22 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 
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National Capital 
Events of Interest from the Seat of 
Governmen 
By J. E. Jenes 
The Breeze Bureau, 
Washington, Mar. 2, 1915. 
Navy DESERTIONS DECREASING 
Too many rules and regulations are 
apt to cause human beings to rebel 
and since the modification in Navy 
regulations and the creation of better 
educational facilities, fewer deser- 
tions occur in the Navy. A state- 
ment by Secretary of the Navy Dan- 
iels tends to show that desertions 
from the service continue to dimin- 
ish and that an increasing number of 
recruits are applying for enlistment 
every day. Mr. Daniels attributes 
this to modifications in the regula- 
tions dealing with deserters and the 
facilities provided for education in 
the navy. The statement shows that 
in December only three men deserted 
from the Asiatic fleet, seventy-four 
from the Atlantic fleet, and that de- 
sertions from the Pacific coast in 
January numbered only thirteen. The 
average number of monthly deser- 
tions in the fiscal year ended June 
1913, was 210 and during the past 
fiscal year 104. 
PREFERS THE PoniticAL, Morcur 
Many active politicians have tired 
of the game before, so A. Mitchell 
Palmer of Pennsylvania, is no excep- 
tion to the rule since he has been ap- 
pointed and has accepted the position 
of judge on the United States Court 
of Claims. In his new role he is en- 
titled to wear a robe like that of a 
clergyman, eschew politics, and live a 
peaceful, judicial life. Palmer was 
one of the “original Wilson men” of 
the “sure enough kind.” In appre- 
ciation of his activities President 
Wilson offered him the post of Sec- 
retary of War, but while Palmer was 
eager for political honors, he could 
not accept, explaining that he was 
born a Quaker, and was therefore a 
man of peace. So Palmer was 
shoved into the Senatorial race in 
Pennsylvania, and buried out of 
sight by the famous Boies Penrose, 
who was “coming back” at the time. 
Now Palmer is extinct, or almost so, 
since he will hereafter be a Judge, 
and no one will dare to talk back to 
him. 
Some men are hammers; others 
anvils, but most of us are mere bel- 
lows.—Philadelphia Ledger. 
Mount Hernon 
THE HOME OF WASHINGTON. 
By J. E. Jones 
A pretty little story of visits to Mount Vernon on the Potomac—‘‘i - 
pressions and sentiments like yours and mine,’’ explains the author to those 
who have seen our country’s greatest shrine. 
Bound in colonial blue and buff, with hand illumined cover design, and 
colonial ribbon book mark; profusely illustrated with handsome half-tones 
and pen drawings, it is a dainty and invaluable reminder that will instantly 
appeal to every person who has been to Mount Vernon, while to those who 
have not had that good fortune this clever, happy little story of our beloved 
George and Martha gives a clearer view and understanding of their colonial 
home, which is today the pride of Virginia and the Nation. 
As a souvenir or gift book, for young or old, there is nothing to approach 
the elegance of this little volume, and it will make one feel more like a 
patriotic American to possess it. 
Now Being Printed. 
Send $1 for a copy to be delivered to your address at Easter. 
U. S. PRESS ASSOCIATION 
Bond Building, 
Special Note: 
men, with their families, will visit 
Hawaai this summer, and listen to 
the plaintive love songs of the Haw- 
aaiin singers. While the Filipinos 
have been making a loud claim for 
independence the Hawaaian’s have 
been “sawing wood,” and they are 
bearing the expense of taking a big 
part of the Congress on a free junket 
to Hawaai, ostensibly to “see the 
country.” Europe is taboo, and Pan- 
ama has played out, so fondly our 
Americans are turning to the Pacific, 
and the poetic land where live the 
peaceful Hawaaian people, who look 
after their own affairs, and gather in 
the sugar crops, and are happy. 
A. CurE FoR SPRING FEVER 
Doctor Wiley is supposed to know 
everything about human health, and 
whether the supposition is warranted 
or not, is of little moment. He has, 
however, furnished a remedy for 
spring fever, and here it is, with 
comment : 
“Spring fever is the result of 
carrying over into the spring of win- 
ter’s diet,” declared the pure food 
and hygiene expert. ‘Throw off the 
diet as you throw off the winter’s 
clothing. 
“Eat less 
such as sugars, starches and oils. 
“Fat mere tissue building foods, 
such as lean meat, whole grains, and 
drink milk. 
“But don’t eat as much as you did 
during the winter. 
“A good spring diet for breakfast 
is two soft boiled, poached or fried 
heat-producting food, © 
Washington, D. C. 
Mr. Jones is the Washington correspondent of the Breeze, 
and if you will state that you are a reader of this paper, an autographed 
copy of the first edition will be furnished on the regular order. 
eggs, whole-wheat mush, whole-corn 
cakes with sugar-cane syrup, and a 
glass of milk. Don’t eat at noon. 
For dinner, have soup, a roast, pota- 
toes, a second vegetable, salad, des- 
sert and fruit. Don’t drink coffee, . 
tea, cocoa or chocolate. 
“Sleep seven hours a day and walk 
two miles.” 
RESULTS OF “SwaATTING” CAMPAIGNS 
The French thought that there 
were sO many mosquitoes at Panama 
that it would be impossible to build 
the canal. The Americans thought 
differently, and after killing off all 
the insects and skeeters they had the 
satisfaction of knowing that the 
death rate instead of being nearly 
two-thirds among the workmen, had 
been reduced until the Panama Canal 
Zone was more healthful than the 
most favored portions of the United 
States. And yet there are people who 
claim that itvis useless to “swat the 
fly,” simply from the general belief 
that there are so many of them that 
it is a waste of energy. But the 
proof of the benefits to a community 
are shown very well at the National 
Capital. For several years Washing-. 
ton has been “swatting ” the fly and 
correcting various unsanitary condi- 
tions, during which time the general 
health of the city has constantly im- 
proved. Last year there were 100 
less cases of typhoid fever than in 
any previous season, while other dis- 
eases were less in evidence. 
“The time has just about arrived 
for the biggest results to be achieved 
