davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1935-09-24


Cent. East.
AGO. s.3n-cosaack Choir - basic
Cadet cuartet-wests Jack ARM
atronn. Sketch-repcat 90 midwest
A.a5- 5:45-cossack Choir, Ccntinuen
ass 5sH5-Press- Radio News Period
500 6.o0-Just entertainments:
Buck Rogers midwest repeat.
Orchestra-Dixies Melodies-west
Sis 6.f5-virainia verrill, Vocalist
s.As- 6:45-Boake Carriers Comment
500 7.OO-Lavender al Old Lace
basic: Sports-Dixie: Sonas-west
Sis 7.f5-The Old Timer - Dixie
Edith Karen with ornan-west
$50 7:3o-Lawrenee Tibet, Songs
700 ssoo-Lud 0luskin's Prcursm
7:31- s:3o-Fred Warin1 Shcw-to q
$50 s:3o-The March Of Time-to G
e:4s- e:45-Jerry Cooper, Baritone
s.oo-foso0-F. Daley 0rchestra-baf
sic; Masters Observation-Disclosures
Notwithstanding Hamp oTcheatra
fos1o-f1 .oc-B. Gooeman's Orchestra
Unsatisfactory Busse Orchestra
east: v. Towns orehes--midwest
NBc-WJz NETWORK
BASIC - East: wiz wbz-wbza wbal
wham kdka wgar WIT wlw wsyr wmal
WILL Mid: wcky wenr wis kwk kwcr
kohl wren wmaq kso wkbf
NORTHWEST a CANADIAN - wtm1
wiba kstp webc wday kfyr crct cfcf
SOUTH - wrya wptf wwnc wis WAX
Efla-wsun who'd wsm wmc wsb wapi
widx wsmb kvoo wky wfaa wbap kprc
woai ktbs kths wsoc wave
MouNTAiN-koa kdyl kgir kzhi
PAClFIc-kRo kfi kKw kOmo khq kfsd
ktar kpo kex kga kgr kya
Cent. East.
$50 4:3o-The Singing Lsoy-east
3:45= 4:45-orphan Amherst only
800 5:o0-Thurn's Bavarlan Orch.
4.fs- 5:f5-Dot and Will, Sketch
$50 5:3o-Press-Radio News - ha-
sic; The Singing Lady-midw. rpt-
4s3S- 5:35-Edward Davies, Baritone
4s45- 5:45-Loweil Thomas - east
Orphan Annie-repeat TO midwest
500 e.0o-Dinner Concert Program
Sis e:f5-Tony 4 Gus. Serial Skit
$50 e:3o-Lum and Abner. Comedy
s:45- e:45-MariD ccxxi, song Recital
500 7:oo-The Crime Clues Mystery
$50 7:3o-"Welcome Valley" Serial
100 soon. ". q. q Chorus Girls
7:3o- e:3o-Russian Symphonic Choir
7.46- 8:45-To Sc Announces
500 9.00-MaN Baer-Joe Louis Fight
esoo-fo:oo-Dcrsey Bros Orchestra
q.15-f0.f5-Tony e. Gus-west rpt.
e.30-fo:30-Paul Whiteman's Band
fo:oo=ff :oo-Shandor and His Violin
/ TO- o8-ffsoe-Ranny Weeks Orchestra
1os3o-ff;30-Joe Rines arc Orchestra
Evening star., 1935-12-20

Smart slip-over models: effectively
embroidered or c o n I r as gly
striped. For children. to 8 years
of age. Ideal gifts for kiddies who
spend a great deal Of their time
outdoors.
Palais Royal-Downstairs
Evening star., 1935-12-20

Envelopes top handle styles
and the popular muff bags.
so desired for cold weather. Some
with convenient Upper tops. BAGS
are ideal gifts and these are
especially splendid values. Black
and brown.
Palais Royal-Downstairs.
Evening star., 1935-12-20

The rich fabrics :. . the fiattering, face-iramng
fur collars >. the splendid tailoring reflect
considerable more value than 11.88 would or
dinarly buy These fur-trimmed dress coats are
fashioned along youthful lines; all are richly
crepe lined and warmly inner lined No more
sensible and delightful gift could be presented
to any miss.
Paas Royal-Downstairs
Evening star., 1935-12-20

These are styled Of sheer orgsndie.
dimity and proadcloth in novelty
plaids. prints. also hanky lawns.
Sizes 8 to Q and z to 16. Another
economy group Of gift dresses for
children z to IA at-74c.
Palais Royal-Downstairs
Evening star., 1935-07-17
Barber Shop Songs
OF Gay '90s to Echo
In Ne,C York Parks
Straight Razor and Mug
to Be First Prize in
City-Wide Contest.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 17.-Treasured
songs of the gay '90s, dear to the
heart of many a barber shop warbler,
will echo through New York's parks.
With tear in the eye for dear, dead
days beyond recall, the Park Depart
ment is sponsoring a contest for bar
Der shop quartets.
First prize will be a straight razor
and an old-fashioned lavender shaving
mug.
For the finals on the Mall in Cen
trail Park on September 10, a true
barber shop setting will be provided,
including red plush barber chairs, a
rack Of initiated shaving mugs and a
few old copies of the Police Gazette.
The boys must stick to the old
songs. The list is headed, of course,
by Sweet Adeline."
Other eligible songs include such
stanch favorites as I've Been Work
ing on the Railroad" Down by the
Old Mill Stream" "Lindy," Cant You
Hear Me Calling Gardiner" and
when You and I Were Young,
Maggie"
Evening star., 1935-07-17
Woman Magistrate
Rejects Lash Plea
OF CMprit's Wife
Orders Fine to Stand in
Spite of Declaration
Babies to Suffer.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE impov-
erished father Of two young children
went to Jail last night in default Of
payment of @ SIS fine for disorderly
conduct after a woman magistrate here
had denied his request that he be
given 40 lashes instead Of the jail term.
Herman Hickman, %, the father,
informed Magistrate Lulu e. Powell
that he could not pay the fine. Later,
he sent his wife to Magistrate Powell
with the request that he be given the
lashes and released from Jail.
eve have no money and II the fine
stands he will have to go to Jail and
our babies will be the ones to suffer"
Mrs. Hickman told the magistrate.
HE is their only provider."
One of the babies Is 5 months old.
the other 16 months old.
Magistrate Powell considered the re-
quest for q few moments, then de-
MED it.
Evening star., 1935-07-17
w ashington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things
Events and Things.

hottest day OF the year-so far
and asked II iDant the thermom-
ster notD, please"
n n
INDECISIVE VETERAN.
WISH that jovial restaurant pro-
w prietor would make up his mind
about which division he wants to
fight in in the World War.
During the convention of the Rain
bow Division here, he was overheard
telling three men at. the next table
about how he fought and bled" with
the Rainbow Division.
The big catch to the story was that
just two weeks before, he was over
heard at the next table telling two
men how he fought and bled" with
the 1st Division.
FISHERMEN TWO.
T EDGAR HOOVER, head &C" man
is back from Atlantic City with
fish story about a terrific struggle
was f1ve-well, maybe only four feet
long.
With his omnipresent assistant,
Clyde Tolson, along as a witness CTol-
son refuses to comment), Hoover was
angling for weakflsh when he hooked
the strong one. Hoover has given
varying versions Of the incident, but
the gist of them is that the shark
was as much surprised as the director
OF the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton. The &C" man finally got his
quarry, however, after a long hand
to-f1n battle.
He also landed 80 trout and blue
fiSh. Asked what Tolson caught,
Hoover said: "Just a couple of sting
arees"
Evening star., 1935-07-17
.HE hoboing fraternity has a
language all Its own and marks
on the sidewalk In front OF the

ME nODolng lrateEnity HAS
language all Its own and marks
on the sidewalk ip front of the
u house in the morning 90 not
necessarily mean precocious children
have been imposing on good nature.
It Is more likely to mean a nomad
Of the singing rails is trying to locate
q stray partner or leaving a message
for a "bo" to follow. When a house has
proven to be bountiful in the way Of
q "handout" the sign is usually left as
an arrow pointing to the house and
the "monicker" of the ''bo" leaving 1t
as a guide for his friends.
But the most unusual sign to come
to light recently was one that was
found on the sidewalk in front of a
Twentieth street apartment the other
day. The arrow was there and so
were the initials of the "bo," but in
addition, written in white chalk across
the concrete, were the words:
"Umi Yum! Apartment A."
Before the building janitor could
wash it Off three buddies had raped
on the door for food.
Evening star., 1935-07-17
X X X X
DO YOU KNOW

LIZ w hNoW--!
Fe1D Wastingtonidns realize the
Dorld's finest medical library, con-
sisting of more than 100000
oolun,es and covering the ,D1,ole
science from its earliest days, is
housed in the Army Medical Mu-
scum and Library at Seuenth street
and Independence aUenue. The
library represents the greatest
achievement OF the late Col. John
Shaw Billings, builder OF the New
York Public Library. Col Billings
also completed perhaps the most
comprehensive inder catalogue TOR
the library notD in existence.
X X X X
PANCAKED.
A FTER doing a full loop from tht
back of a horse and landing
in an inverted position, Eugene L
Vidal, director of air commerce, ha!
just about decided horses are dan
gerous things and nc had better sticl
to airplanes for safety.
Vidal took off from his horse wher
the mount balkei at a barrier, flew
through the air with the greatest o.
ease, executing a normal airplanc loop
and made a high-sueec landing or
his back. The aorse, it was reported
laughed.
The directors friends are censurine
him because he didn't keep his safety
belt buckled.
X y X X
MODESTY..
Seen in a country store in nearby
Virginia: The pretty figure of
bathing beauty on soft drink ad-
UertiSerent couered NTH more
modest attire the proprietor had
fashioned from paper.
X X +
JUST AN ILLUSION.
WHATi No Indian "chiefs?"
w Not if the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition ethnologists are right.
1t is their general belief that no.
where north of Mexico was there any
Indian who had the actual right tc
be called chief, since in none of the
tribes was there any one person with
any official title or authority 70 COM
mand.
The big red men, such as Massa-
soft, Tecumseh and Sitting Bull, wert
powerful personalities in their tribes
and welded much influence, but il
a brave of any of their tribes had SC
desired, he might have thumbed his
nose at the "chiet" with comparative
ampunity.
Evening star., 1935-07-17

July. 1-You can make big saw
ings IL you buy your coal NOW.
July prices are the lowest they
have been in many, many years.
Prices were cut to the bottom to
make summer buying worth wlrile.
Evening star., 1935-07-17

Lanburghs great SemAnnua Shirt Sale swings
into action Thursday! Send your wife, get here yourse
Shell know how important this sale she undoubtedly
swears by u Loom products The famous mill looms
the fabric for nationally known FuottheLoom Shirts They're
fast-coor fulshrnk! They're styled and STYLED!
They're panakmgy tailored exacng Lansburgh specifications
give you plenty Of servce Remember it'll be long months
before another vaueopporuniy like this your wayl
LANSBURGHS AIRCOOLED STREET FLOOR
Evening star., 1935-07-17

They're smart and attractive
go well with your table silver.
Plain or fancy scroll design. Nice
for gifts. 4
Phone Orders-DIstrict 7575 Z
STREET FLOOR
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

Habana, enero 3.-Hoy Sc ha
sabido que la agrupaci6n revo-
lucionaria La J6ven Cuba, de la
cual es lider ell DR.. Guiter3s, ex-
secretario de gobernaci6n, hace
dias someti6 a un ~consejo de
guerra a uno de sus miembros,
por graves faltas cometidas con
ira la organization, condenan-
dolo a muerte. E. REQ, Jose Pc
nabad, oy6 la sentencia de la
bios de un tribunal integrado
por Guiteras, Portell, Amiga y
Gonzalez. Lo acus6 ell DR.. Gui-
rau, por cuya petici6n Sc lie con-
demo a la Ultima pena.
BESIDE la fecha en- que sc ce-
lebr6 ell c~onsejo, ell mes pasado,
Penabad, en- calidad de prisio-
nero, era llevado cast diaria-
mente a differences casas, donde
era alimentado y dormia. Aver,
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
CUBA AL Ola
Los Guiteristas habian condenado a muerte a Jo-
Sc Penabad. = Arrestados ell DR.. Irizarri Y Ell pc
riodista Gonzalez Rebuilt. = Sc prohibio desem-
barcar al General Chino Heroe de Shanghai

ZEN los momentos en- que era tras
Ilad3do desde la casa del DR..
Cancio, en- ell Vedado, a una de
la Gale de San Lazaro, fue alta
cado a tiros por varios indivi-
duos.
La policia recibi6 una denun-
ella an6nima, registrando la ca
sa de Guiteras, dende no encon-
tr6 NADIA comprometedor nj tam
POGO al prisionero.
En- horas de la madrugada,
cuando era llevado a una cas-
de las afueras, la fuerza publ
ca encontr6 al herido, llevando-
lie al hospital, donde Sc lie presto
a~sistencia medica. Su estodo es
bastante grave. Entire los dete-
nidos figuran ell DR.. Guirau y
un hermano de Penabad, NOM
brado Miguel.
-Por orden superior Sc a
rrest6 hoy al Sr. Julio Cesar
Gonzalez Rebuff, director del
diario oposicionista Eel Crisol'
|Tl9mbien Sc ha deteNido al revo-
lucionario DR.. Irrizarri, MEM
bro del grupo de cinco que ESQ.,
giera para presidente al DR..
Grau.
-Regresara hoy de Oriente
ell DR.. Pelawo Cuervo, secreta-
rio de comunicaciones. Varias.
cesantias Sc decretaron en- ell
cuerpo policiaco de Ia ciudad de
Cardenas, donde Julio Gaunard
ell alcalde, ha sido s%ustituido
por un "apapipio". Mas de 100
empleados fueron aver dejados
cesantes en- la secretaria de go
bernaci6n. Como chusa sc da
ell agotamiento de los creditos.
-El alcalde Gomez ha dis
puesto Sc investigue 81 es cierto
que los empleados del municipio
Sc apropiaron de centenares de
r~aci0nes que el habia dispuesto
sc repartieran entire los pobres.
-Comunica ell consul de Gu
Iba en- Java que ali Sc ha descu-
bierto una vacuna contra la pes
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
CUATRo MARItVERos SNo
HAN PODIDO SER EN-
CONTRADOS

New York, enero 3.-NaG3
Sc ha podido saber todavia de
OILS cautro tripUlantes del vapol
Lexington, que aver desapare-
cieron al hundirse ell buque en-
ell Rio Este. Cast debajo de
puente de Manhattan, ell Lexing
ton, que Sc dirigia a Providence
con $50 pasajeros y una tripu-
laci6n de 81 h0mbres, fue al,
canzado por ell vapor de cargo
Jane Christensen, cuande era
mayor la oscuridad de la noche
Varios remolcadores acudieror
en- auxilio del vapor, siendo re.
cogidos los pasajer0s y tripular
ties 10 minutes antes del hundi-
miento.
Ell fiscal del distrito iniciG
inmedl tamsnte una nvestiga-
ci6n interrogando a los dos ca.
pitanes.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
INFORMAGION
DEL PUERTO

A dejar y tomar carga entra
ron aver los vapores america
nos Millinocket, Carolyn, Point
Bonita, Jomar y ell aleman All
burg, que cargara fosfato.
Ell Millinocket zarp6 aver mis-
mo, via Port Everglades y puer
tos del norte.
Hacia Jacksonville, con carga
en- transito, parti6 ell vapor no.
ruego Irland; ell Benjamin Bre
wster tambien Sc hizo a la mar.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

IUt dLEIIUIUU Put g DI. IoIIIdOI
Angulo, en- la "Covadonga,'
de titus.
Gravisimo fue ell estado del
Sr. D. Belta, temiendo algunos
I'm fatal desenlace.
Mucho celebramos SUI resta-
b~lecimiento. q
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
ORDEN DE ODD FELLOWS

Por este medic Sc eta "a to-
dos los hermanos que componen
ell team de grades de las Logias
Ideal No. So y Progreso No. 81,
para ell Viernes dfa 4, a las 8
p. M, para ensayar y tratar ell
asunto del pr0ximo viaje a St.
Petersburg, donde sc conferira
ell grade primero.
Esperanto la presencia de to-
dos, quedo de ustedes
Fraternalmente,
Lisdrdo Campo, Captain.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

A los nuev9 esp0fbs desea:
mos la dicha ue er1os Sc mere
cen por su sin Patia y bondad.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

/ Otrfllermo Roig, en- Ia
QRSCovadonga," ell pasa !
IdINves.
TIA en- was de I'm pronto Y
80 restablecimieRto.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
Ell piso del Sanatorio

Precioso quedara ell nuevo
piso que Sc lie esta poniendo al
Sanatorio del Centre Espanol.
Las lamparas, obsequio de
la Seccion de Recreo, tambien
ayudaran a realzar ell aspectc
de las salas.
En- La Benefica tambien cor
tinuan las Preparedness.
Dos establecimientos que ST
hygiene y comodidad no dejar
NADIA que desear.
Cesar Rivero.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
Bunco Party

La logia "Rebecas," de los
"Odd Fellows" celebrara EN-
fecha proxima una fiesta con
ell objeto de recaudar fondos
para la convention que tendra
efecto en- ell mes de Abril, en-
Ybor.
La apreciable Sra. Amelia
Landeira que es Alta Official
de la Orden, tiene a su cargo
la Comisi6n de Festejos.
Debido a los esfuerzos reali-
zados por ssta Agrupacion Ia
Convention sera en- Ybor y no
en- st. Petersburg, como Sc te-
MIA pensade.
Aplaudimos este rasgo en- be
neficio de nuestra comunidad,
que sabra apreciarlo.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
Pleitos yNorcios

= %sude yarnaaa ,centra N.
E. Varnadore; Fr4, Chamber
contra G. w. Char J. D.
Patterson contra H." Patter-
son; Georgia A. N..irk con-
ira A. H. Harry Rebeca
Woods contra ,BelltE Tutle: Ar
thur l.. Smith contH Alta Ma
bel Lister.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
Ell TEMPO

Claro para hoy y manana.
Maximla temperature aver
70; minima, 81.
Marea alta a las 2:38 p. m.
Marea baja a las 7:24 a. m. J
Sal p. m.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

feiones extario-
e.e Ye en- 4 c%onferen-
r la cutidos y aclarados
gas que afectan a los
en- llegandose IN ARE
i"' viafactorio. ~ de los
CTS la coloni13qbn de Afri
kSF' Ne5r medic del telefono Sc hi
PUG s,>n arreglos para que Laval
.rera visitar a Mus5olini anz
Fde asistir a la session del Con-
800, de la Lig'4 de Eaciones. !
IN ell viaje de regreso de CT
~ "a hara una vista a LOT
~
La gaceta., 1935-01-03

tie bubonlca que esta DANDY
|~plendidos resultados. En- lho
Ipasado, en- esa isla, la m eau
$50 la muerte a centenarSs do
personals.
NADIA sabe la secretaria de
estado, seg1n Sc dijo aver, del
paradero del expresidente &C.
Machado. Sup6nese que
De La osecluido en- un sanatorio
de la fqQntera suizo-alemana.
Al secretaio DR.. Torriente Sc
notified ayefSla retirada del EN-
bajador de MNSico y del minis
tro de China.
-Varios individuos detuvie
ron aver un c4mi6n de la casa
Armour y 10 incendiaron, su-
friendo graves quemaduras ell
ch6fer. Esos individu2s arroja-
ron botellas de gasolina contra
ell vehfculo ,incendiando des-
pues ell combustible.
Ell gobierno de Mendieta
una veg mas Sc ha puesto en-
ridiculo negando IA entrada en-
territorio .cubano del general
chino heroe de la resistencia de
Shanghai contra la invasion ia
ponesa. En- su vista a los Esta-
dos Unidos a csc general Sc lie
declare huesped de honor por
ell gobierno del p~residente Roos
evelt, siendo muy agasajado.
En- los circulos oficiales Sc
da como motive de la orden ell
tenor del gobierno a que ocu-
iran series motines.
-Asegdrase qeu hara un via
je a los Estados Unidos ell en-
ba5ador Caffery. Informara al
gobierno de su pals sobre la 81
tuaci6n politica Guiana.
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
I'm Premio

En- ell concurso de Buen Or
nato e Illumination que Sc efsc
tuara bajo los auspicios de la
Camara de Concrete Junior
de Tampa, alcanz6 un premio
ell hogan del Sr. =. M. Rodri :
La gaceta., 1935-01-03
MATRIMONIOS

AnNres F. Gadzik, 80, y Mar
garet \oretto, 20; George l..
Falkn1ss See q, y Helen L. Edw-
ards, h,Rovell Fuller, p, y
Ne rgaA og Parkhurst, 10;
A. il distin, y Verna Frier,
10; N sohau Simmons, 81, y
Matte N,,;a,.n, Is; L. M. Fea
geans, 20; vel Rogers, 27.
Evening star., 1935-10-11
Coincidence
Notes Call
For Replies
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Is it neces-
sary to acknowledge coincidence
notes? I've personally written to
every one who sent our family flowers
during its recent bereavement, but I
haven't as yet done anything about
the many cards and notes we re-
ceived."
Answer-You really should write
something in appreciation. Thank
you for all your sympathy" or Thank
you for your beautiful letter" or
THANK you for your kind thought"
on your own visiting card. or to people
whom you don't know well some one
can write a short note for YOU
Mother" or MRS. Smith has asked
me to thank you, etc." There is no
hurry about sending out these few
words Of thanks and they can be very
brief, but all flowers and personal
kindnesses should be acknowledged by
hand. Cards saying nothing except
with sympathy" sent through the
mail, need not be acknowledged.
Dear Mrs. Post: My daughter will
be married at home on our twenty
fifth wedding anniversary and on her
grandparents fiftieth anniversary, and
as we think this is q rather unusual
situation, of which we should take
some notice, we'd like to mention it in
the invitation which is being sent
out. Can you make any suggestions?
Answer don't know how this
could be done except by inclosing an
engraved card in addition to and
smaller than the one inclosed to the
reception, with the following:
Gn gold
Mr.. and Mrs. Grandparents
1885-1e35
Tin silver
Mr.. and Mrs. Parents
1910-1935
"Dear Mrs. Post: I have q great
many afternoon friends with whom I
play bridge and see at the woman's
club, but whose husbands have never
met. Very shortly I'm going to turn
TO addressing baby announcements,
and I don't know whether, as in the
case Of wedding announcements, it
is considered more polite to address
them to Mr.. and Mrs, or whether Mrs.
Is sufficient"
Answer-If you are sending out the
baby's card tied to your Mr.. and Mrs.
card, then address the announcements
to Mr.. and Mrs. But If you are choos-
ing to send only your own card, then
address envelopes to Mrs. alone. Both
are equally proper, but the mothers
card alone is usually sent to smaller
and more intimate list than the double
card Of the mother and father.
(cepyziSat. 19a6.l
Evening star., 1935-10-11
Failing Child
Uses Tales
AS Defense
Distress May Be Due
to Malnutrition in
Some Form.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

A LITTLE girl Of II left a note on
my desk. 1t was nicely written.
and would give any one the impress
sion that the writer had suffered gravr
injustice. It read like this:
Dear Mr.. Patri: My teacher sas-
that I am rude. She failed me II
reading, but she hasn't heard me reaS
the whole term. She gave me so IN
history and I know I passed my tests
the whole term. Is this fair? I in
tended to 60 to high school, but this
teacher has discouraged me so that T
may not go. Do you think this is
justice? I don't. Respectfully,
Fannie"
I looked up Fannie's record. She
had been failing all term. She had
been given special program. The
nurse and the doctor had seen her
every month. Her mother had been
in to see the teachers. She had not
only been asked to read daily, but she
had had special instruction in reading
and had been taken to the psychologi-
cal clinic for help. What made her
write that note?
Failing children are distressed. They
find themselves helpless and try to
find way out. The first thing they
always do is to look for some one to
blame, and so relieve themselves.
Usually it is the teacher. The fact
that they tell untruths, that the un.
truths will be uncovered, does not
mean anything TO them beforehand,
Their minds are confused and their
behavior is in accordance. If they
were intelligent, clear thinking chill
dren they would not be failing. We
must expect this sort Of thing from
the deficient ones.
Experienced teachers always know
this. They say nothing to. the child
at the time, but they gather the facts,
and when he is over the first emo-
tional outburst, tell him carefully, in
short, clear sentences, what is what,
II that does not help, then the parents
have to be told. Usually the teacher
manages to make the child see that
his story does not help him. Then
the child starts work once more.
Consider this when a child tells
startling story about something that
happened to him. One little girl told
that she had been kidnapped on the
way to school. We found that she had
spent the morning in a nearby store,
helping herself to whatever she could
lay hands on. She feared exposure
so provided this alibi. A boy told his
father and mother that the teacher
had blackened his eye and cut his lip
because the boy had stood up for
friend who was being i'll treated by
the teacher. We found that the boy
had been in a fight on his way home
from school, and that the teacher in
question had not seen him that day.
Such stories are the defense geS-
lures of failing children. Usually they
are ailing children. defective physi-
cally. Malnutrition is a common cause
for such behavior. Malnutrition Is
blanket term that covers much and
the specialist should see the child. II
is not merely a matter of food that
Is involved.
Any such tales should be carefully
investigated. Grown people ought to
have enough experience with children
and human beings generally to 60
slowly and carefully.
(Copyright 1935)