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A Birthday Party.
By KATHERINE McDONALD.
We sometimes think it is neci .->■ iry
to expend money for gifts and tin
ier the children in order that they !
may be happy. This is especiallyj
true on birthdays, holidays and other
special occasions. That the opposite
is true can best be illustrated by the
following incident.
The time was mid-summer, the
place was on an ocean liner plying
between New York and Tot-dam.
Holland. The occasion was a small
girl's birthday. Little Margaret wa.-.
a general favorite with evuryone on
the large ship, and > till were in
terested in a personal way, that her
sixth anniversary be a memorable'
one.
Her mother had some remem-1
brances for her which had been se-1
leetod in a hurried way, as the father
had been called as an attach:' to the
Ambassador to Germany, and with
the struggle Incident to closing their|
home and starting for a foreign one,
the mother had her hands and'
thoughts full.
The day came and the announce
ment that a slipper party for Mar
ga.rot and her friends would be
served early in the dining room.
The Idea of making it a real party \
came to a trained kindergarten
teacher, but where was the material
for the pretty chains, favors and
1 resents to be obtained?
Of course tli^re was beautiful men
ogramed stationery belonging to the
"Potsdam,'' so why not use it. As)
BIRTH CONTROL
NOW FAVORED
OSAKA, Japa, March 3. Under
the auspices of the Japan Labor Fed
eration' an educational movement
has been started In favor of birth'
control. Professors from tile uni
versities have been engaged to de
liver lectures throughout the coun
try, while officos have been opened
to which the people arc advised to
go for information. Professor Abe
Iso, cf Wascda University, who de
livered the opening lecture here, told
of the miserable life of the poor of
Japan and the terrible effect of lire
wretched living conditions among
the nufny children of the slums.!
These have been described by an
American woman settlement worker,
as the worst in the world. Professor
[ by magic, with the help of willing !
lands, including Margaret’s own,
here appearod a whole set of furnl-j
uro- tables, chairs, piano, booki me, j
writing desk, telephone stands, beds,
Ires: i and d,els| and flower-pots,
or the table decorations. For the
ovclly birthday chain which w.i - to i
;race the big dining table the me
erkii was taken from the variou-;
aee lined candy boxes and colored |
;apcr found here, there and every-1
vtoere. 'lihe purser emptied every
hhig lie had in box form to add to
bo collection. Then came the won
lerful march to the feast. It was
Uncovered in time that the little girl |
nil her guests numbered IS and as.
io grown-up could participate in thi
■vont, the steerage was searched and.
ircaeotly the hungriest, most ragged,
iftlo brown eyed son of Italy was
elected to be thn 14th guest.
It was a most lovely party and llr
icst one that Margaret had ever!
md. Her eyes passed over the gift
epresenting a money value, and rest
'd lovingly on those fashioned si^
rudely and hurriedly, but with much
oy. They met her needs at that |
ime and -because she could add to
hem herself and also fashion them
o her own liking, hor enjoyment I
vas beyond the price of mated tl 1
■ostly things. Tho party also open : I
iho eyes of all who helped to the!
aluo of the “blue bird" which w|
tear at hand and easily found If1
>no,has insight and deeirc.
so declared that birth control was
lot sinfu land gave example or
ugcnic practices.
Retiring Ambassador
Is Praised for Work
WASHINGTON, Ala roll 3. There,
s a possibility that a successor to
Ambassador Warren, to Japan, who,
-esignod, will he sent to the Senate;
tefore adjournment of Congress. Both!
:'!■■■ sid-en-t Harding and Secretary of
It tie Hughes published letters to-,
lay praising the. retiring Ambassa-i
lor for his work. President Harding |
wedpted the resignation, which is ef
’ective immediately. Warren re
dgned because he said there was no
langrr of trouble between the United
States and Japan and he wanted a
lob in which there was some work.
For engraved or printed calling
tards see The Kmplre.
Cotton "Mill Town Wipes
Out Typhoid and Malaria
*75,000 Hospital in Town of
7,500.
JDOSEMARY and Roanoke Rap
ids, North Carolina, reduced
the percentage of their population
affected by malaria from 49.8 to
less than one-tenth of one per
cent by getting rid of mosquitoes.
Samuel F. Patterson, head of
the Rosemary and Roanoke cot
ton mills, largest producers of
table damask in the world, found
in 1912 that half the people in his
community were infected with
malarial germs. After arranging
for the mills to build a $75,000
hospital, he placed Dr. T. W. M.
Long in charge and started him on
his campaign against malaria and
typhoid.
Four large swamps supplied
most of the mosquitoes. The
parts of rfem which could be
drained without prohibitive ex
pense were drained. Three Public
Health Service experts from the
Canal Zone assisted. Cans con
taining crude oil, so arranged that
the oil spdled only a drop at a
time, were placed around the un
drained pools. The film of oil
which the cans kept on the water
prevented the young mosquitoes,
when in amphibian form just after
hatching, from getting to the sur
face to breathe. The result was
; the elimination of mosquitoes,
and with them the malaria which
they carried from person to per
' eon.
Dr. Long also got rid of typhoid
j in the community formed by the
two towns, by going below bed
rock for the water supply and in
stalling septic tanks for sewage
disposal.
I The entire equipment of the
• tea saw hospital, with * staff of
2. Automatic Drip Can Which
Banished Mosquitoes.
five physicians, two graduate
nurses, and sixteen student nurses,
is at the disposal of mill em
ployees and their families at a
cost of ten cents a week. Al
though the mills built the hos
pital, and make up the yearly defi
cit which develops in connection
with its activities, the institution
is administered by representatives
of the communty in conjunction
with mill officials.
Mrs. Patterson, wife of the head
of the mills, presented the surgical
equipment at a cost of $2,000.
The X-Ray has recently been
added, and the hospital is look
ing toward to the procuring of
radium.
Eight hundred patients were
admitted to the hospital last year,
with the exceptionally low death
rate of three and one-Kalf per
cent.
In ten years, by prevention and
care, a sickly, malarlnl com
munity has been turned into a
health resort.
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary
have together 7,i)00 people, with
2,120 of them enrolled in a high
school which cost $S00,000—• !
further evidence that the South is
not a coming country, but one that
has arrived.
Tried to Solve Mystery;
Fights Retirement.
A fight is expected In Congress
over the order by President Hard
ing that Major-General Adelbert
Cronkhlte, who commanded the
Eightieth Division in France,
shall retire. This division had a
splendid record, losing 1,132 dead
and 5,000 wounded. General
Cmnkhite’s enforced retirement,
it is said, is the result of his un
ceasing efforts to solve the mys
tery of the death by shooting of
his son. Major A. P. Cronkhlte,
who was killed at Camp Lewis,
Washington, in 1918. At first
death was said 'to have been a
suicide, but later Captain Robert
Rosenbluth and an enlisted man
wore indicted, charged with mur
der. Rosenbluth has successfully
fought extradition to Washington
for t,rial and has been set at lib
erty, because he declared tho
shooting did not take place on
Government property, and he
could not therefore, be prosecuted
in a Federal court. The Stale
courts have taken ao action.
ROUND-UP DRAWS
MANY CATTLEMEN
KAjXSAS CITY. Mo., March 3.—
.Cattlemen from all sections of the
United States will gather here March
19-22 for the sixth annual Hereford
Round-Up.
The event is an annual assembly
of men engaged in producing the na
tion's beef supply. A four-day aui
tion of registered Herefords is the
magnet which draws cattlemen here.
It is held under auspices of the Amer
I.Yan Hereford Cattle Rreeders' As
sociation.
In the Round-Up crowds will be
sun-browned ranchers, South Ameri
can ranchmen from Rrasll and Urua
guvy, picturesque “cow insn" from
plains and mountains of the United
irom
states an.t ruggeci BtocKmen
corn 'heli farms.
In mis. when the first sale was
held. the hard-workting auctioneers
disposed of 292 Herefords in 10
hours, or ono every two minutes.
Last year. 471 head were sold with
the same speed.
Spry-am I a r sales have featured the
auctions at past round-tips. Last
ye.r a Hereford bull calf raised by
Bert 11 upbil of A lathe. Kan., was
Ixmght for $1,025, by a South Ameri
can ranchman. The top price paid
at the 1920 sale was $7,600 for a
sire. “Maples Lad 121st." bought by
Thomas L. ('aFhmatt of Owalonna,
Minn., from J. C. Robinson and Sons
of Evansville. Wrs.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
TO REORGANIZE POLICE
VICTORIA. B. C„ March 3.—With
the aim of reorganizing the whole
provincial police system, A. M. Man
son, Minister of Justice, has appoint
ed Col. J. H. MoMuIHn, government
agon; at Prince Rupert, superintend
ent of Provincial Police. dating front
March 31 The present superintend
ent. VV. G. MeWvnn, becomes super
intendent of the Okalla prison. Col
onel MeMnllin. with Mansou, will
have charge of the reorganization.
Coll In Campbell, the present prison
supe’-intendent. will be superannated.
The eorntbissions of 600 Justices of
the Peace in British Columbia have
been cancelled, effective April 30
Ft is announced that many or them
will be reappointed.
Aviators Are 00 on
Flight to Porto Rico
SAX ANTONIO, Tex., March 3 —
81* giant Oehaviland planes, carry
ing 12 officers, loft the Kelly Field
this morning for a flight, to. Porto
Rico
For good printing phqn* 374,
Empire Printing Company.
HARDING'S TRIP
TO ALASKA HAS
REEN FINANCED
House Told of Money Re
quired to Pay Expenses—
Plans of Proposed Trip.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—Plans
fcr President Harding's trip to
Alaska next rummer were outlined
in the House this morning by Chair
man Madden of the House Appro
priations Committee in an address
supporting the amendment to the
third deficiency bill. This amend
ment made available for the Presi
dent's use during the next fiscal year
the unexpended balance of his $30,
000 fund to meet traveling expenses.
After going to Florida, with Mrs.
Harding to reruperute, the Presi
dent intends to return to Washing
ton, leave later on his transcontin
ental trip, then go to Alaska where
lie hopes to obtain first hand know
ledge of conditions.
BELOVED BOY
MOURNED BY
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEW YORK, March 3.—Eldridge
Street, between Grand and Broome,
ono of the teeming blocks of New
York’s East Side, was in mourning.
Business was slow in the little
chops that line the sidewalks and
youths stood around in groups, talk
ing softly. For Eldridge Street had
just buried its leader.
To his memory, between the fire
escape fronts of the two shabby
tenement houses, was swung across
the ftreot a white banner with the
legend:
“We mourn the loss of Our Be
loved Friend, Sam (Zellek) Kathet,
aged seventeen, years.”
It was placed there by the boy's
young friends. Inscribed on one side
in English and on the other in He
brew, this banner will blow in the
breeze for thirty days in memory of
the recognized leader of the block,
the idol of the boys, the friend of
women and children, the comforter
| of old age.
A boy friend said:
“Gee! He was a fine feller. He
i was a dandy athlete. Why, he knew
I bow to do everything. He was
j teaching us all about the broad
[jump when he died. We’ve got a
i club, you know, called the OrielB,
land he was president.” ,
“And say,” another broke in,
! "we've changed the name to the
Rat'het Social Club, so’s we can re
member him better. And we re going
to get us a club room and every
thing where we can learn all the
things he knew.”
The third said:
“Did you know he had eight
medals? He was the smartest boy.
Why, he get every one of them
medals at public school for boxing
and jumping and basketball and
things.”
Up spoke an old woman:
“Ain't seen nobody like him. He
used to come around to my liottse
every day just to say a cheerful
word to my old man, who's bed
ridden.”
Zclick died in the line of duty.
He worked in one of the small stores
in Eldridge Street, where clothing
is sold. When lifting a packing
case loo heavy for him, he received
an injury tha: resulted in his death
two days later.
MOTORSHIP
IS BURNING
SAN FRANCISCO, March 3. -The
motorship Rabinda, off Santa Cruz,
h/s caught fire. The schooner Celile
has rescued the crew, but it is be
lieved the Btblnda will be a total
loss. Hundreds on shore watched
the progress of the flames.
BABE RUTH HRS
ATTACK OF FLU
NEW YORK. March 3.—Ball fans
have their eyes on Hot Springs,
where Babe Ruth is suffering from
an attach of influenza, the second
since he began the boiling out pro
cess to prepare for the coming sea
son. Ruth's temperature was 104
all nlight, but the slugger Is reported
recovering a little today. He may
not be able to go to New Orleans to
begin training next weak* however.
HUMANE POSTER CONTEST
CHICAGO. March 3—The fifth an
nual humane poster and essay con
test of the American Humane Asso
ciation promises to 'be as well re
ceived as any of its predecessors.
More than $400 will bo given In
prizes to artists. Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Campfire Girls and pupils of
government Indian schools for hu
mane drawings and essays. Special
prizes will be given for posters de
picting the i nirtty of trapping wt^l
animals.
Frank J. Gould Weds
for Third Time.
v'liiimmi
was Miss Florence Incase, pic- j
tured here, member of a wealthy
family of San Francisco, who was ;
married to Gould in Paris recently, :
This is Gould's third wedding. The
present Mrs. Gould was married
in 1914 to Henry C. Heynncn.ian,
noted San Francisco architect,
whom she divorced in 1916.
TO CONSTRUCT
BIG CAMPUS
Ten Million Dollar Downtown
Addition to Northwestern
Being Planned.
CHICAGO, March ".—Piuns for coii
: struetion of what will be one of thei
i finest aind largest urban university!
i campus in the country, together with’
t]te outline of the bulldiings su round i
S ins this campus, were anno.i ice 1
here today.
i The campus, that of the downtown
| 'o/.cn of Northwestern Ual"?rs;ty
j ,:t Evanston, 111., together wi'u th’
ground's upon which the bi dings
will be situated, comprise nine acre*
ci ground. Tljese acres face Lake
Michigan, off Lake Shore Drive, at
Chicago Avenue in downtown Chi
iago, one wile from the loop, aoturri !
ing to the statements of Architec*
James Gamble Rogers, of New York,!
and President Walter Dill Scott, of
Northwestern, made at a tea giveni
at the Casino Club by Mrs. George'
A. McKinlock, in honor of the event.]
The value of the property at com- -
pletion will be approximately $10,-:
090,000, as the grounds, purchased1
three and a half years ago, cost]
$2,500,000, and has since doubled in
value, and the buildings will cost in
the neighborhood of $5,000,000 and:
possibly more.
According to Mr. Rogers the build-!
ings contemplated will include a!
teaching hospital, a clinic, the medl-!
cal school, the dental school and a|
school of commerce, together with:
dormitories, commons and gym-!
nasium. j
The plan shows the general ar-j
rangement on the property as a huge]
medical center rising many stories,
in the air with a complete elevator;
service. The other two schools—daw i
and commerce—’Would bo in low'
three-story buildings without eleva-j
tors. These buildings, with dormi-j
torles, commons and gymnasium,!
would surround on three sides, this J
McKinlock campus, the athletic field 'r
of which would bo open on the I
east. |
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RECLASSIFICATION OF ✓
CIVIL SERVICE BILL
APPROVED BY SENATE1
Tiid Civil Service reclassification
measure, which has been supported
by the various Federal employees
coming under that classification, was
passed by the Senate Thursday night
and irmnediiately went to conference,
| according to telegraphic information
i received from I-Alther C. Steward,
president of the National Federation
of Federal Employees, by AI. L.
Stepp, president pf the local organ
ization. Hope was expressed that
the conference reports would be
made to both Houses yestreday.
Tho telegram received by Mr.
Stepp said: "Reclassification sched
ules 'passed Senate tonight and went
to conference. Compensation sched
ules appOy July 1, next, to District,
with bonus continued for field ser
vice. Survey of positions provided
for field service and report to Con
gress. Hope for conference report
both Houses tomorrow."
Thi3, in effect, means that Civil
Service positions throughout the en
tire country will be reclassified, said
Mr. Stepp. This will be accomplished
first in the District of Columbia and
tho compensation schedules contain
ed in the measure will be put into
effect there on the first of the com
ing fiscal year. Pending survey and
reclassification of the positions out
side of the District of Columbia, the
bonus to employees in such positions
will be continued.
Stop advising the other fellow to
do the things you are afraid to tackle
yourself, or 'he may take you at voi^r
word, turn the trick, and put you to
shame. Better still; show by your
own works what you can do, and he
will want to emulate you without
coaxing. J. E. F.
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for every use.
Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
by the present fine weather.
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