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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

living. Yet millions may be squan
dered on useless extravaganza and
vain frivolity. 1t may be dissipated
like water poured on the ground
The ideal rich, especially when they
hail from America seem to vie with
one another in devising idiotic means
of getting rid of their surplus wealth.
Perhaps it is we'll for the liberties
OF Democracy that those who inherit
wealth seldom show the same capacity
TO control it as those who amassed
it. The dynasties of plutocracy de-
generate entirely in the same manner
as the dynasties of political power
\ man who by self-denial and thrift
or by his inventory and organizing
genius accumulates capital, deserves
his reward. but those who inherit his
wealth and squander it contribute
nothing to the national stock.
The servant question seems about
to be solved by the eX-soldiers for
there is a growing demand in English
families for soldier-servants to scrub.
wash and wait. and the secretary of
the national association for the en-
ployment OF reserve soldiers has re-
ceived hundreds Of applications from
worried housewives for eX-soldier
cooks, housemaids and parlor maids
during til last week. In fast the de-
mand for trained men is almost ex-
ceeding the supply.
1t is the men who have been order
lies or officer-servants who are most
sought after since such men have had
4 good training in waiting at the table
and duties of this kind
If the eX-soldier- servant experiment
should prove successful as it prom.
Uses to be, two very serious problems
will be solved at the same time-that
OF finding employment for many re-
serve soldiers and that of finding sat-
isfactory domestic servants to take
the places of the girls who no longer
inclined to take up such an occupation
The great British military airship.
Null Secundus'' which was wrecked
by a gale last year while at anchor
near the cystal palace, is now about
ready to be tried again and the first
ascension will probably take place in
a week.
Military balloon experts expect that
with the new motor with which it has
been supplied it will make a better
showing than any other airship ever
seen
An instrument which will enable
YOU to see around the world has been
Invented by John Wellesley Lynn.
According to the inventor, the lynn
oscope as he calls his instrument is
an apparatus with WHICH messages and
images can be sent through the air
without the aid OF electricity
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31
Gossip From Washingto

His pockets were bullying with man
uscript and copy paper on which he
jotted down memoranda, either for
editorials, or for future political use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota.
! surprised his friends during the con-
ference OF governors, by appearing on
| the platform on the day he presided
stunningly arrayed in frock coat.
stflped trousers, patent leather shoes.
2nd-a shock to simple Democracy
silk stockings.
Nhen Governor Johnson arrived il,
Washington, he wore his comfortable
and now famous green suit. tan tie
ana other light articles of wearing an
apperel. When President Roosevelt in
Vlted him to preside at a session he
thought it was time to abandon. for
the time being, his comfortable cloth
ing.
AS soon as the days session was
over, Governor Johnson hurried 10
MS hotel, donned his green suit and
heaVed sigh of relief. He is NOT
much for formalities.
Inc lsthmlan canal commission, &C
cordlng to reports made public. il
having a serious time with the pie
question. The men working on The
canal like pie. They want IT, too
whether it is the climate the nature
or the work, or the isolation OF the
construction camps is matter fer
conjecture. Suffice it that those fell
lows down in Panama want pie. and
plenty OF it. They so notified fine
commission.
At present there are produced about
600 pies every day. This is supple
mented by about 400 pounds of cakes.
Inc pies are of seven varieties-ona
TOR each day in the week They bring
ten cents apiece and the cakes are
valued at ten cents a pound
To cap the climax, the men are be
coming particular about the kind Of
pies they are eating They now want
strawberry pies. Strawberries dom
grow in the canal zone. which makes
it worse.
The commission tried to ship fresh
Strawberries by way OF New Orleans
aAd the experiment failed. Now the
members are thinking OF mince pie as
good substitute
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

BY using it man in London may
converse with his friends in New York
and see what they are doing. Family
gatherings could thus be held in far
distant countries at the same time.
The invention has already been pat
ented in Great Britain and the patent
is held by the Bishop of Bloemfop D.
TEN. who advanced the inventor small
sums of money to develop his IDEAS
and who is now on his way to Eng
land to attend the PanAngelican con-
eress.
The bishop met the inventor some
Years ago when Mr.. Lynn was strand
ed with a theatrical company in South
Africa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-05-31

The irreverence and vulgarity Of
women spectators at weddings Is the
subject of a bitter remonstrance by
the vicar of st. GATHERINGS Legion
stone, a London suburban parish
Referring in the parish magazine to
women who attended a recent we'd
ding, he writes: Though dressed as
ladies they were nothing more than
female hooligans. These people anus
.eG themselves and disturbed others by
standing on chairs and commenting
audibly on other women's dresses and
pricing the materials. We had a po-
llceman to restrain the curiosity OF
children outside, but I thought we
might trust the responsibility of Ley
tonstone for decent behavior inside the
church,.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

ansraded with its rolls made uD children prone 70 lis
and conducted under conditions which are likely TO make
more emphatic drain upon the strength Of the teacher
than ON the endurance Of her pupils
For they are continually kept as snug as bugs in ruz
When they arrive they are warmed UP in front Of the
great big stove until danpness that is on their wraps
thoroughly dried out In ordinary school they would
doF their caps and ovrcoos depending upon the heating
apparatus for their warmth desks Not so here
They sit fo- their lessons in the clothes they would
need Of doors they have more besidesa large
bag made like the sleeping bags used in camps for the
open-air treatment
Layers Of cotton paper, and canton flannel are com
bined 10 furnish that dees the bitterest chill
and covers the chids body the feet to the waist
It is rich fun for the children 70 crawl into their bags
where they sit in perfect comfort studying and recng
until the time for recess and for bowl OF good
hot warnthstimuatng soup served from neighborhood
kitchen
With their limbs free. their time for exercise is i'm
proved TO the fuil extent they back 20 the
windeeaned cassrooms with muscles srurg nerves
a-tnge. and cheeks aglov.
Much. Of course depends upon the Judgment Of the
teacher, and Mrs Appetoa has It at her discretion 10
release the children attendance when the weather is
Unfit
Thus far the Fresh Air School has accomplished its
purpose ana the results appear TO promise good ground for
an extension OF the system.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
The FRESH AIR TONC HEALTHY INNOVATION FOR TIiE PIBc

Gods heaithful ouofdoors brought indoors for school
American education.
In Providence. l. the codest half of the winter the
closing week Of January witnessed the inauguration Of
school that is unique in this country
It is not likely long unique for tho attan,,o
Of educators all the land confronting the same diff
fcult problems faced is already cenered
the experiment of the schoolhouse in which
one wall Is practically eliminated order that the fresh
healing air Of the heavens and the fields may flow in free
~ no matter whether the temperature down TO reez-
ing zero.
It not absolutely peripatecs of old Athens
were pioneers along similar lines although not for the
same object; they sought stimulation Of the mind
rather than the conservation of bodily health
In Germany and England Cor a decade past open-ar
schools they abroad have been in service
and only recently in Germany tent school has been es
sayed in the hope that may preserve in health those
who have tendency TO tuberculosis
In Providence last Dr. Ellen A Stone medical
examiner Of schools established on her fathers e+a,e a..
open-air camp for children whose condition OF health made
such life necessary.
1t was success of those local successes which
fix upon them the hopeful gaze OF science reshaen+
Ruckert' Of the school committee and Sur,
Small discussed various plans by which they sought 20
afford school children the advantages Of Isarn,rg ~
comitantly with benefit health
sehoohouse on Meeting street was anau, cn. -
providing the best facilities for adaptation 70 ,he .,
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
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mas been rallied off for the playground confined within
bounds by substantial wooden banks several tons OF the
cleanest dryest is deposited waiting and
ready for the little hands that can build it into such
glorious variety Of fairy palaces and such wonderful
achievements engineering
However allurng other bisses the sand nile draws
the children to again and again. the dolls at home
call the girls. hy some perennial charm
It has rival in the toboggan OF sliding board OF annie
width for the tumuuous descent Of whole laughing rop
ing groups who dash the platform and ding them
selves down the polished steep incline with an abandon
that is the eheeriest thing in the world for their shirts
and the healthest thing playground sor their bodies
Nearly all the enjoyments OF babylon and childhood
are proVded-the seesaw and the swing have belonged
70 youth from time mmemora1 the velocpede that pre-
ceded the bicycle and survived witness IT'S decadence
secure in its Limitation 20 little legs and the obs
lutte safety its three wheels: roller skates b, - -
country whrng ago have set it going afresb
with even keener vim OF enthusiasm
That philanthropy should 90 these things woul5 NOT
be astonishing in years Of lavish giving the classes that
may be in need; but that busy should have risen 10
such heights is evidence thai the claims Of the child ara
now recognized and acceded to in every direction
More imposing evidence and much more expansive q,
we 90 not consider the extremely high Of the space
which the stores sacrifice to their Fairgrounds is afforded
at the winter which very rich betake them
selves with their children for the sake OF st or IN tbi
unabashed pursuit Of pleasure
Inc child OF wealthy parents always had his wbins
'O at iioiile' ana the world has found him
spoiled in the liberty OF ways the license OF his
speech But until recently public hosiery has no,
en oyerkndy to the noise Of chiIdrens romping and
were the fanced annoyance their presence could he
aayed or eliminated totally Bonace was only too glad
TO rid himself of them '
But now-in Florida. instance where miIljonaires
have set the for ultra display social leaders have
erected some OF the most unaerable fashion
children have their definite and none too modest MACE
IN the life OF every elegant nicely particular community
lhey nave special worlds OF their sports and
lmusements planned specially them with social func
tons limited 10 their juvenile sets as though heirs
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
FORTUNES FOR young FOIKS-

In Philadelphia, some years aso. rich rypefounder
and his wife Richard and Sarah Smith disceraed very
obvious and largely unseen fact thar famous Faount
Park uneQuaied in the world FOR size and for Inagnia
cenee OF scenery was almost entirely neglected as means
for the pleasuring OF the city's children
Mr. Smith $4,000 trust FOR the establishment OF
ehild-en's playground there his widow when her
death came found to have bequeathed the resduar
estate Tor the same purpose.
II seemed sheer carrying OF Goals 10 Newcastle This
making OF an expensive "childrens playground amid
hundreds OF expressly reserved for the diversions R
the young well their elders but the typefounder and
his wife knew what they about
a beautiful almost palatiaL memorial payho1se hsz
arisen with half dozen Of ground laid out around
H. and so strngenty reserved the play Of the voun
that not single boy ten years Of age and liable 70 b
addicted 10 rough play cross the boundaries
Stringentiy indeed. that woman who cannor
snow AZ least one child justify his or her resena il
allowed 70 intrude upon that Eden
thousands or little revel in its varied char,
during a single yearand among them is conscious
Tor an instant that he is missing more extensive Ias
Miami ' S' Nt"l0'0 OF
IL Is indeed the day Of the child in the United States
@ ~ De that the tendency limiting the number %
chidren so deDlored and. If You VIII deplorabe "a
bringing this bright compensation 10 the children who
arrlVez
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
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apparent 10 the wealth Of their parents they must
framed 10 the usages the diversions OF mimic courts
their Inheritance
At the hotels the children have their serarate
cls-rooins where the staff OF trained TO
minister 10 their peculiar needs the furniture is made
10 NJ their small bodies. The comforts OF mans civliza
uoh are made over in miniature for convenience
hey give their afternoon playing and guest
win All the manners OF their elders They have their
aanees and their parties with all the ceremony Of the
Ahu lei nc Sour-Visaged Diogenes eclaim against the
rum OF te nations youth by vanity Of the
parents These children close and intelligent
dlsclplne IN the completeness their pleasures
me social functions in which they INDUCED are
thoughtully planned details social education
prdcucal denonstratons improved Sanford and
Merton knowledge-madeeasy principle of good breeding
and how to mnge with the best society when they shan
have become grown up
they get their due amount sleep and perhaps more
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

uh tner fair share Of musce-blilding play. On the
grounds or hotel at Miami they private
particular golf courseappreciably smaller than course
regulation size but amply large enough them
[" the mint OF their strength and located
oNet-dnAlous mother can keep vigilance upon
their wonderings and their manners
Al Palm Beach there bathing arrangements for
Their especial benefit and instructor whose skill Is re-
served Tor them alone At OrmOnd is pony stable
that is theirs by right exclusive possession Whoever
sees pair OF youngsters dashng along Shetands
hair flying and checks agloW Will realize here IL
where else eaTth. the children an needfu helms
to happiness.
TO turn 70 the other Of the nations fe-to re-
gard The vast array of benefactOn that gathered such
surprising momentum ever since Jacob waged his
campaign for the breath Of air literally the breath
OF life to the children Of New York- apparent that
only in knG not In quantity. do advantages OF the rich
now surpass The opportunities the poor
From the babies their day nurseries thar have
already eScelied in American the number and
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
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the eonvenences OF the reches OF Paris 10 the opena
gyInaSla which some communities provide youths
are actually attaining manhood rising generation IS
being more extensively cared forand sensby cared
Iotnan any that has 10 maturity Lycurgus
reformed finances and swung hygenc stick in ancient
Sparta
Boston Win ITS extensive playground system carrying
iar more than the simple pleasures traditional Com
mon New York with its newly appreciated Central Park
supplemented by uncounted recreatCns from
baths buildings 10 the cool deliets Of -
reeFtor piers Philadelphia with the secret mysterious
orors OF old St Mary street metamorphosed amid the
laughter games of starr Garden PARK Chiesgo
with the beer dance halls making way the clean
lnlped ciear-eyed gayeties that
nasa which the very tots OF the town grow IN I'm tba
open; Louisville. with basketball Boone square and
muttudes OF bare, legs wading poo-one could
calling the roll communities that are discn1az
Of this religion the child until the names OF the
large cities were exhausted.
And every 'little while among the people who leava
some Of their wealth of philanthropy OF OF
blood OF the is play
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

purpose in view On the side of the schoolroon
row Of long windows in such fashion that
they could be opened wide leaving side of the room
practically so much open air
Windows other walls to be kent closed vet
letting in plenty Of light as much situation can
welcome. help the cheerfuness as we'll as the hygiene
big afr-tight stove the rear of the schoolroom
furnishes an artificial heat that mgaes the severity of
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

Air School of Providence some indeed who come Of
families that have lost to tuberculosis but there
are others who simply suffer form of
heart trouble or hip disease other hadeap health
tor which fresh, pure air is recognized a specific
Mrs Emma Appleton is their teacher. Formerly prin-
eipal OF regular city school experience her
strong physique and her abundant vitality fitted her
peculiarly for the charge school this necessarily
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
Ha M<aaaw, of NE 5cloaISaaW
I55f MaYbe NAezAH az VII

the cold and on stormy days when the apartment
be shielded from the elements obviates dampness
It is by no means school for consamptives II is
schooI for all classes of children whose
forbds their Incarceration ordinary schooIroo
with its scarcely adequate ventilation its overpus of
human breath They the little who are in more
than danger any excess of germs or any de-
fciency OF light air
Among the score who have been assigned to the Fresh
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
THE day of the child

l. After centuries of neglect, during
which the little ones tumbed up toward
maturity as best they might, in the very face of
almost universal absence of the care which child
hood requires and parents so little comprehend
the day of the child has arrived
Unheralded scarcely appreciated BY the elders
who should be the first to realize the vast sgnif-
canoe Of this remarkable movement enioved at
is full value only the children themselves, it is
nevertheless here, truly splendid in its measure of
accomplishment. yet even more splendid in its
promise of the happy future
Business enterprise, municipalities, organized
charity, and individuals, all seemingly inspired bv
common impulse, appear to have combined their
efforts to make the life of the child rich or poor
period of joyous, healthy growth
And the marvel Of it is that, while the children
by millions are already pro6tng to the top OF their
bent no one seems to have remarked the national
scope or the notable completeness in the ramifca-
tons OF this peculiar development in our national
The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
CHILDREN EAGER FOR SPRING

NIhe earliest breath Of spring waited 10 the nostrls ike
some stolen sweetness amid the winters lingering cold
brings TO the elders merely memory Of their own
narrow prosac youth, which youths own warm imarina
ton had TO gild into it's normal charm
But 10 the children brings instant delightful expec
tatons Of renewal Of life open OF chidhoodS re-
stored heritage in Gods grass sweeping breez
that has already changed the cities Of the nation from in
fernos 10 eysiums
Most significant Of the aspects under which the move
ment has manifested itse-something auguring more of
care Of the child than other features-s the
manner in which trade has recognized the plain business
advantage OF showing consideration for the little ones
II has become routine thing for department sores in
the great cities TO maintain caretakng room for the
children OF shopperspaces where under the supervision
OK trained expert they left in complete Sc
curty certain Of being only over but
while their mothers free their purchases un
hampered either by the presence OF the worrying child
their skirts or by anxiety safety as when il has
been left at home unattended
But that is nconsderabe in comparison with the nls
grounds maintained long months Of the year bv
number Of such establishments some few carry their
Fairgrounds practically entire year others install
them in the spring and maintain them until the rush Of
Christmas trade is ended
First Of al-and best a-there is the sand nile Tho
ordinary child endow pile playground on the
strength Of handful Of gravel claim shell To tho
department store that first aid sef-dvertng childhood
is always ambitious project
Accorded generous space the section floor that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-24
OVER 10000 new
MEMBERS OF M.W.A
Are Given in Report of Head
Clerk C. w. EIaWes.

Over 10000 names were added to
the long list of Modern Woodmen dur
ing the last two months, according to
statistics submitted at the last meet.
ing of the directors and made public
today by Head Clerk C. w. Halves.
About one-seventh of this number
comes from Illinois alone and the rest
are scattered out over the entire
country. This represents added insur-
ance to the amount OF $14,219 Al
present there arc about 100000 mem
bers OF the society and their total in
suTaDce amounts to $l,522 .4S5. 00n
The great increase in the number of
members in the society is partly due
to the fact that several new territor-
les have recently been admitted to its
jurisdiction. There were 209 new
camps chartered during the last two
months. most of them being in the
new fields.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-24
EXTENSIVE CHANGES
MADE IN CHAPEL
South Park Presbyterian Building Is
Greatly Enlarged and Remod-
eled Throughout.

The South Park Presbyterian chapel
has been undergoing extensive i'm
provements ana will be ready for re-
dedication in about TWO weeks. The
church has been enlarged 70 provide
good sized auditorium and the cx-
terror of the building has been plas-
tered and decorated in the mission
style. a furnace has been installed
and electric lights placed throughout
the building. The rooms will be all
redecorated and a new pulpit has been
presented 10 the church. A bell was
also put in place yesterday. When
the church is finally completed it will
present an entirely new and inviting
appearance. Rev. w. G. Ogievee. as
sistant pastor of Broadway church. is
in charge of the chapel and under his
direction the improvements have been
made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-24

doubt. however. as to what had hap
pened to the contents. SE vas il
riOtCus mood AMI dove up and down
Second avenue and Twentieth street
yelling at the top OF heI voice. Sac
used choice stock of abusive Ian
guage to a number Of men whom she
passed and even women did not es-
cape her attention. On her second
trip down Second avenue Chief l.. V.
Eckhart OF the police department
stopped her and took her TO the sta
ton. She made her arrest difficult,
however. and for minute it looked
as though she would drive right over
the chief and get away. He grabbed
the reins as size cut the horse with
h r whip and it pranccd around but
was unable to get away. The chief
hell the woman with one hand and
the horse with the other until Sheriff
Kittilsen. who happened to pass. come
to his assistance. On the way to the
jail and for sometime afterwards the
woman Taved and stormed but finally
quieted down and was very meek this
morning when she was told to coniine
herself to her native city in the future