The Washington herald., 1907-05-07
AT THE HOTELS.

Y.
the famous Philadelphia physician. in the
Willard lobby last evening caused Col
W s. Harvey, Of the Quaker city. 20 re-
mark:
DR., Mitchell is one Of the really great
men OF this age. and am proud to pos
sess bis friendship. He IS d many-sided
man, and few Of his contemporaries have
his versatile gifts. / remember that IN
this hotel a a dinner given three years
ago by the National Board Of Trade. Dr.
Mitchell was an invited guest. and that
many of the greatest statesmen Of Amer
( lea we're seeking to be introduced 20 him
/ ISenator Hanna was there it being his last
lappearance at a public banquet save one
lprior 10 mis- death. He made q fine speech
that night, and so did Speaker Cannon,
1 Secretary Cortelyou, and others. Or.
/ Mitchell was seated near me, and I no
tieed that he slipped out OF the room be-
/ fore all the speeches were concluded The
next morning I said 70 him that his pre-
mature leaving was regretted, as many OF
1.-THE leading participants In the banquet
were waiting chance 20 make his ac-
lquaintanee
" Very kind Of them. 7 am sure replied
I DR.. Mitchell but I grew weary. Harvey.
( hearing those men talk about nothing but
millions and billions, and not word said
about education. or moral progress. OF
literature, or poetry. Why. has the nation
got so imbued with cOmmercialism that
men can talk Of nothing but dollars and
/ cents2 Let me cell you, sir that this
ouniry could well afford 10 pay Sl.000.-
0o0.000 for another Shakespeare.
" But doctor. ! replied. baHteringly.
/ VIC have our DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, and h.
( did not cost Us sL013.0350 098
/ Wait he answered, and his eyes
twinkied. Wait; you have never got a
bill from me yet "
! The presence at the Riggs House Of
/ twenty intelligent looking young men.
members Of the graduating class OF the
! Nazareth Hall. Moravlan School at Naza-
reth. Pa. recalls some facts about this
ancient institution 81 learning that are not
without interest fhe land which the
/ town OF Nazareth was built belonged orig
/ nally TO John. Thomas. and William
/ Penn, and consisted Of 500 acres. The
/ PeBns sold the estate Of Letiua Aubrey
daughter Of Sir John Fagg. who conveyed
/ it tc William Allen. who IN 1910 sold IL 10
MIR. Whitfield. Of whom IL was bought
( by the AIorsvians in I743 for the sum Of
Z 81 ,00Q Nazareth Han was begun IN 1755.
| the corner stone being laid May Sd
/ Of that year. By October il was under
roof, but owing TO Indian troubles and
I the bad time following Gen Braddock's
defeat. It was not ready for use until
I November 1756. Here the Nazareth con
gTegation worshiped until lS4i, period
/ of eighty-five years.
I The aFgpa Wan aar1a This country
/ from Bohemia and other austrian states
about The middle Of the eighteenth cen
/ fury. Some Of them were with John
I Wesley in Georgia, settling near Savan-
nah. Their religion is not very different
/ from the Episcopal faith They have
/ fOurishing girls school at Winston
/ Salem and two excellent schools for girls
/ in Pennsylvania. one at Bethlehem and
/ the other in Lancaster County.
/ very attractive man, with fine. In
teIectual faoe. is DIT. II. L. Russell dean
/ Of the Wisconsin College Of Agriculture
/ who is at the New Willard IN attendance
/ on the meeting Of the tuberculosis con-
/ gress. In answer TO a Herald reporters
/ questions, Dr.. Russell said:
TO make a winning fight against that
dread disease, consumption, which IN the
past has been responsible for one-seventh
OF all the deaths in the United States, IL
is necessary 10 educate the masses as 10
prevention and treatment. Already there
has been q considerable decline IN tie
mortality from tuberculosis, and when the
people learn how fl can be combated, IL
IS possible that In time the disease may be
practically eliminated.
In Wisconsin we have established a
state tuberculosis sanatOrium, from which
much good is expected II is beautifully
I located at Wales. thirty miles west Of
/ Milwaukee. and near Waukesha. with a
capacity of 100 inmates. The State ap-
propriated $4,000 10 begin with, and
/ eventually il Will be a model Institution.
The site was d matter Of prime lmpOr-
! tance. and there was disposition 10
! locate it in the far north, away from the
centsrs Of population. The Minnesota
| people did this thinking the pine forests
along their northern border an ideal
/ place for their sanatorium, bat In tns
they were mistaken. Our institution is
/ very accessible 10 the large communities
from which We may expect 10 draw
/ patients II is at very high point. and
the country round about is a great dairy
/ region, which gives Us plenty Of milk and
other nutritious foods. One Of the prime
!
j wholesome fesh-producing food. A gen
eTous diet that makes tubercuiar subjects
take on fat is indispensable.
But above everything else. the public
must learn that success depends on fight
ing the disease IN its incipiency. II IL be
taken in the early stages and the modern
open-air programme be rigidly adhered
TO, there is hardly any case of which one
might despair of a cure"
In the Shoreham lobby last evening
were a number Of men who have made
themselves national fame by their pre-em-
inence in the medical profession. through
virtue Of ability in special branches. Dr.
J. Z. Janvrin, Of New York City, whose
speciality is gynecology: DR.. Eugene
Boise, of Grand Rapids. Mich, famed for
his profound studies of surgical shocks:
Dr. Arthur Bevan, the Chicago surgeon
who, with DR.. Billings, Of that city, per
formed an operation on DIR. Harper, of
the Chicago University; DR. Reuben. Peter
son, professor OF gynecOlOgy at the Uni
versity of Michigan; Dr. H j. Rudolph
the expert in abdominal surgery, aud
Prof. r. Kuster, of Berlin, the German
doctor who is said TO be without a
superior in kidney surgery.
Perhaps not many Of The Herald's read
ers know that the United States govern
ment is IN the business OF curing con-
sumptives. but the victims of the disease
must have a claim on Uncle Sam, such
a claim as the young men in the marine
service very properly possess, DR.. p. NJ.
Darlington. who Is among the medical
visitors 70 the Capital, is in charge OF the
sanatorimm which the Federal govern
ment has established at Fort Stanton y.