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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
PRAISE OF A CLAssMATE.

Mr.. Brown got his present place, it is
said through the efforts Of classmates
Harry Stimson, nephew OF former UnlteG
States Attorney Stimson, and WalorldSe
Taft, g nephew of the President and the
son of Henry w Taft of this city IN
speaking of his classmate Harry Sumsoh
paid high tribute TO his ability and ho2-
gishneSs'' for work But / am sorry any
thing has got to be written about hlh'
he said. He worries over the notorle'E
Which his appointment as Assistant DlS-
trict Attorney has received. He is genial.
lovable fellow. and a student such as one
would not ind in a century,
Mr.. Brown has bright, interesting race
His eyes appear to be perfectly normal,
as his misfortune is due to an affection
of the optic nerve He is of medium SIZE
and his address Is quick and direct
Il cannot tell YOU much about my he"
assistant said Mr. Wise, in reply to a
question. He came to me well recoiii-
mended and when / questioned him |
found out he knew a lot about law lie Is
twenty-four years old now. and has been
blind for two-thirds of his life He turns
out briefs as quickly as any one could
Mr.. Brown employs at his own expense
Chester Brinsmade to assist him Brins-
made who was also ii classmate OF
Browns is his eyes" He reads to nm
from opinions. looks up cases ana does
work of a similar character. but the young
Assistant District Attorney does his own
thinking in drafting briefs. He prepares
item himself and does the actual work oT
typewritine
That is the work. the preparation OF
briefs. which Mr.. Wise has assigned to
him at present. and the District Attorney
is wen pleased with the manner III when
l. i-as cen executed. As time passes the
young man will have more important
duties but at present his only worry Is 10
do the work before him III the quickest
most efficient manner possible
United States Commissioner Shields says
that the appointment of Mr.. Brown mas
a precedent some wears ago in the aP-
uointment of a blind lawyer, named Uii-
man. as United States Commissioner IN
Western New York Mr. Shields SAYS that
MI Uihnan presided over Important taseS
with dignity. fairness and efficiency
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

hu+ the new way preserves those OF II
borited brains whether they have Sooo
pbysiauc or not The average physique l.
therefore becoming less powerful because
lit is no longer needed for survival
Or. Lnnaaus +. la Fetra- secretary Oh
the American Association for Study aho
Prevention Of Infant Mortality, oeHeFe'
that all help given to the poor shouid DC
Temporary only. Every ore VINO tres ~
help the poor" said DR.. La fetra. comes
to the place where he must ask DUNE ga
whether it is more expedient that the caie
of children should be undertaken D. tIo
state or left to parents. Personally Dc
lieve that every man should De reSpoiisi"ie
for the care Of his own children ana 'ia'
he should have no more children than ne
can properly care for
when too much is done for man
family he gets to feel a weakened sense
of responsibility / believe in helping III
cases where help Is needed. but we 90 hot
want a class Of permanent poor III 'hiS
country such as exists in England " uo
not want a class of fathers vino VIII thro"
the. burden Of helping their children Oh ~
| other members of society
! IL made myself quite unpopular thioue"
! a recent statement before a nehlcai O'uS
| that | did not approve of furnishing iuhcti.
sons for children in the public schools IL
| seams to me that we should think not
merely Of the present. but that we snoulo
| look ahead a hundred years and as FAR as
/ noss,b,e nlan for the good OF future sener-
| o+tons 7 believe In every agency that VIII
! educate people to care for their own cn,i-
dren. but when parents have been properly
instructed they should then shoulder their
oun resDon ST bilitieS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
LAKE HOPATCONG.

Lake Hopafcong. n. J.. Aug 6-NeA'
Saturday afternoon the annual motor NOT
races fo1 tie Lake HopatconS Yacht tiup
cups will be run There will be three
class OF boats. racing over five, ten am
~ ent5 mile comE,s.
Among recent visitors to register AZ lac
New Bresin Hotel are Philauder 4. '>hoN,
Secretary az State; John kean, l'ti-it"
States senator; Nice-C Chancellor Manlon y
and airs. pahieI voorhees, o. Ne" 'I',' -,
on August % !iae Day viii h. oi'stfN 81
II this resort. I which i!mr 81 the s-ot-
tagea. camps. hotels ana slorc front pop
critics .yIu be gayly decorated with flags
and DUutin6 ia artistic designs. A nA'1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
FOR sELEcTIvE EFFORTS.

A, ,,terest,ne movement In the way or
making child saving efforts seiectlve Il ho"
being carried on under the New YORK De-
partrnent of Health by the Conference Oh
the Care of Babies. This conference Gun
sists Of prominent physicians lroIh INC
various hospitals and OF various soCid
workers It is under the chairmanshlp Vi
DIR. William P. Northrup. Of the fresoS-
terrain Hospital Dr. Walter Bensei' OF ehe
-,,+,, DEPARTMENT of Health, is chairman OF
the executive committee
We are confirming our efforts, SAID III Z.
Bensel. Ito visiting mothers who nave JUST
given birth to children and instructine
these mothers how to feed and care for
those little new children. We have a nun
dred and ffty nurses actively engaged IN
this work AS soon as the birth of chilo
is reported. especially II We know that the
mother was not attended at the time OIL
birth by any physician one OF our hui SEQ
makes call upon her. MOST Oh tue'o
babies are normal and healthy at plrth
and we try to prevent them from setlihs
sick by instructing the mothers no" u
take care Of them
T. utr1 be observed, then, that the sre''
work which the Conference on the care Pi
Rabies mas set Itself to do, Is not 10 E''i
sick infants but TO go to the homes OF noi
NAL healthy infants and endeavor 70 SUM
late the existence of conditions which VIII
keDn these children normal and healthE-
This is a practical application Of the oia
saving. An ounce of prevention Is worm
d pound of cure ,.a
DR.. lie Grand Kerr, professor OF diseases
nj Children in the Brooklyn Post Gra1lAd'o
HOSPITAL and author OF several DOCKS OH
nediatric subjects. is among those WHO oe-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Makes Brains
SERGE Him Instead Of Eyes

a good student a good fellow ana d me
friend for any man TO have
In Mr. Browns class at Harvard there
were two hundred law students, He was
graduated ahead of 1SS of these and there
seems little doubt that his standing would
have been even higher if illness had not
prevented his taking his examinations III
1909. When he stood his final eNamlha-
tons this year he had to take at the same
time those of the preceding year.
He lived in Hastings Hall while in col
lege. and sickness was the only thing
which he ever allowed TO prevent his at
tendance at lectures. Before taking up
his work in the Harvard Law School he
was graduated with honors from the class
zeal course He is d member of the Delta
Epsilon fraternity. and did his prepara-
tory work at the Browne-Nichols school,
at Cambridge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
BUYING OTHER MEMS DRINKS

There are plenty of men who spend
money in saloons or for tobacco or in max
ing bets and then. because they have not
enough left to keep their children in shoes,
they call on charity for aid. 1t just makes
my blood boil when l think that l am
obliged wilIy-nily, 10 help pay for that
mans drinks and his smokes and his bets.
Everything that's done toward helping that
man and his family takes something out
of your pocket and mine, either directly or
indirectly, now or in the future
Here the Other Commuter interrupted
the Clerk TO ask: But doesn't the law OF
the survival of the fittest regulate this
question Of infant mortality in the long
run, no matter what is done or left I'M
done by the charities?"
There YOU hit me on sore point re-
piled the Clerk. I'm not man OF sci
ence but I suppose most people Will con-
cede that the survival Of the f1ttest is one
of the fundamental laws of nature, and
they will also subscribe to the old belief
that nature can't be outraged for long
without getting back at those who do the
outraging Now, it looks to me as though
the effort to keep alive those whom
nature evidently does not want to have
kept alive is one of the things that is
turning this world topsy-turvy. If we
didn't have 10 have these weaklings set
tied on US we should be far better off,
The Other Commuter was father, too,
and he had very soft spot in his heart
for babies, having a little new one of his
own. He had never thought very much
before along the lines the Clerk had been
discussing and he now said: But, then,
YOU know, if YOU saw another fellow with
q sick baby you'd just have to go down in
YOUR pocket and help him out if he needed
help"
We'll. 1 suppose that's true" admitted
the Clerk but at the same time if that
baby came from drunken or criminal or
very ignorant parents / shouldn't really
be doing the square thing to help keep
II alive
The Other Commuter coIld find no
words in reply. He found himself won
derins what his wife who is a member Of
several benevolent societies, would say il
she were to hear the arguments put forth
by the Clerk But the Clerk, not waiting
for rejoinder, continued:
You think this sounds far from hui
name, but believe in the greatest good
10 the greatest number Admitting the
heredity, l have assumed the child in
question could only grow up to be trouble
of some sort 10 society. Why, then, not
let its life end? Why try TO preserve
something that is likely to be d burden to
others? To my thinking it would be a
broader humanity TO let the little life go
cut than TO try to save it"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
RlCAFIElO SPRINGS

h'ch"el" springs n Y. Aug. 6-The en-
u'o summer colony was at the theatre ON
friu"E e'eh'es' when amateur theatricaIs
Wete III p'osiesS' captain Racket ben.
s'Nen 'ot Tue dement, OF the bali team.
Among the cast were Miss vir.t,,;- -
daughter OF Rear Admiral "a p So - -
and Mrs. Charles Cook r,,re,a, u
Brae. Mrs. Silas II. Conkbn a., i''',"'e
ths team. 'S'ai VI
:. J..husgins is again az tbc f,.,.,,..
where he has spent many summers 80.
New Workers at that house ara Nc,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

!, there was no need of his working, no need
OF his taking up a vocation
II won't be a drone,' he said to him
self day after day. Medicine, Of course,
was out of the question, and so was en-
cheering and a dozen other professions
that youths of his age were preparing for
Then he thought of the law There was
one vocation which he did not believe his
physical handicap would bar him from
When his friends first heard OF the prof.
ect they We're inclined to treat il lightly.
It's just passing notion" they told
each other Who ever heard of a blind
man being lawyer" But Brown had
made his choice and wasn't to be laughed
out of II.
He decided to study law at Harvard, and
presented himself for the entrance eHami-
nations These he passed with flying
colors, although he had to engage stem
ographer 10 read the questions to him and
write at his dictation his answers. His
parents provided him with a companion
while he was in college, and the latter read
the textbooks to him and at first wrote
his examination papers from his dicta-
ton.
Then Mr.. Brown decided that il would
he = good idea for him to learn how to
use 4 typewriter. He bought one and be-
gan to learn the arrangement OF the Key
board. He soon found out where each let
ter figure and punctuation mark was, ana
IL VAS nor long before he became an eA-
pert writer. Many stenographers use d
blind" keyboard; that is. have blank
white or black caps put over the Keys
covering the letters. This they do after
they have become SO familiar with each
letter that they know by instinct us
e>-act location because by doing SO they
believe they can increase their speed But
n use machine without ever having
actually seen the keyboard is a much more
difficult feat.
After Mr.. Brown had mastered the use
If the 1vpewriter he always used 1t IN
writing out his examinations, and only
required some one to read the questions
10 him. His professors took deep IN
terest in him, and his classmates say tna'
there was no one in the class who was
! better able to reason out and carry In MS
/ head complicated and abstruse question
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

Of his entire estate 10 the David Ranken.
in. school of Mechanical Trades and his
plans for its Improvement he SAID delber-
atelS II do not want any more publicity.
! dislike very much to see my name in the
newspapers. ! decliue 10 say anything more
q bout IT, It is in the hands of the board
az trrstces'
Truly. an unusual man,
Tie property turned over by Nj. Ranken
20 The board OF trustees Is AN endowment
FOR tnc trades school consists OF tuc land
in ST. Louis known as the Ranker
tract, leased to the Terminal railroad AS
sociation property in East ST Louis, MI
Rarken's home at 10th street and Wash
ington eNanue and stocks IN the Illinois
Central and Rock island railroads and the
Mercantile Trust Company. Boatman's
! Bank and Merchants Laclede National
Bank, Ii totals, as said, about S3,Ooo,O00.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

ct hear" said the $50 a week clerk, who
has two babies of his OWL, that one Of
these ph:lanthropic organizations is MAX
Ing a great campaign to reduce infant NOR
taiity and that they think they can save as
many as one hundred thousand babies
year II thty have chance to carry cut
their theories. And 1 hear, toe. that their
slogan is. a Square Deal for the Babies
THAT may be all right I suppose It is
But wo1oer if these good people who are
trying SO hard to keep alive the children
of the very poor ever stop to think that
they are lessening The chance Of men ike
you and ne from giving our babies tie
start in life they are entitled to-?
"How's thar" asked the Other Com
rluter who was riding into New York with
the Clerk.
We'll" replied the Clerk, its just here.
as lock at it Your babies and mine don I
get the souare zeal they are entitled 70
simply because SC many sickly, ignorant
ard incompetent Children are allowed TO
grow uU every year TO become burden
upon the pocketbooks OF honest, hard
.vorkin.. men like you and me.
..The Ignorant incompetent poor man is
che one who has the most children. If
.hese grow up. they likewise become, in
the majority CO Instances. ignorant and in
con:petent- They are the kind OF people
who can't do anything well. They make
incompetent woTkmen. and incompetent
workmel caus. high prices III the world of
labor. You know now it is if you have to
have the cutters ii your house repaired, for
Instance One good, intelligent workman
could do tie little job IL less than two
hours. Eut if you ask one CT these ordi-
narily Incompetent workmen about it you
will have a llImber, tir.smiJh, roofer
snd heaven krcvs who else down on you
for separate bills. and when the job is
dine likely as not it has TO be done over
EEa.n.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
MORTALITY OF LITTLE ONES.

The bulletin of mortality statistics is
sued by the United States Census Bureau
for 1908 says that nearly one-flfth OF ali
deaths that occurred in that year were
those Of infants under one year of age, ana
over one-fourth were of children less than
five years Of age.
This bulletin also says: There were
more than oue-eighth OF million QSo'45-'
deaths of babies under one year OF age IN
about one-half of the total population OF
the United States in 1905 1t Is a matter
of conjecture. in the absence Of reilaple
registratio Of deaths for the remaining
half OF the country. whether these nSures'
if doubled, would represent the approx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Opinions of Some Experienced Physicians Who
Lean That Wav

these people we would have SO much more
TO spend or our own families. and even men
with small salaries like you and me could
give our babies a pretty fair start in life.
Talk about a square deal for the babies
OF the poor, I would like to see move
ment organized that would give g square
deal to the children of the middle class
hard working man who asks no charity
but only 10 be let to do his work and then
have the money he earns to spend for his
own family. instead of on the families OF
men who are too ignorant or too lazy to
support their OWE progeny.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Blind LaWyer
Raymond G.. Broeyn Wins
/. Place Of Assfsfanf u.
6. Dissrfcf a Attorney.

On the third floor of the Federal Build
tng is Room s.. man who had impor
1ant business 20 transact with the Federal
District Attorney was directed to see the
assistant working in that room He will
Fix You up" clerk in Mr.. Wises office
Iold him He hurried around TO the room
and knocked on the door.
From within lie heard the sound Of some
one pounding furiously at the keys of
typewriter and said to himself: Il wish
my stenographers were as good as the one
that fellow has" He raped again and
more loudly. and went IN in response to
call from inside
He saw a man bending over q typewriter
IN corner of the room. with his back
J1artly turned 10 the door, and again men
tally noted the speed and expertness with
which he wrote on the machine:
DO you wish to see me?" the occupant
OF the room asked
Il want to see Mr.. Raymond G. Brown.
Assistant United States District Attorney
SAID the visitor
Il an Mr.. Brown. What can / do for
you. sir?'
The visitor stated his business. was asked
and replied 20 Z few pertinent, concise
questions, and in few moments left the
office. He was greatly surprised when
some time later a friend TO whom he had
gold OF his visit asked him if he had no
siced anything peculiar about Mr. Brown.
WHY. no. he exclaimed: nothing at
all. only he seemed mighty busy, and stuck
10 his typewriter while was in his office"
well, that man is totally blind SAID
gIs friend.
II is true. Mr.. Brown, the latest addi-
don to the staff Of the United States Dis
xrict Attorney of New York lost his eye
sight when only a few years old and has
MOI been able to sec since Despite this
terrible handicap he has entered the sruS-
gle of life with such energy and arcor
that already he has won place and recog-
milton far above that gained by many OF
his former playmates who entered the lists
.,ratandicapped by any physical deficiency
Mr.. Brown is by nature exceedingly ret
Scent and sensitive. If there IS one sub
Sect which he wishes 10 avoid above others
that subject is himself. Try TO talk to him
about his career, and his reply is: 4 am
.ye-v sorry, but you see I have SO much to
dc that 1 really haven't lime TO talk 10
you"
Mr. Brown Is graduate OF the Law
School Of Harvard University. and 1t is
from ms classmates in college that one
finds out something Of the life arc history
Of this exceptional man. When eight years
old he lost his eyesigilt. The blow was one
which lie found almost impossible 10 bear
But a. time passed the feeling OF bitter
ness left him. and he determined that ne
would not permit loss of sight to curtail
his usefulness in the world
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
SEES A SILVER LINING.

DR.. H. Edwin Lewis, editor or American
Medicine says that perhaps after all
the heavy death rate among children of the
slums is a cloud with a silver lining
Saving the least desirable children, he
declares, may be misdirecting our ener-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.

Relative to the matter of the survival
of the fittest," DR.. Lewis says: survival
of the fttest was survival of the strong
est now it is survival of the children of
parents having the most sense and knowl-
edge. The savage mother loses three
fourths of her children, but the modern
high class woman raises 80 per cent of hers.
The old way caused the survival Of the
powerful whether they had sense or not,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
STUDIED HARD AND ADVANCED

Fortunately his family is well endowed
with this worlds goods and was able TO
give him ali the financial assistance that
he needed. The first problem to ce solved
was that CT education. The little blind
boy studied hard. A tutor was employed
and read the textbooks 10 him. Then he
learned how TO read raised print, the kind
used IN books for the blind.
II was a hard uphill task all the way,
ont young Brown stuck 70 it with de
termination seldom found in children.
Gradually ne acquired good high school
education and Ihen went 10 preparatory
school. sslere lge attended classes and had
q companion 70 FeaG the lessons 1" hlI13.
Jgei4 lis thoughts ;uci1ed % q career L"
some profession which hc couic foiio"
curing life despite hi blindness he re
VOTED entirely when At W. suggested ti4ai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Id the work of Child Saving Be Made More Seectve
Too Much Effort Nov Expended on onspr'ns OF
Degenerate Parents.
Offspring of

ro,.e that present methods in child saTia-
-asreeent - considerable economic waste.
a. Relieves thet one well instructed mother
- Greater educational factor In a ters-
-. bouse than many who are partially
...tr,,ctad in the care Of children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07
Giues Asvay Three Millions.
xee,c Three thousand for Self

Mrs P. Brooks, Mrs T. P. Earle, Mr.. and
Mrs H. b Cristnan, Henry L. Stoddard
and John Henderson.
Recent New York arrivals at the Ber-
kelley Waiontha are Mr. and Mrs Thad-
deus Gould, Mrs. ]. H Towns, Miss Eleanor
Towne, Miss Lucas, John r Montgomery
and r H E Elliott.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

parade will form at the pier|5i the yacht
club house and. Led by The officers ana
members Of the. club, will pass about the
lake in review. Six landsome sterling sill
yer loving cups viii be awarded as prizes
Tor ile uesr decorations