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are given on pictures and generally where ths
children OF the tenants In charming plays boys
brigades drilled are held and neigh
borhood interests promoted. with aid from
phlanthropic people who give freely OF their time
to the
But there stnl other results follow. The
ecclesiastical commissioners. who hold large
landlords. placed in Miss Hills charge the larger
tenement holdings and began to follow her advice in
the development Of new housing enterprises.
She was called frequently for public
ices. and always ready to bring her experience
ana Judgment to bear in the righting Of public
wrongs She consistently discouraged large. wholesale
schemes for social betterment for believed that
the best results reached by quiet, patient ind-
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years. But II realized. that she had wrought
too well let her work die with her.
The notable instance of It's extension In tho
United States 10 that OF the Octavia Hin Association
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worked out in London have been adhered TO. with
adaptations ditions as experience has
shown be wise. Purchase OF old and neglected
houses the cement Of properties for other
ers and, Of late. the erection OF some tenements
which shall begin with a clear field Of modern conT
struction sanitary conveniences have been
the methods of the association There has been
the betterment in condition Of the
tenants. idea of the of the work IN
city be had from the fact that last year.
properties in score Of locations were under the
associations and $4,000 of rents for thirty
three property-owners. was collected year ago.
a review made of the full extent of the
associations activities appeared that 1t owned
eighty three houses and managed lSS more. the
aggregate values Of all being 10000.
1t - philanthropy at proht. precisely what Rus
kin said 1t must De succeed in England 1t
ceeds in the United States for the same reason:
humanity when the essentials OF living concerned.
remains the same everywhere
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absolutely punctual in rent collections where the
rule sorts Of reasons for trying to pay no
rent that could be got out or and. on top OF that
she actually induced families living nine people to
ROOM money enough for proper food-if their
words true-to rent another apartment. and pay
for it. solely the sake of having enough honest
air to breathe went. alone but undismayed into
quarters that dens Of dirt, drunkenness ana
violence and came with her rent and the grudge
but genuine respect of the human animals herded
there She found flths needed nothing less than
shovels get rid Of them and she gradually trans-
human stiles into models OF cIea0uueSs'
neatness and comfort
And through IL all she made the investment pay
solid per cent Interest As the years went by:
Euskin's assurance that the work would grow ana
have a in good true and he. VINO
had 40 cheerfully risked his SIS a theory and
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girl untried. for plain humanitys sake was well
repaid from financial standpoint.
Hill. in explaining the working out Of the
theory invariably made it plain to her disciples.
whether they came from neighboring Birmingham or
distant Philadelphia, that while the general plan was
infaTibe its lay altogether in the shrewd-
mes. the the tact and Of those
who sought to employ it. No single instance ever
found its duplicated every tenement every family
every person, presented some fresh problem OF ad-
justment those qualities alone could solve: and
with them must 60 hand in hand, unytelding
6rmness and consistent She never
patronized: she never bued she never condescended
and, above all. she never meddled
If she made one confirmed enemy among her tenants
during her many administrations OF such houses, ne
would probably have accused her Of all four henous
sins that make up the landlady. But she didn't Her
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rule and her activities. founded in nne sense
of justice and well bred gentlewomans regard for
the sensibties of Others invariably stopped short
Of the extremes which could be resented: and her
manner Of arording aid tactfu and SO wise
that Of the benefciaries felt they were
accepting help. Nor they; they earning It.
II Miss Hill found a house interior invisible under
flth-and she usually did-she neither gave orders
clean up invaded the privacy Of her tenants
she hired the children OF the tenants
to the necessary scrubbing and washing OF
halls stairs and landings. until those sentpublic
portions Of the dwellings immaculate as
Dutch housewives kitchen floor. Thus she put hard
cash o good service in two ways-got her house half
cleaned gave the tenants money to help pay their
The big consequence, however. was that once the
halls and landings were clean. every woman In the
place gazed with horror the condition OF her own
ably death and taxes-more inexoraoy. Tor
brooked respites at all-would be timidly
invited O come in and sit down" She always COM
piled, always found inside cleanliness that
rivaled brand she had produced on the landing
Whenever minor repairs could be made by the men
tenants-papering painting. pasternG. carpenter
mason work-she gave them the job at the regu-
lar mechanics wages; and she studous to choose
oil execution just those times when man was
and needed the money. 1t followed. that.
instead loahng and drinking from mere boredom,
he passed a happy time home with his family and
kept the wolf from the door, to boot
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only place fit TO live in must be Europe. At home,
the same difference perceptibIe when for
egners came visi; US that We began TO wonder
what had become of the chivalry and delicacy for
which Americans had once been noted, at least
among themselves.
To this day nobody knows. There are still
some surviving specimens of the old. real gentle
men whose bearing possesses thoughtful consid-
Grafton and an elegance of manner that sets them
out in exquisisc relief against the common back
Ground Of rude indifference. Occasionally some
counterpart Of their younger days happens to Be
ipcarpssed in an A. ]. Drcxel Biddle. who will
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Civilization Debt to
Octay:iia HILL Whose
Pioneer Work in / ous-
ing Reforms.A Aroused
the World to Abolish
! enement Evils

7 ONION, during these later years, held
! suoman of matronly figure and strong
IL but kindly face, to suhom Others from
far countries made eager pilgrimage, that
they might learn from her the marvellous
secret of sliping out the slams in the cities they
She sras Miss Octavia Hill, for nearly
ffty years the best Iandlady tn the sUorId, nth
a special fondness for the srora tenants.
That strong, brace, gerry quiet figure
Eves no1U i'm pressiUely tn the memory Of thou
sands of The poorest people in London, usually
in scene of appalling sqnalor-the scene
suhieh framed her svhen first they sasv her
enter their deadly dssxllings. 1t is matched,
after almost half q century Of reforms, BY the
recollection of hundreds Of other such quiet,
dominant figures, here and in England-so
many disciples of the simple, efective methods
she employed in changing conditions in city
slums, Eiving apostles of the gospel of cleanli-
ness, health and basis Of agreement be-
tsueen landlord and tenant founded tn mutual
fairness.
But that is not all of the debt civilization
o.uxs Oeiavia Hill. Her example, Iived at
first ,rath no hope that it could extend its in
fuenee beyond her osvn narroou sphere, has
proceed the INSPIRATION to housing reforms all
orer+ the sDorld. Berlin's dark courts haze
bIossomed into grassbordered Hnle play
grounds; Englanfs dspful slams have been
Tedeemed in many cities besides London, the
horrible example of the land; NesU York has
been svorking out hygienie salcation for the
poor, despite landlord greed, srhieh rocked
not of souls or bodies; Philadelphia has let
in light and air upon fenements that svere
auterooms TO the morgue.
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polite riders tho island ten days. Yet they
far from being the astute critics OF this
trustful democracy thinks them
More discriminating II less emphatic. was Thomas
Nelson Page in his lament the decay Of
published not very long He was in crowded
returning from important football game. Many
women young and old. standing; sitting
But only one gentleman and offered his place to
Of the women. That reminded Mr.. Page OF old
gentleman he knew who. the way Niagara falls.
found the he rode in similarly crowded A little
1rishman the dust Of the his working clothes
rose and bowed to Of the standing women.
Il a-aways rise for the ladies'" said the little
Me mither q lady
Yes" remarked Mr.. Pages old friend, and her
Is . gentleman"
Among civilized people. Mr. Page observed woman IS
the custodian OF good manners. IL the women boast
their power: rival in violence naunt their wealth
with ostentation; display before their sisters
who toll accept with conpacency the insoient indier-
ence OF then society IL hopeessy vugarzed from
its former distinction chivarous The
nav breeding, found. lay the
ing in the relation Of husband and wife and
ing Of children The old terms Of respect. sir and
madam. banished from the from fear OF the
subservence carried with them into their
exile the children should show
when manners thrown away In the nursery Nr.
Page added they not likely to be picked Iasse
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THE HENRY JAMES VIEW

There va: Henry James. toe; vho saw The manners
took their tickets far removed from the ideals OF
and courteous bearing which .
Americas might hoped after Of
And among his women cwtraveiers here, when they
information received they universally
Trained snyshing equivalent to u beg psrdoa
and Thank you for the other. II sounded
In the Indictment against Amer.
being largely responsible FOR the
dence Of American manners
critics Of courtesy we're themselves
keenly paiued andtng fault that they found u dcule
md faut euough. ana Henry Jemes besides suffers
chronic ter5versasioa. But y. Hopkinson Srni.h
can't hit otherwise straight: and when came 70
a0a paSiouG state. he started rtgnt OF
IN London Paris. Vienna and Budapest ron can ese
civil snswer 90 q civil question. In New York. nius
times out Of ten. you get bald inso.ncs
Why? Well Mt Hopkinsou Smith ~ fam COMES.
doesn't know; but that is the fact he does know
sVertaSu that. With wide experience o.
rtscS both IN and foreign
and he tells anecdotes fcrsssfc Of al
have no hesitation saying that have sojIa
chunks Of nsclerce N New York than found .
anv other city the world over
o, IN the opinion Of q least three very csseryne
AU,er~aus who grtevcd a. they are dteEustcd.
this hes need urgent OF more srsent theo
Fvsece ever hsd for tHasne o. Scursesy 70 rede~m
70 saan the campaign.
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TOW SOON viii Americans start on their
~ urgently needed work of establishing .
national league Of courtesy similar to
the one that has been founded in once
polite Frspcet
IL has been aeitatcd here for the past decade-
since this century opened. in fact. sDd SINCE
our people came more in contact With tie rest Of
the world both here and abroad, than Il used 20.
Abroad, the contrast between our Own devil
may-care manners and the punctilioW courtesy
shown by carefully trained nobility, Who respected
our money more than they did its makers, speedily
created the impression in American society that the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22

eharmaa Nine. Anseree dAlbersa who rscresented the
S,~s,fxsA a f<aGue Of Ccurt~sy Thesc wcvner de-
SIGNED . small oNaee. 20 b worn everywhe as the
rH~e ~ rcurSesx formulated four rules for
-. .mprS-so wear ve Aadee cherish only feelnas
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~ YER ssssre. the genesis % The crusade vss vesv
/ II simple. prossbiy becaUe Paris seeas 70 have.
~ scqmrsA most q Fraace's bsd mssners. ond -
affords Q seas neN for the campaign.
The DoOsger Dvcheps ft-xes having cUnUeHee0 % -
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raise his hat to you, save your soul for you o
black your eye for you. all with the tenderest con-
siderstion for every prejudice his courseous nature
can imagine to be-yours
But New Y0rk details platoons Of it, police
to the on Sunday 70 teach couTtesy with ciu0
to large masses Of its population who think isdy
passengers like To he fcrcibly undressed amid t1s
publicity Of the train and the habit Of MAKING oo
ladies stand, because young ones fail to say Ansn1
you" for q car seat IL . growing one
The American National League Of Courtesy
needs only make itself exist 70 find big JOB .
the French ono has tackled ready 10 Be performed.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
Musical Conductors.

1t is a significant fact that most of the
great conductors have spent their ap-
prentice years in mastering some solo
instrument which they have used as
stepping stone 20 the broader and ulti-
mate work of conducting an orchestra
Arthur Nikisch was at the beginning
of his career a yiOliniSt in the royal
orchestra at Vienna; Richard Strauss
made his formal debut not only as
leader of the Meininger orchestra, but
as a pianist also. playing a concerto by
Mozart Felix Weingartner. DR.. Muck,
Emil Paur. ROthwell and OberhO1er
were first pianists of distinction before
becoming conductors. This list could
also be carried back to Hans Won Blu
low. the prince of pianiSts and con-
ductOrS, and to Felix MendelSSOhn. who
inaugurated the famous Gewandhaus
concerts.
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0wensby.
improved

School opened here at Moore
school honse July 8. with a large
enrolment and Mr.. o. D. Smith
of Jamestown, teacher. Mr.. M.
l.. Owens, our trustee made a
wise selection, for.Mr. Smith is a
gentleman of sterling worth and
character, having previously
served our county as Supt., of
public schools, therefore he is a
gentleman of refinement and cul-
ture and we'll prepared for his
chosen profession.
Mr., Rowe Powell, wife and
daughter, Miss Cecil, of Nebras-
ka, are visiting in these parts.
Mr.. Herbert Barger, an ener-
getic and huStling young man is
now salesman for Mckinney &
Co., at jamestown. He invites
all of his friends to give him a
call when in the city.
The singing classes at Mt.
Vernon and Bethlehem have
very much improved with Mr..
G. c. Reese, as leader.
Rev. Tarter and wife visited
at D. G. Orders last Saturday.
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paigned, but l received 1857
votes, about half of these being
Democrats, and at least 300 Re-
publicans out of a possible 900
scratched for me. The whole
ring fought me because / helped
break up the town ring. Since
then my gang has made many of
them bite the dust. | have been
offered nomination for Legislat-
ure several times by Democrats,
but would prefer a fve-year sem
tence in the penitentiary at hard
labor, and don't like to work Ell
Their.
Getting on to farming. wealth
err conditions, etc. We are hav-
ing too much rain fer cotton. and
can't properly cultivate any
crop. Peaches are rotting on
the trees, and it actually rains
too much to sow cow peas.
Sometimes we can't plow a day
in two weeks. This sandy land
washes easily, and it looks bad
for a farmer who farms on hill
sides. Such is my experience.
At present we can't pillow fur
row.
Melvin l.. White,
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DunnviIle.

Mr.. Boss Combest who has been
sick for some time is no better.
Miss Carrie Pierce who has
been visiting friends and rela-
tives at Garlin for the past two
weeks has returned home.
James Policy has returned
home after a protracted stay in
Ohio.
Joe Thomas was at Mckinney
a few days of last week on bust
ness.
Mack Rubarts who has been in
the West for the past 3 or A
years has returned to KY.
Miss LoueIla Ross, is in from
New York, visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Ross.
Mr.. L. T. Dickinson, one of
our best young men is teaching
the Luttrells creek school this
year.
Mr.. J. F. Pelley is about
through harvesting his oat crop.
G. w. Rubarts Jr., has purchas-
ed a new saw mill and is operat-
ing it on Cameron creek.
Mr.. Charlie Cundiff is in from
Louisville visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Cundiff.
There will be an ice cream
supper at Joe Thomas, July II.
Joe is going to have a string
band to furnish music to the
crowd. Everybody is cordially
invited to attend.
Mrs. Mol,ie Policy, of Pelly-
ton, visited Mrs. Mag Rubarts
and family a few days of last
week.
1t has just been reported that
Mr.. R. K. Jones, Pellyton. died
suddenly on the evening Of the
Is. He was a good man and we
greatly deplore his sudden death.
Ike Dickinson while blowing,
recently found a piece of money
LOG years old.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
PHILADELPHIA SCRAPPLE.
How to Prepare This inexpensive and
HiqhIy Nutritious Dish.


Highly Nutritious Dish.
Have your butcher clean a pigs
head and split it in halves. Put it into
4 stock pot and cover with boiling wa
ter. Cook until meat falls from the
bones. Remove the meat, strain the
liquor and set aside to cool. Remove
most of the fat, all gristle and bones
Chop meat fine.
Remove fat from liquor, place on
range, bring to boiling point, add meat
and one pound Of beef liver previous
ly parboiled ten minutes and cut in
very small pieces. Season with salt,
re. ger and sage to taste. Add one
cupful of buckwheat mixed with one
cupful Of cOrnmeal, letting it slip
through the fingers of the left hand
while you stir briskly with the right
Thicker with cornmeal until mixture
is the consistency of cOrnmeal mush.
Stir until free from Jumps. Remove
to back of range and simmer two or
three hours. Use a heavy vessel to
cook the mixture in. This lessons the
danger of scOrching.
Pour mixture into brick shaped
bread pans previously wet with cold
water When cold cut in half inch
slices and saute in a well creased hot
spider. Brown on both sides. Serve
for breakfast or luncheon. This is an
inexpensive dish and is highly nutri-
tious and will keep several weeks in
cold weather.-National Food Maya
zine
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
Spoiled the Sport.

\ gentleman from London was in
vited to go for II days Snipe shoot
ing" in the country. The invitation
was accepted. and host and guest
shOuldered guns and sailed forth in
quest of game.
After a time Il solitary Snipe rose and
promptly fell to the visitors first bar
rel
The hosts face fell also.
I'VE may as we'll return, he remark
ed gloomily, ''for that was the only
snipe in the neighborhoOd.'
The bird had afforded excellent sport
to all his friends for six weeks.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
CHANGED THE PLAY.
Peter the Great Turned the Comedy
Into a Tragedy.

Into a Tragedy.
1t is related that Peter the Great.
that mighty car of Russia, strolIing
incognito through the camp, came
upon a party of noncommissiOned Off
GERS and grenadiers enacting a come
dy, which he paused to witness.
All at once his brow became cloud
ed. In the play soldier in the uni
form Of his guard commits at a Ger
tain moment robbery. Nevertheless
the emperor allowed the play to pro-
coed. The court martial is summoned
on the stage and the thief is sentenced
to death. The spectators, composed
of officers and men, showed the most
lively concern in the performance and
laughed at the grotesque contortions
of the condemned culprit. The anna
teur actor played his part very we'll.
Here come the squad that is to exc
cute him. Fire. orders the lieuten-
ant, and the amateur dropped down
dead, his heart pierced by seven bull
lets-no make believe, but dead III
deed.
Whereupon the emperor dropped his
incOgnito and addressed those assem-
bled: GA soldier of my guard who
committed a robbery must die. If he
did not steal why did he boast Of it
and soil his uniform? 1t is | who or
dered the loaded rifles given to the
men. l hencefOrth forbid my soldiers
to ply the trade of mummers. '-ArgO-
noUt
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
Flat Woes.

"Was there a telephone call for ME
this morning. | asked the West In
dian bellboy.
mo, sir" he answered positively.
"Dey amt been no such call fun you
fuh two days. sab"
Are you sure?''
Eyes, sub, positive
"Well, if one comes for me this aft
ernOon say I'll be in later.
Yes. suh-what's youah name, subj"
Toledo Blade.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
Hiah living In Germany.

The Lokal AnZeiger of Berlin pub
fishes an urgent appeal to German So
ciety leaders to return to simple eat
ing" 1t says that the luxury era in
Germany has caused an extravaganza
in dining which threatens financial i'm
pOveriShment and digestive ruin.
Carlsbad, Marienbad. KiSSingen and
other spas which cater to the needs of
''penitent gluttOns' are, says the jour
nal, visited by numbers, annually in
creasing, who go there in spring and
summer to make amends for oyereat-
ing and Overdrinking in winter. 1T
would be genuine public service on
the part of leading society personageS
if they would begin by practical ex-
ample to wage war on the sensual
NERVOUSNESS of modern entertaining,
rs far as the culinary end Of it is con-
cerned. Only by a return to simple
and sensible dinners can We avert gen
uine economic and physical 'pcrilS.'
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-07
THE K0LA NUT IN AFRICA.
II Plays an Important Part In the Lives
of the Natives.

~ wv 'dNHS9s
In the parts of Africa where it
grows the kola nut is much esteemed
by the natives on account of its slim
ulating and other properties, and ir
occupies a large place in African H.
gends, as well as in ceremonies a.
cults. These tribes have been ava.
Of its power as a stimulant from time
immemorial, and it is also used as =
remedy for marsh fever and other
maladieS.
1t is used as a pledge of friendship
or affection. as an offering to fetch
men and also as money or for paying
tribute. In the Bambara and other
regions a young man sends a basket
of white and red kOla nuts to the IA
Their of a young woman whom he de
sireS to marry. If the father consents
he keeps all the nuts. but il not h.
keeps the white ones and returns the
red.
The kola tree is much respected, AM
the belief is strong among the natives
that if one Of them plucks a flower il
will bring him bad luck. Among the
BagaS tree is planted at each birth
or notable occasion. In the DiOrugU
region when a chief goes through the
ceremony of naming his child h
plants a kola tree. and this afterward
belongs to the child
In the whole of the Sudan region
the kOla nut is symbol of friend
ship, and as it is an article of luxury
the act Of offering it as a gift is taken
as mark of the wealth of the giver
Eating the kola nut together is a sign
of friendship, and it would be a great
offenSe to refuse to 90 this. Treaties.
vows or compacts are made binding IN
the same way.-Chicago News