JACOB AUGUST RIIS
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪkəb ˈɔːɡəst ɹˈɪa͡ɪz], \dʒˈeɪkəb ˈɔːɡəst ɹˈɪaɪz], \dʒ_ˈeɪ_k_ə_b ˈɔː_ɡ_ə_s_t ɹ_ˈɪ__aɪ_z]\
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A New York writer on social topics; born in Denmark, 1849. He has written: "How the Other Half Lives"; "The Children of the Poor"; and "Nibsy's Christmas"; "The Battle with the Slum"; "Children of the Tenements"; "Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen". He is very active in charitable movements in New York.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.