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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
CARE OF THE BABY
cHILDREN's BUREAU GIVES SOME
~ ADVICE OF MOMENT.
Excellent Work ae'no Done by Fed.
eraI Department Which Has at Its
Disposal the Services Of the
Most Skilled Nurses.

| prepared by the Childrens Bureau. U. 8,
Department of Labor)
In many respects those parents
who are raising their children in the
rural districts have an advantage over
the city family. Fresh air. sunshine,
and plenty of space to play, which are
the birthright Of the country baby. are
often sadly lacking in the life. OF the
city baby. It is not, however, always
the case that the country baby is al
lowed to enjoy all the advantages he
should have. Farm homes are often
overcrowded and badly ventilated
conditions which are generally sup
posed t. be chargeable chiefly to city
life. 1t Is often true also that the
city baby is better protected from the
annoyances and actual dangers he
is exposed 10 from flies and mosqui-
toes in the city than in unscreened, in
sect-infested houses in the country. 1t
is not impossible, also. that both the
milk supply and the water supply fur
riahed to city babies are safer than
to those of the country, on account of
tl;s rigid inspection Of the sources Of
Supply OF both commodities in all large
citing But these disadvantages of
the country are all quite capable Of
remedy and are, indeed, already being
remedied. to large extent, in many
places.
With the growing knowledge of ru-
raj sanitation has come practicable
systems Of water supply and drainage
for farmhouses; of disposal of sewage
and refuse, and of fly prevention.
Even when an outdoor privy must be
used, it is quite possible to have a
sanitary building with vault
screened from flies. In such ways and
many others the country constantly
is being made safer for babies and
children. A new source of help, di
rectly applicable to the mothers
problems, is the rural visiting nurse.
These visiting nurses, who travel
about the farming communities with
horse or an automobile, are en-
ployed by the families in her district,
who contribute to pay her salary. The
town and country nursing service
maintained by the American Red
Cross, with headquarters at 1924 H
street, Washington, d. c., will be glad
to send literature and answer ques-
lions about the establishment Of such
a service.
With the help of the rural visiting
nurse small towns may enjoy some
thing in the nature of an infant well
fare station, such as is at the disposal
of mothers in many larger cities.
In many small places rest room is
provided and maintained by women's
club, or church, or other organization,
where women coming into town from
the surrounding country may rest. The
nurse may often hesable to meet with
a number of mothers at this room. to
talk with them about their babies, CIV
ing advice as to the bathing, clothing,
and feeding, and to answer questions.
In addition to this instructive work
in the towns, the nurse rides over her
district, calling at every home where
her assistance is needed. She works
under the direction of a doctor. help
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
AFR0-AMER|CAN Cuttings

pany with him l tried to obtain serv-
ice at q restaurant and we were re-
fused. We tried the barber shops, and
were denied a shave. Together we
then went to number of hotels with
similar experiences.
Booker r. Washington unquestion-
ably did the greatest work for the Ne
gro. in the South, in the three RS
and for industrial education-"the
bond of politics and the deeper
foundations of human training"
In January. 1907, I was at Minister
City, 1875 miles south of Memphis.
There | met presiding elder, cler-
gyman of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, who told me the fol-
lowing story l vouch for him as
man of truth.
"Mv friend" he said, you in the
North do not understand Booker I.
WASHINGTON as we understand him
here in the South. Some months ago,
by invitation, sat on the platform at
the Normal school at Tuskegee, and
made an address to the stuuents pres
ent-some 400 in number. / noticed
that there was not coal-black or full
blooded Negro among the students,
and l asked Mr. Washington for the
reason. He replied: Il have found
that the full-blooded or pure Negroes
do not advance beyond a certain point
in their education. I have, by expert
ence, tested and proven that only Ne
groes who have white blood in their
veins comprehend the higher mathe-
MATES and sciences, and are the only
ones who can become abstruse meta
physical thinkers. So ! automatically
guide the others into other channels OF
education These facts may explain
some things not generally understood
in the educational system of the late
Booker T. Washington.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

cut to pieces. assure you that those
OF ours whom we left behind were am
ply avenged.
"All that we wish for are similar oc.
casions when we are advancing. Our
field artillery at Verdun has shown
that It has kept up its reputation; II
will speak as 1t should when still more
decisive hours sound"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Assuming that the basis of what is
termed national music is found in
folksong, it may be urged that Amer
lean music, so far as it is peculiarly
American, is based on Negro melodies.
This finds support, for example, in Dvo-
rak's Symphony From the New York
World which abounds in melodies
strikingly suggestive Of our plantation
tunes. True, it is cOntended that none
Of these melodies is to be found in
Negro music, in the form in which
Dvorak wrote them, but the influence
of the plantation song is apparent. OF
Indian music, as it survives to us,
there is much to be said, but the
scope of Negro folk-song is Of more
immediate Importance, since it's effect
is more widely felt.
But the Negro is not confined in
music to melodies crooned in the field
or walled in meetings or chanted on
decks. The musician is becoming less
essentially Negro, and more widely
musical. In other words, here and
there Negroes are writing music; not
merely repeating traditional tunes
from generation to generation, but
composing music that has no racial
qualities to set it apart. In churches
all over the English-speaking world,
choirs are singing the works of
Coleridge-Taylor, Negro whose
death few years ago was regretted
by all the world of music, and choral
societies are singing his beautiful set
ting of "Hiawatha" And only last
week, Amato, the great Italian bari
tone, sang in concert in New York
song of warning Italy, which was
composed by Harry G. Burleigh, a
modern American Negro, whose music
has been played in Richmond frequent
ly, notably by that remarkable Negro
organization, the Clef Club orchestra.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

ing the family to carry out his in.
structions in cases of illness or acci.
dent. Thus the nurse does dressings.
gives baths, takes temperatures, or
whatever may be required in the case.
If there is baby she advises the
mother as to his care, shows her how
to give him a bath and how to pre-
pare his food, if he is already weaned.
But in addition to giving bedside nurs-
ing and home care, the rural nurse
does many, other things. If typhoid
makes it's appearance she may look
about for a polluted water supply. or
trace back the milk the family used
to it's origin, to sea whether this is
the source OF infection, and urge
methods which will prevent further
spread Of the disease. Ha' - "
She stops at the country schools
and looks over the children, and some.
times detects beginnings of cases Of
infectious disease in time to prevent
an epidemic. She also notes cases Of
probable adenoids, deafness, or weak
eyes, and calls the attention of the
child's family to the need for care
BY physician. ~
In all this she carries on q continual
campaign Of education toward q bet
ter standard Of community life, by
showing the mothers how flies can
be exterminated, or at least, may be
kept out Of the house; how to take
care Of the milk and the baby's bot
ties; how to clean up the premises,
dispose Of the refuse and how to keep
She streams Of the community pure.
such q nurse is. therefore, II she Is as
useful a. she may Be, far more than
J nurse she tsschor. hygisnist,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
SOLDIERS TO DO FARM WORK
Canadian Government Will Give
Miitiamen Leave of Absence for
One Month.

Winnipeg.-The serious problem of
western Canada to find help to put in
the crop has been practically solved by
an official order from the militia de-
partment allowing every non-commis-
stoned officer and man on active serv.
ice in Canada leave of absence not ex-
ceeding one month, to go out on the
farms.
The soldiers will receive full pay
ton what they earn from the farmers.
The government will provide free
transportation for the round trip from
camp to farm not exceeding a dis
lance Of 300 miles.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

in an Indiana paper that little five
year-old Mary Lena Lewis, who was
badly burned in q Colorado forest fire,
needed healthy skin grated on to her
scared little body. The appeal touched
his heart, and he being q healthy
young man, came to Denver and gave
a portion Of his skin that the child
might recover. .$5
4 During the skin grating operation
he met Miss Peck, and the romance
began that ended n their marriage.
III the spring the couple win take up
q homestead tor. their future home.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
The Hardship Of Perjury.

All our friends saem to be getting
rich" his wife complained.
e. IT can't understand why that should
make you unhappy. You have plenty
Of good clothes and a comfortable
home, haven't your" ss. w.
Eyes, but / never get a chance to be
named in the society columns as pa
troness Of anything ....,.<s3
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The plum, which was among the ear
Hest of fruits to be cultivated and was
raised when Thebes, Memphis and
Damascus were in their glory, also
grows wild in Asia, America and south
ern Europe.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
Horses Scent Poison Gas.

5s The power Of the horses to detect
the approach Of the poisonous gas
II quite remarkable, They seem to
become conscious Of the deadly mem
q, ace before the men have any appre.
hension of II. and they cry out loudly
~ though Ia terror md pain.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
HERolsM WINS HIM BRIDE b ii. {:
sYouts, Who Furnished skin for Graft
ino Upon Little Girl Webs
the Nurse. XIX

Denver. romance like those you
irese about A novels eliminated re-.
Gently when Miss Leilah Alma Peck. e
nurse rs the County hospital. formerly
aof MldiSon, Ind, was married to Vim.
cent Drummer. Jr. Of Mishawaka, Ind.
/ Several months ago Drummer read
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Her quaint figure in Prince Albert
or a cutaway coat and in mems trou-
sers has for many years been one of
the sights of Washington. She ex-
poets to be stared at as she makes her
way serenely through congressional
corridors or about the street She is
suffragist, of course, and Is perfect
ly at home after she has laid her silk
tile on a congressman's desk and has
begun to argue the cause. A special
act of congress gave her permission
to wear trousers.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The Paris board of health has for
hidden the sale and use of hair lotions
containing tetra-chloride of carbon as
dangerous to the heart, head and
stomach.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
oh, Pine!

Oh, Pifiel
Heiny-I dropped my watch in the
river one time and didn't recover Il
for three days. It kept right on run
ming, though. u
Omar Pshaw! a watch won't run
for three days. /. rs
Heiny OF course not. ! was speak
ing Of the river. Fs3
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Bishop Branston opened the fifty
third annual session Of the Washing
ton conference, in Leigh street Meth
odist Episcopal church at Richmond,
Va Rev. J. B. Hingeley, D. D., of
Chicago, led in prayer. The bishop
addressed the conference and admins
tered the Holy Communion, assisted
by the district superintendent. Rev.
s. H. Norwood called the conference
roll of membership. Rev. G. D. John
son, Moses Opher and ]. H. Tucker
were reported as having died during
the conference year. Rev S. H. Nor
wood was elected secretary; Rev. w.
S. Jackson, statistician, and Rev. M.
W. Clair, treasurer. Welcome ad-
dresses were delivered by Mayor Ain
slie, DR.. w. T. Johnson Of the Baptist
church, and Rev. DR.. S. S. Morris Of
the African Methodist Episcopal
church. Doctor Waterman of Balti-
more and Lev. J. B. Hingeley of Chi
cago made addresses. A check from
the Book Concern for $2,736 was pre-
scented for conference claimants.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The tortuous Alaskan coast has so
many indentations and promontories
that it's actual length is greater than
that of the United States seaboard
proper, all told more than $4,000
miles.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

A portable but very powerful n.y.
draulic press has been invented for
bending large pipes to an y desired
curve without injury.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Gold is being mined at a depth Of
more than 5000 feet In South Africa,
and It Is believed that the shafts can
be sunk 5000 feet more. .. .72.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The uses of whale oil are more nu-
merous at the present time than ever
before.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Scarlet fever is difficult to control, as
its cause is unknown, and mild cases
may occur which are almost impossi-
BILE Of detection, but which serve as a
focus for further spread Of the dis
ease. 4
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The British meteorological Office has
established a station for furnishing
weather information and forecasts to
aviators and aeronauts.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

A remarkable photograph of the
trail of meteor in flight recently was
made by an English soldier in India.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Elimination by the war of Belgian
competition has brought unprecedent-
cd prosperity to Sweden's matchmak-
ing industry. 5s
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Nearly two billion dollars are d.
posted in the savings banks Of New
Fork State.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

New York city's net revenue from
saloon licenses amounts to more than
$12,000,O0O a year. ,1... z.4l
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

Sheep used as beasts of burden in
northern India carry loads Of 20
pounds.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The annual mineral output OF Brit
i n Columbia aggregates about $780,
00O, 900. .13ts ,5 \, s,s, n
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

The true shape OF the earth still
awaits accurate determination.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
of
 Soldiers IS Heavy

Associated Press Correspondence
 PARIS, Nov. 10-The French sol diers' cores pondence now amounts to nearly four and half million pieces per day. They receive an average of four million ordinary letters, 300, 900 registered letters, 10000 postal and telegraphic money orders, and 50.000 newspapers.
 It keeps busy staff oi more than 2,0OO special employees at the cen tral posto1lice in Paris. while 2G clerks sufIiced during the first three months of the war for an average of 60O,000 letters and 10000 packages.
 The present staff handles 220 tons of matter per day, and it requires fl cars of the French standard size to distribute it among the principal headquarters behind the front.
 The soldiers mail now equals the ordinary peace time postal traffic for the entire country. and the letters alone are triple the ordinary distr- buttons in the city of Paris.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
GERMANS CAPTURE RUSSIAN POSITIONS ON EASTERN FRONT, TOGETHER WITH 5000 PRISONERS-KOUAIANIA ADVANCE ON DO BKUIA FRONT, BUT ARE DRIVEN BACK ON TRANSILNANIAN FRONT-AIRSHIP BAT Fl ES K THE WEST.
Associated Press. ]

LONDON Nov. 1O-T That the Germans have captured extending and onehalf miles i'll length from the Russians north of the Pnsk marches is the statement contained iii unofficial dispatches received here from Berlin They said have taken 5000 prisoners, twenty machine guns and twelve mine throWers the The report has been confirmed in official dispatches received here from Perograd relative the fighting eastern front The Petrograd dispatch merely says that all is quiet the Eastern front.
 KOJMANIANS ADVANCE IN DOBRUJA
 LONDON, Nov lO.-Dispatches received here from Bucharest that the Russo Roumanan troops the Jogruja fighting the offensive. They attacking IchcruaNoda, the right bank of the Dan be rIyer and at the end of the bridge the rail road leading from Constanza to Bucharest according the reports The Roumanians recently forced evacu- ccrnavoJa under the fierce attacks of the Germans
 ON TRANSNI,NANIAN FRONT
 LONDON. Nov. 1O..rhe Austro-Germa forces tn der General akenhayn have again assumed the offen ~iyc the Irans front according to news dis patches received here The reports that they have succeeded in driving the Rounaians back several points and that they have captured number of trenches Most o the operations the Trans ylvanan front being ductel within the borders of Roumana the Teutons have been driven of Roumana since they ed iH gaining foothold there
 ARE FIGHTING ON SOMME
 LONDON, Nov lO.-That air fighting is the order of the day throughout the length of the front the report received here It stated in dispatches re ceTed here from Berlin that the Germans claim have de ouoyed seventeen Entente aeropanes An official dispatch from Paris states that German aeopanes and other air craft have been destroyed It also admits that seven Brit sh aircraft missing No report has been received from General Iag regarding the British aeroplanes which are supposed to have been brought down by the Germans
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
General Goethals
 Hot Under Collar

WASHINGTON, D. ( Nov 'h. Notwithstanding the knocks of the calamity howlers and the di- sastrous predictions of the know it-alls, 1 believe that the earth movement in the Panama Canal zone will be eventually over come"
 The foregoing statement was made today by George W. Goe- thals, retiring governor of the Panama Canal zone, and the man who was the power behind the constructors of the American DOT ton of the Panama Canal He made the assertion when ques- toned regarding another state ment credited to him to the ef- feet that the earth slides in the Panama Canal could never be stopped and that the use of the canal as a connecting link be tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans would never be feasible.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
Industrial Workers
 On Scene Of Crime

EVERETT, Wn.. Nov. 10
 Fory-oHe ot the Industrial Work CTS of the World who participat- ed in the riot and carnage on the docks here last Sunday and against whom d charge of mur- GaT in the first degree has been laid were brought here tonight from seattle and placed in the county jail They are to be held here until the next session of the grand jury. unless a special grand jury is called, which is al together probable. The men brought here do not compose the entire Industrial Worker gang which caused so much trouble here last Sunday. which trouble resulted in the death of one resi- dent of this city and the injury of several more. but they are de clared to have been the chief dis turbers Nor has the arrest of all of those who participated in the riot been made yet, accord ing to reports from Seattle.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
| LAWYERS RETAINED
 TO WATCH COUNT
Associated Press }

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov l0 Chair man RowelI, or the Republican stat, committee of this state. together with other prominent Republican politi- clans. claims that the delegation oi electors that California sends to the electoral college will be split that at least three of them will go to the college instructed to cast their ballots for Charles Evans Hughes Chairman Rowell asserts that the Republicans will get at least three electors, and that they may have more. It's all according 10 the re suit of the official count" he said today
 That there will be an official count made in the close precincts in Cali fornia there is now little doubt, al though no announcement confirming the statement of Chairman Rowell has been authoritatiyely made. Both Democrats and Republicans, however, have employed competent lawyers who will be on hand to watch every act of those who will do the count ing, in the event that an official count of the vote in this state Is de cided upon.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
Monte I erriIl Gets
 Long Jail Sentence

Monte Terrill received a sentence in the commissioners court on the charge of vagrancy. He was living in wretched cabin at Cinema and was in state of Restitution. Both of his feet were frozen some time ago and had to be taken off. He was Outside when they were taken off, and while he was there secured artificial feet, and with these came in over the trail.
 For some time the authorities and his friends have known that the man was likely to freeze or starve to death, but he is so proud and inde- pendent that nothing could be done for him He refuses to go to the Pioneers Home. He did not want any aid from the government.
 At last the marshal's office de cided that the only way to take charge of him this winter was to commit him to the city jail on a vagrancy charge. He was given a jail sentence of twenty-five days and a fine of $250. As there is not much likelihood that the fine will be paid, it means that Terrill will have a jail sentence of 125 more days or 150 days in all.
 The man is an oldtimer in the country and is full of the spirit of those times when men asked for nothing and scorned the idea of de pending on the help of others. He prefers to freeze or starve rather than accept anything that has the least taint of charity on it.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
Cheechaco Luck
 Again at Livengood

Again the proverbial cheechaco luck has found pay where the old timers thought there was none Among the outgoing passengers on the sheldon stage Monday will be George W. Kilmer He came from Dickenson, N D., about a year ago. He went immediately to the Tolovana country.
 With the faith of cheechaco he staked high ground on Good Luck creek, which is a tributary to the headwaters of Livengood creek. Then he and his partner struck pay in the fifth hole Now he is going home to visit his family, but he intends to return in the spring.
The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-13
W|Ck WINS IN
 THIRD DIVISION
Special to The Citizen )

(SpeCIal to The tlIlZen.)
 SEWARD, Nov 10,-With all but the small outside precincts in, the vote in the Third division stands Wickersham 1881; Sulzer 1,20O. giv- ing Wickersham a plurality of 184. Wickersham's plurality is expected to increase slightly when the returns are complete The divisional vote was as follows: for Senator. Roman TAO; Dooley 74S; Frame 581; German 459. For Representative, Cannon 1,076; Day 811; Price 917 Murray 92I; Holland 782 Noon 73O. It is impossible at this time to decide the divisional winners. owing to the closeness of the vote and the incom- plete returns.