The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-02
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Possibly IL may not be altogether
and exclusively due 20 the Watcn ana
Ward society that. whereas there were
formerly several faro banks, one hun
dred policy houses and thirty other
gambling establishments in this city
there is now said 10 be none. Never
theless, there is significance In the
fact that the work of banishing them
began with the organization OF TINS
society. Presumably the completeness
OF the alleged banishment is not an
unwarranted assumption.
The inauguration of a balloon air
fine between Boston and New YORK,
which was announced 10 start May /,
has been postponed.
The directors of the Aerial Naviga'
ton company, which is behind the en-
terprise, have decided 10 wait until
they can get a dirigible carrying sew
en- 10 fifteen passengers.
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin. who
had contracted TO build the small diri-
eible for the company. has been re.
luested to submit plans and specifica'
tons for the larger airship. The op.
tions secured on land for stations will
oe extended.
British Consul-General Frederick
Leay, the first consul-general TO be
appointed since Boston has been
raised in the diplomatic rating, was
for many years located at Valparaiso,
Chilli, i'm his Majesty's service. When
he left the South American port the
people, irrespective OF race or reli-
gion. paid tribute 10 his worth as
man and public servant, and the press
also lauded the popular Englishman
With Americans is Mr.. Leay espe-
cially popular, and since his coming
10 Boston he has made many friends
Consul-General Leay is a member OF
the well-known London organization
for the introduction OF Americans,
which he and Sir Walter Besant found
ed
Bad boys made good while you
wait" will be the object OF an educa-
tional campaign to be conducted in
Boston and its vicinity from April q
10 May . by a committee headed by
prominent local business men. The
committee consists of % of the lead
ing educators of New England, who
have secured as speakers such per-
sons as John T. Gunckel of Toledo;
Bert Hall, the newsbOy truant officer
Of Milwaukee; Julia A. Richman of
New York and DR.. Luther Halsey Gu
lick, champion OF the playground
movement.
Very young children should never
be permitted to sit at the table with
their parents at meal times, declared
DR.. Charles II. Dunn at the Harvard
Medical school, recently.
The tendency of children, when
teething, 10 stuff anything into their
mouths will surely lead to grave dis,
orders of the stomach and intestines,
he stated.
Or. Dunn graphically sketched fond
fathers and indulgent mothers as men.
aces to the health of children.
He said that what is commonly
known as cholera infantum is due TO
fermentation in the undigested food
in the intestines. The cure is a good
dose of castor oil TO clear the bowels
and then a rest of IL, "a or Sc hours,
during which water only should be
given Ior the stomach.
The father, especially in the case
of his son, is apt to Insist that the
boy be seated next TO him, so he can
easily give the youngster a bite OF
everything that papa eats" The will.
ingness Of the child TO take these NOR
sells is interpreted as precosity OF in
telligence by the father
The mother, though not so much of
an offender in the matter Of the varie-
ty of food as the father, often ends by
over.feeding.
Every time the child cries the moth.
er thinks it is hungry, and gives it
food.
The digestive organs OF babies, and
OF the young generally, until the end
OF childhood, are not fully developed
functionally. They are not designed
to digest many OF the foods unfortun-
ately given TO children by elders who
should really know better.
Boston society girls, trained under
experts in the domestic sciences, will
soon take up the work of teaching the
art OF housekeeping to mothers of
school-children who have been found
TO be suffering from tuberculosis. ac-
cording TO plans of the Boston AS
sociation for the Relief and Control of
tuberculosis.
The association plans to have the
girls become friendly with the families
of the children and, by the exercise of
tact and diplomacy, attempt the most
advanced scheme to better the living
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