The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-18
Evening Chat

Photographic OF the heart beats Of
recruits for the British army now form
part Of q new physical examination
adopted by the military authorities.
These are being mad }inI a London hos.
pltal where men whose hearts vary In
the least from normal are put through
a series OF tests by some of the great
est specialists in heart complaints In
England. The new method Is said to
obviate the danger, Of accepting as re.
cruite. zen whose hearts are not sound
enough to stand StheSrigors. of soldiery.
"Please run up stairs TO the roof and
back" the recruits Is told by one OF
the medical examiners. On his return
to the ground floor his pulse rate,
breathing rate, and blood pressure are
taken and compared with the rate, etc.,
obtained before the candidate went
stair climbing! After a rest OF three
minutes the pulse and blood pressure
are again measured. The knowledge
Of the general condition Of the heart
obtained By these and the other rou.
tine methods OF heart examinations Is
not enough. however. and the candi.
date is next taken into the electro.
one bare foot and his two hands In
separate basins OF water. Wires lead
from the basins to a complicated cleo.
tricai apparatus, which, in word.
Photographic on moving sensitized
hIm the electrical currents generated
by the different chambers OF the heart
in beating.
Alarmed at the Increase In juvenile
crime and the deplorable condition OF
10 many thousands OF children, the
Austrian Red Cross is organizing a
special fund for the care and relief OF
the young. II. is difficult to tell Just
how greatly juvenile crime Is on the
increase throughout the country but
the Vienna police report a sad state
of things ii, the capital. In the suburb
OF Heitzing bordering on the imperial
castle OF Schoenbrunn where the En-.
peror has been In residence through.
out the war. the number Of juvenile OF.
fenses rose to 1,090 in the first twelve
months o. the war, as compared with
$50 IN the previous corresponding
twelve months. The Red Cross Off.
GERS believe that many of these evils
arise from poverty and other causes
which q judicious expenditure OF mo.
ney may remove, hence their decision
70 organize a relief fund.
The heavy hand OF increased prices
probably has fallen nowhere with
greater weight than upon the hundreds
of washerwomen OF Greater Berlin,
who do about 80 per cent OF the laun.
dry work OF the capital. Soap prices
have risen by about $50 per cent.
starch by more than 400 per cent, and
borax by almost 300 per cent. Yet
despite these startling Increases, the
laundry prices have remained about
at their old figure, and cannot DO
lacked up appreciably. the washerwo.
men claim. Even today they are In
nearly all respects ridiculously low,
judged by the American standard, Ger.
tafnly lower than one would expect
to find them after studying the cost
Of materials necessary for running
laundry. Asked why they do not in.
crease their prices somewhat at least,
the majority OF the washerwomen
shake their heads and declare that
their clients will not stand for the
increase. Most OF them express the
belief that the time lis not far ahead
when there will have to be a radical
change in fashions, whereby people
VIII wear darker colored clothes so
that so much washing will not have to
be done.