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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

sure metho ] for combating French de.
population. Infant mortality, which
is greatest between the ages Of one
day and SIX weeks. wastes needlessly
over 10000 babes in France each
year.
There are better ways; for France
Is waking up. ! have seen extraor-
dinary efforts. patriotic. touching,
loyable, in hardened Paris business
men--we are In 1917
Monsieur, I want work.
Have you babyz"
No. monsieur"
Sorry. No place. Look IN later
Il was at the greife Of a great Paris
shirt factory Young women were
coming and going, early on Saturday
morning, at the hour for engaging
hands
Monsieur, I want work. said an
other.
Have you baby2"
Yees, monsieur
IAN right Come Monday morning
B1sng the baby"
myself would scarcely have be
lIeYed II II / had not heard 1t with
my own ears; but this is Paris in 1907
no isolated case, as have learned
since, brt factory practice, growing
growing with the beautiful ardor OF a
patriotic, spontaneous movement! How
.Sug ago was Il that the charge Of an
srs1nt positively injured a woman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

In Paris the work has been taken
up by the Abatement MaterneI-"T The
Mothers Nursing to which in the
last ten years of his life Casimir-
Perier gave much Of his energies and
considerable sums Of money and
which Senator Plot would possibly se-
lect as a nucleus for his great system
in which the state Is to pay cash fof
the babies.
You have doubtless heard Of FreLc.:
depopulation; but only figures can
bring home to You the long-gatherlng
result Of concentrated French civiliza-
tlon-mingling stresses Of economy
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
Senator Plots Good Work.

In the French senate there is a man
who already forced the general gov
ernment to begin handing good money
to families of FIVE children. This is
Senator Edme Plot, a highly remarka-
bic personality.
Son of Burgundian family so poor
that he was kept from school to work
In the fields, he broke stone on the
highways and worked over all France
as NAVY; but as early as 1854 he
was taking small contracts on his own
account; and he finally became the
greatest Of all French railway con-
tractors.
Becoming very rich, Senator Plot
has made himself famous throughout
all Burgundy by a special kind Of
liberality-the financial helping OF
poor parents.
Actually, he is the great authority
on depopulation; president Of the
senate committee relative to subsidies
which the law already permits to be
granted to communes for distribution
to families of five and more, and au-
thor and untiring pusher Of bill for
the subventioning of every mother Of
newborn child
you ask working mothers to
suckle their babes for full year
to give you population" he says.
What have they the right to ask
OF you? Cash, cash. Give cash for
babieslg
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

Women are getting more and more
opposed to shopping with their
friends" declared a little saIeswoman
in Euclid avenue dry goods stors
Saturday. Il heard one woman say
here at this counter a while ago that
the better she knew woman the less
she cared about having her along with
her when she Is shopping. She said
that II they were intimate. her friend
knew enough about her already with
out knowing what she paid for every
thing she wore. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

What Paris had neglected-because
modern maternity science had not
sufficiently insisted on Infancy in.
augurated by enlarging and municipal
izing the private Oeuvre de la Ma
ternite Of Prof. Alphonse Herrgott,
called "Baby's Smile.v
Prof Herrgott was convinced that
the only way to combat the phenom-
enal infant mortality Of France was to
prevent any separation of the mother
and her unweaned child.
IF give money at the start" he
argued. how will it be employed?
VIII i get results? No.
Therefore he said to each mother
quitting his Maternity hospital:
Nurse your babe from your breast;
and in six weeks come back and sec
me. The babe viii be weighed and
examined. If it is in fine condition,
III give you $40 cash.
It was the first cash for babies in
FIpncel
And the results were magical. In
coufse Of time Prof. Herrgott had SO
many mothers proudly bringing him
their superb babies-and demanding
money at each weighing--that the
private fortune Of the good man
melted. Fortunately private donations
and substitutes from the department
came to his aid. Now the municipality
has it in hand; the work extends over
all Nancy, where the infant mortality
has fallen to three and one.half per
cent.-lower than In the rich wards
OF Paris, where five per cent. was con
sidered phenomenal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

who is that large, tat, overdressed
pudgy woman IN the box?" asked the
stranger at the theater.
"Thatg Why. that is Mrs. CottaIot
You know she is worth about ilfty
millions. and.
But the stranger had turned to the
friend he had brought along and was
whispering:
DO you see that plump lady in the
box-the one with the beautiful
clothes and the diamonds? That q
the famous Mrs. Gottalot. Judge.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

It is impossible to write letter on
the subject of fashions without speak
ing Of the popularity OF gray mate
rials. for they are with US, on every
side. Some of the most effective sMm-
mer gowns. Of simple order which /
have yet seen this year were made Of
cool gray linen, with fine hand-em-
broideries. on the skirt and bolero,
carried out in silk-inished thread
These frocks, when worn with gray
linen shoes and gray suede gloves,
are quite enchanting in their Quaker
like simplicity, and they invite the
collaboration of cloche hats in deli
cate ivory straw, with SSed net
forming the full crown and, at one
side, near the front, a cluster of beau
tiful roses or Of waxen water lilies.
Some Of the newest models in voile
de sole show perfectly shaped skirts
decorated with number Of tucks on
the hem Of the skirt. Needless to say
these tucks are always stitched by
hand. and they are arranged in grad
uated widths At the extreme hem
they measure about five inches. and
then they are reduced each ene-half
an inch as they run up towards the
knees. For linen dresses favorite
style Of trimming is a combination Of
deep tucks and hand-embroidery, three
tucks, band of embroidery, and so
on. For afternoon gowns. volle de
sole is exceedingly fashionable, but
the material for costumes Of this or
der is Indian gauze which can be OBJ
tanned in all the pastel shades, and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

Plumbago, popularity black lead
scientifically graphite, got It's name
says the Ironmonger. from the as.
sumption that 1t contained lead: and.
indeed, certain lead ores and oxides
have at times been called pIumbaro:
but EnkeI found in 1897 that what we
now call graphite yielded no lead. and
he called It sterile plumbago. scheele
in 1883. proved that II was an allo.
troplc form or carbon
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

which gives lovely effects when inset
with old yellow lace and adorned with
ribbon-work embToideries.
The walking fr0cks OF this season
are very charming. and delightfully."-
impractical They are not long in
the sense that they can be held up;
and they are not shsrt. Ia the sense
that they can be trusted not to assist
in keeping the streets clean! When
correctly cut and when worn over ex.
actly the right underskirts, these new
skirts are altogether lovely. but It is
useless to deny that they are extrava.
CANT All women know that It IS quite
impossible to hold up a gown which
does not possess train, even very
slight one. though something may be
done by iudlcious twitch at the back.
But to turn from the dress to the
dressee, strange. Is 1t not, that women
Of the age Of 60, with portliness to
match. insis. upon wearing models de-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

Paris.-There i tragic hole-in-the
wall in every ward Of Paris
Il is a kind Of low window. without
glass. In the side facade Of the local
public charities establishment Look
ing at II. you perceive 1t ends in a
closed wooden box. movable and dis
connected with the wall inside. Il
looks like a dNmb-waiter or dish-eIe-
yator.
It is dumb-waiter- for dishes,
but for babiesl Up the dark side
street there comes a wretched mother.
What shall she do with the infant In
her arms? She has reasons not to
answer questions She shrinks from
Investigation. Shall she put baby on
doorstep
No; everybody in Paris Is aware OF
the strange, sacred hoIesin-the-wall OF
the Assistance Publique.
She waits until there is not a soul
IN the dark side street. She walks
up to the dumb-waiter It is at the
height Of mothers waist
She shifts baby to it. She hesitates.
It must be done She pulls bell rope.
No bell IS heard; but the dumb-waiter
slides 70 one side-and the baby dis
aDpearsl
Perhaps the poor mother stands and
looks moment at the hole. All she
can see Is inst another waiting box
space-the size Of another baby. It
Is waisng for another baby. But, in
side the Assistance Publique, she
knows her infant is already warm and
fed and cared for.
There, inside. a bell is ringing.
Dringi dringI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18


it was Hut yesterday that uneneum-
bered girls had preference. Nov girl
mothers, even, go before theml
Rooms Always Waiting.
saw the babies in the shirt fac
tory's nursery. 40 babies from three
years "a few among the eldestj down
70 three weeks That was three
weeks ago. There must be new
ones. Because this extraordinary
shirt factory has three sunny bed
rooms always waiting at the dlsposl-
ton Of prospective mamaS.
A capable young doctor is employed
By the year to spend half his time
in the nursery. Ten maids manage to
do All the work, including every
baby's daily bath--this with the help
Of mothers, who have the right to
slip in four times a day. ten minrAss
each, in alphabettc order; and the 80
minutes aggregated outside the visit
Of the lunch hour are not deducted
from their pay.
What does the factory give the
babies?" I asked the young doctor
"Sterilized, non-tuberculous milk
when their mothers cannot nurse
them; all their first baby clothing.
baths. hygienic surroundings, medical
attendance. pure air, sunlight, warmth,
safety-quoi. the only things a baby
needs. Apart from these things the
establishment fayors mothersl"
"How?v
Had you seen two girls I saw last
week, you'd be surprised he an.
swered. Both were marriages at the
Marie, very affecting; but as assist
ed at the preliminaries Of one in par
ticular, | have conceived a great "a
miration for the proprietor Of this
factory. To look at him you would i'm
agine him hard-headed, cynical bus
iness man. you would certainly have
been astoldshed at the tact and pa
thence he employed to persuade way
ward youth to make the mother Of his
babe q wife. Il refer to the youths
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

and founded as early as lTS4-acts on
the principle Of rendering girl-mothers
pecuniarily attractive. Its vast iniu-
ence Is exercised in every ward OF
Paris; and its unique gesture is to
offer money inducements to young
men TO marry their victims-in a
country ike France. where the 'In-
quiry into paternity much more the
swearing Of baby. is not enforceable
by law. On condition that they marry,
the Charlie MateTnelIe will lavish at
tentions on the couple: but, as the
young shirt-factoiy doctor points out
the cir. seing nearly always willing,
why should she and the baby lose
their chance to patronage BY the back
wardness Of an unlnterested third
party?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
The Flrst six Weeks.

ne FiEsA DIX Wcek8s
France will do tiff only on the
evidence Of the "Baby's Smile" of
Nancy.
why did stisulate for first de-
lay os six 1teeks?" explained Prof
Herrgott the other day to a rich and
influential Paris audience. "And why
is the work called the 'Baby's Smile?'
First, because infant mortality Is most
frequent between the ages OF one day
and six weeks. And, secondly, be-
cause it is during the sixth week that
the first smile appears on baby's lipsl
do you not know that? Well, when
mother has fed baby at her breast
until the epoch when she sees that
smile appear. baby is saved. No
bottle for him! He will not be aban-
doned either by mother or breast
*On condition that the mother has
the means TO keep her baby with her"
interrupted one Of the vice presidents.
What are $40 bills for?" snorted
the professor Senator Plot is right.
Every mother is a creditor Of the
state. Pay your creditors-it Is always
a good investment. Yes, pay cash for
babies. STERLING Heilig in New York
Press.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

- ftNff$ ~ ~ttS SSaIAt
Mother and child are the interest.
ing couple; they are the hope Of
France" he says; and there are vital
reasons why the numerous and highly
organized day nurseries OF the Societe
des Creches, while having their vital
raison d'etre after the child is well
weaneds slow weaned. you understand,
ought not to separate the baby from
its mother even in the day time.D
The Societe des Creches has 50 such
establishments in Paris. Twelve Of
them ase financially sustained by the
municipality; but you would not know
them from the others. All are run on
the same plan. Has the poor mother
a legal domicile in the ward? It is
the only question asked when there
Is room; and baby is fed and cared
for all day while mamma works, till
night, when mamma comes to take it
home with her. Apart from these,
many wards contain their own special
day nurseries; not to speak Of fash
ionable ladies' recently established
Dolls houses very smart and
pretty for those who can gain admis-
sion; while all survivors in the strug-
gle for existence at the age of two
years slip safe into the great maternal
schools, the pride Of Paris for ten
years back.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
Aided to RespsctabIlIsy.

Aided to Responsibility.
Secretly. Winter Jackets. The coal
supply attended to. The landlord
tranquilized about the rent-and In
doctrinated Of his duty not to dis
criminate against children in his
house. Furthermore, he is informed
that the girl-mother is at once mans
victim and the states creditor. In
stead Of being cold-shouldered, she
should be aided-to marriage, when
possible-but always to hold up her
head"
eHowg'
Wen, what is the matter with sup
plying her with filIed.gold wedding
ring to display on the proper finger?
And why shouldn't her landlord in
struct his janitor to speak Of her as
young wife whose energetic husband
has preceded her to Algiers, there to
found a homer On, If she prefers. a
widow2 We are not hldebound par
tisans Of the impossible, like the
Soclete de la Charlie Maternelle!.
That rich and powerful society
first Of its kind to help young mothers
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18
stIll Maurnlnn.

80, Bob Smiths lost bis wife. Is
he getting over his grief YETI"
Not yets I'm afraid. You know
how slc~ some insurance companies
are in settling ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

Hey, there, d baby's comet Oustl
quicker than that" calls the grehier
from his little Office. Nurses fit to
the hole in the wall-there is a life
to save for France They lift the
sliding box's lid; and baby looks IN
at its new protectors.
It is the Oldest, most primitive, and
for great class Of cases-the only
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

babe, Of course), Two philanthropists,
young widow and a discreet retired
business man, friends Of the boss,
spend their time visiting the homes Of
our work women and girls"
How are those with babies IA
yored?" / insisted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-18

chance "a employment Certainly
it was But yesterday that uneneum-
bered girls had preference. Nov girl
mothers, even, go before theml
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
SCOTTISH RITE TO MEET.

The eighty-ninth session of Wiscon-
sin Consistory and constituent bodies
will begin on Nov. IL, in Milwaukee,
and will continue until the evening OF
November II. 1t is believed that the
class of candidates will be as large,
if not larger, than any previous class.
The meeting will begin at l O'Clock
on the afternoon of Monday, Novem-
Der IL, when the degrees of the Lodge
of Perfection from the fourth to the
fourteenth inclusive will be conferred.
On Tuesday afternoon the fifteenth
and sixteenth degrees will be conferred
by Wisconsin council p. of D., and in
the evening the seventeenth and
eighteenth degrees will be conferred
by Wisconsin Chapter Rose Croix
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
the consistory will begin comforting de-
grees, Charles II. Washburn presiding
at the nineteenth, Alexander f. Mathe-
son at the twenty-frst, George III. Ben
zenberg at the twenty-seventh, John S.
Maxwell at the thirtieth, Warren ID.
Tarrant at the twenty first and Wilmot
F. Miller at the thirty-second. The
rendezvous will close with banquet at
2 O'Clock Thursday evening.
The members of the consistory class
will be received into Tripoli temple, A.
A. N. 0. M. S., on Friday evening. A
number of previous consistory classes
are planning to hold reunions during
the sessions of the rite, which will take
place in the Masonic building on Jeffer-
son street.
Quite a number of Scottish Rite
Masons will attend from thisscity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
STOLEN APPLES.

On Sunday, Oct. 9th, l was resting
after my dinner at my home four miles
east of Wausau. At two o'clock, three
boys, about sixteen years of age, passed
by in carriage driving black horse.
They spied an apple tree which stands
in front of my house and which was
loaded with apples. They drove by a
short distance and two of them got out
of the rig and, thinking perhaps there
was no one at home, walked up through
the gate to the tree. gave it shake
and then proceeded to carry off all they
could. | could not realize that the boys
intended to deliberately steal, but
thought they were coming in to visit
me. AS soon as | saw them start for
the apple tree | made haste to reach
them. They beat a hasty retreat and
ali that | did was to badly frighten
them. hope it taught them lesson.
If not, the next time | shall deal hard
with them. CARL A. ZEMKE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
SECOND NUMBER.

The second number of the Y M. G. A.
course of winter entertainments will be
given in the.opera house Friday evening
next, when S. w. Gillian, the Baltimore
American humorist will appear. Mr..
Gillian is n well known American
character. For years the story of
"Finnigan," of which he is the author,
has been going the rounds and has
made him famous. The following taken
from the Bellevue (nl) Gazette il
lustrates his merit:
"The fourth feature of the lecture
course was given at the high school
auditorium last night by Strickland w
Gillian, the humorist-poet, the man
who makes us laugh This feature
alone 'was worth the price of season
ticket. Gillian is one the most original
and unique characters on the platform
today. He is irresistibly funny. You
are compelled to laugh whether he says
anything or not. An evening with
Gillian is like a mirthful mixture of
Bill Nye, Whitcomb Riley, Eugene
Field and Win Carleton. His mono
logues are done in that droll, easy, con-
versational style that keeps the hearers
in constant good humor. His wit fairly
sparkles and his inimit able bits oi
original verse contain the best that is
in humanity and dash of pathos that
is truly delightful"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

The annual meeting of town and
village school board officers was held
in the agricultural school Wednesday
When Co. Supt w. j. Farrell called
the meeting to order, there was so
large an attendance that a number OF
those present could not find accommo.
dations inside the assembly room and
had to stand outside in the corridors.
Mr.. Farrell briefly outlined some of the
improvements made the past year and
mentioned a number which are still re-
quired.
o. +. Wells, principal of the county
training school for teachers, spoke
upon Care of School Property" and
called attention to the fact that chill
dren should be taught to exercise as
much care in taking care of the school
furniture as they are in preparing their
lessons.
l.. M. Wood, state inspector of rural
schools, was present and favored those
present with an address upon "Consoli-
dation of the Rural Schools and Town
ship High Schools" The advantages
of such system were plainly brought
out in Mr.. Woods discourse and while
he made clear the benefits to be derived
from such a system it is questionable
whether such plan could be worked
successfully in this county on account
of our sparsely settled districts.
Miss Emma Conley, instructor in
the domestic science department of the
county agricultural school, made an
address upon the topic, Sanitation and
Health" AS preventative means for
the spread of contagious diseases in
school rooms she advocated the adop-
ton of separate or Individual desks for
each student.
Miss Rosalia Bohrer of the teachers
training school faculty, previous to the
convention, wrote to a number of the
graduates of her school, who are en-
gagged in teaching, for an expression of
opinion regarding what is most re-
quired in rural school work. She read
the letters received, some forty in num-
ber, and the general opinion appeared
to be that each teacher has too many
pupils under his or her care and that
there are too many teachers without
proper training.
j. A. Bonnell, instructor in the man.
ual training department of the county
agricultural school, talked upon "Ele-
mentary Agriculture for the Farmers
Boy" showing conclusively that farm
ing, like every other business, is ad-
vancing and to be an up-to-date farmer
one must have up-to-date training.
The convention closed with short ad-
dresses by Messrs. Wood and Farrell,
the former illustrating the terms of the
new law providing $50 aid to rural
schools.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
!jstaas!ia Va!lev
!ras. Co.
CAPITAL, $4,000
$4,000 deposited with State Treas
urer to secure depositors
PAYS4 PER Cent. ON DEPOSITS
OFFICERS:
A. l.. KREUTZER, Pres.
NJ B. ROsENBERRY, Vice-Pres.
C.. b. BIRD, Sec'y and Treas.
PAYS4 PER CENT. ON DEPOSITS
PROVED HIMSELF SANE.

Henry Boetscher, former resident
of the town of Easton, was examined
before the county Judge last week to
determine his sanity. 1t was pro-
ceeding such as not often comes before
that dignitary. Three years ago
Boetscher was committed to the North
ern State Hospital for Insane at Winnie
bago. His wife was some time ago
sent from that institution to the Mara
thon county hospital for incurable in
sane. While BoetsGher was in the
asylum the court appointed a neighbor,
Ernst Kienbaum, as guardian of the
estate. Last spring Boetscher was dis
charged from the hospital as cured and
found that his farm in the town of
Easton had been sold by direction of
the court and that Kienbaum held in
trust the proceeds of the sale. He de-
sired to buy another farm near Neeedah,
but could not get his money from KEN
baum without an order from the court.
Before such order could be granted it
was necessary for Boetscher to prove
to the court that he is now sane, which
he did. The farm sold for So, ,565 and
after debts had been paid and por-
ton of the amount placed in trust for
Mrs. Boetscher, S1,41437 was turned
over TO him.