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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

great souls. the motto might have been
'lch diem" The famous Laura Bridg-
man was the pupil of DIR. Howe, who
was a pioneer in the work for the edu-
cation OF the blind. Laura Bridgman,
who was deaf dumb and blind, by
means OF the Howe system was taught
to read and write and communicate
with those about her. IL was the most
splendid achievement of its kind. and
the entire civilized world marveled.
For years Dr. Howe was chief OF the
Boston Institution For the Blind and a
man of distinction IN the scientific and
literary world. or his personal oharac-
ter IL Is enough to say that those who
knew him were wont to speak of him
as "our Bayard." so unselflsh and chiy-
alrous was he.
Before her marriage Mrs. Howe had
done some literary work. The honey
moon of year was spent abroad, and
the social position of the bride and
groom was sufficient TO admit them to
the most exclusive circles in London.
There they met sydney Smith, Land
seer, Dickens, Wordsworth. Hallam. Miss
Edgeworth and that other wonderful
although now pale and fragile invalid
of eighty-seven, the king of England,
with a courtly message, sent recently
the most splendid order which It is in
his power to grant to any woman not of
royal blood.
The Howes visited Rome, and it was
while there that their first child
daughter, was born. Rome seems al
etess, for one OF her most beautiful
poems, "rhe Dead Christ" verses that
breathe the deepest suffering as well as
the most beautiful resignation. were
suggested by the visit to the Holy City.
second visit to Europe, in 1850, result
ed in a volume of poems, Passion
Flowers" and since then Mrs. Howes
contributions to literature have follow
ed one another quickly Not all have
been in verse. She has written a life of
Margaret Fuller. edited the memoirs of
her husband and indted various vol
umes of travels. One of her dramas
was staged and in later years she has
given the world a glimpse into her life
in "reminiscences"
Moving in the circle i'm which she did
i'm Boston she became interested in the
abolition movement at an early date.
she knew and talked with John Brown
In 1861 she went on a visit to Washing
ton Already the preparations for war
were stirring the land. One November
day she went out driving and passed
line after line of soldiers gathered for
exercise in military tactics. and as she
saw them march and countermarch and
listened to the swell of the music--the
sound OF many voices singing martial
songs mingled with the beat of the
drum and the blare of the trumpet
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25
Kate Clyde Current Styles and Otter Matters;
Some bat Eg1iu foroxe TO BE Useful

NV far win tho short
wasted craze carry us,
/ wonder?
1t is decidedly the
thing to have the girdle
of YOUR evening gown
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

brunt of the early battle for women's
advancement have passed away. and
Mrs. Howe has lived to see political
equality for women real condition In
four states of the Union. while every
where the old oppressive laws that were
a menace to womanhood have been re-
pealed and new measures of protection
been added TO the statutes. Institu-
tions of learning that were relentlessly
closed to woman welcome her now with
Joy. All trades and professions are
open to women. If not on equal terms
with men. at least tentatively So ac
cording to the ability or special aptness
of the individual No matter how quiet
ly or how naturally reform may APP
pear to be made, it is safe to conclude
that il has been preceded by much agi-
tation and by many bitter struggle
between the forces for and against. So
IL has been with the womans move
ment The pioneers who spoke for IL In
public, who petitioned legislatures, who
prayed for it in private, had sorry
time. When hostile audiences were at
a loss for logical arguments in refuta-
tion of the speakers they would assail
them with stale vegetables and still
staler eggs. TO stick to a cause that Is
sneered at by ones friends and screech-
ed at by the populace requires moral
courage, and Mrs. Howe has been the
leader not only in one but in many re-
forms. Unhappy prisoners. the poor
and suffering everywhere, unfortunate
child laborers. the prosecuted Arne-
mans, the oppressed in Russia, all have
been objects of her large and luminous
charity Nor has time quenched7 her
enthusiasm. although one by one it has
robbed her of many of those whom she
loved
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

She does not live in the past however.
but in the present Her interest is not
in the old, but in the young, Spiritless
old men and women, content to crawl
into some quiet chimney corner and
dream of the world as it was, are not
for her She turns to the world as 1t is
today. Her friends are the workers in
it. She feels compassion for those ami
mated shadows OF the past, but she be-
lieves that her work is not done nor
will it be done until the last breath de-
serts that brave old body. Each day
has its task for her. She still writes
and delights to receive friends. Her
mail is large, and she seldom permits
any one else to answer a letter for her.
Her books are brought to her every
morning for study. In the evening she
sits at the piano. the piano that has
been her solace for so many years. and
plays the sweet old melodies as well as
the new Each day an attendant reads
the daily paper to her,
Her winters are spent in Boston, but
with the LIST of June Mrs, Howe returns
to her Newport home, n spot where she
and her husband spent many pleasant
hours and which is endeared to her by
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The Male Prude.

Prudishness ~ bad enough in a wom-
an but IN a MAXWELL, TO use a slang
expression, II Is "a Shrek
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

Among the s
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daughter whose portrait
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25
A Pertinent Suggestion.

world only has her own gossipins
tongue to thank.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

PRING still blooms in the
heart of Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, although next May
win bring to her the
eighty ninth anniversary
Of her birthday. Eighty
nlnn 10 nlnnaf fnlr-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-25

doesn't found a school for artistic home
making,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

To successfully perform this feat only
men of prodigious strength and unques-
toned nerve are employed. One false
'catch" would result In failure, and, per-
haps, death for all concerned, rescuers
as well as those waiting to be rescued.
Not so many months ago at tenement
house fire a young woman who had es-
capped from the burning building tooS
refuge on nearby roof. Before her
plight was discovered the house on which
she stood was a seething mass OF flames
and 1t was. impossible to reach her by
life lines or ladders. Five fremen, two
Of them recent graduates from the School
for Firemen, formed a human chain after
ordering the girl, by means Of a mega
phone, to stand as near to the edge OF
the roof as possible. Slowly the human
rope began to swing until II had &C.
uuired sufficient momentum to swing the
fifth or lowest man to within grasping
distance of the girl. As he seized her
and she swung clear of the roof on which
she had been standing. she lost conscious
ness and, with her dead weight added
to the already heavy load, the pendulum
was given another swing and the girl
was landed in safety to another roof.
Meanwhile the strain on the fifth man
had been so great that he lost conscious
ness and dropped a distance of 80 feet
into the fiery furnace raging below. and
only the metal accouterments Of bis
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

celebrity Of monkeys, and after learning
the trick of descending with heavy
weights or dummies In their arms
they are entrusted with human
form, which they carry in safety to the
life net. stretched below. The single
stick ladder has played an important part
in many of the most thrilling rescues Of
New Yorks tenement-house fires in re-
cent years.
After careful drilling the recruits are
given lessons In the human chain res
cue" which is the most perilous and
spectacular feat the f1reladdies of the
metropolis have to perform, and one
only pressed into service when every
other device known to them fails. For
instance, man, woman or child Is i'm
prisoned In a burning structure on
floor too high above the street to be
reached by extension or scaling ladders.
Firemen ascend to the roof of the build
Ing and then lower one or more Of their
number by their heels until the first man
suspended can be swung past the window
where the prisoners are, pendulum fash
ion, until he can grasp the wrists of
one of those awaiting rescue. He swings
the one rescued clear Of the window and
then his comrades above slowly draw
him back to the roof of the building,
with the rescued one safe from the fiery
tongues of the flames. This process is
repeated until the last victim Is drawn
up TO safety.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

essentials Of successful fire fighting. They
are made familiar with all the perils
attending the work they seek to take up
and each and every one Is given an OPP
portunity to withdraw from the class"
before the more practical, or physical,
side of the instruction is taken up. These
lessons begin with the adjustment OF
the apparatus employed in fighting
blaze. They are familiarized with these
implements used in the saving Of lives,
such as the life lines, life nets, scaling
ladders, stationary and rope. After hav-
ing thoroughly grasped these details the
men are given their first taste OF actuai
work. After learning how to safely ana
securely adjust the scaling ladders the
time is ripe for their first ascent OF THIS
shokv structure. The height to when
they are allowed to climb is Increased
n. their training progresses, until they
finally attain those dizzy heights that
the real veterans Of the department CLIMB
to when In real service. Proficiency IN
the art of climbing the single stick seal
ing ladders has reached that degree OF
nerfection that holds those who witness
the feat spellbound-
A big hook at the upper end OF the
ladder enables those manning 1t to clutch
a window sill, or even the caves Of
house II necessary. The fremen then
scale this single stick, with its frail-
looking cross-pieces, with the ease and
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

uniform were found when the ruins were
searched for his charred body.
First aid to the injured forms an i'm
portant part in the education Of fire
man. Not only must he know how to
rescue one of his comrades or some other
person injured in the course of the blaze
he is fighting, but he must be ready to
apply treatment needed In the resuscita-
ton Of the stricken one until medical aid
can be applied. 1t is the rescue of one
of their comrades that spur the fremen
on to the bravest deeds recorded In the
annals of the department Only few
months ago a fireman working on the
tenth floor Of burning building found
himself trapped and there was no means
of raising a ladder to his level Flames
were belching out from the windows OF
the eighth and ninth floors and 1t was
impossible to bring the scaling ladder
into play. One brave fireman braced
himself on a ladder which reached mid
way between the seventh and eighth
floors. With his legs entwined around
the rungs Of the ladder and arms out
stretched he called to his comrade TO
jump. Jump he did and landed In the
lap of the man who had commanded him
to do so, and. getting firm hold on the
sides of the ladder he slid on down 10
safety. AS his rescuer did not follow
his example, the battalion chief ordered
another fireman to ascend the ladder ana
ascertain what caused his delay. When
he reached the brave fellows side 1t was
found that both his legs had been broken
by the force OF the impact and there he
was sitting powerless to move and sur
fering In silence the most excruciating
agony. These are a few of many In
stances crowded into the lives OF the
fre-fghters which illustrate why such uu-
usual care is exercised in the selection OK
men to respond to duty's call
When the recruits have served their ap-
premiership and Battalion Chief Farrell
reports that they are Of the proper call
Der. they are assigned to some engine or
hose company and there get their first
taste Of work under fire. 1t Is the more
seasoned men who are assigned to the
hook and ladder trucks, for 1t Is these
men who are called upon to do-the bulk
Of the rescue work.
The New York Fire Department Is made
I'D of 4,157 officers and men. The 235 en-
CINE, hose and hook and ladder companies
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

and the allied forces are sheltered in 23S
frehouses. The fire department property
Is worth s6,s37, SIS. The 1850 horses
owned by the department are valued at
$3.50 900. They are usually young and are
selected for their intelligence. The prices
average $500 for each animal The fire
forces are organized and distributed like
a great army. There are 81 engine and
35 hook and ladder companies in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx; II engines. . hook
and ladder and six hose companies In
Brooklyn and Queens. and eight engine
and hose companies and Ave hook and lad
der companies in Richmond.
There are distributed throughout Great
er New York three fire divisions. divided
into so battalions. There Is an average Of
six companies to n battalion and three
battalions to a division. .
New York Is so much more congested
than Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston
that It would be difficult to compare the
effectiveness of the fire forces in the four
cities, except In n general way. Greater
New York, for instance. has more than
twice as many Inhabitants as Chicago:
nearly three times as many as Philadel-
phia, and nearly seven times as many
as Boston. The FIRE area Of Chicago Is
$4,000 acres. that OF Philadelphia $500
acres and that of Boston 1880 acres
The fire area OF Manhattan. the Bronx.
Brooklyn and Long Island City, not In
GLIDING the outlying sections, is 05.120
acres. These figures suggest the degrees
of congestion IN the several cities.
New York, with her 4.15I hremen and
officers, has one man to every 1851 per-
sons IN the city. The Chicago force COM
prises 1924 men. or one TO every LIP
inhabitants. OF the four cities Philadel-
phia has the smallest fire force In proper
ton to her population. Her e35 hremen
represent one to every 1,4S3 Inhabitants
The reputation Boston has for an efficient
fire department is sustained In this par
ticular With sS7 men to population of
595, 300, the proportion is one fireman to
every 6T1 persons In the city.
Some idea Of the work New York fremen
are called upon to do may be had when
# is recalled that SAB fires were fought
in Greater New York in the year 1901. or
a daily average Of "a. Fire losses in New
York last year reached the grand total
SO, 74S, 499. an appreciable increase over
the year 1906, but not In excess Of the
proport!onate increase In population.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

cat" and rat" correctly providing his
district leader smiles favorably upon him,
which in reality means that be either
is, or will become a useful member of the
Tammany Hall organization, is reasona-
bly, sure Of some day swinging a club and
commanding the lettering classes to
move on" But to become a fireman Is
an altogether different proposition. APP
plicants for the vacancies occurring IN
this department are subjected to physi-
cal examination second to none In this
country. To begin with the applicant
must be one Of exemplary habits. His past
life is looked into with scrutiny that Is
microscopic In detail. This Is to insure
the examiners that he is sound In health,
wind and limb, and in case Of an emer-
gency would not wilt craven has no
place here. he is put through series
of measurements that are as thorough
and complete as those applied to sus-
pected criminals under the Bertillon sys-
TEN. His muscular development must be
unQuestioned, while his heart action Is
one Of the chief essentials to his appn
cation being favorably passed upon.
Candidates for the fire department,
following their physical and moral exam
nations, are turned over to Battalion
Chief George F. Farrell, who In the past
four years has nodded from the raw re-
cruits entrusted TO his tutelage ], 400 brave
and fearless fremen, scores Of whose
names have repeatedly adorned the de-
partment's roll of honor, a much coveted
goal in the department. The School for
Firemen is located on East Sixty seventh
street and there the recruits are put
through a course of training that only
the most fearless and hearty can with
stand. These men gather in class every
day and are instructed in al the chief
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1908-06-21

- NGAGk in a discussion with the
- average New Yorker upon acts OF
~ heroism and he will at once exclaim:
"HerOesi Why man, the real heroes OF
New York. and in fact Of the world. are
the men who fight fires In this city. ana
there is not man IN the department who
would not perform some signal act OF
bravery In which halr-breadth escapes ana
rescues figure were be called upon to do
so. or given the opportunity to volunteer
his services for such work There are not q
hundred men In the local department who.
Mt one time or another. have not per-
formed some feat emitting him to q
Carnegie medal"
The New YORKER, although the most
provincial citizen on earth. since his Ideas
Of the world at large are confined to
those interests which alone concern bis
dearly beloved New York" is not alone
In this opinion, for after all the members
Of the New York FIRE department have
no EQUALS on earth In their chosen voca-
ton, and no body Of men are called upon so
often TO engage in work where life and
limbs are so frequently imperiled. They
are a brave, or q foolhardy lot, take your
choice, but In any event their very reck-
lessness is what counts and brings forth
results.
To become n fireman In New York city
requires months of careful training and
preparation. 1t is a far different pro-
cedure from that which has to do with
the making OF a policeman. In the lat
ter case the most potent factor is politi-
cal pull. OF course there are certain ply
steal requirements that have to be forth
coming, but the big, brawny chap with
a fair knowledge Of the location of the
principal points OF Interest in New York.
q sufficient education TO spell dog"
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with the next flood. And so, while
commonly all fishes when transport
eo over land are carried in cans of
tanks filled with water, must be KEEP:
constantly aerated while the fishes
for considerable distances out of wat
er if carefully packed, as they are
sometimes shipped to anglers for
bait.
What is perhaps a record shipment
OF mlnnows, for the results attained,
is one lately made from the New
York Aquarium to the aquarium in
Detroit. The Detroit acquarium want
ed bunch of salt water minnows,
some to feed to its marine fishes and
some for exhibition purposes, and for
these lGjnnotvs it sent to the New
York Aquarium, which shipped the
required little fishes to the number
Of 500.
For the shipment there was made
here box about 20 inches square by
10 inches deep, around the inner
sides OF which cleats were nailed
about three inches from the top. Tnen
the bottom of the box was covered
with wet eel grass. and ON this the
lttle minnowS. from u to 4 inches
III length. were laid carefully TO be
protected with another lavrr of eel
"raSS fald over them. And thcn there
WIRE l3accd in the box ON the top
layer Of eel grass over the fishes
strips Of wood with their ends SUD-
ported on the clcats nailed to the IN
ncr sides of the box. and then there
was put in on these strips ice enough
to tlll the box. The water from the
gradually melting ice would provide
sufficient moisture for the fishes on
he way and drainage was provided
for by holes bored in the bottom of
the box
The minnows were shipped on a
last train and thus packed they went
through in good condition and came
out all alive. 1t was about eighteen
hours after they left the aquarium
here that they were unpackcd in the
aquarium in Detroit. but when they
were placed in the water there Tire
whole 800 found their fins and swan
off "ayly.
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