The Chattanooga News. (Chattanooga, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1923 Page: 3 of 6
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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
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OT long ago the news of doctor-
Nlng n niun far out at sea—by a
doctor on land—set us all agasp
at the wonders about us, almost
unnatural In their Infinite pos-
sibilities and successes. It all
arrested ray attention so shniply
that with Intense curiosity 1 went
to the Seamen's Church Insti-
tute In New York city from
where I heard this wonder
sprang.
- Dimly I had heard of this
place, tills enormous building
which meant home to thousands
and thousands of seamen from all over the world,
and I had heard of Its tower and Its great green
light which was the first Jlght to be seen as a boat
came witliln view of New York. The institute
is situated on the very edge, as It were, of Manhat-
tan island—25 South street, along the water front.
Captain Robert Huntington, principal of the
Navigation, Marine Engineering and Radio school
Of the institute, and Dr. Mansfield, superintendent,
have been the ones to accomplish this medical serv-
ice bj wireless.
For the past year KDKF, which Is the distress
signal sent to the institute radio station, has re-
sulted In treatment of the man sick at sea by a
doctor at one of the public health stations on land.
The Institute has put through this work in a very
complete way. It has finally won out In the In-
sistence of the law which makes all ships carry a
first aid equipment, a first aid manual (the work
of the institute) and a medicine chest. And now,
in order to receive his certificate, a ship's officer
must have had a course in first aid training.
So that now a man who Is sick can be treated
at sea hy these officers who understand medicine
sufficiently to he able to proficiently follow out the
directions of the doctors who send their advice
and treatment by wireless—following the seudlng
of the man's symptoms to them. Ships outside the
radius can have messages relayed by the ships
within the radius.
All kinds of Illnesses have been treated and now
the final arrangement as to the different coastal
stations is to be made so that all over the world
there will be medical service by wireless. And all
this has been put through by the Seamen's Church
Institute. The radio corporation pays all the wire-
less expenses of sending messages with the,excep-
tion of some of th# telephone toll charges and—a
private Individual pays these.
The accomplishment of this as a world service
has just been completed. And the place I had
known of as that with the green light, which Is not
only the first to be seen upon approaching land,
but the last light to be seen as men sail out to sea
again, has been responsible!
Then, too, I had heard of the time-ball which
dropped down the pole on top of the tower every
dny exactly as Washington sent word that It was
noon, and of the hundreds of glasses turned to-
ward this tower around noon, a simple enough
tale but one that had always appealed! For all
boats In the harbor take their time from the Sea-
men's Church Institute time ball.
Of these I had hoard, and sometimes of serv-
ices, sometimes of entertainments and—up to the
time of the long distance medical treatment—of the
transference of a ferry house along the water front
Into a comfortable, heated, lighted relief station
for the great number of unemployed seamen this
year. This they too had put through with the co-
operation of the civic and naval authorities.
R was very difficult, I found, to discover who was
the Inspiration back of each enormous accomplish-
ment. Archibald R. Mansfield, D. D., the super-
intendent, was the one who evtryone else told
me, had put through everything. But Dr. Mansfield
treated that with scorn, and went on to explain
Just who were the Individuals responsible for the
many and devious splendid things accomplished
there. In fact there was this spirit everywhere.
There is absolutely no desire for self-glory In any-
one I met—a rare thing to be found In a "large or-
ganization.
Over seventy years ago a pious gentleman from
Boston found Ills boat stranded on the New Eng-
land cooast. He found shelter, however, in the Inn
of a small coast town. It w«s Sunday. The pious
gentleman sent out word to the various ships which
had sought shelter in the storm that there would
he a service that Sunday morning in the parlor of
the inn, and there was such tremendous response
that soon afterward a floating church was to be
seen in New York harbor. For it showed seamen
enjoyed a service.
Next-some men from Trinity parish went down
every Sunday to the wharves and asked the men
to come to services. And the Seamen's Church
institute had grown out of these beginnings and
the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary So-
ciety for Seamen in the city and port of New York.
Since 1000 it has been known as the Seamen's
Church Institute of New York.
It was Reverend Dr. Mansfield who made the
Church Institute whnt it is—who struggled his way
through the almost Insurmountable dlflicultles
which loomed and Intruded and threatened. Time
and again his life has been threatened. Time and
again has he been watched and followed by men
carrying firearms waiting for an opportunity to get
even with him, for he has been the bitter enemy of
these vultures who have fed for years off sailors
Vultures who have not waited for death—thev
have been more remunerative living—but for the
incapability on the part' of the sailors which thev
have produced through the liquor they have sold.
The life around the wharves of a great city is
not one well known In other parts of a city's life
Vaguely one imnglnes that sailors are apt to get
drunk when they come to port. Vaguely one Im-
agines that a good many of them are enticed
by women and pretty generally left broke some
good time before their ship sets sail again. But
few know the combine which existed for years and
years and which it seemed would never be broken.
It was a system against seamen by masters of
ships and keepers of "hoarding houses." The mas-
ters of the ships directed their men upon going to
shore to these vnrlous boarding houses along the
water front. There the men found drink and wom-
en. They were thoroughly fleeced, they were thor-
oughly filled with liquor, and then they were put
out as worthless "bums" to eke out the rest of
their time ashore penniless, usually cnatless, hun-
gry and lacking in any self-respect.
The money which they had been robbed of by
these "boarding houses" was divided between the
boarding house owners and the masters of the
ships. Here was Dr. Mansfield's greatest difficulty
The masters of the various ships-would not give
men Jobs who went to the Seamen's Church Insti-
tute. They would not take them back on their
ships.
But Dr. Mansfield went to various shipping com-
panies which agreed to co-operate and so the ter-
rible combine was at last broken up. Everything
and everyone along the water front fought a hard
and angry battle against Dr. Mansfield. Barber
shops, boot-blacking establishments, lunch rooms,
all were ready to work In with the "boarding
houses" and the masters of the ships. There was
where the money was. Why b<#her about a man's
body when there was maney to think about?
Fearlessly, courageously Dr. Mansfield worked
against the cruel and soulless greed of the water-*
PA&lfr JtJR s&izro&r
front. Is It any wonder tlint thousands and thou-
sands of seamen the world over look upon the
Seamen's Church Institute as their home?
There is everything at the Institute—barber
shops, tailor shops, lunch rooms, outfits for sale
—everything that there might be along the waler
front's exterior with none of its demon-like In-
terior.
Here is a place like an enormous hotel with
comforts such as even hotels cannot afford, and
yet at prices such as are charged by lodging
houses, so that there Is not the feeling of charity.
There are great reading rooms, lounging rooms,
there Is nothing stiff here, there are entertain-
ments, dances, movies, magazines, books, smokes,
there Is companionship, there are beds with cool,
fresh linen, shower baths, places where a man
may wash and dry his clothes. Over eight-
hundred men sleep there every night, though sev-
eral hundred have to be nightly turned away until
the new building next door is erected.
There Is a chaplain always on duty, talking to
the men, helping them, bringing families and men
together again—through the Institute's wonderful
"missing men department." This chaplain has ulso
studied law sufficiently so that he may help
the men in vnrlous legal difficulties that arise—
and he Is a chaplain with a very keen sense of
humor. It keeps everyone "smoothed out." "And
he gives everything he owns away," the house
mother told me.
Mrs. .lanet Itoper, the house mother, Is a quiet
person whose skill and enormous success at her
work is realized as one goes about with her. She
Is very far from being aggressively executive. She
doesn't talk about "systems" or "theories" or
"executive ability." She talks about the men.
She showed »ie about. There Is not a wash
bowl in the building that Is not n memorial. Every
room has a memorial plate upon its door. A
favorite form of memorial has been to donate u
room. And in the new building which Is to be
started in the spring already many of the rooms
have been donated. Sometimes I came across a
Chinese name—a Chinaman who wanted to show
his affiliation with, and his affection for, the
building with the green light which had meant
home for him in a foreign city.
But typical of a seaman, according to Mrs.
Roper, and typical of what a seaman should be
is Illustrated In the memorial plate on a room
donated In memory of the captain of the Titanic.
"In memory of Cnptaln Edward J. Smith,
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CABINET
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One u pergonal enjoyment in a very
■ mull thing, but one's pemunal happl-
nesn la a very important tiling. Those
only ure happy who have their mlnda
llxed on some object rather than their
own happiness."
TEMPTING DISHES
Apples are so common and so gen-
erally found In any market that we are
apt to slight and under
value them. There Is no
nioro tempting garnish
for a luncheon dish
for dinner than a rosy
cheeked stewed or baked
apple on the dinner plate
with the roast. These
are prepared by cooking
them gently uatll tender
with the skins left on or partly
moved to keep them from bursting.
When tender, carefully remove the red
skins (of course they should he of the
red-skinned variety) and scrape the
red with u knife or spoon from the In
side of the skin. Paint it back on the
cheek of the apple and it makes the
attractive "apple In bloom."
Apple Souffle.—Core, peel and stew
four tart apples In Just enough water
to prevent burning. Pass through
sieve. Put one tablespoonful of butter
In a saucepan, add four tablespoonfub
of cornstarch and one tablespoonful of
flour, one-f >urth of a teaspoonful of
salt, four tablespoonfuls of cold water,
stir and cook until clear. Add one
cupful of hot apple sauce sweetened ta
faste and one teaspoonful of lemon
Juice. Remove from the fire, add three
well-beaten eggs and cut and fold In
the sillily beaten whites and pour into
a well buttered baking dish ; bake until
puffed and a delicate brown; serve at
once.
Split Pea Soup.—Take one pint of
dry legumes, one onion, one-half head
of celery, three tablespoonfuls of flour,
the same >:f butter, one-half can of
strained tomato and one cupful of
cream. Soak the peas over night, drain
and simmer until tender, stirring often.
When (lie peas are tender, fry the onion
until tender, also the celery cut fine, in
a little beef fat. Add to the soup and
cook until smooth. Put through a
sieve, add the butter and flour cooked
until smooth, the tomato and the cream.
Serve hot with toasted wafers.
Date Muffins.—('ream one-third of a
cupful of butter with one-fourth of a
cupful of milk, one-fourth of a tea-
spoonful of salt. Mix two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder Inlo two cupfuls of
flour; mix all together, beat well and
add one-fourth of a pound of chopped
dates. Hake In gem pans In a moderate
oven.
Fish Hash.—Put hot, salted, cooked
potatoes through a rlcer, add one egg
to a pint of the potatoes, two table-
spoonfuls of butter and salt and pepper
to season. Beat well and add an equal
quantity of flaked fish. Fry In bacon
fat and serve garnished with parsley.
To preserve a friend three things are
necessary: To honor him present,
praise him absent and assist him In
his necessities.—Italian Saying.
GOOD THINGS WE LIKE TO TRY
MRS. G. W. HALL
SICK FOR YEARS
Want* Women to Know How Shi
Wu Made Well by Lydia L Pink*
ham's Vegetable Compound
Lima, Ohio. —"Indeed, your medMna
is all you say it is 1 I had very sever*
troubles sucn as wo-
men often have, and
could do nc heavy
work. I was sick for
several years, and
fro.n reading your
ads. I finally decided
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's vegeta-
ble Compound. I am
now doing my own
washing, which I
haven't done forsev-
■I""' years, and can*
walk long distances without those drag-
ging pains and weak feelings. The Veg-
etable Compound is fine, and I never
forget to say a good word for it to other
women when they say they need some-
thing. "—Mrs. G. W. Hall, 639 Hazel
Avenue, Lima, Ohio.
There are many women who find their
household duties almost unbearable ow-
ing to some weakness or derangement.
The trouble may be slight, yet cause
such annoying symptoms as dragging
pains, weakness and a run-down feeling.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pound is a splendid medicine for such
conditions.lt has in many cases relieved
those symptoms bv removing the cause
of them. Mrs. Hall's experience is but
one of many.
Stop Laxatives
Which Only Aggrovatc
Constipation
Nujol is a lubricant—not a
medicine or laxative —so
cannot gripe.
When yoa are constipated,
not enough of Nature's
lubricating liquid is pro-
duced in the bowel to keep
the food waste soft and
moving. Doctors prescribe
Nujol because
it acta like
t h i a natural
lubricant and
thus replacea
it Try it to-
1 day.
I A LUBRICANT-NOT A LAXATIVE
Soothes
thnxitsi
R. N. R.. who lost his life while In command of
S. S. Titanic, April 15, 1912. He sailed the sea
for forty years, faithful In duty, friendly In spirit,
firm In command, fearless In disaster; he saved
the women and children and went down with
his ship."
The link which thousands feel with the Insti-
tute is Its greatest stronghold against the sordid-
ness of the water front. Men arriving In Brooklyn
telephone to see If there Is room for them. Men
from all over the world come here and go forth
to tell of the green light In the tower which stands
In the building where there Is everything to help
them. There Is the bank, the post office, the place
where their baggage can be safe.
in a park nearby there are open air moving
picture shows In the summer and various enter-
tainments.
The Seamen's Church Institute Is under the
Protestant Episcopal church. Its chuplalns are
Episcopalian, though Its employees are of all
faiths. It serves all—the chaplain who visits the
men In the hospitals brings rabbis to the Jews,
priests to the Roman Catholics, and ministers In
whatever faiths these men have been brought up.
A delicious cake to serve on "special
occasions" Is the following:
Fruit Layer Cake
Cream one cupful of but-
ter, add two cupfuls of
sugar, six eggs beaten
well, one cupful of milk,
two and one-half cupfuls
of flour, olio teaspoonful
of vanilla, three tea-
spoonfuls of bilking pow-
der. The yolks of the
eggs If udded first and
the whites stiffly beaten
folded In nt the last make a very deli-
cate cake. Bake In luyers.
Fruit Filling.—Boll two cupfuls of
sugar until It threads and pour slowly
over three stiffly-beaten whites of eggs,
beat well, add one-half cupful of citron
finely shredded, one-half cupful of figs,
one cupful of raisins chopped, one
pound of blanched and chopped al-
monds. Spread between the layers and
on top.
Spanish Bernoda.—Wash, skin and
cut Into dice two pounds of fresh fish,
bass or halibut, or any fish In season.
Have ready five large potatoes sliced,
two onions sliced, one-hulf a can of
tomatoes and a few spoonfuls of cat-
sup. Arrange In a deep baking dish In
layers, first the fish, then the potutoes,
next the onions, and lust the tomatoes;
pour over the catsup and sprinkle with
two tablespoonfuls of butter cut Into
bits. Add Kilt to season und bake
three hours, well-covered.
Baked Bananas With Sultana Sauce.
—Cook one-half cupful of sultana
raisins In one and one-half cupfuls of
boiling water for thirty minutes. Sift
together ons-half cupful of stigar, two
teaspoonfuls of cornstarch, then add
the raisins and water, of which there
should be a cupful. Boll six minutes,
add one teaspoonful each of lemon
Juice and vnnllla and serve poured
uround the baked bananas.
8eafoam.—Dissolve two cupfuls of
granulated sugar In one-half cupful of
hot water, then add one-half cupful of
white corn sirup and boll until a little
dropped Into cold water will make a
hard ball. Have the whites of two
eggs beaten until stilt, pour over them
the boiling sirup very slowly, beating
nil the while- Add vanilla and nuts
and when stilt drop by spoonfuls on a
buttered sheet.
tnoiv:
Only too often is that annoying
little cough the warning of ill—
ne^a to coma. Check its develop*
ment with Dr. King's. Grateful
relief for scratchy, irritated throat
and inflamed tissues quickly fol-
lows. Peel the congestion dis-
appear and your cold vanish.
At all druggists.
DuKING'SKvkkv
-a syrup for coughs &colds
WlHTERSMim'S
P (FhllTonic
SOLD BO YEARS
A FINE GENERAL TONIC
CREATED A BAD IMPRESSION
Visitor's Remark, to Say the Least
Did Seem a Little Out
of Place.
I was visiting friends with whom 1
was not well acquainted, writes a cor-
respondent of th« Chicago Trlhuna
They Insisted upon my staying over
night. I and an Important enguge
ment for the following evening and
wanted to lot^c my best, so I really
was anxious to get away; but upon
thinking It over I finally consented to
stay.
'l'hat being settled, we went down
town to pass the evening, and while
two of the girls were in the middle of
what ought to have been an Interest-
ing conversation to me I, thinking of
all I bad to do before the following
evening and not having concentrated
on what they v.-ere saying, blurted out:
"'What time does the first train leav»
in the morning?"
They both looked at me In great
surprise, naturally thinking I was ex-
tremely anxious to get uway from tht
town and them, too. In view of out
short acquaintance, words failed me,
and try as I would I could not make
them uuderstand.
Serious trouble might be avoided
many times If the second thought wer»
to come before the first.
Why Is It that skeletons In a closet
come to life?
By*. If they Tire, ltcli
Smart or Bum, if Sort,
Irritated, Inflamed or
Granulated, use Marina
w _ lUllK C.TLJ Granulated, use Marine
• l% . . I often. Soothaa, Rafraabaa. Safe lor
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