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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Blind Alley Employment Is Bad

A child who leaves school at the age
of 12 or 13 years is very likely to be-
come positive menace to the commu
nifty in which it resides. In the ma
jority of cases such children become
unskilled workers and much greater
percentage of them than most people
imagine go to make up the standing
army of the unemployed. 1.-The lack Of
continued educational care during the
years of adolescence" is now coming
to be generally recognized as lone of
the deeper causes of national unem-
ployment." No boy or girl is better off
for having been taken out of school IN
childhood and put at work in mill,
factory, store or office. No community
or state can permit children to be so
removed from educational guardianship
without ultimately suffering in conse-
quence.
One very serious objection to permit
ting boys and girls to be taken out Of
the elementary schools is that con-
siderable proportion of them become
engaged in employments that are
harmful. This is entirely irrespective
of the loss that the child incurs
through failure to pursue school work
during the period of adolescence. Most
of the mediums of money-earning that
are open to children of either sex are
"blind-alley" employments They lead
nowhere, unless it be to ruin. They
tend to create a habit of working in
termittently. They lessen the power Of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

mental concentration. They provide
no training for the future They are
not adapted to adults, so that when
the child has been engaged in the work
for a time it soon reaches the point
where it must give way to another
younger person. They dwarf mental
and physical growth, narrow the child's
outlook, fail to cultivate it's sympa-
thies, stunt capacity for civic useful
ness, weaken the home ties and gem
orally have a demoralizing and ex
tremely wasteful effect. "The result"
indeed, lis a tragic waste of early
PROMISE"
The tendency of modern commercial
ism is to exploit boy and girl labor. 1t
fails utterly to cooperate with educa-
tional authorities and it apparently
fails to see the necessity for such CO.
operation. 1t reaches it's arm ruth
lessly into the schoolroom and drags
out its victims without regard to the
consequences either to the child or to
the community. 1t fights laws for the
regulation of child labor and for COM
pulsory education, and. what is most
to be regretted, it wins a surprisingly
large number of victories. The only
method of combating these conditions
is to consider every child, up to
given age, as a ward of the state and
to throw around it such safeguards as
Will protect it from commercial ava
rice on the one hand and from want on
the other.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
BEAUTY OF AGE

win right thinking and living and proper
.aiet and sensible care of the temple OF the
soul. the human body should grow more 'tI peau-
tifui ana refined with age, observes "lilei
in an exchange. ,,,... .ro ava
The skin should grow in brilllancyi tne sS0
should glow with greater luster. ,ov,
The real beauty of the eye depehus upoii 9i
the light from within, and this light should
shine with greater and greater radiance as
tho objects Of earth cease to engross tne @
mind and after the material pleasures nave
lost their supreme hold upon the heart, -,
The mouth which in little chlluIeh am anu
voung men and maidens curves Win '3 n2pe
and happiness, should be more beauuluI WIN VIZ
tbe tIl,l added experience of life we grow old.
instead. how unusual is an attractive ihou'H
II, a mature man or woman!
If is not the effect of time, but the eHec'
NJ our own selfish and unworthy ana uespoh-
dent thoughts that turns the CuPlu o W"
into a thin, straight line an inverted morse
sboa II is not time or nature when puts
bays under our ewes and takes the brllllahcy
FROM our skins; It is our indulgence IN tooqs
which 40 not nourish or sustain life, but only
stimulate us temporarily, and afterward eIoB
4ba evstem and interfere with circulation.
selfshness sef-indugence, lack OF gratituue
+o Cod for our blessings, Jealousy striVlhs
after false standards, fear, doubt lack ol
love and sympathy, intolerance and narrow
+boughts these are the causes which turn
the beautiful young people Of the worId INTO
,,plv or commonplace men and women
We may be as beautiful as the forest OF
the rocks If we live up to the conscious,
,sss mat with the passing of each year Coo
ts 1vorl5ing more and more fully through our
,arsonaIities to reveal the beauty of his UNI
verse.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Pr0mptneSS as q Business Asset

guests without securing her list OF
acquaintance at the last moment. 10
send a reply in the next post to an IN
vitation to a card party, luncheon or
dinner is none too soon, and If there
is doubt as to ones ability to accept,
an immediate refusal should be sent.
She, or he, who is prompt in carry
ing out a commission given, receives
the heartfelt thanks of man the world
over. There is no one quality, unless
it be honesty, that is more desirable
in business, or that will receive quicker
recognition from employers.
The head of a firm who can be cer-
tain that a trivial order given will be
carried out by one individual with as
much promptness and eXactness as
would be given to a large matter re-
CARDS that clerk as among his most
valuable employees, and if occasion de-
mands, some shortcomings will be for
given because Of such a virtue.
Broadly speaking, most prompt per-
sons are exact in their manner of doing
things; it is eXactness that makes them
prompt. And promptness is not for d
moment to be confused with swiftness.
One who is very prompt as to time, or
carrying out of a commission on the
spot, may be very slow in execution.
When swiftness is one Of the charac-
teristics, the value of the individual
is usually doubled, but slowness is by
no means necessarily detrimental, or
losing, to the racer.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
WORTH KNOWING

Heat a lemon thoroughly before squeezing
II: YOU will be able to obtain nearly double
the quantity of juice that would be obtained
If it were not heated.
BY sailing the water when poaching eggs
thew are rendered whittier and clearer than
without this help. A certain French COOK
adds half a tablespoonful Of vinegar to every
two quarts of water when poaching eggs.
When making gravy add a little parsley
to the grease before putting in the flour,
remove it after it Is thoroughly cooked, add
the -four and see what a delightful change
it makes In the ordinary beef gravy.
The galvanized kettles and frying pans
should first be cleaned by boiling in them
the rinds from pared potatoes. This will
remove the black that invariably comes off
on cooked foods If the articles are not
properly cleaned Boil new coffee pots in
borax water and clean water kettles in the
sa me- nlannnr
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

III HERE are few traits that endear
person more to friends and ac-
"A quaintances than promptness. 1t
and appreciation and reliability are
supposed to be synonymous, and in so
many cases is this true that the ex-
ceptions should be dismissed. AS an
example of this, if a woman receives
a gift that pleases her, she Is apt to
acknowledge it at once, expressing her
joy. AS a matter of fact, it does not
necessarily follow that she does not
like it simply because she is remiss in
making her thanks, but the sender will
not regard it in this way, for unless
the answer comes promptly part of the
pleasure is taken from the donor and
she begins to fear either that it was
not received or that it was not liked.
Either of these thoughts she should be
prevented from having, and a line or d
message, Immediately sent, doubles the
satisfaction of the gift.
Acknowledge Invitations Promptly
Most Prompt Persons Are Exact
The woman who acknowledges her
invitations promptly, accepting or de-
clining, is among the most popular on
every visiting list. Hostesses know
she will not keep them waiting for her
response, and they regard her as KIND
something more than polite. And, IN
deed every woman knows that there
is nothing more trying to the NERVES
of a prospective hostess than to be
kept waiting to know whether or not
she is to have her full complement OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
What Would You Do?

You don't dare let UP a minute; there
are too many good men just behind
you that are fighters and they are
going to win out. Don't be brushed
off the ladder. Put rosin on your feet
and hands and worry the fellow ahead
of you.
The world loves and respects a fight
err Be one; make yourself felt in your
store or factory; make your work oil
the better grade-the kind that wins
your employers attention.
The world does not owe you living.
You owe the world lot for the chance
it has given you to make good.
If you are a $10-a-week man, make
yourself worth $15 and you'll get it.
If YOU see where you can save for
your employer, do it. He'll soon find
it out.
Enough ginger will make jackrab-
bit tackle a bulldog; therefore ginger
up-put some class in your work;
make it stand out like a searchlight on
a dark night.
Remember that the world has no use
for a quitter. 1t has to stand aside
for the man that is bound to make
good.
Go back to your work tomorrow and
put your heart into it. Your chance
to make good is there. Take 1t, win
outfits in VOIl
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

IF you we're in the middle of a big
lake, in an old rowboat, and 1t
Il sprang a bad leak, would you slt
idly by and watch it sink? queries
Warren G.. Griffith in the Seattle
Times. Not on your life! You would
grab your hat, or anything else that
was handy, and do some of the tallest
bailing in the history of the world
You'd put forth an effort that would
make ali the work you'd done in your
past life look like a plugged nickel,
In fact, you'd surprise yourself be-
cause YOU never thought it was in you
Don't wait to get into a leaky boat
to become acquainted with your real
self, Let yourself out in your every
day work just as you did when ball
The man who gets ahead is the one on
who puts his whole heart into the
fight. He's down today but up higher
than ever tomorrow. He never quits
with, "Oh, what's the use? 1 can
never get better job He, reasons
it out that I'm just as good man I,
az anv in this store. I will succeed.
Watch him, or this man may get your
lob start bailing your way UP TO-DAY
hail faster than he does.
Make a Give wire of your energies
and watch the actual cash results that
will oone to YOU.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

WHO is TO BLAME?

In one of the western states recently
the legislature enacted a law to make
it a punishable offense for employers
to keep women employees at work more
than fifty-four hours a week. The bill
was signed by the governor, but WITHIN
two days after it had become a statute
the discovery was made that errors OF
the engrossing clerks had completely
nulliffed it. The facts, as nearly as
can be ascertained. seem to be that
the original bill passed by the house OF
representatives was so amended in the
senate that the law would not be op-
arative during the months of NoVem-
Der and December.
The amendment was written on
slip of paper which became lost in the
mass of material that accumulated at
the close of the legislative session and
when the bill was engrossed the
amendment was not added, 1t was
therefore signed by the presiding Of
ficers of the two houses in its original
shape and was so sent to the governor,
The error makes the law imperative
and the only manner in which tho
mistake can be corrected is by the IN
PRODUCTION and passage of an entirely
new bill. This cannot be done for two
years, as the legislature will not again
be in session until 1911.
Errors OF tnlS SOrI are py HO iiO0'
uncommon. They very often make in
effectual long legislative fights in be-
half of reforms. In one state of the
Union it is declared that the legisla-
ture never adjourns without three or
four such mistakes being discovered
and on one occasion more than score
of bills were found to be defective
because they had not been properly
enrolled Sometimes carelessness IS
responsible. Sometimes trickery is re-
spohsible. In either event much time
is wasted and occasionally great in
Justice is done the people. 1t is mani
fest that there ought to be some sys-
tenn by which both errors and trlckery
of this sort could be prevented.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
NEW WAY TO CAN TOMATOES

Last summer I tried a new method
Of canning tomatoes, and it proved so
satisfactory that want to pass it on.
Scald and peel the tomatoes as usual.
Have the cans sterilized, place the raw
tomatoes in them whole, pour in boiling
water to fill the cans, running knife
around in the cans, so that all the crew
ices are filled, then put on the cover.
Place the cans in boiler or large ves-
sci, pour in boiling water till it reaches
the neck of the can, put the lid on the
boiler. wrap it with a blanket or rug,
and leave until the water is cold,
which will be next morning. The cans
are then ready to put away. I did not
lose a can out of forty quarts When
the cans were opened the tomatoes were
whole and firm enough to slice easily
Womans Home Companion for Sep
tenlber
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
The Guilty Parrot

Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, the well-known
suffragist. while she hopes she gives due
credit to the noble being, Man. does not, on
the other hand, overestimate the lords OF
creation She was speaking recently of an
other prominent woman who is somewhat
lukewarm in the suffrange cause
"The trouble with Mrs. Blank" said Mrs.
Gait, 'fs that she fairly worshlps her hus-
band. She thinks that he e absolutely per-
feet. Why, the woman actually believes
that the parrot taught him to swear!'-
Woman's Home Companon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
House Odors

A smelling house is a sight of such poor
housekeeping that every woman breads it
instinctively, yet many do not know the best
way to overcome the trouble If one can
control the building of her house the dan
ger of it's being i'll smelling can be largely
overcome in the architectural arrangements.
The doors into the kitchen should be so
hung that there are no wide cracks and they
cannot stand ajar If possible the kitchen
door should not be in line with the front
OF the house so that the smell OF the cook
ing Is less apt to carry through,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Maoedoine of Fruit

Half a pound each of raspberries' RED or
white currants, strawberries cherries and apri-
cots. one pint of water one lemon anu man
a 9o,nd Of loaf sugar are required. Put the
yatsr sugar and thinly pared lemon rind in
clean saucepan on the fire, and let the
sugar first dissolve, then boil it for ten min
utes with the lid off the pan skim II care
tbl boil skim it well and leave it until 1t is
snid Meanwhile pick over the Strawberries
and currants, stone the cherries and stone and ana
'l,iarter the apricots Mix the fruit together
" q howl nour the syrup over, strain in the
nice of half lemon. and If possible place
he nacedoine on ice until it is required or
in a very cold place
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
r. Make Ice Cream quickly

AN axcbanre is responsible for the follow
ing: Anybody can freeze his own ice cream
~ 6ve minutes and for an expenditure of 2
or 8 cents. If the preparation desired 70 De
- Srogan is n1aced in a tin bucket or other
aoantacIe IL can be readily congealed By
putting it in a pail containing weak d.
luton Of suIphuric acid and water. Into
this throw a handful of common g!aupet
% bott1e of wine Immersed in the mixture
will be frozen solid in few minutes and
Ice cream and ices may be quickly ana
easily prepared.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
IN THE SEWING ROOM

When making buttonholes IN InaterIat mat "a oir
- eboosa a thread twenty numbers coarser
than that which you would naturally use IN
that material. For instance, if you are sewing
a piece of material with No: ~ Got'om' ea you
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
While Niuhts Are Warm

''Do you have to do much hoorwalking these
hot nights" asked Henpeck.
No" whispered Wriggley; 'aE soon as my
wife begins to snore I give the baby to the
patrolman and he brings it back when it's
4 sleen Judge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04
Stitch Edae of Lace

Before laundering your lace stitch all
around the lace, carefully following the seal
lop on the machine. This will insure the
wear of the lace twice as long and avoid
the fraying of the edges in laundering.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

Some thumb taclls, such as artists and
draughtsmen use will be found an invaluable
teIr IN the sewing room You will need them
~ fosten long cores of slippery silk to your
lophoard or cutting table
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

To prevent the thread from lSnotting when
doing hand sewing always make a.. KNOT .,,a IN
40 and last broken from the spool. This done
stratoh the thread by taking the ends and
giving several quick pulls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

In cutting garments it is sometimes more
rapid to fasten the pattern IN place pS means
Of weights than by pins.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

A few paper clips are invaluable IN the sew
to t,osl,at for they may hold together scraps,
nieces of patterns and bits of lace.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

IF YOU sew a waistband up the back OF a
tame measure for the first ten inches you
viii have a means at hand to rapidly measure
skirt lengths and lines for trimming
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

little tin ruler is much easier 10 use T9s
fla things such as bands, hens and tucks'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

20 entries in tub races LABOR Day
Monday, Sept. 6, Chutes park Adrills-
sion 10c.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-04

The Angeus grill has excellent serv-
ice and better food. Fourth and Spring.
Evening journal., 1909-05-10
DEFENDS WOMAN,
STABBED BY MEN
7. SeWelI WeICh in a Serious
Condition as Result of
Knife Wound

The police have made one arrest in the
stabbing case Of T. Sewell Weloh, assist
ant yardmaster Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, who is in a serious condition at the
Delaware Hospital. The prisoner is
Michael Roach. aged % years. He was
taken in custody by Patrolman Walker.
and despite his assertions Of innocense
the police say he was one Of the trio who
attacked welch.
Welch was stabbed in a vital spot below
the ribs and the blade Of the instrument
punctured the liver. He was operated on
yesterday but il will not be known for
probably day or two whether he will re-
cover.
Welch lives in West Fourth street He
was leaving the home Of Miss May Hig-
gins. at Second and Justison street late
Saturday night when three men came
along and demanded admittance to the
house. They became abusive toward the
young woman. and welch tried to defend
her One of the trio struck him in the face
with a brick and he gave chase. one Of
the crowd then stabbed him.
The asssilants escaped. The police are
now looking for the men whose names
they have
Evening journal., 1909-05-10
SCENT PLAN TO
BURN DOVER
Mysterious Blaze in Lumber
Yard Section Didn't Get
Very Far
THINK GASOLINE
WAS POURED ABOUT

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, May 1O-An apparent
attempt was made to burn Dover yes
terday morning, just before SUNRISE
when fire was started in the rear Of
the lumber yards known as Hazel and
Pennewill's, and in the centre of a
frame tenement and stable district
where flames could have spread most
rapidly
The fire department was called at
$50 and extinguished the flames aided
by favorable wind, Just as a shed in
the rear Of the property occupied by
w. NJ. Hinsley caught fire.
J. T. Hoffecker and other citizens
made an investigation OF the place and
found that there was no litter but
strong indications that coal oil or gaso-
line had been poured over a post and
the oil then lighted. No paper, straw
or shavings had been burned anywhere
around the post or shed, and the fire
had started against the solid wood
Hundreds of people were sleeping with
IN a few hundred feet of the fire.
The Dover fire department finds itself
handicapped at having no large chemi-
cal engine for use on fires of this char
acter, and an effort Is also being made
by Chief Vane to interest the people
and flremen in a modern electric alarm
system to connect with all the homes
of firemen and with the telephone sys-
tenn.
Evening journal., 1909-05-10

Of Miss Josephine Fletcher At $50 o'clock
in the afternoon the young men Of the
CONGREGATION were addressed by William
H. Berry. of Chester. former State treas
urer Of Pennsylvania. The Epworth
League anniversary was observed in the
evening. Mr.. Berry made an address and
the Junior choir sang under the direction
Of Miss Sparks and Miss Fletcher. At the
afternoon meeting Mr. Berry made plea
for higher type Of American manhood
He said that this is a divine nation and
that the day is not far distant when there
viii not be a duplicate for American man
or woman, or for American skill and in
genuity in the entire world. But" the
speaker added. you must learn the dig
nifty of good citizenship and work hand in
hand with God. There are some who say
our present progress is merely from the
beast to the man, but thank God 1t is
not from the man to the beast"
Mr.. Berry said at one time he thought
he could not put religion in his business or
politics, but he has circled both with the
spirit of God "At one time" continued
the speaker, Il thought a christian could
not be in politics. I tell you a christian
can't stay out of politics, for American
politics are the very ark Of the covenant"
Evening journal., 1909-05-10
MYSTERY in
MANS DEATH
Dawson Hunter, COIOred.
Found With Head Battered
In Railroad Station
DIED SOON AFTER HE
WENT TO HOSPITAL

Coroner Gaynor is making an inyesti-
cation OF a strange case which came to
his notice to-day. A negro believed to be
Dawson Hunter. Of Danville Va. aged
40 years. was found seated in the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station at Edge Moor at
$50 o'clock this morning with a badly
battered face. Within an hour, he died at
the Delaware Hospital.
He recovered consciousness for a short
time and It was then learned that his
name was Hunter and that he came to
this city from Danvine. but aside from
that nothing was learned from him.
The body was removed 70 the morgue
but aside from few memorandums. with
Danvne written on them nothing was
found with which positively TO Identify the
man.
Whether the man fell from a train dur
ing the night and managed to crawl to the
station or was attacked. is a question the
coroner Is trying TO solve The wound
might have been inflicted with a heavy
club or a baseball bat. In fact the hos
pitai authorities first heard that II was
with a bat that the man was struck
The mans skull was fractured and his
nose almost mashed fiat to his face The
Phoenix ambulance conveyed the unfor-
tunate victim to the hospital.
Evening journal., 1909-05-10
CONTRACT FOR
HARBOR WORK
American Dredging Company
Gets it; to Begin in 80
Days

Captain Rand. United States engl-
neer In charge of this district. received
word from the War Department. at
Washington to-day. instructing him to
award the contract for dredging in
the Christiana River. 10 the American
Dredging Company. of Philadelphia
Bids for the work were opened some-
time ago and were referred to the Of
fcials at Washington. The successful
contractors were not he lowest bidders
by a half cent a cubic yard, but thoy
agreed 20 start the work within thirty
days after the contract was executed
as set forth in the specificatious. the
low bidders stating that they could not
begin the work for $50 days.
The stream win be dredged from the
mouth of the Christiana river to the
Baltimore and Ohio bridge above the
Harlan and Hollingsworth plant. a
suction dredge will be used. There Is
SS5.0O0 available for the work.
The channel has shoaled in many
places a foot and a half. and It is pro-
posed to dredge to the original depth
at low water. The specifications read
that the contractors viii be asked to
dredge various depths. but not less
than II feet at low water. and less
than 100 feet wide.