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The Washington times., 1905-08-27
HEALTH DEVOTEES
DISCARD CLOTHES
Followers of Kneipp in
Jersey Woods.
MALES AND FEMALES THERE
All Hands Emulate Example CT Adam
and Eve in Miniature Gs len
OF Eden

NEW YORK. Aug 26.-Of the many
attempts to get away from the conven-
rions OF life the most radical is that OK
camp Of summer sojourners in New
Jersey.
The theory is that followed by Adam
and Eve in the Garden of Eden Not
all have fortitude to forsake in a day
the custom Of generations TO the extent
OF going about naked and subsisting on
fruits and spring water Iet not few
make valiant efforts 10 do So
As TO meats and other gross and cook
ed foods, none can be had in the placs.
Tie people who are there now living
this phase Of the simple life are sane.
rational beings from all parts OF the
world Most OF them are men and wo-
men Of culture, and all are seeking the
one end-heelth.
In Ramapo Mountains.
The colony is in the beautiful Ramapo
mountains, on the outskirts of the thriv-
ing town of Butler. thirty-eight miles
from Manhattan Its protector, who was
disciple of the late Father Kneipp, has
given his place the fanciful name of
Jungborn- With an impenetrable screen
OF woods on three sides and shielding
nils on the fourth, the jewellers are iso-
lated from the prying world. Tents,
cabins. and the bungalow are furnished
with nothing but the essentials for ny-
ing.
The. most conspicuous building is q
long. one-story bungalow, the headquar-
terS OF the campers, who prefer 10 be
called naturopaths. At either end IS q
series Of small rooms for those who have
not arrived at the stage where they can
live in tents. where the rain, wind. and
insects have admission.
All Kinds of Dress.
When they assemble In the bungalow
at meal time the men and women wear
Clothes Any old kind OF a dress for
man or woman is de rigeur Nearly
all so barefooted- There are private
parks in the tract. one for the women
and the other for the men. Each park
feet high.
1t is here that all clothing is discard
ed. and the open air and the earth baths
are taken Mer go about absolutely
clay pits and comport themselves like
boys let out for holiday
Prominent People There.
Bishop Kennedy. of Florida, paid
brief visit 70 Jungborn last month.
Among those registered there are NIL
ton ConOyer. a financier of Portland,
Ore; Miss Rose Fogerty. a school
teacher of New Haven: Charles De For.
rest an importer, all the way from
Palestine; Prof. Herman Miller, OF Prov
ldence. r. l.; DR.. 4. RoSenstein T.
Scholohmann, teacher, OF Yonkers: l.
Seyo. musician. of Manhattan: w Mel
ken, lawyer; Miss Cornelia Bowen a
lecturer in the interests of coiored peo-
pie. William Miller, of Allegheny Pa;
Senor Guillorma OglazagaSti. Of Ponce,
Porto Rico; z. NJ Espinson. publisher,
of Mexico City; E. T. Maxim. druggist
of Phoenix. ARR; Mrs. A A McCallurl,
of Montreal; Z. Loohmann. butcher Of
St Louis; Joseph Sauer, banker. of Bos-
ton, and l. A Hamburg. printer. OF
Denver. Col.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
FORESTALLED.

Eaton Jogalong-Ain't no use stoppin'
at this house? Why not2
Saymold StoTey-Coz Preface Pete has
been here ahead OF us. / reco' nize his
perfume.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
Speed of Boat.

The propelling machinery consists OF a
four-cylinder triple-expansion engine,
which drives. through a continuous line
Of shafting. propeller at either end of
the vessel steam being supplied by two
Scotch marine boilers at 175 pounds pres
sure.
The horsepower will be about I.2O0.
and 1t Is expected Will drive the vessel at
about sixteen and a half miles per hour.
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

at Van Ness park were better adapted
to sports, but that the seating capacity
was so small that the children's parents
could not see the races
Admission tickets will be sold for 10.
2. and so cents. Membership cards will
be issued to all children under sixteen
years OF age who have attended the
Fairgrounds regularly during the season.
These cards will amit the bearer to the
meet either day they prefer to go. The
others. older than sixteen. will have to
have the 10-cent tickets. DR.. Curtis
said that the sports would begin prompt
ly at $50 o'clock on both days.
Their Aid Appreciated.
Dr. Curtis suggested that the secre-
tary send a letter of appreciation to the
three Washington newspapers, thanking
them for the hearty support they have
given the Fairgrounds this year Thls
recommendation was unanimously adopt
ed by the committee. all of the members
rising when the vote was taken
The banners for the white grounds
have now been secured. Five are needed
for the colored grounds, and unless some
unforeseen expense should be incurred no
further appeal will be made to the pub
lie this year.
MIS- TILES haIlST was dppOlAlIN a
speciaI committee of one TO select the
colors for the different grounds. and also
the colors for the championship ban
ners Green and white were suggested
as the most appropriate. and 1t Is PROB
able that these will be adopted.
After routine business had been trans
acted plans were discussed for next
year The committee is hoping TO OBJ
tain a generous appropriation from
Congress this fall. and no effort will be
spared to bring about this end. The
desired amount is 100000. Last year the
appropriation was 5000. and 1t is doubt
ful if any influence can be brought to
induce the appropriation committees or
both Senate and House to increase the
amount fifty times. However, a smaller
amount will be cheerfully accepted, and
as Supervisor Curtis says. I'VE will not
get any more than We ask for
Commissioners May Help.
The District Commissioners will be
asked to make a Recommendation in the
estimate they submit TO Congress.
Should the Commissioners accede to IL
they will not name any such sum as
$1,000 Commissioner Macfarland has
already been approached on the subject.
movement, he does not consider the
large amount consistent in view of the
fact that the District estimate viii be
heavy this year. because of the new
District Building, the filtration plant.
and other large enterprises which are
now Under way.
II is the desire of all the members to
purchase the grounds at North Capitol
and l. streets and equip them in q thor
oughly up-to-date manner. with swim
ming pool and all other conveniences of
a modern nature. This alone would
cost nearly all of the stated amount.
A rough estimate of the cost of the
property would be $4,000 at the lowest.
The pool and bath houss would mean
another $50. 600. II not $4,000. This would
leave but $4,000 to maintain all the
other grounds.
The old Georgetown Cemetery is an
other place the committee would Ike
to purchase, but the project will have
to be laid aside for at least another
year, unless some wealthy philanthrop-
ist comes forward with a few thousand
dollars.
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consists of rice and some kind of fla
VOring, fresh or picked vegetables,
sailed fish and eggs, and green tea
taken without sugar. At the second
meal, the principal one of the day,
there may be fresh fish, a little beef
or chicken cut up and cooked with
vegetables in a stew, and the inevita-
bic rice. Between nine and ten
O'Clock comes a meal the main part of
which is more rice. Fruit is eaten be-
tween meals
We know the Jap always takes his
daily bath, and it is said that some
that belong to the servant class battle
three times day We are wont to
think of a warm bath as rather risky
thing, making one susceptible to cold;
but the Jap gets around that by taking
his SO hot there is no reaction after
ward. And he is the least susceptible
of mOrtals to draughts and breezes.
He comes from his steaming bath with
his one garment open at the chest,
and sits in his well-yentilated house,
or uncOncernedly rides in a railway
train beside an open window He is
afraid of neither water nor air
His house is open to the four winds
of heaven by day, and by night airy
shutters afford slight protection to
those within. Protection from the ele-
ments, or from marauders; but burg
lars are few and far between in Japan.
No one molests by day and only very
desperate ones by night.
The nude condition of the Jap in
public has affrOnted many foreigners,
and has been misrepresented. 1t is no
sign of immodesty among these peo-
pie, and until their attention was
called to it by the shocked European
they gave the matter no heed. At the
public baths it was expected one
would remove ones clothing, and until
recently the sexes bathed at a common
place with no thought of indecency.
Now this Is forbidden, but is still the
custom on private property in coun-
try districts.
Speaking of the question of decency,
reminds that the Japs are regarded in
a very different light by different trav-
oilers, and, in pursuance of our prom
Use not to attempt speaking authOri-
tatively of this phase of the Jap char
acter, we will merely mention that IN
doubtedly Japanese marriage is open
to criticism. Divorce is very easily
obtained by the husband, marriage
depends wholly on the selection
by the young man; the woman is a
passive agent, trained to utmost do
cility.
The Jap women are as demure, Sc
date and dignified in their manner as
it is possible to be, seem as far re-
moved as pole from pole from our
idea of women who lack in virtue.
And we uphold that as they seem so
they are, to a large extent, very Iowa
ble members of the world of woman
kind.
KATE WARING.
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justly and oppressively taxing the for
eign merchants, and discriminating
against them in the most fragrant man
ner. He is monopolizing for his own
personal profit and that of his syco-
plants, the principal staple products of
the land, and in violation of the spirit,
if not the letter, of the treaty, negO-
lated by Mr.. Bowen, the American rep
resentative at Caracas, is diverting and
doctoring the customs receipts Of La
Guayta and Puerto Cabello.
The general situation in Venezuela is
deplorable to a degree which is hardly
creditable. Castro is ruling with high
hand which is little short of despOtic.
He has about 1,500 political prisoners
in Jail at the fortress of San Carlos, and
the stories which are told of cruelties
practiced there are almost beyond be-
lief.
Andres Duarte Level, son of the vice
president under Guzman BlancO, before
Castro's military prowess placed him in
power, has just come to America, after
surviving the hardships and horrors of
the prison life.
Death is not feared by the prison
ers," he says, cit is the greatest boon
which they can ask for. Shackled one
to another with irons that often weigh
so pounds, beaten, starved, denied an
occupation, and living in stencil and
filth is the lot of these unfortunates.
Fifteen hundred men, the greater part
of them political prisoners, are crowded
into a space that would have been taxed
by one-third of that number. The cells
are in the easements of the fort, and
those facing the sea are swept by waves,
there being several inches of water in
them at high tide. The largest of the
cells was barely Is feet long, eight feet
wide and six feet high, and in these as
many as IA to Is prisoners are cast"
In those museums in civilized coun-
tries where instruments o. torture are
on exhibition may be seen the shackles
now used &c bind the prisoners of San
Carlos relics of what has been supposed
generally to be forgotten period. There,
also, may be seen. the whips that are
still employed in the Venezuelan prisons
whips made of bulls hide, which in
fict so heavy a blow that Voltaire once
described them at great length, being
impressed with the malignancy of their
invention.
But these cruelties to the political
prisoners is but the beginning of the
story of the troubles of unhappy Venez-
uela. Castro seems to care for nobody
or nothing but his own prosperity and
pleasure. He is turning the resources
and revenues of the country into his
private Golfers 1t is said that he has
several millions snugly tucked away in
banks in Paris and London. And while
the country feels the oppression Of his
dictatorship he is Spending most of his
time in excuses.
One Of Castro's most favored amuse-
ments is the dance, and on recent oc-
casion, after completing Il days trip
through the interior of the country, he
boosted of having danced at 20 different
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-01-26
DRAW COLOR LINE
Greeks Object to Negroes of Their
Nation Having Voice in Their
Coun ellis.

The color line is being drawn in the
Creek council for the first time in the
history of the Creek nation. There are a
number of negro members of both
houses of the council, who were elected
by their negro constituents, who were
formerly slaves of the Indians.
The negroes have equal rights as citi-
zens of the Creek nation with the In
dians and these rights have never been
called in question until this year, says
a recent report. A few of the Indian
members of the council take the posi-
ton that the Greek" negroes are no
longer wards of the government, since
their restrictions have been removed
and they may dispose of their land at
will. They argue that with the removal
of restrictions comes. REIMBURSEMENT of
citizenship and therefore their right
ceases to assist in making the laws of
the Creek nation.
AS evidence of the feeling among some
Of the Indians, negroes who have been
making speeches on the floor of the
council have been called down by In
dian members and reminded in various
ways that their solicitude in behalf of
the government is not appreciated
The more conservative members in
the council, while they admit that they
would prefer that their membership
should be confined to Indians, say that
there is no means by which the negroes
can be excluded, and they do not expect
onU OF in fh of dirnotinn
The race question is as vital to the
Indians as to the white people, and most
of them look upon the negroes as their
interiors.
Creeks nor the members Of any other
tribe in the territory will send their
children to school with negroes and sep
arate schools are provided by the Indian
governments for both races. Their
presence in legislative halls is the nat
ural and unavoidable result of the action
of the Creek after the close of the war
in allowing their freed slaves to stay in
their country, making them citizens.
This gave them communal interest in
the common lands of the Creeks and car
ried with it the right to vote and elect
representatives to their councils.
There are a number of highly-educat-
ed negroes in the Creek nation who have
had considerable to say about running
the Creek government. These negroes
talk Creek and English with equal flu
ency and are not opposed in their am
billions except by the southern element
and descendants of old Shareholders.
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HIGH ART JAP HUSBANDRY.
Agricultural Achievements surpass
in Skill Those of Any Other
Country.

The same diligent genius that enables
a landscape gardener in Japan to COM
pass within few square yards of land
a forest, a bridge-spanned stream, a wa
terfall and lake, chain of terraced hills,
gardens of chrysanthemums, hyacinths,
peonies and pinks, beetling crag
crowned with a dWarfed confer, and
through all the dainty park meandering
paths, with here a shrine and there
dainty SUMMER house, has made it pos
sible for the farmers of the empire to
build up on less than 10000 square miles
of arabic land the most remarkable agri
cultural nation the world has known,
says an eastern exchange.
The combined areas Of the states of
New Hampshire and Vermont are just
about 10000 square miles.
If all the tillable acres of Japan were
merged into one field man in an auto
mobile travelling at the rate Of SO miles
an hour could skirt the entire perimeter
of arabic Japan in II hours. Upon this
narrow freehold Japan has reared ma
ton Of imperial power, which is deter
mined to enjoy commercial prominence
over all the world Of wealth, and oppor-
tunity from Siberia to Siam, and already,
by force of arms, is driving from the
shores of Asia the greatest monarchy
of Europe
The secret of the success of the little
daybreak kingdom has been a mystery
to many students of nations. Patriot
ism does not explain the riddle of its
strength, neither can commerce nor
military equipment nor manufacturing
skill
Western nations will fail fully to
grasp the secret of the dynamic intensity
of Japan to-day and will dangerously
underestimate the formidable posi-
bilities of the greater Japan-the Dali
Nippon-of tomorrow, until they begin
to study seriously the agricultural tri-
umphs of that empire. For Japan, more
scientifically than any other nation,
past or present, has perfected the art
of sending the roots of it's civilization
enduringly into the soil.
Progressive experts of high authority
throughout the orient now admit that
in all the annals of agriculture there
is nothing that ever approached the
scientific skill of sunrise husbandry.
Patient diligence, with knowledge OF
chemistry of soil and the physiology Of
plants, has yielded results that have as
founded the most advanced agricultur-
lists in western nations.
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power are those controlling the expor-
tatiOn Of cattle, the navigation of the
Orinoco river, the navigation of Lake
Maracaibo and the traffic in alcohol, to-
bacco, matches, brooms and hides.
All this, bad as it was, the people OF
Venezuela, wearied by internecine strife.
might have tolerated. But President
Castro's greed reached out further, and
he began his campaign against foreign
capital Venezuela's dictator, though OF
many strong personal attributes and OF
undoubted courage, is narrow minded
Venezuela for Venezuelans" has be-
come his motto. Nor does he hesitate
to avow that the ruin of these foreign
corporations is his aim.
Castros recent policy toward the New
York and Bermudez Asphalt company.
in expellng it's representatives and seek
ing to attach it's assets, is no exceptional
case. Three years ago a reputable New
York concern. operated a line of vessels
on the OrinocO river. For this privilege
they paid into President Castro's COT
fers 100000. Gen. Castro, after accept
ing the price, seized upon some preteXt,
coerced the courts to his will, and re-
voked the concession, thereby running
the company.
Germany, too, has been a conspicuous
sufferer. The Great Venezuelan railway,
which connects Caracas with Valencia
and which had cost Krupp, the famous
gunmaker of Essen SIS 900, 900, had the
business of transporting all the cattle
belonging to Castro and his associates.
But by Castro's manipulation the road
has become unremunerative.
The Central railway, running from
Caracas to Santa Lucia, Is British cor
poration. 1t had the misfortune to lose
IL miles of it's trackage by an inundation,
and it was thereupOn menaced by the
dictator with an annulment of its char
ter, and later an offer Of purchase at
ridiculou8ly low figure was made.
Not dissimilar was the experience or
the Carenero railroad French corpor-
alton. 1t was threatened with destruc-
ton and subsequently received an offer
of purchase under analogous conditions.
And individual foreigners have been
no less unfortunate than foreign cor
poratiOns.
All these grievances and injustice are
as SO many foci for the revolutionary
propaganda, ard the sufferers are living
only in the hope Of seeing Castro over
thrown. Something is bound to happen
ere long.
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A STREET SCENE IN TOXIC.

through the streets of one of our great
cities is almost certain to see or hear
something that leaves an unpleasant
impression; and should he visit the
slums his thought must be-what an
inferno our modern civilization has
created. In Japan there is no trace of
this There is no drunkenness and no
quarreling and should a dispute arise
it would be conducted in a dignified
way, for the Japanese, when excited,
do not raise their voices, and the ma
tiCu possesses no oaths. These re-
mbrks are not meant to apply only to
the better residential quarters, but
also to the meanest parts of the great
cities"
Add to the universal peacefulneSs
the universal cleanliness, the beauty
OF the scenery, the picturesqueness of
the people and their costuming, and
one would seem to find in the empire
CT the mikado an earthly paradise
whence no one would ever care to
Journey forth. But, of course, this
being a part of the terrestrial sphere,
there is not absolute perfection; there
abOunds fickleness, immortality, pea
CuCk pride, not to be counted admira-
bic by the most devoted wOrshippers.
However, in this article we shall have
space for but fleeing glimpse of life
as 1t appears; will not presume TO give
an exhaustive study Of the much dis
cusSed islanders, close analysis of
their principles. We, too, shall praise.
st. ,Francis Xavier wrote of the Jap
anese back in the sixteenth century:
"This uation is the delight of my
soul, and since that time innumerable
visitors to the east have spoken SUI
perlatiye words of praise of them. For
the charm of the japanese is strong on
one once associated with them. espe-
cially one from prosaic America or
England; it is very difficult to re-
strain admiration within bounds in
face of so much excellence.
The Jap unconsciously lives the sim
pie lite, without any complex striving
after it he daily and hourly goes his
unencumbered way. AS to the matter
of clothes, he has reduced them to the
lowest terms, without any apparent
crusade for rational Dress" his fur
niture is delightfully."- simple, and on
this subject we would wax eloquent.
It certainly is the most delightful,
care-free land in the world for the
housekeeper. Very little dirt is
brought into the house, very little
busting need be done. Everyone leaves
his sandals outside as matter of
course. and enters the carpetless, mat
spread rooms barefooted or in stock
ing-feet The usual furniture, besides
the eyer-present mats, is wall pic
ture or two, in front of which may be
a vase of flowers or a perfect bit of
bronze. Not the thousand and one
fol-de-rOls that make our own apart
ment crowded and untidy.
The sleeping arrangements are like
wise delightfully."- simple. When it is
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the costume department of perhaps as
beautiful "store" as is to be found any
where in the world, and saw enc model
that seemed an exact copy of grand
mother dress. By a grandmother
dress" we mean no elderlylady affair,
but the sort grandma wore when she
was maiden young and fair. The frock
referred to was made of pale blue crepe
de chine, the skirt full, with three wide
ruffies giving it added f1uffiness, the
ruffies about as far apart as they were
wide, and extending from the hem OF the
skirt to little within the waist line.
The waist had low neck and short
sleeves, and to it's fulness was enhanced
by row of ruffies.
Trimmings of self-material are to be
quite the fashion, and they are a relief
from the accommodation that OF
recent years has made use of whole
milliner's scrap basket on a single cos
tune. With the soft woods in vogue,
ruff1es are especially suitable, and these
also carry us back to days of ''delaine,"
to days of chemisette and undersleeve.
And there is nothing prettier and daint-
Ter for a woman to wear than fine
wool of voluminous folds, a spOtless
tucker" and lower sleeve.
Self-trimming include, besides the
ruffied bias, bands, straps, puffs and
quillings. Puffs, another revival of the
old, are beginning to be seen, and are
we'll adapted for soft woods. ROsettes
and stiff little bows are trying to make
Roadway, but to us seem to have little
to recommend them. Scallops are yet
another old-fashioned come back, and
these are usually bound with some con-
trasting color For instance, red cash
mere would have scallops finished with
black taffeta. Surely, there are to walk
abroad the very ghosts of our grand
mothers.
The square neck is used on evening
gowns, and on day dresses with the ad-