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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30
BYLORETTOLORDEN

IN Chicago: Col. Callahan OF Louisville. Ky: Thomas
Moanthy. American vice CONSUL Santiago Chile.
and Rome c. Stephenson and r. o. Morgan OF South
Bend. have all appeared before the universities c. Of
c. different times.
A feature of educational advantage is the travel
a separate set aside for books travel.
and commercial Biographies which contain about
1000 Of different OF the world. The is
kept open eight hours each day, with professor in
charge to supervise the work OF the students
Supplies Great Need.
This supplies OF the greatest needs Of the
universitys curriculum the general lack OF thor
ough geographical knowledge among American citi-
appalling. No wonder cartoonists always get
laugh when they portray pictures OF lads and asses
with Diamond Dick" dime novel inside Of their
raphies 1t usually recalls fond memories Of
youthful days
Imagine incredulity the ChIean's
face when South Bend asked him IL the
people Of Chile shoes. why" said Father
OHara, while down there last summer the 18th Of
July the temperature two degrees below
There heat the train. and had plough
through 90 feet OF Approaching the top. the
train began TO backslide, (ke sinners when they
almost a OF sanctimonious perfecton).
somebody had enough TO put the brakes.
while engine caught breath finally crept
slowly TO the top"
a magazine article by Or. Aughinbaugh New York
university. which appeared a years ago may
the successful trade representative in South
America:
Socially Latn-Americans mny be divided into
great classes: the politician. the business
The former lives by exploiting his country his
fellow-men He has the interest OF neither heart.
his be all the revolutions other
disturbances of these places. On the contrary the
merchant and has the welfare OF his land
its citizens always In mind he knows full we'll
that prosperity. that prosperity induces
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30

Marquis d'Arands made the trip by persons
in O free hre-baoOn. From that time sounding the
skies became science. Lunard startled Britain
With his daring trips u is said that when he aosrel
into vision the king ended conference wiki HIS min
listers and court OF Justice acquitted So
order that an persons present might watch him.
The R-34 when IT travelled $3.50 miles .n little
over los hours certainly put erimp into world rec
ords of o years which that read 40 bal
loon voyage has yft been made ~ length conpar-
able 10 the breadth OF the Atlantic Only flights
exceeding 1000 miles We're then record-those ~
John Wise from ST. Louis Henderson New York.
stichef In Russia
Among the notable flights made balloons the d.r
ing attempt OF solomon Andree and two companion
n 1897 70 reach the north pole should
place They left Spltzherger point 500 miles from
the pole July Il. The only records concerning tl
floating bUoys."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30

fire, when OF them began wondering the smoke
could carry other things up with too
thusiasrn OF the moment they made small fire a
little tin tray and held large paper bag over
delight they watched the bag I'LL out and try 70
rise. A ne:ghbOr. widow lady, seeing the
suing from their window and fearing that house
FIRE running into the room. She suggest
ed that they attach the tray TO the bag and the
mediate result that the bag the ceiling.
Did Not Know Why.
after several private try-outs they announced a
public ascent OF balloon June 5. 1854. and many
spectators gathered this spehre los feet in cir
conference. which the inventors inflated hot
from burning straw, rise high the and feat
of for about and half miles. The brothers be-
lieved quite while that they had hit upon some
peculiar quality In the which had lifting proper
and did realize until that their
ball had risen only because OF the Hghtness the
heated air. But they made the balloon a reality.
From this time forward the physicists IN France
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30
Adventures OF Three NaOal AeronatS In The Frozen North
Recall Numerous Historic Attempts OF Men OF All Ages To Fb

progress steadily the upgrade Roger
Bacon. back in the 18th century propounded the
theory that hollow globe OF very thin metal with
atmosphere.
From that day priests philosophers and scientists
put forward the idea that light sphere could be
made rise and float in the upper atmosphere. Al
every conceivable thing suggested for filing
these balloons. One OF the amusing
morning dew. since that substance. according their
suppostons. shed by The stars during the night
and would be drawn back 10 heaven in the day by
heat of the
As the result OF watching the clouds the brothers
Joseph and Jasques Montgolfer. OF Annonay. France
in 1s72 invented the first real balloon They concud-
that the OF the clouds could hang suspended
in the upper air large bag filled with such a vapor
might rise and drift about the clouds do.
Another interesting story ia told about the Mont
golfer brothers originating the idea. They
watching the smoke-wrcaths curl upward from their
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-"The adventures OF three
naval and the international interest IN their
safe from the frozen Canadian north. recall
numerous historic attempts OF 90 fulfill for him
self earth the agesuld feeling that he would
wings day bulletin from the headquarters
OF the National Geographic society in Washington.
u. c.
These American brdren who got their and
ears nipped By the cold performed such did
Daedalus. who some thousands OF years IN the
age of myths. flew near enough 20 the 20 melt the
wax his wings. Daedaus experiment and the
tempted flight OF certain monk called Emerus who
Wilkins. Of the founders OF the Royal society
England tells flew distance more an
eighth Of mile from town in Spain, sufficient
evidence, however. 20 accord TO aviation the palm
being the older OF the flying
'BalloOnng, though less romantic in its appeal and
decidedly commonplace and placid looking
appearance. may perhaps be considered the John the
Baptist q both they Pracced today as its
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-30
EDITORS NOTE.

Here IS the third and final installment OF the
flight and hnal stand Of PTest CaTranza from Mex
City. II tells how sleek promoters. seeking
cessions, who had made the Journey hoping TO re-
ceive favors from the president. deserted him and
made their escape at the approach OF real danger.
IL tells how Carrauza burned important state papers
IN great bonfire before he rode away into the
mountains. and how his followers attempted to lug
away $4,000. 600 IN gold before they we're
circled By rebels The opinions expressed on Mex
lean affairs those of the writer.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

stress on the importance of classical
education. he maintains that he can be
best successful In medicine who knows
something of those influences which
tend toward the cultivation of the
mind and soul as well as of the body;
and he declares that that man will be
better physician who is acquainted
with those literary works that refine
the tastes and ennoble the sentiments.
The difference between the civilized
man and the savage, between the vi
cious and the virtuous asserts DR.. Bard.
consists not in the means by which
they pursue their objects, but in the
variety of things which they deem
good and useful; in both cases there
is a certain amount of energy which
is bound to be released, and the final
effect depends upon the direction of
that release; therefore, DR.. Bard ad-
vises his hearers TO have in view ends
that will be for the advantage of man
kind, and indicates that the same force
that might be runous II poured into one
channel may be conducive TO wide
spread good If turned into courses
more fitly chosen.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Reviewed by TORREY FORD.

n TELLA BRADDY'S "Encyclo-
IN pedia of Etiquette" is quite
complete. From the ethics of
the christening service to the finer
points of the household funeral almost
nothing is forgotten. Still we have
one fault TO find with the book: There
are unquestionably moments when it
lags behind the times.
For instance, on the subject of bath
ing suits Nella Brady refuses to let
her mind run along with modern au-
thorities. She quotes rigidly the doc
trines of grandmother's day, insisting
on the profaneness of the uncovered
knee.
1T is a mistake" she writes, ito
think that the garments of modesty
can be thrown aside with impunity
when one steps into a bathing suit,
and girl can no more afford to dress
imprudently at the swimming pool or
on the beach than she can in the ball.
room or on the street. Common sense
dictates that bathing suit be not so
clumsy as to impede the wearer's
movements in the water nor so scant
as to make her the object of special
attention. A very small child may go
in swimming without skirts or stock
ings, but her sister of IL or IA has not
the same privilege"
In the matter Of table manners Nella
Brady is more liberal in her views
Agreement has not been reached"
she writes, ''as to the propriety Of taxi
ing up piece of asparagus with the
fingers, dipping it in the sauce and
carrying it to the mouth; but such a
performance, which at best is ungrace-
full, is not to be encouraged. Burr
artichokes are eaten leaf by leaf, each
leaf being first dipped in the sauce.
Bones are never taken up in the
fingers except when one is dining with
intimate friends and the hostess
urges It,"
But on the ethics of the finger bowl
there are no deviations. The lips are
fingers, and each hand in turn is
dipped into the bowl and dried with a
napkin ''The whole performance"
Nella Brady insists, lis conducted
without splashing and without noise"
This old fashioned severity is main
tanned throughout, not so much by
the actual text as by the omissions
There Is no mention of the appropriate
age to take up smoking, to taste the
first cocktail, to begin the use of cos
metics. There are no laws set down
for skirt lengths, no rules for the
proper hold in dancing the toddle.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

on two essential points: Chance in
holding good cards and skill in play
ing the cards held. In most games the
percentage in favor OF the expert over
the average player is not sufficient to
overcome the 'lucx Of the cards
Auction bridge, however. is the only
card game where this state of affairs
does not hold. II would require most
exceptional holding for two average
players to beat two players who bid
and played perfectly every hand they
held. The inference is OF course that
a good book On auction that would
help put the average player in the ex-
pert class would be invaluable. Mr..
Whitehead's new book should do this.
1t painstakingly analyses every style
and sort of hand that may be dealt.
whether It be ordinary or freakish
The minimum requirements for an
initial bid, forced bid or a defensive
bid are carefully explained valuing a
hand properly has been the stumbling
block Of many an ambitious player
Whitehead has gone so far as to in
vent bidding system which per-
mits n player to ascertain the actual
tick value of his hand and bid in ac-
cordance with that knowledge. "Auc.
tion Bridge Standards is n distinct
acquisition to the bridge literature OF
the day.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Reviewed by
STANTON A. COBLENTZ.

TN this volume is set forth the story
of the Ris Hospital. one of the
= institutions most prominent in
giving succor to the wounded soldiers
and mitigating the horrors of the
great conflict Beginning with the
history of the foundation of the hos
pital, the author describes the various
activities of the establishment, it's per-
sonnel and it's patients, it's successes
and it's failures. its methods of treat
ment and the various experiences of
those in charge. In the intensity and
variety of it's activity, in the number
OF persons involved and the vital i'm
portance of the work. in its CLEANS of
comedy and incessant overshadowing
of tragedy, the hospital was like a
great, throbbing, many sided city.
Perhaps the most appealing parts of
the book are those which are purely
personal in their nature, those which
describe individual experiences and the
work of particular men. Unusual in
terest. for example, attaches to the
figure of DIR. Joseph A. Blake of New
York, whose ability made the Ris Hos
pital known throughout France. DIR.
Blake. whom the French Government
has recognized by awarding the Legion
of Honor, served from the opening of
the war as a volunteer to the Amer
lean Ambulance at Neuilly; and many
wounded English soldier had reason
to be thankful to him for his able
work His acceptance of the post of
Medecin- Chef at Ris is characterized
by Mr. Reckitt as "one of the most
fortunate events in the history of the
hospital" Before long his skill and
swiftness of decision were found to be
invaluable; he was especially success
full in designing apparatus for the
treatment of fractures of bones of the
leg and thigh, and he restored virtu-
ally to normal many men whose cases
had appeared almost hopeless. Yet,
although the head of the hospital, he
did not scorn to perform even menial
service; and Mr.. Reckitt recounts that
once, when a gas engine was out Of
order, he descended into the under
ground darkness of the basement, clad
in overaHs and spent three hours of
unalloyed enjoyment with machinery
and OIL"
A character almost equally impor-
tant in the hospital was the matron,
Miss Christina Robertson, to whose
efficiency and kindness Mr.. Reckitt
pays eloquent tribute. In her con-
sideration for the patients she had
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

OUTWlTTlNG OUR NERVES. BY Jo-
sephine A. Jackson and Helen NJ
Salisbury. The Century Company.
THIS volume has the advantage
of not being confined to a dis
cussion of nerves. 1t deals with
the nervous system only as part of a
body in which every portion has some
necessary connection with every other,
and in which nervous ailments do not
stand out as isolated phenomena.
Starting with the premise that in or
der to understand diseases of the
nerves one must be acquainted with
the workings both of mind and of
body, the authors consider compre-
hensively and with considerable dis
cernment the underlying factors max
ing for nervousness. Much of the
Freudian philosophy is presented in
outline; the subconscious mind and its
influence upon the conscious self is
discussed; the instincts, both self
preservative and race-preservative,
are analyzed.
AT least rs per cent. of all the
people who apply to physicians for
help are nervous patients" we are in
formed in the opening chapter: and
since, as the authors add. these "are
as a rule among the highly organized
conscientious folk who have most TO
contribute to the leadership of the
world" it will be perceived that the
correct understanding of nervous all
ments is an attainment of no little i'm
portance. The key to such an under
standing is here given simply and con-
cisely. A nervous disorder. we are told,
is not a physical but a psychic dis
ease. 1t is caused not by lack of en-
ergy but by misdirected energy: !:
among the most conspicuous reasons
are lack Of adaptation to ones en-
vironment, lack OF harmony with ones
self, or misdirected emotions occa-
stoned by faulty ideas or ignorance
Much nervousness. we are informed
represents the late payment of debts
incurred in childhood; of natural i'm
pulses early arrested. of the fixation
OF childish habits, and OF faulty ideas,
scch as those concerning birth, often
deliberately fostered by parents and
tending to produce an abnormal psy-
chic condition. the effects OF which
may persist throue hout life. More
over nervousness is described as IAN
unsettled ethical struggle" as con-
test between what is primitive in man
and what Is conventional or moral
when the conflict is so even that
neither side has the advantage, and
the nerves capitulate.
The best remedy for nervousness, in
the belief Of the authors, is in the di-
rection Of prevention rather than OF
cures But for those already victims
Of the disorder the authors recon-
mend first Of all q thorough knowl-
edge Of themselves TO be followed by
a redirection of energy, in such a
manner that no vital forces will be
pent up or suppressed, but that all
will be led into useful channels.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07
Medicine at Kings
College in 1869
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN EARLY
NEW YORK. BY Samuel Bard. Co
lumbia University Press.


TN spite of the prodigious advances
accom- olished in medical science
in the last hundred years there
is something exceedingly interesting
in these discourses of DR.. Bard, one of
the guiding spirits of the early days
of Kings College and Columbia Col
lege. Moreover, the remarks of DR..
Bard are interesting not only in spite
of the time that has elapsed, but be-
opinions of an apostle of so mobile a
science as medicine can be repeated
verbatim and with almost equal force
after the passage of a century.
The first Of the two discourses con-
tanned in this little volume is discus
sion of the duties of a physician de-
livered before the president and gov
ernors Of Kings College at the com
mencement in 1863; the other Is a
lecture on medical education rendered
at the commencement OF the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons in 1919. These
works not only display wisdom and a
prophetic mind i'm tracing the course
of medical treatment in the future,
but reveal Dr. Bard as a man of high
principles and a genuine sympathy for
humanity He calls for simple rem
edies. the overcoming of popular preju-
dices. and freedom from the thralldom
Of precedent; and he urges the stu
dents not only to study. but study as
siduously. remembering that the OBJ
iects Of their attention are to be mo
less than life and it's greatest blessing.
health"
In the second address, DIR. Bard lays
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

contact, of real relationship. with the
people and the civilization of the OPP
posite Low Countries. 1t is visible
even in the most conspicuous traits OF
their architecture. Here are the STEP
like gables of Antwerp, and the curved
gables of Harlem, and the broad
house doors of Delft. The most de-
lightful jewel of domestic architecture
here, the almshouses for old fishmen
in the marketplace Is English, yet
with an exotic flavor of Flanders.
Even the people have in their veins
the same enriching alien element. See
these countrywomen and girls who
have brought their produce into the
market, often so brighteyed and so
well spoken and always so vividly
alive; those old unions with Flemish
stocks from acv6ss the sea have clearly
created new elements which we shall
scarcely find in either of the parent
stocks"
The philosopher, the critic of art
and of life itself, speaks finally in such
generalizations as these:
"The Chinese were supreme artists
in philosophy and morals, in pottery,
in painting. possibly in poetry; the
Egyptians in architecture and sculp-
ture and design generally; the Greeks
in science and philosophy and poetry
and sculpture; the Islamic peoples in
domestic architecture and all the af-
fairs of daily life; the French in ar
chitecture and painting and many
minor activities as well. Moreover, all
these peoples were not only supreme
in more than one art, but they were
supremely accomplished in the art of
living itself; they revealed new forms
of morality; they sought perfection in
social relationships; they were artists
in the smallest details of life; they
knew of nothing so mean that it
could not be made beautiful.
"Other peoples have excelled at spe-
cial points, as the English in poetry
and the Dutch in painting and the
Germans in music. But their artistic
impulses have never been strong
enough either to attain supremacy in
many fields or to make the supreme
conquest of life itself"
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

much in common with the other
nurses, who were frequently con-
fronted by the need to act with sym
pathy and care That their duties
were arduous and trying is to be seen
from various Of the authors anec-
dotes, as well as from the diaries of
the nurses themselves. AS attendants
in a hospital that specialized in the
battle wounded they were brought
face to face with many heartrending
cases-of men hideously mutilated, of
men afflicted with gas gangrene or
other horr bile Infections, of men that
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

IT is Tridon's contention that man
can train his sleeping hours as he
does his waking hours. Since
psychoanalysis sets forth that our
subconscious mind seeks to solve
our daily problems in dream pictures.
Tridon aims to teach the layman TO
profit by his dreams and eliminate
sleeplessness and Nightmares. This
can be done by analyzing the dream
and taking methods of correction dur
ing waking hours.
Sleep is described by Tridon as mo-
notony Transforming itself into safety.
Since safety does not require the mus
cular tension that precaution gainst
danger requires, the blood flows only
at a speed which the body needs in
order to cope with possible emer-
gencies, and we ''let 60" No longer
paying attention to our environment,
Tridon writes. we sleep. With great
lucidity, sleep. sleeplessness. sleep
walking, nightmares and sleeping sick
ness are described and analyzed.
OF sleeping sickness, which has re-
Gently attracted wide attention, Tridon
writes that it is common among the
lowest intellects doing eXhausting
work. Neurotics suffering from an in
feriority complex. according to Tri-
don, also fall victims to sleeping sick
ness upon meeting with defeat. While
sleep is a normal flight from reality,
sleeping sickness is an abnormal
fight. The normal man, writes Tridon.
sleeps from six to ten hours, while alb
normal sleep is usually for a more pro-
longed period. In relating Napoleon's
abnormalities of sleep, he said the
Little Corporal" slept from four to
five hours after day of prodigious eff
fort, and suffered little. After the bat
tie of Aspern. however, Napoleon slept
for thirty-six hours at stretch.
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

\ EUCH has been said, written
MI and sung about the Pilgrim
: Fathers. But for several
centuries the Pilgrim Mothers have
received little attention. Now that
women have the vote and other equal
privileges, such as permission to smoke
i'm public and to stand up in subway
trains. 1t is good to note that the Pill
grim Mothers are coming in for
place in the spotlight Of recorded his
tory.
Miss Ethel ! X. C. Noyes has APP
propriately brought out her book on
THE Women of the Mayflower" in
this the tercentenary year. of the Pill
grims' landing. when public interest
Is focused on the celebration at
Plymouth. She has chosen a happy
method of treating her subject, for
while the book is by way of being
a history-an accurate and compre-
hensive history-it is written in a
style that is easy to read.
IL is estimated that the descendants
of the women Of Plymouth now num-
ber more than a million, many of
whom have achieved great renown in
every field of activity. Miss Noyes
traces the lineage of many prominent
Americans back to the little band of
brave women who virtually founded
the nation. As Anne Rogers Minor,
president-general of the D. A. r., says
in foreword:
"The author is to be highly COM
mended for this much needed addi-
tion to our meagre store of literature
about the mothers of this nation"
The New York herald., 1921-08-07

1.-THE Portraits of Dante" is to be
published by the Princeton University
Press about September 1. The author
IS Frank Jewett Mather, Jr, professor
bf art and archaeology in Princeton
University. BY the scrupulous use of
the measurements of Dante's skull and
their graphic application to the prob
lem of the portraits Prof. Mather
seems to have put beyond dispute the
fact that the Palatine miniature is the
most authentic likeness