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The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Weston's Walk Ended.

All honor is due the seventv-rwo-va,~
old pedestrian who has lust comnIetad q
foot journey from san Francisco to New
York a distance OF 3,lS3 miles Excly-
sive Of Sundays, he has been on the ROAD
seventy-seven days. in rain and shine
in blizzard or in balmy weather. and did
not lose day. New York gave a rovs,
welcome to the veteran. and II was d,e
him.
Sensauonalism was not his object, and
selt-advancement far from his thought
lie is an advocate Of a hyglenic mode Of
living, is temperate. and believes in ont
door exercise. Many years ago he made
himself an advocate and apostle of walk
ing as IAN intelligent pastine and health
giving exercise He has preached tbts
doctrine in season and out, and his Ions,
walks are due to his desire to Sc, an
example Of what can be accomplished
by proper exercise in proper. manner
Thirty years ago he walked across the
continent, and Immediately many would
be competitors for the honor entered the
lists. These professional pedestrians
have long since passed from view. They
were not serious. and. as a result tbey
lost interest as soon as notorietv had
worn of. and they were no longer getting
newspaper space. Not so with Weston
He believed in his theory of living and
knew the only way to advocate II TO ad-
vantage was by living UP to the principle
The example thus set has been a worthy
one. and, no doubt. has inspired thou
sands 20 take exercise which has provan
beneficial 10 them.
Weston is an excellent specimen Of
well-preserved old age. Despite his three
score and twelve, he is hale. hearty and
robust. In his walk. from February I
TO May 2. his weight was reduced from
$50 pounds TO 1855. which is not the amount
OF weight that would be taken of by an
athlete training for an event. Weston's
feat is one Of rational cultivation and
conservation Of physical powers. and
shows the possibilities Of correct mode
Of living. We need not walk from coast
10 coast to become disciples OF weston's
theory. but in our daily life can put to
practice what he breaches. with advan-
tage to ourselves and as a boom to pros
perity.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

Quoting the Biblical question. Are
not two sparrows sold for a farthing2" a
London paper suggests that the ubiqul-
t7us and superabundant English spar
row might be utilized as a means Of food
for the people i is possible. says the
New York Mail. that the sparrow would
go well on toast, II sold as a reed bird
but in this part OF the world his Identity
would have 20 De concealed In order 70
make him az an available as q table
delicacy. O
Here seems, indeed. 70 be one case
wherein prices have fallen rather than
risen In the old days two sparrows
may have sold for a farthing. which IS
at the rate Of four for a cent. but II is
extremely unlikely that any one could
get ] cent for 100 OF them in any New
York market Their occasional substl-
tuition for QUais rice birds. and other
delicate little creatures may afford a
certain market for them. but the traf-
1c is attended with risk. and money
is oftener paid 10 get rid OF them than
20 acquire them.
The people Will have 10 be still
huuErier than they are now before these
large masses of floating food supplies
are utilized. even at the rate OF two
sparrows for q farthinE
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Poverty in England.

Socialism of poverty is decreasing, while
socialism OF discomfort is growing. The
former is especially true in England. and
the other is readily recognized in condl-
tons in America and Germany. Social
ism is due to the propaganda Of discon-
tent by advanced thinkers among the
lower classes, but later the adherents
are drawn from other ranks OF society.
Year by year the various progressive
governments are enlarglng their powers
and provinces. and attention is now given
TO matters which few years ago would
have caused the cry Of socialism" or
''poternalism" to be raised. England has
reached the stage where a bill before
Parliament 70 prevent restitution is ac-
cepted IN n matter-of-fact way. The
poor laws are antlquated. and labor meas
ures are not sufficient 20 cope with the
situation. Hence the departure. which
practically amounts 10 a revolution.
Such a condition would have been i'm
possible fifty years ago. At that time
there were sixty-two paupers per 1000
population, while now there are but TWEEN
ty-six. Sixty years ago there were in
England twelve able-bodied paupers. and
now. there are but two per thousand.
Child pauperlsm has decreased from twen-
ty-sx per thousand TO seven. This shows
remarkable progress. and with the pro-
posed laws in effect this proportion will
be still further reduced
Such governmental interference with per-
sonal rights as the forceful employment.
or the finding Of work for those who ap-
ply. is a long step forward. It Will be
an incentive Tor old-age pension and for
other provisions 90 caro- for the decrepit.
Whether this be socialism or utilitarian.
ism matters not. II the law proves sue
cessful. 81 will be copied by other nations.
and the credit will be Englands. Social
lists will have no quarrel with the origin
OF a measure which is along the lines
they have been advocating. It is probably
the greatest progress ever made toward
state socialism"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Lorimer and His Accuser.

William Lorimer may not belong in the
United states Senate. His election a
year ago, after a long deadlock. was BY
no means free from scandal The result
was brought about by a dicker with the
Democrats, IN which Roger sullivan
played a conspicuous part. II there was
no actual corruption in II. the denoue-
ment, at any rate caused n general look
ing askance and was not thing con-
templated with honest pride in any
quarter.
But whether Lorimer belongs In the
Senate or not. everybody knows where his
self-accused accUser, the confessed bribe-
taker, White, belongs His place is the
penitenuary. He is knocking hard for ad-
mission. Either ne is what he processes
70 be. a corrupted legislator. or he is
what Lorimer brands him to be. the lying
tool Of unscrupulous political marplots. In
either case. whether guilty OF bribe-
taking or perjury he is unit 10 be at
large. He is eternally damned by word
Of mouth-a despicable creature by pro
fession and confession. The prison yawns
for him
Dirty politics IS obviously the basis Of
the disclosure just made to smirch Lori
mer. No high-minded motives prompt IT,
His election might more easily and con
vincingly have been discredited in May.
1903, no doubt, but the incentive then was
lacking It appears. Now the criminal
authorities OF Illinois. for the States
sake and as a public duty. must probe
10 the bottom the miserable mess and
punish the wrongdoers according 10 their
deserts.
There was one paIliating feature Of
Lorimer's election. It elevated from
House 10 Senate a self-made man Of
demonstrated capacity TO serve his con-
stituents in practical way. He did
not become a Chicago boss By accident
or a leader Of men by chance. Il was
genius as an organizer and surprising
ability TO handle a situation-these things
and methods known only 10 such as ne
that gave him the toga he wears to-day.
If the element Of purchase entered into
it-and It probably did. directly or indi-
rectly-it was merely incidental to adroit
maneuvering and manipulation OF which
he Is past master in local politics.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Our First Medical School-May 3.

The first medical school in the United
States was established on May s. 100 A
charter was granted for the Academy
and Charitable Schools in the Province Of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. on July g.
1853 out Of which organization the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania has grown. The
usual school course Of studies was pUT-
sued and the first commencement was
held on May L. 1857. Among its gradu-
ates were John Morgan. who, after
spending five years in the study % med
icine in Europe. upon his return laid be
fore the trustees a plan for the establish
ing of medical department. He was
elected its professor Of the theory and
practice Of medicine at the age of thirty.
On June p. 1858. the degree of bachelor
OF medicine was conferred upon ten gen
tlemen. the first physicians graduated in
America.
Dr. William Shipper. who had privately
been instrucung pupils in anatomy as
early as 1762 had suggested the depart
ment of medicine. but il remained for DR..
Morgan to carry out the project. Previ-
Gus to the establishment of this school
and from an early period public lectures
on medical topics were given in various
parts OF the country. To Or. Cadwallader
Golden is ascribed the credh of the first
attempt 10 establish a systematic course
on medicine in the colonies. He tried TO
have the assembly of Pennsylvania pass
an act imposing a tax upon every un-
married man for the purpose Of support
ing public physical lecture in Philadel-
phia." His efforts were fruitless-
In 1850 Or. Thamas Cadwallader elctured
on anatomy in Philadelphia. and in 1852
DR.. William Hunter. a cousin Of the great
John Hunter, lectured on anatomy at
Newport, r. L DR.. Charles +. Wissen-
thai, Of Baltimore, delivered lectures on
surgery in Baltimore prior TO the Revo-
luton. Shortly after the Philadelphia
school was organized. in 1867, a medical
department was started in Kings Col
Ilege. New York. the lineal ancestor Of
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
The Coming of the Comet.

Notwithstanding the fact that II has
been advertised even more extensively
than the average circus, and, we doubt
not, with much greater regard for the
truth, We fear Halley's comet is not
drawing the popular audiences that II
should.
Inasmuch as this big celestial show
plays this circuit so seldom. # would
seem that it might attract something
more than small but appreciative.
crowds. And It would. in all probability.
II ii observed more engaging hours. II.
for instance, it contrived TO shoot athwart
the horizon along about 9 o'clock in the
evening. its business would be immense
Indeed, an appearance so late as midnight
might prove enucing enough for the
great run OF humanity. But when # con-
fines itself to the early hours Just before
dawn. it gets out OF the reach Of the com
mon herd, and lays itself liable TO in
spection, therefore. all but exclusively by
the somewhat limited circle OF the high
brows.
And yet there dwells within the mental
equipment OF approximately every man
desire to see the comet, surely The
mere fact that 1t comes only once in n
Hfetime-and a good, long lifetime. at
that-renders # interesting in a degree
to even the casually curious. we should
say. Years from now. It will be worth
while 10 be able 10 remark u have seen
Halley's comet" Not that there will
be any money in it. Of course. OF any
great glory. for that matter. mayhap.
but that il will be some satisfaction to
know that you have seen something that
millions OF people then alive may never
see at all
The comet has played its part IN max
ing history. II has not done that with
malice aforethought to be sure. II
simply has travelled its prescribed way.
year after year, for nobody knows how
many centuries. and man has attributed
many things 10 its potency and influence.
It has been held responsible for wars.
famines. floods. pestilence, and insanity
II anything good ever was attributed 10 il
by the ancients. tho record thereof has
managed to get hopelessly lost in the
shuttle OF the ages. apparently. II we
to-day were as our ancestors four OF five
centuries removed seem 10 have been. We
should charge the sUffragettes up to the
comet, or course.
Still. despite the comets recognized
reputation and extremely venerable
status, a lot OF people will miss seeing
It as long as It insists on exhibiting
itself only in the wee sma' hours Of
the morning.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

columbia University. Harvard University
established its medical department in 1TS2.
and in l7os a medical department was es-
tabHshed by DIT. Nathan Smith at Dart
mouth College.
Previous to the foundation OF medical
schools the education Of physicians in
this country had been entirely by means
Of the apprenticeship system. except
when a young man possessed sufficient
means to 60 abroad and study at the
medical schools Of Edinburgh, London. or
the continent
Il has been estimated that at the out
set Of the war for independence there
were upward OF $500 practitioners in the
colonies, Of whom not more than 400 had
received medical degrees. At the present
time there are l21 regular medical schools
in the United States. attended by o 752
students, and p homeopathic schools with
500 students.
The education Of women in the medical
profession began with the opening Of the
Boston Homeopathic School for Women
in 1915. and two years later the Woman's
Medical College in Philadelphia was
opened. 1t was not until eighteen years
afterward that the Woman's Medical Col
lege Of New York was started.
The earliest institutions for the teach
ing Of medicine were situated in temples
and groves dedicated TO the worship Of
the delties who were supposed to preside
over the health Of their worshipers. Thus
in Egypt the god Osiris and his wife Isis
were the tutelary deities Of the medical
arts, and IN Greece the god Of health was
Aesculapius.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
SNAP SHOTS.

Life IS about the best test Of ones
staying qualities.
As a general thing. a man with the
wrong kind Of religion criuclses the other
kinds
Although a girls face may be her for
tune. she can't raise any money by turn
ing up her nose.
It is very rare that a challenge IS
hurled into the teeth Of a person who
keeps his mouth shut.
A girl IS a person who can he happy
with bad case of indignation II she has
a good case Of spring hat
Another difference between an under
writer and an undertaken IS that the
former insures against fire.
Sometimes the boy who is afraid to 90
to bed In the dark has a father who
doesn't come home until daylight.
There are some who get rich because
they can't help It, and Others who re-
main poor for precisely the same reason.
After a woman has met her social OBJ
legations at home her husband begins to
entertain the bill collectors at his Office.
One of the hardest things in this world
for a woman to understand Is why a man
hates 10 carry an umbrella with a tassel
on It.
In a few thousand years more the peo-
pie Of this world may tolerate the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, II they
keep on improving.
It takes a good deal Of nerve for a
young man to ask his sweethearts father
for her, but It takes more for the old
man TO give her TO him,
A woman is a person who will carry
a purse two feet long. wear hat yard
wide, and trot a mile in search of a
piece OF lace the length of her finger.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Origin of Kissing.

Helen Morton Livingston, in the Sunday
edition OF The washington Herald. has an
article on kissing, in which various views
are given. An analysis OF the subject
shows an interesting difference Of opIn-
ion. and the expressions OF several act
resses is not the least engaging part OF
the story.
Numerous savants have sought 70 arrive
al the origin Of the kiss. The generally
accepted belief is that II was a form Of
salltation TO distinguish between friend
and foe. The touching OF the lips among
savages gave an opportunity to scrutinize
the stranger. and the sense OF smell aided
in the Identification. Since then kissing
changed from a salutation Of suspicion
to one Of affection
Medical men gravely warn against kiss
ing But medical men are alarmists. ao-
cording TO the popular view. and the more
they rail the more the average man or
woman smiles at the violation of the rules
OF hygiene. True. the baby does not Ike
to be kissed, and the feelings OF the infant
should be respected; but the young
woman, who Is capable Of exercising her
judgment. often takes a different view
Members Of the same family are usually
immune to the germs Of the other mem
bers Of the family. and the danger OF
disease spread is therefore practically nil
Let the origin OF the habit be as far
back in history as it will. 1t has become
rather fixed as a custom, and advocates
OF a revolution will have their pleas fall
on deaf ears The same theory applies
as in that slang expression. "A camel
can go seven days without a drink. but
who wasnts TO be a camel?"
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
COST OF AIR TRAVEL
Sl@" Fare TO Europe by First-cIns
Air Liner Would Give Dividend.

/ Air Liner Would Give DIvfdends
/ From the Century Magazine.
] The expense Of air shipping steadily
! decreases with experience. In operating
a transoceanic service one week would
| undoubtedly be allotted 20 each OF forty
/ eight annual voyages. The crossing
\ would take two 20 three DAYS Engines
/ and ships would be overhauIed after
/ each trip
Air ships Of oo00 cubic meters dis
/ placement would need 20 be reflled twice
a month. A new process for producing
| hydrogen makes the initiating Of shlus
| the size Of the Zeppelin " cost S5z5. as
/ compared with S,1el a year ago Gas
/ drawn from the chambers and burned
IN the motors 10 compensate FOR weight
| lost by the consumption OF gasoline
] would cost S105. leaving SIPS for The
gasoline consumed. Docking. overhaul
ing, and repairing between trips would
not exceed $50 An aIrship costs SlA.-
| COO, il will last four years II regularly
/ overhaUled. a credit Of 500 each for each
trip would represent material that could
| be taken from an obsolete ship 10 re-
/ furnish new one.
a captain now receives S2S5s n wear.
two helmsmen each $40 and three en-
gtneers each S,446. This personnel would
need 10 earn $40 each trip but by trans
ferrinE the crew from ingoins to outrO-
ing ships 500 would he a conservative
estimate for wages. Roughly. the ex-
Z pense Of each trip would be about 81 .2l3.
II twenty passengers were carried AZ
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
A KINGS POCKET MONEY.
Some of Louis xVTs BOuntIes-When
He Went Marketing.

He Went Marketing.
From the Westminster Gazette
The whole world has smiled or sighed
over that extraordinary diary in which
Louis XVI entered day after day what
seemed to him best worth recording and
remembering. After a days good sport
in the Versailles woods ne set down the
number OF birds or beasts he had killed.
on days when lie absta.ned from hunting
there Is only a laconic and significant
nothing" and in October. 1859. when the
Paris mob ragged round the Palace OF
Versailles his majesty chronicles the fact
that he has tue twenty-one pieces" and
add serenely interrupted by events"
That diary. though 1t will be long be-
fore II ceases to interest, does no longer
excite curiosity Meanwhile another and
a more intimate private journal kept by
Louis XVI has come to light and has
just made its appearance in a luxurious
volume. II is edited by the Comte de
Beauchamp. after the Kings autograph
manuscript. preserved at the National
Archives" and contains the accounts OF
the Kings private expenses from III
10 1854 and Of the pensions and graft
! ications" he gave from l776 TO 1872, all
Of which he entered in a neatly kept
ledger with his own hands
In order 10 fully appreciate the signi-
fcance Of these fentries IT must be re-
membered that al Versailles alone some
600 persons were attached 10 the King S
| household. and that an equal number
made up the queens particular court
| The payment OF all these was. Of course,
delegated 20 sertain functionaries, and
| there IS no mention OF them in these
newly published accounts.
The incOmings and OutgOings Of his
/ private purse are faithfully set down
/ Thus one day he writes. Gained g0l
at the lottery" or Given 15,oJ0I. to
the queen FOR NJ dEsterhazy." or Lost
/ r. Sal. rs. al cards. Given 120o0l- 20 the
queen" That his majesty was a kindly
man. given 10 the dispensaJiou Of aims
/ appears from entries such as these: ITO
old BY, aged s., 2J0l" ITO the girl Four
net. on her marriage. 21Dl.' To MeTOuX
| gamekeeper, who has lost his COWS. Dol
So far there IS no mystifcauOn con-
| corning the entries. But what about the
| following items IN the account book OF
/ the monarch who had GO servitOrs
/ whose duty Il was 10 stand between him
and all the petty tasks and trials Of
daily life? For a 10. Of pepper. 81
/ Silver plate brushes, DO. OF soap. JiI
! 20 carpenter, q los" Water for baths
| 81" For boots Bel" And again. these
even more incomprehensible entries
! Sleeps trotters. L. Us" a bottle Of
red wine. l5I." a dozen herrings. 81
How was IL that Louis XVI. paying az
| army OF coureurs &c wins. cooks. house
keepers, cleaners. &c, paid privately foT
bags Of pepper and bottles Of wine, 20 say
! nothing Of Sleeps trotters? And why
with the unrivaled gardens attached 70
! the royal residences and with all tho
| fruit Of Provence at his service, did Do
pay I'll FOR l0o apricots for marina
! lade?" or was it that his majesty on
the quiet PLAYED at Housekeeping a IA
| bourgeois. Just as he played openly al
| being a lOcksmith2
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
PEOPLEAND THINGS.
The HIghest Dam.

Calculations OF the reclamation engi-
neers have ii that the barrier now under
construction In Wyoming IN connection
with the Shoshone project will be the
highest ever I'm the way of American
dams. The Shoshone gorge. where the
work is being erected, is very narrow in
proportion TO It's depth. its walls being
especially favorable for water storage. as
they are composed Of hard granite. The
dam VIII rise no less than $40 feet above
It's foundation, and 50 narrow Is the can
yon that the masonry will measure but
10 feet along its. crest. Here. as in the
case Of the Roosevelt dam, II has been
necessary to cut n road many miles I'm
length out OF solid rock In order TO gain
access to the site. The dam will provide
a reservoir with a storage capacitv OF
4oo'"o acre-feet- Thirty miles below the
dam the stream is TO be turned into n
tunnel three and a quarter miles IN length
through which the water VIII be con-
Quoted TO the district to be irrigated.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
Bud Weiser's Dream.

From the Allentown Democ1t
a London professor declares that a man
can, through regulation Of his diet. have
any kind OF dream he wants. The pro-
fessor IS handing OUT a No. dope We
experimental. After eating fried chicken,
Strawberries. &c. we dreamed that Penn
sylvania went Democratic by a million
Later we ate limhurger cheese and
dreamed that we were living in Texas.
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03

From the Duluth Herald.
The reason why Roosevelt Is popular,
why he always lands on his feet and
why De IS approved even when he IS
wrong. is very simple. We believe st 10
be because ne subjects every problem
and every situation 20 one test-what is
the right, the just and fair thing 70 do
or saw Having found what he believes
to be right the just. and the fair thing
10 DO. he does II. and he does Il with all
OF his highland that means good
deal
The Washington herald., 1910-05-03
william Penn's wig.

William Penn has been variously de-
picted as 20 his headEear. and II is a
matter OF some interest 10 learn from
the letter Of friend. written in 1871. re-
Gently reprinted in a magazine. Just what
Penn did wear upon his head. II appears
from his own statement here quoted thar
he d!a ware a little cIvu border be
cause his hair was Come OF his head. "
and. the writer continues. since I havs
seen & spoak with William Penn. his
border is so thin. plain q short u one
cannot well know 81 from his own hair"
II IS further explained. regarding this
very short civil thing" that he wares
them 20 keep his head & ears warm q
not for pride, which is manifest in that
his perriwigs Cost him many Pounds
apiece. formerly when OF ye world. &
now his Border bur a FIVE shrlings %
Now that this thing is settled for good
and all. let Us take Up something more
profitable