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The Washington times., 1902-01-06
To Prcycnt Cnntngion.

1T was recently urged by the Dis
trict society of practieing physicians
that system of medical inspection be
established in the Washington schools
and that teachers be instructed so as
to be able to identify common dis
eases by the early symptoms.
The wisdom of the recommendation
has been effectively demonstrated.
An outbreak of scarlet fever in the
Takoma Park schools has caused
alarm there and uneasiness in other
parts of the city.
There is an old saying to i.:n effect
that an ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure. It's truth has been
emphasized by many costly epidem-
ic. 1t is comparatively simple mat
ter TO isolate and cure one case of
contagion; when it becomes ten,
twenty. or thirty cases, the health au-
thorities have an eNasperating prob
lem.
Washington should be typical of
advancement in all directions. 1t is a
fact, however. that in this city many
little precautions which would have
been beneficial to the public health
have not been taken.
There is no time like the present TO
take up the loose ends of the munich
pal system, to mend the rents and re-
pair the frayed ends. The repair of
the municipal fabric is a necessary
first step toward newer and better
things.
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A welcome TO Hospi,ahle Graves.

st. Louis Globe Democrat-Great Brit
ain has decided 10 employ its Indian and
African troops in the campaign against
the Beers. and the latter have again sig
nifed tEeir willingness to meet all com-
nI-s.
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Prof. Lee. of Columbia University,
declares that alcohol is of great as
sistance 10 the muscles. The pro-
hibitionist will doubtless remark that
Prof. Lees statement is verified by
police court records.
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Where a Smasher Is Needed.

Philadelphia Inquirer-It is hard to see
tie price Of coal go up, but that is q
light misery compared with the prospect
that Fitzsmmo1s and Jeffries are going
to fight with their jaws his winter Why
not send lor Carrie Nation and her
hatcfei2
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The rumors that Democratic
pugilists are trying to match David
Z. Hill and Arthur Pue German for
the Presidential candidacy bout
might be credited if the Sage of
Woolfert's Roost had not gone into a
trance.
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Although Lord Rosebery is still
poised for that one hundred yard
dash, TO be made at his country's call,
John Bull snores and even declines
to talk in his sleep.
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The only simon-pure Things.

Detroit Free Press-Somcbody's soap
and the municipal government of New
York are the only things now known to
be more than 80 per cent pure.
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Explosive Material.

Terre Haute Gazette-If Congress is
wise 1t will handle the salary-grab dyna-
mite very carefully. The last explosion
of that kind was very disastrous-to Con-
sre5smen.
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CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
"A RiynI in the Field,

Minneapolis News-Miss Stone and
her companion have both been resur-
rected again. Aguinaldo and DcWet no
longer hold the mortuary records.
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Representative Wooten. who is one Of
the new members in the Texas delegation,
takes pride in the fact that he represents
what is believed TO be the most Eciulcus
Congressional district in the United Ststes.
1t embraces seven of the leading counties
in the Lone Star State in which are sit
uated large number of big cities and
towns. Of which Dallas, Mr. Wootsns
town, is the largest. lie has more than
100000 constituents. or more than double
the number which was used as a basis
of apportionEent under the census of 1890.
The reason is found in the fact that the
Sixth district OF Texas has grown eEor-
nously in population during the last Gee
ade, and has far more people even than
any of the crcwei districts OF New York
City. In fact, the population OF the big
State has been SO increased that it will
gain three new members in the House TN
der the new apportionment. Mr. WOO
tens district has been divided, but It will
still contain between thirty and forty
thousand more inhabitants than the aver
age iii other States.
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Just day of rest from the gayeties of
last week, and now the Hen. women and
maids of the social world are ready to
eat, drink, and be merry for the week to
come.
The programme begins delightfully."- for
Miss Alice Roosevelt and her out-of town
cousins who are to be the bright, partic-
ular stars at the dinner dance to be given
| tonight by Senator and the Misses Kean
The day and night will be further emily
ened by luncheons, teas, and dinners. so
that there will be no lack of festivities
to please Fashions votaries of every taste
and age.
The supreme event of the week, of
course, will be the diplomatic reception
at the White House tomorrow right. The
function is the most scenically splendid of
the series OF state Ievees- held by the
President during the official ,eason.
There is a glamour about the foreign
corps that appeals to the most democratic
Imagination, and many and willy and not
always strictly honest are the schemes OF
outsiders to smuggle their way in to
watch the wearers of gorgeous court cos
the receiving line.
The surprising discrepancies between the
number Of invitations sent out and the
number of people who come has al
ways furnished n problem for the White
House officials to wrestle with the day
after 4 state reception. but it is Il prob
lem that viii never crop up again.
With the big white card sent out for to-
morrow's reception there is enclosed a
smaller card. which must be presented
at the door.
Another variation from past receptions
is the shortening Of the hours. which are
from 10 1890, instead of until II, which
lightcns the fatigue OF the President and
Ladies' OF the receiving line.
A delightful deviation from the conyen-
tional tea viii be the small dance for
young people that DR.. and Mrs. Mackay-
Smith will give for their daughter Miss
Helen MackaySmith. Dancing between
and 6 In the afternoon will be a novel ex-
pcriencc. and it does away with the wcari-
ness that comes of late hours.
The dinner guests entertained by Colo
mel and Mrs Bingham on Saturday even
General and Mrs. Corbin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinchot. of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Cropper, Miss Kean, and General CrozieT
Mrs Grant and Mrs. SartOris have cards
out for Tuesdays in January.
Mrs. Nash has cards out for January 49,
when she will give 4 tea in compliment
to Miss Marguerite Walker, OF Charles
ton. s. C.. and Miss Anita Phinizy, of
Augusta, Ga, her house guests.
Miss Lily Woodward of this city. who
is visiting Philadelphia, was Il guest the
other evening at the wedding reception
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chichester both OF
whom have many friends in this city.
Miss Anna Depew Pauldlhg and her
mother. Mrs. Paulding, are now estab-
lished in the new house, corner of Nine
teenth and \. that Senator Dcpew pur-
chased as gift for his niece. This charm
ing home is of the modified colonial style.
With its new furnishings and appoint
pnon,c II &c og attractive as can hp Miss
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And yet there is no likelihood that
Devery will be enumerated among
the mysterious disappearance of the
metropolis. a
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

The Young man who persists in
sewing Wild oats also persists in eX-
pect.n% to get large crop Of fatted
calf
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

In all the world il is the new year.
but in South America it is the same
old iangle.
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There is a strong suspicion that the
Philadelphia definition of politics is:
The science of billingsgate.
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New York. Great subway.

about two years from now New York S
great underground street railway, COM
monty called the subway, will be fin
ished," said Mr.. NJ. ]. Degnon. one of the
principal contractors of that great under
taking, last night at the Arlington. Mr..
Degnon has two of the most difficult sec
tiOns of the construction work. and his
average force embraces 1000 laborcrs, or
one-flfth of the entire number employed.
When completed the total cost of the
subway he continued, will approximate
$35,cO0,000. Eventually an extension to
Brooklyn will be built, which will require
$4,000 0G0 additional.
This is the most important piece of
underground railroad building in the
world. and all the foreign engineering
journals give a lot of space to detailed ac-
counts of the work as ii progresses.
There will be quadruple tracks for the
electric trains, and an express service,
which will whirl passengers at a forty
mile-an- hour gait from the pOstofIice to
Fordham, with local trains also that will
stop at stations four blocks apart. The
subway will fill long-felt rapid transit
want. but its operation will not cause ti.S
traffic on the elevated and surface lines
TO suffer any material loss"
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~ |AAS Ell9R THE CAPITOL DelE

surely go through. and they will command
the vote OF more than two-thirds OF the
members. TIE ownership of the tele-
graph lines will follow next, and then will
come the railroads. The farmers know
that If the railroads were under Govern
ment control there would be no discrimi
nation in rates. such as now exist against
them. These questions belong to tle
same order. and they will not be settled
until settled right
Mr.. Kern IL an Elk and is taking
lively interest in the movement started
few weeks ago By Representatives Pierce
CT Tennessee. Robertson and BrouSsard of
Louisiana. Doyene- of West Virginia. and
Norton OF Ohio 20 have a reunion OF the
legislative Elks at big banquet to be
given some time during the present ses-
sion. The leaders in the movement will
meet in a few days, when they will an
nouncc the appointment OF a committee
on arrangements. There are about $50
Elks in the House ana Senate.
OF the several bills now before the
House Committee on Reform in the Civil
Service none is of more interest to the
thousands OF employees in the departments
than the one introduced by Representative
the retirement of Government employees
without cost TO Uncle Sam. Mr.. Cillstt
is chairman of the Committee on Reform
in the Civil Service. and introduced the
bill by request. Under the provisions OF
the bill a retirement fund = &c he cfe-
ated By deducting 2 per centum OF the
employees salaries. to be deposited in the
Treasury to the credit of the civil service
retirement fund.- which shall be held as Il
special deposit by the Secretary of the
Treasury. The retirement fund does not
become available until after July /. 1905.
and then all employees who have had ten
years service, who shall be physically OF
mentally disabled. may be retired. No
one on the retired list shall receive more
than 81 500 per annum. ANY employe who
is dismissed before being eligible for re-
tirenent shall have refunded the Per
centun deducted from his or her salary.
The bill is carefully drawn 10 sub5erye
the interests of the employe and the Gov.
crnIneEt. Mr. Giileit will bring up the
bill before his committee at an carly day.
and he will probably ask the heads OF
departments TO give their views on the
subject.
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Mrs. Frank S. Cannon and Miss Cannon
have issued cards for the second and
fourth Wednesdays in January, at their
new home, POPS Columbia Road.
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| plack ana red, on squares OF white gran
| ite cardboard.
Mrs. Frank S. Cannon and Miss Cannon
have issued cards for the second and
| fourth Wednesdays in January, at their
new home. POPS Columbia Road
Mrs. George Melville Boiling will give
tea tomorrow to introduce Miss Patrice
Egan. The hostess will be assisted by a
coterie of pretty girls from the univer-
sity sets of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York.
Mrs. J. l.. Burnett, wife OF Representa-
tive J. l.. Burnett of Ala bama; Mrs Ed
ward l.. Hamilton, wife OF Representative
Hamilton of Michigan, and Mrs. S. W.
Smith. WIFE of Representative s. W.
Smith of Michigan. will not receive in
January. but will be at home informally
Tuesdays in February at the Donald, 1912
Thirteenth Street northwest.
Mrs Alfred Ray has issued Invitations
for the wedding of her daughter. Miss
Eleanor MeTryman Ray. to Mr.. James
Boyd Maughlin. Thursday. January l6 at
1890 o'clock at the North Presbyterian
, Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Maughlin will be
! at home at Booyds, Nd. after March /.
Mrs. Theodore Birney and her daugh-
ter. Miss Alonsita e. White. will be at
home at the Cairo the second and fourth
Tuesdays III January, instead OF the first
and third, as formerly announced.
quiet wedding took place Friday
evening at the residence OF Mr.. Charles
A. Metcalf. 1i13 Fifth Street northwest,
the contracting parties being Mr.. John
d. Flenner, of Idaho. private secretary
to Senator Dubois, of that State, and
Mrs. Mary Straight. also of ilaho. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Alex
andcr Kent, after which The guests par
took of bountiful COLLATION. furnished
by the hostess, Mrs. Myra \. Metcalf.
The only persons present besides those
above mentioned were Miss Gertrude
Metcalf, Mrs. Carrie Kent, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. I. J. Falconer. Mrs. K. J. Walker. Mr.. j.
l.. McCreery, ana Miss Flora McCreery.
The young ladies of the X. X. x. Club
gave a dance at the Dumbarton Club in
Georgetown on Friday. The chaperons
were Mrs. Pairo. Mrs. Seton. and Mrs.
Paris. During the interInission refresh
ments were served Among those pres
ent were Miss Heiskell, Miss Reeves,
Miss McBlair, of Norfolk; Miss Gill Miss
Mclaughlin, of Alexandria, Miss Joan
Reeves. Miss Kimking. Miss Roach. Miss
Reed, Miss Miller, Miss Mason, Miss
Reale, Miss Edison. Miss Ramsburg and
Miss Alvers; Mr.. Hooper Mr.. Mccartney,
Mr.. Snyder, Mr.. Lyman. Mr.. Smart, Mr..
Lightfoot, Mr.. Gardner. Mr.. Gordon, Mr.
Smith, Mir. Smoot, Air. Watson. Mr.. Wheat
ley, Mr.. Stevens, Mr.. Hunt, and Mr..
Berry.
Representative Hull lrand family are at
1870 Twentytirst Street for the season.
Mr.. Hulrs sister. Mrs. ". C. Potter, of
Des Moines, Iowa, is visiting them.
Nine. Ricardo de Daz Albertinc Is stop
ming fnN dnYs with Mrs McKnipht aud
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Mexico City's Pan-American con-
ference has burned most of its fish
in the irving.
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Washington. Great sunday school.

WashinGtOn's Great Sunday school.
''In the opinion oc thinking men. one
of the greatest of oar American institu-
tions is the Sunday school," said Rev.
John A. Mckinney, of Nashville, Tenn,
President of the Sunday School Editorial
Association, and editor of the Sunday
school literature of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church. Mr.. Mckinney is stop
ping at the Riggs House.
"A man, who hasn't been to one in
twenty years, and who has paid but little
attention 10 the subject, will marvel when
told of the development of Sunday schools
in the past two decades. Today they
are attended by not less than 10000, ,00e
students, little and big, in the United
States. The literature issued in their be-
half is exceeded in bulk only by that of
the newspapers of America. The great
est centre of publication of this litera
ture is Philadelphia and Nashville is sec
ond.
II had long heard that Washington had
one of the greatest Sunday schools in the
United States, that connected with Cal
vary Baptist Church, and after a visit to
il today. / am prepared TO believe
that ii is a model, and without its equal
in the world. All honor to DIR. Greene for
building up such a magnificent institu-
ton. The spectacle Of 1000 students,
with grading as carefully planned as
in any secular school, and with an adult
attendance of 43S, il worth going miles
to sec.
''As religious instruction is tabooed in
the public schools, ard as parents in this
busy age neglect TO instiil it in the
hearts of their offspring, where, save in
the Sunday schools can our children re-
ceiye any ethical teaching So well has
their value to the cause of public moral
ity been demonstrated, that theological
institutions are now adding departments
for the specific object of training young
men and women to engage in Sunday
school instruction"
The Washington times., 1902-01-06
Cattle King Parker and His Bride.

Il see from the press dispatches that
Col. Samuel Parker, the cattle king of
Hawaii. has married wealthy widow-a
Mrs. Campbell, of San Jose. CaL," re-
marked Mr.. T. 3. Lions, of San Francisco,
at the Normandie.
1.-The late husband of the lady was a
sugar planter. whose big plantations of
cane made him immensely rich. He mar
ried a woman of pure Kanaka blood, who
has resided on the coast since her widow
hood.
Campbell figured in a very sensational
affair in my town several years ago. It
appears that he was drugged and kid
mapped by gang of toushs, who held
him fer ransom. They demanded the
modest sum of $3.50 for his release, and
told him that failure to pay meant sure
death. Campbell had plenty of grit, and
he defied the brigands. daring them to
kill him. They saw that he intended to
die rather than submit to such extortion
and he was set at liberty.
Colonel Parker is quite wealthy, and
his wife is easily worth $1,000 900. 1t
would not surprise me if they were to
buy handsome home in Washington, as
know the colonel has great liking for
the National Capital"
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Mrs. George Melville Boiling will give a
tea tomorrow to introduce Miss Patrice
Egan. The hostess will be assisted by a
coterie of pretty girls from the univer-
sity sets of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and
New York.
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Representative Hullrand family are at
1920 Twenty-first Street for the season.
Mr.. Hulfs sister. Mrs. II. C. Potter, of
Des Moines, Iowa, is visiting them.
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meet Senator Depew and his bride. who
are to be back in Washington before that
time.
Mrs Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue,
niece of the poet, who is herself grace
iUl writer of verse. took a pretty way OF
sending New Year greeting TO her
friends. The gift is poem entitled The
New Year printed in old English, in
black and red, on squares OF white gran
ite cardboard
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Miss Anna Depew Paulding and her
mother, Mrs. Paulding, are now estab-
lished in the new house, corner of Nine
teenth and ~ that Senator Dcpew pur-
chased as a gift for his niece. This charm
ing home is of the modified colonial style.
With its new furnishings and appoint
ments it is as attractive as can be. Miss
Paulding will give lea On The 1lth to
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

Nine. Ricardo de Diaz Albertinc Is stop
ping few days with Mrs. Mcknight and
Miss Wills, 1715 Connecticut Avenue. She
is receiving Saturday afternoons.
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

Miss Lily Woodward of this city, who
is visiting Philadelphia, was Il guest the
other evening at the wedding reception
of Mr.. and Mrs. Chichester, both OF
whom have many friends in this city.
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

soiree will be given by the Silver
Wave Social Club next Tuesday evening.
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

1t is evident that Senator Morgan
has decided that there shall be an
isthmian canal. even if he has to dig
il himself.
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Mrs. Nash has cards out for January 10,
when she will give a tea in compliment
to Miss Marguerite Walker, OF Charles
ton.AS. C.. and Miss Anita Phinizy, of
Augusta, Ga, her house guests.
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The opening soiree of the East Wash
ington Musical Club at McCauley's Hall
last Thursday evening was n very sue
cessful affair. The object OF the club is
to render the best and most artistic cla-s
OF dance music. The programme. which
was well selected, and played under the
direction of Prof. William III. Stewart,
was enjoyed BY large gathering.
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Mrs Alfred Ray has issued invitations
for the wedding of her daughter. Miss
Eleanor Merryman Ray. to Mr.. James
Boyd Maughlin, Thursday. January 10, at
1890 o'clock at the North Presbyterian
Church Mr.. and Mrs. Maughlin will be
at home at Booyds, Nd, after March /.
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

Mrs Grant and Mrs. Sartoris have cards
out for Tuesdays in January.
The Washington times., 1902-01-06

A delightful deviation from the conven-
tional tea will be the small dance for
young people that DR.. and Mrs. MacIiay-
Smith will give for their daughter, Miss
Helen Mackay-Smith. Dancing between 4
and In the afternoon will be a novel ey-
perencc, and it does away with the wcari-
ness that comes of late hours.
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The dinner guests entertained by Colo
mel and Mrs. Bingham on Saturday even
ing included Senator and Mrs. Wetmore,
General and Mrs. Corbin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinchot, of New York Mr.. and Mrs.
Cropper, Miss Kean. and General Crozier.
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Mrs. Theodore Birney and her daugh-
ter. Miss Alonsita e. White. will be at
home at the Cairo the second aud fourth
Tuesdays in January. instead of the first
and third, as formerly announced.
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THE TIMES WASHINGTON. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1902.

bon with an scorn. the corps insignia
IN gold. Appropriate lettering in gill
viii finish the design.
Badges will be presented to VISITING
veterans of the Fourteenth Corps by
their hosts. resident members. The
subcommittee on speakers reported that
invitations to address the reunion had
been extended TO Justice Harlan, Sena-
tor Foraker, General Baird. General
Grosvenor, and other distinguished
members of the Fourteenth Corps.
Captain Castle announced that the
final meeting will be held next Satur-
day evening at 1880 o'clock at Grand
Amy headquarters.
At the meeting last night Of the re-
union committee of the Army of the
James. a committee was appointed to
correspond with prominent officers who
served With the Army of the James, and
invite them to address the reunion dur
ing the coming encampment. The time
OF that reunion has been changed from
I:So in the evening of October to 2
o'clock in the afternoon of the same
day. The reunion will be held in Grant
tent. The badge adopted will be the
badge of the Army of the James.
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Fourteenth Corps Meets.

The reunion committee of the Four
teenth Corps met last night at head
quarters and adopted design for the
badge to be worn by members of the
corps during the coming encampment
1t will be on rich shade of blue rib
The Washington times., 1902-09-21

to be postponed until the turning of the
tide.
Many things have been accomplished
during the past few years, that dazzle
the trained observer. Old standards of
measurement may have to be abolished
and new ones substituted, but the laws
Of sound finance remain unchanged. and
will be found to work Just as surely
on large scale as upon the less mag
nificent plans Of the nineteenth CEN
tury.
Our railroad magnates are actively at
work trying to give the community Of
interest idea some permanent form.
This is task Of huge proportions and
will require time for completion. but
1t is very vital factor In the present
underlying strength Of the market
N. Raffaloyich. the eminent French
economist. attributes the remarkable
condition Of our stock market to these
five reasons: Four or five successive good
hurvests: expansion of national bank
currency; large industrial and conf
mercial profits; the energy of our lead
ing fnanciers. and the large profits
made by banking interests In railroad
reorganizations after 1893. These con-
sideraticns led NJ. Raffalovich to think
that the United States has not yet
reached the zenith CT activity; but he.
too. takes occasion to issue warning
against our overcapitalization and the
excessive issues Of new securities.