The Washington herald., 1913-07-20
By A. ID. JACOBSON.

by n. De JAOOnSVNs
THE UNREST OF WOMEN: By Edward ssnfor
Martin. New York-D. Appleton & Co.
The unrest of women is part Of tn
general unrest that Is affecting all tn
world. The author cites examples. I
puts the yorng Turks in charge Of Tur
key, starts a republic in China, give
power to Asquith and Lloyd-George il
England. and starts a progressive part,
in America. Then. also, the entrance o
women into business has caused unrest
There must be readjustment and Until
IL comes there will be unrest. Women d,
not stand on a level with men in thes
, undomestic employments. And thi
causes unrest among some women.
But why are they not on level will
men in the undomestic employments? tn,
reason. says the author, is, that all TIL
out-of-the-home work is to man his vo
cation. but to woman at large no NOR
than her avocation. Her great vocation
is motherhood. 1t Is in that that sh<
is indispensable and unrivaled: and y
that is the basis of her complete equality
with man. The normal woman always
will look upon employment outside the
home as temporary. The author says
that 1t is important for a girl to get d
good place and 10 well. but it is more
important that the work shall like hei
and that she shall escape from it in time
while she is still capable Of fulfilling
woman's destiny, and has not yet becom
an office fixture
Among other things Mr.. Martin dis
cussed the disQuiet Of Miss Thomas, u,
Bryn Mawr, the agitation Of Mrs. Bel.
mont. and the visions Of Janc Adams
and he thinks 1t Is q great mistake in
all Of them, that they have not taken
into Que consideration the demands OF
nature. But the unrest OF women is q
fact, and to him there are two remedies
which must be applied. One is politics
This does not necessarily mean the ba'-
lot for women. That can do very little
alone. The other is religion, that great
asset OF our civilization. incomparabl;
more important than all our astonishing
apparatus for promoting physical COM
fort
SAFEGUARDING THE SPECIAL SENSES 10
trsatise on eyes, ears nose and throat): BY Dr.
Henry o. Reik Philadelpha-F. A. Davis Co.
Fifteen years experience as a specialist
in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and
throat has convinced the author that the
majority of persons suffering from seri-
Gus affections of these organs have ar
rived at that stage of their diseases either
through ignorance of the normal use and
functions of these parts of the body or
as the result of neglecting to properly
care for them. The child, explains DIR.
Reik, is not expected 10 know that snor-
ing generally means obstructed respira-
ton; that recurring attacks of pain in
the ear mean an abnormal growth in the
nose or throat, nor that inability TO clear
ly see the school blackboard or headaches
following study are indications of bad
eyes.
In many instances parents, though
h. "a % @hAr,
but little wiser. Disinclination TO study.
a tendency TO hook school," o. failure
to maintain satisfactory class standard
are much more frequently due TO poor
vision or eyestrain than to original sin.
Parents are too prone to attribute dis
like for books TO laZiness or wickedness
and to try various forms of punishment
when a proper pair of classes would
make that child as fond of reading and
study as are his classmates. What per-
centage of fathers and mothers realize
even the immediate dangers of enlarged
tonsils or aJenoid growths, not to men
ton the more remote but ortentimes Sc
rious sequels of these abnormalities that
are so common in childhood?
Second only to the crime Of not prop
erly safeguarding the health of his
children is the sin the adult commits in
neglecting to care for himself. Men and
women doing the finest kind of eye
work in improperly or insufficiently light
ed rooms; absolute disregard for venti-
lation in offices and workrooms, often
even in the homes of the wealthy; fail
ure to regard colds in the head or puru-
lent discharges from the ear as of any
consequence until some dangerous COM
plication arises, such as pneumonia or
meningitis: these are conditions common
ly observed and attributable TO ignorance,
partly to neglect.
Specialists are a body of medical ex-
per who have devoted time and study
to some special organs of the body. and
who, by so doing, have acquired not only
a certain amount of knowledge of their
functions and the means of restoring
them TO health when diseased, but at
the same time have learned how a
healthy condition of these organs have
been maintained. This knowledge they
pass along to that larger portion of the
medical profession, the general practition-
ers of medicine the family doctors.
They. in turn, are expected to utilize tLat
knowledge in so far as possible, and to
instruct their patients in the similar
measures. Attainment of the later por-
ton of this desire is, however, not well
provided for; the family physician is not
sufficiently often consulted regarding
preventive methods, and the specialist is
usually reserved for more or less serious
conditions of disease.
Unfortunately medical men have not
had sufficient opportunity TO use their
knowledge for instruction of the laity.
Public lecture courses and occasional
magazine articles reach but a small pro-
portion of the public, and then deal with
but a few topics relating to some one
organ.
NOTED PENNSYLvANIANs: By Walter Let
ferts. Philadelphia. B. Lippincott & Co.
This book contains the life stories
of twenty Pennsylvanians who were
famous throughout the nation. We
need to know our great citizens bet
ter. New England has stepped her
people in love of their history, until
tourists flock to the hallowed ground.
Other sections of the country might
well follow New Englands example.
The aim of the book is to strike a
mean between the volume consulted
by few and the brief account which
leaves a reader unsatisfied as to the
connection of events. Nothing more
bewilders the mind than to be con-
fronted with a figure who apparently
has sprung to greatness in a moment.
Nothing could be more untrue than
such semblance. These accounts
strive 10 present the steps, from child
hood on. by which the persons de-
scribed made their way. These life
stories cannot fail to bring out strong
ly the power Of hard, persistent work
toward definite ends. II the young
reople who read them absorb that idea
the author will be repaid for his labor.
The book supplements the usual
conrSe in limited States history There