The Washington times., 1921-08-12
Today:
Another Kind Of Hero
How to Fight Insomnid
John DIS Far Errand.
For big Business" Good
News.
: ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1891.

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Thomas Kane, Pennsylvania
railroad special officer, has allow
ed blood to be takeE from his own
supply forty-two times to save the
lives of others, most frequently Of
women. Whenever possible he re-
spends to requests; doctors know
they can get blood from him
free if he has had time to recover
from the most recent TRANSMISSION.
He has allowed blood to be taken
from him three times in ten days
to oblige an extreme case.
That reminds you that the blood
Is indeed life; that the human
body Is q machine of wonderful
vitality If you treat it fairly; also
that there is heroism in shedding
your blood to save life, as well as
in spilling it in the effort to take
life.
The case of Henry p. Dawson,
man Of extreme energy and great
ability, should warn all men that
insomnia is natures most urgent
danger signal. Never delay or
put off when sleep begins to fail.
Consult a real doctor, not ar iml-
tation one. There are certain aids
to sleep-not coal tar preparations
and in no way habit-forming drugs
that will often break up your
insomnia in the beginning. And
insomnia must be broken up or
there is danger of shortening life.
A great German doctor said years
ago to Nathan Straus, his patient,
"If / had known earlier what l
know row, my life would be pro-
longed twenty years beyond my
probable allowance. 1t is too late
for me now" That doctor died
soon after of insomnia's effects.
If insomnia is just beginning,
try this. Go to bed early, OUT
OF DOORS, warmly covered,
wearing a nightcap. Novelty
will help you to sleep. Have
another bed ready in an inclosed
room with a bowl Of milk, some
crackers, and a "heavy" book
beside the bed. When you wake
from your first outdoor sleep,
unless you actually feel sleepy,
don't try to continue the outdoor
sleeping.
Go indoors, drink your milk
and eat your crackers, slowly,
reading a little - you eat.
Read for a few minutes after
wards. Then go to bed indoors.
Don't try to sleep, just lie, di-
gesting. Unless your condition is
very bad you will sleep again,
soundly. The food, taking the
blood from the brain to the
stomach, viii relieve nervous
tension thatsScauses insomnia.
Try it, but n the advice Of a
real doctor also.
John. d. Rockefeller, jr., has
started for China with his wife
and daughter. He will dedicate
in Peking a medical establish
ment, paid for by his father, to
fight disease and ignorance of
health precautions.
Rich men, interesting them
selves in China's welfare, have
usually worried about Chinese
souls, not bodies, spending
money to wean Chinese from
Buddha, Shintoism, Confucian-
ism, etc. Mr.. Rockefeller, very
religious, has presumably done
his share to help the Chinese
get into our heaven. On this
trip he is trying to clean up
China in a sanitary way and
keep Chinese diseases, plaques,
etc, from getting into our coun-
try and our systems. For that,
thanks.
Well be delighted to mingle,
hereafter, with the souls of Chi
nese, white and winged like our
selves, up above. A plan to
keep us from mingling here be-
low with Chinese diseases, which
include bubonic plague, pleases
us almost as much as a new
scheme for Chinese missions.
See how a man of modern mill
lions uses moneys power. Once
he spent it chiefly to purchase
immunity for his own soul. Now
he fights disease with hospitals
and ignorance with universities.
But don't forget that Mr..
Rockefeller's great contribution
to the world is his demonstra-
tion of the fact that competition
is unnecessary and wasteful.
In days to come, when the
people own and operate all their
own national monopolies, his
torians will say: "John D. Rock
efeller taught them that the
thing could be DONE"
Well, the excess profits tax is
to go, and if business genius
can make a few millions-inci-
dentally giving work to labor
il can keep the money, instead
of handing it over to Uncle Sam.
II there is one thing that leaves
big business cold, it is working
FOR Uncle Sam. Quite another