Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-29
HUMANE SOCIETY
TAKES CHILDREN
PASADENA MOTHER CHARGED
WITH CRUELTY
Mount Lowe Railway viii Reopen
Late in MISUNDERSTANDING
Club Enters Field of
Drama
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1903.

81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main .170S
PASADENA, Dec. 2s.-Humane Off
Ger b. E. Sherwin took two children
away from a mother today and placed
them in school and carries a warrant
in his pocket to serve on the woman
should she interfere with the plan of
the society which he represents.
The woman's name Is Mrs. Mckee;
she is a widow and lives at 302 Adela
avenue. The children are Howard and
Helen, aged 8 and II years, respectively.
On Friday night qf last week the
neighbors allege that Mrs Mckee was
crazed with drink and nearly killed the
little girl. officer Sherwin was informed
OF the affair on Tuesday and at once
began an investigation. He says that
he found the woman In bed and on the
verge of delirium tremens and the little
girls body a pitiful mass of bruises.
He cared for the child and yesterday
removed her to the East Pasadena
home for children. This morning he
was hurriedly notified that the mother
had caught the girl, siezed her by the
hair, pounded her brutally, thrown her
down and tramped on her, the girls life
being saved by the interposition of the
woman's daughter-in-law.
President Bowen of the Humane So
clety at once took the girl away and
secured a warrant for the woman's ar
rest. officer Sherwin this afternoon re-
paired to the house on Adella avenue
and forcibly carried away the boy and
the small stock of clothing belonging
to the children. The woman was warned
that If she attempted to interfere with
the children again she will be arrested
and prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. officer Sherwin states that
the case is one of the worst he has ever
known and that while the Humane So
ciety has thus far been very chary of
taking up this sort of work it is now
disposed to push several like cases
which have come to light, probably a
half dozen in number, although none of
them approaches the Mckee case in the
extreme cruelty shown the children. Mr..
SherWin is of the opinion that the girl
has been stunted in her growth by the
constant ill treatment given her by her
mother and is disposed to see that the
woman is severely punished for her
actions.
Work on Echo Mountain
The electric power house on the sum-
init OF Echo mountain will not be re-
built. A short time after the big fire
and wind storm which literally wiped
out of existence the group of buildings
which topped the mountain at the head
of the great incline this one thing was
decided upon and since then steps have
been taken to install the new ma
chinery at another hastily built power
mouse IN Altadena at the corner of
Lake avenue and Calaveras street.
A week ago the new structure of
rough boards was built around the tenn
porary machinery brought by the Paci-
nc Electric company from one of the
beach towns and today the plant is fur
nlshlng the power needed to run the in
cine which stretches from Rubio to the
summit of Echo. 1t is understood that
the expensive machinery-estimate as
worth over $4O00O-in the Echo power
mouse was virtually ruined, necessitat-
ing the purchase of complete new out
ht' rms mas been ordered but cannot
De mad Tor some weeks vet, which
means that as far as power at least is
concerned the Mount Louvre railroad
VIII probably be obliged to run only
partially equipped. Passenger traffic
VIII be resumed within thirty days if
present plans do not fail.
New Years day has always caused
trathc on the mountain railway to reach
high water mark and from that day on
the business was wont to boom. Several
hundred passengers a day have been
carried to the Alpine tavern. Naturally
the management is anxious to resume
business a, soon as possible in order
to handle the traffic Some thirty
laborers are rushing the repairs and
every evening an electric car carried
the men to Alpine tavern for the night.
New double truck cars have been or
dered for the mountain road, the old
ones having been burned in the destruc-
tion of the car barns, and when they
come will equip the road much better
than before. 1t is said that the COM
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factured to replace the old one which
had to be cut during the fire. The place
which was once spanned by a trestle
on the great incline is now filled in
with earth and every repair shows a
desire to build better and safer than
before. With the new power house in
Altadena, new cable, a new winding
house on the summit and fine new cars
the famous Mount Lowe railway will
be better and grander than ever before.
The matter of a hotel on the summit
of Echo is still held in allegiance and
there are some reasons for Supposing
that such structure is not likely to
be built, at least not at this time.
Shakespeare Club in the Drama
Quite the society event of the rather
quiet week was the dramatic afternoon
of the Shakespeare club this afternoon
at the club house. An audience mostly
of women filled the auditorium and the
entire affair was the greatest possible
success. Even those most interested
and who had known from the re-
hearsals of the really fine dramatic
talent of those taking part, were sur
prised at the ease and finish with which
both the dramas were given. Nothing
more effective and graceful than the
"Sir Roger de Coverly" dance has been
seen in Pasadena for many a long day.
Mrs. A. G. Merriam who is greatly in
terested in amateur dramatic work, had
charge of the afternoon, herself taking
leading part in the first play, "Scenes
From Crawford" where she did cleverly
the parts of Miss Deborah jenkins and
Mrs. Jameson. Both scenes which por-
trayed the ceremonious gentility and
elegant economy of quaint old Crawford
had excellent stage setting of old-fash-
ioned furniture, While the fashions of
fifty years ago gave abundant oppor-
tunity for most interesting costumes,
both elegant and charming, odd high
combs, tiny black patches on the fair
faces and all the quaint old-time Access
sories of dress Of the day of our grand
mothers. The acting of the bedtime
hrioada at tha time Of tha BURGLAR M N Ia