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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-28

Especially
N'si"rir Documents. Pamphlets,
Manuscripts, Town Hrn1rts.
harly AhnHnncE, UcncnioRies, etc,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-01-28

Agents Wanted in Every Town
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29
PRESENTS UNIQUE PLAN II
LOWER X. r. WAGES

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Proposing
unique plan of lower wages to enable
the road to begin operations once
more with promise to employees of
additional pay from any surplus earn
ings above expenses at the end of the
year, the Missouri and North Arkan-
sas railroad today brought it's trou-
bles to the United States labor board
for solution.
Through J. c. Murray, receiver and
general manager of the road, the
proposition was made to cut wages
% per cent. below the present scale
set by the board, to resume opera
tons, and if, after operating expenses,
taxes and interest are paid, there is
any surplus, it is to be divided among
the employees up to the existing scale
Of wages on other roads.
The road, which runs 56S miles
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29
NEGRO CONFESSES PART IN \
Y. THEATRE ROBBERY

New York, Dec. 22-Robbers who
held up three men and girl of the
Capitol theatre staff last Sunday
night, taking more than $4,000 from
the auditors safe on the third floor
of the theatre building, were guided
and prompted in their work by Will
liam Singleton, negro porter, en-
ployed in the theatre. Singleton
signed confession to that effect to-
night. 1t implicated James L. Green,
a negro elevator operator, and John
F. Porfiros, negro, owner and opera
tor of taxicab. Porfirios is de-
clared to be the driver OF. the taxicab
in which two of the bandits escaped.
Green's part in the robbery is not re-
ported.
Singleton admitted that he was the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29
The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20 1921

Hans Schmidt was reputed to be the
meanest man in the neighbour BOD.
He died. His body was placed in
the grave, and according to an old
Pennsylvania German custom the
people stood around the open grave,
waiting for some one to say some
good thing about the deceased before
filling the grave. After long wait,
Gustave Schulze said: "Well, l can
say joost one thing about Hans; he
wasn't always as mean as ne was
sometimes THE Universalist Lead
err.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

from Joplin, Mo-, to Helena, Arks.,
suspended operation July 81, 1921: .
Seeking to justify the leasing OF
the Erie railroad shops at Horhell, N:
Y, to the Hornell Construction and
Repair company, counsel for the. road
spent nearly half a day. today read.
ing contracts between the railroad
and the company before United States
railroad labor board.
{ Both sides were given until Janu-
airy 10 to file complete briefs on their
arguments and the board took the
case under advisement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

agency through which the robbers
had been able to time their raid to
a second and to escape by a safe and
unsupported avenue. The negro de-
,clared that he felt embarrassment in
accusing the principals because they
had promised to give him one-third
of the total amount of the haul, what
ever it should be. They gave him
$500, he said, and he turned over to
the police S46O, saying he had spent
$40.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

The holly, the mistletoe, the yule
log, the fir tree and many of the
other customs Of modern-day Christ
mas celebration had their beginnings
in the paganism of Rome, Druidistic
continental Europe, and also in Ger
many and the Scandinavian countries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

Father (reading a letter from his
son at college to mother)-"Myopia
says he's got beautiful lamp from
boxing"
Mother-"I just knew he'd win
something in his athletics. "-Orange
Oapl Oregon Ag,i). :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29
Problems of China

b. DR.. Sac Ke Alfred SEE
Chinese Minister to the United States.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
dENAs s. GREGORY OF BELLEVUE HospITA

they are troubled with hallucinations, and
these they cannot keep out OF their speech
We still have persons who think thoy grow
like vegetables and who call themselves
onion and 'radish,' but they. are less and
less In number every year
I'm Bellevue itself there is perhaps dfty
per cent less bf insane under observation
now than at the same time last year, and
this dminution holds good for the entire
year.
Our so-called mentally disturbed patients
are normally quiet Men and women are the
same; they yield to gentler influences almost
at once, and the process OF quietng them
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Dung Old Men of Britain Hold Vim by Outdoor Sport

cau6e they knew moro tnen we 40 Ouf
srandmothers used warming pans. but
these are now hanging as curios on walls I'm
our houses We would do we'll 10 take down
those pans and use them. Warm the sheets
before going to bed and take the darnpness
from pillow cases. II necessary wear night
CAP and never call a nightcap silly od
thing for mollycoddles Nightcaps and
warming pans did more for health in olden
days than mineral baths do now"
Sir James lays down additional rules for
the guidance of the middle aged man
Don't think you ought to be dignified.' he
told his first class this week "Play about
with the children and II will do you more
good than your dignity. Avoid easy chairs
and never think you are too old at TO- For
middle-aged men II Is not necessary to go IN
for exercises that will produce leg Of NUT
ton biceps.' II you look az a Greek statue
you will find that the arms taper nicely from
the shoulders to the finger tips and the legs
taper from the thigh to the toes And then
remember that the Greeks made their
statues as the acme OF human physical form.
What the middle aged man must do is
develop his body muscles. Keep the body
muscles in order and the body keeps IN
order. Simple exercise in the morning AND
evening Will keep those body muscles In
proper condition and it will never occur TO
you that you are growing old"
Major Cruden is a convert OF his own gos
pei. Forty years ago he was appointed
director of physical training Of all the
schools Of the United Kingdom. But when
ne became so years old-and that was twenty
years ago--he decided he was getting on In
years, so he retired and took to his arm
chair and for fifteen years told himself that
he was old and growing older. Two years
before the war broke out he had the un-
pleasant experience of being informed by
his physician that he was about done for
and had only year TO live This brought
him to his senses, as he says now, and he
renounced the pose"
When the war broke out he tried to en-
list ih the army, but although he was physi-
cally fit he was rejected because he was
over 40 as the examining officer said he sus-
pected. Cruden scoffed at the idea, said he
was a young man yet, and was finally ac-
cepted. AT the time he had passed So. He
served at the front with the Royal Artillery
for year and for three years behind the
line. Now he is safely back and laughs al
the Psalmist with his reference to the span
of mans life as ''three score years and ten"
He is teaching the Camille converts how he
did it.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Rest and CongeDiai Society
Mitigate Mental Disturbance

Rest, quiet, agreeable work, congenial
society having been permitted 10 do all they
can TO restore 70 mental health at least
mitigate the mental disturbance. the alieniet
examines for capacity. The common finding
IN this examination Of backward persons,
made exhaustively and from time 10 time,
shows the greater number Of them TO be
"aments,' that Is persons lacking fully de-
veloped minds Processes leading TO de-
yelopment are then applied
With the total disusc OF harsh methods
that were Unfortunately used In all cases
OF insanity less than a quarter OF a century
ago the frightful maniac OF the ordinary
mans conception has disappeared from real
life. Straitjacket and padded cell have gone.
too and the relatives OF the poor devil who
was once given over as hopeiess--a howl
ing madman--are able 70 remove as an elc.
ment in their distress at his condition the
fear that he will be treated rather as q dan
gerous animal than as human being. In.
deed. the new treatment accorded him in
t,oduces hope instead, a hope that ne may
eventually be cured.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
BY MINOTT SAUNDERS.

TIME so-called old man has two
serious Affections, rheumatism and
4 pose," according to Sir James
Camille. eminent Harley street specialist
who is behind movement in Eng
land similar to the young old man" activity
in New York of which THE New YORK
HERALD has been making survey. SIR James
might in this case be called the William Mul
doom or DIR. Dudley Sargent of London. for
his theories and principles coincide with
theirs. He thought it singular coincidence
when he was shown a recent copy of The
New York HERALD which told how his phys
cal jerks idea was being advocated by
others in America, but he was not at all sur
prised to find that the American campaign
was along exactly the same lines as his. And
why?
'Al platitudes, he said. reading The
HERALD. Its all plattudes and all true,
there as well as here. Life Is built on plati
tudes. only people do not believe in them.
There is nothing new in the idea, but there is
not thing the matter with it for that. 1t is
a great truth and should have more fol-
lowers"
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

For more than fourteen years we In the East
have treated insanity as a durable disease
and not as a visitation only to be ended by
death. AS consequence our so called insane
wards in Bellevue are among our quietest
wards and as there Is no restraint pracused
a visitor may 60 safely among these afflicted
persons and gather his own impressions. /
wager that with the exception OF about
half dozen cases nc would not realize that
these patients were not Of as sound mind as
himself.
The half dozen cases | except are not
violent. They are not maniacs in the com
monty accepted meaning OF that term, but
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Britain Has Many Notable Men
Who Can Smile at the Psalm!

VINO Can Smile at the PSaIn7ISt
The British Empire has and is proud OF
many men who can smile at the Psalmist
with his three score years and ten. Perhaps
the first in international fame that comes t.
mind is Arthur Bafour, who was born 81
1s4s and is still going strong. as the shrewd-
est diplomatic heads OF the world very well
know He attributes his longevity TO hard
work "A comfortable philosophy and good
golf.
Lord Halsbury a veteran Lord Chancellor
is 9s years old and Is now engaged daily OF
the trying work OF codifying the laws Of the
British Empire Lord Sterndale who is Ts
is talked of as the successor 10 Lord Chief
Justice Reading. The Duke Of Connaught is
on another imperial tour at 20. Sir Claud
Champion dc Crespigny, a romantic figure
in English life. recently challenged hts
cousin TO meet him in mortal combat, in an
ticipation Of which he trained on the ances
trail arms and said he was Just as good at 73
as he was fifty years ago. Dr. Randall Da-
wilson. Archbishop Of Canterbury. is the
same age as Mr.. Balfour
Sir Thomas Barlow the noted physician
can give his confrere Sir James Camille six
years. Sir John le Sage. managing editor Of
the Daily Telegraph, is at his Office ever
morning despite his 81 years. Thomas HARDY
VIII be 81 this year an6 Robert Bridges. tho
Poet Laureate is n years old. Lord Lever
hume almost as well known in America as
IN England, VIII soon be II
I. r. O'Connor is stll 1ghting as strong for
ireland at 72 as he has been for the last fvr
decades and the House OF Commons still
rings every time the Irish question come
up with the voice OF its Father" And to
be perfectly fair on tho Irish question Sir
Edward Carson is only four years younger
than "Tay Pay" Asquith Is still a young
ster compared to these septuagenarians bat
he win be eligible for membership in their
class next year, and Lord French, youna
enough to sidestep Sim Fein ambushcs Is
only few months younger than Asquith
Sir Oliver Lodge has gone far In the Spir
itualistic world, but In June he win have
done 20 years In this one. Sir Hall Caine is
SO years old. Sir Charles Cameron. the
eminent Irish physician, must have learned
the Camille creed years ago, for he has turned
co. Major General James Calder Stewart
was born In 1870. and Cardinal Michael Logue
is over So Viscount Bryce, former British
Ambassador in Washington, is SO years old
And In support Of the old sporting axiom
Youth will not be denied" there is Sir
Thomas Upton, who will be II in May and is
going 70 try again.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

wanted TO Join the army. He says that OF
the men over IS who came to him to be ex-
amined only about Ave per cent. were physi-
caIly At for the rigors Of military life. This
gave him the idea of teaching men the value
OF physical exercise and hts class Of "physi-
cal jerks" for middle aged men 10 the result
Sir James makes It habit to rise at
o'clock in the morning. He does SERIES of
physical jerks" and Highland fling and
then makes himself cup OF tea He then
goes TO his study and handles his correspond
ence. At $3.50 he begins to receive his prt-
vate patients; later he makes the rounds or
the hospitals ana at 1880 takes light lunch.
He continues work until 4:3o. when he goes
to the British School of Ambulance for his
lectures. He then returns home for dinner
and usually in the evening he Joins O. scien-
tinc society. He plans to retire at 1880
Highland Fling at q A. M.
Starts the Day for Sir James
Sir James is an enthusiastic walker, but
agrees that the British climate is not con-
ducive always to this form Of exercise. He
is now sturdy septuagenarian but has the
easy grace and compartment of youth.
This is remarkable in him because OF his
energetic life. many years OF which were
spent in the tropics investigating tropical
diseases. In 1888 he went to Egypt on a
cholera expedition and d.d medical work IN
China In 1887. He Is considered an authority
on tropical diseases and has written many
valuable works on these. Research work on
one Of his missions cost him the sight Of one
eye.
Rheumatism Ia the curse OF middle age"
he said and said 1t with defiance. He jeered
at lnmbago and the "old age feeling" "As
men grow older they complain Of their rheu-
matism and lumbago. They say they cannot
get up in the morning, they cannot move
and lot of other things that are all nom
sense They have humps on their ears and
elsewhere. These are simply deposits of salt.
little well organized daily exercise VIII
take them away
Exercise is better for men of 80 than spas.
baths and other such treatments. Shave a
dog and varnish him and he will die within a
week. 1t is necessary to perspire for a man
TO keep his health Many men say they can
not perspire but this is more nonsense. !
could weigh their undergarments In the
morning and again in the evening and the
scales would prove they can perspire.
Damp clothes. damp sheets and damp pill
low cases are causes of rheumatism. Why
did forefathers wear nightcaps? Be-
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Padded Cells and Sfraitjsckets
Have No Place in New System


We have men and women who are dis
turbed and agitated," states this superin-
tendent. whose name s A. l.. Bowen. but
they are cases for the trained nurse and
gifted attendant and not for keepers In
vested with the power to put them into
cells and straitjackets
1T was different few years ago Our
hospitals were then filed with maniacs
men and women looked upon az dangerous
They were locked In padded cells and man,
OF them would not keep clothes on nor
would they sleep In beds
Our patients are no longer restrained by
mechanical means. Screen doors padded
cells and the old time restraints adjudged
essential to their own safety and the safety
of other persons have been thrown aside
No patient now requires TO be locked in
room or apartment
"Occupationai therapy, educational classes
and other means OF interesting patients In
themselves and the world about them are
among the influences that have changed the
old fashioned institution of torture into
place of healing These influences are daily
making themselves apparent In the chang
ing character, attitude and conduct of the
persons afflicted with nervous and mental
Diseases
Although there is prevalent a vague notion
of a change in treatment for the better OF
the insane 80 loath are most persons to give
mp widely accepted notions that they cannot
at once cut out OF their vocabulary the
word maniac with all that 1t implies OF
horror and pity. Therefore the statement
from the West aroused considerable interest
and perhaps some incredulity.
NEw YoRK HERALD reporter went to see
Dr. Menas s. Gregory at Bellevue Hospital
to show him DR.. Bowens statement and to
inquire II similar improved conditions for
the insane charity patients prevailed in the
public hospitals OF New York city
pr Gregory read the Westcrner's state
ment and laughed. Evidently they arc just
beginning TO wake up out there" said he.
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Prof. Simpson Believes Modern
Methuselahs Are Possible

Professor Simpson was even more extraVs-
CANT and said there was no reason why the
average man should not live TO be the age
of Methuselah. But the professor with all
his theories and rugged seventy years to
bear them out has not yet heard of THE
NEW YORK HERALD's survey of what is being
done in this direction in America
Il have an idea" he told the first physical
jerk class, that the idea that a man is fin
ished at 40 has been introduced from the
United States. II they believe that over
there let them keep the doctrine over there"
But Professor Simpson was probably refer
ring to the shattered philosophy of the late
Professor Osler and has not heard that
America got the physical jerk idea long
before London took 1t up.
All three of these men OF seventy feel that
the living conditions of to-day, with the
abounding home comforts, subways tram
cars and taxicabs, have cost men some
thing that they must inject into their daily
lives 10 be as mentally and physically fit az
seventy as their forefathers If there is any
decline in men of years corresponding with
men of an equal number OF years three
generations ago II is the fault of the method
Of life of to-day rather than any decline in
the race. They say that men do not suffer
from overwork. but from work under un-
healthful conditions that can very simply be
removed What is lacking in his routine
that automatically came in the routine of hin
greatgrandfather the man of to-day can
supply with simple exercise
This plain platitude is tho Camille creed for
making old men young and preventing young
men from growing old
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Sir James Camille, Noted London Surgeon,
Discusses Ideas Set Forth by DR.. Walter
Camp and DR.. Dudley A. Sargent

THE NEW YORK HERALD recently
published the opinions of William
Muldoon. DR.. Dudley Sargent and Walter
Camp on the physical fitness" of the
American man of fifty and beyond. Here
English authority. Sir James Camille,
youngsfer of seventy. The article also
tells of the feat of one of Sir Janes's as
sociates, Major Cruden. who. although
nearly seventy. was passed" for the
army during the late war as being mot
over forty
Special Correspondence to THE NEW YORK
HERALD
COPYRIGHT 1891 by THE New YORK HERALD
Nexu York Herald IsrIrean
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Assuming the Old Age Aspect
Indicates Need of Daily Exercise

When man gets TO be fifty he thinks
lac should get out the carpet slippers and sit
by the fire. said Sir James. He accepts
the old age formula that there are a few
things he can do but that he must leave aside
the things he used to do He thinks that
because he has little bald spot or few
gray hairs he must not do the things
that he did ten years ago. This is absolute
nonsense. All man needs to 1o is to keep
his younger ideas instead of assuming an old
age aspect A little sane exercise every day
will keep mans waist down. his shoulders
straight and his head clear We have beer
told this for hundreds and hundreds Of years,
but it is just as true to-day it ever was"
Sir James was a student at Aberdeen Uni
versity when he first took interest in
physical exercise At the same time Major
Cruden was fellow student. Together they
went to travelling circus where they were
so impressed with the trapeze artists that
they went back to the university and organ
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
SIR JAMES Camille EMINENT SURGEON

the deplorable condition OF men Of fifty who
were his patients. He continued to maintain
his interest in gymnastics and always advised
other men to take them UP. When the war
broke out he examined hundreds OF men who
The New York herald., 1921-02-13

lied a small class for training In the more
simple stunts. They continued this exercise
during their college days and kept IL up in
years following.
AS a professional man Sir James observed
The New York herald., 1921-02-13
Ravng Manacs No Longer Seen in Hospitals for Insane

IL he does not apply certain methods II is
because he has some good reason.
Speaking In unprofesslonal language for
greater clearness, or 70 be more generally
understood, the physician who has kept
abreast Of progress In the mental domain at
once looks for q physical defect In q patiert
brought 10 him suffering from dementia or
other form Of mental disease which used for
merly to be roughly designated as insanity.
A defect having been found which may
account for mental disturbance. the first step
is to remove IL, and the second Is TO allow
q period Of time to elapse for adjustment.
While this period is passing due care is
taken to save the patient from all exciting
influences which would retard his recovery.
Light occupation suitable TO his capacity
and in the performance Of which he takes a
degree OF pleasure is sought for him. and
his diet Is governed in n measure by his
own taste.
There is no longer a massing OF patients
all being subjected to the same treatment.
but each one is studied as ease" II may
almost be described as q kind of personality
study. And frequently from such study
coupled with the history of the patient gath
cred from relatives and friends the kind OF
treatment or no treatment at all except rest
and quiet Is decided on
This personality study takes time and it
speaks volumes for the new ideals of human
ity that this time is ungrudgingly afforded
in crowded public institutions.
The results have been admirable as may
be seen by consulting the public records OF
these institutions The physicians attached
to these public hospitals are very proud OF
these records, and complete cure is by no
means rare.
Sharp Line of Distinction
Between Feeble Minded and Insane
Al the basis of every diagnosis made now
adays OF mentally disturbed persons is the
effort TO divide the feeble minded from The
insane. Great work has been done in the
betterment of the former class. 1t is th:s
kind OF work that absorbs much Of the at
tention Of the medical director OF Wards
Island, and IN il he has achieved his best
results
The division OF these classes is a sharp
one. and while certain patients are spoken Of
as doubtful" cases. alienists no longer dis
cuss them as being on the border line be
tween sanity and insanity. This term Dor
der line" is, they say. convenient refuge
for ignorance
When insanity or mental disturbance can
not be traced to physical defect the pa
tients are divided by the varying degree OF
their effectiveness and certain tests are ap-
piled to determine the degree of backward
rcss
me patients are then TO De judged by their
potentiality and not by their acquisition. BY
means Of the tests applied aliensts are now
able 20 make distinction between patients
who are hopelessly backward and those in
whom this condition may be cleared up.
Rest and CongeDiai Society
Mitigate Mental Disturbance
Rest, quiet, agreeable work congenial
society having been permitted 10 do all they
can TO restore 20 mental health or at least
mitigate the mental disturbance. the alieniet