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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
Toronto Globe .

Docs President Wilson propose to let
German submarines destroy the lives Of
American citizens because they choose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09
INCREASE i'm USE OF COCOA

These first give rise to the flowers and
later to the fruits.
Two or three species OF the cocoa
tree are indigenous in tropical Amer
lea, and in Peru and Mexico 1t was cul-
tivated and used for food long before
the coming of Columbus to the shores
of the western world. One of the
stories concerning cocoa has 1t that so
highly priced in Mexico were the beans
from this tree that they were used as
a medium of exchange, fulfilling tho
functions of money. Columbus intro
duced q few chosen Europeans to the
use Of cocoa, but 1t seems not to have
become an article of commerce between
the old and the new worlds until the
middle Of the seventeenth century.
Cocoa cultivation. though profitable
when success crowns the efforts of the
growers, does not offer any royal road
to wealth in spite of the rashly en-
thusiastic statements made by some
promoters of cocoa plantation compa-
MES. Cocoa plantation companies have
been floated or promoted just as have
coffee. rubber. pineapple and orange
plantation. The cocoa plant is a deli
cate thing. II grown from the bean 1t
needs to be carefully shaded both in
the nursery and in the grove after be-
ing transpianted. The shade Is usually
provided by planting quick-growing
things. as, for example. bananas.
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LOADING HoRsrs ONABR1T1sH SHIP ToR GLASGOW

the tale of the ships which perilously
bear them-in the case of the English
to Avonmouth or Liverpool, and in the
case of the French to La Pallice or
Bordeaux, gateways to the red death
which awaits at the front-form two
of the most interesting auxiliary chap
tiers Of the great conflict
The horse grist for the British mills
of war is gathered throughout the
country and assembled at fixed points.
the buyers purchasing wherever
they can obtain animals basicly
sound. The British points of concen-
tration are located in Denver. where
one buyer is stationed; in st. Louis.
where there are two, and in Kansas
City. where there are two. in addition
to the ever-changing headquarters of
one buyer who works ''at large" set
ting up his market wherever the ami
mails he seeks chance to be collected.
The price paid for the "gunners'
averages 5000 Twice as many of them
are purchased as of transport drafts or
cavalry mounts. because of the greater
slaughter among the batteries. An
average of si75 is paid for good cav
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RS in New York a Work of Congressman's Wife

"And now. why don't you ask me
whether 1 have any hobbies or not?"
suddenly inquired Mrs. Patten. That
question promptly being put she an
swered:
ct have but one-my husband-and I
make a dreadful fuss over him. You
see, I haven't any debutante daughter
to take up my time as most of the wom-
en- here have. and SO all my interests
center in him. / am greatly interested
in the political matters which interest
him, though ] must confess we do not
always agree on all issues. At the time
of the Panama canal tolls repeal af-
fair / did not like the way Mr.. Patten
voted in the matter because II was not
in accordance with the wishes of the
President. / am one of Mr.. Wilson's
stanchest admirers. and / think that
everything he does is just right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09

polite society. while his hostess told
about his lovely disposition.
He is SO gentle and affectionate." she
said. Every time I enter the house ne
jumps UP on my shoulder and brushes
close to my cheek. He is ever SO care
full not to scratch me when / wear
thin evening gown. I shall miss him
very much when his visit is over.
Whenever I refer to pets L feel despon-
dent, for 1t recalls my cunning little
Babbs. a Scotch terrier, who died some
time ago. Babbs had a penchant for
riding in automobiles. and always hop
ped into the conveyances of my friends
when they started out for ride. re-
fusing to be sent home. At all hours
during the day or night I would receive
MESA es from my friends saying:
Don't worry about Babbs. She is
going to remain to tea
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ia nothing personal about the benefits
derived. One child fares like another.
and each ones own especial need IL not
supplied.
This institution problem was brought
to the attention Of the Judge for solu-
ton, but, though he was willing ana
anxious to do all in his power to inn
prove conditions. he declared that IN
situations of this kind could not be
abolished. as there was nothing else to
replace them. He agreed with me,
however, that a larger number OF IN
stitutions, and these classified. would
remedy matters in q measure.
THE Riddles who were placed under
probation to women on the committee.
] noticed always responded to the In
dividual attention and interest shown
them. They felt that they were being
helped instead of punished. and thus
were not antagonized. They looked
upon 1t in a far different light when
they were placed in institutions. though
IL was not the desire of the court to
punish them by sending them there.
"A little French girl. Oriette by name.
who was put under my supervision, I
shall never forget. one WAS d SWooI
child. and anxious to grow up to be q
good woman. I think l accomplished
more in her case than I did in any
other. She was brought into court be-
cause her home environment was not
believed to be conducive to good NOR
ais. Her older sister had figured AZ
defendant in a sensational murder case,
aired in the newspapers. She was
charged with shooting an ofncsr. ana
was given a severe sentence. AS the
details in the case were very colorful.
II was thought best to take Orfetts
away from the homo which had been
occupied by this principal character In
a notorious trial.
IT had Oriette baptized and placed
in a school with the good sisters. She
became very studious. religious ana
refined, later returning to relatives in
Paris She corresponded with mo for
a long time but, As new interests came
into her life, I presume she forgot me.
think about her often now aimee the
war broke out over there. and wonder
II my little charge is safe and we'll
provided for"
Mrs Patten said she had found It far
easier to handle boy Offenders than
girls and. pressed for reason. she
replied:
ITO begin with. boys are more TRUTH
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Type OF HORSE DESIRED EoR cAVALRY SERVICE

feelings calculated to best aid them
toward the recovery of their full
powers.
When at last a horse evidences a con-
dition as nearly perfect as the experts
can produce, he and his fellows are
taken to the haltering pens. for until
this time the horse has had not SO
much as a single rope upon him. There
special halters are adjusted so that
In the case of many horses purchased
by France-it is only necessary when
the animal reaches the other side to
snap two straps to his head-stalls and
make him instantly ready to be hitched
to the gun Timber or the wagon of
end his days.
Then toward the ship
They come four abreast, prancing
with their new found mettle, tails
arched and broad arrow showing con-
spicuously as they step down the River
road, out past the big grain elevators
to the piers where the horse ships lie
moored
Yet again at the foot of the runway
the main deck, and thence downward
into the cavernous holds, they are
halted for the last time, and the mo-
port veterinarian and the senior veteri-
marian of the port. each armed with a
short, wicked club, for many of the
animals are viciously dangerous, look
them over.
There are many occasions when, as
though possessing an uncanny fore
sight of the fate which awaits him, the
animal balks at the foot of the run
way. If SO. a running moose, which
can be pulled to excruciating tightness
at the first sign of balkiness, is hur-
riedly adjusted about his loins, and
with five or six negro stevedores haul
ing on his halter rope, and a like num-
Der trailing along behind, he goes pro-
testingly up and disappears into the
hold, for brave, indeed, is the horse
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airy mount. Yet these figures are not
fixed as standards. as the buyer uses
his own discretion in the matter of the
prices he pays.
Whether horse will go into the ar
tillery or the troops. so far as the
British are concerned. is determined
by his height. the gunners standing
1873 hands high, and built proportion
ately. while the troop horses may be Of
rangier lines. up to sixteen hands.
At the point Of purchase horse. be
he destined for the troops or the guns.
entrains with hundreds of his fellows
for Newport News. Uays afterward.
having been shunted onto a siding.
somewhere near the big stockyards OF
the port, which cover nearly eight acres
and shed $500 animals. he comes down
the long runway from the box car. He
is unhaltered and untrammeled. yet he
wears the insignia which marks him
for the slaughter broad arrow.
curiously similar to that emblem
Englands Dartmoor prison-on his
near quarter, and a huge ~" showing
that he came from the United States.
on his off quarter or shoulder.
Some of his fellows are marked with
numbers branded into their hoofs. A
single glance at the "U'' tells an ex-
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,,ntiI 4 o,clock in the afternoon soma
days not even having time for lunch,
you will see that mad ample oppor-
thnIey 10 aosorp great "ea4 aio"e
"Sur committee was never without a
in the courtroom at any
hour of the day When the private life
of any OF these voluntary probation OF
ncers TOOK them away from their work.
they contributed a certain sum OF
money to pay for the services of women
who would work In the same capacity
until they could again take up the
Work
This committee was instrumental in
Introducing this type of 'settlemen
work. suppose ! might call il, in New
York. for. since the Catholic organiza-
ton was formed. the big brothers
movement came into xeistence and
Mrs. Vanderbilt, ! understand. formed
committee of Protestant women to
work among Protestant children along
the same lines.
Our visits TO the mothers Of the
vounest.rs on trial were not onlv trims
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vi A'ioi' out 'heS "efe ai1o
VISITS OF assurance. Many OF the ignor-
ant women were terrified because their
how Or Girl was no,,ed nm IN Legal
80 oo,,Is s.A
"ns' ""u 'e' -ouiu ''oI 'a'iu'
without deeailed explanations. that the
offenses were merely minor ones, which
might however. devotion into vicious
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40 - " Ioui 1911
ana remain uncorrected-
IF. after our interview with the
parents or guardians of delinouent
children, we felt assured that they were
capable of looking after their Iittle
ones in future in a better fashion NC
Raw ~ II that they were nI.cad On 80
baton. If we were dubious about the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-09

which can Withstand the tightening of
the loin lariat.
In this way the British have already
sent more than 10000 horses from New
port News. the other $4,000 having been
divided between the French and the
Belgians. who shipped their first boat
load few weeks ago. Although many
ports are quite as active in the horse
trade as Newport News, the most re-
cent horse census shows that plenty
of cavalry mounts and gunners still
remain. and no shortage threatens.
When the call first came for the ship
ment OF thousands of American horses
to the embattled armies abroad, liners
which could be transformed into horse
ships were in great demand. Freight
ers. immigrant ships. tramp steamers
and the like found easy charter. and.
with stalls built upon them wherever
space offered. they entered the trade.
A score of them have made Newport
News their port Of loading, among them
the Donaldson liners, Cassandra, Athe-
mia and Laconia; the big sister ships
Mechanician and Michigan, the So
called anglo" boats, the Anglo-Cali-
fornian, the Columbian, the
Anglo Mexican and the Anglo-Saxon,
as well as the Victorian, Winnefrigian
and the Leysian. In many of these
ships the stalls. which afford just
room enough for a horse to stand. are
built in five tiers, from the keel to the
boat-deck.
In rough weather the horses arc
kept standing during the entire voy-
age, which usually covers from twelve
to fifteen days. If the animals be-
come exhausted, sings are rugged I'M
der them. In fair weather. however.
the partition boards are very often re-
moved and the horses permitted to lie
down. A shipload of horses usually
averages about 500
When a horseship once clears the
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nHE increase in the consumption Of
coffee and tea by the population
q of the world is a matter with
which Americans are reasonably ia
miliar, but tho increasing consumption
of cocoa is a matter that has not been
so often brought to their attention.
The increase in the consumption of CO.
Goa is explained by the growing use Of
cocoa and chocolate as beverages and
the extension OF the uses Of chocolate
in the making Of candy and cake.
The principal cocoa and chocolate
consuming countries are tho United
States. the United Kingdom. Germany,
France and the Netherlands. and 1t Is
estimated that about 80 per cent Of the
worlds total output OF cocoa finds It's
use in those countries. The principal
cocoa producing countries are Brazil
and Ecuador, which grow approximate
ly one-third OF the worlds output. the
remaining two-thirds being produced In
the West Indies. Venezuela. Nicaragua.
British West Africa. Ceylon and Samoa
The output of the countries named
may be set down in round numbers as
two hundred thousand tons a year, and
the growers are expanding their oper-
atoms to keep pace with the demand.
The most prolific and productive CO.
Goa lands generally lie within twenty
degrees OF the equator and where the
climate is hot. moist and equable and
where the rainfall. though abundant, Is
not excessive. An authority on cocoa
trees has said that the common spe-
cies Of these trees are evergreens with
short. straight trunks. while the plan
tation trees, because of careful culti-
walton. sometimes reach a height of
forty feet. The fruits, which show
considerable variation in size. but
which usually contain Ave rows of
beans with ten in each row. are formed
from cushions swellngs the
stem or principal branches of tha trees
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Special Correspondence of The Sta-.


NEWPORT NEWS. Va. May :. 1915
~ 7INETY thousand American
lMH horses have been poured into
II Nj the European death-hopper
q " since December through one
port of the United States alone-New-
port News.
Horse ships great blunt bowed
freighters and transformed immigrant
ships-stalls filed with whinnying
beasts packed tier on tier from keel
to boat deck. are constantly slipping
from their mornings down the James.
through Hampton roads. past the
eapes and out beyond. on what are the
most perilous voyages merchantmen
can possibly take during these uncer-
tain days at sea
Even while the Prinz Eitel Fried
rich and the Kronprinz Wilhelm,
premier commerce destroyers of the
German navy. were destructively
securing the high seas. lying in wait
for just such logical prey. the trade
out of Newport News in horses began.
And now that one of the scourges or
the sea. the Prinz Eitel. lies impotent
the other. the Kronprinz Wilhelm, rides
at anchor in the same harbor, her
guns muzz!ed by the neutrality of in
ternational law, the trade goes on mer-
rily, though none the less dangerously;
for otheI sea-raiders remain at large
chief among them the dreaded ghost
ship" reported one day here and the
next day there. a thousand sea leagues
away-the Karlsruhe.
And since the sanctuary-seeking
lions of the sea first anchored in berths
nearby their natural victims the horse
.hins the placid harbor of Newport
News has billowed with the tnfux OF
war-born commerce. The sleepy water
front River road now blazes at night
like some resurrected Barbary coast.
a-throng with seamen and cattlemen
and a-clink with sailor gold.
But, best of all. her exports have
risen by leaps and bounds. until, last
month. cargoes to the total value OF
10000. 900. mostly in horses and gram.
LETT her long piers. where competent
English veterinarians, along with
French and Belgian agents, are over
seeing the loading of the ships.
The greater part of the living freight
for the cattle boats is dragged from
the peaceful pillow, to be transformed
into warlike "butty" gunners. But
many are hurriedly purchased from
range and corral. and delivered TO
some one OF the English cavalry
Ormskirk-there to be schooled for
brief though valuable service as troop
horses which too often ends In few
days to the shrek of tearing shrap-
mel or the boom of Big Bertha.
while still others are taken from the
farmyard barn to become transport
drafts.
So that the story Of the horses. and
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URING eight years OF 1uVenlie
N court work in New York city.
III " IN which the greater part OF
~ her time was spent in the
homes of little unfortunates. MRS.
Thomas q Patten, wife of the repre-
sentative from New York. must have
appeared as veritable Lady Bountl-
full to the small street gsmins in this
courtroo
Mrs Patients hair Is gray, the KIND winch
r,ghtfuIIy might belong to woman in
her forties, while her face is that OF
girl OF twenty-five. II is quite a bar
e,np contradiction, this combination of
whit. hair and youthful mold Of fea-
,ure, One is about ready to decide
that the gray hair Is premature and
that, in reality, she is very young
when she announces that she has been
Mr., Pa,,en for over twenty years.
After that declaration ono decides
that her age can justly be fixed at
perhaps forty-fve. and then-she
laughs, a merry. ringing. girlish sort
of laugh, her eyes twinkle gayly. ana
transitory dimple appears and van
.shes and reappears again, Her visitor
gives up in despair the attempt to
guess her age.
when the Juvenile court Of New
York was established in 1902. the arch
bishop called on several Catholic wom-
en- 10 work among the Catholic chill
dren brought before the court. SAID
Mrs Patten.
II was chosen to serve as chairman
on this committee. Our duties were
similar to those performed by proba-
ton officers. though we had no legal
standing and were permitted to work
in this capacity only through courtesy
of the court.
The children brought before the
fudge were ALL under sixteen years of
age and hailed into court for various
misdemeanors. some trivial in charac-
ter, others quite serious. We spoke to
these children and endeavored to find
out all we could about the quips and
quirks in their small make-ups: what
their temptations were, their particular
weaknesses. who they associated with.
what their home environment was, etc.
We followed up these personal inter
views with the young culprtts with
visits to their homes. where we re-
pested our inquiries to their parents,
making thorough investigation OF
family conditions so that we might
shed some light on the cause Of incor-
rigibility in the children.
oh, but the sordid lives the ma
joTity Of these people lead in their con-
gested tenements' Their poverty IL pitt
ful, People outside of New York little
realize the tragic existences of the poor
IN that city. They have so little to
brighten their lives. II was not only
the poverty OF those with whom ] came
in contact which moved me. II was the
SIN and degradation connected with
many of the cases which upset me.
In those eight years OF court work
learned more of sin than | did in all
In" other years Of my life. When one
considers the fact that we worked
call! from 10 o'clock in the morning
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Hard on Father.
THOMAS A. EDISON. on his reos
u hirthdav aotds

THOMAS A. EDISON. on his recent
birthday, said.
SHALL talk to you Newspaper boys
about our wonderful American inven-
lions or about our wonderful American
extravagance? disagree with John D.
in most things. but Tn with him in his
blame Of our extravagance, waste and lv-
ing beyond our means.
I'm an Orange school. in celebration
Of one Of my birthdays teacher asked a
little girl:
"'what is the most wonderful thing .
man ever made
IA living for his family the LITTLE e1Fa
promptly answered"
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The REnDRANDT. inst HoRsE-SHIp To, SAIL
AND VIcTIn OF AN INcENDIA2Y FIleaf-:

pert Immediately from what depot the
horse wearing it came. for every buyer
employs an individual variation of the
letter.
From the livestock trains the horses
are herded into the stockyard pens.
or animals, where come the official veter-
inarians, examining every one, making
sure that his long cattle-car jaunt has
not injured him and also verifying the
judgment of the buyer. for every horse
must be cardinally sound in wind and
limb. Any one of the more serious of
equine troubles, including the slight
est symptom of SPAWN. ring bone.
side bone or cataract. disqualiies the
animal showing it, for which reasons
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alone 10 per cent of the animals offered
to the buyers in the field are rejected.
In making their examinations the
veterinarians are careful to look to the
general condition of the animals, there
being always certain small per-
centage of them suffering from some
minor sickness or the bad effects of
train accidents.
But even after the ailing ones are
"culled out" ard sent to the hospital
for treatment. those passed as sound
ship. First of all they must recuper-
ate from their long rail journey, and so
they are permitted to rest. sometimes
a few days and often for weeks. being
given special attention and scientific
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as those committed by the girls. Mos,
of the boys got themselves into trouble
because of an eXuberant spirit which
manifested itself IN window smashing,
snowballing old gentlemen, teasing
girl schoolmates, annoying neighbors
dogs and similar mischievous pranks
Little girls, of course, would not be
brought into court for such things,
even though they did indulge in them.
for an officer would, in difference to
and warning not to repeat.
The girls we met In juvenile court
were mostly those charged with i'm
morality and equally serious things.
be pretty hopeless. and her regenera-
ton a difficult and oftimes discourag-
ing task because. when a girl Is I'M
moral at SO tender an age. 1t seems to
me that the tendency to be that Is in
born.
MY juvenile court work was a
source of great pleasure to me, as 1T
was the kind of work whereby one
can see results, which isn't always the
case with other tasks"
AS Mrs. Patten has spent most of her
life in New York. her statement that
she would prefer to live in the country
was rather surprising.
when Mr.. Patten Is out of office I
shall urge him to take UP an abode in
the country" she said. I'VE have q
country home at Monmouth Beach. N.
j., and adore 1t. / love to raise now
ers and, while I am very fond of WASH
: ington, 1 miss my garden. I have the
most wonderful roses. sweet peas,
peonies, narcissus and dahlias imagin-
able.
MY old gardener. who has been with
us for eighteen years, always wakes
scornful when he notes my passion for
my flowers. He cannot understand
why. in preference to fine rows of cab.
bages and beans and radishes. I should
choose blossoms. Country life is so
much more wholesome than strenuous
city existence. Perhaps 1t is because
am of English birth that lovs the
rural life"
Next to flowers, dogs rank second
in her affections. At one time she was
an exhibitor Of thoroughbreds at all
tho big shows. She has always been
surrounded by a number OF pets. but
now possesses but one. Laddie. q beau
tiful white Porto Rican spaniel.
Laddie has as house guest Sugar De
CANA, q golden brown Angora cat.
which belongs to the Brazilian ambas-
sador.
Sugar" sat in a velvet chair giving
himself sponge bath, blithely uncon-
scious Of the fact that we'll bred cats.
especially those in the diplomatic cir
Gle. do not do that sort OF thing IN