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The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
Rev. D. O. Crowley, Director Of
The Youths Directory, Writes
The Foreword of an Intimate
And Enlightening Series Of
Articles to Be Published in
The Sunday Call

The institutions which care for the
homeless children of a big city con-
stitute a unique and interesting world
in themselves. The average reader
perhaps has some general knowledge
OF the Orphanages of San Francisco.
yet he has no intimate knowledge of
how they are conducted or of the
lives of the children who know no
other home. The Sunday Call is
preparing to publish the story of the
Orphanages, taking them up one at a
time on successive Sundays. The
first of these descriptive articles will
appear next Sunday. In the present
article Rev. ID. O. Crowley writes in
a general way of the Orphanages of
the city. His long experience as di-
rector Of the YOuths' directory emf
nenily qualities him for a discussion
of the subject. His articles will be
found Of much interest, and it pre-
pareS the reader for the articles
which are to follow.
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at the clinic as moderately advanced
case of tuberculosis. She was offered
the opportunity to go to the farm at
San Jose, which she emphatically re-
fused Not until the nurse had made
many visits on her to urge the accept
ance of the plan that would in all
probability restore her to health and at
the same time protect the community,
was the caustic treatment used of re-
porting the matter to the board of
health.
A situation promising an equally per-
nicious effect upon society, unless
changed, is that of cigarette roller
who lives with her son, far advanced
case of tuberculosis. The woman car
ries on her trade IN the room where
the patient sits. He belongs to the
unteachable class and deposits his ex-
pectoration in the places that best suit
his convenience. He has been urged
repeatedly to go to the city and county
hospital, but refuses to do so; although
to report the matter to the board of
health must mean the loss of the
woman's income, it was a legal as well
as an imperative social duty to be
performed.
Fortunately, not only for the recov-
cry of the patients but for the courage
of the tuberculosis worker, the antipo-
dal type of patient to this order exists.
1t has only been necessary for the
physicians and nurses to recommend
the outdoor sleeping arrangements, the
careful disposal of the sputum, rest.
milk. eggs and fats in abundance, in
order TO have the teachable type act
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One result of the recent conference
has been to intensity. the already
widely entertained, but strictly erro-
neous. impression that charitable insti-
tutions are 'unmitigated evils"-that
family life is. under all conditions and
in all circumstances, the only suitable
life for dependent children. and that the
sooner corporate institutions, with
their "submersion of individuality"
their inability to supply a personal
Affection and their propensities for
developing mere automatons," are
abolished the better it will be for the
child and the community. The extent
to which this impression is entertained
and the celebrity with which it is being
cultivated can be. realized only by
those who hold their finger on the
pulse of public opinion; the falsity Of
the conviction and the baneful influ-
ence which. uncombated, it is likely to
exert can be appreciated only by those
who are familiar with the methods
employed in corporate institutions,
and who are cognizant of the cogency
with which public opinion is invested.
That home life is the highest and
finest product of civilization-that 1t is
the great molding force of mind and
character" and that the good, private
family constitutes a congenial and
wholesome environment for the rearing
of children, no thinking person can
consistently deny. That the private
home system is in many instances pain
fully inadequate, and that the families
able or willing to properly care for
dependent children are lamentably few,
is the. experience of most persons
prominently identified with child caring
activities To place dependent chill
dren with families of good character
Sc ha al, oF oil
conscientious institutional directors. To
find families suitable to care for neg
lected children has proved so difficult
in many instances so well nigh impos-
sible-that most Institutional workers
have abandoned the attempt in despair.
In theory, the home placing system is
one of singular efficacy-in practice, it
is one of countless shortcomings and
grave difficulties. This has been my
experience: this has been the expert
ence of all the institutional workers
with whom l have conversed; this, to a
far greater extent than is at times ad-
mitted, has been the experience of
those agencies and institutions which
profess the greatest success in their
home placing endeavors.
OF the inadequacy of the family sys-
tenn 1 had a striking illustration last
Tuesday afternoon, when had occasion
20 So4i on MIS- NoiASSh' HSdu VI liiS
Mckinley orphanage, which is located
in Nineteenth street, Immediately ad-
joining the new Youths Directory
building. In the reception room Mrs.
Corneen and 1 briefly discussed certain
aspects of institutional work. We had
been conversing but a few moments
when 1 inquired, mechanically. what
her latest experiences in home placing
had been Mrs. Corneen did not an
swer. She excused herself and 'urried
from the room. She. returned a mo-
ment later with a little bundle wrapped
in a soiled newspaper. Without utter
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eagerly upon the advice. One patient
has planted a tent in friends yard
In Berkeley; another In her own small
yard. third patient has moved to the
suburbs with a tent and several others
have moved their beds close to their
open windows. The six eggs a day
with two quarts of milk as supple
mentary diet is the regime of several
Notebooks are given the patients in
which the spaces for temperature,
pulse, food. lying down out of doors,
hours of sleep. are indicated for them
to record daily. The weights recorded
at the clinic in several instances show
the good results of this method of
treatment.
9 For example-Mrs. S., who weighed
l0O% pounds. January 25, on the date
OF her first visit to the clinic, weighed
l1SA pounds on Junes5. Mrs. K. on
date OF her first visit, March 4, weighed
l6sA pounds. On June weighed 1881
pounds. Mr.. N. on first visit, March s.
weighed lat pounds; on July 25, 1914
pounds.
1t has not been possible with so few
nurses to maintain absolutely the
routine practice of visiting each patient
once week, but 1t has been adhered
TO as closely as possible. The nurses
nave made in the 21 weeks s5s visits
on the patients, and the patients have
made 4S3 visits to the clinic.
The representatives of the medical
universities and Mount Zion hospital
who are in attendance at the clinic are
Or. w. r. O. Clarke, Cooper: DR.. Edgar
III. Howell, Hahnemann: DIR. William C.
Voorsanger, Mount Zion, and DR.. James
T. Whitney, University of California.
The nose, throat and ear specialists are
DR.. Edward +. Glaser and DR.. William
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Ford Blake. The visiting nurses are:
Miss Mary R. Walsh. Miss Edna M.
Shuey; Miss Lucy B. Fisher, supervising
nurse. Miss Mary R. Walsh has gener-
ously contributed her services to the
work since February. Miss Walsh is a
graduate of the Massachusetts general
hospital and brings to the work the
skill and experience OF her training
there
1t is expected that the organization's
building, now in progress of construc-
tion on Jackson street, will be COM
pleted by October. This building will
consist of two stories. The lower floor
will include the executive Offices a
room for the board of directors, a
waiting room, two statement rooms,
two examination rooms, two rooms for
physicians, small dark room for the
examination of throats, and labora-
tory
The upper floor will be devoted al
most exclusively to exhibits, consisting
OF maps, charts. statistical records, and
instructions in the methods of preven-
tion of the disease.
The establishment of the clinic was
made possible by the generous gift Of
$1,000 Of Mrs. William H Crocker for
the flrst years maintenance. and by the
OACA VI Tic 4oleSIapn NIL ne1EnDOr-
hood association of the use of its clinic
rooms at 1874 Stockton street The gift
of all the tuberculin that the clinic
wishes to use by the Cutter laboratory
company, and the offer of Mr.. Sengfeld.
Mr. VAL Schmidt, Bowerman's phar-
macy and the Colombo drug company
to hil prescriptions for INDECENT pa
tients free of charge, are contributions
TO the clinic of decided value But the
me- tenance OF the clinic logically be-
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done after repeated instructions from
the nurse as to the danger of the habit.
With a law to compel this class to go
10 the hospital the public would be pro-
tected. but without II moral suasion is
the only weapon Of defense against
this focus Of infection, and that often
fails at the critical moment.
One Of the ways the clinic has helped
TO protect the city from tuberculosis
has been by sending 20 patients be-
longing TO the above class to the city
and county hospital.
The colony of tents placed at the
hospital by the housing committee Of
the Red Cross relief organization at
the request of the Associated Charities
has been Of great value 10 the clinic,
as moral suasion would have failed to
win the consent Of the patients to en-
ter the hospital in many instances If
the tents had not been there to prof.
fer them
The community has been protected by
the strict adherence of the nurses TO
the health regulations. which are TO
report to the board Of health all cases
Of tuberculosis for registration and all
removals OF these patients, so that the
premises may be disinfected- Sixty
eight cases Of tuberculosis have been
reported TO the board Of health. The
six cases not reported were referred
directly to the city and county hospital.
Twenty-three removals of patients have
been reported and the premises have
been properly disinfected by the board
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
By Rev. D. o. Crowley
Director Youths Directory

q EVEN months ago. In response to
an invitation from Mr.. Roosevelt.
then president, a conference on
the care OF dependent children
assembled at Washington. d. C. The
keynote Of that conference. which con-
tinued for two days and which was
characterized by numerous discussions
and lectures. was. as President Roose-
velt indicated in his communication TO
congress OF February IS. expressed in
these words: Home life is the high
est and finest product OF civiliza ton.
Children should not be deprived of II
except for urgent and compelling rea-
sons" At each session of the confer
ence the superiority Of the private fam
sly system for the care OF dependent
children was vigorously asserted.
Sometimes this superiority was estab-
nshed by arguments emphasizing the
child's need Of Individual attention and
personal affection; sometimes it was
maintained by picturing the comforts
and sanctity Of family life; most fire.
Quently, however. ii was made mani
fcst by imputatiOns. and often by open
assertions OF inferiority and def
cheney on the part of charitable insti-
tUtions. So prevalent, inded. was the
tendency TO idealize the family system
by disparaging institutional life that
s. Lowenstein. superintendent Of
the Hebrew orphan asylum Of New
York, arose, toward the end OF the
conference, TO protest against the in
situations that life in a ongregate
institution is of a duh. gloomy and
hopeless character" Mr. Lowenstein
was and is firm believer in the family
system He strongly resented, how
ever, the project Of popularizing the
family system by depreciating the
work Of corporate institutions.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22
DEAF NESS CURED
BY New Discovery
81 have de-
m o n S [ r a f.
ed that deaf
ness can be
cured. DR..
Guy Clifford
Powell.

The secret OF how to use the mysterious and
invisible nature forces FOR the cure Of Deafness
and Head Noises has at last been discovered BY
the famous Physician Scientist DR.. GUY CLIFFORD
Powell Deafness and Head Noises disappear as
II oy magic under the use OF this and Won
derful discovery. He will send all who suffer
from Deafness and Head Noises full Information
how they can be cured. absolutely free. mat
ter how long they have been deaf. OF what caused
their Deafness This marvellous Treatment is
why il was not discovered before. Investigators
are astonished and cured patients themselves
have full information how 20 be cured quickly
and cured 10 stay cured at home without invest
ing cent Write today to Or. Guy Clifford
Powell. 51S8 Bank Bldg. Peoria. III, and get
f~ll information OF this and wonderful dis
~. absolutely free
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longs to every citizen In the city and
not to diminutive group like this.
The ammunition needed to fight and
defeat 1t is money-$20, 900 is a con-
servative estimate of the amount nee
essary for the annual maintenance Of
the several departments OF the Tuber-
culosis association
The map of the city at the business
office of the association has recorded
on 1t the location of the deaths from
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tuberculosis and tho living cases re-
ported to the board OF health IN the
last IL months. Such a graphic pic
ture OF the enemy's encampment should
arouse every citizen to his duty as
warrior against the great white
plague.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22

Apply Tor Few minutes and the hair disappeara
as II by magic. IT CAN NOT FAIL. Nodene
supersedes electrolysis. Used By people OF re-
hnement, and recommended by all who have
tested its~merits Modene Is now for sale at
drug stores. viii be sent by mail In safety
mailing cases on receipt q s1.O0 per bottle
UFAcTURING CO., Dept. sla. Cincinnati. o.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-22

Indescribably dirty, damp and soggy, 1t
was disgusting to look upon. This .
said Mrs. Corneen. as what took off
a baby brought to me from q private
family last Sunday. And this, and
this she continued, as she held up
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two other articles of clothing as damp
and as dirty as the first.
'That baby" said Mrs. Corneen, was
brought here by widowed father who
said that he had placed the child with
private family three weeks previous.
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ing a word she united the bundle and
held up to my view a garment in
tended. no doubt, for a child 4 or
years of age. Rudely made, the
garment resembled piece of -four
sack in which two holes had been cut.
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Hair on the Face. Neck and Arm,

Instantly Removed without In
jury to the Most Delicate Skin.
In compounding an incomplete
mixture was accidentally spilled
on the back OF the hands, and
on washing afterward IT was
discovered that the hair was
completely removed. We named
the new dIcovery
M OD NE0
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-07-22
The Katydid Mine Swindle
- By an Ex-opentive of the Secret Service -
Captain Dicksons Ovn Story of Uneartg Colossal Fraud

freud, but readily saw that had
no common crooks to deal with.
My figures showed that the mine
was producing less than $500 of ore
day, little more than enough to pay
the expenses of operating, and GER
tainly not enough to sustain the ex-
pensive Offices in the city and pay
the fabulous dividends on the stock.
l didn't take bit of stock in
Mason's claim Of secret process of
refining. / knew that was fake out
right, but I wanted confirmation OF
IL, and the only way to obtain this was
to get inside the little building at the
mine where Mason and Belden slept
and where the separation of the gold
from the amalgam was effected.
l had almost worked myself into a
fever over 1t when, one night, went
up to my room at the little hotel of
the mining camp after supper and sat
down to read myself to sleep. i had
bought couple of paper-back novels
at the drugstore, from its rather linn
tied stock, and among them there was
a copy of Victor Hugo's masterpiece.
l had read the book before, but 1t was
a favorite of mine and / hadn't much
choice in the matter Of selection.
was so wrought up over the question
of getting into the refining-plant that
connected reading was out of the
question, so | skipped about through
the book, reading chapter here and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-07-22

tom about four feet down and eau
tiously lowered myself, feet first, into
the well.
1t was rather close quarters, but i
managed to feel about me in every d.
rection, and to my dismay found that
at this point the pipe divided into half
a dozen smaller ones, none of them
over six inches in diameter. This was
sad blow to my hopes and felt al
most defeated, so great was my
chagrin. There was nothing to do
but Chamber back to the straight
stretch of the pipe, where paused a
moment to think.
1t was so dark that couldn't see
my hand before me. so / thought 1t
safe to take out my pocket-lamp and
examine my surroundings. Flashing
1t overhead. l was oyerjoyed TO see
that the bend in the pipe was ar
ranged with circular door which
was held down by spring catch
which fastened beneath a fange. /
released this, and was rejoiced to
feel the door move upward when /
pushed against 1t.
1t was an opening large enough to
permit mans body to pass through
1t. and l suppose 1t must have been
arranged SO that the pipe could be
cleaned out II 1t should become
clogged with leaves or trash. At any
rate 1t offered the much sought en-.
trance to the building. for when
pushed the top upwards a few inches
and peered out beneath 1t ! could see
the faint rays Of the perfect moon re-,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-07-22
MrRMIKMeMES IeLH

a bit there until came to the adven-
ture of Jean Vatican in the Paris
sewers. In an instant l was tingling
In every nerve. for had found the
solution of my problem, although 1t
was both foolhardy and beset with the
gravest dangers.
The reducing plant was In a iow-set
building. adjoining the stamp mill, and
the water supply was conveyed to it
from a dam some distance up the
canyon through an iron pipe two feet
in diameter. The water supply was
limited, and at night the flow was shut
of, leaving the pipe quite empty.
had observed the pipe In my ram
blings about the neighborhood of the
mine but had never thought of it as
a possible entrance to the building
until / read of the hunted Jesn
Vatican taking to the sewers like a
rat to escape his imrlacable foe. Pos
sibly ! never should have thought of
1t II l had not chanced to buy the
ten cent book at the drugstore. This
is but an instance of the influence on
our lives of seemingly trivial things.
Tossing the book upon the floor /
hastened out into the night and made
with all speed for the big pipe. The
water left the reservoir In sluice.
way of concrete and ran for some 200
yards In trough Of the same mate
rial until its course crossed q deep.
narrow gulch. which made the pipe
necessary. This was to be my point
of entrance. as from here on TO the
mill the pipe was continuous.
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fiected upon the bare brick walls of
the building With great caution
raised the lid upright and crawled out
Of the opening.
was indeed within the mysterious
building. In my excitement at this
discovery | released my hold of the
upright lid and II fell to with a metal
lie report that sounded, to my tense
senses, like the boom of a coast-de-
fense gun.
The next instant | heard a voice,
which recognized as Masons. excit-
edly believing:
Who's that" he demanded. Hey
Belden," he continued, something's
broke loose"
didn't know what to do, so great
was my surprise at my own rash act
and its consequences.
could hear Belden sleepily call
back something that could not make
out and Mason reply. Then there
was a creaking of springs and two
dull thuds as the men sprang from
their beds. IL was a ticklish situa.
tlOn, ana L CeTtululy lnOuSui lut JUS
was up. Luckily. neither of the men
had match and / could hear them
swearing luridly over this fact, the
rattle of a tin lantern punctuating
their profanity. This gave me an op-
portunity to take hasty survey of
my surroundings. | sprang from my
perch astride the big pipe to the con-
crete floor six feet below and scram-
bled beneath long table that stood
at one side of the room. There was
just enough moonlight sitting through
the dirty, iron barred windows to
give me a bare idea of my situation.
The building was 80 or 40 feet in
length and was near the farther end
from the room where could hear the
men stumbling about in the darkness
and swearing like troopers. On every
hand were tables and boxes and ma
chinery ana washing-troughs. Not a
second too soon had concealed my
self, for scarcely had ! reached the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1909-07-22
LIFE SAVED BY WOODEN LEG.
Companions See Floating Pin and.
Fighting Owner, Make
for Shore.

st. Joseph. Mo.-To his wooden leg.
which hoated on the water and
showed the spot where he was, Ed
Coffin attributes the fact that he did
not meet watery death when a boat
In which he, Art Frye and a negro
were boating on Lake Contrary tipped
over and spilled its occupants into the
water. incidentally the wooden leg is
also blamed for the fact that the party
got wet at all.
Coffin and his companions went out
on the lake. and despite the wind.
managed to enjoy themselves for some
time. Then pun Of wind blew Cof-
fms hat into the lake. He reached
out to grab 1t, and his wooden leg
hooked under the seat and as Coffin
lost his balance and fell downward
the leg tipped the boat and its two
other unsuspecting occupants into the
icy water
Frye and the negro promptly
grabbed the overturned craft and then
looked around for Coffin. He had dis
appeared. but few feet away an OBJ
ject. which was recognized as his
wooden leg, was floating on the water.
Coffin's friends promptly seized the
limb. righted its owner and then Wig
orously kicked themselves in the di-
rection of the shore.
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A Monstrous Tiger sprans Upon Him.

ascertaining II possible the haunts of
game, after which they intended hav-
ing general hunt.
His companions were soon startled
by the terrible cries of the guide
rushing into camp. but could get no
word out OF him, except "tigre. tigre."
as he showed them several terrible
gashes in his side and about his shoul-
ders. Snatching up their arms the
four men rushed of in the direction
from which the guide had come, and
soon reached narrow passageway
about some huge rocks. looking over
a precipice thousands of feet deep.
Midway In this passage they found q
pool OF blood. a few shreds of q
shirt. and the signs Of struggle
nothing more.
Standing there in silence. no one
stirred for awhile, when one of the
men started back to camp. He was
followed by the others. At camp they
heard the guides version of the af-
fair. He IL said to have stated the
hunter was In front. when q mon
strous tiger sprang upon him, crush
ing him to the earth. He then turned
his attention to the Mortified guide,
and inflicted the wounds on him, but
returned to the hunter, who had fred
upon him. Then with a mighty toss
OF his head. the beast is said to have
severed the hunters head from his
body. after which the guide waited for
no further effects. but took to his
heels in an effort to save his own
life.
The party broke camp the follow
ing morning. The guides lost their
way, and after days of wandering
about the mountains. came to small
village. when the one reporting these
details left the others to come to
Monterey, while they went on to Chi
huahua to bear the sad tidings OF
their companions death to his family.