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THE MISSION BUILDING. THE EVENING STAR SATURDAY APRIL 13, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. CHURCHLESS MASSES A Graphic Sketch of the Central Union Mission’s Work. ACENTER OF EVANGELICAL ACTIVIRY Provision Made for Meeting Spir- itual and Physical Needs. podncanalc ‘THE MISSION BUILDING See {Written for The Ev Star. E HAVE HAD W ante a number of visitors at our house this winter, and sometimes have been perplexed to know what sight next to seo or place to visit. Especially has this been the question of a Sunday afternoon. But last Sunday, purely by chance, we came across a copy of the little weekly paper issued by the Central Mission, and ft occurred to us that the thing to be done in the afternoon was to go and fake our rriends to this place, whoily uninvited and almost totally unknown to us. It is true that we had sgen the post office disap- pear from the old Seaton Hotel building at the junction of Louisiana avenue and © street, and had read in the newspapers later that the Central Mission had bought the building and had taken possession of it, and had seen high up on the western wwall of the structure, painted in very large letters, “Central Mission.” But really we had not, as a fact, any {dea of what this mission was beyond a *yague notion that every week day even- ing it held meetings and on Sunday held | them nearly all day, and during the severe inter’s cold it had been most zealous in getting funds for the poor and needy \gnd been most earnest in dispensing food ‘to the suffering. But, practically, ‘we had fo idea of what the work of this mission ‘ was, or its place in the forces of religious Activities or the benevolences of our city. On the afternoon In question we ascended the very clean stairing that led to the uditorium of the mission building. There { perhaps, no actual need that we won- lered at noting how very tidy and whole- me this approach was. It is true the Vaduge says, “cleanliness is next to godli- mess,” but we had a sort of preconceived ‘motion that where the rough scuff of the ommunity was wont to gather there must eeds be more or less dirt and uncleanli- ‘Dess. In the Auditorium. This auditorium is a large room, made by taking in on the second floor several adjoin- g rooms and cutting away the floor above, lo that a nice large room is made, having y the timbers that had held the upper floor. The main room and gallery are fur- ished with comfortable but cheap folding eais, and the combined capacity seemed to us sufficient to accommodate about five hundred worshipers. ‘The platform js placed against the south wall, and is well pro- vided with desk, organ and such necessary appurtenances. ‘The south windows, shaded by curtains, afford ample light and means far ventilating. The services, under charge of a band of Jadies, had begun befcre our entry. We found an audience of perhaps one hundred and fifty, made up of men and women, chiefly the former; most of the men were in the prime of life, but there was a good proportion of youth under twenty years of age; the audierce, excepting in a few instances, were evidently dressed as for Sunday, but not tn such attire as one usu- ally sees at our church services. The ex- ércises consisted in very brief speeches by oth men and women, interspersed with oc- jasional prayers. ‘The main theme of the meeting being onfession for sin committed, but mingled ith earnest gratulation for sin forgiven. Id and young spoke with the most ten- Ger feeling, though not always in the lan- guage of the schools, and every speaker gent his words directly home to the heart of every one present. This was due to the {ntense earnestness of the" speakers, and the evident feeling that he or she was talk- ihg of most actual and tangible realities, the sinfulness of sin, the glory of escape from it, and a positive belief in the pres- @nce and aid of an unseen but almighty Savior. ‘The newer converts were not so well spoken so far as words, but with all wi the same spirit, the same zeal, the sam inspiration. Some of the speakers, in re- @ounting the loss of children, or com- panions, or parents, especially one who told of the death of no less than eight dear children, were so pathetic as to bring forth from every listener the quick tears sympathy. craic vent little speech the ladies in charge of the meeting @tarted a verse of some song well known to most present, and though these were all unfamiliar to us. we were deeply impressed by the notes $f praise as the voices rose or fell in most beautiful chorus. Asking for Prayers. Neat the close of the meeting most af- fectionate exhortations were made by sev- @1al of the ladies, and earnest appeals ex- pressed that all needy and sin-sick ones present would rise and ask for prayers. ‘There were several responses, and it was ‘affecting to note how quickly, just so soon as this manifestation was made, a lady from the platform sped down to the side { the man or woman or boy who had iven the suggested token, and, with warm and earnest greeting, begged him or her to come to the front seat. Then a prayer was offered specially for these, and the meeting dismissed quite promptly at the end of the hour and a half to which it was limited, owing to the calls to other meetings in the building, and the previous engagements of the ladies. ‘We had by this time become so greatly 5 fine gallery about three sides supported | interested in this mission that we sought for some gne to tell us all about it, and to conduct us over the great building, and to inform us of the details of the minis- trations for the bodies as well as for the souls of those who came under its influ- ence. Most fortunately, we found one of the directors, Mr. George W. Wheeler, one of the earliest in this special work, and always one of the most efficient. But, as we have since Icarned, it is difficult to tell who of the directors, E. D. Bailey, A. L. Swartwout, N. A. Robbins, George W. Havil, A. S. Pratt, W. C. Tyler, O. B. Brown and P. 8. Foster, is deserving most praise for zeal and business ability in carrying on this great work. It will be Loted that in the above list is represented the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Con- gregational and Episcopal churches. The Various Activities. We were taken to the upper stories, where, during the winter especially, accom- modations are provided for sleeping. In this connection it was observed that pro- vision was made for so caring for the guest that all vermin should be disposed of Lrior to contact with the very plain bed. Then to the large room on‘ the floor below, specially fitted up for the meetings of the ladies who assist the directors; then to the directors’ room; to the room where the class learning how to teach Bible les- sons is instructed, here we found a full and earnest meeting, and we heard more of the same kind of singing that had 30 very greatly pleased us in the audi- torium meeting; then to the reading and sitting rooms on the lower floor, where no provision is made for idling or loafing, but all that is needed is afforded to those who are incapacitated from active work, and for all in such hours as are really leisure; then to the kitchen, where no less than three of the neatest cooks were pre- paring the very frugal supper, which is served in the best manner in a room op- posite, propeFly supplied with tables, neatly covered and spread, and finally to the basement, where wood bought by the boat- load is sawed and split by the temporary inmates of the mission house. This detail of the work 1s so ordered that the profits on it have paid all the food supply and in- cidental expense. As on entering we had marked the re- markable neatness, so throughout the en- tire building the same characteristic was specially observable. There was also the utmost order and decorum everywhere. We were informed that the evening audience generally filled the auditorium and fre- quently crowded it. Hence, it will not be surprising that the impressions made upon us were of the most novel and interesting nature. We asked ourselves how it was that so delightful and most efficient agency for good morals and religion had grown up under our eye and we as totally ignorant of it all as if it had been located in Japan or Timbuctoo. The Work Accomplished. ‘We did not learn about the detail of the purchase of the building, its cost, how much had been paid on it, &c., but we have since learned that a scheme has been de- vised whereby if one thousand persons give each 50 cents a month the total in- come will be sufficient to cover the in- debtedness on the building. The directors must meet before the 15th instant a pay- ment of $2,850, and have in hand or in sight byt $1,000 toward it. It must not be concluded from the above that wood sawing alone brings in enough funds to cover all the outgo for food and lodging. Some further information on this point is copted from the last Mission Bulle- tin, being a statement of the work done in the industrial department of the mission from August 29, 1894, to March 9, 1805: Number meals earned by wood sawing, 2,627; number of meals earned by other em- ployments, 10,606; number lodgings earned by wood sawing, 7,345; number lodgings earned by other employments, 3,770. Total number meals end lodgings furnished in compensation for work, 24,348. We saw or the walls of one of the rooms @ photograph of the original gospel wagon, which was burned in the fire that destroy- ed the Knox building last summer. No doubt very many of our citizens have in former times scen this great vehicle going up and doWn our streets, and have won- dered what good it did to cart about a melodeon, choir and a lot of speakers to different points for holding open-air meet- ings. But the fact that this vehicle has been duplicated all‘over the country where this kind of gospel mission work is done proves, if the success of the original wagon needed any proof of merit, that the sug- gestion was one of prime importance. We were glad to know that, though the origi- nal vehicle was numbered with the things that were, a.new and greatly improved edition of it would soon be ready for use during the coming season for out-door worl To Reach the M The directors of the mission have from time to time established a “branch” at some desirable point in different parts north, east, south and west of our city, till now there are eight of these, at each of which many weekly, and at seme Sun- day services also are held; and, beside these, a meeting is held at the Soldiers’ Home on Monday evenings. It is not necessary to moralize on the facts above related, but here, as in every populous city, it has been long a mest difficult problem how ‘o meet the un- churched masses. In New York, for in- stance, Talmadge can hire an immense music hall and offer the gospel free to a very large element of the unchurched kind, but to our mind such ministrations are only of real advantage when the peculiar conditions call for such ministrations. We doubt not that in his new departure in the present style of work, say since Janu- ary last, Mr. Talmadge has done the best service of his life. But in such conditions as are presented here by our unchurched people, and in other like cities, such work as the Central Mission is doing is by far the best agency that can be devised. We were informed that while all the converts of this mission do not hold to their vows made in the first gush of awakening, that the per cent of salvage is very consider- able, and that the record of really reformed men includes good citizens here and in very many other cities. L. DEANE. A Mean Triék. From Life. “That Bagley is a chump.” “Why so?” . “He paid me ten he owed me, right before my tailor.” ———_+e+-____ Evidence. From Lifes Miss Summit.—“Mr. Jagway called on me last night, and I think he had been drink- ing.” Miss Palisade.—‘He told me this morn- ing that you looked beautiful.” HOW SHIPS TALK The Varied Language of Signals Used at Sea. LIGHTS, FLAGS, WHISTLES aND HORNS The System That is Devised for the Protection of Mariners. AN INTERNATIONAL CODE Written Exclusively for The Evening Star. HEN THE WAR forces on land during. @ war advance to meet an enemy their many different col- umns and detach- ments keep up con- stant communication with one another by means of couriers, messengers, and more quickly, when neces- sary, by means of the telegraph; but when the ships and fleets of a sea foree advance or re- treat and maneuver to gain advantage over an enemy in time of war, or for drill in time of peace, they have not the aid of the telegraph to send orders and com- mands from ship to ship. Other means must be employed, and many devices of signaling by day and night must be used to preserve the lines of communication constantly necessary between the different ships of a command. Of all these methods of communication the commonest is the flag signaling em- ployed for short distances by day and gen- erally known as the wig-wag system. To the landsmen who view a squadron of war vessels, it is not an uncommon sight to see a jacktar standing on the bridge of a ship, waving a flag back and forth in an apparently aimless way. But it is not really an aimless way, for each motion of the flag, to the right, to the left, to the frent, kas its meaning, and the many com- binaticns of these motions express the let- ters of the alphabet and the simple num- erals, so that any message may be sent in this way from one vessel to another when the code is known, and, /f the code be com- mon to army and navy, a rapid and ef- ficient coremunication may be kept up be- tween a sea force near the shore and a land force on or near the coast, which may be quite necessary to their action in con- certed attacks or movements. Last summer on the Connecticut coast three vessels of our new navy drilled the raval reserves of New York for a few days, and, to test the efficiency of signal- ling, shore stations were taken by squads from the National Guard and the regular army forces in the neighborhood, and many messages were sent over the line of many miles—from ship to shore and from one shore station to another—some of them be- irg sent on by telegraph to Washington to ascertain the time it would take to notify the authorities at the capital of’the pos- sible approach of a hostile fleet to the east- ern entrance to Long Island sound. By Numeral Flags. But even this method is too slow for the rapid transmission of the commands for evolutions of ships, so a more efficient means has been adopted. Ten large flags of different colors represent the ten lower numerals and several others are used to represent calls, answering pennants and for repetitions of the numerals, For use in signaling a large book has been prepared with many words and sentences of common use in navigation, alphabetically arranged, set opposite a number for each one, so that if any ship desires to send any common short message to be found in the signal book it is only necessary to attach the nu- meral flags to a halliard in the proper or- der for the required signal and run it up to the masthead, and when the ship sig- naled reads the signal, they run up the answering pennant and the message is sent in less time than it takes to tell it. For convenience sake every ship in the navy has her number in the code and each ship in a squadron has a pennat of her own, used by any other ship as a distinguishing pennant for that one ship. With these two codes all the evolutions of sea drills, battle exercises and daily routine may be carried on. The officers of one ship may send a message to those of another as easily as we of the land telephone to a friend in another part of the city. Yor many years the signal numbers to designate the many different commands that might be used during an engagement with an enemy were es carefully guarded as state tecrets, and no one but the trust- ed officers of the ship were allowed to see them. The book was kept always under lock and key, and its ccvers were weighted with strips of lead, so that in the event of the surrender or capture of the ship the officer in charge of the book might toss it overboard to prevent the code book from falling into the hands of an enemy, but these precautions are no longer so strin- gently kept, as the changes in-the mode of sea warfare make the code now of but minor importance. In the Darkness of Night. This is all well ercugh for the day time, but ships must sail and steam by night as well and sometimes fight, so it is equally as necessary to have a system of signals visible on dark nights. Of course lights of various kinds are used in all these codes; from the simple torch or lantern on a stick waved back and forth in the wigwag code to the elaborate system of electric lights worked from a keyboard with near- ly a hundred combiraticns used. Then there are rockets of many colors used in various ways, from a single rocket fired as a danger signal to a carefully ar- ranged code used rockets of red, green and white. The flashing of these signal lights in a large fleet makes quite a pretty sight, and a person uninitiated in the codes would take some of the signals for a pyrotechnic display. Where the electric light system is used five lanterns containing red and white lights are placed at intervals in line from the ship’s rail to the masthead, and the different combinations of these lights are used for the different letters of the alpha- bet, for the numerals and several abrevia- tions and short words. The ship sending the message turns on a signal and the one receiving it turns on the same signal when they understand, thus determining the ac- curacy. After much practice the signal officers and signal men become very ex- pert, and the lights flash on and out like the clicking of a telegraph instrument. Of course, fixed lights are only good for @ limited distance; byt one kind of night signaling has been used over a distance of many miles; on occasions especially favor- able as far as forty miles. This method is by use of the search light. Almost every one has noticed the long, shimmering white beam of light cast on the sky by a powerful search light, and knowing how plainly visible it is, it is easy to under- stand that this beam of light may be used —shutting it off and on for long and short intervals—to telegraph a signal over miles of water, or even land, to another ship or station. Wher the Fog is Thick. But there is a time at sea when the keen- est eye cannot pierce the air by day, end when the brightest light is visible but a short distance at night—that is when the fog spreads like a blanket over the water. Then the dangers of navigation become greatest, and there is great need of sig- nals if ships are sailing or steaming in squadron. To accomplish this desirable end during a fog, the steam whistles or sirens are used to give the letters of the adopted ‘‘wig-wag”’ signal code in long and short blasts. > These are the naval signals of our own country, but it does not stop there, for there has been @ far-reaching code arrang- ed which any nation may use, and by which ships, whose crews may even speak in different tongues, may eastly communi- cate. This grand system is the international code of signals. Its flags represent the consonants of the alphabet, and the com- binations of the different letters in signal hoists stand for the various sentences and words of common use in ocean tri and intercourse. Thus a French vessel having its.code book with the sentences and phrases in the French language set oppo- site the various signal combinations, might enter a Dutch port signal a message to the Dutch harbor station, where the people, though they might know not a word of French, would quickly read the message, since their own code book, while having the same meanings to the different cad combinations, would be in their own guage. - Even the Japanese have adopted and adapted this code, and almost every ship that sails the seas of the world has a signal number in the code book, so that she may enter any port with her signal flying and be immediately recognized by the people there regardless of the difference in lan- guage by reference to the signal book. Of course each separate navy of the world haz its own peculiar set of signals, but when, as in the case of-a great com- bined naval review, the ships and squad- rons of different nations come to. act to- gether, they use this international system with the result that the. senior admiral can give his orders and haVe them quickly followed, even by a people whose language he does not speak. ‘There are many other signals commonly used by ships at sea and in harbor, such as the blasts on the whistle to indicate which way one ship intends to,pass another, as, when one yessel meeting 2nother blows one sharp blast, it means, “I“am going to star- board,” and the second vessel answers with ore piast if it is all right, Then two blasts mean “going to port,” and three blasts “full speed astern,” which may mean much when collision is imminent. Then by night every sailing and steam ship under way carries a red light on the port bow and a green one on the starboard bow, and the steam vessel carries a white light at the fore masthead in addition, a vessel towing; another carries two white lights at the masthead and a disabled ves- sel-carries. three. : An Array of Lights. ‘Then all vessels at anchor show one white light twenty feet above the deck, and there are separate lights for fishing vessels, and vessels laying cables, and the flare-up lights from the pilot boats, and so many different lights and signals that the navigator’s memory must be lasting and quick to use them all in shaping his course to avoid the danger of collision. A squadron of men-of-war at sea at night, with the usual running lights, and, beside, speed lights, position lights, and the red and white signal lights, presents a very startling and gay appearance, and one can hardly blame the Norwegian sailor on a merchant steamer, who was aloft at the masthead on the lookout, and, sudden- ly seeing such a squadron loom up, sung out, “Light, ho!’ “Where away?” came from the officer on the bridge, and then, “Can you make it out?’ The bewildered lookout had never seen so many blazing lights of many colors except in the shop windows of shoreland, .so he answered, “No, sir; I am not sure whether it’s a dicog ster2 or a saloon.” In the merchant marine there are the usual international signals, and, some- times, the navy signals, where the vessel may belong to the naval reserve of a coun- try. Then there are line flags to show the line the ship belongs to; the “port flag” at the foremast, or the flag of the country to which she is bound, and often the offi- cial mail flag of the ccuntry whose mail is carried, flying at the main mast. In port during foggy or thick weather all vessels at anchor ring their bells at in- tervals of several minutes to warn any vessels under way from running them down. There is, however, one curious ex- ception to this otherwise general rule. To the Turkish people the bell is sacred as an implement (so to speak) of religion, so they have asked other countries to allow them to use a horn instead of a bell on their vessels, and it has been allowed— though otherwise they foflow all the uni- versal rules of the road at-sea. 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There is More Profit in It Than in Dining Cars. The room was not more than six feet by three, but the colored servitor in neat white apron and cook's cap seemed to get along as comfortably as if he had had the kitchen of an hotel to operate in. Plates and dishes, as well as tin pans and other utensils, were hung upon the wails, and a gas stove that was the ultimate expression of the “multum in parvo” ogcupied only a small part of the available space. There were convenient lockers for various sorts of edibles in cans, and behind the glass of a cupboard were attractively displayed oranges, banaras and grapes. The presiding genius was performing his culinary duties as composedly as if the train were not rocking with a speed of sixty miles an hour. “Yes, indeedy!” he said, in response to a RUD question from a Star writer. “Dar is me’ money in runnin’ a_ buffet than in a dinin’ car. Im de fus’ place, when de passenger pays a dollar in a dinin’ car he’s a-goin’ to git his dollar's wuf of grub afo’ he’s t’roo. But after he’s paid a dollar fer grub from de buffet he’s still hongry. Dat’s ‘cause de buffet is a la carty, an’ de dinin’ car is tabie-de-hoty. “Yes, sir; dat’s jus’ about it. Anudder piint is dat de buftet only cooks wot you order, so dat there ain’t nothin’ wasted. It Jooks kinder cramped in here, but there’s lots of room. I kin cook as fine a meal right here us you kin git in any dinin’ car. You'll notice i've got in de top of dis gas stove four receptuckles. Dey is lined wid porcelain. Dis one is fer coffee, an’ dis udder one fer tea. The udder two is fer hot water—to do eggs an’ sich like. Under- neath am ovens fer heatin’, “You don’t see how we git up sich a "laborate bill of fare? Well, sir, there ain’t no myst’ry about dat. It's ’cause so many t'ings comes in cans. Mos’ folks don’t *magine how many sorts of vittles kin be got canned, You'd nebber s’posed, p’raps, gat de breezy beef you hed fer lunch was out of a tin. Here’s de bill of fare, now. Breezy beef, chicken soty, veal soty, Vi- enna sassage an’ calf’s tongue wid sauce pickanty. “All of dem t’ings comes In cans. Here's tomatter soup, veg’tubble soup, bullion an’ glam chowder. They are all canned. So dat you see we don’t hab to cook so very much. Eberyt’ing is in tins nowadays, from Boston baked beans to milk. Fresh fruits, eggs, cheese, an’ even charlotte rushes we git in Washington. Oysters, too, jus’ de same way. I open em right here, an’ serve ’em on de half-shell, or in any udder way dat may be wanted. De shrimps fer today’s salad comes canned. “There ain’t hardly any fus’-rate hotel dat has a longer bill of fare dan dis buffet. Here’s cold meats—roast spring chicken, roast beef, ham or tongue, sardines an’ wild boar’s head. How’s dat? We buy ’em in Washington. I do all de caterin’ fer dis carat is, fer fresh, fruits, veg’tubbles, an’:so fo’th. I buy de bread an’ butter in ‘Washington ebery day. De canned tings am purchased by de company. “Ag fer liquors, there ain’t nothin’ we haven’t got. Here’s five kinds of cham- pagne, two kinds of white wine, two clar- ets, one Burgundy, one hock, an’ whisky, rum, gin, brandy, cream de menthy, ale, beer, cordials, ginger ale, an’ sody water. Cocktails am put up in little bottles. Drinks ain’t cheap on de buffet car. You pay $1.25 a pint fer American champagne an’ twenty-five cents fer a cocktail. I dessay de seegars ain’t wuf de prices charged. But when a gen’l’man wants a drink on a train, he wants it bad, an’ is usvally willin’ to pay fer it. Of co’se we have real impo’ted champagne, too. It only costs two dollars a pint. We keep de wines in an ice box. On Sundays we ain’t suppcsed to sell drinks, but we do it jus’ de same. De company has a rule agin it, put it’s only a fake. If anybody complains, de buffet man is laid off fer a week or two. He gits a holiday fer punishment. Yes, sir, de buffet has a license, an’ it is good in any state in de Union.” GET W ELL! APRIL 1S THE TIME TO CLEANSE THE SYSTEM: Prepare for the Heat of Summer Now by Put- ting the Machine of Life in First- Class Running Order, Do Not Take Evervthing That Comes Aloe Just Because It Is Moiicine. POOR MEDICINE IS WORSE THAN NONE. Know What You Are Taking and For What You Are Taking It. Are You Troubled With conipaon, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Nausea, Tired-Feeling? If So, Take. Ripans Tabules. WHAT IS THE FORMULA OF RIPANS---OF WHAT IS IT COMPOSED? TT I8 PUBLIC TO YOU AND TO YOUR DOCTOR. Its Component Remedies Are Tried and True. They Have Been Used by the Best Physicians for the Above Complaints for the Past Fifty Years. THEY ARE KNOWN AS SPECIFICS FOR THE ABOVE DISEASES— THAT IS, REMEDIES THAT ARE POSITIVELY 5 KNOWN TO CURE EVERY TIME. Ripans Tabules Are Indorsed and Prescribed by Some of the Leading Physicians of America. READ WHAT EMINENT BOSTON DOCTORS SAY OF THEM. It 1s a great satisfaction when you first com- mence to use Ripans Tabules to find that almost every other friend you mect on the street has Deen using them, and congratulates you upon the fact that you are about to use them. We give be- low the exact formula of Ripans Tubules: Rhubarb, Ipecac, Peppermint, Aloes, Nux Vomica, Soda. You may look up these remedies in the medical books which you may have access to and see for what diseases they are prescribed. You will find that they are set down as specifics for dyspepsia, constipation, nausea, sick headache, biliousuess and kidney complaints. Physicians, as a class, are opposed to ready-made medicines, probably from the fact that these medi- cines are usually compounded from a secret for- mula which they do not know, and cannot, conse- quently, recommend. Boston physicians were visited and their opinions asked regarding Ripans ‘Tabules. The Com- pany were surprised, as well as gratified, to find so many physicians in that great metropolis who voluntarily expressed a decidedly favorable opinion regarding the Tabules. Many of those visited eald they had been using the exact formula, with one or two variations, for many years. Others com- mented on the convenience of administering the ‘Tabules, and sald they would, henceforth, use them in their practice. Following we give a few of the hundreds of favorable opinions expressed volun- tarily by eminent doctors in “Boston: “1 think the formula an exceptionatty good one, and s good deal more to the point and better than many written by so-called very professional doc- tors, who claim that nothing 1s orthodox but thelr own. I am always ready to get points from any source.” Dr. E. F, Newton, 124 Huntington avenue. “The formula 1s an old and a good one. They are very beneficial for many forms of dyspepsia.”” Dr. John G. Dewis. ‘ery good indeed; shall try them.” Dr. Thomas Pitt. “The formula seems to be good, and shall receive my attention. There are a great many duch things ‘on the market, but the formula is very different from any other.” Dr. Murphy. “I am pleased to recelve a box of thg tabules, and approve of the formula, I often use such a formula in powder and mixture.” Dr. Bernard. “I am indeed very much pleased with my ex- perience with Ripans Tabules. I have a customer in Portland, Maine, to whom I gave a small vial to try. This customer had two physicians steadily for a long time treating his wife for dyspepsia, and the tabules were the only thing that did any good.” Dr. Dam, Columbus avenue. “1 consider the formula good and likely, especially the Ipecac and Nux Vomica, and also the Soda, the old standby. I have heard of them before.” Dr. Morris. “I am very much in sympathy with such a com- bination, and shall use them in my practice. I am in the habit of using such a mixture with the Nux Vomica and Aloes omitted, but think the tabules a decided improvement on my combination, I shall certainly give them a trial.” Dr. W. Coy. “The formula {s excellent. I like the convenient way they are put up.” Dr. Blodgett. “The formula just suits my idea of a remedy for many forms of dyspepsia. The Ipecac is the key- note to the whole business. This is the first for- mula of the kind that I have seen cae.” Dr. Clark. sag ome aie “The formula is very good, and I cannot see any- thing to criticise.” Dr. Emery L. Bond. “I like such a formula and will use them. I al- Ways find the Ipecac very efficient in cases of in- digestion. I also like the Nux Vomica, I think the dose about right.” Dr. Caiger. “I think them good. I shall use them.” Dr. Baynum, Hancock street. “I think the combination a good one and very desirable.” Dr. Eliot, Cor. Richmond and Han- over sts. “I shall be pleased to use them, believing them to be a good thing.” Dr. L. C. Gobron, Salem st. “I think they are a good combination, especial- ly the ipecac and nux vomica.”” Dr. W. Einstein, “I shall be pleased to try them, believing the formula to be very sensible. Often have occa- sion to prescribe such ingredients, but differently combined.” Dr. Rovinsky, Hanover st. “I think them very good and very often pre- scribe a similar remedy in powders. I never heard of a tablet of the same composition.” Dr. G. 8. Cahill, Chamber st. “I am very much pleased to try them, bellev- ing them good. I have had occasion to use @ for- mula very similar, but not exactly. I do not care what is advertised. If it has merit I will back it up.” Dr. R. K. Noyes. “I am very familar with such a formula. It ts very much more used in New York than in Boston. ‘There is a lquid mixture which is used consid- erably in the Polyclinic Hospital in New York that is the exact formula, but not so conventent to ad- minister. It is a good idea and I believe it will take well with many physicians. There is an other mixture which is very much the same, with the omlssion of the “I” and the addition of gly- cerine, used very largely in Roosevelt Hospital,New York.” Dr. Thompson, Green st. “I could never prescribe an article gotten up in that way. If I should prescribe them once my pa- tients would use them at will and when more were required they would know what to ask for.” Dr. O'Shea, Chelsea st., East Boston. The above are only a few of the hundreds of opinions expressed by Boston physicians regarding Ripans. Now ts the time to take Ripans more thau at any other tine of the year. The blood is clog- ged up and impure. The bowels and stomach and the whole machine of life need clearing out before the hot weather sets in Ripans Tabules will accomplish this with less inconvenience to the patient and with more safety to his general heaith than any other preparation in the market. It sells upon the merit qf its formula. When you buy Ripans Tabules you know what you are buying. ‘The price is Sc. per box. At all druggists.