The National tribune., 1910-03-10

DIR. Harvey W. Wiley. Chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry, is an incorrlgloIe
old bachelor If he was not he never
would have said y: tr2t is, that women
have no place in the class room ne
was talking at the Cornell Alumni, at
their annual banquet, where hah the
diners We're women graduates, ana what
do YOU think that he said to them When
called on TO make his speech. He sald
tbaf If vas of more importance to the
happiuess of the husband for the wife
, 10 Bnov- how to cook and serve fresh
eggs than the necessity for proficiency
! in The higher branches of collegiate
course To quote DR.. Wiley correctly
read the following:
Il never was much impressed by this
co-education in orr colleges" he SAID
..You might as we'll let the women vote
in the District of Columbia as allow
them in the academic classes. I've al
WAYS noticed that a girl is the best
learner-she learns more in the class
room than man and does less with it
when she gets out.
Education is training for the tasks
and pleasures of after life, and 1 can't
( see how it helps sc:nan any in that
way. / realize women are human be-
ings and they are valuable. Some OF
the best help in my Bureau are women.
But the next generation of women VIII
be just like this one. You can't change
nature and they will still be wearing
rats and things in their hair 500 years
from now. You don't see us doing that
Now. ] believe in education for wo-
men. believe if they want TO go into
professions they should be admitted 10
those courses in the universities. But
the best way to educate them is the old
fashioned way"
Allen D. Albert, Jr., who has been for
( many years one of the most brilliant
newspaper men in Washington, was CIV
en- a banquet by the Washington Times
on the eve Of his departure for the
North. He has acquired the News, OF
Columbus. O.. and has gone there to
take possession.
James L. Keefer. a descendant OF
/ Washington. is practically devoting hi:
life to running down the ancestral line
In an address to William Gushing Camp
Sons of Veterans. the other night ht
declared that Washington's great-grand
fathers name was John WaShem; tha
he adopted the name in 1860 on his de
parfure from the north of England fol
the Colonies, where he settled on th'
Potomac at q place called Pops, neaI
Colonial Beach. Mr.. Keefer gave {
vivid account of Washington's ancestry
dating back 50 generations to the frs
settlement of the Washem family a
Cave Castle, England.
Senator Tillman will shortly be re-
moved to his home in South Carolina
where it is more than probable he vii
end his davs While he continues Il
improve, the stroke that he has hat
has so enfeebled his powers of locomo
ton that he can never be the sam'
again. and will probably never again
take his seat in the Senate.
Senator William alden Smith, o
Michigan. who was operated on las
week for appendicitis, is recovering
very rapidly.
George Washington's will is going tt
be repaired.
The ancient document has been for
warded to the Library of Congress from
the Clerks Office in Fairfax County, Va
where il has been stored away since
was filed for probate many, many year
ago.
After being patched, the will, whicl
contains about 20 pages, not written o.
typewriter By Gen. Washington, wi
be sent back to the Clerks Office. wher
It will be locked in the strong box.
The Daughters of the American RevC
luton, after 10 years of strenuous effor
are located in their beautiful whit
marble hall on 18th street. They move
in time to hold their Washington ann
versary exercises there, and the hal
which is already too small for then
was packed to the very doors. Pres
dent-General Mrs. Matthew T. SEQ
gave very beautiful address, in whic
she said in closing:
Classic orators of every land hay
tried to measure the greatness of Il
patriot, soldier and statesman. Sue
poise united to suctr~ fire; such sagaci
in counsel at the command of such e.
ergy and dash in action; such wise co
seryatism balancing such daring rac
calism in political progress; such a
other paragon of virtue and capacity,
virile strength and benign goodness, t
world has never seen. The majes
figure of Washington looms up in pr
test against the spirit of selfshness; I
anti-social spirit of the man who d
interest than his own"
The Post Office Department is CO
sidering very seriously the question
starting crusade against the spec
stamps OF patriotic and philanthrol
organizations who use the stamps TO q
vertise the work that they are doii
The last stamp 10 reach the attention
the Postmaster-General is the one
the suffragets and anti-yivisectonis
The former are blue and rather pret
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