New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1924, Page 6

ing lttle, but perhaps s thinking much, HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Tssued Dally (Sunday Exoepted) STREETS, CARS AND PAVING A\, Horald Bldg., 67 Church Street It has been notdeeable to all ob- | serving citizens that th has been repairing of street surfaccs abutting | car tracks In various parts of New Britain, the West SUBSCRIPTION RATES 00 Three 3 a Month, * Entored nt the Post Office at New Britain particularly il as Second Class Mall Matter, | Matn street line, TELEPHONB CALL Business Office , Editorial Rooms Work of this kind is a relic of the iay when street cars were drawn by the animals to be f — I The only profitable adv ng medium in the City. Clrculation books and Pross soom always open to advertisers orses and impriuts from the | the | owed and of the used roughfares Member of the Associnted 1uged. Orlginally street car com The Awsc Press titled to the for all news credited to 1t o ne U'ress. panies were compelled to construct ind maintaln pavements between | thetr P rails and two feet on cach side. until the | financial cendition of the Connectl- | cut s system remained Member Andit Bureau of Circulation, orgunizatlon induced the state au-| the paving de- to elght inches on each side company ities to lessen ndg of the rails, This amounted to & re- | the pavipg st the companies, a just reduc- luction of assessment Herald H ts on ti considering that electric rall- ways do not fnjure the paving In the manner of the old horse cars. The cost of such paving and bridge "TLER'S BEST BALLYHOO ‘Willam M. mnational ! ‘ukase the that the federal Co groat issue of t Boclalist third statement “is ple tion assessments constitutes the most di- rect local taxes paid by the strget | car ccmpanies. Their regular taxes | constitute a three per cent levy upon | their gross receipts, which goes toi the state. Until quite recently the | tax rate was 4 1-2 per cent.. relieved of a tax on gross receipts, merely paying fees to the motor vehiele department for registration, which with other such fees from automobile | used to keep up the state highways. also pay local license fees. The cost of street upkeep from both cars and busses is nothing td bus interests; it | is something, however, that citizens are interested in, Busses are believed to injure the streets more than the street cars, but exactly how much it 5 s'r\:n‘&onils probable no one can determine. ; | The cities are left high and dry The third | 45 pay for and maintain the major Which | o rtion of thelr streets irrespective *an PArty: | or motor bus fees, automobile fees JTEME COUTt | g street car paving costs. The bus license fees, which are ccmr"rnuvely‘ light, go to the city and probably are enough to maintain a few blocks of pavement every year; the street company paves between the tracks and eight inches on each side when the highway gets too rough: ahd licenses for the most part go tothe state, the , chairmun of the P. t tenor o G. 0. sue a which was is the party, d to the destruce Busses are of the de- Cons struction of the § ition—the ipreme court. One does not argument Y¥rom managers; front of the tent who a fract attention by rancous prattle on the lovable qualities of the bearded lady inside. expect accuracy of owners are | political campaign they are ballyhoos in empt to at- alarm the car and It is no defense of the to point out that Butler’ i3 false. The party is not | the “‘destruction of nor has it in view th of the Supr party favors originated in t that the power o to de r' essional enactmen be limited, and it proposes to bring this about by a constitut 1 amend- ment, if it can. How can adding to the constitution be destroying it? The Herald out that the plan is third party S doctrine, has alr i ady pointed that the function court enactments tionable, and | supreme ’ h and the automobile f is to prevent congressional from infringing on 5 ing but a small come-back. the tenets of the C tion, and Meantime thousands of autos and trucks from elsewhere pass over the | | city streets while en route to points beyond, adding thelr quota of wear | and tear. 0 In spite of the handicaps of the that in the main the out to the benefit of vided laws are not stitutional by a five * the court. The La Follette stem works the country pro- declared uncon- to four votg of contention is that state law, and of which we do not complain, the streets of New Britain | are comparatively well paved com- | pared with almost any other city in the state. The city government has | looked after the needs of the city’s population in this respect. There is no other city, no matter what the size, that has a larger percentage of permanent paving than New Britatn, an amendment to the Cénstituiion be added all thirds vote, t Supreme court ress, by a two- e a veto of the law He is willir previously rald op- poses th mit there for it; at the s not taken in paign p; tution and the be destroyed by sugh a process. Both pass plan, to ad- Argument Herald Butler's cam- is a plenitude same time by Mr. ver that both the Consti- | 4 1ot of them considerably less. ipreme court Would n, . y41ge proportion of permanently paved streets in the city is favorably | ted upon by visitors who| take to their own citles stories of how N Britain manages nsi paving problems so effectually. would continue to exist. e commie The “party of Abraham Lincoln” aided opposition to such decisions of o the high court at the time Abraham a Lincoln was nominated, When resolutjon was passed by the conven-| ® | POLITICAL STICKERS tion. 1 joner Stoeckel of the mo- | ! tor vehicle department is quoted as of the opinion that action inst motorists who plaster stick- ors on their windshields is not neces- | s few | Comm in fact upon In later tim ~—Senator Bor ¢ the opposition to the tion of power in this respect. Borah aborate being court’s assump- sary by his department. He s arivers will obstruct their view in| way, they can | Jeader of the court 8o as to and ai tr be is manner, arrcsted if they do. { Stickers are not permitted in Massachusetts nor in Rhode Igand. Either the: or Connecticut is wrong. power of the eliminate Jegislative party program goes fi , no distinctions o th of t Repu kan party thou ell Borah and his 1 to nominate with Coolidge, bu “elined the with Pre: House. running “he ¥ thoue his i strer Borah récogniti 0. P. senator T 5 to 4 decisions overriding enactment. third king wrong vote states are he have been placed on| advertise eampaigns, | 1s Stickers windshields to fairs and dr ies that it w ves it Mr him as vice-president | chora that Stoeckel does possible to in with the persor ry of state politicians during the We will be able to| n the Wt 1 B Y mpaign? believing judge by the number of G. O. !" find on | automobiles; sive ters that their way and to be| some already .’ i >ershing rose in the and wrough merit. ,rmy was not spectacular, but it was ) rendered . and performed. He nead the A. E.F rance on the strength of his record fililed the by the government and its nation His service From tF good service, well netiliously party ¢ as the wus votes to 08 to n en however, st honor of mate, Senat con' placed 8 him Hoover were considered, final choice | pegple, falling upon Dawes. The general has peen & Suppose I minds of his countrymen military ro in the great the proftered nom nos e dent? He by this thing which 4s the supreme da M. And Mr. Butier wo Jauding these dange precating them \ Senator Borah is still publican party; there is 1 that he has time that Mr the party done so. er ment tutned him from the paths of modesty. He did seek to capi- his popularity in the political W ge of a was held never for a mo- Mr. command of the he applied efficiency n American forces unobtrusive his name had been identified It is said one of the him _the | quiet, with whiek previo usly has already { cpjef rcasons for giving comsm@®] was his excellent record frect, he The Idaho semator is | Chinese generals have been able to | | moderate | extensive the ¥the northern d G NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER at the head of the American punitive expedition into Mexico, At that time he was given explioM orders by the commander-in-chief, President Wil. sen, as to what the army was ex- pected to do in Mexico and especially hat it was expected not to do, Like the first class military man that he 1s, General Pershing followed the ‘Wilson policy to the letter, He took ‘care not to complicate the grave sit- uation but kept his forces 100 per cent efficient and followed the lines laid down for him in fashion. BY ROBERT QUILLEN in the eating. Too many who merely stop buying. ‘The less he has to do when he get there, the faster he goes, is a man-about-broke, masterly It may be that choose the next president. pray. When he arrived In France at the | head of the A, K. F, he did not punctuate his arrival with a fanfare of trumpets. He advised the allled high command that the Amerlcans would We ready to win at a certain time, and when that time arrived they contributed the thrust toward victory that he had ppomised. His tactical suggestions were of extreme value. His suggestion that the allied command-be unified was a potent reason for consummating that im- portant change under Foch. General Pershing did not suggest, however, that the command be unified under himself as the commanding general, as many an ambitious military man ‘would have done under the circum- stdnces, but insisted that he wanted to command the Americans only and | would act under the high command as directed. The jack lifts up a car; for it prevents th stage. . the desir uplift of th = ="*] A hick town ‘s a place where peo. ple are considered unorthodox i p. m. cook. labor, but driver vote, he will get the mule The Nearly all good Calvinists are con. servative, General Pershing's hold upon the popular mind has b¥en strong, but somewhat different than the popu- larity of some other notable military and naval heraes. This is partly due to the fact that he has not sought the spotlight. His prestige as a great military commander rests upon his record of accomplishment and has not been utilized to command politi- | cal prestige, and he discouraged all | efforts along those lines. The general goes into private life honored by the government and the people whom he served so valiantly and well for 42 years. rejected. thing come out family 2" of the us? judgment if given time. THE BRASSCOS PARADE The value of having a professional baseball club in the Eastern league is thus summarized by the Water- | bury Republican. case of indigestion. “It provides opportunity for indulgence of sporting interest in a clean, honest pastime and allows a considerable portion of the population to work off part its excess by 'razzing’ the visit- ing players, cheering the home team and jeering the umpire.” the twain shall meet. Foch's strategy consisted passed on to pedestrians. Every wife who thinks if he were smaller. The Waterbury team has succeed- ed in winning the league pennant, Yet “success for the local team this year | has been crowned with few if any | dollars,” says the editor. The Brasscos grasped the lead on | the first day of the season, and with | the exception of one day when it | yielded first place to Hartford, the | team retained it throughout. It wasn't really a race, but a pro- cession. conservatives now. What has become of 25 Years Ago Today From Paper of That Date Daniel Frohman's comedy, WHENCE THE AMMUNITION? Whence has the ammunition come | with which the Chinese armies are | fighting? Guns in quantities are not | made in China, and the powers made a pledge at the Washington Arms conference not to permit the more arms into piece of scenery, properties is carried by pany. Companies E and I held furniture, the Colt's meadows yesterday afternoon. Captain Bullen and shipment of any Smith were high guns. China until the competing armies | there had been disbanded. (= A | York A special dispatch to the Chicago | geningt Tribune brought the that vast quantities of arms and am- | m city. Company E en change their minds. munition are stored in Shanghai and | were played today. had accumulated after .the POWers won from M. P. Felt. had made the Washington pledge. W. Li Hatch and T. W. Mitchel The dispatch states that an in-|Were nominated for the that the arms | Subway commissioners George Cooley hington confer- |y ten days' visit at his Germantown, Pa. delphia he inspected the vestigation showed embargo of the W ence had been thoroughly disregard- ed, and that smuggling of war ma- térial had been so common that the | old home, setman Hurlburt, secure all the arms they need. 1t would appear that the powers made very little efort to stop the smuggling. or macadamizing the road tc rmington. Electric Field has been the high school football game Sat urday with Middletown. Some the candidates for the team tice in the yard at noon, and have Qbservations On The Weather o a nearby property owner whose garden the ball was kicked The | the Washington, Sept. weather bureau today issued following storm warning: started at the high school. Advisory 10 a. m. Tropical dis- (0T FRENCH BUDGET vicinity of Appalachicola, | 1925 Figures to Be Kept at 30 Bil will be strong north | and northwest in direction in north- An eastern Gulf tonight. Forecast for Southern New Eng- jand: Partly cloudy tonight and| Paris, Sept. 15—The TFrench Tuesday; probably showers in south ' budget for 1925 is to be kept down lon Francs, Tax Revenue. portion; not much change in tem- to 30,000,000,000 francs, all of which from | permanent taxes, Premier Herriot is | Excelsior. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; The Premier this week is continuing his task of pruning the budget items perature, moderate to fresh north-|will be covered by ' revenue east winds. Forecast for Eastern New York: resolved, according to showers in South portion; h ghange in temperature; probabl not mu down to requisite proportions. to fresh northwest winds. It is evident, says Excelsior, tha A small disturbance it is impossible to halance budget. Furthermore, if the majc Conditions central over western Florida is caus- ing unsettled weather with quite heavy rains from Alabama north- eastward to Virginia. The dis-|pledges almost 8,000,000,000 franc turbance will probably pass out to|will be added to the expenditures sea south of Hatteras, N. An| It remains to be seen, the news. area of high pressure is| paper adds, whether the sant weather stricts east of thc|wise policy of “rebuilding our finan. Rocky Mountain The tempera- |cial framework” which is th ture is moderately low aloug the|phrase dear to the premier. northern border from Montana to| Excelsior also understands Maine. Conditions fa producing ple tha change in #*.perature, debt, both internal and external. “stop smoking"” Very frequently & man-about-town the senate will Let us they don't pull down the shades at 7 It takes tact to keep a cook and a vivid imagination to call her a Dawes may be objectionable to president knows This stuff. It is especially easy to despise the movies after you have had & scenario ‘Republican phrase: “Can any good Bryan And so Japan is no longer mad at Those chaps usually show good little more than a day to cultivate a Maine street is Main street and Wall street is Wall strect and never in an elastic resistance; the suggestion is honestly knows she would spank her husband The radicals of yesteryear are un- changed, except that they are called the old- | fashioned ‘author who could tell & story without delving in psychology? A Colonial Girl,” was presented at the Lyceum theater this evening. Every and com- their first practice shoot of the season at Lieutenant Members of Company I voted to march in the Dewey parade in New voted participating last night but information | efforts are being made to have the The semi-finals in the golf match ‘ M. §. Hart de- other points in China, and that they | g.ot.q M, Pease and H. H. Pease office of has returned from While fn Phila- subway bidding for the town, was awarded the contract mowed nd marked out in preparation for of prac- been put on their good behavior by into A small surveying class is being Covered From the | ity requires of the government ime- mediate fulfillment of its electoral majority in all | will have the courage to support the the government intends to use the vor for this vicinity [ money paid by Germany in 1926 to partly clougg weather and not much begin a sinking fund for the national Facts and Fancies JThe test of the political party is ) WALLY THE MYSTIO He'll Apswer Your Questions Somehow. Maid, widow, man or blushing bride, It you've a problem to decide, Just drop a note to Wally, who Will solve whatever's troubling you. - No Rush Dear Wally:— For six solld years I've courted one of Scotland's dears My love had grown so great I'm dotty. Shall I propose? Yours truly, * BCOTTY. ] e Dear Scotty:— Hoot man, but you're brash! Be careful now; do nothing rash. Court five years more; there is no hurry , You'll have that much less time to worry, It A Puzder Dear Wally;— I'm a loving maid; I'm not too free nor yet too stald. I smoke a bit, but not too much. ‘Why don't boys like me? BEATS THE DUTC}Li | - Dear Beats the Dutch:— It's hard, dear Miss, To pell, off-hand, the cause of this. When fellows see you. do they | laugh? | Please madll graph. your latest photo- Auto masher:—"Hello, girlle, won't you jump in for a spin? You have such wonderful eyes—beautiful hair—inviting lips 4 Cautious maiden:—"Yes, yes; go on.” —Walter Marvin. Page Wally! Jones:—"How can I reduce my weight?” Bones:—"Write for a living.” —W. L. Benjamin, Why Did I Kiss That Girl ? Dear Mrs, Smith: Smith:—"You surely have a fine lot of stenographers here. Where do you find them?" Head stenographer:—‘Usually back in the corner, arranging their hair.” —Roselle L. Kassel. Said a young man to his wife at a state fair: “Give me the lunch| basket, dear. We might lose each other in this crowd | And John Spoke For Himself “With all my faults, you love me still, don't you John, dear,” she ask- | ed her husband. “I don’t know,” wearily responded John, “I never saw you that way." —E. P. Milbank. | | 1 Yot a Bad Idea She:—"I "sent three contributions to the editor of The Fun Shop, and he didn't accept any of them.' | He: \'h‘ don’t yau send your plcture 2" | —Lillian Rebsamen. Catch as Catch Can A bachelor leads a lonesome life, Deprived of the joys of home &nd | wife; | He never knows, the poor old bum, ‘Where the next kiss is coming from. | ~—George W. Lyon. / As The Season Opens Leaving a political rally, where he had heard one of the prominent candidates speak, Uncle Rastus was | accosted by a ward leader, Vell, uncle, what «do you think of our man?" he was asked. “I dunno, hoss. But he sho' do| recommen’ hisself mos’ highl —Charles S. Robinson. | The Reward of Her Smile She was rather an elderly girl of perhaps forty-five, and he was a good looking young man. | She smiled at him across the aisle of the car, and presently he crossed over apd seated himself beside her. “Whuld you care to riake an ap- poiniment with me?" he asked seri- ously. She giggled hysterically and nodded her head, Visions of an auto ride with the handsome young man L 1 “Very well,"” he replied. “Be at my office at ten o'clock tomorrow morn- {ing. T am considered an excellent | dentist, and I think it is not to late to fill those fromt teeth of yours.” t | s The Blow that Killed May:—"What do'you think? My prize fighter friend proposed last night.” :—"And did you accept him?" May:—"Don't be silly. I told him to count me out, of course.” ~L. J.: Childers. t The Editor's Gossip Shop ‘We must not forget to emphasize: Please sign your name and address | his father had at her side quite upset her. | He arose and handed her his card. | 1, 194, {0 each bit of humor'that you send in, So that, it we “lift" out one item, that contribution will be credited to the proper person at the proper ad« dross, JAnd then, although we do not know why, there are some contribu. tors who do not give'us their correct address. The result is that we have some 16 checks which have been re. turned to us with the ' statement: “Wrong address.” “No longer there." Have you sent in that joke today? Dark ¥inance A darky named Sam borrowed $25 from his friend, Tom, and gave hl ‘note for the amount. Time went on, the note became long past due, and Tom was very im« patlent for its payment, 0 One day the men met on the street. Tom stopped and sald with determinatiof “Look heah, man, when ah you-all t' gwine t' pay thet note?" p “I ain't got no money now,"” re- plied Sam, “but I'm goin’ to pay it soon as T kin,” Yo' been sayin' thet fer months,” retorted Tom, “but it don't git me no money. Yer gwine t' pay that money here and now, that's whut yer gwine t' do. Ef y' don't, y' know whut I'm goin' t' do? I'm goin' to burn yer old note, then whar'll yo' be at?” “Yas yo' will. Yas yo' will,” Sam shouted. *“Jes yo' burn dat note o' mine and I'l pop a law suit onto you. —Tillie M. Smith. “That was a poor Excuse of a kiss,” - He sighed, as he pecked At the lips of a gniss. “Ma's watching u She warned, “but, Paul, A poor excuse ~Beats none at all.” ? —K. D. E. The flapper of today may know nothing about baking, but what she can't do with a pile of dough 1s a shame. (Copyright 1924, Reproduction forbidden). BEANKING GONE BUSINESS FAILURE Lewis E. Sands Missing-Crash Entails Possibly $300,000 Albion, N. Y., Sept. 15.—Weaken- ing under the strain of financial wor- ries, his friends believe, Lewis E.| Sands, wholesale bean dealer and | known as the “World's Bean King,” has vanished. As a result of his disappearance, his wholesale plant here, doing hueinef! as Lewis E. Sands Co., Inc., and twenty-eight recelving stations and warehouses in this state and scores “of others throughout the country today far the first time stand idle, in’compliance with an order of his attorney. Lia- bilities of the company are said to| exceed the assets by from $300,000 | to $500,000, Rated a millionaire, bearing a high reputation as a philanthropist, | civic leader and churchman, :\nd} recognized by election to bank di-| rectorates, for his business ability, Sands who vanished last Tuesday, from small beginnings built up a business that won for him world- wide distinction. His Rise to Wealth His rise from near poverty to “World Bean King” has all the ele- ments of fiction. When Henry Sands, | father of Lewis, left Albion for parts unknown, his wife and four chil- dren, two sons and two daughters were left to shift for themselves.The elder Sands had eked out a living by | buying small lots of beans from nearby farmers and picking them over in a small barn in the rear of the Sands home. Lewis Sands was 15 years old| when his father left and the bur-| den of supporting the family fell| upon him. He chose to sort beans as done. Within a few years he was hiring from two to five women to as: him in the ‘\'Drk: | and ‘acquiring a reputation for hun-l‘ esty which proved valuable to him in later years. Shortly after, Sands married Mary Stevens, daughter of an Albion Methodist minoster. He succeeded in interesting Wall street | capital in his bean business, erccted | a large plant and set out to gain a better foothold in the industry. When the World war breke out the business was firmly intrenched in New York and many other states and was in a position to bid for con- fracts to furnish beans for the al- lied armies. It is reported that Sands made more than a million dollars from these contracts. During his business career, Sands has devoted himself almost entirely to his own industry and it is De- lieved by friends here that the strain hae caused some form of men- tal disturbance. Sands gained for hignself a record by his donations to | charities and institutions. Dees Big Business. The Sands corporation has done | annual business of four or five million dollars through branches in many states. There are 28 branches in this state and the rest are scat- tered through Michigan, Massachu- setts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, western states. The company’s principal creditors areb anks in Boston, Philadeiphia, Rochester, Waverly, Lockport and western cities, besides several bean | dealers thoughout the country. Announcement of the closing was de by Sanford T. Church, attor- for Mr. Sands. He said no action had been taken toward bankruptey. | this depending on further examina- tion of the books and a meeting of creditors, “I am confident in the integrity of | Mr, Sande and belleve fis absence is caused by a mind broken over finan- worries,” Mr. Chuch said. “A prelimipary examination of the com- ‘a books indicates. that it is in- | solvent.” m; The oldest book In the world is the “Rig Ved which was in ex- istence 1500 y before Christ, PRINCE PLANS TO Remainder of His Visit o Be self during the concluding days of | Meadow Brook. after his program of activities prob ably will be less formal than duri was filled with dinner and dance en- | ccrned a Canadian soldier, made no resi Rhode Island, California‘and other | { Fair today and tomorrow, little change in temperature — Con- tinued drouth. — HIS summer has been un- usually dry. Gardensand lawns have been’ burned to a crisp by a scorching sun. Last winter was open—there was little snow or rain, As the night follows day, the pendulum yvxll swing; we are in for a good old-fash- ioned winter ofsnowdrifts and ice; every indication points to severe weather ahead and bad going— Oh--by-the-way, is your winter’s coal’ tucked away in your cellar? f ’ here is no better coal than our OLD COMPANY'S AN- THRACITE. Order part *BUCKWHEAT for banking —it’s cheaper, The Citizens Coal éo. fard and Main Office Berlin Yard CUptown Offics 24 Dwight Court. opp. Berlin station 104 Arch St Tel. 23708, Tel. 2075-5, Tel. 3266, \ 4 Thuréday night, not waiting to see the cbneluding polo game on Satur- No confirmation could be made of a report that the prince had &cld his | eight polo ponies to Julius Flelsch- | mann for $30,000. NOT BRITAIN'S BEST More Quiet ; | London Press Explains That Polo | HAVE REAL REST Team Does Not Represent Strong- Syosset, N. Y., Sept. 15.—After a round of golf yesterday and having | been saved from annoyance last| London, Sept. 16.—The commen- night by an intruder who climbed tdtors in the morning newspapers the fence of the James A. Burden|express chagrin over the crushing estate. the Prince of Wales today | defeat of the British in the first of was prepared to quietly enjoy him-|the international polo matches at They sday they were his visit to the United States. Here- | Dot surprised that the Americans won but they were not prepared for uch an overwhelming score. ~The public_here will be _con- less about the defeat'than the fact that the British team is in no wise the best available, this due United States. |to a serics of unfortunate events The prl o b | which have long agitated polo en- he prince was away {rom the|g, g ana which are alleged to Burden home, where he is living ! while in this cotntry, when & man|be, traceable.to a personal ‘antag- o 7 onism. entered the gate last a4 an- ntered the gate last night and an-| oy * 55y Nows ruefully recalls nounced that he wanted to see the = oyl Visithr (“on y e aonall busl tess.i||the dong series fofs Britisneallures in international sports, of which State troopers stopped the man and, s after searching him for weapons, es- | the Meadow Brook polo and W alker corted him from the grounds, The!CuD EOIL events are only the Jatest Nevertheless it deglines intruder, who said he forme | examples: to believe that the British empire is in danger of disruption by moral O S R e S b | gt GG (R nopstally v S et lGE tha (iraee Lot RIS RERS thentaticn home saw a figure moving among | : the gloom in the trees and bushes. When the trooper ran to the he found the man to be the same who had earlier #ntered by the gate. He had climbed the fence at a dis- tance from the front gate and h.l‘l} started for the house again. Finally the state troopers put him on a train for New York. Trey were convinced he was shell shocked. est Aggregation. the first period of his visit, which sporting gagements which had been arranged | in advance of his arriyal in the tance when he was led away. FOR MISS DYER Miss Ruth pantry shower in evening at the iter Burce of Pearl ere present from t Berlin, Berlin, Southington and tifis city. The Bunce home Wwas | decorated with pink and white as & Unjess the British polo team wins |color scheme. Mies Dyer will be- tomorrow's game, the prince prob-|come the bride of George Rawlings, ably will leave for/ Canada next Friday, September 20. SHOWE? About 20 f! | Dyer_attended her honor Fri home of Mrs. V Court. Guests ends of i)R. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL Education . By DR. FRANK CRANE According to Dr. A. Duncan Yokum, Professor of Educational Re- search of the University of Pennsylvania, the radio, the motion picture and the automobile have turned educational methods upside down. \ “The average child,” says Dr. Yokum, “who has a radio is gaining more of a knowledge of the world he lives in than was possessed by the well-educated man of fifty years ago. “The children have grasped the scientific construction of the radio in a way that amazes their parents. What we, as parents, must do now is to teach them how to apply all of this mass of real experiencé that is coming into their lives. It has be- come our task to make the child articulate of the world about hinr.” Dr. Yokum recommended the “project method” to teachers, which consists in training the puplls to put into actual practice the scientific theories that have been explained to them. The project method develops the skill of the pupll by showing him how to make some practical article by scientific means. By this means a bewildering mass of details are made clear and the child given a more complete understanding of the world about him, Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Yokum said, the phrases which were used by educational writers were “training the mind,” “mental discipline,” and “strengthening the faculties.” These phmses-indicate a type of education involving school subjects and methods which have little or no bearing upon any task which-the pupils may be required to-perform out in the world, or any problem which they will have to solve, or any undertaking in which they may be interested. Education, however, that is designed to secure mental discipline, ac cording to the doctor, should take but slight uccount of the usefulness of any subject In dealing with which the discipline is to be gained. Those who are abandoning such phrases as those quoted above main tain that pupils should be required to acquire such knowledge and gain such experience as they will have fise for in everyday life. According to this fact, a pupil cannot do, outside of school, anything essentially different from that which he has done in school. - Also he will accomplislt more in the acquisition of knowledge and skill if he is intes- ested in his tasks than if he is not interested in them and does not feel any desire to attack them. g More’and more efiucation is becoming a practical matter, something for the equipment for life and not a useless enthusiasm. e Copyright, 1924, by The McClure's Newspaper Syndicate.