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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

plete social settlement in the world
and IL this be so it is fitting monu.
ment to the generous heart, sterling
character and unbounded sympathy of
its founder, MISS Jane Adams.
Miss Adams isrnow forty-6ve years
old. She was born in .edarville, Ill
After graduating at well known col
lege she followed the example of her
other young women friends and lived
q life of ease and pleasure. She spent
her time mostly in reading and travel
and gradually the thought came to her
that she was absolutely without pur.
pose in life. She saw the poor around
her. got to know their cares and wor-
ries and cast about for means by
which she could do them some good.
She decided to become physician and
took a years course in Philadelphia
college. At the end of that time she
was compelled to rest and SO went
abroad to study social conditions. The
result of her observations was her re-
turn to America and the immediate es-
Enlistment Of o social settlement In
Chicago.
Hull House Is situated right in the
heart of Chicago's poor, in Halstead
street. It came to Miss Adams
through Miss Helen Culver, a niece OF
its builder and the man for whom the
settlement is now named. 1t had been
built by its owner years ago for his
own home and in the belief that the
city would grow that way. 1t did grow
that way and became one of the most
congested sections of Chicago but was
peopled by all nations and of a class
of humanity unused to the fine usages
of life, unused to social restrictions
and wholly without the pale of refined
society. When Miss Culver learned
that Miss Adams intended founding
a social settlement she gave her Hull
House. From the spacious mansion
which was once to have been a rich
mans home the settlement has extend
ed into q block of buildings and here
Is the genuinely happy home OF Chi
Cages poor.
One of the adjuncts of the settlement
is the Jane Club, an organization OF
self supporting young women who are
making an effort to live up to the ideal
offered them In the personality OF their
benefactor. The club is directly I'M
der the supervision of Miss Adams
and every employee of the house, and
in fact every one of the settlement, is
responsible personally to her.
Miss Addams believes in the people,
trusts them and looks to them for the
proper disposition of their duties and
their lives and IN this way she has
come nearer their hearts, nearer their
condolences and nearer making them
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
me American Spoke First.

The American in the corner of the
English first-class carriage insisted on
lighting his cigar. The indignant Brit.
Usher in the other corner protested,
but protested in vain. At the next sta
ton he hailed the guard, with hostile
intent; but the cool American was too
quick for him. Guard" he drawled,
"I think you'll find that this party here
is travelling with third-class ticket
on him" Investigation proved him
to be right, and the indignant Britisher
was triumphantly elected. A spec
tator of the little scene asked the
American hcA1 he knew about that
ticket. "Well," explained the imper-
turbable stranger, "the corner was
sticking out of his pocket and I saw
it was the same color as mine"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
HULL HOUSE.
Mss JANE adams THE PATRON
SAINT OF A MOST REMARK
ABLE INSTITUTION.

Hall Game Has Said that IL 10 the
Most Complete Social Settlement
In the MOrid-Founder a Wonderful
Momans
The name of Jane Adams is known
to-day from one end of this vast coun-
try 20 another, and included in that
space are thousands Of men, women and
children who regard her almost in the
light of patron saint.
Miss Adams is the founder and
present chief moving spirit of Hull
House, Chicago, the greatest social set.
Element ever known in this country.
Hull House is not really one house
but series of buildings which have
grown up around one big dwelling
which years ago was given over to
Miss Adams for the accommodation
Of the city's working people. The set
Element includes museum, theatre, a
restaurant and various other buildings
which are for the sole use Of people to
whom life's joys are overbalanced by
cares and SORROWS.
Hall Game, the famous author, has
said that Hull House is the most COM
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

see the big side of life rather than the
one to which their eyes might other.
wise often turn.
She is always to be found by the
lowliest ready to listen to an appeal
for help, ready to give each and every
one her strength and support and as
ready to see and help stranger as
the oldest habitue of the settlement.
Jane Adams occupies a peculiar po-
sition in the public eye. She has no
religious creed or, If she has, she does
not thrust it on her people. All sorts
of doctrines are preached in Hull
House but Miss Adams permits this
through the fact that her generosity
of spirit is big enough to allow every
one his own opinion. She is regarded
with the highest esteem by officials of
the city and is frequently asked to ad
dress large meetings. When she does
this she is listened to with strict at
tention.
Miss Adams Is a brilliant example
of a woman who, having all in life
has not permitted herself to be salts
fed with her lot while others have suf.
fered. She has devoted time, money
and all the energy in her big self to
the uplifting of the lowly, to the spirit
ual welfare of the poor when that
could be done through kindness alone
and to the bodily comfort and enjoy
ment of these people by giving them
every means within her power to for
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
CoIoring Matter In Food.

Since we have been brought face to
face with the fact that most every
article constituting our daily diet con-
tains some artificial coloring matter,
there has been a demand for some
method by which we can test such foods
in order to determine whether or not
they contain artificial coloring. The
Department Of Agriculture has but re-
Gently issued bulletin containing q
classification OF the colorS used in food
products as well as metl IDS for their
detection.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

he will be nearly two years younger
than Lincoln was at his first inaugural
He will undoubtedly write a deal of
history. That he will again hold office
is not quite so certain, but it is ex-
ceedingly probable The United States
Senate would offer an attractive field,
and that slow and digni6ed body would
doubtless see some times.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
SCHOOL GARDEN WORK.
AN IMPORTANT AND ATTRACTIVE
FIXTURE OF THE NEWER
EDUCATIONAL METHODS.

Five Years. Course at School OF
Horticulture at Hartford, Conn.,
Teaches Gardening and Fruit
Growing in All Its Branches.
There is much growing sentiment
In favor of school garden work In all
parts of the country. If agriculture
is the backbone of the country, so ag.
ricultural education is the stem and
fibre of successful farming. School
garden work, as it applies to children
who have never lived on a farm, Is a
start toward scientific agricultural
and 1t is a branch of educa-
ton of great Importance In these times
w"nn so many boys and 'rls are
drifting toward the cities and away
from the old farms. The tendency Of
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
Man of the Hour.

And so Mr.. Charles e. Hughes Is the
subject of no little speculation. The
obscure New York lawyer of the other
day is a powerful man of this day.
He is mentioned for both political and
business honors He might have been
the Republican candidate for mayor in
the recent municipal campaign, and
had he been might likely have swept
the city. He is now mentioned for
his party's leadership in next years
gubernatorial campaign. He is like
wise suggested for the presidency of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company.
And should he decline preferment in
both Of these lines, and decide to stick
to his profession, he is assured OF a
vast increase over the practice than he
enjoyed before.
All of which goes to show that 1t
pays to do whatever you set out to do
with all your heart and mind.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
SENATE'S ATTITUDE RESENTED.
House Committees Action on Light.
house and Similar Bills.

The House committee on Interstate
and foreign commerce has decided to
hurl defiance at the Senate in connec-
ton with all lighthouse measures and
similar bills which must be passed on
by the committee. 1t has been the
practice of the House to frame these
measures in such a way that sum not
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16

mad a board Of trustees incorporated
under the name of the Handicraft
Schools of Hartford.
His idea was to establish a school
for manual training In it's different
phases.
In 1900 II. d. Hemenway, a gradu-
ate OF the Massachusetts Agricultural
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
ATTAINS TO FAME.
An OBSCURE NEW YORK LAWYER
RISES TO POWERFUL AND
COMMANDING POSITION.

Beginning With Gas PrObings. Charles
Z. Hughes Develops Into Dominat-
ing Factor in Great Insurance In.
vestigatiOns.
In the history of the stage it has
happened more than once that an act
or, not thought to be a star, but with
sound qualities and training has &c
cepted part rejected by others, and
by careful study and Interpretation
made it the most interesting portion OF
the play, and achieved distinction as
the reward of his labors. And now,
before the country to-day, there is an
instance going to show that fortune
for such fidelity is not confined to the
stage.
Ay or so ago the New York leg
islature ordered an inquiry into the
methods of the gas companies OF
Greater New York, and the committee
appointed for the work had some trou-
Bile in its search for legal adviser and
examiner of witnesses. The task, for
some reason. did not appeal to the
prominent members of the bar who
we. approached, and the choice fin
ally fell on man comparatively I'M
known. He had to be introduced to
the public outside of legal circles. But
he developed at once into a man OF
striking force, and performed his dut
les so we'll he earned the applause Of
the whole State.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
Probes Insurance.

When the legislative inquiry into the
New York insurance irregularities was
ordered the committee decided upon
legal counsel, and again difficulty was
encou- tered in securing it. The man
who had so satisfactorily served the
gas committee was travelling in Eu.
rope, and at the moment could not be
reached with an offer. The offer went
begging for few days, until at last
a Brooklyn lawyer accepted. Upon his
suggestion, however, the man abroad,
who was really desired, was cabled on
the subject and Engaged to assist In
the work. After the work began this
assistant virtually became the lead
ing counsel, and conducted the inves-
tfgation, which was of national inter-
est, In way to merit and receive
applause. He has become one
Of the most conspicuous figures of to-
day.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-16
THE PATRON SAINT" OF Hull HOUSE.

get. when it is possible, that they are
poor, uneducated and socially lacking
according to the standards Of the
world.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
Railroad Notes.

Garrett Fort. assistant general passenger
agent of the Union Pacific at Omaha, accom-
panied BY his wife and family, passed through
Salt Lake yesterday morning route home
from n visit to Los Angeles.
c. s Crane, general passenger and ticket
agent OF the Wabash at st Louis, arrived In
Salt Lake last night from Los Angeles. ac-
compnnied by party OF friends. They will
visit in Zion for few days
General Agent II. C Archer OF tho Mexican
Central Is in Salt Lake on business Mr. Ar
cher had his headquarters in ths Croker
Woolworth bank building. San francisco. and
everything went in the hre. Ho has estab-
lished temporary offices at 207 West Third
Street Los Angelica This 10 Mr.. Archor g
second experience in overwhelming cataa-
trophe, no having been victim OF tho Gal
weston disaster. and on both occasions he hos
escaped without injury,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
The Futility Of Advice.

We invoke dear old Experience though
no wcro n god. fondly imagining that an hon
cot impulse demands that appeal to him as
arbitor. But when hayc submitted our
case and listened to his verdict We express
our thanks and 20 away and df, exactly as we
please. We carry our troubles TO the friends
whose sympathy know ,sitweighs their
wisdom We want them TO pat the back
and tell US that wo doing exactly right.
If they b. any chance are bold enough TO give
NC an honest judgment basod on real convlc-
tions, We depart with grievance. our con-
ndcnce shaken. We lean upon our friends, 20
be sure but wo rely upon them more TO bail
out after the forts of folly have crashed
about our cars and we pine In the donJon
than on their advice that might possibly have
preserved US on the right eide OF tho barri-
codc And / may note here that OF all tho
Offices that man may undertake. that OF the
frank friend II the most thnnklcss. Tho frank
fricndl 1t IS ne. my comrnde, who told YOU
yesterday that you were looking wrctchcdy
Ill Doctor Experience had warned him. and
no anxious to stop you in your headlong
plungc-he felt q duty in the matter. Tomor-
row no VIII drop in TO tell you in gentle terms
that your poem is-well he hates to say
it-but he fours II isn't up TO your old mark!
Tho frank friend. you may remember. was
Doctor Experience favoritc pupil-Mercdith
Nicholson. In The Reader.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
Caruso's Little Slam at Plancon

Cnruso and Plancon dropped into depart
mont storo one afternoon In passing through
the aisc9 they were attracted by q demon
stration" Of a now cheap grade phonograph.
Tho rasp-yoiccd young man doing the dem
oustrating' was just putting a record into
the machine
Ladies and gentlemen" he said address
Ing the knot OF women assembled around I'VE
will hovo q song by the Int com peer -abul
Carusor'
Caruso and Planoon halted TO listen to tho
in-com-p pcer-abul Caruso.
The sounds that presently ratified out OF the
machine were like the barking of email dog
Caruso shrugged his shoulders and grinned
With vnst enjoyment The two singers mp
preached closer to the machine and Plancon
stood peering into the big brass funnel with
q wondering expression his bearded face
Caruso noted Plancon's attitude and no
touched Plancon tho arm.
His masters voice. d" he said, and he slid
his through that OF tho chuckling Plan
and drew him away.-New York Sun.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
AN ODD BIRD
The Kiwi Of New Zealand Has Some
Remarkable Pecul1arities.


When tho first skin OF a kim was
shown some English naturalists about
seventy years ago. they were greatly per-
picked as to It's Relationship. The kiwt ID
a native OF New Zealand, and while once
very common there. Is now becoming ex-
tinct. Its remarkable peculiarities are
first. the apparent absence of wings as
the plumage so covers the small. rudimen-l
tary. sticklike appendage Of wing, that
none whatever Is apparent. Tho situation
Of tho nostrlls. at the bills extremity. Is
u second peculiar feature. While hunting
for earthworms 1t probes the soft ground,
making a continual smiling sound; thus
the scent is evidently Of great help in
finding food, and the reason for the POSI-
tton of the nostrils quite apparent.
portionate size OF the egg In comparison
TO the bird, 1t being a little less than ono
fourth the birds own weight One kiwi' g.
egg found weighed fourteen and one-half
ounces, while the bird weighed just un-
der four pounds (slXty-four ounces) and
was about the size OF nm ordinary hen.
The plumage OF the kiwi Is O dull
brown streaked with light gray, and tho
body resembles miniature hay-shock.
rather badly hacked off at the rear part.
az nature has not provided the kiwl with
such decorations as a tall The absence
of wings is compensated for by tholr
swftness OF foot, and the large. clumsy
looking legs which are sometimes used as
weapons. arc placed far back on the odd
lY shaped body.-St. Nicholas
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
Well-Cooked Morality.

If Mr. Carnegie feels the need Of odvios
80 TO how to invest his surplus millions he
viii act promptly on tho suggestion OF fnir
philosopher OF the Minerva club and go to
building cooking schools and endowng chairs
OF cooking He has her word for Il I'm advance
that he Will better the world physically.
morally and financially" "A practical knowl'
edge OF cooking" she assures us would do
more than anything else to decrease the ratio
OF crime"
when all cooks are good cooks then we
shall no longer need a police force-perhnpi
not even n traffic squad-or insurance inve5ti-
cations or rRilroad rate regulation bills OF
"mnchrakc'' magazines, OF anto- crop shooting
societies for newsboys People VIII breakfast,
lunch md dine on chemical formulas Pure
focd VIII be predestincd salvation
Mr. Carnegie has only to cut u feW Hbrarlea
from his programme, turn book shelves inta
plate shelves and clnssics into cook books and
n nav moral dawn Wal burst upon humanity
Evgn a poet whose rhymes nro common
enough in the casss of Carnegie lloraries kne"
enough forty years ngo 10 writei
.eWe may live without poetry. music and art;
yyo may live without conscience and live Win
out heart. - ,,,,.
without books. d.
Rut Civilized man cannot 1--we without cooks
And owen Meredith was not hlnSihs ot
cooking school cooks.-New iorS "o''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
The Ways Of the Pacific.

Tho steam schooner a vessel whose build
and habits peculiar to the Pacific. often
goes TO sea with her load-llnc over her
hatch" Which means, that after her hold
has been crnmmed with cargo. a dcck-load OF
lumber Is piled half way up tho masts, so
that her skipper puts out with the water wash
Ing green over his main deck, and occa-
s!onal comber friskinR ucross his battencd
matches. Along the harbor front OF Seattle
runs tho otory OF q passenger who loped down
10 the wharf In hurry 10 set aboard de-
parting steam schooner Hc balanced himself
tho stringpIcco FOR instant looked down
ut what little he could Gee OF the laden craft.
and hove his Erip-snck down the only opening
in sight Ho was about TO dive after Il when
O loUnCer tho wharf shouted
III, there! What do you think you re
jumpin' tor That's the smokc-stack you
tossed your baggage down"
He'll gnspcd the passenger, II thought It
was the hatch. Ralph D. Daine in Tho Out
Ing Magazine.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
SURFEIT OF MOOSE MEAT
Experience Of a Party Of Prospec-
tors In Alaska Interesting.

I'm journeying down one OF the tribu-
tries OF the Tanapa river. in Alaska, with
a party Of prospectors. in 1902 our raft
went TO pieces on q drift and every pound
OF provisions. cooking utensils, oeddin8
and pretty nearly oil the clothing OF the
outfit, as we'll as tidy sum of money.
went to tho bottom" said P. ]. Habber-
ton OF Seattle In the Washington Post
Luckily, l managed to save my Win
chester and fow rounds Of ammunition,
and II 1t had not been for that l believe
we would have come pretty near starving
to death, as the place of the accident
was 100 miles from any settlement or
roadhouse. My gun was the only ono
that was saved and never did one come in
handler. We trudged along, shivering and
greatly depressed at our loss, but such
is the elasticity of the pioneer adventurer
that upon my shooting big bull moose
about sundown the whole party began to
get In better heart and even to Jest about
our predicament.
1--WE cut out the best parts Of the flesh
OF the moose and made hearty supper
Little then did any of US think that we
would be confined to that single article
of food for four long days. Now, moose
meat Isn't bad, but to have to eat II for
grain of salt or pepper. is q hardship such
as L hope never to experience again.
Long before the dawn OF the fifth day
how we did loathe the sight OF tho soli-
tary item upon our bill OF fare Some Of
the party experienced extreme nausea,
but marching over the snow is hard work,
and the pangs of hunger would drive
them again TO the monotony OF the moose
menu.
We'll. when at last we got to a road
house and found that plenty of beans and
coffee were to be had, q shout Of 10y
went up that rent the heavens. I had $40
left from the food and every cent of It
went for just one meal / think we alto
for two hours, and then went to sleep,
woke up and went to eating again. until
not a bean was left l wouldn't even at
this far day from that gastronomlc trag-
edy partake of chunk OF moose meat
for the weight OF the animal In gold"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
CATS in ANCIENT HISTORY
Pet Felines Caused Adam Lot of
Trouble With His Wives.

We have read with great interest your
scientific article about cats. describing
how the electricity developed In their
backs and tails by friction had exploded
n gas tank. etc. statements. and 1t Is
recorded in the Talmud that when the
comfort her after being banshed from
Eden she was particularly charged to be-
ware OF the sparks emanating from the
cats back during thunderstorms; & - ana drut 10
wife. the lovely Lilith. auarreled with her
husband It is said the trouble arose over
tho fact that Lilith insisted upon her cat
sleeping on the foot OF the bed.
Again we are told that the fire in
Noah's ark was klndled each morning by
sparks from the cats tail; and. by the
way, this cat WAS sneezed from tho nos
trils of the lion In the ark. at the Lord S
command In order to destroy the rats and
mice which overran the ship.
Although the cat Is nowhere mentioned
in holy writ an old Arab legend recounts
that Pharaohs daughter. the fair Norida
(the one who found Moses In the bull
rushes). was extremely fond of cats, and
while she in her tent sat knitting socks
for little Nose the cat would play with
the ball Of yarn,
And Herodotus tells us of the swarms
Of eats that hung around the houses of
the slaves when they were building the
pyramids and when the cats became sick
TO the banks OF the Milo to get eome cat
nip, and he also informs US that in the
thirtieth dynasty OF the Egyptian kings
1t was q capital oftcnso TO Kill cat. and
that when one died the master of the
house cut of his hair whiskers and eye
brows and sat In a public place covered
with sackcloth and ashes, and at this
time cats were cmbalmed and mummied
by being soaked for seventy days In Nh
tron the belief being that at the general
resurrection their spirits would return and
inhablt their bodies.
we may say here that we have in our
posse ssion the only mummicd cat In this
country although there are number In
the British museum) which was taken
from n tomb in Thebes-
There is one peculiar trait In fellnes. In
case Of danger the mother cat win al
ways pick out first from her litter the
toms and take them to a place OF safety.
letting the tabs look out for themselves.
There are hundreds Of other queer things
about cats which would no doubt interest
your readers II you could spare the space
to have them described New York Her
al