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THE PITTSBURG POST JANUARY 15, 1905. Up-to-Date Accommodations Have Been Provided for the Patients and Attendants. NEW nUNieiPAL HOSPITAL Three Little Rooms Through Which the Discharged One THE, MAN IS READY FOR OCCUPANT; Off All Contagion. HAS NO REDRESS! Lii SUNDAY MORNING, WThi fPf 9 '3 The Property j) What You Pay for Increases in Value jj Rent is Gone for Good The Landlord Gets Both 8 i i "I'LL RAlSE YOUR RENT Landlord. "All Right, I'll Move" I 9 Wis yf, 1Sr(Q)svillE Beautiful Beautiful IN ONE OF THE WARDS OF SUPERINTENDENT CASHMORE IN HIS OFFICE.

THE average peraon Is likely to have his Idea of a municipal hospital entirely revolutionized by a visit to the new Pittsburg institution at Francis street and Bedford avenue. The 1read diseases to be treated there will lose half THE NEW "EAST END" 15 Minutes From Postoffice. Through the Tunnel 10. And Buy a Nice Home KNOXVILLE LAND IMPROVEMENT CO. Sacrifice Sale for 60 Days! ZiiZtiOJ? i 0 -'Life THE HANDSOME NEW PITTSBURG MUNICIPAL ocnaMst a New of light let Into the ward can be regulated to a nicety.

On the top line of the letter are the scarlet fever and the smallpox wards, each 106 feet in the clear, separated the end of the corridor. Both these wards are equipped alike. With eacn ward is connected a nurses kitchen and linen room, as well as a private room with a plain glass window, opening directly into the ward. Kach ward has its large room for convalescents, it baths and its large sun parlor, and the three small rooms through which the recovered patient must pasj before he is dismissed. Out Into the World.

In the first of these rooms he must discard hTs clothes. In the second, take his disinfectant, shower bath, and in the third, dress in clean new clothes. From last room the door opens onto a horror in the thoroughly sanitary and fully-equipped building-, ar.d the pos-! Elblllties of recovery will be given every I assistance in tne world "by skill and science and the aids known to them. The new hospital will be ready to re-; reive patients by the first part of Kebruary, and by the time spring and jits blossoms have come, the gTass around the building will be smooth and green, ithe driveways will be laid and well kept beds of flowers will be blooming on the lawn. The great structure and its at-, tractive environment will stand, not as the unthoughtful are inclined to think ef It, as a plague spot set apart for the diseased, but as a public-spirited institution for the care and the cure of tha city's patients.

The new municipal hospital, erected by I the city, at a cost of $115,000, is a large Drtck rtructure in the shape of a capital II with one long ward opening from the center of the perpendicular part of the letter. Every care, every thought for the good of the patients, and pro-j tectlon against contagion has 'been em-j bodied In material form in the plan and equipment of the building. The Idea of future enlargement has been taken into consideration, too, and the plans have been so laid that several more wings can be added, if necessary, without interfering with the lighting of the present wards. Accommodations for Staff. The foundation line of this letter is represented in the administration bulld- Ing, which is practically separate from the hospital wards, though connected by a well-lighted corridor 196 feet in length.

In the administration building are the superintendent's office, and his private Waederln Is Refuge Such as Were Established in the Days of Abraham Is Maintained in Pittsburg Many Russian Refugees Are Received There THE NEW HOSPITAL. part of the hospital, and standing within a few feet of the hospital building, 1 the disinfectant plant, perfectly equipped, and made of cement and Iron at a cost of JlO.OuO. The hospital will be heated with fleam. It has a plentiful water supply of its own, and has a plant for the manufacture of Its own electricity. When the hospital is opened it will be ready to accommodate 300 patients.

The number of nurses and doctors to be connected with tho hcsjdtal will be determined entirely by the number of patients The number will not be limited, as there is an ordinance which permits the bureau of health tfl engage as many nurses and ss much medical aid as are requited to care for the patients. Naturally the bureau of health expects to take charge of more pi tier la than before. Not on account of a growing rate of disease. but on account of the enlargement of Its sphere. At present the bureau of health has a coneract with Mercy hospital to take charge of Its cases of virulent diseases, except smAllpox.

All of the city's patients nowt that hospital will be removed to the new municipal building the first of the month. Whether or not a case of contagious disease will be forced to be treated at the hoepltal will on the orders of the physician. Precaution Against Contagion. The last of the painting In the Interior of the building Is now being done, tn administration building is partially fur-ntshd and the hospital beds are ready to be set up. All of the furnishings hav b-en provided for, and can be arranged in a short time.

Superintendent Cash-more will Insist on the strictest precautions agnlnst contagion on the part of everyone connected with the hospital. Not ever, the emallent bit of paper Is permitted to be sent from the hospitl. and only disinfected garments are permitted to worn when one leaves ths hospital. Beauty Doctors. the hair, she tells me.

Is for It to be, worn high on the head. In the effect of three loose rolls or waves, so that It can seen above the face. The hair should be drawn loosely from the sides and should be drawn up loosely In a kind of Marseilles roll on the back of the head. This style Is supposed to be most becoming to all of the outlines of the head. Pittsburg women.

I was told by several halr-dressers, are particularly shy of adopting new styles of wearing the nalr. The hair-dressers say that while the low Is generally becoming, the part is decidedly trying to the majority or women. But the new style, which Is coming slowly but as surely as certainty. Is the style high above the head, with a pompadour and a narrow bang below the pompadout reaching from temple to temple. Few women will be willing to destroy their front hair by cutting it into a "harrow bang, and In consequence hairdressers will contrive an adjustable bang which may be adopted or discarded at pleasure.

Tho elaborate arrangements of rolls and puffs and again rolls and puffs which are seen In the windows of the beauty establishments are Krench designs, cordially disliked by the artistic hair-dressers themselves. They are abiding the coming of the bang, however, and expect its general adoption at no far distant date. As for wrinkles, there Is evidently no need in countenancing them at all. The corners of the mouth, too, can be made to turn up In the most obliging manner after sufficient number of treatments by massaging. The number of women taking the exercise testify to Its efficiency.

some of the feminine seekers after beauty leave these establishments with pinker cheeks and redder Hps than when they entered, let us imagine that it Is due the heat of the room, the percentage of those who resort to the "tints" being decidedly small, according to the statements of the beauty doctor. Tho manicurist assures me that the present style of oval flner nails will shortly be followed by extreme pointed ones. Business women, she says, as a rule have their nails trimmed ovally the year round, and polished but slightly. Society women have decided tendency toward the long pointed style, which gives to the fingers a. tapered effect.

The large majority of society women, she says, also Insist on a brilliant polish. Personal leaut.v Is pretty, good thing to seek for. after nil. "Fie on the woman who Is not vain!" Sparks From Observation. MANY a person too proud to ask alms borrow five or ten and never think of returning it.

If we continually keep up with to-day the affairs of yesterday "will "not iieedTo worry us much. Inquiry at the other end of the line will change the tone of many a tale. A bluffer may get along all right until, force of habit, he begins bluffing himself into believing that people take him seriously. It Is usually after acquiring a tiny bit the knowledge left behind by others that we begin thinking we know more than anyone else. To expect praise for doing our duty seems like a confession that the accomplishment is unusual with us.

Our old. hard-listed uncles may not know as much French and Ijntin as we do, but they overcome the deficiency by sending the office boy to dig out the definitions from the back of tho dictionary. Some of us praise a magnificent painting with the same ease and volubility we show In commenting on a new pin cushionand with about the same depth or feeling. Many a broad-gauge proposition has failed through an attempt to run It on a narrow-gauge track. "on tempt 13 a terrible weapon, but there are few who can wield It properly.

T. MARTIN. HOSPITAL. little stairway, which leads to freedom. It Is an Interesting fact that on these steps, separated by so few feet from the most contagious forms of emal'pox or scarlet fever, one mar be perfectly safe in talking to one who 10 minutes before was In its midst.

Opening from the corridor are 12 private rooms. The whole building is so arranged that In can? of an epidemic of any one of these diseases, all of the wards will be equally well equipped to deal with It. lown to the very slightest detail Superintendent John Caehmore has arranged to have everything in keeping, and has taken thought for the most improved farllitk-s throughout. Every aM. every doctor's room Is connected with the other and with the superintendent's private and official anartmcntu, and all with the department of the bureau of health.

An Important I Grand Barnes and By Marian Bontalt. AGKOrp of interviews with hairdressers, manicurists and massage artists beget a doubt In my mind as to whether Pittsburg, beauties are not made Instead of born. I am distressed to learn on the authority of those who have most to do with the toilette of la.li3 grand and beautiful that It is a very exceptional woman who. with any pretense to fashion whatsoever, does not wear some false hair somewhere I about her dainty head. Not flse la the sense of Its not being hair, you understand, but In not originally belonging to the wearer.

My faith In naturally smooth fine complexions begins to waver, too, in learning from the massage artists how generally science Is made to assist nature trtvi effacement of wrinkles and the reduction of youthful bloom. And one must certainly keep in close touch with his manicurist to have his naiis of the shape and degree of brilliancy demanded by capricious fashion, I acknowledge it must be the exceptional woman of fashion who does not call upon professional ktll to produce, retain and enhance her physical attractiveness. If advertisements re true, there Is no excuse for a woman of wealth and leisure being homely. The adding of a cubit to one's stature or the transformation of a snub Into a Grecian nose Is in the realm of possibility. Nothing, absolutely nothing, la impossible in the way of a coiffure, and even one's facial expression Is changeable if one is conscientious enough in one's visits to the mus-sag? artists.

Many New York worn 11 of fashion employ, in uddition to the services of a. maid, those of a professional manicurist, hair-dresser and ma-yage artiHt for themselves exclusively. Tills ultra-luxurious arrangement has not been noticeably adopted in Pittsburg sis jet, but a large percentage of fashionable Pittsburg women receive dally rails from one who Is professionally trained in these three branches of art. Quite a number of women, who count about sev-n or eight calis to a morning, are engaged dully In the ICast Knd, tine of the favorite abiding places of the beauty doctors Is along I'enn avenue, and their parlors are seldom empty of those who r-a 1, r.ltfnir ihj.t. IKl'Ilt 1 deed, so busy are professional people kept in receiving those who come to seek their services that it was told me more than once that show cases had to go bare of creams and skin foods for want of time "to make them up." In at least one of these establishments, and one which is marked by aristocratic patronage, regular courses are taught in hair-dressing, mansaglng and manicuring.

The reliable practitioner In any one of these branches must have a good knowledge of physiology to begin with. The massage, artist upends many an hour over her maps of muscles, and the hairdresser devotes long periods of study to tins scalp and its physical attributes. One who Is equipped with this knowledge of underlying principles, backed by tho actual experience gained in such an establishment, need have no fear for lack of employment. The hair-dresser who is gifted with an artistic sense has her soul much tried with patrons who insist on fashion rather than becomingness In their style of halr-dresKing. The hair-dresser with a conscience, says one of those who i.s best known In the city.

Is genuinely grieved to have to dress a woman's hair In a part when everv outline of her head demands that It be dressed In a wavy pompadour. This same halr-dresser, who is const an authority on the subject, says tnat prevailing fashion Is the last thing which she considers when dressing hair to suit her own ideas of good taste arid becomingness. Few women who come to her, she says, can dress their hair In the present style, low on the neck, without the assistance of some false hair, and those who have enough for this style have too much for beauty whi the hair Is dress-id In other ways. Hair of moderate thickness which fall. a little below the waist is the Ideal-amount for general purposes, la bur ttplutea.

The Ideal arrangement of a If to by of suite of rooms; th doctor' private rooms and dining room; the general dispensary, and linen and grocery store rooms and kitchen; In another part of the same wing are the nurses' private rooms and their dining and sitting rooms. All of the rooms are well finished, all are of good size and all have an abundance of air and lisht. Branching off from the lengthy corridor, which connects the administration building with the hospital, is the diphtheria ward, with its attendant operating room, baths, nurses kitchen, linen and private rooms, spacious apartments for the convalescent patients, sun parlor and the three small rooms which lie between the ward and the outside world. The walls have been painted dark green in all of the wards, with a cheerful border at the ceiling. The window shades are of the same color and the amount Jew Unaltered i il Is met by J.

R. Slegel, who furnishes him with a ticket which entitles htm to three days' board and lodging. In extreme cases this Is extended to six and sometimes to nine days. This limitation of time has a double reason for its existence. It Inculcates the necessity of seeking employment, therefore acting 2.S,, a sour to the phlegmatic or lazily Inclined, and it acts as a preventive to an overcrowded condition of the house, which can accommodate only 18 persons at a time.

The house Is well managed by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Metzger. How Money Is Raised. An Interesting account of one of the methods employed In obtaining assistance for the maintenance of the Shelter Houee was given by Mrs.

Ferguson. The poorer class of Jews in tho city are the heartiest sympathizers with the object of the Institution. Jews are noted for their betrothal parties and weddings. This Is one reason why they are thriving and prosperous In the twentieth century, when all the other ancwm races who were their contemporaries have become dim memories, for a cardinal sin among Hebrews is race suicide. A supper or breakfast is always provld.

ed for the guests on the festive occasions mentioned, and at a certain stage of the proceedings someone, previously selected for tha office, places a plate In tho center of the table and entreats the revelers to remember, at the height of their gaiety, the poor In their midst, the destitute from a foreign shore, the stranger within the gates. No specified sum Is solicited, the widow's mite being as highly appreciated as the rich man's princely donation. The responses are usually generous. Sometimes the host, to prevent thl3 interpolation, will contribute from his own pocket a good round sum. Decemher of 1304 was the busiest month in the history of the house, it having sheltered 121 individuals.

Tho majority of these were Russian refugees, although some camo from other countries, and there was a sprinkling of American Jews. Several were persons who fled to escape service In the war In Manchuria, sun garbed in the habiliments which they had assumed to accomplish their escape. Provided With Work. The voung men are generally robust and capabls performing laboring work, 9 A Italian Railroad Men Propose to llf- i a 1 1 wages oimpiy uy ianenng Itrirtlir Minn Laws Enacted. stances It Is easy to understand that an unlucky traveler, at the end of his trip, has nothing left to do but settle down and go to sleep if he does not want to spoil his temper forever, while waiting for his luggage.

From bad management we ran Into absurdity in the case of our octrois. We start from the supposition that foreign travelers commonly fill their trunks with horns, fish, vegetables and In general with sundry eatables, for that la the kind of goods paying duty at our city octrois. This tat sets us down with foreigners as wonderful people, who cannot make any difference between a trunk: coming from the frontier already stamped by th: custom house, and a peasant's parcel in which be tries to smuggle into town a few pogda of sausages. No Distinction of Persons. Only a few days ago the highest note of was struck on that point by a little anecdote, which has literally sent the whole city Into an uncontrol- lable fit of loughter.

Tou may well Imagine that our high roads are as well guarded as our railroad depots. Octroi for such they are. with rifle and bayonet stop at the custom line, enclosing our cities, every vehicle coming in. from the smart automobile to the donkey cart. Rome is not such an Immense city as other European capitals, and on fine afternoons fashionable carriages often push far beyond the gates for a drive in the sunshine and pure air in the Campagna.

Suppose a raw octroi recruit on sentry duty at the carriers, and duchesses, countesses and fine ladies will see their carriages stopped and In spected for pork, poultry or vegetables. Weil- a few days ago her majesty. Quen Helena, while driving her dog cart, was challenged to stop and declare if she was smuggling anything into the city. If queens are held up, imagine the suffering of an honest Cook's tourist. Since- last general elections we are confronted with a very interesting problem In constitutional law.

Does what we are accustomed to call with rather a pompous expression, "the will of the people." that is, the regular election of a mn to a seat in parliament, turn him from a thief into an inviolable representative of his country? This is exactly the case with our former minister of public instruction, Mr. Nasi. It is true that he has not yet been convicted, for, though badly wanted at home, he has thought It more prudent to slip away to Cairo, waiting for a fair wind to land again on his native shores, but his embezzlements, his sleight-of-hand performances are beyond discussion by now. His own son has not found a better way of explaining his father's fanciful, administrative methods, than by accusing the minister's predecessors of the same transgressions, though they may have escaped scot free. False Idea of Electors.

Clan feeling is exceedingly strong In Southern Italy, and Mr. Nasi, having always been very generous in rewarding with public money his dear friends who had heiped him in his brilliant political career, his birthplace. Trapanl, may be rightly considered as his rightful field, in which all, from high to low. are happy to proclaim themselves his faithful henchmen and trusty vassals. And they have chosen him as their political representative, not heeding the stinging comment passed on their pre-' posterous efforts to rehabilitate a fallen man, that a thief can only represent a constituency of thieves.

But it is not so. and in the very fact that the men 'who voted for Mr. Nasi make up an average honest constituency lays the real painful feature of the whole affair, because it shows what a falso idea some of our electors have of tho principles on which a sound and liberal social system must be based. It would be absurd to ask from popular vote an unfailing choice of the best men, but to use it with the avowed purpose of balking the regular course of justice amounts to utter ignorance of the meaning of that all-Important function of modern public life. Pride of Love.

It draws its strength from lyric words By music-haunted poets sung; It has its roots in loveliness Born of the world's primeval stress; When light and life were young. Anl none who bear it In their hearts Are known as men of low estate; For. risen through tesrs and strife To kinship with the Lord of Life. Their slory makes them great. Eut ereat as is the meadow flow'r.

That looks to Stilus afar; nd knows herself a link with nil Cndylns things, yet faint and small Beside the humblest star. Fall Mall Gazette. Ha complicated the run may be, has to be handed down all told to the last centime. As nobody ever knows anything about railroad prices, the ticket clerks would have a splendid time in refusing people. Ask any tourist who has gone through Italy what he has suffered In registering his luggage! He will tell you that he has always ended by tipping the porters, for only their good will and exertions prevented the trunks being left behind.

Let those same porters stick to the rules ordering them not to take In -luggage before half an hour and to stop registering 10 minutes before the starting of the train; let the express conductors cease waiting 10 or even 13 minutes behind time for belated trunks, and not more than half the. luggage will ever be shipped any more on-any express or slow Italian train. Two days ago a freight train was on the side track at the Rome depot. The station master signaled It to clear away, as he wanted the place to form the Florence express. But the conductor did not budge; his schedule gave him 29 cars ana he had got only IS.

He stuck to the rules; he would start all right or not at all. A wire to the nearest yard brought up at last the two cars; but the Florence express started 43 minutes behind time. All connections will be missed, as the trains are always late. All depots have barely a third of the regulation crews, ami when the men quit work exactly at the minute they are free, refusing to work extra hours, the yards will be regularly deserted and the trains will have to stop, for no new gang will be ready to take up the work. Nobody can be punished for keeping the law.

and the man who advised our rail road hands to try what may be called a "regulation strike" knew what he was about, and his scheme for evolving confusion out of order may be considered as one of the cleverest interpretations of the socialistic theory on strikes. It is true that he an admirable field for his work; in no other country could he have found such a complete disorganization as to make it the base of his system. They say that when in Spain you ask a conductor in how many hours his train will make the run lie simply answers that it has to go through so many stations. The poor man does not know what may be in waiting for him there, and so he prudently avoids any statement about time tables. We are not far from it.

If not worse, for Just yesterday the Naples express broke down midway between CRserta and Rome. The engine, a vener- able machine some 30 years old, simply settled down and refused to do any extra work. Perhaps the engineer had been explaining to ids stoker the new theory of the "regulation strike," and the old kettle had decided to put it into practice right away. On the other hand, it- Is but justice to say that what our railroad men ask ss quite tieyond the power of the administration to grant. Knglish railroads are always quoted as a splendid example of honest pay for honest work, but a simple glance at the profits of the English and Italian lines will show what a step we have still to make to be on a par with Kngland.

Capital invested there gives 4.05 per cent interest, our state lines give 0.S5 per cent. According to that proportion the Italian wages are the highest, for undoubtedly they represent far more than the fifth cf the. English rates, but surely they are not equivalent to the work exacted from the men add to this that Italian capital does not look for railroad investments, the state consols giving 4 per cent and you will see that the problem is "much more difficult to solve than it may appear at first sight, and unfortunately we have not got the man who can see his way clearly out of it. Poor Custum Service. Customs are strictly connected with the railroad question and with us they are forcibly influenced by the disorganization of the whole system.

Our government has thought it necessary to appoint a special board to devise the best means to put that all-Important service In fair working order. When the luggage comes with the traveler, things run smoothly enough; custom house officers do their best to ruffle as little as possible the tourists' tempers, and on all through trains from beyond our frontiers, the inspection is passed on the cars. But leave your luggage behind, and have it forwarded even by "express delivery." and trunks from Pans to Rome, for Instance, have been known to stay 13 days on the road. Many Americans going home have to lose their boat If they do not like to leave their luggage behind. The railroad administration does not make any official inqulry about belated trunks before 15 days from their registering, and under those circum- Strike-" By Oraelli.

ROME. Lec. 35. Tn railroad hand are up again for higher wages, but they have declared that they win not strike to avoid being turned Into soldiers by simple scratch of majesty's pen under a ministerial decree, as happened to them not very long ago; but they have found something better, they have Improved on the theoretical principle of the irtrlke. hey wnll make "obstructionism." The masses art learning the ways of their leaders.

When honorable members of parliament think It consistent with their dignity to resort to shouts, insults and noise to prevent discussion of obnox- lous laws, it Is not to be wondered at if their methods are raised to the viginit of a principle by their followers. The system which the railroad men threaten to adopt, would be based on legality, though their demands are out ot all reason. They elmply declare that if what they ask is not immediately taken Into consideration they will begin to keep strictly to their service rulea. If this came to pas tt would mean the complete disorganization of the railroad service in ltalj-. It takes a country like ours which perfect theory is always in contrast wltn.

pofwtble practice to evolve confusion out of what ts meant for order. Perplexing Railroad Conditions. Our railroads are splendid proof 01 our tendency toward legislating at ail costs, of our ability in hampering every detail of a given service with a bewilder ing amount of laws, rules and decrees, which have to be completely disregarded If any practical result is to be reached at all. We lack the gift of adaptation, we see things as they ought to be, but we miss the practical touch to make things go. Our laws disregard a very important Item for securing their efficiency, our southern character and the utter impossibility for us to adapt ourselves to strict rules appearing both useless and oppressive to our' leisurely way of transacting business.

We start from the principle of distrusting those chosen to enforce our laws, hence the exaggerated attention to regulate details completely fettering any personal Initiative. Go In any of our state offices and If your business Is not of the simplest you will never meet with a man taking upon himself the responsibility, I will not say of a decision, but of a clear answer to your question, for everybody Is afraid of bre-aklng some unknown bylaws quite contrary to the letter of the original rule; everything Is sent to headquarters with an Immense loss of time and work. To have a thing done quickly It is absolutely necessary to put rules aside, running the risk of a possible opposition from interested parties. 1 Rules Given Small Consideration. Considering the railroad question to those reasons there is to be added the utter disregard of the actual state of our lines.

We legislate aa If we had four-track roads and plenty of rolling stock, while even our main lines are single-tracked, and the number of oars far inferior to that required by trafTlc. We sire getting along through shifts and momentary arrangements; our trains roll, thanks to the Intelligent efforts and constant good-will of all our railroad employes, from the station master of our great centers down to the humblest brakeman. The rules stand fast, but the trains must run according to the daliy changing necessities Of the line. Us-pressos are made to wait at Junctions for belated trains so as not to make through passengers lose their trip. Stations are Jumped or not, according to the news the conductors are given by the station masters.

If the regulation number of cars for a freight train cannot begot ready half the cargo is left In the yards to be taken up at the next occasion. Whole lumber trains are sidetracked for days to clear the line, though their starting hours be minutely fixed by the time-tables. The real ability and efficiency of te Italian railroad hands is given by the insignificant number of Accidents occurring yearly on our lines. A terrible amount of overwork Is the result of such a state of and It is against that constant necessity for extraordinary exertions that our railroad men complain, asking at least for higher wages for extra work. What the Tourist Must Put Up With.

After what I have tried to explain it is not difficult, perhaps, to understand what would happen if the regulations were strictly adhered to. Two-thirds of the travelers would be stopped at our ticket offices, for the rule is that no change is to be Kiven for money, but the full prlcu of the ticket, no matter how long and THE PITTSBURG SHELTER HOUSE FOR JEWS. while the old and physically Incapacitated are supplied with a email stock of merchandise, which they peddle through the streets, Cnder the generous and tolerant treatment accorded them- In this country these poor Immigrants thrive and prosper, bing naturally Industrious ard anxious to succeed, and. according to Mrs. Ferguson, the rapidity with which they are transformed from creatures almost entirely tw-reft of intelligence by persecution of every kind Into bright, able American citizens is a gratifying sight to those who are daily witnesses of the metamorphosis.

Sometimes, however, the treatment accorded them urion arriving in America it not always wtmt It should b. A New York employment bureau advertised for several hundred laborers to work In Al-toona. for $1.23 a day and board. To several hundred recently arrived refugees this appeared the opportunity of a life-time, and each gave the employment agent SI for a position. Tliey were forwarded to Altoona and it took but one Cay to convince them that American employment agencies are not always stepping stones to a new eiysium.

The contractors offered to furnish board and sleeping accommodations at reasonable rates. The fcleeping quarters were a lot of old planks knocked together In a poor imitation of an ordinary tool house, the bedding consisted of bundle of, straw strewn on the bare ground, and the hungry laborers were furnished with an ordinary -cent loaf of bread for 20 cents, a 10-cent box of sardines for 25 cents, and coffee, tea. sugar, In proportion. After working every day for a week the laborer was Informed that he was In debt to the concern. Those who wished to leave the service of such benevolent employers were notified that unless they worked an entire month they were entitled to no wages.

Steps to Watch Contractors. Picture these conditions in the dead of winter In the land of freedom! Many of these victims of a contractor's rapacity found their way to the Pitts, burg House of Shelter, where their stories excited commiseration, with the result that the matter was taken up 'by the B'nai rith. the great National Hebrew society, and steps have been taken to prevent the recurrence of such an affair. The society meet with few frauds in Its work. The Jew tramp is a rare bird, but even when a known impostor appears he is welcomed.

An old Hebrew maxim translated Into Kngltsh, reads: "It Is better to fed 2), even when they are suspected of Imposition, on tho chance that there may be one worthy case among them." The principal object of the Shelter House society in establishing and perpetuating this charity is to prevent pauperism among the Jewish people. Their poor and Incapacitated never he-come a burden on the community or the State. To the Growler. En patient! Ho a Christian and forbear To objurgate the Weather-man and swear lecaus the stlngr of Inter's In the air. I you renienioer Those clays In June, a few ishort months bro.

Whose scorching heat oppressed and baked you to. And niadn you yearn the blest relief to know of cool September? And when (September came and In Its train rouplit days of frost and days of findden rain, CKkkI KraclousI how you kicked and growled again! Do you remember? Those summer days will soon have come once more. And vou'll forset how bitterly you swore At all the winter weather none before. Will you remf-mber, When you are sweltering In mid-July, The flakes frost-feathered that were wont to fly From out the windy reaches of the sky This past December? Meantime, if you should die and you should get These winter days (because they're cold and wet) You wlU remember. T.

A. Daly la Catholic Standard and Times. Stevenson and Gibbon etreets, Pittsburg, stands a little two-storied frame hous-a house wltn a history. It Is called the Houee of Shelter, and It Is an institution established and eupport-l ed by a society of 250 Jewish women of Pittsburg, with the assistance of the gen- erously inclined of the race, and Its od-j ject is to shelter and feed the unfortunate, penniless Jew who strays into the city In quoet of friends or employment. For the information contained In this article the writer is indebted to Mrs.

Ferguson, the efficient secretary of the I BOt-lety. The president is Mrs. Tapolsky; I the vice president is Mrs. K. Selker, and Khe treasurer, Mrs.

C. Davis. During 1901 the House of Shelter red and lodged 6C0 strangers for periods rang-' ing from three to nine daye. The Idea of a house of shelter for the homeless and 1 friendless among the Hebrews was born in tha days of Abraham. In that faraway period, when he Jews were a res-live, roving nation, the spirit of hospitality was one of the strongest characteristics of the race.

The stranger within the gates was treated as one of the tam-ly. When he left, the fajnily accompanied him a short distance on his way, and then left him with many expressions of solicitude for a safe termination to hl travels. Old Custom Endures. Gradually the necessity for a centrai place of accommodation for these wayfarers began to be appreciated by the various tribes, and in this way the shelter houses had their Inception. With the tenacity to old customs peculiar to the race, the custom has descended from generation to generation, until to-day there 5s not a city, town or village in this or any other country, where a number of Jews have settled, which does not pos-sesa an institution of this kind.

These houses vary in size and scope of opera-' tions in proportion to the size and population of -the community; but the principle Is Identical in every instance. Upon entering a city wherein he Is a stranger tho homeless, penniless Jew naturally directs his steps to the synagogue. In Pittsburg there are a number of synagogues. One of them is located ja jyjaehiaston street Here iUi stranger,.