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"The Moral Argument
Against Vivisection
Remains"

The bad effect on the oper-
ator and on the students and
spectators remains; the undoubt-
ed fact that the practice tends
to produce a callousness and 4
passion for experiment which
leads to unauthorized expert
ments in hospitals on unpro-
tected patients remains; the hor-
ribIe callousness of binding the
sufferers in the operating trough
so that they can not express
their pain by sound or motion
remains; their treatment after
the experiment by careless at
tendants, brutalized by custom,
remains; the argument of the
uselessness of a large proper
ton of the experiments repeat
ed again and again on scores
and hundreds of animals to con-
firm or refute the work of other
vivisectors remains, and, finally,
the iniquity of it's use to dem
onstrate already established facts
to physiological students in hun
dreds of colleges and schools all
over the world remains"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
Foofnotes of Hun1or

Whistler had a French poodle of
which he was extravagantly fond.
This poodle was seized with an af-
lection of the throat. and Whistler
had the audacity to send for the great
throat specialist, Mackenzie.
Sir Morell, when he saw that he had
been called to treat a dog, didn't like
1t much, it was plain. But he pre-
scribed, pocketed big fee and drove
away. The next day he sent post
haste for Whistler. On his arrival.
Sir Morell said, gravely:
How do you do, Mr.. Whistler? I
wanted to see you about having my
front door painted"
Lord Henry Bentinck once hap
pened to attend a church on a week.
day festival, when the interior was
decorated with flowers and ever
greens, while very few worshipers
were present After the service the
parson said to Lord Henry:
May I ask what you thought of
the service?"
Plenty of cover. but very little
game" was the reply.
X X
When at Brecon the other day the
of York told this story.
He said he would not say anything
against Yorkshiremen, but they pos
sessed one Characteristic which might
be considered as virtue or as de-
feet, according to the view they took
of It Ono Yorkshire native, who had
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
* X Curious Facts y y

Princess Mary, in accordance with a
promise made to her some time back
by the duchess of Fife. secured the
last maiden signature of her royal
highness-excepting the signature in
the marriage register. The duchess
signed the princess autograph album
at Buckingham palace on the after
noon before the wedding. A lady who
is a noted autograph hunter had Of
fered the duchess $500 to be paid to
any charity her royal highness might
name for her last maiden signature.
The president of the United States
has a new mascot--a large black cat
which wandered into the breakfast
room of the White House and jumped
on DIR. Woodrow Wilson's knee. The
president was SO pleased with the
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lucky cat that. after feeling it. he
gave orders that 1t was to be fed.
housed and looked after as long as it
cared to stay.
brides dressing room is to be
provided at a church in New York.
The organ loft over the church en-
trance will be removed. and in it's
place beautifully equipped room will
be built. Here the bride will be able
to put the finishing touches to her
attire.
Mr.. Philip Raschke, German
tailor. fioated upright In the Thames
from Lambeth bridge at vauxhall
bridge recently In a special pneu-
matte costume he has invented. He
smoked cheroot, ate and drank as
he moved along in the water.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29

We have just general he Mars
during the Japan?
Violet hair is being
for hea men,
The warden of Folsom prison there ocs
sued his wife
taken poison when she hadn't Some stand disappointment
Denver become the of the worlds adium industry
efe pestered rough ready radum
mllonaires?
Browne waited he
folk to
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
g From Our Readers

unemployed, together with those who
nave united the Atlantic and Pacific
across Panama, it would be a matter
OF but a few years until we would
see the gigantic liners of the Atlantic
passing to and fro through the Golden
Gate and dropping anchor at the foot
OF Market street, thence south and
through Panama.
This canal would be of untold bene-
MT to every state in the union,
whether or not such state bordered
Immediately upon it. From the main
canal branches might be made, as
down the Mississippi river to connect
with Panama, etc. D. T. ROGERS.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
By CONSTANCE CLARKE

A DRIFT of perfume in the air,
~ A scent from myriad dew-wet leaves,
A splash of crimson color where
The fairy of the roses weaves;
An eager grasp, a finger torn
And petals soft their scents disclose;
But think you that we mind the thorn
The while we breathe deep of the rose?
A dazzling wave of golden light,
A scene of meadows stepped in sun,
A whirr of birds on wing for flight
A deepening sense that mornings done;
A sweep of fragile rainbow wings
And dainty body poised on high;
Think you the grub his message brings
The while see the butterfly
A sweep of lashes dropping low
Upon soft cheek dimplcd in.
A trembling arch of scarlet mouth
Above a tender cloven chin;
A glimpse of eyes, half brave, half shy;
With laughter hidden there the while;
o. think you from her frown I'd fly II
II only she Mould asometimssssmiled
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
The Open Book of a Presidents
Daily Life

opportunity afforded students of character for
perusa their avore subject the daily newspaper reports
the actions the presidents of the United States
is in oiceand frequently after he has filed
less private citizen professor literary
ravery his which devates in the slightest
is chronicled
Rooseves energies his unusual of
his cathocy of tastes they manifested themselves
reported; President Tats sangne life his
through years of administration and travel given
history day by day. Now is President Wilson's
President Wilson informed neigh
fire. He went into the place lost
did climb the ridge pole former president
might DONE would willing
had the and chaueurs extn
gshed the flames There succn display of the mans char
when he under fire.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
Even Tender Hearted Are
CaIIous to the Pain
of Animals
of Animals

We are sensitive enough to
our own pain, somewhat so to
the pain suffered by other peo-
pie; but even children, tender as
their hearts are supposed to be,
will not only witness with COM
posture the suffering of animals,
but even find fascination in caus-
ing it.
People of gentle refinement
would oppose the establishment
of the bull fight in New York
state, but great numbers of them
do frequent the bloody exhibit
tons when they get as far away
as Spain and Mexico, and among
people who do not know them.
A man, even though credited
with qualities of tender hearted
mess, will go as far from home
as to Africa for the purpose of
satisfying his passion for slaugh-
ter. The impulse is brutal one
and its qualification necessarily
fosters brutality.
Vivisectionists have publicly
testified to the delight they take
in the excruciating performance.
/ would not knowingly have any
friend of mine dealt with or op-
Grated upon by surgeon whom
I knew to be in the habit of
sticking needles into rabbits
eyes, boiling or roasting them
alive. l should have the suspi-
cion that during the operation
he would get in some sly work
with his knife in order to satisfy
his curiosity.
Least of all would I allow a
vivisectionist to practice in the
poor wards of a hospital, occu-
pied by people who had no
friends and no money to protect
them from the operators passion
to cut. No vivisectionist would
inject boiling water into his own
dog. 1t would have to be some
one else's dog or nobodys dog.
1t has to be remembered that
there is no substantial agree
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g g g g Evening Calls

jealous
he the Jobl
Have exchanged that Lamb bound in section
of lamb bound in sheepskin?
Small boys the baseball park informing the fence
builders where to place the knotholes.
high rollers
the land visit the southern California beach resorts
three
asphalt Almost
Van Ness
Psychology of Fighting"
University
the football lads, Ell?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
No Need to Introduce
RidicuIe Into the Con-
trOverSy

Now, so long as men of rec
ognized authority put them
selves on record with state
ments of such tenor it is strain
ing matters little for vivisec-
tionists and vivisectionist insti-
tutions to attempt silencing
their opponents by inexpensive
application of ridicule.
There is no logical force in
contemptuousness. 1t is not
necessary for the ants to go to
the extent of claiming that there
is absolutely nothing to show
for all the killing that has been
done in all departments of re-
search, but there is sufficient dis
agreement among the authorities
to bring down the presumption
of vivisectionists to quieter
and more modest tone, and to
warrant the public in putting an
intelligent restraint upon the in
discriminate and irresponsible
cutting and torturing in which
insensible knights of the knife
are indulging and amusing
themselves.
If an ante-mortem dissection
of a monkey has proved a GER
tain fact, it is neither necessary
nor human to prove over again
the same fact by the ante
norton dissection of hundred
or a thousand other monkeys.
In the book entitled "The
World of Life" written by the
distinguished English scientist,
Alfred Russell Wallace, recently
deceased, occurs the following
paragraph: "The moral argu-
ment against vivisection remains,
whether the animals suffer as
much as we do or only half as
Y17t1ch -
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
1 rRANsCoNTrNENTAL CANAL

Editor The Call and Post: / have
read with considerable interest the
various editorials in your recent is
sues on the subject, What will be
done with Panama machinery and
Workers." The making of a canal
across the United States, connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific, by utilizing
some of the great water highways,
which are now practically obsolete,
has often occurred to me as being not
at all impossible.
I would congregate the convict
labor of every state in the union, and,
with the assistance of the army of
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29
ByDR.C. PARKHURST

TT is painful to witness the
troubled state of mind into
which vivisectionists have
been precipitated by the well
come which the president has
extended to their opponents
gathered in council at Washing
ton.
Some of us are exceedingly
gratifed by the publicity given
to the anti-viviseetion protest by
the fact of the conference being
held at so influential a centre,
and especially by the report, If
it be true one, that Mr.. Wilson
regards it with at least a degree
of sympathy.
There is no reason why there
should be any sacrifice of cour-
tesy or loss of temper over the
matter.
Men who believe in vivisec-
ton are not necessarily wicked
and those who believe otherwise
may still be honest and intelli-
gent. Conflicts of this kind are
not settled by epithets. The
question involved is a serious
one and can only be solved IN a
spirit of candor.
There are two sides to IT, and
it is perfectly evident that the
side which vivisectonists have
been disposed to cover with re-
proaches is gaining in popular
favor.
The writer of this article is,
and always has been, an earnest
disbeliever in vivisection main
tanned on the wholesale and in
discriminate scale now in vogue.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-29

ment among surgeons as to
whether, after all the slaughter
ing and torturing of hundreds of
thousands of innocent animals,
any results have been secured
that are a practical contribution
to the interests of humanity.
Doctor Cowen of the Royal
College of Surgeons in London
testified in Washington that in
an effort to find the cause of
cancer, $4,000 animals have
been tortured in the last two
years with no resulting discov-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

The Commissioner personal inspection
OF the water front has doubtless given
them q new conception Of the city's needs
In respect to improvements in that quar-
ter. It IL one thing to note con-
ditions from the standpoint Of tho citisen
and quite another to see them from that
Of the public oficials charged with re-
sponsibility for public expenditures and
to a certain extent the allotment of
funds between various public objects. OF
the need OF Waterfront improvements.
however, there can be no question.
Whether these improvements should be
placed high in the list as compared
with others that are urgently required
is a question. The Commissioners have
announced a policy Of concentrating their
recommendations this year upon objects
affecting the health and social advance
ment Of the people rather than the physi-
cal development Of the capital. and 1t
may be that they Will consider the wharf
system properly negligible for the pres
ent Yet they may recommend an APP
preparation fer survey. to lay the foun-
dalton for future work in the way Of
waterfront development. II the finances
of the District are put upon an equi-
table basis there will be no need OF long
delay in undertaking this and other prof.
cots of permanent Improvement. whereas
II the District is compelled to continue
to pay on a virtually cash basis for all
tn large permanent betterments many
Of the most deserving and urgent needs
must necessarily wait their turn for per-
haps a good many years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

The action OF Secretary Lane in
ordering the exclusion for thirty days
from the patent Office OF q man who
scratched a match in the crowded nles
room OF that bureau conspicuously calls
attention to the danger that Is In
yolved continually in the careless use
Of matches by smokers. Many of the
largest and most destructive fires are
caused by just such simple acts OF
"Reminiscences. Had the match in this
case broken and the flaming head
flown among the papers loss would
probably have been occasioned not to
be computed in terms Of dollars, a loss
felt by the entire industrial world.
That is one source OF danger. Another
is the heedlessness with which matches
are tossed away after they have served
their purpose in lighting pipe. cigar or
cigarette. Comparatively few people
blow them out and hold the charred
sticks until they are surely dead" The
usual custom Is to flip them back and
forth two or three times and then let
them fall where they will. They fall
sometimes into waste baskets and again
into trash or through gratings into cell
lars where inflammable materials are
stored. A lighted match retains its fire
long enough to do the worst OF dam
age If 1t meets kindling material. such
as is to be found on every hand. The
same carelessness is displayed by the
smokers Of continuous performance"
cigarettes. which persist in burning
until practically all the tobacco is con-
sumed. These stumps. tossed into light
waste, cause numerous costly fires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
New York.

Gov. Giynn repeats his announcement
that under no circumstances will he be q
candidate for q full term In his office.
His ambition is to serve well under the
difficult circumstances attending his pro-
motion. and to do that no realises thu,
personal ambition must not enter into the
equation.
He is right His task IL one Of excep-
uonal Importance to the state, to his
party. and to himself and. competent as
he has shown himself TO be IN other
posts of responsibility. 1t win tax his
powers to the utmost.
The mayoralty campaign produced q
situation not only complex. but revolt.
ing. Charges Of corruption In ONCE. city
and state. were hurled right and left, and
many names were mentioned.
The campaign In over. but the charges
remain. and q sound policy demands tina,
they be probed to the bottom. Such q,
are false will fall. Such a are true will
stand. and all who are implicated, in
office or out, should he held TO account
Gov. Glynn. has promised all the assist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
Reclamation
Controller

From the Bridgeport Post.
The old Tammany Tiger looks as II II
had the mango.
From the Newark Star.
4 suffraeist sign of the times is the
Philadelphia Records picture of Mr.. and
Mrs. Mitchell with the caption me
Elected Rulers Of Greater New York"
From the indianapolis News.
1t takes the shrewdness OF a Murphy
to explain the result comprehensively. yet
tersely. Said the Tammany leader: Tine
result speaks for ittelf. Mr.. Mitchell has
been elected by q majority OF the voters.
From the Boston Traveller.
Congratulations to the prohibitionist.
socialist and socialist-labor candidates for
governor They didn't claim anything.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
Politically speaking, Massachusetts
might appropriately be called the mixed
pickles. state.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Mccall made the mistake of thinking he
could temper justice with Murphy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09
ECHOES OF The ELECTION.

From the Brooklyn Times.
In apportioning credit for the result. do
not forget the detectagraph
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Human nature is SO pathetically hopeful
and truStinGs that every time Tammany
happens to get a good licking a number
of prominent optimists rise and smilingly
announce that this issue IL now disposed
OF once and for all.
From the Columbia State.
1t is pleasant that Massachusetts, has
elected q democrat to be governor whose
democracy Is guaranteed not to fade dur
ing his term.
From the Portland Press.
We trust that candidate Sulzer knows
just what became Of his most recent cam
paign fund.
From the Boston Advertiser.
It il difficult to see how the President
can fail to be delighted at the results
Of the election In Q good many states.
He does not know how these things hap
pened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

The volturno disaster and many other
recent ship fires which have not bulked
so large in the annals Of tragedy show
that while marine architects have been
busy In the way OF constructing q prac-
tically unsinkabie ship. they have not
progressed to the end In the production
Of q fifeproof ship. Until the latest great
sea tragedy. which. but for the marvel OF
the wireless and for human. courage
might have been one of the seas greatest
tragedies, the memory of the fire. on the
Imperator was still fresh In the pubic
mind. There was a ship which Is the
worlds greatest In size and some other
ways. but which was found not 20 Dc n'e-
proof. Two million gallons OF water were
pumped into one OF her holds before the
flames were auenched, and this fre-ngnt-
ing was done principally with the land
apparatus OF the Hoboken fire department
and a New York hreboat.
The list Of ships destroyed by fire is
LONGER one than casual readers Of news
papers think For an example. take the
list Of 1912 and that for the fifst half Of
1919. In the former year the British
ships Spoudilus, Consuls and Zinnia were
burned 1t sea and the British ships Flor
ida, Trinida dian. winnetoba and Dun
holme were burned IN port. The Amer
lean steamship Sydney c. McLouth was
burned In the great lakes. the American
steamship John I. Brady was burned in
the Mississippi liver and the American
steamship Perdita was burned in port.
In 1912 the Norwegian steamships Axel.
Lofoten and Raftsund were burned in
port. the Brazilian steamer Fasundis
varslia. the Russian steamships Kuller-
vo and Lali and the French steamship
Hispania were burned at sea. The Texas.
a steamship carrying the Turkish mas.
and the Snorre. Norwegian Steamship.
were sunk by explosions. In the first
half Of 1913 tho Norwegian steamship
Frost was burned In the North sea, the
American steamship Charles Nelson was
burned In port. the British steamship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

sncs IN his power to the inquisitofs. He
wants everything cleared up. II thieves
have, broken through ana STOLEN public
funds no wants them appfehended and
punished; and II steps are necessary 10
prevent repetition OF the cfimes he
wants the steps taken.
In work Of this kind q public 0dlcial
takes chances of injury In circles affected
by exposure and prosecutions II the
thieves have been powerful. and their
friends are still 90. there usually follow
threats Of .reprisai at the polls, and
other threats.
Gov. Glynn understands all this. He
has been in politics q long time. and
knows human nature under political
pressure. so. to make himself strong
for the emergency. he puts his political
future out Of the account. He Will do
the duty at hand thoroughly, and let the
future take caro- Of itself.
He can we'll afford to do that. And
the future IL not likely to disappoint
him. II by cleaning up the mess at
Albany made In his party's name he
assists In bringing about a change of
parties there next year. he will still
reap the reward OF recording himself
among those who have served the state
well. II by such Q performance he puts
new life along with good character into
his party. the democracy may not suffer
the extreme penalty; and II II does not
who win deserve so well Of 1t as the
governor? .-,-.e p2-s'
In. declaring that he viii not be q
candidate to succeed himself Gov. Glynn
does not. because he cou1d not, remove
himself from the calculation. II his
party should call upon him for continued
leadership because Of success in ONCE
he would have to obey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-09

II II costs $4,000 q year in Chicago
alone to correct and interpret the bad
addressing on mail matter handled at
that ONCE, az an ofIlcial report states.
the total amount OF loss to the govern
ment through the carelessness OF postal
patrons throughout the country must
reach . figure well beyond the million
mark. This 10 . waste Of money. and
furthermore q waste that reacts upon the
public For II this item could be elimi-
mated 1t 10 possible that the saving might
be turneu to the peoples benefit in =
reduction of rates. The greater part OF
the trouble with which the postal officials
have to contend in the matter Of inade-
uuate addressing is due to carelessness
handwriting. Undoubtedly thcre is q
high degree Of confidence on the part OF
the postal users in the ability Of the mail
clerks to decipher addresses. and this
leads to indifference. Again, there are some
people who take particular delight In
propounding postal pushes. writing
freak addresses. cryptograns. veritable
ciphers. An astonishing percentage Of
these oddities are solved and the matter
SO addressed is safely delivered. But
all this takes time, and the malls are de-
iayed and the total expense Of postal adj
ministration Is increased in consequence.
1t is a simple matter to address a letter
correctly and plainly. and 1t only takes
q little extra pains to mark the letter
or package with the name and address
of the sender. The Post Once Is enter
prising In warning all mall users to
Identify themselves for their own protec-
ton, but the admonition Is needed In
only = small percentage OF cases. Now
that the parcel post has been established
and is increasingly employed by the. peo-
pie. the need Of care IN marking Packages
Is greater than ever. for the malls ave
congested and every item of delay checks
the movement. Perhaps II the govern
nent were not quite SO conscientious and
enterprising in undertaking to dectphef
freaks and to deliver obscurely addressed
mail matter there would be an increase
OF carefuIness on the part Of the patrons
Of the post. many Of whom now seem Il
think that almost any scrawi on an en-
velope or wrapper will serve To carry the
letter or packet safely to its destination