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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12
4 DELAY in STOCK
Recent State Order viii Be
Hard ON Railways.
lockade of Traffic Is Looked
for by Officials.

The order made last night by Tay-
lor Riddle. state lfvD stock sanitary
commissioner. ordering all railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12

Weather E0recast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday;
colder Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-12

John Lofty, superintendent at Man,
haitian, said: 1T looks to me as II
Topeka has done all in her power &c
take care of the teachers. We are go
ing to have an excellent meeting"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
NOW FOR THE LIFE SAVING CRUSADE or BABY WEEh
Training of Mothers
To Be SyStemati-
calIyCarriedOut.

During the hot weather the mothers
task with not only the baby but the
older children is harder than at any
otber season. They eat decaying fruit.
,rnpure candy and other things with
or without her knowledge or with per-
mission. and to avoid this the visiting
curses try to take advantage Of the
sresh air trips and vacation outings
provided by the various charities. and
20 encourage the use of nearby open
SQUARES and Fairgrounds OF which
there are still too few.
Many mothers don't know their ba.
bies are i'll until it is too late to do
ANYTHING to save them, for ignorance
e slow to take alarm. They are likely
10 think and say: "All babies have
moor DAYS; / will wait until tomorrow
and see how it is" Often too proud
TO GO TO the hospital or dispenssry, too
moor or timid to call the private ply
stefan, the damage is done before they
have decided upon what course to fol-
low.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
SKYSCRAPER 4
GILDED BRICK

In New Yorks skyscraper belt, where
the buildings run from one TO fifty-hye
noors. their average height is under six
stories and half. Only half a dozen
skyscrapers in ali the city may fairly be
called beautiful, though a larger number
are admirable feats OF engineering. All
the more noteworthy, then, is the calcu-
lation Of the secretary of New Yorks
Height of Buildings Commission, that, al
lowing for depreciation. the skyscraper
investment return is but 2i5 per cent. Nor
does this class of edifce profit the com
munity more than the individual, the
cost in light and air Is supplemented By
the fact that skyscrspers burst sewers
with their outflow, and force the city 10
install a high pressure system for ire
fighting.
one often hears arguments against the
construction Of high buildings based upon
aesthetics. The most appealing argument
is likely TO prove that OF dollars and
cents. Unless as an advertising propOs.-
ton (Which need not greatly concern u.s.
skyscrapers don't pay. New York has
found this out rather extensively. TIE
results OF the experiment are respectfully
referred to all those growing cities m
which. as a matter OF local pride, sky
scraper construction is now SO earnestly
proposed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

of the paraphernalia for the hunt. Bar
clay told the doorkeeper that 1 was mis-
brother and assistant, and we were
given admittance. And motley crew
we were, the rat killer, myself three
rat terriers, Old General Lee, the bull
dog and finally the two boxes of fer
rets, sharp-nosed, gimlet-eyed and ex-
pectant, knowing the chase that was
ahead Of them
THE SIDE LINE OF BARCLAY, THE
GENIUS.
ut may at this point be worth while
to stop to explain that Barclay main
tanned an animal store, but with the
insight of the genius and pioneer mad
seen a side line TO his business which
discovered the fact that with few of
these English ferrets it is possible TO
rid any given building of its rats, and
that in short order. He had demon
strated this to different government Of
ficials, and as a result he had contracts
to run the rats from the various great
buildings at stated times. The ferret
is the hereditary enemy of the rat fam
lily, and the presence of one in the
same building with the rodents strikes
terror to their hearts. When that pres
ence is discovered the rats leave the
building i'm the same way that they
leave a leaky ship tied up to the wharf
In Barclays plan of campaign the fer
rets were supplemented by the dogs
which were set to watch various aper-
lures and kill the rats when they ap-
peared in their flight from the pursuit
of the ferrets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
PRENATAL INSTRUCTION 7
SAVE THE BABY.

Prenatal instruction and proper prep
arotion for motherhood are the only
answer to the appeal to save the ba-
bies.
Education i'm the schools is one factor.
Education of the working man, as citi-
zen and producer. as an aid to pubhe
hetterment in his adopted country
rather than a disturber OF the peace, is
another factor.
And the mother, instead OF being left
alone to fan the dead fires Of disap-
pointed motherhood, is to receive the
most helpful aid that her adopted
country's women and men can give her.
They will teach her how to save her
babies.
Marriage, the highest relation recog-
nized by man, childbirth, the exalted
privilege of womanhood, are the two
factors in making and preserving that
centre of social and moral activity,
the home.
From the home all citizens may fare
forth to fight a common enemy for
the country's good. In the coming
Baby Week, the common enemy is
death, whose devastating presence has
become altogether too familiar in the
modest homes of the crowded sections
where the wee one-month-old has
hardly a fighting chance.
| Help us one and all to vanquish
deaths presence and wrest the baby
toll from his relentless grasp. Baby
Week will give opportunities to all 10
help. and woe to us who allow the APP
pealing note of warning to fall on deaf
ears.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
INFANT MORTALITY OF MANHAT-
TAN BOROUGH.

According to statistics Of births sun
and living taken from the infant NOR
tality Of Manhattan Borough for l9lZ
records. one out of every twenty was
a still birth and one out OF every
twenty-four infants born alive died be-
fore it was a month old.
The mortality Of infants under one
year of age had steadily decreased
since 1910 from 1853 to 1O1.9 in 1915
but the reduction was among the
babies dying over one month Of age
whereas the mortality under the
month had varied slightly.
Deaths from prenatal and congenital
causes are increasing, while those from
other causes have decreased.
The method of solution for this prop
lem is one that all welfare organiza-
lions are following.
In 1912, with a staff Of six held
nurses. one supervising nurse and a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
Ayard Of Bhbies

physician, the work was srarteo IN SIX
neighborhoods. They included the tat
ian colony on the upper East Side,
four lower East Side districts Zone haV-
ing mixed population Of Hebrews and
Italians and a few Poles one typical
Jewish quarter another made up OK
Hebrews and Italians and one a rep
resentative downtown Italian colony
and last of all an Irish-American sec
ton adjacent to the. notorious San
Juan neighborhood.
The work was started by the search
ing for and enrolling OF the expectant
mothers as early in the pregnant period
as possible Then the nurse from the
established district centre, after seeing
and gaining the prospective mothers
confidence and assuring her of hearty
cooperation, commenced her instruc-
ton, which, if conscientiously followed
out, would make the pregnancy normal
in every respect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

No two neighbors will give the same
advice, no two babies are alike; what
was good for the neighbours baby might
prove poison to the one whose mother
acted upon this well meaning but mis-
directed guidance.
Another caution equally important is
to the mother who brings her baby to
the family table at meal time, and in
order to keep it quiet gives it a sip Of
this and that-coffee, tea, a bone OF
some meat that has been fried to suck
on, OF even worse, and then she Won
ders at the dire consequences.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

fear in the mind Of the mother.
One of the first things cautioned
against is the seeking or accepting OF
all the offered advice of neighbors as
to the care of mother and baby before
and after birth, for no matter how
kindly it is meant it is but leaf from
their own book of experience, which
NAV or may not have been successful
and might prove disastrous to follow.
The nurse doing the prenatal work
leaves with the family some postals all
addressed to herself, one of which will
bring aid Immediately upon its receipt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

the conduits and air chambers Of the
buildings, for 1 had already seen this
done, and Of their unceasing activity.
1 said that when one of the small Great
ures was released in any given cham
Der he began his silent, soft-footed GAL
lop and went on and on and on with
out pause, without rest, ltil every
crook and Granny was explored and
every rodent. from the great shaggy
denizens OF the sewer to the small mice
under the caves, was put on the run.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
TALKING AGAINST THE lNEVI-
TABLE CONTINGENCY.

IT became enthused and it was with
difficulty that he stopped me, for there
was an impelling force that drove me
on. And l could have talked ferrets to
the end Of time. This thing that urged
me forward was the fear that he would
ask me how Barclay recovered the fer
rets when the work was done. 1t was
question that puzzled me. L hadn't
the slightest idea how he got them
back, and 1 could not think Of q story
that 1 could have told that 1 myself
would have believed. felt that ] must
keep Mr.. Roosevelt entertained with
the hunt until Barclay returned, for if
he asked me this question l was gone.
1t was the logical question in the
further development of the subject and
I knew it was inevitable. I ran on like
Senator who is talking bill to death
and held the floor. Barclay returned
and told Mr.. Roosevelt that on the
morrow, when the little vermin had
worked themselves to exhaustion, they
would return to the light Of day and
the open spaces Of the furnace room
and might be recaptured. The day was
saved and l was not exposed.
Kermit and Quentin were enthusi-
astic participants in the hunt that
night. They watched it from prepara-
ton to the time when their father ap-
peared and sent them scurrying to bed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
OUTDOOR WORK AND EXERCISES
NORMAL ACTIVITIES.

Mothers are taught that illness dur
ing the waiting per | was not neces-
sary; that the condition was perfectly
normal and that outdoor work and ex-
ercise when not too strenuous were the
best things for them to do. Instruc-
tions were also given as to diet, sleep
and care of the general health. Mental
and nervous conditions were explained,
fear was banished, and when abnor-
mality existed the physician was i'm
mediately called in on the case.
The intimacy of the home visits gave
the nurse opportunities to use her in
fiuence in many ways for the good of
all concerned. Parents were helped to
send their children to school. Crippled
or mentally deficient children were
helped where shame and ignorance had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

stood in the light before her coming.
In some cases the mother and the older
children were sent into the country for
a weeks outing, and even the fathers
came in for their share Of instruction
and advice, and the nurse timed an
occasional visit so as to have an in
telligent conversation with him and APP
peal to his manhood and fatherhood to
aid in this great experiment, and usual
" he was more than willing, especially
if at previous periods his children had
been born dead or died soon after birth.
The result in most cases was a normal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

overco.t on 1 would certainly roast
and if / took it off 1 would appear the
best dresse" rat killer in the business.
took my time and thought it out, the
decision being that it was better to take
chance at detection than surely to
suffocate. So off came the overcoat,
and although l saw the policemen look
ing me over with some interest they
evidently had no suspicion that l was
other than what 1 claimed TO be.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT AND THE FAKER
MEET.
This, however, was but child's play
in comparison with the ordeal ahead
of me, for l was to be forced into the
necessity of outwitting the President
himself, and that is no small matter
where animals are concerned, as he
later proved to the sorrow Of various
and sundry nature-f takers. But that
night l faxed nature to a standstill to
the very face of this eminent naturalist
and still escaped with no Club mem
bership. Necessity was the mother or
the stories l invented, and she did her
full duty to her offspring.
1T was about 10 o'clock when the
President came downstairs. He had
heard of the ferrets and was intensely
interested in them. He wanted to see
their work demonstrated. 1t happened
that at the time of his putting in an
appearance Barclay was in charge Of
the campaign in another part Of the
house, while 1 was watching the re-
naming box of ferrets in the furnace
room Under this arrangement the
President very naturally fell upon me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

labor, healthy, live baby, the post
partum period was passed normally.
and the baby nursed by the healthy
mother remained after the passage Of
the danger month one of a happy,
grateful family.
All abnormal cases with previous
histories of sorrowful conditions were
given especial attention, and it was a
source of surprise to the workers how
many of such cases were enrolled, and
also how many emergencies were COPIED
with through prenatal treatment, in
struction and allaying Of the dominant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

I'VE liberated ferrets in the storage
and baggage rooms in the attic, and
from one small room high up in the
house we were surprised to hear oft
repeated and hysterical screams. We
went to the rescue and found Miss
Alice's teacher OF French standing IN
the middle OF her bed while half dozen
great rats ran about the room. A
broken register had allowed them TO
escape into the room. All the time tie
policemen and Secret Service men
looked on. Mr.. Roosevelt had long
since retired, and we had passed his
sleeping room many times during the
night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
THE REAL STORY NEVER TOLD
IN HIS PAPER.

at was 3 O'clock when 1 gave up III.
hunt in order to catch my city edition.
With Barclay it was vigil Of twenty
four hours. It was not much Of a
story that I was able TO write about y
at that time, for the rat killer had a
contract with the government and
feared that If it were known that he
had taken me into the White House
there would be trouble ahead for him.
1 wrote what / might, but have had to
keep the rest to myself through all
these years en- Barclays account. But
later he sold his ferrets and retired and
the ban is removed. L put 1t up to you
If it was not something out of the ord
nary in the way of hunt?
II have since been to the White
House on other occasions and for MANY
purposes, ranging from news gathering
TO diplomatic receptions. The same DO
licemen are on duty, and 1 always
hurry past them and turn my face the
other way Those fellows made me
nervous, and / am always afraid that
they are going to start something"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
Greater City Alert
for Work of the
Highest Import.
By JEANETTE YOUNG NORTON.
Member Of Mayor Mitcbols Better BABY
Co...,,,lttee


TIVE you heard that ''ather anu
II Mother Knickerbocker have set
n n their house in order for
Greater New York Baby Week?
They have tackled up over the por-
tails Of their home the slogan, Better
Babies BETTER Mothers, Better City"
Mayor Mitchell last week appointed
the Greater New York Commission 10
take charge Of Baby Week, which runs
from June 20 to 26. with instructions
10 make the work of the week the
greatest ever accomplished in the in
FAINT life saving movement.
The members Of this commission are
men and women we'll known as active
agents in health welfare and social re-
form, many Of them prominent in the
organizations that stand for the better
ment of the city. 49,.
During Greater New York Baby Week
a campaign will be instituted to IN
struct the mothers how. to save their
babies during the hot weather, when
the death toIlis at its appalling height.
II is a observation-disclosures
campaign to save these little lives &c
give aid toithe mothers of those yet un-
born, whichfis prompting the members
OF the commission TO give time and
labor for the success of Baby Week
not in any way. inaugurated for profit
or praise. l+t
In the vitality Of women carefully in
structed by those who are capable to
teach there is a force for the nealth
of future generations beyond the cal
culations Of the most enthusiastic of
sanitarians.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

II was somewhat relieved at getting
safely past the doorkeeper, but, as l
afterward learned. my trouble had just
begun. In the hallway we met two
pairs of policemen, great, husky, sharp
eyed fellows. At the foot of the stairs
as we went down there were other
policemen, and so on through all the
corridors to the very kitchen and fur
mace room for which we were bound.
I have since learned that there are
thirty policemen detailed TO the White
House but that night there seemed TO
be an army of them. 1t also seemed
TO me that each Of them suspected me
of being an interloper, and that his fin
gers were itching for my coat collar.
THE FURNACE ROOM AND NEW
DIFFICULTIES.
But in the furnace room where the
preparations for the hunt were to be
made, l found additional difficulties
awaiting me. I was not entirely clear
as to what should be the get-up of a
professional rat killer, but was inclined
to the belief that he was in no way a
Ward McAllister. My overcoat had
seen two or three seasons, and when I
entered the collar was carelessly turned
up and 1 had an appearance which I
would hate 10 call shabby, but it was
certainly not natty. But underneath
was a brand new suit, fresh from the
tailor that day, and hold that l am
a well dressed man when my suits are
new.
well, in the furnace room 1 found
myself spiked hard and fast on the
horns of a dilemma. If l kept my
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN kerr
NIT AND QUENTIN.

"The contrast between these two sons
Of the President is very marked, and
was shown clearly in the difference in
the manner in which they entered into
the spirit Of the hunt. Kermit was at
that time a quiet, slender lad, delicate
and sensitive in appearance. He asked
few questions, but watched and listened
with much interest. He absorbed al.
about him, but with the poise and dig
nifty Of an artistic and elegant tempera-
ment Quentin was the entire reverse.
He must get Immediately into the
midst of everything. He must get hold
of things. He wanted to know a thou
sand things at once and would ask
three questions before he got the first
answer. He was the reproduction Of
his father. while the older boy was of
different type.
by IL o'clock the real business Of
the night was we'll under way. All the
ferrets were in the passageways and
the dogs had all the sport they wanted
in killing the rats that came into the
open. We went throughout the house
from cellar to garnet. We listened TO
the scurrying Of the rats toward the
places Of exit and we occasionally saw
the nose of a ferret poke for a moment
into some room under the caves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

HE man who recently entered
buckingham Palace on dare
and was arrested as a burglar IS
entirely outclassed by an American
newspaper man who several years ago
entered the White House as rat
killer. nature faxed President Roose-
Welt. explored the Executive Mansion
from garnet to cellar and got away
again absolutely without detection.
The story is entirely true, and proba-
blv Colonel Roosevelt is not aware OF
the facts in the case to this day.
The story first came out at the Press
cub. told by William 'Atherton Du-
Puy. author Of "Uncle Sam, Wonder
Worker" (Stokes) who was the re-
porter who achieved the feat. He re-
lated it as a newspaper Renaissance
and as a beat that could not have been
written without getting his accomplice
into trouble.
at the time = did it," said Mr.. Du-
Puy. II had no idea in the world as TO
what -,ould have happened to me If
had been found in the White House
under false pretences, and 1 am not
quite sure yet whether / would have
been locked up, thrown out or taken
into the Cabinet.
MASTERING THE lNTRIcAcIEs OF
THE BUSINESS.
1T was four or five years ago, and
had been in Washington but week at
that time. 1 had just barely mastered
the difference between the White
House and the Capitol and learned that
the right portion Of the city in which
to reside was the Northwest. l was
still months from knowing that the
President is never quoted, and that a
Cabinet officer will be offended if you
do not address him as Mr.. Secretary.
Il was doing assignments for a local
paper. and on the night in question
was in the Office as emergency man
waiting to be sent out on anything
that might come up. At this juncture
Barclay, the rat killer. came in on
his way to the White House and asked
the city editor if he would not give him
notice with reference TO a job he he'd
on hand-to wit, Kidding the Executive
Mansion Of rodents. He was turned
over 10 me with instructions to write
a stick about it. but before he had gone
far a light began TO break in upon me
and 1 saw a chance for great story.
CONVERTING BARCLAY. THE RAT
KILLER.
"The city editor saw ii also, and the
only thing necessary was TO convert
Barclay. and this did on the walk be-
tween the office and the White House.
II was as clear as mud He was TO
take me into the White House with
him as an assistant. aye. even as n
brother. and / was to write from the
inside the big story Of the Kidding Of
the Presidents house of rats. Out be-
yond the Mississippi. whence l had
come. we see a real live President but
once in a lifetime. At that time was
unfamiliar with the cynicism OF those
near the throne, and it looked to me
like the biggest story in the world.
"I converted Barclay and when we
reached the White House door was
carrying a box Of ferrets and my share
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

manded that L satiate his desire to be
instructed as to ferrets. Why should [
not? Was / not the brother Of the fer
ret man himself and his assistant IN
such work? was. The buck was up
20 me.
VALUE OF IMAelNATloN-T. r. is
ENLIGHTENED.
"The President stated that he had
never before seen a ferret. Neither had
I. for that matter but l could not ac-
knowledge that we had the point in
common. He wanted to know all about
their origin, their habits, their training
and the manner OF their putting the
rats on the gallop. There seemed a
great many things that he wanted to
know about the fool things, and 1 told
him every one Of them! We were at
that minute feeding the animals, and l
told him that they ate raw meat, which
was obviously true. l think won his
confidence by that statement. They
fought and screamed over the scraps Of
meat and tore them madly with their
teeth. 1 took It for granted that this
indicated certain traits Of character
and enlarged upon the ferocity Of the
small creatures. ! knew they were
called English ferrets, and that sug-
gested hedgerows, and l built up >
rather neat story of their lives among
the hedgerows OF rural England and
their surreptitious visits to the hem
houses. recalled an opossum story or
two that 1 had picked up down in
Mississippi and handed those out. 1
told Of the manner of placing them in