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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19

Officers have to be kept constantly on
the watch and parents will avail them
selves Of every excuse to get their
children exempt from the obligatory
eight years. 1t is commonly asserted
that il the mass of the working class
'S had a voice i'm the matter they
would vote unanimously for vocational
education from the start. The one alb
sorbiug desire is that their children
should become wage ealners at the
earliest possible moment
Parents say. Let my boy get a
training that will start him earning
money at once so that he will have a
better chance than ! had As for gen
cral education-the ordinary reading.
writing and arthmctic-the sooner it
is got through with the better OF
course this attitude does not exist all
over England, and it does not obtain
at all to Scotland, In some of the ad.
Nauccd manufacturing districts educa-
ton is regarded Just as it is with us.
All the children are sent to- school. all
make the utmost of their advantages
and from these districts have sprung
the labor leaders of toduy-strong,
shrewd sclf.made men.
When the new education act is en-.
forced which will be- as soon as school
houses and teachers can be provided
every child between the ages Of and
10 will be compelled to attend school.
Compulsory attendance at continuation
schools is new feature Of the law
and IL provides that every child that
has completed the elementary schools
must put in 800 hours year of day.
time study at the higher school and
this time must be allowed 10y employ
ers without deducting from the child's
wages.
But Few Public schools"
There is loose system of grades
In the government schools but it is
not possible to pass from elementary
to high school and SO ON to college
and university without break. The
very same words mean totally different
things over here. Public school means
boys school established since hun
dreds of years There are only few
iu England Etou, Harrow, Rugby
Winchester and so on. These are very
expensive and are private in the strict
/ est sense of the word. The King
sons 20 to Eton for example and il
order 10 enter a hoy must have a great
many other qualifications besides mer,
scholarship.
Most of the great schools We're starte,
by the Church and are still connectc,
with 1t closely. Others were origin
ally started for sons Of members
of great London city companies an,
In order to 20 10 them boy had to b.
recommended by city father. Their
are Yet other schools for both boy
and girls which are run by companies
one OF the largest is the Girls Publi
Day School Company. Some Of thes
schools receive what are called grant
from the government and submit I
periodical inspection by goverumcn
officials
In return for the public moneys re
ceived these schools are obliged to +,
serve 20 per cent OF their places TO
scholarships which are open to pupil
Of the free elementary schools. Bu
this does not in any degree provide TO
all the children who have finished tn
elementary schools and are capabl
OF receiving further education.
A high school In England may receiv
pupils from the kindergarten upwards
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19

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schools ora loc,ted ,ho., g.. -
population of middle class families who
have moved there i'm ords,. tb,t ,,oh.
children might take adv,rt,o. of ,bis
relatively cheap education
L.owcr.class families or. u,,hl.. 81,
benefit by thes schools unlSs. tbo,. ham.
pen to live i'm one of fb.s. citi.. and
their children have been ,hIo f., ..,,,ro
scholarships. Even tbon tba, MAJ,
have to wait for entrance
There is "a widesuread ,tt.r,n, L.ir,.
made to establish a syst.n of ,,.,Ii,,.
for all elementary scbooIs \yh.n .,Iis
is done and standard is established
,,,. Wv, 7','''0alu , lor teachers Will automati.
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prejudice or snobbishness is not ,n.
tircy to blame for the general refusal
10y the majority of middle class porants
TO send their cbilden to the FREE. scbools
II is only lately that i'm orv lint tb,
great cities .ondop N,nrbest.l Iiv.
erpool. Birmingham. and , rov otbors
that teachers as well ,s nripcipaIs
were renuirod ia II. cortiri,,t.J In
most cases especiauv I'm IN. ,o,,.icuIt,,,,.
al districts IN. te,cbo,s b,,.. h,er
chosen nv tbn local Lo,rd v,itbo,,t ,..
gard to scbol,rebin or ,tt,ir,no,,s.
II has therefore como about ,r,t tbs
pra,t naiorit,. or ,1.,,,,,,,,.,. ,o,,l,,,..
/ in tbe co,,pt,,. scbooIs IL, rncI,rl ara
] local ,vorn., ,ybo .h,,.o b,ll ,h,i, nan.
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is so unpopular among educated classes
is that 1t rs so miserablv paid I'm Tun.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19

Englands system Of public edu-
cation has been thoroughly revised
and reconstructed. Some of the
changes growing out Of wars tur-
mon are given in this article by
Margaret Walter. who secured Oh"
information from the RI. Hon. Her
BERT Fisher. Minister of Education.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19
Noted Architect Dies.

New York, April 1S.-Dr J. Cleve-
land Cady, an architect, who designed
the Metropolitan Opera House and the
American Museum Of Natural History
in this city, fifteen of the Yale Uni
versity buildings and other notable
structures in eastern colleges, died at
his home yesterday. lie was 50 years
old
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19
Rural Sanitation


The general health conditions are
better in rural than urban districts has
been claimed for ages. In every coun-
try and civilization people have gone
TO the country for their health, while
it is rare thing that a visit to the
city is recommended for that purpose
Nevertheless tho greatest improve.
monts i'm sanitary conditions i'm recent
decades and the consequent reduction
i'm the death rate have been made in
cities rather than in rural districts.
This does not mean that the city is
MS heathful as the country; it does
mean that more attention has been paid
TO sanitary and hygienic problems. BY
attention to simple and well known
rules Of hygiene and sanitation the
death and sickness rate could be greatly
reduced i'm the country.
Pure Water Supply.
one of the most important problems
i'm rural districts is that Of the purity
of the water supply OF necessity most
of the water used ON farms and in
small communities is drawn from wells.
generally wells on the premises. Water
from wells, especially deep wells, is apt
to be cool and palatable. 1t is an ex-
cellent source of supply if obtained un.
d.r proper conditions. but unless close
attention is paid to thdse conditions il
is almost inevitably source OF danger.
Not only minor intestinal troubles, but
more serious diseases such as typhoid
i'm our rural districts are largely due
to impure water. A great majority OF
such cases could be prevented by pre-.
cautions i'm regard to water-precau
tions not difficult to observe
SOme Practical Precautions.
Not only should every well be at q
considerable distance from any cess
pool pig pen or other possible source of
Infection but the lay of the land and
the character of the soil should be
taken into consideration. If the land
slopes from the cesspool towards the
we'll it is obviously a source Of pos
sible danger, even, if considerable
distance removed In porous soil scep
age is apt to .Nist. While the top OF
the well may be concrctcd or otherwise
protected, it must be remembered that
infectious material may seep down into
the well at a distance from the top. II
should be remembered that water may
be cool clear ana sparkling and yet
abounding in tho heterogeneous whcl
produce disease
\-hon thero il thp least uuaStion ay
TO the purity Of the water, it should b,
analysed and tested, Such tests will
be- made free of charge at the labora
tory of the state Health Department
and special containers for collecting
and forwarding samples of water will b,
sent ON request. Directions as to the
proper method of taking such samples
are also given, This is a matter o
Importance since the purest water may
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19

Texas border counties are strong for good roads.
Cooke county has called second election to vote for
an issue OF a million and half for roads while Wichi-
ia county now is circulating petition for a million
dollar road bond issue to be made in October
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-04-19

An automobile man has been found who is opposed
to the road bond issue. No wonder he runs repair
shop
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18
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COPYRIGHT on VIC. CHAPMAN

where between amazement and amuse.
ment
! And is that all?' he began, that
-"
"Stop!" Miss CareiIl said to him
sternly It's enough! Let me tell
you two something Now this isn't
to print" She looked at Cowles lie
nodded, that simple nod of the genu-
inc American reporter which is worth
all the gold bonds OF Wall street. 1t
never got out why left the Casino
But it was because | was married on
the quiet" She looked up and saw
the waiter standing near She plucEed
a pencil from Ccwless -~w2ietcoat.
tore the margin from newspaper
sticking out of his pocket and wrote
a name on it.
Married to him" she said, showing
the slip to Roberts and CoWles in
turn. Cowles whistied in astonish-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18

my crouch isn't with anybody care
a boot about. anyway. But you.
Bobs-"
Drop it, Charley! Drop it," Rob
erts laughed bitterly. Let us pro.
coed with that stirring melodrama
which | suppose you would call The
Souse's Christmas Eve. >" He
glanced again at the girl whose face
he could see in the mirror Il know
who she is, Charley" he said. THE
girl opposite you, / mean. DO you
remember Sadie Cargill? The girl
who sang Coraline' and If You
Wouldn't-Then I Would; at the
Casino about five years ago? Don
you remember that everybody was
crazy about herr"
Cowles looked up cautiously.
Sure" he said That's who she
is. But what In the world is she In
this place for? Sadie Cargill in Big
Jimmy's! Whew, what a come-doWn!
Il seem to remember somebody was
saying the other day that she had
gone pretty well to pieces" said Rob
erts. Didn't take care OF herself
Whoever it was said he had seen her
in the chorus of fy-by-night musical
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18

den of Eden. Honest! AND
When it was all fixed, the folks want
cd to 20 In and wake up the baby
and bring it out, and light up, and lot
sadie see the fun Sadie
wouldn't have It, She laughed little
said she didn't believe IN
Christmas Eve trees, morning was the
time to have 'em. didn't laugh.
Couldn't .. saw her face ana
it most broke my heart. Then
they asked her to come down In the
morning; she said she couldn't. SAID
she was going away on long journey
before morning-oh, no. Bobs. It's all
right; she may have meant to Kill
herself think she debut she
won't now; it's all right. Wait Till
tell you. And we walked up to her
Hat Oh, forgot to say. that
Oh the way uptown she got to crying
like a little girl because she didn't
have any dolly of her own, and
bought her one; horrible thing; paint
ed china face and most as big as she
was we walked up to her nat;
she had the doll in her arms with her
head down ON it. | lighted the gas.
She walked into her bedroom
laid the doll under the cover with Its
head on the pillow and threw herself
down beside 1t.
81 started to say something and she
lifted her head and told me to get
out and the quicker the better
then she fell down beside the doll
again and began to cry. never heard
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18

comedy out Kansas City way and that
she seemed to have hit bottom"
Yes said Cowles, studying the
girls face, ut is Sadie, all right. She
seems 10 have kept all her good
looks, too, except that her face has
hardened terribly. Don't you remem-
Der what a soft-cheeked innocent,
merry little thing she always was?"
Roberts nodded and looked again
into the mirror. He shook his head
at what he saw. YES" he murmured,
"she was And now, before you rec
ognized her, you called her bronze
haired and brazen-faced,' and she is"
Il hope" spoke up the young wom-
an. with startlingly distinct voice and
with unlimited acidity Of information,
that the next time you two see me,
you'll remember me! Take a good
look"
Both men sprang to their feet,
snatchiug off their hats.
81 beg your pardon" said Roberts,
earnestly. but really didn't realize
that you could see from the mirror
how l was staring at you. I'm awful
ly sorry and very much ashamed
Really | am-we both are
Miss Cargill looked him over with
approval and was obviously Modified
ooh. that's all right" she said. with
a tired smile. "Tm sorry | barked at
you that way. A woman Is good
deal of a fool to make kick when a
man looks at her in Big Jimmy's.
But I'm sore on the world tonight and
kind of cranky. Come on over here,
both Of you Perhaps you can talk
me out Of it."
Cowles and Roberts looked at each
other and laughed. And because
Sadie, despite the hardening, was un-
deniably charming with the old gra-
ciousness of the Casino days. they
carried their glasses to her table.
Cowles smiled as they set them down,
still full, beside hers.
I'VE were afraid, too," he explained.
You in trouble, too?" She sighed.
well, I'm used to 1t. Better tell your
old auntie your poor little sorrows.
Maybe really can do you some good. "
She turned to Roberts. First off,
what's biting your"
Cowles interrupted precipitately.
LET me tell NINE" he urged I'm
the worst case I've just lost my job.
I'm a newspaper man and I've never
been noted for my saving disposition
Miss Cargill nodded with smile
which seemed reminiscent. Almost
involuntarily she hitched her chair
over little closer to Cowles. The
instinct of the stage lady to cuddle
up to the youth who may some time
"get her name In the papers" Is as
imperishable as the instinct of self
preservation.
well" continued. Cowles, my rent
comes due In a week. Also all the
bills Also it is the Merry Yule Tide
when the young blood gets square
with all the nice girls who have been
especially nice to him. And I've been
canned Fired! Lost my job! And
By the latest count I have on my per-
son just thirteen dollars and forty
cents good and lawful coin of the
U'aited States and nothing more com
ing to me. That's all"
Roberts took up the story.
mo. 1t isn't all, Miss CargillI beg
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18

ment Roberts stared at the paper
with dimmed eyes, they cleared and
he looked up quickly. 1T didn't get
out" she explained, because really
cared. didn't want any press agent
foolishness about him Besides, was
going to quit the business anyway. l
did, all right, all right" She laughed
sourly and went on. He was Just
out of college, and was alot younger
than | am now and different-l was
sort of different from anybody around
the Casino guess. Her voice
caught, but she tossed her head and
continued: And that made him like
me- and liked him and we were
married and went away. But as soon
as he came to know me better he
found (what I'd known all along) l
wasn't up to his family standard. He
knew he would have to tell them about
our being married, and that when the
time came and they looked me over
| wouldn't exactly stack up with his
people-manners, you know, and when
to do things and how to do them and
the sort of people l liked And he
tried to tell me- And l got mad-and
we came back on different boats And
II I'd told him how much l wanted to
learn to be the way he wanted me-
if he'd told me that he wanted me to
try-why then-why then it would
have been just one Of those funny
little married tiffs. But l was mad
l said | didn't care. Not even when
they came and took my baby. I didn't
care. I've never cared.
"Well, that was just a starter.
And after the very first,
didn't care any more Something
broke and all the care dropped away
from me. You've got your troubles
of where to eat and sleep and drink,
she said to Cowles. and you've got
a heart that's pretty near to break
ing-and maybe WILL" she said to
Roberts But as for me, I've had ali
those troubles for years and l haven't
cared. Because / haven't any heart y
Her eyes began to shine and her
eyelashes became wet suddenly Al
least thought I didn't, until today
II live about twenty blocks uptown
You know what these New York flats
are. And in the fat under me there's
some respectable married people, with
a baby. A little girl about five. And
she's been sick And l guess the
father hasn't had a job in long
time. Anyway, the other day saw
him taking a china clock under his
coat--it looked like wedding present
and l guess people don't hook their
wedding presents until pretty near the
last. And the floors are SO thin you
can hear everything that goes on
down there. And the baby-anyway'
the little girl began asking two weeks
ago about a Christmas tree. And yes
terday they told her that Santa Claus
was getting snobbish nowadays and
wasn't interested in poor people--or
poor peoples little girls-not even
when they were sick. And she cried all
day. She was crying when ! came out
last night. She was still crying when
got home this morning. She's cried
ali day today. And I'm broke. I've
only got ten dollars between me and
the river. And my rents two weeks
overdue and I've got to pay that be-
fore quit, because the landlord
been dead white to me. And I've
never cared before for four years, but
u care now care-I can't help It.
| do do"
she dropped her hands to the table
and her head on them. She sobbed !,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18

any's today and did And she picked
out ring and l told her couldn't
come within five hundred dollars OF
paying for 1t unless-unless | broke
my promise to increase my brothez,s
college allowance. And she was hurt
and then she was angry and she said
things You don't know-but there
was a mana rich man-an old man
over in Brooklyn and-when she
first met me she had almost made
up her mind to marry him. Anyway
she said things and ] said things
and both Of us were nasty-and Bit
ter This was all going uptown IN
a cab And when we got to the door
she said she wasn't going to get out
that she was going back to her own
people in Brooklyn-and said | didn't
care And don't!" His voice broke,
even on the defiant note. But It
hurts and don't you think !
was right?"
Cowies was staring ct him some,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-12-18


vince
It's all right" she said YEARLY.
Don't bother. It's all right. haven't
used that name for some time and I
kind of hoped nobody would remem-
Der it, Fact, I'd rather like you boys
ewes kind of different. Go on"
Charley didn't tell you how he lost
his place. He lost 1t because he took
the blame for a bad break made by
another mantle other man had
flock of kids. and Charley wouldn't
see their Christmas spoiled-that's
why!"
Nice boy" she said softly. Mice
boy" And then, after = moment:
And. anyway. this is the first job
you ever lost, isn't it? Thought so.
It's nothing when you get used to it.
! know Her voice was even; but
her fost was tapping the floor under
the table. IT'S when you get used to
it, and think you can always get an
other and one day find that nobody
you're going to steady down and be
good-that's what hurts. This time
next year you'll be laughing at your
self for feeling down."
mo, WON'T" growled Cowles.
give done my best for three good
years and I've been decent when I
didn't have to be decent and I've
been straight with myself and the
game. 1t don't pay. I'm going to
cut loose now and take things as they
come"
Miss Cargill studied the ugly blaze
In his eye intently and shook her
head. The hard lines in her face be-
came more rigid.
Cowles reached for his glass. She
stopped him.
NO" she said. let's all start even.
! want to know your friends trOu-
bles."
Never mind about NINE" said
Roberts, looking away from them
both. He was almost, but not quite,
surly. Cowles shook his head at her
surreptitiously.
Don't be afraid she murmured.
81 won't make any breaks. And he
needs help more than you do" She
turned to Roberts again. Married? 2"
she asked him.
How did you know that?" he
asked, his face still turned away.
"Oh, | knew" she said.
"Well?" he said.
you've been having trouble ut
home?"
Roberts nodded.
Tell me! What about" She
leaned across the table toward him;
speaking very softly with misty eyes.
Roberts did not raise his head.
christmas presents" he said.
She drew back her head and
laughed, just three or four pearly
notes and then becs me grave again
sincerely grave.
Nov, see here" Roberts blurted
out, looking straight into the woman's
plying eyes. Il am going to tell
you about 1t. l know it isn't decent.
But l haven't told anybody and l
know I'm right-anyway, more right
than she Island you've been up
against things lot-and want to
tell you about it,
That's right" she whispered as
gently as though she had been petting
a curly head at her knee.
We'll" he recited in monotone,
"she asked me to meet her at Till