Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-11

serve women, but the ordinary pubic
house as they call 1t over here. always
has a private bar or a Fanny pai
which is merely an Enclosure separated
from the main room by a screen or 70"
wooden partition, and reserved LOT "oiiieh'
either alone or accompanied by men,
An Alarming Condition.
sociologIsts attribute the falling OFF of
the birth rate more to that cause than to
any other. and 1t is by far more alarming
than In the United States. There were
four births less in every one thousand in
1908. than there were in 1880. There would
have been 60 900 more children born in 1905
show that 120. 900 babies under one year OF:
was fifty years ago. and although the gen.
eral death rate has declined in most re-
markabe manner until England is one OF
the most healthy countries In the world
and London one of the most healthy OF
cities, the decrease in the deaths has been
almost exclusively among people more than
twelve years of age. The mortality among
infants and children under five years OF
age Is almost as great as 1t was twenty
years ago. This also is attributed to the
intemperance of the working women and
the consequent neglect of their health and
the health of their infants The statistics
show that 800 900 babies undr one year OF
age died in London last year, and out OF
every lee, 900 infants born $4,000 will not
live one year and $4,000 will not live FIVE
years.
the birth rate in the United Kingdom
has fallen from 32.5 in 1880 to $50 per
one Thousand In 1906. The death rate has
fallen from 1877 in 1880 to III in 1908.
Army surgeons are making alarming re-
ports about the physical condition OF the
young men who offer themselves for enlist
ment. and that subject is beginning to at
tract considerable attention also. Out Of
| TO- 246 recruits inspected in 1905, 24.7s2, or
more than third, were rejected for
physical disabilities. This is said to be
the largest percentage reported In any Eu-
ropean country or at any time In England
Formerly 7. and 10 per cent was consid-
cred a high proportion for the rejected, but
capable OF doing military service, which
indicates degeneration that was not sus-
pected.
Down near Portsmouth. In the little vii
lage OF Sidmouth, Devonshtre. there Is a
tombstone erected to the memory OF a man
who, according to his epitaph. was
Drowned on his first voyage to India :"
This suggests that Irish bulls are not en-
tireiy confined to the Old Sod One of the
London papers has recently been collecting
official announcements, advertisements In
the Irish papers and anecdotes. Some Of
them are worth repeating.
A railway company advertising for hands
offers: "A job for life and pension after
ward
Another railway advertised that The
last train Saturday night has been dis
continued
An Irish newspaper publishes the extraor-
binary fact that "A deaf man named
Taft was run down by passenger train
on Wednesday morning and instantly
killed. He was injured In q similar manner
year ago."
A club Of Irish railway employees passed
series OF resolutions condoiing the loss OF
one of their number by death. In which
II was stated that ''Tha widow is q poor but
most respectable woman and 30 was the
husband.
At murder trial in Ireland recently the
defendant was convicted and condemned to
imprisonment for life. His lawyer made q
touching appeal for mercy and ended by
solemnly assuring the court that Ids client
WAS In such poor health that he would
never live to see the end Of his sentence
An Irish clergyman recently took occa-s
sion to reprove certain members Of his con-
xregation for stepping during the sermA0-