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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
TEXAS RECANTS.

The Texas Democrats at their state
convention last Tuesday not only threw
their forty votes 10 Woodrow Wilson
but utterly smashed the once powerful
Bailey machine Mr.. Bailey was wise
in announcing some time ago that he
would not seek reelection 10 the Sen
ate. He could not possibly have sur
vived the Houston conventions repu-
diation of him and all his ideas
Since 1894 Mr.. Bailey has made n
hobby Of no free raw materials. lie
succeeded that year in getting the
Texas Democracy Ia deRouncc the VII
SOn-Gorman tariff law because il put
wool on the free list. and since then
he has extended his fight against free
raw materials to cover hides, lumber
coal and iron ore. He kept the state
conventions in line mp 10 as recently as
1910 when his course I'm helping 10 re
tain tariff duties on coal. iron ore and
wool while the Payne bill was under
consideration was approved. But now
the break has come. Mr.. Bailey has al
WAYS denounced the tariff plank Of thC
last Democratic National Convention a'
marvel Of humbuG and ignorance and
declined 10 DO bound 10y il. But the
Texas Democrats this week specifically
indorsed the platform Of 1905 and re-
iected the Texas idea" 81 no free raw
materials preached so ardcntly by Mr.
Bailey.
This recantation will prove very help
ful to Mr.. Bryan. who has long been al
swords points with Mr. Bailey OH the
tariff question and who made several
speaking campaigns in Texas trying &c
overthrow the leadership Of the Sena
tor. who was the most formidable oppo
nent within the party the editor OF
"Tbc Commoncr" has ever had. Proha
bly, no other incident in the Democratic
Presidential canvass has caused so much
jubilation in Lincoln as Mr.. BaiIcy's
crushing defeat.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
frrom The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington. May 3o.-The Austrian Am
bassador left to-day for New York where
he Joined Baroness Hengelmtiller and Bar
oness Mia HIengelmiiller. who are en- route
TO Bar Harbor.
Count Csckonics and Baron Freudenthai,
Of the Austrian Embassy, are now In Ne"
York. preparatory to going to Bar Harpor'
The Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeteff will entertain at dinner to-mor-
row night for the Ambassador to RUSSIA
Curtis Guild, jr.
The Siamese Minister Prince Vom Chao
Traidos will leave tomorrow for East
Gloucester where the Samese summer 10
CATION has been located for several years.
Edward ". LOTUS, first secretary, and Mrs
LOTUS. with Mai Choate. attache, and Nal
Jajaval. student attache. will accompany
him. on their return To Washington the
legation, which for years was In the old
Arlington. will have new quarters
The French military attache and Countess
de Chambrun will have as guests FOR some
time Mrs Longworth, mother Of the count
ess. who will arrive tomorrow.
The British second secretary will close
his home here tomorrow and 60 to New
York and will sail from there the middle OF
June to spend the summer in England.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
COAL AND THE PEOPLE.

From The Daily state Gazette, Trenton " D.
Thanks 10 the activity OF The Ne" i'
Tribune the federal Department OF Jhs'"o "
investigate the coal exchanges the opeiS'"
coal mines and the railroads that are apF"'''"'
Ia cahoots with them.
At the close OF the recent strike IN the anu
cite regions the miners were granted a"
cent increase In wages. and the annoul'''"'''
was promptly sent out that consumers VI
would be Obliged TO stand raise IN wv
of ., cents a ton. This means that the p,.f
will have TO pay an annual increase ~ " o,o
Goa, bills aggregating something like So'''N
I, there is such a thing in existence A. '''
NATHAN In restraint OF trade 1t eNtts a"ons
coal dealers. Perhaps rot among m" r., -,
I'm, certainly among the mine operators ''D
railroads they control ~,
BACKED by incontrovertible statisu'
Tribune claims that the recent increase
necessary to cover the increased cost o. ''. -,
coal as a result Of the raise in the wages :. -.
mrsrs because the last tpo increases -,
70 the companies s4o.ccoo "c a year n'e, 80.
,,s Necessary - cover the sivanTs " W
Of mining ~ that tims'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Newport. May 3o-Mr and Mrs Viii.
lam Goadby Loew, Of New York. viii o..
cupy the Jennings cottage, near Railsys
Beach, this season.
Mrs Thomas Hitchcock. of New York. IS
to arrive here early i'm June
Fairfax Leary and n *. Hewitt. L. a.
~, registered at the Casino to-day
Greystone, the summer home OF Mrs,
James J. Wysong, IS being opened Mrs.
Wysong is expected some time during June.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Hayward Ferry. Of New
York, have arrived at Edge Hill b..
Arthur Curtiss James returned from Ney
York to-day.
Samuel T. Bsrger and family have arrived
at Edna Villa
Mr.. and Mrs. !. +. \. Clark and family
also arrived to-day from New York
Mrs -. X. Warren and Miss Warren ar,
at their cottage.
Mrs. r. g. Townsend ~ New York rs
guest OF her mother. Mrs. Clarence Pe
T. .. Young. Of Claymont. Del Mr.. and
Mrs. J. r. a. Hussey and Miss Hussey II
Boston; Mr.. and Mrs ". n. Garn.tt, ot
Augusta. No. and Mrs w A. Ordvay, Of
China, are at the New cliffs.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Horace Gsllatn are exc
pected before the end of next month.
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ANOTHER COLLISION

Eloqucnce OF the labored sort received
n blow in the reception Of Senator
Smiths address in explanation Of the
Titanic disaster report. If any parts If
the country retain satisfaction In that
kind Of Oratory, the state which sent
Senator Smith o'WashlngtOn Is not one
Of them. THE Detroit Free Press" re-
marks that "the Senator will CLEAN more
satisfaction from his speech than will
1.-The state, when II comes 10 read over
''the production" 1t calls the speech
eloquent, painfully so.' and rolls IN
der its tongue derisively the phrases, the
'cry Of reunited loved ones whose mu-
"tual grief was written in the language
''of creation the christening salvOs
that acclaimed AT once the Titanic's
birth and death" the captain who,
STRONG Of limb, intent OF purpose pure
'in character, dauntlesS as a sailor
SHOULD be- walked the deck Of this
majestic structure as master of her
keel, titanic though she was"
The key in which the Senator's speech
"uS Ilt'H'u was vel IntTp
was some excuse. The tremendous char
acter Of his subject might have msled a
more discreet rhetorician than he. It
was full Of temptations, and the Michi-
gan Cicero fell. But not much worse
than Mr.. Thomas Hardy fell when he
yielded to its temptations in totally
different way, and tried To do the occa-
sion justice In verse. The unfortunate
part Of Senator Smiths sins of taste and
discretion was that they made him an
easy victim OF the unfriendly English
correspondents here, who filled their dis
patches with gems" from his grafton
and succeeded in Obscuring the services
which he and his committee had ren-
dered I'm conducting an effective investf
CATION and making sensible report.
The Senator should have needed the
warnings that came TO him Of the Ice
berg Of public taste in his path. Perhaps
the disaster will contain a sufficient les
son for other builders Of oratorical
leviathans.
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would work diligently for weeks to per-
feet some minor detail. i'll the seelusloh
of his workshop: but nothing would III
duce him to incur the least unnecessary
risk or to permit others to do so II lie
could prevent it. Had his imitators ana
followers been true disciples we might
have had fewer sensational performances
and less gate money at shows; but we
should not have had that appalling list
of aerial tragedies. and there Wouid
have been no retardation of invention
and progress in the art Of flying.
II is gratifying to remember that ms
genius won full recognition in his l1fe-
time. though il was wrested from nos
tile and grudging world. On the very
eve of his epochal demonstrations ne
was ridiculed in his own country; large
". no doubt. because of the manner III
which he kept his own counsel instead
Of catering TO the feverish taste OF SEN
sation seekers. So when he went "a
France I'm quest Of recognition when MS
own country hcSitated 10 give, THIS I'M
passive. taciturn. ascetic Puritan fal'cd
at the first moment 10 command conn
dence. and was indeed denounced as
"buffeur" habit Of 'blufing' being
perhaps of all things most foreign 10
him. But the next day he had France
at his feet. He was "the master ava
tor" he was the Lord of the Air, and
the most expert Of French aviators were
las little children beside this American.
Social attentions. medals innumerable
and membership in the Legion of Honor
were bestowed upon him. Presidents
Emperors and Kings were eager to snake
his hand. and the Old World ana 'he
New alike acclaimed his genius; ammo
all which he remained ever the same
serious. modest. tremendously earnest
man who had patiently worked his way
| from playing with a child's toy 10 q
practical realization of one of the most
ambitious dreams Of the ages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
THE PIONEER OF AVIATION.

The death Of Wilbur Wright removes
from the world the man who first prac-
tically demonstrated the possibility OF
fight with q machine heavier than the
air. That is the first count in his title to
fame. and it will not be successfully chal-
lenged. The art of aviation Is still in its
infancy Imagination hesitates to de
pict its possible developments. Future
Inventions may bring renOwD to many
men. But the founder Of that art, in its
actual practice, was Wilbur Wright. He
began his work dozen years ago, at the
very time when, after several years Of
efforts costly in human life as well as in
money, other inventors had abandoned
the hope Of flying except with buoyant
balloons. Out of their failure and ,e-
spair he plucked success, and he gave
the initial impetus to the movement
which has now so greatly multiplied fly
ing devices and has put aer0planes Of va
rious makes upon the market as quite
matter-of-fact vehicles of transportation.
1t was he, and his younger brother, who
first gave TO the astonished and delighted
world the spectacle of machine, carry
ing Il man. raising itself by its own
power into the air in free flight, sailing
forward on a leve, course without re-
duction of speed, and finally landing
without being wrecked. That is his own
description of an epochal achievement
which alone Gbundantly entities him to
fame.
His title is equally marked TO grateful
regard for the example which he set OF
integrity. modesty ana unfailing sanity
He never posed lie made no extrava-
CANT pretensi0ns or prophecies. He
worked pr ,icntly and obscurely ut an
invention which was 10 rank among the
most startling and astonishing In the
world AZ simply AZ though he were ell
ga.sd at commonplace task. When
success crowned IIis efforts he put his
epoch-making device into practical use
with the same seriousness and modcsty
that bad marked his labors In his work
shop Tno "hair-raising stunts" with
which others. following far after him.
. rerc won. TO display their recklessness
to gaping crowds we're not for him. He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
GEORGIA MAN A CANDIDATE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Every four years the Northern and
Eastern press jump on the Southern dele
cation, and from the description that is
given OF us you would think that we had
no Southern society at all. Georgia fur
nishes the nation men OF brain, capable OF
drawing plans, and then having the capa-
city to have them executed McAdoo, of
your city. Is from this town. and scores
Of other sons OF Georgia have made not
only a national reputation but an interna-
tional reputation
When the Georgia delegation reaches
Chicago next month we are going with the
determination that Southern man shall
be placed on the ticket for Vice. President
OF the United States. This man shall be
the Hon. III. s. Jackson. OF Atlanta
WARREN EDWARDS,
Delegate from the 10th Congress District
OF Georgia.
MiledgeyIlle, Ga, Nav 2S 1912
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
IN THE BGRkSHIRES,
Rv relegraph to The Trlbuna

Jenox. May 3o.-George winthrop Folsom
and Samuel Frothingham loaned their
automobiles 10 Lenox veterans for tbs
Memorial Day parade this afternoon
General John r. Brooks, who Is ~ 'hs
parade this morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Walworth Pierce. NJ Boston.
and Mr.. and Mrs ]. S Auerhach, ~ Nsg
York are al the Curtis Hotel
Among those who registered - tia
Maplewood I'm Pittsheld TODAY we're NJ.
and Mrs. J. X Andrews. Mr.. and Mrs 4.
NJ. chapman. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Graves.
ir.. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Thatcher and Mr. and
Mrs. Il. l.. Henshaw. OF New York Mrs.
W. l.. Malcolm. Miss Malcolm and Miss
Whitehead, If Summit. y j.. Mr.. AND Mrs..
r. II. Rhoadcs. Of Mount Vernon, y. Y;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Barber. Mr.. and urs.
c. s. Brtton and Mr.. and Mrs. 3. ?.
Brown. Of Cleveland
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel rockingham gays
a dinner at Overlee tonight 10 some Of the
early cottagers.
Miss Leila H. Burden mas arrived a,
Underledge, the country home ~ Mrs.
Joseph w. Burden. Mrs. Burden is OK
pected here Monday.
Or and Mrs. Arthur ". Swami and fam
lily are guests of Mrs. john Swami at the
Brick House. In Stockbridge
Miss Helen Butler and Miss Virginia But
Ter will open Lynwood cottage, IN stock
bridge, tomorrow.
At the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge are
Miss Matilda Brownell. who is guest ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph H. Choate. Thomas
Ashweu. Mr.. and Mrs. % Wagner AMI
Mrs. f. II. Hustled, of New York. Mr.. ani
Mrs David Sutton. Mr.. ami Mrs ". {.
Dennison and Mr. and Mrs. f. H. ll'lOIn'
OF Boston. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Lothrop A"'S
motored from North Easton' Mass.
dav. and registered az tho curtis iiote'
win them were Mrs. French Nanaero".'
William p. Burden and Harold Blanc'"l',
Mr. and Mrs. Robert :. Pollock Mr.. sn'
Mrs. Richard II. Arnold and MI. ana ',S'
lanes :. Levens. OF New YORK are a. '''
Curtis Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The people who saw the Memorial Day
ceived two extra thrills The first came
when Henry Loewenthal. junior vice com
mandcr OF w. g. Mitchell Post. No. 65e
G. A. r.. totterod. tried TO sheath his
sword aud would have fallen had a com
rade not come TO his aid The second was
caused by man who made fun OF a Young
woman who was teaching her little son 10
LIT his hat when the colors were passing
Young man heard The sneering remark
and when tho next flag came turned 10 the
offender and said, sternly: Take of your
hat" The man refused, and the next mo-
ment his hat was on the sidewalk lie
picked 1t mp and walked away without
protest.
Patron-Waiter. what is the matter with
this establishment? This steak is burnt
black.
Waiter-Yes. sir. Mark OF respeo sir
Our head cook died yestiddy!-Tit-Blts
A DAYS DIFFERENCE.
Mote: The workhorse had his dav y..,or-
day lie paradedl
They dolled him up with bunting env
With ribbons wide, in rosettes ted
And trotted him. King Of May
And beautiful with pride.
lie paved the ground. a creature grand:
Enjoyed the right to show his might:
Cavorted big behind the band.
A dandy monarch. quite.
But glamour DER and ribbons of,
To-day he'll drag. and crawl and lag.
Become thing to kick and scofr-
A Inn Lea
our Congressman is certainly making
good down in Washington"
That so? What has he done?"
Had dinner with the President tv,c.
and been invited to deliver three graduat.
Ing addresses next une."-Detrolt Free
Press.
Toxic now has a Chinese Young Men's
Christian Association. 1t seemed odd. hut
a correspondent OF The Chicago Daily
News" vouched for it In dispatch that
says: The fine building of the Chinese
Young Mems Christian Association bsa
been finished just I'm time to- accommodate
the influx Of students who left Japan some
months ago to participate IN the revolution.
This having been successful. they are re-
turning TO resume their studies I'm japan.
Many new students are coming with them.
The FIRST floor Of the building contains the
lobby, offices and billiard room On the
second floor are the class rooms, III. read
ing room. library and dining room The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
NOTES FROM TUXEDO pAen
IA TeIegrsph 10 The TrInnnn1

tBS lelegfsph To The Tribune
tuxedo Park. May 30.-Memoria, IA,
Tuxedo was marked by an invifatio, -.
tournament and numerous house 49,.
Tho holiday attracted many well kno...'
persons, most of whom win remain o.
Sunday. Motor parties came out from ,o,,
for luncheon and to spend the dsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parish nlotorsa go.
from New York with party Inolud,,..
William II. Bolton, William Williams sns
MIR. and Mrs. James Il Ludlow
Mr.. aud Mrs. f. :. Witherbeo ar-,,..,
here to-day and will remain over SUNDAY
Mr.. and Mrs. Geraldyn Redmond sn.o,
the day here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J. lllncy IRE q, N.
Tuxedo Club.
Others who spent TO-DAY al Tuxedo ,sy.
Mrs. John Cross. &. +. Watson. ir e y
Scott, John Il. Suydam. Albert E. Fos,o,
Howard Henry, MIR. and Mr. r. A. Gnnw
G. +. Snow. @ b dc Forest. Mr and Mr..
n. 3. Baruwell, Miss y. s Colgate Ar
and Mrs y. n. Worden. = G. - va,
Miss Louisa Norwood and Mr. and Ms {;
Hunter Brown.
The Tuxedo club will give ? dinner danc.
and vaudeville performance to-norroy
evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
FOOD CULTS.

OF the evils Of the use of alcoholic
drinks the world has been fully advised
by the PrOhibitionists, the ponderous
treatises OF medical men and the body
reconstructers" who maintain sanato-
RUINS. Nobody can fail to be aware
that coffee contains deadly principle
which saps vitality and destroys mind
and body. Tea, we are told, is no less
bad, though more insidiOuS. MIX. the
drink Of Colonel Roosevelt, does not
agree with many systems less vigorous
and Is a positive detiment to some. SO
what is the world going to do now that
a Baltimore doctor has announced that
water--pure, sparkling water-is at
times more dangerous than the Demon
Rum?
Some persons who are able 10 nav
butchers hills even at the present rates
maintain that meat Is rank poison when
introduced into the stomach. They do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
GENERAL BOOTH STRICKEN
Salvation Army Head Will Be
Blind.

London. May So.-That General w.
poo,h ,bo head OF the Salvation Atm''
who recently underwent an op''
the removal Of cataract from No ITO,
will henceforth be blind IS TIE -,
reached by tho doctors after 4 'onSu' lite
this afternoon. An official bulletin
by the surgeons says: IN,
'It Is now evident that there is niue nv
of the preservation of General Doo'"
sight" 81.
The veterans disappointment Is a" ~
deeper because the doctors at trst "e'.
positive as to the success of the ep'ra"O",
General Booths spirits, however are iaiH
we'll maintained and the general CONDITION.
OF his health is good.
He is eighty-three years of age
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
THE NATION AND THE CITY.

It Is to be hoped that the hearing on
the O'Gorman bill opened the eyes or
Congress to the situation with regard to
the postoffice site. The city wants that
site back simply because it is indispen-
sable TO the city's present ambition for a
civic centre adequate in scope and pos
sessing noble vistas. 1t asks the fed
eral government to cooperate. 1t was
generous when 1t bestowed the postofiice
site upon the nation for nominal con-
sideration. It hopes for the same sort
of generosity now that IL Is filled with
larger vision Of its development than
il had when it permitted the lower end
Of City Hall Park to he occupied.
This Is not a matter Of dollars and
cents. Neither the city nor the federal
government Is in the real estate busi-
ness and minded to haggle over Increases
In value. The country might turn a
handsome penny on the bad bargain
which the city made when In its eager
ness to cooperate with the federal gov
eminent It provided a site for the post
office at a nominal cost, many times less
than II was worth. But we do not be-
leve the nations representatives will
take so mean view Of their RESPONSE
bllities. They should recognize the To-
gitimacy Of New York's ambition to pro-
vide a worthy setting for Its City Hall
and do what Ia necessary to further II.
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fem. even If such course does not actu-
ally violate the letter Of the law a
dinner. loving cup, VACATION up
would he a natural and Understandable
expression OF the teachers loyalty anu
gratitude. A huge fund collected by as-
sessment on the members Of the organ,
cation sayors too much Of the brand vi
politics and bOssism which the boaIu
Of Education desires to keep out OF lne
schools 10 seem either natural or uhuer-
standable When similar action was
suggested last year Miss Strachan saiu
she wouldn't stand for it, For her
own sake and the sake Of the teachers AZ
large it is to be hoped she will squelch
this scheme in the same way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mr. and Mrs Clarence r. Mackay will
leave their country place at Roslyn, Long
Island. carly next month and will go to
StockbridGc. Mass. for the summer.
Charles Ianicr and Miss Katharine l..
Iawrance will return from Europe on July
Is and will go TO Lenox TO spend the re-
maindcr of the summer.
Mrs George r. Sheldon Is booked TO sail
for Europe on Tuesday.
Joel Il. Fisher. jr.. will sail for Europe to-
morrow to attend the wedding Of his sister,
Miss Vieva Fisher. To G.. NJ. Fiamingo. at
room on Saturday, June o. in 81. Marga-
rets Chapel Westminster, London.
Mrs Prescott Hall Butler, who is due 70
arrive I'm New York from Europe next
week. will 20 10 her country place at st.
James. Long Island, to remain throughout
the summer
Mrs George Pell will give tea on Sun
day afternoon for her son and daughter-in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Pell, at her
place AT BronXville. Mr.. and Mrs. Ham
ilton Pell were married on Wednesday in
the chapel OF ST. Bartholomew Church
They are sailing for Europe on Tuesday on
board the Carpathia.
Mrs George 8. Bowdoin and Miss Edith
Bowdoin are due to arrive In New York to-
morrow from Europe. They will spend the
summer at Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goadby Loew will
g.,
Mrs Elisha Dyer and Miss Laura Swan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From Inc lT1Dune bu''dV''
Washington, May 30.-Miss Taft loon
party of ten young persons down the ~
tomac on the Sylph this afternoon. Suppe,
was served on board. and the guests dan ecu
on the return trip. Lieutenant Commander
Symington. Captain Little and DR.. Gray
son were OF the party
President Taft saw only few callers TO-
day, including the Secretary OF the treas
ury, the Secretary of War and the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Labor ana REPRE-
sentative Mccall, with all of whom lie ais
cussed the political situation. inc iTesl-
dent has his fighting clothes on, Is conn
dent that he has enough delegates 10 IN
sure his nomination On the frst balio' anu
Will leave no stone unturned in securing fo'
himself a square deal
The President and Secretary Hilles TOOK
a long walk late this afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-31
DIR. CONVERSE GOES TO PERU
Sanitary Expert to Take Charge Of I'm
provements at Iquitos.

Washington. May So.-ln response to re-
quest from Peru that the United States
send a qualified official TO take charge OF
tho sanitary Improvement work at Iquitos.
for which 100000 has been appropriated,
the Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service has selected Or. George Converse.
who has been engaged In public health
work In San Francisco
Or Converse has obtained two years
leave OF absence, and viii leave for South
America in two weeks.