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THE MORNING STAR, WLLMIN GTON N C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921. TTrTTT? ..: . 1 ' i . . . . - . . 1 ' i star ulljr iKornutn nRE OLDEST DAILY IV NORTH CAROLI" Pafcllaked Every Moraine Je YJr y TkeL MIXGTO ST ATI COX PA Ct"t Enltred at tfa Fostofnc at Wilmington, N C la Second CiaM ilatten - Tetefc40t ... gtUSCHiPTlO kittSf SY CAHaiEtt One Year .00 Three Months f k M Oca Honth .... tlfiCHlI'TlOX HAIES tiY MAIL . . Poatage Prepaid Daily 'v only One Year eix iioath ........ 2.90 Three Month 1.25 One MCntn .......... .45 Daily an Sunday 19 l.ti .SO Subscription N'ot Accepted for Sunday Only Edition UfcHBfeR OK ASSfftlATEU PHESi Th4 Associated Press la exclusively entitled to" the ukft i'oi publication o all news creviced to. or not otherwise credited in this paper and .o tr.e Jocal news published herein. All rightn of M-pttB licatlon of special dltpatcbes herein af reserved. . . . FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES:, Atlanta: Candler Building. J. B. KEOUOH New. York Boston Chj5it?J S26 Fifth Ave. XI Devonshire Peoples' Gas Bid BRYAT. GRIFFITH A BBUSSOS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921. War on the Mosquito The people of Wilmington have learned through experience that the mosquito is not unconquerable, ljut they have discovered also the price o conquest in this case is unceasing vigilance. Every citiren who possesses a normal regard for his own com fort, for the reputation-of his town-aniong visit ors and for the public health will be interested in lne reports buijiiiiuuu u uin0.lt,i our County Health Officer ami puonsneu in iue 6 tar yesterday. ,: These reports arc worthy of attention, not alone because of the recommendations they make along the lines of a united community effort against the mosquito, but also because of the suggested means by which residents, acting individually and single handed, may sometimes gain a substantial meas ure of. relief. The tendency of the mosquito to carry on his life work in the vicinity of his birth place often makes it possible for the individual householder to wage an effective battle even if the community at large should prove to be rather complacent. Nevertheless, that is not the mode of warfare to be accepted by a progressive city of Wilming ton's character and mosquito susceptibilities, so to speak. Localization of the mosquito is not In any sense an exact or reliable science. Moreover, the average householder is not . prepared to exer cise the proper control over his private mosquito Incubators. Ho reduires the constant aid and comfort of. someone skilled In the tricks of mos quito warfare, one who knows where to look for the 'breeding place, how to put it out of operation and how to perform the same service for the householder next door. .Wilmington can not afford to neglect the reme dies proposed in the reports to Dr. Herring. An appropriation of $10,000 Is suggested as a mini mum expenditure.' It is hardly to be regarded as a high price for the city's immunity from the mosquito plague. The loss in health, in peace of mind, in personal comfort perhaps even in re ligionwill be such as to overshadow that small sum, if wo neglect now to make adequate pro vision against the operations -of a mosquito sum mer colony this, ear. Mr. HardinjHnfites Speculation I think wo .will' have with us the coming week some men: wHo will arouse your inter est, and you will be free to speculate concern ing them to your- heart's content. Mr. Hard ing to the Correspondents. But Mr. Harding has done nothing but see men who aroused interest and concerning whom specu lation lias become rife. The privilege which he now so liberally offers was long ago seized by correspondents without his express permission. Mr. Harding s method or feeling out the country ,vntn respect to cabinet possibilities was an Invita tion to universal speculation. It has not always been pleasant speculation. 3Mr. Root, Mr. Hoover, Mr. Sutherland, all have undergone demolition. Mr. Hughes remains, but he is apparently to be a Gulliver among Lilliputians. Having sought to sound the country, it has been , Inevitable that Mr. Harding should learn that sen ators like Lodge and Penrose regard themselves at the American people; For a while, the Penn Bylvaniah Was so arrogant in his selection and dumping of prospective cabinet officers that the Public Ledger felt constrained to chasten him with : editorial reproof. Indeed, Messrs. Lodge and Pen rose have become so egregiously presumptuous ttiat the President-elect haB given his blessing to the movement to organize a bloc definitely devoted to hig support a friendly bloc which is not to Include the scholar from Massachusetts or the bully from Pennsylvania. The wages of Indecision, Mr. Harding is real izing, is trouble. Reports ot .improving business conditions in the'' United States are fortified fcy encouraging news from 4bisoad. .he change in world conditions has hardly been perceptible since the first of the rear, according to the Department of Commerce, ,but In Belgium and in the Scandinavian particularly, the signs are highly promising. Rep- -resehtativea ,' tKe Department in : Europe, Asia ; and South r1ea;;"are Bending - generally opti mistic forecast' for the near future. Business bfo4 111 gradually , setting its house in order, and; Bven alight progress in' that field mtist be reflected very tittickly;by ; Vfavbrable reaction in our own country; -'lEtttOSeanWakness. especially has been ' Lt A-.- Villi frkltfctt-ife&t j "js ' mama - - - " - - ' wf auu a 14 jf vai 1 ' mlnliMBlrbt 'thittf dettwUi' be felt with gratl- tude,,. An Engineer's Utopia That today is the day of the engineer has been forcibly demonstrated many times in the past few years. Great fields are yet to be conquered, and the recent report of the committee on tnfdrihation and service of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers indicates that the engineers are Quit ready to make still greater improvements in the mechanics of living. With reference to the ."ad wholesome and'japacious way of using raw coal the report goes on to say: Advance of engineering science and high prices of domestic and industrial coal and gas . challenge the municipalities to put a stop to this medieval way of using raw coal. Bitum inous coal, even of poor grades, can be dis tilled at low temperature and yild fertilizer . and ammonia, benzole, a superior substitute for gasoline; tar, a basis of most of our dyes; medicine, chemicals and perfumes, and a sur plus Of gaS. , , " mi If the 400,000.000 tons of coal annually burned in this country is so treated, the fol - lowing, products will be obtained: 1,200,000, 000,000 cubic feet of fuel, gas, 4,000,000 tons of ammonia sulphate, 1,000,000,000 gallons of crude benzol, 3,600000.000 gallons of tar and 239,000,000 tons of artificial anthracite. The use value of all these commodities will be nearly $4,000,000,000 Instead of two billions' worth of raw coal. The smokeless city will thus be achieved. At the same time large sums now spent for smoke abatement will be saved as well as gas, oil and gasoline, and the price of coal and gas can be materially cheapened. District heat ing, electric service, power for trolleys and Jsasses cn be similarly included In this eorii "prehensive plan of organizing cities to con serve our foundation of wealth f ueL The use of substances once considered waste has already meant enormous wealth to the world. The South has gained tremendously from the discov ery of the food value of cotten seed in its various forms; the by-product chemical Wants make as much, and more, from the refuse as they do from the product isolated first, The scientific treat ment of coal outlined above offers an almost limit less field of utilization. Imagine integrated multiple-production plants which could serve a -great population with smokeless coal and With gas suit able for heating, cooking, and illumination. At the same time they would make godd roads easy of attainment, since they woiild supply tar for road surfacing as well as for Jooflng and for chemical industries. The automobile industry would profit by the benzol'supplies released; farm ers would have increased supplies ot fertilizer, and Ice production would be made eheaper by-the addition to the ammonia supply. c Germany has pointed out by her process of utilizing the "brown coal" which is useless In its original form, the great economic value of the scientific use of fuel. It is to be hoped that American engineering science will be able to in terest capital in the development of plants for the efficient use Of coal. X- Crnegies Library Inspiration The loan of a book has been the starting point of many a career, the source of inspiration which has been productive of great good. Today with great public, storehouses of books, where they may b read or borrowed, the borrowing of a book may not be 6 conspicuous in the life of the individual, yet the influence ot books goes oh. ' . It is Interesting to know that one o the agencies which Hate put books into the hands of great masses of our population had its inception in the loan of a book. Andrew Carnesie, when a mes senger boy, was lent a book by a great steel mag nate of the day. Because the youth was absorbed in the book upon steel making and the tremendous advantage of steel over iron, the steel man told him that he might have free access to his personal library. The impression made pjSon the boy was of last ing importance; says A. B. Farquhar, president of the A. B. Farquhar Co., Limited, who knew Car negie well. "Carnegie then and there made up his mind if he ever became wealthy he would fouhd libraries and give young men the same op portunity that had been afforded to him." Carnegie libraries everywhere, so common that few thinfc of their origin, are witnesses to the sin cerity of that pledge to himself. The Disabled Veteran We believe the American people will support with warmth and steadfastness the effort that is being made, chiefly through the leaders of the American Legion, to give adequate relief to the former service men who fare suffering from dis abilities. Proper hospital facilities are the first need. Something may be achieved In this direc tion as a resuit of action by the present Congress. There is pressing need also of a thorough-going reorganization and co-ordination of the govern ment agencies that are charged with the service of relief among these veterans. Wherever the fault may lie, it is no longer to be questioned that the men who came back from France so marked by the conflict as to be in capable of meeting the world on even terms have been shabbily treated. The stories that are told of inadequate relief, often of no relief at all, Jor these men, mere shadows now of the youths whom their mothers sent to war would be un believable but for their constant reiteration by responsible investigators. The conditions among the disabled veterans, Si.f conditions wnun nave led more than one "gold J star mother to say, "I thank God that my son died on the field of battle instead of returning, dis abled, to the state I find here," may no longer be ignored by a generous and grateful people. We quote here from the account of an investi gation made in the nation's capital by the Wash ington Post an account that should stand without need of comment: - . - Pitiable conditions existing amon? former service Jnen, who 'have retufhed from war to poverty, sickness, suffering and death, fcere re vealed here yesterday by an investigation by the Washington Post. Laek of proper hospital facilities is ascribed as the primary. cause of the situation, although many heroes who have been able t'o get into hospitals are not much v better off than those who are walking the - streets, nursing their own diseases anfl trying as best they can to gain a livelihood. Men who have become mentally unbalanced because of injuries; men who have contracted incurable diseases; men whose diseases are growing steadily worse,, although a few Weeks in a hospital would cure them men who are destitute because their devotion to their coun try sent them overseas, are wandering around the streets of the National Capital. They are seeking proper medical treatment, including a place in a good hospital, and enough money to keep them until they can recover, from their experiences overseas and orice more earn their - own -living. ' -. ' o It is said that Col. House is writing a book, on, vvnai neany Happened at Paris." The volume, ought to, provide considerable diversion for some: people, but the world's interest is largely centered in what has happened since Paris. -, - i ' , .-: JVIiss Alice Robertson, Congrresswomanlectrun nounces that when she arrives at Washington she will keef her eyes Open and her mouth shut. The fa57.i'?.yTde,ltly:un'de,?' 80me misapprehension 'as . to the Office to which she has been elected. , Announcement at the port of New York that a ehlploSd of unwashed immigrants would not be admitted there caused the shipping line to divert the vessel to Boston. We suppose Boston was much' obliged for the business, and particularly grateful for the inference that passage through that city will purify our immigration stream. A Chicago man, announcing the change of his name from Teinowitz to Tenny, registers the opinion that all newcomers in this country should adopt good old American names. That is, we sup pose,' something like "Rain-in-the-Face," "Black-Thtinder-Cloud," "Red-Sitting-Bull" or "Narra-gansett." The Congressman who declares that Judge Lahdis should be removed, from the bench may be called upon to explain whether he means the judicial or' baseball bench. Our best wishes go with the Wilmington delega tion which last night proceeded to Raleigh to sup port the pending good roads legislation. The members of the delegation have interested them selves in a matter of great importance to the en tife State, and a matter which may be said to be of peculiar interest to Wilmington and to Eastern Carolina. There is no section of the State that would profit more handsomely .by good roads than our own Wilmington territory. - o Contemporary Views LOST, 7 BILLION DOLLARS IN SIX MONTHS Kansas City Star: With the largest harvest ever gathered, the farmer has sustained a loss of more than 5 billion dollars in the last six months, due to the shrinkage in value of his crops. A bil lion and two-thirds of this loss falls on the corn grower, a billion and one-third on the. cotton planter, and almost a billion on the producer of wheat. To these losses, staggering as they are, must be added a Z-billion-dcfUar loss so, far. sus tained by the farmer on his livestock. v;. A part Of this loss was unprevehable and 'much of it is permanent. It is of such a nature that it cannot be quickly regained and must be charged off the farmer's inventory. This decline iu the value of farm products is not because the world has more food and clothing than ii needs, although there is a surplus in this country, but because many of the peoples of the world are enable to buy enough to stave off hunger and to keep them warm. Some of this loss no doubt could have been pre vented if the steps we are now taking in forming a government finance corporation and numerous private finance corporations to aid in selling our products in foreign countries had been taken n expectation of the market collapse instead of after much of the damage had already been' done. Fortunately, most of the unused wheat, corn and cotton produced last season is still in the hands of farmers, so that any improvement in the market of these and other commodities that may come through the activity of the selling organiza tions will benefit the farmer directly. Generally by this time the farmer has sold most of his crops and any advance in price that occurs at this season helps those who speculate in farm products instead of the farmer. . . . . - - European News and Views DRIVING i'OUNG FOLKS AWAY A&hevilU Times: Rural communities long have been worrying over problem , peculiarly their owns why do our -young people leave the home town? One of the answers is contained in a news dis patch from Scotts Bluff, Neb. There the town council passed an ordinance banning all forms of dancing and motion pictures. It went a step farther, forbidding those under 21 from being away from home after 8 p. m. Scotts Bluff couldn't have conceived of a better way to dive its young and spirited boys and girls into larger cities. . . Do yon happen to know a young - person who would want to live In a town -Hire -Scotts Bluff? . When you were under 21 would you have liked living under the dreary shadow of such anti-joy laws? ''' ' 'And yet', Scotts Bluff fathers and mothers this very day are wondering why it IS that their sons and daughters look ' with desire at "railroad strains and the outside world. . - " The once-German port of Hamburg has been de-Germanised says th Berlin Taceblatt: The first impression which is lelt on visiting; Hamburg is that of a busy port, which after being dead for nearly five years, has come to life again. "But this illusion is deceptive, all the great vessels which ar-3 anchored proudly, mast feff&ide mast, in tKe river, are flying foreign flags. Nearly every nation is represented in this port. Be sides -the Enfiitsh, who, as formerly, are the most numerous here, Americans and Japanese are to be seen, who were formerly very rare guests, for the simple reason that they possessed only a small amount of tonnage. Numerous foreign navigation Societies, 67 in all according to the returns at the be ginning of December have settled in Hamburg, so as to keep up from there a regular service with all the great countries. England alone has 22, Hol land ll, and in this foreign competi tion even Portugal and Cuba are rep resented. The German commercial fleet disappears almost entirely among all these other countries. The ships which remain to her after all that she has given up are just sufficient to keep up the navigation along the coasts of Holland, Denmark, Norway and the Baltic. i 'After the declaration of war, the net tonnage registered for the Ger man commercial fleet was 5 million 24. Today, after giving up so many ships to the Entente, there are only about half a million; of this half million 100,000 tons only are fit for navigation with neighboring countries. The Ger man navigation companies have how ever not been discouraged. First the 'Hamburg-South American Steamship Company' and the 'German-East Africa Line' chartered ships flying the German flag:. Later an agreement was made between the Hamburg-American Line and the Harriman Line, and other foreign navigation companies made agreements with Hamburg. The 'American Line' has leased for 25 years the whole 'Rofshafenksi'. As this line consists of a number of navigation companies this agreement is, of very great' importance from an economical point Of view. The 'American Line' consists of the 'International .Mercan tile Marine Company the 'Red Star Line' the 'White Star Line' the 'Do minion Line' and Other less important ones. "A similar agreement," continues the writer, "has, been made With the Eng lish Company "Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.' and there is a question of negotia tions with 'Cunard Line', with a Dutch Company and .other foreign companies. "Taking' these circumstances into consideration, the port of ' Hamburg, because of this arrangement is already too small and to bring the port up to the level of present requirements from a technical point of view, is a source of great concern to the State of Ham burg. Demands from manufacturers who wish to establish warehouses there have to be refused. Everywhere the limits of the port cause inconven ience. . " "These difficulties arise largely from a want of organization, The wholo river from Laurenburg to Coxhaven is one from an economical and transport point ot view. But from a political point of view it is divided into 3 or 4 distinct districts; Hamburg, Altona, and Harburg compete with one another instead of rationally distributing .the I navigation. Mostly the docks depend badly arranged. -The people of Ham burg say it would be more serisfble if Hamburg was to become the port for wood and coal. Altona for fish and coastal navigation, and the rest of the traffic should be- centred in Ham burg, and the port of Hamburg Itself needs many improvements. V "It woyjd be better," the writer goes on "if the" Elbe port were ruled by one single Company and that this port were under one political authority. It would then be possible to undertake urfefnt reforms, which, Tn the Interest of-. the German Empire, would help much'o wards the revival of Hamburg's pros perity. t "Today, more than ever, Hamburg is going to act as economic intermediary between Germany and foreign coun tries. The port of Hamburg has taken care to stipulate In questions ofvjhe establishment of foreign companies that the cost of constructing iljhe wharfs must be paid by foreign firms and that these wharfs shall return 'to the State of Hamburg after a certain period. "This Is a policy," concludes the writer, "which from one point of view at. least puts foreign countries at the service of the revival of Germany. "The future of Hamburg is still shrotf&ed in mist, but slowly this , is dispersing, and the outlines of a new organization begin to appear." Scotland was a dainty creattare In com parison with the .late Victorians who are deplored by airs. Glyn. "The late Victorian corset alone was enough to have started a pestilence - It ws an elaborate, expensive affair. Often 1t could hot have been washed even If Its owner had been able to afford a Stepney to wear while It dried. Multitudes of middle-class wo men had to make one example of It lat for a -year. They mended it up with bits of old gloves, they protected it with hideous bodices, of which the present-day frivolous camisole Is the descendant. But even then! (This is not a nice subject, but the exquisite Mrs, Glyn- began the plain speaking.) The modern girl, for- all her stale smoke, has not a skeleton of that sort in her cup-board. "In that period of the 'perfectly divine' woman, it ws usual for the heroines of romance, on awaking in .the first chapter, to "throw open the window and let in the pure morning air.' 'Frowsy beast!' says the modern girl, who would rather risk a snow drift on her bed than sleep with her wlndow-s closed. And she has a right to say it,"" even though she herself smells of petrol rather than Parfum d'Arabie. 'One can find out pretty well wbat people are like by what they buy. At the end of last century the haberdash ers' counters were spread with an In sanitary litter which contained frames to puff out the hair, false cur:s an switches, stiffening for absurd sleeves, binding for the horrible street-sweeping skirt hems. Nowadays they are heaped with nail-brushes and mani--ejire files, With an eau de Cologne And shampoo powders. "The' modern ballroom may peem Shocking to those who cherish mem ories of the flamboyant petlod In feminine dress, but Its atmosphere is literally purer. The modern debutante, with her airy garments and obvious knees, would wonder what to make of the remark of a zealous chaperon at a Dublin ball in the 'nineties. "No. Captain. Mary is not for vou this polka. I'm keeping her cool for his ExeeUeney; "The tmart girl of 1921 is surely the best-washed being who has yet joined the human pageant. As for her being a creature 'whom men would obviously want to kiss' that has no connection with the sanitarTTTT vr tiie pen u me distiller V iuis utu hioii ror that --nig ureat loves do not j -pond f, , J ing-tables. We have no 4ri - ..svow.-u a loot,-! - l incredible as it may Glyn. men and women 'i'n-o,lVM' one another in Shn,,,:. " r" k Meadow and in places wCr r'4 regarded as ca.lamit. . ' . . j. death and disease, and wr1 ' polishers are Unknown." na Brlgtem Mfaftt MTe , The sale of spirits in p. "nu and restaurants is forbidden" c-r of this customers frequently r S! to get a supply served in , tri fewer than 11,000 prcutio.? ' waiting to be dealt w ith in V 1 alone,, Just now. n Br! The- fcuhiPhment for se to be consumed on the l'" ."flitf: for the first ofw a 1. .J'. sterling and the shuttinc ' T I POx3ril for a week. Manv nron .: e K this punishment as a ftr.c' re' tisement, as. of course "W'r &1Xt crowded with sympathlz-s Ivrl ' reopens ahd the sale of Co7 brisker than evpr u . i . rs that the. law "Will v'' "'-'to-. - ..... rvuii ue it has not been efr.rii- i -3 y the drinking of -iriF. ' y'fVfI: Gnoxt ot Stradirariun Vi mfc. A Humhiirif hiic-i,w.c-r. 'm .-a iTdP U I v . . .... v . i iu r.Hvo (le ered a means wh-rby th- ris- L w .v.w. aim VLIH.-I WO'";.'- t.jS-V iiuiiuiiieius ian acQUir- qualities of tone of the be The London Times tells i -tierr Ohlhaver is 53 j and can neither play tl ir.ak. J-'-ars o: j their manufacture. He els secret came to him by . and occured to him that t SOn- T.r-r, t, Tit.:.. Mi.ar ding tars an to him. This experience, a, the Tageblatt. is not u: case, since Herr Ohlbav.r , in the occult for the last V owes thereto various oth.r he has'made. ''If the same newspaper- :? lieved, when the Hutch vio , ate audience a piece upon a t'remc j violin and then upon a cheap viol ; treated by the Ohlhaver trfatm.ntt inuuiciite vs uiiam. m notlCf- any d ference In the beauty or fulliuss tone in me two instruments, rriva tests or the discovery are also sta; to have been made by s-er.il t tinguiehed musician, inviudinc H, I Xikische." Community Schools Have Scored Success With Enrolement of 25& MEN OF VISION Correspondents report Mr. Harding as altogether satisfied with the progress he has made toward the -selection of "a Cabinet and .happy over the probable outcome. We don't feel that it is up to us to worry if he isn't doing any -on his own ac count but: We hope , he haart?t lost his calendar down there in the Florida, wilds. . There is said to be considerable demand at Washington for the , reformation of the postal service. What ! do they wBcht? Isn't Mfj Burleson going to resign? ; Columbia State: The other day, in Brooklyn, died a Mr. White, who was said to- be one- of the most useful and beloved citizens of that city. He was a man of considerable wealth and' had spent a great part of it; in the building of Comfortable tenant hotises for working people indeed he had done more' of this good work than anyf her single man in hife generation?;" V-f'??: p : In The State yesterday a aspaVchrom Saluda, g. c.ttold'Of the win of W.TTJ' Tjhapm.n"." He left his comfortable little estate, which he' had accumu lated as a tountry merchant, to atdWt white peo- 5!ei1i14Iing homes- His farm lands are to be divided-into small tracts and sold dn ttbefal terms. The trust fund arising from the.ealt the prop- MrMteo'fBr0,vPaI'lda wealth as seen TuVlh11 "Jffealteed remain: to-be seen, but the plan is mjighUH.- .v -k Womien Today Cleanest. In Histery A woman wpitcr in., the London" Daily Sketch attacks Elinor Glyn's criticism that "women are not as clean as they used to be." Juliet, she claims, pos sessed no tooth-brush. "She does not put it so crudely," the writer admits, "but that is what she means. She is revolted by 'modern females puffing smoke at you. and quite disgusting, to one sense or an--other, to be near.' And she evokes for contrast the "perfectly divine" women of the beginning of this century 're fined to their lovely finger-tips, gentle voices, perfect scents and clothes and manners.' "Women then, she would remind us. were 'exquisitely fresh, purely-scented creatures whom it was obvious that man would want to kiss. She evan hint that the rarity of great loves nowadays may be due to the uncon scious revolt of the -, senses at what she frankly calls -'nasty smells." ' "It fs true that -there-were-'perfectly dfvine' exceptions-r the few great lad dies Who irtfcde' the sense ache with their laees and?, ribbons and flowers and . exotlC";per?Umes, and may also have ibeeu, exquisitely cle'an? but they had to ha-Ve at least two maids aplecfe to ac complish ;this feat, . and themselves were inactive china 'dollS., "But. after them trailed a sorry pro cession of the less pampered women , wHo followed their fashionsthe little governess who sat up1 at nights to re bind the frayed . and. mud-caked hems of those flowing skirts, the busy house wives who .scamped-. the stitching In Of fresh linings- to those coquettish high collars, the shop girls who could only get time to build up the puffs and rolls of hair (so subty feminine on the 'per fectly divine' ! few.!) every"' other day, and so slept in the toules.' "It could , never have been more dif ficult for the uninitiated to decide whether a girl in evening dress was 'bound for a ball or a bath' than it Is in London today, but, at any rate, she has had the bath. It would be too obtious If she hadn't. .... . "Art efficient.' -bath, too." .Almost arty London ' business girr today- ;ls better bathed than. say. Mary. Queenof Scots was. Mary had a silver; bath filled with waOTi'ini, bul.tpribabiy wasn't half so- effective as the hideous plumbV ing in our thousands of geyserfitted suburban . bathrooms. And Mary of That the community schools of New Hanover county, established several months ago. now have an enrollment of 250 pupils, and that the attendance on night classes, which are free, is graitfyinr. Is the statement of Miss Anita "Waldhorst, director of the schools. A -report of the activities of the schools was submitted to the board of education last week and she has furnished a resume of the work which will be read with much interest. It follows: "After three months of work, the director of community schools feels that a report reflecting local condi tions can be made, though the work of organizing schools has of necessity gone slowly. Since we are operating under the direction of the state de partment of education's director of community. schools, ft has been neces sary to limit the work to that of the four lower grades, for natives, and to instruct in the English lan guage f6r those of foreign birth. The usUal means of publicity, the newspa pers and posters, being of less service here than ordinarily, it was necessary to make a personal canvass of the city and county. In this, the services of the home demonstration agent, of the public health nurses, of other city and county welfare workers, and of private citizens interested in the move ment, wee invaluable, .as through 'them community interest was aroused. Employes of large numbers of peo ple, the labor unions, fraternal organi zations, the ministerial association, the Afnerican LegiOn and other or ganizations were informed of the pur poses of the fechOols. and all of them expressed support of the movement. After the section of the city or county "served by a certain school had been lnfdrmed of the beginning of class w'ork, it was found that those inter ested" brought others. - Xegr Heartily Co-nerate "Among the negroes of New Haa oVer county splendid co-operation was secured. The ministers announced the opening of the schools, urging the at tendance of those members who had had limited educational opportunities. The teachers advertised the night schools, and made personal calls upon those whom they thought would, or should, be interested in night school workji By their insisting that each student who came bring another one, the -enrollment of the schools ' grew rapidly. "The county is by no means fully organized as yet. At present the fol lowing schools, which opened -on the dates given, are doing work two nights a week, from :30 to 9 o'clock. The days are given for the informa tion of those who may be interested in attending: "Delgado, November 29. Mondayis and Thursdays: Castle Hayne, Novem ber 30, Tuesdays and Fridays: William Hooper, December 7. Tuesdays and Fri days; East Wilmington, December 10, Tuesdays and Fridays; Scotts Hill, ne gro, December 13, Tuesdays and Thurs days; Castle Hayne, negro, December 14, Tuesdays and Thursdays: W iihsto: negro, December 14. Tuesdays j. Thursdays; Peabody. negro, ivo,.,, 16. Tuesdays and Thursdays; Kuck H negro, January 16, Tuesdays and Tluir days; Cornelius Harnett. Janunry : Mondays and Thursdays; East Wi, mington. negro. January 31. Monisi and Thursdays; Carolina Beach, ji gro, February 1, Tuesdays and Thur: days: Almont, negro, t February Tuesdays and Thursdays: Arrf Branch, negro, February 2; Greenvi Sound, February 5. "The total enrollment at prrsnnt approximately 250. The average a tendance is sligHtly lower, yet. rh one considers the distance many p. pie. come in order to attend ni the unsettled weather, and th fa that alt the students are employed di; Ing the daj. the record is very go The total will be increased j?reai as the afternoon classes for motk who cannot leave hom4 are orpanii' Different Typen of Work "The types of work done are alnrn' as numerous as the pupils enroll' since all Stages of preliminary mj cation and all kinds of experience ma adults far more unlike in knowWd than- Immature children. A very lar part of the work in almost all t schools, particularly in the m schools, Is planned for the beginnfi Almost Invariably these are men i: women, boys and girls, who ha come into town from rural distrio Where the school term lasted a f ei months, during the worst weather th year. To them we owe a rf responsibility. There are stiil otf Intelligent people who. having h'' some schooling, or ha vine tauglit tnc selves, are comlnr to school for fp cial help. Another proup is made t of newcomers to this country, nro eaerer to learn more of the la e-uae-e- and institutions of the l.'nltf States. "The teachers of the city and eoun hav 'don srtlendid work, bringing adaptability and an interest whic have helped greatly, some oi are having to teach under conditio which' are far from ideal, yt m are teaching, and the students sttfdying. to good effect. . " rvor io tho rain..r frdll) the t" months', salary schedule, since it making possible the night sdion!?. .i other factor which has ! . n of gn service is the helu given ' V m( hers of the Kiwanis and H-tary ciu in taking teachers to and fiom sen"' at night. "It is planned to continue the sr,w an r nnpn rfv fries. AS l0Tr tliAt- neonle who wi'-h to a IV 1 No one heed hesitate in entering " though work has already begun. Instruction Is larenlv lmi'.viduS . .i ,,f Mi lor " I one ai me uinv-c . nntmttr mnorinfpiiripnt. Wl I '' 11 vsuuij cmj..... give llliOl inaiiuu It." : OF The Wilmington Savings & T inst WHENXOU CHOOSE A BANK Because of Its Large and growing resources . Ajhple capital 'and surplus Extreme willingness to .serve Spirit of personal contact with its patrons Friendly banking atmosphere ..... Modern antf absolutely safe .fireproof building. Leadership in furthering community interests. 4 Per Cent Interest, Compounded Quarterly . Allowed , on Deposits
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 15, 1921, edition 1
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