Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-15
CARNEGIE WRITES OPTIMISTS
Every Soldier in Army Nominated for
Membership in Club.
STARR REPEATS HIS WARNING
Chicago Professor says ROOsevelt's
Trip Through Africa IL Frausht
with Greatest DanEer-In-
ventor Kills self,

NEW YORK. March 1A.-Andrew Carne-
gle. who is president Of the Optimists' club,
has written a letter to William J. Robin
son, secretary and founder Of the optimist
organization, in which he says:
The optimist is needed these days. Never
was there so much cause for exultation.
Never has any century made so much
progress SIS the last. Instead of moaning
over our imperfections, we should take a
glance backwards and rejoice that man was
created with an instinct of turning his face
toward the sun and absorbing its spiritual
lzlng light, always ascending, never retro
grading; no limit to his ascent short OF
perfection. This is the rcck of salvation.
An Is well since all grows better. Success
ANDREW CARNEGIE.
Major General Franklin J. Bell has nom
mated every man in the United States army
for membership in the club. He has given
Mr.. Robinson copies o. the rolls and opti-
mlstic literature will be sent to each soil
der, with a request to become a smile
maker.
On the evening Of March 81 the optimists'
club will hold its first annual dinner al
the Waldorf-Astoris,
ROoscvcIt's Trip Dangerous.
Frederick Starr of the University OF Chi
cago repeated tonight at the dinner of the
New York School Masters association his
former assertion that former President
Roosevelt would not survive the malarial
climate OF Africa.
DR.. Starr said:
To a young man thoroughly seasoned by
long residence in the African climate, the
trip which the former president has mapped
out would be dangerous. But to a man of
Rcsevelt's years, with no experience in the
tropics II Is little short of suicide. | can
not understand why his advisers have al
lowed him to go on with the plahs.
One OF the trips which | made across
Africa was over q route corresponding
closely to that of the president. But /. was
thoroughly acclimated. ! had spent nearly
a dozen years In the country and was still
a young man. I couldn't Withstand the
dangers of il now.
Roosevelt will never survive the fevers
which are bound to atflict him IL he
reaches the interior. The country's only
he stricken before he reaches the interior.
A comparatively light touch of those tropi-
cal fevers might lay him up for several
months, and perhaps induce him to
abandon his plans for the trip.
viii Test New AerOpIane.
According TO plans arranged today by
the Aero club of America. q representa-
tive OF that organization will start tomor-
row for Baddeck, Nova Scotia, to view the
flight of the %aeroplsne, Silver Dart, next
week for the Scientific American cup. The
new rules for the contest was adopted. The
first trial for the cup was made July T.
last when Glenn r. Curtiss with the June
Bug, won the trophy, making a flight Of
$3.50 feet which at the time was regarded
as a notable performance. The minimum
distance allowed by the rules then vas
one kilometer.
The new rules are more stringent. The
minimum distance is twenty-five kilonoct-
ers, a trifle less than sixteen miles, but
for the Silver Dart, this should be easy, as
the machine flew last week a distance of
twenty miles.