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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24
COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS
ALL HAVE AL STANDING
IA Instructors Have First Grade
Certificates; Garrett One of Few
Counties to Attain Perfection

That all teachers in the public ele-
mentary and high schools have first
grade certificates was reported to the
State Superintendent of Schools in
Baltimore by County Superintendent
F. E. Rathbun in his annual report, re-
Gently submitted.
This record for 1929-193O brings to
perfection that which Mr.. Rathbun
has been striving since the year 1922,
when there were only IS first grade
certifcated teachers employed in the
public school system in the county.
The increase in the certifcated
teachers has been steadily increasing
since that time and the record was al
most perfect last year with 1853 certif-
Gated teachers, second grade and 3
third grade. The record made by Gar
rett county this year brings it on a
par with the other two or three coun-
ties in the State where every teacher
has a first grade certificate, and where
the educational system bears the
stamp of advancement, according to
the State Superintendent of Schools.
Since the States educational pro-
gram in 1922 called for competent,
well-trained teachers in hearty accord
with American ideals in every public
school position in Maryland, there has
been a steady increase in the number
of first grade certificated teachers,
with corresponding decrease in the
number of second grade and third
grade instructors in Garrett county.
Since 1922 the number of second grade
teachers has decreased from 25 to
none. while the third graders have
decreased from So to none.
The requirements for an elementary
first grade teachers certificate were
given by Mr.. Rathbun as four years
of high school work with graduation,
and two years of normal school work
With graduation, or the equivalent.
Due to consolidation of schools, the
establishment and maintenance Of bus
lines to the rural districts, and other
causes looking to the increased eff
cheney of the educational system, there
has been a slight decrease in the num-
Der of teachers employed in the county
this year as compared with last year.
This wear there are 144 teachers; last
wear there were 1853 and in 1929
there were 1863. This is not inclusive
of high school teachers, which have in
creased in number due to increased en-
rollment and the establishment Of a
new high school at Kempton in 1928.
There are approximately 80 high
school teachers.
with the teaching staff of the
schools of the county now on a basis
of 100 per cent" Mr.. Rathbun said,
"the high aims Of the State education
al program will be carried out-that
of giving every child in the State an
equal opportunity to learn"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24
Forestry Specialist To Be In the
County Three Days

Mr.. F B. Trenk, forestry special
list, University of Maryland, will be in
Garrett county on November 6, Z and
s, according to John H. Carter, county
agent, and will work with those inter-
ested in the maple sugar and maple
syrup industry. Anyone desiring to
make an appointment with Mr.. Trenk
should notify the county agent as soon
as convenient.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24
Child Badly Scalded.

The -year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Miner, Crellin, was
badly scalded Monday morning when
it fell into a vessel cnotaining boiling
water. DR.. McComas rendered medi-
cal aid. The burns are serious on one
of the child's legs, its arm and back.
At the present time she is said to be
resting fairly comfortable.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-10-24
Civic Club To Meet

The Oakland Civic cluo will hold
its regular monthly meeting at the
home Of Mrs. James Treacy, on Tues
day afternoon, October 20, at 3 o'clock.
After the business session the time
will be devoted to a musical program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
SYMPATHY

When Tinhorn Tucker lost his aunt.
who persisted OF q houSemaid's knee.
his friends would come to him and
pant, so full were they of sympathy
They'd stop him on the public street
and say their hearts were sad and sore:
Your aunt was truly good and sweet
and her departure We deplore. We're
always thinking of your loss, and If
there's aught that We can do be sure
well gladly come across with anything
that comforts you" They sent him
letters through the post, some burdens
from his heart to take; For, since your
aunt gave UP the ghost, we know Just
how that heart must ache" They called
him up by telephone, to carry out their
kindly ends; your aunt has left you
all alone, but don't despair-you still
have friends" / met this Tinhorn
yesterday, and talked to him of many
things, the income tax, the price of
hay, hot wienies and gold wedding
rings. He said, 1T is a great relief to
find one delegate around who doesn't
talk about the grief that weighs my
spirit to the ground. I cannot think OF
things to say, that have the proper
slope and slant, when people stop me
on my way, to talk about my sainted
aunt. I have grown tired of shedding
tears of heaving deep and soulful signs,
discussing caSkets, shrouds and biers,
as one must do when some one dies. /
loved my aunt with force and zeal, but
since she scars on snowy wings, must
confess to you, feel it's time to talk
OF other things And so I'm glad when
you come up and speak no word about
my woe, but talk about your Airedale
pup and how your bus can pull on low"
WALT MASON.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30

hostess supplies soap-bubble pipes and
bowls OF solution of soapy water with
little glycerin added. At a given
signal each person dips his or her pipe
in the solution and starts to blow a
bubble, first making a wish. The per-
son succeeding in keeping bubble
without breaking while blowing for one
minute gets the wish. Any one sue
ceeding in blowing the bubble for two
minutes will be engaged within the
year, and II the bubble remains perfect
while blowing for three minutes the
marriage within the year is foretold.
Another resolution is a wish for
another. The words that now go below
the word resolved" should be, THAT
you succeed in having what you want"
Supply each person with a piece of
writing paper about 3 inches by 6 and
ask each to write some word expressive
of desire for the New Year. No word
can have less than six letters in it and
must be in print, with letters far apart.
Then have these letters shipped apart,
well shaken and handed to the person
next on the right.
The one who spells the word within
one minute gets the wish in full. Two
minutes mean good success. three
minutes part success, and after that the
person will have to work hard to get it,
although by so doing success may be
attained Words such as happiness,
wealth, riches, health, prosperity, ETC.,
are expressive Of good New Year wishes
for others.
(Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, December 80
N.AN.A) Those companies which
write the nonchalance slogans should
take us into consideration-we're Moth
ing II not nonchalant
When Helene Costello announced her
engagement to Lowell Sherman, Pau
line Goran (ex-Mrs. Lowell Sherman)
wrote Sherman a note of congratula-
ton which foretold a long and happy
life with that darling girl, Helene OF
Lowell will only behave himself).
And when Marcella Corday gave her
Christmas dinner her guests included
her present husband, her ex-husband,
also his wife and the child by her first
marriage, and delightful time was had
by all. The first husband married Just
the kind of girl Marcella Corday likes,
SO that made for a charming friendship
And the first husband considered his
first wife's choice of second husband
in such Lood taste that he Immediately
cemented friendship in that vicinity.
II you were an extra working in
Hollywood this week, you might have
enjoyed the somewhat queer expert
ence of attending a Mccormack con-
cert and being paid $40 to do it.
1t was perfectly good concert. and
a very interesting group Of people in
full dress filled the boxes and front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
tCopyright. 1927

1t is not at all uncommon to find
the child fed on milk formula which
is high in cream content, or very rich
breast milk, large doses of cod liver
oil, quantities of butter on his bread
and rich and greasy gravies, suffering
from a marked loss Of appetite Fat
stays longest in the stomach among
food elements, and until the stomach is
empty there are no hunger pangs.
When babies are fed every three hours,
there is little appetite for food, Cor
the stomach is always content. Think
OF that in fat, healthy heavily fed,
appetitelesS babies, and don't forget to
count in all the fats-cream, butter, cod
liver oil and bacon.
Mrs. H. notices that her baby's appe-
tite is poor. She says, DO you think
a half cup of orange juice, with Is
drops of plain cod liver oil. is too much
TO give l9-month-old baby twice daily?
is 1t necessary to boil paSteurized
milk? He only takes about IL ounces
a day.
Does baby this age sleep at all
during the day? mean, is that nor
NAL? How long does baby need cod
Thirty drops OF cod liver oil in a day
shouldn't be too much for a child this
age. Cod liver oil isn't necessary after
the second year for a child who shows
no signs of ricketts,. If the appetite is
poor. 1t might be wise to look to all the
other fats in the diet, as outlined, for
IN ADDITION to the cod liver oil they
might be running sonny's appetite.
Use grade A pasteurized milk and it
need not be boiled. Can't YOU incorpo-
rate more milk into the diet with his
foods? This isn't hard to do.
Up TO about two years of age, most
children usually take short nap for
one hour directly after lunch. Some
children begin dropping this even
sooner, and sometimes one has to de-
wise ways of keeping them quiet and
amused Tor several short rest periods
instead Of concentrating on a nap.
We have leafiet which might inter-
est you-"Ways Of Improving a Poor
Appetlte which you may have for a
Self-addressed stamped envelope. The
feeding leafiet would be helpful in
checking up, too, and you may have
both IN the same envelope,
Mrs. w. M. has discovered that IL
she makes game OF nail cutting there
isn't the usual trouble. She gave each
finger a name, calling them after
friends or members Of the family. The
child pretends that each of these is
getting his hair cut and curled and she
looks forward to having her nail people
made neat and tidy.
Mothers of young babies, Mrs W. NJ,
will find this usual task a simple one
II baby's nails are cut while ne sleeps.
With blunt scissors and two limp little
hands TO deal with, instead OF having
to fight to hold onto them, the work
can be done well and neatly, saving
baby many a scratch and dig in the
eye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

ways brush the gums also, and in addi-
ton massage them with the fingers
daily. 1t is a good plan to use salt
water Zone teaspoonful of salt to a
glaSsful of water) as dentifrice once
a day. On account of the strongly anti
septic properties Of salt, this solution
Is also good for a sour mouth and helps
greatly in keeping breath pure. An
other simple but effective mouth wash
may be made by adding a teaspoonful
OF common baking soda to a glassful of
water.
Many readers complain Of having
very yellow teeth in spite of the fact
that they give them regular attention.
They will find that using a pinch of
table salt on the toothbrush with warm
water is a good agent for whitening the
teeth. However, it would not be wise
to use this every day for in spite of the
fact that the enamel on the teeth is a
very hard substance, it must not be
treated too harshly. Those whose teeth
have tendency to be yellow will also
find that peroxide makes a splendid and
harmless bleach. Use one teaspoonful
of peroxide in a half glassful of water.
The following program will enable
one to retain beautiful teeth and
healthy gums: Before breakfast gargle
the throat, wash the mouth and brush
the teeth with some simple antiSeptic
solution such as salt water. Brush
the teeth after every meal and at the
same time massage and brush the
gums. Al night before retiring, gar
gle, rinse the mouth and brush the
teeth with an antiseptic solution just
as IN the morning. Use salt water as
a dentifrice at least once a day. In
addition to following this daily pro-
gram every one should consult a re-
liable dentist at least every six months.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
SOAP BUBBLES FOR FORTUNES.

A New Year resolution party is just
the thing for New Year eve. The
preparations are few and one or more
features can be selected for entertain
ment The invitations can be worded
something as follows:
MY FIRST NEW YEAR
RESOLUTION
is that I entertain you
and few special
friends on
NEW YEAR EVE
in an informal manner
at $50
Please let me know If you can
come.
The hour is set late for New Year
eve, as the party will continue until
after midnight.
The hostess should have large sheet
Of white wrapping paper with the word
resolved" on 1t in printed letters. This
should be put above the level of the
eye on some door or conspicuous part
of the wall. AS the forms of entertain
separate sheets of paper should be
thumb-tacked below. For instance,
That partners be chosen" and a few
minutes later this should be changed to
That there be dancing" or That there
be game of bridge" or whatever the
activity is to be.
One interesting resolution is THAT
we seek our fortunes" For this the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30

statesman by this incident He jotted
them down at once, and with them the
date, December 19, 1899 He was con-
WINGED that he had fallen asleep and
dreamed of G.
Having been chilled through by the
journey Of the previous day, it was
natural that the warm bath should re-
lax him to the point of slumber.
But he could not forego asking him.
self why G.. should have appeared to
him at that time. His schoolmate had
been completely absent from his mind
Nothing had happened recently to re-
call him.
Had this experience something to do
with that blood agreement of boyhood
days?
Lord Brougham battled between an
impression that his old chum had died
and stubborn conviction that he had
had an irrelevant dream. But not long
after, when he had returned to his
home in Edinburgh, there arrived a let
ter from India. 1t announced G's
death-on the date of Lord Broughams
dream.
(Copyrisht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
4 Sermon for Today
Lure of Hope.


For to him that is Joined to all the
living there is hope. i've
An account says that Pandora was
sent to bless man: that she was fur
niShed with a box into which every
god had put some blessing. She opened
the box incautiouSly, and all the bless
ings escaped, hope only excepted.
1t Is recorded of Alexandria that.
when distributing the spoil of one of
his victories, he gave all away, keeping
no portion as his share. One of his
soldiers asked him what he reserved
for himself. The monarch answered,
Hope"
Hope is mans most priceless possess
sion. We can better sustain any other
loss than the loss of hope. When hope
Is gone, all is gone.
Hope is the poor mans fortune. the
sick mans health, the lovers happi-
ness. Hope is a leaf-joy which may
be beaten out to great extension, like
gold" says Bacon.
Where there is no hope there will
be no endeavor. No farmer would go
forth to SOW if he did not hope for a
harvest. Hope is the handspring of
human action.
Longfellow speaks of the "hopes that
make us men," 1t is hope that sets
the mead ana heart to work, and ami
mates man to do his utmost. And
1t is doing his utmost that makes
man a man.
Hope deferred maketh the heart
SICK" as Solomon tells us. And yet,
as Pope says, Hope springs eternal in
the human breast"
Year after year passes, and many of
our hopes fail to materialize We
suffer all sorts of setbacks and dis
appointments. Yet still hope ever lures
us on, and tells us tomorrow will be
better. Life is like that-ever led on
by the lure of hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
WINTERTIME
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

To city folk the weather goes I'M
noticed, by comparison with its immense
importance to the countryman, and
even the committing suburbanite, of
whose legion ranks form one, has
hopes and fears you cannot know in an
apartment and heated car. We watch
the weather mans predictions with an
anxious eye and a Skeptical eyebrow.
How much better we could do, we say,
II we had time to devote our mighty
brains to the subject!
Any one can do his own weather
predicting. The old countryman who
lives near me gives it out gratuitously.
He consults his almanac, where the
weather has been predicted to a snow
make Tor 20 years in advance. And he
reads the signs in the sky, in the
formations of birds, and the behavior
OF plants. just as Roman soothsayers
did 5000 years ago.
Another method, and one infinitely
more exciting, is to consult the Gov
eminent weather maps, which in Wash
ington we receive hot off the press. II
you are as much smarter than the
Weather Bureau as you instinctively
feel you are, try predicting the weather.
Where the weather map reads Low"
1t means coming storm. Remember
that almost all Winter storms move
from west to east, and that a low on
its advancing front brings warm, even
muggy weather, with gathering clouds
and east winds Snow generally falls
near the center of a low in January
and February, and on its exit it has
west winds, clearer skies and a drop
in temperature. The drop in tempera-
ture may actually feel pleasanter and
scarcely colder than the front edge or
center of the low.
In the center of High it may be
still or windy, but it is usually dry.
clear and very cold. The snow grows
crusty. the ice Kinks harden, the stars
look like dust from diamond or emery
powdered all over the sky. Every one
feels energetic and healthy until the
next low.
Simply by estimating the paths of
the lows and highs that chase each
other from California to Boston over
the map, you are in a position to do
about as we'll as the Weather Bureau,
barring sudden halt in the procession,
ike traf1c jam, which is not easy to
predict, or the thrush of a tropical
storm. such as that which brought the
roof of the Knickerbocker Theater
crashing down. Tropical storms move
very slowly, and they move in arcs of
circles, but there Is nothing tropical
about them when they reach us, except
their point of origin.
After two weeks of running your own
weather bureau, you will, I think, feel
an increased respect for this branch of
the Government service, especially If
you will recall that the Weather Bureau
gives predictions for the whole "a hours.
not merely our waking hours. Much
that they predict comes to pass in the
night, and II the weather has begun to
alter in the morning, it is nobody's
fault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30

When Lord Henry Brougham, lord
high chancellor of England, was in COL
lege, his closest friend, he says in his
diary was c., who also had been his
intimate in high school.
Both youths were intellectual. In
deed, Lord Brougham's qualifications
were such as to make him the foremost
man In England during considerable
period Of his life, shining as statesman,
orator, advocate, scientist and man of
letters. G. also was we'll equipped. 1t
was natural that they should discuss
matters of the deepest import, though
it must be admitted that these discus
SionS sometimes proceeded to actions
youthfully naive.
This was the case in their specula-
lions upon the Immortality of the soul
upon a future state The subject
came up frequently during their walks.
1t finally simmered down to a direct
question: Can the dead reappear to
the living?"
Henry and C. solemnly decided to
answer this question so far as they
could.
They committed what Lord Brougham
calls "the folly" of drawing up an
agreement to the effect that whichever
died first should appear to the other.
This agreement they wrote with their
blood
At the end of college, G. obtained an
appointment in the civil service and
went to India, while Brougham pro-
ceeded to those legal studies which were
to lead to his great career. They cor
responded at first with some regularity,
but soon G. began to be intermittent
with his letters. Eventually the cor
respondence ceased. Lord Brougham in
time almost completely forgot his old
friend, though 1t seems likely that some
where in the back of his consciousness
the flame of the schoolboy intimacy
still burned
In December. 1899, Lord Brougham
and some friends were travelling in
Sweden About the middle of the
month they set out for Gothenburg,
with the intention of going TO Norway.
Early on the morning of December 10
this journey was punctuated-for Lord
Brougham-by startling experience.
About l am. they had arrived at an
inn and concluded to stop there for the
remainder of the night. Weary and
cold, Lord Brougham was pleased to
find that a hot bath was available.
He had been lying in the bath, enjoy
ing its warmth and anticipating the
subsequent comfort of his bed, when.
preparatory 10 getting out, he turned
his head toward the chair on which
he had laid his clothes.
Sitting in the chair, gazing calmly at
him. was G.
Flow I got out of the BATH" says
Lord Brougham in his diary, Il know
not, but on recovering my senses !
! found myself sprawling on the floor
| The apparition, or whatever 1t was that
had taken the likeness of G., had dis
appeared
1t is interesting to learn the impress
sions made on the great lawyer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-30
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPR.

Yestidday me and Pubs Simkins and
Glasses Magee and Shorty Judge was
standing around the lam post, and
sed, @, this Crissmas vacation is start
ing to begin to get kind of monotoniss.
pritty neer bleeve Ill almost be glad
when skool starts agen, sed.
Me too @ WIZ, Pubs sed, and Glasses
Magee sed, Then you must both be
crazy in the he'd like a fish.
Sure, G wiz, Shorty Judge sed. and
a debate started up on weather skool is
all rite or not, me and Pubs argewing
it was and Glasses and Shorty argew-
ing the opposite, me saying, Well G
wizzickers, think of all the rainy days
when we wouldent have anything to do
If we waSent all nice and dry in skool
lerning something.
Yeh, how ABOUT that? Pubs sed, and
Glasses Sed, Yes and think Of all the
days when its not raining and you
wouldent go to school for a thousand
dollers If you dident half to 60 for
nuthing.
Yeh, how about thatP Shorty sed, and
Pubs Sed, Well just think OF the relief
when the last bell rings and skool is
all over for the day, o boy how elts
would you get that feeling If it wasent
for skool?
Yeh, tell us that, sed, and Shorty
sed, The heck with that kind of relief,
Id rather have the. relief of opening
my eyes in the morning and saying ha
ma no skool and closing them again.
Yeh, o boy tawk about your relief,
Glasses sed, and I sed, Well we half to
have a education, don't we? and Pubs
sed, Yeh, don't we have to have a edu-
cation?
No we don't, Shorty sed, and I sed.
Why don't we, and he sed, Because for
the simple reason why because we don't.
That's a heck of a reason, Pubs sed,
and Glasses sed, Why is it. what more
of reason do you want, your just mad
because your side is losing.
Starting to be sines of a fite only
just then some more of the fellows
came around and we got up a game of
cops and robbers.