The evening world. Newspaper, May 22, 1919, Page 26

» 3 DSTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER. i the Press Pubi ' Daily Excep! OE Bete ee Nos. 58 te RALPH SULAT ERA Pre J. ANGUS FHAW, JOSEPH PULITZER,’ Jr. P MEMBER OF THE ASSOCTATED PREBS, te shades Sulla iS" ape Sd"Sies "ese iwal ee ll ROME 59.....ccsesisdcoaveveverccececcessMO, £1,098 TEACHERS AND TAXPAYERS. REASED SALARIES for the tinderpaid public school teachers ‘of New York—53,000 teachers in the State, 23,000 in this city =~ will cost in the next three years upward of $15,000,000 for the y of New York alone. » Taxpayers will not begrndge the money. Certainly not tax- who believe the children of this commonwealth should have teaching and who know that good teachers cannot bé obtained y remain, relatively to increased cost of living, the poorest paid glass of workers. © But the taxpayer has a right to demand something on — | For the increase of salary he provides he has a right to expect @ personal character of the teacher, the standard of teaching and influence of both upon the child who is a citizen in the making, become matters for closer ecrutiny and progressively higher ments, ‘Taxpayers of this city are not ready to pay $15,000,000, for to maintain in their public schools teachers with avowed ik or ultra-Socialist sympathies who do not scruple to put @ the minds of their pupils ideas too violently radical ever to a with the principles or purposes of the Government under we live. ! Taxpayers are not adding to the salaries of public school teachers der that the latter may introduce more coming citizens of New to books and doctrines that teach Anarchy or the extremes of rc ism. There are teachers in the public schools of this city who have , spreading Bolshevist propaganda and are still spreading it. ' Only this week the Teachers’ Council announced that it had pe an investigation of such cases and would submit to the Board cation a list of teachers known to be Bolshevista or ultra- with a view to grappling with this serious and growing : ° Out-and-out Bolshevism, however, is not the only thing against ich teachers must be on their guard unless they are ready to sacri- the dignity of their profession and the respect and honor in it is held. a There is an element among teachers more and more loud-voiced determination to unionize itself as a section of organized labor, ire itself a part of the American Federation of Labor and adopt militant tone and methods of the labor unions. The aims of this element find expression in a magazine called The n Teacher, published monthly in this city and purporting to ye “the organ of the American Federation of Teachers.” A recent Yigsue of The American Teacher reveals how some American school ws have come to look upon themselves and their work. From Is we select the following passages: /Whether teachers like it or not, whether they are intel- k Ugent or not, they must have a care or the immense forces _. that now are bound to operate thru education will sweep 7) them off their feet. Their only safety Hes in seeing © they must learn to control the new and overwhelming power that the war has brought into existence from their humdrum occupation,” “It {s of course the fashion to believe and to say the worst of the Soviet Government of Russia.” o 8 6 “Pride of profession is right enough in its place, but it is marvellous what a sham it appears to be in the face of economic stress.” ° An article headed “Americanization, or Self Mastery,” scoffs at Americanization movement “whirring and spinning in a vacuum its own,” and develops a slambang plea for schools wherein “all teachers are Union chosen and Union paid Other contributors echo the conviction that “the teachers in the ¢ schools thruout this Nation should have unions of their own should affiliate with the labor unions.” “Is any further ‘jolt’ asks one writer, “to arouse teachers to throw off their tle of self-complacency woven of the delusion that they are mem- of ‘a learned profession From cover to cover this issue of The American Teacher is full way to power.” 4 to The American Teacher to teach. Poor pa’ munity wou EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, May 22, 191) ) stock platform pleas and phrases purporting to show teachers The responsibilities of the teacher, the larger, inspiring as- of this “humdrum” occupation, the desirability of organiza- ; ‘among teachers for the purpose of raising instead of lowering { and prestige of their profession—these things it does y have had much to do with the development of a! given twice each week, with a com- and noisy Wilitancy among school teachers. It is' not a spirit | wish to see take stronger hold on the profession. better pay it should be possible to find teachers who Bolshevists and who are proud enough of their work to! Red Cross i Coprright, 1919, by the Press Publishing HE American Red Cross naving launched on a new activity asks The Evening World to let its readers know all about it They rented an apartment in the tenement building at No, 610 West 26th Street, a congested factory district be- tween 10th and 11th Avenues, where elementary hygiene and home nursing will be taught to the women of the neighborhood. Besides approving of this, the Health Commissioner !s co-operating in the development of a Red Cross Teaching Centre at No. 453 Madison Avenue. If the experiment proves suc- comsful, ft is comtemplated to es- tablish similar health centres !n prac- tically every block in the city. One of tho big things which it is ex- peoted to ald is the care of the sick in the home by the average house- wife. The aforesaid apartment 1s equipped with simple nursing outfit, consisting of three beds with pillows, mattresses, covers, etc., and the usual | complement of hot water bottles, ice| caps, basins, etc, There will also! be demonstrated such simple things ag the making of poultices out of mustard, flour and flaxseed, In the kitohen there is an equip- ment to demonstrate practical work such as might be done in one's own bome. Cooking lessons which will be found helpful when there is illness in the home will be taught. Miss Frederica Farley, supervisor, stated: “The nursing course vill also give such practical demonstretions as giving a bath while the patlent ts tn bed, making up a bed or changing mattresses without disturbing the pa- | tlent, ete, A matron will pe in charge all the time to keep the place in or | der and to register the women of the | district for the classes, which will be t s petent instructor in charge.” Commenting on the work, the Health Commissioner said: “If this experiment were extended, within a few years we would be in a position to defy any threatened epidemic,” adding, “if our women generally were famibar its dignity and its independence. ‘ ew York taxpayer expects De yates i with the most rudimental principles of “It’s All Good but the Signature” Copyright, 1919, ty Ts ee Cihitng Co, (The Now York Evening World.) By J. H. Cassel | n the Home By Sophie Irene Loeb Co, (The New York Evening World). A Step in the Direction for Better Health “I hope that in putting this pro- sramme jnto effect the Red Cross will realize the necessity of practical rather than theoretical application. “The proposition to teach ‘Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick,’ aud ‘Home Dietetics’ is excellent. Also, t agree that there are great possibll- ities in @ plan of carrying the gospel of good health directly to the house As in olden times, home care of the sick should be known by every mother in the city.” ‘This is good counsel. There are a great many people who still belleve that “mother knows best,” and that any new plan of teachfng her is all theory and something in the line of amusement. Alas, the ignoran among mothers in a great city like this is most appalling, There are very good reasons for this. In the first place, girls who become women of the home are-mest6ften young women who have been in bysi- ness or in offices from the time they have left schoo! and have little or no knowledge of what they will be oun- fronted with when they have to as- sume responsibility for a home, Furthermore, the woman of the city does not have the advantage of the neighborly spirit that iy manifested in a small town, wherein the young housewife has opportunities to learn many things from older neighbors. On the other hand, hired help in the home is very expensive, especially when there is sickness, and it 1s most deplorable how helpless are hundreds of women of the home in the most or- dinary cases of sickness. The recent influenza epidemic was a frightfully costly proposition for many poor families, to say nothing of the infantile paralysis siege. There are many people who are atill sacrificing actual necessities in order to pay the bills that accrued during those periods, If women can be taught to care for thelr families in a scientific manner, it is certainly a great step in the right direction, — NO DESERTER. CONGRDPSSMAN sald at a A dinner the other evening: “What we call ‘dessert’ the English call a ‘sweet.’ Offer an Eng- lishman apple pudding as dessert and he wouldn't understand you. “A party of English Tommies were entertained in Chicago at a magnifi- cent banquet last year, At the end of the eleventh course a waiter ap- proached a Tommy with a superd dish of apple pudding and said, “Dessert, wit? “Desert? said the Tommy, as he caring for and feeding tho sick, the city would be able to handle hear oe oe mer a St; « ladled half the idding off on his ate, “Desert? Not me, when I can Vo feed like, this for nothing,’ "~~ \ ‘Bachelor Girl Reflections By Helen Rowland Coprrieht, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) A WOMAN may still be “only a woman"—but a good cigar is consid+ erabiy more than a mere “smoke” in these “taxacious” days, Mr, Kipling. Never lie awake nights wondering what a man means. When & man means anything at all worth considering he'll SAY it, right out loud, dearie. Nothing ever kept one of theng trom proposing to a girl except lack of inclination, Anybody can get married, but only the pure ig heart and in reputation can get a decree of divorce, Hard work is a medicine, a tonic, a religion! 1@ will cure anything from poverty to parlor-Bolshevismy and from a headache to a heartache, t ‘When a man starts out to marry in these practicall days he doesn’t ¢o looking for a “treasure,” but for @ treasury, ' “What would you like to eat?” he used to ask when they went out te dine. And she answered, “Oh, nothing much!” Now he asks, “What cag we get to eat? But the answer is just the same ‘A i} ) > ¥ ‘The wagon which woman “hitched to a star’ was first a baby cam ’ he * > oan A young girl sighs for a lover who will be perfectly devoted to her but @ widow is satisfied with any kind who won't be devoted to somes tisge; then it became an automobile; and now it’s the “band wagon” i \ 1 When @ married man lies between the necessity of sacrificing a poke¢ party and sacrificing the truth—well, that's where he lies, How They Made Good By Albert Payson Terhune Coprright, 1918, by the Prees Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). 5 a NO. 37—GALILEO—Who Made Good by Enlightening _. : Mankind’s Ignorance OU have read, in this series, how Nicholas Copernicug proved the sun stood still and the earth moved. This is the story of the genius who snatched up the faintly » By Roy L. R JARR wasn't feeling 50 merry and gay himself, but Mr. Slavinsky, the glazier @round the corner, came down ‘ *| street with a cheerful smile on his} face, so Mr. Jarr smiled in turn, — | “You're looking cheerful this eve- ning, Mr, Slavinsky,” said Mr. Jarr, ‘by way of greeting, “What's the! good word?” “Oh, they ain't no good wold,” re- plied the glazier, but did you see them boys get In a@ fight, the two crowds, and throw rocks on each other, till the police was sent for?” “Why weren't the police on the job when the thing began?” asked Mr. Jarr, “There's too much hoodlumism on this street!” “My woid! Don't you want nobody to have any fun? Boys will be loaf- ers!" remarked Mr, Slavinsky, “And if go, they only break a few winders, and that don’t hurt nobody. Only when my little Izzy hollers names at other boys and runs when they throw rocks at him he runs home, and that ain't good business when my winders is broke.” “Why, I thought your little lzzy was a very good boy,” sald Mr, Jarr, “And ain't he?" asked Mr, Slavin- sky, proudly, “What do you think he gets in school—he brings it home on @ card—90 per cent! Sure! Ninety per cent. for his studies and 90 per cent, for his conduct and 90 per cent. because he don’t play hookey. My, business m: good profit!” ‘Then Mr, Jarr and the proud father of the 90 per cent. scholar parted. But this encounter reminded Mr, Jarr when he gained his apartment to ask j casually about the ohildren’s monthly school cards, “Oh, those old cards? I guess they are around, some place,” sald Mrs, Jarr, quietly, “I don’t pay much at- tention to them, Those teachers all have their pets and show partiality to them.” “I don't see how they can do that in a big school,” said Mr, Jarr, “That is all you know!" Mrs, Jarr declared, “The bigger the school the more pets and teachers’ fayorites! Well, my children may not be pets, but some day they may go to a select private school and be appreciated!" ! Ninety per cent, is @ The Jarr Family Copyright, 1919, by the Press Publishing Co, The Luxury of Children and Internal Revenue “I take it from what you say that thelr feports aren't very Mattering,” sald Mr, Jarr, “Let me eee Willie's card,” i McCardell (The New York Evening World). Willie's report, when found, showed bargain rates, He had fifty for at- tendance and sixty for neatness, In his various studies he ranged from forty to fifty. “Why, Wille,” said Mr. Jarr, “litle Izzy Slavinsky got 90 per cent: in everything.” “Willie won't keep his fingers out of his mouth!" eried the little girl. “Teacher scokls him for that, and he | gots his hands dirty at recess, and he | don't care, And he puts his pencils in his mouth too!” added little sister. “The teacher is right in that,” sald Mr. Jarr. “That is how children get | diseases like diphtheria—putting pen- | cils and their fingers in thelr mouths, | and money. Money 1s worst of all When a child Is sick he is given pen- nies, which he puts in his mouth. These coins go into circulation. Other children put them in their mouths and the result is that there is an epi- demic.” “My children do not put money in their mouths—where would they get it?” remarked Mrs. Jarr, who was an- tagonistic to all theories she did not advance herself, “That's so. Our children are not exposed to much contagion that way,” said Mr. Jarr, “Now, Wille,” he con- tinued, turning to the cadet of the family, “if papa gives you 10 cents will you try to get @ better report at school? And, above all, will you promise you won't put pencils or money in your mouth—anytbing any that shows he is going to be @ good| other child has handled?” “Ten cents?” asked the boy. “Ten cents if I don’t put it in my mouth?” “Yes,” said bis father, “Ten cents if you do not put it in your mouth,” “And not a cent if you do!" added Mrs, Jarr, “But if they are not given any money bow can they put it in their mouths?” asked Mr, Jarr, “They can put my Money in their mouths when I send them to the store and they come home with change, can’t they?” asked Mrs, Jarr, “And I want ten cents too, or I'll put money in my mouth!” cried little Emma Jarr. “I want ten cents! I want ten cents!” “Now you've started them both!” sighed Mrs. Jarr, “So give them each ten cents or I'll have no peace!” Mr. Jarr yielded up the money and as soon as they got their dimes both of the children vociferously do- flickering torch of science where the dying fingers of Copernicus let it fall; and who made its raye enlighten the whole world. He was Galileo Galilei, an Italian. From bow hood he had devoted his wholo career to science. And he made good. It was Galileo's way to prove things for himseif, When he found the accepted theories about anything were incomplete og wrong, he never rested until he had set right the defect. a This trait nearly cost him his life, more than once; and it won hing | undying fame. As you shall sea One of his early triumphs was the working out of the theory of th¢ pendulum. This seems simple enough to-day; but it was recetved in mee diaeval Italy as a miraculous sample of human ingenuity. Next, Galileo bent his genius te improving a radimentary instrumen@ | | which was the father to the present telescope. He wrought over thie © | antique affair until he had found a way to change its half-worthlesg nature into true practicability and te improve it into an instrument which was to revolutionize all astronomy. Europe, in stark amaze, did homage to Galileo, the astronomer, If he had stopped there—having brough¢ the telescope so much nearer perfection and having used that improvement to give the world a new an@ astounding knowledge of the stars—he would stitf e @ have made good and have merited smmortal fama ‘ Also, he would have found life far safer an@ Pleasanter, and would have avoided the deadly peril into which his nex@ experiments led him. Italy—and much of the rest of the world—did not believe Copernious'’@ theory that the earth revolves around the eun and that the oun stands still, The idea seemed preposterous, even in face of the proofs and calculations which Copernicus had toiled for 60 many years to establish. Gallleo got hold of these Copernican theories, and began to work theng out for himself, For, as ever, he refused to take anything for granted, And the more he studied, the more absolutely convinced he became thas old Copernicus had been right. He went further and elaborated on the problem, along his own mind, until he hed proved past all question that he was correct, Then he Onno Proceeded to announce his proofs to an unbelieving Books Burned 3 ®D¢ scandalized world. _ At once he found that he had stirred up a come motion which not only overwhelmed all his past Market Place $ 8¢f¥ices to scientific knowledge but pulled down om oar © him the wrath of the authorities, The world at large, the state, even other scientista set up a clamor of condemnation against him. He was arrested in 1633 and put on trial, His scientific books, on which he had spent so many years of tireless toll, were burned im the market place by the publie executioner, . ‘This apparently was to © Galileo's reward for all he had done for the advancement of mankind. Discredit, imprisonment, hatred. The straim was too great for his feeble nerves to endure, He was gotting old. His health had been undermined by Song hours of study, His eyesight was failing. When physical strength goes, physical courage is prone to go with it. Threatened with torture and death, Gallleo made frightened confession in court that he had been mistaken, and that the earth does not really move. Sent back to prison, he paused in the doorway of the court ream, to mutter half aloud: “E pur, si muove!l” (“But tt DOES move! ”) Yet, with the passing of the years the world learned to know Galilee at his true worth and to realize he had made good. The former prisones was honored above all other scientists, and, on his death, the city of Florence went into official mourning for him—the city in which he had ence been threatened with death for daring to know more than did his ignorant 1ellow-townsmen, i ie Tips for the Suburban Garden. ARDEN insects and diseases; lazy. These pests of the gardener, gain the greatest headway and|orchardist and farmer are crafty, ‘| give most trouble In neglected) Moles burrow tunnels in their search gardens, Keep the garden clean and| after grubs, insects and worms end free from weeds and save trouble, | officiate as plainclothes men in rid= ding the soil of rascally insects, Pine mice tag after the moles and destroy “ “ the vegetables and root crops which the moles free of insects, Few people realize the value of birds in keeping garden insects under control, Even the despised English sparrow sometimes makes a mistake and eats @ worm, Watch constantly for the first apa pearance of a disease or insect. In« | spect the garden at least every other day, Determine what is causing in« jury and apply the proper treatment promptly, Use the combination treats ments in case a complication of troubles is present, Repeat treat« ments as often as necessary, keeping in mind the influence of weather con ‘The common toad 1s the gardener’s {riend, because -he lives upon the small insects that trouble the garden crops. A few toads in the garden will help keep it free of insects, “Lot the mole do the work and get the blame,” says the pine mouse as he scurrios through a@ mole-made tun- manded two cents each extra as war tax! § hk And they got it! (2/2) ) ) nel to @ hill of juicy potatoes, where | ditions well as the life history of he ‘eats a self-service meal, And at/the insect or fungus causing the dieq. tbat, pine mice are mot inherently] ones ee ’ '