Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-28
FAVOR DECORATIVE SURGERY ID HELP
 BUSINESS ALONG
Lancet Sees Benefit in Removing Facial
 Ugliness
LONDON NEWS BUDGET

surgery has received rhe approval Of no less an authority than The Lancet, which publishes an article defending it as worthy Of the best efforts of the surgeon. It declares that the effort to remove or at least to mitigate all facial deformities must be regarded as a very important part of the work Of surgeon; quite as important. in- deed. as the remedying of a knock knee or the excision of a lipoma. It aIp,ues that decorative surgery is really essential for a large number Of persons If they are to pursue ef. fectively the business of their lives lt must be conducted however. with the same care and precautions that mark other branches of urgery.
 If this work is not taken up by the qualified surgeon it will be undertak- en by the unskilled practitioner with disastrous results in many cases to the patient.
 Colonel George Dunn, United States military attache at Rome. has been spending some time in England invest igating the system of punishment
 
 been much talk recently of a change in the American code, which has been criticized as innicting punishment out of proportion to the faults commit ted.
 IL has been suggested that the large number of assertions in the Ameri- can army has been due in large measure to the severity of the pun ishment meted out to minor offend CTS against the regulations. In the British army the system of penalties is radically different and Colones Dunn has gathered much valuable data which he will submit to the War department at Washington.
 British ship owners are consider ing a proposal of Herr Ballin that both German and British ship owners should. instead of dispOsing of old liners 10 probable competitors, break them up and receive some 9 per cent of their original value from an insur- ance fund 10 be contributed to by all
 The Britishers are inclined 10 view the scheme with favor, especially as they are the chief sufferers from the kind of competition to which Herr Ballin wishes to put a stop. Most discarded British ships are sold to foreigners who place them under the flags of their own countries and thus obtain the benefit of lOoser shipping laws than those with which Britishers are compelled to comply.
 That the labor leaders no longer lead in Britain Is becoming increas- ingly evident All over the country labor unionists are striking or de manding their employers against the advice of their officials, who form erly absolutely controlled the unions. The men, whose grievances after the strike of last summer had been re- ferred to a commission which prac' ! tically granted their chief demand. [ recognition by the companies of the | unions. wished to go out Christmas week and dislocate traffic at the bus ! fest time of the year. They were prevailed upon to remain at work only through the threats of the off ] cers that they would disavov any l such suicidal action.
 | The government is erecting m [ Parkhurst forest, near the old convict | prison, a Prison Hotel" where an | experiment will be made in the new treatment of habitual offenders. Un- der an act recently passed by parIa ment, judges are empowered to order | the detention of prisoners after they ] have served terms Of penal seTyitude i Heretofore prisoners ordered to be | detained have been kept in ordinary ] prisons Now they will be sent tC ' the Prison Hotel a structure with
 comfortably arranged and decorated
 cells. admirably lighted and ventilat
 ed The regulations allow the pris oaers to dine and have other meals fn an association hall. and good con | duct will earn the privilege of pur' i chasing table extras at a dry canteen ! There are also rooms for reading and l recreation.
 ! Still it is not all pleasure; there is
 some work to be done. The govern
 nent has purchased a lot of forest land of which 100 acres is in the pro cess of clearance for those men who are to be taught agriculture and horti culture Others will be practiced ir the skilled trades. In this way Eng
 land hopes to decrease the number ol
 habitual offenders, many of whom
 having no trade go back to crime