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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

CARNATIONS follow Miss Maud Wet
more. who is one OF the most enthusi-
astic members, said when interviewed
al tine headquarters: "We have on an
average Of twenty-five members work
ing here every day. each one imbued
with the true spirit Of service: In fact,
this has been and is true OF all our
people and is shown by the enormous
amount OF work this committee has
been doing since it was formed year
ago. To be truly successful IN this
vast relief work women everywhere
and in every organization must sink
their own personalities and think only
Of the cause for which they are WORK
ing. Thus only can we live up to our
past traditions. We supply more than
twelve hundred hospitals IN France,
and also send dressings in great guam
titles to Serbia and Italy
To Save Wheat and Meat
Miss Harriet Thomas, executive sec
rotary Of the Charity Organization so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
Red Cross Workers Enthusiastic

1.-THE Red Cross seems to US Of such i'm
portance that we are glad 70 give IL
most Of our time and all our interest
lust now" declared Mrs. P. Livingston
Beeckmar. wife of the Governor OF
Rhode Island and chairman Of the local
CHAPTER. in discussing the work already
done by the remarkable Newport chap
ter and its plans for the future.
"What DAYS can you find US here!
We're here every day and many even
ipps. when a hurry call has come TO US
for emergency kits, or to help the COM
misssry department give coffee or lem.
onade 70 the men as they march away.
We keep business hours. and We try to
observe business methods. The Red
Cross is the one business of the world
lust now. aside from fighting. and its
work must be done efficiently"
Just how efficiently the Newport
chapter has done its work may be
Judged from the fact that in less than
FIVE months since 10 was established
here il has obtained more than $500
members, has made on an average OF
5000 surgical dressings a week, under
the leadership Of Mrs. French Wander
bilt, and has furnished complete kits 70
thousands of men in the army and
navy stationed az Newport. When 49,
900 men without kits arrived in New
| port a short time ago the Red Cross
! showed It's complete cooperation with
the government by furnishing them with
complete outfits in less than two days
time
I'VE have just held a conference
here to consider methods OF greater
efficiency Mrs. Beeckman said. Moth
1 ing could have looked more efficient
than the busy workroooms of the New
port chapter, or the storerooms. piled
almost 20 the ceiling with supplies TO
/ be used here. and with boxes in the
process Of being packed to be sent
abroad. but the energetic chairman
explained the need for constant watch
I fitness. AS one of the regiments now
here marched up from the South, IL
met NTH 3 needless duplication OF
gifts along the way. Hereafter, no
/ chapter is 10 give anything along the
line Of military supplies except through
/ the Red Cross. ard each chapter is 10
report all its gifts. We will repor,
70 James Jackson. who has been placed
in charge of the Northeastern Di-
vision. with headquarters in Boston
instead Of to Washington, in future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26

dredge, Mrs. Lyman Josephs, Miss Har-
rict Thomas. Mrs. Charles Gardner,
chairman Of the house committee OF
the Give League and treasurer Of the
committee; Miss Edna Barger. Mrs.
Harold Brown. "The committee il
making extensive plans" said Miss
Wetmore, Ito have speakers at the
county fair this fall DR.. Sweetland IS
in charge Of the kitchen az the club.
Mrs. Ida s. Harrington, OF Cornell,
who has already spoken for us here
Nth excellent results TO our work, VIII
also speak at the fair. Every one Is
taking a great interest in the work OF
the committee" she continued, "and
considering the short time we have
been organized, the output Of our can
ming kitchen compares very favorably
with those in other sections. Residents
are sending in their surplus produce,
and the school children are also active
~ interested and bring US their veg
tables TO be canned"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-26
tn Save Wheat and Meat

Miss Harriet Thomas, executive sec
rotary OF the Charity Organization 30
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Tale of a Pin
BY DR.. SAMUEL G. DIXON.

The pin is born with millions of
brothers and sisters, who leave home
TO travel to all parts of the world. On
their journey they come in contact
with us human beings and it might be
interesting TO take up, what some
times happens when they do so.
Suppose a pin found its way into
the laundry of shirt manufacturer.
We would be likely to hear of it, first
in the mouth of one of those folding
the shirt and, preparing it for ship
ment. This pin, as we'll as others,
might perhaps be making it's first in
innate acquaintance with the germ
that produces sore throat. The shirt
gets to the consumer who starts to
make it ready for use. For the sec
ond time the poor pin finds the human
mouth again, it's abiding place. Pos
sfbly this time, it gets into an ulcerat-
ed mouth, thence it gets into the pin
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

with his sweetheart he should not
marry the girl.
Between you and me, it is not pos
sible for man who loves beauty, if
it be art or nature in the shape of
beautiful women, to shut his eyes as
they fit before him. His error lies in
the fact that he allows his wife to
observe his admiration. Far be it
from me to counsel deception, but
there must be some truth to float the
old saying, 'What. the eyes don't see,
ethe heart don't grieve over"
The man who has the flirting pro-
pensity bred in the bone is pretty apt
TO take a cruel delight in making his
better half jealous. He wants her to
realize that she has a prize whom 9th
CT women covet. In his blindness re-
garding Women's nature he is of the
opinion that she will appreciate him
th 8 more. 1t does not occur to him for
an instant that quite the reverse is
tbs case. He usually finds out too
Late that suspicion and torment can
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
"SiCk" Pump DoCtored at
Long Distance by the Aid OF
Record Made on Photograph

1t is related that one of the big
pumps at the Elk River (Cal) pump
ing station got out of order. Just
what caused the difficulty no one at
the station could TELL 1t had been
made years before by New York
company Now the question was how
to get it repaired To call a man
across the continent for the purpose
would be expensive, and happily bet
ter device was thought of.
monograph was called into requi-
sitiOn. The manager spoke into the
receiver, describing the symptoms or
the ailing pump, and further to indi-
cate the case, he placed the receiver
so that the pulsations of the pump
could be recorded.
Just as a physician listens to the ac-
ton of the heart or lungs in the human
body by means of stethoScope, so the
pump doctor listened by means of
photograph to the throbs and pulsa-
lions of the pump thousands of miles
away, and was enabled by that means
to diagnose the disease.
A number of persons listened to the
strange combination at the New York
office of the company. The voice of the
Californian from the photograph was
heard first, giving in a clear, precise
and distinct way, the symptoms of the
pump. Then was heard the b-r-r-bang
b-r-r-r-bang! of the pump, and an occa-
Sional wheeling sound which might be
made by escaping steam.
The engineer to whom the phono-
graph was submitted said that the
whole record was so perfect that he
felt tempted sometimes to ask adj
ditional questions. The experiment
proved absolutely successful. The
proper remedy was suggested, and the
pump was soon running las good as
new"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Just How Limpets Stick.

Everyone is familiar with the saying
ito stick like a lmpet," but there are
not so many who know how it is that
a limpet is able to stick as it does
to the rocks upon which it passes It's
existence. The creature is able, by
means of the central portion of it's
body, whichecan be raised independent
ly of the edge or frill which surrounds
it, to create a vacuum, much in the
same way that piece of soft wet
leather can be made to adhere to a
smooth surface by pressing out all the
air. Thus the so-called strength
of the limpet is largely due to atmos-
pheric pressure. 1t is not entirely
so, however for if they are closely ex-
amined it will be seen that the shells
accommodate themselves round the
edges to the surface of the rock upon
which the limpet is located, and if re-
moved to another spot the edge of the
shell will probably be found to be a
very bad fit, and the creatures power
TO adhere somewhat lessened. IL
taken by surprise with sharp side
long blow even large limpet is easily
enough dislodged, but given the slight
est warning, it's power of suction is
instantly brought into play, and very
often considerable force is then neces-
sary ere it can be detached.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Beware the Married Male Flirt
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

wear out and eventually -ouSt the most
romantic love. True love exists only
where there are peace of mind and
content. The woman who has fiirt-
ing mate is fearful of growing old and
losing her charms She is always on
the keen edge of worry, trying TO
guard against heart stabs. THIS sours
her disposition and congeals her wom-
anly love for other women. No mat
ter how greatly some beautiful wom-
ans personality may appeal to her,
she is more than apt to repel that 9TH
er woman's appeal for friendship. She
knows why. From the altar to the
grave, the wife of the flirting husband
knows little peace.
When girl has a falling out with
| her flirting beau and he turns from
her TO the charms of another, she may
cry out in agony that heaven was I'M
kind to her, whereas heaven was most
kind in saving her from an after life
full of torture, had she been granted
her hearts desire. The flirt should
marry girl who is not averse TO the
flirting game herself. They could take
turns on keeping tabs on each other.
He would know that she could not fiirt
long after arriving at that turnstyle-
fair, fat and forty. She could not
| have that assurance regarding him.
He. might cast sleeps eyes even at
eighty.
Copyright 1919
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

cushion or some similar receptacle.
The persons who handle these can
not recognize disease germs by the
naked eye, and therefore the pin with
it's cargo of germs is ready for new
service. This time, perhaps, by a
dressmaker, if she has the bad habit
already alluded TO, she fills her mouth
with these pins while she cuts with
her patterns and fits various pieces
together. This time for variation, the
pin may have found lodgment in a
healthy mouth. Nevertheless it is not
pleasant fault, when you know the
pins history thus far, to think of any
one making such use of them.
Many mother who uses pins in
fastening a child's dress together, does
the same thing. BY this time, in the
pins life history, it is quite we'll armed
with spores of germs and really is
accountable for much harm along it's
path Of travel And now as it is get
ting old and about ready to close its
life. a little child may be stricken with
tonsilitis or diphtheria or even scarlet
fever, because some of these diseases
are easily communicable from throats
so recently affected by the disease that
the danger is not recognized. The
presence of the germs that have been
referred TO on the pin, is real dan
ger, as the physician or laboratory
worker knows he can take these germs
from pins in everyday use, and plant
them in foodstuffs that will make them
grow and multiply in great numbers
colonies can be seen by the naked
eye and they can be injected into
other living beings and produce dis
ease.
The habit of putting pins into the
mouth would NOT continue for mo-
ment if everyone knew this.
The moral of this little story is,
never hold pins in the mouth as they
spread disease, even fatal disease.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Harvard Is Losing Money.

Harvard university, as corpora
ton doing business of more than 81
100000 annually, is shown to be los
ing proposition by the annual report
Of the treasurer. The average net
deficit in all departments OF the uni
versity is shown to be $22,048, which
only the proposed endowment of S1O,-
100000 cen overtake.
The $500 students who attend Hsr-
ward do not pay one-half of what lt
costs to run the university, it is shown,
the Boston Post states. The figures
for 1856, which have Just been
made public, show that Harvard re-
ceived in tuition fees only $1,O49. TAT,
while the operating expenses were 81
701 1854. The income from the present
endowment of the university amounts
to larger item than the income from
all the students, for ST, 1876, 1872 liz taken
In from that source.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

an application three treatments cured
me. Tonight | return to my post back
of the front"
F'reckled face smiling thanks she
could not speak, the girl nurse offered
her bouquet to Professor Simpson.
'Heather!" he exclaimed. Lucky
heather from home Lassie, I'll put 1T
by my statue of Bobby Burns"
mae then, / must keep back one
bit" laughed the girl nurse, and laid
the sprig on the standard beneath
Gods own light"
The london Sphere, a weekly jour
nal, recently published the following
report on the Stray"
A great amount of curiosity has been
aroused about the Simpson light C'S
rays), and there seems little doubt that
we are on the eve of what may be
termed a revolution in the matter OF
healing; and in view of the legacy OF
casualties which the war is giving US,
no other type of scientific advance
ment could be more satisfactorily OPP
perfume. Mai Z. G. French. X. A. NJ.
c., in one of the articles which have
lately been appearing in the Lancet,
says 1.-THE Simpson light is the latest
discovery in therapeutics. For over
two and a half years the scientific in
vestigations have been published In
papers during one and half years
the "S rays have been employed
! therapeutically, and over 5000 treat
ments have been given. 1t will there
fore be admitted that no undue haste
has been shown in snOw introducing
them into notice"
This was written some months ago.
| Now that the results are assured, no
time is being lost in actually gathering
in the fruits of the discovery land in
stalling the apparatus in the hospitals ;
/ and the Simpson light treatment has
| already become feature not only in
the clinic centerS Of England but all
over Europe.
The rays discovered by Mr.. w. 5.
! Simpson. an engineer, who, while ex-
! perimenting in the affinity of>rare met
ais for one another. noticed that the
light produced by the electric combus-
ton of certain ores had curative" eff
| fects on the workmen's hands. in con-
sequence Of which he prepared special
electrodes for combustion In an arc
lamp. hence the "S' rays.
/ Without going into all the various
/ results which are being detailed in the
medical press from time to time, we
/ NAV content ourselves here with the
main fact that it has been tested in
| the worst of cases. that the exposure
/ is a very short one, that there seems
no limit TO its application, from cases
of shrapnel wounds to the more deeply
seated chronic affections, and that
some of the most intractable cases
which had defied great deal of treat
ment improved at once under the IS
rays, and were discharged cured"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
I spoke, and my voice was entirely

spoke, and my voice was entirely
clear
Il call the new ray Gods own light.
it has already done so much good.
This is the beginning of an age of
marvels," he confessed. ITO expert
ment on armor plate / was seeking an
intense, pure heat. My handy man. a
drunken, dissolute fellow, was han
dicapped by bad burn.
suddenly the open wound began to
heal. That puzzled me; TO prove a
possibility, | gave my hand an ugly
cut with a knife edge of dirty brass,
and treated the wound with dose
of light. Three days later the cut was
healed, leaving no scar. Then | knew
that / had discovered something great
err than a foundry process
''Thus military surgery was provided
charges, cure stiffness or swelling, alb
sorb scar tissue and relieve the tor
ment of septic wounds. Only short
exposure is required, although there is
no bad result from long exposure as
with the X-ray, the electrodes being
held II to "A inches from the skin.
Limbs which our soldiers feared
were lost have been saved, cripples
have supplenesS restored, face wounds
which made brave men look monstrous
have been stimulated to clean healing
Since the sea battle off Jutland, hun
dreds of British sailors have been
cured by Stray of gangrene. Killing
all germs, the Simpson light creates q
thin, infinitesimal skin which obviates
the necessity of messy dressings"
Five feet distant, electrodes of wolf
ram discharged invisible streams of ul.
tra-violet rays. A subtle sense of rest
fuiness and well-being filed the
atmosphere.
"And neuritis?" l suggested
Professor Simpsons white head nod
ded emphaticaily.
IF you please" piped a voice from
| the door, II want to say thank you
to my professor!
Then she came in, very little girl
had eczema" cried the young voice
land now l have not got it any more. ;
! Beyond the laboratory door q slight
| girl in gray serge and scarlet cape
paused diffidently, bouquet of white
heather filling her hands.
MY mother sent this to you. profes
sor," she said softly. Like you, she
| is Scottish. For two years have beer
| a war nurse. Last month the hospjta
/ authorities ordered me home, invalid
ed from varicose veins Doctors for
babe me to walk or to stand The
/ war office wants trained nurses, hay.
my living TO earn and years invalid
ism just now would break my heart
/ But every Scottish physician in Eng
! land has heard of the Simpson light.
There are Stray installations il
scores of military hospitals. l urget
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

To the United States government
collier. Prometheus. belongs the credit
for performing the greatest ship-tow-
ing feat ever undertaken. The task
was the bringing of a sister collier, the
Maumee. from the Mare Island navy
ward. San Francisco, TO the New York
navy yard where she is to be fitted
out with new engines. For the long
trip from the Pacific TO the Atlantic a
special towing device was planned. A
powerful steam-operated, winding
drum on the stern Of the Prometheus
held the steel towing cable in even
coils. 1t could be let ont or shortened
as desired, and the distance between
the two heavy vessels was so regulated
that minimum strain was kept on the
cable.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

surgery. 1T was ulScoVeicu
2 in 1895 by Wilhelm KOnrad
Roentgen, a German scientist. Many
of us know something about radium,
TOO, wonderful mineral substance dis
covered in 1902 by Madame Curie, a
French woman scientist. Radium also
is of great value in the medical world
so much so that the chief countries
are producing it at government expense
for hospital use.
Now comes the announcement of an
other valuable discovery in the scien-
tific world-a new kind of light ray
that has marvellous curative proper
ties, one that may revolutionize GER
tain phases of the healing art 1t is
called the Simpson ray, and may be
considered one of the war monsters
gifts to humanity in compensation for
Haillions of lives destroyed.
Sometime ago, William Simpson, a
Scotch physics engineer, was expert
menting to develop a. very hard armor
plate. He was using high-power cleo
trio currents to produce great heat.
Now no man knows more than q COM
paratiyely few properties of electricity.
Civilization has harnessed this in
tinitely powerful force in nature to
some extent, but electricity is. con-
stantly doing something in harness to
puzzle those who use it. SO it came to
pass that while Simpson was expert
menting one of those puzzling things
happened, and the Simpson ray was
discovered, to be named after its dis
coverer.
Mary Boyle OReilly, an American
newspaper woman, was in London not
long ago and she went to interview
Simpson at his laboratory Here is
her report:
Take S-rays and keep young for a
hundred years." said William Simpson
Scottish discoverer of Simpsons light
drawing forward a wheeled standard
from which q spluttering electric arc
gave out faint white smoke.
you are suffering from bronchial
hoarseness; let the light cure it while
we talk. 1t has no danger ray, causes
no burns, makes no martyrs; and il
kills every germ within ten seconds.
"Pasteur and Metchnikoff taught
that TO kill germs is TO create new
world. Without germs there can be NJ
epidemic diseases. Also. the Sra,
softens hardened arteries and loosens
,adhesions. That stops age. prolongs
maturity and increases efficiency.
1--WE will yet be able to keep youns
for century. Already the Royal Med
,cal society insists that the Stray is
the greatest thing in the medica
world
Your hoarSeness, now"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02

man attracted TO
every pretty face
that drifts across
his path. But it
is worse still for
her if she COM
mits the folly of
marrying him. OF
all tantaliZing men
none can keep a
woman in hot wa
ter SO completely
as the married
fiirt. He may go
no further than
to look admiring-
ly at pretty wom-
en- but that's
quite enough. If
II e i s n o t thor
on q h ly suited
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
The Difference.

prohibition is making rapid strides,
but / notice that the good old custom
of christening ship with champagne
still survives" remarked the local OPP
timist.
"True. my brother" answered the re-
former. but when a bottle of cham
payne is broken on the hull of ship,
that's the end of the matter. When a
man opens a bottle of champagne 1t is
often the forerunner of a great many
more. Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Her-
aid.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
SOME SMILES
sssSsSsSaa5a aaas6Sa{5

No Chance.
''What have you thereT
''Just little flight Of fancy, an
swered the amateur poet.
"And you want to get it. published,
of course?"
81 hope some editor will accept 1t
and pay me a fair price"
"Umph That's another little flight
of fancy"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Domestic Tragedy.

$50 Glithery's wife has left him for
ever, How sad J"
Isn't it!'
did she leave him any memen-
toes?'
"Yes-three children"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
An Alternate.

Dear me, John. did you see any.
thing in the kitchen of the lemon
squeezer?"
"Well, saw the iceman huggins
our sour-faced cook"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Usual Fate Of Baby Show Judges.

"You are saluted by most of the
men you meet, Hanks, but l never no.
tice a woman recognize you, SAID
friend to prominent congressman.
mo: / haven't a woman friend in
nown." replied the politician.
.sHow is that?"
II was once judge of a baby snow
mere. The woman whose baby | gave
the prize to has moved away. She
was The only friend / had among the
.fair sex in this community; all the
s~est are my enemies" ~
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
Would Like One, Too.

There's mans best friend" he said,
pulling cigar from his pocket.
"Well," replied his companion, visit
fully, Il hate TO see man have only
one friend"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-02
BiahIy InsuIted.

Il tried to ex-
plain to my grocer
what is meant by
calories in food"
"Yes?"
But he cut me
short by becoming
indignant and say
ing that he had
made it q lifelong
practice to sell any
thing that was not
in perfect condi-
ton.