The Washington times., 1921-10-31
Today
This Is Cancer Week.
Chaplin's Best Joke.
Earthquakes, Voters.
Owners.
Is All History "Bunk?"
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Fight cancer with facts" is
the scientific slogan Of this most
useful anti-cancer week.
The most important cancer fact
Is this: IL cancer could be dag
nosed, discovered, and treated
early, ope-third of all deaths from
cancer could be prevented.
: The late DIR. Murphy. of Chi
cago. told of a butcher with a
slight growth on his thumb. Ii
could have been removed and the
trouble ended, 1t was neglected.
and the cancerous growth. travel
ing unseen. appeared in the mans
arm pit. When he told this writer
about it. DIR. Murphy had finished
cutting out half the unfortunate
mans shoulder, removing his arm.
etc. and with only doubtful hope
OF cure.
DO NOT NEGLECT ANY
STRANGE GROWTH on the sur
face or below the surface. Nine
teen times out of twenty it means
nothing serious-99 times in 100,
perhaps. But the Tooth time, it
may mean death. The Red Cross,
Salvation Army, Y. M. C. A.. and
Y. w. C. A. will distribute print
ed information.
The Catholic Church throughout
the country is cooperating fully
in the spread of saving knowl-
edge. In the city of New York.
Rwhere this writer happens to be
'at the moment, every Catholic
church from Staten Island to
Westchester county yesterday
preached warning and information
about cancer from the pulpit.
If you want information, ask
the health officer where it may be
had. Avoid quacks; there is NO
cancer cure, and at a certain stage
cancer is beyond help. But in
early stages the knife may remove
the danger absolutely. Radium
helps and cures when cancer is
pear the surface and can be reached
by the penetrating rays.
Cancer is the most hideous
enemy of mankind, killing by tor
ture. 1t will be conquered event
ually. 1t is conqueror now-unless
taken in time.
To be seen, climb up on a high
place. To be heard, make yourself
somebody. then people will listen.
Charlie Chaplin knows it and
has played his most successful
joke on solemn responsibilities.
He is talented young English
Jew, very radical in his views, and
sympathizes with I. w. w. citi-
zens put in Jail for talking, II he
were ONLY a talented young Eng
hsh Jew. friendly to the I. w. W..
little would be heard Of him. But
he is also Charlie Chaplin, earning
a million dollars a year, and THAT
makes him respectable.
He writes his opinions. sobs his
sympathy for an l. w. w. sent to
jail for twenty years, and con-
servative newspaper owners, from
Victor Lawson up and down, print
all that he says.
Thus, in a comic way, the I.
w. W. and other radicalism gets a
respectful hearing on the front
page of newspapers that little
dreamed they would live to see
THAT happen.
A new series of earthquakes
starts in South America. There
will be changes in the earth's
level, perhaps new volcanoes
spouting. South America is to
have troubles-not excessively
serious, let US hope-such as
North America has had, and
Europe and Asia long ago.
South America is the young
baby continent, and, like all in
fants, is bound to go through
a period of collie and upheaval.
South America lay sleeping be-
low the bosom of our mother,
the ocean, for millions of years
after North America and other
continents had risen into the
buullRHJ anu lnJO craving lie.
In this proud nation there are
over twenty-one years of age
and able to vote (thinking is an
other matter) 27,661,880 men
and 26,759,952 women. In all,
54,421 1892 American voters.
A great majority of them do
not own their own homes, and
greater majority do not know
what it is all about when they
go to vote. They are labeled
Democrat or Republican, and
vote according to the label, then
wait to see what happens.
The city of Des Moines, be it
said to Iowa's honor, stands first
in the nation as a city of inde-
l. upendent citizens--51.1 per cent
y owning the houses they live in.
In proud Manhattan, heart of
the worlds greatest city, 2 in 10O
own their homes--landlords own
the rest. Michigan has the city
that ranks second, Grand Rapids,
with 50.l per cent of home
owners.