The Washington herald., 1909-03-21
AT THE HOTELS.

IA Ill AASS 4 AAaOs
Considering that the weather Is the
commOnest OF all topics OF conversation.
II is a striking fact that after all our
discussion OF Il few people have any real
knowledge OF the direct effects OF weather
on the health" said DR.. Frank s Haus-
mann. OF Pittsburg. at the Raleigh. yes
terday.
"One OF the last surviving recognitions
OF a possible seasonable variation IN the
condition OF the BODY was the habit OF
being bled in the spring. Up 20 hun
dred years ago the custom was common.
and our forefathers very probably thought
they felt the need OF this strenuous treat
ment. The ancients were firm believers
in the effect Of the changing seasons on
the health, bu. beyond the feeling or
slight lassitude. lack OF energy. and rest
lessness during the spring. most people %
to-day would probably say they wers
utterly unaffected by the time OF year.
This freedom from the weather's infiu-
ence Is without doubt due 10 the fncreaS-
ing artifciality OF our surroundings. and
Il carefully looked into il viii be found
10 be more apparent than real In other
words. though We may think We have
conquered superstition 10 the extent Of no
longer believing IN such influences. there
Is no doubt that during the spring Ger
tain mystic changes do take place in our
bodies which leave US peculiarly open TO
certain diseases.
The tired spring feeling IS recognized
as an indisputsble fact" continued the
Pittsburg physician. by all doctors. al
though its exact cause has never been
accurately proved A likely theory. which
has been accepted by many medical men.
is that the peculiar symptoms are caused
BY the struggle between certain elements
OF the body which take on pronounced
veTnal activity. similar 10 that OF the
trees and flowers. and the sluggish parts
OF our system. which have not yet thrown
OF the lethargy Of the winters lack OF
exercise"
Alfred Walter Won Heymel. OF Bremen.
director Of the Insel verlag Publishing
Company, OF Leipzig. Germany. who was
at the Shoreham recently. discussed
Americas lesson 10 Europe as follows:
Not farther back than fifteen years
ago" said the young German publiclsc
and author, this country appeared 70
Europeans as OF secondary interest only.
To-day this Is different. Men o. real
education know now that Il Is absolutely
necessary 10 be acquainted with American
conditions IN order 20 gain q real picture
Of the world.
Americas talents and gsnuises have
advanced and enriched the world with
inventions and simpIihcatiOus OF methods
10 such an extent that to-day we already
can speak Of the Americanizing o. Eu-
rope. or even OF the whole world.
Your country IS stiu young continued
the young cavalry officer. who recently
delivered a lecture at Harvard University.
and has suffered too little 70 need a
world OF ones own creation 70 which one
may retire in Imagination when earthly
surroundings VIII please no longer. The
first decades after the proclamation OF
the German empire were naturally spent
IN strengthening the new world power. in
wardly and outwardly. But the more
powerful and richer We grew. the less
time there seemed for the cultural ard
purely intellectual development Alike
with the rest OF the world. we could not
find the style expressive OF the century.
Poor old German Gothic. pomp0us fuits-
tons Of the Baroc and Rococo. erected
In cheap material peasant sentimental
ism. and the imitation Renaissance which
originated IN Munich. were the make
shifts which were 10 give a historical
and noble appearance 10 our public and
private buildings. Our modern habits
and costumes fitted miserably enough
into those nilieus borrowed from a dim
past
Your modern conveniences in build
ings. your excellent bathrooms. and your
other numerous improvements IN that d.
rection taught Europe thaI the time had
come for q new and Characteristic stvIe.
Germany became The pioneer OF tbs
modern idea IN building Young Eienness
and Munich architects, the Belgian Van
der Nelde, gained ground step by step.
The first wild exaggeration which re-
suited in the absurd and the bizarre. from
the desire 20 avoid all imitation. became
more rare from year 10 year. The move
ment. al first derided and ridiculed. won
more and more followers. and to-day
is established in Germany.
a tine viii come when IN America. too
IL Sia be accepted that the Doric. Cor
irthian. Assygian. and Renaissance styles
are not adapted 20 our modern iron
construction Heaven knows that you
do not need 10 pass through that whole
enervated and corrupt swin6Ie which has
hampered Us n Europe. Goethe called
America happy country. because L pos
sessed no ruins; DO you want 70 create
them artifcislly2''
Speaking about the crack in the Lib
erty Bell and The expressed wish Of GER
tain people 10 have Il repaired. John T.
Nolan, Of Philadelphia. who is al the
Arlington. said yesterday that Il would
be very Inappropriate seriously 10 enter
tain the idea OF fixing the bell
The crack in the bell is part OF its
history and should be retained The crack
was not caused. as is popularity believed.
by the tolIing Of the bell on the death
Of Chief Justice Marshall, in IS5-
'As a matter OF fact. the damage was
done several years prior 10 that date,
when the bell was sounding forth Joyous
pesls IN celebration OF the visit Of Gen.
Lafayette The general learned OF the
accident. and not only declared that the
bell should be recast, but offered 70 de-
fray the cost himself. The city and ua-
ton refused. but later councils made an
appropriation Of SI1.So0 for the casting Of
a new bell. The contract was given 10
John Wiltbank. Of Philadelphia, with the
understanding that he should take the
old and cracked bell in part payment.
and should throw OF 500 from his bin.
The new bell was cast. and now hangs. I
believe. in the town hall at Germantown.
When Wiltbank rendered HIS bili he
said he would not destroy that bell Re
said that some day Philadelphia would re-
member Il for what II really IS He could
have destroyed Il as a piece OF junk had
he so desired The metal was valuable.
and councils in that day apparently re-
garded Il as little more than old metal
Wiltbank allowed the bell 10 remain IN
possession OF the city from patriotic mo-