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Evening journal., 1920-12-09
Editorial Opinion
A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Reports Of lack o. interest in the
profession Of teaching are so general
and so alarming that il Is pleasant to
learn OF a normal school which is
operating under pressure This, nor
NAL school Is not that OF Baltimore,
but 1t Is close enough TO the city TO
prove that Baltlmore's case Is not
hopeless. The State Normal School
at Towson has 220 prospective teach
ers In attendance. although Its dormi-
tory space Ian accommodate only iS0.
This condition Is In marked CON
trast with the comparatively emp.s
halls OF recent years and would seem
to show that teachers can be had II
one wants them. The Stale Board OF
Education has conducted a recruiting
campaign, In which II has shown the
Importance Of teach lng and the salts
faction which a teacher may obtain
from his work But On State /, ap-
pears. has had The courage OF lis con-
vlcti0ns and has provided salaries for
Its teachers which are more nearly a
recOmpensc for the service rendered
than salaries within the city. II Is
generally supposed that adequate
salaries are an inducement TO work.
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'EUREKAl I'VE FOUND IT..

A MERICAS oldest living inventor celebrates his 92nd
N birthday. He has a good old-me Yankee name
Elphalet Remington Delaware hunters know the Rem
ngton rifle Delaware stenographers know the Remng-
ton typewriter.
"shirtseeves to shirtseeves in three generations
That's a common saying, II goes with the mistaken idea
that the child OF brilliant parents Is necessarily mediocre
Not with the Remlngtons For three generations their
family has produced brilliant inventors The flame Of
genius handed down from father to and to grand
son. showed lis first spark in 1910 when a Remington
youth having sci his heart a rifle and being denied
money buy one went into his fathers blacksmith shop
and made his oNn-the first Remington rifle,
That boys descendants have made the Remington name
known an the earth. They have invented rifles,
typewrers farm Implements velocpedes bicycles, au-
tomobes sewing machines and recently phonograph i'm
proyements.
Remington is only OF tens of thousands OF Ameri-
can names that have made Yankee ingenuity inter
national phrase.
The Scientific American credits Yankee ingenuity with
creating six OF the worlds ten greatest inventions OF the
last quarter century. The six are The arplane electric
furnace moving picture induction motor linotype and
electric W. dlng with all OF which Delawaeans fami-
lar The other four the italian wireless the British
steam turbine and cyanide process and the automobile,
which originated in France and Germany.
BE proud OF Yankee ngenuty-and prouder stl that II
is always an ad OF the times There Nathaniel Briggs,
Of New Hampshire who took out the first American
patent washing machine in 1877, and James Nc
Lean, OF New Jersey who patented the nrst American
piano In 1896 Today here American inventors think
ing in terms Of ihe year 2OOO
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MAGNIFICENT IN HIS METIcuLosrTY.

A LREADY Delawareans no doubt have noticed. the
IN historians who worship at the shrine Of wisconsin
trying to make their hero appear almost super-human
In the funes Of their praise however they from the
sublime TO the ridiculous
Here for Instance writer who tells Us that Pres-
dent Wilson keeps papers arranged in four piles on
his desk that ne send secretary after any particular
paper and tell him you viii find It in The pile my
seat; 1t is the nth from the top"
He also asserts that when the President had finished
using pen he would take chamos skin from the desk
wipe the clean and return the chamo and the pen
to their places. "He was exact that he could ten
whether anybody had moved anything his desk during
his absence"
Habits and qualities Of mind such as these undoubtedly
have their value, and yet The ordinary citizen who takes
common view OF things must be impressed with
the thought that these attentions to matters OF unnpor
tan detail account for the nattenteness OF the Pres
dent TO many affairs OF utmost concern 10 the country
His mine could not give attention 10 small matters and
large at lhe same time
1t viii be remembered that in h early stages OF our
participation in the war, Senator Chamberlain charged
that the War Department had fallen down and the Pras
uent called Chamberlain liar.
uhmDerain produced facts which proved the charge 10
Me satisfaction OF the country Il would appear hat
while Mr. Wilson keeping track OF the order OF things
on his desk, and was wiping pens he was not keeping
conflict
II would Be impossible TO estimate how many lives and
how much loss OF property should be charged TO this
failure 10 that the Department which happened at the
be the most important the government was
falling down in its task.
Another instance VIII illustrate the evil consequences
Of too much attention 10 unimportani details.
Senator Spencer Of Missouri. asserted that President
Wilson had promised the Rumanians that in case OF
breach Of the treaty agreements, the United States would
send her army apd navy to Europe to protect Rumans
President Wilson called Ssnator Spencer liar, an,
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TO the Editor OF The Sun-Sir: /
wish TO reply to Taxpayers" letter
Of hhe 23d, regarding the payment Of
nigh salaries TO poor teachers TAX
payer claims that Maryland has the
low standard Of thlrty-seVenlh State
IN The United Staies, due to the in
efficiency OF the teachers, as shown by
the recent survey.
First OF all. / want 10 say that !
have talked with three members OF
the survey. each Of whom has declar-
ed that the work OF the teacher was
marvellous. compared with the condl-
tons with which she has 10 cope
Mr.. Taxpayer" you may have the
most capable teacher n the world and
put him under Baltimore conditions.
and see what the result would be.
How would Ike 10 teach &c children in
a room fltted for 81, and that room a
tumble-d0wn store2 What could YOU
do with children in part-timn classes
what advance could you make? There
are no accommodations for all chill
dren, in all schools, ali days Suppose
you were allowed ~ cents for sup
piles for a child for year-what
could you buy for H? Suppose YOU
were a science teacher and were al
lowed % cents for pupil for a les
son; how would you work out your
class budget2 Suppose you had no
lights IN your nice dark, dingy school
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Spencer proceeded to produce evidence which convinced
The people OF Missouri mat he was telling the truth.
II would appear that while he was remembering exactly
where he left each article his desk the President
had forgotten the language he had addressed 10 the
Rumanian delegates at the peace conference.
His mind had lbs limitations like all minds and he had
occupied 1t with non-essentias
In their zeal TO point out marvellous accomplishments
Of Mr. Wilson. his biographers rendering him poor
service.
The salary President s75 600 year, and If ntted
for his position his time is worth much than that.
Pen points only about ten cents dozen and they
can be wiped by a s75a-month clark.
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"TOO STUPID"

KNUT HANiSUN came over from Norway some years
IN ago and got job washing dishes in restaurant lie
was fired" His employer told him he "too stupid
TO wash dishes. Maybe he
Knu got job Chicago street The superin-
endent fired him. lie couldn't remember the names
OF the streets. TOO stupid" the verdict.
Successfully Knut became porter in hotel coal passer
seamsh ip deckhand and many other things Always
he discharged and usually the boss told him he
too stupid to learn his salt"
But Knut wasn't too stupid, many Delaware readers
know, to write 10 volumes OF poems which have been
translated into n languages and which have delighted
readers the world over
lie wasn't too stupid to write novels no one can forget
after reading.
lie wasn't too stupid to and receive the Nobel
prize for literature nearly $1,000
He wasn't too stupid to become OF the worlds real
" great writers.
Yet, h as was failure dlshvasher
On the other hand many failures in literature would
make fine street conductors.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 9, 1920
THOSE CHILDREN OF SORROW.

yNvO quote Herbert Hoover in the Near East Is the
Il most desperate situation in the world"
is 10 assist in relieving that situation that Governor
John G. Townsend Jr, Goyernorelec William D. Denney,
Mayor William G. Taylor, Philip D. Laird. State chair
man and John S Rossel and David Snelenburg, vice
chairmen issued appeal to Deawareans to assist
the East Relief Drive which now is on throughout
the United States Those prominent Deawareans say in
their letter OF appeal:
The Children OF Sorrow stand before you Won't you
vel place for them at your table on Christmas Day.
They are ragged homeless and hungry but they not
hopeless They faiheress and moth eress, the child
ren OF Armenans Greeks Syrians and Jews made home
have place family table Of their on the Great
Day celebrate in their simple faith they turn trust
ingy TO you
The Children Of Sorrow There are unknown thousands
OF n en- ii0639 Of whom under American care 10 is
appalling number OF ptful orphaned wards the Near
Easi Relief must shelter under its merciu wings There
Is mile after mile OF human misery TO be relieved
Childhood very sacred and lovely thing, but TO have
In Armenia means only days OF bitter suffering II
America stops her food supply for week the children
smile. will perish
Out OF the cold and wind in Armenia women and
Oh dren will hudde together In silent cold and ioyless
Christmas Win you not help to make Christmas day
feel that The Christ His birthday has not forgotten His
people In the Land where He bOrn2
Five dollars MONTH sixty dollars year. will feed one
OF these Children OF Sorrow They need not sarye
hungry eyes look at your weled children and their long
ing hands reach out 10 you In suppllcaon
Is N ere home in America that could turn siravng
child awayi
That is an appeal which should bring response which
should count for much 10 those children OF Sorrow
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A SUPERINTENDENT

ID. Fred Aungst IN School Board
Journal.
If I were told tha. my Christmas
wish for 1920 were 10 come true II
would be for the BOYS and girls OF
America and II would be this.
! wish that every boy and girl In
the schools OF America were provided
with adequate and sanitary buildings
erected as temples Of health wherein
a sound mind would be enthroned on
a sound body. For what profit th 10
a child II h. gain the wisdom of the
world ald lose his own health
I wish that every boy and girl In
America could sit at the feet Of leach
ers whose lives are cOnsecrated 10 The
upbulding OF character and the out
pouring OF wisdom. thereby emulat-
ing the example Of the Great Teacher.
wish that every teacher. principal
supervisor, superinh ndcnt and com
/ missioner OF education thrOughout
| ihe length and breadlh Of our country
were guided In all h. says and does
| by one aXl0m-the schools are for the
children
wish that Individually and collec-
tlvtly, each board OF education, COM
mitiee Of school trustees, board OF
estimate. State legislature, also Con
gress. would learn when ignorant
thereof and recall II forgotten. that
the hope Of Am rica lies in a happy
and educated cltlzenry who are I'm the
schools Of ioday-if they b not .ru-
ant. or what avail are school codes
when narchod with disease the facts
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Baltimore Teacher
Replies to Criticism
LFrom the Baltlmore sun.


room? How would you Ike to teach
50 nice, wrlggling children, who only
had 40 seats to sit in? When you have
finished this, rush out 10 Hopkins or
business college or the Maryland
Institute 10 a class. so that you might
come back TO your school class with
fresh knowledge OF the newer and
best things IN at are going on In the
world. Now, follow the oyerwoeked
teacher TO her home, where the ever
ready papers are waiting to be mark
ed .he books TO be examined ,tc.
AS a city, Mr.. Taxpayer" We have
one OF the finest forces OF teachers.
Why? Because they have stuck to
their posts, in spite of such as you.
You are the cause OF Baltim0re's low
standard; you have refused us the
tools with which TO work. How can
We study, II we have no money!
Granted that there may be some poor
teachers, are there not also some poor
clerks, stenographers and bOokkeep-
ers? Yet they continue to draw their
salaries.
Teachers want 10 make Baltimore
FIRST. Taxpayers want 1t last. Make
your criticism constructive know
what you are talking about befor
you write another letter, and. finally,
cooperate with US; for II is co-opera-
tion that spells success
A BALTIMORE TEACHER.
Baltimore, Nov. "a.
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FOR A STATE BUDGET.

DUBLIc sentiment in this state with respect to State
budget doubt will be obtained in large measure as
result OF activity by the Delaware Slate Survey Com
mission
It has decided to frame a budget bill and TO
subject It 10 public and private consideration and cr
cism The policy will be to accept all suggestions which
appeal the favor OF the members OF the commission
and then frame final draft for submission to the Leg
islature in January February.
It Is the feeling in many quarters OF our State that
through wel-conoeved budget much money can be
to the State without impairment OF the public ser
vice
Governor Townsend is heartily In favor OF State
budget system and has not hesltaed express his views
upon hat subject His address before The Conference
Governors held recently in Harrisburg made him one o.
our country's leading advocates OF that system.
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OF forgotten past there TO repose
and rot in perfect peace, every half
baked or under done tex, near text,
or no text at all, until all parties con-
cerned with The selection and adOp-
ton OF such tools Of learning are able
to distinguish between an educational
toadstool, an authors mushroom. and
verbum sap. Speed the day ad in
terim
wish that the taxpayers and tax
payers and cantankerOus taxpayers,
and then the rest OF those outstanding
citizens more cantankerOus than tax
paying, would get together and for
mGiate q Just and equitable plan for
the financing OF generous scheme OF
public education so comprehensive
that the Rockefeller Foundation and
all the other Foundations put tOgethtr
would be, in comparison, as mild as
pinochle game i'm Paradise.
/ wish that the compensation OF
teachers, principals, supervisors, SUI
perintendents. and commissioners OF
education were somewhat compatible
with the duties and responsibilities OF
the offices they occupy, as well as the
duties they perform. The boys and
girls OF America would then be under
the influence Of men and women
emalailng happ'n-ss and cOntentmen.
being themselves happy and con
tented.
wish that every parent and guard
ian I'm America would remember that
the teacher acts in loco PARENTS; and
especially do / wish that every teacher
would remember he is acting in place
OF the parent.
/ wish that al conventional exam
nations in every school in the land
be abolished now and forevermore,
and that ,heir remains be filed away
in moldy archives Of a sealed past
there to repose harmless as a ghost
bereft OF its power TO haunt. And in
their place let there be standard
meausurements OF the children S
achievem nts and Intelligence adm n
istered by competent teach ers in the
name OF common sense and humanity.
needless OF the system, but watchful
OF the child's nervous system.
l wish that every boy and girl in
America would learn and remember
os long as memory remains intact, and
then live up to with the devotion Of a
zealOt, that outstanding cOrOllary OF
Liberty-"For every right there Is a
duty" Thus will democracy be made
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thereof hushed by denial, and the ma
chinery clogged with insincerity?
wish that every parent or guardian
Of school children were as much in
teresied IN their education as h. is in
baseball, or automobiles, or golf, or
movies, or what-nOt OF avOcatlons. II
all the people were keenly and active
ly Interest Il in all their schools, what
a defeat, yea, rout. General Ignorance
would suffer
wish that all architects and con-
tractors would plan and build school
houses with the same unselilsh devo-
ton that inspires thin TO make doll
houses for their own little tots.
l wish every malngering, intrigu-
ing janltor, ianitress, ct ell. every
where be swept out Of ofllce with dec
AIDES OF Nth, espionage and mcndac-
ily, and that they be replaced with
men and WON OF sterling character
and proven worth The lanitorship
is - Important Office in the scheme
OF education or what use are well
equipped school buildings in charge
of human derelicts2 ont with them
ere your school buildings rest In
pieces
wish that authors OF textbooks,
publishing houses, and their represen-
tatlves would file away In the archlv es
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safe for the world.

safe for the world.
l wish that all the boys and girls
OF America would Join and remain On
the one great union-''We. the people
Of The United States. in order 10 form
a more perfect union" Labor
and capital would then dwell together
under the olive branch OF peace and
plenty.
/ wish that every boy and girl in
our country would speak one pure,
simple, beautiful language Ian
guage,-in all places at all times.
l wish that all the children Of Amer
lea would love, honor. and protect in
the hour OF need. one flag-Our nag,
one c0untry-Our country. Other
flags and other countries they would
then honor, too.
wish that the American boys and
girls may receive most generously
from the Outporuings of the New Year
the things in life that count and are
worth while.
Finally. l wish that peace on earth,
Evening journal., 1920-12-09

Colonel Henry A dupont led the Republican electoral
ticket in this state in the recent election HE vote was
% S5S against 52627 for General A. r. Benson and 80
23O for Governor John Townsend r his associates on
tte Republican ticket Former Judge George Gray was
high tn Democratic ticket his vote being
S99 against 39693 for soper and s9sll for Jo-
seph H. Cox Friends and supporters OF Senator Harding
will be deigh ted to know that his official plurality in
Delaware was i2.T79
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WILD WAVES TALK

nIAMoNDs washed up on the coasts OF Southwest
~ Africa in recent year toaled i2Si727 carats.
valued at si3ls2 $50
This coastal diamond field Is not long and remalnod
discovered until 1908
The diamonds found in The beaches and dunes
Some large have been found most Of them are
small averaging one-hflh Of a carat
Yellow pink purpish, blush, and black diamonds
are found on ihs beach, but most OF them are clear
white
Washed by the waves they are more brilliant in the
rough than are any others found in Africa
What the wild waves sayngY" has an answer
there
Perhaps It is characteristic OF this century that the
waves do not speak In terms of poetry philosophy but
are content to make noise like Si3i3295O
Evening journal., 1920-12-09

Here have another outrageous assault committed I'm
public street in Wilmington A Market street hotel
proprietor Knocked down and robbed in Monroe street
between Second and Third streets and left unconscious
by his three assalants who got away with siGO OF his
money While the police working on the case there
Is small likelihood That the criminals VIII be caught
hey left clues and the description given by the daze
victim is not very helpful II is pley that Chief Of
Police Black has not at his disposal enough patromen TO
cover the city more completely II he had such men our
public streets would be much safer for aw-abding
citizens
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With the PdrdgrapherS

III Johnson also favOrs the policy OF Borah rrom
within-Washngton Post.
Brazil has more factories and a larger manufacurng
capacity than all other South American countries com
bned Rich in resources and only at the threshold
OF development. Brazil has It within her power 10 be
come one OF the leading commercial nations OF ID world
NV York Herald
Evening journal., 1920-12-09

good will toward men" be and abik
with all peoples, forever more. ,ooo
This Is my Christmas wish for tg2o.
When next Christmas comes, l may
wish for more.
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Remember Tonsiline

TONSILINE is the National Sore
Throat Remedy-it is sold in every
State in the Union. Most people buy
a bottle occasionally because most
people occasionally have Sore Throat.
They buy it for the prompt, welcome
relief it brings to sufferers from this
malady. You can forget Sore Throat Il
you will only remember TONSnINE
and get the bottle NOW that re-
waits for you at your druggists. S<Sx
Look for the hong Decked
fellow ON the bottle when you n
get it Isl
S5cents and 60 oents. Hos
pital Size S1.0Q u
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Gems of Thought

Idieness is many gathered miseries in one name
Hypocrisy is the homage that ire pays TO virtue
IL Is about as hard to live up to ideal it is to live
distances crowded
Il is right to be conlented with what we have. never
With what are.
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Free to the Ruptured
Wonderful Opportunity
Ruptured People of Wilmington and
Vicinity

Rice specialist Adams N Y sending his
personal representatives Perkins NJ D. and Aeegan,
Wilmington personally attend to and meet the requirements
OF all ruptured who call upon them the Wilmington Hotel
method OF treatment perfected
by years to vast proportions
simplicity application and the fact that it
without operation pain danger
Hundreds in this vicinity have reported
benefit of those who sth afflicted with
rupture that this visit is made
Regardless of what you past, many
treatments so-caed you used don't
your hopeless these experts
standing and liability, well the efficacy
naonay-used Method Not single rupured
should let this opportunity matter what effort ncon
entail the Wilmington Hotel separate
apartment provided ladies will be for thor
oughy lady expert will devote her entire time
explaining demonstrating remarkably efficient Rice
will only moments Of time to get full
demonstration particular rupture won't cost
you penny want to take the Method home with
you then the charge slight
Why be by contrapons and
yourself life Of Why not follow the path
freedom travelled successfully by thousands OF former
sufferers? call at the
Identical Method from which they
their All need do to ask the Hotel for
DR.. Perkins-he will do the rest
Give this matter your thoughtful
your you going another until
this Method and what possibilities
you II do will not be disappointed
you particular rupture will
repay you many trouble loss Of time Remem
ber decide the Rice Method what should
Make your visit to Dr. p A. NJ,
p NJ evenings. opportunity; Just what
looking for Grasp 1t before 1t Is too late
w. S. Rice, Adams, n. Y.
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VvO quote Herbert Hoover In the Near East Is th'
Il most desperate situation In the world"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

family" she said. eve can vouch
for as clean an ancestry for her as
many of US have. She has a little
brother, and both children were to
have been adopted together. The
two went to visit the family, as
most Of our children do before legal
adoption takes place. The boy fit
ted into the family circle perfectly
and was adopted, but Katharine was
a great disappointment as q daugh-
ter. She could not sit on a cushion
and sew a fine seam with equanim-
ity. Instead of doing the little,
daughterly things about the home
that were expected Of her, Kath-
arine wanted to be out on her bicycle.
Instead Of having her hair curled
and being dressed in lacy white love-
Illness, Katharine cared little
whether her hair was combed more