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Philadelphia Has a Great Family of Foundlings
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Tho city of Philadelphia Is Iho offlcial father and
mother of thouennda of children, according to Mlsn Ella P. Harris, chll
Urcn'A ngent of tho department of public health and charities. The city han
selocted their names and religion and
Is trying to bo tho best parent that an
Impersonal city government can ho.
In addition to supervising tho health,
safety, 'entertainment am general wel
faro of Its citizens, tho city also as
sumes tho parental obligations of tho
many nameless little strangers that
aro each year found within Its limits.
Tho foundling, tho orphan, tho de
linquent, and tho child who for somo
other reason has been cut off from Its i
parents are very numerous In tho city.
They are well taken cans of in tho City of Brotherly Lovo and but few know
of tho presence of moro than twelvo thousand children In nearly sovonty-flvo
Institutions within, tho city limits. A soclnl worker In touch with, tho facts
has said that nearly $1,000,000 aro spent annually in tho caro of tho city's
futuro citizens, who havo been doprlvcd of a homo training.
Tho city cannot glvo Its namo to this vast army of adopted children. Tho
system of naming tho municipal children has been along different lines, until
tho present administration. A foundling was often named after tho street
upon which it was found. Sometimes for tho store near whero It was found,
or tho church whero Its mothor had loft It, or the policeman that brought It
to the nearest hospital.
Recently a policeman had occasion to bring a young colored boy to his
atatlon house. When asked his namo by tho houso sergeant ho gave tho same
namo as tho policeman. Investigation showed that this namo, oven to tho
initial, was all that ho had ovor had. It lator developed that this samo pollco
man had about soventoen years boforo picked up a small colored baby from
an ash can and taken it to tho Women's Homeopathic hospital. Tho hospital
authorities had taken tho offlccr's namo for their record and had also given It
to tho baby who was tho samo that ho picked up again ovor soventeon ycarg
afterward.
At present thoro Is a regular system under which a baby Is given a namo
whon It becomos a ward of tho city. Ono hundred of tho mo3t common names
for boys aro plpkcd from tho tolephono directory and a similar number for
girls. "When a boy is brought Into tho caro of tho city, a nurse thrusts her
hand Into tho box full of names for boys and brings out tho namo under
which tho baby Is later christened.
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Many Chinese Farms Within the City of New York
NEW" YORK. Ono who from a skyscraper window looks acrosB tho East
river to tho Long Island part of Greator Now York commands a view of a
patch of rural China thriving there, Its farmers using ancient methods of till
ing, mostly by means of tho tools of
Marco Polo's time, and cultivating tho
very vegetation lmmemoiially culti
vated along tho Slklang and tho levels
of Quangjung. Using their natlyo In
tonslvo methods, theso Cantoncso
farmors average In profits about $500
per man per season. When tho grow
ing season is over they como farther
into tho city, tako Jobs as cooks and
waiters in chop-ouoy restaurants or as
helpers in laundries, returning to tho
farm lands in tho spring. They pros
per and aro healthy and penceable. Doubtless they could do something with
tho cost of living problem If they took ovor moro nearby farms and "truck"
gardens. But tho Chinese farmers ralso no moro than they and their Now
York countrymen consume. They aro In competition with no ono outsldo their
own pcoplo. Mon Foon Jung, editor of tho Chinese Dally News (Mon Je?
Yat Bo), enumerates tho vegetables grown, as follows:
Goy-choy a green plant, boiled for eating.
Bak-choya whlto plant, bollod with rlco.
Dungwaa molon, not sweet, weighing from ten to twenty pounds, boiled
for eating.
Tak-wa a green, bitter squash, usod In chop-suoy.
Lunga-baktu a sort of elongated cabbago or Chlncso artichoke, used for
soups,
Doog-wa a boon with a pod ono to two foot long.
Chineso cucumber as largo aB a squash, usod in chop-suey.
American corn as fodder for tho mules on tho farms.
Also a fow of tho American vegetables for Ingredients of tho chop-suey
made for Americans.
Dig Up Skulls on Site of Old Fort Pontchartrain
DETROIT, MICH. Tho annual crop of skeletons is now being harvested on
the slto of Fort Pontchartrain. Souvenir fiends aro dashing madly up and
down and, across Jefferson avenue, carrying skulls, arrow heads, beads, wam
pum, bayonets, musket locks, horse
shoes, brass buttons and other me
mentoes of a gory but historic past.
Merchants along tho big thorough
faro aro preparing to docorato their
windows with grisly- remnants of an
ancient burial ground.
A workman digging in a trench in
Jefferson avonuo.near Oris wold street,
made tho first Important find. Ills
spndo struck something hard, and In
a fow seconds ho unearthed a skull
of mugnlflcent proportions. In closo
proximity ho found two others. Ho grow volublo and everybody quit work.
Business men dashed out of their stores and shop3 and people got off street
cars. Thcro was much comment. Tho Old Resldentor was among those pros
wit. Ho said tho skulls wore resting on tho slto of tho gatoway to old Fort
Pontchartrain. Ho said no doubt many moro skeletons will bo found beforo
the trenches aro completed.
A. mm in shlrtsleoves said tho skulls probably wero onco tho property of
members of tho Iroquois trlbo of Indians.
"You can tell that by the high chook bones, tho Ingrowing eyes nnd tho
diminishing foreheads," ho said,
Tho workmen were digging a sower aud tho excavations extend east in
Jefforson avenue as far as ML Elliott avonuo. This serves to bring to light
a collection of flno old ruins, as It Includes tho ground whero tho battle of
Bloody Run was Btaged.
THERE Is a lot of comfort to be had
out of a romodoled dress. It seems,
nnd Is, wasteful to discard a perfect
ly good garment, that has nothing tho
matter with It, oxcept that somo new
Idea In outline has como In and dis
placed that on which it was built.
Tho sonso of bolng economical is sol
acing, and when a remodeled gown
has all the earmarks of a spick-and-span,
up-to-tho hour now model, tho
Joy of tho average woman is com
plete Sho has achieved economy and
style at tho samo time.
This season tho incoming of the
tunic, tho voguo for thin sleeves, the
wide girdle and tho glrdlo mado of tho
fabric of tho dreBS havo all played into
tho hands of her who Is determined to
romodol hor gowns Instead of discard
ing them. Skirts set on tho yokes
havo helped out, too, for tho skirt too
narrow at tho bottom has been cut
oft whero It began to narrow, and tho
missing length provided for by a
smoothly fitting yoke. Thanks to tho
llcklo, but not .always unkind goddess
of fashion, short skirts aro the prop
er thing for tho street, nnd somo of
tho bottom edge may bo trimmed
away from those that show signs of
wear.
Then (hero is tho skirt with tho bat
tloment edgq at tho bottom, that is,
skirts slashed Into shallow, straight
edged scallops about tho bottom edgo,
sometimes bound with braid. This
ono alteration gives an up-to-dato
touch to last year's gown.
A straight, plain underskirt of satin
worn under a cloth tunic, has solved
tho problem of changing many cloth
and velvet dresses of last winter Into
styles Introduced for the present sea
son. Tho tunic of plaited cnlffon
worn over the skirt of Inst year'B silt
gown, and tho introduction of a wld
glrdlo about tho waist havo helped
out Immensely In nlteilng afternoon
dresses,
' Nothing has been moro helpful to
tho economically Inclined than the
very fashionable band trimmings
of fur and fur cloths. By means ol
theso tunica have been lengthened,
the fashionable collars nnd cuffs in
troduced on jackets, pretty turbanj
to match suits made possible. All thq
pattern books ubound In suggestloiu
for clever remodeling.
An attractive dress shown in tha
picture may be copied, using a lasl
year's dress as a foundation If the
owner had tho forethought to buy a
Httlo extra length of goods with a
view to remodeling her gown. Whera
a provision of this kind has no)
been mado, it is best to make an un
derskirt of satin and convert tho cloth
skirt into a tunic. Or If the cloth
skirt Is very narrow tho underskirt
may be finished with a panel or satin
up the front and the cloth tunic set
in at each sldo of this.
Very wide silk braids aro fashion
able for trimming, nnd, like the bandi
of fur nnd fur cloth, havo been mos)
useful In the remodeling of gowns.
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Dsvoteea of "Dllllards on the Green
Turf' Must Think of Something
In tho Nature of a Fitting
Punishment.
"Wo bco on tho green countryside
during tho warm days of summer per
spiring creatures, flushed and un
kempt, armed with long-handled clubs,
striking 'tho ground with frenzy, ns If
they wished to discover rare stones or
precious metals. It Is golfers at
work."
Thus writes a contributor to tho
Paris Journal in giving what ho callB a
"Guldo du Golf." He oxplalns somo of
tho peculiarities of tho game. First,
with regard to tho ground. "Any
ground will do, sp long as it Is not
level. Having found your ground, you
then take great care to fill up all tho
natural holes In It. Having dono sof
you mako a number of artificial holes,
which aro all of a fixed shape and
dopth tho more theso holes resomblo
natural holes tho hotter they aro.
"Golf is the direct descendant of a
now unfashionable sport known as
stonebrcaklng, which consists of break
ing tho stoneB on roads with tho aid
of a long hammer. Tho essential dif
ference is that tho golfers do not wear
wlro spectacles Ilka their ancestors,
tho stonobreakers.
"Tho stones havo been replaced by a
Email India rubber ball, which lasts
much longer, being unbreakable.
"The problem is to make this ball go
Into tho holes on tho golf courso with-ou-
touching it with tho hands. That
would bo much too easy. To push it
toward tho holes you use a wooden
stick with nn Iron butt, very Incon
veniently shaped so as to mako tho
problem as complicated as possible.
This stick is called a club, and Its num
ber Is legion, slnpo It Is tho correct
thing to change the club between each
stroke, .'ust n3 you change "forks be
tween each course. Tho collection of
clubs, contained in nn umbrella case, Is
carried behind the lino of fire by a'
youngster known as a caddy. Tho
player hnvlng choson with great caro
from among hisclubs one which Is
likely to mako a successful stroke,
flourishes it with both hands, strikes
and misses .he ball. There aro two
ways of missing tho ball ono by using
too much force and the other by not
using enough Tho strode with too
much force behind it is the easier; it
consists in striking tho earth a fow
feet behind the ball without touching
it. Whon this stroke Is well dono It
sends into the air a shower of earth
and turf nfter tho stylo of a fireworks
display, with very elegant effect. Tho
hit which m!sbes Is moro delicate to
nchleve. In this caso It Is necessary
that your club, after a vigorous flour
ish, should make straight for tho ball,
pass it without touching it, and return
by the Impetus given It to strike tho
player on the back of Uie head.
"This Is how I found golf played,
and I have studied it a number of
years.
Women Need Exercise.
Tho woman who does hor own
housework (and that is the fortune
of tho majority) Is usually worn out
at the end of tho day. Sho 1b npt to
conclude, therefore, that exercise is
a word not Intended for her. She
couldn't mako a greater mlBtake,
writes Frances Frear In Leslie's. A
woman needs a half hour's rest neat
tho middle of tho day, It is true, but
she needs also systematic and stimu
lating exercise. One reason why wom
en aro so fatigued at the end of tho
day Is that thoy lack musclo tone.
Half nn hour of brisk exorciso suited
to the peculiar needs of each Individ
ual, taken regularly, followed by a
cold dash of wator will servo to keep
tho whole muscular and norvous sys
tem In tone nnd work wonders In
keeping tho eyes bright and tho color
good, something' that all women de
sire. Tho housowlfo who takes both
a brief rest and systematic exorcise
dally will not find herself so much a
prey to that tired out feeling at tho
day's end, and will be able to do all
of her work tho better.
Chicago Has Produced a New Type of Irish Beauty
CHICAGO. Chicago has evolved a now typo of lrlBh beauty. It tumbles
down all tho old traditions of tho Irish race and stands forth as tho now
ideal of Celtic pulchritude. Its solo exponent at least, as far us Is known
is a girl of sixteen years Miss Agnes
Daley of 4230 St. Lawrcnco avonue.
Sho is blonde Instead of brunette, aud
short and slender Instead of tall and
statoly.
Flvo Judges selected her at tho
annual ball of tho Irish Counties So
cial union as tho most beautiful col
leen in Chicago, Theso aro tho
charms which led tho Judgos unani
mously to declaro her beauty supe
rior to that of 400 other contestants:
Hair, light blonde: oyos, deep
Wue: lashes, Jot black; comploxion, "pink and whlto;" height, B foot C14
inches; weight, 128 pounds.
That tho now typo is unique Is shown by tho fact that solotllonn of thJ
j4geB for second and third prize wore girls of tho conventional typo of
Irish beauty.
John W, Rninoy, clork of tho circuit court, presontod tho prlzo to Mlaa
Datey a largo sllvor "beauty sot," which boro the stamp of a manufactory
ta Ireland. Applause which greeted the nnnouncoment of tho first prizewin
ner teMtlfied to the fact that tho 800 guests heartily indorsed tho eolcctloi! U
ihf new type pronounced superior by the Judges.
IT Is hard to pass tho gay ribbon
counters and tho show cnse3 full of
thlB year's offerings for tho holidays.
The; very first thing to catch tlo eye
Is tho heaps of halt-opened roses,
mado of satin ribbon sot in small
mllllnory foliage. Thoy nro mostly In
Amorlcan Beauty colors, but thoro aro
somo pink and a few rich yellow oneB.
Tho stomB nro wound with narrow
green ribbon nnd a stream of silver
halt-dollars flows Inward ns a stream
of roses flows outwnrd us thoy change
bands, Tho single roso pinned close
up to tho neck or on tho shoulder Is
bolng worn by smart women and many
of them bought as gifts for friends.
Next ono notices tho neckbands of
volvot ribbon which havo a ruff of loco
or mallno at tho back and fasten un
der a roBO or two small buds, at ono
sldo. Sometimes tho ruff Is In black
and sometimes In whlto.
Below In tho show cases are tho now
bags mado of tho richest brocaded
ribbons. Among them that ono shown
in tho plcturo Is of whlto sntln fig
ured with splondld American Beau
ties in tho natural colorings. It Is
moderate In slzr and plain nnd the
roses could hardly bo moro llfollko on
a painted canvas. This Is ono of many
beautiful bngs brought out for holiday
gifts.
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Puosy-Wlllow Underwear.
It's tho thing.
It Is delightful wear.
It rivals cropo do chlno.
Hemstitching Is tho llnlsh.
Tho effect Is of rich simplicity.
This undorwear is to bo had In sets.
SetB Includo a chcmlso, pantaloon
and petttcoaL
Tho petticoats fit without a wrinkle,
fastening with snaps.
Evening petticoats aro altogether
filmy for day wear thero'a nn accord
,loncid trill.
Roman striped ribbons havo been
used to mako the hnndsomo collar and
cuff sots with which women brighten
up their dark cloth tailored suits. Tho
collar and ono cuff of a set Is shown
in the picture. Pretty standing collars
of these striped ribbons aro 'mado by
folding tho ribbons longthwlso so that
ono edge is about an Inch highor than
tho other ana laying the folded edgo
Into box plnlts. Tho plaits aro stitched
down near tho bottom and in another
line of stitching an inch or moro
higher. Tho plaits do not extund
across tho front but form a ruff nt tho
sides and back. Tho ribbon is laid
In folds across tho front nnd fastens
at the left sldo undor a row of little,
flat sllk-covercd buttons. The buttons
aro repeated on tho right side.
Many pretty ornaments for the
dressing table in tho form of pincush
ions graco tho holiday ribbon counter,
and thoro aro tho usual beautiful
girdles and sashes In grentor numbers
than over.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Event In American History.
Novembor 24, 1758, mnrked the
evacuation and destruction of Fort
Duquesno. A short time previous to
this tho British had Initiated the work
of fortification. The French, coming
down tho Allogheny river from their
forts on and near Lake Erie, mado a
sudden descent on tho small British
garrison, and tho latter was forced to
surrender unconditionally. Tho French
and their Indian allies completed the
fortification nnd called it Fort Du
quesno. A British force commanded
by General Forbes was sent from the
cast to retake tho fortification, aud
doubtlessly would have succeeded
without tho loss of a man hud It not
been for tho ImpetuouB Captain Grant.
Tho fort was blown up whllo tho main
forco was yet ten miles east of tho
slto of tho futuro great city. Thoy
heard a great explosion, saw volumes
of smoke, and reallzod at onco that
tho French and Indians had destroyed
the little fortification and had taken
to tho woods and tho rivers.
Lace Is a very Important factor In
tho costume of tho day. Not only does
It form (louncos and frills ontlroly cov
ering tho bodlco and skirt, but It
makos modern or nnclont lappets and
tunics.
Measuro Knitting.
Always mako a gaugo boforo bo
ginning any Important pleco of knit
ting. Cast on nbout twenty stltchoa
with tho needleB nnd wool it ia in
tondad to use. Knit nbout a dozen
rowB, withdraw tho needles, nnd meas
ure how many stltchos go to tho Inch;
thou cnBt on accordingly fot tho ploco
of work that Is to bo done. In follow
lng directions that stato bo many
stitches to tho Inch, chango tho
needles- finer or coajuor -until tho
right size Is found
Farming In Pike County.
Commenting on the railways' do
mund for highor rates, President Ren
of tho Pennsylvania told tho following
story to a Washington Star roportor
"You can't ralso much on these
stony hills, I reckon?" said an anglor
to a Pike county farmer.
"Oh, yes, stranger, wo genorally get
fine crops," tho farmer roplled.
"But you don't ralso much grain?"
"Sure wo do. Wo ralso a sight of
barloy. I don't know what wo Plko
county farmers would, do If It wasn't
for our barloy crops."
"What do you got for tho stuff?"
"Oh, wo don't soil a grain of It."
"Food it to your stock?"
. "You don't catch us wasting barloy
llko-that."
"We'll, what do you do with It,
then?"
"Why, wo savo every grain of it for
iced."
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They the best in all the land. I represent
the Hartfoid, Phenix, Continental, Columbia, Royal,
the really Strong Insurance Companies.
I have a fine list of lands for sale-and wish
Yours, wheu you sell.
Write every kind of Insurance. Do Conveyancing,
draw up Will, Deeds, Leases, Eu. RIGHT. Very
much desire YOUR business, and will care for it well.
H. JF. McKecvcr Jn&u
Successor to Ed. T. Kearney.
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