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The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
MEDICAL EDUCATION.
are Three-fOurths of the Doctora
"Unft" TO Practice PrOfessiOns

are Three-fOurths of the Doctors
"Unft' To Practice Profession:
From the Philadelphia Record.
The changes OF the past twenty-five
years in medical education have been
nothing short Of a revolution. and yet at
a conference of medical educators IN
Chicago it was stated by one delegate
that three-fourths of the graduates We're
unit TO practice medicine. The condition
of medical education In this country
thirty years ago was almost beyond be
lief. There were medical colleges in Chi
cago that graduated two classes a year
In a single town In Northern Illinois nine
men were practicing medicine, of whom
two had diplomas and the rest were drug
gists. ex-h0spital stewards from the army
and men who had taken one course of
lectures. The immediate result OF the en-
actment of the medical practice act was
the departure of 1,400 practitioners from
the State some Of whom completed their
medical studies. but most of whom prae-
tIced where there was not So much law
At the conference in Chicago the other
day DR.. Means, chairman of the judicial
council of the Association of American
Medical Colleges, said that the average
man admitted 10 practice was deficient in
knowledge Of bacteriOlogy, chemistry,
physiology, and anatomy. Fifty-eight per
cent of the men in twenty-five States who
fail at their final examination pass a few
weeks later. In the few days intervening
where do they get their knowledge? They
don't get it" They simply learn the
answers 10 the questions, and the same
questions are asked them at the re-exanli-
nation. Evidently the reform Of medical
education, although much has been done.
is not vet complete
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
An Immleration Iunket.

The immigration commission appointed
in accordance with the provisions of the
immigration bill Of the last session Of
Congress has determined on method Of
investigation which viii afford the Con
gressiOnal members of II an entertaining
European trip at the expense of the gov
eminent Equipped with an expensive
trio of secretaries. guided about by a
tourist courier. and surrounded by the
other well-knoWn accessories of Con
gressional junket the members OF this
useful commission have before them three
Cr four months of pleasant and profitable
travel While the Congressional contH-
gent IS having "a good time abroad, the
PROFESSIONAL clement viii remain at home
10 conduct an inquiry into immigration
conditions as IHcy may be observed in
this country.
Though the immigration question has
been pretty thoroughly studied by gov
ernment experts and by special agents
sent abroad 20 inquire into the methods
by which emigration is encouraged en- the
other side, there are a number Of leglsla-
tors who appear TO Doe iu need of further
information. and the present inquiry is
intended TO elicit additional facts concern
ing the amount and character of our
immigration, the sources from which our
Immigrants COME the conditions leading
them 70 take up residence in this country.
TIE circumstances surrounding their de-
raryure from home. whether purely on
their own responsibility or through the
aid OF governments or corporations. and
the extent of the real demand for mmi-
grants in connection with our domestic
Industry. Accurate data relating tC
these points wiI Doe NJ the highest degree
Of usefulness in determining the character
Cf future immigration legislation, and We
suppose will be worth all il costs, even il
il result in disclosing that domestic
legislation, short Of exclusion, cannot ac-
compl.sb anything toward a dimnution
Of the foreign influx
We wish eur Congressional friends en-
gagged in the pleasant task of visiting
Europe ~ the general expense bon vOy,
age and safe return. The performance
Of public duties should never be shir5ed
no matter how IlsItsome and auuring. w,
cannot commend too highly the mdinch
Ing fidelity 10 duty Of these members O.
the commission who have chosen To BRAY,
the dangers of an ocean voyage and III,
rcriIs OF unknown lands ia order 90 serv,
the commonwealth
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On. what is so raw as. a day in May?
Our Transportation Problem.

Vice President William c. Brown. of the
New York Central, presented the railroad
situation IN a broad-minded way in a re-
cent address before the Buffalo Chamber
of Commerce. While pleading fer cessa-
tion of restrictive legislation in order that
tho railroads may be given opportunity
10 recover the loss of public confidence
that has made it difficult 10 raise the
capital needed for extensions and eQuin-
ment, Mr.. Brown fully recognizes the use
fulness of public regulation of railroad
corporations and would regard any ma
terial backward step in the principle of
railway regulation by the State or nation
as mistake both from the standpoint of
the public and the railroad" But Mr.
Brown has another proposal for the res
t0ration of confidence in railroad man
agement. and that is 20 make the business
OF the railroads "as open and as public
as that Of the national banks" and TO
maintain rates that shall he reasonable.
stable, and absolutely equal 10 all" Leg
islation tending i'm this direction AI~
Brown believes viii result in good. and
his belief is that the railroads have ac-
cepted such legislation, where it has been
enacted. I'm good faith.
Mr.. Brown gave some Impressive figures
to show the tremendous dimensions of
the transportation problem as il has de-
veloped during the past few years.
Within the coming decade. he declares.
almost as much money VIII have 10 be
expended in Increasing the facilities of
existing railroads and in building addi-
uonal railroads as has been expended
during the eighty years since the begin
ming of the construction of railroads in
the United States His own road has in
creased its motive power 67 per cent and
it's freight car equipment 54 per cent in six
years, and yet cannot handle the great
volume of freight offered. Ia five years
steel production has doubled, as has also
the output of petroleum, and the produc-
Jion of Portland cement has Quadrupled
During the same period the total value OF
our manufactures increased $4,000 coo O00
More than Sl0oea00o0 is being spent in tho
neighborhood Of Chicago alone in erecting
great manufacturing plants whose cutpu;
viii swell the volume OF future traffic
The railroads serving Pittsburg. according
10 another authority, in order 10 handle
The traffic Of that great iron center. havs
built 2.o90 miles of track in the last tive
years, or the equivalent OF a double track
line from New York to Chicago. In a sin
gle year the production Of the Pittsbure
district increased 100000 tons These
figures relate 10 but a fraction Of The
vast extent of our country and to manu-
featuring enterprises only. During The
past few years abundant crops have taxet
the capacity Of our transportation faciH
ties 10 the utmost. immense stores OF
Erain are now awaiting transportation 4
-e seaboard for export, and ocean steam
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Collins. the strenuous.

That strenuous citizen. the town mar
shall of Glen Echo, the Hon. Charles +.
Collins. has been vlndicated. Though not
directly a candidate for reelection 70 his
high and honorable position. he was.
nevertheless and Notwithstanding. the
target for the opposition in the late Glen
Echo municipal election, from which his
partisan councilmen have emerged COW
cred vita glory and literally besPattered
with fame.
What Glen Echo evidently wants is
Collins, and plenty of him. His reputa-
ton. as every welI-informed citizen
knows. rests largey upon his grim and
fixed determination 60 give positive pause
to automobile scorchers who invade the
peaceful precincts of his bailiwick and
seek ruthIessly to trample under foot the
rules. regulations, ordinances. and laws
governing the rate of speed allowed
therein.
Down with the speeders; up with the
dnes'-that was the battle cry of the Col
llnsites; and to this pleasing shibboleth
rushed pell nell to glory Glen Echoans by
the dozens
The opposition, honorable bur impotent
we grieve to relate, made but poor and
ineffective headway against the Collins
landslide Collins has been given a
tremendous vote OF confidence, and the
next sixty horsepower automobile speeder
who seeks 70 chug-chug his way adown
the bouleyards or athwart the avenues Of
this village of sweet content VIII do weI
TO reckon with Collns-else he may find
himself compelled 10 reckon presently
with the keeper of the village BastiIe.
When Collins announced that he would
stop speeding within the confines Of his
authority, even though he found it ueces-
sary to call into action the entire military
and naval strength of the municipal gov
ernment. ne but followed in the footsteps
Of others who hold as high aloft as he
that broad and splendid principle. 0bedi-
ence TO the law. No 'unwritten law for
/ Collins. 'Steen miles per hour on go TO
/ iail-that's the law. and that's Collins.
/ And Collins keeps the score.
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ers have sailed with sand for ballast in
stead Of the grain they would have car
ried II the railroads had been able TO de-
liver It at Atlantic terminals.
1t is useless to call the railroads to ac-
count for failure to meet such exUaordi-
nary conditions as these, which, as Mr..
Brown says. "came as surprise 70 the
farmer. the merchant, the manufacturer,
and the railroads Abuses have been
found In the use and distribution of cars,
1t Is true which are in process Of remedy,
but the real cause of the ear shortage is
found in the rapid expansion of industrial
and commercial enterprise. an expansion
the extent of which was not foreseen by
anybody What the railroads need most of
all just now is opportunity 10 cope with
the transportation problem on generous
scale. and in accordance with the new
conditions imposed by recent legislation
and this opportunity we have no doubt
the people will be glad to have them ac-
cept without fear Of public menace II their
policy in future conforms 10 the promises
held out by Mr.. Brown and other tair-
minded railroad officers.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
JUSTICE LAX AND COSTLY.
DiscOuragIng Tendency of the
Courts in Criminal Trials.

- = -ftt- NJ AhN
Courts in Criminal Trials.
Prom the Chicago Chronicle.
Within d generation circumstances Of
material development have greatly en-
iarged the boundaries Of temptation TO
seek gain through criminal practices of
many kinds-a very serious condition that
has been growing up largely through the
operation Of great industrial development
and especially through the application Of
mechanical power to transportation. to
manufacturing. and 10 printing Intelli-
gent knowledge q mankind would indi-
cate that such q condition makes it our
obvious duty 20 strengthen the laws which
former experience proved necessary for
public safety and 10 hold up the hands Of
those charged with enforcing laws. But
Instead Of doing this we have gone wholly
the other way. Originally too careful Of
the so-cslled rights OF men accused OF
crime. We have made our court practice
more and more loose and iHdulgent
The accused man IS presumed innocent
until he is proved guilty. That is law and
it is justice. but il is no excuse for guard
ing his rights with more jealousy than we
do those of men never even accused. nor
Of granting him privileges which We do
not accord the honest man who has never
given cause for suspicion. Yet all the
time that il has been growing easier 20
commit crime through the increasing OPP
portunity Of activity In business and the
/ broadening Of temptation, we have been
steadily making ii more and more difficult
and costly 10 convict anybody Of any
/ criminal 0ffense and thereby defend and
assure social order and safety. Il is a
fact Of common knowledge that our prac-
/ tice has so slackened that trials are drawn
Out TO lengths that make them among the
c0stliest burdens that human society has
! 10 bear. and that 1t is the community OF
honest men who do not commit crime
who iry-srfe hIv have 10 nav fhp cost
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
ROsen a Pianist,

Barcn Rosen, the Russian Ambassador
10 Washington. who has Just been deco
rated by his imperial master at ST. Peters
burg with the cross of the White Eagle.
IS one OF the finest piano players in this
city. 1t is said that Baron Rosen intend
ed. as a youth, TO lit himself for an ar
tisuc career, and, with this object in view
studied music in Paris under the finest
teachers. He developed particular pro-
ficiency on the piano, and under the ad-
vice of his instructors adopted that in
s,rumeut as the one which he would mas
ter. The baron seldom ever consents 10
play for the entertainment of crowds, and
only when surrounded at the embassy by
a few personal friends viii he give an
exhibition of his rare accomplishment
He and Paderewsk the great Polish
pianist, are warm friends having been
drawn together years ago by their mutual
love for the plano
BY the way. II is not known by many
even of "Marse Henry Watterson's most
intimate friends that keutucky's famous
editor chose an artistic career when d
boy. He was sent 70 Paris by his father
10 pursue his musical studies under the
masters there, and, Ike Baron Rosen. the
Kentuckian adopted the piano. Also ike
the Russian, "Marse Henry" declines TO
play in P0blic but ne can pound as much
music out Of the piano as the best Of
them can.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
GRIPPE AND FRUIT.

New York Mail: The plural of straw
berry, dear Washington Herald. is 30
cents a quart.
Atlanta Journal; VIII The Washington
Herald kindly inform US, now that the
grapefruit question is settled, what is
the singular OF tongs?
Indianapolis sun: What is the grippe?'
queries The Washington Herald. The
grippe, gentle Herald, is war. For dehni-
ton Of war, see story about Gen. sher-
man.
Bristol Herald-Courier: 1t is about time
for The Washington Herald TO declare
that the Potomac shad is bOneless, and
the Houston Post to claim that the Texas
strawberry carries sugar and cream in
side.
Rome tGa) Tribune: The Washington
Herald asks; What is the Grippe?" AS
the polite section of the English language
isn't sufficient to describe it, and the pos
tai laws bar other portions from the
mails, we viii forego expressing our
opinion as TO what it is.
Austin Statesman The Washington
Herald commits the grave and gross i'm
propriety of challenging the Houston Post
to square its strawberry yarns with a
Texas snowstorm. If The Herald doesn' I
already know it, we can tell it so now
the Houston strawberry is not square:
it is fat
Nashville American: What is the
Grippe?' inquiries the headline Of a long
editorial in The Washington Herald if
( the Aunt Nancies VIII pardon the Ian
guage Of Bobbie Burns in defining, or de-
/ scribing OF charaeterizing the toothache.
those who have enjoyed the sure-enough
grippe assert that it IS the hell of ali
! diseases"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
Onr Rennfv Hints

With the coming of summer freckles
may be looked for as usual These may
easily be avoided by wearing a baseball
mask when you go cut Of doors.
The eyebrows may be made heavier and
darker by shoveling coal three hours every
Gay in coal yard.
Keep the nails clean and well polished.
A little stove polish and a brush will do II
nicely. Remember the words of a ceIe-
brated French beauty: 'Well kept nails
Is a source Of great qualification"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

roots. sc. the quality that makes blue
grass sausage the most soul-inspiring
morsel in the world. not even excepting
the Potomac shad. AS this Kentucky
sausage never finds its way into The vul-
gar channels Of commerce, the Houston
Post has never eaten any of it. and.
therefore. we shall quietly ignore what
ever counterclaims it may set up for
Texas or North Carolina sausage.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Nnr TP rn CnNTRACT.

NOT IP TO tUNIHAtEs
,tFe expect TO see things growing
In the spring.
We expect to find flowers blowing
In the spring.
We expect to see good weather.
Lambkins playing on the hea her,
And a lot OF joys together
In the spring.
We are somewhat disappointed
In the spring.
Something must have come GaJointed
With the spring.
May 10 warm up is refusing,
Nature is not much enthusing.
And our confidence we're losing
In the spring!
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

The Nashville American says. "The
South has never cut any figure in the
United States Senate by sending men
there whose chief claim on public notice
is that they need a hair cut And yet,
Tennessee,s new Senator, Bob" Taylor.
would doubtless be delighted 10 think
the time will ever come again when he
viii need a hair cut
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
Hannv Thonrht.

wilkins has great scheme for giving
his baby an airing this summer"
Proceed"
He's going to attach "A box 10 the top
of the lawn mower and let the kid ride in
il when he mows the lawn"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
BY the Porter.

Train holdups," said the old traveller.
"are nothing new for me. I've been in
lots Of them
How does It seem TO be covered with a
revolver" asked the listener.
Can't say" replied the Old traveller
I've always been held up with a whisk
broom"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
The Way of 1t.

He studied long. burned midnight OIL
Determined that he'd seek
A way that he might go through life
on So cents a week
He solved the problem after years
OF thought and study dense,
And taen he found the trouble was
To get the 50 cents.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

I'VE saw ten governors at the James
town Exposition" says the Richmond
Times Dispatch. Perhaps, having seen
so many. the Dispatch did not
spend as much time in the society of the
governors of North and South Carolina
as il should have
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
THE OPTIMIST.

by all the gods said q tired man just
leaving his business the other DAY. Il
feel Ike a galley slave" Why, that is
what we all are-galley slaves Chained
20 the heavy oar, who row and row, ia
Rhythmic cadence Of days and nights, the
huge galley upon the sea Of life AS In
the days Of old, We get our food, such
clothing as we need. and. If We grow faint
in the rowing cup Of water is held to our
lips. Not one Of US can escape; the
chains are about Us too tightly for that
The gives bind and chafe. bur stiIl we
must endure rowing with steady mo-
notony upon sea whose vastRess we
cannot fathOm. toward a goal we know
not of.
And yet, once IN q while the master holds
his hand We may loosen the chain 4
little and crane our aching necks so that
| through the hole that holds the weary
car We may peer. An. what "a vision.
We may, perehance, see a shingly beach
shining clear white in the glory Of the
sun, or a radiant hill. whose sides are
/ green with vendure and there are COO
streams and babbHng brooks and graceful
trees that sway In the heaven-sent breeze
/ Galley slaves all, Among MS alive have
come to realize. if we be thinking men
| there are no patricians Born in a cot
tage, or in Connecticut avenue palace
sun is the car waiting for us-stiII are
our chains forged that shall bind Us e
/ the rowers seat. Is that cause for re-
pining? Yea, for the drone. but for tn.
true man. no. Look how the gray and
/ mystical old earth has Travelled since hrsi
she was launched, no one knows whence
/ upon that voyage whose ending nc mar
/ knows.
! Ali we may know is that she has gone
| steadily forward, Easier and easiel
1 grows life. nearer and yet nearer gIpWi
/ the brotherhood of man. Millions Of oul
/ kind have tugged AT the weary oars have
dropped them from their nerveless grasp
and always there have been others &
take up the task.
Il IS our task now. so let us about it
Not for US TO remember the primal curse
il was the primal blessing. rather. GaIlel
slaves, aye. bat let us row the old work
toward its unseen goal. and sing as sailori
/ sing their chanteys. we are homewart
bound" AS we row with aching backs
and blistered hands. let Us realize tha
honest toll keeps Us from much Of evil
/ Remcmber the poet Young:
iifcs cares are comforts; such by heaven designed
lie that has none, must make them OF be wEetched
Cares are employments and without employ
/ fhe g1ui is on rack the rack Of rest.
To souls most adverse.
Not galley slaves; we're captains Of th
ship.
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small wonder.

from the Louisville CouierJournaL
s. Marshal. Williams, of Pennsylvania.
admits that he was paid $4,000 by a ma
tional official" not to talk about the capi-
tol scandal during the last campaign
Small wonder that the administration has
not pushed the publicity bill In Congress
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
FLEETINC FANCIES.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Remembrance.

Remembra
am bringing you blossoms tonight, dear
Fragrant the rainbow in hue;
May you find ia their velvety petals
Balm for the sorrow and rue.
The lilies I'm bringing tonight, dear,
So fran. so tender and fair,
] bring for remembrance. The roses,
BloOd-Ted. are TO wear in your hair
am bringing YOU blossoms tonight, dear
From the old fashioned garden you
knew,
Where each flower, dew laden and gleam
ing.
Seemed glad for the loving OF you
The roses I'm bringing tonight. dear,
Hold 10 their petals a heart.
The lilies I bring are for mem'ries
SaCred-so place them apart
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

a London paper protests against the
carelessness Of people IN general concern
ing umbrellas. And it must be admitted
too, that this idea that a man has a right
to pick up and march of with any old
umbrella he may happen 10 see is found
ed upon nothing more than an 'unwritten
law
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
Labor and the Red FIag.

From de ONO State Journal
The cause of labor is not the cause Of
the red Hag. and the association should
be promptly disayowed II labor would
succeed. There Is no honest cause that
does not lose by laWlessuess.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

'Superstitions have passed away" SAYS
Rev. DR.. Aked. Let the good doctor give
dinner and announce 10 his prospective
guests that they are each to be one Of
thirteen people present, and then give
us his revised opinion.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
The vaIue of Dipnitv-

From ;he Kansas City Journal.
Where does Taft stand?' asks the
Lincoln Commoner. At present he seems
to he standing on his dignity. Il is ex-
cellent ground for a statesman who is
being talked OF for the Presidency.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

The Washington Herald perhaps made
"a mistake in propOunding the question,
What is the srippe?" SO far, not one
of our amiable and esteemed contempo-
raries seems able 10 answer the query
without indulging in profanity.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

a company has been organized for the
manufacture OF air ships. Although there
is no movement TO take air ships off the
free list and fix an ad valorem tariff tax
on them we have no doubt it Will come
in proper time
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08
In Madrid.

Perhaps a gIrl perhaps a boy!
We're truly 10th
To curtail any persons joy
Il may be both.
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A Possible PeunsyIvania Exodus.

From the pittsburg Dispatch.
Il is heard from san Francisco that
gentlemen intimately connected with
Mayor Schmitz. keep their grips packed
for sudden emergencies. It may also be
presumed that when the reports that some
iasideT is going To peach" on the capitol
business begin To materiahze there VIII
be a sudden political interest in the sail
ing lists Of foreign steamers.
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Enough 20 Last.

Are YOU going 10 the seashore this
SUMMER"
Nothing doing this summer"
why not?"
Il was dcne last summer"
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

A story is going the rounds about a St,
Louis man who fell over 200-foot preei-
pice and was rescued few minutes later
unhurt and still smoking his pipe. II is
an easy guess that the correspondent
who sent out that story WAS smoking at
the time.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-08

Mr.. John Lawrence Sullivan. who is
now. happily. in our midst" may class
widows as undesirable citizens" as the
Milwaukee Sentinel suggests. but he is
too wise an old side-stepper TO class them
as "mollycoddles"
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A Faux Pas.

you have a dozen fellows at your feet.
Miss Mabel"
Well. Mr.. Heayyweight2"
Is there room for one more?"