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New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
TO TRY OPSONIC METHOD
Health Department Testing Nezc
TheOry for Cure of Consumption

Physicians and bacterioogists have been expert
menting for several weeks at the Rockefeller In
stitute with theory for the cure of infeo-
tious diseases. including consumption. THIS is the
"opsonic method" the theory of which is that
there is inherent In each PERSONS blood the
ganic substances which will counteract and perhaps
kill the bacteria which breed diseases.
The work as yet is wholly experimental as the
theory OF stimulating opsonenes. or the beneficial
organisms to conteract the disease germs, IS young
In the medical world. But the experimental work.
which is being carried at the Rockefeller Insti-
tute. has been taken up in its application to con-
sumption by the Health Department OF New York
OF the Health Department Is also trustee of the
Rockefeller Institute. DR.. George W. Ross a Ca
madam physician VINO has been in this city expert
nnentlns with the new idea applied to conslinp-
tlon Is understood to have gone to Saranac Lake
10 try the treatment on consumptve patients there
Ihose who are experimenting with the opsonenes
say that the method is too new and their expe-
Renee at thls form OF treatment too limited to
PertnIt any statement as to it's effectiveness. At
the RocketeIler Institute the physicians nave ex-
perlmented with II in OF surgical Infection OF
CONSUMPTION, of typhoid fever and of pneumonia
Ihey peeve that 1t can be applied with success 10
All forms OF infectious disease in which the germ
"nlch causes the disease is known.
Inis treatment Is not like a serum treatment
sCch as Is used IN diphtheria and many other IS
eases Ihe opSonenes cannot be generated in An
other body. and the body the patient tnocuIated
Win then The physicians working to find ths
proper substance which In various diseases shall
stIr up the beneficial agents within the blood 10
a'Iack ana XIII the disease microbes.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
NEJz5.'21org,2C11 q
GSssz5iA 20 iA4GLEAS'
MANUFACTURING INvALrDs.

IT'S all very well for people to take good
care Of their children.' observed New York
woman the other day. but people who take
good care of them are 50 apt 10 take too
good care ana make fussy selfish Young
people. If not actual iValds. This manufacture
az invalids IS carried on among well-to-do famf-
lies 70 an extent that scarcely be estinls ted
knew of one fond mother who conceived the
notion that her twelVe-year-old girl was ex-
ceedingly delicate. Accordingly the child was
catered for in a way that would have spoiled
the stomach and turned the head of an angei.
Instead Of being set down 10 good nourishine,
5nod tempungly got up-what she really needed
WAS plenty Of butter olive oil, fat meat and so
on--little special 1nesses vera cooled co. tcr
most refined ethereal dishes, that might lure a
convalescent adult hack into wholesome wavs OF
feeding, but were almost useless in building up
the muscle blood snd bone Of 4 growing girl
II was an the Time, oh. you can't eat that
my darling. can you2 IN get Mary TO broil Won
a squab' or, DO you think you would fancy
Thus appealed TO- of course Ethel bepar to
addle with her food, picked languidly AT her
sQnab and oysters. whined when things did not
SUIT her, grew paleT and thinner cYerv 6av
lolled around on the sofa when she ought IN
have been running around in the sun and wind
ana altogether bade fair 10 grow into a dyspep-
tic, selfish. sour tempered young woman an IN
happiness TO herself and an afliction TO all
around her
Her mother had innocentIy done her best "a
spoil her child for life. When Ethel was 6f-
teen, however, a cousin Of hers OF whom she
was very fond, was sent off 10 boarding school
Ethel Immediately decided she wanted 10 go.
TO she dld, OF course. because by this time she
was a regular young tyrant 10 her afflicted fam
,iE. ana mat boarding school proved To be the
making OF her After couple of months OF
Nhat she afterward characterized Ioughing
II when she was turned loose with twenty
other girls, all Of whom Jared exactly alike As
10 food. rooms privileges, etc. this siclly peey-
Ism young person gradually came to the con-
cluslon that II she didn't eat what the others
ht" when lhey ate IL she was going 10 get IN.
d comfortably hungry. She saw after Two o,
.hree sac experiments AT trying it on that no
Body noticed her or pitied her: that in fac, sb.
was getting 10 be rather joke, and before She
knew what had happened 10 her she had shaker
of her hypochondriacal nonsense and was he
having like the others. Now she IS growinp
up nice. sensible, healthy girl, with a gooc
appetite and 40 yapors"
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
BRANCH GIFTS.

The Merrick Oong Island) branch, Miss
Petrina Burns, president has sent to the Office
its usual Christmas box of good cheer for other
children. The contents included new fanneette
skirts and dresses, mittens. stockings, needle
books, candy bags. baskets. games. jewel box.
marbles, sachet books, eleven bags for Little
Mothers" etc. The Purchase On. " branch
has sent two boxes, one Of which contained
twenty well filled bags for tho South Ferry
branch OF Little Mothers and the other box
three very large bags, each one filled with some
useful article Of clothing, stockings gloves.
book. games, cards. etc These to go into
three families where the children not likely
to be remembered. A package of cards and
calendars also came from this branch and the
usual Christmas contribution of books and
scrap books will go direct 10 the crippled chill
drens hospital I'm 42d street. The Passaic
IN. j. Junior branch has contributed twenty
two cretonne bags for the Little Mothers 1"
Christmas festival.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
BLOODY NOSES AT COLUMBIA RusE
-Four Freshmen Officers Forced to Attend tba
Sophomore Dinner.

south Field, Columbia University. bore a strong
resemblance to a gridron yesterday afternoon.
"hNh the freshmen and sophomores met on Il IN q
nVely scrap, to determine whether the fresh
men officers should attend the '09 class dinner last
night Soccer was a mild appelIation for the
melee that followed the Introduction OF imitation
Association football. Each side consisted Of an
entre class and the rules allowed the contestants
To rush the ball in any manner they could devise
Ihls manner OF deciding the question had been
MT on as a substitute for the old method OF kid
mapping the important men in the class which was
IN Iorce before an attempt to kidnap Kingdom
GouId led TO the firing of revolver by him. and
ulty. - ~ A"O
The match was started by the referee who tossed
regulation football into the air There was a
mao rush Tor 1t, and it buried in q ma ss
or struggling players. The referees whistlA ~
nounced that it was first down" Again the bah
was tossed In the air. This time the sophomores
got II, and executed a clever forward pass which
resulted In the only score of the rush
Before the end of the scrimmage several of thu
players found Il easier to pick out an individual
and test capabilities with him than to follow the
bail, and. as result, the field bore a strong re-
bouts going all at once.
goodly number Of bloody noses and torn shirts
resulted W. II. Davidson who played in the '0s
football team. badly hurt that he had to be
carried from the field. He later recovered AS a
result Of the match four of the freshman officers
attended the sophomore dinner at Resenweber's
last night
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
MONEY RECEIVED.

S \. p of Manhattan. has sent her check for
$50 for the emergency fund. with "the hope
that 1t may contribute a little OF the seasons
good cheer to come who might have been de-
MED It otherwise; the Young Women's Mis-
sionary Society of Holy Trinity Church, $40 for
the Sunshine Consumptive Home in Florida;
the Purchase IN. y branch Mrs. Samuel
Willets presdent). So for the same fund; ]. M.
p So for an East Side gentlewoman. Sun
shine help is still needed for this member, Al
illness causes distress and suffering. Z. G. T.,
of Newark, N. J.. gives 81 to buy bedclothes for
"the poor mother and daughter mentioned in
the column: Sympathy" of Massachusetts,,
$50 for Sunshine; a friend in Westchester
County IS for Christmas dinners. and Mrs
Eichell, $5 for coal fund.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
PROBLEM FOR THE JEWS
Theu Should Bar Christmas Trees
and Gift GiCing. Says Woman.

Should Jewish families have Christmas trees
and exchange Christmas presents?
Mrs Samuel Kubie answered both these aues-
tons in the negative at the Council or JEWS"
Women. which held crowded injecting al 'he
West End Synagogue yesterday al'ei iio'''
without touching directly on the moot suoJe''
of the alleged proselytizing OF the Jews %
Christian scots and the observance OF Chrls'-
mas in thc public schools. Mrs. kuble's paper
was throuenout an earnest plea in FAVOR Oh
maintaining and fostering in every way '"e
Jewish national and religious spirit
Referring 10 the common observance OF
Christmas she said, any acceptance or theS0
nractices. even Of gift giving, which is a Gus
So, .ao-+as IN so many Jewish families, is III
advised Let US be glad 10 help our Nhi's'i1A
,.,,o-s en5ov all the pleasures OF the se"
-, t,+ mot even the mothers plea that he'
,,.rsro, enjoy Christmas so and would lose So
,,,,,t ga they not participate in it, should nave
,rs,eht Even the Christmas tree should nave
M n1aca IN our life Let our hanukah hsh's
t,,-n brightly instead OF the Christmas tree.
speakine from the point of view of the puoho
school IN its relation TO the child Dr. Johh
zy,,o.. of the Society for Ethical Culture oe-
.,lo-eS +te lack in them Of moral training. Inc
RR-sssdeY+ ~ Princeton" said DR.. Elliott, spoke
- character as a 'by-prOduct OF eoucatoh.
call II an awful thing that me cihu .i7 liias -
from the kindergarten throuea W ia ~, k,oar-
1-,.ho1t having his character touched pE AilleI
,car educatiorl. For our young peope o.
touched by mateTialism. That's ns @ WoIu, ~. ~.
,,+s- - 1I,hat they talk about they come OUT
-ns scbool and the colleges an3 you'll find II 10
be athletics socialism and business
while admitting that on the physlcA slue lIle
,,,tl,c scbools were good. morally, he said, they
Tere not as effective they could easlly pe
made II hope the time wll! come "hel.
parents VIII demand that the chief product OF
33Ea schools shall pc American character
In concluding, DR.. Elliott said healIhle5
rublic standard was needed among boys anu
eiTls for .children's ideals are largely FORMED
,,ot bv tbA father or the mother but by the
1oungster round the corner. The chloFeh your
children associate with influence them uei.en-
5o,1sly II is a great mistake 20 let the chlldFeh
5,tft eu-av after they have been confirmed IN
the church or temple. Organize them @ lll'o
groups in connection with the parent socletle9
Others who spoke were the Rev: Dr' NJ n
rgerris and the Rev DR. II. p. Mendes-
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
JAPANESE sUpERSTlTloNs.

Japanese student IN this country gives list
OF some OF the superstitions which old housewives
put into tho minds OF Japanese girls:
The shadow OF a bird falling against paper
screen IS the sign OF a guest.
Erect q BROOM your guest Will leave you soon.
cream ABOUT snakes is sign of rising In tho
world.
When IL rains and the sun shines at the same
tine, there Is wedding of foxes.
If yon cut your fngernais just before going out
Hide your thumbs when you meet funeral pro-
cession, lest you court death.
rats are messengers from the god OF wealth.
Sneezihg Is sign that is talking OF
you one sileeZe means that others are pralsing
you; TWO fheezes mean that others speaking
eVil OF you; three. some one is I'm love with you
good fortune is before you
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
European advertisements
REMOVAL NOTICE

Kindly note that the European Offices OF The
New York Tribune have been removed from No
149 Fleet street to the modern office building
"Danes Inn House." No. 265 Strand (overIookine
AIdwych and kingsway), London.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
FOR THE FRlENpLEss CHILD.

The Home of the FTfondless, No. 936 Woody crest
avenue appeals for Christmas remembrances for
SIS two hundred children. Many Of these little
ores have no friends 20 prepare for them loving
s,rprise but little child. however fr1endless, can
mot lelievc that Christmas viii pass without some
gift from somewhere.
The home would also greatly appreciate gifts OF
money. 20 be used TO pay the board Of special
children who iutrusled to its care. either be
cause both parents are dead or because the over
worked mother, whose husband IS dead or has de
sorted her. can To longer stagEer under the load
she mas bravelv Tried TO carry One hundred and
fry dollars will support child fOr year. S25
for two months II costs S3ero 20 eudow a bed so
tfaf always some little one is warm and com
Portable oTG IS receiving kndlT care
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
A GENEROUS CHRISTMAS GIFT.

Some friends IN Englewood. n. j.. became IN
terested in the invalid member In their state
who was tired of sleeping in steamer chair"
and they decided to make her more comfortable
by providing her with a bed. Accordingly she
will have as her Christmas cheer three-quar-
ter enamelled bed, the best quality of woven
wire spring. mattress, sheets, spreads, blankets,
all new, and freight and carriage the
prepaid The members who contributed these
generous gifts are the Misses Convers Miss
Catherine B. Woosey and Mrs. Henry r. Wood.
all of whom are cordially thanked for their
kindly consideration of this "shut-in," who has
20 depend the small earnings of her chill
drcn for support.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

Other contributions received on Monday were
box of fine Christmas Cheer-bound copies Of
"St Nicholas gift books, cushions collars.
cards and fancy articles, from Miss Jackson, of
Manhattan; neckties for men and pretty
collars for women from Mrs. Ward, to be placed
in the box for the blind people in the Amster
dam avenue home helpful contribution of new
toys from Mrs. and Miss Crosley; photographs
Of noted places and booklets. from Miss Mary
Phayre; new stockings and gloves. from North
ampton. Mass: new flannel skirts from Mrs
Winship. Of Brooklyn; two pairs of mittens.
from Mrs B. Livingston blind member at
Fairmount. Mimi; bright colored card pictures.
without name: generous contribution of
beautiful new Christmas books, Illuminated cal
endars and choice cards. from Mr.. c.; dainty
bedroom shoes and socks. from Mrs. r. s. Mof-
fett, OF Erie, Penn; baby bunting dolls dressed
in white rabbit skins. and a box of lace bags
filed with candies, from Miss Barry OF Newark
n. J.; fancy work from Charity Winegard; a
box of charming gifts. from Miss Ethel Gray
AInerInan, OF Cold Spring, n. Y; package of
curious sea shells. without a name; lovely
Christmas cards and booklets, from Miss Reeves,
OF Manhattan; MIS-. Onv1t, or PoughkeepSle and
Mrs. J. l.. Godfrey, OF South Carolina silk ties
embroidered handkerchiefs, silver buttonhooll
etc, from E. l.; photograph album from Mrs.
"J'; a box for the Virginia boys from Mrs Sea-
men, of Glen Cove, which was forwarded imme-
diatey; box Of Christmas ornaments, large
doll, toys, framed pictures, etc, from White
Plains without Il name; new clothes for infants
and older children. stamped postcards scrap
books etc, from Clarabelle Lawton OF Rome
". Y; boys clothing. from Mrs Brown; black
shawl, without a name an express box of lovely
new gifts from N. +. L., OF Neutrality-suspicious.
ings. mittens, caps, skirts and underwear. Every
gift tied in a separate parcel with red rib
bons. and to each was attached Christmas
card making everything easy for distribution
as we'll as dainty In appearance.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
DUTY.

Always do the right,
Come whatever may:
Then God will turn thy darkest night
Into the brightest day,
And bless thee on thy way -
Written for the column by a member who is
in his eighty-fourth year
New-York tribune., 1906-12-19
ONLY FOR PEOPLE WITH HEARTS.

A,,,onos ~ the present season there is especial
sa5ie,c,, IN the observation by Augustus Hare
that 1T was practice worthy Of our worthy an
ccgtors 20 I'll their houses at Christmas Win 'eiF
relatives and friends; that, when nature N5s tfs
frozen and 5roarv ou- Of doors, something Hls4,l
he found within doors 10 keep the pulses 1 oI seI'
- Eare's thinking 'is only appropriate among
-,eouie who harpen TO have hearts.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13
That Was jenkins,

A chemist who for many wears
was the manager of a concern in
Massachusetts manufacturing vari-
Gus high grade explosives recently
revisited the place of his former
employment.
During talk with his old friends
of the institution he made inquiry
with reference to certain colleague
of the name of jenkins.
by the way" said the chemist,
what has become of Jenkins Fine
fellow"
Fine chap indeed" agreed the
foreman, "and very skillful in the
use of chemicals, but little absent
minded, Jenkins. See that discol-
grafton on the wall over there"
'Why, yes But what has that to
do with Jenkins p
THAT is Jenkins. San Francis
co Argonaut.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13
Snsils as Food.

The Lancet advocates the use of
snails as food. The snail, it says,
has been called the poor mans
OYSTER 1t makes an excellent fish
sauce and may be used for the same
purpose as oyster sauce. Care must
be exercised in the choice of the
snails for food purposes, as it is well
known that snails feed on poisonous
plants, and it is the custom in
France to allow few days to elapse
after they have been taken from
their feeding ground in order that
any poisonous matter may be elimi-
mated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13
" ere as follows
Senate's Action on Treaties.

After having refused 10 ratify the
Santo Domingo treaty. for which the
administration had doue its utmost. the
senate agreed just before adjournment
that the Moroccan treaty should come
10 vote not later than Dec. u next
before il would die by limitation The
Japanese copyright treaty was ratified
Feb. - aud the trademark treaty with
Roumania May I.
The death Of Senator German Of Ma
ryland left the minority without its
leader, and Senator Black burn OF Ken
lucky was chosen As the new leader
Two other senators, Plat of Connect
icut and Mitchell of Oregon, We're
claimed by death, the latter after
his conviction in the land fraud case
had made his further attendance i'm
possible Senator Burton OF Kansas
was compelled 10 resign after the su-
preme court had approved his con
vtction on the charge Of using his Off
clal position for pecuniary gain Rep
reSentatiyes who died were Castor of
Pennsylvania, Patterson of pennsylva-
Ia, Marsh OF Illinois and Lester OF
ieorgia, the last having been killed by
falling through Il skylight in a Wash
lngton apartment house. The new
faces in the senate were those OF La
Toilette, from Wisconsin; Gearin, from
Oregon; Benson. from Kansas, and
Whyte, from Maryland
The thanks of congress We're extend
ad to General Horace Porter for his ef-
.orts In finding the grave OF Admiral
John Paul Jones.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13

Il Is stated that revolution Is
pending ia the Minneapolis -four in
dustry involving a change in the
manner Of shipping -four. Flour Is
now shipped in barrels holding 1876
pound, and in bag. holding half a
barrel. 1t Is proposed 10 use bar
res holding POI pounds. of about
the same IL" as sugar barrels. 1t
Is said that there would be a saving
in the cost of handling and lower
freights. while the barrels after use
can be sold for 80 cents each. or
double the price now paid for
flour barrel. There Is also said 10
be = cents additional saving on the
cost Of packing the -four.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13
Iohn Sharn.

In the neighborhood of his Mis-
;issippi home John Sharp Williams
5 always called John Sharp" That
rs because the family Of the CON
gressman's mother were the Sharps
the great people of that section.
According to his own confession
Williams notion of earthly hap
piness is to sit on his yeranda at
iazoo in the company of good books
and watch the cotton grow Only
one vote was cast against him at the
ast eIection-that of one of his
seven children as joke. One of his
:lose friends said recently: John
writes poetry for recreation. At
east, he SAYS it's poetry, and that
ne finds recreation in committing it
to paper"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13

William Hilton has recently been
released from an English prison aft
ar being punished for cruelty to ami
mails, and vet he was guilty only Of
excess Of kindness. Not liking the
dea that a useful beast Of burden
should be shot at the end of his hon
orable career and also regarding the
command. Thou shalt do no mur-
ler, as applying to the killing of a
beast As well as d man. he has been
in the habit Of buying up ancient
and wornout horses and maintaining
them alive IN stables specially con-
,tructed for the purpose. 1t was
The discovery of these poor crea-
lures, many of them supported in
sings, that led to his prosecution
for cruelty to animals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-07-13
KING AND CLIPPINGS.

When his majesty Peter I. Of
SeryIa wa, called to the throne he
was anxious 10 know the worlds
opinion about him and instructed an
agency to collect all press cuttings.
whereupon the Argus opened Its
one hundred ewes and in a few
weeks gathered together d collec-
ton which, as regards quantity,
would make prima donna jealous.
BY his maIeSty's command the col
lection was bound, and the manager
Of the Argus himself took fifteen
volumes 10 Belgrade to present
them TO his rovaI client. There
terrible disappointment awaited
him. The king of >ervja. lacking
in humor, gazed with horror and in
dignatIon al the collection wherein
the English, French. German and
Swiss caricatur Is had displayed
their wit AT his expense. While the
Argus clamored for its money the
king was roaring threats inside his
palace, declaring that nothing would
induce him to pay a cent for those
volumes. When the agency threat
ened to exhibit these morocco bound
books the king shouted. 4 don't
care a long a, they are not exhibit
ed before me- And now these
10000 cuttings will be sold by auc-
tion in Paris, and the sale will no
doubt attract many amateurs.-By-
sfandar-