The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

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many interesting persons who make
Washington their temporary home is the
Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang. DR.
WI as he is generally calledis graduate
of an American University and speaks
with precision and without a very marked
accent. He has always worn the Man.
DARN costume and the silks of his gowns
and flappy trousers are the admiration
and envy of women wherever he goes.
He is in much demand in society where
few Cinnamon have been received owing
to their peculiar table manners, but DIR.
WI is cultivated gentleman and true
| cosmopolitan. One of his engaging &c
centricities is his open and unabashe,1
admiration of American women and
though the average Chinese gentleman
has lie world. even Ireland. outdoue III
the variety and subtlety Of his flattery, it
! is ellie we'd that DIR. WI is sincere in the
respect he pays the American society
woman at time when that more or less
anomalous creature Is coming i'll for such
large share of the b.aine for all unhappy
owing 10 the influence Of an American
society woman that he renowned all
meat foods aud wines and that as result
of his changed diet his life was not only
saved but that he has developed the
expectation of living to be one hundred
years young. 1t is believed that this
society woman is Mrs. Henderson, wife
of ex-senator Henderson of Missouri, who
as one of the wealthiest women at the
Capital has converted many persons OF
prominece to a meatless diet through her
tons for which are eagerly sought though
neither meat or wine is ever served at her
table. DR.. WI, like Mrs. Henderson,
was rescued from semi invalidism on &C.
count of indigestion by reformed diet
and he goes abroad in the land preaching
the gospel of vegetarianism to all like
sufferers.
In speaking at vegetarian sanitarium
here a few nights ago ne declared that
complaints with which he had suffered
for twenty years had been completely
cured by the abstinence from meat and
champagne. both of which be had greatly
enjoyed previously. He said that the
three essentials to successful life were
pure non flesh food and no intoxicating
drinks, pure air and pure thoughts. Ger
tainly our missionaries who 60 to China
every year in such numbers cannot
preach better doctrine and it is interest
ing to have Chlnaman in our own midst
who is doing such fine missionary work.
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Orvil]e Wright, the aviator whose aero
plane fell during practice flight at Fort
Meyer near Washington few weeks ago,
resulting in the death of Lieutenant Sell
fridge and serious injuries to himself, has
so far recovered as to be able to receive
visitors in his room III the United States
Army Hospital at the Fort and in a
month or SO will begin the building of a
new machine for making the test. Owing
to the accident the War Department
extended the time which Mr.. Wright
would be allowed for making the test
until next June. 1t is believedsthat by
that time Mr.. Wright will have suffic.
iently recovered to make the official
flights, but if he is not able then they will
be undertaken by his brother Wilbur
Wright, whose experiments at lie Mans,
France, have been SO successful. This
brother is now on his way to America,
having sold his machine for $roo, 900 to
French syndicate which is to begin man.
ufacturing machines for sale. AS these
two brothers, not long ago obscure bicycle
manufacturers with little shop in Day.
ton, Ohio, are now international notables
every scrap of news about them is eagerly
sought and for days after the accident to
Orville Wright the bulletin boards here
showed frequent announcement of his
condition. The, sorrow that was felt for
him in his disappointment and suffering
was not less than that manifested by the
Germans when Count Zeppelin's air ship
was wrecked and several public subscrip
tons for him were started at once. 1t
developed though that Mr.. Wright had
the best financial backing and the men
whose sympathy had been touched even
to the pocket nerve were not compelled
to cash in.
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Experiments in the Marine Hospital
service here resulted in holding the
bothersome house fly again responsible
for spreading disease and it is said that
the bacilli of leprosy may be carried
aud spread by flies which have feasted