The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-16

perience, a great deal about the care
of the human body in health and
sickness. why can this knowledge
not be made a prominent feature Of
school training? The average girl
is not likely TO have to dissect a cat
in order to meet any domestic ext
gency. but she is likely to have a
sprained ankle to bandage, a cut to
tie uD. a case Of fever to take care
OF or chicken to cook. Why not
explain to her the principles on
which these things are done, and let
her dissect the chicken ard make
chicken broth for an invalid accord
ing TO the most approved scientific
method? Why not teach her which
are the best cuts of mutton, beef,
or veal. and the reasons why one
part of the animal is suitable for
soup and another for steak? II
might not be So scientific, but it
would be far more useful.
1t IS not desirable, of course, that
home nursing should take the place
of proper medical attention. but there
are times in the life of every woman,
and in the lives Of a good many
men. as well. when it is worth a
great many dollars 70 know what
to do in the absence of the doctor,
and in nine cases out Of ten there
is nobody to rely on except some
more or less experienced person with
a formula which may or may not be
the right one. 1t would not hurt
boy TO know something about the
relation Of physiology to nursing or
cooking, and it might be very handy
for him TO have some such knOwl-
edge. Al present. the physiOlogies
contain such information in a sort
of appendix, where it is given in the
most general way. Why not make
the practical application OF the
science the backbone of the teaching
4 prominent actor has been bewailing
the fact that there is no patent on
stage business It would be a good
INNS il there " - - iDL III $500
audience. il is heartrending TO see
leading lady weighing over two hundred
waltz up to the leading man with just
the same cooling coquetry that SIM
yol1ne soubrette used with such effect
last season.
Detroit has won the name Of the pill
CITY. and If there should be big hre
i'm Detroit some day and destroy nine
tenths of the pill factories in the United
States. the American average OF heallh
would doubtless rise.
Another hotel in New York has tum-
bled down. The architects Of that city
really should be forbidden TO build block
houses in crowded districts
Commentators are becoming quite too
fond of quoting in connection with Rus
sian disasters that the stars ia their
courses fought against Sisera. Without
venturing any opinion as TO Sisera, II Is
reasonable to argue that the ignorance
of inland seamen as to the methods OF
handling a great navy is likely 10 be
more 10 blame than the stars.
Til, future historian, reading some OF
the political speeches of today. vii.
conclude that the crime OF the cehJul :
VS. the Booker Washington luncheon.
A victim of an accident in New Nori;
is referred to as the Shakespeare OF
English music" but nobody found IL
on, until his name got into the papers
Ip connection with the accident.
II is an right Tor the New York
American to print editorials by James
Anthony Froudc. bat if Plutarch be
comes a member of the editorial star,
We shall protest
Opinions now differ as 10 whether II
was "a Japauese or "a Russian whale that
recently blew himself up on Russian
mine.
II is stated that Grand Duke Cyril IS
..only two lives from the throne, which
is "a form of measurement which mus'
sound rather gruesome 20 the owners oil
the lives. IN "a country infested Win
anarchists
JaUau shares the enthusiasm Of the
resi- of the world for old China. but
she prefers it I+1tact rather thaH
broken.