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CHRISTIANSTED,
V.
1. U.S.
4.,
TUESDAY.
23rp
DECEMBER
1919.
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KEntered
%a.; isecond-closs
mattei”
May
26th 1917 at
the Post Office at Chrisiian-
sted,
St.. Croce, V.l ofthe UsS.
A.
un-
der the Act 9. March 3.
1879.
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b
ei
ee
L
Contributicn
to this paper willbe jlad-
ly received
w.ren the same
deals wilhanat-
ters of-gener b interest,
md is
acco npa-
nied with
the
author’s
name,
as
¢
quar-
antee of good faith..
The editor cannot
be
responsible fcr the views of his coriespon-*
dents nordoe.:
he necessarily endorse
them.
St. Thomas
News.
It will,
inceed,
be
very
gratifying
to
the public at-iarge
to know, that the Roy-
al Mail Stean:
Packet
Company
has
onc:
azain
deeidec
to run their boats this way.
li king up Jamaica,
Porto
Rieco,
tha
Vir-
gin Islands and Hayti.
The
healquar-
ters
of
the
Company
will .nazurally
enoagh
be
Kingston,
Ja.
The
fine
and
comfortable
steamer
“*Balantia”’ will be
thefirst vboar
put
on
the
route.
It is
contemplated
to iake in the route
of
the-
former Hamburz-American
liner '"Praesi-
dent.”’—St. Th~mas Maail Notes, Pec.
17th.
We' received
a
visit yesterday
morn
from Mr. Tot:en, whose
arrival.from the
States
via
Porto
Rieo,
we. chrenicled
yesterday.
Mr. Totten, whosince bcylood
has
been
kno'vn
to
us,
emigrated
many
®
years
ago
to
he States,
where he
now
residest
He
is the
Presidedt
.of
the
VirginIslands’ Protective League,
an
or-
ganization of
over
8;000 members,
all
natives of these Ameriean Virgin Islands,
with headqu:rters
in New York City.
As is already
well-known,
he
is
accom-
panied
by Miss
Hendriekson,
an
ardent
worker for. tie
welfare of the
Leuague
and all its ten2ts, ore ofthe most impor-
tant of which
is the affiliation of ail
the
former inhabitants of&ese
islands
‘pow
residing
in the
United™
States,
into
one
solid body politie forthe welfareand
bet-
terment of things social, economic,
noliti-
cal ‘and other vise, connecled
with ckem.
In the cours2
of conversation,
Mr. Tot-
ten wished it o
‘be distinctly unders:oog
that neither h>
nor
his
gompanion,
nor
‘the Associatiol they
represent,
has
any
intention
ner
desire
whatever,
to take
<
e
No. 204
The Brass Bullet.
*l
sid> with
any
o‘n.-?‘ person
or
afiiliation,
1
aguinst,
any
othe?
persen
or a.iliation.
+
‘““The Virgin Islanys’ Protective League’,
|
sail he,
“‘is for
ex %rybody (natives
, irre-
.l
spcetive as ciass,
wreed
or colour.
We are
- sent here’’, he coin
:»1,
"‘to study
con-
A ditionsg as they ex st un ier
the new
gov-
|
ernment]
an:
0 :'??L:port
same
to our
Kxe-
.|
cuiive Board,””
Ke expressed
scme
irri-
.
tation that
the
myission
of
aimself
and
.|
corapanion shoulg inany
way
have
been
|
[
on seconstructed,
it having been
expressed
-
|
|
in zertain circles,.and
readily
taken
for
|
.\
grinted, that they had
come¢
in
connec-
| *tioa with 'certairs
local
matters.””
By
no
|
means, Sir”’, he reiterated,
anl
then
he
.
tollof Dr. Weiss and
Lawyer
Latimer,
| "and
how
the
mémbers
oif
the
League
|
were
mostly
stuunch
Republicans,
&e.
.
&c
and many otier things
of an equally
|
int2resting
natur?.
It
is
his’ intention,
if*he is still here
3n Friday,
to give a
lec-
.
ture that evenirgin the
New.
Apollo of
'
which more
anoun.—lbid.
k-
g
?
T
SUCCESSFUL
‘'BABIES’ SHOW”
AT
'
:
MUNICII,}:AL
HOSPITAL
-
Yesterday
affernoon,
there
was
a
‘‘Baby ghow”
held
at
the
Municipal
.
|
- Hospital;
for
bhabies
up
to
one
year
of age and in which 115 took part.
The
_parants
of those,
infanfs that
were ab-
"
gent, will be as'ted
to bring
their little
|
ones next week.
The babies
who
were
}
.of various
types,
were
in fine form,
|
thaks
to the “infants’ Welfare Ohinie,”’
1
.\
‘which
has
been
established
for some
|
|
tim> nowat the Hospital;
and which
re-
|
‘ceives the babes|for
examination®
every
|
Friday morning.
|
i'""At ghe ‘‘show!’ yesterday
afternoon,
|
the
babes
were undressed,
cxXamined,
!
and weighed.
Those
not in fit condition
|
werdreturned
to their mothers
to be
re-
|
'
turned
to
the I&ospital
on
Iridav for
|
further examination;
while
those
in the
i
“pink of health’”
were
“'stayed
for
a
|-
prige.’’
|
.
‘P.aced
upon
a table,
they
were
care-
|
|
full7 examined,
after
which
they
were
| returnedto their mothers
to be dressed.
I* "0 the
number
showed
the following
|
wera the
winners:—
|
1.
Ernest
Milliper, 7
months
22} lbs;
|
|
mother,
Artagracia
Newton,
Prize
|
?
- sb.
2.
Gulda Parrot,
8 months
21 Ibs: moth-
¢r.
Juanita Sprauve,
Prize
$3.00.
3.
Edward
Kalbfleish,
11
months
21
Ibs,
mother
(.ouise
Daniel.
Prize
SI.OO
4.
Ruth
Richards,
7
months,
17
Ibs,
mother
Adina Richards.
Prize SI.OO.
inese
prizes
were
furnished
by
the
Loca!
Chapter
of the Red
Cross.
These
shows
will
be
continued
every
month,
having
for
their
object
the
rearing
of
healthier
babes,
and
the
incentive
to
mothers
to learn
to take better
care
of
their young
ones.
The
next
show
will
come
off on
.ianuary
20,
when
besides
the mot'ers,
all others
interested
in the
care and welfare of infants
are cordially
invited.
The
work
done
by
the hospi-
tal in this particular
care of infants
can-
not be too highly
appreciated
when
we
take
into consideration
the steadily
de-
creasing
mortality
among
our
young,
especially
during
the
present
year.
At
the
close
of
the
show,
pictures
of the
infants
and
their
mothers
were
taken:
also
one of the prize winners.—St.
Thom-
as Mail Notes,
Dec.
18th.
AN Extraordinary
General Meeting of
The
St. Croix
Club is hereby
called
to take place
in the
Cluh Rooms
on
SAT-
URDAY
the
27th.
December
1919
at
5 o’clock p. m.
All members
are
urgently
requested
to attend.
Christiansted,
St.
Croix,
December
9th.
1919.
.
For the Board,
‘
WILH. JENSEN.
Secretary.
:HE MOST WELC,ME AND POPULAR
XMAS PRESENT
IS
A
erman’
Founiain
P
Waisrman’s
ldeal
Founiain
Pen
.
to be
had
from
:
5
;
.
.
Fredertksted Apothecary Hall,