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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

MT. Charles Page of Tulsa. Okla, has
 started new kind of town. in which all the children are called Daddy Page s Children" MT. Page is a multi million
 aire now. but many years ago his mother
 worked herself to death bending over a
 washboard trying to make enough to care
 for a large family. At first Charles tried to help, but his meager earnings were so small 1t didn't tighten the burden much. l The struggle was so indeibly impressed on the mind of the little boy that when ] he became a successful man he decided
 to work out this unique institution. 1 It is town for widows. It sprang from the conviction of MT. Page that widow
 only wants a chance to work for her chill dren and keep them together. This town I is in no sense a charity. but Mr. Page
 stands by the woman and helps her get | the job,
 l The New York Times has this to say of 1 the Oklahoma man who built town for | widows He is never too busy to hear | the plea of the widow.
 1 At first he found work for them in
 Tulsa He found jobs for dozens of them.
 Any widow who appealed for work al the i Page offices and who indicated a dispo- | sition to raise her family in the fear of | God and without shirking her responsibili- | ties found a friend in MT Page. The time | came when the town was full of widows "'Guess I'll have to build a town for | them, said MT. Page.
 "A few miles out of Tulsa he had al ready esta blished an Orphans home. He had taken it over bodily from bankrupt l institution in the town from which the l children were about to be turned out. MT. 1 Page heard of it and went down and l legally adopted all the children He has none of his own but every homeless child | is entitled to his love and protection, 1 His method of taking care of them is
 a characteristic one. He had a friend in Tulsa, an officer in the Salvation Army, | Captain Breeding.
 '' I want you to take these little kids I out on my farm and make a home for | them. he said to Captain Breeding. "'You need the outdoor life yourself,
 Put em in some big tents until we can run
 up some buildings. I cannot stand by and
 see them turned out in the cold "The captain protested on the ground
 that he had mission he dared not neg l lect.
 | "'God has called you to a greater mis- | sion" said Mr. Page. Here are lot of children to be trained into useful citizens. There can be no greater work In the
 world
 Captain Breeding took off the uniform l of the army and put on the blue overall
 uniform of the farmer and went out on | the farm. It was a new sort of Orphans l home There were no uniforms, no set | rules They were just Daddy Page S
 children to be brought up as large i family, in a sensible way. Practical
 teachers were brought there and the chil-
 dren looked upon themselves as especially
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Works of Art Preserved

Berlin, September 17.-(By wireless to Tuckerton.)- precaution Is be- ing taken to preserve art works taken from French cities occupied by the Germans. says the Overseas agency, which refers to reports printed in Paris that valuable art productions which had been owned in France had been stolen from an exhibition in a church in Metz. These works and others" says the news agency. were saved from French shell fire at Etaine. Hattonviller and St. Mihiel Municipalities frequently re- quest the German military authorities to safeguard their art works. which is invariably done. aften to the peril of the lives of soldiers. Complete lists of such works with the owners name are kept and copies deposited in safe places, assuring the restoration of the art treasures after the war
 Archives, and libraries likewise are removed whenever 1t Is possible Where the art works are not portable the buildings containing them are protected with sandbags against French shells. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
{ A New Form of Philanthropy
SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT ny MRS. SIDNEY V. ULLMAN

, lucky to be the proteges of MT. Page. l Near the farm he built his town for the
 widows. He calls 1t Sand Springs. It Is in a picturesque spot, with low, tree | crowned hills rising all about t. He built street car line to carry the widows
 and orphans to and from Tulsa and not
 a one of them pays fare. The conductors
 know them and any child who swings
 aborad the car and say I'm one of Daddy Pages boys is not questioned
 Just outside the city he built the fam
 ous Widow Row. There are dozens
 of small two and three roomed cottages
 for the widows who choose to live there.
 under the trees. in the fresh country air. Gas. fuel and rent were furnished free. | X downtown district was built up and 1 factories invited to come, that the widows
 might have plenty of work
 First canning factory came. The
 widows might raise the vegetables and sell | them to the factory, they might go to work in the factory at the canning A day nursery was established at the l Widows Row to care for the babies while | their mothers were at work. There is l kindergarten for the children old enough, and only widowed mothers were engaged | to look after them There must be plenty
 of love and affection for the children | Mir. Page believes. He likes grandmoth- CTS, too, and there four or five of | them at the colony. They butter around all day, do the simple mending, and rock | the babies to sleep, just as any grand mother would do.
 If a mother prefers to live in Sand Springs or Tusla and pay her own reHA
 she Is free to do so. To give charity IS
 not his design. he only wants to help
 them to help themselves He provides
 work in plenty for all of them and makes
 his benevolences support themselves on ! a business basis. He has made ample provision for the maintenance of this phil anthropic project in his will and in case 1 of hia death the widows would be amply
 provided for His wife is In hearty sym pathy with him In this work, and every Sunday evening is spent by the Pages at
 the Widows Row and at the simple Sun
 day evening devotions held in the sitting
 room at the Orphans home. where all
 the children eongregate to sing and to
 listen to a Bible reading
 | '"rhe population of Sand Springs. which | is only two or three years old, reached
 2000 the first year, and has more than
 doubled since. A fourth of this figure is
 made up of widows earning a good living
 and educating their children Mir. Page takes an active interest in the town | schools and sees that they are kept at
 a creditable standard.
 The boys and girls at the home are
 given their choice of a profession and | chance for a training when they finish | tho grade schools. There will be doctofsl dentists, nurses, stenographers and | teachers trained from there. When the girls marry they are given the same out
 fitting that any girl would receive and A 'pretty wedding at the home"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
STRUCK CITIZEN IN COURT
 AND GOT AWAY WITH IT

We further lind that while giving evil dence in the police court of Bessemer, where the protection of the law should have been thrown around him. a white citizen was grossly and inexcusably struck by Officer A. D. Maddox. Maddox was then fined $10 for contempt of court, and Sl0 for assault. and although several months have elapsed, the said A. D. Maddox has never paid the fine. and it still stands on the books against him. We find that on investigation by the po- lice committee, which is composed of pr. J. 8. Winters, George Ross. Jesse Edmonds. M. E. Crotwell and Ernest Mil ton. for the offense which manifested defiance of the rights of the public, Officer A. D. Maddox was suspended for five days and later awarded full pay for the time for which he was suspended. Shortly thereafter, when the chief of police was absent from the city, this same officer. A. D. Maddox, was made acting chief of police of the city by Dr. J. s. Winters. with the rights and pow- CTS incident to that office.
 We further find that on an-
 other occasion the said A. D. Mad-
 dox gave a man a pair of knucks
 and instructed him to go out and
 whip another citizen and that al-
 though the chief of police of the
 city presented this matter to the
 police committee no action was
 taken and he remained on the force.
 We further find that the said A.
 D. Maddox has deducted from his
 salary each month by the city
 clerk the sum of $32.5O. to pay on
 a note given by himself and in-
 dorsed by numerous officials of
 the city of Bessemer
 We further find from the evidence that Carl Goodwin. because a pris- cner who was drunk and under ar rest by him. failed to give his name, beat him over the head and knocked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
BESSEMER POLICE ARE EXCORIATED
 IN PARTIAL REPORT BY GRAND JURY
Practices Have Been "Dishonorable," "Tyrann- cal" "DespOtic" and "COwardly' Off, cers Named Who, It Is Declared, Should Be Dis charged -Patrolman Assaulted Chief of Police and Went Unpunished

Bessemer city where the police practices have been dis honorable, tyrannical and despotic and cowardly.'
 This the of the partial report made by Otto F. Mooney foreman of the September grand jury before Judge William E. Fort 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It the most sensational document contributed by grand jury since the noted Lewsburg inquiries.
 The grand jury that owing defect the laws it cannot mpeach the police officials of Bessemer but that de- sres to call the attention of the board of aldermen of that city that the following members of the police force should be dsmssed: A. D. Maddox Ellis Houston and Cephas Ross.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Save The Baby Use the reliable HO RLICk'S
 ORIGINAL M aIted Milk

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
T. Your TOiIet soau s.f.f

Many toilet soaps contain harsh. in- furious alkali. Resinol soap contains absolutely no free alkali. and to 1t is added the resinol medication. This gives 1t soothing, healing properties which clear the complexion. comfort tender skins and keep the hair healthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
T0DAY'S EVENTS

Meeting of Alabama railroad men begins with big barbecue at fairgrounds.
 Trial of Standard Home cases resumes in federal court.
 General committee of United Conner cial Travellers meets at o'clock.
 County reunion of Confederate Veterans at East Lake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Dr. Edmonds Breaches Tomorrow

Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, pastor. will oc- |cupy the pulpit at the South Highlands Presbyterian church tomorrow at the
 usual hours His subject for the morning
 Twill be. "A Wilderness Wooing," and his |subject for the short junior sermon will be, Candles" In the evening at 5 To clock he will preach on The Prophet of |tbe Poor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
At PhOtoplay Houses

Strand-"Out of Darkness" with Char lotte Walker.
 Odeon Two-"The Professional Diner Nitagraph comedy.
 Odeon One-''The Knockout" witt George Ovey.
 Ransom's Folly" with Mabe Trunnelle and Edward Earle.
 Trianon-"Her Great Match," with Gail Kane.
 Vaudette-"Joe Martin Turns 'En Loose" with Rex De Roselli.
 Alcazar-"The Sporting Duchess" with Rose Coghlan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
PERSONAL

Mrs. Kettle Daniel Burney left
 Thursday for south Georgia where she
 has accepted position as head mill liner and buyer for large firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
At the Theatres

Al tue lNe8CTeS Bijou-"Bought and Paid For" matinee e:3o p. m.; night, S:30 o'clock. Lyric-Keith vaudeville; matinee, 2:3t ?. m: night, 7:30 and o'clock Majestic-"The Girl Question:" musical comedy; matinee 2:3O D. m.; night, 7;3( and o'clock.
 Orpheum-'Tennessee Pardner," melo. drama; matinee. 2:So p. m.; night S:3( o'clock. Grand-"On the Midway" burlesque matinee. 2:30 p. m; night 7:30 and Q clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
Let ResinOl Make
 Your Sick Skin We'll

That itching, burning skin can be healed. The first use Of resinol oint- ment seldom fails to give instant relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18
NEWSPAPER MAN RECOMMENDS IT

R. R. Wentworth of St. James, (Mo)
 News. writes: Two months ago l took a severe cold which settled in my lungs and I had such paf,s in my lungs l
 feared pneumonia. I got a bottle of FoIey's Honey and Tar and # straight ened me up immediately. I can recom- mend 1t to be genuine cough and lung medicine" Many mothers write this reliable medicine cured their chill dren of croup. Hay fever and asthma
 sufferers say it gives quick relief Sold
 everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

him down, although the prisoner was unarmed and was in the custody of the law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-18

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
SUFFRAGE BELL HAS
COVERED 400 MILES
Party Enthusiastic at Recen.
ton Met With in Western
Pennsylvania.

SHARON. Pa. July p - The wom.n,s
Suffrage liberty bell has now cover.s
more than 400 miles and has been cheer.e
by more than 75,oOo people In its tr,n
through western Pennsylvania. The psr,v
leaves today for New Castle
The first accident of the tour oocurr.s
near Greenville yesterday. when one n
the tension rods OF the truck broke, ne.
cessitating repairs at the garage. m,
Mercer meeting had TO be cancelled.
The bell was the principal attraction I,
a Cbautauqua parade here last night
The members were driven In autorno.
biles over the principal streets headed n
band. The open-air meeting was Al.
tended by 1000 people, a large part ~
whom were women. The addresses wsr
delivered by Miss Mary Stewart. OF Mon
tana, and Miss Louise Hall, OF Harm
burg Their speeches were received WI
enthusiasm. Mrs. ]. A. McLaughry, WA
of one OF the candidates for the iudr.
ship nomination in Mercer County, W,
In charge of the meeting.
Mercer County members of the Women,
Suffrage party gave the party enthusias.
tic receptions at Greenvllle and sharor
Travelling through a rich farming CON.
munity the bell attracted many farmer,
and their wives to the public roads IA
see Il.
The members of the party are enthus.
astic over the trip, and feel confident thsi
II will result in much good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
SHALL SEX BE A FACTOR
IN ELECTION OF TEACHER
woman's Candidacy for High School
Principalship Prompts Query.

Is woman, splenddiy prepared both
by training and experience, as capable OF
hlling an important executive position as
a man7 with three candidates in the
field for a Job, two men and woman
should the question of sex be allowed 10
exert any influence in the choice7
These are questions which will come up
before the Board OF Education on July
10, when the members meet TO elect a
principal for the new Southern High
School for Girls.
The three names which have been mem
toned are: DR.. Lucy Langdon w. Wilson,
head Of the department Of biology In tho
Normal School and principal OF the Will
liam Penn Evening High School for
Girls, which she founded 10 years ago;
Prof. William f. Gray in charge Of the
manual training department OF the Cen
trail High School and principal OF the
Central Evening High School, and Prof.
William F. Mearns, a teacher in the
School Of Pedagogy and an authoritative
educationalist.
Many people who believe Doctor Wilson
TO be the best equipped for the berth fear
that the board will reject her solely on
account of her sex. or the three candl-
dates named, she Is the only one holding
the degree Of Doctor of Philosophy It
is said that Simon Grats favors her cleo
ton, while Avery d. Harrington, II 10
thought, will nominate Doctor Gray, and
John Burt will name Professor Mearns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
No Jobs for Girls at Fair

A survey OF unemployment among
women in San Francisco has just been
completed by the California branch Of the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae. Az
consequence, warnings are being sent
throughout the country to women and
girls bound for tho Panama-Pacific Ex-
position without money. friends or n
definite position. To show that this
warning is needed the American Social
Hygiene Association calls attention to tha
city's moral conditions, which give cause
for anxiety.
According to the collegiate alumnae
the factories, department stores and
offices have an oversupply OF labor as
we'll as the exposition. AT the employ
ment bureau of the exposition there were
on file at the time OF the opening of the
great fair more than 100000 applications
for positions, about a tenth of which
were from women. The number of posi-
uons filled by women is not more than
one thousand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
Saving Time

Nowadays, in the business world, all the
new inventions seem to have one end In
view, the saving of time.
We housekeepers in our no less impor-
tant field must keep pace with the men
and be on tho watch for new ways and
new means to saye not only our time,
but our strength. our energies.
I shall be glad 10 share with you one
secret have learned and that is to make
several desserts at q time. You will be
surprised to find how much little extra
trouble it is. when sugar, flour. vanilla,
butter and eggs are spread on the table
before you and the dessert for the days
dinner finished, to mako as we'll several
cup custards and pie or some jelly.
The refrigerator Is stocked In this way
for two or three days and the trouble of
producing morning after morning the nine
or ten ingredients necessary for the
simplest pudding avoided.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
DAY NURSERY GIVES
JOY TO BABIES OF
WORKING MOTHERS
Institution of Sisters of st.
Joseph an Ideal Retreat
for Little Ones-Cleanli-
ness and Care for Help
less But Happy Children.

Maybe IL you were a pesslmistic kid It
would seem a mighty hard thing to bo
taken away from your homo every morn
ing to day nursery while your mother
went out to work. Maybe you'd kick
and protest and say you didn't like It a
bit, but II you were being conveyed to
the Lancaster Avenue Day Nursery, at
4719 Lancaster avenue, 1t would only be
becausce you had never been there before.
Passersby in this vicinity testify to the
fact that the squeals of Joy and laughter
which como from this day nursery could
only emanate from youngsters whose
hearts were brimminE over with happi-
ness and one visit only would be needed
to demonstrate the splendid niche which
this institution is filling in that neighbor-
hood. A talk with the mothers of the
kiddies who are fortunate enough to be
taken there would but emphasize the
point.
IDEAL DAY NURSERY.
Tho Lancaster Avenue Day Nursery,
supported largely through the efforts of
the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church
and by voluntary contributions, is in
charge OF the good Sisters of st. Joseph
Every day grateful mothers who would
otherwise have to leave their babies IN
charge OF the older children of the family
or with nelghbors, lily paid for the Job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02

There's where he lives" exclaimed
Ned, eNcitedly, there In the flower bedi
But that's no place for a rabbit TO live -
ne added. (He thought he knew more
about rabbits than Frisky did, didn't he %
I mean TO build him a house that IL
worth living In. And Pu begin riRht
now" SO up he Jumped and started of 10
work. without noticing that his exclama-
tion and his jump frightened poor, sensl-
tive little Frisky so that he was suspi-
eious OF Ned ever after.
Every day Ned worked on the rabbit
house. It was made OF the incest, whitest
wood
But 1t is one thing TO make a rabbit
mouse and quite another thing to mako
the rabbit himself live IN the new dwslI-
ing-as Ned soon found. He put tempting
DTS OF lettuce close BY the open front
door, he put carrots and tit-bits Of
grasses Just inside the netting. Ana
trisky found them al-oh, yesl But So
quick and clever was ne that not once
old no go clear inside the new houss.
ITS queer thing. said Frialy 10 bls
little mate, after a special effort 10 ret
some goodies Ned had placed just inside
the cage door. but somehow Il seems
that the incest food We ever had or ever
heard Of is always Just close BY that
queer new box over there"
well don't take any chances Mrs
Frisky cautioned him. I'VE had beftss
do without some food Than 10 have anv-
thing happen 70 you"
Never fear. little mats." rs.l,.s
frisky' a am sharp enough to get ~
food without taking chances"
ana Indeed be was. for he never went
inside tae ho4se Nsd had made.
eaRsf'sA'--e'zFe IsEen 5adasa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-02
Frisky ScOrns a House of Wood

KTOW II Just happened that the two little
In girls and the one little boy who lived
near the garden where Mr.. and Mrs.
trisky cottontail had come TO live knew
nothing about the home Frisky and his
little mate had made In the golden glow
flower bed. No. they didn't even guess
about IT, But they knew about F'risky-
Oh. dear, me, yesl For, you see. they
often spied him running about IN search
Of food. They were kind and thoughtful
children. though, and when they noticed
how timid and easily frightened Frisky
seemed 70 be, they made no EFFORT 10 get
close 20 himi they Just watched az safe
distance.
That was the way Il happened that they
knea about trisky, and ne knew nothing
about them. Weren't they kind little
Folks2
Bof after Frisky had lived in the gar
den for several days. the children felt
shat ir was time for him 10 be getting
acquainted
Have you seen where he Iivesg' asked
hed ~ bis little sister, when ne saw her
sitting ihoushtfully by the fence watch
lpa where Erisky usually ran for his sup
pei.
fes whispered Mary Jane Il saw
him just q minute ago. He vas out here,
and hc sock some Of the lettuce leaves
and > Hhole piece 81 carrot i had Iaid On
sac slfdrn walk Ger him"
izaI where does he ilvef' repeated
sed. tiptceins softly up 10 his sister
- Nsnt % see where his home &" Ned
arouped down en- 70 the ground beside bis
=Is(er lud together ihaY waited. In about
$50 mil4tes tfiHky stuck MS pink nosa
= ta1 golden gov pea. anq they 1aH
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