Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-25

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L. Board of Public Education has
just devised a radical improve
IL ment in caring for scholars in
the public schools between the
ages of II and 20, who are still attend
ing elementary or secondary schools.
Hereafter all these older scholars will
be placed in a school Cor schools) of
their own. Included in this grouping
will be those who for reasons began
their education at much later ages than
the majority of children, or those who
either from failure to apply themselves
or from Municipalities of mental reac-
ton, were unable to keep up with their
classes.
This will make 1t easier to instruct
normal and Studious children and will
at the same time remove the backward
pupils from embarrassing surroundings
occasioned by their greater age and
stature, with an accompanying knowl-
edge of the subjects treated generally
in inverse ratio to their size.
Sorrow Enough
Without Hanging Crepe.
LIE Matin, Paris.-The heavy crepe
mourning veil, worn in France for gen.
erations, is in danger. It is no longer
proper to wear the insignia of grief,
any more than 1t is proper to advertise
our religion or our politics. Emotions
belong in the heart. not in our external
garments. There Is sorrow enough in
the world without reminding people of
1t by the somber vestments of death.
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"Tree Of Death
Adds to Great Toll.
lie Soir, Brussels-Another accident
occurred at Florenville recently at
the dangerous turn in the Pierrard
district on the road to Orval. A
limousine coming from -Villers-de-
JANITORIAL, and containing M. Basin,
Shopkeeper at Mcnt-St. Martin,
France, and four members of his
family, left the road at the fatal turn
and crashed into a tree close to the
pavement, which has already accounted
for score or more in dead and injured
motorists Four of the five occupants
of M. Basins car were seriously in
jured, one or two perhaps MORALLY.
Only one emerged from the wreck UNI
hurt. The auto was completely de-
molished. AS for the tree, 1t is as robust
as ever. Why is it that this tree, aptly
has not long since been felled by the
off1cial forester? That is the question
which all local motorists are asking.
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Short Circuit
Nearly Starts Panic.
La Presena, Buenos Aires.-Recent-
ly a short circuit in the electrical
system of the subway Anglo-Argen-
tina tied up, all the lines of the COM
pany and also put out of service all the
electrical installations at the stations
Peru and Piedras. The tie-up affected
innumerable persons who were await
ing the trains at the stations in the
Plaza del Mayo, as we'll as at the other
two stations mentioned. Most of these,
however, abandoned the waiting rooms
with precipitation when abnormal phe-
in the lighting and ignition
system began to manifest themselves.
The greater number not only lost their
serenity but departed through the doors
SO hastily that several were knocked |
down and trampled.
The trouble was finally found to be
in the cables carrying the current for |
the motive power coming in contact |
with an auxiliary cable carrying 1000 |
volts.
English Potato
Market Is Staggering.
Daily Mail, London.--The explana-
ton Of the big potato slump In England |
is, in brief, one of overproduction and
demand. with the ever-present
menace OF foreign competition. Pota-
toes are the one agricultural crop of
which we produce rather more than
are needed for home consumption. This
season farmers through the country.
driven desperate by the ruinous pros
poets OF corn growing, have planted
$4,000 acres iOf potatoes in excess of
last years AGea. Last year over 100000 l.