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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

use their heads, but how to use their hands. If
I were rich John D. Rockefeller. would
establish chronological school in every state
in the Union except Massachusetts,. which has
an ideal one. :s ,,4 +
Just what it is that is wrong with our edu-
cational system. don't know, but had this
unpleasant experience: For the first dfteensSr
twenty years that was in Congress I had
competitive. examinations. in my district Cor
West Point and Annapolis L thought that
would got the very cream OF the boys It
gave rich and poor an equal opportunity.
When was boy would have walked bare
footed cheerfully from where lived in. Ken
lucky to West Point to have been appointed a
cadet. 1t isn't easy to get men to conduct
competitive examination. because they get no
pay, but. nevertheless, got them. After sew
eral years I. noticed that about one-third of
the time, notwithstanding the competitive ex-
afninations, there were vacancies from my dis
trict both at West Point and Annapolis. At
first it fretted me good deal, and Jumped
at the conclusion that there something
wrong about the educational system, particu-
larly in my district 1 inquired into 1T and
found it was the same all over the country.
One night when William H. Taft was Presi-
dent they had university banquet in Wash
ington. He and l were both on the speaking
program. OF course, he chose his place on the
program. he had right to do, and spoke
i
up this proposition about the insuficiency of
the educational system and stated my expert
ence When the time came he raised me at
my own game, went further than did. OF
course, he got the longer notice in the news
papers because he was President, but enough
got into the papers about my speech to show
that started it. I received good many let
ters about 1t. but the most interesting thing
that happened was that Col. Larned, superin-
tendent at West Point, sent me three articles
which he had written for the North American
Review on the very same subject. In these
articles he set out simple questions that
cadets failed on. and the simple questions
showed that they failed much on spelling.
arithmetic, geography and grammar as they
did in algebra, trigonometry and geometry.
They were especially weak in history. and it
seems to me that every boy that graduates
from high school in the United States ought
to be able to pass the examinations for West
Point and Annapolis. ~.<-
have no sort Of doubt that certain teachers
will hop on to me for making the foregoing
statements. but they are true. and the lsitua-
ton should be remeded. do not know how
to remedy it, but suggest that the educators
Of the country through their combined wisdom
should remedy it.
never saw graded school in my life until
was elected superintendent of one. I at
tended the old Field schools. but when I was
at the West Point and Annapolis age 1 could
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Former Speaker the House Would Have Dread and Butter Education
and Cost of Lies Necessities Reduced

children to the family in this
country is one of the most mo-
mentous signs of the times In
which we live. In certain Sec
tions of the country as re-
CARDS the number of children
born in the family and the num-
Der of families in which no chill
dren are born we are in just about
as bad a case as the French.
Those who have paid any atten-
ton to such things know that from
the end of the Franco-Prussian war
in 1871 to the beginning of the
great world war in 1914 the popu-
lation of France had increased by
a scant million, while the popula-
ton of Germany had increased
twenty-six millions. In two or
three states of the American
Union the death rate about equals
the birth rate. The reduction OF
the number of children to the fam
lily on the average is because it be-
comes harder and harder to proper
ly support, raise and educate
family of children. Col. Rooss-
welt raised a great hullabaloo about
race suicide. I supposed that to
be comparatively new until short
time ago, when I accidentally ran
across book giving an account of
the downfall of Greece and Rome.
and. 10, the chief cause was race
suicide. So it seems that when
ever the conditions of living grow
hard and difficult, a great many
people undertake to remedy the
condition by race suicide.
X x X X
Fourth: People living in America
should be taught to be Americans.
If had my way about it, would
compel every child in the United
States to commit to memory the
Declaration of Independence and.
read the Constitution until they
got the hang of our system Of gov
eminent. The propositions in those
two great state papers are funda-
mental in the education Of Ameri-
can citizens. I would have every
foreigner that comes to our shores
compelled to learn the American
language at least sufficiently to
read and write it. In the larger
cifiar and fouN~ T wos,ld do that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

Sconstnusd. On .Third PsspA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

7 HAT part are the exports
AA of foodstuffs. textiles,
v shoes. leather and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10
By CHAMP CLARK.

scription for m king
America better-so here
goes. Those eminent states
men and Scholarship.
Justice McReynolds of the Supreme
Court, Mr.. Secretary Lane of the
Interior Department and DR.. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard
have given you some noble and
profound views, most of which I
cordially indorse, but they have by
no means exhausted that large and
important subject.
Stated generally. the way to
make America better Is to improve
Americans physically, mentally and
morally. A healthy mind in a
healthy body-as our old friends
the Latins would have said, mems
Sana in corpore sano"-constitutes
the ideal citizen. Consequently.
the way to improve the American
people is to educate them mentally,
morally and physically.
X \. X X
Since God said, "In the sweat
of thy face shalt thou eat bread"
at least IS per cent of all the peo-
pie who have lived and are living
have been compelled to earn their
living by labor-labor of Drawn or
brain-and it will be so until the
sun grows cold. Consequently, our
educational system, on which we
spend more money than any other
nation has ever done since the
world began, should be directed
primarily to aid the mass Of man.
kind in providing themselves with
the necessities and comforts of
life. A corollary of this PROPOSE
ton is that we should have good
deal more vocational training than
we are having.
I shall not at this time enter
into the controversy about the util-
ity of the classics, although I think
in their way classics are useful.
But the vast majority of our
American people will never be in
position to study Latin, and so
forth. What we need is more of
the practical in education-teach-
inc hovS ana girls NIT np1v hon, IN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-10

OF. Pennsylvania is. a railroad engi-
neer by profession, and the fact that
he is member of the Sixty-sixth
Congress is explained by reason of q
leave of absence from his regular job.
When Scrantons democrats sought to
indorse Representative Farr the loco.
motive engineer objected and won a
victory, to Congress by. 2o1 votes. He
likes seat in the House OF Repre-
sentatiyes asa diversion. but prefers
a cab seat in q railway engine AZ
.permanept. vocation IA al. :.
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largely by means of night schools to exc
out the education they get in the day
schools The majority of foreigners who come
to this country are grown people. They have
to use up most of the daytime making living,
but most of them would go to night schools
: II they had chance. '
2: sThsre is one woman down in Kentucky
who ought to have monument high
Washfngton's for the good she has done and
the example she has set. Her name is Mrs.
/; Cora Wilson Stewart. She is connected with
the school department. Of the state Of Ken
lucky. Some Ave six years ago she made
UP her mind that she going to teach the
grown-up ignoramuses in Kentucky to read
and write. She started moonlight school,
and invited people of all ages from six years
up to attend these so-called moonlight
schools" The ignoramuses took to them like
duck does to water. Because I Ken
tuckian by BIRTH she wrote to me and asked
me to come to Kentucky and make speech
the subject. At that time I was Speaker
of the House, and I wrote her and told her
there an idiotic rule of the House Of long
standing that the Speaker could not appoint
Speaker pro tempore for more than one day,
and that could not come, 1t would take
three days to go to Kentucky make speech
and return to Washington. 1 authorized her
to offer reward in my name of either IS or
$40. forget which, to the school district in
Anderson county, Kentucky, where was born,
that would make the greatest Improvement.
and then in the multiplicity Of duties forgot
all about it. In about two years she wrote to
me- to send the money-that there wasn't
man, woman child over seven years old,
white, black yellow. left in the county who
could not read write. I never spent any
money more cheerfully in my life. She has
redeemed from the depth Of ignorance about
two thirds of all the illiterates in Kentucky,
and she is still at It, What Mrs Cora Wilson
Stewart did in the Dark and Bloody Ground"
can be done in every state Of the Union by
any industrious, courageous. patriotic and en-
-lightened citizen citizens. If this Republic
is to endure. which we all pray Almighty God
It will. its foundation must rest on the intelli-
-gehce, industry, honesty and patriotism Of the
great body Of the people.
z ~ ~ 49, r.
-. x X X X
Henry w, the greatest of all the Bourbon
kings. expressed his wish for the French
people that they might become SO prosperous
that every Frenchman would have fowl in the
pot for his Christmas dinner. OF course to
Americans. that sounds like very moderate
wish. II had one prayer for the American
people that would be answered. it would be
that every American citizen should learn to
read and write the American language and
: get some comprehension of American institu-
tions, for believe, with Andrew johnson, that
with all it's faults this is the best govern
ment the sun ever shone upon
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
Storekeeper's Prompt
Action Checks Fire
That Promised Trouble

Prompt action hy J. T.. Manton.
storcko,per for The Albuquerque Gas
and Electric company, checked what
threatened 90 become q serious fire In
the wholesale district at $3.50 This
morning uoinF to his days work la
the Electric compuny's store rooms.
lust behind The Gross. Kelly and COM
piuy warehouse. Mantrn detected
smuke ana opened a door 10 md q
lively bfise cracking. Tie tolephoucd
"A IRE alarm ana armed with "A patent
fire eAtiHruisher tackled the blaze
single-handcd lie had IL under CON
troll whom The FIRE trucks arrived, al
though both stations made "a quick re-
Spouse. Aantous prompt action Is
thought 10 hayo checked what might
easily have been a costly blaze. There
was practically no damage aside from
"a slight scorchlng Of several gas
ranges stored lu the building. A
bucl.et Of reosotc Tor use In %creosot-
Ing poles. had heen left on "a small
stove and 10 thought TO have boiled
over, thus starting the blaze.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16

ihc office. he waited until the work.
.ru came, gave them his Ina In
~sirIouuna, urging haste. then kissed
ANNA and nae Euod-hy aud left iur tho
train 2 had thrown my arms around
DDS 1eoh. and asked:
oi arc determined to bring her
here 90 live
huVc odd you my int, ntion SOW
cral times. Please do not dcttiu me "
and hr none too gently unluoscd my
ariur
For q couple OF days ! remained
puirt. 'Yart Then 3 began 10 ger
roud, 90 carry out % plan I had made
800 case hc insisted upon having his
tuut live with us upon making me
flflplH ID uuuruitv Tor The rest OF nay
Dr.. Ir believed ! should be were
HNo leo 1--we vtth us. ! put my clothing
nuD Annals In order and then packed
DO 100 ono large trunk. I went to the
tHiuk and dlHw uut my little legacy
had 70 rhecl; book, hut would not
dare Go usc IL. ~ would show Man
ftia So here { was Hc would De sure
%" go 10 ,hc bank. was guing 10
"lFe him, To- stay away until he
either sent far me 90 return aa the
mistress of nay own house. or for
ever ! ngyHr would come back 10 the
ifr Z ltd lived since his aunt had been
with a.
r,dE no. ono into nay confidence.
I desperately wanted 20 tell June.
d~'fperatot wanted her tu know where
was going. b already knew why.
but NJnglilo knew of close friend
ship, d. would Ice sure TO question
hei, Vurll not emhHrrHss her.
Alter days aud nights ~ thinking
ana planning it had been In my mind
lung before M1nNillc's aunt had icft
ue 7 had decided To Eo to the little
country owu whore my stcpuunt had
INNd ffr Hut Who had left me the
lortrv which would make ms light
uasIIN iU Was cure MnnXillo would
never think OF me ne living there. II
WA near Chicago. That was en- adj
tanttgc according to my plan aud II
] took unnfhcr unme no one would be
Iuilh 'urinuH hrclusc q woman and
lttln rIri Lived quietly among them.
: never idcrcd going domc nr Ia
wy '.tp.H would lose myself foG
n time. Iuu,ilN could tell what he
wi0hcd al tu uy absence
lie wrote that he and his aunt were
90 tart the nest dhy. ! gave Nancy
the day on Cook was In the kitchen,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
Aid the Kidneys


why will people continue to suffer
the agonlcs ~ kidney complaint,
backache. urinary disorders. lame
ness, headaches, %iuuguur. why allow
themselves To- become chronic in.
yalids, when a tested remedy is Of
ferod them?
Donn's Kidney Pills have been uncd
In kidney trouble over 90 years, have
been tested In thousands Of cases.
II you have any. even one. Of the
symEioms OF kidney disease, act now.
bropsy or nright's disease may set In
ana make neglect dangerous. Head
this Albuquerque testimony.
Mrs. 4. r. Payne. S11 ~. Eighth
street. says: Last spring was the FIRST
time that / ever had any symptoms
Of kidney disorder. My back ached.
especially after eXertiun or after
was on my feet very much. one box
OF Doau's Kidney Pills helped me and
after I had taken two boxes. the
palms had disappeared from my back
and every other symptom Of kidney
disorder had left. have taken
Doan's since to regulate my kidneys
and thoy have been OF much benefit
Price COO. at all dealers. Don't
Eimply ash Tor a kidney remedy-Rei
pugn's Kidney piiis-the same that
Mrs Payne had. Fostcr Mnhnrn co,
MfgtF. tiuffnlu, y. Y.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16

NEW MEXICOs WEEKLY
MEMS.


Actual drilling for oil now starting
In many districts.
Carlsbad-Constructlon ON build
iugs FOR new cotton gin and ware
house progresses.
bemlug district to have big tomato
crop.
Jidarilla district gets barrow gage
railway.
Coiumbus-E. T.. & 8. w. railway
20 build immense steel water tank
here.
Kingston Empire Zinc company
begins operations on Illinois mine.
Albuquerque lumber plant TO en-
ploy 500 men; expect capacity ef over
soc. 600 feet per day; wnl work 500
men In woods within month.
santa Fc's extensive Improvement
campaign to begin.
curry county wheat crop ready to
harvest: shortage OF help reported.
Clcnrfu oil field situation continues
to improve.
Fifty men. twenty teams start work
on Tucumcari and MOntaya road.
Cloudcroft sanitarium now open fof
sick babies.
Lordsburg -Pyramld Mining com
pany cuts . foot vein. high grade sill
yer ore.
Mounninulr receives big deliveries
Of lumber.
Des Moines-e0 foot coal elevator
is completed hcyE.
Los Lanss 4 to have bank will
100000 capital.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16

had no chance. lie had been out In
the evening. twice to card games at
Ruth Mnrkhum'H. to which he refused
20 take me. aud at other times on
huHlRcss-su he said. ! had taken a
hard cold. $50 reIualucd az nuusc atone
instead ~ going over to Juuo.r, as !
had done $50 often since his aunt left.
Tho house was IN connection. Car
pcuters, papor-hangera and painters
had the second lioor in charge and
were making q very attractive suite
of my dressing room and the nursery.
When this was finished they were 10
make one large room uf part oi the
attic 60 serve aH Il nursery for Anng
II shall leave for the west In the
morning ManVillc suil as he came
in for dinner. u shall bee away about
o. week. when / return aunt Will
come with me. lie rooms viii be In
order Boy that time
commenced tu ciy. couldn't
hcIp it just why / had chung To the
hope he would change his mind /
cannot explain. but I had. Vow !
knew from the one OF his voice, as
well as from the preparations which
We're under way. that nothing l could
say IN do would alter his plans. Vel
! pleaded, I begged and lmpiorcd him
10 make u home for his auu else
whore More than I had ever done
before did / show him o unhappy
! Ind been whcr she was with Us I
-rrcuunted Hany Of her actions which
NJ to now I had Kept from him, !
rteadr1 until j was worn out with my
emotion. But he was adaniant. His
only answer;
Aunt cynthia shall have "a home
with me- as long as she lives IL she
wishes to remain
Aud I repeated:
VERY well. Manvillc no matter
what happens, don't hlamr me. You
have mnde Your choice This time
hc said nothing about "hcroica.' lie
mtdp NO answer at an
the nest morning he ala not go 10
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
Organizer of American
Lumber Company Dies
at Long Beach Home

D. W. C. Merriam widely known
lawyer aud the aetivn force In the
original organization OF the American
Lumber company here in 1899. died
Monday at his home In Long Beach,
California. according 20 a telegram
received yesterday by Col. u. W. Dob
sort. attorney for tho company ana a
long time friend of the deceased. Mr..
Merriam had been in bad health for
several years.
Prior 20 ls organization and during
the early stages OF operation Of the
American Lumber company Mr.. Nor
riam spent much Of his time IN Al
Ouquerduo and was well known In To-
cal business and banking circles. Fe
engineered the original transaction oy
which the Mitchell brothers tract oi
300. 900 acres Of timber land IN Me-
klnloy county was taken owe BY the
lumber company.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
Buy Luggage Now!

Here's the chance to pick up a sizzling hot value in
Trunk, Travelling Bag or Suitcase. Pay our Travelware
Section a visit and see what a very attractive price we have
placed on every piece of luggage in this department. In
nearly every instance our Clearance Sale Price is actually
below the market price of today.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16

Clovis gives contract for $4,000
hospital.
Aiamogordo.-oil company hers 10
start drilling.
survey begins on Carlsbad to Lea
road. sz .
Roswell receives 100000 pounds
new wool clip.
Contract let for Dona Ana road.
Clovis makes arrangements for big
county fair.
Carlsbad ships 20 cars hay.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
No WHEAT orARANTrNE NOW

Washington, July is.-No qnarsn-
tine against wheat ahiDmenlu from
Illinois, Indiana, West virginia ans
Georgia becatse Of grain disease IN
those states viii b declared az this
time By the federal horticultural
board. This decision was reached BY
the board today AFTER hearings.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
CATTLE ADVANCES
WILL BE ALLOWED

} Washington. July i6 April
cations viii not he received from ,
responsible American banks and
} exporters Tor advance agalust
cattle aud cattle product ahip-
Wents, tho war finance corpora
ton announced today. the pur- I
} pose hcins to stimulate exportu-
l ton and broaden the demand Cor
I these products.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16

and knew would pay no attention 20
my aotious. ! called "a taxi, had my
trunk aud bugs pat ON then Anna aud
] got BOO and were driven To the sta
tluu. I checked my trunk ana went
Immediately ahu4rd the train. ! had
cN'raviliutly taken a statcroom for
greater privacy.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
THE REVOLT OF SUSAN HYDE
An Unusual Story of Unusual COutship and Marriage.
By CAROLYN BEECHER

,CopyrlGht 1919. by Carolyn nccchcr) -
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-19
BRITISH SUBJECTS HAVE
TROUBLE GETTING AWAY

IDNpON, June British sub
l"ots cndcavoring to cmigrnts to the
United N3iCs arc having their irou
h,Cg Duc to the lack OF houses, The
Eiui IN the labor market and the
high cost ~ living. hundreds Of new -
~ married couples are anxious to
escape To- some other part Of the
world whore opportunities and con
Vcnicncss are more plentiful.
In tho Nottingham Gate district
thoTe Is a linc ~ men and women
daily who are seeking to go oyer
seas when they say they want to
20 10 Canada Australia or some
other part Of tho British empire,
thoy are given every consideration
ana allowed to proceed as rapidly as
limited transport facilities will per
NIT
nut II they want ia go to the
United States they must 10 through
another line at the American consul
late. where only about one In five
would be emiRrants succeed In get
ting thcir papers to go forward.
Apart from business passports and
papers for returning soldiers. many
OF them having served In the Brit
ish army. few permits to 80 TO Amer
lea aTN being issued
me COVER lntUt emigration OltlCe,
feeling perhaps that the pane i'm
plies a scvering Of ties with the
homeland. has changed its name to
the uvrrsca settlement office. The
word emigration hereafter will be
applied only to settlement outside
the empire.
Warnings are being given the
would hc settlers" that in many OF
the large cities in the dominions
conditions are crowded and each
applicant Ia asked to 90 fully into fu-
turc plans before undertaking settle
mcnt abroad.
rho Canadians have esta hhrhed
schools for girls who have married
Canadian soldiers, showing them
how To raise chickens. milk cows and
otherwise prcBgrc TOR farming lie
in the northwest
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-19
FROWN ON "SHlMMY,'
BUT JAz2" IS GRACEFUL

ATLANTIC CITY. n j., June IS.
Tho "shimmy dance Is tainted.
That is, talnt nice and taint accepta-
bic
Ergo the international association
Of dancing masters. recently in con
ventlon here. tabooed tho naughty
wrsglc. and yet almost with the
same breath, decided the real Jazz
dance surpasses all other terpsicor-
can efforts IN grace and beauty, oh.
hum,
Further. members ~ the associa
ton admitted they knew not who
started the awful "shimmy.' or
course there was no suggestion as 70
what they would do should they
learn his, or her, identity, but some
OF the caustic remarks relative TO
the famous wiggle naturally led to
visions Of former popular pastlme
below the Mason and Dixon line.
While the masters banned the
culver, they showered complime enu
on that Kind of 'Jazz" which Ia
performed by foot movement with
the Reels scarcely touching the floor
Verify, these he parlous days for
the "old timers" who actually en-
joycd tho good old round waltz and
kindred. but innocent dances.