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New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

who will supply at least part of the
mothcring to which every baby is en-
titled.
This boarding out Of motherlcss babies
is not new experiment. Sister Irene,
who founded the New York Founding
Asylum learned very early that the most
scientific care could not compensate for
mother love, and that even the humblest
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

home where there was tenderness and
love was better nurturing ground for
babies than the most sanitary hospital
ward. The system of boarding out the
babies in investigated homes proved so
successful that it has been adopted by
practically every up-to-datc child-caring
institution in this country and abroad.
This plan bears no relation whatever
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

EDITORS NOTE: Last Week NC pc
sented the problems ot adoption I'M
their legal solution from the point Q
uieac OF the childless aeho arc glad d
toi;e destitute babies permanently ;si
their homes.
This aceoL qco are describing III
methods of this city hitherto in dcala
lcitl1 its agafs and fouadlings-by plo'
ing them temporarily ia p'igctc Aome
4 future article uW discuss the r.
turA Of the present administration
the old system Of puithlg homeless CHI
dren into big institutions.
Meantime the number of children ID
orphans by the influenza epidemic mOae'
into the thousands. AHd they are o.
New York aUomen's problem.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

sands of babies such as this are sent
from Bellevue to the various infant
asylums in the city--the Nursery and
Child's Hospital, the New York Found
ling Asylum, the Hebrew Infant
Asylum, and several others-and in
every instance an effort is made to place
these babies in boarding homes with de-
cent, respectable, kind hearted women,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
And the Fourth Loan
Was Oversubscribed

The fourth Liberty Loan went over the
top with S1000,000 ovorl
Then came election, and the women
were up for Office. Red flags hung from
the headquarters, and the Bolsheviki al
ternately argued, harangued gesticulat-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Private Homes Preferred
To institutions

In recent years there has been IA
markable development of the idea a
home care for dependent children A.
a conference devoted to the discusso
of the welfare of dependent chidml
held in Washington three years ago rep
resentatives of state boards Of charitr
children's aid societies, children's honl
societies, prevention Of cruelty to cfi
dren societies, orphan asylums, chi,
dren's reformatories, etc, Of ever
shade of religious denomination veu
present. 1t was unanimously decie
that a suitable family home for tt
child is to be preferred in every cas-
to institutional care and that ncud
home life should be provided whema
possible for all dependent children.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

ZOU would hardly know the East
Side these days. The red flag
waves no more, and as for the
soapboxes, scarcely one is polluted by
the human foot.
And it seems to be due to the suf-
fragists-or rather to the women: the
wives, mothers, sisters, and friends of
the boys in France. At the recent cleo
ton they proved that there is nothing
in the old aging that paciism and suf-
frage run t. ether, for the woman vote
completely swept the Socialists from Of,
flee.
Since November 5 the eight candi-
dates who We're running for Office on
the Socialist ticket. are no more-po-
litcally speaking, at least; and where
the red flag used to wave you can see
nothing now but the Stars and Stripes,
miles and miles of them, some hand
made by the same fingers that sew the
buttons in the clothing factories.
In other words, the women are unre-
servedly American, in spite of the twen-
ty-two languages that are spoken south
of Fourteenth Street Many of them
wear shaWls on their heads instead Of
hats, and they are not above swaddling
but they do know just what they think
about "Count William Hohenzollern" and
about any group of men-Socialists or
othewise-who strive to undermine the
principles Of American government.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
The Second and
Third Went Over

And the second Liberty Loan made up
its quota on the East Side
The revolution in Russia put the finish
ing touch to things. 1t began to dawn
on the East Side public that Bolsheyism.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
Red Flames Under
The Melting Pot

The psychology of the East Side is
q curious thing. 1t represents the Melt
ing Pot, and if there ever were any
doubts anywhere about how America
would take the war they centred in the
ghetto Militarism was too we'll known
there for JOY to run riot over the pros
pcct of sending boys to France. More
over, for years the ghetto has been the
happy hunting ground for pacifsts,
cranks, freethinkers~-any one who had
ideas that he wanted to spring in public
These people swept in from Europe and
from all parts of America, and there
was scarcely day that you could not
wander along the narrow streets near
the Bowery and hear men conversing
about free thought and government
ownership and birth control and free
love and reircarnation-all the oues-
tions that most of the human race views
with a kind Of amused tolerance
"Why did they not" says a we'll
known social worker and organizer on
Rivington Street, "go up on Fifth Ave
nue. and talk like that? Because they
traded on the ignorance of the East
Side woman. They thought because she
did not know the language she would
not resent the idea, so they kept on
talking right under the nose of the police,
and we did not do anything about it
because we were afraid of making
martyrs Of them ALL
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

has no young children
of her own, or children An
from other agencies: So
we accept no homes
where there are other Ane58
children under chool
age.
Our youngest infants
are placed in the homes
of Italian wet-nurses if ~
possible, since this nationality ;s -
the best for this purpose. Tba .la s
nurse homes are visited twice :. ,s. @'.
by hospital nurses, oftener ;ss s''S
essary. The little, premature b.,1 ~
visited every day. The natural ,0,
Italian wet-nurses for babies is s,s'.
and it is very sad when the bab;e. e''s'
taken away at weaving time Az
ian woman has never asked = 0'
hospital "How much am / To ba W. VIZ
for nursing this baby?" It is a,ns' pa~
II want baby to take homeo y s
mature babies weighing as Iittla y =
three pounds have been succosass sS
raised by them. 'S'S
Bottle babies are visited onoo
oftener if necessary, by the NV va
who instruct the women in tho n,' sss
aration of the food formula and !. 'sp'
FAINT hygiene. :" II
Little difficulty is experienced :, i
tanning homes for older children n.y.. ",
main problems are finding fosto. s4'
rents who will aid in the ment., rs, s.
we'll as the physical dcyelopment of H.
child, and who will care for physical,
and mentally backward chiIdren mt
er children are visited three time,
month. Those who attend school
visited also. The nurses submit wv,
ten reports of all visits, and these ~
kept on file. a weight chart of e.S
child is also kept. These are. Of O,..
value in determining the progres, !.
the child and the efficiency OF The n,
ter mother. In case of illness II.
child is brought to the hospital whom
ever it is thought advisable to a0 co
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17

eK cry.
"Poor little thing,
don't suppose wei ever get any one
to take her," said the supervisor OF
the Boarding Out Department OF the
New York Nursery and Child's hos
pital. The baby had been sent there
few weeks before, nameless waif,
whose ailing young mother had died H.
giving her birth. Weeks Of careful nur-
ture and scientific feeding had done
little moro than keep the breath of
life in the fragile body, and could do
no more; for the crying need Of this
colorless little human flower was the
sunshine of mother love, and this the
institution, though one Of the finest and
most completely equipped in the coun-
try, could not provide.
Enter Childless
Young Mother
Miss H., supervisor of the Boarding
Out Department, looked at the baby
again and sighed. Just then the tele-
phone rang. Miss H. was wanted in her
office. Mrs. v. had come to get a baby
There had been grave doubts in Miss
HIS mind regarding the advisability Of
Of %to hoh
to Mrs. VS. care. In spite of the fact
that she possessed the necessary health
certificate, the Inspector sent by the hos
pital had pronounced her home Every
untidy, dirty, in fact" But there had
been something about the woman her.
self that had won the heart Of Miss II.
when she came in to apply for a child.
She was a young woman, vigorous and
healthy, with an expression Of great
sweetness, and clear dark eyes with
light in them like the dancing Of SUM-
light in shadowy brook.
Her own baby had died, she explained
in broken English, her eyes brimming
with tears, and she wanted another.
Through an interpreter Miss H. learned
that the woman had a really intelligent
knowledge of the care of babies, so she
decided to give her trial.
But, Mrs. w." she explained as soon
as she reached her office, "I'm afraid we
haven't much to offer you to-day. There
is only one nursing baby in just now
and she isn't very we'll. don't think
you would want to take her.
The woman's face fell. ''I'll let you
see her if you like" Miss II. conceded
and rang bell for messenger.
A moment later when a nurse from
the ward arrived with the baby Mrs.
V. started forward with gasp Of pity
and took the tiny thing from the nurse 8
arms, cuddling it protectingly to her
breast and murmuring soft endearments
in Italian.
"All right, take her, she said look
ing up after moment with a cleaning
smile; "my baby die; maybe make this
one live instead -
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
By MARY E MCCORMACK

Il was u forlorn little
wisp Of humanity a
solemn-eyed, old-looking
baby, with a tiny blue
claw, clutching feebly at
the edge of its coverlet,
and a Faint whimpering
cry.
"Poor little thing, ]
New-York tribune., 1918-11-17
By MARY SAVER

x ZOU would hardly know the East
Side these days. The red flag
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Teachers Retirement
Tables Are Published

The Pennsylvania Teachers Re-
tirement Board, which is providing
for the establishment of the state
teachers pension system has issued
table of payments required from SAL
aries of teachers to enable them to
participate in the system which is
now being distributed among the
As, 1000 teachers in the State. Prof.
II. II. Baish, the Secretary, in a
statement issued says that the rates
of contribution are based on an ac-
tuarial investigation of the service
and mortality records of teachers
throughout the country.
The contribution from school em-
ployes are computed to be sufficient
to pay one half of the retirement
allowances. THE rates he says,
''are lower for men than women on
ly because the mortality among men
annuitapts is higher than among
women, resulting in small number
of payments to men, consequently in
reduction in the cost sof the al
lowances. The rate at which the
employe begins to contribute is COM
puted to remain constant through
out the remainder of the service"
The tables issued give the percent
age of salary required from 18 to 61
wears of age. At Is men are list
ed at $3.33 and women at S3.69,
while the payment at % is s3.3i for
men and S3.7S for women. At 80
il is Ss.42 and $500: at 35, sass
and S4.16: at 40, $3.74 and S4.45;
I45, $4.Qt and s4.SS; at so, sI.34 and
S5.29.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Tuckahoe, Built in
Il Days, and Lancaster
Launched in Delaware

Philadelphia, May 6.-Two big
ships were launched from Delaware
river shipyards yesterday, one of
them the most quickly built ship
ahoat.
The Tuckahoe. a 5,500-ton naval
collier, was launched at the New
York shipbuilding Company, seventy
five per cent. complete, twenty-seven
days and three hours after the first
piece ef steel was put down. 1t will
be in service in ten days.
The Lancaster, a 10,000-ton cargo
vessel, was launched at the Sun Ship
building Company's yard at Chester
the third turned out at this yard
since last fall.
The launching of the Tuckahoe is
the biggest achievement yet in
Americas shipbuilding program, and
was pronounced by General
of Shipping Schwab as the heaviest
stroke delivered at the Hun in
months
The two launchings brought the
shipbuilders of the nation to Phila-
delphia yesterday. Not only were the
men who are building Americas
bridge of ships to Pershing here to
congratulate the workmen who put
the worlds record over but Presi-
dent Wilson sent personal message
of greeting and General Pershing re-
ceived a full cable telling of the sue
cessful battle in the shipyards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

, eminently with hits and runs
to his credit as well as a fine line of
chatter, for which he is noted. He
also staged several brilliant plays at
the shortstop station.
Buck" Ramsey started the mound
work for the Steels and although
the well-known twirler had been
credited as being an old-timer sew
eral seasons back, performed like a
coming youngSter and proved that he
still possessed q kick. Clarke, n local
| favorite, bids fair to be the league
fence buster.
Hershey saw rafting and ratified
game on Saturday when the RuXton
nine of Harrisburg, beat the Hershey
outfit ia. RuXton used Pitcher Shay
all through the fray and he kept
Hershey to eight hits, while the Har-
risburg bunch were very free with
Pitchers Sulam and Slower.
At Highspire Ralph Green captur-
ed first honors and leg on the Ma
| tional Sportsman trophy cup Satur-
day afternoon at the regular month
ly shoot of the Highspire Rod and
Gun Club, with a clean break of 20
targets. A. Shaffner won second place
in the shootoff of tie with three
other members by breaking ten
straight.
T. Gross won third place; n. Green
gold charm; j. Cover, a silver
charm; II. Green, a bronze charm,
and A. Gross, the seventh prize.
In the opening game of the Cen
trail Iron and Steel League Saturday
afternoon the Blast Furnace handed
the General Office a trouncing with a
score of II to 10. A large crowd was
on hand to witness the initial con-
test in the Munition Shop League
and the playing was snappy. Spencer
IsHall officially opened the league race
when he tossed the first horsehide
sphere to Pitcher Williams.
That Uncle Sam can play baseball
as we'll as fight was proved on Sat-
urday at Lebanon when the Steel
League team there got upset by a
United States Infantry team, 6-1.
Harry Thompson, who was drafted
| by the Washington club and then
drafted some more by Uncle Sam,
was the chief stumbling block to
Bethlehem. He kept the few hits
scattered and was lucky that his
teammates raped the ball at timely
moments.
One of the greatest crowds that
ever attended ball game at Colum-
bia, was present on Saturday when
the soldier boys from Camp Meade,
| all of whom live in Columbia, came
| back on short furlough to play
the local team under Jimmy Sheck-
ard, once famous outfielder with the
| Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn. Sheck-
and lives in Columbia and it was his
idea to pull off this game before any
more Columbia boys "go over" The
event was preceded by smashing
parade and the whole countryside
turned out. The game was one grand
display of patriotism rather than Sc
rious baseball but the soldiers were
| keen to win and they did so, trim
ming the boys handled by Jimmy
/ Sheckard by a short margin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
CHANGES MADE
AT ENOLA YARDS
R.G.Cunningham Transferred
to Harrisburg; G. w. Ell
linger His Successor

Enola, Pa, May 6.-Several i'm
portant changes in the official ranks
of the local yards were made re-
Gently, it became known to-day.
Robert G. Cunningham, assistant
trainmaster, who has had charge of
the Enola and Marysville yards for
the last several years, has been
transferred to the Harrisburg yard
district. George w. Ellinger, an as
sistant trainmaster of Harrisburg,
will succeed Mr.. Cunningham. An
other big change of importance is
the appointment of a. H. Lands who
has been placed in charge of the
railroad facilities at the two big
government depots in this vicinity,
namely at Middleotwn and Marsh
Run. It is rumored here that several
local railroad men will be transferr-
ed to Marsh Run to assist Mr.. Ian
dis with the work at that point.
Mr.. Cunningham, who was moved
from here, has been in charge for
more than three years. He succeeded
George w. Fisher, then general
yardmaster, who was later retired.
Mr.. Cunningham during his term
here made many changes which
greatly increased efficiency among
the employees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
CapitalCity Sports

The Harrisburg Academy lost its
fourth straight game Saturday when
Baltimore Polytechnical school scored
five runs against the Academys
three. The game was a pitchers bat
tie and Pitcher O'Keefe, of Balti-
more came out on top allowing only
four hits. Esquerro, the Academy S
South American twirler was pounded
for seven safetes which were punched
and proved disastrous for the Acad-
emy nine. The work of the fielders
was fair and there was little choice
between the two teams in this re-
spect.
Baltimore scored three runs in the
first inning when Kelley walked,
stole second and scored on O'Keefe' s
double. Smith fed out to Bateman
and O'Keefe scored on Grace's single.
Grace advanced to second on sac
rifice fly and tailed the third run
when Wood singled over short. Wood
was caught stealing third and put
out the side.
The other two runs tailed by
Baltimore were scored on errors fol-
lowed by timely singles. The Academy
scored in the second when ESquerro
drove in Stone with q two-bagger. In
the ninth the Academy's hopes rose
when Hawkins pelted the pill for two
sacks and scored Wren and Lauder
milch, who got their bases on errors.
O'Keefe then pulled together and
famed three men.
1t was never known to fail. After
Mayor Keister had presented Snow
BALI Winters with purse on Sat
urday, the st. Mary's Catholic Club
engaged in the opening battle with
the West End A. c. cut loose and
decimated SNOWFALL" for four runs,
st. Mary's won eventually and
"Snowball" was not greatly agitated
appearance as star twirler for many
q day. He goes into government
service this week. West End threat
ened to cop this. opening game at the
crack of bat, sending over one mark
er in the first and piling up four
more in the second. Looked like good
night for St. Mary's but then you
can never tell an umbrella by the
cover and st. Mary's when she got
good and ready took "SnowbalPs"
measure accurately. With the score
knotted, SIS. st. Mary's had the
punch to put over one more run in
the ninth, getting the decision. 1t was
a fast, clever game, interesting as
any big league event.
The slaughter at Steelton on Sat-
urday was CORY enough to have twig-
ged a grin from Kaiser Wilhelm. The
Steelton huskies picked up poor
harmless Albright College and when
they got through hurting them all
over the diamond the verdict was
PSI. When the collegians got over
their one run, gallant classmates
gave the school yodel and all hands
cheered up, but the joy was short
Not another tally came over ,and
Steeltoh scored when she felt like it
Stutz, the former Tri-Stater, and
Bud Weiser of New York State
League fame, were the heroes of the
fray, each clouting out homers in big
league style. Stutz stood out pre-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06

Cut Western Trains;
Eliminate Fast Traffic

Chicago, May 6.-One-third of all
the passenger trains between Chi
cago and the Pacific Coast will be
eliminated after June /, according
to word received from Washington
by railway officials last night. This
step, it was said, would save approx
imately $12,OOo,O0O a year and cut
off 72S,0O0 miles OF train haul.
r. II. Ashton, regional director
of the Western railroads and assist
ant to w. G.. McAdoo, Director of
Railroads. said that under the rev.
olutionized plant of handling traf-
fic, passengers would no longer
have a choice of routes. Traffic to
the west coast and intermediate
points would be divided between
four lines, as follows:
To Los Angeles and Junction
points-Santa Fe.
To San Francisco and Junction
points-Union Pacific.
To Seattle and junction points
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul.
To Portland and Junction points
Northern Pacific.
The cut in service would take off
three through trains from Chicago
to Los Angeles, two to San Fran
cisco and three to Seattle and Port
land. More than forty local trains
would be dispensed with also.
1t was expected that the Chicago
Kansas City, st. Louis-Kansas City
and Chicago Omaha traffic would be
given consideration next week when
officials take up reduction of service
from the Missouri River to Texas
and the Southwest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Altoona Shops Show
Big Increase in Men

Altoona, May 5.-More men are
on the Pennsy payrolls at pres
ent than any time in the history of
it's industries here A greater
amount of work is provided for
them and they are earning and re-
ceiving bigger remuneration than
ever, which will undoubtedly con-
tinue indefinitely.
Juniata shop forces have sufficient
orders scheduled to keep them oper-
ating with a maximum output from
now until April 1, 1919, an official
producing the schedule showing eX-
actly how much they have to accom-
plish.
Larger engines are being con-
structed for latter day conditions,
and this has served to reduce the
number completely weekly. The
shops are crushing out five locomo-
tives a week, almost one each work.
ing day. and strenuous efforts to in
crease the weekly capacity to six are
being made.
Although Altoona car shops have
comparatively few new passenger
cars to construct. 1000 X-25 all
steel box cars, 100 F-21 fiat cars,
115 N-5 steel cabins. $50 X-21 cars
and a number of other types, includ-
ing ordnance department trucks for
the government, remain to be COM
pleted. Twenty PHO passenger
coaches of last years program, also
must be built.
Altoona machine shopmen have
many engines to be groomed for
the heavy tasks devolving upon them
as result of unprecedented traffic.
The winter proved unusually severe
on motive power and the shops are
not caught UP with repair duties.
The boiler shop employees are en-
gagged in helping Juniata shops by
making boilers for new engines and
thus speeding up the work of Great
ing additional equipment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Poor Pitching Defeats
Harrisburg at Lancaster

A hotly contested game of ball was
played at Lancaster yesterday by a
Harrisburg team with johnson and
Winter pitchers and Peters back of
the bat. Harrisburg lost this battle
through the wildness of it's flinging
staff. Winter relieved Johnson in
the ninth after one man was out,
with a runner on first and second.
The first two men who faced him
walked and forced in a run and that
tied the score. The next hitter,
Hecker, Intentionally stepped in
front of one which forced in the WIN
ming run. Following is the score:
HARRISBURG
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Five Buffalo Babies
Are Born Same Day

Allentown, Pa, May 6.-Five buff
faloes were borne on one day i'm
General Harry G. Trexler's game
park. ten miles north of Allentown.
making him the owner of forty-sev
en- bison, believed to be the largest
herd owned by an individual on the
continent, and rivaling those of the
United States and Canadian govern
ments in the great game preserves of
the Rockies
The forty-seven have Increased
from three, with which he originally
stocked his park in 1911. There
would be more but for the fact that
some of the buffaloes killed one an
other. There always is a fight for the
mastery of the herd, now headed by
shaggy old bull named Carranza
himself a battle SCARED warrior.
Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator--Ad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-06
Railroad Notes

Fl. d. Long, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the
Friendship and Cooperative Club
outdoor meeting, has called a meet
ing of his co-workers for tomorrow
night, at Grace street rooms.