THE SUNDAY OREGONIATf, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 21, 1913.
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LURID WHITE SLAVE PHOTO PLAY WITH "MORAL'
OUSTS "SPOKEN DRAMA" FROM BELASCO HOUSE
for Indorsement of J.D. Eockefeller and Others, Film Would Not Have Slipped Past Censor, Says Lloyd UnerSUent Plays Continue to
sw ivals-''The Thines That Count" One of Pleasant Plays of Month-High Jinks" Amusing Farce.
But
BY LLOYD F. LONEROAJf."
ktv YORK. Dec 10. (Special.)
fJ Tteatricl managers declared
louily that the end of the moving I
picture craie waa in alsht when the
Broadway Theater changed from mov
les.to TaudeTllle. It would eem that
they were slightly mistaken, for with
in the past week four well-known
playhouse have shifted from the
spoken to the silent drama. And one
Is a Belasco theater, which Is particu
larly significant.
In former seasons the one certain
thing was that Belaaco's two local
houses would open early In September
and run all season without a change
of bill. Now the Republic has been
taken as the home of whtte-slave mo
tion picture drama and "The Tempera
mental Journey" goes out on the road.
The photo-play in question is a lurid
affair, which under ordinary clrcum-
- stances would not be permitted to be
presented. But. then, it has the en
dorsement of John D. Rockefeller, Jr
and other eminent students of morals,
and In that way has won the approval
' of the censors. It moved into Weber's
- Theater some weeks ago, "turned them
away" for four performances a day,
and now other copies of the reel are
being shown at the Republic the West
End. in Harlem, and the ilajestlc, in
Brooklyn. A second white-slave
drama Is on at the Park Theater,
which has failed to draw audiences as
a theatrical house, and It Is now doing
a good business.
Plays Teach MoraL
Both these plays base their hopes of
success upon the fact that they "teach
moral lessons." It must be admitted
that the people who go to see them
art not interested In "the moral." but
regard the presentations with approval
as "hot stuff." They are full of scenes
which would never be allowed in the
ordinary moving-picture show, which
goes to show that sometimes the cen
sors can be fooled.
One of the pleasant plays of the
month Is "The Things That Count." the
current attraction at the Maxine El
liott Theater. The author Is Lawrence
Eyre, who has appeared with Julia
SJarlowo, In stock companies and with
the Ben Greet Players. Over a year
ago Arnold Daly gave a priTate
presentation of the play at the Harris
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I it was withdrawn after that one after
noon. Now William A. Brady nas re
vived It. and It seems to have struck a
popular chord.
The first act snows a oouso
Washington Square where resiae
selfish old woman and her wealthy
husband. They mourn for their aeaa
son. even though In life they turned
him away when he married an acireaa,
and after his death they refused to re
ceive the widow and her cniio.
Although there Is plenty or charity in
their minds for some, they give no
thoughts to the others they might
benefit. If It had not been that the
butler was suspected by a Jealous maid
and followed, there might nave oeen
no reconciliation. But the butler vis
ited thet home of the actress ana ner
chlld, and there the seflish old woman
went. In ignorance ot wnat sne w w
And. The daughter-in-law she had
always refused to receive does noi
recognise her, but the elder woman
gains permission to give a pany ii
the children of the tenement nouse.
There they gather, little ones of all
nations, and the scene is a pretty sug
gestion of the approaching season.
Play Is DeUsktful.
The author's most graceful fancy Is
concerned with the little girl, who al
ways talks in the terms o f the fairy
princess she Imagines herself to be.
In the ena. 01 course, roe naugnty
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grandmother Is converted by her love
POLICE SEMAPHORES MAY DIRECT
SAN FRANCISCO'S STREET TRAFFIC
Colonel D. C Jackling's Cruiser-Yacht Cyprus, Heavily Armed, Is Latest
California in Political Mixup Mexico in Market for
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FRANCISCO, Dec JO. (Spe-
The semaphore, such as is
nsed nowdays by railroad systems
for the purpose of regulating trallic
Ib likely to play an important part in
the future regulating traffic on the
streets of San Francisco.
Up to the present time, the best that
is done In the way ot traffic orders Is
for the child, and there Is happiness
for everyone.
The role of the young widow was
gently and tenderly played by Alice
RndT. while Howard Estabrook scored
as a manly young physician who loved
the widow and in the end won ner
hand. Florlne Arnold waa amusing as
the domineering, selfish old grana-
mother who was really good at heart.
The others in the cast were well fitted
for the roles they enacted.
Trie Things That Count" Is a sea
sonable offering and delightful for Its
simplicity. It should score, for audi
ences are becoming tired of family
mixups, conjugal misery and all the
disagreeables of life.
"High Jinks," now at the Lyric, Is
presented by Arthur Hammersteln. It
is a Freneh farce, well adapted and
with spirited music The story tens
of "High Jinks." a perfume. The ef
fect of sniffing this perfume (on the
stage) works wonders. The most
bashful man is made as courageous as
a lion, the most careful ceases to think
of his reputation, the thoughtful be
come frivolous, and indeed any change
which may be necessary to the exi
gencies of. musical "farce is ac
complished readily, xne scene 01 me
play Is laid in Paris, and among the
characters are an American physician
and his friend, who are the first per
sons to discover the powers of the new
perfume. Then they see to it that the
other characters are affected.
The new piece deserves assuredly a
better name, as it is a lively specimen
'
of a French
farce set to music xne
for policemen. In charge at any particu
lar corner to wave his hands when he
wants the traffic to move In a certain
direction, and, unless he operates his
hands after the fashion of a windmill,
the people are quite apt to mistake his
orders.
In Los Angeles, some weeks ago. the
scheme of using a semaphore was giv
en a public test and worked put admir
lines have freshness and a certain
blunt sparkle, while Rudolf Frimls
musio has the rhythmical sparkle that
waa revealed in nis nrai opereim,
"The Fireflv."
Elizabeth Murray furnished most of
the amusement, although Tom lewis,
the active and popular fat comedian.
rose to his opportunities wnen mey
arrived. Snitz Edwards and Ignacio
Martinettl were also funny In their
n.otial well-known style. To sum It up,
i-lever antori have a brieht text and
delightful music to inspire them, ana
It would have been remarkable If they
had failed to score.
Next week there will be a theatri
cal offering of interest, "The mew
Henrietta." in which William H.
Pnna will ennear with Douglas n.
Cairhunk. Amelia Bineham and Patri
cia Collinge. They are booked for the
Knickerbocker Theater. The opening
nerformances were given In Philadel'
phia, and It had been planned to have
a week or tsoutnern oookidbs
coming into New York. Business was
so good in the City of Brotherly Love,
however, that me one-nignL iuuiu.
were cancelled and the company re
mained In Philadelphia until this eve
ning. The statement that any show Is
popular enogh to cause a longer en
gagement this year has stirred up the
managers, and they want to see what
there is in Crane's offering to draw
money to the box office, hoping there
by to get a tip that will be of value.
For managers are doing everything
they can to attract business, but find
it a mighty hard Job.
Golden Gate Marvel Progressives in
Costly Grapes.
ably. It was put in use on one of the
busy corners of the city and the traffic
caught the signal instantly and there
was less congestion than under the old
scheme of affairs.
Oakland has signified its Intention of
trying out the scheme and Lieutenant
Mathewson, of the San Francisco Po
lice Department, has intimated that
in. his opinion, the same scheme
is quite good enough for San
Francisco. Doubtless It will appear an
odd plan at the outset, but as soon as
the people who own automobiles or
drive vehicles are accustomed to the
situation, it will be an old story.
San Francisco's latest millionaire.
Colonel D. C. Jackllng. has added to the
treasures of San Francisco Bay with
his handsome and modern steam yacht.
Cyprus, which came down here last
week on her maiden voyage from Se
attle. As everybody knows. Colonel
Jackling Is the Salt Lake City mining
man, who Intends to surprise society
by his use of one of the floors of the
new annex that is being constructed
the St. Francis Hotel.
The Cyprus is lik-Wise one of his
playthings and from all accounts, it
has cost him a pretty penny. The boat
is said to have stood Jackling In the
neighborhood of a cool $500,000.
It Is Colonel Jackling's intention to
make San Francisco the headquarters
of his yacht. He is now contemplating
a cruise out of here either to the Ha
waiian Islands or to Southern waters.
Resembling a gunboat or a small-sized
liner, the Cyprus created a ripple of
interest on the waterfront as she
steamed Into the harbor.
The guest rooms, numbering 10. each
with private bath, are fitted with tele
phones and other devioes for conven
ience. The music hall Is located amid
ships and is 35 feet by SO. Colonel
Jackling's apartment is finished in
Thibetan oak, the dining-room in Java
teak and the music-room in Indian oak.
Vessel Heavily Armed.
A glance at the Cyprus' forward deck,
whlnh snorts two rapld-nre guns, or
the armory below, would give the lm
presslon that -the vessel was a war
craft. The deck guns are for saluting
purposes and the crack rifles, shotguns
and automatics below, together with
several thousand rounds of ammunition,
are for the use of Colonel Jackllng and
his guests when they are on big game
bent.
It Is saM that the cost of maintaining
the yacht will amount to $150,000 an
nually. Captain McNelley. sailing mas
ter of the Cyprus, Is a menrner oi me
Naval Reserve.
There is uuite a how-de-do in the cir
cles of the Progressive party of Cali
fornia, which in other words is tne
present and controlling wing of the Re
publican organization; and all over a
question of how the chief offices are to
be bestowed, or at least tne nomina
tions. Until auite recently. It wasn't known
whether Governor Johnson would be a
candidate for re-election or whether he
would seek the Senatorial toga. In the
meantime, Chester H. Rowell, of Fresno,
was being groomed for the position and
Francis J. Heney was out in the open
a candidate.
Proa-rewlvea In Mlx-TJp.
Only this last week, however, the ex
ecutive committee of the Progressives,
at a meeting held at the Palace Hotel,
announced that it was back of Hiram
Johnson for the United States Senator-
ship to succeed Perkins.
Rowell, who is hand-ln-glove with
the Governor, immediately declared that
took him out of the race and tnat ne
was nut a candidate for any other of
fice. Not so with Francis J., the graft
prosecutor. Heney, in a long statement
Issued from his neaaquarters, anmiueo
that he wouldn't run for United States
'Senator, but declared that ne tnougnt
he wan entitled to some consideration
and that he would stand for Governor
nf California.
And that attitude. It appears, aoesn t
suit the Progressives, who nave-picKea
nut John Eshleman. one of the State
Railroad Commissioners, as the man to
fin the shoes of Governor iiram.
Heney says he will not be thrown- out
of the running aitogetner ana in mia
stand is backed up by Representative
Kent, from Marlon County, who has tel
egraphed home that he is with Heney
and will assist him in fighting his bat
tles. So, all In all, it iooks as it a
pretty little fuss had been kicked up,
that will not be the easiest in the world
to adjust.
.Mexico Pay HJgb Prices for Grapes.
All previous records for the sale price
of a carload of Emperor grapes from
Fresno County were smashed at a sale
held at Mexico City recently, according
to advices Just received. Six hundred
drums were sold for 19600 in Mexican
money, or approximately 4800 in Unit
ed States coin.
The car of Emperors was contracted
for some time ago and when about
ready to ship, Lucius Powers, of Cen
terville. received an order to cancel the
shipment. He then billed the t car to
Omaha, but received another telegram
from Mexico City to ship the grapes.
The car was stopped at San Francisco,
loaded on a steamer and shipped to
Escondldo, Mexico. From there the
grapes were carried on trucks to Mex
ico City. The price paid is about twice
the money usually brought. Nine car
loads recently sold in the East brought
an average of $2560. .
"San Francisco women are at once
the best dressers and the most appall
ing eaters of any large city in the
United States."
This was the startling observation
made the other afternoon at a meeting
of the Housewives' League by Mrs.
William Palmer Lucas, author of "The
Woman Who Spends."
Mrs. Lucas offered no defense to her
statement other than declaring It waa
made In the most friendly of spirits.
"This local feminine taste In appar
el," continued the author, "continues
in spite of the caricature by which the
feminine element of the social fabrlo Is
now handicapped. It is a qualification
which the bulk of your visitors will
admit.
Golden Gate Women Criticised.
"But San Francisco women do not
spend all of their time thinking of
dress, and we must also consider wo
men as spenders. The successful
spender is the successful housewife,
and she should proceed to hold down
the expenses by 'intelligent elimina
tion' of wants from needs. Scattering
sunshine in settlements is spectacular,
but it should not mitigate the pursuit
of the less dramatic work of providing
a comfortable home for those depend
ent on the woman who spends."
Attaches In the office of Postmaster
Fay have reported to the effect that at
present there are 42 newspapers here
printed in foreign languages. These
include 14 daily newspapers, 20 weekly
and eight with a monthly issue. There
are eight Italian papers, seven Japa
nese, five French, four German and six
Chinese.
There are two Greek papers and a
like number published in the Korean
tongue. The other foreign languages
include Danish-Norwegian, Portuguese,
Swedish. Croatian. Servian and Swiss.
All of, these papers pass through the
postofflce and the officials would have
to be descendants of the builders of the
Tower of Babel, were they to keep
track of each and every Issue to ob
serve the character of the printed mat
ter that is desslminated with the assist
ance of Uncle Sam's distributing sys
tem. Perhaps It Is correct to say that San
Francisco has more foreign newspa
pers published locally than any other
city in the world more than four times
its size. It is one of the factors that
go to show how really cosmopolitan is
San Francisco.
Some Sentence! Some Sentence!
(Popular Magazine.)
Representative Frank B. Willis, of
Ohio, who stands out as the champion
speller of Congress, has on tap a great
assortment of stories dealing with
words and spelling.
One of his linguistic feats is to- reel
off a sentence of 28 words, each word
beginning with ?.e successive letters
of the alphabet, liW this:
"A boy cannot dig easily for gold;
hence, if just keeping lead meltea
needs oxygen, put quicksilver, rapidly
saturated, timidly under vitriol, wfcsn
xebecs yean zeolites,"
ROUNDUP GARNERING
SETTLERS FROM FAR
Melodramatic Features Prove Big Drawing Card in First Attracting
Interest of Prospective Newcomer Result Shows in Umatilla.
PENDLETON, Or, Dec. 20. (Spe-
claL) Securing settlers for a new
country, such as the great North
west, has always been considered a
strictly business proposition, a com
mercial undertaking. About every ap
peal known to the industrial world, the
business man. the farmer and manu
facturer has been made, ar.d every nat
ural advantage possessed by the cour.tr
has been considered an asset In this
business and duly exploited.. But no
one ever thought of appealing to the
melodramatic nature of the desired set
tler. However, this ability to gratify
the melodramatic cravings of a great
number of people has proven and is to
day proving to be one of the most valu
able assets that the Northwest has in
the way of attracting prospective set
tlers to this country. -
The appeal seems to be Irresistible.
The hired man on the Middle West
farm, the retired farmer, the capitalist,
banker and manufacturer read with
apathy the glowing accounts of the
natural and physical advantages of the
Oregon country and turn a deaf ear
to the call or tne west, dui iu la
ment he is assured that this same land
was peopled with cowboys, cowgirls,
stage robbers, horse thieves, bucking
horses, in fact all the dramatic char
acters of the Old West of fiction, he
felt himself giving way before the in
sistence of the call.
Melodrama Lstci Settlers.
No idea of this melodramatic feature
as a settier-geiter sji r
haa.li nf the men who were
, respons.ui.
f the first Round-Uo at Pendleton.
And not until their letters of inquiry
along this line became so heavy that
the regular secretary could not attend
to it did they awake to the realization
of the great field of possibilities which
had opened up before them.
Today the Round-Up maintains a
regular office and a salaried man to at.
tend to all this business. It has changed
entirely the situation so far as Pendle
ton and Eastern Oregon are concerned.
Formerly the Commercial Club would
forward letters and literature to people
in the East, whose names were fur
nished by the Commercial Club of Port
land, people who had written to that
association for information concerning
the Oregon country. Very few re
sponses were received for the traveler
Westward.-bent invariably went clear
to the end of the railroad, for he could
buy a ticket from the Missouri to Port,
land for the same money that he could
buy one only to Baker City or Pendle
ton. Consequently he went direct to
Portland, and if he had time and money
and found nothing there to suit him he
sometimes went back to Eastern Cre-
crnr, h,lt VAfV seldom.
But now the letters received by the
Round-Up are always along tnis line
Visitors Are Investigators.
"I am coming out to your next
Round-Up and wish you would send me
some literature of your country, as I
want to make my permanent home
somewhere in the Northwest, etc.
n.it the letters are only a small per,
centage of the business. While the
Round-Up Is on. the week preceding
and the week following, the offices of
hnth the Commercial Club and the
Round-Up are continually receiving
strangers who have bundled. up bag
and bastfraee and come. They want to
know about the local country, the ad
lnininr country and the entire North
west. The majority of them have come
to stay. Many of them have come to
investigate and carry bacK reports.
re instance of this kind happened
during the 1913 Round-Up, when two
men were sent out by a party consist
ing of 20 families in Kansas to Investi
gate thoroughly and report upon this
country. All their expenses were paid
the immlE-ratlon of these families
to the Northwest depended entirely
upon the report these two men took
v,,-v with them. They came first to
Pendleton, but from here started on a
trip over the Northwest.
Then thev come into the office and
av "I have come out to see your
Tjnnnn'-TTn because I have heard so
h ohnnt it. but I would like to lo
cte in this country somewhere If I can
find a good opening.
In-lcated Land Bought.
Those who are foot-loose generally
bring their families along and trust to
luck in finding the right opening after
they get to this country. They invari
ably find it, too. Others, who are not
so free to do as they please, buy land,
-mo b-o armncrements for its pur
chase and go back home, clean up and
return for good the following year,
still there are the men with more
money and perhaps a good business
back East somewhere, who buy a piece
.f land Invariably irrigated land,
make arrangements for the improving
of the same and then send out a son,
brother, nephew or someone to run it
for them. Hundreds of pieces of land
in the Hermiston, Stanfield, Milton and
Freewater irrigated sections have been
sold and handled In this manner.
Ttnt tn brine the thing directly home,
the town of Pendleton, itself, -is Ir
refutable evidence of the way in which
this melodramatic appeal works out.
Anrnrdincr to the census reports the
nnnniatinn nf Pendleton was at an ab
..lt. atandstlll from 1900 to 1910,
Also In 1910 house rents were down to
herit-nrk. insurance and taxes Just about
consuming the income, and there was
demand for houses. There were
WALL STREET CLERKS
TO MOURN YULE GIFTS
Brokerage Firms Dispense With Annual Custom of Dispensing Christmas
Presents to Employes, After Bad Year Some to Wind Up.
EW TORK, Dec. 20. (Special.)
For the first time in many years,
there will be a general lack of
Christmas celebration in the financial
district.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
give clerks presents ranging from one
week's salary to 10 per cent of the an
nual stipend. This year brokers gen
erally are too hard up to think of
presents. In many cases the Tuletide
gifts will be loss of positions, for a
number of firms are planning to wind
up at the close of the vear.
The brokerage houses that have paid
expenses during 1913 can be counted
on one hand. In number of cases
profits of many seasons have been
wiped out. and the employers find
themselves worse off than when they
started in on "the Street."
Business conditions have also had
depressing effect upon the real estate
market. Many expensive offices down
town are vacant, and this property is
becoming a drug on the market. In
vestors are shy of taking chances on
land and on one day recently the un
precedented condition existed of a real
estate market in great big wealthy
Manhattan without even one transac
tion recorded. Iwokera say that the
high taxes have much to do with the
weak real estate market, but admit
that the difficulty ir. securing tenar.ts
is also a factor. '
Four young men who played stuss
in the back room of a saloon, were ar
rested and indicted as gamblers. They
pleaded guilty when arraigned, ex
pecting to have sentence suspended.
Judge Mulqueen, a Tammany member
plenty of men who were able, ready
and willing to build houses whenever
they felt assured of renting them. The
first Round-Up was given in lUi'i. font
as all things must have a beginning
it was a small affair compared with
1912 and 1913. The Improvement In
conditions was not felt i-ntil about
when houses began to rent freely, as
a market report might say. and tliero
was a sort of feeltns that things were
picking up. A new house or two went
up and a few others were enlarged or
Improved. ' v
Homes All Rented. N
Conditions picked up steadily until
by the early Spring of 1913 there was
not a vacant house in Pendleton. Then
new ones began to appear "but they
were rented long before the plans were
drawn. Rents jumped easily 25 per
cent and still the demand increased.
Old business blocks with second stories
which had been non-income producers
for years quietly became big producers
through the changing of their second
stories into apartments. The Old As
sociation block was made into apart
ments, the biggest part of the John
Scbmilt Mock, through which tne muld
er went into bankruptcy, did the same,
and is now paying good dividends. The
top floor of the Domestic Laundry
building became an apartment-house
and now W. F. Matlock is transform
ing the entire second floor of what is
known as the Pacific Realty block on
Court street, covering half a city block.
nn.rtm(.nra everv one of which
has been rented for months and will
i.j i,,st as soon as tne car
- And tm it is a
penters vacate. And still it is a poo.-
tive fact tnat many uu"'"
to leave Pendleton Decau
could not find, a place in wnica i
live And this Winter, at the present
time there is not a vacant house, not
a vacant apartment, not a vacant store
-nnm and not a vacant office, and small
cottages that before 1910 were r-ntins
for 12 a month now bring $26 and the
people are glad to pay n, wuno -bungalows
and dwellings of from five
to seven rooms are grabbed up like
hot cakes at 350 a month.
Condition la General.
There Is lust one bad feature in con
nection with this and that Is that many
people who are paying tnese nign reuia
..nt afford to do so. But this con
dition will be alleviated with the open
ing of Spring when the building of
new houses will be resumea ami w.i"
sufficient to satisiy tne uemauu.
rents will decrease to normal.
Tint nnlv does this condition prevail
In Pendleton but it is the same in every
town in tho county. Echo. Hermiston,
Stanlield, Athena, Weston. Milton.
Freewater and even umainia. "
this caused by a depopulation of the
surrounding country. The rural r.oun
i. o gathered Its share of the in
flux, homesteaders' cabins, vacant for
years, are now preny seueimij u
uied. new lands are cleared and broken
up and even well-to-do farmers living
in Pendleton In view of the increasing
demand for houses and the high rents
available have moved back to the old
farmhouse ana rentea uwu v"v-erty.-
. ,..,. ,,
Lands In the newiy-openeu ui'"
districts of Hermiston ana ownnwu
have shaken off their speculative
values and taken on an inum..
.,ie ihv are nroducing and they are
also selling at a good, reasonable fig
ure without any nurran, Doosiiut
hnmine- in connection therewith. And
while the condition In the wheat-rais
ing district has changea oui ve.,
tie the foothill farms, mountain
ranches and garden spots have felt the
first dash of spray of this on-coming
wave of homeseekers and many and
many of them have been sold to new
people at reasonable prices
Roundups S umber 52.
While the Roundup has not been the
sole and only cause of this change of
conditions it has been one of the prime
factors. It has advertised the Eastern
Oregon country. Pendleton and Umatil
la County especially, and put it on the
map in red ink. It has done more than
that. It has paid its own way. collect
ed thousands and thousands of dollars
each year from all parts of the world
and distributed them back again into
the circulation of the Northwest and
has developed a community spirit, a
public get-together, stick-together and
pull-together spirit that is the admi
ration and envy of every community
in the world. It has brought the young
spirit of the Old West Into activity
again and made a new world's record of
what a people or community can do
when they get together in the proper
spirit, put their collective shoulders
to the wheel and all push with a will
and vim. .
Pendleton is not the only roundup
town In the Northwest. That there is
something to this roundup business
more than the mere surface amusement
is demonstrated by the fact that in 1913
there were Just 52 cities, towns, vil
lages, communities, corporations, as
sociations and individuals staging
roundups. Nearly every district or
county fair in the Northwest put on a
roundup as a sort of side feature. All
this in response to that demand of
the love of the melodrama of the popu
lace the world over. And they all serve
In their way, either big or small, each
adding its widow's ni ! to that one
sole and constant desidiratum the
bringing of new people into the great
and rich Northwest.
of the Court of General Sessions, sent
each of them to the penitentiary for
four months, explaining that ho "has
decided views as to gambling."
The unfortunate prisoners have lost
their liberties for a very trifling stake,
the police admitting that there was
only 33 involved. But then, probably,
the majesty of the law had to be up
held. It is worthy of note, however,
that when Canfield was convicted ha
escaped with a fine, and the highest
play In New York took place in his es
tablishment. Children who go to school without
breakfast may be furnished with milk
and crackers. If the members of the
Women's Health Protective Association
find that such relief is necessary. At
the recent meeting in the Waldorf var
ious members undertook to confer with
the principals of schools in their
neighborhood and to visit hospital
clinics.
Miss Henrietta Flschlowitz, of the
Bellevue Hospital Social Service De
partment, spoke on tho conditions she
had found among tubercular children,
where a quart of cocoa, made with
water, had supplied the lunch for
seven children. She recommended that
worthy mothers be furnished with milk
tickets, so that they might give the
children breakfast at home.
Mrs. B. N. Scudder, of Newark, told
of the experience of a group of phil
anthropists of that city who estab
lished a Sunday School for children of
a poverty-stricken section in an
abandoned schoolhouse, but found tho
children so underfed that they sup
plied each regular pupil with a glass
of milk every day. Now the school
numbers 350 healthy puuiln.