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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
FLY SPREADS 0EADLY GERM
Or. Flexner and Aid Of Rockefeller
Institute Discover Dt5semInator
Of lnfantiIe Disease.

New York-llXperiments carried on
in the laboratories Of the Rockefeller
Institute OF Medical Research have
demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt
that the virus Of infantile paralysis is
carried from the sick TO the well bv
the common house fly.
1t had been really understood the
poisonous element of the disease is
transferred from those suffering from
it to persons brought in contact with
The patients; also that healthy persons
carry the virus from the sick to the
"elL But in thinly settled sections of
Tie country the disease has spread in
d manner that could not be accounted
for by any Of the foregoing means Of
transmission This led to the sus.
pioion that The common fly was the
carrier and resulted in experiments
which nave been and are sun being
carried on by Or. Simon FIexner. d. |
rector Of the institute, assisted by
Paul j.. Clark Pm. D.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
FEET ARE AWKWARD
Great Many English Women Are
Pigeon Foed.
Neishbors From France Declare They
Should Have School for Teach
Ing Of Foot Experimentation
bic Skirt Blamed.

LondoA.-The Engllshwoman woult
be the most graceful woman in tn,
world II she could only learn III,
graceful management of her feet.
This, IN effect. was the verdict OF q
party OF Frenchwomen who visited
Hyde Park, and who appeared to derive
considerable amusement from watch
Ing the awkward way In which the
English women in the penny chairs
placed their feet.
"Maladroit," 'gauohe," were a few
OF the criticisms overheard expressed
In tones OF varying intensity.
II was noticed that the ladies' sitting
In the row-the objects OF these com.
ments-were apparently all unaware
of the criticism their feet were
causing.
Though not, perhaps, the usual
habitues Of the park, they were most.
ly we'll dressed women, wearing the
customary "hobble' skirts and the
rather conspicuous shoes OF today,
which are made In various shades Of
leather to match the stockings.
One Of London's leading teachers
oi dancing and department later in
the day said that most English women
need a course OF feet discipline"
III is another example Of the danger
Of adopting a fashion set by a foreign
country" she said THE hobble
skirt-the present mode-was evolved
by French costumers to suit French
women, and Frenchwomen are re
nowned the world round for their
graceful feet
English women hastily adopt the
fashion without thinking that. prac-
tgaliy for the first time In the history
of fashion, the feet form a consplcu-
GUS part OF the tout ensemble. There
are no crinolInes or loose plated bell
skirts 10 hide them.
Beyond a little drilling in the man.
agement OF her feet which she gets in
the hobbledehoy, short skirted period
OF her life, the English woman is
never taught the necessity of graceful
control Of her feet
'Now comes suddenly this tight
sHrted vogue and her feet are re-
yealcd in all their pigeon toed or
awkwardness. Not all Of
them, Of course, for some English
women are naturally graceful from
The top Of the head to the tip Of the /
toe.
"Hnglish women are fully aware |
hat the new skirt makes smart shoes
md stockings absolutely de rlgueur, /
,ut they forget that smart shoes and
stockings draw special attention to
me feet and make it equally compul-
ory that they should place them
gracefully"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

zen Bond. who, appropriately enough,
had charge of the bonding Of govern
ment employees in the department,
has left that position to go with one
of the great surety companies Ed.
ward P. Currier. until within a month
private secretary to Assistant Secre-
tary Of the Treasury James r. Curtis,
is now second secretary to Vice-Presi-
dent Frank A. Vanderlip of the Ma
tional City bank of New York.
Assistant secretaries Of the treas.
ury appear TO be always in demand in
mercantile life, especially if their
service has taught them familiarity
with fiscal matters. Charles d. Nor
ton, after a year or more of service
as secretary to President Taft, is an
officer Of the First National bank OF
New York. Louis A. Coolidge, who
preceded Norton and began many OF
the administrative reforms which have
since been carried out, is treasurer Of
the United Shoe Machinery company.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
Child's Curved Spine Often Es.
CapaS Doctors Scrutiny.
Dressmakers' Measurements Disclose
Defect When the Time for ANY
Effective Treatment Of Trouble
Has Passed.

Chicago.-"If your child has a back
ache and your doctor cant cure 1t,
send for the dressmaker; she knows
more than the doctor about crooked
backs"
such is the advice given by Prof.
Henry d. Thomas Of the Northwest
ern University Medical school in a
lecture to the members of the Chica-
90 Visiting Nurse association at the
Wesley hospital
In the clinic records there are the
histories Of 1000 cases of bowed-legs
and 5000 cases Of scoliosis. or curva-
ture Of the spine, which were treated
in the last ten years, he continued
In the cases of spinal trouble the dis
case began when the child was from
three to eight years old usually.
No one knew anything Of the dis
ease in many cases until the child was
old enough to go to the dressmaker,
Then it is too late for any effective
treatment. The girls mother-girls
have 70 per cent. Of the cases-never
sees it, the family doctor overlooks It, |
and not until the drossmuker begins
to do some measuring does the de- |
formity appear. Once started, the /
process continues with terrible ef- /.
rects.
THE number Of children who suffer |
from this disease is very large. Some /
zbtimators state that it is as high as
so per cent; others place the figure
IS low as two per cent. My own calcu-
alton, based on an examination of the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
CHURCH LIGHTED BY WIND
Novel Method Employed 10 Illuminate
Sacred Edifice Near Birmlng-
ham, England.

Probably one Of the most novel
methods of providing lighting for a
church is that employed at the old
Cosely church, situated a few miles
out from Birmingham, England
About 600 feet from the church is
the mouth Of a disused coal mine.
around which are huge piles Of tail
ings. Upon one Of these a steel tower
GO feet high is erected and a windmill
IS feet in diameter installed At the
base of the tower in a small house is
an electric generator which is run by
the mill The current thus generated
feeds q lamps in the church, two in
the chapel two in the vestry; operates
a motor for pumping the pipe organ.
and also lights 80 lamps IN the rec
tory. A storage battery m the rectory
is a part OF this unique lighting plant
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

lust as the government is sitting In
J for the biggest legal game It ever
played the discovery is made that it
is bound to lose and the Southern Pa
cifc railroad to win S50O.000,O00 il the
play goes on.
The stakes are a great area of Cali
fornias richest oil lands. They were
granted to the railroad with clause
in the grant expressly excepting all
mineral lands save those containing
coal and iron Most of these lands
were patented to the grantee more
than six years ago.
The joker in the situation is a spe-
cial 'staute Of limitations, slipped
through congress in an act Of March
3, 1891, and perfected by another act
Of March 2, 1896.
The effects Of these acts, as con
strued by the United States Supreme
court, is absolutely to bar proceedings
by the government to annul a patent
OF land to a land-grant railroad after
six years from the issuance Of the pat
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
Good Faker in the Government Museum

as reproducing the bloom OF q peach
or scraplng an apple to get the veg
etable wax that win make the surface
OF plaster apple look like the orig
inal fruit
There are always new problems
coming up In the curious art of max
ing something out of something else.
One OF the features OF the big ethnol-
ogic collection that is now being in
stalled In the hall OF the new museum
building is a series OF groups. These
include the various families OF man.
There are Patagonians, Hawaiians,
Eskimos, all sorts Of Indians, a family
Of Igorrotes and altogether about 20
groups. Each Of them is shown en-
gagged in some characteristic tribal
work. The Eskimos are loading a seal
on a sledge.
II there is anything the museum
cannot get in the original, from a rare
trllobite to a Corinthlan fresco, It can
turn Hendley loose with the original.
and he will make an imitation that
would fool an expert. II is a curious
trade, this legiumatlzed taking, and
the only reason for NOT extending the
account and telling Of some of the
other remarkable things that have
been done in the venerable institution
is to prevent the impression getting
abroad that there is nothing genuine
on exhibition there The genuine
largely outweigh the imitation antlqu-
ties, but there are few antiquities
wanted that cannot be made while you
wait.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
Senate No Longer a Rich Mans Club

NJ o longer is the United States sen.
~ ate the leading millionaires' club
OF America. The number Of million
aires in the upper branch Of congress
has been declmated, and the time may
not be far distant when the senate
will become known as the poor mans
club.
No less than s5O,O0O0OO worth OF
senators has been ripped from the
upper branch by an operation as sim
pie as the one that left Adam without
one Of his ribs The late Democratic
cyclone had much to do with It. From
present indications there will have 10
be formed an association for the CON
seryation of our millionaires I'm the
Senate unless it is to become the poor
mans club.
The death Of stephen B. Elkins Of
West Virginia carried S15,0O0,00O out
of the senate. The retirement of Mel
son w. Aldrich of Rhode Island. car
ierd S10O00,O00 away Four million
went with Eugene Hale of Maine,
when he made way for Senator John
son. elected by the Democratic legis-
laJure.
Chauncey NJ. Depew Of New York.
director in 80 different railroads,
walked off with $7OOO,OOO. It was his
own and he had a right to walk OFF
with If, but the senate in the aggre-
gate became just that much poorer.
Then there was John Kean Of New
Jersey, who while scarcely in the class |
Of Elklns, was worth $5,0OO,0OO When |
ne left, another fiye-million iron man
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
The Girls Handicap.

In her pretty new frock sister Mabel
felt quite proud as she sat on the front
step and watched some boys playing
on the sidewalk.
After a time one little boy came up
to talk to her and to admire, in his
rough little way her bright shiny
shoes and pink sash.
See my nice square-cut waist" eX-
claimed the grille" and my nice coral
beads! Don't you wish you wuz a
girl?"
mo Stree" replied the boy. Il
wouldn't want to be any girl at all,
because Iookie how much more neck
you haf to wash"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
MARRIAGE ENDS BABY ATS
Owner Marri9s Waitress, Who Is Not
Fond Of Children and Prefers
Families Without Them.

Brockton, Mass .-Brockton's famous
Baby Flats, built exclusively gor
families with babies will hereafter be
rented to babyless tenants, says John
Hill Bartlett, the owner, whose venture
had resulted in ex-President Roosevelt
sending him personal letter of com
mendation.
Two years ago Mr. Bartlett an
nounced that he saw no reason why
families should be barred from tene-
ments because they had children. A
years ago he married a waitress. Now
he says he renounces his former opin-
ion of babies
Mr. Bartlett does not express him
self as opposed to babies, but Mrs.
Bartlett frankly admits she prefers
families without them.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

to get drink Of fog. The robin seized
the head Of the worm in it's bill and
began to pull and swallow at the same
time. The worm began to back water
Immediately and would have pulled
the hole in after it The robin, how
ever, had a good grip and a tug-of-war
followed. The robin danced around
and tried to brace itself for steady
pull
The worm stretched almost to the
breaking point And yet after several
minutes Of struggling the worm stub
bornly refused to follow its head into
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
Snakes in Prohibition Maine.

Snakes emptied two saloons in Port
land OF the crowds OF customers a few
evenings ago A nonresident ordered
a box Of snakes sent to him from the
south for the purpose Of cleaning out
vast number of rats from his place.
The snakes were given a chance to
demonstrate their rat killing ability
and the large snake destroyed 5 in
a few minutes. The snakes were then
taken to two different saloons and in
a few minutes cleared them of the
crowd.-Kennebec Journal
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
MRoMG soRT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread May Be Against You
for a Time.

A change to the right kind of food
can lift one from sick bed. A lady
In Welden, H., says:
Last spring I became bed-fast with
severe stomach troubles accompanied
by sick headache. l got worse and
worse until / became so low / could
scarcely retain any food at all, al
though | tried about every kind.
Il had become completely discour-
aged, and given up all hope, and
thought / was doomed to starye to
death, until one day my husband, try
ing TO find something l could retain,
brought home some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with.
out distress. began to gain strength
at once. My flesh (Which had been
fabby), grew frmer, my health i'm.
proved in every way and every day,
and in very few weeks 1 gained 20
pounds in weight
Il liked Grape-Nuts so well that for
four months l ate no other food, and
always felt as well satisfied after eat
ing as If had sat down to fine ban
quet
Il had no return Of the miserable
sick stomach nor Of the headaches,
that used to have when ate other
food. I am now well woman, doingA
all my own work again, and feel th29
life is worth living. !
"Grape-Nuts food has been M.
send to my family; it surely save f3Y'
life; and my two little boyskE}9F
thriven on it wonderfully" AF1
given by Postum Co., BattlekEh
Mich. ff3o4
Read the little book, "ThS k,gsf
Wellville, in p!sgs "There'g ~
RIVER read the above Ief k-At
one appears from time tonGAAef
are genuine, true, and f9
Interest. Ef
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
REcRHArloNs OF SCIENCE.

The appearance Of a book OF up.
roarioua humor by stephen Leaeock.
professor OF logic IN a Canadian uni
versity, calls attention once more to
humor as a safety valve TO a career
devoted 10 the more serious things OF
life. II is . fact not usually recog
ni2ed but easily believed. that minds
which are concerned with philosophy,
mathematics. statistics. or other alb
sorbins intellectual pursuits find their
recreation IN something quite the re-
verse OF these topics, says the Chica-
90 Tribune. The late SIR Campbell
Bannerman the British premier, found
solace In reading innumerable French
romances OF the most modern type.
Lewis Carroll" was a mathematician.
deeply expert In the science and It Is
related that when Queen Victoria be-
came charmed with his Alice" stories,
she sent ont for all his previous works.
They brought her several books on
calculus, logarithms, etc, A few years
ago a nonsense book, How TO Tell
Wild Flowers From the Birds. delight.
ed u.s. Its author proved 70 be a pro,
fessor OF some duh science at Johns
Hopkins. And thus It goes. Extremes
meet An astronomer when away
from his eyepiece, throws himself
with ardor into pingpong. A mathema.
tician in private life holds the tlddle.
de-Winks championship. The law Of
compensation works, and nature pro
vIdes a safety valve which prevents
the boiler from blowing up.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

A member Of the British parliament,
Sir Henry Seymour King. has been
uusoated because It was found that he
Iad been guilty OF treating his con.
sIuents layishly." The cable does
not explain whether he furnished bar
reIs Of beer or boxes OF campaign
cigars for the purpose Of winning the
favor Of the voters, or whether he
went SO far as to distribute bottles OF
scotch and soda. In any event. the
judges who considered his case we're
not disposed to excuse him on the plea
that ii beer or cigars were distributed
they were passed around by his
friends who were eager TO put him
ever" In England they have a cor
rupt practices act which is enforced
without the necessity Of such dilatory
as have characterized the
Lorimor case.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
JAPS WILL EAT FROGS LEGS
Student Returning Home From East.
ern College Takes Jumpers Alona
for Breeding Purposes.

Storrs, Conn.-Kemao Inonya, a
Japanese student who has just re-
ceived his diploma from the Connec-
ticut Agricultural college here, is on
his way back to Japan, carrying with
him, carefully Grated, a dozen of the
largest and best specimens of bull
frogs he has been able to gather from
the ponds in the surrounding country
1t is his intention to use them in the
propagation of the species in his ma.
tive land, where the frogs are small
and not edible.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21
TOAD AIDS DISTRESSED ROBIN
How the TWO Divided Reluctant Angle
Worm is Graphically Described
Bird Got It's Share.

Bridgeport, Conn big red robin
on Wood avenue bit off more than it
could swallow Perhaps It would be
more accurate to say that it tried to
swallow more than 1t could bite off.
Cock robin in looking over fine big
lawn for his breakfast fell upon what
looked to him like good meal In a
big worm which came to the surface
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

the robin or follow its tail back into
the hole. 1t stood pat.
The robin was in just as awkward
a position because It couldn't let the
worm go. Each had a hold on the
other He looked around beseechingly
for help. hoppy toad, one Of the
first Of the season, who was out grub
bing, having enjoyed the tug-of-war
from the start, made bee line for the
contestants and neatly bit the worm
in two. The robin flew Off with the
forward part Of the worm and the toad
quickly made way with tho aft portion.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

Following a dispute in a medical
convention in Philadelphia on the re-
moval Of tonsils, and the sharp critl-
ciem Of young surgeons for removing
tonsils on slight preteXts, a resolution
was adopted calling for an exhaustive
report on the matter next year But
this will hardly tend to create over
much confidence and pleasant feeling
in people whose tonsiIiar troubles
will occur this year
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

a Michigan man remembers when
he was getting S25 and Taft S12 on
the same paper Now Taft is Dresi,
dent and gets $4,000 The Michigan
msn is an editor and gets an invita-
fion to join the press association.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

The graduates Of hirh school in
Washington We're warned to keep
away from the fashionable set If they
wished to avoid degradation and lead
upright Christian lives. But the elo-
quent orator m,ght have tempered his
fears for their future by The reflection
that it takes something more than
Hcldeterminauon to lead upright lives
to set into the fashionable set Of the
caDital-it takes money.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

A New York man died because his
nervous system was shattered by the
piano playing Of girl who lived next
door Another joke has been ruined.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

Boob, now found in baseball Ian
guage, is q contraction for BOBBY"
just as fanatic" has been shortened
to efan" and muttouhead" to mutt"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

Halley's comet can be seen and
photographed 5OO,00O,OOO miles away.
il it had proper sense Of its short.
comiugs it would disappear from view
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

General Humidity has arrived in our
fair city. He expects to make frequent
visits here during the next two or
three months.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

A man in Connecticut has had the
novel experience Of having his life,
which hung on hair, saved by his
bald head.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-21

More gold has been struck in Alas
ka, but it's easier money running
one Of those ice cream perambulators.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-21
QUAKER FRILL.
Tho Combination Of Strange Fashion
Notes a Feature Of the Season.

The success of "The Quaker Maid"
a new comic opera in London, has
started many Quaker fashions. One Of
these Is the pointed neck frtll, which
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-21
The Evening Chit Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON

ADV that the time for outdoor life has come around again I want to
" pass on a warning which came to me last summer too late to use.
please tell your girls urged my correspondent what a awful
time one reader had with her eyes because she read a few hours on the
water. The eyes we're terribly swollen and ! lay 1t wholly tt tnat
One cannot be too careful Of the strain upon the eyes which te
strong light from the water produces l myself know Of a girl who, some
years ago. when the mania for getting tanned and burned was a Its
height, lay fat on her back on the deck of a salboat n the blazing sn
for several hours to get a good burn She got the burn, but alas not
only on her ace but also in her eyes. They were % badly bloodshot that
she a a sight for days. Moreover, they we're permanently weakened
and 81 predtsposed to burn that she cannot go out 0 n the water at all
without making them bloOdshot.
Remember the next few months what delicate, complicated n alto
gether wonder affairs those eyes Of yours are. Be careful to shade them
we'll and be especially careful not to use them in too bright a light. That
is quite rs much a strain as the insufficient light
May I sit here?"
You are in a railway compartment and have half O a double seat.
A woman wants the other half Of tn. seat and instead Of simply taxi
ing possession unannounced, prefaces her entrance by a May sit heref"
and a pleasant smile.
Of course it is only a formalty.
OF course you couldn't answer any other way than In the affirmative
Of course it's unnecessary. But don't you think it's pleasant?
do.
1t seems to me just M of those gracious little habits that are the
hallmark of the true lady-not necessary, but very nice.
A man whom I know who Is very anxious to breed habits of saving
in his children, has adopted this method.
Perhaps 1t will appeal to other fathers.
AS each child begins to earn his bread and butter the father
takes out for him a twenty-year endowment policy for $1,000. This, he
tells his son u daughter, he will pay for three years At the end OF that
time he is going to urn the policy over to Its owner "a either @
deem it for threetwentieths of its face value Or keep on paying it
He has six children. Four of them have received their policies and
not one has chosen to take the money out Two have the policies already
paid up and ready for a rainy day, and not only that but have kept on
saving on their W accounts
Doesn't that sound like a pretty good method?