Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08

Commander Robert l.. Peary, the arctic
explorer, who is now in this city recupera'-
ing from his struggles and hardships III the
frozen north has advanced the theory that
one of the best ways of curing cohsump-
tfves would be to send them into the arctic
country He thinks il would be perfectly
feasible to establish sanitariums at very
high ATTITUDES for such purpose, and points
out that the men who take part IN arcuc
expeditions and are not exposed to unfore-
seen hardships usually increase in weight
For instance DR.. Sohon, the physician Oh
the Windward gained nineteen pounds DUR
ing the last trip north. The life In the
Arctic" remarked Commander Peary. is
not so very hard as II is imagined 10 pc
If a man knows how to dress properly ana
how to wear his clothes he can De as COM
Portable I'D there as almost anywhere.
There are other drawbacks of course But
they count for little with man who goes
into the Arctic in pursuit of some object In
which he is deeply interested. But L can
easily understand that TO any one going
there under compulsion it would be the very
worst place imagina BILE.
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The action of the military authorities on
the statutory retirement for age of First
Sergt Shevlin Shropshire, colored trooper
of the 10th Cavalry, is practically without
precedent in the history of the United
States army. In a general order announc-
ing Sergt Shropshire's retirement Lieut..
F. w Fonda, 10th Cavalry, commanding
Fort Mackenzie, Wyo., where the soldier
was stationed at the time, said he desired
To record his profound admiration and re-
spect for this admirable soldier and to call
the attention of the command to Sergeant
Shropshire's magnificent record of over
thirty years of arduous. jealous and faith
full service from the civil war to the present
Ct -lraa ,x-ar md in 4
Sergeant Shropshire has borne himself with
the greatest credit to himself, to the cav
airy service and to the army. Faithful to
every trust and obligation imposed upon
hlm. of irreproachable character, brave, ca
pable. proud and true to his country he
is man pre-eminently an example of the
men who have always carried American
arms to victory and the highest type of
that backbone of the army-the non-com-
missioned officer
Ger. Funston, commanding the Depart
ment of Colorado, wrote to Lieut. Fonda,
So wing he had read with satisfaction his
order in the case and desired that he con-
vey to Sergeant Shropshire his "congratu-
lations upon the happy termination of his
honorable career and his wishes for his con-
tinued health and prosperity" Gen. Funs-
ton suggested that Lieut.. Fondas order be
published in the papers las an encourage
ment to all meritorious soldiers"
X *
"A paragraph in the news columns of The
star recently contained the information
that man was suing his wife for divorce
on account of too much mother-in-law."
said local attorney to a Star reporter
Lawyers have cases that the public never
hears Of In fact, it should be their duty
to keep out of court as much possible.
But to my subject. Some time ago 1 was
called on by a man who appeared to be Ia
boring under a severe mental strain. He
informed me that shortly after marrying
his mother-iB-law had seen fit to take a dis
like to him, and as a result of this made
against him and had partly succeeded
Mrs. Mother-ln-law was given orders to
get out. She very gracefully complied with
the request, but took up her abode next
door. Just soon as the husband left the
house in the morning mother and daughter
visited the balance of the day. My client
seeing he was baked, tried to accept the
inevita BILE but his wife, bearing a most re-
markab BILE resemblance TO her mother. final
~ becam me an object of aversion to him, and
try as he would he could not overcome this
feeling. Well things got bad that every
time the husband looked at his wife he i'm
agined he was gazing on his adorable
mother-in-law, and finally there came a
separation. the husband declaring that as
long his wife's mother lived he would
remain away from home. After living this
way for two years mamma died, and last
week l succeeded in effecting a reconcilia-
ton. but not before all photos of the de-