Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
LONDON IN GRIP OF
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
DISEASE lNvADES EVEN THE
WARDS OF HOSPITAL
Prominent Physician Advises People
to Keep Away from Crowds.
Topics from Eneland's
Capital

serious type, and in the hygienic sur
roundings of the wards succumbs TO
the skill of the physician and the at
tention of the nurses in two or three
days. Nevertheless, it is true infiuen-
"a. with all the accompanimentS of
pains in the Joints and high tempera-
ture. In several doubtful cases the
doctors have satisfied themselves by
isolating the characteristic Pfetffer ba-
cillus. which is found in enormous
quantities in the nasal secretions of in
fluenZa patients.
Evidence of the epidemic is provided
by the registrar generals returns Tor
last week. Influenza deaths rose from
twelve, seventeen and twenty-five in
the three preceding weeks to thirty
six. More significant still is the fact
that deaths from pneumonia were 2Sh'
and from bronchitis 1862, one being six
ty-seven and the other ninety above the
average of the last five years.
"Infuenza, pneumonia and bronchi-
it's" said a London doctor, "are the
price we are paying for this season of
east winds, snow and slush. No doubt
many of the cases in which pneumonia
and bronchitis are certified as the cause
of death originated in attacks of lntiu-
enza.
ITO prevent influenza keep warm, dry
and out of drAughts. and above all,
avoid crowds. In omnibuses and tram
Wav cars tubes and trains, the germs
travel from the influenza patient to his
neighbor with fatal facility. 1t is diff
cult advice, but the best I can give
keep away from the crowd"
To Danish Ideness
Rider Haggard believes that affores-
tation will do away with a vast amount
of unemployment. In a recent address
on this subject he said that at last 1T
H. 70 mr. c
the people of this country that some
thing should be done to repair the
Wastage of their woods. The royal
commission has found that afforesta-
ton in this country was both practical
and desirable and that 1t ought to be
profitable to the state. If the full
scheme suggested by the commission
that 100000 acres should be affortested
for eighty years-at the end Of that
| time the state should have property
worth over $1,000, 100000 that amount
being nearly $500, 900 in excess of
the cost incurred in creating it, allow
| ing per cent compound interest upon
the cost. AT the end of that period the
state should have an income of $685.
100000 or $90,000000 year clear profit.
In case the state considered this too
| large a scheme, they had prepared an
other, providing for 100000 acres. In
addition to the employment thus dl-
rectly afforded, such scheme would
| give employment ito kindred industries
to an extent impossible to calculate. 1t
would also be of great benefit to small
| holdings and eventually give employ
ment to at least 10000 men.
Biblical Exhibition
The deep interest which the public
| has always taken in pictures of a
| Biblical character is responsible for
| =; foI1 will he hnI 6.in
Albert hall in the autumn of this year.
The great building will be turned into
an illustrated New Testament, for a
series of tableauX will be produced
giving realistic incidents in the life of
Christ. The, plan was proposed six
teen years ago by the late Sir Angus
tus Harris to Louis Tussaud. Mr..
Tussaud realized the magnitude of the
undertaking, and for the last ten years
he has been visiting the principal gal
leries of Rome, Milan and Paris.
"Of course, the success from a re-
ligious as we'll as from an artistic
point of view,' Father Vaughan writes,
will depend on the reverent way in
which your idea is carried out. If the
atrically done it will be worse than
useless; if dramatically 1t will be in
structive and helpful. Make the work
a mission, and live in the atmosphere
of it, praying for direction and sue
cess"
There will be at least thirty-sev
tableaux, beginning with "The An
nunciation" and ending with 1.-THE As
cension" The most dramatic tableau
will be THE Crucifxion," rough plas-
ter conception of which has already
been shown here. The three crosses
stand in the foreground. On the CEN
ter cross is stretched the figure of the
dying Christ, his eyes turned on the
repentant thief. The soothing thief has
just breathed his last and the sneer-
| ing expression is still stamped on the
dead face.
Striking Lighting Effect
At the back is wide sweep OF
scenery showing the temple. This tab
leau will owe much of it's impressive
ness to the lighting effect. Calvary
will be plunged in twilight and only
the figure of Christ will be bathed in
light. The dim outlines of the sorrow
ing Marys at the foot of the cross and
the Roman soldiers with their officer
will be seen, while thin ribbons of light
will shine from the temple windows.
1.-THE Ascension" will also be calcu-
lated to grip the attention. The holy
sepulcher will be surrounded by sleep
ing Roman guards. BY the tomb will
stand the form of Christ of such ethe-
real substance that the fine scenery
/ IN Cne DdCkSTOullu Will Sow through
the figure. The effect is managed by
aid of mirror throwing q reflection
of the waXen figure of Christ on a
silken screen.
The tableau will be taken to the
principal provincial towns after being
exhibited at Albert hall The proceeds
will be devoted to King Edwards hos
pital fund, charities of the Church of
England, charities of the Roman Cath
Ollie church and the countess of Aber-
deems fund for the prevention of tu-
berculosis in Ireland.
Juggling with Time
| BY a majority of 100 to "a the day
light saving bill has passed it's secon
! reading in the house of commons. In
it's present form the proposal is that
the clock should be advanced one hour
on the third Sunday in April and put
back one hour on the third Sunday in
| September The net effect would thus
be to gain one hour of daylight
! throughout the finest months of the
year by rising earlier and moving for
ward all trains and business arrange
ments. The arguments against the
! bill were not such as very seriously to
endanger it's prospects. Sir Frederick
Banbury complained that if the bill
were passed another measure would
have to be introduced to compel the
COW to yield its milk an hour earlier.
Mr.. Churchill's speech in defense of
| the bill gives some ground for hope
I that the government will support the
measure and not permit it to perish in
| the slaughter of the innocents" which
takes place every session.
| The beautiful old oak-paneled For
tune playhouse in Brewer street is to
! become school of love. and Nine. de