Putnam patriot., 1910-06-24

Editorial Scraps.

shSt tHlneu lrOin ioou TUT tnlIty -ont uhN . and then began to live on a diet of milk xhieh he is to continue for ten days hefore taking more solid food. He lost s5 bounds in weight. The physicians vbo examined him at the end of his fas, said that his pulse and respiration were normal, but that his blood was somewhat thicker than normal, but that was to be expected Up to within fifty years ago, 1t was an ordinary mat fer for Christian people to fast twenty four and thirty-six hours as a religious duty, as was common under the Mosaic law. Few church people now fast even when they keep legal Fast Days, mak- ing them "feast' days.
 Banks run by school boys are no ion- ger novelty. that of the Bank of Pub licity School, New York city, has at- traeted much favorable attention. It is the real thing, the boys doing all the work, and the bank has all the officers usually found in larger institutions, and none is more than 15 years old. The theory of banking is more successfully taught in bank than in school room, i, thus clearly demonstrated, for the Bank of Public school ~ is a growing concern. lis managers and depesiters afe learning business methods, and learning, too, that bank account is a mighty handy thing 10 have. Deposl- tors are required to preserve balance of 50 cents. When depositor has more than two dollars to his credit he may draw cheeks. This privilege is freely used. One of the interesting fea- lures of the boys bank is the promisso- rv note which, with the proper en- dorsements, is readily discounted. In this way they learn that even as credit is the basis of transactions in the world greater finance so iii here. The en- tire plan of the boys bank is giving in- struction practically that fits them to do useful things, as theory alone can never do. The boys bank, therefore, is simply a branch of the Trades School for which the people of this city, as well as other cities of the State, are very desirous of securing, as they re- cognize its manifest advantages
 Great strides are being made these daysto'help humanity not only in their sicknesses and injuries, but how to ward off and prevent each. It is unne- eessary to name all that is being sue- eessfully done in this line, If we could. We merely wish 10 call attention to q new method of testing the condition Of the heart-that great pump which drives the blood to every part of the body about each second through many channels, and receives il back again through other channels. There are many whose hearts are not in perfect condition. and many die from "heart trouble" or disease, unaware that they were thus affected. John Hopkins University Medical School and Hospi- tai. is to have what will be known as "a heart station" This new depart ment will be equipped with special laboratory for examining the heart by electricity. It is known that certain amount of electrical currents produced with every heart beat. This current can be drawn of and measured by the ap- pianees at the Hopkins ''heart sta tion." The drawing of of the current will enable physicians better to diag- nose the various forms of heart disease, and at the same time the patient will not suffer inconvenience.
 The Chicago school board has praeu. eally decided to open the public school buildings for neighboThood meetings plan which has given most satisfae- tory results in New York andelsewhere- School houses are unused large part of the year, and if they can be utilized for the good of the public, to whom they belong, they should not be prevented.
 David Ranken. of St. Louis, who, a few years ago. established school ih that city, where boys could be framed in the manual arts while they were earning their living. has now deeded his entire property 10 the school, feser- wing only enough for his own living expenses. The estimated value of the property is 8 ,ooo, 600. Such noble deed will keep him cherished Tn lhe hearts of millions of boys on whom ne eonfers more than wealth, better than grand monuments
 Richard Parr. the customs deputy al New York, who materially assisted the government in recovering over s2 ,000, 900 in the sugar undeFweigHshe frauds, is 10 get a reward of slVo,oo. Not only did he help enrich the gov ernment that immense sum, but his discovery led 10 bringing to light other customs frauds, none of which can ever again be repeated.
 Last Monday Theodore Roosevelt be- gan the life he has chosen for himself as . private citizen. After one day 5 rest at Oyster Bay, he took up his work as contributing editor of the Outlook. It is i'm possible that man of such un- bounded mental and physical energy to be content even for a, shortSfime, 10 perform such light labor as Contnout- ing Editor. Neither will the nation be content to see him thus devoting nis