lence CT an older person. NAT Dyson
won't trouble you again and as to the
broken window, Miss Elwood thinks /
broke it and l am to pay for it,
"You-you took the blame for that p
faltered Nellie, her soul lifting from
its wretchedness at this realization of
d manly sacrifice.
"Of course" answered Arnold light
". "Girls aren't made to stand blame.
Boys are able to. You mustn't let
trifles bother you SO, Nellie. When the
scholars notice that they do, they love
to keep on teasing YOU"
"Oh, you are the noblest friend
ever had!' cried Nellie, in a fresh out
burst of emotion.
Arnold put his arm about her. Her
golden head sank to his shoulder. He
felt like some chivalric knight of old
at this evidence of her confidence in
him and her liking for him. Soon he
had her qaieted and quite smiling,
Teacher says she is going to paint
my left hand black if l don't stop using
it," Nellie told him. perhaps if 1 had
something on the hand it would warn
me every time started to use It,"
why, | have the very thing!' ex-
claimed Arnold, buoyed up by an in
spring thought. after mother died
father gave me all her old trinkets.
There is a bloodstone ring she had
when she was little girl like you.
I'll bring it to you tomorrow, and
whenever you start to use your left
hand the sight of the ring will remind
YOU"
That was the beginning of an idyllic
experience. For the next five years
those two were almost tnseparable.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29
MAY BE CLUB-FOOTED RACE
Humanity Said to Be Tending Toward
. Condition by No Means to
Be Desired.

That the human race Is slowly
evolving toward condition Of club
footedness is suggested by DR.. Truman
Able Of Washington in the Medical
Record. Doctor Able points to the
horses hoof and its evolution from the
five-toed foot Of the prehistoric horses,
by the dropping Of one toe after an
other and the consolidation of the
bones from the knee down.
"When we look at the human skele-
ton and compare the bone of the tibla
and f1bula and the digits beyond each
Of them," he continues, ut does not
take much imagination to see suggest
ed In the slender fibula and the dimin-
utive little toes an early stage in the
reduction process, which If carried
further would lead to a diminution of
the number Of toes on mans foot"
And he closes hts article with these
words: I'VE come thus to the sug-
gestion Of club-foot as a tendency to-
ward the dropping of the post-axial
digit group Of the lower limb. And
this dropping Of digit group would
seem to be due to restricted develop
ment In the central nervous system
factor that has been at work since
before the days of the five-toed horse"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-29

men to DO Tt, and It win take trained
men to win any other war that may
come upon us in the future. If we
must fight, let us fight to win and not
to lOse."
"That's the stuff" said Billie.
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "Our
government has expended about $780,
100000 to put up environments and
training stations in order to train the
men called by the selective draft.
When these men are trained the train
ing stations should be Immediately
filled with younger men, say those In
their nineteenth year, to receive six
months of intensive military train
ing along the lines of the Chamberlain
bill. This will be of unreasonable
benefit to them individually. 1t will
do them more good than any other two
years Of their whole life, it will make
them strong, manly, self-reliant, quick
to see and quick to act 1t will equip
them for a successful life. In short,
1t will rebuild American manhood and
will also give the government body
it Is necessary to defend our flag and
country. We must settle this question
of universal military training imme-
diately, otherwise these training camps
may be demolished. The adoption of
universal military training will be no.
tice to the world that from then on
we will be prepared to defend our
nI Enso
this will do more to keep us out Of
war in the future than anything else
we could do"
do you think, brother" said Mrs.
Graham, that there will ever be an
other warp
II have no doubt about IT," said
Uncle Dan. $50 long as men are
selfish, SO long as nations are ambi-
tious to acquire territory, so long as
population presses and demands more
room, so long as there remains
scramble for world trade-so long wars
will be. When the time comes that
we reach the high plane for which we
hope and dream, when oil will recog-
nize the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man. then, and then
only, will wars cease. When that day
comes doors will need no locks, banks
will need no vaults to protect their
treasures, but that day Is long way
of.
1.-THE only safe and sane plan Is to
be able to defend ourselves at all
times. Therefore, every citizen should
insist that senators and congressman
shall provide for universal military
training, so that never again shall the
country be caught so completely un-
ready as this war found us. For
tunately, in this case, our enemy has
been held back, SO we have had few
months in which to prepare. This adj
vantage probably will hover come
again. 1t Is however our salvation
today.
Because she was ready, Switzerland
Is an island of peace in sea of
war. Safety first is good, but safety
always Is better. In strength there Is
safety. You never saw a tin can
tied to the tail of a bulldog. There
Is q reason.