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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30
Making 7omorrows
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THE ORIGIN OF ADULTS
By WRLTER WILLI4MJ, LA'O.
Dean Of he Sehoo fJounanHam Of The Unheny Of M''0aro

+ Burns figures are duplicated from
practically every other country.
! Save Babies and Make Soldiers.
Continental Europe and, more latter,
ly and more leisurely, Great Britain
are establishing medical inspection OF
children at school and, to less de-
gree, at home, to reduce the infant
mortality. They seek thus to have the
doctor do for other children what he
has been able to do for his own.
Medical inspection came in Great
Britain as a sort of by-product Of the
Boer war A London journalist, OF the
staff Of the New Statesman, in relat-
ing the discovery of babies in the
United Kingdom, said that during and
after the war many W0uld-be recruits
suffered from physical defects and an
official inquiry was set on foot to in
Quire into physical training in Scot
land. The report was unsatisfactory
as regarded the conditions found. BY
a bold hypothesis, certain observers,
however, were led to inquire whether
these spoilt adolescents had not once
been younger and DR.. Leslie Macken-
zie verified this induction by visit
to the North Canongate slum of Edin'
burgh, where certain small creatures
were found, who might be regarded as
inchoate specimens of the spoilt SOL
diery already encountered Having
examined the children at school then
the first official medical inspection
in Great Britain-he came to certain
conclusions which led to a general in
Quiry in England also. 1t seemed
probable that no known type of dumb
bell, Indian club, or strangulation ap-
paratus for strapping ones self to
ones bedroom door, would have the
effect of Strengthening knees bent by
ricketts, or replacing teeth lost ten or
fifteen years before Then came med
ical inspection of schools in Great
Britain as it had come in Germany,
France and other nations earlier.
Government Care for Mothers.
Beyond care of the child at school
by medical inspection and the success
full effort to reduce infant mortality
it has been diminished 80 per cent in
ten years, though the general death
rate has been diminished only Is per
cent and the ravages of tuberculosis
that great captain of the men of the
dealt" borrow. Bunyan's phrase
only IS per cent-there has come
consideration Of the mother. If in.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

the direction of group OF enterprls'
ing Dutch women, a special display, on
the banks of the Amstel, to show the
evolution of the social and intellectual
position of woman since 1873. Feat
ures of the exhibition were contrast
ing middle class houses Of 1913 and
of 1913, each with its kitchen, dining
room, bed rooms and furnishing COM
plete Other departments showed
the change in the kind of product of
womans work in the one hundred
years, as nurse, housekeeper, teacher,
In business and professional life.
Europe Awake on Baby Question.
Inspecting the exhibition, under the
guidance of the honorary secretary,
Mrs. J. E. Van Buuren-Huys, no more
significant section was seen than that
devoted to chiId-life. In this was set
forth, by charts, maps, official reports,
and wax figures, the changed thought
of the world, particularly of CONT
mental Europe, regarding babies. Ap-
propriately was the exhibition held in
Holland, where the beloved Queen
Wilhelmina and her baby rule.
The baby has just now been Off
cially discovered in Europe. AS the
real maker of tomorrow's world the
infant is being studied by the state.
The fact is that you can not have a
farmer or a merchant or even a jour-
nalist without first saving baby. Ex-
cept Adam and Eve, and Minerva, the
, goddess-professor. it seems clear
enough now that the origin of adults
must be traced back to babies. If
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

fants are to be saved alive to furnish
proper supply of adults, the mothers
must be protected. Thus the logic of
the more or less paternalistic govern.
ments of Europe and the Amsterdam
charts show the mother as the civil
lied states care.
The French, in whose country the
baby is held in higher regard, per-
haps, than anywhere else in the world,
seem to be pioneers. First, they sup
piled babies with milk. Then they fed
the mothers who nursed them, for it
Is a curious paradox in France that,
IN a country where babies are su-
preme, so many babies are nursed by
foster-mothers. Next the French be-
gan to feed the expectant mother and
found the result highly successful. At
the Conference in London on infant
mortality most valuable and signifi-
cant discussion dealt with ante-natal
hygiene The chief cause of infant
mortality, it was conclusively shown,
is a defective condition of develop
ment at birth--and this depends up-
on the facts of ante-natal life. Moth.
ers are Natures original device for
the prevention of infant mortality
Hence the care of them by the state
Besides the charts on infant NOR.
tally, indeed supplementary to them,
other charts showed the effect of al
colholism and disease in the parent
upon the life of the infant.
While the states growing concern
in the care Of children, from their
birth and before, is mainly brought
about by the states desire for ply
sically strong soldiers 7, its army, it
has had a good effect !, many ways.
Schools for mothers haze been estab.
lished, better housing conditions pro-
vided, parks opened, AMI many meas
ures--some fantastical, but all well.
meant-have been encouraged. And
a little child shall lead them
Regulations to Safeguard Children.
Scotland, under a new Act of Par.
lament, provides for the actual (not
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

tomorrow's world is to be what we all
nope it to be, the babies must be con.
tinuously cared for. And one of the
,. newer and more far-reaching ques.
Ntions in the old world is the baby
Question. The child-section in the
Pwomans exhibition in this quaint Hol.
land capital shows progress in Its
study and solution.
consested City Life Stays Infants.
The reports of European congresses
and of the more recent English-speak-
ing Conference were displayed in pop.
ular form. The effect of the crowded
conditions of city life upon infants
was suggested by chart and picture,
Figures furnished by John Burns, Brit.
ish Minister of Health, were shown.
Mr.. Burns figures contrasted the per-
centages of infant mortality in con.
gested and open districts, in districts
where mothers worked and neglected
their children, with others more ia.
vored. In Hampstead, London, the
rate of infant mortality was II per
thousand; in Shoreditch, at the other
and more crowded end of London, the
infant mortality was las per thousand.
In Lancashire, where women worked
in factories and where many children
were therefore uncared for, the infant
mortality was exceedingly high, three
or four times the rate in districts
where women of the same class did
not work. With such facts European
governments are studying plans
whereby mothers should be mothers
and not machines.
Doctors are more successful at say
ing their own babies to become
adults. Mr.. Burns found that doctors
babies died at the rate of only 40 per
thousand, while in the case of the up
per and middle classes of Great Brit,
ain the rate was II, in the case of
artisans 100 to 1870, in the case of
miners 100, In the case OF unskilled
1ahorers $50 to $50, and in the case of
farm workmen, despite their brutally
low wages, only 81 per thousand. The
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30
Taft Condemns Mob Rule.

New York.-Former President VIII
liam Howard Taft, in an address be-
Fore the New York Peace Society, urg-
ed the enactment by Congress of law
70 give the federal courts jurisdiction
10 prevent and punish crimes Of mob
violence against aliens. Mr.. Taft said
the outrases against aliens ~ mob
violence from 1881 to 1910 and the fail.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

4,5oO bales of cotton, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire, together with about
% freight cars, some of them loaded
with cotton, causing damage es imated
at $35O,OOO. The fire, which is beliey-
ed to have started from sparks from
a locomotive, spread rapidly to freight
cars on tracks of the Fort Worth Ter
minal Railroad Company, destroying or
damaging about Is of them.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

IRE of state authorities to punish Of
tenders was no record to be proud Of
He said the local authorities evidently
had sympathized with mob spirit and
purpose"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30

Amsterdam.
Holland, full of
fas in a ton al
ways to students
of history and
life, has last year
had more than
it's usual fasci-
nation because of
its international
congresses an d
it's local celebra-
tons Of the CEN
tenarV Of the
freedom of the
Netherlands. Per-
haps no celebra-
ton was more at
tractive than that
at Amsterdam
where, a m On G
other exhibitions,
was held, under
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-30
Compress Burns, Loss $4,000.

Fort Worth, Texas. The plant Of
the Trinity Compress Company, Fort
Worth, with buildings, machinery and
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
Bank Advertisement No. .13
A CONFESSION

When we published our first advertising let
ter three months ago, there at least two
things we didn't know of this kind of publicity:
First, underestimated the value of prin-
ters ink and we take pleasure in acknowledging
at this time that to certain knowledge the
people do read at least of the advertise
ments No mentioned having seen the
display ad which carried with painful regu-
lar1ty for so many years and we did not expect
the t1attering comments which have been made
since we changed our plan.
Second, we also underestmated the amount
of work that is connected with series of this
kind and we fully aware that the task
of giving you something to read each week
IS no small one, but we have alot of things to say
yet and we think most of them will be worth the
oneminute week that it will require to read them
Our customers naturally prefer the letters of
general nature and we don't blame them, fora
steady diet of general banking. savings depart
ment safe deposit boxes travellers checks, and
the solemn duty of Making Your Will would get
tiresome. With the exception of an occasional
number to call your attention to some branch of
our work, the general letters will pur-
pose quite as well; for after all we only wantyou
to know that this bank is capaby and honestly
managed, that our Office force is courteous and
efficient, that your funds deposited with
safe guarded by all the protection good bank
can offer to its customers and that want all
of the business of this community that we can
honOraby get.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
SATURDAY WILL
BE SPRAY DAY
GROWERS CALLED
Prominent Experts will Deliver address,
eS and General Discussion Of Efe
Of Spray will be Held

The importance of the horticult, g
meeting at the Commercial club =
Saturday Afternoon cannot be overei
mated. According to the lead. =
growers of the valley, the members :
the horticultural committee Of :
Commercial club and the officials
the Apple Growers Association tb
two most serious problems now cob
fronting the Orchardists here are til
fungus diseases and how to spray 70
them. These subjects will be thor
oughly handled on Saturday and every
orchardist is urged to attend.
Prof. II. s. Jackson, the plant path
oloy expert of the Oregon Agricultural
College, who is TO be one OF the princi.
pal speakers on Saturday. arrived here
Tuseday and has since been thoroughly
investigating conditions throughout
the valley. Prof. Jackson has been
making special study of spraying for
fungus and has been accumulating a
great deal of information on the work
that is being done along this line by
the experiment stations Throughout the
country.
Through the efforts of Chairman
Sieg, of the transportation committee
Of the Commercial club. Manager Early
Of the Mount Hood Railroad, has made
special rate Of fare and third
from Parkdale for all those In the Up
per Valley who desire TO attend the
spray meeting.
Along these same lines Secretary
Raylin has induced Manager Bell, Of
the Mount Hood hotel, and Manager
Scott Of the Hotel Oregon, to offer re-
duced rates at their respective hostel
ries to all who desire to attend the
Saturday meeting and will be Obliged
to remain over night. These rates will
be good from Friday to Sunday inclus-
i've. Those who desire TO take advan-
tage of this should.apply to Secretary
Raviln at the Commercial club on Sat-
urday, before or after the spray meet
ing, for the proper voucher to be pre-
sented at either hotel, which will en-
title the holder to the reduction.
The details of the Saturday meeting
have been entirely In the hands Of the
horticultural and agricultural commit
tee of the Commercial club. The
chairman of the committee, Prof. L.
+. Henderson, will preside Saturday,
assisted by Prof. c. D. Thompson, John
Koberg,C G. c. Starring and j. r. Wins
ton, the other members Of the commit
tee. The members Of this committee
we're especially selected by President
Heilbronner for their knowledge and
experience in the various problems that
will come before them from time to
time. Like the manufacturing COM
mittee oand the cannery committee OF
the Commercial club, every man on It
is an expert In his particular line Of
work. II Is chiefly for this reason that
the Commercial club committees are
making such commendable headway In
accomplishment this season.
F. G. Frazier, of Seattle, who is
manufacturer Of Soluble Sulphur Com
pound, will be present at the meeting.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
SCHOOL NEWS

In the fastest basket ball exhibition
on the local floor this season The Dslles
high school team defeated the local
team Last Friday night by score Of
24-19. The Dalles team took the lead
at the start. getting five points before
the locals got into action. and held the
five point lead during the entire game.
This is the first time for about five
years that the neighboring metropolis
has been able to defeat the locals.
Probably the largest crowd that ever
attended a basket ball game here was
in attendance. A long basket from
center by Jones Of H. r. II. S. was the
sole thriller Of the game. Mcclure
was also very much in evidence. The
lineup was:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
Oak Grove Play Success

Bess got started for Europe-on Fri
day evening. from Oak Grove. in spite
of inclement weather. This grand,
central, all important event, around
which the play 10 centered. was brought
about by the unfagging energy of her
doting parents. the sorely tried dress
maker and crowd of exceedingly ami
mated schoolmates. The parts we're
all we'll chosen, each pupil making bis
part.very unaffected and natural. The
bubbling spirits ..of the school friends.
their startlihgly original. farewell
gifts, the painful anxieties Of the
father and mother cause many laugh
able situations. The audience was
most enthusiastic In its approval, and
at the close of the play, in response to
an insistant encore, the cast appeared
bearing a large Oak Grove pennant
and gave with true spirit, yell for
Oak Grove school. The play is to be
presented at Pine Grove on Friday
evening, Feb. "a. at the grange hall.
The cast of characters Is as follows: !.
Miss ''Bess" Tapping, the lucky girl.
Alice McCurdy; her schoolmates--
Name Hentzell, Katherine Skinner
Babe Woodward, liza Nichols; Millieent
Cameron, Hilja Hukari; Dan Mitchell,
Armas Jakku; Gallagher Gurdy, Otto
Annala :lFrank Sawyer, Paul Lancaster.
Mrs. Tapping, Vera Gano: Mr.. Tap
ping, Grant Palmer: Madam Clatyon
Griggs, the dressmaker. Elma Annala.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
Ladies Form Club

The ladies' of the Central Vale and
Willow Flat districts met with Mrs.
Harry Fuller last Friday afternoon and
organized a mothers club. Officers
elected were: Mrs. Paul Hansen,
pres. Mrs. Harry Turner. vice pres. (;
Mrs. Harry Fuller, sec. Mrs. Haunsel.
treas. The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Hansen on the
afternoon of March IL.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
Stanton Secretary Of Irrigation District

At the last regular meeting Of the
board of directors the Hood River Irri-
cation District Judge Stanton was
made secretary and attorney. Judge
Stanton succeeds r. W. Kelly, who has
been the district secretary for the pas
six years. .n
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26
Trained Men Advised for Road Work

Pine Grove, Ore., Feb. 2J, 1914.
Editor Glacier: Why all this hurry
to vote a large bonded debt? Are We
ready for bonds? Hassthe county court
plans for spending it to good advan-
tage? Have the members of the court
taken steps to outline definite system
of road work or have they determined
as to what kind of roads should be
built in each section and as to how the
money shall be spent for the best in
terests OF the county as whole? Or
Is it to get the money and spend IL In
any way? II the court Is too weak.
kneed to go ahead. or il they feel
themselves incompetent TO do so, which
is no disgrace, It seems that it would
be folly to place that amount OF money
at their disposal. When a county
court calls FOR little district conven.
tions to give it instructions to spend
the little tax money we have, had we
not better wait with bond issue until
they decide that the making Of plans
and the building of roads be placed
under the supervision of men who have
been trained for that work? Let them
60 on record somewhere. and II they
are right the voters will stand by
them. kecaller.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-02-26

For best grade fertilizer see ]. B. An
derson for prices. Car lot orders spec
ialty. Phone 2l5l or call at f. j. Young's
Packing Plant. i22tt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
Looking Forward.

A CHICAGO physician was congratu-
IA lating Orville Wright on his new
aeroplane stabiIizer.
ITS taking 4 lot OF work from YOU
doctors, I am afraid said Mr.. Wright,
with a mtschievous smile. Il feel sorry
for the young Dayton medical student
heard about the other day.
Two medical students We're discussing
their prospects in the profession whei!
one OF them said:
Ito succeed in medicine Il is neces-
sary 70 specialize.
Decidedly agreed the other W -.at
specialty are you going 10 choose:
I'm going to specialize IN aeroplane
.lccIdents-there'n be great future
there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

TO offer protection against wild beasts
Fortunately. they did not observe her
The pilgrim is always a pilgrim ia
India; it becomes one might say, Il
Fascinating kind of sport To most -
them short pilgrimages are as tame as
rabbits would be to the hunter OF
lions. They will walk from Bombay
TO Benares, from Madras TO LASS.
begging and Dragging all the way.
Eventually they become semi holy. dis
tinguished citizens in a clutter of mu
huts.
They deposited some corn and fruit
at the foot of the tree and departed.
leaving kathIyn in peace. But later,
when the moon poured its white. coli
radiance over her face, it awakened
her and it took her some time to
realize where she was.
Below, belly deep in the river stood
several water buffaloes, their swept <
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
No Argument.

A NDREW CARNEGIE, apropos o. .
"A war advocate. told q New York re
porter little story.
1.-The arguments of this war adrocate-
the argument that warfare perfects q
mans character. for exa1nple-are just
as senseless as that OF the Bullfrog fire
eater.
The sheriff of Bullfros told iire eater
that, since he had already killed sever.
men. he must cease to go armed.
What roared the lire eater w hat.
me not go armed. And every little Bull
frog Wild flower has pistol and
shoots"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
Short and Long of II.

A PRoPos OF tie isdwin brood inocis
~ murder trial = ntly conducted ~
London litterateurs, George AIDE said:
II know a man. ~ the way. who rs
q dog called Edwin Brood
Why On earth. asked the club feed
y. does YOUR FRIEND call his dog ~
50 strange 2 name US Edwin Drood::'
Because" Ar. Ado replied, its tail is
cut on short
He unused a nlolAent. and then addel.
MY friend has another dog called
Arnold Bennett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
Cubisnl.

are ser az eq ss s ns~aaa sr; c rd
the other day There is cub3sn IN sculr-
ture in music. In dressmaking. Why NOT.
then. fnaugurate a cu5ist Journalism?
Something like this.
rbgtcdrts lhbfrcden vrtqhf GeppS
haeaehuty onfytrsc csuopmn
strnhgvt leztoiubnyt eleaet tpxecE
What does that mean?' you ask.
why. It's cubist joke. of course.
You don't understand It? Then you don't
understand art. that's all. Xcydfz hopfS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

She ran toward the jungle, all un-
conscious of the stone She still held j..
her hand. She lost al sense Of tiruc
ana compass; and go ran in q half cir
Gle, coming cut at the river again.
The Indian twilight was rising II The
east when She -ound herself agar.
looking out upon the water. the stone
s:,n clutciled tightly She sazed at the
the river. The stone dropped with i
thud II her feet The savage in her
had not aoated the least: only her body
was terribly worn and wearied and
the robe. tnuddied ana torn, enveloped
her like q veil of ice Above her the
lonely yellow sky: below her the sick,y
river; all about her silence which held
9. thousand menaces. Which way
should she go? Where could she pos
sibly lind shelter for the right2
The chill reused her finally and shs
swung her arms TO renew the circulA-
UCl!- Nearby she saw a tree, in the
crotch Of which reposed q platform,
and upon this platform sat a shrine
\ few withered flowers hung about the
gross neck of the idol ana withered
flowers lay scattered 1T the base of the
tree. There was also n bundle of dry
rushes which some deyotee had for
gotten. At least, yonder platform
would afford safety through the night
So. with the last bit of strength at he.
command. she gathered up the rushcs
and climbed to the platform. arranging
her bed behind the idol She covered
her shoulders with the rushes and drew
her knees up to her chin She had
forgotten her father, Bruce, the happy
days in far country; che had but a
single thought, to sleep. What the
want OF sleep could not perform ex-
haustion could; and presently she lay
stilI
Thus, she neither saw nor heard the
pious pilgrims who were on their way
70 -Ailaha TO pray IN that temple known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
The Helpless Obstinate.

~ REPRESENTATIVE CARTER GLASS
N was talking about a man who had
wrong IDEAS on finance.
Il argued with him FOR two hours"
said Representative Glass. IT laid all
the facts before him, but It was no use.
He was obstinate. hopelessly obstinate
Mr.. Glass Trowued and shook his head.
Then lie ended:
An obstinate man, you know, does not
hold opinioas-they hold him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15
Up and Down.

a PRoPoS OF the hard time that lit
"a erary genius has. q novelist said at
a dinner in New York:
"A literary genius is one whom nature
lets in on the ground floor, and whom
the publishers force to I've in al attic. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-15

HEN Il 4 t Il i : Il
came to the river
She sv-erved to-
ward the broadest
part OF it. Twice
she stumbled over
powders. but rose
plu kily ard,
bruise d an 4
b T 6 q t h / c g e /.
plunged into the