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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16

Repose settles very gracefully upon
housewife. The other members of the
family do not always come home with
the spirit Of helpfulness and cheerful
moss. and when a woman finds II neces-
sarv 20 be the pacifer or the encourager
II will be a time for her TO call upon her
reserve power Of strength. She therefore
needs 10 store up energy for the unex-
pected because emergencies are always
having 10 be- met I'm the household. II
she does not plan for the unusual. the I'M
usual is likely to he the straw that
breaks the camels back" Remember the
jamaican couplet:
.'Doan run too fas' wi dat load O. lines.
III you run too fas'. you will run two
times.
The wise woman will not fail 10 take
few minutes for rest several times during
even her busiest and most taxing day.
Indeed, il is on Just such day that she
most needs To practise the beneficial Cos
pel of relaxation. is the advice given in
one of the Cornell University bulletins
for housewives. To relaX-to let go the
nerve, brain and muscle strain-for even
sixty seconds is a positive gain to the en-
tire system Complete relaxation and
thorough rest are most easily obtained by
lying down and unreservedly yielding the
support OF the body to the couch. Thus to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
MRS. HEATH A-SLEUTH|NG
With Mrs. CaraWay. She Seeks
Clean Soda on East Side.
AND SHE DOESN'T FIND IT
Two Housewife Leaguers Drink
Seventeen Varieties of
L;quid-and Live.

If Mrs Julian Heath and Mrs. Henry
r. Caraway. president and vice-oresident
of the Housewives League. are not laid
mp with acute indigestion this morning
then they are living testimony To the
power OF mind over matter. In the In
terest of public health they visited the
worst and flthiest soda water fountains
they could find on the East Side yes
terday ard drank soda water and tasted
syrups and smelled favors I'LL anybody
who wasn't upheld by stern zeal would
have fallen down and died
II was several days ago that Mrs.
Heath. feeling spring in the air, reminded
herself that now was beginning the sea-
son when Young lovers and little children
and other people sought the soda water
fountains and drank. So with Mrs.
Caraway. Mrs. Heath visited seventeen
places. and they will go az il again TO-
day II the first trip doesn't lay them low.
They first took in some upper West side
stores. and found them discouragingly
clean. II began to look as IL there wasn't
anything to reform. until the invesu-
gators took a long jump TO East ith
street. Things got interesting here riSht
away.
On the corner Of ith street and Second
avenue Mrs. Earaway pounced on syrup
bottle on shelf in an open refreshment
stall kept by a fat and much bearded
man. She took out the cork.
Smell" she commanded Mr.. Heath.
The head Of the Housewives League
took one sniff
Booze" she said. Plain booze. What's
it called? Cherry tonic? 1t is nothing but
alcohol with colorIng in it-and children
drinking it,"
Fourth street was really exciting. Mrs.
Heath couldn't go two steps without find
ing a refreshment stall that was h!thier
than the last As for bottles Of syrup
that weren't labelled they were legion.
one old woman was found doing with
her head resting on the edge Of the ice
cream can
only one oasis Mrs Heath found in that'
desert Of adulterated drinks. II was Ill
tie shop where. working in great harmony
together old Never Kadish. his wife and
pretty Lena Kadish. mis- daughter. spent
their days making fruit syrups for the
soda fountain trade With pride old
Never took Mrs Heath and Mrs Cara
way into the back room and showed them
how he worked.
If nut In the fresh fruit. ] put In the
sugar. put in the water-so-nothins
more" h, said no coloring to poison
/ have my name to keep good
But Mr.. Heath is a vigilant lady she
bought jar OF his fruit syrup and took
# to the Board Of Health to be Analysed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16

measure enforced To prevent such oc-
currences, and all canned goods that are
"swelled' or blown" are condemned.
The letter from the manufacturer said
that where goods were blown any
housewife could punch a hole in a
"swelled" can and let the gas out.
II they did anything like that the
Commissioner added as he read the COM
munication, there would be considerable
damage done"
"SpringeIs'' and clippers, the com
muniCa alton further stated, were present
in large quantities of sugared canned
goods and were not harmful.
I'D like TO have look al Ripper
commented the health official, who said
he would advise the manufactures That
empty cans and receptacles in which
they were boxed were available 10 manu-
facturers. but if "fippers' and Spring
ers" We're present in fermented canned
materials they would have 10 go Ia the
offal dump as usual. as the rules would
not be changed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
POSTMASTER FACKNER OUT
Resigns from Port Richmond
Office on Washington Demand.

Henry Fackner resigned yesterday from
the office of postmaster at Port Ricn-
mond. Staten Island. AT the request oi
the Postoffce Department. Fackncr was
appointed four years ago oy President
Taft. and was 10 serve another year
In the letter asking for his resignation
il was set forth that Postmaster Fack-
ner had kept one OF the letter carriers on
the payroll FOR five weeks when the car
rier was not working. and that there was
shortage Of 500 in the accounts OF the
assistant postmaster
Mr.. Fackner said the carrier had been
ill I'm bed and family had been de-
pendent upon him. other carriers mad
offered 10 do the mans work, and the
postmaster thought the government
should pay his salary. He said the
shortage had been made good by the as
sstant postmasters friends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
MRS" SQUIRE REPEATS
Enters Fifth Protest Against
Voteless Taxation.

Chicago. May l5.-The nth annual pro-
test OF Mrs" Belle Squire, president Of
the mo Vote. No Tax I.ague." against
taxation without the vote was filed yes
terday with the Board Of Assessors. The
suffragist wrote her declaration of
woman's Independence on the back OF
personal property schedule blank which
had been left at her home.
Just so long as the state persists In
classifying me with the irresponsible and
moral degenerates. except on pay day."
the woman asserted. simply because 1
was born a woman. just so long will I
refuse voluntarily to subscribe to the i'm
piled degradation by filling In this docu-
ment."
Mrs" Squire had the document sworn
to and across the notarial seal stamped
Votes for Women
The suffragist, who is a spinster. an
nounced several weeks ago that she
wished to be known as Mrs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16

This is the story of $4,000 garden
and some radishes that grew in 1t.
1t is not a garden full of Italian marbles
and rare plants. even If it does sound eX-
pensive. The choicest plant is % cent
rambler rose. and the nearest approach
To marble is the tin coffee pot with when
Vincenzo waters his radishes The garden.
however. lies I'm the business heart OF
New York City. between Broadway ana
the Bowery. The whole lot is valued at
sos, 900, so the corner which the children
OF Public School 1870 use for their farm
is safely reckoned at $4,000.
For years and years after the Board OF
Education bought the corner lot for new
school building which has never been
erected. the land stood idle. covered with
the refuse oi a crowded neighborhood.
The children could not even play on II.
Then. last year two Of the teachers. look
ing out from their windows. said to them
selves
This is school land Why can't it be
used for the school children
They secured the permission Of the
Board Of Education. and then out Of their
own salaries they paid a laborer to clear
UP that lot. The boys Of the school did
the rest Every day after school they
picked out stones from a tiny area in the
sunniest corner till there were as many
stone walls running in every direction
over that lot as on a New England Farm
The owner of the stable across the street
contributed manure. Some lumber was
bought from which the boys made fence
poles and an ambitious arbor. over which
the - cent rambler rose Is being coaxed
For climax they built bird house atop
the arbor. and the teachers had not the
heart to tell them that no sane bird would
ever venture into that wilderness Of chin
neys and tenements.
So the garden was born. Look at II
now. There are peas foot high Think
Of that, children of Baxter street who
never even saw grass growing are raising
June peas AS well as great husky radishes
and onions that are fairly bursting from
the ground. Around the edges Of the tiny
farm are Towering vines. expected TO
Chamber over the stone wall" In the
border Of flowers are marigolds. peonies.
sunfowers. eeraniums, sweetpeas, Can
usrbury bells and the rose bush.
This main garden belongs TO the chill
dren Of the two teachers who founded the
garden. Miss Harriet POrritt and Miss
Marie Donovan. Scattered all over the
sos. 600 plot. however. are limitations.
tiny. pathetic bits 81 garden which the
children Of other grades have made Of
their own accord. bit Of ground, a
shaky pile OF stones about II: a red
geranium. few italian onions stolen from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
MONEY FAILS KEEP LOVE
Young Wife of Old Man Dis
dams Agreement.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Poughkeepsie. y. Y. May l5.-Unusual
conditions Of an ante -nuptial agreement
we're revealed here to-day by Mrs. Cora
Carroll Hughes. thirty years OLD.
wife of George Hughes, millionaire
furniture dealer of this city, eighty years
Old. who IL suing him for divorce, by
making public the agreement signed less
than six months ago.
In the contract Mr. Hughes agrees that
sS5.0O be paid to Cora Carroll Hughes
eighteen months after his death. The
agreement states that Cora Carroii
Hughes should be AN affectionate ana
true friend of George Hughes. always
loving. kind and affectionate and true
wife. and TO keep no hidden secrets from
him and always TO love. honor and obey
him. and still further 10 devote her whole
love and affection TO him and TO care for
no other living man.
Mrs Hughes was never 10 absent her
self at any time from home no matter
where il might be, or go 10 any other
place without his consent or permission
unless he accompanied her. He agreed 70
the same covenants and restrictions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
GARDENS BLOOM
IN A VACANT LOT
Down on Baxter Street 1t Is and the Youngsters Whe
Don't Belong in the Happy Classes OF the teachers
Who Invented the Idea Try Their Hand Alone.

Inc padre's stock. a handful of oats stolen
from a horses dinner bag-these are the
farms" Each one boasts an old tin can,
a pail or the coffee pot hung on SUCH
At recess the children laboriously carry
water from the big barrel by the gate
Some are labelled in childish printing.
This is my farm. Please keep on.
Toni"
The teachers suggested that the farms
should be alongside the fence. so that
the children would have more room 10
play, but-no. said the child farmers IL
was too shady near the fence. The gar
dens must have sunshine in the middle
Of the lot So II had TO be.
The most remarkable features OF these
gardens are the scarecrows. or scare
sparrows An old hat is terror 10
predatory birds. And shoes are fine TOO
An excellent scare-sparrow Is made oy
filling big white paper bag with refuse
and tieng that to tall stick. mus IN
genously does the child mind conquer
the problems OF agriculture.
They are mostly children Of sunny
v.
growing things. and not only the little
ones. but their fathers and mothers, love
the tiny green spots. The mothers, MISS
Porritt says, are always sneaking In 10
look at the green things
Bella. bella" they say, il they can't
speak any English.
Look like my country" they say, If
they can.
ANYWAY. when they look down from
their tiny tenements. over the torrid
streets and the dragging clothes lines OF
their neighbors. they see the only bits or
green within blocks, and they love IT,
Last summer the sunlowers. which bios
somed all through the summer vacation,
were the pride of the nelghborhood. The
big boys and the "toughs' who prowl
that district at night climb over the
fence. but never since the garden was
started has 50 much as one radish been
injured. The little children gave party
for the big folks last fall. and they all
had a chance 10 show their fathers and
mothers just what fine radishes and
onions and "cornS' they could grow
Then they all had lemonade and spoke
pieces A bella goo time" was had by
all
1T seems a pity" says Miss Porritt
that since it is so easy to make a
garden. and il gives the children so much
happiness. more Of the vacant lots are
rot so used-especially those belonging
TO the Board OF Education | know one
school lot which is used for private
tennis court. while the children Of the
school next door play in the street"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
CELL FOR wNEz CRAVEN
Police Stop Votes for Women
Speech-Intoxication Is Charge.

woman who said she IL Miss Agnes
Smith, and whom the police say they
have reason 10 know as Inez Craven. who
ran away from an English lord and gave
up the title Of Lady Craven, was locked
up last evening on charges OF intoxica-
ton and dlsordery conduct. Patrolman
ERan. of the West Eth street police sta
ton. found the woman trying 10 balance
herself on soap box while she talked
votes for women to crowd OF men,
The former Lady Croven carried
gunnysack I'm which she was explaining
she carried her little dog, Elizabeth. when
she moved about She also said that she
had lost Sl2 alimony money earlier i'm the
evening. Miss Smith" gave her age as
thirty-five years and her address as No.
so East nth ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
HERE'S CONEY ISLAND IS
Resort Brilliant as Ever on OFF,
Clal Opening of Season,
WEATHER THINS OUT CROWD
Only 100000 on Hand to Watch
Floral Parade, First Feat
ure of Carnival.

Coney Island is awake again. Amer
ing with frankfurters, peanuts and lem
onade. of shoot-the- chutes and trips to
the moon and roller coasters. awakened
yesterday afternoon from It's long win
ter's sleep stretched itself and sat up
ana by o'clock its golden lights reflect
cd on the sky gave notice that the season
Of 1913 was open
Last night was not warm one and the
sky was overcast. yet the crowd drawn
out bv the official opening must have
numbered one hundred thousand. And
the unsettled weather failed 10 keep
down It's spirits. the crowd enjoying itself
in Coney Island fashion and usually in an
entirely orderly manner.
The official opening occurred at : o'clock
with floral parade in which were twelve
floats bearing pretty girls surrounded by
bowers Of flowers. Each float was pre-
coded by a band, the parade taking place
on Surf avenue and ending at Luna
The parade was the first feature Of a
three days opening carnival arranged b.
the Coney Island Citizens Committee
This evening there will be carnival
cabaret" surf avenue beng given over 10
dancing and all vehicles being excluded.
on Saturday there will be parade OF
commercial automobiles
The usual attractions are 10 he seen
along Surf avenue, and Luna opened big
ger ana inner than ever. Fire and
sword in which is depicted the attack
OF the Bulgarians on Adranople. is espe-
cially brilliant II takes place on a stage
$50 feet wide. the entire city being shown.
with a background OF mountains. Among
the features OF the spectacle is a battery
of machine guns, which keep up con-
slant fire while the city burns. Another
novelty is Crazy Town. whose mys-
teries are many. and which appeared TO
have distinct appeal TO the crowds.
one outburst of jealousy between two
young girls however. ended with one Of
them landing In the COney Island Hos
pital with bullet in her right hand and
the other at the Coney Island Police sta
ton charged with feonious assault. The
wounded girl said she was Josephine
O'Neil, eighteen years old, Of No iIS
Sutton Place. and the prisoner Kathleen
Kenney, twenty-one. Of No. 4S5 ST. Marks
avenue. The girls met on Mermaid ave-
nue.. where the ONeill girl accused the
Kenney girl of taking young man away
from her. A hair pulling contest ensued'
during which the Kenney girl bit the
O'Neill girls thumb.
Miss O'Neill thereupon repaired to
drug store for first aid to the injured ana
the Kenney gin To room, where she
had been staying. on Mermaid avenue
Obtaining a revolver. she returned TO the
street. and when her rival came out OF
the drug store fired four shots, only one
Of which took effect Detective Weymah'
az the Coney Island Police station sa"
the shooting and arrested the henney
girl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
MRS. RUMSEY'S TALK FAILS
Nassau Supervisor Unmoved by
Plea for Poor.

Mineola. Long Island, May l0'-Mas. -
c. Rumsey. accompanied by MIS- "iiiafu
d. Straight, branched out as an o'a'o'
this afternoon before the Board OF super
visors OF Nassau County. Mrs RuInsey
urged that the poor of the county pe
nlaced under the complete control OF one
man instead of several. as at present.
Mrs. Rumsey, who is clever poio
player and a member of the Meano"
Lark Club, failed In her attempt 10 ac-
conpllsh consolidation. for the superW-
core decided TO make no change The
meeting was public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16

BOSTON. May 15.-"Three hundred thou
sand babies year is the sacrifice laid on
tho altar of parental ignorance said Mrs.
Frederic Schoff. of Philadelphia. president,
Of the National Congress Of Mothers and
Parent Teachers Associations, in her
opening address at the seventeenth annual
meeting of the congress, which began to-
night
Proper education OF motners ana fathers
would save more than % per cent OF TINS
infant sacrifice. Mrs. Schof estimated.
AT the root Of the white slave traffic
and the social evil" the speaker said. lis
the absolute neglect Of parents to educate
their children in the laws governing life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
IGNORANCE KILLS 100000 BABES
Mrs. Schof Charges This Sacrifice Every Year t
Parents Lack Of Education Slave" Traffic
Also Put Up to Fathers and Mothers.

and the proper use Of their God-given
functions The present condition is but
the result one can properly expect from
such neglect"
In referring 10 a need for change in the
administration Of justice in the cases OF
wayward and erring children Mrs. Schoff
said THE sacrifice OF infant lives IL
nothing i'm comparison to the sacrihce OF
children TO a life Of crime by mistaken
methods Of dealing with child offenders.
She added that inefficient homes are
largely responsible for bringing children
into the courts"
At the opening session Bishop William
Lawrence invoked a blessing on the work
OF the congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
BAN ON PARK LITTER
Uaynor Orders Arrest of Those
Who Scatter Rubbish.

nose who throw paper and refuse on
us PARK lawns will be arrested. Writing
a n. Spencer. chairman of the Parks
said:
am about to notify the Police Com
s4''loher TO send a special squad OF 20
10 arrest all who commit this Of
nv ! hate to arrest people. but those
"'o" papers and other litter in the
-" or In any way dirty or defile them
sa' 10 be arrested We propose to give
mem oue notice TO stop. Those who
.unue Will have themselves to blame
,.,' ~" 'hey are arrested. We must follow
matter up until these dirty people
,ss Y nave no gratitude for the fine parks
lesson"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
"FLlPPER" IS NEW TO LEDERLE
This Whais-it and Many "Springes Thrive in Sugared
Canned Foods, Writes Western Manufacturer
to Health Department.

What's Ripper? What's a Spring
err"
Health Commissioner Lederle asked
himself and several of his assistants yes
terday to define ripper" and springer"
for, according to a large manufacturing
concern in Michigan, there are a great
many such things in sugared canned
products now being sold in this city. II
is contended that they are not harmful.
The manufacturing concern i'm question.
In communication to the Health Com
missioner. said 1t would do no more bust
ness in this city because of the drastic
food restrictions here While i'm other
places all canned goods that were con-
sdered spoiled were permitted to be re-
turned, here such goods were condemned
by the health authorities, who had not
even permitted containers in which they
had been shipped to he returned 1t is
maintained that they had no idea of using
the contents of the cans over again.
Commissioner Lederle had the drastic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
PRIZE TO RADCLIFFE GIRL
First of Her Sex to Win Mu-
nicipal League Honor.

Philadelphia, May 1.-THE Baldwin
prize, offered 10y the National Municipal
League for the best ESSAY dealing with a
municipal topic submitted by a student in
AN American college or university. was
this year awarded TO Miss Sibel Edelweiss
Longhead. Of Radcliffe College, Cam
bridge Mass.
This is the first time woman has won
the prize The second prize was awarded
10 Edward \. Lawler. of Harvard Uni
versity.
The subject OF Miss Longheads essay
was The Best Sources Of city Revenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
$4,000 FOR LOSS OF HUSBAND.

Mrs. Bridget Reddy, OF No. $50 Acad-
envy street, Astoria. yesterday obtained
a verdict Of $1,000 for damages from the
Degnon Contracting Company before JUS
tice Van Siclen. In the Supreme Court
Queens County. for the death OF her hus-
band. John Reddy who was killed by fall
ing from trestls in Long Island city on
February 10. Reddy was employed as hre-
man on a dummy locomotive. when the
trestle on which the tracks we're laid col
lapsed and Rcddy and the locomotive fell
into the excavation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
FRITZ SCHEFF DIVORCED
Singers Decree Against John
Fox. Jr., Made Final.

FRITZ Schef. thu comic opera pIlna
donna. whose troubles with her novelist
husband. John Fox. jr. nave for some
time engaged the attention Of the courts.
got her divorce IN White Plains yeste'-
dav. when Supreme Court Justice keosh
made the introductory decree which ne
granted last January final
Mr.. Fox's romantic couriship oi the
former Metropolitan singer had its re-
ward ON December 20. 1905 when they
were quietly married at Mount hlsco.
Even close friends OF the couple were
amazed when Miss Schef brought suit
little over ii year ago and secured the
appointment OF a special commission To
take her testimony. which involved Mr..
Fox and "A tall and strikingly handsome
blonde"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
WOMEN WANT LOWER STEPS
Trolley Line of Youngstown,
Ohio. Blames Tight Skirts.

youngstown. Ohio. May l5.-The Wom-
ans Club League OF this city has petit
toned the council TO pass legislation COM
pelling steps on trolley cars to be lowered
within eight inches of the street
II is declared that the present steps are
too nigh and women are embarrassed
every time they board or leave the cars.
II IS said the company will maintain that
the present tight skirt is to blame and not
the car steps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-16
FORTUNE FOR SKIN STUDY
DR.. Duhring Leaves Estate to Univer'
sity of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia. May 1.-THE University
of Pennsylvania is largely remefnpe'e"
i'm the will of DR. Louis a. Duhrihe'
former professor at that institution VINO
died recently. DR.. Duhring's Will disposes
OF an estate valued at about foOV. All
of his notes Of medical cases are gwen
10 the university. and the will creates
trust fund of So 900. the income of when
is TO be used for the benefit OF the ue-
nartment Of cutaneous medicine at Penn
sylvanla