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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Prof Currie, a teacher in the Sum-
ner High School, was married last
week at st. Louis, Mo-, and a recep-
ton was rendered them at their beau
tiful new home last Friday, 942 Wash
ington boulevard.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Did you know that the prices at the
Avery Furniture Co., 130S-1O Grand
Ave-, are right and the quality better
than at many other stores.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Come to the Silver Leaf Dance
Wednesday, December IL, at Lyric
Hall. Music by Williams Orchestra
Admission 25 cents.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08
THREE ANrHoLoeIEs.

Boni and Liveright announce for pub
LEGATION about December 18th: THE Path
on the Rainbow" an anthology of North
American Indian poems, selected and
edited by George Cronyn, with an intro
duction, by Mary Austin; Dreams and
Images" an anthology of Catholic poets
edited with an "ntroduction by Joyce
Kilmer. and 1.-The Great Modern French
Stories a chronological anthology of the
epOch-making short stories of France,
edited with a comprehensive critical in
PRODUCTION by willard Huntington
Wright.
1t will astonish the lovers Of modern
vers libre to find how similar many of
the old Indian poems are to the work OF
the Younger poets of today. The follow
ing songs are taken from "The Path on
the Rainbow" an anthology of Indian
poems which Boni and Liveright will is
sue in the immediate future:
TLlNoIT SONGS.
The words of people
Snow me under
The words of worthless people.
2.
1t is only crying about myself
That comes to me In song.
3.
Even from the house of strong drink:
People get away,
But not from you,
Raven-Woman.
I always think within myself
That there is no place
Where people do not die.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

The many friends of Mrs. Annie E
Floyd will regret to learn that she is
quarantined on account of her hus
band having small pox and trust thai
he will soon recover.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mrs. Cora Evans, 1872 North Sth
street, spent last week in Topeka,
Kas., with her sister.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mr.. Alexander Young, 81 years of
age, died at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Jones, 9th and
Douglass streets, Quindaro, Kansas,
after a brief stay here of two weeks;
he is survived by two sons and three
daughters, grandchildren and a host
of other relatives. Those present at
the time of his death were Mrs. Geo.
Jones, Father Pagan Young Of Kansas
City, Kans.; Mrs. Elvira Smith of Og-
den, Utah; granddaughter, Miss Cleo
Young of Springfield, Mo-, all of whom
accompanied the remains Monday
night to Springfield. The funeral ser
vices were held at the residence of
Mr.. Greed Young, his son, in that city.
Many beautiful flowers were sent by
friends OF the family. Oliver & Hous-
ton was the undertaking firm which
prepared and shipped the remains.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mrs. Mary Ashby and daughter, Mrs.
Ada Seals, visited the formers son
at Brunswick, Mo-, returning home
Sunday evening. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Ashby's grandson to
this city.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

The program at the Citizens For
UNI Sunday was of a very high order.
A large representation of professional
and business men was in attendance.
The quotations were fine. The cur
rent events were related by Mr.. Jun
JUS J. N. Gray and Mr.. o. B. Johnson
and were well delivered and to- the
point. Mr.. Nelson C. Crews was the
speaker and in glowing terms spoke
of the Metropolitan Temple, it's pas
tor and wife and his appreciation to
the many loyal subscribers of the
Kansas City Sun. The speaker gave
a most comprehensive address on the
Ideal Citizen" Mr.. Scott, musical
composer, presented the Forum with
the most inspiring solos that has
thrilled our vast congregations .
Mr.. P. c. Swancy read an excellent
paper. Lieut.. Hatchet was presented
and made some timely remarks in re-
gard to the obedience of the soldier
boys which moved the audience with
loud applause.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

WANTED-The address of Henri
eta Thomas, who formerly lived at
Manhattan, Kan, moving from there
to 404 East 5th street, Kansas City,
Mo. w. L. Sayers, attorney, Hill City,
KanS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

The Parent-Teachers' Association
has organized a Red Cross Club at
the Stowe School. They are making
much progress with their work. All
mothers are invited to attend and
sew and knit. They will meet Wcdnes-
day at 1870 p. m. Mrs. P. c. Dow,
president of the Red Cross Chapter,
will be present and outline the work
of the Auxiliary and have garments
for the women to sew.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

FOR RENT-One neatly furnished
10 for one or two gentlemen. Mod
ern. Bell phone, East 3453-W. 1916
E. 18th street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Rhodes, GAP
Washington boulevard, entertained
a few friends in honor of her parents
Of Odessa, Mo-, who spent Thanks
giving with them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mrs. Richard Jackson of Glasgow,
Mo-, is the guest of her son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coleman, 1714
E. 18th street.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Rev. A. G. ellis and Miss Carrie
Duncan, formerly of Texas, were
quietly married Thursday evening al
600 p. m.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

The Sunday School at the Metropol-
itan Church is growing larger and be-
coming more spiritual each Sunday.
Arthur Freelain, a primary scholar,
very beautifully told the lesson story
last Sunday. Both services were glor-
ious at this Temple Sunday.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Miss Louise Vanloo left Thursday
for Manhattan, Kas., to enter school
Have you ever tried the Spotless
Kitchen, 23 West 18th street, the best
placse in town to eat?
Madame Hackley and sister, Mrs.
Williams, of st. Joseph, Mo-, visited
A. E. Hackley, 1919 Harrison.
MI. Lawrence Sapp of 1908 Cottage
avenue, left December I'd for Buffa-
10, N. Y.
Mrs. j. Stokes, 1912 Euclid avenue,
has been on the sick list, but is re-
c%uperating.
Mr.. II. Bishop, the well known chef
who has been instructor in cooking
at Camp Funston, returned to the city.
Mrs. A. J.. Brown of Miltonville,
Kans., who has been visiting Mrs. j.
B. Worten, 703 Georgia avenue, Kan
sas City, Kans., has returned home.
Come to the Silver Leaf Dance
Wednesday, December IL, at Lyric
Hall. Music by Williams Orchestra.
Admission 25 cents.
Mrs. Richard Jackson of Glasgow,
Mo-, is the guest of her son and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Coleman, 1714
E.. 18th street.
Rev. A. G. ellis and Miss Carrie
Duncan, formerly of Texas, were
quietly married Thursday evening at
600 p. m.
FOR RENT-One neatly furnished
for n or two gentlemen. Mod
ern. Bell phone, East 3453-W. 1916
E. 18th street.
Mrs. Mary Ashby and daughter, Mrs.
Ada Seals, visited the formers son
al Brunswick, Mo-, returning home
Sunday evening. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Ashby's grandson to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

DR.. and Mrs. Bell, Miss Rhodes and
Miss Shaffer motored here from Wich-
tia, Kansas, and spent Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery and
Mr.. anG Mrs. j. H. Claybourne.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mrs. S. W. Brown, 932 Greedy ave
nue., is improving at this writing from
a serious operation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins, S52
Oakland avenue, and several others
spent Thanksgiving day at Eudora,
Kans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Kinetic Theory of Shock

TIME neglect by medical science Of
the fundamental truths of OAR
winian evolution and the failure
to study diseases from the evolutionary
point of view are characterized by DR..
George w. Grille, the noted Cleveland sur
geon, as the greatest factor in the failure
of medicine to make greater strides.
In his new volume, "Man-An Adaptive
Mechanism" DR.. Grille, who with Dr. Gull
len, of Baltimore, probably ranks next to
DR.. Carrel and the Mayo brothers, of
Rochester, Mimi, as masters in American
surgery, applies the principle of "adapta-
ton to environment" to the study Of dis
ease. He makes his own summary of his
kinetic theory of shock and the diseases
that follow psychic shock in these words:
"The hardness of the medical profession
in making use Of the theory of evolution has
not been because that profession did not
need co0rdinatng working basis Had OAR
win and Herbert Spencer applied the prin-
ciple of natural selection to physiology az
completely as the former applied it to anat-
omy and TO gross behavior they would I'M
doubtedly have left 10 US an important COM
plation of data, thus establishing the basis
for a constructive theory of medicine, such
as medicine has never possessed.
"Our studies showed that inhalation anes-
thesia does not prevent the transmission Of
traumatic impulses from the field of opera
ton 10 the brain, and that shock is the re-
suit of the combined effect of these trsu-
matte impulses and of pre-operative fear
upon the brain We found also that as a
result of shock or exhaustion from any
cause. certain histologic changes occur uni
formly and constantly in certain organs
notably the brain, the liver and the adrenals
and we discovered that both the clinical and
the histologic phenomena of shock could be
eliminated by the prevention of pre-operative
fear and by blocking the nerve paths from
the field Of operation TO the brain by local
anasthesia used in addition to general anas-
thesia. These facts having been established
experimentally and clinically, kinetic the
DRY of shock was formulated
"This theory accounts for shock as natu-
raj phenomenon related TO all other natural
nhenomena, and like them a manifestation
of biologic law, the law Of phy'ogenetic
association. According to this law, animals
are so constituted as to transform energy, at
the incidence OF an adequate stimulus. in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Americas Food Problem Involves All tn

radical coercion Of this nature could be at
tempted in the United States.
But, on the other hand, we have the ad-
vantage of not being such bread consumers
as the European nations. and slight suosti'
tuition, say, OF perishable vegetables or even
corn bread would not be the hardship for US
it would necessarily be for France and Eng
land, where the traditions Of the people and
the mechanics of baking are adjusted to
bread as the keystone of the dietary arch.
"The Food Administration Board will rec
ommend the preparation of mixed -four for
individual households and the use of whole
wheat -four by those who like it. 'Wheatless'
meals and days are already common phrases.
"Our prospective crop of potatoes will luck
lily be large enough to warrant our increasing
our daily consumption by something like four
ounces. Little educative and patriotic propa-
ganda will be necessary in many rural COM
munities TO cause these centres to double
their consumption of perishable vegetables
during the summer months. For the kinds of
food products which are necessary both for
our allies and for our own armies are first
of all those products which are easily trans
portable-bread grains and packed meats, rich
in fat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

an application by the party desiring to con-
tnue the services of the laborers for fur
Their period not exceeding six months. The
prospective employer must send for or come
to the boundaries to get the aliens before
they can be admitted, and precedent 70 admis-
sion of the alien must disclose to the 'imm-
grafton officer in charge at the place OF entry
his plans with respect to the employment in
GLIDING wages and duration Of employment.
ale must give a written promise that he
will keep the officer in charge advised Of any
change made in these plans, that he will
notify him if any alien admitted to him pro-
noses to leave his employ or has left it with
ont his previous knowledge, and Of helping,
il necessary, to trace him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

burgh the Pennsylvania, the Buffalo, Roches-
ter Pittsburgh and the New York Central
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie all compete for pas
senger business. The New York Central has
a train leaving Buffalo at 9 a. m. and arriving
at D. M; the Buffalo, Rochester e. Pitts
burgh train leaving at $3.50 a. m. and ar
irving at 6:20 p. m, and the Pennsylvania
train leaving at 9:15 a. m. and arriving at
5.45 p m. SO far as through service is con-
cerned, the public would apparently be just
as we'll served if one Of these three trains was
eliminated.
Notwithstanding however, that each case
would require special and careful study, it is
obvious that there is presented here demon
stration of waste Of railroad facilities which
should not be permitted to continue during
the war"
It has been announced that the rail-
roads of the United States have already
eliminated passenger trains representing
16,267.028 miles of train service a year,
SO that fuel and man and motive power
may be utilized in the transportation Of
freight.
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the
Railroads War Board, said:
Every ton of coal, every mile Of track,
every man whose duties are absorbed by an
unnecessary passenger train, can be put to
effective use in freight service, and nothing
is more necessary at the moment to assure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Clearing the Track for Freight Service

pared than Canada-physically and tempera-
mentally-to cope with it,"
That the railroads have been behind in
their adoption Of efficiency has been COM
monty charged by shippers for the. last
decade, as they use obsolete schedules and
obsolete methods of unloading at terminals,
thus making the movement of a freight
car slower than that of canal boat cargo.
But the war has given the roads a great
stimulus in better handling. f. F. Ingram,
himself large shipper, analyses the prob
lem in "Pearson's" in the following man.
ner:
Transportation costs US two billion dollars
year-S15O a year for every family Of five
in the United States. 1t is 10 per cent of
the value of all merchandise. Deliveries of
shipments now are uncertain, their final ac-
ceptance because of long delays is often
matter of tiresome negotiation and eventu-
ally of compromise between consignor and
consignee, enormously increasing the cost Of
doing business.
"The railroads can add 1895 locomotives
to the service by keeping only 10 per cent in
the repair shop and add the equivalent of
1873, 900 more by increasing the average run
from seventy TO ninety miles. They can add
$4,000 cars to their rolling stock without
costing a cent by increasing the average
speed of the average load and at the same
time give the shipper a better service. But
we had general percentage rate advance
cb hot
vice did not improve. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has shown that the rail-
roads increased their efficiency in six years
about AZ per cent in freight handling by in
creased loads in cars and heavier hauls for
locomotives.
"Now that we are a principal in the most
stupendous war the world has ever seen, the
railroads are preparing to cut out the waste
full and demoralizing competition between
rival lines.
There are $4,000 classifcations of goods
The tariffs in effect to-day number many
millions The number of tariffs, rulings and
regulations affecting the shipment of goods
fled by the railroads an average day would
fill 500 printed pages, standard magazine
size. Most of those issued are commodity
tariffs, being in effect special rates for spe-
cial descriptions, special packing, etc.
"Smplifed freight classifcations would be
no experiment. Our parcel post system has
been running but four years, and is now
carrying half billion parcels annually
promptly, proftably and at low cost, with a
simple rate book that child can thoroughly
understand and follow without mistake. Why
should not the railroads initiate the good
example,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

accordance with the adaptation of the spe-
cies to those factors in the environment
which through natural selection have become
adequate stimuli. Thus, when barefoot boy
steps upon sharp stone there is an instant
discharge of energy in motor act of self
preservation.
"Our research showed that animals sub
jected to fear without muscular activity
showed the same phenomena of exhaustion
and the same uniform histologic changes in
the brain, the adrenals and the liver as
were shown by animals exhausted by trau-
matte injury under ether or by the muscular
exertion of running or fighting II is there
fore obvious that these three types Of ex-
haustion are similar the difference being
that fatigue from physical exertion results
from an indignation of the motor mechanism
with complete response in activity or obvious
work performed, while shock or exhaustion
caused by emotion results from an integra-
ton of the nervous mechanism without OBJ
vious work performed.
Having demonstrated the apparent truth
Of the kinetic theory for traumatic and psy-
chic shock, we examined all the organs and
TISSUES Oh dHlHldlS tAHdusIeu ny the
terra and toxins of infections, by foreign
proteins, by drug stimulants, by adrenin, by
thyroid extract, by many other activating
substances and by insomnia. The results Of
this study showed that, as in shock, histo-
logic changes were produced only in the
brain, the adrenals and the liver, and that
these histologic changes were identical, what
ever the cause Of exhaustion.
"The brain, the sdrenas, the liver, the
thyroid and the muscles bear the brunt Of
the Transformation Of potential into kinetic
energy and the naturalization Of the conse-
quent acid byproducts in the body, and
they have been evolved for that purpose.
They merit therefore the distinction Of being
termed the kinetic system.
"The kinetic theory suggests the manner
in which continuous activation of the kinetic
system may cause Graves's disease, neuras-
thenia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, in
digestion, certain forms of acidoss and
Bright's disease.
"The hnetic theory throws light not only
upon the course but upon the origin Of many
OF the so-caled diseases Of modern environ
ment,' which are justly regarded as accom-
paniments of overstrenuous activity, and IL
suggests that these diseases are in many in
stances the logical outcome Of causes large
ly within the control Of the individually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Then There Is the Sweet
Tooth to Consider

1.-THE problem of another basic staple,
sugar is again a problem in reduction of
consumption. We consume an average of
nearly 100 grams day, and the latest avail
able statistics tend to show that it will soon
be physically impossible to supply more than
rs grams. If anywhere there is possibility
of reduced consumption without serious hard
ship, it is in sugar. The luxurious consump-
ton of candies and cakes and soft-drink
syrups in America is enormous. An appeal to
reduce this kind of consumption will awaken
a generous response. Ultimately the success
Of this whole scheme of voluntary rationing
will depend upon effective publicity and the
success of the board in reducing the present
inflated prices. There is tremendous fund
of latent good will to be utilized
zone hundred per cent success cannot be
expected. Patience, tact, a knowledge of
psychology all the factors of organizing
genius will have to be exhibited by the Food
Administration Board if this scheme of vol
untary reduction of consumption is to sue
ceed."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22

the safety and prosperity of the country than
that the railroads be able to handle the ut
most possible amount of freight"
Edward Hungerford, discussing in 1.-THE
Nations Business" the question "Whose
Freight Shall Have the Right of Way"
says:
within the next few months the railroads
Of the United States are going to be called
upon to render their greatest service to the
nation Also within the next few months,
perhaps even within the next sixty or ninety
days, they are going to pass through the
most critical period in their entire history.
"To an abnormal traffic-coming at time
when they are i'll fitted to carry even a
pormal-have been added the military de-
mands of a war not alone the most serious
in our history but in the history Of the en-
tire world.
"Canada's railroad system under SINH
lar crisis has all but collapsed-with the
single exception of the immensely wealthy
Canadian Pacific Railway. Our neighbor to
the North finds herself to-day on the very
threshold of government ownership of the
greater part of railroad mileage-with abb
solutely no preparation against the problem
"And there are those who see the approach
ing crisis in our own railroad question as
hut an advanced and sequential step toward
government ownership on very large scale
in the United States And we are less pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
What Is the Task
OF America?

an view of this serious world situation
administration? Our problem, unlike that of
France and England and Italy, which have
never for the last twenty years been wholly
self-supporting, is not that of possible in
sufficiency Of foodstuffs and consequent col
lapse. We are in no danger of starvation.
Our impovershment takes the form of de-
creased surplus, and our problem is simply
to increase that surplus.
by sharp control of exports, leaks to Ger
many through neutral countries can be
stopped We must not forget our humanita-
ran duties to the neutrals, and it would be a
serious mistake, political as well as economic,
to drive them by starvation either into tacit
or open alliance with the Central Powers.
Furthermore, control of exports will be
highly efficacious in scotching the kind of
competitive buying between the Allies in our
open markets which has had so direct an
effect on high prices.
"The Food Administration Board believes
this necessary reduction can be bl ought about
by the voluntary cooperation of the citizens
of the United States. No coercion of any
kind is planned. The process will be that
of education and appeals to the patriotic
efforts Of housewives. So far as possible the
administrative functions Of this enormous ma
tion-wide publicity task will be decentralized.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-22
Destruction and Ruin in
The Wake of War

"Other wars have brought destruction and
ruin in their wake; the ravaging of invaded
countries has dotted the pages of our school
history books All such conflicts, when now
realistically surveyed, seem to have been al
most localized battles. To-day the network
of industrial and agricultural organization
covers eight-tenths of the producing world,
and it was the delicate balance wheel of this
new international labor machinery which the
war threw out Of gear.
Gwen in pacific countries the new industry
of muntion making was subsidized by the
hate of the belligerents. Millions of men
were drawn from the fields to the tasks Of
destruction. In the fighting countries them
selves much of the land was left in the care
of those who before the war had been con-
sidered too old or too feeble to be of any
vital Importance to the state. Women al
ready overburdened were given additional
tasks in the fields. Prisoners, too, were set
to ploughng and digging, although it must
have been clear that they could hardly till