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New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
THE FIRST MAY PARTIES.
Ivy Club Entertains Seven Thousand Boys
and Girls in Central Park.

The little girls who got their bright tissue paper
cropvrs and wands and streamers all ready for May
r,av in the park on May 4. and again on May II.
and on both occasions put them away again be-
cause the weather was the kind of weather that
is good for tissue paper crowns or thn-shod little
feet found their faith justified yesterday Innuner-
able parents and teachers and settlement workers
and club leaders looked at the sky in the morning
and decided that the weather was almost what IL
ought to be- and the preparations began. BY 10
O'Clock the May parties began TO gather In the park
The largest outing that OF the Ivy Club. the
Renuhcan district organization of the 18th As
sArnblv District Seven thousand girls and boys,
with hve queens and their courts, four bands and
ivo physicians, were marshalled early in the day
by Joseph Nedjedy. the Republican leader. IN the
streets adjacent the clubhouse at No. 203 East
63d street.
Assisting Mr.. Nedjedly Alderman Joseph
Krulish. Roger Brennan, former Assembyman; De
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
MAY PARTY IN CENTRAL PARK YESTERDAY

ues OF oxford and Cambridge of the necessity of
including hygiene in their examination for women
In this book he treats the topic in both its branches
-irsI personal hygiene, then domestic hygiene
he says that he trusts the style will not be
thought too elementary" 1t is likely that most lay
readers VIII be very grateful for the plain, direct
explanations of the points on which he touches
DR.. Schofield writes of life not Of death, but he
has little to say OF the latter phenomenon. and
that little makes the reader realize how the human
body Is abused. Death" he says, 'is not SO
much an interruption of life the final attainment
OF an end which held steadily in view from
the beginning. and toward which every act of life
tended Exactly every beat OF an eight-day
CLOCK is step toward the final running down Of
the weight, which is definitely take place at the
end OF eight days. SO every movement of the body
and every day that It exists is step toward that
end for which II was constructed, everybody being
made exactly like clock, to definite time
or course, 1t may be stopped before (as the clock
with the fngeD by disease accident" 1t is
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

Witt c. Webb. J. NJ. Kohlmeier and j. S. Clark
and host of women
Governor Hughes. who had promised to be pres
ent If the slightest opportunity presented. wired
word that he would be detained in Albany.
Another procession, numbering about five thou
sand children. marched up First avenue from tho
Sixty-first Street Catholic Church. and went
to the Mall First avenue paused from It's
tions TO watch the long line. The younger
bers of the population listened trie anxiousy to
the beating of the drums TO which the children
marched One small spectator consoled himself for
not being invited to the party by refusing to be-
lieve that IL amounted t. r.uch. anyhow "Dey say
dey've got sixteen bands an pink ice cream, No
said, scornfuIly. Il don't believe it
The park officials were good deal in the dark
yesterday morning as TO the number OF parties thae
were coming The permits that were taken out for
May and for May IL. and not used then. had been
held in reserve by the applicants for the first bright
day. That yesterday. but no one could tell
lust how many would be used But large snare
of them were and in addition. any number Of per-
nlts that were taken out last week, for the 1sths
Ono party of four thousand. from the East Side.
eral parties numbering four thousand three or four
three thousand each and great many small par
ties ranging from hundred TO hundred and fifty.
The numbers mentioned In the requests rOr tne per-
mits not always unfortunately for the guardians
of the parks correctly represent the number OF chill
dren who actually coming. People have an idea
many children they will not be so likely to get a
permit. Consequently the overSeer Of that section
containing the Mall. say. having been notified that
twenty-five thousand little going TO crown
May queens and wave flags and devour Ice cream
in his particular section. and having arranged for
enough park policemen TO keep twenty-five thou
park is liable find his calculations upset by hav-
Ing much larger assortment thrust on his hands.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

the "The Diseases of Life DR.. Schoheld
quotes eminent hygienist who asserted that
there was no such thing perfectly healthy
child in existence and with this text. de-
livers warning against those unwise marriages
between people physically unfit to marry. by which
deafness, blindness. defornities and diseases of all
kinds handed down from generation to genera
ton.
Par II of the book. treating of domestic hy-
giane. begins with chapter Air in the Home.
After the author has described the countless micro
organisms breathed in with every breath, he re-
marks that 'it seems inconcevable that can.
any of us. be still alive and we'll enough to read
these germs did not invent them. and the death
declines in spite of them. The wisest way,
he adds, ''is to kill many of the
more deadly ones outside of and to run away
from the rest-in other words to use disinfectants
:. One point is never to approach possible in
fection with empty stomach
Parents have some very curious notions on the
subject of eating DR.. Schofleld remarks in the
chapter Childhood in the Home, and he goes
on to explode n few of them. "One mistaken idea
is that sugar Ia bad for children 1t is of the
most nourishing articles of diet and. taken pure
Home" he says: THE great danger careful
mother is apt to fail into when her child is be
tween six months and two years old IS Swing the
baby too much farinaCeous and too little afslrIlal
food. We apt to think flour foods can take
the place of milk. but they are in realty
very different from II. Milk is truly ami
mai food A child requires. seeing it is
growing rapidly. far moro animal food In proper
tion to its size than man The author recon-
mends a little beef tea for the baby at eight or
nine months and at fifteen months little under
done meat scraped into pulp.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

No. $50 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn.
sHAD THAT JUMPED TWO FEET.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: When
we We're at the Delaware Water Gap in 1905
stayed at hotel where there a little
brook. named Cherry Creek. running very near
to it, / used to go down and fish for little
chubs One day / was down there, and a big
fish about a foot long trying to jump up
dam, about two feet high, where we were fish
ing. The next day l went down again, and I
saw big fish above the dam that nearly
dead. We threw things at 1t, but IL didn't seem
to mind
In the afternoon 1 found it dead. I pulled it
near the shore with stick. and found il to be a
shad that had come up to spawn and had died.
There were many dams in the brook. and +
never knew before that shad could jump so
high.
We also saw many shad that were dead float
ing down the Delaware River. Your interested
reader. DONALD b. VAIL.
Ased 12)
No. 90 Lafayette avenue, Passaic, N. J.
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athletic event OF the year, the brfghtes. heads
In each class are put together.
The little boys and girls OF Southampton,
Mass always help out in the mascot business.
Usually the child OF some member OF the faculty
CHOSEN. but sometimes a child that the girls
hsppen 10 see is picked UP. Sometimes too the
part is taken by member. Of the class
Dut ~ doesn't matter who the mascot is in pri-
saIe me. When the day Of the basket ball game
comes he is some one quite different This year
sue freshmen class had for mascot very fierce
aon, strped IN most bewdering way. His
r@sns @ ara TAI were gay with red ribbons, the
dressed In red-Elizabeth Emerson The lion
vas inpersonated by Grace B. Rose one OF the
sreshnen. The sophomores had an amiable
aeody bear. with big bow OF yellow ribbon
niue John Sessions When the class of '0S
we're freshmen their mascot was tiny chauffeur
1Srivins toy automobile. The class of O5 also
ftso an eutomo bile, in which rode a March hare
40 one outside the collection OF bright heads
70 which is tntrusted the momentous task of
siooslng and dressing the mascot ever knows
VIA ne is going to be until the dramatic mo-
,asrn , mnen ne is led upon the floor by the sub
.i Just oeiore the game begins.
a. 1nis is an occasion never to be forentten hr,
,he nt.e , ioiks who have the good fortune TO be
tbe a A orlngers Thunderous applause greets
the roara 20 me o OF the mascot, and twice around
49, .So.s ne goes, with twelve hundred admirtn o
Ss riveteo upon him After the game is over
:. 1,t,.1 sot VINO has brought victory TO his side
arounS e.. ene snoulders of the girls and carried
nht.n to VIZ nan amid whirlwind of cong md
noise Then ne is carried o,,ar t Vi song aho
3carans,s oons 70 be stuffed with fudge nuts
ward Re a. s snins MS heart desirer-and after.
mascot OF the Ios, DOWNTOWN, together with the
~ s.. ~ ~ .fety college girl must have pio,,,ro
S.,nis lass mascot in her room Otharnpt p.e'uI -, .
''0u 'e CONSIDERED rank traitor "''e Sic
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Snapshots.-The clearest and best photo
graphs sent by Donald B. VAIL No 80 La
fayette avenue Passaic, n. j. who wins the first
prize of 81 and Ethel King No. % East s4th street,
New York City, Tribune fountain pen. sec
ond prize.
Things to Think About.-The prize winners and
their prizes In this contest Carolyn MacCoy,
aged eleven years, No 5l Sterling Place. BROOKLYN,
a box OF water color paints, and Cathaei Rice, aged
twelve years. No King street, New York City, a
Tribune fountain pen.
What's the Matter Puzze.-The neatest and best
two answers TO this puzzle contributed by
Beatrix Hall Morgan, aged ten years, No; 265 West
l29th street who wishes interesting book and
Francis Barhyte. aged thirteen years. No 4o5 VIII
lis avenue New York City. Tribune pen.
Letter Box-See letters by prize winners pub
lshed in this contest
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rather awful to think how in the vast majority
OF human lives 1t is stopped before" and how alb
normal that is.
TO BEAUTIFY THE SKIN
The chapter on THE Outer Man" contains some
pages that are perhaps rather frivolous, compared
with the rest of the book but they will be read
with interest by most women. For they tell how to
take care of the skin, "the beginning and the end
of all human beauty" and they contain a number
OF sensible "donts'' in regard to the treatment of
the hair. Most women wash the hair too much
the author says. Water rots the hair" A thor
oush washing once in three weeks, using the yolk
or an egg and n little borax If the hair is dark
quillai bark with warm water for fair hair, is
enough; He describes how careful brushing with
a soft brush Will draw all along the length of the
han, hair the little drop of natural oil that is sup
pied TO the root OF every individual one IF
anything else is needed" he says "a drop of the
finest olive oil is the best addition to nature
Anybody who has the slightest regard for per-
sonal appearance he warns his readers. will never
wash the face or hands in hard water. Combined
with soap hard water forms insolube stearate
Of lime, which may be seen floating on the surface
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

a 5e as can POSSIBLY be applied at TO
Dr.. schofeld. the water used should be softened
with some reliable preparation made for the pur-
washed in clear hot water. then lather OF pure
soap applied. then dash of the hot water again gain
should be rubbed into the skin. All these beauty
10 n ARE fr 6t was aab
will stain linen
CARVING PLAYS ITS PART.
The chapter THE Inner Man" ought certainly
to give youthful readers deep respect for that
wonderful and delcately organized machine. the
human body. Step by step he explains. first 1.-The
general geography of the man. then the wonders
of the interior lie tells Just what happens when
double in size. He describes how three flames
the brain, the heart and the lungs-burn in that
trinlex lamp life and how they may be kept clear r.
THE Food OF Life is chapter that ought 10
done peas corn or potatoes with bone In
them are indigestbie but few realize NOV now oOn- 0n
food and many vegetables consist Of little grains
G mos qf enepe
cooking bursts Carving is n most important ela
Holsters are both lndgestbc is that they are eaten
In flakes These flakes are COMPOSED OF an s,In m
rounded by an oily envelope that is very haTd rasT Ti
with sharp knire these hbres are severed a. allow
ing the digestive fluids free access: For TINS rea
grain And when the meat is the plate. cut II
again 5 ana @ the gram IN AooSg
sauces that prevent free access of the digestive
fluids
1t is rather appalling to think of the amount OF
work the body does. For instance, those tiny deep
cells which honeycomb the stomach manufacture
in the course of a single day, by some subtle
chemistry which battles researches says DR..
SchOfeld, whole gallon of gastric Juice The liver
does not accomplish so much in the distilery ine,
but it manages to turn out quart of bright golden
bile day besides attending to several other chem
ical proceedings. We often blame the liver un-
fairly. Dr.. schofcld says. when we get turn Of
feeling dull cross and heavy headed. The fact is
that the liver. which does its best to perform its is
function of freeing from whatever poisons are In
1t all the food is frequently overburdened.
y very ready cure, says DIR. Schofeld, is semi
starvation for a while.
Even the most lesurely man can hardly be called
inactive when II is remembered that, by the simple
unconscious act OF breathing, he raises twenty
tons every day. And ii is weird to reflect that,
when human being lies apparently inert
and senseless. those innumerabe fine hairs which
line the interior of the air tubes, whose work IL is
intercept and pass back the bits of dust that
inhaled, waving, waving ceaseleSsly. like a
field of in the wind. "Those hairs commenced
waving at birth; they will continue to
short time after our DEATH says DIR. Schoheld.
THE CHILD'S NEEDS.
There is chapter on temperaments which will
probably interest a good many people, because it
will enable them to pick their own and know
why they feel they do. A grimmer chapter is
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
ROAST RAT

In olden times runs Japanese ,evsn,
ihl pHest became acquainted with a na,.,a.
.,".,s ao VINO on his journeys to and from TOXIC
would oiteh stop and spend the night =, 49,
temple He seemed to be a man a, rsroa,a a, ,iie
with whom 1t was great pleasure IN a.
sohperse upon al sorts OF subjects one niaht 70
ps two were talking together the courier ssia aS
nank you for the many favors vo,, =. So
SHOWN me since we became friends. tnf ~ nave
again. ' anu never see you
Why must that beg' asked the priest.
- VIII tell you the whole truth" answered ,b
,osa am not man. but fox For the u,ir
gose or deceiving the Damio I assumed h,,pna.
,Sa One Of his retainers however, became sus
pcious and learned my secret He has rnaa eus .
zap ana baited IL with roasted rat in order that
=. may capture me on my return Journey and nut
ekcape" 49, - 'p's'ioio iof ME 10
h. ne priest exclaimed in astonishment: 'can ~
stnr. une mat you are fox? This Is strange
yon ~ SiEce you know all about the trap. why do
~ "rs1 s1t leave the bait untouched7'
49, Because II ID impossible for fox when once 4.
as,s T..s roast rat, TO keep from tasting IT,"
way now Is IT," asked the priest, that you.
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Oar LETTER Box.

running and kicking each other in the face.
After that we decided on race. Our horses
fairly flew. but neither one could gain, and they
came in neck and neck Coming slowly round
curve, we an old horse attached TO a fish
wagon. In surprise trotted UP. No driver was
visible from distance: only q brown heap
against the dashboard. This proved investi-
CATION, TO be the fish pedlcr. much intoxicated
who had somehow fallen and got his head and
shoulders tammed tightly between the wheel
and wagon box. Tho horse had moved in feed
ing. and the spoNes Of the wheel had bruised his
head. Had the horse turned into the road 1t
must have crushed his head. and probably have
killed him.
As we couldn't help him. raced to house,
where four ablebodied women met the
Sate, but declined 10 go to the old mans assist
ance. ] stopped 20 hear no more, but gaoped
20 the town. where l found a man who would
go to his rescue.
Whether or not he reached home safely We
never knew. We came home without any acci-
dents, as we might not have done If we had not
ridden cross saddle.
ELIZABETH BRENGLE (Aged 10 years..
Armenia Union. n Y
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
IN THE FLOUR BAG.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: I am
ing to tell you about funny thing which
happened to my mother about a week ago. She
was kneading bread and happened to want
some flour. So she sent me to the pantry to get
some l brought large bagful out and set Il
on the table. She put her hand in the bag and
started to sprinkle ii over the dough Imagine
her surprise and disgust when she found she
had handful of young mice As she is afraid
of mice she quickly let them drop and the cat
them up
When l went to look fog my mother / found
her standing on the table in the adjoining room
and she would not come down until | assured
her that the mice were gone
When examined the bag we found a large
hole gnawed in it, and feathers. hay rags and
paper were scattered about the floor
FERDINAND MIERISCH (aged 81
No. 563 West 150th street, New York City
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HotN TO fUi,1 q Prize.

Contest No. 1 (Snapshots).-One dollar as first
prize and the choice OF g Tribune fountain pen.
boys Tribune watch interesting book as
second prize the clearest and best two amateur
photographs any subject. Neither blue prints
nor films will be considered. Brown toned photo
graphs reproduce better than any other kind. Give
a title to your picture. No photographs will be re-
turned.
Contest No Q CThings TO Think About).-Choice
OF interesting book an embroidery set. boys
Tribune watch, box of water color paints or a
Tribune fountain pen for the neatest and best two
solutions.
Contest No. (Hidden Object Puzzle).-Choice OF
a boys Tribune watch. Tribune fountain pen, a
leather cardcase. interesting book. an en-
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broidery set box OF water color paints FOR cno
neatest and best two answers -
Contest No. Letter Box).-Prizes OF 81 w;L De
given every letter printed under this heading.
The stories may contain incidents OF real me,
stories of pets, strange accidents novel school ex-
periments things seen in travel, or they may De
fiction. These stories must be original and musk
be written on side of the paper only.
Be to state your age
Be sure to give your choice or prizes
Be to give your name and address, Some Of
Little Men and Little Women neglect 20 do
this. and, therefore. lose the chance Of winning
prize
Be to write side OF the paper only
when writing letters or stories. -
Contests close on May "a Age Is considered ~
awarding prizes. Address your answers and letters
Little Men and Little Women. The Nsw-Iork
Tribune. New York.
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HOME LIFE IN ORDER"
n Book of the Inner and Outer Man
by DR.. Schofed.

II mas been said. and very justly that few schools
e. enOusn attention to The teaching of hygiene.
II young people were trained to care for tbe bod
properly and If girls especially were sroundad ~
the principles OF right housekeeping and the nurt
ure OF children. humanity might enter into its nor
MAJ heritage OF health and happiness.
But though the schools are deficient In ,,,s 90
spect, no boy or girl need remain ignorant of N.
truths OF hygiene. There books on the subiect
so simply written that they who run NAV read A
recent BOOK OF this kind is THE Home Life in Or
Ger, oy Df. AIired I. Schoheld CNew York Funk
& Wasnalls). DR.. Schofleld is an Enslishnan and
one Of those whose efforts convinced the univers-
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HONOR LIST.

l. Edith V. Atworth; 2. Brooks Bradburn g. John
r Bancroft; 4. Eunice Bush; 5, Lillian Bradford:
g. F. Mildred Benson; T. Lester Cotter; S, Catherine
Ray Cook; 9, Edith Cackett; TO- Nathalie Cum
mirigs H. John Alfred Coleman: IL. Fred 5.
Decker: l3 Herbert L. Dakin; IA, Elsie VI. Dross;
IS r Dahr is Thomas Ewing H. a Ada Frasee; M 11 1s
Cough; n, Mary c. Gray: %, Margaret Horton; %,
Ruth A. Hawthorne; "a. Harold II. Keefe; 25. Helen
Mooney Rlun9 IS Joseph 5a'c &. Morrei % Martha
Geld Thongs McGaan 81 AnRa SewS a. William
Phelps s. Powell g. snna Asnss rsw fota g.
Vernette NJ stebbins; 40, jack Scott; Al, Gussie
schaefer. A. Louis Toe; q Norman Traphagene; n
Roberta Williamson: a. Louise s; Webber IS, Flor
ence Whitaker; 49, Florence julia Zeh' o. huith
Won Eltx.
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Dear Little Men and Little Women: One sum-
mer I went to farm up in New York State
where they raise Shetland ponies for sale. They
never sell the ponies till they are perfectly
trained and gentle.
When the ponies hear you come into the barn
they neigh till you go to them. If you pat one
OF the ponies another one will come up to you
and try to push the one you are patting away,
to be patted himself. You can go in the
stalls with them and they will never step on
your feet. They are always looking for sugar.
None of the ponies taller than thirty-eight
inches.
Some of the ponies that are considered the
best are sent to the Horse Show. They have
always been very successful.
At the farm they had little basket phaetons
and buggies. The ponies very good saddle
ponies, although they look though you could
pick them up and carry them around. The
bodies of the babies are not much larger than
fox terriers, but they have long legs.
NATHALIE BALDWIN.
C3 years old.)
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BEATEN.

An old Irishman who kept n fruit stall had
some watermelons given to him by friendly dealer
and exposed them for sale among his other goods.
A smart American student who was touring the
Emerald Isle, wishing TO try his wit on the old
man, took up one OF the melons and said:
'"These are small apples you grow over here, my
friend In America we have them at least twice
the size
The 1rishman slowly removed the pipe he was
smoking from between his lips, and coolly sur
veyed the speaker from hend to foot for a second
or two Then in tone OF mingled pity and re-
proach, he exclaimed:
"Shure. sorr. you must be stranger in Ireland
and know very little about the fruit counthry
whin you can't tell apples from gooseoerres!'-
ChunS
New-York tribune., 1907-05-19

matted and one of his rodent teeth was broken
so badly that nuts had to be cracked for him
because he could not break them.
At last he was again settled in his cage. but
his three other rodents had grown so long that
he could get nothing in his mouth. So one day
his mistress started out with him for the dent
lists. The tooth that was broken had grown TO
its regular size. The dentist took his file and
filed the long ones down to match the short
ones
This is all know of that squirrel, but l think
II was strange thing for squirrel TO go to
the dentists. AMY T. WALKER (aged 49,
Palatine Bridge N Y.
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Things to Think About.
OMITTED RHYMES.
In the merry month OF -,
At the very peep of -.
Where will go each elf and -,
Oh who can -?

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2 Add a form of the verb Ito be- and "to per-
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8. Add a body of salt water and the relationship
IN which a hoy stands to his parents and get a
division of the year.
4 Add the time gone by and verbal and get
poem descriptive Of country life.
5. Add repose and form of water and get to
curb.
s. Add an achievement and a feminine pronoun
and get the clothing of bird.
I. Add texture of twine thread with large
meshes and feminine pr1nOun and get lower.
s. Add gain in contest and what must
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the sea sons of the year.
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time of the revolution supported the English gov
ernment and get a narrative of past events.
10 Add OF the limbs OF the human animal
and a conjunction and get a kind OF clothing made
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