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20 - "- r- - . -- .... THE' SUXBAT"- OREGO.MAK, " POKTLAU, SEPTE3IBEK 16, 1SMJ. BEE A DELICIOUS STIMULANT WHEN necessity demands the employment of a professional nurse in the home, many peo ple, are at a loss to know how to treat her, or what to do with her, and the hard life of the trained nurse in pri vate work has become proverbial.- Many are the tales of experience which they can tell nurses who we're provided with the yellowest of laun dry soap for the face and hands, short, rickety lounges to sleep upon nurses who literally had to herd the family of youngsters out of the mother's sick room, and nurses who have had to es tablish a system af disinfection from floor to ceiling before attempting to care for the patient.' All this need not be necessary In the majority of cases, as it comes from lack of management and knowledge. Very often the poorest of families are most highly appreciative of the trained nurse and her ways, while others having plenty look upon her as a high-salaried hired girl and there fore expect her to keep vigilant watch 20 hours out of the 24, whether It is necessary or not, in order to earn J3 a day. , Neither is the nurse a washer woman, nor cook, nor nursery maid, though the very rich may bestow gifts upon her for extra services pret ty much as they would tip a colored porter. . Stil another class of people regard the nurse as a trained granny and all the neighborhood flock to her for herbs and recipes. But if she be con scientious she will not be long in forming them that her duties lie out Kide the field of prescribing, which she leaves to the physicians. The nurse should have exclusive care of the patient and nothing more to do. That is usually sufficient to keep her busy. On the other hand, she is not a guest and if left to herself will take care that she is very little in your way. Preparing to receive the nurse, you should provide a room for her, if possible, separate from the one occu pied by her patient br other members of the family. Here she can lay the few toilet articles and wearing apparel which she brings with her, and- during those odd moments when she can leave the patient, finds it a place for total relaxation, that rests her more than hours spent in the presence of the family or patient with the impossibil ity of being alone. For the' better the nurse feels herself, the better 'work she will be able to do. Her bed, whether it be' a cot In1 the patient's room or an ordinary bed, should be comfortable and clean, with sheets and spread and extra comforts or blankets. She should be- provided with towels for her own personal use and wash-basin and pitcher in homes that are without bathroom and fix tures. The trained nurse thus pro vided for will take care of herself without Interfering with : the family and at the same time will have the feeling of contentment that comes with the opportunity to attend to her personal appearance andbaths, which Is a part of every nurse's routine. Then there are the things which she requires for the patient. A plentiful supply of clean sheets, towels and nightgowns should be placed at her disposal. Most of the superfluous articles of furniture and decoration .should have been removed from the room and a broom, dustpan and dustcloths left conveniently near. The nurse will then brush up any dust or dirt as it gathers and avoid the necessity of a regular cleaning during the time the patient Is ill unless, of course, it 'be a very prolonged illness. . . Soap and sapolio should be provided for cleaning the vessels used about the patient, and a place for them to be kept in the bathroom or outhouse. If the nurse prepares the patient's diet, allow her to select. from the pan try such articles, like small sauce pans, etc, that she will need and set them to one side, together with the tray and dishes used by the patient.. Then you do not have medicine glasses mixed with the drinking cups, and in this way the nurse conducts a one patient hospital In your home without trouble or anxiety on your part. Then, too, remember that she should have a little time out of doors every day, and when relieving her for this purpose try to carry out her methods as strictly as she does those of the doctor. Occasionally, people steal these op portunities to bring in forbidden vis istors or to feed the sick one some extra dainty which when discovered by the vigilant nurse cut short her walks in'the open air because she feels the responsibility of her patient's life resting upon her hands, and, though she. cannot dictate to the family, she will fight if need be for that patient's welfare. The fact that your sick one- is re ceiving the best and most skillful care should be worth all the money paid to a nurse, so let her stay in your home, be as pleasant and agree able as possible and make her work as easy as you can. TEMPLE j&kw4d3& -MgmMWfWi- urm thp vamu - v sJfL jfe ' FIRST; MORMON m - li I ' mS xk H ft Its Foundation Was Laid on Seven Small Ridges. ' Ohio Magazine. The first shrine of Mormonism Is still standing at Kirtland, Ohio. If. the occu pants of the little cemetery near it could rise, they would tell how many a fe vered zealot gave his lands, his home and his all to provide funds for the building 'of the temple. - It was in 1830 that Smith appeared In Kirtland, and with his coming there was a social revolution the like of which Ohio had never witnessed. Husbands left their wives and children, mothers deserted their homes, and babes were . placed in the Poorhouse. The end came when Joseph Smith wag compelled to flee the State of Ohio. The temple was all that was left behind. "A Store House of the Lord," as Smith called it. was begun in 1831 and by 1834 was completed. Its foundation was laid on seven small ridges, or hills. In imita tion of the Rome of old. The dimensions were about 50 by 125 feet. The stone walls are two feet in thickness. The temple stands today about as it was when built. On the first' floor Is the main audience room, filled with walnut benches surrounded by a high railing. The doors to the pews have - locks or catches, so that when closed whoever is speaking is reasonably sure of holding his audience. At each end of the room a series of elevated thrones, one rising above the other, marks the position during worship used by the dignitaries of Joseph Smith's reign. Rows of hooks in the ceiling show how the curtains which were once used were arranged to divide the floor into four apartments. The floor above Is bare and desolate looking. About 60 chairs placed here in dicate that It la used as a sort of lecture hall, but in the days of Smith curtains divided this apartment Just ag below. Rollers fastened to the celling of this second floor, together with a system of pulleys., enabled the operator to raise or lower the curtains of both' first and sec ond floors at the same time. In the third story several partitions running north and south make a number of separate chambers. The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,- the body of which worships' in this temple now, tries to follow literally the Book of Mormon, which, be it known, prohibits polygamy. The doctrine of plural wives was one of Smith's "revelations." Yet this sect de fies Joseph Smith, polygamy and all. National Monuments. Henry - Van Dyke, In the Century. Count not the cost of honor to the dead! The tribute that a mighty nation pays To those who loved her well in former days Means more than gratitude for glories fled; For every noble man that she hath bred. Immortalized by art's immortal praise. Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise. To lead, our sons as he our fathers led. These monuments of manhood, brave and high Do more . than forts or battleships to keep Our dear bought liberty. They fortify The heart of youth with valor wise and , deep! They build eternal bulwarks, and command Eternal strength to guard our native land. Noted for Its Excellent Quality Stands for Everything that Is Best in the Art of Brewing. CJ Slipshod methods find no place in this establishment. "The Best" is our motto and the standard that must be main tained in every department. "Weinhard's Beer" is always palatable, always pure, always 'has age; thanks to our large storage capacity, in fact is al ways the best beer procurable. These are a few of the reasons why Weinhard's Beer is the most popular brand on the Pa cific Coast. I All It Invigorates and Nourishes the Sys temIt Is an Ideal Beverage for the Family. PHONE MAIN 72 fl Good beer promotes good health and will not disagree with the most delicate person. In valids and young mothers will find "Weinhard's Beer" a posi tive boon. There is as much dif-; ference in the different brands of beer as in any other commodi ty; so drink only the best (Wein hard's), it costs no more than the other brands. fl It should have a place in every home. Why not in yours? Charity That Cultivates Pauperism Evil Effects of the San Francisco Relief Fund, by One Who Has Seen Its Working BY LIONEL A. JOHNSON. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .5. (Special Correspondence of The Sunday Ore gonian.) When people from all parts of the world sent to San Francisco contributions of money and food to re lieve the. conditions of want among- those who lost all their property in the fire fol lowing the earthquake, but few probably imagined that this money would finally have a harmful effect on those for whom it was intended. It is probable even now that many who are not familiar with the conditions that exist here at present realize that the relief, fund is detrimental to the best Interests of San Francisco and her people. That San Francisco would he bettered by the complete extermination of all relief money at the present time is an opinion shared by many . who have dally opportunity to come in contact with refugees and with those who have . the work of distributing money for their aid. While there have been made various charges of graft against the relief au thorities, no fair-minded person acquaint ed with the methods used will say that those having the direction of the funds are generally dishonest, although there may be found cases now and then in which the money is used for personal gain. The real trouble Is not due to dis honesty on the part of officials, but to dishonesty on the part of thousands of men and women who refuse to accept work that is offered them that they might live at ease on money they have not earned. Unprecedented ' Demand for Labor. There Is a greater demand today In San Francisco for laboring people than at any previous time in the history of the city. There Is a demand for debris-clean ers, for various kinds of mechanics, for family servants and for people for posi tions of various other kinds. The messen ger companies complain that they cannot get boys to serve them. Ti;e laundries state that it is impossible to get women to do their work for them. The United Rail roads, just before the recent strike, made public the statement that 3000 men were needed for repairing car lines. Energetic men and women are coming here from distant places and earning good salaries, while men seemingly as able to work are lying around the refugee camps, spending their time In complain ing against the relief authorities. "This is just awful," a lady suggested to me the other day. "I cannot get any one to help me sew. I have advertised for two weeks for a woman to help me, and cannot get aid." At the relief headquarters a few days ago, I was talking with a woman whose work it is to aid refugees to get employ ment. She expressed considerable bitter ness with the state of affairs that pre vail as a result of the relief fund. "We are getting applications by the hundred," she said, "from hopgrowers and fruitgrowers in all parts of the state, for men and women to work for them, but they will not fco. It is awfully dis couraging." -' The Sheep and the Goats. It would be wrong and extremely un just to Imply that all the refugees are undeserving of aid. There are many of them who have been rendered helpless by the earthquake and fire, and they will probably become a permanent burden on the city. The real difficulty ls to sepa rate these from those who are able to care for themselves. In a conversation with Mayor Schmitz recently I suggested that much money is being spent on people who are not really In need of relief, and he replied: "The whole problem in relief work is how to separate the deserving rom the undeserving. That is a more difficult task than ls generally imagined." My work called me out to the Jefferson Square refugee camp a few days ago, and in interviewing the! camp commander i asked him If he could tell me of any pa thetic incidents that would be of general interest, but he shook his head and with some degree of disgust said: Many Impostors. "Pathetic incidents! You don't find much of that in this camp. All the truly pathetic cases, such as old and helpless people, are sent to the Speedway. Look here; it has been four months since the fire, and most of these people are no nearer being self-supporting than they were at that time. Many of those who have suffered the most are too proud to come to us for relief. If you want pa thetic cases, hunt up those people, but I don't think they would let you publish anything about their troubles."' There is no doubt that, in spite of all effort to prevent it, much of the relief fund is going for the support of men and women who were social figures in the old tenderloin district of San Francisco. Among the crowds of men and women flocking to relief headquarters recently I noticed a woman who had passed the noontime bf life, and whose face bore traces of moral infirmity. She was un folding her tale of woe to a newspaper man of my acquaintance, and after she departed he approached me and said: "That woman was one of the most widely known characters in the Barbary -Coast section before the fire, but now she is pleading for aid from the relief com WHERE ALL ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS 'Among the Shakers, Men and Women Lead Lives of Celibacy and Seclusion NORTH FAMTLY BUILDINGS FROM THE SOUTH. MT. LEBANON 8KAKERS, MT. LEBANON. N. Y. ROAD LEADING TO THE SHAKER VILLAGE. FIRST AND SECOND HOrSES. NORTH FAMILY OF SHAKERS, MOUNT LEBANON, N. Y.. WHERE THE SHAKERS EAT AND SLEEP. LEBANON SPRINGS. N. Y.. Sept. JS. (Special. Correspondence of The Sun day Oregonlan.) So much has been written concerning the peculiar life of the Shakers that I spent some time with them to personally. Investigate them. The society Is a religious body, whose ftlm is the development of the higher spiritual nature in those who come' under its influence, thus forming an act ive center of redemptive forces a power for good in the evolution of a spiritual ized humanity. The men and women lead a celibate life; any one entering the "or der," as It Is called, must thereafter lead a pure life of celibacy. If a husband and wife desire to join and are acceptable they must agree to give up their marital relations and thereafter become "brother" and "sister" of the order; if a wife or husband alone desires admission, the oth er must in writing give his consent, as the Shakers, far from condemning the institution of marriage, uphold it, and will never knowingly cause them to part. The members of the community Join a family, the head of which is the "moth er." They then become brothers and sis tern and thereafter are known as such. Their lives are conducted along the simplest of lines; children are sometimes taken in by the family and are reared, and generally leave to take their place in the world as good citizens. They may remain in the order if they desire to lead- the life of the Shakers as they say if they desire to shake off the vanities, shake off the -troubles and sorrows of the outer world, from whence the name "Shaker" comes. Of the different families of Shakers at Mount Lebanon, the North family ls the most prominent. It consists of a mother, six brothers and 23 sisters. All dwell In the same dwelling and all have their du ties. This family are vegetarians, though the other families are not, and a trip through the houses and grounds ls most Interesting. The first thing that strikes the vis itor is the scrupulous cleanliness everywhere seen. It must not be thought that the Shakers are an en cloistered sect. Their houses, grounds, farms and outhouses look like the residences and buildinigs of the usual well-to-do citizens of our larger towns. Everywhere is order and system. In all their work is seen labor-saving ap pliances, and in the North family dwelling-housQ are seen steam-heating plant and patent bake ovens; in the laundry steam and hot-air drying machines, large machines for washing clothes, and the numerous other help ing devices seen in the outer world, and yet they are as much apart from the rest of the world as If they were In a monastery. Sister Martha ' Burger took us through the buildings and grounds of the settlement. Her history is a strangely pathetic one, and has never yet been published a sweet-faced, white-haired gentle creature of about 60 and the settlement nurse, she breathes forth the purity of the' life of the Shakers. At 16 she and her sister lost a loving mother; her father took them both to the North family settlement, and while the girls, typ ical New York children, rebelled at the very name, after a few days they decided to remain a few weeks; when their father called for them they begged to be allowed to stay another few . months, which lengthened them selves into about 45 years of faith and performance in the simple faith and life of the Shakers. She informed us that she had serious Struggles when she reached the age of 20 she and her sister, both womanly and fond of children, could not lightly put aside the maternal yearnings that consumed them; and yet, as she quaintly puts it, what assurance had they. If they left the quiet seclusion of the Shakers, that they would ever be married, and so realizing that they had found a sure haven of rest, where they would be ensheltered from the "slings and ar rows of outrageous fortune," they de cided to remain and show by prac tice and precept the exemplification of the Christian simple life. And yet It must not be believed that the Shakers are entirely without worldly thoughts and interests; the'y have not lost the Yankee love for bus iness, and in the bale of numerous trinkets and mementoes they gather considerable of the coin of the realm. It is politely hinted to all visitors that their revenues are decreasing, and that a slight gratuity, depending on the geherosity of the visitor, to com pensate for the trouble of showing him around, would be appreciated. Besides, the stomach Is not for saken. A sight of the mass of pies and cakes just taken from the oven, the daintiest of fruits, preserves, hon ey, vegetables, etc., would make even the mouth of the dyspeptic water. Like all movements for the better ment of humanity by segregation of colonies for the living of the life as propounded by the founders of the sect, the sect is dying out. Though wealthy by reason of the ownership of thousands of acres of valuable land, yearly increasing in value, their num bers are constantly' growing less, ad ditions to their numbers few. And of the many children reared by them, but a very small fraction, remain. The sect is peculiar. But peculiari ties have also their blessings. One cannot observe their quiet, uneventful lives without emotion. Because . we know that the same longings and wishings are their portion as the rest of the world has. And yet they suc ceed In sanctifying themselves and their surroundings. All in all, a visit to the Shakers gives impressions that cannot be forgotten, and to a student of human nature it affords a splendid field of study. LILLIAN MYERS HERST. mittee and she is in a good way to what she asks." The following story was told to me a clerk in one of the local courts long ago. "I know a fellow who is working ti relief committee In great style. Hi applying for tl50 to take him to ChTc i and he will probably get it. He w;s of the questionable characters in disreputable part of the city before fire, and he has stated that he wi get his share out of that relief fund "To fool the relief people he man;i to get the woman where he is stay in Oakland to write a letter in his be to the committee, saying that he wis need of the money. Then he sent a ter East to an old pal of his, who wv to the committee that if they w send him there he would give him an cellent job. He'll stay right here w he gets the money and blow It In." Will Build Homes. Since the recent changes made in management of the relief fund eff have been made to stop the imposi: that was becoming more and. more dent before that time. It seems now t the remainder of the fund, amounting $3,564,430.71, will largely be used for purpose of making homes for those nf ing them, and that people who are ; to do so will be forced soon to earn ti own living. It is apparent to one who is fai iar with the conditions that if the rf fund did not exist, there would not 25,000 refugees now being practically s ported by the public. That they have good right to the relief money as anj else Is a sentiment often expressed refugees, and if this money was be paid by their fellow residents of i Francisco, there would probably not on the part of those who are more h estly inclined, a desire to be sustah by it. The people of San Francisco, as a g eral rule, were probably never bet able to support their own indigent mi bers than they are at the present tl Much of the Insurance money has b paid, and is now being spent in new, provements. Outside capital is coming also, and one often hears remarks o cerning the amount of money now in culation throughout the city. Thus it quite certain that if the present re, fund should sink out of existence un' present conditions, no worthy per; would need to suffer as a result. On t other hand the cultivation of pauperi. would cease the continued cry of grn so harmful to the reputation of any ci would come to an end, and many peo now idle- would be forced to contrlb their efforts for the rebuilding of t very unfortunate municipality. VORACITY OF BLACK BASI 19 W ill Take Any Kind of Bait nr Then Fight. Field and Stream. -The black, bass is like "a roaring I: colnc about seeking whom he may ' vour." I have seen a good-sized spe- men get into a school of minnows a eat and stuff until he could not get a more Into his capacious insides, then off by himself, throw up what he h eaten and begin over again, after whi he would keep on killing the poor in; cent minnows apparently for the me pleasure of killing. Very young bass w attack minute water life which flourisr; on water plants and get away with eve one in sight, adopting the same metn as their elders. To illustrate the extr of the cannabalism of the black bass he is an experience of a superintendent one of the fish hatcheries in Pennsylva ia: The superintendent made an aett. count of 20.000 young bass about an in long and placed them in a fry pond themselves. He gave them food six tin1 a day, and, according to his stateme each fish ate on an average three tlm Its own weight of the prepared food eve 24 hours. They were placed in a pond July 1, and on October 1, when they we taken out, there were only 11,000. and t record showed that less than 200 died fro sickness. It is reasonable to suppos- therefore, that in addition to the fai given them by the superintendent the were about 9000 bass devoured by the stronger and more fortunate companion Champion Divers. "Larry Donovan," said a profession swimmer, "made the highest dive on re ord. It was 210 feet a dive from t Brooklyn bridge. Donovan also took dive from Niagara bridge a good feet. "There are no other divers in the san class with Larry. Jack Burns made (live of l.TO TOPt from thp Innmnct var arm of the Three Brothers, the larg( sailing ship of its time, and Jim O'RourJ and Jules Gautier have done some go diving, too 100 feet, 125 feet, and so o But it is doubtful if Donovan's recor will ever be broken."