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SANATORIA FOR WOMEN.
On/ing Need of Places for Poor
Motken rrith "Nero Babies.
Ths-t Ks«P>Y*sTfc City Is eadly deficient la san
atsrla, Cor the fc-eUo mothers and babies of the
tejeaerta, &r.i that Ecmebody oueht to Co soTne
talnr ifcssjg !t r:ght away, was the ooasens'.as of
©pinion at the f.rtt monthly conference cf the
Cavity Organization yt«teria.y forenoon, after Mrs.
Qsjsstsa Bum*, Dr. Angin«tt« Parry and Dr. Mary
"traits had talked about the oonvaJesoent poor and
fcow they are (or ar* not) taken care of. The evils
cf "!c- insurance ar.d the extortion! of cadertakera
"jrtre ilso brourht out, and many startling anecdotes
w«r» tcld of th* way in which whole families of
chUirts. era kept en the border line of etarvatloa
that tbeu 2cßurar.ce due* nay be paid, and of
■yf&xsw* 'wVi rot only epend all their husband's ln
nraaee meoey or. his funeral, but actually run la
c>M for ■ours! ns tor the children.
Tie pMMI reed of th* tenement bonso
mother fllsch&rre-i from a msterrJty hospital with
her ztr bom baby." eald Dr. Parry, «b*) Is In
ch«rj» sj the obstetrical d*part:r.er.t of the New-
Tert Mnsavy for omen and Children, "im rood
fe*S. Kur.y cf thssa return to home* devoid of the
bWwt tecess&rles of lift.
"Of the tanner c&re wi-lch fall* to the lot of the
weU-io-co these poor mothers kr.ow little. Dis
ciarrea jrca Ifca hcrpitals after ten or fourteen
cty». they ro back sometimes to homes that are
absolutely cheerless, hardly affording food er.cujch
to keep a well person Ie health and without ar.y
tJfUsAce* fer a sei^l-lnvalld.
"Tht greatest need cf thes» mtthers discharged
with tiie:r tew bern babies i, CO od food—
C=p!e neeis of lire which w'th us are taken for
Ft=tel There '.* also urgent need cf Maw institu
tlra where mothers and babies could go after leav
ls*r th * hospl-.il These women often drag them
»eiv»s about til day looklr.g fcr a place to sit or lie
*owa. For Bssjr «_id a half ytcrs I wae connected
with aa Isjsiltßjdasi that received dsssa. arid I re
fce-nber one mother who was so exhausted whea she
fot to us t&at she had to b* put to bed, with a spe
dfil c-rse. Qbjsj woxm had her time In the hospital
erteiriei. Bsr husband. hearing ehe would not be
0 . 1 80 , i:>on "h « - >:ad expected, determined to
--« t.:e.r i;u. c hcardllr.gß and ro on a epree. This
vr.T **$ snJa^-t returned tc» a desolate home.
Z-~,? tr% !^ h ? :eave th * hospital In rood condition.
'•'.- healthy babies art ,it ca the ■-'.- and
'._•;-,-.* ■•.?« are put on the bottle and
v^Tt. F-^— o 6n(l miserable, euceumbh-g later.
Jj^ LL * t^> '» chciara Jr^antum cr suiniii«r dyeen
"V" £ ctriui "M^^tDi a certain cuperrtsicn
we v Cuciii.-^d patlenU. ir:v:;. them milk ar.d
]H: I v rt<:Ufc * t - Ar.other has a woaian'B auxll
i"y to J . ata t'-rrllea ecrubwonaen and L%ua4remsefl
{..r; *■■ ''-■'" v lj ° are tCK> bbbllobbi to °°
**&>??* tnj i ca £&*crtuin rear N«w-Torlc wher«
SiSwi sr. c -, ;;IrC:i aDd mot: ers can b» sentr 7
nr !* 1 -" aj *- tfc Eor.d. who was presiding.
J-jy? *i:t>oit her head. "No, 1 can't think of
.i^ v I **} «-«-! fcatterlii C ones. private nicsUy.' 1
is. • crJy Fl6 - C# J kn » w «'." b-Lld Miss Bond. 'ls
Mv«»! l^V- orluxa - ound ed by lOitis Ker.n*dy at
vr^- , , rs - Borne t.r.e uro a widow with a
• ££* • • came to us. She wa* a beautiful
wea.r»oiia, aad ehe hoped to flrxi some lnstltu
uon tv it WOT , J(I t&ke hfcJ . £.:.-5 th<s t*by where she
f>rt **!! 11 tiieir aupport by eewlcg. Our «r:orLB to
Jr-i fJ=a a place w*re absolutely unsuccessful.
j.".. v '"" toaatutlom whtre '■•>;• would take the
p,"'t' tC!: '••"' -'- •■ where they would take the
{7.V • but r:On « ttat would Uike them ten/ether,
fi*. f-?Porud her child, without the al.l <--f any
SSFrS? unti l c»« <iled, at *bout forty years.
« the cancer hcrpltal."
♦•r.?- P««ice B'-rr.s, president of the Little
£*;r? rt Ai d Association, said If we could hay«
Sr*} I ** l1 -*"' r.oupn. such oa Mr. Phlpps Is
if .CT*" r to o'-^d, St wouM almost eolve the problems
tJ^?' "'*'." Cistrtcte. Shn also advocated the
r^*r* or fftc °t luncheons In the public tchools of
'^poorer •ectlot* of tfce city, tr.d the founding
tnn.. no , T= * * or couTEJesoent children and a ■ana
tt*^ .L. r w crkl:.g girls, and the orcar.ization of a
6 - 1 society to eap*r\ise on behalf of the
* vl". if urerc * *-'- (1 undertaiters- charges.
T^rJL UjJ ~2*'* "abject tv "K«eblo ChUdren In the
£i 5? M!n - c -" Axnc^jf ctljer tirir.w Bhe tald:
ttiizz!!* l 8 a F1"*"1F 1 "*" 1 n»«i of eonrie p!ac« whsr« con
«it S^L chlldrcn ht. t o. A CTeat deal can b« done
SSffiff cummer homes, but there Is need of a
teM ..?tf hrjWe that shslt be open a.l the year
;, )^??: !t ■arpristn*; to cc« what a week ln the
tnSn cr fet tbe lea do for a delicate ohild.
,,; •» little moihers* undress for beithlni at
Vi«^ry s ■■■ l ' o ' n «. they are seen te b* .rr-r:r.^
r> et *-J^bercu!otlß and almost every dieeane. "
■*,■,-.'.* " "'■ m«!»cal r.c»>>r of the mutual
uScrJ'H 6 cf lh * *orklnr Klrie' clubs, spoke la
:**i-. tti * t(jrza ot Insurance. ■.»■ trouble with
si ■i? BO * >nn * a> ***' Poor, she thcux/ht, was not
ZLJ - - r ':- of luiurano Itself, but the us* the
*jm\otu ma«« of '.tie mooey.
WHAT IS THERE
IN IT ?
tt'i Emulsion is a careful blend
the purest cod liver oil, hypophos
s f >f lime and soda, glycerine and
■'■ r »f flavoring. T!;<- combina
qq ° !1 { >t these valuable ingredients
as in Scott's Emulsion rep-
T e«ents \] it - jr r e a | rs t remedj yet dis
• b]')od,
■nd all
T7P TO DATE TTSB OP CRAPEL
— <Th* lAdles* Plctorla!
HEB PIONEEB WORK.
Over Thirty Years Since First Womaa
Typist Was Employed.
I 4 ' BRXQHT, »<Jiicat«ea woman waat#a to tak* a r*-
J-3L-'siuier».tiv« ami pleasant poiltlon. Muilcltb pr*!arr«d.
The wcraaa who answered this advertisement
thirty years ago had no idee, that by so doing she
was to become the pioneer of an Industry that was,
within fcer own lifetime, to employ hundred* of
thousands of ycir.g worr.on. Bhe had cot even an
Idea of the nature of work which the "remuner
ative and pleasant position" would require of her,
for the typewriter was then unknown.
The veteran among women typists Is Mrs. M. A.
Baunders, who is still employed in Kew-Tork City
by one of the great Insurance companies. Left by
the death of her husband without means of sup
port for herself and her llttla daughter, she tried
teaching music for a living, but was urged by
friends to answer the advertisement as printed
above. Eh» wrote to the address given, and re
ceived next day a call from a representative of the
Remingtoa typewriter, who left with her printed
information about the machine and a request to
call at the office. Supposing that the Illustration
represented a new kind of sewing xnachin<\ Ehe
went to the address without much hope of finding
ooajrenlal work.
Bhe was introduced to tho typmirrltlng machine,
and urged to try it. "Strike the little keys Just
like piano keys," was the only instruction she
received. Sho found the experiment 60 fascinating
that she kept at the typewriter until an employe
warned hor that the oftlce was about to close.
Her interest ln the rnachfne doubtless convinced
those In charge that Mrs. Eaunders would roakp a
good operator, as After a few days of practice work
she was riven a position with the company. Ever
Elrioe Ehe has continued to earn her living through
typewrit ing.
The thirtieth anniversary of Mrs. Haunders's work
wss celebrated by the gift of a beautiful gold
watch from tho Remingrea company, bearing the
following inscription:
"liTi-IW,. To the pioneer typewriter operator.
Prom the pioneer manufacturer.
VTHO CAN* PRDSEKVE ITUSHROOMS?
At this season ln California mushrooms grow wild
In abundance. ta;d I want to find the best and eurest
recipe for preserving them In class. I wish to
obtain the same result as If I bought the best
quality of French mushrooms on the market. If I
simply boll and seaJ them ln Jars the liquor Is
black, while those ln glass Jn the stores are ln a
liiht celered liquor.
I would be glad to hay« some recipes for muffins.
tea cakes or hot breads of any sort made with
butterrnllk. HOUSEKEEPER.
Ban Diego, Cal.
A KINDLY OFFKIL
If the "Dally Reader," of Newark. N. J., who
desires patterns for pretty lace edging will send
her address to me I shall be »lad either to forward
her the nemt of a silk company that furnishes pat
tern books free, or to Rer.J her some of these books
myself. The directions for designs would probably
take up too much room ln the Exchange.
Mrs. L B. RICHMYER.
No. CIO Nir.th-st-, Hor.«-iidale. Perm.
INVOLVE? A BENU OF VALUES.
It Is rather discouraging to try to supplement
Charles Wagner if he has failed to make his
readers grasp his meaning of the simple life. If
his small volume haa not reached the core, how
can any one dare hope a page or two will complete
the work?
Up to a oertaftn point tl ■ more the Income the
•esW-r It must b» to live the simple Hf«». tboucli tha
Individual may not use his opportunltl* for peace.
We endeavor to b* too Ingenious la the u^e of our
Income*, too clever Jr. the management of our busi
neti. We epread ourselves out too thin, and the
strain of walking- carefully on the crest becomes
harassing, and peaoe departs. Boine exceptional
natcres oeem born to carry out an exceptional
work at the expense of their bodlea or even minds,
but for the mass of humanity to ignore their
physical welfare means to cut off both work and
pleasure. All men and women who do not ln-
Btlr.ctlve'.y arrange their llvee ln well balanoed pro
portions must. If they desire to live the simple life,
canvass the situation Irem time to time, snd bring
their beat Judgment to their aid. They must bring
their work and recreation to within the limits of
tht-lr nervous force, thut they may be free from
undue worry, and certainly within U.fir physical
powers. Even lives full of trials may be dis
ciplined along the*** lines. I must add that It al
iij'.>.t iilwi'yt takes rellsrion to do It.
Certainly there la humility in the simple Ufe,
though it may be successfully hidden ln satisfac
tion To recognize honestly our Uniltat. of
mind, body and purse, and submit (almly; to <lo
what wr can wiK-ly end well, may < all for the es
«-rc:se of great lf-oontr«H in eliminating Jealousy
and useless ambition, but it briiu-s Ife within a
peaceful compass, and we shall be able to gaze
upon the greater success of others without too
much resentment.
I know one young woman of some wealth who
lives an unusually active life, full of work and
pleasure, but as sne maintains a serene nature, liv
ing within ber strength, ■■■r.a ne^lecti: no essen
tial I see no reason why she should not continue to
do twice ms much »s most other woi n. Hers is n.
many «ded. full life nna «rou»eß emulation, not UJ
sav"<nvy in oth'-rs. l.ut Hlmost none around her
<-a/i eafely smempt to wjjare their iraulta with
hen
The rlmpl** ltle doe* not mi ai one of imrtlvity
or mental inertia, but rather that the Individual
«hnll develop himnelf or herself perfectly within
certain bounds, rather than lmperfuctly beyond
NEW- YORK DAILY TBIBT7NB. WEDNESDAT". JANUARY 18. IMS,
HGZi*set&i*)es' E,jccha,nge.
THEY ABANDON HOPE.
Women No Longer Work to Prevent
Murderers* Execu tio n.
All hope of interference to prevent the execution
of the two women condrrmed to death for murder
in Vermont ami Pennsylvania seems to have bees
abandoned by those who have been working for the
commutation rif their sentences. At the Society for
Political Study yesterday Mrs Llllie Devereux
Blake stated that in a letter to her Governor Bell
of Vermont had said thnt he had no power to
reverse the action of the legislature^ which gave
an overwhelming rote in favor of the execution of
the death sentence. Mrs. l'.l.ik»- H«o had a letter
from Mrs. Bell, and neither. Sb« said, expressed
any sympathy for the cond'.mncd woman. Re
ferrteg to the rles of men which tried both these
women. Mr Blake said:
"It is qolti probable that they were all married
men. for 1 remember a similar case in which mar
ried men were earefulty picked out for the jury
ow both these women had lovers, ;u:d the aver
age married man would probably think that their
Infidelity to their husbands was worse than the
murder."
Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bates recalled the cr\se of
a New-York State murderess, whom the women had
triod In vain to save, under Governor Roosevelt.
and l inferred that if they could not effe anything
in tneir own State under such a Governor an tho
prosent President there, waa no use trying to dv
anything in the present case
-Mrs. Bates confessed to such a stroi ■ feeling of
V,-.? r ,Q y f ° r thfse unhappy women that a friend
ruw said to her: "I think in some other state of ex
.tu-nce you must hay suffered capital punishment."
Ihe Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell expressed
her LlsapprovsJ of capital punishment in tot-..
■ t was doubtless r.wcessary.'" pv,f» "when
there were no facilities for protecting "OClety from
•io criminal except by execution, but It is not
needed now. I have not followed the caro of these
w ';nen. but I believe one of them *aid thai she
had never been taught so much r.s since her ar
rest, and we are going to take away ber life Jim
*s Rhe is beginning to learn what life Ii "
The subicr-t of the day was "Penology." with a
paper by Mrs. Anna Jr.,-kson. and In this connection
Mrs. Blake commended the Japanese prison system
ac Meal.
"The men work in the opon air." she said, "and
there are no prison walls. They are punrded by a
sufficient number of oMcials to prevent esc* but
there is no disorder and ro corporal punishment.
They are controlled chiefly by a system of rewards
th« better behaved setting better food."
Mr». Jackson condemned the fining system und»r
which the rich man arrested for drunkenness gets
Off with a JlO fine, wlt'le the poor man haa to ero
to the Island.
Mrs. Sallle M. Corey observed that the new woman
was trying to keep abreast of the men by getting
arrested with great frequency. There had been
about one thousand more arrests in the city dur
ing 19C4 than in the previous year, and the Increase
was largely female.
NEW METHOD IN LIBRARIES.
Two Weeks' Rule To Be Revised— Student
May Keep Books as Long as Necessary.
It Win be good news to all who have ever been
plagued with the two weeks' rule ln libraries that
the Ntw-York Public Library intends to let people
who require books for any definite serious work
keep them as long aa they need them.
Tho circulating department haa Just announced
that persons undertaking special studies or doing
ether definite literary work, together with night
school students end candidates for Civil Servi-re
examinations, may make arrangements to secure
the books necessary for such study and may renew
them monthly.
This movement for greater freedom ln tho use of
the libraries' books originated ln "Webster branch.
No. E3B East Beventy-sixth-st.. and the librarian,
Edwin White Galllard, entertains some rather
radical Ideas on that subject. In Ills opinion, the
rules of most libraries seem to be specially con
structed to keep the books ln the library.
"Permit the use of books," he says, "advertise
the fact and you will be overwhelmed. That is the
whole truth. To make a library really of use. It
seems to me a truism to say that the people must
have an opportunity to use th* books.
"The rule of two books for two weeks should, ln
my opinion, be utterly abolished. Frequently It Is
necessary to have a dozen books on one's desk to
be able clearly to comprehend one that Is being
read with a view of accomplishing a given result.
Books of this character cannot be read in two
or four or six weeks, very often. Then, too, a
man may be Interested ln a dozen subjects which
very closely relate to one another. To my way of
thinking, ha should be permitted, nay, encouraged,
to take as many books aa he ne«ds and to keep
them as long as necessary.
"The obvious objections to such a course are,
after all, the very ones which wer» raised in re
gard to the circulation of books at all— that when
the booka were needed they were out. After sev
eral years of experiment and other years of prac
tice with the more liberal rule I have this to re
port as my Judgn.ont: Books other than popular
novels and rare or out of print volumes should
be loaned for as long a period as necessary and
as many at one time as actually needed, but with
the provision that they must be renewed once each
month, in person, with tha books, and with a
clear understanding that any or all must be re
turned to the Library upon a day's notice, cr de
livered to a library me&sentrer upen request after
two weuks' time has elapsed from the date of
borrowing. In practice, the trouble of renewing
books will check the tendency to take undue ad
vantage of tha rule.
"L know literally of scores of persons who are
doing systematic work for their advancement who
would have been unable to <lo so had the-v been
obliged to buy the books which they needed, or
nia they been confined either to a reference library
or or.c that lent two books only for two weeks
With th 9 privilege of one renewal."
them. And yet co much Is it a mental state that
It is tar from precluding risk, experiment or vent
ure, If we have an Idea to develop." It would not
be worth while if it did. It involves only the man
ner In which we set to work and the way we await
results. To recapitulate In Boir.e measure, the sim
ple life requires a Cno Bcnse of values and equiva
lents; the power to distinguish essentials from non
essentials, and the will to choose wisely; a knowl
f<lpe of our mental powers and bodily Btrength,
and ngn'n the will to conserve both. Finally, the
simple Ufa involves tha value of experiences more
than post-CBSlorifl. Wo must know how to regard
work, culture, love, sympathy, meeting one's
friends, philanthropy, of more Importance than a
fine house, fine lothes and a large bank account.
Au Bable Chasm. N. Y. C. J. 11.
"HELEN GOULD LEADS SIMPLE LIFE.
The meaning- attached to the expression "simple
Ufe" by I'astor Wagner is in reality perfectly
clear, but It Is as imonly subject to misunder
standing aa the word "simplicity" itself. It does
not of Dceeoslty imply the rejection of the acces
porifs cf life required i.y our civilization. It cer
tainly floes noi recommend poverty as such, nor
mere aceticlsm. The simplicity dwelt upon is
rather in the spirit than in the letter, and Is es
pressed in such passages from the gospels as
"Blessed ■re the poor in spirit," and "If thine eye
he clngle. thy whole body shall be full of light."
It may be briefly defined as singleness of purpose
and n true conception of the values of life, or the
relative lmpurtance of things. It neither consists
in tha abundance of things that a man possesses,
nor the reverse: it consists in the way he classifies
them, in relation to the eternal verities. If any
of tht-m are found to be more impedimenta, from
a roor;;l and spiritual point of view, he should lg
nore or reject them, on iii principle >et forth in
the following passage : "Let us lay aside every
weight . . • nnd run with patience the race that
Is fit he fore us."
Singleness of purpose, a true sense of morul pro
portion, and wise tion— these are the underly
ing principles of simplicity of living. And in the
light classification ni values, the first treasure is
"the unleavened bread of sincerity un<l truth."
Honesty, r:ot merely in deed and In speech, but in
mind, is the preservative <>f all other virtues. And
next comes a love of what is r.al und essential,
rather than artlficlaJ and arbitrary. Given this
spirit, the mere accessories of life can be accept
ed or rejected nt will, ar.d It. will naturally follow
that many of them are weighed in these true bai
ances, and found wanting in value.
The simpli life can be led as ■■n.-ily by a million
aire as i.v the poorest laborer, and by all the social
grades between. For example, no one who has
ever •■*• -ii or spoken to Mlsc Helen Gould, even for a
moment, nnd on the most ordinary topic, can doubt
lier simplicity of spirit and tho virtues of which It
is the natural outcome. And yet she Is involved
in a host of works and - toualbllltlea every day.
and hei correspondence runs up into the hundreds
In twenty-four hours. President Roosevelt leads
the pimple '.if.-, in the mo*l • s'.i'-nuous" position In
■ hi; world. According to Mr. Leupp. in his book
"The Man Htio.-f?velt," the President was rallle.l
by Speaker lv.d upon his "original discovery of
the Ten Commandments." The allusion pras to his
constant emphasizing of the fundamental virtues.
This la literally setting things on their feet—plac
ing all the affairs of lif< on a secure foundation.
Simplicity seems, tb refore, to be Itself a complex
virtue, made up of all the others. This appears pura
doxical. bat it merely menns that most Rood things
Hr<- Simple while *-vil ihlnfs are complicated and
tortnouu. The eye Hint Is "evil" ,- rightly placed
uk th«» antithesis to »tlia single •/•;• Gf ' tls lav L*
are clear, simple! single; and to follow thorn per
fectly Involves the rejection of much that is essen
tial to ttie worldly mind. rhln i- th« meaning of
th. injunction lo beoomo "as liule children -not
chlluis'h. but childlike. M. C B.
Kast Orange. N. J
ffesfsSilE?
GOOD CHEEK.
Havti you hail a kirvinfsn shows
Pasa It on.
'T«u not clv« n for you alone —
Paa» It on.
L*t It travel down the years.
L»t It wipe another * tears.
71.1 In heaven the deed appear*.
Pmaa it on.
THE STARTING POINT.
If yon want to be happy.
Besjln where you are.
Don't Rrali for some rapture
That's future nnd far.
Begin to be i'lVoliS
' ii.
And soon you'll "' r<.'t
That you ever were sad.
IT you want to be happy.
Begin wh« re you are.
Your windows to sunlight
And sweetness i bar:
If dark seoir.s the day
Llght ft candle of ( heer.
Till its vteady flame brigntena
Each lu-urt that cornea near.
If you wnnt to be happy.
Be;;ln win re you are.
Tun« up dnlly discords.
Till out of their jar
N«»w harmony rises.
Rejoicing and sweet,
Ar.| inward, in musle.
Go evar your feet.
If you wnnt to be, happy.
Begin where you are.
GO.l sets In each «kv
Heaven's Joy brlrcinsr star.
T.i\ c bravely neat h It.
Through cloud ar.d toward light.
A'i l under its radiance
Tour paths shall he bright.
(Priscilla Leonard.
MONET RECEIVED.
E. A. P. has sent $20 as a special gift to help the
poor woman In Pennsylvania whose need is urgent-
Mrs. Kell has refunded SO cents for expressage;
Mrs. A. H. Stone has sent Sj. contributed by Mrs.
L. Valentine, for the benefit of a young arilst.
BAHAMAS BRANCH BOX.
When the Sunshine box from the Nassau,
Bahamas, branch reached the office yesterday and
Its contents of bright and curious gifts were re
vealed It was decided that never had a more In
teresting box been received from this branch. It
contained many varieties of ocean treasures. Be
sides -the sprays of beautiful white coral, there
were all kinds, shapes and sizes of shells, many
with brilliant coloring, from the large conch to
the tiniest of dainty sea houses. The most curious
thlnga were the fishes, all prepared to grace a
cabinet — remarkable specimens of a porcupine, a
sea cow and a sea hor.-e.
ICisa Nellls Duncombe, vice-president of the
branch, contributed a bag full of native sponges,
and another gave Eiaal mats to be "passed on."
The- president haa decided that seme of these
treasures will go to the T. 8. S. children of Public
School No. &v branch, to be placed in th« school
cabinets.
THANKS FP.Oil CALIFORNIA.
President of the T. S. S.: I have not forgotten
you or the work, but I have not been able to
write. I have suffered much the whole year
with head and spine, and all mental work that
could be had to be dropped. I could only think
of the dear friends who so lovingly thought of
me from time to time, and be grateful for their
thoughtfulness. It tided me over many weary
daya.
For the sake of others, may I say don't drop the
"Bhut-tna" because they do cot reply. Bo many
are like myself: they cannot -write, aad yet they
are co appreciative. May I take this way to
express my grateful thanks to all who remember
ma in any way? I shall always hold them In lov
ing remembrance. My collection of souvenir postal
cards Is growing. They are very Interesting , mor»
especially If the name o* the giver is attached.
As we havo moved the past year, will those
who write to ma or send for Bunshlne powders
please addreas No. 797 East Orange- Grove-aye. AU
mall reaches me. so far as I know, but It cornea
more direct If sent as above. With kindly greeting
to aIL Mrs. HENRY M. GOOCELL*
Pasadena, Col.
i LETTER PARTT.
Miss Violet I. Cairns, of Montello. Wla.. R. F.
D. 1, wants a birthday letter party January 28.
Bhe says: '*vTe are hemmed ln by such snowdrifts
that a passerby Is rarely seen and the winter days
are go long."
This is an opportunity to let tha bright sunshine of
interest be manifested towara this Isolated member.
Cheery letters, especially from those who are able
to enjoy more actlva lives, will ba hailed t-3 wel
come sunshine visitors in this "Wisconsin horn*
among the Enowdrlfts.
FOR OTHKRS.
Mrs. "Washburn. of Batavla, will forward readlns;
to an Isolated member ln Montana. Miss
Ella, Harrisoa. of Mount Vernon, N. T., sent a
large box of Christmas cheer to Putnam, Conn.,
for distribution among tha poor factory children,
and holiday remembrances also went to twenty
"ehut-lns." This 13 an excellent record of Bun-
Bhlne work, when one remembers that Miss Har
rison is herse!f an invalid.
Master Ira Hedges Waaiiburn. of Haverstraw, N.
V., hus been asked to '-pass on" the boys' maga
zines he offers to som» boys ln Texas and Penn
isyU ania.
REPLY.
M:>. Henry K. NewruUl: You will please send
the "Outlook" to J. P. Ennis, Locke, Ark.
WOOLS.
A friend a: East Orange. N. J.. has contributed
■ boil <>f wools, and Mrs. Durand an unfinished
sack for an infant's out St. These articles, with
the unlinished wool wore aunt by S. B. 8., have
been forwarded to Mrs. Gould, at Dover. Del., who
lias kindly offered to convert such contributions
into helpful suiiahins gifts for others.
■IIEERED AND WARMED.
The letters received ln answer to the contribu
tions sent out from tho coal fund last week show
how gratefully tha sunshine of warmth and cheer
was received. As an example, an Invalid in Erie
County. N, V., writes: "So many, many thanks for
the unlooked for brilliant sunshine. It came this
gloomy morr.injj, when I wa.-^ m; discouraged, and
rid looked so dark, perhaps because It seems
almost impossible to kee;> warm. How sunshine
comforts und cheers oner'
Another wheelchair invalid up the State says:
"Truly I was in great need of coal when the regls
,tered letter arrived. Illness, combined with, the
extreme cold weather, has made tho need of sun
shine in my little home more urgent than ever.
l thank you many times over for all your kindness
to me "
A working woman in Manhattan writes: "What
would my dear, siA husband tve done without
the aid you havo sent? li • has been fed and kept
warm. We should have ! ■ <-n both cow and hungry
without the kind offices of the T. S. 3."
THEIR ATTIC TREASURES.
New-England women never stem to lose interest
In anything, however remote, that pertains to their
birthri. section of the untry. At the literary
meeting h.;«l yesterday at Delmonlco's Mrs.
Qreelej commanded attention when she went "be
low the top of the earth" and talked learnedly
about primeval conditions, and then arose to the
glacial period, the conformation of tha coast, the
altitudes of mountanis, and virgin soil.
To illustrate the home lif* of the eighteenth
century, the members are asked alphabetically to
bring t.om« of the treasures of those day* as ob
ject lessons.
Mrs. Alexander Cook had curtains of one of her
ancestors of the year 1757, and a silken baptismal
robe of the same i-ne. Mrs. John C. Coleman had
, (n interesting exhibit of what sho called h-r "at
tic treasures " There was a musical manuscript
arranged by the tirst Episi opal Wshopj the ae«ii
of a slave fold in Connecticut in 1705 by John
Davenport. Jr., the son of a prominent minister,
to one of lit- liriibots. for EGO; a s;>ynUuu» used In
the Revolution and a I'94— made by a
little nir! of ten years, in which thr crewels had
retained their brilliant colorings. Mrs. Colesnan
said that her fifth grandfather was such ■ good
man that It took all <!<■ > to preach his funeral s*r
mon. Mr?. Philip savti amusing Incidents l;i the
lifo of cne of her progenitors to illustrate the
clerit il atmosphere of other days. wMrh held
Booiethinc of humor as well as conscience.
FRIENDS OF RUSSIAN FREEDOM.
A public lllsstllH of the Society of the Friends
of Russian Freedom will be hell --hi* evening at
3 o'clock in the hall of the League for Political
Education, No. ■ Went Forty-fourth-st. Admis
sion will be free. The Rev. I>r. Mlnot .1. Savage
will preside, -md addresses are expected from Mme.
Breihkofsky* who wai for twenty years an »xlle in
Siberia; by Abrnm Cohen, Editor of "Forward,"
md by Herman Montague Dormer, a native of Fin
land and the author of "Engllab. Lyrics of S> Fin
nish ilo*xu"
RIVALS IN POLITICS.
Husband Working Against Wife's
Candidacy for School Director.
Avalon, Perm.. Jan. 17 (Special). — This suburb
of Plttsburg is to be the scene of a political ar
gument at the February election which is di
viding the Lashley household. Mrs). Mary M.
Lashley. mother of three children, has decided
that her destin;. Is not complete until sho has
served as a school director. Joseph R. Lashley,
her husband, who is not so well endowed In
Rtature and circumference as his wife, disputes
her ambitious design*, and has started a whirl
wind campaign to defeat her. A lively canvas*
MB9. MART M. tJLBHLET.
She warts to be school director, but her husband
Is leading the opposition.
Is belns made by Mrs. Lashley, to prove her
superiority to political factions, parties and
methods.
When Mrs. Lashley announced her candidacy
she requested the support of Mr. Lashley. Mrs.
Laehley knew nothing of political methods. Mr.
Lash ley refused to enlighten her. She next
sought the aid of J. C. McDowell, treasurer of
Avalon borough, and a leading Republican. He
announced that he was against her. Mrs. Lash
ley accused him of being talked over by her
husband.
Mrs. Laehley expected her name would appear
on the Republican ticket, because her husband
was a Republican. But the latter Is said to
have Interested the party leaders ln holding; a
caucus on Saturday night. Instead of opening
regular primaries, and Dr. J. K. Snyder and
Alexander Hamilton, whose terms will expire.
were renomlnated. Mrs. Lashley's name was
not mentioned. This -was done while Mrs. Lash
ley awaited the announcement of a date to be
set for the primaries. The County Commission
ers and the court will recognize tho nominations,
as they are signed by the chairman and secre
tary of the Republican committee.
Mrs. Lashley has been announced as the can
didate of the Equal Right's Association, and she
will have a column of her own on the official
ballot.
Adjoining Avalon is the Borough of Bellevue.
It has an Equal Rights Association. Mrs.
George "W. Campbell, wife of the burgess of
Bellevue, has learned some political tricks from
her husband, and has enlightened Mrs. Lashley.
The two have begun a house to house canvass of
Avaion, seeking signatures to give Mrs. L&sh
ley a place on the ticket. Their visits have
largely been to the women members of families,
and they have gained strong support from those
•who are trying to Impress the equal rights doc
trine on their husbands, fathers and brothers.
Mr. Lashley has not been idle, however. He is
a contractor, and is one of the wealthiest men
ln the borough. While attending to his various
Jobs, he has found time to canvass the voters
against his wife. Mrs. Lashley has yet to learn
about registration, taxes, watchers at the polls,
forming an organisation to get tha timid voters
out. and many other methods practised by poli
ticians. The Republicans are said to have ar
ranged that their men In line are to delay the
voting beyond the hour set for clevlng the polls
In case Mrs. Lashley shows up strong ln the con
test. This wili shut her supporters out.
FIND MRS. SHIELDS ILL.
Has Hysteria — Goes to Hospital —
Tells of Losing $100.
Mr- Lillian Blanche BMefcts. 7.lfe of Joseph L.
a son of A. S. Shields, a well known law
yer of Philadelphia, who on Monday was reported
mlsstng by the police, was found yesterday ln a
hotel at No. ?1 East Flfteenth-st. Sh* was suffer
ing from nervous hysteria. At the New- York Hos
pital, to which she was taken. It is said she will
be all right ln a day or so.
Herman Sehwaz ia tha proprietor of the> hot-el
where Mrs. Shields wad found. He says she arrived
at bis hotel on the 9th, and except for a few days
had been there ever since. Her presence there was
known to her son, he declared, and to vie man
agement of the Hotel Kensington. Mr. Schwas Bald
he wanted it understood that when Mra. Shield*
went to his hotel she was not prepared to pay for
a room, so he gave her his private rooms, and Mra.
Schwaz and he slept #lsewhere. Last Tuesday Mrs.
Shields went away, and was absent until Thurs
day. When sha reached the hotel Thursday. Mr.
Sehwaz says her eyes were discolored, and she ap
peared to have been brutally assaulted. 80 111 waj
aha that sh« was unabU to leave her bed until yes-
Mrs Shields says she went to the Hot*! Grenoble
to see it Mr Dick would accept her check, but that
Mr Dick was ln Florida. Mrs. Shields also told
a story of being la ti restaurant and meetlnj a
young girl, who was crying. They had drinks, and
next morning when she awoka Mrs. ShieMs said
her eyes were discolored and she felt 111. She aUo
had lost $100. „„ ,
Her maiden name was Lillian Rowley, Mrs.
Shields declared. When sixteen years old she mar
lied Louis E. CrowelL and by him had two sons.
Edward L., of this city, nnd Henry Crowell. finan-
Cial editor of "The Washington Times." One year
after ler first husband died *!:•» went on the stag*?,
and started In a play specially written for her
called "The American G!rl "
•\ few weeks ago. according to Mrs. Shields, she
had Jl 000
Mr Dick yesterday deriired that he met Mrs.
Shields at the Grenoble one night last w>fk, an<i
honored her request for a loan He had not been
to Florida, he said.
JUDGMENTS.
The following Judgments were niwei those filed
yesterday, the first nama being that of the debtor:
Bradley ClMrlM H. Jr— A R Ph»lJon.. $723
CfellW. Frank A. attv A It Ha.rr t.7«2
Harriett. William P— ••* it Kaldenbenr and ai:3th»r «li>
HofTr..an. ileorse. a — ÜBSM DtSM Savings Instl
tuti ■ Wi..
Heldal. William- W H Jone» LBBa
Halt CharlM-O p Kuck I.WI
The 'Bronx Hath <t>tnpan>— \ D Granger Com-
Liori"h. "j<*n" arid' L*n» — G»«nr« Beeht*: Brewing
Company • •»■ • ■M* 1 ?
Lauchelmrr. Botomoß— H S Herz V'S*
Mendelson. Wllllan M Vl>r „■■ U>.3
Mever Albert »— Mechanics' National Bank >-rw
Sleicelstetn Pierre A- J Wnnamaker I.CJW)
WoleoA Isaac If.ix l\Jeil. Isaac v.'nirofr Hnd
Nathan W.-.K-ofr- J l-rhror .ir-« an-Mhw I.2TS
j The Legal Opinion 1
I Tho Legal by tha that g
of tf*mvx!tfc nfto/efiftonc sef»- I
fc; Is s*iokm< i>jr *A« tact that ■
i oror 0.000 /jl«rjftJ-» In T.ian- I
3 hattan and tho Bronx r.jura fej
c.' telephones, i 5
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017 FOR TRIBUNE GAVELS
UAXY SCHOOL DEBATES.
Recreation Centres, Y. M. C. A.'s and
Settlements at Work.
The extraordinary Interest excited by th* offer
by The Tribune of a cold mounted ebony gave*
to tha school In the Greater New-Tork interscbol
astic Debating League* wlnain* th* champions***
has been lacreased by The Tribune's oCer of four
more gavels, for which la all nearly sixty organiza
tions ar* now competing. Twenty-on« recreation
centres, sixteen university settlements, eight so
cieties. Eve Young Men's Christian Associations
and six high schools are struggling for th* honor
of winning one of the five Tribun* gavels.
In the Grea:»r New-Tork Interscholastic Debetl
ing League a Tribune gavel was awarded for the
year to the Boys' High School, cf Brooklyn. By
the terms of the gtfl by The TMorbm ir is required
that thf ravel shall be won two y»arn In succes
sion before It becomes a rierrnaner.t possession of
the •-essful school. The debates of the !earu«
were ressnswd on December ?. when the Commercial
High School defeated the Boys' High School, and
the Manual Training High School defeated the Cur
tis High BchooL of Richmond, both by two to on*
decisions of th* Judges, la the first round of tha
debi.ie.
The secord round of debates occurs en January
27. wh?n the> Commercial High School and th*
Eastern . District Hftgi School w . meet la th»
Boys' High School auditorium. In th* foliowtn*
evenlnr the De. Wtt Clinton High School aad th*
Manual Training High School will meet at s> plac»
not yet announced. The closing round of the de
bates will b» held at the end of February, aad ta«
Snal championship debate will takv piac* oa May
27, whea the gavel will be awarded to* the) second
time.
As the Boys' High School has been defeated, tt is)
probable that the gavel will this year go to som*
other school in Brooklya. Manhattan or Richmond
Borough. Oa th» night before will occur th* first
declamatory contest, held under the auspices ot
the Greater New-York Interacholastlo Debating
League. The- executive committee of the leacue
has adopted th* following reKulations:
The contest SI to be held at th» B<rrV Hfjrh
Brhool Auditorium (unless either the Girls' H!gs)
School Auditorium, or trie new Manual 'irau»m*f
High School Auditorium may be hereafter secured*
on Kriday evening. May 26, 19Co.
Each league school Is to send one male representa
tive, who shall deliver a pros* declamation, not to
exceed ten minutes ks ler.»cti>.
There shall be threa Judges chosen from disinter
ested schools, aad the chairman shall be som» city
official.
Three pri^s In booka. aggregating In valu* ISO.
hava Dccc offered by The New-York Tribune.
Competition la each school shall be . open ac
cording to rules xaada in each school by a special
committee. This committee shall consist of a
teacher ln charge of debating, tha elocution teach
er and a third teacher named by th» principal.
This committee shall have full power ln selectlas;
the representative of the school
Tickets may be secured during th» month of May
by written application, with addressed stamped en
velope inclosed, to the director or to the secretary
of the league. Kenneth C. Newman, No. 83 Throon
ave.. Brooklya.
Charles S. Hartwell. director of the league, said
last evening that th* executive committee was)
greatly pleased at th© generous offer of The. Tribune)
to furnish prizes for the declamatory contest.
Mr. Hartwell believes that debating is one of ta*
most practical devices for developing- diffident
young men, who ara often found la tha evening
high schools. Conscious of their lack of education,
many of thesa deserving young raea are entirely
unaware of the powers of expression which make
their lives more useful to themselves aad to others.
Thesa little debating societies and clubs which ar*
now being developed Mr. Hartwell characterized as
the twentieth century manifestation of th* mental
aetlrity which half a century ago was displayed
ln the winter lyceum of th* little red echoolhous*.
Mr. Hartwell said tt was to be hoped that In
time there might ba a federatloa of th® debating
leagues in and near this city, co that a comparison
of methods might be of benefit to each and all. la
addition to debating, there might be others forms
of activity ks oral expression, he susrgestp.' such
as declamation, orations and even old fashioned
spelling matches.
It Is said that tha Commercial High School is
out to win not only tha leagua championship, but
also the declamatory contest.
Miss E. E. Whitney, superintendent and com
mittee on Judges of tha Recreation Centre De
bating League, said there were ten debating: club*
in each of lue twenty-one centres of Manhattan
and Brooklyn from, which twenty-one clubs had
been chosen, after contests, to compeu- for a
Tribune gavel. There will be two debates every
Saturday evenin?. beginning on January XL Eaon
centre must be representsd by an actual club now
in existence, and not by star debaters selected Jiu.u
the various clubs.
For the Interborough Toung Men's Christian As-
BO#atlon Debating Lee&ue arrangements have been
made tc< have the Manhattan societies debate
among themselves, and the Brooklyn teams to do
likewise. Five teams are in the league at present.
three Manhattan and two Brooklyn. Debates will
be held tha month. ln February and in March, with,
the final championship debate in April. In Brook
lyn, the Bedford and Central teams will debate on
January 2S. the question being. •Resolved, That
■we favor the .Platt bill for the reduction of Souta
ern representation in Congress."
The Intersociety Debating League Is composed
of four debating societies of Manhattan and four
of Brooklyn. The first debate In Brooklya will ba
on January 28, between the Breadwinners and th*
Eastern Literar" Society. Paul Sullivan, president
of the Intersoclety Debating League, is a member
of the Eastern Literary Society. A novel featur*
of the debates of this league is that the teams ar*
composed of two men. Instead of three, as in, other
leagues, each man having tea minutes for argu
ment and live for rebuttal.
The University Settlement Debating League coav
prises sixteen clubs, which have organized IB
senior and Junior schools of eight each, eaca fja>
tion divided into two sections of four each. arnsf
tho method pursued by the Greater New- la
terscholastlo Debating League. The oncanizatloa
was effected under toe leadership- of WUllaza A.
Clark, head worker of tha Gordon Housa, No. 363
set Seventeenth-it., who haa been highly suocess
ful ln the organization of athletics.
The Gordon House oa December 15 def«ated
Greenpolnt, the Speyer School defeated Union.
Henry Street defeated University, aad Clark Hous*
defeated the Educational Alliance. Thee* clubs
were aii ln the rlrst division. Ia the secoad di
vision, on December 15, Spring Street defeated th*
"Warren Oo.ldard Club. Christ Church tha Boys'
Club aad Richmond Hill the Asakoj: Club. Oa
January IS Hartley Housa defeated th* Christo
dora Club. • - *"/• ■
Mr Clark sat i last evening thit th* boys wer«
taking a keen interest in The TrlS>uae gavel con
tests, and that the house rivalry for supremacy la
debating- was as strong as It was la athletics.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
TVashington, Jan. 17.— National bank notes re
ceived to-day for redemption, 0.150.C2: gOTsrataect
recesats from internal revenue, "UC^llS: custosa*.
57&.460: miscellaneous, tiU.4.S3; expenditures.
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