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Oakland. Cal. Aug. 7.-There |aze 25,000,000 people in the United States who cannot read an ordinary newspaper!

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Rain again interferred with the League Matches on Saturday last

Kowloon were to be at bome to their next door neigh- bours, the K.C.C. and were look- ing forward to annexing the two points needed to secure the League Championship.

The inclusion of three of Kow. loon's regular League players in the interport team for Shanghai | This appalling revelation of You are just as old as you feel, slightly weakens their force, but illiteracy, made recently to the and your feelings and looks de- the places can be filled from National Educational Associa-pead largely upon the condition good reserve line.

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the nation to action, and a dual If the blood is rich and red it programme to back the Smith-feeds the braiu, nerves and Towner Bill in Congress and to muscles, keeping them fresh, enlist more and better recruits in flexible and vigorous. If the blood the army of teachers through is poor, watery, and filled with higher salaries is being pushed poisonous acids, the whole system as the one big job for American speedily falls into an unhealthy educators.

condition, the face becomes thin and baggard, symptoms of age become apparent when you still should be feeling young.

Mr. Fred M. Hanter, newly The open Singles Championship elected Presiden: of the N. E. A. is drawing near a completion and considers the illiteracy problem has been fruitful of several keen the most alarming thing in

"What is the secres of good contests. Three semi-finalists the nation, and says that the blood?" you ask. "How am I to are McLachlan (Taikoo). A. R. Jonly way to combat Bolshevism restore health to my blood, and Clarke (Police) and Muir (Kow-is to wipe on: the dark spots of thus to my body, when I am feel- loon), with J. S. Keith (Kowloon) foreign-born slum centres with ing ailing and weary and old and Grant (Police) to play off to the light of education.

before my time?" Tens of thou. regarded as inferior or to be make the fourth.

"Do you want to know what is sands of people, not in this country looked down upon. Yet his In connection with this Com the matter with America?" ask-jonly but throughout the world. spokesmen still regard him in petition. the Directors of Messrs.ed Mr. Hunter, who is head of the will tell you that they have found that light and regard themselves Wiseman. Lid. have kindly Oakland school system, one of the this secret in Dr. Williams' pink as the repesentatives of an in-presented a handsome silver most advanced in America. pills, the renowned blood and The following article by the fecior class at war with the com-cup.

"The recent draft revealed the nerve tonic. Right Hon. G. N. Barnes, M.F.munity. Instead of encouraging

shocking fact that about one in The interport players appears in the July number of community sense they discourage Shanghai leave by

for four Americans cannot read and the 5.5.write. The Industrial League gut Con-it, and are always appealing to "Saiyang" to-morrow and should a wretched class prejudice which arrive there on the 16th or 19th. If anyone bad predicted at the whatever justifiction it once had. The Hankow team is due to beginning of last year that we

has none cow. And so the worker arrive in Shanghai on 14th ios could demobilise neatly he is lowered in his own estimation and the matches with Hanko million mea from the Army and and in the estimation of the com- and Shanghai will probably be Navy, and, except for a matter of munity-Labour is caricatured played on the 20th and 21st & quarter of a million, absorb in corduroys and hobnailed boots, arrangements are being made to them all into civil employment and is thought of in like manner.hare the results cabled to the and that it should be done in less and Labour has itself to blame Secretary of the Hongkong Lawn

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A CHILD'S ESSAY.

Here are some of the startling facts given out by Mr. Hunter:

"There are between 33,000,000 and 35,000,000 foreign-born or as unduly optimist. Yet it bas į

children of foreign-born in the been donei Thre number of

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CONFERENCES.

machine-made fantastic gather is here where ignorance flourishes, one half of the namber some- A good illustration

of this inge for fantastia purposes which where the seeds of Bolshevism times on our bands in periods of "safe" attitude is to band as have now become so unemployment in pre-war dags. write, in the intimation that a Toey do no good because they a quarter of our population cannot common. find fertile soil, and largely where I mention these facts so that special conference is to be beld have ceased to be impressive read a newspaper.

to discuss Ireland and Poland. They cannot be representative humps. The Irish trade unionists, or that because time is not given to gez There are so many among us portion of them which are Sian the views of the workshops, or of school age, 10 million go to who are never so bappy as when Fein, have demauded the in- representatives chosen from the school under teachers who have they are making themselves tervention of British miserable by looking at the black unionists in the way of a general and the conference is, I think than a high school education.

trade ranks. I write this on June had no professional training other side of things. But now, even strike against the handling of summoned for June 15, though I be thought to be falling goods intended for, the

use same persons will be thereander 21 years of age, and 3 "Over 7 million go to teachers into the lapse just mentioned, let of the police in protecting the conference is held-as bave

A child's essay on Nelson, not, me present one or two comments themselves against on some things which, if they instead of telling the Sinn Fein five years on anything but

murder. artended conferences of the last million to teachers with no high without its touches of hampor

school education. are not black, do at all events Irishmen toget on with their work winning the war, which was the schools closed for lack of teach-

appears in the Comrades' Journal. "Last year there were 18,000 It reads as follows:- give cause for concern.

like sensible men, the British trade one supreme interest for traders, and in New York City last heroine he bad fought and wone "Loard Nelson was a great The worst aspect of public union leaders advise the conven-unionists as wet as for every-winter 70,000 children were out of many Battils. His father sentĮ affairs from the Labour point of ing of a special conference of body else. There will be blatant school for the same reason. view is the sheer irresponsibility British, and irist trade unionista denuciation and emission

nelson to his uncle in the navy;| and lack of moral courage on the to discuss Poland, as well as poison gas calculated, if not in this year with 400 rural teachers the wone of the family choosen to "California will open school his ancle wonnered whay was he part of Labour spokesmen. They Ireland. And so British trade tended, to ferment anarchy. The are always anxious to shuffle on unionists are committed out of only "result if the conference is short.

risk bis life OF BER. to somebody else or something hand to a conference which must not somehow quietly shelved, as faster than the women. Thirty the first time he would go to war "Men are leaving the profession "His uncle said to him that else what ought to be done by be futile and may be worse, the I hope it may be will be to years ago 37 per cent of the that a cannan ball may knock of themselves. I have noted this brainy frishmen bare jockeyed fritter away the moneys of the teachers were men. In 1918 only his head and provide for him at tendency with very great regret, the dull witted and pusilianimous trade unionists and bring trade 17 per cent, or one in five, are wonce. One day nelson stand on because I remember the stalwart British "leader" into a ridiculous unionism into contempt. figure of the old trade union position.

shoar a cannan ball landed at his official, who, if hé did not know As I write I note that another| But, now, I am going to com- "Formal schools are opening foot, and some sand went in to much about the higher criticism, moeting of trade union leaders mit myself to another in-with a third or fourth less attend-wone of his eyes, and before long -bad pluck to szpress it. But wing and are orging dreadful all trade unionists in Ireland

knew at least his own mind and have taken Hungary under their consistency. I would like to see ants than formerly.

he was blind" off one eye, and a conference of representatives of

THE REASON.

cripple of one arm, ' have regretted it still more be- things on

trade unionist, alleged misdoigs in that unhappy out the dificulties in applying United States is $606 a year.

the ground of some devoting themselves to threshing mentary school teachers in the "The average salary paid ele- cause, 25 a should like to have seen the trade country. Some of them-with a union spokesmen taking a manly lack of logic as well as of leader to their country and bringing the $891, Washington, $883; District

the principle of self determination

journalism, furnish the pull that "Caliform, at the top, pays our profession Jack. part in helping the country ship-are the same persone who through T dangerous Crisis. bare protested loud and long weighs of their influence to bear of Columbia, $879, and May-things: economic return, perms- “A profession needs ~ four Trade unionism is no longer a agsinet interference in Russia.

so as stop the killing of humble sachusetts, $809. mere sectional institution. Trada

nency and outlook, social contri- unionists have won their way to British trade union leader" is their duty. Such & conference $314; Florida, $361+ West Vir-Teaching has the last two things,

But the chief yearning of the Policemen in the discharge of

"Georgia, at the bottom, paysbation, and inspiration to loyalty, citizenship. They have also won for conferences. Conferences have would do much to restore the ginis, $385, and Maine, $406, but must furnish the first two a position of material prosperity not any representative value.ge of trade union con- The average high school sal- adequate salaries and a futurs in the community equal to those Everybody knows that they have ferencing, and if successful, ary in the United States is $1,031. career. classes which used to be regard become were mas meetings of would do much to bring peace The District of Columbia is high-For this reason we are behind ed as above the ranks of Labour. lay figures for platform purposes. atid reconciliation to an afilicted est, Calfernis second, Utah, third the Bmish-Towner Bill that would

In short, the manual worker is

IRELAND

now or an equal plane with suyone else, and the time

I wonder sometimes if the rank has gone for thems to be and file of the frade twinoists

of

men.

country. I am sure that, if and Massachusetts fourth. Dublin and Belfast trade unionWe must get our best young

screed, the path to pesos men and women into teaching would be cared.

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