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far reaching consequences, of the work done to-day
for children and the child. Sometime no doubt
the facts will be collected the various agencies that
have to do with children will be classified and
described, each according to its kind and function
and arranged neatly and orderly in single book-a
Chllds Almanac Year Book. The person who
does this will perform a public service. In the
meantime these agencies, so intimately related to
each other, SO fitted to shed a reflected light are
more or less of chaos, mere of particulars,
as phllosophic friend would describe them
Still, the facts accessible to anyone willing to
look them up, some Of them more or less familiar
become impressive when grouped together. For
instance, about fftysix hundred children are born
in the United States every day, and more than
fourteen hundred die-a death for each minute in
the twenty -four hours. The latest Government
statistics available show that in single year there
were 2,o63, $50 births; and of this number 54o32
children survived
Births and deaths are the most important, ard in
every way the most expensive, incidents of family
life. Neither the other is altogether easy
to bear Most of are disposed to look upon this
enormous waste of money, energy, and infant life
as the inevitable tribute to the remorseless God of
Things as They Are, part of the price we pay for
the supreme privilege of living.
A single fact proves that in this we are wrong
Ten years ago DR., George Goler of Rochester, New
York, began to paseurze milk for Rochester babies
He has succeeded, by this means alone in decade
in reducing the infant death rate of that city
half during the critical summer months.
The saddest thing about this enormous sacrifice
of infant life is this: for the most part it is unneces-
sary 1t is due to ignorance, carelessness in part
or to the lack of that medical skill which the poor
cannot command. The children of the we'll to do
if they less numerous, are better cared for 1t
is the children of the poor who die. If cities
governed with anything like the system of
well conducted farm, here is a reform which would
be carried out everywhere for the sake of
economy.
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Now a Social Problem

THE fact is that the vast and rapid growth of our
modern cities, our crowded slums, our enormous
factories where many children work and all the
other incidents of the intense and multtudnous
city life have entirely changed the condition Of
childhood, and have made of the child social
problem To meet this problem there has grown
up new science, child study, and legion of prac-
teal agencies and organizations, governmental and
semipublc and private, each tightly intent on its
own particular errand, in its particular field
but all working at some the other of its many
angles upon the solution of the problem of the child
The facts IN regard to these organizations and the
work that is being done in behalf of children in a
multitude of directions is endlesslv scattered now
Even those who know most about these matters
scarcely comprehend the amount the variety the
Evening star., 1907-09-01
Big Decrease in Children

THE number of children increases every year. of
course; but the proportion of children to the
whole population has decreased since the beginning of
the nineteenth century. In 500 the number of chill
dren considerably than third of the
whole, and in 1900 considerably under one-fourth,
the actual figures being 1888 per cent of the whole
population for 1900, and 25.7 for 1900. The reason
for this to be that have not yet solved the
question of urban existence. Fewer children are
born in the cities and die there. AS the cities
grow, the race dies.
Of course, this applies to parts of the popu-
lation more than to Others. The newest most
primitive element of the urban population is the
Negro. The city is still to the black man what it
was to the white man all over the world up to the
beginning of the nineteenth century: the grave
yard of the There only two hundred and
sixty Negro children for every thousand possible
mothers in cities of twenty-five thousand inhab-
tants in the United States, compared with six
hundred and ttyseven in the country and the small
towns. The cities solving the problem by
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the mystery of the future. The East looking
backward, lost itself long since in the contemplation
of the past. The distinction is profound one,
penetrating and tlngeing with its quality every
feature of these different civilizations.
A single detail in these distinctions is the fact
that, the Orient makes gods of its ancestors, the
OCCident wOrships its children
This statement is perhaps like most generaliza-
tions, too large to be exact. AS the West
world, however, there is place where it
comes SO near to being true as in America. We
nation of doting parents and, in spite of certain
local indications to the contrary, are, people,
against suicide. The Statistics uncertain
they are, pretty we'll establish that On the other
hand, interest nation in children
manifests itself in public school systems, the
most characteristic and the most deeply rooted in
spite of its underpaid teachers of our national in
sttutionS.
1t is possible also that some of the new and mod
interest in children springs from deeper source.
Americans being intensely practical people.
living in a present that is full of commotion and
of change, have learned to expect surprises from
the future, of which our forebears did not dream.
We not for instance, were of
the heaven and hell of the older theology. We have
learned to shrewd and rather skeptical squint
upon that and other metaphysical notions at
time popular than they But ap-
preciate much better than used to that our
children bound to suffer and to profit tomorrow
by the good or evil that we do to-day. And we have
COME 10 leel DeleNe, even IL we nave not
it to ourselves, that closest and firnest grip
upon immortality is in our children. And so it is
for this and other reasons nearer at hand, we have
grown in America to take profound and passionate
interest not only in children, but in the child
The American child is, Senator Beveridge
proclaimed last winter, national interest, though
not necessarily, as he would add, concern of the
Federal Government. 1t may be that interest
in our own children is not greater than it
formerly 1t is certain that they are less under our
direct control than they But then, are
interested in other children, more interested
in childhood, and more intelligent about it than we
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09
Priceless Relics of History
 In Government Exhibits

Occupying a conspicuous space in the Treasury Department exhibit, government building A, Jamestown Exposition. pro- tectcd by massive bias, and plate glass wing frame. are d series cf warrants and draft. exhibited for the first time whi,l will not aglIn he on exhibition to the puh
 hc without spernl permission of ,hs SerEe- tary of the Treasury. and then cay at the department m Washington. D. (. Thee warrants or cheeks are framed between heayy plate glass to enable the .Isitor not only to read the face of the slms bat also the endorsements on the bscA theIeoi.
 One of the most interesting oi these IS the srlnt to Gen. Lafayette made by Con Eress in IS1l for ms services ami sacrifoss m the rar oi the Rsvolutpoa. H.s endorse mrnt appears on the back as brlng plIi hIm January ll. lS1j. Ibe amount oi ;his warrant Is s1p1!In-
 The warrant for whEh R1ssla was 7ssri S55on1o icr the territory of Allsla B al-o =boun- Ihe Emperor of E'sz-ia na; isrIuz here In Tcr=ra, the power oi sttoTnsy Was EIrsu to lIrs minister. hcace rhis war rant fs drawn in the naue cf D. Stoeke- Tke warrant btzrs the endorzeuaent of De Stoke ani vas s.szori .n the ,'d El-zs Nstluzsal Bank Ci Wash7n=tol- D C. for roIhegtban- lf may b. Iulrre@tInz to kngus In eoEnert5uu uTih th1s vzTuani tisat to the Iluillt at hrge AiasEs 6 a3 nrre e les than ssarly Gn89 spare nIles of l1ni. oeguryinz ths Borthusts.u Eart cf No-th AEszNs, uith tks ArCtSc Otszz fer Its
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09

ne illustration, representing the "sn, 1 rehaer ot Cornwallis at Yorktown
 copied from the painting of Colonel ,Joh,
 lrumbull, which is in the rotunda of th,
 capitol at Washington. Colonel Trumhu 1T
 T Tho GieG Tn !s43, was tke son of Governor
 drumbull, of Connecticut, and one a
 "ashrlngton's aide-de-camps in ITS an,
 In iIo the deputy adjutant- general of tb,
 northern department, under the command
 or MaJor-General Gates. He retired iron
 'he service In l777. and afterwards be
 came the great historical painter of the
 Revolution. In l79l he visited Yorktown and made the drawing o: the place of sur. render.
 The scene represents the moment when the principal officers of the British army conducted by General Lincoln, are passin, the two groups of American and French officers. and entering between the two ilnes of visitors. By this means the princi. pal oihcers of the three nations are brought near together, SD as to admit of distinct portraits. in the center of the view. m the distance, is seen the entrance ct the town, with the captured troop, marching out, following their officers; and also a distant glimpse of York river, and the entrance of the Chesapeake bay. as seen from the spot.
 The prominent figure on horseback in the center is General Lincoln, by whose side stands the British general. OHara. Wash ington, on horseback, is d little in the rear and on the left of General Lincoln. Count Rochambeau, the French general. $ on horseback at the end of the line of French oihcers, and on the right ...ld back of General OHara. On the readers rirht the four American offcerr on foot are re- sl'ectlyely with the one near. est the margin-Col. Nicholas Fish Ncz, York; Col. Walter Stuart, Philadelphia. tol. John Laurens. South Carolina. an.I Col. Alexander Hamilton. commander of light infantry. On the readers ri,bt those on horsebaek-eomnencing with the hgure nearest the marrin-are, rcgpec- tlvely. Col Timothy IIckering. Lieut. Col, E- Huntington. aid to Lincoln: AIai.-C;an. Knox. commander of artillery: Gen. Peter Muhlenburg, Virginia: Gen. Hand. s5iu- tant general. Pennsylvana: Cen. Aptbapv Wayne, MayAnd: Gen. Gist, Maryland. Maj Cen. James Clinton. New York: coI Trumbull, secretary te Washington; Col Cobb, aid to Washington: Baron Steuben: Lsyfayette, and Governor Nelson of Vir. Einia- In the distance. the snail figure on horsebsck. beyond some of the cannon. ls Col. Ebsnczer Steycns of the Anericsa artiilery. Those iraEn up on the I.f. slde of .he reader ars IEe French oficers The first three on to9t-commencinz wtth the cne nearest the n,srzin-are COunt DcuNpOuts, colonel cf French infantrr. DIke de Laval M5ntmoTsncy, colonel sf infantry; an5 Count Cuxtine. eaIonsI of lnfzHtry- The first EgITe on horebaes lubO has plume Tn his ozpl is the Duks 5s Lsuzum, colonel cf ezvzlry: and thas- 1eEt in uTder, as foiIows:- Gen ChoizT. EEsco8ut Niomenil. MarT1is de St. Ssm1a. Gount EeTzn- sid b Koskzrnhezs: Count Chariss D1nzs. sid to Eoehszbsau: Mar lsis ChaStsIiux- Baraa EKnsni1- Couut sss Barrzrs adniESL and Cent ds Grass, sSEirsl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09

If Yorktown were not one of the shrines
 of American patriots, it would still be worthy of visit, for it is quaint, beauti-
 full and untouched by the vulgarizing
 hand of progress, but aside from this every inch of the old sat teens with historic interest and days may be well spent in and about the quaint old village.
 Yorktown is memorable in American history as being the spot where, on the 18th of October, l7Sl, the army of Corn wallis surrendered to the combined armies of America and France. The first night the American army reposed after the in. vcstment of Yorktown, Washington slept m the open air under mulberry tree, the roots forming his pillow. Cornwalis' headquarters were originally in the fine brick house belonging to Secretary Nelson. He remained there till a servant was killed and the building much injured by the American artillery, when he moved into the town.
 Just beyond the national cemetery is handsome monument marking the spot wberc Cornwallis surrendered. This monu- mcnt was erected by Captain Shaw, the keeper of the cemetery, at his own ex- pensc.
 The place of surrender was about half a me from the eastern limits of the town, on the south side of the road to Hampton.
 The Moore house on Temple farm is yet standing on the hank of the river about d mile below Yorktown. It is memorable as being the dwelling where the articles of equalization were signed by Cornwallis.
 The Swan tavern in this town is said to be the oldest in Virginia. On the hanks Of the river stands the ruins of an old church which was built about two hun drcd years ago. It was destroyed by the great fire in 1874 The old bell bears the inscription, County of York, Virginia I725." The old custom house is suother landmark famous for it antiquity
 The beautiful monument at lz Stovn was erected by the United States suvSTn- ment to commemorate the surrender.
 The Nelson mansion is a large two story brick building. fronting on the river, on the mAin street of the town. In the War of inc Revolution 1t was the resi- dence of Governor Thomas Nelson, by Whose father, the Honorable Thomas NeI- son. t was erected. During the ssese of loTkioEn the house was bombarded by l the Amsriaan army and now bears the marks of cannon shot Governor Nelson. | then in WSshinzfJn's army, had com mand of .he irst hsttery which opened EP5n the town Ri-htIy supposi7g t was oceuBied hy some If ihe British .liscers, ke pointed the first gun against his oWn dweliInE ani offered a reward to the sol dhers of five EEinsss for every bonlshel . th.t shouid be fired into 1t.
 Ah0uf a mile sni a half bsioU Yofk 4 town, on uIst is called the Temple farm, | 6 the ste of an aueient settlement. Near hy gre the vestlEes cf an aRcient temple, uhlch was fosnsTlT suTrOunded by q usl, !. 1Iuhshiy intended as a means of dzfs1ss aEz5nst the IBdisns. Within the snelozsz |. are several dzizoed and broken 15zz zeEt&
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09
F~i Magnificent Government Pies Exposition's Browning Clor,

manned with at least two and sometimes
 three crews, working either sixteen of , twenty-four hours, were used on the dreds- ing.
 In operating and handling the material
 for this gigantic undertaking three loeomo.
 tives were used, two narrow guage end
 one standard guage. Over two and q hall
 miles of track were lain to connect tho
 various parts of the work with tie exposi-
 tion eompany's tracks.
 In handling the concrete two separate and distinct concrete plants were built, one on the shore for the four sea walls and the outer end and the other for the arch, situated on a temporary trestle alongside.
 One of the hardest obstacles in complet- ing the pier was found to te dredging. The bottom, instead of being sandy, as shown on the drawings of the original plans, proved to be a combination of clay, sand, sandstone, etc, with a large amount of cobblestones and small boulders, which de- fied the best efforts of anything but the largest dredges.
 But now it is complete and in all Amer iea there is no sight mere grand. more magnificent, more inspiring .than this, the culmInation of architectural beauty en- hanced by an illumination more entrancing than ever before graced the court of honor of an exposition. Yes, it stands complete, and it is worth waiting for, even years in. stead of months. A journey of thousand, yea, many thousands of mics, would be a pleasure with this as the goal.
 By day the view from the dome of the mammoth arch Is sublime High above She waters of Hampton Roads, the perspective includes the vessels of evcTy kind and cline as they come and go, the historic Fort Monroe beyond and the nlen-of-uar lying at peaceful anchor. Turning the gaze landWsrd. the view takes the grand plszs. the beautiful buildings and grounds of the colonial city. but it IS at night that the grandeur of the handiwosk of man becomes apparent On the pier 22yC0O amps beam and sparkle, turning night into day and falrly Illuminating the heavens with tbeir Ihe two great towers. with 3nS lamps each. the arsh and anproseha. uiih 4!ooo lamps. the sixteen pyicns with sixteen hmps each, SO standards ui,b len lamps each and four exedras with spl lamps, create scene of Hiuminztiou never befoEe eqaaled- To accomplish fhis fsstu-. aloas over l-ooo horss power of snsrsx i. relu1red- pro5Ccins in tecAniezI terms 5sl.. 0o Watts
 Add to this maznifcz-cs oE .,-r.,s. ipAesdcr the blszs sf 2o00o Izrpw on-ts. lven1ss. arsa73 Lee parade, a ths W-r- ,zth, alo-E tAs board yak of th. ls.-L nd ssttIus fo-th h euflass sf s,. sL. zzy bGll11aEz h evGT feature u,.7 .s. rsry kszvs1s resect the raS5suo- s-S lte sCeEs of sFsn5or of rzre srssE-r-.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09

northern boundary. Its possession by the United States IS associated historically with the fTigndship of Russia for the North during the civil war.
 Ii Is known that the government paid about two cents an acre for the territory. but It is not generally known that the United States has received nearly sIl .OOO.- en ln revenue from Alaska m the past thirty nine years. In addition iAsks ilas produced Sl25yen0OOO m gold, Sslts0Ocg m furs and s1s.oO.0o0 m fish, and the wealth oi the country has only been scratched on the surface.
 lu tiIs sase are the four variants of S5."o.6O m payment of the hilippuns Islands and are drawn m fhe neme of Jules Cambon. the Eren-h smbass,dor.rpIs- Ts~eniIng the E8vernmelt of spair. These TsrTants also show the endorsements of Mr. Canbcn-
 The sioealo0 pzid to the French com Fany uho had already worked part of the Psuama osnlL and drawn in the rzne af J. PbtrTont Moran & Co. as theiE fnsn- stsl representative. is aiso sh5Eu- The rua 7Fzrrants. enc for Sll0oGo snd one for s'l'''lese- IaBd 10 the rsvubIic ai Panama fqE the p'urgasss of the canal zorss tErouzl J. PneIpaut Morgan Is shJEn here also.
 Al Cf the above warrants ani ehe-ks are tke orI-Inzl Tape-s n esc5 instance and are prsCeiess relics 10 the JniseE states C1veEn-eu1
 FIsItO-s nay have tbsss warrants and cheCks sxPlsI1s1 to tbsn Ia EetaH br ap- PlyI1g Go any of the stte-Iznis ia the IFezs1-y DsFarszeut sgscs-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09

With the wane of day, addresses by
 George Bruc. Cortelyou, secretary of the
 treasury, and by Harry St. George Tucker,
 president of the Jamestown Exposition
 music by many bands, and as night dark
 ened, magnificent illumination of electric and searchiights, supplemented finally by a monster display of fireworks, marked the
 dedication o: line great government pier a: Jamestown Exposition on Saturday eve
 ming, September l4th
 The exposition is magnifcently com. plete and completely magnificent with the dedication of :he gacat pier. The govern ment pier IS the great centerpieee of the Jamestown Exposition. Its completion fills the great vacdan in the appearance of the show on Hampton Reads.
 The exercises were held just before dark on the srsh of the r;ers, and just as the government officials formally turned the property over to President Tucker. of the exposition, the thousands of electric lights. covering the per and the exposition buildings wCre turned on, and amidst the music of many bands, the screaming of whistles in :he' harfcr and the blazing of fireworks.
 This magnificent contribution of the general government to the glory and beauty of the 1er-Csntennial celebration. represents one of tks most gigantic tlsks of modern times. Ire government arnro- priated the sum ct S4oO.Oc0 and She con- tract was aWaFted in the office of Major Spencer Cosby, the engineer in charge of the work. in Washington, OctoFS.- q. l905. to the Sehofeli Company, of Phila- deIphia.
 The plans called for a total of ahous l30oO pIles -sheet pies and round ;l:Ics- ovtI mile of sea wall. ahout 5D0.oo0 yards Cf fiil snc about s50.Oo0 yards of dredging To complete the plans ov,r 35Oo.ooO fezt ef lumber. for either per msnent or temporary use. was required. The per is a doafls one. enclosing an rnoEmous water hssia of I.Zs5.6o0 srEare feet. but ifs most e-ctptional feature Is lSlfoOf TsInsaresd ecncrete arch st the outer eni- Tbs sIch, placed on a mud bottom relying ent.:ciy uoPn the ,ezrinz powers Of the F4ks driven for its abat- uents. was the pIueiFsl engineering fea- LuEe of the utsole uUrk, as t is the IoEsess 'znzie span bTIdzs- tt the kTnd n this mssszsIaz ezsctly I5l feet and 5 nehss iron spr1nz Enc to sp-inz En. Tn lEdsr uo plses this arch. over 9Dg sElss ~srs irirea h szeh sbutmsnt aad th. soncEste a2sed niss feet bslow the uzts= ine h tro zrze JoUEer dznS
 Fourt=a Hs1snt rils-dririnz n.chTnsl rsrs ussd ia the piss drTvfnz. as hizh ss an beng u=i at the zns tins. NT-z iredgezs ssFen tzss ard twelve scgzz. al 1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-09
Place where Memorable Surrender of British Power to Washington and LaFayette Took Place.
Old Town Is a Shrine

Yorktown is shrine for American patriots his. torians and antiquarians It holds the interest pos- sessed by Jamestown Island and in addition there is the charm of Virginia town surrounding even the moulderng ruins of Revolutionary days to be seen on every hand. If Jamestown were the Cradle of the Republic, it at Yorktown that the infant nation received its baptism of fire
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-04-04
Railroads and the Public.
Greensboro Industrial News.

Greensboro Industrial News.
Since Mr.. Finley assumed the presl-
dency Of the Southern Railway Com
pany some months ago he has made
addresses in several OF the important
cities through which the road runs.
These vary somewhat among them
selves on account of local conditions
or divergence of subjects, but through
them all runs the idea that in order
to obtain the best results there must
be a spirit OF cooperation between
the railroads and the people OF the
territory traversed by them.
The concensus OF opinion expressed
by unprecedented observers is that
not only the Southern railway but
the other railroads of the South as
we'll, have in the past, paid too little
attention to the wishes OF their pat
rons and in many instances have at
least theoretically said that the rail-
roads intended to run their own bus
mess to suit themselves and that II
the public did not like it the public
could do as it saw fit about the mat
ter.
Now, sentiment goes Il long way
in this world, even in the cold, selfish
world Of business, and we doubt not
that much of the friction that I'M
doubtedly exists between the rail
roads and the public has been caused
by the oeligerent and almost defiant
attitude assumed by the roads.
Just how far Mr.. Finley intends to
reverse this policy remains to be seen,
but certain it is that he has made
start in the right direction. In
unequivocal terms he has expressed
his desire to take the public more
into his confidence and pay greater
attention to it's needs and it's wishes.
He has admonished his subordinate
officers to do all in their power to
satisfy all reasonable demands and to
give such information wanted by the
public as lay in their power to give.
All of his public utterances have been
of a coilsiliatory tone and time and
again he has laid particular stress
upon the Importance OF railroad
working in harmony with its partons.
it is easy to give advice, but we
venture the suggestion that if every
railroad man who comes in contact
with the trveling or shipping public
were to adopt this policy much OF
the present friction would disappear.
At all events, we are indeed glad to
see that Mr.. Finley so appreciates the
Importance of the matter that he is
willing to do his part towards bring
ing about a better feeling.
Every woman appreciates beautiful
complexion so much desired by men. Such
complexion come to all who use HOLSTERS
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