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and VIC contribute working fund to
provide trained nurse. special treatment
at dspenSary and the food and articles
needed for the scientific treatment of the
disease. 4 present we have sixteen pa
tientS all around the vicinity of the
NeighborhOod House, and all are doing
we'll. This trained nurse devoteS her en-
tire day TO the patients. She visits each
daily and treats each according to
the needs. Every week these patients
must report to a physician whose services
we have secured and who males a study
of these cases. The patient keeps chart
with temperature, respiration. everything
as the trained nurse explains it. lie notes
his appetite, his general condition and. in
fact. every symptom as ii would be re-
corded in a hospital
''F'rom the nurse the needs of each pa
tient is ascertained. Tents are furnished
for sleeping out of doors. and warm
clothing for the bed. well as for the
body, is provided. These cases, of course,
refer only to the very poor. those who
could not possibly get any sort of treat
ment short of going to the charity ward
of hospital, and as few hospitals treat
chronic cases we might as well eliminate
that possibility. The circle has philan-
thropic scouts out. and Just as soon as a
bona-fide case is discovered the nurse and
doctor are set to work. When the proper
food cannot he purcha sed out of the fam
lily eXchequer the trained nurse has a
fund with which to get it, and she brings
This at first glance may seem a very
pretty method of performing charity. a
little paternal and inclined toward MAX
ing people shift the burden of taking care
of their sick to more willing shoulders.
As a general rule 1 fully sympathize with
those who disapprove of giving even
small things for nothing. and l abhor the
idea of making paupers of the unfortu-
nate But / consider this special kind
of charity as educational. and in this
lies its great value. For instance take
case where the trained nurse has dis
covered a case of tuberculosis among the
very poor OF South Washington The first
thlng she does is to arrange a place for
the patient to sleep out of doors. There
may be d little porch OR Il little back
room which. with some carpenter to aid.
may be opened at the side and practically
made free to the air This hustle at
tracts attention in the neighborhood and
the people around drop in They learn
that some one has the dreaded consume
'ion, but that instead of dying at once, as
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devoted to tile work of patriotic societies.
but | prefer to work under the direction
of some one more experienced than to
attempt to direct the noble work myself.
What these societies have accomplished
along the lines of higher patriotism l.
think is incalcula BILE. When one thinks OF
the number of foreigners pouring into the
country each year, and how ignorant
the ma jority are Of the merest hint or
civic liberty and personal obligations.
some of the propositions of the task may
be understood. Members o. all the pa
triotic societies working under condi-
tons in slums of the great cities which
would make the most heroic missionary
oiail 1t seems 10 be something that
patriotism has become fashionable. as It
were, and that every one. whether leagued
in a society or not takes kindly interest,"
in developing patriotic ideals How much
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and other excellent patriotic So
cieties have brought about this result
7 am not in position to say, Dut
think their part has been an influential
one.
"It IS rather the fashion to rail- against
society and the votaries of Vanity Fair,
but if a person takes an impartial view,
there are, to say the least, eXtenuat-
ing circumstances. The Daughters Of the
American Revolution get their share of
public criticism. yet they go about their
work as serenely as though their brows
had been crowned with laurels. In the
scheme of life there appears TO me
purely social side and a balance of pleas
ure for the hard work which public life
means. The wives of public men have
their obligations, and l think that the
more gracefully they fulfill these duties
the better the condition of society The
purely frivolous element among women
III official life is lacking. Though they at
tend to every detail which etiquette
makes obligatory, all have other duties,
self-assured. ii is true, but scrupuously
executed. At the capital of every nation
the amenities are recognized as part of
the governmental scheme. Among a GER
tain class of Americans, ii appears to be
a reprOach 10 say that the wife of pub
lie man is ambitious and endeavors to aid
her husbands cause by strict adherence
10 traditions. | think every woman
should be ambitious for her husband. AS
a rule official preferment comes from per-
sonal merit. and the ability to perform
certain duties. 1t means intellectual
qualities and higll-cass mental attributes
which force success. A public man must
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Mrs. Truman Newberry.

failure to stop upon the second command
l was struck by . bayonet and rendered
almost unconscious by the blow. Regain
ing my feet, l asked the reason for their
moestation and told them l was the
Waterman on tie bridge. Well. answered
the man that | afterward learned was
John Browns son Oliver we will watch
the bridge tonight-you come with us
AS we started back across the bridge |
saw several long spears and was almost
frantic from fear. | struck young Brown
a powerful blow with my fist, Knocked
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such as q note coming due in bank, | am
brought to realize that nineteen-eight.
with its hopes and fears. its d:sappoint-
ments and its fulfllments, is almost gone.
while at the threshold stands young,
buoyant foolish nineteen-nine. bringing Us
new hopes, new fears and the SiXty-first
Congress
We'll, loolin back on 'er. she wuzn't
such a bum year Years 60 said the
House Detective, philosophically.
oh not at all said the Hotel Clerk
Now that it's practically used up. all but
a thin, narrow strip along the back seam
can see where it was d perfectly good
year in many respects. If she was to
come in that door right now and ask for
a reference Id cheerfuly write one out
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but conservative dressers remained
faithful to the reliable Martini with an
olive in it.
'.In accordance with the custom Of
the times, the orange crop was totally
destroyed by frost early in the spring.
followed three weeks later by the total
destruction Of the peach crop, thereby
assuring full average yield of the prod
uce of the first named. including orange
blossoms. orange phosphate and those
sassy little orange wood stabbers that
the manicure girls run down under your
finger nail an inch or two 10 see II the
quick is still there; while parties attend
ing roof gardens reported that they never
saw finer peaches. including both the
preserved kind and those fresh-peeled.
Alfalfa did we'll in New York. where
where Kern lost
Finance rallied and commercial con-
ditions showed an upward tendency. The
Standard Oil reported no serious business
reverses, and the J. Pierpont NIorgans
kept both of the hired girls right on
through the summer, when others We're
cutting down their household expenses.
The interstate commerce commission re-
NAMED quite awake almost all of one
afternoon in the latter part of June. and
then adjourned. subject to- the chairmans
call. which is expected in 1913.
'1n a literary way things were fairly
active, but nothing exciting. Mr.. Rookie
Teller wrote his business "reminiscences
and Mr.. Morse told his, under oath:
both gentlemen rcserving the option of
holding back a few things from time %
time Mr.. Morse got fifteen years.
President Roosevelt was induced to close
contract at 81 word for all words
while the published essays of John Quincy
Adams We're marked down on the second
hand bookstand to 10 cents per large
calfbound duodecimo volume. only slight
ly used. thus showing one of the advan-
tages enjoyed in literary sense by live
President over dead one
. Twas good year for sportin' events,
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A Toast.

From the New York Times.
The latest thing i'm toastS comes ram
upstate. and Was responded 10 by III
father of twelve daughters who claims
that ne ought 20 know.
ITO tho ladies-to their sweetness We
give love: 10 the beauty admiration, and
10 their hats the whole sidewalk.
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most gone, Larry. December days are
numbered. OF course, If you want to be
fiuicky about ii, they've been numbered
.lIalong. the numbers ranging from /
To II. inclusive, but it sounds more
poeticdl 10 put it that way when speaking
To a close friend.
And | always feel more poetical some
Others. With Christmas over, all but pay
ing for the presents YOU gave, and the
old year on its last lap, or its last legs
depending on whether YOU like to think
of ii sitting down or standing up. begin
To feel a bit reminiscent and retrospective
and everything like that. l pick up my
fayorite magazine and 7 find on the back
of ii Il picture which shows highly new
and original treatment of an old theme.
depicting as IL does an old, lottery gentle
man with long WhiskerS and bare legs
stepping off the lefthand side of the
cover. while a little chap about two days
old. with nothing in the way of personal
baggage except II sash around his waist
with some figures on it, is driving down
The middle of the page in whatever style
of vehicle happens To be newest. / re-
member when he came III an oldfash
toned hich-Wileel sulky, and then on
bicycle, and last year lie was driving an
automobile i look for him this year i'll
an acroplane, but except for that the fin
tures II be as always And in the win
dow of the stationery store ! see the new
ART calendar with The design of a lady
angel that everybody buys but nobody
uses. prefcrring the non-art kind that the
Insurance agent or the coal dealer sends
with his compliments in Il pasteboard
nube. wearing few clothes, if any--the
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lady angel. | mean, not the coal dealer.
With anthracite selling at $50 a ton If
weighed onhs scales. or $11.50 if weighed
on somebody elsc's, he ought to have all
the clothes he needs this winter, and his
wife, too But most of the art calendars
that I've seen thus far this season depict
the lady angel in an underdressed condi-
ton. kneeling as if in prayer. There's no
explanation for this so far as 1 can learn.
but often the calendar also shows snow
storm raging in the background, SO l as
sumo that probably she's praying for d
sleigh ride.
But be that as it may. | observe these
things, and BY them and other things,
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HE wife of the Sec
rotary of the Navy,
Mrs. Truman New
berry, is a woman
who could occupy
a high place In
W ashingtOn Society
even though her
husband were not
in an exalted Of
fetal position. AS
wife of the assist
ant secretary of the
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navy Mrs. Newberry proved her ability
as "A leader not only of society but in
more serious enterprises. In many re-
spects she is a remarkable woman. Not
only does she fulfill her official oblga-
tons with conscientious exactitude. but
she is among the hostesses whose func-
tons are numerous and carefully planned.
She belongs to every important organiza-
zion which looks 10 aiding civic or ma
tional charity and she has been for years
an earnest working member of the Daugh-
terS of the American Revolution and of
the Colonial Danes. Yet Mrs. Newberry
is home-lov!ng woman and her most
charming characteristics are her devo-
ton to her husbands interests her con-
slant care and companionShip of her
young daughter and her unceasing eff
forts to divide her day so that ex-
traneouS cares may not intrude on the
family reunions.
Mrs. Newberry, since coming to Wash
ington. has been an active member of
the board of Associated Charities fol-
lowing the course which she had pur-
sued in her home city, Detroit But since
the propaganda for the prevention of
tuberculosis and the crusade to eradicate
the white plague she has devoted all her
spare time to the special branch of char-
ty which comes under these hea dngs.
we have recently formed in the Church
OF the Coveaent small circle which looks
after tuberculosis victims down in the
southwest section" she said to the writer
one day last week land though this So
ci@tN Is local. the general method may
furnish ideas for those in other cities who
desire TO assist humanity I'm this great
struggle TO root out the white plague
Isose who have joined the circle are all
members of the Church of the Covenant,
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ENT Tuesday will
mark the anniver-
sary OF. the eXecu-
tiou of John Brown
and his band of
raiders at Charles
Town, w. Va, De-
ccmber -. 1899. fol-
lowing their attack
upon the United
States arsenal at
DarperS Ferry, and
probably the most
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negro Sheppard. who had been wounded
the previous night. appeared to be dying
and pleaded with me 10 give him a drink
OF water. The poor fellows sufferings
were agonizng that l determined to
risk going for the water. starting for the
Shenandoah river with pitcher. / was
halted. as l expected. by d son-in-law OF
Smiths named Thompson. who, on learn
ing my mission. babe me get the negro the
water. He made a remark, however. that
has caused me to ponder many. many
times during these years since. AS l re-
turned from the river with the water he
lid: 1T serves the niger right, and If he
had listened and taken our advice he
would not have been shot. From this
am certain Hayward Sheppard was APP
proa ched and asked 10 join in the up
rising, which he likely declined and was
threatened with death in the event he
told.
Tuesday October Is, company OF
United States marines from Washing ton.
under command of Col. Robert r. Lee
afterward the great Confederate leader,
and Maj. Green. arrived at Sandy Hook
by freight train over the Baltimore and
Ohio and marched TO the Ferry prepared
senal Maj Green advanced toward the
fort waving white handkerchief. went
inside and had consultation with the
raiders Returning from the fort he came
over to where I was standing alongside
OF Col. Lee and said: Colonel, those ralc-
ers i'll there are commanded by Old Ossa-
watomie Brown of Kansas. and lie refuses
to surrender Then it was that TIE feai
identity OF Capt. Smith was learned the
order was given TO charge on the fort'
and after the third attack Brown and his
men were captured. Eleven OF these were
killed in the encounter. and were buried
including Browns eldest son Oliver. along
the Shenandoah river. Brown and the re-
mainder OF his men We're taken on 'He
first train to Charles Town. the county
seat, were tried and executed without de-
lay.
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him down and made my escape. In those
DAYS was 4 swift runner. and, scared as
was. ] lost no time n getting back into
the town.
The railroad conpanS's agent at Har-
pers Ferry at that time Fountain
Bcckham, who was also the mayor of the
town. He had Il negro by tie name %
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too" put in the House Detective.
1t was that" agreed the Hotel Clerk
''In the domain OF sport things were
exceedingly active. Take foot ball for
example Harvard beat Yale-no. not
the Yale preparatory lads. but the reg
ular Yale-and the Army beat the Navy.
thereby emphasizing the need for the
stronger navy we've been hearing 80
much talk about and Yonkers High
School put it all over Yonkers Grammar
Grade. and strong all-American team
was picked by tho experts OF the eastern
newspapers, including one substitute from
Michigan, and giving a University OF
Chicago lad honorable mention. The
rest Of the selections We're from the
eastern colleges. the same as heretofore
In other branches of sport things moved
at a lively rate. Let's see: Gotch threw
Hackenschnidt and Bryan threw Haskell.
and Roosevelt got hip lock on Foraker,
but failed to touch his shoulders to the
mat: Flanagan put rne siNteen-pound
hammer | don't know how far. but Taft
got it back in ample time to dent Uncle
Joe Cannon couple of deep dents with
it: James J. Corbett came out in new
play: Merkle failed TO touch second
didn't fail in the New York version;
Mike Donlin went into vaudeville; Nat
Goodwin married again; several. new
theatrical angels took a long chance. and
little Johnny Hayes did we'll abroad. but
in responding TO an encore on the home
grounds fell down hard and severely
sprained his Marathon trophy. That II
Go for the sports.
moved along as usual. The war in the
Balkans was a trifle slow. owing 10
backward weather conditions. but de-
veloped finely toward the latter part of
the summer. there being d total casualty
list of one Curd badly crippled and sew
eral cheeses badly frightened President
Castro OF our sister republic to the south
ward was threatened with bombardment
twelve. or thirteen times. lie forgets
which. and so do l. Haiti enjoyed the
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Il shall never forget that eventful 29h
of December. 1859. when John Brown was
hanged up at Charles Town" said Mr..
Higgins. His remains were brought
here and met by his widow and man
by the name of Tindaie. from Philadei
phia. who afterward came to the Ferry
as major in the 18th Pennsylvania
Infantry. Browns remains were taken
back To his old home i'll New York
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II feel the honor and appreciate IT
fully, but | find that with added soclai
duties and many other obligations along
many lines 1 could not give the time
which such a position demands. | am
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21

The Hartford Independents defeated Willimantlc in that place II to l. Couzelman, the Willmantic pitcher, was hit hard, two home runs being made off him. The field was wet and the attendance was liEht.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21
 LOCAL POLICE WIN Waterbury Cops No Match for New Haven's Finest Score il to 2. DERM0DY WAS A PUZZLE Except In Ono Inning He Held tho Brass City Bluccoats
 Safe.

The annual baseball battle between the local police force and the finest of Waterbury at Savin Rock yester-, day resulted in victory for New Haven by the score of II to [. Pitch- CT Dermody at all times had the Wa terbury aggregation at his mercy. New Haven started the scoring in the first inning by getting two runsl on Lautenbach's and Dermody's sin- gles and an error by Cavanaugh. Wa terbury scored one in the fourth and was given five more In the fifth be- cause of errors by the local team. I New Haven soon overcame this lead by good hitting and errors by the visit ors.
 In the fifth inning Mcpermott was' taken out and Tracy sent in to take hls place. In the sixth Cavanaugh. of Waterbury was replaced by Cutting.
 With little more practice the New Haven nine should without difficulty trim Hartford, who plays here a week from to-day. The score:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21
NEW BRITAIN EASY New Haven Starts Week Well by Downing Hanna's
 Troupe. ORATORS BEAT HOLYOKE Bridgeport Takes Heartbrealsing Con- test from Paper- er-MalSers--Meri-
 den and Hartford Win.
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE STANDING.
GAMES TO-DAY. Holyoke at New Haven @ games.) New Britain at Waterbury. Meriden at Springfield. Bridgeport at Hartford.
GAMES TO-DAY.

New Britain. July 20.-New Haven had an easy time defeating the locals here today in rather a poorly played game by tho score of 6-i. Larry Han milan made his debut with the visitors and while. he worked was an enigma to Hanna's men. As he was not in good condition, Manager Bone pulled him out in the eighth and let Joe Stoup finish out the game. Eddie Nolte was not in particularly good form today and New Haven managed to get to him for seven hits in four innings. Ward then went in and twirled excel lently although not well enough to pre- vent the visitors from sending cou- ple of runs over the rubber in the fifth. Clyde Waters got back in the game after @ three days, rest and caught in brilliant style turning back every man who attempted to steal Blondy Zacher is sick at New Haven with malaria and did not accompany the team so Jerry Cornell played in the middle garden accepting two hard chances in approved form and obtain ing two hits out of four times up.
 The visitors scored twice in the sec- ond period. Sherwood singled and was advanced on a sacrifice by Pleiss La- chance was safe at first on Burns err TOT and promptly purloined second. O'Rourke got an infleld hit to Almelda who foolishly tried to get Sherwood at the plate, he being easily safe. O'Rourke stole second and on throw to catch him there Lachance sped home { reaching there as Rufiange dropped Burns peg.
 New Britain scored in their half when McCabe knocked the ball over the right field fence for a home run but could not continue such clouting.
 The visitors aded q brace of runs in the fourth after Sherwood had filed out Simmons, Lachance and O'Rourke all singled the latter scoring Simmons on his bang. With men on second and third Waters hit a long fly to left on which Lachance tailed.
 Two more came in the following ses- eion, Cornell singled and on a sacri- flee by Pleiss went clear around to the dizzy corner to waltz home on Haveri safe drive. Havel stole second ant third. Ward was here sent to the slab On a passed ball Havel jollied home,
 The locals added two more to thei Total in this inning, ward was passed and went to third on Marsans two bag ger. A meida got bingo scoring boti runners but Waterman lined to Sher wood ending the rally. In the sev ehth Ward opened with hit whicl was followed by drive for two sack by Marsans. Almeida hit to Sherwood and Waters tagged Ward out between the bases. Waterman on an outfiel' poke to Cornell scored Marsans bu McCabe was an easy out. After thi the locals didn't get look due in large degree to Waters trusty throw ing whip and some good work by Jo Stoup. New Haven plays doubl header with Holyoke tomorrow a home. Today's summary:
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21

The West End team of Bridgeport lost al Southington, Saturday, 1 10 Q. King of Waterbury pitched the first game for the home team and he all lowed but one hit and struck out sev- on, Five scattered hits were made off Wilson, who worked for the West Ends. Six innings were played
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21
Sid Challenger has the following ave rages for last week in the Connecticut
AMERICAN A DAY.
Turner's Tournament at Frankfort on-
 the Main.

Frankford- the Main, July 20.- To-day was practically American day" at the Turner's tournament here. The visitors from the United States turned out in full force, while many thousands of the general public ap- plauded enthusiastically the massed dumb bell exercises under the direc- tion of George Brosius of Milwaukee,
 Tn the meanwhile the military baad played American tunes The exer- cises were so well executed that the public insisted on their being repeat ed In other portions of the ground baseball and football teams were played, and horizontal and parallel exercises and swinging of Indian clubs carried out
 Individual competition in which Americans are to participate will oc- cur tomorrow.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21

Coe Brass easily defeated the Dublin of Meriden by the score of to ! on League park, Torrngton, diamond SaT- urday afternoon. The locals played a fine game in the field and their work with the stick was revelation, tho Squeeze" play being worked success fully on no less than three occasions, four of the eight runs resulting.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-21
Diamond Clippings.

strange to relate. there was no riot lt New Britain yesterday.