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The day book., 1913-08-22

At a Yankee fort, old chap, 1 sur
veyed the warlike preparations and
was entertained by the officers at the
club, don't you know. Jolly sort,
they were, too, and on my request to
be permitted to observe the maneu-
vers Of troops / was led to the drill
ground. There a corporal fellow was
intoxicating martial tactics into the
mind of a novice as follows:
Get hep, you boob of rookie.
Chuck up your chewing ledge and
aim your glims down the center
aisle. Throw out your bellows, haul
in your bread basket, slam your mitts
close to your carcass and pull your
big hoofs into line. Remember, this
amt like lolling on a free-lunch
counter for support, kid. Brace up!
Wish some starch in your spine and
stand like a wooden stogie Choctaw.
And that's what I mean by .Atten-
tionp in plain English, boh."
My word.
The day book., 1913-08-22
AUTO HITS BoY-PRoBABLY DIE

Harry, the 13-year-old son Of Po-
lice Captain James Madden, of the
Town Hall police station, was run
down by the auto of Mrs. John R.
Thompson, 4415 Grand boulevard,
wife of the restaurant man.
The accident happened at 47th and
st. Lawrence avenue. Harry crossed
the street and in lodging an ap-
preaching trolley car, was struck by
the auto which was being driven by
John Thompson, Jr. His skull was
fractured and he was taken to the
Chicago Hospital where he is not ,ex-
pected to live.
The police at the Fiftieth street
station released Mrs. Thompson and
her son on their own cognizance.
-O-O-
Couderay, Wis.-One man instant
ly killed, three injured when hand car
was derailed by porcupine that at
tempted to cross track ahead Of car.
The day book., 1913-08-22
THE MULHALL CASE

THE MULHALL CASE
Washington, Aug. 22.-H. E. Miles
of Racine, former chairman of the
tariff committee of the N. A. NJ, to-
day confirmed the statement of Mar
tin H Mulhall, confessed lobbyist,
that Mulhan paid former Representa-
tive James Watson of Indiana $500
for working to aid passage of a tariff
commission bill in 1909 Watson was
paid $3.50 a week for two weeks,
Miles told. the senate lobby investi-
eating committee.
"MulhaH was first employed by the
N. A. M. in the capacity of a sort
of messenger boy in Washington,
Miles said. "He later branched out
somewhat and worked as a field
agent"
Questioned by Senator Reed, Miles
insisted that J. W. Van Cleave, head
of the Bucks Stove and Range Com
pany, and against whom the A. F. of
L. waged war, was "a genuine friend
of union labor"
"a man who wanted to be fair by
sending leaders to jail" observed the
senator,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
CIRCUS MOVES TOBROOKLYN
First Detachment of Animals
Crosses Bridge at Midnight.

THE circus meaning Barnum &
Bailey's, decampcd from Madison Square
Garden early yesterday morning and went
to Brooklyn. Like the procession into the
Ark, the cames. elephants and other
transplanted denizens Of the wilds made
the passage two by two across the Will
iamsbu Bridge and thence 10 the circus
grounds at Myrtle and Wyckon avenues
The first detachment Of animals crossed
the bridge at exactly midnight. II con-
sisted of the rolling camels. strongly
marked zebras and numbering elephants
The customary crowd Of peanut vendors
and buyers was stationed at the bridge
plaza to greet the invaders. After the
vanguard came the caravans.
The animals were led directly 10 the
circus lots, where the tents had already
been put up 10 house them. All day yes
terday the usual Sunday crowds gathered
10 see how a circus performer looked out
side the ring and inside other clothes than
pink tights and tarlctans. To-day the
barker banks and the show goes on as
usual.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ONE WOMAN'S BUSINESS
She Has Built Up Large Trade Out Of
the Making Of Huge Caldrons Of
Suups and Honey

by prominent physicians and was used
by some. Miss Wood found the world
wary of a new foodstuff. She needed cap
ital to advertise it. The demand was too
small to warrant building a great busl-
ness upon it. But" said the manuiactur-
ers and chemists, 1--WE could use the money
with which you sweeten 1t. we need
good honey made from inverted sugar ior
purposes Of mixing
Now. Miss Wood believed in that mix
food. And she still does. Her ldeal ana
intention are to help suffering humanity
TO achieve a state of blssful health by
means of IT, In the meanwhile, however,
the public was clamoring, like an I'M
reasonable child, for light and clear
syrups and honey such as her brother had
produced in his experiments. There were
processes known only to him ana 10 her
by which with fairly inexpensive ap-
paratus. they could make these syrups In
quantities. The feeding public must De
humored. With a practical acceptatlon OF
this fact. in a way that might we'll be
emulated by any one who wants 10 nave
his cake and eat it, too, Miss wood storcu
the food on the shelf. and started ousi-
ness on the basis of the syrups and the
honey. From her first little room she mad
TO move to larger and larger quarters 10
Increase facilities. Everywhere the hoor
space grows less and less under the pile
of heaped up barrels.
After all, many OF the businesses IN
which women have engaged are merely
manifestations of some form OF their
femininity. AS Miss Wood peers into the
great iron caldrons TO see II the syrup
is thickening she Is but one step removed
from the housewife lifting the Id from
the Kettle on the kitchen stove. The max
ing of delicious syrups that make smedi-
cine palatable and sweeten drinks Is but
an expression of that same impulse that
leads a woman to become a noted house
wife or a trained nurse.
"A suffragist tried to make me militant
in her cause" said Miss Wood. But l
don't think you have to talk about SUI
frage il you go ahead and prove yourself
able to cope with the business proposition.
And that is the best education for suf-
frape. I read all about the sugar indus
try. for instance, and naturally that leads
me to study the tariff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
WOMAN MAY DIE FROM BURNS
Blazing Towels Set Clothes Afre-
,ouns Screaming to Street.

in attempting to cxtinguish the blaze %
several dish towels which had caught fire
while drying over a range. Mrs. Helen
Vain. OF No. IA Montrose avenue. Will
iamsburg. received burns which will prob
ably cause her death. The accident oc-
CURED last evening while Mrs. Nahn was
completing her household duties.
Mrs. Vain lives on the fourth floor Of
the apartment house with her husband
Jacob Vain. When she discovered the
towels ablaze she attempted to put out
the fire. and in doing So her wearing ap-
parel caught fire. She became frightened.
and i'm spite of the efforts Of her husband
ran screaming to the street. four flights
below.
Or. Weinberg. of st. Patricks Hospital.
was called, and the wcman was removed
TO the hospital, where her condition was
declared TO be serious. Vain was also
burned i'm attempting 10 save his wife,
but his injuries are not considered dan
gerous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21

The care of lace is pleasant work whlch
cannot fail TO appeal 10 every woman
and rare specimens must be handled with
the greatest care I'm the washing. IL Is
better to remove the dirt as far as pos
sible by shaking In good soap lather ana
by gently squeezing between the hands
until # Is quite clean. The lace should then
be rinsed I'm clean warm water TO remove
all the soap. Fine lace should never be
boiled. but after the rinslng process IL
should be stiffeued adequately and ironed'
The best stiffeniug agent that can nc
used IS gum water. made by dlssolNlhs
four ounces of gum arabic IN quart Oh
boiling water. The average proportion Oh
This gum water used for stiftenlng Is
tablespoonful TO a quarter or pint Oh
water. n the lace being treated is white
II Is well to have the gum water slightly
blu.d Din the lace in twice TO enable 1t
TO take the stiffening; then squeeze II
carefully. roll it i'm a cloth for few min
utes and afterward pin IT carefully on
TO "A covered board.
Place the lace on the covered table
wrong side up and with the selvedge to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
1.-TWO BILLS" AT GARDEN
The Wild West-Far East Show
Onens To- morrow Night.

The forces Of the Buffalo Bill-Pawnee
Bill Wild West-Far East invaded Madi-
son Square Garden yesterday morning.
All day workmen scurred to and fro pre-
pairing for the opening of the exhibition
tomorrow night. The scenery for the
three spectacles which form part OF the
programme was placed in position
From the four-legged carrier OF pioneer
DAYS to the latter day mechanical
methods Of locomotion the evolution OF
transportation will be shown. the auto
polo game completing the pageant.
Throughout the entire game Roltz 9.
King and "Blondy" Sterling play with
sputtering cars as mounts. instead OF
ponies.
The Garden has been claimed by five
hundred representatives Of every coun-
fry on the globe, and for three weeks
the Two Bills will entertain greater
New York with a new edition Of the ex-
hibition originated thirty years ago. At
all matinees except Saturdays the
charges will be half price and for chill
dren under ten years half price VIII De
charged at all performances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21

Just slip OF an English girl, feminine
and serene in appearance, but one OF the
most progressive and energetic business
women to be found in the City of Ne"
York. is Miss Eleanor Wood Without
ever having studied chemistry. except IN
an elementary course ut Wellesley, she
has charge of a large industry dependent
upon chemical knowledge-the making OF
syrups and honey and of specially pre-
pared milk food for invalids. Without any
training for business methods, she has
nevertheless worked up the interests OF
an Incorporated ompany-composed OF
herself and brothers-until it occupies
definite known place among the busl-
nesses of New York. The syrups bubbling
in her laboratory never waste their sweet
ness on the desert air. They are sent out
as soon as they are cleared by her indi-
yidual process to meet demands of vary
ing kinds Those Of the chemist and drug
gist are first. Then the dealer i'm Cali
fornia wines uses them for sweetenng.
and the tobacco manufactures rolls his
leaves in them.
Mrs. Woods success is an Illustration
OF how person with keen business sense
can make the by-products Of her business
VARIABLE. She started with the intention
Of selling nothing but a certain specially
prepared milk food. Her brother, chief
chemist in "A large sugar refinery, had dis
covered that a certain combination with
milk would prove a tissue building food.
His faith in it was 50 great that he made
it his sole article of diet for a long time.
Upon a vacation from the settlement
work upon which she was engaged Miss
Wood visited him and was initiated into
the mysteries Of its composition. And
here is where she showed the first CLEAN
Of that practical self which has counted
much i'm her success. While lie was
the visionary, the eXperimentalist, she
gimpsed the commercial value Of his dis
coveries. why not market the milk food.
at the same time benedting them and
the invalids of" the land? She was tired
Of settlement work Il wanted a more
normal life" she said.
So to the Mecca Of the ambitious she
came and opened her first laboratory in
New York I'm small room. She herself
did all Of the work eutalled in making the
milk food. But. though it was approved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
INSPECTORS TRIAL MONDAY
Whitman to Ask for That Date
Close Watch on Talesmen.

District Attorney Whitman will move
to-day before Justice Seabury to set the
date Of trial for the four inspectors,
Sweeney. Hussey. Martha and Thompson,
Cor next Monday. Two hundred talesmen
from the special panel will be asked for.
and the most extraordinary precautions
will be taken to see that no one is plant
CO" or the panel.
The District Attorneys Office will have
almost an entire week TO look into the
character OF the men from whom will be
picked the twelve who will be called upon
TO decide whether or not the four in
spectors are guilty Of conspiracy in keep
ing George A. Sipp away from the wit
ne IS chair in the magistrates proceedings
against Patrolman Fox.
1t developed yesterday that twelve per-
emptory challenges may be allowed to
each side in the forthcoming trial because
of the fact that there will be four de-
PENDANTS. Three peremptory challenges
are the legal limit on misdemeanor
charges, but it is believed that may be
construed to mean that the District At
torney could demand three such chal-
lenges for each OF the four defendants,
and The defendants. en- maSse, would thcn
ba entitled to the Same number as were
available for the prosecution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
TALKS ON CHILD WELFARE
Miss Julia Lathrop Tells About
Work Uncle Sam Is Doing.

Miss Julia Lathrop, head OF the Chh-
drens Bureau in Washington. was the
chief speaker at the Ethical Culture So
ciety yesterday morning.
'eThe bureau is engaged at present she
said "ln a study of the conditions OF IN
FAINT mortality, especially In the smaller
communities Most large cities have num-
hers Of social workers as well as public
servants engaged in studying this among
other social problems.
Our idea is to spread the knowledge OF
child hygiene that has already been ac-
ouired. as we'll as TO work up vital statls-
tics. A majority of the deaths Of infants
could be prevented If the mothers were
instructed on the elements OF child care
The bureau is preparing series OF PAM
phlets on these subjects. These VIII De
distributed to mothers, just as the gov
ornment AT present distributes free PAM
nblets on food. on plants and on animals.
Another activity Of the bureau Is the
accumulation of library on all subjects
relating to child welfare. This Is TO os
open TO the public in Washington. We
shall gather all current literature In Eng
lsh and have TRANSACTIONS OF the puonce-
lions in foreign languages.
THE departments Of Labor and OF Ed-
ucation have acquired many facts abouc
children. It will be our work to slit and
sort these facts and put them into con-
venIent form for the use Of those inter-
ested In children.
I'VE have been criticised for not begih-
ming at once on the problem OF child Ia
bor. Our reason is that the Bureau OF
Labor has not yet completed its report
In the mean time we are beginning at the
beginning Of the subject, studying tho
child's life from the start"
DR.. Henry Moscowitz followed Miss
Lathrop with some remarks about the re-
lation of social reform work to the CONS
munity. American government, no said.
was far behind Europe I'm this respect, bue
American citizens. he said, were more ac-
tive In social experiments than any
others. Statesmen of society" were
everywhere, he said
Next Sunday the subject will be WON
ans Place in Politics and Social Work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
sTORK LEFT BISON AND FAWN
Chinese Exclusion Act Beaten at
Geological Gardens.

The stork made two unusual visits to
the New York Geological Gardens yester-
dav. one was to the buffalo range, where
he left a bouncing male American bison.
The other was to the deer range, where
the newcomer was 4 female Chinese Ska
deer.
The baby buffalo. discovered by Keeper
NcEntee when he made his rounds yes
terday morning. makes the forty-seventh
member of the community, and his COM
ing was welcome. for the fear OF race
suicide has been felt on the range. Little
Miss Fawn was found by Keeper John
Robertson. and is the seventh of her
family in the gardens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
NINE CUT-UPS" IN TROUBLE

Samuel Evans. vaudeville actor was
arres,ed last night In the Olympic Tbei-
ire Brooklyn. after wrangle with his
company Of eight young men and giris
over some back pay In the Adams street
station one OF them, Barney Harris, said
that Evans struck him after he and other
members of "The Nine Cut-ups' had
,a,'ad him for their overdue salaries.
nj noIlce station was crowded with
actors who. I'm their haste to be present
when Evans was brought ill., had forgot
ton to remove their make-ups The cut
ms, were loud in their denunciations ana
,,oro much excited. bit their press agent
o.,,,.d them sufficiently 10 get all their
names for the reporters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
SILK SHROUD FOR PET DOG
Precious Pom Buried in Silver
Trimmed Rosewood Coffin.

l3N IfleEIapN 10 Aiif ilibNhNsI
Philadelphia, April 2o.-Mahlon W..
Newton, former proprietor of Green 5
Hotel, this city. is coming across tue
Atlantic on the steamship George
Washington to buy the finest specimen
of the Pomeranian obtainable to Keep
his daughter from grieving and TO re-
place Trix, a four pound dog, valued
al $3.50 a pound. which broke its neck
last Thursday when it fell down an
elevator shaft.
To-day the dead Pomeranian had Il
magnificent burial at the Newton home
at Atlantic City. The four pounds Of
dog was placed in a silver trimmed
rosewood coffin and was covered with
a silken shroud before it was buried
beneath a tree on the Newton place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
NO THRILLS HERE FOR
MILE. DE LA RUELLE
Young French Sufragist Says New York Is
Like Any Other Place"-Shes Going
to Study Our Factory Conditions.

the worker cannot sit a fiye-minute rest
every hour is demanded by the law.
ooh, yes. the French women want tho
vote. We have 10 work very carefully.
though The methods of the English would
be suicidal. We do not even have parades
ana what YOU call hikes The French have
a proveIb: 'Ridicule kills 1t is that We
have to guard against. MI we must do
is to show that we are nice. sensible wom-
en- and we VIII get the vote soon. Al
ready We will nave it in the country dis
trcts IN year or two for the county
elections. II is best 10 go slow and not
give the full franchise till the women
have Learned to be wise.
"Oh, no. do not think il is right for the
wife to work after she marries. She has
plenty 20 10 at home. The best work she
can do is to keep the home bright and
bring w The children.
81 believe the women should work be-
fore they marry, though. \ girl who Is IN
dependent may marry Cor love. She VINO
cannot work must get husband to sup
port her whether she loves him or not.
The careful. parent knows this, and gives
his daughter a dover when he can. Then
that makes another bad situation. The
man marrcs the girl and let's her sup
port him with her dover. That is why ]
say you i'm America are better off without
the dover system. | admire the Ameri-
can men because they support their
wives"
Mile. de la Ruclle will spend several
months i'm the United states studying the
woman problems. Her headquarters in
New York will be the Hotel Latham. She
spent yesterday with Miss Julia Lathrop'
head of the Chljren's Bureau, and Mrs
Florence Kelly of the National Consum-
crs' League. at the Henry street settle
mcut.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
BRYAN TO SPEAK HERE
Secretary of State Will Address Com
mission at the McAlpin.

The American commission which goes
abroad Saturday under the auspices Of
the Southern Commercial Congress to
study the question OF agricultural loans
and credits will hold a conference at the
Hotel McAlpin Friday at 2:30 y. IN.
Senator ID. ID. Fletcher, of Florida,
chairman Of the commission, will preside
at the conference, which Will be attended
by about l2j of the delegates who are
going abroad. Edward n. Breitung, a
banker. of No. II Pine street, will give
q dinner at the McAlpin Friday night i'm
honor of the commission. William Jen-
pipgs Bryan will be among the speakers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
LAUNDERING RARE OLD LACE
The Greatest Care Must Be Observed in Washing 1t to
Keep Its Color and Texture.

the edge of the table Pin out the stright
edge first. placing the pins so that they
lie parallel with the edge of the lace. and
having the pins close together. 1t is adj
visable to fix one opposite to each point.
Now pin the points carefully, pulling
the lace gently TO the width, and leave
the lace until it is almost dry. Just be-
fore removing the pins pass a small. mod
erately hot iron along the middle, using
care to avoid the pins to prevent tearing
the lace. Now remove the pins, iron the
selyedge and press out the points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21

After all, little old New York is just
ABOUT ike any other place: Think of a
foreign visitor having strength of mind
enough to say that. OF course, it was
woman. To be exact. it was Mile. de la
Ruelle, special envoy Of the French gov
eminent 10 study industrial conditions as
they affect women in America.
Mile de la Ruele spent the day just
like any other visitor, seeing Fifth avenue
and winding up with tea at one of the big
hotels.
They are all alke-the big hotels" she
said. I'VE might have been in Versailles,
Paris. London or Nienna-there were the
same people. wearing the same clothes.
eating the same little cakes and drinking
tea and other things just the same.
"The hotels. though, are not the life OF
the people. That is why YOU Americans
do not know French women. You visit
Paris and see the gay women. You never
are admitted into the homes of the people.
The real French women are fine house
keepers and good mothers. The young
girls are kept in the mothers care.
ct is not nice for young girl to go
alone with young man anywhere.
think that is right. However innocent the
companionship may be there is something
it takes the bloom from the peach. so To
speak. Even among the poor peopiy
where the girls go TO work in the factory,
they have TO come right home. as the
mother knows just what time the girl is
through work
There are 800 600 women in the fac
tories Of France Yes, ! am a factory in.
spector one Of the things I am working
for now is a law compelling factories to
let the women sit down at their work. In
most occupations that Is quite possible
and would not cost much In those where
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
HADLEY WON'T AID WOMEN
Missouri Governor Declines to
Support the Cause"

Kansas City. No, April 20.-A declara-
ton in favor Of woman suffrage is being
circulated among the business men of
Kansas City by Mrs. H. b. Leavcns,
president Of the South side Equal Suf-
frage League and vice-president of the
state organization, and Mrs. Garnet
Apo, president OF the Down Town
League. London excluded. Kansas city
is the hardest place I'm the world to fur
Their the suffrage movement, according 90
Mrs LoaVens.
I'VE are having trouble i'm getting the
names we want on our paper said Mrs.
Leavens. politicians seem 10 be afraid
that II will hurt them politically TX
Governor Hadley refused 10 sign. and so
have several other men with political
ambitions VINO are really in favor Of votes
for women
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
WIDOW LOSES P0STOFFICE
Wins Job Under Civil Service,
but Politician Gets Is.

Wilmington, Del, April 20.-The formal
announcement Of the appointment Of
Frank Tumln, a Democrat as postmaster
AT Pennington has aroused the ire of the
friends Of Mrs. Clara ID. Hall, a widow.
who passed the civil service examinations
with Il high average and received the aD-
poIntment. only TO be deprived of it by
politics. The friends of Mrs. Hall will
carry the case to the Postmaster Cen
eral.
The examinations we're held I'm Feb
ruary, and Mrs. Hall and Tumlin were
two of three candidates. Mrs. Hall was
notified that she had the highest average,
and the appointment WAS awarded TO her.
She fled "A bond at Washington and then
awaited the formal commission, but j.
never came. In the mean time the ap-
pointment OF Tumlin was announced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-21
Daily Bill of Fare.
TUESDAY,.

BREAKFAST.-C rice. poached
eggs with bacon, popoyers, coffee.
LUNCHEON.-Beef' collops with tomato
sauce, gingerbread. tea.
DINNER. -Brolled Spanish mackerel
with brown butter, French fried potatoes,
dandelion salad. cup custard, coffee.