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Interesting Health Queries.
ANSWERED. BY DIR BRADY.
copyright. 1917. National Newspaper Service

M aE,nssis and Acidi,yls milk magncsi
About What dose and "S,a Often H' ,hy
"lS DS ASH of mnrnesia is mil a.
sion OF MAGNESIUM oxd in Water "''S 1t son IS an
excss acid present. iesy ac 9r Mhen shsrG is
ATM Whether the acuy in your case is i,
aGd from fermentation of stagnamt food resi-
s ssI Of tbs OF he normal
mtsi' would neutraiize much of the acid and so
WOULD not bring ..bout permanent cure The
d"s si d T lbSagpGenfn rs many times day as
MAJ or Otherwise, suitable or ''acidity' indis-
yAryns conditions in wheS c S'' sio ",mi is is
but enc symptom or effect.
Msht Terrors --our little girl. aged nine.
sum an n'IIuShtiy IS soon as colder weather
nsh,; She will awake Yet not herself
Gs hsrse ,or Of nsr tInfsr OF rhsn
s i seems 10 come TO her senses. and goes
W We but didn't happen hardly all last summer.
,e candy We give 50" ve Tf ss,s r fff
along. Is that good? Mrs o. y. \.
nanseous drugs jus, because yo suspect Worms 1n
hc you w nq he w"ms or the d%e,or finds
;i,!ons: you do her an Injustice 70 feed her SUCH
dren with adenoids other obstruction 10
propeF hrea ming IN cases OF digestiye disturb
nervous BY bad hygiene and training in the
vonco to children favors the condition. max Ing
'g Ji"ay at nsht; lstms thsm SIT up after
closed or the ait in the roo warmed.
Strange Lack of Fai,h-What is good 10 give
Il baby three weeks old for its bowels. 1t seems
Tor a baby. She is a nursing baby.
Answer.-Water. tcpid or cool. between meals
and aster meals If the baby will take it. The
some articles dict c.scf. and thereby i'm
pairing the nutrition OF the baby. The mo her
should eat everything that she has ordinarily
eaten. ana omit nothing from her diet because
must get out for an hour in the open air every
day without fail. congratulate the mother
upon her lack of faith in thoroughly harmful
physic Apparently the baby is going TO he
raised without interference by the fshwives.
Ono Hundred and Thirty-fve ut Fifty-Six-
Kindly tell me through your columns how many
degrees mans blood pressure shulld be at the
age of hity-s years. j. J. VI.
Answcr--A healthy man Of that age normally
has a blood pressure of from l3J TO li5 milf
meters mercury. Variations OF 10 twenty
m!ilimetcrs occur from temporary Influences OF
The Dimensions OF Calves-I am anxious TO
Set your formula for reducing legs that are. too
inches tall. and weigh $50 pounds. My calves
are unG"nly the tape tells the story-four;ccn
inches. Mrs. l.. h. &.
Answc-.--1hc ideal woman is sixiy-four
years. $50 to lS5 pounds Her calf, too. meas
ures fourteen and one-half inches and she Ger
iainiy should not try to reduce that. You ladies'
should allow the cmaciatcyi. long -wais, cd
spindie-shanked friEh,s they hang the rags OF
fashion on these days in the ashton magazines
mis!ead YOU. Hereafter shall give suE
gestions about reducing unless the correspon-
dent requesting them mentions axe. height and
weight. together with any special dimensions
concerned. tind that the credulous sex is not
content TO be normal. but wishes to look sick.
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Oriental Surrender to Humor.
by v. l.. BADCoCK.

With the flag Of Japan mingling among the
recent Liberty loan campaign, one unacqua int
ed with the DEVELOPMENT OF the East might
v!val OF Gilbert ana Sullivan's masterpiece OF
in New, York iheater Immediately after the
close OF that campaign.
just before the war was called on" as likely
70 give onense to EnEands Eastern ally. it
of their exalted ruler would furnish good
Sshsr Sir 9 wa Of no loyal Sir
sullivan was alive At the time say now they
former might have said with lit OF his
bushy eyebrows Why must Enslishman
suppose every other man TO be bigger
Instead OF being a ccompllmen; The ,Tapa-
insult to their mtel!isence; it presupposed the
that genuine wit and humor couldn't penetrate
H. IL; Low W. false this suppostion Vas is shown
each performance OF the opera. Japanese resi-
dents inr.l ana visitors N inc cry We're present in
plause quite squaied that of the occidentals.
huresque pure and simple: nothing containe
the slightest reference TO traditions they may
upon their form OF go :crnment. past or present;
no Jbes at any Of the fundamentals OF their
civilization, and fail TO discover any sovereign
ho potential. from rom the Emperor Jimmu renno
dymaSIy' who could by the greatest stretch OF
MlEaao to whom we are presented in the town
As Tor Pooh Bah--,hat multiplner of Office
holding-h'. is perhaps more representative OF
our own political system than of any other
sively as the ancestor Of any Japanese OF what
he himself declares he races his ancestry back
, yG =: nrim"rdil atomic giohule
fasd enjoy Miiado !, ' @oaId hars
than Gilbert might have assumed them TO be.
ana which Nn Of them would have cared main
OIL u smile 1T such lost as that?
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"Why Single Out the Jcwso"

st\Y/HY single out the Jews?" On another
w page or this paper is printed an ar
ticle from the pen of DR.. L. ~ Calisch under
this caption, which is at once so unique, so
informative and just in its sound appeal
in behalf OF people who for 1000 wears
have been the objects OF persecution that it.
must find IA responsive chord in the breast
or every person who reads it. TO those who
know the Jew and what magnificent part
OF the American citiZenry he forms no plea
or defense is necessary But to those who
are untaught in the Jewish role in the his
tory OF the world, or thoughtlessly follow the
partisan guidance OF his hostile detractors,
DR.. Calsch's article is most timely and
should work better and moro sympathetic
understanding
Conditions surrounding the Jews in Amer
ica are for the most part happy. From the
supreme Court down through every branch
of the national life, in law in politics, in
education in business, they have earned their
positions OF honor and power and they have
won through sheer merit And still even
here among the unthinking there is an un-
fortunate tendency to distinguish the Jews
and set them apart as an individual and
independent unit in the national life pre-
sumabIy because OF their religion. No other
denomination is singled out and there is
no reason why the Jews should be-
Bias and hatred among many foreign peo-
pies to"dIu the Jews Is StrlklngIy illuSt ed
as Dr. Calisch points out in the attempt to
shoulder on them responsibility for the Boil
shcvist, the ]. w. W. and other movements
aimed at society and stable governments
That the implication carried in frequent re-
ports from those countries is lse can easily
be ascertained by review and closer ac-
quaintance with the facts II must be false
in the face Of history itself, for from the
beginning the Jcws have been the lovers and
supporters OF law and established order so
long as ii upholds and protects human rights
In the war with Germany they have more
than maintained their ancient traditions
Ihey have been in the forefront OF every
work OF philanthropy, they have supported
literally the Red Cross and other organiza-
lions in connection with the military SER
vice, and on the battle field they have done
more than they were asked to do rho
figures tell the story of their patriotism and
loyalty to America. While only per cent Of
the American population is jewish vet { u per
cent OF the army and navy personnel is made ND
OF Jews, and the same excess ratio is found
in every branch of the service Surely they
, have earned the right to be free from any
reproach that may be implied by singing
them out from other Americans, or from the
people of any other nation, by reason OF re-
hglon or any other cause for they are one
with all people who love and fight for liberty
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
III HENRY EDWARD WARNER
MAN-STI'ElT.

Give mo taste of the ocean grocn
And Whit of Nor'wcst wind
a lift and dip and Il low carccn
And the growl of wake behind,
Give me the feel of twist and reel
.Nnd the crack o: the tcnlpest's whip
For would not loaf. with moss on my keel
In the arms os lazy Slip
SluSEards there are who would anchor in
And would cling to Il friendly lee.
Hut court the wind and the storm and din
And the perils of open sea;
For out in the open the way is wide
And man is man. there
And I'd rather baule the and tide
Than sleep in stagnant air!
Give me the world. and the work TO do
That is cut to the size OF MAN!
For Il fellow Will shift when his work il
through
AS a man who has earned it can,
Not for the sincws of manhood wait
The places of rotting ease,
But you find Men out in the storms of Fate
At the wheel in the roughes; seas!
So give me the feel OF the twis. and rec,
And the crack of the tcrnpcst's whip
For will not loaf with moss on nv keel
In the arms Of Il lazy slip.
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scrvat!on. In stating that "a hired
woman is required to cook. wash. iron.
do general cleaning, wait on the table.
answer doorbell AT night and take tho
baby out each afternoon. all for q
small wage and two hours on on Thurs
days. that | am constrained to call
attention IN this way 20 tn. situati ion
as see K and know 1t TO be In many
homes with which arm familiar.
The facts arc that cooks. maids and
washcrwomcn needed in tho homes Of
families. which only require reason
able tasks, with AL OF Thursday and
sunday afternoons on. and whose
head, arc offerin; and willing 10 pay
double" tho was. OF a fcw years back
cannot be secured. a condition largely
brought about by tho new avenues OF
employment. such as serving at soda
fountains, operating elevators per-
forming walter service 1T clubs and
other things more property and bent
t!nEly performed by the males
Domestic help Ia not only a modern
necessity but a time honored institu-
tion IN many homes. and for the con-
trioutinE o! any workable suggestion
FOR the relief Of "A perplexinE and dif-
hcuit situation, for one. stand ready
to applaud. HOUSEWIFE
Richmond. Va February il, 1919.
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Books and Authors.

Kelley }Ths sr,n Keis3 Ss Gd TO:
ledo. Oh!ol. Is Il comprehensive treatise
MIR. Kelley Sc;s forth in this little
volume the decided advantage accruinE
10 the national or local advertiser in
planning his copy so as to have a cen
,ral dominating all tn. advertisements.
He points out that frequently this can
tion for the product to be advertised
that viii lend ITSELF TO all advertising
out the. success OF a large number OF
successful national advertisers
map extending over seventeen
pany publishes this month. 1t is not 10
hc one those rnultitudinously unfolding
mans which d"res any ordinary human
shape and size. The map * OF the
Srca, Wilson a!rway extending from
abou, ihird OF each of the . s SCI 9tosa
pages Will be shown "a section OF the
sir%ay fcn wish to study the air
Chunk, and you look At one page you
wish to study the air road from Mauch
Chung 70 bloomsbury. and you turn
TO further page.
on China for nearly publication by tho
Century Company. The author is Ellen
La Motto who has lived in China,
hook is said TO he written somewhat i'm
the form Of diary, though no attempt
Is made TO keep rigid day by-day ac-
count: but the Impressions recorded
hN ne author are expressed with tho
rlvidneSs ana freshness OF recent han
pntninEs within her own experiences.
MISS La Motto. II is said. gives the
color and feel and trend Of things in
modern China: and she exposes. in a
style Of distinguished trcnchancy. the
Incredibly selfish and cowardiv bullv
ing and robbinE Of China bv most ne
the strong nations of the world
NJ. Castor Roupncl. author OF Mono.
Love and the Soil" which T.. =, Out
ton Co. are publishing this week in
a translation by H. j. Barnet IL "A ma
i've OF that same wine-Growing dis
,rict of burgundy. near Dillon. in which
the scenes Of his novel are placed. He
was horn in 1871 and has been for
some years lecturer at the University
OF Dion and a writer of articles and
stories for French periodicals. The
OF the ne-crowine district is held nv
French critics TO be one of the great
and original characters of French Ill
erature. The book. which was pub
lished in France in 1910. immediately
aroused n great deal of interest he
cause OF its vivid and truthful nor
trayal Of life in the province in which
It's scenes arc laid it's vitality and
the striking originality Of its peasant
hero. The novel is one of the first
issues in buttons library of French
fiction. whose purpose is to acuuaint
American readers with life i'm the
provinces OF France as portrayed bv
French authors OF distinction.
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Little Boobies Pa.
by WILLIAM II. kirk.

sed M 10 must stag Son noa t0"'e
That is rite ware VIII stay il thare is going
old e bashiul sed Pa. | not so kcan to
meet new friends as 1 used to be. sed Pa.
Dccpul IN cities has always lived too much by
ihemsefs In the small towns everybody is
Yes sed Pa in the small towns everybody
sits acquainted quick Thay like to git ac-
sed Pa l am afrade many pecpu will find II
out after thay have got to know eech other at
:, met vary deer litte lady at one OF these
Block Parties, scd Ma
You prubly wud have met her anyhow, sed
u newer had any trubbci meeting deer Iittei
] scd that YOU introduced mo to all yurc deer
lady trends, Sod Pa | am Citing foo on.Id
to cad around 4 be 80 Brumme sed Pa
No man or woman is any older than he
THAT is pleasant sounding. scd Pa but Il is
the Bunk sed Ia 1t simply mccns this. scd
we Old we feel old doan't like 10 see en-
old gent wearing usreen hat & a pink tic.
ing, scd Pa. Old shull b. diCni- fnd col
Pa. lcan toward Morris chare & y good
book ,m0ar than TO these here Block Parties
herd two ladies talking about n Absent mrn
Der wen was passing OF them RIocl,
Parties. sed Pa 1t seemed moar like - Enocis
But ! want you to go tonite. sod Ma. beekau.
my little widow friend Dorothy from X cnt nSEy
IS going 10 be ,harc & sho wants TO meet my
One good thing about these Block Parties
scd i,a Is tha, , psGnul 81, better acquainted.
wich is present. Pm sed What now auto shalt shalt
chi guess Pa sv was only ,o9lips shout Morris
5chare In Ich tn ~
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graduates either of the University OF
ss,rsihia or some other college in the
work Of dismantling the hospital This
Is true also OF the corps OF nurses,
INCLUDING Mrs. Thurman. OF Charlottes-
vile. whose tea room just outside the
university grounds Is well known to
thousands or students OF the past
twenty years. Mrs. Thurman has
mas made II her particular duty to
meet every incoming convoy of sick
or wounded with hot coTeo or choco-
late. and her ministrat!ons have be-
come one OF the grea, features OF
the hospital work.
learned today that In all slightly
more than 5000 patients have passed
through the 81. Dennis hospital This
unit was organized in the matter OF
mum of 900 patients. but during tho
Argonne drive in September and Octo-
Der, the casualties were SO heavy tina:
at one time 5000 men were crowded
into the hospital. every corridor be-
ing filed and great tent wards being
erected upon the grounds and in tho
medical stan. including the enlisted
men and nurses. worked hcroically TO
meet the demands upon them. y total
OF 6?3 patients arrived in one convoy.
and the whole personnel Of tho unit
worked without rest or sleep for three
days and nights examining them. oper-
atinS where nccessa' J. and preparing
the unfortunatcs for treatment.
II Will be remembered that this
uHit was organized almost exclusive
~ from among students and graduates
OF the University OF Virginia: j, was
financed in the beginning by Rich
mond and Norfolk alumni. but later
Fred w. Harper. head of the Eiks.
from Lynchburg. took over the
pensc Of the unit. The Virginians
received their first field training AT
Camp Sewer. ;. g.: sailing late in
June FOR France. They were ordered
10 ST. Dennis. and within two weeks
from the date OF their arrival they
had completely transformed a great
school building into a modern base
hospital. advising the war Depart
ment that they were ready TO receive
patients.
The work or the university unit has
been praised enthusiastically by tho
higher officers OF the medical corps.
Colonel Cabell is one OF the finest
medical officers In the army. and Is the
idol OF his men. The whole member
snip OF the Unit sends greetings
through The Times Dispatch 10 folks
a. home. with The assurance that most
OF the Nirgiu!ans will be back with
their honorable discharge from the
service within. month or two.
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I,uurhter Town

oh; come ye down, to Laughter Town
And come ye where the winds blow
down
The Pleasant Lands OF Playing.
Come. EroWn-uPs out of business ways
And ways OF Heavy Caring,
And let's go back to Laugn.rr l,ays
Where ittle folks are faring.
Let's wander through the old delights
-, And old time fancies bringing
The voices up from summer nights
OF s:rayed off echoes singing
Let's ind the long lost days OF Conc.
50 lit with happy laughter
That sunset raced before the dawn
WIN gladness romping after.
And We shall know what we've not
known ''"s
since We strayed up from playing
where down the fields the dreams We're
Like children out a-Maying.
care would not dare to follow thers
NOT heavy thoughts come after.
In ~ pleasnnt Lands OF Playing whore q
me helds are lit with laughter. ~, i
~ rs ~ y ~ af !. n f-JAT b. IDENs q
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tempted to believe that the clumsy Teuton,
taking leaf out Of the book of the un-
scrupuOus financier who seeks to freeze
OUT the small stakeholder. has decided that
by paying fancy salaries TO the officials OF
his government, the government treasury
will be empty when the allied collectors
arrive.
On the other hand. it may merely signify
a generous appreciation of the fact that the
President Of Germany for the next few years
is going to earn every cent he can get. if,
indeed, he can save his skin in the process.
The business OF riding bucking broncho
is going to be tame excitement when COM
pared with the job which Herr Ebert is about
TO tackle.
AS for the plea Of an empty treasury, how
ever the Weimar Assembly be as prod
Igal as it wishes without in the slightest de-
gree hypothecating the German debt to the
allied nations, For this it is not the Ger
man treasury, but the German nation. that
is to be the security. The lien is going to
lie against the sum total of all the wealth
or the German nation and all its resources
When the German people thoroughly under
stand that fact, they not going to be pa
tient with prodigal governments OF any kind
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To the Editor OF The Times D.spatch:
Sir,-Boih branches Of the City
Council have passed the ordinance in
creasinE street car fares. and the Wiz
Glnia Railway and Power Company
probably will receive considerable ad-
ditional revenue from the change in
regard 10 the price OF labor tickets,
hut | find many who are inclined 10
the Lolicf that the change from six
for quarter tickets TO stra sht
fare OF cents for the general public
viii have the effect OF reducing the
company's receipts.
There arc many persons who viii
walk rather than pay cents in cash.
although they Will use tickets almost
rccitlcssly. This is a human weakness
HAT is generally recognized IN a
number OF cities where a 5-cent fare
is prescribed by franchise the street
railway companies voluntarily sell "a
book OF tickets at reduced rates. They
do this TO encourage the public TO pat
rOni2c the street cars. ! venture the
prediction that with cash fare in
effect there viii be a considerable fall
ing on in the number OF street car pas
seuGcrs. and that the company viii
again be selling tickets IN order TO
stimulate travel bBSERN r.R.
Richmond, Va, February II. 1919.
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y. T.. H., l.ynchburg. The earliest
Christian churches were copies OF the
Roman Basilica---a civil building oblong
in shape. sometimes with and some
times without rows OF columns dividing
the nave from the aisles: at one end
there was usually n semicircular apsc.
Most OF the churches of the eleventh
this style. Then changes were intro
duccd. which paved the way for the
Gothic the peculiar type OF medieval
architecture The essential of this style
Is the pointed arch. This may have
been introduced by the returning Cru
sadcrs from buildings which they had
observed in the East. Its use and de-
vclopment in the churches and other
cdfces Of Europe in the twelfth and
vious example. The Gothic style was
carried to its perfection in France and
spread over England and Germany. The
cnthcdrals erected in this form are
still the noblcst and most attractive
buildings to hc seen In tho old euro
pean towns. The Cathedral OF Rheims
was commenced in 1911. the choir was
dedicated In a241. and the cdihce was
completed in 1890. The Cathedral OF
Charities. was, begun about 1920. and
was dedicated in 126o: that OF Sails
hurry was begun i'm 122O; that OF CO.
logne, in 124S; the Cathedral OF Stras-
burg was only half finished I'm 1918,
when the architect. Erwin OF Stein
bach. died. that OF Notre Dame i'm
Paris was begun in 1l63: that OF To-
ledo In 1858. These cathedrals were
built gradually and centuries passed.
before tho completion of them. Sew
srel Of them to this day remain un-
" y u ri. j.
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German authorities recently have been in
duging in big talk about resisting possible
demands of the peace conference, while at
the same time they have been slowing down
on complying with armisticc terms. Marshal
Foch has been keeping close tab on the Ger
man attitude, and has departed for Trevcs
to call the hand of the German armistice
mission. Germany will be required both
to put up and shut up.
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owners of the railroads and wires are COM
PEELED to pay cash for their countercampaign,
by which they seek to secure control of what
already belongs to them. Public Office too
often ceases to be public trust and becomes
publicity bureau for the propaganda OF
private economic and political theories
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Information Bureau.

Inquiries regarding almost my topic.
excepting on legal and medical sub
icrts urr answered free. As all in
fuiricn nrc answered directly by per-
sonnI letter, u seif-addresned. slammed
envelope Is required. Address Tho
Time. Dispatch Information bureau.
IL, hn,ond, va.
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If the Federal railroad administration
would save the money ii is spending so Law
fshly In plastcring the country with its special
propaganda literature, designed TO educate
the public mind in the virtues OF continued
government control. and If the Postmaster
General could be induced TO quit his publicity
campaign for government ownership OF the
lines OF communication they could save in
the course OF few years sufficient money
ito make respectable first payments on the
utilities they so ardently desire Almost
every mail is burdcncd with documents cx-
pensive In their compilation and printing
which overload tho post-otHce facilities and
sw'thont rccompense. for, OF course, they are
sfrankcd and the Deonle pay the bills Private