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\ TillNOIiKOUC : WBKKbY NHWS-IOPHNAIj , KK1DAY , JANUARY 27 , 11)11. ) "Its I I i Home Course In f' l * > Health Culture III. Pure Food In the Home fly EUGENE I , . FISK , M. D. Copytljjht. IS'IO. ' liy Aint-rlcnn I'rcss should bo remembered that hy IT giene. like charity , begins at home. It Is proper to urge upon the government the enactment of pure fond laws and a thorough en forcement of the sa me , bin the house hold government should also be vigil ant In the matter of selecting foods nnd keeping thorn pure In the Interval before ( hey are eaten. It should also lie borne In mind that pure food can he rendered poisonous by bad cookIng - Ing and that the conditions under which food Is eaten may render the finest niaterlalN either Innutritions or positively harmful. Food should be selected with duo re gard to the appetites and tastes of tin. " family , so far as such tastes are nor- r.xcr.iii.r.NT < HIIM : oAiiitir.ns. . . . . . . ( "CatH nnd tloK.s Hlioulil not bo nllowcil In the kitchen , and the less they arc In the honrc tln bettor. They nio excellent KtTin cniTioi-8 ' ) inal and reasonable. People fall Into Ktrangc habits with regard to food , and If such habits lead to an ill balanced diet they should be corrected. For ex ample , milk , eggs and beefsteak all consumed at the same meal show a lack of the sense of proportion as well ns of food values. A variety of foods ail of the same class Indicates lack of resource and Ingenuity on the part of the housewife or steward and may lead to much digestive trouble , not to Hpral ; of graver ills , and ruined dispo sitions. Food for each meal , therefore , should bo selected with a duo regard to Its palatublllty. digestibility and nourish tug properties. Remember that a Bteady diet must contain pro ) elds , carbohydrates ( sugars , starches ) and fats ; also minerals. Milk contains all of these elements and taken in sulli- clout quantity will support life , but It is not a very desirable Mod for the healthy adult who can eat a mixed diet. Meat , poultry , game , fish and the leguminous vegetables ( peas , beans , lentils , etc.I are rich In protold. Po tatoes , cereals and many vegetables contain carbohydrates. Fats are sup plied by butter , fat of meat. lard. etc. The various minerals required arc found In the food constituting a mixed diet , and In addition common salt ( which Is not a salt , by the way. but n compound of sodium and chlorine ) is taken freely for seasoning purposes , lllght hero It may be stated that salt Is usually taken In excess. One easily falls into the habit of taking a little more salt until ordinary and proper ( luantltlps fall to tickle the palate. In ' cases of chronic disease a salt free diet Is often beneficial , and it is prob able that most of us eat far more salt than Is good for us. An effort should be made to combine all of the elements above mentioned in the dally dietary , varying the bill of fare so that each meal may pos- sc-ss sotno attraction of novelty am ] provide a normal stimulus to digestion , According to one authority the ratlc of nitrogen to carbon should be as 1 to 15. It will be observed that n large excess of vegetables or carbo hydrate food Is required to maintain this balance. The general rule maj bo followed , therefore , of meat about once a day and certainly not oftenei than twice , nitrogenous vegetables , such as peas and beans , at meal ; where poultry , game or light meat per tlon is served ; salads and greeu vege tables to accompany heavy meat per tlon. Fresh Food the Safest. Some families Insult their wotiderfu digestive mechanism with a stcadj diet of delicatessen atrocities or lunu tritious canned foods when a lltth more energy and Ingenuity would en able thorn to secure a meal of fresh nutritions and appetizing food. Tin tendency to run to the pantry for i can of sardines or salmon. Instead o cooking a > hop or fresh fish or pro vlding nutiitious cold meats or salads is responsible tor a certain amount o American dyspepsia. Some one has said that "a chatlni dish Is a frying pan ( hat has got lnt < good society. " We boldly malntaii that the frying pan has no business li good society. Greasy fried foods will continue t < "upset" the digestion of counties Americans until natural selection ha eliminated the frying pan users. "Ou of the frying pan Into the tire" Is i good axiom. The food prepared In th frying pan would better go Into th flre than into our stomachs , where It I very likely to set up a tire In the snap of acute or chronic Indigestion. If yoi must fry. make It a "dry" fry. No only Is It dlftleult for the gastric julc to penetrate and act upon food that 1 thickly coated with grease , but an oj cess of fat spread out over the llnln of the stomach retards the secretion o fc-astrlc Juice. Protection of Food. The article of food moat likely to I rontaihlnnti'd by ( license perms In rnllk. The bureau of animal Industry has formulated fifty rules for the guidance of milk dealers or dairymen. People who keep their own cows would do well to secure a set of those rules. Hpltomlze'd. they prescribe cleanliness nnd care In the handling of milk ax well as proper treatment , housing ami feeding of cows. Scrupulous care should bo exorcised In keeping clean ill ! utensils In which milk Is used. Milk from a doubtful source should be boiled or pasteurized before use. Milk preserved with formalin or other ' chemicals should not be used. Iceboxes 'should ' bo regularly cleaned with hot noapsuds solution or strong solution of soda. Ice often contains germs and spores which multiply as soon as they get In a warm temperature. Fond should never be exposed to contact with tiles , Insects , rats , mice , I'to. . as these pcsis often act as germ carriers. Nothing Is so Ifhrrowlng to the soul of a modern physician as a kitchen filled with buzzing files while food Is left standing around , Inviting these germ carriers to alight and promenade. Cats and dogs should not be allowed In the kitchen , and the less they arc In the house the better. They are excellent germ carriers. Food Adulterants. Many food adulterants have little InfliKMice on health , except In so f.ir as they substitute Inert or unappetiz ing material for that which Is nour ishing and of appetizing flavor. Other adulterants , however , are directly In jurious because of their chemical ef fect. Some of ( ho more common adulter ants are as follows : Milk.-Water has probably been used i-\er since there wan a milkman ; harm ful liy decreasing nutritious value. Various preservatives , as salicylic acid , { formalin , boric acid , arc also used and are Injurious. Butter.Sometimes adulterated with nther fats , which possibly render It less digestible. I.ani.-Cottonseed oil is the most commonly used adulterant. Canned Vegetables. Salts of copper- and y.lnc are often used to Impart a brilliant green color. The normal color for canned peas , beans , etc. . Is a dull green. The brilliant lined varieties lould lie avoided , as they may coii- im Millicicnt copper to prove un- callhful. Jellies. Jams , 12tc. Aniline dyes are ften used to give bright colors. Such reserves are open to suspicion In est - t proportion to the brilliancy of the olorlng. Preservatives are also used , s boric acid , salicylic acid and ben- oat e. Hoor.-Sallcyllc add. Temperance Drinks. Aniline dyes. Coffee.-Clay , spices , prune stones , ocoanut shells. Olive Oil.--Cottonseed oil. Meat. Poultry and Fish. Borax and ther preservatives. Many of the coloring matters , pre- ervatlves and adulterants are not rejudlcia ! to health , but unless their 'THK KIIYINO VAN UAS NO IIIJSINFSS IN oooi > soonrrY.1 troM'iicc is staled the public Is victim- zed and cannot exercise the right of hoico as to whether it will drink rasp- terry > odn containing enough aniline lye to the glassful ( o color a piece of llannel live indies square or go thirsty. Digestibility of Foods. Undigested food may be far more In- nrious than many of the adulterants > r prosenallves above mentioned. It s wise , therefore , to give some thought to the relative digestibility of various classes of food , especially If one's oc cupation is sedentary. Pork.- Whether fresh or in sausages : > r other form , pork Is indigestible mil therefore inferior In nutritive val lie. Furthermore. It Is liable to con tain dangerous parasites , "trlchlmi spiral ! * " or the eggs of the tapeworm Pork should not be eaten except In ( lit form of bacon or num. If compelled tc eat it , cool ; it thoroughly. The following is a list of foods ii the order of their digestibility. 1 should be remembered that this lis holds good for the average individual Some people have strange antipathic ; or Idiosyncrasies against certain aril cles of food , which they cannot foi that reason digest : Roast mutton , sweetbreads , bollci chicken , venison , soft boiled eggs , nev toasted cheese , roast fowl , turkey partridge and pheasant , lamb , wlh duck , oysters , periwinkles , omelet tripe , boiled sole , haddock , skate trout , perch , roast beef , boiled beet rump steak , roast veal , boiled veal rabbit , salmon , mackerel , herring t pilchard , sprat , hard boiled and frlei i eggs , pigeon , hare , duck , goose , frie < t > fish , roast and boiled pork , heart D liver , kldnev. lobster , salted fish , crab. S p Answer some real estate ads edt l | eating yourself up to the minute- before closing any sort of real estal purchase. The store that pays a lot ot mone for space in which to say somothlr to you must believe that what it saj is important to you. Try The News Want-nd column. Vote Graft In Danvlllt. Danville. 111. . Jan. 21. City Attor ney Flunk Jones , who managed the campaign of Sheriff John M. Shepard , today made a complete confession of the part , he had taken In vote buying , both In the primary and general elec tion , and ho announced he was willing to go before the grand jury and tell all ho knew. The..confession was made after a conference with his friends who told him It was the host thing ho could do. Jones , who made his confession to several newspaper men and in the presence of friends , said he bought a large number of votes for Shepard and had kept a memorandum of the mimes of the men ho bought and the amounts paid cash but a few days ago he had destroyed It. Kept Names In a Book. However , ho said , ho believed he conld remember a number of them and was willing to go before the grand jury and tell them. Jones also suggested that there be a mass meeting of all successful and defeated candidates and ward captains and that a resolution lie adopted to go before the grand jury and toll every thing. Jones sa > s there .Is no doubt in his mind but that hundreds of names of men who have sold their votes are known to candidates and 'politicians. The confession has created ( i sensa tion and It Is said numerous others will follow fiom men who hope to receive Immunity from the state. Spent $8,000 on Own Election. Jones has been city attorney nearly two years. He admits that he used money In his own election but does not remember the amount. He told one newspaper man that It would run to almost $ SOOU. Ills olllce pays $100 a month and Is for two years. Mayor Platt Is anxious that the mass meeting bo held. Ho was elected nearly two years ago and It was as serted at that time that a great deal of money was spent In ills behalf. Sheriff Shepard also admitted that ho had bought votes and that he had kept a list of the names of the men ho purchased up until a few days ago when he destroyed the list. Sheriff Confesses , Fears no Jury. When asked If he would go before the grand jury the sheriff stated that ho would not. ' When told that he might bo granted immunity if ho made Ills confession to that body , ho stated that ho had nothing to fear , that If there was an Indictment returned against him , it would bo Impossible to secure a jury in this county to convict any man who bought votes. Former Treasurer $30,000 Short. It was reported that an Indictment had been voted against Hardy Will- lock , former county treasurer who wa.-i nearly $ : ! 0,000 short in his recounts when he turned his olllce over to his successor. The Indictment haa not been returned in court. To Advertise This State. Lincoln , Jan. 21. Special to The News : A long discussion over the rel alive merits of Cobhey's and Wheel cr's statutes was precipitated In the house this morning when the questior came up of buying copies of the 1911 issues of these books for the supreme court and the members of the leglsla ture. ICacli book had its champion ! and the matter was finally laid ovei for. further consideration. The invitation of the Omaha Com merclal club to luncheon Tuesday when the members arc attending tin land show was accepted and a com mittee consisting of Hiische , null ; am Darrington was appointed to make ar rangonionts for the trip. An invitation from the South Omah ; stock yards to take luncheon then was given through Hull of Douglas but a more or less serious objectioi was made on the grounds that the ac ceptance would mean the taking o substantial favors from a corporatioi and so would ho a violation of the oatl of cilice. Publicity Bill Introduced. The bill for an appropriation of $25 , 000 for a-publicity bureau for the stati was introduced through McKelvic The house went into committee of tin whole with Kotouc as chairman am reported on several minor bills. The senate was not In session thl morning and the house adjourned t < Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. How Howard Writes Songs. "How do 1 write popular songs Well , I have several ways of doliif it , " answered Joe Howard , the famou sopg writer , as he lounged in an eas ; chair at the Oxnard hotel the othe day. "A successful song writer lias t figure on what the people will fall foi They will always fall for rag time , am the notion that rag time music Is QJ the wane is all tommy-rot. True , th old , trashy , hand organ style of rai time music will no longer go , but th public will always accept the rellnei two-step rag time that is taking th place of the old kind. The fate of new song depends largely on the nnm of the man who composed it. An ur known composer may write a ver good melody , which will not make hit simply because nobody ever hear of the composer , while a known con poser of popular songs may and ofte does put over some hum stuff on th public , and they fall for It. A son that drags fifteen encores from th audience , that is a stage hit and It i seldom a hit as a seller. "Go to a music store and try to bu some of the stage hits you have hear and you will find they are not In stoc for the reason there is no call fc them. The audience hears them an likes them for the tlmo being , but fo gets them before they get home , song to become famous has got t have the material In It. "A successful song writer mu ! know how to write stuff that will g < an audience to swinging their heac nnd feet. And then the song mui 's have something in it that makes n appeal to the heart or the head. Composes Music First. "Most opera composers and soi writers set the words to music. I don't. In all the operas I have writ ten , except one , I have composed the entire score before a line of the lyrics were written. 'The tJIrl from Paris' was my ono exception to this rule. "Most people with any soul , have a melody come to them sometimes , hut It Is lost. I lost many myself , but not any more. I carry a phonograph with me always with blank records , and sometimes I jump out of bed In the middle of the night and when a now melody comes Into my head I hum It Into the phonograph , and thus It Is preserved and I can go to sleep again and get. my now melody when I want It. It."A "A great deal of my best music has been obtained In that way. A melody sometlnies comes to mu as I walk along the streets , and I make a bee line for a phonograph store and get It canned at once and then buy the rcc- oid. Hy this method a person who does not know a note of music : can be come a successful song writer , as lie can take the record to a musician and have It written out for him. " ' "What Is tlio biggest song hit you have made , " was asked him , i I "Well , the four biggest hits I have made are "Hello My IJaby , " "I Won der Whose Kissing Her Now , ' 'CJood- bye My Lady Love , ' and 'What's the Use of Dreaming. ' Over a million copies of each of these songs have been sold. " . North Nebraska Deaths. Mrs. Katherlno Paully died at Spen cer. James Jacobs died nt O'Neill. C. McDonald died at Pierce. Kdward Sheldon died at Ainswortli. Mr.s. Richard Harrison died at Beemer. Gustavo W. Ullrich died at Atkin son. Sil Miss Hazel Klopping died at Wayne. Mrs. Magdaline Calioy died at Fair fax. William O'KcQfo died at Long Pine. Mrs. Jap Ritts died at O'Neill. Little Boy is at Rest. I Apparently a victim to tlio most brutal treatment over administered by i humanbeings * to a little child , the tiny body of 2-year-old Kaurt Stehr , covered with bruises that tell their own pitiful story of mistreatment at home , will follow to the grave the pair of black and rotted feet which wore amputated from the baby's legs last 'I liursday , after they had boon allow ed by t ; > e inhuman mother and step father to freeze in their own home , i through neglect , and had become so I infected with gangrene before a phy sician was called that one of the feet dropped off of Its own weight and the other was about to drop off when the surgeon's knife was applied , j Dies in Aunt's Arms. The little boy , 3 years old last July , died -at 12:20 : o'clock Sunday after noon in the home of Fred Klentz , sr. , 202 Hraasch avenue , where lie had been taken in order that he might have the care of Mrs. Klentz and Miss Klentz , nurses , during nnd fol lowing the operation upon his feet. Tlio child died in the arms of his aunt , Mrs. Paul Hankraht , who tells a story which seems to convict both Stehr and his wife of the most InhUr man sort of cruelty to the little boy ' before his death. That the little fel low was forced to sleep In an unlieat- _ ' etl kitchen shed in the most bitterly , cold weather , Is one of the aunt's statements. ( Mother Stays Away. [ The mother was not present when the child died. She had been notified that he was dying , hut failed to apt - pear. She never calledt o ask for him ors t to see him until Saturday night , three s days after his feet had been taken off , | and then she only remained a , short time. When she appeared her dying son shuddered and said , in the German - man tongue , "Go away. " ! The father is behind the liars of { the Madison county jail , awaiting a charge which will be lodged against him liy County Attorney Nichols as " a result of the boy's death. ; Just be'ore the angel of death stole j into the sick chamber and brought an I end to the suffering . and to the gloomy career ahead of the little man , . he asked to be allowed to stand up. Ho passed away without knowing tha' . the feet he would stand on , were al ready gone. "I-Want to Get Up , " He Pleads. "I want to get up , " the little pa > rtftient said. 5 He was tenderly lifted into the arms T of his mint and then , with a bit of n r sigh that seemed to say his soul was j glad that it was about to enter n ' _ world that would be brighter and hap- j pier than the one he was leaving , he ! snuggled his pretty blonde head ami 3 pitiful white face , marred only by a ; bruise and a long scratch upon the 3 < ok , down against the bosom of hi : ] r."nt , closed his big blue eyes nnd fell - , into a sleep that has no waking. \ - He Was Brutally Treated. 3 ' Between sobs as she watched ovei , . ' the dying child , Mrs. Hankraht toh' to a News man what she knew of the y i I rutal treatment the lad had receiver 1' ' at home. ! . I "Ho was mistreated by both Stehi i , and the mother , I am sure , " she said G i "And I blame myself a good deal be I ; I cause I did not go to the house more e ] oftener. s "Those bruises on his body are tin result of blows from a strap wleldei by the stepfather who told me tha ho whipped the boy with a strap am that ho did not look where the lash es wore falling. "Often when I went to the Steh home I complained because they madi the boy sit on the cold floor and ea his meals , hut the father told mo hi could eat better there than nt thi table. When the hey went to drlnl writer Mr. Stehr would often hit hln ovi r the head. Struck Him Viciously. "Once ho struck him over the bad of the neck with n stick while I wa there and when I Interfered he sal It had to be dono. I asked him if li did not think he could teach the child better with love and he laughed. "When I saw those bruises the llrst time i asked Henry Stohr If he had done It and he said he had. Ho said ho didn't look whom Iho strokes fell. 1 once told Mrs. Stohr ( hat If her hus band mistreated the hey or struck him too much that I would see that the child was taken away from her. She told me that her husband treat ed the boy very well. I am sure they both mistreated him. "They did not love him and are both to blame. It was so pitiful ( o ROO the little hey try to wash him self. This they forced him to do. Ho had to wash and dross himself , such a tiny little one. Ho Is not yet 4 years old. He will be I next July. Not Much Kindness In This. "Ono day while I was there the lit tle boy was ordered to wash himself There was a little candy pall which ho used to use tor a wash basin. The water was so cold that his skin became came bine. 1 took a towel from a nail and started to dry him when * . ! r Stehr Jerked the towel from my hand and told mo Kauri must learn to wash himself. I jerked the town ! back and finished myork. . "They never did look after him right. He was always hungry and once when ho was at my homo with his parents I gave him a piece of bread and lie ate it and asked for more. I gave him more and then his father reprimanded him for eating too much. "I am sure the boy has suffered much from those fro/on feet , and that the patents knew they were frozen. On Christmas eve we had a Christ mas tree at our house. The children wore playing around It. 'I hey danced ; around and sang about It , but little I Kaurt was standing on one aide cry- I ing. I was In the kitchen and I could not stand it when Stelir forced tlio 1 bi y to dance and & ! ng when his foot hurt him so. 1 came out and asked wi.at was wrong with the foot and Stelir told me tint the shoe was hur'- ing him. 1 then tried 1.1 got him to take the shoe off because that would ease the pain , but he quickly said , 'No , we will go homo now. ' 1 Slept In Ice Cold Kitchen. "That Is all 1 actually know about the freezing of the foot. Stehr told I mo that the boy always slept in the kitchen by himself. He said he did not want such a 'pest1 in Ills house. One night the snow was a number o. ' feet deep in that kitchen fitehr told mo. There is no stove in there and when I asked him if ho did not think the child would freeze , he said there were plenty of covers. After the room and when the doctors came I re minded Stehr about the boy sleeping in the kitchen and he said he did not j think it would be so had. I "The Stehr's toilet Is out in the back yard , and one night in that aw fully cold weather near Now Year's j ( the temperature was 27 below zero ) a man passing there told mo he heard the child crying , 'Papa , "papa1 ! He was in that cold toilet and all the doors of the house were shut tigiit. I know for a fact that this 3-year-old was forced to go to the toilet often and was left there for liojirs at a time. " Little Kaurt went into spasms Sat urday night and all hope of his recov ery was given up. Then the jaws set as from lockjaw , the effect of the gangrene - | grene that had Infected his entire sys tem , and shortly after noon Sunday ho died , Stebr Absolutely Indifferent. llonry Stehr , who referred to Uie . boy In his own home as' a "pest , " never saw the little follow after bringing - ing him , at the command of the county ( ty authorities , to the Klentz home for ] the operation. He merely brought In the bruised boy with ills rotted feet , deposited him and went away. Ah- ' solute indifference to the child's fate , marked Ills demeanor. , The mother of the child told a News man Saturday that she hadn't gone to see Knurt because she didn't know where to find the place , al I though neighbor ! : before that time had offered to take her. She didn't go to see him until Saturday night and then ( , only stayed a short time. She had little to say. Perhaps This Explains Something. Perhaps this is why Stehr called that fair-haired little tot a pest. Mrs. Stelir was asked by a News man If Stehr was the child's father. "No , " she said. "Where Is his father ? " was asked. "I never told anybody in Germany and I'm not going to tell anybody here who his father is , " she answered. Mrs. Hankraht , the aunt , believes that little Kaurt was' afraid of both Stehr and the mother. "When I told j him ho could go back to his mother and father , he shrank back and said , ( 1 'No. ' " Mrs. Hankraht declared to a News man. Mother Says He Was Beaten. Mrs. Stehr admitted at the Klentz home that she had seen bruises on the little fellow's body. "I don't know how they came there , " she said. " 1 think my husband whipped him while I was away washing. " When the mother entered the slcli chamber she approached the bed , took the little fellow's hand In hers and kissed him on the check , but ho push ed her away. "Go away , " ho said Whether this was said during con sclousncss or In delirium Is not cer tain. tain.All All day Saturday callers were ad mil ted at the Klentz home where lit tie Kaurt Stelir lay In a critical condl tlon. Many children called with toys fruit and picture books for the little unfortunate. County CominlssloniJr Taft was notl fled of the child's death and it was thought funeral arrangements wonh ho made by him. Mrs. Hankraht's husband Is a 1ml brother to Henry Stehr. For tei weeks In Germany Mrs. Hankraht hai charge of little Kaurt.He lived wltl her two days In Norfolk. 1 Coroner Holding Inquest. Dr. M. D. Baker of Tllden , count ; The Famous Is the Lamp of Real Beauty because it gives the best light of all lamns. The Rayo gives a white , soft , mellow , diffused light-easy on the eye bc.-ausc it cannot flicker. You crtn use your eyes as long as you wish under the Rayo light without strain. The Rayo Lamp Is low-priced , and even though you pny $5 , $10 or $20 for other lamps , you may net more expensive decorations but you cannot get n better light than the low-priced Rayo gives. A strong , durable shade-holder holds the shade on firm and true. This season's new burneradds strength and appearance. Once a Rayo User , Always One. Ditttn Enryuirt. . If not * t y < * rt. u-riti far / cirtular to ibt manit oincy tll > ii Standard Oil Company ( Incorporated ) Monday morning and nil inquest Is coroner , with a Jury viewed the body being hold In the city hall. County Attorney James Nichols and Sheriff C. S. Smith came hero from Madison Immediately after learning tnat the child had dlod. Mr.s. Stohr loft her 1-l-nionths-old linby In the Illtlo house In Kdgcwator alono. A lire was burning briskly In Iho steve and neighbors broke In the door fearing for the safety of the child. Mrs. Stehr for tlio llrst tlmo viewed - od the remains of her ( load hey about 7 o'clock Sunday night and she adniittod leaving her baby in the house by Itself. She was prevailed uiioii to return to it. Her stay at the side of the death bed was very short and she seemed somewhat affected. When asked what ho thought of .Mrs. Stehr's story. County Attorney Nichols said : "Someone. Is lying. You can t tell me that with all those bruises over his body and with one leg rotted off , the child was treated right. " THE MOTHER TALKS. Little Kaurt Stohr , whose feet were amputated TJinrsday , lies at the Klont/ residence on Mraasch avenue in about the same condition as ho was after the operation. Illn father Is hold in the county jail at Madison awaiting the outcome of the operation , and the mother until this morning has been in bed , said to be suffering from heart trouble. She was able to bo up at noon Saturday and do some washing , with which employment she has been supporting the family for some time. She was not aware until Saturday morning that her husband had been arrested , and when neighbors called on her and told her the truth she says she was much pained. All through Friday night she waited for her bus- I band's return. "They told my husband not to call on our boy. I want him to live. I love him and I can't earn enough by wash ing to buy him feet , " she said to a News representative-who called on her ' Saturday. j In Edgewater park neighbors have various ideas as to the treatment the child has received. Some believe lie was badly treated by his parents , I while a neighbor living immediately ' across the street from the Stehr home says that from what he has seen ot the family the little boy was treated ' well. 1 One rCdgcwater citizen living about two blocks from the Stelir home and who is on very friendly terms witli Paul Bankraht , a half brother of Mrs Stehr , says the Haiikraht family feel very badly over the affair and declare I the child was mistreated by his fa ther. To tills friend Mrs. Ilankraht confided that she once received a let ter from Mrs. Stelir's mother , who is ; i a highly educated nurse in Germany asking her to'keep a watch over the child ; that she feared lie would IK mistreated. This friend also says Mrs. Hankrahl was present once when the faUroi struck the child on the neck with si stick. That oil" of the child's feel were fro/en on Christmas eve is con firmed by Mrs. Stelir. On this evening the Stehr family visited at the Han kraht home , where there was a Christ mas tree party. The children wen dancing around the tree , but on ac count of his sore foot little Kaurt die : i not join them. Stelir is said to hav < forced the little lad to dance aroum 1 the tree that evening , and when askoi what was the matter with the child's foot Mrs. Stehr said his shoe was toe small for him. When Mrs. Hankrah wanted to undo the bandage she was stopped by the father , it Is said. Then are many other reports in the neigh borhood , but none can be continued Kven the Hankraht family have ad milled to neighbors that they did no see the father beating the child bu once , it Is said. One neighbor called on Mrs. Steh Saturday morning and told her tha the father yas In jail because nelgli bors were about to hang him. When The Newu man arrived at th > Stehr homo Jio found Mrs. Stohr ii the back yard hanging up washing. She immediately Invited him Int tile small house and into the kitcher dlningroom-hcdroom combined. Ther was a small home made bed In on corner In which lay a 14-inonths-ol child. Mrs. Stehr willingly showc her interviewer the bed in which littl Kaurt had slept. It had been remove into another room , which was iinfui nislied. This bed Is a homemade a fair , and if it Is true that the chil slept 'under the covers which ver f now piled on it ho could not have oai i lly frozen his feet while in It Mn I Stehr denied emphatically that th i bed was ever placed In the cold unfu nlshed kitchen during cold wcathc and that he ever slept on the Hoc r with the exception of two night Those * two nights she said were not cold oni's and she declared that hea\v ( | iilltscrc pllod on ( In- floor along pldo the bed occupied by herself , hus band and baby In the living room. The boy was put there until the father had finished making the present bed. When asked to toll what she know about the child's frozen foot and whether ho was mistreated , Mrs. Stohr said : The Mother's Stntcment. "I came hero with my two children In October , eleven weeks ago. My husband preceded mo hero. Christ mas eve wo noticed a small red spot on Kauri's foot and 1 thought It was because Ills shoos were too small. The scar later disappeared and both feet suddenly turned red. Wo know then they wore frozen and 1 road In this doctor book ( displaying a small paper covered hook ) which 1 brought with me from Germany , Instructions about frozen feet. Wt > bullied them In hot water and rubbed salvo on them every night. My husband bandaged them every other night. One night my hus band called me and told me the skin was coming off. Ho was frightened and I could not hmk at it. my heart bothers me so. I went to the Luebckc grocery store that very night and asked Mr. Luobcko to got a doctor for ns. I can't speak ICnglish and it Is very hard. Dr. Pllgor came that even ing. I waited for him at the store. He told UK the feet were very bad. I did not know they were rotting , neither did my husband. Wo did what wo could. Another doctor came the next day and ho later brought another doc tor with him. He returned again with another man , who told us my child had to be taken away and have ills feet taken oil. lie told my husband to take Kaurt .somewhere , I don't know where , and my husband said ho would. "I did not want him. to lie taken from me , but my husband said It had to be done. He did not take him that day hut did the next night. We both wanted to go to sue him , but neigh bors told ns not to go there yet. Yes terday some men came hero and my husband went with them. I was sick in Itod with my heart trouble and be fore lie went my husband gave me my medicine and told me he would conio back soon. Ho Is not back yet and I have been up all night waiting for him. I want to sco my child ; I love him. I could not go when I was sick. One of my neighbors promised to take mi- there today. I would go alone , but I don't know where the place is. "No , sir , it is not true that he slept on the lloor. Two nights we had him on the lloor with quilts beside our own bed until my husband could finish the new bed for him. Ho did sloop in the kitchen two nights , but it was not in the cold weather. It was when we llrst came here. ' "I did not know about those scars you talk about on Kami's stomach and cln.'Bt. He had one bear on his stomach - ! ach and when I asked my husband If | he struck him there he said 'No , ' Once . ' my husband struck Kaurt on the back ' ' and I interfered. The St. Johannes pastor was here today and ln > told mo about all the reports in the paper. It j stems as If neighbors know more ; about ns than I do myselt. I don't know many people hero. I can not talk Knglish and I do washing for i strangers and if tills means of support I should be taken from me I don't know 11 what I would do. The minister says ' paper says 1 don't want my child I do want him , he Is mine and I want I him to get well. 1 cai\'t earn enough i j washing to buy him some feet I want to see him so bad. " Stehr is tlio child's stepfather. ROW OVER COST OF MEALS. Workman at State Hospital Object to Paying $5 a Week for Board. As the result of a controversy over the price of meals at the state hospi tal , men employed on the cement work in the new building are now walking to the city for their meals. Some of the workmen nay that authorities at the hospital promised to allow them iKwrd for $ I per week hut .this price was suddenly cut off by the announce ment from the superintendent who de clared the state board would not al low this price. A Hat rate oC.X.r > cents per meal was' then charged to which the workmen objected. One employe says a com promise was made at a rate of $5 tier week to which price the workmen also objected and they prefer to walk to Norfolk for their meals. Gets Abernathy's Job. Washington. Jan. 21. The president today sent to the senate the nomina tion of William S. Cade of Oklahoma for United States marshal for the western district of Oklahoma. Jack Abernathy recently resigned this po sition.