Show IN INDin Din Records of Death Startle Officials Officials Into Fighting Germs FEWER DIE AT PANAMA Uncle Sam Has an Who Is Three Ninety Years Old BY RALPH M. M Washington Aug 22 This town is going to bo ho subjected to ono cue of the tho most niost thorough operations opera opera- that has over ncr been performed hereabouts and It Is the tho belief of who will have the Job In charge that th tim old town will Ihl be quit a decent and sweet smelling place to Jive In after atter af at- ter tIny the cleaning process hn has been com coin 11 C t d. d Tho of Uncle Incle Sam's Sams corps who make a specialty of sanitary problems lems will be given a free freo hand with instructions to go ua us far us as they like but to be sure euro that Washington which has been a favorite resort for the tho festive Lea fes tive typhoid fever germ will be os protected against typhoid anI all other diseases due to bad sanitation There will he be as ample protection against he the ravages of the deadly biscuit since Dr of pure puro renown startled the tho world by declaring at n ft biscuit manufacturers manufacturers' manufacturers manufacturers' manu manu- conference at Atlantic City that h Innumerable divorces and not a tow ow Of unsuspecting young were attributable to the quality of tho piercing armor cannon balls turned out by their devoted wives and served up to thorn them as biscuits The Tho reason for PO So much activity on the part of Interested In the health of the tho good of Washington Washing Washing- ton IB is a report In the tho Canal Zone Record Rec ord which shows that while the tho average of temperature and humidity in the tho sone and Washington are about th the same the death rate In the tho zone the tho difference In population considered Is considerably less than here Sanitary extorts express themselves as s being shocked at tho conditions ex existing cx- cx hero and In many other American Amen Ameri can cities after what has been accomplished pushed under most discouraging con con- on the tho Isthmus of Panama They say that there Is absolutely no excuse tor the prevalence of such con con- and anil HO so far as Washington Is concerned a a. determined effort will bo ho mado to eliminate them Government bacteriologists chemists chemist am and experts In other branches of science arc now investigating the tho con con- prevailing In many hotels and restaurants among thorn some of the tho heat best In the tho city and It Is said that a number of warrants will bo be Issued for the tho arrest of sonic some of th proprietors of these establishments The Tho houseclean lag Ing is to be general and thorough tim tho nations nation's capital will vill be turned inside out stood on Its end and turned upside down und and the tho scraping dusting sprayIng spraying spray spray- Ing and up touching it will receive will bo be a surprise to the tho natives That the tho theory advocated by Dr Os Os- Os ier Ici no distinguished scientist who wIllie a member of tho ho faculty of 01 Johns Hopkins university declared triaL mat mans mairs usefulness Is at an on ond af at- at ter tor passing lifes life's sixtieth milestone is isa isa a theory that will not stand thin tho test of application to day avery life is tho thio firm belief of this tho vast majority of people pee peo pie who havo passed that ago and continue con con- to lead decidedly useful lives live and to take as an keen an Interest in as many younger members of society Not only tills this but they give tim tho Osier theory R a solar I plexus punch by accomplished titter after pass pass- nir the tho allotted three score years and ton ot Qua of the most moat examples that hat interest Bl In lifo does not cease atthe ut at ho the ago age of ro la is to bo be found in Mr Mrs 15 l. who ut Lit the tho age or of ti r. r i in still a. a most cheerful and efficient of the tho government bureau of engraving und and printing Mrs Philpott Philpott Phil Phil- pott not only performs the tho work cx- cx of her by Uncle Sam without finding It a burden but manages to hind tune Lime after working hours to devote to reading and line fine sewing the tho latter dl- dl vt-rs vt not only proving it a pleasant pheasant past pastime iiii but considerably to Pier her Income She Sho enjoys perfect eyesight eye oye- sight Kight never hover having luid to resort to the wearing of gae glasses cs and ani Is much moro more than many persons years yearn her junior Mrs is a descendant lf of a sturdy Pennsylvania revolutionary laTh fani- fani Ily and has always boon been a a. hard work work- oras were her lir parents before her Having hayIng hay Hav ing always worked she lisa has expressed the wish vish that she may continue until the end antI and present indications are arc that her wish will bo 10 fulfilled but at atno atno no near dato In tho future 1 by any my ways vaya In Jo view of tho fuel fact that Dr Osier Osler upon the celebration of lila hiR i day Iy several weeks ago elected to continue continue con con- In active service and not depart by 15 way of ot the chloroform route pointed out by him for those with 60 years to their credit Mrs bears him no will ill In Jo fact she Is rather inclined to believe e that the learned doctor has hes been misrepresented and hopes that ho homay homay may live to reach the tho ripe old gc she herself has attained and that he may ho UK as useful In his sphere during his remaining years as she has been In hers The Tho fc few who are not at the summer resorts have havo both cars to the ground these days one pointing to towards to- to wards Oyster Bay the other toward Cincinnati If a thoughtful Providence had blessed them Ihen with three cars the tho third would be directed towards Chi Chicago hi cage cago where things are going to happen this lila fall With President Roosevelt In Oyster hay Bay with his hand band upon the lover which causes things to move with Mr Taft sometimes in Cincinnati and some somo- times elsewhere with Samuel working like the tho proverbial Trojan for Democracy and Jumping In and out of Washington and with Frank Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- cock hopping with the tho agility of a Texas sand duno flea over this broad and favored favored ored land It would be difficult for a human being to have a number aura num ber of ears cars to keep tab on what what's o what all over the nation Senator and Senator Scott two stalwarts of the Republican party hare havo been conferring more or less of late and they too have havo been skipping over the land Both of these members of the tho house higher up are factors actors not so much because they possess powerful positions but because both are arc multi millionaires and could aid the tho national committee with sufficient themselves to carry on a campaign it they iney cares carca 10 to co so Mr Roosevelt Is still the tho counsellor and that Is why an oar should be pointed point point- ed d In his direction Mr Taft Is a po potential po- po factor In the tho great national drama antI and that Is why he deserves an ear Mr Hitchcock Is tIm tho officiating en engineer en- en gincer of the steam roller and he too deserves some consideration In the lit little lit lit- the tle game of ears To hear these gentlemen gentle gentle- men express It there Is no doubt of ot the tho outcome but no matter how weak an opponent ma may be considered unless ho hoIs hois Is watched he can do ito considerable dam dani- age Sometimes ho does the tho tortoise act and everyone knows how bow chagrined tim tho poor felt after tho last lop of that Marathon event |