The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-14
Eating Between Meals

Eatin9 Between meals.
The United States bureau of educo
ton suggests that mothers ought t,
band together and wipe out the "eat
ing between meals habit of children
1t offers the following advice:
This matter of eating between
meals is one of which very muchcould
be accomplished by cooperation among
mothers. One mother who allows her
child to buy candy to eat between
meals may make it exceedingly diff.
cult for other mothers to adhere TO
their rules. Inc child treats another.
and himself must in turn be treated.
eve talk very much and perhaps
fancifully of the larger homemaking'
and municipal housekeeping There
is danger pe-haps of using the terms
without grasping their real signifi-
canoe and importance. There are GER
| tainly, however, many problems which
| vitality affect the welfare of children
which cannot be settled by individual
women in their separate homes. They
call for the cooperation of all the
women of a community. The women
of town could, if they got together,
control just as absolutely the food that
they control that which is given to
their own children within their own
walls. 1t would probably be an un,
pleasant revelation to most women to
follow push carts from which school
children are fed at recess and to trace
to their source the candy and other
foods which they carry"
Transportation of Explosives.
Congress, has, at last, enacted law
designed to safeguard the transporta-
ton of explosives, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission has prescribed
regulations under the act. The tardy
action is directly traceable to the ex-
plosion of carload of explosives on
a Western Indiana railroad a few
years ago in which life was lost. The
new law does not go into effect until
the first of next January. In the
meantime the Interstate Commerce
Commission has asked railroads to ia
miliarize themselves with the regula-
lions and be prepared to exercise the
greatest care in transporting certain
enumerated explosives.
The regulations adopted by the In
trstate Commerce Commission fill a
pamphlet of thirty pages. The CON
densed rules for handling a car loaded
with explosives are as follows:
This car must not be placed in
a passenger train; nor in a mixed |
train if avoidable.
Oars containing explosives must |
be near center if train and may be |
together if desired; must be at least |
fifteen cars from engine, and ten cars
from caboose when length of train
will permit.
Cars containing explosives must
be placed between box cars which are
not loaded with inflammable articles,
cotton, acid, lumber iron,
pipe, or other articles liable to break
through end of car from rough hand
ling.
A steel underframe car contain
ing explosives may be placed between
steep hopper cars in train.
The air and hand brakes on this
ear must be in service.
Elm shifting, have a car between
his car and engine, whenever possible
md do not cut this car off while in mo-
ion.
Avoid all shocks to this car and
couple carefully.
S-Avoid placing it near a possible
source of fire.
9-Engines on parallel track must
not be allowed to stand opposite or
near this car when it can be avoided.
must be labeled in red as follows:
Explosives. Handle carefully Keep
ire away" Heavy penalties are fixed
FOR permitting care to leave a station
Or siding without being properly la