Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-09

and surrounded with well-kept flower
yards. Opposite these houses, across the
parade ground, is "a large, long. regularly
built barracks, where the privates are
quartered. Near by, still farther across
the field, are small brick houses, where
the non-commissoned officers live, and
about midway the grounds Is the great
mess hail. where the rattle and clatter of
dishes suggested the preparations for
supper The hospital stands opposite the
handsome entrance, and the guardhouse
is on the left. The roads are smooth and
hard and the walks are all cemented The
soldiers, officers and prlvates, all were at
tired in white duck suits, with white he'll
NETS to match, and looked cool and COM
Portable, as well as military and soldier
ly. Everywhere you turned you were i'm
pressed with the strength of our govern
ment and the careful provision 1t makes
for the support of its dignity and enforce
ment of its laws The national ensign
proudly waved in the gentle summer
breeze and the declining sun illuminated
1t with its last rays, and you felt as you
gazed upon the flag that 1t represented
in its graceful folds and curves the
grandest nation and the strongest gov
eminent on this great globe.
A party of Alabama young people, un-
der the chaperonage of Mrs. Kate Watts
Collins, will leave Montgomery August
"a for Niagara Falls, Montreal and Que
bee via Washington city and New York.
This will be delightful trip for these
fortunate young people, for they will en-
joy sightseeing under the most agreea-
BILE circumstances, as they will be chap
eroned by one of Alabama's charming
and accomplished women, Mrs. Kate
Watts Collins, who is aadaughter of the
late GOV. Thomas Watts of MONTGOMERY.
Mrs. Collins is also sister-in-law OF Mrs
Frank White of Birmingham.
A few days ago received the follow
ing letter, which so admirably treats of
a prevalent evil, that hope 1t will draw
public attention to the facts stated. 1t
occurs to me that Dr. J. H. Phillips and
rectify the trouble by having the schol-
ars in the colored public schools and the
new Industrial colored school instructed
In the simple principles of hygiene My
correspondent thus writes:
Birmingham, Aug. g.
Dear Mrs Ball: A few nights ago,
during the prevalence of the hot wave,
/ CHANGED to have view of an alley at
! a. m. To my horror, made the dis
covery that all the negro cabins in sight
were tightly closed, every door and win-
dow shut, and out of one of the CHM
neys faint smoke was yet curling, as
IL from the remnants of a late ironing
fire. l thought of the babies and chill
dren in these black holes of Calcutta,
and wondered If the whole community
was as ignorant of this state of affairs
as have always been until chance dis
closed 1t to me. I thought of the fair
young missionary, so eloquently describ-
ed by you and wondered If she was
aware that here at home was a race
needing missionaries to teach them the
gospel of fresh air. / don't want my
name in the paper, but do feel that this
is q matter of public import. Long after
had retired that night ! was unable 10
sleep for heat, although four windows in
my room were wide open. I lay and
minds and to protect them from them
selves. Surely, If every housekeeper
could be induced to educate-dn this mat
ter-her own servants, some first steps
could be taken. The next morning I
could hardly wait for breakfast TO be
over before I began to question my cook.
She said she had one window and always
closed 1t. / demonstrated but she was
deaf to my reasoning; she was afraid
to even let down the window a foot
from the top. My house boy, an I'M
usually intelligent servant, was more
reasonable. He has "been to school,"
1t was a comfort to me to learn that he
allowed broken pane of glass to remain
unmended for the sake of fresh air.
pardon an almost stranger for consum-
anq your time. may be wrong, but this
seems to me timely topic Sincerely
This is a timely topic, and am glad
that this good philanthropic woman mas
called attention to 1t. The alarming
death rate among the negroes OF the
south is caused by Just such transgres-
sions of the obvious laws of health.
MRS. GEORGE c. BALL.
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