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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26
A MILITANT WORKER

Miss Lathron's activities have however been NOR.
fnlltait ana at tho concerned
rsfortnncs OF the rcorthe direst nisfortInar I9
which heiplessness made torture lhro,iu IN IN
greed and brutality '''"e ''e
holitics ised % control Illinois almshouses insane
the inmates were terrible have been a., o 0l
sequences Of such cvcrywhera else MI
i-atmop, her srIsh soul startled horror m $50
1ntimauons she heard regarding the condiitors ~
cation would reveal many which mad i., ~
and systema ticaly iEhorcd b,carue ono a. ,s
earliest muckrakcTs. she did lOt ~ va w
there was lot Of muck She did herself TOO i i
went INTO those institutions; slept nv
tic patients got ana heard how thev were 80 90.
Ing To capture the notOricty her rvestifa H.. NY
she possessed tho gift of doing her ,,ood ~.
Notwithstanding almost impossible to accGp'rtst -
scandals, whore the reform "a
naturalization OF the charges brought Yet
ceedcd IN large measure by employing tho vorv ,e
II her only weapon, her ally she hsd IN 10y
the facts before the public newspaDers w
The sole means OF presenting them. ''
There was that in her personality. her sincoro
disclaimers of any desire for fame credit and Inv
her exceptional cleverness ( handling men whirh
3auged the value should tel hon,
her to accept her facts and foreEo mention OF Ina
fGct-hnder. Nv
But in, Amerean life no one can perform a task
which in itself Is sonsattonaland the abuses tho
Illinois state charities proved highly sensational
was forced into public view the alternative Of
having her denied her labors frustrated Tho
result her membership in the
lies Illinois supposed that with such protector
Its poor Fight on the board OF
no more political tricks played with them The delu-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26
STUDIED IN EUROPE

iler attitude toward the poor--and her new work
wiii have much Tn do with children whose circum-
stances make them objects care. direct or
s'snhcant in the Investigations on the
treatment OF tho insane studies in Europe
ana so Drought back with her array informa.
non applying to conditions OF the poor abroad This
variable knowledge service of tho
government and the children States; but
what Is or even higher worth is perfectly open
unbiased mind which its brings upon
any subiec, she applies herself her European
studies--thcy embraced Glasgow. Copenhagen Munich
ara FloTence-shc seemed be neither by
misleading patriotism for her nor by the
prejudice which IL would be to feel after her
shocking discoveries in her Ia Just
fair to all. Thus. she European attitude
toward tho insane.
The manner In which individual believed to be
insane Is first taken of by the authorities and
sen; to the proper hospital is alike in these
three very unlike towns-Copeu hagen. Munich and
Florence. II is OF interest II shows
practical eSpedients for treating the insane
beginning as sick people who be put charge
Of doctors and nurses without unnecessary police
tervcntion and without detention police stations
jais. The system is nowhere perfect even as
good might have with a little effort: but it IS
far better than the system have in American
towns The significant features OF plans that
the insane treated patients start with
little police intervention possible; that in each
one o! these clues there IS pecin hospital
.Eg Insane patients. n Europe, bell ia
the actual nursing care Of patients better than
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

might be aaid." she observed. that 1t 10 too
e., 70 oesih to muddle minds with superficial
''a'is'ics OF results can hold fast to the sound
plnepie which substitutes human interest and pro-
s ne caro- over individuals for the costly and I'M
P'ou"e'iVe system OF hne imprisonment A gon-
800" n'nce may be able to trace limo genuine,
instructive effectiveness. In detail. perhaps tho
mechanism could be strengthened by such means the
following: ~ 80 49,
me enforcing OF the doctrine adult responsibility
me assumption by the proper civic unit of tho
COST ana control of all the OF tho court and
OF me Cc'ention home: always adequate guarantee
against political Interference
Extension Of the age under which cases could DO
considered. $50 -
or'hai discharges by the court when justified
me provision of fund by private benevolonco
10 ooofd out children temporarily. under probation
omcers and TO supplement other ways the officers
efforts when required"
Here vas practical criticism of the probation
system as II obtained in Chicago when she wrote
her STUDY OF It's workings. which based on num-
pcr!ess cases of children that under her own
eyes IL was not thcori@ing; 1t intensely prac-
uch ~ mas proved so practical that. various
ciues or the United States the probation system
spread one or more OF her suggestions have been
into
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

Saanen and the Togsenburg breeds best known of
the swiss varieties. have already foothold in the
United states: there is breeders associations:
mere are now even milk dealers who make specially
OF goats milk.
The wealthy fanciers OF the dairy queen are.
OF course INDUCING themselves heirs
only the finest strain; and some. their country
places erect special goat houses that designed
be INC acme of beauty and comfort
me- Bnt nanny doesn't need SO much coddng Nat
urdiiE, she is rustler OF the rusters. he
t Hiet OF bushes and reels in feast OF weeds.
i"ita ana oats make pretty nearly ideal for
hef, from the point of View Of
and; now that we are beholding wealth and fashion
ready TO save sickly ill-nourished through the
medium OF the poor mans market for extra
good mich goats should transform science tho
breeding and feeding. which, commonly, have been
matters OF chance and hard scratching
Ihe merits presented BY the goat as a milk giver
are numerous; hut none OF them equals
ne snlanesS Of me fat globules They
content of the liquid is all but absolute thus in
neSenanical texture goats milk is the to n
rer &c; substitute for mothers that child can
rink The large tat globu!cs IN cows milk which so
readily form cream and then butter. that food
far more dhicut for the weak child stomach to
''"N 49, = 'i'e'
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The whole country awakening to the signif-
canoe of the old saying. The boy father to the
man II was adding the corollary. The girl
TO the woman it was realizing that the children of
tho present are the nation of the future.
But the establishment OF the national childrcn.s
bureau. long needed long advocated. presented one
grave difcutyhe problem OF securing the right per-
son to meet the diverse and delicate questions which
must arise in such an lleinbracing department.
was here that Miss I.athrop's experience her
pracucal knowledge OF the bearings OF and
her conspicuous courage. together with her cxccp-
tiona tact combined to make her precisely the
woman for the place.
Her views many aspects Of our American Itfe
which have bearing less direct the we'll
oelhs OF children all over the country. a
liable insight into the character woman who
is to carry such weighty responsibilities. such
novel ones.
When she reviewed the probation system of Chi
ffso sne was generous In her examines from actual
origin In Massachusetts; she was thorough in her
analysis of conditions they fear
less IN her suggestions for the future.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

n IKE many among the generation of So
cial workers. Miss Lathror is college
~ --Nassar for hers. She came of parentage
that afforded her homo insight at leaet
INTO the tortuous mazes of politics for she is the
dusA'er oil CONGRESSMAN William Lathrop; and
'ohsressman's daughter shouldn't stand in awe
OF politicians or the ignorance politics that dis
may other Girls and college girls that
Her type is that of the intensely devoted mother
such as can he seen any day among either tho rich
or the poor y writer dealing with the reformation
Of conditions in Chicago once classed her nmo,,,
hve maiden aUnts the rejoiced to be bossed hy
That was paraphraso Of remark by prominent
Ch'caEoan VINO was a good deal of a boss himself;
.nf eherseuo campaign of the quintet of maiden
Aunts he was specifying. Tho way he put It, Chi
cage whatever annoyances its proper bosses and
contractors might feel. was in big luck to have such
aunts refrainine from their Office of mother
hood and letting their instincts keep them busy
cocdling Chicago throats with flannel bandages
They included Miss Lathrop Jane Adams Jr
Cornelia De Boy, Miss Margaret a. Haley and Miss
Mary MoDawell-nonc Of them a boss in anv sense
of the N%ord. air of them upon by the real
political bosses with that feeling mingled appre-
henson and wrath which distinguishes your true
boss In the presence OF boss-hreaker.
More pronouncodly than in the avocations TO
which her zeal for humanity has led her Miss
i@'hrop has been Identified with Miss Adams and that
famous woman5 work in Hull House. She lives there
and is one of Miss Addams closest friends Now
Miss adams has there. passing in constant review
an the types of great city from -hroved pro-
fessors and solid industrial magnatcs 10 poor hut
Independent working girls and poorer. less indie
pendent grants some of them %,bo 80,
working womcn-are there as regular visitors ror
Hull House is clubhouse: the others come and On
as the varied activities of Hull call them or
interest them These activities have been tho resu-
lI' nome atmosphere OF Miss adams friend and
eo-operator Miss Lahrop. for long that they are
like the breath OF her life.
And too is the per work Of Miss Adaar,s ~.
care OF the children From babyhood. when the mas
teuFized milk won for them by Miss Adams has
heIped them over the rocky road "infantie dis
cases and in their school days the children are now
uhoer care such as was not hoped In Chicapo
hefore the advent of these ana the advent ~
nh
avs thty fought for furnish additional snieriarjs
NoIanhood. A0le 70 care Tor thelms.L Nes ~ 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

So she was not only in constant touch with Miss
Adnanis work hut she was. her, probably the
most influential factor in the protection young
in her native state
both Miss lathrop and Miss Adams. early as they
have been IN the of child protection represen, the
stfictY modern stage In the evolution OF
ohal loea born in the last in Massachusetts.
the hrst OF the commonwealth give some form of
state ana to children, yet itself, while leading the
movement largely Influenced by the growing
OF the neighboring New England communities For
ions Time the states initiative in protecting
oS active agencies rated elsewhere country.
as one OF those advanced New England ideas" to he
taken pretty cautiously.
Inc Massachusetts tendency, beginning was
10 ne encouraging rather than discipline ry-to
eoucauon IN means OF seif-support proec-
ton Of the child against dangers arising in every
DAY li1e-neslcct by parents abuse overworIS,
eyer nvades the chd's inherent right health
subiaat eH bd ISye9ed deeper manifestations Of the
1I d sGenfe and populations growing and changing
ulucr tile influence tides ton
were raising tho child throughout the entire east to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

American hospitals which put trained nurses In
charge Personally, have hospital
one In Copenhagen. which seemed a non-proessonal
eye 10 approximate our best hospitals in this regard
1T is in the critical moment of commitment.
drawing from the patient-often reluctant suspicious
or voient-hs most precious possession. his right
OF self-direciion that need all emphasize
the doctor and the and substitute instantly the
hospital for the prison Here American methods
can be improved and by the the public health
oihcals in both city and country eliminate en-
re!y the need such employment OF police
as Still prevails. The new law OF the New
YORK placing health officers in charge commitment
OF the insane, is splendid beginning"
The children insane may prove to be but
minor feature OF the work the chidren's
az Washington--may not occupy conspicuous place
in its duties all But the open frank Intelligence
which enabled Miss Tathrop discern the merits
SHORTCOMINGS OF commitment alb
viii be Of untold service when applied the doubtful
questions practice and expectancy which
nuaiM arise in such government work with the
II was for that very openness freedom from,
nppontee
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26
MORE EASILY DIGESTED

- The tat in cows milk averages about per cent
tests SHOW that goats milk runs from 4.6 to SO per
cent OF rat, and that the much higher quantity is
more easily diSested. -
The yield per day of a nanny that is rated serv-
ieeable is not less than two quarts: Many better
than that. German records large numbers
mich goats that give three per dav
These amounts when the size of the animal and the
relatively small volume consumed are
studied, make the goat vastly more proatabio than
the '''A
With all these virtnes, has the merit of
the cows brand look cheap 4 few drops go as FAR
and smooth The old Idea that the milk can't help
simple discovery that it's very richness and decaey
make II highly susceptible to odors So first bucks
were excluded from the milking places O the does
and next rule Of mpeccable cleanliness was adopted
for all goat diaries. The outcome is, that
goats milk is far more. clean when it reaches the
heen lodged in model diaries and have been handled
with the most scientific
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sion lasted until the state administration tricd 70 mi,
on one of the familiar political Jobs against which
Miss Lathrop had fought hard She felt that che
could not muster the authority stop it, but she
hhe" she could refuse to participat meant
heF resignation from board that was powerless
against political aggression.
Resign she did; but not silently She resigned with
ietter that rasped off the indura OF the place
seekers ana self-seekers who rob pauper OF his
1000 ana a lunauc of his sleep letter. like
charitable institution, revealed all the neglect ana
ABUSE That had been practiced helpless by the
sreeoS' III made the state wards of state
campaign 1t brought real decisive victory for
the cause of the INDECENT and insane and the vic
tory brought Miss Lahrop to the board Of chart
ties.
While she giving herself TO the welfare Of the
poor the subject of the of the American child
iiau oceH deVeloplng into national problem, with
fr T In every state and with direct
"s sarnGs and effective advocates of the Juvenile
vice president for the Juvenile cctve Association
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26
II EcxresYue Gosf HoNse

only a few showed symptoms consumption so
:ew that it was apparent the disease was contracted
from some other sources and then encountered sub
sGi i rendered almost immune by The del they had
years agP is believed to nave 100000 now with the
sG5ooo.ooo There every village and hamlet has Its
goat common frequented Ivy the goat population
during the hours when they OH in their
respective homes The German nanny often trained
to to the house several times day and take
her stand at n place convenient for the baby. w
gentle nanny shines. She'll adopt anything shes
human infant with the same maternal interest she
shows for baby pig. which infinitely more
dexterons in milking her. and does the job thor
DlShly-no minor consideration lady who
knows what comfort is,
England has devoted considerable experiment to
the production of good mixers; and this country
beginning to comprehend the m
goat is foster mother OF the ation M
The Swiss goats are. perhaps the best known
baekot goat that dimes ballet girls-s about the
extremes lies health wealth the virtues one
result OF careful breeding in the future The famous
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

&/Ou take the hungry little mite swahcd
against any Whit of air that may give the
Il dreaded chill, with both your hands under
IT, one supporting the head and the other
adeo by the forearm i'll carrying the body
Then you slip it under the nanny, in position
so that the mouth comes Just where nanny's kid
would expect to find its natural meal
And how the baby will draw that refreshing
tount OF life! Its infantc brain may be too young
to make comparisons, but there is some sort of an
instinct III palate and stomach which promptly con
vinces the human baby that nanny goat wet nurse
beats the IMPLIED bottle all hollow
This country, following Europcs lead has been
going on the fool principle that the mich goat be-
cause IT needn't cost much is the poor mans COW;
and 1T has had that fool notion in its national head
ever since the government imported sixty-eirht
Maltese goats seven years ago and turned them
over to the Connecticut Agricultural State College
at Storrs Conn, for breeding and experiment The
idea promulgated then that the mich goat
was the poor mans natural born COW; and it stuck
for long time
But the rich have been learning so much about
honest nanny. from the doctors and from expert
cnce of the sanatoriums in Europe where milk
n.speciaty, that they've rebclcd al last
They can't why the poor should have all the
advantages of goats milk while they put ND with
pedigrccd cows.
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TNHE governments world aAe devot,nr
more attention to nanny than ever before 1t
IS case oil discovering prize was
always within arms reach.
. me Peasantr'es az the various lands Europa
heiovaSSH @"n ,he goat as their familiar and we'll
S.o'e9 irlend; hut the OF late havo
oecn eievating her dignity OF statistics Aats
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

ievel Of Importance unparalleled In earlier history Penn
Swami ana New York were seeking aspect
OF the problem through societies to protect children
rom cruelty through advanced methods public schools
ana through various private and organisa-
IONS; they aimed to control other that of child
education.
me New England communities meanwhile were
progressing along lines steadily broadening in
tesu!'s Women ike Clara Temple Leonard. Elizabeth
c Putnam and Adelaide \ Calkins, in Massachusetts,
were promoting much needed industrial schools
In the south the question OF child labor. the
general movement had been fairly defined grew Into
Of the issues OF the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

s' hd' extensive territory it controlled by the
t,.t hs. mas cherished the goat from the time of
IA a'nef Aoraham down to the present. And nobody
~ .b @u t" ,h faithful nanny her high office
sizes OF S 1fFgf ana copous COW the eontrover;
affected The e emo babies pershed; but they never
War WIZ ubsrcplosis but there known
possibl bsvn mao Nc disease or where they could
b.biar'' nave transmitted II. Francc hor 5000
o8o'es on record whose food was goats milk: and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

4 children'S bnrean-pcopic promptly
AZ began to call il the baby bmedn-had
Pretty sccN made mp lis mind as TO tic 7voma1
syho should be at the head Of it,
There soerc other sromen already pos
Scssed Of crediiable records in that field, but
the one ztomam sohosc broad experience and
Scry Hciiz'c participation in public affairs made
il eldent that she ought TO be the directing
spirit seas identified seth the svork Of Hull
House, in Chicago
She is Miss Julia c. Lathrop, zoho has
proceed herself one of those interchangeable
spirits IN charity administration and reform
that netcr fail 10 lea1c trail behind them
Of good srorks and clean, gerry clean, man
Hgemenf.
She is far from being The child specialist
only. Hhie her Labors haze been long and
intimate in that special feld she has COM
manded the respectful admiration Of all Hi
noiS for her courageous and incisive efforts
TOR mitigating the brntalities of treatment &C
corded the insane, and she has made studies
Of conditions abroad that enable her 10 discern
'eadinStmeHfS nceded at home 7tith an insight
teSr, il any, other svonlcn possess
Her character, her career and her liesps
gain, of course, an unusual importance because
it IS TO her that The United STATES government
has chosen 10 mirmsi The formation of this
nesp, 7.ifaliy valnabic branch Of its supervision
o1'er The svelfae Of The fniwc men and
svomen 5cho shall constitute the Amcrican ma
ZION. Bnf in themselves, giiihom any en-
hanceme"t Of position or prestige, they read
like the adrentnes and the pic5us Of a fem
mine Bayard.
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Tbe poor M0D.c Cow" for the DICK

)u take the hungry little mite, swathcd
against any Whit of air that may give the
dreaded chill, with both your hands under
Il slIlannrtiInl1 la hual IL, 1.tl,ar
The evening world., 1912-05-28
VETERANS IN CRIME
+. UNDER 70 YEARS OLD
. SENTENCED TO PRISON
Burglar at 10 and Hold-Up
Thug at IS Both Are Ex-
Convicts.

Biz prisoners were disposed OF by the
Judges of the Court OF General Sessions
yesterday. They had been convicted.
seeAsr by confession or trial. Tho PEN
a1oes imposed were:
~ JUDGE MALONE.
Giuseppe Carcioppo. twenty eight
yeap old. Convicted OF murder In the
second degree. Shot a grocer on East
Gxty-third street. Fob. 10. No prior
eoavtction. state Prison not less than
SWoufy years, TO life.
u BY JUDGE SWAMI.
Norris Selig. thirty years old. In
elotsd for forgery In the second degree.
Pleaded guilty 10 attempted forgery in
the third degree. Gave a bad check for
90 10 his iandlady. ono prior conviction
for pstty larceny. Penitentlary for Nh
nonths
~ JUDGE FOSTER.
seven Natnick. nineteen years old.
Pleaded guilty OF carrying a revolver.
No previous conviction. Fined S3.
August Schott, thirty-five years old.
Indicted for burglary: convicted OF petty
larceny. Broke into a clothing store at
No. IN Third avenue. No previous
conviction. Penitentiary for six monthA
~ JUDGE o'suLLivAN.
Joseph Fox. nineteen years old. Plead
"a guilty OF burglary In the third de-
gree. Broke into house at No. "a West
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street
end stole s23o worth Of property. Served
tn wan. in Do ~ spouth rrisoo for a.
ssrting from the navy. state prison not
Les than two years and six months or
more than nvs years.
James Foley. eighteen years old. Con-
voted Of robbery In the first degree.
Held mp bartender In saloon at No. 5si
Second avenue and stole as from cash
Register. Four prior convictions. State
prison for nine years
The evening world., 1912-05-28
Amelia Bi.shsm At new Brighton.

Amelia Bingham and company IN Big
Moments from Great Plays" headed the
bill At the New Brighton Theatre.
Brighton Beach. last night. and among
others on the program we're Yvette.
Norton and Leo. Bedlni and Arthur,
Hoey and Lee. Connolly and wetr,,
Rice. sully and Scott. Miller and Lyles,
and Ella Fondoller and brother. The
performance ended a. II =. NJ.
The evening world., 1912-05-28
COFFEE TRUST WINS.
lnJsnetisa brought ~ the Gov.
ernneat IL Dissolved.

Judge Lacombe to-day filed the de-
easion Of the Circuit Court judges on
ne motion for an Injunction to re-
strain the alleged Brazilian coffee valor.
isation combine from parting with $780,
~ bags Of coffee In the warehouse Of
the New York Dock Company In Brook
Ign. The decision denies the injunction
asked for by the Government
This means . victory for the Coffee
Trust In the suit brought by tho Gov
eminent to dissolve Il.