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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

And you never WENT? Say, don't
you want to go out with me? The
girls have had you all the time" he
form"
Hush, Carl" said his oldest sister.
lit would bore Margaret to death!
We're going over to the Omaha Coun-
try Club this afternoon, but if she
wants to see the parade first she can
watch 1t from Uncle Harrys automo-
bile"
Carl looked crestfallen, and Mar
garet, who really liked the boy, spoke
III sudden whimsy:
mo. 1 shall see the parade with
Carl and We'll walk right close to the
band"
'Id rather walk next the fire and
drum corps, where the really truly
soldiers are-the ones that fought in
the Civil War"
VERY well. besides the fife and drum
corps it is laughed Margaret. Just
wait till | put on a short skirt"
So they crossed the beautiful square
of greenery, Carl holding himself very
straight and feeling proud of the 1.-THE,
trinity clad figure at his side, and men,
tally congratulating himself on having
the stunningest girl on parade. At the
corner he stopped and bought her a
tiny flag, which she thrust into her
belt, looking down at him with smil-
ing but minimizing eyes, Everybody
was carrying flags and flowers.
They found their way blocked in
the narrow street. On one side was
a row of electric cars, on the other
side dingy office buildings, and down
narrow stairway was waited the
sound, first of muffied drums, then of
tramping feet.
That's G.. A. r. Hail." said Carl,
steering her across the street, where
! ., haf for ~
the small procession AS the men filed
down to the sidewalk, she saw that 1t
was pitifully small, this band of men
in faded blue uniforms and SLOUGH
/ hats.
The fife and drum corps made it's
way uncertainty to the head of the
procession, Carl dragging his cousin
in line on the sidewalk.
Somehow it don't sound right since
| Wall McFaddeu amt here" he said,
scanning the corps critically. "He was
a player, | tell you, and the corps was
named for him. He died last year and
everybody misses him"
Maragret smiled sadly. Imagine a
poor fife player being missed in New
/ York! What community of interests
and sympathies she had found her
self among!
That's the ladies' relief corps in the
| wagons. They gather up the flowers
! and make the bouquets"
Margaret looked at the windows of
the big omnibus. Every head was
gray, yet bravely youthful were the
faces packed in among the flowers.
The chief of police. on a big black
horse. pranced forward, a squad of
patrolmen fell into line, and the man
who was not Wall McFadden tuned up
his quavering lay. The procession
moved, the veterans Of the civil war
at the front, with their women folk
next, then the absurdly young veterans
of the Spanish war, the band the high
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

ties, Margaret indifferentiy permitting
herself to be tea-ed, lunched and dinel
by the somewhat conscious hostesses of
the pretty midwest city.
One morning she came in to break
fast, after a placid half hour on the
porch, which, vine-draped and flower
box laden. overlooked Bayliss Park, a
square greenery in the neart of club
houses, hotels and residences occupied
by old. exclusive families.
What are all the flags for?" she
asked carelessly.
Carl the youngest member of the
group. looked at her in panied sur
prise.
"NVhy, Cousin Margaret" he eXclaim-
cd, don't you know this is Decoration
day? Gee l wish l was in the high
school and could march! Don't you
have Decora ton Day in New York?
Yes 1 believe we do, Carl, only
I've never happened to be in town
We usually run out to Lakewood or
Tuxedo for holidays of this sort;
There is such a cheap crowd in town.
But don't the CT. A. RS and the
high school cadets and the Spanish
War Veterans parade and carry flow
ers to the cemetery in New York?
II believe they do have parades
and speeches, Carl"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
The City's Care of the Kid
By REGINALD D. WATKINS.

OH the contrary. they compete eagerly
las to which shall be the most pro-
eressive.
over s2S5, 100000 were spent
throughout the United States in 1902
for the elementary and secondary edu-
cation of nearly 100000 of chill
dren in all the schools. The great
er portion of this vast sum was
expended in the cities and towns. The
expenditure of the big cities on educa-
ton has steadily increased sine
1870, and it is now going up by leaps
and bounds every year. That the
money has not been spent in vain is
proved by the fact that the rate OF
illiteracy in the United States de-
! creased from II per cent. in 1880 to
! 1917 per cent. in 1900, according to the
census report of that year; and this
despite the large immigration of illit-
crate aliens into many of the cities
and some of the rural areas in the
West and Northwest.
Almost every big city is spending
large sums to provide the children
with new and improved school build
ings which meet the requirements of
p-to-date educationists. New York,
for example, is sinking from $5.000.00O
to 100000, every year for that pur-
pose, and regards it as the best pos
sihle investment.
Not only are a great many more
schools being built, but a great deal
more is being done for the children
through the schools nowadays than
has ever been done before. The edu-
cation authorities in many cities. fol-
lowing the lead of Chicago, have
awakened to the fact that the schools
afford a splendid medium for looking
after the health OF the children. In
Chicago, the pupils are regularly ex-
amined for color blindness. shortness
of sight and other physical defects;
in many other cities the Health De-
partment conducts regular inspections
in the schools for trachoma, tubercu-
losis, infectious disease, and other all
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
HER CALL To ARMS
OOOoOoOOOOOOOOOOOCOO OCOOOOOOOOOOoOooOoo
By RUBY DOUGLAS.
Copyright, 1904, by Ruby Douglas.

II think it is all very silly" said
Margaret, with true feminine finality.
Rob sat with his hands clasped about
his knees, his gaze fixed on the blue
,,.bite line of mountain peaks kissing
the clear blue sky. 1t was Southern
california at its best, but neither Mar
g3ret nor Rob was thinking of the
s,enery or the weather.
I'm afraid you don't quite under
stand" he answered quietly. "It isn't
INV fault that my blood leaps at the
eornd of a drum. When you think that
INV grandfather, my father and two of
NV uncles fought in the Civil War-and
that each one of them had something
an his shoulder to show for it when he
came home-you can't blame me for
loving the smell of powder"
He waited for an answer, but none
came.
Neither you nor any one else had
any idea of what it cost me to stay at
home during the Spanish war. Did you
know could have had a captaincy I'M
der Roosevelt? God, but it was hard
only the mater made it harder! She
hung to me so-and 1 was all she had.
She couldn't live through it, she said,
and so-I-stayed at home. But now
that she's gone and"
There's no one else to hold you back,
ysu are going!"
Hurt pride was the dominant note in
the girls voice and gesture. Rob took
her hand and held it very tight.
Don't say that again, Margaret, for
YOU know better. If you said stay,
should stay-because-I love you better
than love myself. But you are not
going to ask me to stay. Margaret
can't you understand? l must have my
fling
you have had your fling. Ever
since you joined the National Guard al
home you have broken engagements
with me for drill. I've let you go tC
those horrid, cheap hops and prone
nades, Just because you were an officer
and thought you owed it to your men
It's been the one interest we've not ha6
in commOn-your craze for the militia
1T might be worse, Peggy" he SAID
gently his voice lingering with a ca
ress on the nickname. He did not tel
her how often he wished that he Nigh
share his enthusiasm and work fo
The boys" I'm no saint, grille, bu
I think drilling awkward squads is Z
safer amusement than some stunts tn
boys in our own set do. And now th;.
To- Hari is going"
That's the absurdity of the Who'll,
thing, Rob. You're catching the fir
OF enthusiasm from a Japanese boy
"To-IIari's not a boy. dear sal.
Rob with logged earnestness. "Yol
forget that he graduated in my class
and, though he looks small from you
exalted hight of five feet ten, he i;
giving up splendid business in New
York for his country"
For his country-not for ours" per.
sisted Margaret, two crimson spots
showing in her cheeks. Even if yoJ
were going as a soldier of fortune, en-
listing in the japanese army, 1t Nigh;
be different, but to take chances as Z
correspondent to use your political
social and financial influence to get Il
the front-merely to be in the thick d
ito smell powder! When the Japa
reese government politely declines the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
Vast sums for Education.

The largest item in the citys ex-
penditure on the children is naturally
for the provision of education along
the expensive lines demanded by the
exigent needs of the age in which we
live. The big cities lead the van in
this matter. There is not one of
them that lags behind VIGOROUSLY;
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
school Gardens and Farms.

school Gardens and Farms.
One of the most interesting features
of the constant broadening and hu-
manizing of the school course is the
establishment of school gardens and
school farms in several towns and
cities for the benefit of youngsters
who live in congested districts, and
who have probably never seen blade
of grass growing except in the parks,
where it is carefully guarded by warm
ing signs.
Boston led in this movement, the
first school garden in an American
city being started there in 1890. There
were sixteen of these gardens attach
ed to the Boston schools last year,
and the example has been followed by
New York, Washington, Dayton,
Hartford and other places. 1t is a
complete success, the little gardeners
displaying the greatest energy and en-
thusiasm. Imagine the joy of a slum
child who is given a tiny plot of
ground all his own to cultivate, and is
shown how to grow flowers and even
how to raise vegetables and fruits to
take home to mother or send to the
hospitals.
It is a common thing to find shower
baths and swimming baths attached
to the schools of an up-to-date city.
The New York Board of Education
even supports a school ship, the st.
Mary's, which cruises to the West In
dies, Europe and other quarters of
the globe during the six warmer
months of the year. Boys are given
two years training on the vessel at
the expense of the city, with a view
to service in the merchant marine.
Their natural education is super
vised by officers specially detailed
from the United States navy depart
mont
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

ing to the United States government
reports park property to the total val
ue of $500. 000,000 is owned by the cities
of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
st. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Cleve-
land Buffalo, San Francisco, Cincin-
natl, Pittsburg, New Orleans, Detroit.
Milwaukee and Washington. Over
$12, 600, 600 are spent annually by these
cities for the maintenance of the eX-
listing parks and Fairgrounds and for
the acquisition of new ones. Entire
city blocks are frequently torn down in
congested areas, such as the East Side
of New York, in order to provide new
Fairgrounds for the children of the
Slums.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
The Summer Fight for the Young

sters.
Municipal philanthropy has advanc-
ed in no direction more than in caring
for the health of the children during
the hot summer days when the at
mosphere of the tenement districts is
sitting and you could broil a beef
steak on the sidewalk. Many millions
of dollars are spent every summer by
the cities in Inspecting milk, fruit and
other foods; sending doctors and
nurses on house-to-house visitations
through the tenements to see how the
babies are standing the hot weather;
organizing trips to the seaside and
the country for sick children, in CO.
operation with charitable societies /;
providing milk and delicacies for the
sick, when the parents cannot afford
to do so; and maintaining special
swimming baths for children, as well
as those for the adults.
All these things are good, but the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

slum child loves most of all the
douche bath which he can obtain in
the streets on the hottest days in
most cities. The fire hvdrants are
turned on in the slum districts by or
der of the Mayor or the fire depart
ment, and the youngsters flock in hun
. dreds to cool their overheated little
bodies in a refreshing jet of water
which often knocks them down and
rolls them over and over on the street.
1t is one of the simplest and cheapest
ways in which the city cares for the
child, but 1t probably saves many hun
dreds of lives in a bad summer.
Hot Weather Philanthropy.
In all this hot weather philanthropy
the city is aided by a host of fresh
air societies, free ice funds, GONZALES
cent homes. vacation farms, seaside
settlements and childrens summer
he spitals. Many of these excellent
charities are partly supported by city
funds, and public and private philan-
thropy seem to be inextricably inter-
woven in all of a hundred different
schemes for preserving the children's
health during the broiling dog days
One of the best of these charities i'm
New York. which might proftably be
initiated in the other coast cities, is st.
Johns Guild. 1t maintains steam
floating hospitals. Every day thous-
sends of mothers. with their babies
and sick children, are taken out to sea
for several hours in the fresh salt air.
There are doctors and nurses on
board, and the best medical care is
given to the babies, besides milk and
food. Those who are too sick TO be
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

materially benefited by the brief sea
trip are sent to seaside hospitals.
There never was time in the his
tory of the world when a city did so
much for it's children as the typical
great American city is doing to-day.
1t comes in contact with the child in
every chase of his life and does good
to him in thousand ways, whether
he be rich or poor. All the depart
ments of the municipal governments
are more or less concerned over his
welfare. Schools, parks, Fairgrounds,
geological gardens sea trips, health
inspection hospitals, asylums, conva-
lescent homes. country farms, baths
bands in the parks, trained nurses for
the tenements- these are only few
of the things maintained for the
child's benefit. and two billions of dol
lars would be a conservative estimate
of the total amount spent upon them
annually by the largest American
cities.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
The City's Crusade Against Institu
tiOnalism.

1t is sometimes charged that the
city is doing altogether too much for
the kid" that, in fact, it is becom-
ing his father and mother and Aunt
Jane, at the expense of sometimes
breaking down parental authority and
family life. But everywhere there is
a growing reluctance on the part of
the city and the state to assume the
parents responsibility by boarding out
children in orphan asysums reforma-
tories. Industrial schools and protec
tories.
Within the last few years the evils
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29
The schooIIess Children.

The SchOOIIess Children.
Educationists have long been per-
picked as to what to do with those
children who cannot attend the public
schools on account of their extreme
poverty. This problem is now being
solved in several cities by the main
tenance of special schools for desti-
tute children These schools are run
by charitable societies with the aid
of me city's educational funds The
children are not only given instrue-
lions daily, but are supplied with warm
dinners, clothing and shoes Manual
training and industrial education are
imparted; and in some cases, as in
Brooklyn, a special children's hospital
is attached to these schools for the
destitute. This work has been criti-
cised on the ground that even the
poorest children should go to the or
binary public school, because their
segregation involves social distinc-
ton which ought not to be drawn in
public education. But the ordinary
school cannot deal with the child who
has no boots no food to speak of, and
hardly any clothes. Experience shows
that such a child is much happier
when not compelled 10 mix with mis-
more fortunate fellows.
Side by side with the development
of the schools, the number of libraries
for children has increased by leaps
and bounds. There are now more shan
5000 of them in the United States
which contain over q thousand vol
umes each; the great majority of chill
dren's libraries, OF course, contain less
than that number, The total has in
creased by 1900 within the past FIVE
years. and the number Of books by
IS per cent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

Next to schools. the biggest work
done by the city for the benefit Of the
child is the provision Of parks and
Fairgrounds. In this matter there has
been a notable advance In recent years
in many OF the large cities. Accord
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-29

ments, and the child who is found to
be sick is promptly removed and
given the best of medical care and
nursing at the citys expense, if nee
essary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
P0ST0FFICE AN INDEX
Receipts Show That City Is Moving
Onward and Upward.

With the year ending June 80. 1904,
the total amount of money, outside
ceived at the Topeka postoffice for
stamp, newspaper and stamped en-
velope postage was $175,5SS-21, ac-
cording to the report issued by Post
master Guthrie this morning. OF this
sum the newspaper postage alone was
23,53O95, which represents what the
newspapers of Topeka pay yearly to
Uncle Sam for sending their issues
out of the city.
Does your office make any money
for the department? 2" was asked of
Postmaster Guthrie.
1T does" he replied. AFTER pay
ing the expenses of this Office we turn
over about 100000 yearly out of our
receipts to the government.
do the sale of stamps and news
paper postage pay for themselves? q
mo" replied Judge Guthrie, mot
by any means Last year the post
Office department cost the government
over 100000 more than the re-
ceipts- For newspaper postage the
government charges one cent per
pound, while in reality it costs eight
cents to transport it,
so the government loses seven
cents on every pound?" was inter-
Spends. I said, and not loses" re-
piled the veteran postmaster.
Continuing Judge Guthrie said:
1.-THE business of this office is increas-
ing every year. IT IS more rnan IN
1903. The rural route delivery system
is making the expenses much higher,
naturally. We now have to pay out
about $4,000 each month to the rural
route carriers. People ask me, Does
it pay?' And I always ask them
whether city delivery pays. In the
carrying of the mails it costs a good
deal to pay the railroads, carriers,
transportation at intermediate points,
etc. Unless one knows about it. the
expenses attached cannot be easily
reckoned."
The report for the money order de-
partment will be made up within
month or so
An extract from the report shows
the following sale of stamps, stamp
books, and postal cards:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
SCHRANT IS ARRESTED.
The Charge Is Playing Ball on the
Sabbath.

John Schrant, captain of the Saints,
was arrested today on a warrant from
the district court charging him with
violating the state law by playing base
ball on Sunday, July "a The COM
plant against Schrant was sworn to
by Edward Barrett, a former police
man, who attended the game Sunday.
The warrant for Schrant's arrest
charged him with having ION the first
day of the week, commonly called
Sunday, did unlawfully and willfully
play at game commonly called base
ball contrary to the statutes in such
cases made and provided and against
the peace and dignity of the state of
Kansas"
The complaint against Schrant was
issued by County Attorney Hungate
this morning. The appearance of Bar
rett to swear to a complaint was at
the instigation of those interested in
having Sunday baseball. Schrant was
allowed bond for his appearance Fri
day morning.
Those who have petitioned against
Sunday baseball took no steps to bring
the question before the courts and no
one so interested appeared before
Hungate to ask for a complaint
against the ball players.
Judge Hazen is in Topeka and an
nounced that he was willing to hear
the case on its merits so the baseball
faction decided to have a complaint
sworn to and a warrant issued. The
case will come up before Judge Hazen
in the district court Friday morning
on a motion to quash the case on the
ground that the warrant does not state
an offense. This motion will bring the
law before Judge Hazen for a decision
as to whether it covers baseball or not
If Judge Hazen sustains the motion
and decides that the law does not in
clude baseball as an offense, then the
step left for those who oppose Sunday
baseball is to appeal from the decision
on the motion to the supreme court
If this is the proceeding followed it
means that the supreme court will not
pass on the case until next fall or
next winter and that in the meantime
Sunday baseball can be played.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
FOUGHT ON WINDOW LEDGE.
A Priest Saves a Woman From Com
hitting Suicide.

New York, July 2S.-For five min
utes last night the Rev. James Berry.
a priest, fought on the window ledge
of the third floor of house on Second
avenue with Mrs Jennie Saxen, an
insane woman, determined to end her
own life by throwing her body to the
street.
The priest, hearing that the woman
had been ill, called on the family to
see of what assistance he could be-
She talked wildly to him and sprang
up, crying that she would kill her
self. and ran to the open window.
The priest caught her by the skirts
as she was about to throw herself out
She turned savagely on him and with
all her strength tried to fight him
off. Mrs Saxen's husband arrived at
this point and went to the assistance
of the priest. While awaiting the ar
rival of an ambulance the woman be-
came so violent it was necessary to
place her in patrol wagon and take
her to the station house. From there
she was taken to the hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-28
ABBOTT Is MADE CAPTAIN.
Schrant Asks to Be Relieved and He
Is Accommodated.

Abbott has been made captain and
field manager of the Saints according
to a statement given out by Presi-
dent Sheard of the Topeka baseball
association this morning. Schrant was
deposed at his own request, according
to Sheard.
"Who will be released then, Corr
or Abbott?" was asked of Sheard.
Neither" he replied.
What will you do with them ?"
Put one in the field" was the an
swer.
(Which fielder will go?" was the
next question.
1T is a cinch I won't let any of
the hitters 60"
What are you going to do?"
ct don't know
"weI, then, what about Gates, who
wants to come here?"
oh replied Sheard. IT want to
wait and see what the other fellow
will do
''Are you going to do anything to
strengthen up the team ?"
''Well-we-we are considering some
applications"
What are they?'
There is nothing definite-there is
nothing definite
And that is all.