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TRYING TO TEACH CHILDREN MUSIC. d !
BrielNenin,
One of the best posted music master In Chi
cago estimates that over $3,000,000 a year Is
absolutely wasted on music lessons for girls
and boys who bare neither liking nor aptitude
for music. lie figures that one In five girls In
Chicago takes piano or voice lessons at some
time in her career, and he declares that not one
of 500 of these possess more than enough tal
ent to drum out a popular air.
'The amount of money wasted In trying to teach music
to children is something enormous," he says. "Naturally
every parent wants bis child to have some accomplishment,
and when you speak of accomplishments for girls to nine
out of ten fathers the only accomplishment they can think
of Is pounding a piano and half of the fathers believe
that any girl can play a piano if she takes lessons.
"There i a young woman who lives near me. She has
BO talent Her father is a worklngman on a salary. For
eight years be has been spending from $300 to $800 a year
on music lessons for her. She could not learn to play well
In two lifetimes. Her idea Is to make noise. She cannot
even keep time. Sbe attempts anything and butchers It.
wonderfully. She could have learned to play Just as well
at home because she never could be a musician, anyhow.
I have upbraided her teacher for taking the money and not
Informing the family of the impossibility. 'I tried,' he said,
They were Insulted, and told me she would one day be a
greater musician than myself. Some one would have taken
tiie uiuuey, unjliow so I Lave been taking it uuui my con
science hurts.'
"The best way for a parent to do Is to have some com-
petent teacher one recognized everywhere to pass upon
the child's possibilities. Then he should send the child
only to the best teacher. There it will not only learn to
play properly and develop its talents, but it will be money
well expended. It will cost more per lesson, perhaps, but
tne limit or advancement will be reached sooner. And the
parents will know when the education is as complete as the
child's ability will permit"
against a steadily decreasing resistance. Or we look for a
combustion engine burning, continuously oil and compressed
air, keeping up high pressure in a gas chest and driving a
turbine with the products of the combustion used expan
sively as Is now dona with steam. At the world's fair, St
Louis, three Diesel engines drove the generators, for power
and light They nsed 220 gallons of oil, and the cost of
the day's fuel was less than $8, working out at 1 cent for
one horse power per four hours and forty minutes. They
required three gallons of lubricating oil per day. Here we
have efficiency much greater than in the ordinary steam
engine. Time, no doubt, is required before we shall be
within measurable reach of perfection. But it took 100
years to pass from a James Watt engine to a triple expan
slon Corliss. i
OIL BURNER TO REPLACE STEAM ENGINE.
' - By Daniel McTmwi.h.
The steam engine would not have- lasted so
long as it has but for the mechanical perfection
of Its design. The part It has played in the Dast
lu,the development of our modern civilization
was, of course, most important, but, if for two
reasons only, It Is doomed. It is clumsy; the en
ergy it has made available for a thousand purpos
es Is more than counterbalanced by the energy it
has wasted. The problem appears a simple one.
On the one hand we have the bottled sunlight which we call
foal. On the other, we have a piece of machinery. In the
furnace the coal and air are transformed Into a mixture
of hot gases, but the greater part of the beat of the gases
and the whole of their volume goes up the chimney. The
wastefulness of this proceeding is estimated at from DO to
85 per cent
We want a prime mover which will burn Its fuel In the
working cylinder. Its piston will be worked by the products
of combustion as their volume Increases and as they expand
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PARTISANSHIP IN MUNICIPAL AT FAIRS.
By Mayor Wearer of Philadelphia.
I have no panacea for municipal
woes. On one point, however, I have
reached a conclusion based upon re
cent experience, and that Is that polit
ical partisanship is the enemy of good
municipal government All the sources
of municipal degeneracy find shelter
and breeding under the folds of the
tents of partisanship. These camp
followers of party are, in fact, not
partisans at all they are of no party
and of all parties. They lay their eggs, cuckoo-like, in the
nest of any Uiuuipbuut parly, but lliey fullow surely iu
municipal government wherever partisanship rules therein.
Publicity, non-partisanship,, vigilance this is the trin
ity on which the gospel of municipal reform must be
founded, and may God speed the day when they shall
constitute the accepted faith of a free people.
MAYOR WEAVER.
RHEUMATISM
CAN NOT BE RUBBED AWAY
When the joints are sore and swollen, and the muscles throbbin? with thi
pain of Rheumatism, relief must be had at once, and it is natural to rub tht
affected parts with liniments, oils. etc. This treatment does eood in a way.
by temporarily relieving the pain and reducing the inflammation, but has ni
enect on the disease liseil, because Rheumatism is more than skin deep ; 1
is in the blood and cannot be rubbed away. . Rheumatism is brought on bj
indigestion, weak kidneys, poor bowel action, stomach troubles and a gen
eral sluggish condition of the system The refuse and waste matters, whicl
11 1 J i j rr . .
Auuuiu oe carrieu on urougn me nat-
DIY0RCE NOT AN UNQUALIFIED EVIL.
By Her. Htnot J. Sarage.
I have intimated that one of the distinguishing
characteristics of modern times is the growth of
divorce. A great many people are frightened and
think that this Is one of the "deplorable" fruits
of the wider freedom granted to women. I be
lieve on the whole that a larger number of di
vorces at the present time axe altogether to be
welcomed. They are almost always in the interests
of oppressed women, giving them another oppor.
tunlty for a free, sweet, wholesome life. There are cases
where the divorce laws are abused, but not nearly as many
as the frightened ministers of many of our churches seem
to Imagine.
Law does not make marriages. The church does not
make marriages. Men and women, If they are ever mar
ried, marry themselves. All the law can do is to make a
clumsy attempt to protect All the church can, do is to
recognize and try to consecrate a fact which already exists.
But If there Is no marriage then it Is desecration to keep
up the sham. If there are children, that complicates mat
ters, but many times the woman is simply released from an
Intolerable outrageous existence and given an opportunity
once more to find something sweet and hopeful In the way
of love and life.
oral avenues of bodily waste, are
left to sour and form uric acid and
other irritating poisons which are ab
sorbed by the blood, making it thin,
weak and acrid. Then instead of
nourishing the different nerves, mus
cles, joints and tissues it fills them
With poison to produce the aches,
pains and other disagreeable symp
toms of the disease. Rheumatism
is usually worse in Winter for the
reason that cold and dampness are
exciting causes. The nerves become
excited and sting with pain, the mus
cles are Sore and drawn, the joints
swollen and stiff and the sufferer
lives in intense agony; and if the
disease is not checked it often leaves
Its victims helpless cripples for life.
Rheumatism cannot be rubbed away
but it can be driven from the blood
by S. S. S. Being a perfect blood
purifier this great remedy soon pro
duces a complete chancre in the en
tire circulation ; the thin, acrid blood is made pure and rich, and as it goes
through the body nourishes and soothes the irritated nerves, eases the throb
bing muscles, and dissolves and carriei
out of the system the irritating particle!
in the joints which are keeping up the
pain and inflammation. S. S. S. cures
Rheumatism permanently, and in addi
tion tones up the digestion and stimu
I1RPIY VFPFTARIF late3 the different members of the body
uncui ItUtlHOLt, to their full duty so there is no caus
for another attack. Do not waste time trying to rub Rheumatism away, bul
get it out of the blood with S. S. S. so that the cold and dampness of Wintet
will not keep you in continual pain and agony. Special book on Rheuma
tism and any medical advice will be given free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
While at work for the P. O. ftP.Il.lt
In the swampy rag-ion, I contracts
Rheumatism and waa completely help
lei for about four month and spent
over $1 60.00 with doctor, bat got worst
very day, and finally quit them and be.
s;an S. B. 8. I took a few bottles ant
was cured sound and well. My healtk
is now splendid, and I welsh 178
pounds. There 1 a lady Uring- near ml
who is now taking- S. 8. 8. for aont
Bbeumatism. for two months she could
not turn herself in bed, but since beginning-
your medicine about three weeki
ago has Improved rapidly, and is now
able to sit up. I can recommend 8. S. B
to all suffering-from Bheumutiim.
Ulan, N. O. 8. O. LASSITBB.
I was severely troubled with Rheuma.
tism. I had it in my knees, legs and
ankles, and any one who has ever had
Rheumatism knows how excruciating
the pain is and how it interferes with
one at work. I was truly in bad shape,
having- been bothered with it for tea
year, off and on. A local physloian ad
vised me to ue 8. 8. S. I did so. Af tei
taking- two bottles I noticed the sore.
nes and pain Vere greatly reduced. 1
continued the medicine and was thor.
oughly cured; all pain, soreness and in.
flammation gone. I recommend 8. 8. 8.
to all Sheumatio sufferer.
J. L. ASKEW,
803 E. Greenbrier St. lit. Vernon, O.
The Wasteful Captain. j The Mean Thine.
She wag a fair passenger in search ' Miss Passay It seems so funny to
of information and the captain was, me now when I think how terribly
naturally, only too willing to gratify ( afraid of the dark I was when I wag
her. He had explained that the action
of the propeller forced the ship
through the water and added, as a
further item of Information:
"We made twenty knots an hour
last night, miss."
"Did you really?" said the sweet
girl. "And whatever did you do with
them all?"
The captain went red and hi eyes
dilated.
"Threw them overboard," he said,
shortly.
"Fancy!" she. said. Tit-Bits.
THE GOOD ONE DOES.
FINE weather for toayln'," said
Elluklm Falrhaven. To his ma
terial nature, God's sunshine
and grand glitter of earth and sky
were but the instruments to fill his
pockets with sordid gain mere acces
sions to "a good crop."
, Miss Comfort Falrhaven sat beside
him knitting.
"Yes," said she. "Who's that a-com-ln'
up the path?"
"One of the new hands, I calc'late,"
said Ellaklm,v screwing his eyes. "I
didn't agree to give him his supper
and board into the bargain a night be
fore the Job beglns--and I'm blessed
if there ain't a little gal along with
him!"
" 'Taln't no hayln' hand," said Miss
Comfort, rising and going down the
tens to meet a slender child of 9
years, who was leading a pale, bowed
down man, who walked with difficulty,
leaning on a crutch.
"Heart alive, child!" said Miss
Comfort, whose kindly nature lnvolun
tarily sympathized with all who were
suffering or in distress, "what alls
you, and what do you want here?"
"Please, ma'am," began the child,
eagerly, "if you could give us a night's
lodging poor papa is so sick and tired,
and" .
"No, I can't!" abruptly broke in Ella
klm Falrhaven. "This ain't no alms
house, nor yet a charity place."
Slowly and wearily the two poor
travelers turned and plodded their
way down the broad, 'dusty road the
languid footsteps of the Invalid scarce
keeping up with the tripping pace' of
the child. .
They bad walked what seemed to
Esther Bell a weary way, when there
was-' a rustle among the wild rose
bushes that overhung the stone wall
at their lde, and a voice called hur
rledly to them to "stop."
"It's me," said Miss Comfort Falr
haven.
"Ellklm that's my brother he'g
gone over to the class meet In' at
Squire Dundas', and I cut down
through the lots to overtake you. 1
tell you I can't somehow get your fa
ther's face out of my mind. You're
sick, ain't you, mister?"
"I shall soon be quite well," he an
Bwered, calmly and Comfort Fair-
haven's more experienced eye detected
the hidden meaning which the little
girl never once suspected.
"Where you going?" said kind Miss
Falrhaven.
"We are going to my grandpapa,"
said little Essie. "Grandpapa' was
vexed with my mamma for marrying
my papa and going to England, but
papa thinks he'll take care of me now!
"OR, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU."
But I won't stay with him unless papa
stays, tool" . .
"I suppose you want to get to
Lousdade?" said Miss Comfort
. The man nodded.
"Eleven good miles yet,'' said Miss
Comfort; "but I'll tell you what I'll
make Jacob get out the wagon,, irhd
with a good buffalo robe over the
seats, you'll ride easy enough. They'll
rbe back after. Eliaklm gets through
shoutln and prayln I hain't no pa
tience with that kind o' religion and
while you're waltln' I'll brinf down a
snack o' bread and meal and a bottle
of my currant wine. 'Taln't good to
travel on an empty stomach."
e e e
"I know I'm pretty old to be look In'
arter a situation," said Miss Comfort
Falrhaven, "but I can't starve, nor
won't beg, so what's there left? We
bad a good farm once, but my brother
couldn't rest till he had speculated all
away, and now he's gone and I'm all
alone. So, if you know of a good place
as housekeeper, or matron In an asy
lum, or general overseer, I don't care
where "
The Intelligence office keeper, with
a slight shrug of his shoulders, broke
In on the torrent of Miss Fairhaven's
explanatory eloquence.
"What wages do you ask?"
Poor Miss Comfort the blank word
wages called a rusty glow to her
cheek.
"I ain't particular about that so
long as It's a good home."
"Here's a place, that might perhaps
suit you housekeeper wanted at Mr.
Duponceau's, No. Fifth avenue.
You might try it, although I hardly
think a person of your appearance
would suit"
Miss Comforfs heart, like that of the
Queen of Sheba of old, grew faint
within her as she sat in the luxurious
reception room of the Fifth avenue
mansion.
The door swung open on Its silver-
plated hinges, and a tall young lady
In a blue silk morning robe entered.
Miss Comfort rose and dropped
stiff little courtesy.
"I've called to see" she began,
but to her amazement the rest of her
speech was abruptly checked by
young lady's arms being thrown round
het neck.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you!" she
cried out, ecstatically. "I. thought I
never should see you again. I went to
the old farm, but you had gone away,
nobody knew whither. If it had not
been for your kindness papa never
could have lived to reach his home.
And you shall live with me always
now and be my darling old friend!"
So Miss Comfort Falrhaven stayed,
nominally a housekeeper really the
trusted and revered head of the es
tablishment, and her declining years
were surrounded by a peace, and lux
ury. Indianapolis Sun.
Somewhat Different.
"Johnny," said the teacher, "pro
nounce 'delighted.' "
"Yessur," replied Johnny. "Do you
want it according to Webster or ac
cording to Roosevelt?"
"What do you mean?"
"Whv. if it is according: to Web-
afar if la Mfvllphted.' and If it is ac- I
cording to Roosevelt it is 'dee-lighted.'
"
An Oversight.
Regular Customer (to waiter) As an
old customer, I generally have two
slices of beef, and today you have
brought me only one. Walter (with
look of surprise) By the powers, but
you're right The cook must have for
gotten to cut it In two.
a child.
Miss Speitz But you're not afraid
of It now?
Miss Passay Of course notl
Miss Speitz No. the dark must bs
so much more becoming to you than
the light now. Philadelphia Ledger.
bv
Aa Intricate Problem.
Mrs. Kbrown That conductor
suited me.
Mr. Kbrown How?
Mrs. Kbrown Wanted me to pay
fare for Tommy.
Mr. Kbrown Well, Tommy Is quit
a chunk of a lad. He looks
Mrs. Kbrown And you, too? Do
you mean to Insinuate that I look old
enough to have a child old enough to
have to pay car fare? Cleveland
Leader.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which
springs from the soul; and the heart of
man knowetn none more fragrant Ho
ses Ballou.
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