New-York tribune., 1903-02-05
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friendly or curious. A President is torceo 10
work in the midst of distractions to "hich no
business man could feel himself able TO submit
Frank interchange of views with Congressman
are to be encouraged. the historian NOUS ou' ie
feels that the public should be more considerate-
Much of the Presidents time, ne says Is
taken UP with receptions of the friends OF sena-
tors and Representatives, OF members of con-
ventjons and learned bodies meeting In wash
fngton of deputatons Of school teachers ano the
like who have gone to the capital for holiday;
all desire to pay their respects to the Chlel
MAGISTRATE. Undoubtedly, If he could have
quiet talk with most of these people 1t wouio
be of value but the conventional shaking OF
hands and the I glad to see you is not
a satisfaction great enough to the recipients 10
nav for what it costs the President in time and
the expenditure of nervous force. He shouIo
have time for deliberaton. The railway manager
can closet himself when he likes; that should be
the privilege of the President; yet on certain
day last April when he wished to have long,
confidential talk with his Secretary OF war;
this was only to be contrived by the two taxing
a long horseback ride In the country Inc
remedy is Of course, that pointed out py MI
Rhodes-self- denial on the part OF the puonc'
That is a characteristic little glimpse of EN-
peror Frederick IN England as set oo"h pS
Nine waddingt IN in the days when she was
French Ambassadress there and puohsheo IN
''Scribner's':
The general impression was that the Emperor
not lady S mamie ev1oenty ar, taIit
talking to army and political men MY laih
with him was SO perfectly banal thal ! can
scarcely have an opinion but should thlnh one one
might talk to him easily. His face is certdliIlS
stern and the manner very cold, but MS smile,
like the Queens lights up and softens the race. l
said to one Of the pretty young women "hu s neS
made a luncheon party for him that had hearu
that it was beautifully done. and that ne was
much pleased. She said she hoped he was; 1nat
as far as she personally was concerned ne
hadn't the slightest idea whether she was
twenty-five fifty.
"A Man Of His Word Mrs. Alice Duer
Miller's novel in "Lippincotts, is an unpreleh-
tious and readable performance. not partlcuiariy
true to life but offering, nevertheless some
neat feminine interpretations Of human nature
of the short stories OF the number. the most ef-
fac+i1-e IS Miss Beulah NJ Dix's Colonial sketch.
..,The Scvthe in the Oak Tree" 1t is pathetic
hit Of fiction in the vein OF THE Making or
Cbristopher Ferringham." and while the ora
rostic element is strong, it is not overcome
The curious story of DR.. Nils Ftnsens dis
covery of the curative properties OF hshI HIS
some deeply entertaining pages IN AacCluIeS
Magazine" Here is the account Of his 1rst
cura of that shocking disease, lupus, whlch
makes the human countenance thing to shuu-
der
Finsen's first patient was an englneer, %. o.
Conenhagen Niels Morgensen, who Tor elghl
,-ears since the lupus declared itself had va1nly
tried whatever science could suggest for ms
reIief No less than twenty-five times, he toid
me his face had been operated on, the risnl
sida heinp cut scraped, burned with acids,
scared with hot irons. and all to no avail. IN
the fall Of 1895 the phototherapeutc tts
on Morgensen was begun. At first every thlhs
was very crude; hand lens was used TO con-
centrate the rays from an ordinary arc lamp
the red and ultra red being filtered out through
blue water For an hour two hours every
day this concentrated blue light was directed
against the afflicted right cheek, F1nsen MIN
self holding the lens, aided by medical STU
dent
The result came up to the fullest expecta-
tions. After the first treatment there was no
more spread Of the disease. but steady closing
in of the lupus patches and a lessenl1g OF the
angry redness as healthy tissue formed WITHIN
six months Niels Morgensen was free from his
disease. and Finsen had done what doctors and
surgeons would have laughed at as mad i'm
possibility-he had cured case of lupus with
some blue water and a piece of glass
So after all, there basis of truth in
the much ridiculed blue glass" craze that
once ragged in New-York.
Mr. Sothern. in a little paper on Joseph JEFF
ferson printed in Frank Leslies Popular
Monthly" dwells on the extreme care which
the older school OF actors bestowed upon their
work He remembers an evening when he
found jefferson and ". j. Florence sitting to-
gether at supper after the theatre:
jefferson was talking earnestly to Florence.
who looking very much ashamed OF him
self. with eyes cast down and fddling with his
oyster fork CHANGING up he and, as
if glad to escape from a scolding, he cried.
Come over here and sit down with US.
How do you do?'' said jefferson Pardon
me moment I telling Billy about l.ofnt
he spoiled this evening" They were playing
The Rivals at the Garden Theatre. He pro-
ceeded TO haul the shamefaced. Florence ever
the Goals for not having the necessary express
sion on his face at the proper moment.
We'll. I thinking of something else"
said Florence.
"Ah. that's it." said jefferson. but you
missed the point, and let tell you that you
would have got a round of applause there
naming some other portion of the scene-'if You
had made the pause in the right place.
Look here said Florence, suddenly, losing
his rernorsefu expression you killed your own
effect by speaking too quickly on that line"
and he instanced of Bob Acres best
nlents.
Jeffersons face fell. That's so. Billy. that's
So / spoiled that line. I thinking how
we'll playing too. and ] forgot my look
before I spoke
Florence became quite cheerful again Hes
been giving fits" said he. for the last ten
minutes. He wasn't devilish good himself
tonight"
To see those two veterans polishing their
work, to find them in their hoSr of recreation
some value. That sort of thing not new
experience TO me, for ] had been accustomed
to see my father fight and argue by the hour
together over such minute matters as a look
or gesture
One thing which is included in Booker T.
washington's educational scheme is a thing
which needs teaching everywhere-conscience in