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The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
GLASSES SMALL
AT HENRY-POLK
Children, Mostly Foreign
Born, Need Personal
Instruction.
2 SCHOOLS COMBINED
Furniture Bad But Other
Facilities in Good
Condition.
2 SCHOOLS COMBINED

While there is no crowding or over
sized classes in the Polk and Henry
schools at Seventh and r streets
northwest. there is a very good rea-
son for keeping the classes small.
An enlargement of classes would SO
tax the teachers here that they could
not give these little children the at
tention they need. For this reason
the buildings cannot be used for the
overflow from other schools in the
same territory.
The buildings are located in the CEN
ter of a section OF the city long ago
built up. and from which there has
been a general movement Of the pop
ulation to other newly-built-up Sec
tions. At the present time the c.iil-
dren who 20 there are. for the most
part, children of foreign-born parents.
This Is a very good reason for keeping
the classes small. explained the prin-
cipaI.
The very fact that a majority of the
children are of foreign parentage de-
nies them the help at home which
Therefore the teacher has to spend
much time explaining the work. which
under ordinary conditions would be
done at home at night.
Their Is but one class in the school
having as many as forty eight pupils,
the others running between forty and
forty-five to the class. There are sew
eral classrooms given over to each
grade, which helps materially in keep
! ing the classes small.
The Henry School Is a 12-room
building, while the Polk School is
! one of the small S-room type. These
schools are operated as one unit.
and under one principal. who, in ad =
dition to teaching an eighth-gra1e
| class, must look after all of the ad
ministrative details of these build
| ings.
Both buildings are in an excellent
state of repair. and all the rooms
are bright and cheerful A large
number of children must occupy
seats several times too large for
| them, and the furniture in most
rooms is antiquated.
Although there are approximately
! $50 children in daily attendance
/ mere. lneTt IL no assembly nail. onCe
a week. however. they are assembled
and have general exercises. They
are gathered in the frst-fioor corri-
dor and spreading up the stairs.
There is no place for seats. and for
this general instruction all of the
pupils must stand for the full period.
! These schools have plenty of play
! ground space at the present time,
/ but as the buildings are located on
the same lot with the Junior High
School. formerly the Central High
School. there is said to be a plan on
foot to take away some of the
ground of the grade-school pupils
for use OF the high school. II this
is done the $50 children in the two
grade schools will be practically
without playground space whatever
Tomorrow. Business High school
Ninth and Rhode Island avenue
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
REED LAW VIOLATORS
FACE TRIAL BY JURY

Charged with bringing into the Dis
trict 2i1 qua arts OF whisky in violation
Of the Reed bone-dry amendment.
William Garth. a Washington police-
nan. William Hawkins and Irwin s.
Bell were placed on trial before a
jury in the !'olir. Court yesterday
afternoon. The additional charge OF
carrying a pistol is made against
Hawkins.
The liquor was brought into the
District in an automobile over the
Bladensburg road, it is alleged. Po-
liceman William w. Rout. j. +.
Thompson and Bradshaw commanded
the automobilists to halt. but instead,
it is alleged. they increased the speed
of their machine and a wild chase
ensued. i'm which one of the police
men discharged his pistol. During the
flight, it is said. Bell and Garth
sprang from the car. but were later
arrested.
Late yesterday acernQpn Judge
Mcmahon continued the 6ial until
today
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Free Lectures on Poetry
Begin at G. w. u. Tuesday

George Washington University
students now taking thirty hours
or more week will be admitted
free tc the special course of eight
lectures on Poetry as Necessity
Of Life" by Langdon Z. Mitchell,
noted Washington poet and play
wright. The course will begin next
Tuesday.
Students desiring to receive one
semester hour of credit for this
course will be required to attend
the lectures. The course will be
open to the general public as well
as to university students Outsid-
ers will register for the course with
the university recorder. Lisner Hall,
2O23 G. street northwest
The lectures will be held Tues
days at 11:l5 in Concordia Lutheran
Church, Twentieth and G streets
northwest, which is being used to
accommodate the overflow from the
English department. The last lee
ture of the series will be on March
"a
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Postal Service Saves
Eagle Hut for Month

The necessity of a postal station in
the vicinity OF Center Market was
emphasized yesterday. when the Dis
trict Commissioners granted re-
quest made by City Postmaster Mer-
ritt o. Chance. Capt. James F. oys-
ter, chairman of the District Rent
Commission. and 2oa merchants. that
the demolition of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Eagle Hut. Eighth street and PENN
sylvaEia avenue. be postponed from
February ? to February 20. because
the hut contains the Center Market
postal station.
The postorfice has been patronized
largely by Center Market merchants
and has become a necessity TO the
section, the Commissioners were told.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
German Anti Aircraft Gun
Added to Museum Relics

A German automatic anti aircraf II
gun. one of the last trophies of war
taken by the Seventy ninth Division,
has been put on exhibition in the ro-
tunda Of the old National Museum.
The gun is of the ''pompom" type.
The original of this type was invent
ed by Hiram Maxim, an American.
and was first built for use in the Boer
war. The Germans used these guns
on the submarine chasers during the
war. but later utilized them to bring
down allied aircraft. following the de-
velopment of the British army Of an
efficient anti-aircraft weapon of the
same caliber.
The gun is part Of the artillery sec
tion Of the war collection being as
sembled by the National Museum.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
OMIT MASSACHUSETTS
IN LOWDEN CAMPAIGN

No EFFORT will be made by Gov.
Lowden to carry his campaign into
Massachusetts. where Gov. Coolidge.
who has already announced his
candidacy. Is being doomed as Q
favorite son" candidate. according
to an announcement made by Repre-
sentative Frank L. Smith. OF Illinois.
manager Of Gov. Lowden's Washing
ton headquarters.
II have been asked whether the
Lowden campaign would be ex-
tended into Massachusetts. In view
OF the recent statement by Gov.
Coolidge that he Is not q Presiden-
tial candidate. The Lowden man
ayers do not construe this state
ment as a declaration that Gov
Coolidge would decline the support
OF those who favor his nomination.
Although Gov. Lowden has q strong
personal following In Massachusetts
nothing will be done. unless Gov.
Coolidge should make . formal with
drawal of his name from considera-
tion, to prevent Gov. Coolidge from
receiving the unanimous support of
the Bay States delegation. which he
Justly deserves"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
A. CORTOT HERE.
WITH.KINDLER'
French Pianist and Dutch
Cellist to Appear at
National Today.

ALFRED cortot. the French pianist,
whose appearance here as soioist with
the Philadelphia Orchestra long will
De remembered. will be heard at the
National Theater this Afternoon In
joint recital with Hans Kinder. the
noted Dutch cellist.
Both artists are world renowned.
Kinder has won a large following IN
Washington through his several ap-
pearances. both socially and on the
concert platform.
The recital will begin promptly at
40 o'clock. and patrons are request
ed to be on time. as late comers will
be detained in the lobby until the first
number is finished Tickets may be
obtained at the office OF 7. Arthur
Smith. 1906 @ street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Arrests for Stamps Sales
Await Court Decisions

Chief John Moran of the Treasury
Secret Service yesterday warned brok-
ers against unlawful trading in war
savings stamps.
Secret Service agents yesterday
made a search in Baltimore. but no
arrests were made.
1--WE are waiting for certain legal
decisions in New York before pro-
ceeding more vigorously with the
campaign. Grand juries In New York
now have under consideration cases
of several persons arrested three
weeks ago against whom indictments
were asked"
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Government Clerks Not
To Lose Sunday Holidays

The statement that washington's
Birthday. Decoration Day and July
Fourth coming on Sunday this year
would deprive government clerks of
these holidays. recently printed in
The Washington Herald, has been
challenged by Benjamin Tarshes,
1908 Seventh street northwest.
Tarshes submits proof in the
form of an executive order promul-
gated by President Wilson on June
8, 1914, declaring that when such
holidays fall on Sunday they shall
be observed the following Monday
in all government departments.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Bible Class Endows Ward
In Honor of Service Men

Members of the kinnear Bible
school class OF Calvary Baptist
~''urch have pledged $500 toward
the endowment of room In
a local hospital, in memory of the
100 service men. members of the
class, three of whom died In battle.
The class was addressed by Rep.
l.. w. Parrish OF Texas. and Charles
W. Needham. of the Interstate COM
merce Commission.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Mexicans to Release
Captured US. Aviator.

Brownsville. Tex, Jan. 2.-Lieuts
Davis and Grimes. American aviators,
who made a forced landing in Mexico,
will be released shortly. 1t was an
nounced here today. They were held
at Guerrero, Mex. by military author
tiles and were accorded good treat
ment, reports said. ~
The flyers, in a thick fog. mistook
the Solado River for the Rio Grande
and when forced down by lack Of oil
and gas alighted on Mexican soil
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Explorer to Lecture.

Just back from explorations
Of the Amazon basin, Prof. william
Curtis Farabee will tell Of the re-
suits. of the expedition. which was
sent out by the University of Penn
sylvania, before members OF the
National Geographic Society this
afternoon and evening at the New
Masonic Temple. His talk VIII be
Illustrated by slides made from
photographs brought back by the
expedition.
The Washington herald., 1920-01-30
Goes Insane on Shin.

New York. Jan. 2s.-After roam
ing over the vessel for two days
with knives, cleavers and other
weapons on a quest for q fancied
enemy seeking his life, william
Masters. of Chicago. died from alco-
holic insanity on the Ward liner
Mexico at quarantine last night
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23

has looked at me so much from the first
minute he came here. Oh, how | wish /
had your hair, though never have before
this"
And Doll Betty was quite right rs
YOU will soon learn, for the bad Rufiian
Billy crept UP behind her one night soon
after when she was taking To Doll Eta
and caught her right by her golden curls.
OF course he did not know any better.
He thought that was the way to get the
Lovely Doll Betty for his wife.
But he did not know that all the time,
watching him from behind big dollhouse,
was Soldier Doll Ted, and no sooner had
the bad Billy caught the golden curls IN
his two hands than out from his hiding
place sprang Soldier Doll Ted.
"Unhand her, villain; stand baokr
cried the brave Soldier Doll Ted as he
fiourished his, sword right in the face OF
Ruffan Billy.
Ruffian Billy obeyed at once, YOU may
be sure, though he still held the tip end OF
one curl on the end of his worsted fingers
why shouldn't | love her?' he asked
"She is the prettiest doll have ever seen
and want her for my wife"
Soldier Doll Ted dropped his sword and
Lovely Doll Betty turned her head and
looked at Rufiian Billy out of her big blue
eyes.
"If you had wished TO marry her, why
did you not think about il before ! Gamer
asked Ruffian Billy. You have been here 4
long time, can tell by your clothes; they
are not fresh and new like mine"
''Yes, why didn't you, instead of COM
ing around now and spelling everything, y
said Doll Betty II think you are very
bold, but so daring" she said to Rutfian
Billy, and, turning her back upon the
astonished Soldier Doll and Doll Eta, she
put her hand on the Ruffan's arm and
walked away.
"And she told me she was afraid Of
him" said Doll Eta.
"That is the reason she loves him,
guess" said Soldier Doll Ted. 'You
ladies are queer crea lures"
Doll Eta and Soldier Doll Ted walked
over and sat under a tree by the doll
house, and as Doll Betty no longer has
time TO talk to anyone but her husband
for they were married that very night
Doh Eta and Soldier Doll Ted are seer
every nigh. after the magic hour ha!
struck sitting very close side by side under
this tree.
Playroom gossip says there IS soon to b'
another wedding.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23

for the sake of getting rid OF me for few
months she went on, little bitterness
in her tones. "rhen he'd have more time
to run ap0und with that Eastlake woman. .
did Ne tell you anything about it?
| was too curious to refrain from asking.
Not q thing" Esther answered.
Il thought yesterday, when you went
for drive alone, he might-well, | thought
he was going to talk about it, | suggested.
Thought 80 myself, when | got over
beng surprised that he should want me
TO 90 driving" Esther answered. But
we was so silent the Sphinx would have
seemed like chatterbox by comparison.
Finally couldn't stand il no more, and
l asked about her. But not word.
II asked him at last, was she pretty?
He WAS gettin' mad by that time and
he said yes. ! asked, was she young?
And he said, not much younger than me.
i dunno. He was mad enough to say any
thing by that time.
well, about Vi-he might give her
the money TO go, SOS not to have me
around prying into his affairs. Then
you could take your money and use IT
on her third year, till it was gone, else
just save it-what Titles left of it.
''Or perhaps you might go in and
stay tll fepruary When your money Is
used UP, and ] can get Jim to pay the
rest of the terms expenses and let me
come in."
So things stood that night as / lay
awake and thought about them.
Next day i began gathering up some
of our things, putting them into my old
trunk--the heavy blankets brought out
here and washed and dried in the hot
sun, some more material | was TO. sew
on, the rag rug / bad made that summer,
and other things of that sort Our p ace
was to be so attractivel And perhapsI
would not see it-perhaps | would have
to stay on here with only Jim and James,
in the farmhouse, with a round of work
and nothing to stimulate me or make life
seem worth living.
There was only Helen's visit to look
forward Ito.
Tomorrow-Esther's Philosophy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate. New York City.
FOR THE LAUNDRY.

Be sure that there are no breaks in
sheets, table cloths or other fiat pieces
that YOU send out of your house to be
washed. These pieces are put through q
mangle at the large laundries, and any
break in the goods is apt TO develop into a
long rent or tear when the mangle is
through with it, though the whole sheet
or table cloth may be put through with
out any damage whatever. So go over
the things carefully before sen ding
out and mend any tears or breaks. Usually
this can be done on bed linen by means
of the sewing machine and takes very
little time.
If there are any buttons on the wearing
apparel that appear to be loose take them
off completely before sending the gar
ment to the laundry. Keep the buttons
where you will know just where to find
them when the work comes back from the
laundry. Loose buttons are very apt to
come off and get lost in the laundry.
If there are any large buttons or but
tons that are hard to replace on clothes
going to the large outside laundry they
should also be taken off before sending
Look through wearing apparel to see
that there are no handkerchiefs in the
pockets Handkerchiefs in paiama pockets
are apt to be overlooked. It is better to
turn all pockets inside out before sending
to the laundry. 1t is well to turn stockings
inside out-especially children's stockings
so that no sand or grit will remain in
them.
1t is almost criminal negligence ever to
leave any pins in clothes that are sent to
the laundry. Better acquire the habit of
thinking of this when putting the clothes
in the laundry hamper, but always on
sorting the clothes to go to, the laundry
thought should be given to this matter.
Never put wet things in the laundry.
They should be dried first. If left In con-
spread the dampnAs which may produce
mildew OF mould.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23
DOROTHY DIX TALKS


teases herself about men young enough
to be her grandsons.
When she refers to anything that hap
pencd farther in the past than ten years,
she always says, II barely can remember
it, for ] was such tiny girl at the time
it happened And she invariably informs
YOU that she was simply nothing but a
child when she married, and leads you to
infer that she and her oldest child are
practically twins.
There's only one thing on earth more
affecting than the silly brainless chatter
of sixteen year old girl. and that is the
imitation line of sixteen year old chatter
handed out by the woman Of sixty who is
understanding sixteen.
The fourth among bores is the Woman
Who Brags.
She is one of the pests of pleasure resorts
and travels for she gets IN her fatal work
best on people who do not know her rating
in Bradstreet, and her home address. She
talks grandly about her social position,
and SAYS that of course it is foolish for
people to speak of her as the Queen of
Society in Speedunk, where she lives, but
there does have to Some Arbiter, doesn't t
there, or else all sorts of new rich people
would be getting in, and of course as she
belongs to one of the Old Families, and
has had Such Social Advantages, etc. etc,
etc.
- Andt hen she refers casually to her
Gold Ballroom, and her butler, and
second man, and says such and such q
thing happened when she was out in her
Packard, no, was it her Imported French
Car-no, not that either. 1t must have
been the Roofs Royce
Or perhaps she has written story that
got in magazine, ora picture that some
body bought, or she got a bit of ribbon
for Red Cross work, and, alas, you never
hear the end of her achievement. And
the worst of the Dragging bore is that YOU
not only have to listen, you have to give
her the glad hand, and thus encore her
which is like making a martyr fetch the
faggots for the fire on which he is to be
roasted.
The most common bore and the easiest
to forgive because she is so human, is the
Woman Who Talks About Her Children.
She is continuous performer, and there
is no stopping her and we get frightlully
weary of hearing all about the smart
things little Mary said, and Johnny 5
whooping cough, and Sadie's beaux, and
how Tom is getting on at college, but the
mother love that narrows the whole
world down into Just her own nesthngs,
and that has no interest outside of its
own, is so touching in its self-abnegation,
that we may we'll grit our teeth and en-
dure il in patience.
Chief among the things that reconcile
us to the shortness of life, are the female
bores who infest society. wonder il | am
one. Are your And to which type do we
! belong?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23
THE GIRL ON THE JOB.
BY Jessie Roberts.
GOVERNMENT NEEDS CLERKS.

There Is continuous cry for stenog
raphers at Washington, and many a girl
capable of doing the work will find that
the training of it, and the new associations
she makes, will prove a help to her in
later situations.
The pay is good, with the bonus that
goes to help out each months salary, and
there is an adequate arrangement for
finding proper board and lodging for the
young women who pass and are accepted,
Washington has built some really charm
ing apartments for the housing of girls
who are at work in the various depart
ments. The rooms are attractive, and
their laundries and cooking places, so that
the girls can do such of their own washing
as they want to under the most comfort
able circumstances. Big receptions and
dancing rooms are provided, and meals
are served In fine airy diningrooms at a
minimum price.
Though the government Is laying off a
number of employees in various other
brances, the need for stenographers and
clerks seems to be growing one. Pro-
motion is practically assured, as almost
all the higher positions are filled from
within the ranks. On the whole thework
is attractive.
do not advise girl to plan to go per-
manently into government work, because
! think she will lose initiative and be-
come mere routine machine if she does
But l do think that couple of years of
the work will be advantageous. 1t pays
any business woman to see different cities,
different type of people. She will meet
people In Washington she would never
meet if she stuck to her home town. If
she is alert and ambitious, she may run
into something good. The whole ex-
perience will be broadening and interest
ing; We are all too prone to fall into rut
and stick to it. This is foolish, in a world
as full Of possibilities as this one. Set out
and see things. This offer from Washing
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-23

she never expected to come to THIS, and
alter you have known her twenty-five
years, she is still telling you the same
thing. -
She is a phonograph with one record,
and 1T never occurs to her that no human
being except herself cares a tinker's dam
about her pedigree, o. the riches her
family used to have, or is interested in
any 'has been" stuff. All we care for is
the now-present.
The Woman Who Has Seen Better
Days never learns To do her work proper
W. because she thinks that would put her
on.a level with the plebian woman who is
having her best days in earning a good
salary. And if she keeps boarders, she
feels that you should not object to the
coffee being as weak as dishwater, because
IT is poured out of Great Grandmother s
SILVER coffee pot. About which, and the
splendor in which she was reared, she
CRATES endlessly.
The second among bores is the Woman
Who Tells You Her Troubles. She keeps
her tears on tap, and turns them on at
every opportunity. She comes TO see you
and weeps on your breast until you are
sodden with salt water. She is like some
uncanny bird that lives by feasting on its
own heart, and she forces you to partake
of her hideous meal.
She tells you tales of the horrible bru-
tslity with which her husband treats her,
F, but she goes on living with him. She re-
! lates piteous stories of her children s
ingratitude, but she continues to cherish
! them. She bewails her poverty. She
/ laments her bad luck She bemoans her
i'll health. She is on perpetual orgy of
melancholy. and she forces every one
who knows her to drink her cup of sorrow,
and she is never so happy as when she has
cast a wet blanket over any festive occa.
sion. and made everybody present long
for dose of cyanide of potassium.
The third greatest among bores is the
Woman Who Pretends to BE Young.
She's kittenish little thing of some
fifty odd summers and Heaven knows how
many winters. but she sets the clock back
every year, lays a heavier hand on the
rouge pot and the hair dye bottle She
Eiggles and shippers, and shimmies, though
YOU can hear her poor old bones creaking
as she dances, and she says I'VE girls, and