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New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
ASIA
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PEOPLES ARE MIGHTIER THAN DIPLOMATS


Diplomats trying to work out plans in Washington
to insure the peace of the Far East But it the millions
Of people of the Orient and the Occiden who will have
the last word ASIA gets into the heart peoples who
to-day masters of diplomats The magazine brings you
face to face with individual Orenals their character
hfe psychology Against such background events at the
Washington Conference stand out sharply in clear
understanding.
ASIA satisfies that craving of every man to see and
meet people and strange customs removed from
the humdrum of everyday life. 1t speciazes in an age
OF peculiar specialization continent IS 2ai-
versal IN ats human appeal 1t stimulates the imagination
through its tales of the history traditions religions and
of the fascinating lands of the interesting
continent on earth. No thinking or woman with
of curiosity afford to miss it. Every issue CON
tains surprising fund of information and interest Its
pictures of rare loveness There always special
feature of eight pages of unusual reproductions beaut
fully printed-besides fifty illustrations running
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ASIA will give you the foundation of clear under
standing of the important problems the East-more
farreachng in their poentalities than any of Europe
Read ASIA and be well informed-also be transported
out of the grind of day to-day life.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
"RoYAL DANCERS OF CAMBoDIA''
By George Gro.lier

In the harem-o Of old King sisowath of Cambodia
are nearly two 1 hundred lovely dancers brought
OF six n. George Groslter, Director OF Cambodian
Arts. in story full of the smooth and supple
grace of these girl dancers. charmingly illus
trated by himself. gives a fascinating picture
OF their Jewel spangied lives-ifves that are pitt
full and lonely to point dreamed of by
the audiences that watch the swaying dances
Of Cspbodias mooniIt, jasmine scented nights
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

The Life Extension Institute has certainly
impressed three cardinal facts upon the
American people, as shown from the above
returns. They
/. The high percentage of imparments or
imperfections.
2. The high percentages of disturbances OF
impairments of the heart blood vessels and
kidneys.
3. The large percentage Of individuals in
both groups who were not aware of impair
ment-93 per cent among insurance policy
holders and SO per cent. among commercial
groups.
Probably the most striking and important
fact revealed by these examinations" writes
DR. Fisk in the Scientific Monthly, is the
large percentage Of young men showing
arteriosclerosis or thickening arteries This
condition is one of slow growth and ii is not,
after all, surprising In view Of the high and
increasing death rate from cardiovascular
troubles In middle life that we should find
the beginnings of these chronic changes In
early life"
It is early as yet for the entire effect or
the work OF the Life Extension Institute and
the activities which il has promoted directly
or indirectly to be felt but IN the years to
come it will undoubtedly serve greatly In
reducing mortality IN the United States, es-
pecially among that group Of citizens who
are taken off toward The mid channel by dis
eases Of the heart amt crculatory system
which might have been prevented easily by
giving due heed The ultimate goal of all
who are Interested in the Life Extension and
similar movements Is to sec to 1t that every
citizen man or woman or child, in this coun-
try shall have periodic health examinations
IL need be through the Intervention OF q
national health board.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

Amid the encirclng gloom the investiga-
tor found ray OF cheer in the presence, even
In the worst parts of the city, OF some pious
people" who preserve the rest from the fate
Of Sodom and Gomorrah."
The housing problem was acute. Does not
this sentence. penned i'm 1917 also describe
conditions Of to-day: I'VE have sometimes
discovered, since the great demand FOR
houses virtuous families compelled to live
in places where they have bushed g he
seen"
Mr. Stafford reverted TO the crime wave,
which seems TO have been static. lie conn
planned that crimes were committed IN tho
open day without the disapprobation of the
greater part OF the community. ln fact,
they We're winked AZ and ultimately APP
proved Even Christians became Indifferent
and what" the commentator said with FORE
boding, must be the effect on the rising
generation2"
Let II be remembered" he continued,
that Notwithstanding all that has been done,
there are multltudes of children and youth
whose education is entirely neglected who
are Obliged 70 hear from the lips ~ their
parents and others the most horrid oaths
and blasphemies--to see them. under the in
fluencc Of intoxicating liquors and their own
unhallowed passions nght and abuse each
other. wallow In their own pollution and
engage In other wickodncss Of which Y is
unlawful to speak
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Undertaking Missionary
Sunday

horseshoes at the bottom Of their doors
Any one who walks the streets in certain
parts of the city may notice them, though
they are more generally concealed from pub
lie view"
lie found great proportion of the people
crowded together from four to twelve fam
lilies in house and often two or three per-
sons i'm room, "and those OF all colors: all
deplorably ignorant and destitute OF all the
means of grace"
And how blue our Sunday in the year
lS16t
by that great body OF the people who
do not attend public worship wrote Mr.
Stafford, "the Sabbath Is wholly disregarded
or rather It is observed as a day OF recre-
alton, Of idleness and drunkenness. In some
parts OF the city II is impossible for Chris
tians to go from the closet and the family
altar 70 the house OF God without being
discomposed and panied by the sight of multi
tudes Of the high and the low the rich and
the poor, ounging i'm their windows or about
their houses. strolling the streets and pass
ing. when the season will permit, into the
adjacent country"
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Counting Open Tipping Shops
On His Way 10 Church

His pity was specially aroused by the
sight OF the poor spending the Sabbath day
al home with nothing to do.
while others are assembling for public
worship" the report continued, 1T is no
uncommon thing to find them at breakfast
or in bed. on the Sabbath they calculate to
have better food and more liquor than on
other days: TO associate together and make
Of this blessed day day OF mirth and re-
joicing."
Even that outward order and decency"
which Mayor Gaynor invoked and the
present city administration has maintained
was unknown In the year 1916. On his way
70 church on summer morning Mr.. staf-
ford observed "a large number of tipping
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

The reaction in public health matters
shown by the low death rate OF 1919
may be traced TO several factors, perhaps,
besides the Life Extension movement, such
the warning given by the epidemic and
the lessons from the draft showing many
physical imperfections. but the periodic
examination movement was undoubtedly an
important element in promoting longevity
According To Dr. Fisk, demoralizng proc
esses may begin in the human system at
90 which If uncorrected reach their limit at
45 with a fatal and cumulative result. The
study Of groups Of policyholders in insur-
ance companies made by the Life Extension
Institute has shown some startling results.
An examination Of the policyholders of the
Germania Life Insurance Company for in
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

based on the theory that the human body,
like any other mechanism needs thorough
overhauling from time to time and the cor
recton of any defects or disturbances that
can be corrected by rational measures. Also,
it is well for every individual to have a peri
odic consideration of his manner of living, so
that wise counsel may be given for the cor
recton of faulty habits and the adoption Of
upbuiding living habits.
Although the rules of the Institute do not
permit medical treatment the members of IL
are counselled with regard to the type Of
treatment that they need and the best lines
along which they should live to attain sound
health and to keep not only in good working
condition but also in a condition to make the
best out of life. While the title OF the Insti-
tute indicates that the span of life may be
heightened by the activities of the organiza-
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Whmans Hunt Recalls Survey of New York los Years

highly c0lored ! have barely stated a few
facts-have given the outlines OF picture
which Ii completed and held up TO our view.
must cover us all with shame and confusion
of face"
Doubters or his word he advised to 90
summing.
Let them go out and view the ravages or
sin-pass from one dark corner 10 another
from one habitation of cruelty to another
from one sink ~ pollution to another. till their
ears shall b. deaf with blasphemies, till their
eyes shall BE dim with scenes which Ian
guage cannot paint, till their hearts shall
bleed and die within them"
Rejecting upon what he had witnessed
Mr. Stafford proposed a programme OF re-
form II did not include an overturn OF the
city government or police administration
IN this respect Mr. Stafford was sadly old
fashioned His report ignored the police en-
tircly' indeed, we should not know from hts
pamphlet whether New York In his day had
any police at all.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Institute Bases It's Service
On Needs of the Human Mechanism

The organization did not really get under
way fully until February, 1914, when 1t be-
gan with an entire staff of fifteen persons.
At the headquarters it now has thirty physi-
clans alone and an entire personnel Of one
hundred and four, with seven thousand ex-
aminers throughout the United States.
The putting of the Life Institute on it's
feet was largely due to the cooperation of
the life insurance companies, which turned
over the examinations of its policyholders to
it. Then came similar contracts with indus
trial concerns, and finally individuals were
admitted to examination
The service of the Institute to mankind is
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Drawing a Vivid Word Picture
OF the Evils He Witnessed

Here then we have q great mass OF people
almost entirely beyond the restraints of re-
iigion. among whom are intcrspersed thou
sands who are grossly vicious. Multitudes
are as yet uncontaminated, especially OF the
rising generation, but vice Is spreading like
contagion; the leaven of sin Is extending
TO the whole mass, and n unresisted. will re-
duce the whole to a mass 81 corruption. Let
II not be imagined that the picture has been
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Draft Examinations a Revelation to Young
Americans While Improved Insurance
Tests Often Show the Way
Toward Better Health
By JOHN WALKER HARRINGTON.

States, became so interested in the project
that he consented to become chairman of
the board of directors, a position which he
has held ever since serving, as does Ir.
Fisher, without salary. Mr.. Ley became the
president of the organization and DIR. Eugene
Lyman Fisk, who had been in charge of the
health work of the Provident Life Insurance
Company, since absorbed by the Postal Life,
became the medical director of the institute.
1t was at first suggested that the institute
be founded on a purely philanthropc basis
and that no fees be charged. The practical
insight of Mr.. Ley prevailed for he main
tained that nobody would really appreciate
anything unless something was paid for It.
The Institute therefore started on the
fee basis. and after all these years 1T has be-
come sef-supportng. The profit returned
on it's half million dollar business last year.
$35. 900, has been turned back for capital ex-
penses, and no dividends have been paid be
cause the stockholders do not want TO take
them.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Mr., Stafords Recommendation
In Programme OF Reform
Is Observation-Disclosures were

Ills recommendations were.
That adults and children should he taught
t0 read "and have instlled in their minds
the first principles Of religion by the estab
lishmcnt and support II Sabbath schools
That Bibles and other religious publioa
tions he freely distributed. Dir. Stafford told
about laboring man who, receiving a Bible
FOR the first time. read II through In 1--WE
weeks and found out. what he never knew
before. that he was a sinner"
That the Gospel be preached
That more religious congregations he
formed and churches built.
That religious associations be formed In
every ward and section TO ascertain and i'm.
prove the moral state OF the people"
That tho people engage In continuous
and earnest prayer to God"
And II the people would only give up rum
the money they were In the habit Of spend
ing for II would bless the city IN terms
which Mr. Stafford reduced TO arithmetic II
would. he said, busrs s@r-Ally fss churches
support 1883 ministers or 2,7i6 teachers or
purchase i.sll,s1s Bibles or i.35s,T13.bOo
pages OF tracts
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

But Of course the real facts as brought
to notice i'm the report of the missionary
cited by Mr.. Whitman perfectly shock
ing MIR. Whitman gave only a brief synop-
sis. The report itself is to be found in the
Public Library, whose copy has never been
opened until the present writer called for
IT, as is attested by the uncut condition Of
its yellowed pages.
The missionary was Ward Stafford, a. NJ
who opened the first place of worship for
seamen In the city. He was engaged BY tho
Female Missionary Society for the Poor Of
New York and Its Vicinity to make what
would to-day be called a survey. He eX-
plored the town for nine months, and made
his report at the quarterly prayer meeting
of tho society in March. 1917
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Demoralizing Processes in Human
System May Begin at Age of ?

one of the great results of it's mission is
that it has demonstrated to many Americans
that they do not know that their physical
powers have been steadily impaired for
years The average American is very care
full about his automobile or his typewriting
machine or his threshing machine, and has
il frequently overhauled but he takes little
or no thought as to how the complicated
mechanism which is himself, or herself. is
being run. 1t may be that 1t is geared too
high or two low, that IL Is deficient in driv-
ing power that the wrong fuel always has
been used, and that some of the most i'm
portant organs do not function. 1t was the
old idea that old age began after one had
passed the meridian of life, rather than
that it began to assert itself at the rise OF
the sun OF existence.
DIR. Fisk said that extensive statistical
studies showing the effect of the Life Ex
tension Institute on the mortality in the
United States were in preparation. In one
group of insurance company policy holders,
for example. he had found that there had
been reduction of so per cent. in mortality
owing to the periodic medical examinations,
which had given to the policy holders notes
of warning.
The tendency 10 take care OF physical
ailments in time has been developing con-
siderably In the last eight years in the
United States and would have been felt
considerably more in vital statistics had not
the influenza epidemic in 1918 run up the
mortality to an unusually high figure.
Leaving this out of the account, therefore
ii will be seen that there has been a con-
siderable lowering Of the death rate since
1913.
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

tion, it is not so much length of days as daily
efficiency that is sought.
Those who become members of the institute
receive one examination a year, and every
quarter have an essential analysis which
serves as a general check on their condition.
The general test means q general overhaul
ing by young physicians VINO have had sew
eral years of hospital and research work
after having been graduated from the medi-
cal colleges. This is a standardized exam
ination which serves as well to record the
actual condition of more than two hundred
thousand Americans who have since the
founding of the organization come under its
purview.
AS many life insurance companies and in
dustrial corporations have since started
periodic examinations of their policyholders
and their employees on the same principles
as those enunciated here, the influence of the
Life Extension Institute is far wider in scope
than would appear from its own account OF
itself
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Deploring Use of HorSeShoeS
To Ward Off Evil Spirits

The city's estimated population at that
time was 10000 Mr.. Stafford was sad
dened by the discovery that Of these only
81 200 regularly attended public worship
leaving about eighty-nine thousand out in
the cold. There were not more than fifty
two congregations OF all denominations. The
Fourth Ward, with thirteen thousand people
had only three churches. Many OF what
churches there were were partly empty Sab
bath after Sabbath, for pews were privately
owned and the poor felt themselves excluded.
Mr.. Stafford recited several grevous in
stances Of inattentlon TO the Gospel He says
that one woman OF 80 years, induced to at
tend sabbath school, discovered for the first
time that she had soul. lie believed that
not one-fourth Of those who needed to be
instructed In Sabbath school had been COLI
lected.
Proceeding TO other errors OF the day Mr..
Stafford wrote:
Hundreds OF families attempt 10 ex-
clude. II Is presumed. evil spirits from their
dwellings by the ridiculous means OF mailing
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

NO physical impairment reported-no modif-
cation of living habits required. ..,........
Slight physical impairment or defect requiring
observation or hygienic guidance. .........
Moderate physical impairment or defect
quiring some form of hygienc guidance
minor medical, dental surgical treatment
Moderate physical impairment or defect. med-
cal supervision treatment advised in addi-
ton to hygienic guidance. e.........,.......
Advanced physical impairment or defect re-
quiring systematic medical supervision or
treatment Observation-Disclosures. .......
Serious physical impairment defect urgently
demanding immediate attention. ..........
they needed no advice for the correction Of
their living habits.
The individuals who were found i'm
perfect either in their physical condition or
in their mode Of life, were graded as follows
Per cent.
Seriously affected NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 4.25
Moderately affected. d...........,....,....6 .6412
Slightly affected .,..,.....,............. 3o42
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
There We're 6s.37 per cent. Of the policy
holders who were referred to physicians for
treatment, and Of these 2O,27 per cent. only
were at all aware of their impairment.
Still greater ignorance of their physical
condition was shown by a study of all the
having contracts with the Life Extension
Institute: Per cent.
normal .....'s... .''... 1853 .....'..''..' -'fO
Imperfect-Advice needed regarding
physical condition living habits 1880
Not aware Of impairment. nt...............93,04
Referred to physician for treatment. 63.75
An extensive examination Of the EN-
ployees OF commercial houses and banks
made by the Institute gave the following
results
Per Cent.
Normal ....,...... ......... 3.l4
Imperfect-advice needed regarding
physical condition living habits. 49,. $3.50
Not aware Of impairment. ............. 1863
Referred to physicians for treatment. $500
As the latter group may be regarded as
giving an index of the average man, such as
We characterize the 1T b. MS" the classi-
hcation OF the impairments TO which they
are subject in their ignorance of their true
condition, the analysis of their condition as
here given Is illuminating:
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
LTHOUGH Charles Seymour Whitman

A LTHOUGH Charles Seymour Whitman
N is, in a manner of speaking, up to his
neck in crime, he keeps his per-
spective true. While staging in the Criminal
Courts Building a revival of his successful
melodrama of a decade ago, THE System"
he is not too deeply engrossed in his study
Of official wickedness and OF merely venial
sin to realize that no matter how bad city
New York may at times appear to be. it has
been a lot worse in the past and is gradually
getting within a not too uncomfortable dis
tancc of perfection.
Pausing for a moment in his pursuit Of
the policeman, who is paid twice for doing
his duty--once by the city and once by the
grateful recipient OF his protective atten-
tlon--Mr. whitman recently felt moved to
assure a public assembly that 1t need not
despair. New York, he said. hasn't the worst
government in the world Human life is not
unsafe in our streets. despite contrary re-
port. New York is not going to the devil.
n may have improved along zigzag lines, but
IL has improved Always the people have
got about what they wanted in the way OF
administrative upkeep, and SO, q rule, they
continue 10 do
Turning Backward 1os Years
For Records of Crime Wave
TO draw a contrast, to rlvet his contention
that the city has grown IN grace and be-
come a better abiding place than 1t used to
be. the former Governor went back 105 years,
and cited the report or a missionary who,
soul brimming with ZEAL muclSraked New
York in the year Of 1916. We like to think
that II must have been proper little town
then, devoted to churchgoing and all good
works. a sober, abstemious, high minded,
side whiskered sort OF ancestor; a portrait
safe for display in the homes OF the very
incest people. We like to think that old New
York knew not the crime wave; we like to
imagine II as null Of nothing but honest
hustle In the day time and at night awakened
only bv the truthful watchman's cry, "All
IL wplll"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Life
Insurance.
Man and

LIre
Insurance.
Industrial. Commercial. Men and
Men Women Men Women Women
Av Age Av Age. Av. Age. Av Age Av Age
"a 25 26 % 81
Per Cent Per Cent Per Cent Per cent Per Cent
10 % 10 II $
ii "a - IS 81
30 IN = = Fl
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stance, revealed that only I2i per cent. of
them passed perfect examination, that Is
that they had no physical impairments and
The New York herald., 1921-03-13
Venturing Into the Midst Of Vice
Proved Unsafe for a Missionary

was old New York temperate? Mr.. Staf-
ford, FOR one WAS astonlshed at the number
81 tIppng shops. The number Of persons
licensed to SEN ardent spirits by the small
quantity was i,4s9. In the seventh Ward
alone there were from 200 10 800.
"Wholc ueishborhoods,' ho said "are re-
duced to heggary. wretchedness and death"
Mr. Stafford was concerned with only the
major yexations of the time "On profanity.
lying theft gambling and many other vices
which are prevalent among these who are
destitute of tile means of grace. we cannot
dwell on the present OCCASION he said
Frequently Ills anxious friends said TO him
I'VE presume sou DO not venture to go
alone"
''The caution has been a seasonable one"
he remarked 'but what ! ask. must be the
state Of society when II Is the general inn
preston that i Is unsafe to 90 alone for
the purpose or distributing the Bible and
tracts? respectable man, not long since,
who was distributing Bibles. was attacked
knocked down and had his clothes literally
torn of, and was 80 beaten as to lose con-
siderable blood. and such was the state Of
society that, after much inquiry and con-
sutaton. II was Judged inexpedlent to prose-
cute for this outra geous conduct lest II
should engage 4 herd of such tigers"
The New York herald., 1921-03-13

and fruit shops which were open" He
counted tventy-six of these and saw per-
sons assembled in many OF them This"
he sadly remarked, lis specimen OF what
has often been seen and what we fear will
often be seen again."
And even ID the early part Of the Sabbath
he noted intoxicated persons IN the streets.
Towards tie close of the day those houses
which are filled with this class ~ people
become too narrow to contain them In
certain streets hundreds have often been
seen engaged In various kinds OF iniquty"