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Evening star., 1908-01-16
A Larger NAVY.

Capt. Hobsons desire for a larger navy
large enough 10 meet the full require
ments OF our later. larger obligat tions-is
shared by great many people. New
ships are certain TO be provided for right
along. Congress and the country are well
advised of what the leading powers are
doing to strengthen themselves on the
water. II so happens that you can't build
battleships in dark places. or under cover
in a corner. The hammering is bound 70
attract attention.
IL is true. too. that public sentiment
favors. IN this matter as in all matters.
the proper expedition. But Capt Hob
son's speech is excessive. He reminds one
of what President Harrison said of the
then Civil Service Commissioner Roose-
velt-in high appreciation OF the latter s
strong qualities-'.he wants to do every
thing at once" Capt. Hobson can see
nothing but the navy. He would skimp
all other departments of the government
In order to strengthen our fighting arm
at sea.
In this way he is liable to raise up diff
culties for himself. Uncle Sam is rich
enough TO give US all q farm" but not
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Fighting tuberculosis.

An important movement in the cam
paign against tuberculosis was taken yes
treday when the Senate passed the bill
providing for the registration of all cases
of tuberculosis in the District and other
wise serving to lessen the spread Of the
disease Undeniably one of the gravest
evils in this connection is the fact that
hundreds of persons are suffering from
the disease which is highly communica-
BILE. and at the same time are moving
freely about engaged in the ordinary vo-
cations of life and minsling intimately
with the well. While 1t is a decided hard
ship upon the afflicted to cause them to
be officially registered as tuberculous, the
suffering entailed is necessary in the in
terest of the public health. No propo-
stion is made to segregate the tubercular
patients who are capable of proceeding
normally in active pursuits. This is an
extreme measure which, 1t is hoped, will
not be necessary.
BY the passage of this proposed law
Congress will formally stamp tubercu-
losis communicable and class it as an
infectious disease. This should serve an
important educational end. For years the
workers in this campaign against the
the public that consumption can be
transmitted and that its spread was due
largely to the carelessness of patients.
BY means of many publications and lee
lures this truth has at last been carried
fairly thoroughly through the commu-
nifty, and the concept of the communica-
bility of tuberculosis has been grasped
by probably g. majority of the people of
Washington. But much more ground in
this direction can be covered by legis-
lative declaration.
In other provisions the bill just passed
by the Senate tends to lessen the danger
of spreading the contagon. The sputun
of suspected persons may be examined
without charge by the health officer. thus
permitting the poor to ascertain their con-
dition. perhaps in season to save life
The specter of the doctors bill'' deters
many a coughing unfortunate from seek
ing medical advice and assistance I'm time
Furthermore, this measure prescribes a
rigid course of disinfection In the case of
every death by tuberculosis. it having
been ascertained beyond doubt that the
premises occupied by one who has died of
tuberculosis are likely to be filled with
the disease elements. unless the case has
been handled with the most rigidly scien-
tific care to prevent the spread of the
germs.
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Brazilian Friendliness.
From the New York Times.

From Inc NEW YORK Times.
The kindly reception of our fleet at Rio
de Janeiro, the courteous address OF
President Penna, the selection of this
moment for the announcement of the re.
duction of import duties upon important
products of the soil and industry of oul
country, are manifestations Of friendliness
at once valuable and appreciated. There
is every reason why the two great repub-
lies should cultivate the most cordial re-
lations. and 1t Is practically inconceivable
that any serious interruption to then
should arise. The two republics are work
ing out on the northern and southern con
tinents Of America aims OF substantially
the same nature. by institutions ant
methods closely allied In principle.
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The Presidency and Popularity.

A dispatch from Columbus. Ohio says:
The republicans of Alabama have only
one candidate for President ana that Is
! William II. Taft said Henry b. Gray.
| democratic lieutenant governor OF Ala
bama. who passed through Columbus To-
day.
THE south Is for Bryan for the demo-
cratic nominee and I believe he VIII be
the choice of the convention" said Mr.
Gray IF he is. the republicans have
only one man who can beat him, and that
is Taft Taft appears to be popular not
only throughout the south, but In the
other parts of the country | have visited
feel, though L am a democrat. that II
, he is nominated he surely will be elected.
| and further. l regard his nomination as
assured"
In this brief space are three points
which the friends of Judge Taft can
well afford to put aside. The first is the
assertion that he is the only republican
strong enough to defeat MIR. Bryan. Such
a valuation is a reflection on the repubil-
/ can party. and only a democrat can af-
ford to make 1t. AS a matter of fact. the
| republican party does not appear to be
reduced 10 any such extremity. Its
! strength is in its record, and Judge Taft's
] strength as a presidential aspirant Is in
I his thorough Identification with that rec
ord He has helped to make It, and as
President would act in accordance with it.
The weakness of the democratic party lies
in the fact that Its hopes are all centered
in one man.
The second point relates to Judge Taft's
personal popularity That is undoubtedly
and deservedly very great. But personal
popularity is not to be counted as factor
in a presidential race. Note Mr.. CLAW
whose personal popularity was the great
=;
Mr.. Blaine-the Clay of his day In that re-
spect. Note Mr. Bryan-the Blaine of his
day in point of magnetism and drawing
power an orator. but twice defeated
after touring the country and giving
everybody a chance to hear and cheer
him. II personal popularity ruled at the
polls in our national contests. our history
would read very differently from what 1t
does.
The third point relates to Judge Taft's
popularity in the south. There Is every
reason why he should enjoy the good
will Of southern men regardless of party.
and probably he does. But that promises
no electoral votes from that quarter. The
south indulges in sentiment. but not at the
expense of power at the polls. On per-
sonal grounds she was very fond Of Mr..
Mckinley, whose manners and character
were thoroughly to her taste. In 1900.
after the Spanish war. she was proud of
the way In which he had conducted the
hostilities. But on election day she voted
for Mr.. Bryan.
Judge Taft stands for his party's best
performances, and for his own perform
ances in ofice. which reveal him in the
light of an able executive. Nobody doubts
that as President he would give the coun-
try a sane and safe administrations. and
today his boom is making a considerable
progress. His boom has doomed as the
result of his return home from the Phil
ippines
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Cured. ne

Il suffered with pain under my
left breast and shortness Of breath
and nervousness. My heart would
beat very fast, and then it would
hardly beat at all. One doctor told
me l had neuralgia of the heart,
another said | had dyspepsia, and
another only a weak heart, but
none of them gave me any relief.
| was not able to be out for four
months. | wrote the Miles Medi
cal Co. for advice. and they told me
to take DIR. Miles Nervine with the
Heart Cure. | took both as direct
ed, and entirely recovered"
MRS r. JENNINGS
James River r. o.. va.
Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind.
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putting EN- Up."
From the New York Journal OF Commerce

The stock market recovery has already
been little short of phenomenal. Reading,
which sold at 30 in the panic. Is now sell
ing at los. while the average recovery has
been fully Il points. This has certainly
not been brought about by public invest
Inent; until yesterday it was the unani-
nous verdict of commission houses that
their customers were doing little or moth
ing. This fact counsels a close analysis
of The character of the buying that has
GccomF Flished such remarkable results
The II st opinion Is that the most power
fGl interests IN the financial world have
actively co-operated In marking up prices
in ortler to create market on which
to liquidate at a generous profit There
were unmstakable evidences yesterday
that securities were being uploaded by in
s!ders under cover Of strength stimulated
by the improvement in the money market
Evening star., 1908-01-16
Flimsy Amusement Halls.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
1t is an old. old story that Boyertown
has to tell. An audience had gathered In
an amusement hall. Ali went well until
rush from the rear, where the moving pic
ture apparatus was installed, to the front
Lamps on the stage were overturned
Flames spread rapidly. The place was a
rat trap. 1t was fiin;sy. to begin with. and
burned rapidly. But that was by nc
means ALL The entrance. now an exit
was small. The frantic hundreds could
not get out. They fell. blocked the pas
sage We're trampled upon and went down
to destruction. The result was only wha,
might have been eXDected-rnight be ex-
pected under similar circumstances in
countless other places in Pennsylvania
scores of dead or injured, a town In
mourning.
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Immediately adjacent Is to be regarded by
the municipality as the private pond OF
the dreadfully well-off.
In all honesty has not the multi-mil-
lionaire any rights that the intrusive pub
tic is bound to respect? Is the tyranny
of the crowd to pass the limits OF pa
tience? Verify. a day of reckoning Is ap-
preaching.
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His Intentions.

Are you going to Europe this year?"
II don't know answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. II haven't read the papers today.
Are they starting any new investiga-
tions?"
II hates to hear a man insistin' dat de
world Is gittin' wusser." said Uncle Eben.
"foh de reason dat mans impression OF
de world depends a heap on de kind O.
society he gifts into"
Evening star., 1908-01-16

The training Mr.. Cortelyou has had in
public affairs ought to leave no doubt Of
his being able to add his name to the list
of officials who have been able to COM
mand much larger salaries by resigning.
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Opinions.

What must that senator's constituents
think of his speech?" said the earnest
citizen.
ooh, they like it,
Then what must that senator think of
his constituents?
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A Demoralizine influence.

The grip germ with alarm we view:
Not only does it make US smart,
But furnishes a pretext new
For climbing off the water cart.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Disinclined to Add to the Burden.
so you are not In favor of having the
government own the railways?"
NO" answered Farmer Corntossel. ut
strikes me that the government has sin
fulness of its own to keep it busy for the
nreSent.'
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Pass It Under.
From the Indianapolis

From the Indianapolis News.
The tunnels under New York have been
completed and in short time travellers
will enjoy the economical advantage OF
passing under that city instead OF
through It,
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Scab Sultan.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Is the Crowned Heads Union going to
stand quietly aside and see Abd-el-Aziz
pushed out by "scab'' sultan?
Evening star., 1908-01-16

Cuba has enough knowledge of the sub
iect of southern American republics to
know that the form of government should
be handled with caution.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

The Roumanian baroness who committed
suicide because at fifty she was beginning
to look old should have come over and
taken counsel from some of our most
eminent stage beauties.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

So long as the Panama canal is to be-
there is a feeling that 1t will be just as
wise to spend few extra millions and
make II a good one.
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1t Is strange that an ex-President could
ever feel lonely or neglected when there
are so many fish to be caught and bear to
be shot.
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With so many eminent German Ameri-
can citizens an exceedingly cordial under
standing between Germany and the United
States ought 10 be an easy matter.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

Literary men arc going into politics al
most as enthusiastically as politicians
have been going into literature.
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Thaw has evidently been convinced at
last that 1t Is not desirable for him to
assume to be an intellectual wonder.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

There is an unjustifable disposition to
sit up with Georgia ana occasionally feel
its pulse since prohibition went into eff
fnn
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Never Mind the Price.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
We don't care IL the Panama canal costs
$500 900, 900. All we want Is q canal And
we want 1t in a hurry
Evening star., 1908-01-16

SYIn order TO avoid delays on account
ef personal absence letters to TIE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply TO THE STAR, or to tho Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

Mr.. Cortelyou may be little diffident
about resisning until he ascertains
whether he can do so without being pub
licly reproved.
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AS the weather prophets grow more ac-
curate the world politics prophets take
greater liberties.
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| People who predicted the collapse of
! the Taft boom have become silent since
| the Secretary's return from Europe.
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Fight Is Sailors Frolic.

From the Boston Transcript.
The feet started out for "a fight or a
frolic" The sailors seem to be having
both at Rio Janeiro.
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The manner in which Brazil has com
plimented the navy ought to make some
Of the magazine critics hide their heads.
Evening star., 1908-01-16

A clash between two such emphatic peo-
pc as Jerome and Bingham should make
New York rather interesting for a while.
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THE STAR has . regular and perma-
nent Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other washington dailies. As News
ana Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.
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Bordered Carpets,
RuQs.

Rugs. made from remnants
of fall stock, consisting of Tap
estry Brussels, Body Brussels,
Velvets, Administers and Will
tons.
Reg. value. Special
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rich as we'll as poor, the following on the WHOLE is
from the working classes.
Enrolment at Bethany begins with the baby in
the cradle, ends with grandpa Sometimes the
babies are only few hours old when the nurse
brings them , to join The ceremony is called the
"cradle roll. Hundreds of children gather in that
part of the school known as Coyle nall; and Mr.
Wanamakers two hundred and twenty assistants are
present, also his six immediate assistants, and
mothers and visitors fill in the front and rear.
Suddenly the piano starts. AS by magic, all
the chattering stops and each child finds seat At
the close of brief prayer, Mr.. Harlow places the
baby in tiny cradle on the platform and sits be-
side it, attended by loving little band of spiritual
god children. In sweet childish treble the pupils
sing this beautiful lullaby:
Sleep little baby Of mine,
Night and the darkness near;
And Jesus looks down
Through the shadows that frown,
And baby has nothing to fear
Shut little sleepy blue eyes!
Dear little head, be at restl
And slept on his mothers breast.
Lullaby lullaby sleep, my baby seepi
While the children singing the second stanza,
it may be, Mr. Wanamaker comes tiptoeing in his
face beaming with happiness; and after the song
the children greet him with waves of the hands.
The name of the baby is enrolled and men,
bership certificate sent to the mother, also copy
Of the lullaby, with the special request that she
learn it and sing it to the little The mother
on her part pledges that the child shall join the
Sunday school Mr.. Wanamakers various social
secretaries call frequently at her home; and on its
more like poem in its tender spirit, telling the
mother it is time to bring baby to school.
In two years the little one, along with others in
the infants class. will be able to say the Lords
Prayer and the Twenty-thrd Psalm
Pupils from nine to eleven have individual in
struction five children to each assistant. 1t is the
dawning of the selfish age,-the years when the boy
collects postage stamps marbles. He doesn care
so much for the other fellow. l beheld Mr.. Wana-
makers young charges thumbing Their own Bibles.
tell chapters and verses. thinks study rksome, and
if finally he wins his diploma he will have to tug
for it. Rewards of merit found helpful to
stimulate growing interest, In the classes COM
posed of pupils between eleven and eighteen it
becomes the girls turn to ask many hard questions.
Finally, at fourteen. they pass to the main floor,
where they hear Mr.. Wanamaker expound the Bible.
Mr.. Wanamaker's treatment of Bible lessons, in
his Bible Union, the advanced class is called IS
popular rather than critical. His students number
old men and venerable women, also young folks not
generally in Sunday school There are often
fifteen hundred pupils, divided into bands of ten,
under leaders called tithe men and tithe women.
These special teachers also meet for practical busi
Continued page is
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aged These are only few of the phases of the
new Sunday school activity; and there are many
others, equally important.
Bible readers visit the mothers. Practical busl-
ness men talk the fathers, not Of religion Sun
day school, but of social opportunities, fellowship
in some public work. Each newcomer is asked to
the superintendent follows Mottos are sent to
many homes The sick and the needy reached
with flowers or food. The washwoman finds that
she has loyal friends in the Sunday school people,
and the of wealth is reached with sugges-
tions about some charitable cause
In the Sunday school, it takes tactfu1 work
to keep everybody interested, to clear away mis-
conceptions, and to place the movement on the
broad plane of spiritual love and to avoid mere
nambypamby sentiment. The new policy. might
be called hard headed and hearted. The
songs, pleasant greetings, kind words.
thoughtful deeds Christian sympathy. social appeal
for the other what you will, SO long as it
embodies the spirit of brotherhood
It would take volume to detail the many inter
esting ways Of gathering the forces. Men who
never had the slightest idea OF joining Sunday
school find attendance useful in many ways, prac-
tcal we'll as spiritual There is the employment
department, the gymnasium, the baths, and IN the
evenings instruction in stenography lecturers throw
pretty colored pictures on screen and tell OF the
delights of trip to Japan 1t is not free. Like
all excellent things, it is self supporting and every
body pays his fee; but matter of course the in
dividual cost is ridiculously low. Then there is
the literary club. and the pastors training class,
and the young womens choir and the reading rooms,
with books and magazines to brighten the humdrufn
of life.
Bringing People to Church
THERE are still many. difficult social problems
awaiting solution. The matter of reaching the
non-church going has its perplexing side but the
plan is to take the Sunday school to the homef the
home will not to the Sunday school. Home
departments are organized, each with its leader,
who holds Sunday school circles in the homes, gath
ering round him children and parents Sometimes
the mother also agrees to read the Bible for half
hour each evening in the family circle.
Even the non-church going husband begins TAX
ing notice. Some Sunday he comes with the chill
dren and finds that his idea of Sunday school as
place for children was utterly wrong. He meets
some of his own friends, who greet him cordially;
and he ends by joining of the mems classes. He
is put a committee to solicit money for lodging
house in the slurns. It strikes him as excellent
work; he likes its practical side.
To the woman whose husband ran away and left
her to exc scanty livelihood at the washtub,
help is sent secretly Maybe on her childs birth
day lovely pot of panses comes from one of the
Sunday school teachers. Will the baby join the
infant class?
And so all classes of society are reached In odd
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corners of the city people are found who thought
themselves too old for Sunday school Bows Who
reaching the age when they think they had bet
ter drop out suddenly find renewed interests. How
about that club we are forming? How about that
military company! Would YOU like to be captain
of secret society? You'll find it wonderfully inter-
esting, and you can bring your friends.
So, diversity of interests is at work day and
night to help along the ingathering ;.
The leaders in the movement had to know
great deal of human nature: how to keep children
busy older folks enthusiastic, also just what to do
when boys at sixteen, and girls at fourteen, made
is place for kids The skill of teachers is then
put to severe test and many excellent plans have
been devised to meet the situation. For example,
interstate societies have been organized such
Knights of the Holy Grail, already comprising
thirty-fve thousand young men who through the
new work are urged to manliness and higher ideals
Knights of King Arthur is another of these semi
military plans. For girls. there are Queen Esther
Circles and Sunshine Bands.
Normal Schools Established
ONE of the difficulties to find capable officers to
that met requirements. Nowadays, Sunday school
teachers trained in colleges, just other stu
dents 60 to college to study law medicine. The
Sunday school teacher has to know the Bible thor
oughly, from end to end, psychology of the child
ing schools at Hartford Louisville, and Springfield,
Illinois In small cities where graduates cannot
readily be found the pastor is usually the instructor
of the staff; but State unions have been formed to
assist, and there also foreign associations to
advance the teaching art and to provide teachers
in missionary territory. was shown library of
a thousand volumes in of these unions. and was
told that it the mere beginning of the printed
work on Sunday school problems.
If you wish to types of the larger Sunday
schools in the new movement, you will find them
scattered far and wide; and they will doubt
prove inspiration for workers in smaller places,
where Sunday schools need all the help they
get. Bethany Presbyterian Sunday school, Phila-
dephia, of which John Wanamaker is superintend-
ent, has nearly six thousand members; Bushwick
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of
Brooklyn, with Frank L. Brown for superintendent,
nearly four thousand: that at Stockport, England,
five thousand five hundred; DR. McIntyres at Los
Angeles, three thousand.
At the Worlds Largest School
RETHANY school is the largest in the world. 1t
= has two hundred and twenty unpaid teachers and
eighteen class The first thing that strikes
one at Bethany is the manifest economy with which
every department Of the work is carried forth; the
plain unadorned building; the unpaid teaching
staff; the necessity all sides for generous, united
effort. Annual expenses do not exceed twenty-five
thousand dollars; and while the school draws from