Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
<<~ RoBABLY the most conspicuous

<<D RoBABLY the most conspicuous
object above the skyline or
4 Pennsylvania avenue" remarked
an army officer, lis the many-hued flag
on the building occupied by the interna-
tional bureau Of American republics. on
Jackson place opposite Lafayette Park.
That flag necessarily resembles rainbow.
because 1t contains the principal colors dis
played on the flags Of each Of the coun-
tries represented in the bureau. compris-
ing all the states Of Central and South
America and the United States. The
present flag supplants the one originally
adopted, which had the form Of an elon-
gated triangle, and contained the initials
I. B. o. A. r. The new flag would be
square but for the fact that one side
has a slightly swallow-tail effect. The
most important change in the design,
however. is tho substitution Of the words
'Pan-American Bureau for the initials
Of the International Bureau Of American
Republics. Although the latter is the
Official title Of the bureau. it is considered
too cumbersome, and has been abandoned
for the shorter and equally comprehensive
title chosen in its stead
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A Washington man went into a down.
town business ONCE the other day. He
was accompanied by his dog. The dog
very soon got busy after a mouse which
he espied at the end of the desk at which
a clerk was at work. The dog chased
the mouse into a corner. where X took
refuge behind a waste paper basket.
The clerk was wild with rage.
Call OF that cur or I will kill him."
he shouted to the owner Of the beast.
why. he's after mouse" said the
dog owner.
Don't care. That mouse is a pet and
il your dog kills 1t I will kill your dog
before he can get out of the Office
The owner Of the canine was inclined
to get angry. but he saw real trouble in
TIE clerks eye, and he lost no time in
seizins the brute and throwing him out
friends with tho mouse during a period
OF months. and was prepared to fight man
or dog that offered to destroy his pet.
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why is it," asked a young Washington
mother. that personal cleanliness IL a
taste only acquired with years? My babies
have been scrubbed from infancy upward
till you wouldn't think they could endure
>speck Of dirt. And all ] seem to have
accomplished Is a regard for outside ap-
'The other day my husband phoned me
from the ofice that he wanted to take
Jack to q ball game, and asked me to
have him ready and at a certain point
in half an hour. Jack was wild with
joy. and / sent him upstairs to dress.
After fifteen minutes he appeared. his
face wearing an expression Of keenest
anxiety as he asked:
"'Oh, mother. may I wear my gloves,
or must wash my hands,"
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Everybody tells me-" said Washing
ton business man to a doctor friend on
the car, that you medical men condemn
feather beds. I want to know the answer"
Well" said the physician, ats because
the feather beds are highly Microscopic"
And who is he?''
THAT means" laughed the doctor,
that feathers readily absorb and con-
dense moisture. The body is constantly
throwing of waste matter through the
skin and the lungs The feathers in the
bed will absorb this waste matter as
readily as they will simple atmospheric
moisture. The feathers retain the waste
matter during the day when the bed is
'cold-even when 1t is aired, unless also
warmed by sunshine during the time 1t is
exposed to the air.
"At night when the body of the sleeper
warns the bed the feathers renew their
microscopic action and throw. of the
waste matter absorbed the night before.
The susceptible body of the sleeper Is
soon surrounded by a dense and highly
poisonous atmosphere. the accumulative
effect Of which cannot help but be very
Injurious.
"The skim Hike the lungs, is continually
breathing. and h very sensitive to ex-
ternal influences. Hence arises the need
for air baths as we'll as for water baths.
The entire body should be exposed to
fresh air every day for as long time
as you can make possible. and all beds
should be thoroughly ventilated"
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"A letter carrier comes across some
queer things on his route" remarked
q gray-uniformed veteran Of the postal
service the other day. During the last
three years Of my service I have been