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The evening world., 1911-08-17
TEN WHY
A SHOULD
NURSE HER BABY.

I. One death out Of every hve II
that Of a baby under one year.
2. In 1910 In the city Of New York
l,7s4 babies under one year died from
bowel trouble. and nine out Of every
ten Of these were bottle fed.
8. Out Of the 16, 213 babies under one
year who died from all causes In
New York City. one-third were less
than month old.
I. a large proportion OF these babies
would rave lived had they been
nursed by mothers.
o. Mothers milk Is the only safe
food for a baby during the first six
months of Its life.
8. Babies .nursed rarely have bowel
trouble. B~ottle-fed babies rarely es-
cape II.
I. Babies fed on natural milk show
the best development: teeth will ap-
pear at the proper time: muscles and
bones will be stronger. and walking
will not be delayed.
s. A baby nursed by the mother Is
not so likely to have bronchitis or
Group. and II attacked has a better
chance Of living than a bottle-fed
baby.
Q. Pneumonia In babies Is fatal more
often In bottle-fed babies than in
babies naturally fed.
10. Your baby will have the bes,
chance OF living that you can give 1t
II II IL nursed by you.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
DROWNED PlCNICKER KNOWN
Man Whose Party Didn't stop
WINS james noble.

The body Of the man found IN the
Sound near Port Washington yester-
day was Identified to-day by James
Walsh Of so. 3l2 West one Hundred
and Nlnth street as that Of James
Noble. OF the same address. walsh
.ald he read In The Evening world
Of the Ind
Noble was in a large party IN n
motorboat Of Barkers Point. SUNDAY.
In the crowd We're his sister and
hrpth"r-ln-law. Persons on shore saw
him fall overheard and shouted 10
those In the boat, but could not got
'hrlr attention. when Noble vas
missed II was assumed that he had
LETT the boat before b. started.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
THOUGHT Of DINNER
N1,0OO-FO0TD DIVE
FROM SKY 0LAKE
Aviator Stone, Facing Death,
Had Fear He Would Not Get
Home in Time to Eat.

CHICAGO. Aug. i7.-Arthur Stone.
the aviator who fell into Lake Michi-
gan with his aeroplane yesterday from
a height OF more than 1000 feet. mar
rowly escaping death. told to-day how
II feels TO drop that distance n what
his FIRST thoughts were after striking
the water.
MY first thought was. when I saw
no tugs in sigh, and the storm coming
on" said stone. I'm bet | won't get
home to dinner In time Funny. isn't
Il. when one Is facing death. but that
was my first thought.
MY next thought was. i've got TO
swim because those ~mutton-heads won't
see me I acted on that second
thought and padded the water at =
ate that, would have done credit 20 On
old lake packet.
came to poo Johnstone's tragic end II
makes me quake.
II Hrst noticed that something vas
wrong with my machine after I had
made the frst turn on the second Lap.
About two miles out | pulled my con-
trolls. They did not work. I pulled
and pulled. was drifting OF the
course into the hazy mist over the
water, and then / concluded my end
had come.
II pulled frsntlcaily at the controls
again. and hat time they responded
Instead OF making the left turn as l
wanted 10. the machine darted up into
the sky at n terrific speed. I was 60
ing out past the line. ! know 1t wa
running Wild,
II kept pulling the controls and try
ing to come back to earth. Then sud
denly something happened to the con-
trolls. I FELT the machine turn. and then
dive like an arrow for the lake. l triec
II turn II tail nrst. but could not do II
Then l saw the lake water. j
seemed TO be coming up to me.
wasn't afraid. Again I thought o.
tombstone and his being dragged dow
beneath the water. In the few seconds
time I was falling ] did a Thousand
and one things, I held my hand owe
my face and stood up In the cockpit.
When the machine was thirty fee
from the water I dived head nrst an
away from It. 1t hit about the sam,
time I hit with q great crash. I ha'
on Q life preserver and was able 4
keep aioat until the tugs came
The evening world., 1911-08-17
OF BABIES ARE SAVED
BY THE MOTHERS.

"And | consider whatever good We
may have lone due to the insistence or
the personal, Individual 'mothering' Of
the babies. Everywhere we have
preached the doctrine Of nursing the
baby with the natural mothers milk.
"If It is Impossible FOR the mother to
nurse her child, she should attend to
all the details Of bottle-feedlng. Raw
milk will do If she Is absolutely sure
Of It. II not, she should use ~pasteurizcd.
The milk should be kept clean and cool
and sweet. The feeding bottle should
be washed thoroughly with cold water,
Their with borax and hot water and
stood upside down on a shelf. The
bottle should he boiled Just before NJ
ing for the next feeding. h nipple
should be thoroughly washed after ca
nursing with hot water, kept In boraN
water In q covered glass and rinssd v
The evening world., 1911-08-17
CHUHCW ~ \ PRAIRIE.

Five miles from a railroad, on the
crest Of a bl,low of the prairie at the
edge Of the little settlement OF st
Benedlct's, IS this stone church that
cost $4,000, \ prosperous community
of Catholic German farmers
built it, paid the bills, and dedicated 1t
in 1903.
II Is a church that would bc an orna-
ment TO any fashionable -ity boulevard.
The interior In In keeping with the rest
of the plans. The windows Of stained
glass were imported from Europe The
mural paintings were made by an
artist who crossed the ocean and hall
a continent FOR this particular job.
The nearest town Is Seneca, five miles
southwest
The evening world., 1911-08-17

boiling water just before the baby uses
It,"
and how often should the mother
battle the baby"
There should be one tub bath every
day. and on very warm days from two
to four spong!ngs with cool water. \
muslin slip or gauze shirt is sufficient
clothing on hot days.
1.-The mother must see that the baby
has plenty OF fresh air. The windows
should be kept open and the sun should
be avoided.
"A mingllng OF common sense and
affection Is the right method for bring
ing up the baby" concluded the doctor.
But one is just as important as the
other"
The evening world., 1911-08-17
HlGHBALL GIRL WEEDS.


ST. LOUIS, Aug, l7.-Miss Vivien
Lang. whose statement before the Ma
tippal Wholesale Liquor ealer AS
soc.s tion In Chicago several months ago
that II was hiahly proper for a young
girl to take a highball in public e she
willed, was married late yesterday to a
teetotaller. He is Harry Is. Seligstein,
and he wooed n won her In three
weeks. They became engaged three
days ago.
Miss Lang Ia a tall brunette OF striking
beauty She Is the son in the firm OF
S. ]. Lang & Son. wholesale liquor deal
ers. She drew down an avalanche OF
criticism from the Chicago w. c. 7. U.
for her opinion. but stood by It.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
TIE rR,CE or LUXURY.

IITHm mo 'lFfrhuh llhln lbheJl
"hirs. PlImplelEh has a lovely suite OF
rooms on the ground DOR Of one OF the
urY apartment houses, she used to
spend 50 much OF her time running up
and down stairs in the place where they
used "a live
"Ycs, and since she's stopped going up
and down stairs she's gained 81 pounds"
The evening world., 1911-08-17

From the Boston Ttau,1rutN
Wifc cat breakfast tablel-WhO are
your two letters from, dear?
Hub Oh, onc II from Jack Dudley,
ASKING me 10 come up, and the other
from my tailor, who wants mo to come
down"
The evening world., 1911-08-17
Rocking, Guiding, Pet.
ting, and EUen "Baby
Talk," Help Its Chances
Of LiUing, Dr.. S. Jose.
phine Baker Declares.
Must Be Treated as Bit of
Humanity, Not as a
Scientific Atom .. How
New York's Infant
Death Rate Has Been
Cut by Doctrine.

BY Marguerite Mooers MarshalL.
You may rock your baby.
Also, you may take II mp when II
cries.
Also, you may address II in "ssey
talk.~
The more "old-fashionsd moth
sring' you give IL the better foS
baby.
No less an authority than DR.. 8.
Josephine Baker. director Of the de-
partment Of child hygiene for the Board
of Health. Is responsible for this de-
lightful doctrine. DR.. Baker Is. I
think. the most successful combination
OF scientist and human being I have
ever met. I went to her with the state
ment Of DR.. Caroline Hedger OF the
Chicago Health Department. who has
inexorably banned cradle rocking for
the Chicago baby.
"A baby should never be rocked
says DR.. Hedger, sternly. '"rhe best
cradle in the world Is not a good thing
for It TO sleep In. The place for a baby
Ia In a cot or bed. There Is no more
reason for tossing a baby about in or
der to rest 1t than there IL for swing.
ing about a grown-up."
"Dr. Hedger Is an interesting woman,
and I admire her." smiled Or. Baker
but I don't at all agree with this the.
DRY OF hers.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
MRS. AVA AST0R
mot INTERESTED"
SAYS Her Ex-Husband's Betrothal
Does Not Concern Her lin
the Slightest WaY.'
Con, naht. 1911. by The Press Publishing Co.
THE New York World.
ISneial 10 The Evening World,

TIN New York World).
Especial 10 The EVening World.
HARROGATE, Eng, Aug l7-Mrs
Ava Astor has been at this exclusive
Watering place for a short time seeking
in the famous waters relief from rheum-
atism. The Evening Worla correspond
ent called upon her Yesterday to ascer'
tain her opinion Of the engagement OF
the husband sac divorced. Col. John
Jacob Aston. to Miss Eliza oeth 4. Force.
In answer to the correspondents query
Mrs. Aston said;
Il am breaking my rule - long stand,
ng to talk at all. Concerning this mat
ter / Will say that II does not Interest
me In tie slightest way, therefore moth
ing I say can possibly be OF the slight
est Interest to anybody. i vastly prefer
not 10 be quoted al all"
The evening world., 1911-08-17
ENCHANTMENsr.

from the Chicago Record iisald.)
ut 10 said that distance isnas enchant-
msnt to the view.
"Yes. but ! have always noticed that
the nearer I can get to a stack of hans
notes the more enchanting II appear. -
The evening world., 1911-08-17
INY SH0wG|RLS.
IN nGHT|ES
ITBR0DWAYf|RE
Pons of Htel Astor Aroused
by Exciting Blaze Across
Y tn Street.
1EMEN FIGHT HARD.
lrd Gasoline Tank Which
threatened to Blow Up
81 the Building.
lEMEN FIGHT HARD.

odway had n Of It's rsai. lively.
ocular fires At 8 O'Clock this morn.
ben . blaze starting from defective
lion In the attic Of the two-story
eg at No. l54O-l5A2 did SIS. 900 dam
bouted 900 Or more persons out Of
nd attracted q crowd Of 5000 or
before the police reserves from
stations scattered It.
blaze was diagonaliy across the
from the Hotel Aston. where hun
Of excited faces filled the win
and not far from the Bartholdi
y ~northeast corner OF Broadway and
P-ffth street. and the Hotels Ar
~ Werner and Lyceum, on Forty
1iietreet.
Ping the progress Of the flames
1wAy and some Of the cross streets
I'd like = Msrdi Gras night at Coney
"a.
building In which the IRE started,
- q wal a church. Later II was
aed into a livery stable. but more
ntly. when gasoline row. was
led. became q garage. 1t IL between
H-ffth and Forty-sixth streets, and
ground floor Is occupied by the
Daca cigar store, Bernstein. theatri-
Shoe dealer, and Dell's CONNECTION
!. The Union Billiard Parlor. run by
1Didine A. Regain. IL on the second
The evening world., 1911-08-17
BREMEN GUARD GASOLINE
TANK FROM EMBERS.

n The embers were mining ~ over the
trick and tin pumping station over the
Ibservoir when the bremen arrived and
hey had to stand there with smoke and
marks blowing into their faces until the
6biaye was under control, snutfing out the
brands as they fell about the reservoir.
The blaze was confined to the attic OF
|the building. but great damage was
done by yate,, which deluEed througa
the ceilings and, among other things.
'Aamaged or ruineG a number OF fine oil
nsintings in the billiard room as we'll as
- stock in the other concernA
The evening world., 1911-08-17
LACK OF MoTHERING BRINGS
HIGH DEATH RATES.

THE best and most progressive of
them are finding this out. and one IN
sdtution for foundlings Is now paying
for the mothering OF 5000 babies in In
dividual homes. rather thar take
chances with them tn its owr we'll
equipped walls"
do you agree witt Or. Hedge that
a cradle is not q proper bed for a
baby?" I asked.
NO" responded DR.. Baker. "a cradle
Is all right, though of course II should
have no feather mattress or pillows in
summer. The great point Is that the
baby should sleep alone. Personally. l
think a hammock is the best hot-weathe.
bed for n baby. ! must show you one
invented by one Of our doctors"
And that hammock cost exactly four.
teen cents. and may cost less. 1t Is
made Of an empty coffee bag, doubled,
and ordinary brown Irvine Is used at
either end for strings. Being porous, the
bagging Is ideally cool. and when a
sheet has been smoothly folded, and
pinned inside. baby has n delightful nest.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
Hints City's Executive Is a
Modern Don Quixote in
Self-Advertising Feats.
GAMMA MALLEEN."
That Book, Excluded From
Public Libraries, Also Has
Aroused Mildred Holland.

George n. Brennan. theatrical man
ager. whose book. Anna Malleen.'' was
characterized as stupid by Mayor Gay
nor. in reply to Miss Mildred Hollands
request that the Mayor define Its moral
ity. sent word to the City Hail to-day
that he %purposed 20 find legal redress
for "a gratuitous and malicious llbel''
on poor Anna Malleen."
Announcing that he had retained
Mirabeau l.. Towns. formerly a close
friend OF the Mayors. as counsel. Au-
thor Brennan submitted a long letter
berating the Mayor for Impotence with
poor Anna" and limiting that the Mayor
was a modern Don QuIxote In helping
himself to selr-advertising feats,
1t was Miss Holland who protested to
the Mayor when the New York Public
Library officials excluded Anna NAL
leen" from the exchange shelves be-
cause the story was adjudged immoral.
Il didn't ask His Honor for a learned
treatise on Don oulxote. Cervantes,
Euripides. S~ophocles or any OF tie other
ancient gentlemen who may be the
Mayors present day Inspiration said
Miss Holland.
The Mayors reference to C~ervantes
brought a smile to Miss Hollands face
when she was shown Mr.. Gaynor's let
ter. but her dramatic features soon
clouded. and before she f~nished-she
confesses being a sunfragette-the
Mayors ears must have burned.
mo one asked him TO be funny" as
serted Miss Holland. The stage is the
place for our funny folks. and l never
heard that the Mayor was an actor
that Is, on the stage. He may be an ex'
ceilent man. but this humor at a worth!
books expense does seem fair,
merely wanted to know II the book wal
Objectionable. That was all / asked ant
1t was all expected from him. He hai
decided that 1t is not Objectionable
Now let us find out why the book can
not , placed.
READY FOR DISCUSSION WITT
MAYOR ANY TIME.
II will gladly meet and discuss Anti
gone. Oedipus. yes. and Epictetus wit
the Mayor any time he Ia at leisure 4
receive m q. l ear also discuss Ger
vantes.
This book. Anna Malleen," tells hov
the heroine began at the bottom as al
honest. upright girl and. despite an un
usual serieJ OF pitfalls and temptations
remains honorable until she reaches he
goal.
What Is there immoral In pointing
the way to virtue and happiness 70
thousands OF our stage girls by re
yealing the trials a girl meets In fgnt
ing her way to the top? What doe
Mr.. Gaynor know about the profession
anyhow? and how little he understand
what It means to a girl TO force he
way TO the front. Is such a struggl,
stupid?
Il have never played In an immora
piece In my life continued the actress
when l began my stage career ! mad
a vow never to appear in such com
panies and ] have kept It. ! am tn
last person on the stage to wish 'Anni
Mnlleen' admitted to the library, !
immoral. But Mr.. Brennan's book /
not. It indicates a lesson: II IL an In
spirs ton. The Mayor is a politician
and a lawyer and how little he know
OF what actually transpires behind tn
scenes. Being ignorant why couldn't h
have been patient?"
AlIrhNp OEEENON AIS BOOt
The evening world., 1911-08-17
HOW GIRLS IN UNORESS FLEE
81 TO STREET.

rhis was only the vanguard OF the
ntastic procession that was soon
.|streaming into Broadway. There was
avery color. tint and style OF night at
loAro of the year, as well as some OF past
.nn~nerations. Only a few Tad waited for
Aear clothing. Most of the rooms had
IN partly filled with smoke before the
IRE had been discovered.
n @Ehe ponies" b~roilers, show girls, In
and leading ladies mingled In
.oerfect equality for once. They were
soap discovered by the gathering crowd.
v6ich pressed forward with a yell OF
AeMght.
Some Of the sleepy girls. who had
Sardly got to bed before they were rude
b, awakened. shrank ana squealed and
4ried to hide behind one another. but
they couldn't escape and could only
Arsw their fllmsy garments closer about
them and call for the police.
FINALLY the throng became so dense
that the reserves herded the fire fugi-
tiyes into one painting, scinttllating. col
orfui mass and. hewing a way Tor them
through the spectators, took them
across to the Hotel Aston. wlere they
-r>snained until there was no further
danger.
In the mean time the patrons OF the
Astor had been aroused by the din oil
eapparatus. With Deputy Chief Mar
!. Ia. had come Engine Companies Nos
a. 2, So and 26 and Trucks Nos. = and
n -. The clang Of bells and sound OF
n strens awoke everybody in the neish
Y borhood,
BY the time the last Of the engines
haA arrived the Aston was lighted ~
Z b%rilliannSf as ri midnight, and
heads protruded from every window
Nhile many went to the roof garden t'
View the gala spectacle in the streets
blow.
Engine Company No. ? went to thu
ROOF of the Bartholdi Inn and poured
n water down nto the burning buiidini
H through the gaping roof. But the mos
exciting part of the fight fell to the 10
e Engine Company No. 81. These mel
vent to the ear through NO. l02 Yves
IEorty-sixth street, Haydcn's auto suppl!
] and gasoline station. In the yarc II
| kunken tank hat holds 80 gallons o
basoline.
M-.--..-s @ttAnp = kCNt INT
The evening world., 1911-08-17
|AeY'S GREATEST NEED
LOTS OF "MOTHERING,"

"Ail my experience goes to show
that what . baby needs more tina
anything else In the world 10 the
Individual '1nothsring.' It ought 70
be rocked, now ana then. Il ought
TO b taken mp when IL cries. It
ought to be carried In the arms. Il
needs pstting and cuddlinS ana
baby talk.
"Of course none Of these thing.
should be carried to extremes. The
baby should be trained to sleep and
eat at regular hours. But II should not
be handled as a scientific atom, instead
OF as a piece OF warm. human fest,
and blood. Ever since the world be.
gan mothers have rocked and soothed
and cuddled their little ones. They
ought to keep right on doing II.
go In the institutions for the care OF
babies nothing is left undone 70 protec,
the lives Of the children. But they lscl
the 'mothering.' and for that very rea.
o the death rate in the institutions
Is appallingly high.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
BE LEFT TO "cRY 4
OUT" WHEN 1T WELLS,

by the way. what do you think of
that other modern medical theory,
that whenever a baby cries he should
be left alone to cry 1t out'"' | inquired.
Perfect nonsense" blandly declared
the doctor. "A baby may cry for a hum
dred reasons; indigestion, heat, hunger
or a pin sticking into him.
The evening world., 1911-08-17

II IftHIIH DFVdTtn1tHt stdTVtu OUT
this season with the determination to
save 1000 babies, that Is, to keep the
infant mortality lower by 1000 than
It was last year, To date there have
been 967 fewer deaths than there We're
to this time last year, And this In
spite Of the awful period of torrld
weather last month, we have reduced
the infant death-rate lower than ever
hafore In the hlstorY of the cltY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-13
CITY NEWS.

"A marriage license was issued late
yesterday to Howard L. Aud and Elcy
S. Raber.
The funeral of the late Louis
was held this afternoon at
2:9o o'clock from the family home on
High street, the services being con-
Quoted by Rev George Giglinger, pas
tor Of st. Mary's church, Of which
the deceased was member The
pail bearers were the four brothers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-13

of the deceased, John, Ben, Leonard
and Fred Erhardt and Burton Wiki
lnson and Leonard Pelgen.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-25
w. C. T. u. !
Woman's Work for Temperance

When we think OF woman's work In
any department, we naturally think
her work begins In her home and
many times we imagin IL must be con-
forever ceased 10 be the sole sphere OF
wOman's ACTIVITIES 1t is the excep-
tiOnal woman who is not identified
with one or more organizations OF re-
ligious activity or social betterment.
IL is in the missionary meeting, the
club, the ladies society, the Sunday
School where woman may do most ef-
fective temperance, provided she has
the knowledge, the courage and the
zeal TO improve her opportunities.
With the increasing publicity given
women on New Years eve in city
restaurants and hotels, IL behooves
Christian women To MAINTAIN stand
ard in society that shall put beyond
the pale OF decency any participant in
the orgies described by the secular
press.
How can this social standard be
maintained? That women determine
standards in society is beyond ques-
tion. That Christians ought TO lead
in the esJablishmpntg OF right stand
ards is equally unquestIonable. Too
often the social atmosphere OF wealth
impregnated with wine and cham
pagne drinking, cigarette smoking
and card playing makes moral towards
Of women. They are overcome in
stead OF overcoming, and frequently
the cause Of this cowardice on the
part of women is lack Of specific in
| formation necessary To defend her
position for total abstinence from
alcoholic liquors and other narcotics.
| There are hundreds OF valid reasons,
moral, social. economies, physiological
and psychological, but she does not
know them, or knows them in so
vague way she is not sure of her
ground or the authority she thinks
she ought TO cite, and so is silent in
stead OF witnessing for righteousness.
While this is not true of all Christ
ian women. IL is alas the truth con
cerning untaught thousands. For
this reason, every missionary society
ought to have "A temperance secretary.
a crank IL you please, who will be
worthy OF the name by turning the
thought and attention TO this import
ant worldwide question. The Sun
day Schools, Young Peoples Societies.
clubs and societies Of all kinds that
enlist the time and activities Of
women should have Superintendents
of a Temperance department who
will really superintend, to the extent
that every member receive a printed
page. timely word or interesting
live up-tO date item so that conyer-
sation will flow easily and intelli-
gently and to some purpose. when the
temperance reform is mentioned.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-25
To CONSERVATIVES.

Edward A. Wilson's Preparation of
Hypophosphites and Blodgetti from
the original formula is the Sovereign
Remedy for Consumption, Asthma
Bronchitis, ('atarrh, ,LaGrippe. Coughs,
Colds and all Throat and Lung MaIa-
dies,
Thousands Of people say they have
been relieved by It,
Those who have used 1t will have
no other, and recommend it TO their
fellow sufferers.
1t has cured many after they were
given up as incurable by their physi-
clans.
The undersigned as consumptive
can testify fLom his own experience as
to It's value.
Write at once-delays are dangerous,
and may prove fatal.
For full particulars. testimonials,
ETC., address
G.. A. ABBOTT. Sole Agent.
GO Ann Street, New York City, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-25
Just Can't Fire Anybody

The senators at Lansing are SYM
pathic bunch. 1t seems that they
just can't be cruel enough TO fire
many employees. To the committee
on state affairs was delegated the un-
pleasant task of cutting down the
senate pay roll. The senators sneak
ed at the work with willingness
that was deplorable. They held nu-
merous meetings ami adjourned with
out making any sweeping changes in
the lineup OF wage earDers. Then
Wednesday, the dav on which they
were scheduled To report, IL warmed
around that only three employees
were to be Topped of for the present.
The report was made, and IL became
apparent that Onlv one. Sherwood
Townsend, the assistant sergeant-at-
arms. was actually canned. The
other two had been csjOled into re-
signing Townsend Is one of Bill
Brailey's men Bill announced with
tears in his eyes that the man was
regularly, ordinarily, and summariIy
fired. We expect to hear more iuside
Of two months. The Little Stick.