The National tribune., 1910-04-21
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minded human being knows that these
two diseases, simply horrible in their
ravages. if permitted to spread for an
other decade or two, will make the
whole world one vast hospital. That
tuberculosis is preventable we have
every reason to believe. and that the
germ of cancer or whatever causes it
may be discovered is also among the
possibilities and probabilities.
President Taft's office at the White
House has been an artists studio for
the past week. and official callers have
had the double advantage of an inter-
view with the Chief Executive of the
Nation and a glimpse of the sculptor's
art
Robert l. Aitken, of New York. has
finished the clay model of q bust of the
President. which is said to. be destined
either for the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York or the Corcoran Art
Gallery in this city.
Private Dalzell slipped on the
stairs of his residence a few days ago,
and cracked a couple of his ribs and
otherwise bruised himself up pretty
considerably. AS Private" Dalzell is
almost as thick as a match, his bones
got the benefit of most of the bumps,
and so kept him off duty for brief
period. devoted daughter puts IN
most of her time looking after her
father, whom she adores.
Grant Circle, /, Ladies of the G. A.
r., celebrated their 18th birthday last
week with a very fine program of mu-
sic and speaking. The history of the
Circle was given by Mrs. Lewis. Mr..
Emil Lang, the son of a veteran, de-
lighted the large audience with his
patriotic songs, and his wee slip of
Ida May Lang, gave Wig
orously applauded recitation. Among
the speakers of the evening were Col.
B. F. Bingham and Col. Israel Stone,
both Past Commanders of the Depart
ment
Our National statesmen must have
their fun, and so the other day about
an hour was taken up in a debate in
the House on the bill Ito protect the
dignity and honor of the uniform of the
United States" The bill was presented
by Representative Hobson, a graduate
IF the Naval Academy and formerly of
the Construction Corps of the Navy.
One of the members of the House, Mr..
Adair. wanted to know why the trous-
ars of the enlisted men in the Navy are
so much larger at the bottom. That is.
in other words, why do the bIue-jack-
=ts wear bell pants. and while Mr..
Hobson was unable to explain just why
hey fiared he made the somewhat |
startling statement that the sailors in |
Noah's Ark wore bell pants. 1t finally |
developed that the reason why the |
trousers of the blue-jackets fare at the
bottom, and they do certainly flare very !
much, is to the end that tie trousers ,
may be rolled up to permit of wading |
to and from the beach. if necessary, |
and to get them out of the way when |
the barefooted men are swabbing down
decks. This is facility which is inn |
possible in the case of the closer-ftting
trousers of the conventional civilian
attire.
Down in Kentucky the women are
protesting vigorously against being |
classed in the forthcoming census in
the same category with idlers and loaf
ers. Director Durand is asked TO order
a change in the wording of the instruc-
tions already sent out to the census
enumerators, and that instead of class
ing the married women in the mo oc
cupation" column, place their names
the CdplIcU IlouSthIhto II 70
claimed that great injustice has been
done the thousands of housewives in
America.
One Of the very best bills ever intro
duced in Congress has lately been pre-
sented by Representative Rothermel,
of Pennsylvania. This bill. if ii be-
comes a law, will make it Enisde-
for any person to wilfully neg
lect to provide for the support Of his
parents if they are in need. and any
either to pay a heavy fine or
go to the workhouse. The Superin-
tendent Of the workhouse is authorized
under the provisions Of the bill TO pay
over to the parent the sum of so cents
for each hard days labor required of
the culprit
There are in the District lot of in
human fiends of children, not only
black but white, who positively refuse
to care for their dependent parents in
their declining years. One of the great
est troubles that the Woman's Relief
Corps and the Grand Army Of the Re-
public has in the charitable work which
they perform in the District is to force
sons and daughters to care
for their veteran fathers and their de-
pendent mothers. There are dozens of
cases coming up every year where sons
and daughters are making good wages
and who spend every cent of their earn
ings on their own backs. leaving their
fathers and mothers to the cold charity
of the world. and 1t is mighty cold, in
deed, in the District of Columbia. There
Is no species of ingratitude viler than
that of the child who mistreats It's par
ents. The condemnation In the Bible
is true in every sense: How sharper
than a serpent's tooth is to have a
thankless child"
Washington has a society for mark
ing of historical spots which is at last
getting down to work. For the Fourth
of July there are going to be a large
number of tablets, which will indicate
historic places unvailed by public cere-
monies. Washington is one mass of
historic spots, and it's going TO be a
pretty tough proposition to select the
more important places, but 1t certainly
is a good thing that the work has been
commenced. The tablets will some of
them be of bronze and others of mar
BILE. Among the members of the society
are William p. Van Wickie, Chairman;
VIM. V. Cox. Vice President; DIR. Mar
Gus Benjamin. Vice President; Edward
T. Bates, Secretary; ]. Kennedy Stout
Corresponding Secretary; George +.
Bowman, +. G. Bryan, Theodore w.
Noyes, DIR. Marcus Benjamin, VIM. w
Bishop, VIM. V. Cox, Madison Davis
+. l.. Fishback, Henry B. T. Macfar-
land, G. c. Maynard. Dr. James d. Nor
gan. Frederick d. Owen, VIM. 3. Tur-
pin, Francis ]. Young and John Nc