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In a IarSe INSTITUTION,
INSTEAD OF asylums, lot q sys-
tenn of child clearing houses be
established.

"A few rooms would be sufficient for
one OF these. where tho Infants could
be left for a few hours while their
physical condition was being studied,
Then they would be taken dlrectly to
families in the Vicinity. where they
would still be under the constant over
sight and regulation OF a doctor and
nurse furnished by the station. In
stead OF paying for n large plant, the
money would go for the salaries OF
these individuals and the board OF the
babies. with much less outlay and bet.
ter results.
III all the institutions At work Tor
neglected Infants would sell their ex-
pensiVe plants and cooperate In this
natural method, | believe our need
lessly large infant %death-rate would be
wonderfully reduced concluded DR..
Chaplin.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
SOLDIER ladies
TAKE ABOATR RIDE
STRAIGHT TO JAIL
Hire Craft From Fake Owner
to Reach Island and
They'll Get There.

Three crestfallen privates In the United
states Army were arraigned In Centre
Street Police Court to-day before Mag.
!Strate kernochan charged with At.
tempted larceny. Policeman O'Neara
of the Greenwich street station was
their accuser. The soldiers. Ed win Ste
venson. Joseph Finan n Martin ua.
nan are stationed at Governors Island.
They we're in Manhattan last night on
leave and missed the last boat for the
reservation at / o'clock. Repair,np ia
a nearby ~refectory. they be walled their
luck over three beers.
For haif a dollar" said a'sharp.eyed
little wharf rat who had overheard
them, I'll rent YOU a boat"
The soldiers closed a trade. They rave
the stranger half a dollar and he piloted
them TO the basin off the Battery, where
the boatmen keep their Whitehall boats
He pointed out a boat alongside the
float and Invited the soldiers to use Il,
saying II belonged to him. Then he dis.
appeared.
The three soldiers were christening
the boat preparatory to starting for
Governors Island when o'Meara hap
pened along. The boat is the property
OF Daniel A.. Collins. o'Meara knew
thai the soldiers had no right to 1t.
Magistrate Kernochan. after hearing
the story In the police court, directed
that the charge OF attempted larceny
be withdrawn. Then a charge OF disor-
derby conduct was entered against the
prisoners and they were fined s. each.
lnasmuch as their combined assets did
not amount to a dollar they were sent
to fail.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
PROVIDE MOTHER
FOR EVERY BABE
Who HASN'T ONE
Institutional Care Supplantcd
by Method of Speedwell
Society.
NATURES PLAN NEEDED.
DR.. Chaplin Finds Common
Sense Attention Better Than
Trained Nurses.
PLAN NEEDED.
By Marguerite Mooers Ma shaH.
what are wo going TO DO about
tho baby7

~
The mother and the sociological in
v~estigator unite IN that worried appeal.
these days. for both know that on the
baby the struggle for existence falls
that from o~ne-auarter to one-third OF
all those born In this country die be-
fore the age of Eve. Consequently. any
theory for Safeguarding infant life Is
theory backed up by eight years prac-
tice IL that voiced yesterday by Or
Henry Dwight Chaplin OF tho Post
Graduate Hospital and Medical School.
Briefly. Dr. Chapln thinks thai svery
baby should be provided with a mother.
II not It's own mother then a next best
substitute. And In 1909 he was ins,ru-
mental In founding the Speedweli So
ciety. philanthropic organization
which undertakes TO provide substitute
mothers In place OF what DR., Chaplin
frankly terms the futile institution"
1T is a curious fact" he observed
yesterday. when l asked him how no
came to start his interesting work.
that while the genera death rate has
been lowered all over the world. especi-
ally In the more civilized countries as
a result Of improved hygiene, the NOR
tally OF infants has not declined in a
corresponding ratio. II 10 certainly
time to try and take effective steps to
check the heavy death toll at the very
beginning Of life,
Class That Swells Death Rate.
in the course Of my hospital work
ore aspect OF the situation came To
seem TO me Of special Importance, That
Is the management OF babies not re-
ceiving proper home care and Of
f~oundlings. 1t Is Just this class OF
helpless Infants that enormously sw"lls
the death rate,
"They must be taken away from the
institutions. The institutional system
fails because II is against nature. The
fault 1 ~ot essentially vi lapses IN
care or details Of management Inn
proved feeding methods n personal
hygicn, have heen introduced all over
the country IN public homes and hos
pitfalls for babies. and many u these
are admirably managed. hut Il baby
needs a mother, and a board OF d.
rectors is not equal to the emergency.
81 believe In the good, old-fashioEcd
'mother!ug, " this wise doctor added.
"I'd infinitely rather trust a baby
TO tho care OF an ignorant but we'll
meaning woman with motherly in
stinots than TO a trained nurse. The
latter is likely TO have trained an
der a doctor In whom abstract
science Ia more highly developed
than ommon sense.
III the baby cries she will calmly
lay it on the bed aud leave It have n,
cry out. A mother would pet the littl,
one into silence, \ baby needs the IN
dividual solicltude and care which In,
dulyss IN handling. pstting. Sysn. per
The evening world., 1911-02-24
SUPPOSED BURIED
IN P0TTER'S FIELD,
MAN WRITES HOME
Father Reports That
"Harry Smith Who Died
Was Not His Son.

superintendent William c. Ycrke OF
the Municipal Lodging House was
amazed when he received a letter to-
day directing hin not TO look after the
burial OF Harry w. Smith of East
Briigewater, Mass, as Smith had
written his father that he vas alive
aad we'll.
Yorke t~elephoned TO the Metropolitan
Hospital on Blackwells Island and
was told that Harry w. Smith, who
was sent from the Lodging house as
a consumptive. Nov. 30 last, died Feb.
5 and wae buried In potter's field.
on the day OF his death the hospital
authorities telegraphed to +. b.
Smith OF vinton's Corners, East Bridge
water. Mass, who was given as
Smiths nearest friend. asking d.
r~ections for the disposal OF the body.
The elder Smith. who is eighty ears
old, and a veteran Of the civil wal.
wrote to Superintendent Yorke and
asked him to see that his son was
properly buried, as he had nothing but
a meagre pension TO i've on and could
not afford to pay the funeral expenses.
To-day Supt. Yorks found In his mail
letter from Smith. saying he had
heard from his son. and that the young
man was alive and well. He thanked
Yorke for having buried TIE man he
supposed was his son. and added that
ne was overjoyed to be relieved OF his
bereavement.
Yorke declares the Harry w. Smith
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And what happens to the babies after
they get wcll?"
Many come from city homes OF their
OWN and are returned thither, along
with a course of lessons for the mother
IN keeping the cure permanent. In
several Instances. where the children
were without relatives. they have beon
adopted by the women who took them
to nurse. Though | have found the
doctor added with a twinkle. that most
people don't want TO adopt "A baby, but
an angel with dlmples In It's elbows
and a family tree.
But. adoption out OF the question, It
wou!d be better as well as cheaper
philanthropy to pay board for all home
less children m Individual homes rather
than In a large Institution.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
TOW me WIRE
THE
q
Mothers Instructed.

old one Is given up. There have been
seventy OF tho society list"
The evening world., 1911-02-24
BIG COPPERS COME BACK.
So Do Nickel Cents and Both Bring
PROFIT with Them.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-The disap-
pearance OF the large copper cent and
the nickel cent from circulation has
brought about a curious condition in the
United States Treasury. None of these
pieces HAD been coined for years. but
enough OF them were returned to the
Treasury each year 10 give the Govern
ment a good profit in reco!ning them
into smaller copper cents and into nickel
fve-cen; pieces.
Ohicials OF the Treasury Department
have Informed Congress that these
pieces practically have gone out OF ex-
istence. In order to keep up the supply
OF new cents n nickels, Congress will
have TO appropriate money 20 pay the
expense Of coinage.
The evening world., 1911-02-24

haps, occasional foolishness. In n pri-
vate house the immediate SUR uiIng
may be poor. the ventilation not OF the
best. al the movements OF the family
not regulated by the highest social
usages. but the infant will do better
there, In the long run. than in tho
most in wrd.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
DAY TELEGRAPH LETTERS
BY WESTERN UNION NOW,
Counterpart of the Existing Night
Service Is Proposed to the
Public Service Board.

The Western Union Telegraph Com
psny has notified the Puzzle Service
Commission. Second District, that COM
meucing March l It viii i|uaugurate a
new form OF telegraph service 20 be
known as day letters. Day letters Will
be a counterpart of the existing night
letter service in that the initial charge
VIII be for a minimum OF fifty words a.
plain Language, plus oue-fitth the the
initial charge for each ten words or part
thereof ia excess OF fifty.
The rates VIII be one and onc-uaIf
times the night Glitter rates between me
same points, Messages taken at those
rates will he suhordlnatcd 10 regular
day messages In transmission and de-
livery.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
Just Two Garments
Out of Over 5000

Black KerSey Overcoat,
conservative cut, silk vel
vet collar. full! Venetian
lined; formerly marked
SIS; made by Ken! of up
per Broadway for SIS. It's
a bargain for the man
who wears size 1888;
now reduced in half; pres
ent price ...............J
Nobby Ulster of grlyish- !
green; material of English
velour; invisible overplaid
effect; combination storm
and dress collar; long,
loose, with belted back; |
made by Dillon, 2ist and
5th ave; his original prise
$50; our former price S25;
now reduced to.........,J
The evening world., 1911-02-24

NOTICE--During tAis AS " are
Obliged to make tn .ol!owIss r.
st~rictions: Noting sent c. q: b. or
on approval. 20 refunds, no ex-
changes, and necessary alterations
will be charged for at cost.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
Hears Checker Players.

'Se'o S'SSNN' law"
~. X M j. f. play a very good
game OF checkers every night by means
OF wireless. ] do not know whore their
stations are, but ] take n that they are
~ widely separated points in the city.
Playing checkers by wireless IN some
thing novel, and II IL done by numbering
the checkers. hear them say Jump
and tell eac play. just Us II the board
vas right before them.
The cay Miss Packer, who was the
The evening world., 1911-02-24
Gratifying Results.

Gratifying Results.
therefore believe that relief Tor
tho babies must be aimed at along the
lines Of family life with individual sI-
pervis!on. instead OF the collective life
witt '7stitutiona methods
And the SD,od well Society Is the
pract'"al ~orN.ng out OF this theory"
I inquired.
Yes. and the results have Dean most
gratifying" said DIR. Chaplin. "a large
number OF neglected and abandoned In
fants were constantly being sent to the
hospital because there seemed no other
place for them. They were not a,
subjects FOR hospital care. as all they
needed was proper food and environ
ment. To try apd save this class the
~speedwell Society was formed and a
substitute mother system was started
With Morristown, ~. j.. as the basis of
operations.
That place was chosen because 4. is
BEAUTIFULLY located and because 4. con-
tains many respectable families of
moderate means. For It IS with such
families that We like to place our ba-
bies.
The system Is simplicity Itself. The
society has rot even a central office.
There Is merely a doctor and a nurse
In Morristown to whom salaries are
paid. They make It their business TO
know the community and select propor
foster-mothers. Then, after the babe.
are placed In the homes the doctor and
nurse retain constant supervision. They
prescribe food, medicine and general
hygiene. but the Individual care Is left
to the mothers"
qualifications for Mothers.
What are the Necessary ouallnca-
tons for these mothers?" | asked.
hey must have already had chill
lren OF their own. They must be de-
cent. respectable women. with tho time
ana strength to devote 10 the extra
work Unless there Is some good rea-
son for change II is wise 10 retain the
same women for several babies. though
only one. or at most two. are given TO
each at one time. But by constantly
taking the infants into their homes tho
women oecons fairly expert In handling
them under conditions totally unlike
those offered by the est institutions
ana far superior 10 such conditions.
During the past eight years
the society has taken charge OF
nvs hundred babies below the x
OF ewo years. 1t 10 safe 20 say
that practically all Of them would
have died II kept In an institution.
As 1t H., four-nfths OF Thorn were
not only saved but in most In.
stanoss restored TO excellent
health"
How long were they kept In these
families questioned.
For varying periods, ranging from
two months 70 two years. but always
long enough 70 give them a chance 10
get well. The work Is kept up during
the whole year and not limited 10 spe-
clal seasons. Tho toster-mothers are
paid s2 a month, and an effort is male
to encourage them by praise from me
visiting nurse ana physician. Many Of
them take the greatest interest IN the
work, and It is never dlfncult TO get
another farily whcn for any reason An
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
PARK ENTRANCE OPENED
AT END OF 18TH STREET
Pedestrians, Equestrians and Automobiles
Find Much Use for New Roadway.

borders the road all the way out and
which is one of its chief charms.
The claim never was made in behalf OF
straight stretch of road that it was
beautiful. and the undertaking, monoto-
nous course of 10Th street is a case in
point. In the city avenues this. nonotony
is broken by closing the vista with parks
or open spaces adorned with foliage or
fountains Or statues.
There is no such break in the
new section of 10th street, but as it is
lined along almost its entire course by
forest trees the grace and soft color of
the foliage makes it an aisle that has lost
much of the sameneSS and hardness OF
straightaway course.
The turn from 18th street into the new
roadway is just north of the grassy
slopes of the reservoir. On each side lies
a smooth expanse of lawn, which is bor-
bred on the west by the deep shadows
Of the woods. which at this season of the
year are richly colored.
The descent into the valley of Rock
creek is by winding road down the sid
of the ravine, with glimpses of wooded
heights and quiet valleys which give
charm and variety to the scenery. This
section Of the road. like all park drives.
has a macadam surface well oiled and
dustless. But even after the park bounds
are left behind on return to the city
the same road surface is continued all
the way down 18th street across the
bridge to the junction Of Columbia road.
On this account the 10th street route to
the country of the suburbs offers the
earliest opportunity to get off the city
pavement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
Will Accept Amended Franchise.

a tentative agreement whereby the
Citizens Gas Company of Indianapolis
will be permitted to make large bond
issue in exchange for an amendment
to it's franchise, giving the board of
public works greater power in order
ing gas main extensions. has been
reached between representa- tives of the
company and the board. The company
desires to issue per cent bonds
to take up the per cent bond issue
and to enlarge it's plant. The franchise
limits the extent OF mains the board
may order annually to 10000 feet, al
though the company voluntarily has laid
in excess Of this amount. The proposed
amendment to the franchise. which, to
become effective, will have to be rati-
fed by the. city council. will permit the
board to order 10000 feet of mains in
1912, $4,000 feet in 1913 and go 900 feet
each year thereafter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
BIG DEMAND IN FAIRLAWN.
Lots Find Ready Sale in Subdivision
in AnacOStia.

Oscar c. Brothers. jr., reports an ex-
cellent demand this week for lots in Fair
lawn. The opening Of street has at
tracted many purchasers. Among the
sales of the week were the following:
To George T. Simpson Of Congress
Heights, two lots at the northeast cor
ner of 18th and streets
To George w. Lerton, one lot on s
street.
To Ernest L. Adams of Boston, Mass.
two lots on street. Mr.. Adams will
build two houses on the property.
To Nathan Tucker of Hartford, n. c.,
one lot on s street.
To John r. Carroll of Anacostia. one
lot on S street. where q residence will
be built
James w. Dent purchased one lot and
will build.
Alfred w. Thompson, postmaster Of
Ridgely. Md, purchased two lots on S
street and Will hold same as an invest
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
Piney Branch No Longer Visibl
HARDER THAN LIVING ROCK.
Concrete Buildings Easier to Build
Than to Demolish.

Concrete buildings are permanent to an
extent never before realized by architects.
Office buildings have life of twenty,
thirty and forty years, as the case may
be, and then, if they are built of brick
or stone or terra Gotta, they fall into the
| wrecker's hands and are removed with
| little difficulty but much dust, to let other
/ and greater buildings rise in their stead.
| But with concrete buildings, says the
| Construction News, the case is different.
! To induce the concrete to release it's hold
| on the reinforcing rods of steel Is no
| easy matter. The steel rods are wound
! in and out of the mass, crossing and re-
crossing and tapping over each other until
! thoroughly tangled, like the hairs in my
lady'S couture, and much harder to sep
arate.
| 1t is infinitely more trouble to tear down
| a house of reinforced concrete than il
| is to build one, and although less skill
| is required, il will be found that the cost
will not be far different. The removal of
| a small concrete building in New York
recently cost S.2,.D.
The use of modern reinforced concrete
! for building construction goes back hard
/ IN twenty years, and there are Few buiiu-
| ings of the most approved type tnat are
ten years old. For this reason knowledge
| Of the lasting qualities of cement can
/ not be said to be complete, but from
1 what IS known il is believed that the
ordinary house of brick or stone Is at
| the peak of it's efficiency the moment 1t is
/ completed From that time 1t begins to
| dcteriorate.
The peak of efficiency in the case of a
| concrete house has not yet been deter
mined AS concrete gets older, 1t be-
! comes harder and more durable, that is
of course, IL the concrete Is properly
made.
| The usual means of wrecking a house
| have not the slightest effect on concrete
| The sledgehammer. the drill ana oyna-
mite must be used.
| Acids might be useo TO disintegrate the
concrete. but the expense would be
| enormous Muriatic acid will dissolve
| the binder in the cement, but the trouble
| is that as soon as it has soaked In a little
| the cement counteracts the acid. and 1t Is
| necessary to wash away the soluble ma
terial with a hose before further progress
can be made.
| The only thing to do is to loosen the
material with explosives and then break
| ii free from the steel reinforcement with
sledgehammers, and that is long. tedi-
GUS Job. A concrete house, reinforced.
becomes what is called monolithic. 1t is
as IL some one had chiseled the house out
of single piece of stone, with tho added
strength furnished by the steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18

B. F. Green, aged seventy-eight ears.
Of Bloomington. Nd. IL dead OF Bright's
disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
To Asphalt Baltimore Streets.

The city OF Baltimore proposes to re-
surface $4,000 square yards Of streets
which are now paved with .cobblestone
by paving over the present cutters with
concrete, thus changing the contour of
the streets slightly. and then placing
one and a half-inch binder on top Of the
the present cobbles and the concrete
cutters: a one and half-inch topping
course of high-grade asphalt being then
placed on top of the binder.
At recent meeting of the board Of
estimate 1t was determined to spend
81, 100000 on new paving during 1912:
Is per. cent OF which wifi be spent on
this class Of paving. It is the intention
of City Engineer. II. X. McCay to COM
plete the $4,000 square yards. before
Christmas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
FORM REALTY PARTNERSHIP.
Robert C. Shinn Takes Sidney Alex
ander as Associate in Business.

The real estate firm of Robert &.
Shinn. at 1923 14th street northwest. is
hereafter to be conducted under the
firm name of Alexander & Shinn. The
new firm has just been formed. Sidney
Alexander. who recently resigned from
the realty corporation of Wfllige Gibbs
& Daniel. where. he was the manager of
the rent department., is now associated
with Mr.. Shinn.
The latter has been in the real estate
business In this city for the last seven
wears. In 1905 he opened an Office in
the Ames building. 1410 G street. and
in the course Of the year removed to
1925 14th street, where he has been ever
since The new firm has enlarged its
facilities for doing business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
FORMER TAMMANY BOSS
IN america FOR VISIT
Richard Croker Comments on
Politicians, and Praises
Nathan StrauS.

NEW. YORK, November Is--Richark
Croker has returned to America for his
annual visit to Palm Beach. 4 four
day rest in New York, with headquar-
tiers at the National Democratic Club.
and short visit to Lexington, KY, will
precede his visit TO Florida
The former Tamnany boss appeared to
be little older, with an added tinge of
gray. and little less sharp in hearing
than he has been on previous visits. He
seemed to have developed also a little
streak of observation-disclosures, which gave
his whole bearing an entirely different as
pect from that of the old-time alert poll
tician, who seemed to be almost coun-
terpart OF the famous emblem or the or
ganization he bossed.
Pert Comments Ready.
He had pert comments ready in reply to
questions about former President Roose-
Welt, Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall.
Irish affairs in his racing stable, and he
volunteered brief eulogy of Nathan
Straus.
For Mr.. Roosevelt, with particular ref
erence to the recent attack on the present
administration. Croker had this to say:
He always did want to be in politics. "
For Murphy. and his conduct of the re-
cent campaign:
expected"
but Tammany lost the assembly" 1t
was suggested.
'Well. what could you expectT' for for
mer boss retorted.
Home rue in Ireland, the ex-boss
thought would come inside the next two
years The liberal party, he explained.
was stronger than ever. ana IL was
n,edged to home rule. Croker has two
horses in training for the great English
Derby. but said that 1t was impossfoie 70
tell vet whether they would be fit to en-
ter the classic race.
Grateful to Nathan Strauss.
Asked If there was anything he would
particularly like to say to the reporters.
Mr.. Croker replied:
Eyes, want to say this. Ireland sends
its warmest greetings to Nathan Straus.
Mothers and fathers are praying Tor MIN
for what he has done for children. He
gave q milk station to Dublin which Is
Wonderful, and all the mothers OF Ireland
are looking for such milk stations as Mr.
Straus has started in other countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
Perry Street Dwelling Sold.

Mrs. May D. Graham has purchased
through her agents, Shannon & I4uchs,
the two-story brick dwelling at 1341
Perry street northwest. which she will
occupy as her future home. The house
contains six rooms and tiled bath The
conside Iteration in the transaction was
s., 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-18
Realty Sold at Auction.

The following is list Of the real estate
auction sales made by Adam A. Weschler,
auctioneer. during the past week:
No. 3244 K street northwest. formerly
occupied by the Weaver angla Manu-
featuring Company. sold to ]. Eakin
Gadsby, for s25. 100 NJ W. Sullivan and
Enoch L. White, trustees.
Five two-story brick dwellings. south