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The Washington times., 1914-05-20
By FLORENCE E. YoDER.

Does the jupenile count make
homes or break homes?
Are the State institutions which
care for children whose mothers
are living and willing to support
them, if she had the money, wrong
ly discharging duty which is not
theirs to handler
In the opinion of Judge Henry
Neil, of Chicago, who is in the city
working for the mothers pension
bill, the juvenile cour does break
up homes when it takes action
which depripes the mother Of her
children, and the State institution
does wrong to accept the charge of
children, whose mother, if provided
With proper funds, could support
them at one-half the cost.
Read the case of John Canada,
whose home mas broken up.
He ran away to Richmand be-
cause he could not support his wife
and three children. o..
The Juvenile court did the best
it could-it put the three children
in an institution. The mother was
left to shift for herself.
Judge Neil tells the story of this
case and shows the necessity and
lessening of expense by maintain
ing the home.
Following as direct result of
the public school. the next step In
constructive State building" said
Judge Neil today. should be the
maintenance of the home. This can
not be done by the Juvenile Court
without money, nor by the inst!tu-
/ tions which can care for the child
only. Instead of taking care of the
children alone. the State should care
for the home. The nome is the
cheapest place for a child to live.
Almost one-hslf of the children
in the industrial institution at
TennaIlytown have mothers who
cannot care for them. This repre-
sents the expenditure Of an immense
amount of money for the main
tenance of these children. 1t would
| take just exactly half of that sum.
! were II placed at the disposal of
, the Juvenile Court to be distributed
| as mothers pensions" he continued.
| While this question has been agi-
| tated in almost all of the States,
| there has been little or no work
done in relation to the District. but
| we are going to see 10 it that the
| District receives its proper share of
| such Legislation.
THE advantages of placing such a
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

Corset waists are actually becoming
fashionable. the legitimate result of the
desire for a plant figure.
The Paris shops are showing hand
bags, purse and card cases made Of
plaid ribbons.
Young girls dancing dresses are COM
ing in again: usually they have wide
sashes over the hips, and thin tunics-
The German art nouveau influence
has been extended to table linens: one
may have them in vivid colors and
close decorative patterns.
FcClards are shown in subdued spring
co!ors, with bright little figures scat
tered all over them
From one of the leading houses of
Paris comes a charming frock for af-
ternoon wear. 1t is fashioned from
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

COT ntry to the other without going
crtside Of mothers pension States.
But the passage Of such bills IS
Only the first step toward Riding the
country. to a large extent at least,
os its criminal and defective classes.
The next step is to make II COM
puiscry for poor mothers to take ad-
vantage of the pension. In other
woIil, the State should provide TO-
tn, feeding and clothing of every
cEild whose mother is unable to do
50 properly"
Millions Now Wasted.
"wjat am trying to impress
urCn peorle now is that the millions
they arc spending to maintain reform
Institutions, epilep:ic coIonies. in
sane asylrms. dependent childrens
hnines, prisons and POOR houses could
be reduced 80 per cent II the State
culu cnly spend part of that money
I'm doing away with child poverty.
/. l. the children Who are starved
and poorly cared for who grow W
TO b. defective and criminals and NIL
the State institutions.
.sI .et us get at the root OF the mat
Ter. see that the children are prop
erly nourished and clothed, and they
will not become a charge upon Ire
cciaInunity when they grow up.
Trey will become seE-supportinE
cit;sens and will be ahle to care for
tECir own children. themselves. In
stead OF raising up another genera
tion of dependents as they do now.
..Cnder present conditions when
Johnnie stays away from school be
cause he hasn't any shoes or his
trousers are worn through. the tru-
an. officer gets him, takes him 10
the Juvenile court, and he is shipped
c.s to the reform school to be pun
iSboI because his mother is unable
T. pIovided for him. l want 70 i'm
press this upon the people 81 this
country that until the unborn child
is gwen the opportunity to select its
own rareEts we have no right TO
make II suffer for the crime and IN
efficiency Of those parents"
The Washington times., 1914-05-20
Answers to Health
Questions
By DR.. L. K. HIRSHBERG,
A. B., NJ. A, NJ d. (Johns Hopkins).

a. N.-My hair Is falling out. Please
recc mmend a growth promoter and a
dandruff cure.
cosen the scalp with the tips OF you-
ilsi ers twice a day. simultaneously ruD-
S.ns In this: Castor oil. oxnces; sui
'.iur. n ounce; cocoa eutter, a ounce,
itdcylic acid. 10 grains; beta napthol,
40 grains; balsam Peru, "A dram. Take
NO giains CT tyrojd gland three times
cay for one week, then stop ona
week, and so alternate for two months.
II Talpitation, nervousness, or other
disturbances appear, co not take It
NJ. Morris-Haye obnormalIy dry skin,
II cracks, peels. and scales. and is much
worse after bathing. Is there anything
whose skin seems inclined in that way,
from experiencing the same Disagree
able thing?
Battle your skin three times a day
with glycerine and castor oil. equal
parts.
NJ. s--Have had cold in head, partly
Affects my hearing.
Go at once to the throat department
OF your best hospital. Do not tribe
with 1t.
Mrs. Hcffman-Have pains in the
joints. Is it from sheumatism? Most
ly in feet. knees. elbows, fingers, and
on each side of back
1t Is impossible to say what you
have without an examination.
W. B.-what will remove liver
blotches from the face?
TIE x-ray, radium, or electric needle
VIII remove them. No medicines are
any good for this.
-
G. w. T.-Can you give me something
10 relieve a severe pain / have in ny
elbow and down in my arm?
Battle the arm every three hours
with towels dipped in very hot, boracic
acid water and giycerine; one-half
ounce each to the quart Of water
DR.. Hirshberg will answer questions
for readers Of this paper On medical,
hygienic, and sanitation subjects that
are of general interest. He will not un-
dertake to prescribe or offer advice for
individual cases. Where the subject Is
not Of general interest letters VIII be
answered personally IL a stamped and
addressed envelope Is inclo5ed. ADDRESS
all inquiries to DR.. L X. Hirshberg.
care this office.
The Washington times., 1914-05-20
~ * STYLE TIPS ~ X

honey color charmeuse with blouse and
tunie of ring spotted ecru tulle, the
neck and sleeves being edged with
brown ostrich trimming.
Summer suits of cotton or liner are
no iorger designed with any thought
or laundering; they ali have to be
dry Cleaned
Old red taffeta and red and parch-
-nent colored grosgra;n silk are ef-
fectively combined in a ehl: spring
tailleur.
Another distinctiye design from the
same coutourier is frock of rust-red
peau de peche, trimmed with Powered
oengaline in shades OF red. brown,
green and black.
Three-piece gowns are very popular:
skirt and tunic for indoor wear and
coatee to put on for outdoor use. Two
materials and two colors are ire
quently used
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

Lear Annie Laufie:
Tt ere is d bow who lives near us
whom I like verylmuch. He has been
to,G that 1 like him. And whenever
zee him ! am $50 shy l don't know
what to DO. But what makes 1t
worse is he dbesn't care for me.
What shall / do? How can l make
hum care for me? -
row can you make" him carc
IL for you when he doesn't?
There's no how about il, Ettle
girl. There's 10 such word as
rake" when it comes TO love
Who told him that you liked him
and Cio you tell somes che to do 1t. yot
foolish little girl you?S
81 you are so shy you don't know
what 10 do, are you? What makes yoI
shy7 Are you afraid of the boy. oi
what:
yOa Just stop thinking about that
young man, Sweet Sixteen. Isn't ther'
some work you ought TO be doing tnis
very minute instead nf Snoonlng aroun-
thinking how beautiful II would be il
the bell should ring and you should gC
- the door and he shopld stand therC
with a hig bunch of roses and a box oi
clr6y and an engagement ring in hi:
pcCket, and couldn't wait until the dool
Nss shut before he clasped You in hi'
arms.
On of course, you'll have to gS
through il; you can't escape il an!
more than you can escape the measles
but try to have as light an attack a:
yoa can.
In six weeks from now -ou won't b,
worrying about this hoy at all. 1t VIII
bs some other boy-and that's a gvoc
thing; that's just the way il should be
at your age
re happy, Sweet Sixteen; you're a
the right age for that anyhow. Bless
your heart, be happy.
The Washington times., 1914-05-20
Beware Cramp If You
Swim After Eating

~ II 4 Z 4 T. ID
I by TIL c
~ m / ! d g r
beam, the
sprightly ut h
speeds to the well
known pool. a
while he stanis
gazing at the H.
verted landscape
half afraid-to med
late the blue be-
low. Then he
plunges headI.ng.
The old swimming
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

Dear z. B.: You were qutte right in
refusing to let the boy yofI write of
Kiss you. In the first place, you are
entirely too young to keen company
with any man. young. or old; in the
second place, no man who is not reg
ularly and recognizedly engaged to a
The Washington times., 1914-05-20
Does Juvenile Court Break Up Homes?
Asked v 4 Adpocate of Mothers Pensions

Better for Society and Cheaper,
Too, to Let Parent Care for
Children in Own Home, Says
Judge Henry Nei|HStory OF
Man, Whose Home Was
Broken Up, Told as Argu.
ment for Mothers Pensions.
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

w. B.-what will remove liver
blotches from the face?
TIE x-ray. radium. or electric needle
VIII remove them No medicines are
any good for this
The Washington times., 1914-05-20

G. W. T.-Can you give me something
TO relieve severe pain / have In ny
elllnW and dnUIn in NV arm9
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
How's TH1sc

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case OF Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. j.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have
known f. j. Cheney for the last
Is years, and believe him perfect
ly honorable in all business trans
actions, and financially able to
carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
National Bank of Commerce,
Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Testimonials sent free
Price rs cents per bottle. Sold by
all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
CITY OFFICIALS.

Second Ward, w. B. Fullington
Second Ward, DR.. j. A.. Fuson
J. B. Freeman, President.
Council meets the second Monday
evening of every month.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
Dr.. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills

are relied upon to relieve pain,
nervousness and irritability in thou
sands of households. OF proven
merit after twenty years use, you
can have no reason for being longer
without them.
Al all Druggists. 2s dosss Is cents.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. EIkhart, Ind.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Over Mrs. Coday's ,millintry store.
Preaching every first Sunday morn
ing and evening, and Saturday even
ing previous.
Bible school at 10 a. m. every Sun
day.
Bible study and prayer meeting
every Thursday evening.
Ladies' Aid Society every Wednes
day afternoon.
Everybody welcome.
w. H. ANDERSON, Minister.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
Notice to Correspondents.

Correspondents will please send
items Monday or Tuesday. So
many items arrive late that it is
often impossible to s them until
the hext week. Please send items
Monday il at all possible.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Preaching services every second
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Rev. R. b. Carnett, PASTOR
Sunday school every Sunday at
9 AS a. nj. W. B. Fullington, Supt.
Baptist Young Peoples Union
meets every Sunday evening G.
A. Stephens president
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
METHODIST cHURcH

Preaching services every first
and third Sunday at IL a. m. and
z. p. m.
Rev. j. j. Wolfe, pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 a. m. j. A. Hylton, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
LEAD HILL LEADERS
Liza Jane Sends Greetings
Galore in Short, Crisp
Paragraphs

Paragraphs
Received too late for last week.
/ July 20, 1914.
Mr.. Loveall dined at Joe Goss'
Monday.
Oh! say; didn't we get a nice
rain Saturday.
AL. Poort has bought a farm
in Douglas county.
Mr.. Crider hauled ties to
Mansfield Tuesday.
Dunning Hensley is with the
Newton boys baling bay.
Mrs. Scott and son, Wren,
called at Joe Goss's Tuesday.
Miss Priscilla Rippee called on
Sadie Goss Monday afternoon.
Burl Morris and Grace Tracy
went buggy riding Sunday after
noon.
Charley Hunt, who has>been
working in Kansas has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott called on
Mr.. and Mrs Salisbury Sunday
afternoon.
Ora Winburn and family and
Miss Emma Kiser spent Sunday
at Joe Goss'.
Singing al the Lead Hill church
every Wednesday night. Everybody
come and help us. /.
Mr.. Kiser's sister and family,
Mrs. Lowery, left for their home
in Arkansas Saturday.
Rev. A. Ross breaches at Lead
Hill every third Sunday and Rev.
Spain every fourth Sunday.
Miss Emma Kiser gave a party
Wednesday night in honor of
her cousin, Miss Mertie Lowery.
The party at Mrs. Martha
Ann Morris Friday night was
we'll attended and all report a
good time.
Grinnie Morris and family
spent Saturday night and Sun
day with his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Goss.
Mrs. Poort has returned home
from Topeka, Kas. Her daugh-
ter, who was taken suddenly i'll,
is getting along nicely.
Some of you correspondents
thought it strange that Liza
Jane should wear overalls. What
do you think he should wear,
hobble skirts?
Mrs. Hensley SAYS she is
sorry wheat harvesting, thresh-
ing and straw baling is over for
this season, for now she will
have to stay at home.
AS 1 was going to Mansfield
last week l saw Mr.. Scott piling
up his oak bushes. | asked him
what he was going to do with
them. He said he was getting
them ready to be baled as he
thinks they make fine food for
winter. He says his wife does
not like them very well, but as
there are lots of persimmohs to
use as a desert he thinks she
will get along pretty well. Say,
Liza Jane, I was in Kentucky at
one time, and we had worlds of
oak bushes and p~ersimmons,
and they're good in their way
but they don't weigh much in
that way.-The Devil
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
Statesmen Wanted.

Tobacco and cigar statesmen
wanted to advertise. Expert
ence unnecessary. 500 month.
~ and travelling expenses. AID.
vertise smoking and chewing to.
bacco, cigarettes. cigars. Send
&c stamp for full particulars.
HEMET TOBACCO Co.,
Adv. New York, N. Y.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
CUMBERLAND PREsBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH.

Preaching services every fourth
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Rev. Joseph Davis, pastor.
Sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 a. m. G.. w. Freeman, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06

the shoe fits Macomb they can
wear it.
KATIE.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
Whole Family Benefited
By Wonderful Remedy

There are many little things to
annoy us. under present conditions
of life, The hurry. hard work,
noise and strain all tell On us and
tend to provoke nervousness and
irritability.. We are frequently SO
worn out we can neither eat, sleep
nor work with any comfort. We
are out Of line with ourselves and
others as well.
A good thing to do under such
circumstance, is to take something
like
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06
ON PLEASANT RIDGE
Katie Gives Our Readers an
Interesting Bunch of
"Ripples"

Florence Coday and mother
visited JEFF Coday's Sunday.
Luther Sharp. of Names, is
visiting home folks this week.
Letha Shanes and Aloth Find.
ley spent Sunday with Della
Smith.
Isaac Bennett and wife were
Sunday visitors with Mrs. Lon
Smith.
Charley johnson. of Oklahoma,
is here visiting relatives and
friends.
Jim Frye and wife called on
Will Crippen's Sunday and spent
the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. HI. Shreeve
spent Saturday evening at T. j.
Smiths.
Ernie Crippen and Fred Smith
are working with the hay baler
this week.
News scarce with Katie, so |
will trade it back to Pansy to
tell the rest.
We are still having hot and dry
weather, and still trusting the
Lord for rain.
Mrs. Jim Findley is on Wolf
Creek visiting her sister who
has been real sick.
Moth Findley is very busy
quilting these days. We under
stand it all, Aloth.
Mss Docie Mcintosh has re.
turned from Oklahoma where
she intends to teach.
John Anderson and wife and
Mrs. Guiser are visiting their
sons in Henry county.
Little Charley Findley is quite
a lucky boy; he has him another
girl. Don't weary, Matte.
Bill Shelton and two. sons, Her.
bert and Marion, were in Ma
comb Tuesday on business.
Byron Shanes and wife and
! Miss Maude Mcintosh visited
home folks Saturday night.
, Herman Gray has returned
home from Kansas where he has
been for the past six months.
Baling straw seems to be the
most that is going on at present.
Not very much hay raised this
year.
Well, what young man was il
that was talking to Mae Spence
at the singing at Macomb. He
looked so much like Shirdan
Findley.
Lue Dennis, Allie Shane. Clar.
abelle Frye dined with Miss
Mable Anderson Sunday. Ethel
and Charley Findley called in
the evening.
George Frye has made his ap.
pearance in our community again
after an absence in the west OF
10 years-no, l should have said
days; ha, ha.
The singing at Mansfield was
a success and everybody had q
real good time. Katie enjoyed il
best of all the singing she has
attended this year,
I Ray Dennis, Kingsley Findley
and Claude Smith went to st.
Louis with three car loads OF
cattle. We hope they will gel
the top of the market.
Katie wishes to say to Pansy
that she does not sing alto MOI
any other part of music. You
will have to get Della and Alotf
to sing for you if you are stary
ing to hear alto singing.
Pansy and Daisy seem to have
a pick at Katie. They think
they are wise as to who it is,
just wait and see. When l an
gone both will be sorry that
they picked at me. Ii l WASH
married I'd take one of theiI
best beau's away from them.
There is to be an old time
singing in Macomb the first Sun
day in September, and remem'
Der there is to be dinner on the
ground. Everybody come, bring
dinner and song books. Katie
hopes the Macomb people will
see this in time to fix dinner.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-06

to relieve the strain on the nerves.
Mrs. ], b. Haftsdeld, 81 Plum St.,
Atlanta Ga, writes:
vastly relieved by the use OF your med
icinss. especially the Anti-Pain Pills.
which I keep constantly on hand for
the use OF myself. husband and two
sons. Nothing in the world equals them
as q headache remedy. Often I am
enabled by tho use Of one or two Of
the Pills to continue my housework
when otherwise I would be In bed. My
husband joins me In my praise OF the
Anti-Patn Pills n Nervipe."
The Press., 1914-12-16
HARDNESS OF WATER.
Solid Stresms at High Velocity Are a
 Rigid as Iron.

Solid Stresms at High Velocity Are as
 Rigid as Iron.
 In the American Magazine a contrib tutor gives a most interesting descrip tion of the resisting power of water. He says that a solid stream of water shot out of hose at tremendous ve- lOcity Is just as powerful and deStruc- tive as rod of iron. An extract from the article giving an idea of the hard ness and resisting power of water fOi lows:
 Here is a fact which is probably novel to the average man who has not spent much of his life thinking about motor speed boats. This is what we may call the hardness of the water when a boat is running at speed Water at fifty miles an hour is not the nmpid liquid we are accustomed to bathe in. If you put your arm over board from a hydroplane running at fifty miles an hour and strike wave crest the proba bility is that you will break your arm or wrist, because at that speed the water has not time to give, not time even to change shape and striking it is like striking so much metal.
 "In the great hydraulic mining noz- zles, where stream of water under enormous head is used to wash down hillsides, swordsman, in attempting to cut into one of these streams. will shatter the sword without being able to penetrate fhe water The stream is like a bar Of iron, The fact that water at relative speed is so hard-or that it's inertia is so great, to be little more accurate-is the reason why a skipping stone travels over the surface and is the reason why hydroplane boat slides over the surface instead of blow ing it's way through.
 "The picture we must have in our minds, then. of a speed boat is tbnH she is travelling not in water. as We or dinarily understand 1t. but over the surface of >emisolid, very much HIS sled travels over snow"
The Press., 1914-12-16
LIBRARY EXPERIENCES.
Queer Requests Made by Persons IL Search of Information.

Queer Requests Made by Persons In
 Search of Information.
 Some notion of the queer requests made at public librllieS is afforded in an article dealing with the library of a western city These instances are given:
 Recently a man came in and asked for some of the arguments against woman's suffrage. The proper articles were sought out, and the librarian suggested that he might care to look at those ill favor of wonan'S suffrage as we'll No matter" he replied warily; Il get those from my wife"
 The widespread belief that d library can furnish book on any subject. no matter how vague. is illustrated by this request:
 'I have been asked to write q com position on what l saw on my way to school today. Can you give He any book on it?" Thus boy in the eighth school boys who, in q period of revolt from poetry. return the "IdyIIs of tbe King and ask if they cant get this crazy stuff in prose-
 Children about to participate in d debate cause some inconvenience The following subjects are not easy to give references on: (Which Is NeceSSarier Water or Fire?" (Which Is Mi Int CT the Pen or the SwOrd?''
 The impression which some persons have that a library can give informa tion on any topic is not only odd, but pleasing. It may be set off against the opposite notion. equally exaggerated that library is of no practical use whatever AS q sample of the first idea consider the woman who called over the telephone the day before Thanksgiving and asked how to pluck a turkey. The librarian hunted it up in cookbook and read it to her over the telephone too And the one who asked for brief sketch of the French revolution over the telephone.
 Those who work ill the reference room seem to consider the reference librarian as q bureau of supplies as well as of information. Pencils. paper even spectacles. are asked for tem- porarily. II left my glasses at home today Can you lend me yours?" AS though. as far as the librarian went. the glasses were merely for ornamental purpOSeS.-New York Sun