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The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
a DAILY
BOOK REVIEW
HYGIENE AND MORALITY.

Hygiene and Morality" by Lavinia L.
Dock. which the Putnams have just pub
lished, is a volume that should appeal
TO all those who are devoting their lives
to the cure and prevention Of disease. to
those theoretically and practically inter-
ested In the social betterment and in the
uFlift of the fallen. 10 legislators, whose
cooperation Is required in order that the
project commended in the volume may be
achieved, and to ali intelligent students
OF affairs. Miss Dock is too we'll known
In the medical profession to require an
introduction. A graduate Of Bellevue
Hospital Training School, resident men,
ber OF the Nurses Henry street, Settle
ment, secretary of the international
Council of Nurses, and author of Ma
teria Mediea for Nurses" Miss Dock en-
joys repute that has been won through
unfiaggiag devotion TO the profession that
she has made her LIES work
The present volume Is manual giving
an outline OF the medical, social, and
legal aspects of the venereal diseases.
Miss Dock firmly believes that prostitu-
ZION. the source OF so much infection,
should be suppressed without compro-
mise. and those who read with care the
able analysis and conclusive arguments
that Miss Dock has presented, even
though they be skeptics before familiar
ling themselves with the contents OF
the volume. viii be won over TO the
viewpoint which the author champions
SO ably. (New York: G. P, Putnam's)
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
Poor Old Dad.

We do not know who the Rev. W. j.
Hindley Is save that he is pastor Of a
Congregational church in Spokane, Wash,
but we are for him." He has Just In
augurated a Fathers Day." a day in
which. as he says, he wants to give every
body a chance to speak a few kind
words for the old man, who surely needs
sympathy" Sure, he doesl None more
so. The founder of this movement hopes
that 1t viii spread all over the country,
and so do we. We hope It viii reach
Washington and everywhere else, so that
poor old dad may chirk up and begin
to know that he is not going to be eter-
nally neglected.
Mother has her day. and properly. We
know all about the coffee mother used
to make;" some one is always saving
mothers picture from the sale" or is
continually helping an old lady across the
street and smirkingly apologizing with
She's somebody's mother. boys he said.
But in the rush of pathos poor old dad
has been shamefuily neglected. It's all
right for him to furnish the coin for the
household; to wear pants with fringe on
them so that mother may have a peek
a-boo shirtwaist. or to buy such expen-
sive lace curtains that MS wife won't let
him smoke In the house for fear he'll
spoil them.
You can come pretty near winning
wager that 1t was a woman who wrote
that highly popular song. Everybody
Works but Father" and we all know it
isn't true; that If father didn't work,
mother and daughter couldn't parade or
ride in automobiles the way they do.
Father has been shamefuIly neglected too
long by far, and It was high time that
a voice arose IN the wilderness-not that
Spokane is a Misunderstanding him a
day to himself. We don't quite see what
dads going TO do with the day when he
gets It; It's pretty safe he won't be al
lowed to spend it at the club. and If he
wants 10 go fishing it's likely that mother
and the girls viii think him selfish II
he doesn't let them come tagging along.
If he tries to spend the day by staying
at home reading. it's ten to one that
they'll put him to running the washing
machine or moving the lawn.
What he will do with it is. however.
OF less Importance than the fact that he's
going TO get the day. We hope that Mr.
Hindleys propaganda viii be highly sue
cessful. and that Fathers Day will be
made national holiday.
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ALMOST BEYOND ENDURANCE.

amt a-goin' 20 cry no more, no norel
Pn got esrache an Ma can't make
It quit a-tall:
An Carlo bit my rubber ball
An puncture it, an Sis she take
And poke my knife down through the stable noo
And loozsd it-blams II alli
But amt goin' to Gy no more. no morei
An Aunt Name wrote she's comm. an she can't
Folks Is come therel An I don't care
She Is my Aunt
An my eyes stings; an I'm
Ist coughin' all the time
An hurts me so. an where my sce's 20 sors.
Grampa felt where, an hs
Says. Maybe It's pleurasyE'
But amt goin' TO cy no more no morci
An climbed up az failed OF the Sencs,
An Herbert he ist laugh at mel
An my A. cents
Il stieked In my Tn bank, an ist tore
PUT nigh my thumnAl on, a-tTyin' 20 &c
IL out'nen smash It'll An It's In there yitl
But amt goin' to zy more 10 morei
Dol I'm 50 wicked An my hresth's 50 hot
Ist ike I run an don't res none
But ist run on when ought 20 not
Yes. an my chin
An lips 81 wsrpy. ana testh's so fast,
An q place Ia my throat can't sEaller past
An they all hurt sol
An oh, my-ohi
I'm startin' aginp-
I'm startin' agin but won't. fer shorsl
] ist amt Eoiu' 70 CRY no more, no morel
FLAMES Nhitconb Riley.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
District Thanks Due to Congress.

Congress has been the subject OF some
local criticism because Of its failure 20
enact more District legislation during the
session Just closed. In part, this criticism
is warranted. As a whole, il is much
overdrawn and exaggerated.
The District of Columbia is not left in
distress. no serious situation has been ere
ated. by the failure to enact into law the
many measures that remain pending.
Some OF them. il passed-notably the
Judson financial plan and the bill 10 reg
ulate money lending-would have become
Immediately beneficial. The failure to
take up the gas-lighting problems, es-
peeially the matter Of capitalization, and
equitably adjust the same in the public
interest, was deplorably short-sIghted. to
say the least. But the District is none
the worse off because many petty bills
Tor which there was more or less clamor
failed Of action The fact is that this
community, speaking broadly for II. IS
over-regulated rather than under-regu-
lated, and that Congress displays wis
dom in its reluctance further to encum-
Der the statute books. As we have said
heretofore, the District authorities ought
TO be clothed with authority, if they are
not already. 10 handle these small and
purely local problems without Congress
sional assistance.
Washington. If the estimates for IT'S
appropriation needs were cut materially
and If important legislation was allowed
to go over until next session. has really
Jared handsomely at the hands Of Con-
gress. Millions are to be expended for
public buildings, the ground between the
Capitol and Union Station is 10 be pur
chased and converted into a magniacent
plaza, two additional parks are provided
for, at a cost Of more than $4,000. and
the Anacostia fiat reclamation is TO he
pushed. All this means vast govern
mental work in the Capital City and an
outlay Of money that will accrue greatly
10 the benefit Of the community.
In view OF these things, It Is well for
the District to modify. If not stop alto
gether, its criticism Of Congress. If
II has fallen short In some things-mostIv
small things-it has been generous and
1arsighted in great things, and there is
abundant cause for thankfulness.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
THE MISTAKES OF ROOSEVELT
Were Trivial Compared with the
Service He Was Performing.

Were Trivial Compared with the
Service He Was Performing.
From the PhiladslphlA North American
It is the hour for the country to recall
the weaknesses of Roosevelt in order
that there may not be blind injustice
hereafter in the estimate and apprecia-
ton Of his great public services.
he has been wrong in little things as
often as almost any man. He has trust
ed men unworthy Of his trust He has
fought men he should have favored. The
episodes of Hartman and Tennessee
Coal and Iron were as deplorabe as a
few of his negligible foibles were absurd
His superlatiye works were the awak-
ening Of the national conscience and the
preaching Of the new gospel of conser-
walton. To the end of his term he re-
NAMED in comparative ignorance of de-
tails OF the important questions Of the
tariff. the currency, and the regulation
of railroads.
Errors of the head he made time after
time. But the people knew they were
tricial, one and all, compared with the
service Of head and heart he was per
forming. And because of his tremendous
moral earnestness. his courage, and his
all-embracing understanding of the un-
uttered thoughts and longings and as
pirations of the plain people. they learn
ed to love him almost as much for the
errors as for the enemies he made.
The duty Of the American people to-day
is to remember the mistakes Of ROose-
welt In the past, 70 remember that he
viii make others in the future but that
not one OF these latter win mean that ne
does not stand close-gripped with them
for new battles against privilege and for
equal opportunity and the square deal.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
Late in Reforming.

1t is undoubted that Governor GiIlett's
action in refusing to allow the heavy
weight prize fight TO take place in San
Francisco was brought about by his fear
that had the fight been allowed It would
initiate against the chances of San Fran
cisco getting the Panama Exposition. But
We are Of the opinion that this obvious
bid for consideration on the score of
decency comes q little bit late. Bad.
morally, as the prize fight might have
proved for San Francisco. it could hardly
have hurt the fair name Of the Golden
Gate city more than that has already
been hurt by it's own citizens. The
present mayor, Mr.. Mccarthy, the man
who declared at first that he was run
ming San Francisco" and that the fight
should take place there in spite of the
governor, was elected by the so-calIed
good fellows" Of the town, who hailed
with delight his prediction declaration
that if elected he would make San Fran
cisco another Paris. His election meant
that the people OF San Francisco wanted
their city 10 be wide open in all that the
term implies.
Nor has the world so soon forgotten
that San Francisco furnished an example
OF the frightful extent to which munich
pal graft could be carried by corrupt
officials, and the names of Calhoun,
Schmitz. and Ruef still ring unpleasantly
in the ear in this connection. The
Panama Exposition, If one is held any
where, means gigantic business enter
prise: an enterprise running into many
millions of dollars that will have to be
handled and spent in San Francisco and
part OF which. at least. win be spent by
the municipal officials. San Francisco has
shown no sufficient evidences Of reform
in her municipal government that win
allow US to view with equanimity the
trusting Of such sums and such expendi-
ture into such hands.
If this phase OF San Franeiscos charae-
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
HERMIT BUILDS OWN CHURCH.
Western Minister Cuts Lumber and
Shingles by Hand.

From the Spokane Spokesman Review.
Because he finds no place in established
churches TO preach the gospel message
which he feels called upon TO deliver.
Nathan B. Fry, Of Colvine, has built a
church OF his own.
It is a wooden building s0a44 feet. with
22-foot walls. and will seat 800 or 100 peo-
pie. Every foot Of lumber. every sill and
plate every framed door and window,
every cedar shingle was made and put in
place by the hands OF Nathan b. Fly.
without human assistance.
With his own hands and the crude ap-
planes of the backwoods. this deter
mined preacher split. trimmed, and put
IN place n,s44 cedar shingles, the long,
slender. and handsome sort that outlasts
two generations.
The preacher-hermit has arranged the
auditorium on an angle As he puts IL.
''the stills are crooked. the plate fs crook
ed. and tho floor is crooked" thus giving
him chance 10 set his seats at obtuse
angles 10 each other and making every
seat a good seat from which to see the
preacher.
He Is making the seats with hts own
hands, not according 10 any established
pattern. but on an original scheme that
- SAVING u HldbeEl&l and YET simple OF
construction
Nathan Fry is preaching regularly each
Sunday even now, his audiences being
in the Indian settlements, mill villages,
and backwoods towns.
The church is nearly square inside the
auditorium, as a portion OF the front OF
the building has been used for stairs.
opposite which Mr.. Fry has established
his living room. His bed Is under the
stairs on the second story.
There is a touch or business sagacity
In these primitive arrangements. when
is even more pronounced IN the plan for
finishing off twelve rooms above the audi
forum, six on the second story and six
attic rooms for sleeping chambers. These
rooms he proposes to rent to small
families TO support himself and pay the
expenses Of running the church
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ter be seriously considered. as It should
be. when the time comes for fixing a
location for the exposition. and If it
should be one of the motives that impel
the government TO locate the exposition
elsewhere. the country ct large VIII have
s striking and practical example of how
ruinous # is for people TO allow them
selves to be misgoverned and graft-ruled.
The very fact that san Francisco stands
In jeopardy because of its past character
should awaken IN its people a sense Of
shame and a stern resolution to do better
in the future.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
MAD KING oTTO'S LIFE.
Had Fondness for VerGfs Music.
First Symptoms of Insanity.


Had Fondness for VerGPs Music.
First Symptoms of Insanity.
| Milan correspondence the London Chronicle.
Some remarkable details relating to the
Mad King Otto of Bavaria are published
| from a diplomatic source by the Giornale
d'Italia- Though shut up FOR forty years
in castles. now IN the Castle Furstenried.
and though sixty-two years OF age. otto
IS still a fine handsome figure, with a
magnificent beard and flowing gray locks
/ The stories about his periodical Ats OF
/ fury are quite untrue. His court Is pre-
sided over by Marshal Baron Redwiz. and
/ consists Of a few trusty gentry belonging
/ to the most ancient families of the Ba-
varian aristOcracy. King Otto occupies
/ the spacious and sumptuously furnished
! first floor OF the castle and often passes
/ the entire day out in the park. The walls
! OF his apartment are hung with splendid
paintings. principally Of lake and noun
/ tain scenes amid which the prince passed
/ his happy boyhood His medical special
/ ist notes that these often exert a whole
/ some influence on his state of health
concerning which Official bulletins are dis
patched every month to the Prince Re-
secret archives OF the royal household.
/ King Otto suffers terribly from insom-
MIA, and often sits up In bed half the
night staring toward the door, as If ex-
pecting somebody to enter. He. however,
| rises punctually every morning at and
mutely allows himself 10 be dressed by
| his valet. He has q holy horror Of soap
and water and OF having his hair and
/ nails cut, so that servants have TO await
I patiently a favorable day for these oper-
atoms, when the poor patient is in state
Of complete apathy. King Otto smokes
/ incredible quantities OF cigarettes, and
| is always putting away save when he is
| absorbed in his fayOrite pastine OF study
| ing the operate music OF his pet COM
poser Verdi often be causes the castle
halls 10 resound all day long with the
melodies Of 'Rigoletto."
The diplomat relates that the first
symptom Of brain decay In the young
prince. TIL then so bright. forceful and
| courageous. was manifested during the
Franco-German war. Just before the
siege OF Paris Kaiser Wilhelm summoned
him to the headquarters of the general
stan and kept him under observation, in
company with Bismarck and Moitke, the
reason being that King Otto had called
out a squad Of cavalry and ordered them
/ to charge straight at a stone wall which
he insisted was body Of the enemy's
| infantry
He began preaching everywhere the
stern necessity ~ concluding peace with
France at any price. Soon after inter
cepted letters were brought TO En-
peror William which the Bavari8n prince
had been dispatching secretly TO the
enemy 1t was than that the old Kaiser
sadly sent for the demented prince. deco
rated him with the order OF the Iron
Cross for service rendered in the cam
paign and packed him of under a medi-
cal escort for a pleasure trip in Spain
and italy
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
centenarlnns Are Mrths,

From the New York TimsA
Nobody ever questioned Methuselah.
He said he was $50 years old. and that
was the end OF IT. People believed in
the possibility Of attaining great age. The
belief persisted throughout the ages.
Most persons still hold to IT, Most per-
sons still believe there are a few who
reach the century mark. or, even pass a
little beyond IL It Is a common thing
to read IN newspapers OF persons who
have celebrated their 104th and 110th
birthday
But such claims no longer go without
question. DR.. Woods Hutchinson ques-
toned them. Prof. Starr, OF the Univer-
sity of Chicago, questions them. DR..
Greasy L. Wilbur, OF the Census Bureau,
questions them
DR.. Hutchinson says the centenar!an
Is myth. Prof. Starr says Methuselah
did not have the truth in him. DR.. Will
bur doubts almost all centenaTians in
general. and challenges the statements
Of the late Noah Raby in particular. He
says Raby. who died In Jersey poor
house a few years ago. never lived to be
lSl years old or anything like IT,
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
THE First Crenadier of Franc" June 81.

To-day is the date OF the tragic death
of Latour D'Auvergne, the French sol
der Of fortune and hero or the French
revolution He was killed on June q
1900, at Oberhausen. near Neuberg. In
Bavaria, Just as the moment Of victory
had come TO the French arms. Never
TO simple soldier was shown greater hon.
or than to Latour D'Auvergne. The
whole army of France mourned for him
for three days. and every soldier set
aside one days pay TO buy q golden urn
to hold his noble heart.
His sword was sent TO the Church OF
the InvaIides to be treasured as one
of the priceless glories OF France, and
then, by order OF Napoleon, who knew
how to do things well, there was In
augurated a custom that was continued
to the close Of the empire. AS the mus
ter roll Of his regiment was called each
morning, the name of Latour was added,
the oldest sergeant stepping forward
and answering: Mort au champ d'hon-
eur"-'Dead On the field Of honor
Into the history Of every nation there
IS woven the story Of some one soldier
of low rank whose valor and whose
patriotism have thrilled souls Of men.
France. with its glorious Latour, un-
poets have sung and as many biogra-
piers have written Of his deeds, but time
does not wither, nor oft telling stale the
beauty of the tale. Centuries hence its
appeal will be as strong as it is to-day,
for it has for its essence three elements
-heroism, simplicity, and love Of coun-
try-without which life would be bar
rem and governments could not endure.
A generous. kindly spirit was Latour
D'Auvergne. The blood OF one OF the
greatest mobiles Of France flowed in his
veins, but never did he show envy or
malice because the bar sinister robbed
him of title or empty honors. OF war
rior race, he proved himself the warrior
supreme.
He was nearly fifty years old when
France entered upon that period Of
blood and struggle almost without par
allel in the history OF the world. 80
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
THE MAN SHE WOULD MARRY.
Must he six Feet Tall and Wear a
Turquoise Blue Necktie.

From the Baltimore Sun.
He must have brown eyes and brown
hair. His neelgties should be brown. but
lavender or turquoise blue is permitted.
He must be at least six feet tall He
may smoke, but must be graceful about
It; pipe preferred. He must have a
sense OF humor. He must have an in
come OF at least s2.o00 a year to start
with and prospects" He must be a
perfect gentleman. Last and absolutely
necessary-he must own an automobile.
If you do not measure up to these
plans and specifications. you need not
try to marry Barnard College girl The
class OF 1910 has decided. Speaking for
the college girls Of America, 1t has made
up the all-husband team chosen from the
suitors OF the entire country.
This Is the last word Of female higher
education in regard 20 man. Yet, upon
analysis, there is observed a striking re-
semblance 10 the ideal OF the frizzle-
haired little fun OF girlhood who sits in
the balcony front row at the matinee and
worships the idol on the stage
Higher education may have turned the
feminine mind from Chauncey OlcotI- It
may not confess Donald Brian. But there
are evidences that II has not risen far
above James K. Hackett, and on the
heights still gazes upon the heroes Of
Charles Dana Cibsons pencil and Robert
w. Chambers pen.
Higher culture has lifted the mind OF
woman from tatting and batter cakes to
Browning and the encyclopedia. But IT
has not been able to wean her away from
the bargain counter or take her eyes of
the handsome man. She may admire IN
tellectual force and honor moral courage
but she wants Prince Charming to come
a-wooing-and to come in an automobile
She may marry a hump-shouldered pro-
fessor, who wins fame by HIS discovery
In regard 10 the bill-bit OF the Stegomyia
Fasciata, or the corner grocer, who has
red hair and a Dayton wagon, may lead
her to the altar. But deep down IN her
heart she win always cherish the vision
of the six-foot Greek god in the lavender
tie, with the brown eyes, the $1,000 q
year. and the automobile.
And every time she sees him pictured
IN clothing advertisement or a safety
razor poster she will heRve a sigh and
muse on what might have been.
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MONDAY. JUNE p. 1910
Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave tho
city. either for a short or long
stay-whether they go TO mountain
or seashore. or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail It will come regularly,
and the addresses will be changed
as often as desired. It is the homo
news you will want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500,
giving old ard new address
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A COLLEGE GrREs DAY.

A COLLEGE GIRLS DAY.
She breakfasts on a pickle,
And then the custom is
To go and spend a nickel
Upon glass Of fizz.
Along about ten-thirty
She needs some solid fare.
And goes with Grace or Gertis
To purchase an eclair.
At twelve on pie she lunches.
And through the afternoon
From time to time she munches
A dainty macaroon.
Her pocketbook she'll pil'age
At dusk, and gaily trudge
To purchase in the village
Ingredients for fudge.
At night, with loosened tresses,
It Is her dearest wish
To cook up awful messes
Upon a ehahng-dish.
And when she's down with brewing
And all the house Is dumb,
She goes TO bed still chewing
Her little wad of gum.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27

America have ceased to interfere. but II
IS well known that the Koreans them
selves have not given up hope; they still
look for help from the north" But IN
the meantime Japan is so firmly in
trenehing herself on the Korean penin-
sula that her occupation is likely TO be
as permanent as 1t has been profitable.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
Distinguished visitors.

HUN I1IbItA
A wag who does his bit Of globe trot-
ting tells OF two odd entries that he
saw in the visitors book OF a fashionable
resort on the Rhine. A few years ago
one OF the Paris members OF the Roth
schild family had registered as follows:
''R, de Paris, 1t so CHANGED that the
next visitor to inscribe his name on the
book was Baron Oppenheim. the banker.
Of Cologne. and he wrote his name be-
meath Rothschild's in this wise: 20 de
Cologne"
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1t is a curious commentary on our de-
sire for noise and racket that great
many cities are trying to raise money
for safe and sane" Fourth. 1t is
queer that It should cost so much to be
safe and sane,
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27

First we had biliion-dollar Congress
and thought We were going some. but
now that We have determined TO eeono-
mize in government expenditures we have
q bilHon-dollar session. II costs lot
Of money to be economical
The Washington herald., 1910-06-27
Too Easy.

mot every one comes TO Reno TO get
a divorce. I presume?"
''No." said the native. but few people
visiting here can resist the temptation"