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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

TIVE delinquent child" Is losing
the burden Of his appellation.
The gradual refocussing Of the
Juvenile Court, anxious to find the
troubled roots Of lie, has come TO talk
instead Of the delinquent parent
Seventy per cent" according TO Jus
tice John Mayo Of tho Childrens
Court, "of the adults who appear In
connection with childrcn's cases fall
into this faulty category. For oil kinds
and varieties Of reasons this trail Of
men and women who shift tho burden
Of the children they have brought into
the world to the shoulders Of state and
charity earn their sorry title"
II was at the end OF a trying morn
Ing on the bench. Improper guardian
ship" as usual, had been the heading
under which the greatest number OF
cases had been classified. "Delin-
quent parents" said Justice Mayo,
ARE now the recognized chief parts OF
our problems. The sumber Of them IN
New York IS appalling.
What is one to DO with these
fathers and mothers! That Is our
daily question. There Is no jursdic-
ton given 10 US over the adult. Our
only resort is to deprive the parent Of
the child and then do the best In
ones power to either induce education
or reform.
zone class Of parent IN New York
City that Is TO be far more sympa-
thized with than censured Is the one
Of the foreign quarter. The Italians
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

In the Balkans. II strikes you into .
delirious fever, turns you blue and
puffy, and usually Is fatal at the end
Of two weeks. II Is absolutely impos-
sible TO nurse any one through II OUT
here, with no fresh air, no hot water
nothing. 1t is crime to let these
Americans try TO do the impossible
Either hundreds Of medical people
must como or the unit be disbanded
and the Serbians frankly left to die.
We got into Nish early In the morn
ing, and were eager to hunt for break
fast and see the town. But the Ser
bians had determined on a reception,
and we were politely told not to leave
the train until tho COMMITTEES, pre-
sumably Just turning over In bed'
could rise and come TO the station
Archangel, up there In the far north'
bursting It's seams, with l6,OOo snip
ping people from the Baltic prov
inces, was nothing to compare with
this swollen town. Before the war II
was a little Turkish town ct has made
no changes since Turkish rule was
here), with 10000 inhabitants, no sani-
ta,ion and bad roads. It's ill-repair
wa, tho result Of long-standing
quarrel between tho city authorities
and those at Belgrade. and no appro-
priations would be made on either
side. There are 10000 refugees. be-
sides the government from Belgrade
overlooking the place. Is 1t any won
der that there are peasants sleeping
IN the mud outside the station ana
that everybody seems weary, as II his
bed had been a shelf
am ashamed to be here. The pleas
ant secretary Of VI. Grouitch, whom the
Foreign Office has delegated 70 care
for Sir Thomas Upton. has had to turn
somebody out Of bedroom to provide
a roof for my head.
But the hospitals-they are miser-
able. A free lance Englishwoman
named Barlow, who wears a goat skin
flung over her shoulders, tells me tales
of bodies many weeks unburied in the
HOSPITALS. These are interludes be-
tween account. Of herself as the hrst
person to the ssseus Of Sesp!s. Since
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
dren'S Court.
With Seventy Per Cent of the Parents
of Faulty Children Themselves I'm
proper Guardians. Judge Mayo Asks
What Is To Be Done.

have my admiration, for TO the very
best Of their ability. In every way,
moral, educational and religious. they
strive to do their best for the little
ones. But lack Of knowledge In many
directions brings them. too. under the
head Of delinquentA
"For the children live in almost an
other world from their parents. They
go to the public schools, learn to speak
English, learn tho new customs and
habits Of this country. Tho elder per-
sons remain at homo, or go IN routine
TO their work, living In their foreign
quarters where they preserve tho Gus
toms Of their own country and speak
the old language.
"The story Is simple. A break in
understanding between the child and
It's parents, tho spirit Of youth not
understood or tanned grows wild, bad
companions reach out where the par
ents have failed, and the story Is on
its way, and presently hesrtbroken
parents, dszed and still not under
standing. stand behind their boy or
girl in courtroom"
A second class of delinquent parent,
one with whom Justice Mayo and his
associates have very little patience,
holds the American man and woman
fitted In every way TO take the best of
care Of their children, but through
ignorance Of their real duty toward
the child, or their shiftlessnes,. let It
wander from home and end In court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

TN SUBURBAN homes the cellar
after II has been cleaned for the
summer, plays quite an important
part as an adjunct to the kitchen.
Cleaned II must be, however, and very
thoroughly If food is to be kept IN it,
for there are many things that are far
better cooled IN q fresh, cool cellar
than in the ice box.
Preliminary Cleaning and Fitting.
After all the winters accumulation has
been removed, the floor. walls and cell
ing swept and whitewashed, the win
dows should be closed and a sulphur
candle burned. Then well slaked lime
should be scattered all around the edge
Of the cellar wall and into the creyices.
The swinging. shelves should be
scrubbed and painted and inclosed with
wire netting. From convenient
height swing by one handle six bushel
baskets to hold summer vegetables
picked fresh from the garden every
morning. On low wooden bench
place a good iron-bound barrel, first
saving of q quarter OF its height.
Fit a cover to it and put in spigot
near the bottom. This is TO hold an
extra chunk of ice for cooling melons
and other fruit which take up so much
room in the refrigerator, especially
when one is doing weekend entertain
ing. Lettuces and garnishes may also
be cooled there.
Three new butter frkins on low
bench will be found an excellent place
for keeping cut flowers, which may be
kept cool and shaded until they are to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
MRS. SLOANE AIDS NEEDY
Gives $3.50 to French Women
Other Relief Funds Grow.

The Serbian Agricultural Relief Com
mittee yesterday received $67.46 in do
nations, making tho total s66,s5l.ll.
Mrs. william Douglas Sloane yester-
day donated $3.50 to the Fund for the
Relief Of Destitute Women and Chill
dram Of France, and this. with other
contributions amounting to s24s, brings
the total to $77,295.
The La Fsyette Fund yesterday an
nounced that tho fund had been In
creased TO s65,OS6.6l.
BY contributions in the last few
DAVIS amounting to sl,29246. the Police
Relief Fund has been increased to S22,-
569.70.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
CONVICTS KNIT FOR POLES
zoo in Auburn Prison Aid War
Sufferers.

Auburn, May 25.-Two hundred con.
victs In Auburn Prison to-day volun-
teered to knit mutflers. sweaters, caps.
mittens. socks and other articles for
the Polish war sufferers. Fifty-hye
men, who have been at work on woollen
yarns contributed by persons in thi,
city, have made ninety-one articles.
which will soon be sent to the Vacation
Relief Committee in New York to be
sent to Europe.
The men ask for contributions Of
wool yarn to convert into clothing for
the war sufferers and. having nothing
else to contribute than their own SER
vices, have gladly donated all their
spare time for the cause.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

dressing made OF peanut oil, lay up on
lettuce leaves and heap with mayon-
naise. also made with the peanut oil;
garnish with red cherries.
Wash ripe fresh strawberries, but
leave the hulls on, dip each into beaten
egg, then into powdered sugar, and lay
aside TO dry. Then chill and heap
them on q dish and serve with the
Victoria sandwiches made in this way;
make a good cup cake In 4 shallow
square pan. When cold cut or split
and spread with strawberry jam,
put the top on again and cut in fancy
shapes; frost with vanilla soft frost
ing, or sprinkle with powdered sugar
Pile on a dolly to serve. A straw
berry shortcake decorated on top with
the frosted berries is good, but for
this purpose they must be carefully
hulled and dried before they are dipped
into the egg and sugar and must be
well chilled so that the juice will not
eScape.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
A Woman Journalist in Servia

typhus came she doesn't frequent her
hospital so often. Typhus, typhus
everywhere. And now there Is news Of
an Albanian raid In the south. We
saw an Albanian chief with his white
cap and fur jacket, a Serbian colonel
and a common soldier democratically
crowded into a swaying carriage pelt-
ing off FOR the station this morning,
and were told: at has happened! And
a good thing, too, to have done with
uncertainty there"
Ten thousand Albanians have rushed
over the frontier and tho regiment and
a half Of Serbians who have been wait
for them since tho beginning Of the
war are preparing to make this the
last Of the Albanian adventures. As
one man put 1t to me, In the weary
voice whose note am beginning to
recognize as national. 1--WE shall never
have peace while the Albanians have
their own boundary"
Ipursed my lips As I always do when
anybody talks to me about expanding
territorially, and he promptly went oni
Coast or no coast, We don't want them.
The Albanians aren't workers, and are
a population difficult to assimilate. For
hundreds Of years their men have
fought and their women done the odd
bits OF toll. But until we can forbid
the importation Of arms into their re-
eions, Serbia must always be ready 70
save herself from attacks. We've got
10 own them" And he sighed. He may
be right The members Of the Red
Cross unit have kissed me goodby
and gone on TO their work at Vranja
Banja, up In the mountains. Somshow
when said goodby they quite
changed for me. forgot my soorn
OF their knitting when better stockings
are made much more economically by
machine. ! only saw a group OF women
bent on bringing order out Of chaos AMI
each one knowing that il might cost her
life. This is not like the western
front. There is no security against
fever and We are a thousand miles
from England. We leave in the morn
ing for Belgrade. Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
Nish, Serbia.
laundering.

Nlsh, BerDlh.
Dear Babi From the moment we
crossed the Greek-Serbian frontier /
began to know at last what the ravages
OF war are. Here, Of course, We shall
never SEQ the bloody smashing OF Bel
eium. but only the weary end OF
three wars. From the frontier on the
railway is guarded at distances OF a
few rods. Clay dugouts along the
hills. with and without matched roofs.
represent the only shelter these SOL
diers have had all winter. They stand
out stiffy and stare at the train as we
90 by-old men, most OF them, with
wrinkled hands. ! am told they thank
God that one more train has passed
without Bulgarian raid 70 cut the
country off from the south. They recite
q story that is almost too good to be
true OF the day the first trainload OF
ammunition was due from the south
last fall, when tho Serbian resources
in the north were at their lowest ebo.
Bulgarian cmitajes-though the aver
ago Serbian likes better to believe that
II was Bulgarian troops-blew up the
bridge Just north Of Gevgeli, and the
ammunition cases had to be handed
over the river by hand. IL makes
stirring picture, at any rate, those men
In Icy water passing boxes.
We were met at Gevgeli by DR.. Don
elly. of Brooklyn. and taken up to the
American Hospital. The main hospital
Is an old tobacco factory, on the top
Of q hill five city blocks from running
water. Can you imagine anything
moro horrible, more a trap to invite
death1 The American unit, for all
they pretend to be nonchalsnt, are q
group Of people with death at the ell
bow. They have $500 patients, most
Of them lying in straw ticks on the
eoor and some on bare boards ana
no. the slightest chance Of segregat-
ing the typhus patients.
,hall have TO write about typhus
later. so | may as well tell you the
do,s,ls. II Is disease that always
com., with army crowding, and IS car
lied by a little white body insect that
=. have ell been warned Of out ns''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
By HENRIETTA RODMAN.

spent last evening with tho MeXi-
can teachers. fifty Of them, sent here
by Carranza to learn from US how to
help him with the reconstruction Of
Mexico.
"The Mexican people wish to be free,
so the Carrsnza government, which
represents the Mexican people. sends
US to the United States to study the
schools in which your people learn 10
be citizens" said the president Of the
commission. Alfonso Cravioto.
1--WE shall live hero In the United
States for not less than one year to
absorb the practical atmosphere"
am hoping that they may not absorb
enough Of our atmosphere to destroy
their gentle dignity. their courteous
intensity. these charming. brown-eyed
children Of American dreams Of lib
erty.
"Mr. Carranza studied law and po-
litical economy for two years in Bos-
ton" the secretary Of the Carranza
Bureau told me. "He would like every
teacher in Mexico to spend a year in
the United States. Mr.. Carranza I'M
derstands that democracy cannot exist
without education.
"Eighty-fve per cent Of the Mexi-
can people are illiterate. though Diaz
had magnificent school buildings. His
son was an architect and he got great
contracts and great graft" said AL
fonso Peschiera. son of one of the
principal Mexican land owners. But
the people were too poor to go to
school. Now they are getting land and
they will have education. You see we
must learn TO understand not only
the methods of democratic govern
ment. but its purposes and problems"
do you expect to get Q practical I'm.
derstanding Of the purposes and meth.
DDS Of democratic government from oul
public schools" / asked
"Why not" returned Alfonso Pes.
chiera. 81 was for four years In 9
high school In Los Angeles. II was q
little republic. Tho students ran the
school. They learned to understand
the problems of the common welfare
and how to solve them"
"And you expect to learn that In the
New York public schools?" repeated.
"If We cannot learn It here we will
report that to Mexico, and no doub,
some of US will be sent to California. !"
The New York public school authori.
ties would do we'll to prepare answers
to the Mexican questionnsire. Some Of
these questions would be hard TO an
swer otfhand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
The Cellar in Summer Attire

The vinegar barrel. on q low rack,
should rest here, so that during the
preserving season the skimmings may
all be dropped in 10 make the rich
mother" that gives such incompatible
favor 10 preserves. Bottled spring
water If kept here will get 20 cool that
il will require but short icing when
taken upstairs. Fruits, fresh or
stewed; pies, custards. cheeses and
butter eggs. lard and so on should be
kent perfectly on the wired shelves and
be safe from disturbance. They are
better naturally cooled than iced, un-
less the weather is phenomenally hot
or unusually damp. A basket with a
well fitted wire cover will be found
handy TO hold Holsters or other shell
food with cracked ice and seaweed
Usually a country cellar is of little
service 10 the housekeeper, for II is
used for the storing of tools and
garden implements. This is not neces-
sary, for good porch closet or
cheaply built outbuilding will do just
as well for the purpose during the
summer, and when the early fall re-
quires the slowing away OF garden
things the culinary department will be
ready to return to its own quarters
above.
Last, but not least, good table will
be very handy. especially when pre-
serving time comes on. for holding
icllics that have to drain all night and
for pickles that have TO stand in brine
for two or three days. and that ordi-
narily are so in the way in the kitchen.
Reinforced by these many reasons as
to why she should have undisputed use
Of the cellar for the summer, the
housekeeper should make her demand
and arrangements at once. before the
furnace Is entirely out Of commission
and before man has had time to 80
o,iro Tho tool-storape habit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
Mexican Teachers Here to Absorb
Freedom for Their PUPILS
But Will They Find It1 Miss Rodman Asks as They
Tell Of Their Intention to Study Our
Training for Citizenship

What, for example, are we doing In
the way Of moral sducation' Educa-
ton for citizenship Are We ready to
explain the democratic organization Of
our schoolsl
One Of our interpreters knew me, and
told the Carranza commission that I
had been fined $500 for criticising
the New York Board Of Education for
dismissing women teachers who be-
came mothers. The deputies of Car
rama, sent to learn the methods 81 lib
erty in American schools, appeared
troubled.
When the teachers return to Mexico
travelling normal schools will DO or
ganized on special trains. Only one
sixth OF the Mexicsns live in cities, so
Carranza is adopting the Wisconsin
method Of sending the university to the
people on the farms.
The travelling teachers will 60 to all
parts of Mexico TO instruct the local
teachers. Maria Martinez will teach
them kindergarten and Montessori
methods; Olivia Espinoza, the methods
of the elementary school; Maria Cis-
neros, school organization. and their
forty-seven delightful colleagues will
impart all the rest.
Frankly, | never felt moro embar-
raised than when | met those fifty
earnest, intelligen. people, who have
been sent by the Mexicans at great
sacrifice to learn from US what We have
never learned the methods OF develop
ing in children initiative and self-con-
troll, of preparing them for freedom
and responsibility.
The Board of Education will permit
women teachers who resigned under
threat of dismissal when they became
mothers to return to the schools. The
board Is thus suspendiny Its bylaw
which forbids the appointment Of mars
ried women ss teachers.
seize once more the opportunity 81
printing that exquisite bit Of absurd.
ity.
mo married woman shall be ap-
pointed to any teaching or supervising
position In the public schools unless
her husband is incapable of earning .
living or has deserted her for not less
than one year"-or unless, in the pres
ent case, she has young child.
Would you believe it II you didne
know what Mark Twain said about
boards OF education?
The protest meeting 70 save the
floating baths will be held at Public
School 81, Stanton and Forsyth streets,
instead Of at Public School SO, Tuesday
evening, May rs, at p. m.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
TROUSSEAU MADE IN U.s.
Miss Clark's Bridal Robe Will
Bear American Mark
From The Tribune Buresu.l

Washington, May 26.-The marriage
OF Miss Genevieve Clark. daughter OF
the Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark, 70
James NJ. Thompson, Of New Orleans,
is announced to take place on the lawn
at Honeyshuck. the Clark home at
Bowling Green, Mo, juno 30 at 4
o'clock.
Eight bridesmaids and . matd Of
honor will attend the bride. SSversl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

hundred constituents Of the 2r;sker
will witness the ceremony. Tho entire
trousseau will bear the made In Amer
lea" mark, a move started by Miss
Clark and backed by the entire Cabinet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26
@ARPET lAI. N. WILLIAMS
TEL. sss columaUS est iDa
AlEANINC 353x. 54th ST.

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name moderate in price. powerful N s,rsaxiA
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-26

The protest meeting TO save the
floating baths will be held at Public
School 81, Stanton and Forsyth streets,
instead Of at Public School So, Tuesday
evening, May rs, at 8 p. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-06
OLD NOTIONS ABOUT HOSIERY
How Stockings and Their Use Figure
In SuperstltIons About Customs
and Dreams.

Stockings figure In some curious su-
perstitions touching old customs, espe-
cially those connected with marriage.
tions both lucky and unlucky. Among
the former 1t Is commonly held that
to put on any article of clothing wrong
side out is decidedly sign Of good
luck; but 1t must be done accidental
ly, and when the mistake is found out
no change must be made. else the luck
will Immediately vanish. The idea is
very firmly held about stockings, prob
ably because it is more easy to make
such a mistake in putting on a stock
ing than In DOMINIC other garments.
It would be hard, indeed, for a woman
to put on her dress or a man his coat
or vest inside out without noticing
what he was doing.
Sometimes folk are to be found who
have improved upon the common no
ton or who have even reversed 1t.
Another superstition touching the
use of hose is connected with dream
ing. This Is a Scotch notion. II a
person be about to sleep in bed that
he or she has never slept in before,
the certainty Of dreaming can be as
sured by placing the stocking taken
off the right foot under the head. Not
only will the sleeper be sure to dream,
but the dream will certainly come to
pass.
OF the superstitions attached to
marriage ceremonies, most people
have heard of throwing the stock
ing" This rite would hardly be re-
garded now as consistent with modern
! notions of decorum, but II was highly
popular in former days. The ceremony
was performed at the conclusion OF
the wedding days festivities by young
men and girls seated at the bed foot
| the former having the brides and the
latter the groom's stockings-whose
object in throwing the hose backward
over their heads was to hit, il pos
sible. the head, and especially the
nose. of enc or other of the newly mar
ried couple. A successful shot meant
marriage at an early date for the
| thrower.-Tit-Bits.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-06
SOL SMITHS STAGE DEBUT
A. the Body Of King Henry In the
Play "Rlchard H." He Didn't
Make q Hit.

Sol Smith used often to tell of his
vaded the theater. according to the
Green Book. On one occasion he con-
trived to make his way behind the
scenes and unperceived hid himself
in a large box, which he found in the
carpenters gallery. and closed the lid.
cealed, waiting for the curtain to 60
up. When 1t did he was delighted to
find that by lifting the cover OF the
box he could see all that was going
on below. The play was Richard
Ill" and all went well till the second
act, when he heard four or five men
making their way directly to his hid
ing place.
Sol had barely time to close the lid
when they took up the box and pro-
fanely remarking on its great weight,
proceeded to take King Henry's cof-
went. followed by Lady Anne and the
troupe of mourners She lamented
loudly and Sol perspired in secret.
Through all the famous counting
scene he managed to keep quiet. but
as the live corpse was carried ito
Whitefriars" and upstairs again the
awkward supers turned and tumbled
and tipped the coffined majesty so
that they injured him severely and he
cried out. The passage was dark;
the bearer were frightened and drop
ping their precious burden. gave Sol
chance TO slip out of his coffin and
into the street
The intelligent auxiliaries were GER
tain there was ghost In the box and
Smith, with keen appreciation of
the necessity for a dramatic ending
for the story. solemnly asserted that
the four supers never entered the
playhouse again. but Immediately
joined the church and one of them be-
came a famous preacher. whose spe-
cial hobby was the sin of theater GO
ing, against which he assured his
hearers he had. when young man. a
most mysterious and supernatural
warning.