The evening world. Newspaper, January 31, 1905, Page 8

ETTER : up hia Aa Hun: reds Who Attack the So “Called Fancy Studies in Pres- ligh School Girl Continue to ounce Sewing, Singing, and Drawing as Fads. Hf the letters which are dally pouring to tHe oMce of The Evening World Ay be taken as a criterion, it is plair ‘Many parents wish to have the so- ‘again mato the basis of the ‘of instruction In the elementary les, With the single exception of a from a teacher, printed to-day, ‘hundreds of communications re- not one has favored or even at- ted to defend the system now In decry the system as useless, that their children's minds are | with a smattering of subjects Gan ‘be of no vaiue to them in Ife, while the knowledge they (malin of reading, writing and arithme: Weta very deficlect, One writer tells i who, om graduating from a ) wchool, falled to get a position be- Pause Ao Could not write a letter, and i ior Bays that boys of the present mot @ain thelr knowledge in but after they leave ami start one, nother declares that her twelve- 4 on Is very proficient in draw- rots, apples and potatoes, but i Cannot spell or do @ simple sum . A high school girl contends n fre rushed through the ainry schools, even skipping | in order to fill the high schools ‘Make room in the elementary Dart time pupils. , Defohds the System, m from snow-bound Jersey. comes Against the latter-day solo! ‘In that State, which, in the of the writer, 1s IneofMftent, rom Hackensack, a mother know if thero is no Guggen- fn the “State of Applejack” to and mothers tn righting tion. ints they attack in the tem, all the correspondents that It were better for the fen if more time were given to a bry of the threo “Rs” and less to Nowy, Physical training, music 08 the Bivening World, ublic achool teacher and in de- ayvigm, in response to the om ‘Harlem Parent," published day's Reeling World, in which nor | tween Jamison and Long Isiand City at ow It to be ir to rate among ee Glass and yet fall to rent to a much No class will answer then nit hesita Hon, i ‘ours truly, VERITAN, ee ny ae, DD 4D SA STRONG IN DEFENSE OF “FADS” FOR GOMMUTERS “5: \ | Bill Will Be Presented at Albany | iit, "npicite' ar nay own he escape WRITE YOUR VIEWS OF THE FADS || Looking Toward Compelling] x IN THE CIT¥’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS,|| So widespread has the discussion over the so-called “fads and fan- cles’ in the syste of education now In vogue in the public schools vi} LBs TUESD A “LEGISLATIVE AID | ‘the fire-escape by ocouples apant- ‘Willies mente fourth . AL the samo ir Pipe, who lives in Hie apart. iG Dlg Honk, heat a man ert,’ an elevator boy employed in ve ahase, and followed the | 1, 827, ea thief for same distance, but failed to | the Long Island Railroad to|°%esen2 2 tne house. sald that no | Restore Rates, oNeeman could be found in the nelgh- borhood, and that none nppeared for | halt an’ hour after the men had made mood his ef Double B. & M. Trading Stamps til) “fad and fancies" system in our) ; Bohools abolished and the three * boys yesterday with the locks in thelr become that The Mvening World would like to hear what the parents think. It also invites an expression of opinion from the teachers, com- munications from whom will be treated as confidential, Any tencher |! may feel free to write The Evening World candidly on the subject, con- fident that her name will not be published, Opinions trom both sides are invited (Spectal to The Evening World.) ALBANY, Jan, 31—A bIH to compel the Long Island Rallroad to re-estab- sh on its road the commutation rates | iu force before Jan, 1 and fixing the maximum rate at two cents @ mile will | mmm! 1) introduced in the Assembly this ee e befor lace, | Riad you have taker lfor some time before he got a p you have taken the matter up, Hg or the present day have not gained pT ‘thelr Knowledge In school, ‘They ha 89 Velleve there should be a | fe ve compelling’ the schools thin Beaten wc| ‘the only way to learn was on mM 8 In the year, nat | cond aol, “atart’ in. some. business the ‘chiidven may have the Bonen of Pao FORO a ecru nore year What wo taxpayers pay for than they could in years at QUEENS TAXPAYER. | AR ., Ugh School Girl's idea, | And New Jersey, Too. puts Fe rane te Dalles that ths ‘ a hrough the elemen- Byen in New Jersey they sre having | tary schools to tyelt troubles, us, the following letter | to make room ren ene high genoa and shows: ity ey dine swans re mutt she h say: i Paitor of the Evening rid. 9 the Huitoy Yu ; My MMauli ke co eng What Ig the pGhilaran ta P clommentaty welln are matier with ORE ae eh font ed forward, ski ol 01 4 Guagentie:mer to help us parents rikbt | der 'to fll tin the Wer taahere ade ts our school system? Wo have as much! leave room for part time puplis, Is ‘tadism,’ If not more, than the people | this right? My sister skipped trom tho the river. a dies | Td grade to the firet grade In School little girl, ten years old, stud No, 48, Bho will graduate with honors paysical trainine, musiv./ and flowers in June. ‘Then she will be y spelling, siory, Writings | pushed into the High arithmetic, geography, sewing und the any, remain in the firet grade ord knows what else. ree terms, inst a vor ep ONer studying must de done at| ing through the elementart etal nee. home. It keeps her busy from the timely and learning something, Idke man yhe gois home until 10 o'clock bag hd Stn. sho has been rushed throu: if night, Instead of giving her some it~ el hows nothing of the second grade tle time to play, hy 4 T can teach her sewing at home, and] I am almost through High echool yi t take drawing and|and fear I could not stand the t I say; Let them oneer” ¥ @ terrible | $9.33 io when they show s talent for] strain muoh } © are compelled, fieh Studies, and do not let the teach-| !n order to got half through the Dork, ers try to cram so much Into we chil- te Stay up until 11 or 12 o'clock, I read dren's young brains before they are aie Qre to have more “gymnastic old enough to add two and two, Unt t let us wet out earlier A ‘hie taxpayer thinks, that under the| shepverede ty seit tag eommnastlo stunt” resent school system boys are taught Rory Title that Will be of use to them! risten agais AGH SCHOOL GIRL, | when they lenyo school. Here is what! ro ‘the Editor of the n ery Sea parents he has to #ay; w, am much pleased that The Evenin, From Qu Borough, orld has taken interest in the publle school tem of this cit; To the Baitor of The ing World: s city. I delteve it At Pilon br eho ayatem Th che pre of the most important subjects to Ne wehools to-day is that the children, ea panets, tho publle. espenlally the boys, are not taught) va asandeann following the so-called muoh that Will be of practical valu@ to | ».4° eagles system for the past theny when they have to go dut and | (or years. ani T am convinced through make their living, I consider the three | ¢rperience, that the @ublic school oy or | “Ra ave the main studies for children. | % LO*4 does not learn as much as If there were more practical ideas put |Pefore this system originated, Some Pane Into, ghllaren's minds eed leas id these $ay ae (2h ee len they are halt- Ke " cl now taught, it woul rou .. Ot tot 4a 00 08 . ‘ANXIOUS PARENT, NOt vost $27,000,000 or more to run the public schools and children would hav something when they leaye school which would be of value to them. I think, ag a taxpayer and a man who has children at! it is high time there reader of your newspaper BOY THIEVES ing Wreoked. The lives of hundreds of passengers on the Long Island Ratiroad were placed in danger by the theft by two boys of. ten locks of interfocking swttohes, The switches, forty-seven in number, were recently installed be- hold supplies, 8 cost of $3,000. James Kinney, @ switchman, saw the possession, and ran after them. Then he thought of the liv: gers and ran to a sent word along the line, so that there might be no accident, and boarding a hand-car went from switch to switch The plunder obtained by the boys as funk was worth less than $1, but aa tomorrow morning, ‘Mother's Different View, iter from a mother who ny oh i be taught more and less eraty potatoes and apples: in i Wj] pearance at mfdnight. The meroury les| for bargetns in house fi pe Ienows of a. boy who, on cea could mot ‘wife a nce alinply i and Last ‘Sunday's World Want Directory, 're tired of lagging behind, to Wand tee ave a mind, ‘Wants to-day, That's the quickest way | find work of any kind. 6911 Help Wants Last Week, 1 ‘They live at Winfeld, L, I. 4n/REAL BARGAINS IN patits of the syatem the looks were in- valuable in time of necessity, ‘William Dmerich, nineteen years off, and William Wagner, seventesn years old, were arrested and held in $500 bail, possible, . FRIGID WAVE IN ADIRONDACKS. SARATOGA, N, ¥., Jan, §1.—Tne lower Adirondecks region is agaly) cxperi- encing @ cold wave, which mde its ap- dropped to 12 degrees below sero at daybreak. Cloudy conditions prevail and @ snowstorm is threatened, ————, square top, 44x44 in; HOUSE FURNISHINGS.) turned and fluted legs; 6 ft. At Rothenberg’ teenth Street House You Can Find Most Attractive Articles, Ate you and hubby planning to fur- neh a Uttle home, or does the olf place need a little fixing up? Are you looking for the spare room? Yes? Well, go to’ Rothenderg's epring opening in thelr Fourteenth street store, You will find @ lot of unprecedented bargains, There aro dainty parlor suites, a sofe and four chairs, uphol- stered in pretty satin damasks, that are marked down to nearly half price, A Morris chair, che comfortable kind a man can rest in after dinner, can be bought cheaper than at any oth CY ne hale eu ae ished. in town, I has genull jtefully upholstered, and wo) cusions, $11 Oak Rockers tas just the pine for that corner [yd eB ‘urnishings—e pretty ohair for the parlor, a ohiffonier cover. unay wink yt i ‘ Rome tremely novi a com- dination Davenport and folding The mattress and fraine are made tirely of Bessemer steel, perfectly tary PANU, upholaterod to look Uke an ot dium high back, easy arms, highly polished. In the day time the bed clothes are} folded up anid hung upon a rod at the | back, and the back turned up, making can be got only at Rothenbesg’s. There js another exclusive bok couch, The frame is made of ni a plated ateel, #0 arranged that one half siides under the other, making a single or a double bed. There are mattresses in sections to fit elther widih bed. The price of this convenient couch is less standard; highly polished, JOHN jan $8. More bargains are to be found tn the tment, Axminster carpeta | carpet dep: agine,te* le bel bbs Owns the Long Isiand, cha the Erle rate to Lakeview i: yi iv nol HACKENSACK MOTHER, | 804 have time for a good, brisk walk | gem, aKevanne rate to Pa $28 Oak Bureaus at $16 ———_ E Quartered Oak Bureaus; golden oak finish ; serpentine front and top; two = extended; well built and finished. $17 Parlor Chairs at $8.50 Mahogany Finished Parlor Chairs; carved backs; shaped legs; spring seat; upholstered seat and back; damask $35 Brass Bedsteads at $28 Brass Bedsteads in full size, 8 ft, 6 in, wide; 14-inch pillars and top rails; fancy cast corners; seven fillers with “T" ball connections; head-piece 60 in, high, foot-piece 40 in, high; highly pol- Quartered golden oak Rockers; me. b J $26 Oak Chiffoniers at $16.50 Quartered golden oak Chiffoniers; eae La ha ute new” and @ top 80 x 20 inches; serpentine front, week by Mr. Miller, of Long Island, who says that he haa examined the charter of the Long Island Company | and that the Legislature has the right ‘to enact such a law as he proposes. Congressman-elect Cocks and the rep- | resentatives In the Assembly and Senate from Long Island conferred last night over the recently announced increase in the rates along the road, and @ billl ts belng dawfted along the lines of suggestions made to compel the road to restore the rates that are now In, effect, and which are to be in- creased to-morrow, One of the most convincing argu: meénis used in the talk with the As- semblymen and Senators who attended the meeting was a comparison of rates qnade between those charged by the Pennsyivania, the New. York entra) and other {ha fitteen-mile area, Wes 3) that while the Pennsylvani which month to Wilgabeth, it Is to chal .' er month for communtation aN ale, approximately the same dis- The Central rate to Yonkers 1s $5.10; ss n .70. The rates of other roads are in proportion. —————— RAFFLES ENTERS HOUSE VIA THE FIRE-ESCAPE, Well-Drosse@ Maw Seen Mecaping | After He Has Made Attempt to Loot Apartments, Gome thief went to the far upper o-day, west side early t the ES Amato ae a Oe ‘orty-firat street, ‘os 9 2 2 82228 2 2 8 8 B he Wrsnaf dir Massey Bt Wasnefy dy ENDANGERLIVES'* We Announce for Tomorrow ® steal Locke Iam sutches on” «=CCs KE Great Semi-Annual @ rans taren too ® F URNITUREOCCASION # February is the housekeepers’ month. During its twenty-three business days the Wanamaker Store presents remarkable opportunities to housekeepers who have new homes to furnish, as well as those who wish to make additions to their present house- This year our furniture man is more enthusiastic than ever before. He reports a Greater number of manufacturers as aiding in the present movement, giving superb variety to select Irom, with the assurance that every piece of furniture is thoroughly PL pamen, worthy of the Wanamaker stocks; and every price presente a distinct economy as 2 compared with the lowest figures for which equal goods are sold regularly anywhere. The vhole details of the offerings are not ready at this time, The suggestions closing them, e that follow are representative, and indicate the opportunity that will be inaugurated Every housekeeper within reach of WaNaMakeR’s will find it tremendously to her advantage to come and look over these specially-priced stocks at the earliest moment deep rim: long when at $7 wood seat; i ee en WANAMAKER a | f BRBAKFA POOR— | bound Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Ave., 9th & 10th Sts, | Hen Buty ga | He sii] %* 8 # 2H OS RR SR Silk Dept. February Furniture Sal Bargain giving in the Real February Furniture’ 12 o'clock, then single stamps until store closes Sale continues with unabated interest, Its all furniture made from seasoned lumber, inspected and branded ‘0, K.” before cut up for use, Prices, you know, are lowest, Lord Taylor, Broadway and ‘l'wentieth Strest, |, Fifth Avenue, Nineteenth Street. $20 Mahogany Toilet Tables,$14 Mahogany Toilet Tables; serpentine front; top 82x 20 in.; two drawers, “large and two emall drawers; top, 41 { French legs, fancy carved standards x22 in.; cheval pattern French plate and frame; highly polished; pattern mirror, 20x86 in,; highly polished, * $10 Extension Tables at $7 Golden Oak Extension Tables; plate mirror, 18 x 26 inches. $9 Morris Chair Frames at $6 Mahogany finished Morris Chair Frames; broad arms, adjustable back; highly polished, $40 Oak Sideboards at $30 Quartered golden oak Sideboards; shaped top 48 x 23 in,; three drawers, double cupboard in base; canopy top, with two shelves; large and massive pattern, highly polished; French plate mirror, 86 x 24 in, $1 Clothes Trees at 65c Oak and imitation mahogany Clothes Trees; turned post; six pins; four legs; 65 in, high, $43 Mahogany Bureaus, $30 Mahogany Bureaus; top, 8x24 in.; serpentine front; two large and tivo small drawers; shaped legs French plate mirror, 80x36 in,; carved frame and standard, $40 Brass Bedsteads at $30 Brass Bedsteads in full size, 4 ft, 6 in, wide; 2-inch continuous pillars and top five long drawers; upright oval l'rench i rails; thirteen fillers; square cornor's ; plate mirror, 20 x 16 in. carved highly polished; head-piece, 60 in, high; foot-piece, 40 in, high, wourtn toor. a yard, actual value $3.50, $3.00, $2.50, $2.00 and a few as fow as $1.50 a yard, | aoe ticking, and filled with a combination ot fibre on the ends, sides, top and bottom, 98¢ for 2.25 Spring, metal covered with hair, making {t durable and comfortable, filled with a good quality mixed halr, and covered in AC A ticking, 40 pounds in weight, covered in AC A,|v Omega or fancy striped ticking, Oak Dresser for 18.00 Can Be Dreaset,! Separated and | 9,9) hoord. golden | solid oak,golden finish, blghly polished, with two large, deep draw- top drawers, Case 1s mounted on shaped ® legs, artistically carved, Oak Sideboard for 29.50 Sideboard for 14.00 Lady's Dress. 19.5 9.50 ing Table in quarter sawed golden oak and mahogany piano polished, French shaped legs, large serpentine drawer, prettily designed top with pattern shape French bevel mirror 16x20 inches, Cheval Mirror golden finish, highly polished and richly carved. The back is high and massive and {s supported by heavily corved posts, ‘The base is 22x46 inches, contains large linem drawer, two top drawers, one lined for silverware, and wing closets, for 15,00 Cheval Mir- for 9.50 Dresser, solid 10.49 ror in quartered ork, ma: oak, golden finish, has divided | hogany finish and weathered oak of excel» top drawers and two larger ones, brass| lent design end construction, highly pol- trimmings, shaped top, carved standard, | ished, The mirror is French beve! plate, elena Mache ch nent nebo couse eeu oleh “Summer” and “Autumn:” 3.00 Terra Co’ Hasement, 5.9 i—sclid meat red ripe tomatoes, 1, cnse of 2 doz, 1,61, doz, 82c, 3 Ib, can Te ; Sale Fancy Japan Rice, | 5 lbs, | | Class | | Cereals. 2. Blue Roll Gra for 4,50 Combination 1 6 for 2,50 Box Seat Din- Lt ing Chair, made from selected sides and ends, covered with a good qual- | oak, golden finish, piano ity of ticking, Mattress, wool top and bottom, banister back, large cane for 7.50 Mattress, cov- io Handsome design an ered with excellent quality of | Sh": for Mixed Hair Mat- 1 tress, 40. pounds in weight, XX quality, of pure bair, steel helicals. All sizes, 4.98 For Iron Spring Couch of Massive | Bronze Frame With * |National Fabric | {3 Steel Spring. Used as oak, The base French bevel Intrror, made from selected oak, Oak Dresser each, at 98¢ Worth 12c¢ can, } CHILI Bel aA P e Wheat Farina, 28, || it Best Navy Bea | Blue Ball, Cals High Imported Lentils, 10 Ibs, nin. gregh fi Pear! Tapioca, | 4Q@, || Ski Puume gut cans, " '. tC 2 dozen, 8.90; Fine Barley, Jide Hie ie Ye low Split Peas) | 25 Ut || cai: : § 1.00 |! scilminer's beer, boult 7 Tay o How de & Cream of celery, lisaue Argo nit. | of oyster, creahi of pea Seq MeMAe | and all other varioties, a 0o.: can Ve rt STRINGLESS ue Bel case of 2 A dor, 1.401 9 BEANS, Non, Japa » 40 poune i WV pit and % Blue Rell. ¥ ‘ ste Raising. 1 Pickuteoke, 26C PRU ~New lev, 40 Clara Val to the patind and delleious, thy roop— | pounds. {in how Pen seal dosin mai ii 0; | cheerful an fe floor coverings, 4 ' if i | Nothing a change in a nom Bo! bac ' £8e | i iting! Bae | dF aominern completelv it a bright clean, ew care f tron | Of Lato Spaninh | REOWn, can eaea pet. does, se pretty oar + Queen Olives; | of 2 dozen, \he bought fos" less than you Wold Ime Q 15€ | Shaetn Save! at. BOLI Goa, Wavy can heavy meta) tubing, i i with steel links and helical ends, Metal Springs tubing, close woven wire fabric, strong and durable, All sites, for 3,25 Spring, metal e tubing, with close woven wire fabric supported by heavy steel helicals, All s'zes, for 16.50 Mattress, for 4,75 Swing Spring, | 11.9 3.24 with massive nal Hola ery close woven wire supported by heavy Highly Tempered Oak Sideboard All Spring Edge for 14.80 Side High Shaped G 12,000 yards 19.95 29.68 Fora Foran vs caeee Ih Handsome Megant Ss 38,00 5.00 vOut ' ‘ Brass Brass in embroidered and printed Bedstead Bedstead, , Chiffon and Mousseline de/fl wim Twoinch Continuoes Soie in the most up-to-date Posts, i Pests, patterns and colorings, were|& sion ‘"1Heavy Fillers closed out to us last week by “leacal seas Three Elegant Pieces Sires 4 tt. |a leading importer at a great Foes Parlor Suit, three pieces, beautifully designed panelled back| 44 14, gan, |loss to the manufacturer,they >i frames, pallet ‘ah rubbed” and polished. Te sProes Unusually are placed on sale to-morrow are the indestructible kind an d | peautitel in ‘allroads to commuters with- At Racer opal 1 48 y high grade of satin da 18.48 f 4 i Value rona and figured tapestry, Price 18,48, | Constrection out ses. | Dining Chair for 6,50 Spring, ve re 85¢. &3 gS. Mattresses ing Cha! or pring, very Mahogany Table for Large Mahoney Table, rubbed polished finish, Shaped we beautifully ‘inlaid, ; legs supported by prettily Book Case for 11.50 Book Case in golden oak, mahogany finish and weathered oak, It stands 52 inches high and 40 inches wide, with shaped adjustable shelves, brass rod for cure lent workmanship and de 8, 8 for 15.00 China toh Closet, quart gawed golden ace draw: Incties, wife, has cast Head. Fringe WO brass trimmings, pret- Two Divans | thy carved ‘top, m ate Dressing Table rra Cotta Busts at 98c| Basement, The illustration on the left isa picture of «‘Summer,” that on the right is “Autumn.” These are terra cotta busts, modelled by Aug. Moreau, a noted Parisian sculptor. “In “Summer"’ you see the grains and flowers of June. In ‘Autumn’? you see the grapes of the Fall season, Each " ig, 22 inches high and is done in appropriate colors, They areofa quality and superior workmanship equal to the best 3,00 busts. While this lot of 400 lasts, your choice, ll Breakfast Bzeon—Armour's fines: garcured bacon, Al! selected strips nicely streaked with lean, Worlh 16¢, Specia’, pound, 1146 Peis tenia Sdetotel Eintal , ‘AS, Blue Ball, i) Blue Dall, Bar! ake or | of ¥. | case of 2 dozen, 8.001 dor, 1.00; 4 ge A Blue I tiny «reen mag, $3, Oe of WO; dos. 4g) ‘Me White, 2+ 2 doz. doen sss... BWEET POTATOR Fancy Jersey stock, th- Vine. 1h n infer : We 96 4 for table or baking, per GRAPE FRUIT-—Fancy Floridaa, box containing M9; 4° tore. f BBC Wines and a/HAKED BEANS, Blue Hell, genuine ‘Boxton 1 | CREAM OF PENNSYI+ VANIA = Very fi plano polished. It has fase door fitted with lock and key, adjust. able shelves). ro) bent glass heavy claw feét. Iron Bed for 10,00 White Enam. elled Iron Bedstead, new and beautiful in design, with heavy continue ous posts, brass roll cenire, Thig ted is warranted to contain three cosh of enamel and can be had in all sizes, iron Bed 1 89 for 3.50 White Tron ® Bedstesd, with heavy posts, strong and durable, It comes in all sizes, bed thoroughly reliab‘e in every re: @ To-mcrrow’s sa'e includes some special featur:s and prices that you'll readily recognize @ because of the exceptionally low values, Sixth Floor, FINCH'S GOLD WEDDING—Rich, wall wd whi aie ‘ours She RAVE Sane ’ ree Alon, vor bot Se i ee PEPPER WHIa- Y — Galion, 100; bottle. 0" 1 ROCK, Al Ib. | best for ND dRye—mhe :{nal wpe, duert’ bettie, 1! g8e PURR 4 | PORT AND ch A jallor 1.50, "1.26, '.00 and ” 88e ’ BULLDOG ANDG! ined ‘Imported tn wlane; dosen.,, CANADA, MALI ate TRACT—A TANOR*, bits brio Aid; -|doeen ere be CHittent tyne ae FRANKFUR TR! BRUaNGER Hy ae Loge MUT’ ‘ COUNTRY ‘i 5AGB 840-70 SIRLOIN ROUND stwage £9 PHILADDLPELA | SCRAPPLD vise 12¢ jon, 8,003 bottie, & jh over BXBaGa