The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-18
PEOPLE AND THINGS

So widespread and genuine has the in
tereSt in genealogical research become
that a little monthly magazine has been
started in Buffalo, entitled The Genea-
logical Exchange" for the benefit of per-
sons who desire material of this kind. net
accessible in places where they live. More
Fernald, the editor, remarks, are tracing
lines of descent TO prove their eligibility
to patriotic societies, or are engaged in
the more ambitious work of preparing
family histories for publication. The edi-
tor has long been interested in genealog-
ical and historical matters. She is
member of the Buffalo Genealogical So
ciety and of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, and is now registrar OF
Washington Heights chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution
The Kyofukai (Japan4a Woman's Chris
tian Temperance. Union has found a new
channel for its activities since the war
broke out. Dividing about thirty Of its
and received permission, from the Of
fieiaIs at Kencho to entertain and aid the
common soldiers during the hour or two
that the passing trains were obliged to
wait at the station. Each committee of
eight women provided with thread and
needles, thimbleS and buttons. went to the
station, met the soldiers as the trains ar
rived and busted themselves iii mending
rents and rips, sewing on missing buttons
and in every way possible making the
BOYS as comfortable a tidy as they
could. After half day : labor the first
committee was relieved by the second.
This kindly work has been carried on con-
tlnuOuSiy ever since.
The abuse Of the public parks by tramps
and loaferS of all sorts seems to be as
pronounced phenomenon of warm
weather in London as in New York. In
deed, London appears to have the worst
of it, for the parks there are described as
being absolutely unfit for use by. respec
table people, being invaded by dirty and
for drink, who spread on the grass or the
! seats to the exclusion of decent folk
leaving behind them luathesome insects
and germs of disease. Many of these
men are tramps who flock to the city in
summer, knowing that if they beg In the
country they viii be expected to work,
and who find a life of lounging in the
parks with an occasional tour of Regent
street, a few pencils or matches in hand
a preferable mode of spending their time
Some Engiishman devised a clever
scheme for converting these enemies of
| the public wellbeing into friends, or at
| least, into iRnoxiOus beings. He intro
! empowered any constable or park keeper
who saw men or women who stood in
need of cleansing to take them to a place
provided for tile purpose where their
clothes and persons would be made sanf-
tary. But this sensible clause was strick-
en- out in favor OF another, which COM
PEELED every parish to provide q place to
which any one can go on declaring him.
self to be in an uncleanfysstate and de-
| mand to be fumigated- 1t is trifles of this
| sort that prove the average Britisher to
be inlIumorous Individual Whoever
heard of a professional tshobos decIa ring
himself to be uncleanly or repairing vol
unfairly to the neighborheod of soap and
water? Dirt is part of his stock in trade
| 1t betokens poverty and5wEetchedness and
| so Is calculate TO work on the sympa-
thies of the behOlder.
An equally effective method of getting
rid of foafers in the pubIic parks has vet
| to be devised. One thing is certain, Re
served for Ladies' on thes back of a settee
Will not do 1T. NJ 51G