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Evening journal., 1919-12-06
New Jersey, is teachers and Its Schools

TRENTON, n J., Dec. 6-EXpressing
fear that the 6OOQO0 children in New
Jersey schools may he made victims
Of a demoralizcd and broken down edu-
cational system" unless steps are taken
Immediately 10 meet the crisis which
has developed. Co. nor William ~.
Runyon today issued a statement calling
the attention Of the public and the local
boards Of school estimate 90 The gravity
OF the situation. The statement follows
a crisis has developed In the public
school situation in New Jersey con-
cernlng which feel lmpelled 10 warn
the people OF the state and the mem
bers Of local boards OF school estimate.
on whom will fall the problem OF TX
Ing teachers salaries for the coming
| year.
Unless the people and the members
OF these boards are reused TO the grave
peril that Is now threatening. the co.,
900 children In our New Jersey schools
today. and perhaps a whole generation
Of other children. may be made the
victims Of a demOralized and broken
down educational system.
The <rlsls is rendered acute by the
alarming scarcity OF teachers. and that
scarcity Is due 10 the low salaries paid.
To save the situation, the teachers Of
New Jersey have set out upon a cam
paign 10 inform the public fully re
gardlng school conditions. and the De
partment OF Public instruction Is aid
ing them in the gathering and. pre-
pairing Of data.
a commendable feature OF the plan
upon which the toooho a"" w. '-'~
provides for a careful study Of the
teache s. salary prOllrh "a rio. ui. 90
salaries in other occupations and also
as 1t affects e8ei school district, as
we'll as the entire state.
by ascertaning the needs and con-
ditlons in all the districts. with a view
TO working out a tentative salary sched-
ule for each one OF them, TO be pre-
seated 20 the local board and 10 tho
voters Of each district. the teachers
are planning wisely TO prevent harmful
competition for teachers within the
State ITSELF
III local boards act Independently OF
such comprehensive plan. some dis
lricls may be left entirely without
competent teachers because Of the high
er salaries offered in other New Jersey
districts. Competition with other
States for the service Of teachers ap-
pear unavoidable
Already the teacher scarcity has
caused the lowering OF educational
standards. and even the suspension Of
classes in schools throughout the
Stale. II has made necessary the hir-
ing Of teachers inadequately trained for
the work. The result. as shown by the
records Of the Department Of Public
instruction, is that at least 6.O0O chill
dren in New Jersey are being hand-
capped in their preparation for the
competition OF later years by made
quate teaching.
serious as tnis situation is il Is
only the beginning or what may become
the gravest crisis the schools Of New
Je sey have ever faced. II is a crisis
that is not limited TO New Jersey alone
10 looms as q menace to the whole
country, 10 all the public schools 10
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

all the states.
The National Educational Associa-
tion. which has conducted an invcstl-
cation extending into every school dis
trict in the country. announces that
52.79S teachers. or - per cent. OF the
total teaching force. have dropped out
of the profession in the past year. 10
places the number OF vacancies In
teaching positions in the public schools
OF the United states at $1,000. and the
number Of teachers below standard at
G5,OO0
Everywhere teachers who. at great
cost in time and money. have pre-
pared themselves for the profession as
life occupat on. have been forced into
other fields by the need 20 cam llv-
ing wage other thousands who have
been held at their posts by the hope
that conditions would improve, and by
a sense OF patriotic duty have reached
the limit OF personal sacrifices and are
setting ready TO 70 sake the profession.
II there were others ready and com
petent TO take their places. the school
system would not be, as Il now Is. In
danger OF n breakdown disastrous 10
the state and 20 the nation. But the
teachers are the poorest paid workers
In America today. and, In consequence,
the profession, fundamentally the most
important OF all the professions to any
people. is no longer attracting young
men and women IN anything like sum-
oient numbers. 10 must be made attrac-
tive 20 them.
"Competently TO train school
teacher costs between $1,000 and $1,000
TO say nothing Of the financially profit
less years spent in study. There are
many teachers in New Jersey who are
now receiving 500 a year, while others
whose training has cost nothing, are
paid as much as s. a day. or $1,000
yea. A school superintendent. with
$1,000 invested in his education during
years devoted 10 study instead OF 10
earning. Is receiving sl,i00. while SUI
perinlendents in industsal plants are
in many Instances paid five or six times
that amount.
Each year the schools OF New Jer-
sey need 1000 new teachers. because OF
the increase in the number Of schools
and because of designations. Under
present conditions the number Of resig-
nations is growing alarmingly. there
are no competent unemployed teachers
seeking positions and the attendance at
our New Jersey State Normal Schools
has dropped in the past year from
, 900 to 1900 while States from which
New Jersey has drawn teachers in the
past a-o refusing 10 certify their nor
mai school graduates who wish 10 teach
in other states.
New Jersey, therefore. faces the inn
mediate prospect Of closing schools or
OF drawing into the teaching profession
a still larger number OF those made
quatoly trained and those without any
special preparation FOR the work. Ici
90 the worth and high efficiency, for the
ideals and even the patriotic spirit OF
those who are TO come after us in this
state and nation. I' our child en- are
TO be- taught by incompetent teachers
or are not 90 be taught at all, the end
Of American democracy as we know 10
is in sight
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
ANN0UNCEPRO(R II
OF CITY FOHUA
Tuberculosis" To Be Dis
cussed by Experts, at
Sunday Meeting
ALSO TO DISCUSS
LIVING COSTS

Or. w. A. Vrooman. chairman Of the
forum committee. authorizes the fol-
lowing statement:
THE purposes Of the the forum are
4. To promote good citizenship by ad
dresses on and a discussion Of social
economic and educational subjects.
-. To develop the community spirit
by bringing together various groups
having something OF public interest, Ia
propose that all may better under
stand the purposes Of each.
80. To provide lectures and enter
tsinments having educational and cul-
tural value.
ALREADY the Forum has shown the
possibilities in - for helpful service.
number OF the social welfare organ
izatiOns have repr sentatiyes on the
comm ttee OF management. The Forum
tself has no propaganda nor does 1t
propose 90 do anything but provide
opportunity for the feee discussion Of
social welfare questions. The carrying
out Of plans 20 MAKE effective ideas
advanced will be left entirely to groups
most interested The Forum Is a means
OF getting together FOR a better under
standing OF public questions
The next meeting will be held 40 3
O'Clock on Sunday In the II gh School.
when vcy important subject will be-
dealt with by the best experts avail
able. Everyone interested in the sup
preston OF tuberculosis is inv I'd ID
G.. II. Keene field secretary OF the Della
ware State tuberculosis AssOciat on
and Paul Benjamin. az Philadelphia.
regional secretary Of the National As
socatlon, will give addresses on the
Causes, Prevention and Cure OF Tuber-
oulOsis." They will also answer ques-
tiOns.
Meetings are also being arranged for
the discussion OF the following ques-
tions: ways 10 Reduce The High Cost
OF Living Trade Unions and The
Present Industrial Unrest;' "The Bad
Housing Conditions in Wilmington.
Their Cause and Cure :" Child Welfare
Work IN Delaware;" prohibition Up
10 Date. and What 10 Has Accomplish
Cd"
The Forum committee wishes tO
meet everyone at the meeting next
sunday who is Interested in develop
ing the Forum into greater usefulness
and TO enroll them as associates.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
We Are Fixed to Sell Fixtures

for electric lighting in any home. hotel institution
other place requiring to be thus outhtted.
larger finer collection may confidently
ASSERT will be found than these ceiling and bracket
lights of all types, styles finishes. designs and prices
ranging from $3.50 for combination gas and electric
bracket light up S375 for beautiful hanging fixture
which in its studied effects and artistic perfection of de-
tail might envy in that prince of metawokers
and jewel-setters. Benvenuto Cellin
People are buying them as fast they them.
They in silver hnsh brass finish, and bronze fnish
with deep bowls like candle styles with inverted
lights with upghts with lovely shades OF silk parchment
glass, richly glowing softly delicate.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

new things can we speak
here. Foremost among
them are the fine electric
fixtures, described in more
detail just above.
There's the Rosemary"
boudoir lamp, standing 9
inches high, consist ng of a
dainty little lady made of
china, dressed in a charm
ing eighteenth-century cos
tune, whose fluffy skirt of
transparent silk in bright
color-rose, blue, green or
purple-forms the lamp
shade.
There's til e Aladdin"
reading lamp, a metal floor
lamp in the attractive verde
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

his or her savings-0ank
jingling JOLLY in his or her
purse, can buy a pretty,
useful mahogany candle
stick for Mothers or
Auntie's mantelpiece or
bureau, for as little as 81.
A lover of quaintness, or
any one seeking som e
appropriate ornament to
accord with the furnishings
of a Colonial room, can find
the graceful seven-branch-
ed Apostles candlestick,"
of solid brass, for $3.50.
= y
q ONE one who is looking
- for the rich and the un-
usual in the form of a gift
will find it here in a candle
stick, or rather, in two diff
ferent candlesticks, of
which we all should be very
proud, as Americans, and
of course the destined own
ers will be proudest of all.
They are an American
reproduction, very fine and
faithful to type, of the
beautiful color inlay upon
brass which used to be done
in Benares alone of all
workshops in the world.
One presents in its coloring
antique, sombre, and rich
effects, the other is bright
er and more glowing. Being
made in America" instead
of India, these candlesticks,
respectively Ia inches and
25 inches high, are respec-
lively priced S25 and S42.
Then there always are
folk who are looking for
novelties. These they'll find
here, even in candlesticks
One Of the most original,
yet far from impractical,
of these new ideas" is that
of a small clock set in a
candlestick of polychrome
style, very antique in eff
feet, and of graceful shape.
One of these stands, with
pedestal effect, on four little
curved legs. Price $50, in
cluding a candle no one
could have heart to burn.
(But the clock has perfect
" good works.)
- y =
ID UT as the light of the
I'D candle is to that of the
lamp, so is the demand this
year for LAMPS, glowing
lamps in the home!-more
of them, more beauty to
them, richer and more ar
tistic shades for them
compared with the demand
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
LAMP SHADES ONLY GROW MORE SUPERB

each time ICe hare occd-
sion to I0rite of them. To
the eyes 'srceep oUer the
Store they are d riot of
color, a HUeIy medley of
merry fantasies, yet each
shade, taken by itself. Is
an exquisite and unified
IDork of art.
Perhaps nothing more
exquisite among all Of
them has dTTiUed than
The Mature Shade"
dispIG ed here for the
first time in Philadelphia,
and to be found in no
other store In the city.
It is made of trdnSpdr-
ent parchment paper,
against IOhich are pressed
IoUeIy, siIUery dOI1H of
milkI0eed, fedthery grass
es and seeds, and gIori-
Ous-hued Brazilian but
tFourth IN
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

II BdYbcrrV Candle,
Burned TO the Socket,
Brings Luck 10 the House,
Food 10 the LGrdcr
And Gold to tho Pocket"
ANDLESTICKS, too,
~ of course, by thous-
ands, in shapes, styles.
sizes and prices beyond
enumerating.
A little girl or boy, with
the precious emptyings of
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

The candle lights. six In
number. arise from what look
like golden ealyxes of lilies,
and their light makes beauti-
full play with a number Of fas-
cinating crystal balls and dew
drops which. with the great
deep-blue silk tassel az the
top, form the completing
touches of distinction in this
unusually handsome fixture.
which Is the only one Of
its kind in this country and is
priced S37S.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
Fairy Beauty Swinging From Your Ccilingi

would be the result Of install
ling, say. a beautiful hanging
fixture in a soft, misty-gray
silver finish, swinging by
chain, with four suspended
lights with barrel-shaped
shades of parchment. tinted in
rich rainbow hues Of rose-pur-
pie blending with peacock
blue. This is 500 complete.
Still lovelier is a ceiling
light which displays a grace
fully intertwined design, in an
tique silver finish alternating
with antique gold finish.
tFourth NJ
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

as we knew It in former
years,
We are selling twice as
many lamps as we did even
a year ago; yet the great
stocks are not dwindling as
the time shortens between
now and Christmas, but are
kept up TO their high mark
by new consignments arriv-
ing constantly.
Of only a few of these
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

finish-a slender pedestal
terminating in a lamp of the
quaint and charming shape
used by the ancient Ro-
mans, from which is sus-
pended an ultra modern
electric light bulb, furnish
ed with a wide flare shade,
usually of parchment with
picturesque a d colorful
decorations.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

terftes, and oUeT these
a screen of silk of the fin
est transparency.
To complete the beauty
of the composition, the
inner side Of the screen
Is thickIy spriHkied IDith
quantities of tiny glass
beads of many cOIOrs,
LDhich in the light tIcinkle
like tiny jeICels.
These are priced from
$3.50 for a shield to $40
for q shade.
Another NeI1 Style
of Shade
that Is much admired
comes in art metal and
glass for a table lamp.
The ROUeIty Is in the tex
fIre of the glass, L0hich Is
called ribbon glass" "
since IL has the effect of a
silk 0rOsgrdiH IOedUe. II
comes in plain, striped,
c checked and floral
"DeaUes," and ia UdriOus
colors, amber predOniiH-
dtiH0.
". CentraD
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

medium-priced type which
we have also brought to
gether.
They will fill thousands
of homes this Christmas
with light as golden as
could be spread by the cost
liest lamp in our stocks.
Prices start as low as
$3.50 for a dainty boudoir
lamp of solid mahogany.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

The want ads will hep locate lost
articles; will sell furniture and ma
chlnery for the coming two weeks and
metal workers are under favorable
ruling.
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
SOME LIGHT READING
FROM WANAMAKER'S

EUTHAT one IC0HldH
wv said, a day or tICo
~ ago, of the WGHd-
maker Lamp Store is IUhGt
many customers hare said,
in one phrGsin0 or
another:
IL hare been all OUer
torn, looking and pricing.
NoIchere else hare I seen
such lamps or such lamp
shades"
We are glad TO have
every one come to see this
really wonderful display of
lamps and lighting fixtures
on the Fourth Floor, which
fills up nearly the whole
Central Section with light
and beauty and usefulness;
and we are satisfied that
any one who makes a pur-
chase after coming has not
gone wrong on price or
quality.
II the purchase is in
tended as a Christmas or
wedding present, she or he
has not gone wrong on the
gift.
A bright, new lamp-who
is there that could not use
one, in some room of the
house, and who is not de-
lighted to receive one?
All the world loves a
lover, we are often told;
but all the world once wor-
shipped a lamp, or its
equivalent.
THE appreciation and
Il demand on the part of
the public for lamps of
every kind are so great this
season, that a store that
didn't watch out would not
be able to meet the calls
upon its stocks.
This store did watch out;
went into the m a T k e ( s
months ago, and bought and
bought and bought and
bought.
Lucky il didl
A glance at the Christ
mas display will confirm our
statement that every type
of fine-looking lamp avail
able in the market is placed
at the disposal of Wana-
maker customers.
To make sure of a suffi-
cient supply and variety of
the finer lamps that the
American public are begin
ming to prefer to set in
their homes, in glace of
mere utilitarian types, we
purchased a number of
splendid vases - Chinese
medallion wares, Japanese
cloisonnes and other trea-
sures, and had them mount
ed as lamps, the m ere
mounting sometimes cost
ing us $50.
At the same time, the
simple styles, the inexpen-
sive lamps, are here, in the
greatest variety, we verify
believe, that can be found
anywhere.
For this Is the Store that
lights the cottage home
and the home of the mil
Hondire, and Dds neUer
better equipped to do the
lighting than nOU.
Il LECTRIC lamps, gas
II lamps, oil lamps, floor
lamps, table lamps, side
lights, hanging fixtures
Oh, there's no kind of
lamp worth lighting that
can't be found here!
Nor candle either; from
the superbly decorated
candle of imposing size,
thickness and stateliness,
which it would seem a pro-
fanation to burn, to tho
dearest, tiniest little taper
that ever twinkled on the
dearest, tiniest little child's
biggest birthday or
Christmas cakel
And bayberry candles
of course this would scarce
ly seem a holiday season
without them, in their fra
GRANGE and their delicate
jade-green hue. They come
two for SOC, in a pretty
holly box with a card en-
closed bearing the old and
appropriate verse:
Evening journal., 1919-12-06
ONLY TWO MORE
SATURDAYSi

There are a pair of splen-
did lamp vases imported
from China-fine pieces of
medSllionware, % inches
high, each mounted on a
base of wood in a rich gold
finish, wrought in a charac-
teristic Chinese d esi gn.
These are $3.50 each. Shades
in appropriate style would
be approximately $50 each.
- = =
Nj Office, too, when
IN looking around, the
extremely handsome floor
lamps Of solid mahogany
in massive pedestal style,
richly carved in graceful
designs after the school of
the Italian Renaissance, in
which the curve of the urn
handle, the acanthus flower
and leaf, figure prominent
ly. Price 5000.
Another style of floor
lamp that is new this year
is the tall, slender stand of
hand-wrought iron, relieved
Of sombreness by artistic
touching up with poly
chrome and dashes Of gold.
These carry candle-effect
lights, one TO three in
number.
A MONG the hundreds
IA of lamps in table size,
one that is not only singular
and interesting, but very
beautiful, is a lght pedestal
that looks as though carved
from bronze.
IL is really a very won
derful composite piece,
made of fine wood carving
in various parts, brought
here from China and put
together, with. = dexterity
O workmanship almost as
admirable as the carving
itself. to make this marve-
lous lamp.
With all this, its price Is
but SOS.
Never before have we
(or, we bel eve, any other
house doing a lamp busi-
ness) assembled so many
examples of what may be
called the rare and the
splendid in lamps as we
have done this Christmas.
Nevertheless, glorious as
they are, tn ey do not
eclipse in our interest or
our service the still greater
number of lamps Of the
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

,Fourth FioOr. oentraD
Evening journal., 1919-12-06

tfourth floor. CentraI)
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-08
NOD UDEN LIGE!')
Klsr trenges straks ON like tn.
sinder skal forsmaa.
Lutheranerne foretar stor ind,
samling.

Sekreferen for National Luz
theran Council. DIR. Lauritz Lar
sen, oplyser at Councils ekse-
kutiyekomite paa %ekstramode
netop opholdt i New York, har
besluttet at appellere til det lu-
therske kirkefolk i Amerika med
bon ON hjelp for de hnndretu-
sinder at troesfelled j Europa,
som er j fare for at fryse og suite
ihjel, dersom like hjalp sendes
straks.
En- europaisk Relief Commit
tee blew stiftet bestaaende al
DIR. Larsen, formand DR.. +. NJ.
Knubel, medlem af Councils ekse-
kutivkomite Hon. E. +. Ebert,
Councilskasserer; pastor o. II
Pankoke, sekreter for Lutheran
Bureau; pastor G. L. Kieffer
Councilsfinansekreter
Planer er nu u~darbejdet fol
en- almindelig indsamling al
klar for uddeling iblandt lu
theranerne i Pollen og andre Ian.
de. Red Cross har sit program o.
kan like overta dette. Gentagen.
y Nnrvarende Artikel skull
de have ledsaget Billedet, SON
forekom i sidste Mr., men der
var sendt til Fernandez og bley
forsinket, rimeligvis paa Grund
af, at han var til Kredsmede
Ringsted. vi giver den paa Norsk
som den er modtaget.
bet er visit raadeligst, at Me.
nighederne straks tagei
{ a t, valger en- Komite, der gaal
til ale Familier og samler allt
de brugte Klader, man har al
undvare, og pakker dem ind
og sender dem til den Adresse
der var opgivet j sidste hummer
Red.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1919-10-08
Hvad jeg saa og horte i Pollen.
M. j.. Stolee.)

Netop som jeg a i ferd med
at pakke mine sager sammen i
Paris for at rejse hjem til Anne
rika kom dr.. Morehead og Wide
absoiuf ha mig med paa en- tur
til Pollen.
Pollen? ia, jeg vidste der IA
ct saadant land nogen steds der
j ost. men at der var noget al
serinteresse for mig, var noget
hyorom jeg ingen mening had
de, og at der var nogen videre
stark luthersk kirke, Diet var mig
saa temlig ubekendt.
Nn vel, efter mango yiderver-
digheter fix Vi wore pas paa-
skrevne', Diet err 10 ingen let sag
j disse urolige tider. De almin-
delige jernbanetog gaar like nu,
de eneste er de saakaldte ,,di-
plomat-tog;" men for folk som
like er diplomater var Diet like
GREET at faa plads. Men saa fix
Vi indbydelse til at kjere med
selyeste Paderewski paa hans e.
get specielle train.
S%narvejen gennem Tyskland
var stengt. Saa MATTE vi ia
den lange omvei lengere sgd,
OF afsted bar det da gennem
Sweitz, Tyrol, 0strrige og Diet
ny dannede Czecho-Slovakia.
Mango stands, og syert man
&c akkorderinger med de mis-
tanksomme embedsmend. Cze-
ckerne var yderst nergaaende
Wort reisefolge bestod af, for
uden Minister President Paderew-
ski og frue, en- flok sekreterer,
nogle militere %storrelser, 10
kvinder af Diet Rode Kors, (den
enc af disse var en- Norsk Ameri-
kaner) og saa vi to, dr.. More
head og ieg. Stakkars Madame
P~aderewski yaandet sig j dode-
lig angst hver gang toget blew
stanset. Hun var saa sikker paa
at manden hendes Wide bli skudt
eller ! alt fald arresteret, isgr
da vi for gjennem Czecho-Slova-
kernes land. Thi der var jo
mindre god forstaaelse paa dc
trakter. Men frem kom vi til
slut efter fire dages reise til Var
schau, Polens gamle hovedstad
bet hadde regnet j 3 uker
for vi kom og j de tire uker Vi
var der var Diet meget regn oe