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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19

FOR SALE in Highland Park, a 4 room
frame house with large screened porch,
lots, fenced: terms. Phone 57S5.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-19

AS Roberts, Banner Building.
Phones Office 2460: Res, 3437-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
1t Is Significant, and at the Same Time Paradox
icaI, Adds DR.. Baker, That War or the
Fear Of War; Has Been Responsible for
the Worldwide Desire to Better the
Physical Welfare of Children.

practically. that overwarmth combined
with lack Of air and with body eXhals-
tions is not conducive to clear brains
or an alert mentality. The tendency TO
construct schoolhouses with due regard TO
adequate cubic air space for each pupil
is a sign Of the times. Adjustable desks.
that mean prevention of spinal deformi-
ties; proper lighting and clean black
boards. with books printed with clear
type on unglazed paper, all necessary for
the conservation Of eyesight, are now
being supplied at the demand OF the
school hygienist All Of these things the
child has d right to demand Of those who
are responsible for its detention at school.
The cheap, appetizing and wholesome
school luncheon is an activity that pays
dividends in red cheeks. healthy bodies
and robust childhood In the cities where
this need is greatest II is difficult TO pro-
vide the right counter attraction to the
hokey- -pokey man or his brother of the
allurirg but equally unnutrtious frank
furter. but the children can be induced
10 spend their pennies for decent food II
the school luncheon purveyor is a person
Of discrimination and does not attskpt
10 offer spaghetti to the little Yetta from
the ghetto or Irish stew TO Concetta from
the Italian southland
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
DR.. S. Josephine Baker, Director Of Child Hy-
giene in New Yorks Department Of Health,
Writes with Authority on the New School
system That Conserves Child Health
Largely by Preventive Measures,

chance With almost mathematical pre-
cision she noted the decreasing birth
rate. the increasing infant mortality and
the increasing physical unhtness among
her children, and started d child well
fare system under the governments con-
troll 10 prevent infant mortality and
through the schools. 10 prevent and cor
rect the physical ailments Of children
England learned her lesson during the
Boer War Her woHted complacency re-
ceived a shock when the physical unit
ness Of vast numbers of the army's re-
cruits was discovered, but of this came
the splendid system of school medical
inspection that England has a right to
pride herself upon.
France, with the greatest decrease in
her birth rate TO counteract and its
alarming infant death rate. has given
the world the now universally copied
de nourrissons. or infants
milk stations, and its child welfare or
pucrculture system Is wholly admirable
Other foreign countries have not been
lageards in this respect Medical in
spection Of school children is now a ma
tional matter in the greater number oil
civilized governments Japan, as part
of it's policy in adopting all that is best
in nation building, has now one Of the
most highly organized and effective sys-
tens of school medical inspection in the
world
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
MEDICAL INSPECTION.

School medical inspection goes further
than this. II demands that the school shall
give the child a healthful place TO study.
Fresh air. the cheapest life-giving COM
modify we have. is most carefully shut
out from even the best regulated school
houses. Open-air classes, where the chill
dren study out-of-doors. have been tried,
and have shown such remarkable results
I'm the cure of anemia and malnutrition
particularly when combined with the
school lunch-that the idea is slowly gain
ing ground among school officials that
fresh air inside as we'll as outside the
ordinary classroom would be equally ad
vantageous The fact that it costs moth
ing TO open the windows, while artificial
ventilating systems are expensive to in
stall and maintain, may be the eXplana-
tion OF the apparent prejudice in favor of
the latter. This prejudice dies hard in
spite of the fact that the open window,
properly controlled. is an adequate ven
tiIating device, and the artificial systems
are mainly noted for their inadequacy.
Whatever may be the scholastic defects
of cur school system. the main and most
serious Indictment of our schools is their
lack OF adequate classroom ventilation.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

Colorado Louisiana. Maine, Massachusetts,,
Minnesota. New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island. Utah and West Virginia.
Nine other states have laws permitting
such supervision. these are California, Con-
nccticut. Indiana. New York. North Da-
kota, Ohio Vermont. Virginia and Wash
ington About three-fourths OF our Amer
lean cities have some system Of school
medical inspection and hundreds Of towns
are following this lead. sometimes with
the school doctor alone sometimes with
the school nurse alone and. when possi-
bic, with both. because this health care
needs the kind OF supervision that must
come from both the medical and nursing
point OF view. In the large cities, the
work is well organized and comprehen-
sive; everywhere ii is showing its value.
Public health work nowadays means
preventive medicine. just as the old idea
Of the police power OF boards Of health is
giving away to educational methods.
Public preventive medicine means keep
ing people well by attention to the big
sanitary problems OF pure water. pure
milk, clean streets non-polluted air and
proper housing. and by direct education
of the masses as TO the proper use OF
these factors. as well as the lesser. but
lust as important, questions OF personal
bNgfene
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
THE THOROUGH SWISS.

switzerland has been as thorough ana
precise i'm this line as it is in most gov
ernmental affairs. and its plan for the
conservation Of child health is admira-
ble and efficient. Australia, Norway
Sweden and especially Belgium had only
TO recognize the need to meet II prompt
Iv by systematic work splendidly per-
formed. In practically all Of the other
{uportant ma tions some cities are deal
ing with this matter as municipal duty.
Rut IL Europe woke up because of its
Unsuitable demand for full hghtlhg
strength in war per Sc, we III the United
states have awakened 10 the Importance
of healthy children in another KIND OF
pyar-tbat Of maintaining our national
rreetiee and strength by the conserva-
,,o,, of nationwide health. We are IN
,u,,ddling clothes still. but we are be-
Inning 70 consider the child as an as
set The establishment of the Federal
Children's Bureau is the hrst natiohai
recognition of this movement, but our
ctries have had TO show the way our
soothing. bubbiing melting pot mas iur-
uished our impetus. our Immigration
nrobIem is vastly more than social ana
commercial assimilation of alien stock
ont of these vexed social and economic
probIems we have been forced TO see the
Inevitable reaction upon health and par
ticularly upon the health of children
Inst about one hundred years ago we
recognized that child, TO become use
fuI citizen. must be literate so We found
ed our system of free schooling and com
nulsory education. Now we are aware
mat in order to become a useful citizen
- child must be healthy The United
States is beginning TO save its babies
and IN nrotect the health OF its children.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
THE SCHOOL LUNCHEONS.

These school luncheons have generally
been instituted and maintained by phil
anthrcpic citizens. but IL was quickly
shown that they We're not only worth
while but also financially self-sustaining,
even with the moderate price OF three
cents for a bowl OF hot SOUP. stew or
spaghetti, with bread and butter. cocoa
or milk Various added attractions In
the shape Of cakes and tarts can be
purchased for a cent or two additional,
and have helped 10 accentuate the lunch
cons popularity The schools themselves
are now taking hold, and this social ex-
pertinent promises TO become permanent
The individual child is the direct con-
Germ of the school doctor and nurse. In
addition TO the regular daily inspection
to detect cases OF contagious diseases the
child. who is both the reason and the ef-
feet of the whole plan. is regularly and
Systematically examined by the school
doctor to determine whether or not there
is any existing physical abnormality that
requires care and correction. In general
this examination is made when the child
enters school for the first time and every
two years thereafter. though In some
states and cities the law requires that this
examination be made yearly.
Here enters that most valuable public
health official, the school nurse. Finding
out the number Of children who are phys
ically unit is simply All index. The nurse
is the exemplihcation of our truly Ameri-
can habit OF getting things done" The
school doctor may find that Johnnie needs
glasses 1t is the school nurses business
TO see that Johnnie obtains those glasses
at once and forthwith. II physical all
ments are not fostered and developed BY
faulty school hygiene they are usually
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
WAR AND THE CHILD.

With all Of this readjustment the'o
has been a movement. gaining rapiu mo
mertum. TO make the school the lhslru-
ment and the way for the most worth
while campaign of modern times-the con-
seryation Of the health Of the child'
1t is significant (and at the same tiihe
tafadoxicaD that war or the fear oi wal
has been RESPONSIBLE for the practical de-
yelopment of the worldwide desire 10
safeguard the physical welfare OF chil-
dren Right or wrong. the big interest VI
most nations is their preparedness LOT
aar and the maintenance OF the iuI
quota Of their standing armies. The rec
ignition that no nation can afford 10 ial
behind another IN It's birth rate apd that
full ranks Of ablebodied men -pepehu
upon the number and physical souhuHess
OF growing children stands back OF 'h'S
greatest Of conservation experiments
The first faint expression Of tins neeu
and the desire TO meet II dates back over
ihree-quarters OF a century and came
from France. but il is only within the
last twenty years that the responsibility
Of nation for its children has. iorhu-
lated Itself in any definite action. Ihe
three big European nations that seem 10
md II essential for their peace oil nlnu
- keep on increasing the size OF their
armies and navles are the ones that have
gwen the most practical expression Oh
tef supervision Of child health.
Germany never leaves anything 70
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
IN THE WAKE OF BOSTON.

Philadelphia and New York followed
this lead IN a year or two but with the
same purpose, and school medical inspec-
ton meant having doctors in the employ
Of the municipality visit the schools each
day to detect children with inciplent signs
of contagious disease and send them home
SO that the other children in the school
might be protected.
This system is i'm force 10 the presen,
dav in some modified fern wherever school
nspectlon is practised, and IL has resulted
in greatly lessening the bad reputation OF
schools as the starting point of epidemics
Of contagious diseases. Indeed where the
systems of school inspection are highly de-
yeloped. as i'm New York city for example
school epidemics OF contagious diseases
are practically unknown. For instance, in
this CITY i'm 1912, out OF 100000 children
under supervision i'm the public schools, II
was necessary to send only 1000 home be-
cause they were affected with any one OF
the general contagious diseases. such as
measles. scarlet fever or diphtheria. ana
i'm no instance was IL found necessary To
close a schoolhouse and keep the children'
al home because of even small epidemic.
During the last ten years. school medi-
cal inspection in this country has come
10 have a larger meaning, and the main
polnt of attack is now the general health
and welfare of the child. with particular
reference to the environment of the school
and OF the home and the occurrence OF
the non-contagious physical defects.
Ten Of the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia have now passed laws
making such supervision OF schools ana
school children mandatory. These are
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
CLASSROOM PROGRESS.

Slowly. but surely, the necessity for
cleanliness of the floors. walls and desks
of the classrooms is gaining ground.
drinking fountains are replacing the
germ laden common drinking cup, and it
is not too much TO hope that the roller
towel. with its capacity for transmit
ting the contagious eye and skin diseases.
will soon give way TO the individual
paper towel Overheating of the class
rooms is now a subject Of scientific in
vestiSation. and it is being theoretically
demonstrated. what we have long known
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

We know the answer to what IS the
matter with our schools?' but II -
equally important TO know the answer
to what is the matter with our school
children. and why?'
There are 2OOOOO0 children I'm the ele-
mentary schools OF this country. children
between five and fourteen years Of age.
From statistics compiled In the cities and
rural communities. il appears that l5,gO-
600 Of these children have defective teeth.
:. 100000 have defective vision 100000 have
enlarged tOnsils. 100000 have adenoid
growths, 100000 have nervous disorders.
3. .O0O. 900 some deformity and 100000 have
anamia and malnutrition. These are un-
treated physical defects; either the
parents have not recognized them, or. even
If they have recognized them, they have
neglected to provide proper treatment.
I.ntreated. taken singly or collectively
they mean general physical deterioration,
increased susceptibility to the infectious
diseases. greatly diminished resistance to
any illness and an impaired physique
throughout adult life.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
HANDICAP OF PHYSICAL DEFECT.

Incidentally. for the physical Ill health
Of school children is not pedagogical
problem but a life problem, the child
with physical defects is handicapped In
it's school progress. Such conditions and
the resulting illness mean absences from
school for more or less protracted pc
riods. lessened interest In study and often
inability TO absorb mentally
Dr. Ayres of the Russell Sage Founda-
ton. found that children with untreated
physical defects average nine years In
completing the eight-year elementary
school course Approximately 20 per cent
of school children have one or more OF
these physical defA:s. Taking an aver
age of $50 az the cost Of one years school
ing, any community may work out It's
added school tax because Of it's failure
TO provide for the health care OF the
child. Statistics and human nature are
risky things to depend upon. but this
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

New York City.
(kVV THAT's the matter with our
w schools has been furnishing
w good magazine and newGpa-
per material for the last year. Pater and
mater familias have been interested in
the discussion. for the delinquencies OF
modern educational methods have fur-
uished 10 them "A sufficient and satisfac-
tory reason for the poor reports OF prog
,ess that Johnnie and Susie have been
bringing home from school The newly
awakened sense Of the importance OF the
"three RS" has cast an efficiency halo
about the memory Of the little red
schoolhouse" of less complex times The
modern pedagogue has been berated ana
prodded until he, too, is beginning to ac-
knowledge that specialism may nave
something to learn from common sense
and. altogether, there is encouraging evil
dence that our school system Is to re-
.ceive the benefit of a needed readjust-
nent
The assimilation of a vast alien popu-
lation and the recognition that the aim
Of education has changed mean an up
heaval in the course of study. Wheh
only per cent Of the graduates Oh ou'
elementary schools enter the high schoois
and Of the total number Of childreh III
our public schools per cent-or one ihili-
ion-leave school after the hfth year 10
90 to work. such a condition brings forcl-
bly 10 public attention the fact that lhe
fundamentals Of education and vocauohai
training are Of greater importance 'hah
learning how TO sing and draw.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

added cost has been demonstrated IN
group study made Of seven thousand un-
selected cases. In other and later ways
the cost is even greater. That scourse
tuberculosis the great white plague
could be- practically cradicated II we paid
more attention TO the person and less 20
the germ tuberculosis Is mainly a DIS
ease Of early adult life. Two factors are
required for its occurrence: lowered physi-
cal resistance and the presence OF the
germ.
The latter Is omnipresent all OF us are
subject to its invasion.
Ninety-dve per cent Of all post-mortem
examinations that are made of people
who have died from any cause show
healed or unhealed tuberculosis foci or
LESSONS in the lungs. They have not
proved fatal or even harmful, because the
individual has been sufficiently physically
resistant to prevent their gaining amy
headway.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27
THE WAY TO ADULT HEALTH.

physically impaired child will usually
become a physically unit adult, and the
surest and easiest way To gain physical
health is to begin in childhood. \ child
that is given the proper chance TO live
BEAUTIFULLY. that has his health guarded
and conserved and that is taught and
follows the methods of hcalthfu and
wholesome living WILL in all human prob
ability. reach maturity with the physique
to resist not only tuberculosis. but the
other infectious diseases.
To Boston and to its Health Commis-
sioner, Dr. Samuel Durgin. belongs the
honor Of being the first in this country to
recognize the debt We owe our children.
Boston. like the rest Of our seaport cities
has had to meet the rapidly changing
characteristics OF it's population THIS
first attempt to help children was made
ia 1894. and was based primarily upon
the same reasons that hold good to-day
that If we make children go TO school II
Is. our duty 10 see that they are taken
care Of physically as well as mentally
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

while they are there. But Boston. when
IT, decided TO look out for the health OF
school children. was mainly interested IN
the danger Of the segregation OF children
IN schools as factor in spreading the
common contagious disease Of childhood
such as diphtheria. scarlet fever, measles
and the host Of lesser Ills.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-27

By Dr :. Josephine Baker, Director OF
Child Hygiene. Department of Health
New York City.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
SEMI M o NTHLY NJ A G A ZINE

Lawson watched curiousy in the half light as she
opened it. In it, on either side, lay two regular
storage batteries and, III a compartment between
them, glittering array Of brightly nickeled para
phernaia with green silken wires and shiny black
discs attached
Clare opened the window carefully and peered out
into the court.
"There it is she exclaimed with satisfaction.
Billy, do you think you can reach that wire over
there?"
Dangling from the room above the wire that
Glare had hastily dropped out of the window.
w and draw it in Already Clare unpacking
the mysterious oak box. Quickly she showed two
plugs the end of the wire into their proper sockets.
Then she took from the apparatus very much
like that used by wireless telegraph operators and
placed it over her head.
"Take the other one, Billy she said indicating
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

dropped today comes back to you a mere IT IS oh
vos and then there are those two fourhushers you
brought in today who left only fifty dollars"
Clare made wry face III general upward
direction.
Lawson looked at her. puzzled. "Whwhat does
it mean ~ he gasped the significance OF the con
versation began to dawn on him.
"NTeanq Whv il means that the rich Mrs. Car
lvle in order to keep her losses from her husband,
has turned capper steerer for gambling flat,
that s all. Sh-h Listen"
Mrs. Livingston and Mrs. Carlyle were talking in
low tones in the boudor yet the detectaphone plainly
repeated all they said.
eyes. | II ask him. You We done pretty well, Gus
sic" cooed Mrs. Livingston. "At this rate you III
quickly work off that other five hundred Then you
can play again, perhaps get it back. Luck will turn,
nv dear luck will turn. You We been in pretty bad,
YOU know 1t can't always 90 against you There's
always the chance to get it back, and more, too"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

Mrs Carlyle laughed nervously, little harshy.
Lawson amazed at the picture Clare had
opened up to him Of this we'll born woman, who had
squandered her and perhaps of her hus-
bands money, and sinking farther in the
moral quagmire in hope Of earning enough to pay her
losses and keep her husband and family from the
knowledge of her gambling. He had already
how admirably she fitted into the scheme of the gamb
ers a capper. He remembered her eyes as she
had looked at him in the Mechanic. Such women
the finest bait for who would go to the
Recherche and lose hundreds and thousands without
a squea.
All the evening Clare and Billy ''listened in,"
sometimes in Shifts sometimes together, gathering
choice fragments of condolences and scandals from
the "cloak room" of the apartment above, the
habitues in evening dress came and went
1t far past midnight, and they were still at
the detectaphone. This time it was mans voice. as
well, that they heard - strange voice to Lawson.
ss[IOW much tonight ~ he asked as they heard
door close.
"Seven hundred and seventy apiece returned
Mrs. Livingston.
''Pretty soft = eh, Belle?7
eyes. Harrington says got away with thirty
five dollars"
'ENever mind She II lose it next time, and more
too. They all do Did Mrs. C. pay?"
"Only for the house. Those were your orders
But she asked me to speak to you. She wants to
play again, for herself - the wheel - she has
system"
"H-m! Let s see. How Continued on Page 13)
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

second connection similar to it, "and do the same"
Lawson complied, adjusting the two receivers over
his
"Ready?" asked Clare.
He nodded.
She reached over to little rheostat built into the
box and turned the switch to point marked cloud"
With click in his ears as the switch was turned,
Lawson suddenly became aware that he listening
to voices.
There were two Of them, women's voices, so clear
and distinct that he almost fanced he could recognize
them
"What is it ~ he asked, leaning to Glare and
Whispering "Can they hear us?"
Clare laughed. "The Byrnes deecaphone," she
replied "More sensitive than any of the other cleo
trc ears that the scientific eavesdroppers have used
No, they can't hear us, Of course DO you recognize
them?'
at s Mrs. Carlyle and Mrs Livingston, is Mt it,"
eyes - listen"
The 'hostess" was talking.
81 ii find out" Mrs Livingston was saying
'No one can hear ~ inquired Mrs. Carlyle
nervously.
"No - not here"
The detectaphone conscientously repeated it down
stairs
"Let me see. You re going now? Well you owed
a thousand after that last settlement the other day.
Your commission that Mrs Roberts is two hun
dred and fifty far The other woman was worth
about a hundred. Then Mr. Mitchell lost about five
hundred "a hundred and twenty five more off for
you. That makes you only about five hundred
OF that thousand still; of course, the sixty you
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-12-11

A few weeks ago "Bob'' Dunn, in
his Princeton Union, characterized
the stir in St. Paul over misdeeds in
the city police department. as ''much
ado about nothing.'' If he has kept
in touch with the news from this
city he has probably changed his
opinion on the subject by this time
and come to the conclusion that
there was more than nothing"
behind the agitation.-St: Paul
Union Advocate. "
What the Union had reference to
was the attempt to create sympathy
for the publisher of a gutter-snipe
sheet, who prior to the opening 81
the last session of the legislature
sent out circular letter to the
members that savored strongly OF
blackmail. The rottenness I'm:
earthed by County A ttorney O'Brien
and the Ramsey county grand jury is
a horse Of another color. THE Union
has no sympathy With either black.
mailers or extortionists. ,.sr.