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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
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Children in Public
Places

N ID EVER an entertainment or
 concert take place; was ever a play given. or c lecturer heard. that child's wailing did not, at some time. pierce through the intense silence or the placer These .bIes are omni- present; they are always tired, always frightened, and always predisposed to cry at the first contributing cause.
 One cannot blaIse the youngsters. for they are obviously out of place. and en- tirely unconscious of the disturbance they are causing. On the other hand, one cannot hold the parents Wholly at fault. They need some recreation; they cannot desert the baby; they often have no one with whom they can leave it; and so they bring it with t-.cm. There is only one solution of the problem; the places of public entertainment must themselves supply adequate means or caring for the infants, while their par ents are within. A few theatres have already done SO. and the improvement is manifest.
 But the trouble extends even further. Many and many a mother stays home from church because she cannot be sure that the baby will conduct itself properly during the service. At a cer- tain church in New Jersey, the girls of the Young Ladies Aid Society formed themselves into e band for the enter tainment of infants while their mothers worshiped. A room was set aside for them and so well dld they perform their seIf-imposed duty that the youngsters begged to go to church and wept to leave it.
 There is no reascn why the plan should not be tried in any church in the country where the numINer of young children is sufficient to warrant the trouble necessarily taken. lt would cer- tainly be a boon to tired mothers, and ia at any rata worth the trlsL
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
Some Hints as to Wall
 Paper

VX THEN papering a room remem-
 NV Der that large patterns. and
 W dark colors will make it ap- pear smaller, while a plain or striped paper of a light hue will give an ef- feet Of increased size. White, cream. yellow and light blue increase the ap parent brilliancy of the light: red. dark green and blue and brown make the apartment seem darker than 1t really is. Avoid green, if possible; the ar- senic it contains is dangerous.
 Always avoid fantastic and highly colored patterns, both for their vulgar ity and for the impression they make upon nervous persons and invalids.
 A high dado or a low border will make the room appear smaller. while the smaller these are the larger will the room seem.
 A ceiling darker than the paper gives an effect of lowhess; lighter, of height.
 For bathrooms. kitchens. etc, either paint the walls or get the washable paS per. which may be scrubbed as often as necessary. This comes in pretty and appropriate delft and conventional pat terms.
 For halls 1t is well to have the lower part of the walls covered with burlap or gunsacking, and separated from the light paper above by 6 mar row wooden rim.
 Flower designs should be used in bed rooms only: elsewhere they are out of place.
 Picture borders are best for dining rooms and libraries.
 For reception rooms a simple moire design in silver or bronze is better than that in another color.
 Altogether the best rule to follow is that of quiet simplicity, and the woman of taste will need but little direction otharwtme.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
Answering Letters

A DHERENCB to few simple rules A will soon do away with the aD- \ noyance due to the accumulation of unanswered letters Especially when one has a large correspondence is It de- sirable to have some sort of system. In the first place. if possible. appoint a day when letters must be answered. and once a week attend to your corre- spondence as a whole. Then, as soon as letter is read. unless 1t demands an immediate reply. place 1t at once in some compartment of your desk de- signed for ana devoted to letters, and letters alone. If your correspondence is inordinately large. three compartments, for letters to be answered, those not tai cards, is good rule. Regularity and system are of prime importance. and when they are observed, and only then, will your correspondents feel per feet satisfaction, and perhaps even re- form their own waysi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07

ter poles. you may swing a hammock in your tent. or. if you use very heavy center poles, you may make yourself comfortable in the same luxurious man ner.
 Try any one of these suggestions for passing a pleasant summer. and see # by next fall your dreaded stay-at-home vacation. forced upon you by circuTn- dreaded, has not yielded you a greater store of real rest. health and profit than many a vacation trip. however pieas- urable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
POlSONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES

oil, elmbark tea; hot lamentations to loins.
 Zinc compounds-Mustard; white of egg or milk; strong tea; hot fomenta- tions.
 Do not choose between these remedies. but apply as many as possible in the order given. Most of these treatments are only partial. and doctor should be sent for at once to supplement the earlier ai4tidotes. The first object of each is 10 cause evacuation or purg- ing. Above Ill. do not lose your head. but keep cool and all will be well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-07
FOR THE USER OF PERFUMES

makes charming selection for q prize. or as a gift a man could offer Q woman friend to whom he Is indebted for hOs- pitalitIes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

WIHEN children break the laws and are ar
w rested they are called in the formal
language of the courts. delinquent children.
Formerly these children were put in prisons
In New York city in 1925 the first House of
Refuge was established 1t the first at
tempt in this country to deal in a rational wa
with children who break the laws.
There are seventy-four homes for delinquent
children in the United States now. and where
these do not exist there reform and indus
trial schools that serve the same purpose.
Until 1898, in every State. except New York
and Massachusetts,, children were arrested. tried
and convicted in the same courts and with the
same legal forrnalities adults But Ben B.
Lindsay of Denver Colorado, had invented
new practice sometime before. 1t dldnt have
legal sanction to be sure: but it worked He
used to come down off the bench and take his
place among the criminals The result was
that out of some several hundreds of boys that
entered his court only eighteen were sent to the
Industrial school. The others were released or
probation, condition that they report regu-
iarly every Saturday morning to the court This
practice, reduced to system and given legal
sanction, is the juvenile court" This court is
founded principle in jurisprudence
namely, that " the child offender is not a crirni
nal. and cannot be treated as a criminal y
These courts rapidly being established in
every large city in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

man. having arrived {. few hours II advance Vas
able with his axrnen to make log bridge To cross
that river in the usual way, the rve- was
and partly fordabe.
Six miles above Loudon d ford was reported
me; but we found at that time that the water Va
too deep for the to wade. had Colonel Hp-t--
Boughton with his regiment. the I43d New York
drag a large number of Confederate wagons alorlE
the river road the six miles | say drag, because
the Confederates, having to abandon the wagons on
approach, disabled them by cutting the spokes
Our soldiers nailed cleats from elloe to felloe, thus
strengthening the wheels, few Of which even Chen
were able to turn Horace Boughton ana his neJ-
worked all night ii the deep cold water. using these
wagons for piers. In the morning he had a praC-
ticable foot bridge for the entire command
Lately have seen the claim of Tennessee
Elizabeth Tousey. for q reward. She SAYS tha-
when she was young at the risk Of her life she guided
soldiers to and that ford before the bridge
made After we left she and her family
forced to flee the country IN terror. She IS
living in Kansas The heroic Horace Boughto2
never saw well day after that, till his death.
We were thirteen miles from Knoxville when i
messenger brought the news that Longstreet. as
soon as he heard of our approach, had given up the
siege, and had made off eastward % .o:C General
Lee IN Virginia.
In Sherman memoirs ne says that Granger made
the march with him and rode with him those las
thirteen miles | cannot account for this error.
slipped into the proof Changers name instead >:
mine. Granger actually did make the march
later period. and left part of his command beyor.1
Knoxville toward Virginia until the following spring
but it who rode by General Sherman side into
Knoxville
The loyal people of East Tennessee had met us
everywhere and had shown most ardent love for the
old flag and the Government When Sherman ant
l arrived we treated to such dinner We hal
not had in many day There were meats in abun-
dance, including turkey, and sauces galore, At the
dinner Shermans talk was enlivenng. He greatly
enjoyed this treat
After this campaign. General Sherman gave ne
beautiful recognition not only in his reports anc
orders but of the most acceptable letters thai
had ever received. Sherman always took notice
of officers who served with him, and was his uni
form habit to do his best not to interfere with any
officers work. but to give him afterward a hand
some and cordial public commentator for the
vice he rendered In this respect Sherman excelei
every commander with whom had to Do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

5trated at Vicksou-g when Grant folded Sherman 5
protest and kept in his pocket till after the sur
render, and then returned it to him. sherman
aad protested against the down river movement)
Nevertheless they were never divided in heart from
Shiloh and Cornth to the close of the
| wildly recall evening in the company of
these two which brought out the delightful
quality of the personal relation between them,
we'll the differences of their personalities 1t
the fall of 1868 just prior to the battle OF Lookout
Mountain. and Grant had called an informal council
If at General Thomas's headquarters in Chat
.anooga In the early evening as | entered large
room on the second floor of Thomas temporary
abode l found there already assembled Grant.
Thomas, Sheridan Gordon Granger Palmer. B. F.
Smith, and some others 1t in way
official sitting and though comparative newcomer
was quickly made at home in this cheerful assembly
Soon Sherman Joined All of us rose to well
come him. Grant was especially cordial With
smile he extended to Sherman a cigar, and then
pointing to a high backed rocker, with a humorous
expression his face. said
Take the chair of honor Sherman!
The chair of honor Oh, no. that belongs to YOU"
But, said Grant. we must not forget to give
due respect to age
Well, General if YOU put it on that ground, 1
must accept And laughingly he took the seat in
dlcated
That night afforded me new experience. With
evident cordial friendship | heard campaigns dis
cussed as never before Regarding the future. in
suggestions in plans proposed, ano in rapldlty OF
thought Sherman kept the lead He talked much,
but clearly and cOncisely, and produced magnetic
effect upon his listeners. Grant righteousness and
reserve impressed us: but Sherman S intensity and
activity Of thought were in happy contrast
During the battle of Missionary Ridge. Grant
sent with my whole corps back to the assistance
Of Sherman, whose he could through the
field glass were hotly engaged rough and difficult
ground. l spent sometime with Sherman, and SO
him in battle. He quiet and self possessed
all the time, and very active. He went constantly
from brigade to bri gade He never thought of
personal exposure to shot and shell. He kept
searching for openings and for better places
to plant his batteries He abruptly ordered some
reluctant commanders to move forward but he
encouraged the most. who were evidently doing
their best. to press from ridge to ridge through
the dangerous cross ravines He took to differ
places and explained the situation while the air
full Of the excitement of bullets and the roar
Of battle. Nobody could have performed his part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13
Fearful Cost of Tainted Milk

THE nursery in its origin day home for
a child from six months to seven years d
age. BY leaving her baby at the nursery, the
mother secured freedom to work for the child
Now the children are bathed and fed each day,
are supplied with games and TOYS and the Older
children are taught in classes to and mend
weave baskets, and model in clay. The actual
cost of one child for a day is twenty-five
cents.
The Infants Milk Depot, where mothers may
obtain pasteurized milk and great quantity Of
life saving information about infant hygiene, Is
no longer an experiment. DR.. George Goler OF
Rochester, New York, who ten years ago began
to pasteurize milk for Rochester babies, has
succeeded in reducing the infant death rate OF
that city one-half during the critical summer
months. Nathan Straus established the first
Infants Milk Depot in New York on pier a.
the foot of East Third-st. There are about
twenty Straus depots in the city.
A new campaign started this last summer
in New York city to teach mothers the value o:
pure food fresh air. and bathing for their babies
John D. Rockefeller has placed at the disposal:
of the Association for Improving the Condition
of the Poor the land on the high bluff between
o4th-st and East River adjoining his Institute
of Medical Research Here has been conducted
on much larger scale the work begun at Junior
Sea Breeze in 1906. To both of these resorts
mothers may carry their sick babies for treat
ment Demonstrations are given TO the crowd
of assembled mothers each day. Mothers who
mot leave home are instructed by visiting nurses
I of whom have been appointed to do visiting
,rk. Last summer four hundred babies lives were
we'd through these agencies.
In 1875, eight years after the formation of the
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
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better in the action than did Sherman l was happy
and proud to be with him
1t was here that | remember some OF the severe
trials of courage and endurance under the hottest
fire to which of my brigades the one that had
brought to Sherman early in the fight, was sub
JeCted. One of its regiments, the 27th PennSyl-
vania. had for its commander Lieutenant Colonel
McAloon, who before this battle had been my
personal staff This day he had what he had long
coveted the command of troops in action. As the
brigade pushed ahead, just before reaching the
Tunnel Hill ntrenched with double lines against it,
McAloon depoyed his regiment, springing to the
front of it himself and leading forlorn hope a
desperate charge. They sped over rough rocks and
steep cross ravines till they came within nusket
range of the terrible trenches, Here they encoun-
tered the boodiest resistance, which Sherman and
| observed from a wooded knoll not far off, We
got glimpses of McAloon leading this desperate ad
Suddenly we saw his men waver and then
fall back few rods to shelter themselves behind the
men, however, rescued and brought off their much
beloved commander. But he rnortallv wounded,
and died on the field.
While | was with him, Sherman caused charges
like McAloons to be made repeatedly, and many
officers and soldiers fell in those bloody encounters
Grant was anxious about Knoxville lest Burn
side up there, who had already fought a bloody
battle. should be completely defeated or captured
he endeavored to hasten Gordon Granger with
the Fourth Corps to Burnside's relief Granger
DELAYED; he complained of the want of supplies of
all kinds; he particularly needed shoes for his
and animals for his wagons
After the battle of Lookout Mountain, when l
with Sherman returning from the pursuit of
Bragg, he received the we'll known letter of Grant
begging him to turn northward with the Fifteenth
Corps Sherman wrote Immediately brief note and
said. L will go Why not send Howard with me: y
Crossing the Little Tennessee
GRANT at once ordered me to accompany Sher-
- man. Ny corps was in the same condition as
Changers; but l could not lose the opportunity OF
marching with Sherman. By hard work the
part of my quartermasters and comrnissaries. my
Eleventh Corps in good condition for
the hundred miles ShermanS Fifteenth
Corps We made the eventful march abreast of
each other about five miles apart We bridged the
streams without pontoon train, Sherman with
newly cut and with village sheds and boards.
When reached the Little Tennessee. my corps
at Loudon and Shermans five miles above. Sher-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13

To-day the nurseries number two hundred aat
fifty and are located in over two hundred cities
in 1904 they cared for eleven thousand children
nurseries; in Chicago, fourteen; in Philadelphia
twelve; in Boston, ten; while Cleveland and ST.
Louis have five each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-13
The First Orphan Asylum
PHILANTHROPY outside of the CT

PHILANTHROPY outside of the churches IS
a modern, and one might almost say an
american, institution; but here as elsewhere it
was the Roman Catholic church which first ur-
dertook the care of dependent children.
One of the first orphan asylurns on this
t!nent was opened in 1927 by Louis XIV of
France. 1t was attached to the Ursune Convent
in New Orleans. Orphanages were established
in New York in 1879. There are now 1915 orphan
ages and Childrens homes, with 1885 inmates
though twenty-six States wholly without them
The first Childrens Aid Society started ii
New York in 1855 The main purpose to fine
good homes for destitute children. Nearly every
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
BROKEN"

first impulse was to send word that
l couldn't keep the engagement. But
l must dine somewhere" / reflected,
and there's no reason why l shouldn't
dine with him, since I've done every
thing that can be done" In my office
suite l had bath and dressing-room.
with a complete wardrobe. Thus, by
hurrying a little over my toilet. and by
making my chauffeur crowd the speed
limit, l was at Delmonico's only
twenty minutes late.
Sam, who had been late also, as
usual, was having a cocktail and was
ordering the dinner. / smoked a Gig
arctic and watched him. At business
or at anything serious his mind was
all but useless; but at ordering dinner
and things of that sort, he shone
Those small accomplishments of his
had often moved me to a sort of
plying contempt, as If one saw a man
OF talent devoting himself to engrav.
Ing the Lords Prayer on gold dollars
That evening, however, as saw how
comfortable and contented he looked.
with not a care in the world, since he
was TO have good dinner and a good
cigar afterward; as l saw how much
genuine pleasure he was getting out
of selecting the dishes and giving the
waiter minute directions for the chef,
/ envied him.
You must come over to my rooms
after dinner, and give me some
music" l said
Thanks. he replied. but I've
promised to go home and play bridge.
Mothers got few in to dinner, and
more are coming afterward. believe"
Then I'll go with you. and talk to
your sister-she doesn't play"
He glanced at me in a way that
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13

After I had completed my business
at the National Industrial, went back
to my Office and gathered together the
threads of my web of defense. Then
wrote and sent out to all my news
papers and all my agents a broadside
against the management of the textile
trust-it would be published in the
morning, in good time for the opening
of the stock exchange. Before the
first quotation of textile could be made
thousands ON thousands of investors
and spectators throughout the coun-
try would have read my letter, would
be believing that Matthew Blackjack
had detected the textile tr.ist in a
stock-jobbing swindle, AID had
promptly turned against it, preferring
to keep faith with his customers and
with the public AS read over my
pronunciamiento aloud before sending
it out, l found in it note of conf
dence that cheered me nightly. I'm
even stronger than l thought" said
l. And l felt stronger still as / went
on to picture the thousands on thou.
sands throughout the land rallying at
my call to give battle.
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made me pass my hand over my race.
/ learned at least part of the reason
for my feeling at disadvantage before
him. I had forgotten to shave, and
as my beard is heavy and black it has
to be looked after twice day. "Oh,
l can stop at my rooms and get my
face into condition in few minutes, %
said l.
And put on evening dress, too," he
suggested. You wouldn't want to go
in a dinner Jacket"
1 can't say why this was the last
straw" but it was.
Bother" said 1. my common sense
smashing the spell of snobbishness
that had begun to reassert itself as
soon as got into his unnatural, un-
healthy atmosphere. 'I'll go as l am.
beard and all. l only make myself
ridiculous, trying to be a sheep. I'm
a goat, and goat I'll stay"
That shut him into himself. When
he remerged, it was to say: Some.
thing doing down town to-day, eh?"
A sharpness in his voice and in his
eyes, too, made me put my mind on
him more closely, and then l saw what
l should have seen before-that he
was moody and slightly distant.
Seen Tom Langdon this after
noon?" l asked carelessly.
He colored "Yes-had lunch with
him." was his answer.
l smiled-for his benefit. Aha!
thought l. $50 Tom Langdon has
been fool enough to take this paroquet
into his confidence" Then | said tc
him: els Tom making the rounds
warning the rats to leave the sinking
Ship"
What do you mean, Matt?" he de
manded, as if l had accused him.
1 looked steadily at him, and mag
inc my unshaven jaw did not make
my aspect alluring.
What did Tom say about me-"
inquired.
"Oh, almost nothing. We were talk
ing chiefly of-of club Matters he
answered, in a fair imitation of his
usual offhand manner.
When does my name come VI
there?" 1 said.
He flushed and shifted. 81 was JUS
about to tell YOU" he stammered. Blu
perhaps you know?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
His Practical Idea.

A benevolent old man who lived on.
his farm in Iowa never refused shell
ter to any who might ask 1t of him.
His many friends demonstrated with
him about this characteristic, know
ing that many Inscriptions hoboes.
would avail themselves of the oppor-
tunity. and that there was great dam
ger Of the old man being robbed. To
these remonstrances the old man re-
piled that he believed in practical
Christianity"
But" said one of his friends, this
seems very impractical. Suppose one
of these men took it into his head to
rob you one night?"
my dear young friend" was the re-
ply. Il bid all enter in the name OF
God, but 1 prove my belief in pract-
cal Christianity by locking up their
pants during the night"
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10 the Jew Assimilable?

OF the material prosperity of the
Russian Jew there can be no question
He will never crowd our almshouses
aor be a serious drain upon private
charity. But is he assimifable? Has
he in himself the stuff Of which Amer
leans are made? One point In his
favor. declares Burton ]. Hendrick in
AcClure's. must be at once set down;
his enthusiasm for America knows no
bounds. He eagerly looks forward to
the time when he can be naturalized.
An alien Jew legally entitled to citi-
senship IN 4 rarity. He has no allie
glance to forswear, and he cannot re-
ssrn to Russia. The rapidity with
which the New York Jew adopts the
manners and trappings of Americans
almost disproves his ancient heritage
a. peculiar people. He objects to
being regarded as thing apart, and
goes to extremes to make himself like
che native born