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DANGER IN MBAi
HALF UNINSPECTED.
Dr. ?lelvin Asks States and
Cities to Help Government.
Washington. Jan. 2.— That half the meat
•s.*jen in the United States can be called
unlassectefl. and that a. real and saricus
danger to the public exists as a result, is
cne or tie conclusions reached by Dr. A. D
Melvin. chief of -he Bureau of Animal In
dustry. In his annual report to the leere
isry OX Agriculture-
lntfliciency of the government Inspection.
because of its lack of authority to reach
business .done entirely within a state. Is
jri-rcn as one of the causes, and Dr. HsMn
points out the great need of supplementing
the government inspection of meats "^ith
pt&te and municipal inspections. "
One result cf the federal inspection is to
cause the diversion of diseased and BBS
picious looking animals to the uninspected
•stablishraents. where- they are slaughtered
fcr the local market.
"Many citi»g have an inspection service."
the report says, "but very few have an
sdeiT-iate force, and the Inspection oft-n
consists o; raeraly examining' the meat as
offered for tale in the markets, when it is
rrually impossible to detect disease, th«
#-?"4eace cf which may have been removed
wUh th* vjs?era or organs. As a rule, sani
*ar7 coalitions ure very ba-3 at uninspected
slaughter houses, and in order to provide
real protection against diseased or un
•■» fcoiesome meat a cerepet^nt rcterinarv
sr.d saniti- inspection at th*> time of
ila-^sater is essential
Despite the shortcomings of tha inspec
tion, it has many advantages, and is pro
ducing results which are increasing from
rear to rear. Dr. Melvin asserts. The new
Is* has brought about a steady improve
ment in the sanitation of packing houses,
end "there has been a considerable decrease
!n the amount of meat rondemned in the
:nFp«:tians.
Dr. ilelvin says the service has been un
justly attacked.- The incident at East St.
Louis is recalled, and he says tru? charges
there ac their foundation in animus and
net in fact. In some cases ether attacks
•sc^re the result cf Ignorance of conditions
*r misrepresentation of facts. Thorough
iancatjpwiisß of some cases of ptomaine
poisoning charged to meat proved that the
trouble could not ! iiayly be ascribed to
'hat cause Typhoid fever had been found
In schools where reports of ptomaine
po'.sezing men circulated.
-Such instances." say? Dr. Melvin,
"shoiild be sufficient to show that credence
should not be placed in reports reflecting
against the meat inspection."
■ -- than ■ [ttjtT animals were inspect
ai at U:e time of slaughter in the year Just
closȣ, end more 'han LMMOI were con
demned in wt«B> or part. On reinspection
more than 23.000,000 pounds of meat and
m«at products, which had become ur
■aholesome since inspection at the time of
Elausrhter.-^ere condemned.
MOVEMENT LIGHT.
Inbonnd Cars Show Decrease of 30,000
in Eleven Months.
Washington. Jen. 2.— There was a notable
decrease in the inbound livestock movement
during: the eleven month? ended la Novem
ber. i*!'**, as measured by tlie number of
livestock cars unloaded at seven primary
Interior markets, compared v,"ith the same
Period of the two previous years, according
tb a bulletin [pi 111 ii tv the Bureau of Sta
tistics. In ISO* this period registered 615,614
cars, which was a fall cf 30,000 below the
record for the same noted of 1905 and more
than cars below 1907.
Chicago ■was the heaviest loser, having
gradual!- declined in this respect store 1905.
Of the packing house products Bnip^d
from Chicago during these eleven months
beef was .the cn!v item v;hich increased
over th* corresponding p^rio-j of the pre
ceding years.
During thai period there was a marked
depletion in the stocks of meat in the five
principal markets of the country. The re
ceipt of hoes in these markets decreased
fT?,-»> head.
AFVBAL IS BULL WILL CASE.
Attempt to Have Testament Leaving
Estate to Late Doctor Filed.
Newport, R. 1., Jan. — An appeal from
the decrtie of ths Probate Court of Middle
t'jTrn, BilikJi declined to admot to probate a
copy of -he l? 07 erfQ of Melville Bull, has
b»tn filed in the Superior Court, here. The
sp¥«*a.i sets forth that the action of the
cctirt ■» as contrary to law. and that its
(tanas* should be reversed and the will of
ISC7 should be admitted to probate as the
last ---ill.
This is the will which leaves the estate
to the late Dr. William T. Bull. There has
sices been fil*d for probate with the town
council of lliddletown a copy of a will of
190 S.
FIREMEN HAMPERED BY SMOKE.
The bbOObsl eaters had more than they
bargained for in extinguishing a fire vhich
occurred early yesterday morning in the
five story factory building at No. HI East
'3Bth street. It «ac a stubborn fire and the
firemen were hampered by the thick, black
i-mokc, h;ch also drove the families out of
tha tenement house at No. 145 East 129 th
*tre*t.
The factory where the fire started is
o«rr.ed by R. G. Green, a carriage manu
facturer, who occupies the first and fifth
floors, and the rest of the building by
Etsltz Brothers, riano manufacturers. The
damage was estimated ■■ £>.'/«>«.
Tribune Almanac for 1910
C ' •»■»-. W*
WmUM
1860 -.2.379/396_Ton.
1880-- 1 - 314.402 Torvs
1900 ' &6J95 V»
T9OB ' 530,413 T^,
KQVV IHi- UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE SHRUNK.
r-m^r.-.m showing the decadence of the American merchant marine and the remark
able grov.-th of this country's international trade from 1860 to 1908. The flg
ures, offldany supplied by the government, show that the United States' enor
moas foreign frado is now transported in foreign bottoms and to the pecuniary
profit of rival nations
FOR RIFLE PRACTICE.
Government May Issue Arms
io Clubs and Schools.
Washington, Jan. 2. — Important legisla
tion designed to promote practice with the
military rifje may be enacted by Congress
this winter The army and the national
guard have been equipped with the new
Springfield, but' the expense of obtaining
these weapons from the government has re
stricted practice among civilians. Some hun
dreds of thousands of Krags have been re
tired, however, and if available for issue
would doubtless be an Incentive to civilians
to practise. Representative Hull, of lon a.
chairman of the House Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, has therefore introduced a bill
on the subject which has the approval of
the War Department, as represented by the
Secretary of War, Assistant Secretary Oli
ver, the chief of staff and the chief of ord
nance, as well as of the National Board for
the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the Na
tional Rifle Association of America,
The bill authorizes the Secretary of War
to is*u», without expense to the United
States, magazine rifles and appendages not
of th- existing service model. These are to
op issued to rifle clubs organized under the
rules of the National Board for Promotion
of Rifle Practice and to schools having
uniformed corps of cadets. The Secretary
of War is authorized to prescribe regula
tions to guard the United States against
loss and for the proper care of the arms.
Should the bill become a law the limit of
issue would probably be fixed at about one
rifle to each ten members of a club In good
Etnding.
A second section of the bill provides for
th promotion of rifle practice in schools,
colleges, universities and civilian clubs by
supplying certain ammunition, prizes and
holding of matches, and in other directions,
for which 5100,000 is appropriated.
I'd to the present time this country ha«
done nothing for its civilian rifle clubs,
which are comparatively few hi number,
while in England It is estimated that there
are nearly three thousand, with a =member-
ship of possfblv liaif a million men and
The work with the civilian clubs is
designed to reach the "unorganized militia."
vould constitute the bulk of the vol
unteer army in case of war. On this sub
-eral Bell, the chief of siaff, recently
said . "The encouragement of rifle practice
among our citizens and schoolboys is of tbc
greatest importance in this country, where
pr^ar-dness for war is largely based on the
employment of aji army of volunteers, and
wisely framed laws which wili give a
healthy stimulus to this branch of military
preparedness would receive the hearty nup-
T>orr of the *Var Department."
KNICKERBOCKER FLYER WRECK.
Engine Plunges Into Store in Ohio —
Two Trainmen Hurt.
Mastic Ind., Jan. 2.— "Big Four" train
No. IS. the Knickerbocker Limited, -was
wrecked by striking a defective switch near
Anaonia, Ohio, at 11:40 last night. The en
gineer and the fireman were fatally in
jured. None of the passengers v.'ae hurt.
Th« engine left the track at Dawn, Ohio,
four miles from Ansonia. It plunged
through a general store, setting fire to the
structure, Only the tender and the first
mail car followed the locomotive. The
mail car was damaged by lire. The Pull
man cars were taken to Ansonia.
CHINESE WITNESS ARRESTED.
A Chinaman, armed with a loaded .;;S
calibre revolver, the police claim, and hav
ing a subpoena calling for his appearance
a* a witness in the murder trial of Bow
Kun, the Chinese woman, was arrested in
front of No. IS Mott street la^t evening.
Bow Kum ■'■■as murdered in Chinatown
several months ago, and the trial of cer
tain Chinamen charged with the murder
Of the woman begins to-day in the Crim
inal Branch of the Supreme Court. The
Eubpoena found on "the prisoner called for
bis appearance at the trial as a witness.
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GAMBLERS LOSE OUT,
Old Dearborn Park Reopening
JVas a Fizzle.
Chicago Jan. 2.— More than six hundred
Chicagoans journeyed to th£ old Dearborn
Park poolroom at Clark's Station, Ind.,
yesterday, believing that everything had
been arranged for the reopening of the
gambling "stockade," but they .returned
last night disappointed
The crowd .of gamblers left the cars
shortly after noon at tha Clark's Station
Tesort. to find operators on hand and en
tries of races at the various tracks posted
on bulletin boards A little later the first
race at Jacksonville, Fla., won by Snowball,
was posted. This th* signal for the
real reopeninr.
Bets were laid on other races, but before
another result eras announced Sheriff
Grant appeared with a fores of deputies.
The Sheriff Introduced himself to the man
ager of the enterprise and told him that
Governor Marshall had ordered that there
was to be no gambling. The manager an
nounced to the crowd that operations were.
■suspended. He attempted to give them
encouragement, however, by relating that
wireless reports might be possible if other
communication from the tracks vras out
off.
Thf men within the stockade, found that
all the door? ■w-re guarded by deputies.
&nd for several hours all were kept within
the building until a train bound for Chi
cago arrived t>. hen all were permitted to
6>part.
DIES AFTER FALL AT PARTY.
Young Man Gets Fractured Skull in
Christmas Skylarking.
Left lviag in his bedroom practically un
attended for more than a week with a
fractured skull which he received when he
was playfully pushed down a flight of
stair?, Fet*r Walzier, a young cooper, who
boarded at. No. l»> Lonibardy street, vTill
iamsburg, died yesterday in the Wllliams
bur£ Hospital, a few hours after beins
brought there in an ambulance. The police
of the Greenpoint avenue station say the
man had received one visit from a woman
Christian Science healer.
■vTalzier was hurt on Christmas night
while attending a party at the home cf
some friends. The Coroner has ordered an
investigation.
PRIZES IN AERONAUTICS
West Side Y. M. C. A. Oners Two Cups
in Contests for Men and Boys.
To enoouraze interest in its course- in
aeronautics the West Side Young Men's
Christian Association. No. SIS West 57th
street, has offered a solid silver cup to the
winner of a series of aeroplane contest?,
open to older students. A cup is also of
fered to boys under eighteen years of age.
Certain restrictions have been laid down
for competitors in the men's class. They
must have built their own models; models
must start from the floor, must rise under
their own power and must be of such a
character that practical man-carrying ma
chines can be built from their design. The
cup, which is contributed by a magazine,
will go to the man hose aeroplane makes
the longest flights in three of the weekly
contests.
MAGISTRATE FINES CHAUFFEUR.
Frank Ryan, a chauffeur for the New
York Transportation Company, who on
Saturday bumped into a taxicab driven by
Benson H. Allen, of No. 262 West 41st
street, was fined ?;> by Magistrate Krotel,
in the Yorkville court yesterday, on the
charge of reckless driving. Edmund L.
Mooney. of the law firm of Moone.y & Ship
man, appeared against Ryan and told the
\ourt that the prisoner's driving was as
reckless a piece of work as Ik had ever
seen.
PLEA FOR SHIPPING
B V MANUFACTURERS.
Congress Urged to Pass Ocean
Mail Bill.
The National Association of Manufactur
ers, through its committee on merchant
marine, has adopted resolutions recommend
ins to Congress the immediate passage of
an ocean mail bill, providing for sufficient
postal compensation to establish a swift and
regular service in American built steam
ships io the principal countries of South,
and Central America, and to the ports of
Australasia, Japan. China and the Philip
pines. The January issue of "American In
dustries," ilia association's official organ, is
devoted almost entirely to the presentation
of facts favoring the above policy. It says
editorially :
The attitude of the National Association
of Manufacturers in giving its approval
to the efforts in behalf of art adequate
merchant marine is based entirely on busi
ness. The association believes that a
greater trade and a corresponding indus
trial benefit will come from the rebuild
in a; of an. American merchant marine in
Americas shipyards for the purpose of
carrying American made goods to other
countries. The association doe* not be
lieve in registering foreign built vessels.
The demand for an adequate American
merchant marine is based upon a purely
business view of conditions. The average
American manufacturer not only believes
—he knows — that a great fleet carrying
the mails and cargo to foreign ports will
mean an increased foreign trade and an in
creased production of domestic goods ex
tending through innumerable channels.
Beyond this, of course, is the increase of
our prestige as a nation. It is a national
humiliation to learn that only one Amer
ican merchant ship passed through the
Suez Canal in 190 S. and that at Copen
hagen, the largest port on the Baltic, the
starry flag was last seen on a merchant
vessel eighteen years ago. The flags of
Great Britain. Japan, Germany, France
and other nations are flaunted in all ports
and upon every sea, because, as our own
Commissioner of Navigation report?,
"the aggregate amount paid by foreign
nations in the form of subsidies, ocean
mail pay, navigation and construction
bounties, admiralty subventions, naval re
serve appropriations, fisheries bounties
and other forms of contributions which
directly or indirectly aid to the volume of
business under their respective national
flags, is upward of $46,000,000 a year."
President Taft's attitude, as represented
in his last message and in his address at
Seattle, is shown, and the strong visws of
Secretary Nagcl are giver.. Contributions
are published from Congressman W. E.
Humphrey, author of the ocean mail bill
which failed of passage by only one vote.
last year ; E. G. Chamberlain, Commissioner
6f Navigation. John Kirby, jr., president cf
the National Association of Manufacturers ;
James W. Van Cleave, the former presi
dent, D. A. Tompkms, chairman of the as
sociations committee on merchant marine,
and James L. Ewell. John Kirby, jr..
president of the association, says in part :
Why should not the American people
unanimously favor a merchant marine
comparable in all respects'* with those of
other nations? This ought to pass as an
axiomatic proposition in view of the au
thentic facts of the past history of a hun
dred years, involving, *s it does, the de
monstrated necessity of an adequate and
judiciously competitive merchant marine
service in the interest of the United States
on the high seas.
In view of the fact that we are building
a canal across the Isthmus of Panama at
a probable cost of from $300,000,000 to
5500,000,000 presumably to establish an
advantage of our own, ■we are. In fact,
playing into the hands of the foreign na
tions, Great Britain, Germany. France.
Italy and Japan, by reason of the signifi
cant fact that we are preparing a ma;
nificent waterway for the use of these na
tions while our country, having practically
no merchant marine, can take no advan
tage of the situation created by us.
A hundred years ago our foreign mer
chant tonnage amounted to 906,855 tons
and carried more than 30 per cent of our
foreign trade, while to-day it amounts to
nearly thirty thousand tons less. The dif
ference is astounding in view of the fact
that our foreign trade and our coast trade
each has increased In the last century to
fifteen or sixteen times what it was then.
With every conceivable advantage in
the matter of manufactured production
and material resources, we are forced by a
picayune policy on the part of our legis
lators to trail in the rear of the commer
cial nations. Is this a condition to be en
dured with philosophic complacency? is
it just and right to the business interests
of the country?
MISS GOULD VISITS Y. M. C. A.
Ships and Shore in Touch — Men
Overstay Leave.
Miss Helen Gould was a visitor yesterday
to the naval branch of the Young Men's
Christian- Association, which she helped to
erect, in Sands street. Brooklyn. Miss
Gould arrived with her secretary and a few
friends early in the afternoon. She shook
hands with many of the sailors who are on
shore leave from the battleships now lying
in the North River, wisning them the com
pliments of the season and giving an occa
sional word of advice and encouragement. -
Communication between the ships and
the shore was re-established yesterday on
something like a reasonable schedule. The
rise in the temperature broke up the ice, so
that it was no longer a menace to the
"steamers" from the warships. There were
many visitor*, who boarded tugs and
launches from the SOth and 9sth street land
ings in the afternoon and were carried to
th© flagship Connecticut, the Missouri, the
Wisconsin, tha Vermont and other vessels.
Rear- Admiral Eeaton Schroeder came en
shore soon after noon In his fast "steamer."
Although their leave is not up until this
morning, many of the petty officers and
sailors who have been on ••liberty" for ten
days began returning to their respective
ships yesterday. There are reports of many
missing "liberty" men whose special leave
expired several days ago. Sixty are miss
ing from the Missouri, and ail of the other
ships are minus some of the crew. It Is
estimated that between four hundred and
five hundred men have overstayed their
leave. The fleet is scheduled to sail on
January 6 for target practice and ma
noeuvres in Southern waters.
SAVED AGAIN FROM SUICIDE.
Second Attempt Leads Doctor to Pear
Woman Is Insane.
With her four-year-old daughter Olga
playing at her feet, Mrs. Mary Jeski, of
No. 411 East 64th street, turned on the
gas in her kitchen last night and sat down
to die. according to the police of the East
67th street station. Neighbors of the
woman assailed gas and broke Into her
flat.
They found her half stupefied and called
Patrolman Roy. who summoned Dr. Mc-
Donald from the Presbyterian Hospital.
He expressed the opinion that the woman
was insane and sent her for observation to
Bellevue Hospital, where she was detained
on a charge of attempted suicide.
Her sob John, sixteen -ears old. who
has Been supporting the family^ sinco the
death of hit. lather, told the police that
his mother tried to kill herself in the same
way on Saturday, but was saved by him.
Little Olga was not badly affected by
th« gas last night. The Children's Soci
ety took charge of her.
DAY NURSERY ENTERTAINMENT.
An entertainment and ball for the ben**
fit of the Hebrew Pay Nursery of New
York, No, 262 Henry street, will be heM
on January i<s at the Grand Central Pal
ace. The nursery has been enlarged re
cently.
FIRST TRAIN ACROSS ALBE.MARLE.
Richmond, Va., Jan L 2. — At 6 o'clock last
evening the lust spike was driven in. the
Norfolk & Southern Railway line on this eix
mile long bridge or trestle across Alb
marie Sound at Edenton. N. C. and the
first train passed over th« structure. This
clcess the last gap In the road between
Norfolk and Raleigh and Beaufort. Tha
cost of the bridge has bean about $1,000,000.
Of Interest to Women
REVIVAL OF PUFFS
Newest Sleeves Recall Frivoli
* ties of the Cavaliers.
The man who said that women's fash
ions were nothing- but a continual shift
ing of puffs was wiser than he knew. In
terest in puffs waned during the Empire'
gown period, when lines were long and
slender, but now Dame Fashion has re-
TOHLETTE OF TERRA COTTA DRAP DE sniE SKIRT BUTTONED OX
EITHER SIDE WITH PASSEMENTERIE AMD GOLD BUTTONS WIDE
SKUNK BAND ON TUNIC. OLD BLUE HAT TRIMMED WITH SKUNK
Tired it, placing the puffs at elbow and
knee. ■
The elbow puff is a decided departure
from the long, tight sleeve of the two
last seasons, from v.hich all signs of ful
ness were carefully removed. The pres
ent style is an adaptation of the Cavalier's
sla3bed sleeve of the Stuart dynasty,
and in its complex arrangement reminds
one of Katharines sleeve, which moved
Petruchio to exclaim:
What's this? a sleeve? -Tls like a deml-eannon!
What, up and down, carved Has an applo tart?
Hera's snip and nip and cut and sl:sh and slash
■Like to a censer in a barber's shop.
Sleeves that have no puff inserted at the
elbow have a series of little ones from
shoulder to elbow or a large one termi
nating in a high cuff.
These styles, of course, are meant only
for the dressy waist or the house frock.
For the morp severe tailored fashions the
"bishop" and the "raglan" sleeves are
gaining in favor. The latter, cut in one
with the body of the waist, has its fulness
caught into a simple, narrow wristband.
It is a style designed, however, only for
the slender n-oman. The bishop sleeve is
a smaller version of the same thing, only
set into the armhole in the regular Say.
For evening wear sleeves are still very
short and scant. Some leave the outside
part of the arm bare, some have a draped
puff of chiffon edged with a bit of lace,
and some have merely a shoulder strap to
show where the sleeve ought to be.
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.
The princess gown that is made with
pleats in the skirt portion to provide fiare
and fnlness is very graceful. This one in
cludes novel and attractive sleeves and a
chemisette. In the illustration it is made of
Henrietta cioth and tht under portions of
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CENTS.
PAP&i: PATTERN OV
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the sleeves and the chemisette are of
tucked net. but any fancy material U ap
propriate for the lust un-.i for ■■. gown it
eel* any fashion* . material adapted to so
severe a style can to used. Chtffcn broad
cloth and velvet are favorites of the Him
The quality of material required. lor die
| ruediuni size I s IS yards 3. 24 or 27 inches.
•V yards •♦* inches wide If material has n»*
ure'or nap. 18 yards 3 inches. li yards •
Inches, 13 yards Z7 inches. V-X yards 41
Inches If material has neither figure nor
nap, with 1% yards 18 Inches for chemisette
And lone sleeves.
The pattern. No. «,S3«, is cut in sizes for a
24. 36 S3, 40 and 42 inch bust measure and
will be mailed to any address era receipt
of 10 cents.
■ Pl#a.=e give number of pattern and waist
r-.isur- distinctly- Address Pattern De
partment. New-York Tribune. If in a hurry
for pattern send an extra 2-"*ent gtamp and
•we will mail by 1-tter postage in seeled en
velope.
SNOWFLAKES.
Where'er a sriowflake leaves the sky.
It turns and turns to say •'Goodby."
"Goodby. near clouds, so cool and gray."
Then lightly travels on its way.
And, when "a snow-flake finds a tree.
'Good day," it says;- '"good day to thes;
Thou art so .bare add lonely, dear.
I'll rest and call my 'comrades here."
But when a snowflake. brave and mesa.
Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek.
It starts: "How warm and soft the day"
'Tis summer!" — it melts away.
— Mary Manes Dodav
(Selected for the column by D. E. M.)
MONET RECEIVED.
Is a box of cards received at the office
was $10 for Christmas cheer, out as it came
„... late for this purpose it was distributed
among several needy families for coal.
There is nothing- so much needed at the
present time as fuel, and all the money
benefits sent out last week were from the
coal fund. E. TV. V., of New Rochelle,
sent $1. and Kate and Adelaide, of Athens,
N. V., 51 for the cripple in North Caro
lina.
A LOSS TO SUNSHINE-
The 3ast day of the year brought the sad
announcement to the office of the sadden
death Of Mrs. Harriet 8.. -wife of Robert
Andrews, of East Orange. N. J. The T. S.
S. is the poorer by the death of this es
teemed member. Since the beginning of the
society she had been one of its most loyal
and helpful members, always ready to con
tribute to its various neecs. She had a
large circle of Sunshine friends and many
"shut-ins" will miss the cheery letters and
pleasing gifts that they have been wont to
receive from her generous hand. When
sending her ■ Christmas bos of attractive
and useful sifts for distribution she wrote
that she was unable to contribute as many
articles as usual owing to her Illness, but
her heartiest greetings to the T. S. S.
for the coming year accompanied the gift.
The deepest sympathy of all who know'her
is extended to UN bereaved family.
GOOD CHEER.
While the office did all it could in dis
tributing far and wide the holiday cheer
contributed by its members, it is pleasant
to know that the various branches did their
local Christmas work In a bountiful fashion.
Individual members also found ways of
spreading sunshine. One Manhattan
branch president who was to be alone on
Christmas Day decided to Invite three
homeless women to share her dinner, and
owing to the sever- storm the hospitality
was continued over Sunday. "*
A Massachusetts branch president kindly
thought of ■ way to brighten the day for
1 strangers within the gate* of the city"
here she lives*. The members of a family
that had recently moved from a neighbor
ing state and had made no friends were
invited guests at th« hospitable board of
this branch president.
A Manhattan mother reports that a Sun
shine friend, for whom she sewed, seat a
large ham for Christmas; another member
provided some delicacies, and still another
cent a tine suit of clothes to one of the
boys, while the money given by the T. I S.
helped with the rent. If all the letters of
"heartfelt thanks'* for cheer seat through
the general off! I could be published they
would reveal a. wonderful amount of indi
vidual happiness and appreciation.
In every case where money was Mm It
enabled the recipient to - have something
urgently needed. Only those who know
what real deprivation is can realize what
an unexpected gilt o£ a few dollars mean?.
No happier little girl could bs found in
the State, of Connecticut than •--. one " —•
received the beautiful den given'; 'by Mr*.
Sands, of Manhattan. The child had been
a sufferer from mfantfle paralysis, and ha»
mother writes: 'So words are able to ex
press Edith's joy over the doIL 3h« thinks
It is the finest oae that ever can* frorm
ClirtstinasvtUe.'* The younsr boy on Cohiai
bus avenue who has -. - with three aect
1 *« daring th* v-hv -h- was made happy *•?
Christmas -- th* gifts sent to him by th«
Plaiafield (N. j.) friends, aad a year's
subscription ■■ "St. Nichclas" adde<S V*
his Joy. The Ever Ready branch sent »
generous contribution of toys for th*
Christinas tree at the Union Baptise
Church, la West ■: ' street, and provid9<f
seven dinners for needy families: th«
president -.» the Glenrnont <N- TO braAchj l
distributed useful articles made from 9ur>
shine wools to irorfclrtsr firls as *£*-•; m"
Sifts, but her delicious jellies aad eas
aerrei. wjjich she gives away with a liberal
band, she sever aaems to think worth seas*
boning.
A THOTJ6HTFUX* KUOG3CBTIOK.
A suggestion from E. W. (X. ef Paterasn,
N. J. Is worthy of cotte*. as it opens taa
war far such simple thi&fja as Chrtataama
-arl^ to do double dnty m suasntny ways.
The writer says:
"Now that Chrtartma* Is over, there m.
no doubt, many who, \i~km myaett. flad
themselves with a 'arra comber of Qtrtm*
mas card* that wens sent b? Had frianda.
It occurred to me that it mtc&t be ooadb^*
through tha aid of your society ta sea*
th«s« cards on to matam person* wit*
throujrh sickness find time hang a*e>TT en
their hands and who by meana at tbmm
cards might find aid in paaatss these tedi
ous momenta. If this Idea meeta srtth toot
approval kindly indicate tt t&roasb the ooi
□ca of The Tribune, and I haws tie dooMI
there would be a genaroua reasons*"* .
HAPPT LITTLE ONES.
The Christmas tree exercl3es bald at tIM
day nursery. Na 16 Greenwich street, as '
December 3. pro-red a gree: treat to th*
little folks. Tha nursery, a brascli of tit*
Little Mothers* Aid Association, hi ta
charge of Mrs. J. Olmstead, the ■yrm: ier'
cf Manhattan T. S. S. Brands. N<x H- Mis«
Elizabeth Roe. of "White Plains, one ct Hd*
vics-presidenta of the aid association, pro
vided the hug* tree and sifts. There wvr*
light and dark haired dolls, dressed *7
friends ia White Plains, for the llrtls girls;
tin horses and wazona and drg-rrra for t!sa
boys, and wearing apparel, candy and cr
acses for aIL There are elsat natioaailtiesj
represented; tn this nursery bet th* "JbT
Syrian ::- = :~a.-r*-. *-.-.- :.-• sreatast plaas
cre as they iuggeci as. i rocked Xhs&x ±9 -
lies. One o? the csrserr cfcildrea a tha
youngest cf a family of fifteen, an Sriaav ;
WANTS.
A city missionary rites: "TH my t!s»3J
I have found a. very poor family en East!
4--- street, tn a rear hocse. There are fou— •
small children- Can yen tad a Mgß chairs
for the twelve-months-old baby? It would:
be a real help." ■]
A semi-Invalid at Fbeeotx. N. T w^u! j
like to have a warm coat, size 40, that aha
might he able to go oat of doors en pleas- j
ant days. A wheel chair invalid seeda !Ce.
5 shoes. Miss A. Delmar. of Central X&U]
ley, N. T.. would he pleased to receive ih* '
Monday copies of The Tribes* for a tsew. j
A boy of seventeen years, who works fc an ;
■*-- has no overcoat, »-! he really *-.;'.
f ers during this cold weather. SDa noiaer i
is a widow, who through Illness eaweaa by!
an attack of pleurisy has not bees able to
do her part toward the support of the fam
ily, so the boy can spare nothing from ais
small wages to soy a warm coat. If say
one has such a garment to pass on the.
kindness will be greatly appreciated. A -
woman "who has seen better days'* ta now
compelled to scrub offices to support her
four children, as her husband. afflicted wtta
tuberculosis, is no looser able to work.
Shoes for the children are most urgently
needed. She has been helped from the ceil
' fund. "
A reliable woman and weß icwjaninyimirt
is in need of day' a work to support her
children. Any on« interested may address
the office.
FOR SALE
Is* there any one who would lite to bay
a woven bedspread, blue and white, of the
older: time? A woman. Us Pennsylvania,
finds it necessary to part with some of ber
former home treasures. The qdHi is tw-»
yards and twenty-five inehe3 long and two
yards and fifteen inches wide. It is woven
of linen, and wool, and fa* pattern !s off
birds in various attitudes and sui i uilurtlßg
a centre of conventional design. vJiti a
border of fr- it and leaves. The address
will be furnished at the office.
RETURNS THANKS.
Visa Mary F. Boutwell, of Gaysrille. V"t,
desires through the column to express c-r
cordial thanks to all T. 3. S. maißbera who
remembered her with greetings, as she is
not abie to write to each one personally.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Neckwear, hat and trimmings came frees
E. S. Van Dusen, of Fort Plain. I T.J
four dolls, not previously acknowledged.
from 21. E. P.. of Hotel San Remc: a box
of useful and fancy articles, hooks, etc.
from Mrs William Heard, of Xawbmg:
silk wristlets and unfinished fancy work.
from M. S. N. : a pretty centrepiece, front
"F."; mittens and wristlets, from Mrs. I.
Ly'.e, of Florida.; Christmas stockings,
cape, muffler, old line^.. etc., and 2) c«at*
in money, left without a name; a gift
book, to be passed on. from E. W. T.;
hand knitted wool stockings and wristlets.
from Miss Edith Many, of Red Hill: book
lets, from Miss Abbie H. Young* of. Sprtaa>
n*ld, Vt.: fancy articles, from E. Jackson,
of WRite Plains: calendar from 30»
Llndsly, of TTashinston; cards, from E.
Kimball. of East Hebron. N. H. : a ins
coat without a name, also cards and »
unique banner calendar, without the nams
of the sender. The calendar was forward
«d to a member on a Texas ranch, and
the magazines from "L«." went to chair
the lonely hours of a woman suffering
from an incurable disease.
CRYSTALIZED APPLES.
For the crystallized apple* seel .mil
quarter tart apples of fine flavor and put
them into an earthen puddlnjr dish, -wttii
enough water to prevent thesm from
burning. Sprinkle with sugar and grated
orange or lemon peeL Cover the diaa with
a plate and put it into a hot oven, waare
It should remain for several hours, or cn
til the fruit Is thoroughly cooked, X>e>
not spoil the shape of the apples by stir
ring them. When they are like clear. red
crystal they should as cooled and scrred
with cream.
MITNTJ FOR TUESDAY
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•""rack""!
ri^rn muffins. ><"»•*.
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Salmon croquettes.
French bread. Crystallized ap»l*e\
Cream cake.
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Cretin* of rice soup.
Boast beef, with Yorkshire nuddlns- ".
Hashed potatoes. Stewed : ■■• •*«.
Fr.H<»arale salad.
Blanc mange.
Black coffee.
Where Quality Excels.
CEO L. SHUMAN & COMPANY,
Publishers,
156 Fifth Avenue-
N«w York. D#e«=3l>«r 14. trm
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