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of war perhaps less than any other. has
devoted itself to cultivating the arts Of
peace.
A list of the active workers in the re-
organized Red Cross is a roster Of the
most distinguished men and women Of
the nation. beginning with the man who
will soon be first citizen. But prominent
among those who are devoting their time
and resources to the noble work of teach
ing mankind the gentle precepts of kind
ness and compa ssion. Miss Boardman oc-
cupies modest position among the ma
tional officers. being but one Of the large
number Of the central committee and the
chairman of the emergency committee,
but she is one of the virile forces of the
new society Miss Boardman is actuated
by broad love OF humanity, and having
abundant means and leisure she has
made the study OF Red Cross methods her
life love. After the dissolution of the old
society so long managed by Miss Clara
Barton and the reorganization along ma
tional lines, Miss Boardman was chosen
by those sincerely interested in promot-
ing such philanthropy as Red Cross So
ciety means. That she has labored well
and to some purpose is apparent by the
most superficial examination of the pres
ent status Of the society The glowing
commentator OF Mr. Taft delivered few
days ago, when the Red Cross held its
congress In Washington, is fresh in the
public mind. Just few months ago the
Secretary OF State paid eloquent tri-
butte to Miss Boardman personally, and
to the whole society In these words: This
government Of the United States feels the
deepest interest in the work of the Red
Cross and perfect confidence and satisfac-
tion in the present administration of it.
1T is consoling to feel that the society
has made such strides in the short period
which has elapsed since its national or
ganization. said Miss Boardman but
at present we are engaged in a crusade
for increasing our membership, getting
up an endowment fund for emergencies
and in an educational program for the
benefit Of those who do not realize wha
the Red Cross means 1t seems remark
able that this country, so large-hearted
rich and prosperous, has the smalles
membership and the most meager en-
dowment OF any where the Red Cros!
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William j. Boardman, have been identi-
fed with all the efforts to uplift humanity
in their home city, Cleveland, O., for
many years Reared in an atmosphere
which suggests the obligations of those
who possess great means toward the
less we'll endowed. it is but natural that
Miss Boardman should consider philan-
thropy mission. Having studied in pri-
yate schools in New York. she was placed
under special tutors in Berlin during the
time her mothers uncle. William Walter
Phelps was minister from the United
States. Later Miss Boardman has visited
Europe many times to study the pest
methods in vogue in various centers for
the distribution of charity. Since her
active participation in the work of estab-
fishing the Red Cross on American lines
Miss Boardman has traversed half the
world. She went to the Philippines with
the iliustrious travellers who escorted MIR.
Taft In addition to the pleasing duty OF
chaperoning Miss Roosevelt, now Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Miss Boardman had
taken the responsibility Oh establishing
the Red Cross in Hawaii and the insular
possessions generally. The youngest
branch of the American society has made
tremendous strides forward In Hawaii
first aid societies have been established
in the public schools and almost the en-
tire population has become interested in
the Red Cross work. In the Philippines
the mustard seed planted by Miss Board
man shows genuine biblical strength of
development
I'VE are devising ways and means TO
add to our exchequer.' said Miss Board
man. land though we hope much from the
sale of Christmas stamps, this is but one
of the projects which we hope to develop.
The stamps proved wonderfully popular
and the returns show in all of the
twenty-nine states where the Red Cross
is regularly organized the most enthusiast
tic work on the part of the members and
generous patronage on the part Of the
public
Miss Boardman had the honor of enter
tanning the future President and the next
first lady during the middle of December.
With the hearty cooperation which is
promised by the close association of the
President of the United States in the
work, it is indeed a hopeful outlook for
the Red Cross. In the tiny headquarters
in the War Department set aside for the
great work of benevolence one may find
Miss Boardman struggling through re-
ports devising new plans, encouraging
the timorous and giving a splendid I'm
petus to the crusade. She might be aid
ing her sister Mrs Murray Crane. wife Of
the senator from Massachusetts. in her
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HEN the subject OF
the Red Cross is
preached, immedi-
ately there is con-
tured before the
mind the hideous-
ness OF human
blood sacrificed to
the grim god Of
war. But the work
Of the Red Cross
long ago passed
from the limitation
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congratulatiOn from President Roosevelt,
from the Secretary Of War, then William
Howard Taft, and from all the executive
and state officers in Mississippi. Trained
nurses responded to Miss Boardman's call
with astonishing alacrity. Among those
who worked tirelessly at Harrisburg the
principal town affected by the cyclone.
were Miss Lillian Klnk. head nurse from
Bowman, Mary I. Bierstein. Erma Site
well. Rosetta Rice and Lulu Detweler;
Miss Nellie Reed, head nurse from
Washington, D. c., and her assistants,
Mary Feely, Mary Dillon. Elizabeth Hew-
lit. Carrie NJ. Honodel and Eugenia A.
Smith; Geneovava Petit, head nurse
from New York city, and her assistants,
Anna G. Miller and Sadie Bell, Marie
Tryphena Phelan of Rochester. Anna
Marion Beadle and Catherine Cole of
Troy. n. Y.
1t is Miss. Boardman's dream, and one
which she is trying to make reality. that
the American Red Cross will be equipped
like the organizations in Switzerland,
France and Germany. There each por-
ton Of the country is subdivided into dis
tricts and again subdivided. Every COM
munity has its books and oral teaching
about first aid, about relieving suffering
at once and under all circumstances
Thus nothing happens which cannot be
promptly ameliorated. 1t is a feeling of
blessed security to know that no suffering
will go for any heightened period without
attention. Miss Boardman and her sup
porters, Mr.. Taft, Beekman Winthrop,
who is treasurer; Maj. Gen. George w.
Davis, LISA, retired, who Is chairman
of the central committee-in fact all the
promoters and well wishers of the So
ciety-aspire to see the same confidence
exist in the Red Cross as the householder
has in the fire department Of his city; as
the good citizen has in the efficiency of
the army and navy to ward off the for
eign foe When the Red Cross is suf-
ficiently strong in numbers and equipped
as to funds the country will read of
those dire manifestations of Providence
in fire and flood and plague and famine
with feelings Of compassion, it is true but
with the hopeful knowledge of all that
skilled surgery in the present day can do
and that the combined intelligence OF the
nations has devised for the relief of pain.
Miss Boardman has been a prominent
figure in Washington society for some
years. She is among the increasing num-
Der of women who by birth and position
make leaders, but who prefer a serious
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argument between the hired help in
Chinese laundry, and the more there are
using II at the same time the better re-
suits you get. 1t ought to be handy
language for suffragettes to carry on
their deliberations with |. think II 1t ever
gets real popular III learn the deaf and
dumb alphabet and make signs on my
fingers.
But, taking it all In all, the greatest
progress has been along the line of food
stuffs for the human interior. 1t seems
to me that people are paying more .atten-
ton to their digestion and have less of
1t than ever before in the worlds history
That's one thing sure about digestion
if you begin to pet it you lose II, ana
those that are doing the most for theirs
haven't any at all AS we'll as l can fig
ure out, digestive apparatus Is some
thing like a dollar watch. You're apt to
get along with it all right until you be-
gin to pry into its works, trying TO ma
out what makes it tick.
ut didn't used to be this way, Larry.
In the days Of Charles Dickens and those
old boys their heroes were always eating
something solid and nourishing like plum
buildings and apples roasted before an
open fireplace, and Yorkshire dumplings,
and getting away with it. l believe 1t, too,
all but the roasted apple part. i tried
roasting one myself and know. When 1
got through with it L had something
that I'll bet 1 could pass off on any hos
pital in town as typical case Of cirrhosis
of the liver.
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Although still an infant in point OF age,
the Society of the Descendants of Signers
already has a membership of 800. and the
number will increase as soon as the ar
ticles of Incorporation are obtained from
Washington.
Many of the members are residents OF
Philadelphia, where the events Of the
signing of the Declaration took place, but
these by no means form a maj ority of the
membership. In fact. it is widely scat
tered all over the country
The north and south alike are united
in these bonds of worship for the great
men of the past. New England and
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ESCENDANTS of
the signers OF the
Declaration OF In
dependence are 60
ing TO ask for a
charter from that
government ( h a t
I h ir forefathers
made possible.
\ bill introduced
into Congress by
the Society OF the
Descendants of the
Signers asks for
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Incorporation. so that the scope OF the
organization may be made national by the
act of the country's lawmakers
Every member of the society is the
descendant OF some one of that notable
group OF heroes whose names are attach
ed TO the great document of human liberty
that established the nation.
The original Declaration is now in
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monopolize membership in this patriotic
organization
The offspring Of the signers have not
been content to remain in one place
The men who signed were the pioneers
They had come. to the new world in
search of happier homes. They once
more demonstrated their originality and
daring when they ripped off the yoke
OF Great Britain and announced to the
world their complete freedom.
Naturally the sons and daughters of
such men have been enterprising, too.
They have gone over the country. they
have helped to settle and develop it: and
today they are scattered in every state
and territory Of the Union. California
will have It's members no less Oregon.
Two Of the most interesting members
OF the society are Miss Margaret j.
Woods of LewiStoWn and Miss Henriett ia
Charming Ellery Of Newport, R. l.
So far as can be learned these two
venerable women are the only living
granddaughter of signers.
Only one generation stands in between
them and the men who established for
ever In the annals of the country the
fame of their name. Miss Margaret
Woods is d descendant of John Wither-
spoon OF New Jersey, and Miss Elery is
the granddaughter of William Ellery. one
of Rhode Islands representatives 20 the
Congress.
Benjamin Franklin. that wonderfully
versatile man, without whose brilliant
aid at the court of France there might
never have been any republic, is repre-
scented in the society by three who have
his blood. Only two of them are in this
country now. Richard Norris Williams,
jr.. and C. Duane Williams. William
Duane, who is now living in Paris, was SO
eager to become a member that he has
sent In his application from the French
metropolis and 1t was promptly acted
upon favorably.
Robert Morris, another Romantic figure,
one of the first great financierS Of the
early days, the man who not only signed
the Declaration, but who found the money
TO carry on the war, and who finally lost
his all and went to a debtors prison, has
recognition in the person of his great
granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Nixon
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get the proper articles, to equip the relief
expedition. With this fund in readiness
no disaster need strike terror into the
nation. If the endowment fund be not
sufficient, then may come the appeal to
the public later, when the first help has
done it's compassionate work. The Ameri
can public Is never appealed to in vain
1t gives more generously than any other
people in the world and to all causes
But, as Mr.. Taft pointed out in one of
his addresses before the society, the pub
lie needs a conscientious medium to dis
burse the fund. Then only would neces-
sary things be accomplished What re-
manned of the fund would go toward es-
tablishing an emergency fund for future
occasions and would provide means for
printing and the distribution OF practical
knowledge of the society. Our aim is to
get closer to the everyday life of the
people, to disseminate the knowledge of
how to meet the small catastrOphes.
"One of our towering obstacles is to
remove the impression that we labor
only in the interests of war Not long
ago l was discussing our endowment
fund with Mr.. Andrew Carnegie and he
said Do not talk to me about giving
money TO take care of men who are cut
to pieces by other men. L am working
in the interests of peace i finally per
suaded Mr.. Carnegie that fund which
looks to aiding people in time Of pla que
or Hood or fire or other national disaster
IS necessarily a promoter of peace and
should be distinguished from the work
which the Red Cross does on the battle
field We are getting into all fields where
the noblest emotions of the human heart
can find play. 1t is working along with
great array of enterprises which are
together struggling that the progress of
civilization may be from the brutal, the
cruel. the bestial. to the kindly, the
humane and the compassionate"
X X
Even a surface indication OF the various
occasions in which organized aid has
been necessary in this country during the
past year will bear out Miss Boardman' s
plea for preparedness. From the meager
annual dues of a dollar a member and
from the voluntary contributions OF. those
who have the good work close to their
hearts, Miss Boardman had on hand a
small surplus when the cry of help came
from the cyclone-stricken district of Mis-
sissippi, and before the news was cold on
the wires nurses, doctors and trained
workmen were speeding to the point of
disaster In addition to this. Miss Board
man had wired the agent in charge Of the
relief corps at the scene of the trouble
ST. The expedition. thoroughness and
intelligence with which this disaster was
relieved called forth personal letters OF
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mince pie and decides just before going TO
bed that the doctor couldn't have known
much about his business anyway
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But | believe all the rest of 1t, just as
/ was telling you. l never read anywhere
In Charles Dickens or William Makepeace
Thackeray that a grown person ever start
ed a day on coach top with a satisfying
breakfast of shredded varnish brushes and
protoid coal clinkers. or that any one
after dinner off Of mutton pies and jam
tarts felt it necessary to give an imitation
of a shot tower hurting pepsin pellets
down his f1ues. Yet they managed to die
of many things besides dyspepsia In those
days Even in a comparatively recent
period like my own fair sun-kissed youth
l distinctly remember that the only veg
etarians were live stock and people that
had lost their teeth. We didn't know
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convention has been received. Austria
has over $2,000O00 invested, France $4.-
100000. Japan nearly S4,CO0.OOO, and even
such miniature countries as Bulgaria,
Greece and Switzerland sums varying
from 100000 to several hundred thou
sand. The United States can show
barely $4,000. including the generous gift
recently received from Mrs. Russell Sage
millions enrolled to aid the cause of hui
mainly in the Red Cross work. This
country has barely 1900 members.
During the present year received
a pleasant letter from President Roose-
welt. congratulating the society on its
determined effort to place itself the
same plane in regard to membership and
efficiency with the great association of
Europe, and he added: Il hope that all
the patriotic and humane men. women
and children of the United States who
able to do 80 will give it their sup
port by becoming members of our ma
tional organization This hope is de-
voutly echoed by the central committee
of the Red Cross. and l think if people
would look into the workings of the So
ciety they would feel more inclined to
encourage 1t. 1t has been remarked by
many publicists that no great advance in
human affairs Is made without the aid of
some other body OF society. l do not
think that men would be led to humane
treatment of the wounded and prisoners
of war unless their hearts had been soft
ened by the vanguard of grand philan-
thropic societies which have prepared
the ground for the seed. The Red Cross
now is concerned i'll filling the soil for
many kinds of seed. The vista which
opens before it extends to almost every
field where humanity can aid the cause
of suffering man.
But in the one great opportunity
which is opened by the endowment fund
there is much to ponder. What this fund
will do and can do is heartrending
thought. 1t means preparedness for those
awful visitations of God-fre. blood and
famine-for accidents and catastrophes of
all Kinds. There must be a fund on hand
and an ample one to carry out promptly
the work which the Red Cross Is organ
lied to accomplish. There is no time for
collecting funds when such a crisis comes.
There is not time TO await for transporta-
ton for men. women or provisions. You
must have the money TO buy tickets to
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Miss Boardman has been a prominent
figure in Washington society for some
years. She is among the increasing num-
Der of women who by birth and position
make leaders, but who prefer a serious
occupation. Her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
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that's a sign Of progress or 4 delicate
compliment to our next President
''Oh, but yes" insisted the Hotel Clerk.
In the past year or so the spirits of
progress which sometimes act like they
were the spirits of something else have
been doing things to nearly all the cher
ished institutions that we've got left
Just look at what's been happening to
our common language. First off they
started in to popularize the fonetic or
cob-tailed system Of spelling. President
Roosevelt was very strong for It. He
wrote specimen letter full Of words that
looked like they'd been operated on by
one Of those talented parties that hangs
around livery stable. next door to
riding academy. and shortens up bull
terrier pups as to their ears and tails
when there's nothing doing in the way
of docking saddle horses for people who
believe In giving fly an even break
with q horse. Well. it didn't seem to
go. A few college professors and lovers
of the late Chaucer, who was fair
writer. Larry. but rotten bad speller.
emerged from their respective burrows
and said II was a fine thing, but on every
hand plain business mon could be heard
iei'ffi Ming THAT any tlfne lney lelt tne
desire to leave most of the important
consonants and vowels out of their cor
respondence they could get magnificent
cooperation from the young lady type
writer's that the business colleges turned
out
SO they dropped that scheme and be-
gan monkeying with the pronunciation
Only it's not being done as it was in the
old days when We attended the little red
schoolhouse and were taught about the
long mark under the eye and the sound
of % as in ouch the same as a scrap
between two chorus girls. Nearly every
day or two somebody hobs up with plan
for oronouncing some reliable household
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BY IRWIN s. COBB.

T certainly Is an
age Of improve
ment and progress
and everything Ike
that remarked
the Hotel Clerk
Jaw, / don't
know" said the
II u Sc Detective.
" Bout the only
thing I've took no.
tice of lately is
fewer teddy bears
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-17
Youthful Garden City Bandits
Captured at Clayton, N. NJ,
After an Exciting Chase by
Sheriff and Posse.
WILL PLEAD GUILTY.
Attribute Crime of Horse Steal
ing to Bootleg Whisky.
Punishment Will Likely Be
Term in RefOrmatOry.

Garden City, March live had
two or three drinks of squirrel whisk-
ey in us or we wouldn't have thought
of doing such thing said Otto Nc
Coy, who with his brother, John, was
brought back from Clayton. New Mex
leo, by Sheriff Reeves party on the
charge of horsestealing. THE next
morning after we took the horses, l
said to my brother, I'd give $500 II
we could take these horses back with
out getting pinched.'
1--WE had started west to Trinidad
to look for work. The train stopped
at Deerfield and we asked a fellow on
the platform if there was any work
there. He said there was plenty of
work and we got off. The work was
shoveling and we had been handling
teams, so after we found there was no
chance for getting work of this kind
We decided to go back. In the mean
time, we met a fellow with a bottle
and when we got few drinks of
booze, we were crazy enough to do
anything. We went to Holcomb, got
the horses and started out
The story of the ride of the McCoys
for the past week is full of hardships,
which if printed in the dime novels
would not induce many boys to try
the desperate act. The boys are COM
pletely worn out and are only too glad
to plead guilty and throw themselves
on the mercy of the court, rather
than continue the experienc ces of the
last eight days. In their ride, they en-
countered a dust storm of a day or
more and cold weather and snow for
the rest of the time. When they ar
rived in Clayton, one of the boys had
both lips frozen and both were suffer-
ing from the long cold ride.
Close on Their Trail.
Raymond Stotts and James Truett,
who started after the McCoys Monday
morning in an automobile with Burn
ey Martin as driver, were close on
their trail for the last two or three
days. At Kenton, Oklahoma. one and
a half miles from the New Mexico
line, they learned that the McCoys
were only a few miles ahead of them.
They telephoned the officers at Clay
ton to watch for them at one or two
towns where they would have to go.
The Garden City men also telephoned
to some ranchhouses between Kenton
and Mount Dora and the boys with
the stolen horses turned into Frank
Shaw'S ranch in this vicinity an hour
or so later. Their horses as we'll as
themselves were worn out and after
getting a meal they stopped to rest.
In the meantime, Shaw had telephon-
ed to. Kenton- but failed to get the
Garden City men, who were already
making the trip to Clayton and two
officers came out to take the McCoys
OF the treatment of the New Mexi-
cans both the prisoners and officers
tell interesting stories. The prison.
ers say that one American and one
Mexican came after them and that
both the officers were pretty we'll un-