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2 playgroun1 an: lly W. It. Lunk, Supervisor of Play grounds, in Sunday News. The idea of playgrounds being : part of the educational system of ( city has only found credence withil the past few years. It is by no meam universal yet, but is fast hading fa vor even among the most conserva tive. That we may view the questior fairlv and arrive at our conclusion II is necessary to study the part eacli pla ys In the well-rounded development of our young people. Education has not always beer deemed so necessary as it is today Practically every large corporation now demands that those who fill its important positions shall have the best training obtainable through special school courses along their par ticular lines of work. The same rule holds good in all other walks of life, for we find over 55 per cent of the ex ecutive positions in the country filled from the very few (in comparison to our population) who graduate from our public schools and colleges. Thus without fear of contradication we can say that the function of our great educational system . is to fit the youth of the nation to best take their places in the community life, well equipped to carry on its activities. We are backed in this assertion by soute of the earlier educators, l'estalozzi advanced the theory that education nift-ant the development of the sense perception in the pupil and that the schools should give every chance for this development. Froebel goefc farther and says "Education means the development of the selfJipfi vitv of 1 n .. -??. . .vj ?.uv |/U|MI I IIKMIKII this self-activity," he says, "the child unfolds his will power quite as much as his sense perception and by this arrives in the surest way at thinking reason, which is the culmination of self-activity." In the playground we find an insituat'.on which has been fostered as such for only a few years. It is the working out of a desire on the part of many thinking men and women to utilize the natural instinct of play; to give it guidance and direction thus making it a force in developing useful citizens. Man has played since the earliest dawn of history, and will continue to do so until the world is no more. The institution which fails to take this fact into consideraion fails in one of its fundamentals. i< c ua<v kii'uh'ii iiiui iiit* developopment of self-activity should be the ultimate goal of every public scliool system. We further assert that the proper utilization of this natural inI etinct to play is a wonderful aid toward attaining this goal, when combined with the training and directing of the mind along educational channels. The loss from our schoo's lias been almost beyond comprehension but where the p'ay life of the child has b?? n direr ed and coupled with il.?# student life < h's losi has been x ?: v materially diminished. Nowhere has this prinLpl? been better tested and proven than at Gary, Indiana v.-^ere for certain period every school Cay the child is given training in play tvecordillK to a rarefnllv out programme. The discipline of our schools diffreeT ABSOLUTEL And no Str I AM GOING TO GIVE DOLLAR FLORENCE AUTi first of May, to the one holdir number will not cost you ar part of it. Every lady enter to May 1, will receive a tick etfch time you come, so conr buy a thing to get a tickeetentitle you to it. WATCH THE DATE & CC Remember it don't cost yoi and each time you enter you is going to get the lucky one. tickeet will get a Twenty-Fi\ Oil Cook Stove, without cost Automatic Stove it will be w Come any time and we will 1 one. REMEMBER THE DAT Hoping you will have a coo Stove in your kitchen, I am, i J. B. MA< DS D EDUCATION - fers materially from that of the playground. In the school the discipline 3 must be made to conform to the eni tire student body, and each child i give way to a certain degree in or3 der that the mass be served. This ar. rangeraent does not give the fullest . chance for self-expression, but there , are many methods the teacher may I adopt \vh'< h give to the individual play and all-round activity of the playground, and we have a combination which cannot be excelled for the , development of well rounded citizenship. i White Man With lllack Liver. The Liver is a blood purifier. It . was thought at one time it was the ] seat of the passions. The trouble , with most people is that their Liver becomes black because of impurities ' in the blood due to bad physical < states, causing biliousness, head- i ache, dizziness and constipation. Dr. . King's New Life Pills will clean up the Liver, and give you new life. ' 25c at your druggist. 1 t Whole Family Dc|?endont. Mr. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio, 1 writes: "Our whole family depend c on Pine-Tar-Honey." Maybe some > one in your family has a severe Cold . ?perhaps it is the baby. The original Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is an ' ever ready household remedy?it 1 gives immediate relief. Pine-Tar- \ Honey penetrates the lining of the ( throat and lungs, destroys the germs and allows nature to act. At your druggist, 25c. I < f FREE! I Y free: ings to This AWAY A TWENTY-FIVE [)MATIC OIL STOVE on the lg the lucky number, and the lything. That is the pretty i ing my store, from April 15 et, and you will receive one le often. You don't have to ?your visit to the store will IME & GET A TICKET 11 anything to enter my store get a ticket free. Some one And the holder of the lucky e Dollar Florence Automatic If you haven't a Florence orth your trouble to see one. >e glad to show you through E, APRIL 15 TO MAY 1. I summer with a Florence Oil fours truly, :korell i I nuiu, iu ? vvi tiu txi>*TU cnauce . to carry his own idea into effect. On the playground the teacher with any l 'ingenunity whatever will find that un. t.er much fio;r dieclplln this chance L fcr self nxprepaion may be given uat i uially and ni"st benellc.ally to the , pupil. That school which maintains a high feeling of esprit de corps among its pupils is exerting a most valuable influence in their lives. This it; often most difficult to obtain. As our boys and girls approach maturity they are 'apt to be thinking of what they can | get out of the world than of what j they can put into it. The co-operation spirit is sometimes established through medium of various school clubs and societies, but with the play ground as an adjunct and the proper use of the competitive spirit a teacher may build up a school feeling that will be felt throiieh all the sehnnl m> tivities. Furthermore after a season of self-denial, when the pupil as a member of a group must lay aside his own desires for the ultimate success of his team, co-operation bet ween himself and teacher is more easily obtained. Few playground games fall to give full opportunity for the develop ments of the will. Not many boys or girls pass through a season of basketball, baseball, volleyball, football, or any other of the team games without acquiring a greater amount of selfcontrol. The phvsicial development is not the only benefit derived from these various gam< s. but great good comes from the far that each player fits into a scheme for the entire team. Add, then, to the educational system with its discipline, organization equipment and big-hearted teachers the freedom. si'lf.nvnr?uciAn ? ">I TPE LANCASTER NEW EPOCH-MAKING WARS. Fifty years ago this country was just just closing a factional war in which thousands of young men laid down their lives in a quarrel that, it seems now, could have been so easily settled by judgment and reason and a little?comparatively little, considering the interest involved?concession on either side. The country has made great strides since the spring of 1865; but It is no doubt far behind what it would have been had there been no "War Between the States." Most of tjiose who took part in me war woura nave passed away ere this time even it there had been no war; but there still remain broken-down men and crippled men and descendants of men who had lost some of their physical force and vigor and robustness in the exposure and hardship in camp or In prison and on the battlefield. But for the war of the sixties there would have been a much larger and more vigorous population today in the United States, especially in the South ?where so large a proportion of the male population were soldiers. The opinion prevails to some extent that soldiers are strong and vigorous men. So they are in ordinary circumsances; but they are strong not because they are soldiers but soldiers because they are strong ?no other kind is wanted so long as there is enough of that kind. This country has not recovered yet from the war of fifty years ago. France has not recovered from the war of one hundred yeears ago. Her people are smaller. The war itself destroyed the pick of the men. They wore themselves out following the armies of Napoleon in the Inn? wnra that carried them into Italy and Austria and into the snows of Russia, and those who survived the wars had lost much of the robustness and vigor that formerly characterized the Franks?and the nation has never recovered it. We speak of the present European war as the greatest the world has ever known. In point of numbers engaged it is, but in point of hard- i ships and fighting and in proportion i to the number killed, comparing the i population then with that of today, the present war has not yet reached the horrors of the war that closed with the defeat of Napolean a hundred years ago and his banishment | to the island of St. Helena. The four | hundred thousand men who lost ther lives in that war was a tremen- , clous drain 011 all the populations of 1 Europe that were engaged in it?and nearly all of them were. What a warrior Napoleon was! g And what a great man history makes itim out to be! Reallv and tmlv what an immense butcher he was! ' t Hut he pot liis own at last. He conluered nearly every nation of Europe jut it was at tremendous sacrifice to lis county and it would have been a housands of men whose lives went 1 le had never been born. Besides the ' hoursands of men whose lives went >ut on battlefields and in camps and lospitals, and other thousands who sked out a maimed life when the war r vas over, transmitting a weakened r josterity to the nation, France lost ler greatest possessions by war. In a 1804. to raise money to carry on the 0 var. Napoleon sold Louisiana to this e ;ountry for the pitiful sum of $15,- a )00,000?a magnificent area, com- ^ irising two million square miles, B jmbracing the present state of Loul- ^ liana and all the country included t low In Arkansas, Missouri Iowa, a Kansas, Nebravtn Indian Territory. a Morth art Lout n L akot*. a* d a large a par? of M ?* ? c A great rn'i indeed' A gToat ? curse to the world, Including hie own j country! t And. speaking generally, war li a ^ great curse. It is great to be brave, but there aie other ways to be brave I ban by shooting one's fellow-men and | being shot by them. "It is sweet and honorable to die for one's country"; but it is sweeter and as honorable to live for one's country. War is a relic of barbarism. It Is xn anachronism. It is wholesale murder. Not much better could be expected of the greaser* of Mexico, but that the people of enlightened and Christian Plurope should be engaged In this twentieth century In wholesale manslaughter?it is horrible. There is without doubt a great deal of individual nobility and personal patriotism and high sense of duty engaged In war; but war Itself Is out of time, out of place, out of the pale of the world's civilisation. ?Newberry Observer. Whole Family Dependent. Mr. E. Williams, Hamilton, Ohio, writes: "Our whole family depend on fine-Tar Honey." Maybe Rome- , one In your family has a severe cold | ?perhaps It is the baby. The orlg- , inal Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey is an , ever ready household remedy. PineTar Honey penetrates the linings of j the throat and lungs, destroys the ? germs, and allows nature to act. At j vour druggist, 2 Be.?Advt. I i I rS, APRIL 9, 1915 . WILSON. Since the beginning of government among men there has not been a sovereign government head who pleased all subjects or citizens. Wilson is not an exception. Men all parties regard him as an able, conscientious and thorough president, but no one of any party hesitates to criticise him. Our constitution guarantees each nitlxAn tho rich* J " * ?>iuva,iaLU lb in a privilege of which we all make generous use. Perhaps it is well wo have the unabridged right to criticise, for word-of-mouth blows are a sort of safety valve for the emotions. Men who stop to talk will seldr^n fight. Men who are permitted to cuss the government openly will seldom conspire to rebel. Our universal criticism of Wilson is more habit than anything else. None of us know his plans, his strugles, his sorrows, his ambitions. We only know that he has not, with a magic wand, set the world to rights, and because he performs for us no miracles we scold. For what are we paying him a great salary if not to regulate the affairs of nations and tickle our vanity with our own greatness? v Wo are a childish people, somewhat drunk 011 democracy. When affairs in Mexico became poignant through newspaper publicity. we all scolded because Wilson would not send the navy and the army to kill off the greasers. Not that we had any business in Mexico, and not that any of us knew what course should be taken; but we all felt that something needed to be done, and we scolded Wilson for not doiug it. When Germany forgot a treaty and tore up the rules of warfare, we scolded because Wilson would not spill the blood of United States boys to teach Germany the expediency of national honor. When England subtly repeated her old boast of owning the waters upon the earth, and manifested a fine contempt for such an absurd thing as the right of American ships to use salt water, we all scolded?and are Friendships, meaning to enjoy them tome day, bat what If we should wake up some day and find that one >f us bas gone beyond the need of our best. Enjoy the things that you have while you may, and if there is to be any doing without, let It be ifter you have enjoyed them." Csree Old tores. Other Oeawdbs ?Ne't Cera. rhe worst esse* so matter of how long tUadtii, ir? cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 23c. 90c. f 1.00 still scolding, because Wilson thinks it wiser to accept affront than to invite war. Now that Germauy's ally, the unspeakable Turk, has begun his old Same of butchering Christians, with i preference for missionaries, rve ivill scold still more if Wilson does not take measures of revenge. ~ I am one of the scolders. I coness it; for I am the same sort of iuperficial ass that other men are. And yet I realise full well that any talf-baked fool could lead his coun- J ry into war, while only a great and ! ;ood man can keep it long at peace. War and strife are bestial. Only in peace does man approach ; he God in whose image he was ashioned.?Fountain Inn Tribune. The Sermon He Preaches. It is so easy to float with the curent and do things as others do. The eal test -of manhood comes when ne stands alone, or in a minority on ,ny proposition, and bears the brunt >f being different from others. It is asv, though, to swim down the tream?to float?but this does not levelop muscle. Too many young uen are failures in the world because hey are content to float with the airrent, and as a consequence they re thrown out on the side of the | tream in some little eddy or pool of till water, while the man who kicks >ut and tries to do something grows trong from the exercise and accom- I >lishes Anally what could not have ; teen accomplished otherwise.?An- j lerson Intelligencer. A Small Boy's Philosophy. "I am practicing a new kind of tconomy" the little mother Mid merly. " Ihave always saved and Mved. Svon the best things for the table were saved for special occasions. )ne day my small son begged for >reserved strawberries of which he vas very fond, and I said: "We have >nly a few cans left, and If we uso hose up we will have to do without.,; tie was unusually quiet for a few monente, then he said, "Mother, I'd nuch rather do without after they ire gone than before they are cone, ind besides, one of us might die." Well, of course we had the berries. Since that time, I have practiced bis philosophy along a good many lines ind I believe It pays. Too many are loldtng In reserve their beet things, >ur money, even our nieasnr* ??<i Trade Week I % Don't forget we are in the s : Hons far next week. We c for DOLLAR DAY nexi i \ ^mm , 16 lbs Granulated Sugar .. ..$1.00 8 lbs Good Parched Coffee .. $1.00 9 lbs Green Coffee $1.00 20 lbs Rice $1.00 40 lbs Grits . .$1.00 4 Gallons Good Molases . . . . $1.00 1 Bushel Meal $1.00 ' 18 Plugs Red J. Tobacco ....$1.00 12 3-lb Cans Best Tomatoes . .$1.00 12 2-lb Cans best Corn $1.00 6 2-lb Cans Grated Pineapple $1.00 10 Cans Pink Alaska Salmon. .$1.00 10 Cans Spanish Peppers ....$1.00 5 3-lb Cans Desert Peachos. .. .$1.00 Bennett-1 SOLD SEVEN OF the nice White I TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR propositlo Bright for the I-iinnnr In spite of the depression and the hard times of the past six months, the farmers of Vance county, and of j the whole state for that matter, have good cause to relegate their worry and depressed spirits to the garret ' for all time. The future is bright for the farmer, and if he is made of the | right sort of stuff (he has no reason to possess himself of the old, wornout idea that the country is going to the dogs, and is going to carry his holdings along with It. None of us can tell what the future holds in store; we do not know what sort of a crop year 1916 will finally turn out to be, but certainly it has started out in favor of the farmer. The conditions at this season of the year have seldom been more favorable to the early truck crop, and, with the proper curtailment of the cotton and tobacco crops and the growing of more food products, any reasonable amount of favorable crop weather is going to put the farmer back in the saddle. The war is not going to last always. It is not even going to last through this year, unless ail signs I at the present fail, and the ending of tlie great conflict is going to bring 1 unheard of prosperity to tills country, and tlio farmer is going to be in the bout along with the rest of them. The farmer who gets down to business, and who.thinks more of his own affairs, and of looking after the good of his family, forgetting all about the war, is going to be well tr.ken care of when the harvest time comes next tall.?Henderson Gold Leaf. m FOURTEEN I surrendered all cl known in printer's parlar tive," having obtained mj Ledger office in ye good c ?long before the introdu chines or other labor-sav Thus it is seen that c years, ill health intervenir avenues for a livelihood, 1 Our banner in a bus the breezes despite the a< for five months just past Since 1901 we have 1 ciative in returning thank but now we are trebly so. From an "original" e the test of time in "Deai As this is the first of creasing patronage. Ve A. W. u For Lancaster V wim. Many Special attracall attention to special offers t Saturday 17th. Instant. .5 large Bottles Heinz Catsup. .$1.00 xv uar|(? v hms ur.Koa Dram. . fi.uu, 5 dozen Good Oranges .. ..$1.00 2 Pecks Winesap Apples ... . $1.00^. 16 Grape Fruit $1.0(P* 5 lbs Pure Croara Cheese .. . .$1.00 10-lb Pall Snowdrift Lard $1.00 25 Bars Octagon Soap $1.00 5 Pint Bottles Welch's Grape Juice for $1.00. We have many other BAKGAIN8 for this occasion space wil$ not allow. Cash must accompany the purchases. ferry Co. Sewing Machines last week on the n. Did YOU get one? . . ^ Swish! Corns Gone! We Use "GETS-IT!" 2 Seconds, 2 Drops ? Corns Vanish ! For everybody with corns, thero la In every druir store In the land ouo of the real wonders of tho world, and that's "GETS-IT" for corns I It's tho first and only corn-euro over known that removes firl Favw t?~s ilj* 11- u/l_?o r ~Gon? ? Y?, flW 'StS IT.Vm """" any and every corn or callus without (all. without fussing with thick bandages, toe harnesses, corn-swelling salves, Irritating ointments. It's kpplled In 2 seconds ? blng, blng?2 drops, tbo work Is done, the corn shrivels up, your corn agony ends and tho corn leaves forever I All the limping, tho pains that dart to your heart's core, tho crucifixion of having tQd wear shoes over screaming corns, the' danger of blood poison from making them bleed by using knives, razors and scissors ?are gono at last I "(SETS-IT'- Is tho new way, tho sure, simple, painless way. Try It for corns, calluses, warts and bunions, #"OKT8-IT" Is sold by druggists every* where, 25o a bottle, or sent direct by B. Lawrence A Co., Chicago. Sold in Lancaster by J. F. Mackey Co. and Lancaster Pharmacy Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVK'8 TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria.enricher the blood .and builda up the ay atern. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c YEARS AGO aims to "my first love," ice as the "art preservaf earliest training in The Id ante-bellum days long ction of type-setting maing appliances. ifter the accumulation of ?g, I borrowed from other hence you find me. tiness way still floats to ^claims of mud and slush thought ourselves appres for each season's trade. itandooint w? ... ..MTV OIVAM I I Old Lancaster." J l ' a series we solicit an in- | 1 Chance | 11