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Evening star., 1914-04-23
MOUNT RAINIER RATIFIES
LAWS AUTHORIZING BONDS
Special Election Held for Installing
Water and Sewerage Systems
and Lighting Plant.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
MOUNT RAINIER, Md, April %. 1914.
The laws passed at the recent session OF
the Maryland legislature authorizing the
mayor and common council of Mount
Rainier to issue S125.OGo bonds for the
installation of water and sewerage sys-
TENS and an electric lighting plant were
ratified at special election held here
Tuesday, and plans are already being
made for the early beginning Of the work
of making the Improvements.
f. H. Green cast the first ballot, his
vote being in favor of the improvements.
The judges of the election were John
Moran, William Laing and R. Z. Potts.
the clerks being George W. Dick and c.
E. Jones. A total of 233 votes out OF
319 registered were cast, seventeen OF
these ballots being defective. The vote
was: For the water and sewer bonds
172; against SO: for electric lighting
bonds, 153; against, 96; for the amend,
ments, 49, against, G..
The amendments to the town charter
provide that the clerk shall hereafter re
ceive such salary as the mayor and com
mon council shall fix, instead of D pei
cent on all collections. and provide tha
persons residing in the town $50 day
prior to any election shall have the righ
to vote.
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The American Garden of
Eden-Colorado

{ The modern Adam aud the modern Eve have
I a Garden of Eden right here in America.
where the tired can gain wonderful reward
I in new vicor and happiness. We call it Estes
Park" aud ii is In COLORADO.
II is the land Of Wild flowers raiore-mss
: sivc glaciers: gigantic mountains with cloud
} piercing peaks: rushing streams rrys;ai
} lakes. II is the land nf sunshine ard glory.
Yoa can follow your fas"rite pastime TO
yoar hearts contcnt-play golf ~ tennis
} ride. drive or motor. climb. fish and camp ost-
There are hich-cass hotels and many mod
! est places at little cost. the expense au's-
\ tion should deter You. lt's silend Il
spot 10 recuperatc and prcrsVa for future
I business battles or social obligations. Gai
the children can enjoy themselves and benefit
rs much as the grown-ups-
May ] place in your hands our folder On
Estes Park-that contains many pictures.
maps and full Information on The hotels.
boarding places. ranch houses. with their
costs: l also want 10 tell you about the best
way to get there and about the low excursion
fares.
} wM. AUSTIN General Agent Passenger
Dept. C.. II. Il .. II. Il. Co. $50 Chestnut
St. Philadelphia.
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FISH RECEIPTS HEAVY.
Large Quantities Of Shad and Her
ring Coming to Market.

Receipts of shad and herring tom all
sources were quite heavy at the 18th
street wharf market. the wharf records
showing that about 5000 herring and
100 shad were brought here by the run
boats from the nets in the mouth of
the river. and in addition to this about
10000 herring and 5.643 shad We're
brought to the market here by the steam
ers from Norfolk and the lower river.
There has been no increase of conse-
quence on the catch of shad and herring
by the haul seines at Stony point. Chap
mans point or Ferry landing, and the
trap and gill net fishermen are also
having poor luck until they are about
ready to believe that the fishing season
this year will be a failure and they will
have to pocket heavy losses. Several
thousand herring were cut yesterday for
the sailing benches in the local packing
houses and a large quantity were also
cut for out-of-town purchasers.
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number of foreign delegates, including
Senor Don J. E. Lefevre, first secretary
of the Panama legation; Mrs. Zoritza D.
garian government; Mrs. Pingsa Hu Chu,
official delegate Of the Chinese govern
ment, and Mrs. R. P. Alexander. repre-
sentative of the National Council OF
Mothers of Japan.
A number of messages were delivered
by members of cooperating organiza-
tons for social welfare. Among those
who spoke were Mrs. Daniel Lothrop of
Concord, Mass. and Miss Gertrude kntpp
of the American Association for the
Study and Prevention of Infant Mortal
ity
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masts-employed in the lumber trade out
of Chesapeake bay and North Carolina
ports. practically all OF them occasionally
visit this city, and it is stated that here
after the Reedville will be seen in port
here more frequently.
Though built at Pocomoke City. Md.
and having Wilmington, Del, as her home
port, the Reedville is named for the
prosperous Virginia port at the mouth Of
the Great Wicomico river. where she is
largely owned She is a vessel 30 gross
tons register. and is 100 feet long, 26.3
feet beam and IS feet deep. She car
ries a crew of six men and is one of the
few vessels of her class often used in
the coaSting trade.
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BRINGS CARGO OF PINE.
Schooner Reedville Delivers $50,
OCO Feet of Lumber Here.

Though she has been in service for
nearly three years the big ballheaded
schooner Reedville, Capt. Marshall. is
paying her firfist visit to this city. She
brings cargo of about 10000 feet of
pine lumber consigned to johnson &
Wimsatt and has been berthed at the
wharf foot of 18th street southwest to
unload. OF the feet of fifteen or more
ballheads-that is, schooners without top
Evening star., 1914-04-23
Addresses Before the Interna-
tionaI Congress on Welfare
of the Child.
HYGIENE IN HOMES FIRST,
THEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
President of Organization Submits
Report-Delegates Visit the
Capitol This Afternoon.

This is the day of preventive work the
world over-safety on the railroads. not
damages for accidents: safeguarding the
health, public and individual, not dosing
with remedies: probation officers for chill
dren. not sentences to reforma tories" de-
clared Mrs. Anna Steese Richardson,
chairman of the child hygiene depart
ment of New York, in an address on
The Press and Baby saving" at the
session today of the third International
the Raleigh Hotel
THE department of child hygiene
stands for health and happiness in chill
dren. she declared 1T aims to give
the child a fair start in life by surround
ing it with every possible hygienic safe
guard. by encouraging its physical and
mental development-frst through the
home and then through the school If
We do not start in the home we double
freble-the work of the school,
As an eNample-it costs thousands of
collars every year in the large cities to
MAINTAIN special classes for defective
children. most of whom would not have
been defective if they had been properly
safeguarded during infancy
Due to "Carelessness or Ignorance" !"
preventive medicine has taught us thai
in ninety-nine-cases out of one hundred
the sickly child is not a visitation OF
Providence-it is proof of carelessness OF
ignorance. Medical science in the form
of proper care and feeding of children,
can step in and work a miracle.
Last year 100000 babies under one
year of age died in the United States
enough babies to populate a great city
our campaign. in which we hope to en-
list every active worker in the congress
and mothers and parent-teachers' asso-
cations. is designed to save one hundred
thousand babies in the next twelve months
1t sounds like a tremendous under
tazing-ene hundred thousand babies-one
hundred thousand mothers-one hundred
thousand homes for the Congress OF
Mothers to reach. Well. there are one
hundred thousand of us workers in the
Congress of Mothers. Don't you think
that We each might save one baby? That
does not mean that we are to care for one
ta5y. 1t means that our work is to pu,
forth what a business man would call
effort-to save a baby through its own
mother
You cannot always win a mother over
by asking her to join the Congress OF
Mothers or parent-teachers' associa-
tions. We must do something to interest
her. something. perhaps, a little pic.
turesque. something that gives her the
impetus to study and work as We would
give a child a sugar-coated pill, and the
most effective treatment tried yet is the
better-babies contest.
The Congress of Mothers. cooperating
with the board of health or the Civic
League of the Carnival Association, an
nounces better-babies contest. at which
children between the ages of six months
and sixty months will be examined for
Nh&Fci md fal hv a
score card which permits no favoritism
on the part of the Judges"
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Lectures Before Woman's Alliance

Mrs a.. A. Bauer is to deliver an ad-
dress on "A Sunny Life" at the Women s
Alliance of All Souls Unitarian Church
tomorrow morning at II o'clock. Mrs. c.
David White is to speak on The Life and
Works of DR.. Barrows, the Prisoners
Friend ~
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Protective Work in Flood District.

Gen. William l.. Marshall, consulting
engineer to the Secretary of the Interior.
has gone to the Imperial valley. in Cal
ifGrnia. where he will take charge OF
federal work in the protection of the
valley from the flood waters of the Colo
rado river.
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Things That Might Be Done.

Things That Might Be Done.
Given the vote. DR.. Will suggested the
following things might be done: Have
publicly owned and operated markets:
harness Great Falls; have at least one
factory with ideal conditions, including
short hours and long pay, and one pub
licly owned and operated department
store. And last of ALL" he said. II
should not have it as a happy hunting
ground for a handful of tax-dodging mil
lionaires.'
H Martin Williams predicted suffrage
for the District. LAS certain as rivers
run to the sea the time will come when
people of the District viii! be the political
equals of any people in this country
James Hugh Kelley also believed the
vote would be obtained here, saying, ''The
time will come when it will be known
that the peope of Washington can vote
without the whole country going to
smash Julian Pierce presided.
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Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa-

Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associa-
tions. said, in part: .e
That I am here to speak for one Of the
few cities where the municipality has as
sumed the responsibility of baby saving
and child hygiene gives me great pleas.
ure, since I have every reason to believe
that it is the only way in which this
most fundamental and important work
can be done in the most effective and
economical manner.
Under an organization entirely re-
moved from political influences, but in
corporated in the city's budget of ap-
propriations, the act of applying for a
physicians order on the milk stations for
food and nurse instruction or assistance.
also clinic advice, is entirely removed
from any stigma of charity and is a boon
to all classes.
Every home where there is child un-
fortunate enough not to receive his prop
er food and care. and every physician
who has "A child under his care for which
he cannot obtain conditions favorable to
its health and growth, has this avenue
of hope opened freely to them. There
are the poor little children of the wealthy
and weil-to-do to be given chance as
well as poor little children of the un-
fortunate ignorant or misguided.
Method Requisite.
NO work so basic in its purpose can
be left to the chance of haphaZard en-
thusiasm and interest of a few philan-
thropic persons and their endeavors to
raise funds if the work is to continue for
a sufficiently long space of time to secure
reliable statistics and permanent results
We maintain that before the rights
of the child demand that he shall be
educated those same rights demand that
he shall not only inherit the right to live
and physical foundation as can be his
with which to acquire and assimilate the
knowledge and education which shall
make that child a valuable citizen.
The food, the care. the home, the
father--but most with the mo,her-is
where our first and most important work
is to be done in the education of parent
hood and in furnishing opportunities for
them to make up for their unprepared-
ness for the serious, sacred duties they
have to perform.
I'm the year from November, 1909, to
November. 1910, when the population of
our city was approximately 55.OOO. the
death roll of babies under enc year was
.'67 out of a total of 993-more than one
third.
During the year from November. 1911,
to November. 1912, when the baby-savng
work had been going on sixteen months
and the population rapidly nearing the
10000 mark. the deaths OF babies under
one year dropped to 263 out of total
of over 1,O00-a reduction of 104."
Addresses were also made by DIR. Helen
c. Putnam of Providence. r. L.. on "Phy-
sician's Work in Prevention of Infant
Mortality" and by Mrs. Alexander Mar
cey of Riverton. n. j.. Work for
| Babies in New Jersey.
The delegates went to the Capitol this
afternoon, and later tea is to be served
| at the Congressional Library. A session
] is to be held tonight at s o'clock. at
which Rev. j. G. Stocking is to deliver
| the invocation.
Evening star., 1914-04-23
Responsibility of Baby Saving.

In an address on "A Municipality AS
ing" Mrs. S. H. Whitten of Holyoke,
Mass, vice president of the MassachuI
setts branch of the National Congress of
Evening star., 1914-04-23
Session Last Evening.

At the opening session last night Sec
retary of State Bryan was the principal
speaker. He said that because of his
deep interest in the work of the associa
tions, he felt it an honor to address the
congress. Your work is one vitality con-
cerned with the question of the worlds
progress. In a sense it is a representa-
ton. naturalization. of the command
ment Love thy neighbor as thyself. ;
The world recognizes that it must take
into consideration every phase of child
life, because upon the child life of the ma
ton is dependent the greatness of the
nation
Commissioner Frederick l.. Siddons
spoke of the growing interest in organ
fzations that look toward the welfare of
the child. P. P. Claxton, United States
commissioner of education, and Mrs.
Frederick Schoff of Philadelphia, presi-
dent of the congress, also addressed the
session.
Mrs. William E. Rees gave solo, and
the congress heard greetings from
Evening star., 1914-04-23
Notes Progress Made.

Il have noted the progress made in
saving ba bies lives in New York city. In
1891 the death rate among infants in
New York was 96.5 per 1000 and in 1913
it was only 31.3. This means a saving of
10. 80 lives in 113 as compared with the
number of deaths among children that
would have occurred at the rate prevail
ing in 1891.
Chicago has been one of the pioneer
cities il the enforcement of the tubercu-
lin tests and of pasteurizat ton. Phila-
delphia has just adopted measures to
compel the pasteurization of milk. And
what these great cities are doing is be-
ing paralleled in many smaller places.
The campaign for the saving of babies
lives is becoming nation wide, world wide.
And everywhere the truth is spreading
that, as the late Surgeon General Wyman
wrote: .Pasteurization prevents much
sickness and saves many lives
In all the elaboration of effort and the
multiplication of the measures for the
welfare of the child, 1 beg you to mark
we'll and to hold fast to the fundamental
truth that much of the sickness that
robs the cradle and prostrates the mother
with grief is unnecessary and can be
avoided by the simple expedient of pas
teurizing the milk that is fed to babies,
so that their food may not by any chance
be to them the means of death. This is
the foundation of your work. 1t is the
fundamental factor in child welfare.
Without it the movement would be robbed
of half its beneficiarieS."
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the problems of fathers and motners
concerning children. 1t has been estao-
lished a little over one year in three
commodious rooms in the county court
house. Portland. The problems that are
brought to US to be solved are almost as
varied as are the experiences of the di1-
ferent children.
"Tbe right to be well born and the
propaganda for better babies are the
slogans of the Parents Educational Bu-
.reau. The definite ways of education IN
these lines have been by eugenic- tests
and lectures, as well as by individual
consultation and advice to inquiring par
ents on all children's problems
. Foundation of Movement.
THE Foundation of the Child Welfare
Movement" was the subject of an ad-
dress by Nathan Straus of New York, in
which he said that the origin OF the
movement for the welfare of children
was sentimental. 1t was the tenderness
that every right-hearted man and woman
has for the innocent and helpless little
ones. In it's development the movement
has become economic. 1t is the potentlal
value of the child to the family and 10
the larger family that we call the ma
ton
Mr.. Straus said that when he began his
work of protecting the lives of babies
twenty-three years ago. nearly one-half
of all the deaths in New YORK city were
of children under five years Of age. Now
less than a quarter of the deaths are in
this age group.
This is marvellous Improvement, ne
declared And similar gains have been
shown by all the larger cities 4et 1or
the country at large it is true now ina.
5000, 600 babies each year die without
reaching their first birthday anniversary,
these babies forming 19.2 per cent of all
deaths.
Il rejoice that noble women and men
of large sympathies are devoting their
energies to the betterment of the condi-
ton of children. that the work has been
developed along many lines. that it
touches the lives of babies and of older
children, that it concerns itself with their
training as well as with their health.
But have kept to the original lines OF
my life work as 1t opened up to me in
1892 I have labored with the one OBJ
ject in view-the saving of the lives OF
babies. To promote child welfare we
must keep the child. This is the funda-
mental work-the base on which rests
all the humanitarian effort on behalf of
the children
Evening star., 1914-04-23

out of our pockets" by the robbers" :"
he said. 'T mean owners of public utili-
ties and private lands"
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Wonen's & Misses
Suits of Serge !.

Simply though gracefully tailored models |
of navy blue, black and copenhagen serge. T
Cutaway Jackets silk peau de cygne Innings. /
Second Floor.
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Solution of Problems.

Mrs. Aristene y. Felts of Portland,
Greg. president of the Oregon Congress
OF Mothers. addressed the session on The
Parents Educational Bureau. Portland.
Oreg-," in which she said:
The Parents Educational Bureau OF
1a<tland, Greg, is a clearing house for
Evening star., 1914-04-23

Springs Newest and Prettiest Blouses in
shades of peach flesh. maize light blue tango
and white; pleated fronts and deep kimono
sleeves
Floor.
Evening star., 1914-04-23

OF all-white stripe crepe madras and lawn,
in host of original and charming styles.
Second Floor.
Evening star., 1914-04-23

Novelty crepes. diagonals. serges. etc. in
the prettiest of the seasons styles mo two
alike)- Single and double tunic skirts; ruff
fed and silk trimmed jackets
Floor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-18
CITY NEWS.

ftFi
st. Johns market at Benner'a
Saturday, Sept. 49,
Choice spring chickens at Jos.
Haubert's market, 709 Main.
You buy new fall shoes at lowest
prices at Ludwig's, 1904 Main.
Born Sept. Is, to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Meyers, a 10 pound boy.
DIR. H. A. Gray has moved his Of
fee to the first floor Of the Masonic
building.
Stop at Markley's for a choice
spring chicken or roast for Sunday.
-Puckechetuck lodge No. 4s meets
every Friday night at o'clock All
members requested to be present. By
order of noble srand. Geo. Immegart.
secretary.
The Iowa pharmacy commission
has given notice to Iowans that they
need not fear drug famine. The
commissioners discussed the war and
its possible effects at meeting helo.
at the capitol and every member ex-
pressed himself OF believing that the
cutting off Of the drug supply from
Germany, France, England and Rus
STA will not affect this country. Many
drugs now imported can be made in
America, according to members OF
the commission. The names on the
imported drugs are copyrighted, how
ever, and of course would have to be
changed on home manufactured goods.
Don't forget the Moose excursion
Sunday to Quincy. Only SOC.
Best Springfield 6 inch lump coal.
$315 per ton. Strictly cash Phone
215. J. c. McManus & Co.
Stop in at Sage Bros, and get a
nice chicken for Sunday dinner. We
handle nothing but the very best.
Prices right.
Special meeting Gate City chap
ter No. z. r. A. NJ, this evening 1880,
at Masonic Temple. Work on M. NJ
degree. Visitors cordially welcome.
Fort Madison Democrat: The in.
crease of taxes In Lee county, due to
the general raise Of farm values by
the executive council last year, is by
no means taken as a natural and
necessary burden. Generally speak.
ing, there seems to be little falling
off of the objections OF the tax pay
ers, IL the expressions Of those who
have arrived here to visit the treas.
urer's office are indicative. The col
lections through taxes at the local
court house Wednesday totaled over
$4,000, a good days work considering
the fact that the taxes are not re.
quired until the last OF this month
One thing which works to hurry the
collection is the ruling which makes
necessary Of penalty on all taxes not
paid by october LIST.
For nice dressed chicken cali at
Sage Bros, sos Main.
Best Springfield inch lump coal
$3.15 per ton. Strictly cash. Phone
2I5. J. C.. McManus & Co.
Regular meeting Keokuk council
No. 536 tonight at o'clock. Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth.
rem fraternally invited to attend j.
NJ. Fulton. regent: J. I. Annable, sec.
tary.
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Secret Of seeret-keeplne.
n woman could only keep secret
the fact that she has a secret to keep,
her secret would be safe.-Boston
Transcript.
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Happy Dreams,

It's possible fer de po' man ter be
oes ez happy ez de millionaire-if
you'll give him time ter sleep an
dream that he is rich.-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
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Y.W.C.A. NOTES
Minnehaha Camp FIRE.


The Minnehaha camp fire group
met at 4:3O o'clock yesterday after
noon with Miss Anna Baum, who has
been appointed as guardian to take
the place Of Mrs. J. Lee Daughrtty.
who recently moved from Keokuk.
Religious Work.
The committee missionary division
of the religious work committee are
holding a meeting this afternoon
which convened at 2:30 O'Clock, With
Miss Martha Hornish. to plan the
missionary work to be taken UP by
the association during the year.
Publicity COMMITTEES.
At seven o'clock this evening, the
publicity committee OF the Girls
Council will meet to arrange the ma
terial for the October number OF the
associations. sprightly little publica-
ton. Every Girl"
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Publicity Committee.

read The Gate City want column.