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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

cases it has to handle, while, as a
matter of fact, it insists upon every
charitable institution or organization
reporting to it any cases they handle,
and is a clearing houses wherein a
record of all such cases must be filed.
Take the Visiting Nurses Associa-
ton of Chicago. Under previous
management, they refused to get this
information for the U. G. They had
no right to get it, since many of the
people who call in a visiting nurse are
not asking and do not want charity
merely few moments care for the
sick.
But times have changed, and the
Visiting Nurses Association is now
a willing little carrier for the U. G.
The ingenuity with which these
nurses get the information that they
would not dare ask direct is worthy
of mention.
A woman calls for visiting nurse,
or perhaps she doesn't call, but a
neighbor does.
The nurse arrives. She must find
out before she goes many things and
everything for the U. c. So she be-
gins as she battles the woman:
How many children have you,
Mrs. Smith? Three and the baby?
Isn't that nice. The baby is a boy,
isn't he? Named after his papa, 1
suppose?"
mo, his name is Harry"
ooh, of course, how stupid of me!
He is the youngest, the oldest would
naturally be named after papa,
wouldn't he?"
'sMy oldest isn't" Mrs. Jones re-
plies, unsupectingly. His name is
James and his father is named John"
ooh, yes. Harry and James are
such manly names. What is the other
little boy called? You choose such
sensible names. Oh, Franklin. That
is pretty, too. l suppose your hus-
band is at work today?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

Eyes ma'am. Pretty good, but he
hasn't worked steady, though he
hopes to-"
"How old is he? Older than you?"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
~Coyer-All"
Aprons Do Just
That!

SO completely do they
"cover-all' that they may be
worn as a house dress. Very
neat and pretty.
A misses apron is shown
in plain tan and Copenhagen
blue linenes and percales with
red polka spots, trimmed in a
prettily contrasting color.
Long enough to cover the en-
tire dress and fast color, soc.
Another, for women is in
light figured and striped per-
Gales with rickrack trimming
on the neck, sleeves and
pocket, SOC.
A third, often worn as a
house dress, is closed down
the side front, with excellent
quality pearl buttons, trim
med with bias bands.
This in blue and white
check and pink and white
striped madras gingham-a
very fine apron for S1.00.
Fourth EIoor-Mnin- Hudson store
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
WHITE MAN CHIEF
OF ALASKAN TRIBE
Jim Billy" Master of Millions,
Returns 10 Lonely Home
With Wife

SEATTLE. Feb. l0.-Billy James
and his wife are going back TO the
Shushanna, where they made their
big strike.
billy isn't much for talking" his
wife explained. For myself, it's
mighty pleasant TO be down here
and see SO many folks. We never
saw white man. except when We
came into Dawson for supplies just
Indians Aud was glad 20 see even
an Indian. II was SO lonely Billy's
sort OF a CHIEF among the Indians.
They named him Jim Billey.' Got
IL turned around. you see-Billy
James-Jlm Billy
You've been long in Alaska"
was asked
Ten years, continued Jim
Billy's" wife. I'm most as much OF
a sour-dough,' as Billy And for
three years Billy and were in the
woods together
Three years In the Wilderness, the
man and the/woman together. mush-
ing along perilous trails. crossing
creeping glaciers. fording rushing
rivers. wading through tundra
swamps and scaling mountains in the
questfng for gold.
Three years There were times
when they were hungry. when they
were dog tired, when IL didn't seem
worth while TO 80 on. But they
did go on just as we OF the cities
go on. hunting for gold
Wed prospected the Bonanza. E"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

Palm collection baskets Mt &c
nnd soc.
>PECIXI-ItxactIy 100 import
ed willow clothes baskets. large
family size. guaranteed not 60
st"in clothes aud strongly made,
nt soc.
Laundry and bathroom baskets
in profusion.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

said Jim Bnly's" wife. "Bnly, here
and NelsNand me. And whore the
bonanza runs into the Johnston We
found coarse gold 50 worth OF A.
Ntls set on Tor Dawson for grub
stake from the Shushanna 10 paw
son Is 500 miles. and Nels Travelled
afoot-aud Billy and went on TN
we came 20 the Little Eldorado me
ice was out and We saw more out
groupings OF rock.
There WAS SS'in the first pan we
tried.
They waited for Nelson, who was
bringing back his fgiends-Taylor
and Doyle-who spread the word OF
the big Strike" The stampede
started There's "A good-sized town
In the Shushauna now. lt took Mel
son six weeks 20 20 and return
They took out gold assaying $780,
600. They can sell their claims for
fortune and live the rest of their
lives in ease, but they're going back,
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
cIeanIna Up capitaI seeins

WASHINGTON. Feb te-Clain.
ine up the national capital, as one OF
the consequences OF President VIII
sons signing OF the Kenyon Red
Light" bill. was begun III earnest te-
day with a campaign for police SD.
pervision OF moving picture shows,
Chinese restaurants. apartment houses
aud low amusement resorts
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

med in the daintiest fash
ion imaginable.
The laces include Tor
chon, filet, German and
French Val, fish-eye, imita-
ton baby Irish and shadow
patterns.
There are Hamburg,
burnt and eyelet embroid-
cries, shirrings of delicate
ly tinted batiste, flat band
ings of .batiste or net, rib
bon-run beading, ribbon
Fourth FIoor-Mnin Hudson. Store
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

bows, rosettes, clusters Of
tucks, embroidered organdy
and lace medallions and
floral embroideries.
There are variations in
the sleeves that are new
this season, and many de-
partures in slip-over, but
ton and Empire-cut gowns.
And at every price there
are SO many good values
that it is the easiest thing
in the world to choose.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

Somebody VINO has carefully gone
over the - pages Of LONDON paper
with its references 20 geography in
mind reports that he found l.+4t
places named, O. which 90 are In Eng
land. "a IN Scotland 20,in Ireland 2e3
IN continental Europe 1853 in Asia and
Australasia, 10 in Africa and 81 IN
South America The astonishing thing
about the record-consider that It
was London paper---is that there was
news from l59 places IN North Amer
ica-B Boston Globe.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
HuIIek heads Lafaxs,t.

PHlLLlPSBuRG. N. j.. Feb. TO-
William IA Hulick. of New York city.
Was today elected president OF Lafay.
cite college. succeeding the late VIII.
liam Runkle, of Orange. ~ j. II WAS
announced today that Mr. Runkle IN
his will had left 100000 to Lafayette
college.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
Eirst PanaY Appears

. wASHlNGTON. u. G.. Feb. I0.--The
first pansy OF the season has appear.
ed on she White House lawn, and IL
was taken tendorly indoors by the dis
tinguished inhabitants. as barbinger
of spring. The flower bed in which
the pansy bloomed is directly In front
OF the executive offices.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

Crepe gowns in white,
plain and lowered crepes
with scalloped or lace edge
and ribbon-drawn beading,
79c..
White crepe gowns in
high neck, long sleeve, slip
over and Empire models,
with ribbon-run muslin
banding and embroidery Csc
Nainsook and cambria
gowns come in all the ac-
ceptable new styles, trim
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
There Are l28 Styles of Nightgowns
in the Undermuslin Sale!
lind Prices Ire Small
In February!

At soc you may choose from 6 different
ideas; at 79c, 8; at csc, AZ; at $l.50, 10;
at S1.9S, 20; at SOS, Is; at 1898, 10; at
$500, 4; at $3.50, 4 and so on up to the
very finest of all at $1,000. ~
1t means something to be able to choose
from all this number of nightgowns, to
know that each is new and fine in style,
right in material and making, under its
year-round price because of the immense
quantities which go into February Sale)
The variety will never be better than
You'll find il tomorrow
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
Very New and Very
Pretty Laces for
Spring

Shadow lace. founcings in
widths 18, "a and q inches,
white and ecru, attractive
new patterns and exceptional
values at 59c a yard.
Camisoles, lace flounces for
corset cover uses--various
widths. spaced for wide or
marrow ribbon trimming; -spe-
cial price, 39c a yard. =
Shadow lace fiouncIng for
trimming underwear and
making waists; special price,
Sc a yard.
Wash cotton laces for un-
derwear trimming-sets of
edges and insertings, much
under regular price at 15c a
yard. ~.
Ground FIoor-NaIn. Hudson store
,l.il@s9a[hletEI)c
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10

New Guinea is one OF the few coun'
tries that still present untrodden fields
for the explorer
The Detroit times., 1914-02-10
Sale of Imported Baskets at Small Prices

Fancy waste paper baskets for
home or ofiice al soc. 500 and
SI.JO.
Infants baskets AT zoe. zoe
and 7Sc.
work baskets % a5c. zoe aud
shopping baskets nt zoe to use.
Bascnent--NnI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

auty ana self-assertion that keeps pace with her
expanding markets rising luxury, cost Of living,
l. Cor one, cannot believe that even this complex,
paternalistic mechanism of government can utter
ly discard the human motor, self-hep, and sub
stitute the mechanical motor Of state help.
For / cannot forget that human nature is ele-
mental II s part Of the all embracing nature,
Wild untamabe, eternay the same, yet in con-
slant Aux. It can be harnessed, trained subdued,
for time. Overtrain it, and the reaction is sure
and swft.
cannot rid myself Of this conviction as wan
der through the scrupulous streets of the newest
caDita. It is to-day the most thriving capital Of
Europe. and its empire CLEANS with the radiance
of prosperity. It IS a well ordered city, secured
city, healthy city, a model city. 1t is so model
that it rouses my misgivings.
There are some faint indications that the Gle
mental in the ieuton is longing for the rough and
tumble of his ncighbors. Is this great mechan-
zeal contrivance now running down? What, then,
of the Teuton'5 present claim to the prerogatives
and titles OF the Superman?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

I.sh barber would quite suddenly take IL into his
head to be sailor or a constable and "all the
Kings horses and all the Kings men, couldn't
hold Patrick to his predestination.
After all Generalization is meant for only few
peoples for the foreordancd. The average Ger
man is passive and patient. He is accustomed to
the drill sergeant, and is, on the whole. fond Of
his discipline; loves to look up at the Kaiser and
down at the jantor. With equal pride he bows to
the upper caste and bosses the lower.
Prominent in this paternal system IS the pen
SION plan which insures TO every workIHgman
pension during old age, sick benefits during ill-
ness accident pay when incapacitated through ac-
cident, and care for widows and orphans if death
results from injury received during the course Of
employment
Germany pays. in round numbers. 100000
marks day for Industrial insurance. She pays
100000 marks a day for military insurance,
army and navy and all her bristliug defences.
Six million marks a day for inside and outside
insurance for 45,OOOOOO people, crowded togethe.
in a land scarcely larger than half OF Texas, AM
growing at the rate of 100000 year.
To pay this burden OF taxation and yet make
enough to pay dividends on her vast industrals,
to keep up the efficiency Of school and courts and
al the other state activities and at the time
crowd every competitor for every market 10 the
world. requires careful organization and perfect
discipline. as well as ability and energy
Hence this perfected fcudalism. AL John and
carl need 20 do is 20 obey; then they are taught
the rudimerts Of learning and trade. are iu-
sured against the most distressing episode. Of
life. insured also Of some leisure. considerable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

German government fulfls this complex function
TO the satisfaction Of even the growing, fault
finding Socialists VINO assured me that they con
sidered their government perfectly competent 10
take over any business concern Of the empire and
run it.
And vet the careful visitor has his doubts about
an this perfection. The human cog Is scarcely
more intelligent; than the iron cog in the mech
anism of life As long as the machinery is well
oiled and the routine adhered to everything runs
along But when the unexpected happens, when
grain Of sand gets into the handspring, the
automaton gets out OF gear.
Germany is a huge mechanical toy .ound up
for business. How long can it run. ID when
,uu down who viii wind it up again?
10 this goltico-ccoaomc automat every child
hos place assigned &, it almost at birth j. Is
carefully educated into efficiency, whether it is
rreordliucd 20 be a barber professor. To
get the most out Of effort that is drilled into the
soul Of The boy and girl and grows into the fibre
Of man and woman. Efficiency is the national
labit.
That means there must be no waste. T. is al
most painful 60 see how .he government calcu
lates how many pine trees grow on an acre Of
sandy hillside; it is very monotonous TO ride
through miles Of forest planted in stiff, straight
rows like wooden soldiers
Every acre Of fen and moor every river, every
waterfall must pay the tribute demanded from
nature By this eXacting people Rubbish they
turn into riches and waste into wealth.
This means thst every one has his place and
also that every one is willing TO keep hi. place
Not every nation can endure this rgor Ire
land for instance. would be AN impossible plac'
for Hohcnzollern efficiency test The uainr'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
The Siege of Belgrade

The first by-product Of the first clash between
Alstra-Hungary and Sera was, naturally
enough. recalling to mind Of the apt alliters-
tive lines beginning:
An Austrian army, swfuly arrayed
Boldly by battery beseged Belgrade.
Innumerabe inquiries were made at newspaper
Offices, Libraries and elsewhere for information
concerning them and for republication Of thcrl,
with the result thai numerous versions Of them
have appeared, variously ascribed. The circum-
stance must surely provil, both sweet and bitter
fancy to the shade Of Alarie Alexander Watts in
the "Elysian Fields;
The exact text o. the lines as originally wit
ten is now probably not TO be ascertaned, but
the following version is substantially accurate;
An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,
Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade
Cossack commanders cannonading come,
Dealing distinctions devastating doom.
Every endeavor engineers essay
For fame, for fortune, fighting furious fray.
Generals 'gainst generals grapple-gracio God!
How honors Heaven heroic hardihood!
lnfuriate, indiscriminate in in,
Kindred kill kinsmen, knsmen kindred kill.
Labor low levels longest, loftiest lines
Men march mid mounds mid moles, mid muir
derous mines.
Now noxious, noisy numbers notice naught
OF outward obstacles. opposing ought.
Poor patriots partly purchased. partly pressed,
Quite qusking, quickly Quarter! Quarter" quest.
Reason returns, religion. right rebounds,
Suwarrow stops such sangunary sounds.
Truce to thee, Turkey Triumph to thy train,
Unwise, unjust, unmerciful Ukraine
Vanish vain victory, Vanish. victory vain!
Why wish we warfare? Wherefore welcome we-e
Xerxes Nimenes. Nanthus, XAVIER
Yield, yield, ye youths Ye yeomen. yield yoJg
yeal
Zerra's, Zopatcr's. Zoroaster's zeal.
Attracting all arts against arms appeal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

Teutons. supposed 90 be slow cumberous, phes-
matte. patient They have shown themselves
alert. enterprisng, agile. prompt. They were lot
generations devoted to books, research art ana
warfare. They have shown a wonderful precocity
for ledcers. markets. dividends. Not that they
love learning less but profits more.
There is one answer. IT comes TO you every
where i'm their capital Mechanism. 1t is the
mechanism Of the solar system IN microscope
miniaturel Worlds and planets reduced to notes
and atoms. The sun is the state the satellites
stars. moons. ncbule, are the officials, the mill
ions. the uuderlings, the horde. None so rch' 40
,yoblgcborcn. none so POOR, insignificant 10
escape the sway Of ti political and economic
I, is amazing to see this great mechanical toy in
action.
visit the courts and would almost take my
oath that justice appears made TO order so per
feet is the routine. so foreordained appears the
result Every time visit the Reichstag, the only
lawmakine body in the empire based on universal
suffrage. EXPECT to see vehement and violent
Socialists who are now the largest group, upset
the eoupoise Of the ministry. But they never 40
They are themselves the most marvellous volu"-
tary political mechanism IN the world four ana
quarter million rebellious voters IN the nome 'i
medieval paternalism. Yet they are 80 orderly
80 completely disciplined, that their leader has
only TO raise a finger and his multitudes obey
Such is organized doclity among revoluuonlsl'
What can you expect among the contented ones
! visit the "slums" and find secured alleys and
scrubbed courtyards Not a broken wndo"pane
or a cobwebbed doorway IN sight; trees, flowers
and svept movements instead OF rays. rubbish
and ruin ! go 10 the Central Municipal 'nhr'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

amusement and decent burial And that is
life,
or all invented contrvances. this German ma
chine is the most amazing; this great enginery
Of state, with the patents Of Hohenzollern, Bis
marck q Co. upon every part, that has reduced
the life Of a great people to complscent routine
and merged the rough ecccntrcites Of all into
uniformity of effort and ambition.
Now. it is true that John and Carl can live
their ordered lives i'm routine and contentment
rounding out year after year of ploddng toll
paving their dues TO the various funds and their
taxes to the government; rearing their families
intrusting them to the same Over-care that keeps
them free from the most harassing cares But
what sort of creatures does it 1ake out OF John
and Carl?
The old age pension has been IN force thirty
wears. and about half that time the accident and
sickness benefits. For nearly forty years some
of the kingdoms, like Saxony. have perfected the
trade education. On the whole, we may assume
that some Of the features of the German idea Of
state patemalism have been we'll tested. 1t is
very difficult to form conclusions. You
draw almost any kind OF an answer from your
irformants But there seems to be general
feeling among the scholars who have devoted
great deal Of panstaI,ing study TO the problem
that the wholesome limit OF fatherliness has been
reached perhaps overreached. They affirm that
there has been an appreciable et-up in energy
and individuality among the workmen
SPIRIT OF SELF.HELP AND THRIFT WEAK
ENED AS A RESULT.
Some Of the employers Of labor are more EN-
phatic The president Of a great steel concern,
for instance, told me- while prasing his men for
their ability, that there had been a falling off
in the spirit Of self-hep and thrift.
The government factory inspectors, who are
perhaps the best judges Of the situation, deyot-
ing their lives 10 the most careful analysis Of
many phases Of the labor situation, will tell you
that there are evidences Of relaxation Of effort,
and that the workmen are inclined TO lean more
and more on the governmental organization.
These views are, naturally, not shared by the
Social Democrats and labor leaders.
IN Berlin ! was told in the Municipal Chair
ties. that there had been rapid increase in
poverty The chief Of the state factory in
spectors asserted that there had been very APP
precable increase IN accidents since the estab-
fishing Of accident insurance. The Stats
tsches Amt" has compiled mountains Of figures
showing the increase in trade, wages and wealth,
and the rapid rise in the cost Of living
Amid the conflicting opinions that you hear
on every hand. these facts stand out prominently:
First, pfeunig rs now only penny; second,
new species Of German has Grriyed-the spend
thrift; third, rathsr dscouraging feeling among
the scholars that the invasion on personality by
the state has been ovcrdone
There is no exact way, not even a German way,
for measuring originality inycntivcness, initia-
t,c. individual independence.
Without aa approcable increase in originally
those wonderful Germans are not going TO show
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
ARCHITECTURE STANDS ~ SYMBOL OF THE
NEW GERMAN.

mcclure ~. '.l.--i'-rf ..--''N
..- or t-o new Germany thc heavy blocks
roueoau .15. have replaced the rocco oil
10 a.d tl, b.-. plain. u-e.ul buildings OF
zion r-st The lacadcs are succeed with
.rf C1pids and maIformed Nenuses. their
......tcd towers terminate ir d square ch'seD''
......ture of man. The lines are straight aad
bones. enough But the square and practice.
buildings are overland with all the evidences OF
money. and money-mgde taste
rr. public architecture Of the capital IS not
National: i is merely imperial. The Kaiser no'
... personally names al the streets OF his cap'-
... hat he ccnsurcs AN the designs for the pubic
buildings and monuments This relieves The Oe'-
-.. artistic conscience OF % heavy toad. although
t doe. not relieve the eye from the oppression
o. such hideous displays the "Puppen Ale
.r.. ... r,oa-trr row Of CONCEALED ghosts, or the
heaps of bronze casting that cucumber inc
Cro.var stern iu the Tcrgartcn, or the "hi''
marble statue OF Queen Charlotte IN Battenoer&
gov. and picture hat in the midst OF the koS'
Gsr.cn.
Ir gtarIottcnburg the millionaire suburb win
its wonderful wide avenues, the panorama IS th"'
OF a town made in confectioners shop Inc
palaces are baked sugar enormities' placed with
s4sctness in a mathematical garden, where roses
o., s,rov,n BY the inch and sod is scrupulousE
-.ssYred into rectangles by exactly straight walks
,f Gravel and tanbark. The architect drafts
man. surveyor and gardener were all mathemau-
clans
Mathematics IS the symbol science Of this en-
rire Of exactness. because all the conditions arc
postulated by the brain Of man, and therefore all
the results can be exactly predetermined. Euclid
is the patron saint.
And u is into this ancient empire Of scrupulous
ere that Mammon has poured layshly Of his
e,ld in the last thirty years. Every one knows Of
the industrial awakening Of Germany Business
10 Is written across the face Of the new Ger
many. Business has eaten the heart out O.
scholarship" complained one Of her greatest
scholars in a moment Of intimacy.
This rehabilitation is remarkable, a strange
revolution Transforming people known for cen
turtles for their learning their military proves
their humble thrift into the industrial peers Of
England and America. We are always Boosting
col American expansion. Bat we had new eoun-
ry. with virgin fertility, no hampering haoN'
and no troublesome neighbors; Germany hsd
thousand wears Of medievalism; had fields de-
spoiled b. FIVE centuries Of almost constant "a's
and oillsve; had the habits Of peasants ana
bapdieraftsmen, the rooted customs OF simple
ard bomely folk. devoted 20 the SOIL 20 the lam
liz IN the church and 70 the sovereign. sud
sc,i, through the miracle OF federation the
warning dukelets and prineelets amslgamated ana
Nth the genesis Of imperialism came the birth OF
.rdustrislism. IN three decades the wonder OIL
tb. ,,oderu business world was wrought
The Rhine valley is no longer filled with leg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16

u realize the moment you step from yo
train into the well regulated rush Of
Bahuhor that you are IN a place whit
Generalization is the highest law. Der
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
BY SAMUEL p. ORTIZ.

Professor Of Political Science Of Cornell Uniyer-
sty
This article was written short time before
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