Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1915, Page 11

-4 pumste—only it works. THE BEE OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915 The Bees Home Magazine Page Pair Skating,an Art Which Gives Great Scope for Grace and Never Grows Tiresome From Photographs Posed Especially for The Bee By Cathleen Pope and George Kerner, The skaters have finished swinging the circle Booker Washington, Pioneer By WOODS HUTCHISON, M. D. PART 1. Tt is not always the best and most lasting work that a great man does th attracts the most attention during his| lifetime. Some of the finest accomplish, ments of a genlus are often passed over in comparative silence; Indeed, may ese ©eape recognition at their true worth by the man himself. Everyone, of course, is familiar with the instance of the great Leonardo, sur named da Vincl, whose deathless fame Tests upon “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa,” but to his contemporaries | he was chiefly known as a military en- gineer and Inventor and a bullder of for- tifications, There is even on record one of his own letters which he wrote to offer his ser- ,vices to the Duke of Milan, In which, after detailing his abilities and accom- plishments as an inventor of engines of war and bullder of battlements at con- siderable length, he closes with the casual after-thought remark: “Item—I an paint pictures and carve marble as we]l as any other man, be he who he may." It may well be that a like shift of the| emphasis of fame, though in lesser de- gree, may occur in the case of another great man who has just gone from us— far too soon. Booker Washington is now chiefly known as a great leader and coun- selor of his people in a time of peculiar trial and transition; a Moses who bullt his people up out of the bondage of ignorance and incompetence; & great conclllator, who brought together the black and the white upon a plane of mu- tual respect and drew out what was best in both. All this he was. But what is not so generally known, in fact, almost unrec- ognizeq save by those who have per- sonally visited his great laboratory for race regeneration, Tuskegee, he was also one of the great educational genluses and ploneers of all times, worthy to be memtioned in the same class with Pes- talozzl, with Froebel, with Herbart and with Wirt, Tuskegee is a kindergarten for a child race, which squares with common sense, and like all other gardens, is in the open | air, and its founder, a Froebel, with the insanity omitted. Tuskegee is the sane parts of Rousseau's dream come true, & Montessorl system applied to grown-ups | Like most great inventions, the edu- cational plan of Tuskegee grew up al- | most naturally out of the necessities of | the situation. And the situation was necessitous, pot to say poverty-stricken, 1o the verge of desperateness. The state | Alabama had decided upon an ‘m- | trial school for negroes in the black Lelt and the legislature had appropriated | the superb sum of §2,000 per annum for | its foundation, support and develop- ment | The problem was to devise a clirricu- lum, a course of study, which should not | merely make its graduates successful | and self-supporting in ter life, but | make them as nearly as possible sup- | vort themselves and the institution as | well while they were in the process of education iere was an opening for manual train ing and vocational education with a | eng As no site or ground of any | sort had been provided by the state, the first sten was to borrow $350 from a local | friend of the insitute that was to be, | with which to make the first payment toward the purchase of an old worn-out | plantation near the outskirts of the vil- | ance. Merchants! What reason have you to expPect business? Perhaps a statement of that reason would bring the busi. ness. Advertise in THE BEE, in Education lage which it was to make famous. On thie there was only one small frame bullding, variously described as a barn, and an abandoned country church, which was about the same thing in that part of the country. This was made water- tightand fitted with bunks and & cook stove by the charter class of seven or elght, under the president's direction. They were short of bedding and. hed neiiher spoons nor forks ang very few plates and cups, but they were in earnest and they belleved in their leader. Thelr next need was some sort of build- ing which could be used for a joint work- ghop and schoolroom; and a kindly nelghboring farmer, hearing of this, came to Booker Washington and told him that he had, at the back of his house, a small bullding which had been bullt for a work- shop and which he might have for his schoolroom if he cared to move it over. It had a good floor and roof and plenty of windows, but it had been used for several years past as a chicken house and would need a thorough cleaning and fumigating before it would be available. This is the story as told to the writer by Dr. Washington himself, and 1llus- trates not merely his courage and energy, | by dolng odd jobs, he asked him if he but also his keen and irrepressible sense of humor, which kept him cheerful even under the most discouraging circum- stances. After inspecting the offered and finding that it could be readily adapted to his purpose, he set out in search of some one to give it the neces- sary sanitary attention. Meeting an old colored man, who llved building had anything on hand for that after- noon. The old man was out of work and glad to get any chance of earning half a dollar. “All right, then, Sam,” said the doctor, “T have got & job for you. There's | a chicken roost over on Mr. So-and-So's | place that I would llke you to come and help me clean out this afternoon.” The | old man looked at him sharply and queerly. “When did say yo' wants me to do dat?" he asked. “Oh, this after- noon; say about 3 o'clock.” “Well, boss, replied the old darkey, ‘‘cose 1 do jes as yo' say: yo'se payin' me, but if I was yo' 1 wouldn’t clean out no chicken coop in broad daylight.” The coop, however, was cleaned and moved and made & most useful workshop and classroom. The skaters are here b | skaters’ By CATHLEEN POPE, | Who, With George Kerner, Is One of | the Btar Skaters at the New { York Hippodrome, | ARTICLE NO. 2, | While few lovers of sport will devote | time enough to become expert in any | one phase of skating, still tho charm of | pair skating stimulates interest and pro gress. Skating with another who skates as well, or nlmost as well, makes for| rivalry and comparison, Skating together s easler than danc- ing together, for two persons of un- equal ability can readily learn to skate very well together, the better skater helping to teach the other and benefit- ing his own skating the same time, Having followed the the suggestions set forth in article one, the same strokes may be tried backward. That Is, the circle elghts having been described, the hands joined, the stroke is taken swinging the skaters around In| a circle, | The skater gradually crosses the direc- tion of the skater in front snd ends the stroke on the opposite side of his partner This leaves the skaters in the position illustrated in figure one Figure two shows the beginning of the backward figure. The skaters start fac ing each other and with opposite hands touching or clasped. Let the poorer | skater strike out with the right foot alded by a vigorous push from the for- ward skater. The better skater will dol eginning the backward figure | more Among the circle on the left foot forward out side edge. while the poorer skater will | do It on the right foot backward outside edge. | The weaker foot should always be used than the stronger foot, 8o that both may be equally strengthened. One leggod skaters are never fully accredited experts In the sport. When reasonable security has been obtalned skating back- ward, while the partner in skating for- ward, both may skate backward. This is similar to the position recommended for learning the forward outside circie together. The most agreeable and one of the sim- plest figures for their skating ls the “Once Back,” or walts. Both partners skate this figure on the same foot simul- taneously. The skaters stand as fllus- trated in figure three. A strong outside edge circle s started by each skater on the right foot. When one-half the circle has heen skated a three is made and immediately an outside edge backward stroke Ia started on the other foot. Both par- tners are now golng backward on the left outside edges. When two-thirds of the circle has been skated a three on the left foot s made and the pair strike out on the right out #ide edges to the spot where the figure was begun. It must be remembered that skating 18 more a matter of balance and accuracy than It is a matter of strength. (The third and last article in this series will appear on this page soon.) The correct way to begin the the World's Premier Artists in Ice Skating *Once Back,"” or waltz By H. H. STANSBURY. 3 WASHINGTON, Deo. 1L—8enator Atlee Pomerene tells a story about Willlam J. Bryan's recent campalgn for the "drys' in Ohlo and how Mr, Bryan was sus- pected of violating neutrality by one of his Teutonlc admirers. Mr. Bryan ob- served that he was glad so many Ger- mans were present, and remarked that the German emperor was a ‘“teetotaler.” Immediately there was a disturbance in In-Shoots Every man does not way at the same joke. laugh the same 14 1a seldom that a dog’s reputation for intelligence has been earned. Marrk is invariably a faflure in o of love that inspires gun play. No brunette woman can ever be per: suaded that blondes are natural It is seldom that the husband and wife teth entertain affection for another wo- man. Victrola IV, $16 Oak the audience. Several men were strug- Eling with an excited German-American who appeared to be trying to reach Mr. Bryan or expostulate with him. 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