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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

Is insanity in the United States on
the increase? This question is dis.
cussed by DIR. Joseph \. Jill in the
government report on the insane in
| institutions soon to be issued by VII
! lam J. Harris. director of the census.
in the department OF commerce. That
there has been an enormous increase
in the number OF insane under insti-
tutional care is made evident by the
statistics presented in this report.
but, for reasons there set forth, this
in itself cannot be regarded as con-
elusive proof of an increase of insanity
in the general population outside of
institutions.
The number of insane reported in
institutions increased from 150.151 in
1904 TO S7,791 in 191O-an increase OF
% per cent in six years. The total
population of the United States in the
same interval increased only IL per
cent. Therefore the insane in institu-
tions increased twice as fast as the
population. In 1904, out OF every 1O0,-
600 persons in the total population.
1Sf were reported in institutions for
the insane; by 1910 the number had
increased to 204. In other words, in
1904, one person out of every SAB was
confined to an institution for the in
sane; in 1910. one person out of every
40. There was a similarly marked
increase in the aumber of annual ad-
missions to these institutions, 60,769
persons having been admitted in 1910,
as compared with 1882 in 1904, an
increase of % per cent. The number
of admissions per 100000 population
increased from 81 in 1904 TO sc in 1910.
These increases are at least partly
attributable to the extension of the
provisions made for the care of in
sane persons and to the growth of the
practice of placing them in institu-
tions. There is an increasing dispo-
sition and willingness on the part of
our public to accept institutional treat
ment. The old-time horror of the lun-
attic asylum fully justified. perhaps,
by the inhuman practices formerly
prevailing in such institutions, has
largely disappeared, and IL is coming
to be recognized that the modern in
stitution for the insane is simply a
hospital for the treatment of mental
disease. fulfilling essentially the same
purpose in the community as any 9th
er hospital for the sick. In the inter
val between 1904 and 1910 the number
OF institutions for the insane increased
from 1928 to 366. the average number
OF inmates per institution increasing
from 45S to 512.
Notwithstanding these develop |
ments. the provisions for the institu
tional care of the insane are still very |
inadequate in most parts of the United |
States. There are general complaints 4
OF overcrowded institutions and of the |
necessity of turning patients away. |
Under such conditions. the construc-
ton of a new hospital for the insane
or the extension of an existing one I
may be followed by an increase in the |
number of insane in institutions with
out being indicative of any increase
in the prevalence of insanity in the
from which the patients
are received.
At the same time there has been a
great improvement in the agencies for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
THE ANTINARCoTTC BILL.

The Harrison bill for the suppression
OF Illicit trade in habit-forming drugs
recently passed the house after having
been before congress for over two
years The first and second Harrison
bills regulating the manufacture and
importation OF habitforming drugs
passed both houses at a previous ses-
sion. The third measure. 10 regulate
the interstate sale OF opium and cocain
preparations. passed both houses last
summer. but on account OF conflicting
amendments was referred 10 a confer
euce committee. This committee
agreed on a report which was adopted
by the senate. When the report came
up IN the house IN the last hours OF
the recent session. the question OF no
quorum was unfortunately raised. and
the house adjourned without action
The bill consequently went over until
the present session.
The object Of the bill is TO restrict
the sale Of habit-forming drugs to |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
CAFE CONVERSATION.

Mame-"Have you did your Chris
mus shopping?"
Gert-"Yes. dearie. an made quicl
work of 1t. Whoever invented
the postcard did a hui lot fer We
winning an | notice the gemmin i:
usin' 'em more every Chrismus. This
business of BLOWN your good money
fer gifts fer people you expect viii
come back with something more ex
pensive is all wrong. Course you
got to be good to your own folks, but
I'm talkin' about outsiders. them's the
ones that gifts the cards from your
auntie. I'm not takin' no more
chances"
Mame-"I have bought a few pres
ents, but I'm jest wurried to death to
know what to buy fer a perticler
frien of mine"
Gert-"Some man got you webbing
agin. | suppose. Say, dearie, can't
you never quit losin' yer noodle over
them hand-holders?"
Mame-"You don't seem to under
stand He's been awful nice to me,
an has give me gifts when it wuzzent
Christmas. He jest nathelly thinks a
hui lot of me, an l want to show him
that l appreciate his kindness, that's
ALL
Gert-"Well, in the first place,
dearie he knows you amt no bankers
daughter, doesn't he? Very well,
then jest slip him a pretty postcard,
an he'll think a pile more of you than
if you squanders a weeks wages, an
!, inn irp
work hard enough fer our pay envel-
opes."
Mame-"But them cards is gittin' so
common, dearie, an he's gemmin
that's not ust to cheap stuff"
Gert-"If 1 didden know you was
SIGH a simple and well meanin' child
I'd feel like pulling your nose. Most
of my friens exchanges them cards at
Chrismus, an they is among the best
folks in the world. It's the cheap
skates, dearie, what you will find tie
ing themselves up fer a hui year by
trying to put on airs with their Chris
mus gifts. The folks what has bank
accounts play the postcards. Do you
know what you are going to git from
him yet?"
Mame-"No, an l don't want to
know in advance. It's jest fer that
reason l want him to git mine first.
Then he will not suspect that am try
ing to pull him fer some costly pres
emit"
"Gert-"If he's SIGH a dignified gent
that he won't stand fer merry
Chrismus card, git him somethin' to
read How would a war map do? |
That'n make him believe you're of a
serious turn of mind, anyway, dearie, /
but what ever you do don't chance |
over two bits on any man before |
you've got him tied to the post. Take |
that tip from your auntie. It's l what |
knows the men,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

recipe for Beautifying the Skin
Please publish a recipe for removing
freckies, also good household recipe
for identifying the skin.
Reply.
| We consider freckles harmless. and
we know nothing. unless it is electro
lysis, which will remove them. But
here is recipe which is guaranteed to
/ beautify the skin, and the ingredients
may be found in every households:
Take of Sunshine-a sufficient guam
tlty. Outdoor exercise one hour
daily. Water, pure. from the tap-at
least two quarts per day.
Mix well. Use faithfully.
For external application, twenty gal
Ions of water, half an ounce of soap.
a turkish towel, and a place where Won
| can go through a few freak evolutions
minus your clothes, while the skin is
drying and warming up. Used daily
for three months this formula will
beautify any skin.
Hygiene of Circumcision-M l.. s
requests an opinion upon the hygienic
value of circumcision
Reply.
Some authorities believe all male
children should be circumcised, as a
means of preventing disease and per-
haps bad habits. Others believe cir
cumcision should be done only in Sc
lected cases. Our own opinion is that
IT is required only when perfect clean
illness is impossible or when there;
an actual obstruction whuch must be
relieved.
Stamps Will Not Do.-P. B. details
symptoms which she wishes relieved bv
return mail-evidently having failed to
note instructions to readers and in
closes two stamps to insure a reply.
Reply
z. b., and any other readers who fail
to send stamped. fully addressed en-
velope. must comply with instructions.
Loose stamps are usually overlooked.
Baby Book.-Mother inquiries about
books which are understandable and
suitable for young mothers who wish
to learn how to take good care of !
babies.
Reply.
One of the best books is THE Care 1
Of the Baby" by J. Il. c. Griffith. MID. |
published by w. Il. Saunders Co. Phil |
ldelphia. at $3.50. Ii tells mothers !
what to do without dosing their chill /
fren with drugs, and its teachings are
authoritative and sensible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
INSANE IN INSTITUTIONS IN U. S.

7 discovering cases or insanity ant
bringing them under institutional
care The advance in methods o
medical diagnosis leads to the detec
ton of mental disease in cases
brought to general hospitals for the
| sick The institution for the insane
is becoming more generally accessible
not only by the increase in the mum
Der of such institutions. but also by
I the improvements in the means Of
/ transportation and communication
The automobile is mentioned as fac
tor of some Importance in this connec
ton, making il possible to bring to the
hospital patients in poor physical con
dition. These are some of the fnfiu
ences which. as stated in this report
may have contributed to the apparent
increase of insanity or to the increase
in the number of recognized and re
corded cases without being indicative
of any actual increase" The author
of this report believes that there has
been. at the same time, an actual in
crease of insanity, but that il is not as
great as the statistics of the number
of insane in institutions would indi-
cate.
An increase OF insanity is probably
in some degree a natural consequence
of the rapid growth of cities in the
United States. Between 1880 and 1910
the proportion of the population of the
United States living in urban commun-
tiles increased about 100 per cent,
while the rural population increased
sui
per cent of the total population of the
United States was urban in 1910, as
compared with % per cent in 1890.
The percentage living in cities OF over
100000 inhabitants nearly doubled in
the same interval, being 12.4 per cent
in 1880 and % per cent in 1910.
There has been a popular impress
sion that the lonely isolation of coun-
try life is an important cause of insan-
ity. The statistics, however, indicate
that more insanity Is caused by the
stress and strain, the keener compe-
tition, the congested housing condi-
tons, and the vice and dissipation of
city life.
A partial explanation of the differ
ence between city and country, as re-
CARDS their contributions to the hospi-
tails for the insane, is found in the stat
istics of cases of general paralysis and
of alcoholic psychosis. These are
forms of insanity which. directly or in
are caused by vice or dissi-
patton. or the total number of per-
sons admitted to hospitals in 1910,
16.S per cent, or more than one-sixth,
were afflicted with one or the other
of these diseases. This class of cases,
however. formed only 10.4 per cent,
or one-tenth, of the admissions from
rural communities, as compared with
81 per cent, or one-fifth, of the admis
sions from urban communities.
When the cases of alcoholic psy-
Ghosts and general paralysis are left
out of account, the ratio of admissions
TO hospitals for the insane still re-
mains higher from urban communities
than from rural, but the contrast be-
comes less striking, the ratio for the !
other cases of insanity being 6S per |
100000 for urban population, as COM |
pared with 81 per 100000 for rural
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

The average concrete walk, such as
we have in Rock Island. is safer for
pedestrians with the snow left on than
when 1t is shoveled off. This promises
TO be a good winter to agitate for
regulation making II a misdemeanor
TO lay a walk with a smoothly troweled
surface. II all walks were finished
with a brush there would be fewer &C
cidents and the average citizen would
be less liable TO acquire a stilted gait
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

The war has accomplished something
II il has led Roumania and Bulgaria TO
see the folly of fighting. as the act of
the former in voluntarily restoring TO
the latter territory acquired through
conquest seems to indicate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Business Better.


Goshen, Ind, News-Times.)
Mrs. Lydia Robinson has advanced
her subscription to 1916. We are glad
to report her health is some better.
Joseph Musser, one of our oldest and
most valued subscribers, called Satur-
day and advanced his subscription to
1916
! w. c. Hagerman called Saturday
and boosted his paper ahead. Bills a
good old scout and his little old dollar
and a half looks good to us.
! NJ. NJ. Freed of Starkweather, n. D.,
has cur thanks for remittance on sub
scription. Hope to hear from more of
our friends in the west next week.
We still have a number of subscrib-
ers who ought to be operated on for
nonpaydicitis.
Get this fixed in your mind. BY pay
ing one year in advance you get a SOU
venir spoon free BY cutting out the
date line and 25c you get an additional
spoon.
JOE Cannon has been nominated for
uncle of his country.
IT'S not the new dances that perturb
It's the names.
OLD X. Alcohol likely feels today as
though he had been on a bat
GENERAL Huerta is not faring so
miserably for one who had to flee from
his native country for his life In
Barcelona, Spain. his new home. 125
of the best people were guests at the
wedding OF his daughter.
THE newspapers will keep on inter
viewing Carter Harrison until he acct
dentally consents TO become a candi-
date once more for the mayoralty of
Chicago.
LONDON stores have not been af- I
fected by the war. There is no reason I
why they should be. inasmuch as the !
people of that city have not been fur /
nished sufficient straight information T.
from the fighting lines TO disturb /
their normal activities.
j. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

In posting notices in its South Chi
cago plant forbidding the singing of
"Tipperary" the Illinois Steel company
may have been Influenced partially by
a desire 10 preserve neutrality, but
ten to one its chief concern was to
keep its finished product from being
broken up and thrown about the place
in a free-fOr-all among its employees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

The board OF supervisors OF Knox
county at a recent meeting considered
the proposition of the state highway
commission to extend $12,s0O on state
aid roads. the county to raise a SINH
lar sum, but the matter was postponed
indefinitely. as was a motion that
Knox county cede all right TO state
and money TO the city Of Galesburg or
10 Calesburg township.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

II the state has won the fight against
the hoof and mouth disease without
the loss Of more than 100000 worth
OF cattle it will have been fortunate,
indeed. A great many, however, ser
iously doubt that the malady has been
conquered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

The wounding Of Comte de Lambert,
the French aviator. in the operations
in the western war zone. prompts the
reflection that air scouting has opened
a new field in which even a count
counts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Box Office Comedy.

Man, stranger to attaches of bust
ness Office, enters and says he wants
to subscribe 81 to The Argus Santa
Claus Fund.
May / have your name?" said the
money.
mo, 1 guess not. l think I'll keep
that" answered the stranger, appar-
emily in all seriousness, as he walked
towards the door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
How Nat Holds Them.

81 see where some Mr.. Goodwin is
coming to the Illinois theatre" re-
marked the one in the hat with the
tall feather.
Yes, that's Nat Goodwin, the actor
who had so many pretty wives" re-
piled the one with the new furs.
1T is? Well, I'm going to get a
look at him if it takes my husbands
last dollar"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

II the congregation so long led by
Henry Ward Beecher splits over mill
tarism how can the rest OF the nation
be expected TO effect a peaceable set
Element of the question:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

Il has been a great comfort to Eng
lish cigaret smokers. since the Turk
declared war on Great Britain, TO
learn that Turkish cigarets are not
made IN Turkey.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

TERMS-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island: So per year by mail
In advance
Complaints % delivery service shoaid
be made TO the circulation department..
which should also be notified in every
Instance where II is desired TO have
authority in the premises
All communications OF argum -ntative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ZION. No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in ali departments. Cen
tral Union. Rock Island 145. 1145 and
2I45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

Il may have been purely an accident
that the majority OF the United States
army officers sent to observe the Euro
pean war from the German side bear
German names-but probably ii
wasn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
Dec. % in Americn
History.

l1S3-tIctIeIs4. ,',Ua-c -" S'''"-
signed his commission a.
mander of the colonial army inon'
as Marlborough. hero Of a brilliant
victory over the BrltiSh ."
Champaign. Sept. II. Isle w.
died 1929. aa
Isl4-General Andrew Jackson inaus
his first attack on the British III -.
at Where's plantation. eish' nv
below New Orleans
III - :, tip,a-The ArguS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

slipped n Joker into the London safety
at-sea convention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

One more day to bring in your con-
tribution 10 the Santa Claus fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1894 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. III. entered at the
postofice as second-cIass rnatter.)
Rock Island Member of me Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

All the news all the time-The ArsuN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

az The ). w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-23

THE newspapers will keep on inter
viewing Carter Harrison until he acct
dentally consents to become candi
date once more for the mayoralty OF
Chicago.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-19
LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE COUNTY OF MARlCOPA, STATE OF ARIZONA

In the Matter of the Estate of Alex
 ander Neil Mum, Deceased.
 Notice for Publication of Settlement
 of Account, and the Hearing Of
 Petition for Final Distribution.
 Notice is hereby given that Erwin F. Mum, executrix of the will and estate of Alexander Well Mum, de- ceased. has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said Court. her final account of her ad- ministratiOn of said estate. together. with her petition for final distribu- ton of said estate; and that Satur- day, the 2Sth day of February, 1914, ai 10 o'clock a. m., at the court room of said Court, at the Court House. in the City of Phoenix, in said Maricopa County, has been duly appointed by the Judge of said Court, for the settlement of said ae- count and the hearing of said pcti- ton for distribution, at which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and file ms exceptions in writing to the said ac- count and to said petition for distrl- button, and contest the same. Dated February 16. 1914.
 WM. E. THOMAS. By w. s. WILSON. Clerk Deputy Clerk.
Arizona republican., 1914-02-19
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS

The Board of Regents of the Uni yersity of Arizona in accordance with the provisions of the laws of Arizona hereby advertise for plans and speci- fications in detail for an Agriculture Building. to be erected upon the grounds of the University of Arizona. near the City of Tucson, County of Pima, State of Arizona.
 The sum authorized to be eXpend ed for the erection of said structure, including architects premium and the fec for superintendence of construc- tion, is the sum of s150.000. The premium which is to be awarded to the architect whose plans and speci- fications for said building may be adopted is so of the total amount appropriated for the purpose afore- said and the fee for experimenting the construction of said building is 2fo of the total amount so appropri- ated
 The architect whose plans and specifications shall be adopted before any premium shall be awarded there for, must execute and file with the said Board of Regents a good and sufficient bond with two sufficient sureties thereto or with an approved surety company as such, in the penal sum of Five Thousand ($5, 5,000.00J Dollars, said bond to be approved by said Board of Regents, conditioned that within sixty days from the date of said bond the said architect will, on presentment to him, enter into a ana provisions as may be required by the said Board of Regents, and | also that he will give such further
 bc nd to secure him in the faithful performance of such contract with such sureties as may be required of i him, in the event that said Board of Regents should within sixty days. require said architect to enter into
 such contract to erect such structure
 at the price aforesaid.
 1 The preliminary plans and specifi- cations in detail for such building | must be submitted to the said Board | of Regents at the office of the Presi | cent of the University of Arizona upon the grounds of said University. | by F o'clock NJ. of the 9th day Of
 April, 1914
 The said Board of Regents reserves l the right to reject any or all of the plans and specifications which may
 be submitted or to accept any set |
Arizona republican., 1914-02-19
LEGAL NOTICES SALE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER THIRTY-ONE BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the Board of Supervisors of Mari copa- County in the city of Phoenix. Arizona. until ten o'clock A. M., Monday. March second. 1914. for the purchase of ten (10) School District Number Thirty-one, Six per cent Bonds, with accrued interest, of the denomination of Five Hundred Dol lars each, amounting in the aggre- gate to the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. Said bonds to De dated March Second. 1914, and payable twenty years from the date thereof. Interest payable semi annually. Both principal and interest payable in Gold Coin of the United States at the office of the Treasurer of Mari copa County. Said bonds to be de- livered to the purchaser thereof in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said Maricopa County.
 No bids will be received for less than the par value of said bonds and the accrued interest thereon to the date Of delivery. .- A certified check for. ten per cent of the amount of the bid and a copy of this advertisement must ac- company each bid.
 The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any. informality in any bid.
 Bids will be opened by said Board at it's office on Monday, March 2, 1914, and thereafter considered.
 All bids must be sealed and ad- dressed: James Miller. Jr. Clerk Beard of Supervisors, Phoenix. Ari- zona. and marked: Proposal for purchase of District Number Thirty che Bonds"
 By order of the Board of Super visors.
 JAMES MILLER, JR, Clerk. Feb. G-13-20-27
Arizona republican., 1914-02-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Wolf Sachs, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the under signed A. s. Her1berg. administrator of the estate of Wolf Sachs. deceased. to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said de- ceased. to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said A. $. Herz- berg at the law office of B. E. Marks, 401 -4O2 Fleming building, Phoenix, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the busi- ness of said estate, in said county of Maricopa, state of Arizona.
 A. & HERZBERG, Administrator of the estate of Wolf
 Sachs, deceased.
 Dated at Phoenix, Arizona, this ninth day of February, A, D. 1914.