The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-05
FROM O7EER PENS
FIGHTING TYPHOID GERMS.

cination. in the army, are both interest
ing and encouraging. About one-sixth
of the United States army was 1noeu-
lated with the typhoid vaccine, and the
returns show that only one person in
1000 had the disease and none of them
died, while in the unVaccinated part OF
the army, one out of $50 had the dis
ease and there were many deaths.
These figures are certainly very sig
nif1cant, and indicate that typhoid fe-
yer is going the way Of smallpox, not
again to become a real scourge to the
country. There will be, however, some
serious speculation about this as so
much incubation and vaccination as the
various maladies will require, that men
will undergo considerable change In
their general makeup. If a man incor-
porates into his vital processes the
various prophylactics intended to ward
off disease, he will become a compound
Of resisting mediums and occupy SO un-
natural an attitude as to invite other
troubles, for there seems to be plenty
of them waiting to avail themselves
of every opportunity.-Ohio State Jour
nal.
PROTECTING NATIONAL BANKS.
Comptroller Murray has originated
and introduced a number of reforms
designed to standardize and raise the
quality of bank examinations, 1t Is his
conviction that proper examinations by
really I1Oil WOu1Q IldhC AdAA-
ure impossible in the field of national
banking. Be this as it may, all wish
him success in his steady campaign for
conservatism, honesty and safety.
He has now approved an idea, sug
gested by a committee of examiners,
which is calculated to benefit banks
as well as depositors and clients. Lists
of large, persistent and doubtful Dor
rowers are to be compiled in the vari-
Gus districts and compared in the
he al ta
make misrepresentation and deception
hazardous for dishonest borrowers-to
aid the banks in discovering such
fraud, for example cas- has recently
come to light in New York. where one
crook openly Toasted that he had cas-
lily and successfully imposed on several
banks. The information will be treat
ed as highly conf1dential-and should
be SO treated to prevent abuse or the
spreading of damaging rumors--Ch1-
cago Record Herald.
HUSBANDS IN WAITING.
Why should any woman be without
husband when by the expenditure OF
small amount of money she can pc put
in the way of having one or many? At
least the experience of a Chicago wo-
man goes to show that potential hus-
bands are waiting on every other cor
neF ready to be gathered in by any en-
terprising lady who happens along
''All a woman has to do, she says, is
to Join a matrimonial agency" adding
Il am a member of three myself and
life member of one"
She is a member of three because her
fastidious taste leads her to become
easily dissatisfied with the prizes she
secures, and her sudden appearance in
the limelight is due to the fact that
she acquired several without the pre-
liminary of getting divorced from any,
and the fourth one in number for the
year 1910 was unkind enough to enter
a protest.
1t is not, course, advisable to fol-
low the course of the Chicago woman in
taking husbands simultaneously; 1T is
we'll to be off with the old love before
being on with the new, at least legal
ly; but the Chicago woman's expert
ence goes to show that men are not the
elusive creatures that some suppose, but
that more or less eligible specimens are
within the reach of any lonely lady
willing to take moderate amount OF
trouble and to expend a small sum in
postage stamps. In short. women who
wish to marry and have been unable to
do so because of the apparent shyness
of men nearest at hand should cheer up.