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The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Danish Fears.

80 rid your minds completely
Of the dread that your sleepless-
ness don't dignity It by the name
insomnia). is going now or ever
after to drive you crazy. or break
down your working power or
wear out your nervous system
or do you any serious harm what
ever.
Sec that the covers are light
and loose. the windows open,
the pillow firm and then settle
down to rest quietly all the night
long whether you think you are
asleep or not. You'll find your
self well rested and ready for
your days work in the morning
II you only haven't fused and
worried and sworn yourself into
q fever or q tantrum on &C.
count Of the imaginary horrors
which are going to befall you II
you don't succeed in getting to
sleep.
The chief Ethiopian in the In.
somna woodpile Ii the simple fact
that the veins Of the brain have
no valves. and the arteries are thin
elastic coats Of circular muscle.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Gems by Oil Flame
1 N oil flame which, IL ia claimed

A N oil flame which, II Is claimed.
almost equals in intensity tho
electric furnace, has been discov-
cred by two Continental chemists,
e. Hauser and e. RE. The tenn
perature of the oil.gas flame is
nearly 1900 dogs. centigrade. and
It will readily fuse refractory metal
such as tungsten and molybdenum.
1t has even been possible to pro-
duce with II small diamonds from
carbon made from camphor and
wood charcoal.
The flame 10 obtained from a
special oil.fed burner, in which
the oil IL atomized by a stream Of
hydrogen gas in the form Of
cone. which Is made to burn In an
outer mantle Of oxygen.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Provoking Tricks.

Why does the goddess with the
poppy clown play US such pro-
voking tricks? Too often echo
answers "Why7" Sometimes the
reason for her coy refusal to
come at our call Is obvious and
earthly enough; too much lobster
q la Newburg. with bottled trim
mings, after the theater; too
much stewing all day long in
secondhand and warmed-over air
In office or sitting room; too
steady grinding in ono monoto-
nous rut of occupation or interests.
% that only one-third Of our
brain In sleepy and the other two
thirds wide awake and clamorous.
When such II the case We can
confess and avoid" a. the law
yers say. and promise ourselves
never TO DO It again, which prom
ise may prove a. fragile ~ most
such resolutions.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19

so that Il IL practically impossible
to shut blood out Of the brain. II
there is any blood circulating the
brain will get II.
Hence the only thing to be done
10 to drain the blood away from
the brain by coaxing II into other
parts Of the body, particularly into
the muscles and the abdominal pool
about the stomach and liver. Then
there viii not be enough left In
the brain to keep It ticking and It
will just simply run down. or, ss
we say, sleep.
Did you ever have that curious
dream just when dropping off to
sleep. Of your hands and your feet
and even your lips and your nose
swelling up like boxing gloves or
balloons. or that you feel as II
you were going to sail away up
into the air?
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Money Hidden by
French Peasant
I'm Shotgun Lost
PARIS, Feb. IS.

NANASt - Sos Aos
THE ingenuity Of French peas
ants in hiding money has sur
passed itself in the case Of q man
near Lorfent who received a 1000
franc note and a So0-franc note in
payment for produce. He hid
them in the muzzle Of his double
barreled shotgun. believing that
would be the last place thieves
would search for money.
He made a mistake. however. in
not letting his wife into the
secret. A neighbor called q few
days later In the absence Of the
man of the house. and asked for
tho loan of the gun to shoot .
hare.
The hare escaped and when tho
peasant came In that evening his
wife remarked that the neighbor
must DO q very bad shot.
"why7" the. peasant asked.
Because he used both charges
Of your gun on a hare without
hitting It."
my shotgun" inquired the
peasant with a gasp. at the same
time making for the corner where
the weapon hung.
The civil court Of the department
of Morbihan will have to decide
the delicate point of law whether
the neighbor Is responsible for the
loss Of the 1900 francs.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Bodies at Rest.

Even II our minds are awake
our bodies are at rest. and II we
can keep from worrying over the
dire damage which our wakeful-
ness is going to do to US in the re-
mote future, we should often be
surprised to find how little the
worse We are in the morning for
even tho apparent loss Of half our
nights sleep. I say apparent be-
cause. as q matter Of fact. we usu-
ally get . good deal more sleep
than we think we do during q
white night" for the simple rea-
son that We know and remember
clearly every moment that we were
awake.
But We have naturally no recol-
lection whatever of the minutes
or even hours that we were
asleep. When we once get the
habit Of listening for the clock
We may even hear the striking
Of every hour during the night
and yet be sleeping fifty-eight
minutes out Of the sixty each
hour. This has been proved in
the most unfeeling manner by
observations 1t regular intervals
through the night of cases of
pure insomnia In hospitals.
Three times out Of four when
the night nurse looks in on her
regular hourly rounds she finds
the victim sound asleep and
snoring.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Curious Dreams.

Well. that's the sblood rushing
down into your muscles. swelling
and reddening them: even your
face is flushed during sleep. and
blanching your brain until It shuts
down and curls up for the night.
Scores Of experiments have clearly
shown that an arm or a leg en-
closed in q measuring case or box
swells 8 to 10 per cent during sleep
and shrinks again on waking.
That's why you should never 60
to bed with cold feet. either your
own or anybody else's, because as
long a. your feet are cold and
bloodless your brain is hot and
humming. Rub them warm. scrub
with q coarse towel or wear woody
night sox: but the surest cure Of
all, II there In q bath room handy,
is to turn six inches of hot water
into the tub and then stand or
paddle about in 1t till your feet
are as warm as toast. Then one
leap into bed and you're In the
land OF nod.
For the same reason, II It is
three hours or more since your
last meal. or II you feel hungry. 1t
Is life-saving to eat something
Just before you turn in. No mat.
ter what 30 long as 1t IL hot and
digestibie-bouillon, crackers.
milk. eggs. sandwiches. cookies.
oysters, or II you know 1t won't
sour your stomach-fruit. The
good food draws a lot Of blood
into the stomach to start its diges-
ton. drains the brain-and all u
peace.
But the greatest and surest
hypnotic or sleep-bringer IL plenty
of exercise in the open air. Play
Is the only sure cure for insomnia;
that's why children sleep like q
baby" Keep the head cool. the
feet warm, the bowels open and
the muscles well exercised and
you'll forget the very name Of
insomnia.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
By WOODS HUTCHINSON
Eminent Physcian on Scientific
Subjects in Fascinatingy Simple Way)
"Seepessness Has Never Yet Killed AnyoneBaish That Fear
Even Our Minds Are Awake Our Bodies Are AT Res0penA
Exercise is the Best Cure For SleepleSsneMn

fulness. and while the loss OF sleep
unquestionably aggrieves the men.
tai condition and hastens the
breakdown. yet 1t is the insanity
that causes the sleeplessness. not
the sleeplessness the insanity.
The agonized wakefulness which
follows the loss Of q dear one or
accompanies serious business diff
culties or reversss. usually cures
itself by the merciful magic Of
time, and sleep comes from sheer
exhaustion.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
The Rt. Honorable Herbert Asquith.

ality. You won't get them until
you have a revision In the light
of facts as we now know them Of
the impossible provisions Of the
Versailles Treaty.
There Is not and never has been
any question of tenderness or in
diligence to Germany. 1t In a
question OF enlightened self-inter-
est on the part Of a number OF
communities which can only re-
create the wealth of the world
by realizing to the full their eco
nomic interdependence. II is no use
going on living in a FOOLS para
disc. with all sorts OF paper con-
tingencies dangling before the
eyes of the Imagination. mistak-
ing chances for certainties and
hopes for realities. There will be
no permanent and genuine revival
Of trade until the nations have
shown themselves ready to face
with courage the postwar inheri-
lance which we all share In COM
mon.
WAY TO RESTORATION.
What is the secret Of the whole
matter?
The rigorous curtailment Of
unproductive expenditure: the
putting an end to the artificial
multiplication by the printing
press or in any other way Of pur-
chasing power and credit infls.
ton: the cessation Of paralyzing
and sterilizing state interference
In the whole domain of business
and industry: the final assessment
and liquidation Of outstanding
liabilities; the immediate lowering
and the ultimate removal of tariff
barriers. with the result Of the
opening Of all markets to the free
interchange Of commodities; the
effective prosecution Of a univer-
sal policy of disarmament both on
land. on sea, and In the air; and
the resolute avoidance Of entans-
ling engagements which may tie
the hands and mortgage the
future between separate Powers
or groups OF Powers.
II is along that road. and along
no other road. that Won can omen
the way to economic restoration.
and to that which will follow in
its tran, a new era Of interna-
tional prosperity.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19

NoTHINa is easier than to
~ sleep when you're sleepy
but the accent falls on the
''when." II is the simplest things
that IRE the most mysterious. We
have slept regularly every night
since our earliest recollection, and
our forefathers had the habit
for at least half a million
years-indeed they are reputed to
be still at it--yet tho moment we
try to deliberately put ourselves
to sleep. to order. by the clock,
we are as helpless as baby with
Q watch that will not tick.
Nine nights out Of ten all we
have to do Is to press the pillow
and Nature does the rest. But on
the tenth night a cog seems to
have slipped somewhere in our
think.machine, and instead Of slow
Ing down when we give It tho
chance II goes grinding ahead
faster than ever and we begin to
realize that our Toasted control Of
our own thoughts or mastery Of
our own minds is only q pleasing
fiction. As the cynic remarked
nothing survives being thought
Of" not even sleep. and we be-
come keenly conscious that while
our think.machine may have pass
able steering gear 1t has no real
emergency brake. And every new
by-roaG re steer 1t into seems
wider awake and more brilliantly
lighted and no signposts bearing
the biesssd inscription. ITO Sleepy
Towp-one half MILE" to be found
anywhere.
Sleep, instead OF being dull
drowsy commonplace, has become the
most precious thing in the world.
The most narrowing visions fill
our thoughts. stories Of Chinese
executioners who torture their vic
Tins to death simply by prevent
ing them from sleeping. Vague
recollections Of having heard that
insomnia is one of the first symp-
toms of approaching insanity.
We get up and walk about the
room or go to the window and
look out and swear at the moon
for looking so placid and peace
full. Then We slam ourselves
down on the pillow again and
are about to give It up in des-
pair-when suddenly, the first
thing we know, the alarm clock
is sounding and the sunlight
pouring into the room.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
It Never Kills.

Sleeplessness is extremely an
noying. and II 1t persists too long
interferes with both comfort and
working power. but 1t never killed
anyone yet. To paraphase Shake
speare, men have died and worms
have eaten them, but not Of in
somnia." There is widely held
popular belief that II anyone were
to be kept awake forcibly for three
days and three nights at stretch
he would die; but some years ago
one enthusiastic psychologist ex-
perimenter allowed himself to be
kept awake for six days and nights
at q stretch, to his intense dis
comfort, but without any serious
bad results whatever. let alone
fatal one.
His main discomfort was the
muscular soreness due to the Wig
orous shakings and pummellings.
which were necessary to keep his
eyes open during the latter part
Of his voluntary vigil.
When his trial was over and he
was permitted to take the sleep
he was nearly wild for, instead Of
sleeping the clock twice around. he
woke up Of his own accord in about
ten hours. and kept on at about
that rate until In ten days he had
apparently made up his tremendous
shortage Of sleep.
80 that while hearing the clock
strike every hour from 10 until I.
or as we picturesquely phrase It,
never slept q wink all night" "a
thing which probably never actu-
ally happened. except under agon-
izing bodily pain or acute mental
distress), is a dreadful experience
and makes one feel like the wreck
of the Hesperus half the next day
and calls for thorough overhaul
ing of our health and our habits,
yet the risks of it's going on to
cause q mental breakdown, or seri-
ously to impair our health, or our
working power. are not more than
two In the hundred.
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
Insomnia Incurable.

such causes ~ these. with the
assistance Of street lights shining
into tho room. or tho olatter Of
trolley oars. or the music Of love
and war among the neighborhood
cats. WIN account for perhaps half
Of our nuites blanches or white
nights" - the French call them.
But the other half. especially
whsa thsy threaten 70 turn into .
habit and we dignity and asgra-
vsts our trouble BY the tide Of In
somnia, seem 70 defy explanation,
me best ~ can DO - 10 ascribs II
70 the proverbial fickisness Of
Goddesses:
when she wffl, she win and you
may depend ont,
And when she won't, she won't,
and there's an and ont"
We have nothing special on our
minds or on our stomachs. the bed
n soft. the room quiet and dark
but We simply cannot get to sleep.
For our consolation, however. It
may DO said that for sleepless-
ness: like some other disorders,
we can find the cure easier than
the cause. and NJ least three
fourths Of these eIasperating spells
Of fierce wideawakeness can
either be relieved or kept within
such bounds as to prevent them
from doing serious harm. To no
other condition Is the old philos-
phic rhyme so applicable as to In
somnia:
"For every evil under the sun
There's remedy or there's mono.
II there is one. try and find Il;
II there isn't, never mind It."
Lest my insomnia readers turn
and rend me at once. I hasten to
explain It is quite true that In
ability to sleep is one Of the carly
symptoms of insanity. Yet this
would not cover two per cent Of
the cases Of even persistent wake
The Washington times., 1922-02-19
LONDON. Feb. IS.
,OYMENT In England

NEMPLOfM ENI In England
continues on an unprece-
denied scale, and practically
undated. II costs the State d.
rectly something like SIC, zoo. 900 a
week, and indirectly an incalcula-
BILE number OF millions more.
Unemployment has always been
the favorite experimental ground
Of the quack doctors Of politics
and economics. Their common err
ror has been to mistake for the
disease that which is only its symp-
tom and its consequence. and so
their treatment. whether It takes
the form Of anodynes or Of stimu-
lants, Of doles or relief works or
other much advertised panaceas,
is superficial and more often than
not 1t aggravates and intensifies
the malady.
The Industrial and economic col
lapse Of Germany was bound to
have disastrous results.
Before the war Germany was
England's best customer and the
best source Of supply Of Russia,
Italy, Austria and a number Of
the smaller Continental countries.
Germany was the second best Gus
toner and source Of supply of
Great Britain. Yet the economic
reconstruction Of a starving and
disintergrated Europe was almost
the last topic which engaged the
attention Of the statesmen and dip
lomatists at Versailles and in Paris.
who were pre-occupied in repaint-
ing the map Of the world and in
devising machinery for the exac-
ton Of largely imaginary repara-
lions and indemnities.
FIRST ECONOMIC STEP.
The first step In economic
rehabilitation was to keep open
all the markets already opened.
and to reopen markets which
have been wholly or partially
closed. This was almost wholly
ignored. and the armistice and the
treaty. which were to secure peace
for an exhaused world, were i'm
mediately followed by q new war
on tariffs.
Real economic restoration is
impossible until the question of
reparations and Of Allied indebted
ness in Europe has been finally
adjusted.
The total Indebtedness arising
out of the war from our Europ-
can allies to us-on paper-is
$14, ,000, 900. Our own indebt-
edness to the United States Of
1880 10000 stands on a differ
ent footing. That is a matter
entirely between the United States
and ourselves, and I am sure
there is no one. in this, country
who is not ready to acknowledge
and carry out our obligations to
the full.
What ] wish to insist on is the
urgent importance Of a prompt
and final settlement.
Since the signing Of the treaty
Of Versailles there have been no
less than ten European confer
ences over this matter. culminat-
ing the other day in the recent
fiasco at Cannes. Each confer
ence has been occupied in patch
ing up and revising or undoing
the work of its predecessor.
What the business world wants,
not only here but everywhere, in
this matter is certainty and fin.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
MEAT INJURIOUS
 10 THIEE KIDNEYS
Take a Tablespoonful of Salts if Back
 Hurts or Bladder Bothers.

We are a nation of meat eaters and our blood is filled with uric acid, says a well known authority, who warns us to be constantly on guard against kidney trouble.
 The kidneys do their utmost to free the blood of this irritating acid, but become weak from the overwork: they get sluggish; the eiminative tissues clog and thus the waste is retained in the blood to poison the entire system,
 When your kidneys ache and feel like ltnnps of lead, and you have stinging pains in the back or the urine is cloudy. full of sediment, or the bladder is irritable, obiigng you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headaches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad wealth CT, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts; take a table spoonful in glass of water before breakfast each morning and in few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to ncutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus ending urin- ary and bladder disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes delightful efferves- cent lithia water drink, and nobody can make a mistake by taking a little occasionally to keep the kidneys clean and active.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
BILLS INTRODUCED
 BY SEN. MCLEAN
One Fayors American Valuation Plan, Another Bonus Enact
 mont.

Senator George r. Mclean of Con- nccticut introduced the following pe~ titions in the United States senate yes- terday:
 Petitions of directors of The Derby and Shelton Board of Trade, of Der by; Employees of The Session CLOCK company of ForestNille; employees o' The Challenge Cutlery Corporation Of Bridgeport and employees of The Elm pire Knife company of Ninstcd, all in the State of Connecticut, taVorins the enactment of the Fordney tarlit bill passed on the American Nalua- ton plan.
 Petitions of members of The Home club and members of Cromwell Hall, both of Cromwell, Connecticut, favor ing the lmitationu of armaments by international agreement with the lin-
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06

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New Britain herald., 1922-01-06

"Nou did-ynu say you wrote me-"
 Wrote, l wrote q dozen times, And 1 never received q wofd--eNcept from Jules Nathan"
 "llut Jules Aathan=-Julos Nathan is dad,"
 "lle is?" Eut iIarpld's surprise was foigHed This Was ono piece of news that had triekied through the wastes to him-er the death Of Jules Nathan, Il man known to them both, t was safe to have heard from him, The contents Of the letter could ncIr loo verified. "llo told me-attcr I'd written many times, and never got un answer thpt you were engaged to he marricd-to Chicago man, l thought you'd forgotten, but-siX years of separation hal wrought their changes, She felt that she needed more time to become adjusted to him.
 "Whorc's Bill2" she asked, She turned to the door and eallcd' "lIlll, where are you""
 His voice seemed quite his own when he answered from the stiffness of the night. "I'll be In m . moment --I was just getting n load Of wood,
 (Continucd in Our Next Issuc).
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New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
ty, eorporotlons excluded.

ty, corporations excluded.
 A prize of s25 will be given for the best executed thinning in n pine stand made bctwen September l, 1921 and March l. 1923,
 At the recent meeting of the forestry association on suggestion of Alain 0, White of Litchiield, committee was named to secure funds for forest to be presented to the state The mem- hers are: C. l., Gold, Cornwall; Miss Mary Bacon, Kent; M, l., Buckingham, Watertown; Robert Scoville, Taconic and William O'Connor Norfolk. The association forest committee are A, c. White, Iitchileld; Mrs, II. II. Towns bend. New Haven, A. F. Hawes, Hart ford, P. H. Wells, Middletown, Seth l.. Pierrepont, Ridgeiield and T, 5. Woolsey, IT,, of New Haven.
 An appeal for sl5o for Il fund to
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06

position of q penalty for the nation that fails to keep the contract,
 Petition of members of I.aCroix Murdock Post, No, aSa. Netesans of Foreign Wars, of Mcrdcn, connecti- cut, urging the immediate passage of the Soldier Bonus Bill,
 Petition of members of Tho Nor wich Central Labor Union of Norwich, Connecticut, protesting against the appointment of additional federal judges or increased compensation for said federal judges
 Petition of Board of Mnnagemont of Eve Lear Chapter Daughters of The American Revolution Of New Haven, Connecticut. fayering the en- nctmcut of Senate Bill No, 1867, pro- poslng to make Yorktown, Virginia, q national military park.
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
FORESTATION PRIZE
 AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Presents Ranging from Sa5 to S7h Will Be Given by Conn.
 Forestry Association

New Haven, Jan. G,--Prizes for forcstation and trimmings in Litehileld county, sanctioned and offered by the Connecticut forestry association were announced in definite form by the as- socintlon today, For aiforestation by either seeding Of planting during the years 1921 to 1924 inclusive. prizes Of $75, $50 and S25 are 10 be awarded in 1926 open to taxpayers in the coun-
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06
BEGIN III.RE TO-DAY

Btll Bronson und1IiaKag l, lold NIrgUi. Fremont 10 her nance Harold LouGspug
 who vanished in tho Clr9.atter ot EnrtNou Canada six geRIs previously, h,Hstrr pap. tham from her hBners un lc, hrniy Lo1uE bury. and tho cook NaspcU who oumplet tho party Rii and Virginia ore saoWn. In in one Of ha u3puiHB DEo.Ha, H4 presses double quest llr tEn lost wlu. oi his mufdtfe father au4 tor HarulG, ily hnda the i4tttt, Who hGS turned "saun~
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06

print various addresses which the Connecticut League of Woman Voters has agrod to distribute has been made'
New Britain herald., 1922-01-06

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