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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11
CONSUMPTION AND TYPHOID

Federal report says that Prof Irving Fisher the po
cal economist of Yale University who his papers before the
recent international tuberculosis Congress Washington declared
that consumption costs the people of the United States than
billion dollars year preparing exhaustive report for the Ma
tona Conservation Commission which will contain only these
figures but similar data the the country all
other preVentabe diseases Prof Fisher
Conservation Commission and for many has been carrying
studies along these lines The Commission received
clans all the country urging consider the bearing public
health the economic efficiency the
comprehensive of the whole relations
OF public health the general field Conservation especially
to the waste from peventabe diseases and unnecessary deaths
AT the tuberculosis Congress- Prof Fisher declared that $4,000
persons die OF consumption The
and the loss Of earnings before average at least So
he said while to this added the money that have been earn
ed with health the total loss each $1,000 He Donted
out also that the disease usually attacks young men and women lust
at the time when they beginning cuts off their
earning for about three before thew die
This subject of the economic value the of general rails
ing OF the health the Governors Conference the
White House in May Dr. George NJ Kober speech on the
Conservation of Life and Health by Improved Supply the
Conference presented figures which showed that the
vital assets of the country through typhoid fever single year
than $35oooooo Typhoid spread by polluted largely
so that the death rate from this disease directly v the
publication of city drinking Dr. Kober quoted statistics to
show that the increased value of city of Albany where
efficient filtration plant $7ooo year. of which $4,000
may be considered real increase to the vital city Cen
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE.

platform for the campaign the local Republican
up with the advanced front of all Crendom where
pledged support legislation for mitigating the ravage OF the gre
plague The national and international tuberculosis
congress done great deal toward inspiring the hopes of human
the possibility remedial check and ultimately Sub
due the enemy That liberal public expenditures for com
economically well hunaney desirable may
easily be peusal of the following article from
change:
According to Professor Fisher Yale at the
being held in Washing
in hard cash $lOOOOOOO
why the cost is so f1ghuu In
the first place consumption than of anything else
consumption kills 900 every year
the deaths from typhoid fever
appendicitis meningitis diabetes smallpox
and cancer all together generally takes three
nothing Finally picks its victims when they are
they beginning to
The coso items doctors bills medicines
death amounts to over
while the earning which might have
brings the total cost to at least $4,000
1873 5000 deaths find the cost is bigger
Professor Fisher
this generally falls the uckess
$0OOCtOOO to others
This falls the family and
friends institutions a matter of self
while the community Professor Fisher
quarter of the lives now lost by
At only fraction Of
this is being used to fight the disease
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

S. X. o. was the sign at the New
National Theatre last night, when "A
Corking Time" by Theodore Roose-
welt, was produced for the first time.
There were loud cries for the author,
but the management explained that
he could not appear, as he was at
the moment just few feet ahead of
wounded rhinoceros in a point to
point race across the Zambezi Valley.
This play is the first work of the
author, and we predict that he will
be heard from in the future.
The nero of Mr.. Roosevelt's play is
Teddy, character of immense
energy, and he is on the stage every
moment of the action. He writes a
book in full view of the audience,
jumps a real horse over an imaginary
fence, and does various other thrill
ing stunts, of which any one would
make the reputation of an ordinary
play Besides this, there are some
delicious comedy bits into which a
minor character Loeb) enters Loeb
is blamed for letting the cat out of
the bag every time comic relief is
needed, and the whangings he gets
with the slapstick are beyond praise
in their ridiculaus reality Another
character known as Congress and a
human doormat named Mollycoddle
were also the victims in some anus
ing knockabout work.
Perhaps the most striking scene
was one showing the Never Never
Mountains, where Teddy had gone to
hunt bobcats. A large bobcat sus-
pended from a wire was chased up a
tree by the hero, when suddenly two
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11
ROOSEVELT'S GREAT DRAMA

of the villains, Flabby Billionaire
and Undesirable Bloke, appeared on
the scene and began to saw down the
tree, with the object of precipitating
Teddy into the awful depths of the
awe-inspiring abyss below. Luckily,
though Flabby Billionaire's face was
hard, his hands were soft, and a large
blister prevented him from accom-
plishing his dastardly plot. Teddy
hit both scoundrels with a heavy
letter and knocked them unconscious.
He then seized the bobcat by the tail
and extracted it's teeth with his
finger and thumb. Otherwise the ami
maj was not in the least spoiled.
A stirring spectacle was the parade
of a corps known as the Rough
Riders, who, led by Teddy, engaged
in a spirited attack on an equal num-
Der of jobs, with the result that every
members of the enemy was laid low.
Much enthusiasm was also aroused
by a musical number by the Ananias
Club, the song "Munchausen Was a
Deacon Alongside One of U.s." being
especially applauded.
The curtain fell upon a tableau in
which every member of the cast took
part, the central figures being Teddy
and a large man known as Billtaft,
to whom the hero was bequeathing a
large package labeled My Policies
1t is said that the author of "a
Corking Time" has in preparation an
other melodrama to be called 1872"
-WeX Jones.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11
CONTAGIOUS.

1--WE had a good deal of worry late
ly," said the garrulous milllman.
ut seems to be contagious" rejoin-
ed the cook, as she glanced in the
pitcher.
''How's that?" queried the g. m.
Your milk also looks blue" an
swered the kitchen queen.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

considering the much discussed question of roads the supervisors
should give attention plans for improving the business center of Ho-
nou When the Nuuanu reservoir gives abundance of water
why this portion of the city should not have clean
road with good bumen other surface might be wash
ed clean table daily thus doing with the dust nuisance
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

Nothing taken place in international relations paaz-
diplomacy the Chinese boycott against Japanese commerce
repra for incident Free from official RESPONSE
by and conducted virtually by hands this tremendous move
laid hold be met any method
poas trained by the statesmen of the victim nation
True may probably will provocative to hostile intent
another and taking time Tor development WINCH
will be advantageous to China as to Japan '7'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

Bureau figures show that the average t
phod cities with contaminated supplies reduced from
1913 by the substitution of pure supplies.
DR. Kober cited showing that average length Of hui
life the sixteenth century between 10 years. and
that close of the eighteenth century little han
3d. while today SO and 4odeed span of life since
1880 has been heightened about years
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

From a conversation at the White
House:
Mr.. President, I should like to pro-
duce the Great American Drama by
Theodore Roosevelt"
Perhaps; perhaps
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11
PAPER
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

If Honolulu is the when such drastic methods
will required oberae nsanary hac the city authorities
Reno Nevada empoyed-whoesae azng and burning
and official here should stand by the muni
cpa ordinance prevent the erection of labor residential
sections prevention be efectuay put force the day
will when the necessary will be costly the extreme
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

Roosevelt probably work his last message to Congress-
writing it. he will seek relaxation from his style of American
politics in the comparatively pasttme of hunting South African
big
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

There attacking the billboard nuisance according
the experience of other communities but by aXaOnof
cepg candaous advertising matter that might be dealt with
nuisance AS the municipal government here has taxing
necessary for those who wish to abolish bboards make
legislative campaign.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-11-11

Wireless and cable making the whole world kin but it diff
cult work excitement the between the pan Germans and
the wi Czechs.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
The Public Wants Thrillers

Nj oDERA ~ biologists declare that violent con
tr4sts -1-. great nervous shocks are cTaved by a
4-ge proportion ri The people 1t Is TO satisfy this
+a.lLs thai She circus managers search the VIDE
5oEd over ta- men and women OF daring TO intro
Gace tie --n-.ler5" One Of the latest has been d
10 @o[NeglaI- who travels the country exhibiting IN
Z Hal Tor lire au slender skees. From a platform
-ee than ale hundred teet above the ground, ne
ISIS OF narrow wooden runners, eight 1eet II
IN Gown long slippery runway tilted at an
@.sie o. tor-E-lre degrees TO within hardly yard
= ne IeEel q. the arena, and then shoots out one
--Ied lee through space describing IL his fright
- sc th11-. -a-t high al the center
-f ne nigh DIVER who plunges from elevation OF
=. 9T sztE iee- INTO a tank Of water shallow and
y harrow. = would seem. as can be bullt and still
~ -" one chance Tor life 10 remain IS OF course a
III 1I5~sIll attraction. Few Of those who follow this
g. % p@sl-t1e --.e 70 make use Of accident III
a. l-e same way as did one Edward /. Pape
49, Ieee1s.lg IA injury TO the fifth VeTtebra
-. - raised lump on the back Of his neck, he
80 ,ae t-g cities with TWO conederates TO serve as
fo o'TS97taf and uclcted street railway companies
cz- < amounts IN damages by falling of their
had just been injured '''''''
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
explosion

\ few years ago one Of these muleteers approach
ina the town OF Newton, Pennsylvania, along a
s+Taioht road halted his team and aghted, intend
inc to be gone only moment, Left without guld7
ing hand, however, the mules became frightened
and started toward the town at a Wild pace
some one saw them coming, and, recognizing
the danger turned back toward the village, shout
ng to the inhabitants flee for their lives In the
[-eTv center of the town the road swerLed IN a
c11rve and It was impossible that the mules could
make the turn without uPsettng the wagon Inc
inhabitants expecting every minute the deSlruJtI5
of their homes fled in hopeless confusion toward the
woods forgetting that the curve IN the road TI
IN the path OF the disaster, stood school mouse
filed with children too young TO make theT eSSal,e
danger. saw that it would be impossible to remove
them in time and seized the only alternative ] GIs
ing his umbrella, ne rushed down the road lo"'Iq
the advancing team, Tapping It IN Their faces II
was one chance in a hundred it proved to be
that one The mules sackened their pace untli one
OF those who had yet lett the scene was aole -
tcb hem bv the brides and bring them TO stand
still.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
Risks Run by Loggers

~ III -7,ra1 communities on the edge OF c1V1Za-
ton life is matter OF chance; for the men that
take upon themselves the upbuildlng OF the frontier
ii1 The i've and work only by the suferance OF
her COMPANIONS, and when one becomes IN any
Tvav Objectionable he had best make PTeclpltate
tracks for other settlement II ne d9es oi C''
80 IT, III, his abode suddenly in a slX-oot plot OF
Ground Their sports are rough, and their work IS
rough .,,
Few modes of life, for instance are less gentle
for more nerve strength and agility than that OF
the logger In driving timber down steep and
rapid streams he be able to walk or run across
a tobbing shifting field Of floating wood many sticks
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
Bv JOSEPH G.. O'MAHONEI Y

ing il New York city with no
other aid than that of his hands
and feet-for two dollars.
No less needless OF their lives
are the ironworkers, who in the
every dav course OF work run
round on narrow iron girders
one hundred feet and more above
the level of the street, throwing
redhot rivets from one to an
other. and driving them home
with giant swings of sledges that
would cause the ordinary man
TO lose his balance even on terra
fir7na. Not content with these
risks, they often ride through
mid air on the long iron beams
that the derrick raises from the
ground and lowers again into
position ten, twenty, stories
above. High in the air, without
visible means OF support, they
engage in mimic fights for the
benefit of the open mOuthed by
ISLANDERS. They have even been
known to stand on their heads
on the very highest upright OF
skyscraper.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

Of which are Of themselves too
small to carry his weight He
must often be ready to stand
IN swirling, eddying water al
most on the brink of catar-
act to free a log jam, with the
knowledge that at any mo-
ment one Of the logs is likely
10 break away and carry him
with it down the stream
Once he loses his footing, the
logger is lost. Yet so expert
do they become that a man
is considered incapable unless
he can ride on a single log
without getting wet.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
The Placid Well Shooter

THE business OF well shooting
l. deserves mention Here the
Derils center not 50 much about
the men that do the actual work
as about those who carry nitro
glvcerin to the wells With a
few dozen cans of this extremely
high explosive on his mule wag-
on. the driver sits placidly be
side a catastrophe comparable
only to the crack o doom. DIV
ing through mountainous coun.
try. he is in constant danger OF
being blown to atoms; tor the
slightest jar IS likely to cause an
cXnlOSiOn
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

umpire la- -rsavory duty OF standing II the
way Of bis and handing out only half
ham
On The o- aand. however. there IS the circus
Ier1o--ner undertakes untold risks TO feed the
te-y flame desire Without the satisfaction
O beng a-t boss Of the game. Ike the umpire.
ne circus r.- -ae~ endangerS life and limb con
,l2ua-,y-.r a-d thrers. which grow every
yea- more ra-. -aeking The loop the loop IS al
ready rhr he past. by far too tame for the
Up 70 date and Il IS no longer sufficient TO
nave men -er lives III the balance, but young
To1len mus ..-l5 he impressed also Take Miss
l2alel Butte .- instance. who day II and day out
.aSFea he 1 i a- automobile turning upside down
Z MD a.-
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
Aeronauts Scoff at Danger

TIE sense Of separation from human comPamon-
L ship that forces itself upon the diver IN such
rosjtion is also a part of the experience OF the
acronaut and is even more complete The world
below him Is only miniature toy world all iahiaT
sounds have died away and he is n the midst ot
Great silence Round him the uncont1oHable
forces of nature and there is no hand TO aid he
is at the absolute mercy OF wind and weather ana
can trust only to his lucky stars Whatever precau-
tion he NAV take IL the construction of his balloon
his parachute airshp there are always thousand
sources OF unforeseen danger. Yet the aeronaut
goes about his task with the greatest equannIty
imaginable denying that there is any danger and
insisting that his profession is the greatest OF sports
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

v St-L ~ -..N .--- ~
TILL die was the rather
1 terse way j. which .
popular song Of q lev wears
past express . bit OF
sound philosophy / fur
rishes al explanation Of the
happy g lucky air that
characterZe- most men en-
gagged Il dangerous lines o.
business: and 4 cuT~0ry eX-
anInarior u -L- employ
ments thar .auv men
choose apparently Of their
aEr free wills leads one 70
believe thai r really q
widespread sentiment
Or what other grounds.
Tor instance - one eN-
plan The extreme uOnChal-
auoe with w The base
bali umpire follows his pro
lesson: W-rr his sphere
ql influence n.-- -e-itable
r but l The unfor-
-una-e Nle- @ he Is
damned does and
damned # he doesn't Goun-
-ell0-s he has -.l9-e. urging
mn on with -.-- threats
and bats ue-uCallV
opposite dir. SONS Be
aind him am -ae stands
is the moi la r. per
suade HIM moment $
notice with ne ginger
ale bottles rE lemon
ade glasses II ..- lay hands
o1 Ne- --- e----bed he
continues =. .- his daily
bread IN The e4- Of his
.hroar Tns -~e-Cau CitI-
Zen may IT hetic and
easy going lis religion
and his pel-- aut IN his
spo- or aro--e e-- he IS q
thoroughly and SeTl-
Gus pa-uZa matte Il
Is whole noe -oue with
--I then ha~eball
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
oreeple Jack and Ironworker

L Il-slT managers are To be believed. and
-ir-D.I mat perform these feats receive proper
RS llgh salaries, and are thus in measure
wt But the steeple jack and the structural IRON
El;cf -@Dor III really useful fields for day wages
not = % the ordinary prosaic mortal least, seem
Onl, al commensurate with the risks they run
cl;-r3 Year OF two ago a nonchalant steeple jack
- Up and down the face Of the Flatiron Build
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

almost Two hundred pounds OF lead and copper,
with an air hose and life line easily entangled
DRAGGING about after him wherever he goes, and
with his head incased in a pOnderOus and nnpene-
trable helmet he goes about his work with ali the
gaetv of the butcher the baker and the candlest1ck
maker in the old r1me-
Indeed divers have been known VINO mad such
4 dstaste for work that after making descent thty
would pick out soft spot in the river bed, or
wherever they happened to be, and lie down TOT q
naD Alone under the water, they were safe from the
rrIing gaze of any employer. and could dispose OF
their time as they saw fit until the invention OF an
electric system of signals
If he wishes sing joke over his work the diver
must be his own audience for from the moment the
heavy helmet is fastened to his shoulders until II
is taken off again his oudest shoutngs are lnaud-
bic to his comrades If an accident occurs, ne can
onlv pull at his life line, and then wait while his
resCuers are at work, unable to offer the slightest
suggestion.
In 1904 diver lost his life at the Boonton, New
Iersev reservoir and though single word spoken
to his comrades might have been his salvation the
helmet effectuallv prevented its utterance He had
been laboring under seventy feet OF water TO close
the opening of a large intake pipe with huge ball
of wood and lead weighing several tons, when IN
some manner his leg was caught between the pan
and the fange Of the pipe. The force eXerted on
he ball bv the suction of water 50 great that
The divers who came to the rescue were unable
70 overcome it and the unfortunate man could only
lie there on his back hOpeessly waiting, his lie
slowly ebbng away. For three days he lay m
Drisoned and during all that time until he died MS
only communication with the outside world was a
handshake with the divers when they came down,
or when they fitted into the green hazlness above
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16
perils of the Diver

DERHAPS not quite 50
L spectacular as logging, but
certainly just as precarious,
is the life OF the diver. IN
modern times this calling has
been deprived of much of the
rOmanticism that surrounded
it in earlier days before the
diving suit was brought to its
present state OF perfection,
when sunken galleOns III tropl-
cal waters were an attrac-
ton for the adventuresOme.
The diver usually finds his
labor nowadays in busy har-
bors where he IS no longer ur-
der the necessity of battling
with sharks and cuttleish
but he still has to undergo
dangers enough to satisfy the
most daring spirit Once at
tired in his suit and below the
surface of the water, he IS
helpless and absolutely de-
pendent upon his fellow work
ers above at the air pump.
The slightest carelessness on
their part, a failure to read
his signals Alright, a mistake
in the supply of air, and his
life hangs by a thread Never
theless, though loaded with
New-York tribune., 1908-08-16

TN goin - 1ve anyho"
Il till die The rather
The Washington herald., 1908-04-20

for The Prince Of Pareheesi," Mr.. and
Mrs. Belmont taking It for an evening
later in the week.
Miss Hanna Benning. Of New York.
who has been with her sister. the widow
of Mr. Samuel Spencer. in her Massachn-
setts avenue home for some time. has
gone to the New Willard. to remain until
after the close of the Continental Con-
gfess Of the d. A. r., this week
Miss Ida Thompson is entertaining Mrs
Bromley, Of Rochester. for a quiet Easter
visit. As-Mrs Bromley is In deep mourn
ing. she is not receiving visits or invita-
tions.
The Misses Brice daughters Of the late
Senator Briee. of Ohio, who have lived
in New York since the death of their
father. have taken the Fairfield villa in
Bellevue avenue, Newport, for the coming
summer The Misses Briee are well known
In Washington society where they and
their mother were factors during their
fathers Congressional career.
Mrs. E. II. G. Slater will spend the sum-
mes abroad, and has leased her Newport
home, Hopedene, TO Mr. ana Mrs. Seth
Barton French. the latter formerly Miss
Foarn, and well known in Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock are
spending Easter in New York. They win
spend their summer in Newport. instead
OF in Europe, as they had intended.
Mrs. Gouverneur Morris, of New York,
spent several days in Washington last
week with Capt. and Mrs. Warren Beach
on her way from the South
Mr. and Mrs. John Philip sousa, of
New York, formerly Of this city, are
The Washington herald., 1908-04-20

York. son Of Gen. Charles J. Allen, z.
s. A. Miss Whitney makes her home with
her aunt and Is well known in society
She is a cousin OF Mrs Leonard Wood
and Of Mrs. Richard Stewart Hooker.
Mrs. J. Eakin Gadshy, historian general
Of the National Society D, A. R.. Will
have as her guests in her Georgetown
home for the continental congress open
ing this morning. Miss Blanche Burgess
and Miss Helen WoTley. both Of Baltimore.
Both are members OF the Baltimore City
chapter, .. a. r., represented IN Conti-
mental Memorial Hall by the magnificent
clock unveiled there last December.
The Guadalupe Club has sent out lnvi-
tations for ii reception on Thursday even
ing in the Ebbltt House, at 9 O'Clock,
In the name Of their president, Mrs. Jane
Jesup Nicholson.
Society people are taking much inter-
est IN the benefit tea and musicale 10 be
given in Mrs. Joseph E. Thropp's draw
ing-rooms. Friday afternoon, at O'Clock.
by the Sigma Circle Of St Thomas
Church Mrs. Moran. chairman; Mrs.
Hartman, Mrs. Hudginsi Mrs. Musgraye,
Mrs Downing, Mrs. Marye. Mrs. OK
nard, and Mrs. Oracle are patronesses. A
musical programme will be given by Mrs.
John L. Edwards and David Glover Kin
dleberger, both well-known musicians
Rev. c. Ernest Smith will give a short
talk on Newfoundland and Labrador"
Miss Lilly MacDowell, Of North Caro-
Ina, is visiting her uncle, MAI. George
A. Armes. at Fairfield avenue, Grant
road. and Connecticut avenue extended.
Being one OF the heirs of Gen. George
Washington, she is interested in the will
now under investigation.