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Evening star., 1907-09-01

" And the law will now know what the law is
like, and strlding across the green l made
tor the Inn, where the mare was stabbed, and
threw the key into a water butt.
When l had the nag saddled l came out
upon the road and cast glance to where the
crowd was gathered about the stocks, and
where the whole village, it seemed, was en-
gagged in an attempt to release the justice.
There were no eyes for me at such moment
none save Mrs. Battles, that is. She, good
soul, had been in taking about me, and
hustled now in her room, with red eyes, to
draw me ale and give me breakfast When
l was done l rose and bade her good by.
g thank you, mistress, for your service -
said |; and, seeing she expected a warmer
farewell took off my ring Qor though the
Scot had played me sCurvy trick, Galloping
Dick never goes back from his wordD. Here
is small token of my Wishes" said l.
"Ah,' says she, her eyes ardent; but l
knew that she had misinterpreted me, and
took this for some Specification of my feelings
to her. l leaped on Calypso's back
And maybe when | come back YOU will
be happy with your choice" l said
Indeed, that | SHALL" she beamed
Lord love her! this | said, never meaning
to come back. And at that | leaned forward
suddenly, for | could not leave her so, and
putting my arm about her neck drew her to
the wlthers of the mare. gave her sounding
kiss.
There's for Kisses" says I, my pretty"
and she laughed and put on her flashing ring
Well, the hulking Scot would get it, | doubt
not, in due time | was on the road once
more; and waved my hand and went; and
the last heard of that village was the
clank of the blacksmith's bar on the stocks
that held the justice.
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5000 are employed in the mines and quarries,
and 2,62S in tobacco and cigar factories.
Senator Beveridge, in his speech on the Child
Labor bill last winter, brought forward evil
dence to show that these figures were far from
telling the actual conditions For example, the
census of 1900 gives Maryland as having some
thing more than 5000 children at work; the
census bulletin of 1905 increases the figures to
s,553. There were 5000 in Baltimore alone.
In 1906 the Maryland law was amended to
require children under sixteen years of age to
secure permits testifying to physical and edu-
Cational requirements before they could work
At the time Senator Beveridge delivered his
speech, the law had been effective for only five
and half months, and in that time more than
eleven thousand permits had been granted and
fifteen hundred refused. In Maryland, it
seems, the census told not half the truth.
John Spargo, author of The Bitter Cry of the
Children" who has given much time to the
study of this matter, says there are about two
and a quarter million children under fifteen
years old employed in the mines and mills of
this country or in other occupations more dan
gerOus to health than farming.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Problem of Child Labor

THILD labor is another problem of city life
~ Ever since the factory was established
in England there has been ceaselesS struggle
in Europe against the cruel system of child
slavery. Effort has been directed abroad in
America to restrict its abuses and mitigate its
evils. Nowhere have Governments been able
fully to extirpate this evil.
Will industrial education solve this problem
also? There people in this country who
believe so. Parents, even the most ignorant,
are not likely to harden their hearts against an
education which, in making labor more ntelli-
gent and efficient, makes it at the same time
more profitable. Efficiency! That is the
solving word in modern industrial life. This
has been demonstrated SO clearly to the large
employers of labor that many of them are now
setting up industrial schools in connection with
their factories.
have said nothing beyond mere reference,
of the delinquent and dependent children, an
other wide field of activity in which the agencies
(the most novel and interesting among them
are the juvenile courts and the junior repub-
hcs) are so numerous that it is impossible in
the limits OF this article to SO much as name
them. Here again the new education, which,
baslng its methods upon systematic study of
Children seeks at to free and to direct their
latent impulses, offers the solution.
Neither have said anything about the Sum
day school, which is rapidly being transformed
under the influence of new methods. Perhaps
the most nvnclng evidence of this change is the
adoption of normal training schools for teachers
as permanent part of the Sunday school.
These little fragmentary facts do not con-
stitute complete picture. They don't pretend
to. They do suggest, however, the immense
interest and multitude of activities in this
country that center in children,-not merely
Our own but other people s,-for children are
not merely personal comfort, private
luxury; they are great national asset, the
hope of our social reformers, the only real bull
wark of that optimism for which everywhere
outside of America Americans are famous
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Money Wasted on the Sick

VIHAT the application of expert knowledge
w to the work of the schools may mean
is suggested in a recent report by DR.. Luther
H. GuliCk, director of physical training il the
Brooklyn schools. He says that two million
dollars is wasted annually in New York city
in the effort to educate children physically
unable to benefit by the training. To spend
two or three years teaching sick child what
he would learn in one year if he were well, is
poor financial policy" declared DR.. Guck
He reports that out of 7S,4oI school children
he examined in single year S. $50 were found
to be in need of medical attention, and of this
number q 900 had diseases of the nose and
throat. He found 1908 children suffering
with contagious eve diseases, and 1929 cases
of defective vision. In a single school twenty
eight per cent. had three or more teeth wholly
decayed
Consider this statement; for it is fair illus
traton of the way in which the problems of the
school multiply. The effort to correct known
familiar abuses discovers new and more serious
ones. What will New York do about these
childrens teeth? In the capital of Germany
Berlin, the Government has recently appointed
a school dentist who is paid by the city.
According to the census of 1900 there were
1,75o,I78 children between the ages of ten and
fifteen employed in "gainful occupations, =
that is to say, child laborers,-26,774 children
between ten and thirteen work in mills; some
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of the school and increased the responsibilities
of the SChoOmaster.
The extension of industrial education had
added the notion of practical efficiency to
the older conception of education. The school,
We are now beginning to insist, must consider
not only the individual but his environment.
1t must fit him for actual life. And this new
conception of education, reflected back upon
our notions of social life, government, and con-
duct, is slowly changing them. For instance,
industrial education has transformed within
half century the character of foreign missions.
The missionary of to-day carries with him to
Africa or to India not merely the Bible, but the
plow. The native African, who cannot under
stand the doctrine of the Trinity, is able to
grasp at once the significance of the ploW.
There is story that old Basuto chief,
looking for the first time at one of these strange
iron instruments tearing up the soil said,
- This thing the white man has brought us is
wonderful. 1t is worth more than ten wives.
And the plow is Transforming South Africa.
1t has, for instance, made monogamy-the one
great, inSuperable obstacle to Christianity in
Africa-not only practical but almost popular.
Plows, more useful, less expensive, than wives,
have taught the benighted heather the wisdom
of older peoples: that if one wife IS a necessity,
more than one is enervating luxury
Industrial education has opened new pos
sibilities of usefulness and happiness to back
ward and detective children. Pupils who are
dull and backward in their books often become
skilful in the trades. 1t has conferred bless
ing the deaf and the blind. In making
them less helpless and more useful, it makes
them independent and free.
All this and much more that the schools are
now undertaking demands special methods
and the knowledge and training of experts.
Evening star., 1907-09-01

garment Innings ana
foundations, it is folly to
use silk when this dainty
Hydegrade fabric, so far
superior, awaits you.
$50 shades at the lining
counter. 36 inches wide;
20 cents the yard.
Caution: There Is but one
grade AMI weight of Heather
bloom. and anything offered
as a substitute is inferior.
Be sure you see
Evening star., 1907-09-01
TAFFETA

Not necessarily because it is cheaper
than silk, but because it is better. The
rich beauty of Heatherbloom, its faScin-
ating rustic and really Superfine finish
makeit the equal of silk in appearance,
but it pearS three times as long. Will not
cut nor crack, fray nor ravel.
For pettieoats, drop skirts, waist and
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
TO SELL PAUL [. FORD'S HOUSE.
Widow of Novelist Shot by Brother Obtains
Court Order.

Justice Amend Of the Supreme ourt. yesterday
ordered that Mrs Grace Kidder Ford. widow
of Paul Leicester Ford, the author OF Janice
Meredith" The Honorable Peter Stirling" and
other books, who killed by his brother. Mall
colin. on Moy ). 1902. should be made the spe-
cial guardian of her little daughter, Lesta Ford.
for the purpose of selling the house at No. J3
formerly No. 30 East 1Tth street. whore tho
murder was committed. Les-a Ford was born
a month and six days after her fathers death.
and under the laws OF this state succeeded ~
the same portion OF her fathers estate. real and
personal as would have descended to her If her
father had died without leaving a will. BY his
Will the author left nearly everything TO Mrs
Ford.
In her petition 10 the court Mrs Ford asserts
that the house. which she desires to sell for
her chud's benefit. is entirely too large for two
10 live in. and because OF IT'S interior arrange
mcut cannot readily be leased. The taxes on
the property, according 10 the petition, amount
70 $1,000 n year. and the executors have had
an offer of $3.50 for il, which is considered
a fair price Mrs. Ford set forth that her daugh-
amounting in value 20 something over $343.OOO
and had yearly income including royalties
on her fathers books. OF about SlO,IIo-
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
FISH md GAME BILLS.
One Measure Provides for Ne7o
License Fee for Hunters.

Albany, Jan. 31-The Assembly Fish and
Game Committee announced to-day a hearing
to be held next Tuesday afternoon on several
proposed game law amendments the most i'm
portant being the bill OF Assemblyman Mer-
ritt, favored by the state authorities, which
would establish new license fee for hunters,
resident ana nonresident.
The bill provides for q fat nonresident license
Of $50 and resident license Of 81 The licenses
If the bill becomes n law could be obtained
from any county, city town clerk in tho
state, and would be prepared and distributed bv
the State Forest Fish and Game Department
Commissioner James s. Whipple believes the
revenue would go far toward the support Of his
department
A good deal Of discussion may centre about
the bill Of Assemblyman Glynn of Rochester
which would legalze fishing on Sunday tbroueb-
out the state by striking the word fishing from
Section 265 Of the Penal Code which now forbids
on Sunday not only fishing but also "all shooting
hunting, playing, horseracing, gaming or other
public sports exercises or shows, and all noise
disturbing the peace OF the day.
The largest proportion Of the amendments OF
general application are introduced by Mr.
Schwegler, Of New York. One of his bills would
add about five days TO the open season for trout
by extending It from September l. tho present
closing day. TO September 20, while changing the
opening day from April Is to May l. This hin
would also repeal the provision enacted two
years ago. whereby when IN any year tho day
after the opening day under the present rrnifa-
tons falls on Sunday the opening shall be one
day earlier Another would open tho segeo, c,r
wild deer on September 10 instead OF ernfe,, Der
30 and close it on November l instoaa e No.
venber 1G.
OF Importance TO all fishermen ..f. re Tive
bait" IS the bill Of Mr.. Schwegles as. n vvotIld
require a license from the Forest T. f.,d GaTns
Department for the taking Of miunow, for baIt
with nets in any waters. At present tho lioerse
is required only for waters inhabited by the
trout"
One OF the most important bills Is favored bv
| the Forest, Fish and Game Department. and "a
n n ha lrrnv
the Marine Fisheries law 1t involves a
general reorganization Of the State Shellhsh
! Department IL would establish a system of
sanitary inspection looking 10 guarding the gen
( eral health Of the public and improving oyster
culture, and would impose a slight taxation on
shshsa grounds.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
RECORD ENTRY OF DOGS.
Boston Terriers Lead All Breeds in
Number To Be Bcnched.

James Mortimer, superintendent OF the annual
show OF the Westminster Kennel Club, TO be held
IN Madison Square Garden on February p and
following days, announced yesterday the number
OF entries in the various classes
The total entry IS 2075. made up OF 1887 individ-
ual dogs. This IS thirty-nine more than last year
and consequently new record for any dog show
held in this any other country IN point OF num-
bers, the Boston terriers lead all breeds, with
81 entries. The couies and sporting spanies fol-
low, with "a and 81 entries respectively The Irish
terriers, pointers bulldogs beagles and French
bulldogs are also well represented.
The Pomeranians show & decided increase in num-
bsrs over previous years. with 11g entries The re-
tr1evers are represented by one lone entry, while
not single representative Of the naetiffs VIII be
seen. The entries by breeds follow:
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
DEMOCRATS PL4N REFORM
Uestchcstcr Men Think Time for
Nccr alignment Is at Hand.

number OF Westchester Democrats met At
the Manhattan club yesterday to consider plans 20
revive the party in that county. As soon de.s-
gates arrived the clubhouse they received copies
OF evening paper containing a full account OF
the proceedings and the names OF those present.
There was much comment about the enterprise OF
the paper. Some OF the delegates asked Edmund
G. Sutherland of White Plains. tLs provisional
Chairman. who did it and he replied that he did
not know. The sixteen delegates present az mo
meeting expressed themselves opposed % the Demo
cratic organization I'm WestcheStev. which is lea ey
Walsh and eN-Mayor Fiske OF Mount Vernon
It was charged that the Democrats Board o.
Supervisors was ruled by the Republican minority
and that there graft I'm the construction ~ t'
new courthouse. After a lengthy discussion tA'
meeting was adjourned. before which IL was C'-
clded 10 communicate with Mr. Walsh with We"
to having him join the new movement oI t-'
Democracy. Those invited 70 attend We're * -
gressnan C3rueiUs \. PuEsley. Mayor t'NNe, %
SouErrs Supervisors Alexander McCuu5ul. ~
CIeuaud John H. MCArdle. benjamin J. Iay-oI'
Chauncey Il. SecDr. John II. Cordes. Henry hosiT.'
John \. Hayes. samuel LOuUsherry, Henry =; @ -Ls,
ritt, John W. DOwTon- John \. Wise r. NJ i''"''
son and John Curtrisht
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
FREAK BOATS POSSIBLE.
Uniform Rule of Measurement Not
Yet Perfect.

William Gardner, OF this city the designer Of
many well known racing yachts. says in the cur
rent issue OF Yachting that the present uniform
rule Of measurement IS not yet perfect and that
there is much TO be done before the elm
nation Of the freak boat assured. He SAYS fur
ther that displacement without limitation IS
feature Of the rating that should be modified
The effect Of the factor in the rule-dlsplace-
ment-he declares. IS TO encourage an increase Of
displacement ~ allowing an increase Of sail or
length.
Speaking Of tho SonGerklasse race at Marblehead
last GUNNER. he calls attention to the fact that
the second heaviest displacement boat in feet OF
twenty new boats. and the heaviest displacement
boat in the semi finals and finals won In conclusion
he says: Il feel that great advance has been
made In the question Of measurement rules, and
I think that with little more generous allowance
for draft and limitation miXtmum displaCe-
Ient made by naval architects Of wide experiencs
we would have Il rule which would produce a
roomy, wholesome, fast and seawOrthY tvpe OF
boat and one that would not allow the introduction
Of freak features
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
SENATOR ALGER's WILL FILED

Detroit. Jan &.-Thc will Of Senator r. a AICer
nlcd this afternoon In the probate court leaves all
OF his estate. excepting S2o0e9. to his widow and
his five children. r. \. A!ser. jr.. Captain T. NJ.
Alger. Mrs Caroline \. Sheldon. OF Detroit; Mrs
Fav \. Bailey. of ChicaEo. md Mrs. Frances ~
Pike OF Chicago. The HON, or the FvlendIess gets
5000 Womlns Hospital s. tuO. and Thompson
Homo for Aged Ladies, $l,0to. James G.. McCauI
associated for many with the Senator I'm
AIger, Smith & Co. and ono OF the executors OF
the estate. Will get S5OOO and $4,000 goes 10 tine
Senator's brother Charles y. Aleer. OF Hannibal.
Mo In addition. any debts that may be due the
estate from Charles NJ Alger are Cancelled. N-s
Alser gets one-third of all the roal and personal
property. and the residue is divided equally among
tho five children Mrs. Bailey il not tO receive her
share Of the estate until she is siXty-ve years Old
income.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
THE PLANET WINS TWICE.
The Di.rie Beats the CRAY Wolf IN
Motor Boat CarniUal.

Palm Beach, Fla. Jan. 31.-Tte motor boat races
on Lake Worth to-day not exciting as on
the last two days in spite of many entries 1t
impossible for those the press boat TO
obtain fair idea Of what was being done, because
OF accident TO the starting gun Theodore d.
Wells, the chairman OF the regatta committee was
unable TO give the names of the winners until the
committee had passed tho time made by the
various beats
At the meeting held tonight the case OF James
X. Clark. Of Ardmcre, Penn, against whom o. F..
Browning, q New York photographer, had war
rant sworn out last night assault. dis
missed. Mr.. Clark mad several Witnesses to prove
that he was not the man who struck Browning.
The Planet, owned by w. ". CovHT. two
races this morning. In tho third race the Dixie.
belonging TO r. J. Schroeder, which started from
scratch was beaten by only 200 yards and was
fast oycrtaking the Planet at the finish The Dixie
Won the second race Of the morning, in which the
Gray Wolf. belonsing 70 II, l. WNoughby. r.. OF
Newport was the only other starter The Gray
Wolf met with engine trouble. and tho Dixie had a
walkOver
She Withdrawn from the l5-mile race in the
afternoon, Mr.. Schroeder declaring that he did not
care 10 race her against the handcaps given 20
the OF. r craft, rs he anxious reserve her
for the one mile speed trials the SIR Thomas
Dewar trophy Tomorrow He IS confident that she
viii make new worlds record for tho distance.
The summaries follow.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
WITH ATHLETIC BOWLERS
RoseviILe Defeats Nezc York Il. C..
Three Straight Games.

The Rosevils Athletic Association team won
three straight games from the New York Athletic
Club five IL an Athletic Bowling League series on
its own alleys last night and. Incidentally. earned
such commanding lead IN the championship race
that the title seems reasonably safe
The Roseville were on their rnettle and
scored three high totals. .P1erson bowled three
games without break and reached 2s4 In the
third Van Ness also broke loose IN the third
game, with Z5e, and this helped the team make a
new hign total for the season Of O50
The New York bowlers were not at their best a n
ths scores Indicate. The fun scores follow;
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
NO WIND FOR ICE YACHTS.

by IeIe@rGpN 10 ne Irluhh"
Long Branch n. J., Jan. 31-ICe yachtsmeu gath
cred Shallow Point this afternoon expecting to
sail the FIRST Of n series OF nve for the BOARD
OF Trade 500 silver cup. Although the ffteeu-mi
course soft from the fall of snow, the yachts
would have been sent over the six lap course had
there been enough wad to make the race within
the time limit
the regatta committees of the two clubs met and
declared the race Off The entire feet Of sixteen
third class yachts were to have taken part and
scores Of visitors went home disappointed The
visitors present from New York remained over
night and attended reception OF the Shrewsbury
lee Boat and Yacht Club at Prices Hotel this
evening.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01

Berlin. Jan. 3l-BerIin was snowbound tI.''
morning Eighteen inches fell during the ni3-''
and not streetcar moved before noon Even
the downtown thoroughfares were impaSsi'',
for cabs or omnibuses. and the electric elevated
road was partially interrupted Nothing Ike Il
had been witnessed here I'm a generat3h- ~
most a riot occurred. and the police made I-AH. 49,.
arrests OF ruffians in Frederick street 'oI w
lently snoWb baIllng women
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
NEW RUSSIAN COTTON ROUTE PLANNED

St Petersburg. Jan 31---A company Is reported =
he forming to open TO navigation the Aral sea eli"
the Amu-Darya River. chiefly for the ranSpoI'I
ton OF Central Asian cotton to the Moscow MAJ
where IL competes with the American staple A IL
OF steamers according the plans, viii descend '
Amu-Darya connecting with the OrenouTs i,s-n Ss
Kent Railroad. By branch road az Jae io 1ssraSth
extremity Of the Aral Sea, or about nan A4S A--e
OF the present Transcasptan route.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
HISTORIC HOTEL DESTROYED.

Island was destroyed by fro yesterday morning.
The building hundred years old. one Of
the oldest public houses Long Island. II is
thought that the FIRE started through The careless
ness OF workmCu who thawed frozen water pipes
shortly before the blaze was discovered.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
TORONTO @HELLo GIRLS STRIKE.

Toronto. Ont. Jan. 31.-Because the Bell TeIe-
phone Company increased the working hours of
the telephone girls from five to eight hours a
day about four hundred girls struck this after
noon. The company offers more pay, but the
girls say they cannot stand the physical strain
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
JERSEY CITY EMPLOYEES SUE CITY

Water Assessor McCarron OF Jersey city and
two OF his clerks have entered suit against the
city 20 recover the salary due them. The Street
and Water Board recently increased the salaries of
several employees. Mayor Pagan held up the nav
warrants on the ground that lie had the right 10
veto the resolution ordering the increase.
New-York tribune., 1907-02-01
mANcHuRlAN EVACUATION BEGINS.

ST Petersburg. Jan. 31-Tho Russian evacua-
tion OF Manchuria began to-day with the de-
parture of the Moscow Regiment