Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-02
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"Tbe Blue Book a biennial register
(Which is now in course of preparation. will
he issued from the government printing
office about January said an official OF the
government printing Office 10 a Star re-
porter though members of Congress may
have advance copies Il couple OF weeks
earlier or about the time Congress meets
As usual, the preparation of the Blue BOOK
is in charge of the Interior department.
though l think there will be an amend
ment of the law the coming session out
ting future editions of the work in charge
of the superintendent of public documents.
Though The work is in charge of the In
terror Department that department has
nothing further to do with it than to as
semble the various parts which are pre-
pared by the different departments Thus
the treasury prepares all portions of II re-
lating to that department. the Post once
Department. State. War and Navy, Agr1-
cultural and Department of Justice the
portions relating to their own department,
though it is assembled by the Interior De
rartmcnt. The Blue Book. under the law,
l. issued every two years. ana IL contains
the ma me and salary, date of appoint ment
and place from where appointed OF every
official under the government, an army
that the coming publication VIII snow
amounts considerably over one hundred
thousand persons. For the first time in
the history of our government il Will con-
tain a list of the officials who are IN our
foreign possessions. Cuba. Porto Rico, the
Hawaiian and Philippine Islands. The ex-
act reason why it has always been called
the Blue Book | do not know. but the ms
tory of its publication shows that II mas
always been bound with blue covers. That,
however is the only thing about it that is
blue. AS | understand, the English gov
eminent prints similar book. and by
chance it happened to be bound in blue. In
that way il got its name Our government
copied the idea. we did many IDEAS from
the British government. and almost since
Dur organization of a government We nave
had a Blue Book. though we issue 1t more
frequently than they do. 1t has more per-
sonal interest to government employees
probably than any other book pubtlshed,
for the reason that it is composed entirely
of namas-nrcessarly it is in constant use.
though all of the departments issue IN
htpendently annually register of their
own departments. which supplants it to a
great extent.
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People who have to suffer the tortures
of the dentists chair. and they are no small
Cnes,'' explained an old dentist to a Star
reporter can have one satisfaction. if not
more. and that is that dentists have to
stand the same tortures when their teeth
get out of shape. Singuarly enough. too,
dentists make the worst kind of subjects
for a dentist to work In my practice
l have done considerable work for dentists
Many of them have been students under
me- and il was rather natural that many
of them should come to me when they
wanted any work done. But l would rather
have any other class of men to work upon.
Knowing as they do exactly what is going
To happen. they are thoroughly prepared
for trouble indeed. hunting it. and they
are no sooner seated in the chair before
-},..l- amt tn got nn an .Nn
thing about their condition and feelings.
1t is useless to tell them that doctors
should ne content to take their own medi-
cine, for they will not listen to it They
constantly think there IS an easier way TO
do the work needed than that which Is
done. that is. way which is less pain
iul, and when they are reminded that they
are not hunting up easy and painless ways
IN their own practice for the benefit of
their patients. they have all kinds of ar
gumentS in reply, many of which. from
professional standpoint, are amusing.
though seldom logical. This is the reason
why many dentists have such poor
teeth. They excuse themselves to their
patients by saying that ii is not natural
that they should have good teeth that
their parents and grandparents had poor
teeth and all that sort Of thing. when the
fact is that if they practiced with their
own teeth the care they preach to their
patients their teeth would be in far bet
ter condition. / think that the practice
of dentistry makes all dentists in time
nervous. and maybe IL Is better IL Is so.
though their average of life compares ia
vorably with the other professions. the
tendency OF all professions. unfortunately,
being To shorten life. Dentists are more
frequently in sympathy with their patients
in the way Of pain than are surgeons in
general practice. though l think. a gen
eral rule, a dentist should not sympathize
too much in the suferings of their pa
tents. 1t is not good form. and the very
frequent occasion for sympathy. often
half dozen times in day. in the end wears
out and exhausts the dentists sympathetic
nerves"
THE Spanish war turned the minds of
inventors toward ordnance" observed an
official of the navy yard to a Star reporter
land until something turns up to divert it
there will be no let up in the number of
supposed useful and needed ordnance ar
ticles offered for adoption. As usual, all
OF these inventions come from the people
by this | mean those who are not connected
in any way with the army navy. There
Is nothing peculiarly strange about this
feature of the case. for ii is a matter of