The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

and its tailless cat. America, thanks to
Prof Strong. may be able to start the
tailless dog.
Prof. Starr, Of the University of Chi
cago. touches real human interest with
modern thought. He announces that the
engagement ring is a relic Of barbarism,
the refined successor to the nose ring
placed on female slaves 10 denote the
surfdom OF the wearer.
The dress suit he characterizes as a
hand down" from the medieval
hunting coat, He doesn't think much Of
clothes. anyhow. In fact, he has been
planning to build a great structure in
which the married members of the uni
versity faculty shall reside. and which
shall have a courtyard wherein their chill
dren may play without clothes until they
are ten years old
Prof. starr declares the America people
are becoming like the Indians. He has
observed that their CheekbOnes are grow
ing higher and that in other ways they
are taking on the characteristics Of the
aborigines. Blends are disappearing.
Some of those who have heard of his
clothesless plan for children think that
he is trying TO hasten the transformation
Of the white race into that of the lovely
Hiawatha.
The Dead Are Raised.
DR.. Whitford. professor in a Chicago
medical college, announces that he has
restored the dead TO life. Several resi-
dents of Elgin. H., back him up in the
assertion, for did he not save them after
they had been drowned?
Or. Whitford holds that in the case of
drowning death IS due to asphyxia. from
the spasmodic closure Of the glottls and
the exclusion of air from the lungs not
from water getting into the bronchial
tubes and the lungs.
His remedy is simple. lie places the
apparently drowned person I'm bathtub
Of hot water then takes a dipper and
dips up the water, letting the liquid drip
on the chest Of the patient. This treat
ment will soon bring signs Of life, says
the doctor. and then the ufcsaver may
resort 20 artificial respiration
He cites the case of Emma Benringer,
of Elgin. Ill.,, who fell of a bridge into
the Fox River. was carried downstream
two miles before being rescued. and WAS
treated by him six hours after she was
apparently dead. She is now alive and
healthy, although she was drowned last
August.
While the scientists have been thus re-
vealing the secrets OF nature the humsni-
tarians and those who would abolish al
the evils OF civilization have been look
ing for remedies. The woman president
OF "a social economies club has discovered
how to deal with certain classes Of de-
fectives.
Hang the idiots. she says. "and brand
the murdercrs on the forehead with hot
iron"
Or. Belheld declares the cure for crime
is TO prevent the marrying of criminals
and detectives. He adds 10 that the de-
mand that the criminals be sent 10 a
penal colony or the cemetery
Prof Thomas Of the University Of Chi
cago. holds that crime and insanity can
not be checked until the society women
reform.
"The women Of the upper class" says
the professor, give themselves up TO
Ornamentation and struggle for social
pre-emincnce. or the solemn sacraments
OF bridge whist and the department
stores. In consequence. childbearing is
left TO the poor. and the race is deter
ioratBg. insanity is becoming more pre-
vaient. and the yellow race may yet be
supreme"