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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02

The heat of warm days need not worry you if
your rooms and porch equipped with few Fiber
Chairs and Rockers, the coolest, cleanest material
OF which summer furniture can be constructed
Upholstered in excellent quality cretonne and
tapestry, artistically designed Well padded back
and seat You will find that Fiber Furniture for
LIVING Room, Sun Parlor, Breakfast Room and
Porch is the Wisest purchase you can make and you
will be much pleased when you begin sharing the
comfort which this furniture offers
Fiber Furniture of the quality displayed here
will give excellent service for many year
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02

How many owners Of.
property on Broad,
Street do you know.
who have ever re,,a;:s.
GREETED buying it? Auc@-t'
ton sale of desirable
West Broad Street,.
business sites takes.
place on May a, at S..
P. M. Buy now. SalGs
conducted by Atlantic.
Coast Realty Co. Adv,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02

CONSOLIDATED CITY TICKET OFFICES
80 e. Main Street Phone Randolph az
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-02
Much Ado. ).
About
Something

You notice in our ads that, time
after time, we call your attention to
our Fiber Furniture for Living Room,
Sun Parlor, Breakfast Room and
Porch. We are quite NOISY" when it
comes to telling you about its superior
quality and exclusive design. We have
a right to "brag' bit, for surely the
line shown here is worthy of all the
good things we can say about it. A
visit to this store will convince you that
our fuss" about Fiber Furniture is
much ado about something" Yes,
Maam, and YOU will praise 'loudly"
it's very moderate price.
Out for STROLL when you get to our
cornerAdams and Broad--stop and
take look at The window DISPLAY of
Fiber and Reed Furniture. The exhibit.
is mighty pretty especially at night with
the lights turned on.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17

whnt parent wants to risk the nealth oi
the child to any such method Of trans
portntion? Rural parents cannot afford
To submit. to such. Only yesterday sa"
-four little children standing out In the
cold and drizzling rnin along the public
highway, waiting for the school convey
nnee. Would they not have been better
off walking the remaining distance than
waiting there in the cold damp probably
laying the foundation for pneumonia
What town parent would want its child
TO thus wait exposed 10 the elements Of
such weather for half an hour. or perhaps
morc2 1t is either wait or be left
To my mind, the old school law, which
had been tried and tested so long and hnd
been found reasonably good, could have
been revised little and made a law more
fitting for the government Of Our schools.
The main purpose Of the code seems To be
the making of q number of high salaried
offices rather than the education OF our
rural children.
Ii this new code shall continue 10 exist,
and in carried out according 10 the pur-
uosa and plans ~ its advocates. ! fully
believe the people1of Delaware, especially
IN Sussex and Kent counties, who are
farmers will be compelled 10 stop farming
and move to town in order 20 give their
children the ediidation they desire them
10 have; for surely no other person under
Gods great univdrse has more interest in
a child than its parents.
Land owners will be unable to rent
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
WOMEN'S PARTY HAS
CHARGE OF AMENDMENT
Al Least Intimation to This Effect
Came From Suffrage Leaders
in Dover, Yesterday.

H,sc;al Correspondence OF Every Evening
Dover, March 17.-Mrs. Florence
Bayarl Hilles and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis,
tho latter of Philadelphia and chairman
of the PENNSYLVANIA ratification commit
tee. visited Dover, yesterday. According
tn announcements made on Monday, lt
WAS supposed Mrs. Hilles and Mrs. Lewis
were to be in Georgetown at yesterday 5
meeting, but instead they came to lover
To look over the field, which they found
rather s'drv," notwithstanding coplous
rains fell during their stay here.
Mrs. Hilles, when asked it there was
sanvthinx doing here, yesterday, she
REPLIED: absolutely nothing dong here
TODAY. We merely camc to Dover TO look
over the situation, and attend to prepara-
tions for permanent headquarters to be
established here, of which Mrs. Lewis and
Miss Betty Gam, the latter national
organizer OF the Women Party, viii have
charge.
Mrs. Hilles expressed absolute con-
fioence in the ratification of the Suffrage
Amendment at the special session of the
Legislature. She desired It to be under
stood that the Women's National party
is conducting the campaign IN tins State
for Suffrage. intimating strongly that no
anything whatever to do with the matter,
or at least was not recognized by the
National Women's party in that respect.
Mrs. Lewis and Miss Gam will arrive
in Dover the latter part of this week and
will take up the work mapped out by the
Delaware branch of the Women's party.
TO BRING UP RIPPER BILLS.
IL developed here, yesterday, that IN
connection with the multiplicity of mat,
ters TO be brought before the special
session. one OF the first and foremost will
be the introduction of the Kent county
Ripper bills, which were defeated at the
regular session last year. The program,
seems to be to have these bills introduced
possibly on the first day of the session, and
to speed them up to such point that an
early passage may be secured or all other
important matters will be held up until
they are passed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17

one other who spent two or three years
at our school who reached thnt profess
sion Is not this proof that the farther the
control Of affairs went from the local
boards into the hnnds Of the State and
county boards, the poorer the schools
hecaneY
During the time in which j went TO
school, and also while | taught school,
teachers were required TO teach from
eight To ten branches in the public schools
each day, Pupils were instructed IN read
ing, writing, arithmetic, grammar hygiene,
mental arithmetic, spelling, geography,
history and sometimes etymology md
algebra. | cannot recall single instance
when teacher would let us 20 without
having first rccited all our lessons.
But how is il today under the new code2
Ia the same district four or five lessons n
day are all that are taught and those 0nly
four days in week, most Of the fifth
day being taken up in playful annuae-
ments. This is another proof that Our
rural schools are 80 per cent less efficient
than under the old law
Mental arithmetic has been discarded
"a entirtly useless, long ago, and writing
has been so sadly neglected that you ran
scarcely find pupil IN our rural schools
today who can write legible hand
You have NO doubt inferred from my
article before now that ] am not in SYM
pathy with the code | am not, there being
only one feature IN it that ! think com
mendable; and that is, that schuol taxes
shall be levied on the assessed value Of
real estate, where heretofore they we're
levied on the rental value This method
of taxation would he all right ii the taxes
were properly applied in the respective
districts in which they are asse ssed and
handled by tn local board.
| know full well | viii be- branded an
cold foey' and hack number, but that
makes no difference What ! do or aay
do consclentiously. believing that ! am
right and | do II in the interest and ad-
vancement Of the education OF Our boys
and girls who are TO he our future citizens.
| do not want 10 see all the old land
marks our rural school houses torn
away. | do not think il is right 10 do this.
They have been placed around in rs con
venient places as possible and the ideas
Of those who had the laying ont of dis
iricts were that no pupil should need 70
travel more Than two miles la reach a
school. 4 very few had To 20 more than
that distance The consolidation of dis
tricts will increase the distance, making
il in some instances four or five miles.
Of course, advocates of the code will SAY
'tOh We will have them carried 90 and
from school That has been tried already
and has proved unsuccessful. Besides
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIRTY
YEARS AGO AND NOW

Editor Every Evening: For the past
20 years the Delaware State Board of
Education has been changing the school
laws by acts passed through the Legls-
lature and by resolutions passed by the
State Board, which gradually removed
the power and rights of the local school
board until at last by the repeating of the
old laws and the enactment of the so
called new code, In 1919, the State Board
hns succeeded in removing all rights and
privileges formerly bestowed upon such
local boards, save few mental duties
that those in higher authority do not
want to bother with.
The adoption OF the new code has
caused such serious trouble in our rural
schools that we fear IL viii take long
time TO get them IN good working order
again.
Our rural schools are in n worse COM
dition today than they have been for 80
years | cannot remember when outr
country schools were without local boards
before, but such is the case today; and it
has been brought about largely 10y the
dominoeriug attitude Of those higher up
in authority.
We arc, in School district No ~, today
paying more than FIVE times ms much tax
as we paid last year, and are not getting
more than half the service. Yet, we have
the same teacher, who, | thini., draws
about the same salary and who should be
better teacher by years experience;
however, am NOT finding fault with the
teacher. The fault is not hers ] fully
believe she is as good rs the average rural
teacher of today.
look back to the time | went 20 Pine
Grove district. No. "a Il never attended
anv other, aud recall ten or more persons
who became teachers. three who became
doctors, three others dentists and one n
LAWYER. This was prior to 1891 ! com
pare this time with the 20 years from 1900
until the present time, and ! find Just one
person who was raised IN the same dis
trict that received the most Of her edu-
cation there who became teacher, and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
MAY NEGOTIATE
SEPARATE TREATY
Failure Of German Revolt Opens
WAY TO This Course for the
President.
Special Dispatch FROM Every Evening 6
Washington Correspondent

Special Dispatch From Every Evening {
Washington Correspondent
Washington, March 1T.-ft is be-
coming increasingly evident that the
President viii refuse TO exchange Treaty
notifications on the basis of the Lodge
reservations 1t is also apparent that
Senator Lodge viii not be able To rally
10 his standard enough votes to ratlfy
the Treaty. Democrats who are voting
with Senator Lodge are doing so under
protest and only because they desire 20
dispose of the Treaty.
Whether ratification will be Effected
will depend on what the irreconcllabes
finally do. II they decide to follow Lodge,
two-thirds vote will be obtained. If not,
the Treaty will be thrown into the discard.
The apparent collapse of the German
revolution has somewhat clarified mat
ters from an international viewpoint Al
least if the Treaty is rejected or pocketcd,
President Wilson will have a government
to treat with which has succeeded IN
breasting revolutionary waves. That he
will try to negotiate a separate peace with
Germany seems to be the general official
view.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
DEATHS.

BRIsTOw-ln this city, on March IL. 1920.
sherman Bristow. aged 81 years.
Relatives, friends, oriental l,,odge. No, q
< of h and Marine Engineers Association.
are invited to attend the funeral services
ns his iate n0 rssnnonne AT iSo oencS interme1t
at Silverhrook cemetery. Funeral In Charge
of Oriental Lodge.
BEEHAN-In this city on March -. 1920.
Patrick w. husband of Annie Becban
Relatives and friends arc invited TO attend
tho tun. raj from his late residence. 1919
West street on Thursday morning, March
is at Q o'cloca Requiem mass at the Cath
edral. Interment at Cathedral cemetery.
CHARLEs-In this city, on March ;. 1920,
George w. son of George ;. Charles, aged
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral services at the residence OF his
,tncle William 4. McClane. 1914 Tatnall
street. on Thursday afternoon. March Is.
&C $50 O'Clock. Interment at Riverview
cemetery.
EAsTRURN-At Red Mills, near Newark
Del on March 16, 1920, Mary Ellen Ruth
Eastburn. wife of Franklin Eastburn, aged
IS years.
The funeral services at her late residence,
near Newark. Del. on Friday afternoon.
March 10, at O'Clock. Iuterment at White
Clay Greek cemetery
FIIIOTT-In this city. on March Is, 1920.
Jane, wife of Simon Elliott aged 90 years.
Relatives and friends are invited To attend
the funeral services at her late residence.
1928 Lowering avenue, on Friday after
noon, March 10. at $50 O clock. Interment
al Riyerview cemetery.
FRANCOIS-ln this city. on March Is.
1920 Alexander f. Francois beioved hus :
band of Hattie Hawthorne. in his 10th year.
Relatives and friends of family, also Viii
nington Lodge. b; /. Q. e. No. BOZ; o sage
ton Turn9emeinde are invited to attend the
funeral services at his late residence. 22O4
Jessup street, on Thursday afternoon.
at O'Clock lnfpTrufnf a ix-a--
view cemetery.
GREEN-in this city, on March 1e. 1920,
Agnes Green.
Reiatives and friends are invited 70 attend
the funeral services a { the residence OF her
niece Mrs J. W. Stanley, 1908 Lancaster
avenue, on Thursday afternoon. MaTeh Is,
st ? o ciocs. 1nterment at Mt. Salem ceme-
terry.
JoHNsoN-In this city, on March IL.
1920. Walter J. johnson, sr.. aged 53
Relatives. friends. and Diligent Council.
o. of A.; Welcome Lodge, No/3, :. OF b.
Apache Tribe, No. 81. /. O. II. NJ CarpeD-
ters. Union. No 90; .Ns OF Wilmington. are are
residence of his sister. Mrs. c. J.. AIohr-
mann. 61o w. Fifth street. on Saturda )
afternoon at 0 clock. Interment at Silver
brook cemetery.
EFNNEY-In this city, on March f5, 1920
Lille NJ. wife CT John G. kenney.
Relatives and friends are invited 70 attend
the funeral services at the residence of her
husband, l4IO Jackson street. on Thursday
afternoon. March Is, at $50 o clock. Inter
uient private.
powELL--At Claymont. Del. on March
IS, 1920. Carrie Irene Lancaster, wife oi
George W. Powell in her 46th year.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend
the funeral services at her late residence. I2
Avenue G, Worthland, Ciaymont Del or
Thursday morning. March Is, at IL CLOCK
Interment in NJ. E. churchyard. New Castle
Del.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
Yor Colds, Grip Of Inllseasa

and A a Preventive take Lexativs Bromc
Ouinine Tablets. Look for T.. w. Groves
signature on the box. 3Oo.---Ady
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
BuckneII University Musical Club.

The advance sale OF tickets for The
concert by the Bucknell University COM
bined musical clubs has been very large
and il is evident that an unusually large
audience will greet the college boys from
the neighboring State when they present
their program in this city on Friday even
ing in Second Baptist Church. The con-
cert will begin promptly at 5 clock.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
TYPHOID

Brazilian Balm has not lost
case i'm IS years. At first attack
cures in two days. Cures TO last
extremity. Kills the germs.
Take teaspoonfuI every hour or
half hour in little water.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
DIR. G. CRAIG STEWART HERE.
He Will Preach Lentcn Sermon ut Trinity
Church Tonight.

The regular interparochial service will
be held in Trinity p. r. Church this
evening ut 7i5. The special preacher
will be Rev George Craig Stewart, ID. ID.
rector of ST. Luke's Church, Evanston,
Illinois, one of the largest parishes in the
Diocese of Chicago.
During the period of the war he was
secretary OF the Church War Commits
sion and served for two months as n Red
Cross chaplain in France at Evacua-
tion Hospital No. 9. DR. Stewart, is the
special preacher at the noon-day SER
vices at st. Paufs Church, Baltimore,
this week, and is coming to Wilmington
for this service He is reputed to be n
preacher of unusual eloquence and power.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
To be able to sell you the car that
will serve you best we have secured
the leadership for the Franklin Car

We have made study of the automobile business, especially the
future of that business From that study, only conclusion
possible Every increasing, demand for the
really Efficient economical Naturally sought for the that
would that description-we found it in
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
Grants Fourth Anniversary Sale.

The next three days bid fair 70 be bury
ones at Grants 615 Market street, with
theextraordinary offerings theya making
in connection with the firms Fourth
Anniversary, in business i'm Wilmington
Specializing in the better kind Of women s
apparel, Grant have earned an envlable
place in the mercantile circles OF WI
mington.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
In MEMORIAM.

In loving remembrance of our dear daugh
ter Ellen NJ BARLEY, wife of i. ID Marx el
~ho departed this life March II, 1917.
Days of sadness still come DER US,
Hidden tears so often flow.
For memory keeps our dear one near Us,
Although she died three years ago
sadly missed al home.
Mother. Father and Daughter
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17

their farms and farm property will greatly
deteriornte in vnlus
| believe the existing conditions and
feelings that prevail in our district ere but
a sample of existing conditions In most
rural schools.
These are undcniabIc facts.
Yours for better schools and the ad-
vanrcment Of education in Delaware,
George II. Jester.
Milford, March Is, 1890
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
Thoughts and Comments by Every
Evening Readers:

The full namc and address OF tho writer
must accompany each letter, not ncccs-
sariiy for publication but ns evidence of
GOOD faith. Anonymous communicn tions q
will be ignored. Publication OF letters does
not carry with 1t Endorsement by Every
Evening OF the opinions therein expressed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-17

Attend Red Mems Pow-wow at Odd
Fellows Hall, Tenth and King streets,
every night this week. something new
ADV,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Mozart Society Presents
Cake to Its President

Mrs. Noble Mcconnell, president of
the New York Mozart Society, had
surprise party yesterday at the clubs
fifth afternoon musical Of the season,
at the Hotel Astor. Mrs. McConnelps
birthday was on Thursdays and the
club presented huge cake to her yes
terday. 1t was carried into the ball
room during the intermission, with six
blue bird girls who took part in the
East Side Clinic costume ball in Janu-
airy preceding it. There was a piece
of cake for every member and guest
present.
The artists included Miss Vera Cur
tbs, soprano, of the Metropolitan Opera
Company; R. Norman Joliffe, barytone,
and Miss Lucille Orell, 'cellist. Charles
G. Spross was at the piano.
The Mozart Society will give its Sec
ond concert Of the season March 16, in
the ballroom Of the Ertel Astor. The
artists will be Anne Fisziu, soprano, of
the Chicago Opera Company. and Louis
Graveure, barytone. They will be as
sisted by the Mozart Society Choral,
under the direction Of Richard r. Percy
and accompanied byE2harles G. SpIcas.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07

/ impersonatcd by John Monroe, and the
other characters in the eighteenth CEN
tury episode will be taken by Oliver
.. Jennings, who will be Louis XVI.
Lawrence Noyes, who will take the part
II Van Lee; Ronald B. Pearse, Donald
Blagden and Eent Calwell, who will i'm
personate the great artists Of the
perlod' Watteau, Boucher and Natter;
William Platt, who will appear as Clio
dion; Miss Frances Fairchild, who will
oe Nine. de Tencin, and Mrs James A.
Stlllman and Mrs. Leonard M. Thomas,
who Will be charming as the Duchesse
d'Orleans and the Duchesse du Berry.
Mrs. Harry II. Duryea will be another
grande dame, and Mrs. Ivan Barring
ton White will be the Merauise de
Sabran; Miss Mary Kingsland, Nine.
du Barry, and Mrs. David Dows la
Dame de PEscarpolette.
There will be Sevres porcelain
group in the eighteenth century epi-
sode, led by Mrs J. Dyneley Prince, and
taking part in it will be Mr.. and Mrs.
James c.. Clark, Mrs. Bigelow Tilton,
Mrs. Arthur Woods, Miss Katherine
Steward, Hans G. Some, Amos C.
Schermerhorn and Bruce Post.
Mrs. Bell Heads Carnival Group
Leading the carnival group will be
Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell, whose fol-
lowers will be Mrs. Sidney W. Fish,
Mrs. Robert LIE Roy. Mrs. Henry G..
Gray, Mrs. Bradish G. Johnson, Miss
Elizabeth Crafts, Miss Mary C. Alex
ander, Miss Audrey N. Osborn, Gordon
Knox Bell. Paul Chaplin, LIE Roy King,
Lawrence Butler and Auguste Noel.
The characters will include Harlequin,
Pierrot, Columbine, Pierrette, Polichi-
nellie and Scaramouche.
There will be Watteau and lancers
group, led by Mrs. Reginald B. Rives.
in which will appear Mrs. James A.
Stillman, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth. B.
Schley, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Clark jr.,
Miss Muriel Winthrop, Whitney War
rem jr.. NJ. M. Kilduff, Herman Rogers,
Mrs. Charles Scribner jr., Miss Frances
Fairchild, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T. Fleit--
Arthur Gammell.
The Boucher shepherd and shepherd
esses, Collins and Colinettes will be led
oy Mrs. George Henry Warren jr. In
her group will be Mrs. Henry Taylor.
Cameron, Miss Dorothy Duncan. Miss
Frederick Rhinelander, Miss jamie San
ford, Miss Audrey Hoffman, Miss Agnes
Roudebush, Mrs. Goodhue Livingston
jr., Mrs. Herbert C. Ball jr.,
Miss Isabelle Pell, Miss Cornelia Van
derbilt, Miss Caroline Stevens, Miss
Helen Moran, Miss Constance Jennings,
Miss Adelaide Sedgwick, Miss Rosanne
Roudebush, Mrs. Frederick T. Freyling-
huysen, Charles Shaw, Albert n. Ely
jr., Julian Allen, Harry Cushing, A. G.
Hutchinson jry William G. Chanler,
| Edwin Post. Henry G. Tayloxs Goodhns