Evening journal., 1922-01-25
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Will Hold Card Party Feb
ruary 3 for Benefit of
Poor
MEMS CLUB HAS
BEEN REVIVED
speclal 70 The EvenIng Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Jan. 25.-Plans
are being made for 800 Card
Party" TO be given at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Dougherty, "a
East Fifth street. on Friday even
ing February 3. for the benefit OF
the Associate Home Relief Commit
tee. This party will be in charge
of Mrs. Dougherty and John Nc
Dewitt, Of the entertainment sub
! committee OF the relief committee,
Mayor Cramer. chairman.
Tickets will be on sale at Dough-
ertys cigar store at 20 cents each.
The committee requests those hav-
ing card tables and will loan them
TO notify any one OF the committee
or leave word at Dougherty's cigar
store and they will be called for and
returned. Any one not being able
to attend the party and wishing TO
contribute may do so by sending
them in. These contributions Will
be turned over TO the committee for
distribution.
The first case OF contagious dis
case for the winter was reported to
Mayor Cramer last evening by DR.. b.
/ NJ Allen. who informed him OF two
cases OF scarlet fever in the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Press. is
West Fourth street. The two chill
dren Of this family are afflicted In a
slight form.
II was learned that the two chill
, dren Of Mrs Rose Carroll, Negress
OF Tenth and Clayton streets. are
. suffering with chickenpox. Both
! houses have been quarantined.
Mrs. Catherine Walls is eonfned
to her home on West Eighth street
= through illness.
John C. Cox. Eighth and Clayton
streets. who received lacerations OF
i, the scalp while working at the
\ County Hospital. Farnhurst. last
week Is Improving. A hammer thai
\ slipped from the hand OF fellow
4 workman. working above him. fell
striking him on the head. DR.. B
NJ. Allen dressed the injuries.
Men who remember the pleasant
evenings spent with tho Mems Clut
which met some years ago in the
parish house will welcome the an
nouncement that the club has beer
revived and will keep open house
tomorrow evening. Professor Henr,
Handy Hay will be the speaker and
will give a talk about the gay lif'
Il of old Europe when our great
grandfathers were boys. Refresh
. ments will be served and a cordia
Invitation Is extended to all men o
the town to attend the meeting. Th'
officers OF the club are Harry Hew
lett. president; DR.. Lewis Booker
r vicc-president; Harley Scale, secre
tary; John r. Lambson. treasurer.
Tickets are on sale for the movini
L picture show for Che benefit o
Young Mems Association OF tn
First Presbyterian Church to b.
given Tuesday evening. February z
The picture to be shown Is entitled
THE Little Minister"
In reply to the several commenti
on the part OF the parents over th'
recent expressed desire OF the schoo
authorities to have pupils Of thu
high and elementary schools OF thi
city. do a certain amount OF hom'
work. Professor Henry z. snavely
city superintendent, said last even
ing;
LAS a rule all pupils should max
considerable preparation OUTSIDE
school hours. The amount OF tim
will depend upon the ability Of tn
4 pupil and the difficulty Of the work
r Pupils below the fourth grad
should study at least one-half al
hour day outside school hours
pupils between third and sixtl
4 grades at least one hour; pupils O
+ the sixth. seventh and eighth grade
n at least one hour and a half. Mos
n pupils in the last three gramma
grades would do well to devote tw
n hours a day 10 home study.
N 1T is true. that the teachers ar
paid 10 teach the children; bui
n when we consider that they hav
between twenty-five and fifty pupil
each IL becomes plain that the az
erage amount OF time directly dc
NJ voted TO a given pupil is very small
b The teacher can guide, direct an
N test the group within wide limit
but she lacks time 10 give each pr
IS pil all the personal attention tha
I'll should be given. Therein lies IN
u opportunity Of parents and other
Almost all parents can hel
their children somewhat with the
A reading lessons. BY insisting TIN
the children read the reading a,
signment one or more times dali
parents can help wonderfully
They also can help with their hi
tory. geography. hygienic and sin
liar branches. They can have n
M children read the lesson and the
~ tell in their own words what ths
A have read. Better still, they ofte
can ask questions to test wheth,
the children actually know wiki
they have read. In giving help
language. work and arithmeti
however. parents must distinguis
between real help and the actu
. doing OF the work. The child gail
nothing II his problems are solve
by another. - parents will 81
aside a definite time daily in whic
10 kelp their children with n
school work. both children an
parents are likely to profit greatly
The cottage prayer meetings. u