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I What Is tshe Gary Plan? By ALICE BARROWS FERNANDEZ Tribune readers will find in this department a dear and authoritative account of the Wirt school system, proposed for this city. Questions of parents and teachers will be gladly answered. The de? partment will appear on Mondays and Thursdays What the Ga? Plan Df**: It takes children off the street* and keep.? them wholesomely busy at work, si'udy ?knd play for sis or nevc-n hours a day. It gires all children Jost as much academic week as the traditional school, but by lengthening the school day it gl**** tlsse for practic.l shop ?ork. science, dnfwlnjL music, audi? torium and play for a'.l children. What the Garj i'!.:n Means: To every parent?a chance to give his child the enriched educational op? portunities usually reserved for the children ?f the favored few. To taafhrn?n?> more hours of teaching! more congenial work. To ths t ntnunity?better citltens: better schools for less coat. "To the Editor of The Tribune. "Sir: I am Interested in the Gary filan, which Is proposed to be adopted ti the public schools of this city, and ?specially *bat part of It In which re? union enter? Now, the writer of the artiele morning's Issue -A!ir,-> Barrows Fernandez attempts to give the Impression thai there is no cor ?iet c - in this cornection of religion ? th the schools. But it will be noted that the children are taken out of the regular school periods to b* five-, relisions instruction. The school hour? being but few in num? ber, th'? time should be given wholly to secular stud'es, a-d the devisive influerce of creeds should not under any circumstances, however apparent? ly harmless, be permitted to interfere ?urir.g the ?chool hours. After that. of course, it is the private affair of the pupil?. As a concrete illustration ef the BOXioui effed '" this phase of the Gary rlnn. 1 would ?tete that a priejt recently requested from the Board of Education seats for the pu? pil? ur.iierv ous instruction, which wa? complied wi'h, this act alone proving the potential danger of the Gary system in that it is condu? cive to division of the public school funds fAr the support of religious educaticr. As ano'ner instance of the evil Immanent in such religious in? struction during school hours, I may c'te the case of a teacher accused of rroselyt'rg, which was given some prominence recently in the dailv pa? pers " ' - IAM M. WILLIAMS. "New Tl This is one of many letters that have been received on the sui.-'ect of per? mitting children to leave school for re lleious instruction. As it covers many or the points in dispute in this contro? versy, we are glad fee answer it at length. Religious Instruction Not Substituted for Regular School Work. Evidently it i? impor'ant to repeat sgain and agair. that children are not taken out of - II school periods to be given r? ructioa. It seem- that 'lore should be such widespread m sunderetanding on this po r,' The only explanation is *hat the oppor.? I , ry plan, in their attempts to prejudice the public, have . the impression that religious in struetion ii beiof ! for regu? lar ir'' ? ;p\ -hat: 1. Under the Gary plan no children *'? ? . r .-chool periods to take reltgtoui . out3ide of the scl ar.y other ! Of 1 2. If parents so desire, children may be ?eased f? : one hour a day from library, play or auditorium periods to sttend religious instruction outside the ?chool, or to tako'privatc music leo ?-i.ee in some other out lide activity which their parents think would b<-<-- ? trem. 3. No child may be excused eren from library, play or auditorium for relig? ious mstraetioa outside the school, or any other outside activity, if their tar.'.-, do re. The responsi jjity re?*? ?? ith th<- parents. The thing This Piano-Player Can He Made Part of Your Piano in a Day The Fiexotone Eicctrelle can be installed in any piano. You do not have to trade in" your old piano at a sacrifice. Instead you can increase its capac? ity for g'ving pleasure many times by attaching the FLEXOTONE Clectrelle PIANO PLAYER Wfl ran nuke this sttichment in s day, without chan^i: ;? I I ?;.pearai.ee of your piaafc The Plsaeseee PsctieHs ?s tasonabiein MStsnd is actually *uo<r,..r to any other piano piayer kno?rn ? be'aue there it no foot tump;: ? ? trt'A-.te. ?i.e fltxthlt F.Xprtl M*n(.?Hlr'>lt 1r,i th? fiMt true, make? real exj-retsion and ?n " Msriee possible ???th Player de/.". The Plexotore attachment does !K>t ?merfere with lurid playing, in fa/1, it CSai Id be aeen whet? ??ut of ll W? rnUtg ; .lern'?n?tfate the "orw.vi,. mat sikJ expre??ion PSoeocihi ?i'ialltiea of the Flex ?tone Pfctieile, interfiling booklet Mbt free. $260 Completely Installed Can ventent Terms ai Pay men'. KNABE M? Ave. ?t 39th St 1 that Is apparently ?tot understooc that under the present system U sands of children are receiving re ious instruction outside of school, they are all receiving it from 3 t p. m. Tho Gary plan simply make possible to distribute this timo thro the day. so that they can attend s instruction on the way to school in morning, on the way home to lui ul'.tr lui.rh on the way back to scl or after school. I am awartj, nevertheless, that h ever clearlv these facts may be pul however often repeated they will roo?y satisfy Mr. Williams or otr who oppose this outside religious struction. What the> reully fear is t such a plan is the "opening wedge religious instruction in the school." there were any danger of such an ev the ple.n should bo opposed by ev one who cares for tho principleg democracy. The fact is, however, t this plan will permanently exclude lirions instruction from the schools clearlv defining the relation of sen and Church. Mr. Williams refers to case of the Board of Education loan school seats to a priest who asked them as an act "alone proving the tential danger of the Gary system, that it is conducive to division of public school funds for the support religious education." In my opinion, the Board of Edu ton should not have loaned these de and seats to any religious organis?t) But in making that loan the board 1 not doing anything unusual; it *> simply continuing a custom which has followed for years of loaning dea cha rs and other school supplies to ligiou3 and other organizations, would be interesting to know whet! they had ever been returned. In i year 191-1 the Board of Educatl loaned desks, seat.?, ehest-welght n chines, parallel bars, etc, to flfty-l outside organizations, of which the n jority were Catholic churches and I rochial schools; eleven, Hebrew chur. es and schools; one, Fordhnm L'niv. s ty. In li>15 to date such loans ha been made to twenty-two outside ligious and other organizations. T whole list includes such items as Joseph's Parochial School, Jnmai Long Island. 100 single desks and seal Yeshiva Kabbi Chain Berlin, 18M Pri pect Piacc, Brooklyn, forty-i.ve dout No. 4 desks and eeuts; St. Catherin Parochial School, 410 East S xty-nin Street, Manhattan, fifty triple des and seats, etc. Now the significant fact is that i parent'.y neither the writer of t above letter nor th" general pub were aware of these loans of the Boa of Education to religious organizatioi But as soon as the Gary plan is start the fact does become known and t public is in a nos tion to demand, they so desire, that the Board of E? cat.on immed y pass a bylaw fc bidding for all ire time their pre ent custom of loan lag school suppli to rel gious organizations. Such loa are never perm tted in Gary. It obvious, then, that in New York one the first results of that provision the Gary plan which permits re instruction outside the schools will I to define and make clear the real rel tion and respective functions of tcho and church. This same do nt holds for Mr. Wll Isms'? last criticism about the teach who W9? accused of proselytizing in oi of the Gary schools. No doubt that ha pened. But it is a well known fa that in nil large cities proselytizing po ng on, and in many cases class. are organized by teachers from amor public school pupils, who meet aft. school hours outside the school bui! ing to receive religious instruction. >> publicitv is given to this. The Gai plan, on the other hand, makes op? prov sion for allowing children to a tend ehareh buildings for religious it struction outside of school hour Lnder these condition? any attempt c the par of teachers to proselytize immediately known throughout t' cemmunitjr. Por example, the mista! Of the Bronx school teacb?r who i gested that two of her children attei church was mmediately rooented ! the publrc, but in the past the publ has taken for granted that th? scho and religion are divorced, and so t! citizens have not been vigilant to d< tect the proselytizing which has bee going on. If all denominations ha\ an equal opportun ty to give religioi instruction out?ide of school hours is to be presumed that they will ser\ as a mutual and perpetual check I efforts at proselytizing. This department will answer on Moi day other questions that have bee asked in regard to the feature of tlh Gary plan that permits religious l| struct on out.-ide the school. Remember that the Gary plan can an does take care of all the children fr seven hours S ?lay in CUBS BO parent wish their children to be excused for r? l'gious instruction, and gives them richer and finer education than childre have ever had in ?lubhc school. Whai ever you think of the rel gious featon find out about the Gary plan and whs it means to vour boy and girl in ir creased health and vitality, ability t work with their hands and to think fo themselves. HOSPITAL CHANGES >7AME "Nt-w York P.ed Cross," Central Par West, a? With St.. leCOMMS "Park." Tiir N'-w ? nk Rod Cress H ? a Centra) Park West, at 100th Stree founded .n 1M?4 by the branch of th American National l>cd Cross, unde suthoiity of Miss Clara Berten, it President, is to become d?s.. sts from the organization whose name i has borne, ar.d hereafter will be kaOWl i s th? Park Hospital. Permission fo ?he change of name was granted yes :<-rday Oy Justice Brlooger. Allen Ward-.w II, preside-:' <.f th? ? pi'a!, which W"< r<-'-. iw I hi k'.t'.e ,n his ?el.t r?n to th ourt tb<- roas? i king th? hange of name. He sa,.'. I . I fo.ma 'i i , i:< .1 Cress Be ??..., ti sfl si surgeon . Bursas volunteered sud were as un. ? i ?'. i . ;n I uiiH. The origin.t ii'ii? of the hogpital was to tram .irgcons and nurses for servieo ir ur, which plan, said Mr. Wardwell ! apparently been abeadenod. "The rJ of director? of the hospital, re iag on thes? matters," sa <: Mr Wardwell, "have arrived at the con luslon that the use of th- ?nine He i jogg, through no fault of thiirs. bad , BM to be misleading, and they ? ed it only proper that th?y shoul J ut aside their pries la Iheif past ser ? ?, ?.nd even at some co?t to thern tlves should ?ever their affili?t.o-? American Rod < ros? and fiange the name of the hospital.- Ml Wardwell added that the phraae Pel ' tur* rnigbt be '?onfusing, and also might be injurious to the great work Of the American Red Cross" Mr. Wardwell wrote to Miss Mabel ' poardman. aetlng chairman of the "rnerlcan Red f:r<??s, oiling her of the urpoa? ot the directors or the hospi? tal. Miss Uosrdrnan gave her approval. Europe's War Wanderers Will Be Directed to American Farms if This Girl's Project Succeeds. Young Miss Appleton Tells of the Suc? cessful Beginnings of Her Plan to Place Women and Children on Farms. Where They Can Begin .-Life Anew, Not Through Charity, but by Self-Help. SIX WEEKS after the pre.ent war wa? declared an American girl was travelling: through France on hsr way home from Parli. In the com? partment with her and her mother were fourteen refugee*. One of then xvai a farmer, too old for service, with whom ?he entered into converaation. She learned that he had been shifted about from one ?tation to another and back again ever since hi? home had been destroyed. He would ride for an hour in one train, when hs would be ordered to another. For two weeks he had been drifting thus, and there waa now no prospect of a deitinatlon. He literally had n-.? place to so. In the aame train with the Amaricen girl wa? alio a carload of women and children, packed together like sheep. N'o one could have entered the car when the train stopped at a atatton, but a young man, whose deformed ihoulder wfas obviously the reason he wai not at the front, saw hi-, bnby at the window, and, reaching in, pulled it out to him. With the little, starving creature flung over hii crippled shoulder he ap? proached the American girl, who wai distributing foo-1 lrom her hamper, and asked for a biscuit for the baby, which had had nothing to eat for two dayi. The girl wai Miss Caroline Da we s Appleton, and these two incident!, xvhich xvere typical of thousands of other?, were the reason? why when ?he returned to Neu York sho founded the International Society of Friends of ("h?ilhood, nr.d xvhy now she has taken upon herself ihr- task of providing homes in Aienca for the million! of foreigner! wh.? will be left homeless by the war. It is somewh .t overwhelming to hesr this girl of twenty years discun what nationalities ?sill be be?t suited to the various climate? in America, xxhat prob? lems of transpoitation and immigra? tion must be fac?'d, xvhat arrangement? enn be made for grants of land. LADY PAGET WILL STICK TO POST Capture of Hospital by Bulgars Makes No Difference, She Wires Husband. London, Oct. 27.- The hospital !n Serbia of Lady Ralph Par' ', xvife of the Permanent L'ndcr-.v . tare for Foreign Affairs, has fallea into the hands of the Lulgarians through their capturo of Skoplje. There are severa' Americans on the staff. A telegram received to-?lay by Sir Ralph says that Lady Paget and the staff intend to remain at their post?, find that it is not thought their posi? tion || perilous. The hospital probably Brill be internationalized. Othcrwiso the Btnff probably will be interned. Louisa Margaret, daughter of Sir Arthur and Lady Paget, was m,?rried in 10"7 to her cousin, Sir Ralph Paget, British Minister to Serbia, 1910-'13. Her mother is a daughter of the late Paran Stevens, at one time owner of the Fifth Avenus Motel, New Tart During her residence ot the British Legation in Belgrade Lady Paget be? came deeply interested in Balkan life and the welfare of ihe Serbian people, and she was one of the principal or ganizers of the hospital service in Serbia during the war of IMS. Whefl the present war broke out, though in fragile health, ?he insisted on leaving England against doctors' or? ders to resume the work curried on for txvo years among people to whom field hospitals before her advent were un? known. In March last a report wa? published In a Serbian daily, reproduced n Ber? lin, and published thence to the world by the Oversea? News Agency, that Lady Paget had died from spotted fever. STOKES RETURNS TO INDIA Native Wife of Rich Missionary Is Glad to Co Home. Samuel Evans Stoke?, who renounced the pleaaarei of social life in Philiidel phiu about ten years ago to do mission? ary work in India, sailed yesterday with his Hindu xvife on the Bailie to resuma ths BBtivs school he conduct? at Kotgarh, n ths Himalayas. Mr. Stakes Is i? member of n wealthy Philadelphia family. He returned la April. 1014, with hir. ei(bteen-year*eld Indian wife. He has f a seaa Mis. Stakes, xvho has rejected her native eostaiBS for American clothing ?ince her arrival in th s country, xvould not tell what shs thought of American women and custom?. "She has her ideas on the?e things," her husband explained for her, "but ?he doesn't care to talk much about them. I don't know iu?t what she thinks about ?uffrage. Women in India have not SB much use for the vote a? they have here. Mr?. Stokes ha? en Joyed her first visit to America, but Shs says she ?trill be gla?, to get back. Her people liv. in India, of course, and ::i ?ses them." CHINESE MOB KILLS CHRISTIANS IN KANSU Peki'ii?-, Sept '.'j. Letters iron, Bel gum priest? telling of the buining of churchea and the slaafhUr of Chris tlaas it. Kan?u have been received by th?' Belffian Legation in Peking. The BptiaiBg occurre?! at Hoei-hsien on August 15. Chang Che-d?ei led the; r:?)'. ?vhiell i'.?i iargfly a demonstration ' aguinat oppression by official? who havr , It-vied exeosiive taxes. Two Christian : churches were burned and (We Chinees Chri?tian? were killed by the mob, v.! :-n Bttfl-bercd LOOO when the Bel gian prie?ts made their ??cap?. all ths Christians nnd thonsandi al other natives fled into the hill? from Hoei-hsiea. Mo?t of the property of Christiana ?va? de?troyed. The mili? tary ?vas ?mahle to check th? rnob. which moved ?.?? toward me lurgr rit*, ni Klag varig-fu. Thl? riot i? typical of frequent up ! rieingi In some of the interior prov j Ince? tur from military centre?, i iSzechuen provlncs, which adjoins Kim I ?u, i? one nt the most turbulent *ec 1 tlons of Chi,?a. General Shen Yi. Gov? ernor of Szecbuen, recently obtained 1 "The plan i? entirely based on co? operation," said Miss Appleton. "It would be a wonderful thing for us to have all these new people bringing their new ideas to us, and it will be a wonderful thing for those destitute people to have a place to come to. "This plan is absolutely without taint of charity. We wish to provide five and ten acre tracts of land, equipped with i ?urnished house, mule, cow, chickens and farming implements. This will give the refugees a stsrt, and they can then bey these places for per? manent homes if they like, or return to their own countries after being tided over the worst ptriod. "We do not went the land given out? right, as that would react unfortunately en the people whom we wish to help. Already 4,600 acres have been proffered Us In North Carolina and Tennessee, the owners letting ug heve it so that the rest of their property will he galablo. We pre'er that those who wish to give should give in other ways?In ; providing music, art and any kind of education for wbich these incoming children may htvt a taste. "Much farming, particularly in the South, can be done Intensively. That requires more mental and less physical labor than we connect with ordinary | farming. And that will be the best ? kind of farming for women and chil? dren, although European peasant women can work side by side with men when it is necessary. Help for Women and Children. "It is particularly the women and children we wish to help. We have friends in Europe now selecting the families best suited to our purpose. Men will not, of course, be excluded, especially those who, though unfitted now for actual labor, have theories on farming which others can execute. But we particularly wish to help those wtio $C,00,OOn from the central government for the suppression of brigand?. SEES W? IN CITIZENS UNION Grifcnhagon Asserts Indorsement of Tammany Candidate for SherifT Threatens Upen Split. There is every prospect of an open split in the Citizens Union because of its indorsement of Alfred E. Smith, Ti.mni.iny candidate for Sheriff, accord- i ing t?> Sheriff Max s. Qrifenhagea, who spoke last night to a large audience at xorhvillc Casino in behalf of Under-! sheritr Prank K. Bowers, Republican candidate. "Letters are beginning to pour in on : '? me from indignant m.moers of the I Citizens UniOB, said the Sheriff, "who I resent the newborn alliance between ; Tammany and the union's executive committee. Other members are writ- ! ing, I am informed, to Chairman Schief- ' felin, and there is every prospect of an open split in the union. Such a ? split can only be avoided, I believe, by a .'eenntation of this unholy olilanes between Eourteenth Street and 41 Park Bow." .Mr. Grifenhagen read a letter ad? dressed to Mr. SchierTelin by Jo?eph Beihilf, a lawyer, of 2 Rector Street, and a member of the union, in which ha denounced the action of the union in indoi -mg Smith.. MRS. GAIT LOSES NAMESAKE No (hi?ese Word for "Elilh." and She Wasn't a Suffragist. II?t Trlfgrapti lo Th? Trt.jmie.] I Philadelphia, Oct. 27. Mrs. Edith i Gait, President Wilson's fianc?e, has lost a Chinese namesake for two rea? sons. First, there is no suitable Chi , nese word e?iuivalent to "Edith," and : again, Mrs. Gait is not a suffragist. ,Io?eph Lee. interpreter in the Immi : gration Service, and his wife, who are the patents of a rollicking two-year old girl, amatad to honor Mrs. Gait, and eoasulted the doctor who brought the child into th>' world, and who hap? pens to be n women and a suffragist. The parents decided on "Edith." but t^ev could not ?lud a Chinese word for "gift of God- to lit such a small girl. \ so they named the baby Helen, after ! the suffragist doctor. They said that ' they wanted her to be a suffragist, any ? how. Both Mr. and Mrs. L?-e are ardent ' for the eaase of votes. TIEPOLO'S FRESCO RUINED _ Rome, Oct. 27. -An examination of the famous Sculzi Church in Venice, which suffere.i in the recent raid on the c ty by aircraft. ihewi that the firjt bomb fell la the left nave. It dcmol ? hod two beams and pierced the ceil? ing, which >?. as entirely destroyed by the second bomb. Not a foot of Tiepolo's magnificent fresco remains intact, and it is consid? ered impossible to restore even a small part of it. There's a bet? ter way of buying toilet paper than at so much a roll or so many rolls for a quarter. "It'a tho Counted Sheet a that Count" ScofBssuc loilet Paper has 1000 sheets to the roll? printed on the label. That means definite- measure value. ScotTissue is soft, white, absorbent. 10c a roll. Sani-Tissue, treated tvith Canadian balsam Heal? ing 2500 ?.heets in carton of 3 rolls, 25c SCOTT PAPER CO. SOChurth Slr??l Matter* of m te. rb.nl \ New Vorfc Semt Titpme T?etelo Miss Caroline Dawes Appleton, the founder of a society which seeks to make war widows and orphans self supporting. have been left without a wage earner ?t the head of the family. "It will be no small thing for Amer? ica to have this fin? crop of young men and women growing up to become her eitizeni, and I don't wish them put into factoriei, but for their sake ana for ouri to grow out in the open air ind sunshine. "Mri. John I.eckle, one of the molt prominent women now selecting fam? ilies for u? in London, ?ay? that her native State of Texa? would take car? of every refugee in Europe Just yei terday a Vermont man suggested that Scotch people would acclimate them lelves readily to the hilly nature of !he Green Mountain State. The Monte legrlni ? how little Americans know of -.hem and what a fin? people they are! French, Prunian, Serbian, Belgian xvo A-ant them all. But we do not want to lave them form Little Belgium? or Little Prust-iai we want them to mix a/ith each other and with ui 10 that they will benefit u? and we ?hall bene? fit them!" She Herself Directa Whole Project. Misi Appleton uiei "wa" somewhat editorially. For aha ii the whole proj? ect. She ha? carefully refrained from the eumbertome rid tape of an organ nation, ind ihe and her mother defray the expense? necessary for getting Ihe scheme into execution. Railroad offi? cials and development eompaniea are, of courte, glad to co-operate, and many prominent people contribute assistance of various kinds. Among thoi? moit activity Interesting themselves in the plan ara the Hon. Theodore Mar? burg, former Ambassador to Belgium; Charles G. Dawn, of Chicago; Mrs H.nry Vlllard, Mn, John Milholland. Mn. Walter H. Gahagan, of New York, and other?, Including many influential men and women in Europe. "I can't lend out circular? because I have to do my work through letten," laid Min Appleton. "No one-cent, stampi possible now- all two cent?." LOSES ON CUPID PREFERRED ... ! Actress Must Pat I p $700 Margin in Broker's Wife's Love Suit. Perhaps it was a jury of what is : known In Wall Street as bears who yesterday gave Mrs. Anna Mitchell a verdict of S700 against Mrs. Ruth Aus tin for the alienation of the affections of James Murray Mitchell. Mitchell is a stock broker, and his wife figured his lost affections worth $25.000, for which amount she sued Mrs. Austin, who is a motion picture actress. However, the verdict hardly reflects the reported present prosper? ity of the stock market. It was showi that Mitchell, formerly rich, had lost most of his fortune in 1918, so while the jvry was satisfied that the defendant did alienate the affections of Mitchell they also took into consid? eration that It happened in a bear mar? ket. $4 MEAL HIS SWAN S0NO. Lilt Writer Seeks to Par Check in Promises and Is Fined. When Joseph Goodwin, a Central Valley, N. Y.. song writer, finished his $4 meal at Jack's early yesterday morning he suggested to Joseph Keogb. the waiter, that in view of the largo amounts he had paid there this bill be considered a loan, as he happened to be without funds. Keogh regarded the sum In a dif? ferent light, and Goodwin wound up | 3*S? The New Picture Framing Gold Carved Mahogany, ?and Circassian Walnut Fi?mes Closely imitated by Dennuon's new process. Ttiugkt vcilkosi charge to all interested at IS John Street 5th Avenue & 26th St. in the West Side court There he wai ordered to pay the bill, and was fined $1. Ai his remittance hsd not ?et arrived, frlenda hsd to come ta lia rescue. SAFETY ?ffllllllllllllllll ^?*ZjzIm} WWMSM\ I FIRST! I Watch the Five A's | Grow! They Spell I Protection for You i Jt\met*\m*%\r'Jr\rJr\ 1 j?TNA I ACME I ACCUMULATED 1 A-? ?iiil?lllllilliiillil?llilli'?lEl S S JlMlllOIIMlflllllllJIIIIiFn i Johnson of California YOU will get a new idea of what the Progressive Party plans to do in 1916?and what it will not do?when you read what Hiram Johnson says in next Sunday's Tribune. He makes some positive statements and surrounds them with a delightfully intimate reflection of his views on woman suffrage, "human legislation" and 'parlor anarchists." Your newsdealer's lists for Sunday are being closed. Is your name on them?for The Tribune? Tell him to put you down?tell him to-day. W& ?tmitog Q?ritam* First to Last? The Truth: News?Editorials?Advertisements