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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

sentimentality and must be able to pre-
sent all its statements dispassionately as
we'll as with scientific candvr and faith
fulness. The value of the census must.
Of course. depend upon the cordial CO.
operation given the agents by all mothers
IN the communities studied
1.-THE work will be carried out in a way
to encourage local action to check infant
mortality, rather than to put local action
to sleep; while the investigations them
selves will be SO conducted as to re-
spect and express the spirit of parent
hood-not the spirit of motherhood alone
or of fatherhood alone, but of parent
hood. Thus there will be no risk Of undue
interference. nor any danger OF over-
bearing agents forcing their way into
homes over parental protest. 'fii
The bureau has already received most
cordial assurances of sympathy and CO.
operation from mothers and health au-
thorit,es in various parts Of the country:
At first smaller towns outside the large
urban areas will be chosen. SO that each
city can be a complete study in itself.
which may be compared with later studies
social and industrial conditions"
A Practical Census.
The census Of the babies is expected to
be Of practical benefit in many ways. In
the first place. 1t will demonstrate finally
the relationship between poverty and the
birthrate as well as the death rate
among babies. 1t will show precisely
what features of civilized life make for
death and what make for health among
the little ones, as we'll as to what degree
each circumstance is responsible for the
general result 1t will settle. once and
for all, the long-mooted question wheth-
er working women can have as many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
A Gentle Protest.

Senator Robert La
Toilette d.i s turbed
the Solemnity of the
Senate in almost I'M
heard-of fashion one
solemn day during
the taking of evil
dence i'm the inn
parchment hearing
in the Judge Arch
bald case. Senator
Augustus Octavius
Bacon of Georgia
was presiding, and
had overruled. time
and time again, the
efforts of j u d 6 e
Archbald's a t t or
neys to keep certain
testimony out of the
record
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

here is crackeriack writer-a man who
KNOWS news. who can write English
splendidly. who can be pathetic or hui
morous and who sis an indefatigable
worker
.Well.' replied Anthony, 81 know the
name of such a man, but perhaps he
wouldn't want to, come here for the
salary you pay"
who is he?" asked the city editor
His name is Mark Twain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

advice as to what legislative course he
(Rucker) should pursue
Among the replies was one from an old
CIVIL war veteran, who had fought on the
Union side. and who announced that he
didn't care nothing about no legisla-
tive course. but that he wanted bigger
pension
Rucker promptly replied. promising to
take the matter up at once. A week
passed, and then came another letter
from the veteran asking why nothing had
been done. Rucker replied that he was
doing all he could.
Weeks passed and letters from the vet.
eran became more and more frequent.
each a bit more insstent than its prede-
cessor that he be given more pension
right now"
In despair, Rucker finally sat down ana
wrote a long letter TO the old man. He ex-
planned that he was doing all he could
but that there were thousands and tens
of thousands of just such cases before
the commissioner of pensions; that they
were piling up all the time and that ne
couldn't tell just exactly when this par
ticular case would be reached.
Surely" said Rucker as he mailed the
letter, surely that will satisfy him."
But IL didn't. Three days later there
came another letter from the veteran. IL
was short and to the point. 1t consisted
of just two lines:
IF the commissioner of pensions can't
tend to his job" IL read, why in he'll
don't he get somebody to help him.
Representative James William Collier OF
Mississippi was a member of the legisla-
ture OF his state when he was twenty
three years old.
Morris Sheppard. Senator-elect from
Texas, rarely makes a speech in Con-
Sress, but when a student at Yale he won
the highest oratorical honors OF his class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
Some Shooter!

] erry S gu t h.
chief clerk of the
House of Repre-
sentativ.es, o n C e
single-handed took
q band of Missouri
bandits captive. He
had to transport
tt m down the
Missouri river on a
fiat b O t t o m e d
steamboat. AS the
"Trip was long and
W e a r i S o m e, he
amused himself by
shooting turtles,
from the deck of
The boat, with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

The regularity with which Senator Ba-
con did this thing was almost painful.
After it had happened a few dozen times
Senator La Toilette sent to the presiding
officer large sign, penciled by himself.
1t read:
Don't shoot the fiddler: He's doing his
damndest!'
And then Senator Bacon solemnly hand
ed the paper to Henry NJ. Rose, assistant
secretary of the Senate, with instructions
Ito file it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
k1UNDER The Biz WHITE DOME[Ev A

delegation took constituent in 10 see
the Speaker not long after the Baltimore
convention.
II met you once before" said the gar
rulous visitor 1T was at one of VIII
liam ]. Bryan's birthday celebrations.
We'll" drawed Mr.. Clark, you can
store this in your memory, too, that you IL
never See me at another one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
The Very Man.
. enres sentative

r e pr sentative
Anthony of Kan
sas used to be a
n e w S p a p e r re-
porter, and at one
time in his career
worked for a city
editor who want
ed to get about
a hundred dollars
worth of work for
$40. He was COM
planning that he
had a poor staff
one day, and said
C o n fl dentially to
Anthony:
"Vhat we need
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
Taking No Chances.

Ollie James, sem
ator-elect fro m
Kentucky, weighs
somewhere n e a r
400 pounds and
hates to ride in an
upper berth. Once,
travelling back to
his home from the
Capitol, he could
not get a lower
berth for love or
money. The man
who had bought
the lower berth
beneath the bunk
on which Ollie was
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Practical.

X e pre- sentative
Rucker of Missouri.
one of the deans Of
the House i'm point
of length of serV-
ice. had a hard
fight for reelection
last time; and so,
to make himself
solid with his con-
stitutents, he de-
Vised the Brobding-
naglan scheme of
writing a personal
letter to every
voter in his dis
trict, asking his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

most serious members of the House. had
never attended hearing and did not
know where it was being held.
Would you mind telling me where the
money trust hearing is?" he asked OF
Representative Fitzgerald Of New York.
1.-THE money trust hearing" replied the
chairman of the House appropriations
committee, sis in Sam Untermyer's
pocket"
Senator Ashurst of Arizona was man
of many occupations before he entered
politics. In sketch which he wrote
about himself he laid down his various
lines of endeavor as follows: Lumberjack.
cowboy, clerk, cashier. newspaper re-
porter, hodcarrier and lawyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
I'VE Wonder Why!",

The subject of "the Peerless Leader is
always handled very carefully in the Of
flee Of Speaker Clark at the Capitol. A
member of the Kentucky congressional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
Charles ThOmsOn's DesigD.

In addition to these he has made scores
Of other seals and shields. And then. to
cap the climax. he has devoted every pos
sible minute Of leisure for twenty-five
years to q search for the missing great
seal Of the Confederacy. That search
ended only q few fortnights ago. when
he traced 1t to the private residence of
Rear Admiral Higginson. u. 8. n, and
persuaded that officer to give 1t to the
Confederate Museum. in Richmond. Va.
where 1t now lies.
Uncle Sans ofiicial coat-of-arms
maker is peculiarly fitted for his job.
he has devoted nearly forty years to a
study Of heraidry. few years ago
Uncle Sam detailed him TO write a his
tory OF the great seal Of the United
States-and he unearthed all sorts of
strange. Httle-known facts relating to our
national coat-of-arms and its Designing
which took place in 1852.
Strangest among them, perhaps, IL the
fact that the big. bald-headed eagle with
the "E Pluribus Unum' scroll in his
beak Is only one-half Of our seal. But
little known. and never used. there is
also a reverse side. just as official as
that bearing the eagle.
This side Of the shield bears a picture
OF pyramid-shaped pile Of masonry, the
peak Of which terminates in a rather
sleepy looking eye, gazing somnolently
eut through mass OF sun rays. Above
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

When the prisoners landed at a small
town. Jerry gave them full liberty to do
as they chose: and every one of them
one of the captives why they did not
make try for their liberty.
We'll" replied the bandit, eff you had
seen him swapping off turtle heads at a
hundred yards with a rusty revolver for
200 miles down the Missouri, you just bet
you wouldn't want to take any chances
on a narrow road!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

The boat stopped at the town of Hen
derson.
Your moneys used up" said the cap
tain.
"All right" said young Stanley, as he
gathered his luggage. I'll just go ashore
and get ready to go to Congress from
here
And, sure enough, ten years later he
did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
Just as Easy!

Il e pre- s entative
A. o. Stanley of
Kentucky, the head
of the steel trust"
Investigations, was
once a school
teacher in the
mountains of his
native state. One
day he decided to
see the great world.
So he handed a
steamboat captain
some money and
told the officer to
let him off when
that amount had
been consumed in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

Billy" Murray of Boston, Mass, is the
youngest lawmaker at the National Capt.
tai. and 1T is hard to believe that he Is
a full-fedged representative. He is not
thirty years old. and got into politics
when he was a freshman at Harvard Uni
versity. He ran for seat in the alder
manic council and won it. and has been
In politics ever since.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26
Special Correspondent

WASHlNGTON, d. C., January 90, 1918.
THE most ambitious plan yet un-
dertaken to check infant NOR
tally has just been inaugurated
this month by the federal gov
eminent Uncle Sam will at
tack the problem from an angle as yet
quite new to the United States. He will
take census of all the babies in the
country to find out why they die. The
old race suicide campaign aimed only to
increase the birth rate. But this new
movement proposes to decrease the death
rate among children under one year of
age That Is to say, instead of calling
more lives into being. Uncle Sam intends
to add to the population of the country
by preserving those already here.
AS matters are at present infant NOR
tality has risen to such proportions that
a newborn babe Is in as immediate dan
ger of dying as Is the octogenarian. We
lose one baby out of eight in the first
year of its existence; in some localities
the proportion is almost two out of FIVE
Not less than 100000 infant die before
rounding out their initial twelvemonth.
and Of these deaths at least 10000 could
be prevented.
A Death Every Ten Seconds.
Throughout the entire civilized world
over 100000 babies die annually under
the age of one. and these figures were
graphically Illustrated at the recent in
ternational exhibit on hygiene and demog-
raphy by an electric light which flashed
on and off every ten seconds. while an
appended placard announced: Watch the
light flash. At every flash baby dies
But. SO far as this country is concerned.
Uncle Sam has made up his mind to find
out what is killing off the American ba-
bies who ought to live. and, once he has
found out, he proposes to take steps to
stop the slaughter.
This, the biggest attempt that has ever
been started in this country for saving
the babies, Is to be conducted by a spin
ster. She Is Miss Julia I.athrop, director
of the governments new childrens bu-
reau, and the first step to be taken by
Miss Lathrop in carrying out her work
adds still another remarkable feature to
an already extraordinary movement.
Miss Lathrop has taken the position
that it is fundamental to the success of
the enterprise to show why babies perish
in such numbers. She will do this by
conducting a census which is unique
among all other censuSeS on account Of
the fact that it is to be based upon birth
records rather than upon death records.
City after city is to be invaded by the
bureaus woman experts. They will OBJ
tain list Of all children born there with
in a given year, and. with this as a guide
each parent will be visited in order to
obtain a complete history of the child
throughout the first year of it's life. if 1t
lives so long; or, If not. to find out why
It died. The information obtained from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

Representative James William Collier OF
Mississippi was a member of the legisla-
ture of his state when he was twenty
three years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

Norris Sheppard. Senator-elect from
Texas. rarely makes a speech in Con-
sress, but when a student at Yale he won
the highest oratorical honors Of his class.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
"DIdn't You Ever Break an Engage
ment, GrandmamaT

sumo that you had some knowledge OF
his nature and disposition before you
accepted him?"
IT was deceived" said Mildred. "All
girls may be deceived. We claim the
right to act for ourselves nowadays.
1t isn't like 1t was when you were
young and women had no power of
initiative. Didn't you ever break an
engagement, grandmamma?"
The old lady's cheeks had suddenly
grown scarlet. From the day when
l accepted Mr.. Penderby,' she said,
my will was his will and his wishes
were mine, and placed the most i'm
plicit trust In him"
So the quarrel ended, because that
evening, when Will came back in a
penitent mood, Grandmamma Pender-
by led him straight into Mildred's
boudoir, and made Mildred put her
hand in Wills, and then wisely went
out and left them together. And ten
minutes later. when they appeared be-
fore her, as she sat In her chair,
knitting. the faces Of both were rar
diant-
The Penderby homestead was one
Of those quaint, old-fashioned houses
that are still to be found. here and
there, upon the very borders Of our
modern cities. It was full Of little
hooks and closets, and It's attics were
stacked with the accumulated debris
Of generations: old trunks. old furnt
ture, old papers. A week before their
marriage, Grandmother Penderby, who
had been rummaging in what she
called her private store room, ap-
peared before Mildred and VIII,
flushed and triumphant In her arms
che bore a heavy, oldfashioned writ
ing desk.
This is to be one Of my wedding
presents to you children" she said.
"And don't turn up your noses at 1t,
either Of you, because my mother
thought enough Of 1t to give 1t to mo
when / was engaged"
Mildred bad often sssu he ltttIs
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
GRANDMOTHER'S DESK
Old Love Letter tho Newly Weds
Found In a Secret
Drawer.
0y FRANK FiLeON.

Grandmother Penderby was ono d
those sweetfaced. silvery haired old
ladies who seems to have stepped
straight out Of the pages Of some sew
enteenth century novel. She ruled by
love, but unquestionably. In the old
house at Lynbrook.
Nobody would ever have dreamed OF
disobeying or thwarting Grandmother
Penderby. Even Squire Penderby
hot-headed and impetuous as he was
had never done that One glance from
grandmother, one wave Of the uplifted
finger, and the Squire was reduced to
a condition Of trembling obedience.
That was why the quarrel between
Mildred. the old lady's granddaughter,
and her fiance, VIII Hurlbut. was
made up 30 quickly. They had been
engaged two years and they were to
be married at Christmas. But Will
had been attentive to another girl-at
least, 80 Mildred fancied-and harsh
words left harsher feelings In their
wake; and the end Of 1t was that
Mildred threw her ring at Will and
Will clapped on his hat and slammed
the door.
"Quarreled? Did you say you and
Will had quarreled, Mildred?" exclaim-
ed her grandmother that evening,
when she had succeeded In forcing an
explanation Of her grandchild's tear
stained face and detected spirits.
How can a girl quarrel with the man
she is engaged to marry?"
Because I have found out that he
is false" sobbed Mildred unhappily.
"He-he-he didn't love me; he has
never cared for me at ALL"
"He cared for you enough to offer
you his hand and name, Mildred" re-
piled her grandmother. "And pre-
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
Don't Let Baby Suffer with Eczema
and Skin EruptiOnS.

Babies need a perfect skin cover
ing. Skin eruptions cause them not
oHy1intense suffering, but hinder
their growth. DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment can be relied on for relief
and permanent cure Of suffering ba-
bies whose skin eruptions have made
their life miserable. Our baby was
afflicted with breaking out of the skin
all over the face and scalp. Doctors
and skin specialists failed to help. We
tried Dr.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment
and were overjoyed to see baby COM
pletely cured before one box was used
writes Mrs. Strubler, Dubuque, Iowa.
All druggists, or by mail, soc. Pfeiffer
Chemical Company, st. Louis, Mo.
Philadelphia, Pa. Advertisement
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
Opportunity.

It's been tn sayin' fer years that
opportunity only knocks once, an yet
lots O. rs have gone t. tn door hun
dred times either broke er afraid {
take q chance. Opportunity Is fist
like Dan Cupid when 1t comes t re-
liability. It don't guarantee nothin'
It fist says: you quit tn livery
stable an take that job at tn saw
mill" er you buy them lots east O
tn mill pond an they'll double In
price in a year." Opportunity seems
Z 90 on tn theory that ever-buddy
has got money. II some fellers fist
lad tn opportunity they'd be broke
th' tirne or keep somebuddy else
:e a.! =. tiMI.. New York Times.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
Home of Dwarf Races.

In Luzon, the Philippines, there
dwells a race of dwarfs known as the
Aetas, whose average height Is four
feet eight or nine inches. They live
In the mountains of the interior, thus
bearing out the theory Of one author
sty upon little peoples that most II
not all, of the dwarf races survive
only in the most inaccessible parts
of the continents or islands to which
they belong.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18
PROCEEDINGS OF PRESBYTERY
Held With the McBee Presbyterian
Church Last Week.

s(Written for the McBee Courier)
The past two weeks were great
weeks FOR McBee.
On September End the Rev. W. A.
Hafner, Of Fort Mill Presbyterian
church, came to aid the pastor OF the
McBee Presbyterian church in meet
ing. The meeting closed Sunday
night with the largest congregation
we had ever seen in the McBee church
Every one was pleased with Mr. Haf-
ner's preaching.
Then on September the 9th Bethel
Presbytery, with twenty ministers and
twenty one ruling elders present, con-
vened in the McBee church. and con-
tinued in session until Thursday
morning.
Rev. F. w. Gregg. of Rock Hill,
preached the opening sermon Tuesday
night. Rev. H. R. Murchison, of Lam
caster, was chosen Moderator, and
Rev. F. w. Gregg, temporary clerk.
On Wednesday at II a. m. Rev. E.
f. Gillespie. D. D., of Yorkville,
preached a very fine sermon from
Isaiah LIS.
At the last meeting of our Synod a
committee was appointed to bring in
a report at the next meeting of Synod
rearranging the boundaries OF the
PresbyterieS. Should the report OF
this committee be adopted by the
SYNOD il will place that part of Ches-
terfield county now in Bethel Pres
bytery in Pee Dee Presbytery. The
Presbytery. by unanimous vote, ia
vored this change.
Mr.. Howard d. Smith. student of
our college at Clinton. was received
under the care of the Presbytery as
a candidate Tor the ministry.
Rev. J. NJ. Holiday, d. D., of Winns-
boro. preached a strong sermon On
Thursday AT II a. m.
The McBee church, feeling that she
had grown strong enough 20 have a
regular pastor. called Rev. A. w.
White. who had been serving the field
for six and a half years as Stated
Supply, to become their pastor. This
call was placed in his hands. accept
ed and the Presbytery appointed Rev.
]. Nj. Holiday. D. D, Rev. ]. r. Mil
lard and Mr. w. A. Clark commits
sion to conduct the installation SER
vices on Thursday at s p. m. This
was done 10 the complete satisfaction
of all concerned.
The people of McBee, Of all the de-
nominations, entertained the Pres
bytery in a handsome way. The Pres
bytery expressed it's appreciation in
the following resolution:
Resolved 1st That Presbytery place
on record its hearty appreciation Of
the efforts made by the good people
of McBea of all churches and OF all
denominations and of the Board OF
Trade. which resulted in making our
stay among them so pleasant.
2nd That the pastor read this res
olution from the pulpit and communi-
cate the same 10 the other churches.
And, now. in behalf of the Presby-
terian church of McBee, ! wish to
thank he friends of the other church
es for their hearty cooperation in the
entertainment of the Presbytery.
When we can do anything for you,
call on Us.
\. Walker White. Pastor.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1913-09-18

Everybody Pretty areen.
ITS no wonder that Cain turned
eut 10 badly"
How so!"
Neither his parents nor anybody
else In the neighborhood had had any
experience in bringing up childnen
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-03
"REB" LAYS WREATH
ON GRAVE OF "YANK"
Confederate Veteran Pays Tribute to
His Northern Friend, to Whom
Death Came First

An incident of the Memorial day
exercises in this city was the decora-
tion of the grave of Private J. S.
Ingram Of the Union army, who died
three years ago, by Jacob Heater,
a Confederate soldier. Heater and
Ingram were fast friends and they
had photograph taken in which the
two were posed as shaking hands
one wearing the uniform of the
North and the other that of the
South.
The wreath and flag placed on the
grave of Ingram had the following
attached:
"Old comrade: When we try tc
lift the veil that hides the mystery
behind the silent tomb, We hear only
the echo of our own voice. The joy
Gus watchward of fraternity through
out this land today is, 'One flag and
one country While We opposed each
other in legitimate conflict, We were
friends in life. When mother nature
has taken us back to her bosom ir
peaceful sleep may We clasp hands
again."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-03
BIG SHOW A SUCCESS
The EIks Opening Production Of 1.-THE
Amsterdam Band" Pronounced
Huge Success

That German organization, the
Amsterdam band, for whom Aberdeen
Elks, assisted by Hoquiam members,
stood sponsor, appeared before large
and enthusiastic audience last night
at the Weir theater, Aberdeen. "a
hit" would be a mild term to apply
to the impression made with the au-
dience.
A good house greeted the big play,
and every one in the audience was
interested and entertained. Every
member of the cast was up in his
part, and there was none of the halt.
ing usually seen at amateur perform
ances, and every number went we'll
The show will be repeated tonight
at the Weir and tomorrow night at
the Arcade Grand, in Hoquiam, when
the performance will be better, if
possible than on the opening night