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The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
FRANCES OLDEST SAILOR.
Loviat Began His Maritime Career
In 1877

Frances oldest sailor has just passed
away. at tbs great age Of 102 years, at
Plassac, in the Gironde, where he was
born in 1905.
NJ Pierre Loviat began his sea life In
fishing boat when ne was only twelve.
Taking service not long afterward In the
Amabc he was in that ship when 1t was
captured by a Spanish privateer. The
prisoners were soon removed to another
vessel which was TO take them home,
but they rose on the day, possessed them-
selves of il, and brought it safely into
Lorient, says the Baltimore American.
Soon afterwaTd Loviat entered the
navy He was especially mentioned for
his gallant conduct in the battle of Nava-
rno. and he took part in the capture Of
AlgieTs. His fighting days over he be-
came captain of "a merchant ship in 1855
and he had commanded six vessels in
turn when "a fall into the hold OF the
Francine injured him 50 severely that he
gave up his sea career, and returning TO
Plassac. the little pert at the mouth Of
the GirOnde where he had been born, he
settled down and never left il again.
On November I3, 1905, on the occasion
OF the Tooth anniversary of his birth. a
medal of honor was presented to NJ.
Pierre Loviat. people assembling from
every corner of the district TO show their
sympathy for the gallant old seaman.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
COOKS WILL A-UNIONING GO

New York, Feb. S.-Here Is TO be a
trades union Of artists at last. II Eman-
uel Kovaiiski, from Rochester, succeeds
in his errand there will be labor or
ganization. not restraining the hours Of
labor OF painters. illustrators. and car
toonists. but controlling the service Of
cooks. The methods OF the boilermaker s
trade are 10 be applied to the handlers OF
the skewer and skillet
Kovaliski is. by profession. the organ
izer of the Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployes' international Alliance and the
BaTtenders' League Of America. He or
ganizes pretty nearly every line Of busi-
ness that induces a man to stay out late
instead of going home TO dinner. Kova-
liski is here just now to get credentials
from the Central Federated Union. When
he gets them he will come down on the
city again, and every cook, waiter, gar
con. kelIner. bartender, chef, pancake
turner Will, it seems, be enlisted in the
union. 1t is a big project-nothing less than
the associated meat-and-drink trades!
The psrtisans Of the new movement will
tell you that the time is near when not
steak will leave the broiier not even a
pancake will turn, TIL Koyalisd says they
may. It is a vast project, and If it sue
eeeds. they are already triumphantly pre-
dieting. the dry Sunday will be nothing
10 it,
Maybe it will be feasible 10 mark all
restaurant fare with the union label. On
some dishes the label would go very
nicely. 1t could be printed on the boiled
eggs and probably branded on the toast
for breakfast. On other dishes. how to
place the label is more Of a puzzle. How
shall one look for the orthodox mark on
an omelet or find the signature on an
oyster stew?
Yet the label is only a small obstacle
If things get too Troublesome the new
union can always refuse to cook or serve
anything save dishes of such form and
consistency as will readily take the label
mark. That and many other restrictions
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
DAWN OF REAL OPERETTA

boneyard Of public fads along with the
Teddy bear and Fluffy Rufles.'
do YOU think that in the days OF the
hodge -podge musical melanges the public
would have turned kindly to a higher
class piece. such as The Merry Widow
or Tom Jones'? Do you think that
would have dared 10 strive after the
higher ideals which land l say il with
all modesty-have tried for in the past,
and will try TO give the public in my
future musical plays2
j confess that when / wrote Mile No
diste, for instance, it was with a dun
dread in my heart that the public would
reject it and cast it into ignominious Sc
ciusion, from which 1t would never re-
turo. On the opening night ] felt like
a man going to the gsllows; l was very
doubtful that the dear public which all
playwrights and composers fear and at
the same time love, was in the right
frame Of mind TO accept a musical pro-
ductOn composed of anything but a con-
glOmeration Of vaudeville acts and So
called popular songs woven together, with
a mere apology for a plot.
J cannot express the qualification I
felt on the following morning. when I
awoke and found that / had been deceiv-
ed in my friends the public; that after
all they had welcomed with outstretcised
arms the musical play that was a little
better than the average musical piece
In conclusion let me say, and / speak
as I honestly feel. that the public has
gone too far for any Tetrogression. and
think that from now on the development
of American music, while slow, will be
sure; that In the future generations our
descendants will turn back to the musical
compositions Of a few years ago, il in
deed they do not destroy them out of
shame, and marvel that their forefathers
should have been so lacking in musical
education and taste"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

With "The Merry Widow" TON
Jones, and "A waltz Dream playing
to enormous houses in New York. the
loag-expected revival Of real comic
opera seems a reality at last. The effect
of these imported successes upon new
pieces of American manufacture viii be
immense, and already half q dozen
operettas on elaborate lines have been
announced. One Of the composers who
may be expected to produce good work
along this line is Victor Herbert. whose
productions in the past. even in the worst
days of silly musical comedy, have al
ways been far above the common level
THE revolt against inane foolishness
has been growing for several years" he
said the other day. Il do not know what
hidden power is at work on the American
music-loving public. but of late there
seems to have been n marked tendency
on its part toward something better in
music.
This is markedly apparent in all
branches of music from the latest p0pu-
lar song 10 the imported grand oDeras.
1t may be due TO the fact Of a broader
musical education in our great univer-
sites and inland colleges, or it may be
due to the fact that the American music
teachers of to-day are striving for better
things, and that they are spending their
spare tiI1e IN conscientious study ani are
in turn imparting this greater knowledge
TO aspiring young students of music.
"On the other hand, the modern COM
poser may be responsible, for he, like the
teacher, has 'builded for himself an ideal
far above that of the last decade and is
striving, hard though II may be, TO sur
mount this pinnacle of perfection. It
has, indeed, beer task for these work
ers In the vineyard OF melody 70 educate
the mass of so-called music lovers, who
have been bred TO the lower standards OF
My Mariutch,' My Mother Was Lady,
and other so-called popular songs, which
are ground out overnight. exist for a
brief spell. and are then consigned to the
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
ABOUT EYE STRAIN.
some of the Many Things that II
Leads To.

some of the Many Things that 1t
Leads To.
II IS difficult to realize that the relation
Of eve strain to headaches and other
functional disorders WAS not appreciated
by physicians until within thirty years
ago. II an otherwise healthy person COM
plains Of headache the chances are de-
fective vision IS the cause. says recent
writer in the American Medical Associa-
ton Journal These ocular headaches"
come on at any age. but ara very fra
quent between six and twelve. A Pc
ouliar feature about them. however. is
that they are indistinguishable in charac-
ter and position from headaches due TO
any other indisposition
The extent Of defective vision among
children is indicated By the statistics Of
420 children. mostly in the minor grades
whose eyes were examined for defective
eyesight. OF this number about one
quarter had serious defects and required
glasses. while only 30 per cent possessed
perfect vision and exhibited no ocular
symptoms In another series Of records
compiled in Berlin it appears that more
than 20 per cent of all the children have
refractive errors, indicating imperfect
vision
It is asserted that the defective eye
sight plays an important part in school
efficiency. and the fact is adduced TO
prove this that I'm the Berlin schools the
number of children with imperfect vision
shows a decreased ratio from the lower
10 the higher grades.
Indeed physicians are now wont 10 as
cribe bodily disturbances 10 eye strain. Il
Is pointed out in support Of this conteH-
tion that 50 per cent Of the patients Of the
National Hospital for Ep!leptics, in Lon
don, have serious ocular LESSONS. The
records Of the Elmira Reformatory for
Young Criminals show that nearly %
per cent of the inmates are similarly
afflicted with eye troubles
One of tho most curious functional dis
orders due to eye strain is that reported
by a physician writing in the Medical
Record. who declares that recurring
"cOlds" are often due 70 eye strain. He
asserts that one Of his friends gets cold
whenever the frames Of his glasses. for
compound astigmatism are bent Il Is
even asserted that nervous coughs are
frequently due. according TO the same au-
thority. TO the lack of the oculists atten-
tiOu
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
England Gets Concession.
4 MaIne Fish Planter.

From tIe kennebec Journal
novelty Of some interest has been in
vented by Supt. Floyd. Of the Sebago
Lake hatchery. which has proven itself
practical and economical in the cost Of
Transporting the two-year-old salmon
from the hatchery to points about Sebago
Lake. It has been the custom at the
hatchery to keep as many salmon as pos
sible until two years old. in order that
they may be able to protect themselves
from cusk and other large fish The or
dinaTy hsh cans were too small. holding
bat a few each. and il was expensive To
thus transport them. Supt Floyd has
constructed a big fish car. after the
style OF the old Rangeley FISH cars. 10 be
dragged after the launch II is J. feet
long. feet wide. and 9lz feet deep, water
tight on front and bottom. with a rear
end gate. Plank wings 4 by 9 inches bal
snce the car. which IS OF sufficient buoy
sncy TO support two men. From this ear
- zoe salmon were distributed one day re-
Gently, which was formerly a busy week 5
work
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

on the too great requirements of patron
on cook and waiter may be confidently
looked for Be sure that there VIII be
some rule about the length of time for
cooking a chop. No more rare chops,
The minimum time for a union cook 20
spend broiling one will be. say. thirty
minutes. In the same way a time limit
may be set under which no patron need
expect 10 be served. Something like this
will be heard:
Waiter
Yes SIR
My dinner.''
Directly, sir; yes, sir"
Immediately!
"tn a moments, sir
But l want It now-Ill be late at the
theater-'
Union rule, sir. No diner to be served
in less than forty-flve minutes. I can
serve you in exactly forty-five minutes.
sir but not a second less. That's the reg
ulation"
It is easy. Of course. 10 see that the
waiter is acting on just the same pTin-
ciple as a bricklayer who refrains from
laying more than so many hundred bricks
a day BY waiting on fewer patrons. the
waiter gives a chance TO other walters
and makes more work all around.
There's only one flaw in the Kovaliski
scheme. When he thought up the idea Of
organizing everybody who is supposed to
attend TO a mans comfort he forgot the
rival of the restaurant and the rathskeller
the wee wife at home. She should Ger.
tainly be in the new union. II there are
dairy lunch mattresses locals, there
should certainly be wives locals. The
movement cannot ignore them.
For otherwise they will come into their
own again. Once more the walls of the
household will echo with the words Of
simple days:
Wife, where are my slippers?'
''The carving knife is as sharp as a
paper cutter. Where is the sharpener?'
THE pudding IS like the puddings moth
er used to make
Wives have r"'hi"e = faa~ f"@--e the
new unionsm;
walters. cooks,
ter reckon with
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
-Four Good suEgestions.

From The Home Department Felruary National
Magazine.
To keep grapes fresh for winter use,
dip the end Of each stem into hot sealing
wax and pack one layer in a shallow box
between grape leaves or paper. Be care
full to remove all broken OF decayed
grapes Keep in A cool. dry place. I
have kept Concord grapes until March
and have several years experience In
finding the best way
Ny canned tomatoes never spoil, since
7 salt them and add a teaspoonful Of pep
per corns 20 be removed when the can is
opened for use. salt TO taste and keep
in a cool dark place,
Vinegar will keep better on all kinds Of
pickles and chow chow If piece of horse
radish is added.
To make whipped cream, first beat the
white Of an egg very stiff, then add
cream. favoring, and sugar. and stir
moment.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Chinese ToOthpicks.

In the Chinatown OF every city the gro
GERS sell toothpicks made Of wslrus whis-
kers. These are excellent toothpicks. and
in China no fashionable dinner is com
plete without a bundle Of them, From
either side Of the mouth OF the Walrus.
whiskers. at once stiff and pliable. pro-
ject They are about four inches long.
and the older the walTus the more elastic
are these hairs When the Alaskans kill
walrus they pluck ont the whiskers
with tweezers, and, bundling them up in
neat packages. they ship them, when
there are enough. 10 China
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

From HaH,ers Weekly
The late Francis Murphy. well known
as 2 temperance advocate, had many an
adventure in the course Of his very useful
life.
He once told of case In which a man
got a little the better Of him in an argu-
ment.
The man was a clubman, generous
liver. famous for his wine cellar, and Mr.
Murphy read him a strong lecture on the
drink evil.
But the bon vivant only smiled, shook
his head and said.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

sense and meaning Of the poem, the first
letter Of the first line in connection with
the SECOND letter Of the second line, the
third letter of the third line the fourth
letter of the fourth line, and so on to the
last. should be read. The name Frances
Sargent Osgood will then be found. The
following is the poem:
For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes
brightly expressive as the twirs Of L0cda.
Shall find her own sweet name, that nesting lies
Upon the page enwnpped ffom eveTs reader,
Search narrowly me ln-os,-Jhey hold a treasure
DiVine-a talsmanzan amulet
That must be worn at heart. Search vel the
measure
The Wcgds-the syllabes DO not fogget
The trFialest point, You may lose your labcTl
And yet there is IN this no Gcrdian knot
Which one might not undo without saber,
II ne could merely comprehend the plot,
EnwFitten upon the leaf where now are peeFing
Eyes sCintiating soul there lies perlu
THEE eloquent words oft uttered IN the hearing
OF poets. by poets-as the name is poets too.
It's letters although nstWsily wing
Like the knight Pinto-AIeIdez FerdinandO-
Stin fern a synonym for Truth. Cease irving
Nou viii not read the riddle, though sou do the
best you can Do,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
PATRON or LOVERS
Bishop Valentine Beheaded
i'll Third Century.
0ANONIzED SHORTLY AFTER

Arrives at Place in History Through
StPanRe MinEIing of Pagan and
Christian Rites-FebFuary IA Sc
leeted for Observance Because of
Feast of LupereaIia.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
The Product of study.

From the Sketch.
Mr. Goodlie-Aiy boy. you'd never hear
me use language like that.
The Kid-I bet you don't, Why, it took
me FIVE years to learn all dem words.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Lines to Anne Hathaway.

Though St. Valentine in the calendar
OF love has had his votarie5 m every age
and cline, no devotee has sung IN sweter
strains than Shakespeare. IN the follow
ing stanzas accredited TO him. and in
tended for Anne Hathaway:
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

tended for Anne Hathaway:
Is there in heayenpe aught more rare
Than thou. sWeete nymfho Of Avon isyTe;
Is there oune esrthe manne more treve
Than Willy Shakespeare Is toe yoHt
Though ackle fortune prove unEynde.
Still doth she leave here wealth behynde.
Shs ERE the heart caunc f0rme anew.
Nor make they WHY'S love anaetrewe
Though age with withered hand doe styke
The form most fayre. the face most hyghte
Still dc5he she leave unnetouchGd and treWc
The WHY'S love anne freynshyppe too
Though death with neverre faylinge blove
Doth name and babe alyke brnge lowe.
Yette doth he take naQphte but his dewe
And strikes n0tte WHY'S hcauc still treWe
Synce theme notte fortune. death nor age,
Canine faithfully WHY'S love assWsge
Theme doe ] live and dye FORE yOu,
Thy Willy syncero and most trewe.
The origin of legends and superstition
is credited by 7. D'Israeli 10 have been as
follows; Before colleges were establish
ed In the monasteries where the schools
were held" argues the eminent writer.
the professors in rhetoric frequently
gave their pupils the life OF some saint
for trial OF their talent at amplitication.
Invent Adventures.
1.-THE students. being constantly at q
loss 10 furnish out their pages, invented
most OF these wonderful adventures
Jortin observes that the Christians used
to collect out Of Ovid. Liyy, and other
pagan poets and historians the miracles
and portents 10 be found there, and ac-
commOdated them 70 their own monks
and saints. The good fathers of that
age. whose simplicity was. not inferior "a
their devotion, were so delighted with
these flowers of rhetoric that they were
induced to make a collection OF these
miraculous compositions; not imagining
that. at some distant period, they would
become matters Of faith.-Yet, when Games
de Voragine. Peter Nadal and Peter
Rfbadeneira wrote the lives OF the saints
they sought for their materials I'm the
libraries of the monasteries; and, awaken
ing from the dust these manuscripts OF
amplihcation, imagined they made an IN
valuable present to the world by laying
before them these voiuminous absurdities
Fiction Is Accepted.
The people" continues DIsraeH re
ceived these pious fictions with al
Imaginable simplicity. and as the book IS
adorned with a number Of cuts these
miracles were perfectly Ineligible to
their eyes. Baronius has given tho
lives of many apocryphal saints; for in
stance Of st. Einoris. whom he calls
martyr of Antioch; but it appears that
Baronius. having read in ChTysostom this
word. which signifies a couple or pair, ht
mistoob It for the name Of a saint, and
contriyed TO give the utmost authentic
biography of a saint who never existed
The lives OF the saints by Alban Butler
is a learned work. and the most sensible
history of these legends; Ribadeneira'
lives Of the saints exhibit more OF ths
legendary spirit for, wanting judgment
and not faith, he is more voluminous ir
his details. and more ridiculous in hi:
narratives"
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
EFFECTS OF MUSIC
Quality Has Much to Do with
Human Nerves.
STRINGS AND HORNS sOOTHE

Orchestra When Playing Lively
Dance Music Causes Increase in
Attention in the Depressed-PeeuI-
lar Eject on Breathing.
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

a quaint and singular poem by Edgar
Allan Poe. entitled Valentine" and ded!-
Gated TO Frances Sargent osgood. Is
worthy Of reproduction. To obtain the
The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

People and concerns were forced to
pay taxes who had never in their lives
been asked to pay taxes before. The on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
STORMS IN THE EAST.
Heat Wave Is Broken In New York
 and Other States.

New York, August 5.-Severe electrical storms late today accompanied by heavy rain, and in some instances by damag- ing showers of hail, broke the heat wave that has been afflicting New York state and the New England states.
 The storm brought great relief to this city, for during the day ten deaths and more than 20 prostrations were caused by the heat and excessive humidity. The mercury stood at 90 degrees at o'clock and was still ascending an hour later, when the first cooling breeze came. In a few minutes it had dropped ten de- gees and by nightfall there was little to complain of in the way of weather.
 From all sections of New England and New York came reports of damage done by the storm. Lightning struck in many places and at Green Island, near Troy. N. Y, Mrs. Thomas McCahey was killed by a bolt.
 At Jamestown, N. T., the storm was especially severe, driving several craft ashort on Chautauqua lake.
 Among those killed by the heat in this city today were the Rev. Edward Wal lace Neil, pastor of the Protestant Epis- copal church of St. Edward the Martyr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
Our Railroad Rates Problems

The injunctions that have been is- sued in Georgia and Alabama, and the threats of the Alabama railroad con- mission, and the possible appeals and action by the interstate commerce con- mission conspire to render the rate sit uation complex deeply muddled and full to the brim with discriminations. No doubt some road to some kind of d reasonable settlement of rate questions in the southeast will be found, but at this writing it looks as if nine-tenths of the southeast will pay increased rates while one-tenth of the district located in Georgia will gain a trade advantage through the payment of the old freight rates
 The Alabama railroad commission intimates that it will endeavor to pro tect this state from such injustice on and after today at noon, but IL IS ex 1eedingly difficult to see what it can do tied as it's hands are by Judge Jones' injunction. The state commis sion seems to be free, however, to act except in the cases of the Louisville and Nashville. the Central of Georgia and the Western of Alabama. Here aaGin injusiices may creep in and alto eether we seem to have come to sr era Of rate discriminations. It is { clear-headed merchant indeed who knows when and where to place his orders for hay, grain, meats and foot stuffs in this az. of injunctions ant rate discriminations. A prompt settle ment of pending rate questions is | greatly needed, but no one sees just TOW how the commissIors. state nni federal and the federpl judges can be induced to pull together toward a set clement that will relieve merchants and promote tra1e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-06
Regarding Coal Trade.

"The northern papers printed a good deal about the miners strike in the Bir- mingham district three or four weeks ago when it was starting, said Samuel H. Ainsley of Cincinnati "but recently I have seen very little news regarding the mining situation here. There are many idle miners in my part of the coun- try, and I understand that many of them have come to Alabama to take the place of the men who walked out.
 "I am not in the coal business but am in close touch with 1t. The commercial fuel trade Is very dull this summer, as every one knows. Illinois, Tennessee and the Virginias are underselling Alabama coal in terriotry formerly supplied by Birmingham concerns. This is due to the fact, so I am informed, that commercial coal in those open shop states has been produced cheaper. the wage scale being in favor of the trade
 Tn my opinion, the strike will not last much longer, although I may be mis- taken. Had the miners union waited a year longer, the result might have been different. Prosperity will be with us again in 1909. Now the commercial op- orator finds it hard to sell his coal, even the little he is mining"