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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

was practically helpless invalid
knees. ankles. hips and feet nearly use
less. Following the hints you gave,
had good dentist remove some old
crowns. He found pus under them. I
had an X-ray photograph OF the Jaw
taken. like the case you cited. It
showed unsupported Assesses In the
Jaw bone. These were at once surYi-
cany treated. Now, thanks to your
invaluable lesson, my joints arc so
much Improved that I get about with
little trouble.
Blood Pressure.--G. T.. H. asks
|. What is meant by blood pressure?
.. What instrument is used for meas
ureinS or testing blood pressure?
3. What Is the result OF high blood
pressure?
Reply. 1t is the pressure OF the
column of blood in the arteries, which
depends on the muscular force of the
heart beat the elasticity or rigidity OF
the arterial walls. the resistance OF the
small arteries in the kidney and brain.
and somewhat also the general mus
cular ton". >. Various Instruments.
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# is;s:s:!! SOCIETY,"
Personal
N o t e S

son, Henry Rountrce Crawford. have
returned to HarrlsonburB. after visit
Ing the formers parents. Mr. and Mrs.
IL. W. Rountree. on Park Avenue.
John r. Hayward. of Roanoke, has
left for his home, after n brief stay
IN this city
Mrs. w. s. Copeland and her chill
dren, who spent Christmas with rcla-
tivcs in Richmond. have returned to
Newport News.
Miss Marie Lcahy, Of Richmond, has
been the recent guest of Mrs NJ a.
Rife In Roanoke
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram NJ Smith re-
ing. after II brief stay in Washington.
Mrs. L. g. McTaddin. of this city. is
visiting friends in Washington for
some time.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T.. Walker. OF
Richmond, are spending some time
with their daughter. Mrs. ]. H. Long,
In South Florida.
Mrs. w. a. Condit. OF this city, Is
spending short time with relatives
in Portsmouth,
Miss Eugenia May Jobson has re-
turned to her homo in Richmond. after
| visit to Miss Elizabeth Fincgan in
Newport News
Mrs. j. NJ. Gatewood. OF this city.
VINO mas been visiting her mother, Mrs
r.. NJ. Crutchficld, In fredericksburg
has returned To her home
Miss Myrtle Tunstall, of DanvilIe,
has been the recent guest OF friends
i'm Richmond.
Mrs. Archie Wren. who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs NJ. A.
Rife. In Roanoke. returned to Rich
!nond this week.
Mrs. a. Y. Burcher. Of Newport News.
arrived Tuesday to visit Mrs Henry
Burcher in Richmond for some time.
Samuel Lacy. who has been a guest
| OF NJ G. Willis, Jr., in Frederick sburg,
has returned to this city.
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SEVEN

with dial or mercury column indteA>
tors which are connected with . pneu.
matte cum upon the upper arm. The
cum is pumped full OF air until. by
increasing pressure upon tho arm. 4,
shuts on the pulse at the wrist Tho
pressure required to shut off the pulse
Is indicated by the scale OF the In
strument. 1t Is as simple and painless
AS counting the pulse. 3. High blood
pressure Is symptom. not n cause. OF
Bright's disease. arterial disease and
certain acute toxic states.
Nostrums and Quackery.-I am a
physical instructor In II large boys or
ganzation. Can you suggest a book
which will tell the trouth about patent
medicines and Quack doctors? Some
thing which will enable me to set the
boys right when occasions arise.
Reply-The American Medical Assoc
citation. 535 North Dearborn Street. Chi
cago. I'LL. publishes an authoritative
volume. "Nostrums and Quackery." It
covers this large field In a manner
most convincing. The book should be
In every public library.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
DR.. Brady's Health Talk
TIE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIR.

The allies in their damp. cold
trenches have not as yet developed
any devastating epidcmics OF pneu-
monia IL we may rely on the CEN
sored press bulletins. Nor will they.
Pneumonia is not an outdoor disease.
In order to get pneumonia you have to
live in comparative comfort indoors.
One reason why pneumonia IL not
open-air disease is that the pneumonia
and common cold" germ, the pneu
mococcus, is a dollhouse parasite which
cannot survive In cold air Another
air are not made iii by cold weather
Is that cold air increases physical re-
sistancc against infections of all kinds.
If the armies come through the
great war without having suffered
severe casualties from taking cold"
that record ought to encourage think
Ing people all over the civilized world
to adopt Il new international air-cold,
fresh air.
No longer can the old school sani-
tartan sit back behind his red flannel
chest protector and oracularly assert
that you can have fresh air and warm
airt together, for science has proved
that you can't. In fact, 1t has been
clearly show that fresh air depends for
its freshness on its GOODNESS and mo-
ton. The new international air must
be cool and moving, not warm and
standing Still.
y cold draft is essential for real
ventilation. There Is no use In pre-
tending that good ventilation can be
secured without i draft, and there Is
positive proof IN all recent investiga-
sions of fresh air" that the draft must
be cool or cold IL it is to bring health
to the indoors.
Let us join in breathing the new
international air at every opportunity.
and giving thanks for the germicidal,
tonic upbuilding influence OF the un
doctored air just as lbame Nature pre-
SCribeS Ii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

morning at II o'clock at the residence
of Rev Morgan Chambers. a21 Mas
sachusetts Avenue. Washington, Lieu
teant and Mrs. Cabaniss left inme-
mouth. y. H., where Lieutenant Caba--
Miss is stationed on board the United
states steamship Lconidas'
Lieutenant Cabaniss has several
times visited IN Richmond as the guest
of Lieutenant x. Lindsay Walker at
his home here
North Carolina Wedding.
At the residence OF lIr. and Mrs
Pegram. in Henderson, y. c., on the
afternoon of Wednesday At $3.50 o'clock
their daughter. Miss Annie VI. Pegram,
was married to Lloyd W. Cook, a well
known young business man of Con-
cord, ~ c.. the ceremony taking place
In the presence OF only few friends
and relatives. with Rev. :. l.. Morgan,
pastor OF the Baptist Church, oiiiciat
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook left later in the
afternoon FOR Concord. whore they will
make their home.
Nierccr-Dnvcnpurt.
Miss Ethel W. Davenport was quietly
married 10 DIR. Charles q. Mercer YES
ierday morning AT II o'clock at the
home OF G. Is. Terry. 25lS East Grace
street The bride. att!Tcd in going
away suit of brown, with a corsasc
of lilies OF the valley entered
with her father. Her sister, Miss
Bettie Lou Davenport, was maid OF
honor She wore :; handsome gown OF
white crepe meteor. and carried pink
roses. j. Herbert Mercer. brother Of
the bridegroom, WAS best man. Rev
Gerald Culbcrson performed tho mar
!iarc ceremony. Aubrey Terry, The
brides cousin. played "Mendelsohn' s.
wedding march rs the bridal party en-
tered and Hearts ANA Flowers" while
the ceremony was being performed
MIS-. Mercer IS the daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. L. NJ Davenport OF End
field King William County. She has
many friends In Richmond. DR.. Mercer
is widely known in Richmond and
throughout this section Of the country.
Dr. and Mrs. Mercer left Richmond
for an extended Northern bridal tour
Immediately after the ceremony After
their return to Richmond they will be
at home Mt 305 East Main Street.
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Isurlusi,-Senr.

APPOMATTOX, VA, January "A
pretty wedding OF much interest took
place here yesterday. when Miss m,
Tweedy Sears, daughter of John
sears, was welded TO Laurence ELLIS
Eurbush, son of c. H. Furbush. Of
Spout Spring. Mrs. Sears is grad
uate Of the Appomattox Agricultural
Schooi, and recently returned from the
FarmvIlle Normal
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
IL AND OUT OF TOWN.

Mr.. and Mrs Lucian II. Cooke, Of
Roanoke. have been at the jefferson for
4 brief stay this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Carter Harrison of
stanton, are visiting Mrs. y. B. Camm
at her home in this city.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert c. Bryan, who
have been guests OF relatives in Mary
land, en- route from their wedding trip
10 Japan. arrived I'm Richmond last
night.
Mrs. Ernest b. Crawford and her
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
WHY HAIR FALLS OUT

Dandruff causes n fevcrish irritation
Of the scalp the roots shrink, loosen
and then the hair comes out fast. To
stop falling hair Mt once and rid the
scalp of every particle of dandruff get
a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any
drug store. pour n little In your hand
and rub we'll into the scalp. After a
few applications all dandruff disappears
and the hair stops coming out.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
SheltOn-Brooks.
Spcci1l IN Tn a. 'ri,paS DteN,,,l

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
FREDERICKSBURG VA, January Z.
John 3 Shelton o! King George
county, and Mrs. Lucretia Brooks, of
inns city. were married last night nj
the residence. in this city, of Rev.
w. ;. jackson, who performed the cerc-
mony. They will make their home in
King George County
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
Observation-Disclosures

Especial to The Times Dispatch
PETERSBURG. VA, January LA st
evening, AT the home of the brides
mother. on West street. Miss Mary Is.
Wolfe was married to William Lee Ed :
wards. OF Ettrick, the ceremony being
performed by the Rev w. %. Jett.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
Ibarker-SIcCann

PET ERSBURG, VA. January o.
Yesterday afternoon. at the home Of
II. w. Underwood. brother-in-law OF
the bride. Miss Viola b. Mccain, of
Petersburg, and Edgar L. Barker, for
merly OF this city. now Of Richmond
we're united in marriage by the Rev
c. w. Turner, OF Ashland. and the
Rev. j. S. Gresha, OF this city
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Chesterfield Juniors. United Daugh-
tcrs or the Confederacy, will hold their
regular meeting on Saturday afternoon
AT O'Clock in the parlor of Balm
bridge Street Baptist Church. South
Richmond. All members are asked to
attend.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

An important called meeting Of the
richmond Kindergarten Association
VIII be held this afternoon at 4 o'clocl,
AT SOS West Franklin Street. 4 full
attendance il urged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
oncstInns nnh An.,.era.

The Home Nurse.-A Mother would
like suggestions about nursing the sick
at home.
Rcply-She will find just what she
needs in the Home Nurses Handbook,
by Charlotte 4. Aikens, published by
w. b. Saunders Company, Philadelphia,
at Sl.50.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

The Social Service Federation Will
meet this afternoon at lis North Fifth
street. at 1 o'clock. All members are
urged TO como
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
W'OMEN'S MEETINGS.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Exchange for Women's Work
Will be held to-day at IL o'clock A
full attendance is desired
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Good Brown Sugar.-Is brown sugar
hcalthful TO spread on bread and but
ter for the childrcn's lunch?
Reply.-Ycs; all they can stow away.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Tot: Thick lips often come from
mouth breathing, or they hccnr,o MN MN
and coarse from biting them Hi
your lips firmly and cultivate decision
OF character. You never see decisive
person with thick lips. Melt one ounce
OF cold cream in double boiler. using
no more heat than is required to keen
the mass in fluid state. Add one
gram of tannin in powder ana ono
gram OF chopped alkanet root. and let
II steep for i've hours Strain through
checsecloth into n jar and stir unijl
cool Rub into the lips night and
morning.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Mrs. NJ. n. NJ. writes: October s,
1914, your Health Talk dealt with the
influence of septic conditions OF the
mouth upon joint disease. At that time
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
Natural Irritants
by LILLIAN RUSSELL,

Winter is trying on the complexion
as most women are aware, but it can
readliy De made u season of improve
nent Weather conditions can actually
De utilized in frcshcning and colorinE
the skin covering of the face This is
only possible. however, by placing the
SKIN In condition where il can be
benefited.
IL is quite natural to wash the face
Immediately before going out of the
mousse. mat is usual part of the prep
aratlon for the outing Bat such ia
not a good time to wash in the winter
washing not only opens the pores. but
II removes all the oily substances which
nature distributes over the skin to pro-
tect II from just such weather as YOU
encounter during the winter
III you wash your face immediately
before going out into the cold air and
winds you can expect your skin to
chap and become rough because YOU
nave removed it's natural protector. II
your skin Is dry and without the nat
urai OILS that soften it you should
ruIp' ar.imcial means to get it into the
right condition. 1t is in need of food
ana nourishmcnt-a good cold cream
Tor instance. You ALWAYS take less
rlsk OF getting chappcd face if YOU
wash considerable time before going
into the open air.
''i - JNSb tilOub sung the cold
atmosphere and winds OF the winter
season TO put new life into your checks.
III serves as an irritant and stimulates
the circulation. That is the reason rho
cheeks become red. They will glow
win healthy hues and add greatly to
your appearance without being fol-
lowed by chapped and roughencd Skin.
providing the skin is nor so impov.
crushed that the irritation becomes ex-
ccSsivc.
When the skin is impoverished IT Of
icrs inc least resistance to the ele
hents with which it contends If II Is
IN good condition the very content,on
ihViSoratcs ii and puts it in the most
desirable condition.
some women's faces will frecklo
when they encounter wintrv winds.
others chap and become rough. the
wihd VIII bring out red blotchcs on
some people, yet in every instance YOU
VIII iind II you keep the skin In proper
condition to resist the extreme Of.
icc's or the cold and wind thev vii,
nave benefited by the stimulation Of
me circulation, which provides lust tho
right irritation
Remember: The very clements thu,
cause chnpped skin may be used 10
ireshen and tint the cheeks with tho
glow of health.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

not fitted. but adjusted TO the figure,
Is this long wasted bodice OF silver
brocaded satin. with fashionable square
neck end sleeveless. A yoke and short
drapcd sleeve may he added for after
noon wear. The full, one-piecc skirt
IL gathered into the figure and trimmed
with Il heavy SILK cord. The materials
required for this model are three and
one-half yards thirty-s!x-inc satin and
four and onc-quarter yards brocade or
net.
Pictorial Review waist No. 1896
sizes, thirty-two TO forty-two-in ch :
bust Price. - cents Skirt No. 1916
Sizes twenty-five to thirty-two-inch
waist. Price, - cents.
The pattern will he mnIird TO an,
uddrrsh by The iImcs-DispRtch Pattern
Department on receipt az price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

y Reader: Why don't YOU try mas
saying your face and neck. know
OF no other way to prevent wrinkles
a good skin food and a gentle ironinc
with tho tips of the fingers will have
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

cream OF Corn SOup-Boil one can
corn TIL very soft. and put through
sieve. Make white sauce with one
PM milk, two tablespoon fulsilour and
tablespoonful butter. TO this add, when
ready TO pour together, onc-haif pint
boiling water and season.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08
Lillian RusscIrs Answers

Worried: If you will send mo n
stamped, addressed envelope, | shall
be happy to send YOU the formula snr
supcriiuOus hair
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Mehitabe! Why don't you try do
ing your hair up on the old fashioned
Kid curriers' l know Of nothing that
VIII curl tho hair permanently. The
KID curriers' give the hair II pretty. soft
wave. You might dampen II VITA {,
little curling fluid before doing 1t up.
THIS Will keep it In curls for several
days. shall be glad to send you a
formula for q curling nuid IL you will
send me stamped. addressed en-
velOpe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

a'benehcial effect upon wrinkles, Mas
sage your neck with cocoanut oil. Rub
the oil we'll Into the hollows and allow
portion of II to remain over night.
Practice deep breathing. This will
help 10 fil out the hollows and make
Your neck moro plump. shall be
happy to send you n formula for a
good skin food and instructions for
facial massage IL you will send me Il
stamped. addressed envelope
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Florence L. ~: I suggest your go
ing to the library and get some books
on Indian lore. You will be able,
am sure. to get the information which
YOU seek.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-08

Remember: The very clements that
cause chapped skin may be used TO
lreshen and tint the cheeks with tho
glow of health '''e
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-26
RAILWAYS DISTRESSED.

The official figures compiled by the
Bureau of Railroad Economics FOL
the decade of 1905 to 1914 inclusive
make the reason for the financial dis
tress of American railways very clear
They have been paying more for ev-
erything they buy while compelled ito
accept lower compensation for SER
vices rendered. Take the item OF
taxes, for example: The roads OF the
United States paid in 1905 only $685.
474,679 in taxes, while in 1914 they
paid $150,371,1 1t is true that
state and municipal taxes are higher
generally, but they have not increas-
ed 1869 per cent in a decade, on an
average. The valuation of the rail
ways has been largely increased tor
purposes of taxation.
In spite of these and other increas-
es, rates are lower. Not only are. they
lower than they formerly were in the
United States, but they are much low
er than in Europe, where wages and
cost of material are much less. This
kind of situation cannot continue
without bankruptcy of the American
railways. Many are now in hands OF
receivers because they cannot pay
their debts. They cannot borrow mon
ey, except at exorbitant rates. The
country is threatened with paralysis
of its transportation system. The
railway commissions are duty bound
to do justice to the railways as well
as to the public. Every thoughtful
citizen hopes that they will do their
duty.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-26
GOOD AND BAD HEALTH.

A learned doctor, who spent some
months in the French hospitals, tells
the New York Academy of Medicine
that our emotions are largely respon-
sible for our physical condition. He
declares, says The Spectator, that the
mere emotional strain of war induces
not only many mental disorders, but
as well is the cause of numerous all
ments, such as Bright's and diabetes.
Some doctors may disagree with the
learned physician who makes this
statement, but the mere layman will
not dispute it. Indeed, for a long
time it has been the opinion of many
merely ordinary persons that their
physical condition was in very great
measure due to other than bodily caus-
es; that they were well or i'll, accord
ing to how they thought they felt. The
opinion of our friends as to how we
look has a good or sinister influence
ON how we feel. The long-faced, mel
ancholc physician who steps into the
sick room bearing with him the at
mosphere of the undertaking parlor
has sent more people to an untimely
grave than have all the nostrums he
has introduced into their systems. The
CHEEKY. comfortable doctor who tells
his patients, that their pulses are
steady, their tongues the very pink OF
health. and the action of their hearts
when these organs are
indubitable signs of the pa
tents "misery"-has introduced a
condition that is his best ally In Ell
fecting a cure.
The best safeguard against sickness
is cheerfulness. We should avoid the
pessimist as carefully as he shuns the
sunlight of hope. The man with a
" crouch" is as dangerous to the pub
lie health as is the man afflicted with
some other form of communicable dis
ease. Good and bad health are equal
ly contagious; let us keep well by do
ing and thinking well.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-26
CULTIvATING NEUTRALITY.

A rather curious method OIL pro-
noting strict neutrality in thought
and sentiment is being tried out by
the learned professors in charge Of
the university of Zurich, Switzerland.
Instead of comparing the faults and
faiIings of the different belligerent
nations with which Switzerland is
striving to remain on friendly terms,
there is a studied effort to make a
comparative study of their more com
mendable qualities, characteristics and
achievements. The professors, in 9TH
er words. are telling the Swiss stu
dents all the good things they know
about England. France. Russia, Ger
many. Austria and all the rest of the
fighting nations, and are ignoring the
charges and counter-charges of SER
ious faults and shortcomings.
Such a plan seems to be a pretty
good way to develop neutrality to a
point of benevolence, and it might be
adopted in the colleges and UNIVERSE
ties of the United States as a means
of complying literally with President
Wilson'S admonition to American citi-
zens. 1t is naturally impossible for
the latter to indorse all the customs,
institutions and practices to be found
in Europe, for some of those coun-
tries have characteristics that are re-
pugnant to American accepted ideals.
Some of them. notably Germany and
Great Britain. have given the people
of the United States provoeation for
thinking unfriendly thoughts since the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-26
A GOOD SUGGESTION.

A timely and sensible suggestion
comes from an eastern congressman,
who wants the federal government to
issue a manual of citizenship for the
instruction of foreigners who desire
to become naturalized citizens. He
cites the frequent complaint of such
prospective citizens that they have
difficulty in obtaining the informa-
ton they are required to have in or
der to answer correctly questions ask
ed when they apply for their natur-
alization papers. They tell him that
there is no such information readily
accessible that can be relied upon; !;
that the questions they ask OF their
fellow citizens, even of the native
born, are often incorrectly answered,
so that they have much trouble IN
ouaGfving themselves for the examin-
alton they are expected to pass. 1t
is familiar tradition that this exam
ination is none too rigid, but that is
no answer to the man who wants to
be well prepared for it.
1t certainly is within reason to ex-
pect the government to do all it can
TO help the foreign-born resident to
fully inform himself with regard to
the privileges, duties and obligations
he is about to assume when he de-
cides to "take out papers" and be-
come a citizen of this nation. 1t
doubtless is true that the information
derived from other citizens is fire.
quently inaccurate and misleading,
and it is also possible that a good
many foreign-born residents could not
mass the examination which the alien
anplieant for citizenship is, or should
be- required TO meet. There should
therefore. be a better and more uni
form system for preparing and initiat-
ing new citizens, and the government