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New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
NLlCE MATR0N'S WORK
OVfIES REQUIRE VARIED
MENTAL EQUIPMENT.
'~ Must BE Patient, TactfuL and
sympathetic, HaUe Strong
Muscles and Stand abuse.
BY NJ. W. Mount.

ls,v- Police natron in Gotham, p,us, have ., o,
az tsAsat tsssat TO have. good many ousIities which
e II. - 1onalred IN much more exalted walks
suu,s nan hers. Just q short list OF these
astu-. 4Hoe patience. tact, insight into human
nsaatv appreciation Of humor. a love for hu-
s;th so-,. strong constitution. I had a talk
tas Eorss, Lnese matrons the other day. about
ehd.f ths,r .-en eIiioren and young girls who come
.Fs.,. eis IN the police stations.
fsd ~. r children are the most Incorrigfble''
ara bron.I. .ioge street station matron Girls
nothers mere ~ho try TO convince their own
Cd Thsn :. eiat they are over sixteen years
iseaty-b,,, mere are women who profess 10 be
hns A a. hon you would swear were fifty
eeuid. th.s. OF dissipation makes them look
hezsedne.. IS It's their good nature and good
ef those ,a.t St lead most women TO drink Some
iaen 70 eh WIZ take OF their shoes and give
'hsns.iyss they think more in need than
iasyrs lp,sv.- tney're often terrible when
ssaea then You have 20 be on the
ieht or your life 1ouid,,t ba yor,b a
s'sssures .T1s so awful as one Of those crazy
ust r1sk.. @Ouse sne and talk TO me in
..s.ssaful. Wbs- me wish was dead-I feel so
Souo ,.s are very renent,n. soii'e
,sn year, after going thro,,gt 90, ,,,,l, ~
: sosnethin. ought 80 be used "a ~ Put mat
IS sornetin,.e can never get .s.a to F,edIers
ssa not ,,s. s'1oasht here who declare they
~ ee Put tb.s. Day their fines. vet who are
- lsacfuls =, aehes In their pockets and sooon
- iasn. iisrs when they fancy no one
r." tear d.. ulsre's often some vixenish ner-
sts-ssh That e-se lse water pipe or turn on the
Aoners 10 -. pe Prison and starts all the
language. And such Ian
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me- and finally made rush for the door and en-
deavored to shake 1t open Then he followed ms
all around the trying TO bite my leg dens
know what kind of little animal he was-s strange-
foreign creature. that did not seem to have any
human intelligence.
"On Saturdays and Sundays this place is crowded
with little pckpOckets They seem to swarm
around the neighborhood on those days. Oncs .
little twelve-year-od pickpocket said TO me: Lady,
do Won understand jewish? I told him no Be-
cause he said. those children over there say theis
mother brought them here and gave them a psnze
to be lost
sxeetshoD workers. They know that the babies
will be safe here and have good air and food Ar
o'clock they are here TO claim the children NO.
the city does not provide food for them, but do YOU
suppose rnatron could eat her Iunch and sea
child go hungry?
some little ones scarcely able 70 creep ara
brought here by older children Parents send them
or else the other children bring them as 70 see
into the station to what is going on On they
have ways of doing things. II anything happens
around here older children will snatch up any baby
they can find and here with il in order TO see
what the excitement is about inside the station
We have to look after little boys as well as girls.
AT o'clock they ali sent TO the Gerry SoeistY
for the night. and take care OF those brought IN
later With children crying in one room ana prs
oners yelling in the other. tell you ones nerves
narrowed"
Blood eurdIing yeIls the prison. which a mo-
ment before had been quiet
she's Yelling because l don't bring you IN. ex-
nlainaa the r,atron. she you when L locked
her IN and she asked why did not lock you W.
too nrornlsed her you'd be back later. and now
sha's screaming because haven't brought you-'
A dark eyed Eastern woman rushed into tne
matron's room, frantcaly gesIiculafing toward the
lost child The little began to sob pteously
Its white arms clung about the swarthy neck or
the excited young mother Unintelligble words
poured forth. The handsome matron smiled SYM
pathy and understanding
Sometimes IL is the child who recognizes fs
parent not the parent child" she observed
Iona night a man came here looking for Ms
baby I showed him q toddier that answered 20
his description of the misIsid youngster. He
looked at IT, turned Il over and hesitatsd Is that
your chndT asked
"'we-en' he considered it looks like nine Il
its my es1d IL has a cut on thu forehead " rsss
the eye
1T sea- Gneer when father doesn't know nis
own ehN1Asn- sut when a mother doesn't recegni1s
them that's fhe limit Some Of thera doat Il
seems If a motner w5re enly to sss fna -
az hes child's foot she would know i-s
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Through q Microscope
Rr HELEN b. sCHooNHoyEN.

Of the water where they are living This oil stops
up the wriggler's tail so It can't breathe. Now
going show you what the wrggler looks
ike when she IS half grown and IS lust between
being a baby and fun fedged mosquito. Now,
you see. she has out OF the wrigeler stage
and made herself a little raft sit upon and on
this raft she to the surface Of the water and
calls around until her wings unfold and away sne
goes. q full hedged, winged insect, armed with her
lances and sucking tube. ready for adventure, like
the knights OF old"
Say. who'd ever think. dad. there much
TO know about little biting buzzer like a mos
quito?'
Now. Boy. I want you TO look al the flea and
tell me what he looks Ike you"
"Whew, Just like pig. But what all
those bristes sticking out OF him."
isn't il q good thing he isn't any bigger than he
Is, with body ike that and those sharp. cutting
Jaws Of his? He IS so little and so active and 80
smart that ii is almost impossible 10 catch him
Kill him after he is full grown. He be killed
when he is a baby quite easily. for he matches from
egg and is very frail Then he lives in cocoon
in crack is the floor IN the soft threads of the
carpet But after he gets his growth he IS well
able TO take care of himself and lives happy.
free life biting cats and dogs and people whenever
he is hungry. I think he is the most disagreeable
detestable little pest in the whole list OF insects"
We'll. ! never thought he looked Ike that What
next. dad?"
Now. for our friend the fly" said father, put
ting new slide Under the tube
say thought hy's body was smooth; but this
fellow is all hairs, his legs and all"
Sure enough. Boy. and that is why he Is danger
Gus He walks in all kinds Of dirt and then he
walks food and leaves a trail OF filth be
hind him wherever he goes. Flies are IN some
ways more dangerous than heas or mosquitoes for
they are 50 numerous. hard 10 keep out 10 catch
or TO Kill. They live All kinds Of decaying food
and bring along with them into our homes their
hairy bodies whatever dirt they have been trailing
over. Men OF science working have people
do ali they can 10 destroy this dangerous little
sect"
The boy was looking very intently down the tube
ana thinking how many hundreds OF flies had
crawled over him in the summer. outdoors and in.
Father said:
Now. run along, Boy; times up and I must 20
back to my writing Next time I'll show you some
Of the things that eat up these chaps and help TO
make their lives 4 burden"
Boy clattered downstairs and went back TO his
play, thinking how funny IT would be If all the
small bugs should suddenly become as big as cats
and dogs and come walking toward him.
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eyes of a poor woman. Maggie touched my elbow.
She had silently brought in hot water and every
thing 1 would need TO lay out the corpse
a. Oh Maggie I cried. You shouldn't be up after
working hard all day.!
We all alone TO do this? 1 was after KNOWN the
poor cratur would die the night an Olive been
watIn up to help yez.
her cot. one day. where she lay very I'll with pneu-
monia.
Miss Alice she gasped. we know olive been
bad 'un. Yis, bad 'up. An scapula. Il lift
me-
You lost It somewhere soothed.
I.arst 1t! She gave expressive wink That's
all ye be after KNOWN abart 1t. O do be tellin
It lift me. Ye know. they lave ye whin yers bad.
Miss Alice. will yez tell the father Oh want TO see
him? Maybe he'll be after givin' another
Next night she beckoned me. Her voice was
only a hoarse whisper. but her face radiant
Miss Alice, Orve seen the father, an he Civ
me another scapula. This tonne OF hope oPil kape
it. Oi'm going to die. an Ofve coRhssed the
father. An the father. he says Ofm all right. So
now OIm all right. an I don't care
THAT prison farm will be good thing" said the
matron short terms don't do any good. Those
poor human dereEets have the same good instincts
that you and l possess. but they've never had a
chance One station habitu5 used to visit child
in an asylum. She often talked OF me bye This
woman came to me one day. her hands out
spread and tears of joy running down her cheeks.
q" oh. Miss Alice, I've seen me bye. Ye do be
knowin that whiniver go to me bye he calls
me ''Biddy.' But to-day-oh. what do ye think he
called me to-day? lie said "MammaF''"
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will be given for every letter printed u1cer sesA4
heading The letter may contain incidsnss In ycurS
life anecdotes OF pets. novel school experiences.
things seen in travel OF mads-up stories. Thes1
stories must be original and must be E-4etsn en-
side Of the paper only. Letters entitled 10 rnel
prize OF 81 often crowded for lack OF spaes
In the week they received. but IL such is thas
case they always appear the page later.
Be to state your age
Be sure to give your choice OF prizes -
Be sure to give your name and address,
Contest closes on July Is Age i5 considered II
awarding prizes. Address your letters and answers
to Little Men and Little Women. The Nev-YorfS
Tribune. New York.
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Hosv TO Win q Prize

Contest No Garden Puzzle)-Choice Of a rolled
gold bracelet. pearl bead necklace. a box of
water color paints interesting book. pair of
pretty cum or collar pins, boys sterling silver tie
clasp, a sterling silver Tribune badge. boys
rolled gold stick pin a boys sterling silver pencil
holder for fiat pencil for the neatest and best thres
answers
Contest No. (Thngs To Think About)-Choice OF
boys rolled gold stick pin, rolled gold bracelet
sterling silver Tribune badge, a pair OF pretty
cuff or collar pins pearl bead necklace, a boys
sterling silver tie clasp. imitation ivory paper
knife, an interesting book. boys sterling silver
pencil holder for fiat pencil box OF water color
paints for the neatest and best two solutions.
Contest No. (Our Letter Box)-A prize Of 81
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FREE WITH THEIR HATPINs.

You have always got TO keep your wits about
you when searching a woman They would get
you IN minute with hatpin or some other
weapon. We take away hatpins the first thing
Many a policeman has been wounded and nearly
lost his eyesight from hatpin stab. and a matron
stabbed SO badly that she had TO undergo
serious surgical operation. Yes searching is dan
gerous. although a policeman stands outside the
door TO protect us. But the door is locked. We
search every bow on a hat, Innings, hens and
every particle Of the clothing to the finger tips
of gloves. We take every rat, comb and hairpin
out of the hair and search II. We even have 10
look for gems in the mouths, ears and nostrils Of
diamond thieves. Booty is often dropped In the
street when thieves about to be arrested
Women come here and swear they have nothing
concealed about them. Then we find the goods
They try every of brbe and beg and plead with
US not 10 find things
-IJrunks' the hardest to search. They kick
and Insult in the most terrible manner Their
shrieking and yelling in the cells Is something fear
full. Searching bodies Is shivery work and he
sides there is often danger of Infection We wear
rubber gloves when searching people. dead or
alive.
Another tax on my nerves is watching prison
ers who may die on my hands nnatron is re-
sponsible for her prisoners and it's up to us II
dies. People with heart disease sometimes die
in their cells, II we did not watch them so care
fully lots OF them would die They look all right
when they first come in. and you'd think nothing
was the matter with them. After half an hour or
so you'll them get blue looking in the face.
Sometimes they turn almost black We call
ambulance then In the restoratves
we administer save the patient
Newly arrived Hungarian and German girls
make things lively for They will go to visit
friends after they have been two three weeks
too frightened give any intelligent informa-
ton some idea of where they live
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PROFANITY WORST FEATURE.

The West 37th and West l7th street police stations
are the most populous assembly places for inebri-
ates.
'sweils are brought in here fer safekeeping,"
said another matron. They've beeNput having a
good time and they're in such a sfMe when they
get here that they tell us their during the
night. and they're not the given at the door
either
You'd be surprised, but the educated drunks
swear worse than the lowest kind Of people. The
hardest thing about this life is hear the awful
language that drunken people II makes
wish ] could sink through the floor It seems in
credible that women could ever learn such words
but they do. In the morning they give fictitious
names in court and telephone to friends out OF
town Then they go home and tell their families
they've been out in Jersey somewhere else
and nobody is any the wiser-except
The hardest work have to do is on alternate
Sundays when go duty in the morning
and remain until Monday morning. When you've
been up twenty-four hours with women trying to
commit suicide. talking to them and cheering
them up all the time-you don't dare leave
them alone for a mnute-you feel pretty blue
yourself by Monday morning. Some women come
here fun Of dope and whlskey. with nothing 10
live for. They to end 1t all. When the ef-
feet OF the drug wears Off and they don't get a
supply they determined to die. Another
class of would-be suicides are young girls who
have made mistake and find the world against
them. Then they want TO die.
Most OF have been nurses and we must
know how 10 administer antidotes 10 poisons;
when stimnlant is necessary and when ambu-
lance should be called. we have 10 examine for
injuries every woman brought in here after
accident or q fight and must know what 10 do
for her.
THE Evelyn Thaw case has dragged a great
many girls into evil lives. Some day might
marry q millionaire tiey say when I expostulate
with them. They live along with the vision be-
fore them Of a millionaire who viii come some
day and lift them out OF degradation. Love OF
dress and love Of drink drag women down. 4
know, matron, but it's useless TO talk to me- thev
viii say when try to encourage them TO live a
better life. Sometimes they say, 7 wish I were
ike you, matrop- Once I used TO be like YOU
But the minute their backs turned they forget
every word said 20 them. Once out of the station
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have an officer from that precinct go to the place
and ask whether any one has been lost. We 90
the same In the case Of lost children. These are
generally brought here In the afternoon clinging
an empty pocketbook with which they hAo SET
out to go shopping They feel worse than their
mothers do at having shopping expedition inter-
fered with and yell with fright and disappointment
until we pacify them with candy. Their favorite
adventure Is 10 go 10 see the animals In the park.
Ever SO MANY little tots start out alone TO hunt
wild animals and wind up in the police station
"A lovely little thing brought To me one Gay
and Immediately began pull at the brass but
tons on my uniform. 4 want paps buttons she
begged Then she picture or pollcsiHh
on the wall. Papa's picture! Papa plctureI she
cried Between the buttons and the picture kept
her amused till the phone inquiry had expected
came in for a policemans child that was lost We
get abandoned babies that are sometimes 50 NICE
I'd like to keep them.
I'VE had queer case here one day. woman
gave us a child that she said had been handed to
her in the street She said a stranger had asked
her TO hold the baby while she went into a saloon
TO get her husband The stranger entered ths
saloon. and after waiting a long time. the i'm
promptu nurse hunted for her. only to discover
that the baby's mother had left the saloon by
case, let the woman go and proceeded to investi'
gate Later on a phone description came of the
child followed up by frantic man, who said ms
habv had been stolen from its carriage In the
street IL was his baby, all right. but what mo-
tive that woman had for stealing IL and why shs
brought II here with such yarn are mysteries that
have never been cleared. IL may be the woman
WAS drunk when she stole the child sometimes
drink takes awful funny on Il woman.
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''You hear secrets I'm a station that make Won
lose faith In human nature. The scum Of New
York comes here One feels degraded even bv
handling them Women brought in after
hsht with each other, their clothing torn to shreds
and so violent that not being able 10 get al their
antagonists rags. they will tear at what Is left Of
their own We have TO up the tatters so that
they may appear in court in the morning We give
such people all our old clothes and sometimes have
10 leho 'hem our new garments TO go out I'm. They
never return thing lent them, but If they think
they have left a handkerchief or Il hatpin they
VIII come back and raise Cain about II until YOU
actually feel ashamed at their accusations
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4 LITTLE WAIF.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: one day
last week I found in a corner or the vestibu.e
little bird, small that he couldn't fy
called my cousin out and she took Il into che
kitchen. She gave IL water and bread
crumbs and then put Il into open box with p
wire screen over IL Later took Il OF
the box and put II the tubs IN "a corner. for
seemed 10 like corners. Then took II up the
second story and put IL out the window sill.
Two larger birds and took IL away. The
little bird would fly after the larger wherever
they went We were glad that ne found his friends
Hoping that this has been interesting to you
sincerely yours
EI.AfA LILLIAN KNIFPIN (aged s..
No 7S0 Putnam Avenue Brooklyn.
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pictures Then at last Hunt came round % hfs
fathers opinion 10 seemed him that he would
never be able to make living an artist. and hs
determined 10 give up painting and become
farmer IN Canada But again MillaiS came to Ax
rescue with loan Of ESQ. which could III spars-
for his own pictures were sharing the fate os hls
friends Mr.. Hunt gave up the idea Of going To-
Canada, and is still living IN England. but his
troubles were not ended by any means He frund
the way OF the artist hard for many years. bat
never regretted that he mad not become ssthsr q
farmer or a business man
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SOME KIND HEARTS.

ITO look at them you'd think there was not an
atom of goodness left in some old tramps ana
FOUNDERS who move In circle from street TO sta-
ton and the island and back again, but when soHie
of these women work out their terms In BelleVue
7 have a chance to see something of the self-sac-
rhce of which they capable. They 40 the nara
est kind of work with a faithfuness and cheer-
fulness that I have not seen equaued by paia
chorewomen and at a pinch will turn to ana per-
form a nurses duties as sldlfuhy ana tenae'S AS
any nurse.
.One named Maggie, used TO manage 10 smusgie
in whiskey somehow. 1 found her one day. SIT
ting on the floor leaning against the wall. she
beamed at me- Ofm droonk she told me, NOD
ding her head triumphantly- who's goih 70 hsnt
tha Iaro,sp sure I can't Orna too drunk. An
oi.n, glad of it. Now. what're ye gon' to do
about it?
"Refore dawn two nights later, as closed the
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Fourth OF July Puzze.-WiIlie and his sister
needed a flag to complete their celebration. rhe
three prize winners and their prizes are Helen
Mackay eleven years old, No 55 Van Nostra nd
avenue. Jersey City, a pearl bead necklace: Ellen
Marshall. twelve years old No 600 Eagle avenue
New York City. sterling silver Tribune badge:
Charles Case. nine years old. Woodstock VT a
sterling silver Tribune badge
Things To Think About-The two prize winners
and their prizes IN this contest are Helen Wood
ward, fifteen years old No. los Hawthorne avenue
Yonkera, \. " pair OF pretty cuff or collar pins;
Frederick c. Loomls. nine years old New London
Conn. Interesting book
Our Letter Box.-See letters by prize winners.
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BoYboOd of Holman Hunt

for months. In due time he admitted 20 the
Academy. Millas had predicted. The two boys
became inseparable friends. and together they
founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. which the
little folk will learn more about when they
older. The Pre-Raphaelites did paint like the
older artists, and the critics abused them so much
that scarcely any dared to admire or buy their
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guage! It sickens through and through to
hear IT. That's favorite trick Of tenn
pered prisoners. 1t makes such a lot of
trouble TO scoop up the water and quiet the
others Some of them nothing but sponges,
but they make awful If they soak up a
little water from the floor"
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CHILDREN "LosT" ON PURPOSE.

This must be a slack season babies'' said
the matron of an East Side police station, "for
we've had no foundlings lately Sometimes they
come in punches till you'd almost mistake this
place for a founding home. There plenty OF
lost children. however There's one'' lovely lit
tie half-clad toddier looked wistfuily up the
CHEEKY tones Her roseleaf face. stained tears
lay dejectediy upon her bare shoulder. Her atti-
tude wore the stiffness of exhausted by grief.
That child cried for half an hour" said the
matTon. with sympathetic glance from her violet
eyes into the wet blue ones that gazed patheticsy
at her.
brought in but after 6eta,s &zISst quisted Soma
of the children bite and scratch sud kick They
In here at all hours of the ndght--~p 60 8
sAanAx In tas4Wcrning. And the poor little things
have to ss R8s4Od ss1nBted. One lost child was
brought here the other night. think he was IN
sane. He screamed and kicked and E<Vd TO bite
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THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
BIOGRAPHICAL CUBE.

From ! to Is city in which you would be very
likely land IL you crossed from England 70
France: from I to country in North America
from English river which Is second 70
the Thames in length: from 20 sea forming
part of the Mediterranean and also known as the
Archipelago; from 10 8 Of the imaginary cir
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cles around the earth within which during pars
OF the year the does not set and during a.
corresponding part does not rise from 70 a,
river in Canada which flows from Lake Winnipeg
into Hudson Bay; from 10 city in Ohio which
was for many years the residence OF one OF ths
Presidents OF the United States and became thS
place of his burial: from to Northern Euro
pean kingdom; from 10 city in the east OF
China the Yang-tse-K -Kiang River.
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Dear Editor: Thank YOU so much for IN,
Tribune badge. Your reader
MARGARET BOLAND
No Erwin Park, Montclalr, n. j.
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.. without charge or considerations

his Snd 'sP5 % 1
soft veget
which
three answers offer
ne
Hng silver pencil o
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WORD SQUARE

NUHD StUAhE
I. Somethins the little folks who the
water during the warm weather should learn 70 do.
2 Something the same little folks will be surs
10 want TO do. and which they do, II the Water
Is not too Deep without learning
g. A form OF poetieal composition Tenrysc1
wrote some very well known poems In this form
about an ancient king Of Britain
l. Something both big folks and little folks ara
often afraid they may do during July and August
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ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
ADDITION OF FRACTIONS
July fourth.
LETTER PUZZLE
Vacation