The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 25, 1904, Page 23

s MINISTER DESC Advertised for One and Made Selection From Two Thousand Applicants. AR EV. GEORGE W. BROWN- BACK, pastor of the Pil- grims Congregational Church of Reading, Pa., took a movel method | of ob wife, has now x months, and his fam- most happy one. been ma as formerly Miss Blanche Newark, N. J., and they are apparently a well-mated couple. Nis wnback is very much inter- ested in h Dr. Brownback, it will be re- culled, advertised for a wife He re- | ceived 2000 applications for his hand. | ut in Miss de Since then he has spoken a great deal | on married life and “how to be happy | band’s income. though wedded . To a New York World correspondent | he expatiated on “how to treat a wife,” 2s follows “Marriage as it should exist is an husband and he is greatly | | the same energy in their housework as { doors, Cow he found his ideal. | home with their wives. institution where two human beings are drawn together by love. Union and happiness are the result. Such mar- riages are divine. Marriages to-day in most cases are merely an outward tie, impelled by custom, policy, necessity, founded not even in friendship, to say nothing of love. A true wife acknowl- edges her husband’s authority, but she must realize that she is at the head of the house, but not the boss. May the good Lord deliver us from a boss in petticoats. If some women would put do in gossip many saloons and to close their they beer clubs would have “An ideal wife lives within her hus- pity a man who sfter marrying finds that all he has to show riage fee is a dress form, a medicine chest and a whining voice. | one. week and remain home but one nlgh&:r»member how {a week with his wife. He will not pay , faults before marriage. and husbands would remain at| ¢,y pait a dozen meats in another fam- | Many a poor husband | is strangled by his wife's fine lace. I for his mar- | finding wife is worse than a fit of chilis and fever, and I don’'t wonder that men drink whisky to get over the attack.” “How should a man treat his wife?"” “A good husband is one who thinks more of his wife than he does of him- self. Harsh and cruel words often make bad cooking. It drives all the | wife’s energy away.. A good husband will not spend $6 of his wage before he gives his wife $1 toward the family’s support. He will not give her six un- kind words before he gives her one Kind He will not stay out six nights a ily before he provides for one in his own. “A good wife gains the affection of and beautiful she is. himself and not become careless and negligent. $ “My model husband does not wait un- til his wife dies to give her flowers. He brings her a rose whenever he possibly can while she is on the earth to enjoy it. A gingle rose perfumed with love in life is worth more than a dozen wreaths on the casket lid. A model husband snouid frequently place his arms around his wife and tell her how sweet It may be stretch- ing the truth, but God will forgive you and your wife will be happy. He must blind he was to her If he has dis- covered her faults he must keep his eyes closed tight and not say a word. “A model husband always remembers he is the husband of one wife. her husband by catering to his appe- | he thinks less of his wife and more of tite. Good meals make a good hus- band. Man should never forget his marriage contract. He must appreciate A fault- | the beautiful flower he has taken unto another womgn the breakers of hell are Lefore hinm. A model husband should always enter the home with a beaming countenance, no matter how hard the When | day’'s work has been or how much money he has lost.in stocks or business. “If husbands forget all this the result will be the home will be dreary, the children’s voices will be hushed and de- spondency and gloom will reign where sunshine and happiness would predom- inate. A smile upon the noble wuman who has sacrificed her very life for him will make his home an ideal one. It is enough to make any honest, high- minded man desperate to think of the treatment that too many wives receive at the hands of their husbands. Their husbands! It is a shame to apply to these degenerates so noble a term. The true husband guards his wife's peace | of mind and is zealous of the trust she has reposed in him. But these men are quite regardless of their wives' happi- ness. Business is first, home second, or, 1 should say, last. “This is a transitory age in which many a husband treats his wife too much as chattel property, yvet he does not give her a right to share in his business and plans, does not allow her the proper responsibility which belongs to her. “A husband must not treat his wife as a dependent. Do not put her to the humiliating inconvenience of asking you every time she wants carfare. Your wife is not your child, whose spend- thrift tendencies you must curb. Con- sider together your income, the cost of actual necessities, how much should be placed in reserve and then divide the rest between you. “Dress your wife well, gantly. not extrava- When she comes down in a pink La France roses don’t tell her that a half-dozen American Beauties at a quarter the price would do just as well. She will think of these you sent her the morning of the wedding at $10 a dozen. The saddest spectacle is that of a sweet, sensible, intelligent woman married to a conceited, empty-headed, tyrannical fool. IBES IDEAL WIFE .¢ “When God had created Adam he saw that what man desired more than anything else was a helpmate. He therefore created woman for man— namely, Eve. He didn't take part of man’s brain to create her. If such would have been the case woman would have been superior to man. God didn't want that. Neither did he take a part of man's feet to create her, for if such would have been the case man would have despised woman. God didn’t de- sire that. But we find that God teok from man a rib and from it created woman. We all know that the ribs are | located close to the heart, and he did ravishing creation of white chiffon and | that so that man should love woman. “The question of boss-ship should never be considered in the home. Both should occupy the head chair of the family together and discuss the needs of the family, the topics of the day, ete. Try to enlightén one another. Love your wife, show her lots of pleasurs and your home will be an ideal one.” THE ADVANTAGES OF THE CENTRALIZED SCHOOL | HERE are tremendous possi- bilities for good in the evolu- tion of the country schools of California. past there has been but little change in their general condition. It is true that the qualifica- tions reqiired of the teachers are higher than form: that there is closer sympa and co-operation in the teach profession and that in some parts of the State more liberal views in the community have brought school- adjustment to modern been made, for the Nevertheless conditions has not iverage school district remains as It as mearly & generation ago. The oid d =till prevailing thought was and s that the schoolhouse must be near the scholar on the ranch, hence the crea- tion - end maintenance of numerous school districts with an average at- tendence of fifteen or twenty scholars cr less. Whether these are graded or ungraded schools, they suffer by rea- [ of their isolation, their inferior -equipment and particularly because in s0 many cases the available funds will only justify short terms of school znd the engagement of ordinary or inexperienced teachers. Small schools are also at a disadvantage because they always lack the vitalizing force which comes through the competition of many minds end contact of robust natures with those of the average mold. But 2 change awaits the district schools of the populous valleys of Cal- For many years | ifornia. This is to come through the establishment of what % sometimes called the centralized school. Its nu- merous benefits are to be secured by disorganizing several adjoining school distrigts, consolidating them into a vnion district graded school and daily transporting all of the children by hired carriages to and from their homes. There are two distinct purposes in view for this plan. One of these is for a financial and the other for an educa- tional reason. Taking up first the edu- cational feature as the most important one to be considered, it may be seen that that the plan contemplates the organ- ization of a strong union school to be held in a three or four room schooihouse Luilt in a central locality in accordance with modern ideas of ventilation, sani- tation, light and heat. The old school buildings can be sold or kept for neigh- borhood convenience. Fewer teachers will be wanted, but superior ones will be required and their services will be more permanent. Each teacher will teach two or three grades only, with far better results than when caring for cight or nine grades. Of course, one of the teachers will be the supervising principal. In such a school special studies of music, drawing and nature work can often be thoroughly taught. There will be more professional enthu- siasm among the teachers, with the sure result that school becomes much more interesting to the older Boys and girls, and they will no longer quit it at an early age. Longer terms will be held. More public interest is manifested in|children from a central point, by thecllx miles distant, with transportation|to return to the old plan of sending the larger school and better men are elected trustees. Closer ties will pre- vail in the community. Courses.of lec- tures and entertainments can be sus- tained. In short, the centralized school can be made the intellectual and social center of the whole territory that it reaches. Through such a school chil- dren no longer receive the smaller bene- fits of the isolated school, but obtain all that belongs to the ‘thoroughly organ- ized, well disciplined and amply equip- ped town school. The advantages of country life and town life are in this manner combined. Besides thee signal educational fm- provements, the centralized school fur- nishes its superior advantages, includ- ing transportation charges, for a less outlay than is required by the employ- ment of a larger number of teachers in four, five or more districts and the in- evitable annval repairs on all the sepa- rate school buildings. This assertion is demonstrated by experience and thus the economic vlew merits most careful attention. It will be readily seen that the-nrlk- ing features of this radical change 1s the transportation of the children. The school no longer goes t6 the children; the children go to the school. It can- not be called a twentieth century idea because the plan has elsewhere been successfully adopted for many years. It Is in line with that other popular modern innovation—rural mail delivery. How is the transportation wf In:one ot thres ¥AYS. - BV ulflnl carriage passing through the main road only, or by the carriage calling at all the homes in the neighborhood. The third course is the most convenient and proves most successful of all. Cov- ered carriages are provided; equal care with the selection of teachers is be- stowed in engaging drivers; routes are let to the lowest approved bidder who is under bonds and the conveyance is made on schedule time. Tardiness ut school consequently disappears from the list of school annoyances. ‘What objections are urged against {he centralized school? A great many, but it is noticeable that they aré al- ways made before such a school opens and rarely afterward. It is sometimes alleged by patrons in opposition that walking to school is good exercise for the children; that four or five miles distance is too far to send the little folks; that associations in the carriage and at intermission at school are not always favorable; that property will depreciate, and, finally, that the pro- ject is impractieable. Replies are made that farm children seldom suffer for want of exercise; that a few miles dis- tance cannot be hurtful when a child 1s carried; drivers and 'Glshll‘l are re- quired to be watchful in all these ar- rangements; and that the experience in many States ‘proves the almost un- qualified success of the plan. The ob- jection of depreciation of real estate 18 not sustained as the facts are other- ‘wise. A sthool house confers no value of itself, and a superior med school provided, brings higher value to a| neighborhood than a weak district’ school half a mile away. The flippant remark of city residents is occasionally heard to the effect that they have no interest in what the coun- try schools are doing. No greater mis- take can be made, especially if the in- different man is a taxpayer. At least half of the best blood of the cities comes from the strong, resolute manhood off the country. The cities have a deep, vital concern in all that relates to the upbuilding and advancement of rural educational interests. It is now time to speak of the birth of this new idea. Long ago it passed the age when it might be deemed a bantling. In 1869 the State of Mas- sachusetts enacied a law which al- lowed the local school committees to expend mondy “in their discretion, in providing for the conveyance of pu- pils to and from the public schools.” The result has been that hundreds of small, outlying schools in that State have been closed and more than 2000 scholars are now daily carried at pub- lic expense to and from centralized schoois. Eighteen other States have passed laws providing for the consoli- dation of country schools, these pl‘hmnr containing nearly half the population of the United States. The universal testimony from these States is strongly in favor of centralization. | One might as well ask a farmer in ‘those sections to vote for Mdouh‘ rqrd mail o-xmn as to expect his children , school. In March, 1903, an excellent permis- sive law took effect providing for the union of school districts in California. The way to organize for these union district schools is to write to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction at Sacramento for a copy of this law and to obtain his suggestions, possible, the personal aid of others who are familiar .with the subject, agitate the matter unceasingly and in due time circulate the necessary petition. The hope for elementary education of rural California lies in the central- ized school. G. G. Sightseers' Headache “Academy” or ‘“sightseers’” head- ache is a not uncommon experience, 2nd = some recent observations of Simeon Snell appear to throw some light on its causation, says the London Hospital. Allowing that in certain in- stances astigmatism or other form of ametropia is a factor in its produc- tion, he yet argues that there are ‘other influencing conditions. In sup- port of this he quotes the experience of a lady who always suffered from severe headaches after visiting the theater when she had occupied a seat in the pit. but -was free from such a disturbance when she sat in the dress circle. In the first position, it is to a small, ungraded secure, if! elevator muscles of the eyeballs is re- Quired in order to see the stage, and this is éxactly the action which is re- quired in studying a collection of pie- tures, and more especially in looking at those which are hung “above the lice.” The same experience has been noted by Mr. Snell in the case of cvelists, particularly of those who lean over the handlebars with the head lowered, and who therefore in looking ahead keep the eyeballs upward. A further argument is found in the ex- perience of miners’ nystagmus, which it is suggested is due to weariness of the elevator muscles of the eyeballs, czused by the constrained position in Which the miner works. There can be no doubt of the physiological fact that lateral movement of the eyeballs is much more easy and reguires less muscular effort than movement in a vertical plane. Al this goes to show that muscular strain is sustained in upward movement of the eyballs and tkis may well result in a sense of ‘Wweaririess or more pronounced discom- fort. The War and Camphor. One of (e effects of the present war between Russia and Japan is an in- crease in the price of This mmmn-m as to actually stop certain industries, such as the making of celluloid, which polntod out, sustained action of the | depends on the supply of camphes. ¥