The National tribune., 1910-11-24

CITY pOpufdtlOn.
1t is stated that we as Nation are
a long ways behind all of the larger
Nations of the world in establishing an
endowment fund for the Red Cross.
Austrias Red Cross has a total of funds
and property of s2,474,577; Hungary.
s96S,392; France, s4,471.476; Italy,
s1,547. .54S; Prussia. s4,SS9.94S: other
German States, s2.54S,265. and Japan,
SO, S,0SO.005 In Great Britain the Red
Cross, recently recognized, has an in
come from its capital sufficient to
maintain the organization and the ad-
ministration of the society in time of
peace without demands upon the pub
lie. 1t is expected that Washington
Will raise at least 5000 as her share
of this fund. so
Must Take Oath of Allegiance.
very interesting affair took place
the other day in the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia when Justice
Barnard, of that body. administered the
oath of allegiance to the United States
to three nuns of. the Congregation OF
Perpetual Alteration and made them
citizens of the United States. About
three months ago the sisters fled ap-
plication at the home of John r.
Young. Clerk of the Court, who ar
ranged matters so as to save the three
sisters the embarrassment of appearing
at the Clerks Office at the City Hall.
as the life of these three women has
been a cloistered one. While that could
be done, IL was not possible to waive
their appearance in court to take out
their final papers. They were accom-
panied to court by Mgr. Jas. f. Mac
kin and Mother Martin, Superioress tt
the convent. who stood sponsor of their
qualifications to become citizens.
The new citizens are Marie kamp.
-, I4l1 tho 10 af
Meta de Sorrento, Italy. and Severina
De Giovanni. of Sicily. The sisters
came to America on the Westernland
Oct. 10, 1900, and, landing 1T New
York, came Immediately to the convent
in this city. whore they have since re-
sided.
The costume worn by the sisters to
court was entirely of black. For a
wrap they wore black cashmere shawls;
long crepe walls covered small black
bonnets, and hung down their backs.
The usual questions required by the
law were propounded by Justice Bar
nard and demureiy answered by the
three applicants, but they We're unable
to refrain from smiling broadly when
the court inquired if they are believ-
ers in the doctrines of polygamy Their
vows, OF course. preclude marriage.
When the oath abjuring allegiance
to Queen Wllhelmina by one Of the
sisters and King Victor Emmanuel by
the other two had been taken. Mgr.
Mackin escorted the sisters to Mr..
Young's private office in the City Hall,
where the concluding formalities were
arranged. The sisters thep returned
to the convent
A rather startling feature of one of
the recent Census bulletins is that con-
cerning mortality with reference to wo-
IT. Tlata tot
istician of vital statistics, declares that
out Of all the deaths reported for the
age periods from 10 to "a and 35 10 -
years 29.3 per cent of them are due ID
tuberculosis of the lungs. OF the deaf as
among women workers between the
ages of 35 and "a years heart disease
claims an average of 14.49 per cent.
The bulletin also shows that between
the ages OF 35 and 81 6.8 per cent of
the deaths among women is due to can
Ger, and it also states that of the total
number of deaths among women OF
specified occupations by far the larg-
est per cent is due to consumption.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
at their recent National Convention in
Little Rock, Ark, voted to amend their
constitution restricting the matter OF
| eligibility for membership. 1t seems
that the eligibility clause was so vide
that it was admitting too many women
| who were loyal to the American Flag
and who cared very little about the
| rebel flag In accordance with the
amendment hereafter only the widows
wives. mothers. sisters, nieces and lin
cal descendants of such men as did
honorable service during the war and
| also such women as can give proof OF
personal service, whose 1ineal descend
ants also SHALL be eligible to member
ship.
Champ Clark of Missouri, who
thinks he is going to be the Speaker OF
the Democratic House of Representa-
| tiyes, promised that If the Democrats
won he would drive up Pennsylvania
avenue to the Capitol behind two
nevis" If this should happen to come
TO pass Champ Clark will have as big an
audience along the route1as tho he were
going to be inaugurated President OF
the United States. There is only one
trouble with the story, and that is that
Champ says 1t is not so.
Brig Gen. John NJ Wilson, u. s.
Army, retired, has been very proud of
his small Granddaughter, Miss Amy
Brooks, aged 13, and he Is prouder of
her than ever now. She attends the
Cathedral School here in Washington,
and there are some kids around the
school who annoy the little girls by
teasing and tormenting them in vari-
GUS ways. One Of them the other day
hid behind some bushes and threw wet
clay at the girls. spattering little Miss
Brooks's dress grievously. The young
lady made dash for him, and after a
hot chase caught him. Then she didn't
do thing but kneel on one knee, lay
that youth over the other and spank
him good. The boy says that he will
never forget 1t.