New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Writing 10 American Medicine" DR..
Charles r Woodruff, of the medical corps
of the army. now stationed in Manila,
makes a plea for "artifcially cooled hos
nitals." using that term as the subject OF
his article. Colonel Woodruff declares that
! Il Is amazing that the medical protessioil
\ has made so little therapeutic use OF coid
producing machinery, as II is many years
since II was discovered that there was
/ some mysterious therapeutic virtue IN the
/ breathing OF cold air" This army meolcai
! authority adds: Il have been Informed py
q physician who had much experience with
sick soldiers In the summer OF lSoi-'65 that
{. they were stopped off at Washington or
| Baltimore II was exceedingly difficult TO
| keen them alive. and an effort was made
70 rush the hospital trains on to the cool
syots Of New England. II we have another
war the hospitals must be established III
the cold North. and those In the South must
he mere collecting points, unless they are
artificially cooled and protected from
| light"
Constance-Is Il an engagement?
| Clare with n new ring)-No. just sklr
nish.-Tit-Blts.
/ Commenting on the remarks recently
made by Miss Anna NJ. Butler, instructor
Of physical culture at the University or
/ Minnesota, a fashionable dressmaker SAID
I'VE hear this talk about doing away with
corsete every little while What Miss But
Ter SAYS about women being healthier who
/ do not lace may be true. II was also true
/ a few years ago when the anti-corset cam
raign was started by a society for sane
dress IN London. But women seem not
n care for all these things; they go right
ahead and wear corsets just as their
mothers did, except that the modern ar
ticle IS more extreme. The day may come
when Miss Buffers style Of dress VIII be
fashionable hut in the meantime we are
/ for style and good form"
THE less We have. the easier we part
! with e." said the Wise Guy. Yes, espe-
ciaIly our hair" replied the Simple Mug
| Philadelphia Record
"Tn every large CITY one has an oppor-
| tunity 10 read AT least once every summer
about the advantages of the city as sum
mer resort" says a writer In the 'Neue
Frele Presse" ~ Vienna. TT sounds we'll
he adds 'it reads better and ~ all events
! II is fitting answer TO the unsolicited sym
uathv of those who have gone away. We
dislike TO be pitled, and both wisdom ami
nride dictate that we make n virtue of n
necessity" After n long review Of the
question the writer says: Everywhere the
same picture-open windows. heat, dirt and
no good air These arc the real clements
Of p city summer. He IS fortunate who
can get away early"
They say he's successful aviator"
YES indeed So fer he's broken every
thing but his neck. Detroit Free Press.
In n New York hat store there hangs a
picture OF Dom Pedro OF Brazil receiving a
delegation of citizens at Philadelphia on the
day when he took part in the closing cere-
monies Of the Centennial Exposition. Nearly
all the men I'm the group wore high top hats.
and the picture is kept to show a style which
has recently made it's temperance in
England and OF which 'rhe Lancet says:
I'VE do not understand why the white tall
hat has fallen out OF use. II was lighter to
wear cooler Ia look at and, so long az there
were no black band TO suggest that the
wcarer was I'm mourning for the last REM
nants ~ his respectabilty, its appearance
WAS cheerful" Commenting further on
mems headgear. the writer says: straw
hats. that now form 20 large proportion
of the summer headgear OF our town popu-
lation. are certainly cool and light: Tie
soft Panama variety looks more comfort
able, but not only IS it much more expen-
sive. but from II medical point OF view IL
has a drawback. Whatever type II hat Is
worn, the lining shoald be soft and elastic
SO that there Is no construction anywhere
round the brow, yet the Panama offers so
large surface of attack for sudden wind