The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-15

beer shown in this subject that Alfred
Nobel, the Swedish philanthropist, ana
the inventor of dynamite, who made ms
money manufacturing that most powerful
explosive. by his viii authorized the MEM
bers of the Norwegian Storthing to award
prize of $500 annually to the person
who, in their Judgment, during the pre-
ceding year. shall have done the most
to promote peace among nations and the
abortion of the plan of arbitration in the
settlement of International differences
The first prize will be awarded by the
Storthing at its regular session in DC
tober next and thereafter the honor Will
be repeated annually
1t appears, however that the Storthing
is likely to receive many suggestions and
much advice in performing this delicate
duty Several candidates have already
been named. among them Frederick Hollis.
of New York, who was Secretary of the
United States delegation to the peace
conference at The Hague four years ago.
The French Federation of Printers and
Typographers has just issued circular
in which it deplores the fact that women
are running the typographical trade
Women printers, 1t declares. work for 80
to so per cent less wages than the men.
This. together with the typesetting ma
chimes and other improvements in ma
chinery, has made the trade of printers
next to worthless. The circular appeals
to all parents in France to restrain their
children from becoming printers. To en-
ter the trade, 1t says. is sure method of
becoming miserable later in life
According to the president of the feder-
alton. French women no longer marry
and become mothers. but prefer to ease
their economic condition by learning some
trade and seeking work at small wages
In competition with men. An anti-woman
demonstration in the streets of Paris is
on the printers programme for the near
future.
At the recent meeting of the British
Medical Association at Cheltenham an in
teresting paper was read by Surgeon w.
E. Home, of the Royal Navy. on the
''Healthiness OF Modern Warships," show
ing that the substitution OF iron for wood
has greatly improved the sanitary condi-
tons. Comparing the records of the
wooden training ships with those of the
iron training ships in 1898. it is found that
the daily sick list on the wooden ships
averaged 49, per 1900 persons on the
wooden ships as against FL per 1000 on
the iron ships. The deaths on the wooden
vessels We're more than twice as many as
on iron vessels. being So per 900 in the
one case and % in the other In 1899 the
deaths We're per LOCO on the wooden
vessels. as against 3 per 1000 on the iron
vessels. The difference is ascribed to the
greater cubic space on the metallic ship,
the greater dryness, and better Ventila-
ton. 1t is difficult to keep wooden yes
sci in a perfectly sanitary condition.
whereas the iron vessel can be cleansed
with comparative ease. The difference
between the two classes of vessels in
point of health has been noticed ever
since iron vessels came into use, and The
later iron ships are healthier than the
older ones This is well shown in COM
parison of the channel fleets OF 1877 ana
1899 As much as 10 cubic feet of space
per man is required. and more in the
tropics, with up-take ventilators from
every compartment cowls. airshafts. and
windscoops. Decks on properly con-
structed warship will be kept dry by
steam radiators and a drying room VIII
be provided for wet clothes and bedding
The best aiitiseptic of all, II is found, is
pure air and plenty of 1t.