Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-06

tive TO be treated for hook worm.
Doctor stiles found that the diseas'
was a real danger, over 55 per cen
Of the school children in three coun
ties Of southern Florida being in
fected.
The village gossips here have de.
livered the verdict Neighbor Tar
is a "gadabout" Not a mild "gad-
about" d" who gads a little now and
then but a real. all-wOol-and-a-yard-
wide "gadabout." who is on the 60
all the time And If you don't be-
lieve It. look at the record.
The White House hearthstone has
been singularly deserted since tn .
Taft regime began. When he is not
travelling outside Of Washington
dinners. parties. balls, banquets
conventions, the theatre, social and
business gatherings of all kinds,
drag the presidential presence from
the executive rooftree, and the said
presence seems not to be averse to
being dragged away. On the con
trary. he seems to enjoy it.
Probably two-thirds of the "Occa-
sions" have demanded speeches, im
promptu or otherwise. Several mi
lion words Of public speaking have
been turned out by the president in
the last year At least two nights
a week. when he is in Washington.
the president attends the theatre.
often he first takes in the play ana
afterwards hurries away to some
other function, a dinner, a dance. Is
it strange that the luxuriant mus
tache that hidCs-or reveals-tha
famous Taft smile is growing gray
Probably no other president ever
put the physical effort into gadding
about that Taft does. Certainly he
holds the record for continuous per-
formances. Three engagements in
an evening, with two speeches to de-
liver, is no uncommon thing for
him.
Besides all this. President TAFT
does a real days work every day
He is up at Z for a half hours hard
exercise with his physical trainer,
who puts him through a strenuous
course of setting up drills AMI
shadow boxing before the days bus
mess begins. From $3.50 until he
is at the executive offices, grinding
out a grist of hand-shakers au1 /.
executive business and leg /
islative callers. At a short hour
for luncheon and he is back on the .
job until g. From then until 7:3O .
he usually takes his daily walk, hur-
rying back to the White House for
dinner and to prepare for the siren
Ious evening, with its theatre, din
lers and speeches.
All this is wearing down the aN-
JirdupOis of the executive. but the
1nes who are getting nervous pros
ration over it are the secret service
men To them the present program
means work almost without end
hundreds of petty details must be
.ttended TO every time the president
goes to the theatre or takes a walk
md it is up 70 the quiet, cOmplacent
OOking walking arsenals to do the
work. Just now they are thinking
Ondly of the luxurious Roosevelt
lays, when hard work consisted of a
or 20 mile walk through a rain
torn or a 80 mile horseback trot
nd it did not involve six nights ID
reek Of social functioning
The state department always
new that Thomas H. Norton was {
ersatile sort of a fellow. He was
orn in New York and educated in
'hio. That's one reason he was
iyen the post of consul at Chemnitz I
aXony. But not until his last re- /
ort came in did Secretary Knox full S
T realize NOrton's capacity for re-
sarch, or his powers of observation
"Of late years there has been dis
over the liability of hos. S
'ry, especially the finer grades, to
EAR where the ordinary hose sup
orters are hooked or attached" {
iys the consul to Chemnitz. "The [
1mplaints have increased as the S
.d-fashipned garter has been stead S
discarded for the more modern {
nd hygienic supporter. Two new c
.yles Of Chemnitz hosiery have ap /
cared, warranted free from defect. a
the first design, an additional
,arter welt is knit about the top =
nd forms a constituent part of the :
ocking, four inches below the Gus :
)mary welt The additional cost s
er dozen pair is 12 cents. Z
"A second design presents twu S
road loops on opposite sides of [
locking starting five inches below
ne top. They are one inch wide aud I
n inch and a half long, formed s
uring the operation of knitting, and a
onstitute an integral part of the i
-ocking. Supporters can easily be !
ttached to these loops, but the re- \
Ilts of wear cannot extend TO the E
locking proper. The addition costs !
6 2-3 cents per dozen pairs of G
Ose"