The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-12
BABIES
FROM DEATH
Splendid Philanthropic Work
at Colonial Beach.
POOR CHILDREN'S HOME
Pestiferous Insects More Troublesome
and in Larger Number than Was
Ever Known Before-Ca,tIe
Worried to Death by Flees.
POOR CHILDREN'S HOME

(special to The Times .Disoatch.)
| CONFORM, VA, July ll-some years
ago, when Colonial Beach, the present
popular summer resort on the Potomac
River, was In its infancy. Professor
Melville Bell, of the Bell telephone
Company, donated two acres OF ground
In the corporate limits OF the promising
resort" as a location for home for
INDECENT children. Soon the work OF
| was begun and rapidly pushed. and now
the BELL Fresh Air Home" for children
Is one Of the most interesting and con-
| spicuous features of the far-famed town
OF Colonial Beach Professor Bell has
endowed the home and number OF the
philanthropic and Christian people OF
Washington, .. c., make annual contri-
buttons for the maintenance of this noble
charity.
The ample rooms Of the home arc
suitably arranged and furnished for
the needs, comfort and pleasure of the
little folks, and large. airy play-rooms
are provided with toys and other para
phernala for the entertainment and
weather is too inclement to admit OF
outdoor exercise.
Miss Mary c. Davenport Of Washing
ton, Is president of the Board Of Mana
gers of the home. and she has long since
demonstrated her peculiar fitness for
that responsible position.
A great many INDECENT children are
brought down from Washington city
every summer to enjoy the comforts OF
the Bell Home. and the Improvement In
their health during their stay Is re-
markable The best Of nurses and GUS
todians are provided for the little folks.
so that they can see and enjoy all that
is to be seen and enjoyed atithe watering
place. without endangering themselves
Some fifty to seventy-five children are
brought down at a, time. and when they
recuperate from their ailments and be-
come rudy and strong. they are taken
back to the city. and fifty to seventy
five others are brought, and thus the
noble work goes on throughout the SUM
mer and early autumn. and 1t Is safe
to say that hundreds have been saved
from death by this p',ilanthroplc enter
prise.
PEsTIFEROUS INSECTS.
1t is a fact, pretty generally discussed
for several weeks past, that the various
troublesome insects have been present In
greater numbers and have been more an
memory OF the oldest people here.
In addition to the vast armies Of bugs,
feas, files, worms. ants. and the like;
that have thronged the rural districts and
proved upon the field crops and garden
veget- hles since early In May, the pas.
lures are infested by. great swarms OF
worry the horses and cattle to an extent
far greater than ever before known IN
this section.
1t is said that there have been more
Texas flies" here since the early or mid
die part OF June than ever before In any
five, years put together. These resem.
PIE the are
and 1t is said that their bite" or sting,
causes greater pain than that OF the mos =;
quito or the u, MAY n.y. How to get rid
the farmers here are now trying to solve.
It is not possible to find one animal In
any herd Of cattle here whose body IS
of these little black flies, and they are
so tantallzing that cattle worry them
selves almost to point OF exhaustion by
bodies with their heads in endeavoring to
be free from the pests 1t Is impossible
for animals to Craze more than two or
three hours during the y, G Day hoan +r,aa -
protect nilch cows from these files. but
SO far everything has failed. Cattle have
been sprayed and sponged with various
solutions mmended by high authors
ties but without avail.
PERSONAL.
Mr. W. Taylor Smith. OF Fredericks-
burg, who so successfully passed the ex-
animation some days ago as to be adj
mitted to the Nacal Academy this fall,
is native OF this county and nephew
OF Judge John E. Mason, Of this place.
His brother, Mr.. c. Mason Smith. led his
classes at college the past session. and
viii enter the University of Virginia the
coming fall to study medicine
Mrs. z. y Smith. mother Ct these PROM reo,1
her brother Judge Mason. near this
Messrs. Richard and Frank Green; OF
Wahh rao tines h here this Week. Vesa
Mr.. Corbin Ball. who has been on
visit to friends here since last Friday.
has returned to his home IN the ma
t'G Mr.. ana Gap! Mrs. ]. NJ Henderson Of Cash
Corner. near here, spent this week with
their son in Westmoreland county.
Miss Flora Mason. OF ohelperme eo,1 near AZ
Fred Ere ericksburg. It is expected that sew
eraI Of her Young lady friends Will ac-
company her home next week.
this county, has gone to Washington
to- spend some time with friends.
Miss Carrie Sale has returned to her
home in King GEORGE, after spending
week sex y 5ob n.efe' stiff, Of Fredericksburg,
spent the the Fourth and the, early part
Of Of thi this week with his father at Oak
Gs mys. DR.. J. L. southeron. Of the ma
t!ona capea at fty Is near f here q her
c. Mi is i here re- IN m'' the interest 81 North
ths place last wa, wesk to s9snS
c caiied 4 ha ok to Reidsville this week BY a
teleeram ma announcing the critical illness
OF M hef F I,n.r OF washington city. is
Ma.Ss ~ the home of Mrs, S. A. Rad
mrs Mrs r. H. soTssll. a sama Mrs aown n from ~
1IrlssspiS IN, h,u an Thursday to spend July
ana Mdsa AUGUST is at their summer home in this
neighborhaod. ~ Ed,a tIu +b,s
MI ~ Las heen notified that his sister.
Mss MISS Minnie Baker, is critically III in San