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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10
Just a Ray of Light
The Man That Longed for 1t Found It,
and the Result Is Blessing to All Humanity
ey ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

magazine world. and II Is such a won
derfully inspiring story that some
parts OF. II ought to reach the whole
large army OF people who read only
newspapers.
First OF all, 1t may be stated that
Finsen Is man--an Icelander; and
that the rays he discovered are rays
of light which heal disease OF certain
kinds long supposed to be incurable.
Prevents Scars In Smallpox.
One Of these cures is the doing
away utterly with scars In the dread
malady OF smallpox. II was discov-
cred by DR.. Finsen that placing pa
tients afflicted with this scourge In a
room where the light filtered through
red curtains. brought them back to
health without Disagreement
Physicians who carry out this the
ory to the letter, and who are able to
shut their patients behind red cur
tains and keep them there from the
start TO the cure OF the disease, never
fail TO prove the worth OF the Finsen
discovery, That alone should make
this Icelander's name immortal.
Way back In the days OF Queen
Elizabeth. certain doctors declared
red coverlets and curtains and lights
good to use In the rooms OF smallpox
patients. But the regular school
howled them down as charlatans, and
people OF conservative and sensible
minds laughed the thing TO scorn.
So the world had TO wait several
hundred years until the young Ice
lander compelled the attention OF sci
ence.
Soon after his discovery the red
light was tried In Gothenburg, Swe
den. by Or. Benckert. whose verdict
was: ~ nv y p. tN
In grave cases OF smallpox II gave
the most surprising results. can say
as the result OF my experience. that
suppuration is usually abolished by
this treatment. Scars are extremely
rare. and II they do occur they are
insignificant. The duration % the
disease Is shorter"
| Discovered by an iceIsnder.
And presently control tests were
made. showing that IL smallpox patti
ents were exposed To daylight after
beginning the red light treatment
they invariably suffered suppuratior
and soaring. A very little daylight
was found sufficient to do the harm
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

N1EOpLE who remember back 10
IOJ the seventies VIII recau
blue glass craze when sp,eau
- all over the country one
Gen. Pleasanton set the world
agog with the idea that light railing
through blue glass would cure every
mortal ailment.
Vast sanitariums were built COM
posed OF blue glass, and many peo-
ple fashioned rooms OF blue glass In
their home. where they sat for hours
daily.
Regular physicians considered the
idea "A form of quackery. and IL pass.
ed. as other fads have passed. anu
blue glass. which had risen To an ex-
travagant price, fell below par.
But now come the violet rays. whicn
ara only a higher vibration OF the
blue and science stands In their beau
tiful radiance and tells the worA that
these rays have come to stay. TO neal,
and tn save mankind from needless
suffering. =,
Gen pleasanton was. after all, on
the right track. but he lacked the pa
tience and research and persistence
which would have estaohsheu us INC
ory as a scientific fact.
Doing Away with Surgery.
The Finsen rays, the violet rays
the X.rays are rapidly doing away
with the surgeons knife. II IS that
knife which will In time be called an
implement OF "quackery.
II il safe 10 assert that In 20 years
nom now the painless and beautiii'
process OF light Will be used In 80 per
cent of the maladies where the khife
is now employed.
The skilled specialists OF the oay,
who make light life study. Know
that it's use, taken In early stages
cures appendicitis, cancer and tumors
the last named In advanced states;
ana that rheumatism and innumer'
ablsZ other maladies fade away before
the glorious rays OF God-created light
Almost everybody who reads. OF
who hears reading people talk, Is Ia
mIliar with the expression The Fin
son rays." Not one person Is score
Knows what the expression means
other than some sort of medical
term.
A few years ago Cleveland Mofett
gave the story OF these rays to the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10
The Pups Picnic.

A Boston bulldog, owned by George
II. Clapp. was so determined TO cap
ture a woodchuck which he had chased
into its den that he followed after
and stayed In the hole all Thursday
night.
When the dog had got his jaws
about the enemy he found thai he
could not get out, owing To the small
size of the animals hole.
Rather than lose his prey the dog
retained his hold on the woodchuck
over night, and was helped out by his
master In the morning The dog was
nearly exhausted and revived after
feeding and drinking in curious man
ner.
He consumed about two quarts OF
unguarded ice-cream, which has been
set aside for a party. After this tae
dog seemed still somewhat dazed, and
capped the climax by falling into .
bucket Of nade.-Worcester Tels-
gram.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

U~J HE EngflSn chdnnel lay only
500 feet or so beneath them
and, the day being Saturday
\ the Downs were full OF craft
Immediately below them the
evening mail packet ploughed her way
through the placid waters.
They could hear the cries OF those
on board as they were observed.
And then came TO them a new sense
"a sense that In their present situa
ton the world was OF no account.
The world TO which Strong and his
friends had before been held captive
by the laws of gravitation became on
the sudden a plaything
An expression of the general feeling
came from Pelham.
Good heavens" he said. as he
looked downward. 1--WE can waltz all
round the blessed old globe"
BY some common instinct Miss Hunt
and Strong looked at eachNother. Miss
Hunt looked at Strong because she
wondered II he realized the position
which Pelham had put into words.
Strong looked at her because he had
realized the possibility and wondered
II Miss Hunt could see that he ap-
preciated 1t.
Their eyes met and they looked
away.
They were over dry land again now,
Swimming across the roads at the back
OF Dieppe.
Langley, without any guidance
started for Rouen.
Just for a joke" said Strong, let
steer round the cathedral"
They dropped again, and Langley
slackened speed They SKINNED
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10
"PANIC-STRICKEN."

An Address to the Business Men
of America" Is issued by the National
Model License League OF Liquor Man
ufacturers and Dealers. Here are
some sentences:
The time has arrived for every
business man to consider the fact
that in many sections OF the coun-
try the people are runring amuck
and that the life Of the republic is
at stake. Not only Is our republic
In danger from loss OF personal
liberty and financial strength. but
the sanity OF the people Is threat
ened.
II the prohibition movement goes
on, what awful things will come!
You will see the destruction of
$4,000. 000,0O worth OF property In
vested in the liquor business and
collateral trades. You Will see
more than one million men and
women thrown out OF employment.
You will see thousands OF firms go
TO the wall, and you Will see ma
ton panic-stricken and on the
verge of starvation.
Dear, dear. this starvation Is very
bad. One particularly interesting
sentence Is this:
You will see law defed and
treated with contempt.
We are not here arguing for prohi'
billion. The wisdom OF IL Is In every
spot upon the earth dependent upon
the temper and the education Of the
people. Mr.. Taft's views upon this
subject, although circulated by the
Prohibitionists to injure him, are, In
fact. credifable to his clear intelli'
gence and To his straightforward
frankness. Laws can not be enforced
which are not by large majority
deemed necessary and desired. New
crthcless. the demands OF modern III
,iustry are driving the world toward
Temperance. The education Of the
pcople is driving them that way. Med
icine is turning against alcohol with
emphasis. The economic loss fsDm
direct, waste of all the money spent
on drink, huge rs 1t is. Is as nothing
compared to ne loss In stelfiress
and efficiency. The attempt NJ the
brewers and DIST Tiers TO make INT
that their business contributes 10
prosperity is fioicscue.' The cuisines
men OF America knew too much 10 10
more than smile at an argument ~
absurd Golfers Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10
Mayor Thompson Can
Make a Big Hit With
Civic Ownership
incidentally He Would Settle the
Traction Problem for Detroit
by the Only Sane Way
OF Doing II.


of much and of delay in the operation
the system
This holding plan have been put forward by
Mayor Thompson campaign for another term as the
solution of the Detroit situation
the rather gloomy outlook in Cleve
land. whether the mayor will father it here
In which maybe Mr. Thompson will after ali MT upon
the Detroit adopt and concede that
ownership of the trolley lines by the city
Had city of Cleveland the acquire the prop
which forced because of inability under the OHIO
constitution the holding plan would never have been
resorted to.
If the revised constitution accepted coming election
Detroit will have that power.
The Times has called before in attempting
shortsghedness OF eng
substitute for municipal ownership in place OF the real nhg
We his candidacy and
&he possibility making himself of Detroit long to be re-
by coming Aatootedy for municipal ownership and
plan lifting this burden from the shoulders OF the
people
Seeking the nomination the opposition three excel
lent citizens and fine gentlemen.
that there problem in this
city be disposed of of these would do tor
mayor.
The there traction problem however disquhes
each all of them The Times of thinking for of
possesses right ideaat least of them has given US
understand to date that he does.
he the track
30 Mr. Bremeyer park commissioner who says in his
operating the Detroit lines
= six per dividend.
Mr. Breitmeyer has had considerable trouble Belle
Isle the of supply
Should he be elected such platform and endeav
establish basis for computing dividend afraid that he
would find his troubles again due mostly to water.
What wish impress upon Mr. Breyer is this If the
operating dividends why wouldn't
good idea for the municipality hold Of such good
paying operate system solely the relief of the
taxpayerss
too bad Mr. Bretmeyer stop
day island and by looking around become
WINGED how successfully city do things for itself and behalf
cf its people.
IA The city Belle Isle
Consequently you get for few pennies by boat or
be supplied with suit and towels for bathing you
1.-The cool of the evening and hear music from band
81 Yes, the city supplies the music, too.
A The city supplies water.
The city makes light.
public benefits the
lowest possible
why the of common sense city
people who paying they should pay riding
Mr. Breiteyer having failed embrace the idea he
being Thompson
would field himself he
equivocally for municipal ownership of
To which he should dvoting his energy
lining people the side of the
the the direction of
contains will be hand when the it,
The adoption the constitution will in itself
the railways and other public service institutions
display little regard public of
which the the authority acquire them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

Is its own burning. intense longing
and its own dauntless courage
The light follows.
The law never fails.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

Fifteen dollars"
Fifteen dollars. III give you TWEEN
tyl"
ITS yoursl'-Milwaukee Free
Press.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

say cIty-walking on the interur'
ban tracks a few miles north OF I'll
yankee. on his way to ball game
Chas. Feldman. deaf mute, Il, was
killed by an interurban car.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

While it is, OF course, too early
to Judge accurately, there are
sisns that Mayor Johnson's hold
ing company plan for settling the
traction problem in Cleveland will
not DO.
The holding company has up to
date operated the cars at a loss
and there is much dissatisfaction
among the citizens resulting from
poor service and from a sadly
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

Robert w Rutter. who had one
term In the council from the Fifteenth
ward. Is making canvass for re.
nomination on the Republican side.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

william Fink. Fourteenth ward. and
G. L. Knapp. Seventeenth ward. are
two aldsrmanic possibilities.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10

.EOPLE who remember back 10
OI the seventies Will recall
blue glass craze which spread read
L all over the country. ohe
,,u.o,, .at tha world
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-10
CHAPTER xxvI.-(continued.)

0HE English channel lay only
l 500 feet or so beneath them.
and, the day being Saturday,
j the Downs were full OF craft
Immediately below them the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

osltion In such way as to make il yield
the biggest financial return. He has been
working for the children of the United
States for years. He knows the kind of
trees they like. how he must avoid cut
ting any that are so crooked to be
unavailable. and Il host Of other facts
that are an essential part OF the science.
The Christmas tree buyer pays - cents
a bunch for his trees and there are five
in bunch. The trees are bought stand
ing, and 1t is up to the operator to go
ahead and cut them. When the owner
of the land sells out the privilege to
cut. his interest in the transa ction is
done. and all he has to do is to count
his profits.
He has no risk: i'm fact, the element of
risk goes from nothing in the case of the
owner of the land to the extreme stage in
the case of the man who actually sells
the trees on Broadway or the Bowery.
Everything has been paid for in cash.
If the last man can sell out he makes
money. If not it is all dead loss
The boss selects the tree by the top.
He picks out the one that has a SYM
metrical. well-filled top. The tree is
placed on a trestle. the butt is sawed Oft
smoothly and painted, that the sap
will not run out; the branches are care
fully bound together to form a compact
bunch, SO that no injury can come 10
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prices and go to the homes of those who
have to weigh every penny. The fir tree
grows fast ii has especial timber
value. Farmers are glad to have it clear
ed off their land, SO that they can turn
the soil to better use
The dealer i'm trees must wait for tn"
big ones to grow. but the little ones
spring up almost over night. mushroom
like and can be handled in such num-
bers that they really yield handsome
profit.
One thing that helps to permit the
widespread use of the Christmas tree in
the city Of Father KnickerbOcker is the
fact that right in the Empire state
large portion of the Christmas tree crop
is to be found. Northern Pennsylvania
also turns out a big number which can
be Pushed into the metropolis at small
outlay. and with big sale assured.
An army OF men really work for months
in advance in order that the dweller in
the fiat, the little youngster. may get the
experience of more home joys than ordi
nariy fall to the lot of the youngSter
born to live in New York city.
There. where Lille is SO congested and
room SO costly, much of the pleasures
that come to the country boy. or even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

nj EW YORK May Often
/ y Seem Too Hustling and
Busting, Too Busy to Bother
About the Softer Side of Life,
But There Is a Great Evil
dence of a Latent Humanity
in the Metropolis in the
Fact That Every Christmas
a Quarter of a Million Trees
Are Sold in the City-The
Pick of the Crop, of Course,
Goes to Fashionable Section,
But Every Year on the East
Side An Almost Incredible
Number of Trees Are Sold
at Prices Below Fifty Cents,
the Majority Going at a
Popular Price of Twenty-Five
Cents-Christmas Eve, When
Dealers Find Glut in the
Fashionable Section, They
Hustle the Overstock to the
East Side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

One like that came through our room
the other day. 1t was Il little oblonS of
some kind of board covered with embroi-
dered linen and with the unavoidable rib
bon bow attached. One of the gir's had
just bought it and was showing it TO the
others She said. 1t is a Christmas pres
ent. It's pretty, isn't it,? 1t was We
said SO. Then some one wanted to know
what it was for, and she said one stuck
ones hat pins in it. Then she stood
swinging it from her finger and looking at
it. Finally she said. Yes. it is pretty
Then in burst of honesty. But would
you ever in the world stop to stick your
hat pins in anything like thar And as
one girl we answered No But all the
same. some one will get that Christmas
present
.She will probably deserve it, said the
Newspaper Girl.
.'Oh, no doubt she will She may even
send some one workbag" said the
Typewriter; Cir, gloomily. But wouldn't
you think that If a person cared enough
about any one to give present at all she
would want to put little thought and
personality into it, and keep within speak
ing distance of the sort of things her
friends might like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

h1tre. that the natural demand for the
ado-ed IDOL of the children can be sup
piled.
One-quarter OF million Christmas trees
go into the metropolis every year. and vir-
tual1y all of them are sold.
At the variety of prices most anybody
can have one. There are trees that go
TO 9Th avenue and TO Riverside drive
for which the plutocratic owners pay as
much as SO. These are symbols of
the Yuletide that delight the offspring
Of New York's great men of wealth.
But i'm the dist ributon Of the trees the
East Side is by 40 means overlooked. The
I:owerl loves its trees, and IL gets them.
too.
Thousa nds are sold yearly for prices be-
low - cents -, cents being IL figure
that attracts and AT which big business
is ever assured.
And there is trouble about getting
the little trees that sell at the little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

chortled. "shal call the madam? May
be the kids would like TO see how bright
and shiny my gun is. Just as YOU say.
old sport.
You Nelson Numbered forth, his
wrath making him for the moment for
getful of his tone.
Did YOU call me. dear
And his wife stopped short. swayed
moment and then recovered bravely, as
she took in the situation. She closed the
door quickly and held it, the mother-in-
stinct in her aroused.
Nelson started toward her
The burglar waved his gun threaten
ingly.
Don't be alarmed. madam" he said.
Just little matter of business between
your husband and me. There's about
two hundred around here that / want.
Tell him to hand it over quietly and I'll
go. hurry Up there. woman, I've got no
time to lose!'
Here's hundred Nelson interposed
quickly, take it and go. It's all I've
got
NO. Frank" his wife commanded. mot
one cent. Her face was ablaze with an
ger. her form erect and her eyes fearless.
BE quiet. Nelly Nelson insisted. We
are helpless. Here. you, take this money
and go. Do you want to kill my wife?
He threw roll of bills on the table and
into his pocket.
Put that money down" Mrs. Nelson
ordered without a quaver. DO you think
I am afraid of Your revolver You
wouldn't dare shoot, If YOU did, you'd
never get out of here. Just one cry from
either of US and the who.e apartment
house will be on your heels. Put that
money down on that table and YOU can
"Oh. l don't know. the burglar
drawied
Nelly. Nelly her husband pleaded d.
let him go. What is a hundred dollars?
Remember the children and yourself.
dear"
No Frank no. This sneak wolldn t
dare shoot and he can't get out OF here
without our giving the alarm. The min
ute he closes the door we can rouse the
floor. He could never make the street
in time. He shan't have it. Why-why-
Why. Frank. believe you are afraid
Mamma! Mammal. came a paintiNe
little voice through the door. please,
pul-lease, come back
The knob turned and ratified. The
mother clutched it quickly and held it.
I'm minute, dearie. in minute. She
forced herself to speak calmly, gently,
lightly. There is some bne in here now
with your father.
"Oh! OH cried the little voice. rs it
Santa CLAUSE Is it Santa Claus? Let
US come in. let us come inv' And childish
fists pounded on the other side. of the
door insistentiy.
You See laughed the burglar. there
you are!
And suddenly he fell silent.
Her back to the door. on which the
small fists still pounded. Mrs. Nelson stood
nOnplused
Her husband. alert for an opening.
moved slowly nearer the burglar, who
seemed lost in reverie:
''Oh. hel.!' the thief exclaimed sud-
denly. Here's your money!
And he pulled the roll of bills from
his pocket and tossed them onto the
table.
Nelson stepped forward quickly to pick
them up.
stand back the burglar commanded,
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too much individuality. what them?
Handkerchiefs.' sad The Department
Clerk.
"A girl friend of mine once remarked III
my presence that. Christmas gifts.
handkerchiefs We're the asst resort of the
unimaginatve. said the Newspaper Girl.
We'll, that's exactly it a." argued the De-
partment Clerk. IF YOU have individual
ity and imagination and all your friends
are equally blessed, it's trouble to find
the things they like. For the others
handkerchiefs.
and it doesn't really matter d great
deal. said the BoOkkeeper. dreamly.
The most useless. no-account gift may
sometimes be the one we love the most.
Like everything else in the world. If all
depends"
Yes the Typewriter Girl admit tied.
that's true; it all depeCcS.