The Washington herald., 1908-01-02
AT THE HOTELS.

the Russian Ambassador baron de foSen.
They are registered at La Normandie.
The two gentlemen have been commits
stoned by the Cars government TO visit
the rolling mills, iron works. and ord
nance plants in certain sections Of this
country, and report their findings at the
Russian admiralty Office. They have been
in this country only about three weeks.
and have visited the Carnegie works at
Pittsburg and several other concerns in
the neighborhood Of those plants
What impressed me most" said Col
Voskresensky, lis that everything is done
by machine. There is very little hand
work II is marvellous, In Russia We
are far behind you Americans in that
respect, but we viii learn, and It will
not be many years before we viii have
introduced in our iron mills American
methods. We have not been long enough
In this country to be able to give an
opinion on anything outside OF what We
really investigated. We just missed your
feet that sailed to the Pacific by one day,
do you think we viii have war with
Japan, colonel?'
AN-laatt-sAH
ranks as a commander. said nothing, but
looked at his interviewer with ques-
ton In his eye 10 which he however.
preferred TO give no expression.
THE Russian people are great admirers
Of the American people. said the
foreigner, 'and they are sincere in their
admiration, and always have been. There
are no questions between the Russian
and American governments. Everything
works smoothly.
Business in Russia is getting better.
It was very bad two or three years ago.
The political situation is also gradually
becoming quieter and more settled"
The Russian paid the greatest possible
compliment 10 the skill Of the American
naval machinist and engineer. saying
that he was competent to pass Judgment,
being a graduated naval engineer him.
self. He thought the trip Of the feet 70
the Pacific was an excellent opportunity
for the navy to gather practical expert
ence
Jose Bermudes de Castro, a new al
tache Of the Mexican Embassy, has taken
quarters at La Normandie.
"Our factories have orders to keep them
busy for many months to come" said
Franz f. Binder. d woolen cloth manu-
| facturer Of Brunn, Austria, at the COch-
ran last night. Mr.. Binder, who does a
considerable export business 10 this coun-
| try, is on his biennial visit 10 America.
yes, we are busy" continued Herr
| Binder. "but ] must confess that IL we
depended entirely on European markets
we might as well shut down. The United
States is ore Of our best customers. and
/ it is American orders and American dol
/ lars that keep our mills running and
furnish our workers with bread and but
I ter We are very anxious to extend our
| trade in America. and I am meeting with
/ fair success. This condition applies to
almost every other branch Of business
4 in my country. Take. for instance. the
I glass factories Of Bohemia. They depend
/ on American orders the same as We do.
/ And then there are the fancy leather
goods and trimmings. We Europeans
\ have, therefore. all reasons to wish Amer
/ ica a happy New Year and much pros
/ perity- You Americans spend much money
/ IN years OF prosperity, and a great deal
/ Of il finds its way into our cash boxes.
/ The more prosperous America, the more
! prosperous Europe. while on the other
/ hand Americas state Of prosperity is only
slightly affected by business conditions
/ IN Europe.
THE japanese have made many efforts
to find out the secret Of making glass
according 10 the secret process Of the
! Bohemian glassmakers. The Austrian
government has been repeatedly requested
by the japanese government TO permit a
number of young japanese TO study the
art of glassmakng in certain Of BO-
nemia's most celebrated works The Aus
tr.an government, I understand has re-
fused 10 entertain the request. IL would
| be positively suicidal for the glass indus
TRY of Bohemia to give away the secret Of
one of its most profitable industries. We
EcOuld not compete against the cheap labor
of Japan / think they are positive
menace 10 the peace Of the world. The
! German Emperor was perfectly right
when he predicted the yellow peril. The
white races will be forced TO the ccnclu-
ton before many years that they must
/ combine against the yellow races
] Incompetent nursing has been the cause
Of much needless suffering. and possibly
of deaths in Cleveland and other cities.
according to the views expressed by DR..
IG. S. Stokes. Of Cleveland, at the Ra-
leigh last night.
Diplomas have been granted 70
/ women" said the doctor, who have had
no training except such as they received
by attending a few lectures. While these
women pose as trained nurses, they are
not competent to assume the response
Utility OF that calling. To remedy this
the chamber Of commerce viii work for
. F+
for all trained nurses to pass a State
examination. The State requires. for the
protection OF the public. that all physi-
clans. dentists, veterinary surgeons, and
LAWYERS must pass an examination as 10
their fitness, and must also register with
the State before being allowed to prac-
tice in Ohio. There is no provision made
for the registration Of nurses, although
the nurse must undergo long and rigorous
training. The responsibility placed upon
nurses in many instances is as grave as
that Of a physician.
THE recognized course Of training is
three years, yet the committee knows Of
one hospital where a physician IN charge.
with real estate agent organized n
training school for nurses. By judicious
advertising a large number Of women
students applied for Instruction They
were charged from S35 to So for the
course After a few sO-called lectures
in a room outside of the hospital, in a
few weeks they were giver engraved GER
tificates and sent forth as trained nurses.
Sixteen States have enacted bills re-
quiring the registration of nurses. and
know that ineompetents and those un-
able TO pass the examination in some or
those States have come 10 Ohio 10 prac-
tice on account of the lack OF Ie6uia-