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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-10-29
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MOTHERSM

No young woman, IN the JOY OF
coming motherhood, should neglect
to prepare her system for the physi.
cal ordeal she Is to undergo. The
health of both herself and the coming
child depends largely upon the care
she bestows upon herself during the
waiting months. Mothers Friend
prepares the expectant mothers sys-
tenn for the coming event. and It's use
makes her comfortable during all the
term. 1t works with and for nature.
and by gradually expanding all tis-
sues, muscles and tendons, involved.
and keeping the breasts in good con
dition, brings the woman to the crisis
In splendid physical condition. The
baby, too, Is more apt to be perfect and
strong where the mother has thus
prepared herself for natures supreme
function. No better advice could ba
given a young e1pectant mother than
that she use Mothers Friend; 1t Is a
medicine that has proven Its value
In thousands Of
cases. MOluel
Friend is sold at GAAA AALhO =
drug stores. @EnIENn
Write for free SSA nALlND
book for expect
ant mothers which contains much
valuable information, and many sug
gestions Of helpful nature.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
GUIDE TO STUDENTS
Printed Health Rules to Be Dis
tributed in Schools.
FIGHT ON WHITE PLAGUE
Part of Campaign by the Association
for Prevention of
tuberculosis.
FIGHT ON WHITE PLAGUE

As part of its campaign against tuber-
culosis the Association for the Proven
ton Of tuberculosis is to distribute copies
or set of health rules to all the pupils
in the fifth. sixth, seventh and eighth
grades in the public schools of Washing
ton. The rules. twelve in number, are
printed upon heavy cardboard in two col
ors. Each copy is to be inclosed in an
envelope bearing the compliments of the
Association for the Prevention of Tuber-
culosis and pupils are to be asked to take
the rules home and talk them over with
their parents who, it is hoped. will find
place to hang them or tack them up as
household guides
The rules emphasize the Importance of
good air, pure water, clean milk cleanll-
ness in person and in food, plenty of
sleep. deep breathing, regulated exercise.
avoidance of liquor and tobacco by grow
ing boys. not neglecting colds, and the
cultivation of cheerfulness and kindli-
ness as qualities that will help to resist
disease. BY issuing these general health
rules the local tuberculosis association
stands committed to the proposition SO
generally accepted nowadays that the
prevention of tuberculosis depends very
largely upon the building up of physical
resistance in the younger generation by
the strict observance of the laws of
health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
DIR. w. H. YEAGER RESIGNS.
Leaves Casualty Hospital to Go to
New York.

DIR. w. III. Yeager. during six months
resident physician of Casualty Hospital.
has resigned to become member Of the
general staff of a New York city hos
pital.
The resignation is to take effect March
/. DIR. c. c. Craft. now of the staff OF
George Washington University Hospital,
has been appointed to succeed DR..
Yeager.
DR. Yeager was born in this city. grad
uated from the Mckinley Manual Train
ing School in the class of 1907. and later
entered the George Washington Univer-
sity M edical School from which he re
ceived his degree III June. 1911.
DR.. Yeager treated scores of patients at
the Casualty Hospital since he has been
in charge of the medical staff. His most
notable case was that of Morris Bennett.
the grocer murderously assaulted, last
November, by James Smith. alias ka-
busta, recently convicted Of the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
Accidental, Says Coroner.

Coroner hewitt was notified and after
making an investigation gave certificate
Of accidental death.
The police learned that the pistol which
caused the death of the boy had always
been kept by DIR. Grenfell in his desk,
which was locked He went to get some
papers from the desk yesterday afternoon
and upon removing them and the revolver
from a drawer failed in his hurry to re-
place the weapon.
1t was stated that tho Grenfell boy was
in a highly nervous condition all night as
result of the shooting. while the
mothers of the two children, who are
sisters. are almost Frustrated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27

He heard the report of the pistol and
ran downstairs. Finding his brother en-
deavoring to aid the wounded boy. he
picked the latter up and placed him on
a couch. 4 physician was called, but
the boy died within a short time. The
bullet Lad perceI his chest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
Meet This Afternoon.

These committees will meet this after
noon at ) o'clock at the office of the Tu-
berculosis Association. 92S IL ct. NV.
when 1t is expected arrangements will be
made for public meeting.
It is expected also at this meeting that
movement will be inaugurated, having
for it's aim a governmental investigation
Of the effect of various degrees of tenn
perature on milk and the relative value
of raw and pasteuriZed milk a food,
especially for the better protection of the
health of those infants who must unfOr-
tunately receive cows milk as substi-
tute for mothers milk.
Such an investigation was recommend
ed by the special committee called to-
gether by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia at the time it was
proposed to abandon the Straus labora-
tory. Although nothing has thus far
come of the recommendations of that
committee that an investigation be
made under governmental auspices, in
the opinion of those interested the i'm
portance of such investigation and
it's far-reaching consequences should not
be overlooked.
1t was announced at the meeting that
the association has received the indorSe-
ment of the charities Endorsement com
mittee, recently appointed by the Com
missioners Of the District of Columbia
to pass upon the merits of private char
tiles which appeal to the public for sup
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
Suspension in Doubt.

President White was unable to say to-,
day whether work would he suspended
in the anthracite region until an agree
ment was reached. should the present
extend beyond April |.
when the existing agreement expires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
Chief Demand of Miners.

The miners committees consists %
John =. White. president OF the United
Mine Workers, the three anthracite dis
trict presidents and the executive com.
mittee of these districts. The chief de-
mands are ~ per cent increase in
wages a recognition of the union and a
shorter working day. The operators
have indicated that the formulated de-
mands are excessive and cannot be ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27

CHARLES FRIEDRICH GARDNER.
The funeral OF Charles Friedrich Card
ner, the four-year-old boy. who was shot
accidentally by his nine-year-old cousin
and playmate, Gardner Grenfell, yester-
day, will take place Thursday afternoon
at o'clock from his late home. 1915 II
streets northwest. Interment will be in
Glenwood cemetery.
The child was shot while at play
The two boys had been friends and had
always engaged in their sports together.
Gardner Grenfell who is the son of DIR.
F. w. Grenfel, veterinary surgeon,
whose office is in the H street house, was
playing with his cousin in the kitchen
about 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Revolver Accidentally Explodes.
They were running about the place
when Grenfell entered his fathers Office
and there found a revolver lying upon a
desk. Picking up the weapon he returned
to the kitchen. He has not been able to
tell fully just how the shooting occurred,
but declared that before he knew what
had happened the revolver had exploded
and his cousin was lying on the floor.
The elder boy dropped the revolver and
went to the wounded boys side. r. A.
Grenfen. an older son Of DIR. Grenfell, was
in a room on the first floor OF the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
MINERS OF anthracite
WANT NEW AGREEMENT
Make Demand at New York Confer>
ence With Operatives for Ad-
vance in Wages.

NEW YORK. February -. = The first
conference between the members OF the
committee representing the anthracite
mine workers and the operators, to be
held here this afternoon. was expected
to be confined to the submission by the
union men of their demands for incor-
poration I'm new agreement between the
operators and the miners. The confer
ence committee of the coal-carrying rail-
roads Will include representatives of in
dependent coal companies. and the whole
committee of operators probably Will
make George r. Baer. president OF the
Reading company, the chairman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-27
Board of Directors Meeting.

At the monthly meeting of the board of
directors of the Association for the Pre-
yention of tuberculosis last evening
resolutions on the protection Of public
health against the bovine source of tu-
berculosis and for the conservation OF
od-producing animals were presented
as adopted and recently printed by the
association. Copies of these resolutions
are to be sent to the dairy interests
throughout the country and to the Oh
fcers of the state oranges. The resolu-
lions have received the approval OF Surg
Gen. George NJ. Sternberg, L. S. A.,
retired: Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. DIR. A. u.
Melvin, Dr. E. c. Schroeder. DR.. John
r. Mohler, DIR. w. Hickman. Dr. VIII
liam c. Woodward. DIR. George NJ. kober.
Dr. G. Lloyd Magruder. Mrs John NC
Iaughlin, Dr. Jesse Ramsburgh, DR. VIII
liam C. Gwynn. Mr.. Emile Berliner and
other prominent sanitarians.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue was elect
ed a member of the board President
Sternberg announced the appointment OF
the following committee to arrange, IN
cooperation with q committee from the
woman's welfare department Of the Ma
tional Civic Federation. for symposium
on a better protected milk supply for the
District Of Columbia: DIR. Harvey w
Wiley. chairman. Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, DR.. G.. Lloyd Magruder, Mrs. John
Mclaughlin DR.. E. c. Schroeder and Mr.
Emile Berliner. Mrs. Medill Mccormick
is chairman of a corresponding committee
from the woman's welfare department OF
the National Civic Federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28
BOOKS RECEIVED.

EvERYCHILD's SERIES-WHEN WE
WERE WEE, Tales Of the Ten
Grandchildren. BY Martha Young.
author of plantation Songs" etc.
Illustrated by photographs Of civil
war times and by drawings by
Sophie Schneider! New York: The
Macmillan Company.
A TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS;
Being an Account Of the Republican
and Democratic National COnven-
tions Of June, 1912, With an Outline
a., the PrOgressive National Con-
ventiOn Of August in the Same Year.
BY William Jennings Bryan. With
selections of notable speeches. in
Guiding those Of Theodore Roose-
welt, Mr.. Bryan, Elihu Root and AL
ton B. Parker. edited by Virgil ".
McNitt. illustrated from cotem-
porary cartoons. New York: Funk &
Wagnalls Company.
THE FORTUNES OF PHOEBE. BY
Ellen Douglas Deland, author Of
1.-THE Girls of Dudley School," etc.
Illustrated. New York: D. Appleton
& Co.
THE GENTLE INTERFERENCE OF
Bah. BY Agnes McClelland Daulton
author of FRITZ" etc Illustrated.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. BY. Fan
ME Lee Mckinney. illustrated. New
York: D. Appleton & CO.
THREE DREAMS. BY Hugh Black
New York: Fleming II. Revell Com
pany.
THE INTERNATIONAL MIND; an
Argument for the Judicial settle
ment of International Disputes. By
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University. etc. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Washington: BrentanO's.
DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGION AND
THOUGHT IN ANCIENT EGYPT;
Lectures Delivered ON the Morse
Foundation at Union Theological
Seminary. BY James Henry Breast
ed. Phi. D., professor of Egyptology
and oriental history in the Univer
sity of Chicago, etc. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons. Washing
ton: BrentanoS,
THE FIRST CHlRCH'S CHRISTMAS
BARREL. BY Caroline Abbot STAN
ley, author Of "A Modern Madonna"
etc. Illustrations by Gayle Porter
JIoskins. New York: Thomas y.
Crowell Company.
kREUZ UND QIER, Durch Deutsche
Lande. BY Robert Merger. Barrin-
ger High School. Newark, N. j., and
Wilhelm Mueller. former principal
of the Fifteenth District School,
Cincinnati, Ohio. New York: Ameri-
can Book Company.
ley Williams Illustrated. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.
CHANGE SIGNALS; Story OF the New
Foot Ball. BY Ralph Henry Bar
bour. author of For Yardley." etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28

long-drawn procedure at first hand. The
result was q series of magazine arucies
that directed attention as throwing con-
siderable new light upon the problem oL
Italian crime in America, and incidentally
gave the public a new point or view re-
garding the work Of the police and OF the
courts in the pursuit and prosecutor Oh
criminals. These papers are now puohsm-
ed in the present volume. together with
a number Of other chapters dealing with
the question Of crime and Its detecton
and punishment. The work Is valuable In
that without sensation and with no ueslsn
TO make a political point Mr. Train dis
closes some of the defects of our system
Of self-protection.
BILL THE MINDER. Written and il
Illustrated by w. Heath Robinson.
New York: Henry Holt Co
Rare, indeed, is the combination of
talents that is represented in this alto
gether delightful addition to the children
book shelves. Mr.. Robinson is an artist
Of exceptional ability and a story teller
of rare humor. 1t is almost impossible to
determine whether he Is best as author
or as illustrator. Needless to say. there
is perfect collaboration between the
maker of the pictures and the writer OF
texts and the result Is book that every
child will want to possess and that every
parent will read, If not aloud for the de-
location OF the whole family. then alone
with many chuckle and grin and much
warmth Of gratitude for the author-illus-
traitor. The story is properly absurd for
the making of model Juvenile" picture
book. Bill the Mnder is youth of such
remarkable talents in the care Of trou-
blesome children that he gains a monop-
oily in this line Of endeavor. AS a re-
suit Of chance encounter with an exiled
king he organizes an expedition to set the
venerable monarch back upon his throne,
and as he and his children progress to-
ward their goal they assemble a most re-
markable collection of characters, each
Of whom in turn tells his diverting story
OF adventure. 1t is impossible to describe
this book. Its pictures must be seen. es-
pecially the sixteen full-page color plates
and its text must be read to get the full
flavor of its delightful absurdity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28
A NEW SCHEME.
has ..n

| WASHINGTON has a new thing in
traction car numbers; that is, it Il
new in WASHINGTON. Like most othe,
Things fondly thought to be new, It is
Probable that some scar scholar will an.
| nounce that the Chinese invented it be.
fore the dawn of the Christian era, or al
least that Herodotus wrote or Homer
sang OF it, 1t Is curious that after a
presumably new thing is brought to the
notice of the world 1t is soon thereafter
asceftalned that the ancientS knew some
thing If not all about it. But to the
new washington traction car numbers
On the ends and sides of the cars you
Will see numbers painted in big figures.
This is the number you take when the
motorman falls to stop for YOU starts
too soon or suddenly, or carries you by
the street for which YOU pressed the cleo
trlc button, or does other things which
SO many-too many-motormen delight in
But this is not the number which is now
to engage your notice.
On the cars of the Capital Traction
company look on the woodwork above
the bowed front OF the car and over the
right hand window-the window to the
right at that through which the motor
man is usually looking. A bright OBJ ect
shines there. 1t is a polished white meta
plate about the size of postal card. On
this plate Is number. If you are look
Ing at the rear of a car the number ap-
pears on the left-hand side above where
the conductor stands.
This number is the run number" That
Is. the first car to start out in the dim
early morning hours is No. l. the second
No. =, the fiftieth. No. Sd. etc. con-
ductor could not fathom the philosophy
of this numbering system because ever
since omnibuses lurched and rumbled
between Washington and Georgetown
the running sequence of the cars has
been kept tally of by means of the usual
car numbers. There is probably an ad-
vantage in the new system, but this is
the way the conductor reasoned 1t out:
Most likely It's some new scheme to
keen tab on US
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28
IN THE LIBRARY.

VENERABLE men and women, or, in
the order Of their number, women
/ and men, read and write away the hours
ana the days in the Library Of Congress
Inc bronze serpent hands on the clock
crawl around the gilt bronze dial set in
It's panel OF red, sienna and green African
marbles fncrusted with malachite. lapis
lazuli and thulite and still those old
ladies and men work on and on. The
symbolical statues of Religion. Commerce,
History. Art. Philosophy, Poetry. Law
and Science look down on those gray and
bald heads absorbed with book, notebook
statues of Plato. Homer. Shakespeare,
Bacon. Beethoven and eleven other inn
mortals also look down on this quiet and
persistent industry. In the day, soft
light falls through the stained glass sof
fits Of the arches, the little windows in
the octagon and the windows in the
lantern At night the labor of these men
and women is eased by the gentle glow
OF electric lamps.
Select any elderly lady. the more elder
piled high on the dark mahogany desk
are many books of many sizes and in
many kinds of binding. She has reams
of notes. Her face is expressive of eager
ness and hope and every now and then
Of exultation. A fresh clue or a new
find comes to her and an ar Of greater
superiority marks her mien. Now and
then. to rest her type-tired eyes. she
looks upward as though to draw inspira-
ton from the beautiful female figure. HUI
man Understanding. that floats on the
airy ce ] ng Of the lantern and is attended
by cherltbs. one of whom holds the book
Of wisdom. while the other beckons to the
readers far below to toll and climb to-
ward perfection.
1t is a safe bet that the venerable wom-
an Is looking for ancestors. The hunt
for ancestors goes on in the great library
from the opening till the closing of the
Warner and the Macmonnies bronze
doors. Genealogical research is a leading
industry In the Library of Congress The
records OF the revolution, the continental
muster rolls, acts of the colonial legisla-
lures from Americas remote past. town
ship and county histories, shelves of
works on genealogy and other aids in the
quest for ancestors are there.
There is IA surprisingly large number of
family histories in the library, mostly of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28

Santa Maria of Columbus squadron, the
Susan Constant, which. with the Godspeed
and the Discovery, brought over the
jamestown settlers, and the frigate Con-
stitution.
a description of the Mayflower is given
on a card in the case with the model as
follows:
THE Mayfower Of the Pilgrims: The
| style Of ship in which 1O2 Pilgrims, who
settled at Plymouth. Mass, in 1920, made
the passage from England to America.
Model OF a wooden, carvel-built, keel
vessel, with full bluff bow, strongly rak-
ing below water line: rakng curved
STEM large open head: long round NEARLY
log shapeD bottom; tumble-in top side;
short run: very large and high square
stern; quarter galleries, high forecasle
square on forward end with open rails on
each side; open buIkwarks TO man deck
and quarter deck; a succession or three
quarter decks or poops, the alter one be-
ing nearly nine feet above main deck !;
two boats slowed on deck; ship rugged,
with pole masts, without jibs, square
sprit-sail tor water said under bowspr,t;
two square sails on foreman and main
mast, and lateen sail on mizzenmast'
In addition TO this information the de-
Scrlptlye card gives the 1olloWlHS as liie
dimensions of the MayfioWer:
Length over all, knighthead to taffrail.
eighty-two feet; beam. twenty-five feet;
depth, fourteen feet. bowsprit, outboard,
forty feet six inches; sLrit-sail, four
teen feet six inches. foremost main
deck to top, thirty-nine feet; tota
length, main deck to truck. sixty-seven
feet six inches; Ioreyard, forty-seven feet
SIX inches: roretopsali yard, tnirty-four
feet one and one-ha.r inenes; man mas
deck to top, forty-six feet: totai, deck to
truck, eignty-One feet; maynard. hrty-
three feet: maln,opsaii yard, tnlrty-e- CAT
feet six inches; mizZe nmast. deck to top,
thirty-four feet; total, deck to truck,
sixty feet six inches; spanker yard. NIFTY
TOUR feet six inches: boats, one on port
side Of deck, seventeen feet long by i've
feet two inches wide one on starboard
side. thirteen feet long by four feet nine
inches WIDE"
1t is worth a ramble to the Museum to
study these quaint and historic craft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28

was torn down a little while ago. A lot
of money used to change hands ovel
| there. There was enough lumber in Jacl
HeathS place to build three houses the
size of this one.
mo. sir, these people don't depend fol
a living on selling bait and hiring boats
| and fishing tackle. If they did they'd
starve to death. Those that work at al
Of living, don't save much. Where this
boathouse stands T. L. Moore used to
have a fertilizer factory. Mr. Moore
who runs the boathouse Is no relation to
him. but it seems odd that Moore's boat
house should stand on the site OF Moore S
fertilizer factory. This is the Washington
Canoe Club house, and Tenney's corn
mill used to stand there. l have seen
many steamboats, pass under the Aque-
duct and tie up here with corn and wheat
and carry meal and flour away.
What do these people down here do
for water? Why, there's spring right
there" continued Isaac Barker, point
ing to an open and exposed spring under
the bank Of the canal. THAT was Polly
Reynolds spring. She used to have a
house there when l was boy. and her
daughter lived there up to not so long
ago. The daughter married a man from
Baltimore ana moved away. lie
used to be covered over. Sure it's good
water; it's spring water. The canoe club
uses city water
BY this time Mr.. Barker had reached
that part of the railroad which passes
under the land end of the Aqueduct
bridge Indicating a dilapidated brick
building on the left, he said: THAT was
Browns bakery. He used to bake ships
biscuits or bareback and they were sold
to the vessels that came up here before
the war. Where these weeds are growing,
next to what was Browns bakery. was
Youngs cornmill, that burned down so
long ago that can't remember the year.
THAT artificial ice plant used to be
Vincent Taylor's grist MILL The ice plant
a little farther down the street was
George Shoemaker's grist mill, and long
time afterward a man named Curtis
Smith turned it into an ice factory.
There are some big plants along here
now-electric power stations. paper mills
and ice factories-and freight trains are
always coming and going. This alley on
the left used to be called Cherry street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-28

Illustrated. New York: n. Appleton
& Co.
THE CAPTAIN OF THE NINE BY
William Heyliger. author of Buck
ing the Line" etc. Illustrated New
York: d. Appleton L. Co.
BATTER Up: BY Hawley Williams.
author Of Quarterback Reckless
Illustrated. New York: n. Appleton
Il Co.
HELLO, BILL! Book Of After Dinner
stories. New York: III. NJ. Caldwell
Company.
THE TEXAN STAR: the story oT =
Great Fight for Liberty. BY Joseph
n. Altsheler. author Of The Quest
of the Four" etc. Illustrated New
York: ID. Appleton Il Co
SOUTHERN ITALY AND SICILY; With
Excavations to Sardinia, Malta and
COrfu. Handbook for Travellers.
BY Karl Baedeker. With thirty
maps and thirty-four plans. Six
teenth revised edition. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.