Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-29
Gathered On The Battlefield Of Thought.

I'm not clIngiug enough. Mother was
one OF the gentle. soft. voiced. dreamy
eyed, white-musllned and blue Iibboncd
bellies. and Aunt Laura insists that
they are stu the winners In spite OF all
the slnngy hoydenish modernism one
finds among society women today. She
says that mems tastes haven't changed
al all. As II was Ia the beginning IA
now ana eNor shall be; the oak thinks
the Ivy Is the real thing IN help-meets
land mans approval is the whole law
for the aspiring dehutante. Remember,
my dear, | am giving you the gospel
according TO Aunt Laura. not my own
humble IDEAS. am mere sponge.
nowadays, bustly soaking UP worldly
wisdom. It's all very amusing. but II
one believed it--well. when believe It,
! shall be more like Aunt Laura. and
less like mother. l hope III land on
solid ground somewhere between the
two. Aunt l.aura's system worked
beautifully with her two daughters.
They were hopelessly unattractive, 1t
seems: but she married one TO an Eng
lish lord and one to q millionaire mine
owner-all through consistently stick.
ing to her theories, Eleanor Hoy.
Brainerd in tho New Broadway Mag
azine
Have Plants There are two classes
intelligence OF plants which are
- " tti stN Int. lNNltcu ~ ihstli > IhNS-
eNce TO describe GER
tain definite movements Ono
class. the sensitive plants, retract their
leaflets as we approach them as if they
resented any attempt az closer nti-
macy. while the other class, comprising
all those vines which develop climbing
organs called tendrils. will reach out
toward as II we place our hands In
contact with them, and will even U.S.
n finger as a support to climb upon.
We know that these tendrlls Will wind
just as readily about twig or o
grass stem. but as one feels these
sensitive strands multiply their cncIr-
cling coils about ones fingers. there al
most seems to be established between
us and the vegetable world a more in
innate relationship than has ever cx
listed before. Tendrils are indeed cam
able Of exhibiting faculties ANA going
through ovolutions more Wonderful
perhaps than many Of us realize. 1t IL
only after we have seen them at work
testing with their sensitive tips tho
objects they come in contact with, an.
parently considering their suitability az
a support and then accepting or reiect
Ing them as the case may belt is onlv
then that we realize how Justly thev
have been called the brains of plant
life The thoroughness with which
these wandering tips explore their sur
] observed in a grapevine tendrfl
cherry branch, whose leaves had been
variously punctured and scalloped by
insects. hung near the tendril. and "A
particular leaf had Just one small hoiu
In its blade not over three-sixteenths
Of an inch In diameter So careful had
been the eXplora ton Of the leafs sur
face that this one small hole had beca
discovered by the tendri. which had
thrust itself nearly three inches
through the opening.--Ho j. Shan
non, in Harper's for July.
Remarks on Geo. III. Butler ~
The Treatment Chicago believes that
Oi Disease we have como To at
tach too great inn
portance to diagnosis and too little To-
the prevention and cure of disease,
which are the physicians highest du-
ties. II is rarely possible ia destroy
the cause of disease, but we can coup-
terbalance the primary effects. We
must treat the patient primarily
Symptomatic therapeutics cure a por-
ton of the disease and prevent morbid
phenomena aggravations. and compli-
cations. By drugs we can give the
blood Its normal condition, and In the
excretion of poisons. antagonze toxic
matters, limit inflammations, increase
secretion, produce sedative effects, and
| change vascular tension Self-consti-
tuted authorities, perhaps less compe-
tent than general practitioners oppose
advances In therapeutics. We should
take advantage of every new scientific
method produced that Is found of val
ue,--Medical Record.