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The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The following very interesting state
ments, some of which are considered
striking by the leading lights Of
French medical science, were made
by Or. Alexis Marrel OF the Rockefcl-
Ter Institute for Medical Research.
New York, at his fret official lecture
at the Paul RcauJon hospital Or.
Carrcl announced that he was now
able to operate in the chest cavity with
as much ease and safety as In the ao.
domeu, says the Paris correspondent
Of the New York Times 1t Is now a
simple cut" he said, and We open
the thoraN and operate upon the lungs,
heart and aorta as we treat the kid,
neys and the intestines, We now know,
also. just how much the brain. the
spinal cord and the heart can stand
as regards the temporary anaethetics
required by operations. The heart
suffers vRy little from interrupted
circulation as long as care IL taken
that It has enough oxygen, and it may
be stopped for five or even ten min,
utes without danger, while in the
spinal marrow the circulation may be
stopped as long as 20 minutes. For
the brain. however, four minutes Is
the limit Of safety, and after tive 1t 10
very difficult to restore normal condi-
tions." A huge field Of work remained,
he said in conclusion, to be done, as
regards operations upon the human
heart, and the study OF these was OF
the greatest possible Importance. This
was especially true Of surgery for
aneurisms and the shrinking OF the
aorta or pulmonary arteries, The lee.
ture was received with great en-.
thusiasm.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08
cRoWLEss BOOSTERS.

According TO a Washington news dis
patch, experts in the department OF
agriculture have set about the task OF
evolving rooster which does not
crow. 1t is commendable under.
taking, and II success should attend It
only so far as to do away with the
growing at unseemly hours in the
morning, a grateful public will praise
and bless the department without re-
gard to political preferences or pre-
JUDGES But II the dispatch is correct
as to details. the experts have gone
at work in a way which does not
promise permanent results. AS the
brief story is told, the experts have
been prompted to the quest by a cor.
respondent who claims that he has al
ready solved the problem by the sim
pie, and he says, painless process OF
cutting one of the vocal cords in the
birds throat. II the experts are work.
ing on that line, they will discover
at the end OF their experiments that
they are az far away as ever from
producing a crowless breed Of fowls,
says the Manchester Union. Doubt
less, the rooster operated upon will
be yoiceless, and he would be II one
were to cut of his head, as many Il
light sleeper has longed to. but his
progeny, If he has any, will grow and
cackle as vigorously as did his an
cestors, unless they, too, are also op
Grated upon. The destroying or modi-
flying an organ or part in the individ.
ual does not produce like change In
the descendants. Evolution does not
work that way.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The duchess OF Marlborough de.
clares that mothers of the present
generation cannot cook a meal nor
bring up children properly. These
are probably among the wild general
charges which It is now the order
OF the day to bring against everything
and everybody. Mothers have always
been among the best things going,
with their love teaching them all
things, and mothers OF this generation
are no different from those who have
preceded them and those who will sue
ceed them. 1t will take more than the
latest fashions in criticism to under
mine the popularity OF mothers.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08
INFLUENCE OF HABIT.

II may be- supposed by some that
the soul Is Just as big. and ar warm
and as sympathetic as It's Divine Glver
made It. and that nothing the indi-
Hdual man or woman may or can do
will expand or enlarge It, That ia a
mistake It ls just as much mistake
as It would be so say that nothing one
may or can do will have influence In
making the physical body hcal,hul.
normal and strong Every one knows
that the habits OF a man or woman
have much to do with bodily comfort
and strength Many n man who Is
endowed with a strong physique. has
made Of himself wcaklng, often
physical and mental wreck. by his
habits Of intcmpcrRnce When the
term lntemperance Is used in this con.
nection, It means intemp"ganco In eat
ing or intcmporance In drinking. IN
temperance in the qualification Of the
lusts Of the flesh lntcmporauco IN any
thing One In yielding to the slavery
Of habit may deceive himself and pre-
sumo that he is having good time.
But he will not have to live very many
years to find out that hts good time
is lacking in the quality Of logeyIty.
It will be short lived, says the Knox
vile Journal aud Tribune And when
his capacity for enjoyment has been
pinched, shrivelcd and robbed of the
essence Of llfc by the frosts and the
storms Of time. he is likely to become
OF all men the most miserable.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Now the cugenic idea IN marriage
to produce perfect race ia being
opposed, as all theories which gain
such prominence in the public eye
are bound to be. A scientific expert
declares that what the race needs ia
brain more than Drawn, and that the
giants Of intellect may be physical
weddings He decries the Spartans
as modern models in an age where
force is not the ruling factor in hu-
man affairs. And even his opponents
will be compelled TO admit that he has
method in his madness IN opposing
present pet reforms
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A member of the English arlstoc
racy who has adopted the stage as a
dancer, says she has done SO because
she needs the money. This is refresh
ing. She might have said that she
did it in the cause of the uplft Of
art. or because she wearied of the
empty life of the leisure class and
wanted a career, or that she desired
to blazon the way for her suffering
sisters. But to work because she
needs the money is an explanation Of
such genuine heart interest as to be
popular at once.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Rulers of Greece have had on easy
time since that country threw off the
yoke of the sultan, 30 years ago. AT
the outset Greece tried president
Capodistria-whow was soon assassinat.
ed. Then Otho of Bavaria was chosen
king, but, after a stormy time, was
forced to abdicate After that the
crown went begging for a while. The
duke Of Edinburg and the earl Of Der
by both refused 1t, and 1t was common
talk that "Mr. Gladstone could have
had it by the lifting of an eyelid,"
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Science seems to have no limit to the
tasks It will assume The editor Of
American Medicine as8erts that tho
proper cure for the gambler Is in
sanitarlum. "A time may come" ac-
cordlng to his assertion, when tho
nature Of such habits will be brought
to the alIonist" Hut before science
undertakes this euro 1t must settle a
practical point. VIII tho man who
bets his pile on the rise or fall OF
stocks, grain or pork be rated ms a
gambler or only the one who stakes
his wad on cards or the ponies?
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08
Our DAILY BREAD,


I. What man in the street knows or
cares anything about yalency7 Or
perceiyes in. let us say. the allotropic
notifications of sulphur an analogy
TO anything of practical interest to
him? Yet these things have much
10 do with our daily bread and many
figure largely in the settlement Of
some barkers' strike. This Professor
Katz of Amsterdam in studying the
question of what chemists call valency,
has been investigating the influence
Of temperature upon chemical reac-
tions say the New York Tribune. He
finds that the fresh bread which most
men prize and the stale bread which
only some dyspetics tolerate are
simply notifications of the same sub
stance. comparable with the afore-
said allotropic notifications Of sui
phur. But what causes the change?
Nothing but the change of tempera-
ture. If bread is kept at high tenn
perature it remains unchanged. Or
II it is Immediately reduced to a very
low temperature and is kept there, the
chemical changes are so slow and
slight as to be negligible. 1t is there
fore proposed In Holland to utilize this
discovery through the establishment
of large storage warehouses, either
hot or cold, in which reserves Of bread
shall be accumulated and kept per
petually fresh, for use in case of
such emergencies as general strike
Of bakers or temporary scarcity o.
supplies of grain,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Who says college education Is a
failure? OF seven hundred members
OF dshwashers' union in San Fran
cisco, one hundred are college grad
yates. One of the officials Of the
union formerly taught mathematics
in a college, but found more benefit
to himself and more service to 80
ciety in dIsh-washing. For so does tho
higher education encourage the philo
sophie spirit,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The conscience fund OF the ma
tIonal government was swelled during
the last fiscal year by only $2,Sl4.44.
the smallest total Of contributions for
any years since 1901, and Is less than
three-quartcrs of the hundred.year ay.
erage This suggests the interesting
speculation whether It indicates that
people are becoming more honest and
therefore have less need to make an
nonymous restitution, or their con
sciences tougher, for which reason
they don't do 1t.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The club formed by college girls
In Boston to marry no man with an
income under $4,000 has disbanded.
with a surplus OF women In Massa-
chusetts, the young women probably
found that the young men, with the
advantage of a supply exceeding the
demand, were too independent for the
club to be debating terms.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

noted French painter of women
says he found the American women
beautiful, companionable, intelligent
spiritual and witty. After this, the
rest of the world will not wonder that
the American woman gets from the
men OF her nation anything she wants.
They will also realize what a distinct
advantage 1t is to be born under tho
Stars and Stripes.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A social reformer asserts that no
one can be religious on one dollar per
day. He does not seem to have heard
that the essential part of religion Is
without money and without price,
There seems to be more foundation to
the view that on that income man
cannot be much of anything else.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The Atlanta lawyer who knocked
down 1--WE men with one hand and
stood Triumphant over their uncon-
scious forms ought to make tour of
the country so that men might see In
flesh and blood the realization Of the
hero OF the impossible romances OF
physical might, dear to the memorleg
Of their bOyhOod days.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

While the government is barring the
pink bollworm from Hawaii and quar-
antlning certain moths 1t might make
a hit by putting the manacles on
number OF mosquitoes that infest this
vicinity
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

DR.. Carroll the great surgeon, de-
clares that brain operations are more
difficult than those on the heart. or
course Just think of the senseless
nothings young men pour into girls
hearts.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A fashion paper says women's sum-
mer dress will be cool, charming
and comfortable. Evidently had a
bathing suit in mind when this was
written.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A college for women orators Is to
be started in Chicago. Next thing
you know some college will have a
professor to teach young ducks to
swim.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

life in this country is valueless,'
said Mrs 0elrichs as a porter nearly
wheeled truck over her toes. Value
less, perhaps, but not unexciting.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The national bureau OF chemistry
advises the use of the nose and eyes
in detecting bad food. Ears came
into restaurant service some time
ago.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

II men are what they eat, as some
theorists declare then the order to
include meat in the pure foods ought
to be great help In the uplift move
ment OF the country.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Many a poor horse that has been
overcome by the heat and has lain
down to die has been made infinitely
more miserable in It's last moments by
a crowd of self.appointed horse doc
tors
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Stamford, Conn, man Is hale and
hearty at the age Of one hundred and
six. There would be fine moral in
this II IT were not for the fact that
he is an inveterate cigarette smoker
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

There is nothing more annoying
than to sit in a theater directly in
front OF person whose only adjective
is GONE" Hear him or her say
That's some artist" and then die.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Some day some judge is going to
surprise the world and shock the legal
profession by giving a perfectly clear,
selflnterpretIng decision In about 2f
words,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Though a French symposium OF
opinions has named 30 as the proper
age for a man to get married, base
cynic might say that at that age a
man would know better.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Some newspaper paragrapher, one
Of these days, will make n big hit by
writing a squib about summer resorts
not living up to the booklets written
about them.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Experts are now turning their In
ventive attention to the evolution OF
the crowless rooster. When that feat
is accomplished they might next try
conclusions on the back-fenceless cat
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A fugitive Russian princess is said
to have been discovered on the New
York stage A real princess could re-
main undiscovered there, II anywhere
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Chicago preacher says that one
Of the greatest needs OF the American
people Ia wholesome amusementa. But
the tired business men don't want 'eD
that way.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Some folk are kicking because this
country spends more yearly for music
than for the army and navy depart
ments. At that we can make any
other nation on the globe dance to
our music,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

European gent says American girls
have such a soft time that they get
lazy. But he doesn't know the effort
they expend In walking In these new
garbs. ..-....
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The posse Of young husbands which
has been securing the country reports
that the man who wrote a book on
how to get married and live happily on
Sl2 q week has not been located,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

In spite of the scientific definition
Of love as lunacy, nobody appears
to be taking steps toward curing
those 80 afflicted or preventing gen.
eral progress of the disease.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

New York Judge says wives should
stay at home with their husbands In
stead of riding around In taxis Think
the husband should be consulted
first.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Los Angeles woman sues her hus-
band for divorce In order to win back
the beautiful friendship she has lost.
II she gets the decree will she be
friend wife?
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

There are a great many people in
this world who don't know what Is
good for them, but II they viii only
wait long enough, somebody else will
give them the information they lack.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

We never knew man who could
unravel the mystery OF railroad time
table who was worth a pinch OF snuD
at anything else.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Philadelphia Judge has eniolned
an obnoxious rooster from Growing.
Again has the law manifested It's
superiority over mere nature and Its
instincts.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Andrew Carnegie says he once tried
to get a Job on Pittsburgh paper.
but that the editor wouldn't have him.
Moral: The editor probably still has
the paper
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Mr Asquith is said to have made a
London physician poet laureate. He
will have the advantage of being able
to treat sore feet.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Government experts announce that
anybody can heat loaf of bread by
putting 1t In hot oven. Perhaps next
winter they will tell us how to cool ?
bottle of beer.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Chicago woman has asked per
mission to wear trousers. She
might as well have the real thing as
what some OF the women are wearing
now.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

There's one mighty good thing
about the hot and sticky season: You
never hear anything about doing your
Christmas shopping early.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Careless handlers Of bicloride tab
let's are neck and neck in the per
centage column with the boat rockers
and didn'tknow.lt.w .was.loaded teams.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Kansas City Judge has decided
that girl need not confine her at
tentions to the man she is engaged to-
But she'd better be careful
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Count Zeppelin says he is pledged
not to build alrships for any country
but Germany. The other countries
ought to be glad of that.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Parlsian hosiery displayed by new
ly devised gowns presents embroider-
ed notices Appropriate sentiments
do not occur automatically.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

1t is reported that lemons are go
ing up. But, unfortunately, this will
not prevent them from being handed
out freely, as usual.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Chicago physician declares that
walking is not beneficial. Obviously
good practice among automobilists "
something worth having.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

We have reasons to believe that the
Boston man who said the singing OF a
fish kept the town awake told a good
fish story.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

American women generally feel that
they have a better chance to get all
the votes they want II they do not
lose their tempers.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Chicago preacher says that what
the American people most need Is
wholesome amusement But most
Americans seem to prefer the other
kind.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Every man knows he could do a bet
ter job than the love-making scenes
that are put on In the moving picture
shows.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

About everything can be made from
a mans rib. First Eve was manufao
tured and now Baltimore man has
made a nose for himself from his owr
rih
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The fact that there may be no more
diamonds In 1923 will worry those
who expected to have enough money
BY that time 10 purchase one.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Another indication of how modern
progress is making Its way Is the
fact that New York has just given up
a horse car line.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Bogus 500 bills are in circulation
Watch your change carefully after
breaking currency of large denomina'
ton in the purchase of watermelons.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

St Louis Is strong for that congres
siona baseball investigation, II
wants to find out why It cant break
into the first division.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A tango devotee tried a few steps in
the water and nearly drowned. A
consideration of the anatomy OF the
mermaid would have been prudent.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

No one has explained in a satisfac'
tory manner why 1t takes three grown
people to take one small boy to the
circus.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

II noise shortens life, as a Chicago
doctor says 1t does, one wonders how
children who grow up in the Windy
city ever attain their majority.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The skirt slashed to the knee ia the
latest edict OF fashion, Soon this
country will be no place for modest
man.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

An aviator in France scared COW
TO death. Knowing what goes up
generally comes down. the COW had
cause for fear.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

In addition to the other troubles OF
Great Britain, the divided equestrian
skirt has now come to engage the
thought OF the empire.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

When woman submits her hus-
bands verse to show how much he
bved her, she fails In her purpose
She iugt shows how foolish he was.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Some people expend so much effort
getting ready for their vacations that
when they are ready they are too tired
to leave home.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A German steam.roller operator
creases his trousers by driving the ma
chine over them. Still, he has to have
two pairs.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Lady Constance Stewart.Richardson
says that corsets are brutal and stu.
pid." We dare her to say that to the
Fat Ladies league.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

One member Of the consular service
is in trouble over the price Of a
jipijapa hat. What glorious word!
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Speaking Of baseball reports in the
sernacular have you tried to under
stand a report Of a championship
match Of checkers?
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

And when you stop to think OF H.
Cleopatra was mere piker as com
pared to modern tangoists and others
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Civilization need not lament the
passing OF the cowboy. for the aero
nautical rough rider OF the gale is
even more picturesque.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Swatting flies is all right, but who
is going to inform US as to the oficlal
death list when the fly season Is past
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The luncheon lurch' Is the name OF
a new dance which might have the
same surroundings as the sailors
hornpipe.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

English may be making rapid strides
As a world language, but It Is our OBJ
Bervation that the civilized world eats
In French.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

A Chicago man was sentenced 10
drink buttermIlk when arraigned In
court for drunkenness, A soft SEN
tence, Ia It not!
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Big ships are the rage, but there
remain quite few people who
couldn't cross the Atlantic even in .
little boat.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

II you do not want to hear q tale
Of a delightful vacation let your
luckier friends coat Of tan be dis.
guise and do not recognize him.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

OF course a canoe is perfectly safe
craft-when 1t is upside down in the
back yard.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Department Of agriculture announces
the arrival Of new pink boil weeyil.
Failing to get rid Of the pest, we can
at least vary the color.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

When man sleeps on the floor In a
hot night he finds 1t easier to get up
in the morning.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Odds are to that your postcard
from the absent member Of the family
reads: we are sleeping under
blankets"
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

While thinking OF the man who
rocks the boat don't forget the one
who lights his pipe to wind'ard IN
gasoline launch.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Two youths In the Catskills stole a
trolley car and took a Joy ride in 1t.
This feat far outclasses Auto Jacks.'
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

with seats on the New York stock
exchange offered for sale at $4,000
the poor man can at last settle down
in Wall street
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Even Europeans who live In coun-
tries where morals are notably lax
take slam at American high speed
divorce.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Once there was a studious person
with heavy glasses who read all the
microscopic printing on his sixty.day
stop.over excursion ticket.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Most OF the bathtubs. unfortunate
ly, are too short to be used as sleep
ing quarters.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The man who thinks women are In.
ferior maybe didn't marry well,
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

New York farmer SAYS he has
flock OF hens that go swimming and
catch Ash. Sort OF fshy.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Captains Of finance get great deal
more publicity, but the boys Of the
corn clubs are doing more for the up
building OF the nation
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The man without mercy should
drive an auto truck instead OF a worP
horse these hot days.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Maybe the love for brass buttons
expIains the feminine-backed move
ment for women policemen.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The poet laureate Of England gets
small salary, but the advertising the
Job carries is considerable.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

The misguided person who knows
Just how to remove tan is deservedly
unpopular with bathing beach fire.
Quenters.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

When the cost OF aviation is com
pared with It's accomplishments, has
the sacrifice been worth while?
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Yes, Sophronia, there still are some
mistaken women who believe that
rouge is the pink of perfection.
The commonwealth., 1913-08-08

Careless people have no business
taking their recreation on the water