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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
TURNING ELLIS ISLAND INSIDE OUT
By MARY l.. CHAMBERLAIN uExclusive Service the Survey Press Bureau)

When Mrs. Pankhurst was waylaid a. appreciatively of the immigration de- pot In general and of the courtesy of its officers in particular, but she hint ed at its similarity to certain prisons she had known. Could some of the other detained women become articu- late they might tell story of monot- onous days spent in a bleak room while they waited. many with babies at their breasts. without reading matter, with out sewing materials for themselves or toys for their children. without re- creation or outdoor exercise of any kind. until their cases were settled
 Frederic C.. Howe. the new commits sioner of immigration at the port of New York. has set out to change some of the old tradition at Ellis Island and to make of it comfortable waiting place for those newcomers whose start in America must be safeguarded by certain precautionary measures. AL ready he has introduced a new spirit at the island. Clerks. attendants and matrons tell the visitor that the com missioner is ''humanizing" the place.
 The ''humanizing' began with a sim gle bench on the lawn. For weeks Commissioner Howe says he worked to transplant that bench from a labyrinth of benches packed away in a storeroom to the plot of grass outside. Then fol- lowed other benches and the trans planting of the inmates from the cheer less dentention hall to those benches.
 At first some of the old women wept. says Commi missioner Howe. when the bare walls of the detention room were transformed into changing picture of curious ships, blue water and a misty new world across the harbor.
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of the Andes. as the doings of other parts of the world pass before them.
 The view from Santa Lucia shows the magnificent location of Santiago The town lies in flat basin or valley surround cd by ragged blue mountains. It is 100 feet above the Pacific ocean and in plain sight of the Andes. Around one side of 1t flows the Mapocho river further down is the Maipo, and beyond them are the rich farms, orchards and vineyards of the great central valley. The city is right under and all around you. It is a vast expanse of gray roofs, cut here and there by wide streets that cross one another at right angles. In it's center is the Plaza des Armas, on which stand the cathedral, the city hall and other great buildings, and a little further over, taking up whole square, is the Chilean capitol or House of Congress, one of the finest buildings of all South America The cap itol building Is surrounded by gardens filled with tropical trees, including great palms, the trunks of which are as large around as hogshead although they are not more than 90 feet high.
 Now look down over your feeti Right under you begins the Alameda, the Penn sylvania avenue or Commonwealth ave- nue of Santiago. It is lined with mag nificent buildings and here and there over the whole city you can see the spires of churches rising above the roofs of the buildings. You can also see trees ap- parentiy growing right out of the houses. Those trees are in the patios. Many of the buildings are of Spanish style. run ming about gardens, filled with roses and palms and other tropical trees.
 But let us go down from Santa Lucia and take a ride through the city. There are plenty of street cars with woman conductors, who will give us a seat on
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stock on the station farm, but there is neither the number nor the variety that is needed in the work given. For ex- ample, there Is not a horse nor a nut ton sheep on the farm. The department is limited in finances and it's supply of animals is by no means complete. The effect of this was seen in the final con- test, and is strong argument for in- struction by demonstration. The Visits Department at University
 of Missouri
 When college opened on the ninth of September, work was resumed under the direction of the professors, as the con test was to be held within three weeks. All the live stock was used during the day and at night types and breeds of live stock Were studied by means of photo graphs in baloptican. ~
 The study of live stock at the farm had been thorough, but on account of the small number of animals there it was deemed necessary by the coaches to have
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supply teachers and at Ellis Island, there fore, on the very threshold of the coun- try these immigrant children will begin their American education.
 Very little change has been made by Commissioner Howe in sleeping and boarding accommodations at the island: The food. he thinks. Is good but he has sta tioned inspectors in the dining hall to take any complaints about it. The hunks are not bad, he says, and new provision has just been completed for over 1000 in- migrants. In fact, the commissioner re- gards the regimen of the plant at Ellis Island as pretty we'll managed; it's the fact human being are inside it, not digits in an annual report, which he believes has been forgotten. M sse
 Commissioner Howe has two advantages over previous commissioners at Ellis Island. In the first place. the great fall ing off of immigration since war began has given him time for experiments, and a small group with which to experiment. All former commissioners have been.-so buried under the administrative detail of dealing with 100000 immigrants year that they had no imagination for addi- tional work. Only 10000 arrived during September as compared with 100000 for the corresponding month year ago. and where ordinarily there are 2Oo0 persons temporarily resident on Ellis Island there are but 200 today.
 In the second place. Commissioner Howe. from his post as director of the Peoples institute of New York city, helped bring play and color into the streets of New York. and his vision Is trained to the need of this spirit ct Ellis nslA9d
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 | A Il dry department of the Alabama ~ Polytechnic institute at Auburn l&sGS&SJ mas recently been returned from
 Memphis where the boys won honors in the stock judging contest held at the Tri-State fair. In connection with this trip Is an interesting story of what the animal husbandry department at Au- burn is doing.
 Last year Alabama paid into outside markets for pork alone the sum of eight and a half million dollars. or approxi- mately $4 per capita. Within the same time Alabama imported 22,6S5 mules; TAI horses valued at s919, ,s95. Beef, butter and eggs were shipped in in quantities that in creased these figures. which amount to s9,42279O for the three items, pork, horses and mules.
 In other words Alabama produces only q fractional part of the live stock, poul- try, and dairy products that are used in Alabama. It may be argued that, as Ala bama produces coal and lron in vast quantities, her small production of live stock is justified. This however, Is not an excuse nor even a reason, unless the small production were all that could be raised. But this is not the case. All over the state are farms, and dairies that produce only part of what they could and should produce. With the natural resources, climate and soil, and the variety of crops that can be grown in the farming districts of Alabama, and with the opportunity for raising live stock there is no good reason why Alabama cannot produce at least all of the live stock, poultry, and dairy products that are needed in the state. Proper manage ment would be necessary. That is exact ly the factor that is lacking now and that Auburn is endeavoring to supply tn its animal husbandry department.
 Department at Auburn
 This department Is in charge of George S. Templeton. professor of animal hus- bandry; Earl $. Girton. associate profess sor; Noel Negley, dairy expert; F. w. Went, assistant in animal husbandry;
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rise up against the holtzon like walls of snow. Above these white walls is stretched sky of the bluest blue and in winter, when the best races take place, the weather is as mild as June in Vir- ginia. The ladies come out in their sum- mer dresses and they walk about through the parks and gardens not far from the grandstand. The race track is owned by the Club Hlpico de Santiago This club has done much to improve the breeding of horses in Chile End has made the Chilean horse one of the best in the world The Chilean horse Is a cross be- tween the Flammand and the Arabian horse brought here by the Spanish con- qrerors, which through the temperate climate and the cold snow has grown into what Is an entirely new type. It has great staying qualities, with ex- traordinary courage and spirit. Like the Arabian horse, it eats but little, and it has all the endurance of the Arab and the strength of the Flammand.
 A part of the race track receipts and also of the lottery receipts of Chile are given to charity The charities are under an organization known as the Junte de Beneficencia. which is one of the richest institutions of Chile. It gets its income not only from private char ity. but also from it's own properties and from funds donated by the state It has 97 boards of management, and altogether 122 charitable institutions. Here in Santiago 1t has home for children that accommodates thou- sand inmates and also children's eat ing house that supplies meals at reg ular hours to poor mothers and chill dren to the number of 1000 daily. It has orphan asylums. associations for giving cheap homes 10 working peo- pie, tuberculosis hospitals and found- ling asylums
 Under the care of the Junta de Bene- ficencia is the cemetery of Santiago, which is one of the most beautiful of the world. It was founded by General O'Higgins. when he was President of the republic along about the time that John Quincy Adams was in the White House. Before that the Catholics had their own cemetery and there was no place for the poor nor for the hereties General O'Higgins believed that death makes all men of one size" and he es- abolished this great burial ground
 The cemetery is an enormous enclos- ure. filled with old cypress trees that extend for 75 to 100 feet above the paved sidewalks and courts. It is a real city of the dead with many vaults and monuments. the collins being stored away above the ground in houses of marble. granite or sandstone. One of the finest monuments is the bronze figure of a woman who stands on pedestal with her arms outstretched to- ward heaven This Is to eommemor lte the 2000 women who were burned to death when the church of the Iesuits took fire and was completely destroy ad. That was in December. 1868. Santiago had then no fire brigade and the in mates crowded to the door which
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opened inward and forced them shut sn that they could not get out. One of the men who did the most to save the women was the American minister, a man named Wilson. He received a tes- timonial from the city for his courage and is still remembered there.
 Another striking monument of this cemetery is a bronze figure of Christ. It stands right in the center of the city of the dead. with the avenues ra- diating from the four sides of the rock pedestal upon which the Christ stands. The rock represents Calvary. The fig ures Is more than life size and it is wonderfully effective and impressive. It is the finest monument I have ever seen in any cemetery.
 Santiago is a city of many churches and schools Full religious tolerance is granted and the Protestants have their missions and churches and schools in different parts of the re- public. Roman Catholicism is the state religion and the church receives large subsidy from the Government
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the roof for or 6 cents. or we can get town in North America We choose the motor car, and fly this way and that through the town. How big the houses are and how lowl The older ones cover acres and but few of them have more than two stories. They are made of brick plastered with stucco and painted in the brightest of colors. In the best parts of the city the architecture is Greek The doors are upheld by pillars and I venture there are more Corinthian and Doric col umns in Santiago than in Athens. Others Of the residences are like Italian palaces, and not few have each cost s1O0,000 and upward. Nearly every great house has some legend connected with it. There is a magnificent one on the Alameda whose plans were drawn in Paris and sent out to the builders. In some way they got the plans mixed and put the back of the house to the street. and so it is to this day.
 Now we are in the business part of Santiago. Here there are many fine buildings that have grown up within the past few years. There are magnificent stores with the goods of the latest pat terms from Europe. The town is noted for it's fine window displays and it's many arcades. The business blocks are ldiEt, anu lHt ldCl lildl they dlt UOl skyscrapers makes it possible to cut these covered passageways through them, roof ing the arcades with glass. Often a block containing several acres will have arcades that cross one another at right angles. Each is a favorite promenade. for the opaque roof shuts out the heat of the sun and at the same time gives plenty of light. The stores in the arcades bring good rents
 I find A great difference in the stores of Santiago over those that I saw here was no attempt at display. The prices Were not marked on the goods, and nearly all dealing was a matter of bargain and sale. Now every large store has it's plate glass windows and the price marks are changed from day to day. This revolu- tion was caused about four years ago by the inauguration of a department store. This was a branch of a big Buenos Ayres establishment It sold goods at fixed prices and had expert window dressers who changed the display every night The people took to it and they foresook the old stores in such numbers that many of them failed. Today a new class of business establishment Is going up The buildings are of several stories with a more regular sky line than that of our American cities. They are more like the shops of Germany and France than those of North America, and indeed in many respects the town is 9 miniature Paris.
 The street scenes of Santiago are a combination of the old and the new You still see the donkeys and mules carrying their panniers of vegetables and fruits about from door to door. You still see horses close to the sidewalks hobbled by
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rfuths Swear old mules; tenth Southdown eve lambs: eleventh, Cotswold ewes; twelfth, Shropshire yearling lambs
 After the placing the contestants and the judge returned to the hotel. In con- secutive order by number each man gave his reasons on each class of animals. Grading was on the basis of 100 per cent. If the contestant graded the animal as the judge had graded, he was given 100 per cent. Reasons substantiating the ranking of animals were given on eight of the 12 classes and graded in the same way.
 The Auburn team won the team trophy. Ia individual work Frazier of the Arkan- sas State Agricultural school led, with . score of 91 per cent. winning the trophy for high man in the contest on horses and sheep and receiving $40 in cash. Baze- more of Auburn won second place, receiv- irg the trophy for high man on hog judging. and $30 in cash. Simms of Ala bama came third and won the trophy on beef cattle judging. and a prize of S20. Mask of the Alabama team was fourth, winning s10: and Craft of Arkan- sas fifth. winning $5
 It is striking fact that the Alabama Polytechnic boys won the beef cattle and hog trophies and lost the horse and sheep trophies, as there are no horses nor nut ton sheep on the station farm at Au- burn. Good as their work was, 1t will be better when finances permit a larger supply of live stock on the farm.
 The Auburn team had excellent coaches in Professor Templeton and Professor Girton, and the competitive work has played an important part in increasing in- terest and efficiency in the animal hus- bandry department at Auburn
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From the St Louis lobe-Democrat.
 Obliging Grocer do purchaser of s1 worth of sugar)--"Shall send it for you, madam?"s
 Custoner-"No, thank you; it won't be too heavy for me to carry
 Obliging Grocer Oh no, indeed madam; win make it as light as possi- ble
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GYOWANT to give you some pie I%I lures of Santiago. It Is the
 -A--$ social. political and business lAs5sSt heart of. this country IL is the
 pulse of the nation and the people move as it beats fast or slow. It contains all of the statesmen and most of the money. It is the center of all great movements. and. in fact, 1t might be called Chile itself. The san tiago of 1914 contains fully one-sfxth of all the people inside the republic. It has a population of over 100000 and has doubled in size in the past Is wears. It has grown in beauty and modern improvements It has widened it's streets and paved them with as- phalt The Alameda has become grand boulevard. with a garden rcn- hing through the center and driveways on each side. The Cousino park. the gift of the millionaire family that owns the coal mines. has sprung up on one side of the city and forst park has been created, skirting both of the banks of the Mapoeho river. The Quinta Normal has been greatly improved and santa Lucia. the table mountain that rises straight up out of the heart of the city. has developed into a creation more wonderful than the Hanging Gar dens of Babylon
 I wish l could show you Santa Lucia! No city of the world has a pul5tfc mark 10 compare with it. If you could drop down into the very center of PhiladeI- phia, Baltimore or Boston a mighty rock with almost precipitous walls 300 Feet high and with base of 100 acres or more you might have the park as 1t was at the beginning. To make 1t what it is now you would have to cover the walls with vines, plants and trees until the whole became one mass or green. This mass would include eucalyptus and palms. oak trees and pines and semi-tropical plants and flowers of every description. The rock IS so rough that natural grottoes are formed in its walls, and as you climb your way up you go past fountain aft CT fountain and waterfall after water fall You walk through paths shaded by gigantic fern trees and flowers cf many colors. the names of which arc unknown in North America. Every step upward gives a different view of the city, and at the top q beautiful little park at the height of 30-story flat overhangs the capital of the Chilean republic. In the center of this park right on the top. is q level space flocred with tiles. where the city band plays of an evening. and there on q curtain stretched across the rock is an open air moving picture show where the people sit out under the clear sky
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TEAM from the animal husban- dry department of the Alabama Polytechnic institute at Auburn
 mas recently been returned from
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The street scenes of Santiago are a combination of the old and the new. You still see the donkeys and mules carrying their panniers of vegetables and fruits about from door to door. You still see horses close to the sidewalks hobbled by
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1
 
Santiago. Chile.

HaIIIIaEO, NHIIt. WANT to give you some pie lures of Santiago. It is the social. political and business heart of this country. II is the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

'I mean in the future when equal
suffrage is no longer the question of
the hour, but working fact. l won
der if all the women who are now
fighting will go to the polls on cleo
ton day.
you see, the rich people don't feel
the necessity of voting themselves.
They haven't anything that they
need that's pressing necessity at
stake. But the working women have
and the politicians viii have to reck-
on with their power"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

thOughe before And
he talk made them reflective
The prostitutes need the ballot infinitely much than the good
continued will
make restitution society And
that only those who make good will vote
bother And who will
Of
would
asay, need to protect them.
the profits these
the disrepuabe shouldn't
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

legislation the little girls wandering
astray, need to protect them.
"The men who live from the pro
to vote. We let the disreputable ma
called disreputable women vote and
sweep away the economic conditions
that are the root of sin.
"The men are getting awfully
afraid of us. They can't quite figure
us exactly. They can't be certain
what we are going to do now that we
have the vote. have been offered
. the candidacy for alderman from the
21st ward by two political parties.
Men have come to me-poitical
bosses have asked me how
many votes l thought the women of
the 21st ward would cast. And told
them was not at all certain
"They say to me, of course all
the ladies who live on the Lake Shore
drive will vote l was forced to tell
them l was not certain of that.
But l tell them l do know of one
class of women that are certain to
vote. And l mean the working girls,
the girls from the Woman's Trade
Union League. They are sure to vote,
because they can see clearly the
things they need to bring them the
comfort that people need, the things
they need to bring little more hap
piness into their lives. And 1 tell the
men who asked me that these girls
will vote and their votes are going to
make a vast difference in the relation
Of capital to labor.
But I'm not so sure of the fash
onable women, even though fashion
able women have been very instru-
mental in winning the fight for equal
I
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09
CHURCHES FIGHT SALOONS

CHURCHES FIGHT SALOONS
Lincoln, ILL.,, Jan. .o.-The cam
paign of the Lincoln churches
against Lincoln's 26 saloons has be-
gun. Twenty \ petitions have been
placed in prominent parts of the city
for the signature Stthe "drys." Real
izing that the trepgth of the wo-
mems vote will largely determine the
result of the election the leaders are
holding nightly council to devise
plans for securing the fullest women
support.
Though they will fight, the saloon
owners have expressed themselves
as having little hope in case the wo-
mems vote stands, and some are
negotiating for the sale of their prop
erty.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-09

81 hear your wife is going to lead
all the fancy dances at the charity en-
tertainment?" ooh, yes! She's used
to that sort of thing. She's led me a
dance all my life"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-08-20
PANAMA CANAL NOW OPEN TO
THE WORLD.
Steamship Ancon of u. s. War De-
partment Makes First
Official Trip.

lanama, Aug. 15.-The Panama
canal is&open to the commerce of the
world. Henceforth ships may pass
to and fro through tho grcat water
way which establishes 2 new ocean
highway for trade.
The steamship, Ancon, owned by
the United States war department,
with many notable. persons on board,
today made the official passage which
signalized the opening of the canal.
She left Cristobal at o'clock this
morning and reached Balboa, on the
Pacific end, at 4 o'clock this after
noon, having navigated the waterway
in nine hours.
The Ancon will remain at the
Balboa docks for some time, dis
charging her cargo, this being the
first commercial voyage made
through the canal.
The canal having been officially
opened, it will be used tomorrow for
the transfer of four cargo ships which
will thus shorten their routes.
Colonel George w. Goethals, build
or of the canal and governor of the
zone, was pleased at the handling Of
the locks.
In conformity with promise made
by Goethals tho peace flag of the
American Peace society fluttered
from the foremast of the Ancon. Be-
meath her decks, however, were two
huge pieces of artillery, which are
destined to form an important part
in the defenses of the waterway.