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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
WOMAN NURSES FOR NAVY
is SURGEONS SUGGESTION
Or. r. w. PIummer Says Present Ser.
vice Must Be Improved-Army
Methods Obsolete, Says
ChIcagoan

woman nurses should be employed in
the United States navy, in order to raise
the naval medical service to its highest
standard of efficiency" This is the opin
ion of DIR. R. w. Plummer, passed as
sistant surgeon of the United States naval
medical service, who spoke at the open
ing session of the national Legislative
council of the American Medical associa-
ton in the Auditorium hotel at Chicago.
A bill for the establishment and or
ganization of corps of trained woman
nurses In the navy was recommended to
congress. 1t provides that woman nurses
be employed In naval hospitals on shore
in time of peace. and on hospital and
ambulance ships in time of war.
Pays Tribute to Women
In discussing the measure DIR. Plummer
paid high tribute to the efficiency of
woman nurses.
Physicians and surgeons recognize that
woman nurses have come to stay" he
said. up to the present time we have
had to get along without women nurses,
and the reports from the army surgeons
show the army medical service has been
raised to a higher standard.
I'VE know that woman nurses are es-
sential to the highest standard of cff-
cheney of the naval medical service. Their
assistance is as necessary to the naval
surgeon as to the medical men Of the
army. Physicians everywhere favor wo-
man nurses"
'Dr. Plummer added that the proposed
corps of woman nurses was not intended
to- supersede the regular hospital corps.
The new corps, he said, was intended as
an auxiliary force.
The gathering. which is the annual
meeting of the council, devoted the
morning session to routine business.
Twenty-Five members of the council were
present from many states.
DIR. Frederick r. Green of Chicago, Sec
retary of the council, asserted in his re-
port that the medical service of the
United States army is far inferior to that
of the Japanese army. He said that Is
geons have not sufficient authority over
the hospitals. He was explaining why
the council had come out strongly in IA
vor of the pending bill providing for the
reorganization of the army medical SER
vice.
Recommend Reorganization
The following bills were recommended
by the council:
Reorganizing and increasing the eff
cheney of the hospital corps of the United
States navy.
Authorizing the appointment of dental
surgeons in the navy.
Granting pensions to the widows of DR..
James Carroll, DIR. Jesse w. Lazear and
Surgeon General William Hammond.
DIR. Carroll and DR.. Lazear died from
yellow fever in the experiments which
proved that the microbe of the disease is
carried by the mosquitoes. DR.. Hammond
refused to accept pay for his services dur
ing his term of office. The widow now is
in comparative poverty.
The army medical service reorganization
bill will be considered, Maj. Edward L..
Munson of Fort Sheridan coming to dis
cuss the measure.
An important subject to be considered
will be the report of the committee on
federal and state regulation Of public
health.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
way, a pleasant musical program being

way, a pleasant musical program being
furnished.
This afternoon the Russian children
will be given a regular Christmas tree
at o'clock and tomorrow evening a
Christmas play will be given in the bath
house hall by children of the neighbor-
hood.
Monday afternoon the children of So
noratown will be given an entertainment
in the New High street branch, and In
the evening the Italian children will en-
ioy the same treat. Tuesday evening
the Christmas play will be repeated In
the church at Railroad and Main streets.
The work Of Bethlehem church extends
to so many nationalities and to people
of varying ages it was found Impossible
to hold one Christmas festival for all,
and the nationalities were grouped and
given their various exercises separately,
each with the traditions of the nation
carried out as far as possible.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
MANY ATTEND EXERCISES
AT UNION RESCUE MISSION

AS early as 7:30 o'clock last night the
crowd which had gathered to attend the
Christmas exercises at the Union Rescue
mission at GOT East Fifth street had filled
the large hall to overfiowing.
The entertainment began at 8 o'clock
and consisted OF songs and recitatlons by
the Sunday school classes, an interesting
address by E. e. Leary. and last, but
not least, Christmas tree and a visit
by Santa Claus, after which candies and
sweetmeats were distributed through the
audience.
Presents were given all the children of
the Sunday school classes, and other lit
tie visitors who had not received pres
ent before left the hall with arms over
flowing with parcels and packages.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26

used in an effective arrangement about
the rood screen.
The musical program was also OF an
elaborate nature and was under the direc-
tion of John Douglas Walker.
Early communion was celebrated, fol
lowed by a second celebration at 1O:9C
o'clock with a sermon by Rev. Baker p
Lee. Mr. Lee took for his text the gen.
eral theme Of the day, "Glory to God In
the highest, and on earth peace, good
will toward men,"
He spoke of the babe of the long age
and his influence on mankind throughou'
the ages. Mr.. Lee also emphasized the
fact that this celebration of peace on
earth was being observed with the peace
bells ringing throughout the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES AID
MANY SUFFERING FAMILIES

The Associated Charities had more calls
than usual during holiday week this year
and aid was extended to many of the
worthy
The organization let down the bars
b.s to take In some individuals whose O.
tress was apparent and turned away
many men happy in the thought they had
some friends left in their misfortune.
Most of the callers were given orders
for baskets of supplies for medical or
nursing service, and other aid which the
associations auxiliaries enable it to ex-
tend.
A system of investigation prevails with
this organized charity and misguided CIV
ing is thereby reduced to a minimum.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26

"ARRY e. WISE of 9O4 East Forty
third street and Miss Ida KuDz Of
- 1921 East Fiftieth street gave their
friends genuine surprise, greater than
any Santa Claus had in store for them,
by quietly celebrating their marriage at
family Christmas dinner yesterday at
the home of the parents of Mr.. Wise.
Mr.. Wise is building a cozy home for
his bride and their young friends had
expected them to wait until its COM
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26

pletion before the celebration of the
happy event.
Mrs Cora Meyer of Colorado, a sister
of the groom, who is visiting here, was
to be the guest of honor at family
Christmas dinner yesterday at the Wise
home, to which Rev. G. j. Miller, city
Methodist missionary and Mrs. Miller
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Messenger of
Hollywood were also to be guests.
The party was surprised by the an
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26

nouncement of the young people that
their wedding was to be observed first
and that the Christmas dinner was to be
turned into a wedding feast.
Rev. Mr.. Miller thereupon performed
the impressive wedding ceremony and
the afternoon was spent in congratula-
tions. The event will come as al COM
plete surprise to their many friends.
The young couple are prominent MEM
bers of the Vernon Methodist church.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
MECHANIC NEAR DEATH AS
RESULT OF FALL FROM CAR

John Delozier, mechanic living at the
ST. Lawrence rooming house on East Fifth
street, fell from Main street car be-
tween Second and Third streets last night
and was literally scalped.
He also sustained coneussion of the
brain and a possible fracture at the base
of the skull
He wrs operated on at the receiving
hospital by Drs. Garrett, Tanner and
Cook. He will probably die
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES ARE
HELD AT CHRIST CHURCH

Christ church observed the day with
the impressive services which mark cele-
brations at this church. The decorations
were especially elaborate and were In
green and red. smilax and holly being
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
An Opinion

where" quoted the poetic person. ARE.
the SHOWS Of yesteryear?"
II don't know" answered Mr.. Sirius
Barker; 'but it's no credit to the street
cleaning department that they aren't lying
precisely where they fell.'--Wa Washington
Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
It Occasionally Happens

The statesman oft win cause distress
BY greedy depredations;
Proprleties with him are less
Than the appropriations.
e-Washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
DAY ONE OF MERRYMAKlNG
SAYS EPISCOPAL PASTOR

At st. Pauls pro-cathedral DIR. j. j.
Wilkins, dean and rector, preached the
Christmas sermon yesterday morning be-
fore a large congregation. He said in
part:
Christmas day is the blessed festival
of peace on earth and good will toward
men; 1t is the time of home gatherings
and family reunions, the day which, of
all days, is laden with sweet and hal
lowed memories and visions of the past,
the visions of the face that bent over us
in childhood's days and rested and salts
fled us as only mothers face could.
1T Is the day when the gladstone song:
Glory to God In the highest, peace on
earth, good will toward men, sounds
from pole to pole and echoes around a
rejoicing world. 1t is the day when
children's hearts are full of glee, when
joy beams from the eye and laughter
bubbles from the lips. If its spirit could
but rule, If nations, statesmen, priests
and kings would but submit to it's sway
the drums~of war soon would cease their
martial beat.
"The first message of the Lord is
| that to the poor. Our Lord was poor.
| Christianity came to the poor. Its first
announcement was to the poor-to the
poor shepherds watching their flocks by
night, the heavens flashed forth their
glory and fluttered the radiance of angel
wings.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
Describes Humble Birth

"And however poor we may be we are
not SO poor as was the holy child. Our
homes. however plain and humble, are not
60 plain and comfortless as was the cat
tie she'd No Christmas comforts for the
Babe of Bethlehem, only the straw and
hay of the manger-cave. No feast for
Him, only the barley bread of Galilee.
No clothing warm and fine, for Him.
only the one garment woven without
seam. He was born of the poor, He
companioned with the poor and He
founded His church upon the poor.
"He came to make poverty sacred, not
because poverty is in itself more sacred
than riches, but because the lot of the
poor is the lot of the many and because
1t needs the inspiration of the immense
hope that lies In the fact that He who
was rich became poor that we who are
poor might become rich.
Some Of you are rich. The manger
has message for you as well as for the
poor. Come. 1t says; come We also to
the cradle of your Lord What Is the
meaning of the message of the cradle,
which, in vision, lies before us now,
if not that we. too. may give of our
substance as did the wise men of old?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

was issued granting Col. Davis leave
until February when he would be re-
tired by age.
Too fat, as fat as Taft, is the charge
that the Davis board has brought
against Col. w. L. Marshall, of New
York, in charge of the Ambrose chan
mel work. The preliminary examin'
ing board could find nothing the mat.
ter with Col. Marshall. but Gen. Fred
Grant excused the big fellow from the
ride out of sympathy for the horse.
The last board to examine him could
find no disability except his corpu.
lency. His retirement has been held
in allegiance until Taft's return. The
secretary and the president will decide
how fat a man can be and yet be sery-
iceable in constructing q big channel.
Meanwhile Col. Marshall is said to be
reducing his weight by the delicate
process of rolling on the floor. Off,
GERS are scarce in the engineering
corps and a retirement of half q dozen
would create havoc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
MUCH TROUBLE Is SAVED
BY SOCIAL SECRETARIES

have to deal. She must o only be
able to s~egregate the social mounte-
banks from the real factors of society
but she must have IN exhaustive &C
q%uaintance with the maze of prece-
dents and formulas and distinctions
for which Washington society is noted.
A good social secretary has ali of this
information at her tongues end and is
able to steer her patrons social bark
past all the reefs and rocks that rem
der navigation so uncertain and dan
gerous for the tyro.
Fashionable Washington is COM
ing nearer every day to the belief that
a good social secretary is as essen
TALLY a part of the household equip
ment as a good cook. This view is ac-
centuated by the sorry spectacles pre-
scented by women of the ultra fashion
able set who come to Washington to
establish regulations for polite hospi-
tally, only to end in sad failure be-
cause they have no one to inform them
as to the real members of the smart
set, and the p~retenders, or to point
out the social distinctions
that are peculiar to Washington life.
the ~infraction of any one of which Is
counted an objectionable mistake.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
NEW IDEAS IN COOKERY.
candled citron and Banana Pie Are
Both Recommended.

A novelty for the home candy max
ers is candied citron. Go make it. x
Peel and core the citron and cut
1t into strips or cubes. Weigh the
fruit, and to each pound of 1t allow
q pound of granulated sugar and a
teaspoonful of water. Put sugar and
water into a porcelain-lined kettle and
cook to a strip, laying the citron in 1T
as soon as the sugar Is dissolved.
When the fruit is tender take 1t out
Of the kettle with a perforated spoon.
and spread on a broad platter while
you add a little ginger to the strip,
then boil it until it is thick.
Stir in a little lemon juice, return
the citron to the kettle and stir until
candied and thick with sugar, then
drain and lay on platters to dry.
Banana pie is the latest for the pie
weary. THIS does not mean that the
fresh fruit is sliced up-it is a much
richer fruit than this, and is made OF
evaporated bananas. They are treat
ed like dried apples Of old before be-
ing made up into pastry.
The evaporated bananas hold a
dozen things for the house that gets
tired of its bill of fare. Breakfast
food, pancake flour and cookies with
a dainty flavor all their own are made
from the banana flour, "of which,"
say the cooking experts, you can
make anything that can be made OF
white -four" Banana figs, which are
dried in their own strip, are a new
form of the fruit to add to the Christ
mas preserve table, and banana strip
Is put up as a rival Of maple strip in
flavor.
A noted Boston cook has a trick OF
substituting flour for one of the eggs
ordinarily required to every quart of
milk in a custard pudding.
The recipe calls for a quart of milk.
four tablespoonful of -four, three
eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a
tablespoonful of butter, a teasponful
Of vanilla and half a cup of granu-
lated sugar. Reserve half a cup Of
the milk and put the rest on the
stove to boil. Mix the -four, after sift-
ing, with the cold milk and gradually
stir them into the boiling milk, taking
care that Jumps do not form. When
thick add the egg yolks, which should
have been beaten with the sugar, salt
and extract. Then take the boiler
from the stove and add the butter.
Put Immediately into a baking dish
just small enough to put inside OF a
pretty pudding dish when ready to
serve. After baking with a
meringue made with the whites OF the
eggs that were left owe after making
the pudding. Serve very cold.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
COOKING Mushrooms.

Among the many different ways OF
preparing them there are two simple
ones-broiled and saute-which prove
best, on account of their retaining the
mushrooms W flavor. In all in
stances cut the stem off close to the
gills and peel the cap from edge to
crown. If to be broiled cook them
over a low fire, laying them upon an
oyster broiler, placing the gills down
for a few moments with a fork turn.
Carefully scatter very little salt over
them and, previous to their getting
tender, place a pit of butter in the GEN.
ter of each mushroom. In melting 1t
will pass through the gills, improving
them greatly. Serve on hot toast,
which allows all Of the mushroom
flavor to come forth. In saute place
them in a saucepan with a trifie OF but
ter-nothing else-cooking them. be-
meath a cover, about three-quarters OF
an hour over boiling water. The brown
Juice cooks out, which moistens the
toast. Cream may be used. 1t is i'm.
portant to serve them hot, for a draft
or chill is sure to spoil the best
cooked dish.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

THE cas- of social gayeties which
/ was ushered In by the opening OF
congress again calls attention to an
eminently useful parsonage in the
realm of fashion-the social secretary.
Although the social secretary is a
creature of modern development, and
a most interesting n at that, her
place in the fashionable universe of
the national capital has become firmly
fixed and there are more positions at
good salaries than there are social Sec
retaries to fill them. The demand is
so great and the pay is often so al
Turing that a number of Washington
girls whose social status is near the
upper edge of the top crust, but who
are not as well favored financially as
some of their sisters in society, are
preparing to take up this as their life
work.
Some one has said that good social
secretaries are born, not made" and
there is much truth in the observation.
She must be a natural born diplomat
or she will not be a success, but she
must be more than that. 1t is neces-
a that she shall know intimately
the society with whom her patron will
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28
BROTHERS IN OPPOSITE
PARTIES In CONGRESS
w ASHINGTON.-The Fulton family
10 we'll rpnrpcpnted I'm the SiXtieth

YXyASHINGTON.-The Fulton family
w is well represented in the Sixtieth
congress. There is a Fulton among
the Republicans in the senate and a
Fulton among the Democrats Of the
house. The senator is Charles Will
liam Fulton, of the state Of Oregon,
the member of the house, Elmer l..
Fulton, who comes to Washington as
a member of the first congressional
delegation from the state of Oklahoma.
The Oldest oficeholder at the capital
fails to recall another case just like
that of the Fultons. Brothers have
served in congress before. In the last
congress Charles B. Lands and his
brother, Frederick Lands, represented
districts in Indiana. But both are Re-
publicans.
Some years ago there were two
brothers in congress at the same time,
one in the senate and the other in the
house. They, too, belonged to the same
political party. But the Fultons are
the only brothers who have come to
congress together but divided against
themselves politically.
Senator Fulton was born in Lima.
Ia. 1t was there, too, that the future
representative Fulton was born.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

From there the family went to Paw.
nee City, Neb.. where the brothen
studied law and were admitted to the
bar. Charles later went to Oregon
and was elected to a lot of offices as
a Republican.
Elmer went first to Saltwater, Okla.
then to Pawnee, and finally settled
down at the practice of law in Okla
homa City. In 1903 the term of Sen.
ator Joseph Simon, OF Oregon, expired
and Charles Fulton came to the sen.
ate as his successor.
When congress passed the bill ad'
hitting Indian Territory and Okla
homa to statehood Elmer was
announced as a candidate for the
house in the Oklahoma City district.
He was nominated by the Democrats
and was elected, defeating ex-Gov. t.
B. Ferguson in what was supposed to
be a Republican district. He was as
sisted in his campaign by William j.
Bryan. Pawnee City is Mr.. Bryan's
district, and he had known Elmer Full
ton there. Bryan made five speeches
for him in the campaign, in each
speech emphasizing the fact that Full
ton stood well with the people of the
Nebraska town.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

experiences with hawks In my day,
an they've teached me the truth o
what | says, that they's honest hawks
an dishonest hawks. The first one
was a Teller who used to ply his trade
o swipin' poultry up back O. Portland
when | lived up there. Me an mother
was young then, an we spent most of
our time raisin' chickens. 1t was a
profitable business In them days. The
boardin' house keepers along the
Maine coast hadn't discovered then
that We car make chicken salad out O.
veal. an that chicken soup good
enough for a summer boarder to eat
can be got by lettin' a hen set between
the sun an a pot o bilin' water, so's
her shadder will flavor the ensooin'
soup. Folks bought chickens enough
to make it with while to raise 'em,
an mother n me made a pretty fair
Twin out of 'em. Well. of course, like
everybody else, we suffered some from
hawks, an one big Teller p'tic'larly got
away with a number O. nice juicy
spring pullets / set a lot O. store on.
He'd come along jest before night,
once a week, most generally on
Thursday afternoon, as l remember
it; swoop down on the hen yard, seize
the fattest-lookin' Teller he could
find an go soarin' off in the air with
him. AS l says / got pretty mad about
1t, an bein' young / wore some, an
finally / made up my mind Mr.. Hawk
d have to die. So / got out my shot
gun an filled her good an full with
powder an nails-I didn't happen to
have no shot handy-an' set down an
waited. / waited a hull week an then
he come along, but, / CORY. jest S
l was DRAWN a line on him, he drops
a five-pound Goldfish right atop o nae,
so that when 1 pulled the trigger my
aim went kind O. wild an / didn't hit
nothin' but the Goldfish"
"Where'd he get the codfish?" de-
manded 81 Wotherspoon.
"Out O. the sea, of courses" said the
Captain. HE was a fish-hawk as well
as a chicken-hawk. 1t occurred
to me at the time that the Teller had
any other object in droppin' that
there fish on to me than to Spite my
aim, so next time he come along !
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

GUS laugh. OF I could ketch one o.
them I'd give up runnin' the country
an open a circus"
"As Ishev often had occasion to re-
mark before" said the Captain calm
ly, sff intelligence IA in demand in.
runnin' tn affairs O. this nation there's
a huh lot more plowin' d be done by
~fourth-c1ass postmasters all over the
land. an specially in this here state.
But Fthey's alters n good thing about
youEpost Office fellers. Ye can always
be teached suthin' we never heard on
before. an some real eighteen karat
information in regard to hawks is
comm to We now"
60 ahead" said Joe. I'm wiIlin'
to learn. l hev . thirst for informa-
ton"
Anybody could tell that by the
way We read ali the postal cards that
passes through this here post Office"
retorted the Captain. 7 callate there
amt none o. EN- escapes that eagle
ere q yourn. I've had two different
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-12-28

o. different families the story d have
a better chance when the president
hears about it."
THAT experience got me interested
in hawks" said the Captain, IAN ex-
plains how / come to find the crooked
est hawk in the business the next
summer. OF course, after meetin' with
the first teller l kind O. welcomed 'em
when they come the year after. l
didn't want to shoot EN- for fear o.
KILN a good customer, so for a little
while I gave them a free hand on my
place, an set around maxim notes O.
their habitc. Well one mornin' in
June the followin' year up comes a
tremendous big feller. an begins to
take the usual bird'seye view o. the
chicken yard, and then, l CORY, he
swoops down an grabs a settin' her