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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

- ARCH Il the world OF ielteIs
N III celebrate the centenary OF
NH the birth Of Edward FitzGer-
aid, In England. OF Irish par
entaee He was a man with
,.n;,s for friendship, Of Independent
and unconventional ideas Of thought NE
and conduct born to wealth. loving cui-
,,,r. ard ease. and utterly devoid OF am
hilton. Thackeray loved him best OF All
his friends; the Tennysons were oe'o.eo
to him, and his letters TO FahhS he"'o'o
are a perennial delight. His translation
OF Calderon's plays. made after ne nao
reached the age of forty. was his nrst
serious literary work. Soon afterward ne
took up the study Of Persian. and later
made his translation Of the Ruoaiyat OF
uuatrains Of the Pension poet Omar khay-
VAN. to whose philosophy OF life Fitz-
Gerald's was closely allied. 1t Is this
translat on which has made him famous
How IL Is regarded by men OF many minds
may be gathered from the following sym
postum:
An address at a dinner OF the Omar
"a Khayyam Club in London December
s. 1897.
l cannot sufficiently thank you for the high and
unmerited honor you have done me tonight.
feel keenly that such occasion. with such
company. my place is below the salt but as you
kindly invited me. it was not in human nature
for ME to refuse.
Although in knowledge and comprehension of
the two great poets whom you are met to COM
memorate am the least among you. there il no
one who regards them with greater admiration
or reads them with more enjoyment than my.
self. never forget my emotion when
first saw FitzGeralds TRANSACTIONS Of the quat-
rains Keats. In his sublime ode Chapman y
Homer. has described the sensation once for all:
Then felt like some watcher Of the skies
When a new planet Swims into his KEN
The exquisite beauty. the faultless form. the
singular grace Of those amazing stanzas were not
more wonderful than the depth and breadth Of
life. their dauntlcss courage. their serene facing
Of the ultimate problems OF life and Of death.
or course the doubt did not spare me. which
has sssa.led many ignorant as was Of the
literature Of the east whether 1t was the poet
or his translator 70 whom was due this splendid
result Was IL. in fact. reproduction Of an
antique song or n INVESTIGATION OF n great mod
ern careless of fame and scornful OF hts time ?
Could 1, be possible that In the eleventh cen
fury 40 far away AS khorassan, 50 accomplished
Q man of letters lived. with such distinction
such breadth, such insight. such calm disllusiop
such cheerful and tocund despair. Was this
Weltschmerz which thought rnalady Of our
day endemic In Persia In 100: My doubt only
lasted till came upon a literal translation of
tho Rubsiyst and l saw that not the least re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

while the fight goes on in the center. 1t
is very what you call great fun
little Russian girl. Selling the chance to
appropriate he floor. why should you
want to fight needlessly when every day
in my country men are dying and going to
cause" Her little white face flushed
pink and the queer blue eyes cleaned as
her words rushed over each other.
'Ah. If you could have been in Moscow
like l was during the raid, II you had
seen the soldiers drunk-dead drunk with
vodka, for it was bitter cold-and killing
here. there. anywhere; II you had seen
the great cannon balls come through the
housetops. killing the children, crushing
down the old men; II you had seen your
nothing. then you would not ache to Kill.
Were you with the revolut' onaries?"
asked the Pastel Man. interestedly.
"Vraiment! And I wanted to ~ to help
the men fight, but my mother and father
held me back. Now our poor Russia Is In
the hands of the cruel bureaucracy. but
it will not be so long before things are
different. The peasants are beginning to
with them-they are three-fourths Of all
the people in Russia. and when they wake
up you shall see. But first there must be
dreadful days and much. much blood
shed!''
Lets go down to Simplicissimus." sug-
gested the Pen-and-Ink Man. feeling the
tensity in her voice.
We all welcomed the idea with enthu-
siasm. for Simplicissimus is the realest bit
of bohemiansm in Munich-and that Is
saying a great deal. Here every Saturday
night poets read their verses. artists bring
their sketches and musicians play and
sing their own compositions. so that 1t is
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velveteen Jackets and soft black hats:
portly society danes. carrying dache dogs
and followed by meek, understood hus-
bands; bread-and~butter madchens. with
innocent blue eyes glued on the nearest
officer; punches of musicians, the girls
with their hair in balls Of bra DIS over
their ears; here and there party of
tourists frankly staring. and everywhere
uniforms uniforms, uniforms. Irene can't
put up with these last. She had quite
contretemps with enc in a department
store yesterday. They ran into each other
at the sausage counter-every store has
It's butchery-and the officer waited for
Irene to get out of his way. Miss Wash
'ngton. used to southern politeness. wait
ed. too SO that fer fully two minutes
they stood there. glazing at each other.
neither one budging an inch. Finally the
wrathy officer moved, much to the indig
nation of interested spectators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

- ARCH q the world OF letters
N III celebrate the centenary OF
NH the birth Of Edward FitzGer-
aid. in England. Of Irish par
entaee. He was a man with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

ume Of drawings by Mr.. vedder is a center OF
delight and suggestion wherever 1t exists, In
one Of the most thoroughly read books In every
club library. JOHN HAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04

make more changes and fewer improve
ments in women's clothes than In any
thing else on earth. The other higher
callings, such as law and medicine and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
HOPES TO CLIP RECORD.

CINCINNATI, April 3.-Morris
Dean, of this city, a motor boat en-
thusiast, who with his brother ha
owned two crafts of the speed variety
has planned an onslaught on Fathe
time with his latest creation, the Bra
Fox II.
Starting today, Dean will attempt t
establish an all water record betweel
Cincinnati and New Orleans, and, con
ditions favorable, hopes to clip at leas
forty hours from the old record of 1O
hours.
The distance between the two cities
via water route is 1854 miles and
Dean declares that he can make th;
distance in sixty hours actual run
ming time.
The plan as mapped out by Dean
calls only for running in daylight
hours, with en- average of ZEN to Il
hours daily. The old record is held BY
the steamer Queen City.
The Bre'r Fox II is newly built, for
ty feet over all and equipped with an
eight cylinder motor and will carry
four persons on the trip.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
Ct. PAUL DOCTOR SAYS IT Is
POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE
LONGEVITY.
In Speech Before Life Insurance Presi-
denis This Afternoon Outlines
Some Methods.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Saying it
would be pozsble to add five, ten or
more years to the average life of poll
cy-holders by having them examined
medically every five years, DIR. Burn
side Foster. editor of the st. Paul
(Minn.) Medical Journal, this af err
neon before the association of life in
sUrance presidents urged the advisa-
bility of life insurance companies
adopting such a plan The suggestion
will be cor sidered by the associations
life eX, ension committee. which is al
ready busy Wi h. the proposal of Prof.
Irving Fisher of Yale university, to
have the FIFE insurance companies eX-
pend money in a campaign of health
education.
DR.. Foster claims that the medical
examinations he proposes would in
dicate the beginning of unsupported
diseases which would thus be discov
cred in time 20 effect cures, or to have
their progress materially arrested.
Such examinations would be free to
policyholders and DR.. Foster said that
the expense to the companies could be
but trivial.
Modern medicine has, above all,
two chief aims, the prevention Of
disease and the recognition of it's earl
lest signs in the individual" said DR..
Foster in today's address I'm both Of
these aims the business of life insur-
ance has an immense interest since
the nearer we approach to their ac-
eomplishments the more we add to
human longevity. Prof Fishers recent
plea for concerted action on the part
OF life insurance companies to lend
their financial aid to the cause of pre-
ventive medicine is one which meets
with my hearty sympathy and approx
al
preventive medicine becomes more
nearly an exact science all the time
and while its possibilities are far from
being realized. his is not because of
IT'S own inexactness or shortcomings
nut because the people have not vet
awakened to the fact that hese dis
eases which cause the greatest number
Of deaths and the greatest amour. of
suferlng are actually preventable, if
money enough is spent to prevent
them. The only way to enlist all the
people actively in the crusade against
preventable~ disease is to present .the
SUBJECT as an economic one. which tr
surely is, and one which appeals di-
ieetly to their pocketbooks. l am clad
tnat life insurance companies are be-
ss....,,g 20 pc in -erestod in it from this
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"Safie, the Persian.

BERLIN, April German com
posers and critics are looking for
ward with interest to the first Der
Torrance at the Municipal opera thea
ter at Mayence, on April 4. of "SaAs
the Persian" by Henry Hadley of Nev
York, who is the conductor of III.
Municipal orchestra at Mayence.
Mr.. Hadley's "Salome SYMPHONY
which won favorable recognition il
England and Germany, leads his Ger.
man colleagues to hope that SAT.
will be a notable production.
The title role of the new opera win
be created by the young American 50.
prano, Miss Marguerite Lemon of In,
dianapolis, who is kell wnown on thu
American concert stage and sang 70,
two years with the Metropolitan Open
company in New York. Miss LemOr
is chiefly known in Germany as tas
first Madame Butterfly heard in thu
Fatherland.
Safe" is a one-act musical versiO|
Of a story written by an Englishmar|
Edward Oxenford. 1t has been trans
lated and adapted for the Germaj
stage by the we'll known critic, OttI
Neitzel. The piece is said to bristl
with dramatic situations and Orienta|
color.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
ADD FIVE YEARS
TO LIFE OF MAN

point of view It's study will prove
profitable to them and will afford a
most valuable object lesson to the
people.
"As far as their polcyholders are
! concerned, life insurance companies
! have two chief objects in view. First
! hat every policyholder shall be psysi-
cally sound when his policy is issued,
and second that he shall live as long
and pay as many annual premiums as
possible These two conditions are
SO of great Importance to the policy
holders themselves because low dea h
rate means a smaller cost of insurance
and also because every one wants to
/ live as long as possible. All life in
surance companies are careful, some
more SO than oilers, to see that their
risks are carefully selected and on
the whole / believe that he medical
examinations for life insurance in this
country show thai the appli-
can are sound at the time their
fpolicies are issued This, Of course is
as it should be. but so far as l know
no effort is made by any life insur-
ance company to keep in touch with
the physical condition of its policy
holders after their policies are issued.
Life insurance companies will. of
course admit that anything which
would add five or ten or more years
to the average longevi Y Of heir pol
icyholders, so that they would pay just
that many more annual premiums,
would be an immensely valuable stroke
of business. I believe that this very
thing is possible although, of course,
l would no. go so far as TO state any
thing definite as to the average in
creased longevity that might be
brought about. There is probably not
a physician who has not many times
in his experience detected, while ex-
aiming a patient for some other pur-
poses, the early signs of some begin
ming organiv disease, of which the pa
tient had no suspicion. In such cases
the early recognition of the first evil
dences of the. disease has enabled the
physician to so order the life Of his pa
tient as to prevent the further pro-
gress of the disease, if it is a durable
one, or to retard it's progress and to
enable the patient to live much longer.
than he would have lived had the dis
ease not been detected until later
MANY persons die of kidney dis
case, of tuberculosis, of cancer, of dia-
betes, of heart disease, and of other
diseases every year, and many mil
lions of dollars are paid by the life in
surance companies which have issued
policies on the lives of these persons
who were sound when the policies
were issued, and who might have lived
much longer and paid many more an
nual premiums if the disease which
caused their deaths had been recog-
nlzed and properly trea ed in
their earliest stages. These are the
very diseases which figure most large
ly in your mortality tables. My conten-
tlon is that it IS perfectly possible TO
recognize, in many cases. the early
r'"r~ of these diseases before +ha ;ndi
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

were SO fatal to these animals, and the
millions expended by the government
in this work have been returned many
times in the form of increased profits
to the farmers and stock raisers and
have added immensely to our national
prosperity. The problems of the con-
troll of the diseases of mankind are not
very different from The problems of the
diseases of beasts. Are not is citizens
at least as great an asset to nation
as its hogs? The government under
took the matter of protecting the lives
pie demanded it, When the people de-
mand it, it will also undertake to pro-
|tect the lives of its citizens. 1t is az
simple problem to drive typhoid fe-
yer out of the United States as it was
20 Danish yellow fever from Havana
and from Panama. The medical profess
sion has for years been pleading for
governmental aid in their efforts to
prevent preventable diseases. 1t has
pleaded to deaf ears. Let the immense
influence Of the life insurance COM
pants be brought to bear upon the
government in his matter and those
ears will be deaf no longer. Whether,
gen. lemen, the directors of the COM
panies represented in this association
see any merit in any definite sug-
gestion I have made to you today, or
not is a small ma ter, compared with
the immense educational value 20 he
people. of witnessing an active effort
on the part of the great institutions
which you represent, to prevent pre-
ventable disease and to add to human
longevity"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
! BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR.
+ April 8. ;,
+ Birthday Of Capt. Charles Wilkes,
! Who Captured Mason and SlideII

Charles Wilkes. Born in New York
April 8, 1889. Died in Washington
February 8, 1877.
The war of 1912 was fought over the
principle of the right of search on the
high seas, England had always search
ed American vessels. The United
States mad objected without avail The
war led to no remuneration by England
Of it's supposed right Of search, and it
remained for an incident of the civil
war in America to settle the disputed
point
This incident was the seizure by
Captain Charles Wilkes, of the U. s.
war vessel San Jacfnto, of the two
confederate ENJOYS to Europe, John M
Mason, of Virginia, and John Slidell. of
Louisiana, on board the British West
India mail ship Trent November 8,
1861.
The country rang with the exploit
of Wilkes. Congress and the secre-
tary of the navy thanked him.
In the midst of this acclaim Presi-
dent Lincoln was the first to see that
the incident would involve the country
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vidual suspects that any evidence Of
disease is present, and that life In
surance companies would save large
amounts of money which they now
pay in death losses by inaugu-ating
plan of systematic re-examfnation OF
all their policyholders at regular inter-
walls, say every Ave years. This, Of
course could not be made compulsory
on all policyholders, but 1 believe. that
the great majority, if the reasons for
the examination were expa aimed to
hem, would be very glad to report to
the medical examiner at a specified
time and submit to the necessary ex-
animation.
"The expense to the companies
would be trivial, and in certain casts
where The policyholder was insured ~
two or more companies he expense
might be easily divided. The details OF
the plan which / suggest would of
course have to be carefully worked out
by the companies, but I feel certain
that by adopting some such p an as
/ have in mind, tina. atistics of life
insurance companies would in few
years show greatly reduced mortal
ity with correspondingly increased
profits to the business, and a lessening
of the cost of life insurance. The
whols tendency of modern medicine is
toward ire early recognition and the
proven ion of disease and the life in
surance company which first makes d
practical application of this principle
to it's business will not only bring
about a revolution in the business OF
life insurance, but will also confer an
immense and lasting benefit to the
world
Would it not be a good thing for the
lie We're to learn that the COMPANIES.
besides offering a protection to The
family, after the death of the bread
winner were earnestly and seriously
engaged in a concerted effort 10 pro-
tect the breat- winner during his life:
l believe il would, and I believe that
if the business of life insurance and
the profession Of medicine, were t.
join hands On the platform Of pre-
ventive medicine, they would both
earn the gratitude of humanity The
financial rewards to the life insurance
would also be great, thu
people would share largely in the
financial benefits, since the cost of
their insurance would be lessened,
and the medical profession while mott
profting financially-indeed prevent
i've medicines become actually prevent
I've, large number of diseases, nota-
bly, the communicable diseases, will |
become practically extinct, just as the
bubo plague and cholera are now prac- |
tically extinct in most highly civilized |
'The possibilities of properly di-
rected scientific effort in the control |
IF disease in animals have been amp
y demonstrated by the United States
government in the work that has been
lone during the last 25 years by the
department of agriculture in pro ect-
ng hogs, cattle and domestic fowls
rom the manv posts which formerly
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

considerable discussion. 1t held III,
the dispatches Of the ENJOYS were con
traband of war, and that Capta,
Wilkes had a right to search a neutr,
vessel for contrab md, but it acknawL
edged that he erred in letting Ii,
Trent proceed, instead of sending hs
into port for adjudication before
prize court. and that in thus constitu,.
ing himself judge of his own acts h.
had violated the very principle "a
which his government had always CON
tended against England.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
She sOftened the character of the

She SOftened the character of the
British note, the memorandum for
which was written by the prince, re-
gent at the queens dictation 1t was
the last political paper the prince
ever prepared.
In spite of the moderate language
of the note, Lincoln and his cabinet
saw that it meant war unless the en-
voys were given up. Lincoln pointed
out from the first that the United
States in Selling the ENJOYS had done
exactly the thing it had fought against
in 1S12-14
This view the cabinet accented. after
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03
in trouble with England.

AS soon as the mail could bring 1t,
demand came from England for the
release Of the prisoners within seven
days. .hffhiff
England had been greatly excited
by the news of the search of the Trent.
The act was denounced as an insult to
the British flag and the English sympa-
thies were with the south Vengeance
through war was the one thought of
the nation.
At this trying moment the good
heart and sound Judgment of Queen
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-03

Mrs. James Boyle, wife of Whitla
kidnaper, the daughter of William Nc
Dermott, a retired fireman of Chicago.
She kept the Whitla boy in Cleve-
land while Boyle negotiated for the
ransom. According to the father, the
girl was given every possible advant-
age of education and careful mora
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04

Cadiz, Spain, April S.-Admiral Cervera.
who commanded the Spanish feet which
was destroyed at Santiago. and who was
for some time prisoner at Portsmouth.
n. H. died here to-day.
Pascual de Ceryera Topete. Coude de
Jerez and Marques de Santa Ana. the
ranking rear admiral Of the Spanish navy
at the time Of the Spanish-American war.
was born February IS. 1883. in the prov
ince Of Jeroz. where his father. Carlos de
Cervera. was man Of immense wealth
and leading wine merchant of spain.
In 1895 Admiral Cervera was in COM
mand OF the Cape de Verde feet, with
the first-class cruiser Maria Teresa as
flagship. When the trouble between the
United States and Spain first arose Ad-
m,ral Cervera was writing 70 the minis
ter Of marine advising that everything IN
reason be done to satisfy the United
States. for his own navy was in no con
dition for war
Finally under the insistent demands OF
Capt. Gen. Blanco in Cuba that the
squadron be sent there or all would be
lost. the government called a council OF
eighteen adriirals and captains. and they
decided that Cervera must sail to Cuba
and meet the enemy. Cervera started for
Porto Rico. bur heard that Admiral
Sampson had been sent there 10 inter
cept him. and he hurried on 10 Santiago.
entering the harbor unobserved. This
was on May 1s. and IN less than week
Admiral Sehley ana Admiral Sampson
had Cervera bottled up in the harbor.
Dash Fleets UndoinE.
on June the minister Of war suggested
that Cevera dash out OF the harbor, go
10 Manila and crush Dewey, and then
90 back and finish the American fleet at
Santiago
Capt. Gen Blanco also insisted that
Cevera run the blockade. IN spite Of the
fact that Cervera said II would mean his
annihilation. On the morning Of July the
admiral tried 70 get his fleet out OF the
harbor but when ne saw the fight was
hopeless he ordered the surviving ships
beached and they were then set on FIRE.
Admiral Ceryera was taken on board the
converted yacht Gloucester. and in due
time he was taken with the other prison
ers Of war TO Portsmouth. y. H
While Cervera was cOolly received IN
Spain after he was released, he got per-
mission a year later from the Queen TO
publish his correspondence bearing on the
war. and the attitude toward him
changed. He was appointed chief Of
star Of the navy in 1902, was made life
senator IN 1903. and was for a year fol-
lowing 1906 chief OF the maritime district
OF FerrOL
The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
BLAZE AT PHILADELPHIA.
Seventeen Firms Burned Out-Loss
Half Million.

Philadelphia, April 3.-Fire, which for
a time seriously threatened the Kensing-
ton factory district. early to-day burned
out seventeen firms in the block formerly
occupied by the saw works of Henry
Disston & Sons. a six-story structure.
bounded by Front. Laurel, and HaydOck
streets and Frankford avenue. causing a
loss Of S500,o00
The fire followed an explosion in the
trunk factory Of RangnOw & Hall. on
the second floor, which tore through four
stories. blew of the roof. and was beyond
control before the firernen arrived. Aside
from the numerous firms occupying parts
Of the old Disston plant. only one build
ing. the Front Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, was burned The rear OF this
structure was destroyed and the interior
ruined.