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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK, MONDAY. OCTOBER 1050 Crisp, tasty and nourishing Men Whose Loves Made History NEW VOTERS MUST PASS MENTAL TEST MAY HOT AWARD BIG TRANSIT PLUM QUEENS P. S. 3 WILL DEDICATE SCHOOL GARDEN MEMORIAL By DORLE JARMEL PAUL GAUGUIN Painter and Pagan i I It Is derided this year to have a school garden In P.

S. 3, Queen, in i memory of Jacob Werthelm. who stimulated the spirit of patriotism and thrift among the school children mm- during the war, Mabel Sondhelm, principal of 'the achool, announced There may be1 no 1 1 2.000 plum nwalting a Tammany Job hunter at the Transit Commission following the resignation of MaJ. Philip Mathews, who quit to undertake a city planning project in Pittsburg. It in understood now that chairman Gilchrist and Commissioner Godley ure inclined not to till the post.

The original pliiee w.ih created when the Transit Commission had construction functions and employed very large staff of It was to provide a directing he.ul for the personnel, since the construction function hHS been trunM'erred to the Itnnrd of Transportation, the staff of the body is much reduced and the need for an exerutlve other consequently leiM today. Literacy testa most be taken all "new who expect to vot in the election on Nov. 2. New voters are classed those men and womeri of native and' foreign birth who becHin qiinlifivl to vote after Jan. 1.

:2:, and who have not already a otcd nil persons who have previously voted 1n other but Ut bec-imo qua i) fit to vote in New Vork after Jan. I. and who hav l.ftl mo voted. All such voters must L'ive KWttsfaelory evidence of literacy bef or" they register. These tet tna passed, tirst, bv present imf evidence of graduation an elementary or hiifh school where Kns-lish wa taught or, second, bv a certificate of literacy from tin- llojod of of the (State of.

New Yuk. M.tnv of the publio schools cwf Hiooklyn find Wueens will he en for the night this week from 7 30 to H.3' o'clock. In 1918 Mr. Wertheim offered prizes to the schools selling the greatest number of war saving stamps. By Belllngtnore stamps than any other school In the city, the pu All the food in the wheat All the bran in the wheat pils of P.

S. 3. In Forest Hills, won the prize for their district. The prize In the little restaurants of the Montmartre there are still artists who pause, between drinks, to talk of Paul Gauguin. Those were thrilling days In the '90s when the red-bearded painter sent Parts Into shuddering ecstasy over the primitive fflory of his canvases.

That was a man all absinthe and women and pMnt! The tirwt his inspiration, the last his god. The women were m-merous but Incldentnl. Mon Dten! how they adored him, head ovr heels in love with the pagan Are of his casual On the other tlo of the world. In the tropical isles of the South Seas, Gauguin is aluo a loved memory. There he fled frotn Paris to fragrant, sun-crowned Tahiti and th bleak cocoanut groves of the Marquesas Islands to paint and find peace of noul.

And even now, when the coo! blue of evening hns wiped out the crimson stains of the snnset, old native women whimper, shining-eyed, of the great white artiHt who loved them when they were young and beautiful, with flowers in their hair. The Mnrrlnfre of Gauguin. Gauguin was In his adventurous youth when he first foil in love with the tropics and women. He embarked aa a Bailor on a boat thRt went from Havre to Uio de Janeiro At Rio there was a brief liaison with an actress and on the voyage home he became Infatuated with a passen money was used to equip the school with a sun dlRl and an arbor aa a memorial to the man who donated the prize, as well as to the men who gave their lives In the war. corrupted by the white mnn's sophistication, and noon he out fr the interior.

He found -his heart's d-slr, a tropical Kden, unpeiled by the Kurnpean. There th native, brown and superbly formed, lived in a Golden Age of Innocence, and there for the first time Gauguin knew love. Ho met her bathing In a blue stream against a background of lime and mango trees. She was only 13, but a woman by Tahitlan standards. She was hy and beautiful in a primitive, perfect way and her name was Teh lira.

She had never seen a white man before, but when Gang in off red her his hut she shook her head in delight. was an idyl of another age. Gau-quln painted, while Tehura prepare! tempting meals of cocoanut and breadfruit. He told her of the wonders of Kurnpe nnd she innpired him with her native poetry and legend When he left iter sae was like Atrleken animal. Laden with canvases.

Gauguin returned to startle Europe. But fUkle Paris had found new gods and hi" exhibition was a failure. Disgusted, he left Paris forever and settled In the Seas for Uie rest of his life His final home was in the Marquesas Islands, whlrh he had heard were mure promltive than Tahiti and unknown to white men. Ther on one of Ihe rocky inlands, he lived In a hut of split bamboo. Wasted by disease, naked as a native, he painted and drank absinthe and took morphine and painted some more.

He lived nlone save for a Chinese boy who cooked for him. Occasionally there was Hn interlude with one of the native glrls but in the back-i ground whs the memory of Tehura. Then one morning when the Chinese i hoy came he was dead, and smiling. On the walls of his hut was his last, unfinished painting, a nude of a native girl with flowers in her hair, primitive. Kver in a tropical Kden where Gauguin had found peace and love.

(Copyright, Tomorrow King Manuel II of Portugal. INTOMETAX Ol IlSK A coiirs In Ineome tn especially designed for auditors, hc-countants and controllers is announced by the Knfuhls of Colutn-bua' Schools in Manhattan. KA OLE CI.AH.HTF1KD A IS wlli brtn ii to yno. The exercises dedicating the gar of SB he calmly announced that he was going to throw over hia business and devote the rest of his life to art. His wife, tourhing her forehead significantly, parked her belongings and returned to Denmark with her children.

Art and I.ove In Paris. But Gauguin wa not mad except ho far as all genius is mad and he settled down for two years in the Montmartre to a life of poverty and driving work. Only at; night he emerged, paint-stained, savage, reserved, and drank green liquor and made indifferent love to his adoring models. Then came a short voyage to Martinique. He returned, bronzed.

dr-HHcd like a sailor and smoking a short day pipe. His studio became the talk of Paris. The walls were pale yellow, the windows were painted with primitive nudes In imitation of stained glasfl and the room was full of wooden clubs and spears, and two monkeys. And he kept as a modn) a mulatto woman who worshiped him like a slave! Km- a time he painted startling anvases seared with color. Then me day he noticed that an artist riend of his had a wife and that he was splendid, with a quiet, ma-ure kind of beauty.

He turned his ynlcal, compelling gae on her and, ike a fascinated bird, she came to him. Coolly, and without conscience, tie took her to his fltndlo, immortalized her beauty on canvas and loved her like a pagan god; until, inevitably, engrossed by a new Idea, he Indifferently requested her to leave as he wished to he alone. Tim Kvo of IIir Kouih JSras. Tn 1891, wearied and disillusioned with Occidental life, the lure of the tropics tugging at his blood, he abandoned civilization and sailed for Tahiti. He was now 43, worn out from dissipation and hard work, and he longed for peace.

At Tahiti ha tarried a while in the European quarter and lived with a half-caste. Tlti. But his spirit was tired of love den will be held Oct. 11 on the grounds of P. S.

3, on Livingston st. and Colonial Forest Hills. In case It ralna on that day the exercises will take place at the same place Wednesday afternoon. Co-education FailsSex Lure Antagonistic Freedom of Frats Harmful Trouble Seen resultant of all our experiences. mental, ethical.

religious and Special Interest Department THIS COMPANY IS ISSUING PASS BOOKS FOR DEPOSITS IN A SPECIAL INTEREST DEPARTMENT. SUCH DEPOSITS ARE SUBJECT TO: V71THDRAWAL ON PRESENTATION OF THE PASS BOOK. Interest et the rate of 3 per annum will be paid on such deposits. Five dollars will open an account. We suggest the use of this Department for the accumulation of funds for future investment in Guaranteed Mortgages and Certificates of LAWYERS TITLE AND GUARANTY COMPANY.

Lawyers Trust Company I esthetic, which work to form ger, a handsome rrussian woman, in for us a body of principles of con duct, and color our outlook on the world In our human relations. Hunter College Head Points to Indiscretions That Follow Mingling of Sexes at a Formative Period. It ia easy to halleve that the tenor of such principles might more easily be affected as Is claimed. defiance or tne snip a msnpnne. But he returned to Paris and eet-tled down to the only conventional period of his life.

He married the blond Mette Sophia Gad, with whom, he had fallen In love in Copenhagen, and became a etock broker. For 12 years he lived a middle-class life, a prosperous business man with a charming wife, five children and an eccentric Interest In painting. But Dy associating the two aexes In edu cation, although theoretically, we may say, there Is no reason whv It Students Bake Bread, Press Clothes to Get Education (Special to The Berea. Oct. a William J.

Hutchins. formerly pastor of the Bedford Presbyterian Church and now president of Berea College, Berea, states In his annunr report Issued today that earnltiKs of Berea College students have lncrenscd to 67 percent of their total school expenses. 1m seven years student earnings Increased from $34,259 to The college press employed 29 boys during the last year, a laundry had as many as 194 college girls at one time, and the hroom industry, the refrigerator Industry and even the bakery shops employed students. Admission to Berea Is virtually limited to students from the Southern mountains. It provides tuition free, though Interdenominational and without State or Federal aid.

John It. Rogers of Brooklyn Is one of the trustees of the institution. should Inevitably be so. The fact tbat some co-educatlnnal schools strange forces seethed Inside this red- Incorporated 1S9S 1 44 Court Street, Brooklyn Capital and Surplus, $6, OCX), 000 160 Broad war, Now TorK seem have been conducted successfully does not affect my thesis. Frpert.m of Sororities Harmful, Taking up some of the points you henrded man with the heavy-lidded, cynical, green-gray eyes.

At the age have lnrlicatod: I may repeal that co-education lacks In effectiveness because it la an antagonistic Interest among the students. And can well believe that In co-educatlonal in TV. 0. Crott, a graduate of the Vnlvcrtity of Illinois, riant of 1916, recently publlthed a ticerping indictment of the co-educational tyttem in colleget, tracing "evtlt'' to the dote ettociation of teret in college. The Eagle will puhllth etcry day replict to a quettionnaire letter tent to head of the variout collegiate tenter, in the country.

The reply of Dr. George B. Davit, fretident of Hunter College, Manhattan, followt. Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle. stltutlons.

sororities and '-aternltles whose activities are conducted un dor great, freedom can lead to harm ful conditions among their members and such conditions may be In tenslilcd Prohibition. The whole attitude of youth has changed towards life and Its tradl GREENS INCREASINGLY FAVORED BY MANY INTERIOR DECORATORS "Practical at well a popular," sayt Lucy D. Taylor, interior decorator, lecturer, and author of "Your Home Beautiful" if a ft fnm JteEJbM (fin lions. They are acting deliberately In opposition to many conventlona TEACHERS URGED TO VOTE The New York Principals Association, by the unanimous vote of the executive committee, urged the teaching and supervising; body of our school system to register for the which thev believe unreasonably re I give briefly my views concerning strict them; and to some extent they are right. Hut the Immature are co-education, at the same time point coming election.

The criticism was made that less than one-third of the memhers of the profession In the city resistor and vote. Ing out that these views are not based upon actual experience with this form of educational organisation, but upon Inquiries made from time to time of those In direct contact with It and from publications or reports that I have read, as well "Do I think green is growing in favor with interior decorators?" repeated Miss Taylor in response to our question. "It certainly is. And why not? Green, first of all, is such a as upon certain Inherent consldera tions. DON'T FAIL TO REGISTER Today ts the first dsy of mrlxtra-llon.

Polls are open this week dally from 5 p.m. to p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. If vou do not resistor, you cannot vote.

These have led me to the conclu sion that, whether or not It conduces likely to go to extremes and they do; perhaps to a greater extent outside the colleges than 'n them. Many Influences. There Are ma Influences exerted through their reading and the examples of others that must be regarded as contributory elements to this state of affairs; but to me It Is not discouraging. I have a firm belief in the Inclination and will of American youth to go straight, and I would help them by ordering their education, the formative stage of their lives, under the most favorable conditions possible. I have assumed that there Is a problem in an acute form In some ro-educatlonal colleges, basing my assumption on the evidence previously referred to.

In nature of things ths problem also exists outside the sphere of formal education and we can never get rid of It. We may only do ths best we can with It. GEORGE B. DAVIS, President to imniortiillty to any extent, co education tends to defeat Its purpose for the reason that It Ignores the great fact of the intense reciprocal CORNS Molngical nnd psychological interest of the two sexes In each other at the fuiCKrvuviirocnpaiiuui oV 1 high school rnd college age. Distinct One Another.

ws i uuwi ivivi tauu ptMiori of tight thoM. DlScholl's This fact httu always been, with most yount people, a source of In comioriaDie coior 10 live witn. Then, in its lighter shades it works easily into a background for many other tones the room's furnishings. Browns, reds, some tones of blue, yellow, and even mulberry and gray appear lovely In conjunction with green. "You will notice that I put brown first in my list of colors that can be pleasingly associated with green.

This is because so much of our modern furniture does come in brown-walnut, walnut-mahogany, dark oaks, all the popular Early American furniture in light maple. "The new linoleum patterns, auch as duo-tone rippled Jaspe, and the large and amall tilea are extremely effective for these green backgrounds." 1 XinO'pads tiz terference with mental application "Linoleum? But where are the seams?" "No tacks, no brads, no seams? Why, that's not a linoleum floor as I know it." Do you know that It la possible for you to have a modern, patterned floor of Armstrong's Linoleum cemented in place over builders' deadening felt? This manner of layingeliminates ugly seams, warping, and shrinking and presents a smooth, easy-to-clean surface. There is no upset or bother. Ruga and furniture are moved Into another room. The felt underlining Is pasted down and the linoleum neatly cemented over it.

Seams are neatly joined. Edges waterproofed. The whole surface rolled smooth, neat, and firm. and concentration upon which edu ration so largely depends: and to disregard It is, in my Judgment, a serious educational error. I do not.

of course, suggest that social intercourse in the natural and ordinary way should be Interfered Phone TRIangle 5700 Fulton Brooklyn with; hut that under conditions of segregation, our youth have a hard enough time as It Is to do the work required by school and college for their proper Intellectual development without deliberately adding to their difficulties, as the co-ed ucatlonnl arrangement certainly does. We should reduce the distractions, not Increase them. If the moral conditions reported really exist at co-educational colleges, thev must react detrimentally An Interior In the Earlv American fathion now to popular. Armjtrrmj't Marhle Ti No. 72 has juit the proer amount of green to narmonite ufi UghA rrwplf (onts in urni tur and hanging's.

GREEN. upon character development. Char acter la largely the product or SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES New Patterns in Armstrong's Linoleums ratterns in endless variety tile designs all-over designs the new handicraft designs -and many others. At typical Namm low prices. rn-Fdu rational PUBLIC SPEAKING the favored color in home decoration Th Prarttral f)hm In Public Breaking nnnunrii it opening Tor in Thlrn Ttmr Ia train mn n1 wmn In th prof-(, tn buatnM nd In th political, fraurnal and social walks of Ufa, to ba NAMM'S FOURTH FLOOR ma arractira pmlio siakra.

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Now you will find new and beautiful shades of green in modern floor patterns of Armstrong's Linoleum. For months our designers worked to produce patterns and colors most appropriate for the home. Hundreds of color schemes were tried out. The approved designs, now on display at local stores, are America's prettiest, newest note in linoleum floors. Patterns all the way from close designs, all-over 5 PCS.

REUPH0LSTERED-; Taptatrr mr ImlttMloa Imfhr. I'minn Uhffl lk nw. rw afirlnta Intrtr4. Arm rlinlp matt Into rmlrr. I'rra alwrng Mai II furnltara la wanted.

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Aftraooa Rat-reatlua). 19 T.I. 9J8 Architect! lay this new floor hi! "texture." Linoleum tilei of differing cnnei hive been hirmoniouily combined. There ii no apparent pattern repeal. And lint liln Hani lligbllj Hfraisti; the cement-toned io-terlinert thit frame them are prened in beneath the turfue of the goods.

Offered in eleven pleating patterns. ItHrlan Dnmaak tr (rttnni th arana'a mual baailfal dlaai auJiabl mf ronm. liuyai uuuuisicijr vu id mjrrae atc. Dualnpaa PM-honl N. Y.

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A More Serviceable Kind of Printed Linoleum Firh detien ofArmsrrong's Printed Linoleum is the work of in experr colnrist, snd is prinred, carefully printed, with pure linseed oil colors on the linoleum body. The body marensl is "genuine 101k linoleum," tough and sturdy. Armsrrong's Printed inoleum is bakked with genuine hurlsp hence its sturdy, tough, long-wearing quality. Only the best is good enough fot Armstrong's. Trtm'liiaT Tr On A'Mrn Vxunt mthfi REMY SCHOOL FOR DANCING New York Merchant Restored to Good Health Sufferer of Indigestion, Loss of Sleep and Rtm-Doum Condition Finds Relief in TanJac.

Strength Restored. Cains 11 Pounds effects, to bold, striking tiles. Colors from delicate pastel shades to deep, rich tones. Not only in the season's shades of grctjn, but in reds and grays, blues and tans, as well. And reasonably priced for linoleum of such authentic design.

ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY, Lineltun Ditision, Lancaster, III COl.t'Mm AVIC AT ITH. MANHATTAN NEW TO UK. TELtt'lloslE Trflr 1171 and KIT, Wbn Your Frlfn1i All A1vtM lo llmr" to I.rn -Thr Musi 114 a Han" artn rnH khkiw illi-ntr ci.it noniit.rr MARBLEIZED Ti A Sua Craup Armunng Inlaid Pattern 14 I ri On A'ldrM Mana K'mihliis. r.Mrv tu himiL rim nAx'ixo lit COLI HL'H IVI. AT HTU.

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Possibly you hive seen linoleum in vhuh the surface hid marble strain-but Armstrong's Marhleiied Linoleum is truly inlaid. The marbling runs through the entire flooring to the heavy burlap hack. Armstrong's Inlaid Linoleum, cemented in pine over builders' deadening frit, is literally good for lifetime of hird wen. It nevet ends rchniihini Kept wucd ind polished, it makes loot that needs little titration. A dust mop removes ail turttix Armstrong's Nat Welsenheric.

a well-known New Vrk merrhanf. It Knit lth Street. Now York city, says: "With the help of Tanlso I have ovsr-i-nme severe rait of IndtKCKtlon tn. which fl had suffered fur 2 yours. tn me were ilreiulful mu-inenis.

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