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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-05-17
YELLOW FLUFF THE PRETTY STORY OF CATFRPILARS

mometer fell to 80 degrees oAs night.
and I had good hunt before I found
her hidden in the folds of a newspaper
which had been left on her table. It
took longer 10 revive her. and she
scarcely ate all day; toward evening
she became extremely restless. crawling
hither and thither on her leaves. and up
and down the naked branches In hur-
ried, impatient way.
At times she stretched out full length
in the air, searching for that unknown
something required by the laws of her
being. and never finding it. At dusk I
thought she had begun TO spin her co.
coon on the bare branch at the junction
of a twig with the stem. Her head
moved with smooth regularity from side
to side. touching the wood each time
with her mouth. as her kind do TO fast
en- the thread. but no thread was visible.
left her for the night, still at work.
In the morning, she was gone; search
was in vain; Yellow-Fluff was not seen
again But some sunny day this summer
/ dream OF seeing a lovely winged thing
fiutter from behind cabinet or picture
frame float once or twice around the
room, TO let me admire its beauty. and
then fly off through an open window TO
join its mate in the brief. glad life
of the butterfly. and l shall say, All. is
that you, Yellow-Fluff2 How we'll you are
looking, Good byl'-Margaret B. Stuart.
in Our Animal Friends.
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The New Presbyterian Church.

TO me. The same morning I discovered
on blade Of conch grass the very small-
est Woolly Bear caterpillar have ever
seen. 1 brought it in on the blade. and
a bunch of the seed spears along with it..
putting them into a vase with the lilac
spray and its occupant.
Woolly at once forsook her perch for a
lilac leaf. She started on a tour of in
spection. and presently butted into Vel
Fluff, who was prolonging the pleas
ure of "a long snooze after thawing out;
and, having a big will In her small
body. she continued to butt till the
scandalized Yellow Fluff reared on her
ultimate pair of feet, making a grace
full arch of herself.
Under this arch WooIly marched,
calm as a clock. and, in proof of con-
quest, proceeded 20 eat into the middle
of the leaf. not pausing in her labors
till nothing of the leaf remained but a
hole with a thread of margin around it.
to which she cluHg-by the eyelids. as
It were-and took a nap.
Long before this Madam Yellow-Fluff
had vacated the neighborhood and gone
home hunting Far more fastidious than
WoolIy Bear, she made no choice until
she had inspected each separate grass
blade, seed top and lilac leaf, no slight
task for a creature of her inch-for
truth forbids the use of the plural noun.
BY setting the vase before a bright
background and using magnifying
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TFOUND her. half torpid, on lilac
bush one cold October morning, and
carried her in on her twig TO study
II leisure. Three weeks l entertained he-
with respectful assiduity; she ate of the
best according to my lights, and re-
posed. warm and safe from autumn's fit
full tempers; and in return she gave me
endless amusement with her queer ways
She was as yellow as a canary, but
clothed with velvet fur instead of feath-
ers; her head was as shiny as a jet
bead, and her feet-she had sixteen Of
then-might have been cut out of amber
With the vanity attributed 10 her sex,
she still further adorned her rich toilette
by wearing four black and four white
pencils of hair growing on her thorax,
with two similar pencils forking out OF
her train $50 to speak,.
In recognition of her spIendor, and be-
cause some name was necessary, | dub
bed her yellow Flun'-a presumption
which she doubtless would have resented
had she been built" to comprehend
human speech
For Yellow Fluff was member of the
illustrious family of Arctiidae, or hairy
caterpillars; but what her own respected
name was l cannot say, as 1t was omitted
from that book of Lepidopteran peerage,
Woods volume On insects, and also from
my other works on natural history open
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provided for them on the grass beneath
the college elms, by the fathers. Pleas
ant as this semi occasional treat was,
yet the Sisters longed for home in the
country where the little tots might find
fresh air, sunshine and fun out of doors
the whole summer through.
Finally, in 1892, through the kindness
of a philanthropic friend IL Washington.
q place was found in Berwyn and pur-
chased for 81, 800. The house, COM
modious family mansion. surrounded by
some five acres of ground, was already
fitted with furniture. which had been in
cluded in the sale. The site is an ideal
one for health and comfort in summer,
as are so many of Berwyn's homes.
Land in Berwyn has a height of from
10 to 200 feet above sea level, and the
elevation upon which the orphan asylum
is placed is considerably above the av-
erage level This insures a cool and
equable temperature during the hottest
weather OF the summer. The breeze is
unconfined by buildings. Upon purchas-
ing this property it was named Mount
st. Joseph. and a number of men inter-
ested in the work formed themselves
into a band known as ST. Joseph's Union
and bent their energies toward provid-
ing for It's support and maintenance.
Through fairs and festivals and liberal
contributions this was successfully done.
In 1900 the Sisters were enabled TO have
an addition built to the house, SO that
today there are twenty-five rooms, a
kitchen, laundry. and stables.
And now every summer the children,
of whom there are now seventy or
eighty, are taken out TO 1.-THE beautiful
country home at Berwyn, there TO spend
| the hot months of summer in GOODNESS
and out of-door freedom. This year they
will be taken out on the Sd of June and
will remain, as usual, till the first week
| in September. To and from the train
| they are carried. a happy, laughing
crowd In buses generously provided by
several local liverymen.
Every day as soon as they are up and
dressed, the children are sent outdoors
| to get the air. They even take their
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ly and deliberately, and a fraction of
the hard road was passed. But as the
bristles barely supported her weight,
they sometimes bent under her. and she
would sag In the middle in a most dis
concerning manner; but never mind, it
was all in the days work, and she would
simply pull herself up again and go on.
Having reached the very top of the
pinnacle, she would thrust herself into
upper air, section by section. until half
her body was turning about unsupported.
except by a couple of pairs of her hinder
feet.
could not do as much.
When quite satisfied that her utmost
stretching could find nothing higher in
that direction, YellowFluff deity dou-
bIedf back on herself and travelled down
the stem till she struck another grass
spear, when it was bout ship and off on
another trip to the North Pole
The interchangeable little creature crawl
ed up and down again at least half a
dozen of these stalks before 1t was
borne in upon her that none of them led
to better things; then. pressed by hun
ger (of the ladylike sort that scorns
hurry and eagerness), she decided to
make the best of the attainable.
She stretched her bright length upon
a lilac leaf; she prepared for the feast
calmly and with dignity, "unhasting and
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sawmiIl. which has been constructed in
Berwyn, and gives employment to
number of its Inhabitants.
Land is now being surveyed for an
extensive fish farm Some of the low
lands lying between the gentle hills OF
southern Maryland is to be conxertea
into large pond fer. the propagation
of the "f1nny darters OF the deep
which form such delicious food on
Washington tables.
A Truly Suburban Population
With the exception of the employees
of these industries, most Of the popula-
ton OF Berwyn is employed in various
pursuits in Washington. The daily ride
In and out of the city is made with ease.
comfort. and speed, both summer and
winter AS soon as cold weather ap-
proaches, the closed cars, we'll warmed
by electric heaters, are put on the troll
legs. and in both summer and winter
the cars, which are fitted out with plush
seats, contain compartments for smok
ers, where the passenger may smoke in
enjoyment while he reads his morning
or evening newspaper. The trip is made
through the Maryland hills, "coasting"
down them with celebrating speed, and
darling past beautiful farms. mansions.
and various points OF interest
A Local Telephone Exchange.
One of the most noteworthy conven-
fences of the town is the local telephone
line, which has recently been installed.
By its means the most widely separated
houses of Berwyn have been placed IN
instant communication with each other
and with Washington, and to such the
telephone is constant blessing. House
wives can give their orders to local
traders or to Washington stores with
out stirring from their doors. An ex-
tremely enjoyable new method of
amusement has been made possible by
It's Introduction Whole pleasant aft
ernoons and evening can be spent in
talking and gossiping with ones friends
without the discomfort of venturing
out of doors into possibly wet or stormy
weather, but seated in comfort in ones
own room The costa dollar a month
is ridiculously low for all this.
John. If he is bashful, may chat with
Mary in this manner, though IL he is
built of ordinary flesh and blood he
Will prefer to call in person-for the
girls of Berwyn are all marvelously at
tractive. Whole bevies of beautiful
maids can be seen clustering Ike fow-
ers OF a larger growth among the flow
ers on the lawns. and, be it said to the
credit of the youths of Berwyn. the
girls do not lack for appreciative adj
mirers.
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stuffy room of fat in a hot, crowded
street in town, and who goes down to
work scarcely refreshed.
Berwyn limits include about a square
mile of ground The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad cuts through its centre. The
trolley runs through the western half.
It's population is about four hundred.
Has No Town Charter.
Berwyn is a, town without a municipal
government.
This curious state of affairs has grown
from peculiar circumstances. Berwyn is
wholly outside the District lying we'll
into Maryland, and therefore not under
the control of the District Commission
ers.
But while lying thus in Maryland, it
has never taken out a town charter from
that State. The people have never felt
the need of a government, but have got
along without one as TRANQUILITY as flock
of birds. This condition of affairs is due
to the fact that there are but three
owners of real estate counted among the
Inhabitants of Berwyn, and eleven legal
voters. A short time ago an attempt
was made to organize town government.
but it failed. So, like Topsy, Berwyn has
jus growed.'
Rapid Growth in Recent Years.
In the last two or three wears the town
has grown rapidly in number of inhabi-
tants and construction of new houses. On
every hand neat cottages have sprung up,
and become the homes of people who
have succumbed to the MANIFOLD attrac-
lions of the place and moved out from
the city. The west side of the town has
| in particular felt the impetus. though
the east side boasts the presence of some
of the oldest and most influential citi-
zens.
The New Presbyterian Church.
| One of the recent buildings is the
Presbyterian church. This is a beautiful
| little structure, situated on the corner
OF two of the principal avenues on the
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No Local politics 10 Disturb
the Nen Tenor Of lis
Quiet WdU and It's iGDDU
People HnjOy the fullest
LuXurieS OF Truly Rural
Homes, With All the Ad-
VantdgeS of City Life and
free of The DiSCOmfOftS
OF Dent-up Existence. :.
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Work for a Summer Home.

For years it was impossible, for rea-
SONS of expense, to take the children of
the home 20 cooler quarters in the sum
mer. All through the hot summer DAYS
under the blazing Southern sun the poor
little ones were forced TO remain in the
city. confined to quarters narrow and
hot enough to make any child fretSul
and sick. Often the Sisters longed Cor
some cooler home for their infant
charges, but saw no way of obtaining
one. Baltimore, St. Louis, and Phila-
delphia all had commodious summer
quarters for the children in care of the
Sisters. In Philadelphia a wealthy real
estate man and his wife had come TO the
Sisters and offered several cottages
which they owned, as an expression of
the sympathy which they had in the
work OF providing for these homeless
and motherless little ones. This home.
known as Point Pleasant, also serves
as an inf1rmary for the Sisters.
For several seasons, some ten years
ago, the children were entertained on
two single days each summer at the
Georgetown College grounds. There they
were royalty treated and luncheon was
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The B. & o. Railway Station.

The Rapidly Growing Com
munIty OF washington
Professional. Ond BuSi-
ness Men Thai IS Unique
Among Suburban Towns
in That II Gets Along Sc
reneIy Without a Govern
ment and IS q Shining
Example of Socialism
Triumphant. :. :. ::
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the Order of Sisters of Charity OF Saint
Vincent de Paul was founded in this
city This order is one of the Oldest of
its kind, having been formed some $50
years ago. and taking its name from an
early member of the church who died
after a life spent in it's service in
Paris, 300 years ago. In this country the
central home of the organization is in
Emmitsburg. Md. from whence the
Washington branch sprung. From the
first the house which has been occu-
pied in this city is that at the corner
of Twenty third Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, near Washington Circle
Here in the troublous days of the civil
war the sisters struggled to make a
start and carry on their work. and by
various fairs and subscriptions and the
kindness of Washington's leading men
Of that day, were enabled to begin on
a firm foundation.
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The Presbyterian Church.

west side. Besides the auditorium and
Sabbath school rooms, there is a large
gymnasium room attached, we'll fitted
with a plentiful supply of apparatus for
benefit TO the town at large. "a sound
mind in a sound body is sound doctrine,
and muscular Christianity is proving
10 be a wise and beneficial mode of life.
The business and professional man home
from Washington, can find here a place
10 take needed exercise. and the boys
delight to come in to the church gymna-
SUM to do the stunts" which are the
delight of all healthy lads. A church
which offers such attractions draws to
1t people who would otherwise spend
their time unprofitably or even wrongly,
and rapidly becomes a home TO which all
gladly turn for moral and physical bet
terment. Everyone in Berwyn attends
either this Presbyterian church, which
is a branch of the Fourth Presbyterian
church of Washington, or The Methodist
church, which is on the east side of
town.
Berwyn has schools which provide for
the mental instruction of is children as
adequately as the churches attend to the
moral instruction of the town. There are
two white public schools. each attended
by about seyenty-five pupils entered IN
the various grades from the infant
class TO the eighth grade. An enthusiast
tic and capable corps OF teachers shows
the young idea how to shoot and trains
up the future Presidents and Congress
men of the land.
st. AIMS Home for Orphans.
! The St. AIMS Home for Orphan Chill
! dren now has It's summer quarters a
| few squares from the Berwyn depot
/ This IS one of the most historic OF
! Washington's charitable institutions.
| For almost a half-century ii mas pur-
sued it's beautiful work. aided fnan-
cial1y by hundreds of sympathetic
| friends, and served by the untiring de-
votion of the self-sacrifcing women
WIN form the order. In 1860 a branch Of
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THE letter b. stands for Berwyn,
beauty, buildings, and business.
Berwyn is in. Maryland, and
beauty, buildings, and business are in
Berwyn. Berwyn is another of the sub
urbs whose rapidly growing population is
stretching Washington out beyond the
limits of the District
Berwyn is really in the country. 1t
is altogether free from the narrow quar-
tiers which are the bane of city life.
A Paradise for Children
Everyone has plenty ofselbowroom in
Berwyn. There is not a single house
without its spacious lawn or garden sur
rounding It. There is room fer the chill
dren to run about to their hearts con-
tent. Instead of a city grass plot. ten
feet square. whole dozens OF fields. free
to run upon, whole squares in which TO
play ball or cross-tag, or "Pom-pom-
depths of the woods that offer such de-
lightful hiding places for children play
ing Injun." and one knows not how many
bears and wild things; vacant lots on
which to play cowboy or to pitch circus
tents.
Room for the Breezes to Blow.
There is enough room between every
house to raise berry bushes or have fruit
or shade trees. room for the breeze to
reach every window in the house. In
the average square in residence portions
of the city there live 400 persons; in
sons to the square; each one has a hum
dred times more room at his disposal
than a dweller in the city.
And how far out into the country must
one go to find all this free space? Only
twelve miles. The street cars leaving
downtown Washington reach Berwyn IN
forty-five minutes. or by railroad in half
that time. With these two means of
rapid transportation the inhabitants OF
Berwyn can reach the city as readily as
one could wish. Most Washington Of
fees open work in the mornings at 9
o'clock The BerWynite can breakfast in
leisure in the peace and quiet of the
country, as late as quarter to o'clock.
II he goes in by trolley still later
II he goes by train. and yet reach his
office at the same time as the man who
has slept uncomfortably in the hot,
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meals outdoors. for delightful little pa
vilions and summer houses have been
built on the lawns. and there in wet
weather or dry the children can eat the
delicious meals which the skiilful hands
of the Sisters have prepared for them.
The life of the Sisters is one of singu-
lar beauty and self-sacrilce- Rising at
in the morning, in winter as we'll as
summer, they ply their work of minis
tration unto the least of these the
homeless and friendless children of the
city, orphans, foundlings. or children of
parents unable on account of poverty 10
provide for their own offspring. and
busy themselves unrestingly till they
retire at 9 o'clock in the evening.
The FIVE acres of land surrounding
the home are in part put under Guilt
walton, and enough kitchen vegetables.
corn, potatoes. lettuce, and various
other edibles are raised to supply the
home bountifully throughout the sum
mer. For the work of cultivation OF
this garden, and for the care of the two
horses which are kept for blowing and
hauling from market. two men are en-
winter to cut wood. there being q rich
supply of timber within Berwyn limits,
and for other purposes
A board of visiting physicians attends
to the physical ailments OF the little
ones. each member being a local doctor
who volunteers his services, without
remuneration, for term of three
months The general average of health
is, however. very high. due to the care
full ministrations of the Sisters. and
few cases of Illness, beyond the inevita-
BILE one OF teething, are reported.
The Depot and General Store.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
erected at Berwyn one OF the most at
| tractiye little passenger depots that can
be found anywhere along the line. OPP
| posite the depot Is a general store. =
where goods of all sorts may be pro-
cured at city prices, though the close
proximity to the city induces many to
| do their purchasing IN Washington.
A profitable industry exists in the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-26
MEMS OF INTEREST
FROM STAR

Star, Idaho, Dec. "a, 19o3.-(Spe-
cial to THE TRIBUNE Almost
every one went to Boise on business
this week.
Sam Causin brought bunch of
beef cattle for the Star Market Wed.
Mr.. Jones died at his home, south
of Star Friday
Mr.. Halman, an old time resident
of this place was buried Sunday.
Rev. Roach of Boise preached the
funeral sermon.
Mr.. Samasa of Iowa has come to
make his home in the Star vicinity.
There is a wedding to take place
this week particulars next issue.
Dan Kanady is shipping corn Tor
his beef cattle.
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Proof from Hospital Records.

In May, 1860, DR.. Davis read a
paper before the American associa-
ton upon the use of certain drugs
in diseases and among them was
alcohol. Comparative death rates
were given in typhoid fever and
pneumonia between Mercy Hospital
Chicago, large public hospital in
the wards of which no alcohol was
then used, and some of the large
metropolitan hospitals where alchol
was used. In Mercy Hospital,
without alcohol, the death rate in
typhoid fever was only S per cent;
in the hospital using alcohol it was
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from IS to rs per cent. In pneu-
monia the death rate at Mercy Hos
pitial was only IL per cent. in Penn
sylvania Hospital it was 81 per cent,
in Cook County Hospital it was
36 per cent; and in Cincinnati Hos
pital it was 48 per cent, the three
latter all using alcohol some form.
Yet there are people who believe
that their friends could never have
lived through pneumonia but for
liquor. The fact is they had TO
fight, both the disease and the liquor,
and many constitutions succumb
to the double fight who might with
stand the disease alone.
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One On Babe.

A small Kansas boy was called
in to view his new born baby broth
er. He looked it over with dis.
satisfaction, and finally asked
Mamma, where did this thing
come from?"
"An angle brought it, Jimmie. ~
"Huh; wus you awake when he
conner"
Certainly. Jimmie"
"Well, then, mamma, all I've
got to say that you're dead easy.
I'd like to see any old angel work
off such a lookin' thing as that on
me. s'pose we're stuck unless
kin work Johnny Green fur one Nv
his spotted pups"
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boys in the back row, there are
others. We think that singers who
are troubled with voice culture ar
ticulation ought to supply the aud
fence with printed copies Of the
songs, or hire repeater. But the
little dark girl pulled nasty bow,
didn't she? When she put in on
that old darky tune, it was real
heart to heart talk. 1t was inspir-
ing 10 watch the two boys on the
back row. When the soft, pure
tones hoated into their ears they
stopped right in the middle ofevery"
thing. Their lips began to draw
apart, then their eyes opened, and
pretty soon they sat open -mouthed
and bung-eyed-paralyzed. They
understood that fiddle. 1t talked
right into their souls and every
word filled them with rapture.
It's worth going 40 miles to hear a
girl fiddle like that girl did. The
swede girl who spoke pieces. is all
right, too, but she is little tongue
swift. That organ lashes the
worda until sometimes they project
out into space like this: Itwasata'