The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-03
WILSON, TABOOEs
SOCIAL GAYET|ES
Attributes Recent Illness to Cold
Contracted During Congress
sional Reception.
pr Ernes. G. walker.

Iallment Of OHitlaf gayeIlcS IN auHllnts
tration circles next year. II Is well
understood that the President caught
his'ic6ld at a idraft during a recent
congressional reception. lie eliminated
New Years receptions, II will be re.
memt cred, and hiss followed the preec.
dents az bis Office, which President
Roosevelt slightly and President Taft
quite generally disreearded, that the
occupant Of the White House should
not attend social functions elsewhere,
except the eahinet dinners.
Even with this the social strain uyon
officials this winter has been very gr at,
aud Il has worn out even stronger men
physically than the President. Whit
ever else may be sail, there Is very
eopsfient pms attention to official duties
in high Places under this. ADMINISTERS,
ton The President aud members Of
HIS cal ifet iiaSs over as littls important
work rs poYsible 10 suborl'nates. The
result is they are tied 20 their desks
long hours For years there has been
o conviction that the President and
members Of his cabinet should be re-
lievea from certain official formal ties,
as these are undoubtedly a tax nl,on
human energy and dotrsct from o1o's
vigor IN attending to ppblie Duties,
Elan More. Social Reforms.
President Wilson Is drmly convinced
Of THIS, and he aud Mrs. Wilson iptend
next sermon 10 il augr t. fur her s1rial
reforms rs far as high ofiicials Of the
cabinet are concerned. Probably the
cabinet dinners must 90. All in all
they are senselt ss, and the persons cou.
cerneh would ooncrally be glad to zee
them abolished.
Every time Pre- idert Wi son takes n
cold dolrful ruinors eircullte IN Wash.
ington and out into the country re.
gurding his health. He is suseep.irle
to colds, AID because Of The oneroils
dutirs Of his Office membnrs OF his
fauily ere more OF lees s9iicitous abopt
his abilitytto keep ~, l3llt, s,atemen's
20 the contrary notwithstanding, TIE
Presidents general health Il good
Possibly there Is too much doctoring
in his case A high official remarked
the other day that IL they did not ston
taking the President = pulse every few
minutes and putting him to bed when.
ever he showed slight indisnosition.
they would get him sick by and bye.
Or. Gary Grayson, the Presidens q ma
val aide and physician, feels his ~
sPonsibility for the PRESIDENT health
and whenever there is cold he adopts
drastic measures TO cure ii. The Pres
ident is q traetnble patient. He insist.
al n ~ IL. m A IL
when he had, the grippe, and acted CON
then he has done as Doctor Grayson
presented When told TO 40 to bed he
mas obeyedL The Washington weather.
especially during the first year Of one q
residence here, IL very irving. The
changes IN temperature az Washington
are very sudden. The city IL ON tho
border line between the cold weather
OF the northern States and the sunny
south, IL is often summers day iirI
Jahuary, as has happened this year, and
within twenty-four hours as cold as in
North Dakota ..'..-'e5.
In generai the winter has been
very open one. There was no fail az
snow till February 10, but the coll
wave then was attended by much sick
ness in official circles, due in no small
part to the fact that so many of these
officials have come here in recent
months and have not yet beeonie fully
aeellmated Grippe and kindred forms
oI Illness have been very prevalent.
The cold wave and the snow came when
mere has been long period of govern
menlal activity and also when many
PEOPLE had also been "going il hafdpI
ina social way. Accordingly ANY
were all worn out, from having been
busy night and day. =,
Senator Bacon's Loss Is Felt.
The mortality rate in congress, oom.
posed Of nearly 900 men, has been
quite high this winter. Two members
OF the House have died in recent
weeks and on this comes the death az
Senator A. o. Bacon, of Georgia. The
late senator was a man who could NOT
well be spared at this time. He was
q man OF large ability who had made
2 distinct place in the senate. OF long
service there, he had much valuable
experience, especiaiiy on the very i'm
portant Foreign Relations Committee,
OF which he was chairman. At this
time the Foreign Relations Committee
has much business Of delicaey to trans
act, including ratification Of arbitra,
ton treaties and adjustment of other
matters in our foreign relations. Sen.
ator Bacon and Senator Lodge, of
Massaehusetts, have long been the
best informed men in the senate on
diplomatic matters That is almost
career in itself. There are many pre-.
esdents and many matters Of inteTna-
tional law TO keep in mind Few pub
he men give any study TO such ques.
tions and there is always danger that
upinformed men viii come into prom.
ipence on these committees aud sup.
port policies which will bring the gov
ernmeBt embarrassment. #.ta
There is no senator on the Demo
cratic side to FIJI the vacancy. Sen,
ator Stone, Of Missouri, who, il might
be added, has also been III with grip
mis- winter, will become chairman Of
foreign relations, but he is distinctly
politician without the peculiar qualif,
cation for the chairmanship which
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