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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
MRS. CHARLES DANA GIBSON
BEFRIENDS SALISBURY BOY

Last Wednesdays New York Trib-
n had the following:
Arthur G. Lomax. Of Salisbury
~ y, a q new sister today. When
Arthur. aged fifteen, came North last
Saturday to try to enlist in the army
he left three little sisters at home.
But the new member of the Lomax
4SnllE IS a Big Sister. She is Mrs.
AGaaaley Dana Gibson.
The artists wife has been a Big
Sister to many Of the forlern Young
sters that appear in the children's
court. The organization OF which
she is a leader is a sister to the Big
Brother movement. which has saved
many a boy. through the personal
attention of its members, from a SEN
tence to an institution and a black
mark in the police boks. But Mrs.
Gibson became a sister to Arthur Lo-
max yesterday for u very unprofes-
Sicna reason.
h was in the children's court
When Arthur was led before Magis-
trate Mayo. At first sound of the
boys voice she became all attention
Just as his manner despite his mans
physique. betrayed his youth to Of
fcials at Fort Slocum last Saturday
when he tried to enlist as a soldier
1iS oSSC1it to1O MIS-. HlDSOD, a VII
ginian, that the lad was a South.
erner.
Arthur told the magistrate hat un.
til three Month ago he was GETTING
80 cents a day carrying water for the
section hands on a branch railroad
into Salisbury. Then he lost his Job
There are five brothers and sisters il
Arthur's family, all of them younger
Two of the oldest brothers and Mar
garet, his oldest sister, worked ant
earned a few cents a day, Arthur said
but the loss of the money he hat
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brought in was q hard blow. He fall
ed to get another job. so he decided
he wouldn't be ! burden on the
family.
He went to q recruiting officer and
was accepted for the army. Last
Saturday night he arrived. with two
other recruits. at Fort Slocum. On
Monday the examining had
Arthur brought before him. The boy
had given his age as eighteen. but
under the surgeons questioning he
broke down and confessed that lie
was three years younger. His enlist
ment was Immediately rejected, and
because be was not entitled To trans
p~ortation home under the army rule
he found himself adrift in New York.
pennllesS and f~riendless.
Monday night the boy went to the
East Twenty-sec nd street police sta
ton and old his story. He was sent
to the Children's Society. AS soon as
he had finished his tale YESTERDAY
Mrs. Gibson turned to giStrate
Mayo and asked him to turn the lad
over to her.
You know, you honor. he is one
or my own people. and l must take
care of him." she said iTnpulsively.
Mrs. Gibson and Arthur left court
together. He will be the guest Of the
Gibsons for a few days, and then the
artists wife will SEND him back To
North Carolina and see that he gets
a job when he arrives there.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23

What is sal TO be the largest drill
over made has been recently made
for some special work being done
by a Pennsylvania contracting supply
house which had occasion to drill
holes IL inches in diameter through
large timbers. 1t is more than six
feet in length and in operation II ut
a 12-inch hole through a pile OF
timberS six feet high.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
MAUDE ADAMS ELUSIVE.
Actress Shuns Publicity and Social
Invitations.

Baltimore Sun.
Wearing an iInpenetrable green
veil and cloaked in an all-covering
gray coat, Miss Maude Adams, the
most elusive woman on the stage,
came as stealthily into the Hotel
Belevdere yesterday afternoon as a
little gray mouse trying to escape de-
lection. h formidable cat" which
the little actress was seeking to avoid
seemed to be publicity.
While her secretary, Miss Mary
Murray, stopped at the desk to go
through the usual formalities Of reg
istering. Miss Adams quietly stepped
over to II Of the big arm chairs
in the shadows Of the lobby and
sank down into it's depths. There
she sat motionless. and seemingly
unobserved, in the midst of the busy
and lively atmosphere of the hotel
lobby. until summoned to the ele-
vator to go TO her suite Of rooms.
| And here she stayed, undisturhed and
unseen except for her maids and sec
rotary, until she emerged once more
with the green veil to go to the Acad-
| envy of Music in a private car. AS
usual. her maid, Miss Mary German,
was In close protective attendance.
Miss Adams has been called "the
least known and best loved Wo1na
on the stage" and everything she
does goes to preserve that reputa-
ton. Tor her slap in Baltimore, she
has built about her an effective bar
rier Of unsurmOuntable privacy. She
never dimes in the public dining room
Of the hotel nor, indeed, takes any
meal there. Everything is served in
her apartment, where the hotel ser
wants are met at the doors by her
own attendants, who serve her per
sonally in her private dining room.
All telephone connections within Ell
room are cut off, or at least SO ar
ranged that calls may go out, but not
be received. Her arrivals and iepar
lures are SO quiet and so unObtrttSive
that unless one is familiar with hei
little off-stage characteristics they
would never suspect the gentle little
figure to be that Of one of the Inos1
prominent p~ersOnages on h presen'
day stage.
The clothes tina she wears are
characteristic Of Miss Adams. Yes.
terday when she arrived, in addition
to the long, smartly cut but incon'
spicuous gray Goa and the greer
chiffon automobile veil, she wore {
soft. brown velour hat, perched at al
attractive angle on her head lies
movements are almost shrinking II
their unostentaticusness, n Whe1
she sank into the arm chair tW'
: small, brown-clad feet peeped from
under her skirts.
Miss Adams rises early but seldom
} leaves the hotel except to attend he
: engagements at the theatre. Sh'
5 never accepts invitations OF person
: in the civ. some Of whom are he
. friends, to attend any soclal alalrS
4 As an evidence Of this, Miss Adam
e Yesterday received a cordial invita-
: ton. accompanied by an exqulSll
Douuet of flowers, from Mrs. Jon
o philin Hill TO have with he
a today Mr.. Hill met Miss Adam
$ several wears ago when touring tn
f: West. and through MN Mrs. Fiil
: iacuuaintance with the shy little &C
: tress was made. But Miss Adams re
f.,sed to break down n tiny iHi
c bit OF her wall Of absolute fecAuSloi
! and sent back an a~pprecias1Fe NIL
n note OF regrets.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
ARMIES THAT DANISH Use
OF ALCOHOL WILL WIN WAR
DIR. WOODS HUTCHINSON
tFrom the New York AInerican.l

DR.. Woods Hutchinson, noted physician and writer on
diet and health, says:
"tEVERYTHlNG else being equal, the armies which do
- not use alcohol will win the European war.
ITO cut off the supply at once would no doubt render
soldiers accustomed to drinking rather uncomfortable for a
time, just as the elimination of any other steady item of diet
would affect the system. In short time, however, the
soldier would become accustomed to going without it and
his vitality would be higher
"Alcohol. is the worst drug habit because it is the most
universal. 1t is not a food, but a poison and is decidedly not
a medicinal necessity: Several decades ago doctors advised
the drinking of alcohol as a preventive for bad colds and
malaria and other diseases. They didn't know any better
and they had to advise something.
"Nowadays We recognize that instead of increasing
the ability to withstand disease, alcohol decreases the vitality
and leaves the body less able to throw off the germs of
disease. The only excuse for the use Of alcohol in the
trenches is to make the men feel more comfortable tempo
rarly, though at the same time it makes them stupid and
they feel worse afterward than they did before drinking.
"Numberless tests have shown conclusively that while
men under the influence of alcohol feel they are working
easily and think they accomplish a great deal, in reality their
output is much less than normal.
Like all other drugs, alcohol deadens the sensibility to
pain and renders the nervous system less sensitive. That,
however, may be the condition tor which the nations are
working
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-03-23
How Warning Nations Have
Handled the Drinking Problem

GREAT TAlN-Lead physicians, headed by Sir
Victor tlorsley, are fighting to have rum eliminated from
the army ration. Sir Victor says the government has bought
500, 900 gallons Of rum for soldiers since the war began.
RUSSlA-An order issued by Grand Duke Nicholas
prohibits the sale of Vodka throughout the Cars dominions
and advises both army and civilians to drink nothing.
FRANCE-The manufacture and sale of absinthe have
been prohibited, but wine is included in soldiers rations.
GERMANY-No %anti-drink order has issued, but the
Emperor has frequently urged his soldiers to abstain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
English Recipe.

Mix two pounds of flour with one
half pound of sugar, d half teaspoon
of salt, one teaspoon Of ground CHINA
mon and nutmeg, and one pound Of
carefully washed cuirants. Make a
hole in the middle Of the mixture and
pour in a glass Of thick yeast and a
half pint Of warmed milk. Make a
thin batter by beating and set before
the fire until the lcaven begins TO fer
ment. Then add half-pound Of melt
ed butter and enough milk to make
the batter soft. Dust with -four and
let it rise for half hodr. Then shape
the dough into buns and lay them
apart on buttcrcd tins to rise for hall
an hour. Press cross mould on them
and bake in a quick oven fifteen 70
twenty minutes. This will make two
dozen buns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Good Friday S
Hot Cross Buns

" GOD FRIDAY and hot cross buns
T have become by long assocla-
tion so identified with each
other that they are inseparable in the
minds of most people. A Good Friday
morning breakfast without the buns
would be like fairy tale with the
princess left out.
The hot cross bun is made by va
rious recipes in different localities.
not, however, materially different, and
all are marked on top with cross.
Modern housewives are prone to trust
their baker with the making Of the
buns. receiving them hot from him on
Good Friday morning. But many old
fashioned cooks still make them after
their mothers or grandmother's recipe
as part Of the days traditional obser-
walton. For those who have not saved
the old recipes the following will be
70 md well worth trial. One is from
England and the other is from New
England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
10Y FOR PASSOVER
OFF H0LYLAND
The Vulcan Sails To-day with
Tons of Matzoths for Starving
Jews in Palestine.

Although Jews Of the United States
and Canada have provided the 100000.
worth of food which viii be carried ON
board the Vulcan sailing to-day from
Philadelphia for JaTa. Palestine. this
food will not be distributed among
jews alone, bu, also among GentlleS
and Mahometsns. VINO are starving IN
the Holy Land. This was announced
yesterday by the Palestine Relief Com.
mittee.
The supplies Will be distributed by.
United States Consul Glazebrook az.
Jerusalem. He will be assisted byI
Louis II. Levin, editor Of Jewish.
Comment and secretary OF the Ma.
tional Conference Of Jewish Charities,
and Dr. :. Leyin-Epste.n, OF New York
who will act as representatives OF thei
American Jewish Relief Committee.
All yesterday the last Of the cons
signments poured into the navy yar'
at Philadelphia. Chicago took the lead.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Park or ii no1U stanc[s Thirteenth
Street ozz2 E1ehth Avenue

Margaret Jackson have become enthu-
siastic. And Mrs F. c. Hodgdon. chair
mon of the Greenwich Village Branch
Of the Woman's Municipal League,
heartily indorsed the plan OF remaking
the parks.
The psychology Of neighborhood
park Is decidedly interesting" said
Mrs. Hodgdon. THE use to which it
may best be put seems to show the
worker what TO do For instance, there
are parks where mothers and children
congregate others where they never.
or rarely ever, think of going. Some
places seem 70 be given over almost
altogether to boys others to gir,i. 1t
D., not a matter of restriction. but Of
selection on the part Of those living
in the vicinity.
81 certainly do think that each park
should be well thought out, and this
Mrs. Manning has evidently done. We
are making a strong fight for addi-
tional Fairgrounds down here. ca the
East Side they have more than we have
on the West and there are other dis
tricts that might we'll enter into the
plea for more play space. In our
branch and the area 10 covers we have
over twenty thousand children, and the
only play space or recreation grounds,
outside Of Washington Square, con-
sist of little triangular plots"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Park

illustrate points Of this Kind, and II
has since been taken up by educational
institutions. She is now furnishing
models to demonstrate certain details
10 the Commissioner Of Parks and
others interested in making beautI-
full but also practical place Of neigh
borhood squares.
The women interested in this sub
ject," said Mrs. Manning, have dis
covered that the city parks Of the
small, neighborhood variety, instead Of
being pleasant TO visit and quite safe,
are frequently nauseating and even
dangerous, There ave such spots all
over the city that are not only un-
slightly, but are really menace 70 the
moral tone Of the community.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
New England Recipe.

Sift together one quart Of -four. one
quarter teaspoon of salt, one cup OF
sugar and three scant teaspoons Of
baking powder. Rub in one-half cup
of butter. add a half-pound well
washed currants. one-half teaspoon of
ground nutmeg. one-quarter pound Of
sliced citron, one-quarter pound OF
seeded rsisins and halfteaspoon OF
allspice. Beat two eggs. add half cup
Of milk; stir and add enough more
milk 10 make firm dough. Mould
into buns and lay on buttered tin two
inches apart Brush with milk and
dust with ~ran-lated sugar, mark with
the cross Ard bake &. hot oven,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10

yes" she said. "we do want 20 make
these parks neighborhOod cooperative
affairs. There are hundreds Of women
in New York who would love 10 plant
seeds and watch the little shoots come
I'D and bloom. Ornate stone vases are
not at all necessary. Butter tubs,
painted green and filled with earth, are
really very pretty In these they may
plant marigolds, nasturtiums, sweet
william and even hollyhocks They will
grow well if given care. and the Won
ems Agricultural and Horticultural As
ISOLATION would be glad to have a hand
in such work
One of the most excellent ideas that
have been advanced for the use Of =
park is that of Mrs. Manning in con-
verting the "sunken garden Of the
Hudson Street Park into swimming
pool in summer and a skating rink in
winter. In its present state this gar
den is almost useless.
The idea for the change in this place
is to run a pergola all around its three
sides up to its porticoed shelter house;
then TO put in cement swimming pool,
to keep it filled with fresh, clean water
and make of it an outdoor swimming
tank. Even tired working men, it is
believed. would take advantage Of such
a pool on summers evening, and the
young girl would enjoy swim after
a days work in stuffy Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Storms Delay Ten Ships.

Abbe Farwell Brown, Jean Webster,
Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Katherine
Lee Bates are others who have written
70 commend the Argosy. The Belgian
Relief Fund increased yesterday by 81
1921, making a total Of S966,i3l.37.
Some Of the gifts were {. Baldwin.
5000; James Morgan Hart, 500; a
Gift" 5000. and Russell Perkins. 800.
Ten ships of the Commission TO Re
lief in Belgium are delayed by rough
weather in the North Atlantic. and will
be late in arriving in the United States
20 pick up their cargoes. Lindon W.
Bates. vice-chairman OF the commits
son. believes that the extension Of time
will enable the commission 20 assem-
bic larger cargoes for them. Ten ships
are now on the way TO Rotterdam, car
rying $500 tons Of food.
Princess Helen Of Seryia. daughter
of the King and wife Of the Grand Duke
Ivan Constantinoyitch, of Russia. has
consented to become patroness Of the
Seryian Agricultural Relief Committee.
During the Turkish war she organized
a field hospital IN Macedonia. and the
committee is confident Of getting prac-
teal assistance from her
Mrs. Payne Whitney sent S2.l6i96 TO
the American Ambulance Fund yester-
day. II represents part OF the pro-
ceeds Of the "ffty-hfty" sale Of pictures
contributed by American artists. Mrs.
August Belmont sent Sl20. The total
fund Is now s35O,e45.O2 More than
fifty thousand articles have been
shipped by the British-American War
poliof Tr-f g.. 'ro Toe. FIVE weeks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Whole Communities in Flight.

Illustrating the compulsory evacCa-
ton of Jewish villages at short notice.
the appeal quotes a story told by an
exile from Grozisk. Il says:
I'VE were about fifteen hundred
families. Of whom three hundred had
sons and husbands fighting in tho
army. Old and young, sick and
crippled men, women and children. all
were on the road TO Warsaw. About :
or o'clock we reached the town of
Blone. ten miles from Warsaw. BIT
we were not allowed TO enter the town,
or even to take the straight road
through it. We were forced TO make Il
detour through an inundated meadow.
To get The women across to the ro9d
we made stretchers of branches, Gov
cred with our cloaks.
Night came on. II was cold and
damp. The heavy mud weighted down
our steps. It was slow, painful
march. with soldiers constantly abus-
ing and sometimes searching us. On"
woman gave birth to child. Another
died on the road"
Fear Of spies is said to inspire III"
military cruelty.
Hundreds OF letters were received
Yesterday for the Easter Argosy.'
which the Belgian Relief Fund Will
send laden with gifts and messages 70
little Princess Marie Jose of Belgium.
Several were from writers. Edmuri
Vance Cooke wrote
"In Europe men are no longer hus-
bands. fathers and brothers. They are
merely soldiers. Women are no longer
women. They are warriors wives.
There is but one CLEAN Of hope tn"
children are still children. They pity
and they love, and. though the warrior
and wives perish, the children must be
saved Out Of this hell Of war thev
may lead US 20 the Niryana Of peace"
Molly Elliot Seaweil thinks the A.
COSY gifts distributed by their prlp-
cess will stimulate the national spiri'
Of the Belgians. THE gifts from the
little crown princess" she writes, will
recall 20 the Belgians that they are
still a nation. and that they cannot b"
handed over like cattle TO the invad
ers."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10

About half were contributed and The
rest were bought with cash gifts.
The Committee Of Mercy ack.ow'-
edged gifts amounting 20 1864. Charles
Nelson. of Santa Barbara. Cal. semi
$500. The fund is S123,4s6.94. For the
Secours-Natioual Mrs. Whitney War
rem received $40. making the fund for
the relief Of destitute women and chit
dren in France S60,9599I C. Trank
gave 500.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Home Bureau Is Open.

The Association Of Hourly Nisito
organized by the Home Econom
Committee Of the International Chi
Welfare League has opened burc
a, 80 West Forty-second Street d.
ing the winter the committee has DC
placing Young women who desire 20 Z
gage in household work BY The hour
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10

at is not great deal of money that
is needed to make these places worth
while" said Mrs. Manning. at is
sense, intelligent arrangement and a
real consideration of the needs of The
districts in which they are placed. The
women are in earnest about this work,
and we mean to carry it through
The members Of the Agricultural and
Horticultural Association are also in
earnest about promoting the idea. Such
women as Miss Hida Loines, of Brook
lvn; Mrs. Susan II. Nollmer and Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10

for mothers and children IS that IL Is
not large enough 10 permit game play
ing on a practical scale. and beside'
there are many recreation grounds for
this purpose. But where do you find
4 place for the mothers and their little
ones?
THE very first thing such a square
needs is green. There are two or three
trees there which would supply GER
tain amount Of shade, but a pergola
built on the south side and covered
with quick growing vines, then fur
rished with comfortable benches,
would be ideal for those who wish TO
sit in the shade and embrolder or sew
while watching the children. About the
mark there should be a hedge. THIS
would protect it from the wind, and a
two-foot strip Of earth running around
the inside Of this hedge will give
small garden spots to the young chill
dren. where they may learn 10 raise
flowers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
Now That the Playground Park Is Fully Established,
New Movement to Beauty 1t Has Been Started
The Dusty, Arid and Ugly Neighbour
hood Square Is Being Seized Upon
by Landscape Architects, Who Seek

sorry pergolas in these small parks. If
the comms sion would approve Of
wooden structures, she is in favor of
soliciting the aid of the young men of
the neighborhood who have received
courses in manual training, and, under
supervision, getting them to put up the
.rellis. She thinks that if the boys of
these special districts would become
interested in the preservation of their
parks and the building Of them that,
instead Of being vandals and destroy
ing things as fast as they can be put
up. their attitude would change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-10
JEWS IN POLAND
ACCUSE RUSSIANS
In appeal to World" Say
Cars Troops Seek to
Exterminate Them.
DECLARE COSSACKS
ORGANIZE POGROMS
MANY Writers Send Messages
for Easter ArgOsy" to Little
Belgian Princess.

DESPITE the valor Of 100000 who are
fighting in the army Of the Gar, Rus
sian Jews suffer increasing persecution
at the hands Of military rulers. accord
ing to IAN Appeal to the Civilized
World" The appeal is issued by the
Committee of the Bund, a Russian or
ganization of Jewish workmen.
What we wish to bring to the notice
of the world" declares the Committee
Of the Bund. "are the atrocities. IN
heard Of even in the annals Of Czarlsm,
inflicted upon the Jews on the preteXt
of military necessity. In the war zone
the government has undertaken YER
table campaign of determination
In the war-swept area the Jews have
suffered ruin. the appeal continues.
MANY have starved TO death, and thou
sands. compelled 10 fee before invading
armies. have been halted at the limits
Of the ghetto. If they succeed in md
ing asylum outside the pale they are
punished as lawbreakers, it is asserted,
and sent back to their devastated
homes.
The same restrictions. it is alleged.
are applied TO wounded Jewish soldiers.
They must not enter the prescribed ter
ritory upon their discharge from hos
pitfalls. 1t is further asserted that Rus
sian soldiery and Cossacks have freely
Joined the rifraf of Poland in organiz-
ing pogroms While the Russians held
LODI there is said TO have been po-
grom lasting several days.