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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-10
Helen Knecht 229 Golden avenue Long Beach, grade

is we'll told in Helen Kneoht's picture.
The lines are good and details are well
worked out. More foliage is needed,
for it is always attractive. With the
careful detailed effect it will be seen
that flowers must not be combined
with bare trees and a child with a
summer hat and frock should not have
a winter background.
Perspective is excellent in the pic
ture drawn by Marie Altman. but the
shrubbery and foliage are not we'll done
and the branches of the trees have as
sumed fantastic shapes which give a
weird. uncanny effect.
The picture drawn by Evelyn L.
Francis shows a vivid imagination
and, to some, might be an attractive
subject, but the lines are too light and
would not reproduce. 1t is not we'll
to portray such a terrifying subject
The old story, BABES in the Wood"
is indeed we'll illustrated in the pic
ture drawn by Paul Ickes, but the
lines are not heavy enough. The at
tention to small details, as the bird
and the daisies, add charmingly to
the picture.
Blue ink was used in the picture
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-10

drawn by Winifred Beeson, and blue
ink will not reproduce at all. The
lines are not carefully worked together
and not enough attention has been
paid to detail, but the idea is excel
lent.
Rose Williams has an attractive idea
worked out in her picture and details
have been carefully attended to. A
full face is rather a difficult subject,
and more pleasing effects may be
gained nv using a side view.
The picture by Charles Philippi has
a good effect of the denseness of
forest and a good perspective. but
there has not been enough attention
paid to detail and the proportions be-
tween the man and the rabbit are not
good.
Theodore Coulter has an attractive
idea, but in this picture too much at
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-10
JUNIOR ARTISTS EXCEL
IN FORESTRY SUBJECTS
TT ERALD JUNIOR artists delighted
in the forestry subjects this

=" ERALD JUNIOR artists delighted
in the forestry subjects this
week and there were pictures
showing every kind of forest, and al
most every sort of man, woman. child,
animal or anything else that could be
used for such a drawing. Many of
the pictures We're particularly good,
and it was unfortunate that lack of
space prohibited the use of others. The
superior virtue of many which are
used will please all the readers of the
Junior, and those boys and girls whose
pictures are not reproduced this time
may feel encouraged and hope that
they will have better luck with their
next effort.
The matter of proper ink is one
which many artists neglect, and in
which too much care cannot be taken.
Ink that is not a real black will make
a poor, faint or invisible line, and
where the Junior artists use purple
ink they might just as well put their
pictures in the waste basket before
hand as to send them to me, for they
cannot be used at all. There is a prize
of ink and drawing pens. and every
boy and girl in the drawing contests
ought to try very hard to secure that
ties to double the value of the picture
by doing it with good ink and with
good and suitable pens.
The picture drawn by Grace Lawyer
is indeed clever and it is not surpris-
ing that the critic chose that one.
Second prize, won by Ruth Chad
wick The foliage is an addition and
gives a softening touch. The perspec
tive is a little at fault and the child's
position is a trifle stiff, thereby de-
tracing some from the life of the pic
ture.
In Virginia R. Smiths picture the
foliage and shrubbery give an attrac-
tive, cool effect, and although the fig
ure is in an uncomfortable position,
the general careless air portrayed is to
be desired.
Bleakness and chill are we'll por-
trayed in Fannie A. Carpenters pic
ture, but a deer is acknowledged by
all artists to be one of the most diff
ficult subjects to paint or draw. the
reason, perhaps, is that the artist is
seldom able to get but a fleeing
glimpse of the animal.
The story, "Alone in the Forest"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-07-10

tention has been paid to detail and
none to the background. The pro-
portions are not good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
COLORED men TO
HAVE FIGHT SPECIAL

LOS ANGELES, June "a
Every colored man in Los An
geIes who can scrape together
the coin necessary to pay his
passage to Reno and buy a
ticket for the big Tight, will
travel in state to the capital Of
the fight world in special
car. The "Jim Crow special
will leave the Arcade station
on the evening Of July I, and
will begin the return trip tho
day following the fight.
The Hancock-serry special,
carrying 200 local fans, also is
scheduled to leave for Reno
July I. Whether the johnson
car will be attached to this
train the promoters Of the spe-
ciaI decline to state.
A card was printed in local
afternoon papers today calling
a meeting Of the coIored sports
Of Los Angeles to discuss the
trip.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
WH|TESlAVE.
CONDITIONS
APPALLING
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(By United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. June PA
special committee Of the grand
jury today is preparing a report
to the main body, showing that
white slave conditions in San Fran
cisco are appalling.
The members of the committee
refuse to discuss specific cases,
but declare that not alone are
women Of Chinatown enslaved, but
that tfAN custom has extended
throughout the city, and that many
women and girls have fallen VIC
tins to an organized band of men
and women. A member of the
grand jury announced that that
body would soon begin an investi-
cation and would ask police COOP
Grafton in stopping the traffic. 1t
is believed that this announcement
is made to mask grand jury invest
igations already under way and
about to eliminate in dictments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
MAN KILLED BY
BLASTING POWDER

PORTLAND, Ore, June "a
Mangled by the explosion of blast
ing powder while blowing up
stumps, near TOutle, Wash, yester.
day, Ben Chism, aged 90 years, died
at st. Vincent's hospital early to-
day, after being brought to this
city on train.
Chism yesterday placed a charge
under stump and withdrew after
lighting it. When the explosion did
not follow he presumed the fuse
was defective and went to the
stump to light new one. The blast
came as he was within few feet Of
the STUMP
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
INVESTIGATE FRlAR LANDS
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WASHINGTON, June 24.-The
house committee on insular affairs
today favorably reported a resolu-
tion providing for an investigation
Of the administration Of Philippine
affairs in connection with the sale
of "friar lands" in the islands.
Charges have been made that valu-
able lands were sold for trivial
sums to persons high in the govern
ment service.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24

the Cincinnati hospital, is dying.
Her father and brothers have
been summoned from Chicago. The
girl is the marvel of physicians,
who predicted that she could not
live three days after she was hurt
in a fall at the Empress theater on
March 6.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
JOHNSON TRAIN
IS DELAYED
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(By United Press Leased Wire)
RENO, New. June 24.-The re-
ception Reno planned to give Jack
Johnson has been delayed for two
hours. The train on which the black
champion is coming has been laid
out by freight werck and will be
at least two hours late.
Reno Is anxious to see Johnson.
With his arrival the city will feel
that he big show has already be-
gun. He will be given a welcome
almost as hearty as that Jeffries re-
ceived, Judging by the crowd that
gathered at the station to meet him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
PROSECUTION WILL CONTINUE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, June 24.-Attorney
General Wickersham today declared
that the government prosecution of
several indicted packing companies
will continue, despite the ruling of
Federal Judge K NJ. Lands that
the indictments were faulty and did
not state proper grounds for pro-
ceedings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
OREGON BANKERS MEET.
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(By United Press Leased Wire)
PENDLETON, Ore, June "a
With about 60 bankers from differ
ent parts of the state present, the
fifth annual convention of the Ore
gon State Bankers association con-
vened in Eagles WOOdmen hall this
forenoon. In addition to members
of the organization. a number of
bankers from Spokane, Seattle,
Boise and other cities of Washing
ton and Idaho were in attendance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
HAD A STORMY PASSAGE.
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PLYMOUTH, England, June "a.
After stormy voyage Of two
weeks an American squadron of
three battleships, headed by the
Massachusetts,. arrived here today
on a midshipmen's summer cruise
The squadron will remain here for
several days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
ASSISTANT TREASURER
FOR SEATTLE

(By United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON. June 24.-The
senate today passed a bill providing
for the appointment of an assistant
treasurer of the United States at
Seattle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
| Girls White and Colored
ITwb Dresses at One third
Less Than Usual

For the last day of American Week the
yinfants section has special attraction
That should be of interest to all mothers
who have girls dresses to buy
Il A lot, including a chosen assortment of
both white and colored dresses, all of
American manufacturers.
Materials used are reps, Persian
lawns linens, percaes and French ging-
hams. Garments are all 1910 styles. Trim
mings consist of braids, buttons, piping
and few garments are prettily embroid-
cred Entire lot at exactly one third less.
Note the price list given below:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
| HI EAT E r.

INGTON-There will be
considerable excitement at the
Washington theater tonight, for the
clever Albini, the master magician,
has promised to expose some of the
tricks of the stage. He will expose
mind reading, mental telepathy and
spiritualism. showing how Mrs. Pr
per, McIvor. Tindell and others
gained such fame from the spirit
world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24

Matinee daily 2;45. any seat. sc
Evening. 7:30 and 3, seats, loo
and 25c.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24

acknowledgements afternoon
will be known as Teddy Bear Mat
inee" at the Orpheum, the four
bears in Apdale's Zoo Circus being
the special attraction. The act is
one which is proving a delight to
the children as we'll as their par
ents and the comical doings of the
monkeys. dogs and bears provoke
hearty laughter. The most powerful
sketch ever presented in vaudeville
in this city is not too strong in de-
scribing the act of Edwards Davis
and his capable company. "The Pic
turc of Dorian Gray" which Davis
dramatized from Oscar Wilde.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
MAYOR ROSE OF MILWAUKEE,
MAY COME TO SPOKANE TO LIVE


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MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 24-Fomer Mayor who
a socialist, decided
He will settle the probable will
his in Seattle Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-24
A HOSPITAL MARVEL
is FINALLY DYING

CINCINNATI, June 24.-Augusta
Fassio, "A girl acrobat who has lived
for 100 days with a broken spine at
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Army Wanting in Marching ABILITY

that the field army is wholly unpre-
pared for field service. He SAYS the
new regulations are almost entirely
theoretical or dependent upon the ex-
perience of European armies. Our
transportation is the same as at the
beginning Of the civil war, for our
army has SO far failed to make usa
OF automobiles, traction engines and
other modern appliances in the field.
The weaknesses could be quickly de-
yeloped II the present annual maneu-
vers could be replaced at least once
by the march of a complete army
corps. Very few OF our officers have
ever marched with more than a regi-
ment.
To remedy these conditions. Mai.
Gen. Wood, chief of staff, has issued
orders which viii change materially
the training of the army The inspec-
tors general will be required to sub
NIT the troops to an annual INSPECTION
in the field. in addition to the present
inspection, which is described in some
quarters as being little less than an
inquiry INTO the accounts and garri-
son work OF the troops The new in
spection will be designed to show the
efficiency of the troops in the theoret-
ical work taught army officers in the
various schools and provided for in
the various drill regulations
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Gifts of Potentates Vex Uncle Sam

prize. amounting to about SIS. 600
Colonel Roosevelt turned this money
over to the department of commerce
and labor to form the basis of a
fund for expenses attending arbitrs
ton and the peaceful settlement of
disputes between capital and labor
Before granting the authorization in
this instance, congress had full knowl-
edge Of what was to be done with
the money. The prize was awarded
to Colonel Roosevelt for his efforts
in terminating the war between Rus
STA and Japan.
The action of the house committee
arouses new interest in the notable
collection OF valuable and curious
gifts presented by foreigners To Of
icial Americans which this govern
meut has not authorized accentapce
of by Americans and which are now
in safekeeping in the national mu.
scum and in the state. war and navy
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Insect Is Deadly Foe of Singing
Pest.
Experiments Made to Determine
Whether 1t Would Not Be Good
Investment to Breed Dragon
Flies.

New Experiments are being
made at Bronx park to determine
whether it would not be a good in
Vestment for the government to breed
dragon flies to destroy mosquitoes"
said William Conroy, an employee of
the geological department of Harvard.
after spending his vacation In and
about New York and Jersey City ia
King notes on the mosquito.
Not everyone knows" he said,
that the dragon fly is the worst nat
ural enemy that the mosquito has.
Both of them are born in the water
and both wiggle around in the mud
and ooze till the time comes for them
to emerge. Then they come out on.
the stock Of ilypad, dry off In the
not sun and split their skin down the
oaek and emerge from it with wings.
The dragon fly has a wonderful
lower jaw that shoots out like an arm
and can grab almost anything that
comes its way, but what 1t likes bet
ter than anything else Is a MOSQUITO
"A few years ago | was out on the
plains of Wyoming at a rather high
altitude and near some wet land
where mosquitoes simply seemed to
eat US alive. Late in the afternoon
they came swarming around us as the
sun sank and made life torment. |
was with troop of United States sol
diers, and we had camped for the
night and had built a fire to smoke
the mosquitoes away, but it did little
good. While we sat there shaping
at the pests, there came a sudden dis
persing of them. In a seconds time
almost there wasn't one of them in
sight. We all noticed it. Then, dart
ing from side to side and flying around
the camp. came the dragon flies, six
or eight of them, with their big shin.
ing bodies and tremulous gauze wings
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Home Town |
J! Helps f:
SEE VALUE OF CLEAN CITY
rsrisIan authorities Recognize That
Money IL Well Spent on the
Streets of the Capital.

Paris has accepted unfiinchingly the
doctrine that smooth and clean high.
ways are wise investment, and that
30 long as the work is done In a thor.
ough and scientific manner. with an
honest and skillful application Of
means to ends, the result is worth
having, regardless of cost.
The expense Of maintaining. CLAM
ing and sprinkling the streets is great.
er than In any other European city:
but the sort Of pre-eminence that such
a street service helps to secure ia
prohtable in hundred indirect wavs
Paris has by far the richest park
equipment Of any city in the world
The area of parks within an after.
moons excursion Is 10000 acres, while
Iarther away are more extensive pub-
lie grounds, such as Versailles and
Fontainebleau.
1t is impossible to estimate the prof
Its which Paris derives annually from
Its parks, boulevards and public build
ings. Bankers have estimated that
Americans spend upward of $500. 00o.-
600, annually In foreign countries, and
1t Is safe to say that Paris receives
at least one-fifth of this vast sum, the
profits from which are as great as are
the profits from pork to Chicago,
shoes to st. Louis and beer to MIL
waukee.
The experience OF Paris ought to
convince the most skeptical that there
is no modern community of civilized
men which cannot afford to provide
the most perfect public appointments
that technical and scientific knowl-
edge have discovered; well-made and
clean streets, good water, proper
drainage, convenient transit facilities,
complete schools, and thorough sani-
tary organizations. No city should
think itself rich enough to prosper
without them, and no city is 30 poor
that 1t cannot afford them.-The Out.
look.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
TO KILL MOSQUITOES

making a pretty picture in the after.
noon haze
An old Indian guide who was in the
party was the first to point out the
dragon flies and tell rs that the mos
quitoes had been afraid of them. A lit
lie after the dragon flies had gone and
back came the mosquitoes. Then aft
er little the flies came back, a dozen
OF them this time. stretched out across
the plain In line of battle Is feet apart
and each one advancing and dartfng
from side to side in quick dashes. Ev-
cry dash meant a mosquito killed and
eaten, and 1t was no wonder that the
mosquitoes fed.
"A few years ago the question was
seriously taken up at the Museum of
Natural History and at the Smith
sonian Institution in Washington of
whether 1t would not pay to breed
dragon flies, or devils darnfng nee
dies, as the grandmothers used to call
them. to rid the country of mos
quitoes. The Investigations were called
off for some reason and never pur-
sued.
Il know a lady out In Cambridge
who breeds lot of dragon flies In an
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

as a cause of death has been made
heretofore. but the increasing import.
ance of the disease and its wide prev
alence throughout the country in the
form of local epidemics render a
statement Of the mortality important
Many outbreaks have occurred In
this country, the most important of
which were those in Vermont in 1894
and in New York and Connecticut in
1907.
The $50 deaths compiled for the
registration area for 1909 were widely
distributed, and indicate endemic or
epidemic prevalence in many parts of
the country. II should be remem-
bered, the bulletin points out. that
the census data relate only to regis
tration sources, and that for the nom
registration states the deaths are
only those returned from the regis
tration cities contained therein.
Pellagra Is a new disease in the
mortality statistics. the bulletin
states. Only % deaths were returned
from this cause for 1908, and no
deaths for any previous year except
one for 1904 Such deaths undoubt-
eddy occurred. but were not recog-
niged and were consequently returned
as due to other causes or as of I'M
known cause
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

THE United States army has lately
undergone a series OF stern and
severe criticisms. Authorities have
studied the existing conditions from
every point of view, and In their re-
ports have delivered their opinions
In fearless manner. In a report
recently made public one inspector
points out the case of a whole bat
talon of artillery starting out for the
Philippines without single field of
hcer and one of the batteries COM
manded by a second lieutenant of
lc than two years service. In one
department alone a third of the line
officers were absent from duty with
their commands under detail, and al
together, the inspector says, the stu
alton warrants the prediction that re-
suits of disastrous kind must sooner
or later be realized.
People who think the United States
army stands at the top Of the pro-
fession would be rudely Jared to
learn from Inspector General Ball.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Washington Lad in Long Tramp Would
Not Abandon His Pet Pup
Paws Were Sore.

Tacoma, Wash.-Without railroad
fare from North Yakima and forced
to walk the entire distance Of nearly
200 miles because of desire to seek
Employment upon some lumber
schooner plying out of Tacoma, Wal
ar Anderson. aged nineteen, carried
his bull terrier dog the last twenty
miles Of his journey after the animal
had worn its feet until they were
bleeding on the rough, graveled road
bed of the Northern Pacific. Ander-
son appeared at the police station the
other morning and asked to be d.
rected to some shipping company. He
was carrying the dog and had torn up
his handkerchief to bsndsge Its bleed.
ing paws
Anderson said he had been eight
days on the road sleeping out of
doors. He had little money. but
was saving 1t to buy food. His FIRST
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21
Government Census Figures Show
That There Are 164,s3o Clergy
men in Country.

New York.-AIl churchmen have
been interested in the census bulletin
recently issued giving church statis-
tics.
There were 164,S3O Christian minis
tiers in the United States, besides !, 0S4
Jewish rabbis, and they increase at
the rate of nearly 1000 year. Their
average salaries are not so small as
many suppose, for the sum is 1868.
Baptists and Methodists have more
than half the whole number of minis
tiers in the country, due to their large
number OF small churches. especially
in rural districts.
There are in Manhattan and Brook
Ign several scores of ministers whose
salaries exceed $4,000 a year. The
highest salary ever offered a minister
to preach in New York, and given out
in a public call. was $4,000 a year
and house, offered last year by the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
and declined. Several ministers re-
ceive $4,000 a year. and there are a
dozen or more who get $4,000. These
salaries are the highest in the world.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-21

THERE were $50 deaths from
acute anterior poliomyelitis, or in
fantile paralysis. 1I6 from pellagra,
55 from rabies. or hydrophobia, and 9
deaths from leprosy in 1909, in the
death registration area of continental
United States. which comprises over
So per cent of the total population,
according TO the census bureaus
forthcoming bulletin on mortality sta
tistics for 1909. submitted to Census
Director Durand by DR. Cressy l.,
Wilbur, chief statistician for vital
statistics.
t. 1t is reported that of the 500 deaths
from infantile paralysis 552 were of
white and only II of colored persons
There was a somewhat greater Incl
dence of disease among males and an
increased mortality in August. Sep
TENDER and October
The bulletin states that no statis-
teal segregation of infantile paralysis