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The Washington times., 1907-03-16
CARE FOR CONSUMPTIvES
IN UNCLE SANS NAVY

When a man enters the United States
navy he is selected for his physical fit
ness as wcu as mental ability. For that
reason and because the seaman's life IS
hcalthful there are few cases Of chronic
disease among them. They are particu-
larly few consumptivas among The sail
Ors. BUt the Navy Department has made
arrangements for treating these accord
ing to the most scientific methods. When
a Hunger" as the sailors call him. is
discovered he is given Instructions 10
proceed 10 Pensacola, Fla, where the
sanaturium for COGsumptiVes is located
This SanatOrium is nothing more than
an outdoor camp II consists of rows OF
heavy canvas tents built on light wooden
frames. The sides can be raised and
lowered. as weather conditions permit
Here the patients are given the freedom
of the camp. They live out of DOORS
taking long walks in the warm Southern
sunshine, and at night they sleep in the
open air Mix and eggs form the princi-
pal articles Of diet. Very little medicine
is given.-kansas City Star.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Telepathic Plagiarism!

A reviewer in the Kentucky Post
seems TO say the last word regarding
the accusation Of plagiarism that mas
been brought against Jack London. by
reducing the whole question to an alb
surdity. This reviewer says that though
he has never read Mr.. Stanley Water
loo's story, he had himself written a
study of pre-Adamite times long before
London had entered the field.
-yngularly enough, he goes on, ''it
treated Of the general characters that
London story does-the gentle man.
ape, the terrible. lustful, evil giant
man-ape, an ataviSm, and the woman
ape as heroine As this story was never
published, perhaps we may be able TO
convict London of telepathic plagiar-
iSmi
The truth about this business is that
when men sit down TO take thought
of what happened in the man-ape period.
they are very apt TO devise alike. in a
primitive world, where types are more
or less animal and scarcely human, the
characters are most likely to be Sf
much the same kind and always the
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
WEALTHY GIRL DECIDES
ON THEATRICAL CAREER

NEW YORK, March I6.-Although but
seventeen years old. and the daughter
of a wealthy family, we'll known in the
West. Miss Irene c. Moore is to make
her debut on the professional stage in
this city en- March IS.
Miss Moore. who has, with her mother,
recently returned from Europe, was re
ported last winter to have become en-
gagged 10 a man Of title while on Gn
automobile visit TO friends in England.
She was graduated from Bethany Col
lege two years ago, and first appeared
on the stage in an amateur play in
Paris. She Will essay the ingenue role
OF Hebe, a Roman maiden, in The Holy
CITY"
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
UNIQUE SWISS PAPER
SERVES BOTH PARTIES

Gruningen, a locality OF 1900 inhab-
itants. in the canton OF Zurich, Switzer-
land. boasts of a single newspaper,
which, although II serves both political
parties, at the same time performs its
functions 10 general satisfaction.
7 ne Woehenblatt gives pages one and
two to the Conservative Liberals and
pages three and four are the domain of
the Socialists.
These two parties stand on a footing
Of avowed hostility and pelt each other
with the strongest terms of abuse.
Pages three and four are filed with ar
guments refuting statements made on
pages one and two, and vice versa.
AS for the conductor of the naper.
Monsieur WirZ, he scars serenely above
parties, and only asks to see the num-
Der OF his subscribers increased
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Whitman's Poetry.

In the meantime. Walt Whitman
poetry, in spite Of the long. jogging.
numbering places in IL, comes nearer to
reaching out 10 what the modern age
Is trying 20 be than any other that We
have, says Gerald Stanley Lee. Whit
man may or may not be considered a
poet but he has outswept the bounds
or beauty for human life. He has seen
the whole universe In every clod Of il.
He has Gods definition Of beauty: nat
Graiiy ne Goes not express il as well as
Win hapless places. and Gods symbol
ISM never misses the point. but as the
6round-plan for a great modern poet
an original or working poet in a new
punt. neW-building. working world
wait whitman is the first and only
hgure large enough that that world has
had- he had larger repertoire Of +Ovs
Joys with everyday things that any
man nan might have-than any other poet.
larger section OF the universe.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Is Speech Silvern?

Is 1t wise TO reply to ones critics?
Is a question always more or less vex-
ing 10 an author. Ibsen in his letters
tells Brandes never 10 make answer. but
maintain silence and dignity together.
Dr. Emil Reich. on the other hand.
in his Success in Life declares that
Froude made the mistake Of his career
in submitting TO this policy of contro-
verslal non-resisJ6nce. "Froude wrote
on Elizabeth, says DR.. Reich. and
took most Of his new Information from
the Spanish archives. Freeman was.
by his own confession. no expert what
ever on the reign Of Elizabeth. and
Spanish he did not know at all Yet
with the revolving arrogance of the
man in office he assailed Froude in
the rudest manner. and-was long he
lleNed by the public. To the present
DAY Froude passes for incorrect.' He
IS very much l-ss incorrect than either
freeman himself or other historians
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
THE FIRST BLIZZARD.

Blizzard is an American word. The
date and circumstances OF its origin
are obscure. Though IL was first com
mCnly used by the American newspap pers
q s a good word for q snow squall in the
winter of 1SS0-S1, # is said 10 have been
known in the West in that sense nearly
twenty years earlier. From an English
writer Of 1884 this sentence is quoted
"A gentleman at dinner asked me for a
toast, and, supposing he meant to have
some fun at my expense, ] concluded TO
go ahead and give him and his likes a
blizzard " Here blizzard" might we'll
mean 4 metaphOTiCal VOlley. which
would square with the evidence of a cor
respondent of an American paper. who
recalled that in the 40's a blizzard" was
a particular kind of vOlley-a rattling
one, fred in quick succession, as opposed
to a simultaneous "broa AFFECTED
by spOrtsmen on the Atlantic coast who
shot at flights of migratory birds from
behind screens.-Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
PREACHER AND HIS BRIDE
VANISH ON WEDDING TRIP

BATH. n Y. March 1.-THE Rev.
Wallace R. Christian. pastor Of the
Bath Methodist Episcopal Church. went
to Stokesdale. Pa. February p. and
married a daughter Of the Rev. James
Crockett. of that place
lie told his congreSs tiOn that he and
his bride would take q brief honey
moon tour. and that he would return
home in time to oficiate March 8.
On March , a telegram was received
from DR. Christian from Pittsburg, say
inc that ne had been detained. and
could not come as expected, but would
write. No letter has been received from
him. and his congregation is alarmed
over his absence.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Mr. Bryee's Successor an Author.

Augustine BirrelI. who has been named
chief secretary for Ireland 10 succeed
James Bryce, is president OF the board
OF education IN the new cabinet and is
noted as a lawyer and writer. Since
1899 he has been an honorary fellow OF
Trinity Hail. Cambridge University.
Mr.. Blrrell was born in Liverpool In
1850. He was graduated from Cambridge
in 1872, became a barrister in 1875, and in
1903 was made a bencheT Of the inner
temple. For time he was Qualn pro-
fessOr Of law in University College. Lon
don, and first entered parliament In 1889.
Among mis- most notable works are
"Obiter Dicta." Res Judicatae," I'm
the Name of the BOdlian," Men, Wo-
men, and Books" Essays and Ad-
dresses" published In this country by the
ScribnerS
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Welded At YEARS.
WANTS DIVORCE
Husband Made Her Work
in Fields and Beat
Her.

CHICAGO. March 16--After forty
seven years of wedIock Mrs. Julia Daw-
son. siNty-three years old who lives
with her daughter, NJ 20 Twenty-ninth
place. began suit yesterday for divorce
a against Charles Dawson. who lives near
Watseka, III, on a farm said 10 be
worth SG5.001.
Mrs Dawson alleges that she did all
her own hOusew, rk for many years be
sides planting ead gathering crops in
the fields and In that way assisted her
husband IN accommodating an estate Of
$4,000 She charges that Dawson beat
her severely with a rubber ear trumpet
on three different occasions and was
cruel 10 her in other ways. She asks
for temporary alimony and a share Of
the estate.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

threatened 10 drive the negroes away.
He IS bringing out that fatal ARRAYS
between soldiers and the people were
common before the cOlored troops went
there; that most Of the people in and
about Brownsville are MeXicans or Of a
lawless frontier class. He IS leading up,
very plainly, to the charge that there
was a conspiracy 10 cause disorder and
riots until the colGreA soldiers should be
ordered elsewhers
Paying His Own Way.
Senator Foraker is spending his own
money in order TO make good in this
case. He told the committee that he
has sent man 10 Texas TO look up evi-
dence, anI is paying him from his own
pocket. He has intimated that he had
none toe much confidence that Govern
ment agencies would fairly report 10 him
facts that might embarrass the Presi-
dent.
Later, Senator Foraker expects TO
take the Military Committee or = sub
committee Of il TO Brownsville, and
there the fireworks will come on. He
will then cast his draenet and attempt
70 draw in and convict the people who
really did the shooting He IS in pcs
session already Of some Information
which leads to the belief that he has a
good CHARGE 10 succeed He believes
lsAdA tllS reputation - AT STAKE LldL 1T IS
hts reputation against that of the Presi-
dent, ard ne Is sparinE no pains TO win.
A great lawyer and tireless worker. It
is the testimony Of all his friends that
he never worked on a great lawsuit as
he has on this case. He is an ardent
enemy OF the President. who recently
added fuel to the flames by turning For
aker down on important patronage in
Ohio It is going 10 be war 10 the end.
and Foraker Is positive that he vii!
win
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY BULLETIN
WILL APPEAR MONTHLY

The District Public Library has just
begun the publication Of a monthly bull
letin to contain selections from the new
books added, lists Of books and maga-
zine articles on subjects of current in
terest, information about the library
announcements, etc. This bulletin will
he distributed free at the library or will
be regularly mailed to library users at
bare cost of such mailing.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Ralph followed. sometimes watching
his companion. but oftener gazing al
the sea At intervals there would be a
lull. as II the storm giant had paused
Tor breath, and they could see for half
mile over the crazy water: then the
next gust would pull the curtain down
agar IN and a wnIrl of rain and sIeet
would shut them IN. Conversation
meant only a series Of shrieks. and
they gave IL up
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
The Longfellow Town-Portland, Me.

Few great men have loved their youth
and all that pc- tains TO that ndopy Pc
riod as did Lon gfeIlow. As he returned
again and again 10 the city Of his birth.
striving among the familiar scenes Of
boyhood 10 find and 10 relive his Lost
Youth" 50 the literary pilgrim, Is 20
a shrine. visits and revisits Portland.
Me. the beautiful town that is seated
by the sea" TO see scenes rich in its as
ISOLATION with a poet. and a home t!O-
quent Of the personality Of world
famous man.
This is the spot where LOngfellow the
boy PASSED that golden youth Of which
he sings so sweetly, the scene Of that
beautiful home life, which, In his verse.
has found the universal heart, the one
place Of all others which he loved. and
to which IL was his custom TO return, at
least once each year, throughout his
life
So writes stephen Cammett, in March
Putnam 5.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
A Joke on the Editor.

Oliver Herford, author of '"The Peter
Pan Alphabet just published by Scrib-
ners. who is equally famous as a poet,
illustrator, and brilliant wit, was enter
tanning four magazine editors at lunch
con when the bell rang, and a maid
entered with the mail.
All, said an editor, 'an epistle"
NO" said Mr.. EerfOrd, tearing open
the envelope-''nOt an epistle. a collect"
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
PRUssIAN INCOME TAXES.

Since the Pruss!an income tax was
applied. thirteen Gears aCO. the num-
Ser of persons affected has increas ased
from $4,000 20 4,6S0.0tO, and the ag-
orceate taxable incomes have increased
from q. .4f5. 200. 100 tC SZ.60S, f44. 600. These
taxes aim 10 reach all incomes above
about Springfield Republican.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
THE FIRST TIME HE KISSED ME

First time he kissed me, ne bU- only
kissed
The fingers Of this hand wherewith I
write,
And. ever since. it grew more clean and
white,
Slow to wor.d-greetings, quick with its
20. list
When the angels speak. a ring of
amethyst
I could not wear here. palmer. 10 my
sight
Than that first kiss The second passed
III height
The first. and sought the forehead, and
half missed,
Half falling on the hair. O beyond meedI
That was the Chrism Of loves own
crown,
With sauCtifying sweetness, did precede.
The third upon my liTs was folded down
In perfect, purple state; since when, in
deed.
have been proud. and said, My love,
my own"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
A Slight Change 81 Name.

Dr. David Star. Jordan. president Of
stanford University, has revised his
essay The Philosophy OF Despair" the
second edition Of which was lost in the
San Francisco disaster. and has
changed the title TO The Philosophy OF
Hope. which is more cheerflliv de-
scrlptive Of the authors purpose Paul
Elder Co. will publish the new
edition at an early date.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Folks who dropped a few million may
find consolation in the fact that they
are In excellent company The Prince
OF Wales is reported TO have been
squeezed severely.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Reports that floods in various parts OF
the country are caused by tears shed in
sorrow at the fall of Hartman may be
set down as overstating tho facts.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Mr.. Bryan, however. is a long way
past the noint where enthusiastic and
continued cheering can make him think
he has been as good as elected.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Slavs Outside "The Jungle" +"

ancient trianzle-the two COnJcndinS
males and the female cOntended for
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

On sober second thought, the railroad
presidents are wondering whether Mr..
ROOscveIt really needs their advice
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

1t seems that New England has lwak-
ened 10 the fact that Mr.. Bryan is the
leader of his party New England
isn't so slow. il you give it plenty of
time and don't hurry H.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16
Como Fate Of Reformer.

DR.. Chancellor is meeting the common
fate Of the reformer. The late Superin-
tendsnt Powell Of happy memory. was
assaIled with criticisms as severe and
unwarranted as is now DR.. Chancellor,
because Of similarly advanced ideas IN
school government and pcdagogic meth
Ods- Many Of the teachers who now
criticise DR.. Chancellor were among
those VINO least understood or appreci-
sted lIr. PoweITs efforts for The aC-
vancemeut of the schools ] must con-
fess 10 having indulged in some c-iti-
cisms OF Mr.. Powell myself while q
teacher. criticisms which matuTer 3udg-
men and experience show 10 have been
due 10 an ignorant misunderstanding OF
his aims We accused him of dl@lOy-
atty. too. when he dared TO praise the
Cleveland schools as further advanced
than ours. We thought him "Conceited
outsider too. when he boldly proposed
10 enEraft the new skin of Western
school methods on our dead system Yet.
the best things we have in our present
system are the direct results OF Mr.
FOWelIS fearless inSISrenCc ON progress
sive public school methods
II is Undsniabiy true that Dr- Chan
CellOr was brought TO Washington. first,
because IL was felt that only an out
slider could see the situation IN the
proper perspective, and. secondly be-
cause he was known 10 be man Of
sufficient courage, energy, and breadth
Of mind 10 do what was expected Of
him, in the face Of opposition, red-tape,
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Pittsburg is said 20 have lost $4,000 %
000 by water, but il isn't a circumstance
to what the railroad spectators have
lost in the sam way.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

OF course you have already figured
out how much YOU could have made il
you had just had the nerve to follow
your judgment"
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Thomas Fortune Ryan continues dill
gently. at the rate VI twcnty-fOur hours
per diem, TO live N, 60 his middle name.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Mr. Secretary Cortelyou got away
with all the ease and cleverness of a
blase veteran Of finance
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

Secretary Taft VIII PROBABLY 90 TO
Alaska. Doubtless he wants TO take
personal note Of atmospheric conditions
around Fairbanks.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

All that water which got squashed out
of Wall Street seems TO have come down
at Pittsburg.
The Washington times., 1907-03-16

To the Editor Of The Washington Times.
APropOs Of the recent action Of one of
the citizens association condemning Dr.
Chancellors administration of the pub
lie schools, the views of a former high
school teacher may not be without in
terest.
No one who has once been con
nected with the local school system ever
loses interest in its management, and
this interest increases in geOmetric pro-
portion after the ex-teachers acquire
children Of their own. who have entered
the doors Of the public schools
The Washington public school system
is one Of which we are justly proud. but
no one who has taught under the sys-
TEN. or studied Il dispassionately, can
be blind 20 the fact that for many
years there have been weak spots and
tangles therein.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-10

plants for handling this immense busi-
ness the company has 1865 employees
of all classes of whom about 3,5I are
women. Six complete new central
office equipments have been installed
since the opening of the present year
and it is estimated that 5la millions OF
dollars will be expended in maintain
ing and extending the company's SER
vice during the year 1907. These fig
ures give some idea of the magnitude
of this service which is as yet proba-
bly, in the mere infancy of its develop
mcnt. 1t is daily becoming an easier
matter to reach people in any part or
New England by telephone, very
large portion Of them at their own
homes, and the number of those who
cannot be so reached is becoming
smaller every day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-10
The Modern Telephone

Few people realize the extent to
which the telephone system has come
into use in New England in the past
decade and we imagine that some fig
urcs recently issued by the New Eng
land Telephone Company will come as
4 matter Of surprise to large number
of our readers who have not been in
position to know Of the wonderful
growth ana development of this modern
convenience.
on The list day of January. 1907. this
company had no less than 255.57G sub
scribcrs on its main lines and their
connections in Maine. New Hampshire.
Vermont ana Massachusetts. or about
one telephone for each IS men, women
and children in this territory. On the
31St of December last the service Civ
en- by this company required 6.1S1 miles
of toll pole lines carrying 1407OS miles
of wire. and for local service there
were 1361S3 miles of wire overhead.
23S 153 miles of wire underground and
7S3 miles in submarine cables. Dur
ing the year 1906 upwards of 1900 900
feet Of aerial cable were hung and
about one-fourth of the entire length
of the toll circuits were reconstructed
so as to materially increase the
efficiency of the long distance service.
In the extension and reconstruction of
the toll lines. 1882 poles and 12017
miles of conductors of one sort and
another were used. A remarkable
feature in the growth of telephone SER
vice in New England has been the eX-
tent of its development in the rural
sections. This growth has been near
" so per cent. in the past year. from
1873 on the 1st Of January. 1906. to ~
176 on the LIST of January. 1907. Nearly
one million calls were made on the lines
of the New England Telephone Co.
each day of the year, or an aggregate
for the l. months of 301. 600 calls.
This was in addition TO the toll average
of about $4,000 toll calls. which totaled
nearly 10 million in the course of the
year.
To build, maintain and operate the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-10
Personal Notes,

Williams College comes into be-
quest of 1892 900 from the estate of
Mrs. Laura Currier, who bcqucathed
the amount at the death of her son,
Edward West Curricr. The latter has
just died.
According to the Daily Record,
Mexico is to he visited by General
Kuroki Of Japan. after his visit to tho
jamestown Exposition. General Kuroki
is due in Seattle on May 1. and
will Immediately proceed to James
town.
The Wisconsin memorial to Carl
Schu"z will ne an exchange chair in tie
University Of Wisconsin with some
German university The former ac-
quaintanccs and the admirers of Mr..
Schurz in Wisconsin have raised $50 900
to be invested as an endowment for
this chair.
The Rev DR.. Tikhon. ex-archbishop
of the Orthodox Russian church in the
United states has arrived at YaroSlav.
Russia. to assume his new duties The
Rev. DR.. Nicholas. Bishop of Taurida a
councillor Of the Empire and formerly
bishop Of the Orthodox church in the
United States. has been appointed
Bishop Of Finland
\ leading favOrite in the literary cir
Clcs of Washington is the widow Of
Rev. r. De Witt Talmage, the ccle-
brated Brooklyn preacher. Since the
death Of her husband Mrs. Talmage has
spent much of her time in the capital
she writes for magazines and news
papers, generally verses, but always
under a nom de plume.
Theodore p. Shonts has decided to
give some Of his inherited wealth to
Drake University, which was founded
by his father-in-law. former Governor
Francis NJ. Drake Of Iowa. President
Rell. Of the institution. announces that
Mr.. Shonts will give fifty service schol-
arships. which Will be effective at the
beginning of the present school year
The money will he used to pay the tut
ton Of laboratory assistants and other
student workers.
Lconce Rabillon. the French Consul
at Baltimore. is making French YER
sion Of rip Van Winkle,'' which
Thomas Jefferson expects to present in
France shortly. At one time the elder
Codueln and the late Joseph jefferson
had conference on the subject. The
scheme then was for COquelin to play
Grip" because Mr.. jefferson could not
speak French. Thomas Jefferson
however speaks the language fiuently.
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Presence of Mind.

\ Negro minister from Georgia. who
was visiting friends in New York city.
went one Sunday TO the Cathedral on
Firth Avenue
He was very much impressed by thu
service. especially By the choir BOYS in
the professional ard occasional. When
he returned to the South The resolved to
introduce the same thing into his church
SO he collected fifteen or twenty little
darliies and drilled them until he had
them we'll trained.
One Sunday the congregation was
greatly surprised to see the choir boys
marching in. singing the professional.
The minister noticed that something was
wrong; the boy in front was mob carry
ing anything. He leaned over the pull
pit. and in order 10 avoid attracting at
tcntion, he chanted i'll tune to the song
they were singing:
'What-haVe you done-with the in
cenSc-pot'"
The little darby. with great presence Of
mind. ChantCd back:
'I-lcft it :n-the aiSle-it was too
damn hot '-Hllper's Weekly.