Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
ADDRESS BY DIR. WILEY BEFORE
LADIES OF CAMERON CLUB.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va. March 10. 1905
DIR. II. w. Wiley of the Department of
Agriculture delivered an address before
the ladies of the Cameron Club at s
o'clock tonight in the Confederate Veter-
ans Hall on Prince street. DIR. Llewellyn
Powell of Alexandria introduced the
speaker. DIR. Wiley said the principal
consideration in his address was that IT
should not be- too long. and he would
speak of something he knew good deal
| about and not of something about which he
could draw on his imagination and speak
indefinitely. II said he was often asked
to define the term scientist, and that re-
Gently the chairman of n congressional
committee on agriculture. In looking over
the report of the Agricultural Depart
| ment. had come across the item "one
scientist, $1,000, and had asked him
| what n scientist was. He said he told the
chairman of the committee that an acri-
cultural scientist is n man who can make
two dollars grow on an appropriation bill
where only one dollar had formerly
grown.
In speaking of the Cameron Club. an
organization made mp of Alexandria wom-
en-, he said N his opinion womens clubs
occupied much higher level than mems
clubs. as the former We're generally form
ed for some special study. waile the lat
ter were merely social affairs.
lie said the matters which he would
bring to the attention of his audience
We're those which pertained directly to
the home and domestic circle. The news
pa pers. he said, had often made him say
things which We're not his true views by
publishing what was sensational in what
he said and leaving out the rest of his
remarks. thereby changing the meaning.
In his opinion the greatest fault of food
aduiteration is its fraudulent character,
and not its injury to health. The fight he
had made against oIeomargarine he said
had not been made against its sale as
such, but against its fraudulent sale as
butter
Use of Personalities.
A preservative to be of any value as
such, he said must be strong enough to
kin all the bacteria in food. and in ALI
his experiments with preserved food con-
Quoted a t the Agricultural Department he
had found that such personalities were
detrimental to health. He quoted an emf
nent London physician as saying that
when the system becomes so saturated
with certain of the acids commonly used
as preSerVatiVeS and also as curative
agents by the medical profession their
employment in the latter form would be
without effect. and hence valuable medl-
cines would thus virtually be robbed of
| their power. Such ordinary and necessary
condiments as salt in combination with
the cold storage are all that is necessary
he said, for the preservation of food as
long as it ought to be kept and as no
general famine Is threatening the Coun-
| try the storeing up of food for years and
years is detrimental to the public health
and should not be allowed
He also discussed the subject Of pure
milk supply and spoke of the high NOR
tallty rate among infants as the result of
impure milk. a rigid system of state in
spectors of the country dairies was in his
opinion the best cure for this evil.
In conclusion he took up the patent
a N col hn a1,ya,
ments of the patent medicine men were
especially harmful, as they described
symptoms which were normal to every
healthy individual as the signs of the
most malignant diseases. Although some
of these medicines, he said were useful.
the laity should be protected by the pub
posed for sale.
He was followed by DR.. LlewelIyn Pow
ell. who read paper on observations
made in New York as to the effects of
impure milk upon infants.
Statement Denied.
At a meeting of the Mount Vernon Chan
ter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
held yesterday afternoon, action was taken
to refute what is said to be gross Injustice
which has been done the chapter by the
press, and the following resolution was
unanimously adopted by rising vote
Whereas. the Mount Vernon Chapter
N.
been, through some misrepresentation
brought into unpleasant notoriety by arti-
cles in the newspapers regarding the ap-
pointment of the postmaster of Alexandria
1t is moved that the chapter officially and
emphatically deny and disclaim any know
ledge of or connection with any committee
calling on the President in the interest Of
any candidate for the position of postmas-
ter of Alexandria
This action on the part Of the local chap
ter was taken on account of article
published in a Richmond newspaper com
menting on what it called the thorough
reconstruction of the ancient city of Alex
andria." The writer of the article said
that he noted with surprise that the can
didacy of northern man should be cham
pioned, not only by the business men of the
city, but by the members of the Mount
Vernon Chapter as well, and especially
when democrat and descendant of Gen
Washington was in the race for the office.
Death of Former Resident.
Adrian Bastianelli, whose death took
place yesterday at his home in Caldwell,
n. j., well known to many Of the old
students of st. Johns Academy of Alexan-
dria, which he attended in the seventies
Mr.. Bastianelli married Miss Kate John
ston of Washington and has many rela-
tives in Alexandria.
Miss Lizzie Liable an aged resident Of
Alexandria, died today at her home, 125
South Fairfax street. Many wears ago she
conducted a millinery store on King street
and later on North Royal street. She was
a sister of the late Mrs. John Laphen and
was eighty years old. The funeral services
will be held from st. Marys Catholic
Church Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
General Matters.
1t is announced that Mr. Henry Barney
will deliver an address at the First Baptist
Church at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
He viii also speak before the ladies of
at $50 o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Childrens Home on Duke street, and on
Monday night at 100 o'clock he will deliver
an address at the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. The collections at both
churches will be for the benefit of the tenn
perance work.
At the regular meeting of Rescue Lodge
No. $50, Independent Order of Good Tenn
ali 1ac ct Mi OH he K nil of