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The Country Home for WasEaimgtom's Sick Children

very successful and attractive ways of
materially adding to the income of the
home.
The house is open from June Il to
September -, and is always i'm charge OF
a trained nurse, two assistants and a
visiting doctor. who gives the necessary
medical attention gratuitously. Miss
Taylor, the nurse in charge. has been
with the house three summers, and her
Jealous efforts and most excellent work
have been a strong factor in the success
of the institution.
Any child is eligible to enter the home
who is i'll or underfed mot lelpless) and
who is in need of special intelligent
care The age limit for girls is from
three to twelve years, and for boys three
to five, but sometimes the rules are
stretched to fit special cases. Miss Tay-
Tor and her assistants are now caring for
thirty-four children, but they are coming
and going all the while, and the home is
never quite up to its full quota. There
is need for a social settlement worker
to investigate and fad the most needy
cases and give them immediate attention
The business of the home is transacted
by board of managers Its officers
are: President, Mrs Murray Cobb. first
vice president. Mrs. Richard Wainwright:
second vice president. Mrs. George Por-
ter; secretary, Mrs. Spencer Cosby: treas
urer. Mr.. F. V. Robinson. and assistant
treasurer Mrs. Fleming Newbold
The following compose the board of
managers: Mrs. Benham. Miss Battles.
Miss Bryan. Mrs. Southwick Briggs, Mrs.
Murray Cobb. Mrs. Spencer Cosby. Miss
V. Emory, Miss Finly. Mrs. Munroe Hop
kins, Miss Goode. Mrs. O.. McCammon.
Mrs. J. F. Mitchell. Mrs. Martin, Miss
NJ. Niche, Mrs. G. Dunlop. Mrs. F. New
bold. Mrs John Newbold. Miss J. Oliver,
Mrs. G. Porter, Miss Perkins, Miss
Keamey, Miss Saville, Miss Stevens. Mrs.
Richard Wainwright, Mrs. Clark Wagga-
man, Miss Elizabeth White Miss Wes-
and Miss Alys Meyer. Attending physi-
clan, DIR. j. d. Thomas.
The house is equipped with playground
. and a garden. 4 large playroom affords
recreation for rainy days. In this room
are toys to gladden. the hearts of child
hood. Teddy bears, hobby horses, dolls
and tin soldiers hold high carnival, happy
to have escaped the dust-covered attic
piano. kindergarten supplies. swings,
croquet and other games add to the In
terest of the playroom. The most popu-
lar rendezvous in the Fairgrounds is the
sand pile and many a delightful batch
of mud pies and cakes is turned out to
the joy of the miniature housewife
The day at the Childrens Home COM
mences with a simple breakfast at 100
consisting of milk, cereal, bread and but
ter. II the weather is propitious, there
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and her games, which she plays with
them. and girlish slip of figure that she
is. and childishly intent face, seems to
enjoy as much as they, already has come
to stand in their eyes as the embodiment
of all virtues.
The quaintest little figure of all the
group is a tiny little mite of grille just
four, baby with the face OF a Dresden
statuette. topped by masses of golden
ringlets which have been punched on the
top of her head and held with a side
comb. Georsianna's great blue eyes mod
estly fall beneath the direct gaze of a
stranger. AS one looks at the dainty bit
of humanity one wonders how it all hap
pened.
And while Miss Wilkins has been telling
stories Mr.. Wood has been at a more
practical undertaking. He has organized
the group of boys about him into a club
What kind of a club?'' he is asked
''Oh. L don't know, yet-just a club.
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will be a stroll in the woods. wading in
Rock creek and sometimes luncheon at
Pierce's mill. The children are daily re-
called with after-breallfast. after-dinner
and evening stories, of which they never
tire.
The substantial meal of the day is at
1870 and generally consists of a meat, "A
green vegetable. potatoes and dessert.
which is often ice cream. After dinner
all the children retire to their little
white beds for their "siesta,' and are re-
quired to rest several hours. even if they
cannot go to sleep. On arising each
child goes to his individual wash basin
and has his individual comb and brush
and tooth brush, and makes his toilet
with or without aid. as the case requires.
The girls are taught to make their little
beds, and thus seeds of order and system
are sown with the expectation of an
abundant harvest.
Uniform of the children consists of
pinafores for girls and rompers for boys
the garments made of vivid blue sng
ham. After fresh air, good food and rest
full quiet have done their work the child
patients voice becomes a joyous note in
the jolly chattering chorus. Believing in
the old adage EARLY to bed and early to
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because they have never learned. either
as children or as srown-ups. the value
and delight of recreation. The work of
the Fairgrounds, besides providing
means Of entertaining children and keep
ing them from the streets and question
able places. stimulates their imagination
and most Of the great things in life have
been accomplished because they lived in
ina gination first
But while the regular Fairgrounds are
doing all this great good, l believe a
greater good is to be done by this ex-
tension work There's no comparison in
the benefit to the boy who simply goes to
a playground all ready for his amusement
and the boys who. like these. have to
clean up place and make for themselves
a playground.
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A Docile Animal.

From the Bloomington Paragraph.
The pile driver returned Saturday from
Nebo. Mo. where il was sent a week ago
to work on the bridge there.
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in an amazingly short space Of time
accomplish an amazingly large amount
of cleaning up.
Before Mr.. Wood had left them they
had promised that before the next day
of his and Miss wilkins coming that
the vacant weed-grown lot should have
been transformed into suitable play
ground.
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4 !

y Grant road, about a mile from
the Chevy Chase car line, is the
Childrens Country Home, a
~ rambling, two-story. red frame
structure with porches and win
dows galore. where convalescent children
are brought from home and hospitals to
fight the battle for life where odds are
not great against them. There their
babg feet press the soft green carpet
which nature SO generously spreads in
place of the scorching asphalt, and there
the songs of birds and the droWsy hum
of insects make a soothing symphony a
substitute for the whirr of cars, the
the shrek of auto horns and discordant
noises Of the big city. The home, crowns
an eminence and is surrounded by a
grove of immense oaks only a short dis
tance from Rock creek, whose picturesque
beauty and wading facilities afford one of
the greatest diversions for the children
in their daily strolls.
1t is unique in that it is the only home
in the District solely for the benefit of
calvalescent children with no contagious
disease. and for i'll babies with mothers.
if the case requires The need of such
home was fully realized when it was
found that many children ready to be
discharged from hospitals had not prop
erly equipped homes to go to, where they
would receive nourishing food under
hygienic conditions AMI intelligent care
to expedite a perfect recovery. There
were also found anemic. undergroWn
and underfed children pining for coun-
try air, wholesome food and the superVi-
sion OF a competent nurse.
These needs are met in the Children S
Country Home. which was Incorporated
March ~. 1883, under the laws of the
District for the purpose of maintaining
a home to minister TO convalescent chill
dren and mothers will i'll babies.
Its first quarters was a house rented
for that purpose, which then occupied the
present site of the government building
for the bureau of standards. This house
Was leased for three years. The grounds
for its present location were given by
Charles &. Glover, and the house was
built by subscription.
The expenses of the home are met by
an income from three endowment funds,
one Of $1,000 bedueathed by Mrs. A. X.
Laid in 1899. and one of S6,231.12 be-
queathed by Michel Briel in 1897. OF
this $l.791.1S was used for enlarging the
home. The third legacy was 500. given
by Charlotte Hoyden in 1910, making the
total endowment fund S14.533.34. In adj
dition to this. money is raised by the
board through annual subscriptions and
by teas and hat sales during the social
season. These affairs are well patronized
by the smart set, and have proved to be
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That's what you have to do with
them" comments Mr.. Wood. You've
got to take off your coat and work
with them if you want anything done.
and when once the actual example is
set they follow right willingly. It's
all the old fable of the crab and his
father over again. You remember when
the father crab said to his son: My
son, why do YOU always walk in a
siding manner? You should walk
straight TO which the son replied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

y Grant road, about a mile from
the Chevy Chase car line, is the
Children's Country Home, a
rambling, two-story. red frame
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These fellows when they get through
cleaning off this lot and putting up the
swings and laying out a base ball dia-
mond will have had very practical les
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11

N 81 Pringle
Gays he struck a
railroad
b O u e sandwich
down to the June
ion the other day
that had some
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
COMING EVENTS.

March 12.--Dance and reception.
First Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society,
Madison building.
March 1S-Dance OF the Brother
hood Trainmep auditorium.
March 21-Lecture, DR.. Haywood,
Baptist church.
Mar. 26-Masquerade Ball. Y. M. II.
a., Goodwill Hall.
March 28-Lecture, DR.. Haywood.
Shall the Death Penalty be Abol-
Iished?" Baptist church.
Mar. 30-Food and Cake Sale,
Ladies Aid Society Baptist church.
April 8-Private dance and recep-
ton, Lehigh A. c. Club rooms.
April S-Dance, st. Patrick's ALI
ance, Auditorium.
April 9-IlIustrated Lecture, Prof.
Shepherd, Baptist church.
April 9.-Chfckep Patty Supper
for Benefit Of Home for the Aged,
Moose hall.
Woodmen Of the World, Washing
ton Hall.
April 18-Entertafnment for Bene-
ft of Day Nursery, auspices OF
Civics Department of the Wom-
ans Club, Auditorium.
April 26--Lecture, Or. Mcguire,
Baptist church.
May 10-Lecture, Dir. s. A. Per-
rine, Baptist church, Under the
Roof of the World"
May 15-Luncheon, Ladies Aid
Society, First Baptist chapel.
July 1e-Excursion of Baptist Sum
day school, up the Hudson"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
as publicity Is concerned. bs-

far as publicity Is concerned. be-
cause every one OF them has been IN
public life for a long time. Gov
ernor Harmon. OF Ohio; is not only
serving his second term as execu-
tive OF that state, but he was a
member of President Cieyeland's
cabinet before becoming governor,
which has given him o national rep
~utation. Champ Clark has long
been a member Of congress and at
the present time is Speaker OF the
House. prior to which he was Lead
er of the minority for several years,
Congressman Underwood also has
been a member of the House of Rep
resentatives for some time and at
present is continually in the lime
light as leader Of the majority. It
is not surprising, therefore, that
Governor Wilson desires to make
himself as well acquainted as posi-
bic in order to counterfeit the ma
tional prominents of the others who
are seeking the nomination with
him.
New Jersey realizes the honor
that it is to have a man Of so dis
tinguished a character as to be in a
class by himself as a presidential
a%spirant and for that reason the
average citizen Is perfectly willing
that the governor shall use every
effort within reason to secure the
nomination.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
GOVERNOR WILSON'S TOURS.

M tTSITWEIfEE
Much comment is being made on
the fact that Governor Wilson is
planning no more tours Of any great
length until after the legislature has
adjourned. We all know that the
governor is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent, and, IN furthering his candi-
dacy, has been visiting many Of the
cities Of the country in order that
tic people may get acquainted with
him We Do not believe that the aver
age citizen of New Jersey has any OBJ
lection to the trips the governor has
made, as long as his work at Tren-
ION has not been interfered with.
While it is true that upon several
occasions the president Of the SEN
ate has been called upon to perform
the duties OF acting governor, yet
such duties have been OF small CON
sequence and did not in the least in
yolve any serious state matters. As
8 matter of fact, the governor has
kept well up with the legislature in
all the work 1t has done and when
adjournment is taken It win be
found that the executive depart
Eaent has gone through the session
with as much credit as the legisla-
i've Branch,
Governor Wilson cannot be bIam-
ed for desiring to make as many
trips about the country az possible,
because Of the short time he has
been II public life. Two years ago
he was practically unknown. Last
year he came into the Hmelight as
& governor who deaed ring rule and
succeeded In having passed In a
avss conservative state some or the
most progressive laws that have
been enacted anywhere IN the coun-
try. Els fame has spread rapidly
te all sections and the demand 20
sec and Hear him has been constant
u growing.
Governor Wilson's opponents for
Tee prsaiaentiel nomination have
lad great advantage over him ais
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
MAKE 1T Is FEET.

BY all means make the ship canal
to be dug across the state OF New
Jersey. connecting the Raritan bay
with the Delaware river, twenty-five
feet deep. A twelve foot channel is
entirely too small for the present
day and the proposed waterway is
still several years off. BY the time
it Is completed a thirty-ave foot
rather than a twenty-five foot chan
mel viii be needed.
Anything worth doing at all is
worth doing well. If the govern
ment is to spend millions OF dollars
In digging a ditch across this state
a few million nor should not stand
IN the way Of making 1t Just what 1t
ought to be.
With the constantly increasing
size Of vessels. harbors are becom-
ing entirely too shallow to accommo-
date the commerce.. This means that
any such great undertaking as . sea
level ship canal across New Jersey
should be made capable Of accoma
modating the commerce. for years to
come.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
FIRE ALARM HoxEs.

9S--Raritan Copper Works.
z4-Market and Sheridan SITS.
26-Smith st. and C. r.. r. !
2s-Htghs and Lewis SITS. I
27--Madison Ave. and Paterson
2g-Market and First E~ssansfey, Hiss
SS-smilh and Hsf5awden. Mrs. Tyre
! g-ststo asss3art sf
{ ~43--Ruessy Mrs. II .5u4 a
: 46--Sfatexnd Washington SITS.
E47=HfEh and Washington Sta
t<-State st. and Buckingham I'VE !
66-HalI Ave. and Charles st. (
b7-State and Wayne SITS. :
sS--Near United Lead Works I
59--Maurer. :
Ga--WashtnHton and First Stss !
69-~N. B. Ave. & Elm st. I
s4@Snsitl1sSt. and Watson Ave. !
6b-Eomnferoe and State Sta
E72mFront aud Smith SITS.
and Gordon SITS.
Es7As-KeaTfy Ave. and Gordon st.
! 82-Smtth and Herbert SITS.
l e3-Amhoy Ave. q Washington St.
! s5-rNear City Hospital.
ff6-Clevelana and Brace Aves.
Z S4-Lehirh v and Stanford 81,
s s7--Ambpy and Hall AYES.
tA2-Amboy Ave. and Inslee st.
{s9f-Neville and tombstone SITS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11

ACCORDING TO
UNCLE ADNER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
MONDAY. r. IL.
PERTH AMBoY
repuIatfons sa.ls1.
"a miles from New K
re

h W GF}9k4IE &NOW
I on staten island sound. at the
( mouth Of the Raritan river and al
I the head of Raritan Bay.
{ Ocean steamers can dock In from
! IS to 40 feet of water.
I Channel 21 feet deep at low Wa
Ter leading up the bay from SANDY
/ DAILY steamer service to New
I -Four railroads. the pennsylvania,
I CAntrA1 Railroad of New Jersey
! Lehigh Valley and the Staten Island
{ all directions. affording almost an
{ Unlimited number Of excellent fac-
{ tory sites.
! sIIas two telegraph and two tele-
I phone companies,
4 Electric light and gas companies.
Two daily newspapers.
I Federal postofice building.
Pablo Library.
| Nine grammar schools and n
/ high school, which Is on the APP
| proved list OF all the eladlng uni
| versitfes In the country, four paro-
I chiai schools and a business col
\ lege.
City Hospital
Municipal water works.
4 Prominent center for troifeys to
! all parts of the state.
Richest clay deposits In the coun-
\ " y III ttc iLfilitdldbS FttAiAl5
Splendid theatrical advantages.
Some OF the leading industries are
American Smelling & Refining
1 Gompany's smelter; Raritan Copper
Works smelter; Barber Asphalt
Works, United Lead Works; United
States Cartridge Co.: Architectural
/ Tile & Faiance Co; c. Pardee Steel
and Tile Works: Atlantic Terra Cot-
"a Co.; Federal Terra Gotta Co.; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Co.; three plants
of the National Fireprcoing Com
pany and other similar industries
within the immediate vicinity; Ger
ainIc Works: chesbrough Vaseline
Works. Marcy Stove Works: two
drydock companies together with
shtpyards and marine railways.
Standard Underground Cable Com
pany, Roe ssler & H~asslacber Chem
cal Works: emery mills. coke and
ejgar factories; oemeiit stone works;
coal shipping piers; handkerchief
factory, cement works: achlne
shops and iron foundries
Fer further particulars address:
Albert Leon. secretary Of tfss
Board OF Trade.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
LETTER FROM A MAGAZINE
EDITOR.

Dear Sir. The editor OF this
magazine has personally read with
keen delight the remarkably clever
story submitted by you eight months
ago, and the English language, which
is weak at it's best, utterly fails to ex-
press is satisfaction. 1t Is a master
piece of pungent literature, and there
Ia no reason why you should o gain
a national reputation In short order
If you Keep up that sort of work, He
wishes to thank you for you consid-
Grafton In allowing him to have the
first glimpse OF the story. 1t has Inn
proved his moral, mental, physical
and religious tone. Robert w. Cham
bers, at his best, never turned out a
story like that. Please accept our
profoundest thanks for submitting
the ame
Very sincerely yours.
The Edito.."
"P. S.--We regret to say that we
cannot accept your story for publica-
ton and return the anne herewith
1t does not precisely Fl our needs,
but 1t is a great story nevertheless
Rejection does not necessarily indf-
cate lack OF merit"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
PUBLIC SPIRITED g

Too much praise cannot be given
EC. G. Baldwin and George r. Haney
for the public spirited name In
which they have advanced $4,000,
the money necessary to purchase the
site for the proposed X. M. G. A.
building. While some may say that
the investment is a perfectly safe
one, yet such an example rs these
men have set at the beginning of the
campaign for a r. M. G. A, in this
city, cannot help but inspire others
to a similar effort In aiding the
cause. 1t Is not everyone who
would, even with a so-called sure
risk, come forward with the amount
of money that these men have adj
vanced st this time, and the thanks
Of the community Is due them for
the active part they are taking in
the establishment OF q Y. NJ. G. A.
here. Their action means that the
y. M. c. A. is a certainty for Perth
Anboy. We do not see how the
a lem SD can fail when such 9
!. The was epIayed,
be e YQSk
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11

Elmer is gettin' to be such a goIdum
liar since he began c~anvassins for
n q crayon portrait concern that
nobody takes anything he says very
seriously. Elmer dropped one OF
them raiIrud coffee cups the other
day n broke an iron cuspidor, but
the cup escaped as good as new.
Hank Tumms said he expects the
Democrats will rush right In now
and make tarnation fools of them
selves amid Hod Peters says IL they
n anything like the Republicans
they probably will. Hank and Hod
paid IS and costs each before Squire
Purdy the mex morning and Con-
stable Ezra Hand had his uniform
tore off In the melee.
1t beats all how a will
ruin a IS gown and a $25 hat in a
bargain counter rush TO t 3 cents.
Uncle Ezra Harkins says home
made Christmas presents don't APP
peal to him very particular. He has
got a pair of earmuffs and three pair
OF yarn wrlstlets every Christmas for
seventeen years and nothing else.
OF course he knows II Is the spirit of
the thing that a Teller should look
at and not the expense, but he is
gettin' to that desperate stage where
even a box Of cigars that a woman
picked out would look good to him.
Anne Hilliker, our eminent horti-
cuiturist, has given up the job of
.tryin' to invent triangular peas that
won't roll on the knife and Is at
work on a bureau that will Jump up
on the floor 1ve feet automatically
every time 4 Teller drops q collar
button In the bedroom.
Twin to 1ook intelIectnaI Is the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
CAN'T BLAME HIM.

He got aboard the a and chose an
isolated place
And guarded well the basket that
he held upon his knees.
Regarding with suspicion every new
arrivals face
And grew extremely W when
the crowd began to squeeze.
.TIe held his treasure closely. watch
Ing w 1t with care,
1T was not q bunch of Jewels or a
kfngly ransom quite,
And he was not custodian OF stocks
and bonds so rare
But he was only taking home a
neck Of ~uruaca anthracite.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
POLITICS sHoUTD NOT FIGURE

5E
Politics should net figure IN the
Of a senator who Is accused OF
conspiracy in an attempt to get
money for the SUPPRESSION Of bills i'm
tredueed In the legislature, The
vote OF the senators Thursday on
the guilt or innocence OF Senator
Fitzherbert reflects no credit on that
august pody. II the man is guilty
he is not fit to retain his seat and
should be ousted. III he is innocent
he is entitled to q complete vindi-
cation. A mistake was made In cali
ing party conferences to discuss the
testimony In the case. Each senator
should have voted according to his
own conviction regardless of party
Affiliations. Had this been done we
do not believe the outcome would
have been as 1t stands today. This
is a matter that affects the whole
state. 1t was to be hoped that it
would be handled in that light ire
spective OF political feelings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11

1t ia significant TO note that where
delegates are being named through
the convention method, dominated
entirely by politicians, TAFT delegates
are chosen. But where tbs open
primary Il held and the peenls are
allowed to expeess their preference
tor tho presidential nominee. Rooss
galt wins bands do4n.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
Il. nOULToNs

hardest part OF q good many Jobs
II must BIS strenuous to be a 1anitof
in q library or q college.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-18

When Fortunatus heard this he was
amazed, and at once desired to become
possessed of the magic hat, with that
wishing hat and my ever-filled purse,
thought he. Il would be better off than
the richest and most powerful Emperor
en- EARTH"
Then he began To scheme how he could
get possession of the prize. He looked
intently at the hat and said Truly
wonderful But II looks to me as If the
magic wishing hat We're somewhat heavier
than an ordinary hat-ls II not 20.
no., said the sedan. ION the contrary,
it is lighter" n certainly docs rot look
So" replied Fortunatus. just try 1t ~
and you will see that ] am right" said
the unsuspectng sedan
Fortunatus put the hat on and imme-
diately wished himself on board the ship
which was lying In the harbor ready to
convey him to Cyprus. He arrived on
board hat and all, on the instant Then
he commanded the sailors TO put to sea
Immediately.
The sedan flew into a rage and dis
patched two of his fastest galleys, after
the fleeing vessel. But Fortunatus had
a good start and. leaving the pursuing
ships behind, landed safely at the Port
of Famagosta.