The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-05
AT THE HOTELS.

win the secondary prominence and spa
these same papers devote to news Of
more serious nature. to questions e
corning the real moral and mater
welfare of the country. the Amerie
people undisguIsedly show that there
a strongly developed streak OF the Il
oious In them, said Friedrich GruneF,
Berlin, at the New Willard yesterday
Mr.. Gruner is the publisher Of a ira
paper, and is visiting this country
business.
Wherever my eyes rested on the p; ser
! this morning" continued the Germ "a.
| land no matter what paper I bough -
| escape this omniscient fight the big
print of the fight was prominently eis-
played. Prize fighting, as / understand
II, is condemned by the American people
and prohibited In most States. It Is re-
! garded as demoralizing-
The newspapers, on the other hand.
are looked upon as the voice Of the peo-
pie. and. judging from the appearance %
the press Of these days. one would be
led TO believe that there isn't anything
more popular more ennobling and inspir-
ing than a prize fight. The pulpits are
against prize fighting, and the papers
| give ii more space than the finest sermon
that was ever preached. No invention,
no matter how beneficial TO mankind, has
ever created such stir IN the news
papers. No measure passed by any law
making body in the world, no matter OF
| what lasting consequence, has ever been
| accorded such headlines. That being the
case. / should Ike TO ask the question
| whether the American people are sincere
and serious with themselves and honest
with the world when they profess on one
hand TO despise and condemn prize fights.
while on the other hand they are eager
10 get the news from the champions at
the training quarters and the ringside.
This is a peculiar side Of the Ameri-
can character which I have never been
fully able 10 comprehend. Laws are made
in this country prohibiting the sale and
consumption OF alcoholic drinks. and yet
there is more of that stuff consumed IN
the very States which prohibit il than in
others. You pass laws prohibiting betting
on horse racing. and again there is no
trouble in placing wagers on any horse
I'm this country. You boast Of the ohserv-
anee of thu American Sunday, and still
there are places where the law winks at
transgressions. You condemn gambling
: and lotteries and there Is not a greater
gambling den in the world than Wall
street. The reasoning Of the American
? mind Is beyond my comprehension"
I Harold G. Boogher, OF Philadelphia, an
enthusiastic coin collector. who was seen
at the Raleigh, in speaking Of his hobby.
said recently: THE mint mark collectors
are growing in number among the coin
] collectors in this country. The genuine
[ coin collectors, those who collect the
e coins of all periods and of all countries.
9 who value coin rather for its historical
D significance than its scarcity, are inclined
: TO look with indifference upon them.
: Nevertheless, as a result OF their activity,
! the mint mark collectors have given new
: value to certain coins Of recent issue.
The desire of the collector Of mint
: marks" continued Mr.. Boogher, is TO
. possess a specimen OF every coin Of
! certain denomination that has been
= struck at ali the different minis, although
: the coins are exactly alike with the ex-
ceptiOn Of the little mint mark
= '-Of branch minis there have been five
Charlotte, n. c.; DahloBega. Ga: New
Orleans, Carson City, New, and san
Franeiseo-in addition 10 the parent mint
at Philadelphia. The first used the let
! ter C. the second d. the third o. the
: fourth &C, the fifth S. The coins Of
h the Philadelphia mint are distinguished
from the others By the fact that they
year Asp ittlSI-
The first of the branch minis was the
:. one at Charlotte, near which place gold
= was discovered in the United States IN
1879. The last branch mint 10 be put I'm
operation is that al Denver, which now
2 uses the mint letter d The Dahlonega
mint, which formerly used this letter,
II was abandoned many years ago. It is
only OF recent years that interest
y has been taken in the collection OF mint
. marks. Now at a coin auction il IS not a
;, rare thing 10 see the most spirited bidding
: unexpectedly develop when the auetioneer
n offers coin OF very modern date and OF
apparently small value. But investiga-
. ton will show that the coveted coin bears
+ a mark which means much to the col
leetor trying to complete his series.
DR.. S. ]. Hyneman. of Pittsburg, a
prominent physician of that city. who is
at the Arlington. said that good humor
q and laughing are the best tones and life
: prolongers.
Cultivate both in this spell of hot
weather" said the physician. and you
viii feel immensely. benefited The imme-
date physical results of Indulgence in
/, laughter are numerous. In the first place.
= the act of laughing involves the exercise
of a large number Of muscles, including
many of those Of the face neck and
chest, and abdomen. which. If they are
= exercised sufficiently, often become CORE
| spondingiy we'll developed. as do also the
| glands, blood vessels. nerves, and other
tissues in intimate connection with them
II The facial muscles, for example. of the
man who laughs often and easily are gen.
orally developed to a degree which gives
: him the facial rotundity Of a contented
,s. Itch
more than the production OF this mere
outward appearance Of well being. 1t has
a highly beneficial influence on those two
vital organs. the heart and the lungs
= During what is called mt of laugh
3 ter the lungs may be almost completely
y emptied Of their contained air" continued
u the man Of science Fresh air is then
drawn in 10 the fullest extent of their
: capacity, initiating. perhaps, those little
: used air cells. which contained previously
= only stagnant air and baellll, for IN the
!, shallow breathing We ordinarily practice
: comparatively large tracts of air cells
= are not used During this process the
: general circulation Is accelerated, impure
! air is hurried out of the system and
fresh air hurried in. Persons who. so to
a speak, let themselves 90 and laugh with
= a WILL sometimes bring almost all the
: principal muscles Of their body into play.
: twisting turning, and bending themselves
/. almost double in sheer muscular exhila-
ration.
n 1T is matter of everyday experience
- that one feels the better for a good
: laugh. an explosion Of laughter being
e in truth. nerve storm, comparable in its
! effect TO thunderstorm in nature. doing
le good by dissipating those oppressive
a clouds of care which sometimes darken
" the mental horizon"
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