The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-09

Is DelnS Suppled regularly with copies
Of important newspapers published in
Germany and Austria-Hungary. 1t is
possible therefore, to furnish transla-
tions of selected stories from these
newspapers, which are interesting as
revealing political, industrial and living
conditions in the central empires.
Effects of War Feeding.
In the Soziale Praxis CNov. y Doctor
Thiee. municipal school physician in
ChemnitZ, publishes some results Of in
vestigations as to the health of school
children during the war. A general in
crease in cases Of illness has not taken
place; the well-known infectious all
ments do not appear more frequently
than before. Certain skin diseases have
increased The influence OF war food
is clearly to be recognized. In grown
up people a curious new variety of dis
ease has appeared, the so-called oedema
disease characterized by dropsical
swellings of the skin in different parts
of the body without apparent LESSONS in
the heart or Kidneys. These swellings
are directly attributable TO the present
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plaints as to the increase Of heart and
kidney diseases, Of strangulated hernia
and prolapsus these two last are con
nectcd with the general decrease or
fatty tissue. The chief complaints
made, however. refer to the increased
number Of pulmonary tuberculosis cases
and the high mortality from this dis
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sistance in old people has greatly dlmm-
ished; in the case of children, tupercu-
loss the most serious ChilGren'S dis
ease. has increased. Children under
suspicion of tuberculosis are ruunteG al"
uberculous for statistical purposes In
the opinion of experienced school ply
sicans the majority Of the extremely
pale, anaemic children become the sub
'ects Of tuberculosis in later life. The
increase i'm the number of tuberculous
children comedies with the beginning Of
the difficulties as to food, The eS,en' 30
which cmldrcn's bodies are weakened
i'm resisting power by inadequate nour-
ishmeut is we'll known.
Insurance of Civil Servants.
The following is taken from an ar
ticln by DR.. Fritz Lenz in the Muncnnc'
Mediznische Wochenschrift aug. 2D:
During the last few months the idea
Of family insurance on a eugenic basis
for the Ravarian civil service has taken
tangible shape. The plan originated
with the Bavaran ministry for com
munications and was at first confined
to the officials Of this department, i. e.,
the postal, telegraph and railway serv-
ants. The scheme, however, seems
then to have met with well-merited ap-
probation from the other government
departments, SO that now the rounGa-
ton of an insurance institution for the
whole Of the Bavarian civil service is
already counted upon"
The pivot of the scheme is the oo-
ligatory insurance of additional bonuses
for the children Of all government Of
ficials acknowledgements h er 81.
Families with at least three living chill
dren are to receive a bonus for each
child out of the insurance which Is
for the most part provided for out o.
'tate funds.
Prices for Old Clothes.
The Vossische Zeitung oct. y states
that complaints Of the poor prices pa''
by the Clothing Utlisation Company
have apparently not been without effect
on the authorities as they are reported
to be considering an increase of the
existing standard prices paid for Old
clothes.
Buying Stockings for Leipzig.
The Leipsizer Nokszeitung oct. y
says that the District Association OF
Leipzig has purchased stockings rOr the
poorer classes at the Imperial clotn;ns
office.
"They will be handed owe" to the re
tail trade i'm the middle of October for
sale, and may be sold against a supply
voucher only to persons in the district
Of Leipzig who are not in a position
to attend to their most pressing requir~-
ments in any other way"
Scarcity OF UnderclOth:nE.
In a communication to the Vienna
Zeit (Oct. = DR.. Paul V. NIyrCacz OF
Graz, makes an earnest appeal FOR pup
lie help in providing underclothing FOR
soldiers.
"All other sources Of supply ne says
seem to have given out, and Il will
soon be quite impossible to supply the
needs Of the fighting men.
In these circumstances, the war
supply bureau calls upon the people to
overhaul their stocks of underclothlng
and textile materials and lay them upon
the altar Of the fatherland for the use
Of the troops. For these brave defend
crs no sacrifice can be too great to be
offered by those who live in safety as
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