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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
THE MILD OATH.

Hale and alert on her seventy-elgath
birthday. Mrs Hetty Green munchcd an
onion-her infallible preventive for colds
and talked cheerily with New York re-
porter.
Nowadays" she said. people complain
that | dress too plainly. but when was
girl they complained that ! was TOO
elegantly dressed | was "A Quaker In my
sirlhood YOU know, and that Is the pest
How scrupulous the Quakers are! /
remember quarrel between two Mite
Quaker brothers At the height oil tins
quarrel the older brother. eAasperdied
beyond endurance. seized the younger y
the shoulders. shook him. and Kissed;
Thee little YOU. thee
Then the cnormty Of his words oNcr-
came him, and he added earnestly
"'Please don't tell mother ! swore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
A FATAL BLOW TO TRAMPING.

Have you noticed the newsboy at the
northeast corner Of sd street and Broad
way who has no legs? He was beggar
few years ago; ran away from his home
here in town. and was beating his way
or q freight train when the wreck hap
pered.
Hes one OF my reformed tramps. It's
poor day when he makes less than $40
net. His name IS George Gray. Ask him.
Some time ago a woman in East 18th
street complained of beggar He came
to see me. He is what the trsmps call
"A foot and a half'-one leg cut off at the
knee
I'VE started him with chewing gum; he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
AN ARMY OF MENDIcANTs.

"Poultice belt" is unexpurgated tramp
lclassic for those bread and milk produc-
Ing regions through which many really
great hoboes. with proud. unbroken rec
lords al mainta aiming a perfectly aloof al
titude TOW srd work OF any kind, are traV-
telling lust now, because Of their devotion
Ito the metropolis at this season of the
year To "pling" is TO travel like
bullet.
| Philie Pop. one Of the most revered
members Of the craft, who began 10
TRAMP at the close Of the Civil War, Is
expected 10 appear in Broadway In his
Iinimitable impersonation of an able-boG-
led man telling the suckers how it hap
lpened.
For Mr.. Forbes, who knows how tramps
talk over their champagne at close OF
Iday would have one understand that Tn"
blooded hobo does not respect the warm
hearted individual who, listening while
10 the beggar's story OF how he used 70
he a fireman on the c. b. and O., and
row has thirteen children for his sole
reward. drops in the outstretched palm 70
cents or more.
Ako, the warm hearted pedestrian, who
probably has a very real instead Of a
merely visionary family Of his own, would
be uettled. thinks Mr. Forbes. if he could
see how generous the poor old fireman,
through principle and habit, is with the
easy marks money when the anecdotes
and cigars. spelled with an IS, go around.
Erie Grip, fine tramp Of the old school,
will be missed this year. because he has
settled down as justice Of the peace in
tswu in Indiana.
~ only one person out Of twenty-five
I'm this old town would send the associ-
alton the small sum Of five cents" sighed
Air. Forbes. the other day. think what
could be done toward eradcating the
social evil! The streets would be cleared
OF beggars for whole year if that were
done.
~ have in my files information con-
corning nine thousand professional mendi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
80 NTW y o-Ye,
Has Fa11en ~ With sn
Adu1t Temp on g. Freight
Ira-1p Passes out Ce-fdS
Il esso DeeZAnd Dumb

busy. as the news columns of the papers
have amply disclosed.
But, according to Mr.. Forbes. tho hui
man by-products of our specialized
speeded-up civilization have not received
a 1.-THE of the study that the subject de-
mands.
In reply to a request FOR more, Mr.
Forbes said:
"Cf the million or more men habitual-
Is unemployed i'm this country. We can
truthfuny say that. for the most part
without even an individual helping hand
ana without any MISUNDERSTANDING large
ly-at a comprehensive social salvage
problem. they are permitted to gravitate
to the depths
Mention was made OF churches, mis-
sons, wood yards. charitable agencies
farm colonies for Migrants, special details
of mendicancy police in the cities, active
anti-tramp work by the railroads and
the National Association for the Proven
ton Of Mendicancy and Charitable I'M
posture.
Mr.. Forbes nodded his head at each one.
But is there" he asked. ANY one gem
eral plan or scheme that applied logical
" and effectively, may attack the prob
lem as a great engineering work might
be attacked. as having a distinct oDJec-
tive obtainable by the application OF one
fixed principle or measure?
THE person who might thus success
fully attempt the solution might compete
in the public estimation with the engi-
neers who achieve the piercing Of a Suez
or a Panama: or, again, those who might
reclaim a Roman Campagna from malaria
or the lands overfowed by Zuyder Zee
from the ocean"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
HEADQUARTERS FOR HELP.

Although financial difficulties have pre-
vented the purchase OF a desired prop
erty. the association some time ago leased
a house al No Is Charles street. This is
now known o. The Stepping stone
House" sand to be the only social settle
mcnt I'm America devoted TO ideals of pre-
vention ia dealing with the difficult and
pressing problems of the man and boy
who. ror one cause or another. ar, losIns
their grip. and for lack OF friendly
hand and advice ana direction at the right
time too often md as mendicants or
other social outlaws and nOn-pfoduccrs
The Stepping stone House is not night
shelter or a temporary abiding place Tor
tramps or homeless men, hut national
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

II Look
rnon that Door and broken bankrupt there
TLEGATIONS Of 4 No. 1 tramps
have been speeding toward New
H. York City for several weeks past
The highest flyers in the profession be
h,eve in doing their Christmas begging in
Itbe town with the Big Stem-the name
hy which Broadway is affectionatei$
known in trampdom.
New York's nominal professional beg
teing staff is placed at five thousand OUT
hhe experts who are arriving daily VIII
increase the force by six thousand at
beast. by Christmas.
There are only ten thousand policemen.
lNayor Gaynor tells us every time a
oIerevman criticises his administration
(which is several times a day-that each
lof these policemen may be depended upon
he do his duty.
But if we are to be inflicted with eleven
thousand experienced and competent
Eramps. there will not-even the Mayor
lean perceive if in good humor-be enough
policemen to go around. Some OF tne
l,ramps win Of necessity be unchaperoned
|by members Of The Finest.
James Forbes, director of the Nauonai
Association for the Prevention of Men
delaney and Charitable Imposture' knows
more about the ancestral trees OF more
|pedigreed professional mendicants In this
country than any other man alive. Never
theless. he is a modest man.
The time is ripe for great rejoicing in
Lhe Bowery's numerous headquarters, be-
Iause the buns have either made the
Journey or are at present in the act Of
blnglne through the poultce route toward
Prov" Sims and Tom" O'Rourke's and
.Doc" Warren's back parlors. situated
along that Quiet way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
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1A1ooeJeSo7bcS
Dire >tof ~
the Nafio na1
ASS c1e~t1o1o /er
the PfeVen t1oD
o. Mepd1Ce bcY
S-pd
Cho-x1tab1e
Lnopos tufe.

is averaging several dollars a day profit.
have several hundreds of such cases.
Il know thousands of professional
buns. ard they will be in New York for
the holidays After that they will 30 to
Texas and Oklahoma. many OF them be-
cause the climate suits them better. New
YORK city has trying climate in ue
winter and carly spring hc added.
eve car. with the proper financial ami
moral support, max" this Town one OF
the mcst unpopular OF earth 10 the pro-
fessional mcrdicanC and We can do
cr,a; deal Of work FOR humanity by di-
recDu2 the less hardened begsar into
self-suDportir channels
ore Of Nr. Foy5es's many ideas rs 10
rermi, only Cd and crippled men to have
nevsstands iu the streets. subwaNs and
elevated stations. instead OF yourg and
healthy boys, who ought he says, to be
doing real hard work.
Bishop Greer is president of the M
tioial Association Tor the Prevention OF
McldicaHcy and charitable Gmposturc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15
teppip9 Stone House, 45 Cbe~r1es ST
With Accom- 10 OF e~t1ops
- ,I6r FIteeo Mea'.

day. walking by the very park where. un-
known to him. one Of his own flesh and
blood was starving to death.
"M-'s story. fully substantiated, was
that as a cadet Of Danish navigation
school hc was scry ing as t1lte aboard
Norwegian bark, when of iatteras he fell
from The foreyard fracturing his skull
lie was brought 90 Philadelphia and
placed In a hospital His life persevered
Lut his memory left him The Norwegian
consul IN Philadelphia sent him to New
York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

Sitting Room 40 the Stepping Stone House
ames Forbes Director Of the AntMendcancy Forces, Has
Exhaustive Plans for the Repellng and Reforming Of
the nvaders-EIe Outlines Here Some Of His
Schemes, Which May Not Please the
Panhandlers Now on Their Way
to the Big Stem by Way
Of the "Poutice Belt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

We extend To all our guests ItI~oldl
sympathy and good will, in such marked
degree that there may bc 40 mistakine
the atmosphere Of the house, and then
proceed to establish a foundation for
serious constructive work IN each in
dividual's behalf"
Illustrating the necessity FOR employ
ment Of "a special police in dealing with
street begeara. Mr. Forbes ted q story.
Last summer." hc said. Our special
officer had his attention drawn by regu-
lar policeman TO man who was frequent
ing small city paiE and was apparently
vasrant
"Tho officer felt sorry FOR this man. con
corning whom ne drew the line at dca,rip-
ton as being 'vaG' bit not bum
This line could not wei be drawn in
court. unless 10 obtain freedom for tn"
prisoner continue his vaS~uncy. so the
policeman had decided TO make no arrest
himself and asked that the association
look after the matter.
"'rho park ioungcr, being questioned,
seemed incapable of giving any intelligi-
bic reply. lie was far gone with starta-
ton. his hair was matted. his clothing
worn and filthy his mind apparently
vacant.
1T was evident. however. that the man
was foreigner. probably scandinavian.
After bcinc fed he was taken TO Belle
we and cleaned up and various inter
prefers tried 10 get a statement from him
but all in vain.
"lor ssfckecpinG he was committed by
a magi. trstc. and search 10 establish
his identity began.
"In time tho Danish Consulate helped
us 20 solve tho mystery. and the unloi'u-
nate man was Identified as K NJ
~ brother fairly prosperous had come
and como to rnd from hTelnoss da' AFTER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

the insurins TO such at the close OF the
working period of continued remune'a-
ton I'm the form of pension or DIVIDENDS
that will nourish self-respect'
As corolary TO the above must be
considered the humane and effective rec
lamation from what Mr. Forbes terms
the back waters of habitual idleness and
parasitism of those who. because of ply
steal deficiencies or moral LESSONS, cannot
measure up to the standards of civil
ized industry. and who need discipline,
firm but kindly. to guide them Alright.
Then no doubt" said Mr.. Forbes, in
conjunction with such general principles.
all the minor obstacles to tine humaniza-
ton of our civilization will gradually bit
surely dissolve.
Then. contemporaneous with the ad-
vance of all other good work, the spir-
ituaization of modern industry will coin
eide with the capitalization Of modern
science. and conservation. boldly decrying
the material as the necessary base, will
at last Ue proclaimed as come into its
own. and its former base in the dollar
will be but matter of historical interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

II takes an Arctic explorer To face dan-
ccr in the coolest, frigidest manner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-15

/. headquarters for preventive, constructive,
analytical work
Attempts are made TO build up these
men who. judged by their cXternals. may
be esteemed the more readily susceptible
TO continued, painstaking efforts In their
behalf, and who may nc expected TO re-
spond readily to a sympathetic intcrprc-
tation of their difficulties; also to CO.
operate in working out plans for their
relief
Because the more hopeful sort Of social
patients of the class We work with usu-
ally begin their career OF dependence 10y
applica lions TO clcrsymen for work or
aid" said Mr.. Forbes, 'wc have sought
the aid OF the clergy particularly M the
selection II guests. OF whom 4 majority
have come To MS ia this way.
Others have come 10 MS through the
Police Department and through various
charitable societies, while still others nave
nc to u.s. - fret h9nd.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
and on its account he predicts that
the American type will become more
and more pronounced in the future.
70 FIGHT THE MOSQUITO.

DR.. G. G Dowdall. chief surgeon of
the Illinois Central railroad, has an
nounced what he believes successful
plan to exterminate the mosquito, and
the road by which he Is employed in
tends to take steps to put DR.. Dow.
dalls ideas into practice.
According to Dowdall mosquitoes
can be abolished by stocking stagnant
pools where they breed, with gold
fish. Speaking of the plan, DIR. Dow
dali says:
All minnows eat the larvae OF the
mosquito, but no minnow except that
of the gold fish is able to survive in
stagnant water. 1t never has been
thought of before, but We believe that
by stocking all of the pools on our
lines with these hardy minnows we
shall be able in very short time to
do away entirely with the malaria
and other disease carrying mosquito"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
un.RenuhlIeanI

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The action
OF the state convention at Des MONIES.
Iowa. yesterday was un-Republican in
the extreme. The assault upon Taft,
led by Senator Cumming and fostered
by Smith Brookhart,- was full OF the
deepest folly from a party standpoint
It is very difficult to see what these
party wreckers can gain by their
tactics. The nomination Of Taft at
Chicago was as honorable as that OF
Taft In 1908, which was led by Roose.
welt. The party platform was adopt.
cd by an overwhelming majority, many
Iof the Roosevelt leaders voting for il
Yet the Iowa progressives denounce
both as fraudnlently accomplished.
The action OF the convention does
not represent the Republican senti.
ment in Iowa, as shown in the over
whelming way in which the Taft ad.
herents controlled the Cedar Rapids
convention. and in the fact that every
progressive candidate fer Office was
defeated by. regular Republican in
the recent June primaries. Regular
Republicans, therefore, are not in duty
bound to pay any attention to the con
lvention's Nominations. Their duty les
in hearty support of Taft and the
Republican state, congressional and
county tickets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
TEACH FIRE HAZARDS.

Fire Marshal Neikirk of Kentucky,
In his annual report, takes q strong
position in favor of instruction in
the ordinary fire hazards, fire waste,
and fire preventi@s being made a part
of the work in the public schools. He
furnishes statistics showing the very
large proportion of the fire waste
which is due to carelessness and ig-
norance OF fire dangers. and calls at
tention to the fact that Ohio, Iowa,
Nebraska and Montana have already
provided for instruction on these
subjects in the schools. as the best
way of educating the future genera
ton to the Importance of greater
care in reducing the fire waste Of the
country. Marshal Neikirk says:
Il believe that something along
this line would be very profitable in
this state. In Germany the fire loss
is about one-tenth of what it is in the
United States. There children are
taught the necessity of being careful
in the use of matches. lamps, ETC.,
and are warned of the dangers of gas
oline and explosives. Perhaps teach
ing these things to children would
have an effect also upon the parents,
causing them to be more careful
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
Cute candId,,atEe..s.,,.

|
Donnellson Review: The Lee Coun-
ty Fair premium list, like the Con
gressional Record, Is generally pretty
dry for anyone not especially inter
ested. but this year the last page will
be source Of pleasure for the young
ladies. containing as it does the pic
lures Of some of the handsomest men
In the county, Just which one is the
best looking is hard to say, as 1t de-
ponds on the style OF beauty you pre-
fer. II brunette appeals to you, It's
mighty hard to trot out anything in
this section that can take the blue
ribbon away from Treasurer Ken.
nedy; but II blonde is your style,
there's Deputy Clerk Johnston but
Q, +. doesn't go SO much on his
looks as he does on that musical
voice Of his. II. brings them every
time. OF course they are all married,
or we think they are. but for that mat.
ter all the real handsome men ars
married. but you can at least gaze on
them and call to mind these two lines
fraught with SO much meaning:
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these, 1t might
have been.
If the ladies could vote they would
|all be elected, and possibly they Will
anyway.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
KEEP COOL.

The Des Moines Tribune, the even
Ing edition of the Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader, is thorough going
progressive paper, but it looks as
kance at the proposition of Iowa pro-
gressives to abandon the Republican
party and take up with the ill-advis.
ed and ill-timed Roosevelt movement
1t argues that the time to abandon
anything is when the other fellows
are in control, and even then more
men are saved by sticking than by
deserving. The Tribune goes on to
say-and we commend its good coun
sci to all would-be boilers:
There is bound to come a realign.
ment in politics. But it will never
come in the way Of new party form
ed to promote the personal ambitions
of one man.
Let US keep perfectly sane and
recognize a few of the established
landmarks of political history.
"Old parties are not so easily dis
posed of as some of US are trying to
make ourselves believe"
1t will not escape the attention OF
The careful reader that the statement
in the above as to re-alignment never
coming in the way of a new party
formed to promote the personal am
billions of one man lets out both
Cummins and Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
CLIMATE RESPONSIBLE FOR MA
TION,S VtTAJTY

That the increased efficiency due to
climatic conditions, of the transplant
cd Britisher. will soon make Canada
jthe center point of the British En-
Ipire Is the statement with which Pro
lessor Willis Moore, chief of the Unit
ed States weather bureau, has startled
Londoners.
Professor Moore declares It can be
| scientifically demonstrated that the
climate OF the North American con
ttnent is producing a race which In
mental and physical energy promises
to be distinctly more efficient than
any past nadon of the Northern
! Aryan race. He bases his theory on
the fact that the northwest winds of
the American continent, blowing with
great velocity from an extreme alti-
tude of vast electrical potentiality.
release more ozone in the proper
state for human breathing than in
any other place In the world. The
continental climate Of America differs
from the marine climates of Europe
in the fact that most of the winds
originate over land areas and that
they carry oxygen which lis readily
transmitted into ozone by electricity,
whereas the marine winds of the
British isles and the European con
t'nent are lacking In the means for
releasing this virile element. Con-
; sequently the American weather ex.
pert maintains that the American
can no more control that nervous
energy which is the marvel of Europe
than he can stop his own breathing.
According to Professor Moore. race
efficiency depends upon the following
meteorological formula: The higher
the wind velocity the greater the down.
ward component of motion whereby
six molecules of oxygen of two atoms
each are changed into three molecules
of ozone of three atoms each. in which
form they enter the human lungs and
drive the physical and mental en-.
gines at the maximum rate.
This is what the northwest winds
are doing for the most of the United
States and Canada, which need fear
no competition from the rest Of the
world as long as the winds continue
to blow.
Professor Moore also accounts TO,
the successful assimilation by America
lof so many foreigners by this theory
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
THE iowa. PLATFORM.

The platform adopted by the Re
publican state convention in Des
Moines on Wednesday is open to CRIT
icism both for what it does and does
not say. Its attack on the legality of
President Taft's nomination is
wholly uncalled for in a Republican
platform, as is also its cowardly
reference OF the matter to the Gin
dividual conscience OF the voter" An
other especially Objectionable utter
allce Is the declaration in favor OF
the initiative and referendum. These
are Populistic propositions and have
no place in syllabus of Republican
faith and practice. The plan eadors-
ed in the platform OF basing the rep
rcsentation in future national conven-
tons upon the popular vote of the
party cast In the several states in the
last preceding national election, II put
into practice, will in effect practically
disfranchise every colored voter in
the south. 1t is question if the par
ty is ready to go to that length along
WIG INC VI DcHiOSidtlC uCuldl VI TIC
right of a large body of voters to par
ticipate in affairs of government.
The PLATFORM is also Objectionable
because It studiously avoids any en-
dorsement Of President Taft and his
administration This Is small business
at best and does no credit either to
those who framed the platform or the
convention that adopted it. In effect
1t is confession to the world that
small men are in control OF the Re-
publican party in Iowa. In withhold
ing from President Taft what was
Justly his due they have simply adj
vertised their own littleness.
The duty of the real Republicans OF
the state in the present emergency Is
plain and imperative. AS far as pos
sible they should Ignore the objcc-
tionable features of the state plat
form AND work determinedly and eff
fectively for the success of the ma.
tional, state, district and county tick
cts. The nominees chosen at Chi
cago and in the June primary are cap
able and worthy men and entitled to
every Republican vote. Their election
by old-time Republican majorities
would be the most telling rebuke to
the marplots in control OF the party
organization in the state that could
be administered.