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The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

The Hagenbeck ostrich farm at stell-
ingen, near Hamburg, was founded three
years ago and is growing rapidly in size.
It was Mr.. Hagenbeck's theory that the
ostrich, although a native of tropical or
hot countries, would thrive in colder
Localities, and as a result be stronger in
health and grow a heavier coat OF
feathers. During the three years that
the StelIingen farm has been in existence
this theory has been proved to be cor
rect.
In South Africa and in other warm
countries, ostrich feathers are plucked
regularly at the end of every nine
months. this being the usual time re-
quired for the bird to grow new coat.
but in Hamburg, owing to the cold
weather, the feathers can be plucked
only in the spring of the year, the birds
being housed in these months except
on DAYS of sunshine, and always at
night. During these housing periods the
feathers become broken, and, while they
are still of value. they are less so than
feathers plucked in good condition at
the right season.
Apart from this, the general health OF
the birds Is all that could be desired,
the rate of mortality being extremely
low. Occasionally during the housing
months a bird breaks its leg and must
be killed, but this does not occur fire.
quentiy. There is one healthy bird In
the collection with broken neck, frac-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
ROMANCE FAR FROM DEAD,
DESPITE OUR MATERIALISM
lie Gaienne Says Science Has Not Discouraged
Cupid, but Aided Him.

Richard lie GaIlicnne. IN Smart Set.
Romance, we not infrequently hear, Is
dead. Modern science has killed 1t. 1t Is
essentially a thing of the past. an ar
fair presumably of stage coaches, pow
dered wigs, and lace ruff1es. 1t cannot
breathe in what is spoken of as this
raterialistic age"
The dullards who repeat these plati-
tudes of the muddle-headed multitude are
surely the only people for whom they
are true.
In fact. a very little thinking will show
that of all those benefited by the blessings
Of modern science" it is the lovers of the
community who as body have most
to be thankful for Indeed, so true IS
this that it might almost seem as though
the modern laboratory has been rum prl-
mariIy, from romantic motives, TO the
end that the old reproacR should pc re-
moved and the course of true eieTe run
magicalIy smooth. Valuable as the tele-
phone may be in business afairs' IL Is
simply invaluable in the anairs OF loEe'
and mechanicians the world over are aD-
sorbed in the problem of aerial flight
whether they know II or not, chiefly 10
nrovide Love with wings as swift as his
desire
Distance may lend enchantment to those
whom we prefer to appreciate from atar'
but nearness is the real enchantment 10
your true lover, and distance is his nat
uraI enemy. Distance and the SLOW
footedness of Time are his immemorlal
evils. Both of these modern science has
all but annihilated. Consider for mo-
ment the conditions under which love was
carried on in those old days which some
people find so romantic. Think what
comparatively short distance meant then,
with snail-paced precarious mails, ana
the only means of communication horses
by land and sailing ships by sea.
Long Journeys of Old.
How men and women had the courage
TO go on long journeys at all away from
each other in those days is hard TO real
ize. knowing what an impenetrable cur
tain of silence and mystery Immediately
fell between them with the winding OF
the coach horn. or the last wave of the
pIumed hat as it disappeared behind the
last turning of the road-leaving those
at home with nothing for company but
the yearning horizon and the aching, un-
communicative hours. Days. weeks.
months even years, must go by in wait
ing for a word-and when at last it
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

In compliance with a special invitation
from Senator Elihu Root, president of the
Carnegie peace foundation board of di-
rectors. there are now gathered at Berne'
Switzerland, twenty of the most famous
economists known to the world from all
nations studying out 4 programme upon
which the science of peace shall be found
ed - q,
This method at once raises the peace
foundation to international instead OF ma
tional scope, and invites the cooperation
of the most eminent students and schol-
ars in the world to take part in its evo-
luton.
All expenses of the members OF the
conference are paid out of the Carnegie
endowment. and in return for the services
of each member in an advisory capacity
aSded aSi e -
It is the purpose of the division Of
economies and history to approach the
study of the effects of war upon the
trade and the development of nations
from the standpoint OF. economics. There
il expected to result from this course
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
OSTRICH THRIVE IN NORTH,
BUT PLUMAGE SUFFERS
Big Birds Taken to Germany from Tropics Are Do
ING Well
ing Well.

tured by being caught in the door OF
the housing barn.
1t is Mr.. Hagenbeck's intention to in
stan a feather manufacturing plant at
the Stellingen farm this summer, AZ
present. in addition to the farm at
SteIlingen, he possesses one in German
West Africa, and ground has been pur-
chased for large farm at Pirano, near
Trieste, the climate of which Mr.. Hagen
beck considers most advantageous. 1t 10
the intention to bring feathers from these
latter two farms to the one at Stellngen
to be manufactured for the trade.
The incubator is used for Matching ae
StelIingen, but the hen-setting method
IS considered by all experts to be pre-
ferable, continues contributor 70
Harper's Weekly. There Is some bfhcul-
ty in Matching the eggs by means of an
incubator, and close attention must be
maid. for the shells of the eggs are so
tough that the young ostrich Is unable
10 free itself, and help must come at
the right time from without. II gen.
eralIy takes about nine weeks to hatch
an ostrich in the incubator Another
regularity of a bay ostrich is that IL
Wills not eat when alone, and at the
StiIlingen farm there is large-sized
ordinary duck of common breed which
acts as foster mother to all the young
birds when first Matched. Observation
shows that the duck appreciates its
duties, and that the result Is satisfac-
tory.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
ANGLERS RECOUNT TALES
OF SPORT ON LAKE HURON
Splendid Fishing Under Laconic Tuteage of Indians at
Kettle Point.

conquered. The meat of the fish is hard
and on the table they are a joy to the
palate unsurpassed by anything that
SWimS
The greater portion of the fish taken
in the Kettle point region are killed
by using the minnOw as lure, thougi!
angle or dirt worms have been found
captivating bait at times. Very few
vsitors troll and scarcely anybody, with
the exception of Telferd Brisette, the
quiet half-breed already referred to, uses
an artificial lure.
Brisette, who by the way, stands six
feet in his stockings, weighs 2lS pounds
in his fishing togs, and is as perfect a
specimen of physical manhood as could
be found in a days journey, is fond OF
the artificial miHnOw, and has amazing
skill in manipulating the gaudy counter
felt. Casts of 2OO feet are common with
him. the giant placing the bait at VIII
within a dozen feet of any location indi-
Gated His father, known as JEFF Bri-
sette. although upward of eighty and an
eX-chief OF his tribe, is still fishing and
taking as much pleasure out of life as
his son or any other member of the
Chippewas.
The Stole Indian.
1t was pleasure to see this man sit
for hours in his boat. Upright, not a
curve in the broad back nor a droop
in the shoulders. his figure the person
ifcation of alertness, he rarely missed
a strike, and when he did his philo-
sophie Lost him." with no indication
Of temper, bespoke the stole. Scarcely
as tall as his stalwart son, the younger
man was no more commanding figure
than his father when they stood side
by side.
While trolling on the morning of my
arrival, using n live rlinnow at the
end Of 200 feet of line, 1 hooked a
lOrdly fish near the boat where the
aged chief sat. The splendid bass
broke water twice in quick succession,
shaking his head viciously in an en-
deavor to escape the barb. and scatter
ing the water in a diamond spray.
Big one" commented Jeff as he
watched the conflict, which began on
the moment.
For five minutes the battle waged.
Time and again the noble fish leaped
clear of the water, but gradually he
was reeled in until his proportions
were displayed in the crystal water
below the boat 1t was q borrowed
outfit the fisherman was using, the ex-
cursion being of the eleventh hour
variety, and the sight of the prize al
close hand was too much for the
nerves of a man who had not enjoyed
the sport for many years.
The bass fought no reach the bottom
pressure was put on, and slowly the
prize was reeled toward the landing
net held by the eager guide. Deaf "a
caution and the wild dartings hitheI
and yon of the quarry, the pressure
was maintained, when just as the net
was passed beneath him the splendid
fish, ffghting to the last gasp, gave. q
mighty leap 10 escape the waiting
mesh, and the leader parted I'm the
middle.
Lost him; too bad; four FOUNDER,
commented Jeff as he resumed his owr
fishing, dismissing the incident as la.
couieally as only an Indian can
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
COLD AIR is A SPECIFIC
IN HOSPITAL TREATMENT
Mortality in Many Diseases Is Dependent Upon At
mospheric Temperature

from 95 degrees to % degrees. This equip
ment can be installed on base ten feet
square The pumps and fans being run
by electricity there is no engine to both
er with, and the ammonia which may
leak out will not annoy If the apparatus
is fn>the basement.
The air is damp when it leaves the
coils but it warns up en- route to the
room or can be warmed so as to be de-
livered dry The coils, of course, drip
moisture deposited from the air as 1t is
cooled and cannot be put in the living
room The air should be delivered near
the floor and the escape valves put at
the ceiling for the warmest impure air.
Would Save Babies.
The details can be worked out by any
engineer or architect who knows how
and very short experience VIII show how
to keep the room at any required degree.
We can defy the death-dealing hot sea-
son, particularly in the case Of the sick
babies now slaughtered by every hot
wave. From experience Of the benefit
of the very slight reduction of air tenn
perature by storms in the tropics. 1
have doubt that II all tropical hospitals
were so equipped the record of cures
would be several times what they now
are and the home-going stream of in
valids enormously reduced.
1 have been Informed by a physician
who had much experience with sick SOL
diers in the summer of 1864 and 1855
that if4they were stopped of at Washing
ton or Baltimore II was exceedingly diff
cult to keep them alive. and an effort
was made to rush the hospital trains on
to the cool spots of New England II
we have another war the hospitals must
be established in the cold North, and
those in the South must be mere col
lecting points unless they are artifcially
cooled and protected from light
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

That the question of teachers salaries
will again loom large during the coming
session of Congress may be taken for
granted. 1t will continue to attract the
public interest and to crystallize public
support for a campaign on behalf OF the
teachers before Congress.
There will be no cry that the employees
of the public schools are grossly under
paid, for they are not There Is no con-
dition of affairs here requiring radical
remedial treatment from the lawmakers
on Capitol Hill The true aim Of any
campaign before Congress will be con-
servative but substantial increase OF
salaries from time to time, so that in
the future il will not be possible for any
American city to say that it far eclipSes
Washington in its enlightened treatment
of school teachers.
A comparative table published in The
Washington Herald last Sunday showed
that the average school salary in the
citv was 1856 per annUm, including all
teachers, and that this average was lar
exceeded by Detroit, Buffalo Cleveland
and other progressive cities. In Few
large American cities, where the cost OF
living is considerably lower than in
Washington, salaries are smaller; but in
municipalities like San Francisco. where
the cost of living IS nOtoriously high,
salaries are 25 per cent higher than they
are here.
The last successful appeal to Congress
was made in 1906, wher a general in
crease Of school salaries was granted,
averaging ~ per cent; since then there
has been no concentrated effort to change
the organic act, which Is necessary be-
fore further changes in the range of sal
aries can be made Al the present time
If is not a lateral raise that is desired.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

cleared up, and harmonious relations will
exist from this time forward.
The three points involved in the deci-
sion are:
81. Whether a probationary teacher
whose probationary appointment ex-
pires the 18th day of June, and who on
that date receives a permanent appoint
ment with a longevity increase of 500
for experience, is entitled on the lst day
of the following. September with only
about one week of actual teaching serv-
ice rendered, to an annual increase of
500 in class six, group A, under section
of the act of June 90 1906
'.9 Whether teachers are entitled to
longevity increase pay for teaching ex-
perience within the public schools Of the
District of Columbia, where such teach
ing experience is only for fractional parts
of a school year and less than an entire
year OF experience.
"a Whether a full years service is
required to entitle teacher to the an
nual increase for length of service, pro-
vided for BY section of the act of June
90 1906, and, il not, whether the en-
ployment of a teacher for any duration or
period of time in one school year en-
titles the teacher to the annual increase
at the beginning of The next school year
without regard to length of service
The Comptroller's answer in reply to the
second question is the one of main i'm
portance. He holds that If, in determine
ing the qualifications for appointment in
group A, class six, the board of education
finds it necessary to employ an element
of time, the result of which is to deter
mine the length of service, not less than
the minimum thus prescribed, could fair
ly he authorized for service in the Dis
trict schools,
In a nutshell, this means that if the
board of education stipulates that year
of teaching experience in the local schools
kwill have a minimum limit of 500 teach
ing hours. at least this number of hours
shall constitute a year of teaching expe'
rience within the District schools for
longevity pay purposes. The decision Is
| regarded as most important by local edu'
Gators.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
A Red-Rpt Partisan.

Garrett p. serviss, the noted science
writer, according to Human Life Maga-
zine, said at the Brooklyn University
Club. apropos of HaIley's comet:
The ignorant and superstitious
dread that the comet evoked in some
quarters reminds me OF the Millerites.
'"TEe Millerites. back In '72. when
Grant was Up for a second term. were
preaching the immediate destruction
Of the world. They were even giving
their property away.
''weIl at a MilIerite camp-meeting
night in Maine a Millerite preacher
preached that the end OF the world
would come in October. just month
before election.
THE preacher noticed a man In
front seat who manifested every
symptom OF satisfaction when this date
was driven home Perplexed. he ac-
costed the man at the end OF the sery-
ice and asked him why he had shown
Measure over such a terrible matter.
Anything :. TO beat Grant? was the
reply
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
TEACHERS SALARIES REMAIN A FOCUS
OF ATTENTION IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS
Plans ReaduSng Schools According to Shift of Population Are
..< Also Under Consideration

age of their salaries compare favorably
with that of other cities in the same
range of population as Washington. 1t
is at the extremes that we fall down-in
the salaries paid principals, supervising
officers, and the primary teachers.
Inquiries among members of the board
reveals the fact hat there is almost
sentiment that a general ad-
vance in salaries should be made but
that many difficulties are foreseen Be
fore any changes in the budgets are made
it is necessary to have the organic act
legaIizing the salary increases amended
1t is hoped, however that before long
Congress may be brought around to the
boards way of thinking.
Among the new ideas" which will be
introduced in the management of the
schoo, system this season will be the
shifting of schools from white to colored,
and vice versa, according to shifts in the
population of the city. This policy has
been decided upon by the board of educa-
tion and by Superintendent Davidson
and fiac been needed for many years to
relieve congestion in various sections OF
tho city.
If the policy is put into effect inI-
mediately, two of the buildings when
will be affected are the Phelps School,
white institution, located in Vermont
avenue, and the Bruce School. colored,
in Kenyon street, between Brightwood
and Sherwood avenues. Another struc-
ture in which it will be tried out Will
be the Armstrong Manual training
School. colored. The business department
of that school Will probably be located
in the Phelps building, and the white
students of the latter will be given per-
maneat quarters in the new building now
in course OF construction at Ninth and
7 streets northwest.
The Bruce school, in the event that the
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

1t is the correction of glarine inadequa-
cies, in certain cases, that is wanted.
There should be some advance made
in the salaries of high school principals
and the supervising officers" said former
superintendent A. T. Stuart, last week.
That IS the weakest point in the chain.
We pay our high school principals, for
instance, $3.50, which is a sum much be-
low that paid m otner cities. Then,
again, the kindergarten and primary
teachers are underpaid. We ought to
grant them a considerable increase. l
think the rank and file of our teachers
are paid fairly well, and that the aver
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
,,.-,.--, n..,-,;t Erco Press

LEAK Walton" in Detroit Free Press.
There NAV be places where hSher-
men are permitted to take more bass
than at Kettle Point, on Lake Huron,
hut there certainly is no locality where
the fish NAV be taken under more com
forting or picturesque conditions, Wins
low Homer sunsets are on tap and the
beauty and coloring of the sky at even
ing are only matched by the rosy glo"
which permeates the mornings when
Old Sol peeps over the edge of the Chip
pewa reservation.
This reservation. by the way, fur
nishes the guides, who consider it a
privilege to supply the visitor with
boat and bait at 81 a trip, trip being
generally from three to four hours
morning and afternoon. There is no eN-
ira charge for the chief of the tribe,
and ANYBODY who has visited Kettle
Point will want to go back again. The
fact that a catch is limited to eight
fish a day does not act as a deterrent,
as most good spOrtsmen are satisfied
with that number.
The fishing banks are about two and a
half miles from the shore, and the best
catches are made in the early morning
hours, between and 8 o'clock. In calm
weather the leuSe Ol IbINS Ni-S
large fish are found is plainly discern
'bIe at a depth of from fifteen to twenty
fcet hut though the breeze rolls the seas
until the tendcrfoot feels the Qualms OF
Seasickness the guide will unerringly halt
his fiat bottom boat right over or TO
one side of the region which has yielded
hundreds of tons of bass every year
since the time when the oldest Indian on
he reserve was boy
inc Enn a
sun up asked the broad chested halfbreed
who had pulled him the two and half
miles through rough water without stop
ping. except TO light his pipe as cleverly
as any Irishman who ever trod 2 bog.
how he managed to always locate the
correct spot.
How do you know the way to your
n1outh?' was the answer.
The Lair of the Bass.
II was a satisfying explanation. Ma
ture and instinct Morning after morn
ing the leader of the hotilla-there were
half a dozen rods at work occasionally
dropped down upon the lair of the bass
with only an occasional glance at the
bold head of Kettle Point to serve as
a guide, and the moment after the stone
anchor had been thrown overheard and
grated on the bottom, the reels were
singing a song.
For the man who only wants to cope
with the big fellows of the bass family
Lake Huron will not be found complete
iy styling, but for the average sport
man who finds the thrill which comes
from d battle with robust fish of from
two and half to three pounds, all that
he requires to put his nerves a-tingie,
the region about Kettle Point will meet
the demand OF the most exacting. Not
a sluggard in the greenish black bull
dogs which feed when rhe sapphire blue
waters tumble over the sunlzen powders.
Il IS fight, and fight TO finish every In
slant from the time the luclSiess min
now Is taken until the prize lies in the
bottom OF the dip net-captured but not
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10

It is amazing that the medical profess.
sion has made so little therapeutic use
of cold producing machinery, as 1t IS
many years since it was discovered
that there was some mysterious thera-
peutic virtue in the breathing of cold
air. oil.
lConsumptives, for instance, were found
to improve in winter but not in sum-
mer, and they made extraordinary prog
ress toward recovery where the tempera-
tnre was far below zero F., while in
hot climates the rapid mortality Is
dreadful.
Then came the startling discovery that
I'm many respiratory diseases, particu-
larly the pneumonias of children, cold
air was almost a specific, even when
both lungs were greatly involved and
death was certain if the patient was
kent indoors in a warm room.
In the winter we rig up rooms on the
roof or veranda for the beneht OF the
cold. but in summer we hold up our
hands heIplessly and let the sick die
instead of creating the cold air they
need. We give them cold storage IN the
norgue after they are dead instead OF
keeping them alive by 1t.
Easy to Cool Air.
There is no earthly reason for this
helplessness. when II is such a simple
matter to cool the air. OF hospitals All
that is needed is a steam coil or radia-
tor in which cold brine circulates instead
of hot water. Instead of radiating heat
II is an absorber. and the air forced
around the pipes may be cooled to any
required degree.
Calculations show that what Is de-
scribed in the trade as ...one l1ilowatt
ammonia compression set" is sufficient
10 reduce the temperature Of all the air
needed to ventilate q twelve-bed ward
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
No E.port. without Imports.

In a general way the change in the
character of our exports in the last ten or
twenty years. from products Of the soil to
point where our exports now include
45 per cent OF manufactured goods, shows
that II we are to maintain the growth OF
our foreign trade it must be by reaching
foreign markets more and more with our
manufactured products. They must COM
pete in such markets with those OF other
manufacturing countries, and one OF the
necessities in promoting such trade Is
'economizing cost OF production.
Another thing is necessary In extending
exports Of manufactures. and that Is en-
couraging imports Of those things which
can be brought abroad at better adyan-
-tage than they can be produced at home.
There Is no getting around the fact that
exports are paid for indirectly with inn
ports, values being set on against each
other and balances being settled first or
last in gold. To obstruct imports Is 10
hinder exports. and to make imports
costly 20 get Is TO reduce the amount Of
them received in proportion to the value
parted with.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SCHOOL EFFICIENCY.

The following fgueseang to cities of 5000 population
ove-show the relations existing between Washington and
selected States regarding the percentage of school attend
enrolment the number of students enrolled in ratio
the teaching force