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r - - >• y*- - , «; SHERMAN fact that many leading foreign diplo­ mats and high officials of the nation have attended its services. Admiral George Dewey is now a vestryman at this church. St. John's is a tiny church, but the congregation can not buy a fooUof land in any direction 1*4 this select neighborhood for purposes of enlargement, and so the member­ ship of the congregation is necessar­ ily pretty much of a close corporation. When a pew is released it is sold at auction and the successful bidder must usually pay well above $2,000. A pew is set aside for the use of the president of the United States and his ramily, and this pew, which has been occupied by Mrs. Roosevelt and her children for the last seven years, will be at the disposal of Mrs. Taft if she | ST.JOlfNV rHl,PCH STWAMJNGTON B T w'c * i & « <r 'A <' > » • < ' i DIET AND J. T. Al F««d SfMklil Author qf "Eating for a Turpose," "The jV«te> Gospel cf Health, Etc VERY large proportion of the people of the country take the keenest interest in the religious views and denominational affilia­ tions of the chief magistrate of the republic and his family, and this interest extends in only" a slightly lesser degree to the church connections of the viee president and his household. . Practically all of the nation's rulers, from the days of George Washington to the present time, have been churchgoers and thus it has come about that instinctively the interest manifested in the church homes of the leaders of a new administration is second only to the Interest In the personalities of Hie new leaders themselves. There are a number of churches at the national . capital that have at one time or another enjoyed the distinction of being the "President's Church." but with the Inauguration of President Taft this honor will descend to an edifice that has never heretofore attained such prominence. All 8ouls' Unitarian church will be the new "President's Church," dis­ placing the Dutch Reformed church which has served in similar capacity during the Roosevelt re­ gime. While the present All Souls' now takes rank as a president's church for the first time, the pred­ ecessor of the present edifice as the home of this congregation had early title to the honor, for one of the founders of this historic Washington church was John Quincy Adams. William H. Taft has been a pewholder at All Souls'--the only Unitarian church at the capital-- .ever since taking up his residence at Washington. It i may be remembered that during the campaign it was asserted that Mr. Taft was an atheist, but the charge was, of course, totally unfounded. The presi­ dent-elect is of a Unitarian family, his father and ^mother both being Unitarians, his grandmother hav- llng joined the Unitarian movement with the famous •Dr. Channing. William H. Taft, like his father be­ fore him, was a member of the Unitarian church of Cincinnati. After entering official life in Washing­ ton he took a pew in the church that is henceforth to he known as the "President's Church." However, as might be expected of a Unitarian, iPresident-elect Taft is broad-minded in his religious •lews. The Taft family, like the Roosevelts, is di­ vided in religious views, but Mr. Taft is not so ag­ gressively loyal to his own denomination but what •he frequently goes with Mrs. Taft to the Episcopal church, of which she, following In the footsteps of her family, is a member. When the Tafts spent the summers at Murray Bay, Canada--a practice that continued for 16 years--Mr. Taft took a particular Interest in the union chapel of the Presbyterian Episcopal churches, which he was wont to at­ tend every Sunday during the vacation period, and BOW that he has chosen a new playground--Hot Springs, Va., he has become'a regular attendant at St. Luke's Episcopal church, a diminutive place tDf worship at this mountain retreat The new president's church In Washington Is one of the most his­ toric churches in what might be termed "The C i t y o f F a m o u s Churches." John C.Cal­ houn, Daniel Webster, Bulfinch, the late Sena­ tor Hoar have been among Its members. President Taft will be called to worship every Sunday morning by the far-reaching tones of a great bell cast by the famous Paul Re» •ere of revolutionary Came. This bell, which has a place In a lofty belfry, has sounded on great public occasion# since 1822, tolling for Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. All Souls' church la red brick building with lofty steeple and an ar­ chitectural style familiar in such edifices. It !•, however, rendered distinctive in appearance by reason of the fact that It is draped from steps to steeple in ivy which never loses its luster. v The church, which is a large one with a commo­ dious gallery, can seat upward of 1,000 persons. This Is a valuable asset for a presidential church. When President Roosevelt came to Washington the congregation of which he became a member, and which had previously worshiped in a small chapel, had to build a large edifice because of the responsibilities entailed upon a presidential church, and the new edifice, although it seats close to 500 people, has seldom been large enough to accommodate the throngs of tourists who con­ sider attendance at the president's church one of the features of a visit to Washington. The new president s pastor is the Rev. Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce. He is a native of Providence, R. I., and was born in the closing year of the civil war. He was educated in New England and at Hillsdale college, Michigan, and also pursued advanced studies at Harvard. He has had pastorates in Iowa, California and Ithaca, N. Y., and came to his present charge In 1891, In which year also he married Florence, the daughter of Capt. Lons- bury of Michigan. The Rev. Mr. Pierce, like the distinguished member of his congregation, has traveled extensively and lectures considerably up­ on travel subjects. By odd coincidence Mrs. Taft la a member of the same church as Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt-- old St. John's, situated just across the park from the White House and often called the "Church of the Presidents," from the fact that every president from Madison to Lincoln, and several since that time, have worshiped there. The quaint little edi­ fice la also dubbed "The Court Church," from the CHlMCff 0s THE G7S/ENANT AT WASB/NG701 wishes It, but the fotwe< first lady of th» land has for some time past had pew No. 24 in this church, a pew that is well forward in the church and in almost as desirable a location as the presi­ dential pew, If she prefers to retain it. Mrs. Taft adheres rigidly to everything ordained by her church. There will be little social gayety at the White House during Lent while the Tafts are in possession, and Mrs. Taft has steadfastly held out against the fad for Sunday entertainments which has grown rapidly in recent years in our cosmo­ politan capital. Miss Helen Taft, like Miss Ethel Roosevelt, has followed In the footsteps of her mother in rellg* lous Inclinations. 8t. John's church, where Mrs. Taft and 'her daughter will worship, is built In the form of * Latin cross with a portico supported by massive columns. The exterior has a pebble finish and portions of the church are well-nigh covered with ivy. The original building was erected In 1816, and there are. few churches in this country that convey such Jan impression of great age. This church Is little more than a square from the White House, and the president's church Is also within easy walking distance. The new vice-president and Mrs. Sherman are members of the Church of the Covenant, of the Presbyterian denomination. This edifice, which is unique and imposing architecturally, is located on Connecticut avenue, one of the fashionable boule­ vards of the capital. Directly opposite is the resi­ dence of Senator Depew, and diagonally across the street are the British and Austro-Hungarian embassies. Benjamin Harrison worshiped in the Church of the Covenant during his term of office art president and James G. Blaine and the late Secretary Hay were pewholders. Miss Helen Hay was married in this church, and it has been the scene of many notable services. ;- STILL HAVE ROOM IN TEXAS Can Make No Complaint of Overcrowding. The Texas ranch of 7,000,000 acres "Which is reported to be engaging the contemplation of James J. Hill and as­ sociates will comprise about one-twen­ ty-sixth of the land in the Lone Star ftate>. But within that ranch could be graced entire the states of Connecticut, island and Delaware, and there would still remain room for another Delaware and the District of Columbia. If Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire or New Jersey were placed within a 7,000,000-acre zone there would be space for a promenade all round the border. Texas has an area of more than 265,- 000 square miles. The German empire in Europe ^eludes 208,830 .square miles. The population of Texas is about 3,- 000,000. Germany's last census pre­ sented a total of more than 60,000,000, yet the empire has some room left at home for expansion. By squeezing Mr. Hill a trifle as to his ranch, the 90,000,000 people of the United States could still make them­ selves at home in Texas, each with al­ most a two-acre plot.-*N. Y. Wo4d. ±%i -- wM; A Diplomatic Clerk. "It is quite a coincidence," observed every time I apply for accommodations at this hotel the house is full." "It is a bit singular," agreed the clerk, edging as far away from the register as possible, "but we trust that you will continue to let us have the refusal of your patronage." If he has any particularly young and good-looking aunties you might turn yourself into a jack-in-the-box for his edification; you will thereby add mueh to the joyousness of the young la­ dles when they recite the Incident to hilarious friends. iCoyyrlght, by Joseph B. Bowles.) ECONOMIC? OF EA TINQ An army marches on its stomach. This is a well established principle In warfare. A hungry man cannot fight long, and a general whose brain is clouded by auto-intoxication cannot conceive brilliant'or wise movements. Every nation considers carefully what ration will best support "the man behind the gun--at least in war time --and some have won great victories by superior feeding, notably*"lhe Jap­ anese, In the recent contest with Russia. ' The Roman gladiators were fed on rte and wheat, and the modern ath­ lete is very carefully fed by the scien­ tific trainer. Only the average man who has the battle of life to fight gets no dietetic training. You cannot eat yoUr cake and leave It, too. Suppose that I have'a de­ gree of vitality for dally use represent­ ed by 80 on a scale of 100. Another might have 90 or 60 or 20. But it is certain that I can no more use my stock of ^vitality -for the day In two ways than I can be in two places at once. Suppose I eat for dinner fried pota­ toes, fresh pork, b Oiled cabbage, pickles and pie, with a cup of coffee. I should expect to be very "logey" during the afternoon; at least four-, fifths of the nervous energy that I ordinarily spend on my work would have to be spent in digesting the heavy meal. If by using the whip I persisted in spending as much vitality in brain exercise as I generally do, and ate an evening meal as usual, lack of vivacity in tb^ hours following and disturbed sleep Tould be the obvious and necessary result. I might continue on this basis for days, weeks, months, or possibly years, if I had an iron constitution, but the end would be a breaking doVirn, prematurely, of the system, disease showing itself in the guise of *'dyspep- sia," "rheumatism/* "diabetes," "tuber­ culosis,". "typhoid," "one or more of them, according to my inheritance from "the third and fourth genera­ tion," according to excess In eating meat, starch, pickles, according to the supply In the food of Iron, phosphorus, sulphur, etc., and according very large­ ly to the air, water, exercise, physical and mental, and the drinks I had taken during those days, weeks, months or years when I was prepar­ ing to enter a hospital or a sanitarium for classification as an acute, chronic, curable or Incurable sufferer. I must not here divert attention too far from the main point that I wish to establish, the importance of using a little common sense and a little sci­ ence in the choice of a diet, but with this simple illustration in mind, is it not clear that errors in diet are' the fundamental cause of all our troubles that are not of mechanical origin? Is it not true that as I have suggested fa saying that the mind would be less vivacious during the waking hours and disturbed during sleep by dreams, that food has a fun­ damental bearing upon thought and upon the moral life? In framing a dietary, the first re­ quirement is to know what one» needs. There are certain average require­ ments which we have already consid­ ered briefly, and there are certain modifications depending upon the In­ dividual, his temperament, his work, his temporary condition of health, the climate or season, and other circumstances. It is said that "one man's meat is another man's poison." This must be true to some extent; because tempera­ ments differ, mental states differ, and temporary bodily conditions differ. I know a man who sickens at the thought of eating oysters, and another who cannot eat. a spoonful of honey without suffering. The former once ate freely of oystero and was made very sick, thus establishing a subjec­ tive impression that causes nausea when the eating of oysters is suggest­ ed. Investigation of a number of cases like this has led me to the con­ clusion that Idiosyncrasies of this character are caused by errors in eat­ ing and that they are hereditary. In fact, I suppose the bilious tempera­ ment is the result of one habit of eat­ ing, the effects of which are heredi­ tary, the sanguine of another, the nervous of another,, just as the physi­ cian finds in his daily practice that peculiar conditions of stomach, of bowel digestion or of liver can be traced in family history. This ex­ planation harmonizes with that an­ cient saying; "The parents ate sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge." Yet, with all due allowance for these peculiarities and for patholog­ ical conditions, such as diabetes, in which starch and sugar must be avoid­ ed, there should be little variation in the diet of persons of the same age, doing the same kind of work. The appetite of neither adult nor child should be pampered. The practice of inducing over-eating by tempting the appetite with unnaturally seasoned and unnaturally mixed foods destroys the natural appetite, and, thefefore, the natural enjoyment of eating. If a lad cannot enjoy a good crust of bread he does not need to eat. The appetite that does not prefer dates, figs and raisins to artificial sweets is not natural. Trie average working man heeds dally about two ounces of proteld (uncoagulated) and vegetable salts, four ounces of fat and twelve ounces (dry) of cat bo-hydrate lii the form of fruit sugar or starch of potato, cereal, etc. This should of course be varied according to the work done, but no absolute rule can be laid down. When there is an extraordinary expenditure of muscular energy for a short time, it is best to lose weight and gain it again gradually. So when- there to, temporarily, great mental strain, it is best rather to decrease than to in­ crease the ration, and make it up when normal conditions are restored. The strain will be better borne if the digestive system Is relieved partly or entirely, allowing the nervous energy to be diverted to the brain or mus­ cles, as the case may be, If this be not done the digestive system will be weakened, whereas , by the other course it will be strengthened. There is no danger in the normal case, In entirely relieving the digestive and eliminative system for hours or even days. A thorough understanding of the philosophy of this conservation of vitality with the increased confidence and self-reliance that such understand­ ing brings, is of great value. Espe­ cially important is It to the pro­ fessional man who must often be sub­ jected to great mental strain for long­ er or shorter periods, and to the ath­ lete, who must drop weight steadily In any endurance test. You cannot work brain or muscle to their fullest capacity, and at the same time work the digestive and eliminative system to Its limit. I have found, by experiments on myself and others, that there is a loss in weight of about a pound a day, dur­ ing the first few days of a fast, when little work is doap." Now the de­ mands of the system are supplied by consumption of the tissues, and analy­ sis of the excreta and secretions shows the proportions of the food ele- ments required to sustain life. Add­ ing for the work of digestion -. and elimination ahd increased work,, ire get the estimate above given. When intense mental work is being done, there is an extraordinary waste of phosphorus and albumen especially. These can be supplied quickly without great draft on vitality for digestion and elimination, by eating flesh, fish, eggs and milk. These are quickly con­ verted into force. But they are as quickly expended, and thus produce results equivalent to stimulation. This is especially true of meat. Meat contains the waste of the animal sys­ tem from which it was taken, particu­ larly uric acid; and it has been fully proved that the chief ckuse of fatigue is the accumulation In the tissues of waste, particularly uric acid. In all the recent great tests of endurance non-flesh eaters have excelled flesh eating competitors. To the physiolo­ gist familiar with the principles of nutrition involved, it is as clear that it should be so as that - an engine should run better on clean coal than on coal and slate, of the same weight. Sugar, especially fruit sugar, as In prunes, dates, figs, dried currants and oil (olive oil Or peanut) are the most economical sources of heat and muscular energy. In athletic work these will supply the extraordinary waste of carbon with the least ex­ penditure of vitality for digestion and elimination. The articles of diet to be most surely avoided In athletic work, where long sustained effort to required, «^re meat, white bread (fresh), fried potatoes, pies, boiled cabbage, pickles, beans, coffee, tea, al­ cohol, cooked oysters, fish. If meat "must" be eaten, let it be a little mut­ ton or fresh white fish. - These suggestions apply equally to the invalid, but each case requires special consideration. Sugar, for In* stance, should be altogether omitted in certain cases. A food may show, on analysis, a high nutritive value, yet may require so much energy to digest it to appropriate its nutritive sub­ stance and to eliminate Its waste, that the net profit may be little or noth­ ing. There should be no hesitation in preferring, for instance, olive oil to cod liver oil. Meat digests more easily In the stomach than does wheit gluten, but digestion is not completed in the stomach, and thev,elimination of meat is' much more expensive than' the elimination of entire wheat bread, and--most important consideration-- examination of the* excreta from meat shows a much greater number of germs (depending much oh the kind of meat) than the excyreta from bread, thus clearly Indicating that meat is a much more active cause of auto-intoxication than bread. Boiled cabbage, again, is an expen­ sive article of diet because it (boiled) contains little or no nutritive elements that the system can use, and it re­ quires more energy to digest than oread. Now to arrange a satisfactory, eco­ nomic dietary one must consider all the facts In a given case. Tables of food value, Including digestibility, are useful or not according as one- under­ stands them properly. Following is a comparison of the values of 12 principal foods reduced to "units of nutrition," published by our government, department of agri­ culture, bulletin No. 25: Nutrltlvex Cost per Uifltb:" ! 1,000 units perpousi In eents. Skim milk - STtim milk cftewwv... 870.0 Full milk,............. 145.8- Bacon .....\ii..l.2B7.7 Butter ................1,18«.8 Veftl .. , •..... 625.9 Beef &90-® Peas • • 778.8 Potatoes •* 13s-2 Rye flour. Rice .....» 603.(1 534.» 10.4 11.0 11.5 15.5 20.4 22.2 26.0 4.2 6.1 6.0 10.0 S.0 Peanut meaL..1,426.® In the foregoing paragraph is the conclusion of the government experts as to the value of the peanut in com­ parison with the other standard arti­ cles of diet commonly supposed to be the mosV nutritious, showing the pea­ nut to be the most economical of all foods. But it does not follow that one should live on peanuts exclusively. I receive many requests for advice as to *"how to live on peanuts." My experiments have been conducted with a view to determining the relative values of foods, under varying condi­ tions of work, and in abnormal condi­ tions of health and growth. In one of the experiments with peanuts which accidentally became public, the essen­ tial fact demonstrated was that pea­ nuts should not be roasted and that the principle here involved has a highly important bearing upon the ef­ fects of cooking in general, which we have already considered. Uarge Returns from Income Tax; The revenues from the Prussian to ome tax In &07 were #te,SW,000. THE? KNEW HOW JO WORK , _ 1 s ft, «, I BtiTOONT NEED TO W^ltK N0W . 80 HARD, / The experience of the Bisser Bros, • in Western Canada to similar to that reported to every agent of the Can* • $$ dlan Government, whose advertise ^ * ment appears elsewhere: • ' "Wheatwyn, Sask., Nov. 6th, 1908. "To the Commissioner of Immigi^ £& tlon, Winnipeg, MaSuoLi.--Dcai oil's I , i h c o m p a n y w i t h m y b r o t h e r a i f e l ' i S other relations, arrived in thi^s coufer try in tlje sprang of 1893. At the tim* we got off the train at Wolseley, Sask* we had only a few dollars, not enough to start farming on our own account, so we were compelled to work out for a considerable time in order to make sufficient money to enable us to e»» - tablish ourselves. When we thought we had enough money to start with, I and my brother took up one quartqp- section (160 acres) land each in tllfe ' Loon Creek district. In 1900 we moved on our homesteads with one team ot horses and one walking plow. While I was engaged with the work In the field, my brother built a shack and barn of logs, which we have haul&$ during the time we were not able to work in the'field. We were certainly working very hard, but I am glad to say tMt we made our fortune in this country. To-day we do not need to "work so hard as we used to, as we have three men hired steady for whom we pay %ZQ'.0Q to $40.GO a month, besides board and lodging during the summer time! I am also glad to tell you that to-day we are owners of a section and three-quarters of the bes& land, with first class buildings thereon; besides having all the necessary ma>- chinery. We always do our own threshing, for we have a 22 hor^fr- power threshing outfit . "Our success in farming In m country also enabled us to get rid of a number of horses of less value, and instead we bought 10 pure-bred mares, representing a value in the neighbor­ hood of $5,000. "Regarding raising grain, which te the nlaln factor in our district, I am proud to say that we have alwajm had good success. We have raised wheat as high as 35 bushels to the acre; and this year, although we suf­ fered from lack of sufficient rain, our . wheat went 27 bushels to the acre, and we had 900 acres in crop. We have broken this year about 100 acres rttew land, and by next year we will have about 1,110 acres in crop. For One carload of wheat which we have shipped a few weeks ago we got a price of 97 cents per bushel, and it graded as No. 2 Northern, although we •have a quantity of wheat which will surely go as No. 1 Northern. During the six years we have been farming for ourselves we have never had one frost around here, so that we alwaya had a good crop. "I, for myself, feel compelled tb say that our Great West Is the land where a person who Is willing to work and trun his hands to anything, can make a fortune, and a comfortable living; Our country is a thoroughly free coun­ try, and we have a good Government; and, as long as we have good crops, and a good Government, we are satis­ fied, andvl think that is all we want. "YoijW^very truly, ' *LORENS BISSER, / , *P. O. Wheatwyn, Sask.." A Black Eye for Home, if ta a coming fashion to hire a hall to entertain your friends, to give din­ ner parties in a hotel, to be married 4n a church, to be taken to a hospital when you are sick and'to an undeiv taker's as soon as you die, and left there until the funeral. The tendency is to conduct all public occasions away from home. The home Is get­ ting a black eye.--Atchison (&an.) Globe. Helping Him On. The Gallant--May I kiss the tlpi of you^ little white fingers? The Debutante--Of course^ silly! But mind you don't rub any of the rouge off my Hps. Ai Headache, Backache, Sideache, A Worn-oat - Feeling. These are espeoislly women's affilo- tions. ( They are caused by irregular work­ ing of some of the functions of the body. It is of the utmost importance to every woman to know that there is no medicine so valuable for her, so helpful, so strengthening, «ia Lane's F amily Medicine (called also Lane'si Tea) This tonic-laxative is a great blood medicine and is the favorite regulat­ ing medicine of old and young. All druggists sell it in 60o» and 25e. packages. . The fieaaan I Ktks and Sell More Ken's $3.00 & $8.50 Shoes Than AnyOther Manufacttuw ia becMM I flT* tb» w»arer the tweefii of aoaft complete wiMlnttim ot trilnod expert* sad rirfflrt gboMnakanla the coutay Ti» uiKttoi ut tb* leather* for nctt out at tl» ilM -rf Mill of tke mutmg m every aeputmmtim looked afl«r by the be»t BboMDuart f '"' ' ' ' * If I could iho I In the abo* how canfUlx W L •bo* iBdwtqr. 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