The Washington times., 1903-11-20
Free-Hand Comment
On Men and Manners

Inspires a thrill Of gladness.
The self-same hue brings memories
OF gloomy days and m1rky.
Or else il WAITS on fancy's breeze
The smell or roasting turkey.
II Carrie Nation be mad. as some folk
claim, and as she Is certainly beginning
To act. there is still method IN her
madness. Her demand 20 see the Presi-
dent AS the mother of a family could
not have failed 10 touch the heart of
the most distinguished advocate OF phil
oprogenitiveness now living
AZ might be expected. the soldiers Of
fortune are now turning their eyes to-
ward Panama and are seeking commits
sions in her army. They are an inter-
esting lot. these chaps. resembling in
some respects the knights errant Of Old
Al any rate. they are willing to wander
ard to fight. and they. are often found
fitting for q desperate cause. The war
correspondents know them. and meet
the same members of the guild. now in
south Africa, a year later in China, six
months after perhaps. in Central Amer
lea They are generally the braNest SOD
diers in the array which they join. AZ
many Of them have regulations to re-
trieve. or have made some false sep
which renders them reckless Of life
Every now and then one wins some
great prize. and becomes the general Of
barbarous army the man behind the
throne In some remote kingdom. the
king himself Of a cannibal isle. or
shapes out of chaos some province east
of Suez" which he holds with a hand of
iron. But for the most part they disap-
pear one by one and their bones lie
bleaching on many on obscure and for
gotten battlefield.
With Honduras on the verge of an
archy ana Santo Domingo bubbIing Ike
veritable tempest in teapot. It does
look as though the Latin race In South
America were incapable Of self-govern-
ment Many statesmen are beginning 10
feel that our policy toward the Latin
republics should be one of benevolent
assimilation. The interests of humanity
would thus be conse rived, and there can
be no doubt that the natural wealth Of
that undeveioDed region OF the globe IS
far greater than even C0rtez dreamed
Of. Tis : pleasing coincidence when
eenevolence and self-interest go hand in
hand.
There's truth. Of course. In Sister Ma
TONS remark: Gentlemen. what's the
difference between the Republicans and
the Democrats None. except that one
in and the others trying to get in" AS is
the case of most dictums. there is
enough of truth in il to make the error
it contains specious. Sister Nation just
misses being a great philosopher OF the
Diogenes order. All she lacks is breadth
Of view and sympathy spacious
enough 10 take in al humanity. Had
she said. for instance. 1.-THE entire race
IS divided into two classes, those who
are in. and those who are trying to get
in" she would have hit upon a truth
OF universal application. as valid IN thu
times of Cheops as today In all walks
Of life IN an professions, in business and
society. there are but two grand divi-
sIons OF men and women. the Outs and
the ms
Our Latin friends most every day
Cause some new state 10 be:
But one old state is there TO stay
The State of Anarchy.
Many signs point TO the future great
ness OF this city. and corroborate the
belief now generally held. that the
growth of Washington is but Just be-
gun Very much 90 the point is the
decision of the Young Mems Christian
Association 10 erect here the largest
and most complete building in America.
if not in the world. A capital in the
fullest sense. should be not only the
legislative and diplomatic center Of the
nation. but It should be also the nucleus
for all great religious and secular or
ganizations and movements, and their
principal buildings and main offices
should be located here. No building that
has been or ever viii be erected IN
Washington VIII give greater satisfac-
ton TO our citizens than this proposed
edifiee for the Young Mems Christian
Association
If it be true that DR.. Aarmorek. the
Austrian bacterioIogist. has found cure
for tuberculosis. then he has made one
OF the greatest discoveries of modern
times, and has established a claim 10
permanent fame as a benefactor OF the
race What might be called the new
practice Of medicine" Is get in its in
fancy. yet much has been done and Won
ders are hoped for. Through incubation.
smallpox. formerly a veritable plague.
that swept away whole cities and left
those who recovered disfgured for life.
has been robbed OF its terrors. Diph-
liberia is now niDped in the bud By =
every reason TO hope that the study Of
baciIli Will lead TO the cure OF malig
nant fevers and even of cancer. by the
injection into the blood of the proper
serum. There is no reason to doubt that
Dr. Marmorek is actually on track "
the serum for tuberculosis. for this dis
eovery would be in line with the achieve
ments of modern science. lie already
reports several cures and has resigned
his position in connection with the Pas
teur Institute 10 devote his eRtfre time
TO the development of the serum
The Eiffel Tower was the great feature
OF the Paris Exposition. and the Ferris
Wheel doomed unrivaled al the Chicago
Fair But now an Ohioan has GENE for
ward with a feature for the St. Louis
Exposition which bids fair. If put into
effect TO eclipse all former glories He
would create a great artificial sea at St.
Louis, and would lead there. BY the way
OF the Mississippi, a herd OF captive
whales, whose milk could be sold bv ths
gallon. quart. or glass. he has gone 50
IA with his SChprne as 10 figure ont the