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The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
ENGLISH FEMALE PHYSICIANS.
Are Making Great Headway in the
Medical Profession.
I'm -te N-r Y--E -

Fr-rc -le NeT York Pcs-
The Englishwoman is making great
headway in the medical profession. TIE
CoIIece OF Physicians already admits her
20 all ics szaminauous- The Royal Col
leEe Of Surgeons has Just taken up the
question. At a recent poll Of the fellows
and members q majority of the fellows
We're In favor Of admitting women. but
the majority Of the members were Op-
posed The London Hospital. commenting
on the result of this poll. declares that
the opposition of the members depends
on their ignorance Of the excellence of
woman practitioners and on fear of their
competition These two objections cut
each others thr1ars- Skilled man sur
ge0ns are not troubled by the c1mpeti-
ton Of UusEiIl-d woman surgeons. on
the other hand there is no t-1able
ground for barring the skilled woman
from any Of the h110rs OF privileges Of
the profession Antique prejudice cannot
long hold ont against Ene assault Of the
expert. no matter how unwlse she may
have been IN her choice or sex L Is
better 70 give cordially what she de-
raauds than 20 wait until she takes what
she deserves and makes the withhOIder
ridiculous
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
TO AVERT RAIL ACCIDENTS
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

dian Pacific. the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St Paul. the Chicago and Northwestern.
and the Northern Pacific.
Many other prominent roads are pre-
pairing 10 try the telephone as a suosti-
tute for the telegraph Those companies
which have tried the telephone declare
that they eliminate the Indifferent tsle-
graph operator, so often found The
train dispatcher finds that he can call
stations and deliver messages much
quicker by telephone than by telegraph
He can deliver his orders directly 10 the
engineer and conductor when necessary
The one receives the message and repeats
IL TO the other, who writes II down Then
the one who has received the message
reads II over 10 tire one who wrote IL
down. and he. in turn. repeats Il 20 the
dispatcher. who puts his O. K upon IT, a
carbon copy Of this order is then put IN
a box. kept locked for the purpose. so
that there will be no missing link IN the
chain Of evidence. should an accident hap
pen.
There are already 90 roads. large and
small which operate their trains exclu-
sively by telephone They all report the
system as SATISFACTORY They ind that
properly constructed metallic circuit tel
ephone lines are in no greater danger %
getting out Of order than are telegraph
lines Special railroad systems have been
devised. which meet all the varying and
exacting conditions Of railroad work \
selective system Of bells IS arranged.
which enables the dispatcher 70 get in
touch with any one station telephone he
may desire, OF as many At one time as
he desires Il is also arranged so that he
can talk 70 one Office down the line and
be calling another at the same time
Wireless telegraphy was thought by
some TO offer q solution OF the problem Of
safe railroad operation. but this hope
has proved unfoUnded- That il works well
was shown by the experiments Of the
Chicago and Alton, which made some ex-
Periments with it. Il was believed that
passengers would make liberal use of L
between terminals and. therefore. Il
would be commercial success When
this was found TO be an error. the rail-
road also found that It could accomplish
the same ends by cheaper means. so the
wireless telegraph ceased 20 figure as a
train controlling agency
Il Is probable that when the board con-
clUdes its Investigations 4 viii have
found devices which vii eliminate col
lisions entirely II viii then recommend
their compulsory adoption Judging by
the past. there Will be e great kick by
the railroads They kicked l1stily against
the safety coupler and the sirbrake but
after enforcement OF the Law. they agreed
that Il was wise one That something
ought 10 be done 10 protect the travelling
public, and that something can be done,
is shown by the figures for q recent year
There were 81 passengers killed IN the
united states in that year. and 7.001 in
jure5. During the same twelve months
there were but > passengers killed n
Great Britain. and only 70 injured The
disparity grows when Il IS stated that
there were sos. ~ more tickets sold in
Great Britain that year than there were
in the United States
Copyright. 1905 b. Frederic : Haski--1
Tomorrow Society of American
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
Extending Postal Service.
-r1n The Phiiadelphiz Prs.

E---1 ne EEIlaCelr-la EreSs.
Every European post-of5ce. including
England. does a cash-on-deIlvery business.
taking packages. collecting the price oE
the article contained and returning II u
the sender The English post-ofice Is Just
extending this system 20 ne colonies Il
is already international between some
European countries Our post-ofices take
parcels for most European countries and
10 many Asiatic and 70 all American
lands; but there Is 10 parcel post for this
country You can send 4 package Of
eleven pounds. the postal regulations care
fully state. TO Shaukhaikwan and Shu-
a1EmiaOtszu- but not 10 Camden or Ches-
ter You can send a parcel through san
Francisco A parcel post would make
rural delivery self-sustaining; but Con-
gress. thanks 10 the opposition OF ex-
press companies. viii not grant L
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
PHILIPPINE TOURISTS.
Americas Recent Panic Lessened
the Number

Americas Recent Panic Lessened
the Number
From Philippine Gossip
A few days ago one Of the dailies pub
lshed a long article calling attention to
the great crowds Of tourists which were
overrunning Japan and passing by the
Philippines The facts are that the finan-
ciaI panic in the United States seriously
fnterfered with tourist travel 70 the
Orient this year. and the number touring
Japan and China is much below the usual
number while at Nagasad the Nagasaki
Hotel has been compelled 10 close its
doors for want OF patronage While Ma
MIA has not been visited by large mum
bers Of tourists so far during the present
year. Yet there has been a ConSidera bic
number who have stopped over from time
10 time, and as all have been well repaid
for their visits. there is every indication
that the tourist travel viii gradually set
in toward these Islands. and that Manila
VIII have a fair share Of this travel be
fore many months have passed. due IN A
large measure TO the work OF the pub
hciJy bureau Of the Merchants Associa-
ton
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
AIRSHIPS IN WAR.
Their Use Is Prohibited by The
Hague Conference.

Ehelr AsS Is FroniblTe0 by me
Hague Conference.
From re Springfield Re7zblicz--
While the discussion Of the use q ar
ships IN war proceeds al q lively rate
Gen George B Davis explains the exact
status OF the question Of using such craft
for the launching OF prOjectiIes and ex-
piosives- In the July number OF ths
American Journal of International Law
he calls attention 70 the international
convention prohibiting such methods of
warfare. which was negotiated al the last
Hague conference The prohibition en-
bodied therein IS "for period extending
70 the close OF the third peace confer
eGce. 70 be held some time IN the fu-
ture- Gen Davis concludes his article BY
saying
The number n szz-es thzt have To- ypt siSnsd
Is s1rnsvhat unusual and leads rs % hope ths-
their signatures VII bs attached a. Al early DAY
II Is understood that only one grezt
power has ratified, or signed. this con
vention- Obviously. the general reIUct-
ance observable TO commit themselves
must be due TO the desire OF the great
powers Of Europe to await the develop
meuts IN aeronaUticaI science They are
fearful also OF each Other
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
The ATLANTIC Cable.
From the Boston Transc-ipt

From the Boston Trans--ipt-
The 7ftieth anniversary Of the laying
OF the Atlantic cable Of 1855 passed with
but scant notice. considering the tnpor-
tance Of the event However. there is time
10 make Up FOR this neglect. for while tss
cable was landed August ;. 1855. the first
message vas not sent over It until eleven
days later. Several hundred private dis
patches were transmitted. but the cable
was never opened for commercial bust
ness. refused 10 work and was abandoned
This was the second attempt at cable
laying and simply proved the feasibility
Of the project. Permanent telegraphfc
communication between the Old World and
the New really dates from July p. 1855.
when the fourth attempt resulted in sue
cess
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
ACTION NOT MOVED.
: DiSiIIusfOnIzinE story of Henry
Irving.

F-rn the Springfield Rer-riz-.
II is TO many people painful disHusson
TO learn that a great actor IS not ueces-
sariiy moved in acting a moving scene
Very shocking. FOR example. IS this story
which the English writer. ". H Pollock.
told the other day about Sir Henry Irving
He had 81 from an actress who played
Desdemona 90 Sir Herry's OtheIIo-
What" she said IN pathetic tones. What 60 vou
think be salf When tr vas supposed % - sizzling
ne behind The rs--a-r-s Can -7l guess replied
rst--sLly -hs- I o1.-G -1-- 'Vhv De- asEeE ne
vhat my mother had o-is-gd for s17Ier. Thi-s
q it.r
No doubt the actors part becomes IN
time more or Jess an objective entity in
dependent from himself So that he leads
Jeiyli-Hyds life on the stage But the
extent 10 which this happens must dapend
greatly on teuieraue1J The actor has
% steer between two perils-thar Of LAPS
ing into dead routine and that OF wearing
himself out by overdrawi1E his emotional
resources
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
WHY VOTE FOR BRYANT
Because You Are Angry at Calamity
HowIerS-

HcWAerS-
From the Lowell Caufier-Citizea
Let it be cheerfuUy admitted that Mr.
Bryan might be President for four years.
or even eight. without eadangering any
thing very much. With the Senate still
heavily Republican he would find IL ex-
tremeIy ficuIt 20 rs4fn the country
financially. or any other way: and it is
even probable that If Mr. Bryan had a
whole Senate ard House Of his own kind
behind him We should all survive. though
with sundry scarcs and shocks. Mr. Doc
ley's dictum that We should get along
with ayther, or both. or uayther'' quite
as well as before, IS very nearly true.
But why vote for Bryan merely because
you don't think he can do any harm.
when you can find a man who Is abso-
lutely certain 10 do the job a hundred
times better2
Life this week puts Il very succinctIy-
indeed. II has not bseu better phrased in
all This campaign and viii not be-when
it remarks:
The reason for voting for Taft is GOT
that Bryan Is a demon of destruction.
but that Taft is iac0mpsrabIy the better
man 10 be President and Will give Us bet
ter government than Bryan could. and
without any preliminary scare and check
20 business.
That's it, Why vote for Bryan merely
because you are angry at the old-fash-
Toned calamity howle-2 There are not
many of him now and at his very worst
he was more logical and plausible in his
reasoning than this man from the Golden
West Who cares whether Bryan would
or would not do ivreparJbIe harm-so
long as there is no proper occasion TO
vote FOR him at au2 The wise man viii
compare Taft and Bryan. see which is
the ahier Of the two and vote for him.
without bothering what would happen Il
he had helped elect Bryan Bryan's all
riEEt-perhapS But not as good as the
other man al that
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
Gum.hoc RiII.. ,Iu-fnE..

Frlu The Har-f--5 I9---r--
Hon William Joel Stona - "Gumshoe
BiT--uust have read about Hon. Chester
T. Longs -uishaQ with lively interest and
more than little personal uneasiness-
Missouri and Kansas. Jefferson city and
Medicine LodEe- Senator stone and Sen
at0- Long are by way OF being neiEhbors-
one can imagine the silert-f1oted one
thinking 20 himself Suppose ibis thing
should prove catching Suppose Joe
Folk should down me as Bristow has
d0wUed POOR Lo1E-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

shed in the Chamber Of HorroTs- As
waxworks come high. the price Of ad-
mission is also high;-oniy a scamp with
. cents to spend can stand gloating be-
fore the outrageous -tableaux. and it is
not from the 25-cent class that criminals
are chiefly recruited. The penny paper,
with its array of haIf-tone portraits. does
this work 10 perfection. Some day We
shall adopt NJ Depine's idea. and apply
it with highly beneficial results.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
How Hammer of Death struck James

FrCrn ne WessIni1ste- GsIerts
The old parish church Of Plunstead.
which has just been reoPeued, Is prob
ably at least 100 years old The pic
tureSque ChurChyard. a cherished haunt
Of the poet Bloomfield during his visits
TO Shooters Hill contains a delightfully."-
choice arrangement Of epitaphs" One
of these. on Master James Darling. aged
ten teaches a lesson Of n1odera ton dur
Ing the present cherry season to The youth
OF other places besides Plumstead- Speak
ing from his tombstone. Master Darling
exclaims.
The hammer q death give % ne
For eatlng The cherriss q TIE trre-
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
JAPAN'S FLEET.
StfH Increasing the While She Needs
Bread

Prom the Portland Greg1uiau
According 20 German advices- which
may or may not be strictly accurate,
Japan has appropriated vast sum OF
money for a feet Of four battle ships and
five armored cruisers in addition 70 yes
sells already building. This. II is stated.
viii place the Nippon empire in third
place In the worlds navias in 1911 Be
fore getting excited over the Increasing
naval strength of our friends across the
sea. IL should De remembered that. Il
Japan continues buying such luEuTies as
battle ships while many of her people are
crying for bread. the year sgf1 may fnd
most Of the battle ships. as well as other
collateral in the international pawnshops-
Japan has been spending money with the
recklessness Of a drunken sailor for many
years, ana as a result her people are now
staggering under a national debt Of pro-
portions that would cause civil war. ri0T.
and Reputation IN almost any other cou1-
Try.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
GIori~S in His Picture.

Now you can ln no way pamper a
criminals vanity more aEreeabIy than
bv publishing hIs portrait Though he
hates being "uusge5-' since Il prevents
his eIgd.1E the police with HIS former
ease. he Eloriss In seeing hts photograph
held up before a shu56e-irE public and
his comrades fn crime Meanwhile moth
ing could more Vl-iiiv impress the i'm
arluat5au of in-i05eur criminals. The
crime Is not photoE-ar -e5- IL can't be
AZ worst ft IS but rUdeIv sket-hed- Yet
the picture q the criminal has IN 10 a
r---eIy potent realism Il portrays the
hero himself
Publicity gIorifes his crime n its ef-
feet II IS more f1fauirE than the yaxen
ina ses that reproduce scenes of blood
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
Folk ~ SfouH
be Springfield Rev.blican.

From the Springfield Reu.blican-
1t would be a welcome change If Mis-
souri, should send MT- Folk 10 the United
States Senate in place Of Senator Stone
who is a small politician at home and an
Infinitely smaller one in national ara;rs
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Police Hint from Paris on
the Glory of Crime.
HEROES OF VICIOUS MEN
Prisoners Vanity Appealed To by
Seeing His Picture I'm the Papers,
His MiSdeed and an Inspiration
to Others to Commit Crime.

Paris is the most fun after dark. says
the Boston Transcript The b0ulevards.
the cafes chantauts. the cabarets Of
2Iontmartre. the frivolities Of the Champs
EIysces-these. 10 the Americans. are
Paris. and grow gayer and more Paris
ian" as the night advances. Hideous.
then. is the thought that almost any
where around the corner turks a lad with
a long knife. waiting 20 run you through.
The Parisiaus are themselves out OF con
ceit with their "ApaChes-" They demand
more policemen. and policemen with more
brains and more nerve
The police reply that nobody gets into
trouble unless he IS looking for It. A way
farer murdered in the Rue DiabIe at in
the morning. What was he doing in the
Rue Diable2 Why wasn't he snoring the
snorc Of the righteous At . in the morn
ing2 The fact IS. neither the Parisians
nor their policemen have thus far learned
to cope with the hands Of young thugs
who roam the city after dark. and by no
means conhne their operations to dan
ger0us quarters or small hours.
Gives Orders to Newspapers.
1t last there has entered the brain Of
Police Commissioner Lepine a thought
Not a futile thought. either. so far as il
goes He has ordered the newspaper to
quit printing photographs OF Apaches
The publication Of their portraits has af-
f0rded them consolation when arrested.
and the consequent glory has melted
their comrades 90 st.U more shocking
ofit-azss- Naturally We have here 90 do
with tle Gallo temperament. 20 which
ia EIoire" appeals with tremendous po-
tsncy- YET we have also 70 do with the
criminal temperament, which IS much the
same the world over
You need only scan the findings Of LON
brOso. Wines. and Ellis TO convince your
self how vast is the criminals vanity
You have only 10 talk with criminals to
see that vanity frankly displayed There
are exceptions. Of course. bur in the main
the rule holds Even II vanity PLAYS no
appTe-iahle part I'm the actuatinE process
that Qre0e5es the crime Il sUstEius the
criminal iu its performance and Offsets
the dread of consequence On his way TO
the lookup a desperate remarked 20 his
caprors. Vow the world VIII hear Of
uet' The incident was to a great degree
typical
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

Tomorrow - Society of American
Florists.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16
ance from the Prince who is endeavoring
70 deprive him Of his throne.

ance from the Prince who is endeavoring
70 deprive him Of his throne.
Their meeting at Biarritz a fortnight
since recalls one Of a similar nature
which I witnessed a number Of years ago
at Paris. Il was at an official bail given
by Senator Teisseranc de Bort minister
Of commerce. in honor Of the various
royal personages at Paris in connection
with the International Exhibition Of 1873
The Teisserancs had the haziest ideas
about International etiquette. and the
protocol. OF department Of ceremonies, Of
the French government in those DAYS had
far from attained its present degree Of
experience and perfection
The invitations were sent out without
any regard as 10 the feelings Of the in
viJed guests toward one another. and
thus it happened that At one moment
there were assembled IN the great ball
room old Queen Isabella of Spain her
husband. King Francis. from whom she
was separatsd- Don Carlos, the Spanish
pratender, and the late Duke Of Aosta
who father Of the Duke Of the AbrlazzD
had few years previously been forced
by Bourbon Vaccinations at Madrid 10
sbdiCate the throne Of Spain. 70 which
he had been elected in 1870. As soon as
they had all become aware Of one an
others presence, Don Carlos and King
Francis each hastily withdrew in different
directions betrayinE evidence Of the Ut
most embarrassment TO the many eyes
that We're watching them
But eE-hi1g Amadeus. who was the
most chIvaIroUs hammered OF men. crossed
the room 20 where Queen Isabella was
sitting howfng low, begged leave 20 pre-
sent his homage 90 her, kissed the hand
which she extended 20 him. and then. IN
response 10 her invitation. seated himself
by her side and engaged in friendly con-
versation-
He again kissed Eer hand on retiring
and withdrew. amidst a quiet murmur
OF appreciation on the part of the French
and foreign digniJaries present caused
by the grand seigueur courtliness with
which he had tackled a somewhat avk-
ward renconJra.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

One Of the most remarkable develop
ments Of recent years in the operation Of
railroad trains is the movement to super
sede the telegraph with the telephone in
the transmission of all orders The move
ment IS becoming so widespread as 10 in
dicate the early passing Of the telegraph
in train dispatching- The Santa Fe now
operates 1,49G miles Of line with block
signals controlled with telephones instead
Of by telegraph The Burlington Route Is
successfully operating a section Of its
main line by telephone orders as an ez-
pertinent The New York Central is Op-
Grating the forty miles Of its track be
tween Albany and Fonda by telephone
As this is a four-track section. It IS plain
to see that there is a heavy traffic 70
handle. Other roads which are beginning
to use the telephone instead Of the teIe-
graph are the Illinois Central. the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, the Cana
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

Sometimes awkward recontres Of this
kind are accidental. and. therefore un-
aroidable- Two weeks ag0. for instance.
Alfonso XIII. who had nlotored from
san Sebastian 10 Biarritz with his broth
er-in-law. Prince Ferdinand. Of Bavaria.
in order to do some shopping and make
some calls, suddenly found himself face
10 face on the leading square Of the town
with Don jaime, only son and heir OF
Don Carlos the Carlist preteuder. and.
owing 20 the latter's age. tnfrmities- and
incidence. now the active chief Of the
militant Carlist party. and. as such. ex-
He'd from Spain
Neither OF them saluted. though the
young King could not forbear a smile
which fickered for q moment on his
mobile features And when. a. hour
later, Alfonso motored back 10 san Sc
oastian, he was followed al an interval
OF ten minutes by Don jaime who IS
making his headquarters at St. Jean de
Lux Just on the French side of the
Spanish frontier. so as 20 be within easy
reach Of his adherents in Spain. The two
automobiles were in sight Of one another
during most Of the trip. and Don Alfonso
IS said 10 have esteemed il fortunate. un-
der the circumstances that there was no
breakdown OF his machine. which would
have exposed him 10 an offer OF assist
The Washington herald., 1908-08-16

CopsTisht. la0s. b the B1entEOoa O..
The Detroit times., 1908-03-20
Burns-P aImer
Battle Pictures
Shown at Gayety

Just how easily our Noah Brusso
(Tommy Burnsl Is fipding 1t TO hold
fts title Of heavyweight champion writ
be shown to Detroiters next week
when the motion pictures OF the
Burns Palmer battle in London are
put on at the Gayety theater next Sun
day.
This Jack Palmer was not as easy
as the latest picking. Jem Roche, nor
.as tough as the first aspirant, Gunaer
Moir. but the films showing the battle
anew the superiority OF
the Yankee style of boxing. The pic
lures are as clear as any ever seen
here and the style and motions of the
contestants are discernible at every
move. .saS
There was Just one minute OF fight
ing. when the EngiIshman savagely
attacked Brusso In the opening round,
when It seemed that Palmer had o
chance Then the force OF the Ameri-
cans blows told and the fight became
q flight. Palmer slipped down, was
knocked down, fell down--and spent
a large share OF the four rounds on
the mat. Then the nattily-attired ref
cree stopped the one-sided AFFAIR.
Brusso sent the films to his old
friend, VIM. Mcintosh, and they were
given a private view Thursday after
noon in the Gayety. Sunday aftcr-
noon they will be put IN for Q weeks
exhibition.
The Detroit times., 1908-03-20
ORE YFUSS WONT
COME ACROSS

return of the blistered foot epidemic
news OF which at one time cast De
troit fans into turmoil, SO he rep
resented the club all alone. AS has
been often said before. Hughie Is the
hardest worker on his team.
Today nothing is definitely program
ed except the bath. which will be
taken as usual. Jennings says he Is
through negotiating with Barney Drey'
fuss Tor The use OF his ball park.
Mr.. Dreyfuss doesn't stand very high
in the estimation of our gentlemanly
athletes, who do their bathing at this
end CT town. He is too backward
about coming forward with something
definite.
Ii is now virtually certain that there
will be nothing doing Saturday in the
way OF game or anything else, but
baths, which the, Tigers will continue
taking to tho bitter end.