Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 247, 27 August 1914 — Page 10

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Members of Citizens Union Hear Brief Address From Leader After Dinner Advising Frugality. Dr. Booker T. Washington was entertained at a banquet at the Westcott hotel alter his Chautauqua lecture last night. The banquet was given tinder the auspices of the Citizens' Union. While In Richmond Dr. Washington's entertainment was in charge of George W. B. Conrad and Dr. W. O. Huffman. Dr. Huffman is president of the Crispus Attucks Loyal League. This league is one of the oldest organizations among the colored citizens in Richmond, and made a substantial contribution toward Wesley Howard's education last year in the Boston Conservatory of Music. Immediately after Dr. Washington s lecture he was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad where he met Prof, and Mrs. P. M. Russell of Cincinnati, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Conrad and Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Huffman. Makes Short Talk. At the banquet tendered in his honor Dr. Washington gave a short address In which he talked on frugality and industry. He urged them always to remember that the negro's only salvation is to be industrious, to Bave his money and to develop a high Christian character. He spoke highly of local ' conditions, and congratulated the members of the Citizens' Union and the Loyal League on their work and on living in a community in which the white man deals with the black man is so brotherly a fashion. He DroDhesied that this sympathy be

tween the two races will in the coming

country. Dr. Washington was greatly pleased with Wesley Howard's violin playing and declared he rould be glad to do all he could to lend the young musician assistance. When Dr. Washington delivered a former address in Richmond he was (heard by E. O. Hill of this city. Mr. 31111 subsequently had a conversation with Andrew Carnegie in which he told him of the splendid work being Slone at the Tuskegee institute. This nterested Mr. Carnegie so much that he gave $600,000 to the institution. "The Democratic tariff has thus far made no appreciable difference in the trade conditions in the south, so far b I have been able to see," said Dr. Washington. "There has been a great deal of discontent with the way the tariff removed the duty on sugar, and 3 bave no doubt that at the expiration of the two years before the tariff on sugar is lifted, we will have a good deal of trouble. The sugar industry of the south has for many years been protected, and the taking away of that protection will make necessary a complete re-organization of the business, and I suppose that will give us a good deal of trouble. j "So far as the cotton industry is 'concerned, I can't see that the tariff has affected it much. It would be Impossible for one traveling through the southern states to discover where the new tariff has made any differ'ence." At the banquet table were S. R. Oxndine, Walter Dennis. LeBnard Hiatt, (Henry Bass, Arthur Gilmore, the Rev. iltfr. Hockensmith. the Rev. C. C. Goina. 'C. W. Moore, C. R. Richardson, Dr. WT. W. Anderson, George W. B. Conrad, T)r. W. G. Huffman. Harry Hayes, Jr., Wesley Howard, E. W. Gordon and .Frederick Kinney. Dr. Aaderson was toastmaster.

"Twentieth Century Education" was the subject of Pro. Maynard Lee Daggy's address at the chautauqua yesterday afternoon, at 2:30. Prof. Daggy has been a college professor of long experience and spoke with authority on the problems of modern education. " 'Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free' must be the motto of twentieth century education," he asserted. "That this has been the guiding principle In the progress of civilization was proved by the experience of the great nations in their rise from primitive savagery and barbarism. "The greatest aim of twentieth cetury education is to teach the boys and girls to think themselves. That is revolutionary doctrine. Up to this point we have been trying to cram our children full of facts, thinking that memory training is the whole of education, but we are learning that the all Important thing Is to teach our children the universal principles of which the mere facts are but Illustrations. Literature Shows Trend. "This is shown in the modern study of literature. No high school graduate knows the difference between

Deadwood Dick and William Shakespeare. Why Is this? Because In literature we bave merely taught them facts about the greatest authors and their masterpieces. But that wasn't teaching them literature. We will never teach them literature until we enable them to enter Into the spirit and power of the great books. Literature Is the expression In beautiful form of the world's struggle to realize the true, the good and the beautiful. ' "The twentieth century education must teach women the arts of home making. No Individual can be free until economically free and no woman can be free who has to depend upon

her husband for a living. We have long said that no people are good enough to rule other people. We have

got to learn that no man Is good enough td rule a woman. The woman ought to have the tight to vote because the vote will help to make her economically free. The old scholastic philosophers used to debate the question, 'Has a Woman a Soul?' Our modern debates on the question, 'Is Woman the Intellectual Equal of Man' are just as absurd.

Come to Hawkins' pond for your swim. All modern con

veniences for a delightful time. JACKSON REJECTS ALL FED OFFERS

PRISONERS TO KEEP UP CITY'S PROPERY Robbins .and County Commissioners Agree on Use of Men in Jail.

For the use of county prisoners for work under the direction of city street and park department, Mayor Robbins and the county commissioners today entered into an agreement which is to be effective immediately. Mayor Robbins says that he intends to have prisoners used in keeping city property in good condition. Weeds will be cut from city lots. Grass which grows in alleys and on sidewalks will be removed. The parks will receive help at times from the prisoners. The commissioners recently refused to permit the use of prisoners in the city because they believed the board of works desired to have them cut weeds from vacant lots. The board of commissioners at that time advised the board of works to place the law in operation and make property owners pay for removing weeds. Mayor Robbins gave the commissioners his assurance that the prisoners will not be used for that purpose. Only city work will be done. A written agreement is being drawn up by City Attorney Bond and County Attorney Hoelscher. This will be signed by the commissioners, the mayor and board of works.

STEEL PLANT OWNER DIES IN LONDON

BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 27 .Lord W. T. Merthyr, whose iron and steel Interests are among the biggest in the British islands, died today, aged 77.

COUNTY TO ERECT POLESJOR LIGHTS Commissioners Sign Agreement for Use of Pennsy Right of Way. The county will have the legal right to begin the erection of poles and wires for the conveyance of electricity for lighting purposes at the county infirmary tomorrow morning. Work will be started immediately. The commissioners hope to have light at the poor farm by the last of the week. A short meeting was held Wednesday afternoon when the board members signed the document prepared by the railroad company granting the right-of-way to the county. There are no objectionable features in the license so the papers were sent back immediately to be signed by the officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, on whose property the lines will be erected, to connect the poor farm with the lighting system of Cen-terville.

TEACH MEN PEACE -FROM LITERATURE PLEADS DR. ELLIS

Institute Speaker Says Too Much Analysis Robs Works of Life and Message Contained. In his address on Literature" given at the Teachers' Institute today Dr. Charles Calvert Ellis urged the teachers not to teach literature as if it were a matter -t dates and names but to teach it as life and to lead the pupils to enter into the spirit rather than the letter of great books. " We used to think that the idea of literature. ne said, "consisted in

learning the titles and dates of an author's books and visiting his birth

place, and in gathering autographs. We dissected his poems and tore his masterpieces into shreds in' order to see how they were put together. In doing that, the life went out of them. "This is the bane of our method of teaching literature in the grades. Our first readers are full of inane stuff. "True reading involves feeling and imagination. The book that is read with the mind only is merely skimmed If we would read at all, we should read with the soul. We intellectualize our literature too much. "Nothing finer was ever said in regard to the study of literature than that uttered by President Wilson at P-inceton University: 'Literature in its essence is power and spirit. It is experienced rather than analyzed too formally. If this free people is to keep its fine spirit, amid all its practical affairs, it must continue often to drink of the wells of English undented.' "There never was a time In the history of American schools when they had a better opportunity or a greater need to put into the minds of our pupils civilization's great ideas of peace. A thing that is being shot to pieces on the battle-Ield of Europe is the principle that great standing armies are a guarantee of peace. One battleship costs more than Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes put together. The boys of today should be taught the lessons of humanity rather than the lessons of butchery and nothing is better for that purpose than much of th splendid literature which is our American heritage." GOLDEN INVENTS NEW HOTEL KEY

SECRETARY OF HAVY ! ASKS EXPLANATION Demands Reason Why Steamer of Wilson Line Detained by Florida. - BY LEA8ED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. Secretary of the Navy Daniels today instructed the commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard to forward at once a report why the Francisco, a steamer of the Wilson line, was detained by the battleship Florida after she had received her clearance papers from the custom house. Secretary Daniels said: "It is not the province of the navy or naval officers to pass upon questions of neutrality, of this nature. That is up to the custom people, and if considered that the Francisco was not violating

any neutrality regulations it is not in our province to differ with them." COLONEL LOSES ARM; RETURNS FOR LIMB BY LEASED WIRE.

PARIS, Aug. 27. A French colonel who had his arm shot off in a late battle, refused to leave that member, and so rushed back and obtained it, and fled until he was overcome from ex

haustion. '

CARD OF THANKS. We desire to extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors, also to the Pythian Sisters and Ladies' Auxiliary, the Rev. Davis and quartet of the Second Presbyterian church, Mr. Wilson and son, undertaking, and for the many beautiful floral offerings, for the kindness shown us in our sad bereavement caused by the sickness and death of our dear wife and mother. Harry Hartzler and Children. Edward Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Hoggatt. 27-lt

W. Hanley, of Barby, near Selby, England, a signalman on the northeastern railway, has been forty years in one signal box and has walked to and from his work 61,000 miles.

William Golden of this city, has applied for a patent on an individual key for traveling men's use. The key is supposed to fit. any hotel room door locks. Two prongs oh the side grip the wood of the door. This is supposed to prevent the insertion of another key r nd to prevent the individual key from being forced from the hole.

"WE HEAT THE HARD TO HEAT" Marshall Furnace Company of Marshall. Mich. B. D. Welch Local Representative. 17th and S. A Sts. Richmond, Ind. Phone No. 2739.

MODERN SPELLING GOODJAYS GILES Head of Schools Notes Improvement Over Spelling Bee Days. "Children of today spell better than they did sixty years ago, but still they do not spell as well as they should." This was the declaration made by Superintendent J. T. Giles in his teachers' institute lecture on "Spelling" at

the Chautauqua this morning. "It was proved by a test made at Springfield, Mass.," he said, "that ninth grade pupils in 1909 spelled twenty six per cent better than corresponding pupils in 1846. There is, therefore, no ground for believing that people spelled better in 'the good old days' than they do now. "Of the four vocabularies we use, our writing vocabulary is the smallest and our reading vocabulary is the largest. Yet our spelling books are made up of words taken from reading lessons. Children, therefore, must learn a great many more words than they will ever use in writing, and spelling is of use to us only when we write.

As a substitute for red in danger slg nals, which is the color less easily distinguished by the color blind, experts have advocated blue circles with wide yellow rims.

PROPHESY WORLD'S

END WITH FIGHT

- The belief is held by Charles Ben1 nett and Mrs. Mary Frame Selby, two) well-known Bible students, that the) European conflict is the start of the? closing of the world's history. They believe other nations of the world will be drawn into the conflict until there is a world-wide war. Tb fulfillment of the Book of Revelations in the Bible Is their prediction. Both point out that many of the predictions of the book have been fulfilled and that the path Is now opening for the fulfillment of others.

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Building Permits. Howard Parker, 315 South West D street, three room house, $500. V. Peterson, 218 College avenue, re model, $300. O. P. Norman, 1003 Sheridan street, veranda, $150. Wayne Works, 731 North Fifteenth street, remodel, $200.

SCHEDULE BOUT A boxing match has been arranged by "Kid" Carpenter of this city, with Joe Reibly of Pru. The fight will b held on Labor day at Peru. It will be fought at 122 pounds. Carpenter will train in this city preparatory to the fight with the Peru boy.

BY LEASED WIRE. , BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 27 The offers Federal league scouts have been making to Joe Jackson, of the Cleveland Naps, have been all in vain. Before leaving Boston with his team the slugging outfielder declared that he has turned down the offers, which Included a salary almost twice as large as he now is getting, pay for one year end a half in advance, and absolute assurance that all legal entanglements growing out of his jumping would be taken care of.

BEST RESULTS are obtained from Uunderf eed Furnaces IF YOU USE Winif rede Washed Pea

Now selling at $4.00 per ton. We have a car on track. Call and see it. HACKMAN, KLEHF0TH & CO.

OFFERS $60,000 FOR FAST PACER

BY LEASED WIRE. MADISON, Wis., Aug. 27. After pacing a mile in 2:05 in the free-for-nll at the Dane county fair races, an offer of $60,000 was made today by W. 'J. Savage, the well known horseman of Minneapolis, for William, who outclassed the fast field in the event. The tffer was refused.

WOLGAST-MANDOT BY LEASED WIRE. ' CHICAGO, Aug. 27. Ad Wolgast end Joe Mandot will make up the first Milwaukee boxing card when the Cream city again throws open its gates to the pugilistic game next month. Frank Mulkern today matched this pair. Palladium Want Ads Pay

The Smokehouse, corner Tenth and Main streets, Murray Theater JBuilding, has opened up with a new line of Cigars and Tobacco. Pocket Billiards 2 y2c Per Cue.

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FMAL CLEAN-UP SALE On All SUMMEE PRESSES Every Dress is new, latest styles and fabrics; materials are Crepe

and Voiles in plain, flowered and striped effects; most of them

have the new Russian tunic; values flp VI from $2.98 to $5.00; final V clearance Kir JJL O

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Light and dark 50c value . . . .

SILK WAISTS Dainty and pretty; sold up to $2.9$; all sizes; priced . 50

$6.00 WOOL. SKIRTS $2.98 Our buyer in New York sends us a shipment of Wool Serge Skirts for Ladies and Misses, the best bargain in a long time. All styles, all colors. Your choice

WAISTS Values $1 to $2, all PAp sizes, your choice. tJvFl

SILK HOSE 50c kind, all colors

HOUSE DRESSES Light and dark col- rTQ ors, $1.50 value. . . I

$3.25-Round Trip-$3.25 TO Chicago VIA C. t o. Saturday Night, Aug. 29. Nearly 17 Hours In Chicago. Train leaves Richmond 8:13 p. m. Returning leaves Chicago Sunday night (midnight). For particulars call C. A. BLAIR, City Ticket Agent. Home Telephone 2062.

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At seven o'clock we will place on sale 2 gross of the large Grey Enamel Preserving Kettles, just like cut.

Get in early as this is the last shipment of this wonderful kettle. Store open at 7 a. m. No phone orders taken. Just a few more of those Fibre Rockers in brown or green. Same rocker as we have been selling at $2.98. Get one Saturday at

Another shipment of Victor Electric Irons on sale Saturday

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