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The evening world., 1911-08-17
BITTEN BY DOG,
BARkS IKE ONE.
Mrs. Amanda Irwin Was At
tackled Five Years A 90,

Doctors are watching with unusual
Interest to-day the case OF Mrs. Amanda
rwin. thirty years old. Of No. 500 Am
sterdam avenue. who is in the psychic
pathic ward at Bellevue suffering from
neutrality-suspicious. and hysteria. She
was bitten oy a mad dog In the fall of
1906. according to ~neighbors. but never
showed any SYMPTOMS OF ables until
early to-day.
Persons living on the third floor OF
the apartment house were aroused
shortly after midnight BY screams from
the hallway. Doors were cautiously
opened, and tenants in the upper AMI
lower floors approached the hall.
Mrs. Irwin. the police say. was found
on her knees. frothlng at the mouth
and utterinY sounds not unlike the bark
Of a dog
Policeman Mutually was unable t, con.
troll the woman when ne reached he,
and telephoned for another officer. Po-
liceman Lee was Sent to help him.
Mrs. Irwin. her back against the wa.
Of her bedroom, which she had enterel
In the meantime. stared wildly at tht
policemen. Her facial muscles twitchel
and contracted spasmodically. and az
instant later she croucned on ner hand
and knees. crawled about on the fioor
ella wing at the carpet and makins
sounds Ike a growing dog.
An ambulance was summoned from
J. Hood Wright Hospital and DR.. John,
son responded. Knowing the hydropho
bis victims dread OF water. as a ties
he went to the ki.c3er sink and turnet
on the stream.
i "
The evening world., 1911-08-17
N. kEYES's VALUABLE STA.
TISTlCS AVAILABLE.

Beginning It's work, the commission
viii ave access to the tremendous
amount OF statistics on buildings and
character OF work In Manhattan cob
lected by DR.. Ns8ef's lnvestignt tors.
From these figures the commission Will
he able TO sink ieeu it, probe int 'he
very vitnls OF the work mappsd ont by
Tho Legislature.
The investigations are to be made
along two lines. First. the hazard OF life
in case of fire or other panic-producing
emergency. and secondly. the hazard OF
health. through unsanitary conditions
and laok OF appropriate s~afeguards.
Buildings which DC unsafe because
OF structure. undue crowdipg. bad ar.
rangement OF machinery. inadquat.
exits n horoscopes, handling OF In
fiammable materlals. absence OF frs
walls and fire doors. and iarf ~ FIR,
drills In factories will firs' come undeI
the Commission probe.
Under the .ecpnd division. which re
latss 20 the health of empioyees. q sub
committee OF IN, Commission VIM ore'
evidences OF factory deficiencies. sucl
as inadequate lighting. peur heating. bat
ventuattop. ~unssnitary conditions
length OF hours. monotony In labor. an,
the age and physical capacity CO tn,
lab0rer.
The commission, by the terms OF IN
act creating II. is required to make II
report 10 The STATE legislature not late
thsn the end OF February, 1917. II
The evening world., 1911-08-17

feared the commission viii not be able
10 complete It's work In that time.
Under the provisions of the bin Great
ing the commission, an appropriation OF
sl0.O0 was made by the Legislature for
ex penses 1t has power to compel the
attendance Of witnesses and the pro-
duction OF books and papers and TO en-
ploy counsc and IA secretary. who. 1t Is
said. will be an Albany newspaperman.
The members OF the commission receive
no compensation. but are entitled u
their actual expenses.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
MlST0OK CHlLD'S WH00PlNGS
Passerby Thought Cough Meant
Fire and sent In Alarm.

Six-year-old Abe Rabinowitz, who has
whooping cough. leaned out OF the win
dow at his home at No. 5i3 R~ockaway
avenue, Brooklyn, last evening. crying
for las mother, who was shopping, and
his whoopings were mistaken BY a pas
serby for cries OF "Fire!'
The mar ran and sent In an alarm,
and three engines and a truck COM
psny. a battalion chief and half . hun
The evening world., 1911-08-17
THIRTY KINDS or KISSES

TFFWTH wv FWWHW 7 WTTWITF- 7
A few years AGO ar. Nyrop. "A Danish
university professor. wrote a whole vol
ume about kissing. He noted that while
even the stern Romans had three words
for a kiss. according to the nature OF
the s~nlute-oscula. basia and s%uavia-the
sentimental English have one term for
every sort of kiss. The Germans have
over thirty different styles Of kisses rec.
ognlzed by and entered In their die.
tionarles. As II is, most people ear
get along with kissing In the singular
number, but lovers may note the Ger
man word "n~ach-kussen.' which meant
mak,,g M for kisses which hsve beer
missed through absence.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
AscH BUILDING FIRE LED TO
INITIAL ACTION.

The committee on safety was organ
lied as a permanent body shortly after
the Asch Building Are disaster, and was
incorporated TO initiate action needed TO
conserve ne lives and health OF working
people.
The committee chose Henry Morgen-
thau president. ard named ~ vlce-presi-
dents Peter j. Brady, r. Bayard Cutting
and Clifford Pinchot. George w. Per-
klns was chosen treasurer. co-opera-
lion OF labor organizations, civic and
other bodies was obtained, aud a bin
was drawn on lines recommended by
The Evening World, creating the pres
ent commission. which was introduced
into the Senate by Senior "sfne7, II
was stated to-day TIA ite 'oTmittea
On Safety has sl5.On 10 sp,nf II aiding
I'VE legislators 10 rcmrd" the rre t"sr
nd sweat shop evils.
We purpose to 20 Into the "firetrsr
,anda completely" said Chairman
Wagner. The Commission viii de.
scend in a hoey upon any building
rnder suspicion. We expect to max,
many OF these visits. We shah meet
and ak TO the operatives owe the ma,
hines and benches and learn ron
hem how their employers treat tren
as to hours and character OF work.
shall invite any employee OF an,
Industrial concern IN New York 4
one before the Commission and lodg,
any complaint he or she w.ches 4
make. The same opportunity olr a
eNtendei 20 the pmDlDvers"
The evening world., 1911-08-17
CRAZED DOGS
CAUSE WILD n
Fox Terrier Frightcns Crowd or Lowe, Broad
way and Bites Policeman VIII Grabs
Him-Mongrel Attacks Children

the dog. lie drove the dog from the
girl. and II made a spring and DIT
deeply into his hip. The boy fell. Like
he others. he was dragged about.
Men came with clubs and ATTACKED
the dos. He sprang past them. leaped
a fence and vanished In the Woodruff
grounds.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
R0STANO STILL IN BAD WAY
FROM AUTO CRASH HURT.
Dramat;St in Serious Condition
Following Accident-1nternal
Injuries Feared.

BfARRITI. France. Aus. 11-The con-
di,ion OF Edmond Rostand who was
severely injured In an automobile acci-
dent near here yesterday continues seri-
Gus to-day. Tn dramatist was for some
time held beneath the wreckage of the
overturned machine. receiving had IN
jurics on the head and body "a well
as being. II is feared, Injured internally.
lie was removed to his villa at Cambo-
les-Balns.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
DOWNSTAIRS LIKE WOMAN II
ULTRA Ho9etE.

Ferdinand old his grandfather his
descent dow the one light OF stairs
had been painful as we'll as slow. Be-
cause ne could not walk In h ordinary
way, he took the steps 4 a woman
In an ultra hobble skirt art OF the
time, and used the seat OF his pajamas
as a cushion the rest.
F%erdinand's original romance was that
he was aroused shortly before > o'clock
by a pan ~rattlins on the dresser. lie
sat I'D In bed and saw a tan nan In
a slorch hat.
The burglar, he said. seized him,
ysnked him from the bed. threw MIN to
the noor, put his knee on his chest and
then reached over for the bed sheets.
Deity he tore the sheets into strips,
with which he first bound the boys
hands. then tied up his legs and used
the remnants for a gag.
Ferdinand was so scared. he said. he
couldn't have shouted for help ever II
n. hadn't been gagged. After trusslng
him mp, the burglar told him II e
moved FOR an hour he would kill him.
ard then disappeared into the hail.
Ferdinand Immediately took steps OF
such steps as already described-t
reach his grandfather on the moor he.
low. and finally succeeded In doing ii
Grandfather called the police. and Sergt
peyine, Detective Meyer and Policeman
Dotv were sent to the house, but they
could find no road for a burglar to ge'
into the house, The window OF young
~!'erdinand's room Is away above thu
house roof adjoining. and there were M
scratches OF marks about 1t to indicate
The evening world., 1911-08-17
FOUND 200 OUT OF $50 BUILD
INos DANGEROUS.

Before the com mission met Dr Charles
IA. Reyes. secretary OF Committee on
safety. got out some figures dealing
With the lack OF safety OF Manhattan
and Bronx buildings. out OF 40 fac
tory buildings inspected by the Com
mlttee on Safety detectives 800 build
ings were found to contain an element
Of great hazard TO the lives OF toilers.
"Our statistics force me TO pronounce
our Fire Department one OF marvellous
efficiency" said DIR. Reyes. 1T Is n
miracle thai the yearly death rate from
factory hres does not reach six or seven
times the figure at present prevailing
that OF an average OF one a day.
I'VE are without authority to remedy
these death traps, Relief, indeed. great
relief will be possible when Gov. Dix
signs the Hoey hre prevention bill
which has been cid up by Mayor Gay
nor TO make It conform with the new
city charter. This bill provides for
about three-auarters OF the evils We
have discovered. We have hopes that
the commission will ind a way to re-
duce the other fourth. Under the 1ioey
bin prompt penalties face persons guilty
Of maintaining FIRE traps.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
PUBLIC SAFETY
Commission HAS
AF|RST MEETING
But investigation of Factor y
and Sweatshop Conditions
Is Delayed Q Month.
MAY NEED MORE TINE.
Ordered to Report to the Leg
iSlature Before End Of
february, 1912.
NAY NEED MORE TIME.

The Public Safety Commission created
by the Legislature TO investigate the
fi~-traps and sweat shops OF cities OF
the first and second class met to-day
at No. lG5 Broadway and organized.
Senator Robert +. Wagner. who intro
duced the bill at the direct suggestion
OF The Evening World var named
chairman.
The Commission comprises five legls-
istors. Senators Wagner and Charles
NJ. Hamilton Of Ripley. and Assembly
men Alfred +. Smith. Edward ID. Jack
son of Erie and Cyrus W. Phillips OF
Rochester. I'M four civilians. Mass
Mary r. Dreier, president OF the
Women's Trades Union League. Simon
Brentano. vice-presldent OF the Public
safety Committee OF New York City,
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation OF Labor, and
Robert l. lowing. a o,ounin-nt realty
broker.
Owing TO the necessity OF Mist
Dreier's immediate departure for Eu'
rope and the Illness OF Mrs. bowling
wife of one OF the commissioners. the
actual work OF the probers vas de
ferred until September -.
The evening world., 1911-08-17
BOY ROMANCES
Of BURGLAR TO
HIDE OWN THEFT
Robs Grandpa's Till and
Larder, Then Appears Bound
Like Mummy.
BUT HG TELLS POLICE.
Got Only IS Cents a Week
for Driving Butcher Wagon
and Wanted More.
BUT Hs TELLS POLICE.

go "
'.'"'"a"' N'"''"' NV" ''''' '"'
confessed 10 the police ms AFTERNOON
after four hours SWEATING" That sl the
long story he had previously tod ~
being hound and gagged hv , burglar
n o,,, ,,hr,c,,o, :. ,,.,-
.... ,,..,..., IT.
'
w" '""' y" '''"'' ~" 7'"''"'"''
ou'cher shop or VIA IN pennies went
through the safe and fotmi nothing but
papers. and then treated himself TO a
leg OF mutton and a bottle of vine from
the yr,,d.na,.r,o too c,.s, a. nr..
T,. $3.50 go A.,
- E 80. 80" 49,.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19
Powder Grows Human Skin


The market for human skin IS going to
pieces. Where it once commanded S25
square inch up it bids fair TO be soon Just hu-
man skin, with no value except to It's original
possessor. Heroic husbands. fathers. sons and
sweethearts who bravely let themselves be
stripped of their hides to cover some death
threatening gap on the bodies OF their beloved
may soon cease to have opportunity for such
devotion.
little red powder one can get in any paint
store is astounding the surgeons with its per
formGnces as a substitute for the heroes ana
their skins, the New York correspondent OF
the Denver Republican writes.
Scarlet red is Its name and a dollars worth
will keep busy surgery in stock for months.
1t is mixed with vaseline or other cOmponents
as a salve and applied to the edges of the gap
ing wounds
Then you can almost see the skin grow. Or.
John Stage Davis, a noted surgeon of Johns
Hopkins in Baltimore. says almost as much,
but in the careful language OF his profession.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

He tells Of scarlet red growing Few skin at
the rate of three millimeters III Iortyelsht
hours on one Of his patients. HIS report on
It's use in Johns Hopkins hospital published IN
medical journal did much TO bring the
strange little antline dye to surgical notice
here and elsewhere
II was taken up in the post graduate and
the German hospitals here last spring. Then
its use was experimental Now it is uniformly
used in every case where burns, wounds or
ulcers have stripped the epiderms from any
area of a human body
The results have been astonishing. even BAT.
fling" said Dr. F. William StechmaHn of the
post graduate. and also connected with the
German hospital.
There is Just one thing about its use, how
ever. that should be generally known" Dr.
Stechman said. Where surgeons in the dis
pensary have used it and applied the dress
ings the results have been marvellous. Where
patients have used 1t themselves the results
have been unsatisfactory"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

ried Rhine in romance ard how the thousand
mile inland water highway OF the Great Lakes
puts 20 shame the Mediterranean in the nov
city Of the experiences afforded the yoyageT
who may. incidantly. experience more thrills
when passing through the greatest lucHs in the
world at Sault Ste Marie Mich, than he could
hope for in gazing at the rock at Gihralter.
Many people in the east have gained the
erroneous impression that the See America
First crusade IS solely a movement designed
to induce the people OF the east to visit the
west and particularly the Pacific coast. That
such an impression has gained credcnce may
be attributed to two circumstances. For one
thing many Of the most notable scenic won
ders of the world are located in western Amer
lea, so that naturally there is sound logic In
advising people to see them before rishing
seasckness to view something not half so i'm
pressive. Secondly, there Is the circumstance
that the people east OF the Mississippi river
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

A sidewheel steamer that will carry
5000 people is being built for use on
'2he Hudson river Even It will doubt
less be overcrowded on Saturdays
and holidays unless the authorities
watch carefully.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

they are urging cur fellow citizens VINO nave
time to devote 10 travel to awaken TO tHe nllI-
aCles of nature that may be found IN every SCI
ton. No globe-trotter can lind III ms "a!"o1
ings anything more wonderful than the Nam
moth cave Of Kentucky and the natural bridges
of Virginia ard Utah. 40 foreign watering pace
presents beach spectac!os equal TO those OF Al
lanttc city and there is no lake district in the
world more beautiful than the Adirond2chs. For
the American with any patriotism IN ms MAKE
UP no tour could be more inspiring thah NlslIS
10 the first landing place Of the Pilgrims CON
cord. Lexington, Bunker Hi and the otAer MS
toric meccas OF New England. and finally the
tourist should not forget Uncle Sans seat or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by foreigners to be the
most beautiful capital in the world
one thing for which the See America First
crusaders are working is to get the idea out OF
the minds OF Americans that all sightseeing
must needs be done in the summer vacation
season. There are many classes OF people,
take for instance. the farmers-who find 1t al
most impossible to leave home in midsummer.
but who could very readily take trip in the
autumn or winter Efforts are being made to
point out to these people that there is just az
much which can be seen to the best advantage
in winter as there is in the category OF summer
show places Indeed, it is only at such times.
when # Is chilly or showing in the north and
west that one may eujCy maximum comfort in
quaint cid New Orleans in Florida or in south
ern California-all OF them districts worthy to
Vie with anything in southern France and Italy
The broad policy Of the See America First
movement calls upon its devoteca to not only In
duca people TO give New World scenery the pref
ereuce land Canada is, of course included), but
also to do everything in their power TO make
travelling IN America comfortable and to re-
duce the cost. Indeed. the claim that one may
travel more cheaply in Europe than in the
United States is one of the arguments invariably
advanced by people who argue for foreign travel.
However. the greatest need of American tourist
regions is more good hotels,-not necessarily
hgh-priced fashionable hotels, but good, clean.
neatly-kept hosteries where tho traveller who is
not a nuItimilHonare may obtain wholesome.
well-cooked food and comfortable bed at
price that is not two three times what his
earnings would be for the days labor II he
were back home There has been great i'm
proyemcnt in this direction in late years, but
there IS plenty of room for further betterment.
Another need IS lines Of reasonable priced pub
lie coaches traversing regions not traveTsed by
the railroads and which in many instances are
now a closed book TO people who cannot afford
the luxury of an automobile. Coaches such as
are operated in Yellowstone Park and on Gettys
burg battlefield might well be introduced in
other scenic or historic districts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

ekeptic does not admit conversion when
they point how superior are Niagara Falls,
Yellowstone Park, the Yosemite and the
Grand Canyon to any scenic masterpieces
throughout the whole length and breadth OF
Europe he can be depended upon to have to
haul down his co!ors when they marshal facts
and figures TO prove how much more marvel
Gus are the Rockies than are the famed Alps
how our beloved Mississippi outshines the sto-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Billie Burke, after having her ward
robe soaked in the Carlton fire. ar
rived in New York to find that her
trunks had been forwarded on the
wrong steamer. Some women have
wonderful luck in advertising.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Considerable fuss is made over the
discovery by Pasadena woman Of an
unpublished poem by Bryant Poets
@Ao are Omplaining because of their
inability 70 get their poems publish
al Should make note Of the fact that
shere is nearly always widespread ex-
citemeEt when unpublished poems of
dead poets are discovered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Garry an onion in your pocket"
says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal,
land you will not have fits" We pass
abe advice along to the people who
are looking for a European war over
abe Moroccan question.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Persons who attended wrestling
matches and other bouts in the Colos-
scum OF old Rome did not have field
glasses with which to combat the by
40 means inconsiderable distances OF
that historic Enclosure. SO the world.
after all, has made progress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

GREAT national convention
will be held in the city of Bal
timore next January with a
unique object in view. The
purpose Of the gathering is to
promote the See America
First" movement and to de-
wise means of arousing senti-
ment on the subject through
out the length and breadth of
the United States. President
Taft has already expressed his
entire sympathy with the move
meut and promised TO be pres
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Ths New York milliner who went
broke rather than bother his custom
ers with bills made a fatal mistake
when he allowed his business address
80 bs published.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

The center Of population always was
"a wobbly point, anyway, and Union.
Ti2e, Ind. should be glad to lose f.
The town that has an enterprising
population in, not around it. is the one
RaAt counts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

One hundred and eighty feet of
Gl4cksnakes were killed by Connecti-
eat farmer in seven minutes Now
we DO not miss the sea serpent any
more.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Boston IS shocked because a well
EmoWn young man married his nurse.
z2oSton is the city that Benjamin
Franklin moved away from when he
started to grow up
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19
Unpopu!arity Demanded.

How did you come to elect that man? lie
never seemed to make friends"
We didn't want man who makes friends
replied Farmer Corntossel, as much as one
who don't object to enemies. We wanted a
watchdog of the treasury"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

For the benefit Of these who abhor
dictionaries be It explained that q
phllatelist is a boy stamp collector
after he grows up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

II New York city has the 100000
sahabitants that the directory publish
ea-s suggest, it follows that a good
zaauy Of them are outside of the 400
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

News that the 1912 automobiles are
on the market causes us to look with
pity on those unfortunates who have
no homes to mortgage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Boston is in receipt of a strange
ard unidentified sea monster. The
ching came to the right port TO get it.
self named scientifically.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Still, II the katydid were infallible
it would incur the jealousy Of the pro
8essors of the weather bureau.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

are singing the
praises Of the
oppor tuuities
and the com
forts Of home.
Nor do they
lack for inspira-
ton in debate
If any person
essays to ques-
tiou I h e ir
claims. II a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

A New York hack driver ate 81
ears CT corn in one sitting, which prob
ably accounts for tho fact that he is a
hack driver
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

A New York woman spends $4,000 4
year for face messages. or hand.
without seeing the lady, we'd say her
face isn't worth it,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19
Altitudinous.

Jack-So you had q high time on your vacs,
ton?
Tom-Yes. up in the mountains,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

After several years in the ministry
a Massachusetts, man has gone into
lke coal business, where opportuui.
&3eg Ter missionary work are net lack.
22E
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Some people like to have war
Ecare every once in a while just as q
relaxation
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Aigrettes are now barred in New
York, but lovely woman is just as fas-
Cinating.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

As yet science has failed to produce
thu betless race meeting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Politics is nourishing like measles
in a careless community.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

Many of the mems fail hats need a
dawn mower run over them.