Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-11
SILKY LINGERIE, SILK STOCKING MUST GO
 SAY SCHOOL HEADS


 San Francisco, Oct. 11.-Soft. silky lingerie, silk stockings, shirt waists and other luxurious wearing apparel must go; for thrift is going to be taught in the public schools of the West, superintendents of public in- struction of the States of Washing ton, Idaho, Utah, California and Ne vada decided at meeting here called by the Federal Government. The ed ucators will at once establish in every public school throughout the Twelfth Federal Reserve District a standard ized, permanent course in thrift grad ed like any of the three R's and taught upon a plane with them. As labor atory of thrift there will be organized in every schoolroom in every elemen- tary and high school, savings societies and the superintendents of instruction have memoralized the Federal Gov ernment at Washington not only to continue the Thrift and War Savings Campaign as a permanent policy, but to elaborate it by the introduction of penny, nickle and dime thrift stamps.
 "In a Declaration of Principles" containing suggestions of practical plan of procedure upon which the thrift course in it's initial steps will be predicated, the Western educators, one of whom was Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, President of the National Ed ucation Association and State Super intendent of Schools in Washington, had this to say:
 "Extravagance in dress must be checked among the school boys and girls, manifested in many ways, but especially in purchase of silk hosiery, silk shirts, neckties and expensive footwear. To this end we recommend that school principals and teachers in sist upon reasonable economy and modesty in dress and with appeal to parents and pupils to cooperate in an effort to check such extravaganza"
 The conference of Western School Superintendents was called by Cover nor John U. Calkins of the San Fran cisco Federal Reserve Bank, who is also Chairman of the War Loan Or ganization for the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. The first sessions were held in the Senate Chambers at Sacramento and in the offices of Will c, Wood, Superintendent of Public h. struction for California. The closing session was held in the Federal Re. serve Bank here. All of the sessions were attended by Robert E. Smith, Di- rector of the War Loan Organization for the Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis trict, and c. A. Farnsworth, Associate Director. The Government officials went before the educators frankly ad- hitting that they had no program and that they wanted the superintendeuts of instruction to work out the problem of training not only the children, but the adults of the West away from eX- travagance and into habits of thrift. To this end the courses and labOra- tories in thrift will be established un- der the direction in each state of the superintendent of public instruction, who, as a Government official, will bear the title of State Educational Di- rector of Thrift.
 In the opinion of the various edu- cators attending the conference, the meeting was an historical one and was considered such success that per manent organization of Western Stat es School Superintendent will be form ed. For this purpose Mrs. Preston was named temporary chairman. It is planned to have the new organi- zation, when it is formed, meet at least once a year. The Declaration of Principles" drawn up and signed by the following instruction superir- tendents: Miss Ethel E. Redfield, Idaho; G. N. Child, Utah; w. E. Hunt ing, Nevada; Mrs. Josephine Corlis:s Preston, Washington; and Will C. Wood, California, attacks the present high price situation as a danger point" in American social and econOm- ic development and declares: "Our Nation is facing a winter of unpre- paredness. Unless the price of shoes hats, milk, butter, eggs, potatoes, flour fuel and other necessaries are reduc- ed the children of the nation will suf- fer. At such a time as this it is alarming" the educators declare "that people of small means should make extravagant, unnecessary pur- chases and even anticipate their in come by making such purchases or time. Children growing up under such conditions are certain to develop false ideals and form extravagant habits. We therefore feel that a con, certed effort should be made to check