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GARIBALDI'S CAPRERA HOME,
Seat by the Window-His Will Dis.
regarded by Friends.

There is in Caprera Il peculiar scent ot
resin and incense baked in the sun and
IT is precisely this sun. not as i'm Af-ic,
which brings out the aroma of the len
tlsk Of the low growing pines and of ina
myrtIcs.
The punsent perfume of these island
Shrubs explains the desire expressed by
Garibdldi in all his wills moi c>,.ep,ir
the last in $50 To have his body burpei
on Il funeral pile of the wood of tn, rs
land before letting any one know IF hi.
decease, in the open air, his face turns
10 the sun like Pompeius. and thea To-
have the ashes ia ed in the wall behind
the tomb of his little grandrhi. dren
Anita and Rosita, and beneath the sbad
Of !. leafy acacia.
But when lie died his will WAS djsr.
Sardfu by friends and relations anu
against this proclamation Giosne Carducci
The greatest of modern Italian poets ba.
pfotested-a protest approved by the mos
eminent men of science of the democr,c,
Thus the body of the hero was emhaln,a,
ana placed IN a tomb covered by an enor-
nous block of Caprera granite and in
scribed on ii only the name GaribaId,
tomb worthy indeed of the hero and
which reminds the visil,r # the modast
grave OF GiadstoneS father in tho LITTLE
cemetery at Leith, near Edinburgh G.ri
baldi s resting place is i'm an olive wood
between the generals house and the cen
shore. Five ether tombs surround his
now, those OF Menotti and NauIio his
eldest and his youngest sons: OF hi
daughter, Teresita. wife of Cen canzio
and of Rosita and Anita A sailor or
the Italian navy mounts guard at the
tomb.
In his home at Caprera Garibaldi rosa
very early in the morning. and with his
hat we'll pulled down over his eve 20
ceeded by tiny footpath to a IL
hence and thence admired the wit 81
of sea and horizon. After his morninr
walk he returned home in a che.rfui
frame OF mind, had a kind woul for
everybody and went with the nessants
to look after the cultivation of his fields
During the last years Of his life. being
crippled hand and foot by arthritls. he
seldom left his room. but he sat with
the windows open, and tie sparrow.
hoped I'm and took food from his hand
On his deathbed he had the windows
opened to let two little tame tomtits into
his room He generally dined at noon.
then played a game of draughts: after
thai he dictated his correspondence or
seine 'irc~ from memory. retired 10 he'd
al > ,ti!' ,"'i a ~ favor L. auth, 10.
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the physicians feel that if a man is earn
ing 81 day and has "A wife and three
or four children he has d right to free
medical treatment. In this way those
who i'll will find the physicians ready
to listen to their story and to help them
whenever it is reasonably possible.
Calls for physician must be made to
the nearest police station. If the case is
urgent the clerk at the police station will
telephone the physician at once, otherwise
the call will he held until the doctor
makes his daily rounds. Each physician
is expected to make two calls daily to
the police station and to sign the book
wherein the calls are registered, show
ing that he has attended the cases. one
of these calls may be made by telephone,
but one always must be made in person.
The method in which the physicians to
the poor appointed is considerably
different from what it several years
ago. The doctors must now pass clV,
service examination. This examination,
while held by the civil service commits
sion, comes under their charge only IN
asmuch as they conduct such examna-
tons at the request of the District Com
misSOners the latter making the appoint
ments. Before physicians are eligible for
service physicians to the poor. how
ever. they must have had two years resi-
pitals
The reports of the board of charities
for several years show the number of
cases reported in the last few years to
be approximately four odd thousand, in
Guiding white and colored. The number
OF colored cases is usually in excess by
probably two odd thousand With the
twenty-one physicians attending to such
cases. the supervising doctor not max
ing visits, that makes approximately TWO
hundred cases n wear for each physician
That does not mean two hundred visits,
but counts each individual as simply one
case, matter how many visits might
have been necessary. An average yearly
cost for medicine by which is meant the
prescriptions filled by the druggists. is
about $3.50. or a little over so a month,
for the entire poor of the city.
In addition TO the last item there Is
perhaps a thousand dollars spent each
year for nurses supplies. surgical sup
plies, crutches, the medicine furnished
from the office and the printing of the
necessary blanks. The services of the
nurses are given free. the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society. an institution
supported by phlaEthropic people of the
District. furnishing nurses for the ply
Scians 10 the poor whenever nPedtG.
Tile GalN other item connected with
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dows at til, city hail. Mind We. l wish
thin all vel rm a rivoiuchionist AT
heart. Whin revolution starts I'm
ALWAYS willin' to cry Forward. an
vain it ends I'm as quick as amy wan
IT, say splendid or Too bad: but
while they're goin' on | play thin to
lose. In what Hogan calls TIL realm iV
spoort | always have a copper on rive
buttons an Harvard. If they win / lose
an I'm glad But it amt often.
Il had hopes " seein that gallant
pathrite whose name FIR years has been
ON ivry lip that spoke iv freedom,
what'S-llis-name give me tn pa-aper.
oh. Frank l. Maduro. l had hopes Nv
scein' Frank L. Maduro stormin tn
Hites iv Chapootypick an maxim OF
Perforated Diaz tear away f'r tn cac-
tns But now it seems that III
lie sr"etin Frank L. Maduro with
Hearty: What back 50 soon" \ rive
luton. Hinnissy. is niver tn beginnin'
iv a rivoluchionry movement. It's al
WAYS tn end 1T takes place whin TIL
ARE on tn polls foorce.
NO, | can't make out what tn trouble
is in Mexico onless it is that tn coun-
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uous for those who have passed the hey
day of youth. The Latins delight in the
stately quadri!le and various graceful
ada ptations of the lancers and minuet.
The young girls and youths are SPLEEN
did dancers. and frequently entertain a
company by a 500 with caStanetS ana
with tambourine There are dances
which are common to the country. ana
when a distinguished Peruvian Is guest
it is considered quite a delicate courtesy
to have his special dance performed me
Ecuadorean dance is very pretty after
the fandango style and danced without
caStanetS.
Mrs Fox and her daughter, Miss Fuse
bia have been preceded in Washington
by the most fatter;ng accounts Of their
leadership in Quito society. These ru-
mors are not only current among the
I.atins resident in Washington, but have
also penetrated the State Department.
That both ladies speak Spanish almost
as mother tongue. and that during Mr..
FoX's incumbency as director Of the
American Republics they became thor
oughly sympathetic to the cause of Pan
America is sufficient explanation. Very
unobtrusively they have taken hold Of
their social obligations in Quito, and have
made the American legation Il power i'll
that interesting land. They have been
considerate of the national traditions. but
have held to the ways in which American
hospitality, especially official amenity,
must be dispensed.
In way Mrs. and Miss Fox may be
reckoned the first American hostesses
which Quito has known intimately. The
predecessor of Mr. Fox (Mr. Lee of
Maryland) was a bachelor. and few other
ministers to Ecuador have possessed
wives courageous enough TO undertake
the hardship of an overland trip to Quito.
Mrs Fox has long social experience.
ting almost from the first years OF her
marriage some thirty years ago. She
was before her union to Mr.. Fox Miss
Louise Won I.uedeguid of Brunswick in
northern Germany, and she met her nus
band while he was serving American
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musical instruments are about. we have
to partake of all except the most cere-
monious meals in this environment of
birds and flowers.
Like all of their race the women of
Ecuador are hoSpitable and enjoy inter-
course with each other and with proper
ly presented strangers. We hold a re-
ception followed by a dance every Thurs
day. and we can attend similar functions
seven days of the week. The residents
are devoted to dancing. and this delight
full exercise is net confined to the younger
coterie as in American cities. Here l
note that only the waltz and two-step
prevail at balls. and this is rather siren
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served with a French dressing. We Day
about > cents each for big ripe pears. and
in Now York partially green ones cost
about dollar apiece i'm the season. We
have every vegetable which grows i'm the
north. and some others which are I'M
known. The entire scheme of cooking
is changed in this climate, and everything
must ta@c from two to three times a.
long to cook il does in "A lower altt-
tudc We can have boiled potatoes.
mealy and palatable i'm lower alti-
tudes but it requires patience and much
watching to achieve this result There IL
one fruit to which the foreigner becomes
so attached that YOU really miss It. II
is called the chilimoja and If ypu can
picture a great yellow lemon filed with
soft substance which resembles GUS
tard favored with ripe gooseberriess then
you know the joy of eating this most
delicious of Euca dorian products
s. ::
Mr. Fox and his family are Oh the terms
of closest friendship with the present
chief executive of Ecuador. Senior Colon
E.loy Alfaro. Nine. Alfaro. and her daugh
ter. Senorita America Alfaro, are fire.
quent visitors at the legation. and Mrs
and Miss Fox are among their most fetei
guests. There are two young sons OF the
president Almedo, who resides in Quito
and is quite gallant in society. and
Colon Eloy. ir.. who is at present a mem
Der of the hussarS in the German army
corps stationed i'm Hanover; Both these
young men are graduates of West Point
Mr.. Fox is the son of the late Elias
Williams Fox. one time president of the
chamber of commerce in st. Louis. lie
has two sons we'll known in Washington
when their parents resided there one
George Edward Fox, is now i'm tn
brokers' business in New York city The
other, Carlton Fox. is a lawyer i'm Wal
lace. Idaho. and his gallant work i'm res
cuing many sufferers from the recent
forest fires may receive national rec
osnition during the coming Congress
Mrs. and Miss Fox have a pleasant APART
ment in the Grafton, and are aking quite
an active part i'm the prevailing Saycy.
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three times many poor patients as l
have today. ] do not mind confcSsinG.
either. that when I first entered the SerV-
ice it was tho small pay that ! thought
OF as much an anything. | said to my
self it will help to pay my Office expenses.
But when | had gotten into the work ii
changed me entirely. and ! firmly believe
that I am a bigger hearted, more sympa-
thctic physician today than l would have
been had I never undertaken the work
] am donis. 1t is pleasure to me to
feel that | am doing small part of the
work of aiding the poor.
III does not matter TO me that some
of the families l attend are ottentimes
immoral. sinful and that the men spend
all their money in drink. When / see
them suffering my one thought is to help
them. And not only try to aid them i'll
a medical way. but in spiritual way:
try TO help them ny example. | tell them
that | not only aid them for their own
sake. but because ! am doing the work
Of my Master. I believe that such a
method helps them because they begin to
think that if the friendship of such a man
as Christ can help me it can help them,
and they seek His aid.
Il am proud of the work | am doing
and l think l can safely say that there
are families l attend who will not move
out of my district, because they know
/ am interested in them and will do all
/ can to aid them. | believe that a doc
tor who is attending a poor patient should
paid two dollars for every visit. The
poor are more Observant in that respect
and if the doctor fails in even small
thing they Immediately say: That is be-
cause We amt paying him Because
they are poverty stricken it does not mean
they are any the less worthy to be treat
ed conScientiously.
Another physician. in speaking OF the
practical side of the WORK rather than
the philanthropic, said:
Il find that usually have from twelve
TO sixteen cases to attend Week The
majority of theEl are answered from
calls sent in to tie police station and it
is only three or -Four times a month that
] have an office call AS to night calls.
which are sent to me only in the case
of necessity. | have perhaps no more
than six i'll the entire Year.
"One of the difficulties which confronts
us is the dislike which a great many Of
the patients have for the hospital But
even then it is not as bad it was ten
or fifteen years ago. Then. if ii physi-
clan even mentioned hospital the pa
ticrt became indignant. ref ,scd all
solutely ~ he taken. one reason Tor
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and daughter are receiving cordial well
come to their old home. Mrs. and Miss
Fox have just returned from an eight
month visit to Europe, and will remain
in Washington until after January 1.
when they will join the minister in Quito.
My daughter and l are reveling in our
first visit to Washington for some years.
said Mrs. Fox few days ago, land in
addition to the pleasure of renewing old
acquaintance, We find our time we'll oc-
cupied in telling our friends ali about the
city which lies SO close to the equator.
Quito is but few miles south of that
famous line closely associated in all
minds with the punishment of the trans
gressor. and my friends seem astonished
TO find that We have not been cooked
alive long ago No impression is more
erroneous. The EGuadorean capital is
situated among the most magnificent
peaks of the lower Andes at an altitude of
more than 5000 feet, and tie effects of
it's proximity to the equator are so modl-
fed by this that the climate is prob
ably the most spring-lke in the world.
had the happiness of enjoying the
glorious Indian summer in Washington,
q season of ethereal mildness which
places the genuine spring of the equl-
noX in the second place. In Quito we
nave perpetual Indian summer. glorious
sunshine. soft tempered breezes and
only occasionally the violent transforms
which thickly intersperse the year on
the nor hem hemisphere
We have lived in Quito during the
transition period. and have seen it pass
ing from one Of the most picturesque old
Spanish cities into a modern municipality.
My first journey to the capital Of Ecuador
was made on burro. 1t required sew
eral days. and though il was magnificent
scenery, and life in the interior is most
interesting. yet / leave it to any woman
of my acquaintance il the experience
would be relished more than once. Now
the railroad has penetrated the noun
tains and comes direct from the seaport
of Guayaquil to Quito. With the railroad,
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By Margaret B. Downing.

t. Visit or MIS-.
William c. Fox
and her daughter.
Miss Fuse bia Fox,
is one of the
pleaSanteSt events
of the autumn to
a large number
of friends and to
the numerous Dip
lomatic contingent
included in the
Latin republics.
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With the "Physicans to the Poor" Around the City,

the care of The sick poor is the Saarlcs
Of the physicians themselves. which are
SO small that, aS one doctor expressed 1t,
lit pays for my telephone and boy" To
he exact. the pay is SO per niout't. With
the hospitals open to those patients need
ing such care at the rcConl1rn datiOn of
tho physicians. the sick poor of the Dis
trct of Columbia receive treatment which
is equal |" that of any OF the larger
cities in the east. as there are but few
cities which employ the same method as
does the District.
The services which the doctors per-
form tor the poor of the District cover
as broad d field as in the case of the
wealthy, with the additional feature that
their surroundings arc such as often to
hinder Il speedy recovery. According TO
the last report of the board of charities
the greatest number of cases of one kind
treated by the doctors was bronchitis, of
which there were nearly GEO cases. All
told there were almost 1Io different all
mentS for which the doctors attended
the various patients. Standing by the
side of bronchitis jill point of number
come rheumatism and measles, while
pneumonia was the cause OF over 100 pa
tients needing medical aid.
Once each week each physician is eX-
pected to send to the office a report of the
cases he has attended throughout the
week The druggists also are expected to
send in reports once month. With these
reports are sent in the prescriptions which
they have filled during the week. If any
of these are marked special. a druggist
who is an official OF the office examines
it. In order to determine whether or not
the price asked by the druggist is the
wholesale price. If satisfactory, the bills
are paid. About once month a meeting
is called Of the physicians, when subjects
pertaining to the work are discussed and
the best methods of aiding the sic, are
considered. DR.. JackSonS duties consist
in seeing that each physician is attending
all cases reported TO him. and in the case
of any physician heinS absent of filling
The vacancy.
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make a clan and interest. which is all
absorbing. Then the Spanish woman is
a religious devotee as rule. and she
finds all the outer interest she desires in
works of charity.
There is a great need of charity in
many of these countries. Quito is par
ticularly charitable toward its lind and
its orphans and INDECENT invaiGs. To
have a genuine anxiety about public af
fairs or to desire to have a voice in IL.
recting them seems long way off
in Quito or any other part of the Latin
countries which are familiar TO me- But
socially the gentry of Quito take kindly
to American ways. Many of the wives
Of officials serve tea and small pastry at
their afternoon receptions and yield ira
dition in favor of the stranger within the
gate. l find it quite possible to live
comfortably and as nationality in that
distant city as | did in Washington. I'm
some ways more comfortably. We have
Indian servants, and they are very faith
full. intelligent AMI loyal Then there is
mixed race of Spanish and Indian. and
per aids in the home. buffers. stewards
a nd chefs. Food is cheap in some ways
and very expensive in others.
Every country has its own way o.
doing things. The way Of cutting raw
meat was different from ours and. of
course proved disappointing i'm the prepa-
ration, for every hOusekeeper will bear
witness how much depends on the cutting
of meat: especially of beef. After few
directions / got the butchers in Quito
to fill my orders as carefully as l could
have them attended to in the Center
Market here. The beef is good and
tender, for the cattle here have long
range and plenty of rich green provender
all the year through. 1t is about the
same as good Chicago beef in price. Nut
ton and poultry are much cheaper, and
so are butter. milk and eggs.
The fruit makes it worth while TO live
in quito We're there no other attractions.
The pineappies of Quito are the finest OF
the world and bring the best prices. They
have a glorious flavor and are four
times as big and solid as one may get in
the north. We are partial to alligator
pears and use them frequently for salad
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of course have come all the progress and
change incident to it all over the world.
But Quito still retains its ancient charm.
though it is taking on some of the less
attractive features of modern civiliZa ton.
The streets have long been lighted by
electricity, but it has been until now
city Of two-storied houses. There are
plans afoot to begin a new residential ad-
dition in the west side, and no doubt the
high Offices and nine-story apartment
house will follow in time.
The charm of Quito is the poetic at
mOsphere which envelOps the plainest
phases of life. Every one takes the
world at his leisure and there is time to
enjoy everything The homes are after
the old Spanish type which is so cmpha-
sized in the Latin American cities. The
houses are all of adobe built in a square
and facing a court. and invaria bly, Of two
stories only. But the average Quito resi-
dence is somewhat different, in that sell
dom can lessee obtain the use of the
ground floor even for stables or Tor
storage and the servants. Under the
American legation are several shops, and
as every foreigner and the st.te officials
also reside in the same stl:e. | have
ceased to be uncomfortable over it.
THE entrance to all the homes
under great archway removed from the
immediate proximity of the shops, and
as nearly all the residence is on the sec
ond floor the guest gains access through
a beautiful staircase lined with palms
and gay with flowers. There are hum
ming birds about, and the patio, as the
court is called. is alive with butterflies,
with the warbling of birds and the soft
drone of insect life, though it were
in the center of tropical forest. The
outer corridors of the second floor are a
succession of beautiful rooms open to the
sunny day on one side and hemmed in
with palms and rich Towering trees on
the other three. We live in these open
places for Quito has none of the
strength devouring qualities of other
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len ono thinks of
I n q manner ! u
W hich n big C,,N
cares for its poor
when they are i'll.
he str1iCiiiHay pie
lures free wards OF
hospitals, free dis
pcuSaIieS and the
charities,
is correct In
one sense. but gen
cral. not Spetilic.
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consul in that interesting old German
city Since their marriage Mr.. and Mrs
Fox have experienced that nomadlc eN-
istence which pertains to life in the dip
lomatic or consular service. they nVed
for some years in Washington and MISS
Fox is very proud of the fact mat Siie
is graduate of the Central riigh Schooi
of this city.
She graduated with the most distin-
euished honors. and one of them is shown
in the fact that she was selected from
out of the vast concourse OF graduates
from the different high schools to present
an address of welcome to the District
commissioners After leaving the hlgn
school Miss Fox studied the modern Ian
guages and English literature at the Co
lumbar. now the George Washington
University of this city. she also was $40 tnn
a scholarship for the same course IN the
Columbia Univedsty of New York, CITY,
and pursued her studies for two semesters
After this substantial foundation In her
own country. Miss Fox went abroad WIN
her mother and became pupil in BEL IN
and in Paris She is. therefore, Il noted
linC,list and student of literature ana
philosophy She is her mother hNalu-
able aid in social matters. and has beeh
her constant companion since she was d
mere girl.
II am interested in the progress of
the woman's question, said Mrs. Fox,
replving to some queries about this issue
in the land of the equator, but it is an
echo OF far-off thunder down in Ecua-
dor. There is decision among the
women, more of desire to travel, but
this is more the result of the coming of
the railroad than an evidence that the
doctrines of Cady Stanton are gaining
ground Travellers bring back new ideas.
aud there is evidence of this in the homes
of Quito. They are losing none or their
delightful primitiyeness but some mod
ern comforts and methods are being in
troduced. But the average South Amerl-
can woman is concerned in her home
rather than out of it, The patriarchal
system Of life continues, and the families