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The Detroit times., 1912-09-27
Van Dyk On Stand.


Attorney William Van Dyke, who
said he was the mayors attorney
during and after the first "coufer-
ence" but not before, was placed on
the stand at 1885. He didn't remem-
Der when he met Detective Burns
first. He and Burns first met alone,
he said.
The purpose OF bringing Burns was
that Mayor Thompson had for long
time been discussing the rumors of
graft in city departments, and had
determined TO get Burns to investi-
gate, catch the grafters, and remove
the stain OF scandal from the inno-
cent. Generally. Burns was TO find
out who were grafters and who were
not.
Now. Mayor Thompson said he was
TO separate the sheep from the
goats. He was not to make goats OF
any persons. was he?" asked Attor-
! ney Mcnamara.
"Mr. Burns distinctly stated that he
| would not come into Detroit and in
vesugate any particular persons"
said the witness.
Asked IL he had heard names men,
4 u,
Dyke said that he had, but as he re-
membered II, most OF them had been
of men whom everybody knew to be
straight, such as Commissioners Croul.
Aid. Vernon, Dick" Watson. and
others. Watson is one of the defen.
dants in the graft cases.
Burns. said Van Dyke, met Mr..
Green on his second trip here, aud
made arrangement TO sent someone
on TO meet Green in Mr.. Van Dykes
Office. Then came Brennon.
! II explained to Brennon," said the
witness "the organization OF the city
government as well as I could. Yes,
I was the mayors attorney at the
time"
What instructions did you give
Brennon. as the representative of the
mayor" he was asked.
"Brennon was to receive no orders
or give no reports, except to Burns
was the reply.
Never Saw Mayors Guess List"
| Asked about the mayors famous
guess list" of aldermen who could
be corrupted. the witness said he had
never seen such list, or had never
heard the mayor read such list TO
Brennon.
I'm conference. remember Brcn'
mon had q manual In his hand, and ne
read several names of aldermen. said
1.-THE witness Every body made diner
ent remarks about the aldermen as
their names were read. | rememter
Burns often said. that man might
take a bribe ="
Asked how Burns knew anything
labout the aldermen at that time, the
witness said he had been given IN.
formation by Brennon. He denied that
Burns had ever told him that money
was TO be used TO bride the aldermen,
and didn't think BrenBon had eN.r
told him that.
Then YOU had no knowledge THAI
tm0Hey was to be used 20 bride the
aldermen"
No. I didn't know OF course frs
IN the papers about Brennen's Efforts
! for tue wabash deal
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INK I'D NuIl anu I<aluTOD ID ~ IlhT. Anu
representing himself as their land
agent.
Then Brennon, posing as this wa
bash agent, sat down in the homes
OF these accused men, in the presence
Of their wives and children to do this
dirty deal. He ought to blush with
shame, Human nature is weak
enough; It's no trouble TO get man
to commit a crime II you hound him
long enough. and try him long enough
1T is established In law that whore
scheme is propounded by a detec.
tive. using the name of 'sct-in
authorized for such use. there can bC
no crime shown, under the Jaw" Nc
Nnmara concluded.
Court Decisions Quoted.
Then, with Attorney Bumps prompt
Ing and assisting. Mcnamara quoted
I many supreme court decisions. and
court OF appeals decisions from Arkan
Gas, Texas, Colorado and other states
in which corporations had hired de
:ectiyes TO trap suspected men.
The Ilphart scandal. when the latJ
Mayor Pingree exposed big scho 4
board scandal was another case used
as pi ecedent. and appeared TO b.
psrotal Justice Jeffries asked man.
Questions about its Interpretation.
Special Assistant Prosecutor VII
kins. who handled every bit OF TIC
Testimony. and conducted the entire
ease without one remark to the con-;
BY Prosecutor Shepherd made a mas
terly argument IN interpreting the
quoted decisions. holding that thoy
were not parallel 10 the case at b'G
IN many important particulars. lie
/ interpreted these cases as helps ~.
stead OF knocks to the prosecution
iWhen the arguments were all ovc-
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TO BUILD RAILROAD
ON BRIDGE OVERNIGHT.
Aladiin-like Scheme of Three-Cent
Line Is to Have Cars Run
ming Tomorrow.

Railroad strategy. backed by strong
public approval, Is about to be put into
execution on the Manhattan Bridge. In
anticipation OF the re-open!ns or the
Supreme Court on Tuesday. one railroad
company Is going TO Blu. d and operate
4 trolley line across the bridge, prac-
tically over night, while an opposing
company Is struggling to obtain a court
Injunction preventing construction and
operation.
The former company is the Manhattan
Bridge Three-Cent line. which has OBJ
tanned permits from the city and from
Bridge Commissioner O'Keefe to operate
cars across the bridge. The opposn
corporation Is the Brooklyn, New York
and North River Ra lroad, which has
been fighting for months to get bridge
crossing permit.
Tonight the Manhattan Three Cent
line will put a large force OF men al
work completing the connections on the
| bridge. In the mean time trolley cars
are being shipped to this city and wher
they arrive Tomorrow they will at one,
| We placed In operation. Motormen anc
conductors have been engaged TO worl
the new line.
1t is argued that the courts will hav,
| nothing to pass upon In the case o
the application for the injunction. whel
Justice resumes her seat following tn
Labor Day recess.
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NAVE TO ENLARGE COURT
FOR WRANGLING COUPLES.
Domestic Relations Tribunal So
Popular 1t Has Outgrown
- Present Quarters.

The Domestic Relations Court has
proved such . popular institution that II
has entirely outgrown its quarters ana
Is q result the Yorkville Court Build
sing, at No. l5i East Fhty-seventh
street. viii shut down on Sunday for
irepairs. II Is expected II will take
Three or four months to arrange mat
tsrs In the structures interior so that
there will be room in future for New
FORKS wrangiing wives and husbands
In the mean time the Fourth District
Municipal Court, Parts ] and 2. which
has occupied part OF the Yorkville build
ing. viii set up at new permanent
stand In the old quarters of the Tam
many Central Club. Thirty-second
street. between Second and Third ave-
nues.
The Mems Night Court will be trans
ssrred temporarily TO the West Fifty
fourth Street Court and the Domestic
Relations Court TO Spring and Wooster
streets Cases from the West Thirtieth
street police station will 40, for the
time being. TO Jefferson Market Court
from the East Thirty-hfth street station
10 Essex Market Court; from Eas'
Fifty-frst street and East Slxty-seventi
street TO Harlem Court.
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U. s. SENATOR STEPHENSON
NOT CRITICALLY SICK.
Suffers From a Cold and Stomach
Trouble at Fishing Camp, but
Has No Heart Attack.

ESCANABA, Mich. Aug. SO.-A mes
sage received to-day from Watson
states that the illness of United States
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin mas
been greatly exaggerated and that his
condition Is not critical. The Senator
Is suffering from a cold and stomach
trouble. according TO this message. AMI
expects to continue his fishing trip along
the Escanaba River. The message de-
MES that the Senator has any heart
attack.
1t was stated that when the Senator
contracted the cold II was thought best
to have physicians with him, the fact
that the physicians left the city hur-
redly caused the report tl.at the Sena-
tors condition was serious.
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SAYS G|RL'SS
OF ROBBERY IN LOFT
IS ONLY 'FRAME-UP'

Miss Mary Harvey. cloak model.
robbed by william Cummings, a negro
operator In an elevator In the lot
building at No. 80 West Twentieth
street, yesterday afternoon. did not APP
pear in the Jefferson Market Police
Court, this morning. to prosecute her
case.
Cummings was arraigned and the case
postponed until Tuesday morning at
o'clock. The story of the young woman
is that she was going up in the elevator
to seek a position as cloak model
She says the negro stopped the eie-
vator between the sixth and seventh
floors and grabbd her silver mesh bag
and took twenty dollars from 1t.
He then. she says. grabbed a gold
chain which hung around her neck and
from which was suspended diamond
locket valued at $50 The girl strug-
gled with the negro and jabbed at him
with a hatpin. The elevator was shot
up to the ninth floor, where Morris
Simons, who occupies loft there. en-
tered the lift. He says he was the
operators champion from the start and
expressed disbelief In the girls story.
He said she assaulted the negro in his
presence. and when simons attempted
to demonstrate with her she kicked him.
| The young womans screams attract ed
| numerous tenants of the building to .he
different landings and a crowd had col
lected when the ground floor was
reached. Cummings fed and was found
later in freight elevator. According to
Policeman Cavanagh Miss Harvey's
neck was red from the wrenchng Of the
| chain. her waist was torn at the throa,
and her right arm was cut near the
wrist a boy picked UP her chain in
| three pieces. to one Of which was at
I, tached the locket.
In court to-day Slmons told every bod,
he knew ali about the case and thai
1t was a frameup, Finally. he got IN,
side the rail and addressing the court
said:
Just one minute, Judge. Let me tel
you about this case and youIl let thi.
man go In two minutes. This Is
frameup and an outrage"
Assistant District-Attorney Alden q
Wellman looked at Simons then sal,
TO the Court:
d why. Your Honor, this is only wit
ness In this case. What Is he dom,
. inside this rail?"
yes, Your Honor" returned Simons
confidently, I'm only a voluntary wit
, ness, 100. I'm staying now of
/ trip
well. Wen make you compulsor
Witness" said Magistrate Breen. "Ge
outside the rail and sit down there un
1 cd tnrttl "a
Magistrate Breen told Cummings
after he had ixed his bail at 5000. tina
l ne could hold him only forty-eight hours
e II he so desires, Cummings can have hi
I case called at the expiration OF tina
. time.
( sure. You don't want to stay /
prison." said the hrepressible Simon
e from where he sat.
!, "Shut up" said somebody in an aud
G BILE whisper, and the hacker OF Gun
y nings remained squelched until he gc
o his subpoena.
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ARCHBOLD TO GET MORE
Of THE "ABYSS|N|AN"
IF ROOSEVELT LANDS
Colonel AmuSeS His Hearers in
Vermont With Another Fling
at Standard Oil Man.

st. ALBANS, VT, Aug. 30.-After a
thirty-mile automobile ride from Bur-
lington, Col. Theodore Roosevelt reached
st. Albans at II A. NJ. to-day and made
his first speech of the day to a crowd
in the public square. A large part Of his
audience was composed OF farmers, some
OF whom had driven many miles to hear
him, and he was given an enthusiastic
reception. The Colonel continued his at
tacks on John ID. Archbold, President Of
the Standard OIL Company. and Sena-
tor Penrose,
The Colonel with his denunciation of
Messrs. Penrose and Archbold. couples
funmaking at the expense OF the stand
ard OIL man on account of his remark
TO the committee that there was nothing
IN darkest Abysslnia" which was worse
than the treatment OF Standard oil at
the hands OF the Roosevelt admnistra-
ton. COL Roosevelt now laughingly re.
fers to the Abyssinian treatment"
He doesn't think of darkest Abys-
snia when he thinks of the dissolution
suit" he said. but when he thinks OF
my administration and that l may have
| another II l have there'll be more OF
the Abyssinia treatment and he know,
it, He knows that we put the fear Of
tho Lord into his heart"
! The Colonel APPEALED especially to tn,
Republicans of Vermont for support
saying that II they wished to be tru,
to the traditions OF the Republican part,
they should vote for the Progressiv,
ticket. The only way to support tn,
party was to vote for the State tickle
At the election nexs Tuesday. instead o
waiting until November to cast the bal
lot for him.
THE whole country Il watching tn
outcome in Vermont" he said. "A pc
cullar situation Is always attached I
tho resglt OF the Vermont election.
want To- SEQ tbs state lead IN the Pro
| -"csslVr movement.
III Vermont failed 10 take the lead.
he continued. "it wpUll ENc heart I
the forces ~ reaction every whore"
In his speech col Roosevelt compare
tHc political situation in Vermont vii
that In New York.
"You have got TO deal with the sam
situation here" he said, 'that We ha,
to contend with in New York. wheI
! crooked business not only oontro
politsos but the nswspapsrs ~ we'll"
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ACCUSED POSTWAR OF
THEFT OF FOUR LETTERS.

Postwar Charles Hopper. who on
Monday told the police at Paterson. N.
J., taat ne had been robbed OF four spe-
caal delivery letters and thereafter as
sisted detectives In their search for the
thief. wac brought before United States
Commissioner Stockton AZ Newark to-
day TO tell . different story Of the case
A Post-Ofice Inspector entered Hop
psr's room yesterday and said he found
there a mail bag OF Anticipated pattern.
In searching II the officers discovered a
partially concealed compartment, ana IN
this. .aey assert. were the four missing
.lstrerF.
THAT Is not ny regular bag" sad
Hopper. IT ls the first time I cScI
carried one OF that pattern. There VAS
only one compartment In my regular
bag. and I guess I didn't look IN ths
riGht place for the letters"
Inspectors Butler and Larabes charged
Hooosr with the theft Of the lsttsrs
. He was bald under bond
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VOTE TO DATE FOR
KING OF THE COMFY
MARD! GRAS CARNIVAL.

"ardidates ~'us. he nominated 10 !.
the Mardi Gras Association and sses
cepted as candidates by the N60-
mating Committee OF the assoc alton.
No others will be recognized by The
Evening World. On
Henry Kelly. Harlemites' Club. S,1fv
William ID. kolle. Quartet Club. SN
Marty Rowan. Marty Rowan & W
ID. &. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. RT
4 C. Brockway, Hudson Tun- nv
ners II. R........................ 10@
Frederick G.. a. Schaefer, Big
Indian b. C.................s n ~
Maurice Costello, Moving Pic- ssxs&
ture Actor ......................
Andrew II. Yacenda. Panama &
Democratic Club ................
John A. Grief, Essex $. C........
Frank A. Miller, Moving Pic -
ture Operatives ............... 2W
Thomas F. Hawkins. VI. w. Of A. 200
Lou Lippman, Optina Club. 30
George n. Blakney. Acme A. c.. 20
Irving Osborne. Flatbush q. c.. 204
John J. Curran, Trish-Am. 4. A. 201
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BOY DEAD IN FIRE;
PARENTS DYING;
!. IS IN DANGER
Tenants Carried Down Fire
Escapes When Flames
Cut Of Stairs.
PANIC IN HOSPITAL.
oOO-Pound Man Has to Be
Lowered by Ropes From
Third Floor.
PANIC IN HOSPITAL.

-, ... ,,,, IN from The
,.,.s
ssr"Ass Wy "a"'e' ~
~ SMOKE were c"r''ou uo"" 'a'' I"
ithe street during nre NJ No 81 WIN"
svenuc. IIoboken. early to-day. ono
hoy lost his life and there was a panic
tamong the 800 patients in St Mays
Iso,pl,ai on the opposite side of the
:stree..
The blaze started In the cellar OF the
flour. story tenement and swept through
ttbe dumbwaiter shaft to the roof be-
4 fore 4, was discovered. The four fami-
tiics living In the house found them
selycs separated from the sialrways by
"a wall of fire. Most Of them were
,.,ready weak from the effects OF smoke
, Bv the time aremen reached the place
linen. women and children were hanging
,,u, the windows screaming to be res
'cued. Across the street the patients In
mh. h,g hospital had been aroused by
.tbe erie. and were In a panic. Every
j,,.,,ah,. attendant was rushed into the
,y.rd,.
The aremen found on reaching the
49,. ,h,, On. network OF wires made
A, almost impossible to raise their lad
a.. Tho ,onr,st on, they could get
an reached on,y TO the third Moor. where
rh.ri.. I.ynoulst lived with his wife
ga ,wo children. Dennis Leary OF En-
an. company No. 8 went through a
T window and found the family helpless
fram suffocation.
IAN 70 1 OVER eoo-PoUND MAN
=. no,-e
- ,..
he carried MRS, L'"uu ,,,s
lsdoer ana toid APP n.sa 80
NJ impossip'o u sc. D'nt's" s,.h.A
band. down 'aouer' as NC IL,
more than ~" poun"e SUI IT,.
semi'conscio"s' csp'' ''.san ~" a..
mnn Do""ey anu .,,ns
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maculately antiseptic operating room
and dentists Office Every week a
dentist spends an afternoon at the hos
pital and makes a thorough inspection
OF the children's teeth, giving all neces-
sary treatment
When they are we'll enough the chill
dren get up at half-past 6. and bed time
Is between and I. with nap time In
the afternoon for the littlest and weak
est They all are given the best and
most nourishing food. and all the milk
they can drink. Sunday afternoons they
may receive visits from their families.
But we do all we can to make them
feel at home all the time" the efficient
young superintendent explains.
They look as II they felt at home!
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responded to the bone-graftlng. takes
her first steps to-day.
YOUNGSTERS HAVE OCCASION
TO FEEL GOOD

rheretore par'eu''r's o'oau sn'''"
sprc'u over 'he ~" vi "h''e lo"
oo's vi .ne seeonu-"oor p'a"Na AT "e"
nree@e' IL inc inmates vi tue GUS "e
100 so"hs 10 u'seuss i'''"'co' u'sco'e'-
les ,ney' heVer'ne'eSs' n,uW ''a' tneE nc
se''ihs wen uuiche' ""'c" u Always
eheerhs "'e'hse"ee'
pu'' inueeu' happ'nes seeh's 10 oe the
rue anu no. tue eNeepuo" among the
ior'y-Vwo "toe oies whonh .he Assoe,'-
w" io' '"p'o'"e 'he No"o'uo" VI Tue
roo' ehre' ior AT i's oe"s'oe non'e'
W"en 'os 81 '"''. ivy arc a" ~
80" ~" ''o VI o "
'os' "' !" po' n''''.' "
o ,",. " s r,,s ~. ."e o' y
a.. -, ~, ..,.. %
.,. 49,, 80 A.. .',..,
80 49,. u.., .,,,a,n go, - q,
80. 40 -, ,n,,or,.., .,,.,,,.
...n,v p.rh.n. ,h,, =. -, -,
rec.li ...,pv q n,,h,,c nhi,a,tbrori, in.,,-
tu,,or mor. compIe,eIv free from IN.
.,,,u,,o,ai rIy,d,,v and J.nression ,h,n
ssa Rr.eze
Evsrvbodv 4. ou,doors nearly evsrv
waking hour. and many s,eepiny hours
The gray. homelike hospital building
seemed strangely quiet as walked
from the gate to the porch. between
,i,,,, hos
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LAKE STEAMER SINKS
WITH PASSENGERS ABOARD?
| akeland, Bound From Michigan
Points, Reported to Have
Been Lost.

SACLT- STE-MARlE Mich,. Aug. 80.
According To reports reaching here
to-day the passenger steamer Lake
land. bound up from Port Huron, has
sunk or whitensh Point. No details
Of the Aseidsnt have been Obtained
The evening world., 1912-08-30
Play on Coney Islands Sands
Makes Riddles Normal
and Happy.
IT'S FUN TO GET CURED.
Having a Good Time Part of a
New Method of
Treatment.


Marguerite MOOers M0vsh0N.
Ten scare on ten little shins are the
only signs that recall the straighten-
ing Of five warped little backbonss.
and the completion of . series Of opera
lions that has astounded visitors At
Sea Breeze Hospital. coney Island.
There does not seem to be much re-
lation between a shin bone and a
bacxbone-not any valid reason that
shin bone should play an important
part in whisking away the traces OF a
hunched back. Yet II he hadn't been
able TO slice off bits Of the shinbones
and splice them In TO strengthen the
weak backbones. Or. Fred II. Albee
never would have been able to perform
the marvel Gus operations. and the five
tiny hunchbacks OF last month would
be hunchbacks stiil.
When 1919 had advanced 20 far that
the sun was soaring the East Side.
nurses from Sea Breeze Hospital
snatched the crippled babies--two girls
and three boys. from Ave to eight In
age-from the scorched streets and
carried them OF to Coney. II was a
wonderful transformation. In the new
home there were no stronger children
who Jibed at tho twisted backs and
made life even more miserable.
1t was In a different way. too. that
the big doctor ran his hands tenderly
over the unstable backb0nes. he never
said anything about doing II for
LUCK" as others had.
In the latter part OF June Dr. Albes
was ready TO perform his first opera
| ton. He was satisfied that a splinter OF
bone, which could grow into and be-
come part and parcel OF the backbon,
would be a much greater and surel
support than a metal strip. such al
previously had been used. And wher,
would 4 bit OF bone be missed less thar
from the shin, where II 10 always get
ung In the way of awkward persons
feet anyhow?
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my Feet Were Just
Aching For I!z "
Let Your Poor, Tired, Chafed, Tender
Feet "Spread Out" Gloriously
in q Bath of TIZ!

Send for Free Trial Package To-day.
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SCHAEFER LOOMS
Up IN THE RACE
FOR CONEY'S KING
Dick Geary's Schedule of
Prizes for the Most
Comical CusseS.
SPLITS UP HIS $1,000.
Big Turnout of Vets and
"Vamps" on Firemen's
Night at Coney.
SPLITS UP HIS $1,000.

Credit should have bren given to the
Harlemites. Inc, for a bundle of nearly
1900 votes for Henry Kelly counted In
yesterdays summary of the vote. The
table will have to tell the whole story
to-day. Kelly and Kolle lead. but
Schaefer. OF the Big Indian Bowling
Club. is looming up. though he has only
500 votes to-day. and Marty Rowan, who
has given up boxing for politics. re-
ceived over LOO votes and went up to
third In the race. with a promise from
which bears his name that he will he
first on Saturday and stay there till the
finish.
Wattel. Banheld. Crlmmins and Rou-
gan have been dropped from the roll
to-day. their vote being less than 200
They will be restored when they reach
the necessary vote.
Chairman Richard ]. i;cary has
evolved clever schedule OF prizes for
the competitors in the Comic and Char
acter costume comp tit.on IN the nightly
pageant. 1t will eat up the $1,000 to be
distributed. There will be SIS for the
best group OF three or more each mig hit /:
SIS each for the best fancy costume and
best comic figure each night: $40. $3.50
and s. for three next best and So for
the cutest in the kid Division" Added
to these VIII be special prizes of SIS for
the best in all six parades In each class
Sl5 second special prize.
There will be larger turnout OF Vol.
unteer Firemen and Veteran Flremen or
Firemen's night, Thursday. Sept. l2, thar
/ ever before. twenty-five companies APP
pearlng. with William b. Lake o
Gravesend. President OF the King
County Firemen's Association, the OF,
stagers and "Vamps" OF other days. n
the head.
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SURGEONS MARvelLlNo A
WONDERFUL OPERATION.

The operation did not take long. nor
was the period OF convalescence. as II
used to be--a year or SO. Just six weeks
after the knife had made that inter-
change between the seemingly unre-
lated shin and backboner, the first little
patient was up and anound. and the
second was thinking of the narrowing
interval unul he. too. should be able
to walk as erectiy as any product OF
the settlement house gymnasium.
Surgeons all over the country-all over
the world, IN fact-have been ire
mend ously interested In DR.. Aibee's OPP
erations. They marvel that II was only
a comparatively short time since the
standard treatment for Tuberculosis OF
the spine, which 10 the disease that
causes hunchbacks, was plaster of
Paris Jacket or a Jacket Of wire and
leather
| Salt sea baths and salt sea air were
the medicines that completed the cures,
and now the Ave are ready to go bach
to the east side. better able TO face the
battle that must precede their rise from
the crowded. dirty streets, They loot
now, except tina, they wear poorel
clothing. OF course, Ike any OF the thou
sands Of more fortunate children VII,
have been absorbing health I'm ~
country during tho summer under In
sup.rv sion of fmI 1rl Wc'-to-do par
eats. Ia th'U CHECKS is glow 90 hcalt
ANA their bodies are vigOrOus beyOn
the average, There ~ no sign tina
they ever have been cripples beyon
| n. hai aHA hus