The Oregon daily journal., November 29, 1908, Page 47, Image 47

f .-THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER .29, 1908. .
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LARGE FAMILIES
Billl OF: POOR
So Says Official Report of
Association for Improv
ing the Conditions. .., ,
New, York, Nov. It. Thsanouai re
port of the Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor, which wm
made publlo recently, shows clearly
the extent of the distress in this city
within the last 1) months,- "
"Since the beginning of last winter,"
uyi this, report, "a long line of men,
fathers of families, numbering at times
as many as 926, have appealed to us
for work. There has been -a pathetlo
similarity In the language of their ap
peal, This Is the first time I have had
to ask for help a man would say,
'and I wouldn't do It now except for
my wife and children.' Almost without
exception our visitor has found that the
story was true."'
, -Here is a transcript from tae as
sociation's record for "recent months,
which could be repeated with unimport
ant variations many times: .
Woman Calls. ' '
' "Woman called accompanied by. two
neighbors, and presented a' card from
Dr. Q. M.; said that her husband had
been. out of work for four months: that
they owe this month's rent and' 115
to the grocer; have sold almost every
article of furniture they had; had only
S cents' worth of potatoes yesterday.
Youngest child 'very weak; mother has
not sufficient nourishment; other chil
dren in need of clothing;. Asked Imme
diate aid for food and .rent
"Caroline Rest Nurse called. Found
woman and four children, the eldest 8
years old. the youngest 1 months old,
all suffering from lack of food. Mother
unable to feed baby from lack of food.
Housekeeper states the family Is re
spectable, honest and deserving."
The total received from current con
tributions for general purposes for the
yeae was $84,804.17, as compared with
$61,718.74 the previous year, an Increase
of $23,085.43, or B per cent The ex
penditure for material relief alone was
$100,187. The association opened the
fiscal year on October t, 1907, with
1.728 rases; it opened the new fiscal
year October 1, 108, with B.7B4 cases,
an Increase of more than 300 per cent
Appeals for, Help.
So urgent were the- appeals for help
end so worthv the suppliants that the
association refused to use any of the
money sent to it by the public even to'
Tay its office help and the staff of
''Visitors," increased by necessity In the
year from 20 to 28, but met this ex
pense frcVn the Income the organization
receives from legacies and from drafts
upon the reserve fund.
It is a fact, possessing uncommon
Interest from the viewpoint of social
economics, that much of the distress in
the year lias been directly traceable to
the advent of babies In homes of the
poor. The report says:
"It is well known nmnnr ancfnl work
ers that the birth of a child Is a se
rious menace to- the prosperity of the
ordinary laborer's family, and that in
the case of the unskilled poor In our
f rent cities, the birth of a second or
hird child even In prosperous times us
ually, brings disaster to the home. Until
the first children are old enough to work
the mother must either do profit-earning
work at home, hire out, or go into
'the factory. If. through lack of prop
er attention the baby is allowed to fall
sick, or the mother's strength Is wast
ed, the Inevitable result Is that from
one to 10 persons are thrown upon
public or private charity for support.
The mother becomes an Invalid, her
children are neglected .and underfed.'
and make an early start in the wav -of
physical degeneracy and pauperism.
Last year one of our' visitors discov
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ered a woman referred to in our report
as Mrs. Davis. Though only 37 years
old, she was the mother of nine chil
dren, the youngest a baby of five
months, and six others under working
age. i She was much worn with the
care of her large family. As usually
happens In , such cases, - the ; baby,
too, was in a very bad condition.
"This family had long ago outgrown
the father's capacity for wage earning.
It scan readily be seen that on the
Fart of the association, whose boast.it
s that it has never turned a deaf ear
to a cry of distress, It was not only an
act of tnercv but also a measure of
economy to save that mother and pro
tect the lives of those children while
they were etUl young, and while their
constitutions were yet unimpaired, A
nurse was Immediately sent As soon
as the mother could be moved her six
older children, who were not of work,
ing age, were sent to Bea Breeze - our
fresh air home, end she and her baby
were1 sent to Caroline Rest, our'- con
valescent home, where it . required 62
days of nursing, fresh country air and
good food to completely restore her.'! 1
'i Ot jrew Best Home. .
In a few weeks the association will
open the Caroline Rest home for con
valescent mothers, situated among the
hills of Hartsdale, the gift of George
E. P. Schrader. The home has been de
signed , not only as a sanatorium for
mothers and -babUs, but as a school
where under, favorable conditions moth
ers of the poor may receive Instruc
tion in hygiene, the care of their chil
dren and - the , right conduct - of their
pomes. . '
For the coining year the association
will continue its policy of adequate re
lief toward all those compelled by pov
erty or - misfortune to . turn to It for
aid. ' It will also prosecute its cam-
Fialgn for the promotion of better hab
ts of living through the diffusion of
knowledge. - '
Facts standing out prominently In
connection with the year s work are the
Increase of the demands out of all pro
portion iv the income of -the associa
tion to meet them,' and a multitude of
appeals out of proportion to those
made to similar r organisations whose
work Is confined almost wholly to that
of relief. The association has also
been the sufferer by the fact that its
friends have confused It with other
charitable organisations, gifts intended
for it possibly going by mistake Into
other, treasuries.-
WHIPS .'.MAN
AND "IS PK0UD OF IT
Marissa. I1L. Ndv. 28. Mrs. Marie
Biggs, wife of Thomas Biggs, admits
she horsewhipped J. A. Hamilton,
cashier of the First National bank of
Marissa, and she says she Is proud of
it. She says she will whip hlra again
If he doesn t behave, and she will whip
anybody else who talks about her.
The reason for the whipping, as Mr.
Hamilton explains It, Is that he went on
the bond of Robert McQuilkln of Ma
rissa, when McQullkin was indicted on
the charge of attacking a little girl.
The case was dismissed.
Hamilton was standing on the depot
platform, when Mrs. Biggs came up be
hind him and, drawing a whip from un
der her coat, lashed him twice over the
head with it. Hamilton struck Mrs.
Biggs in the face and then wrested the
whin, from her.
WOMAN PAINTEK,
3N POVERTY, DEAD
Washington, Nov. '. Mrs, Imogens
Robinson Morrell, a celebrated portrait
and historical painter, died yesterday in
a small room of a lodging house alone
and friendless, and amid surroundings
of squalor and distress. A half century
ago she was a student under some of
tha world's masters in Eurone. In 1879
she established the National Academy of
Fine Arts in this city. BJie nan received
scores of medals for notable works.
Mrs. Morrell enjoyed the distinction
of being the only woman whose painting
occupies a place In ' the United States
capitol, she having; pelnted the notable
picture of General John A. Dlx. She
was a native of Attleboro, Mass.
KOI
With every cash Want Ad. brought to the JOURNAL office for insertion in
December 6th, 1908
RPs.
POimAKLXbllBGOXl.
A Confection that merits Its taror
with the people
OR. WISE TELLS
OF EXHIBITION
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Oregon Apples Made Splen
did Showing in New York,;
Writes Former. Babbi.
i Oregon apples, on exhibition at the
Fruit Auction building in New York
city, are causing widespread comment
and interest A letter received this
morning from 'Rabbi Stephen B. Wise,
formerly of Portland, now ef tfie Free
Tabernacle; New York, encloses a clip
ping of half a column from the New
York Evening Post of November 17 de
scribing the beauties of the Oregon ap
ples. A part of the article ' reads as
follows: .
"Those who consider the apple the
noblest fruit which earth yields to man
kind whose eyes are attuned to the
glories of nature's colors beautifully
merged, find plenty to admire at the
f iult auction building on Franklin
street, in the exhibition of Hood River,
Or., apples, ready for selling tomorrow.
"They were preparing for. the exhibi
tion today, and the growing piles of
firm, perfectly formed fruit were al
luring. There were strata of Gloria
Mundis, as white as the snowclad
mountains which overlook the plateau
on which they were grown. There were
rows of Baldwins as rich In color as
old mahogany, and there were Gaines,
as red as ox blood. There were Banana
apples, too, yellow, speckled with red;
there were Ortleys, Woldheads, Splts
enbergs, and little red and green Christ
mas apples, which1 twinkled as brightly
as Santa Claus' eyes.
"Certainly it is a most Inspiring ex
hibition of apples. They came from
Oregon packed in cotton-lined boxes
and barrels, and were handled by the
exhibitors with all possible care.
Throughout the big room was the fra
grant odor of the fruit, and while the
beauty and symmetry of the aoples
made the thought of eating them al
most a sacrilege, yet the craving to eat
of them prevailed over the finer . emo
tion." MANY LAID LOW BY
VEGETABIAN DINNERS
Washington Society Folk and Au
thors of Fad Have Dyspepsia
All Meat Is Barred.
(SpeeUl DUratcb to The Journal.
Washington, Nov. 28. Vegetarianism
ts meeting with a few shocks in Wash
ington. These come after members of
Washington society partake of the hos
pitality of Mrs. John Brooks Hendor
son, wife of a former senator - from
Missouri, at- her vegetarian dinners at
her home.
-One society woman, a guest at the
most recent dinner given by Mrs. Hen
derson, is at present confined to her
bed. Dyspepsia was the doctor's ver
dict. Friends of the Henderson family say
that the former United States senator
Is also suffering from the same trouble,
and others say that Mrs. Henderson
herself was seriously indisposed from
the same cause within the last week.
Meat Is barred. Soups find their
principal parts in vegetables.
"Ices" In the course meal are merely
cool concoctions, not cold. Butter that
Is, butter from the milk of the cow
finds no place. Nut butter is impera
tive. Metzger fits your eyes for $1.
OF
1000 BOXES OF THE FAMOUS
"AFTER DINNER MINTS"
Manufactured by the Pacific Coast Biscuit Co., of Portland, Oregon, will be
delivered to the JOURNAL office at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning,
December 2nd, and one box will be given to every person who brings in
a want ad. to be inserted in the SUNDAY JOURNAL. You can bring
in the ad. any time after 8 o'clock Wednesday morning and get the
candy. If the ad. runs several days one of these days must be Sunday,
December 6th. If it runs one day only that day must be Sunday, Decem
ber 6th to entitle the advertiser to a box of candy.
REMEMBER, EVERY PERSON
who brings in a cash ad. before 9 o'clock next Saturday night for the
SUNDAY JOURNAL will receive a box of this' delicious confection. The
picture in this ad. is the exact size of the top of the box.
: There is absolutely no limit to the number of boxes to be given out
After the 1000 boxes are gone more will be provided, v
To Introduce Our Best Plate, We Will Make
f a Non-Breakable Whalebone Plate for
$15.00, Witha 20-year Guarantee
V We earnestly request all our former patients to call at this office and have their teeth looked over, and if any
of our bridge work, crowns, plates or fillings have given out or proven unsatisfactory we will gladly repair or
make over free of charge.
To introduce the latest system In
Painless Dentistry, we will, until
December 6, extract teeth free
of charge.
Nervous People
And those afraid earn now sit In the dental chair
with great ease. The management of the Chicago
Dental offlee will give SlOO to any charitable in
stitution for a tooth that an operator fails to
extract wtthont pain or bad result.
Vegetable Vapor
Used only y the Chicago Dentists In rendering
the operation of extracting teeth as painless as
removing a shoe from the foot, and they do it
without the slightest danger to the most delicate
patient, and without any unpleasant after-effects
whatever.
It gives me great pleasure to state that
Chicago Painless Dentists extracted an Im
pacted wisdom tooth for me, which had been
giving me great annoyance for years. It was
extracted absolutely without a particle of pain
to me. It was easily worth 100 times the
amount paid. J. C. KIMBALL,
Salem. Or.
I have had 55 teeth extracted and two plates
made by the Chicago Painless Dentists. I am
delighted with the work and am pleased to
have this opportunity to advise nervous
women to have the Chicago Painless Dentists
do their work. MRS. 8. CAKE,
Ore Point. Wash.
Bemember, examinations and consultation
free to all who visit our offloe. To those
who oannot afford to have their work done
and pay cash we make arrangements on the
Installment plan. Open dally till 6 P. M. ;
Sundays I to 1 f . K tadles in attendance.
CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS
323 WASHINGTON STREET, CORNER SIXTH BOTH PHONES MAIN 3880, A-5340.
CANDY
Unit ii
Our Prices Until Dec. 6
Silver Filings 50 up
Gold Fillings , 91.00 P
Porcelain Fillings SI. 50
22-Karat Gold Crowns 9R.OO
Logan Crown 5.00
Enamel Crown $5.00
Bridge Work, per tooth $5.00
Good Set of Teeth 85. OO
Fine Set of Teeth S8.00
Aluminum-Lined Plates 812.50
Gold Plates S35.00
We can extract your teeth In the morning
and give you a temporary set before night.
A binding guarantee given with all work
for 10 years.
Those who desire to have their teeth fixed
and cannot pay cash may have them done on
the Installment plan at same price we oharga
for cash.
WITHOUT 1
FREE
the SUNDAY JOURNAL
BLIND ADS
A box office is maintained by The Journal for
the benefit. of those who do not care to have their
name or address appear in the paper. We will
assign you a box number and the answers to
your ad can come care of The Journal.
JOURNAL WANT
AD RATES
15 words or less, 15 per insertion.
16 to 20 words, 20 per insertion.
21 to 25 words, 25 per insertion.
26 to 30 words, 30 per insertion.
From the above you will see all cash ads are
charged for at the rate of 1 cent a word in mul
tiples of five. All phone or charge ads 6 cents a
line per insertion, count i words to the line.
For Rent ads, Lost and Found, Help .Wanted,
Situations Wanted, three insertions for the price
of two. . ' v
IxtH
We Employ No Students
All our operators are middle-aged, gentle
manly doctors of from 10 to 20 years' ex-
Kerlence, each an expert in his special line
ur work is all guaranteed and kept in repair
free of charge for 10 years. Therefore, by
employing the moat skilled men in the pro
fession our own purpose, as well as the In
terest of our patients, is more proficiently
served.
If your old plate has given out and does
not fit, bring it in. and we will reset same
on plain rubber for $5.00, aluminum for $8.00
Crown and Bridge Work
A Specialty
The best-equipped sanitary ;and hygienic
parlors in the world; 19 offices Mn the Xinited
States.
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