Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 24 Nov 1927, p. 13

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_sofâ€" leadership in . carrying public _sthool teaching to children confined h#‘hâ€"-crm“h here as the first city of the \muflfihmdm rearded here as the first city of the muufimdm scope, into successful operation, says the Christian Science Monitor. The local educators, in taking the benefits of education to the shutâ€"ins, have enlarged upon the state requireâ€" ments and have extended the work to nearly 100 youths, The work is m.-ththwythtthcm- dren will eventually be able to return to their regular classrooms. Requirements Basis Requirements for the city schools ure taken as a basis for home instrucâ€" tion and allowances are made to fit conditions in special cases. . Credits mequired in home instruction are usaâ€" ble in local schools and, it follows, m‘oodh-yedhflthtaezndiu Dayton‘s high school ‘rldu!. C n few cases where children from out of the city are brought into Dsywn'-‘ institutions, their instruction has bmduiandtofltlnvithth-chool‘ -m-w'hkhthywmmnhny return. ‘Thus far none of the outâ€"ofâ€" town schools have questioned the workâ€" done under extension teachers. While the institutional program inâ€" cludes class work, at home the chilâ€" dren are given individual attention. Five hours‘ work is given each child weekly and instructors are paid for the actual time they are engaged. ‘There are advantages to home unchhcuhrupm(regn_mthst to teaching are hampered by the fact that their weekly allotment of time is only a fifth that given in the averâ€" age classroom. On the other hand, they get personal attention, which is not available in a large classroom. Plans for future, aims and ambitions are freely discussed with teachers. /*~Make Good Progress It is notable that children who reâ€" turn to schools are able to take their have allowed them to stay in classâ€" rooms. That is true in both grade and high schools, officials affirm. Teachers who give home instruction must.be more versatile than those in the schoolroom, it is pointed out. In the schoolroom specialists instruct in the variousâ€"subjects but at home one teacher must carry on the work in all lines: â€" â€" the "frills" of the curricula by reguâ€" lar teachers, music and art have been carried to the children to some exâ€" tent by members of the local staffs voluntarily making occasional visits. Children take great.interest in such MONEY FORGOTTEN â€"===.__ BUT NOT ALL LOST Often Safely Invested and Al lowed to Stay There Beâ€" One of the common bits of advice to the small investor is to choose a place |‘ for his money where he can "put it | away and forget it." 'nnvutu-( ber who, following this course, buy | sound securities and hold them tenâ€"| aciously, maintains a broad and stable market. There is an even greater number of those who would rather trust a bank. One of the oddities of financte is the enormous amount of the funds lying unclaimed in banks. â€" In New York banks alone there is more than $5,â€" 000,000 that seems to belong to noâ€" body. Netthtthn.-'tpt vbmn-lwfi.‘ law requires that unclaimed fYor twenty years must be advertised. ?Mdfl‘l“.flu‘ inquiries, many of them frauds. cumulated L'n im 2: F a som in a 'Hflh‘mafi“hz .it. When this was advertised, hopefuls came forward, but noné of them were able to prove his right to *h OZeranty Trus compeay tos s21611 one A, Roux, Sho was lost when the Titentic sink Mis heirs cannot be found, although the bank has had to fight several fraudulent claims in the courts. Al:vrhpdta.rufl mony yearâ€"inâ€" the property not only of their stockâ€" "holders but ‘of their depositors. â€" : #1 South St. Johny Avenue ‘Children who receive home cause Safe 98 But never has there been anything nm.hm'fiuclnâ€"ynd navy officials, as "The Biggest Battle ‘The article, which appears in the Noâ€" vember American Magazine, confines itself to the Meuseâ€"Argonne offensive, which was buried in the stirring news of the latter part of the war,â€"the fall of Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, and the unrest in Berlin. ~ just published ‘from the pen of ‘Thomas M. Johnson, ome of the best But had this offensive taken place at any other time, it would have been heralded as one of the most dramatic stories of the war, and easily the bigâ€" gest piece of news concerning the American forces. It was, in fact, the unceasing assault of 1,200 hastily trained soldiers, more than half of them in their fifst battle, upon the strongest and most strategic point of the whole Western front, and defendâ€" ed by a veteran German army desâ€" perate because it must hold them to escape disaster. Fortyâ€"seven days and nights of unending struggle with some 200,000 casualties of all sorts, which have not ended yet. ‘That was what it cost to stop trains running through Sedan, says this author. It was a high price, but when those trains stopped, the German Empire FEMININE FASHIONS ERRATIC, SAYS DEALER A company manufacturing sundries went into the haitâ€"net business about ten years ago and developed a large and profitable trade by good merchanâ€" dise and strong advertising. Then Irene Castle bobbed her hair, and cne day the manufacturers found themselves . with a wellâ€"advertised brand of merchandise left on their hands and no market. Almost across the street from them was a corset manufacturer. The womâ€" en decided to abandon stays and his ‘The corset man relieved his situaâ€" tion to a degree by an aggressive campaign on brassiers, girdles and corsalettes, if you know what they are. He is coming back. ‘ The hairâ€"net man reported the other day that the sun is again beginning to shine for him. Someone in Paris has announced to the fashion world that the ladies are going back to long hair. Also, the bobbed hair division has learned that the marce}, which reâ€" tains the curl, will last longer if nets are worn at night. Bobbed or long hair, the hairâ€"net business is returnâ€" bling is done in gambling houses," he said. _ "When I feel that I want to take a chance after this I will manâ€" ufacture something that depends on femining fashion."â€"Fred Kelly, in the 5111 Waveland Ave. Chicage PROGRESS TLE CO But you can‘t tell me that all gamâ€" * Telephone Kildare 3499 (Not Inc.) CERAMIC FLOORS FLOOR and WALL TILE Windews, Fleor Rags, J. L. BLHARZ 32 S. First Street _ idea inâ€" Media of exchange from the clay tablets of Babylon to the latest transâ€" atlantic "radioed" check, bridging a 5000â€"year gap in the history of the world of money, has been on exhibiâ€" tion recently in New York under ausâ€" pices of the Chase National bank to thousands of persons. ‘The exhibit, covering one of the mast . comprehensive collections of coins and paper money ever assembled, was under the personal direction of its owner, Farran Zorbe, of Tyrone, Pa., former president of the American Numismatic association and a member of the United States Assay commisâ€" ‘There were pieces of eight and Spanish doubloons, "rag money" of the California volunteers, John Law‘s "Mississippi Bubble" money, notes printed by Benjamin Franklin, early Colonial and Revolutionary currenâ€" cies and even wooden, leather, and rubber money. â€" _ sion. Beginning with evidences of primiâ€" tive barter, the e%hibit included imâ€" plement shaped money tokens, clap tablet due bills and metal lump and ring money, all of which relate . to more than 1000 years of commercial life before the introduction of coinâ€" age. _ The first coins, it was explained, were made about 700 B. C., from which time coinage has been continâ€" uous. Coin gems from the period of finest art in Greece and portrait coins of the Roman are shown in contrast with the shekel and other coins of Bible mention. _ The exhibition was as representaâ€" tive of paper money as of coins. These specimens range from the earâ€" for Economical Transportation ~ 120 North First Street liest authenticated note, likewise beâ€" lMieved to be the earliest known piece of printing, produced in China in the thirteenth century, to the new design motes of the«United States, not yet Paris, was shown, and of pargicular loâ€" €al interest were exhibits of wampum, common to Long Island; the beaver skin trading unit of New Amsterdam; hundreds of private and state bank "l?rk“ and individuals‘ scrip of New FOUNTAIN PENS ARE CREATLY IMPROVED Something of History of These Useful Articles; Maâ€" ‘ _ terials Used The earliest experiments in founâ€" tain pens consisted of a hollowâ€"tube of silver or other metal, the tube beâ€" ing made so thin that jt could readily be compressed out of shape and so cause an escape of ink to the nib. The stylographic pen with a selfâ€" feeding reservoir of ink in the handle was patented first in the United States in 1879. Until a comparativeâ€" ly recent time the barrels were made of rubber and composition. These have been succeeded by pyralin barâ€" rels. Ninety per cent of the pens manufactured in this country are now using this pyroxylin plastic. Progressive â€" manufacturers | have availed themselves of the chemical genius that created pyralin from a basis of cotton. As a result the marâ€" ket is supplied with fountain pens in varied colors which include green jade and burnt orange. These pens, as a rule, are handsomely executed and the pen points and mountings are of the very best material. In the relationship between thought and its utterance, why should the tongue seem so eager to give away the secrets of the mind?â€"American Magazine. UNRULY TONGUES WM. RUEKHL & CO. M in America‘s ZFastest Four Donge Brormers.lnc. Phones 120â€"121 Everything that you want or need in a modern motor car. _ Speed swiftly attained, and maintained for hours with effortless smoothness. Check Chevrolet Delivered Prices! h*fibâ€".w-‘“ Luxury that makes a ride a rest, chiefly beâ€" cause this Four has the longest springbase of any car under $1000. Sryle that draws admiring glances. Streamâ€" line contours. Smart lacquered colors. Economy at the curb and on the road. 17% feet are plenty for parking. One gallon of gasoline yields 25 miles £+D00R S at 25 miles per hour. F Low price, and Dodge Brothers special purâ€" chase plan, make America‘s Finest Four today‘s greatest "buy." ( A. G. McPHERSON NFEED Phone 1110 Highland Park, Illinois 5/5 F.0 5. Detroit=Full Factory Equipment

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