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The Sohmer Wins The Sohrraer wins because of its superior construction—its sympathetic tone and its unusual wearing qualities. The Sohmer piano is made entirely in one factory—it is the result of many years of artistic piano construction. Made in all wanted finishes—walnut, oak, etc.' Mission, Colonial and other special designs. The Sohmer piano is also made with the Cecilian self playing mechanism built inside the case—the result is the per- . feet combination piano, Hear it demonstrated at our store. Sohmer uprights range in price from $450 to $800. Soh mer Grands from $750 to $1000. Our plan of easy payment pUtB a Sohmer within the reach of every home. Geo. J. TiirKpt Co. ( Ktrinwiiy, Ceclllnn and Victor Dealers 345-347 South Spring Street Herald Patterns i • A . PLEASING ■ DESIGN ■ •'- FOB ' SUPPLE M VI 1.1(1 M (I Tho now skirts show all degrees of suppleness, and a pleasing design/that is particularly well suited to the new soft fabrics is here sketched. 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'$■ THIRTEEN PAY FINES FOR EXCEEDING LIMIT Thirteen speeders were arraigned in Police Justice Frederickson's court yes terday and »270 was emptied into the city's strong box as the result. The names and fines imposed were: Harold Huntsberger, E. C. Caister", T. A. Tib bot S. Pearson, V. R. Turner, E. W. Crowther, H. C. Bowers, W. H. Price, M. A. Marcher-and O. W. Van Aukan, each fined $20. E. E, Helm was fined $30 and A. C. Lusby paid $25, while J. M. Williams came up with $15. .' JAPANESE ROBBED BY A HIGHWAYMAN K. Tamado and a Japanese compan ion were held up a short time before 1 o'clock yesterda- morning in front of 469 Turner street by five Mexicans and robbed of a watch, chain, locket and a small sum of money. M. S. Pendergast, 213^ Commercial street, reports his room was entered early yesterday morning and a suit of clothes and a shotgun stolen. Croup Not a minute should be lost when a child rhows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy rfven as soon as the child becomea hoarse, or even after the croupy couth appears, will prevent the attack. HOTEL GREEN. Pasadena. Cal., ./.merlran and European plans. The Passion Play A stereoptlcon lecture by Dr. Ruth M. Wood Tuesday, March 3. at 8 p. m. at the American school of occult sciences. 1040 South Olive. Admission 16c. READY TO CONTRACT FOR SPRING AND MAIN LIGHTS Ornamental Post Illumination Will Expire Next Week and Emer gency Resolution Is Pasted The board of public works yesterday called the council's attention to the fact vthat the contract for furnishing the necessary e.'ectric current for the lighting of the ornamental posts on Spring street from Temple to Ninth street and Main street southerly from Ninth street to the easterly line of Broadway, produced, will expire March 8, 1908. ' The board has Invited bids for fur nishing the necessary electric current for lighting the posts" for one y6ar thereafter, the bids to be received Fri day, March 6. Should no proposals or bids be re ceived on that date for furnishing the current or should a satisfactory contract not be duly executed by March 8, 1908, it will require further authorization from the city council to continue the lighting of the posts. The board therefore presented a res olution authorizing the board to pro ceed under the emergency provisions of the city charter to have Spring street and the portion of Main street lighted with electricity during such portion of the month of March aa may not be covered by a contract regularly executed. COUNCIL PUTS PILE DRIVER ON HYPERION PIER WORK Piles Are Replaced as Fast as They Are Washed Out, but Perma nent Structure Will Be Erected The city rouncll has taken further action authorizing City Engineer Ho mer Hamlin to place a stationary pile driving, apparatus near the outfall sew er pier at Hyperion, in order to replace piles as rapidly as they are washed out by the tides. Unless the driver is kept there it will cost the city hundreds of dollars extra to replace the lost piles by separate contracts. On February 5 Engineer Hamlin rec ommended that he be directed to ( keep a pile-driver at the site until such time as the city has funds available to erect a permanent structure. He also rec ommended that $300 be appropriated for immediate use and an additional $2700 to allow for the maximum esti mated expense to maintain the pier until July 1. The city council soon after set aside the $500. requested (which is already spent) and authorized entering into a contract to maintain a pile-driver at a cost not exceeding $2 a day, but did not appropriate the $2700 asked for, evi dently expecting that the expense of driving piles would be covered by fu ture requisitions. This proved unsatisfactory and ad ditional legislation was passed. DECISIONS RENDERED IN FOUR DAMAGE SUITS Man Who Conducted His Own Case Against Mutual Life Insurance Company Loses Ver. diet Four decisions were yesterday ren dered by Judge W. P. James in the su perior court in cases tried before him during tho last fortnight. In the 'case of the Pacific Electric company against the Pacific Tours company, in which the former sued for money said to be due on a contract to carry excursion parties,. Judgment of $7500 was given the plaintiff. Mrs. B. M. Johnson, who sued the Los Angeles-Pacific railway for dam ages amounting to $53,000 because of an accident In June last when one of her feet was badly mashed, lost her suit, the court rendering a decision In favor of the defendant. In the suit by the property owners of Hollywood living along Western avenue to restrain the city from widening that thoroughfare, the court rendered a decision in favor of the city. H. Holman, who conducted his own case against the Mutual Life Insur ance company for a breach of con tract, and In which he asked for $7500, lost his suit. LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1908. THE CITY Strangers are Invited to visit the exhibits of California products at the Chamber of Commerce tulldlnf, on Broadway, b«tw«» First and Second streets, where free Infor mation will be given on all subjects pertain ing to this sc.tlon. The RrraM will pny 110 In cash to any one furnlßhlnpr evidence that will lead to the arrest anil conviction of any perron caught stealing copies of The Herald from the premises of our patrons. THE HERALD. ■• » > Conducts Revival Services Evangelist H. C. Morrison is conduct ing a two weeks' revival campaign at the First Methodist church. He speaks at the church each afternoon at 3 and pnrh evening at 7:30 o'clock. Daughter Visits Mother Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Schular of Min neapolis are visiting Mrs. Edwin Kern, Clanton street. Mrs. Kern Is Mrs. Schular's mother, and mother and daughter have not met for years. Company Incorporates Articles of Incorporation were yester day filed in the county clerk's office by the California Settlers' association, the' object of which is to acquire lands for colonization purposes. The capital stock Is $75,000 and the directors are Talitha C. Shortridge, Clara Shortridge Foltz and J. M. Jones of Los Angeles and Samuel C. Foltz and F. A. Carpenter of Indio. The principal offices will be located in Los Angeles. CARNIVAL SPIRIT REIGNS AT SHROVETIDE BALL Handsomely Costumed Women and Men Gather at Ebell Club—Prizes I, Awarded Best and Worst Dressed Shrovetide and Ash Wednesday—but first the carnival ball! . This morning one speaks of the Shrovetide ball given by the women's auxiliary of the Good Shepherd home last night at the Ebell with regret that it is a thing of the past, but last even- Ing there was no thought of any time but the present among those who at tended, and for a few hours the spirit of carnival reigned supreme. The group of handsomely gowned women who received the guests at the door included the president, Miss F. E. Lynch, Mmes. Ida Hancock, James C. Kays, Dan Murphy, L. A. Grant, John Grant Gregory Cotter, C. C. Desmond, Thomas W. Phillips, J. M. Schneider, C. L. Whlpple, Philip Forve, D. F. Donegan, G. Alexander Bobrlck, Ran dall Hutchinson, Frank Shafer, J. De laney, Miss Marie Mullen and Miss Elizabeth Daly. Among 'the out of town people pres ent were noted "Two Ladies from Cran' ford," "Uncle Sam," "John Bull," "Queen Elizabeth," "Miss Columbia," several Spanish dons and their wives, Mexican caballerous, a sad faced young woman called "Ophelia," "Minister and Madam Wu Ting Fang," "Punchinello," "Folly," "Dolly Varden," "Red Riding Hood," "Sappho" and others. A sad faced monk trod a measure with a saucy little schoolgirl, a magnificent specimen of a cowb»y adjusted his long legs to the time set by a tiny pair of Dutch sabats, and fair America con descended to John Bull. Big butterflies that clung to the walls and the Japanese balloons that were pendent on long strings from the cross beams of the ceiling and that moved with every current of the warm scented air were suggestive of the gaily garbed crowd of dancers below who formed in the grand march and afterward enjoyed a dance program that included quadrille, lancers, waltz, two-step and Virginia reel. After supper was served at small tables in the reception room everyone in costume formed in another grand march and medals were awarded ofr the two best and for the two worst costumes, these going to Mrs. George H Hunt, as Madam Pompadour; George Howard, colonial cavalier; Mrs. Michael F. Deeley, as schoolgirl, and Dr John McGarry, as Carrie Nation. Confetti throwing was a rollicking feature of the evening. Cards were ar ranged toh those who did not care to am observance of leap year patrons served instead of patronesses, the list including Count Bozenta,G. Allan Han cock, James C. Kays, Daniel Murphy, Arthur B. Mullen, W. E. Hampton, C. C. Desmond, Charles L. Whlpple, Car roll Daly, Henry Doly, J. M. Schneider, J. R. Grant, J. P. Delaney, Victor Ponet, Francis B. Montgomery, George A Bobrick, Frank Shafer, Philip Forve. D F Donegan, Lucian Brunswig, Tnos. W. Phillips, J. E- Hannon, Dr. ton dall Hutchinson and Dr. P. G. Cctter. WOMAN DIES A3 RESULT OF STROKE OF PARALYSIS Mrs. Pauline F. Johnson, wife of Frank J. Johnson of the Moline Plow company, died yesterday at. their apart ments, 530 Temple street, death being caused by a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. and Mrs. Johnson formerly lived at 640 Church street, San Francisco, where they were staying the morning of the earthquake. Their home and all their effects were burned and for two days and nights the couple were among the hundreds that found what shelter they could in Jefferson square. They were without food during that time, although possessed of sufficient money to purchase food if it had been possible. On the third day they suc ceeded in securing an expressman to drive them to the ferry, where they made their way to Stockton to a coun try place they owned. From there the couple came to Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel of Oberholtzer & Mills. Rela tives from the north will arrive this morning for the services. KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PLANB SOCIAL FOR GRAND PREBIDENT Members of the Los Angeles Alumnae association of Kappa Kappa Gamma will hold a social meeting, at the resi dence dt Mrs. John Beardsley, Hunting ton drive and Alhambra road, Thurs day, March 5, at 3 p. m. The members will gather there in order to meet Mrs. Canby, the grand president of Kappa Kappa Gamma. The Lucky Quarter • '"/•;'. is the one you pay out for a box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. They bring 1 you the health that's i more "• precious than jewels. ' Try * them t for ' headache, bil iousness, constipation and f malaria, ; if they > disappoint \ you ; the price will; be cheerfully ,■ refunded ;at ■': Dean's . drug store. ,'■. .••',•.-' '''-''■■' ■■',*"-'■•':'■ .\\'\,,- ■]■',/ :•: ■: " ■ 4■ » ' ' . .-',, * CITY BRIEFB Pcnlel hall, 227 South Main street. Ooi >l meetings noon and 8 p. m. daily. Marshutz Optical Co. Moved To their new modern optical establishment. No. SSS SOUTH BROADWAY, Dear the cor ner of Sixth street. This new optical store Is In advance of anything ever opened In this state, and it la certainly a credit to this city. GRAND OLD LEADER WAGES GRIM BATTLE AGAINST KING WANT DANA BAR7LETT IS BLESSED BY THOUSANDS Reporter Visits Bethlehem Institute and There Sees Things as They Appear to the Destitute and Starring—Dressed as Tramp He Hears From Lips of Grateful Men Respect and Lore They Feel for the Man Who for So Long Has Been Erer Ready with a Helping Hand i i SUMMARY OF DISCOVERIES: Th« Herald reporter who illagulsed himself as a hobo and went to the Dana Bart lett Bethlehem Institute yesterday in quest of food, help or employment discovered, first. That the Bethlehem Institute Is a strictly non-sectarian though religions Institute. That It Is devoted exclusively to the distribution of food, clothing, work and the necexHitle* of life to needy and destitute, but deserving—foreigners and Americans alike—Bad to the providing of good meals and beds at the lowest possible prices to worklngmen and women whose wages are meager and who would otherwise be forced to starve, beg or steal. That on an average of from forty to llfty destitute families are daily provided with flour, bacon, smln, coffee and other provisions. • That from twenty to fifty penniless men are nightly given a good place to sleep, with a warm fire, who otherwise would go to jail or sleep in box cars. That all who are working and can afford to pay are given rooms at from $1.00 to $1.50 a week. That every room, nt whatever price, is fitted with a white Iron bedstead, white sheets, pillow slips, good comforts and blankets, and that every bed Is clean and well worth at least 25 cents, nnd In many downtown lodging houses poorer beds are rented for more. That every room also contains a bureau, a clothes press, a good rug, a mirror, wash bowl and pitcher, and that the whole Is scrupulously clean and comfortable. That every room In scrubbed once a week, and the linen changed twice. That every Bethlehem lodger to whom the reporter spoke said that "Dr Bartlett is a grand old man doing a grand work, and a 'crumb' or bedbug has never been known In the institute" That every room contains a lodger, and that men are given generous credit for weeks at a stretch when out of work and moneyless That Dana Bartlett has constituted himself a free employment agent and Is pro viding work for hundreds of destitute Mexicans, Japanese, Russians, Americans, com mon laborers and others That his knowledge of the various languages of the cosmopolitan classes who ap peal to him for aid enables him to direct and aid them In a manner that few other charity workers can do That Rev. D. W. Bnrtlett Is complying with the municipal sanitary laws in every respect, even to the number of beds allowed to a certain floor and air space That good meals are provided at from 10 to 15 cents—soup, coffee and bread free—and that scores who are not able to pay eat for nothing. That good food Is provided, and that the kitchen as well a* other parts of the in stitute ant kept scrupulously clean. That the Bethlehem Institute is taking care of nearly a dozen large families right at the institute, besides nhout three score In various parts of the city. That It contains a free night and day school, a free dispensary, a free employment agency, a free net of bath rooms, a free sleeping room, a free Rnssian, Japanese and Mexican rest and reading room, a free gymnasium and many other free features which differentiate it from many other charitable Institutes. That all nationalities meet alike under its various roofs, are treated alike, fed and clothed alike, and regard the institute as a hnven of rest, comfort and benevo lence. That heart-touching scenes are dally enacted at the Institute, and that scores In the desperation of despair and need resort to the Bethlehem when unable to help themselves or to go elsewhere. That beds, blankets, clothing, furniture, stoves, cradles, carpets, fuel and many other articles are kept constantly on hand and distributed for a mere pittance, or ab solutely free, as occasion demands, to the poor families who otherwise would exist without them. That the Institute, according to all connected with Its management. Is losing money every month in Its restaurant department, and that the profits of the beds Is expended in addition to whatever donations come in—toward providing food, cloth ing and fuel for outside families in need. That Her. Mr. Bartlett is providing work wherever he can find it for his depend ents, but that many are constantly left on his hands to be fed and roomed, and that he works on an average of from ten to fourteen hours a day In the discharge of his humanitarian duties or responslbiltles. T. SHELLEY BUTTON I have Just come back from the scene of a great battle—a field of warfare, though void of bloodshed, armament or roar—and none the less terrible in its aspects, though its soldiers are not strewn in trenches, pell mell, or slain by ball or bayonet. The battle has been going on a long time. It is s> battle of hunger against hell—of need against crime—of sleepi ness against prison—of fear against famine —of dearth against disease—of poverty against death. A battle of destitute families against starvation. A battle of idle men for work and wages. A battle of souls for existence. It is generated by a good, great man, who voluntarily, in the name of the Nazarene, has taken upon himself the tremendous task of leading them—indi vividually, though not as a mass—to succor, sustenance, employment, hope and cheer. The man who has undertaken this humanitarian task is Rev. Dana Bart lett. The scene of his great battle, as a mediator between those clashing fac tions of deprivation and death, is his Bethlehem institute, Vignes and Du commun streets. Rev. Mr. Bartlett has so far carried on the battle successfully. He has fed, clothed and housed unnumbered fami lies and individuals, and himself has fought a harder battle than any of the countless victims of poverty that have come to him in their war with the wolf. There is only one way to see the Bethlehem institute and appreciate its workings. A sight-seeing visitor, an nounced as such, is treated with too much courtesy. With all of his expedi tions into its halls and departments he can glean only a superficial idea of its workings, its intents and achieve ments. In view of this fact, and con sidering that certain severe criticisms had been heaped on the institute" In the past few weeks (which criticisms, I understand, have had no precedent in the past conduct of the place) I de termined to "do" Bethlehem the right way, i. c., to dress myself as a hobo, pull my hat over my eyes, thrust my hands deeply into my pockets and go blindly to it in quest of help, food and employment. This way I would be able to determine exactly the condi tions existing there. Dressed for the Job Accordingly, I donned a black shirt, a slouchy cap and soiled suit of clothes and started on my expedition. I ar rived at the institute looking typically like a hobo. I use the term "hobo," for nowadays it seems to be fashionable to designate any man In quest of work a hobo. The term is applied by the courts to all who are moneyless, and it is used with the same disregard for its original meaning by society; so I sup pose I am justified in saying that, inas much as I was ostensibly looking for work I was ostensibly a hobo, Vignes and Ducommun streets, the location of Bethlehem, are not exactly in the swell residence district. It bears Uttle resemblance to the West lake section. In fact. It hardly resem bles anything else In Los Angeles. It can only be compared to other sections of the same district. It is back of a big brewery, two blocks from the gas plant, and the dirt for blocks around is black from the tar and other was lngre- clients. The air smells so strongly that one who Is not familiar with It must al most hesitate to strike a match for fefer of a combustion. Near by Is one of the largest gas tanks In the west. All around It are two and three room cottages, shacks, occupied by the poor est of the poor, so-called Choloa. ftus- sians, Japanese and many, very many unfortunate Americans. Life's Other Side Down here is where we find the re?.l picture of life's "other side." It is what the fashionable folk would desig nate "the dregs," the hot pollol, the bot tom stratum of humanity; and some times the fashionable folk almost foe get that these people are human, al though they are—as much so as the best of us; and they are flesh and blood, with hearts, souls, feelings, though among them are many who seem to be stunned, insensate, with faculties and feelings that have dwindled in despera tion; smothered in futile strife and deprivation. But the fashionable folk awake,"at times, and remember them. Now and then, from the glittering maze of auto • mobiles and hanson cabs that tour from the Westlake boulevards to Broadway, one of them is seen to swerve and steer for Vignes street. And inside there, is a woman, or a man, carrying provisions, castoff clothing, medicines, or perhaps a sum of money, to be distributed among the needy. These autos come often to the Beth lehem institute, and by them —aided by countless other sources, unguessed an<i ofttlmes anonymous—is derived a great part of the funds and materials neces sary to carry on the big work of the Institute. It was after lunch when I arrived Ht the Bethlehem. Two score or more of worklngmen, mostly Americans, were grouped on the front porch, waiting for word from Rev. Dana Bartlett's office that would direct them to work; or dis cussing, hopefully or gloomily, the prospects of employment. None of tham glanced at me. If I was seen it was merely to be regarded as another of the long line of unfortunates who hourly stream to the institute in quest of food, bed or labor.' On the corner of the street, adjoin ing the main building, was the chapel— an unpretentious affair with common benches and pulpit, where the doctrine of the Galilean is preached to the in mates on Sundays. Adjoining this chapel I saw a sign, "Free Dispensary," and I entered it. In the corner, nursing two sick chil dren, was a Mexican woman and her husband. Their sole belongings wers piled on a sheet In the center of the floor. A third child was playing on the lounge. I learned afterward that all of them were penniless and that the husband, who was old, was anable to get work. Rev. Mr. Bartlett was pro viding medicine, food and blankets for them until such time as work could be given them. I pretended to be looking for someone and passed on into another door. It was a large schoolroom. Mother Teaches Children A destitute Japanese mother, with two little girls, was sitting by a long table on which were piled primary school books. She was teaching them to read and write their native language. In another corner were several Mexican boys studying English. "This school is run almost night and day," said an educated Japanese, stand ing close to me. "In the daytime there are no regular teachers, but at night they have big classes and good in structors." I nodded, indifferently, and passed on. Nearly fifty children of a dozen na tionalities were playing In the alley way at the back of the chapel, end In the dusty street at the corner. They were all happy. The struggles going on in the minds o" their fathers and mothers, many of whom were actual dependents on the charity of Dana Bartlett, did not seem to bother them. Their laughtor was the only pleasant thing that for. awhile impressed me. about the institute. But, later, when I bot a broader insight into the great humanitarian work that was being done there the whole plan seemed to be beautiful, heavenly, and the keen edges of distress, which everywhere appeared before mo seemed lessened by the sweet charity of the methods em ployed to alleviate it. I walked on back of the chapel to a door, where I saw a number of man peeling potatoes and stacking groceries. It was a great storeroom, almost filled with second-hand furniture, carpets, rugs, stoves, stacks of flour, bacon, sugar, coffee, soda, cornmeal, blankets, coats, vests, shirts and every conceiv able object which anyone could think of donating to such an Institute. "Say," I said, approaching one of the men reluctantly, "who Is this fol- Icw you see to get some groceries? I've got a family and I'm dead broke and out of work. I need provisions." "Sure," replied the man, "you just go and talk to Mr. Bartlett. He'll give you an order and we'll fill it." "Won't he charge for the groceries?" "Not If you really need them, partner. We give away a wagon load or more every day." I continued talking. Finally he took me into his confidence and told me what he knew. He had come to the institute broke and was now an em ploye there. He was overly enthusias tic in his praise of the management, and showed me a list of forty-nine names of destitute families for which the men who were now stacking the f.our were to provide provisions. Every one of these families, the man told me, was to be given a sack of flour, a pound of coffee, some eggs and whatever other provisions were on hand. Orders Filled Daily "These orders are filled every day," the man said quietly. "There's on an average of about forty or fifty families to be provided for. Work la awfully scarce now and they have to eat. As fast as one family gets on Its feet another seems to get off." I promised to see Mr. Bartlett, and then went on to the restaurant in the front. A square counter temptingly set with cakes and pies greeted me, and I walked through the reading rooms to the man in charge of that department. "What's the chance for something to eat," I asked, a bit nervously. "I'm broke." There was no ruestion, and as though I had been but one of a thousand I was told to sit down. I had a good meal of roast beef, coffee, soup, bread, butter and potatoes, and then went to one of the tables In the office and sat down among a lot of laboring men who v/ere stopping there. I read awhile, and then lapsed Into conversation with several of the men near me. All of them were enthusiastic In their praise of the Bethlehem. There was not a word against It. "Talk about your good work," one of the men finally said to me, "I don't Know any place that's doing better. When all the beds are gone at all the other places and there ain't nothin' left for a fellow to do but sleep in a box car and get run in for vagrancy, if he knows about It—as most of 'em do — he sure comes to this place. There's always a place for him to sleep here, money or not. That isn't all, either. He can get shoes, shirts, clothing and food for his family—if he has one— and there's few other places where you can do that without money. But of course Mr. Bartlett ain't a greenhorn in the business. He can spot a bar nacle, or one of the professional char ity leeches, as far as he can seen him, pud a fellow has to be pretty smooth to get anything out o' Mr. Bartlett un less he really deserves it." I yawned a little, agreed with the fellow that Mr. Bartlett was "sure the real thing," and strolled on upstairs. I met an old man making up the beds, and as I passed the room in which he was working I looked in, as if seeking someone. A wh'.te bed, clep.n and neat, a feeshly scrubbed floor, a wash stand, p'tcher, bowl, mirror, clothes press and several neat pictures on the wali greet ed my eyes. It was a small room, but I have paid 50 cents a night for many worse ones, and it was clean and com fcrtable. Vermin Not Found There "Slayin' the bedbugs?" I asked Joc ularly. "Bedbugs?" Tho man gazed at me a bit angrily. "Say, my friend, I've been making beds Ir. this institute for over six months and I've got thi first bedbug or 'crumb' of any kind to run across yet. No, sir; there ain't no vermin in this place!" And the man gave the pillow a hard punch and resumed his work with a contempt for my question that made me move on to more congenial quar ters. Later I had a longer talk with him and personally examined the beds. My Investigation confirmed what he told me. After spending about two hours In a personal tour and Inspection of the Institute, during which time I had be gun to be looked upon with perhaps a little suspicion, I went boldly to Dana Bartlett and made known my identity. Him I found a very busy man, but not too busy to explain to me, between other tasks and in sentences frequently broken by replies to all manners of questions asked by visiting needy ones, the object and system of the Bethlehem Institute. Dana Bartlett is considerably beyond <K2QS -_. semi-mission design. Pllli i /w/111l 'iiwl Golden oak quar- * back with flat pan- Mi 'l"~^iff~'~jiMfi~'' * JrfwL In^ur "Clean Up" \ 'm^^^^^^W- bq Sslc St $2.95. esi[^diffl&r lyi ff!i Eastern Outfitting Co. 620-626 South Main St. Adjoining Huntingtoa Bldg. the prime of life—gray haired but well preserved, gtnial and of striking per sonality. Determination, strenuosity, sincerity and benevolence illumined hia face. Ho has a strong, clear cyo, a firm mouth, and he is quick to consider and determine. I regard him as a man who makes few mistakes, for he is guided by a worldly and spiritual knowledge of men and conditions which will not per mit him to go wrong in his judgments. "I want to b« shown through tho institute, Mr. Bartlett," I said to him. "I want to look over it carefully." He consented congenially and per sonally took me over tho premises, showing me into the rooms, the "ward," the kitchen, the dispensary and other departments, many of which I confessed to him I had "casually vis itor!." I spent one hour with Mr. Bartlett, going over the big establishment, and during that time he was accosted by no fewer than thirty men and women in various kinds of trouble. Several he directed as to where they could get employment; others he advised as to how to collect wages due them but held back; others he provided with orders for meals or provisions, and so on, until I came to realize that this man, who was taking me through tho build ings, was indeed a sort of father, coun sfllor, provider, guardian and custo dian of no less than two or thren hundred souls, who looked to him for everything in the way of temporary necessity. Homes for the Poop Among other things that I saw on my tour with Mr. Bartlett were a row of cottages which he kept fitted up for destitute families. In one of them was a family of Bohemians, in another a family of Mexicans, In still another a family of Italians, all of whom Mr. Bartlett had kindly taken in when no other door, they said, was open to them. Scores of children were playing in the yards and alley about these cot tages. Their fathers were away work ing,- but as they earned only $1.15 a day and as some of the families contained from six to nine persons, the scanty wages of the father availed but little toward meeting their expenses. Yet, poorly attired as many of them were, there was a school at hand, and la it they could study night or day; and there was a bath nearby for which they need pay nothing. And there was a free dispensary. If they were 111 there were free drugs. If they were hungry there were free provisions. So, I thought, after all these people should be thankful—they phould be thankful that the world contains a heart so big that it can feel for all of them; a soul so generous that it can conse crate its efforts in their own behalf; a life so unselfish that it can give its ene*rgles, its hopes and labors to tho cause of destitute humanity. I went away from the Bethlehem in stitute feeling that I had secured a deep insight into the genuine charity; that I had learned a great lesson in sac rifice and that after all, despite the sin and suffering of the world, it is a good old place in some respects with not a few good people. » » » REV. DANA BARTLETT IS PRAISED IN RESOLUTIONS The resolution unanimously adopted In praise of Rev. Dana W. Bartlett and his work at the Bethlehem insti tute was one of the main events of the morning session of the Congrega tional Fellowship conference yesterday. The resolution brought out much dis cussion among the ministers, Rev. Mr. Bartlett taking part in the refutation of statements regarding the situation at Bethlehem institute. The conference was held at the First Congregational church and much in terest was shown among the 200 dele gates present. The morning session from 10:30 to 12:30 was given over to the pas tors, who responded to the roll call and who spoke on the general topic of "Personal and Parish Problems." At the same hours a session for min isters' wives and women delegates was held by Mrs. Warren F. Day. The subject of discussion was "What Can Women Do to Promote the Fellowship of the Churches?" After the discussion a woman's auxiliary was formed to promote the fellowship work of the churches. The officers elected were: Mrs. C. P. Dorland, Long Beach, presi dent; Mrs. J. F. Loba, Pasadena, first vice president; Mrs. G. H. Gates, Clare mont, second vice president; Mrs. J. H. Mallows, Los Angeles, secretary and treasurer. THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES BELOW RIGHT STANDARD Sealer of Weights and Measures Samuel Green reported yesterday that thousands of pint and quart milk bottles used by the Los Angeles milk sellers are below the standard of measures. The council authorized an act pre pared, making it a misdemeanor for junk dealers to traffic in short measure milk bottles. It also voted to have an ordinance prepared fixing a standard weight for a loaf of bread. 5