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SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1916
In the Midst AU Troubles in
China Some of Her Patriots
Are Working On Her Welfare
PEKING, March 4.—Even in the
midst of revolutionary movements and
monarchial preparations which hark
back two thousand years .there are
some progressive Chinese leaders en
deavoring to work out the betterment
of China and the Chinese in a quiet,
scientific manner. One of the most im
portant of the recent movements is an
effort to standardize and simplify the
Chinese language.
This effort has been approved by
President Yuan Shi-Kai and is under
general discussion in the Chinese
press. It has the approval of the min
ister of education and foreign educa
tors living in China who have a know
ledge of the Chinese language and ap
preciate the great difficulties presented
by the various dialects.
The simplification and standardizing
'of Chinese textbooks for general use
throughout all the provinces is re
garded as imperative before education
can make great progress in China and
result in unification of the various pro
vinces.
The annual expenditure for the up
keep of the army and navy is reported
to be approximately $40,000,000 gold,
while the amount the central govern
ment appropriates for education is on
is only one-fiftieth of that sum.
The sentiment throughout China is
that more money must be used for edu
cation. With a proper system of tax
ation China can realize sufficient
money to maintain schools, tut educa
tional experts are universally agreed
that adequate results cannot be at
tained in Chinese schools until the
written language is, standardized and
simplified.
Prominent educators recently sug
gested the creation of a board for the
accomplishment of this work. They
would have such board modify the
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present florid style of composition and
put the Chinese classics, that is the
better known works of Confucius, into
simple language with simplified char
acters. This education would take
from the Mandarin dialect used in Pe
king, which is the language of schol
ars, possibly five thousand Chinese
characters sufficient for ordinary ex
pression. This would be the standard
vocabulary for China. The pronun
ciation of the characters would be
standardized in such away that the
written and spoken words would be
exactly the same in every province.
The educators suggest that this re
form board would make text books and
dictionaries containing five thousand
words or characters adequate to
cover the first five years of primary
school work. They regard that as the
vital basis for educational reform in
China, and suggest that more elabor
ate dictionaries and standard text
books could easily be worked out so
as to put education even in the uni
versities upon the same basis in all
China.
At present the pronunciation of Chi
nese characters is different in practi
cally every province. A Canton man is
absolutely unable to understand the
language of a Pekinese until he has
studied the pronunciation. The same
is true of men from adjacent provinces
in either the north or south of China.
It is estimated that the plain for
standardizing Chines would bring
about universal language in China i
less than forty years, if compulsory
education were adopted, and the Man
darin dialect, or thedialect of the
educated classes, were taught in all
schools. Missionaries and other for
eigners who have lived in China for
many years, are almost unanimous in
their belief that the extremely difficult
and varied language of the Chinese is
the greatest barrier to China’s pro
gress. Written and spoken Chinese
are in such hopeless complexity that
there are very few Chinese scholars
who have been able to master all the
dialects, even in a long life of con
tinuous study.
Only artists of the first class are
able to write certain Chinese charac
ters in am acceptable way. Os recent
years there has been a tendency to
write the characters in less ornate
manner, and the reformers who are
seeking to standardize the language
urge that writing be done in what is
known as grass characters. These
have less shading and the stroke can
be made with a conventional pen in
regular copy books. By the adoption
of this style of characters in the news
papers and in all official documents
and correspondents, educators believe
the simpler form of writing would
readily be popularized, together with
the simple standardized vocabulary.
Greek Newsie
SeJs Nothing
But Native
ATANTA, Ga., March 4.. —The cos
mopolitan tone of Atlanta has been
heightened by the advent of a Greek
newsboy who cries his wares in Greek
ond sells nothing but Greek newspa
pers. The sale of Greek newspapers
in Atlanta totals several hundred per
day, it is said. Some are papers pub
lished in Greece, while others are
published in Greece, while others are
Greek papers published in New York
and other points in the east.
There are many Italian and German
papers also for sale on the newstands
in Atlanta. For some reason, how
ever, one never sees a French or Eng
lish paper for sale. The only French
and English periodicals which come
to Atlanta at all are those subscribed
for direct by two or three of the big
(local clubs.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-KECORDLK
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Lord Montague and his Inflated Waistcoat.
This peculiar coat saved Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, who was a pas
senger on the steamship Persia, which was blown up in the Mediterran
ean. When he was thrown into the water he blew up the coat and he
floated safely for hours until rescued.
THE UNKNOWN
Lou-Tellegen, the distinguished ro
mantic actor, who scored such a pro
nounced success in “The Explorer,”
will be seen at the Alcazar on Monday
in his second Jesse L. Lasky produc
tion, “The Unknown,” a gripping
drama of the famous Foreign Legion in
Algeria.. In this proto-drama Mr.
Tellegen is seen in a character .en
tirely different from anything he has
played heretofore, either on the speak
ing stage or the screen.
The Foreign Legion is a military
sanctuary where men who have met
with misfortune or disgrace may re
deem their past by bravery and hon
orable service. No questions are ask
ed and no papers are required to ex
plain who or what they are. This or
ganization is stationed in Algeria and
the pages of history abound with men
tion of its heroic exploits. Princes in
its ranks have rubbed shoulders with
murderers; thieves have fought side
by side with the aristocracy. A man
is taken for what he is, not for what he
was. Into this, comes Lou Tellegen
as an English ne'er do well. The cap
tain of his company is known as
"Devil Destinn.”
A young American girl, whom the
pricate saved during a brawl in an Al
gerian dance hall, has taken a great
deal of interest in him and when Des
tin descovers that his attentions to the
girl are unwelcome, he starts perse
cuting the private. Persecution fol
lows persecution, until finally the pri
vate is to be shot for mutiny. His
friends effect' his escape and with the
girl disguised as an Arab boy, he flees
into the desert. They are found by
Vest inn. The captain sees a Victoria
cross on the young man’s breasts and
suidenly realizes that he has been per
sscuting his own son, from whom he
disappeareds years before when the
father had been cashiered from the
British army. How the young man is
freed and returns to England to be the
head of an honorable family completes
this story of thrilling instances.
Tne production is of the usual lav
ish Lasky character, true to detail
ana artistic in its (presentation, and j
with its wonderful photography, makes,
a photo-drama long to be remembered.
In the cast Mr. Tellegen are Theo-
dore Roberts, Dorothy Davenport, Hal
Clements, Horace B. Carpenter, Tom
Forman, Raymond, Hatton nad other
, members of the Lasky all-star organ
ization. It might ba well here to state
that Mr. Tellegen recently married
Geraldine Farrar, the noted grand
opera star. .
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SUPREME COURT IS
OF SAME OPINION
ATLANTA, Ga., March 4.—The in
junction granted about a year ago in
Fulton superior court, enjoining ne
groes from imitating the name or in
signio of the Shrine, has been upheld
by the Georgia supreme court, and
, the injunction made permanent. The
negroes, hewever, are considering
fighting the case still further, as there
are still some points of fact involved
which have to be passed on by a jury.
But in the meantime they are perma
nently enjoined from wearing Shrine
pins or any other Shrine insignia.
The original suit was brought by
Forrest Adair, then potentate of Yaa
rab temple, against a local negro or
ganization which called itself a Shrine,
and which imitated the white Shrine
by using similar names and insignia.
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OU CONGRESS
OPENS IT TOLEOB
ON SHTHRDAYNIGHT
TOLEDO, 0., March 4. —With an en
try list totalling 756 five-men teams, 2,-
753 two-men teams and
uals, the sivteenth international tour
noment of the American Bowling con
gress opened Saturday. The prize list
approximates $32,500.
Bowlers from every section of the
I nited States and parts of Canada are
entered. They come from as far east
as New Haven, Conn., and Newark, N.
J., from as far south as Chattanooga
and Knoxville, Tenn., from as far west
as Denver and from Montreal in the
north.
Toleda has contributed 220 five-men
teams, the largest individual entry of
any city in the history of the organiza
tion with the exception of that from
Chicago in 1912. Chicago is sending 78
five-team men; Detroit, 60; Cleveland
43, and other cities are contributing
from 2 to 20 teams each.
The Barry-Kettelers of Chicago,
ehompion five-team men of 1915, again
enter, bowling under the name of the
Commodore Barrys. The New Haven
club, winner of the world’s title in
1914, also will roll in the tourney.
W. H. Pierce, of Pueblo, Colo., indi
vidual champion of 1915, and holder of
the A. B. C. record of 711 pins, will de
fend his title this year. The Allen
brothers of Detroit, winners of the two
men events at Peoria last year, are re
turning.
The present tournament is the great
est ever held by the A. B. C„ in the
number of entrants. Prior to this year
596 five-men teams, the number enter
ed in the 1912 tourney at Chicago, was
the largest.
Grand Rapids is the choice of offi
cials for the 1917 tournament, although
Buffalo, Dayton and South Bend are
also bidders.
Those familiar with bowling politics
think that William Agnew, of Cleve
land, second vice president, probably
will succeed Edward J. Ryan, of De
troit, as president of the organization.
Frank L Pasdeloup, of Chicago, treas
urer, and A. L. Longtry, of Milwaukee,
secretary, thus far are without opposi
tion for re-election.
Pauperism Low
Foi John Bull
LONDON, March 4 —The record for
pauperism for England and Wales
during the past year is the lowest ever
reached. Comparing 1875 with 1915,
the ratio shows a decrease from 29.2
to 15.3 per thousand, a falling away of
practically one half. Pauperism in
London separately has not declined in
the same proportion, nevertheless the
percentage has in this period been
<ut down from 25.3 to 18.9. As com
i ared with 1914, last year showed a
decrease in every division of England
and Wales of 69,702 persons, or 11 per
cent.
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any reader, suffering from urinary
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comforting words in the following
statement.
W. W. Rigsby, policeman, 205
Prince St., Americus, says: "I suffer
ed a good deal from an cahing back.
The trouble was caused by my kidneys
being disordered. Two or three boxes
of Doan’s Kilney Pills relieved me of
these ailments.” (Statement given
March 28, 1908.)
Again Praises Doan’s.
AFTER A LAPSE OF MORE THAN
SIX YEARS, Mr. Rigsby said: “Doan’s
Kidney Pills certainly did me a great
deal of good. . I am always glad to
recommend them to others suffering
from kidney complaint.”
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Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
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