The Washington herald., 1909-05-20
WASHINGTON CHAT.
Rr THE SPECTATOR


so many Psgets, Capt. Alfred wyudhsm
Paget. who vas the. naval sttache Of the
British Embassy during the wa With
Spain
Like nearly all Of his countrgTnen, Capt
Pzgets sympathies we're strongly with
the Americans, a fact which he took no
! pains to conceal. but made &; APPARENT
rather, and was won't to speak OF what
the outcome would be for "us" and to
jubtlate over every victory that the Amer.
leans gained
Together with the other naval attaches
OF foreign powers. Capt Paget accom-
panied the American feet 10 Cuba and
"hen party made a landing he always
went along, not 20 collect botanical and
seological specimens. as did many OF bis
eoiieaEues. but 20 go over the entire
grodnd with the marines Or naval de7acb-
ment, Is the case might be. and when
the party Of which he was a member an
preached the enemy he was always in
the front rank.
This Indifference 10 danger, his constant
| good nature, and his aplonb. endeared
him TO both officers and men ard there
was a tacit understanding that no harm
which they could prevent should come 70
their English ally. Now. besides bis non
chalnnce. Capt Paget was noted for his
Immaculate uniforms. There was never q
spot on his whites. and yet he seemed
70 take no more pains than Others 10 kesp
tnem clean. once, however, when he was
! with recOnnOitering party. and as
usual. IN the lead. a shell burst and ~
was enve!oped IN the smoke and dust &
raised
Ohcers and men looked az each Other
IN horror; surely PaEet was either dead
or seriously wounded They waited for
the smoke 70 disappear that they might
md him When IL was dissipated, Paget
was discovered coOlly brushing the dust
from MS uniform and SAYING something
I Ike. Blast that shell"
capt Paget was a grandson Of the first
Marquis Anglessy, who was a feld mar
shal and commanded the cavalry a. Wat
erlco' and x Is his cousin. Charles Henry
Alexander Paget. who IS the present Mar
CUTS. On his recall from Washington
the captain was transferred 10 China bur
at last accounts he was IN England
Wherever he Is the good wishes OF many
warm friends in Washington win fol-
I low ~.
Aprav5s Of the paragraph published IN
tAis column yesterday. regarding alr. Da-
Wis recently published book on his ex-
cavations in EE-pt. Il was stated n
the Cosmos Club last night that Egvpt
was the first nation OF the world 70
adopt dentistry as a speciality OF nedi-
! cine.
How far the specialists OF that period
had advanced In the art. said the SPEAK
e. IS not known. but Herodotus notices
the division OF medicine into equal
branches. among which was dentistry n
only one OF which a physician was al
I lowed 70 devote himself This cIsI-, tbs,
I Egypt was the mother of dentistry v-fI
come as a surprise 10 some O. the p-o-
fession, who believe that 10 America is
due al the progress made IN this an
NO one, certeinlv. car dispute TIA.
American dentists lead the world else
wny do they occupy the chief places N
their profession n Europe? why do the
Emperor and Empress Of Germany en-
! pioy American dentists. and their cousins
n Russia, Italy, and Spain declare that
tney can have none but Americans work
On their mouths2 But dentistry did not
originate in America.
Il originated IN go 3. c has v~ou-n ss
the world has gTOwn. and has reached It's
highest Development II America. but
prior 10 I76. according 20 the scientist
"no he'd forth az the Cosmos Club last
night there were no dentists n this
country. the general practitioner under
taking 10 do what was necessary FOR
h.s patients
IN that very year. however. Thomas
Berdr1 a7e. OF London, a pupil OF Nr.
Woonendale. arrived in New York. where
he pUrposed tc practice dental surgery.
but 50 little was he appreciated that he
returned 20 England IN less than two
years
he wss followed by Joseph lie MsIre
and Isaac Greenwood. dentist 10 George
Washington. who made for that states
man his first set Of false teeth Trese
two men were the fathers OF American
dentistry. and deserve monuments much
more than many OF those whose eflgies
IN marble. stone. OF bronze have already
been put IN place. But let TIE dental
/ braggarts remember that Cleopatra her
self probably had her molsrs sled, and
before that miserable little asp gave her
/ the fatal bite she may have acquired
Al entire set of false teeth.
False teeth. by the way, are considered
n some sections Of the country ss au
I evidence OF wealth and aristOcracy. In
| New England, for instance. father IS
/ considered mean and misery Il he does
not give an entire set OF false teeth 10
I his daughter upon her marriage and IN
/ the Dutch settlements II Pennsylvania
man Al twenty-One Is supposed 20 take
unto himself a wife. 20 buy his first suit
/ OF store clothes, ard 20 provide him
/ self with a set OF false teeth. II posses
sion OF these desIderata he has no occa-
sion for further outlay during the rest
OF his natural Hfe
Ernest Moore. the English portrait
painter. has Just finished an extraordinary
portrait Of SecretaHS SBallinger. which VIII
be exhibited al the Alaska -Yukon-Pacihc
Exposition In Seattle. and later be placed
] with the portraits OF his predecessors n
the Interior Department Mr. Moore
! stands high n the lists as 4 painter Of
men, and his art, IN its strength and IN
/ tegFity. recalls that OF Bounat His por-
/ trait Of Irving Is one OF the most salts
/ factory ever made OF that great actor.
/ and those he has done in Washington.
notably those OF the British Ambassador
/ and OF Dr.. Wylie. have met with oaIy
/ favorable criticism. bit IN the portrait OF
/ Secretary Ballinger he IS seen at his very
/ best, and the friends Of that statesman
! feel that he has made no mistake In his
/ Interpretation.
/ Il is certainly not a weak face that Mr.
/ Moore has painted. The eyes are as keen
as those Of a fox, the Jaw is firm and
/ uay;eld!ag; the whole expression OF the
| face IS one OF determination. the face OF
a man with whom one would think twice
before measuring swords; yet It Is al
| agreeable face, Intellectual and pleasant
/ and the attitude OF the figure is graceful
and natural Taken altogether this work
| is a tour de force. and VIII be in con-
evsrrrosss contrast 20 ste ,,,,s---~, -