Evening star., 1898-09-10

The IeIve-of-absence season s now at its
height in departmental life remarked an
Oh Departmental clerk to Star reporter,
'.and coming and going is daily occur
renee. Augu st and September are the fa-
vCTite months for Clerks to take their
leaves. In July it looked if many of the
upper departments would not indulge or
allow their clerks 10 indulge in leaves of
abSsnce this year. but the protocol with
Spain settled all this, and. except in a few
branches of tn" government, leaves are as
plenty as if there had been no war The
war affected many of the lower depart
mt nts We'll, but il does not look so blue
with them as it did with those in the Treas
ury. War and Navy Departments. 1t is ali
right with them all now. however except in
a few instances in the War Department.
IN" war rush is completely over as far as
the Navy Department is concerned and
things there have resumed their natural
condition One thing has always struck
me- as peculiar about leaves OF absence and
th;it Is no" excited clerks get when apply
ing for them. 1t matters not how careful
they ere rs clerks. they are bound to get
matters mixed up when they begin to make
out their own Applications fer leaves, and
the amount of calculations they make over
the calendar is really amusing. Clerks who
are as accurate as ma chimes in attending to
and dlspOsing Of government business with
very frequently go to pieces. as it Were.
when thsy begin to do business for them
seiVes. that i. apply for their leaves If
one were to judge only from the amount
OF STUDY they give the calendars he would
suppose they never handled them when tho
f%ct Is calendars are constantly i'll uso by
then Iher" Is maxim in law that he
VINO Is his own lawyer has a foo. for a
cbtnt. IhIs is verified time and time
again daily in the departments by clerks in
preparing their applications for leaves. and
Knowing this. many clerks get others to
ASSIST ASSIST them III the preparation of appiica-
hohS Tor leaves Of absence. SirNcIe as it
may appear don't think ever knew of a
department CLERK who would or di5 +,re-
paIs an ordinary application for a leave
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II is SAID that thc invention Of the new
processes for making -four has done more
Tor the average dentist than all things else
combined explained a dentist To 81 Star
r. porter land there is great deal of
foundation for the statement. The miller
has found that he must make a flour that
WIZ please the eye rather than satisfy the
stomach To get his -four as white and
me as possible he has TO discard the cover
irsS OF the grain Of wheat thus removing
'Ae pA'sPhateS- 1t is the phosphates that
give StteHStu 10 the teeth. and with them
oI1 OF the Hour II is not in any way Won
der5ul that peoples teeth wear out and de-
cay. The miller knows this better than the
people who eat his -four hut he has found
ttdt they will not buy -four that is nor
wE4tr- Should he use the darker portions
OF the wheat he could not produce a white
H'tF' ahd 50 he makes what is demanded
regardless of the consequences. and in do
ing So ne is just pouring money into the
pockets Of dentists. Though he NAV be
suitIng the aesthetic tastes of the present
Gay ne miller knows that he Is throwing
away the bone producing ana nOurfshiug
qualities of the wheat but the miller like
Hearty every one else in this world Is cut
Tor the dollar and his snare Of them Peo-
pie can buy Eour the use Of which will
strengthen their teeth, for the reason that
that kind OF Hour is not made any more
Ine family dentist IS now as much of q
factor III life as the purchase Of shoes for
the family. and frequently gets more of
the earrings Of head Gf A family than
is require! T. provide shoes for them for
good teeth are a rarity. II people knew il
they can make up a great deal OF what is
thrown away N the making of -four by
eating the skins OF potatoes. | would ad-
wise every one 10 eat the skins of baked
potatoes especially The skins of boiled
potatoes DO NOT contain much of the phos-
Fhsttes. for they are dissolved in the water
IA which the potatoes are boiled, but in
baked potatoes they are nearly all saved
l don't know that it is aesthetic to eat po-
tato skins. though l AM satisfied it is bene-
nciai 10 the teeth TO do So
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Parents Of infants should be careful
10 see that the wheels Of their baby car
riagrs are frequently creased" remarked
d physician to a Star reporter. for there
IS no doubt that a cAi.d's temper is serious
ly affected, if not injured, by being forced
to rid in a carriage the wheels of which
are constantly scresching simply for the
want Of lew drops Of Oil. This is in my
opinion too serious Il matter to be left to
the nurses. who are. as a rule, ignorant uni
unObseryant. l know how a CRYING wheel
affects the nerves of SrOwn-up people, and
50 do most other people. We know also
that We will not stand it any longer than
We are forced to do so, and that it is not
many minutes before NE have the wheels
att2nd~! TO. X happens that l have very
frequently TO drive up 14;h street TO Mount
Pheasant one afternoon last week I count
81 seven baby carriages with screeching
wheels, from the time i passed Mr. Justice
tiarlaHs house to where the car house
stands Ihe nurses gave the matter no at
tenliOll, but went on wheeling and gossping
regardless OF " hat annoyance il might be
giving the occupants Of the carriages |
am satisfied he bad effects from a ride of
that kind viii more than cOunteract the
benefits OF the outing. Il is 50 simple d
matter TO drop a few drops Of sewing ma
chine oil on the axle that / am surprised
that IL WIS not done. ] don't pick out that
partIc ulir rslSEborhoCd as being any worse
than any other. for the same thing is oc-
curing N all other sections OF the city. II
IS cruelty to children. and it is a crime
the parents do not attend to and remedy
II. OF course, there are some nurses who
can bear such noise, but it is surprising
how few there are | don't think / am at
all cranky about Il, and my only desire in
calling public attention to it, is to attract
the atteatlun of parents for | feel sure chat
" INI frtN know what is going will
remedy IL. or cause it to be remedied The
average baby i not sensitive 10 such things
out there are babies who are, and 1t is for
them that l plead
We nave never been more busy than we
are at present. packing tomato toes.' said the
proprietor OF big canning factory in Sa-
leT1. y. J., ~ the writer yesterday This
Year the tomato crop is the largest we have
had II southern New Jersey since 1895,
when not more than half the product could