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, 1922-01-09

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1.-THE dining room wal decorated
very beautifully. a massive basket
filled with roses being on the table.
In the dining room assisting were the
Misses Harriet Burnap, Elizabeth Dun
can and Elizabeth Wade. A st. Louis
caterer served a course repast during
the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodgers received their
guests in the music room. Assisting
in receiving the guests were members
of the bridal party, Mrs. Alice e.
Rodgers, mother OF the groom, and
Mr.. and Mrs Manbeck. Throughout
the evening Ceilings orchestra fur.
lpished music.
'"The young couple left last evening
for Chicago where they will remain a
week or ten days. They departed on
the midnight Chicago and Alton, the
train stopping at North Wood River
to take on its passengers. Following
their trip to Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rodgers will return to Alton and take
up their residence for the winter at
the Manbeck home. Later MI. Rodgers
plans to erect a home for his bride.
Among the ou of town guests here
for the wedding were Mrs. Octa VII
hanson Of Marietta, Ark, Henry
Rodgers of Marietta, Ark, Mrs Ralph
Herzler of Bellevilie. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
z. Warwick Of Chicago. H. F. Harvey
Of ST. Louis and Miss Isabella Finch
Of New York. together with the young
women who made up the bridal party.
The Misses Helen and Betty Barns,
Sullivan. Garven and Harvey expect
to remain in Alton until the first of
next week.
'Mr. Rodgers presented a handsome
diamond bracelet to his bride, and
Mrs. Rodgers CAV her husband a set
of diamond and platinum cvff links
and stud. Silver belt buckles and belts
were presented to the groomsmen.
while the brides attendants were given
beautiful ostrich fans.
Mr.. Rodgers is the son OF Mrs. Alice
Rodgers of Union street. He attended
school at st. Johns Military academy
and was also a student ut the Illinois
university. He served overseas dur
ing the late war, having a commission
OF lieutenant. He Is a well known
club man Of Alton, and has been very
popular.
Mis- bride is tho only daughter Of
s. 3. Manneck, general manager of
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

OF course, though, It is more sus-
ceptible to future attacks by "the
enemies Of our own household"
whenever the general bodily vigor
weakens.
But the germs Of scarlet fever
may produce far more serious re-
suits. and even Lead to almost COM
plete deafness in one ear, though
fortunately seldom in both.
They not only form violent and
painful abscesses, but they also at
tack the membrane Of the drum
itself. and may destroy SO much
Of It that even that organs extra
ordinary powers Of self-repair may
be inadequate for the situation.
In that case a permanent perfo-
ration is left, which. Of course,
dulls the hearing enormously, or
else q heavy mass Of scar.tissue Is
formed, and this Is little better.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Wax a Protection

Also, the slight film Of wax with
which the ear canal coats itself
acts as a sort of natural tangle-
foot for any dust, small insects,
etc. that might otherwise have
scratched the drum surface and
made trouble.
A faulty discharge Of this wax.
with q resultant blocking UP Of
the outer funnel" Is, in fact,
about the only type OF trouble that
Is peculiar to the outer ear.
This can readily be cleared up
by any competent physician-not.
however. by means Of a pin or a
match.stick in the hands Of the
inexpert; for that is like trying to
adjust q magnetic with a crowbar.
One more excruciating torment,
boil In the ear, is seldom the
fault Of that organ. 1t Is almost
always a secondary infection. put
In that place by some infected,
inquisitive finger-nail that had no
businesses to be in there anywhere.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
ReceiOing Unit

Tho receiving unit of the
rnouthpiece is hung in an open
work frame, 30 that all the
sound waves which are wandering
around loose and which used to
fam In sideways can hit It on
both sides at the same instant
and cancel out" while the voice
waves, which only come from one
side, are faithfully reproduced
and transmitted.
II was q very clever Idea, but
n 10 lucky for the inventors that
Mother Natures patent rights
ran out long ago, for this is pre-
cisely the basic principle Of the
human ear. - ,
Tho ear, like all Gaul. Is divided
into three parts-the outer, the
middle. and the inner--and, con-
trary to the general rule, 1t is not
the extremes which are the most
dangerous. = -
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Nature 10 Kind

II that happened. the almost
enthusiastically delicate sound.
waves would beat against 1t in
vain, and the brain, being without
proper information from the out
side, might give the wrong orders
and bring destruction upon itself
and the body It controls.
Nature was, of course, too good
an inventor to let anything like
this get by, 30 she put in the Eus-
tachisn tube: but apparently in
the interests Of economy she did
not run It back to the outside of
the body again, but pushed It
straight into the back Of the
throat. .,.... a ,.,
For the immediate purpose In
hand this was q perfectly satisfac-
tory arrangement. for the air
which entered the mouth and nose
could slide right up on the tube
and balance the external pressure
on the drum 30 that the latter
would be perfectly free to respond
to outside sound.wsve impulses,
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Barrase Needed

Thus It is Of the utmost impor-
tance in every case of severe infec-
ton, in childhood, and above all
with scarlet fever. to lay down q
barrage Of sprays and swabbings
before the enemy can even get out
Of his own front line trenches In
the nose and throat and to adopt
the heroic motto Of VerdunI "They
Shall Not Passw
These various afflictions of the
middle ear cover by far the greater
number OF cases OF deafness. and
the remainder are almost all due
to the changes Of advancing years.
or by various types Of nerve
trouble In the labyrinth, or inner
ear.
The outer ear. though IL is Ia
and away the largest Of the thr
divisions, plays q very minor roi
indeed. either as q hero or as =
villain. II is of some use as a
sound gatherer. and also a. .
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
\ AlsDays With Us

Colds. like the poor, are always
with us, but that 10 no reason why
they should be treated lightly and
looked upon with contempt.
II every attack is met with
proper vigor and respect for its
powers as a future troublemaker,
you viii stand q much smaller
chance Of becoming deaf In your
later years.
Another large group Of these
middle.ear maladies source. and
these are the more severe infec-
tions Of childhood, which inflame
and irritate the whole area of the
nose and throat, such as diphthe-
ria, measles, typhoid and scarlet
fever.
In each case the effect is much
the same, namely, the swarming Of
the disease germs up the Eustach-
ian tubes and the formation Of Sc
we're abseesses in the middle ear,
causing damage to and perforation
Of the drum.
Except in the case Of the last
mentioned maiady. however. these
generally clear up in time. and the
drum. though perhaps permanent.
ly weakened, win manage to gst
along somehow.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Use Of Devices

Another rather frequent cause
Of deafness, especially in those
past middle life, is arterio-sclerosis,
or hardening Of the arteries.
This affects the ears in much the
same way that 1t does the other
parts Of the system, by thickening
and stiffening all the various parts
Of the ear and the arteries which
supply them.
Thus the entire mechanism IL
slowed down and will respond only
to unusually strong vibrations,
which is why 1t is often necessary
to fairly shout at elderly persons
who are afflicted with this type Of
Deafness
As somewhat the same general
effect results from the various
forms of catarrhal Deafness"
these two types make up by Tar
the greater part Of the total.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Sinister Roles

Both may be helped by ear trum-
pets and similar devices; for once
the sound penetrates to the laby-
rinth, the nerves Of the inner ear
are generally In good enough order
to put through some sort Of
message to the BRAIN.
A much more difficult group,
though fortunately not q very
large one, are those forms Of deaf
ness caused by damage 10 the In
ner ear itself, or to the nerve
which connects II with the brain.
Sometimes this internal break
down viii occur in the later stages
Of syphilis. but the greater part
Of these nerve cases are due to the
onslaught OF some exceptionally
viruient inflammation Of the brain.
OF which cerebro-sp.nal meningitis
plays by far the most sinister
part:
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
DIR. WOODS HUTCHINSON: Earaches from Little Snuffle CT

tions through several small bones
to the labyrinth, or inner ear.
which changes, the original air
wave message, and sends II on to
the brain. where 1t produces the
sensation which we know a
sound. 80 -
All this seems a bit complicated;
a sQrt Of q house that Jack built.
with a rather large number of mid
'dlemen between consumer and pro-
ducer, between the brain and the
outside world.
But, as a matter Of fact, every.
thing would go along very smooth.
ly IL 1t were not for that one place
where we have now infringed on
natures patent rights.
This Is that little opening known
as the Eustachian tube. which
comes up from the throat to the
inner side of the eardrum to keep
the pressure even on both sides Of
it, 80 that the oncoming. sound
waves from the outside can make
the eardrum vibrate accurately
and promptly. -,
or course, It had to bs there.
or else any general change in the
outside atmospheric pressure
might bend the drum to the limit
of its nexing.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Signs Of Disorder

Running" from the ears is. Of
course. a sign of an abscess that
has perforated the drum and Is
leaking" pus. II is best to have
an abscess lanced from the out
side as soon as earache first de.
velops. befors'it thus bursts of It's
own accord.
There NED be little fear that
the drum wln not heal up; indeed
one Of our chief difficulties is gen
orally In keeping an opening in It
long enough for the abscess to
drain out properly. ,..
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
BRITISH GIRL FINDS -
MOSLEM LAW RISKY

"It il doubtful. should he choose
to bring you and his polygamous
wives to this country. II he could
be prosecuted for bigamy. More.
over. a Mohammedan may by Mo.
hamedan law divorce his wife at
will without any legal authority;
all that he has to do is to repu-
diate her and discharge the mahr,
or marriage settlement. He can
divorce you by these means in his
own country. but IL you return
later to your native land and wish
to marry again you will find that,
according to English law, you are
still q married woman"
The girl left the office fun Of
gratitude and assured the regis.
trar that the license would not be
needed.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
All Hangouers

The rest are almost all due To
'hangovers." especially from VAR,
oQs fevers. but very often from
simply long series Of neglected
colds. x
This Is particularly frequent. II
they result in adenoids, which asc
a very common cause Of deafness
Thus the original cause Of tit
trouble and the actual appearanc'
Of deafness are often separate
by some years. and one cannot feel
sure that q fever or q series Of
colds which have come and gone
and left no immediate effects b.
hind were quite a. harmless o.,
they appeared. .. ... g,
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

y, With what looks like deliber; J..
cruelty on its part, It specia .
centers upon the nerves Of Il"
eyes and the ears, and, II 1t dc 9
not kill its victim at once. it may
quite often deprive him Of eth! !
one OF the most precious Of his
senses. d.
= Occasionally It will take thu a.
both, as was the case with IL II
patient genius. Helen Keller; l..It
generally. when the attack is 81
such severity it takes the life -
the sufferer also.
Against this latter group Of -
ternal ear troubles there Is COZ
paratively little that can be done u
the way of preventive measur, ;
except to avoid infection; bu
taken all together. they accousi |
for only q fraction of the total
number of cases Of deafness.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

IMITATION is the sincerest
flattery, and 1t is q COM
u pliment which science often
pays = nature.
with the increasing use Of the
telephone there came a new de-
mand for a "soundproof" trans
mitter for use in foundries, boiler
shops and the like; one that would
only pay attention to Its Mas
ter's Voice" and would not jam
up the line with wholly superflu-
out comments of its own on the
surrounding pandemonium.
Early attempts at muffling the
mouthpiece up, SO that the only
sound-waves that could enter
were those that came from d.
rectly In front Of it, were not very
successful, but one recent type
seems to have reversed the idea
completely.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Danger IN Colds

Nothing IL moro to their liking
or giving them q firmer foot
hold than . long series Of neg
lected colds. and catarrhs; at each
onslaught they creep little higher
get Q little stronger. and may II.
nally burst the drum, -.
This often relieves the situation,
as the eardum usually heals in
short order. and the hearing IL
almost completely restored.
But often, q score Of years later,
when the divide Of life has been
passed and the bodily forces tend
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Most of the Cases of Deafness i'm Later Life Can Be
Traced to Some Long-Forgotten, Inadequately-
Treated Series of Colds---Not Cold Germ Coraeth
to Your Head but What Your Microbes Know It;
They Are the Snappers-Upo of Sniffles.

But nature might have picked a
better place for the lower end Of
the tube to open: it was about as
II the telephone inventor had
placed his balance opening directly
over the mouth Of a coal chute.
Things will constantly keep wan
dering up the tube and blocking it
or starting an inflammation in the
middle ear itself, and either Of
these conditions will put the ear
'out Of order" very promptly.
OF course. nature Ia not such q
poor designer that particles of food
and the like can lodge In the OPEN
ing; but to those invisible guests"
Of ours, the bacteria Of the mouth
and throat, the Eustachian tubes
offer ideal sources Of exploration
and exploitation the minute our
body resistance weakens in the
slightest.
They will swim up from the
throat into those passages like 30
many malignant little chimney
sweeps; but. instead of cleaning
them out, they block them UP
worse than ever, and II they can.
come boiling out into the cavity
behind the drum and start an alb
scess there. As general trouble
makers on short notice they have
few, equals.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
HERE'S THE REASON
Men Make Choice Of
] WOMEN'S FASHION ONS

not consult his. "home office"
when in doubt az to patterns and
colors. Es
WELL" he replied. II admit that
at times I do like @ feminine
opinion. but chiefly on the tex.
ture Of material, not on its color
or pattern.
II ask my wife,s advice about
samples-but she. ike most wom-
en-. Is too personal. Members Of
your sex. as q rule, only admire
the colors and designs In which
they can imagine themselves.
: IF you are slim and dark. you
never give a thought to the needs
of your fat fiaxen sister.
"That is why men are better
than women as arbiters Of fash
ions. They give an unbiased
opinion ON the beauty Of q design
and its commercial value, for even
II they are in love they do not
see everything in the terms Of
what would suit one woman.
They may admire q dark, queen
ly girl. but they know what little
fluffy golden curls should wear"
This 10 the reason why women
do not control the fashions. Think
1t over, and you win see that It
In the case. It also has q corol-
larry. As a sex We do not see the
commercial value Of the ugly.
Men have this faculty. They
can. in a detached manner. inag.
Inc the type of woman who hunts
for q dress length of stuffy, un-
pleasing coiors and crude design.
She will not be happy till she
gets II. r.. .-... ..
Woman. the intolerant, cries.
why cater TO the creature with
bad faster" But man. the com.
mercial. sees no harm I'm giving the
poor lady what she wants. II IL
the instinct for making money
which is responsible for the ugly
fashions at which men sometimes
rail, as well as for the beautiful
ones which they admire.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

to grow weaker instead OF strong
er, and fibrous changes can easily
occur, the old scars of childhood
inflammations begin to contract
and harden; a chance cold narrows
the tube and ties down the drum.
and deafness steals upon us.
Most Of the cases Of deafness
in later life can be traced to some
long-forgotten. inadequately treat-
ed series Of colds. Not q cold
germ cometh to your head but
what your microbes know 1t; they
are above all things the snappers-
up Of unconsidered sniffles.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22

lions a. are now filled by many
say and irresponsible young
women. At the Same time there
are many homes where this II the
most atrocious Cookery. where
, good fobd material ID wasted das--
and the health OF young and OIL,
II being ruined because few care
to learn properly that most essen
tial. important. and interesting
science Of cookery.
I think that cookery ought to be
made q career for q refined and
educated woman. am not advis-
ing educated and refined women
to enter domestic service Yas we
know II at present. but I believe
that domestic service could be
raised to q higher level. We could
strike out the obnoxious word
service" perhaps, though that is
honorable enough. and substitute
science"
NEW STATUS OF HOUSE WORK
Employer and employed could
then meet on an equal footing.
ready to help each other. Greater
freedom and consideration would
be given in;rsturn for more skilled
work. and there would be mutual
trust and confidence. The condi-
tons under which one woman lives
in another woman's home should
be revised.
do not think that domestic
service, as we know 1t, can last
through another generation, but
I do believe that an allied career
for woman could be evolved from
it which would take it's place. one
which does not exists at present.
A body Of educated and honora.
BILE women. given full scope
and fair play. could alter
the domestic economy of their
country. lessening enormously the
wasteful and alarming household
expenditures In the majority OF
homes. rich and poor. and vastly
improving the health and happi.
ness Of the nation.
But these women who are to be
the salvation Of middleclass homes.
II ever they are to appear. must
be treated as well as their sisters
in the office and wookroom and
behind the country. They must
be treated as members Of an hon
orable calling.
That Is Just ono suggestion.
Then there is the noble work OF
nursing the sick, the - womanly
vocation Of caring for and educat-
ing children.
No, the "superfiuous woman"
need not despair; they are very
essential to the future Of their
race, II only they will find their
appropriate work and do 1t.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
By Gil BERT FRANKAU--I
British NoueIist) }
the Love Match Doomed Common Sense Safer Guide Than
EmOtion He SayMantas the Home Must Have Secuer Fun
dation Than Mere Transient Decyng the Real Love-

After all, though most OF the
married women and Nali married
men funk this particular issue. It
remains a fact that the male end
the female Of the human spe6es
are not naturally companions.
Matrimony. IL It is TO be success
full. has to bridge their fundamen-
tai differences to make the two
antagonists partners. And you
cannot find any prosperous part
nership on the elemental passions!
Partnerships. whether in the city
or in the home. must be founded
on some surer basis than mere
emotion.
Their emotions. however violent
or however noble. win not pay q
young couples house rent, nor
settle their grocery account, nor
educate their children. -
IMPORTANT As CURLS.
Which facts. though your SEN
, timentalist viii deny them, are of
at least as much Importance as the
curl of a young woman's upper lip
or q young mans taste in erotic
poetry.
One hopes, of course, that the
need which Is turning every mai,
and every woman who has thu
welfare Of his country at hear
not into a worker" but into a.
"overworker." will ultimately pass,
and that with its passing the olJ
leisured years, which made the
love match more or less possible.
will return. %
But unless and until those days
do return, one cannot help feelii Z
that the duty of all novelists Is.
not to encourage false sentimer e,
but to discourage 1t.
And when he deals with matI.i-
monial questions he must en-
phasise the danger Of applying tiic
romantic outlook Of fiction to the
unromantic. business-like life of
these harassed postwar days. e;v ,
Novels. however, are not hf,.
but only life's GENERALIZATION. go
One cannot quite build them'as
one should strive to build the str,sr.
ture Of ones everyday existente
from the enduring granite Of the
bedrock facts. ,aac
Perhaps that Is why fiction sells.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
81 MRS. THOS. HARDY
(Wfe Of tie En0Iish NoUelist)
i. (WHe OF ths EN0llsh N0UelsU .-l-
no Woman Need BE SupeduOuS Have Found Place World
Cookery Real Career Substituting the Name Science for the
Ugly Word Service Women Can BE Happy and Useful Even


their best to assist you to help the
many struggling mothers Of
families who 30 sorely need help
from someone, what 4 blessing to
humanity that would be!
know that only small proper
ton of the ''superfluous" women
can be idle and extravagant. since
the larger number must earn their
own living. A large number Of
the extra women must enter the
labor market.
was discussing this point with
an intelligent married woman. and
she blazed into sudden indignation
when she spoke of the number of
single women who had crowded
into banks and offices. taking the
posts Of men. T
"It ought not to be allowedw
she exclaimed. "I know 90 many
young men who are unable to find
q position. There are A. and
B" naming individuals known
to us both. "They gave UP their
career to serve their country in
time Of war. and they come back
Ito what? They have been out-of
work for months. And there are
girls employed in banks who could
find plenty Of work at home"
agreed in some measure; but,
after all. know It Ii impossible
to put the clock back to that ex-
tent, and make the girl of today,
lead the life Of the spinster of
HI undred or even fifty years ago.
henmed in and sheltered. looking
up to father and brothers as to
creatures of a superior race and
finding her greatest thrill in meet
ing the curate at a tea-party.
Women have found their place in
the world. and things would be
very difficult IL the women and
girls gave up their jobs and went
back to live at home.
CONDITIONS MADE WORSE
AS to unemployment, that grave
menace, let us consider whether or
not a large number of superfluous
women, crowding into the labor
market. has not made conditions
very much worse. Undoubtedly it
has.
But how can this be helped? and
who is to be blamed for this state
of affairs?
can think Of only oAe or two
remedies, and in stating these
must 60 carefully, lest I should be
misunderstood. '..
think that the majority Of
working women make q great mis-.
take in negleoting the more purely
feminine occupations. We know
that there are thousands OF men
now out Of work who would sell
their souls almost for such posi-