Trained Charity Worker Urges Training for Social Aids
Homer Folks cites city need for daily sustenance support and stresses training in charitable work. He urges nurses and doctors schools, outdoor relief offices as learning labs, and emphasizes maintaining focus on the object of relief work. Edward Devine adds that social causes benefit from practical training and directing agencies toward proper provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Folks
Charities
Folks
Charities Department
Edward T. Devine
Charities Organization Society
Polks
Jeffrey R. Brackett
Department of Charities and Correction
Baltimore
Flag From DAR to Rochambeaus and a Major Gift to Sanatoriums
A flag presented by the New York City Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to the Comte and Comtesse de Rochambeau measures 18 by 12 feet with names on the sail cloth edge and bound by tricolor ribbon. The ribbon bears a gold inscribed message and lilies symbolizing national and chapter flowers. Henry Siegel contributed the largest single gift, $20,000, to the Stony Wold Sanatorium through Auxiliary No. 3 for a dormitory, with furnishing funds to follow and a memorial tablet planned. An upcoming Jymkhana at White Plains on June 21 will support furnishing funds, and an exhibition by women at Madison Square Garden is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Daughters of the American Revolution
Comte
Comtesse de Rochambeau
France
America
Comte Et
Stony Wold Sanatorium
Auxiliary No. 3
Henry Siegel
Siegel
Whitems
American Wives and English Housekeeping Critique
The Fortnightly Review essay by Annie E. Lane contrasts living costs and comforts between England and the United States. It cites high London rents and cold, inadequate housing, problematic registry offices for servants, costly laundry and groceries, limited vegetables, and pricey seafood, with American cities offering better value and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Annie E. Lane
John Lane
London
New England
Old England
Boston
Progress in Alaska Adds Basket Weaving to Sitka School
The School for Industrial Training in Sitka Alaska will introduce basket weaving into its curriculum. Sewing dressmaking cooking and domestic science are already established. Dr B K Wilbur and Miss Dora Fisk spoke at a Woman's Board meeting noting Sitka natives progress since the US bought the territory. The New Covenant Legion aims to align marriages with Christian principles and end Shamanism. About 18 model cottages built by graduates house families. wives are skilled housekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Board
Sitka Alaska
B. K. Wilbur
Sitka
Dora Fisk
North Carolina
Woman's Board of
Presbyterian Home Missions
Presbyterian
Wilbur
East Orange High School woodcarving exhibit draws 2500 in a day
Students showcase elaborate pieces from wedding chests to mermaid chairs and torpedo boat models at East Orange High School annual manual training exhibit. Teachers Miss Josephine Mahon and Miss Martha A Hurlbut oversee carving and drawing displays with wide community interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High School of
East Orange
Howard Peck
Elizabeth Farnsworth
Gaston Valle
Edna Reynolds
Miss Chapman
Clarence Michaliy
Willis Lippincott
Josephine Mahon
George
William Webber
William Schmidt
Frank Assmann
Martha A
Etehnie
van Dyke Brown
Anne Annalt
Shauman
Dora Norton
Bratt Institute
Charles Richards
Hobart Walker
Edne Reynolds
Madelaine (Capman
Abbie Oates
Fletcher Krauss
Sidney Whalen
Harold Hedley
Charles Mecklem
Natelie Millatt
Mabel Burdick
Izor
Myra Hedden
Bertha Garrabrant
Frederick Wyd
Frank Carey
H. Meyers
F. Assmann
H. Vanderil Watson
A. F. Ernst Anderson
B. P. Rouss
S. T. Kelsey
J. F. Leggett
O. M. Larven
H. E. Lombard
David Manger
Health talk to missionaries before long departure
About thirty two women preparing to sail as missionaries heard Dr. Pauline Root of Southern India fame outline travel health. She warned on hand hygiene due to leprosy risks from beggars, the need for tropical fans, and avoiding kitchen investigations for India or China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal
Presiourd
Pauline Root
Society
Presbyterian
Root
India
Tropics
China
Grace Newton
Peking
Missy
Arterian
Guild of Dames forms to train England's homemaker nurses
England forms the Guild of Dames of the Household to train women as proficient in all household matters. Dames will wear neat uniforms and answer to the name dame, similar to nurses who answer to nurse. They receive a scheduled time off including one free hour daily and half a day weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Guild of Dames of the Household
Tts
Lace Gown Tricks Cut From Curtains Stir Fashion
A new fashion hack uses real lace window curtains cut into gowns or appliqued onto dresses to cut costs. Rich borders from Empire or Venetian patterns adorn gowns at about one third the usual price. White outfits, lace combinations, and pongee braiding dominate midsummer styles with bold, elegant looks.
Prayer and the Soul Elevation Through Prayer
A poem depicting a mud speck transformed into a crystal by divine touch. A human soul on earth, born of heaven yet besmirched by earth, rises through God's love-light to a simple sublime act of prayer. The piece cites The Christian Register and directs letters to The Tribune Shine Society in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Charles Casson
Christian Register
Mrs Eliza Hendricks 87th Birthday Seeks Congratulatory Letters
Mrs Eliza Hendricks aged 87 will celebrate on June 2. Her Red Hook address in Dutchess County requests congratulatory letters to brighten the anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Hendricks
Red Hook
Dutchess County
Floral gifts for hospital and club members brighten day
A box of pinks from Miss Willis, Flushing, and a box of roses, sweet peas, and cornflowers from Mrs. G. W. Marlee, Roselle, NJ, reach Methodist Hospital Brooklyn and ill Miss Mildred Ret of Manhattan Branch No. 3. Two bouquets go to the hospitalized mothers of two members as Sunshine REQUEST. A reader is invited to suggest a short play for a working girls club audition suitable for four or five performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Willis
Flushing
Long Island
G. W. Marlee
Roselle
Methodist Hospital
Brooklyn
Mildred Ret
Manhattan
the Tribune
Sunshine Charity Notes Spur Kind Gifts Across States
Mrs. Augusta Bosworth receives music from Mrs. De Groot while others send shawls, clothing, and greetings to paralyzed members in Texas and Pennsylvania. Donations reach New Hampshire New York New Jersey and Brooklyn with check gifts, books, games, flowers, and ice cream for hospital wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Bosworth
de Groot
New Hampshire
Ella W. Antrim
Sunshine Wools
I. Mabie
Allany County
N. Y
Olnerville
R. T
M. E. Giannimoni
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Thomas Buck
Texas
Quaint Alabama garden mirrors a French marquis tale
A South Alabama garden near Mobile Montgomery is said to imitate a French chateau built by Marquis d Alencon after losing his property. The five terraces named for his daughters Mathilde Helene Lisette Roxane and Isabeau pass down to a pine ravine with wrought iron benches bearing the daughters initials. Grand gardener Jimmy guides visitors through the Five Daughters section where myrtle hawthorne laurel and rose trees symbolize each name amid espaliered trees and rambling roses along a stone wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Montgomery
Alabama
Marquis d'Alencon
Mathilde
Helene
Lisette
Roxane
Isabeau
Jimmy
Jiruamy
Hawthorne
Hoxane
Ilex
Iiabeau
Shah of Persia Delights in European Visit
The Shah of Persia is reported to be enjoying his European tour and even amused by a Kodak photographer. He recently posed briefly for a snapshot with a young American girl in Berlin before continuing his royal tour smiling and waving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Europe
Berlin
Misses Box Pleated Skirt Pattern No 4159
Pattern No 4159 offers a misses box pleated skirt in sizes twelve fourteen and sixteen. Material requirements vary by width with yardage listed for 27 inch 7 yards 44 inch 3 1/8 yards and 4 inch wide 3 1/4 yards. Pattern available by mail from New York Tribune Pattern Department for 10 cents plus optional 2 cent stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York Tribune
Richmond Board Approves New Borough Hall and Courthouse
The Board of Aldermen advanced a $200 000 allocation for a Richmond borough hall and approved a $320 000 plan for a Brook avenue courthouse. John R Freeman was named hydraulic engineer for the Water Department at 2 0 for three months. A measure to restore veterans and veteran firemen salaries was passed for submission to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. The Municipal Art Commission favored Long Acre Square for the Maine monument site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Cromwell
Richmond
Borough of
Dougherty
Water Department
John R. Freeman
Brookave
Alderman Bridges
New York
Washington
Cantor
Alderinan
Saymeg
Bridges
Lairdave
Ohe Municipal Art Commission
Maine
Vestivycu
Havana Harbor
Acte Suqua
Long Acre
Seward Park Rebuild Awarded to Cumberland & Kearns
Controller Grout assigns Cumberland & Kearns to rebuild Seward Park at a cost of 2820.50 with completion by September 15 and a daily penalty of 8 after if unfinished. The site at East Broadway Essex Suffolk Hester Jefferson and Division is to gain playground gymnasium running track asphalt pavement curbing sod shrubs and police protection if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grout
Cunningham & Kearns
Seward Park
East Broadway
Essex
Suffolk
Hester, Jefferson
Division Std
Liberal Support for Seminary in City
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America receives major gifts from local benefactors with $100,000 from Jacob H. Schiff, $50,000 from Leonard Lewissonn heirs, and $50,000 from Daniel and Simon Guggenheim. Schiff pledges $35,000 yearly for five years contingent on matching funds before January 1903. over half needed already subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Jacob H. Schiff
Leonard Lewissonn
Daniel & Simon Guggenheim
Schiff
Re elected to Pharmacy Board in close canvass
Clarence O. Bigelow was re elected a member of the State Board of Pharmacy after a careful canvass. His opponent, President Weinstein of the New York Retail Druggists Association, ran a close second with 210 votes to Bigelow 414 ballots cast. The election followed disputes over a state law amendment and a legal ruling by Justice Blanchard on board calls and mandamus proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence O. Bigelow
State Board of Pharmacy
Bigelow
Weinstein
New-York Retail Druggists’ Association
Davies
Blanchard
Mayor Reports Progress On Williamsburg Bridge Opener
Mayor Low and Commissioner Lindenthal inspected the Williamsburg Bridge tower and footbridge. He predicted opening for early October, noting rapid progress on cable spinning and banding with weekly reports and no delays anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Low
Williamsburg
Lindenthal
Totuay
Linden
Negotiations for National Shoe and Leather Bank Control
Western interests bid for control of the National Shoe and Leather Bank in a move backed by Stout & Co. ledgers. The bank, with capital of 1,000 dollars and deposits around 4.56 million, is currently controlled by Travelers Insurance, Metropolitan Life, and bank president John M. Crane. A meeting of controlling shareholders was set to review the Western offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Stout & Co
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Charles W. Morse
Hide and Leather National Bank
New York
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John M. Crane
John A Hilitner
John [. Cole
John R. Hegeman
Haley Fiske
Joseph S. Stout
Newton E. Stout
David F. Butcher
Cornelius B. Mitchell
Robert H. Swa
William C. Horn
Thomas Russell
Messrs. and
Hiltner
Mayor appoints New York Municipal Explosives Commission
The Mayor named General George O. Eaton, J Amory Haskell, Charles F. McKenna, and William J. Charlton to a Municipal Explosives Commission, ex officio including the Fire Commissioner. Parsons declined due to other duties. McKenna is a consulting chemist. Charlton heads Nordhinger Charlton Fireworks. Eaton, McKenna and Haskell formed the investigative committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Explosives Commission
City of New-York
George O. Eaton
Wall St
J. Amory Haskell
Cedar-st
Charles F. McKenna
Pearl-st
William J. Chariton
Chambers-st
William Barclay Parsons
Parsons
William J. Charlton
Charlton
Nordhinger-Charlton Fireworks Company
Dr. McKenna
General Eaton
Messrs. McKenna
Haskell
Lafitn & Rand Powder Company
Mystery of patrol wagon deportation moves solved
Superintendent Wright announced that instructions from Commissioner Williams directed the transport of prisoners to an American Line steamer, but the prisoners did not arrive for deportation after the patrols were moved to the Barge Office with seven patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church-st
Wright
Williams
Paquin Designs at Coronation London Paris Salons
American Ladies visiting London for the Coronation are invited to view the original designs and a special corset by Paquin. Each design produced simultaneously at the London and Paris Salons. Choice and new creations in gowns jackets blouses tailor built garments millinery and lingerie received daily during the season. Paquin Ltd London and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paquin
Paris
Paquin, Ltd
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Alaska
East Orange High School
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Tribunes Shine Society
Tribune
H. BR. Green
Mizpah Circle
Bellevue Hospital
Sureteal
the Shah
Long Acre Square
Ning
Jewish Theological
Jacob H
Pharmacy Board
O. Bigelow
Anvass
Explosives Commission
W. & Par
Sons
Dover Street
Mayfair
Q Afton Fur Co
Hew Bond
Crystal
Domino
Telumphoe
Engar
Havemeyers & Elder
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