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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
Weekly Health Clinic
By Dr. Earle C. Brown. Topeka City Health Officer
I-vENEREAL DISEASES Historical.

There are three diseases that ar
commonly spoken of as venereal. altho
the fact is often brought to US that
any one of these three diseases may
originate from a nonvenereal source.
1t is the case more often in syphilis
than either of the other two diseases.
These diseases in the order of their i'm
portance, are as follows: Syphilis,
gonorrhoea and chancroid. 1t is i'm
possible to say with an absolute ac-
curacy that any infectious disease is
local but gonorhoea and chancroid are
ordinarily considered as such. Syphilis
is the opposite to the two above-named
diseases. for within a short time after
infection takes place, it becomes a con-
stituticnal disease.
DR.. John A. Fordyce, of New York,
says that there is more scientific
knowledge of syphilis than any other
disease that exists Our knowledge of
syphilis is the result of centuries of
study, and more progress has been
made in the past fifteen years than in
the previous one hundred years. Early
medical writers do not mention any
disease, or symptoms of the disease.
that we now reccg nize as syphilis. In
1882 a document was found that was
written by a Lisbon physician who had
attended many of the sailors who had
returned with Columbus There is no
literature or evidence that syphilis ex-
listed prior to 1894. but there is evil
dence of syphilis in the bones of
human beings removed from graves in
Haiti and Mexico (pre-Colum bian).
Syphilis has a wider interest than
any other disease, for 1t is strictly a
disease of man, and is one of the most
| important diseases that may afflict
him. Syphilis is a disease that is
hereditary-may pass from parent to
| the child. Syphilis has history all its
own. and is the one disease whose his
tory may be traced to a definite date
the date of the discovery of America.
In the autumn of 1494. Charles VIII
of France decided to make a conquest
in Italy and with an army composed
of soldiers from all western Europe
invaded Italy. conqr Naples and
| set up his own government. The
Italians were able to offer but little re-
| sistance to Charles because of the
rivalry among the different states. In
a short time tho, Charles army was
weakened by disease and dissipation
| and was easily defeated and driven out
The army was disorganized and the
various soldiers returned to their owr
country in any manner they desired
All records attribute the epidemic OF
! syphilis. which began at this time in
Europe, to the scattering of the troops
If syphilis existed before this time il
had not been recognized.
! The development of syphilis in italy
| may be traced in the records. step by
! step, with the progress of Charles
army. As the soldiers scattered over
Western Europe. the disease also be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

teaching in the Salina schools will
spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs
j. F. Buck and family.
Fallen arches, flat foot. restored by
the Post system for feet. Gabriel, Foy
& Gabriel, Chiropractors. 718 Kansas
Ave.-Adv.
Mrs. Ralph Moore will go to Okla.
homa City next week to spend Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. House of Phila-
delphia will arrive next week to spend
the week here with Mrs. Houses sis
ter. Mrs. Charles Eagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Sleeper left Fri
day for Lawton, Okla, to spend
Christmas.
Miss Muriel Barnes arrived today
from Washington, d. c., to spend
Christmas here.
Miss Helen whitaker Will come mex,
week from Soldier TO spend Christmas
at home.
Miss Marian Moore. Miss Ann
Weightman and Miss Marjora Blank
went to Lawrence Friday to attend a
fraternity dance.
DR.. Warren E. Jeffrey. Phone 7o2
extraction Of teeth. 706 Kansas Ave
ADV.
Miss Elizabeth Shaw will come from
Emporia to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ! 7. Shaw
Miss Frances Layden will arrive
, Sunday from st. MaryS of the Woods
Ind, where she has been attending
college, and will spend Christmas will
! her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Z
Layden.
Mrs. A. T. Anderson of st. Louis
Mo, has gone to San Diego, Calf, tt
, be the guest of her son, Mr.. Neal An
derson. and Mrs. Anderson.
Art Lamp Shop, silk shade makers
New location. 923 Kansas Ave, ovel
Jones & Birch.-Adv.
| Miss Adds took a, four weeks triJ
thru jewelry manufacturing plants ant
art studios in the South and East, an
ticipating this to be the "Jewelr.
/ Year. She has assembled most beau
tiful gifts. Her store at SIT Kansa
avenue will be open every evening 70
| the convenience of those who canno
shop days. Ideas for gifts cheerful,
| given.-Adv.
Mr.. Cyrus Monroe has returned from
a. business trip to Hays, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Looking Blackboard in Society
Columns Of The State Journal
December IS, 1900.


Mr.. d. w. Mulvane has returned from
Miss Birdie King was the honored guest
day afternoon by Mrs. E b. Good at her
home on Topeka avenue One Of the fea-
medley. Mrs. Normal Keller answered the
greatest number correctly and was given
the prize. The invited guests were: Mrs.
Mrs. Norman Keller, Mrs. Irving Well
man. Mrs Charles King, Mrs. w. +.
schoch, Mrs. John I: CLANCY, Mrs. w. A.
Parker, Mrs. W. o. Rigby, Miss King,
Olive Lewis. Miss Matte Hoiyoke, Miss
Kathryn Mills, Miss Anna Crane, Miss
Julia whitner. Miss Ethel Cockerell, Miss
Lila Minchin. Miss May Butterworth, Miss
Margaret Goodrich, and Miss Edna Mil
There we're more carriage on the streets
yesterday than there have been for weeks.
The Fortnightly club will meet this eve
ming at the law office Of Judge T. F.
Carver in the Columbian building. Mr.. a.
Il; Thompson viii read paper on
MIS-. George stansfield has returned
from a visit to relatives in Buffalo.
Mrs. L. NJ. Penwell and Mrs. W. L.
French are entertaining informally this
afternoon for Mrs. Frederick Fuller.
Mr.. Walter Vreeland will spend the
holidays in Topeka with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. r. J. Kennedy are plan
ming to go to Junction City Saturday. to
spend the holidays with Mrs. Kennedy's
mother.
stay in Chicago.
the city as the guest of Mrs. H. E. Ray
is West Sixth avenue.
Miss Anna Herbst entertained few
friends informally Friday evening IN honor
Of her birthday anniversary.
Bernard Crosby has returned from st.
Johns Military school at Salina to spend
the holidays with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
L. II. Crosby.
The Current Literature club will meet
Tuesday afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Z.
Z. Bolmar.
The junior girls entertained the junior
boys in a delightful manner at the home of
Miss Gertrude Harrison. Friday evening.
The girls of the 1T. T." club entertained
their boy friends Saturday evening at the
home OF Misses Alys and Virginia Meade.
Progressive high five and dancing were
the amusements of the evening. Pretty
prizes were awarded TO Mabel Cuthbert,
and Mr.. Walter Myers for making the most
progressions while playing cards Those
present were: Nobel Cuthbert, Lola
Kerry, Daisy Vance, Howell Jones, Alys
Meade. sther Rauch. Maud Grimes, Lulu
Healy, Norma Holman, Nell Cartilage,
virginia Meade, Walter Meyer, Tinkham
Veale, Tom Ragland. Edmond Frank, Ed
Guild. Fred Stewart. Webster Hoover. Chas.
Griggs, Carl Trap, Charles Wentworth,
Ernest Crawford and Archie Mulholland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rener. 225
Tyler street, announce the engagement
of their daughter Elsie Agnes to Mr..
George E. North. The wedding will
take place in the early spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18
CLUB NOTES.

At the next meeting of the Knife
and Fork club which is to be held in
January a frivolous meeting will be
enjoyed by the members. A commit
tee has been appointed to arrange for
the 'frivolity.''
The Current Literature club will
meet Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. John A. Worley, I'LL Monroe
street. A Christmas program, with a
tree. the telling of Christmas customs
and miracles will be the features of
the afternoons entertainment
The Nineteenth Century club meet
ing to have been held, Monday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Byron Da-
Wis. has been indefinitely postponed.
The Christmas meeting of the Tues
day Study club will be held December
81 with Mrs. E. F. Dean, 1921 Fill
more street, as hostess. Christmas
carols will be sung and Mrs. T. J. Car
ter will read Christmas story.
Miss Mary Cunningham and Miss
Vera Lowe will entertain the Wah-no-
quoh's of the Toltec Rite Tuesday eve
ming at the home of Miss Cunningham,
1906 East Eighth avenue.
The S. o. D. II. club will have their
Christmas meeting Tuesday evening at
the home of Miss Florence Lepper, S05
Christmas exchange.
The Alta Vista club will meet Mon
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. H.
L. Alkire. 424 Monroe street.
! The Spalding Reading circle will
hold its regular meeting December 20.
There viii be a business meeting, at
which time the Christmas tree, the
Christmas baskets and a few other
important things viii be taken care
of. Mrs r. S. Murray has charge of
the program. There will be some
Christmas stories first, after which
Mrs R. s. Murray, assisted by Mrs
Fred Munson, will give an operalog Of
Faust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

The chorus of the Central Park
Christian church will sing an oratorio
by Spohr. THE Last Judgment" Sun
day evening. The chorus will consist
of thirty voices with Miss Bess CASTOR,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

This year more than any other time
# seems that the children of Topeka
are having good time" giving good
times" to others. The little children OF
the Church School Service league nj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-18

itself is Of a fur fabric which re-
sembles pony skin.
In the center is a military cape
suit which is extre ely unique and
pretty. The buttons and braid on
the front of the frock give the mill
tsry touch and the same effect is
repeated on the shoulders Of the
cape. A broad band Of seal trims
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
.SoUTHERN IMPROVES
4. PASSENGER SERVICE
traditional Sleeper to Be Operated
Z Between Charleston, Columbia
and Asheville.

Passenger service between CoInn,
[bia and Charleston. over the Southern
railway viii be improved by the addi-
ton of another sleeper, according to
the announcement Of S. H. Mclean
district passenger agent of the South
Esrn. aN
1 The car will be operated between
charleston, Columbia and Asheville
filling need which the old service
Is0nld not accommodate. The iimprov-
ed service is effective with the first
.ear out of Charleston, June 1, leaving
@t g. O'Clock in the. morning. on train
s'ss'i<irs Ink Goauin6ia MT $40
o'clock. The car then leaves Column
bia at 7:05 o'clock on train 9 to reach
Asheville at 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon. The first return trip will be
made June 2, leaving Asheville at 8 80
o'clock in the afternoon to arrive in
Columbia at HOS o'clock the same
night. Following a short layover the
car then leaves Columbia at 3 o'clock
in the morning to reach Charleston at
7:55 o'clock.
The increasing summer travel has
Kept the trains crowded to capacity,
the improved service being badly
needed to take care of an ever grow
ing overflow.
The car will be extended to Waynes-
vile, N. c., June 20, in order to ac-
commodate the summer travel from
that section.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
LEGION TO MEET
IN SPARTANBURG

The second annual convention of the
South Carolina department of the
American Legion will be held ip Spar
tanburg one month prior to the
Legion's national convention, the Sc
lection of the convention city and the
fixing of the convention date being
among the most important matters up
before the state executive cimmittee
at its meeting in Columbia yesterday.
The organization convention of the
state department was held in Flor
ence, the first annual convention meet
ing at Columbia. Columbia and
Charleston also offered for selection
this year. The national convention
will be held in Cleveland sometime in
the fall, the exact date of the state
meeting being announced as soon as
the national convention date is fixed.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
Piece Of Ancient Meteor.

Meteorites Of indicated great age are
conspicuous by their absence from mu-
scum collections, and it is suggested
that such specimens may disintegrate
and disappear from the rocks within
relatively short time after falling.
The British museum. however has late
ly acquired a slice Of somewhat less
than a pound from a meteoric iron
that Is believed to represent an ancien Mt
fall. The slice is from one Of two sim
liar masses that were found In Janu-
ary. 1906, within few miles Of Daw-
son. Klondike. and that from their
position deep in the oldest gravels Of
the district are thought to have rested
there since the Pliocene age or before.
From his study OF the original speci-
mems In the. Museum Of the Geologi-
cal Survey at Ottawa, r. A. A. John
son concluded that they are part Of
a single .meteoric shower of Tertiary
time.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
PLACE STATUES At GRAVES
psepis ~ eudapest Nave Odd Msthsds
sf PsrpetuatIns the memory Of !,
The Dead. .H

While all civilized nations either
bury their dead or place them IN vaults
or mausoleums, there Is a curious Gus
tom carried out by the people Of Buda.
pest. This is found in the large ceme-
eery In that city which is known n
the Kerepesi Kozimere. where nearly
every family In Budapest buries it's
dead. 1t is very large and contains
number Of handsome monuments, es-
peclally the one to Kossuth, who is
known as the George Washington Of
Hungary.
The visitor to that city of the dead
VIII ind at the grave a photograph.
painting or statue Of the person who 10
buried beneath each stone, an exchange
states. When the family Is wealthy
there Is the bust or q recumbent figure
or the dead man or woman made from
his or her latest picture. while beside II
sits or stands the statue Of the nearest
living relative. man or woman, carved
from life.
In some instances the figures of
several living members of family sit
beside the grave Of parent. But
perhaps the most interesting Of all are
pictures embedded In the gravestones
covered with glass and thus protected
from the weather.
Still another peculiarity Is the bronze
or iron lamp posts on the graves and
tine huge silver balls set sup on many.
The latter are like the colored glass
balls used upon our Christmas trees,
except they are always silvered and
much larger. There seems to be no
way OF lighting the lamps, and the
Z only Inference is that they are used to
light the dead to heaven or where
candles may be placed when relatives
or friends are Offering prayers for the
dead.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
COUNTERFEIT STAMP
N .-."., BEING CIRCULATED

Postoffice inspectors and depart
nent of Justice agents have discovered
smother counterfeit war savings
stamp and are advising postmasters
all over the country to be on the look
ont for this fake stamp, according to
a message received by Columbia of
FAcials yesterday.
This is the second counterfeit stamp
TO be found in the last month and it
has aroused department officials to a
vigorous search for those defrauding
the government. The counterfeit
stamp is printed from steel plate on
q good grade Of paper, and is a close
reproduction Of the genuine.
The counterfeit is of somewhat
lighter shade of blue than the genuine
stamp and the printing is found under
g magnifying glass to be not so dis
tinct. The hypen insthe words "war-
savings" resembles a period more
chan hyphen and d. distinct white
xerticle line, appears in the counterfeit
plong the edge of the plate of Frank
lin's, left cheek. g..
Postmasters and all persons pur-
chasing war savings, stamp are asked
TO keep sharp watch for this fake.
~a.The State.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
ARMENIA TO HAVE
ACCESS TO SEA

Washington, May 2S.-In attribut-
ing the boundaries of Armenia, Pres.
ident Wilson, it is said, will insist
that the new republic be given access
to the sea through the part of Batum
which the allied supreme council has
tentatively decided shall be free
port under interallied control.
Batum is one of the most important
ports on the Black sea and is the ter
minus of the Trans Caucasian pipe
lines to the extensive Baku oil fields.
1t also is the outlet from Georgia and
Azerbeijan. 1t was to this port that
the president was requested in a re-
cent senate resolution to send war
ship with marines as protection to
American lives and property there and
along the cline of railroad trading to
Baku."
Under the terms of the Turkish
treaty, Turkey and Armenia and the
other high contracting powers ex-
pressly agree not only to refer to ar
bitration Of President Wilson the
question of boundaries of Armenia,
but also to accept "any stipulation he
may prescribe as to access to the sea
for the independent state of Armeh-
ia"
The state department, it is under
stood, has begun the preparation of
memoranda designed to assist the
president in the determination of the
Armenian boundaries as the president
will undertake this work, regardless
Of the action by congress of his re-
quest that he be given authority to ac- |
'ept for this country a mandate over
Armenia.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
HISTORY NOT MERE RECORD
Writer. to Set It Down successfully.
Must Use His Constructive
:. Imagination.

There is no commoner cause of his-
torical misjudgment than the ten
dency to read the events Of the past
too exclusively in the light Of tile
present. and so twist the cold and un-
conscious record into the training
service Of controversial politics. And
yet history e inevitably TO u great ex-
tent work Of the Imagination. No
good historian is content merely to re-
peat the record Of the past. He has
to understand 1t, to see behind 1t, to
find more In it than 1t actually says.
He cannot understand without the use
Of his constructive imagination, and
he cannot imagine effectively with.
out the use Of his experience. IsbA:
lieye II Is one Of the rnarks OF. n
great historian to see both present and
pas, Sas, AZ were. with the same. I'M,
cz0ude6 Eye % reaiix6 the past story
as il II were now proceeding before
him, and envisage the present much
In the same perspective as 1t will bear
when II Is as one chapter, or 40 many
pages, In the great volume Of the past.
We know in Gibbons case how
much the historian Of the Roman en-
pire learnt from the captain of the
Hampshire grenadiers. And 1t would
surely be folly to tell a man who had
lived through the French or Russian
revolution to forget his own expert
ence when he came to treat Of similar
events Nm history-Gilbert Murray.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
CLoTHIERs FINED .,s1
FOR PRoFrTEERING'

Syracuse, N. Y, May 2s.-Weed's,
Inc, Binghampton clothiers, were
found guilty this morning in the
United States court on eight counts
of indictment charging prifteering.
The court imposed q fine of $31, 900,
which is the largest that has been
passed in the United States following
a conviction for profiteering. "a
Department of justice officials. here
said today that the conviction was the
second secured in the entire country
against large and long established
concern conducting a prosperous
business. Il
Six counts covere. sales actually
made and fine of $4,000 was inn
posed for each Of them. @
Charges in these counts were as
follows: z
The sale of suit of closthes costing
$50 for $40. N,
The sale of suit costing $12.1e
for $40. - Z
The sale of another suit for $45;
the cost price being fixed at s23.50.
The sale Of suit costing $17.82
for $45.
The sale Of q suit costing $11.50 for,
$29.50. y.
The sale of suit costing $32.25 tad
millionaire for Sf,O. NJ
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
PHYSICIANS LIMITED IN .hi
LIQUOR PRESCRIPTIONS

Washington, May 2s.-In an effort
to limit the "indiscriminate sale Of
liquor" on physicians prescriptions,
Commissioner Williams, of the bureau
Of internal revenue, issued a ruling
today limiting the numberof permits
allowed each physician to 100 for each
three months, except with "good
cause"
The order, which Mr.. Williams said
was issued "after weeks Of study and
the investigation of records Of scores
of physicians" makes it obligatory on
the part of the physician. to. show
where the liquor has gone before more
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
The resignation of George F. Wan.

The resignation of George F. Wan
namaker, of st. Matthews, as mem
her OF the executive committee was
accepted with regret. Mr. Wanna
maker resigns to- be candidate for
superintendent of education in Cal
noun county. H. S. Johnson, of Aiken,
who has been very active in Legion
work, was selected as Mr.. Wanna
makers successor on the committee.
The executive committee will hold
another session today.-The State.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
Bloody Civil war Battle.

In 1852, on the 3lst day Of May.
the battle Of Fair Oaks. Va. took
place. 1t was small engagement.
but in proportion to the number of
men engaged was one of the most
sanguinary Of the Civil war. An ad-
vance guard Of the Army Of the Po-
tomac. numbering 10000 men. was at
tackled by a force Of about $4,000 Con-
federates few miles east Of Rich.
mond. The battle lasted day and a
ha.f and resulted ina technical vic.
tory rox, the northern soldiers. Each
side lost more than 1000 men In killed.
Wounded and missing.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
Dust L. Very DANGEROUS.

All kinds Of dust form dangers to
human beings. Not only does dust ex-
ercise direct harmful influence on
the tissues Of the organism. but It is
the chief transporting agent Of germs
Of infection and contaglon.
Dust is composed Of infinitesimal
particles OF street mud and OF refuse
Of every description which lies on the
surface of the soil.
Bacteriologists say that these par
particles. when dry, are disseminated
In the atmosphere, together with all
the impurities and microbes which
they may contain, and to which they
serve Is transporting agents.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29

Some recent publications Of inter
est to South Carolina farmers-ars list
ed below and may be obtained free by
writing to the Agricultural Editor,
Clemson College. 8. c.. Extension
Bulletin 43, Tobacco Culture in South
Carolina" Extension Bulletin ~,
Fighting the Boil Weevil with PaA-
lures and Fencing" Experiment Sta
tion Bulletin 200. Analyses Of Com.
mercial Fertilizers" Experiment Sta
tien Bulletin 201. "Cresoting Fence
Posts"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29
Aid In Threading Needle.

IL you are troubled to thread q
needle take a white envelope, stick tn,
needle through, draw It down until eva
is visible and you will thread the
needle like magic; the white surface Of
the paper sets the eye into relief as if
1t were magnihed. An envelope IA
oetter than paper, as 1t holds the
needle more securely.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-05-29

Attractive and ssnitasy bnildsnss
are . business asset to any farm: they
suggest healthy livestock. protected
machinery always ready for use. aud
ether farm equipment and supplies
wsll cared fer,