Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02
THE EERHIFORM APPENDIX.
1t is Today Utmost a True Gizxard
sn iii Women.

81 III Women.
To the Editor Of fbe Evening Star:
In contirmation of the discovery of the
distinguished paIeontologist as to the giz-
card functions Of the yermiform appendix,
and, furthsr, that it is now almost true
gizzard in woman. but only rudimenta:y
in man, the following will perhaps explain:
Appendicitis Afsfs the name of the disease
that affects this rudifnentary gizzard of
man. and sthe reason, why woman is not
affected li1R man in the same degrae of Sc
verify is because the appendix is more
like true giz7drd III woman, than it is in
man. This is shownjin girlhood. AS you
stated IN -sour excellent editorial recently,
many birds swallow as far as the gizzard
small pebbles that aid the process of at
triton of food" etc. Again. while 1t is
fully established that man is derivative
of the former mammal and bird, it may
be yet established that woman's derivative
IS mostly from the bird creation only.
At this season of the year We observe
that the domestic hen when she scratcha s
the gravel for her highly concentrated
ICod, Such as u ormS, larvae and seeds of
all kinds. now and. then swallows piece
of gravel to assist her digestion. For the
same purpose the schoolgirl Of today con-
sumes pickles, slate pencils, chalk, blue
clay, ashes, etc, and it meets a craving of
nature Gum chewing wastes the saliva
that is needful for digestion, and the APP
pendix vermiformis gizzard of the
schoolgirl performs it's functions to aid di-
geStion.
Our schoolboys by active exercise and
their predatory habits do not need ma
terial for the gfzzard TO help digestion,
and the result is that in adult life the
vermiform appendix Of man is shy of
to disease. What becomes of all the pins
manufactured is a question that mas puz-
Zled every editor of a newspaper or maya
zine in the md.
1~hirfv.Avo NJ NJ,
ly manufactured in the United States and
the waste of pins still goes on. What be-
comes of them? 1 have often found pins
in the craws of the domestic hen. 1 sup
pose the hen needs them in her business
or she would not swallow them The
daughters OF our revolutionary fathers
met here In session a fortnight or so ago.
a correspondent or reporter noticed the
following: THE ladies who made the
speeches had the sheets of paper contain
Ing their remarks carefully pinred together.
AS each one proceeded with her speech she
would detach sheet and put the pin in
her mouth. Then she would detach an
other sheet and put another pin in her
mouth. She kept this up for several min
utes and yet she continued talking all the
wnlie. The pins go into the mouth. but
never reappear 1t may be that woman is
not affected with the dreaded appendicitis
beca use she makes pin cushion of this
worthless appendix OF degenerated gfzzard.
The inference is therefore if the men nor.
ton of the human race learn to swallow
pins, they would be free from appendicitis
Preliminary education in boyhood would be
necessary to this accomplishment however
since, as We have seen, 1t takes pickles
slate pencils, chalk, etc, in early life to ri
this worthless gizzard for the function of a
pin cushion In adult life. That the yer,nf
form appendix Is q rudimentary pizzard
think it settled beyond further contro-
yersy. but as you say in your editorial Of
March p, If this theory be correct a
curious PARADOX Is presented" That Is.
functions, canx receive the hardest ma
terial and the MAet indigestible substances
and get away skiRday with them, but when
this organ r0r APPENDIX is not used II he
comes "A center, OF dangerous conditfons
as soon as any foreign substance or any
hard matter is deposited In IT..
In these days OF 'woman's reforms.
may she moi be 9f some service 10 the men
portion Of hmankind by RELOCATING back
this vermiArm appendix of man to tia
primitive cqpditi4n Of well-behaved gig
as to pins 10 her adult life and to pickles
and slate pencils and chalk OF her echooI
Gay life as an example. by following which
the restoration can be successfully acom-
plfshed In man? J. r. HAYES
March 81 lSo6.sf
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Actors Like the Center Of the stage.
From scribnsifs Masazips
APerhaps the fondness OF certain actora
today for the center of the stage is q sur
yivul from the time when no other position
was adequately lighted In the early DAYS
OF this century, before the INTRODUCTION of
gas, the footlights consisted OF half 4