The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-19

Oh. Mr. Smoot, of Mormondon,
And don't IL make yon quail.
To have so many women folk
A-camping on your trail2
So many angry women folk
Who urgently insist
That you re a frightful marrier,
sad polyganist?
/ ween you never. never more
VIII take another wife,
You'll get enough of women now
To last you all your life!
So the Second Cavalry is Off for the
Philippines. and there are. doubtless.
many young ladies in Washington to-
! day who are wearing a smile as the
cheerful mask to cover an aching
heart ForSthe Second squadron was
seen much in Washington, and bright.
brave. smart boys they are. A long
trip is before them, and a long trip
back. and they will see and experience
enough during their absence to talk
about all the rest OF their lives. Pray
heaven they all come back as well and
strong as they went away. and with
hearts true to the hearts that are true
TO them.
The proposed legislation for regulating
the practice of de7tistry in the District,
is, or should be. matter OF very gen.
eral interest. Here I'm America dentistry
has risen to the rank of a learned pro-
fession. and people attend t. their teeth
as nowhere else in the world, unless we
make the possible exception OF Japan.
where even the dockwaIlopers carry
tooth brushes and boxes of powder in
the bosoms of their rough shirts. In a
land where dentists claim that they are
something more than mere mechanics.
or artisans. as they do here. they should
be held up to some high standard. Even
those who cater to the poorer classes
and do not charge the highest prices,
should be expected to do good, intelli-
gent work. for poor dentistry is money
wasted, no matter how little is paid
The proposed statute subJecting to an
examination all persons applying fof
the right to practice dentistry in the
District should become a law as soon as
possible.
The eagerness of the American citizens
in the Isle of Pines to remain under the
Stars and Stripes Is consoling But
then, they are away or down there.
where they cannot hear Mr. Hoar and
the other Democratic Senator's. They
haven't learned how bad we have az
tually become
The publicity given to the shameful
condition OF our Whitechapel by the
VISIT of Jacob Riis should not give rise
to the belief that all classes in this towA
had been apathetic on the subject The
District Commissioners have frequently
recommended legislation for the curing
or abatement of the evil. and many of
our citizens have done what they could.
Mr.. Riis' exposures, therefore. are wei
coined in the light Of very effective re-
enforcement. As he is the chief author
ity now living on slums. and how to
remedy or destroy them. his remarks
will carry a weight which no local
agitation could have done. It is hard
TO see how. in decency. measures fer
cleaning up the fearful Sums of tn,
National Capital can be long delayed
The Rev. Alexander Bowser. CT VIII
mington. Del. must be relative of the
original Mr.. Bowser, of newspaper
fame. He actually believes that Deia-
ware should remove the beam out of its
own eye. before joining in the hue and
cry against Smoot. Just hear Mr.. Bow
ser: 'Addickism in Delaware is as bad
as Mormonism in Utah. II Smoot can
BE- excluded from the United States SEN
ate. our Senators can be excluded also"
Mr.. Bowser is the advocate of Utopian
system OF reform. He would have peo-
pie begin on themselves first. which