Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1910 — Page 3

OPEN-AIR SCHOPLS SUCCESSFUL

P UBLIC schools conducted In' ths open air I summer and winter have been a success In I a number of cities olt the United States as well as in Europe, according to Elnorp Whitman Curtis, holder of the degree of master of arts and an honorary fellow of Clark University, who gives in the Amer-

ican City Magazine a description of suck schools. In the United States open-air, schools untty lately have ■existed only in two cities. Providence established its school some two years ago, and Boston followed about * year ago. The more prominent cities to try the method are Chicago, Pittsburg, Rochester and Hartford. Concerning the Providence experiment the writer •ays: “About two years ago an old city schoolhouse was Temodeled by removing a portion of one side of its upper story so that considerable exposure to sun aafi hlf was effected. Adjustable windows that can be lowered were provided, but the idea is to so harden children to weather conditions that this would be seldom necessary. The room Is heated during the winter by two stoves, which temper the air slightly so that it averages 10 degrees or so warmer than that outside. These stoves •re used also for cooking purposes and for hfatlpgffie soapstones that form part of the school equipment. “The children sit in their outside clothing, over which are drawn heavy oanvas bags, which protect the lower part of their bodies and extend up over this backs of the chairs. The desks upon movable pla(foiyns are placed opposite the wide opening, so that the children

THE INDIVIDUAL. I will obey my light Though my light be night; This is the only right. 'T ‘ % I will declare my word - —-~ Though to the world absurd; Thus only may I be heard. y v ~--y fl • » I will live out; my dream Though it should folly seem And but for me the gleam. I will pursue my way Though no Illuming ray Eases the toilsome day. t Others fnay scout the plan, Wise men my nature ban— I will be my own man. —Success Magazine.

JUST A WOMAN

“Why do you look at me like that, Ken? I’m only flesh and blood, you know, just like any other girl." “Oh, no, you are more beautiful than any other girt” replied Kenneth Mayes impetuously—“far more beautiful!” They were standing together In front of the fireplace, and now that they were once more alone, after long days of absence, they felt that they must unburden their, minds to one another, come what might. "Do you know, you frighten me sometimes,” Bald the girl slowly, after a pause, "because you’re so dreadfully In earnest. Do you mean It?” “Of course I mean It.” “Oh. Ken, you silly boy! Why, how long have you known me, sir? About thirteen weeks, isn't it? And, of course, I’ve been on my best behavior all the time. You’ve only seen one side of me—the amiable side. You haven’t seen me just as I am —at honpie with the mat|r and sister.” “But I hope to. You will introduce me?”

“Oh, of course. I’ve no horrid crimes to confess. Just a few little peccadillos, that's all. Now, instead of hugging a delusiota to your heart and waking up one day crying you’ve been deceived, I should like to have you forgive me for something beforehand, and yet to love the woman while you deplored the fault.”

Presently she found him picking up a book she had been reading which had fallen to the floor. “H’m! Tennyßon," “he said, and opened It. His eye fell on a photograph. "Price Carew!” —looking at her. “You knew him?” “Yes,” she said, simply, wondering at the change in his tone. “Did you?” “He was the dearest friend I ever had. A man I would have laid down my life for.” He spoke sternly,- evidently striving to suppress his emotion. “Where did you get his photo?” “It was given to me.” Her face was crimson, and her eyelids drooped low over her eyes. “By him?” “Yes.” He groaned. “To think it should be you, Madge—to think it should be you! You broke his heart—one of the truest that ever beat. And I've been deluding myself ” “Kenneth!” she broke in. “Walt—don’t blame one till you’ve heard the story.” » v “Do you knew that he practically committed suicide—exposing himself recklessly to' the Boer marksmen till at last a bullet found him? I know now what it was that made you**face so familiar. He carried your photo next his heart, and when he was dying he put it into my hand. 'Bury it with ine, Ken,’ he said. And I did. He had told me the story a few months before, without blaming you, and without mentioning names. But you killed him, and he was one of the .best.” ' “I deny it,” she cTled sharply. • “I deny it His death brought sorrow to jne. The story is a very unhappy one.

If a girl finds she has made a mistake •” “A mistake?” he interposed, and there was a look of scorn in his face. “A nice sort of a mistake. Do you claim that a woman can amuse herself with a man—encourage him, lead him on, and then, when she’s got him in the tolls, turn round ana ten him glie’s very sorry, but she’s made a mistake?” “You'are heaping blame without having heard the girl’s side of the story. She ” “A woman who makes such mistakes is unpardonable—unpardonable! Why didn’t ” “Kenneth! Be careful. Yon are the only man, Kenneth, that I have ever allowed to make love to me—the only man I have ever loved. The qnly one.” “H’ria!” he muttered sullenly, ‘fit’s all very well to put it off on a mistake. I like the word as little as I like the action. And a girl who does that sort of thing once may do it twice. Now, what guarantee have I got that next week, or next month or next year, you won’t find that you’ve made another mistake?” Then he looked up, and there was a sneer on lips. “I won’t keep you waiting even a week, Kenneth,” she said, quietly, “because I have found it put already.” The next moment she was gone. For ten minutes he remained where she had left him. Then, hardly knowing what he was doing, he picked up the volume of Tennyson, and looked at the title page. On the flyleaf he read the name, “Madge Prentice,” in Price Carew’s well known hand. It was long before he met her again. Mrs. Prentice and her daughters had gone abroad and had not returned. It

" THEN IT WASN'T YOU AT ALL?”

was a time*of wretchedness and misery for Kehneth. In spite of all, he loved her still. Perhaps he had been hasty. Certainly he had not asked for her side of the story. Anyway, he must see her again. The Prentices arrived back one evening, and the next morning Madge got a wire: "May I come?” • » * • • "Well, Ken,” she said, after she had allowed him to babble incoherences for several minutes, "are you sure now?” ‘That I cannot live without you? Why, yes, of course, otherwise—” "No, no-—sure that you know me for what I am—just a woman, a faulty woman, and not a " The door opened Blowly and a woman’s 1 form apeAred on tue tnreshold. ' “I beg your pardon. I thought—— ’’ “Come in, Kate, come in. I want to introduce you to Mr, Mayes. Kenneth, my sister, Kate.’' Kenneth was staring so hard at the lady that for a moment he did not see, the proffered hand. Prentice was frail and delicate, obviously an invalid. But in health she must have been the very picture of Madge—only four years older. “I'm glad to see you,” she said. "Madge has told me about you—that you were a great friend of Mr. Carew’s. I am glad to welcome any friend of his.” Then she slipped away as quietly as she had come. VYou mustn't blame her, Ken. She suffered as- much as he did. She nearly died. She has never been well

face away .from the light with .their backs exposed te the sun and air. The number .of pupils is limited to, twenty-five, and the studies are those of, the usual un-' graded school. Health cards are kept for. each child, and the school physician makes regular visits, looking after the needs of individual cases. Children hawe' made good progress physically, and have been able to keep up most satisfactorily in their studies, so that the school may. be counted an unqualified success. It is a part of the -regular school system, though run in connection with the local Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, through whose efforts it was established.” In contrast to the Providence school is that in Boston, started at the beginning of the last school year and run by the city in conjunction with the Society for the Relief and Control of Tuberculosis. Here twenty children study and play; they undergo medical examination and records are kept showing their weights and meaaurements. No soapstones or stoves are provided, but canvas bags are used. / On the general results of the 'experiments made the writer says: "Such experience with defectives cannot but point to broader conclusions as to the care and edu cation of children In general. That dello&te and backward children can accomplish in far less, sometimes in half, the time the task of ordinary school children, raises the question as to whether similar methods in elementary school instruction might not be adopted to the benefit of all school children. On the grounds of social hygiene, alone, then, outdoor schools would' seem justifiable. On the pedagogical side they are a revelation.”

since. No, you wouldn’t understand it, but I don’t blame you for that. It was a Sad—said mistake for both of then. Leave it there.” “Then it wasn’t you at all?” “No.” “But why did you let me think It was?” “You misunderstood—jumped to the conclusion; and then —well, it was a woman’s whim. I saw a chance to try whether you really loved me—me, or the dream woman—not the real woman, but the ideal woman.” “Madge! And you let me go—through “Have I gone through nothing—loving you as I did? Why, the very first time, sir, you merely thought I was wrong—yes, and without wanting or waiting .to see, you blamed me—me, the perfect woman! Oh, Ken!” “Still, I don’t think R was quite right of you to let me believe what wasn’t really true,” he said, glad to have something to urge against her. She laughed. “Oh, Ken!” she cried, again. “I don’t defend it. But forgive me, dear boy, forgive me! And be thankful that you’ll baYe Just a woman for a wife, and not a spotless, flawless goddess that you couldn’t even forgive.”—M. A. P.

ANECDOTE OF CLAY.

Incident Showing— the Eateem In Which the Senator Was Held. Adla.l Stevenson, commenting on Henry Clay, tells this anecdote, an exchange says: ' Possibly since the foundation of the government, no statesman has been so completely idolized by his friends and party as was Henry Clay. Words are meaningless when the attempt is made to express the idolatry of the Whigs of his own state for their great chieftain. For a lifetime he knew no rival. His wish was law to his followers. In the realm of party leadership a greater than he hath not appeared. At his last defeat for the presidency strong men wept hitter tears. When his star set it was felt to be the signal for the dissolution of the great party of which he was the founder. In words worthy to be recalled, "when the tidings came llko wailing over the state that Harry Percy’s spur was cold, the chivalrous felt somehow the world had grown commonplace.” The following incident, along the line Indicated, may be considered characteristic. While Mr. Clay was a senator a resolution in accordance with a sometime custom was introduced into the Kentucky house of representatives instructing the senators from that state to vote in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress. The resolution was In the act of passing without opposition when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties, springing to his feet, exclaimed: “Me. Speaker, am I to understand that this legislature is undertaking to tell Henry Clay how t.-o vote?” The speaker answered that sucji was the purport of the resolution. At which the member from the mountains, throwing up his arms, exclaimed, "Great God!” and sunk Into his Beat. It is needless to add' th&i the resolution was immediately rejected by an unanimous vote.

To Prerent Contagion.

To prevent contagion when a patient has diphtheria, fever ->r any of the dreaded diseases, take equal parts of turpentine and carbolic acid; put one-half teaspoonful at a time in a kettle of water kept near the boiling point. The odor givss relief to the patient ang also prevents the spread of the malady if kept in the room.

After the Quarrel.

“l asked him for my lock of hair.” "What then?” “He sent me baek enough locks of hair to make a beautiful set of puffs.” —Louisville Courier-Journal. The trouble with some men is that they not only yield to temptation, but hunt it up- -

Velvet in black and other deep rich tones is very much In favor for formal gowns, and especially for walking suits. It is also used for long, haqdsome top coats, often with a soft white fur. The sketch shows three velvet models, each one serving in a different garment.. The flfst figure shows a long coat of smoke gray velvet over a princess gown of gray satin cloth. It is quaintly cut and partly covered with arabesques of tarnished silver'

Women of the Future.

There is not a country in the land but bristles with Jane Austen women, says a writer. With a good many exceptions, one wpuld not be sorry to see them go. They are kindly, but small—deadly small. The woman of the future is not of this type. She is far too busy to be womanish, but she will never grow out of being feminine. She is shedding her smallness. Like the genie in the Arabian Nights, now the cork has been removed, she is darkening the sky like a pillar of smoke; but presently the smoke will settle into “a figure of gigantic size.” She will be the Meredith woman, softened by reality, as Galatea softened. into life. She will 'not glide about with uplifted finger like Agnes, nor drive tired men to distraction with her prattle, like Dora, nor weep eternally when George is unkind, like Amelia. No, when she feels hysterical she will go and sit on a Himalaya till she is cooler, and when her husband annoys her out of her usual placidity, sticking a few pigs in Texas or India will soon put her straight. And with it all she will wear her frills as well as ever. Comfortable Sweater.

This sweater is rather heavier or closer knit than the regulation garments of this sort. It is all white, in a small block design, and trimmed with large white pearl buttons and large fiat collar, in ribbed stitch matching the belt and cuffs and piece down front The jaunty cap is also knit and makes a chic finish to a very pretty skating or sledding costume. The Home Storeroom. The cellar or other similar room In which vegetables and fruits, elthqr green or canned, are stored for winter should have the windows open on mild days for ventilation and for lowering the temperature of the room for chilling the store. Trie cooler they are held without freezing, the better they will keep. Bacteria which cause fermentation and decay cannot grow and multiply in low < temperature. Dry cold will always hold them in check. Dry Care far Cold*. A French physician has been writing in one of the Paris papers about a cure for colds which he says is very old, but which a long time ago fell into disuse and was practically forgotten. It is a very simple remedy, the only requirement being that the patient refrain from all liquids for a

VELVET IN FAVOR FOR FORMAT GOWNS.

period of from twenty-four N to fortyeight hojirs. A spoonful of tea or coffee may be taken at meals and a small glass of water at bedtime, If thirst-is very great. it is much better to £o without all liquids entirely, if possible. It is not necessary, says the physician, to remain indoors while the cure is being tried; in fact, he recommends that-the patient get out of doors and breathe the fresh air. He calims that the “dry cure” is infallible.

Fads and Fancies in Dress

Silk blouses are sevefe. The sleeves are flat, with little or no fullness. Flat jet ornaments, as well as those of metal, are frequently used as trimming. The vogue for gilt is now at its height, and silver trimming i 3 also in demand. Tasseled ornaments and fringe vie with each other for chief favor in trimming. Some of the new bracelets encircle the wrist and end in a tiny jeweled bowknot. Coats are a bit closer than the halffitting ones of the past season, and skirts are usually plaited. Bows on shoes are more in evidence than ever before. fact, there are bows and bows and bows this season. Braiding upon coats has lost none of its all manner of original results are gained by its combination with silk cordings, rattail buttons and made ornaments. A quaint pelerine and muff was of white fox, with one large pink velvet rose on each piece and silk cords and, tassels. A novel trimming is made of two bands of black velvet ribbon fagoted together, with a gold braid under the open stitchery. Copper is one of the most popular tones of the season, but i# is of a reddish shade, not the brown or yellow one of former years. Favorite shopping bags ’of the day are as big as ever, but they are flat, 1 and are carried under the arm with the straps over the wrist. Transparent scarf coasts of tulle or chiffon will be general favorites In alliance with evening or-ultra-elaborate afternoon toilettes. ■*, Tiny flowerlets are, scattered over the evening gown of satin and placed with the view of giving the gown a good hem finish. The flowers are partially covered with thin tissue drapery. The Happy Habit. Mothers who are constantly cautioning the little ones not to 'do this or nor to do .that, telling them not to laugh or make a noise, until they lose their naturalness and become little old men and women, do not realize the harm they are doing. There is an Irrepressible longing for amusement, for,/ rollicking fun. In young people, and if these longings were more fully met in the home,it

braid. The one in the center is a black afternoon gown worn for teas, waddings and musicales. At ie a belted princess, with bands of fur at the edge of the long skirt and the short'sleeves. The belt is of black satin, with an immense rosette in front, and one long tasseled end, hat is of velvet with white feathers. The third figure shows a street suit of dark blue velvet with stitched seams and military frogs in front.

would not be so difficult to keep the boy and* girl under the parental root A happy, joyous home is, a powerful magnet to child and man. The sacred memory of it has kept many a person from losing his self-respect and from the commission of crime. Fun is the cheapest and best medicine in the world for your children as well as for yourself. Give it to them in good, large doses. It will not only save, you doctors’ bills, but it will also help to make your children happier, and will improve their chances in life. The very fact that the instinct to play—the love of funis so imperious in the child shows a great necessity in its nature which if suppressed will leave a famine in its life. A sunny, joyous, happy childhood is to the individual what a rich soil and genial sun are to the young plant. IF the .early conditions are not favorable, the plant becomes starved. This is true with the human plant. A starved, suppressed, stunted. childhood makes a dwarfed man. A joyous, happy, fun-loving environment develops powers, resources and possibilities which would remain dornuyit in. a cold, repressing environment. Hat tor a Young Girl.

While this is a Parisian model, it could nevertheless be copied by one of the many private and inexpensive mllliners for a very reasonable amount of money. If the exact shape is unobtainable, a near should be covered with black velvet and trimmed generously with white marabout. The result is, indeed, pleasing. Health and Beaatr. Beef tea is one of the best stimulants and the poorest of foods. Acids taken before meals and alkalis taken after meals lessen acidity. You should not take tea or coffee with any meal containing fresh meat. Malt preparations are the best remedies for dyspepsia caused by foods containing starch. In combing the hair use a comb with blunt, widely separated teeth. Never use one with sharp teeth. Much vinegar causes gastric catarrh, whereof comes indigestion, which in turn gives rise to redness of nose. Lettuce and onions promote sleep. Resting with the head to the north is essential for the repost of some people. ' The most useful of all drugs for rickets is iron, not lime. Lime is useful. but irda compels the system to assimilate it