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The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
OUTFIT A HOME FOR SEAMEN
Nations and States Aid in Worthy
Cause at New York City.
Royal Penmen Sign Portraits for
New Institutc-Stntes Offer Memo
riaIs for Their Seafarers.

New York. June 27.-To decorate the
new institute for sailors which is just
being completed in this city, portraits
personally signed and sent by the rulers
Of England. Germany. italy, and Den
mark have to-day been received by the
American Seamen's Friend Society
Realizing that many thousands Of their
subjects who follow the sea will soon be
harbOred in the $4,000 building OF this
American organization each year. King
Edward Kaiser Wilhelm H. Victor
Emanuel III. and Frederick VIII have
been quick to respond through diplo-
matte channels to a request for recognition
Of the international character of this
enterprise.
When the modern hotel and club quar-
ters is thrown open in August to the 700
sailors who arrive each day in this port
twelve nations Of the world and many
States in this country viii be represented
by some room. furnishing or decoration
in the big building
Ranged along beside the picture Of
Theodore Roosevelt which the President
personally presented TO the society last
month. with heartlest good wishes" por-
traits OF royalty will be hung where every
sailor may read the autographed inscrip-
ton Of his own sovereign The bold hand
writing OF Kaiser Wilhelm himself Is az
fixed in good English TO his latest por-
trait. while the King Of England has
traced Edward r and T. beneath his
picture with his own hand. The same rare
attention has been paid by the rulers Of
Italy and Denmark. This unusual cOur-
tesy is believed by the diplomats here 20
be recognition Of the service Of eighty
years. which the society has performed
for millions Of British. German. Italian.
and Danish seamen. all over the world.
Connecticut. Florida, Illinois. Massachu-
setts, Maryland. Michigan. New Jersey, New
York. Ohio. Pennsylvania. and Vermont
have already claimed representation in
the new Sailors Institute by selecting
some one of its 200 rooms 10 furnish as
memorial. II is believed that every State
in the union will he anxious to make its
seafaring sons feel at home here as are
the outside nations. The order of the
Sons of St George and the St Andrews
Society and the st. David's Society have
to-day secured memorial quarters. as well
as the Board OF Pilot Commissioners,
the Pilots Association. of New Jersey.
and the Master Mates and Pilots Asso-
citation. OF New York.
Towering like a fortress against the
army Of crimps that swarms about its
DOORS the big structure is to-day just
being finished on the water front In the
center Of the Chelsea district, the great
est mile Of shipping stretch in the world.
Within the next two months the interior
OF this ornate slSyscraper will be open to
every officer. sailor. steward. and stoker
who is looking for a snug berth out OF
reach Of the land sharks.
A swimming pool, showers, billiards.
music, writing. and reading rooms are
some Of the things which Jack ashore may
enjoy to his hearts content. He may
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
GROANING BOARD OF PLENTY
In Fiction, Miss Braddon's a Better
Feeder Than Beaconsfeld.
Scott Knew Little OF the Good
Things for the TabIe-Ouida's
Dinners Are Impossible.

Did you ever amuse yourself critlcising
and commenting upon the dinners served
up TO readers by popular novelists Of the
past and present? Among the writer's of
quarter Of a century ago gastronomical
bouts formed an important feature Of
their fiction and many pages were devoted
TO enthusiastic descriptions of savory
messes.
Miss Braddons characters eat a great
deal and she usually tells us what they
consume. In moments of exalted emo
ton we generally find them with straw
berries and champagne. An olopement
or suicide seldom occurs In her pages
unless there be pate dc foie gras in
the neighborhood. Neither does she dis
dain Welsh rabbit and bitter beer.
II requires strong stomach 10 sit at
table with Sir Walter Scotts people,
though it must be admitted that The cook
ing is plain and without pretensio1. Still.
cold venison minus currant jelly is just
little difficult and it is evident, proved
by his own pen. that he really did not
know a good dinner
One can fancy Scott supping turtle soup
unconscious that a drop of sherry vastly
improves it, one cannot help wondering
that so good a man preferred quantity
20 quality We must remember. how
ever, that he never lived to know the
glories of 2 cauvasback duck. and while
there is a reason to believe his heroes
often shot wild duck we feel perfectly
sure that they roasted the birds until
their breasts were black.
N 81 . T..a
possible; they have an air OF being made
1p from hotel bin of fare, which is
fatal A novelist should taste every dish
before he or she serves it,
Lord BeaSonsdeld is unsatisfactory in
this astronomical respect. Gold glitters.
candelabras flame. and there is an abun-
dance Of crystal. but the feast is really
Barmecidal
The noble scribe was capable of serv-
ing half orange or a boiled peacock on
a gold salver. and if he did not adorn
roast pheasants with diamond necklaces
it was because it did not occur to him.
Dickens betrays a lack of artistic and
refined temperament in the art of din
ing. His characters feed; they seldom
dine, and they are appropriate comrades
for persons who become riOtOus over pie
Thackeray Is different; he is perhaps
too fond of whitehall. but he really has
Partisan taste and knows how to respect
the feelings Of the cook he immortalizes.
OF many English novelists he is GER
tainly worthy Of a wreath OF parsley
One is sure Cf finding Thackerays bur
gundy Of the correct temperature and his
mutton done TO a turn.
The modern American novelist either
lives too much IN the open or else uses
the drawing room for clmaxes. hence he
often fOrgets that his hero or heroine
must breakfast and dine When we do
meet them in the dining-room the men.
alas, seem TO think too much Of their
evening clothes
These heroes are almost afraid that a
drop Of gravy will fall upon their i'm
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

and his companions from the ground.
while a gentleman OF short stature. who
occupied the post Of honor I'm the auto
mobile. inquired with unaffected sym
pathy whether they we're hurt
They had not come 10 any great harm.
but they were furious. and threatened all
the penalties OF the penal, not emitting
also the civil code. for the damage done
TO their vehicle. Soon came another cart
into which the angry functionaries climb
ed. while the motor car resumed It's jour
ney. At the first village they came to
the syndic made q complaint against the
occupants of the automobile and the cy-
clists. due note Of which was taken by
the chief police officer
The syndic and his companions depart
ed. but soon the chief Of police was run
ming after them. crying: But the motor
ist Is his majesty the King; I have just
received the news by telephone" Sun.
the denunciation had been made. and
there was no means OF annulling H. The
chief OF police mast DO his duty and re-
port the complaint 10 the authorities
Certainly. the King viii solve the diff
Guilty IN a satisfactory manner by paying
for the cart and. perhaps. by creating
the irascible syndic a chevalier.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
DEATH OF MR.. PARKER.
south Dakota Representative Was
Well Known i'm Washington.

Representative William H. Parker. who
died at Deadwood. S. Oak. on Friday
night, after an illness Of three weeks.
will be 'buried in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Representative Parker was well known
in Washington, having worked and
studied here a number Of years. His wife
was Miss Clara T. Thomas. Of Washing
ton.
In the last session Of the House Rem
resentative Parker attracted national at
tention. he being the only Republican to
sign the petition circulated by the Demo-
Gratis requesting the Speaker to allow the
House to enact legislation putting wood
pulp and print paper on the free list.
Mr.. Parker was born at Keene. y. H.
May ;, lS47 He served during the civil
war In the Union army. He was gradu-
ated in law from Columbian University
in 1855, and admitted to practice before
the District courts
President Grant appointed him collector
of internal revenue for Colorado Territory
in 1874 He was later made United States
attorney for that State. and I'm 1883 was
elected a member Of the House from
South Dakota.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
The Question Nomndnr.

Mrs. Benton Holme-Oh. I've got a
new cook.
Mrs. WIse-Indeedl How do you seem
to suit herr
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

patronize "a safe bank. a modern restau-
rant. an honest "slop shop" 20 replenish
his kit, or ship through a special free bu-
rcau. For the first time in the history
Of the world the merchant sailorman in
great numbers may here spend his time
In port in just as retired. decent and re-
spectacle surroundings as any other trav-
eier.
THE chance TO be as self-respecting as
any other class OF men is all the sailor
wants. said c. Mcpherson Hunter. secre-
tary Of the American Seamens Friend So
ciety, at its headquarters, 76 Wall street
to-day. Il know the sailor. and I am sure
he will rise 10 his first opportunity Of
living like other men in port Il has
taken $4,000 10 build our institute. and
We are still looking for $4,000 20 furnish
IL properly. Ii will open a worldwide
benefit to the sailOrman. and every State
and nation should surely be represented"
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
LODGE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Federal City, No. 20, WIFE Hold In
staIIntiOn Next wednesday.

Federal City Lodge. No. 20. l. o. O. F.
at Northeast Temple. Twelfth and H
streets. Wednesday evening, elected the
following named officers for the ensuing
six months term.
Noble grand, Frank E lie Gros: vice
grand, W. NJ. Johnson; recording secre-
tary, H. W. Weber; financial secretary.
d. c. Cook; treasurer, G. II. Eakie; Gus
todlan S. n. Mallory
The installation will occur on next We'd
nesday evening, the installing officer
being Crane Representative J. II. Crew.
Federal City Lodge has kept up the
high standard attained by 1t in the de-
gree work, and has made a substantial
gain the past term IN membership and
finances
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Uses of "A London Church.

From the London Globe.
The Church OF All Hallows. London
Wall, presents strange appearance
every morning. The building is opened
early for the accommodation OF girls and
women who arrive in the city by the
'workmen's' trains. which frequently
are run at such an hour as TO compel the
passengers to make a long wait after ar
irving in the city for their places OF
business to open. A short service is con-
Quoted and then the congregation is per-
mitted and even encouraged 70 employ
themselves with needlework or with read
ing. The women and girls are provided
with reading matter. though care Is TAX
en- that it shall not be too narrow in ia
range
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
ANTI-SALoON LEAGUE EVENT.
Fifteenth Anniversary Observed at
sixth Presbyterian Church.

Rev. Arthur W. Spooner, D. D., pastor
OF the Sixth Presbyterian Church, will
make the principal address in the meet
ing in the First Presbyterian Church,
John Marshal place, this evening at S
o'clock, IN celebration of the fifteenth
anniversary of the organization OF the
Anti-Saloon League OF the District of
Columbia. Rev. Donald G. Macleod
D. D., president Of the league will pre-
side. Music will be furnished by the
choir Of the church.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
MoNOsYLABLE EPICRAMs FROM TRUTH.
BY COL. JOHN A. JOYCE.

Soul Is life
Cold is
Gold Is the god Of the globe.
Feast and the
God is spirit and spirit 5 Gg
Those who talk DO
IL is great to be nd
Sleep death II tw Of frest
If God is not God. not man
Where love reigns not a
Trust in God, but fail
Get out Of the not work
We get what give e as live.
When right is right strike mil
High birth is a guest a a lowt table
He who is bought for gold for gold
He who lives well will die md we'll
EVIL from evil springs OF
The bride Of love faith Is he bride of truth
The heart and soul of a fool II mouth
TO know, to love. and the
Tell and act the truth will foe
The clock of fate strikes the kneIo Of all men
The pride that hides our hurts helps scars
It's easy to be just and hat
Those who trust in
The poor and the weak
Face death with smile and back of
Nhat might have been does is wha Will
wise man knows than
10 KNOW no" t we know Is to know how
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
Better Keep Quiet.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
After escaping from prison, Caleb Pow
ers is foolish enough to want 70 break
into Congress. Really, Caleb. we gave
you credit for better judgment.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

maculate shirt fronts The author Of
their being fails 20 remember that sim
plicity and lack OF haste are the princi-
PES OF a perfect dinner.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
Tears Relieve the Brain.

The beneficial effect of tears is ex-
planned by Professor Waynbaum M
D., in La Revue. who comes to the con-
clusion that tears act upon the human
organism like chloroform, ether or al
cohol" when a human being gives
way to sorrow says DR.. Waynbaum
the blood pressure in the brain de-
creases. The tear helps in this process,
which benumbs the brain for the time
being, causing passiveness of the, soul
and almost approaching Indifference.
Tears are blood, changing color by
their passage through the lachrymal
glands One can drown his sorrow in
tears as one can benumb his senses by
the use of alcohol or drugs. When
person cries the facial muscles contract
and the appearance of the face
changes. which facilitates the white
blood-letting, driving the blood parti-
cles into the lachryman gland. from
which they issue in the shape of tears.
Children whose nervous system is
particularly tender, derive great bene-
fit from crying occasionally. The act
of crying relieves their brain. The same
may be said with respect to women
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
When You're Asleep.

II doesn't cost so much to live
Tho many servants you may keep
Banquets and musicales you give
When you're asleep,
When you're asleep,
Swell fancy hats your wife has
You pay the bill and never weep:
Bargains are never given a thought
When you're asleep,
When you're asleep,
You own farm and cattle fine
You hear the little. chickens peep,
And see the pumpkins on the vine
When you're asleep,
When you're asleep,
Your coal bills are a little thing.
And plumbers bills are not so steep
You scatter gold with careless fling
When you're asleep,
When you're asleep,
You're reckless in the price you pay
Autos" you buy and count them
cheap.
For money seems to come your way
When you're asleep,
when you're asleep,
You hear a noise that wakes you up
From dreams TO hard facts take
leap
The yelping of your neighbours pup
Robs you of wealth
Also your sleep.
Robert r. Carroll. in Chicago Journal.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
The Gate of Dreams.

An idle youth one summer day
Went wandering afield-
Nor east nor west on any quest
That eye or thought revealed,
But on and on through bloom and
shine,
And down by shady streams,
Through lane and wood, until he STOOD
Beside the Gate of Dreams.
What saw he there? Nay, rather ask
What saw he not and heard.
Hath mind perceived? Hath heart re-
ceived?
Hath soul been deeply stirred
Bv radiant things, by whisperings
From better lands, it seems?
All these he saw and heard in awe
Reside the Gate of Dreams.
What brought he back that summer
day
From wandering afield?
Naueht he can show or tell, Kno"
OF things on earth revealed,
Rut more than gold, millionfold
And all the world esteems
ne holds the day he strayed away
Reside the Gate of Dreams
clarence Ousley in Uncle Renus
Magazine,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
The Watch Below.

The bell has sounded and the watch is
done,
The dawn enlightens all the dark
ened sea
That cold, relentless grind of such
as We
The bell has sounded. brother soon the
No more to stare on dreary sheets of
foam.
No more to scan the stars in any
wise,
No more to Chamber riggings hard
with ice;
Lo! on the port repeat the lights OF
home.
Oh! we are weary, weary. ami the
best
That life could give us was to pillow
the main
Through the wide night till dawn
doomed up again;
But God at last has covered US with
rest.
The bell sounded, It's the watch's knell;
Let US make haste below where it
is warm.
Out of the cold and fog, the dark
and storm!
The bell has sounded. brothers. All is
well.
Vincent O'sullivan, in Academy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
Error In Diet.

Pupils of a distinguished professor
of zoology noted one day two tidy
parcels lying on their instructors desk
as they passed out at the noon hour
On their return to the laboratory for
the afternoon lecture, they saw but one.
This the professor took carefully up IN
his hand as he opened his lecture. In
the study of the vertebrate we nave
taken the frog as a type. Let US now
examine the gastrocnemius muscles of
this dissected specimen" So saying
the professor united the string of his
neat parcel and disclosed to view a
ham sandwich and boiled egg. But
1 have eaten my lunch, said the
learned man. bewilderedly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
Apples and Insomnia.

A medical writer declares that the ap-
pie is such a common fruit that very
few. persons become familiar with its
medicinal properties. The best thing
Just before going to bed, he says, is to
eat an apple. Persons INITIATED in the
mysteries Of the fruit, he says, are like
y to throw up their hands in horror at
the vision Of dyspepsia which such
suggestion may summon up, but no
harm can come even to delicate sys-
TEN by the eating of a ripe and juicy
apple before going to bed. The apple
Is excellent brain food. because it has
more phosphoric acid in easily digest
60 shape than any other fruit. 1t ex-
cites the action of the liver, promotes
solnd and healthy sleep and thoroughly
eantects the mouth. This is not all:
ge apple prevents indigestion and
1r12t diseases
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
chiIdren,s Home Study.

A question which perplexes mothers
greatly is how long to allow children
to study out of school. Children under
10 years of age should not be allowed
to study out of school at all. They
need all the time spent out of school
for outdoor exercise and rest and sleep.
A child who is fond of books probably
will want to study, but this is not to
be allowed to any extent, for the un-
usually bright child seldom remains as
bright when the higher grades are at
tanned. and in many cases will fall be-
hind theaverage child, who has received
more exercise and play. Children over
10 years of age possibly will have to
study a littls out of school, and the
amount of home work will increase as
the child progresses. Studying. how
ever. should always be done in the late
afternoon or in the early morning. but
never after supper, when both the mind
and body need relaxation to prepare the
way for a night of sound sleep.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
July.

Now doth sweet Summer dream her
sweetest dream;
With full fringed lids half closed
against the sun
And thirsting lips, she mods beside the
stream
Within whose silent bed no waters
run.
Full YEARLY she stretcheth now her
limbs:
Anon her breast is stirred with lam
guild signs;
Lulled by the murmur of slow forest
hymns
She draws the shadows with her
browsing eyes.
And, all above, her busy hands have
made
A woven covert of green boughs that
keep
The semblance of a painted arch whose
shade
Falls on the ground like an enchant-
ed sleep
Robert Burns Wilson in Metropolitan
Magazine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
A Pilgrim Song.

All, little Inn of Sorrow,
What of thy bitter bread?
What of the ghostly chambers,
So / be sheltered?
Tis but for a night. the freight
That gasps on thy cold hearthstone;
Tomorrow my load and the open road,
And the far light leading on!
All, little Inn of Fortune,
What of thy blazing cheer,
Where glad through the pensive even
ing
Thy bright doors beckon clear?
Sweet sleep on thy balsam pillows,
Sweet wine that will thirst assuage-
But send me forth DER the morning
earth
Strong for my pilgrimage!
All. distant End of the Journey,
What if thou fly my feet?
What if thou fade before me
In splendor wan and sweet?
Still the mystical city lureth-
The quest is the good knights part;
And the pilgrim wends through the end
of the ends
Toward shrine and a Grail in his
heart.
Charlotte Wilson in Scribner's Mag
aZine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
A Brave SURGEON.

yhe Of the most dramatic incidents in
NE history Of Atlantic voyages took
pace during the recent passage of the
.l1ard liner Pannonia, says the Elk
press
Inc vessel was blowing its way
through a severe storm when the ships
surgeon, Or. J. F. Orr, reported to the
.aIlaIn that a Scottish stoker, who was
eIli9lne from appendicitis. was in a
NJ, ~ acal condition, and that If the mans
..-r We're 10 be saved an immediate OPP
"9,i'n was necessary.
ne captain at once gave the order
=. ' me ship to be stopped. and dozens
~ gallons Of oil were hurled overheard
u. ne effort to keep the vessel from
p..lIlhg in the heavy seas that were
"nile every effort was thus made to
- liie ship steady, the surgeon was
i',. lEing out the operation in the sick
ny below The operation was success
-. - oul when 1t was over the surgeon
,t q yIeallE collapsed. so great had been
'' 1, strain on his nerves.
u, .ue sJgker, who would have died
, ..,ll'n l"enty-four hours, had the oper-
,loh been delayed, was convalescent
''' me nip arrived at New York.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
Weakest and stronnest-

Which is the weakest thing of all
Mine heart can ponder?
The sun, little cloud can pail
With darkness yonder?
The cloud little wind can move
Where'er it listeth?
The wind, a little leaf above.
Though sere. resisteth?
What time that yellow leaf was green
My days were gladden.
But now, whatever Spring may mean
L must grow sadder.
All. me! leaf with signs can wiring
My lips asunder!
Then is mine heart the weakest thing
Itself can ponder
Yet, heart, when sun and cloud are
pinned
And drop together,
And at a blast which is not wind,
The forests wither
Thou, from the darkening deathly
curse,
To glory breakfast
The strongest of the universe
Guarding the weakest,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
Cleaning.

Skies to the west are stained with mad
der
Amber light on the rare blue hills:
The sough of the pines is growing sad
der;
From the meadow lands sound the
whippoorwills,
Air is sweet With the breath of clover;
Dusk is on, and the day is over.
Skies to the east are streaked with
golden;
Tremuious light on the darkening
pond;
Glow worms pale, to the dark behold
en-;
Twitterings hush in the hedge be
yond.
Air is sweet with the breath of clover,
Silver the hills where the moon climbs
over.
Robert Adger Bowen in Appleton's
Magazine.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-07-18
An Extravaaant Woman.

~ Washington Starr
The r 6eIle De Rivera, president Of
You. i-glaI Suffrage league Of New
~, md at A recent dinner:
nsr nave had the suffrage, we wo-
Won. Ieng ago, were it not that. where
Ia ba are concerned, men are inclined
,oTr,.e httie unfair, little churlish.
nan - treatment OF women is on
men. l.h Old Hiram Doolittles treat
cash ~ MS wife. He made her keep a
ever. 'glCount, and he would 20 over it
lko n, night growing and grumbling,
ters -- 81 here, Hannah-mustard plas-
a.. % cents. three teeth extracted. 50
ices 500 in one day spent for your