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Telephone Madison Square 522. Washington Office 31 Wyatt building. "No Barnacles and No Scoundrels What a squeaking and Hvuttering has been caused by Peter llartzen's policy of having "no barnacles and no scoundrels'" iu the service! The alarm was not loud nt first, but it was intense and well-founded. How much so is demonstrated by the squalls nil hnu that Are now Ht'COLiman ir ami st ren uous efforts to make pooti his pleuire. -hosc are not spent within the loop often wonder who are tlie grafters in public oflice nnd the fatteuers on corruption in public life.

We point out to them that they now hive a tine opportunity of acquiring authentic information at first hand. Whenever a leech is cut loose from a drainage board job whenever a barnacle is scraped off the election commission olTiee -wheurver a grafter is kicked out of a county board place let them listen to the shouts of pain that rise up from the pa ires of the "uplift" press and are echoed from its perverted news columns and its inspired editorials. I Let tliem observe where the separation of the scoundrels from "the stuff" and the of the barnacles from "the boodle" is most deeply and ferociously resented. Then they will see- then they will learn then they will know- who are the real lciieticin rie of the barnacles that toil not but merely and of the grafters that grab bit: will not ir. Then they will see.

learn ami kn.w how leeches nuck not for tlx melve-. alone, and how thoroughly nonpar! isa is gra ft. This noiipurtisiinshij; is most beautifully exhibited in the unanimous fer- vo, vtnii mt-ii i nt condemns tlie euorts oi ikmmi jm rrirr i l'artzen to kick out the grafters of the county institutions and to scrape the from the county crib. "io scoundrels pimI no barnacles!" That is a good platform to run on, but a belter me. to stand on.

and Good Olu Peter is stiui)ing on it right Along. The Health of Chicago and the United States. The report of the health department for lt10 s.iows that Chicago as a health resort has dropped from second place in p. 1908 to sixth place among cities of 000 or more inhabitants. Our present death rate is 15.2 to every 1.000 inhab-' itants.

Assistant Health Commissioner Drake says: A study of the tabulated death returns shows that 15,000, or nearly half the deaths, were from preventable diseases Pneumonia, the captain of death." leads with S.T33 victims to its credit; tuberculosa racks second with 3.S25. and the acute gastro-intestinal diseases hold third position, 3,110 of tbe last named affection being children under 2 years of age. Other preventable diseases killed as follows: Diphtheria. 840: scarlet fever, 363; typhoid fevtr. 303; whooping cough, 175.

and measles. 175. It may le that pneumonia is properly eases, but one of two things i.s certain: Either people are becoming more careless about contracting it or the modern method of treatment commonly ca lied the cold air cure is too heroic; for the death rate from pneuruouia has steadily 'increased in recent years. Under the modern raiment for pneumonia a pa-7 tient cither gets well in a hurry or there is a funeral. Perhaps to no disease more than pneu- naonia docs the old adage apply that nrprpntinn wnnn a pound of cure," because it may be guard-; ed against more easily than any other prcventablc" disease.

It causes at 90,000 deaths in this country an-nuallv. which is eauivalent to wipinir out Vs. the total population of a city the size of -Wilmington. Del. is the only disease hich causes more deaths than pneumonia in the' United States.

Preventive methods are causing a decrease in the death rate but throughout the country. Marked progress has also been made in reducing the mortality from diphtheria, typhoid fever, scarlet fever and other communi- cable diseases. All that has been accomplished, only emphasizes the necessity for preventing disease whenever possible. President Ta ft said recently: "I hope to live to ee the time when the increased in the public health service federal, state and municipal will show i a ii ru ii reuueeu aeatn rate. After an exhaustive investigation of the subject the president of one of the big-Eastern insurance companies says: r- "At the present death rate, from preventable cause over 6,000,000 American lives will be needlessly destroyed dur-' Ing the next ten years.

Professor Irving Fisher of Yale re- i 1 I I I duces the facts to this financial basis: If we appraise each life lost at only $1,700. and each man's sverage earnings for the year at only $700, the economic gala to be obtained from preventing fiostponable disease, messnred In tars, exceeds $1,600 ,000 annually. No idea could be more erroneous than that this country is growing unhealthier and that sickness and death consequently are increasing. Our national death rate has steadily declined since 18.S0, with the exception of 1890, when for a-variety of causes it jumped to 203 per 1,000 Inhabitants. Today the7 rate is 15 per 1.000 for the whole country.

The death-rate in Chicago for 1010 is normal, therefore, despite the fact that it is larger than in 1909. When we all do everything in our power to prevent disease the death rate will be cut in half. To do hat would mean more than words could tell. Who Is Progressive Who Retrogressive Here is a pamgrsph from an article in the North American Keview by Associate Justice Lurton of the United States Supreme court which should be resM and pondered by every citi.en who would penetrate to the core of the question of questions now before the American people: The forces which from opposite poles are endeavoring to break down the restraint which safeguard us assaintt the despotic power of an un-outrollable legislative or executive power are not the progressive bi.t tlt retrogressive elements of our xu'or'e The luiirhlicst advance against despotism was made when our father devi-el pr.I put imo opna-tion a government or iaw for a ovrn-ment of men. bet us consider.

(In nil sides we hear demands for the abolition of party governmentthe. only system under which a liberal constitutional democracy has ever been able to transact its own business. What would be the logical, necessary consequence of the triumph of such an idea The answer is written on the most lurid pages of history. In the midst of tin reprcncn tn i ve democratic rule there ever comes the despot, the strong man who "supposed nbi.dv tin- people's ideal and to himself of protectm-: Ilieai aul it. 1 the dul No matter hl "Is raci iiuuie is, his clta raei er is au I ci' lacy.

Again: Of recent u-iirs impatience (with constitutional restraint, the de- maud for the interpretation ot t'on- st it ution to suit he supposed vsig'-ucies of sonic man of the nveived sanction in th highest pl-n-i- in a'lthe land. free play, what le that mean? Whither ould it lead us Xothing could be jilaiucr. To establish either tlirect or "interpretative," of the Constitution a prin- ciple of government wouhl mean the abolition of that instrument, the shat- ering of the iKilance wheel of this gov ernment, the practical destruction of guarantees of the individual citizen. anil the fontering of exeeutie or legis-I lat ive tyra utiy. Furthermore, suggestions for the adoption of measures which embody the i warmed-over ideas of Prussian state socialism arc thick as autumn leaves, by the Koosevelt-I-a Kidlette-i Ueveridge type of statesmen.

Where would their application to the practical affairs of this nation land us? The question answers itself. It would inevitably create that bureaucratic, administrative despotism which is, iu many respects, suited to the monarchical needs of the governments under which it now flourishes, but which is i .1 1 nnsoiuieij oppoxeu 10 me principles free government and the ideas of indi-j victual liberty which are still the corner stone of thi Kcpublic. We need go no further with the list of ideas which are put forward with noise aud tumult on all sides as "pro- gressive." These are the principal ones. nd these carry their own condemnation. The most superficial analysts suffices to show that they lead nut toward the living future but toward the deal! and blood stuined past, that they are not progressive but retrogressive mediaeval in the sense of the term.

If these ideas, which are the ammunition of the forces that are trying to break down the constitutional safeguards under which we have grown and prospered, are progressive, then benevolent despotism, a lack of individual guarantees, a government by bureaucracy, are the bright and shining goals toward which democracy should struggle! And yet we have men who have the unparalleled effrontery to stand up and call themselves the progressives of the 'country while advocating measures which would halt this mighty nut ion in its political development aud set its face toward the past. Men who would surrender what lias been bought with blood and toil and sacrifice lor the very tilings against which he age-long struggle of real liberty has been waged! Progressives! The truth is, as Mr. Justice burton puts it, that the mightiest progress was made when the people decided to set bounds to their own impulses, to insure themselves and their representatives time for due deliberation, to set up, in a word, a government of law and order as against a government of men. When we consider the individual, alone and in association, and take note of the frailties of human nature, particularly its wish to satisfy its everj- craving at once, that magnificent example of austere willingness to bind themselves for their own good which was given by the people in adopting the American Constitution seems half incredible. Yet they did it.

And it is not for us to fall away from that high standard into the wallows of demagogism, personal government and despotism. Real Help for the Unfortunate. The Chicago Woman's club has now come to the same point in its work for the adult blind as it has in the past with a number of other civic activities the place where the work has grown to such proportions that the club feels that the state should take it up and carry it on. The Woman's club, through a committee of which Mrs, P. E.

Nellis is chair man, undertook the home teaching of the adult blind in the spring of 1906. Instruction has been given in the reading nnd writing of the American Uraille and Moon ype, shorthand and typewriting; the making of baskets, mats and hammocks, and bead work and loom weaving. Over 200 blind people have been taught and about ninety have been graduated. Some of the pupils who were dependent and despondent have become self-supporting and contented. In short, the work has grown so that it already requires more money than the club women have at their disposal, to say nothing of the large possibilities in sight.

The club women therefore feel that the time has come for the state of Illinois to take 'up the work and do it full justice, as many of the neighboring states are doing. With this purpose in view, they have caused to be drafted a bill, to be intro- I I I TITE INTER OCEAN, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, duced in the Legislature, providing for a commission to improve the "condition of the adult blind in their homes. The bill provides that the commission shall promote visits to the adult blind in their homes for thefuirpose of instruction and aiding them in finding employment and developing home industries. Th. commission may furnish material and tools, assist in marketing products and ameliorate conditions iu uny.

way it sees fit, provided it does not undertake the permanent support or maintenance of any blind person. The commission is to consist of five members, who are to receive no compensation. There are provisions for full iiuauciul accounting to Ihc Governor, and tin appropriation of $10,000 anually for the expenses of the work under direction of the commission. Tliis newspaper does not approve the general principle of government by commission, but here seems to be a case where a large amount of good ran be done very small expense. Certainly it would be a pity for 1 he state of Illinois to fail to come the rescue of such a good work well begun.

Wc suggest that this bill lie passed and that the women who have brought tilt- movement to its present proportions be git en adequate representation on the commission. No More Babies in 2015? Professor alter b. Wilcox of Cornell university declared in an address before the American Home Kootiomio as socia- at rt. Louis that there would be no more b-jbies iu the United States by the year SO 1 5. He reached this conclusion, (a-, a ma iter of course, from a consiciera-j tiru of the declining birth rate.

It vcrtaiiily is astonishing how the f.i-hi..:is in sea res h1mui population in the eours-e of Once Mr. had everybody afraid that the -hitman raee wunld increase to such an a "iiorm-il extent that there couldn't possibly be eniuiifh food to feed them. And now i- are called on to bemoan iu, iiineiil probabiUty tha: the will presently be greatly ii in i iied that it will require herculean enough people l-t eat all in- food that is produeed and to stand a -o'i rid in 11 lli.ieii I um hers to give the w. rid cu'ii a ha If-popuiated appearance. llinfMT, there is no denying that it 'i an a i picture which Professor Walter L.

Wilcox draws on the assunip-jtMjti that there will be a continuous in births until the vanishing point reacheti. Uut it is really not half so biid a the one l.e cou Id ha drawn, bad he inclined to utilize a logic in oilier directions. For iustunce-. we atk the reader to prepare to take this as calmly as he can, bc itiise tioihinir is to be gained by re-I voiiiny agaii.sta reasonable conclusion nislaiice, there can be no question ha if the tota 1 heat crop of his coun try shows the same percentage of falling off ev ery ea or a hundred years or so that showed this season, the time uiil "rrne- when we will not be un- able tdhow a siiisrle sonV of the cereal 1 3 t.out, i.i.i vi actually be pro- a btlliou-sl minus w'Oeat crop of -several We go even further than that we un ingly declare -that if the falling I in the number of Kenublicatu in the I'niteci State keeps on at the rate shown at the election, it will I'-e only a short time before there will ot- a sinsfle left in the entire country. Let us look the in the face! If annual percerctajje of suicides take to increasing in geometrical progression for any reason, it will not be more, than a few hundred years before everybody iu this country vviil be dead by his own hand! 4 We aJk the pardon of the reader for such grewsome conclusions.

But truth beiore all things! And encour-n'eil by a firm devotion to this princi-p and the precedent set by Professor Wilcox, we feel even the strength to go yet further and announce our full conviction that if the thermometer should drop for the next few years at the rate that it has recently dropped in this town, the time will come when ice will feel comparatively arm, if there is anybody left to feel it. The only hope we can see in the whole direful situation is the fact that people and things seldom go to these awful extremees. They even halt and turn ubout in the opposite direction when least expected. That is a slender hope, it is true. Hut it carried us safely past Malthus and it may even enable us to get p.ist 'Professor Wilcox.

Still there is no denying that any or all the-se awful things will certainly happen if the conditions nec-essary for their happening are by any chance present as realities instead of mere assumptions. Where Greatness Shrivels. Commander Peary found himself last Friday in the most embarrassing position in which greatness can possibly land: explaining who he was to a strange waiter and how it was that he happened to be without five cents to pay for a cup of coffee. Commander Peary's tale was a perfectly truthful one. We will say that for him at the outset He was completing his test ride and dropped into the little restaurant for the stimulant.

Unfortunately before starting out he had neglected to put any money into his riding clothes. All of which he told the waiter. And how did tbe waiter receive the simple announcement of who the customer was and the entirely logical explanation of how he happened to be wit-bout a cent? Exactly as such explanations are generally received. At Commander Peary's disclosure of his identity, he remained quite cold and ut. impressed.

He eveo flippantly replied that he himself was "Doc" Cook. He added, not without a suggestion of menace, that he would like for the Commander to come across with the money without delay. It is always so. A man may be so obviously great that strangers take off their hats to bim on the street, that listening senates crowd to hear him, that even his wife regards hjm as something more than a mere man. He may even bear the stamp of distinction so legibly upon his face and fcrin and every movement hat strange bankers lend him money without collateral, diplomats hasten to invite him to dinner, and women go wild about him at first sight.

To go further, he may be so undeniably and openly that the mo-mtnt he strikes town a torchlight pro- cession is organized in his honor, the wires of leading Kiaens fall but ia stress of competition him, end newspapers cannot refrain from discussing him as a presidential candidate. But the moment this fortunate man finds himself in a cheap restaurant or on a street car or In some other place tvfthout a nickel to pay for the service rendered, and baa to confess his situation, that moment he falls from hisped-estal of greatness with the proverbial thud. That is where greatness shrivels! Confronting a conductor, for instance, with the explanation tha-the is the great o-and -so and that he will give him the nickel next time he sees him, the great ji.au feels his top hatsbrink till it is no jucre than a disreputable "dicer" and his frock coat lose Its inipre-ssireness with disconcerting rapidity. Under the cold, incredulous glance of the minion who cannot possibly assoc ate greatness with the lack of live cents, the sense of genuine importance sinks to a feeling ot conscious guilt and a wild desire to escape, while the Jovelike front harbors a furtive, half-appenling look. Id other words, greatness has collapsed.

It has simply met Hs Waterloo. Such being the case, we bold it no derogation of Commander Peary's fame that he was unable to "stand off" the range waiter and hadto leave his overcoat in pawn until he could go out and i.i:d the nickel needed to discharge his indebtedness. The cha ncea are that Xa-poieon Mould hare done no better under the same circumstances. Jamaica imported the mongoose to Jo I lotf the rats that infested the island. Having done its work, the mongoose killed off the birds that nest on the ground and also the insect-eating lizards.

Jamaica has vainly spent many thousands of dollars trying to the mongoose, and now the De-pa rthient of Agriculture is worried lest the animal get foothold here. Mrs. Iaura Riehl of Washington, D. C. las sued a hotel proprietor in Cleveland for damages for sending her trunks astray.

One item reads: "For time lost from honeymoon, several days, $50." Wc suspect that the hotel man will let that item unchallenged. STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE. Ia Defease of folaslexter. Jobs Dwigtt. Republican ship of the House.

on his ajr from a wobbly district la New York, of which he Is a resident, to Washington tor ths opening of Congress. Ia the smoking compartment in tbe train bo met a group of Washington correspoadents. After mournfully relating the slaughter among the regulars at ths recent election, the correspondents turned their attention to the success of the insurgents. "You newspaper men," said Mr. Osight, "are doing a terrible injustice to one insurgent in tne House.

1 refer to Miles Poin- limlar whn hm flltt Km states' Senator ia Washington on an icsur- platform. oinaexter nas been accuteo. oi neing an extreme radical I hive eveo heard it charge that he was a Tennessee Democrat before be went to Washington and discovered that Tennessee Democracy was nothing more or less than Northwestern Republican, insurgency. A Democrat has no chance out in the country which I'oindexter adopted, so be became aa insurgent Republican and only changed th? name of htsjarty, retaining his principles. "To get bscltjto the injustice you fellows do Poindexter.

rte-Sss been accused of vot- ing einst regulars on all occasions. I protest against such a state-meat. It Is npttrwe. He has voted with the Republicans. I know because I heard htm.

and the record will bear mo out when I say that he voted with -ns Just He voted on that one occaslea to adjourn. "-Washington Times. i- -i Preeawtlosv I Pfi IvavBta; Detective "Billy Burns returned" the other day from a tonr through tbe country, in ths Interest of the Backers' association. He was profoundly impressed with the merits of western Pennsylvania as a place of residence. "Nothing like It a man that's inclined to be a bit low-spirited." said Mr.

Burns. "They don't take any cbanees with you there at all. Why. If you go into a store and ask for a bit of clothes-line, the storekeeper will open a big book.il 'What do yoif want this rope he asks. The old woman needs it to bang the wash 'And what's yjbur turner the storekeeper 'Herman Wilhelm Pfeifer.

says the storekeeper, closing the book. 'You can( ft do rope here without a Cincinnati Times-Star. As Pantors Often Are- YJrnrd. Albert W. Hebberd.

New York's charity expert, said at a' recent dinner: "The great danger of charity is its pauperizing effect. This effect muit be avoided, or tbe recipients will all become Jack Hanchrs. "Jack Hanch, ton the score of bad tealth, never worked, and the pastor of the Methodist church, a man whose heart sometimes outran his head, sent tbe Idler and his family weekly gifts of food and clothing supported the whole crew. In fact. "A church visitor, after listening to Jack's complaints one day, said: 'Yes, of course, you have had bad health, we know that: but one thing at least you ought to be thankful for.

and that is our pastor's kindness in sending you all this bread and meat and Jelly and blankets and so on. Don't you think it's good ot him to look after you so 'Good ot him?" said Jack, impatiently. Why, what's be for?" "New York Sun. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Vj Cmrtsesrle aad Peace.

To the Editor. Ucder the above caption in your issue of Dec. 30 I note sn expression of sentiment in fsvor of war and tbe building of "two or tbree Dreadnoughts," by Laurence Crllly. Mr. Carnegie's rift of $11,000,000 to tbe cause of "peace" does not seem to meet with tbe approval of Mr.

Crllly. Neither do I approve ot It. but my disapproval is not based upon the same objections. It has been well said that "Consistency Is rare Jewel." What greater act of inconsistency has the world ever witnessed than this millionaire's gift of Jll.00.000 to tbe cause of peaoe, every dollar ot which has been accumulated by manufacturing armor plate for battle-ships, and who will doubtless soon receive an equal or larger amount lp dividends upon his holdings In the concerns that are going right on manufacturing armor plate. If Mr.

Carnegie had severed his connection with all armor manufacturing concerns as a step in. ths direction ot the establishment of peace he would unquestionably have created not only greater enthusiasm in the cause throughout the world, but he could not have been mistrusted as to his motives, as he now necessarily most be. What, then, might possibly be Mr. Carnegie's motive? So far as the ordinary observer csn discover ths "peace conference" is promoted and controlled by-preachers and plutocrats. History shows that these two classes of men uphold and support each Now It has corns to pass that the "dope" of tbe preachers doesn't work.

The people are not so Interested in crowns aad harps as they' are In bread and butter or bread and beer, and It Is plain to be seen If the exploiters sre to be permitted to continue their exploiting tome new hypnotic spell must be contrived, and because- of ths great aad Increasing un rest among the people ths new "dope" must, of course, hold out a promise of some benefit here on earth. And lo! the "peace" idea was bom. Thus the preachers whose congregations had grown so smalt tbst'sUrvation stared them la ths lace ar now employed ta NOTES OF Grsce La Roe, who was first cast, for the rols of Henrietta la Troubadour." aew played st ths Grand opera-house by Miss Sophie Brandt, will appear In Felix Alblnt's next operetta to bars an American production. "The Barefoot Dancsr." Alblnl's "Baron Trenck" win begin F. C.

Whitney's tenancy ot tbe Waldorf theater, London, and will then be brought to New York. This Austro-Ualian melodist threatens to become another Frans Lenar. Miss Flsvia Arcaro, who will be seen here with Miss Lola laser shortly In on ot ths chief roles or "The Girl and the Kaiser," was one of the three principal women singers tn tbe original company prcsentlnc "The Chocolate Soldier" during IU long stay In New York 'pt season. Her voice is said to be of beauttf. tuallty and is heard to advantage In this -iUisite Hungarian score.

I "The Prince of PHsen" company, which cm- theater on Jan. are the following well-known players: "Jess" Dand-d; Vera Stanley, Walter Catlett, Dorothy Delmore. Lillian Lawsoo. Wallace Eeery. Edward Mora, Olive North.

Robert O'Connor, Frances Cameron, Ivor Anderson, Clarence Mackie aad many others. Tbe next piece of Felix Alblnl's composition to have a hearing tn English will be an operetta called "Baron Trenck." It was intended to make a New York production of this work, but plans are changed and it will be presented In London before Importation. The hero of "Baron Trenck" la a soldier of fortune a composite of D'Artag-can and Benedick, whose Idea of woman is that she is good enough to flirt with, but nothing more. He finally loses bis heart and is mocked at by the siren. She is engaged to an elderly plutocrat, but tbe dashing baron carries her off.

willy-nilly, and finally compels her to admit that she loves him. Before tbe winter ends, Alblnl's "The Barefoot Datcer" will be staged in New York, with Grace La Rue as star. That player, it will be remembered, was tbe original prima donna of "Madame Troubadour. W. L.

Abingdon, well remembered for his exceptional work as leading man with Mrs. Langtry. Amelie Bingham and other well-known stars, and long ranked as one of tbe best actors on the English stage, has been engaged for the part of Louis Floriot la "Madame Mr. Abingdon's portrayal ot the title part in "The Devil" company, three seasons ago. was marked by notable finesse.

fine subtlety and a deep sense of humor, bis work as a whole being declared by critics to be flawless. He is ideally suited to the Important par: assigned him In tbe "Madame company. Mr. Abingdon began in the Bisson drama at the Majestic theater. Boston, on Christmas day.

Among the announcements for early production is a new American light comedy entitled "Excuse Me." by RuDert Hurhea author of "The Bridge" and "Two Women I both of which won the highest critical praise I in New York. praise According to the Manchester Guardian William Poel, expert in "Elizabethan performances" of Shakespeare's plays In England, has to offer several suggestive opinions: "Mr. Poel believed that Shakespeare and Shaw were tbe most modern of their own age. Both had tremendous courage, and both always Insisted on the fact that thinking must be followed by action, talking by doing. But Shakespeare, the 'poet of was a favorite with the courtiers, for whom he created those heroines who.

when all is said, speak only as a man wants to hear women speak: Shaw's women, said Mr. Poel. like his men, are all for reality, and the romanticism bas given way to plain speech. Mr. Poel suggested that Shakespeare hated sentimentalists as much as does Mr.

Shaw, but, being an artist to bis flner tips, be bad more sympathy with it. Both men suffered front not being taken seriously by the leader of thought ia their own day, and both sounded the 'noble Shakespeare In tbe language of his own day, Mr. Shaw in tbe slang of ours." Playgoers la this city have a great interest in store next week wben Forbes-Robertson visits the Garrick iheater in that great play of modern life "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." Great Interest is being shown in tbe engagement, which is for a limited period, commencing Monday. Jan. 23.

In Detroit last night Margaret Anglin was scheduled to give ber first performance of the "peace movement" and are starting out to east tbe "spell" upon the people, and the plutocrats support the movement with contributions of millions. Can the "peace dope" be made sufficiently effective to deceive the people and distract their attention from the efforts of plutocrats to establish a world wide oligarchy of wealth and religion which can only be established through war and subjugation-? Tbe writer thinks not- In her bumble opinion the only way peace will be established will be by tbe common people refusing to fUht in order to open markets in foreign lands for goods that those who make tbem in this country cannot afford to buy out of their low wages and because of the high prices which prevail. HULDAH L. POTTER LOOMIS. Chicago, Dec.

31, 1910. Cnleasco'a Health Statistic. To the Editor. The health department of our city asks an increase in the next year's appropriation or almost $400,000 and cites as arguments Justifying such an increase the cost per capita in other cities to maintain their health departments: New York, 55 cents; Boston. 48: Washington.

46; New Orleans. 41H: Philadelphia. 26; Chicago. 20. It seems to me that that Is no argument, to point to some cities that sre extravagant or wasteful In administering tbe affairs of the people.

Why does not the department refer tn other cities whose mortality rate is lower than ours snd produce tbe figures to show tbe cost per capita? The good health of Chicago is not due alone to tbe health department, as It would wish to make us believe, but sometimes in spite of tbe department, as has been shown by tbe figures in the past. Circumstances have a whole lot to do with tbe health of any community. I herewith submit figures from the bureau of census 1910 mortality statistics showing the death rste for 1909: New York, IS; Boston. Washington. 19; New Orleans, tO; Philadelphia.

If: Chicago. 14.8. I believe that If any increase is to be made it Is tn keeping our streets and alleys clean and a good water supply, instead of wasting It in the health department, which of late bas become an adjunct of an advertising bureau for the benefit of the commissioner, who is seeking to become the head of the national health bnrean. J. A.

Chicago. Dec. 31. HOST GIVES A F1NETREAT. Gweata Esjor Delleaejr, Sal Daa't Waal Aay Mare.

Special Dispatch to Tbe Inter Ocean. COLUMBUS. Jan. 1. Roy W.

Emig. attorney, who Is something of a practical Joker, invited some friends to stay over night with bim at bis camp on White river, and be housed them under a tent and blankets. When morning came he raid be had something in tbe way ot a'trest snd presented them with fresh meat, which they decided was opossum. After breskfast was over snd they were complimenting Emignn bis ability ss host snd cook be told them the truth. Tbey had been eating fried skunk.

-The men insist that fried skunk Is excellent, hot they do not wish any. mora. I MUSIC AND In A I i the Mason-Fleming comedy, "Green Stockings." and In Toronto Lena Ashwell. assisted by Charles Waldron aad a strong American company, to begin her American tour ia C. M.

S. McLellan's Istest play. "Judith Zaralne." ERIC DEUMARTER. Ir.terntionl Song Recitil. There assembled st tbe Auditorium yester- nay aiternoos aa -u, during the whole season and the enthusiasm I was the greatest exhibited at anr afternoon concert tn Chicago Opera company, Affair of kind re near JJm that dviHe from the ...11,1 K.i ikla Han arAft AVnM- ed on tbe whole even though there were some contributions that would have been more appropriate to the latter.

As far as musical worth pure tnd simple is concerned the songs presented by Rosa Olitzka were incomparably tbe best and tbe rendition ot these masterpieces was fine. She sang "Aufenthalt" by Schubert. "Eln Schwan" by Grieg, Im Herbst anu nai and "Ea-nat die Rose slch beklagt" by Franx and "Das Maedchen nnd der by Dal- bert. The songs of Frans are usually more somber than those' of Schubert and the melo die outline is more severe: the accompaniments are worked out with greater detail, but even ths great Schubert has not written a melody of simpler and more intense beauty than this "Es bat die Rose slch beklagt." It was given with such tonal beauty that Mme. Olltxka had to repeat it; in addition she sang a Strauss song as an encore.

There is no denying that the vocal gifts nature has bestowed on Sig. Zerola are great. but unfortunately it ia Just as certain that he lacks that artistic sincerity that la wUling to sink the personality In the art work. It is always. Zerola who is exhibited for admiration.

He sang "Mattinata" by Leoncavallo somewhat In operatic vela but still well enough for a recital. "L'Anima hostaaca" by Cilea Is worthless; the "Mamms mis" he has perpretated befbre and that should have been enough. sempre Amor" by Fulvo is more nearly a folk song; it was his best. The "Chitacrata triste" is negligible. It would have been a grateful task to give some real Italian folk songs; for there certainly ECONOMIES IN CHEESE.

Illraad-Sew Proeeaa la Food Kvolatlaa the Cheapest Yet. Special Dinpatcli tn The Inft-r Orcan. HARRISBLRG. Jan. 2.

The first bulletin to be Issued from the state department of agriculture In the new year will relate to tbe manufacture and uses of cheese, wbicb, in view of tbe high cost of living, will attract attention, as it will contain data on tbe reduction of the expense of Insuring a proper supply of nutritious food for the family table. Tbe author of the bulletin Is tcos ti. Hess. one of Lancaster county's most successful farmers. He has devoted considerable at- tent Ion to manufacturing cheese from tbe by-products ot a dairy farm and now asserts that be can produce a cheese of excellent nutritive qualities at tbe low cost of Il.oO per 100 pounds.

The exact contents of tbe cheese bulletin, of course, are not yet known, and will not be made public until tbe document is issued, but It Is said that Mr. Hess' plan Is to save air the raselne from the dairy and make the cheese from that. This produces a cheese very rich in nitrogen st a very low cost. It is claimed for this cheese that it is as nourishing ss the best beet, hile the cost is about one-twentieth. It Is also claimed that tbe cheese is not hard to digest sod tbst prepared In various ways it will help to solve ttle problem of the cost ot living to a consld- erable degree.

FOOLS HIS HENS WITH SIGN. PssHrraaa Make Thesa Lar Paat-laa- rahe qaotatlea. Special Dispatch so Tbe Ii-r Orean. ELLENDALE, Jan. 2.

Carey Palmer, well known ass poultry raiser. Is responsible for the story of how he Is keeplna his hens laying during the winter. Palmer noticed that whenever errs assumed a high price his bens would stoo laying, and, after thinking the matter over, be determined that the price had a isyreat deal to do with tbe work of the hens. When eggs took their recent jump Palmer put up a large sign In his henhouse, reading: "Eggs, 10 cents a do sen." He declares that the sign has done the work and that, while eggs are bringing 48 cents a dosen. his hens are laying every day without aay hesitancy.

DIES DURING POKER GAME. Oklahasaaa Has Croayr Called Whea Tald Ks Is Hear. 8pectaJ Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. SHAWNEE. Jsn.

1 With death upon bun. Jos Shipley of this city plsyed his last game ot poker. Ho was HI of pneumonia and had been told that hs conld not get well. Instead of conventional preparations tor the end. Jos bad tbem call in an old crony with whom be often had played at poker and began a game.

Hs died aitUac as with tha cards ta his hands. DRAMA; ars many excellent ones. Sic. Zerola of coarse bad bis share of tbe apptaaae. Marguerlta Sylva sang la French "Penseea d'Antomme" by Massanet; after a lengthy recitative-like Introduction there follows a charming melody, of no great orudnaiity.

"Le Roses by Fa ore is well made: "Tu verras" by D'Evries Is a pretty, unpretentious cong. The "Air de Lh" from 'Enfant ht rvhiifiT Is vrr Id- showng tBe la ss than aBd commendation for re fusing to give an encore. John McCormack offered some Irish folksongs "Lagan Love Song." "Looking Back," "Lullaby" (these three arranged by Hamilton Hardy) and "Molly Bawa." by Samuel Lorer. Then he sang two encores. There Is peculiar cadence In the first three songs that is novel and charming novel to oar present scales.

Then there are some embellishments not usually found in folksongs. Added to this, poetry of simple deep feeling without, seemingly, of great literary pretensions which through the exceotlonaliv tjer enunciation of Mr. McCormack could fee understood by every one. It must be conceded that tbe songs by Schubert and Franz are musically more valuable they grew out of the German folksong but these were Just tbe things for an "international" song recitaL The applause was the mott hearty and continuous. Jeanne Korolewlcz sang "Znacx-li Ten Kraj." by Moniusxko; "Krakowiak." by Paderewski; "tiarearola." by Gall; "Gdy-bym Sie Zmiemil." by Niewladomskt.

and a "Mazurek" by Chopra, on which sh bad grafted some coloratura work certainly not in keeping with the character of a folksong. Of these songs the third and fourth were the best. Mme. Korolewici saag better than she has been heard so far, and her share oi recognition was commensurate with it. Miss Cavan sang "Charity." by J.

MacDer-mid; "Thy Beaming Eyes," by Mscduwell. one of the best things of the afternoon; a charming "Boatsong" by Harriet Ware, and "Will-o'-the-Wksp." by Cb. G. Spross. Miss Cavan combines with a charming personality a voice of warm sympathetic quality.

Her Fongs were accepted with evident satisfaction. ADOLF BRUXK. NEW ORDER OF NUNS. Ftrat toaveat mt Kls la America Will Opea Smb. Special Dirpatch to The Inter Oreao.

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Jsn. 1 From Bsr-eelona. Spain, where the mother house is located.

Mother Maria Teresa Rubio, mother secretary to the general mother, has come to San Antonio for the purpose of establishing the first convent ot the order of St. Teresa of Jesus, in the United States. Mother Maria Teresa is accompanied by five sisters of the order and will be Joined by five or six others. They are having everything put in readiness tor the opening of tbe convent Feb. 1.

The work ot the order is educational, snd 1 in the convent about to be opened special attention will be given to French, music. drawing snd painting, aad every kind of fancy work. The order was organized about thirty-seven years ago. It has forty houses located in Spain. Mexico and South America.

PRESSED HIS WAY TO HONOR. A rkiani RIssn srkalar t'res Traavera far II La art I a a. Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. LITTLE ROCK. Jsn.

1. After bal loting forty-one times, the committee of se i lection for the scholarship elected John Le- roy Shipley of BoonevIIIe Rhodes scholar tor Arkansas. Shipley Is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and passed on all subjects oa which be was exsmlned. Other candidates were Phil Brodie st the university, who led for a dozen ballots, and Hugh Robertsou of Hendrix snd Virgil Conner ot Ouachita. Shipley worked his wsy through the university pressing trousers.

This mskes tour ot the scholarships woa by tbe university. GIRL WEDS HER EX-UNCLE. She BeceMta Bride af she Mast Ber Asst Mrsreea. Special Dispatch so The lusts Ocoaa, STONINGTON. Jan.

1. Miss Loaisa H. Pratt's sunt divorce James 8. Smith; Miss Louise married him Friday. She is 19; he is nearly twice her age S5.

It was very quiet wedding. Miss Louisa aad Smith cam here from Norwich. Ha has been boarding with her mother, his former sister-in-law. now his mother-in-law. Miss Louise aad her sometime anch by marriage went to Judge E.

D. Hinckley, who made them one by civil ceremony. Tha first Mrs. Smith, who lives In New York, now visits her sister, Mrs. Clarence B.

Pratt Smith and his former wife sre oa amicabla terms. Brake It Oeatlr- "Ton broke your engagement with Miss Jaulllerr "Yes. but I broke It gently 1 HowT" Told her what my salary was. Cleveland Leader..