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arch are crowded :" that certain adj
hosion> iui'uw, ana As a result of this
crdmping the bones press on the
nerves leading Ia ~" toes, This cX-
plains the severe pains which accom-
nny the breakdown ut the transverse
arch.
T" break up these adhes.ouS mere
ca.isthcuics VIII not suffice. In cases
Of this sort an artificial arch must he
reared under these five bones, and the
function uf this arch Is 81 gradually
push la / those noI,= "a th,lr uornal
positions while simultaneously tpH!ng
up the muSr',s and ,cujpuS beneath
SO that they Will DO ,nc,r duty unaided
when the supporting mlkrshift is
withirawn.
The arteries and the nerves of the
foot lie generally too deeply buried OF
course to hr immediately affected by
Cramping shoes, hut this - not the
case where the veins are concerned.
II is by the veins that the returning
blood goes back to- tn" heart. II these
are CONSTRUCTED 10y t.aht clothing or
what not, thcn the blood cannot get by
rightly. and swelling follows, Hence
n tight shoe becomes tighter, II a
shoe even not too small in the begin
ming may become So il it cannot ac-
COmmodate "A foot enlarged through
exercise. Exercise, and this may he
of the passive sort like long standing,
causes an added flow Of blood to the
foot. The foot swcllS, and II the shoe
is not large enough To provide for
this difference in bulk then trouble
follows,
ANY person taking the exercises
that We have prescribed for the Police
Department can either avoid foot
troubles or overcome those that we
have described.
We have handled scores of cases in
tho course Of the past year and YOU
can see whole squads of these men
gong through the "a isthcnics here
every day. There was a time, not
long ago, when many of these sufferers
would have been disqualified for
further service. Now We know we
can make them over In this physical
particular, and the men themselves no
longer hesitate to cooperate with tho
medical officers to their own adj
vantage. Hereafter 1t will not suffice
merely to Watch your step; you will
have to watch. your feet and your
shoes a wel."
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Counsel agreed with Brownsville. $ o
she has that money also now. The
total cost Of playground and equip
ment is tn he $500. 900.
The playground site was not In
Brownsville at first: 1t .ay. to the
southwest. Shs remedied that by
growing around the site in two years,
Two years ago she had 10000. now 1t
is nearly 200. 900 and growing faster
than ever. There IS a child population
Of 10000.
The block bounded by Blake, Hop
kinson and Dumont and Bris-
tol street was first prepared for play
ground purpo.es, This is 200 by 50O.iS
feet in area. 1t contains the gardens.
model farmhouse and mothers recrea-
ton house with rooms for nature
study, domestic science. shop and
space for a city milk station. II also
contains a large playground for little
children and wading pool built of white
cement and concrete, with white sand
beach around it and sand piles. The
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that vegetables came in pushcarts.
but had never figured out where the
pushcart men got them"
Thirty years ago almost the entire
tour square miles Of city o covered
by Brownsville was In farms. 1t is
now built up closely with three and
four story brick apartments and stores,
and Brownsville keeps right on spread
ing like water spilled on the ground.
The buildings are good and substan-
tial, the streets broad and well
%asphalted, there are long rows Of
bright. ambitious looking stores and
thousands Of pushcarts lining both
sides OF the business streets.
Brownsville now has a very dense
population. The old folks are Rus
sian, but the young folks American,
Brownsville has self-consciousness,
organization. solidarity. 1t Is quite
competent to speak out and stand up
for its rights. 1t casts a big vote. so
politicians and officials observe II.
When It pushes for something it
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grounds on behalf NJ New York city.
Brownsville Is aEoE with the pros
poet of this exhibition already. Proud
fathers and mothers VS., the garden
N sundays. They cannot get in, but
they can look through the fence Of
ron pickcts eight feet high and COM
pare the vegetables Of their own brood
with those oc their ncighhors. Thc:e's
a dense crowd Of them around the
fence ench Sunday. They can dis
iinLu!Sh plots hy their numbers. and
there Is great cNoitem Mt and even
some wagering over the comparative
growth Of onions. corn. bcpts, car
r1ts. &c.
Mrs. Roth has formed the older boys
and girls at R'tgy Head into an ncri-
cultural club ana they are receiving
higher instruction thaa the others.
SIN uses tn" nature room In the farm
house for little lectures. and alrendy
has the nucleus Of Il natural history
museum. There are about 100 spcCi-
mcnH Of pressed plants and their seeds
here and III" collection is constantly
growing. The children can also sc
TX worms N all STAGES Of Growth
eggs. ocoors. grabs and moths.
: ''t.fnh'oIy there VIII he SEQ plots. 8
10y / rect IN H'H", in the garden. There
" w HPt'"- anu i'I' crop ne h"'
"o'r '''" W." V"."I'h 81 any one
1'"n'N AZ u 'rn' WI fe'' W iass'
.'r.''N preventing IarE" families
rum 'S'""'Sh'hE Il monopoly.
IA u" larger recreation field, which
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lioilers of 500 horsepower are used
for heating the bathing building In
winter time and also T r heating water
Tor the shower. The high chimney
FIR these boilers is n memorial shaft
To Betsy Head. ON either side of the
public bath building there will he a
gymnasium for tnon and women.
The inside Of the bath building Is
finished in light brick with white CO.
ment floors 80 that it can easily he
kept clean and sanitary. ON the roof
are two open pavil! MS from which
spectators Can look down at water
Ca%rnlvals. At night the roof will he
used az a recreation centre for older
people. The pool will he closed IN the
winter, hut the other baths are to BE-
open all the year / und.
The athletic field Is enclosed by q
track ono-qdartcr Of a mile IN CIR
Cumferen nee ana !Ntecn feet in width,
with twh straightaways for the
100 yard and 1870 yard dashcs.
At the start on either side Of the ftll
there will he a small locg.a with seats
and benches for the competitors. The
field will he Slrfa cd unfairly ia that
Il the Ch!iircn's PLAYGROUND and WI
Ice ample for 800 competitors in vari-
Gus James.
Surrounding the ira X Iwhon The
energetic lirownsv.li"rs can secure :he
nee, ssarN appropriations VIII lie a re-
enforced stadium with a seating capac-
ity II between 15.O00 and 1000. tho
, person IN each seat having Il good
view OF the ort!r" fold.
The field huua' Immediately adjoining
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preyed upon him. He was nearly
heartbrokcn when he came to us for
examination. Had as his case was.
because his feet were in "A sorry con-
dition due to the fattening Of the
arches. still we determined to give him
a chance To recover, and prescribed for
him certain daily exercises. You
might properly call them foot calls
themes. This is a busy office, as yor
know. and this patrolman's case had
quite slipped from my mind when
n morning the messenger announced
that Patrolman X wanted to see mo.
I said, show him in
II did not hear him enter because
he was wearing sneakers. and the
first thing I heard was. Look, look,
Commissioner And as ! looked he
rose on his tiptoes and nearly danced
the longth Of this god sized room.
He had been taking the exercise then
for only ten days. and for the five
years preceding had been absolutely
unable To support the weight Of his
body upon his toes in that fashion.
Indeed that movement was out of the
question for him. | had never seen
u IIlhIl 50 oNfTJ'Nth bVi'tt III NY il'
THAT example will serve to illus
trate how an aggravated condition OF
Nat feet can Do effectually remedied.
hut the way to "A cure is not the path
usually followed by ninety -nine out Of
a hundred persons So afflicted. Flat
feet are unfortunately very common
among patrOlmen, because the men in
the past ave not worn proper shoes
and they have gradually formed the
habit OF walking in ways that violate
natures provision when she modelled
the human foot. out of door exercise
In the way Of deliberate walking docs
not give the muscles OF the foot the
exact work needed to maintain their
vigor when freh air adds to body
building and the burden is to he sup
ported by the arches. Policemen, as
yru probably know, are a pretty husky
looking lot when II comes to the mat
ter of avoirdupois.
First the feet feel tired, thea the
muscles OF the lower leg are fatigued
through the effort to save the feet.
Next the weary man finds that he liz
throwing his weight unerenly upon
his fCct-the oNerrunning Of his shoes
hearing visible tc.timony to this fact
What he IL really doing is to over
lead the arches, especially the arch Of
each foot that runs the length Of II,
The man Of medicine calls this the
antcro-p, Stcrt- r arch in order to dis
tinguish II from the one that crosses
the foot Just back NJ the toes. Now
the net result of this unequal loading
ka that rnrtaIp. ntlsrlnS nrA rAUloNfaA
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arch bones is in touch with from
three 10 four other bones, THIS
should make il Gear hat trouble is
apt To- follow If the normal positions
of these arch units are permanently
disturbed.
"Bccausr of shoes Of faulty design
Il is a rare thing when even the best
" our recruits possess strictly nor
ma! feet, and all that W. can do is
To- pick out the physically sound
otherwise and show these men how
their feet can he coaNcd back to lines
more nearly in keeping with natures
original intent. II Is astonishing how
much can he accomplished toward
this end by means of simple exercises.
'licfore | began the actual 'cpara-
ton Of the present circular. but while
| had II IN mind, | happened Ia see "A
latrulman with u pronounced case Of
Hat feet | did not say anything to
him. hut made a note Of his name,
intending To have him report to me
tor ph0tugraph.ug, | wanted pictures
of his feet 20 il,UStrat" an advanced
ease OF fallen arches, or HAT foot.
some little time passed lcforc | had
~ ~ ~ F'NAl ~ llllll Hlllu llltn ll
my ama2cmcnt ! found his feet
radically changed for the better. He
had heard from some OF the men
u~nd"rcuing treatment here about the
exercises used for building up the
muscular support Of tho arches and
of his " initiative he began to
practise them. II was something Of
IA joke on me, and We; 1t showed how
the lcaven of my efforts was work.
inc where | least suspected
Now, there are really three kinds
or nat feet. First, the Constitutlunally
weak arch, and this can he nurscd
back to normality after a good deal
of patient exercising; hut 1t is "A type
of foot that We consider a prohihitivo
defect in a recruit, Next there is the
naturally fiat foot Ike that of the
negro, We know that people SO con-
stitutcd can de- a deal of labor, though
they may not make good soldiers h.
cause they Canno stand the str 81 Of
,ong marches, Finally We have the
fiat foot with pain, and this Is broadly
tho ConscuucnC" NJ abuse or neglect,
This Is what we have to 4 nj with
here in the force.
"A great many NJ MS walk ~ though
We had tn wOndcn feet of dolls and.
II YOU viii rotire. the foot Is turned
outward instead Of being pointed
nearly straight ahead. our shoes are
responsible for this. The cut of the
last crowds the big toe sidewisc upon
its n~eighbors, In order to make up
for the impairment of leverage due IA
this displacement the foot is swung
outward SO that the wearer pushes
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propriate the money required for the
purchase Of the land needed"
Mr.. Drescher found land south Of
Brownsville that was bare and fiat.
He started TO agitate and got his
friends to help him. Soon the
Brownsville Board OF Trade was en-
listed on behalf Of the project, then
the schools swung into line. In a
little while all Brownsville was bat
Ting YER the proposition to buy land
for a playground and thus secure
the Betsy Head fund. There was
opposition to the site first proposed
by the Hebrew Educational Society Of
brownsville. There was opposition to
the expense by a number of the
landlords.
The site agreed on at last was the
block bounded by Blake, Hopkinson
and Dumont and Bristol
street and the three blocks bounded
by Dumont, Hopkinson and Livonia
and Douglas street. a total
area OF 1916 acres. The total cost
was s21S.0OO. The school children
in parties went to visit landlords.
soliciting their signatures. There
were mass meetings with much elo-
auence. Gradually opposition was
overcome. an assessment of $40 per
lot on all property within twenty
blocks Of the proposed playground
was agreed TO, and Brownsville got
the Betsy Head memorial fund.
The fund while lying in the bank
had accumulated $4,000 of interest
and the Comptroller thought that this
belonged to the city. Brownsville
thought otherwise and the Corporation
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Commissioner Woods Orders Daily
Exercises to Improve Pedal Ex-
tremities of PatrOlmen
Foot Exercises of Police Department

Stand with bare feet on q firm level surface with the toes pointing
inward. Rise IS far IS possible on the toes and stand so for haH
a minute. Then slowly lower the heels. Repeat for five minutes.
Raise the heels one inch from the sIound and walk on toes and ball
of foot, without bringing the heel down At all. as IT the heel were
painful This should be pTactised freQuenty-or a hundred yards
or so. Can be done on the street.
Stand with feet parallel and sir inches apart. Raise the inner side
of foot. throwing the weight on the outer border. Repeat fifty times.
foot over the edge. bend the foot or toes straight downward as
far as possible, then turn the foot inward 81 that the sole faces as
far as possible inward, then bend the foot upward as far as posi-
bic. Repeat fifty times.
Assume erect position with foot pointing straight ahead. Raise
one foot well off the ground and balance weight of body upon the
other foot, throwing the weight IS much as possible upon the
outer border of the foot. This will produce marked contraction of
the muscles of the sole of the foot. thereby causing the foot and
toes to grip the ground.
These exercises should be repeated daily. and in slight cases
should be carried on for at least three months; whereas in severe
cases they should be kept up IS a daily routine for at least a year.
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the streets. She thought hat they
would be happier and healthier and
become better citizens II they had
good Fairgrounds. So when she made
her will she left half of her estate
directly to the city OF New York
for playground purposes.
She died on June IS, 1907, and was
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. and
when her estate raj li~quidated her
executors. on July 20, 1908. turned
over to the city of New York the sun
OF $~lS7,74S.s4.
Alderman Alexander S. Drescher OF
Brownsville vas one of the commits
sion appointed by Mayor Gaynor to
examine Chicago's playground system
with a view OF imitation. George ID.
Pratt paid for the expedition. Mr..
Drescher studied Chicago Fairgrounds
and did some thinking, On h one
hand Brownsville needed a big play
ground. On the other hand there was
the Betsy Head fund lying idle be-
cause tho city was unable TO ap-
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wv IHEN are you going to dig
NAI LID the hcansn

\NJ up the bcanS'
w That vas the question
witch a sharp little back eyed
Brownsville grl asked the director Of
the children's garden Of the Betsy
Head Memorial Playground IN July 4.
1us, before the big independence Day
celebration began.
The little girl had a personal In
terest in the matter because she had
a plot VI her " ard was learning
gardening. On May 20 under direction
she had lone her plant rr and on June
rs she gathered her first crop. radishes.
She had gathered some hundreds Of
radishes and taken them home. She
and her admiring family had found
that they were perfectly good radishes.
In fact they had been pronounced
even better than the radishes sold by
the pushcart a She WAS anxious
for another crop. and as she had had
10 dig up the radishes she took It as
4 matter Of curse that she would
have to dig up the beans.
Most Of these Brownsville children
never saw vegetables growing before
this garden WAS started" said one Of
the garden teachers. They knew
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-04
r,,rrs- prprm,,cAN mARsHA1Irnwr. IOWA. mAY ,,,s

in Buenos, Aires. South America. They
have been attending the convocation o.
bishops in Des Moines and will be II
| Grinnell tomorrow and part OF Thurs.
day.
The Grinnell Motor Car Company
has just completed large new garage
on tho west side Of Main street and
half block north Of the opera house
and have taken possession. The ga
rage seems model in size construc-
ton and arrangement.
Ill health has caused sudden busi-
ness change in this city, much to the
regret Of many friends Of Mr.. Frank e.
Roberts. who is compelled to retire and
has sold out his furniture and under
taking business to the Nelson Furni-
ture Company, of Albert City. Mr.;
Martin Nelson plans to move here with
his family, consisting Of a wife and
four children, and take personal charge
of the business, while his brother OLAF
remains at Albert City and carries on
that end of the business. Mr.. Roberts
came here but few months ago from
Newton and bought out the business
from G. w. Benson. Mr.. Roberts has
found himself steadily growing worse
from troubles of the appendix and the
bowels until it seems Of imperative
that he should undergo an operation
that surgeons tell him it will take
months to recover from. He plans to
go to the Methodist hospital in Des
Moines.
Preparations are nnder way for the
opening out Of new line Of business
in the manufacture Of waterproof ce-
ment blocks. Grinnell las had for sew
eral years two successful cement block
factories, some Of that time three,
where the making Of the ordinary ce-
ment block for general building pur-
poses has been carried on. But this
new departure at the Watland lumber
yard will give a water proof facing to
the block and the claim is made that
the block can be made as cheaply as
the old kind.
The work of making the new sewer
is to be superintended by F. G. Black
well. of the Iowa Engineering Com
pany, and he Is now kere and ready to
been here but will not attempt to be-
gin his job on the tunnel for some
weeks.
In addition to DR.. Sherbon. of ColfaS.
and DR.. r. H. Sylvester, of Iowa City,
be here this afternoon and make an
address along the line of child welfare
in connection with the exhibit in the
Congregational church.
Weather Observer D. W. Brainard
reports April an unusually dry month.
The mean maximum temperature was
71.40; mean minimum As: mean aver
age. $500; highest, on the 18th, 81;
lowest, on the Sd, 25; rainfall. 1.2s
inches; clear days, Is; partly cloudy,
IL: cloudy. 4.
Beginning with the next college year
Iowa College will confer the degree
of bachelor of music. Heretofore a
diploma has been granted or the de-
gree of bachelor Of arts might be OBJ
tanned with music as the major study.
Hereafter there will be a choice from
the three.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested over the dual meet to be held
here on Saturday Of this week. May S.
between Carleton College and Iowa
College. Freshmen are eligible and
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Grinneli and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican,:
Grinnell, May Rev. II. L. Wissler,
pastor Of the Congregational church OF
Chester Center, passed thru Grinnell
on his way to Des Motnes, where he
will visit for short time with his sons,
located there. He reports that the
members of the, Chester church are
making preparations to celebrate on
the 9th Of June the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of the organization Of the church.
A few Of the charter members are still
living in this vicinity. Prof. Samuel
]. Buck. Of Iowa Collage in this city.
was one OF the earliest pastors Of that
church and will doubtless take an inn
portant part in this celebration II his
health permits.
Miss Estelle Clark was the daughter
of Timothy B. Clark, one Of tie earliest
settlers in Gfinnell. She was born in
this city and lived nase until years
Of age. Later in life. having left this
city, she became the wife OF Bishop
Homar c. Stuntz and their home il now
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LEGlsLATuRE FAILS 70 ARRANGE
FOR PUBLICATION or SOME
STATUTES.
COURTS MAY HAVE TO
PASS ON VALIDITY
Question Being Raised % 70 Whether
Law Can Ds Put Into Force oserstiy
-lssislaturs Decides That Publiea-
ton Of Session Laws Should % Die
continued.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, May Can the average
citizen Of a state be held to knowledge
Of the law when the state has pro-
vided that as to some laws that they
shall go into effect without any publ
cation, or publicity whatever? Putting
it another way, can a law be put into
force and effect in secret?
That is a question which the courts
may have to answer in regard to the
work of the Thirty sixth general as
semb1y. It provided that some laws
should go into effect just that way.
The legislature decided that publica-
ton of the session laws" should be
discontinued. Law Libraries having
these volumes from early days will
now be incomplete as to future legisla-
lation. No provision has been made
for publication in book form Of the
entire list of bills passed. In the form
in which passed, and some OF them
will not be printed or published in any
form.
Some obseurity.
Inc PROVISION AOE q 6uPpASAAAS1ASs-s
supplement is that the laws OF . gen.
eral nature shall be printed entire.
where they are not amendatory OF
others: and where they amend sections
of the code or supplement, the sec
lions amended shall be printed as
amended. Then the appropriation bills
shall be printed in a pamphlet. The
acts are nearly all printed
in newspapers and thus get circulation.
But some Of them are not SO printed,
and these will not be printed anywhere.
The supplementary supplement. to
be issued prior to July 4. will contain
not only new legislation and the
amended old sections, but all the late
from the court decisions
up to Jan. 1. It will not contain the
bills in full which purport to amend
the various sections, and the possessor
OF the supplementary supplement will
have to make comparisons to know
what is new and what 10 old in the
amended sections.
The supplementary supplement VIII
have attached to it the much discussed
and berated index to code and supple
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An Important Point.

At dinner party the other evening
reference having been made to the good
old days in the little brick schoolhouse.
this story was recalled by James L.
Rice. coach OF the Columbia College
crew !:
The teacher in a public school was
giving a demonstration in mental ar
ithmetic, and after speaking at some
length she turned to a bright-faced
boy at the head Of the class.
Now, then, Willie" said she, "do
you think that you can answer me a
question in mental arithm etic?"
Yes, ma'ain," was the confident re-
joinder of the beaming youngster.
well, them resumed the teacher.
"how old would a person be who was
born in 1857
That depends" quickly rejoined lit
tie Willie. Was the person man or q
n?',-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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ment, ana the whole VIII ssll 10f7e -
The supplement to the oodA 1etes
without index sells for -.
The code Of 1897 sells for IS.
The supplement, 1919, with the sup
Elementary supplement will be sold ~
the state for So. 81
The original plan Of the legislAturO
TO have the index bound up ssparatolZ
was abandoned. I'M X