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Show SANDY CITY STAR. SANDY. UTAH SAVE HISTORIC HOME OF MARK TWAIN WOULD ASSURED OF SOLITUDE. Wha: do you think of this rich man providing himself with a handsome tomb to sleep In after he'a dead! "lie might have put the money Into a hospital, a public park or a library." "Year Historic mane of Mark Twain ut Hartford. Conn one of the oldest residence In New England, M save which movement lias been started. Interesting such bodies as the Chicago Art Institute and many others a nation-wid- e Announcement of the destruction of tlie building, In which was written Innocents Abroad and otlter stories has resulted in u Iter of tiuanciul eld from nil over the country, the Hartford Art society announces, but It la said flint the present uwners, who bought tlie property for 55,009 a few month ago, are demanding 300.000 for IL The ttate paifieouimlaslon lias been asked to condemn the pro periy fur a state park to avoid paying this price. ' People would naturally visit those rt places. Its a cinch theyll never to hli tomb In large numbers." re-o- Family Matters. "I iliall complain to the floorwalker about you," said the Irate shopper. I have no doubt be will agree with everything you say, answered the saleslady, wearily. Ah! Then he Is acquainted with your shortcomings?" "He thinks he la. lie's iny husband. ' AIR VIEW OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON zrz&axxJcHoac.cu'rAKiSf JUID ZRAB&3 Island bad schools when tin Americans took' possee-aluBut during the t)ine centuries of Span-larule eduratlon bad SKW5 never been unlreraiil and free. Spain's policy of colonisation there, aa In the American, wan that the colonies should he exploited fur her benefit. The I'ulted Btuton reversed thin policy and IniinedlHlely began the work of uplifting the Filipinos. ThF flnt step tuken by America on her oreiipntinn of the Philippines wns the entnlillKlmieut of public schools. With whut enthuslssin the Flllpluos (rrecled this policy of the new regime may tie deduced from the furt that the retinols of the Islands have always been overcrowded. Today the Philip.1,000 pine government supports schools, with a teaching force of about 12,000. The number of pupils fa estimated at (575,000. The medium of Instruction Is the English language. The financial aupimrt comes from the Filipino people In the form of taxes and donations. Teacher Mostly Filipinos. The teachers In the primary schools, as well na In the Intermediate and secondary schools, are today almost all Filipinos. The number of Filipino supervising teachers Increased from 200 In 1015 to 2H In 1018. There are 41 American supervising teachers. Of the tearlilngdpeln the secondary schools 41 per Filipinos. ?Sw majority of tboTmluatrial supervisors are also Filipinos. There are six Filipino superintendents of schools, and both the assistant director of education and the undersecretary of public Instruction are Filipinos. About 50 per cent of the Instructors and pro. femora In the University of the Philippines ere Filipinos. school activities Philippine are economic, Industrie, physical and social in scope. In the words of Dr. W. W. Msrquardt, wlm has Just retired as director of education In the Islands, No one of these branches Is neglected or overemphasised at the expense of .HE PHILIPPINE I.x b others." The system of Instruction Is after that of America, but adaptation to local condltlona has led to the development of sjieclal features. For example, home gnrdcna are to bo planted by pupils under the supervision of teachers. There are also potillry-mlalndulm nnd club. The pupils keep record-book- s showing the cost of oiieratlon and the net profits from their farming enterprises. In this way the schoola are kept In touch with the home. Industrial Instruction. Industrial iiistrurilon receives special attention. The following flguret give an Iden of the value of the coin merchil output of the public schools for the srliisil year 1917-1- 8 : Emhrold-erle12.500; lace, 0,000; crochet 1,50(1 ; sewing. 28,000 ; cooking. 3.1 000; basketry, 33,000 ; hats, i,nno; products of loom weaving, furniture, $3,000. Most of the schools have domestic science course, conking. Imme management, sewing and embroidery being the prfncliwl subjects taught. Physical training Is also playing a very msterlnl part in the curriculum of the schoola Group games, calisthenics and competitive athletics are regular features of the school work. Modern games such as bnsebnll. In pnt-teni- g Western Spirit in China lie had been pretty well all over the world," said tlie professor, nnd when I asked him whut country had Impressed him most, he mid at once, China. And when I asked hlin what In China hnd Impressed him most, be said at once, the West China Union The professor's remark university. were made to the Dally Newt, London, and ha followed them up with a delightful story of the ay In which ORIGINAL HARMONY. traveler on walking tour In one of the northern countloe came across a aolltary old man who, seated In the doorway of his rnttnge, was fiddling A away quite regardless of such trifling conventionalities as time suit tune. The traveler listened a while In amusement and then Inquired casually ; "When do you tune your violin 1" The reply came with refreshing Ingenuousness t "1 dou't tune It It don't sound right If A 8in of Omission. "When I enlisted, explained the doughboy with an injured air, "I read the posters that mid, Join the army and see the world."! "Yes said the recruiting officer. But after I was In,", the soldier continued, "I found that Jwo words had been omitted on the poster." "Aud what were they?" On foot.'" Home Sector. I do. door ball, basketball, tennis, and football are played by tbs school children. Military drill la a prescribed course In the high schools. There are 27 vocational schools In the Philippines, giving practical agricultural courses and turning out Intelligent funuers. There are also Insular schools. These are: The Philippine Normal school, the Philippine School of Arts nnd Trades, the Philippine Nauticul school, the Philippine School of Commerce, the Central Luxon Agricultural school, and the School for the Deaf and the Blind. Coeducation Flourishing. During the Siaiulsh regime coeducation wns a thing totally unknown In the Philippines. The system was to have schools for boy and schools for girls exclusively. Tlie convents under the suiervtalun of the' sisters were mostly the places where the girls were taught. The boys were In the religious schools under the management of the friars. Now, however, everything is changed, farsi tfe aIIb puhllo pchAia - Mn , In the pubproKirtlon of girls to boys lic schools has Increased very rapidly. During the lust five years the attendance of boys in the Intermediate schools Increased 82 per cent, while the attendance of girls Increased 222 per cent. In the high schoola the attendance of boys Increased 250 per cent end the attendanr of girls 207 per cent. The Increase of women enrolled In the various branches of the University of the Fhlllplnes Is also marked. In 1010 the number wae 91 ; In 1018 It won 555. Proud of Their School. If there Is anything of which the Filipinos mny Justly be proud. It I their school system. This system has been the object of study by the other 8 countries of the Orient During approximately a doxen Chinese commissions and several Japanese and Korean - commissions vliltgd the Islands to make a study of the school system. In the same year also, the governments of Guam, of the Btraits Settlements and of the Penang, started employing Filipino teachers to give Instruction In Industrial work and 'n English. Other countries from which requests for Information have come Bunas. Hawaii, Chosen. Include; French Culm. Ceylon, 10110 Iilcii, Ilaytl, Australia, Federated Malay States, Papua, Java, Formosa, Sumatra, Newfoundland, Chile. New Zealand, and FIJI. In tlie words of Dr. Marqnnrdt: The hiring of the Filipino teachers Ip foreign IruiIs nnd the visit of these commission Indicate the position which the Philippine educatlolinl system holds In the Fnr East." The budget fnr 191!) Increased the nppmprlntlnn for Philippine public schools hy 1.200.000. In addition to the regular appropriation, the Philippine legislature December 5, 1918. voted 13.000,0)10 tqjw used In placing free elementary schoola within the reach of every child of school age in 1017-101- Imlo-Cliln- a, Chinese eminences showed their appreciation of this blossom of Western enterprise, the university of which j the professor hniqiens to he the president. Borne doxen years ago hf was fleeing for his life 1,500 mile down the Ynngtxe to save bis head, lie was a foreign devil." and no university hnd liecn started. Seven nr eight years Inter, the military governor of Bxechnan sent him a beautifully Inscribed statement of his opinion of the university, and a gift of 3.000. The professor wns on blx way home islands. The exiwudt-lurof these funds covers a period extending till the year 1923; so that by that time there will be teacher, balld-Ingbooks und equipment for all the children of school age desirous of having elementary education. It Is believed that the Increase In the appropriation will double the number of pupils In the schools and will Increase tlio salaries of municipal teacher at A new nnd Interesting aerial view of the capltol In Washington, mads from a United States army plane flying least 80 per cent. How overhead. the effects of this measure would be, I os yet unknown. Certainly It make VICTIM OF TURK CRUELTY FRENCH TOWNS SELL BREAD TO POOR education universal and free In the fullest sense. By virtue of the Jones law the bureau of tribes was created. Its object Is to foster In a rapid nnd thorough manner the material, moral, economic, soclnl end political development of the people of the Islands who are The first step taken In pursuance of this policy was the eetsbllcihmcnt and extension of pnblie schools In all the territory. Tliere Is today pn averagcidally ajjendapee o 15,114 pupils among the In the Mountain people. province and In the province of Nucvs Vlxcnya, where the mountain people are, there are 818 Filipino teachers. In the department of Mindanao and Sulu there are 783. The money expended in those regions mines from the resources of the the government from Philippine pockets of the 10.000.000 Christian Filipino. The Christian population Is uppronclilng the with the kindliest of spirit. The response to that approach Is splendidly cordteL English the Language. Tlie natloual university of the d Is called the University of the Nergis Avagtnu, the Armenian girl, who arrived recently at Iliillpplne. It Is financed by the New York, She was the only one of state. It gives courses In arts, educa29 Anneniuns at Zara, Turkey, who tion, medicine and surgery, pharmacy, was spared. She was then only veterinary science, for agriculture, Municipalities In tlie Seine and Ulse districts In France sell bread at the twelve years old anil was kept prisentry, engineering, law, commerce and rate of one franc per kilo (2 5 the to Bakeries down keep prices pound) oner for two years, when ihe was music. The number of students Is which refuse to conform to this price were dosed. forced to marry one of her captors, alKiut 8,100. It has graduated about and waa tnttoed on Ihe face to show 1.500 since Its establishment In 1907. that she had become Mohammedan. The medium of Instruction la English ; VETERANS OF TWO WARS HOLD CELEBRATION She wns fouud by her brother at the curriculum Is patterned after that Savao, Turkey, after she bad escaiied of the Amerlcnn universities ; and the from her captors, und lie brought her text books used are English. Many hack to this country. of Its graduates are at present occupying rcsimnsible positions In the government, from the legislature down. SEEKS SEAT IN SENATE Many more are In the universities of America pursuing advanced itudles, either as government students or through their own efforts. The system of education In existence In tlis Philippines Is bound to stuy. Tlie English language will soon be the official lnngunge of the Islands. It Is now the common medium of communication among the lslundet who still speak tlielr dialects. It la fait Mqiplantlng the' Finnish aa the national language. Business between the central government and most of the province and municipalities Is already conducted In English. By legislative provision, English will be the Inngunge used In the courts from (lie Philippine a man-eat- Age-Heral- .3. A 8MALL MATTER. Ouch! , Didn't 'jrou take plecsof my ear th time?" Dopt be shinned, sir; enough to affect the:haarlng. 1920 on. vln Peking. In the Chinese capital be hnd an Interview with the president of l, tlie Chinese republic, then Tunn who also gave him declaration of approval and 4,000 os personal gift to the university. Mix Anne Martin, far several years prominent In Ihe Woman's party, bax announced her candidacy for the oea-uIn Nevada and will seek a place on the Republican ticket In 1918 she ran as an Independent from the snmj state. Blilh-Kn- He Missed Hie Pot Employer Don't yon take off yonr lint when you ask for a Job? Demobilised Pollu Excuse me; Pm m used to my helmet that I feci bareheaded with this darned piece of felt on. Paris Le Payi de France. te Hundred of Harlem public school children participated In the celebration. marking the founding of tlie G. A. R. organisation, and the third anniversary of the entrant, of the United Htntee Into the world war, which waa held at Mount Morris pork. New York city. MUCH INJJTTLE ' The smoker In the United States consume 127,00000 cigarette a day. More cases of tllneea and deaths are caused by malaria than by any other disease In India. The Australian government hna opened a plnnt for the manufacture of artificial limb for returned soldier In Victoria and plans to establish factories In each of the other state. Education. I beleve every man In a Cbriatlnii kingdom ought to be equally well educated. Ruskln. off's., " not Unotabillty. Ambition boos restloos way. As history doth prove. When any gets where ha would stay. Fate etlll says, "It'e your move!" Seeda and Berries People have various names for ienk of SO money. One man will seeds, another of 50 berries." "Yes, and some make money produce, while others merely consume IL ' On Exception. Tnlk Is cheap." "Just you wait until congress gins to argue about spending money." fifteen-year-ol- big sperm whale seems to feed largely on large specimens of octopus, for which It dlvea In deep wator. Some The dangerous marine creatures are observers assert that they have seen In general not the largest The killer spectacular contests between each a perm whale and an octopus which It whale, which la 20 feet or so In length, will attack and devour almost any- had brought to the surface, thing that swims In the see. Bome-tliuethey Join In school! and hunt For Somnolent Smokara. tlis big whalebone whale like a pack A cigar held between the second of hungry wolgys. The and third Ungers, above the second shark, seldom ni- - e Than 20 feet long. Joints, will not drop from the smokIs one of the flrrccst sea creatures, er's hand If he falls aaleepo New lie Is rare aa ba Is dangerous. The York Bua. Fierce Sea Creatures They Bought Variety. "What caused the Gadspnrs to break off their friendly relations with the GralKoIns?" Incompatible ancestors.". do you menu?' Tlie Gadspurs' ancestor are the real thing, but the i Grsbcoin outfit was purchased In the open market." Birmingham be- Might Ba a Mote. Youth (eager to gain a place on the sofa) Penult me to remove the mote, wont yon? Malden Thank you, I would, only . only Youth Only what? Mulden Only I see ouch a beam In yonr eye! Cartoons. r Tit for Tat Mnliel Here comes Charlie Dnbb .up tlie walk. That' boy gives me tbe shivers. Mnrle shake? Why don't you give him the 8o It Goes. Do you remcmlier the old fashioned triangulnr shawls?" They'd look funny now." But the girls have 'em In a different shape, anil they look nifty." j Nothing Left Judge Have you anything to. offer the .court before sentence Is passed on you? Prisoner No. your honor j my dollar. lawyer took my lt The Result' "Somebody played a Joke on Jim. Bent him a barrel of what he thought were fine oyster." "Where wns the Joker '"When he went to shuck them, there werent any oysters there." s "Then he' must have been shellshocked." Oh, Fudge. I ree no objection to a slush fund." Eh?" "If It Is used to clean up the streets." Just IL A Compliment seems annoyed at "Tbe "You used to pay me many pretty In any other, presidential aspirants having two pJtlcemen to follow him before we were married," are nuking direct bids for that 'office. about. How would ha feel If they were compliments aid Mr. Dlbbs, with a pout actually forced to arrest him?" "Yon women'- are certainly hard to The Bwlaa government has decreed "Like a good many other people Just please," growled Mr. Dlbba, "Didn't time for rail- now, h would feel necessitys pinch." the adoption of I Just now tell you these pork chop roads and Institutions under federal were done to a turn?" The New Order. control. "Jaggs ld the scene in the play Catty AdvIciL the other night made him hold hla The nitrate of lime factory at Belle My hair Is so long and thick Norway, la claimed to be the breath. I hve the greatest difficulty in ar"That Is mnch easier to do now than ranging it on my head. largest power station In the world, and to be able to produce 2OU.O0U kilo- It used to be when hresths a tlie theNyll Then why don't you take it ater were so much stronger." iff anA Rv If Y grams of nitrate a day. In the present campaign more than - RJu-ka- n, |