LESSONS IH FIRE COST Startling Dsductions Made bv Fc k ral Experts. FUK?Y ERECTION BLAMED, Engineer In Charge of Geological Sur vey's Structural Material Labora tories Points to Need of Absolutely Fireproof Buildings—No Other Land Suffers So Greatly. Federal exjterts who are making a study of building materials that will best withstand Are and who are there fore taking a keen Interest iu the fire losses as they are reported for thf whole of the United States declar< that, in spite of nil efforts toward bet ter building conditions, the death anc destruction due to fires and conflagra tlons In 1009 will eclipse all previous records, with the exception of th< years In which the Baltimore and Sar Francisco fires occurred. They point to the fact that in six teen days of April five big fires In dlf ferent parts of the United States re suited in a loss of $0,000,000, the death of twenty persons, the injury of seven teen anil the rendering homeless oi more than 3.000. The greatest of those fires was at Fort Worth. Tex., result ing In u property loss of between 000,00() and $4,000,000. and Iho second in importance was at Rochester, X. V., with a loss of half a million dollars. "The people of the United States have not yet learned the lessi u of the Baltimore and San Francisco fires," said Richard L. Humphrey, engineer In charge of the structural material laboratories of the United States geo logical survey. "Fort Worth's recent experience, when more than 300 homes mire devoured by the flames, is but a repetition of what has happened in the past and what will occur in the fu ture until American municipalities wake to the situation and enact legis lation which will absolutely prevenl the further construction of flirnsj buildings tbat are not fireproof. "It seems difficult to make the peo ple believe that in 1007 fires in the United States cost more than $1,250,- 000 for every day in the year, an annual tax of more than $5 for every -.naiK woman and child in the United States. We are spending $1,000,000,000 a year on new buildings and construc tion work, while our fires cost s.">oo, 000,000. No other nation has such an unenviable record as this. Our fires are costing from six to eight times as much per capita as any country in Europe. By the total cost of fires I re fer not only to the actual destruction of property. whL-h amounted to $215.- 000,000. but also to the cost of mainte nance of fire departments and thf nreouni of Insurance paid over and above the i loney returned to reim burse owner-; of burned buildings. While we are wasting several times as much pi i i rrty per capita as Eu rope, we ar • o destroying in these fires five times as many lives as are lost in the other countries. In 190G, according to the T'nited States census, fi.ooo persons died of burns and per haps 10,000 were seriously injured. "Xo other country suffers so enor mous conflagration losses as does the United States, and It is this class of lof-*--. due to the rapidity with which fires spread. Involving whole blocks and cities, that requires attention. In every city and village in the United States there is ever present the possi bility of large loss of life and property. "The federal government Is directly int rested In this question, because it is Ihe owner of buildings valued at more than half a billion dollars, which are not insured, and Is spending more than $20,000,000 ench year for new structures. This building and con struction work Is all intended to be of n permanent nature, it involves in terest* of such magnitude that the government can nfford to take no risks concerning either the methods of con struction or the materials to be used. It is therefore necessary that its archi tects and engineers have definite Infor mation concerning the fire resisting qualities of tlie different materials of construction to the end that the gov ernment buildings may be properly safeguarded from fire within and with out. "Carrying out this idea, the geolog ical survey, through its technologic branch, some time ago completed a series of preliminary fire tests of build ing materials, which will soon be printed by the government in the form of a bulletin. The building materials were placed in a furnace, where gas flames were forced by a blast of air ngainst one side of the material. After two hours, in which the material was heated to tlie point expected iu a con flagration, tlie material was taken J'rom the furnace and the water turned on from a hose to get the conditions which obtain after the firemen begin their work. The conditions under Willi- i these test.; wore made were un usuaMy severe, and as none of the ma teria, ; passed perfectly it proved a good test for comparative purposes. The tests are not in any way conclu sive, being the first of an extended se ries of investigations, but they point out the weaknesses of the different ma terials." Convicts as Art Rivals. There is a strong rivalry between three prisoners in the Berks county prison in Pennsylvania, each of whom is an artist. They have all noticed that the paintings in the warden's offlr: and the rotunda need retouching, and each wants the job-to kill time. An art committee will pick the winner. Novel Food For Parisians. Paris of late Is suffering from a craze forknovel food. Three months ago roast camel meat was the dish. A little latet kangaroo chops became the fashion. ■ tnd now tno restaurants of the gour mets offer them zebu hump. In the Dirk. Uncle Joe—Yes, Teddy, It is quite possible that there are people In the moon. Little Teddy—Well, what becomes ol them when there isn't any moon? QUEST OF SCIENTISTS Experts Seeking AntiJcte For Eite of Ratl!e:na!:j. WOULD BE A LIl'Z SAVER Experimenters at Rockefeller Medica Research Institute In New York Ex pect to Find Specific Antitoxin —Rep tiles In Bronx Zoo Supplying Venon- For Tests. A series of experiments which have for their object the discovery of ar antitoxin remedy for rattlesnake bite are now being conducted at the Rock efeller Institute of Medical Researcli In New York city. Already the testf are well on their way to completion. While a serum for snake bite is now manufactured in the Pasteur institute at I/ilie, France, it is believed by the Rockefeller institute experimenters that this can be materially improved on for the specllic use in cases of rat tlesnake bite. They began the expert ments on the principle that a specific serum or antitoxin would prove more effective than a general one, for the antitoxin made at the Pasteur insti tute is not specific, but is designed foi use in the case of any poisonous snake bite—cobra, viper, asp or any other ol t!: • '"eadly reptiles. who have been carrying or Ihe rvcrimMits to obtain an Infallible ant'u'.te f>r rattlesnake bite argue that nutiir® provides a specific remedj for speck;:- e'iseases and that this slior.ld nhv.n* Me nse»d if possible. Ii IK argued tilt in the case of smallpos the patient .• fter recovery is immune to another i.ttack of that malignanl disease, but is not Immune to measles or other Kindred maladies. Thus ir the case of smallpox nature provides itnnnination for that specific disease. Acting on this principle, Pr. Hideyt Xoguchi, a Japanese scientist attached to the Rockefeller Institute of Medica Research, began the experiments wltl rattlesnake venom which are expeetei to result in a cure for the bite. Med ical men say that more persons di< from rattlesnake bite in the Unltee: States than from the bite of any othei serpent. Especially in the south and west and southwest is this Irue. A 1 though there are many who champior whisky as an almost sure cure foi rattlesnake bite, many medical met are skeptical on that point. Observation of the effect of the Pas tour institute serum on persons wlic have been bitten by cobras in I lid in led I>r. Noguchi and his fellow experi menters to believe that by using the venom of a rattlesnake exclusively it the making of a serum the best re suits could be obtainecf. It Is said thai the serum made by the I'rt :eur insti tute is obtained by inUirr: the veuoir of several different kinds of poisonous reptiles in so only applying a principle of nature. "1 i -atii rate in India has been materially lowered by the use of the antitoxin made by the Pasteur insti tute, for in India the cobras are deadly and numeii us. The natives go around with bare legs and fall easy victims lo the bite. But in recent years the an titoxin is to be bad all over India, and its use has saved thousands of lives. "Now that most parts of the south are going dry and whisky is getting harder to obtain it is likely that the rattlesnake antitoxin which the Rocke feller Institute will doubtless soon give to tlie world will prove a great safe guard ngalnst loss of human life rattlesnake bite."— New York Times. Why He Was Mad. Stubb What's the trouble with the writer's husband? He looks angry enough to chew tacks. Penn -And be is. She dedicated her latest liook to him, Stubb (Jracious! I, should con sider that a compliment. Penn—Not If you knew the title of tlie book. It is "Wild Anlmais I Have Met."—Chi cago News. Rumors. "Rumor bath a thousand tongues," quoted the wise guy. es, and they are generally all go ing at once." added the simple mug.— Philadelphia Record THE FUTURE How His Strength With the People Has Decreased—The Defeat of His Policies by State Leaders. By FREDERICK R. TOOMBS. [EDITOR'S NOTE.—Mr. Toombs Is a member or the New York legislature and lias supported the governor In all of bis tights except on the Hinman-Green direct primary bill. The fact, then, that Mr. Toombs sees a decline In the governor's power Is particularly significant. Gov ernor Hughes was the most effective speaker In the Republican party during the last campaign, and his work In New York state and in the west was one of the deciding factors of the campaign. During his tours many people becamo In terested in him and In the problems that lie was trying to solve.] THE recent closing of the session of the New York legislature brought to nn end what was probably the most trying ordeal in the career of Charles E. Hughes as governor and at I he same time brought him nearer to a point where he must make a choice between his political principles and his political career. Not every man in high political life is com pelled to make this choice. In politics as outside it a man's principles are of ten a matter of convenience or of ex pediency. Not so has ii been with Governor Hughes. I'ace to face with the issue, he must decide whether lie will continue to light for (he establish ment and perpetuation of his stale governmental policies, and llius sacri lice his political future, or whether ho will compromise with or surrender to the Republican organization of his state, and thus guarantee to himself the favor of that organization and a political career of bright promise. Governor Hughes came out of the i : ' • ; pvr76~HT,BV a.pumcE | " OOVEii.VOU I liAKI.I.S i:\A\S UUGHICS. Tuft presidential Campaign or last f;l|l with a national reputation as a cam paign orator. Widely spoken of as tin? greatest asset of tliv- Republican party In the east and re-elected b,v a larger majority than lie received two years before, iti spite of the prejudice cer tain of his reform measures had aroused, he entered on his second term of oQice with probably the greatest measure of popularity he had ever en joyed. The legislature convened. »inv entor Hughes promulgated a long re form program on the lines he has made familiar. The defeat of this pro grain Is well known. Today how do we find him? We know that his party organization Is violently opposed to him and to his methods and measures. But has he grown stronger with the people? If he has not gained strength, has ho retained his former strength? If he has not retained it, what portion or percentage of it has he lost? What does he want to accomplish for him- 1 self or for his anuouuoed princi- j pies? What does the future hold for him In politics? Would Hot "Play Politics." As a purely political exposition n govi rnc r who lights the state organiza- I tion of his party can gain but one of i two things a victory or a eontpro- I mise. The chances always are that hoi will attain neither end. To gain either i he must "play politics." Hughes has not played politics—i. e., he has not created a political machine through his powers of appointment and veto. Therein lies the secret of much of what will proTe to be his weakness In the immediate future. He was renominated for governor because the Republican leaders, state and national, feared the loss of votes that would result from turning down a reform governor in a presidential year in v. but might again prove to be the pivotal Hut that contingen cy cannot occur again, so far as New Style In Creases. Frenchmen, who regard King Ed ward VII. of England as the best dressed man la Europe, have been In terested in noticing since his majesty ' lias been in Paris Incognito that he i wears his trousers ira-d down the tide instead of down the front "Cat ' Party" In Society. Miss Mabel I'age, a society girl of I'.ayonne, \ ,| , gave a baby party the other night. Ouests appeared In in fants' costumes, some acting as nurses. CofTeo was served from nursing bot tles. OF HUGHES By Forsakir.g His Principles He Can Satisfy His Political Ambitions-Senate and Presidency Possible. ITughes is concerned. Whatever be receives at the hands of the Republic an party in future he must be In a po sition to demand. He lias lost strength among the voters. lie lias been sub jected lo a series of Important defeats in the last New York legislature. The psychology of defeat is no uncertain quantity. The public demands a win ner. It demands a winner that keeps on winning. Cunning tongues are ever ready to insinuate that the man who J Is defeated was not sincere in his cam- I paign. | And Hughes had no issue this year j that gripped the public as did the race | track issue. By forcing the anti-racing j bills on the statute books he aroused i enthusiasm among a large percentage | of citizens not only in bis state, but throughout tln> country, who saw In him a mm who dared to fight high | power and who could win against ' heavy odds. liis chief issue this year ! was that the present mode of naming candidates in New York state should ! be revolutionized. lie argued that po i litleal bo--.es controlled nominations ! for office, even though they could not necessarily control elections. He rec ommended a direct nominations or primary ref.>r:n hill and had introduced in both houses of the legislature a measure on this subject which was largely his handiwork. He depended j on publie opinion and support to force the passage of this bill (the so called | Hinman tireen bill) through the legis lature. He went before the citizens of tlii' stall 1 v. i!)i the slogan, "I'own with , tin? l)i!> poo)ilo refused to liec-oino aroused. While they hail grasped t lit* i"V ils of fbet I ing on horse ; races in a momept the year before, they could not comprehend the full significance of Governor Hughes' ar guments on direct primaries without considerable simly, IMrert primaries proved an academic issue that re quired more time for thought, if it were to lie understood, than the aver age citizen i ould afford. Importance c. / Newspaper Attitnde. Hut, still more important, most of the newspapers in the populous centers did not feature the news relating to : the direct primary campaign. Thus the I chief means Hughes had of reaching j the great mass of the public lost much j of the usefulness It once had. In fact, , dozens of newspapers openly condemn ! Ed his direct primary bill, while others ! went further and condemned the very j principle of direct nominations itself. The support of the New York Times | and the New York Sun had previously ! been of vast aid to tlie governor. Tliey i circulate among large numbers of in dependent voters In the city : :d I state. Their clientele Is what should j be termed high class. But during the J last few months these two papers cdl- I toriaily have turned flatly against the | governor on his biggest issues. Conse | quently they weakened his support | among hundreds of Hughes voters. I Men of prominence outside political j fields also attacked the direct nomina tions bill. Among these men were j President Jacob Gould Schurman of i Cornell university anil President Nich- I olas Murray Butler of Columbia uni v -:rsity. Ex-Mayor Setli I„ow of New York city, himself a lending supporter | of the governor's direct nominations | bill, stated In Albany before a joint Resslon of the senate and assembl;. j Judiciary committees: "I do not be lieve this bill should be enacted this | «e«r. as It would prevent fusion In the Proved It. "What started the riot at the per ! formance of 'Hamlet' last night?" "Why, Hamlet held the skull anil said: 'Alas, poor Yorick! You are not the only deadhead in the house.' " The Missing Part. Mrs. Boardem—How do you find the chicken soup, Mr. Boarder? Mr. Board er—l have no difficulty in finding the soup, madam, but I am inclined to think the chicken will prove an alibi. Talk not of a good life, but let »Ly I rood life talk.—Schiller. New York city mayoralty campaign. I'ut It Into effect next year." Those were some of the influences that affected public opinion regarding the direct primary bill, and the com bined Influences were sufficient to glvo many a senator anil assemblyman a reason for voting against the measure that would bo acceptable to most of his constituents. Corporation Influence. The attitude of many of the newspa pers in opposing Hughes' measures in New York state, particularly in New York city, has been caused by corpo ration influences, lie has regulated the operations of public service and allied corporations In a manner not to their liking. The public service com mission lias been a spear between the ribs of various street railway and rail road companies, etc. One New York city street railway company claims that it has had to file 2,000 reports with the commission since the bonrd has been in existence. The Hughes in surance reform and banking reform measures have antagonized these in terests and their powerful allies, such as (ire insurance companies, etc. He lias further attacked telephone and telegraph companies. All these inter ests have influence with political par ties, and so with the legislature. Through the aggressive Ilughes pol icy regarding the interests of the classes named the governor has arous ed antagonism that will prove too strong for him to successfully combat, for he lias no machine, and his strength with the voters is decreasing through lack of a new appeal of the necessary impressive qualities. A Fatal Compromise. Probably the failure of his direct nominations campaign was inevitable when he decided to make his bill a compromise. It did not provide for simon pure direct primaries. It gave a preference to political organizations, unlike the Wisconsin and other plans. Resultant was the disapproval of vari ous civic bodies that, however, sup ported the bill perfunctorily as at least a step In the right direction. The Re publican and Democratic organizations joined In a common cause to defeat the direct primary bill, and when this was accomplished this bipartisan com bination was maintained until several Important measures affecting corpo rate interests were either defeated or emasculated by the devious process of amendment. The great trouble with the govern or's campaign for direct primaries, which lias vitally affected his career was ihat he offered the compromise himself instead of forcing his oppo nents to do so. Men who have voted for every re form measure the governor ever pro mulgated went on record against him |on his direct primary bill; also last year the Hughes telephone and tele graph control bill received over thirty votes in the assembly. This year i! gfit but four votes when first voted on and five the second time. Heal Rulers of State and Country, The business interests of tills coun try control this country. The business men of the various states control the various r-tates, The business men con trol political parties. When the gov ernor of a state so conducts himself in office as to antagonize powerful busi ness Interests and to till them with distrust of Ills policies he faces a fin ish tight for his political existence. The stringent nature of certain of the Hughes reforms have caused some of the important business interests to attempt togo to ihe other extreme and wipe out all state control over their affairs. An interesting indica tion of this tendency was revealed be fore the judiciary committee of the New Yorl; state senate a week before the legislature adjourned, Joseph 11. I'hoate, former ambassa dor to Kngland, appeared for the Ityau street railway Interests In opposition to the Davis bills extending the power of the public service commission. He condemned the measures unmercifully. Finally Senator George A. Davis of Lancaster, the committee chairman, In terrupted Mr. Choate, asking: "Mr. Choate, is It possible that you can find nothing good at all in these bills?" "Yes," quickly retorted Mr. Choate. "I haven't been looking for anything good In them." The political future of Governor Hughes will be determined during the next year. Ills party organization is willing to stand by him, to renominate him If he so desires or to promote him—for a consideration. And that consideration is that he modify his policies, abandon radical reform programs and follow the lead of his organization instead of trying to lead the organization. In the words of a prominent member of the legislature spoken to the writer a few days ago, "If Charley becomes docile he will go higher, for even his bitter est enemies recognize his ability." Will Charley become docile? The only answer will be his legisla five program next winter, a year lead ing to another state convention, a year of peculiar political significance there fore. Various if the governor's impor tant issues of this year have been smothered by the recent creation of legislative investigating commissions which are to report to the next legis lature. These commissions are to inves tigate direct nominations and the ques tion as to whether the jurisdiction of the public service commission shall be extended over telephone and telegraph companies, and they will also Investi gate the matter of a new charter for the city of Greater New York. If these commissions make reports adver.-,e to the governor's views, will he resign himself to the Inevitable, or wlil he have bills Introduced to com bat the organization leaders and to carry out his own recommendations'' In other words, will he start anothw New Nose For Boy From His Ribs. Surgical skiil has given td eight year-old Carl Treworgy of Denver a new nose, taken from the cartilage of one of his ribs. About a year ago he was run down by an automobile and one of the vheels passed over his face, fracturing the nasal bone nnd practi cally destroying the organ. Dr. Ly man. a Denver surgeon, removed a nose shaped piece of cartilage about two Inches long from the boy's side and drew skin from either side of the face over it. This was penetrated by tubes connecting with the original nos trils. fight In which he cannot win owing tc the intrenched power of Ilia opposition't Suppose the next legislature extends the time In which these commissions shall report, so that an excuse for not taking action on the questions Involved will lie forthcoming? And there is also the report of the governor's Wall street Investigating committee to be considered. As to Senate and Presidency. Should the governor remain content with the attitude of the legislative leaders next winter on those impor tant questions and drop tiis direct pri mary issue he need have no fear for his political future. He will be "taken care of"and can certainly goto the United States senate when Depew's term expires in 1911 unless Theodore Boosevelt returns alive from the Afri can jungles and desires that office. The governor can thus also gain the favor of Henry W. Taft, brother of President Taft, who represents the president In many important political matters in New York state and whose actual influence politically in New York is not realized by the general public. The presidential nomination seven years hence, after Taft is re nominated, can be within the reach of the governor if he becomes "docile." At that time lie will be in his prime, fifty-four years old. And let it not be overlooked that Hughes is ambitious—politically ambi tious. lie wants to perpetuate hi? ideals In t!ie constitutional fabric of his state and his country. He says and believes that "we are a government of laws and not < 112 men." A man of tre mendous constructive ability, of great mental activity and of keen percep tive qualities, he has not subscribed tc the politi Ml organization doctrine that we are a government of men and not of laws. lie may or may not be a man without a party, "because he has everything but the delegates." Hut the fact remains that he can attach to him self a strong party organization by shaping his course to the political winds next year. Will Governor Hughes choose a ca reer of political advancement at th« expense of his political principles? He probably answered this question in advance when at the legislative cor respondents' dinner at Albany in April he said, "True, I nin a dreamer, but 1 am no quitter." If Governor Hughes further demon strates that be is no quitter regarding his announced state policies, if Charley does not become "docile," the organiza j tion of his party will defeat him in th« | legislature, in convention and in cau cus. It has tlie power to do so. It | dares to do so. "The people forget," ■ says n noted lobbyist. The forgetful- J ucss of the people is the safeguard ol I the politician. Sixty Kinds ot Bananas. To most persons i.i the tempera' • zones a banana is a banana. Rut th • truth is that there are over sixl known varieties of the fruit, with a; great or greater variation In < liar . j as ill the different kinds of :ipp' •* Hawaii is said to have something over forty distinct varieties o" the frnl most of which have been introduced by the whites. Some of these are i extremely delicate and delicious ilan r. | while other kinds are used, if at all I only when cooked in various way- I There is scarcely a city house |,.t >r j country "Uuleana" or Iwmeste id wl ' 'i does not have a clump or two of hu uanas, which grow with practically i: - care, new plants or suckers shootl'ii: up to replace the ones which hav fruited and been removed.— T.os An geles Times. riio Cee's Market 2i-kct i Every l -c« carries his mat*?: i>.. ' ] around his hind legs. Any one exam Ining the body of the bee through a microscope will observe that on the hind legs of the creature there i; • fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at th" tips, so as to form a sort of cage. This is the bee's basket, and into it after successful journey he will cram enough pollen to last him for two or three days. Sleight of Hand. Hyker I attended a successful sleight of hand performance last uigln I'yker—So? Hyker—Yes. 1 lent a eon jurer a counterfeit dollar, and he gave ine back a good one.—Exchange. To Mark Historic Spot. Plans are beiug made for placing in position the tablet which was recently received at Fort McHenry, Maryland, and which Is to mark the spot upon which the flagpole stood from whose lop the national colors floated on the night of Sept 13, 1814, inspiring Fran cis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Itan lier." The tablet was cast at the in stance of the government and is of bronze, from the design of Francis B. Wheaton, advisory architect of the quartermaster general's department M: reads: i— —— The Nntlonnt Ensign which In spired Francis Scott Kev to writ© THE STAR SI'AXGLED BANNER W.is during the Bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 12. hit, flyini? from a polo oc cupying this position. Rescuing a Camel. The camel has been called the "ship •jf the desert." I.ike the ship, he may capsized, and In that predicament he is helpless. His manner of lying down to rest is to fold Ills legs be neath his body. If he happens to roll upon his side be cannot recover his feet again. This Infirmity of the ani mal Is mentioned by the Count de I.i dain In the account of bis journey. "From Pekin to Sikkim:'' "The caravan was made up of cam els. 1 had brought some new ones and had no idea of taking any other animals into a country largely com posed of louse sand. An amusing in cident marked the beginning of our march. One camel, awkward as they all are. managed to tumble Into a ditch of thick mud between the road and a wheatfleld. When once fallen a camel can only get up again If it can arrange its feet conveniently un der it and if the ground Is nearly flat. "In this ease It was not so. The ani mal lay with all four feet In the air. perfectly resigned and Incapable of a single movement to help itself. To draw it out took more than half an hour and required the united efforts of many men with cords passed under the camel's back." t CHILD SOUL ITS STUDY Juvenile Psychopathic Institute Organized In Chicago. DELINQUENTS THE SUBJECTS. Purpoie Is to Check Youthful Crimi nality Due to Heredity and Environ ment—Mental Condition of Children Will Be Investigated, as Well as Their Ancestry. The study of the souls of children— that is one of the purposes of tho Juvenile rsychopathic Institute, organ ized In Chicago by philanthropic citi zens and prominent settlement work ers. lis final objects are to obtain for Juvenile offenders proper treatment, ac cording to their mentality and sur roundings, and to achieve a diminution of Juvenile criminality liy eradicating the contributing causes in individual cases. The organization lias employed com pctent modi aj talent, and each child brought into the Juvenile court will lie examined pbysl ally and mentally and ; his home surroundings and even liia ancestry Inquired Into with a view t'» determining the cause of delinquency. Among those prominent in the under ] taking are Miss .lane Addams, Miss | Julia C. Lutbrop, Mrs. William F. | Duminer, 107 Lincoln Park boulevard, J and Allen T. Rums. ; The Instilute. founded because its ; originators believe that crime among | children Is due largely to mental con j ditions resulting from environment and I heredity, was Incorporated the other : day by Miss Addams. Mrs Hummer | and Mr. Burns. Thr< ugb tbe efforts at ■ Mrs. Dunuuer, Miss Lathrop anil a J number of others suiHcient funds liavo i been procured to carry ou the research work for at least live years. Miss Addams said recently that she believed much valuable information, concerning juvenile criminology nnr. William Ilenly, who Is a special ist on nervous diseases, has been en- s gaged to make the psychopathic luves, ! tlgation. He will have at least onoi I assistant, who will make special lnves - ligations of the social and family con } ditions of the children under observa- I tlon. The salaries of I»r. Healy and. I his assistant have been guaranteed for I five years. The work will be in charge of at j board of directors, composed of Miss ' Lathrop awl Mr. Burns, representing the school of civics and ] Dr. Frank Churchill and Mrs. George | Dean of (he Children's Hospital socte | t.v and Vls< Addams and Mrs. Duin -1 mer of t*:c Juvenile court committee. | "The organization of the Psycho pathic institute is the result of the work of the Juvenile Court society and Children's Hospital society," said | Miss Adda ins. "There are many chll , dren brought before I he juvenile court !' vho are no doubt subnormal. The ' 'hl'dren's Hospital society has been holillnir clinic* In the court, examining j children f,.r physical defects. .Vow ' we propose togo -'ill further and j study the .vuulhful criminals from I mental and psychopathic standpoints. ' "We intend lo examine into the. ■ child's mental condition, investigate, his euvlrc nmeut and the record of hi* ' family, thu* seeking the causes which 1 brought about his criminal actions. There is uo doubt that a great deal of youthful criminality is caused by nervous diseases, suhnormnlity and mental aberration, brought about I through heredity or home euviron ment. "Through our research work, which will extend over a period of at least five years, we hope to get at the root of the exact causes that make chil dren go wrong. Sufficient funds to carry on this work thoroughly already have been obtained "Our method of operation? When a youthful criminal is brought before the juvenile court he will be examined# by l>r. Healy. The doctor's assistant [ will follow up this examination by finding out under what conditions thl» child lives and learn if possible the complete mental and physical history of his ancestors. "We then will be in a position hx know exactly the status of the child's case and how to deal with it. In many cases medical science no doubt will bo able to correct or overcome #t least part of the mental weakness or subnormality which has led the child into criminal paths. The research work also may result In some Impor tant changes in the methods of denl ing with juvenile offenders." Chtragi* Record-Herald. Savage. Caller-Sir. I am collecting for the poets hospital. Will you contribute anything? Kditor—With pleasure. Cal' tonight with the ambulance, and 1 will have some poets ready.—Judge. SB EI ! -A TIN SHOP Tor all klnci of Tin Roofing* Spoutlnc ind C«neral Joh Work. Stovwe, Moatcs. > Fumacafi, «eto. PRICES TOE LOU EST! PUTY THE BEST! JOHN HlXSOtf SO. U# £. FRONT XI.