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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-08

last week. and the death of their two
year old child the previous week
Owing to her being compelled to give
up her quarters in the Fichnupp build
ing on 11sth street Mrs. Smittley moved
to Robertsdale last week.
The sympathy Of the community has
ben aroused by the unfortunate case
Mrs. Jacob Keilman of MINES polls
Mimi. was the guest OF Mrs. Peter Keil-
man is expected here next week for a
visit with relatives.
Miss Edith Gardner left last even
ing for Parkersburg, w. Va. to go to
the bedside of her sister Mrs. Ruth
Campbell. Upon his arrival in Par
Kersburg on Wednesday Mr.. Gardner
wired his family here that he found
his daughter trifle improved, but still
very low
Miss Rose Schaefer has returned home
from her vacation which she spent at
Shelby, Ind.
Rev. John 3. Berg is visiting his
brother Rev. William Berg at Scherer-
VILE, Ind.
Miss Nettie Vincent Morgan has re-
turned from Galesburg. Ill, where she
visited her sister Mrs. Lemon. Mrs.
Lemon returned with her for a visit
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. 1. r.
Vincent of Oliver street.
The new members on the Whiting
Board of Education have now gone in
to office hey being Thomas S. Boyle,
and James E. Evans. The election of Of
ficers took place at the last meet
ing the officers now being:
President-Charles Naef.
Secretsry-James z. Evans.
Treasurer-Thomas e. Boyle.
The balance of the teachers have now
been appointed these just engaged be-
ing Misses Mary Rice. Ethel M. Farrar,
i and Helena Meyer.
| Miss Gladys Norman who was here
visiting her aunts' Mrs. James Morri-
son and Mrs. Ruth Wollett has returned
| to her home in Spencerville. Ohio.
| Mrs Addie Gray is visiting at the
! Cant farm.
Dinners cooked with Gas are better
and cost Iess.-No. Ind. Gas & Flee Co.
PUT YOUR WANT AID IN CHE
| TIMES
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-08
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From the Diary of ST. Lence

Elder Berry SEE tibet love may laugh
at tn locksmith. but he never seen IT
git very gay with tn grocer.
Never try t pun tn wool over pee
pulls eyes unless y got an awful good
yarn.
The fire department was called out
last evening to respond to a call at
the home of Mrs. Cooper on Main
street. but their services were not
needed for the prompt assistance of
neighbors soon had the blaze, caused
by a gasolene stove. we'll under con-
troll The flames made very little head
way and little damage was done.
But for the prompt assistance Of
Druggist Handley and Clerk William
Aulwurm. clerk in the pharmacy
would have sustained frightful burns
on his arms and hands yesterday The
accident happened while he was FILL
ing a bottle with carbolic acid from
a large decanter. he splitting a sufh-
cient quantity over his arm and hand
had 1t not been promptly attended to
by Mr. Handley and assistant. who
used the first aid to the injured" RENE
dies and soon had the arm out OF dan
ger and pain.
The Henderlong Lumber company
gave a demonstration of the utility of
steel fence posts to a good-sized crowd
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-08
HECEWISCE

Mrs. Carl Watts and daughter vir-
ginia left Thursday for a months visit
with relatives In Michigan.
Mrs. Briggs of Dayton, Ohio, is Wis
ting her sister Mrs Argadne.
Mrs. Mccullough of Hammond spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Watring.
Mrs. r. watkins and Miss Sellars
were shopping in Hammond yesterday.
Only three of our streets will be re-
named Erie to be known as Baltimore
ave-, Ontario as Brandon and Super
Tor as Burnley avenue.
Mrs. watring and children are visit
ing friends and relatives in Kankakee.
Ill.
Mrs. William Reed visited relatives
in Eoseiand Thursday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-08

Sny son! Bring home n package of
Union Scout Scrap, its the best In the
market. s.sn Tob. Co.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-26

Perhaps it reduced my popularity
little among the wrong sort of men,
but the right sort approved of my
mother.
And mother told me in such a gen.
tie. kindly way what happens to the
girl who cheapens herself by per-
hitting men to kiss her, and she told
me of all the little lures she knew of,
and sometimes l, who had been
working four years, had to smile be-
cause her real knowledge of wicked
ness was limited, but she did say:
Temptation comes from within,
Jane, and not from without, and if
you do not let any foolish thoughts
grow up inside of your brain; the
foolish thoughts of others cannot
harm you"
Mother gave me of her strength
and of her wisdom, and because she
thought life wasn't good to me, she
brooded over it and tried so hard to
make me happy.
She often went without luncheon
so that she could buy me some oys-
tiers for a stew, that being my ia
vorite dish, and then she wouldn't
give the other children any, telling
them that 1 worked and must have
the best things.
And SO often that it brings tears
to my eyes to remember, she would
say, when there wasn't very much
to go round at the dinner table: 81
am not hungry tonight, finish it up"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-26
HOW LONG is BIG BUSINESS TO CONTINUE
INSULTING MOTHERS OF WORKING GIRLS?
BY JANE whitaker

Philadelphia which vice nveiga
Chicago millionaire state
nothing with
Philadelphia throws hands redeemed with the stain
thousands working girls
lack largely to improper home surroundings
early training"
Philadelphia foolish babbers
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-26

SulCdSO, dilu uldhcS IuS SCdICulCHC &c
in Professor Laughlin rhetoric, that
the conditions in the home of every
poor family must naturally be such
as to cause them to deteriorate ply
sically and socially which is another
way of saying morally"
Frankly, l am tired of that "en-
vironment" gag. l don't mind an in
suit to myself any girl who works
gets so many that she grows a trifle
Indifferent and usually considers the
source-but | do strenuously object
to having my mother and the mother
of every working girl insulted by
these addle-brained creatures.
let it pass, at first, because l be-
ieved they would eventually cease
their braying and get down to chew
ing hay. But, unchecked, they have
grown braZen.
appeal to you, girls! What were
your home conditions? Do you think
your mother could have been inn.
proved upon?, Frankly, don't think
God ever gave a girl better mother
than mine was and is.
We had a home of abiect poverty
while we were children, and yet
each of us-and there were four
received the strictest discipline.
l was seventeen before mother
would let me have a man call, and
then she always sat in the next room,
no matter how weary she was, and
she always told the man when it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
AN HOUR IN THE PENITENTIARY

"Of all such words OF tongue or pen
is truly expressed in what might have
been" This was a conclusion reached
in looking into nearly 500 faces OF
state convicts on recent visit 70 the
mining camp at Fiat Top. There We
had the privilege Of visiting the nail
as they were marched out from sup
per and behold the faces of young men,
men not yet in their prime, some SEN
fenced for many years asd some TOR
life The result of some atrocious crime
and a few claiming TO be innocent VIC
tins of circumstances, or the euecls
OF keeping bad company. Black and
white alike wore the stripes, the UNI
form that marks tfe convict IL was
Sunday afternoon; they had had day
OF rest from the mines and had been
to the services in the hall There was
no discomfort expressed Oh their faces;
they showed they were well kept ana
well fed. Yet we know not single
rnan there was not without regret VINO
would not recall tho act that had
brought him to the punishment fe,
the affect that his freedom was gone;
that his relations with the outslas
world were denied, was mild tonic
often for the vice that had poisoned
his nature and made him the criminal
that he was.
Not knowing why but we had pictured
convict camp as filed with bearded
men--those who haG grown 10 Years
az sorrow. of disappointment and with
out the hope of making good hal
grown desperate and cared not for the
results: hence dissipation. depraylty
and i'll temper had led them on. caring
little for the few years that were ieft
to them.
We were amazed to find the great
or majority young men, some that had
the faces of a boy. and they were gull
tv OF horrible crimes. This camp Is
worked by state conyicts; they repre-
sent the sorrows of homes from over
Alabama and while we looked at them
with pity we naturally turned TO those
whose anxiety was greater. Not one OF
them hut had left some kind of home
with someone praying Tor their iree-
dom anxious for their welfare and
eager for tidings Of their safety.
To those who have interests there
we can bespeak their safety. for they
arc In humane hands and cleanliness
In quickly observed, while meals are
besltbful and plentiful. We even vis-
tied the kitchen and peeped into the
oven asked the cock. who wore the
uniform. how mucn bread was made a
day. He told US twice day he baked
two bushels OF meal and 200 pounds
Of -four. Then he showed us the huge
boilers that were used for vegetables
and stews.
a hospital equipped comfortably for
me sick and wcunled is situated With
in the Enclosure and constant attend
ants, physician and surgeon are in
sharge. No lack Of arrangement to care
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
BY Mrs. ). D. REID

for those who have become the un-
fortunate charges of the state--even a
huge shower bath In connection with
the cells so that 40 men can have
baths at one time. The sanitary con-
ditions ,are perfect and the great big
yard looks as though they used the
an office and living apartment in the
inclosure and with a corps of assist
ants are fully aware of their respon-
sibility and realize they have a charge
to keep In so many human souls The
prisoners show by their general atti-
tude that they are governed by kind
ness and considerdtion--tle lash is the
last resort.
We had talk with a very kind looking
young negro. who has life sentence, and
he told us he had been there five years.
the folks were good to him. but he
had left family at home: he wanted to
see them. but he did not care to have
them see him there" He had murdered
a man of his olor--self-defense he claims
land he spoke with regret and sadness.
and said Il hated to do It, but had to-
1t seems pity to think of acting in
haste and repenting at leisure as must be
the case with so many.
Rev. John Hamilton OF Birmingham fills
the position of chaplain and spends every
Sunday in the walls. He holds morn
ing service in the chapel. and one of the
convicts plays the organ. while among
the others are many splendid voices. They
seem to appreciate the services and to
enjoy the singing. Mr.. Hamilton tells me
they are very responsive to his attentions.
During the afternoon he visits the cells
of white and black and thus is in touch
with many of their home affairs. and
many q message is trusted to his keeping
to be delivered to their folks at home
They have their task and the amount
mined above they are paid for: so Mr..
Hamilton carries a little blank book that
he may carefully list their little needs,
and when he returns the next Sunday
his arms are filled with packages in COM
plance with their requests. Some of
them get him to bank their earnings for
families
This, 1t seems. should almost be COM
pusory: so many of them have left faml-
lies without the means Of making a liv-
Ing and in their desperation and necessary
neglect OF the children we are only rear
ing another generation OF criminals, not
inherited vice always, but that crime that
makes the thief; that idleness that car
ries men to the dives for drink and the
by-ways for murder and assassination
The state has these criminals, as its
charge through the court; the execution
of the laws of the land. but Il has in
herited their families as helpless result
The man in the penitentiary is being fed
and clothed: he is earning an income for
the state. and will the state OF Alabama
stand by and see her women and children
suffer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

of its Size. l was talking with a po-
liceman there and he expressed the
whole thing in nutshell when he said
that as long as the world stood there
would be crime and we couldn't hope
to suppress 1t but the best we could
do was to minimize it
INSTEAD of sending so many police
men about to raid the various social
organizations OF the city, l suggested.
why don't you station plain clothes
policemen at the different corners
whore the mashers hang out and see
what the result would be?'
"That has been suggested before"
said Judge Lane, "and il We had the
finances we might consider II. DO you
know that If there was a policeman
on every corner in town II would re-
quire $500 policemen? Think OF the
cost of it,"
But take, for instance, the annoy
ance OF the kind Of men who are hang
Ing out in different parts of the city
who when ladies' drive by in their au-
tomobiles are embarrassed by being
yelled at to take them for a ride and
all such things az that?" / ventured.
"Such things should be reported at
once to the police department" said
Judge Lane. when and where II hap
pened and II would be suppressed i'm
mediately. Ii the ladies who have such
experiences would telephone to me I
would give my personal attention to
such things. You must remember that
Birmingham is a city almost Is miles
| long and on an average of five miles
| wide, and ii isn't an easy matter TO
| suppress crime. According TO the recent
report OF the fall grand jury many
charges We're made concerning crime In
| this county. yet [ am reliably informed
that only Ave gamblers were indicted
| some put the number at eight-still
| the grand jury and the sheriff and
| the police department at Its command
and If things were in such bad shape
why didn't they act in the matter?
| regard the statements made as only
the Ill considered words of unthinking
people. AS a matter of fact, the rec
ord OF the police department Is the
best credit slip We have OF the I'M
IDrovement in conditions during the
commission. form of government"
ITO what do you attribute tho num-
erous Migrants that infest Birming-
ham?'' I asked.
II have never believed that there
were any more here than anywhere
else" said Judge Lane In stone defense
of Birmingham
Granting that" observed. "you will
acknowledge that the pestifcrous
girls OF a city--not to speak OF the
disgusting personality to the nice. re-
spectacle women OF the place.
zone thing" said Judge Lane. It
would suggest and that is. mothers
ought to go with their daughters more
than they do. They ought to know
where they are and what they are do
ing downtown. I'm very old fashioned
in my views about such matters and
think mothers responsibility for her
daughter Is a very serious one"
What will be the outcome OF II ally
What do you hold In promise for the
betterment of conditions in Birming-
ham7" / asked.
Municipal ownership" said Judge
Lane. Then we could AFFORD adequate
| protection for the men, women ane
children OF this town. Ive always ad-
vocated IL. l think II Is tho only thing
that will solve the problem"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

/ Naturally they know their fathers fate,
| and they feel doomed to share his lot
hacked by this inherited sorrow--they are
stagnated In their growth and deprived
| by their opportunities. This is a mo-
mentous question today, and as We
glanced at that body OF SEQ convicts, we
thought that at least three hundred left
small children at home, and we pictured
| the result to the communities in which
| they lived. Men hardened by crime be-
come callous, but the mother. the wife
and the children are left to the mercy
/ of the world
We thought as we turned 10 leave the
cells we had seen tho darkest hours of
/ life. but this We take back.
Not content with the things on the
earth we decided to see beneath--so this
guard unlocked the entrance to the mine
where the real work Of the camp be-
gan and ended in the digging OF the
/ coal And step by step we went down
| to what we believe about 800 feet until
we came TO the entrance of the mine, and
there we saw the great seams OF coal
growing to the sides of the wall Save
the lantern all was darkness. Erebus In
full sway, but We know when we climbed
out there was freedom and we felt It.
sure enough.
But we understand TO the miner there
| is no dread or the darkness. he is content
to take his lantern and dig; he prefers
| 1t to the plow the hammer or the shop
| We wondered II when this great body of
men went miles into the bowels of tn,
earth and their picks stuck deep into the
black diamonds If they do not stan
| aghast at their own destiny-a fate
wrought by their own hand. The, dark
ness creates a curious thought and as
the voices echo through the damp and
| midnight calls. we wonder II they do not
| sing the words: Lead Kindly Light
do not fall AGAINST the wealth OF coal
as do they not sometimes think
| I'm robes OF judgment lo-He comes.
| Shakes the wide earth and cleaves
| the tomb;
| Before Him burns a devouring fire,
The mountains melt and the seas re-
tire
| Or has he become so hardened to his
own crime that he fails 10 acknowledge
| a higher power? Mr.. Hamilton tells us
not and II he does no more than to
! bring them from the darkness of their
! fomb-and points TO the freedom OF
| faith he has filed we'll his mission as
chaplain--truly. il he has left even one
| ray of light among them. and when his
work is over he can say:
GOOD shepherd. we've been seeking
the lambs that went astray.
! Heart sore. and faint with hunger,
| We heard them making moan,
| And lo< We come al nightfall
Bearing them safely home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

There is too much plain speaking nova
days. she says. TO suit her ideas of what
is both delicate and proper between the
sexes.
But little Betty was grandmother's ia
vori.e and now she must express an opin-
ion:
i've lived s. years she COM
menced, land in my time. I've seen wom-
en- dressed in many styles. In costumes
requiring only about three yards. and I've
never seen the day when the boor who
speaks to women without announcement
didn't excuse himself by blaming the kind
Of clothes they had on or the way they
wore them.'
Perhaps the Turks have the only con-
sistent way of treating women suggest
ed Aunt Letitia sarcasticaily.
Everybody smiled.
"That sounds kind OF suffragettish,"
Auntie,'' said Big Brother Tim. mischiev-
ously,
There's always an excuse for the
man. grandmother resumed. and blame
for the woman when anything happens
like what has overtaken our little Betty.
Women can't dress like women and yet
escape the moral obligation OF being
temptation to men. The Turk speaks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

men and women. but they act on the
principles of the Turk. Whatever brings
out the evil In them, is evil itself Hence.
their amiable tolerance of the 'masher.
and the unanimity with which they agree.
that the fault is the womans.'
'Whewl Grandma. you are certainly
gong some" said Big Brother Jim, as he
heard this TRADE knowing how seldom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

right out lie claims the whole earth
as belonging to him, and heaven. too
and agrees that ON earth woman is the
chief danger that he has to withstand.
She hasn't any soul and won't bother him
in heaven. So. he dresses her in shapes
less block garments, wells her face, and
puts her out or sight as much as possi-
BILE. He Is logical at least. Here, men
say that earth and heaven belong to both
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

Now, then:
"Why is tho "mnsher" permitted?
Who is responsible for his exis-
tence?
1t is-you guessed right the very
| first time
With this idea in mind I dropped in
| to see Judge A. q. Lane the other day
and asked him few questions on the
| subject.
1t seemed something OF an anach-
ronism to speak to this elegant
charming. courtly gentleman OF the
old school about such modernism as
'masher"
| Men of Judge Lanes type would
| probably never know that such crea-
lures exist except for the fact that
| he holds a public office where every
| species of humanity come under his
observation and all manner OF men and
! women under his Jurisdiction.
| Judge Lane, always gracious and af-
fable, was deeply Interested In the sub
| ject when / approached him and very
stoutiy affirmed my opinion that II was
crying need Of tho city that the
"masher' be mashed and mashed ef.
fectively.
why doesn't the commission take q
more strenuous hold OF the situation
and force these men out of the city?'
/ asked
"rhe commission is doing everything
In It's power" Judge Lane replied, "te
drive the vagrants--for that is what
the masher is--a vagrant--away from
town. The police department has or.
ders to enforce the law to the fulles
extent In the case OF vagrants and III,
commission has done a great deal NOR,
than the public generally knows unde.
the work of vagrancy. It isn't alway.
reported as you have suggested under
the head of the masher. but 1t Is one
and the same thing
Birmingham isn't any worse thar
any other city, Judge Lane continued
Il always make II point when an
| from home to look into conditions II
| whatever place I happen TO be In. anc
not a great while ago l was in ST
Louis. which. by the way, Is one oi
the best governed cities in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
Hard to Satisfy

From the Detroit Free Press.
Dear me, think TIN the most n,isera-
BILE creature in the world"
whats the matter?'
"Im trying TO follow this magazinO'a q
advice on how to be happy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02
DRIN X
|H A BIT i
RELIABLE HOME TREATMENT

Thousands of wives, mothers and sis
ters are enthusiastic in their praise of
ORRINE. because 1t has cured their
loved ones OF the Drink Habit" and
thereby brought happiness to their homes.
Can be given secretly. ORRINE costs
only $1.00 per box. Ask for Free Booklet.
Eugene Jacobs Drug Store. 1904 Second
Ave; Fulton Bros. Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-02

II was that grandmother freed her mind
on such subjects.
This conversation may be taken as
typical of many that are heard around
the breakfast tables of the best people
in this city.
Scarcely a day passes that you don't
hear some nice woman complaining of the
fact that she has been spoken TO by
some "masher'' downtown.
If he hasn't actually spoken to her. he
has smiled at her, and ogled her and em-
barrassing her, often following her for
blocks and blocks, making her feel SO
uncomfortable that except for the fact
that IT would give her too much notoriety
she would report it to the police depart
ment and there make All end OF It.
The ''masher'' Is positive pest and nuis-
ance.
He doesn't amount to n hill of beans,
except for his pesl<y annoyance.
He's the cube root OF a vacuum-the
net product of nothng-when weighed in
the human scales
He's circle with the periphery
eliminated.
lie has no respect for himself nor
anybody else.
has legitimate employment at stated
hours during the day and who enjoys
the recreation of n few hours on the
streetS-the only time that he has to
call his own.
This type Is not eatalogucd "mnsh-
ers.'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-09
CREEK PRINCESS
GIVES GEMS To
WAR FUND
DOwager Queen Goes to the Front
to Help Nurse Wounded
Soldiers.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ATHENS, July s.-The Dowager
Queen of Greece, mother Of King
Constantine, left to-day for Salonika
on a transport to help nurse the
wounded Greeks in the military hos
pital there.
Many society women are volunteer
ing to go to the front to act as nurses
on the battlefield.
Princess Helene has given away
half OF her jewels to secure medical
supplies for the Greeks.
Five priests of the Greek Catholic
Church and the Metropolitan of La
bona were executed by Bulgarian
soldiers on their retreat across the
Struma River. before the advance of
King Constantine's army, it was re-
ported to-day in war dispatches FROM
Salonika.
This followed the report that 700
Greeks were burned in a mosque near
l<ilkish by Bulgarian 'irregulars.'
Lahona was pillaged and partly de-
stroyed and a number of Greek wom-
en- were carried off by the retreating
Bulgarians.