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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Life of a Prospect

COME years ago I went into a store to
inquire the price of something an ex-
- pensve thing this was that wanted
to buy some day when had the price They
were Just as nice to me as they would have
been IL I had come in ready to buy and
plank down the cash
Then for the time being forgot all about
II. but they didn't. About a year after my
visit to the store the salesman / had seen
there came in to see me. He was very
agreeable gentleman and in no way nss--
tent; he had just looked in on the chance
that now I was ready to buy; but my bank
account hadn't looked up to any great ex-
tent and I was not ready. as told him; but
/ added that when was ready would come
In. and ] would come to him.
That, 1 thought. ended II as far as hear
ing from them was concerned; but not so
year later I had another call from the
salesman, my friend. If he will now permit
me so to call him. on the same errand
pleasant call and pleasant little talk but
with the same result before and now a
year to day after that second call. he has
been in to see me again. We had our usual
pleasant little talk, and then ! asked him:
Don't you ever give up prospect?" To
which he answered smilingly:
We never give up prospect till he dies"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Professors Urge More Singing of Good Old
Melodies and Less Attention to Teach
ing of the Technical Side

songs to demonstrate these features. pop
uIar composer is secured TO write Mary Had
a Little Lamb to illustrate a particular in
terval. These songs are taught the children
and they go about singing them instead Of
Singing the good old melodies which have
inherent merit and will last for all time.
This poet laureate sort OF thing not only Is
worthless in itself but II suppants the good
music in the lives Of the children. Teaching
children 10 read notes makes "A strong bid
for the taxpayers approval, for 1t is some
thing which can be demonstrated as a result
of the expenditure Of his money, but the
music is the thing. and that Is being neg
lected
Another fatal error Of the present system
Is the ignoring of rhythm. The teachers no
growth of the Montessori system OF self-ex-
preston. Individual expression is very vital.
but it can't be done in anything cooperative.
There must be rhythm.
THE most natural approach for any child
to learn music Is TO sing folksongs. Singing
H. a savage thing II grew ur from primitive
times Anybody can sing. IL is a natural
coordination Of mind and body and is ono Of
the most potent ways OF personal sponta-
neous expression.
Teach the children TO sing songs. Train
their ears and don't confuse them by trying
to train their eyes at the same time. Let
them sing songs and keep on singing songs
but be sure that the snusC Is good. Delay
tho teaching Of technique until they have
developed musical sense by singing. Let
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Chief Fault of Present System
Is Place Given to Technique

One of the men most interested in the new
method is DIR. Archibald r. Dawson. a mem
her of the Harvard faculty organist In APP
pleton Chapel and chorstor Of the university
choir. In his experience in the above capaci-
ties. as well az in That of director of the
Harvard Glee Club and of community sing
ing during the war, DR. Dawson became
convinced that there is need Of a sweeping
change in the method OF music instruction
I'm the public schools With this conviction
he made study of singing in the public
schools in Boston with the result that the
new method was adopted there other cities
have taken II up and a further impetus is
to he given to IL next fall
According TO DR.. DAWSON the chief fault
of the present system Is the fact that too
much attention is paid TO the technical side
of music and not enough to the musical.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
rHoro er hraRNAnorAl- r1Ir1 sErv,es

II don't think the average girl realizes
how foolish extreme fashions and fads are.
and that they are but the dictates of manu-
lecturers. Before the war and during the
war women dressed conservatively. Now the
bright color is refreshing. However the
extreme styles and the increased use of
RANT and powder are deporable.
Many girls express regret themselves at
the clothing they wear. but they say they
want to be in style 1 don't believe there
is any parent but has anxious heart over
Iris passing phase are going through.
"EXtravagance in everything is a part of
the aftermath of war. During the war many
women grew pale. They touched up their
faces with little rouge and they got the
paint habit because they thought it made
them look more presentable. 1t became a
fad and high colored clothing emphasizes
paleness.
gle dances. AS a physician I realize that
the lowered moral tone they denote is
public danger and by all good citizens should
be discountenanced.
II see my own country and it's people
through the eyes of fifty Serbian boys and
girls whom l have brought here to go to
college. They are now studying in colleges
from Vermont to Texas and from Maine TO
California. These Serbians look upon
America an ideal country. / want to
help them keep this feeling. They have
come here believing that America is the
strongest country in the world mentally,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

morally and physically Therefore. when 1
faces painted and their skirts scant, re-
greet that they present so false an idea of
our real America.
"On the other hand / am thrilled by the
splendid America l have come in contact
with in our schools and universities So
many people have great world vision which
expresses itself in unselfsh service. | think
America as a whole. has received a spiritual
impetus through the war"
DR.. Thomas ID. Wood professor of physi-
cal education at Teachers College admits
that the problem Is a complex one. 1T Is
hard to figure out how much the impulse Of
these young girls who use cosmetics is due to
a desire to please themselves and compete
with women who resort to artificial aids.
and how much it is due to a desire. con-
scious or subconscious to attract. Appar-
emily the girls themselves cannot analyZe
their motive.
II have been studying this question a
long time and have asked girls why they
painted and powdered he said. They re
piled that they don't know why they do IT,.
Girls that are well bred, well nurtured do it.
and 1 am of the opinion that they are not
quite sanely controlled, they show a lack
of balance Some girls state frankly that
they want to dress in this ultra fashion to
attract and interest men.
According TO some Of the reliable skin
specialists-though this is not my dctum-
the better cosmetics are not injurious to the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

skin. I say this frankly because it is i'm
portant to have the appeal a different
basis. The social and moral standard of
good taste is the base on which | want to
touch them.
my reason for Directing to the use of
cosmetics is from the standpoint of good
health Here is the objection. In so far as
these girls want to make themselves at
tractive to themselves or to men by simu-
lating health and beauty through artificial
means they practising a form of deceit
They are trying to initiate good health with
out having good health.
ION the other hand this form of deceit is
less Objectionable to the observer than the
fashion which led girls to whiten their
faces to an absurd pallor initiative of a con-
dition of anRmia and impoverished blood.
So long as they use rouge to make the lips
look pink and the cheeks bright, trying to
initiate good health without necessarily
having good health, they show improve
ment in the artificial standard.
Unfortunate on the Side
of Good Taste and Morals
ION the side of good taste and moral
standard ii seems unfortunate that girls
should adopt artificial standards so as to
make it difficult to discriminate between
girl of refined taste and the woman of the
street.
1T really is a matter then. of sincerity
or honesty or a matter of how far they want
to use camouflage to confuse the impression
of their personality. In mild way they are
using the tricks of fashion, but without real
izing il they are resorting to artificiality.
insncerity and trickery to make themselves
appear often different from what they are.
and one Of the serious phases of this fashion
l when the girl of essential refinement de-
scends TO paint and powder.
There never was a time when 1t was
more important that girls Of this type should
themselves exert all their influence to check
tie tendency TO use cosmetics. If they DO
not help TO do this they are missing one of
the greatest opportunities to make them
selves helpful to their sex"
Beauty specialists are so closely linked
with creams and powders and rouges that
it is remarkable to find one who counsels
throwing these complexion aids away and
substituting the use of soap and water
But Nine Leclaire. who has devoted most
of her life to the study of the complexion,
is one of the strongest opponents of these
artificial beautihers.
at is shocking to see young girls seated
in restaurants. smoking cigarettes and with
their faces painted and powdered" said She
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the contrast between the sincere suffering
there and the flippant social attitude of
many people here. which expresses itself in
the prevalence OF makeup.
Every country shows its neurasthenia
II. different way" said Or. Morton. Amer
lea is going through it now. AS men and
women became keyed up during the war,
they reached a high pitch of idealism, were
stimulated TO great unselfishness. and also
for a year and a half they suffered war
strain abroad or great anxiety here The
present condition is due to reaction and
nerve fatigue. At heart they are just as
fine as they were during the war
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Harvard Devises New Music Plan for Public Schools

them sing these songs for three years and
then place the notes before them If they do
not get the sight reading 1t does not NATTER.
because the singing is the thing which makes
them musical II they get it on the third or
fourth time. very well. The average person
can acquire enough note reading ability to
last lifetime simply by assoclaton-by
looking at the notes of a song he has learned
TO sing by ear.
Music is just like life" continued DR.
Dawson. one makes casual acquaintance.
They come into ones life and they go out
They are forgotten. They have left no inn
preston. They have gone. But then there
arc ones friends. There are people to whom
one always ties. 10 whom one always goes
back Their influence is always felt. They
may be living at distance--they may be
dead-but they are tho permanent things
They have valid qualifications and one in
stinctively turns % them
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THEN the new School of Education
\ al Harvard University gets under
way next year Il will undoubtedly

w at Harvard University gets under
way next year IL will undoubtedly
lay the foundation for a revolutionary
change in the method Of teaching music in
the public schools throughout the country.
For some time Harvard professors have been
convinced that the present system of teach
ing music to the children rests upon a funda-
mental fallacy. They have devised a new
system, based on the simple singing of the
folksong, which they say has met with re-
markable success in the several cities in
which IT has been tried. 1t is certain that
this new system will find expression in the
instruction in teaching music which pros
pective teachers from all parts of the coun-
try will receive next year at the new School
Of Education.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
New Guide for Sailors

THANKS to the efforts Of a woman who
has their welfare at heart. no Amer
lean sailor just Off a freighter or
passenger liner for shore leave at Alcxan-
dria Egypt Singapore in the Far East. the
free port of Danzig i'm the Polish corridor or
indeed. any Of tho 800 ports that are visited
by American ships. need go astray in seek
ing folks who speak his language and can
minister TO his needs To find the consul
the dentist. the laundress. The boarding
house keeper or places Of interest and whole
some amusement Jack has but to consult
The Seaman's Handbook for shore Leave
through which Mrs Alice $ Howard Of BIOS
ton and Cleveland author of the little vol
ume. guides tho American sailor in foreign
ports.
Publication Of the pocket directory OF
world ports was one of the first activities "
the social service bureau for the merchant
marine which Mrs. Howard established i'm
war time while assisting her husband. Henry
Howard who organized the recruiting ser
vice Of the United States Shipping Board
which manned the Government built mcr-
chant ships. Mrs. Howard continued her
bureau after tho armistice with hcadauar-
tiers at Boston and is now issuing a new
and enlarged edition
OF vest pocket size, the book contains 1874
pages giving Information Of more than 300
ports, containing also a table Of foreign
monetary units and tho normal value o.
each in United states currency.
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By MARTHA CONAN.

r N these days of startling feminine fash
ions no one wonders who is contribut-
ing largely to the $4,000 600 which
the luxury tax returns show was spent last
year for paint, powder and other complexion
aids, according to recent official reports from
Washington Miss Fifteen seems to have
most of it on.
Almost any gathering of school girls, or
girls of school age will prove it. Mere
youngsters are appearing with their faces
smeared with this taxable makeup, and they
believe that they have greatly enhanced
their charms by it's application. They are
girls who should have glowing cheeks and
carmine lips tinted by nature herself, instead
of by their own childish hands out of
complexion kit SUCH as formerly was found
only in the actresses dressing room. then
crept into the compartments of the society
woman's dressing table. and has now almost
reached the kindergarten. At least it has
found a harbor among the young girls
belongings.
Her powder box and puff her lipstick and
pot of rouge are dearer to the heart of the
French grammar should be. She whips her
gold or silver makeup container out in public
and boldly proceeds to touch up worn places
in her facial veneer.
Mother and big sister are not ceverer in
the art of identifying themselves thus arti-
flcially than the schoolgirl of the household
She has learned a lot somewhere. And it
isn't always the older members of the family
who have set her the example or melted in
her the desire to paint the lily with several
coats
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28
Not Technique But Music
Makes Songs of Lasting Value

"In music It is to the songs of permanent
value that one instnctively turns II is in
the songs Of Brahms. Bach. Schumann. Schu-
bert and others that one finds the counter
part OF a friends influence II Is not their
technique which grips. IL Is the music itself
There are other songs, but they come into
and go out Of ones life like chance acquaint-
ances 1t Is to the songs 81 fundamental
merit that one always goes back and upon
which one most depends"
For number Of years the Harvard fac
ulty Of arts and sciences has offered a course
in tho appreciation Of music Its purpose is
to make good listeners There IL only a
minimum OF instruction in technique. The
remainder Of the course Is taken up by the
playing Of examples OF good music from
symphonic and pianoforte literature. II is a
moro advanced stage NJ what is 70 be done
in the public schools
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Ggy and Lavish
True Attractions Besides Contributing Enormously Luxury Tax

sentatives of the profession of medicine, the
church, by one who has made the beauty
of her sex a lifelong study by a college
professor and by others who are so i'm
pressed with the deplorable artificial and
unwhoesome appearance of young girls,
especially, that they have voiced their OBJ
servations to THE New YORK HERALD. be-
lieving the time has come to call halt in
the wholesale use of cosmetics by the young
and to appeal to parents, teachers and guar
dams to show girls how they harming
themselves.
Ethically, physically and from the stand
point of puchritude the lavish use of cos
metcs is wrong This is the consensus. The
pastor breaches against it, seeing in paint
and powder the emblem of women of
class which the young girl should not lml-
tate The college professor deplores what
ever artificially reproduces the appearance
of health; the physician, who, with her war
experiences looks deep into the problem, be-
lieves that it is an ephemeral fad, and not
a sign of decadence. And the beauty spe-
cialist sees in the painted faces of youth
shocking disregard for health and the court
ing of premature age signs She, like the
others who comment on this condition,
wants to take these girls, scrub their faces
clean with soap and water and send them
home looking like the youthful persons they
should be.
Physician BIames Paint Fad
to Reaction From War Strain
DR.. Resale Slaughter Morton, founder
and chairman of the international Serbian
Committee, who has given four years of
eratuitous war service in Europe and Amer
lea, and who created the War Service Com
mittee of the Medical Woman's National
Association. and under the Council, of Ma
tional Defence organized for this Govern
n1ent 5000 women physicians for war ser
vice, looks at the present appearance of
young American girls almost with the eyes
of foreigner. She has been in the war
stricken countries so long. especially In
France and Serbia that she is impressed by
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-28

At the right is Dr. Rosaie Slaughter Morton physician who
depoes especially girls Large
photograph shows the ultramoden girl girl
generation Below Straton
who constantly breaches modesty
effects of it the young
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MEADOW BRANCH.

There was a light storm passed over
this place on Wednesday last.
Mrs. Lewis Sipes has been very
busy cleaning house for Mrs. William
Sipes and Mrs. Charles Frock.
Miss Mary Sipes visited her aunt
and uncle of JasontoWn last week.
Those who visited Mrs. Lewis Sipes
and family were Mr.. and Mrs. William
Sipes, of Jasontown; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Staub and son, Clarance. OF
Jasontown; Mr.. Sam Stultz, of Wake
field Valley; Miss Lille and Mary
Strevig and Miss Ethel eastman. OF
Backman's Valley.
The sales and movings are over for
this spring.
Spring has come at last and the
folks of this vicinity are very busy
making garden.
Those who visited Mr.. John Frock
and family on Sunday last were Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Lowe and daughter
Mildred, of Frizzelburg; Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Frock and daughter, Allen. Of
this place, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Frock
and daughter, Elizabeth, of Jasontown
The roads at this writing in some
places are very muddy from the
storm.
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Don't forget yo1 don't
peed all cash, and you
can't go avromg on a
Sachs Used Car.

BUICK ROADSTER $500. 4-cylin-
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1917 PAIGE Touring. Appearance
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tires and equipment excellent;
price way below your expecta-
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1917 CADILLAC VICTORIA. Hasn't
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1913 FRANKLIN TOURING. Driven
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1s1s-1e17 PEERLESS Model So
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Sedans.
) 1918 MAXWELL Sedan-Roadsters
and Touring.
1917 BELL Light Delivery, full panel
body and one that is ready for work.
1916 BIG BUICK. Perfect con-
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SIMPLIFY.

Mrs. Cora Carr and son we've We'd
nesday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gran
vile Carr, near Kee's Mill,
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Carr and left daughter.
Mrs. Margaret Caples, who is on
the sick list, had as her guest Satur-
day and Sunday, Misses M. Louise
and Susanna Caples, Of Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarner Caples was
a Sunday guest of Miss Julia Nc
Quay, near Winfield.
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Are You Happy9

To be happy you must be well. If
you are frequently troubled with con-
stipation and indigestion you cannot
be altogether happy Take Chamber
lain's Tablets to correct these dis
orders. They are prompt and effect
ual, easy and pleasant to take.
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ELECTION NOTICE
Westminster Deposit and trust Co.

Westminster Deposit and Trust Co..
Westminster, Nd, April Is, 1920.
The Stockholders of the Westmin-
ster Deposit and Trust Company are
hereby notified that the regular an
nual meeting for the election Of
TWELVE DIRECTORS, to manage
the affairs of the Company for the en-
suing year will be held in the Bank
ing Rooms of said Company, on MON
DAY, 3rd DAY OF MAY, 1920, be-
tween Inc hours of 10 and IL o'clock,
a. m.
N. Fl. BAUMGARTNER.
apP1e-3t. Secretary and Treasurer.
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BUICK ROADSTER. $500. 4-cylin-
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SACHS
AUTO EXCHANGE,
Largest Used Car House
In Maryland,

1918 DODGE TOURING.
We have three, and they are all
mighty good bargains You'll pay
hundred dollars more for a car of this
type in about month. All new tires,
new tools, etc.
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Smith 6 Reifsnider

Organs wanted We will make up
another carload of organs in a few
days. Let us have the organ you have
in the corner of osme room in ex-
change for an instrument Of value
and use. NACE'S MUSIC STORE.
HANOVER, PA.
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A HORSE DOEs'T HAVE TO TAKE
HIS SHOES OFF WHEN HE GOES
TO BED-THAT's SOME ADvAN-
TAGE.

The only advantage you get by
placing your coal order now is that
you will get the delivery that much
sooner, for they vii be delivered in
rotation.
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For sale. Y ton truck. cord tires,
starter and electric lights. Enclosed
cab, used only one year. Can be seen
at NACE'S MUSIC STORE, HAN
OVER, PA. 4-30-2t.
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