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Newspaper Page Text6 A Poor Weak Woman As she is termed, will endure bravely and patiently —w agonies which a strong man would give way under. aHMfca I The fact is women are more patient than they ought yA to be under '-ich troubles. Every woman ought to know that she may obtain waigr the most experienced medical advice /rev of ’ ciuirgt and in aholcte confidenct and privacy by writing to M, the World’s Dispensary Medical Association, R. V. 7 Pierce, M. D., President. Buffalo. N. Y. Dr. Pierce J Las been chief consulting physician of the Invalids’ V'Mit Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y., for gnanv years and has had a wider practical experience . . e tn the treatment of women’s diseases than any other physician m ttns country. His medicines are wond-famons for their astonishing efficacy. The most perfect remedy ever devised for week and de 11- eate women is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. IT MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG. SICK WOMEN WELL. The manv and varied symptoms of woman's peculiar ailments forth in Plain English in the People's Medical Adviser (IWB pages), a newly revised and up-to-date Edition, cloth-bound, will be sent on receipt of 31 one cent stamps to pay cost of wrapping end mailing only. Address as above. ''AlNour timely mH topics' concerts w.rnis.'ttH.ytxTOrt. OLD BOOKS, NEW BOOKS. Il would be perhaps unfair and ’in fest to «ay that the new books are hot worth reading, but there is so much trash thrown from the press that is not worth wasting time, strength or eye sight upon that 1 believe it is proper to say in this connection that modem light reading matter not only »n --'* ferior. but sometimes it is dangerous in its effect on susceptible minds. There is a sort of erase for "new ' books.” but the question should Le •is it worth while?” Where charac- ters are well drawn and teachings helpful, any new book is an acquisition to our book shelves, but it is wove than folly to stack up a whole lot of - yellow-backed literature for the read ers of the family, when it adds noth ing to the uplift of the mind a.id heart, nor useful information. 7 Magazine literature has largely i, usurped the place formerly occupied by . printed novels in book form issued in the first instance. Some of this litera ’ ture is worth saving, but the bulk of it is not only worthless for instinction, • but suggestive of evil. I read a maga zine article of Ihll. which was head *-! the “Common law," where a decent young woman made a living by expos ing her nude form as an artist model, and when the artist fell violently in love with her form and herself gen erally. she refused to marry him be rause his parents objected to such a matrimonial alliance, but she continued to pose as model and lived as near io the artists as the law allowed with out defiling herself until w time and persistence broke down family para dise and the couple were legally united. , " Perhaps. this is a common thing In Bohemian life, where single men and women live tn quarters adjacent and subject their repetitions to suspicious talkers, and expose their reputation to ■ scandal mangers. The restraints cf common usage in decent society are most valuable. When young men and women cannot live apart, the marriage law. and not common law, shall he • observed. The danger with unprotected young women lies in the other sex. The rescue homes of this country ire • populated by deceived and despairing young women, who believed their lov- . - ers to be gentlemen and found them to be nerve animals. I understand mis Story of “The Common Law" has been dramatised most attractively and as I see the situation the way to the res cue homes, or maybe the common brothel has been paved by its sugges tions. 1 read the standard novels of the world's greatest writer with increasing - interest. The lessons are good and ' leachings helpful. Every week I read the great advertisement put out in A Han't a newspapers concerning the • well known brothels of our capital city. A crusor of our modern novels should be established. We quarantine again-t yellow fever and smallpox, et al. Th-?se may kill the body, but we should quar antine also against the poison litera . ture which destroys both body and soul. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENTS. Commencement is a beautiful time. The *" Seniors are just finishing their hign school work. and are peering out to see •** what the future promises. Friend's are so thoughtful and tender. Teachers are so - kind anti considerate. Classmates are so £ eage and interested. The days are filled wiih pleasant meetings and parties and _ reheat sals. Everyone seems very gay sand happy, yet underneath all the gay ety and merry-making there is an under tone of seriousness. No one speaks of ’ it. but it is felt by all. The most prac *• tical and unsentimental of girls at Com - me nee merit (eels the tinge of regret that has been felt by sweet girl graduates ever since sweet girl graduates came into existence. And the reason is apparent enough: classes are breaking up, friends are being separated, many of them never to come together in the old free, easy way again. It is this parting from teach ers and classmates that have become , very dear through the years that shad ows the eyes at Commencement time. Let us analyze that shadow of serious w ness and quiet regret—that feeling of solemnity beneath that festive spirit. You haXe seen the long shadows that the late afternoon sun casts over wood and plain, nea the seting and it represents the serious part of that day, the final— the passing of oppotunity and the end of that day—forever. This Is the feeling that prevails the y* ' You’d be surprised to know the great number of cases of typhoid fever and other maladies caused by the poisonous gases and decomposed matter contained in dirty kitchen sinks, drains, troughs, outhouses and garbage cans. If you knew what a powerful cleanser, purifier and deodorizer Red Seal Lye is, you’d never be without it. It neutralizes and drive/ tut all putrid matter, kills disease germs and keeps everything sweet smelling. Bed Seal Lpe C"7 MHHHCBHHI BBOMHMi P-ro / Sure Preventive / is the strongest, best and cheapest lye on the market. Sold in sifting top cans, prevents waste. In making Lye '-/x Hominy use Red Seal. Use it always with water fo>RP cleansing dairy utensils, sinks, drains, garbage 2S 'a ' bams, henneries and water closets. Also scrubbing woodwork. It makes hard water soft and saves sepp. Use it as an insecticide for spraying trees and vegetables. Red Seal is the best lye for4 making soap. . .. Ask your storekeeper for Red Seal Lye %«/’’ ** —if he hasn’t got it, write us and we'll see you get supplied, and also send you free ay s'ft'na valuable book. ‘ a *lr Toe Can —Savea P.C.TMISOMCB-Bept. P. 2« Hashiugtev Ave., fhila. Money closing of life and to some extent the closing of school days—the Seniors are closing school life forever—the most of | them. They are stepping out into a new 1 world—facing they know not what. Some of them will go to their homes, enter- I ing upon the social life of the communi ty. Others must go immediately to work . in stores, in offices near at hand—maybe ! I far away. This old college life is brok en up. Hardly any two will continue to gether. Where new interests come in, new freidships will be formed and college life becomes a memory. For men tis memories ae often rudely strained by time and distance; but a college girl will hardly eve forget he closing school friends. Just sixty years ago. this month, I parted fom my college life—from the girls who gadruated with me. on that commencement day—so long ago; and while I have seen a few of their faces again, as a full class we never et again. It was a final day of parting for us— and so far as I know I am the only sur vivor of the dozen girls who received their regular diplomas with me in those good old Madison days. They lived to good purpose—they were fine women—but the Grim Reaper has nearly gathered us all in. But the memories of those dear old days have lingered with me for sixty years, and I trust the Seniors of 1912, will gath er together as often as health and leis ure provides, because friendships are sweet, in the springtime of our lives. Chicago, Aug. 8, 1912. I was a lady manager of the World's Columbian Exposition—from 1890 to 1894. I took advantage of cheap rail road rates to visit the city again. I have seen the great Progressive party convention—something I might have imagined but never could understand without seeing it. I saw 15,000 people shout and sing and saw the great coli seum packed to the limit with people who waved aflgs and cheered without ceasing. On Tuesday when Mr. Roosevelt ad dresesd the convention, they never ceased cheering for fifty-five minutes by the clock. They marched with ban ners and flags—and went wild in their enthusiasm. I was given a seat for three days, within fifteen feet of the speakers’ stand. I heard every word and I saw all th»- great men of the moment, as they moved around and spoke to a shouting audience. Such a scene and such enthusiasm can only happen on few great occasions. It is too immense, too overwhelming. When I get home and get rested I will write you more about it Anybody who thinks this movement is trivial will discover their mistake. It surely means busi ness, and when the negro question was put out, it meant a world of new things in the south. MRS. FELTON. NORMAL COLLEGE TURNS AWAY MANY APPLICANTS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 10.— With doors closed to any more appli cants the Georgia Normal and Industrial college is still receiving a score of ap plicants-daily, and while the capacity of the institution is for only 600 students, more than double that amount will have applied before the next term begins, about the middle of September. President M. M. Parks has been kept busy with the work preliminary to the opening, but the bulk of It is now fin ished. The regret occasioned by being unable to accommodate the students is great here, where the value of the . school as an educational institution is resfiized and highly prized. OLYMPIC ATHLETES PERFORM FOR ELKS BOSTON. Aug. 10.—Thorpe, the Car lisle Indian, was the main attraction in i the athletic games in connection with I the Elks' carnival today, in which more ' than a dozen Olympic athletes took part. Thorpe participated in the run ning high jump, shot put. broad jump adn 100-yard dash. In the first two he finished first and in the broaod jump 1 second. In the dash he was disqualified , through misunderstanding of the start- I ing signal. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1912. N. V POLICE DEPARTMENT OHGINIZED FOR GRAFT District Attorney Has Positive Proof on Gotham Offi cials (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Positive proof of' organized grafting in the police de partment came Into the possession of the district attorney late this afternoon, according to information originating close to Prosecutor Whitman. The information was received by As sistant District Attorney Moss, who has been delegated by Whitman to get at the bottom of the alliance between the underworld and the police. It was re ported that with this evidence the pros ecution would be able to secure sensa tional police indictments within the next ten days. There was also hope that some of it would prove a lever through which Lieutenant Becker could be induced to aid the prosecution. SULLIVAN VALUABLE AID. Jacob Reich, or, as he is better known, "Jack Sullivan, King of the News Boys,” who was reported last Thursday to be ready to tell all he knew, has, it was understood tonight, furnished the prose cution with more direct proof regarding the events immediately preceding and following the murder of Gambler Rosen thal than even District Attorney Whit man had hoped for. The nature of this information was carefully guarded, but the elation shown by the men in charge of the prosecution indicated that they believed they had se cured a material advantage in their fight to prepare an unanswerable case. Banks, safety deposit vaults and brok erage offices are being visited by the trained investigators of the district at torney in the attempt to complete the case agains the police of those who are alleged to have accepted graft for per mitting disorderly houses of all kinds to run. Much evidence is on hand and it will be taken up by the grand jury next Tuesday, immediately after that body has returned new consolidated indict ments in the Rosenthal case. FOR BURIED $30,000,000 TREASURE HUNTERS SEEK (By Associated Pi ess.) NEW YORK, Aug. 10—The legend of $30,000,000 gold hidden on the obscure island named Cocos oft the west coast of Costa Rica is the lure which brought Frederick Smodden from Calgary, Can ada, to this city whence he sailed today for Central America. A dozen or more expeditions have searched for the same treasure, but Smodden is convinced he has the real secret of its W'hereabouts, handed down by Captain Treven, a sea man of many generations back whose plan to search for the gold was frus trated by a fatal illness. Smodden was as happy as a boy as he sailed declaring that if he did not win the high stakes he sought he would at least have the experience. The legend credits rich Central Americans with hav ing burled the gold on or near the island when the confiscation of their goods by the Spanish was imminent. Why the owners of such vast wealth never recovered their property is not ex plained. CANADIAN PRINT PAPER IS NOW ADMITTED FREE (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Wood pulp, print paper and paper board manufac tured from woods of British Columbia from which the export restrictions were recently removed by the council of that province, will be admitted to the United States free of duty under the one opera tive clause of the Canadian reciprocity act. Secretary MaceVagh made this decision tccay after an investigation by the state department. The woods affected are on certain leases controlled by the Powell River company in British Colum bia, lying west of the Cascade range mountains. The order is to Increase im portations of free wood pulp and paper to the Pacific coast states. 12-YEAR-OLD LOVER, JILTED, HANGS HIMSELF (Special Dispatch to The JourpaL) SZACL’S, N. J., Aug. 10.—Infatuated with his pretty cousin, Mary Bussanich, and enraged because his attachment for her was the butt Os jokers in the neigh borhood, James Bussanich, 12 years old, hanged himself today. He could not see the futility of his admiration for the young woman. He went to his father’s carpenter shop in Hoboken. Mary Bus sanich finally thought of the carpenter shop. On reaching it she found the door locked. She looked in a window and saw the boy’s body hanging from a rafter. WOMAN BLOWN AWAY BY SEVERE STORM (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ANNISTON, Ala., Aug. 10.—News was received here today of a terrific wind storm at Piedmont yesterday afternoon, and that one woman was blown con siderable distance and was picked up uninjured. The roof was blown off the new resi dence of Elbert Formby and many oth e" structures damaged. The wires are down and details are not obtainable. NEW TRAFFIC MANAGER FOR A„ B. & A. RAILROAD ' 'By Associated Press.) NORFOLK, Va.. Aug. 10 —B. L. Bugg, traffic manager of the Norfolk South ern railroad, will follow E. T. Lamb, former president of the road, to At lanta. to accept a fike position with the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail road, of which Mr. Lamb is general manager, under the receivers. Mr. Bugg's resignation will take effect September 1. COLUMBUS DEFEATS WATERWORKS BONDS COLUMBUS. Ga., Aug. 10.—The water works bond issue was lost at today’s elec tion. lacking 361 votes. Mani did not vote. Dalton Bars Whistles (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DALTON. Ga., Aug. 10.—The high pitched scream of the whistle is doomed, for city council has instigated a still hunt to put it out of business. The anti noise crusade is on. and the manufac turers are figuring on placing orders for the mouth whistle and men with strong lungs. Railway locomotives must muf fle their noise producers when they pass through. Woman’s Work in Tuberculosis BY MARY E. LAPHAM, M.D. Tuberculosis costs the United States annually over one billion dollars. In the city of New York alone tubercu losis costs its inhabitants over three million dollars a year. When we re member that this huge expense is only that which appears we may well ask ourselves what the real expense would be if it could be' ascertained. Not all the expense of tuberculosis con cerns those that are manifestly af fected by it. Huge as the number of victims is it is but a fraction of the great whole. The percentage of manifest cases of tuberculosis to the concealed cases might not be incor rectly compared to the amount of an iceberg appearing above water. Only the smallest part of the iceberg shows; all the rest is hidden. Today we are combating that part of tuber culosis which is thrown upon us, which we cannot avoid seeing and which W'e know is a menace to us. The great realm of tuberculosis’ lies below the surface and has never been adequately estimated. It Is a condition which can exist from child hood to old age without making any open manifestation of its existence. Beginning with the baby or even the first breath that is drawn, or even before the child is born, tuberculosis lays its hold upon its victim and it depends upon the ability of this infant to combat tuberculosis almost as much as it depends upon its ability to manu facture energy out of food, w’hether the infant shall live or not. At first there is very little question. Over 90 per cent of infants that are at tacked by tubercle baccilli promptly die. After three months the babies begin to acquire a certain ability to resist these attacks. At this age 2 per cent of all infants are infected and over 90 per cent die. But there is already a difference between the newborn babe and that of three months. The infection is sometimes latent in the three-months’ babe for a short time, showing that a slight amount of resistance has already been developed. At twelve months 13 per cent of all Infants are already infect ed. Ninety per cent still die, but not so promptly, and the proportion of latent cases is increased, showing that the resistance is still more developed. At two years of age 25 per cent are in fected but the death rate has already fallen from over 90 per cent to some thing like 13 per cent; and wwhat is still more interesting we find a still greater number of concealed or latent cases. From now on until the fourth year the disease is rapidly less fatal, and at the fifth year of life 50 per cent of all Infants are infected, while only 8 per cent die. Disease Becomes Chronic Coincident with this decrease in the death rate we find a decided ten dency towards prolonging the strug gle. The disease is no longer acute ly fatal. It is much more chronic and has a still Jarger number of concealed and latent cases. At this age it is not at all unusual to find a child giving positive reaction to tuberculosis, showing that there is an active process that is not yet re vealed in any way that can be de tected. In many of these cases the infection reveals itself later on, showing beyond doubt that the con cealed period has existed since be fore the tuberculin test was fiven. The terms "latent’ and "conceal ed" tuberculosis should be clearly understood. By latent tuberculosis is meant an Infection that has been so thoroughly overcome that is ex erts no influence whatever, either local or general. Concealed tuber culosis is an infection that gives a positive reaction to a tuberculin test but does not manifest Itself to our limited powers of perception. In children we see these concealed cases chiefly as alterations in char acter or in intellect or In physical vigor. They affect children men tally, morally and physically, without our beipg aware of the cause cf it We see that the child is not strong, is lacking perhaps in initiative or persistency or ambition. Possibly he will keep quiet rather than join in sports; is easily tired; listless. The outward expression of concealed tuberculosis is failure 'to maintain the proper amount of ener ’gy and weight. This concealed tu berculosis may revert to the latent condition if the child is placed un der proper circumstances or if not it may go on to clinical or mani fest tuberculosis. "Manifest" Tuberculosis By manifest tuberculosis we mean something that we can detect by our limited methods of diagnosis. Between concealed and manifest tu berculosis, the tubercle bacilli have had an unlimited opportunity to un fold and extend their activities. As the di culty of recovery is vastly in creased with the extent of the rav ages and the number of the enemy, the desirability of taking the ease at the start while yet the at tack is circumscribed, is small in ex tent, and insignificant in numbers, must be apparent to everyone. To al low concealed tuberculosis to go on to manifest tuberculosis is to make a huge mistake. To wait until the victim comes to a physician is to give the disease all the time that you possibly can to do its worst be fore you attack it. Battleground of Future The ability to resist tubercle ba cilli determines the future of fie child, and since at maturity over 90 per cent of all the children are in fected with tubercle bacilli It is of th e utmost importance that thev should be able to resist this infec tion. At maturity, when over 90 per cent of all children are infected, the death rate has fallen to 1 1-2 per cent. That is to say, that a certain proportion of manifest cases die. We do not know the exact number of manifest cases that re cover, but the proportion or mani fest cases of tuberculosis to. the concealed cases is very small. It is this class of concealed cases ct tuberculosis that demands atten tion. These should be our battle ground for the future. Today we must take care of the manifest eases. partly for their ■ own sake, partly because of the danger of exposure to others. But that is not where the fight should I be made. To attack tuberculosis through the manifest cases is to be gin at the end, aud we should begin "at the beginning, at the start while the infection Is still concealed and before any damage has been done. How shall we detect concealed cases and what can we do to con vert them into latent cases instead of allowing them to develop into manifest ones? To answer this question let us first ask how’ it is that sincq over 90 per cent of all children ate infected that only 1 1-2 per cent die? Some Are Immune We call this ability to resist tu bercle bacilli immunity. and we mean thereby that an individual that is perfectly immune to tuber cle bacilli cannot possibly be harm ed by them. Such an individual could live constantly exposed and could even have bacilli circulating in his blood with ro more danger than from any other harmless or ganism. It is evident that the vast major ity of us have acquired a more or less perfect immunity to tuberculo sis or the world would be depopu lated. But for some reason o r other in a very small proportion of cases the mechanism for producing immunity is imperfect. In this class of cases the attack of the in fection is uncertain throughout life. Immunity is not manufactured once and for all, and being well estab lished forever persists. In these cases of imperfect production of immunity this exemption constantly •changes from success to failure un der every conceivable condition of existence; rising when the circum stances are good and falling when they are bad; so that the ultimate outcome of the struggle is always questionable. It may be that the child of 15, in perfect health and vigor, will in the stress of school life, prove unequal to manufactui ing this immunity. Or it may go on further until the responsibilities of later life reveal the same flaw and thus it is that from 20 to 30 to 40 to 50 to 60 to 70 years ot age this inborn evil is ever liable to manifestation. It may or .nay not manifest itself according to the circumstances of life. Developing Immunity Since the vast majority of children show no difficulty whatever in the production of immunity and only the small minority are unable to climb up to where the others stand, if we could reach out a helping hand and lift these children up to a higher plane of resistance, their whole future might be changed. Their ability to resist might be so developed that im munity would be permanently secured. They would then permanently belong to the great majority who have no trouble whatever with tubercle bacilli. Moreover future cases of tuberculosis will develop with every year, every month, and every day. How many of these future cases are due to expos ure and how many are due to the de velopment of concealed cases of tu berculosis into clinical manifestations? The tuberculosis child of today, hid den and concealed and unsuspected as the process be, may well be the tuberculous adult of tomorrow. If then we could raise the Immunity of this minority, we should cut off the supply of the future victims of tuber culosis and we should practically erad icate the disease. ' The fight against tuberculosis should begin, then, with the children, and should not be dependent upon Out ward manifestations nor upon any thing tangible. We have to fight with conditions that cannot even be suspected. That a child is well and healthy has nothing to do with its future possibility of failure. There fore all of our chcildren should be carefully tested as to the presence of the tubercular infection and the abil ity of the child to resist it; and if we have reason to believe that the child will not be able to manufacture a sufficient immunity then we should see to it that this child is placed un der regular treatment for tubercu losis and given tuberculin until it ceases to respond even to large doses. Promise of the Future At present this is about all we can do to insure the future. The day will come when we shall be able to confer immunity upon tubercu losis precisely as we do today upon typhoid. In the United States army 80,000 troops stationed in the most diverse localities and under all con ceivable conditions, have been ar tificially rendered so immune that there have been only five deaths from typhoid fever reported from the Ist of January to the Ist of June; and four of these deaths Had had no immunity bestowed upon them. As soon as we can confer immunity upon tuberculosis we shall practically put an end to it. But what shall we do until that happy day comes? It is possible that if we could prevent the development of concealed into manifest tubercu losis, that we could practically pre vent its later manifestation so that in the years to come the number of victims would be notably re duced. To accomplish this individ ual initiative will not suffice. We need concerted systematic action. If we could organize a campaign against tuberculosis comparable to that now in the field against hook worm, we might accomplish a great deal. If each state had its own board of experts that canvassed all the children decided upon their res idence and piaced them under prop er circumstances, it is possible that the future would tell a different story. Work for Women, But how could we ever get our state government to make a suffi cient appropriation to pay the ex pense of this campaign? It is idle to even attempt to convert our state governments from their in trenched, impregnable position of economy as far as the state health .is concerned. Their economic fidel ity to non-expenditure for health is equaled only by their lavish ex penditure in other directions. Our state governments do not and will not see that the basis of all tax ation is in the brains of its citi<- zens. All wealth, all material man ifestations are but the expression of men's brains and yet our state governments yearly permit the goose that lays the golden eggs to die of tuberculosis and will not spend a penny to protect its own source of revenue. This economic folly we cannot expect to overcome. Per haps the strongest attack that could be made against this narrowness of vision would come from the women. If every mother and eveVy woman in the state of Georgia would join into clubs and would enter into a concerted action and demand the protection of the children, it is pos sible that something might be ac complished. The force of women’s clubs is hourly increasing. If once the women could be started on the crusade against tuberculosis, who knows but that they might as suc cessfully overcome the dangers of tuberculosis as they have those of al coholism. Highlands, N. C., Aug. 5, 1912. MANY IMPROVEMENTS HI SHORTER COLLEGE Large Force of Men and Teams Busy Beautifying Grounds and Campus (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ’ ROME, Ga., August 10. —While Shorter college made the ipost remark able building record ever known in Georgia last summer, work has been continued on the buildings and grounds ever since the college closed in June. As has been stated before. Shorter is literally “founded upon a rock.” In order to beautify the grounds, it has been necessary to grade off the top of a mountain, and after taking off about three feet of earth, it was dis covered that this layer of earth rest;.d upon solid rock. It has been necessary in order to carry out the plans of thu architect to remove this rock, in some places -to a depth of four feet, and this has been the work that has been in progress for the past three months. It was a stupendous undertaking, for it has required a force of fifty men and twenty-five teams, to accomplisn what has been done. The rock has been used in building what is proo ably the best road in the state, and which will make a magnificent ap proach to the college buildings. The work is now fast approaching comple tion; the space from which the rock was taken has been filled with good soil to a depth of two feet, and the formal gardens, designed by Architect Downing, are now being laid off. There will be no more beautiful spot in the south than the campus of Shorter college when these plans are completed, and that they will be com pleted there is no doubt. No institu tion lias ever accomplished so wonder ful a work as has Shorter during the past twelve months. It is har-liy credible that a great college could have its commencement in one plant and by the opening of the next session be in an entirely new plant, perfectly equip ped for the best work. That is wnax Shorter did, and those who have seen the splendid buildings which were erected during the summer of 1911, are still wondering at the work accom plished. Many improvements are being made preparatory to the opening of the next -session, and when the girls “come back,” they will scarcely know the place, so greatly improved it will be. Dr. Van Hoose says that the registra tion is larger than ever before and that more than four-fifths of the rooms in all the residence balls, ha’-e been taken. Last year it was neces sary to refuse many who wished to come, because there was no room for them at the time they applied; it is almost certain that this will be the case this fall, for the registration now is largely in excess of what it was ou this date a year ago. MRS. ASTOR BESIEGED BY MORBID THRONG NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Four hundred people in front of the Astor mansion, in Fifth avenue this afternoon swarmed around a luxurious limousine with drawn curtains which drew up before the house, but they were disappointed, for the au tomobile drew away toward the park with no additional occupants. The ma chine, however, went no further than Sixty-fifth street, where it turned and brought up at the rear of the Astor resi dence. There Mrs. Madeline Force-As tor and a uniformed nurse entered the car. The widow, ready for her accustomed outing in the park, had seen the crowd in the front of the house and shrank be fore it. Dr. Edwin B. Cragin. the spe cialist attached to the Astor household to await the $5,000,000 heir, stated tonight that the stork was not expected until early next week. CHILD, ON WAY HOME, IS KILLED BY TROLLEY CHARLOTTE, N. C.. Aug. 10.—While attempting to cross North College street to her home, Evelyn Boyd, the five-year cld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Boyd, was run down and instantly killed by a street car, shortly after noon today. The little girl had been playing with children across the street and Lad been told to be home in time for dinner. Her death is due to her effort to be prompt in her return home. She was struck by the front of the car and both trucks passed over her body, which was horribly mangled. She breathed only a few seconds after witnesses to the tragedy reached her. I fim iwn" 1 * rm’"' [Wp-Here’s ’ik. The Road to Comfort A vanished thirst—a cool body and a i jWrefreshed one; the sure way —the only way is via a glass or bottle of I Ideally delicious—pure as purity —crisp and 1 B sparkling as frost. Wk O ur ncw of Coca-Cola vindication at Chattanooga, for the asking. Demand the Genuine as made by , ./wz Whenever THE COCA-COLA CO. y°° • ee . an ATLANTA, GA. Al row 1-J Coca-Coll. FBLICE ffl SOCIALISTS BATTLE IS PITTSBURG Mounted Men Charge Crowd and Wild Mixup Ensues (By Associated F.ecs.) PITTSBURG, Aug. 10.—A number of persons were injured slightly and over 40 arrested here tonight in a clash be tween socialists and policemen. The trouble occurred when socialists, for the second time within eight days, attempted to hold a street meeting for which a permit had not been issued. Thousands of persons had congregated at the meeting place. As the speakers mounted an improvised stage, and at tempted to address 'the audience they were grasped by the police, and sent to a nearby station. Meanwhile the crowd became dense, and a call was sent in for additional police. A mounted squad, numbering 30 officers reported to the scene within a few minutes and charged the crowdj Several persons were injured in the mix up. Little progress was made by tha po lice, however, and the crowd increased- Patrol wagons were backed up to the speakers’ stand. 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