The Washington herald., 1909-07-01
PEOPLE AND THINGS
CoIIesiate FIirtiag.

Collegiate Flirting.
The necessity Of exact use OF words IN
discussion OF questions sociological surely /
ought TO be appreciated by one whose /
calling IT Is 10 guide others Yet a Har-
ward professor comes forth with the an
that what he calls flirting"
is not only advisable but imperative for
the average college boy and girl Now.
the professor may be quite right He
should know something 0f his subject, for
he Is reported as contemplating a third
marriage But he makes the general as
sertion that the students or Harvard and
Radcliffe give too much time 20 study and
too little 20 flirting. The one consolation
about the professors free dispensaIion
OF a generality that Is not glittering Is
that II is unlikely 70 DO any serious harm
The American boy and girl OF years and
discipline SUFFICIENT 20 enter collegiate life
at Cambridge or elsewhere are able as a
rule 70 manage their mutual social rela-
tions- Their books and their ambitions
are their best chaperons. OF course. the
frivolous need guardianship everywhere;
but the professor IS assumed 10 be speak /
ms about young persons whose forward
perspective or lie s. reasonably earnest I
Ihey may look upon his advice as intru-
sive as II is needless.
Floral Celebration of the Fourth.
A custom. not only pretty. but pre-
sumably beHehcent. is the distribution OF
plants and flowers 70 children on July
T. The distribution is made on the Com
mon by the Floral Emblem Society. Il
is not alone the children of the tenement
q Hfafr Irfe nh
the children OF the prosperous share in /
the distribution. and carry home their
attractive tokens as proudly as z they
were valuable prizes. In many Instances 4
the mothers accompany the happy chill
dren. This agreeable ceremony, however. 1
has no connection with the distinct ef- /
fort 20 eliminate noise and fireworks I
from the celebration OF the day. which /
seems 10 have made little progress IN the (
city overlooked by The monument on /
Bunker Hin
A Good Injunction DiEregnrded.
The recent death OF the keeper OF a |
hotel Ia New York City, noted for IT'S I
sporting clientele, a1ords an Illustration
that citizens OF one kind OF distinction /
are sometimes without honor IN their /
own country. Certainly the injunction |
de mortus nil nui bonuIn'' is wholly
disregarded when the Free Press OF De-
troit, whence came this b0uiface. chill I
ingly remarks.
Tie vork n lrcaI c1-nr1iziorcus u poIice has I
bcen shlliiei sine the days when ths gang uas
ID i-s -souudenCg ia this oity. TIE iustancas in
Niic- o'aros21lag ard ilscltrs ooaduct teserd
peaceful citizens n prbiic PLACES. followed o. az
Assault = Feseulct. was attributed - the sang were
flrF many. Divers whimsiczs 0utrzzas that could
be insplHd Only by s-eat s1lacity ard lszless1es
l-ls Iilea WHISKY woc-a haVe a p-acs IL g o1l- /
-setive biography q tho garE
All cf which goes % show either a /
lingering resentment IN Detroit or the /
absorptive and tolerant qualities Of /
metropolis One moral. whatever Il be, /
may best De drawn BY the associates OF /
the departed The chief value Of such 1
"reminiscences is the possible impression 1
upon them.
Massachusetts Women and Ballot.
There IS In Massachusetts a society 4
with the portentious title. The Assocta-
ton Opposed 10 the Further Extension OF /
Suffrage 10 Women" It's 14.5zs members. /
all over twenty-one years. 1--we IN 2S 4
cities. towns. and villages. It's quarterly I
The Remonstrance. calls at
tsnuon % the defeat this year OF pro- /
posed legislation for woman suffrage IN 4
sixteen States The Massachusetts, leg
islature this year refused 10 propose a /
amendment for woman sl1f-
mage, an annually recuueut proposition, I
by the largest majority IN dfty years I
The society's publication concludes that 7
Massachusetts, women desire the ballot I
no more than they Wish 81 smoke brisr I
pipes. They have been repealed IN part 1
By descriptions Of scenes In Colorado. (
where women. Il IS stated have not
played an altogether seemly part az
caUcuses ana polling places
American Rats Invade Canada.
II appears that while immigration OF Z
human beings from the Unit [
ed States IS welcomed IN Winnipeg. a I
invasion Of destructive I
rats IS causing alarm % grain growers. I
Al the municipalities near the border are !
following the example of the board OF
control Of Winnipeg and are trying 10
devise a general plan 20 meet a situation I
regarded as alarming. Hitherto the
grain belt OF Western Canada has been
free from this plague. The deputy min (
investigation OF the subject along the (
boundary and VIII make a I
report 20 the government Can II be pos
sible that the rat viii yet become a cause /
OF international conference2 Il would be /.
interesting 70 know whether the farmers (
Of the States south OF the border. whence (
these rats have migrated are suffering I
also from their depredations.
Dangers OF the Marathon.
Il Is Dr. John Girdner. weu-knoWn I
publlcist OF New York. who rises 60 pro /
test against the abuse OF the modern /
Marathon" race. He asserts positively /
that no hUuan heart can be trained 10
a condition that win permit its owner
to run twenty-six miles az top speed
without exposing him 70 the danger OF
collapse and sudden death, or without
bringing about conditions which favor the
development OF disease IN later life" He
declares that the prolonged strain af-
fects no. only the heart. but every organ
OF the body. He summarizes WILDLY:
The circulation being completely upset. {
normal nutrition and elimination are for
the time, destroyed. The body is burned /
up so rapidly that its poisonous gases and
other deleteriOus prOducts-the smoke, I
ashes. and clinkers. as It were. from this