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Scfioof Teachers Building Up Characters in
Children as Well as Instructing Them in
Grammar, Arithmetic, Etc. Moral Nobility
Must Have Attention. . . . . . .
Br CHARLES II. PARKIICKST.
Wht can be done to a boy In order to
make a man of him and to a arlrl In
order to make of her a woman T That la
the most serious question that we have
face, for every-
Mug depends on
the quality of the
breed. It confronts
the' parents In tho
homn and the
teachers In the
school, the superin
tendent of schools,
the Board of Edu
cation and the
state commissioner
of education.
Does the charac
ter of the product
warrant the belief
thrtt those to whom
the problem Is com
mitted have any
adequate sense of
its supreme impor
tance, and that It
depends mostly upon them to determine
what tho social, moral and Political con
dition of the state and the country shall
be during; the coming half century? I
doubt It. The evidence of it is not appar
ent. ,
This Is a subject needing emphatic
treatment, for there Is nothing which so
lifts the tone of one's efforts as to real
ize the seriousness of the results to
which' such efforts are designed to con
tribute.. If the product of our doing Is I
expected to be small, our doing will be j
i xmall. We are braced or relaxed by our i
purpose according as . that purpose Is
realised In Its Immensity or estimated In
Its Insignificance.
were I commissioner of education I
should feel it Incumbent upon me to
spend much, of my time in.srathering to
gether especially those occupying the
mora responsible positions in our scheme
of public school instruction and possess
ing 'them of an understanding of the
splendid, not to say terrific, responsi
bility that Is upon them, and trying to
make them see, and, ot only that," but
trying to make them feci, and feel In-
tenselv: the trim inn nf urnd ermmt.
blllty In which they, stand, not only to
those Immediately under their-charge, i
but through them to the times In which
those who are now- beys -and girls-will 4e
the great actors and 'the controlling
spirits. ' . ., '
Then those occupying the higher posi
tions of responsibility, having been thus
moved upon and electrified, they in turn
should carry the holy fire Into the hearts
'of such as fill subordinate positions, till
the entire teaching force from top down!
f rom nornaaj. school to primary, shall be
participant- in the general quickening,
and schoor Instruction be felt by all to
be not simply a ' duty and a profession,
but also a kind of religion full of mis
sionary enthusiasm.
And If there are any doing perfunctory
work in the school roam that are so In
combustible as not to be inflamed by the
enkindling Influence, such Irresponslve
ness should' be rewarded by a permanent
leave of absence, enabling those In whose
nature there is no capacity for fine en
thusiasm and rich appreciations to enter
less vital fields of service where small
thinking and manual dexterity can do all
the work that is required of them.
From this la not to be understood any
disposition to undervalue the work of the
church and the synagogue and their holy
responsibility and far-reaching influence;
but the direct touch of the church Is
upon comparatively few, unfortunately,
while that of the School reaches every
where To the extent that what has thus- far
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Every woman ought to have
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il today. .
THE OMAHA BEE- -
THE HOME PAPER
been slated Is acoepted by teachers as
being true, one aspect of school discipline
will be more heavily emphasized by them
than seems at present to be the cane.
What we have a right to expect from our
public schools Is that they shall be tho
producers of personal efficiency and con
tribute to the building up of character
capable of sane, practical and beneficent
effects, that is to say young manhood
and young womanhood In the best sense
of the term.
Now It should be understood and prac
ticed upon, all the way down from the
state commissioner of education to the
humblest tea her In tho primary depart
ment, that solid personal efficiency Is
cororxwUo thin?, made up of trained in
tellect and cultivated integrity. Read
ing, writing and arithmetic, with geo
graphy and KramniRr added, are abso
lutely Incompetent to yield the kind of
product that we have a right to expect
as return fiom tne state's large amount
of financial outlay. Complete manhood
and womanhood cannot be constructed
of tl.at "-eft of material.
The etudles Just named, If properly
taught, may help make a pupil Intel
lectually bright. But that product, taken
by Itself, never has and never can se
cure that personal stability and that firm
and masterful grasp upon life's1 problems
essential to success in the best meaning
of that word and essential to the well
being of society. It does not appear that
that Tact, in nil its critical import, 1
recognized by those who official posi
tion In the department of education
makes them rerponslble for getting the
best results out of school training.
If a bey. on graduating from school,
shows himself competent In the studies
he lias pursued, it does not soem to be
felt that the school . has been at all a
failure, even If he be sorely deficient
tn those qualities of heart and those
graces - of conduct without which he Is
bound to prove himself a public curse
Instead of a public blessing.
' The Board of Education la probably not
Indifferent to matters of moral charac
ter, and its members are presumably
moral theselves. Those to whom pertains
the delicate responsibility of electing
i teachers are unquestionably pleased to
i hve lite boys good boys and the girls
d girls, but " making tneir appoint-
ments, what proportion of the emphasis
Is laid upon a candidate's abltity-to teach
the studies laid down in- the curriculum
ind what proportion of ' It1 Is laid upon
the candidate's capacity for working at
the foundation of manhood and woman
hood and developing Into 'fullness of
growth those latent energies that shall
make the boy" and the girl strong for the
battle -of ltfovt'-and heroto for the encoun
ter with, the . world's . forces of evil?
Mental discipline, unaccompanied" and
unsustained by moral nobility, only
makes Increased capacity for mischief.
Read
By Gouveriieur Morris
anfl
Charles W. Ooddard
ttynopsls of Fevlous Chapters,
John Amesbury Is killed in a railroad
aociueul, anu nn wife, one ot Amortca s
uioi beauUtui women. Dies troa uie
iuck, iwvuw a -o.-old oauguier. "
w UKeu by ruf.- Bluiiwr, uui 01 uw
.nteieiis. tar into tha AUif onu.ckS. wUeie
bub is tearedm tne Mseiustun tt a cavtriu
J-irioea years later Tommy .Barclay. uo
uus jusl iiuanaied with iis auopiea
miuu-, wanuuis into tne wooos ano nuf
covers tne girl, now known aa Celestia,
in company with iTof. Btllltter. Tommy
lakes the girl to New York, where sue
tans Into the clutches ot a nottd pro
uuress, but is able to win over tn
woman by her pecular hypnotic power.
'Mere sua aiiracis rieuuw . . -
UIM h.rlr,. .ituci.d u her. At a big
Iciothing taciory, wueie she goes to wora,
IIH1U fjAtl istvst lies w- m T Z
una U aved from be in burnd to dtCs
bv: Tommv. About uus umo ouniw-
ii..i,v ,rf ihr, who are working to-
gt lher. detlde It U time to make use of
celestia, who has been trained to tiilnk
of herself aa alvine and come from
heaven. The first place- they send her Is
to ttitumen, a mining town, where the
coal -nineis are on a. strike. Tommy has
t,.m iharit. tn. and Mra Gunsdorf. Wife
i the miners' leader, falls In love with him
line miners leauer, inns i ...
land denounces hiin to the men when he
spurns her. Celestia saves Tommy trom
being lynched, and also settles the strike
' hy winning over Kehr. the agent of the
1 busses, and Barclay, sr. Mary Blsck
I atone, who Is aluo in love with Tommy.
tells him tha story of Celestia, which sha
has discovered through her Jealousy.
Kehr Is named as candidate for prealdsat
on a ticket tim has tilllter's support,
and Tommy Barclay is named on the
miners tl ket. Stilllter . profMws him
self in love with Celeatia and wanta to
get hw for hlmMlf. Tommy urges her
to marry him. Mary Blakstone bribes
Mhk. Gunsdorf to try to murder '.'elestla.
traveling on a snow while train. Mra. j
Gunsdorf la as sin hypnotised by Celestia I
and the murder averted. j
RtlUlter hyrotises Celestia and lures her
Into a deserted woods, where he forces
her to undergo a mck marriage, per
formed by hlmaet. He notifies the U
uinvlrate that Celestia Is not coming
back. Krec'dy the ferret has followed
him closely, and Tommy Is not far away,
havipg been exploring the cave, hoping
to fuid Celestia thera.
JWItTEEXTII EPISODE.
"Far from herat"
"Dunno."
"But you must know
In a general
way?"
. Freddie shook his head.
. "Look at me.- Freddie! You do now."
But the Ferret's spine stiffened. And he
met Tommr's eyes without flinching. He.
too. had his standards of right and
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"I knows, he said, "but 1 don t tell.
"But. good Ood. Freddie -a blind man
in thl wIMiim.i-"
in uus wi.mriK.s
fiMWSsaaWsllaaWSlliiMaiw in'ii l 'ii,i. '"T " 'I
Furs For
' ' ( ? Furs, already worn all eummer, are to be
the fashionable craze in the early autumn and
the new models are already out. Some of them
are shown here. The styles will quickly call
for more than the summer neckpiece. Tne new
( ty.odels may be made In relatively Inexpensive,
as well as costly varieties. The first model at
the left is an unusually clever walking; coat of
two contrasting fur materials.
It Here See It at the Movies
Won ftc7iy?Swj
"Can go to hell," said Freddie.
"Now, look here"
"What are you two talking about?"
The man and the boy wheeled toward
Celestia as suddenly and with as much
wonder as If shs had pointed a gun and
shot at them. Phe had spoken in her
natural voice. Sha spoke again.
"BUHHerr' -
"Yes, Celestia; we were speaking of
him. He la In awful trouble."
"He was In awful trouble," her voice
was sweet and gentle, but very serious.
"He's been trying to get me to help
him, but Freddie wouldn't let me go, and
he couldn't make me understand just
where ho waa. The fire was after him.
He couldn't see, and he got hurt trying
to get away from the fire. But It chased
him and chased him. until he fell into
a lake and drowned."
Her words carried an astounding weight
of conviction. She felt the horror of her
knowledge, and she had suffered while
her enemy suffered, and yet she was
crertly sure that Stumer's departure
had left the world a little better off.
"We'll hav a look for him, when
we've had a bite to eat." said Tommy.
I'm all In, at the moment Freddie, run
down the trail till you come to a big
square basket, and bring It back here,
will you?"
"What are we all doing hare, anyway?"
asked Celestia. .
Tommy told her. ' It was quite a long
story. It was hard to males her under
stand at first, but it grew easier and
easier. It waa aa If she was rapidly
convalescing from that sickness of mind
into width Trof. Btilllter'a daik powers
had thrown her. Freddie came with tha
basket, and ha and Celestia ate raven
ously, and Tommy less ravenously, be
Advice to Lovelorn
By All Means.
' Dear Miss Fairfax: I am an American
girl and well educated. I have been for
the last two years deeply in love with
an Italian clergyman of my own religion.
He. I believe. sluorely reciprocates my
love and Is now asking to marry ma. I
do not see any obstacle uut the difference
In nationality, whloft, I think, would be
insignificant. fleaae give me your
opinion. L'NIVKKSITT.
Tha difference in nationality does not
count. You are both members of the same
church. Sines you are congenial and lova
each other there is no barrier to your
marriage, which promise happiness.
"
I Dear Miss Fairfax: Kindly Inform ma
' of your opinion of a young man ho
insists that the young girl to ahum he Is
a'out to voiue enKed shall not daivt
l Bioiine. eieu ietui,., .,r lil.-n.K
nu ,,uer lcttier at a home parly tr
Early Fall
Y A . a t: f
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The beauty of line is revealed in a most ap
pealing manner In the second model, In the cen
ter, a long coat of Alaska seal which reaches
quite to the bottom of the skirt. The quaint
little sloping collar of ermine has given to it the
name, "Priscllla," and there are -cuffs of the
frame fur as unusual In shape as the collar. This
model may be copied In Hudson seal with beaver,
and in seal with skunk.
4
cause he had already broken his fast, and
because It waa so wonderful to be telling
Celestia all about what had been hap
pening and to have her understand.
"And that's the door of the cave where
you say I waa brought up?"
"Where you were brought up, Celestia
upon my word of honor."
Hhe shook her head, but without con
viction. "I want to see," she said
But Tommy leaped to his feet.
"lou're the rascal that stole my
clothes." he cried.
Old Man Bmellsgood grinned from ear
to ear.
"Well. I'll forgtve you," said Tommy,
"an1 give you money if you'll find Prof.
Stirater."
The Indian shook his head and said,
"No good."
"He's got a lot of money on Mm, and
he'll give you some if you find htm and
he's still alive."
"Deadr
"Mayba." And Tommy told briefly
what had happened and what Celestia be
lieved had happened. The , Indian
set off at a great pace toward the column
of smoke which marked where the fire
had been checked by the lake. ,
Then Celestia and tha two others lighted
candles and went Into the cave. They
went tn silence from cavern to cavern.
Here the electric plant still looked In
good running order. Here a man might
hide and pretend to be a voice. They did
not explore tha whole extent of the great
sub terrene; only enough to prove that
someone had lived there for many years
In a state of pseudo magnificence, some
thing Ilka the settings of an expensive
Broadway production.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
By Beatrice
Fairfax
? u bile affair. Ha personally does not rare
or dancing at all, while she enjoys it.
fche dues not go out with anyone else.
EVELYN.
There is no reason why a girl should
not dance with relatives or old friends
even after her engagement has ln an
nounced. Of course no girl would put a
man for whom she cared In the position
of sitting idly by while she dancwl
throughout an evening. But for a man to
demand that the girl he loves sacrifice
all of her Innocent pleasure la to be
tyrannical and selfish.
He's a ad.
Iear MLs Fairfax: What Is your can
did opinion of a man who borrows money
from a at lr I be only consider as an
acquaintance? KKAbh-K.
lie is a cod. snd she is exlrvmtly fool-
lUli to lend it.
Republished by Special
Bazar. :
Changing Styles in Women
No Mitter What Their Altered Work Is, Their Hearts
Remain True Gold.
Uy ilKATlUCE FAIRFAX.
Raid the cynla to me:
"Women aren't anything like what they
used to ba when my mother was a girl.
They aren't sweet and womanly any
more. They seem to be about half-way
between men and their old selves. And I
don't like 'em."
Bald I to tha cynic:
"My dear man, If women today hadn't
moved ahead wtlh tha world In the forty
years since your mother was a girl, life
would be a very difficult thing for the
man of today who Isn't anything like the
youth your father waa when he was a
boy!"
The woman of today la a product of
our time. She is a little restless and un
certain of herself, but so 1 th world
In which she Uvea
Cur mothers were compelled to do all
the odd Jobs which factories and can
neries and various manufacturing con
cerns have taken out of her hands today.
The spinning and weaving, and baking
and canning, and preserving which oocu
pled tho women of olden times ar taken
rare of on a large scale today by ef
ficient and almost humanly intelligent
machines. And woman finds herself
turned loose with most of her occupation
gone, fche simply has to find herself
new jobs to tak th place of tha old
ones. And sue doe not fall to search for
them.
It is this very search of something to
do that makes woman seem so restless.
he has gone down Into th shop and fac
tory and office and made a place for
herself there along with the efficient ma
chinery that calls bar out from her
home. Kxternally, she looks very dif
ferent, but
, But woman through all th ages ' re
mains essentially the same, since funda
mentally and biologically sh has not
really changed. If circumstances force
her to alter her method and manner of
living, If economic conditions sweep her
out into the world snd make her fight
tnen for place there, If necessity com- '
pels her to fight lik a man and with ,
a man's weapons none of these things j
makes woman feel Ilk a man.
Th most successful business woman
In th world retalna her longing for
hum. And in this longing for horn lies
th fundamental of woman's nature. It l
means a place In which she will b pro
tected from th stress of living. It means i
a place where sh can make comfort for !
those who love her, and, above all, to be
perfect, it means a husband and chil
dren. The woman of today does not sit at
home and mop and dl of unreciprocated
affection Ilk tha poor little classic
heroin of "How Lisa Loved the Kins '
Instead of that sha looks Ufa In I ha I
face, finds what ah can hav and doe
her best te be contented therewith, or at
least to make the most of a half portion
of napplnees. If that Is alt sh can hav.
In my acquaintance there ar vast num
bers of "working women" from the lit
tle shop girl who gets S4 a aeek to the j
Arrangement with Harper's
: : : :
There is youth in every line of this third
model, at the right, a Jaunty little Jacket with
a saucy flare In the back and an impish ripple
at the bottom. It is Just the garment for the
young girl. In the original model moleskin has
teen banded in beaver,' but It may be copied in
seal and the dreadnought krimmer, seal and
beaver, or seal and skunk, or cheaper materials
of similar contrasting effects.
buyer, who gets 112,000 a year. Artists
and writers, singers and actresses, cooks
and manicures I am proud of th friend
ship of many of these. And every one
of them Is as essentially a woman as
was her grandmother before Iter. But
she hasn't time to stop and prove It to
the world. Hhe has her living to earn
and her work to do. And In doing It she
doeo not become less womanly.'
There is your modern woman facing
the circumstances of modern life be causa
sha happened to be living In 1X16 and
not in ISM. Khe lives In accordance with
her times anJ makes the best of them.
Her faults are th faults of today. Hurry
and struggle and competition make her
seem hard and unfemlnlne.
Styles In women may change as they
!llk Dut woman's heart remains th
suine unselfish, loving, sweet and ma
ternal.
Household Hints
For grit In tho eye,' apply a drop or
two of castor oil; It relieves th irritation.
To provent blue from streaking clothea,
mix one densertspoonful of soda in the
bluing . water.
White kid glove can be dyed tan by
dipping them In saffron water until th
deal red shade Is obtained.
To stiffen lair brushes after washing
dip them In a mixture of qual parts of
water and milk and then dry before the
fire.
Add a little ammonia to the water In
which yen waah your sliver and glass
ware. It brightens both of thm won
derfully.
II 1 11 t I sfllWJ
The Parade
of Faces
Each is the Mirror
of the Mind Study
Your Own.
Copyright, 191 hy Ptsr Company.
Ity EU,A WHICEI-KH WILCOX.
Do you ever study the face in publlu
ennveysnces trolleys, stages, railroad
traiiin, omntmiaca?
It is Interesting and Instructive. Each
face Is a diary of
the thoughts, am
bitions, habits and
diet of an Indi
vidual. And how few at-
ti active faces are
round after the
owners have passed
40, 40 or M at lat
est. Not one In
100, That Is be
cause so few peo
ple think. hope.
live and eat on a
proir snd whole
soms basis. -
Wrong methods
no not betrar
themselves often until after early wuth
poses.
Youth Is a beauty mas which life lend
to each of ua at birth. At M we are
obliged to return It to Its owner and walk
rorth with tha fac of our own making.
The mouth of children almost invar.
lably turn up at tne corners.
Occasionally the mouth of a young girl
or youth keep this fascinating dart-
It Is rarely found on the middle-aged.
Not because time causes a change time
Is powerless to do more than make na
ture what Ood has beatowed. It la the
work of our minds, this transformation
of features at middle age.
It la th drooping, despondent thought
which curves the mouth down at tha
comers, not th flight of time.
Were I a man, I should study well th
shape of the mouth before I asked Its
kiss at the altar. I should wed the un
curled mouth, and then I should make
it tha buMness of my lif to. keep its
corners ourled upward afterward.
It la a curious and overwhelming thing,
this study of face. I looked at a man
the other day In a public conveyance. Hu
waa wll dressed, middle-aged snd busy
leading hi paper. I said to myself: "You
are no doubt a husband snd father, on
your way home after business, .
"I wonder what you represent to that
home? . Are you a mere money-making
machine during the day and a combina
tion of nerves snd whims and notions and
tempers at home? Do you carry depres
sion and worry and nervousness Into your
home, or love, light, mirth and good
cheer?" "
Then I look at a welt groomed, attrac
tive woman hanging on a strap (the man
was sitting), and I queried: "What do
you represent to the borne where you be
long lov. peace, rapoa. order, kindness.
J rympathy and patience, or hysteria, petu
lance, extravagance, frivolity and Jcol-r-usy?
Hav you any realisation of all
you msy do or can mean to your family
.r to the world?"
Kach human being la like an engine
rushing down life's track.
It dpenls upon its driver the will
whether It goes pn Its way crushing and
destroying and maiming, and ends In a
ruin, or whether It glides straight end
harmlessly to its goal, a vehicle for goo,l
thoughts, purposes and deeds.
After ycu hav finished reading this
article, go to your mirror and study your
face, If you have any old photographs
taken tn earlier days, compare your re
flection with them. Find out what your
mind Is doing with your features. For It
Is nut tims, trouble or sorrow that U
changing you It Is your own mind.
ChrlHt's face Is sorrowful yet beautiful
and illuminated, because He radiated love
from within.
Each one of us carries an aura, a re
flection of our deepest snd most perma
nent thoughts. All who come near ui
feel its Influenoe for better or for worse,
for cheer or despondency. .
To the very spiritual, the clear-seeing
souls, It Is visible, oft-times. Those who
cultivate lov thoughts and broad sym
pathies and wide charity and high hopes
carry an aura of light and radiance and
warth which la an Inspiration to all who
come near them.
Do you?
Ask yourself that as you study your
fac in th mirror.
Do You Know That
At each respiration
Inhales
one pint ot air.
In places the thickness of
skin Is two feet.
a whale's
Acpen leaves were once considered s I
great remedy for ague. j
Originally th floor of churches were I i
of clsy, beaten hard. I
Biscuit comes from th Latin words
l '