Evening star., 1900-12-15

left out of forty that went down to the
meeting when the boy with the bugle
know one merry manipulation of the slate
prices who doesn't want any more Benning
for his, and he's right within sound of my
voice at the present moment Of speaking.
The Doctrine OF Incidence.
The anti-exercise, conservation-of Of energy
cult is probably going to spread here. 1t
was one Of the physicians to the Queen of
England who first delivered himself of the
opinion that folks OF the present day ex-
pend too much Of their store Of superfiuous
energy in unnecessary exercise. Then a
Chicago medical man came out in highly
appealing statement of his reasons for be-
lieving that loafing people live longer than
those who go through life brisl1ly and now
number Of we'll known New York physt-
clans have fallen into line.
The doctrine Of Incidence, being 50 easy to
live up to, is bound to enlist many converts.
Yet there Is something reasonable in the
matter. The experts who frown upon any
other sort OF exercise than walking In the
fresh air have got their figures all pat and
they seem to be able to prove that athletes
are short-lfved species. They do not ex-
actly give adherence to the notion that
man has just so many heart beats stored
away in his frame. but they do insist upon
Ii that violent exercise Is devitalizing and
needlessly draws from the stock of energy
of those who practice it. They show that
have lived to a great age have exercised
scarcely at all. One Of the eminent believ-
ers in the anti-exercise doctrine Is old ex-
Senator Evarts, who attributes his length
of days to the fact that he has never taken
any more exercise than he absolutely
had to.
Dom Paul and the Prince.
The New York believers in the justice of
the Beers cause are fervidly declaring
that "Oom Paul. Kruger will pay visit
to the United States next fall. A number
of gentlemen connected with the prominent
yacht clubs in this neighborhOod are like
wise expressing Their confident belief that
the Prince of Wales will cross the Atlantic
with Sir Thomas Upton to see the yacht
races next autumn. Persons of Specula-
tive turn of mind are already figuring upon
the complications that might ensue were
the noted old Dutchman and the prince to
land on New York soil at approximately the
same time. The knickerbockers of this
community who delightedly trace their an
cestry back to the Dutch would find them
selves In a dilemma of unequaled magni-
tude in such case. If they failed to con-
fer the bulk of the honorS upon the old
South African, they would lay themse yes
open to the charge of renegadeism and dis
credit their ancestry, whereas II they re-
ceived the old gentleman with open arms
they would subject themselves to the aWtul
danger of snubbings at the hands of the
prince The chances seem to be about
thousand to one, however, against the 81
multaneous arrival of the two notables, II,
indeed, they come at all.
Dorsey Foultz Redivivus.
Dorsey Foultz" expressed, with great
sclemnity his opinion of some features OF
the army reorganization bill in letter to
one of the New York papers the other day.
1t Is probable that the New York papers
will go right on printing Dorsey's letters
st hoy
have been bitten time and again by humor-
ously inclined young gentlemen Of Wash
ington who elect to sign themselves by
the name of the long missing Foultz, and
Dorsey's letters in one New YORK paper IN
which he advocated the abolition of all po-
licemen was excruciatingly funny reading
for Washingtonians; yet the same paper
has published three or four solemn epistles
from Dorsey since then.
Schemes That Work Well.
The theaters here have excellent
scheme of requesting, in line on their
programs. such physicians as form part OF
the audiences to leave their seat numbers
at the box office before the beginning of
the performance. Thus, when any person
In the audience is suddenly taken ill. the
head usher knows just what seat to go to
to find medical man. 1t is plan that
works well in practice, and ought to be
adopted in other cities. 1t is vastly better
than the old-time plan of having the stage
manager. or somebody connected with the
stage, step before the curtain and ask if
there is a physician in the audience.
Another & cd thing that has been intro
duced at some, uf the theaters over here Is
the refusal of he ushers to seat late COM
ers until after he first act is finished The
ushers, of course act under the instruc
lions of the management in doing this, but
they are stormed and hissed at by selfish
late comers a good deal, notwithstanding.
Chronic late CCmers are liable to get over
their habit when the rule has been well
impressed upon them. and the scheme of
making them stand at the back of the
house If they arrive after the rise of the
curtain Will probably be adopted at all of
the New York theaters in time c. L. C.