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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

dian girls are making in various fields Of en-
deavor is found In the heritage of good health
which has come to them from generations Oh
healthful ancestors, and the influence OF their
own early training and outdoor life. Particularly
would this explanation account for the splendid
constitutions possessed by so many Indian girls
and which have stood them In good stead in
many exacting vocations, for instance, in nursing.
Great numbers of Indian girls have qualified as
trained nurses and the services OF most OF them
are In constant demand at 500 a month.
The Indian baby, strapped to a board or Sc
curely packed in an elongated basket woven Tor
the purpose, can neither kick nor squirm and this
proves an advantage which Is far-reaching In its
effect in later life. Similarly Is there no danger
that the child will attempt to walk at an earlier
age than is desirable. From earliest childhood
the average Indian girl has been subjected to that
rigorous outdoor life which results in making
them almost perfect physically. For instance,
there may be cited the method followed in giving
an Indian child a bath,--a weekly event. The
mother visits some convenient pool or stream and
the young member OF the household, after being
loosened from her odd cradle, Is placed in shall.
low water to kick and splash to her hearts con-
tent. In due course the dripping youngster is
lifted from the water and, instead of being ten.
derby dried with soft linen, is simply hung to the
bough of some convenient tree, by means OF a
cloth tied around the waist, and there dries In the
air and the sunshine while the mother stands by.
looking with approving eyes upon the progress OF
this heroic hardening process.
In the old days the indian girls accepted at
tender age the traditional lot OF Indian women
that OF pack horse, and it was nothing unusual
In the average Indian camp to see Wee girls toll
ing along with bundles of wood, etc. almost as
large as themselves. This condition yet obtains
to a considerable extent, although 1t IL not so
universal as formerly. The capacity of the In
dian girls for hard work, however, finds daily en-.
emplihcation in every walk OF life which they
have entered. Incidently, 1t may be mentioned
that whatever influence civilization may exert up
on the young woman In whose veins courses In
dian blood she never seems to lose that love Of
and bright coiors which characterizes
all children Of the wilderness and which the In
dian girl will let crop out in her iatter-day cos
tunes, even though they be fashioned In accord
ance with the most conventional modes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

bankers whom he suspected Of being
otiish or lukewarm.
"a don't know what you are thinking
Of doing with reference to this new
bond issue" he said to them but it
seems to me that there is just one con-
sideration that ought to govern our
action In this case and that is pa.
triOtism, This Is d matter that in
wolves the honor of our government,
the maintenance Of its credit before
the world II this bond issue IA not
instantly subscribed TO a great blow
will be given to our national credit.
which we as citizens will lament.
/ appeal to you not TO let any personal
feeling, any resentment in any quarter,
~irluenCe you. In n crisis like this we
ought to ignore any such feelings, and
to remember that we are American cit
liens"
In every instance the fnanciers to
whom Mr. Stewart thus appealed re-
sponded f%avorabIy. Tho banks and
private bankers each took the allotted
proportion of the $500 0 900 loan, and
by the next day the gold was In the
~subtreagury, and the government had
escaped lapsing to a silver basis. which
Mr.. Carlisle had said would be newt
able unless gold was instantly 80
eyed.
Copyright. 1911, by 70. ]. Edwards, All
Rights Rcserved.1
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
He Saved Uncle SANS Credit
BY E. ]. EDWARDS

in their wake a certain amount of irri.
tation, Some Of the bankers were dis.
posed TO think that the secretary had
been unduly dictatorial In his attitude
toward them.
When the second sale of $4,000, 900
Of bonds was authorized, the effect Of
the previous negotiations was discern
able, Many of the bankers showed a
lack of interest. 1t seemed likely that
they would ignore the secretary when
he came to seek their participation In
taking up the new issue,
1t seemed very likely TO one man In
particular, and that man was John A.
Stewart, the president of the United
States Trust company, The more he
thought about It, the less he liked It,
He sat up the best part Of one night
thinking about It,
ut would be a national calamity II
there should not be a general and
hearty response on the part OF the
bankers to this new offering Of bonds
he said to himself. II will do what
| can. personally, to make the bond
sale a success"
The next day he got IN touch either
personally or by phone with all the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
John A. Stewart Came 10 the Rescue
When New York Bankers HssItat.
ed to Take Bonds issued In
Cleveland Administration.

The late John G. Carlisle, as secre-
tary OF tie treasury during President
Cleveland's second administration, was
several times more or less at odds
with the New York bankers. That his
relations with them were sometimes
strained was not either his fault or
theirs. 1t was the inevitable result
or the extraordinary financial condi.
II OF the time, which he saw from
one point Of view and they from anoth.
sr.
Mr.. Carlisle's task was trying far be-
yond the ordinary duties of the head OF
the treasury department. He had
been at the head of the department
only a few months when the great cur
rency panic of 1898 occurred, and dur.
ing the greater part of his administra-
ton, panic conditions, which were the
result OF a reaction from a period Of
oVerexpansion and the steady with.
drawal Of gold from the federal treas
ury, continued. Mr.. Carlisle's chief
task wat to maintain the gold reserve
in the treasury. which was constantly
being depleted by the so-oalled endless
chain process, which was merely the
use Of g~reenbacks over and owe
again. The exhaustion o. the gold re.
serve meant that the government
would lapse to a silver basis. That
was narrowly ayerted In 1895 BY the
formation OF the Morgan.Belmont syn
dicate, which sold to the government
the gold it needed, and guaranteed to
stop the expectation OF the yellow met.
al.
Before that syndicate was organized,
however, the government borrowed on
two occasions $50. 000, 900 for the pur.
pose Of replenishing the gold reserve,
The secretary of the treasury had to
negotiate the sale of the bonds for the
gold In Wall street. He had very de.
cided views as to what the bankers
ought to Go In connection with the
loans, and he made those views plain.
With him 1t was a question of helping
cut the government The bankers, as
business men, also had their views
as to what they ought to do. and they
thought those views were entitled to
consideration. Mr.. Carlisle succeeded
In d~isposing of the first lot Of bonds,
nevertheless, but the negotiations left
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Hartman On Despair's Brink

In n terribly nervous state and that II
was simply nervous excitement that
was keeping him up.
+'Are you going to do something.
are you going to Issue certificates to
morrow he exclaimed In a breath
without any preliminaries Of greeting
If you don't, / am a ruined man.
have heavy obligations to meet to,
morrow, and | haven't been able to
borrow on any sort Of security. II
the clearing house doesn't act. every,
thing / have will be wiped out
ed | said, you look al though
you hadn't had any sleep
II haven't he said. I haven't had
a wink OF sleep for three nights on
account of this. / can't borrow a dol.
lar, and my securities are gilt edged
1.-The thing for you to do said.
is to go home and 90 to bed
"'Well, but what Ia the clearing
house going to dor he exclaimed dea.
perateIy. You must do something to.
lhoi icW' Utilized ypu uHitSS ypu
issue Notwithstanding / have
will be gone within t%wenty.four hours,
and my prospects will be blasted. !
shall be absolutely ruined. You will
also have a frightful panic
81 can't say what we shall do. Ed
I said. I have Just got here. and
haven't seen any one but you yet. But
what Ia the use Of your wearing your.
self out in this way?"
Perhaps you are right he said
7 do need some Sleep ] think he
suspected from my manner that the
clearing house would Issue certificates
in the morning, and he was comfort.
ed. At any rate ne went away In a
somewhat calmer state of mind.
AT 8 o'clock the next morning 1t
was announced that the clearing
house would issue certificates. by
means of which financial operations
could be carried on and loans secured
at the banks. Ed Hartman was down
at his office early, and he got through
the day all right, meeting all his OBJ.
legations. which were heavy. The next
time | saw him, which was a week or
two later, he was as clipper as ever.
and from that time his greater career
began"
Copyright. 1911, by r.. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
How Joseph C.. shefIeId's Sale OF
Stock Affected the Future of the
New Haven and the Boston &
Albany Lines.

When the late William Bliss be-
came. In 1880, president of the Boston
& Albany railroad, then the biggest
transportation line In New England,
he went to work very quietly but very
enerEetically to obtain for that rail.
road a through line from Boston to
New York, and make it a competitor OF
the New York. New Haven & Hart
ford for through business between
New York and Boston, on which the
New Haven line. then just beginning
to come into the field as a great ma
tional system. had a monopoly. With
that end In view he made plans to get
control of the Canal" railroad.
The Canal" railroad was the crea-
ton OF the late Joseph r. Sheffield,
the founder of the Sheffield Scientific
school. one of the leading departments
Of Yale university. The road-oficial'
ly, the New Haven & Northampton
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

awaiting her, She will never have any difficulty
In obtaining a weli-paid position in domestic serv-
ice, for tho instructors at our indian schools have
more applications than they can accept from re-
sponsible families eager to secure competent In
dian girls as household helpers. Some OF the ap-
plieants even suggest the possibility OF adopting
a young Indian girl IL one be found to fulfil ex-
pectations.
Or, IL the indian girl of the present day, upon
completing her education, elect to try for a i've
HOOD In some one OF the artistic pursuits she
seems to have advantages over her brother fully
as marked as under the circumstances above men-
toned. The indian brave, in his native state,
does not show aptitude for any form Of artistic
,handicraft unless 1t be the fashiontng OF bows
and arrows. But the indian women have tradi-
tional skill in bead work, in feather work and in
leather work and the indian women OF the south
west have for countless generations excelled in
pottery manufacture, In rug weaving and in basket
manufacture. When an Indian girl is enabled to
use such talents in accordance with the knowi-
edge OF modern art ideals which a school educa-
ton gives her, 1t goes without saying that she
has ready to hand a very agreeable and very re-
munerative means of livelihood.
School teaching is another vocation which opens
to the educated Indian girls a future that is vir-
tually closed to the redskins of the sterner sex.
There are In the United States a large and con-
BLdilklJ AhhbSt W A@N~N -
that is, primary grade schools for the education OF
the younger Indian children on the reservations
and 1t is coming about that almost all OF the
teachers in these schools are indian young women
who have qualified for the work at Carlisle or
other schools and by courses in normal schools.
Indeed the success OF great numbers OF these
young Indian women school teachers In earning
their livelihood by brain work while so many or
the Indian young men OF the period must depend
upon manual labor for their earnings emphasizes
as does nothing else the change that has come
about In the status OF Indian women. IL is, I'M
der such circumstances, a complete reversal OF
conditions over those that obtained In the long
ago when the Indian women were compelled to
do all OF the hard labor, whereas the men we're
responsible only for the lighter tasks.-or, may
hap, devoted themselves exclusively TO warfare
and the chase.
There Is little doubt that one explanation OF
the success which SO many twentieth century In
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
During the Great Panic Of 1893 He
Would Have Been Utterly Ruined
If Clearing House Certificates
Had Not Been issued.

One Sunday afternoon in the mid
die OF the summer Of 1888. the late
Frederick D. Tappan, then president
Of the Gallatin National bank Of New
York city, and chairman Of the New
York Clearing House association, re-
ceiVed at his country place in the
Berkshire Hills, where he was spend
ing the weekend, a telegram from
some of the prominent New York
bankers associated with the clearing
house urging him to come to New
York with all possible haste.
The great panic which marked the
first year of President Cleveland's
second administration was then at its
height. The treasury Of the United
States was being drained of gold by
the operation of the so-called endless
chain. Money had sought cover, and
borrowers were unable to get accom-
mediation rel when they had gilt.
edged collateral TO put up as security.
Everywhere there was a mad passion
to convert property into gold and
hoard It. Men with obligations to
meet in cash we're In extremities. ALL
It had finally come to be believed that
only the issuance of clearing house
certificates could relieve the strain
and prevent an appalling financial
crash. The situation had become
strained to the breaking point when
that message was sent TO Mr. Tappan.
and he took the late afternoon train
for New York.
II arrived in New York early Sun
day evening and went directly to my
house" Mr.. Tappan said, when relat-
ing this incident to me sometime aft
erwards. 81 had been there only a
few minutes when the door bell rang.
As there was no one else In the house
but the housekeeper, ! went to the
door myself. I opened II and found
Ed Hartman standing there.
II was shocked at his appearance.
He looked more dead than alive. He
was CHASTITY pale, haggard and sunken.
eyed, and seemed physically exhaust
ed. I cav In a moment that he was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Found Her Hidden Treasure

The same performance was fol-
lowed with three or four cars, until
II came into view that brought a
smile from Gerty and her friend
mo. 34427.' said Gerty. Shes the
one
THE girls tagged the car.
Fourth seat back, on the end,
commanded Gerry.
"on they got" said the salesman,
watching the effect this tale was hav.
ing. "on they got. and Gerty, reach.
ing under the seat, d~islodged some
thing. 1t was a wad Of chewing gum
And ! was near enough to see IL
too."--Indianapolis News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

ner where there were fifteen or TWEEN
ty other women guests, When we
went to the drawing room after din
ner, leaving the men to their cigars,
II happened that all the I'M but
myself and one other got into one cor
ner Of the room. and | and one fellow
guest were left alone. I've forgotten
why, but that's the way II was.
I'VE were talking OF q subject In
which we were both interested, and
were were having q beautiful time.
But 1t occurred to the hostess that one
or both OF US might feel neglected. 50
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Why the Factory Girl In st. Louis
Waited for One Particular
w Street Car.

Here's a story that comes by word
OF mouth from a travelling man, whose
~yeracity is only exceeded by his YER
satility:
"One day last summer" he said, Il
was supporting a cigar Indian OF a
downtown corner in st. Louis. On
that particular street the hummer
cars are sometimes of the coffee
grinder, single.truck model. type or
1912. There were a number OF shirt
and shoe factories near the corner.
1t was about the closing hour. and |
noticed two girls step up to the corner
and scan the car tracks.
She ought to be along pretty soon,
Gerty." said one.
"'Uh huh" said Gerry.
Just then an open car came bump.
ing along. One girl stepped out inc
read the number.
NO. that's not her. she said.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

she called out, from the other side of
the room:
Why, Miss Jordan, what are you
and Mrs. Blank talking about all by
~yourselveETr
Mrs. Blank is telling me how she
lost ten pounds I replied.
We'll. you ought to have e the
center rush! Every oma in the
Don made q wild dash for uB. The
eyes OF every I'M were all alight
with eagerness. And from every wom-
ans throat burst the one impassion
ed word: "'Howr"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Crisis For Two Great Railroads

railroad-owed the name by which II
was popularity known to the fact that
1t followed the line OF the old New
Haven and Northampton (Mass,l "a
nal. OF itself of minor importance.
tho Canal railroad became Of great
strategic value as a link In tho project
ed Boston & Albany through line to
New York. Connecting with the Bos'
ton g Albany at Westheld, Mass, 1t
would serve 10 extend the Boston &
Albany to New Haven. Thus, the rom.
pletion Of n through line to Now York
from Boston would involve the CON
struction Of only about 70 miles OF
new railroad, paralleling the New
Haven road between New Haven and
New York.
In the latter part OF 1880 and tho
early months Of 1881 purchases OF
New Haven & Northampton stock
were made In the open market for tho
Boston g. Albany interests. The stock
vas the selling at from about so to 80.
A few years previously It had sold aa
low az 10. The road had not been
paying dividends regularly. but only q
little before this q dividend Of four per
cent, had been declared,
There were some vague rtmors
about these purchases. but they caused
the directors Of the New Haven no
alarm, 1t is understood that n para
graph which appeared about March,
1901. In d paper published In Spring
field, Mass, President BLISS home,
first aroused the New Haven peoples
suspicious. The writer OF the para
graph appeared to have inside infor-
nation. and the directors of the New
Haven by some cautious inquiries
quickly convinced themselves az to
what Boston & Albany interests had
In view.
The discovery gave them a big
fright. For years they had been
haunted by the bugaboo OF a parallel
railroad between New Haven and New
York, and here 1t was about to bs
mhterlalized MS a part OF a new
through line from New York to Bos.
ton.
There were some hurried cousulta-
lions, and then some Of the New
Haven directors went to see MFR. Shelf.
field. Mr.. Sheffield, who was then a
man of advanced age, owned about
one-half Of the $2,4G0, 900 OF the CAPT.
tai stock of the New Haven & North.
ampton railroad.
win you sell your Canal railroad
stock?" bis callers asked
Yes, as my figure"
what Is that?"
Par value, one hundred dollars a
share" -
Very we'll. We will buy It now"
A few days later, to the great m,
constituent OF President Bliss and the
Boston & Albany interests. which had
been ~dichering with Mr.. Sheffield for
his holding. the stockholders OF the
Canal railroad elected a new board OF
directors, a majority Of whom we're
identified with the New Haven sys.
tenn: and the majority Of the stock
was voted by a capitalist who, an
trustee for the New Haven, had bought
from Mr.. Sheffield. at tho latter's own
terms, a controlling interest In the
Canal road at a cost Of 81. 22e. 800.
This was the turning point In the
history Of these two roads. To-day the
New Haven practically controls all
New England transportation. while the
Boston q Albany has lapsed into the
condition Of a leased railroad, and is
now Indirectly part Of the general New
Haven railroad family.
Copyright, 1911. by p J Edwards. Az
Rights Reserysa.)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Brought Them Together

in" she said. But there is Just one
universally appealing topic.
There is one subject OF converse
ton that will draw every woman's at
tention. She'll forget everything else
In the world to discuss IT.
1T is the problem OF how to lose
weight!
"To Illustrate my conviction, I'll tell
YOU a story. This actually happened;
zone day last winter ! was at q din
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
Told by ZangWili.

"oh. Mr.. ZangwiIi." a lady once
said, Il admire the Children OF the
Ghetto SO much that | have read 1t
six times" Madam" replied the
author, Il would rather yuu had
bought six copies" AS a humorist
Mr. Zangwiil Is alive to the weakness
es Of his brethren. and m OF his best
stories 10 OF the Schnorrer who stole
a spoon in order not to covet it. he
had to break one commandment, 80
he elected to have the benefit OF the
spoon at least.--Pall Mall Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
\ i MAY Be.

W May Be.
7 see that coal dust Is said TO b.
beneficial to the health"
rs that old wheeze going the rounds
again7"
Then you have heard Il before?"
Yes; think some dub puts II into
circulation every fall, just TO jolly III,
people who have furnaces to tend"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26

They say Cashit. who has become
the social magnate OF the town. was
once an elevator boy"
"Ahi That accounts for It."
Accounts for what?"
Ills facility for taking some people
up and for taking others down."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
One Subject for Which Body Of WON
en- Readily Abandoned Other Top
Ice Of Conversation.

Elizabeth Jordan, who has Just I'm
ished a play, the second act Of which
- laid In a beauty parlor, was talk
Ing the other day about women beauty
parlors, and conversation.
There are q good many things that
a good many women are interested
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-26
why They Scout.

Mrs. H~oward-And &c two OF your
sens are Boy Scouts? Where do they
do their accommodating?
Mrs. Howard--In U refrigerator
Lille.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-10-01
FIRST GEORGETOWN
PREP GAME FRIDAY
Blue and Gray Youngsters Under Direction of Ray
Brown, Have Developed Rapidly-Many HoldoveSl3
From Last Season Give Team Big Boost.

The Georgetown Preparatory School
football team will inaugurate its 1sl2
sridiron season Friday afternoon on
the Hilltop field, when It opposes the
Business High School eleven.
The Blue and Gray youngsters. under
the tutelage OF Ray Brown, have de-
veloped rapidly and will enter the game
with the stenographers in fine form
for 30 early in the season.
For a nucleus Of this years team
Brown has Ave of last years letter
men, Captain Cusack. Cass. Hurley.
Maroney, and Breokeroff, and around
them he has built team which prom
ises to eclipse the records Of all Prep
teams for the last decade. Many Of
the 1911 scrubs reported. and the fact
that they had had years experience
makes them At to MI the vacancies
made by the graduation Of last years
pigskin warriors.
Carter. Beridini. Chiids. Collier. Neu-
man, and Daley have all had the ben
eht Of seasons work under Frank
Gargan, and At In nicely with Browns
plans. Carter will undoubtedly be
used at center. Childs in the backfield
along with Neuman, while Beridini, Col
iier, and Daley will be held as first
substitutes.
Frank Daley. who is younger
brother Of Dap" Daley, athletic SUI
pervisor of the university, has made
quite an impression with Coach Brown
and will most likely be given an oppor-