The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-14
NEW YORK CITY GOSSIP
MAY EMPLOY NURSES IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS FALL
Society Plans to Play Polo With Auto
mobiles for Ponies-Treasury Agent
in China investigates American I'm
ports Said to Be UndervaIued.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Efforts are
to be made this fall to introduce the
school nurse into certain of the public
schools of the city. Already an exper-
iment is being made to prove the value
Of such work. A nurse accompanies
the doctor who has been making an in
vestigation of the eye disease that has
been SO prevalent in some Of the
schools She is unsalaried, of course,
as no provision has been made yet for
such attendance. DR.. Lederle, how
ever, is interested in the project and
probably will present it to the board Of
estimate and apportionment
Such system is in operation in Lon
don and has been found Of the greatest
peneht to the poor children who receive
insufficient care at home. The plan is
to Introduce it here only into those
schools where such children are chiefly
OF that class. Cuts, bruises and sores
that need attention day by day could
be looked after by a nurse and pre-
vented from developing into more seri-
Gus ills. In a way it would be what
the careful mother, with time to do
such things, does for her little ones.
with the added skill of the trained
nurse.
nurse Of high standing said that
when she first came to New York she
found boy twelve years old who had
been kept at home because of a sore
on his head. BY giving him careful at
tentlon it soon was cured. "I wish I
could read the names of the streets ON
the lamp posts" said the boy, and that
fall he went to school for the first
time and learned to read the street
names and other things. The vigilance
and care Of the school nurse would 60
far towards preventing the spread of
diseases as we'll as in the checking or
curing those that already existed.
Eel Is an AIbino.
The latest addition to the collection
of rare specimens at the aquarium ia
an albino eel, which was caught AT
Pelham Park Custodian Spencer says
1t is a freak
1--WE have had albino cells beforeD
salo ne, but never one in which the
color was so perfect AS a rule thew
are notified, but this one is of bright
orange. Exposure to the light has
tendency to bleach these fellows, and I
expect this one will eventually come
out white"
Mr. Spencer has shipped the moray
winch died week ago to the National
museum at Washington, where it will
De preserved as rare specimen.
To Play Auto Polo.
Driven to the verge of desperation
Tor something new to amuse them. the
Newport colony will try the expert
ment of playing the game of polo with
automobiles. William Brokaw. of New
York, is the author of the idea, and he
is now busily engaged in getting to-
gether couple of teams The idea is
SAD to have been received with en-
tnuslasm at Newport, for it is antici-
pated that the game will prove a very
costly one for the owners of the ma
chimes engaged.
-the-wool auto fiends cav a.
Will be grand thing to show how
easily the machines can be handled
Ihey say 1T will show that automobiles
can be started, stopped and turned tbis
way and that much more easily than
ponies, and when people realize tbis
much of the prejudice existing against
automobiles will be removed.
Most Of the expert polo nlavArs
iaugn at the notion that automobiles
can ever compete with ponies in this
sport They point out that polo could
not even be played by cyclists, and un-
Tess the game is to be merely a farce.
automooiies will have to be especially
constructed for the game of polo.
Says Imports Are UndervaIued
differentiation of chinaware and
pottery mas been the subject of seri-
Gus consideration and Investigation hv
secretary Shaw for at least two
@LiloilIls. AN agent OF the treasury de-
partment has been in China for Some
time gathering data as to the actual
cost OF production and market value ar
the class of goods which Amarioor
potters declare the customs officers of
the United States have been undervaI-
uing for years.
Inc matter was taken I'D bv the
treasury department, at the instigation
OF American manufacturers of Dotta,.,-
Secretary Shaw believes the evidan.,
which will be presented to the board 80
appraisers will result in a satisfactory
readjustment of the appraised nricaS
on this class of goods. That it will dis
close a scandal or sensational frauds
OF any kind he does not believe.
differentiation of imported artt-
cies IS the greatest problem to be solv-
VIZ NoOSA CSctI Oh the treasury
All the evidence presented to the an
pralser on any line of goods is on the
SIDE OF the lowest price. 1t is the ef-
Tort OF both shipper and receiver 70
make this price as low as possible
while there is no one interested to the
extent of making a showing on the
other side of the question.
Chinaware is not the ONLY class of
goods on which a line of Investigation
Is now being pursued, as not a dav
passes that letters are not addressed
TO the treasury department by Amerf-
can manufacturers complaining of the
differentiation of imported goods
which conflict with them in the mar
kets. These letters are made the basis
OF inquiry, and in many instances ap-
pra1sals are revised as the result
Foreign Investigations Of treasury
department agents have frequently
disclosed the fact that goods manufac-
tured abroad for the American mar
ket are not put on the market in the
foreign country. This is done in order
TO avoid the setting of a home market
price, SO that the appraised value may
De made as low as possible. In such
cases 1T Is necessary for the treasury
agents to make detailed inquiry as to
the amount of capital invested in the
manufacturing plant, the cost of the
raw material and labor and the proba-
bic home price of the article so pro-
duced.