Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11


utes to. hear lecture. The moving pic
ture machine has apparently come to
stay as part of the teaching equipment
of schools, and a number of educators
say that the scope of its uses to help
children to learn will continue to broaden
for many years.
Typhoid and other dangerous diseases
whose. infection is spread by contanl-
mated water used
Disease Infected for drinking and
Water on Ships. ON nassenger-car-
rying vessels have been the subjects of
special investigation which has just been
completed by representatives of the
United States public health service. This
Investigation has been confined to the
steamship lines. which carry hundreds OF
thousands of passengers on excursions
and in the regular traffic over the great
lakes each year. but the Information
which will be developed on the need OF
better ship sanitation is expected to APP
ply almost equally well to vessels on
inland lakes and rivers. in all parts Oh
the country.
Just how many cases of typhoid may
be traced to- infection received oy per,
sons travelling on insanltary river anu
lake boats. cannot be determined, put Tor
a long time public health authorities nave
believed that the number is consaoeraoie:
During the past. ten or hfteen years ms q,
of the cities of the country nave ouiil NJ
tration. plants. or taken other steps ~
nrotect the water supply and lessen the
danger from typhoid. but few OF the
steamship companies have taken .he
same kindof precautions to protect the
health of sthe many thousands OF inhapi-
tants of the cities who. traVel III .he
companies. boats. A.
The outbreaks of typhoid following the
excursion of large number Of New Eng
land people to attend the Perry celeofa-
ton on Lake Erie last fall was the oireel
cause of the public health service start
ing the investigation which has Just p oesa
completed. Senator Pomerene of ONO
was the first to urge thorough lnVesti.
cation into the causes of the frequent
outbreaks of typhoid following large eA-
cursions on the great lakes. surgeon
General Rupert Blue detailed Dr. Hus
de Valin to take charge of the lnvestlsa-
ton. and the health officer has just re-
turned to Washington to write MS report.
While it is impossible to anticipate JUST
what will be DIR. de ValIn's conclusloils
| as to the causes, it is safe 10 Preo -
| that he will recommend greater care IN
| orotectine the water supply of all IN
! land passenger carrying ships, especial
| ly the lines on the great lakes. lhese
ships pump their water used ior driihiis
| and cooking purposes directly from tne
| lakes. The intake pipes are on the Dot
| tom of the vessels and at the present
| time little care is taken to guard against
| infection carried by polluted water. Some
| of the ships take on water carelesslS'
| and it has been found that at times the
| pumps have been started while the ship
I was in or near a harbor wherein 1t was
| known that sewer pollution was present.
i To guard thoroughly against all danger
! of infection from contaminated water, II
| is expected that the government lnNesu-
gators will recommend the dlstIliatlon
| of all water used for drinking cooking
and washing purposes on board a ship.
| Increased attention to the health of the
! crews of the ships will also be recon-
I mended \ number of the typhoid cases
! traced to a meat cook on one of the ships
| who had recovered from typhoid but
! VINO still gave off the germs, being what
/ is known to the medical profession as
| typhoid carrier.
| Better provision for protection against
| flies. for sewage disposal and for gen
/ eral sanitation of the ship will also be
recommended by the government health
| officers who believe that ships pas
| sengers should be Just as secure from in
| lection on a ship persons are i'll any
! of the progressive cities which are spend
| ing millions for the protection OF the
water supply and for sanitation.
l.
!: !:
David Fairchild. who is in charge of
the governments work in plant intro
duction and DR.. d. N.
Chinese Shoemaker. horticultural
expert III the bureau Of
0aoDdse. plant industry, have grown
this year on experimental plots near
Washington a crop of the new Chlnese
odorless cabbage, which has been intro
duced into the United States from the
shantung province of China The odor-
less cabbage, which is rated as great
delicacy by those who have tasted it.
was to have been used as one of the
features of the menu in This years an
nual banquet of the National Geograph-
ical Society, which was originally planned
to be held in Washington the latter
part of this month. Ofhcers OF
this society, however, find it neces-
sary to postpone the annual dinner
until February. 1t will not be possible
to keep the Chinese cabbage SO long a
: time, and owing to this fact those VINO
attend the dinner will not be able to
sample the new immigrant vegetable, as
they were allowed to sample the potato
like dasheen two years ago and the
Chinese jujube fruits last year.
The odorless cabbage, which was dis
covered in China by the plant explorers
of the United States Department OF Asr1-
culture and with which Mr. Fairchild
and DR. Shoemaker have carried on per-
sonal experiments i'll Washington, not
only lacks the cabbage understanding
which the average housewife will find
il hard to believe it has the add
tional advantage over the. domestic va
rieties of cabbage of being very rapid
| grower In shape the Chinese cabbage
| is different from the domestic varieties
which are common in the United States
| in being long and narrow. 1t is also
| cultivated under a different method Inc
seeds of the common cabbage are planted
in the early spring in hotbed or cold
frame, and the young plants are set out
when there is no further danger from
frost The seeds of the new Chinese cab
bage however, are planted during the
first week of August in the open ground
and they head up in the early winter.
The vegetable is adaptable to practically
all sections of the country where DO
nestle cabbage will grow and where
the soil is rich enough SO that the
growth of the plant may be forced.
The government experts who have eX-
perimented carefully with the new plant
say that it has wonderful possibilities.
In the opinion of many of the cooks or
this country nothing but the odor of cab
bage when cooking has worked against
the popularity of this nutritious green
vegetable. The Chinese cabbage is with
out odor when the outside green leaves
are removed 1t must be grown near
markets, because it does not have the
same keeping qualities and will not ship
as well as the domestic varieties of cab