ls... , l _,» . _ _ _ _t _ . . .f _-_t .~ . . j 1,, ~ 1 .1 ,.. i | _ _ ‘ ik ` I A ` _ ..~_ "1wmn1f1w7 __,=_ _ 1 ` in `~-”’ ,_ 1-1-ll;'§lnl`l:ll.'cf>'l~f1‘la:1'owN GUARDIAN _ .lrrp§;‘Z4H{r`.-err, _ _. _ ~. -~l ' J ” 1 _#_ ___...~~.g_ _ - /» 1 ‘_ A8, ihe~» _&, *‘ .-4 ` _ 1- - 'HY 'do some children fail to mall; _ progress at schoal,_ while others succeed? li Thousands of children and parents wan lshed this question after the examinations at Ihe end of the recent school term. In many tales the parents, teachers, and even the chil- :Uren theptselves, agreed that it was because of, 'seeming stupidity. ‘There are at least forty reasons why some 'children appear dull, but, according to those who should know, stupidity is not included. Only in the eases of children who _are ab- WIUW? idiotic, they say, is the trouble irre~ he ls, and oven then the surgeon's knife. may s available. mipd of the reasons given for bad Ihodqg on the part of pugils is poor eyesight sllsltsdical inspector in t e public schools of as go city says it accounts for 75 per cent. of “bochoAafdness." The sug estion has been made that 6 benefaction whiclfkvould furnish- ' es e lasses to poorschool children would great? gnprooe the mentality a the nation Malnulition, adenoids, ctfgarettes, _lacl of play and in/lexibility of promotion schema Ire nansedas other important reasons. With ‘the mer understanding of the backward £4) , t schoolroo1n'"duncJ'. is fast passing to a memory _ _ » .‘ W' ,J _ _ _ "3 ‘ ..__%___,» _- _i=,._- .1. , - __ *_ __ ` v`*_~-,_ _ .fc '1 1 1 1 1 » 1-~~-1- - 1- 1- -- h\é_ ,a§2ns;co;'_ H Jaéy kill _.xc mih'-ii’ ` Li/ _,_-1-. . 1 _“lf :- ' , ~ as/_ i A _ ~. ll? t at f _ _ I ' 'Fi `__;."/ mee J/6.-/r of /wp/if //£;f§e/‘2//}j}/f/f;/- 1,-3 /:reread of deco;/ef.-g 5. nasal passage. largely unfit the child for study-and declare that every operation was successful and in every instance the child has advanced much more rapidly In its studies. Ot the 157,800 children examined ln Manhattan, and 8500 examined ln Brooklyn. two-thirds were found to require medical or surgical treatment or hotter nourish- mont. This, ln the opinion of the Board of Health, explains why so many children seem to bs backward- ths lessons would not tax them lf they were in normal healthy condition, Results of examinations made recently in Philadel- phia schools show in a still more concise manner how thi physical abnormality of children affects their studios. W _A . _ . ,_ _ » ¥` ' " ’ ' 5 ° ‘ A-3 if > V ° " 7 ~ _ _ - _ _ \ , _ . . *D A ,_A/. 3 gsggfsgl.. 2 lite-Ezflse ii; §5“€5§l‘l;E _gig g§!;"E§§§ ef; g igigif ~ §!y~ ii Rig igggil 5; ggi? i§§§'; il liii iiiiii 5 l I » ‘ xmfnsdbolouqsdtotm OKI! ill iggg siiiiii 1535!* iégllii isiiii "'l'h°r were not bsokw hotter clsss children in wssssls_ "nut through nqiast vslop their nstursl cspsoity hr ¢¥lh»" 'think ot the citizenship timber thstds has wasted Ivory yosr-dtsocursxod. unpmmotsd, emsgrud ehiidrsa who. if gihn proper medics: sttmtion, ahh! he smog the biightslt ih the lsndl ~ _ ‘sl oeluum cl-llnanen orrnn nnouvns ' In Germany lnsny school canes-sg pagan; "lam WO!! IGI. They think life is not Illlth Ildnf booAll.& their stsdiss seem beyond them. ln hcl. It U bscsuss thsysrsnotaoeommodstsdtathstfgpndiq, Xb” shllsl- operations. sttonuon to nutrition. would ssvs thus little llvss for the lovsrnmsat thst nssds them. Dr. Wsssols took ooosslon U totlow up the sohool rsoords ot children hs had sxsmiasd sad trusted to determine wnothsr his theory was correct. Hors ans two Actual instances which hs hss supplied: __ A bor. sssrs old- is of : A l::a.z:1°.i§.'v{§:‘..nrsej;.¢.io‘#3"'l:::e :l?..=l°.:"§§ -‘l :gs§i;e.awum ruler . l `tmn: no mrthsr coals st sr it':°oo’°“:rn¢=.ien'i°"°" _N _'"1 have many similar ossss ta my -notebook," said _'nrt wssssls -'nssults would bs betty it the mom- mendstioa for glasses could in All oasis he oA\-rlsd out. lhny parents are too poor .to buy gls-ss¢s._ This would has got l opportunity lor some cbsrttsbis organisation or Individual phllanthmpist. “For A sum no lsroor than our millionaires often donate to A religious or oducmtlonal purposs, A fund could be endowed to procure glasses for poor children. Not only would this Aid tens of thousands of chil- dron to get sducatloas-it would Aid them All their lives. would malta them healthy And brllllsut sltissns. There is no _shanty I can think of which could do so muclfgood for such s moderate expenditure. “In many instances the small cost of A pair cf glsssos would be s lifelong bcnsnt to soms little struggling pupil withjsn uadsssrved rsputsttoa for stupidity and mental deficiency. And this opinion is the result ot examining' 10,000 children during tiftssu years' expsrlmoe. v "In some iilsfances the tsochon have' pAid tor glasses out of their own meager purses, so pathetic has been tho need for it under their syos." Progressive Glasgow. Bcotland, hAs lstsly devoted muah attention to syeolght of children, and out d 52,403 examined. 18,665 were below the stsndsrd for vi- sion. ‘ ` Children feel keenly the stigma of being callsd "stu- pid" lnrcauso they have failed to pass an examination. liow kseniy they feel it is evidenced by A single incl- dent, told by a vgoman principal of s Philadelphia pubilo school. A boy de 18. destined to spend snotbsr year in 1 1. . ,J /,~.' E5§§§§ _ _ .1> `§§§§§;A§§§ <§` e¥;;f1§ -xsclf _y -P 3T~'T=*.5Fe`5.~‘= lmmorslix in hams llnsylnps otlc tenohsc Unsuited to schooinystsm Natural bent llno ' m|?pm§"t;;r hoalmstel A use so Headache from had stom- sch Adenolds. or ‘lrrllltllll molil s Cloihlns' uncomfortable Tcsnhor favors others Enfnrctld absence li! sick- . Undsrfod W 4. 0:1.-llecflssorns dist I your olotlllng 6. Aduiterstsd ocnfections 1. Not snoush sleep It Blssp lp unrsntllstsd room I. llssp with too many in A room Out lsts st night The clgsntts shit The liquor hshit The tes and coitss nshit lntsmpsrsnos of parm! of parents Hu to mind the entry Hu to work at home Not psrmltted to vlsi 'loo fond ot play lnsufllcisnt sxsrclss Parents lsalr interest Mother has to work * i. Poor sysslght 1|. T1?-‘~ 35??-' f=:'=.5 FFFFF- FT°‘».7:`-'.5 ness Urged to undue exertion. R' HM i 1 unco' soo lsffk or spd-lsl school ns- ri llllml ll l~»nnr not appealed in nt lm's "dumb" ' \ itll] lm' of promotion FB AVE you conceived the delusion that your child H is dull st school? ~ It ls not tnle. except in an` artificial sense. Your child may not bo xsltina slang in slhrol no fast As some others. but it may not bo be- in-sss of dull-less. Fsw children are dull, except those born with Abso- \\‘to mental detlolsncies, or srquirlrlg them through in- lrrv. ln the llttls red schoolhouse dsys It was oustomsry N na A "duncs's esp" sad A "o\|Iw°'U ohoir." sod on 'Hs ohulr was placed ths child who lsll behind its studies. ' One such experience would asm our A child A NW' tation for stupidity which. psrhalll. |10 Y°\|-W "W" 5° Alle to outlive-at least, not for Yes-fl. into the more up-to-dats schools of tho aewsr coun- try, snd tha towns snd citiit the "dunes" idssl hos been grafted in modified or Vllild l’\l|l°l- - _ AM yor tnsrs ls no such thins- |11 "I wmmoo seven- htien, ss A stupid or backward child. ` This is no more opinion. It hu been i‘u|i.\' demon- gqlatsd la dug which hsvs rscsntly sculht out tho ilswons why roms pupils do not get sions so well st Dflool As others. _ TREKENDOUO PROMISE FOI FUTURE gg hu pgs pond past peswdvslton that in almost W," mann. nl." |, .omg phygtasl, scciologlcsi or psyohlssl reason whim msy readily hs remedied by ia- \l|l|l'°ttt llsthodl. . Haas q Usmghas promise this holds forth In edw- sstlaf tg. youd; os the _fs-toni it means that when ygmlmgg 4,1 'song' out the reason for "bncltwsrdnsss sae unsung lt shsu have been saoptsa srnmlls- 'hm wm 5. |n 9" schools' none but bright pupils; that ws silsll hsocms s hstion of /tlllf\|Y '0¢\1°l¢°4 P°°9|°~ n ,,,”,,,` ry." Q, gram pl any ons child is almost, ii not quite, ss susosstlsts to instruction as snothsr. and thstitosssnssrstasesstssbriglltsssnothsc- pmvlass ttlsrs be so msotsl 6°fl"l°'“°'\\'-it il 5" ss-are the "backward" ohll-I nssds ll>°°ill Dlflllll li' Holton. only a raw yssrs sgo, when s child pnssotsd itself A public school. no ilusslions won slltsl. MM. Essosmo oustomsly. is som# Itslil- W '**1“'" I °°"‘ t lasts ot vsootnstisa. In most eltin that is All that ls rsoulrsd now. In some lsrgs sitiss that lsvs sssa wrsntilns with *ll g¢.¢,|,m ,| Nggygq aalidrsa, however, nmsthlng more h Nosilsl. u nw he-s an nnviltil U W °"Y ’°"" ' .__ ,,#””~_~ -emma 1"” 1 ~~ ,_ N "'**"‘£1.'.»\I."` "' = "` L "W ,_,,,,, gsssssvnwi _ . `. . ; Health in many cities, inspectors-regular members ot the medical profession-whose dut it is to visit overs' Y school building ln tho city twice a week. Every pupil ls thoroughly examined upon admission. and casually ex- I Amlned on every visit of thc inspector to tho school. There are card systems where the complete his toriss ol the pupils are kept and revised as required. 4 _ The style of card used ln one of tha big cities of tho East is divided into twcivc columns. In tho llrst thc teacher is rsquirsd to state the num- _ 1' fy _/T; <`\¥ §;‘~`\§"}'_\ ~ in the second, the number ct times inte; and then, in _TZ order, those things must be reported upon: Grades ~ex- _£%¥_§_ -,. _ emptcd from: number of limes examined' number of "‘§,?~ timos fsilcd; condition of eyes; condition of ears, condl- _-1 '(_'3'"' 2,;-1, ` s ,_ ‘ ¥-°T.‘_'_‘_‘_- ' _ i l tion of throat. condition at none, condition nf skin, ._ __. i F' _ _ “__ ___ _ gui orthopedic condition. _ ` V 'j W Y _ ~ V v ~ § :""°- » ‘.11-di `\\\`§ \~». 5 /I I ' i , ` “ s» I » “!! ..l¢ndl._l*i-w/ltr 'g ,_- I if ‘| \~ _ . 4 in ,. _ ~¢,v l lq|Q%§§§i” i i' ` // l\\i)/ éggggyi é- ;=._ V 1 ///I pe ` ll i- lf* P re ‘- léyf ,.#u»~f . ~L iilwallhif li ' EE E# l .li . Z_l4§5'”~ i . ‘ 'ld ndhuhuuuil ff. 'L ’:. ~ \ ;» - 1 .~ ' " ‘ ' ~ l'/V / // ' ‘ff 4 ~ ’ h - " l - Q 1. ~ .- '=:;=‘ '=1s_ls;»l;=;='el§l§;l;;lfi 1 ,ill ; 2 // i ~é¢%~‘ i A a i \l nano on. ~' J“\ 1' if f cf” "' ,f \ Hifi fl' i. /! r l i '} \ I 'Il ,,' ,il I//I" E f is "1 l i ' I "f ’ §‘ _ ;»" " '-._ N; ' r 1 l ‘ l i l , _ ..:‘== \\_\ ‘ I . ` _ U ,$1 *_* ;_ ._,.., _i|_||§]. W E-_-_Q | / ` ', ‘ J" (M 1'/ ll 1 f / _ » _;1_‘~¢= @» _Era'/If/.'ff12zp' C35//c.~9~ezz. /'cv' ,9@/.s/'c=>>/ De/ecés. iv #cfm _K V l \__\ Y _ 1 if" W ‘ l w %hi`.‘#reho@4 »/\ I 'r +“'. ~;#1r_°>‘e; Here are the Forty Reasons for __ l 1% _ i’ ‘WV 'uwi/,' _,Z2 ' /_ h / =,~ "Backwardness" ,, Q % ‘F i 1,1 ,.1 /, '\ l ' " ` _ ff/ "` \Y .h ~ i» 1 _ _ -ff* :,_- _ l _ _.__... ___ V. .__.__:._ ._ ._,_____._,1 _ :` _c -IT1. _ _..- c .-»,, x I ‘- _ gl '_-_*` "Shi-Eli ll? I l ( l 'rms lsst rotor to any deformity of me bony. All ' /_ ~ [1 _ deformities are rleported upon. but that most often C;/j _go Q5'{-J/§oo/ 'X277 Ure C0/I/‘ecnzzozyhy /£‘}2`]/‘ar I found relates to the ll ine, " ' Thousands upon thlliusanlia of children allprnr dull, 0/‘éé/4 C; stupid, simply on account o! lllnlr apincs. Psrhaps the curvature Ill slight may lu- rome-lllcd hy - ' i h \vntownkancltl;1u{ a few more ozen o e new pn el- nap las a go so _wclligrlth ,the new paper tllbrecliotlls. b ' or t o age is st last res y to ecome sn age oi psporiwall till: way' from the plaper stlgng that ties up t pac ll c paper nap ins tot e nlcr sheets lxtweeiil whqéh iugusta, Mains; gdalallilide, out ,il ustrs's‘ as iagton ncon or ran in, slmost snywh¢re’ln the United States. can sleep for the paper-covered futllrc. ‘HE time is here when liilznificfl Augusta. ~ Heine, or grnceflll \Ricllmmld. Va., nr cn- AICIYUL FRANK BTOCKTON. A gsnerstfan Ago, made his escape from the famous lady and the tiger-the succsss which rsndsrod it nssrly jm- ‘Dosslhls for him lo ull what he wrote immo- diately afterward-hy telling the story nf the psllurlous plnm-lksr who slept-undsr s hisnkst ot nswsnlpsrs- not llscsuss the newspapers of the dsy DU! ¥°u to s*»»,».» but hscsuss newspapers st nlsht were wsrl-ner tum woalsrl bisnltsts. _ it wus A story that wan sil ths more smusinl fal- sslng so trus; And not the lssst truthful of its fss. turss wss tits declaration that s nswlvlvsr is one uf ills warmest things--quits sport from ths big typo and solo sd scsrs and or todsr-that humanity can put itsslfcsxt to. ltrss osr conductors on cold and siushr llsys. HAI r r A sus s sie was so!s=igm7:i|t.;7f‘i:1i:; =.tglo`ill\sss sfvnzws? paper on lhc rear platform. AIR' ml_llbcl~ of vlurkurs oxposrd to lung hours of cold nd ll newspaper between coat and vnst a better prctccilon lllfln a Chamois or woolen chest protector- tls warm, in incl, as a rubber coat, without inducing the wsako, ...g perspiration ni' f:noutchollc_ Perhaps hl0ckton's story Inspired the sver-lnvsn- live tlcrlllnnn to try thnlr hands nl obtaining practical results; pl-rhaps it rli|ln’t. nut the results are here. anyway. Proc-oss after process. patcnt nfter Patent, have oonsrlrcd to make apor-common, ord nary papor- avsl Able for yarn. line strange thing about the out- come of twenty years nf experiment is that the ms- tsrlal made of paper loses all its heating properties, And, in the last analysis, sdspts ltsell but o articles of Apparel in which warmth is not to he desired. ‘ SPUN FROM PAPER BANDS The man sciure is not very intrlcsts. Rags, wood --Almodst sl‘ :ning tlhst Tvgill mah; ‘good Jsper-‘sro l'\‘°\ln up on ll. cpu. no onwro~ clcth drums, form? ngrrow bang; oi' pspsr which Ars partly dried and then spun into ysrn. The yarn cAn lr beautifully dyed, and trsstmsnt with ohsmlosls gives li strength, sisstlrlty and s glistsning smooth- ness, Ons variety of the sper yarn s being ussd for the D making of girdlss, suspsnders nts and simllsr mA- tsrisls. Anothsr mslres tsbisclo hs, towsas, bueltrsm. linings, snrking. hsngings upholstsry s and sl-sn rugs. lt comes into sorvlcs ss sn Ally et ltr prsdss~ tintd ¢nern,\'-<:otton--for it is cotton that wil bs most Affected. and most helped. by the nsw srtlcls of coll- msrce. W F thi ti h tt ood nip costs only ons- r As muo Al oo On, And excci mt rugs and partirrss src woven with ths war; of calm-l nm. th-y \~.-f of the paper ysrfl. o it ls I krly 1-l cut -lrtwn ills sais of cotton to An nppreclrhlv spree, niilloulzil the world ls xrowinmblf- ger s-~:»~r my :1ou'ha:l\ plant:-rs use not ' Agn huntin/l ln rl;-o money for s inn! time yst. Tm 1.--a finally is lhsl they will welcome tha new more-_lr_ ~. _~\ l. tn :l ls now roncedsd to sol? the sim-.\~ s~ -~~-.-hw-l or f-lv- hsgrlng tor I s in- ursusln; vo-'an crop. it ls lslnply nlrenl onoulh. llld it lasts as inl\_l as into over dares last. _ aol only hss cord msds ot ths ospsr boon llod Qt l§illl3FC)ltllU[iUl3il ¢or\=l\'¢lv for tying up packages. nut socks mods or woven papbr have hmm found to give good service as mail sacks. Fish gelatin lmil lent tc tllo fabrics made of paper a property which rnnstitutcs the final tnst of prac- ilrsl utility-rcaisiullro in moisture. They are W9.” shls. tllllblo. Wusimltif-. llryatlie-perhaps boilsbls And fry-Able, for all anybody knows to the contrary. Boaked In wats-r lor n day and a night and than l|\°WHd lo UNH ihfrl' Dr0\'¢! in be as strong ss ever. Ind tho only difference deloctsrl is a sil ht shrinkage. 'There is no doubt that they would stand frequent sg- posure ia rain as we-ll as. and possibly better than, many slrogi: and muslins now in general use st much higher With the loss of the heat-retaining properties that characterise the ordinary sheet of paper, the new cloth becomes evsn cooler than cotton for wear As A [Ar- ment, But that is an immensely valuable Asset lor It msliss the stat! ecullsrly suited to All warm oilmsts snd ta the torriil summer season or many so-osllsd tsmxersts zones. boon thrice blessed it can be to thousands of summer workers, as wel as idirrs. msn °s wsll as women, .whom it will enable to rcmply with tho ro- pristles and still be as comfnrtsble ss though rho) were discarding hslf the clothing which the :envsu- tinns com sl t om to was . l` Its utilftles cover the needs of humsnit from foot to hadd. for Already straw hats are more of Apsr more cheaply and more handsomely than the oraflnal straw ssplrsd to. The pApsr "straw" hats-do not fad. And do not wilt. And. the mstsrlsl bsing‘ of An length, miracles ot sll sorts in hat-rushing are awaiting hs daft hands of the designer. The most impression triumph thus fsr schlsved has been the Attainment el quality ia pspsr "straw" which challenges eempsrisqa with t s nsst Pnnslns hats, Bo the paper sgs has arrived. The German wsy has taken wenty( years. The Amsrlosn way won't hs ssllshsd If it ta es longer than lwsnty mlnutss. What with our hurry~up habit of discovering A forsst And Jamming s pulp mill into its pssostul ln- sldes, the future seems tc hold out the remiss that the modern Adam and Evo will soca be Alas to promo- nads into the drssmy woodland ln the o in and the third 51-ado, flung his arms About his mothers nest and bogged. "Oh, mother, pray to God that I may bo mode like other boys!" _ » l - -, Ho was like other boys, only he was not.‘ arstood. Recognizing this as rt case nt retarded anal de- velopment, the principal of a school for "‘lncorriglhlss"- there arc no inccrrlglhics. hy the way-had him placed in a class of tlfteon backward boys, whore he might do a ycar's work in two years. and not fact that he wi falling behind. At thc ago of_slx or sevrn ts the time whoa childrm need special-attention in regard to "bscltwArdnssl." Frequently at that nge they dsvsiop AAAAI growttl which malta it vary difficult to study. Al Adult who ands his mental mechanism obstructed I1 A oold ia ihs head for A day or two is qoiok to hArvA.it r_sn1s_disd, but the child is often neglsctsd. ~ t in the special school, manual training fs ussd lo leach tha mind through the hand-the very thing that ms'ny A child needs to cure its Apparent stupidity. Br‘ surgery is sometimes, but Molly, resorted la In order to cure children of msntsirhots. ln time may become quits common. As ye msdicsl-sctencsr! not fsr enough _Advanced to* locsllls' slls of mo defects in the brain. An Wlrstloa would bs indicated only when there is An external msatfoststlcn of a looslllsd lntemsl lesion. , slmonnv A onlulrnxn. 1*' , Removal tg surgery ol detects which cause rl-dsl irritability Is Always Advised-such dstscts ss growths in tho snr, ness. or throat. J ` .' Tho dsalbis sohsms of promotions ls considered sy many exports to bs A grsst Aid to what might bs éallod drwsmnsss or popup. s time ago A Chicago woman, Irs. Dsnisi lllunro, llltdd A plsn to provide W iilldsffld lohool chil- hssakhsts sash morning., "lf A child admit a penny. hs will bs wslccms to sat wMf hs our restaurant," sxolsimsd Irs. llsnro. sr places the qusntlty ot ncnrtshmsnt is hold not so much Account As ths quality. s ht or codes should bs given sohool o_hlldrss,‘\ sud A physician. "The food should bs s\|$\\lQt‘ wholsscmv-tittls more could bo Mid. ' ` "lt ls the stud that chlidrsn buy About ths sohocb- thsn ll they t hams tht Wu” m3:";'f:?:=s:E:h:' :i§msn“‘:"wh!i\.l€t.v°t\s°:&ir _ ! ' r ohllg A n l oh d hi INA h IQ K tag!! ‘:p;`;l?1n°ths:`l°;‘$zs;‘ ?or sdultsritsd ollss o¥' Lg' I l' I ~ Athou ll Astoundi \ Al list* s.§s _ o t with s couple ot tnmlrfuls ot stymhnhg faavss or 2 M ' u ~gahéhslnuveesc»»uema;z5s!mh.smnr;3i&2$§§{fT"‘f*““‘””“ ( O .I ” ‘fo ov., “- .._..n.. ._...s~s.»_ ~ ,av ....,,.,.‘- ag. M0, :iii