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New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

'Ss Oh Hindus generally become fathers
=, ABOUT the age of fifteen. is one wrong
u asking If this particular man has rot
child?"
.oii superficial glimpse 1t would seem
'hat the true regeneration of India lies
win her daughters. Certainly, in the scale
hations India cannot rise unless and
"i''h her women rise. The stamina of
~ ~'en uepends on healthy and intelligent
iho'hers; hence the reel foundation of the
'"'e Is motherhood This pernicious GUS
'oiI OF early marriage brings into the
"otld stunted children, with congenitel
idch OF vitality, from child mothers; though
'echiilcaiiy of course. she who bears a
chiiu Is woman. But. for reasons we
heed not here discuss, the term child
ihother is applicable to those not fully
oeNeloped girls. Many of them almost
provldenttally, 1t seems-die during child
Dirth' because their immature bodies are
unable TO bear the crushing burden thrust
upon them. Others suffer from weakening
diseases that shatter their young lives.
Men of science and learned teachers affirm
that the nervous disorders prevalent among
the schoolgirls Of Inda-including fainting
spells, hysteria and fits-are due 10 the in
famous scourge Of carly marriage. often
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these troubles continue through life. only
the other day. at a woman's meeting IN
Bombay, a mother nearly fifty years old
fell in a fit lasting about eight minutes;
her husband said that she had been thus
afflicted from childhood, and had always
been delicate and sickly. She was born OF
a mother only twelve years old.
We must not forget Miss Tenant. Among
the first 10 give her words OF encourage
ment was the late Raj Bahadur Norenda
Nath Sen, editor and proprietor of Ihe
Indian Mirror" one of the ablest native
Journalists in that part of the world and
one who had done yeoman service In the
columns Of his paper for the elevation and
emancipation Of Indian women. lie per-
ceived that Miss Tennant was absolutely
sincere in her benefcent intentions. ana had
not come to India either to exploit herself
or with any sordid motive whatsoever.
With his help and influence 1t was COM
paratively easy to put her developing ideas
into marching form. The parent and CEN
tral body Of the Hindu Marriage Reform
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Naws Notes OF Interest to Members of the National Guard

Queckberner Sergeant William A. DIXON,
Captain George S. Towle. Twenty years
Sergeant Edward A. Rowland, Private JEFF
ferson Church. Fifteen years-Corporal
Eugene r. Richards, Artificer Bernard h.
Weisker. Sergeant James ]. Gillespie, Quar-
termaster Sergeant Benjamin II. Platt, Pri-
vate Russell w. Haight. Quartermaster Ser
geant ]. Stanley Foster, Cook J. ]. Finlay,
Captain Henry H. Brooks. Ten years-Ser-
geant James c. Hodge, Corporal John j.
Regan, Sergeant jeremiah Milleman, Ser
geant Robert s. Pollock. Private c. l.. Null
ford, Private Charles p. Stewart, Corporal
Edward NJ. Butler, Sergeant Albert +. &.
Milligan, Corporal Franklin +. Everdell,
Corporal Willard s. Tisdel. Artficer Harry
H. Baldwin. Corporal Douglas T. Cook,
Musician Michael j. O'Brien, Private Ca
zeau Pnard, Corporal Frost VI. Wheeler,
Sergeant Henry B. Heylman, Sergeant Ed
ward F. Pancoast. Lance Corporal John II.
Taylor, Private Charles H. Connor.
+ Several interesting events have been ar
ranged by units of the list Regiment to be
held In the armcry. Company A, Captain
Schumacher will hold a dance on Feeru-
airy ,; Company NJ, Captain Westermann.
will hold a dance on February Z; the vet
erans of the regiment, of which General
McAlpln is the official head. will hold a
vaudeville entertainment and dance in the
armory on the night OF February 10. Com
pany II. Captain Wells, will hold a dance
on February 13. The lst Battalion, under
command of Major Beekman, will hold a
review in the armory on Friday night, Feb
ruary 90. This battalion consists OF Com
panes II, A, L and ID.
Colonel Austin of the Sth Regiment has
decided to begin the shooting competition
for the team challenge cup, open 20 teams
of twelve men. in the armory range on
Thursday night. other shooting competi-
tlons have also been arranged for.
An old-fashioned barn dance will be held
by Company / of the 23d Regiment on the
tight of February 9 at the armory Vet
Grams Of the regiment will hold their an
nual election tomorrow night. Second
Lieutenant Frederick Meurlin, recently pro.
noted, has been commissioned.
Army officers and officers Of the state
ter of the 1ith Regiment Friday night. The
annual ball OF Company d will be held on
February q at the armory.
The next review OF the 47th Regiment will
be on February 7. by U. s. Grant Post. G.
A. r. Captain John Blume, of Company B.
has resigned, on account Of business. Cap
tain John De w. Kleymeyer. who has been
elected major. vice Jackson. retired. COM
manded one of the best companies in the
regiment
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this respect. The quartermasters depart
mert Is at present in charge Of Lieutenant
Percival T.. Nagle. who has worked
great Improvement. The percentage present
was 92S7 there being 66i officers and men
present and ffty-one absent. The percent
age of men present is rated high officially.
The largest company Is |, Captain Rog-
ers Nolan, with eighty-seven members all
of whom were present. Company ID, cap
tain John p Everett, the next largest COM
pany. had all of its seventy nine members
present Company G., Captain b. j. cum
Minis, also had 100 per cent present.
The regiment had fourteen more men pres
ent than last year, when the figures were
$50 present and fifty absent The condi-
ton OF clothing. arms, etc, showed great
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smith, from Squadron \, regimental SER
geant slnajor, and Herbert Shipman' or
Squadron A, chaplain.
Company ID, of the 7th Regiment appre-
ciatIng the services OF Captain George ).
Towle, Of Company NJ, a former lieuten-
ant Of the company, has presented him with
the regimental cross OF honor for twenty
five years service The figure ~" Is set
In brlliants.
At the review OF the regiment by General
Austen and Brevet Major Palmer Monday
night the following members of the regi-
ment were ordered to the front and centre
and presented with the state decoration for
long and faithful service:
Twenty-Five years-Private Charles A. j..
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That Indian DragonThe Marrying Tiny G Hard to o

we're not considered. that she was sold to
the highest bidder, whom death claimed
before he could claim her as his very own.
she saw the awful penalty of clinging
to traditions that only debase the full
gravity of the situation was borne in upon
her. How subtly this curse works ard dis
iusonizes! Both heredty and environ
n,ent combine to render doubly disastrous
this han upon womanhood. What does the
average child wife know OF hygiene, OF
the diseases peculiar to her SEX OF the
series of infantile attacks that Is sure to
afflct her children? Nothing. She is as
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First Lieutenant Frank II. Hines LIST
Battalion of Field Artillery who has been
elected major to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Major David Wilson, entered
the national guard as a private In Com
,anv d Of the 9TH Regiment on February
II 1893 He rose TO the grade of quarter
master sergeant and was appointed quar-
ternaster and commissary on the stan OF
Major Wilson. Of the "a Battanon ol rieiu
Artillery, on April 3, 1908
Members Of the national guard are great
w interested in the joint man9uvres 10 Dc
held with the army next summer PIoo
ably I'm Connecticut, as first told III lne
Tribune on January Il. The troops rom
the army to be on duty with ne" I'm
and New Jersey national guardsmen ""o
are TO form the defensive force SO iar "'
al present determined. VIII De the ioiio"
ing. Troops 4, b. c and ID, loth CaNa'
from Fort Myer. and Companies l. ~, =
,, and NJ. 18th Infantry, from Fort Jay NC"
York. ,,,,,,
The troops from the army 10 be OH uu'S
with the attacking force represented oS az
the militia Of New England are the ioi
lowing: 10th colored cavalry from roI
E+ban Allen. Vermont. and Batteries ~
y and F. Sd Field Artillery from roi'
Myer, Virginia. {, hos
Ae result Of former man9uVres IL has
been decided this year that the eehei oi
and speciaI situations for the maneu''e
canonaiens will be so arranged as 10 liisui =
. Iarge measure of control by the chlei
,,,,nire over both the contending forces
This control is to be secured by haNihs d
euperior imaginary commander over ,ne
commander of each OF the cohtehui"e
arrjes. and this imaginary commahuei-in
chief will be the chief umpire, VINO VIII ca
orc,ee his control under conditions as loi-
lows ,-,,o,,. crou,
tho first to the last day.
,rhe marches of the forces will vary from
a. 40 seven miles on the first maneuVFe
a. to ten 10 twelve miles on the las'
mannuvre day.
pn,b contending forces (outposts and re-
oI,rine bodies excepted shall remain
~ ,neir camps during ali Of at least one
:" during which they will solve minor
tactical problems. -,
In all marches and other operations CON
"a 80 with the maneuvres proper consid-
No.. o.tor will be given the conditions prevaii-
-, militia organizations just called into
ihs - sold service from civil pursuits.
a. - hour for terminating the L.Sn9uvre
day will depend on the situation
Oh 80, PARTICULAR day, and will not be
Snown Sn @ in advance to the commanders oil
re forces engaged.
erst regiment to parade for annual
Ihe ~ and muster this year for the
,nsps'I Twar Department and the state was the
war 'Sar IL command of Colonel Louis ID.
0eth' u'' The regiment generally made an
Conley' showing. In the important mat
oNceilen. aerty accounts the army inspect
ter OF pr we're most agreeably surprised
ing once .nom in fine shape, and Colonel
TO iiho received special compliment In
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The condition of the virgin widows ap-
peals strongly to the heart Of humanity,
for they are betrothed at an age when
no child is expected TO be sensible. Often
you hear the remark in India: IF there
we're no child wives there would be no
child widows" And that is the nub of the
whole matter, so far as child widows are
concerned.
The two great social contrasts between
India and the United States, for instance,
are these: In India the marriage of girls
amounts TO a compulsory duty; here IT is
optional With a few recent exceptions. a
girls education in India is not compulsory;
here it IS Paul Bert has we'll said: BY
educating a boy you get an educated man,
but by educating a girl you get an edu-
Gated family" In some parts Of the Orient
they are beginning. IL only family. to feel
the force Of that remark. The trouble now
is that the betrothed child bride Of India
in the most promising years of life is out
Of school, confined in the Zenana and held
10 domestic drudgery which affords her
little or no mental training.
sETRCTHED IN INFANCY.
The most monstrous thing about the
whole system Is infant betrothal, which
should be done away with altogether. For,
as has been stated in another way. the
child widows, those pitiful survivors OF
child marriage, primarily owe their wretch
ed lot as much TO infant betrothal as TO
uneoual matches. AS TO the child wives. In
reading Of these poor little victims of lust
and greed. one recalls the lines of Tenny-
son:
As the husband is the wife Is. she is mated TO
And the coarseness of his nature will have weight
10 drag her down.
Also recur TO ;he mind these lines from
the pen-of the same poet:
Wcuan.s cause is mans; they rise or sink
Together dwarfed or gcdlike, bond or iree'
For thcge conjugal abuses work havoc
among both sexes in the way OF desenera'
ton; and though at first blush the system
seems TO bear harder on the girls, In an
ultimate analysis this is scarcely true since
the whole. race of Hindus is affected. Ofteh
Of course, at betrothal the girl has no per
ception Of the marriage tie; much less does
she know of the ineffable secrets OF ma
ternty. Innocent, tender, immature. sh'
marries. In perhaps less than year shl
is the mother Of puny, sicky ehild' sho
herself a physical wreck. u not a corpse
Suppose her child is n girl; she 100 may
grow into a weakly creature, say, OF t"eiVe
and then marry. How many seneratlon'
would Il take at this rate OF deterioration
to make possible not even stih-born imoe
Giles?
Even more revolving are the pictures o
early marriage-the pre-puherty wediock Q
girls of from five 10 eleven Inc oain
press OF India reeks with accounts Oh TN
suicide Of these frenzied martyrs wh'
thus escape from the unspeakablc cruelhe
of their much older husbands. The ioilo"
ing appalling item is from the recent issu'
OF AN Indian publication:
another curious marriage ~ reporu'
ircm Kafhlawar, where man OF seVen,'
married girl of nine. Seeing thst 'in
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
IN POKER SOCIETY.

what are the proper calling cards?"
"Threes or upward are considered very
good Washington Herald.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

SUNDAYS NEW-YoRk TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for $3.50 a year.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Items Gathered in Westchester County

succeeded In getting a number OF actions
on trial during the last week.
It is estimated that II costs about A'"u
week TO maintain the two parts OF the
Supreme Court with the staff of clerks,
court officers and jurors. and Justice Nor
sChauser said that the dilatory actions or
the attorneys many of whom said they
were engaged In New York. was a disgrace
10 the county OF Westchester At one time
he threatened to close up the term. and
this brought the lawyers before the bar in
a hurry There was a scramblng among
the lawyers to get to trial, and II Is be-
leved now that there will be no more de-
lays.
Nevertheless. certain members Of the
Westchester Bar Association are deter
mined to investigate the matter and will
try to find out why so many attorneys were
not ready TO 20 to trial, although they had
been anxious to have their cases placed on
the calendar.
A farmers institute will be held at Lon
colndale, Westchester County, on January
q. Edward Van Alstyne will be the chair
man OF the meeting and II is expected that
farmers from many cities and towns will
be in attendance
Mr.. Van Alstyne, who has demonstrated
many times in Westchester County his
ability to plan and conduct most successful
Institutes. will be assisted by Lowell Rou-
debush, OF New Richmond. Ohio; T. c.
Hulsart, OF Matawan, n. j., and DR.. E. NJ.
Santee, of Cortland, n. y
As predicted, President L. S. Miller Of
the New York, Westchester g. Boston
Railroad Company. has announced that the
company will name the new station
at Webster avenue. in New Rochelle
Remington Place, In memory of the late
Frederic Remington. the artist.
The Common Council OF New Rochelle
recently passed resolutions urging the
company to select this name, and 1t has
agreed TO do so. Now funds are being
collected for the purpose OF erecting a
statue OF Mr.. Remington in the plaza In
front of the station. 1t Is to be heroic
figure. mounted on a horse, with the In
scription on It, HE Knew the Horse"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Colonel Oliver B. Bridgman, 1st Regi-
ment of cavalry, will review the I'd Bat
talon OF the list Regiment. under COM
mand OF Major Edward J. Flack, In the
armory on Tuesday night, February q.
This battalion is made up Of companies Is.
=. l. and /. Colonel Bridgman has nearly
completed his new staff. lie has just APP
pointed First Lieutenant Reginald III. Sayre.
from Squadron A, ordnance officer; DR..
Charles 4. Brown from Squadron c. major
and surgeon; First Sergeant Henry G.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

The delay Of lawyers in not being ready
70 try their cases. which is causing the
calendar of the Supreme Court In West
chester County 10 becomel clogged. will
probably be investigated by the Bar Asso-
citation. Justice Morschauser was whoie
week trying TO find case ready for trial.
and finally. when he had one hundred cases
added to the calendar daily and threatened
to dismiss many actions where attorneys
were not ready on one side or the other, he
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

care in their presentation for inspection
and the inspecting officers expressed them
selves very favoraby. Cardinal Farley has
accepted the review rendered him for Mon
day night January 20.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

, open the street for the purpose of laying
sidewalk authorized the licensee to estab-
lish any grade other than In accordance
with the apparent grade OF the street
ut is plain that there was no established
grade OF Crestwood avenue prior TO the
passage of the special ordinance No. 235.
Therefore the same cannot be held invalid
because Il did not provide for compensa-
tlon to injured abutting property owners.
mo doubt the procrastination Of the city
authorities I'm establishing the grade in
this case has been very disappointing, and
even exasperating, to this property owner,
but for that there appears to be no REM
edy which can be administered by the
courts
"The decision, therefore, must be in
favor OF the defendant with costs.
William l.. Ward, OF Port Chester, the
Republican National Committeeman from
New York State, was reelected chairman
of the Westchester County Republican
Committee at meeting held during the
last week. John J. Brown, of White Plains,
was chosen secretary, and William Archer,
of Mount Vernon. treasurer. Mr. Ward
addressed the committeeman. and he said
that one of the most important things me
organization should look after was an in
dependent water supply for Westchester
County. He also said that the method OF
collecting taxes was extortionate and de-
clared that the committeeman should work
to reduce the cost of taxation and the COL
lection of taxes. The talks are given to
the committeeman frequently by Mr..
Ward. and they are always attended by
large number of prominent Republican
politicians.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
PRAISED BY INDIAN ReFoRMeR.

~
great Indian reformer NIadhava Rao, re-
tired Dewan of Travancore and Mysore
who acted as chairman OF the meeting add
dressed by Miss Tenant that she was
working on lines which. so far from being
| in violation Of the Hindu Shastras, should
| help to restore to native women the posi-
ton they held during the epic and Vedie
| times This compliment reminded Miss Tsos
nant that her dream was coming true.
Up to the first Of last August she hA6
established branches OF the Hindu MAJ
riage Reform League for men in the follow
ing cities: Delhi, Meerut, Cawnpore, Mue
ira, Aligarh, Dehra. Dun, Amballa, Ludhk
ana. Jullundhar, Amrltsar, Lahore, Feroze
pore saharanpore, Ajmere, Bombay. Ba
roda, Madras and Bangalore. Members
also had been listed in Allahabad. Luck
now and Benares.
She also has organized thus far sever
branches of the league for women In these
cities: Lahore. Amritsar Ferozepore, sa
haranpore. Ajmere. Baroda and Bansalore
So the work goes on. The first president
Of the Central League OF Calcutta, the vet
eran editor Of The Indian Mirror" RAJ
Bahedur Norenda Nath Sen, died on JUL
of last year, while Miss Tenant was OF
her lecture tour. The memory OF his many
services in the case Of Indian women viii
not be forgotten. His place as president Il
now filed by the former vice-president
Justice Ashutosh Mukerjee, man Of broad
attainments and. like many OF the higl
caste Hindus, a graduate Of an English uni
vsrsity without giving their sonorou
names. 1t may be added that the official
and members OF all the branches OF tn,
league are chiefly composed of natives q
the highest social distinction. such as mag
istrases, bankers. editors and so on.
All honor TO Carrie A. Tenant the gir
who has dared to attempt and is reall,
achieving what the desultory bureaucrats
the British government time and again hav
promised to do but never have done.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Army officers and officers OF the state
will make the official inspection and mus
ter of the 1ith Regiment Friday night. The
annual ball of Company D will be held on
February q at the armory.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
"Moonshiner" In Tolls.

Little Rock -Thomas p. Tihman a
resident of Perry county is in Jail in
this city charged with moonshning."
Tillman is II years old and this is the
second time he has been arrested on
the same charge He was convicted.
with his son. in 196f. and served a
term in the federal prison at Ft. Leay.
ellsworth, Kan. The prisoner is said
ineto have acknowledged that he was
making Illicit whiskey and had been
doing so for quite while, Commits.
sioner Allen held him over to the fed
eral grand jury under $1,000 bond.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
STATE CAPITOL
NEWS AND NOTES
Committee From Penitentiary
Board investigates Death
of Convict.
WARDEN HELD BLAMELtSS
Prisoner Died From Effect OF Over
heating but He Had Received PROPER
and Immediate Attention.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-The committee sem
out by the penitentiary boara 10 III
vestigate the death OF cohtlet "Ho
died in the camp OF Warden insie''
located near Malvern, has fenoefea l'e
report and exonerated Warden lllS-
ley from blame in connection Win Tue
death of the convict.
Conditions in the camp were iouho
to be sanitary and that the prisoners
were not suffering for anything, the
only recommendation OF the committee
being that the conyicts should De az
lowed to eat their noon meal IN the
shade.
In the case Of the dead convict Il
was found that he vas Lee I'd "afas,
convicted in Miller county ana =aad
only been in TIE camp a week net9re
his death. He h"i Teen IN jan se'-
eral months before MS CONVICTION anu
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
FIRST EXTENSION
SCHOOL IN STATE
Being Held at MorriIton--- Many
in Attendance and Good
Results Expected.
VISITORS ARE ENTERTAINED
Furnished Free Camping Grounds, Free
Tents, Free Beds and Free Wood,
Expense Light on Farmer.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
morrill, on.-With more than 500 peo-
pie in attendance the first agricultural
extension school ever held in Arkan-
sas opened here Monday.
The citizens of Morrilton had pre-
pared everything possible for the com
fort of those attending the course.
Free camp grounds, free tents, free
beds and even free wood were at the
disposal of those attending, SO that it
did not cost a farmer a cent more to
attend the school than it did to stay
at home.
The farmers attending expressed
themselves enthusiastically over the
reception given them and the benefit
they We're receiving from the course.
The course consisted of lectures on
cotton soils and fertilizers, corn
grains and general forage crops, fruit
growing. vegetable growing, hog chol-
era, Texas fever, hog, poultry and
dairying.
Certain hours each day were devot-
ed to each subject and intense in
terest was displayed by those in at
tendance.
The extension school is under the
supervision of IL agricultural depart
ment of the University of Arkansas
with Prof Wilson in charge 1t Is
the intention of the agricultural de
partment to hold these schools
throughout the state. The school at
Morrilton was in the nature of an ex
pertinent and it being so successful
assures that the schools will be held
in other communities of the state.
While this work is ned in Arkansas,
ii is not an untried experiment. as
other states have been holding them
right along and finding them of UNI
told value to the farmers who can
rot attend the short courses of agri-
culture at the universities.
In the school at Morrilton all the
courses were selected to suit the con-
ditions and crops of the surrounding
country.
The visitors and farmers were well
coined to Morrilton by Mayor J. \.
Frisby in behalf of the citizens. He
spoke of the purpose of the school and
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-23
Date for Special Election Set.

Little Rock.-Actins Gov. w G.
Rodgers issued proclamation for a
special election has been fixed for Sep
ond judicial district to name a sue,
cessor TO Judge Frank Smith who
has resigned on account of having
been nominated as associate justice
of the supreme court. The date of the
special election has ben fixed for Sep
TENDER 9. the day of the general cleo
ton In order 10 save time apd ex-
pense. J. +. Gautney is the Democrat
ic nominee for this office.