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I told them that the yarns they'd read
or heard about Inauguration weather We're
pure fiuff-f-I-u-f-f. fluff. l said that
these stories We're made out of hull cloth.
Told 'em that I'd seen all Of the inau-
gurations for more than quarter OF q
century. and that the worse weather I'd
ever seen on inauguration day could not
be truthfully described by any other ap-
peIlation acknowledgements Little hur-
ries of snow, or perhaps rain, early on the
morning of one or two inauSurationS. 1
added, sort of ciinchingy: but / utterly
repudiated the notion that inauguration
weather. as a general thing was any
thing else bat balmy, Zephry, mellow, and
things.
what looks like permanent exile. 1 di-
lated upon the matter. Dilated is just
the word. l told 'em that early in March
the hyacinths and crocuses and pansies
and things were all in riotous blossom In
Washington. What's the name of those
little yaller flowers-hedge or bush flow
ers-that you see from the 14th street
cars on that Massachusetts avenue ter
race? Well. whatever their name is. I
told 'em all about these beauteous little
yaller flowers.
too, that lilacs and such like were all
blOssoming profusely in Washington
around Inauguration time. Il said
around Inauguration time, and not on
Inauguration day, and l leave it to any
fairminded person if that doesn't let me
Out)
To such of EN- as hadn't visited Wash
ington at all 1 was almost insulting. Told
them that 1t was a duty that they owed to
themselves to their children and to their
children's children to have one grand,
peerless Washington. Patriotic duty.
said l.
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the child abor law the health officer mus
certify that the child is physically able
to perform the tasks to which she VIII ne
set. Most of the cases are handled bE
the other doctors in the office. but ltls
mother desired TO appeal to the chief.
The health officer makes a careful exam
nation finds out that the girl. through
lack of proper nouriShmenf, is not prop
erly developed and needs plenty or play
in the open air. He refuses the necessary
physical statement. In many cases there
is resentment on the part Of the parent;
others seem appreciative of the expert ad-
vice In his efforts to insure sturdy
generation Of Washingtonians the health
officer will not allow ill-developed children
to perform work which is injurious.
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In the next case the health officer be-
lieves that light work In the open air will
do the boy good. and while refusing to
grant a certificate which will permit him
to do inside work, the health officer Will
give permission for work as a newsboy
and for other employment in the open air
Tie telephone bell interrupts his con-
ference with visitors again. and he soon
learns that a servant in hotel or board
ing house has been found suffering from
measles and it is necessary to move the
domestic to hospital at once The
measles epidemic has filed all the con-
tagious wards Of the free hospitals, but
it seems essential that some accommoda-
tions be provided for the patient. After
telephoning to several places the healtn
officer finds that one patient at Garnela
HOSPITAL will be discharged the next day
as cured and he at once makes tempo
rary arrangements for the admission OF
the latest victim at once to take the place
Of the convalescent to be turned out the
next day.
II the patient is to be cared for free
the health authorities OF the District
must first be sure that the hospital treat
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that is the daily and hourly task OF the
health officer of the District of Columbia.
William c. Woodward the present head
of the municipal health department,
watches minutely the buildings OF the
cupful of human suffering in the seventy
square miles of District territory. and
yet keeps as cheerful as Christian
Scientist. Not that he has not heartfelt
sympathy for the sufferers, for his siren
nous efforts TO eradicate the pest spots Of
the District aud to improve the nourish-
mcnt supplied from milk cans or over
market counters show how keenly he de-
sires to reduce their ailments TO mini
mum.
From early morning until late at night
he is at his task. And no department of
the District has wider jurisdiction nor
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There's a reason.
The inauguration-THAT Inauguration
is dead and gone history, of course. ana
there's no use in casting up and all like
that. But the fact that the harmless ana
quite guileless Undersigned is I'm close
hiding. and that he is in fear of his life.
and that he sees no possible chance Tor
him TO take even q short walk on BroaG-
way perhaps until the Fourth Of July. is
a matter not precisely personal. inasmuch
as il has a lot-everything, in facr-to do
with the inaugura tion-THAT Inaugural
tion.
Twas tbis-a-way:
For some weeks previous to the in
stallation of Mr.. Taft / met or was met
by slews and sathers of New York folks
merrie month of March twho is that
sniggerng3 They had in mind to take
i'm the inauguration. None of 'em, it hap
pened had ever seen an inauguration.
Few of them, in fact, had ever been in
Washington. And SO they asked me all
about it. knowing that / Was a Washing
ton pairson.
And I was right on the Job.
Told 'em all about 1t.
Gave 'em details, facts and figures.
(Some of them. by the way. asked me.
pointedly, if l intended taking In the Taft
Inauguration. 1 told these. evasively, No,
but that l was going to take little hop
down to Washington about ten days be-
fore the inauguration. OF this part of it.,
more anon.)
Yes. / told these New York inauirers all
about it.
They were particularly solicitous about
Inauguration weather. Said they'd al
ways heard that inauguration weather
was sumpin fierce.
I laughed at these outrageous accusa-
tions against Inauguration weather
laughed raucously, derisively
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Day With the District Health Officer and His Assistants

for his own satisfaction whether or not
the milk Is Watciel. IT most of such
cases analysis of r. sample is refused.
Another call by telephone follows. The
that a citizen las been disturbed by a
cat-either by nav lg /; howl by night or
bother by visits in the daytime-and
wants the poundmaster 10 catch the ami
NAL and put 1t n the p"ii1c. Health Off
Ger Woodward exo'anS tha. the employees
of the pound cannot ClimO trees or tele-
graph poles or .umo onto housetops or
barn roofs, and therefore are unable to
catch the tramp cat.
Or perhaps the call over the telephone
relates to dog that has been fmpounded,
which the owner does not think was
proper action in his case. Such cases re-
Guire investigation by those who have
particular charge Of the work of the
pound.
A minute later the health officer is con-
fronted with a girl and her mother. The
girl he learns has been bitten on the
arm by a dog. the scar is shown and the
mother fears the dog was mad. The
health officer arranges for the proper
dressing of the wound. If thu. has not
been done already. and then begins an in
vestigation of the condition of the dog.
If dead. It's carcass is sent to the Agricul-
tural Department for an analysis as to
whether any rabies germs are discovered.
If the animal Is still alive It is examined
for symptoms Of rabies.
Some parents get angry If the health
officer recommends Pasteur treatment:
others get angry if he does not. In many
cases ii is found parents are anxious to
have the victim of the dog given the
Pasteur treatment but where no traces
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worse than mine. and You didn't serve
any notice to clean up on her comes
back over the telephone. Hea lth Officer
Woodward treats each of these cases
differently, as the situation seems to de-
mand. in order to satisfy the com plain
ant FreuuentlX residents think that the
health officer makes every inspection. and
he often has to spend some time explain
ing that he knows nothing personally
about these inspections. which are made
by one of a group of inspectors whom he
directs.
Many mothers bring their children to
the health office So that the health Off
Ger can see that there is nothing the
matter with tie child and allow the
youngster to return to school Some
parents have asked permission to allow
their child to return to school, claiming
that he or she has entirely recovered
from scarlet fever, but a brief examina-
tion Of the child shows that he is still
peeling. and therefore ought not yet to be
allowed in school.
Returning from his examination Of the
child the health officer finds in his office
we'll dressed citizen with n bottle Of
milk The citizen wants to have the milk
analyzed right away to see if the milk
man is watering it To the visitor the
health officer explains that II the milk is
found to have been watered or skinned
he will be summoned to testify in court
against the milkman and show that the
milk was in exactly the same condition AS
when delivered to the citizen by the de-
fendant milkman. 1t is explained how
difficult that is, because servants often
handle milk before 1t reaches the break
fast table Of the householder. and the
servant may skim 1t for cream to be used
in the kitchen or may even water it. In
a surprisingly large number of eases, ac-
cording to Health Officer Woodward, the
citizen declares he does not want TO hurt
his milkman, but simply wants to know
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problems. that the rising Of another sun
has brought forth and keeps in touch
with the general progress Of the va
rious lines of work under his charge.
With Harry C. Mclean he talks over
the special matters in connection with
the clerical work of the office the regis
tration of vital statistics or the activi-
ties of the poundmaster and his assist
ant. Problems connected with the dis
covery of a leper or the stamping out
of a measles epidemic throughout the
District or handling other cases of con-
tagious diseases are thrashed ont with
DIR. w. G. Fowler, the head of the con-
tagious disease service. A plan for
crusade against unclean lunchrOoms. the
details of the work of inspecting the
food sold from baskets, or from tempo
rary lunch stands to inaugural crowds,
SO as TO prevent visitors returning from
the National capital to their homes
with acute indigestion or worse ailments.
or the outlines of thorough inspection
of the sanitary-or insanitary-condi-
tions Of alley houses and yards-in fact,
all special matters connected with the
sanitary and food inspectors are dis
cussed with DR.. H. +. Sawtelle. Special
problems connected with the inspection
of dairy earms, or the testing of cows
whose milk is used in the District, or
with the collecting of samples Of the
water which the cows drink in their
green pastures. many miles from Wash
ington. are taken up and solved with
Dr. y. IL. WNO mas cildI &c w tlle
dairy farm inspection.
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While all these problems are being
quickly grasped and carefully and thought
fully solved the entrance room of the
health office has been Iilled with visitors.
The first one which comes in may have
dirt under his fingernails but he is sure
to have recognized the need for addi-
tonal inspectors to improve the health
of the city and to have been interested In
sanitary methods from early childhood
some almost intmating that they ordered
tie sterilization of the nipple of their
milk bottles. He has read two or three
books sanitation and would prove
service-in his own estimation. There are
many applicants for positions. Some
show lack of education and few have
had any training for the work. yet there
are some who apparently would prove
valuable men in the health service. They
are explained the qualifications required
for the service.
A telephone bell rings while one of the
applicants is departing. and when the
health officer hears the first Hello he
can often almost hear the wire sizzling.
You were down here at my house
yesterday and served mo with a notice
that my yard must be cleaned up be-
cause it is dirty What do you mean?'
came over the Overheated wire.
The health officer assumes his best
John -Ha V dove of-peace tone.
1T was probably one of our inspectors
who called on you, and he did what he
thought was his duty" explains the
health officer.
We'll, Mrs. Jenfrens yard next door is
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are granted upon absolutely trumped-up
testimony. and lie did not hesitate 10 ada
that greedy, mO1ey-hungry women, WIN
or without The remaining tattefs or repu-
tatiou, were the chief cheerful httle
workers III this lucrative vineyard 1T
YOU sufficiently auriterous, ana IKE
wise sufficiently moribund TO the prompt
iEgs Of conscience, you can oblhlil hiiciN
foundationed testimony here against tlie
njIgal mate OF whom you desire TO be
rid that Will convict him or her of any
thing from mayhem to piracy on the hlsil
seas. All YOU have to do is to pass the
imaginative female with a staff of nire-
lings who will swear to any old thlns
that she invents, and the job is Wen on
your mind and the decree Sits along 10
you all neatly tied up and tagged Win
seals, in about nine cases out OF ten
Divorce Made Easy, or. why be MAI
ried?' would be a rafting title for
brochure that the referees of New YORK
divorces could easily write while looking
out Of the window and thinking about
other matters 1t may be that the free
haircut which the theatrical manager S
wife Is to get for her share in this sort
of work will sort of push a stampede into
the rest of the professional female di-
vorce testimony manufacturers. But the
folks who don't like each other any more
conjugally speaking have learned that
it's 6ntirely as easy to Obtain-a divorce in
New Kork as it is in South Dakota and
Nevada with the aid of the testimony
fixers and they've been saving them
selves long Journeys and the more or less
unmitigated >hardships of frontier life
through having ascertained this fact.
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now pending invites attention to the fact
that in this town IL is the easiest thing
in the world to purchase any kind of di-
vorce testimony. you want If so be as how
You have the price to pay for the same.
Time was, and not long ago, when
bogus divorce testimony was a commodity
dealt I'm exclusively by shady male per-
sons OF d more or less impenetrable
anonymity.
The devising and designing and purvey
ing OF unique and effectual divorce testi-
mony, however, has now become one. of
the pet occupations of women who feel
that they need the money tEheu! another
sad instance or the intrusiveness of the
fair sex upon domains formerly held by
menu. and during the past year that fact
has been strikingly borne in upon us,
whatever you can make of that borne
in Anyhow, lot of women, some of
them the wives OF decent men who were
entirely unaware of these slinky activi-
ties OF their spouses. have been before
New York courts during the past twelve
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pound. and he must direct the operations
Of each of those institutions. This work
often requires visits to them.
The work of condemning insanitary
buildings is also another task Which falls
to the lot of the health officer. He also
has general supervision of the medical in
spectors of the public schools and of the
work of the school nurses, and here again
are met many problems which require
diplomatic dealings with parents and
prompt action in the protection of chill
dren.
The health officer is also a member of
the governing boards of the Central Dis
pensary and Emergency Hospital of the
Associated Charities and of the anatomi-
cal board, and his attendance at their
meetings is often very essential. When
the health department contempIates court
action. hearings must be granted to the
prospective defendants, and these are
usually held by Health officer Woodward
at 1 pm. Tuesdays.
And there is no let-up for the health
officer on holidays. Washingtons BIRTH
day an undertaken called him up over
the telephone and asked the health officer
to help him out of dilemma. The under
taker, forgetting that IT was a holiday.
had made arrangements for a funeral TO be
held at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and he
expected to get the burial permit about
o'clock. But when he went to the health
office he found the office closed, 1t being
open on holidays only until II O'Clock.
All arrangements had been made for the
funeral and it could not be postponed.
but the undertaken did not have the
necessary burial permit. Health Officer
Woodward helped the undertaken out.
through one of his assistants
With one thing and another affecting
the health of the community, Health Of
ficer Woodward Is kept busy from morn
ing until night, Sundays and holidays,
and persons who have observed the opera
tions of the health department declare
that there is no more efficient department
head in the District government than its
chief, William c. Woodward.
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Chief Clerk.

longer hours of work than the health of
flee. To insure pure milk to the babies
in order that they may be nOurished to
sturdy manhood. he sends his inspectors
north to New York state or south to the
lower counties of Virginia To prevent
unnecessary exposure of others to small
pox scarlet fever or other contagious
disease. he gets up in the middle of the
night to send a victim of smallpox or
other ailment into quarantine as quickly
a s possible. And after a broken nights
sleep he hurries to his office long before
the schedule time TO put in shape the
records which will prevent a child recoV-
cred from the measles from missing an
other day at school.
Throughout the day there are repeated
calls for him from all over the District.
and many special matters must be handled
promptly and yet carefully. For instance,
a man complaining that he was Ill ap-
piled a few days ago to the health Office
for admittanCe to hospital 1t was dis
covered that the visitor was suffering
from smallpox, and in a few minutes he
was on his way to the smallpox hospital
where he would not endanger the health
of others the room in which he was de-
tanned ives thoroughly diSinfected and an
inSpector.in expert in contagious dis
eases-was on his way to the home OF
the visitor to establish a quarantine re-
garded necessary as safeguard to others.
Yet that was a mere incident in days
work.
In fact. the days work for the health
officer begins early in the morning be-
fore he has left his home. A parent calls
him up by telephone to say that Ruth
or Robert is we'll from a recent attack
of diphtheria and to ask permission thar
she or he be allowed to return to school
that day at o'clock. The health officer
explains that he has no records IN the
ease at his home. and that. in accord
auce with the general health regula-
tions. the records of the case must he
Strengthened out at the health office be-
fore the requested permission Will be
granted.
iS soon as he arrives at his office and
glances through the pile of mail that
towers over the inkwelIs on his desk.
the health officer holds conferences with
the chiefs of bureaus in the depart
ment. With them he maps out the spc-
cial work for the day. discusses special
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o KEEP the thou
sands OF District
residents from eX-
pOSure to dread dis
eases 10 battle with
and c on III @ r the
germs that pre- y
upon them on all
s ! q c $. to m a k g
Washington as i'm
nlune from the enc
mics of the human
flesh as possible
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He recent ConVic-
tion and sentence TO
a years imprison-
ment of the cha
grined. not 10 say,
perturbed, wife of Il
New York theatri-
cal manager for at
tempting 10 spring
a lot of faxed testi-
mony in connection
with one of the
GOULD divorce cases
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DR WooDWARDs DAYS WORK BEGINS
II WHEN HE WAKES UP AND ENDS WHEN HE
GOES TO SLEEP-THE MULTITUDE OF THINGS
BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION IN DAY-FROM
THE INSPECTION OF MILK TO THE SMALLPOX
CASES OF THE CITY EVERYTHING ALONG THE
SANITARY LINE COMES UNDER HIS JURISDIC-
TION.
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general direction of the health officer by
corps of trained men, who are expert
in the work.
The health officer must oversee the gen
eral returns from physicians of records
of births and deaths. and must keep
watch of the reports from markets. stores
and the fish wharyeS of the receipt OF
perisaable articles of food. Under his
charge are the smallpox hospital, the
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Special Cores ponicEce Of The star.
NEW YORK. March L., Il
Evening star., 1909-03-14

THE humble author of these few lines
Is in hiding.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30

Nulidad de inscription otros extre-
mos
Microbes 6.-S A. des Sucreries dc
Saint Jean con Jorge V. Dominguez
Juez de la Corte de Distrito de Huma-
Gao, Certiorari.
Jueves Ramona Polo Sanjnrio con
Jorge V. Eoniinguez, Juez dc la Corte de
Distrito de Humacao, Certiorari.
Viernes s. Juan f. Was Ochoteco
con Succession de Isabel Perez otros, Co
bro de pesos.
Martes -. - Fernando y Agustin
P,igmoler. Injunction.
MERCEDES 13-Agustin Hernandez
Mena con Jose A. Fernandez Perez, Res
titucion de dinero E indemnizaci6n de
perjuicio.
Jueves 14.-Emilia Necker y otros con
Fernando Pla Puigmoler, Desahucio. +.
vernes 15-Miguel F. Chiques con
Ramona Polo Jimenez, Injunction.
Martes 19.-Rafael, Eloy y Ramon
Falero con Aveino Falero Rivera,
Reivindicaci6n de una fnca otros ex-
tremos.
MERCEDES 20.-Juana Melendez otro
con Felipe Cuchi, Registrador de Ia
Propiedad de Guayama, Mandamus.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30
movirniento1 de
funcionae,io1
LOS DATOS QUE Sc CONOCEN

Nuevs York jueves-La prensa de esta eiudad da
ruenta de una conferences habida entire Mr. Ward y Mr.
Dickinson
Tambien ha sido anunciada ofciafmente la saida de
Mr Post los prmeros dias de Octubre Mr.. Cotton el
uuevo Gobernador. llegara el primero de Noviembre
En- internidad actuar de Gobernador el secretaro
AIR. Ward
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30
El tern1ino de ID guerra
ENTHUSIASTIC EN- ESPANA

Nueva York. jueves-Con la toma del Gurugt que do
nina todas las pociones espaolas Africa conside
er1nnado el avance de Espana quedan maeriauen-
te inutilizados los riffenos.
En- Epana el entusiasmo indeseriptible.
LA prensa decara terminada la guerra el exito de-
tinitivo de las espanolas el Riff.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30

Nueva York, jueves.-En e gran Hotel Astor'' Sc ha
ceebrado banquete Official de los festeos del cenenaro
de Hudson Fulton.
Ell banquete consaba de dos mil cubertos asis-
tieron representatives de trenta y seis nacones
Este banquete monstruo ha sdo de los mas gran
dosos actos del centenaro
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30
ACLAMADO EN- FILADELF'LA

. Nueva York jueves.-El doctor Cook ha legado Fl
ladea donde fue recibido por multitud que lie
aclama con entusiasmo.
Ell doctor Cook dara sere de conferencas para
pcar descubrimeno, e producto de elias 10 dedica
ra futuras expediciones centifcas
Cook Fadelfa festejado por todas las socedades
organismos de la ciudad
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-30
Strvfefe Especial acl bo,el1n ncrtaa,n
@ABLEGRAMAS.
La toma del GuruQli

Nucva York, jueves-La eolumna del general del Real
a tornado aver las sete de la las aturas del
Gurug1, sin encontrar ressteneia.
HI general del Real oeupa la gran posiei6n estragca
sue ahora es completamente nsxpugnabe la arte-
ria emplazada ALI.
Los rfenos han huido unos otros los mas enarboa-
ron bandera blanca.