Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-05
WILEY TAKES ISSUE
Pure Food Expert Declares
Capital Beautiful City.
DIFFERS WITH EXPERTS
Expresses Views in Greeting Ameri-
can Therapeutic Society.
PAPER ON PNEUMONIA READ
Sessions to Continue Several Days.
Medico-Psychologists Discuss
Scientific Topics.


House. call him a great President
advisedly. for no other President has SO
gained the love of the people in the
first year Of his service. i call him
great, too, for his wise selections OF
men for places on the Supreme Court
bench.
when I awoke this morning ] was
surprised to find that we no longer had
beautiful city. At least, that is what
made of the articles in the morning
papers telling us what the art experts
think Of Washington. But, nevertheless.
l welcome you to our city. and still say
that It is beautiful. II we are to believe
these self-appointed arbiters of art and
beauty. Washington is not beautiful
theoretically. But it is certainly beauti-
full practically.
Buildings Are Praised.
I'VE have beautiful buildings here.
am not an expert judge of statuary, but,
although the experts say that our statues
are insists. I must say as a rule our stat
ues are worth looking at. When 1t was
decided to move that scantily clad figure
of Washington playing ball from the
front of the Capitol I admit I was not
sorry. but the rest do fairly well, /
think.
I'VE have some remarkable statues.
and l will endeavor to explain the SYM
bolism Of the statue of Gen. Lafayette.
which stands near the White House.
There is he bronze figure of Lafayette
himself. fully clad, with extensive dra-
pertes over his arm. Al his feet is crouch
ing the figure Of woman, with little or
no clothes on. She is Offering a sword
to Lafayette and seems to be saying TO
the general:
oh. my dear Mr.. Lafayette, I'll give
you this sword IL you will only be SO
kind as to give me my clothes"
DR.. Wiley said that he had just come
from a hearing before a congressional
committee on the bill which aims to
establish department of public health.
He said that such department of the
the President cabinet, would be of in
estimable value. as IL would bring to-
gether all the forces for the beneflt of
the health Of the people. He said that
issue Of the day, and that health should
be conserved in order to permit happy,
useful lives.
Many Papers to Be Read.
The society will be in session for the
next two days. during which number of
important papers will be read. At the
afternoon session. which began at 2:30
o'clock, DR.. Alexander McPhedran Of To-
ronto read the first paper on 1.-THE Treat
ment of Pneumonia
Although the Congress of American
Physicians and Surgeons held its last gen.
eral meeting yesterday. a number of the
organizations which go to make UP the
congress are still in session here today
and held meetings at the Arlington, the
New Willard and George Washington
University.
The third days session of the Associa-
ton Of American Physicians was opened
today with an address by DR.. Beverly
Robinson of New York, who addressed
the conference on physical exploration
and treatment Of heart disease.
In the undergraduates section DR..
Albert NJ. Barrett of Ann Arbor delivered
an address on degeneration. He was fol-
lowed by DR.. Austin Flint of New York.
who spoke on the criminal insane, and q
Quoted by DR.. George H. Kirby OF Wards
Island, n. Y, and Harry w. Miller of
Washington.
Guests Of DR.. White.
The afternoon session was held today
in the new theater at the Government
Hospital for the Insane, at the initia-
ton Of DR.. William A. White. After
the business session refreshments were
served in the banquet room of the hos
pital.
The program consisted OF the follow
ing papers: Military Psychiatry," Capt.
Robert L. Richards. U. S. a.; Juvenile
Paresis-Clinical and Anatomical Report
of Case" Drs. Harry w. Miller and
Nicholas Archucarro: Prevalence and
Psychology of Pellagra." DIR. J. w. Bah
cock Of Columbia, s. c.; Report of Two
Cases of Pellagra," DR.. NJ. l.. Perry OF
Parsons, Kan, and an address on Some
Suggestions on the Psychology OF Su-
perstition,'' by DIR. ]. B. Dresslar Of the
University Of Alabama.
At the meeting OF the American Derma-
biological Society at the Arlington this
morning there was an extended discus
sion of pellagra in the United States. DIR.
William T. Corlett and DR.. Oscar T.
Schultz discussed pellagra in Ohio. DR..
J. w. Babcock Of Columbia, 8. c., presi-
dent OF the National Pellaera Congress.
said that the skeptfcism regarding the eX-
istence Of the disease in this country had
been removed. A year ago. he said. there
were 1900 cases in this country. and
there is no doubt now that the disease
exists in twenty-six or twenty-seven
states of the Union. being most prevalent
states.
Died Martyr to Science.
Much regret was expressed by the ply
sicians and surgeons yesterday at the
death OF DIR. Howard r. Ricketts, while
an outbreak Of Mexican ty-
plus in the City Of Mexico. The news Of
his death came in q telegram to q men,
Der of the congress. A special meeting
of the congress was called by the presi-
dent, DR.. Edward L. Trudeau. 10 take APP
propriate action upon the death OF this
member OF the congress.
were adopted expressing the
regret Of the congress at the death Of this
physician.
The influence OF smoking upon longevity
was discussed by the heart specialists
yesterday But they were far from reach
ing an agreement when the debate closed.
DR.. H. L. Elsner Of Syracuse, N. Y, in
troduced the subject by discussing the in
fiuence Of tobacco on apprehension In the
circulatory system. Smoking in moderate
amount by grown persons might not be
in furious. he said, but he expressed a be-