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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
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CHRISTMAS!

eI GL~eG ON
DILL YARDLEY poked a
~ tentative eye outside his
blanket. 1t was daylight, at
last. Across the tiny cabin
Jim was snoozing quietly, his
measured breath almost
drowned by the roaring wind
outside.
Bills eyes surveyed the
cabin with it's old stove and
rick ETY. furniture. Cozy
enough, perhaps, but this was
no way to spend an entire
winter, even for the sake of geo.
graphical accuracy. Several hun
dred miles to the south, in Winnipeg,
the government office was waiting
for early spring when Bill and Jim
could finish their surveying assign
ment and bring back report.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
Progressive Indians

Between the years 1841 and 1852,
the Cherokee Indians living in and
around Tahlequah, Indian terrific
ry, now part of Oklahoma, es-
tablished national newspaper,
Masonic lodge, male and female
seminaries that taught three for
eign languages, French, Greek and
Latin, and three temperance or
CARNATIONS, one of which was
called the Cherokee Cold Water
Army.-Collier's.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
So Sundays in Year

According to the Gregorian cal
endar, every year has So days of the
enc it begins on. Generally speak
ing, the year contains So Sundays
every five or six years. This oc-
Cured in 1923, 1888, 1899, and again
in 1914, 1850, 1856, 1851, 1867,
etc. The United States naval OBJ
servatory points out that in any con-
tinuous series of % years, five have
So Sundays, unless the series in
cludes a year whose number ends
in two ciphers without it's being a
leap year, as in 100, 1900, 1900.
When leap year begins on Saturday,
two of the six-year periods fall con-
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12

HREE wire coat hangers, two
= old bath towels, some fine wire
hair pins and needle and thread
made this cunning woolly lamb.
All the directions are in the sketch.
The wire hangers are bent and
bound together with hair pins to
make the foundation. A ball of
soft cloth is fastened inside the
loop that forms the head, and is
covered with square of the towel
ing bound and sewn as shown. The
rest of the body is all padded and
shaped by winding and sewing four
inch strips of the toweling, as
shown.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
Old-Time New Year Serious

Oldtime New England was serious
on New Years, as witness the title
of a book published there in the year
of 1902 by one Richard Standfast:
"a New Years Gift for Painting
Souls, or, little handful of cordial
comforts scattered through several
answers to 16 questions and objec-
tons: AS also doubling Christians
invited to Christ"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
Knowing AdyerSity

I account it a part of unhappi-
ness not to know adversely. I
judge you to be miserable because
you have not been miserable.
There is no one more unhappy
than he who never felt adversely.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
Your OpiniOn

Public opinion is a weak tyrant
compared with our own private
opinion. What a man thinks of
himself, that it is which deter
mines, or rather indicates, his
fate.-Henry David Thoreau.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
; How SEW nvE sy. $xFr"

In addition to the first S. Book is ready
for mailing. 1t is full of new ideas for
making new things for the home. / am
pretty excited about it and hope you like
it and use it again and again just as so
many of you have written me that you
have used the others. This new Book
contains description of each of the other
five booklets of the series. Send order to-
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1940-12-12
Chinese New Years Greeting

The Chinese New Years greeting
is "Sui-hi," or MAY JOY be yours"
Evening star., 1940-04-21

I. Reynolds, G. v. Riley, George M.
Robson, Edgar Richards, E. Fran
els Riggs, Henry G. Rogers, Thomas
Russell, B. H. Robertson, D. E. SAL
mon, John Savary, H. A. Seymour,
Edwin Smith, H. L. Smyth, A. r.
Spofford, J. O. Stanton, r. E. C..
Stearns, James Stevenson, Thomas
H. Streets, c. de Struve, G. L.
Spencer. Rufus H. Thayer, A. H.
Thompson, j. Ford Thompson, j.
M. Toner. F. w. True, j. T. Turner,
Frank Tweedy, c. D. Walcott, Les
ter F. Ward, Charles Warren, S. r.
Warren, James c. Willing, c. A.
White, Charles H. White, H. w.
Wiley, Herbert M. Wilson, j. L.
Workman, w. c. Winlock, r. S.
Woodward, H. c. Yarrow and
Charles B. Young.
Founders Recalled.
While we are recording names we
might as well add to this list the
founders of the club, as furnished
by John c. Hoyt, who was its pres
ident IN 1921, and while the writer
Is mentioning Mr.. Hoyt he also
wishes to acknowledge the helpful
ness Of DR.. Hugh NJ Smith, also q
past president of the club, serving
In 1916 and at present a vice pres
ident of the Association of the Old
est Inhabitants.
The list of founders follows: B.
Alvord, H. Adams, N. L. Bates, S.
F. Baird, E. Bessels, j. S. Billings,
M. Bailey, I. Curtis, D. w. Chick
ering, L. E. Clark, T. F.. Dwight, C,
H. Cavis, c. E. Dutton, w. Eimbeck,
D. R. Eastman, F. M. Enolich, E.
B. Elliott, R. Fletcher, E. M. Gallau-
det, G. c. Gilbert, T. N. Gill, E.
Goodfellow, H. Gannett, F. A. Gun
nell, D. c. Gilman, w. Hardness,
E. S. Holden, B. S. Hedrick, w. H.
Holmes, H. w. Henshsaw, H. w.
Howgate, ]. j. Knox, c. King, w.
Lee, N. S. Lincoln, H. N. Martin, O.
T. Mason, w. M. New. G. Mallery,
B. Norris, George Peck, j. w.
Powell, D. G. Parke, H. S. Pritchett,
r. L, Packard, c. v. Riley, M. Rock,
H. A. Rowland, I. Remsen, D. c.
Spear, E. Smith, G. A. Smith, o.
H. Tittman. T. G. Turner, j. M.
Toner, j. c. yelling, M. D. Wool
worth, L. F. Ward and H. C. Var
row.
The Madison house was built In
1920 by Richard Cults, Mrs. Madi-
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time Of her husbands death, in 1886,
Mrs. Madison is said to have been
too poor to come to Washington
and occupy it and for a time she
rented it successfully to Attorney
General Crittenden, to William c.
Preston of South Carolina and to
James Roosevelt. She came to
Washington in 1887 and resided on
this corner until her death on July
~, 1849.
Lafayette Square must have been
quite rural in the late sos when Mrs.
Madison returned to this city and
took up her residence in Madison
place. Indeed, we can assume that
this distinguished lady was then the
proud owner of a COW, and that old
Sooky had the habit of straying
away, to the annoyance of her
neighbors, for upon one occasion
when its owner was absent from the
city the COW then being in the Gus.
tody Of John Sioussat, we find Mrs.
Madison writing to him, saying:
Il am truly sorry, my good friend,
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that the COW should behave so badly,
but still hope that she will return
to the kind protection Of your fam
ily-if she has failed, however, to
do so until this time and you think
it best. you will advertise her as your
own"
Mrs. Madison was often mentioned
as Queen Dolly, and as such she re-
manned until the last Of her days,
for at her home, 1t is said, "she was
constantly surrounded by the most
distinguished men Of letters, states
men, noble women and especially
military and naval heroes, dispens-
ing a generous hospitality, greeting
all with loving and cordial warmth,
while none ever entered her pres
ence without being enthused with
the spirit Of national and historic
patriotism. The attendance upon
her receptions and levees, upon her
birthday anniversary celebration
and upon our national holidays was
similar to that, of the not far dis
tant White House."
Tributes Given.
Mary Clemmer Ames, perhaps best
known for her writings during the
Civil War period, said of Mistress
Dolly: During the administration
of her husband she was openly de-
clared the most popular person in
the United States and now after
the lapse of generations, after hosts
of women, bright, beautiful and ad-
mired, have lived, reigned, died and
are forgotten, Dolly Madison seems
to abide today in Washington a
living and beloved presence. The
house in which her old age was
spent and from which she passed to
heaven is every day pointed out to
the stranger as her abode. Her
face abides with us as q friend.
while her words and deeds are con-
stantly recalled as authority. un-
questioned and benign. =" ="
Writes her nephew, ]. Madison
Cults:
The house in which she passed
her declining years and where she
died is better known and more
frequently inquired after by throngs
Of visitors from all parts Of the
country than any other private resi-
dence. Its traditions and associa-
tions are as historic as those Of the
White House itself. Learning, elo-
quence, genius, science, poetry, his
tory, art, all literature, patriotism
and American history, represented
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residence here of such large circle
Of men.
"The first quarters selected by the
club were a suite Of rooms on the
third floor of tha south wing of the
Corcoran Building. The Club re-
manned there until 1882, when % La
fayette place was rented. The Mad
ison house was purchased in the
Spring Of 1886.
Officers and Members.
At that time the officers and
members of the club were: Presi-
dent, DR.. Billings: vice president, H.
G. Yarrow; secretary, Thomas M.
Chatard; treasurer. j. r. Eastman:
trustees, G. E. Dutton, D. L. Hunt
ington, S. H. Kaufman. Resident
members: S. T. Albert, George N.
Acker, N. L. Anderson, Henry
Adams, s. F.. Baird, Frank Baker,
Marcus Baker, Newton L. Bates, H.
H. Bates, Carl Baruss, j. r. Bartlett,
Tarleton H. Bean, w. H. Beck, A.
Graham Bell, Emil Bessels, Francis
T. Bowles, j. M. Browne, j. H. Bryan,
S. M. Burnett, William Brough,
Henry w. Cannon, H. A. P. Carter,
T. M. Chatard, George B. Chitten-'
den, F. w. Clarke, L. Edwards
Clarke, 2. T. Carpenter, j. H. c..
Coffin, Charles c. Darwin, c. H.
Davis, j. c. Bancroft Davis, j. S.
Diller, c. E. Dutton, j. R. Eastman,
Edward D. Easton, E. B. Elliott, S.
F. Emmons, w. w. Evans, Robert c.
Fose, D. E. Fox, E. A. Fay, Robert
Fletcher, John B. Fassett, S. T. Fris-
toe, j. A. Henry Flemer, E. M. Gal
laudet, Henry Gannett, G. X. Gil
bert, Theo. NJ Gill, F. A. Gooch,
William H. Goddard, G. Brown
Goode, Edward Goodfellow, j. How
ard Gore, Mr.. Justice Gray, E. H.
Green, w. T. Griswold, F. M. Gum
nell, A. B. Hagner, Arnold Hague,
Thomas Hampson, H. Hollerick,
William Harkness, Fraser D. Head,
Everett Hayden, w. B. Hazen, j. F.
Head, Benjamin S. Herrick, H. w.
Henshaw, C. G. Herndon, w. T. Hill
vi op, ". ~. 44All, N. Z. x1l1l, n. u.
Hodgkins, L. o. Howard, w. H.
Holmes, j. c. Hornblower, Gardiner
G. Hubbard, D. L. Huntington, Da-
vid Hutcheson. j. P. Iddings, A. B.
Johnson, G.. w. Johnston, j. Taber
Johnson, w. w. Johnston, M B.
Karr, A. F. A. King, w. P. Lawyer,
William Lee, L. z. Letter, Win. Lud-
low, S. c. Lemly, Francis E. Leupp,
N. S. Lincoln, Robert B. Lines,
George M. Lockwood, James
Lowndes, j. K. McCammon, M. Nc
Donald, j. j. McElhone, w. j. Nc
Gee, F. B. Mcclure, D. r. Mckee,
Garrick Mallery, G. Hart Merriam,
John B. Marcou, H. l.. Marindin, ].
Rush Marshall, Otis T. Mason,
Washington Matthews, T. c. Men
denhall, w. M. New, Henry Mitchell,
E. Carroll Morgan, P. J. Murphy,
Samuel Mullken, Simon Newcomb.
Crosby S. Noyes, j. H. Cultivate,
R. L. Packard, w. H. Phillips. A. C.
Peale, j. c. Pilling, w. M. Poin-
dexter, John Addison Porter, j. w.
Powell. w. D. Prentiss, M. L. Ruth.
Richard Rathbun, Clifford Richard
son. G. H. Read, J. H. Renshaw, J..
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Dayton became his parole adviser.
Intelligent and of Irish-Dutch de-
scent, he had never had q steady
job, had come from a crowded home
where an alcoholic father made life
miserable.
Tommy responded well to the
unique experience of having a
friend-the bureau-interested in
what he did, whether he had a job
and whether his home life was
decent and comfortable, said Mr..
Dayton. Prom being an apathetic
dont-care type of youngster, he
really came alive-especially after
he got job. The bureau helped
him out until he did get a job, and
although his first one was during
very cold spell on a w. p. A.
project, he stuck it out and was
promoted to timekeeper. He is
now supporting his mother and q
younger brother"
4, The annual report of District
penal institutions for the year end
ing June 30, 1884, showed that of
587 prisoners received in Lorton Re-
formatory Sc, or 10 per cent, were
under 20 years of age, and 321, or
IS per cent, were between the ages
Of 20 and 80 years, as tabulated in
q study on Vocational Adjustment
of Prisoners in the District" made
by graduate student at Catholic
University.
When the bureau began to func.
ton 10 years ago there was one
parole officer for the reformatory,
according to Mr.. Dayton, and no
facilities for supervising persons re-
leased on parole by the United
States Parole Board.
During the 10-year period OFT per-
sons were accepted for parole SUI
pervision and the bureau has made
more than 1890 social and pre-
parole investigations.
While demonstrating methods Of
social investigation, planning and
supervision of persons eligible to
apply for parole, in the period before
the stah Of the Parole Board was
increased, the bureau handled as
many as 800 men q year for parole
supervision. At the present time
about SO or 80 PAROLES year are
supervised by the bureau, many Of
them being these who are returned
to thf District from Federal prisons.
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1--WE seen it happen" said the
social worker. "I've seen them be-
fore they step into Joseph Dayton's
Office the first time, bitter, resent
full, shivering with fear. And I
have seen them come out again
different men. fear gone, calm re-
turned, walking with new step and
the birth of new hope shining in
their eyes,"
Many persons sentenced as mis-
demeanants or for short terms come
out of prison absolutely without
funds and with insufficient clothing.
Help given to men at such a criti-
cal period may mean the turning
point.
Ex-prisoners can make good, the
bureau has found. There was q
mail robber serving q 25-year SEN
tence who was released on parole.
He had q fair education and was
willing to work hard. SO that when
he was helped to get job as auto
mobile salesman he had no trouble
in making good. Later he switched
to another firm and made such an
unusual record that he was offered
promotion. When he applied for
bond, however. 1t was refused be-
cause Of his prison record.
Making Good.
by that time his employers had
gained confidence in him and were
open-mtnded enough not to hold
his prison record against him. He
Is still making goodp Mr.. Dayton
said.
Not the least Of the bureaus
problems are the minors-boys be-
tween Is and a who have come In
conflict with the law and for whom
Assistant Director Begnal makes .
weekly visit to the jail to interview.
Beginning with the time when they
are first arrested, the bureau some-
times keeps track Of the boy for .
year or two after he is out of prison,
standing by Is . friend, helping
him to get . job, paving the way
for ,readjustment In the family
circle.
Such q boy is Tommy j., who
was 10 when he appropriated an
automobile to 60 joy-riding and
was sentenced to from one to three
years for grand larceny. It was
the boys FIRST ofYense. When
Tommy was granted parole Mr.,
Evening star., 1940-04-21
By Ruth f. Porter.

To families upon whom the shadow
of jail or prison sentence has fallen,
few anniversaries could have greater
significance than that OF the Bureau
of Rehabilitation, which recently
completed its 10TH year Of service.
For the bureau is the only agency in
the community which takes as its
special responsibility the welfare Of
those unfortunates who have come
into conflict with the law.
A survey that showed a crying
need for a prisoners and ex-pris-
oners' aid association convinced the
Community Chest Budget Commit
tee that such an agency deserved
a trial. The bureau opened on April
/, 1880, under the direction of Jo-
seph E. Dayton, who formerly had
been assistant secretary Of the
American Prison Association Of New
York.
Rehabilitation Of prisoners begins
with public re-education, Mr.. Dayton
believes. A silver haired man who
bulks large behind his Office desk,
Mr.. Dayton's air Of calm and re-
laxed friendliness is disturbed only
when he Is faced with the stubborn
prejudice which the average citizen
is likely to express In the words,
"Once jailbird, always a jailbird:"
Debt to Society,""
Men leaving prison have paid
their debt to society,"" he afarns.
There is no reason why = man
who has served q term In prison
should live forever under that stig-
ma. Yet his worst punishment often
begins after release, for every way
he turns he is likely to meet preju-
dice and ill-will. Ex-prisoners must
eat. They must have q place to
sleep. And they must be able to
look forward to some kind Of a
future. For If they can't get a
living legally, they will feel forced
to get 1t Illegally"
Repeated crime waves" are, In
part, caused by society's failure to
deal constructively with the prob
lens Of ex-prisoners. Mr.. Dayton
believes.
Analysis Of the srime-producins
Evening star., 1940-04-21

sons sister Anna's husband, who
served as Representative in Con-
gress from Massachusetts, from 1901
to 1913 His congressional district
later became a part of the State of
Maine and was represented by
Thomas B. Reed, or Gear" Reed, as
the Democrats "adectionately"
called him when he was Speaker
of the House Of Representatives.
Cults later held various Federal Of
fees In Washington and died here
April 7, 1845. He was inferred in
st. Johns Graveyard, located, in
the early days, in the square be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, r and S. This burying
ground was condemned about 100
years ago and later became brick
yard conducted by Charles Colt
man. Cults body was transferred
to Oak Hill Cemetery in 1857.
Bought by Madison.
On August a., 1928, President
Madison bought the house at Madi-
son place and H street. At the
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cies were the only sources of help
until q job could be found.
What is the scope OF the problem?
Why is 1t importnt? The answer
is that the annual turnover through
the District Jail is about 10000 cases,
nearly half Of whom pass through
the workhouse, while some TOO Sc
rious offenders are discharged yearly
from the reformatory. Other cases
come from Federal institutions and
States.
The burden Of material relief for
those coming to the bureau is more
than the agency, dependent upon
privately contributed funds through
the Community Chest, can hope to
shoulder for all who need 1t. During
1889 the sum spent for relief to the
ex-prisoner increased one-third over
the total for 1898, or $2,14O.48 in 1899
as compared with $1,63997 in 1898.
In addition the bureau distributed
hundreds of articles of clothing,
mostly discarded clothing donated
by interested individuals.
A recent ruling by the w. p. A..
Mr.. Dayton pointed out, bars nearly
all single men from w. p. A. en-
ployment, and the Public Assistance
Division for several months has been
unable to give/assistance to employ
able persons, except in a few emer-
gency cases.
Ever since the bureau opened,
from 800 to $50 ex-prisoners have
been referred there every month
because they were in desperate need
Of friendly help and guidance in re-
adjusting themselves to life out In
the community, in getting q job, and
In many cases because they had
nothing to eat, no place to 60, and
inadequate clothing.
Another Version.
Take the word of another WASH
ington social worker who has had
occasion to refer many men to the
agency. They are the ex-prisoners
who mount the stairs toward Mr..
Dayton's onlce and who come down
again different men. t
You can't rehabilitate men that
quickly7 Maybe not, but you can
help them take the first step toward
1t, the step which is the foundation
Of Ill true social case work, the feel
Ing that . fellows found . friend.
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of prisoners as individuals whose
future return to the community
demands constructive planning, the
bureau during the past 10 years
has sought to assist officials Of
local penal institutions and the
parole board by making available
social histories of all persons COM
mitted to prison as serious Offend
ers. Through submitting reports of
social investigations in many cases
and by initiating a plan for the
cooperation of local public and pri-
vate agencie- In making such social
Investigations and reports, the bu-
reau has continually waged q cam.
paign for analysis and treatment of
prisoners according to their indi-
vidual problems.
The establishment of "classifi-
cation clinic" at the District Re.
formatory and an extension Of the
duties of the staff Of the Parole
Board to supply the needed social
information, according to Mr.. Day.
ton, are outgrowths Of the bureaus
insistance for adequate social in
formation about prisoners.
Effect Upon Families. =
Families of prisoners are thrown
into a panic with the arrest and
incarceration Of the bread-winner, !"
Mr.. Dayton said. "Wives, accus-
toned only to keeping the home,
must seek any type Of employment.
inexperienced older children may
quit school and try to ind work.
Younger children are often fArmed
out with relatives and placed in
foster homes. Wherever possible
the bureau tries to keep the family
together and faith alive, looking
toward the time when the prisoner
can return to his home" -.
The bureau believes that the COM
munity has q responsibility to help
wives and innocent children of pris-
oners maintain their homes with
decent living standards while pun
ishing offenders against the law
or trying to rehabilitate them, Mr..
Dayton said.
Families receiving public assist
ance while the father is In prison
are soon dropped from the relief
rolls when the employable person
returns to the home, Mr.. Dayton
said, pointing out that the bureau
eud other Community Chest aseu-